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THIS COUNTY
HAD 1.646 IN
ARMED FORCES
Approximately 1,000 Msn
From Macon Given
Discharges
A total of 1,646 Macon County
men and women were in the
armed forces during the war,
approximately 1,000 of whom
now have been discharged, ac
cording to information obtain- |
ed by The Press from the state
director of selective service.
Last July 1, the Raleigh se
lective service office reported,
this county had 1,399 selective J
service registrants in the armed
forces, and 247 non-registrants 1
(men and women) in the serv
ice, making a total of 1,646 per- ,
sons from this county in the
armed forces.
The total means that this
county furnished approximate
ly 110 persons to the armed
forces for every thousand popu
lation. Put another pay, there
was, roughly, one person in the
armed forces for every two fam
ilies in the county ? which with
out reference to the ages of
members of the families.
? Discharge figures by counties
have not been compiled, the se
lective service headquarters said,
but explained that 58 per cent
of the North Carolinians in the
service had been discharged on ;
January 18, and that presum- ,
ably the percentage would be
approximately the same for Ma
con County:
Fifty-eight per cent of this ,
county's total of 1,646 would be ,
955.
The 58 per cent, however, is (
for January 18. By this time, ]
the Macon County total of men |
discharged must be approxi- ,
mately 1,000.
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50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Miss Kate Robinson, of Frank
lin, is in the city visiting her
cousin, Miss Louise Smith, on
Penland street. Miss Robinson
has been attending Brockmann
School of Music at Greensboro,
but her eyesight became effect
ed and she was compelled to
give up her studies. ? Asheville
Citizen.
Mr. W. R. Stalcup went to
Horse Cove, in the southern
part of Macon county, last week
and. examined a gold vein late
ly discovered on the Bishop
Thompson lands, and he is ol
the opinion that It is an ex
ceedingly rich mine.
25 YEARS AGO
Carson. Chapel ? Mrs. George
Wallace gave an old time quilt
ing party recently. A large ]
crowd was- present. All enjoyed
her lovely dinner, and wished
she would have another 'one
soon.
1
Scaly ? The name of our store ]
up here at Scaly is "Need 1 1
More". All of the boys are need- :
ing more smoking tobacco and ,
can't get it. And if they never j j
get any more tobacco while (
they are here below, will some i
good brother send a can to St. ,
Peter to give the boys a smoke i
before they pass through the ,
Golden Gate.
10 YEARS AGO |
A 60-gallon still made out of
an old oil barrel was captured i
about noon Sunday by Deputy
SheriTf John Dills and Sam Hall,
a special deputy, in the Iotla
section. The officers destroyed
the still and also 200 gallons of
sweet mash ready to run. No
one was found at the still and
no arrests were made.
Miss Mable Parker and Miss
Freda Slier, who are doing sten
ographic work at Robblnsvllle,
spent the week-end here.
Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Fouts at
tended the 93rd birthday anni
versary of Mr. Elbert Watson
at Glenvllle Monday. Mr. Wat
^ son was reported to be in fair
health and his mind was mCre
active than many a younfcer
man'i.
1 1-2 Tons
Of Clothe* Shipped For
Overseas Relief
Macon County people contri
buted. approximately a ton and
a half of garments to the Vic
tory Clothing collection, it was
announced this week by Jos.
Ashear, county chairman of the
campaign.
Mr. Ashear the latter part of j
last week sent all the clothes I
donated for overseas relief to
High Point, in accordance with
his instructions. There was a !
total of 34 big cartons of cloth
ing, he said.
Commenting that the response
to the appeal was good, and
that the people of the county
were "very generous", Mr. Ash
ear expressed appreciation for
the cooperation he received,
both from those who gave gar
ments and those who assisted
in collecting and packing them.
RENSHAW NEW
FOREST HEAD
Successor T o Schilling
Expected Monday From
Houston, Texas
Emera W. Renshaw has been
appointed supervisor of the
Nantahala National forest, and
is expected to arrive in Frank
lin Monday, it was announced
this week at the Nantahala
headquarters here.
Mr. Renshaw will succeed E.
A. Schilling, who is being trans
ferred to the Southwestern reg
ion after nearly two years' serv
ice here.
