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VOL. LXI ? NO. 30
FKANKLIN, N. C., THl'RSDAY, Jl'LV 25, 1946
*2.00 PKK YEAR
PRESBYTERIAN
PASTOR HERE
IS INSTALLED
A ? h e v i 1 1 e Presbytery
Group Conducts
Service
The Rev. B. Hoyt Evans, re
cently called as pastor of the
Franklin Presbyterian church,
was formerly installed by a
commission l'ri>m the Asheville
Presbytery at a service last
Sunday night at the church.
Mr. Evans, who has just
been graduated from Princeton
Theological seminary, had been
ordained as a minister of the
Presbyterian church at a serv
ice In his home church, the
Weaverville Presbyterian, two
weeks earlier.
Members of the installing
commission were the Rev. R.
E. McClure, of Asheville, the
Presbytery's home mission exe
cutive secretary; the Rev. H.
B. Dendy, pastor of the Wea
verville church, in which Mr.
Evans grew up; Ben H. Evans,
father of the new pastor here;
the Rev. Jack B. Davidson,
pastor of the Highlands Presby
terian church; and Edward G.
Roberts, an elder of the West
Asheville Presbyterian church,
who is a cousin of Mr. Evans.
Mr. McClure presided at the
service and propounded to the
new minister the questions the
church requires to be answer
ed; Dr. Dendy preached the
sermon; Mr. Davidson delivered
the charge to the Ininister; and
Mr. Roberts charged the con
gregation.
It was announced that other
congregations here had cancel
ed their evening services for
the occasion, and the church
was filled, with many persons
seated in chairs in the aisles.
Out-of-town persons here for
the service, in adition to those
taking part in the installation
ceremony, were Mr. and Mrs.
lien H. Evans, the Rev. Hoyt
Evan's parents, and Mr. and
Mrs. R. E. Burton, also of
Weaverville.
Mr. Evans succeeds Dr. C. R.
McCubbins, who resigned sev
eral months ago on account of j
his health.
A recent patient at McGuire
Veterans administration hospit
al, Richmond, Va., was a 90-year
old former government contract
nurse who served in the Span
ish American war. |
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The katydids have opened
their annual concerts.
Mrs. S. H. Lyle Is enjoying a
visit from her mother, Mrs. Sta
ton, and her cousin, Miss Alice
Pender, of Tarboro, N. C., who
arrived last week to spend se
veral weeks.
The road between Franklin
and Dillsboro is in a miserable
condition, particularly on the
Jackson end, since the rains of
the last two or three weeks.
25 YEARS AGO
T. S. A. Kanaday, formerly
the chief of police of Franklin,
had a very serious and painful
accident last Monday, when his
hoi-se fell on him as he was rid
ing on Palmer street.
Mr. G. P. Hedden announces
the arrival of a baby boy at his
home. That Is about the eighth
one at George's. But the Hed
dens are Republicans. It seems
like the Republican party has
fallen from grace lately. Looks
like they have been weighed in
the balances and found wanting.
Anyway, we still hope for bet
ter days, and if they don't come
we are gone like the Tltantic.
10 YEARS AGO
Boise Hall ws elected com
mander of Macon County Post
No. 108 of the American Legion
at the post's regular meeting
Monday night.
Five prisoners who escapad
from the Macon county Jail Sat
urday night were Still at large
today.
Dog owners were warned this
week in circulars distributed at
the order of Mayor George B.
Patton to keep their dogs muz
zled If they are allowed to run
at large.
Josephus Daniels,
Noted Editor, To
Be Here Saturday
Josephus Daniels, editor
of 1 he 'News and Observer
and one-time <1913-1921) j
secretary of the navy, will
pay Franklin a visit Satur
day.
The widely known Ral,
cigh editor plans to come
here to see his brother, C.
C. Daniels, and Mrs. Dan
iels, of New York, who are
spending Che summer at
"Dixie Hall". He will be ac
companied by his son, Frank
Daniels, of the News and
Observer staff.
