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JURY LIST FOR
AUGUST COURT
TERM DRAWN
Pick 5 Women To Serve;
Judge Rudisill Will
Preside
The jury list for the August
term of superior court ? which
Includes the names of five
women ? was released for pub
lication this week by Miss Kate
McGee, clerk of court.
Court will convene in the Ma
con County courthouse August
20, with Judge J. C. Rudisill, of
Newton, presiding. ,
The women jurors are Mrs. J.
A. Flanagan, of Franklin, Mrs.
Leila Olbson, of Franklin, Route
2, Mrs. Nina Tippett McCoy,
of Franklin, Mrs. Esther Freas,
of Franklin, and Mrs. Pearl
Mashburn, of Franklin. Mrs.
Flanagan and Mrs. Gibson were
listed as first week jurors and
the remaining three, second
week jurors.
The list was drawn Tuesday
by five-year-old Julia Anis El
lenburg, daughter of Mrs. Mar
tha Ellenburg, of Prentiss.
First week jurors are Thad
Patton, Franklin; Roy Henry,
Franklin, Route 2; Will Denney,
Flats; Ras Duvall, Flats; Wil
liam Howard Baty, Highlands;
C. H. Southards, Franklin, Route
1; Roy H. Holt, Highlands; Wal
ter Dean, Franklin; E. C.
Hodges, Prentiss; J. C. Shuler,
Franklin, Route 3; Lyle Painter,
Franklin, Route 3; Norman
Paschal Norton, Franklin; Frank
Curtis, Franklin, Route 1; Lee
Poindexter, Franklin; W. A.
Hays, Franklin; J. A. Reeves,
Franklin, Route 3; J. F. Smith,
Franklin, Route 1; Glenn Dills,
Nantahala; Frank Holbrooks,
Franklin, Route 3; A. A. Grant,
Flats; Prioleau Shope, Prentiss;
C. R. Hodgins, Prentiss; J. S.
Waldroop, Franklin, Route 1;
Furman Hall, Franklin, Route
3; Frank Dalrymple, Flats; H.
G. May, Flats; S. W. Bowers,
Gneiss; O. R. Reper, Franklin,
Route 3; Mrs. J. A. Flanagan,
Franklin; Mrs. Lelia Gibson,
Franklin, Route 2; Perry Bren
dle, Franklin, Route 4; Mel
drum D. Cabe, Dillard, Ga.,
Route 1; Verlon McGaha, Frank
lin, Route 3; G. E. Nix Scaly;
John Blaine, Franklin, Route 2;
and Lawrence Talley, Scaly.
Second week jurors are Paul
Guy, Franklin, Route 3; Herbie
Nicholson, Franldin, Route 1;
Q. W. Douthit, Flats; James F.
Cunningham, Franklin, Route 1;
J. P. Bryson, Franklin, Route
4; Joe Raby, Franklin, Route 3;
Weimer Deweese, Franklin,
Route 3; Sheridan Evans, Flats;
Tom Thompson, Franklin, Route
4; J. D. Hastings, Prentiss;
Lawrence Patton, Franklin;
Everett Raby, Franklin, Route
4; Mrs Nina Tippett McCoy,
Franklin, Route 3; Lawrence
Long, Franklin; Mrs. Esther
Freas, Franklin; Mrs. Pearl
Mashburn, Franklin; Louis A.
Edwards, Highlands; and Henry
Waldroop, Franklin, Route 1.
15 Plan To Attend
Farm And Home Week
County Agent S. W. Menden
hall announced this week that
15 Macon County men and
?women making plans to attend
the annual Farm and Home
week, slated for July 30 through
August 2 on the campus of
North Carolina State college,
Raleigh.
Special busses to take those
attending from Swain, Jackson,
Haywood, and Macon counties
will leave Waynesville at 8
e' o'clock on the morning of the
30th, the county agent said.
Eastern Star State Officers Pay
Official Visit At Joint Meeting
Mrs. Maude B. Foy, of Kins
ton, worthy grand matron, and
Arnold Kincaid, of Kings Moun
tain, worthy grand patron of
the Grand Chapter of North
Carolina, Order of the Eastern
Star, paid their first official
visit of the year here last
Thursday evening.
