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VOL. LXI? NO. 29
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, M'LY 18, 1946
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$2.00 PER YEAR
44% OF MACON
TAX DOLLAR
GOES FOR DEBT
Budget Shows Oparating
Costs For Year Set
At $69,710
Approximately 44 per cent of
the Mucon County taxpayer's
dollars in the 1946-47 tax year
will go lor debt service, and 56
per cent for operating expenses,
examination of the county
budget for the year reveals.
The county is levying ?5 cents
ta raise $44,383 for county-wide
debt service, and 5 cents to
raise $4,931 for school debt serv
ice. The Franklin township debt
service ? a levy of 30 cents to
raise $7,881 ? is in addition to
the county-wide figures.
The appropriations for oper
? ating expenses total $69,710.
The largest single depart
mental expenditure is for wel
fait-social security. The total
expenditure for this is $19,830,
of which the county's part is
$13,685. Of the larger total of
$19,830, $8,775 goes for old-age
assistance.
Outside that' department, the
largest single item of expense
Is $2,500, appropriated for tax
listing and audit.
The general fund appropria
tionA? for general government,
county accountant, courthouse,
register of deeds, sheriff, farm
demonstration, home demon
stration, library, fire preven
tion, and veteran's service of
fice?total $20,851.
The special funds' appropria
tions are:
Pauper, $2,440; courts, $2,490;
jail, $1,100; health, $2,350; wel
fare-social security, $13,685
(county's part); and schools,
$26,794. Of the total for schools,
$12,000 is for current expenses,
and $14,794 for capital outlay.
The detailed budget appears
on page 4 of this issue of The
Press.
Cherrystone clams are said to
derive their name from Ctierl- ,
ton, Va. |
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The younger members of
Franklin's upper ten enjoyed a
party at Mrs. Crawford's Friday
night.
Mr. George S. Patton told us
Saturday of seeing on Upper
Nantahala a few days ago,
some boards split out of timber
ten feet long and ten inches
wide. The tree from which they
were made was a fine one.
Cartoogechaye creek is said
to have been higher last week
than at any time within the
last forty years.
25 YEARS AGO
Little Coweta ? Messers Lone
Thomas, Ben Carpenter and
Cornell Anderson took their
wagons and went berry picking
Friday. There were about 20 in
all picking In one field. Now
you can guess how the berries
were gathered? slow or fast.
Franklin ? One of our citizens,
being asked by a drummer as
to tlie real population of Frank
lin, meekly replied without
blinking an eye: "Oh, I don't
know exactly; you'll have to
count them at train time, when
they are all in a bunch."
Aft?r all there is a bond of
^sympathy between doctors and
editors. The one doesn't care to
take his own medicine, while
the other seldom follows his
own advice.
10 YEARS AGO
Badger A. Justice, 49, an em
ployee of the W. M. Ritter Lum
ber company at Rainbow
Springs, was Instantly killed
about 3 o'clock Wednesday aft
ernoon when struck by a tree
he was felling. The tree fell
across the upper part of his
body, breaking his neck and
crushing his shoulders.
George B. Patton, mayor of
Franklin, was elected president
of the Young Democratic club
of Macon county at a reorga
nization meeting in the court
house Saturday afternoon. He
succeeds Miss Elizabeth Slagle,
who has served as president of
the club tor the put two yean.
Will Spend $i2,400 On 16
Recreational Units In Forest
Congress has just < allotted
$12,400 for the restoration and
protection of recreation units
In the Nantahala National for
est, C. G. (Clint i Johnson, rec
reational planner for the. Ap
palachian area, announced this
week upon his return here from
a conference at regional forest
headquarters in Atlanta.
Most of the 16 Nantahala rec
reation units are situated, in
Macon County.
In a normal year, Mr. John
son said, approximately 250,000
persons visit these recreation
areas, and congress has allotted
funds to put units in this and
other national forests in good
condition, following the neglect
unavoidable during the war
years.
The work to be done will in
clude the building of more con
crete outdoor tables; construc- |
tion of new, smaller fireplaces,
designed to burn less wood, at
each of the units; renovation
and staining of all buildings,
with all toilets cleaned up; and
creation of woodlots at each
unit, with wood ready cut for
visitors.
Approximately $3,000 was
spent in June, Mr. Johnson
pointed out, at Arrowood and
Cliffside, and additional work
will be done at those points,
including the construction of
"
1,000 Expected
At Federation
Picnic Saturday
Preparations are being made
for an attendance of more
than 1,000 persons at the
annual IVfecon County Farm
ers Federation picnic at the
Franklin High school Satur
day, Harry Thomas, local
manager, said this week.
James, G. K. McClure, pres
ident, will- be master of cere- -
monies and chief speaker.
