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VOL. LZI? NO. 14
FRANKI.1N. N C.\ THURSDAY. APRIL 4, 194B
$2.00 PER YEAR
TWO MORE MEN
ANNOUNCE FOR
MACON SHERIFF
Cabe Enters Democratic
Race; Bradley Is Out
To Succeed Self
Two more men ? one a Demo
crat, the other a Republican ?
this week announced their can
didacies for sheriff. This brought
to six the number of seeking
that office.
The latest announcements
came from Fred D. Cabe and
J. P. Bradley, both of whom
figured in the sheriff's elections
four years ago.
Mr. Cabe will fight it out with
four others, so far announced,
for the Democratic nomination
in the May 25 primary.
Mr. Bradley, the incumbent,
announced his candidacy sub
ject to the Republican county
convention, the date for which
has not yet been set.
Mr. Cabe four years ago was
defeated by A. B. Slagle for the
Democratic nomination for sher
iff, Mr. Bradley, in turn, de
feated Mr. Slagle in the general
election.
These were the only two an
nouncements of the past week.
The other four men seeking
the Democratic nomination are
L. B. (Shine) Phillips, Bill Bry
son, Paschal Norton, and G. F.
Burrell.
Mr. Cabe, a native of this
county, served as deputy sheriff
under the late Charles Ingram
from 1924 to 1936. At present,
he is a taxi operator. Several 1
years ago he served for 19 1
months as head of the Nanta- ,
hala Power and Light com
pany's camp at Nantahala. He
is a member of the Franklin
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,
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Whip-poor-will! -
Easter is eggs-spected to be
here next Sunday.
Two new boys in town, one at
W. T. Potts' and the other at
D. L. Garlands'.
Mr. John E. Smith of the
Tillico settlement, in the lower
part of Macon county, was kill
ed late Friday evening. He had
gone into the woods near his
home late in the evening to cut
some wood. Failing to return
to the "house, search was made
after dark and he was found
dead, a tree which he had cut
having fallen on him.
25 YEARS AGO
NORTH SKEENAH? Now Lis
ten.! What about the people of
Macon county, and especially
the county seat, paying a man
$100 to see him sail through the
air, I wonder if they wouldn't
double it to see the belled buz
zard sail over. What do you call
It? Morbid curiosity?
Last Friday morning the
peace and quiet of our town
was awakened into sudden ac- '
tivity by the humming of an
airplane overhead, and in less
time than it takes to tell it, the
entire population was out watch
ing a sight that had never been
seen here before. For directly
overhead was a real, sure
enough airplane, making grace
ful circles over our liead.
10 YEARS AGO
Mrs. J. B. Deal, of Franklin,
Route 4, has announced the
marriage of her daughter, Nina,
to Mr, David Sutton, on Satur
day, March 28, in Clayton, Ga.
The ceremony was performed
by Judge M. H. James.
Nantahala National forest now
a Recreational paradise.? "Three
years of progress and accom
plishments will mark the third
anniversary of the beginning of
the Civilian Conservation Camp
in the Nantahala National For
est," Supervisor Byron stated.
Sunday will be home-coming
day at the Bethel Methodist
church and an all-day program
has been planned. The Rev. B.
W. Lefler, pastor, will preach at
the 11 o'clock hour.
Whitmire Heads
N. C. Agriculture
Teacher*' Group
E. J. Whitmire, agriculture
teacher in the Franklin school,
was elected president of the
North Carolina Association of
Teachers of Agriculture at a
meeting of the state group in
Asheville last Friday. The
meeting was held in connec
tion with the N. C. E. A.
gathering there.
Mr. Whitmire also was on
the program, and addressed
the approximately 100 agri
culture teachers present on
the topic, "The Responsibility
of a Teacher of Agriculture
in Calf Club Work".
Among those attending the
meeting were T. E. Brown,
state director of vocational
education, and Tal H. Swaf
fjrd, district supervisor.
