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VOL. LX? NO. 10
FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, MARCH 8. 1915
$2.00 PER YEAR
War Being Declared On
Rats In Macon County
Eradication Campaign To
Begin April 25 Thru 28;
Prizes Awarclsd
The rat population ill Macon
County is at least one rat lor j
every person and head of live- 1
stock. This would mean that
there is at least 30,000 rats In.
the county, according to Sam
W. Mendenhall, county farm
atfint.
, The. average loss per rat is
at least $2.00 per year. This
would mean that the loss of
food and feed caused by rats in
Macon county would amount to
$60,000.
?r. ivfendenhall states that it
is planned to conduct a rat kill
ing campaign on the 25, 26, 27,
and 28 of April. This campaign
will be conducted under the
supervision of L. C. Whitehead,
in charge of rodent control for
the state working with the vo
cational department and county
agents office of this county.
Sufficient bait for the ma
jority of the farms of Macon
county may be secured for
around $1 per farm. This bait
is not poison to anything other
than rats.
Prizes will be given to school
children who turn in the most
orders for the pf/ison bait, and j
all school children are eligible
to enter the contest.
In outlying communities the '
bait will be delivered to a cen
tral point where farmers may
secure it without much diffi
culty. Every farmer is urged to
take part in this campaign in
an effort to rid his farm and
the county of rats. Orders
should be placed immediately
so that it can be determined
how much material it will be
necessary to purchase to mix
the bait. Orders will be taken
by school children or they may
be turned into the county
agents' office or to the voca
tional department of the Frank
lin high school. In order that
material may be purchased to
mix the bait all orders must be
accompanied by $1.00 for each
package desired. Each package
contains about 2% pounds of
poison bait.
Contest for School Children
Any boy or girl attending j
school in Macon county is elig
ible to enter the contest selling j
rat poison. All orders must be
accompanied with $1.00 for each
package ordered. Blanks for re- j
cording purchases, name, ad
dress and amount of poison de
sired may be secured at the
county agents office or from
the vocational department at
the Franklin high school.
The prizes to be awarded are:
First prize, $50.00 War Bond,
Bank of Franklin.
Second prize, $25.00 War
Bond, Franklin Rotary Club. L
Third prize, $25.00 War Bond, j
Future Fanners of America.
Fourth prize, $25.00 War
Bond, Demonstration^ Farm As
sociation.
x fifth prize, $10.00, Wiley
Brown and Lawrence Liner.
Sixth prize, $8.00, Reeves
Hardware Co.
Seventh prize, $6.00, Macon
County Supply Co.
Eighth prize, $5.00. Franklin
Hardware Co.
Ninth prize, $4.00, Western
Auto Associate Store.
Tenth prize, $3.00, Roy F.
Cunningham.
The contest is open now and
will be closed on April 7th. No
orders will be taken after that
time.
For. full details see S. W. Men
denhall, county agent, or E. J.
Whitmire, agricultural teacher.
Box And Pie Supper
At Clark's Chapel
A box and pie supper will be
held on Friday night at the
Clark's Chapel schoolhouse and
the proceeds will be given to
the Macon county Red Cross
Funds, it has been announced
by Mrs. Hazel Sutton. The pub
lic is invited to attend.
k M/. and Mrs. Walter A. Steele
returned Monday evening from
Knoxvllle.^Tenn., where they at
tended the funeral of Mrs.
Steele's sister, Mrs. Ben Mc
Nutt, of Knoxvllle, who leaves
besides her husband, Ben Mc
Nutt, five sons, one daughter;
her mother, Mrs. Ruth Brewer,
and several brothers and sisters
who reside In Knoxvllle, and
Btvlervllls, Tenn,
Lewis P. Holland
Seriously Wounded
A telegram was received by
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Holland,
of the' Gneiss community, stat- i
ing that their son, Sgt. Lewie '
R. Holland, had been seriously I
wounded in action oh Febru
ary 2.
The parents received a letter !
this week from their son say- !
ing that he was improving. He
has been in overseas service for <
the past two years.
Sgt. Holland has a brother, |
Pfc. Sam L. Holland; who has j
been in service for the past 15 j
months. He is still stationed in j
the states.
Grandscn Of Mrs. R. C.
Sutton Seriously Wounded
Mrs. R. C. Sutton, of Frank
lin route 4, has had a message ?
that her grandson, Sgt. Robert
Tilson, of Canon City, Colo., had |
been seriously wounded in ac
tion in Luxembourg. Germany,
on February 12.
