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VOL. UX? NO. 42
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1944
FRANK PATTON
SPEAKS HERE
GOP Candidate Attacks
"Heartless, Ruthless"
Machine
The big issue In North Caro
lina. is the existence in North
Carolina of a heartless, ruth
less political machine, Frank
C. Patton, candidate for gover
nor on the Republican ticket,
told a group of more than one
hundred Macon County Repub
licans meeting in the court
house Tuesday night.
Mr. Patton, a native of Mor
ganton, told listeners that he
was "talking about a crowd
that goes to Raleigh every two
years and takes the right to
govern themselves away from
local governments In North
Carolina."
He referred to alleged in
stances where officers had
changed from a tenure of four
years to two years by the State
Legislature when a Republican
was elected to it, and where
tenure had been increased when
a Democrat was elected to
It
Speaking to Macon citizens,
he said" .... you elected a
fine man to office (sheriff)...
elected on a law that carried a
certain compensation. A ma
chine In Raleigh . . . tried to
starve him to death. They did
It because they have tried to
discourage Republicans from
running for office in Western
North Carolina."
Mr. Patton made three spe
' clfic suggestions for improve
ment In North Carolina.
1. Tax laws ought to be re
vised to encourage industry to
come into North Carolina.
'I. ' Take politics out of thi
schools and put business Into
them."
3. "If elected to the office of
governor of North Carolina, I
will see that the people will
have the opportunity to vote
on a liquor referendum."
Prefacing his remarks on
state affairs, Mr. Patton spoke
in behalf of the candidaces of
Governor Thomas E. Dewey and
Governor John Bricker for pres
ident and vice-president.
Washington also faced great
problems when he declined to
run for office a third time, and
that those problems facing the
nation were Just as great as
faced by Roosevelt in 1940, he
said.
"Our boys are yonder In the
South Pacific. Our boys are
yonder in Italy, Our boys are
yinder In Italy. Our boys are
fighting for those people's lib
erty. If there U any excuse in
God's name for their being
there, that's it."
? Continued on Page Six
Prisoner Recaptured By
'Sheriff Bradley Saturday
Roy Arnold, who Is awaiting
trial on an alleged assault
charge, escaped Friday night
from the Macon County Jail on
| the square. Arnold escaped
through a hole In the roof
, through which a prisoner had
! escaped previously.
He was captured Saturday
morning by Sheriff J. Perry
Bradley on the Clark's Chapel
road without any force being
used. The prisoner was soaking
wet due to the heavy downpour
that morning.
Franklin P.-T. A. To
Meet Monday Night
The first meeting of the P.-T.
A. is to meet Monday night,
Oct. 23, at 8 o'clock. An execu
tive meeting of the officers will
be held at 7:45 p.m. All parents,
teachers and all interested, are
asked to be present for this Im
portant meeting.
Devotional Is to be conducted
by the Rev. Jackson W. Honey
cutt. The new principal, George
Hill, will speak on the program.
Mrs. Paul Kinsland, the presi
dent, will preside.
Macon Baptists To Hold
Sunday School Meet
The Macon Baptist Sunday
School convention meets at 2:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon, Oct.
22, at the Iotla Baptist church,
Paul Swafford president an
nounced this week.
The program will include
singing, devotional led by Frank
Browning, roll call, and reports
F. I. Murray, Mrs. Fannie Gib
son, Miss Lysbeth Cox and the
Rev. O. E. Scruggs wili speak.
Series of Services To Be
Held at Gowee Church
A series ol revival services
will begin at the Cowee Baptist
church on Sunday evening at
7:30 o'clock, it has been an
nounced by the pastor, the Rev
V. F. Mayberry.
The Rev. S. A. Stroup, of
Granite Falls, will assist the
Rev. Mr. Mayberry in preaching.
He is a widely known and out
standing pastor evangelist. All
are invited to attend meetings.
American Legion To
Meet Monday Night
American Legion Auxiliary
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Herbert E. Church on Harrison
avenue on Monday evening at
8 o'clock with Mrs. A. R. Hlg
don as hostess. All members are
urged to be present.
