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VOL. LXVII? NO. 15
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1952
Requests $103,000 Budget
For 1952-53 School Year
A request for $103,000 for op
eration of the Macon school
system during the school year
1952-53 was turned over to the
board of county commissioners
Monday by the county board of
education.
Of the total amount, $11,000
was for purchasing four new
school busses; $30,000 for con
struction of a new Negro school;
$30,000 to cover a deficit incur
red during the recently com
pleted school building program;
and $32,000 for operating ex
penses.
W. E. (Gene) Baldwin, chair
man of the board of county
commissioners, said the county
governing body had committed
itself for the amount requested
for new school busses, since
orders for new ones must be
placed with the State this week.
As for the remainder of the
budget request, the chairman
said it would be studied by the
board, but he pointed out that
nothing definite could be de
cided upon until a new county
budget is mapped in July.
The school board's request is
$22,200 more than last year's
total school levy of $80,800, ac
cording to Macon School Supt.
Holland McSwain.
He explained that the $30,000
asked for pay a deficit in the
school building program is the
amount needed to finish paying
for the new buildings and final
grading done on school grounds.
A proposal requesting $60,000
for new school busses and a
new Negro school was present
ed to the coupty commissioners
by a delegation from the Macon
County Citizen's Committee for
Education. It suggested that the
amount be raised either by an
Increased tax rate or from the
county debt service fund, and
listed the two requests as "ur
gent" for the 1952-53 school
year. The delegation was com
posed of Harve Bryant, presi
dent of the citizen's group, Mrs.
E. W. Renshaw, and Jim Gray.
Explaining the dlspersement
of county funds, Mr. Baldwin
pointed out that the debt serv
ice fund now stands at approx
imately $100,000, whereas the
county's bonded indebtedness is
some $1,080,000.
"If you have just a dollar,
you can't loan 10," he reasoned.
Also placed with the commis
sioners were endorsements of
the citizen's committee's recent
$201,000 school-need report,
turned over to the commission
ers in January.
CHANGE SAFETY
CEREMONY DATE
Awards Will Be Made
May 6 By State
Official
The date for the ceremony
honoring Macon County atril the
towns of Franklin and High
lands for this county's out
standing highway safety record
in 1950 has been moved ahead
two weeks.
Tentatively scheduled for
April 22, the ceremony, in tSie
nature of a joint presentation
of certificates to the county
and the two towns, instead ta
planned for May 6. Plans for
the event will be announced
later. The presentations will be
made by H. D. (Tarvia) Jones,
head of the State Highway
commission's safety department.
Kindergarten Band
Plans Concert Today
A rhythm band concert will
be presented by Mrs. Joseph W.
Fonts' kindergarten children
this (Thursday) afternoon at
3:30 o'clock at the First Bap
tist church.
Directing the band will be
Janice Stewart, six-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Stewart, of Franklin. Mrs.
Orvil Murray, pianist will ac
company the group. The public
Is invited to attend.
COMMUNION SERVICE
A communion service will be
held at the* Franklin Methodist
church tonight (Thursday) at
8 o'clock, the pastor, the Rev.
C. E. Murray, has announced.
Mr. Murray will be assisted by
Mrs. R. H. Hull, pastor of the
West Macon Methodist circuit,
and the Rev. R. L. Polndexter,
pastor of the Macon circuit.
Curb Market
Opening Scheduled For
Friday
The opening date of the Ma
con County Curb market is set
for Friday.
Established in 1937 by county
home demonstration women, the
market will be in operation for
the season every Friday from
7:30 a. m. to 1 p. m., according
to Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill,
county home demonstration
agent.
Items for sale on the opening
day will include dressed chick
iens, fresh cauliflower, broccoli,
other vegetables, and Easter
pasteries, cakes, colored eggs
and baskets.
Mrs. Ella Peek, of the Walnut
Creek H. D. club, is this year';
manager, and Mrs. E. M. Mc
Nish, treasurer.
The market is situated in the
side yard of the Agricultural
building.
H. MASHBURN,
MACON NATIVE,
SUCCUMBS AT 73
Services Held Friday
At Sugarfork
Church
H. Harley Mashburn, a well
known Macon County native,
died at his home here last
Thursday morning at the age
of 73 after a short illness.
