CIRCULATION
LAST WEEK 2?22
Year Ago Last Week ? 2553
VOL. LXVJI? NO. 33
Hjigblan^ Blacomat.
FRANKLIN, N. C., THIRSDAY, AL'GL'ST 14, 1952
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FARM TOUR
SCHEDULED
TOMORROW
Lists Six Stops, Visits
In Two Communities;
Starts At 9 A. M.
Tomorrow (Friday), promptly
at 9 a. m., a motorcade will as
semble at the Agricultural
building for the annual Macon
County Farm and Home tour
under the leadership of County
Agent S. W. Mendenhall.
Livestock and community de
velopment head the list of this
year's tour with six scheduled
stops in the county, including a
fat calf and dairy show at
Franklin High in the afternoon.
From the Agricultural build
ing, the motorcade will go first
to the Carson community, one
of the Macon communities en
t?vred in the W. N. C. Rural
Community Development con
test, for an inside picture of
progress made by the commun
ity in the contest ? uniform
white mail boxes, entrance
signs, paint-brightened build
ings, and a number of other
advances.
The first stop is slated at the
farm of Dr. Frank M. Killian
for inspection of a good herd
of Poll Hereford cattle; the
second at the Enloe Brothers'
farm, where the results of am
monium nitrate on pasture,
dairy barn, feed barn, and hay
dryer are reflected in a good
' herd of Guernsey cattle.
> The welcome mat will then
he spread to the motorcade by
k the citizens ol the Holly Springs
community, the county's second
community in the rural contest.
Like the Carson community,
Holly Springs has gone all-out
in the contest with entrance
signs, mail boxes, and "face
lifted" buildings, and its pride
and joy is the new community
building (the old community
school house).
Charles Ferguson's farm is
listed as the motorcades third
stop and is featured by a good
herd of black Angus cattle,
good com, and ladlno fescue
pasture.
A good dairy herd, artificial
heifers, and dairy barn make
up the fourth stop on the farm
of George R. Fattlllo, before
the "tourists" converge on the
Holly Springs community cen
ter for lunch, which will be
served by the women of the
community.
The annual tour will be cap
ped off by a fat calf and
dairy calf show at the Voca
tional Agricultural building at
Franklin High school imme
diately following lunch. Calves
will be shown by Future Farm
ers of America and 4-H club
bers.
Everyone is invited to make
the tour, the county agent said.
Fast tours have drawn more
than 500 persons.
HANNAH DIES;
RITES FRIDAY
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Haywood County Native
Succumbs Thursday
At Age Of 84
A. R. Hannah, a retired farm
er and resident of Macon
County for the past 20 years,
died -at his home In the Otto
community last Thursday night
at the age of 84. He had been
111 for about a year.
Funeral services were con
ducted Friday at 3 p. m. at the
Coweeta Baptist church by the
Rev. Robert L. Polndexter, and
the Rev. Frank Reed. Burial fol
lowed in the church cemetery.
Born August 20, 1868, In Hay
wood county, Mr. Hannah was
the son of John and Mrs. Mar
tha Simmons Hannah. He was
a member of the Coweeta Bap
tist church and was married to
Miss Mary Hoyle, of Jackson
county.
Surviving are his wife; two
sons, R. M. Hannah, of Marble,
and J. E. Hannah, of Macon,
Ga.; a daughter, Mrs. Ora
Caldwell, of Otto; and four
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Tom Glad
well, Joe Shope, John Conley,
Dean Davis, Arthur Dowdle, and
Fred Hannah. "
' Arrangements were under the
direction of Potts Funeral
home.
Station Will
Observe 25th
Anniversary
The 25th anniversary cele
bration of the Highlands Bio
logical station is planned to
night (Thursday) at the Mu
seum of Natural History build
ing at 8 o'clock.
Featured speaker will be D.
Hiden Ramsey, vice president
of the Asheville Citizen -Times
company.
The station, where scientists
and students undertake prac
tical field work research in bi
ology, was founded in 1927 by
a group of men and women who
recognized the need for pro- '
moting biological research in
the South.
As a build-up to tonight's
celebration, the station for the
past several weeks has been
sponsoring a series of lectures
by noted personalities in the
field of biology.
JAYCEE HEAD
COMING HERE
Will Speak At Local
Junior Chamber's
Banquet Monday
J. B. Brame, of Durham,
newly-elected president of the
state, Junior Chamber of Com
merce, is slated to be guest
speaker at a "Ladies' Night"
banquet being given Monday
night by the local Jaycees.