The program, which will
include music by the Feder
ation string band and local
groups, athletic events, stunts,
and talks, will get under way
at 10 a. m. and continue
through the day.
A picnic lunch will be held
at noon, and a lunch counter
will be operated for the con
venience of those who wish
to buy lunch.
Will Install
New Minister
Sunday Night
The Rev. B. Hoyt Evans will
be formally installed as the new
pastor of the Franklin Presby
terian church at services at the
church Sunday evening at 8
o'clock.
The installation sermon will
be preached by the Rev. H. B.
Dendy, pastor of the Weaverville
Presbyterian Church, in which
Mr. Evans grew up. He was or
dained to the ministry at a
service in that church Sunday,
July 7.
The formal installation will bn
by a commission appointed by I
the Asheville Presbytery.
Mr. Evans, succeeds Dr.
C. R. McCubbins, who resigned
several months ago because of
ill health.
For the present, Mr. Evans
will live at Riverside inn.
Highlands
Theater To Present Play
Monday And Tuesday
The Initial play of the 1946
season of the Highlands Com
munity theater will be present
ed at the Highlands Museum
Monday evening at 8:30 o'clock.
It will be repeated the following
evening at the same hour.
The production is 'Kiss and
Tell", which had a long run on
Broadway and more recently
was put on the screen with
Shirley Temple in the leading
role.
Joel O. Adams, who was re
cently. burned in the fire that
destroyed Mrs. Ben McCollum's
home several weeks ago. Is re
covering, and hopes to return
to his work as bookkeeper at
the Zlckgraf Hardwood company
the last of this week. Mr. Adams,
who had been in Asheville since
his discharge from the hospital,
returned to Franklin Tuesday.
more tables.
Provision also is made in the
allotment for caretakers for the
units and lifeguards at the
swimming pools, and it is pro
posed to employ men for these
purposes this season, if they
can be found. Lifeguards will
be employed for holidays and
week-ends only, and detailed in
formation can be obtained from
the Nantahala headquarters
here. Each caretaker will as
sume responsibility for two or
more adjacent units, and for
this work it is" proposed to em
ploy members of the forest's
part-time fire force.
For similar work on the Pls
gah forest, congress has allot
ted $19,000.
Pointing out that the public
is invited and urged to use
these recreation units, Mr. John
son voiced the hope that all
visitors will leave a recreation
spot clean and neat ? "the way
they would want it to be when
they came back to it".
The 16 units in the Nanta
hala forests are those at Ar
rowood, Wayah Crest, Wayah
Bald, Cliffside, Vanhook, Dry
Falls, Amnions Campground,
Deep Gap, Burningtown Gap,
Wesser Creek, Snow Bird, White
Pine, Joyce Kilmer Memorial
forest, George Dell, Shooting
Creek Vista, and Persimmon
Creek.
WILDLIFE CLUP
ORGANIZED HERE
Blaine Heads New Group;
28 Persons Join At
Initial Meeting
The Macon County Wildlife
club was organized with W. J.
Blaine as president, at a meet
ing held at the courthouse last
Friday night.
J. J. Mann was chosen vice
president, and T. W. Angel, Jr.,
secretary-treasurer.
Each of the 28 persons present
at the meeting became a mem
ber.
Officials pointed out that, in
adopting the name, the aim was
to make the club community
wide, rather than merely a town
organization, and they emphas
ized that farmers are urged and
invited to join. Dues for farm
ersare fixed at $1 a year; for
others, the annual dues are $2.
A desire to cooperate with the
Highlands club also was stress
ed. The organization there, it
was pointed out, though it is
only about two months old, now
has approximately 75 members.
Ross O. Stevens, executive
vice-president of the N. C. Wild
life Federation, Inc., the chief
speaker, outlined the four major
points in the federation's pro
gram:
1. Sponsorship of a bill be
fore the next general assembly
to put wildlife restoration in the
hands of a nine-man commis
sion of trained, full-time men,
with staggered terms, indepen
dent of the Department of Con
servation and Development,
which now has responsibility for
game and fish protection and
restoration. Each of the nine
commissioners would represent
a district.
2. An educational program, to
be carried on through such or
ganizations as the Boy Scouts,
4-H clubs, police departments,
Continued on Page Eight ?
MACON SCHOOLS
SCHEDULED TO
OPEN AUGUST 29
Enrollment Of Mere Than
4,000 Exp-scted In
25 Schools
August 29 is the date set for
the opening of Macon County's
public schools for the 1946-47
year.
Guy L. Houk, county superin
tendent, announced this week
that the 25 schools in the
county will open on that date,
unless something uriforseen
should occur ta cause a delay.
The date just six weeks from ,
today ? falls on a Thursday, and
Mr. Houk explained that Thurs- ,
day and Friday of that week
will be devoted to organization
of classes, classification of stu- |
dents, and issuing of text j
books, so that regular class- 1
room work can get under way
the following Monday.