Funeral services were con
ducted Friday at 2:30 p. m. at
the Sugarfork Baptist church
by the Rev. Lee Crawford. Bur
ial was in the church cemetery.
Born December 11, 1878, Mr.
Mashburn was the son of Harley
"L. and Mrs. Cynthia Bentley
Mashburn. For several years he
?operated a jewelry repair shop
and a general merchandise store
in Franklin. He was a member
?of the Sugarfork Baptist church.
Survivors include his son, W.
Henry Mashburn, of Franklin;
one daughter, Mrs. Anna Belle
DeHart, of Bryson City; one
brother, Amos A. Mashburn, of
Walnut Creek; two sisters, Mrs.
Bertha Abernathy, of Asheville,
and Mrs. Nell Ramey, of West
Asheville; and five grandchil
dren.
Pallbearers were Mack Franks,
Lee Poindexter, Edwin Blaine,
Tom Johnson, Henry W. Cabe,
and Norman Blaine.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Potts Funeral home.
Guy Paul
Well -Known Contractor
Dies Tuesday
Guy Paul, a well-known
building contractor, died Tues
day afternoon at his home in
Franklin after a short illness.
A native of Caribou, Maine, he
was 66 years old and had lived
most of his life in Highlands.
Funeral services will be con
ducted today (Thursday) at 2
p. m. at the Highlands Baptist
church.
Born in 1885, Mr. Paul was
the son of Hiram Mason and
Mrs. Francena Willis Paul. He
was married twice, first in 1907
to Miss Ethel Potts, of High
lands, who died in 1933, and
then to Mrs. T. C. Everett, also
of Highlands. He lived in Ten
nessee from 1944 to 1947, and
recently moved here from Bry
son City.
Surviving are his wife; three
daughters, Mrs. F. A. Hays, and
Mrs. John W. Edwards, of
Franklin, and Mrs. W. H. Rice,
of Stuart, Fla.; seven sons,
James and Frank, of Caribou,
Maine, Charles W., of Stuart,
Fla., Guy Warren, of Frank
lin, Clarence and Eugene, of
Fayettevllle, and Herbert Ma
son, of Raleigh; four sisters,
Mrs. Clara Woodall, of Tokoma
Park, Md., Mrs. Susan Scott, of
Alberta, Canada, Mrs. Francena
Phelps, of California, and Mrs.
Sarah White, of Redland, Calif.;
and two brothers, Frank, of
Redland, Calif., and James, of
Thorndike, Maine.
OFFICE WILL CLOSE
The local health department
will be closed Easter Monday,
officials said this week.
APRIL COURT .
TERM OPENS
HERE MONDAY
Drunk Driving Heads
Docket; Armstrong
Will Preside
Drunk driving cases, as in
the past terms, again dominate
the criminal docket for the
April term of superior court,
which convenes here Monday
morning at 10 o'clock with
Judge Frank M. Armstrong, of
Troy, presiding.
Of the 68 cases listed on the
tentative docket, 22 involve per- |
sons charged with driving under (
the influence of intoxicants.
Other cases probably will be
added to the docket before court
opens, according to Miss Kate
McOee, clerk of court.
Listed on the docket is the j
first degree murder trial of j
j James Theodore Wood, charged!
in the mysterious death of a
Macon County logger in May,
1950. Following Wood's indict
ment by a Macon grand jury
in April, 1951, the trial was
postponed by the state at the
August and December (1951)
court terms.
The logger, Grady Ray, 43,
was found dead in the yard of
a Kyle home about midnight
May 17, 1950. The case was re
opened and Wood was indicted
following disclosure that a large
amount of mud and debris was
found in Ray's throat.
Seventeen civil cases also are
scheduled to be heard by Judge
Armstrong, resident judge of
the fifteenth judicial district.
Cases scheduled for trial are
as follows:
(Key to abbreviations : awdw ?
assault with deadly weapon;
dd ? drunk driving; rd ? reckless
driving; ab ? abandonment;
tpntw ? transporting and poses
sion of non-tax paid whiskey;
sp ? speeding; ndl ? no driver's
license; ms? manslaughter; ns ?
non- support; lc ? larceny; dpp
? destroying public property;
ddc ? drunk and disorderly con
duct; b and e ? breaking and
entering.; h and r ? hit and run;
vpi ? violation of prohibition
laws.
