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v J&k* Maconian PKOGR KSSFVK, / IKKRAL VOL. LX? NO. U , FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, DEC. 27, 1945 $2.00 WEATHER AGAIN ON RAMPAGE AS ICE STORM HITS T raffic, Communications Paralyzed; Train, Buses Fail To Arrive r T&& weather^ continuing its early winter rampage, delayed and Interrupted communications and traffic this 'week, the third in a row. Southwestern North Carolina, however, was less hard hit than other sections. Northern Geor gia, northern South Carolina, and sections of Western North Carolina farther east suffered one of the worst sleet storms in the history of this region. The train over the Tallulah Falls railway failed to arrive here Tuesday, due to lines of the Georgia Power and Light company being down, and was three hours late in arriving on Wednesday. Other mails also ,'were delayed or interrupted. Starting Monday night, long distance lines southward from 1 Franklin have been out of ord er, due to the sleet and ice in northern Georgia, with the op erators unable to get stations beyond Clayton. Eastward, calls ; could not be put through be yond Asheville. While work crews have been . busy on the lines since the early part of the week, James R. Hughey, general manager of the Western Carolina Telephone company, said Thursday that ? the long distance situation re mained little changed, but that service in the county was about | normal again. Monday night Franklin and most of this county had the fourth snow of the winter, the fall here having been about one inch. Monday there was snow and sleet. With highways icy, only two buses were able to operate through Franklin Monday. The Ashevllle-Atlanta bus arrived three hours late, while the At lanta-Ashevllle bus was two hours past its scheduled hour in reaching Franklin. Local postal workers have been under a double strain, the weather having made delivery of the heavy Christmas mall dpubly difficult. Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the files of The Press) 54 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK j k Prof. M. C. Allen and Post ^""TnAster F. T. Smith left Friday to visit the Atlanta Exposition. During the absence of Mr. Smith, Mr. H. H. Jarrett is act ing postmaster, protem. Under the new Kentucky constitution women are eligible ?fc?e*rJury service. 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Last Friday the town of Tul lulah Falls, from the depot this way, Including two large hotels, was burned' The big railroad , trestle there also was destroyed. 1 Mr. J. F. Ray, Jr., of Wash ington, D. C., is spending the holidays with home folks here. Mr. Lee Polndexter and Miss Bessie Holland were married on December 18 in Franklin, the Rev. J. R. Pendergrass officiat ing. Mr. T. W. Angel, Jr., is here for the holidays from the Uni versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. .'"-JFCARS AGO THIS WEEK yS Highlands enjoyed a white Christmas, a three-Inch snow covering the ground. While returning from Johnson City, T?nn., Monday, Mrs. T. S. Munday and Mrs. P. F. Calla han had a narrow escape from death when their car overturn | ed on an Icy road; Miss Lois Ferguson And Mr, Robert Fulton were qul?tty piar S-itd I* 'Brevard December s: Macon Boy Wins Silver Star For Heroic Deed In Germany The story of the heroism of a Macon county boy in Ger many more than a year ago has just come to light, following the recent award to him of the Silver Star medal, one of the highest decorations an Amer ican, serviceman can win. The soldier is Cpl. Charles Smart, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Smart of Franklin. Alone, he crawled through mud and enemy fire to wipe out two fortified German positions, back in November, 1944. A member of the 413th In fantry, Cpl. Smart was deco rated with the Silver Star last September 25, and his parents recently received a copy of the citation. It sets forth that the award was "for gallantry in ac tion in Germany on 28 Novem ber, 1944", and continues: "With utter disregard for his own safety, Cpl. Smart crawled through mud and murderous fire to destroy singlehandedly a strong enemy machine gun nest. Although wounded, he continued forward over fifty yards of fire-swept terrain, still alone, and wiped out a second fortified enemy position. Cpl. Smart's remarkable heroism ex emplifies the finest military traditions and reflects the highest credit upon himself and the armed forces of the United States". Cpl. Smart, who entered the service in May, 1943, returned from overseas last July and is stationed at Camp Beale, Calif. He spent a few days' here re cently, but left Christmas night to return to Camp Beale. Slagle Sells Transylvania Dairy Plant A. B. Slagle