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VOL. LXI? NO. 29
FRANKLIN. N t THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1946
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DEBT SERVICE
TAKES HALF OF
TOWN'S BUDGET
Only One-Third Of Total
T o i Be Raised By
Property Tax
The Town of Franklin during
the coming year will spend al
most equal amounts on operat
ing expenses and debt service,
the 1946-47 budget adopted by
the board of aldermen at its
last meeting reveals.
The detailed budget was made
public by town officials this
week.
The budget for the fiscal year
that started July 1 provides for
Expenditures totaling $24,722.50
for debt service, and $25,475 for
operating expenses.
The latter figure is divided as
follows :
Estimated general fund ex
penditures, $6,180; police de
partment, $5,300; fire depart
ment, $1,575; water department,
$6,050; and street department,
$6,370.
Of the amount to be raised to
meet these expenditures, only
$16,196.59 ? or approximately
one-third of the $50,197.50 ? will
come from taxes.
Other estimated receipts in
clude $19,240 from Nantahala
Power and Light Company bonds
and interest; $9,500 from water
rents; $2,500 from uncollected
1945 taxes; and small amounts
frojn privilege taxes and fees,
mayor's costs and fees, and
cash on hand and in banks as
of July 1.
The tax levy of $1.15 on the
? Continued On Page Four
School, Burrell
Winners Of Monday
Softball Clashes
The Franklin school and Bur
roll Motor company were the
winners in Monday night's soft
ball games. The school defeated
Highlands Briar, and the Burrell
team won over the Nantahala
Power & Light company aggre
gation.
In last Thursday evening's
games, the Power company de
feated Highlands Briar, and the
Burrell company won over the
school.
Mrs. T. W. Porter, Sr., who
has been ill for the past 10
days, is improving.
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
There were about 25 candi
dates before County Examiner
Pendergrass Monday and yester
day being examined for license
to teach in the public schools.
A party consisting of Lyle
Jones, Lewis Elias, Jean Bryson,
Jimmie Lyle and Mrs. J. M.
Lyle, Misses Laura Jones, Leona
Bryson, Mary and Bessie Gas
ton went to Sapphire Thursday
to attend the closing exercises
of Miss Laura Bryson's school
Friday.
25 YEARS AGO
ELLIJAY: We learn, too late,
that the report of Mr. Lee Dills'
marriage started from a jjoke,
and that he has not yet paid
that matrimonial debt which he
says all must pay.
SCROLL: Two automobiles
from Franklin were in our sec
tion last week. One came up
Bedford Branch after Miss Ros
etta Jones to go to her work at
Franklin, and the other was a
visitor to call on Mr. Ed Crisp.
10 YEARS AGO
Postmaster T. W. Porter has
announced that the Franklin
post office would close at 2 p. m
each Saturday afternoon in the
future, instead, of 1 p. m. as
previously announced. ,
Miss Elizabeth Slagle, presi
dent of the Young Democrats
of Macon county, has called a
meeting of the group for 3
o'clock Saturday afternoon in
the courthouse.
In a ceremony of simplicity
and charm, Miss Annie Dee
Leatherman, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Soloman Carl Leather
man, and Mr. Walton Ramsey
Smith were united in marriage
on Friday, July 3, at high noon
at the home of the bride's par
ent*, at WmV? Mill.
Highlands Tax
Rate is Again
Fixed At $1.5C
The board of aldermen of
the Town of Highlands has
set the Highlands tax rate
for the 1946-47 fiscal year at
$1.50 on the hundred dollars'
valuation, the same rate that
has been in effect for the
past two years.
The board adopted a budget
for the coming year totaling
$45,500.
Death Takes
Mrs. Rogers
At Home Here
Mrs. Roxie Guffey Rogers, 65,
died at the home of her son,
Charles M. Rogers, in West
Franklin, last Friday night at
11:10 o'clock, following an ill
ness of several months.
Funeral Services were held
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the Union Methodist cturch.
The Rev. V. N. Allen, pastor,
officiated, assisted by the Rev.
