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will be made by members of
the Macon association.
Starts At 9
The first-day program will
begin at 9 in the morning.
At 11:30, the Rev. W. A. Cloer,
pastor of the Cartoogechaye
church, will deliver the mis
sionary message.
The evening service at the '
Iotla church will start at 7:30, j
?with the Rev. Thad Robert
Dowdle, of the Longview sec- ,
tion, and the Rev. John Ralph j
Willis, pastor of the Mount
Hope church, doing the preach
ing.
A program of special music [
Is slated by the Iotla and
Franklin male quartets and the
Macon County Brotherhood
Chorus, under the direction of
Lowell McKee.
Second Day
On the second day, at the
Cartoogechaye church, members
of the association will hear
more reports on state and local
activities. The session also will
start at 9 o'clock.
The Rev. James Hayes, of
Winston-Salem, superintendent
of the two Homes for the Aging,
?will speak; R. M. Hauss, of
Shelby, who is with the Allied
Church League, will discuss
civic righteousness; Dr. Hoyt
Blackwell, president of Mars
Hill College, is scheduled to
speak on christian education;
the Rev. B. W. Thomason, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church
In Brevard, will discuss the
work of the Brotherhood; and
the Rev. Jack Bagwell, associ
ate Sunday School secretary, of
Raleigh, will report on accom
plishments In this field.
Duvall To Preach
At 11:30, the Rev. Judson
Duvall, pastor of the Burning
town church, will deliver the
annual doctrinal message.
The host churches will serve
lunch to those attending, Mr.
Chapman said.
Vice-moderator of the local
association is the Rev. M. C.
Wyatt.
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in proper working condition
and beyond repair.
2. Install a shower.
3. Build two additional rooms
on the west side of the build
ing for living quarters for the
keeper and use the two rooms
in the main part of the jail,
now used as living quarters, for
adequate facilities for women
and juvenile cases.
The jail report noted that
juvenile cases are now being
passed to Haywood County.
Grover Jamison, Jr., was the
court-appointed foreman of the
grand jury.
Jurors were Earl Blaine, E. O. ;
Rickman, J. C. Dowdle, Robert j
Carpenter, James Hauser, J. N. j
Fisher, Dlllard Frazier, Claude ,
Cabe, Lester Southard, Parker I
Gregory, C. A. Conley, J. Ward
Long, I. T. Peek, W. T. Holden,
Henry Christy, Willie Moses,
and Jay Houston.
HEALING CAMPAIGN
Services Every Night 7:30
Bring out the sick and afflicted and the prayer
of faith shall save the sick.
(James 5:15)
Conducted By
The Rev. David Smith
Of Richmond, Ind.
Services 3 Miles West from Franklin on
Murphy Road
EVERYONE WELCOME
FALL SEEDS
* * *
? RYE
? ORCHARD GRASS
? LADINO CLOVER
? BARLEY
? CRIMSON CLOVER
? OATS
And Other Fall Seeds
ALL PMA ORDERS FILLED HERE
? ? ?
DOWNS & DOWDLE
FRANKLIN, N. C.
Sunday
THE HORROR
OF ALL
MANKIND
TERRIFIES
THE SCRI
Steven RUffl Jaw
A C0LUM3IA PICTURE
Monday
Franklin Drive-in Theatre
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Kingsbery
Kingsberys To Celebrate Anniversary;
Organ Recital In Their Honor Slated
Next Wednesday will be a day
of double celebration for Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Kingsbery.
The date (August 8) will mark
not only their 50th wedding an
niversary, but also the second
birthday of their only great-grand
child, Gregory Benson, of Fre
mont, Neb., who will be here for
the two events.
Mr. and Mrs. Kinsbery will hold
open house for their friends Wed
nesday evening at their home on
White Oak Street. A celebration
earlier in the day Is planned for
the great-grandson's birthday.
The Kingsberys' daughter, Mrs.