of Franklin, owner of the Nantahala Cream ery company here and of the Transylvania Dairies in Brevard, has sold the latter property to the Southern Dairies, Inc., it has been announced. The deal was closed last week, and the operation of the Tran sylvania plant will be taken over by the Southern Dairies effective January 1. Included in the purchase were an acre and a half of real estate, the large dairy plant, two residences, and a garage, els well as the trucks and all the Brevard concern's wholesale and retail business. Charles Rackley, manager of the Asheville branch of the Southern Dairies, who is a na- i tive of Transylvania county, an- 1 nounced that hereafter the ! Brevard plant will be used as a receiving and distributing jenter, with the processing done at the Asheville plant of South ern Dairies. He also announced plans to remodel the Brevard plant and construct larger storage rooms. Mr. Slagle, it is understood, plans to devote his entire at tention to his Nantahala plant in Franklin. Wage Earners I"o Get Benefit Of Lower Taxes January 1 Macon county people will get .heir first taste of the new, ower income taxes in January. Under the new law, tax cuts ipply to 1946 income, and there fore go into effect next Tues iay, January 1. That means imaller amounts will be with leld from pay received on and ifter that date, even though ;he pay is for work done in 1945. Indicative of what the tax reduction means, a man mar ried with two children and an ncome of $2,500 will get a 52 per cent cut in his taxes. Macon County Men On Way Home From" Overseas Service James H. Crawford, QM third class, of Franklin, is one of 1, 865 high point navy veterans whom the "Magic Carpet" is bringing back to the States aboard the U. S. S. Drake. Pfc. Royal A. Hicks, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hicks, of the Aquone section of the coun ty, was among the 3,000 high point army veterans who ar rived In the States aboard the U. 8. S. Windsor. Willard M. Hawk , seaman first class, son of Mrs. Blanche Hawk, of Aquone, was aboard the U. 8. 8. Hunter Liggett, one of the 841 high point navy vet erans recently returned to the States. James Glenn, seaman first class,, .son of Mrs. Myrtle E. Glenn, of Aquone, was aboard the y. 8. 8. Henry when it brought 2,000 high-point navy veteran! to the Statf* recently. CHARLOTTE OPA! OFFICE CLOSES Institutions, Industries To 1 Get Sugar Rations From Raleigh Charlotte OPA district headquarters has closed its files anrt ! Issuance of institutional and industrial sugar rations and packed them for shipment to the Raleigh office, which will become OPA headquarters Tor the ^state shortly after Janu- J All man received fram now J * T i1 regard ^ institutional I and industrial sugar rations will be forwarded directly to the I ed bvh^fflC^' " was exP'aln ficials Charlotte OPA of- | r?^tlt"tio"al "sers are restau rants, hospitals, and the like which use the sugar for other than manufacturing purposes industrial users are fhoL E use the sugar for producing 1 such pf^S Th61f users delude such places as bottling plants I rl Slmilar concert!; The institutional users get a 1- ' lotments of sugar every two I next allotments the January-Febru- I ary period. This type of user I makes application on the basis j ?L ^Tunt ?f sugar used the previous two months, the number of persons served the ~.USe? in thebas* period and other factors. allnt1moi^tdUStrial Users get their 1 1 b^sk Thlc "tL* three months Dasis. This group already has ' i OPAVedofr1fr0m(.the Charlotte OPA office the allotments i through March. The next al- ' t fmme?h ^ 66 obtained by them f^ Anrfl office wUI be L. prll> May and June. ? Jhe actual date for the clos Irw ,,, Charlotte OPA dis- 1 trict office is January 15. After 1 ft" opi6 ?aU( the North Caro lina OPA business will be han- . died from Raleigh. The Western North Carolina likp ?hinK' h?spitals' and the . which get their sugar on m?nths allotments, and *hch have yet to be allotted their January and February ' 2^' ?USt apply to the Ral eigh office, it was explained. Miss Hair Leaves To Take Position In Ahoskie Church Miss Josephine Hair, educa director of the Franklin Baptist church since last June has tendered her resignation to accept a position with the church. _,r"iss a native of Green p?od',18- C., while with the Franklin church organized a " lntermedlate choir, taught 5a number of studv ln the vacation Bible SSiqpls, and assisted ln a vacation Bible school ln a local Stace the church has been wlUlout a pastor, she has acted associate pastor taking chaiff of the^nid-week W iervtcei on Sunday evenings/^ will assume her ^ / NEW PASTOR WILL ARRIVE NEXT WEEK Parker To Fill Baptist Pulpit At Services On January 6 The Rev. Charles