The banquet will be held at
the Franklin lodge at 7:30
o'clock.
Also expected to attend as
special guests are Gene Ochsen
reiter, of Asheville, a national
Jaycee director, and Dwight
Beaty, of Waynesville, district
vice president.
Bryson Reunion Slated
Sunday At Wade Arvey's
The annual Macon County
Bryson reunion Is planned Sun
day at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. "Wade Arvey, one mile
north of Franklin on the Bry
son City highway (NC 28).
Lunch will be served on the
grounds and a short program is
planned In the afternoon, ac
cording to Thad D. Bryson, Jr.,
president. All members of the
family tire urged to attend.
BAZAAR SCHEDULED
A bazaar and food sale, und
er the sponsorship of the Wom
an's Society of Christian Serv
ice of the Franklin Methodist
ehsrtih, ?wffl be held tomorrow
(Friday) at 9 a. m. at the show
room In the Nantahala Power
and Light company building.
A business meeting of the
Cartoogectacye Parent-Teacher
association Is planned Monday
at the school -at 8 p. m., Mrs.
Harold Enloe, president, has an*
nonnced.
DROUGHT AID
FOR COUNTY
AUTHORIZED
Expects Only Isolated
Cases Since Macon
Fared Well
While Macon County appar
ently suffered only light dam
age in the recent drought,
farmers who were hard-hit by
dry weather may apply for fed
eral disaster loans since the
state has been designated a
disaster area along with most
of the southern states.
I Applications for loans may be
filed through the local Farm
ers Home Administration office
in the Agricultural building.
Much-needed rain brightened
the picture in Macon as far as
damage from the prolonged
drought was concerned.
R. F. Hemphill, county su
pervisor of F.M.A., said yester- \
day (Wednesday) there is little |
need of drought aid in the i
county, with the exception of a
few isolated cases.
He added, however, "funds
have been made available and
we are now in position to ac
cept applications and make dis
aster loans to those eligible
farmers who have suffered a
substantial disaster."
The county supervisor em
phasized that the disaster loans
are loans and not grants and
are made only when the opera
tion shows that it is sound and
money can be repaid from farm
income.
"In keeping with our policy
to render the most effective
service to these farmers, our
first responsibility will be to
keep desirable gjfpUuclive .liver
stock on farms ? livestock that
would otherwise have to be sold
because of lack of feed and
feed crops", Mr. Hemphill de
clared.
He said before a disaster loan
can be approved a farmer must
show:
(1) that he has suffered sub
stantial losses.
(2) that he cannot obtain
credit from private sources.
(3) that the government loan
can be repaid from farm in
come.
(4) that the loan will not be
used for conversion from one
type of farming to another.
In an interview yesterday,
County Agent S. W. Mendenhall
said most of the drought dam
age in Macon was confined to
Upland crops, and added that
crops in bottom lands were re
latively unharmed.
Hay, pastures, and late corn
have been given a big boost by
rain, he said.
Farmers completely missed
one cutting of alfalfa because
of the dry weather, Mr. Men
denhall said. A number of farm
ers are sorting damaged corn
in silos for feed, he added.
North Carolina last week was
declared a disaster area by the
Secretary of Agriculture.
For Tourists Only!
THI8 IS l-OR TOURISTS
ONLT1 It's tJie hrwdown on
Macon County ? Vhat to see,
where to go, and -what to do ?
for, ttala small Western North
Carolina county Is rich In
scenery and has m?eb to offer
those seeking to make the most
of their vacations.
So, If It's RELAXATION and
RECREATION you're looking
for, look no further, Macon
County has It!
In a nutshell, breathtaking
scenery and delightfully Mol
ing recreation areas come to
Macon County through the
compliments of the Nantah?la
Nantahala Forest. About 44 per
cent of the forest's 414,123 acres
lie within Macon, turning the
area into a "must" for touring
camera bugs and folks who en
Joy viewing the products of
Dame Nature's gifted hand.
A top drawer attraction in
anyone's language is Dry Falls,
a 60-foot cascade which annu
ally draws an estimated 100,
000 visitors. A scenic trail
leading behind the falls gives it
its name, "dry". This "must" is
16 miles southeast of Franklin
and four miles west of High
lands oh US 64. Sightseers will
find ample parking space and
a concession stand for 'wet
ting Jhe whistle".