GNUSE HEADS
ROTARY CLUB
Elected President For
Year To Succeed
Slagle
Harmon H. Gnuse was elected
president of the Franklin Ro
tary club, at the club's weekly
dinner meeting at the Franklin
Terrace Wednesday night. He
will succeed Carl S. Slagle.
The club also elected a sec
retary and a board of four di
rectors.
John D, Alsup was reelected
secretary, over his protest, but
when he Insisted that it was
impossible for him to serve an
other year, the members ballot
ed a second time and chose W.
W. (Bill) Sloan.
Named on the board of di
rectors are John B. Ray, R. S.
(Dickl Jones, H. W. Cabe, and
E. J. Whitmire.
Plans for the club's participa
tion in th? season's softball
league schedule were discussed,
and Russell McKelvey was nam
ed manager, with John Archer
as assistant manager.
Roy Rickman and Carl Mason,
students at the Franklin High
school, chosen as Junior Rotar
ians for the month of April,
were guests.
President Carl S. Slagle pre
sided.
Rites Held At
Ellijay For
Mrs. Roberts
Funeral services for Mrs. Ed
na Henry Roberts. 24, who died
in the Mt. Clemens hospital in
Mt. Clemens, Mich., March 26,
were held at the Ellijay Bap
tist church last Saturday after
noon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. Lee
Crawford and the Rev. Gordon
Scruggs officiated and burial
followed in the church ceme
tery.
The pallbearers were Carl
Moses, Louin Young. Edd Adams,
Hunter Young, Canton Henry
and Gordon Evitt.
Mrs, Roberts, the former Miss
Edna Henry, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, Robert Henry, of the
EUijay community, was born on
April 3, 1922. She was married
to Leonard Roberts of Miami,
Fla., on January 11, 1945, and
had been living in Mt. Clemens,
for the past five months. She
was a member of the Ellijay
Baptist church. Her thought
fulness and attractive personal
ity made a host of friends.
Surviving are the husband, an
infant son, Gerald Micheal, of
Mt. Clemens, Mich., the parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry, of
Ellijay; five brothers, Walter L.
Henry, Of Detroit, Mich., John
C. Henry, Macon, Ga., Wiley,
Bobby and Billy Henry, all of
EUijay; and four sisters, Mrs.
Robert Woody, Hayesvllle, Mrs.
Ben Moffltt, Franklin, Route 2.
and Misses Betty and Annie
Ruth Henry, of Ellijay.
Bryant funeral directors were
In charge of arrangements.
Patrolmen Capture
Auto, 90 * Gallon's
Of Liquor, Drivei
Pritchard Smith, Jr., patrol
man for Macon county, novt
stationed at Sylva, and Charles
D. Lindsay, also of Sylva, cap
tured a 1940 Ford car Fridaj
I on the DUlard-Hlghlanda roac
with 90 gallon* of non-tax pale
wblakajr.
N. C. SYMPHNOY
CONCERTS DRAW
U00 PERSONS
Crowds Fill Theater
For Performances
Of Orchestra
Approximately 1,300 persons
heard the concerts at the Ma
? con Theatre here Tuesday by
the 21-piece North Carolina Lit
tle Symphony orchestra.
Clyde Gailey, who donated
use of the theater for the two
performances, estimated the
crowd of school children who
jammed the theater for the af
J ternoon concert, given free for
the children, at 850, and the
audience for the evening per
| formance at 475, The theater's
seating capacity is 535, so that
the youngsters doubled up in
the seats in order to hear the
musicians.
Attending the afternoon con
cert were grammar school chil
dren from the Franklin, Cowce,'
Otto, and Iotla white schools,
and the Chapel Negro school,
I for whom a section was set
aside. Smaller groups were pres
| ent from other schools in the
county.
The crowd began gathering
j for the evening concert by
shortly after 6 p. m., and the
house was fairly well filled
when Conductor Benjamin
Swalin opened the performance
at 7 p. m. The audiences at
both performances, officials of
the orchestra said, proved in
terested and responsive.
The symphony group, travel
ing by bus, came here from con
certs in Andrews on Monday,
and left Franklin Wednesday
morning for performances that
day in Bryson City.
