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Much talk oft?n hktea Uttle tlfoe ffanklin (Efj? l^igblanW JRacontan ? i VOL. LXTV? NO.1 FRANKLIN, N. C-, THUR8DAY, FEB. 17, 1949. Calendar Of The Week'* EVENTS in Franklin THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17 7:30 p. m.? Post No. 106, Am erican Legion, at Blagle Mem orial building. 7:30 p. m? Nequassa chaptei No. 43, Order of the Hasten Star, at Masonic temple. FRIDAY 7:30 p. m.? Bingo party (Ro tary club benefit) at Memoria building. SATURDAY 8 p. m.? Dance (American Le gion benefit) at Memorial build lng. SUNDAY 3 p. Ri.? Methodist W. 8. C. 8 and Wesleyan Guild study das at Methodist church. MONDAY 10 a. m.? Board of count: commissioners at register o deeds office. TUESDAY 3:30 p. m? Two-day Eplaco pal Convocation of Ashevlll open* at St. Agnes church. ? 8 p. m.? Evening session, Don vocation of Asheville. WEDNESDAY 8 a. m.? Final session, Convo cation of Asheville. 7 p. m.? Franklin Rotary clu at Memorial building. THURSDAY 7:30 p. m.? Franklin Lodge N< 452, Loyal Order of Moose, a Memorial building. P. T. A. To Hold Founder*' Da Program Monday Founders' day will be obeerv ed by the Franklin Parent Teacher association at lta Feb ruary meeting Monday nigh The program, set for 7:30 a the school, will mark the 52n anniversary of the orgwilaiatln of parent-teacher work. yj The oldest mother pteser and the teacher with the. long est service record at the F*ank lta school will be presented. Principal Robert Guy Sutta will speak briefly. He Will b Introduced by County Supt. Ou L. Houk. A tea will follow the program TWO STILLS TAKEN Sheriff J. P. Bradley this wee reported the recent capture c two stills. A 65-gallon outfit wa taken on Onion Mountain Feb ruary 6, he said, and a 20 o 25 gallon copper still on Whes Field Branch, In the Tesent section, February 8. Sherli Bradley said he learned of th existence of the Tesenta sti from parties In another sectto of the county. r Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward thnwgb the files of The Preaa) 50 TEARS AGO THIS WHEW The legislature made no mis take in selecting Samuel 1 Rogers of Macon County as on of the directors of the peine tentlary and W. T. Lee of Haiy wood as one of the board c Internal Improvement. Thes gentlemen are as good citizen as we have up here In th mountains and can be relle< on to do the right thing at th right time in the right way Quoted from The Ashevllle Cltl zen. 25 TEARS AGO There has not a car passe* here In a week. Better be some thing done to the road.? Fron Aquone Items, sent in by "Hon eysuckle." The latest attempt at a rec ord flight Indicates that th< airplane has been perfected nov with the exception of mechanl cal troubles. Take your Jefferson Stand &r< Policy with W. B. Lenoir, Real dent Agents Advertisement. 10 TEARS AGO John Calhoun H?ndenon, M well known rooUlent of the Cul lawjt Motion, 4it4 W?tn?rt?i> 1 WILL SPEAK HERE? The Rt. Rev. M. George Henry, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of West . em North Carottna, will deliver the sermon at the opening ses sion Tuesday /night of the two l. day Asheville convocation, to be s h<M at St. Agnes church here. EPISCOPALIANS TO MEET HERE Bishop Henry To Preadh At Two-Day Session Of Convocation The Episcopal Convocation of Ashevllle will meet In semi annual session at St. Agnes church here Tuesday and Wed nesday of next week. It will be the first time to nine years thai a convocations!, meeting has been held in Franklin. A highlight of the two-day p re-Lenten session Is expected to be the service Tuesday night, at which the Rt. Rev. M. George Henry, of Ashevllle, recently consecrated as bishop of the diaona of Western North Car olina. will preach. The general public is Invited to attend this service, which is set for 8 O'clock. Approximately 75 clergy and lay members from churches throughout this region are ex pected to attend the meeting. The convocation, ore of two in this dlo-ese, embraces roughly that section of North Carolina from B<ack Mountain and Try on west. The meeting will open with a business session Tuesday after noon, to be followed by repo.ts and visits, and that