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VOL. XLI? NO. 7
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY. FEB. 14. 194B
52.00 PER YEAR
BRIAR CONCERN
BUYS PROPERTY
PLANT IS ON
Asheville Road Tract Is
Bought By Pipe Firm
From Mrs. R-id
Highlands Briar, Inc., this
week purchased the property, on
the north side of the Asheville
road, a short distance east of
the Town Bridge, on which !
its pipe plant is situated.
Stamps on the deed Indicated !
the consideration for the 2.13
acres was approximately $6,500.
The property fronts 247 feet j
on the Asheville road. j
Two deals were' Involved. Mrs.1
Cora Reid purchased a part of
the old Enloe place from John j
Burleson, and then made one
deed for that property; plus the
acreage she had leased to High
lands Briar. The property was
conveyed to Milton M. Mon
derer, who is president of High
lands Briar, Inc.
The plant, which is under the
management of Marian Perse,
was established here in May,
1944, and now employs 94 per
sons. During the dry seasons,
when large groups are at work
in the woods, the number on
the pay roll runs as high as
138.
The firm utilizes rhododen- I
dron and "laurel burle, obtained
in this area, to manufacture
pipes for smokers. It also uses
some imported briar.
Dr. Fouts Improving
After Majcr Operation
Dr. J. H. Fouts, who" recently
underwent a serious operation
at the Angel hospital, is still in
the hospital, but has recovered j '
sufficiently to able to be up
fori a short period each day. His
son, Dover R. Fouts, of Burns- j
ville spent the first at the week i
with him.
Mrs. R. L. Gregory, of Frank- !
lin, underwent an operation at
Angel clinic Wednesday.
I
Do You 1
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
/ the files of The Press) , ! |
56 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK j
January and June ?
Will be married this morning
at 9 o'clock, the Rev. J. T.
Wade, officiating, Maj. W. H.
Higdon, of Ellijay, and Miss
Charlotte Mathis, of Franklin.
The groom is 79 years of age
and the bride 25, so we learn.
W. R. Johnston, the popular
hat drummer, came home Sat
urday and is interviewing our
merchants.
The Nantahala mountains
were robed in white last Friday
morning.
25 YEARS AGO
Taken from the Graded School
paper:
Officers elected for the S. S.
S. Literary society of the Frank
lin graded school were: Allen
Slier, president: Kate Penland.
vice-presiden?; "Speed" Thomp
son, secretary and treasurer;
Mary McConnel, editor; and
Weyman Crawford, assistant ed
itor.
Miss Dean Is very thoughtful.
She keeps her clock alarming
all during the day to keep Miss
Edwards and the 8th grade
awake.
For Sale: One set of nth
grade school books, in good con
dition. Have never been used.
Dick Jones.
10 YEARS AGO
Charles Slagle and Andrew j
Jones, two Franklin boys, re- j
reived the highest award in
scouting? the Eagle scout badge
? at a meeting of the Smoky
Mountain district of the Daniel
Boone council, Boy Scouts of
America, held on Monday night
at the Franklin Presbyterian
church.
Miss Annie Will Slier, daugh
ter of the late Dr, F. L. Siler
and of Mrs. Siler, of Franklin,
has attracted wide attention as
a textile designer In New York,
says an article published In the
State Magazine.
Turner May, of Flats Is un
dergoing treatment for anti
rabies as the result of ft mad
dog bite.
The Weather
The maximum and minimum
temperatures and the amount of
rainfall (or each the past
seven days, and the minimum
temperature and rainfall up to
8 a. m. on Thursday, follow:
T*? trace.
Rainfall figures cover 24 hours
ending at 8 a. m. on day given.
Total rainfall for month, to
date, 4.57 inches.