E. Parker, the new pastor of the Frank lin Baptist church, will arrive ; in Franklin next week to as sume his duties, and will con duct both the morning and eve ning services on Sunday, Jan uary 6, It was announced this week by officials of the church. Mr. Parker comes here from Winston-Salem, where he has been chaplain of the North Car olina Baptist hospital since ; 1940. Prior to that, he served j as pastor of Beck's Baptist church in Winston-Salem, and the Eller Memorial church in Greensboro. A native of Bertie county, this state, he was educated at Camp bell and Mars Hill college and the Southern Baptist seminary. He succeeds the Rev. J. F. Marchman, who resigned about three months ago. In the in terval, the pulpit here has been filled by supply ministers. Mr. and Mrs. Parker, who is the former Miss Elizabeth Cross of Sanford, have three children. Mrs. Parker and the children will not come here until about February 1. The new minister was extend ed the call to the local church about two months ago. Mem bers of the pulpit committee, charged with recommending a new pastor to the congregation, were Mrs. I. T. Peek, Walter Dean, Dr. W. B. Woodward, Paul Carpenter, Herman Plem- ; mons, and John Moore. Tells Of 'Log' Of 14 Doomed In Sunk Ship Gilmer L. Crawford, who has been in Honolulu for more than three years, arrived In Frank lin 10 days ago for a visit with his family, the first time he has been home since 1943. Mr. Crawford, a civilian naval employe, has been serving at the Pearl Harbor navy yard as j supervisor of welding ajid bum- ' ing by shipfltters, bollermakers. and pipefitters. In that capac ity, he has worked on almost every battleship, cruiser, and I destroyer that has entered the harbor. . ' 1 Among others which he has helped to repair, he said, were the Franklin, following the ex- j plosion of that vessel, and the Oklahoma. ? j He helped to raise and repair the latter, and told of seeing the "log" kept by 14 men who ] were imprisoned in one of the i ship's compartments when it was sunk. The "log", written on the wall of the compartment, told how the first day the men knew they were under water, but did I not know what had happened. The second day's entries told how they had been contacted by divers' tapping, and had re plied the same way; the men were quite hopeful of rescue. By the third day they had giv en up hope, and their flash lights had burned out, leaving them without light. The fourth and final day's entries were barely legible, the men having grown weak from the lack ot air that resulted in their deaths. Mr. Crawford remarked that every time a hospital shipj loaded with wounded men, entered Pearl Harbor, produc-' tlon Jumped about 100 per cent, and remained up for two weeks or (o. In Hawaii,.* he said, many thing*, Including clothing, are cheaper than in the States, but food is more expensive, and theg^. iq little variety. The only ltetM: tationed on the Islands dujing the war were tires, gaso- ' I lint,' and whiskey, W. N. C. Man Is Pallbearer At Patton Funeral I 1 A man from the mountains of Western North Carolina was one of the six enlisted men selected to serve as pall bearers at the funeral of Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.. in Germany last Sunday. He is Sgt. Oliver R. Day of Hudson, Caldwell county. Sgt. Day and the other five were chosen for their soldier ly qualities to serve as pall bearers for the colorful American general. DEATH CLAIMS C. A. BRYSON West's Mill Man, Former County Commissioner, Buried Monday C. A. Bryson, widely known Macon county citizen, died at his home in the West's Mill community last Sunday morn ing at 5 o'clock, fallowing an illness of 10 days. Death y/as attributed to a heart attack. Mr. Bryson, 78-year old farm er, in recent years, served for four two-year terms as a mem ber of the board of county com missioners. Earlier in life, he was affiliated with the Masons and the Odd Fellows. A life-long resident of the West's Mills community, he was born October 9, 1869. the son of Samuel Bryson and Mrs. Mary Morrison Bryson. In 1912, he, was married to Miss Nannie Matlock, who survives. Funeral services were held on Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Snow Hill Metho dist church, with the Rev. C. C. Welch, pastor of the Cowee Baptist church, and the Rev. Norman E. Holden. of the West's Mill community, officiat ing. The pastor, the Rev. D. P. Brant, was unable to partici pate, due to illness. Interment Followed in the church ceme tery. The pallbearers were E. O. Rickman, Charlie Matlock, Pur nell Brysoni George Potts, C. I"om Bryson and Perry Matlock. The honorary pallbearers in :luded C. L. Blaine, Dr. J. H. Pouts. E. H. Parrish, Clyde N. West, D. C. Byrd, R. R. Rick man, J. T. Raby, Dr. W. A. Rogers, Earley Bradley, Ed Mc Coy, J. Perry Bradley, George Dalrymple, Gaston Dean, T. M. Rickman, Harry Potts an.d Der rell Queen. ^ Surviving in addition to the widow are three sons. Earl and Harry Bryson, both of Boise, Idaho, who flew home to be at the bedside of their father, and Frank Bryson, who is serving in the armed forces in France; Dne brother, Robert T. Bryson, franklin. Route 3; one sister, Miss Beulah Bryson, Franklin, Route 3; and two grandchildren, Kathleen and William E. Bry son, of Boise, Idaho. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the Potts funeral directors. Plan Fifth Sunday Sing At Courthouse Dec. 30 The Fifth Sunday Singing convention will be held at the Macon county courthouse Sun day, starting at 10 o'clock, it has been announced by James M. Raby, president. Mr. Raby said that he expects singers from adjoining states as well as many of the nearby counties. The_ public is invited. County's Schools , To Resume Classes On Monday Morning The public schools of Macon county are scheduled to resume regular class room work next Monday, December 31. The youngsters have the bad weather to thank for a two week holiday vacation. The schools were to have continued in session until the Friday be fore Christmas, but the condi tion of the county roads forced their oioslni on December II. NANTAHALA TO 1 BUILD 300 MILES OF RURAL LINES Expansion Will Benefit 2,000 Additional Farm Families The Nantahala Power and Light company is spending more than one-third of a million dol X" ,an expansion program nake electricity avail able to approximately 2,000 ad ditional rural families in South | western North Carolina by the I end of 1946, it was announced this week at the company's headquarters here. Approximately 300 miles .of new line, in addition to short extensions and tie-ins, has I been built the last half of 1945 j or will be constructed next year i Since the program got under way last June, the company ha* ? spent about $150,000, and its P'ans call fcr expenditures total ing $215,000 in 1946. The ex pansion will be. continued of ficials said, into 1947. and until the entire five counties? Macon Jackson, Swain, Cherokee, and Graham? in which the concern ope rates are served. The 1945 construction was de layed until the government re strictions on this type of work were lifted June 2, and shortage of materials since that date has hampered the program. In many cases, it was pointed out, lines begun earlier this year are now complete except for some ooe . tern which has not been avail able. Even so, the six-month period from June 2 to December l saw approximately 100 miles of high and low voltage lines built making service connections pos sible for 907 additional custom ers, nearly all of whom live in the rural sections. This repre sents 1,379 creosoted poles put . sma11 transformers (in addition to larger onest to serve customers installed, and 704,748 circuit feet of lines built. Most of this is in the nature of extensions from main lines. About 40 per cent of the work completed was in the Macon - Jackson area served by the Franklin office, while about 30 per cent was in the territory served by the Bryson City of fice, and the remaining 30 per cent in Cherokee and Graham counties, served from Andrews Under construction, but not quite complete, are lines total ing about 25 miles, which are expected to serve approximately 150 customers. The program has resulted in a 30 per cent increase in the approximately 100 employes the firm normally carries on its payroll. The present available labor force, however, is suffi cient to carry out the work proposed next year, officials said. How rapidly the work can be pushed in 1946 will depend, it was pointed out, upon avail ability of materials. The company's program for next year, however, calls for construction of 170 miles of rural lines. It is estimated that this will add 1,000 new customers, with another 180 to be added by means of low voltage extensions anjJ. cut-ins from existing lines Thus the program anticipates providing service to a total of 2,087 customers, through the construction of 295 miles of ? line at a cost of $365,000. A. B. Slagle, III At His Home, Is Much Improved A. B. Slagle, well known Franklin business man, became quite ill December 21, but is now reported to be much im proved. Although still confined to his home, Thursday he was i able to be up, and members of ) his family and his physician expressed the belief that rest from work soon will restore him to his usual good health. California lemon shipments 1 last winter, November through April, were 50 per cent greater than the average of the five years ending with IMS.
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