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V6l. LXVI? NO. 34
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FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1951
CIRCULATION
Year Ago Last Week 24*1
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* Jury Reports County Records
Could Be Destroyed By Fire
Macon County's records are
In danger of being destroyed In
the event fire should break out
In the county court house where
( they are stored, according to a
^report filed by members of the
grand jury of the August term
of superior court.
The report also stated that
jurymen found the court house
to be In "very bad shape".
Jurymen said the vaults,
where the county's records are
housed, are unsafe and danger
ous, and recommended that
steps be taken to Insure the
safety of the records. \
Monday the grand jury in
spected the court house, the
county jail, the county home,
and the county prison camp,
and filed a report of Its find
ings.
The jury as a whole inspect
ed the court house. Other coun
ty facilities were Inspected by
jurymen appointed by Thad
Patton, foreman.
Following Is the jury's report
In full:
"We the Grand Jury for the
August term of court submit
the following report.
"Committee No. 1? composed
of Prioleau Shope, W. 8. Bow
ers, and Frank Dalrymple, In
spected the jail and found it in
need of minor repairs, such as
bars over the windows, new pil
low cases and mattress covers
for beds. The jailer himself
needs a bath room.
"Committee No. 2 ? composed
of Paschal Norton, Lee Polndex
ter, and Roy Holt find the pris
on camp in excellent condition.
"Committee No. 3? -composed
of Rush Hodgin, John Smith,
and Perry Brendle, find In fair
condition the county home, ex
cept it needs paint, new and
more covers for beds, and steps
at the back. The people are
very crowded.
"Committee No. 4 ? composed
SEE NO. 1, PAOE S
FROM THE
MOUNTAINS
TO THE SEA
By WEIMAR JONES
Everybody ought to take a
trip occasionally. Seeing new
places and new people and new
ways of doing things does some
thing to us. I like to think of
travel as opening the windows
of the mind, and letting fresh
air in.
And certainly every North
Carolinian should travel in
North Carolina. "Seeing is be
lieving"; and really to see,
rather than merely to read or
be told, how amazingly varied
North Carolina is, gives a Tar
Heel a new Interest and a new
pride in this remarkable state.
To leave Macon County, In
the morning, as I did last
last Thursday, and to stand on
the moonlit beach at Wrlghts
ville, that evening, is an experi
ence itself not easily forgotten.
It was my first trip into ex
treme Eastern North Carolina;
and though I knew what to ex
pect, I nevertheless could hard
ly believe my eyes, when I not
ed the great contrasts In soil,
in vegetation, even in the peo
ple ? and In the climate! Those
of us who think It has been hot
here this summer ]ust don't
know whbt heat is!
But heat or no heat, the sea
coast Is the place for a moun
' taineer to go on vacation. The
altitude ? or absence of altitude
?immediately has a relaxing
effect; there is a caressing soft
ness about the air; the cooling
breeze off the salt water is a
lullaby. How one does sleep!?
and get up next morning and
eat!
To spend a little time In the
Wilmington area Is eye-opening,
too, In the way It brings home
how fast the United States is
preparing for war. Happily away
from It All, we here In the
mountahAoply read about it,
or hear aSut it on our radios;
a mountain^ in Eastern North
Carolina se^Bf.
Planes erew where; soldiers
and sailors ami marines and
coast guardsmen ditto. Constant
reference to highways blocked
for this or that maneuver. And
at Wilmington, at the edge of
the water, a view of a massed
something that suggests the
SO NO. S, PAOK ?
GRAND JURY
IMPORTANT,
JUDGESAYS
Urges Thorough Inspec
tion Of County's
Facilities
Remarking that some are crit
ical of the grand jury system,
Judge J. C. Rudlslll, resident
judge of the 19th judicial dis
trict, Monday in his charge to
the grand jury said the system
is more important today than
it has ever been in the history
of the country.
Explaining hie point, the
judge told the jurymen "as rep
resentatives of your county and
Its citizens you are safeguard
ing the rights of your citizens
by carrying information on to
them."
Judge Rudlslll urged the
grand jury to carefully inspect
the county court house, the
county jail, the county prison
camp, and the county home,
and to report their findings.
He also recommended that a
thorough inspection be made
of the record vaults in the court
house to determine whether or
not the county's records would
be safe in the event of fire.
"If you find that the records
are not safe," the judge said,
"rise up and tell the citizens
they are not.