Charles E. Parker, pastor of the
Franklin Baptist church, and
the Rev. J. F. Marchman, of
Dillard, Ga., former Baptist
pastor here. Burial followed in
the church cemetery.
Mrs. Rogers, a life-long resi
dent of Macon county, was a
member of the Prentiss Baptist
church. She was the widow of
Robert Rogers, who died several
years ago.
The pallbearers were C. Gor
don Moore, E. W. Long, Hend
erson Calloway, Jack Gribble,
Ransome Ledford, Carey Cabe
and Ed Wallace.
Surviving are two daughters,
Miss Fannie Rogers, of Frank
lin, and Mrs. Hardin Gribble,
of Prentiss; two sons, Charles
M. Rogers, of Franklin, and
John Rogers, of Brevard; 12
grandchildren; a half-sister,
Mrs. Myrtle White, of Bryson
City, and a half-brother, Lee
Guffey, of Franklin.
The funeral arrangements
were under the direction of the
Bryant Funeral home.
Ferebee
Heads New Organization
For W. N. C. Region
Percy B. Ferebee, Andrews
business man and member of
the State Board of Conservation
and Development, was elected
chairman of the newly organiz
ed Western North Carolina
Communities, at a dinner meet
ing in Bryson City Wednesday
night. J
Charles Ray, of Waynesvilley,
was named vice-chairman, and
C. M. Douglas, of Brevard, sec
retary-treasurer.
' The 16 communities in this
region ? from Buncombe, Hend
erson, and Transylvania west ?
were represented by approxi
mately '50 persons, the delegates
of chambers of commerce or
civic clubs.
The group discussed in detail
for some three hours how the
organization can be n>os( ef
fective in uniting the region in
a common effort.
H. Lee Ouffey and Weimar
Jones attended from Franklin.
2- Week Revival To Open
On Sunday At Oak Grove
A two-week series of revival
services will begin Sunday at
the Oak Orove Baptist church,
It has been announced by the
Rev. O. E. Scruggs, pastor, The
services will start each evening
at 8 o'clock, and the preaching
will be by the Rev. A. P. Sprink
les, of West Asheville. The choir
| will be composed of singers
from the local community.
James Stewart Named
Night Policeman Here
James Stewart, of this coun
ty, has been appointed by the
board of aldermen as Frank
lin night policeman. He suc
ceeds H. C. Thompson, resign
ed. Mr. Stewart, some months
ago, served In the same capa
city.
HURT IN AUTO WRECK
Marlon Sanders, of Franklin,
Route 2, suffered a fracture of
the skull and a jaw fracture
In an automobile accident last
Friday. He was taken to Angel
clinic for treatment, and is now
able to be out. Mr. Sanders was
returning from Miami, Fla., at
the time of the wreck, which
occurred near Cornelia, Oa.
DISTRICT HEAD
OF ROTARY HERE
FOR CLUB MEET
Holt McPherson Speaks
On International
Relations
The Franklin Rotary club had
as its guest at Wednesday
night's meeting the Rotary dis
trict governor, Holt McPherson,
of Shelby.
Mr. McPherson, the chief
speaker at the dinner meeting,
held at the Franklin Terrace,
discussed international relation
ships and Rotary's youth serv
ice.
At 5:30 Wednesday afternoon
Mr. McPherson presided at a
| club assembly, made up of the
| chairmen of the club's various
committees, and discussed with
them their activities and plans
for the coming year.
Accompanying the district j
governor to Franklin were W. ;
A. McNeill, of Sylva, who for- |
merly was stationed in Frank
lin as an employe of the State
Highway commission, and Hr.
Blackley, of Shelby.
O. K. Angel
Hospital For
V A Treatment
V ?
The Angel hospital here is
one of 47 North Carolina hos
pitals that have been approved
by the Veterans administration
for treatment of veterans' serv
ice-connected disabilities, ac
cording to an announcement
made by E. B. Crawford, of
Chapel Hill, of the Hospital
Saving association.
Other hospitals approved in
Southwestern North Carolina
are the C. J. Harris Community
hospital in Sylva and the Hay
wood County hospital in Way
nesville.
