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VOL. LV, NO. 41
FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940
91.50 PER YEAR
LAST RITES FOR
T. 17. ANGEL, SR.
Died At Home Wednesday
Night After Long
Illness
Funeral services for Thomas
Wiley Angel, 79,' highly , esteemed
county citizen, were held at the
Franklin Methodist church Thurs
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Rev. I. L. Roberts officiated,
assisted by the Rev. C. F. Rogers
and the Rev. J. A. Flanagan. In
terment was in the Franklin ceme
tery.' . Mr. Angel died at his home on
West Main street early Wednesday
night, He had been in ill health
. for almost a year, but his condi
tion became critical only within the
past week.1
Known and respected throughout
the county as a public-spirited citi
zen, and a good neighbor, Mr.
Angel was prominent in the de
velopment of the county for more
than 50 years. He took an out
standing part in the establishment
of the first Franklin graded school
. in 1907, and was an ardent Sup
porter of street and highway im
provement programs.
During his term of service on
the town board of aldermen, he
was instrumental in the building of
the power plant on the Little Ten
nessee river, and later, in the sell
ing of the plant at a great ad
vantage to the town. He served on
the town board for six terms, and
as coroner for Macon county for
two years.'
"No man who ever lived in this
or' any other neighborhood was
more instrumental in the welfare
and education of the rising genera
tion," said one of his friends
Thursday, in paying tribute to him.
He was born near Qualla Town
in what is now Jackson county, on
February 16, 18(52, the son of the
late Marvin Lewis Angel and Nar
cissus Bryson Angel. His early life
. was spent on a farm near what
is now Lake Emory.
He was married to Martha Berry
of this county on February ' 24,
1887. Their golden wedding anni
versary was celebrated three years
ago. ' . .
For the greater part of his life,
Mr. Angel was the operator of a
mail and passenger stage between
Franklin and Dillsbor.o, in connec
tion with a livery stable, and later,
an automobile shop. In his latter
years he was a coal dealer, retir
ing from business last winter..
Mr.. Angel was a member of the
Franklin Methodist church, the
Woodmen of the World -and the
Odd Fellows.
All business houses along Main
street closed during the funeral.
Active pallbearers were:
Henry W. Cabe, J. S. Conley,
Lee Poindexter, Ras Penland, W.
R. Cunningham and Guy L. Houk.
Honorary : M. D. Billings, John O.
Harrison, M. L, Dowdle, J. L. Bar
nard, Sr., Jess Ray, George Dal
rymple, Dr. Frank T. Smith, Dr.
W. A. Rogers, Joseph Ashear, T.
W. Porter, E. B. McCullum, R.
F. Henry, George Carpenter, Gus
Leach, W. C. Wilkes, Tom Leach,
Will Sellers, Gilmer A. Jones, J.
B. Conley and John Bingham.
Surviving are the widow; two
(daughter,, Miss Jess Angel, of
"Franklin, and Mrs. W. B. Kesler,
pf Salisbury; five sons, Lewis B.
Angel, of Hanes City, Fla., Zeb
Angel, Dr. Furman Angel, T. W.
Angel, Jr., and Dr. Edgar Angel,
of Franklin ; a- sister, Mrs. Will
Thompson, of Franklin Route 4;
and 11 grandchildren. "
Furniture Store
Purchased By Dan Bryson
And Thad Patton
Dan Bryson and Thad Pajfon.
managers of the Macon Furniture
company here for -the past three
years, announced thi week . that
they have purchased the store from
the estate of .the late Jeter Snyder
of Sylva.
The h yun Furniture company
was opened here in December 1936,
by Mr. Snyder and J. R. Long of
Sylva, after the Angel building, in
which it is located, had leen ex
tensively renovated and modern
ized. Truman Moody was first man
ager of the store, succeeded by
Mr. Bryson and Mr. Patton.
"We intend to operate the store
under the same name and prin
ciples as heretofore, and ask our
friends and customers to call on
us at any time," Mr. Bryson
tati
Registration
Books To Be Open Next
Saturday At 9 A. M.
Registration books in each .of
Macon county's precincts will ..be
open at 9 a. m. next Saturday, Oc
tober 9, and will remain open on
each of the two following Satur
days, R. S. Jones, chairman, of the
county board of elections, announc
ed this week. ,'
AH persons who- did not register
before the primary last spring and
who intend to vote in the coming
general elections, November 5,
must register on one of the above
dates in order to do so.
Challenge day will be Saturday,
November 2.