evening Bishop Henry will conduct the evensong service and preach. Holy communion will be ad ministered at 8 a. m. Wednees day, and the Rev. John W. Tu ton, re-'.tor of Trinity church, Ashevllle, will conduct the med itations, starting at 10 o'clock. Luncheon will be served at 1:15, concluding the meeting. u Adult Members n Of Boy Scouts Will Be Sought The adult membership drive of the Boy Scouts of America will be Launched here this week, immediately following the ob servance last week of National Boy Scout week. The funds raised will go toward the overhead expenses of the Daniel Boone council, of which this county is a part. The council maintains offices in Asheville, from which point ? the Scout executives and pro fessionally trained leaders oper ~ ate. This county's quota is $642. ,f Solicitors will ask persons e Interested In the work of the a Boy Scouts to become adult e members of the organization, d The minimum membership fee e $1. The Nonah Craft house on Cartoogechaye will not be open on Thursday of next week (Feb ruary 24), Miss Prances Barr .j announced this week. $400 MORE THAN QUOTA IS RAISED IN POLIO DRIVE ^Aaoon Folk Give Total Of $3,658 To Fund For Paralysis Although they were assigned a 1949 quota exactly double that of last year, the people of Ma con County this year again gave more than they were asked to give to the fund to fight in fantile paralysis. A total of $3,658.28 was raised in the campaign that closed Monday, J. H. Stockton, county campaign director, announced. This is more than $400 in excess of the quota, which was $3,240. For a number of years this county has consistently contri buted more to the polio fund than its quota. In announcing the result of the 1949 March of Dimes cam paign, Mr. Stockton issued the following statement of appre ciation: nils 15 wj vxpicaa illy uctrjj est personal appreciation to every person and organization who had a part in making the Macon County 1949 March of Dimes drive a fine success. The teachers, students, ministers, and workers all did a good job, and everyone responded most graciously. You have a worthy part In a great cause. Please accept my sincerest thanks." Of the total raised, $1,252 was donated by Individuals and busi ness firms. In addition, $221.06 given by Highlands firms and persons in connection with a canvass made by the Highlands Rotary club. The remaining ap proximately $2,100 was given by schools and' communities and raised at benefit .affairs. The list of those donations follow: Otto school and community, $1401 Cowee school and com munity, $150.68; Slagle school and community, $60.45; Salem school and community, $33.11; Chapel (Negro) school and com munity, $28. Watauga school, $13.15; Hig donville school, $37.40; Iotla school, $31.39; Union school, $29; Clark's chapel school, $17.-, 95; Pine Grove school, $19.40; Otter Creek school, $36.89; Holly Springs school, $30.64; Mash burn's Branch school, $8; Kyle school, $10.50; Mountain Grove school, $7 ; Oak Ridge school, $20. Franklin school (including re ceipts from hillbilly show and basketball benefit games), $334 - 12. Holly springs 4-H club, $147; Watauga Baptist church, $16; Gold Mine Baptist church $10; Ridgecrest Baptist church, $17.27 American Legion polio benefit dance, $43; Rotary club-oper ated dime board, $82; Macon Theatre collections, $107.16; from coin collectors In Frank lin, $131.66; Franklin Lions club, $35; Nequassa chapter No. 43, Order of the Eastern Star, $25; Olive Hill - Burningtown Home Demonstration club, $10; Franklin lodge, Loyal Order of Moose, $25. . Highlands Collection in the Highlands section, where Dr. William A. Matthews served as chairman: I Contributions received in a canvass made by the Highlands 1 Rotary club, $231.06; Highlands Theatre collections, $68.90; Highlands Masonic lodge, $25; Highlands American Legion, $69; received from Highlands coin collectors, $40.94; Highlands school, $130.51; Scaly school and community, $175; Gold Mine school, $8.60. Razing Old Home To Make Way For NP&LCo. Building Work of ratine the old Dr. Woodfin house, am East Main street landmark, got under way this week hi preparation for the erect ion on that lot