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PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL ?
INDEPENDENT
VOL. UX? NO. 45
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 1944
$2.00 PER YEAR
Democrats Again Make Roosevelt President
SEN. TRUMAN, HOEY, CHERRY RIDE TO VICTORY
Achievement Day Program
Held By H.-D. Clubs
Many Peoples Attend,
Awards Given
Members
The Macon County Council of
the Home Demonstration Clubl
met In the Agriculture building
for their annual Achievement
Day program on Tuesday, for
an all-day session, with over
100 members from the various
clubs In Macon county In at
tendance.
Mrs. Robert Parrlsh, vice
president, presided over the
meeting in the absence of the
president, Mrs. Earl Harrison.
The theme for the day was
"Macon County Home Demon
stration Club Women on the
Alert."
The address of welcome was
given by Mrs. Florence 8. 8her
rlll, home demonstration agent,
and M. L. Snipes, assistant
county farm agent.
The devotional was a service
honoring the sons, brothers and
husbands of the club members
who have men in service, and
in the 20 clubs over the coun
ty, which have a total of 420
members, they reported as to
having 154 men serving in the
armed forces. One woman, Mrs.
Wilburn Welch, of the Burn
Ingtown club, reported that she
has six sons in the service.
Mrs. J. 8. Gray, correspond
'<U secretary of the N. C.Home
demonstration clubs, gave a
very interesting account ot the
recent meeting of the State
Council which was held in Ral
eigh. She told of the Club
women's visit to the governor's
mansion and also of the chris
tening of the "Larkspur", by
the club members and members
of the N. C. Nurses' association.
Miss Anna C. Rowe, West
ern District Home agent, of
Asheville, discussed the ac
complishments of the club
women in 1944 and gave an
outline of the plans for 1945.
Among these plans were for the
project leaders to conduct the
meetings in the absence of the
home agent, so that group
meetings oould be held in all
unorganized neighborhoods.
Mrs. Prank Gibson, secretary
of the council, made her report
on the clubs work of 1944 and
told of the 38 4-H neighbor
hood leaders conducting group
meetings with club" girls during
the summer. Also of the activi
ties in the sale of war bonds,
scrap drives and on Red Cross
works.
Mrs. J. R. Ray, of the Car
son's Chapel club, spoke on
"Rural Women Can Help Fight
? Continued On Pap Six
Cpl. Vanhook of Prentiss
Missing In Action
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Vanhook.
of the Prentiss section of Ma
con county, have received a
message from the War Depart
ment that their son, Cpl. Lewis
F. Vanhood, had been missing
in action in France since Oct.
11th.
Cpl. Vanhook, who volunteer
ed Into the armed forces in
1940, took his basic training at
Fort Jackson, S. C., at Camp
Blandlng, Fla., and was later
sent to Atterbery, Ind., for his
advanced training before he
was sent overseas In January
of this year.
Cpl. Vatthook, who was in the
battle of NOrmandy went In on
July 14, and was wounded on
July 16. He stayed In the hos
pital until the first of Septem
ber and rejoined his company
In Holland around the 2nd day
of October and was reported
missing on the 11th.
Prior to entering -the services
he worked on the larm. He has
two brothers In service. They
are Sgt. Clarence Vanhook, who
Is stationed In Italy and Cpl.
Charley Z. Vanhook, who spent
the past SO months In Panama
Canal Zone but has been home
on a furlough He will return
to an overseas replacement
station it Oresnsboro,
JUDGE ALLEY
! SPEAKS HERE
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Democratic Principles
And Party History
Ably Presented
Judge Felix E. Alley, 72-year
young jurist of Waynesvllle was
principal speaker at the Dem
ocratic rally held in Macon
county court house Nov. 3. E.
W. i Long, chairman of the
Democratic committee presid
! ed and Guy Houk, superintend
j ent of schools introduced Judge
i Alley. In his introduction ad
; dress, Mr. Houk stressed the
j point that no democracy has
I ever progressed except by get
ting out the vote and continu
| ing to get out the vote and
I that no campaign in our his
i tory has been marked by more
j falsehoods and half truths than
this. He presented Judge Alley
as a persistent, consistent and
long time conscientious mem
ber of the Democratic party
and advocate of the principles
for which it stands.
In his opening words. Judge
Alley emphasized the fact that
he was not a candidate for any
office and never expected to
be one again. Continuing, he
predicted that approximately 65
per cent of the votes in this
election would be cast by wom
en.