Total, for year, to date, 12.25
inches.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
High Low Prec
55 30 0
62 20 T
49 40 .10
58 36 3.26
52 28 0
55 19 0
56 32 0
? 36 .40
HATCHING EGGS
MARKET GOOD
Greenville Concern Alone
Seeks 100 Cases Weekly
In This County
Indications are there will be
'?r a" the etching
be produced in
W M.nHUnKy,^his season' Sam
Mendenhall, county farm
agent, said this week.
The Piedmont hatchery in
J C- alone wants
at least 100 cases of hatching
slid whi^ ^ Mendenhan
said, while the Farmers Feder
ation in Asheville wishes to buy
more hatching eggs than it has
been obtaining here.
hJh.5i!!eKn,0nt hatchery. which
wuld^ Hlr?UfIn^ 50016 eggs here,
would like to transfer to this
county the business it has been
it ?g? K^adklnvllle' Provided
it can obtain the eggs here
from poultrymen who qualify to
i?iTn?hThine e**Sto
n. $*?dards ? has been buy
t?!Lm Ca*es a week Yad
W?UW like <K ^em
,CaUS^ Franklin is much
closer to Greenville. Herbert
PiSdm^?0, representing the
rieamont concern here. ?
nJV{1"e feed situation does
not look bright, local feed deal
ers seem to feel, Mr. Menden
hall 1 said, that they will be able
well nnflf thC situation fairly
well until new crops are har
,Mea"while. f'ock owners
- " help themselves ? and the
national situation as well bv
r?rr?fnuci"B their own scratch
narked C?Unty agent re'
"Now is the time", he sug
gested to poultry raisers, "to
make arrangements for your
toby chicks. February chicks
it ?r?rfm.?re m?ney than chicks
started in any other month.
Clean out and repair the brood -
imr^USt and furnace The
?ro oder house should be thor
oughly washed with scalding lye
solution. When dry, it should
s srsjsa burM
?Si
-ach chick and two drinking
fountains per hundred. Provide
?f dry "tter either
'^ t straw' dry shavings or
!n fh. KVe^.?Ur feed and water
n the brooder house and the
furnace or brooder going and
rf? When the chicks ar
rive. Keep your brooder house
2 dry, clean, and well ven
plated. The poultrymen who
makes money will be the one
SJET * "M
Baptist Ministers
Plan Meet Monday
At Mt. Hope Church
The Macon County Baptist
Ministerial association will meet
at the Mt. Hope Baptist church
on Cartoogechaye on Monday,
February 18, it has been an
nounced by the Rev. W. C. Pipes,
secretary.
The meeting Is scheduled to
begin at 12 o'clock and adjourn
at 2 o'clock. Immediately fol
lowing lunch, which will be
served by the ladies of the Mt.
Hope church, the meeting will
begin at 1 o'clock for a short
business period for 15 minutes.
At 1 : 15 o'clock an open forum
will be held, and at 1:35 the
principal address of the con
ference will be delivered by the
Rev. Charles E. Parker, pastor
of the Franklin Baptist church.
The Rev. William L. Sorrells,
president of the association,
will preside.
L B. PHILLIPS
IS CANDIDATE
FOR SHERIFF
Franklin Business Man Is
First Democrat Out
For County Post
Louts B. Phillips, Franklin
business man, this week an
nounced that he is a candidate
for sheriff, subject to the Dem
ocratic primary May 25.
Though he is the second Ma
con county man formally to an
nounce for office, he is the first
out for a county office. Thad
D. Bryson, Jr., last week came
out for solicitor of this district.
There is. widespread discus
sion among Democrats of pos
sible candidates for county of
fices, and other announcements
are expected to follow that of
Mr. Phillips within the next
fortnight. The Republicans also
held a primary, but, as a rule,
the ticket selected at their
county convention is unopposed
in the primary.
J. P. Bradley, the present I
sheriff, a Republican, has not
announced whether he will seek
to succeed himself.