Also expected Saturday
probably arriving with Mr.
Daniels and his son- ? arc
Mrs. W. D. llobart, of San
Diego, Calif., the former
Miss Kate Robinson of
Franklin, and Miss Hope
Daniels and James R. Dan- )
ids, of New York.
EXPLAINS VETS
MEDICAL CARE
Service Connection Must |
Be Shewn Tc Obtain
Benefits
By BOB SLOAN
Veterans Service Officer
Numerous inquiries with ref
erence to medical care for dis
abled veterans have been re
ceived at the local veterans
service office and by the phy
sicians in this vicinity.
The Veterans administration
has made certain arrangements
with the North Carolina Hos
pital Savings association to en
able veterans to obtain both
in- and out-patient service from
their most convenient medical
faculties.
The following is quoted ver
batim from a lyilletin issued by
the Veterans administration:
"Veterans ^ requiring these
serviees may make application
through their doctor, through j
any officer of the North Caro- I
lina Veterans commission,
through contact officers of the
Veterans administration, or
through officers of the Hospital
Savings association. j
"Authorization by the Veter- |
ans administration is essential
to payment by the government i
and it must normally be pro
cured in advance."
To obtain benefits under this
program, it is essential that
the disability be service-con
nected.
In the following instances, a j
veteran is not entitled to bene
fits under the above plan:
Acute appendicitis, fractures
or injuries sustained since dis
charge, congenital deformities,
or any other acute injury or
disease.
He may, however, by present
ing his discharge at the near
est veterans' facility, obtain
there any treatment that is
deemed necessary.
Examples of disabilities for
which he may receive treat
ment locally are:
Reoccurrence of malaria, re
occurrence of ulcers ->f the
stomach, discharge from old
wounds, and tuberculosis.
? However, service connection
must be established in any of
the above named cases before
treatment will be authorized.
Dies Of Heart
Attack While On Trip
Through Smokies
Chester Huffman, of Shreve
port, La., brother-in-law of
Miss Daisy Caldwell, Macon
County home supervisor for the
Farm Security administration,
died of a heart attack last Fri
day afternoon while on a trip
through the Great Smoky
Mountains National park.
Mr. Huffman, who was strick
en about 1 p. m.t died within a
short time. He apparently had
been in good health.
He and Mrs. Huffman and
their son, King, came to Frank
lin last week for a visit to Miss
Caldwell, and Friday morning
the four left for the trip
through the Smolcles.
The body was taken to Mc
kenzie, Tenn., for funeral serv
ices and Interment.
Miss Caldwell, who lives at the
"Hall in the Pines", home of
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Porter, re
turned to Franklin Monday.
Patients In Veterans adminis
tration hospitals are tamght
photography, watch repairing,
and handicrafts as a means of
'speeding their recovery.
1.000 ATTEND
FEDERATION'S
ANNUAL PICNIC
More Pastures And Hay
Urged By Mendenhall,
Chief Speaker
More pastures and hay for
better milk and beef production
in Macon County were urged
by Sam W. Mendenhall, county
farm agent, in a talk before
the approrimately 1,000 persons
who attended the annual Farm
ers Federation picnic at the
Franklin school last Saturday.
Mr. Mendenhall, the chief
speaker, suggested that farmers
here grow more alfalfa and
ladino, and announced plans
for an alfalfa tour August 5 "to
show you farmers that alfalfa
can be , grown in this county".
TJje si^-hour program, start
ing at 10 a. m., included music,
games, and stunts, with a picnic
lunch at noon. Opening with
prayer by the Rev. D. P. Grant,
pastor of the Franklin Metho
dist circuit, it closed with sac
red music.
Words of welcome were voic
ed by Carl S. Slagle, Federation
director for this county, and
Harry Thomas and Eugene Friz
zell, manager and assistant
manager, respectively, of the
Federation here.
"Rusty" Waldroop's String
Band, consisting of Rusty and
Misses Catherine and Ethel
Waldroop and Van B. Higdon,
sang and played several times
during the day.