Application for an absentee bal
lot must be made in writing to
the chairman of the county board
of elections not later than the Sat
urday before the election.
,The only change in the local po
litical lineups this week waS the
withdrawal of James R. Holbrooks
from the Republican slate for coun
ty commissioner. Wilev Clark. Cul
lasaja merchant, was named in his
place.
To Preside
W. L. LATH AN
Of Bryson City, superintendent of
Swain county schools and presi
dent , of the Western District
Teachers association, who will
preside over the District's con
vention in Asheville next week
end. VIC. TEACHERS
MEET OCT. 18 -19
All Members Of Macon
County Association
Urged To Attend
Teacher from 18 western coun
ties will meet in Asheville next
week-end, October 18-19, for the
18th annual convention of the
Western District Teachers Asso
ciation of the North Carolina Edu
cation Association.
W. L. Lathan of Bryson City,
superintendent of Swain county
schools and president of the West
ern District association, will pre
side over the two-day meet. The
theme of the convention will be
"An Adjusted School Program For
Meeting Present Day Needs of
Children."
Miss Nora Moody, president of
the Macon county association, urges
every teacher in the county who
can attend one or both days of
the convention to do so. Persons,
either wishing transportation or
having room for passengers in their
car, are asked to get in touch with
Miss Moody.
Superintendent of Schools G. L.
Houk said this week the teachers
attending the convention may close
their schools at noon Friday, Oc
tober 18. Otherwise the schools will
remain open all day.
Headquarters for- the convention
in Asheville will be the Lee H.
Edwards high school. There will
be three general sessions, several
banquets, and departmental meet
ings for the Rural Education as
sociation, of which Mrs. Helen Ma
con of Franklin is ' vice-president,
adult education teachers, agricul
ture teachers, - business education
teachers, classroom teachers, dis
trict principals, dramatic art teach
ers, elementary principals, gram
mar grade teachers, English teach
ers, higher education teachers, in
dustrial education teachers, primary
teachers, latin teachers, mathe
matics teachers, music teachers,
physical education teachers, home
economics teachers librarians, and
superintendents. ,
Prominent speakers will include
Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, state superin
tendent of public instruction; S.
G. Hawfield, president of the
NCEA; Dr. Norman Frost of Pi-
; S -
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SUPERIORCOURT
JURORS DRAWN
Judge Wilson Warlick To
Preside Over Dec.
Term
A list of jurors for service at
the December term of Macon coun
ty superior court was drawn at
the regular monthly meeting pf the
county board of commissioners here
last Monday.
Other routine matters were dis
posed of by the commissioners.
Superior court will open Mon
day, December 2, for a two-week
term, Judge Wilson Warlick of
Newton, presiding. Judge Warlick
was also here for the August . term
of court. ' ,
The jury list is as follows:
Fir.t Week
E. N. Evans, Route 2; J. E. Bry
son, Cullasaja; Lawrence Myers,
Franklin; N. G. Davis, Route 1;
W. E. Hodgins, Prentiss; H. T.
Paul, Highlands; O. E. Reighard,
Topton ; Floyd Potts, Prentiss ; J.
C. Brown, Otto; Lawrence Ander
son, Route 1 ; A. J. Edwards,
Franklin; S. T. Tramell, Flats; J.
M. Brown, Route 2; Carl Amnions,
Prentiss; B. J. Hurst, West's Mill;
Earl Woods, Highlands; Wiley
Sanders, Route 4; A. L. Shields,
Flats; G. W.. Rogers, Highlands;
T. T. Henderson, Gneiss; A. C
Holt, Highlands; R. R. Rickman
West's M ill; Grover Angel, Culla
saja ; George Sprinkles, Franklin
Charlie Sondheimer, Cullasaja; Ed
Cruise, Route 1; T. B. Justice, Dil
lard, Ga., Route 1; J. W. Watts
Prentiss; W. A. Sellers, Franklin;
Wiley Starney, Prentiss; Lewis
Moses, Ellijay; Floyd Martin
Etna; W. W. Teague, Prentiss;
W. R. McCracken, Route 4; J. E
Myers, Koute 3; W. R. Cunning
ham, Franklin. ,
Second Week
J. B. Pendergrass, Franklin ;
Robert Fox, Ellijay; J. E. Poin
dexter, Route 3; B. H. Scott, Route
4; Alden Justice, Rabun Gap,
Route 1; J. A. Taylor, Ellijay; W
J. Kenney, Route 1; J. Harve Mc-
Connell, Cullasaja; Henry E. Wal-
droop, Route 1; H. N. Thomas,
Uillard, Ga., Route 1 ; John Cun
ningham, Cullasaja; W. T. Tilsyn,
Gneiss; W. H. Duvall, West's Mill;
Lon Campbell, Franklin ; Will Hol
brooks, West's Mill; W. B. Mc
Call, Highlands; Lem Holland,
Gneiss; Dee Vanhook, Route 2.