The new supervisor, a West
erner, comes to Franklin from
Houston, Texas, where he has
been serving as assistant super
visor of the Texas National for
fsts. Joining the forest service
in 1913, he received his early ,
training in the West, but has
seen in the Southern region ,
since 1936. In addition to his
work in Texas, he has served i
is assistant supervisor of the 1
>ld Unaka-Pisgah National for- ?
:sts in Tennessee and North
Carolina and of the Florida Na- <
ional forests.
In recent years, he also 'has ]
>een connected with the divi- 1
iion of state and private for- ;
;sts in the Atlanta regional of- ,
[ice, an assignment which fre
juently brought him to North .
Carolina; thus he is familiar ;
with the forests and work in (
this state. ,
His family probably will not
ioin him here until the close of
school in June, it was said. I
Mr. and Mrs. Schilling, who
jlan. to leave for his new as- ,
iignment in Albuquerque, N. M.,
lbout the middle of the month,
lave been in New York for se- .
/oral (lays on a visit to Mr. i
Schilling's mother. They are ex- ,
jected back in Franklin Mon
lay.
Tobacco
In County To Be Cut By
10 Per Cent
Individual farm acreage al
lotments of burley tobacco in
Macon County for 1946 will be
[educed by 10 per cent below
1945, in accordance with a re
:ent announcement by the U.
9. Department of Agriculture of
a decrease of a similar propor
tion in the 1946 national mark
eting quota, Robert Fulton,
chairman of the Macon County
AAA committee, has announced.
This reduction, he said, was
made possible through a recent
amendment to the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938, and is
considered advisable at this
time in order to bring supplies
of burley tobacco more nearly
in line with demand.
Mr. Fulton also said that the
new legislation Increases the
rate of penalty Imposed on to
bacco marketed in excess of the
farm's marketing quota to 40
per cent of the national average
sales price during the preced
ing marketing year. On the bas
is of a season's average price
of 40 cents, the penalty rate In
1940 would be 16 cents per
pound, Instead of the 10-cent
penalty In effect In the past.
In addition to the Increase in
penalty rate, Mr. Fulton said,
enforcement of the quota pro
gram will be further strength
ened by measurement ?f burley
aertaf* on all f*rpu 1? 1848.
Report Drive
For Red Cross
Is Going Well
While exact figures were not
available, reports from over the
county this week indicated that
contributions to the Red Cross
are coming in rapidly, Bob S.
Sloan, county campaign direct
or, said.
The people of the county are
being asked to contribute to
the Red Cross' annual fund
campaign, to carry on the or
ganization's relief work ? at
home and overseas ? during the
next yeaf.
The quota for this county is
$3,450.
The campaign got under way
last Friday morning, and is
scheduled to close Saturday of
this week.
The organization is set up
with a chairman in each sec
tion of the county, and the
chairmen appointed their own
workers.
Immediately preceding the ac
tual solicitation, the workers
gathered at a dinner at the
Terrace hotel last Thursday
night, at which the campaign
and the needs to be met by the
fund were explained, and sup
plies were distributed to the
Workers.
McKelvey Is
New Manager
Of Phone Firm
R. E. McKelvey, of Enterprise,
Ala., has been appointed man
ager of the Western Carolina
Telephone company, which has
which has headquarters in
Franklin, to succeed J. R. Hugh
ey. Mr. McKelevy has already
arrived to take up his new
duties.
Mr. Hughey, manager of the
company for the past four
years, formerly was with the
Southern Bell Telephone and
Telegraph company, and plans
to rejoin that firm about March
15. He will be stationed in
Charlotte
The new manager comes to
Franklin from an independent
telephone company in Alabama.
Mrs. McKelvey and their three
children will join him here later.
As a courtesy to Mr. Hughey,
a farewell party was given at
Hearn hotel last Friday evening,
at which officials and employes
of the firm presented him with
a shotgun as a remembrance.
Attending the affair, in addi
tion to Mr. Hughey, were Mr.
McKelvey, Dr. W. A. Rogers, presi
dent of the company, and Mrs.
Rogers; Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Mc
Kee of Sylva; O. L. Brenner of
Atlanta, Ga? and the following
from the various offices of the
company :
Franklin: Miss Ruth Edwards.