Members of the Nequassa
chapter No. 4T of Franklin,
Highlands chapter No. 284 of
Highlands, Tuckaseigee chapter
No. 16 of Bryson City, OCE
chapter No. 139 of Dillsboro,
and Glenville chapter No. 222
of Olenville met Jointly for the
special meeting.
Mrs. Margaret Bolton, worthy
matron of the Nequassa chap
ter, preilded over the meeting,
which wm held at Blagle Me
morial building.
After brief addresses by the
worthy grand matron and the
worthy grand patron, represen-.
tatives of the five chapters rep
resented presented them gifts
and flowers.
More than 100 persons at
tended the meeting. The honor
guests were entertained at din
ner at Kelly's Tea room prior
to the meeting.
Saturday, seven delegates
from the Nequassa chapter at
tended a district school of in
struction in Dillsboro and Mon
day, secretaries from various
Eastern Star chapters west of
Waynesville met here and wel
comed Mrs. Bessie Ruck Man
gum, of Rocky Mount,* grand
Mcretary of the order.
Accused Slayer Of Macon
Man Arrested Near Canton
The arrest of James Theodore j
Woods, 34, formerly of the Kyle
community, by a stale highway
patrolman Sunday morning near
Canton, climaxed a two months'
search for the accused slayer
of a Macon County logger.
New developments in the May
17, 1950 death of Orady Ray, a
43-year-old logger and timber
cutter, reopened the case during
the April ter,m of superior court
here and the grand jury re
turned a true bill of indictment
against Woods for first degree
murder. Evidence which prompt
ed the action has not been dis
closed.
According to Sheriff J. Harry
Thomas, Woods was arrested
about noon Sunday by Patrol
man H. Dayton and is being
held ' In the Haywood county
jail. The sheriff said Woods
would probably be moved here
for trial during the August
term of superior court..
When arrested, Sheriff Thom
as said Woods was driving a
1949 Chevrolet with South Car
olina license tags. With him.
were three women and a man.
All were released, the sheriff
said, except one of the women,
who was charged with disord- j
erly conduct. She was released
Monday on bail. When the I
capias was issued for Woods'
arrest in April, local law en- j
forcement of.icials expressed |
belief that the accused man I
was in South Carolina.
At a coroner's inquest, after
Ray's body was found in the
yard of a Kyle resident, witness
testimony indicated that there 1
was no evidence of foul play.
Dr. H. T. Horsley, county phy- j
sician, and Dr. Edgar Angel
both expressed the opinion at j
that time that Ray's death was
caused by acute alcoholism.
However, the coroner's jury,
not entirely satisfied with the
facts, made provisions whereby
the case could be reopened if
additional evidence was uncov
ered.
According to Solicitor Thad D.
Bryson, Jr., the new evidence
which brought about the indict
ment against Woods, involves a
fight in which several men par
ticipated* just before Ray's
death.
Bloodmobile
To Visit Highlands
Today
An American Red Cross
Bloodmobile, from the reg
ional blood center in Ashe
ville, will be at the Highlands
Community hospital today
(Thursday) from 1 to 5:30
p. m., the local Red Cross of
fice announced this week.
James 'O. Beal and W. H.
Cobb will be in charge of col
lection arrangements.
The bloodmobile is schedul
ed to be in Franklin August
28.
CROWDS ATTEND
MEETING HERE
Bishop Henry is Guest
Preacher Of Seiries
Of Services
Large crowds are attending
the nightly interdenominational
evangelistic services being held
this week at Friendship taber
nacle. The series is an annual
county-wide event.
The Rt. Rev. M. George Hen
ry, bishop of the Western North
Carolina diocese of the Episco
pal church is the guest preach
er.
Several hundred persons were
present at the opening services
Sunday evening; the big audi
torium, said to seat between
1200 and 1500, was two- thirds
filled Monday night; and the
attendance was good again
Tuesday night.
For his eight sermons, Bishop
Henry has chosen a single sub
ject, "The Gospel"; that is, "the
good news". His text for the
series of sermons is from Rom
ans 1:16: "For I am not ashm
ed of the gospel of Christ; for
it is the power of God unto
salvation to everyone that be
liveth."
