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FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAR
8 MORE DONORS
BOOST MOUND
FUND TO $328
$1,172 Still Needed For
Purchase, Preservation
Of Historic Landmark
Approximately 22 per cent o I
the fund for the purchase of
the Nikwasl Indian Mound has
been contributed so far.
The total to date stands at
$328, J. C. Jacobs, treasurer of
the Nikwasi Indian Mound as
sociation, reported this week.
This is $1,172 short of the $1,
500 needed.
In the past seven days, the
fund has been increased by $55.
This amount was contributed
by eight donors:
Mrs. J. H. SLagle, James L.
Averell, Roger P. McCutcheon,
Mrs. Lucy Wood Collier, J. R.
Berry, Connie Thlgpen, the Rev
A. Rufus Morgan, and J. S.
Conley. . :
Officials of the association,
in announcing the figures, em
phasized that donations must
be made promptly if the sum Is
to be raised during August. The
money will have to come In, in
fact, at the rate of nearly $150
a day.
Probably the only way ttife
goal can be reached, they add
ed, Is for every man, woman,
and child in the county who Is
Interested in preserving the
Mound to make their contribu
tion immediately. Donations
should be brought or mailed to
J. C. Jacobs, treasurer, at the
Bank of Franklin.
The Mound association was
formed with a view to buying
the Indian Mound property and
deeding it to the Town of
Franklin to be preserved; other
wise, It Is likely to be leveled
for business property, and this
historic landmark lost forever.
The present owner, W. Roy
Carpenter, explained that he
has been offered $3,000 for the
property, but Is willing to deed
it to an agency that will per
petuate the Mound for $1,500.
That offer is good, however,
only until August 31.
The property extends from
the highway to the old road,
and for 25 feet east and west
from the foot of the kfound it
self.
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Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 TEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Work on the jail has gone as
far .as it "can go until an expert
arrives to put In the cells. The
contractors have been waiting
for one for a week or more.
Miss Lake Pearson, of High-,
lands, has been spending the
? past week with Franklin friends
Ask yourself if you are due
Barnard anything. If so, settle
by September 1.
25 TEARS AGO
Dr. J. H. Fouts and Miss
Leah Ashe were quietly married
at the home of the bride's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Ashe,
on Harrison avenue, last Tues
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, Rev.
J. Q. Wallace performing the.
ceremony. Only a few Intimate
friends and relatives were pres
ent at the wedding. Immediate
ly after the wedding, Dr. and
Mrs. Fouts left for the Nanta
hala section where they expect
to spend several days before
they return to their home here.
FLATS: I think the threshing
machine will be here in a few
days. The chickens are all try
ing to hide now.
10 TEARS AGO
More than 400 farmers and
Franklin business men went on
the annual farm tour Wednes
day.
The Cowee baseball team lost
to a strong Marble nine, 8 to 3,
in a game on the Cowee dia
mond Sunday afternoon. The
Cowee outfit hopes, however, to
regain the loss In another en
gagement with the Marble play
ers on their field Saturday.
Sun blistered but happy, 18
members of the Franklin troop
of Boy . Scouts returned to
Franklin Wednesday after a 10
days camp In Charleston, S. C.
62 Veterans Enrolled
In This County In U. S.
Farm Training Program
Sixty-two war veterans are
enrolled In the farmer training
program in Macon County, ac
cording to E. J. Whitmire,
teacher of agriculture, who has
supervision of the program in
' this county. The program got
under way April 1.
The number being trained
under the Franklin agriculture
department is greater than for
any other department in the
state.
Of the 62 enrolled, 16 have
been certified on their fathers'
farms, 11 are on Anted farms,
and 35 own their own farms.
Of this 35, 19 have become
farm owners since the program
was started. An even dozen vet
erans have built new homes on
their farms.
Under the program, the vet
eran attends classes conducted
by Mr. Whitmire each Tuesday
and Friday evening at the Agri
cultural building, where the
latest facts and findings in ag
riculture are discussed. The re
mainder of the time, he puts
into practice on the farm what
he learns in class.