Check-Flasher Victimizes
Mrs. R. G. Beshears Before
Warning Arrives Here
Travelling one jump ahead of a
warning to be on the lookout for
him, a bogus check-flashed stopped
in Franklin Tuesday long enough
to victimize Mrs. Roy Beshears.
According to Mrs. Beshears, the
man stopped at her home early
Tuesday night and engaged rooms
for himself, and wife and chauf
feur, payirlg in advance with a $20
traveller's check made out on the
"Exchange National Bank of New
York" and signed "A. L. Stone",
for which Mrs. Beshears 'made
change. ,
After taking his bag upstaids, the
man announced his intentions of
taking his wife uptown to have
supper and see a show and de
parted. When they had not re
turned by midnight, Mrs. Beshears
investigated the bag and found it
empty.
Early Wednesday morning, Chief-of-Police
C. D. Baird received a
warning to be on . the lookout for
the same mail from Policeman
OKelly of Sylva, stating that sev
eral such bogus checks had been
passed' there.
Matheson Paroled After
Serving Four Years
Ralph Matheson, who was con
victed four years ago in Macon
county of second degree murder
in connection with the slaying of
Virgie Matheson, was among five
prisoners paroled this week by
Governor Hoey.-
Matheson was sentenced to 20
years in jail, but his parole was
recommended by all members of
the trial jury except one, who had
died.
body college; Dr. J. Henry High
smith of the state department of
public instruction; and Dr. Ralph
W. McDonald, assistant director.
University of North Carolina Ex
tension service.
Officers of the Macon county
teachers association are Miss Nora
Moody, president; J. J. Mann, vice
president; and Mrs. J. C Horsley,
ccreury-treaurer, i
Passes At Home
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BARD M. ANGEL
Lifelong Macon County Resident
Who D-ed at His Home on
Ellijay Last Saturday.:
Funeral Services Held
For Bard M. Angel
Funeral services for Bard Moses
Angel, 91, life-long resident of Ma
con county, were held on Sunday
afternoon at 2 :30 o'clock at the
Sugarfork Baptist church; The Rev.
Ivon L. Roberts, pastor of the
Franklin Baptist church, officiated
Interment was in the church ceme
tery. Mr. Angel died at his home on
Ellijay Saturday ; night at 9:30
o'clock, following an illness of sev
eral months.
He was born on Ellijay Sep
tember 20, 1849, and was the so"
of the late Captain Thomas Angel
and Cynthia Moses Angel. He was
rnarried to Miss Cora Higdon, al
so a resident of this county, who
died several years ago.
Mr. Angel was a' former member
pf the scliool board of trustees in
the Sugarfork township and was
known throughout the county as a
scholar and a teacher. He was for
a number of years Superintendent
of the Ellijay Sunday school.
The pallbearers were Lewis
Moses, Lorenz Moses, Lester Arn
old, Ray Moses, Carl Moses and
Harry Moses.
He is: survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Estelle Moses, of Cullowhee,
one granddaughter, Mrs. Kathryn
Lanning also of Cullowhee, and by
a, nost ot relatives and friends
throughout the county.
Waynesville High
Treats Panthers To Small
End Of 56-0 Score
The unsuspecting Franklin Red
Panthers - encountered a minature
blitzkreig in ,the form of the
Waynesville Mountaineers last
Friday night, coming out on the
small end of a 56-0 score before
the final whistle ended the Moun
taineer's onslaught.
Waynesville struck by land for
five touchdowns in the first quar
ter on 55, 79 and 54-yard runs, a
sustained drive, and a blocked punt.
In the third quarter, they took to
the air to add two more, and add
ed the final two in the fourth on
reverses.
Though sorely lacking on defense,
the Red Panthers got off several
sustained drives themselves, only
to lose the ball on downs or fum
bles in the clutch. Their one chance
to mitigate the sting of the defeat
came in the waning moments of
the fourth-quarter when Cunning
ham recovered a fumble on the
Waynesville six, but four plunges
at the line found the Panthers
still short of pay-dirt
Friday afternoon, the Panthers
meet Sylva on the high school
field here at 2:30 o'clock. Both
teams have the same record of one
win against two defeats thus far
this season. The Panthers are spoil
ing for a chance to redeem them
selves in the eyes of the local fans:
The probable starting lineup will
be ': J. C. Cunningham, LE ; J. S.