Other musicians heard includ
ed Robert L. and David Sanders,
and Bill Hastings, of Prentiss;
"Uncle Jim" Corbin and Sebe
Cope, veteran fiddlers; C. D.
Dewey, and Miss Mildred Corbin.
of Holly Springs; Herman Jones,
Whittier; Van Coggins, Glen
vllle; Helen and Miss Villia Mae
Dills, of Cartoogechaye, and
Jack Frady.
Musicians coming from Bun
combe county included Frank
and Corbert Reed, Cleo Owenby,
Frank Nanney, Mr. and Mrs.
Johnny Rhymer, Gaither Rob
inson, and Carole Steele. Rad
ford Harper, of Fairview, danc
ed. Miss Neil Ann Allen, Can
ton acrobat, danced, and Alex
Houston, Hendersonville ventri.l
oquist. performed with his dum
mies.
Choirs and quartets which
sang in the afternoon included
the Tellico Choir, led by Harley
Mason; the Tellico Junior Choir,
led by Miss Irene Collins; and
the Mountain Grove Quartet,
led by Fred Fox, which was
awarded a prize.
Max Roberts, educational di
rector of the Federation direct
ed athletic contests outdoors at
the lunch hour.
The athletic contest winners
were:
Foot race for boys 10, 11, and
12 years old; Roy Keener, Har
old Corbin, Billy Teague, Harley
Henderson, Herman Passmore,
and Everett Coggins.
Girls, 10, 11, and 12: Marilyn
Ruth Higdon. Nancy Lee Cabe.
Sue Bryson, Eugene Morgan, and
Luann Gibson.
Boys, 13-16: Grady Corbin,
Max Buchanan, Kenneth Mason,
Continual on Page Eight?
Community Theater Puts
On Fnished Performance
Undismayed by a series of I
difficulties, the Highlands Com
munity Theatre, in its first pro
duction since 1943, presented
"Kiss and Tell" last Monday
evening with an artistic touch
and a finish that might well
be envied by a professional cast.
The play was repeated Tuesday
evening.
First of all, the play was
given in a building ? the
Highlands Museum ? designed
for a museum, not a theater.
Then, shortly before time for
the Monday evening perform
ance, a transformer stopped
functioning and the building
and its environs were left in
darkness for a considerable
time. Finally, Just as the drama
got under way, rajn on the tin
roof threatened, for a time, to
make it lmpossllble for the aud
ience to hear the players' lines.
Perhaps it was the difficulty
In hearing that caused the audi
ence, during the first scene or
two, to appear cold. But Direc
tor W. James Reese had done a
superb Job, and before the per
formance was over the play was
being Interrupted by applause.
By the second act, the audi
ence appeared to have forget
ten IP wasn't witnessing a pro
fessional performance in a reg
ular theater, and by the last,
many of the spectactors had
forgotten it was a play at all.
so completely unself-conscious
were the actors.
How self-possessed they were
was illustrated when, t at the
opening of one scene," one of
the curtains caught and refus
ed to be drawn back. Fred C.
Allen, as "Dexter", mounted a
chair, unloosed the curtain, and
ad llbbed easily ? there was no
interruption of the play.
This reviewer tried repeatedly
to select one, then several, out
standing performers, but found
the task virtually impossible,
since no member of the cast
could be found unworthy of in- |
elusion in the special, mention.
In short, the play demonstrated
that the organization is ac
complishing what it set out to
do? create a COMMUNITY the
atre. ' ?
? W. 3.
Move Launched To^Buy,
Preserve Indian Mound
Special Venire
Being Summoned Here
For Murder Case
The sheriff's department this ] ;
week has been engaged in sum
moning a special venire of 50 ?
men from Macon County for ?
jury duty in Cherokee superior
court.
From the venire of 50, a jury
will be selected for the trial of
Dr. M. P. Wichard, charged with
murder.
The Macon men are being
summoned to report in Murphy
August 6.