The purpose of the training,
Mr. Whitmire explained, is to
develop the farmer veterans in
to skilled farmers, so that they
will be successful and indepen
dent when the training period
is over. He emphasized that men
who are .not genuinely interest
ed in becoming good farmers
soon are weeded out. He added
that the veterans are required
'Open Letter' Editorial
Available In Leaflet Form
Last week's issue of The
Press was sold out on Fri
day. Since then, there have
been many requests for that
issue by persons who wished
additional copies of the
"Open Letter" editorial it
contained ? for themselves,
or to mail to out-of-town
relatives or friends. Still
others have asked for the
editorial in a permanent
form.
In response to these re
quests, the editorial is be
ing reprinted in leaflet
form. The leaflets will be
ready Monday, and will be
available at The Press of
fice without charge, or will
be mailed to out-of-town
addresses at 5 cents each.
WU Handles
70 Telegrams
In 24 Hours
The Western Union Telegraph
company started service in
Franklin last Friday afternoon i
at 1:30 o'clock, and in the first
24 hours a total of 70 telegrams i
had been handled, it was an
nounced, slightly more than
half of which were outgoing. i
The first person here to send i
a telegram over the Western
Union teleprinter was C. A. El
more, of West's Mill. i
The new office, situated in
Angel's Drug store, will be open
from 8 a m. to 7:30 p. m., it
was announced. D. H. (Zory)
Sutton has been trained as the
teleprinter operator, and T. W.
Angel, Jr., has been taught to
operate the machine so that he
can serve in case of emergency.
A number of persons were on :
hand last Friday to see the new
service started.
To Inaugurate the service, B. ?
G. Dopson, the Western Unions'
district superintendent, sent a
traveling representative, W. H.
Franklin, a recently discharged
marine, here to work with the
drug store staff and the public,
and Mr. Franklin remained for
about a week. Also here for the
opening of service was J. Ham
ilton Slagle, manager of the
Ashevllle Western Union office.
The service out of and into
Franklin Is handled via leased
wire to Sylva, a relay point.
Later messages are expected to
be handled direct to Ashevllle.
Plan 4tlh Sunday Sing
At Pine Grove Church
The monthly fourth Sunday
sing will be held at the Pine
Orove Baptist church Sunday,
starting at 1:30 p. m. All sing
ers, from both Inside and out
side the county, are invited, it
was announced by Prltchard
Russell.
to farm 12 months in the year
? not simply make a crop and
lay It by. I
Under this program, as under
the veterans' apprentice train
ing, single veterans draw sub
sistence allowance o f $65 per
month, and married men, $90
per month. The length of the
training is the period spent in
service, plus 12 months, but with
48 months as the maximum al
lowed.
To be eligible, a man must be
a veteran of World War 2, must
be interested in farming, and
must have land that is adequate
for the practice of good farm
ing.
The most desirable situation,
Mr. Whitmlre said, is for the
veteran to own his farm. Not
quite so desirable is the arrange
ment under which a veteran
rents a farm. But least desir
able of all ? and discouraged
both by the Veterans adminis
tration and by the state de
partment of vocational educa
tion ? is the veterans working on
his father's farm. Too often, he
explained, the father, still be
ing boss, decides what to grow
and when to plant, and as a
result the veteran gets little
practice in managing a farm in
his own right.
No additional veterans will be
admitted to the program in this
county until after January 1,
since facilities are not adequate
to make it advisable to take
on more men now.
alleycasewon
BY HIGHLANDS
A verdict in the Town of
Highlands "alley" case was won
by the town in superior court
here this week, and counsel for
the plaintiffs immediately gave
notice that the case will be tak
en to the state supreme court.
The case, involving the ques
tion of ownership of alleyways
in the Highlands block lying be
tween Fourth and Fifth streets
and between Main and Pine
streets, came into court on an
Injunction brought by the Ed
wards brothers, Will and Fred,
against the town when the
town began cutting trees and
otherwise clearing up the alley
ways.
In the earlier history of the
town, deeds for lots within the
block called for the alleyways
was boundaries. The town took
the position that this fact con
stitutes the alleyways as public
streets.
The plaintiffs, who in recent
years purchased more than half
of the entire block, argued that
the town never formally accept
ed these alleyways; that their
purchase of the land invalidat
ed the old conveyances fixing
alley boundaries, as town prop
erty; and that they could not
be public streets, since the town
authorities would rave been in
dictable, if they had been public
streets, for failure to maintain
therfi and would have been sub
ject to damage suits in the
event of personal injury that
Continued on Page Eight ?