of an. office building by the Nantahala Power and light company to serve as U?e power firm's home. While it was said that no plans have been approved for the structure, and no date has been set for the start of construction, grad ing of the lot will get under way early next month. The one ? story frame Woodfin house was built by Dr. Woodfin, and later was occupied for many years by his daughter, the late Mrs. Laura Robertson, the mo ther of Henry G. Robertson, of Highlands. The bouse is believed to be one of the oldest in Franklin. The site for the new structure is on the north side of Main street, just at the top of the "Town Hill', on the east. The property, with a front age of approximately 82 feet and a depth of about 530 feet, was purchased by the Nantahala company some months ago from Mrs. Logan Allen, amd her son, Logan Allen, Jr. They re served the building, with the understanding that it would be removed, and have since sold it to Paul Vinson. Mr. Vinson Is demoHsK*ng the house, .and will move the materials In it. WORK TO START ON POWER DAM Plans for the construction of a three-quarter million dollar hydro-electric plant on the Tuckaselgee river, in Jackson county, were announced this week by the Nantahala Power and Light company. The Nan tahala firm, a subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of Ameri ca, has headquarters in Frank lin. Application ior approval 01 the Tuckaseigee project has been before the Federal Power commission for sometime, and J. E. S. Thorpe, president of the Nantahala company, announc ed receipt of a telegram from FPC waiving Jurisdiction and saying that construction could proceed without a permit. This project, along with oth ers estimated to cost more than six million dollars and designed to double the power output of the Nantahala firm, already had been approved by the North Carolina Utilities commission. A concrete arch dam, 85 feet high, with a 400-foot crest, is proposed, to be situated about a mile below the Glenviile pro ject power house. The water will pass from the dam through a 2,200-foot tunnel to a 3,600 kilowatt unit generator, Mr. Thorpe said. While it is understood that early construction Is planned, no announcement has been made as to whether part or all of the project will be let to contract, or built by the Nantahala company itself. Other projects that have been approved by the State Utilities commission, but, so far as oould be learned, have not yet been approved by the Federal Power commission, Included an 11,000 horsepower generator on Wolf creek, to cost $1,900,000; a 20,000 horsepower generator on Nanta hala river, near Wesser, to cost $2,850,000; and improvements costing $140,000 at the Bryson City plant. 3 MORE FINED IN COMPULSORY SCHOOL CASES Parents From Nantalhala To Pay $5 Each And Coats Three men, Wiley Grant, Wil ey Martin, and Oar land Mor gan, all of the Nantahala area, were lined $5 each and court costs last Saturday by J. J. Mann, justice of the peace, for failure to abide by the compul sory school attendance law. The hearings were held In the clerk of the superior court's of fice, with Mrs. Eloise O. Potts, superintendent of public wel fare, Mrs. Florence Sherrlll, case worker, Carl D. Moses, principal of Otter Creek school, Clint May, member of Nantahala school committee, and Interested spectators present. Mr. Grant has four children of school age, none of whom has attended school regularly, and one, a 14-yeaT old girl has not attended a day this year, It was brought out at the hear ing. Mr. Grant said he lived four or five hundred yards from the school bus line and that one of the chief reasons he had kept , hts children out of school was that they had had measles and ' were not entirely well yet. Mrs. Sherrlll soJd that when she hivestlgated the case and paid a home visit, the mother of the children told her she had kept the oldest girl home to help her do the work. Mr. Martin has two boys, Dll lard and Ooldle, neither of whom has a regular attendance record, the oldest boy, DULard, having attended none this year. Mr. Martin said Dlllard had kidney trouble and was not able to attend and that Ooldle some times failed