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Watch This Figure Grow! THIS WEEK 2,043 Net, Paid-in-Advance Subscribers 2,036 LAST WEEK fnttWitt ffe Macoman I'KOGRESSn ?/: LIBERAL IX DM' END EXT VOL. 1JH? NO. 33 FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1946 K.N PER YEAR Western Union To Open Office Herel Will Greatly Reduce Wire Rate Here; Office To Be At Angel's The Western Union Telegraph company Is opening a Franklin office this week, and officials said Thursday that service prob ably would start sometime Fri day. The office will be situated in Angel's Drug store. The comLng of Western Union will mean a reduction in tele graph rates for this community. In some cases, the rate will be cut in half. Since the coming of the Tal lulah Falls Railroad to Frank lin about 35 years ag6, tele grams have been handled by the railroad, which charged 30 cents for Its service, in addition to the Western Union rate, for a 10-word telegram, with a pro portionate extra charge for each additional word. To send a 10 word telegram to Asheville, for example, the rate was 66 cents, when the Western Union service starts, it will be 33 cents. An uptown office also will prove a definite convenience. The Western Union has leas ed a telephone wire from the Western Carolina Telephone company and the Southern Bell, between Franklin and Sylva, and telegrams will be sent by teletype. A wire from Franklin to Asheville, for example, will be teletyped to Sylva, and re layed from tflere. V. Williams, of Asheville, has been here this week installing the teletype in Angel's Drug store, and Thursday morning the equipment was being tested. J. Hamilton Slagle, manager of the Asheville Western Union office, will be In Franklin Fri day to explain the set-up to local people. He will be accom panied by a technician from the Asheville office, who will instruct one or more members of the drug store staff in the operation of the teletype and other Western Union duties. ' All Macon farmers who have grown tobacco for market for the first time this year must report to the AAA office at once the number of acres or tenths of acres grown this year, so that the tobacco fields may be mea sured, according to Robert Ful ton, county chairman of the A. C. A. This information is re quired before a tobacco market ing card can be issued to a farmer for selling his tobacco on the market, It was explained. f, 1 -'i Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the files at The Press) ? ' 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK A convention of the People's party of Macon County is, call ed to meet In Franklin Satur day, 22nd day of August, for the purpose of electing dele gates, to the Convention in Waynesvllle, August 25. Don't be a DNMMY ! Subscribe for the PRESS, pay for It, read it and be a MAN. Indigo blue calico, a nickle a yard .at Wright's. White sugar, 15 pounds for a dollar at Wright's. 25 YEARS AGO ELLIJAY: The boys of this community have purchased a baseball outfit. After practicing twice, they tried a game with Holly Springs. Our boys got five tallies, but the other side was not willing to stop with any small number. IOTLA : The boys and girls are enthusiastic over the Athle tic Association for the county. The teams of Holly Springs. Cowee, Mulberry and other places will have splendid com petitors in them. 10 YEARS AGO The sixth annual farm tour and picnic will be sponsored by the Franklin Rotary club and will be held next Wednesday. A large attendance is expected. Boise Hall, commander-elect of the American Legion, an nounced this week that the Legion is planning to sponsor a Labor Day celebration for the entire county In Franklin on Monday, September 7. T. A. Kinsland Taken By Death; Funeral Held At Watauga Tom A. Kinsland, 60, a resi dent of the Watauga section of Macon county, died in the C. J. Harris community hospital, Sylva, Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock, following an illness of two weeks. He had been in ill health for several months. Mr. Kinsland, who had spent most of his life on construction works and in farming, was born In the Watauga community and h.ad lived there all his life In 1922 he was married to Miss Gertrude Crawford, of Cullo whee, who survives. He was a member of the Watauga Baptist church. Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Watauga Baptist church, with the Rev. Frank Reid, pas- 1 tor, officiating. Interment fol lowed tn the church cemetery. Thf pallbearers were Clarence E. Henry, Frank L. Henry, Jr., Claude Hooper, Ben Norton, Frank Crawford and Carl Phil lips. Surviving, tn addition to his widow, are four sons, Tommie, Fred, Clyde and Grady Kins land; two sisters, Mrs. Frank L. Henry, Sr., and Mrs. Charlie Robinson, of Biltmore; and one brother, Fred Kinsland, of Cresswell, Ore. Potts funeral home was in charge of the arrangements. Death Takes J. E. Parrish At Age Of 77 John E. Parrish, 77, a life long resident of the Rose Creek section of Macon county, Sunday morning at 8 o'clock, following an illness of several weeks. Mr. Parrish, a son of the late Nathaniel Parrish and Salllie Jane Vanhook Parrish, was a farmer and a member of the Rose Creek Baptist church. He married Miss Mary Lakey, of the Oak Grove community, who died a number of years ago. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon .at 3:30 o'clock at the Oak Grove Bap tist church, with the Rev. Mr. Brooks, pastor of the Church of God, and the Rev. Arvil Swafford, pastor of the Rose Creek Baptist church, officiat ing. Interment followed in the church cemetery. The Pallbearers were Floyd Roper, Arthur Moore, Wymer Hall, Arthur Holden, Ralph Ammons and Frank Burrnett. Surviving are eight children; Mrs. Essie Fisher, of Newport, Tenn., Mrs. Nancy Rowland, of Franklin, Route 1, Mrs. Iona Baird, of Wi.nston-Salem, Mrs. Ina Houston, of Brevard, Mrs. Alice Queen, of Washington, D. C., Carr and Vance Parrish of Franklin, Route 3, and Frank Parrish, of Winston-Salem; five brothers, Will Parrish. of Bryson City, George, Edd and James R , Parrish, of Franklin, Route 3, and Wade Parrish, of Ibapah, Utah; three sisters, Mrs. J. E. Calloway, Franklin, Mrs. Daniel Lyle, of Peck, Idaho, and Mrs. Robert DeHart, of Winston Salem; and a number of grand children and great-grandchil dren. Potts funeral home was in charge of the arrangements. Revival Series To Open Sunday Night At Asbury A series of revival services will begin at the Asbury Meth odist church at Otto Sunday night at 8 o'clock, it has been announced by the pastor, the Rev V. W. Allen The Rev. J. C. Swalm. of Reidsvllle. former pastor for five years, will do the preaching. Services will be held each eve ning for the two weeks. Mrs. Edgar Angel, III In Atlanta, Improved Mrs. Edgar Angel, who re cently underwent a serious op eration at the Angel hospital, became seriously ill Friday aft ernoon of last week and was rushed to the Orady hospital, Atlanta, Her condition Is now rsported to be much improved. Fxcavation for the Van] Kaalte textile plant in Fast Franklin will start this week. The L. L. Merchant j Construction company, of ' AsheVille. which has the .?on tract for construction of the plant, has sub-let the excavation job to Howard S t e w art, of Franklin, and it was und erstood he would start op erations late Thursday or Friday morning. About X, KK) yards of dirt is to be moved. It is anticipated that, with {rood weather, the excavation work can be completed in three weeks. Work on the plant's foundations will start just as soon as the excavation work is finished, -F. F. Dodd, of . the Merchant Construction c o m p a n y who will be in charge of the iob in Franklin, said. Meanwhile. the \ an Raaltc firm started its small operation in the Leach building on Main street Monday. J. E STOCKTON HEADSBAPTISTS Association Appropriates $500 For Youth Work In County Moving to stimulate work among the Baptist youth of this county, the Macon County Bap tist association, at its 43rd an- ? nual meeting at Mt. Hope church ] last week, appropriated $500 to be allocated by the executive committee for county-wide B T U. and Sunday school work, and to meet the expenses of the as sociation. It was the first time the association had made such an appropriation. The funds are to be paid into the treasury by the various churches in the organization. The meeting, held Thursday and Friday at the Mt. Hope church, drew about 200 visitors, in addition to the some 200 messengers (delegates), repre senting every church in the as sociation.