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Watch This Figure Grow! THIS WEEK 2,125 Ncl, Paid-in- Ad vanrr Subscribers LAST WfiiiK 2,125 ?H)C 1$igMatrt>? Baconian I'ROdRESSl I 'E LIBERAL JXDJij'EXDEA l\ VOL. LXI? NO. 39 FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPT. 26. 1946 $2.00 PER YEAK FOREST GROUP TO HOLD FIRE TRAINING MEET 40 Expected To Attend 3-Day Courae At Wilson Lick Personnel from the Nantahala National forest and cooperating agencies will hold a three-day tire training meeting at the Wilson Lick ranger station, on the Wayah Bald road, next week. About 40 persons are expected to be present for the talks and demonstrations. The meeting, designed to give ? the fire-fighting personnel "a running start on the fire 'sea son", will get under way at 8 a m. Monday and continue through Wednesday afternoon. Assistant Supervisor H. C. Eriksson will be in charge of the training meeting, with Wal ter L. Lane serving as mess of ficer, J. E. Tipton as supply and billeting officer, and W. L. Lane as entertainment officer. Those on the program include E W. Renshaw, forest supervis or, John Wasilik, Jr., John Oslon, C. E. Woody, J. D. Alsup, Mr. Eriksson, Mr. Tipton, and Mr. Eight From Macon Attend District P. T. A. Conference Eight Macon County women attended the annual conference of the first district. North Car olina Congress of Parents and Teachers, at Hazelwood Tuesday. Mrs. R. 8. Jones, one of the group, was elected as a mem ber of the nominating commit tee to select a slate of officers to bfe presented at next year's conference. Others attending from this county were Mrs. Allen. Slier, Mrs. W E. Hunnlcutt, and Mrs. Weimar Jones, of the Franklin association, and Mrs. Frank Gibson. Mrs. Fred McOaha, Mrs. Leo Hurst, and Mrs. C. C. Welch, of the Cowee association. Woodward, Rimmer Will Attend Pharmacy Meet Dr. O. R. Woodward and Dr R. M. Rimmer, local pharmac ists. plan to attend the meeting of the first district of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical asso ciation in WayneeviUe Thursday of next week. 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Silver clubs are being organ ized all over Macon County, and the people are In earnest about free coinage. The colored female preacher that spent over a week here claimed that someone stole her money, about six dollars, just before she left here. We will take Jury tickets on subscriptions and pay full face value for them. Several gentlemen were "touch ed" by pickpockets in Asheville at the Bryan speaking Our senior was relieved of $11. 2S YEARS AGO The annual reunion of the United States Confederate Vet erans will be held In Chatta nooga, Tenn., this year. No doubt several of the veterans of this county will want to attend. Ellljay: With so many stills being taken, a meeting held re cently, and a good school being taught by Miss Jolly, our com munity should progress. Mr Lewis B. Angel was call ing on our merchants the first of this week. 1? YEARS AGO Eagle Scout badges were pre sented to two members of the Franklin troop of Boy Scouts at a district ooun| of honor held Monday night at the Franklin Methodist church, and bronze eagle palms were awarded to two other local Scouts. Mr. and Mrs H R. Morrison announce the birth of ? daugh ter at their home at West's UU1, September II. Mrs. Amnions III From Black Widow Spider Bite Mrs. Frank A.amons, of Pren tiss, was admitted to ?ue Angel clinic Wed.;esuay at midnight, suffering from the bite of a black widow spider. Physicians at the clinic said her condition was serious when she was admitted, but that she promptly Improved after black widow serum was administered. The spider, a very large one, bit her on the left arm It was killed by Mr. Ammons. $164 Won By Macon Boys At Calf Show Premiums of $9 50 for blue ribbon winners, $9 for red rib bon winners, and $8.50 for white ribbons in the Western North Carolina Junior Dairy show in Asheville a fortnight ago, will be awarded to contestants by the Asheville Merchants assjciation. O. B. Dixon, assistant county agent, has announced Total winnings for the It calves from Macon county for premiums and fitting was $165. 50. The haul and feed bill to be deducted from this figure. Macon County exhibitors who will receive premiums are as fol lows: Blue ribbon ? Adolph Conley. Jerry Potts, Freddie (Bo l Set ser and' William Waldroop. Red ribbon ? fclaude Allen, Tom Cabe, Bobby Joe Gorbin, Fred Deal, Lee Downs, Eugene Grey, Victor Teague, Bobby Tip pett, and Wayne Stewart. White ribbon ? Hoyt Prook shire, Frank Deal, John Kins land, Melvin Peniand, and Wayne Stewart. S. R. Joines Is Taken By Death In High Point News has been received here of the death, of Shade R. Joines. 