The 47 approved are the first
North Carolina hospitals to
qualify, Mr. Crawford said, to
participate in the veterans
"home treatment program",
which is being administered on
a non-profit basis for the Vet
erans administration by the
Saving association. Other hos
pitals, however, are expected to ,
be approved.
North Carolina, the announce
ment pointed out, is second only j
to Michigan in adopting the
plan which permits veterans to
go to their own doctors for
treatment of service-connected
illness, and to enter hospitals in
their own communities when
facilities of the Veterans Ad
ministration are unavailable.
Plan Meeting
Of Wildlife
Group Friday
Ross O. Stevens, executive
secretary of the Wildlife Fed
eration of North Carolina, will
take part in a meeting of the
local federation, to be held at
the courthouse tomorrow (Fri
day) night at 8:30 o'clock, it
was announced this week by W
C. Burrell, head of the local
unit.
In making the announcement,
Mr. Burrell emphasized th.it all
hunters and fishermen, and all
others interested in the develop
ment of the -wfildlife resources
of this region, are invited to the
meeting.
Mr. Stevens is expected to out
line the program of the state
organization and discuss with
the local group the problems
and opportunities of the Frank
lin unit.
The federation, Mr. Burrell
explained, is interested not only
in the conservation of wildlife
and development of this state
as a hunters' and fishing cen
ter, but has a number of spe
cific objectives. It seeks a bet
ter distribution of fish from the
state hatcheries, for example, ;
and hopes to see the division of
game and inland fisheries set
up as a separate state agency.
The division now is a part <jf [
the Department of Conserva
tion and Development. It also j
seeks to eliminate politics from
control of the division, he added. I
Town Bond
Papers O.K.'d
By Attorneys
?The legal papers in connection
with the $120,000 Franklin bond
election have been approved by
the bond attorneys in New j
York, and are now in the' hands |
of the Local Government com
mission in Raleigh for approval,
town officials said this week.
Following approval by the
commission, that body will pro
ceed to make arrangegments for
the sale of the bonds.
The three bond issues were
approved by the town's voters |
by an average of approximately
27 to one in the special election.
It is proposed to issue bonds
totaling $70,000 for extension of
water mains and installation of
new fire hydrants; $30,000 for
resurfacing streets; and $20,000
for extending sewer lines.
Northeastern and Atlantic
states farmers report plantings
of the largest corn acreage in
many years this spring.
W. N. C. Is World Center
For Salamanders, Director
Of Highlands Museum Says
"A museum should not be
merely a static collection of life
less objects, but rather a dy
namic part of people's educa
tion in their living enviroment,"
Clifford H. Pope, director, de
clared in his talk at the High
lands Museum last Sunday.
"The Highlands region, and
all Western North Carolina, with
its unsurpassed flora and fauna,
provides unique opportunities in
study and exploration for ama
teur naturalist and professional
scientist alike, and the High
lands Museum is meant to be
a center for all those interested
in knowing the animals, rep
tiles, plants, trees, mushrooms,
and minerals of the region. It
can encourage individual stud
ies of special problems, as well
as become an outstanding local
museum in the country", Mr.
Pope said.
As an example of an indivi
dual project. Mr. Pope had 'on
display more than a dozen va
rieties of living salamanders
which he has collected in
Western North Carolina in the
past two weeks. Western North
Carolina is the world center for
these little animals, Mr. Pope
said. More varieties are found
here than anywhere else in the
world. Among those on display
were the red-legged salamand
en, found on Wayah Bald and
nowhere else in the world; also
the red-cheeked salamander,
i found only on Mt. LeConte, in
? the Smokies.
i In addition to the talk by
Mr. - Pope, the gueita at the
Museum were entertained by
young Whitney Pope, who gave
a demonstration with an In
dian Python, which he has
brought to Highlands as a pet
this summer.
Displays at the Museum in
cluded books by scientists as
sociated with the Highlands
Museum and Biological Labora
tory, among them: "The Ferns
of North Carolina", by Dr. H.