Emily K. Ferrara, of New York,
as well as their granddaughter
and grandson-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Benson, are expected here
early next week. Dr. Lloyd Kings
bery, of Honduras, son of the cele
brating couple, probably will not
be able to be present.
Mr. and Mrs. Kingsbery, who
made their home here for many
years, returned to Franklin from
California a year and a half
ago, after Mr. Kingsbery retired.
They were married August 8,
1906, in Carrollton, Ga., home of
Mrs. Kingsbsry, the former Miss
Laura Coleman. Mr. Kingsbery
was reared in Atlanta.
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calibre bullet wound was re
sponsible for his death.
In presenting its case, the
state placed strong emphasis on
the Improbability of the boy be
ing able to shoot his father
from the position where he
showed officers he was stand
ing. It suggested that the angle
at which the bullet entered the
head placed the accused at a
point much higher than where
he said he stood. The bullet
entered high on the left side
of the head.
Countering, the boy's lawyers
bore down on the accidental
shooting theory, introducing the
man's hat as "resembling a
groundhog" from a distance. It
was also the contention of the
defense that the angle of entry
of the bullet did not necessarily
suggest a shot from above, but
thai, the elder Mathis could '
have tilted his head downward |
so as to receive the shot on a |
straight line.
Arraigned Monday
The youth appeared briefly In
the courtroom .Monday after- 1
noon shortly before 4 o'clock
I for arraignment before the
judge and then was returned to J
the county jail, where he has ,
been since the shooting.
Although scheduled to begin j
Tuesday morning, the trial did
not get underway until after
the noon recess.
The state prosecutor, Solic
itor Thad D. Bryson, Jr., called
a parade of witnesses to the
stand, including Mrs. Fred Mes
ser, Dr. J. W. Kahn, Coroner C.
Jack Ragan, Fred Messer, Wll
lard Gibson, Junior Passmore,
Eskimo Howell, Chief Deputy
! Newell Pendergrass, Sheriff J.
1 Harry Thomas, and S. B. I.
Agent P. R. Kitchen.
Court-appointed defense at
torneys, C. Banks Finger and
G. L. Houk, exercised their
right of cross examination, but
did not call any witnesses in
behalf of the defendant.
Still Was Alive
In her testimony, Mrs. Mes
ser said the elder Mathis was
alive and slumped over under
a poplar tree when she and
her son, Willard Gibson, and
Eskimo Howell went up the
mountain Earlier, she said her
| son, the defendant, James Dud
1 ley Mathis, and Junior Pass
more had been to the scene.
! She also testified that James
j Dudley refused to return the
! second time.
Dr. Kahn's testimony covered
I the location of the .22 slug in
the dead man's head, which
j was located by X-ray. I
Coroner Ragan, one of the
j first officials on the scene, de
| scribed in detail the general
j terrain of the area and iden- \
tified pictures he took of the
body.
Fred Messer was the neigh- 1
bor who first learned that j
something had happened to
Mathis. He testified that the
boy, James Dudley, came to
him where he was working In
the woods and told him "some
James Porter To Play
Wednesday At 4 P. M.
At Methodist Church
Honoring Mr. and Mrs. E. C. i
Kingsbery, whose 50th wedding ,
anniversary falls on next Wednes
day, James B. Porter, of Dayton.
Ohio, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. W.
Porter, of Franklin, will give an
organ recital at the Franklin
Methodist Church Sunday after
noon at 4 o'clock.
The public is invited.
Mr. Porter, now organist at St. .
Paul's Episcopal Church in Day- .
ton and a teacher of organ, for '
several years before moving to ?
Dayton was organist at the Meth
odist church here.
fie is widely known in Ohio
musical circles, and has appeared
in a number or recitals here, on '
his annual summer visits to :
Franklin.
