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VOL. LXI? NO. 22
FKANKI.IN, N. C.. THl'RSDAY, MAY 30, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAH
McGlamery And Phillips Top Men
SEEKING GIFTS
TO BUY FOOD
FOR STARVING
Contributions Of Money
Or Home-Canned Food
Sought Here
A call to Macon County peo
ple for direct aid to the starv
ing of other lands was issued
this week by the Rev. A. Rufus
Morgan, recently appointed local
chairman of Emergency Food
Collection on behalf of UNRRA.
. Gifts of money and canned
foods are sought. Persons who
cannot contribute money are
asked to give of their stores of
food that has been home-can
ned (in tin). For those who can
give money, however, it is bet
ter to donate the cash than to
buy canned goods, since trans
portation is involved, Mr. Mor
gan explained.
No specific quota has been s^t
for the county, the amount
raised being left to the individ- i
ual consciences and hearts of
the people here, Mr. Morgan
said. t
Whilft no gift is too small, he
asked prospective donors to
make their contribution with the
realization that men, women,
and children overseas are liter
ally starving.
The production and conserva
tion of food, of course, is one
phase of the world battle
against hunger, since the food
must be produced and saved if
there is to be enough for over
seas relief. The Emergency
Food Collection is the second,
and direct, method of aiding
the millions without food.
J. Ward Long, of the Nanta
hala Power and Light company, ,
has been appointed treasurer of
the campaign, and it is request
ed that donations be mailed or
taken to him.
Mr. Morgan also has appoint
ed Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill and
Miss Marie Scott, home demon
stration agent and assistant
agent, respectively, as co-chair
men, to make collections in the
farming sections of the county.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
SO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
An antiquated code of ethics
shackles some of our doctors
so as to prevent their cards
being published in their local
pap^r
Do all the good you can for
your town; if you have no
money to put into its enter
prises, say a good word when
you can ? do not talk against
your own interests, if you do
people will think you are a fool.
COFFINS, plain, medium and
fine, all sizes, kept in stock, and
trimmings and ornaments al
ways on hand. Orders filled on
short notice by the Franklin
Furniture company.
News reached Franklin last
week that Mr. Wilbur Roane
had been found dead in his
wagon with his throat cut Wed
nesday night. Later reports
state that he was hot dead but
pretty badly carved up.
25 YEARS AGO
KYLE ? Lots of men are being
admitted to the bar these days.
But what's the use? The bar is
bone dry.
KYLE ? President Harding
came into office In the "old"
of the moon. This is a bad sign;
he will have to work hard to
overcome such an Inauspicious
start. In addition he was in
augurated on Friday. 0ee! We
are afraid he'll have to hustle.
10 YEARS AGO
Frank H. Hill, of Horse Cove,
member of the Macon county
board of education, who ha*
been 111 for several weeks, was
reported today to be recovering
at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. J. J. Norrls, In Atlant*.
Here's How Macon County Precincts Voted In Primary
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Monroe Redden ?
SOLICITOR
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| Dan K. Moore ?' ????
I W. Roy Francis .
I STATE SENATE
j A. L. Penland ..............
I Baxter C. Jones
REPRESENTATIVE
Herbert A. MpGlamery
Robert A. Patton , ? .4-1
James M. Raby .'. .'. .....
CLERK OF COCRT
Oilmer L. Crawford .'.
J. Clinton Brookshire
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Lake V. Shope
CORONOR
Lawrence Blaine
FOR SHERIFF
Bill Bryson v
C. Tom Bryson ., ....,% ....
Fred D. Cabe .-.
Paschal Norton '. r
L. B. Phillips
SURVEYOR
Johp H. Dalton J ^ : ?.
CHAIRMAN BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
W. E. Baldwin
MEMBER OF BOARD
John W. Roane
W. C. Sheffield
W. W. Edwards ....: ...
BOARD OF EDUCATION
C. Gordon Moore
Bob S. Sloan ,
Frank Browning _....
Harmon H. Gnuse :. !
Charles J. Anderson .; !
Walter Gibson ..:
Paul Ammons
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NOTE: The figures above are the official ones announced by the county board of elections, following its canvass of the
vote Tuesday. Since there were no contests for the nominations for register of deeds, chairman of the board of county com
missioners, coroner, and surveyor, the board declared the candidates for these offices the nominees without a court.
RAISE $734 FORi
WORK OFC. OF C.
72 New Memhers! Those
Not Approached Asked
To See Officials
Solicitation of funds to carry
on the work of the Franklin
Chamber of Commerce for the
next year so far has brought
in a total of $734, it was an
nounced this week by Frank B.