L. Blomquist; "The Boletus
Mushrooms of North Carolina",
by Dr. W. C. Coker; "The Sep
tobasidiums", by Dr. John N.
Couch; "Trees of the Southeast
ern States", by Drs. Coker and
Totten; and "Snakes Alive", by
Mr. Pope.
At the meeting Sunday, the
Museum Activities committee
for this summer was announc
ed: B. E. Fernow, chairman,
Miss Marguerite Ravenel, Clark
Foreman, Dr. Jessie Z. More
land, Mrs. O. E. Young, Mrs.
Elliot Caziarc, O. F. Summer,
Harry Holt, Mrs. George Saus
sey, Miss Rebecca Bridgers, Ray
mond A. Kline, Mrs. Clarence
Mitchell, and ' Dr. J. Manson
Valentine.
The program for the summer
will include the annual flower
show, the first week in August,
under the chairmanship of Mrs.
Caziarc; showings of wildlife
movies, in co-operation with the
Highlands Wildlife federation;
and various lectures. Mr. Pope
will be at the Museum daily to
consult with members and vis
itors on all aspects of nature
study.
The Weather
Thursday
Friday ...
Saturday
High Low Prec.
81 65
76 65 .21
86 66 .25
Sunday 86 65
Monday ... ... 85 62 .03
Tuesday 88 66
Wednesday 89 64
Mrs. Potts,
Of Cullasaja,
Dies, Aged 85
Mrs. Alice Potts, -85, died at
her home near the Cullasaja
post office Wednesday morning
at 4 o'clock, following an illness
I of several years.
Mrs. Potts, the daughter of
John and Cynthia Stewart, was
born in November, 1861, in
Jackson county. She was a
member of the Sugarfork Bap
tist church. She married John
Potts, and they had. celebrated
their 64th wedding anniversary.
Funeral services were held at
the John Stewart cemetery
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
with the Rev. William L. Sor
rells, pastor of the Sugarfork
Baptist church, officiating.
The pallbearers were Hayes
Stewart, Leonard Potts, Harley
Stewart) T. W. Reid, Nichols
Potts, Charlie Reid and Cahrlie
Moore, all nephews.
Surviving are her husband;
three sisters, Mrs. Ida Ashe, of
the state of Washington, Mrs.
Parker Moore, of Franklin,
Route 1, and Mrs. Waite Reid,
of Cashiers; and one brother,
Jack Stewart, of Cashiers.
Potts Funeral home were in
charge of the arrangements. '
Miss Clampitt Hurt
When Pinned Under
Overturned T ruck
Miss Arbustus Clampitt, is a
patient at Angel hospital, suf
fering from injuries received in
an automobile wteck Sunday.
Miss Clampitt was standing
in the bed of a pick-up truck,
driven by Sheridan Ledford, of
the Burningtown community,
when the truck overturned, and
she was pinned beneath it. Phy
sicians said she suffered mul
tiple fractures of the pelvis, and
is in a serious but not danger
ous condition.
The accident occurred in the
Moody Lane, near the Moody
farm. Miss Clampitt is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nor
man Clampitt, of Franklin,
Route 3.
Plan Benefit Dance
Saturday Night For
Highlands Museum
The trustees of the Highlands
Museum will sponsor a benefit
square dance in the Museum
building Saturday night, July 13,
starting at 8 o'clock, the pro
ceeds to go toward the purchase
of a miscroscope for the Mu
seum.
Plans for the dance were for
mulated at a trustees' meeting
held at the Museum Tuesday
morning.
Auxiliary Will Hold
Jcint Meat With Legion
Members of the American
Legion Auxiliary are invited to
meet with the American Legion
next Monday evening at 8
o'clock in the Legion hall on
West Main street. Any one elig
ible to join the Auxiliary and
who plans to do so is invited
to attend this meeting.
Highlands Boy Scouts
Are Sponsoring Shows
The Highlands Boy Scouts,
headed by the Rev. Jack B.
Davidson, scoutmaster, are
sponsoring the Williams South
ern shows at the ball park here
this week, and will use their
percentage of the proceeds to
finance transportation trips to
Scout courts of honor.