The full symphony will open
its series of concerts next Fri
day in Shelby, and will appear
in Asheville April 24. Dr. Swalin
announced, between numbers at
j the evening concert,, that all
Franklin members of the Sym
phony society will be mailed
membership cards from Chapel
Hill, which will entitle them to
attend, the Asheviile concert.
It was necessary to raise $450 j
to bring the orchestra to Frank
lin. A large proportion of this
was realized through purchase
of memberships in the society,
and proceeds of a box supper,
, sponsored by the Parent-Teach
I er association, completed the
fund. The PTA used its supple
I mentary money to aid high
school students to attend the
evening concert, paying one
half the $1 membership fee of
high school students.
A total of 410 members were
enrolled, and 29 tickets were
sold at the box office.
Dr. Swalin, in the course of
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The Weather
High Low Prec.
Thursday 64 54 .70
Friday 66 50 1.96
Saturday 74 45 .00
Sunday 77 43 .00
Monday 74 41 00
Tuesday 85 45 .00
Wednesday 89 53 ,00
Total rainfall for March, 7 62
inches.
LEON T. SLOAN I
TAKENBYDEATH
Well Known Macon Man
Succumbs To Heart
Ailment
Leon T. Sloan, well known
farmer, died at his home in the
Iotla community Wednesday
night at 9:30 o'clock. He was
76 years gld,
Mr. Sloan, who had been in
failing health for several years,
suffered a heart attack about
10 days ago, and his condition
became critical Wednesday
morning.
The funeral services will be
held at the Iotla Methodist
church Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Survivors include his widow;
one daughter, Miss Irene Sloati, [
who lives at the home; three
sons, Thomas and Robert, both
of whom live at the home, and
John W. Sloan, of near Canton;
and two sisters, Mrs. George A.
Jones and Mrs. Lee Crawford,
both of Franklin
If
County Still Short
Of Red Cross Qucta;
Final Appeal Made
A final appeal to the people I
of the county to complete the 1
task of raising this county's
Red Cross fund quota was made j
this week, toy Bob S. Sloan, cam
paign chairman.
While complete figures to date
were not available, Mr. Sloan I
said contributions still are se- o
veral hundred dollars short of o
the county's quota of $3,450. &
Pointing to tfie varied work f
of the Red Cross the world s
over. Mr. Sloan remarked that P
"the least we can do is to give c
every dollar we can spare." t
Forbids I
. s
Drinking Alcoholics In a
Public Places j!
The Franklin board of llder- i
men, at a called meeting Wed- v
nesday, adopted a order mak- v
ing it unlawful for "anyone to ?
drink anything of an alcoholic *
nature, within the city limits, .
on the streets, alleys, or back J"
lots, or in any public place."
The only exception is "places
of business duly licensed to sell 8
beer." !
Music Lovers Delighted
By N.C. Symphony Concert '
Tuesday night's concert by the
North Carolina Little Symphony
orchestra, under the able direc
! tlon of Dr. Benjamin Swalin,
was a delightful treat for
Franklin music lovers.
The program opened with
Schubert's Symphony No. 5.
which was very sympathetically
received. Dr. Swalin prefaced
this number by a brief explana- ]
tory talk, in which he pointed
out that this composition was
written in 1816, when the com
poser was only 19, and that it
was not played until 1847, after
Schubert's death,
After a brief intermission, the
program turned to a modern
composition, "Deep Purple", by
DeRase, which met an enthu
siastic reception from the au
dience.
i Charles Medlln's soul-stirring
viollncello interpretation of Jean
Baptlste Faure's "Apres un
Reve" was beautiful in its mut
1 ed, liquid tones ? a tone poem.
Opening the third group of
selections was "Deep Forest",
by Mable Daniels, another mod
ern composition reminiscent of
. Debussy and Ravel? also some
what remlnslcent of Orleg's
- "Morning Mood". This was a
i lovely thing, with notes as soft
3 and faintly sweet as bird notes
? at dawn, and then swelling to
r 1 the crescendo and broad strength
I and brilliance of the forest at
1 : noontime.
| Wlenlnwilct'a "Romtnci" was
captivating in its lyrically sweet ; *
melody, and was presented with
a deeply sympathetic under
standing.