Two more water attractions
on U8 64 between Franklin and
Highlands , Invariably make
tourists apply the brakes ' and
pull to the side of the road for i
a better look.
Cullasaja Fills (Cullasaja is 1
an Indian word nwAnlng, pour
ing sugar), with a backdrop ol
almost perpendicular cliffs, is
visible from the highway and
provides a perfect picture from
any one of several "pull -off"
areas along the highway.
Briday Veil Falls ? nature's
answer to the automatic car
washer? pitches a fall of water
oyer the highway into a deep
valley below. The winding high
Way affords camera enthusiasts
many different angle shots.
US 64 from Franklin is in
itself a worthwhile attraction.
A large portion of the highway
is carved out of the sheer cliffs j
fringing picturesque Cullasaja 1
gorge. i j
For unexcelled views of sur- |
rounding mountain ranges and
blrdseye glimpses into several i
other states, Wayah Bald. Sa- ,
tolah mountain, and Whiteside ,
mountain are at the top of the ,
, .lift. ' 1
A stone observatory atop
mile-high Wayah Bald gives one !
a commanding view of the Ap
palachians and four adjoining
states. The Byrne tower is in
memory of John B. Byrne, a
veteran of World War 1 and a
former forest supervisor. Wayah
Bald is 19 miles west of Frank- I
lln on the JJantahala road.
Satulah mfiuntaiA, one and
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? Staff }- '*o:o b\ J. P. Brady
OCTOGENARIANS AT REUNION? The combined ages of this
group, pictured at last week's 101st Siler family reunion, is 432 f
years. Left to right, they are Mrs. F. H. (Cousin Jennie) Nolen, b
80; Mrs. Myra (Aunt Myra) Allman, 88; Mrs. Lee ( Miss Tote) ?
Crawford, 88; Mrs. George A. (Miss Hattie) Jones, 90; and Mis. a
J. S. (Cousin Georgia) Sloan, 86. i
Siler Descendants Hold i
101st 'Family Meeting; *
Here From Dozen States 1
SHOW WINNERS!
ARE ANNOUNCED!
Mrs. McNeese Sweepstake '
Winner In Highlands
Flower Judging
'"The nlTithannual Highlands
Flower show held Saturday and
Sunday at the Museum of Na
tural History building honored
the 25 years of distinguished
service by the Highlands Bio
logical Station, the vision of its
founders, and the part the sta
tion has played in the cultural
and community life of the town.
Mrs, Fred McNeese was sweep
stakes winner of the week-end
show and Mrs. Tom Derchman
was runnerup. Hie trl-color
award In the artistic division
went to Mrs. Q. M. Wilson, and
the tri-color award in the hor
ticultural division to Mi*. Rob
ert Reese.
Mrs. Byron Slmonson was '
chairman of the show, "which,
included three sections, .'Ar- J
rangement, Horticultural and (
Junior.
SILAS CARTER |
DIES TUESDAY
Services For WeB-Kncrwn
Sawmill Operator Held
At Cowee Church
Silas Weaver Carter, a well
known sawmTTl operator In this
county for nearly "hall a cen
tury, died Tuesday *t 2 p. m.
at his home in the "West's Mill
community. Seventy -one years
old, Mr. Carter had been in
falling health for same thne.
Funeral services were con
ducted yesterday (Wednesday )
at 3 p. m. at the Cowee Bap
tist charch by the Rev George
A. cioer and the Rev. T. &.
Slagle. Burial -was In "the "Bun>
ingtown Baptist chirr dh ceme
tery.
Born October 30, 1880, In Ra
bnn County, G*., Mr. Cartel
was the son of Thomas B. and
Mrs. Roxarma Bwk Carter. In'
1910 he was married to Miss
Mamie Younce, of the Burning
town connnimlty.
Surviving are his wife; three ,
sons, W. Rudolph Carter, of
West's Mill, Louis E. Carter, of
Bylva, and Cyrus C. Carter, of
Norfolk, Va.; a daughter, Mrs.
F. E. Edwards, of Oregon; lour
brothers, Thomas Carter, of
Anderson, S. C., Jesse Carter,
sf Salt Lake City, Utah, John
Carter, of Belton, S. C., and Joe
Carter, of Atlanta, Ga.; and 10
grandchildren.
Arrangements were under tlft ,
direction of Bryant Funeral .
home.
OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Angel. ;
of the Iotla community, observ- i
ed their Golden Wedding anni
versary Sunday with an open
house and cake cutting. One
hundred five guests called dur- 1
lng the afternoon.
When descendants of Weimar (
Siler converged on Macon Coun- t
ty last Thursday for their 101st t
In an unbroken series of an
nual Family Meetings, a regis- c
tration book count showed 242
persons present from a dozen
states.
Almost exactly two-thirds of
those attending came from out
side the county ? among them
Sllers from as far aWay as Kan
sas and .California, and Florida .
and New York. "
In the group were scores of
infants-in-arms, members of
the seventh generation, and
five octogenarians. Two of the
latter, Mrs. George A. Jones and
her sister, Mrs. Lee Crawford, 1
are great-granddaughters of
Weimar Slier, who died In 1831.
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Crawford
are nearing their 90th and 88th
birthdays.
This year's gathering was !
held on Cartoogechaye, at the ;
old home ol Albert Slier. live
<of his grandchildren? the Rev.
[A. Rufus Morgan and his four
sisters, Mrs. H. ~E. Freas, Mrs, J. !
, M. Barr, of Charlotte, Miss '
I Lucy Morgan, of Penland, and
Mrs. B. E. Warner, of Murphy ?
were host and hostesses.
Steady rain throughout the 1
morning caused furrows on ,
many a loyal Slier brow, but <
shortly after noon the rain
i stopped and the sun came oat,
making possible the traditional
outdoor picnic dinner, spread,
| as is customary, on long tables
; erected in the yard for the
purpose.
vrcTimg vvwuxs
The mnrning was spent greet
ing cousins not seen for a year,
or, in some cases, for many
years; getting acquainted with
"kissin ' cousins" never seen be
fore; and, particularly for the
older members of the family,
pleasant reminiscence.
Then came the big spread ?
It is a standing joke among
Silers that they "save up", for
meals as even for days, so as ?
to be able to do justice to this
yearly fsast. Most women mem
bers of the family consider the
occasion the year's outstanding 1
test of ffiheir culinary prowess.
For the food and the occasion. <
the bfeaing was said by the ?
Rev. Robert Jerome, of Eliza
beth City.
Another social period followed
the meal, while the tallies were
cleared. Then came tie only
formal part of the day's pro
gram, generally referred to as
"the meeting". .
N? Set Speeches '
Even thfe. by custom, never is
sti/fly formal, for there are no
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Safety Man f
To Instruct '
Bus Drivers ;
A , representative lrom the 1
State Highway Safety division *
will be here Monday to in
struct prospective school bus F
drivers, according to County
School Supt. Ko!!2nd McSwain. n
All planning to apply for F
driver permits Icr the coming t
school year are asked to meet t
with the reprerentat!*:? at the o
school bus garage at 9:30 a. m. j t
Assures Hearing
Of Murder Case
SCOUT HONOR
COURTSLATED
Vill Be Held At Union;
Occasion Will Mark
Two Firsts
A Smoky Mountain district
loy Scout court of honor Is
cheduled to be held at the
Inion school next Thursday
light, followed by a district
ommittee meeting.
The occasion will mark the
lrst time an honor court has
ieen held In the Union com
munity and also the first time
t district committee has met
a a rural area.
A new Scout troop recently
pas chartered In the Union
amm unity and several mem
>ers of the troop are expected
o receive Tenderfoot rank.
In the past, district commit -
ee meetings have been held in
he towns within the area.
Scouts from Franklin, Bryson
3ity, Sylva, and Cherokee
roops will receive awards at
;he court of honor.
H. H. Gnuse, of Franklin, is
:halrman of the district.
DRAFT BOARD
INDUCTS FIVE
Croup Left Yesterday
Far Knoxville; No
Call For Sept.
Five Macon County men were
sent to Knoxville, Tenn., yes
terday (Wednesday) morning
for mduction Into the army, ac
cording to the local selective
service board.
They are Robert Curtis Callo
way, Bobby Lance Queen, Jr.,
Don Qulncy Conley, Charles
Edwin Wallace, and Earl Tom
my Pendergrass.
Also included in the contin
gent were 22 men for prein
ductton examinations.