60, of High Point, former owner of the Ford automobile agency here, in High Point Monday. Mr. Joines, who came tc Franklin about 1920, purchased the Ford agency from Nimroc Stiles, and built the structuri that is now occupied by the Bryant funeral home. He lived here for a number of year; later leaving the business witl his brother, John Joines, anc opening a Ford agency in Bre vard. For the past few years he has resided in High Point While in Franklin, Mr. Jqlnes and members of his family took active part in the work of the Franklin Baptist church and of civic organizations. Surviving, in addition to his widow, the former Miss May E. Taylor, are two sons, Rufus and Paul Joines, of High Point; one daughter, Mrs. James Jennings of Greenville, S. C.; his mother; and two brothers, John Joines and J. M. Joines; and a sister, Mrs. Carl Jones. Burned McCollum House On Bidwell To Be Torn Down The residential property of Mrs. Mary Eller McCollum on Bidwell street has been pur chased by the Duncan Motor company, and the charred re mains of the house will be pulled down. It was announced this week. The house, occupied at the time by Mr. and Mrs. Jack Allred, burned several months ago. The foundations and floor are undamaged, It was said, and will be saved, and the floor covered. A new house will be built when materials are available. Regional Forest Office Officials Visit Nantahala Officials of the Atlanta reg ional office of the U. 8. Forest service have been here this wee I* for conferences with Nan tahala National forest officials. Here from Atlanta were P. F W. Prater, assistant regional forester In charge of personnel; R. M. Conarro, regional officer In charge of Information and education; and Otis Taylor, reg ional photographer. The two latter were doing preliminary work on a new pho tographic series of the Nanta hala forest, Including both still and motion pictures, the latter nuin &nd In oo lor. Memorial Loan. Fund Of $1,000 Set Up By Agriculture Students Among Macon County s dead of World War 2 were sevfn young men who had been agri culture students of E. J. Whit mire in Franklin High school. One death announcement was quickly followed by another, and then another, and ihen another . . . On the younger boys who had followed tnese soldiers and sail ors into Mr. Wnitinire's classes, the repeated I deeply regret to inform you" telegrams made a deep Impression. Many of the youngsters had known- -ana almost worshipped-<-ihe deaa youths. And even where there was no personal acquaintance, there was the close tie of com mon membership In the Future farmers of America. The agriculture students of the war years said little, but they went to work. And last Friday the executive committee of the t local FFA chapter established a $1,000 loan fund in memory of the chapter's seven who gave their all for their country: Lester Harding Carpenter, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Carpen ter. George Gray, son of far. and Mrs. Jim Gray. Wayne Bradley, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bradley. Lewis Norton, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Norton. John Keener, Jr., son of Mr and Mrs. John Keener. Joe Mashburn, son of Mr. and ! Mrs. Henry Mashburn. George Martin, son of Mrs. J. T Martin. The memorial loan fund will be available only to boys tak ing vocational agriculture in the" Franklin High school. It's pur pose is to stimulate improved practices in farming, such as purebred livestock, purebred seed, and the development of the pasture and hay crops so essential in goad (arming. Boys who are taking agricul ture in the high school may borrow money to buy pure bred hogs, beet cattle, dairy cattle, and chickens. Loans also will be made to make possible the purchase of necessary farm equipment. The idea Dack 01 the loan lund is that no agri culture student shall be held back ior the lack ol funds. In addition, loans will be granted to boys who have com pleted their ljur years of voca tional agriculture in high school and wish to continue their edu cation in agricultural colleges. The Future Farmers earnea the money with which to estab lish the memorial loan fund by working in groups for farmers in the county, charging reas onable rates for the work per formed, and then putting the money earned in to the organi zation's treasury. They cut silage corn, killed and cut up hogs, castrated farm animals, dehorned cattle, wormed pigs, spread lime and phosphate for pasture demonstrations, and did many other farm jobs. They will continue these ser vices, adding the money earn ed to the loan fund, and they hope, by the end of this year, to increase it to $2,000. The loan fund will be admin istered by the executive com mittee of the Franklin FFA chapter, which already has set up regulations governing it. The committee is made up of the chapter officers. The officers who will lead the 55 Future Fanners this year are Lewis Pendland. president; Hayes Gregory, vice-president; Bob Tippett, secretary; Hoyt Bry son, treasurer; Bill Gibbs, re porter; and Mr. Whitmire, ad viser. Mrs. Merrill Is Elected Clerk By Highlands Board Mrs. Virginia Merrill, Highlands business woman, was unanimously elected clerk of the Town of High lands by the town's board of aldermen, at a meeting Tuesday night. ? She succeeds Jack H. Wil