Sgt. Tilson is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Tilson, of Can- i
on City, Colo., formerly of
Franklin. Mr. Tilson" is the sor |
of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jake j
C. Tilson, of Gneiss and Mrs.
Tilson Is the daughter of Mrs.
R. C. Sutton.
Sgt. Tilson was serving as a
combat engineer with the
Third Army. ;
Awarded Msdals ]
i
First Lt. Frank M. Higdon, Jr.
of Franklin, who has been' list
ed as missing in action over
Hungary since last July, has
been awarded the Air Medal
and two Oak Leaf Clusters,
which were accepted by his
wife, the former Miss Ruth
Higgins, of Franklin, also pres
ent for the ceremony were the
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank M.
Higdon. of Franklin.
Lt. Higdon had been overseas
since April, flying a P-38. He
had completed 25 missions over
enemy territory. His squadron
holds the Presidential Unit cita- I .
tion.
Rummage Sale
Saturday, March 10
There will be a rummage sale
on Saturday morning near the
C. T. Blaine Seed Store on West
Main street, sponsored by the
pupils of the fifth grade in the
Franklin school. The proceeds
derived from the sale will be
used to buy furnishings for
their room. Various articles of
clothing will be on display.
Colonel Howard, who has been
serving In the South Pacific for
several months, Is spending his
furlough here with his wife ;
and rilatlvM at mar otto.
Mayor John Odell Harrison
OLDEST CITIZEN
IN MACON DIES
John O. Harrison, Mayor
Of Franklin, Passes
Monday
John Odell Harrison, 85. one j
of Franklin's oldest and most \
highly respected citizens, died '
it his home on Harrison ave
nue on Monday morning at
10:45 o'clock following a serious
llness of four months.
Born on June 20, 1859, a son
)f the late Page Harrison and
Wary Gillespie Harrison, he had i
lived in Macon county his en
ire life. On October 31, 1883
tie was married to Miss Althea
Dlivia Nolen, of this county who
preceded him in death on April
5, 1930.
Mr. Harrison was a traveling
salesman for the Carhart Cof
fee House, in New York for 30
years and following his retire
ment he was elected as chair
man of the County Board of
Commissioners in 1928 for a
two-year term and was re
elected to the same office in
1930. He was also elected on
the Board of Aldermen for the
town of Franklin in May 1939
for a two-year term and serv
ed in this capacity until Sep
tember 1940 when he was ap
pointed as Mayor to fill the un
expired term of J. Frank Ray,
who resigned. This office he
was holding at the time of his
passing.
Mr. Harrison was one of the
aldest members in the Frank
lin Methodist church, having
joined in 1882. He was present
ed a certificate of honor by the
Rev. C. C. Herbert, pastor, in
1939 in recognition of his be
ing the oldest member in the
church. He also took an active
Lfiterest in the civic affairs of
his town and county and espe
cially -tfas he interested in the
young men in service from our
county. He was a member of
the Masonic Order, Junaluskee
Lodge No. 145 and was one of
their oldest members. He had
served in various capacities of
the lodge.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday anernoon at j ocwti
at the Franklin Methodist
church with the Rev. W. Jack
son Huneycutt, pastor, officiat
ing. Members of the Masonic
Order served as pallbearers and
were in charge of the final
rites at the graveside. Inter
ment was in the Franklin cem
etery.
Surviving are four sons and
two daughters, Horace Harri
son, of Boston. Mass., Clifford
and John O. Harrison, Jr., of
Fort Worth, Texas, and Ben
Harrison, of Franklin, Mrs.
Harry F. Jordon, of Charleston,
8. C? and Miss Amy Harrison,
of Franklin. Also 11 grandchil
dren and eight great-grand
children. One brother, J. M.
Harrlwn, Franklin route 1, and
Red Cross
Furi-d Director Stresses
Need To. Meet Quota '
With the responsibilities of
the Red Cross Chapter increas- |
ing as more of our Macon
county boys are being wound
ed and made prisoners of war. 1
an appeal is being made to our j
citizens to contribute more gen- !
erously to the 1945 Red Cross
War Fund campaign than ever j
before.