Macon Residents Still
Can Register To Vote
12 Registrar* to Register
/ Macon Voters For
General Election
Macon county residents who
are eligible to vote In the No
vember election and who are
not entered on the registration
books, still have an opportunity
to register on Saturdays, Octo
ber 19 and 38, and at any oth
er time during the week when
they oan locate their precinct
registrars, James J. Mann,
chairman of the county board
of elections, said this" week.
Registration books for Macon
county contain only the names
of residents who have register
ed since the Bank Building fire
Of November, 1040, when all
previous records were destroy
ed.
Those who are eligible to reg
ister and vote and residents of
Macon county who have lived
lh the State of North Carolina
not less than one year, in Ma
con county not less than six
months and In their precinct
not leu than four months.
Registrars may be found at
the regular polling places In
each of Macon's twelve pre
cincts on Saturday.
The week's award for post
war planning goes to the New
York lumber dealer who Is al
ready taking orders for lumber
to prevent smashed store win
dows on V-day.
Our Duty
An Editorial
The other day someone said
to us:
"I'm way over twenty-one and
I've ^ never voted yet!"
We thought that was the sort
of thing one would tell only to
Intimate friends, whispering It
shamefacedly. Instead, we were
told In a tone that can only
be described as proudly.
Maybe we're wrong, but vot
ing seems to us to be a sacred
privilege? an almost holy thing.
When a citizen goes to the polls,
he goes to express his philoso
phy of life through the election
of candidates who represent his
ideas on government. He goes
to plan a future? to plan a fu
ture wherein his grandchildren
will not have to go into battle
overseas to preserve our liberty,
as his son Is doing now. He
goes to help decide tomorrow?
to help decide a tomorrow where
there will be Jobs for all. He
goes, because In his very going,
he proves that "little" men
throughout the centuries who
said and are saying men are
unfit to govern themselves, are
wrong !
80, those of you who haven't,
be sure to go to your regular
polling places Saturday, and
register for the general elec
tion on November 7th. Remem
ber: If you're eligible to vote.
It's your privilege? It's your
duty I
COURT HOLDS
HEARING ON RY.
Railway Company Applies
To Stop Passenger
Trains
A hearing will be held at
Gainesville, Ga., before the U.
8. District court, Northern Dis
trict of Georgia, on Monday
morning, October 3'0, at 10:00
o'clock, to consider an applica
tion 'by H. L. Brewer, receiver
for the Tallulah Falls Railway,
to discontinue the passenger
trains on the line.
The Cornelia-to-Franklin rail
way line would not discontinue
the freight line if such an ap
plication were granted and
adequate service for express and
mall would be assured before
the discontinuance, It is under
stood here.
Municipal and county offici
als. business men, and other
citizens may appear at the hear
ing to present matters helpful
to the court in deciding the
propriety" of the granting or re
fusal of the application, Mr.
Brewer announced.
A Gas Ration Application
Must Be Filed By Nov. 1
The Office of Price Adminis
tration has declared the current
basic "A" gasoline ration to ex
pire on November 8, 1944. There
fore, the No. ^"A-12" coupons
in the present *A Book will have
no value for gasoline rations.
Applications for the new basic
"A" ration must be filed with
the War Price and Rationing
board on or before November
1, 1944. Application Form R-534,
revised, may be secured at any
filling station on and after Oc
tober 15, 1944. Since this appli
cation is for a renewal of your
Basic "A" ration, you must at
tach to the application the front
and back cover of your present
A ration book, bearing your
signature and address
All motorists will be expected
to keep their present tire in
spection records.
A. A. M. and Mrs. William
S. Cunningham have returned
to Opa Locka, Fla? after visit
ing Mr. Cunningham's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Cunning
ham.
United War Fund Drive
Falls Behind Schedule
PROM A LAND WHERE
CHILDREN NO LONGER
PLAY? Wh*' thoughts run
through the minds of
these children, refugees from Po
land, whose future may be eared
for by Polish Relief, a National
War Fund agency.
Franklin Hi Tigers Beat
Sylva Eleven, 13 to 6
Franklin high school Tigers
overwhelmed Sylva's eleven 13
to 6 Tuesday afternoon when
they played here. The two
touchdowns were scored by
Cabe, and Russell scored the
extra point.
