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VOL. LXI? NO. 43
FRANKLIN. N C- THl'KSUAV, OCTOBER 24. 1946
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MACON ANIMALS
WIN 4 PRIZES
IN STOCK SHOW
Gregory's Steer Reserve
Champion; First Place
Won In 2
Beef cattle from Macon Coun
ty won two first places one
second place and one tenth
place, In Wednesday's Fat Stock
show in Asheville.
An 860-pound Aberdeen-An
gus steer, exhibited by Hayes
Gregory, Macon County member
of the Future Farmers of |
America, took the reserve (sec- j
ond place) championship prize ;
In the show.
Tenth place in the compet'.on
went to a 1,000-pound Here
ford steer exhibited by Bob Tip
pett, FFA member of this coun
ty.
In county groups of five steers
(class 2 of the showf), Macon
county animals stood in first
place, with Buncombe second,
Haywood third, and Transyl
vania fourth.
And Macon was accorded top
honors in Class 3 (county
groups of three home-raised
steers*. Haywood took second
place and Buncombe third.
The Macon County animals
were among the 80 baby beef
entered in the competition by
48 exhibitors.
Sunday School Meet
To Be Held At Iotla
A Sunday school meeting will
be held Sunday afternoon at
2:"30 o'clock at the Iotla Baptist
church. On the program are
talks by Thomas Rickman and
Frank Browning; a round table
discussion, led by Glenn Camp
bell; and a song service, led by I
Herbert A McGlamery. The de- j
votional will be conducted by j
the Rev. W. C. Pipes.
Two British War Bride*
Arrive To Jiin Husbands
Two British war brides of
Macon County men jpave arriv
ed here to join their husbands.
They are Mrs. Wood row Zim
merman, the former Miss Ethel ;
McGuire, and Mrs. Marshall |
Jones. Both are from Lancash
ire, England, but they had nev- j
er met until they became ac- I
quainted on the ship coming to I
the States
Do You
. Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK j
The new ballot-boxes came in
Saturday. They are the size and j
shape of a common bee-hive.
The opossum crop is begin
ning to come lr>. j
The pin factory was shut j
down three or four days the
latter part of the week to give
the Jackson county men an op
portunity to visit home, also to
await the delivery of pins. It
opened up again Monday morn
ing.
We learn that Mrs. C. C. Dan
iels, a native of Franklin, whdse
residence Is In Cheyenne, Wyo., !
will be entitled to vote In the
coming election and will exer
cise that right. We are pleased
to announce that she Is a free
silver Democrat and will deposit
her first ballot for William
Jennings Bryan.
25 YEARS AGO
IOTLA NEWS: Last night we
were awakened by the firing of
guns. Next bells began to ring,
cars began to blow, several
voices began to scream We
thought that Christmas had
come in October, but it was a
crowd serenading Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Duvall, who had moved
into the house Mr. and Mrs
Charlie Shields had vacated.
. 10 YEARS AGO
With the general election less
than two weeks off, Democratic
and Republican campaign work
ers were busy this week whip
ping their organizations Into
line for the final drive for
Macon County's votes.
PATTON VALLEY: An old
time candy breaking was given
at the home of Mr and Mrs.
Jim Emory last Wednesday
night. It was also a tacky party
and one of our local boys won
the price. He wu dressed like
a flapper and wu the tun of
th? (vtnlng
The Weather
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
High Low Prec.
75 38
72 41 01
Wednesday
78 38
75 i 45
72 37
72 47
68 41
JOHN JOHNSON
DIES OF INJURY
Auto Accident Termed
Unavoidable; Rites
Held Saturday
Funeral services for John A.
Johnson, who was fatally in
jured in an automobile accident
last Thursday afternaon, were
held at St. Agnes Episcopal
church Saturday morning at 10
o'clock, and the body was taken
to Rock Hill, S. C , his Doynood
home, for interment Sunday,
Mr. Johnson, 48-year old vet
eran of World War 1, died at
the Angel clinic at 7:30 o'clock
Thursday night, four hours after
the accident. Suffering from a
fracture of the right side of the
skull, as well as a fracture of
the right leg, he never regained
consciousness.
The accident occurred at the
intersection of the Hayesville
highway and the Wayah road.
Ralph Cunningham, taxi driver,
said that he was hailed by Mr.
