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CLEANUP Paint Up Your Home Plant and Beautify Your Garden HELP To Make Your Town Clean. Healthy and Beautiful PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. LVI, NO. 17 FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1941 $1.50 PER YEAR t Gov. Broughton Appoints State H i g h w a y Board Prince Of Henderson Is Chairman; Ferebee Of Andrews 10th Dist. (iovernor Broughton last Friday appointed Lawrence B. Prince, of Hendersonville, lawyer and mem ber of the .state board of elections, as chairman of the state highway and public works commission; and set Friday, May 2, as the date for the organization meeting in Ral eigh. At the same time the governor announced the appointment of the other ten highway commissioners. Baxter C. Jones of Bryson City was named to succeed Prince on the state board of elections. Percy B. Ferebee of Andrews; is appointed to this district to suc ceed E; L. McKee of Sylva. He is a, native of. Elizabeth City, and is engaged in banking, manufact uring and other enterprises in Andrews. He was formerly con nected with the U. S. Forest serv ice. ' Prince succeeds acting Commis sioner D. B. McCrary, reappointed 6th district commissioner. McCrary became acting chairman when the late chairman, Frank Dunlop took a leave of absence the first of the year. ' Member Of Commission Members of the highway com mission follow:' First division Carroll Wilson of Roanoke Rapids. Second division Edward G. Flan agan of Greenville. Third division Dr. Guy Vernon Gooding of Kenansville. Fourth division T. Boddie Ward of Wilson, incumbent. Fifth division George W. Kane of Roxboro. . Sixth division D. B. M cCrary of Asheborp, incumbent acting chair man. ' Seventh division Thomaj; R. Wolfe of Albemarle, incumbent. Eighth division Virgil D. Guire of Lenoir. . Ninth division T. Max . Watson f Forest Cftyrmcumbent. '" - r-- Tenth division Percy B. Ferebee of Andrews. Macon Council Hears Agricultural Expert On Defense A good attendance of represen tatives of federal, state and county organizations was present at the meeting of the Macon county Council, of Defense that met in the Methodist church basement rooms last Monday morning. W. H. Pierce, of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of State college, Raleigh, gave an instructive and inspiring talk concerning methods of promoting increase in horn gardening and canning. He called the Defense organization "a clearing house of ideas for the livc-at-home program." A permanent set up was com pleted with Gus Leach continuing as chairman, Mrs. Eloise G. Frainks as vice-chairman and Mrs. Flor ence S. Sherrill as secretary. Attend Rotary Meeting In Camden, S. C. Charles Melichar, newly elected president of the Franklin Rotary Club, Guy Houk and Dr. Jim Per ry left Sunday morning to attend the district Rotary convention in Camden, S. C. They returned Tuesday afternoon. ' - Taxpayer Hearings To Be April 28 Notiice occur elsewhere, given by Lester L. Arnold, tax super visor, that April 28 is the day ap pointed by the Macon county Board of Equalization and Review , for hearings from taxpayers in respect to the valuation of their froperty and the property of others. Baptist Sunday School Convention Sunday The Macon County Baptist Sun day School convention will meet on Sunday afternoon, April 17, at 2 o'clock at the Holly Springs Bap tist church. The program will open With a congregational song, foJlowed by the devotional given by Mrs. Her bert A. McGlamery. after which reports will be made by the various Sunday schools. Miss Mattie Pearl Bryson. of Cowee, will make talk on "Sun day School Loyalty." The prin cipal message of the afternoon will be tnadc by the Rev. G. W. Davis, pastor of the Cowee Baptist church. All Baptist Sunday schools in the county are urged to send, a large delegation of member. Cutters Needed The Red Cross production' , committee is badly in need oi garment cutters, and Mrs, James E. Perry, chairman, urges that women will volunteer for this work. Also she announces that many garments are cut, and need to be called for at once. The .urgent need for Red Cross garments, which are be ing .sient to war sufferers in Britain and Greece daily, is' greater now than ever before, and the committee wishes to return the finished articles as promptly as possible. Mrs. Perry also announces that a new shipment of wool has been received and is ready for distribution -to knitters. The Red Crass rooms in St. Agnes rectory are open on Thursdays and Saturdays. E. W. Hamm Is New Member Of Staff Of Franklin Press E. W. Hamm of Memphis, Tenn., arrived