Bill Reeves, ab; Carlos Adam
Rogers, dd and vpl; Fred B.
Jacobs, dd; Everett Jenkins, lc;
Dock Gibson, ab; Leighton Moss,
dd; Otto Grover Brown, dd;
Robert Lewis Deal, rd; Elija
Grant, dd; G. D. McClUre, ab;
Marcellus Wood, ab; Ray Foun
tain, tpntw; Roy Fountain,
tpntw; Norman Clyde Webb, dd;
George Corpening, dd; Rufus A.
Askew, fraud; Jesse C.Cunning
ham, sp; Lewis W. Seay, sp and
xidl; Ray Bates, dd and resist
ing arrest; Willie Ray Tallent,
wis; Wiley McConnell, ab; Lax
Dills, ab; Eckel Rowland, forc
ible trespass; Lawrence C- San
ders, ab.
Robert -Odell Dryman, rd;
Howard Hastings, sp and rd;
Gus England, rd; Ernest Elvin
Watts, dd and sp; Homer E.
Stiwinter, dd; Ralph McConnell,
ndl; Ellis a Conley, sp; Wayne
Ledford, ab and ns; Charles E.
Wallace, rd; John Jones, dd;
Robert Cunningham, dd; Fred
Gregory, dd; S. C. Creswell, dd;
Charles Burgess, dd; Herman
Ledford, aiding and abetting
dd; Robert Williams, dd and
dpp,; J. D. Anderson, dd; Allen
Caridtiers, awdw; Mary Helen
Dills, ndl; Marvin McDowell, dd;
J. R. Lunsford, ndl; Bennie
Queen, larceny of automobile
and breaking and escaping jail;
Paul Bryson, as; J. B. Hall,
drunk, tpntw, possessing burg
lary tools; Jake Hall, dd, car
rying concealed weapons, and
possession of burglary tools;
David Lee Overman, Jr., posses
sion of burglary tools; Willard
Stamey, dd; Austin Dills, ddc
and awdw; Carl W. Tyler, ns;
James Hicks, b and e; Walter
White, b and e and ddc; Wal
lace Fuller, b and e and ddc;
Jacop L. Knovner, ndl; J. T.
Moses, ndl; Ralph Vinson, ns;
Robert Bingham, h and r; Wes
ley P. Lee, dd; C. J. Crisp, man
ufacturing whiskey; Don Raby,
dd; Tom Addington, ndl; D. L. i
Burgess, rd and awdw; Russell
Kay, tpntw; Henry Everett
Rhymer, tpntw. *
Bake Sale Planned
A bake sale, sponsored by <
Circle No. 2 of the Franklin 1
Methodist church, Is scheduled ]
for Saturday at 9 a. m. at the
Children's shop, it has been an- i
nounced. ]
Town Board
Sets Parking
Time Limit
In regular session Monday j
night, the Franklin board of
aldermen :
(1) set a one-hour time limit |
on the parking on the outer >
sides of the county courthouse !
square and discussed the pos- 1
sibility of installing parking ,
meters in that area.
(2) employed Mrs. Mary Lou- j
ise Sherrill to compile the tax
list for the 1952-53 fiscal year.
(3 ? discussed sewer and water
services with citizen delegations.
Placing a time limit on park
ing in the courthouse square,
along the east and west sides,
followed discussion which cen
tered on complaints of motor
ists double-parking in that area.
It also was pointed out that
some motorists leave automo
biles there all day. No action
was taken on the installation of
parking meters.
A delegation from the Hill
crest section, composed of John j
M. Archer, Jr., C. S. Brown,
Roane Bradley, and Allan I
Brooks, requested fire protec- 1
tion in that area and the board j
moved to extend the water '
main and install a fire hydrant j
as soon as possible.
I. T. Peek and Frank Reece
requested sewer service on
Maple street and this was taken i
under consideration by the
board. Town Clerk C. O. Ramsey
was instructed to write the N.