- The number of churches in the association was increased to 39 with the ad mission of the recently organiz ed Kettle Creek Baptist church, near Highlands. J. H. Stockton was reelected moderator for his third term, and the following other officers were chosen: Thomas Rickman, of the Cowee church, vice-mod erator; Mrs. C. C. Welch, also of the Cowee church, clerk; Miss Ann Carter, of the Highlands church, assistant clerk; and Mrs. J. C. Higdon, of the Ridge Crest church, reelected histor ian. Upon authorization of the as sociation, the moderator ap pointed the following on the executive committee: The Rev C. E. Parker, the Rev. W. L. Sorrells, H. S. Talley, of High lands, J. H. Brookshire, of the Mt. Hope church, and Frank Browning, of Cowee. The mod erator and clerk are members of the committee ex officio. Featuring the program were the doctrinal sermon, by Mr Sorrells, and addresses by a number of out-of-county speak ers. Those Included Earl Bradley, ley, representing the State Bap tist convention; Mr. McMillan, of the State Baptist orphanage at Thomasville; R. M. Hauss, a Methodist minister present to represent the Allied Church League of North Carolina; L. L. Carpenter, editor of the Biblical Recorder; and Mr. Parker, chap lain of the State Baptist hos pital in Winston-Salem before coming to the Franklin church, who spoke on the hospital and world relief. Also in attendance with the Rev. J. C. Pipes of Asheville, representing the mis sion work In thiS region. The Cowee church was select ed as the place for the next meeting. The Rev. J. W. Brents, of. Nashville, Tenn., evangelist of the Church of ChrUt, Is con ducting a series of revival serv ices at the Hlgdonvllle school house. The meeting, which opened Monday, will continue through next Tuecday evening. Heaviest Criminal Docket In Years Faces Court Here One of the heaviest criminal, dockets in years will face Ma con superior court officials when the August court term opens here next Monday morn ing. A total of 51 new cases ? in cluding one manslaughter case ? | in addition to 34 continued from the April term, are on the dock et. The new cases for this court are greater in number than for any previous year dur ing his tehure of office, Clerk A. R. Higdon commented. The total compares with only 10 new cases at the last court term. On the civil docket are 14 divorces and 10 other cases. Court, which usually adjourns here on Wednesday of the first week, this time will go well in to the second weeks, attorneys have predicted. The offense listed oftenest among the criminal cases is driving while under the influ ence of liquor Other offenses for which defendants face trial include assault, abandonment, reckless driving, larceny, etc. Of considerable public inter est will be the trial of Ted Cabe on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of Newton Crunkleton. Mr. Crunk leton, 27-year old veteran of ' World War 2, was fatally injur ed when struck by an automo bile driven by Mr Cabe. The ac cident occurred on the Thomas curve, near the Franklin air port, July 17. Mr. Cabe, of Franklin, Route 4, also is1 a war veteran. Judge Franklin Armstrong, of j Troy, is scheduled to preside. The W eather High Low Prec Thursday 90 60 Friday 91 65 10 Saturday 89 62 05 Sunday 85 60 Monday 84 55 Tuesday 83 52 Wednesday 79 57 .02 Total rainfall for the seven day period ending Wednesday, .17 of an inch. Total rainfall for month to date, .17 of an inch. Henry Given Star Rank At Scout Court Frank Henry, III, of Frank lin Boy Scout Troop 1, became a Star Scout ? the third highest rating in scouting ? at the dis trict court of honor held at Cliffside Thursday night of last