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VOL. LX? NO. 30
FRANKLIN, N. C.t THURSDAY, JULY 26. 1945
$2.00 PER YEAR
MANY TOURISTS
VISITING HERE
Travelers Highly Praise
Town And Courtesy
Extended Them
Lee Guffey, secretary of the
Franklin Chamber of Com
merce, stated Thursday that the
hotels, tourists homes, boarding
houses and many private homes,
In Franklin have been having
a capacity crowd for several
weeks despite the rationing of
gasoline and food.
Inquiries are coming in daily
Mr. Guffey stated, for cabins
equipped for light housekeep
ing, three rooms preferred. Al
so many calls for three to five
room furnished apartments.
Residents from various states
have been interested in pur
chasing their own homes in
Franklin and Macon county for
a year-round residence or sum
mer home.
'The secretary was under the
impression that Franklin should
begin building now for after
the-warTtravel which will far
exceed the past or present flow
of tourist travel, , and in order
to meet the great demand for
available places of abode, the
building program should start
immediately.
.me travelers are high in
their praise over the courtesy
extended them by the proprie- '
tors and owners of the various
business places in Franklin, and
particularly pleased with the '
towns hospital facilities. Many
who have only visited here for ?
a short time while stopping in j
nearby towns, have expressed a ?
desire to come to Franklin for ,
the entire season next year.
The memorial board on Main j
street has particularly drawn j
the interest Of many of the 1
tourists and the postmaster
from Lakeland, Fla., who was
visiting in Franklin, was so
pleased with the board that he
drew a design of it to be taken
to his home town for use.
Among the states represented
here now include Florida, Mich
igan, Georgia, New Jersey, South
Carolina, Alabama, California,
Arkansas, Illinois and Louis
iana.
Bible Conference i
Attended By 72 Delegates
From This District
The Rev. Ronald H. Hull,
Missionary American Sunday 5
School Union worker has an- !
nounced that 72 delegates rep
resenting Union Sunday Schools f
in this district attended the an
nual Young People's Bible Con- '
ference, which was held at the
Lake Louise Conference Grounds, !
Toccoa, Ga., from July 16 to 23. 1
This Conference, under the j
direction of the American Sun
day School Union is only one of ]
many held each year to bring f
Christian leadership training to 1
rural boys and girls throughout J
America. Bible study and lead- '
frship training courses, evange
listic services and supervised 1
recreation formed a part of 1
each days program.
Special speakers at the Lake !
Louise Conference this year i
were: R. G. LeTourneau, presi
dent of LeTourneau Company, I
Toccoa, Ga..-Rev. James Rich,
Annlston, Ala.; and Dr. William ]
J. Jones, Editor of publications .
of American Sunday School Un- ,
ion, Philadelphia, Pa.
The following young people (
from Sunday Schools in Macon ]
co,unty attended the Confer
ence: Sloan's Chapel, Margurl- .
ette Smart. Lucille Hyatt, Ken- ,
neth Jacobs, R. L. Cunningham, (
Clyde Norton, Wallace Dills:
River Bend, Joyce Jacobs, Bet
ty Jean Tallent, Clilford Tal
lent; Salem, Trula Mae Bryson,
Betty Ann Frady, Imogene
Moses, Kenneth Clark and
Nancy Grant: Walnut Creek,
Richard Mashburn.
SIIJIR REUNION TO MEET WITH
MR. AND MRS. JOE SETSER
The annual Slier reunion will
bajield at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Setser on Cartooge
chaye on Thursday. August 2.
All descendants of this pioneer
family are urged to attend and
bring picnic lunch.
Prayer Meeting
Prayer meeting will be held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Hurst on Franklin route
3, on Saturday night. The pub
lic U invited to attend.
Few Marriage License
Lake V. Shope, Register of
Deeds for Macon county, said
that during the past seven
months of this year, he has
only issued eight marriage li
censes to couples' marrying in
Macon county, however, there
have been numbers of Macon
county couples who have gone
to adjoining counties to get
married.