"Child's Play", a pizzicato ar
rangement by Eugene Ormandy,
showed the great technical
grasp and fluency of the play
ers. The delicate pianissimo ef
fects of the plucked strings
was very lovely and impressive.
The ever popular and fasci
nating Strauss waltz, "Vienna
Life", closed the program ? or
would have closed it, had not <
Dr. Swalin been so generous <
with encores. The audience '
would not move, nor cease ap- 1
plause, until this gifted and 1
gracious conductor came out
again and again, and satisfied 1
the demands of an appreciative
audience with two encores, ]
Lamar Stringfield's "Cripple
Creek", which received enthu
iastlc applause, and .a lovely
Norwegian melody entitled
I "Spring".
Dr. Swalin, with his gracious
explanations before each num
ber, and his very gifted musi
cians captivated musician and
uncultivated music lover alike.
And it is to be hoped that many
persons here will be able to
make a second use of their
memberships, which entitle
them to attend the concert by
the full symphony in Ashevllle
April 34.
I ? N. T, J. I
Will Play Softball
Here Twice Weekly
Mrs. Crisp
Honored On Her 95th
Birthday
Mrs. Julia Crisp was honored
an her 95th birthday last Sun
iay with an anniversary dinner
it the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Robert L. Allm;>n. Frank
lin, Route 3. with whom she
nakes her home.
Mrs. Crisp, who has been a
jripple and a semi.inva.lid for
;he past 16 years, appeared very
lappy, and deeply touched. In
idditlon to being the honor
jnest at the dinner, given by
ler children and grandchildren,
ihe received many attractive
fiftss
Mrs. Crisp has five children
?Mrs. Allman, Mrs. Cora Mc- ]
Jowell of Cullasaja. Mrs. Jim
Teem of Cullasaja, Mrs. Mae |
Vest of Sylva. and Iva Crisp |
if Franklin? 36 grandchildren,
.nd eight great-grandchildren.
Among the visitors present
rere Mr. and Mrs. Lon Camp
tell, Mrs. J. W, Roper, and
laughter. Miss Mildred Roper,
tommy Lee Rogers, Mr. and
rtrs. Bob Estes, Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Bailey, Mr, and Mrs. De
rttt Thompson, Mr. and Mrs.
ess Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
feshburn and Mr. and Mrs. Oc- I
avia McDowell.
Death Claims
Mrs. L. Rogers
\t Age Of 88
Funeral services for Mrs.
,aura R. Rogers, 88, were held
n Saturday afternoon at 3
'clock at the Louisa Chapel
lethodist church. The Rev. D.
Grant, pastor, officiated, as
isted by the Rev. V. N. Allen,
lastor of the Macon Methodist
ircuit. Interment followed in
he church cemetery.
Mrs. Rogers died unexpectedly
t the home of her daughter,
?Irs. R. D. Wells, in the Patton
ettlement, Friday morning. She
.te a hearty breakfast and was
pparently as well as usual,
nembers of the family said.
A native of Haywood county,
irhere she resided for 63 years
rith her husband and family,
he moved, to Macon county in
920 and bought a farm in the
'atton settlement has had lived
here since. Her husband, T. J.
A. Rogers, died in 1930. '
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers reared
i family of 11 children, nine of
vhom are still living. She Joined
he Pine Grove Methodist
hurch in Haywood county in
arly girlhood, and later moved
ler membership to the Patton
/lethodist church.
The pallbearers were Rogers
md John Wells, McLain and
Sugene Rogers, and Elmo and
. L. Rogers, all grandsons.
The flower bearers included
/Irs. McLain Rogers, Mrs. Aur
lern Beasley, Miss Geraldine
togers, Mrs. Ernest Suttle and
.Irs. John D. Wells, all grand
laughters, and Mrs. Roy Mash- I
>urn.
Surviving are three daughters, j
4rs. R. D. Wells, and Miss Flota .
