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VOL. LXI? NO. 31
FRANKLIN. N. t\. THl'RSDAY, Al GI ST 1, 194U
$Z.M PER VEAK
HOTE IS SOLD
TO DR. F. ANGEL
ON $48J00 BID
Commercial Hostelry Is
Leased To Couple
From Toccoa
Dr. Furman Angel, who
bought the Hotel Hearn building
with a high bid of $48,000 at
last Thursday's auction sale of
the property, has leased the 44
room commercial hotel to Mr.
and Mrs. F. S. MacConnell, of
Toccoa, Ga., for a 10-year period,
he announced.
The purchase Included the
entire three-story brick struc
ture, which houses 'Perry's Drug
store, Swafford's market, and
the City Barber shop, as well
as the hotel itself.
The property was sold by Mr.
and Mrs. Walter W Hearn, who
purchased it earlier this year
from Mr and Mrs. K. F. Mon
tague, former operators of the
hotel. The deed was put on rec
ord Tuesday.
The new operators already
have arrived, and took over the
management on August 1. Mr.
and Mrs. MacConnell are owners
and operators of the Albemarle
hotel, In Toccoa. They will re
tain that hotel, It is understood,
but one or the other will be at
Franklin to manage the hostelry
nere.
No change in tenants, other
than the hotel management, is
contemplated, Dr. Angel said.
Mr. Hearn, who came here
shortly after his separation
from the armed forces, plans
to return to the Army. Mrs.
Hearn expects to remain in?
Franklin for the present.
In addition to the hotel,
three business lots in the rear
of the structure were auctioned,
with Harve Bryant making the
hteh bid of $3,855.
The sale was conducted by R.
A Patton, sales manager of the
Home Realty and Auction com
pany.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
A party of young boys went
to Nantahala fishing the latter
part of last week. They said
they caught 300, but we have
only their word for it.
Married Sunday morning,
August 2, at the residence of
Mr. David Jacobs, Mr. James E.
Myers to Miss Nannie Belle
Jacobs, Rev. E. Myers, officiat
ing.
A lot of town kids went into
Mr. R. L. Porter's melon patch
last week and made general
havoc of his young melons and
cantaloups. It is needless to say
that "Bob's" dander was raised.
25 YEARS AGO
For two Sundays the Rev. L.
B. Hayes has held his audiences
at the Franklin Methodist
chi'rch spellbound by his two
powerful, connected sermons.
AQUONE: Blackberries have
come and gone, but the scars
and scratches made by the de
fensive briars may yet be seen
on many hands. One woman,
finding blossoms, green and
ripe berries on the same briar,
predicted a heavy crop next
year.
SCROLL: We are having some
real corn growing weather here
now, but it is so bad on the
hay makers. But the hay crop
don't amount to much here any
way, so there is no kick com
ing.
10 YEARS AGO
Members of the Franklin
troop of Boy Scouts will leave
early Monday morning for a
two-weeks camping trip to be
held at Charleston, S. C. The
boys will be accompanied by
James Hauser and the Rev.
Frank Bloxham.
A tax rate of 75 cents on the
?100 valuation was voted for the
Town of Franklin at the month
ly meeting Monday night of the
town council. The levy is the
same as that of last year and
10 cents less than the 1943 rate.
Saturday, August 15. has been
set as the date for the Frank
lin Oarden club's annual flower
?how.
Nantahala Forest Leads
Entire South In Timber
Production During Year
The Nantahala National for
est led the entire Southern for
est in timber sold during the.
fiscal year July 1, 1945 through
June 30, 1946, forest officials
have announced.
The Nantahala, which has its
headquarters in Franklin, plac
ed 40 million board feet of na
tional forest timber under con
tract during the fiscal year. Of
this total, 14 million feet was
contracted during the last quar
ter.
And plans for the year which
started the first day of last
month call for a cutting pro
gram in the same proportion,
with emphasis on the removal
of chestnut, which Is now in a
state of rapid deterioration,
Nantahala officials said.