week. Richard Jones, Bobby Tysing er, and Kenneth Carpenter were given the tenderfoot investiture. Merit badges were presented to Jimmy Rogers, Burgin Hall, and Manuel Holland. The awards were made by James Hauser, Frank Neely, of Cherokee, and the Rev. A Ruf us. Morgan. Francis V. Smith, assistant scout executive, pre sided. An interesting feature of the program was the presentation of several awards, . including the camporee emblem and the cam poree citation, to Mr. Morgan. They were presented by Scout master John W. Edwards. Heart Attack Is Fatal To Mrs. Carnes Of Tellioo Mrs. Jennie Carnes. wife of Tom Carnes of the Tellico sec tion, died of a heart attack at 12:45 o'clock a. m., Thursday. She was apparently as well as usual when she retired. Funeral services will be held at the Tellico Baptist church Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, with the Rev. Judson Smith, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The pallbearers will be J. M. Allen, J. V. Smith, Henry Cole, Carl Morgan. Harley Mason, and Roscoe Cole. Mrs. Carnes, the former Miss Jennie Duvall, daughter of the late Joe K. Duvall and of Mrs. Susie Buckner Duvall, had liv ed in the Tellico community all her life. She was married to Tom Carnes of Tellico. She was a member of the Tellico Baptist church. Surviving, In addition to the husband, are 10 children: Mrs Cleo McCall, of Gneiss, Mrs. Mary Armstrong and Mrs. Estel la Armstrong, of Atlanta, G*., Mrs. Leo Owenby, of Franklin, Route 3, Mrs. Leona Welch, of Winston-Salem, Mrs. Thelma Moffltt, of Atlanta, Ga., and Fred, Harley, Harvey and Char lie Carnes, of Franklin, Route 3; one brother, Carroll Duvall, of Franklin, Route 3; and a number of grandchildren. Bryant furneral home Is in charge of arrangements. Bryson Family To Hold Annual Reunion Aug. 25 The Bryson family will hold Its annual reunion at the home of Mrs. J. L. Bryson, near the Cowee Baptist church, Sunday August 25. All descendants ol the Bryson forebears are urged to attend, bringing lunch foi the picnic dinner. ' PLAN MASONIC MEETING HERE Grand Officers To Attend District Session On Thursday Masons of the 42nd Masonic district will meet at the Masonic hall on church street next Thursday night at 8 o'clock, C. Gordon Moore, district grand master, announced this week. The district comprises the lodges at Franklin, Highlands, Bryson City, Dillsboro, East La Porte, and Glenville. William J. Bundy, of Green ville, grand master of the grand lodge of North Carolina, Wil bur L. Mclver, . of Raleigh, grand secretary, and Clyde H. Jarrett, of Andrews, past grand master, will be in attendance. Preceding the evening meet ing, Grand Master Bundy and Grand Secretary Mclver will meet with masters and secre taries of all lodges in the dis trict at 4 p. m. All Master Masons are invited to the af ternoon conference. At the evening session, the ! Master Mason's degree will be i conferred upon a class of can ' didates by the Junaluskee : (Franklin) degree team. Miss Dryman Taken By Death At Home In Smith Bridge Miss Mary E. Dryman, 72, died at her home in Smith Bridge township Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, following an illness of several weeks. Miss Dryman, a life-long res ident of Macon county, was a daughter of the Late George Dryman and Eliza Bingham She was a member of the Asbury Methodist church at Otto. She and a sister, Miss Lillie E. Dry man, had lived alone at the Dryman home place for the past several years. Funeral services were held at the Asbury Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, with the Rev. V. N. Allen, pas tor, officiating. Interment fol lowed in the church cemetery. The pallbearers were Prelo i Dryman, Claude Cabe, Foy Dry man, J. D. Keener, Joe Keener and Bruce Keener. Surviving is her sister, Miss Lillie E. Dryman. Bryant funeral home was in charge of the arrangements. Absentee Ballots Now Available For General Election Official material now is avail able for those who wish to ap ply for absentee ballots for the November s general election, J J. Mann, chairman