"As representatives of the
citizens you will have done your
duty and if anything goes wrong
you cannot be blamed. They
will have no one to blame but
themselves."
The grand jury filed its in
spection report and recommen
dations Tuesday morning. The
report stated that the county's
records were . la . danger of be
ing destroyed should fire break
out In the court house.
Pvt. Earl H. Cabe
Wounded In Korea His
Parents Learn
Pvt. Earl H. Cabe, 23-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Weaver
Cabe, of Franklin, was wounded
In action In Korea August 3,
according to Information re
ceived by his parents this week
from the defense department.
l"he young soldier, a Frank
lin High school graduate, en
tered service November 30, 1950,
and received baisc training at
Fort Jackson, 8. C.
He was assigned to overseas
duty in April of this year.
Prior to enlisting he was em
ployed at a local sawmill.
Three Macon Young
People Will Attend
Methodist Session
t
Three Macon County young
people are planning to attend
the fifth quadrennial National
Convocation of Methodist youth
at Purdue university, LaPayette,
Ind., Monday through Friday
of next week.
Representing this area will be
Miss Carlene Sorrells, president
of the Macon County sub-divi
sion Methodist Youth Fellow
ship, Miss Llbby Murray, of
Franklin, and Haze Edwards, of
Highlands.
The group will go by char
tered bus with delegates of the
Ashevllle, Marlon, and Waynes
ville districts.
More than 5,000 delegates,
from 18 states and Alaska, Ha
waii, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, are
expected to attend the annual
event.
Lyle Carter, Former
Macon Resident, Dies
In Action In Korea
Pvt. Lyle Carter, a former
resident of the Watauga com
munity, was killed in action in
Korea July 17, according to in
formation received by relatives
here.
He ia the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Carter, who are now
living in Anderson, 8. C.
The 21-year-old soldier visited
here about a year ago feist be
fore be entered the armed
force*. He was with an Infantry
oompany In Korea.
Woods Murder
Trial Postponed To Next
Court Term
The first degree murder trial
of James Theodore Wood, sched
uled to be tried this week dur
ing the superior court term
here, Monday was postponed to
the December term by the state.
According to Thad D. Bryson,
Jr., solicitor of the 20th judicial
district, the postponement was
made "for the purpose of locat
ing additional witnesses."
Wood, a former resident of
the Kyle section, was Indicted
at the April term of superior
court here for the May, 1950
slaying of a Macon County log
ger, after additional evidence
was uncovered. A coroner's jury
provided that the case could
be reopened if additional evi
dence warranted such action.
The body of the 43-year-old
Grady Ray, also of the Kyle
community, was found in the
yard of a Kyle resident just
after midnight, May 17, 1990.
At the inquest his deatU was
attributed to acute alcoholism.
Following the indictment of
ficers searched for Woods for
more than two months before
his arrest by a highway patrol
man on the Canton-Ashevllle
highway last month.
Solicitor Bryson did not dis
close the new evidence which
prompted the reopening of the
year-old death.
FLOOD FUND
TOTALS $64
Womans' Club Benefit
Raises $25; Others
Donate
Proceeds from a benefit
bridge-canasta party, staged
Friday night by the Franklin
Junior Woman's club at the
Agricultural building, were turn
ed over to the local Red Cross
office Monday, putting Macon
County $25 closer the top of Its
$195 flood fund quota.
Counting tn6 woman's club
donation, Mrs. J. Ward Long,
Red Cross chapter secretary,
said the fund now totals $64.
Last week only $14 had been
contributed.
Other contributors this week
Include the F. S. Johnson Meth
odist Sunday School class, $5;
Sally Moore Methodist Sunday
School class, $10; and the local
Eastern Star chapter, $10; Mrs.
Long said.
Persons wishing to donate to
the fund, which will be used to
assist flood victims in the Mid
West may do so by either leav
ing contributions at the Red
Cross oifice in the Bank of
Franklin building or by mailing
them to the office.
CONFERENCE PLANNED
The fourth quarterly confer
ence of the West Macon circuit
will be held at the Mt. Zion
Methodist church Sunday at 4
p. m. The Rev. W. Jackson
Honeycutt, superintendent of
the Waynesvllle district, will
conduct the conference, it was
announced.
Youth Revival
Is Planned
By Churches
The Franklin Methodist and
Presbyterian churches this week
announced plans (or jointly
sponsoring a week-long youth
revival series for the young
people of Methodist and Pres
byterian churches throughout
the county.