The tentative program, expect
ed to last about an hour, follows: '
Voluntary on the Doxology, Old
Hundredth, by Purcell; Fugue in
C major, Buxtehude; We All Be
lieve in One God (the Giant
Fugue), J. S. Bach; O Sacred :
Head, J. S. Bach; Chorale in A
minor, Franck; Clair de Lune, De
Bussy; Prelude on a Theme of
Praetorius (A Son Is Born), Ed
mundson; Alleluia, E. J. L. Toc
cata on the Hymn "O Filii et
Filiae", Van Hulse.
In addition to the organ num
bers, a piano selection, by Mr.
Porter's niece, Miss Eve Porter, of
Bryan, Texas, is planned.
thing's wrong with him (the j
father)". Mr. Messer said the
three boys left t6 go to the
scene and that he started pre
paring a blanket stretcher. He
abandoned this project when
the Passmore boy called from
the mountainside that "it's no
use", he told the court. Mr.
Messer said James Dudley never
did come right out and say
what was wrong with his fath
er.
Willard Gibson, on the stand,
related that James Dudley, on
the way up the mountain, told
htm "they may think that I
did it", but did not explain
what.
Junior Passmore and Eskimo
Howell corroborated the testi
mony of the other witnesses.
Deputy Pendergrass, first on
the scene after the shooting
was reported to the sheriff's
office by Mr. Messer, told of in
cidents at the scene and also
of two conversations with
James Dudley soon after. He
said the boy first told him he
didn't know his father had been
shot, but later admitted he shot
him, mistaking him for a
groundhog.
Sheriff Thomas and Agent
Kitchen, under questioning by
both the prosecution and der
fense, introduced testimony re
lating to the terrain at the
scene, the location of the tree
under which the elder Mathis
j was found, the angle of fire to
the location from where the
j boy said he stood and fired the
! shot, and the location of trails
| in the area.
Rest The Cases
The defense attorneys and
the state solicitor rested their i
cases shortly before 5 In the
afternoon. The judge recessed
the court and the attorneys
took up their arguments with
the opening of court yesterday
morning.
The Weather
The week's temperature* and rainfall, as
tecorded in Franklin by Manson Stiles,
U. S. weather observer; in Highlands by
Tudor N. Hall and W. C. Newton, TVA
observer; and - at the Coweta Hydrologic
Laboratory.
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain I
Wed., July 25 85 63 .12 [
Thursday 88 61
Friday 92 62
Saturday 92 65
Sunday 90 59
Monday 88 58 trace I
Tuesday 81 66 .14
HIGHLANDS
Wed., July 25 79 60 trace |
Thursday 83 57
Friday 85 59 .25 1
Saturday 88 68 .13 1
Sunday 85 57
Monday 76 62
Tuesday 70 62
COWEETA
Wed., July 25 82 59 .051
Thursday 84 56 .43 1
Friday 89.7 59
Saturday 90.2 60
Sunday 87.5 56 trace
Monday 83 56 \ .23
Tuesday 80 64 trace
BENNETT TO PREACH
The Rev. Stanley Bennett,
pastor of the Montreat Presby
terian Church, will preach
Sunday at the Franklin Presby
terian Church in the absence
of Ray Pearson, who will be
attending a meeting of the j
synod at Montreat. Mr. Pear
son is supplying the church '
this summer.
M. ?. F. MEET CHANGED
Regular meeting of the Ma
con County Methodist Sub
District, set for August 6, has
been postponed to August 13 at
7:30 p. m. at the Highlands
church, it has been announced.
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to modernize your county build
ing."
As a means of raising some
.HIGHLANDS
THURS.-FRI., AUG. 2-3
Bette Davis-Debbie Reynolds
Ernest Borgine
Barry Fitzgerald
In
"THE CATERED
AFFAIR"
fhurs. Show: 3, 7:30, 9:35 p. m.
Admission:
Matinee 15c ? 50c
Night 20c ? 60c
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4
Barbara Stanwick
Barry Sullivan
"THE MAVERICK
QUEEN"
In Technicolor
Shows at 3, 7:30, 9:25 p. m.
Admission 15c ? 50c
SUN.-MON., AUG. 5-6
Jeff Chandler-Loraine Day
And Tim Hoyey
In
"TOY TIGER"
In Technicolor
Sunday Show 3-9 p. m.