to catch the bus. Goldl had attended only 71 days this year and 38 last year, the school records showed. Weimar Oochran and Mr. May testified that Dlllard helped Mr. Martin on acid wood jobs and that they knew of no reason why the children should not be <n school. Mr. Martin admitted that the boy went with him to acid wood jobs but said that he was not able to work, due to his physi cal condition. Mr. Morgan, an employe of the Nantahala Power and Light oompany, has four children of school age, none of whom has an attendance record that would meet the minimum requirements of the school law, It was said. In testifying In regard to this case, Mr. Moses pointed out that the children were exceptionally bright last year when they at ptended regularly, they were promoted; and that Heal, the youngest brother, was advanced two grades last year. Mr. Morgan said that the children were kept home so that , he and his wife oould "dodge the measles", as neither of them had ever had the disease. Mrs. Sherrlll said that the mother told her that the chil dren were not kept home for lack of food or clothing, but that they were needed at home to work. In all three cases, the atten dance records were- given by Mr. Moses and verified by Mr. May. 1 Mr. Mann, In passing judg ment, said he was being lenient, but for second offenses he would be more severe. The law allows him to fine a defendant : $25 and costs hi each case. 1 1 Since each child could constl- . I tute a separate offense, the i fines could have amounted to [ : $100 In the case of Mr. Grant j and Morgan. 1 C. of C. To Hold Its Annual Dinner Meet Next Friday C. OF C. SPEAKER? Dr. I. G. Greer .wUl be the puct speaker at the wiimmI iIImw meetinc of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce at the Slafle Meta orial building Friday night of next week. Dr. Greer is execu tive vice-president of the Busi ness Foundation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Macon Boy Honor Guest At Big Farm Dinner Macon County's champion com grower, 14-year old Fred Deal, was honor guest at the second annual 100 - bushel -an - acre dinner meeting at the George Vaaderbilt hotel In Ashevllle last Saturday, attend ed by more than 250 persons. Young Deal, who Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake P. Deal, of the Cat Creek community, was presented an award of $100 by Dr. E. R. Collins, of N. C. State college, as first prize win ner In Western North Carolina. He already bad been awarded $100 prize for his exploit of growing 135 dry bushels on an acre of ground. Other Macon County 100-bu shel growers attending the din ner, with the amounts they raised last year, were: Roy McConnell, 109; Edd Du vall, 128; Douglas Young, 114; Charles Ferguson, 118; Joe Tay lor, 132; Fred Deal, 135; A. L. Ramsey, 132; Frank Deal, 129; Bo Setser, 103; P. Crawford, 111; John Klnsland, 139; Blllie Teague, 113; Owen Ammons, 158; Bob Taylor, 109; Lacy Har per, 105; Frank Saunders, 100; and Eugene Gray, 111. Accompanying, the fanners to the meeting were County Agents S. W. Mendenhall and Don Allison and E. J. Whltmlre, Jr., vocational agriculture teach er. Mr. Whltmlre served on the committee in charge of the din ner. Harry Barnard Is Taken By Death News has been received her* of the death of Harry Barnard, former Macon County man. at his home, Qrandvlew, Wash, last week. Mr. Barnard suffer ed a heart attack. The son of the late Norman Barnard, Mr. Barnard was rear ed on the then Barnard farm now the Moody farm. In the [otla valley, and attended school In this county, later attending the University of North Caroli na. He moved West when a poung man. Mr. Barnard was a brother of Mrs. M. L. Dowdle, of Franklin. Macon Folk Hold Nearly 2 Million In U. S. Bonds f The people of Macon County - today have a backlog of finan cial security In the form of U. S * savings bonds totaling ] u a t under two million hollars. The exact amount of govern ment bonds the people of this i, county now hold is $1,912,813.75, ? according to H. W, Cftbe, county t of tlM flffrtnga Band committee. "This sum represents the net holdings", Mr. Cabe said, "of Series E, F, and G war bonds and peacetime savings