cox, resigned. Mrs. Merrill is the daugh ter of Mrs. J. Q. Pierson and of the late Mr. Pieraon. (Story of Mr. Wilcox' re signation on page 3.) Grindstaff Named 3-Gounty Buyer For Mica Concern Graham W. Grindstaff, of Franklin, widely known in mica circles, has been appointed by the Asheville Mica company as that firm's resident buyer for the counties of Macon, Jackson, and Haywood, the Asheville con cern announced this week The appointment is effective Oc tober 1. Mr. Grindstaff will succeed his uncle, W. E. Grindstaff, who died recently. The Franklin man, who re turned to Macon county about a year ago from New England, where he bought mica in Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, was with Asheville Mica company for a long period about 20 years ago. He and Mrs. Grindstaff are completing a home on the Highlands road. Baptist Pastor* To Meet October 5th In Highlandi The Macon County Baptist Pastors' conference will be held at the Highlands Baptist church Saturday, October S, starting at 11:30 a. m. The time of the monthly meetings of the conference has been changed. It was explained by the Rev. W. C. Pipes, sec retary and treasurer. The meet ings in the past have been held on the first Monday In each month, but starting with Oc tober, the conferences will be held on the Saturday before the first Sunday. W C. Burrell, a patient at the Angst hospital (or the past two WHlu, U rtportsd Improved PANTHERS PLAY MORPHYFRIDAY Local Eleven, Whipped By Brevard, Stresses Stronger Defense The Franklin High Panthers, losers to Brevard by a score of 19 to 7 in last Friday's first j game of the 1946 football sea son, will meet the Murphy Bull dogs here tomorrow (Friday > J night at 7:30. Following last week's defeat, Coach Bill Crawford and his as sistants, Bob Jacobs, Fred Houk, ?and Winton Perry, this week have been attempting to streng then the Franklin eleven's de The Martin Electric com-; pany has made available for this year's games a portable puMic address system, and it will be used for Friday night's game. fense. The Panthers showed considerable offensive power in their contest with Brevard, but lost the game when the Frank lin defensive crumbled. The local coaches feel, too, that they have reason for op timism. due to the reserve strength of the Franklin team, greatest in several years. Many of the reserves saw action and gave, good accounts of them selves in the game at Brevard. In that encounter, Brevard scored early in the first quarter, but failed to make the extra point. The Panthers, hitting back hard, scored, sparked by a 60-yard smash over left tackle by Halfback Tommy Angel. Horsley scored the touchdown on a quarterback sneak, and Angel carried it again over left tackle for the extra point. For the remainder of the first quarter and the early part of the second, the game was score less, marked by the goal-line stand of the Panthers on their one-yard line. Late in the second quarter, Brevard blocked a punt and re covered on Franklin's 20. They scored and made the extra point, leaving the score at the half 13 to 7 In Brevard's favor. Late In the third quarter, Brevard's Reed raced through right tackle for -40 yards and a third touchdown, but Brevard failed to make the extr? point. Twice during the fourth quar ter, Brevard threatened to score Continued on h|i t? Tallulah Falls Puts On Diesel Engine For Mail-Express The Tallulah Falls Railway J has put on a diesel engine 10 power its mail-express train The engine made a trial run 1 over the road Sunday, and went on daily, schedule Monday. The new engine, it was ex plained by R. G Beshears, sta tion agent, will release a steam engine to handle freight. As a result, the line now has three. ! instead of the former two. freight engines, iind with the I additional engine it is hoped that the regular schedule of a daily freight train can be main * ai.ned. The diesel is used on what formerly was the passenger train, but now handles only mail and express. Passenger traffic was discontinued about two months ago. 4,545 Trout Caught In 6 Forest Areas During the 1946 trout season, 1,523 fishermen caught 4.545 lish in the six cooperative wild life management areas of the Nantahala National forest, it was announced this week at the forest headquarters here The average catch was ap proximately three fish per fish erman. The numbers taken from the various areas follow: Standing Indian, 842; San teetlah, 1,225; Barker's Creek, 459; Wayah, 413; Fines Creek, 1,138; and Cliffside Lake. 468. Each of the fishermen paid the $1 fee for the privilege of fishing in the wildlife areas, and the money will be divided half and half between the co operating agencies ? the Nanta hala forest and the N C. divi sion of game and inland fisher ies. The funds will be spent in restocking and similar work, it was explained. Well over half of those fish ing in the streams, forest offi cials said, were local persons. Former Macon Woman Shot Through Head In Graham Miss Bonnie Bowers. 