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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, DEC. 21, 1944
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CHAIRMAN SAYS
BUY T BONDS
$74,000 Series "E" Bonds
Are Sold In County;
Still Below Quota
A total of $70,000 have been
sold in. Macon county in the j
"E" Series, according to to a |
statement made by Henry W.
Cabe, chairman of the Sixth
War Loan Prlve, Friday,
Ur, Cabe stated that the sales
;he "E" series were going
along slow, however, they were
being sold dally and will con
tinue on through the remaind
er of December. A total of $34,
000 In this series will have to
be sold before the end of the
month if Macon county meets
Its quota of $104,000. The coun
ty has already met and surpas
sed its quota of $50,000 in the
other series.
1 With the demand for war
materials becoming greater each
day, Mr. Cabe asks the people
of Maeon county to buy bonds
and more bonds until we can
get our boys safely home, and j
this Is one of the safest and
surest ways of their returning,
is to help when the help is
i needed most, he said.
Memorial Service For
Clemson College Students
Mrs. Fred Gray, Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Gray, and Mrs. Gus Bald
Wln, attended the Third annual
Olemaon Memorial service at
Clemson college, Clemson, 8. C.,
<fti December 7. The service, in
honor of the Clemson men who
have given their lives for their
country, was held in the col
lege chapel.
The impressive program be
gan at noon and lasted for 30
minutes. A recording of the
program was made, to bf
broadcast over station WAIM,
Anderson, fi. C? and WIS, Col
umbia, S. C. The ministers o ?
/ the campus read the names of
^br-beys^oa- Mst Roil of Honor,
*t'ach minister reading the
names of the boys from his
church. The Clemson Boll of
Honor now numbers 175. Only
those boys listed as killed or
as missing in action since the t
IMS Memorial service were read
during this service.
Friends and relatives of the
boys honored in the service
were given seats of honor in
the auditorium. The wives and
parents of the boys had been
invited by the ministers of the
several churches.
Major Judson Fred Gray,
husband of Mrs. Louise Blaine
' Gray, Franklin, and son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. J. Gray, route 2,
Franklin, was killed in action
on May 24, 1944, while leading
a bombing mission over Berlin,
Germany. Major Gray was
graduated from Clemson college
In the class of 1940, where he
majored In dairying and was
active 1 n student persuits.
While la college he was a mem
ber of the "Tiger" brotherhood,
local honorary fraternity; Jun
ior and Senior Platoons, Dairy
Club; National Honorary Mili
tary Society of "Scabbard and
Blade"; Presbyterian Student
Association; Y.M.C.A. Cabinet,
and was a Lt. Colonel and Reg
imental Executive in the R. O.
T. | C. Infantry unit.
Major Gray, who entered the
Air Corps In September. 1940,
left for Overseas duty in April,
1944, and was stationed at a
base In England where he serv
ed as commanding officer of a
heavy bombardment squadron.
He has been awarded the Pur
ple Heart posthumously.
PARTY FOR W. N. C.
CRIPPLED CHILDREN
The regular monthly clinic
for crippled children will not
be held as usual at Bryson
City this month, as the annual
Christmas party will be held at
the Aahevllle Orthopedic Home
in Blltmore Saturday, Decem
ber 23, from 9 a. m. to 11
a. m. All children who have
regularly attended the clinic
nr?ryeon City or Ashevllle are
Invited to attend.
The next clinic at Bryson
I City will be held Januafy 20,
| IMp, at the regular place.
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Best Wishes
for
A Merry Christmas
Pfc. Womack Wounded
Slightly In France
Pfc. Reid Womack was slight
ly wounded in. action in France
on December 3, according to a
message received by his wife
here on Thursday.
Pfc. Womack, who entered
the service in February of this
year, is serving in the Infan
try. He took his training at
Fort McClellan, Ala., and was
later sent to Fort Oeorge Mead.
Md. He went overseas the later
part of July and has been in
France since his arrival. He
had only recently left the hos
pital, having sustained frozen
feet several days before.
Pfc. Womack operated the
Reid's Esso Service station on
Palmer street, prior to going
Into the service. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Womack
of Franklin, and was married
to Miss Elda Ledford of Frank
lin, route 3.
Pfc. Womack has a brother,
Paul Womack, Who is in the
service in France and on one
occasion were in two miles of
each other, but did not know
it. They have not met.
Charter Presented Boy
Scout* Of West's Mill
The charter for the new
troop of Boy Scouts of Ameri
ca at West's Mill, was present
ed at a gathering there last
Friday afternoon. Francis V.
Smith of Ashevllle. assistant
Scout executive for the Daniel
Boone Council, was in charge
of the meeting.
The charter was presented to
Mrs. Carl Bryson, secretary of
the Parent Teacher Association,
which is the sponsoring insti
tution for the troop. The Rev.
A. Ruftts Morgan, newly elected
chairman of the Smoky Moun
tains district, made the pre
sentation. Mrs. Bryson present
ed the certificates of the mem
bers of the Troop committee.