Monday Show 7 :30-9 p. m.
Admission:
Matinee and Night 15 and 50c
TUESDAY, AUGUST 7
Burt Lancaster-Anna Magnani
"THE ROSE TATOO"
Special Matinee at 3 p. m.
Night Shows 7:30 and 9:30
Matinee Adm. 15c ? 50c
Night Adm. 20c ? 60c
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8
Anne Baxter-Steve Forrest
"BEDEVILED"
Cinemascope and Technicolor
Shows 7:30 and 9:25 p. m.
Admission 15c and 50c
money for construction of a
new courthouse, he suggested
the sale of the lot the old
building now occupies. He also
suggested construction of a
building that could house all
county offices "off the main
street . . . with adequate park
ing facilities".
Judge Nettles specifically
cited "outmoded equipment" In
the sheriff's department and
the lack of fireproof storage
facilities for county records as
things that need changing im
mediately.
"You can't expect law en
forcement agencies to cope with
criminals who are equipped
with the finest equipment . . .
can you?" he asked.
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to thank our
friends for the many acts of kind
ness and sympathy shown us at
the time of the death of our
loved one, Perley Medlin. We also
want to express our appreciation
for the many lovely flowers.
The Family and Relatives
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our deep
appreciation to all our relatives
Ma c o m
THEATRE 11
franklin, n. c.
Phone 1S1
Week Beginning August 2
SHOW BEGINS
Weekdays ? 7 & 9 p. m.
Saturday 9:45 a. m. cont.
Sunday ? 2:30 and 9 p.m.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY
Clifton Webb
Gloria Gnahame
In
"THE MAN WHO
NEVER WAS"
CinemaScope and Color
SATURDAY
Double Feature
"HIDDEN GUNS"
Starring
Bruce Bennett
Faran Young
Plus
"THE WIZARD
OF OZ"
With
Judy >Garland
Color by Technicolor
Plus 2 Cartoons
SPECIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT
All children under 12
years of age attend
ing SATURDAY be
tween 9:45 and 11:30
a. m. will receive a
free pass to see
"FOREVER
DARLING"
SUNDAY-MONDAY
if you liked "THE LONG
LONG TRAILER" you'll
LOVE . . .
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
James Mason
In
"FOREVER
DARLING"
In Color
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY
Lana Turner
Pedro Armendariz
In
"DIANE"
In CinemaScope ajid Color
and friends for the help, kindness
and sympathy shown to us during
the Illness and at the time of the
death of our beloved Husband and 1
Daddy.
Mrs. W. T. Fouts
and Family.
CAROLINA
PHARMACY
Phone M
lour Prescription Headquarters
Franklin, N. C
r r a n kl i II
1 Drive-In N
fc? THEATRE *t?
Phone 452
STARTS AT DUSK
Wed.-Thur., August 1-2
"SERENADE"
In Color
Mario Lanzo
FrL-Sat., August 3-4
Double Feature
"A MAN ALONE"
In Color
Ray Milland
Plus
"ABBOT AND
COSTELLO
IN THE NAVY"
,Sun.-Mon., Aug. 5-6
Big Double Feature
SENSATIONALl
And
MAN TURNS INTO BEAST!
htotehc STEVEN HITCH s the vofwif
A CLOVES PRODUCTION ? A COLUMBIA PICTURE
Tuesday, August 7
Hollywood
And
Clifton Webb
In
"MR.
SCOUTMASTER"
SHORTY MASON'S
2 LBS.
BANANAS .... 25c
2 BOXES
SURE-JELL .... 25c
1 GAL.
VINEGAR 45c
Week- End Specials
1 LB. FRESH COUNTRY
BUTTER 50c
1 LB.
SIDE MEAT .... 29c
(Country Cured)
100 LB. SOY BEAN
FEED $275
Need Peaches for canning? ... We always have the low market price
Phone 772 ?