The series will begin Monday
evening at 8 o'clock and will
end the following Sunday, Sep
tember 2.
Conducting the services will
be three students from the Co
lumbia Theological seminary.
Evening services, beginning
nightly at 8 o'clock, are plan
ned for the Methodist church
and Informal classes and dis
cussions will be held daily at
the Presbyterian church.
According to the Rev. Hoyt
Evans, pastor of the Presby
terian church, Bill Rhodes, who
has been spending the summer
In Weavervllle, Andy Buchan
an, who has been supplying the
Hayesville and Murphy churches
this summer, and John Somer
vllle, of Dillingham, assistant
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church in Gadsden, Ala. for the
summer, will conduct the series.
Franklin Band Invited
To Play In Jackson's
Centennial Labor Day
The Franklin high school
band has been invited to par
ticipate In the Jackson County
centennial celebration Labor
day.
Band Director S. W. Beck has
requested that all band mem
bers who are Interested in par
ticipating in the performance
to leave their name at the of
fice of the county superinten
dent of schools in the court
house.
Rehearsals will be conducted
ne\t week.
Uniform for the day will be
blue Jeans and plaid shirts, Mr.
Beck said.
Teachers Mutt Receive
Examinations Before
Getting Certificates
Macon County teachers must
receive satisfactory blood tests
and X-ray examinations of the
chest before the local health
department will release health
certificates for the coming
school year, Dr. Carl C. Jano
wsky, district health officer, an
nounced this week.
The doctor said teachers may
receive the required examina
tions from private physicians,
as in the past.
Snake Data Continues
To Come In; Rattler
Killed By Poindexter
Bag data on rattlesnakes
continues to be reported to
The Press office. This week,
however, no one found a rep
tile in an oven.
James Poindexter, of Frank
lin, Route 4, is said to have
killed a rattler three and a
half feet long that sported
five rattles and a button.
Bloodmobile
Arrives Here Tuesday;
Quota, 150 Pints
When the American Red Cross
Bloodmobile arrives here Tues
day, officials hope that Macon
County will more than exceed
Its 150 pint quota, since talk of
peace has sapped heavily on
the nation's reserve supply of
blood and blood plasma.
The unit will be at the
Franklin Presbyterian Church
from 1:30 p. m. to 7 p. m. Blood
collected here will be rushed di
rect to the front in Korea, of
ficials said.
It was pointed out that the
peace talks, now underway in
Korea, have caused a decrease
in the number of blood donors,
although blood Is still needed
to treat this country's wounded.
In (act, oflicials said, if the
war In Korea was to end this
week, blood and blood plasma
to treat the wounded would be
needed for the next year and
a half.
Arrangements for the local
collection are being handled by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
post and members of the post's
ladies auxiliary will serve re
freshments to' donors.
Golf Tourney
Qualifying Play Deadline
Extended
The qualifying deadline for
Franklin's golf tournament has
been extended to give local
golfers more time to play qual
ifying rounds, it was announc
ed this week.
Originally, qualifying was to
end today (Thursday), but
tournament officials agreed to
extend the deadline to Sunday
in order that golfers may use
the week-end for qualiiying.
The tournament, scheduled to
begin tomorrow (Friday i, will
get under way Monday and will
end the following Monday, Sep
tember 3, officials said.
A number of golfers have al
ready turned in qualifying
scores. Those who have not yet
qualified, but still wish to play
in the tournament, are urged
to take advantage of the ex
tension.
Tournament players will be
charged a flat fee of $2, which
will cover the cost of qualifying
and tournament play. Golfing
equipment will be awarded win
ners in each flight, according
to the course pro, Jerry Shul
teis.
Golfers will be placed in
flights on the basis of qualify
ing scores. /
PLAN HOMECOMING
All singers and quartets are
Invited to attend the homecom
ing at the Liberty Baptist
church Sunday, September 2, it
was announced this week, and
Interested persons are also in
vited to come and bring a pic
nic lunch.
CLUB WILL MEET
The regular business meeting
of the Franklin Junior Wom
an's club will be held Monday
at 8 p. m. at the Agricultural
building, Mrs. Tom Jenkins,
president, announced this week.
Miss Nora Moody will address
the club, speaking on educa
tion.