These were received by Clyde
N. West and T. M. Rlckman for
the other two members: H. R.
Morrison and Lee Mason.
"Smoky" Smith then conduc
ted the instructive and beauti
ful Candlelight Investure cere
mony for the ntw Scouts, lay
ing emphasis upon the Scout
Oath and Laws. Training Certi
ficates Were presented to a
; group of interested adults who
had Men present recently for
a Fundamentals course on
1 scouting,
NEWS OF OUR
MEN./ WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Mrs. Claude Beeco has receiv
ed word from the Government
that her son, Pvt. Willie C.
Beeco, has been in the hospital
in New Guinea with a nervous
disorder for the past 9 weeks
and is slightly improved.
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Pic. Wade R. McConnell, son
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. McConnell
of Prentiss is spending a 21
day furlough with his parents
and his wife, the former Miss
Annie Mae McDowell. He serv
ed five months overseas duty.
Stationed Northington Gener
al hospital, Tuscalossa, Ala.
?it?
Pfc. Sam L. Holland, Frank
Zeb. V. Sellers,
Macon Resident Passes
Zeb V. Sellers, 84, died at his
home, five miles South of
Franklin, on Jhe Franklin-Geo
rgia highway, on Thursday,
morning at 11 o'clock, follow
ing an illness of 10 days with
bronchial pneumonia.
Mr. Sellers, a farmer, was a
life-long resident of Macon
county. He was born on Jan
uary 12, 1860, the son of the
late Samuel and Avellne Sel
lers. In 1890 he was married to
Miss Sarah E. McDowell, who
preceded him In death about
two years ago.
Funeral services will be held
on Friday morning at eleven
o'clock at the Union Methodist
church. The Rev. V. N. Allen,
pastor, will officiate and burial
will be in the church cemetery.
The pallbearers were Wiley
Sellers. Thad Patton, Bud Mc
Connell, Thad Nichols,, Jay
Proctor and Thad Thompson.
Surviving are two children,
one son, Sam O. Sellers and
one daughter, Miss Irene Sel
lers, both of Franklin route 2.
Also one adopted daughter,
Mrs. Ila Mae Shiflds and four
grandchildren and a number
of nieces and nephews.
Potts Funeral Home was In
charge of arrangements,
lin, has been relieved of his as
signment in Col. Monro's Jun
gle Infantry of the Panama
Mobile Force and transferred
to the Parachute school at Fort
Benning, Georgia, for ariborne
training it is announced by
Headquarters of the Mobile
Force.
A volunteer for his new as
signment, Holland has been on
duty in Panama at Jungle
training areas, outposts and
guard positions for the past 11
months.
He entered the Army in Oct
ober 1943 and arrived here for
foreign service February 1944.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Holland of Gneiss.
Dr. Woodard Entertains
With Steak Dinner
Dr. G. B. Woodard, pharma
cist in Perry's Drug store, en
tertained the recently elected I
officers of the Junaluska Lodge
No. 145, A. F. & A. M., at a
steak dinner at the Tavern on
Tuesday evening.
Carl Tyslnger, the retiring
worshipful master, headed the
group, and the following offi
cers were present:
H. Lee Ouffey, worshipful
master; Herman H. Plemmons.
senior warden; Guy L. Houk.
Junior warden; J. Ward Long,
secretary; Henry W. Cabe,
treasurer; R. S. O'Mohundro,
senior deacon; B. L. McGlam
ery, Junior deacon; Ebb Bul
lock, senior steward; C. J.
Mooney, Junior deacon; and
James Dryman, tyler.
The Bank Of Franklin
Has Two Legal Holidays
Monday, December 25, Christ
mas Day, being a legal holiday,
and Tuesday, December 26,
having been declared a legal
holiday by the Governor of
North Carolina, the Bank of
Franklin will be closed /or both
days. It has been announced by
Henry W. Cabe. cashier.
Subscription rates are 12
a year; 11.00 ?ix months;
*1.80 a year to men and
la tho amies.
Two Macon County Men
Are Missing In Action
Filing Dates For
Estimated Tax Changed
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr., Com
missioner of Internal Revenue,
has reminded individuals that
the special income taxpayers
Congress has changed from
December 15, 1944, to January
15, 1945, the final date for fil
ing Declarations of Estimated
Income Tax, either original (as
in the case of farmers > , or
amended, and paying of in
stallments -of estimated tax for
the calendar year 1944.
Among the tax payers affect
ed by this change in dates are:
farmers who exercised their
right to defer filing declara
tions last April 15; others who
have already filed 1944 declar
ations but desire to change
their estimates by filing amen
ded declarations; all persons
who owe the final installment
of 1944 estimated tax.
If a taxpayer who would oth
erwise be required to file an
original or amended Declara
tion of Estimated Tax by Jan
uary 15. 1945. files his annual
income tax return for 1944 (on
Form 1040) and pays all tax
due by January 15, his return
will serve as both a return and
declaration and he need not
file the 1944 declaration.
Also, if a taxpayer files his
final 1944 return (on Form
1040) and pays the tax due on
It by January 15, he need not
pay the final Installment which
otherwise would be due on his
estimated tax.