Mr. Phillips is a native of
Macon County and has spent j
his entire life here. The son of.!
the late Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan
Phillips, he is a graduate of the |
Franklin High school,
For 15 years, he was in the
automobile repair business here, 1
and for the past five years .has .
been engaged in the coal busi- ;
ness. He and Mrs. Phillips, the
former Miss Nina Setser, and
their two? children live on West
Main street, in Franklin.
He is a member of the '
Franklin board of alderman, j
that being the only public of
fice he ever has sought. He i
will resign from thg board if
elected sheriff, he said. i
3 -Inch
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Rain Here Sends Little
Tennessee Out Of
Banks Again
A total of 3.26 inches of rain
fell here during the 24 hours
ending at 8 a. m. last Sunday
morning, official figures com
piled by Weather Observer Guy
j L. Houk show.
The downpour resulted in the
flooding of the entire Little
Tennessee valley again, the sec
ond time in recent weeks.
As of Thursday, the total
rainfall this month stood at
4.57 inches, bringing the total
for the first month and a half
of 1946 to 12.25 inches.
Stewart, Palmer
Open Electrical
Appliance Store
Red (D. A.i Stewart and John
L. Palmer Tuesday opened for
business under the firm name
of Stewart's Electrical Appliance
j store.
The new store is on East
Main street, in the Leach build
] ing storeroom formerly occu
pied by The Tavern. The firm
will carry Westinghouse prod
ucts.
| Mr. Palmer, who will be in
active charge, returned to |
Franklin last June, after 43
months' service in the army air
forces. During his 15 months in
the European theatre and in the
Pacific, he won the Distinguish
ed Flying Cross and the Air
Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters.
Since returning home, he has
been connected with the Nan
tahala Power and Light com
pany.
Mr. Stewart, the other part
ner, will continue to operate his
service station.
Mclntyre, Former
Macon Resident, To
Preach At Iotla
The Rev. <3. T. Mclntyre, of
Kannapolis, former resident of
Macon County, will preach at
the Iotla Baptist church on
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
It was learned here this week.
Mr. Mcliityre is a graduate of
Mars Hill college and of the
Baptist Bible Institute, New
Orleans, La. He has held
charges In Louisiana and Miss
issippi, beslds those In North
Carolina.
The public is invited to at
tend this iwrvlet,
Forms Available
For Vets Seeking
To Build Homes
Application forms now are
available here far veterans
who wish to obtain priorities
for building materials, with
which to build homes, it was
announced this week by Bob
Stoan, veterans service offic
er, who has the forms at his
office in the courthouse.
All building material re
cently was frozen again, and
one of the purposes of this
latest freeze was to give
preference to veterans for
home building.
WOULD DEVELOP
LAKES REGION
Forest Planner To Make
Recreation Survey Of
TV A Shorelines ,
The U. S. Forest service plans
a thorough survey of the shore
lines of TV A lakes in this area, |
lying within the Nantahala Na
tional forest, with a view to
recreational development of the
forest lands touching the lakes.
Clinton Johnson, Applachian
region recreational planner o
the Forest service, said here
this week, . ?
Mr. Johnson, who has just ar
rived to make his headquarters
in Franklin, pointed out that a
second program of his depart
ment calls for the rehabihtia
tion of the recreational units al
ready established the l?w- (
est but which have had to be
established during the war
yeHe emphasized, however, that
the immediate job is a study of ,
the situation, and that any de
velopment work must await ap- .
propriations by congress.
Recreation is only one of the
multiple uses of the f?rest, Mf ,
Johnson pointed out, its chief
purpose being the growth of
timber. But he sees the entire
Appalachian area as having vast
recreational potentialities, with
the people of the whole East
em United States waiting to
take advantage of the opportun
ities that may be afforded.