Cunningham, LT; D. Johnson, LG;
G. Pennington, RT; Leatherman,
RE; Hunnicutt, QB; Guest, HB;
Houk, HB; and Tessier, FB.
Four Franklin Stores
Will Close Saturday .
Four - Franklin stores, Sanders
Polly's, Blumenthal's, and the New
Five and Ten, will close next Sat
urday, October 12, in . observance
of Yom Kipper, the Jewish Day of
Atonement. ,
All the stores with the exception
of Polly's will reopen at sunset
Saturday and remain open until
their usual closing time. Polly s
will remain closed until Monday
morning. t
Men From 21 To 36 Register
For Draft Next Wednesday
T. W. Angel, Jr., Named
Mayor Pro-Tem By Town
Board; Auditor Reports
T. W. Angel, Jr., was named
mayor pro-tem of the town of
Franklin by the' town board of
alderman at their regular' meeting
last Monday nrght. He succeeds
John Harrison who was recently
made mayor.
R. M.1 Dillard of Gainesville, Ga.,
who has been employed by the
town to audit its books, reported
that he had completed his audit
and that the - town was in good
financial condition.
''Franklin has the "cleanest set of
records of any small town that I
have audited in my life," he said.
Town Clerk George Dean report
ed that all of the town's $24,000
water and sewer bond isue, made
in 1910 to finance the original
water and sewer system, had been
paid in full.
Street Improvements
Take Four Maple Trees
Four maple trees along the right
hand side of East Main street, in
the vicinity of Mrs. Herman
Dean's residence, were removed
last , week by the street construc
tion crew working there.
According to George Dean, town
clerk, the removal of the maples
was necessary in order that the
widening of the pavement and the
additions of curbs and gutters
could be completed according to
specification.
Franklin Baptist
Church Elects Officers To
Serve During 1940-41
The following list of officers was
recently elected by the Franklin
Baptist church to serve until next
August, according to an announce
ment this week by the Rev. C. F.
Rogers, pastor :
Trustees : Thad Bryson, Jr..
chairman; Ray Swanson, secretary ,
Dr. H. T. Horsley, Manson Stiles.
and Roy Gibson.
.Church clerk, Herbert McGlam
ery; church treasurer, H. H Plem
mons ; missions treasurer, Ben Mc
Cpllum; pianist, Mrs. H T. Hor
sley; assistant pianist, Mrs. C. B.
Wickliffe; Sunday school pianist,
Miss Helen DeHart; assistant Sun
day school pianist, Helen Franks,
and B. T. U. pianist, Mrs. Hyldah
Shepherd! ' .
Finance, committee: John Archer,
chairman; Oscar Bryant, secretary;
Medford Messer, Lawrence Potts,
and Henry D. West.
Ushers: Elbert Angel, Kenneth
Bryant, Willie Bryant, , Zeb Can
sler, Frank Dean, Prelo Dryman,
W. H. Finley, Bill Horsley, T. T.
Love, Alex Moore, Jr., Floyd Os
born, I. T. Peek, Dewey Rochester,
and C. B. Wickliffe. .
Sunday School Officers and
Teachers: Alex Moore, supterin
tendent emeritus; Paul Carpenter,
superintendent; assistant superin
tendent, H. A. McGlamery; secre
tary, C. T. Blaine; recording sec
retary, Loise Murray ; pianist, Helen
DeHart; assistant pianist, Helen
Franks; superintendant Cradle Roll
Department, Mrs. W. C. Penn;
nursery, class teacher, Mrs. Paul
Carpenter; nursery class assistant,
Helen DeHart; beginner teacher,
Mrs. Zeb Cancler, supt.; assistant,
Mrs. Frank Reece; primary depart
ment supt, Mrs. Geroge Dean,
Mrs. C. B. Wickliffe and Mrs. H.
H. Plemmons, teachers.
Junior Department: Supt. Miss
Arietta Bolick, teachers, boys 9 and
10, Mrs. H. D. West, boys 11 and
12 Alex Moore, Jr.; girls, Mrs. R.
M. Rimmer, Mrs. Frank Murray.
Intermediate Department: Supt.,
Mrs. C. F. Rogers; teachers, girls.