On the basis of our limited
preliminary reports, the drive j
is making splendid progress and j
the total turned into the treas- I
ury $2,139.36, with more than
$1,300 of this collected by Vic
Perry and A. B. O'mohundro an
the main streets of Franklin, it
has been reported by' the Rev.
W. Jackson Huneycutt, chair
man of the M5con county drive.
However, we are far short of
the county's quota of $6,700.
"We must do our very best
for our men and women in the
armed forces," Mr. Hunneycutt
said, "then we can. face them f
with a clear conscience when
| they return home. To tail them
i in this Red Cross effort would
be to gamble lightly with their
souls. I have confidence that all
our citizens will do their best,"
he stated.
NOLEN N. BUCHANAN
WINS PROMOTION
Nolen M. Buchanan, who is j
serving with the United States
Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery
Batalion stationed _in the Pa
cific area, has been promoted
to technician, fifth grade.
He also wears the good con
duct ribbon and a bronze battle
star on his Asiatic Pacific rib
?bon for his participation in the
Marshalls campaign yast year.
?
Pfc. E. Carr Rickman
Wounded In Germany
Mrs. Nell P. Rickman has re
ceived word that her husband.
Pfc. Ellis C. Rickman., was ser
iously wounded February 7.
while serving with an Engineer
Unit in Germany. He is the son
of R. R. Rickman and the late
Mrs. Rickman of West's Mill,
Macon county, and was employ
ed by Canton Forge and Axle
Co., of Canton, Ohio, before en
tering service September, 1943.
He received his training at
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and
Fort Belvoir, Va., before going
overseas in July.
Pfc. Rickman's wife and small
son are making their home with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
T. Parrish, of Bryson City.
A letter from Pfc. Rickman
since the message was received
states that he is getting along
very nicely. ^
two sisters, Mrs. Jesse Ray, of
Franklin and Mrs. Betty Baty,
of Greenville, S. C.
Potts Funeral Directors were
, In charge of the arrangements.
Injuries Fatal To Joseph
Conley, 13, Of Franklin
Sgt. Woody Wounded
Four Times In Servica
Sgt. Harry Woody arrived in
Franklin Monday for a 30-day
furlough With his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Grover Woody at
their home on Franklin route, 3.
Sgt. Woody, who has spent
the past 18 months in overseas }
service, has been wounded four |
times. He received his first
wound on July 29 in France
and on August 23, he was again
wounded in France. The third
wound was received on October
2, in Germany and the fourth
wound was on December 23 in
Belgium. He has been awarded
the Purple Heart, and Three
Oak Leaf Cluster.
Following his furlough, Sgt.
Woody will report to Fort Sam
Houston, Texas, for re-location.
He has a brother, Frank B
Woody, who is with the Mili
tary Police stationed in Eng
land. that visited him on three
different occasions while he was
over seas.
Sgt. Woody is the nephew of
Mrs. Ferdie Higdon of Frank
lin.
Lieut. J. B. Bryson Killed
On Luzon Jan. 31
Second Lieut. J. B. Bryson.
son of the late Mrs. J. B. Bry
son and Mr. Bryson of the Cul
lasaja section of Macon coun
ty, was reported by the War
Department to be killed in ac- I.
tion on Luzon on January 31,
according to a message receiv
ed by his wife, Mrs. Hazel May
Bryson, who with her young
son, reside in Hendersonvillr
with Lt. Bryson's sister, Mrs. ;
F. A. Hensorij and Mr. Henson.
Lt. Bryson, who attended the
Franklin high school, entered
the armed forces in June, 1935.
while living in Asheville, and
was sent to overseas service in |
March, 1944.
Besides the widow and small i
son, the father, and several j
brothers and sisters survive.
S/Sgt. Bumgarner Dies
From Wounds Feb. 20
Mrs. O. C. Bryant has had a
message that her brother,
S/Sgt. J. Berlin Bumgarner, who
was wounded in action in
France on February 19, died in
a hospital in England oh the
following day.
S/Sgt. Bumgarner was home
on a short emergency furlough
in July to attend the funeral of
his father, R. C. Bumgarner, at
Wilmot.
CAPTURES STILL
ON BUCK CREEK
High Sheriff Bradley Ami
Deputy Walter Dean
Make Raick
Last week Sheriff J. P. Brad
ley and Deputy Walter Dean
visited the Buck Creek section |
of Macon county where they
found a copper still and equip
ment necessary to produce good
"corn juice", including 600 gal
lons of beer about ready to run
off, which was destroyed by the
raiders. The still which was of
good size, was brought back by
the Sheriff and his Deputy for
safe keeping and to .prevent its
operation illegally.