Tuesday to become a mem ber of the staff of The Franklin Press and Highlands Maconian. Mr. Hamm is a native of Lex ington, Ky., and has been in the newspaper business practically all his life. He has filled important positions, on both daily and week ly newspapers, having had wide experience as a news and editorial- writer. The Press is fortunate to secure his services, and is as sured that Mr. Hamm will be de voted to the best interests of the community as well as a distinct addition to the paper. Funeral Rites For Doc T. Liner Funeral services for Doc T. Liner, 56, were held on Tuesday afternoon at J o'clock at the Pat ton Chapel Methodist church, with the Rev. J. C. Swaim, pastor, in charge of the services. Interment was in the church cemetery. . Mr. Liner, who had been ill for 11 days, was taken to the Angel Clinic Thursday where he was found to be critically ill with blood poisoning caused from a splinter in his hand. He died -on Monday at 12:30 o'clock. A farmer of the Cartoogechaye community, Mr. Liner,: was a na tive of Haywood county. He was a son of the late Thomas . and Al berta Turpin Liner and was borrt on March 23, 1885. With hi par ents, he moved to Macon county when he was a boy. On March 9, 1912, he was married. to Miss Nina Patton', of Cartoogechaye. The pallbearers were J. M: Roane and Billy Roane, of Enka; Thom as Henson, Joel Dalton, Lawrence B. Liner and Sam Gibson, Jr. Surviving are the widow, and two children, Mrs. Terrell Par rish, of Franklin Route 3,' and James Liner of Franklin Route 1; two brothers, Robert L. Liner, of Franklin Route 3 and John Liner, of Schalis, Wash., and five sisters, Mrs. George Henson. of Franklin Route 2; Mrs. W. H. Roane, of Enka; Mrs. Garrison Nichols, of Waynesville; Mrs. D. C. Stockton of Franklin Route 2 and Mrs. John Young of Schalis, Wash. NEW LAUNDRY OPENSHONDAY Modern Equipment Added To Take Care Of Franklin Needs Paul Carpenter, owner of the Economy Cleaners, has announced that the laundry, which he is add ing to his business, wijl open next Monday. The combined busines5 will be konwn as "The Franklin Laundry and Dry Cleaners." Mr. Carpenter states that, he has installed the best modern machin ery, with capacity to accomodate the laundry needs of Franklin and vicinity. For four years he hat operated a successful dry cleaning business in the Stewart building on the square behind the Frank lin Press office. The adjoining store space has been leased to take care of the laundry department. Mr. Webb, of Asheville, who has been with Minico's for a "number of year, will have charge of the 'washing department. He is a laun dry operator with 19 years exper ience. Mrs. Triplett, also expert on her work, will have charge of the shirt unit and will have experienced ironers to assist her. Houk and Summer Re-elected? Co wee School Site Confirmed At the meeting of the board of education Saturday night, Guy L. Houk was re-elected superintendent of Macon county schools, He lias served for the past two years in that capacity. O. . F. Summer, principal of the Highlands school, was also re elected at this meeting. The meet ing announced that the list, of all Macon county teachers will be an nounced during the next few days. W. H.' Finlcy, principal of the Franklin school, was re-elected last week: Cowe School Site Confirmed The site of the new consolidated school for Cowee township was confirmed by the new board. The restraining order issued several weeks ago sought by a group of citizen. of the township who de- sired to place the building on an other site, and on which a volun tary non-suit was taken by the plaintiffs, turned the decision over to the new board. Modern School Building AH obstacles liave been removed now to the building of the new school on the site of the CCC camp at West's Mill on Highway 28, and work is expected to begin soon. The site contains nearly seven acres of land, much of it already graded, with ample room for playgrounds and also some wooded land. The building is esti mated to cost $2,000, which will be built with WPA funds, the county sponsoring the project for approximately one-third of this amount. The building is designed to be modern throughout, with Central heating, sanitary plumbing, a large auditorium and eight class rooms for the accomodation of 320 pupils. The exterior will be built of native stone. Arrests Saturday Night Rioters' Hearing May 5 (?. D. Baird, chief of police, made four arrests last Saturday night, April 19, when a recurrence of the trouble of the Saturday night pre vious, threatened. On the night of April 12, two of the mob of white boys that tried to run the negroes out of town were arrested , on a drunkeness and disorderly conduct charge; Howard Moses, who was J released on bond given by Ins father, W. M. Moses and Harlic Houston, for whom Oscar . Dills gave bond.. They are. from the Pine Grove section. Warrants are out for several more. Hearing will be in the mayor's court Monday, May 5.