15 and 16, Mrs. Carl Howard; girl
13 and 14, Mrs. Derald Ashe; boys.
13 and 14, Ben McCoilum; boys,
15 and 16, H. A. McGlamery.
Woman s Missionary Society :
Mrs. Derald Ashe, president: Mrs.
John Moore, 1st vice-president;
Mrs. J. Wyman, 2nd vice-president;
Mrs. C F. Rogers, 3rd vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Ralph Parrish, secre
tary; Mrs. Maude Blaine, corre
sponding secretary; Mrs. Verna
Green May, treasurer; and the fol
lowing circle leaders: No. 1, Mrs.
Horner Stockton; No. 2, Mrs. R.
M. Rimmer; No. 3, Mrs,' Frank
Reece. ,
Brotherhood: Walter Dean, pres
ident ; , H. H. Plemmons, activities
president; Herbert McGlamery,
membership; Paul Carpenter, pro
gram president; and Medford Mes
ser, secretary and treasurer,
Governor Hoey Appoints
Draft Board For
Macon County
Registration of all Macon county
male citizens between the 1 ages of
21 and 36 under the selective serv
ice act will take place at 12 regis
tration places over the county next
Wednesday, October 16, from 7 a.
m. to 9 p. m. 1
R. S.. Jones, chairman of the
county board of elections, who is
in charge of the task of registra
tion in this county urged everyone
who is required to register to come
as early as possible in order to
avoid working a handicap upon the
registrars. (
The selective service act pro-,
vides that all males within the re
quired age range must register on
October 16 or suffer a penalty.
Non-County residents, either work
ing or visiting here, will register
and indicate on the card their prop
er address. In casea man is physi
cally unable to come to the regis
tration place, Air. Jones said, he
should so inform the registrar in
his district who will then send a
deputy to register him.
The actual registration will be
handled by precinct registrars, as
sisted by the .school teachers of
the county. Since many of the
school buildings are being used for
registration places, all county
schools will be closed Wednesday.
At a meeting of the registrars
with Mr. Jones Tuesday afternoon,
the following regerstration places
were decided upon.
Ellijay township, at Higdonville
school house.
Cartoogechaye township, at Slag
le school house.
Millshoal Townshipj at Holly
Springs school house.
Sugarfork Township at Pine
Grove school house.
Co wee Township, at Cowee
sehool house. ,
Burningtown Township, at Burn
ingtown school house.
Smithbridge Township, at Otto
school house.
Highlands Township, at High
lands school house.
-Flats Township, at Scalv school
house.
Franklin Township, at courthouse.
Nantahala No. 1, at Kyle school
house. ,
Nantahala No. 2, at regular poll
ing place.
Registration will consist simolv of
filling out a card with your name;
your age; your place and date of
birth; your country or citizenship;
your permanent address; your em
ployer's name and his place of
business. You will then , be Riven
a registration card with a number
which you will be required to car-
iy li tu nines.
Mr. Jones estimated, that around
1,500 would be registered from this
county, depending upon the number
of workers on the Nantahala job:
After registration the card will
be turned over to the. county draft
board, appointed this week by Gov
ernor. Clyde R. Hoey, and consist
ing of Henry W. . Cabe, Erwin W.
Long and George Dean. with1 Dr.
Wiley A. Rogers as physician and
Gilmer A. Jones, appeal aeent. The
board was recommended to the
governor by the county superin
tendent of schools, the clerk of the
superior court, and the" chairman
of the county board of elections.
If a registrant's name is drawn
in Washington, under the selective
service act, it will be certified to
the local board, and the man will
be notified. If he has claims for
exemption he will then make them
before the local board, will be ex
amined by Dr. Rogers and will be
either ordered to report for duty,
or will be exempted, either tempor
arily or permanently, as the cir
cumstance warrant He will have
the right to appeal, to be made
through the appeal agent, Gilmer
Jones.
Even if a man is declared fit
foduty by the board, it does hot
necessarily mean he will be called,
in the first draft since the number
of draftees is dependent upon the
county's population and -upon the
number of its volunteer..
Abe Ledford's Store
Destroyed By Fire
About 4 o'clock last Saturday
morning a store and all the con
tents belonging to Abe Led ford
was destroyed by fire.
The store, located on the Geor
gia highway about four miles south
of Franklin, was in a mass of
flames when discovered by a
traveler along the highway who
awakened the family who live with
in a few yards of the store. The
Origin of th (ire is unknown