?Il)e lijigblatifcjS JBacontan PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL IM)El'/:AI)EJVr . ? ? ? . ??. ? VOL. LXI? NO. 15 FRANKI.IN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRII. 11. 194B $2.00 PKR YEAR County Is Over Top , In Red Cross Drive % I ^ $1,500 Reported From Highlands Pushes Sum To $3,800 Macon County has raised its Red Cross quota, with approxi mately $400 to spare, Bob S. Sloan, county chairman of the fund campalign, announced this week. A report from Highlands put the campaign over, he said. That community has raised more than $1,500 for the Red Cross, it has reported, pushing the tot&l contributed by Macon County to more than $3,800. The county's quota was $3,450. Approximately $150 also was raised for the fund at a box supper held at Cowee school last Friday ever.ing. The figures from a number of communities still are not com plete.,. Mr. Sloan hopes to have final figures ready for publication next week. 81,538 GIVEN RED CROSS BY PEOPLE OF HIGHLANDS A total of $1,538.46 in the Highlands Red Cross fund drive has been announced by Miss Sara Gilder, vice-chair man, and Miss Caroline Hall, treasurer. Of this amount $254.46 was given by High lands school ^nd theater. Miss Gilder said alsio that the total includes gifts from a large number of summer home owners who divided their donations between High lands and their home cities. Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the files of The Press) 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Dr. J. H. Fouts is entitled to the cognomen of "pa" now. It as a boy and put in its appear pearance Saturday night. The intermingling of the frost and the peach blo?ms last Sunday morning knocked out most of the peach crop. 25 YEARS AGO HOLLY SPRINGS? Rev. R. P. McCracken has his tractor at home now that he purchased some time ago. There was quite a bit of excitement on the night he arrived with it. Some thought it was a storm and some thought it was a car. Most of the people sat up to see if it was a car. Some of the old ladies got their bonnets and said it was a doctor calling to see someone who was sick, said they would be ready to follow on' to see what was the trouble. ELLIJAY. ? Miss Fay Moses and Mr. Frank Mashburn gave some of their friends a surprise by getting married, Sunday, April 3. This was the thirty first anniversary of the mar riage of Miss Moses' parents, and at least two of the guests supposed that the anniversary dinner was the sole reason for their being invited to the Moses home. The bride wore a charm ing dress of some blue material and her usual pleasant smile. The ceremony was performed by Mr. Bill Keener. 10 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sanders have bought the S. H. Lyle house on Harrison avenue and plan to move Into It within, a few days. Mr. Lyle and his fam ily moved into the house next door. Following its usual custom, St. Agnes Episcopal church of Franklin will hold a sunrise service Easter morning. Follow ing a sermon by the rector, the Rev. Frank Bloxham, there will be a celebration of the Holy Communion. The Little Tennessee River at Franklin crept out of Its banks Sunday, and on Monday it had covered hundreds of acres of land, water backing up to the Tullalah Fall* railway depot and ooverlng the bate of the Indian mound. Commerce Body's Meet Expected \ To Attract 125 Approximately 125 men and women are expected to at tend the annual dinner meet ing of the Franklin Cham ber vote in this year's primary and general elections. Many Macon County yjung people became of age while they were in the service, reg istered by mail, and voted in i previous elections, it was pointed out by J. J. Mann, chairman of thP county board | qf elections. This mail regis tration, he said, was valid only while they were in serv ice. All discharged service folk, he added, should make sure that their names are on the regular registration books, which will be open from April 27 to May 11. PICK OFFICIALS FOR ELECTIONS Ejection Board Names Registrars And Judges Registrars and judges for the May 25 primary and this fall's general elections were appointed by the Macon County board of elections at a meeting of that body last Saturday. J. J. Mann, the chairman, al so announced, followed the meeting, that the registration books for the 12 precincts in the county will open on Satur day, April 27, and will remain open until May 11 at 6 p. m. The registration books will be at the polling places on Sat urdays, and at the homes of the registrars other weekdays. He called attention to that the polling place in Cartooge chaye township this year is Slagle school, and that in Co wee township, Cowee school. The registrars and judges for each of the precints are listed below. The registrar, in each case, is the first name listed, while the Republican judge for each precinct is listed last. Millshoal: Harold