Johnson as he was driving to- !
ward Franklin, and that he
pulled his automobile off the
highway and into the Wayah
road. He said Mr Johnson went
around the car to get in, but
suddenly started across the
highway and into the path of [
an automobile driven by John
S. Trotter, of Asheville, formerly
of Franklin. Mr. Trotter's car. j
headed toward Franklin, struck
Mr. Johnson with the left ftnd
er and bumper, threw him upon
the hood of the car, and car
ried him about 21 yards
Pritchard Smith, state high
way patrolman, who investigat
ed, said the accident was un
avoidable, and pointed out that
Mr. Trotter's car was driven off
the highway in an effort to
avoid hitting Mr. Johnson -
The son of the late Rev. J. W.
C. Johnson, and of the late Mrs.
Johnson, a former editor of The j
Press, Mr Johnson was born at
Rock Hill, attended Woodbury
Forest school at Lynchburg, Va..
and . took a special two-year
course at Virginia Polytechnic
institute at Blacksburg, Va.
He served in the medical corps
in France during World War 1, j
and worked with the C.A.A on
airfield construction during the
last war. He was a member of
the local post of the American ;
Legion, and was active here in
a number of community en- !
deavors, particularly the recent
drive to raise funds for the fight
on cancer.
8urvivors include his widow
and son, John Carroll, of Corpus 1
Christi., Texas, and five broth- 1
ers, Blackburn W? of Raleigh,
W Caniey, of Madison. Francis <
B., of Burbank, Calif . William
S, of Charlotte; and Richard R. i
of Charleston, S. C.
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, 1
rector, conducted the funeral :
service here. Pallbearers were <
Allan Brooks, R S. Jones. Frank |
Leach, W. T. Moore, R. S.
O'Mohundro, and Weimar Jones.
The Rev. Alfred Champliss of
ficiated at the graveside rites
at Rock Hill Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
Funeral arrangements were
directed by Bryant Funeral
home.
Motion Pictures To Be
Shewn At First Baptist
A motion picture, "Romance
of a Century", screened by the ]
Southern Baptist convention,
will be shown at the First Bap
tist church Saturday and Sun
day nights at 7:30 o'clock. The
film is a plcturization of the
history ol the Baptist denomi
nation. The Saturday night
showing is primarily for con
gregations of Baptist churches
In the county who cannot leave
their churches on Sunday night,
it was explained
Dr. Slagle At Penn. U.
For Pest-Graduate Work
Dr. T. D. (Dick i Slagle. who
has been practicing In Sylva
since his separation from the
navy medical service, is now it
the University of Pennsylvania
taking a post-graduate course
in surgery. He expects to com
plete the course in June. Dr.
Slagle, a native of Macon Couji
ty, U the ?on of Mrs. K?nry
?ls?l?. I
3,417 IN DAILY
attendance in
MACON SCHOOLS
First Month's Average
Is 91.5 Per Cent
Of Enrollment
An average of 3,417 childien
were in daily attendance in the
24 Macon County schools dur
ing the first school menth ol
this year, Supt. Guy L. Houk
announced this week
The total enrollment in the
county stands at 3.734
Thus, during the first month,
the average daily attendance
was 91 '/, per cent. v
The figures also reveal thai
approximately one school child
out of every six in this c0""^
is in high school, and that
nearly one-third of all the
children In tfte county attend
the consolidated school at
Franklin.
The daily attendance f'gures i
for the first month, by schools,
follow :
Allison- Watts, ^.Burning -
town, 45, Clark's Chapel. 37
Cowee, 330; Franklin, 1,059 (616
in the elementary grades and
443 in high school > ; Gold Mine,
27 Higdonville, 96; Highlands.
391 (338 in the elementary
grades and 53 in hlgh schooli ; |
Holly Springs, 53; Iotla, U7, ,
Kyle, 122, Mashburn, 20; Moun
tain Grove, 16; Oakdale 30,
Oak Ridge, 44; Otter Creek, 205
(173 in elementary graces and
32 in high school i; Otto, 309,
Pine Grove, 66; Salem, 73.
Scaly. 42; Slagle. 97; Union ai
Watauga 46; and Chapel < Neg
ro i 78 <71 in the elementary
grades and 7 in high school ).