W. A. Sellers, Frank Sellers, Ed
Huffman, Frank Ammons, Ed
win Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Duvall, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Qlbson. Marie Womack, Mr. and
Mrs. Wlllard Pendergrass, Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Oailey, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Tysinger, Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Bryson.
Highlands: Miss Marion Hor
Comtinued on Page Eight ?
PATTON. RABY
CANDIDATESFOR
LEGISLATURE.
Two Formally Announce
For Democratic
Nomination
Two more candidates an
nounced for county offices this
week, both seeking the Demo
cratic nomination for represen
tative.
They are Robert A. (Bobi Pat
ton and J. M. (Jim> Raby.
This brings to three the num- i
ber so far announced as can
didates in the Democratic pri
mary May 25, L. B. Phillips hav
| ing come out sometime ago as
a candidate for sheriff.
Mr. Patton, a native of Ma
; con County, previously has serv
ed three times in the general
; assembly ? as state senator from
I this, the thirty-third district i i
in 193o, and as ivi^con repre
sentative in the house in 1935
and 1937. A real estate dealer ;
and auctioneer, he spent three |
years in Washington, during the i
war, as a civilian worker in the <
signal corps. He is the father ]
of five sons who were in the
service. Mr. Patton is U. S. i
commissioner for Macon County, 1
with jurisdiction in the western (
half of the state.
Mr. Raby, also a native of .<
this county, was born and rear
ed in the Cowee section and in
Millshoal, and now makes his
home in the latter community.
A farmer, he once was local
manager of the Farmers Fed
eration and in 1945 was assis
' tant supervisor of the farm cen
\ sus in 17 Western North Caro
! lina counties. He is president of
! the Macon County Fifth Sun
: day Singing convention. His
only previous bid for public of
| fice was a number of years ago,
when he was unsuccessful in
his race for the nomination for
| register of deeds.
Wayne McCracken, a Demo
crat, served Macon County in
the 1945 legislature. He has not
announced whether he will be
a candidate for renomination.
Meanwhile, interest in both
local and state races is mount
ing rapidly, and persons famil
iar with the situation expect a
number of announcements in
the next week or two.
In the state races, this county
has a candidate in Thad D.
Bryson, Jr., who seeks the nom
ination for solicitor, and for
mally filed with the state board
of elections this week. The other
announced candidates for this
post are Dan K. Moore of Sylva
and W. Roy Francis of Waynes
ville.
Keep Ration Book No. 4
Housewives are advised by the
Office of Price Administration
to retain their War Ratiop
Book 4, now used only to ob
tain sugar.
Although the currently valid
sugar stamp 39 is the last
stamp in War Ration Book that
is specifically labeled for pur
chases of sugar, spare stamps
in that book will be designated
as sugar stamps from time to
time. For this reason. War Ra
tion Book 4 should be retained
even after Sugar Stamp 39 has
been used, OPA emphasized.
Society Presents Life
Membership To Mrs. Jones
A life membership in the
Woman's Society lor Christian
Service was presented to Mrs.
George A. Jones, whose mem
bership goes back to 1877, in a
ceremony at last Saturday's
zone meeting of the Methodist
organization, held in the church
here.
The Franklin society, then
known as the Woman's Mission
ary society, was formed even be
fore such an organization had
the official recognition of the
Methodist church. Mrs. Jones is
the last survivor of the 19
charter members.
Following a tribute, prepared
and read by Mrs. T. W. Porter,
Mrs. David Hall, of Sylva, dis
trict secretary, presented the
certificate, and Mrs. Jones, ob
viously touched, responded.
Mrs. Porter's paper follows:
"'I was glad when they said
unto me, let us go up to the
House of the Lord'.
"ft 1* a rare privilege to b<
atfle to look upon a service o
almoit 69 ycari, apent In on<
generation. But today we have '
the honor of bestowing upon ;
one of our loved members a
certificate for a life membership
in our Society for Christian
Service, after just such a serv
ice.
"On May 9, 1877, the Woman's I
Missionary Society of our Frank
lin Methodist church was or
ganized with 19 charter mem
bers, more than a year before
the Woman's work was sanc
tioned by the Southern Metho
dist church. The last one of
those charter members now liv
ing is Mrs. George A. Jones,
then Miss Hattie Sloan, a girl
, of 14 summers.