- '-. . " - ;" . According to Chief Baird, who was looking out for the return of some of the boys to town last Saturday night, the trouble started two weeks before when Wilburm McDowell of. Ell i jay, who w's in toxicated, was incited by compan ions to attack Graham Love, pur suing his duties as porter in front of the Bryson hotel. Love, who, it is said, was an innocent bystand er, defended himself, and in the fight which resulted, McDowell was knocked down. A group of about eight con gregated across the street from the hotel last Saturday after dark and chased Love in the hotel. While arresting two of these, Chief Baird said, another gang of about 15 assembled in front of the court house and threatened a group of negroes near the drinking fountain across the street. These were dis persed and two more arrested. Rioters Ar misted Those locked .up were arrested o,n the charge of "unlawfully and wilfully participating in a riot and aiding and abetting in a riot." . They were Wilburn McDowell and Wesley Tyler of Ellijay, for whom a neighbor, C, Tom Bryson gave bond; Harold Henry and Orvel Simmons, who live near town, bond for the latter being made by Dr. Furrnan Angel and John Hauser. On Monday morn ing Tommy Bates, formerly of Skeenah, was arrested. McDowell, 17 years old, who, it is said, started the trouble by at tacking Graham Love, is from the CCC camp at Otto, having been given leave to go home to help with the crop. His father, Frank McDowell, is a tunnel foreman on the Nantahala project Wesley Tyler is the Son of Tom Tyler, for many years superin tendent of the Sugar Fork church. Neither boy, it is said, has been in the hands of the law before. On ' Tuesday Hays Crisp, who lives up Walnut .Creek, was arrett ed and bond was given by Lester Arnold. '.... TOWN CLEAN UP PROVES SUCCESS Arthur Pannell Reports Hauling Tons Of Trash Arthur Pannell, who directs the removal of the town's, garbage,', re ports that Franklin has never be fore had such a thorough cleaning up a is being carried on at the present time. He says "Our clean up campaign has been a grand success, When people ask me, why I am late coming around, I ex plain that there has been so much trash to be moved that it is hard to handle it." , .- In speaking of the sewage, dis posal facilities, George Dean, town clerks .stated that all difficulties caused by flooding last year had been overcome, and that the. town board had acquired several acres more adjoining land that would take care of disposal problems for the next 20 years. He stated that all state sanitary . requirements were being strictly met. Besides the cleaning up and re moval of trash accumulations, there is evidence on all streets that planting and painting' are beauti fying residence streets. When the town force is able to cover the back alleys the town will present a pleasing appearance. .The Chamber of Commerce, the Garden Club- and many business firms cooperating with the local authorities in response to the may or's proclamation. If any removal of trash has been overlooked, a phone call to' the town office will bring'the truck. Civil Court This Week Civil court is in session this week with Judge Felix E. Alley presiding. The case of Browning vs. Breen involving land titles occupied most of the time of the court, and went to the jury at noon Thursday. Severe Forest Fire On The Nantahala Caused By Carelessness . By JOHN WASILIK. JR. District Forest Ranger Last Tuesday, April 15, a forest fire was reported by Cowee and Wayah Bald Lookouts in the Ber ry Cove. This' fire burned over 50 acres and required many hours of hard Work before it was controlled bv 30 CCC enrollees from Camp F-23, Otto, Poor judgment and insufficient help by a local farmer, who burn ed his brush piles on one of the driest days of the season was the cause of this fire. Brush Burners Not content with that blaze the brush burner was intent on burn ing his brush piles, so on Friday, April 18, he set some more piles a fire. Again the lookouts spied the fire and sent in a CCC crew from Camp F-23, but this time the brush burner had the .fire under control so that no help was-needed. On Saturday, April 18, a third fire was started from the partly burned, unguarded brush piles of the day before and flames leaped up the ridge to the ConMn