Tells Many Humorous Stories
Many entertaining stories and
reminiscences interspersed the
more serious passages of Judge
Alley's speech, which lasted
over an hour and was made
entirely extemporaneously. Ac
curate recitation of dates, facts
and figures pertaining to the
history of Wilson's two-term
administration was followed by
more history of the adminis
trations of Harding, Coolidge
and Hoover. Statistics on the
number of farms and homes
foreclosed during the 'Hoover
Depression' were fluently pre
sented, as was his recipe for
"Hoover soup". It was pointed
out that Dewey had been Hoo
ver's pupil since 1932. "Who",
said Judge Alley, "do you want
to be President of the United
States ? If you want Roosevelt,
vote for Roosevelt. If you want
Hoover, vote for Dewey."
After pointed references to
the weakness of Dewey's posi
tion Implied by his campaign
speeches to the effect that he
did not want to change any
thing except the President, -
Claire Booth Luce and Mr. ]
Hamlin came in for severe cas- ,
tigation. '
Record of the G.O.P.
Reading from the Congres
sional Record the record of the s
Republican party during the ,
period of 1939 to 1943 Judge i
Alley presented a strong case s
against them and stated that s
the eight known Republican s
Isolationists of that period had s
not been discredited by Dewey, I
whose reply to these facts was (
to call Roosevelt a Communist. <
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J. M. RABY NAMED FARM '
CENSUS SUPERVISOR 1
C. O. McOinnis, state super- ]
visor In charge of an agrlcul- i
ture and live stock census to ]
be made beginning Jan. 1, has ]
announced the names of J. M.
Raby, of Franklin and James ,
W. Osborne, of Shelby.
CAPT. AND MRS. BEN GRANT
VISITORS IN FRANKLIN
Capt. Ben P. Grant and Mrs.
Grant are visitors In Franklin
while Capt. Grant is home on
leave.
Capt. Grant has been sta
tioned at 240th M.P. Batallion,
Hyde Park, N. Y. since lasl Jan
uary, having left his dental !
practice in Franklin August;
IMS to enter officers' training
at the Medical Field Service
?chool of CarlUle, Pa. 1
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Elected (or a fourth term by Democrats, leading the race
against Thomas E. Dewey, of New York, by an overwhelm
ing majority.
Latest reports Indicate that Mr. Roosevelt polled 407
electoral votes as against 124 for his O.O. P. opponent.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, of New York.
Senator Harry 8. Truman was elected Vice-President on
the Democratic ticket.
' NEW NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR
R. Gregg Cherry, of Gastonia, Democratic candidate, was
elected by an overwhelming majority, according to incomplete
returns from Tuesday's general election.
National, State And County
Democrats Elect Candidates
By Overwhelming Majority
Again Macon county voters marched with traditional Demo
cratic strides to the general elections on Tuesday and for the
first time in the history of elections, cast their votes for a
President of the United States for his fourth term.
President Roosevelt, United States Senator, Member of
Congress, Governor, and all State candidates, as well as those
running for the House of Representatives to the General As
sembly, and county surveyor on the county ticket, were elected.
While the county vote was not as large as anticipated or
had been in many of the previous general elections, it was
one to be proud of. And, too, while many of the ballots sent
to the men in armed forces were not returned, there were
approximately 250 men and women in the services who either
voted in person or sent their ballot to Chairman of the Ma
con County Board of Elections.
James J. Mann stated that the election throughout the
county was very smooth and quiet and that he was well
pleased with the interest manifested in the candidates.
Brevard Again Defeats
Franklin Hi Pantlhers
There was plenty of fighting
spirit in our Franklin Panthers
when they met Brevard here
ast Friday. There was good
iportsmanship too, notwith
standing several instances of
i p o n t a n eous unpremediated
ilugging.
Our boys were defeated for
,he second time this season by
;he Brevard team not because
>f any lack in their will to
win and not because of insuf
tient training by our good
:oach. Bill Crawford, but large
ly because the opposing team
iveraged almost fifteen pounds
per man over the weight of the
Franklin team.
Brevard deserves credit for a
clean and able victory. Coach
Bullock deserves credit for the
technical and moral training
in football evidenced by his
team.
Considering the higher aver
age weight of the Brevard boys,
Franklin did well to hold the
final score 12-0.
Miss Arietta Bolick will be
hostess to the U.D. C. chapter
on Monday evening at 8 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. John Hall
on Bldwell street, with Miss
Lily Rankin as associate hos
tess. All members are asked to
bt present.
Classifications !
i
Announced By Local '
Service Board1
The following classifications i
are announced by the local Se- 1
lective Service Board:
1-A: John Webb, Ralph Wil- 1
liam McClure, Ray Dills, Clin- 1
ton Roger Cabe. 1
2-A: Frank Jones, Hillard .
Doyle Houston, Graham David :
Love, col., Lyman Frady, Ray
Anderson. .