"During these years she has
i been an active and valued mem
ber. Sh? has filled many of
fices in the society; was re
cording secretary, a very active
1 superintendent of young people's
! work and was president for
several terms. She is now the
! efficient and Inspirational su
t perlntendent of Spiritual life,
( ? Csntinue* n Fife Elffct
The W eather
The official high and low
temperatures for each of the
past seven days are listed be
low. No rainfall was recorded.
High Low
Thursday 61 31
Friday 62 25
Saturday 54 39
Sunday 73 28
Monday 78 32
Tuesday 75 30
Wednesday 69 47
PICK JURY LIST
FOR NEXT COURT
Commissioners Say Stock
Law Is In Force In
Aquone Area
The 54 names from which the
grand jury and the petit juries
at the next term of superior
court will be selected were
drawn at Monday's meeting of
the board of county commis
sioners.
The names were drawn by
Gene Dowdle, five-year old son
it Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow
Dowdle, of Franklin.
The next court term will f
jpen Monday. April 15, for the
trial of both criminal and civil
lases.
The commissioners also act
:d upon a stock law question
?nd a road petition.
Citizens of the old Aquone
school district, now a part of
the Kyle district, raised the
stock law question. After con
sideration, the commissioners
neld that the law applying to
:he Kyle district also would
ipply to the Aquone portion of
the enlarged district, and that
the entire district, therefore,
ioes have a stock law.
A petition that the road lead
ng from the county home to
Prentiss be graveled so that it
:an be used by school buses was
?eferred to the State Highway
md Public Works commission.
The 54 men who were drawn
or jury duty are:
L. W. Rice, Highlands; Bart i ?
Wilson, Scaly; Britt Smith, |
lantahala; Raleigh Shook, i
?"ranklin; T. A. Tallent, Culla- *
?aja; Cecil Holland, Cullasaja;;.
Curtis Passmore, Flats; L. L.
Stewman, Route 1; Gwen'Day, ,
Tlats ; Carrol Gibson, West's J
Mill; Paul Grist, Scaly; O. L. i
Suchanan, Route 2; E. R. Hug- I
fins. Route 3; W. P. Hedden, ! =
highlands; Grady Holbrooks, ..
West's Mill; W. Furman Welch, "
West's Mill; W. S. Seagle, Dil- ?
ard, Ga., Route 1; W. A. Bry
ion, Highlands.
Henry J. Hurst, Franklin; t
Sam A. Bryson, Cullasaja; Al- t
*rt Southards. Highlands; Arv- s
;y Seay, Route 4; L. N. Smith, a
Route 1; R. B. Daves, Route 3; r
frank Ray, Prentiss; R. H.
Houston, Highlands; Gordon
\mmons, Prentiss; Noah I. Mill- j
:r, Scaly; R. E. Norton, High- s
ands; A. C. Patterson, Route e
!; O. V. Hall, Franklin; B. B. a
Mason, Leatherman; Lee Tip- s
pett, Franklin; D. C. Rogers, f
Route 2; John B. Vinson, Otto; e
loe McGaha, Franklin. 1
Ransom Leopard, Gneiss; G. r
W. Owenby, Flats; James P. t
Morton, Route 4; Ralph Worn- I
ackt Franklin; C. H. Southards, s
Route 1; W. H. McCall, High- t
lands; Arthur Drake, Route 3; c
M. Morgan, Flats; J. R. Cal- j
loway. Highlands; Samuel i
reague. Gneiss; Floyd Houston,
Gneiss; Harley J. Carnes, Route 1
J; Lem Stewman, Cullasaja; T. c
L. Williamson, Route 1; Cecil t
Monteith, Highlands; J. R. 1
Shields. Flats; Henry Christy, !
Franklin; and R. J. Cochran, I
Flats. 1
Second Nutrition Class
Conducted At Highlands
Mrs. Frances Koeth, Red Cross (
field representative, conducted ,
the second of three nutrition j
classes at Highlands Tuesday,
assisted by Miss Marie Scott, sis- ?
sistant home demonstration ,
agent. The class was held at ,
the home of Mrs. Elizabeth. ,
Prince. Those attending were
Mrs. Carl Zoellner, Mrs. A.