Ministers of the various de
nominations are participating in
the services, and the choir,
made up of persons from the
congregation, is under the di
rection of Roger Cole, minister
of music at the First Baptist
church. Misses Edith Plemmons
and Patricia Landrum are serv
ing as pianists.
POWELL BILL
MEASURING
COMPLETED
14 Miles Of Town Streets
Come Under Aid Bill
Provisions
"Operation Yardstick" ? mea
suring street mileage within the
city limits of Franklin tQ de
termine how much money the
town is entitled to receive for
street maintenance under pro
visions of the Powell bill ? was
completed yesterday (Wednes
day!, town officials announced.
Surveyor James Denman, hir
ed by the board of aldermen to
conduct the operation, said ap
proximately 14 miles of streets
within the town fall under pro
visions of the bill.
The bill, an act of the 1951
legislature, provides for the
maintenance of city streets con
stituting parts of the state
highway system by the State
Highway and Public Works
commission, and appropriates
funds from the highway fund
for the partial maintenance of
other city streets, and sets
forth a public policy for the
construction and maintenance
of all streets in the cities and
towns.
The amount of money the
town is to receive is not known.
According to R. S. Jones, town
attorney, the amount will be
based on proportion of popula
tion and mileage. Members of
the budget committee, at a re
cent meeting of the town board,
estimated that Franklin would
receive approximately $7,000.
Previously, state assistance,
earmarked for the town's gen
eral fund, came from franchise
and intangible taxes. Last year,
according to Town Clerk Charl
es O. Ramsey, the town receiv
ed $1,880.14. This year, in addi
tion to Powell bill aid, he said
the town should receive about
the same amount from the
taxes.
Mileage was computed using
a map .made for the town by
H. H. Plemmons, of the Nanta
hala Power and Light company.
SET DATE FOR
FLOWER SHOW
Annual Event Will Be
Aug. 11; Exhibits
.Named
The annual Franklin Garden
club flower show is scheduled
for August 11 at the Agricul
tural building, it was announc
ed this week by club represen
tatives.
All entries must be in by 11
a. m. on that date. Doors will
be opened to the public from
2 to 9 p. m.
The flower show committee
announced the following judg
ing events for the show: Dah
lias, largest and finest of one
variety; Dahlias, best display of
mixed variety; Zinnias, large;
Zinnias, small; Roses; yellow
flowers; two or three color ar
8EE NO. 1, PAGE 8
MEMORIAL RITE
AT GLENVILLE
HONORS THORPE
Electric Development Is
Given Name Of Late
Head Of Company
The Nar,lahala Power and
Light company's hydro-electric
development at Glenville was
re-named "Thorpe Development"
at a ceremony at the power
house last Saturday.
It was under the direction o'
the late J. E. S. Thorpe, first
president of the Nantabn!r
company, that the big project
in Jacbson county was l.uilt,
and its dedication to Mr.
Thorpe's memory, at Katu' d y s
ceremony, was in compliance
with a resolution of the board
of directors of the Aluminum
Company of America, nannt
organization of the Nantahala
company.
Scores of persons ? mornt'ers
of the Thorpe family, officials
of the two companies, Nanta
hala employes, and men and
women of positions high and
low who had been Mr. Thorpe's
personal friends ? gathered on
the glassed plot in front of the
building to hear the builder of
power projects in this are:i
praised by a former secretary
of the army and by a high of
ficial of the Aluminum com
pany.
Climaxing the program was
the unveil. ng by two young
grandsons of the memorial
plaque on the front of the
building.
Pointing out that there ar
two outstanding types of lead
ers ? the man, on the one hand,
who is all drive to get things
done, and the man, on the
other, whose personality so at
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 8
1,900 Attend
Federation's
Picnic H i e
Approximately 1,900 persons
attended the annual Macon
County Fanners Federation pic
nic Saturday at Franklin High
school and saw Panhandle
Pete ? the one-man band ? steal
the show by playing 17 di fcr
ent instruments at the same
time.
James O. K. McClure, feder
ation president, and James
Clark served as mas'ers of cere
mony during the all-day pro
gram.
Brief Wksv were made by
Silas Little, federation hatch
ery field man, who spoke on >
the hatching egg industiy in
Western North Carolina, and
Macon County A^ent S. W.