Mrs. Norton
Taken By Death At Home
In Otto Community
Mrs. Malissa Carolyn Norton,
78, widow of P. L. Norton, of the
Otto section, died at her home
Saturday morning at 3 .3CO ciock
following a month's illness
Funeral services were held at
the Asbury Methodist church
Saturday afternoon at i-?
o'clock, with the Rev. V N. Al
ign pastor, officiating. Inter
ment followed in the church
cemetery _ . ,
The pallbearers were Edd
Henson, Joe Bradley^ Robert
Stewart, Frank Norton Miller
Norris and Clarence Peak. ,
A native of Rabun county,
Ga Mrs. Norton was the
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Loren |
Dickerson Since her marriage,
she had resided in Macon coun
ty. She was a member of the
Mulberry Methodist church.
Surviving are three sons. Jesse
Norton, of Dillard, Ga., Route !.
Edd Norton, of Otto, and Ea
Norton, of Washington, D. C..
three brothers, Ira Dickerson, of
Canton, Ga., Dock Dickerson of
Tiger Ga., and LaFayette Dick
Si of Dillard; three sisters
Mrs Belle Rogers, of Mountain
City Ga, and Mrs. ArzelLa
Burrell and Mrs. Hattie BurreU.
of Betty's Creek, Ga., and nirtfe
grandchildren.
Bryant funeral directors were
In charge of the arrangements.
Pay Of Drivers
Of School Buses
Here Is Boosted
Adult drivers of school
buses in Macon, County this
week were given an increase
in salary.
Local school authorities
recently announced an in
crease from $35 to $40 in
the monthly pay. The driv
ers, however, asked for $50.
After negotiation, Supt. Guy
I- Houk assured them that
the increase will be at least
$45, and, if future court
fines turned over to the
schools, over and above
budget requirements, are
sufficient, the pay will be
58, he said.
There are 22 drivers in ,
the county, of whom 19 at
present are adults. Student
drivers receive $27.50. The
state provides a1 flat $13.50
for each bus driver, and the
county makes up the dif
ference.
ANDREWS LICKS
RED PANTHERS
Cubs Lose To Sylva;
Thanksgiving Game
Scheduled Here
The Franklin Red Panthers,
after three straight wins, lost
to Andrews, 14 to 7, In a hard
lought grid contest here last
Friday night, and Tuesday night
the Panther cubs went down
before the Sylva cubs to the
tune of 7 to 0
Friday night's was the last
home game that had been sche- (
duled for this season, but
Coach Bill Crawford announced I
this week that ' a Franklin
Clarkesville, Ga., clash here has j
been arranged Thanksgiving day
(November 28 1. It is set to open
at 2:30 o'clock.
Meanwhile, the Panthers,
hopeful that their backfteld, re
cently hampered by injuries,
will be in better shape, will take
to the road this week-end. The ,
Franklin aggregation will play j
at 1:30 Friday afternoon, and
the Cubs will go to Sylva next
Tuesday night in an effort to
avenge their defeat this week.
In last Friday's game, Cabe
smashed off tackle, broke into
the clear, and raced 60 yards
for Franklin's only touchdown,
made early in the first quarter.
He also kicked the extra point.
During the remainder of the
game, the Panthers gained in j
mid-field but invariably bogged
down when they got Into scor- [
ing territory.
Andrews scored, late in the i
first quarter, with a pass from j
Hawks to Raxter. and Hawks J
made the extra point, tieing the
score, 7 to 7.
Andrews' second tally came In
the third quarter, when Mc- j
Connell smashed the center of
the line, and the visitors also
scored the extra point.
In passing attacks in the
fourth, Andrews twice threaten
ed to score, but the Panthers
managed to stall them off.
The cubs' game gave promise
of being scoreless, and it was
not until late in the third
quarter that Sylva made a
touchdown, and followed it up
with the extra point.
Top Rate Certificates
Held By More Than Half
Of Teachers In County
More tljan half of the teach
ers in the Macon County school
system hold the top teaching
certificate, known as "A- 10",
figures compiled by Supt. O. L.
Houk show.
Fifty-seven of the county's
105 classroom teachers hold
this grade certificate
Teachers' certificates, Mr.