2-B: Halen Dills.
4-F:Wint James Duvall, Jas.
Luther Henry, James Furman
Allen, Walter Orthanial Smith.
4-A: Sidney Lewis McCarty,
Charles Melichar, Eddie Henry,
Vernal Hilard Wyatt, Ralph
Ray Crunkleton, Lewis Cun
ningham, Frank Robert Cowart,
Henry Edd Vinson, Leonard
Lonzo Morgan, Fred Leslie Nich
ols, Harvey Londos Martin, Jno.
David Carpenter, Robert Fur
man Anderson, Charles Lester
Campbell, Lyman Paul Ballew,
Harry Theodore Morgan, Glenn
DeHart, James Clyde Hughes,
Terrell Loyd Tallent, Clarence
Edgar Ghormley, Prioleau Chas.
Shope, Ennis Renwick Tilaon,
James Howard Neal, JohnRobt.
Calloway, Thadlus Jerry Wil
son, Robert Glenn Henderson,
Lyman Harry Led better, Walter,
Monroe Talley, Geo. Washing- 1
JURORS DRAWN
FOR DECEMBER!
CcmmisVonsrs Announce
List At Meeting
Monday
Jurors were drawn at the
regular session of the Macon
County Commissioners meeting
held on Monday to serve at
the December term ot Macon
County Superior Court. They
include:
First week: Walter Houston,
Highlands; Fred Ledford, rotite
3, Franklin; Wiley Norton, Dil
lard, Ga., route 1; H. L. Swaf
ford, Franklin route 3; T\ T.
Love, Franklin; T. L. Cabe,
Otto; Ray Cochran, Flats; J.E.
Bryson, Cullasaja; Claude San
ders, Franklin route 4; Lester
Henderson, Franklin; T. J. Gib
son, Highlands; Lee Phillips,
Franklin route 1; F. W. Dills,
Qnelss; W. C. Sanders, Frank
lin route 4; E. C. Shook, High
lands; Fritz J. Henderson, j
Franklin route 2; L. L. Morgan,
Flats; Derrell McCoy, Franklin ;i
route 3. i
Jud Icenhour, Franklin route '
1; W. L. Deal, Gneiss; Elmer
Roten, Franklin; Loyal Mason,
Franklin route 3; E. C. Hod
Sins, Prentiss; E. A. Dowdle,
Franklin, R-2; Harvey Carnes,
Stiles; Zeb Childers, Franklin
?oute 1; Roy L. Cabe, Prentiss;
[>ock M. Rogers, Highlands;
Say McConnell, Franklin, R-2;
3eorge Evans, Franklin; C. P.
3radley, Dlllard, Ga., route 1;
Simon Teague, Prentiss; Perry
3rendle, West's Mill; H. M.
Jitts, Dillard, Ga., route 1;
Lawrence Crunkleton, High
ands; and Charlie W. Craw
ford, Cullasaja.
Second Week
S. C. Davis, Kyle; FredD.Ed
vards. Franklin route 3; Ho
tter Passmore, Nantahala; Fritz
lussell, Cullasaja; F. M. Hous
ton, Gneiss; W. L. Jones, Flats;
loy Mason, Franklin route 3;
Weaver Cochran, Flats; John
?"armer, Prentiss; Ben Rogers,
ilghlands; Thomas H. Queen,
^ranklin route 3; C. A. Carpen
?r, Franklin route 2; J. B.
Immons, Ellljay; Harley Ram
cy, Tellico; F. H. Willis, route
t. Franklin; Emory Cabe, R-2,
^ranklln; Clifton Led ford, 1
'rentiss and Robert Downs,
Vest's Mill. I ?
on Gregory, Wiley Alton Sta- J
ney, Richard Theodore Norton, j
foe Angel, Wm. Arlen Green- ,
wood, Morgan Owenby, Carl ,
Ulen Bollck .Thomas Wilie |
3rown, Furman Walker Stew
non, Leonard Webb, Walter ,
Charles Anderson, Austin Dills, ;
Fohn Riley Wilson, Bronce La- ]
fayette Roper, Tolliver Theo- j
lore Vinson, Cleveland Lafay- ,
itte Cartledge, Fred Dillard
tfoffltt. Dock Andrew Solesbee, <
Sheridan Arthur Gregory, Har- J
?y Doyal Painter, Don Laws ,
Senry, Grady Andy Cope, Wm. ?