Rockwell Nail, Mrs. Claude
Keener, Mrs. A. L. Westbrook,
Mrs. A. C. Holt, Miss Pearl
Wright, Miss Dorothea Harbi
son, and Mrs. Scott.
Mrs. Forest Sisk and Miss
Frankle Bumgarner have re
turned from Atlanta, Oa., where
they visited friends and shop
ped.
9 BOYS HAPPY
AS THEY GET
FINE CALVES
Business Men Sponsor
Dairy Improvement
Project Here
Nine Macon County boys, all
smiles, each took home a regis-,
tered Guernsey heifer calf Tues
day afternoon.
The calves were bought for
approximately $150 each by local
business men and are being
loaned" to the youngsters
mder a dairy cattle improve
ment program worked out by
3am Mendenhall and Tom Pagg.
:ounty agent and assistant
igent. The plan calls fbr the
Doys to raise the animals, breed
hem to registered Guernsey
julls, and then "repay" the
jusiness men with the first
leifers calved by the present
:alves. Meanwhile, the business
nen will assist the boys with
heir project with advice and
?ncouragement.
Boys, Sponsors Listed
The boys and the sponsors
ollow:
Frank Deal, 14, son of Ma.
ind Mrs. Jake P. Deal, of Mill
hoal, Wiley Brown of the
Irown Grocery and Feed store.
Bobby Tippett, 16, son of Mr.
ind Mrs. J. E. Tippett, of Iotla.
V. C. Burrell of the Burrell
4otor company.
Lee Downs, 16, son of Mr. and
4rs. Robert Downs, of Rose
-reek, Frank B. Duncan of the
)uncan Motor company.
Fred (Bo> Setser, 15, son of
It. and Mrs. Bryan Setser of
Jartoogechaye, A. B. Slagle of
he Nantahala Cremery.
Tom Cabe, 15, son of Mr. and
ilrs. Frank Cabe, of Millshoal,
l. R. Higdon, of the Franklin
lardware company.
Bobby Joe Corbin, 13, son of
tr. and Mrs. Fred Corbin, of
ligdonville, H. T. Sloan and
.ester Henderson.
Claude Allen, 13, son of Mr.
,nd Mrs. DeWitt Allen, of Iotla,
iickgraf Hardwood company.
Victor Teague, 10, son of Mr.
nd Mrs. Woodrow Teague, of
'rentiss, C. N. (Joel Dowdle of
he Dowdle Wholesale compa y.
Hoyt Brookshire, 15, son jf
tr. and Mrs. J. H. Brookshire,
f Cartoogechaye, Jos. Ashear.
The boys and their sponsors
athered- at the barn of Mrs.
ieorge Slagle, where the calves
lad been taken after their ar
ival here. Thfe calves were
lumbered, and each boy drew
. number to get his calf. The
ponsors then drew names for
heir boys. A photograph was
aken of each boy and his
ponsor, together with the calf,
nd these photographs will be
eproduced later in The Press.
50 Applied
Indicative of the interest in
he project, the county agents
aid the nine boys were select
ed' from approximately 50 who
ipplied The agents added that
? far they have been able to
ind only nine calves, but oth
ers will be turned over to se
ected boys as soon as the ani
nals can be obtained. A num
>er of additional business men
lave volunteered to serve as
iponsors, and the agents said
hat so far they have had an
ipportunity to present the pro
ect to only a limited number of
nen.
The boys selected were so de
ighted they had no words to
;xpress their feelings. The grins
;hat constantly covered their
'aces told the story, however.
3everal of them remarked that
;heir selection came as a com
plete surprise. And Mr. Menden
tiall remarked that people
throughout the county have ex
pressed appreciation of what the
business men are doing.
The calves, which range in
ige from five months to one
year, came from three differ
snt farms. One was bought
from A. B. Slagle's Belmont
View farms, and the others
came from George D. Hearn
don's farm at Kings Mountain
and Forest Hill farm at Mocks
ville.
T. E. L. CLASS TO MEET
The T. E. L. Class of the
Franklin Baptist church will
meet at the home of Mrs. Mar
tin Angel on Bonny Crest Tues
day night at 7:30 o'clock for
the monthly business and social
meeting. Mrs. Angel will be as
sisted in entertaining by Mrs.
John Roper, Mrs. Charles Rog
er* and Mr*. Floyd Welch.