Mr. Johnson, who spent con
siderable time in Franklin be
tween 1938 and 1942, Pl?ns >? |
move his family here at the
close of this school year. They
have been making their home
in Holly Springs, Miss. A son,
who is serving overseas, hopes,
to obtain his discharge in time
to join the family in Franklin
in June. _
16 Boy Scouts
On Hcnor Court Promo
tion List
Sixteen Franklin Boy Scouts
were scheduled to receive pro
motions at the court of honor
held at Bryson City Thursday
nlThe Scouts, and their new
^Manuel" Holland first class,
Charles Thomas, Frank Henry,
III and John M. Archer, Jr.,
second class; Allen Cartlege,
Alvin Stiles, Kermit ^H*rt'
Grady Thompson, Claude Mc
Falls Jack Reese, Bobbie Potts. ,
Jimmy Rogers, and Jimmy Co - ,
lev tenderfoot; and Jim Wal
droop? Charles Baldwin, and
John Alsup, merit badges.
Sloan To Be Speaker
At P. T. Meet Monday
Bob Sloan will be the guest
speaker at the Franklin Parent
Teachers association meeting in
the school auditorium. Monday
evening at 7:30 o'clock, it has
been announced by the program
committee.
Mr. Sloan, recently returned
from the European theater of
war, will compare the educa
tional systems of certain Euro
pean countries with that in the
United States.
The Rev. Charles E. Parker,
pastor of the Franklin Baptist
church will lead the devotional.
McClure Will Preach
At Highland* Church
The Rev. R. McClure. of Ashe
vllle, will preach at the High
lands Presbyterian church on
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
It has been announced by the
Iter. J, B. Davidson, pastor.
400 Macon V eterans
i
Drawing Jobless Pay
Old Clothes
?f
For War-Stricken Still
Sought; Drive Will
End Feb. 23
"I feel sure a great deal more
old clothing will be brought in
for tY\e Victory Clothing collec
tion", Jos. Ashear. campaign
chairman, said tfcis week, adding
that many persons have told
him they have garments they
plan to donate.
Meanwhile, the pile of old
clothes in the courthouse con
tinues to grow, with a large
number of the bundles there
having been collected by the
Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts. Do
nations should be taken to the
courthouse, if possible, Mr. Ash
ear said, or to the neighbor
hood Store.
What is already on hand will j
be shipped shortly, he explain
ed, and the balance immediate
ly after the drive closes Feb
ruary 23.
He pointed out that "every
housewife is a natural born col
lector . . . they have the In
stinct to save things for an
emergency. Well, that instinct
can save millions of lives in
an emergency this year. Those
stored-away clothes will be god
sends to the people In the war
destroyed countries.
"It is estimated that a hun
dred million people in Europe
have only the clothes they wear
on their backs ? the same
clothes they've worn for at least
five years".
Death Takes
Woman, 97,
On Tesenta
Mrs. Martha A. Brown, 97,
died at the home of her grand
daughter, Mrs. Nellie Brown
Clouse, in the Tesenta section
of Macon County Monday eve
ning at 11 o'clock, following an \
illness of 15 years. Death was
attributed to the infirmities of ,
age.
Mrs. Brown, who was born in ;
Tennessee September 2, 1848,
was a daughter of the late
William Peek and Elizabeth
Mull Peek. She had lived al- |
most her entire life in the
Smith Bridge township. She was
a member of the Dryman Chap
el Baptist church.
Mrs. Brown was twice mar
ried. The first marriage was to
a Mr. Buchanan and, following
his death, she was married to
John Brown, who died a number
of years ago.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the Dryman Chapel Baptist
church, with the Rev. John
Baty, of Highlands, officiating.
Interment followed in the church ,
cemetery.
Surviving are three children,
Mrs. Ernestine Keener and
James Buchanan, by the first
marriage and Clingman Brown
by the latter marriage; 48
grandchildren, a number of
great-grandchildren, and great
great-grandchildren.
The pallbearers were Paul
Brown, Jud Howell, Hayes Buch
anan, Cecil Brown, Ralph Wood,
and John Brown.
The funeral arrangements
were under the direction of the
Potts Funeral home.