The Tigers will play Murphy
high school tomorrow at 2:00
o'clock in the Franklin Hi ath
letic field.
Regulations Covering
Hogs Shipped Into N. C.
To prevent the spread of hog
cholera from other states into
North Carolina, State Depart
ment of Agriculture through
Dr. William Moore, state vet
erinarian, has announced the
following regulations:
Sec. 8:' All swine brought Into,
this state (for feeding, breed
ing, sale or show purposes, ex
cept for immediate slaughter
(or those provided for in sec
tion 7 and section 9) must be
accompanied by a certificate of
health issued by a licensed and
qualified veterinarian stating
that they are free from any
symptoms of contagious or in
fectious diseases and that they
have not been exposed to same,
and that each animal has been
treated with a proper dose of
anti-hog cholera serum not more
than thirty days, or with a
proper does of anti-hog cholera
serum and virus not less than
twenty-one days prior to ship
ment. (Each animal shall be
identified with an approved
serially numbered ear tag, said
| number* to be recorded on the
Less Than Half of Quota
Has Been Raised
Thus Far
The United War Fund Drive
for Macon County is not going
too good as indicated by the
first week's returns, according
to John M. Archer, Jr., chair
man. Mr. Archer stated that far
less than half of the $7,000
quota has been raised. "This is
the first time In the many wai
fund campaigns that a gloomy
picture is painted and it nat
urally causes one to think that
too many people have the im
pression that the war is about
jver," he' said.
"In plain words," said Mr.
Archer, "the drive as a whole
is not going good by any means.
Three or four solicitors have
made excellent progress and
report about double their col
lections last year. However,
these good reports are thrown
off br lance by the lack of prog
ress in other sections of the
county."
As mentioned in previous is
sues the county has been di
vided Into about 30 districts,
each with two to six solicitors.
If every solicitor will make a
complete house to house can
vass, and in turn if each resi
dent will acknowledge his or
her responsibility in the cam
paign for the benefit of our
armed forces and suffering hu
manity, it should not be diffi
cult to raise the quota.
A second general meeting was
held at the town hall. High
lands, oh Monday night at
which time preliminary reports
were made to Sidney McCarty,
chairman. It was agreed at the
meeting that renewed efforts
would be made this week with
the idea of completing the
Highlands campaign by Satur
day night, if possible. It w:\s
reported that many people had
promised to make their dona
tions this week end bnd they
are asked to leave their checks
or cash with Mr. Sidney Mc
Carty, chairman, or his repre
sentative at the Highlands Elec
tric Co.
Macon nas never ianea in any
campaign heretofore and we
won't fail this time, Mr. Archer
said. "We can't and won't let
them down now ! "
Timber Figure# Given
For Southern Forests
Timber cut from Southern
National forests last July, Au
gust and September totaled 87,
245,000 board feet, a 80 per
cent gain In volume over the
summer quarter average for the
three previous years, Joseph C.
Kircher, regional forester of the
U. 8. Forest Service, has an
nounced.
The stumpage value of the
timber cut totaled $667,362.
health certificate). If the ani
mals are shipped the original
certificate must be attached to
the waybill and & copy for
warded to the State Veterl
narlan, Raleigh, N. 0.
Three Soldiers Casualties
In Fighting Overseas
Pfc. OLINE W. STANFIELD
Killed in France
Classifications
Announced By Local
Service Board
The following classifications
are announced by the local Se
lective Service board:
1-A: Charles Terrell Tallent,
Cecil Henry Day, Virgil H. Tal
lent, Buster Mashburn, How
ard Randolph Higdon, Sherman
Claude McClure, Solomon Perry
Shepherd, William Henry Frady,
Grover Lee Keener, Charles Mc
Cormick Morrison, Henry Orady
Crlspe, John Plerpont Strother,
Cameron Wood row Franklin.
2-A: Thomas Carl Higdon,
Paul Gray Wood, Glover Wil
liam Smith, Clay Taylor Payne,
Edd Henry, Austin Eugene Bak
er, Loren Hoyt DeHart, Gran
ville Troy Messer, Fred James
Hopper, Lennie Daniel Tilson,
Neil Gilmer Waldroop, Lee Jerry
Cochran (colored).