Immunization Clinic
Planned In Highlands
An immunization clinic will be
held at the Satula club room
in Highlands Monday, July IS,
at 1 o'clock. It has been an
nounced by Mrs. Alma K. Mc
Cracken, supervising nurse. All
types of vaccinations are offer
ed. and Highlands people are
urged to take advantage of this
clinic.
Removing corn suckers, a
common practice, is unneces
sary, plant scientists advise.
CROWD ENJOYS
EVENTS HELD
JULY FOURTH
List Of Prize Winners
In. Contests Is
Announced
Everybody, participants and
spectators, seemed to have a
I good time at last Thursday's
old-fashioned celebration of
i July Fourth, and officials of
ihe sponsoring organizations ?
the local posts of the American
Legion and the Veterans of For
j eign Wars-estimated that the
various events drew between
1,000 and 2,000 persons.
The day was fill], starting
with comic and serious contests
in the moring, and ending with
a street square dance in the
evening.
The parade scheduled as the
opening event was canceled, and
the day's program got under
way with the contests, held on
the western part of Main
Street's business district.
Prize Winners
Among the prize winners
were: ? '
Jimmy Whittington, climbing
the greased pole. The prize, a
watch, was contributed by the
Franklir) Hardware Company.
Bicycle Races: ?
Boy under 15 years of age,
first prize, Frank Henry, III:
second prize, John Alsup, II.
Slow races, George Phillips,
first, and Joe Freeman, second.
Prizes contributed by M. Blu
menthal and Dixie store.
Foot races
Boy under 12, Joe Warden,
first prizze winner, and Dan
Angel, second. Prizes contributed
by S. & L. 5 & 10c and Western
Auto Associate stores.
Girls under 16, Misses Bra
dley and Lelia Jo Gailey,, first
and second winners, respective
ly, of prizes given by Crisp's
studio and Jo's Beauty Shop.
Wins Men's Race
Men and boys, 12 to 30, E.
W. Huffman, first prize win
ners. The Refreshment Shop
and Baldwin and Liner market
contributed the prizes for this
event.
Children under six, Willard
Brown, first prize winner, and
Eric Hearn, second. Bryant
Furniture company and Nanta
hala Power and Light company
gave the prizes.
Woman present with the
largest number of children
under 12, Mrs. Beulon Peek, of
Cowee, whose five youngsters
entitled her to the prize given
by the Macon County Furniture
company.
Hopping contest, for boys und
er 15, Jack Custer, winner.
Baldwin and Liner market do
nated the prize.
Fat Ladies' Race
Fat Ladies' race, Mrs. Madge
Crouch, of Shreveport, La., win
ner of the prize given by
Dowdle Wholesale company.
Fat Man's race (200 pounds
and over i, Leo Hurst, of West's
Mill, winner of the prize donat
ed by Sanders' store.
Race for women and girls
under 150 pounds, Miss Caro
line Crawford. Prize given by
Stewart Electrical Appliance
store.
Wheelbarrow race: Joe Ward
en, first prize, and Jack Custer,
second prize donated by Slack
Franklin Parts company, Dun
can Motor company, and Macon
theatre.
Catches Greased Pig
At the double-header baseball
game in the afternoon, Bobby
Cochrane caught and held the
greased pig, and thus became
its owner.
In the first game, the Frank
lin Negro team defeated a Negro
team from Murphy. In the sec
ond, the local Negro team won
over a Franklin white team.
A musical program was an
other afternoon feature, and the
courthouse was packed for that
event. "Rusty" Waldroop, ' fid- <
dler, his sisters, Misses Cather
ine and Ethel Waldroop, guitar
players and vocalists, their cou
sin, Lloyd Waldroop, all of the
Cartoogechaye community, and
David sanders, guitar player and
singer, were the chief perform
ers in a hillbilly show that
pleased the crowd.
A fiddlers' contest had been
planned, but since no contest
was held, the prize money was
divided between the perform
ers.
Yet another attraction on the
day's program was an air show
at the airport here.
No admission charge was
made for any of the event*.