The Weather
High Low Prec.
Thursday 87 63
Friday 88 61
Saturday .... 87 62
Sunday 89 62
Monday 88 63
Tuesday 90 62
Wednesday 90 58 .30
TEACHER LISTS
ARE ANNOUNCED
The lists of teachers for 23
of Macon County's 25 public
schools were announced this
week by County Supt. Guy L.
Houk The schools will open for
the 1946-47 school year next
Thursday morning.
The school for which the
teacher list is not complete Is
Highlands. That school, in ac
cordance with custom, will open
September 12 ? two weeks later
than the other schools in the
county. The Highlands school
delays its opening until after
the peak of the tourist season.
The teachers, by schools, were
listed by Mr. Houk as follows,
the first named in each case
being the school's principal:
FRANKLIN: George H. Hill,
Mrs. Katherine M. O'Neil, Miss
Annie Bailey, Mrs. Lois F. Ful- j
ton, Miss Pauline Reid, Mrs.
Virginia G. Baldwin, Mrs. Cumi
Palmer, Mrs Katherine P. Mat
thews, Mrs. Clint Johnson, Miss
Katherine Long, Miss Mattie P.
Raby, W. G. Crawford, Mrs. Vir
ginia B. Ramsey, Mrs. Oleta B.
Huneycutt, Miss Mayberyl Moody,
Mrs. Edith S. Hemphill, Mrs.
Pearl Hunter, Miss Esther Wal
lace, Mrs. Kate H. Williams,
Mrs. Elsie W. Franks, Mrs. Mar
garet H. Ramsey, Mrs. Elizabeth
C. Guffey, Mrs. Margaret R.
Flanagan, Miss Amy Henderson,
Mrs. J. L. Young, Mrs. Alta R.
Harris and E. J. Whitmire.
IOTLA: Miss Nora Moody,
Mrs. Marie G. Roper, Miss Eliza
beth Meadows.
MT. GROVE: Miss Georgia
H?ward.
HIGDONVILLE : Carl D.Moses,
Mrs. Lovicia J. Moses, Mrs. Eva
I
SALEM: V. C. Ramey, Sam
Bryson.
MASHBURNS BRANCH: Mrs.;
Mary F. Peek.
PINE GROVE: Mrs. Mildred
Richardson, Mrs. Katheryn Jones.
GOLD MINE: Mrs. Myrtle F.
Keener
OAK DALE: Mrs. Martha C.
Shields, Mrs. Minnie S. Tallent.
BURNINGTOWN : Miss May
McCoy, Mrs. R. D. West.
COWEE:! E. J. Carpenter, Nor
man West, Miss Lolita Baldwin,
Mrs. Nina T. McCoy, Miss Alice
Slagle, Mrs. Merle P. Dryman,
Mrs. Selma Dalton, Mrs. Dora
Lee Carpenter, Mrs. Lily C.
Moody.
OTTO: J. J. Mann, Mrs. J. C
Horsley, Mrs. Beatrice M. Alley,
Mrs. Catherine F. Henry, Mrs.
Fannie M. Arnold, Mrs. George
H. Hill, Mrs. Pauline C. Holland,
Mrs. Eunice C. Siler, Mrs.
Gladys Kinsland.
SLAGLE: E. R. White, Mrs.
Clara Harrison, Mrs. Bertha C.
Smart, Mrs. Glee G. Nolen, Mrs.
Fleta G. Mason.
ALLISON- WATTS: R.N.Moses,
Miss Leona Southard.
KYLE: Miss Lolita Dean, Miss
Stella McCoy, Miss Iva Deane
Roper.
OTTER CREEK: Weaver Shope,
Continued on Page Eight ?
Courthouse Beyond Repair,
Grand Jury Says In Report
The courthouse here Is be
yond repair, and a new court
house and jail should be built
els soon as materials are avail
able, the Macon County grand
jury reported Tuesday to Judge
Zeb V. Nettles, presiding at the
August term of superior court.
The grand jurors also report
ed on the "bad condition" In
which they found the jail.