To illustrate the amount of
timber sold during the year, it
was pointed out that, had all
the 40 million board feet of
timber been made available for
construction of dwellings, a
total of 5,600 five-room houses
could have been built ? enough
to house thf people of a city
of 28,000.
Actually, of course, a consid
erable volume was converted in
to pulpwood for paper manu
Softball
Teams F rom Sylva Will
Play Here Friday
Two Franklin softbal) teams
meet from Sylva in a double
header game at the school here
Friday night at 7:30.
The Franklin Lions will play,
the Sylva Lions, and the Frank
lin players will clash with the
Sylva all-Stars.
This is a return engagement,
and- the Ft&nkUn aj layers will
seek vengeance for their double
defeat at the hands of the
Sylva teams in Sylva July 23.
The games are expected to
attract a large crowd of Frank
lin home folk and visitors.
Proceeds from the gate re
ceipts ? 15 cents and 25 cents ?
will be used toward the current
expenses of the Franklin soft
ball league, member teams from
which play twice weekly at the
school.
Oilers Lead
In Softball
LeagueHere
The oilers are the easy lead
ers, to date, among the eight
teams in the Franklin softball
league, compilation of the pre
sent percentages for the season
shows. The Lions club teams
stands In second place, despite
defeat at the hands of the Nan
tahala Power and Light com
pany Monday night.
In the other Monday even
ing game, the Rotary team won
from the school, while last
Thursday the Power company
defeated the Rotary and the
Lions won over the school.
Teams, games won and lost. |
and percentages, to date fol
lows:
The rateings to date follows:
Teams Won LOST % ,
Oilers 12 4 750 !
Lions 10 7 .588
School 9 7 .562
Legion 8 7 .533
Rotary 9 8 .529
Power Company 7 10 .411
Burrell 6 10 375
Briar 4 12 250
Many V e t r a n s
Raise Questions
About Education j
While Macon County veterans
of World War 2 bring a wide
variety of problems to the vet
erans service office, more cases
handled deal with education
than any other one thing, the
July monthly report of Bob S.
Sloan, veterans service officer
shows.
Mr. Sloan's report shows a |
total of 188 cases handled dur
ing the month. The ' total is I
broken down by subjects as fol- J
lows:
Education, 35; apprentice |
training, 20; employment, 27;
readjustment allowance. 16;
compensation and pensions, 6;
loans, 8; Insurance, 11; hospital- |
lzation, 27; burial benefits. 7;
and miscellaneous, 31. Most
of the miscellaneous questions
related to surplus property ap
plications, Mr. Sloan explained.
facture, and into specialized I
products, such as flooring, furn
iture stock and interior trim ?
all contributing toward solution
of the national problem of get
ting back to normal production.
The only Southern forests ap
proaching the Nantahala in
timber sold last year were tiie
Ouachita and the Texas, both
in the pine region, which pro
duces timber far faster than
this area. The Ouaehita figure
for the year was 30 million
board feet, and that for the
Texas was 27 million
The year's timber sales, of
course, provided labor for thou
sands of woods workers, loggers,
truckers, and sawmill operators
in this and adjoining counties.
In addition, the counties? Ma
con, Swain, Cherokee, Graham,
and Clay ? in which the Nanta
hala forest lies will reap a cash
benefit of $35,000.
Of this amount, $25,000 will
be prorated on an acreage per
centage to the five counties for
schools and roads. The remain
ing $10,000 wi.ll come back to
the Nantahala headquarters for
development of roads within
the forest.
Plan Trusts
For Cemetery
? Lots' Care
Plans have been worked out ''
bv the trustees of the
Cemetery association by *n'ch
owners of lots in the cemetery
may provide for perpetual care
of their lots by the deposit of
$100 per lot* it was announced
this week.
After the question of a per
petual care trust fund for
Franklin cemetery lot ?wn"s
was taken up with the Wacho
via Bank and Trust company, |
the cemetery association trus- i
tees adopted a resolution pro
viding. that any lot owner may
deposit $100 with the trustees
for each lot owned this amount
to be re-deposited with the
trust department of the Wach
ovia or of some other bank, and
neroetually invested, the pro
ceeds to be used for the per
petual maintenance of the- cem
eterv lots provided for.