C. League of Municipalities for
information on how other towns
in the state are solving sewer
problems.
Investigation of faulty storm
water drainage near Auto Parts
and Equipment company, on
Palmer street, was turned over
to the water committee after
Frank L. Henry, Jr., co-owner
of the concern, called the sit
uation to the attention of the
board.
Local Education Group
To Sponsor Opera Here
The Grass Roots Opera com
pany will appear here May 2
under the sponsorship of the
Macon County unit of the N. C.
Education association. The com
ic opera, "School for Lovers",
by Mozart, is scheduled for pre
sentation, local N.C.E.A. officers
said. Final plans for the event
will be announced later.
MEMBER OF ARMY CHOIR
Pvt. Bergen B. Hall, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Boise Hall, of the
Highlands road, is a member of
the 39th Infantry regiment's
choir, which, in conjunction
with the 9th Infantry band, is
scheduled to broadcast a special
Easter program nation-wide
over CBS, it has been learned
here.
Pvt. Hall is stationed at Fort i
Dix, N. J., with the 39th In
fantry, 9th division.
RICKMAN PROMOTED
James ft. Rickman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. M. Rickman, of
Franklin, Route 4, recently was
promoted to sergeant while
serving with the 8th Army in
Korea, it has been learned here.
Sgt. Rickman is a member of
the adjutant general's head
quarters section, and has been
In Korea since May of last
year.
Vatican Diplomatic Representation
In Cause Of Peace, Pastors Informed
President Truman "has stated
his decision that It Is in the
national interest and in the
cause of world peace for the
United States to maintain dip
lomatic representation at the
Vatican . . an official of the
state department informed the
Macon County Baptist Minis
terial association this woek.
The reply was in answer to
a letter gent to the president
in January by the Baptist group,
protesting the appointment of
an ambassador to the State of
Vatican City. The protest con
tended that such an appoint
ment is the first step toward
the destruction of religious
freedom in this country. It was
approved by this county's 42
Baptist pastors before being
sent to the White House.
Following is the reply, sign
sd by Francis H. Russell, direc
tor of the office of public af
fairs:
"The White House has refer
red to this department for ac
knowledgment, your communl
cation addressed to the Presi
dent on behalf of the members
of your organization comment- '
ing upon tbe nomination of an
ambassador to the State of Vat
ican City.
"The President has stated his
decision that It is in the na
tional interest in the cause of
world peace for the United
States to maintain diplomatic
representation at the Vatican,
and that such representation
will assist in coordinating the
efforts of this government and
of the Vatican in combating the
Communist menace to the free
world.
"The President also said that
he would welcome discussion.
The expression of the views of
your group on this question is (
therefore appreciated." (
Copies of the local protest al
so were mailed to North Caro
lina senators, Clyde R. Hoey and '
Willis Smith, and Sen. Tom 1
Connally, (D-Tex.), chairman of <
the senate foreign .relations 1
committee. 1
BOARD STUDIES
PLAN FOR NEW
NEGRO SCHOOL
Appoints Committeemen,
Files Budget Request
With County
The county board of educa
tion requested $103,000.00 oper
ating and capital outlay money
for the year 1952-53: added
three members to the Franklin
district school committee; and
inspected plans for the Negro
school building at its regular
meeting Monday morning.
The budget request was filed
with the County Commissioners
following a discussion of school
problems with the commission
ers. Of the total figure request
ed, $71,000 was marked as cap
ital outlay money and $32,000
was for the county's part of the
expense of operating the schools
next year.
In order to have a commit
teeman for each school build
ing, three additional members
were added to the Franklin
school committee. They are, Ed
Bradley, Iotla; Bert Mashburn, i
Cullasaja: and J. W. Addington, !
Union. Committeeman have the 1
responsibility of seeing that the
buildings are properly cared for
and will be asked for recom- I
mendations concerning teachers j
for their respective schools. >
The Negro school plan, which '
will be submitted to state of- 1
ficials for approval, contains ,
three classrooms, auditorium, I
kitchen, boys' and girls' toilets, I
and a principal's office. The |
auditorium will also serve as a |
lunchroom. The plans were
| drawn by H. H. Plemmons.