Duncan, chairman of the cham
ber's membership committee.
The directors feel that $1,500
should be raised, Mr. Duncan
added, to make it possible for
the organization to prosecute its
various activities effectively.
The chamber of commerce
advertises the community in
publications in various sections
of the country, seeks to interest
small industries in coming to
Franklin, maintains the tourist
information booth on Main
street during the summer
months, answers hundreds of
inquiries about Franklin and
Macon County, and handles
many other types of community
activity, It was pointed out.
What Name Implies
It is the one organization, in
(act, it was added, that is de
signed and equipped to serve
in the capacity its name im
plies ? as a commercial repre
sentative of the community.
So far, 72 business firms and
individuals In Franklin and the
county? and six outside the
county ? have taken 1946 mem
berships, but Mr. Duncan re
marked that members of his
committee undoubtedly have
overlooked a number of con
cerns and Individuals? both old
and new residents? who would
wish to become members.
Those who have not been ap
proached are asked to bring or
mail their membership checks to
Mr. Duncan or to T. W. Angel,
Jr., president, or to leave them
at the chamber of commerce
booth.
1946 Members
The members within the
Continued on fkfe Sight
Rain Here Since November 20 1
Totals 36 1-2 Billion Gallons
Pick Allison
As Agent To
Succeed Fagg
Don G. Allison has been ap
pointed assistant county agent
in Macon County, to fill the po
sition made vacant by the re
cent resignation of Thomas H.
Fagg, it was announced this
week.
Mr. Allison, who will take up
his duties here June 1, will be
In charge of the test demon
stration farm program in this
county.
A native of Clay county, he
has seerved as a county agent
and a vocational teacher since
his graduation from N. C. State
college.
He comes to Macon from
Cherokee county, where he has
been assistant county agent
since his discharge from the
armed forces.
New V. F. W. Po.t
To Hold Meeting
Evening Of June 7
The newly organized local
post of the Veterans of For
eign Wars will hold a regular
meeting June 7 at. 7j30 p. m.
over Glenn Ray's store, it has
been announced by Howard
Barnard, temporary commander.
The post, which already has
approximately SO members, has
received Its charter, and is
known as Macon County Memo
rial Post No. 7339.
Present members will be giv
en their pocket cards at the
meeting. All Macon County
overseas veterans are invited to
attend the meeting.
The Franklin Golf Course will
officially open for the season
June 1, It was announced this
week by Major J. F. Carmack,
owner and. operator of the
Franklin Lodge *nd Golf Course.
Extremely Wet Season
Marked By Yard-Deep
Precipitation
A lot of rain here during the
winter and spring?
"A lot" is putting it mildly!
While no official weather fig- 1
ures for previous seasons are
available for Macon County,
there is little doubt that it has
been one of the wettest seasons
in many years.
The official measurement of
the precipitation since Novem
ber 20 ? the beginning of winter
?shows a total rainfall to date
of about 36 inches. That, of
course, would be water a yard
deep all over Macon county.
The best idea of the amount
of rainfall, however, can be ob
tained by translating the fig
ures into cubic feet and gallons.
Guy L. Houk, official weather
observer here, figures that ap
proximately 3,783,000 tons of
water have fallen in the cor
porate limits of Franklin dur
ing the winter and fall. That,
in round figures, is 807,000.000
gallons.
The rain that has fallen in i
the county, he added, would
total 36 'A billion gallons. To
haul this amount of water in
tank cars of average size would
require a railroad train approxi
mately 55,000 mi|?s long ? that
is, twice the equatorial diam
eter of the earth.
Cullasaja Lodge Will
Open June 1 For Seaaon
Cullasaja Lodge, recently pur
chased by the Misses Dolly Van
Hise and Vera Atkins, both of
Atlanta, will open June 1 for
the season, they have announc
ed. Also connected with the
lodge is Sam Thompson, also of
Atlanta. The property was
bought from Charles Sond
helmer.
Of the 650,000 miles of sur
faced roads and streets In the
United 8tates, 800,000 miles are
covered with asphalt.
START CUTTING
OUT NOTED W
Steam Shovels Digging
New Route On
Way ah Road
Elimination of the historic
"W" on the Wayah road has
begun.
Relocation and reconstruction
of the road is now under way,
it was announced this week at
the headquarters here of the
Nantahala National forest.