CPL. THURMAN ROfiKRK
Cpl. Thurman T. Rogers of
Franklin, Route 2, recently spent
a 24-day furlough with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Rogers
and his wife, the former Miss
Jane Howell of Hartwell, Ga.
Cpl. Rogers entered service
April 16, 1943 and took his
training at St. Petersburg, Fla.
He has been stationed overseas
near Alaska for the past 18
months. He is now stationed at
Long Island, N. Y.
Cpl. Rogers has two brothers
in service, Pfc. J. Rogers, sta
tioned in Italy and Tommy Lee
Rogers, S 1/C somewhere in the
Pacific.
Successful Revival Held
At Asbury Church
The Rev. V. N. Allen, pastor
3t the Macon Methodist circuit,
lias announced that a very suc
:essful week's revival meeting
which was held at the Asbury
VIethodist church last week,
:losed on Saturday night. There
were 15 new members added to
,he church roll and fout addi
tional members taken in by let
ter.
Series Of Services Being
Held At Maiden Chapel
A 10-days' series of revival
services started on Monday night
night at the Maiden Chapel
Methodist church on Cartooge
:haye, it has been announced
jy the pastor, the Rev. V. N.
Mien..
The preaching service is
scheduled to begin each eve
ning at 8:30 o'clock, and the
preaching will be done by the
Rev. W. T. Conner, of Ashe
yiile. There will also be a Bible
school held daily in connection
with the revival, and will be
;in each evening at 6 o'clock
md continue until 8 o'clock.
Thq children, of all denomi
nations in the community are
urged to attend this school. The
public is invited to attend these
services.
Mrs. Eula Gribble Grant
Dies In Greenville
Mrs. Eula Gribble Grant, of
Lake Helen, Fla., who had been
spending a month with her
nephew, Henry Gribble in Frank
lin, and other relatives in Ma
con county, was returning to
her home by way of Green
ville, S. C., for a short visit
with another nephew, Leonard
Grant, when she suffered a
cerebral hemorrhage Wednes
day morning and died 30 min
utes later.
Funeral services will be held
at the Walhalla Methodist
church, Walhalla, S. C., on Fri
day afternoon at 5 o'clock.
A number of relatives in Ma
con county survive.
Mrs. Gribble, a native of Ma
con county, had been making
her home in Florida for a num
ber of years. A niece, Miss
Trixie Gribble, was living with
her.
PVT. RICHARD ANGEL
AT KEESLER FIELD
Pvt. Richard C. Angel, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb AngeJ Frank
lin, has entered the Basic
Training Center at Keesler
Field, a unit of the Army Air
Forces Training Command, for
several weeks of recruit drill.
After a period of orientation
and physical training at Kees
NEWS OF OUR
M EN w WOMEN
IN UNIFORM *
PVT. CARROLL JACOBS
ON FURLOUGH
Ptft. Carroll K. Jacobs, who?
wife, Mrs. Carroll K. * Jacobs,
lives at Franklin, is now home
on furlough. While fighting with
the Timberwolf Division he par
ticipated in the Germany cam
paigns.
The 104th Infantry (Timber
wolf) Division was the first to
travel directly from the States
to France. Little more than a
month: after landing, the Tim
berwolves went into the line
and remained in continuous
combat for over six months.
After lighting with the Fiist
Canadian Army in the success
ful Holland campaign which
opened the port of Antwerp to
Allied shipping, the Timber
wolves tcok their place in the
First Army line at Aachen. In
a slashing campaign that wai
featured by night attacks the
Division drove through the in
dustrial Eschweiler area, then
assault-boated the Roer, push
ing ahead to take Cologne.
This victorious division which
has never given an Jnch is in
the United States now. While
here, combat, veterans will be
granted furloughs and will then
be given training to prepare
them for further battles in the
Pacific against the Japanese.
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SGT. HAROLD M'CLURE
AMONG ART DISCOVERERS
Sgt. Harold W. McClure, son
of Mrs. Bessie McClure, of
Franklin route 2, was a mem
ber of the 3rd Battalion of the
339th "Polar Bear" Regimeat,
which discovered a vast collec
tion of priceless art treasurers
that had been taken by the
Germans from all over Italy and
hidden in a 15th Century castle
in Italy.