Asheville Baptist
Pastor Will Begin
Revival Series Here
i
The Rev. J. Lester Lane, pas
tor of the Calvary Baptist
church In West Asheville, will
begin a week-long series of re
vival services at the First Bap
tist church Sunda^ evening at
7:30 o'clock.
Services are planned nightly
during the week at the same
hour. Music will be presented
by choirs from Baptist churches
throughout the county, accord
ing to the church pastor, the
Rev. M. W. Chapman.
Pvt. Frank Smith Is
Now Serving In Korea
Pvt. Fmnk A. Smith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. ErvLn Smith, of
Franklin, Route 3, is now serv
ing in Korea with the Third
division's 15th infantry. He is a
member of Company M, a heavy
weapons unit.
Pvt. &nith, who arrived in
Korea January 27, has been
awarded the combat infantry
man's badge.
He entered the service March
5, 1951, and received his basic
.training a.t Fort Jackson, S. C.
BIG FISH!!
Lake Emory yielded a nine
and a quarter pound bass Fri
day that measured 23 inches
from stem to stern and 19
around. The lucky angle# was
Arthur Drake.
Mountain Sunrise
Services Planned
For Easter Here
Mack Ramey
Named Secretary Of N. C.
Future Teachers
Mack Ramey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. V. C. Ramey,. Franklin, was
elected secretary of the North
Carolina Future Teachers of
America at a recent meeting in
Asheville.
A junior, he is secretary
treasurer for the Western Car-'
olina Teachers college chapter
of the Future Teachers of
America.
Active in college life, Mr.
Ramey is president of the Ma
con County club, first vice
president of the Baptist Stu
dent union, council member of
the Men's House government,
and an active member of the
Science club, the Radio club,
and the Future Business Lead
ers of America.
He has been named on the
Alpha honor roll and the Dean's
list, two of the college's high
est scholastic honors, for the
ipast two quarters.
Jacksonville Man Opening
New Restaurant Here
R. N. Walker, of Jacksonville,
Fla., has leased the section of
the Dean building on Main
street formerly operated as
Townsend cafe, and plans to
open a new restaurant under
the name "Coffee Shack" at an
early date.
Mr. Walker, connected at one
time with the dining car serv
ice of the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad, and operator of several
restaurants in the Jacksonville
area, said this week that the
building is being completely
modernized and will operate as
a grade "A" restaurant.
He and Mrs. Walker and their
small son are living in the Neil
Childers' home on Baird Cove
road, which they recently pur
chased.
Cpl. Dover, Korea Vet
Spending Leave Here
Cpl Jackson G. Dover, whc
recently returned from duty ir.
Korea, is spending a 30-daj
leave with his mother, Mrs. Loi
Dover, of Prentiss.
He has been assigned to Fort
Jackson, S. C., and at the end
of his leave will report there
for reassignment:
RABIES CLINICS SET
Following are rabies clinics
in the county for the coming
1 week i
Monday: (April 14) Six Killei
store, 8:30 to 9 a. m.; Burning
town Baptist church, 9 to 11 a
m.; Moody farm, 11:30 to 12:31
p. m.; Floyd Roper's barn, 1 t<
2 p. m.
Tuesday: Paul Swaf ford's
store, 8 to 9 a. m.; Hjm Rick
man's store, 9 to 10 a. m.; J. R
Holbrooks. 10 to 11 a. m.; Olc
Leatherman post office, 11 tc
12 noon.
Wednesday: Ed McCoy's store
'8:30 to 9:30 a. m.; Carl Mor
gan's store, 9:30 to 11 a. m.
PLAN SUNDAY SING
The second Sunday sing ol
the southern division of the
Macon County Singing conven
tion will be held at the Wells
Grove Baptist church begin
ning at 1 p. m., Tom Henson,
president, has announced. A
service is planned in the morn
ing and lunch will t>e served
prior to the sing, it was pointed
out. The public is invited to at
tend.