22, a , bow Springs community, was bowSprings community. was fatally shot last Sunday night at Robbinsville. Funeral services were sched uled for this (Thursday i after noon at the Cartoogechaye Bap tist church, with the Rev. James Chappell officiating, and burial to follow in the church ceme tery. Miss Bowers was shot through the head Her brother-in-law, Clarence Sneed, of Robbinsville, was arrested in connection wi.th the shooting, and released under bond of $1,000 for his appear ance at a hearing set for Oc tober 21. The shooting was said to have occurred when Miss Bowers. Sneed, Sneed's wife, and Frank Shuler, of RobbinsviJle, were standing together in front of the Bowers home. Miss Bowers, with members of her family, lived at Rainbow Springs when the Ritter Lum ber company was operating there. Survivors Include her mother, Mrs. Thelma Bowers: two sis ters, Mrs. Sneed and Miss Mar gie Bowers, the latter of New York City; and four brothers. Albert, Carl, Troy, and Billy Bowers, all of Robbinsville. Singing Convention Will Be Held Sunday The Fifth Sunday Singing convention will be held in the courthouse on Sunday, it has been announced by James M. Raby, president. Singers are ex pected from Georgia and South Carolina, as well as from the adjoining counties. Quartets, duets and classes from various sections of the county also fire expected to attend and take part in the day's program The singing is scheduled to start at 10 o'clock and continue through the day. The public is invited to attend. The condition of E. T. Callo way, who has been critically ill at hi* home on Bonny Crest for Mv?r?l day*, vu unchanged ThurxUy. I NEW DONATIONS PUSH FUND FOR MOUND TO $1,178 Owner Gives More Time To Raise $322 Still Required Additional contributions amounting to $139 were report ed this week ton the fund to buy the Nikwasi Indian Mound, bringing the total to date to $1,178. This is $322 short of the amount needed to buy the ?lOUiiit property. Meanwhile, since the goal was so nearly reached. W. Koy Car penter, owner of the property, agreed to give a reasonable amount of additional time. The option, whitih previously had been extended, was to have ex pired September 20 The latest contribution re ceived this week was a check for $5 from Mrs. Virginia 1J. Ramsey's seventh grade room of the Franklin school, made up of nickles. dimes, and quarters brought by the children Other rooms in the school, it was understood, also are col lecting funds. Of the 22 contributions re ceived during the past week, three came from Franklin, two from Highlands, and 17 from former Macon County residents who now live elsewhere. The out-of-county donations came from 11 states besides North Carolina. The latest list of donors, in addition to Mrs. Ramsey's room, follows: Lewis V. Angel, of Haines City, Fla.. Miss Dorothea Harb ison, of Highlands, the Quality Shop, Dr. John Paul Jones, of Wakefield. R I., Mrs. Floy S England, of Knoxville, Tenn.. W. E Hunnicutt, S. M. Long, of Sedro Wooley. Wash., Carl H. Hall, of Ford du Lac, Wise.. Lawrence J. Holt, of Lansing. Mich.. Mrs Frank Williams, of Spokane. Wash.. Rebecca Bridges, of Tarboro, Mrs. Jessie Z. Moreland. of Highlands. Mrs. Lloyd Hammond, of Ontario, Calif., J. F. Walden, of Metamo, 111., Mrs A. E. Skaggs, of Port land, Ore.. Miss Annie Will Sli er, of New York City, Mrs. John N Parker, of Sedro Wooley. Wash., Mrs. M. E. Smith, of Raleigh, Mrs. L. H Higdon, of Pontiac, Mich.. Mrs. Howard Wilkie. of Skyland, and Mrs. Roy Thompson, of Arlberg, Ark. Here's Data On Overseas Christmas Package Mailing Christmas packages for army personnel overseas may be mail ed without request slips be tween October 15 and November 15, Maj. George F. Heinz, pos tal officer of the Seventh army, has announced. That gives relatives and friends of the GIs a month longer to mail packages to in sure their arrival overseas by Christmas day than was the case during the war, Maj. Heinz stated, due to the great reduc tion of soldiers in foreign fields since the shooting stopped. Only one .package may be mailed by any one person to any individual overseas in any one week during the mailing period specified. The weight limit per package is 70 pounds, and the package may measure not to exceed 100 inches in length and girth combined. For Army personnel sent over seas shortly before or subse quent to November 15, packages will be accepted up tj Decem ber 10. but the sender must present a change of address card from the addressee, received subsequent to October -30, and these' packages must be marked "Christmas Parcel". Only one such parcel will be accepted from any one individual. A change from the war years is noted in the fact that parcels may be insured or registered, but they must be securely pack ed or wrapped to be acceptable. > No liquor, matches, combust ibles. ammunition, revolvers or other firearms may be mailed, and no perishables. The Weather High Low Prec. Thursday 75 58 Friday 79 55 Saturday 83 54 Sunday 71 57 .48. Monday 73 84 .81 Tuesday 81 84 Wsdnasday 83 <1