knob accompanied by huge billows of smoke that could be seen . from Franklin and surrounding country. This fire burned over 200 acres and required hard fighting by 100 men to put it under control. Ranger Wiese of . the Sumter Na tional Forest sent in a crew of 15 men. Project Superintendent Jones of Camp F-23, Otto sent in five CCC crews-of 15 men each under foreman Stewart, Setser, Waldroop, Glance and Siler. At least 30 farmers who own land adjacent to the fire .spent many hours of hard fire fighting without compensation trying to saivfc their fences and their timber This fire caused severe damage to the standing timber. Several hun dred cords of chestnut acidwood was burned up while that which remains is a charred mass. The damage to the top soil was severe burning off the humus down to the mineral soil. It will take nature many years to build back the rich top soil. All game on the burned area was destroyed and the cost of fighting this fire will be enormous. Since such fires are man-caused they can be avoided if brush burn ers will take the. neces.sary pre cautions shown on the back of their permits when they burn brush. They should pick out favor able weather, usually after a rain, burn one pile at a time, burn down hill, clear around each pile, use small piles, have plenty of help and use good judgment above all. Register Saturday Register next Saturday! On Tuesday, May - , 1941, the voters of Franklin will go to the polls to elect a ''mayor and six aldermen. It is the duty of every voter within the city of Franklin to register that he or she may vote in this election. Register . Saturday. " On April. 12, thirteen voters registered, on April 19, twenty One voters registered. This is a very small ratio of those en-' titled, to vote. Register Satur day.. ', :- , This is a non-partisan elec tion members of both political parties being candidates-and no voter should fail to regis ter. Register Saturday, Coroner's Jury Delays Report On 1 Death Of Riddle Following the death of Clyde Riddle, foreman on the Nantahala project from a dynamite explosion Saturday afternoon, the Macon county coroner's inquest was con tinued until more witnesses could be questioned. The second meet ing was held at the courthouse in Franklin Tuesday morning. The verdict of the jury will be made Saturday, it was; stated. Mr. Riddle, 24, of Marshall, Route 1, was killed instantly about 4 o'clock, near the dam, by a- blast that had been set at the rock quarry. Eye witnesses stated that he either misunderstood the signal or that it did not work. Mr. Riddle is survived by his widow, his mother, Mrs. Hattie Riddle ; three brothers, Jonah, Noah and Clement, and two sisters, Mrs. Richmond Meadows and Miss Zet ta Riddle, all of Marsliall. Funeral services were held Sunday after noon at the Caney Fork Baptist church in Madison county. James Elmore, 59 Succumbs To Pneumonia Final services for James Elmore, 59, were held on Tuesday morn ing at 11 o'clock, at the Liberty Baptist church. The Rev. Robert Williams, pastor officiated, assisted by the Rev. G. ,W. Davis, pastor of the Cowee Baptist church and the Rev. Joseph Bishop, a Macon county Baptist minister. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Elmore died in Angel hos pital on Monday monning at -8:30 o'clock following a three days ill' ness due to - influenza and pneu monia. He was a son of the late John Thomas . Elmore and Mary Green Elmore. He was born on January o, lsfti and' resided in ; the Leatlverman community until 1928 when he moved to Franklin where he has lived since, Mr. Elmore w.orked . for the Franklin Mineral Products until 1937 when he' retired on account of ill health. He joined the Liberty Baptist church in boyhood but lat er transferred his membership to the Wells Grove Baptist church. The pallbearers, all nephews, in cluded Harry Potts, Floyd Cardon, Jr., Theodore Elmore, Jack Hen son, Paul Potts, and ' Dorsey El more. Surviving are the widow, the former Miss Callie Lakey, of Etna, and three children, Mrs. Olin Gra ham, Clinton and Nelson Elmore, all of. Franklin ; two brothers, J. B. Elmore, of West's Mill and Homer Elmore, o,f Leatherman, and five .sisters, Mrs. C. T. Truitt, of Etna; Mrs. Dolly Potts and Mrs. Rob ert Rickman, of West's Mill; Mrs. Flovd Cardon, of Svlva and Mrs. M. D, DeHart, of Lakeland, Fla. Also two grandchildren. Funeral Services For Mrs. Angel Of Ellijay Funeral services for Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Angel, 91, were held on Monday afternoon at the home in Ellijay township. The Rev. Philip Green, pastor on the -Franklin Circuit, was in charge of the serv