Mendenhall, who outlined mod
ern fstilizer practices.
Entertainers included the
Farmers string band, Cleo Mc
Donald, Sharon Swanson, the
Breed. ove sisters, Hunter Young,
Sidney Clay, Doris and Suj
Bailey, Dewey and Milton Col
bin, the Waldroop trio, J. D.
Dowdl". Frank Amnions, B: en
da Rice, Elizabeth Ann Rob
erts, and Mrs. Neil Ann Ivester. |
The Clark's Chapel quart,et
took first place in the quartet
contest, the Ledbetter Family
ciioir, first place in the choir
contest, and R. L. Scott won
first place by bringing 45 per
sons to the picnic. Mrs. Anen
Welch won second prize for the
largest truck load with 3G per
sons.
The pig was won by C. C.
Same. Carl Slagle won the mus
ical chair contest, and Mr. and
Mrs. W. I. Houston, married 42
years, won the award for being
the oldest married couple pres
ent. The youngest married
couple present was Mr. and Mrs.
Ethel Moore, newlyweds of three
months.
Gerald La Boone, boy's divi
sion, and Sybil La Boone, girl's
division, took first places in
the balloon blowing contest.
Burt Waldroop took honors as
the most bald man.
The Rev. W. L. Sorrells, pas
tor of the Iotla Baptist church,
pronounced the invocation.
AUXILIARY WILL MEET
The American Legln auxiliary
will meet Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock with Mrs. W. N. Dal
rymple at her home on the
Murphy road, It has been an
nounced. Mrs. J. L. Martin will
lerve as co-hostess.
UNVEIL PLAQUE TO THORPE? This photograph was made
immediately after John Forgrave Thorpe (left) and Foster
Brown Thorpe, Jr., young grandsons, had unveiled a memorial
plaque to J. E. S. Thorpe, the late president of the Nantahala j
Power and Light company, at Glenvill*. The hydro-electric de
velopment there was le-named "Thorpe Development" at a
ceremony at the powerhouse Saturday. Posing with her grand- !
sons are Mrs. J. E. S. Thorpe (right) and her son and daughter
in law, Mr. and Mrs. Foster Brown Thorpe.
27 4-H
Club Members Are At
Camp Schaub
Twenty-seven Macon County
4-H clubbers? 13 girls and 14
boys ? this week are attending
the 4-H encampment at Camp
Scliaub, near Waynesville.
The camp is playing host to
some 150 4-H clubbers from
Macon, Jackson, Transylvania,
and Yancey counties. T. H,
Fagg and Mrs. Barbara B. Hun
nlcutt, assistant county agents,
is in charge of the Macon
group.
Campers include Shirley Mc
Cal!, Sybil La Boone, Mitchell
Houston, Bruce Houston, Lamar
Houston, Edwina Bryson, War
die Young, Laverne Young, Joe
Moses, Steve Higdon, R. L. Led
ford, Nancy Cabe, Melba Moses,
Nancy Ramsey, Clark Shef.ield,
Bobby Webb, Kenneth Dills,
Mac Pickens, Margaret Thomas,
Helen Moore, Billy Harper,
George McCall, Ann Snyder,
Billy Taylor, Ann Fagg, Doris
Teague, and Frances Teague.
The local group will return
Sunday.
Receives Draft Call1
For 3 Men In August
The August draft call, in
structing the local board to
send three Macon County men
to Charlotte for induction
August 22, was received this
week, W. N. Sloan, board
chairman, announced this
week.
O. E. S. WILL MEET
The regular meeting of the
Nequassa chapter No. 43, Order
of Eastern Star, will be held
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o'clock
at the Masonic hall, \!rs. Mar
garet Bolton, worthy matron,
announced this week.
Siler Family
Planning F o \
100th
Descendants of the Sl'ers who
were among the first settlers of
Macon County will jrafher he'e
August 2 for their 100th ".am
ily meeting".
This year's reunion will be
held at the old home of Jesse
R. Siler, one of the four broth
ers who came here early in." the
nineteenth century, wiih Mrs I
George A. Jones, his grand
daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. R.