Houk explained, are based on
education and professional
training and on experience. The
"A" indicates that the teacher
has been graduated from college
and has taken, in addition, a
fixed amount of professional
training The "10" indicates that
he or she has had 10 years' ex
perience, or more
Seventy-one, or two-thirds, of
the teachers in the school sys
tem this year hold an "A" cer
tificate of some sort. In addi
tion to the 57 with 10 or more
years' experience, two hold "A-9"
(nine years' experience) certi
ficates; two hold "A-8" certi
ficate*; on* an "A-7" certificate;
three "A-B"; two "A-l"; two
"A-2"; one "A-l" and one "A-0"
? no experience.
Twelve teachers in this coun
ty's 24 schools hold "B" certifi
cates, indicating college gradua
tion but lack of the professional
training required for an "A"
grade certificate; 10. hold "C"
certificates, for which at least
two years' college work is re
quired; eight hold "Elementary
A" certificates, indicating high
school graduation, a> least one
quarter of college work; one
holds an "Elementary B"? high
school graduation, plus at least
one-quarter of college work; one ;
that Is, they lack the quallfica- ,
tlons that would permit them to
teach in the North Carolina j
public schools in normal times, i
Houk's figures show that
\ there are one or more "A" i
teachers in every school, except
five.
Twenty-five of the 29 teachers
in the Franklin school hold "A"
ratings; nine of the 12 in High
land*
Cherry Will Speak
Here Friday Night
Arrest Mann
On Election
Law Charge
James J Mann, chairman of
the Macon county board of elec
tions, was' arrested Monday aft
ernoon on a charge of violation
of the election laws
The warrant, sworn out by J.
H. Dean, chairman of the county
Republican executive committee,
charges that Mr. Mann, a Dem
ocrat, has refused to issue ab
sentee ballots as provided by
law.
Mr. Mann posted bond of $200
for his appearance at a hear
ing before Justice of the Peace
C. A Setser The hearing is set
for 2 p. m. November 19.
Republican leaders contend
that the law provides [or the
issuance of absentee ballots, up
on proper application, in one o:
three ways ? to the voter in per
son, to a member of his imme
diate family, or by mail. They
charge the board chairman re
fused to issue them to imme
diate members of voters' fam
ilies.
The warrant alleges that "on
or about the 17th day of Oc
tober, 1946, and on various dates
thereafter", the election board
chairman "unlawfully and wil
fully and feloniously did refuse
to issue absentee ' ballots u>
members of voters immediate
family upon proper applications
therefor, in violation of Sec. 56,
Election Laws of North Carolina,
and did falsely claim that the
State Board of Elections had
instructed him to refuse to make
delivery of absentee ballots to
members of voters' immediate
family".
Officers Are
Installed At
First Baptist
The First Baptist church, of
which the Rev. Charles K.
Parker is pastor, has installed
church ana department oiticers
and committees for the coming
year's work.
Verlon Swafford was installed
as clerk, H. H. Plemmons as j
treasurer, and Mrs. Meda Bryson
as pianist.
Other officers and committee
members follow:
Deacons: G B. Woodward,!
Verlon Swafford, Herman chil
ders, H. A. McGlamery, R D.
Rogers, E. R. White, Charles |
Potts, Paul Carpenter, Walter
Dean, Gus Baldwin, H. H. Plem
mons, and Prelo Dryman
Trustees: Dr. H. T. Horsley,
George Dean, and Dr. G. B.
Woodward
Ushers: Prelo Dryman, Pas
chal Norton, Forest SisK, Bill
Bryson, Bruce Bryant, Ernest
Hyde, Gus Baldwin, Fred Grant,
Bill Bryant, Oscar Ledtord, and
W. P. Constance.
Committees : Baptismal, Paul
Carpenter, R D. Rogers, ana !
Wade Cunningham; communion,
Mrs. Charles Conley, Mrs. Maude |
Blaine, and Mrs. Ada Brown;
floral, Mrs. R. M. Rimmer, Mrs |
Frank Higdon, Mrs. Herman j
Childers, and Mrs. R. D. Carson : j
entertainment, Mrs. Horner J
Stockton, Mrs I T. Peek, and
Mrs.1 F. B. Alexander; finance,
John Archer, Graham Grind
staff, R. D. Carson, Manson
Stiles, Fred Grant, Mrs. O. C
Bryant, Mrs Gus Baldwin, Miss
Kate McGee, Mrs. Henderson
Calloway, and Mrs. A. R. Hig
don.