TO CONDUCT SCHOOL
A good grooming school far
4-H girls, home demonstration
club members, and interested
women will be conducted here
April 14 and 15 by Mrs. Hallie
Matthews, chief registrar of the
Harper Method Beauty school
in Atlanta. Ga., it has been an
nounced. Mrs. Matthews will
hold a class the 14th at Nan
tahala school, and at the Agri
cultural building the following
day at 2 p. m.
Boy Scouts Ben Edwards,
Tommy Onuse, Lewis Cabe, Tom
Hunnicutt, and Bruce Bryson
:amped over the week-end at
Blue valley, in preparation for '
the coming Scout jamboree.
Special Events To Mark
Observance In
Macon
As in the past, the obser ance
of Easter Sunday in Macon
County will "come from the
? heart" as worshippers of all de
! nominations join for sunrise
services and special church pro
grams.
Two mountain sunrise serv
ices are planned in the county
? one in the awesome setting
of mile-high Wayah Bald, the
other atop spectacular White
side Mountain, near Highlands.
The sun will rise at 5:57 a. m.
It is suggested that those
planning to attend the Wayah
| dawn service allow about an
hour for traveling.
j A special program of Easter
music will be presented at the
Wayah Sunrise Service
Listed In Auto Magazine
Chrysler Events, a publi
cation issued at Detroit by
the Chrysler corporation and
distributed to Chrysler auto
mobile owners, lists .Sundav'*
annual Easter sunrise ser v'r*
on Wayah Ba'd among At"-il
events scheduled in the Sou'h.
The dawn rite here is listed
along with those at Winston
Salem, Davtona Beach, an)
Hot Springs, Ark.
i Franklin Methodist church ' 7
the church choir at 8 p ,
under the leadership of F
? i Beck. Organist will be Mrs. H.
. W. Cabe.
1 ! Another sunrise service -"1
: the observance of Holy Cr ?
munion will be conducted at "-e
: St. Agnes Episcopal church by
the Rev. A Rufus Morgan at
6:45 a. m. Tomorrow (Fric'-y*
I a Good Friday service will b?
? held by Mr. Morgan at St
? : Agnes from 12 to 3 p. m.
Easter services also will be
conducted at the St. Cyprian's
i (Negro 1 church at 8 a. m. and
! at the Highlands church at 11
a. m. by Mr. Morgan.
1 An all-day Easter program is
1 scheduled for the Prentiss Bao
r tist church. A highlight of the
1 ] program will be the appearance
of quartets from Macon and
; j adjoining counties. Lunch wffl
[ be served on the ground.
1 An out-of-schedrfle special
Easter worship and preaching
service will be held at the
Highlands Methodist church by
> the pastor, the Rev. Robert E.
! Early, at 11 o'clock
This year's Wayah Bald serv
r ice, attended last year by an
? estimated 250 wson* despite
? a temperature of 22 de<rr<>es, will
3 be the fifth annual interde
> nomlnational dawn program on
Wayah. Held at "High Haven",
5 a camp owned by Mr. and Mrs.
? Gilmer A. Jones, of Franklin,
? the service annually draws a
1 capacity crowd of all denomina
1 tlons.
The dawn program on Wayah
? includes a reading by Mrs. R.
' H. Hull, pastor of the West Ma
con Methodist circuit; a read
ing, "The Empty Tomb", by Mrs.
, R. S. Jones; and a trumpet solo
by S. F. Beck, Franklin school
band director. The sunrise ser
mon will be delivered by the
Rev. C. E. Murray, pastor of
the Franklin Methodist church.
The Rev. R. L. Polndexter, pas
tor of the Macon Methodist cir
cuit, will pronounce the bene
diction.
Sunday's service on Whiteside
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 8
The Weather
Temperatures and precipitation for 1i?
past seven days, and the low temperature
yesterday, as recorded at the Coweeta E?
periment station.
High Low Pet.
| Wednesday .. 71 41 .15
(Thursday 66 30
Friday 65 43 -M
Saturday 46 39 .02
Sunday 47 33
Monday 60 42 .01
| Tuesday 69 34
Wednesday ..._ 45 ?
Franklin Rainfall
(At recorded by Mantos Stile? for TVAI
Wednesday, .10; Thursday,
Friday, none; Saturday, .08;
Sunday, trace; Monday, Tuea
day, Wednesday, none.