It also was pointed out that,
in addition to amounts that
may be so deposited by indi
vidual lot owners, the associa
tion has on deposit in th
con County Building and Lo?
association $900, the proceeds o
which are used by the trustees
for the general care of
CeZT "plan under which the
Wachovia trust department
handles similar funds is set out
in a letter from C G. Plc?a?
vice-president and trust office,
which follows in part:
??We can quite readily handle
this fund for you, provided that
Continued on Page Eight?
Woman Shoots Self
At Rainbow Springs,
Is Recovering Here
Mrs. Fred Bowlin, 26, of Ram
bow Springs, formerly of Shoot
w Creek Clay county shot
herself through the 1eft s'^
der with a 20-gauge shotgun
Friday night at about 11 o clock,
it was reported by Pritcha'
Smith. Jr.. highway ^rolmwv
and J P. Bradley, sheriff, who
investigated She is a patient at
T BSf1
told him that they had re"re^
and that he had gone toslee^
and was awakened by his wife,
who was in their living room
She asked him to cometo her
which he did, and she then
asked him to kiss her and a>
he bent over the coUch
which she was lying, he saw
the gun, which was discharget
about that time, he said. |
Physicians at the Angel hos
pital, where she was taken for
treatment, reported that the
entire load entered the front
of left shoulder, with most or
the shot coming out back, and ,
that the shoulder Joint -and
upper part of arm were badl> I
shattered. Her condition was j
said to be satisfactory.
Mr. Bowlin, formerly of North
Wilkesboro. is an employe of the
Teas Extract company at An- i
drews. They have been living at j
I Rainbow Springs the past year
BAPTISTS PLAN
ASSOCIATION!
MEET AUG. 8-9
500 Expected To A '.tent!
Two-Day Session At
Mt. Hops Church
Approximately 500 messengers
'delegates i from the 3K ba.jti.si
churches in this ^on*tv. o,ro px
per ted to attend the 43rd an
nual session of the Macon Coun
ty Baptist association next week.
The two-day meeting will be
held with the Mount Hope
church, in the Cartoogechaye
community, Thursday and Fri
day, August 8 and 9.v
The doctrinal sermon, by the
Rev W. L. Sorrells in the morn
ing, an address by t)r I. G
Greer, superintendent of the
Mills Home orphanage at Th.im
asville. in the a ' ternoon, and a
sermon by a visiting minister*
in the evening, are expected to
be highlights of the first day'*
sessions. Friday will be largely
devoted to reports.
J. H Stockton, the moderator,
in announcing plans for the
rrteeting, said all indications
poult, ^ to the best association
meeting in years, and urged
every church in the association
to be represented by messengers.
The meeting will open at 10
a. m Thursday with a song
service, fallowed by the devo
tional, to be led by the Rev.
J. I. Vinson, and the appoint
ment of a reading clerk.
The remainder of the program
for Thursday follows:
10:15 a. m? Call for church
letters; enroll messengers.
10:30 a. m ? Organization;
recognize visitors;
11:00 a m ? Song service: doc
( :inal sermon by the Rev. W. L.
Sorrells.
.12:00 M. ? Lunch.
1:15 p. m. ? Song-, prayer by
the Rev. Frank Reed.
1:20 p m. ? Appoint commit
tees.
1:30 p. m ? Orphanage ? Re
port by H. A. McGlamery; ad
dress by I. G Greer, orphanage
superintendent.
2:10 p. m ? Ministerial Relief
? Report and address by the !
Rev. Thom N. Carter.
2:40 p. m. ? Report of execu- j
tive committee. Discussion.
3:00 p m. ? Christian litera
ture?Report by the Rev. Gor- \
don Scruggs. Address by repre- j
Continued on Page Eight ?
R.F.Henry,
72, Dies At
Macon Home
?
Robert F Henry, 72, native of
Macon County and one-time
Franklin chief of police, died
at his home. Franklin, Route
4. Monday evening at 9:15
o'clock. He had been in iJl
health for nine years
Mr. Henry, who was chief of
police here for eight years, als?
served as U. S. deputy collector
of internal revenue for a con
siderable period Much of his
life, however, had been devot
ed to his farm.