With the opening of the I
schools, approximately 4,000 J
students will resume their stud
ies.
The enrollment last yea:
totaled 3,916 ? 3.456 in the ele
mentary grades, and 470 in the
high schools. The latter figure,
however, is expected to be con
siderably greater this year, since
this will be the first school ses
sion in four years with four
classes in high school.
Four years ago an additional
grade was placed on top of the
elementary school, providing
eight instead of seven elemen
tary grades, and this will be the i
first year that the schools will j
have students in the twelfth j
grade.
Dr. F. Angel
Fined In Old
2 Wives Case
In a case that originated six
years ago, Dr. Furman Angel,
Franklin physician, plead guilty
in Haywood superior court Wed
nesday to charges of fornica
tion and adultery and was giv
en a two-year suspended sen
| tence and fined $1,000.
Judge Felix E. Alley,, presid
! ing, also ordered him imme
diately to institute court ac- ;
tion to have an attempted mar
riage to Burr Messer, of Hay
5 wood county, annulled.
Judge Alley ordered an entry
! of prayer for judgment con
tinued on charges of bigamy,
prostitution, and maintaining a
! house of prostitution.
The indictments were return
ed to the July, 1940, term of
Haywood superior court, after
| Dr. Angel and Miss Messer al
legedly were married in South
Carolina, while Dr. Angel had
a wife living here. They were
later nol prossed, according to
a dispatch from Waynesville,
because both Dr. Angel and Miss
Messer were, out of the state.
When the former returned to
North Carolina, they were re
newed. Miss Messer is said to
be living in Kentucky.
Judge Alley suspended the
two-year sentence on condition
that Dr. Angel have no asso
ciation with Miss Messer, In this
or any other state.
The city of New York oper
; ates 522 public tennis courts, 155
1 baseball diamonds and 249 soft
| ball fields.
Macon Scenes Will Appear
In Color Motion Picture
Motion pictures in color of a
number of scenes in Macon
County will be included in a
film now being produced by the
U. S. Forest service for national
distribution.
Carl S. Clancy, motion picture
director of the Forest service,
and Cameraman Roy Dale San
ders have just been on the
Nantahala National forest mak
ing shots of waterfalls between
Franklin and Highlands, log
ging operations, road construc
tion on Wayah Bald, and a
number of scenes in the Co
weeta Experiment station -for
ests.
Mr. Sanders, who recently re
joined the Forest service after
duty with the armed forces,
was chief photographic officer
on the famed Aircraft Carrier,
Hornet.
The movie, to be entitled "The
Water of Life", will show the re
lation of forest watersheds to
the national economy, and
point out the importance of the
public's cooperation in the pres
ervation of the country's water
sheds, with emphasis on the
ideas that the forests should
not be cut clean and that for
est fires must be prevented.
The picture, which will re
quire about a year to complete,
will be available to clubs,
schools, churches, and other
groups. The film will be 16 mm.
kodochrome, in color.
From Franklin, Mr. Clancy
and Mrs. Sanders went to Denver,
Colo!, and then will go on to
the Pacific Northwest to con
tinue with the filming of the
movie.
Setse . s lvcsert
Their Home, And
Here's Reason
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Setser
of Franklin, Koute 2, hav?
temporarily deserted theii
home. And here's why:
Tuesday morning of last
week, when they entered tht
first floor bedroom to see il
their month-old baby wa>
awake, they, found a black
snake, said to have been
about four feet long, lying or
the flour, directly beneath
the infant's basket. They
killed the snake.
Then Wednesday morning
when Mrs. Setser opened a
chest drawer in which the
baby's clothes were kept, a
spreading adder, coiled in the
drawer, struck at her and
missed.
That day the Setsers mov
ed to the home of Mrs. Set
ser's mother, Mrs. Pink Greg
ory, where they will remain
until they can have the house
gone over and made snake
proof, and weeds about the
place cut,
COURTHOUSE
FUND SOUGHT
Commissioners Will File
Application For U. S.
Planning Money
The board of county commis
sioners, at a meeting Monday,
voted to file application with
the federal government for
funds for the preparation of
plans for a new courthouse.
Funds for such a purpose, it
was explained, may be obtain
ed from the Bureau of Com
munity Facilities of the Federal
Works Agency, with the under
standing that the money pro
vided by the government shall
be in the nature of a grant, if
the building for which plans
are drawn is not erected. In the
event it is erected, the money
obtained is a loan, to be repaid
without interest.
In view of that situation, the
commissioners decided it would j
be wise to obtain the neces- j
sary funds to have plans for a
new courthouse drawn, so that ,
they will be available when it
is decided to erect a courthouse.