NEW BAPTIST PASTOR
AND FAMILY 'POUNDED'
Despite the downpour of rain
on Friday evening, approximate
ly 50 members of the Franklin
Baptist church and invited
friends gathered, at the pastor
ium on White Oak street to
"pound" their new pastor, the
Rev. Charles E. Parker, and his
family with a large variety of
canned goads and various oth
er good things to eat.
The Parkers also received two
new quilts made by members of
the Adult class and the Young
Ladies' class.
Connie Chambers, of Cornelia.
Qa., Is a patient at Angel clinic
with two fractures of the jaw
and a dislocated shoulder, re
sulting from an. automobile ac
cident on the Cowee mountain,
]ust beyond the Macon county
line, last Saturday. His condi
tion U satisfactory.
Total On Unemployment ?
Compensation List
Growing Fast
Four hundred Macon County
veterans are unemployed and
drawing veterans' unemploy
ment compensation. S. P. Davis;
manager of the Bryson City of
fice of the U. S. Employment
service, said here Wednesday.
And the total number of vet
erans in this county on the
compensation rolls is growing
rapidly, he added.
The figure is the first official
one to throw any definite light
on the amount of unemploy
ment aimong veterans here.
Under the GI Bill of Rights,
a veteran of World War 2, if
and when he is unable to find
"suitable employment", is en
titled to unemployment com
pensation of $20 a week.v The
lunds come from the federal
treasury, and are administered
in this state by the N. C. Unem
ployment Compensation com
mission and the U. S. Employ
men^ service.
niusi icrport weekly
To qualify for compensation,
the veteran must certify that
he is able to work, and is
available for work, but is un
able to find a suitable job. A
suitable job, it was explairied.
means one utilizing his skills.
To continue to draw compen
sation, he must make this Cer
tification each week.
When he applies for compen
sation, it becomes tfie duty of
the Employment service to in- v
terview him, classify him for
employment on a basis of his
training and experience, and
then refer him to employers who
can utilize his skills. A veteran
may not be required, however,
to accept employment requiring
skill less than his own. A skill
ed worker, for example, may
not be denied compensation be
cause he refuses to accept work
as a common laborer.
A number of veterans here,
however, have accepted work,
regardless of the skill required,
or the amount the jobs paid,
with a view to reserving their
unemployment compensation
rights for a possible period
when jobs may be scarcer than
they are today, USES officials
report.
Good lip To 2 Years
Under the law, a veteran's
unemployment compensation
rights continue for a period of
two years after the President
has proclaimed the end of the
war emergency. That is, the
veteran may apply for compen
sation. if and when he becomes
unemployed, at any time during
the two years following the
President's proclamation, which
is yet to be issued.
The maximum compensation
is 52 weeks. All veterans who
have served as much as nine
and a half months in the armed
forces are entitled to compen
sation up to that maximum.
Mr. Davis or Mrs. Mary L.
Walker, supervising interviewer
of the Bryson City office, come
to Franklin on Wednesdays and
Fridays of each week to inter
view unemployed persons and to
transact other business of the
Employment service: The Bryson
City office serves Southwestern
North Carolina, from Jackson
county west.
Boy Scout Group
Gives Program At
Rotary Meeting
Marking Boy Scout week, the
Rotary club's Wednesday night
meeting was given over to a
Scout program.
Scout Master John Edwards,
introduced three Scouts, each
of whom spoke briefly. Frank
Henry, III, described a typical
troop meeting; John Alsup told
the Rotarians what a Scout
court of honor is like; and Jim
my Waldroop talked on what
scouting means to a boy.
Scutmaster Edwards listed the
local troop's accomplishments
during the past year, and dis
cussed some of the coming year's
objectives. On the program for
this year, he said, is a tree
planting project, to serve as a
memorial to former Bob Scouts
who lost their lives in World
| War 2.
World production of petroleum
in 1946 is expected to reach
S52.000.000 gallons dally.