S. Jones as hosts.
The reunion, held each year
on the first Thursday in Aug
ust, is one of the largest in
this region, and is believed to
be the oldest in this part of
the United States.
Although the period since the ,
first gathering has been mark
ed by five wars, as well as de
pressions and other disturbing
events, the Siler kin have gath
ered for their annual get-to
gether each year without a
b:eak. They met, in fact, twice
In one year, which accounts for
the fact this will be the 100th
meeting, although the reunion
Is only 99 years old. The two
meetings were held in one cal
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 8
Lt. Col. Sloan Takes
Over Korean Command
Lt. Col. George B. Sloan, son
of W. N. Sloan of Franklin, on
reporting for duty In Korea re
cently, was assigned to com
mand the 27th infantry regi
ment of the 25th division. This
is the regiment commanded
last winter by the colorful Col.
"Mike" Michaella, who now has
been promoted to brigadier gen
eral.
COUNTY BOARD
\DOPTS $151,003
1951-1952 BUDGET
Tax Rate Of
Be Same ; School*
Ge* ?~~st
Operating expenses for Ma
"on County for the fiscal year
1951-52 have been estimated at
151.000, an increase or approxi
mately $11,000 over last year.
The tax rate will remain the
?;Br"e ? $1.10 per hundred.
The new budget was outlined
Monday at the regular meeting
if the board of county com
nissioners.
Operation and maintenance
Ma' on Co'intv's new schools,
most of which will be ready for
lse this fall, accounts for most
'f the increase in the budget.
\n estimated *90,775?67 cents
if the tax levy? expenditures
'nd capital outlay will go to
he schools. Part of increased
ichool expenses is due to a 1950
'egislative act increasing the
salaries of school bus drivers.
Of the levy, 50 cents will go
'o schools, capital outlay, and
7 cents to schools for currcnt
expenses Last year 14 cents of
the levy went for canila! out
ay and 12 cents for current
expenses.
The 50 cents for chools' cap
ital outlay actually is to cover
the $60,000 advanced by the
commissioners several months
ago to provide a sufieicnt total
to complete the senool building
ro; ram. The proceeds of this
.0-C 'nt levy, therefore, will not
available for use during the
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 8
BODY OF FIRST
WAR CASUALTY
I8C0KH0ME
Mofritts Informed Son's
Body Is Being
Returned
Th"> I oiy of Pfc. Floyd W.
Moffitt, Macon County's first
casualty in the Korean war, is
en route to the United States,
his parents were informed this
week by the of.'ice of the
quartermaster general.
The 21-year-old soldier, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Moffitt,
of the Hickory Knoll commun
ity, was killed in action August
15, 1950. He was sent overseas
July 27 following the outbreak
of hostilities in Korea.
The young soldier, a veteran
of three years' service during
World War II, Including occu
pation duty in Italy and Trieste,
reenlisted in the army June 20,
1950. Prior to that time he
farmed in the Hickory Knoll
section.
Funeral arrangements are in
complete.
1 Macon Reservists
deceive Promotions
Four Macon County army re
servists, members of the 347th
Engineer Aviation battalion at
Fort Leonard Wood, Mr., have
received promotions, it has been
learned here.
They are C. D. Balrd, of
Franklin's chief of police, who
has been promoted to corporal,
R. L. McGaha, of Franklin,
Route 4. promoted to sergeant,
Vernon A. Cunningham, of
Franklin, Route 2, promoted to
sergeant, and J. B. Henson, of
Franklin, Route 2, promoted to
corporal.
The men are members of the
Bryson City reserve army unit
which was called to active duty
recently.
Temperatures and precipitation for tk?
past seven days, and the low temperature
yesterday, as recorded at the Coweeta Ex
periment station.
Max. Mln. Pet.
Wednesday 88 51 .33
Thursday 88 50 .28
Wednesday 60 trace
Franklin Rainfall
(Am recorded by limoa S'iltm far TV A)
Wednesday, .88; Thursday. .03;
Friday, none; Saturday, none;
Sunday, none; Monday, J4; .
Tuesday, nona; Wsdnaaday, .11.
The Weather
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday .
Tuesday
86 59
uu sto ....
90 60 .17
85 85
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84 68 1.65
90 84 1.05