rhad Holden, Fred Alexander
Fox, Julius Homer Maney, Baze
Pinkney Tallent, Winfard Mar
tin, col., William Carey Clark,
lames William Welch, Ralph '
Lyman Fouts, Leonard John
Myers, James Ned Teague,
Frederick Siler Sloan, Stone
wall Jackson C a b e, Alfred
Roosevelt Teem, Archie Verlon
Davis, Tudor Norton Hall, Wm. i
T. Wooten, Don Hughes, Geo
Albert Potts, Harrison Russell,
Jess Walter Johnston, PaulJud
son McCoy, Richard Walter
West, Lester Calhoun Hender
son, Lee Bates, James Frank
Shields, Nathaniel Macon Phil
lips, Jackson Wylie Sherrill,
William Norman Slattery, Roy
Wheeler Morton, Arthur Nath
aniel Holden, Frank Wayne
Gibson, Charles Lester Cabe,
James Earl Smart, Horace Les
ter Bryant, Earlie Erwin Daves,
Garnet Edwin J Nix, Ernest
Crunkleton, William Isaac Kee
rfer, Harley B. Anderson, Ray
Downs, Memory Allen Taylor,
Theodore Gillespie, Harvey
Richie Laboone, Fred Lee York,
Slier Paasmore.
i 4-A? (Continued) : Robert Lee
DEDICATION OF
SLOANCHAPEL
Services To Be Held on
Sunday Afternoon
November 12.
The dedication service for
Sloan Union chapel in East
Franklin, will be held on Sun
day afternoon, November 12, be
ginning at 2 o'clock, it has
been announced by R. H. Hull,
representative of the American
Sunday School Union.
The program will open with
an organ prelude by Mrs. R. H.
Hull, after which the congrega
tion will sing "Wonderful
Words of Life." The Sunday
school will then be held with
Mrs. Walter B. Cunningham,
superintendent, presiding.
Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt,
pastor of the Franklin Meth
odist church, will read the
scripture and the prayer will
be given by Rev. J. F. March
man, pastor of the Franklin
Baptist church. The young peo
ple will render the Gospel
choruses, and Mrs. L. W. Man
ning will sing a solo entitled
'Bless This House."
Address By Carl Nungcsser
The dedicatory address will
t>e made by Carl Nungesser,
Middle Atlantic District Ameri
:an Sunday School Union, of
Knoxville, Tenn., who expects
;o be present.
This church, which was re
:ently completed, was started
in early 1943, and is lnter-de
nominational. It grew out of
-he Sunday schools being held
in the various homes in that
:ommunity since the fall of
1941. However, a permanent
Sunday school was not organ
zed until April 1942, when a
'roup of about 20 met at the
lome of R. P. Henry and
;lected the following officers:
Mrs. Walter B. Cunningham, su
jerintendent; Mrs. Roy Klns
and, assistant superintendent
ind Mrs. Earl Smart, secretary
ind treasurer.
The lot on which the church
vas erected, was leased to the
:ommunity by Mr. and Mrs.
iarold T. Sloan, and the funds
or the material was given in
imall contributions. Following
he first preparations, prepara
?ry to building, many gifts of
naterial, labor and equipment,
vas given by numerous citi
zens in Franklin and Macon
:ounty. Despite the difficulties
;he group had to encounter due
m the government building re
strictions, they built their
:hurch and never went in debt
tor a single Item of material.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hull, rep
resentatives of the American
Sunday School Union, who have
seen In Macon county for the
past six years organizing Sun
day schools in the rural dis
tricts of the county, and ad
loining counties, were instru
mental in the promotion of this
ihurch and will be present and
take part on the program.
The public Is invited to at
tend this service.
Webb, Cecil Lyman Ledford,
Lon Cook, Henry Roosevelt
Jones, Oliver Smith, Charles
Robert Anderson, Theodore Til
lery Love, William Roane Par
rish, Paul Earl Ross, Erwin
Holt, Edward Freelan Cooley,
Fred Albert Rogers, Claude Wil
klns Cabe, Geo. Seldon Craw
ford, Jeff William Patton,
Ernst Elbert Long, Perry Wm
Brendle, Barto Sam Hopkins,
Joe Stevens Tallent, James Ar
thur Sutton, Freeman E. Hast
ings, Charles Theodore Hurst,
Joel Southerland Tompkins,
Lake Hudson Stiles, Olenn Al
bert Shields, Ruben L. Birch -
field. Claude Rateman, Howard
Logan Stewart, Ralph Daniel
Scott, Charles Chandler Sut
ton, Cecil Curtis Holland. Hor
ace Johnson Morgan, Robert
Cecil Love, John Frank Craine,
Zeb Napoleon Anderson, Thad
Hez Cloer, James Robert Keen
er, Derrell Robert Queen, Nor
man Reese, Henry Jackson
Coleman, col., Herman Thomas
? Centtnued On Pace Six