Run To The Nearest Travel Bureau,
Cause Steak's Cheaper Than Chicken:
In The Netherlands, That Is, Not Here
Run, don't walk to the near
est travel bureau! Steak Is
cheaper than chicken and one
can live "high" on $100 a month
? in the Netherlands.
This gratifying piece of In
formation, for local gourmets
plagued by skyrocketing gro
cery bills, comes first hand from
Dr. Nathaniel (Nat) Macon, a
former resident of Macon Coun
ty, who returned to the States
last month after a year's study
at the University of Amsterdam.
Dr. Macon was he'e last week
visiting his aunt and uncle, Mr.
and Mrs. Prank L. Leach, and
other relatives and friends. He
lived In Franklin until 1940
when his family moved to
Chapel - Hill, and attended
Franklin Hlsh for two years.
A doctor of philosophy In
mathematics specializing in the
field of theory, Dr. Macon, who
incidentally Is only 24 years old,
studied at the Netherlands uni
versity under the Fullbrlght fel
lowship, awarded annually to
outstanding scholars on the bas
is of personality and scholar
ship.
Back to the Netherlands and
the low cost of steak, but all is
not so rosy as painted above.
Dr. Macon points out that the
average citizen in the land of
tulips and windmills, gets only
$15 a week and definitely
frowns on the All-American
"get-buy", Installment buying.
Regardless of the average In
come, steak is still cheaper than
chicken. In fact, fifty cents
there will buy the equivalent of
a $3 steak dinner, he says.
Wooden shoes, windmills,
dikes, and colorful tulips In all
fairy tales are synonymous with
the Netherlands, or Holland, If
you prefer, and Dr. Macon re
flects that the story books
aren't far wrong, even though
the country Is more modern
now.
Dikes are really huge walls
built Into lakes or the sea, par
titioning oft a section of water.
Once the section Is separated
from the rest, the famous wind
mills pump out the water and
the result is excellent grass
land for dairy hards. Wooden
shoes are worn only in the low,
recently drained sections, to
keep ones feet dry. Few wear
them in the cities and towns,
he explains.
Tulips, Dr. Macon classes as
an industry for the Nether
lands, along with trans-ship
ping, cigar making, and produce.
Loss of colonies and Indonesia,
which the Netherlands held be
for the war, has weighed heav
ily on the country's economy, he
pointed out.
Dr. Macon said the things that
impressed him most about the
Netherlands were:
Item: There are about 10,000,
000 people and 100 refrigerators.
Why? He explained that a re
frigerator costs about 1,500 gild
ers ($400 American dollars),
pointed out again that the av
1 SEX NO. a, PAOB fl
Judge Gives Youth
Chance To Be Man
.
TWO PRISONERS
FLEE ROAD GANG
Store Break-in, T ruck
Theft Reported By
Sheriff
Two prisoners from the Ma
con County camp escaped from
a road gang on the Middle
Creek road about 10:30 a. m.
Saturday and are still at large,
prison officials reported this
week.
The two were identified as
Robert Farmer, 30, of Lincolton,
serving 30 years for larceny of
an automobile, and Alba Haz
ip, 20, of Marion, Kan., serving
25 years for robbery.
The sheriff's ofiice also re
ported the theft of a truck and
a store robbery in Franklin.
Both of the crimes occu red
late Saturday night or early
Sunday morning.
About $10 in food was taken
from Frank Leach's store near
Franklin High school. The truck
belonged to Elbert Angel.
Sherilf J. Harry Thomas said
there was a possible connection
between escaped prisoners, the
looted store, and the stolen
truck.
UNDERWRITE $/5
FOR SYMPHONY
Must Guarantee $625 Foi
Music Group's
Return
Return of the N. C. Little
Symphony to Franklin next
spring has been underwritten to
date to the extent of $7:>.
A total guarantee of ^625 is
sought.
Under a plan worked out by
a committee, the question of
whether the orchestra shah
come to Franklin this season is
left up to the business hou ,es
and community leaders in
Franklin, Highland^, and other
parts of the county.
If 25 persons or lirms under
write the project to the extent
of $25 each, the Symphony will
return for the seventh conse
sutive season. If it is not under
written for a total of $625, it
is planned to drop the project.
A form to be signed by those
who wish to help guarantee its
return here is available at The
Press office.