The 339th, part of the 85th
"CUster" Division, fought as a
unit of the Fifth Army.
Tank-mounted troops of the
battalion entered the castle and
found a number of large, seal
ed crates with German letter
ing on them.
Inspection of the crates re
vealed that they contained 350
pieces of art ? paintings, scul
ptures, carvings, antiques ? all
properly tagged and in good
condition. - *
There were works by Rem
brant, Rubens, Raphael, Mich
aelangelo, Botticelli, Holbein
and Velasquez.
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CPL. RALEIGH HOUSTON
AWARDED MEDAL
Cpl. Raleigh M. Houston was
recently awarded the good con
duct medal. He is the husband
of Mrs. Chloe Parrish Houston
and son of Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Houston, of Franklin route 3.
CAPT. JESSE N. TESSIER
BREAKS ANKLE
Captain Jesse N. Tesgier, who
is assistant officer at the AAF
Convalescent Hospital, Bowman
Field, Ky., who recently broke
his ankle, is able to be up and
around on crutches now. He is
a veteran of 27 months in the
China-Burm^-India theatre, and
Was returned to the states this
year. He is the son of Mrs. Reby
Tessier, Franklin.
T/SGT. HILLARD L. McCALL
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
T.Sgt. Hillard L. McCall, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Law
rence McCall of Otto, has re
ceived his honorable discharge
from the armed forces through
the Army Air Forces Convales
cent Hospital, Personnel Dis
tribution Command, Don *Ce
Sar Place, St. Petersburg, Fla.,
Colonel Richard E. EKins, com
manding officer, announced.
Sgt. McCall entered the army
in March of 1943, serving as an
engineer-gunner on a B-17 In
the European Theatre of Oper
ations. He is a veteran of 50
combat missions and Is the
wearer of the Soldier's Medal
and Air Medal.
ler Field, he will be given in
struction in the use of the gas
mask and bayonet, a course in
camouflage, and target practice
on the rifle range. Then he
will be assigned to duty or sent
to one of the training com
mand's schools for special tech
nical training.
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RICKS EARNEST JOHNSON
Ricks Earnest Johnson, stew
ard's mate, first class, of Route
2, Franklin, has helped trans
port, USS John Land" pile up
an enviable record during her
first year in the Pacific, car
rying nearly 10,000 marines and
soldiers into action in invasions
from Saipan to Iwq Jima.
It was a- boat from the "Land",
that carried General of the
Army Douglas MacArthur
ashore at Leyte, where General
MacArthur made his now his
toric "I have returned" speech
to the Philippine people.
LKI)I OKI), TRAMMELL,
HOLLAND
Herman R. Ledlord. seaman,
first class. Route 3. Franklin,
Wayne L. Trpminel!. seaman,
second class. Flats, and Ker
ma C. Holland, seaman, sec
ond class, whose wife lives at
Eliijay, all aboard the Battleship
USS New York, came through
the battle for Okinawa without
a scratch, helping fire more than
five million pounds of shells
at enemy targets. This tonnage
exceeds that fired by all ships
combined during the invasion
bombardments of Tarawa or
Makin, Rio-Namur or Eniwetok.
PFC. CWYNN WILSON
RETl'RNS .WITH 30 KRAUTS
Returning with 30 prisoners
that PW guards had asked him
to take to his battalion, a wire
man of the Third Division's 7th
Infantry had his hands full
when Kraut machine gunners
opened up on him and his
charges.
The prisoners, their hands
clasped behind their heads,
were behaving, as Pfc. -Gwynn
Wilson of Franklin, marched
them down the road, but when
these Kraut guns opened up
they ran for the cover of a
ditch adjoining the road.
"They didn't try to take off,
but some did wave white rags,
trying to surrender back to
their own men," said the 3rd
Division man. "I fired a couple
of shots over their heads and
they quit waving their rags."