ices. Interment was in the Angel cemetery. Mrs. Angel died on Sunday night at .8:30 o'clock following an illness of three weeks. Death was caused from pneumonia. She was bom and raised in the Ellijay community and had lived her entire life in Macon county She was a daughter of the late Washington and Polly Haze Angel. She married Melvin Angel who preceded her in death about 20 years ago. Surviving are three children, Brabson Angel, of Franklin, James J. Angel, of Baker Ore., and Mrs. M. C Mashbum, of Ellijay, with whom she lived; one sister, Mrs. Ode 'Cabe, Five grandchildren and three great-gTandchildren. The pallbearer . were David Angel. Mafk Norris, Robert Ful ton, Leonard Home, Ray Dowdle and .Charles An get HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT Dr. Hunter To Speak; Diplomas Awarded Wednesday Night Commencement .exercises' of the Franklin; high,, school will bcuin Sunday, April 27, with services f be held i,n the, Macon Theatre' at 8 o'clock. The Baccalaureate ser mon will be preached by the Rev, J. L. Stokes II. The processional march from "Aida" by Verdi,' will be played by Mr.s. Henry W. Cabe, who will direct the music. The invocation will be said by the Rev. C. F. Rogers and the scripture lesson read and prayer offered by the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan.' The choral club will sing "Emitte Spiritum Tumiri" by Schuetky. The class song, ''God Bless America" will be sung by the senior class; The .seniors will march out of the theatre by the March from "Tann hauser" by Richard Wagner. D. Hunter Tp Make Address The Commencement' address to the graduating class will be de livered by Dr. H. T. Hunter, pres ident of Western Carolina Teach ers college, and diplomas will be conferred by Superintendent Guy L. Houk. W. H. Finley, principal, will announce the awards. Katherine Long will deliver the salutatory and John Wasilik the valedictory. The presentation . of the senior gift will be made by Lewis Patton. 1941 Graduates Following is the list of prospec tive graduates: Mamie Addington, Mary Adding ton, Frances Ashe, Mary Evelyn, Angel, ' Gladys Baldwin, Conley Bradley, Allan Brooks, Jr., Ken' neth Bryant, Geneva Buchanan, Arthur Cabe, Don Cabe, Frank Crisp, Marie Conley, Helen Jo Con ley, Katherine Conley, H. D. Cor bin, R. L. Crawford, Henderson Dean, Christine Dills, Porter Dun can, Mona Lee Edwards, Tva Lee Frady, Doris Fouts, Keith Gregory, Ruby Gregory, Felix Hall, Kathryn Ann Huggins, T. L. Jamison, Edith Kirnsey, Louise Kinsland, Claude Leatherman, William Lcdford, Vir ginia Lenoir, Kathryn Long, Bob McClure, J. R. McCracken, Ella Moore, Louise Murray, Andy Pat ton, Lewis Patton, Dorothy Pen land, Virginia Tcnland, Helen Potts Higdon, Dorothy Reid, Mat tie Faye 'Rogers, Blake Roland, tie Faye Rogers, Blake Rowland, Pauline Rowland, Jennie Scott, Edna Shepherd, Richard Sloan, John Smith, Evelyn Sondheimer, George . Tessier, John Wasilik, Pauline Wild, Earl Vonncc, Vir ginia Zachary, Edith Miller and Mary Evelyn Moore. New Bonds Not Apt To Up Tax Rate Says Mayor George Dean, town clerk, in ex plaining details concerning the proposed bond election, said Mon day, "The voting on. May 6 will be in the nature of a referendum. If the people are in fax or of com plctiing the present street improve ment and paving other streets the bond election will be called. So far, all whom I have heard have ex pressed themselves in favor of it." Both Mayor Harrison and Mr. Dean expressed themselves as doubtful that the raising of the necessary amount over a period of 20 years would increase the tax rate at all. "The rate at present is only 95 cents," Mr. Dean said, "and in view of the fact that the town has recently retired $32,000 worth of 6 per cent bonds and the rate on the proposed bonds being 4 per cent, the financing of the work through a WPA grant would be all to the town's advantage. Speaking of present finances he stated further that the town now has nearly enough in the sinking fund to pay off tenn bonds. The project under a WPA grant asks only 25 per cent sponsorship from the town, Which would be covered by the amount of $10,000. Part of this amount the town al-. ready owns in its quarry, rock crusher, three trucks, concrete mixer, air compressor and drill, which WPA uses on a rental basis, and furnishes all labor and small tools. - A detailed statement of street improvement was given in the April 10 issue of this paper. Methodist Society Rummage Sale Saturday The Mary Allman Missionary so ciety will hold a rummage sale on Saturday. April 26, on Main street in front of the tennis courts, pext to T. C Blaine's store. X.