Rogers, of Franklin, Route 1, 1
ind Mrs. John Fullbright, of ,
31yde, Route 1, and six sons, i
larrison and Milbourn Rogers, I
>f Waynesville, Curtis Rogers,
)f Lake Junaluskee, Cordell and
\rnold Rogers, of Macon coun
;y, and Chan Rogers, of Laurel,
Md.
Potts funeral directors were in
;harge of arrangements.
Baptist Ministers Will
Hold Meet Here Monday
The Macon County Baptist
Ministers conference will meet
at the Franklin Baptist church
next Monday from noon to 2
p. m., it has been announced
by the Rev. W. C. Pipes, sec
retary.
SALE CANCELED
The auction sale of the Grov
er Lewis farm tools and live
stock, advertised elsewhere in
this issue, , has been canceled
by the owner, It was announced
Thursday by R. A. Patton, sales
agent.
Form 8-Team League To
Provide Amusement;
Start Monday
An eight-team Franklin Soft
ball league was organized at a
meeting last Thursday nfght,
and plans were made for two
games each Monday and Thurs
day night during the summer
season. ?
The athletic events, it was
pointed out, will provide a
much-needed program of enter
tainment for tourists and home
folks alike.
A complete schedule for . the
period April 8-August 29 has
been worked out. equipment has
been been obtained, and the
first games will be played next
Monday night, starting at 8
o'clock. All games will be play
ed at the Franklin school ath
letic field, which is lighted. In
the event of rain on a play
night, the games will be played
the following evening.
Next Monday night the series
will open when a high school
team meets a group from the
Nantahala Power and Light
company, while the Lions will
play the Rotarians in the sec
ond game of the evening.
Other teams in the league will
come from Highlands Briar. Inc..
Burrell Motor company, the gas
oline retailers (oilers t, and the
American Legion-U. S. Forest
service.
Officials Named
At "Thursday night's meeting,
which was sponsored by the
Lions club, rules were decided
upon and officials appointed.
Bill Crawford was named man
ager, Bill Sloan treasurer, and
the following as a commission
to enforce the rules and settle
arguments: W. C. Burrell, John
Alsup, and J. S. Conley.
It was decided to make the.
admission charge 10 cents, for
young and old. The proceeds will
be used to defray expenses of
the program.
In announcing decision to or
ganize the league, those Inaugu
rating the movement pointed
out that softball is for both
young and old, and that an
SCHEDULE ON PAGE 2
The complete schedule of
softball games for the sea
son appears on Page 2.
estimated 10,000,000 people in
the United States played the
game in 1939, while 75,000 turn
ed out in the rain to see the
national championship finals in
Chicago that year.
It was added that the bases
for this season's games have
been placed only 55 feet apart,
and that the short fielder has
been eliminated.
IVUICS
The following rules were
adopted :
1. Each team to have a max
imum of 15 players.
2. The team's players, or list
of players ' if revised, must be
submitted to the commission
two days before a game.
3. Any team may be allowed
two players from the stands,
provided it has only seven play
ers present or available.
4. If a team forfeits two con
secutive games, it will be
dropped from the league.
Attending the organization
meeting, despite Thursday
night's rain, were Mr. Archer,
representing the Rotary club;
Mr. Alsup', Forest service and
American Legion; Mr. Burrell,
Burrell Motor company; George
H. Hill, the high school; Mr.
Sloan, Highlands Briar; E. L.
Hyde, the' Lions club; H. H.
Gnuse, Nantahala Power and
Light company; and Mr. Conley,
the oilers.
The Lions committee calling
the meeting was made up of
Bill Swan, Mr. Hyde, and Mr.
Crawford.
Killed By Subway
St. Clair Anderson received
word Tuesday morning that his
sister, Mrs. Dorothy Tisdale of
New York City, was struck and
instantly killed by a subway
train in New York on Monday
evening. Mrs. Tisdale was an
aunt of Mrs. Carl P. Cabe.
Funeral services arid inter
ment were held at 11 o'clock
Thursday morning at Ruther
lord, N. J.