That section of the road that
forms the lower part of the
"W" is to be replaced by a re
located road. Plans originally
were to locate the road on the
opposite side of the valley, but
it has been decided, instead, to
keep the road on the same side
of the mountain, but change it.
A shovel already is moving
dirt.
Every effort wilf be made, it
was said, to keep the road open
during the summer tourist sea
son, but it may be necessary,
from time to time, to close it
for intervals of a few days.
The present work is prelimin
ary to the construction of a
hard-surfaced road over the
mountain, to connect with a
state hard-surfaced road from
Andrews, it was explained.
Ramsey Will Be
Graduated June 4
From West Point
Albert L. Ramsey, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Ramsey,
of near Franklin, will be gradu
ated from the U. S. Military
academy at West Point June 4,
with a high rating.
Mr. Ramsey, who holds the
rank of cadet captain, stands
first in his class in military
tactics, and his general average
places him in 27th place in a
class of 866. His graduation day
falls the day before his 23rd
birthday.
He is a graduate of Franklin
High school and was graduated
in agriculture from N. C. State
college, where he majored in
i livestock.
J.C.BROOKSHIRE
WINS: EDWARDS.
ROANE CHOSEN
Gibson, Sloan Nominated
For New Members Of
Education Board
Herbert A. McGlamery was
top man in the three-way race
for representative arid L. B.
(Shine i Phillips led the field of
five? seeking the nomination for
sheriff, in last Saturday's Demo
cratic primary.
In what was generally con
sidered an upset, J. Clinton
Brookshire defeated Gilmer L.
Crawford, 1,282 to 1.110, for the
nomination for clerk of super
ior court.
John W. Roane and W. W.
Edwards, incumbent, won the
nominations for two places on
the board of county commis
sioners over W. C. Sheffield. The
vote was Roane, 1.652; Edwards.
1,340; and Sheffield, 925.
Gibson, Sloan Lead
Walter Gibson and Bob S.
Sloan, opposing present mem
bers of the county board of ed
ucation, led in the races for
five members of that board.
The others nominated are C.
Gordon Moore, present chair
man, Frank Browning and Ed
Byrd, present menjbers. The
vote stood; Gibson. 1,434; Sloan.
1,367; Moore, 1,347; Byrd, 1.226;
Browning, 1,206; Charles J. An
derson, present member, 966;
and Harmon H. Gnuse, 843.
Since neither Mr. McGlam
ery nor Mr. Phillips received a
majority, the second high man
in each race has a right to call
a second primary, and there
may be one to nominate a
candidate for sheriff.
Bryson Undecided
R. A. <Bob> Patton, who
stood second in the race for
representative, announced Tues
day, following the official can
vass of the vote by the county
board of elections, that he will
not ask for a' second primary,
but C. Tom Bryson, second man
in the voting for sheriff, said
he had reached no decision.
The law provides that the
second high man, in a race in
which the top man fails to re
ceive a majority, may obtain a
second primary by filing notice
within five days after he has
been notified of the result of
the official canvass.
The vote for sheriff stood:
Phillips, 775; C. Tom Bryson,
607; Paschal Norton, 521; Bill
Bryson, 316; and Fred D. Cabe,
230.
In the race for representative,
the vote was: McGlamery, 1,070;
Patton, 970; and J. M. Raby,
414.
2,499 Ballots Cast
Among the local races, that
for sheriff brought out the
largest vote. A total of 2.499
were cast in that contest.
Since W. E. (Oenei Baldwin,
for chairman of the board of
county commissioners, Lake V.
Shope, for register of deeds, V
Lawrence Blaine, for coroner, \
and John H. Dalton, for sur
veyor, were unopposed, the
board of elections declared them
the party's nominees without a
count of the votes they received.
The Democrats in this coun
ty gave majorities tj the win
ners in three district races ?
for congress, solicito;- and state
senator. Monroe M. Redden, who
carried every county in the con
gressional district except Bun
combe and Graham, to obtain
a majority of more than 9,000
over the veteran Rep. Zebulon
Weaver, carried Macon County
by a vote of 1,436 to 149.
Moore Carries County
Dan K. Moore, of Sylva, who
won the nomination for solicitor
of the 20th judicial district
over Thad D. Bryson, Jr., of
Franklin, and W. Roy Francis,
of Waynesville, received 1,339
votes in this county. Bryson re
ceived 901 votes and Francis
175.
This county's Democrats gave
Baxter C. Jones, of Bryson
City, winner of the race for
state senator from the 33rd dis
trict, 1,563, as compared with
I 634 for A. L. Penland, of Hayes
I vllle, the Incumbent.