Cabe, Log i an Berry, and H. D. Corbin. Ellijay: Grady Henry, Charlie Bryson, and Will Teem. Sugarfork: Luther Holland, Homer McCoy, and Frank Peek. Highlands: Jack H. Potts, Walter Bryson, and Tom Harbi j son. Flats: Ray Dryman, Raymond Penland, and T. O. Vinson. Smith Bridge: Jess Norton, C: R. Cabe. and Robert Carpenter. Cartoogechaye : Dan Sweat man, Charlie Dills, and Gordon Dills. Nantahala No. 1: Bas Bald win, Grady Ray, and Delias Rowland. Nantahala No. 2: J. R. Shields, T. T. Love, and Weimer Cochran. Burningtown: Will R. Roland, Harley Carnes, and E. R. Hug gins. Cowee: Will Rickman, Frank Gibson, and Gaston Dean. Franklin: George McGee, Jim Palmer, and George Reece. Funeral For Leon T. Sloan Held At Iotla Church Funeral services for Leon T. Sloan, who died Wednesday night of last week at his home in the Iotla community, were held at the Iotla Methodist church, of which he was a member, Fri day afternoon at 3 o'clock. In terment was in the church cemetery. ' The Rev. D. P. Grant, pastor of the Franklin circuit, con ducted the services. The pall bearers, all nephews, were W. W. Sloan, R. S. Jones, W. N. Sloan, H. T. Sloan, Gilmer L. Crawford, and Weimar Jones. Mr. Sloan is survived by his widow, the former Miss Ethel Weaver; one daughter, Miss Irene Sloan; three sons, Thom i as, John W., and Robert; two 1 sisters, Mrs. George A. Jones ? and Mrs. Lee Crawford; and one grandchild. Candidates Have Until Saturday At 6 P. M. To Take Action With the filing for state of fices already over, and with the deadline for filing for the gen eral assembly and for county offices close at hand, the gen eral outlines of the political pic ture this week began to stand out. Democratic voters of Macon County, when they go to the polls in the May 25 primary, will cast their ballots td select the party's nominees for a rep resentative in congress, a solic itor, a state senator, a repre sentative in the general as sembly, and 13 county officials. (The Republicans, in selecting their nominees for the fall gen eral election, usually act in con vention.! The county offices to be filled, in addition to representative, are sheriff, clerk of superior court, register of deeds, chair man of the board of county commissioners, two members oi the board of commissioners, coroner, surveyor and five mem bers of the county board of education. All are for four-year terms except representative, surveyor, and members of the board of education, all of whom are named for. two years. With the deadline for filing only two days away, no candi dates have announced for the five-member board of education or for the office of coroner. For each of three other coun ty offices, there is only one candidate so far in the field. Under the law, the Democrats, in the primary, nominate mem bers of the board of education, and the legislature appoints the board ? usually the persons nom inated in the primary. The filing for state offices has closed, so that the voters know the candidates they have to choose from in those offices. In Congress Race In the race for congress, the Democratic voters in this and nine other counties will choose between Rep. Zebulon Weaver of Asheville and Monroe M. Redden of Hendersonville. The man successful in the primary will be- opposed in the fall elec tion by Guy M. Weaver, of Asheville, Republican. Three men seek the Demo cratic nomination for solicitor of the twentieth district, made up of Hawyood and all counties west. The candidates are Thad D. Bryson, Jr., of Franklin and Bryson City, Dan K. Moore, of Sylva, and W. Roy Francis, of Waynesville. John M. Queen, of Waynesville, is the retiring so licitor. Since no Republican has been nominated, the Democratic primary will decide the contest. Candidates for state senator, representative, and county of fices have two more days in which to file. Filing for these offices will close Saturday, April 13, at 6 p. m., J. J. Mann, chair man of the county board of elections, has announced. 3 Out For Senator Three now are In the primary race for state senator from this, the thirty-third, district. They are Mrs. G. W. Cover, of An drews; A. L. Penland, of Hayes ville, the incumbent; and Bax ter C. Jones, of Bryson City. Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Swain, and Macon counties make up the district. Three Democrats also are out for representative: R. A. Pat ton, J. M. Raby, and Herbert A. McGlamery. For sheriff, the Democrats, to date, have five men to choose from; L. B. < Shine i Phillips, Bill Brysoii, Paschal Norton, G. F. (Ferd) Burrell, and Fred C. Cab'e. J. P. Bradley, the Repub lican incumbent, has announced that he is a candidate for re nominatlon and election. Two Democrats seek the post of clerk of superior court, now held by A. R. Hlgdon. Repub lican. They are Gilmer L. Craw ford and J. C. Brookshlre. Unopposed Lake V. Shope, the Democrat Continued on P*fe Kifht?