New Officers
Installed By
Moose Lodge
Lester Arnold, the newly
elected governor of the local .
Moose Lodge No. 452, and other
officers were installed at a '
ceremony held at the Ameri- ]
can Legion hall Thursday night '
of last week.
The other officers officers of ,
the lodge are: Paschal Norton,
vice-governor; R. L. Poindexter, '
prelate; Lake V. Shope, secre
tary; Ted Blaine, treasurer; ,
and Jess Estes, trustee for a
three-year term, Ed Henry for i
two years, and George Stanfield, 1
for one year.
They were installed by J. J. '
Mann, retiring governor.
Plans were made at the
meeting for the lodge's annual '
toicnic at Cliffside, to be held ;
tit**, fourth Sunday in August
'August 25).
Final Rites
Are Held For
Harve Dowdle
Funeral services for Harve 1
Dowdle, 74, well known Macon i
County farmer, were held at the
Chapel Methodist church on :
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, ;
with the pastor, the Rev. D. P. i
Grant, officiating. Interment
followed in the Church ceme- :
tery.
Mr. Dowdle died at his home
in Clark's Chapel community :
Saturday morning at 6 o'clock, ;
following an illness of several :
weeks.
A lifelong resident of Macon :
county, he was born on March ;
4, 1872.
He married Mi.ss Laura :
McClure, who survives.
Mr. Dowdle was a member
of the Clark's Chapel Metho
dist church.
The pallbearers were Gordon
Ammons, Clarence Vanhook. ,
Harold McClure, J. M. Led
better, Fran>: Ammons and
Clifford Arrant,
Surviving, besides his widow,
are four children, Ned ,and J.
D. Dowdle, of Franklin, Route
Continued on Page Eight ?
The Weather
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Citizens Buy
Police Auto
For Franklin
Thanks to the generosity of
a large number of its citizens.
Franklin now has a fully
equipped police car.
The automobile, with equip
ment, cost $1,420, and all of it
was donated by citizens and
business firms, except lor about
$43 yet to be raised.
The car has been delivered,
title has been placed in the
name of the Town of Franklin,
and the local police already
are using the automobile for
patrol duty.
A two-door Ford, it isequi. pped
with special police spot lights,
a siren, a radio, heater, etc.
By virtue of having the auto
mobile, officials pointed out, it
will be possible for the officers
?especially the night police
man ? to g;ive much better police
protection to business property
situated at points outside the
main business distric.
Recognizing the need for the
:ar, Police Chief Homer Cochran
started soliciting funds a few
weeks ago, and found the re
sponse both ready and generous,
he said.
Miss McGuire's
Rites Held At Salem
Methodist Church
Funeral services for Miss
Mary McGuire, 47 were held at
the Salem Methodist church on
the Franklin-Highlands high
way, July 12, at 2 o'clock. The
Rev. D. P. Grant; pastor, of
ficiated, and interment follow
ed in the church cemetery.
Miss McGuire, daughter of
Mrs. Lelia and of the late
Thomas McGuire, was born in
the Cullasaja community, where
she had lived most of her life.
In the early part of this year
she and her mother went to
make their home with Mrs.
McGuire's sister, Mrs. Charlie
Stiles, Franklin, Route 2. She
was a member of the Salem.
Methodist church.
Miss McGuire died July 11,
following an illness of three
months, she had been in ill
health for the past year.
The pallbearers were Foster
Jarrett, Jack Gribble, Ransome
Ledford, Richard Howell, Ray
mond Jarrett and S. C. Wat
kins.
Surviving are her mother,
three aunts, Mrs. Charlie
Stiles, Mrs. W. S. Price, of
Highlands, and Mrs. J- W.
Smith, of Long Beach, Calif.,
and three uncles, S. C. Watkins,
of Pittsburgh, Pa., C. L. Wat- .
kins, of Long Beach, Calif., and
J. B. Watkins, of Highlands.
Bryant funeral directors were j
in charge of the arrangements. ,
Captures
Auto And Whiskey After
50-Minute Chase
After a 50-minute chase over 1
mountainous roads. Pritchard !