If and when it is decided to
build a courthouse, it was
pointed out, it will be necessary
to have plans drawn; and, if
no courthouse is built, the coun
ty will be out nothing.
Chairman W. E. (Gene) Bald
win was authorized by the oth
er two commissioners to sign
and forward the application,
when it has been drawn.
Siler Reunion
I c Be Held August 1 At
'Dixie Hall'
The 94th annual reunion of
the Siler family this year will
be held at "Dixie Hall", the old
Robinson home on uptown.
Main street. Miss Hope Daniels
and her brother, James Robin
son Daniels, both of New York,
will be hostess and host.
The meeting, always held the
first Thursday in August, will
fall on August 1.
At last year's meeting, the
family accepted the invitation
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Slagle
to meet with them in 1946, but
Mr. and Mrs. Slagle have ac
ceded to the request of the Dan
iels to let them have it this
year.
Dr. Yemm Joins
Angel Clinic's
Medical Staff
Dr. Warren Yemm has report
ed for duty at the Angel clinic,
on the staff of Dr. Furman
Angel.
Dr. Yemm, a licentiate of the
American Board of Surgery, is
a specialist in gastric surgery.
He comes to Franklin from the
Mayo Clinic.
Mooney Heads
Sunday School
C. J. Mooney was elected
superintendent of the Sunday
school of the Franklin Presby
terian church by the Sunday
school last Sunday morning.
John B. Ray was reelected
assistant superintendent.
Mr. Mooney succeeds T. H.
| Fagg, who resigned, explaining
tha^ his business duties make
j It Impossible for him to con
| tlnue In the superintendent's
post. -
N. CRUNKLETON
FATALLY HURT
IN AUTO MISHAP
Ted V. Cabe, Driver ,Of
Auto, Held After
Accident
Newton Crunkleton, 27-year
old veteran of World War 2, is
dead as a result of an automo
bile accident Wednesday at the
Thomas curve of the Highlands
road, just beyond the airport,
and Ted V. Cabe, of Franklin,
Route 4, also a veteran, the
driver of the car which struck
Mr. Krunkleton, is held in jail.
Authorities said he will be
charged with manslaughter.
Mr. Crunkleton, whose leg was
severed below the knee, also
suffered a fractured skull, a
fracture of the left arm, and
NO INSURANCE
Newton Crunkleton left a
widow and two small chil
dran ? and no insurance.
Learning the circumstan
ces, a group of Macon
County veterans yesterday
started collecting funds (or
his family. Donations will
be welcomed from the gen
eral public, as well as war
veterans.
Contributions may be
made at Ray Grocery amd
Feed store, at the Franklin
Hardware company, Swaf
ford's market, or to Bob S.
Sloan. Other collection
points will be announced
later.
a crushed chest, physicians at
Angel hospital said. ?
He died at 10:30 Wednesday
night, about 11 hours after the
accident.
Turns Over Twice
Officers who investigated said
it was approximately 120 feet
from the point where Mr. Cabe
applied his car brakes and the
point where the automobile,
after turning over twice, stopp
ed, upside down. Mr. Crunkle
ton, either knocked or dragged
by the car, lay beyond the point
where the automobile stopped.
Mr. Cabe said that, as he ap
proached in the sharp curve
just beyond the airport, he ap
plied his .brakes, they locked
on the right side, and it was
impossible foe him to stop the
car.
He was placed in jail, and
probably will be given a pre
limary hearing sometime Friday.
Walking Off Pavement
Mr. Crunkleton was walking
south on the right hand side
of the highway, off the pave
ment. The automobile was go
ing in the same direction.
In the car, in addition to the
driver, were Bob Gillespie, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Gillespie,
Bernard Womach, son of Otto
Womack, and Jim Burch, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burch,
all of Franklin. Gillespie, who
recently had been discharged
from the armed forces after
long treatment in a hospital
Continued on Page Eight ?
Mercury Hits
90 3 Times In
Unusual Week
Franklin during the past
seven days experienced one of
the hottest weeks in the re
collection of older residents.
Twice ? on July 13 aud 15 ? the
temperature soured to 90, an
unusual mark in the mountains,
and on the eleventh it reached
91, the reports of Obsesver Guy
L. Houk show. The average
high temperature for the week
was 87 3/7 degrees.
The nights, however, were
uniformly cool, with the low
temperatures for the seven days
averaging 65 3/7.
Striking a mean of the aver
age high and average low for
the week gives an average tem
perature, during what was an
unusually warm week here, of
only 76 3/7 degrees.
The weather data for the
| seven days follows :
Thursday 91 65 1.13
[Monday 90 65 1.39
' Tuesday 84 65
Wednesday 80 67 .07
* Trace
Total rainfall for July to date,
4.36 Inches.
High Low Prec.
Friday
I Saturday
Sunday
88 66 T*
90 65
89 65 .47