After sweating out the firing
for a couple of hours, Pfc. Wil
son finally succeeded in getting
all of his prisoners to the saf
ety of a bridge butment, by
rushing them out one and two
at a time. More wiremen took
charge of them as they rushed
into the butment.
"I got all 30 back to the PW
cage," said the North Carolina
soldier," but I'll say 'no' next
time when someone asks me to
take charge of so many priso
ners."
, HAROLD E. ROPER, PHM. 3/C
SPENDS FURLOUGH HERE
Harold E. Roper, Phm. 3/c,
who has been stationed in New
York, spent a 14-day leave with
his wife, the former Miss Helen
DeHart, and his mother, Mrs.
Hyacenth Roper at her home
on Bony Crest.
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T/SGT JAMES MARTIfi
PROMOTED
The Tank Destroyer Replace
ment Training Center at North
Camp, Camp Hood, Tex., an
nounced today the promotion
of James W. Martm, of Frank
lin, to the grade of technician
4th grade. Sgt. Martin, who was
raised from the grade of tech
nician 5th grade, wears the dis
tinctive Tank Destroyer shoul
der insigne, depicting a black
panther devouring a tank, the
mission of this force being the
destruction of enemy tanks by
accurate gunfire from stealthi
ly-occupied positions.
BROTHERS VISIT
Sgt. Tearl F. Ashe, who re
cently returned from overseas
service where he spent 18
months, has been home on a
30-day furlough. He reported to
the Sioux Falls Army Air Field,
in South Dakota, on his return.
Pfc. William C. Ashe also re
turned to the states recently
after serving three years in the
European theatre. After his fur
lough of 30-days he returned
tp Greensboro for reassignment.
He was home at the same time
of his brother, Sgt. Ashe. They
are the sons of Mr. and Mrs.
L. W. Ashe, of Franklin Route 3.
Macon County's 1945-1946
Tax Rate Lowest In Years
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T. H. Callahan
Of Bryscn City, Will Be
Manager Of Belk's
Store Here
T. H. Callahan, former clerk
in the Ashear Store here for
eight years before going to Bry
son City as clerk in the J. H.
Coffey Department store, will
be the manager of the new
"Belk's Department store that
will open in Franklin in early
August.
Mr. Callahan, who has been
assistant manager at Belk's De
partment store in Bryson City
for several years, with his wife
and two children, will move to
Franklin within the coming few
weeks. ?
Mr. Callahan is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Callahan, of
Spindale. Mr. Callahan was for
mer Managing Editor of the
Franklin Press and Highlands
Maconian for a number of
years.
Revival In Progress At
Bethel Methodist Church
The series of revival services
in progress at the Clark's Chap
el Methodist church during the
past week, came to a close Sun
day with an all-day service and
a bounteous picnic spread on
the lawn at the noon hour, it
has been announced by the
pastor, the. Rev. D. P. Grant.
The Rev. L. B. Hayes was in
charge of the preaching, and
it is seldom that one has the
opportunity to hear the old
time gospel preached in its pur
ity and power as it was brought
to these people. It was a very
successful meeting.
This week the Rev. Mr. Grant
is in a series of services at the
Bethel Methodist church, with
the Rev. Thomas W. Bray, of
Faith, in charge of the preach
ing. The Rev. Mr. Bray is an
evangelistic preacher, who keeps
his audience enthralled during
the entire service.
The public is invited to at
tend these services.
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Esta Lee Cabe
Mrs. Esta Lee Tippett Cabe,'
23, died Monday afternoon at
a Franklin hospital. She had
been ill for a number of weeks.
The funeral service was held
Wednesday at 1 p. m., at Cowee
Baptist church, of which she
was a member, with the Rev.
Norman Holden officiating. Bur
ial was in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Floyd Roper,
Oscar Mason, Ernest Roper,
Lyle Downs, Lee Mason and
Charlie Downs.
Surviving are the husband,
Annis Cabe; one son, Johnnie;
the parents, Henry Tippett and
Pearl Lowe Tippett, all of
Franklin, Route 3; two brothers,
Buford Tippett of Waynesboro,
Ga., and Elmer Tippett of Gas
tonia; and two sisters, Mrs.