This year's plan is two-fold:
1. A charge of 25 cents will
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 0
F.B.I. Agent
Will Address Baptist
Brotherhood
F. B. I. Agent C. M. McCrack
en, of Asheville, will speak on
juvenile delinquency and the
operation of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation at a dinner
meeting of the Baptist Brother
hood of the First Baptist
church Tuesday evening at the
church.
W. K. Hooker, brotherhod
president, this week invited all
interested men to attend the
meeting and hear the agent.
Dinner will be served at 7
o'clock and Mr. McCracken will
address the group at 7:30, he
said.
H. H. Plemmons, program
chairman, will be in charge of
arrangements.
T "
Crawford, Slagle, Hogsed
Families Plan Meeting
Sun. At Rainbow Springs
The second annual reunion
of the Crawford, Slagle, and
Hogsed families Is planned for
Sunday at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl S. Slagle at Rain
bow Springs, according to Wil
liam O. Crawford, president of
the reunion.
An effort has been made to
contact members ol the fam
ilies by mall, but any member
who has not been notified of
the meeting is invited to come
and bring a picnic lunch, Mr.
Crawford said.
The Slagle home Is about
halfway between Hayesville and
Franklin on the Murphy (U. 8.
84) highway. ?
.
Court Cases Tried
Thus Far Are
Listed
A 16-year-old Macon County
youth, found guilty of break
ing and entering a home here,
was given a chance to make a
man of himself by Judge J. C.
Rudisill, who pronojnced sen
tence on the boy Tuesday aft
ernoon In superior court.
The youth, on probation from
the federal reformatory in
Washington, D. C., after serv
ing about a year of a three
year sentence for a similar of
fense was sentenced to 18 to 24
months in the state prison.
However, Judge Rudisill told
the boy, "Son, this is going to
give you a chance to make a
man out of yourself if you do
right," and added a request to
the sentence that the boy be
assigned to the state youth
camp at Albemarle.
As the boy was led from the
court room the judge closed the
case by saying, "We're trying
to help you, so behave your
self."
Witnesses appearing for the
prosecution told the court they
believed the youth was a klep
tomaniac and was not respon
sible for his actions.
The boy said he received the
three-year reformatory sen
tence for taking government
checks from the malls. Although
the theft of the checks occur
red in this cqjinty, the offense
was a federal one and the stood
trial in a federal court.
When the youth took the
witness stand and told his
story, people in the court room
expressed amazement at his
agile mind, especially with fig
ures. Without hesitation the boy
cited exact dates, and amounts
on the checks he had taken, In
dollars and cents.
- Judge Rudisill remarked that
there must be good In a boy
with such a quick mind.
Most of Monday morning
court hours were taken up In
picking a grand jury and the
judge's charge. In the after
noon a number of cases were
disposed Qf, the majority drunk
driving.
Tuesday morning the judge
ordered the court room cleared
of spectators and the trial of
David Cannon, a prisoner at the
Macon County prison camp, got
under way. Cannon was charg
ed with a crime against nature
in May for an attack on the
eight-year-old boy of a promi
nent Franklin businessman.
The 27-year-old prisoner, of
Ayden, an honor gradie prisoner
at the time of the attack, was
found guilty by the jury and
Judgment was continued to the
December term of court here.
Cannon, sentenced In Wilson
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 6
Highland* Man Killed
Monday In South Carolina
James F. Cole, a Highlands
constructioner worker, was shot
to death by his father-in-law
Monday at Traveler's Rest, S.
C., during a family argument,
it has been learned here.
Samuel C. Arrowood, a 60
year-old farmer, is understood
to have surrendered to police
and admitted the slaying.
Cole was fatally wounded by
a blast from a .12 gauge shot
gun during an argument with
his father-in-law and wife. Ar
rowood is reported to have told
officers that Cole threatened to
cut his throat.
Although 61, Macon Lady
Gives Rattler The Axe
Though she's 81. Mrs. Hat tie
Shepherd, of Franklin, Route 4,
still makes short shrift of a
rattlesnake.
Her latest kill ? Tuesday of
last week? was a 49-lncher, car
rying 10 rattles and' a button.
Seeing the snake crossing her
yard, she grabbed an axe, got
right over the reptile and chop
ped Its head off.
This is the third rattler Mrs.
Shepherd remembers killing ?
there may have ben some oth
ers she has forgotten about
PLAN BRYSON REUNION
The annual Bryson reunion
will be held Sunday at the
Cowee Baptist church, Thad D.
Bryson, Jr., reunion president,
announced this week.