of the coun ty board of elections, announc ed this week. Only those who are in the armed forces may vote absen tee, Mr. Mann explained. Application should be made to Mr. Mann on Wednesdays or Pridays, after 3 p. m , or to Miss Kate McOee, clerk of the board, at the register of deeds office in the courthouse. "Only those who can qualify need apply", the board chair man emphasized. Belk's Employes Hold Anniversary Banquet Employes of Belk's Depart ? ment store here celebrated the store's first anniversary with a I banquet at Kelly's Tea Room ' last Saturday night. I About 20 were In attendance $273 DONATED tofundtobuy INDIAN MOUND More Than $1,200 Mu.t Be Raised To Accept $1,500 Offer 1 A total ol $273 has bee >T con tributed so far to the buy the property on which the Nikwasi Indian Moiind standa. with a view to its preservation and perpetuation The purchase price is $1.50U, so that $1,227 remains to be raised. Among the first contribute" were Don S. Klias. vice-presi dent of the Asheville Citizen Times company, a native oi Franklin, who made.a ^"cm donation of $50, and the att zen-Times company, which sent a check for a similar amount Accompanying each check was a letter to Mr Morgan, congratu lating the group backing the movement, and wishing it suc "TOe remaining $173 raised I or other contribut" orsmew h the exception of $5 that was made up of small con trAmoveS to buy the Mound and deed it to the Town of Frank lin, with the stipulatton thaOt be preserved and not toe exca vated, was started about thre weeks ago, when Gilmer A Jones called a meeting of ^ terested persons for J y ' was explained that th ^ owner of the property, W Roy car penter, had agreed to sell tne Mound for $1.50ft-just ha? the amount he had been offered for it? provided it were bought be fore September 1 mkawsi At that meeting, the Nltawsi Indian Mound association was formed, headed by the Rev. . Rufus Morgan. MissLa^ie Ke y is vice-president Bob S SU?n Qprretarv'. and J- c- Jaco' treasurer It was decided ^ con duct a campaign to raise th monev by private subscription, with the understanding that, tn the event the Mound were not purchased, the donations wouM le returned to the donor^ S?ce that time the $^? nas, giItnis believed that many per sons would consider it a losst? the community to have the Mound I?' srr have failed to do so purely through neglect. Such persons asked to hand, or man, gan pointed out that the pe?P'? of the community must act quickly, since half of August is gone. Contrioutors to date, in aaai tion to Mr. Elias and the Citl zen-Ttmes company, are: Mrs. H. E. Freas, Mrs. Mar garet D'Onofrio, Mrs. W. W. Sloan, G L. Houk. Jones and Jones, Miss Lassie Kelly, J. L. West, Jr., Lester Arnold, A. R. Hlgdon, the Franklin Laundry, M. Blumenthal. T W. Porter, Sr., the Franklin Press, James Hauser, Stewart's Electrical Ap pliance store, Miss Jess Angel, Lester Henderson, Angel's Drug store. Miss Daisy Caldwell. Miss Nina Ray Waldroop. Mrs. Flor ence S. Sherrill, Mrs. Sarah Belle Dean. Miss Mary Justice, Miss Bernice McDowell, James Ordway, Miss Maude Norton, Mrs. W D. Hobart, and Miss Evelyn Hope Daniels. In his personal letter, Mr. Elias wrote Mr. Morgan: "The plan to purchase and perpetuate the Indian Mound at Franklin stimulates some In trigulngly happy memories for me "When I was a boy I would read Fennlmore Cooper, O. A. Henty and other exciting books (one novel for each Abbott's history laboriously read was Mother's stern requirement t . Then on some Sunday after noons Mother and Father would give us boys a much appreciat ed opportunity for a walk On occasions we were allowed for a short spell to climb over the Indian Mound. My Imagination would be stirred with some fas cinating and fanciful pictures of Indian incidents, which un doubtedly never happened. "Just, the same there is a gen uine historical significance at tached to the Mound which should be preserved I congratu late you and the group who have undertaken this program. Continued On Page Ten?
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