Training union: Mrs. H. A.
McGlamery, general director;
Paul Carpenter, associate direct
or; Mrs Paul Carpenter, secre
tary; June Bradley, pianist;
Sarah Parker, choister; and
group leaders and sponsors:
Harriet Murray, Mrs. Hyldah
Shepherd, Mrs C. E. Parker, Mrs.
Henry West, Mrs. E. R White,
G B. Woodward, E. R. White,
and Mrs. Fred Grant.
Sunday school officers: Walter
Dean, superintendent; Ernest
Hyde, associate superintendent;
Mrs J. B. Pendergrass, secre
tary; Mrs. Ida Orant, associate
secretary; Edith Plemmons, pi
anist, and H. A. McGlamery,
ehoUttr.
Governor To Address
Democratic Rally At
Courthouse
R. Gregg Cherry, governor of
North Carolina, will address a
Democratic rally at the court
house here tomorrow i Friday i
night at 7:30.
Gov Cherry will be introduced
by George B. Patton. and H W.
La be, chairman .if the county
Democratic executive commit- 1
tee, will preside. Arrangements
have been made for a program
of stringed music, by local tal- ?
ent.
Mi Cherry, coming here for
his first visit since he became
governor, will motor to Frank
lin, but it was not known at
just what hour he wiJl arrive.
Jt is presumed that he will
I spend the night here.
The governor's address wiJl
come just 11 days beiore the
general election of November 5
Saturday , is the last day un
which prospective voters may
register for the election.
Macon County voters will bal
lot not only for a congressman,
a solicitor (a formality, since
there is no Republican nominee
lor this office i . a state senator,
a representative, and the various
county officers, but will express
themselves at' the polls on two
proposed amendments to the
state constitution.
The political rally at which
Gov. Cherry will speak is the
third held here. Monroe Red
den. of Hendersonville, Demo
| cratic nominee for representa
tive in congress, spoke at a
meeting at the courthouse Oc
tober 12, and last Saturday Re
publicans gathered to hear their
congressional nominee, Guy
Weaver, of Asheville.
Mr. Weaver told his audience
that the Republicans stand for
"American freedom for the In
dividual. under just laws impar
tially administered", for effi
ciency in government, and lor
"constitutional government ' as
we understand it"
Report P. T.
Membership
Totals 579
A talk by a guest speaker ;md
reports of committees marKect
Monday night's meeting of the
Franklin Parent-Teacher asso
1 ciation, which was attended by
approximately 70 persons.
Highlighting the reports was
that oi the membership com
mittee, headed by Mrs Marion
Perce. A total of 679 have join
ed the association to date, she
reported.
Miss Lenora Smith, of the fac
ulty of Western Carolina Teach
ers college, the speaker, talked
interestingly on "Child Psychol
ogy' . She was introduced by
Miss Nora Moody.
Mrs. R. S. Jones presented a
reading, accompanied at the pi
ano by Mrs. H W. ?pbe, as ohe
devotional.
The association voted to help
provide lockers for the school.
Mrs. J. H Williams' second
grade room won the prize for
having the largest percentage of
parents present.
Mrs. Perce announced that
first prize, a box of candy, for
the child obtaining the largest
number of members was won by
Jean Franks, daugnter of Mr.
and Mrs. Mack Franks. She ob
tained 52. Second prize went to
Martha Ann Stockton, daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs. J Horner
Stockton, for getting 31 mem
| bers; third prize to George
| Perce, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ma
| rion Perce, who obtained 23
members; and fourth to Bill
J Zlckgraf, son of Mr and Mrs.
J Grant Zickgraf, who had 22.
Mrs Weimar Jones, the presi
j dent, presided. She announced
that the next meeting will be
held at 7:30 p. m.. November 18
The joint speaking engage
ment of Herbert McGlamery
and Sanford Smith. Democratic
and Republican nominees, Re
spectively, for representative, at
Holly Spring school has been
postponed.
i They announced this week
that their appearance at Holly
Springs tomorrow ( Friday i night
has been canceled, in view of
Oovernor Cherry's scheduled
.speech In Franklin that night.
They will appear on the same
platform at Holly Springs Sat
urday night at 7: SO o'clock.