He was a member of the
Franklin Baptist church, and
was active in the Elk and Jun
ior Order lodges when those
organizations were functioning
here.
Mr: Henry married Miss
Ruth Berry, Who died eight
years ago.
Funeral services were held
at the Holly Springs Baptist
church Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Charles
E Parker, pastor of the FranR
lin Baptist church, officiated,
assisted by the Rev. L. G. El
liotte. pastor of the Waynes
ville Baptist church. Interment
followed in the church ceme
tery.
The pallbearers, all nephews,
were T. W. Angel, Jr.. Alex Deal,
Bill Penland, Earl Justice, David
Sutton, and Astor Deal
Surviving are five children,
Mrs. Ernest Duvall. of Waynes
ville, Mrs. Dewey Rochester,
of Atlanta, Ga , Miss Esta
Henry, who lives at the home,
Don Henry, of Franklin, and
Claude Henry, of Morgan ton; 11
grandchildren; three great
grandchildren ; three sisters, Mrs
Effie Deal and Mrs L. A. Berry,
of Franklin, Route 4, and Mrs
Jess Cochran, of Ewing.Va: and
one brother. Zeb Henry, of Jack
sonville, Fla.
Bryant funeral home was In
charge of the arrangements.
Wi?| O'yan Bids
A 'Lu For Town
Improvement Work
Sealed bids for the mater
ials and construction work
for street improvements
and water main and sewer
line extensions in Franklin
will be opened by the mayor
ami board of aldermen at
the town office at 2 p. m.,
August 22, tiwn officials
have announced.
The citizens of the town
recently voted SI 10,000 in
bonds for these imprivc
ments.
The Ilarwood Beebe com
pany, of Sparlanburg, S. C.,
has been employed by the
town as engineers for the
work.
sold, it was explained, un
til the bids have been re
ceived and studied.
NIKWASI MOUND
BODY IS FORMED
Morgan Heads Group;
Will Seek $1,500 To Buy
Indian Landmark
The Nikwjisi Indian. Mound
association was organized Mon
lay night to set in motion a
program tpr the preservation of
the Nikwasi Mound, near the
Little Tennessee river bridge
here.
It is proposed to raise funds
for the purchase of the prop
erty, which then will be deeded
to an appropriate agency to as
sure its preservation.
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan
was named president of the as
sociation, which was formed by
a small group of interested per
sons who met at the call of
Gilmer A. Jones in his office.
Mr. Jones served as chairman
of the meeting. *
Miss Lassie Kelly was chosen
vice-president; Bub S. Sloan,
"Secretary; and J* C. Jacobs,
treasurer
The officers will make up the
executive committee, which was
given the responsibility for de
Using ways and means to raise
$1,500 to buy the property.
Meanwhile, many persons have
expressed interest in the pro
ject, and stated a desire to con
tribute. Mr. Jacobs, at the Bank
of Franklin, will accept dona
tions from those who wish to
contribute.
The group voted, when the
property is purchased, to deed
it to the Town of Franklin,
with the deed to carry a stipu
lation that th? Mound is to be
perpetuated and may not be
excavated. It also was voted to
make all- contributors members
of the association.
W. Roy Carpenter, the owner
of the property, told Mr. Jones
Continued on Page Eight ?
Mrs. Hunter
Is Claimed By Death At
H er Home Here
Mrs. Nora Susan Burrell
Hunter, 52, wife of Will Hun
ter. died at her home here
Tuesday morning at 5:30 o'clock,
following an illness of several
month.
A native of Towns county Ga ,
Mrs. Hunter moved to Macon
county about six years ago. She
lived in Cornelia, Ga , 20 years
prior to comming here. She
was a member of the Level
Grove Baptist church ' in Cor
nelia.
The body was taken to Cor
nelia for funeral services, which
were held Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at the Level
Grove Baptist church The Rev
Curtis Carpenter, pastor, offi
ciated, assisted by the Rev. W.
Jackson Huneycutt, pastor of
the Franklin Methodist church.