No arrests were made as the
operators were not present at
the time of the raid by the
officers, and no whiskey was
I found on the premises.
Funeral Services Held
Tuesday For Car
Victim
Joseph Conley, 13, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ingram Conley of near
Franklin, died in the Angel hos
pital here on Monday morning
at 5:50 o'clock of injuries sus
tained on Sunday morning
abbut 9:30 o'clock when he
walked into an automobile re
ported by officers to have been
driven by Mrs. Harold Wal
droop.
At an Inquest held by George
Wallace, coronor, witnesses tes
tified that the youth walked
from behind a car going west
into the side of the car being
driven by Mrs. Waldroop, who
was traveling east, after he had
alighted from his bicycle which
tie and James Greene had been
riding. He received fractured
ikull, fractured spine, fractur
ed collar bone and a crushed
?hest.
The Jurors, composed of Thad
Dowdle, Harley Roper, Oliver
Hall. W. R. Stockton, S. H.
2runkleton and John Bingham,
returned a verdict of an un
ivoidable accident.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday afternoon at 3:30
) 'clock at the Dry man's Chapel
Methodist church near Otto,
with the Rev. V. N. Allen, pas
;or, officiating. Interment was
n the church cemetery.
The pallbearers were Jack
*eece, Ed Waldroop, Howard
Seece, Alvin Stiles. James
3reen and Charles Wallace.
Surviving are the parents,
)ne brother, Bill Conley. serv
ng in France, and two sisters,
VIrs. Alec Holbrooks. of Frank
in route 2, and Betty Ann
Conley at home.
The arrangements were under
he direction of the Bryant
runeral Home.
Classifications
Announced By Local
Service Board
The . following classifications
ire announced by the Local Se
ective Service Board, March 2:
I-A: Went Hoxn Williams,
ienry Monroe Ledford, Walter
Davis Pressley, Fred Charles
(ones, Dennis Davis Yonce,
Hack Franks: William Earnest
Dryman, Clyde Julius Ledford,
ierbert Odelton Pendergraft,
William Milo Cabe, Corbin A.
["alley. Bill Dooley Morgan, Wil
iam Jesse Munger. Dennis Blane
jhormley. George Taylor, John
3aul Solesbee, Claude Bradley.
II-A: Earl Emory, Edgar
Fames Tippett', William Carlos
^pwton. Leslie Jacobs Young.
Charles Donald Raby, Trueman
iiexandei Owenby, Marshall
L,awton Lowry, Vinson Mermon
Southards, Roy, W. Moffitt,
3arfield Jenkins, Paul Wesley
3ryson, col., Alex Lawton Keen
;r, Samuel Eugene Bryson, col.,
Srnest Jessie Keener, Jeff Car
son Lambert, Harry O'Neal Bur
ell, Neville Oscar Buchanan.
II-B: Erwin Charles Rick
nan, Leroy Sylvester Smith.
IV-F: John David Hopkins.
3obby Fouts Sutton.
I-C: Clyde Edgar Jenkins.
Classified by Appeal Board:
I-A: William Thomas Lloyd.
The following men were for
warded to Fort Bragg on Feb
ruary 27, 1945 for induction in
to the Armed Forces:
Paul Gray Ward, John Ken
nedy Moore, Joe L. Fouts, Aus
tin Jenkins. James Paul Vin
son, John Buford Gibson, Wil
liam David Frady, Calvin Eu
gene Owenby, Charles Odell
Roper. Eugene Albert Southard,
D. C. Rogers, James Frederick
Corpenlng. William Clyde Roane,
Markos Newton Snyder, John
Boyd Long, Frank Jones, Gar
field Houston, Edgar James
Gregory, Lonzo Woodard.
Ralph William Enloe, Frank
Jackson Hannah and Homer
Edison Stiwinter, who were list
ed on this call, were transfer
red to other boards for induc
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Darnell and
son, Frank, of Missoula. .Mont.,
were visiting Mr. Darnell's sis
ter, Mrs. Hunter Calloway and
Mr. Calloway at their home on
Bonny Crest Saturday.
Mrs. Frank Calloway Is spend
ing several days In Elberton,
Ga., with her niece, Mrs. John
Wall and Mr. Wall.