2-B: Robert Lloyd Norton,
Samuel Ramsey.
3-D: Cecil Porter Ayers.
4-F: Marlin Ray Benfield, War
ren Waddell Pickleslmer, James
Wiley Ray, William David Frady,
Clyde Dover Lakey, Clarence
Levi Crane, Gilmer Harry Hen
son, William Herschel Talley,
Edward Bryce Ramey, Troy Den
nis Gregory, Furman Fuller
Stiles, Elmer Neville Frisby,
Cecil Kenneth Duvall, Lewis Lee
Fouts, Glenn Welch, Jonathan
Ralph Anderson.
1-A-H: Paul Earl Ross.
The following classifications
were made by Boards of Appeal:
1-A: Harry William Baty.
2-A: Leo Mack Meece.
The following additional clas
sifications are announced:
1-A: Kyle Theodore Watts,
James Logan Sanders, Sam
Roosevelt McCall, Fred Alexan
der Passmore, Charles Clifford
McCall, Dan R. Reynolds, Mil
ton Rowland, Victor Author
Shidle, Wayne Mathies Smith,
John Quince Hedden, James R.
L. Estes, Granville Boyd Kell,
Vernon Morris Bryson, Ralph
Joseph McMullen, John William
Two Macon Men Reported
Killed, One Wounded
In Action
Messages were received from
the War Department in the
past week reporting three Ma
con county men as casualties on
J thp battlefronts. They were:
| killed, Daniel Garrett, Oline W.
I Stanfleld; wounded, Leo A.
1 Jacobs.
Pfc. DANIEL GARRETT
Pfc. Daniel Garrett, twenty
i two-year-old son of Mrs. Elsie
Clark of Oak Dale, was killed in
action in Holland on September
18, according to a message re
ceived here. t
Pfc. Garrett, who was serv
ing in a glider infantry unit,
entered the army in 1942. He
went overseas in July, 1943. He
received his training at Camp
Clalrbourne and Fort Bragg.
He had been previously
wounded in June and stayed
in a hospital for several weeks.
He went back into service in
September after a short leave
in England.
! Mrs. Clark had received a
letter about two weeks ago.
Before entering the service,
he had been in a CCC camp
for two and one-half years.
Surviving besides the mother,
are the step-father, Oscar
Clark, of Oak Grove; one sister,
Mrs. W. L. Keel, of Alliance;
and one brother, Bm. 2/c Arthur
V. Garrett, serving In Panama
for the past year. He was the
son of the late Ralph Garrett
I of Swain county.
Pfc. OLINE W. STANFIELD
Mrs. Reba Stanfield has re
ceived word that her husbsnad,
Pfc. Oline W. Stanfield, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam W. Stanfield
of Franklin, has been killed In
action on September 18, in
France.
Pfc. Stanfield entered the
army in November, 1943 and
took basic training at Fort
Eustice, Va., and where he was
sent from Camp Croft, S. C..
He also received training at Fort
Jackson, S. C., and Camp Mc
Cain, Miss.
Before entering the service,
he was employed by Burrell Mo
tor Co. in Franklin. The last
letter that the family received
was dated September 1.
Survivors include:
The widow, the former Miss
Reba Boston; four small chil
dren, Bobby, Richard, Elizabeth
Ann. and Jimmy Edgar; four
sisters, Misses Ora and Belle
Stanfield of Franklin; Mrs.
Doyle Morgan of Atlanta, and
? Continued on Page Six
Martin.
2-A: Lon Stanley Mack.
2-B: Pearson Andrew Wilson.
4-F: Erwin Charles Rlckman,
Henry Hastings.
NEWS OF OUR
MENwWOMEN
IN UNIFORM -
SAMUEL V. TALLENT
Mrs. Samuel P. Tallent hasl
received the Purple Heart which1
was awarded her husband tor
wounda received In France on
July 4. She received a letter that
he waa well and back In duty
again wmewhere In France.
M/Sgt. LAWRENCE 8. PENLAND
M/Sgt. Lawrence S. Penland,
s6n of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Pen
land was honorably discharged
from the army In February,
1944. He volunteered for the
army In February, IMS.