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VOL. LX1? NO. 44
FRANKLIN. N I'.. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 194?
$2.00 PER YEAR
G. O. P. CAPTURES SHERIFFS OFFICE
JURORS DRAWN
FOR DECEMBER
TERM OF COURT
Judge Nettles Scheduled To
Preside At Session Open
ing December 2
Tiio board of county commis
1:111 a! its mte;ing Monday,
drtw the jury list for the term
of superior court that will open
here Monday, December 2.
Zeb V. Nettles, of Ashe
vilic, who held the August term,
is scheduled to preside.
The jury list follows:
Clyde Hopper of Franklin
Unu i 2; Prince Curtis of Dillard,
(Jn. Route 1; James C. Myers of
Franklin Route 3; Lem Cabe of
Route 2; W. R. Gibson of Leath
erman; S. T. Phillips of Franklin;
C. T. Bryson of Cullasaja; M. B.
Norton of Route 2; J. Howey Mc
Connell of Cullasaja; Tilman
Dowdle of Route 2; W. S. Castle
of Dillard, Ga. Route 1; W. T.
Moore of Franklin; P. N. Moses
of Cullasaja; J. T. Nichols of
Prentiss; D. L. Parrish of Etna;
C. N. Dowdle of Franklin; A. P.
Cunningham of Route 2; Clar
ence Phillips of Route 2; J.
Harve Vanhook of Prentiss; W.
B. Long of 'Route 2; Claude
Conley of Route 2; H. M. Cabe of
Route 2; S. C. Leatherman of
West's Mill; John M. Norton of
Dillard, Ga., Route 1; Leonard
Horn of Franklin; W. M. Barn
ard of Route 3; A. L Ramsey of
Route 3; J. W. Blaine of Pren
tiss; C. A. Shields of Franklin;
W. P. Dryman Of "Dillard, Ga.,
Route 1; Joe Ashaer of Frank
lin; W. N. Dalrymple of Route 1;
Fred Taylor of Rioute 2; Bryan j
Setser of Route 1; Erwin Patton
fo Franklin: and Ed Shope of
Prentiss.
Second week:
Tom Lambert of Aquone: John
Hughes of West's Mill; S. P.
Pierson of Highlands; C. B. Bry
son of Cullasaja; C. S. Slagle of
Route 1 ; N. G. Davis of Route
1; Frank Gibson of West's Mill;
Weaver Gibson of Route 3; T.
N. Norton of Dillard. Ga., Route
1: A. L. Dills of Ellijay: Alex
Moore of Franklin; Z. W. Taylor
of Route 4; Earl Justice of Route
4; J. H. Shook of Route 2; J. C.
Dawdle of Route P, Wilbur
Teanue of Prentiss; Ira Ledford
of Prentiss; and Bob Sanders of
Route 1.
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Whiskey was very much in
evidence in town Saturday. A
blind tiger seemed to be in op
eration in certain quarters. It
is presumed that the bug juice
was of the Mark Hanna brand
and was dished out free.
A clever woman sent us word
a few days ago that she was
feeding a Thanksgiving turkey
she expected to send us along
with a load of wood to cook it.
Won't we be in the swim
though?
The election In Franklin yes
terday was not without some
lively features.
25 YEARS AGO
ALMOND: The revenue offic
ers have been making Buffalo
BUI hunt In this part of the
land. Two stills have been re
ported fount.
10 YEARS AGO
Nevil McCoy, four-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Mc
Coy, of Gneiss, was brought to
the Angel hospital Monday with
a grain of popcorn In his left
lung. The corn was aspirated
while the child was eating about
10 days ago With the aid of a
bronchoscope the popcorn was
removed from the lung by hos
pital surgeons, who reported he
would recover.
Macon county's annual Red
Cross roll call will be launched
Tuesday night of next week at
a supper In the American Le
gion hall.
Among Successful Candidates
REELECTED? Lake V. Shopc
was chosen in Tuesday's elec
tion for another four years'
service as Macon County regis
tfr of deeds.
AWARDS GIVEN
AT 4-H EVENT
Exhibits, stunts, motion pic
tures, recreation, livestock judg
ing, and presentation of awards
marked the county-wide 4-H
Achievement day program ? the
first since the beginning of the
war ? held at the Agricultural
building last Saturday. About 85
attended.
The exhibits were of work
done by the boys and girls in
their 4-H projects this year
The winners were:
Best dozen eggs, Betty Brad
ley, of the Franklin club; best
gallon Irish potatoes, Sainuel
Holland, Pine Grove; best hand
of tobacco, Billy Ramsey, Iotla;
clothing, Virginia Cansler, iotla,
first place, Joyce Burnett, High
lands, second, and Patsy Hays,
Highlands, third; crafts, Lu
anne and Franabelle Gibson. Co
wee, first, Margaret Berry.
Highlands, second, and Martha
Nell Penland, Iotla, third; can
ned fruit, Rosalie Mashburn.