The draft board announced
last week that Macon would
receive no induction call la
September
State Surfaces
19 Miles During
July In County
A ttftal of 19.7 miles of nev
pavh* was completed la Macor
Conaty daring July, accordlni
to Dale Thrash, commission
?r 01 the 10th highway division
Tie following roads, mnd theli
lengths, were graded, drained
suilaced with tramc-boun<
macadam, and bituminous sur
face-treated under tfce second
ary road bond program :
Flat Mountain road, .90 mile;
Putter, road, 5.2; Rabbit Creek
maicl. 612: Tessentoe road, 1.5;
lotlaJ¨ngtown, 2.8; Phil 11 p?
Bridge road. 1.2; and Rabun
Bald road. 1.9 miles.
The rjummissioner said a total
Hf 129 68 miles of paving and
1.4 miles of stabilization was
rumple tad in the division dur
ing the month.
DEAR RUTH'
TRYOUTS SET
flayers Name Permanent
Officers; Murray
Is President
The Community Players,
itanklin's newly formed ama
eur theatrical organization,
'uesday night elected perma
lent officers and set Friday
tomorrow) night at 8 p. m. at
he V. F. W. building as the
ime and place for tryouts for
Dear Ruth", which is to be the
'layers' first production.
Frank I. Murray, Jr., was
r.med president, Mrs. Lyle
taby, secretary, and Lyle Raby.
reasurer. Trie '~oard of direc
ors is made up of the three
"!cers a-d Mrs. Ted Reber
i.C Cl-i'ten Ramsey.
Court Opens Monday;
Bryson Says Wood
Will Be Tried
The first degree murder trial
of James Theodore Wood ?
hanging fire in superior court
here for more than a year ? will
"definitely be tried" at the
August term which opens. Mon
day morning in the Macon
courthouse, according to Solic
itor Thad D. Bryson, Jr.
Judge William H. Bobbltt, of
Charlotte, will preside at the
session.
Court-week spectators can
expect plenty of activity during
the term since the April term
was cancelled because of the
Illness of the presiding judge.
The criminal docket, released
for publication this week by
Miss Kate McOee, clerk of court,
lists 137 cases ? a comparatively
heavy one in the light of past
terms.
The Wood murder trial, stud
ded with postponements since
Wood's Indictment by a Macon
grand jury in April. 1951. will
center around the mysterious
May, 1950. death of 43-year-old
Macon County logger, Grady
Ray.
Ray's body was found about
midnight on May 17, 1950, in
the yard of a Kyle home.
Although a coroner's inquest
indicated there was no evidence
of foul play connected with
Ray's death, a provision was
I made in the jury's verdict to
reopen the case if additional
evidence warranted such action.
Disclosure that a large amount
of mud and debris was- found
in Ray's throat brought about
the indictment of Wood ? nearly
11 months later.
Postponements were granted
the state at the August and
December, 1951. terms.
Wood Is free on bond.
Of the 137 cases scheduled for
trial this term, 51 involve drunk
driving.
J. R. FULTON
DIKTAT 15
i Rites Ft?r Macon Native
Conducted At Bethel
Methodist Church A
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James Robert Fulton., ft Macon
County native and fanner of
Cullasaja, died. Monday of last
week at his home after an Ill
ness of three weeks. He was 75
years old.
' Funeral services were eon
1 ducted Thursday at 3 p. m. at
f the Bethel Methodist church
" the Rev. J. D. Pyatt, the Re*.
? C. E. Murray, the Re*. BUI Bor
r rells, and the Rev. A. Rufua
? Morgan. Burial was In. the
? church cemetery.
Born August 14, 1876, B tt. Ful
" ton was the son of Robert Kla*
and Mrs. Mary Caroline Saun
1 ders Fulton. He was a member
: of the AAA committee for sev
eral years and a member and
' trustee of the Bethel church.
1 He was married in Brevard to
the former Miss Lois Ferguson,
of Franklin, on December 5,
! 1935.
Surviving are his wife and a
tiother, John H. Fulton, of Cul
laraja.
Pallbearers were Wiley Clark,
Mack Norris, Troy Shook, John
F. McConnell, R. S. Jones, and
H. W. Cabe.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Bryant Funeral
home.
Drama Group
Meets Friday
In Highlands
A - ' r" >:* r.~ embers of i
the Highlands Community The
! atre will be held tomorrow (Frf
!day) afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at the Highlands Recreation
Center auditorium.
At the meeting, the annual
one. plans for the future of the
organization will be outlined
and discussed.
The meeting was called by the
board of directors at a meeting
of the board last Friday, | it '
which a tentative- program for
next year was given board ap
proval.