Smith, Jr., highway patrolman j
stationed here, Tuesday after
noon captured a 1940 Ford se
dan and the 65 gallons of non
tax paid whiskey it contained.
The three occupants of the
automobile escaped.
Mr. Smith met the car, he
said, on the Dillard-Highlands
road. Apparently recognizing the
patrolman, the driver left the
highway and headed up Pine
Mountain road, with the officer
following. The chase led all
around Rabun Bald and ended
eight miles north of Clayton,
Ga., Mr. Smith said, when the
men left the car and escaped.
The officer said he recognized
the driver as Jack Presnell, of
| Asheville, Route 2.
j The car and whiskey were
brought to Franklin.
Distinctive Landmark
Would Be Deeded
Proper Beard
A movement to preserve the
Nikwasi Mound, situated just
off Main street, near the depot,
was launced here this week.
The Mound, observed by all
visitors entering Franklin from
the east, is a distinguishing
physical characteristic ol Frank
lin. In addition, it has great
historical and traditional inter
est.
It is felt- that, unless some
steps are taken to preserve it,
someone may buy it and decide
to grade it down to make room
for a business building.
It is proposed that it be pur
chased by private subscription
PLAN ORGANIZATION
All persons interested in
the preservation of the Nik
wasi Mound here are invited
to meet in the office of Gil
mer A. Jones, in the Bank
of Franklin building, Mon
day night at 8 o'clock. At
that time an organization is
to be set up for the pur
chase of the property
through private subscrip
tion, sd that it may be
deeded to a proper commis
sion, and perpetually pre
served.
and deeded to a proper commis
sion or board of trustees, with
the proviso that it be perpetual
ly preserved.
The Mound stands on the site
of the Cherokee village of Nik
wasi. More than 400 years ago
the explorer, DeSoto, is said to
have passed near it.
Mentioned by the earliest ex
plorers of this region, it Is said
to be in the best state of pres
ervation of any Indian Mound
in the state.
The proposal was explained by
Gilmer A. Janes as follows:
"After negotating for a number
of years, during which period
the property changed hands, an
arrangement has been worked
out with the present owner, Mr.
W. Roy Carpenter, by which the
property may be acquired by t it"
public and preserved as a pre
petual monument to the Char
okee Indians.
"Mr. Carpenter, the present
owner, states that he is will
ing to deed the property to
the Town of Franklin or to
a proper commission or trust
eeship on the express condi
tion that the Mound be pre
served , and not exacavated or
explored.
"Mr. Carpenter states that he
has had a bona fide offer of
$S,000 for this property for
commercial purposes, but that
he will give the citizens the
opportunity of buying it at
just half that price, or $1,500.
The property offered by Mr
Carpenter includes the Mound
and 25 feet on either side of it.
He states that this offer, if not
accepted, will be withdrawn on
the first day of September of
this year. It is suggested that
an additional $500 be raised for
the purpose of putting the pro
per enclosure around the pro
perty.
"Since there is no provision
made for either the Town or
the County to purchase this
land from tax money, it will
have to be done by private sub
scription. Mr. J. C. Jacobs,
assistant cashier of the Bank
of Franklin, has been asked to
act as receiving agent to receive
any donations made for this
purpose until a definite organi
zation can be effected.
"Of course those who make
contributions will do so with the
understanding that such con
tributions will be refunded if
the land has not been acquired
on or before the first of Sep
tember."
Four Are Jailed Here
On Drunkennsss Charge
Dr. J. L. West, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Orindstaff, and Dave
Jones were arrested by local of
ficers Monday evening in their
automobile near the Georgia
road red light and placed In
jail on charges of drunkenness,
the sheriff's office reported.
They made bond in the early
hours of Tuesday morning. A
hearing was set for 11 a. m.
Thursday before Justice of the
Peace C. A. Setser, but at 1 p.
m. the defendants had not ap
peared.