Burial followed in the' church
cemetery.
The pallbearers, all nephews,
were C. V. Burrell, Cortez Bur
rell, G. B. Burrell, Roscoe Bur
lell, Everette Burrell and Schley
Burrell.
Surviving, in addition to her
husband, are six children,
Thomas Hudson, J K, Robert
and Ray Hunter, all of Franklin,
Mrs. Roosevelt Smith, of
Holly Oak?, Dela., and Miss
Susan Elizabeth Hunter, of
Franklin; four brothers, W. C.
Burrell, of Franklin, L. R. Bur
rell and Glenn Burrell, of Cor
nelia, Ga., and Carl Burrell, of
Clayton, Ga.; two sisters, Mrs.
Wilson Ledford, of Batesville,
Ga., and Mrs. John Martin, of
Cornelia, Ga.; and nine grand
children.
Bryant funeral home was in
charge of the arrangements.
TEXTILE PLANT
GRADING WILL
START SOON
Merchant Company Given
Contract For Van
Raalte Structure
Grading for the Van Raalte
textile plant to be built in East
Franklin is expected to get und
er way shortly, possibly the
first of next week, it has been
learned.
The Merchant Construction
company, Asheville, has been
awarded the construction con
tract for the plant, and F. F.
Dodd, of that firm, is expected
in Franklin Friday While he is
here, it is anticipated that he
will let the contract for the
grading.
An estimated 4,000 to 5,000
cubic yards of earth are to be
moved for the plant, it is und
erstood. In addition, grading is
to be done for a road and for
residences.
Just when construction work
on the plant itself will gee
under way could not be learneo.
The Van Raalte company an
nounced some months ago that
it would build a textile plain
on the East Franklin site it ac
quired at that time if and
when materials became avail
able. The brick and other mate
rial necessary for the construc
tion job are understood to have
been obtained.
No announcement has been
made as yet as to what product
will be manufactured here The
original announcement said the
plant would be so built as to be
adapted to any one of the com
pany's three major products ?
underwear, gloves, and nylon
hosery.
Meanwhile, it was learned this
week that the firm has chang
ed its mind about the smaller
operation planned in the Leach
building.
The middle of June it was an
nounced that 20 to 25 women
would be employed in the Leach
building in making gloves, and
that production would start in
July. It was learned, however,
that present plans call for a
hosiery-mending* operation in
stead, and that the date it will
be started is uncertain.
T. J. Griffis was here several
weeks ago to interview women
applicants for employment io
Leach building project, and at
that time gave aptitude tests to
applicants.
Larry Waldroop
Taken By Death At Home
In Atlanta
New has been received here of
the death of Harry S. Waldroop,
a former resident of Macon
County, at his home in Atlanta,
Ga., Wednesday morning of last
week at 10:45 o'clock, following
an illness of several years.
The son of the late William
Waldroop, Mr. Waldroop came
here with his family as a small
boy, and lived in the Cartooge
cahye community for 19 years.
As a young man, he went to
Atlanta, where he had lived
since.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock at Spring Hill Chapel,
with the Rev. T. M Johnston,
officiating Interment was in
the West View cemetery.
Surviving are hi.s widow, the
former Miss Mary Copeland. of
Atlanta, his step-mother, Mrs.
Mary Lyle Waldroop. a sister,
Mrs, Fred S. Moore, of FYanklln,
Route 1, a brother, John Lyle
Waldroop, of Glenville, a sister
in-law, Mrs Julian Waldroop, of
Franklin; a sister-in-law, of Ly
man, Wash.; and a number of
nieces and nephews.
Albert L. Ramsey 111;
Suffers Heart Attack
Albert L. Ramsey, who suffer
ed a heart attack recently, is
reported to be improving. Mr.
Ramsey, who Is at his home,
Franklin, Route 3. has been
told by his physician that he
must rest for two or three
months.
The Weather
High Low
Thursday 87 67
Friday 85 61
Saturday 74 62
Sunday 82 61
Monday 84 60
Tuesday 80 59
Wednesday 79 62
I ? T? trace.
Prec.
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