They recommended that the
pay of school bus drivers be in
creased so that "safe drivers"
can be obtained. (Bus drivers
In this county are paid $36 per
month. The state pays $13.50 of
this, and the county $21.50).
The report also touched on
guardians' records and the con-*
ditlon of the county home.
The report, signed by J. Har
ry Thomas, foreman, follows:
We, the grand jury of the
August term of court, 1946:
Courthouse
Find the courthouse at Frank
lin, N. C., Macon County, to be
beyond repair a"nd advise there
be a courthouse and jail built
when material to build with will
permit. We also suggest there
be a full-time janitor and keep
er paid by the county to keep
the new building from getting
in like condition of present
courthouse.
Guardians' Records
Examined the books of records
of all guardians, and found
them to be in good condition
and up-to-date, except that of
Mrs. Lillian Hurst, executor of
W. J. Jenkins' estate, of which
she has filed for an extension.
Oounty Jail
Find the county Jail in bad
condition and recommend it be
cleaned up. It also needs new
bedding, mattresses, and cover;
also minor repairs, such as
screens and bath rooms repair
ed.
County Home
Find the county home to be
in fair condition, for an old
building; beds and surroundings
clean and nice.
Bus Drivers' Pay
Recommend that the county
commissioners raise the pay of
the county school bus drivers
so there can be reliable and
safe drivers hired to drive the
county school buses.
Cabe Given 2 Y ears
In Crunkleton Case.
Need For New Courthouse
Here Cited By Judge
In His Charge
"This courthouse is dilapidat
ed and inadequate for the pres
ent-day needs of your county",
Judge Zeb V. Nettles, of Ashe
ville, declared in his charge to
the Macon County grand jury
at the opening of superior court
here Monday.
Judge Nettles Is presiding over
the August term of court, as a
result of an exchange with
Judge Franklin Armstrong, of
Troy, who had been scheduled
to come to Franklin. The court
recessed Thursday, but will re
sume its sessions Monday morn
ing, and is expected to continue
for several days next week.
"I have hoped for a number
of years, Judge Nettles contin
ued", that you would erect a
new courthouse here that would
do credit to your county and
that your citizens could take
pride In". He added that the
present building probably can
not be satisfactorily repaired,
expressed regret that the coun
ty failed to take advantage of
the WPA program several years
ago to obtain a new courthouse,
and said he hoped a new struc
ture can be built in the near
future.
In his charge, Judge Nettles
emphasized the four major du
ties of the grand jury: Pass on
bills of indictment handed it
by the solicitor; make present
iments, on its own initiative, of
law violations; make inquiry to
see that all guardians are com
plying with the law; ascertain
if justices of the peace are mak
ing the reports required of
them; and visit and Inspect
county institutions and other
property.
"I do not subscribe to the
theory that the grand jury sus
tem should be done away with",
Judge Nettles told the grand
jurors; "It is one of the safe
guards of our government". And
he added: "You can't run the
courts and the government on
a business basis. From an eco
nomical basis, the best thing
would be to give one man auto
cratic authority, but people will
not stand for that."
He emphasized the responsi
bility of the grand jurors, point
ing out to them that "the so
licitor cannot prosecute or the
court try anyone without ac
tion by you", and he read to
them oath the foreman had
just taken:
XUU, its IVRTIUilH Oil Litis
grand inquest for the body
of this county, shall dili
' gently inquire and true
presentment make iof all
such matters and things as
shall be given you in charge ;
the state's counsel, your
fellows' and your own, you
shall keep secret; you shall
present no one for envy,
hatred or malice; neither
shall you leave any one un
presented for fear, favor or
affection, reward, or the
hope of reward; . but you
shall present all things
truly, as they come to your
knowledge, according to the
best of your understanding,
so help you, God."
Those named on the grand
jury are: J. Harry Thomas, fore
man; Parker Raby, John Early,
Glenn Campbell, W. P. Peek, D.
N. Fouts, G B. Farmer, Robert
Carpenter, Frank L. Henry, Jr.,
D. C. Byrd, Floyd Martin, D. M.
Sweatman, W. A. Henderson,
Fred Conley, C. R. Hodgins, Her
man T. Wilson, Frank W. Reece,
and Ed Vinson.