Ardenia Bacom of Gastonia and
Mrs. Eddis Thompson of Wayn
esboro, Ga.
Potts Funeral directors were
in charge.
Rev. Allen To Preach
The Rev. V. N. Allen, pastor
of the Macon Methodist circuit,
will preach at the Liberty Bap
tist church, in the Leatherman
community, on next Sundaj
morning at 11 o'clock, and at
the Iotla Methodist church or
Sunday evening at 8:30 o'clock
The public is Invited to attenc
these services.
Town Rates Show Slight
Increase Over Previous
Two Years
At a called meeting of the
Macon county Board of' County
Commissioners, the budget was
set for the county tax rate for
the year 1945-46 at $1.10, which
is the lowest tax rate in a
number of years, if it has ever
been as low as it is this year,
Lake V. Shape, Clerk to the
Board stated Thursday.
It is probable the lowest tax
rate of any county in Western
North Carolina, Mr. Shope fur
ther stated. The Franklin town
ship also had a cut in rate
which leaves it at 30 cents on
the $100 valuation, and the tax
rate is $1.40, which Is a large
decrease over previous years.
The tax valuation is divided
into the following budgets:
General county, 15c; paupers,
lc; court and jails, 4c; health.
3c; welfare and social security,
12c; school current expense, 7c;
school capital outlay, 18c;
school debt service, 5c; county
wide debt service, 45c.
Town Tax
The budget for the Town of
Franklin is $49,220.00, and the
tax rate is 95 cents on the $100
valuation, it has been stated by.
E. W. Long, town clerk, which
is a slight increase over the
rate for the past two years.
The valuation of town taxable
property is $1,414,117, Mr. Long
stated and 27; cents of this
tax rate is used for debt serv
ice and the 67' 4 cents is for
general funds. The general fund
is for the general operations of
maintenance of the streets and
water systems.
Mr. Long stated that in a
meeting the board of aldermen
entered into an agreement with
the Harwood Bee Be company,
of Spartanburg, S. C., to make
a preliminary survey investiga
tion estimate of the cost and
report and recommendation in
a contemplated extension of
water main and completion of
the streets which were being
improved at the time the WPA
assistance was discontinued.
Voice Andi Message Of
The Late Dr. Truett
To Be Broadcast
The voice and message of the
late Dr. George W. Truett will
be heard agam in another and
different series of broadcasts
over Radio Station WIJJG
Greensboro, as announced by
the Radio Committee of the
Southern Baptist Convention, S.
F. Lowe, Director, Atlanta, Ga.
These transcribed messages
were delivered during the life
and ' ministry of the late Dr.
George W. Truett in Dallas.
Mr. Lowe states further that
just as Dr. Truett was unsur
passed as a preacher in the
days of his activity so his
transcribed messages are un
surpassed in beauty and power
and heart-passion.
They can be heard in North
Carolina Sunday mornings 8:30
to 9 o'clock over Radio Station
WBIG, Greensboro. /
Pastors, Sunday school offi
cers and teachers and other
churph leaders will delight to
announce this unusual privi
lege offered in this new- series.
Baptist Association To
Meet At Holly Springs
J. Horner Stockton, moderator
of the Macon County Baptist
Association, has announced that
the 42nd annual session will be
held at the Holly Springs Bap
tist church on Thursday and
Friday, August 9th and 10th.
All Baptist churches in Ma
con county are urged to have
their representatives present.
Court Of Honor To Be '
Held at Methodist Churdh
On Monday, August 6, the
Smoky Mountain District Court
of Honor will be held at the
Franklin Methodist church, it
has been announced by John
F. Corbin, district advancement
chairman, of Sylva. The meet
, ing is scheduled to be held at
8 o'clock.
i The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan,
? District Chairman of the Smoky
; Mountains District Boy Scouts,
i will conduct the monthly com
. mittee meeting at the Jarrett
I Springs hotel, DUlsboro, at 7:30
o'clock on Thursday, August 9,