?A bill from the Collector for
the flsal installment of 1944
estimated tax may be ignored
by a taxpayer who files his an
nual return (on Form 1040 1
and pays the tax due on it by
January 15.
These changes will enable a
taxpayer, if he desires to do so.
to wind up all of his 1944 in
come tax obligations by Janu
ary 15, but it does not affect
the filing of his 1945 declara
tion which will be due March
15. Also, taxpayers who do not
file their final 1944 returns by
January 15 must do so by
March 15.
Selective Service
Macon County Men Leave
For Induction
December 20, 1944
The following men were for
warded to Camp Croft, S. C., 1
this date for induction into the
Armed Forces:
Pink A. Gibson, Bennie Bol
den Haire, Clinton Roger Cabe,
Frank Carr Dryman, Joe Neal,
Winfred Gregory, Eugene Mc
Call, Buren Van Morgan. Pau'
Gibson Holbrook, Roy Macr.
Cabe, George William Clouse.
Norman Clyde Webb, who was
transferred from another board
for induction, was sent with
this group.
West's Mill Resident
Passes Wednesday
Levi Elijah (Dudei Mathis.
55, died at his home in the
West's Mill section of Macon
county on Wednesday morning
at 5 o'clock following a linger
ing illness of several months
caused by three strokes of ap
oplexy.
Mr. Mathis, a life-long resi
dent of Macon county, was
born on October 8, 1889, the
son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Mathis. He was a farm
er and had made his home In
the West's Mill community for
a number of years. He was
married to Miss Sara Prince on
August 16, 1914.
Funeral services were held
on Friday afternoon at two
o'clock at the Cowee Baptist
church, with the Rev. Lester
Sorrells, officiating. Burial was
be In the church cemetery.
Surviving are the widow and
eight children, James A. Ma
this, of Bryson City; Mrs. Ka
tie Messer. of Cole Creek; Char
les L. Mathis, of Bryson City;
Mrs. Mary Bradley, of Spartan
burg, 8. C.; Mrs. Martha Mar
tin. of Franklin route S; Miss
Roberta Mathis, of Gastonla
And Misses Lucy and Shirley
Jane Mathis, of Franklin, routi
II.
Message Received Stating
7 hat Brother Are
Missing
Harris Jones, of near the lot
la Bridge, has received a mes
sage stating that his brothers,
Cpl. Lloyd Jones and Sgt.
Johnnie Jones, were both mis
sing in action an November 14,
somewhere in Belgium.
Cpl. Jones is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. LeRoy Jones, of Roan
Mountain, Tenn,, formerly of
Macon county. He entered the
armed forces in January, 1944, y
and took his basic training at
Camp Blanding, f'la., and was a
machine gunner. He was sent
overseas in early September of
this year.
Sgt. Johnnie Jones, who en
tered the service in November,
1943, took his training and went
across with his brother, Cpl.
Jones, also missing on the same
date. He is in the heavy field .. M
artillery and took his
at Fort Worth, Texas,
a training center at San Diego,
Calif. He was married to Miss
Evelyn Hipps, of Waynesville
and they have two children.
A brother-in-law, Pvt. David
Sorrells, who was reported to
be missing in action ifi France
on November 4, was later re
ported to have been killed in
action on the same date.
Pfc. Sorrells entered the ser-j .???
vice in January of this year,
was in the ground infantry. He
was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Sorrells of Skeenah, Ma
con county. He was married to
Miss Delia Jones and they have
three children. They are Ed
ward, Kenneth and Bo Sor
rells. Also surviving are the fol
lowing brothers and sisters,
Mrs. Minnie Extine of Sylva;
Mrs. Bessie McCall of Franklin;
Mrs. W. Cheek, Franklin route*
2; and Mrs. Sam Hopkins of
Franklin route 4; Pfc. Rogers
Sorrells and Pvt. Charlie Sor
rells, both in overseas service;
John Sorrells of Sylva; James
Sorrells of Waynesville and Ce
cil Sorrells of Knoxville, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones have also
lost anothei*feon in the service.
Captain Presibn Jones was kill
ed off the coast~"CFt asm-Blago^ *
Calif., on the 11th day of June
this year in an explosion when
so many service men lost their
lives. He has been in the ser
vice for the past 14 years.
Another son, Second Lieut.
Robert Jones, is serving in the
South Pacific.
Midnight Service At
St. Agnes, December 24
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan,
rector of St. Agnes Episcopal
.hurch, has announced that on
Christmas Eve there will be a
Midnight service at the St. Ag
nes Episcopal church, begin
ning at 11:30, with the cele
bration of Holy Communion.
The public is invited to at
tend.
Special Services At
Baptist Church, Sunday
The Rev. J. F. Marchman,
pastor of the Franklin Baptist
church, has announced that a
special Christmas service will
be held at the church on Sun
day morning at 11:00 o'clock,
and also at 7:30 o'clock in the
evening.
The public is invited to at;,
tend these services.^ - "
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