bonds bought between May 1, 1941 and December 31, 1948, after all redemptions or cash-Ins' have been deducted". Mr. Cabe's announcement was , baaed on Information received here from Allison James, of Greensboro, state director of the U. S. Savings Bond division, taken from his annual report for 1948. Although Macon ranks 79th among North Carolina's 100 cou nties in population. It stood In 68th place In total purchase of bonds during 194a, Mr. Junm' report shows. Savings bonds were bought in this county last year as follows: Series E bonds, $201,373.25; Series F bonds, )16,428; Series O, $47 ,300 f county total for the year, $265,101.25. "Thww splendid U. 6. savings bonds holdings Mid mIm an community assets of the highest type", Mr. C&be commented. "They will stand the many Individual owners In good stead In time of financial need; they will help stimulate local com munity business when and If times get hard; they bring In to our county In tnteraat and accruals about Sy<% a yew on th? total hoUUnfi." Dr. Greer To Be Guest Speaker; Will Maine 1949 Directors Members of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce and Interested citizens will gather at the Slagle Memorial building Friday evening of next week for the annual dinner meeting of the organization, at which directors for the coming year will be elected. The din ner Is set for 7 p. m. The guest speaker will be Dr. I. O. Greer, executive vice-pres ldent of the Business Founda tion of the University of Nbrth Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Greer, former head of the Appalachian State Teachers college, Boone, an authority on mountain folk lore, and long active In public health and other phases of social progress In North Caroli na, Is In wide demand as a speaker. He will be Introduced by the Rev. Charles E. Parker, Baptist pastor. Next Friday's meeting was to have been held January 14, but was postponed on account of Dr. Greer's being 111. He has now recovered, ond B. W. McGlamery, president at the chamber, had a telegram from him a few days ago say ing he will be here for the dinner meeting. Tickets tor the dinner will be placed on sale shortly, and of ficials of the chamber of com merce emphasized that any person who is Interested in the work of the organization Is In vited to attend. A number of persona from out of town have been Invited as guests. In addition to Indi vidual Invitations to civic and business leaders In Western North Carolina, the chambers of commerce In Highlands, Ashe VUle, Waynes vllle. Canton, Sylva, Bryson City, Andrews, Murphy, ?Robbtnsville, and Clayton have been Invited to send representa tives as guests of the Franldln chamber. President McOlamery will pre side at the dinner, and will re port on the year's work. Secre tary Frank I. Murray, will make a financial report. From a group of 12 nominat ed ? and any additional persons who may be nominated from the floor ? the membership will elect five directors, two to serve for two yeaxs each, and three for one year each. The 12 nom inated by the nominating eom [ mlttee are Frank B. Duncan, B. L. McOlamery, Ouy Sharlts, R. 8. Jones, Troup Callahan. Boy Blddle, Thad Fatton, Prelo i Dry man, and Roy Ooehegan. TTie terms of two members of the present board ? T. W. Angel, Jr., and W. C. Burrel 1 ? do not expire until a year hence. The new board of directors Is expected to meet shortly after the annual session to elect of ficers for the current year. Officials Will Bo Here To Aid 'Income T ixpayvri Representative* of the office of U. 8. Collector of Internal Revenue will be In Franklin Wednesday and Thursday of next week to aaslat taxpayers tn preparing their In com? tax returns for the year IMS, It was announced this week. They may be seen at the courthouse between the hours of 10 a. m. and S p. m. The Weather Temperatures and precipita tion for the put aeran dart, and the low temperature yes terday. recorded at ttva Coweeta Experiment station. Hlfh low Free. Wednesday .... 80 48 .37 Thursday 51 41 l.Tt Friday M 31 .09 Saturday ........ 80 33 JO Sunday 74 33 .00 Monday 73 53 .00 Tueaday 87 64 T* Wednesday ? 47 .00 Total rainfall tor eight data, 103 inahea.