Alex Moore Slightly
Hurt In Wagon Mishap
Alex Moore, former Macon
County sheriff, was thrown
from a wagon and knocked un
conscious Wednesday morning,
but apparently suffered no ser
ious ill effects. The accident oc
curred near his home on Iotla
street when the team he was
driving ran away. Mr. Moore,
after eramlnation by physicians
at Angel hospital, was able to
return to his home.
Wesley an Guild To Hold
Rummage Sale Saturday
A rummage sale wUl be held
on West Main street by mem
bers of the Mary Allman Wes
leyan Guild of the Franklin
Methodist church Saturday. A
variety of things will be on dis
play.
$5,000 Paid Court First
Day In Fines, Bond
Forfeitures
Ted Cabe, was sentenced to
two to four years for man
slaughter by Judge Zeb V. Net
tles, presiding, in superior court
here this week. The defendant,
a Macon County veteran of
World War 2, pleaded guilty to
involuntary manslaughter in the
automobile accident death of
Newton Crunkleton July 17.
Mr. Crunkleton, also a war
veteran and the father of three
small children, was fatally in
jured near the Thomas curve,
on the Franklin-Highlands high
way, when he was struck by
Mr. Cabe's automobile. Mr.
Crunkleton was walking along
the highway, and was off the
pavement at the time, accord
ing to the evidence.
The case was one of a large
number In which the defendants
plead guilty, and by the time
court recessed Monday after
noon, more than $5,000 had
been collected in fines and for
feited bonds. The money will go
to the school fund.
Working rapidly, the court
completed the heavy criminal
docket late Tuesday, and Wed
nesday morning began the trial
of civil cases. It will take sev
eral days next week to com
plete the civil docket, court of
ficials said.
Fined $1,800
Ray Burrell Is the defendant
most heavily fined. Fines total
ing $1,800 and costs were im
posed on him in a number of
cases of prohibition law viola
tion, driving intoxicated, carry
ing a concealed weapon, etc. In
addition, the Judge gave him a
30 months' road sentence, to
take effect If he is found in the
state at any time within five
years after October 1, 1946. He
was fined $1,000 In the previous
term of court.
W. H. Ramsey, pleading guilty
to violation of the prohibition
law, was given a six months
sentence, suspended on payment
of a fine of $100 and the costs,
and was placed on probation.
Craig Stepp was fined $100
and the costs for prohibition
law violation, and Ralph Welch,
for prohibition law violation,
was fined $50 and costs and
placed on probation for five
years.
In the case in which Guy L.
Houk was charged with prohi
bition law violation, Solicitor
John M. Queen took a nol pros.
Fined $50
The following defendants,
waiving bills of indictment or
pleading guilty to operating
motor vehicles while under the
influence of liquor, were fined
$50 and the costs, each:
Mack E. Norris, Robert Davis,
J. D. Jacobs, Graysen Tallent,
Troy Crisp, James Leslie Hinson,
Charlie Kenneth Cloer, George
Waldroop, F. B. CMohundro,
Rufus Treadway, and Shirley
(Lemmle) Houston.
Don Burnett, pleading guilty
to the same offense, was fined
$100 and the costs. Gus Daniel
Hedden was given a six months'
sentence, suspended on condi
tion he pay $50 and the costs,
not drive a motor vehicle for
two years, and remain of good
behavior.
In each of these cases, the
defendants were ordered to
surrender their driver's licenses,
and in the cases of those who
had no licenses, the court order
ed the state motor vehicle bu
reau notified so that licenses
would not be issued.
Other $50 Fin?s
Each of the following, who
also plead guilty, was fined $50
and the costs: Robert Munger,
for carrying a concealed wea
pon; James Bruce Grant and
George Maney, prohibition law
violation; William E. Nichols,
carrying a concealed weapon;
and Verlin Lee Ramsey, carry
ing a concealed weapon. In each
of the carrying concealed wea
pons cases, the weapon was
ordered confiscated and sold.
William Swan Jenkins, also
plead guilty to carrying a con
cealed weapon, but in view of
the fact that he is a wounded
war veteran, prayer for Judg
ment was continued for two *
years.
Tol Crunkleton and Harry
Baty were given sentences of 90
days for resisting an officer,
but the sentences were suspend
ed for two years on condition
that they remain of good be
I havlor and indulge in no Intoxi