Higdonville, first; Annie Laurie
Moses, Higdonville. second, and
Luanne Gibson, Cowee. third;
canned vegetables. Maxine Tayl
or, Holly Springs, first, Luanne
Gibson, Cowee, second, and Ros
alie Mashburn, Higdonville,
third; garden display, Ru?h Ray.
Franklin, first, and Louise
Owenby, Otter Creek, second.
nave oesi ivecoras
County winners for the best
records were:
Virginia Cansler, Iotla. food
preparation; Frankie Belle Gib
son, Cowee. food conservation;
Lavonia Moore, Cowee, clothing;
Maxine Taylor, Holly Springs,
garden; Eugene Gray, Otto, meat
animal; Bruce Keener, Otto,
poultry; and Billy Ramsey, Iotla,
field crops.
Sam Howard won third state
prize, $2.50, on a room improve
ment exhibit that was shown
at the State fair in Raleigh.
Certificates of award went to
all members who completed and
turned in their 4-H record
books.
Presented By Miss Scott
All awards and certificates
were presented by Miss Marie
Scott, assistant home demon
stration agent.
With many boys and girls
participating for their first time
in such an event, judging of
four top Guernsey calves that
were brought to the Agricultur
al building was held. The order
of placing the calves was: Jerry
Potts, first; William Waldroop,
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Electric Service
To Be Suspended Short
Time On Sunday
Electric service in the
Franklin are will be sus
pended for two half-hour
periods Sunday afternoon,
November 10, while urgent
line repairs are made, it was
announced Wednesday by
officials of the Nantahala
Power and '.!ght company.
The power will be off
from I to 1:3* o'clock, ud
again from 5 to 5:36.
Users of electricity in
Ernst Franklin wil not be af
leotod, ths officials Mid.
GOP VICTOR? J. Perry Brad
ley, reelected sheriff, was (he
only Macon County Republican
to win in the election this week.
NEW CONGRESSMAN ? Mon
roe Redden, of Hendersonville,
will succeed the veteran Zebu
Ion Weaver in congress hi Jan
uary. He defeated Guy Weaver,
Ashevflle Republican, Tuesday.
Maxine Taylor, 12, Wins
Calf' for Best 4-H Essay
Milk Prices
Boosted 35c
Per Hundred
An increase of 35 cents per
hundred pounds in the price
paid for milk was announced
this week by Coble Dairy Prod
ucts, Inc.
Grade C milk testing 4 per
cent, formerly $4 per hundred,
now brings $4.35, and grade B
or cooler milk testing four per
cent has been raised from $4 40
to $4.75 per hundred.
In addition, 8.6 cents is paid
for each point above four per
cent. Thus Grade C, testing 4.5
per cent, would bring $4 78. All
these prices are less the hauling
charges.
In terms of gallons, this fig
ures 37 cents per gallon for four
per cent Grade C, S W. Men
denhall, county agent, pointed
out, and 41 cents for Grade B.
These are the highest prv".es
ever paid here for manufactur
ing milk, Mr. Mendenhall said,
adding that any farmer with
milk cows can well afford to
give them special attention and
thus sell milk.
Wt.th two average cows, the
agent said, there should be
plenty of milk for home use, plus
a five-gallon can of milk to sell
daily, giving the farmer a
monthly milk income of about
$49.
Becomes County's First Girl
To Be Given
Guernsey
Twelve-year old Maxiiie Taylor
this week was declared winner
of the registered Guernsey call
offered by the Southern Dairies
lor the best essay submitted by
a Macon County 4-H boy or
girl on the subject. The Guern
sey Cow is Best for Macon
County Because ..."
The daughter of Mr. and, Mrs.
Zeb Taylor, she is a member of
the Holly Springs 4-H club.
By winning the essay contest,
i she becomes the first girl in the
) county to be given a registered
i calf under the program worked
out bv the county agents of- !
fice. The other 16 placed in the
county this year have gone to j
boys.
The first heifer calf from the
animal given her by the South- ;
em Dairies will be turned over
to the county agent, who will
give it to another boy or girl,
and thus keep the chain going.
A seventh grader at the Holly >
Springs school. Maxine has done
three years of 4-H club work.
At the 4-H Achievement day
program last Saturday, she won ;
first prize on her canned vege- '
tables, and will receive a medal ;
from the state 4-H club office i
for having the best garden rec
ord in the county.
Her projects this year were
garden, food preparation, and
tree study.
Democrats Win All
Other County Posts
Bradley Wins Another 4- Year Term
By Margin Of 256 Votes; Brookshire
Defeats Higdon; 5,718 Votes Cast
Macon County Republicans again captured the sheriff's
office, but lost all other county posts to the Democrats, in
he hard-fought campaign that ended with Tuesday's
balloting. The vote, totaling more than 5,700, possibly was
the highest ever cast in this county.
Sheriff J. Pcfry Bradley .was placed in office fur another lour
years when !ie defeated L B. (Shine) Phillips bv an unoffiii.il
margin of 258 votes,
A. R. Higdon, clerk of superior court, the only other Republican
now holding office in this county, was beaten by his Democratic
opponent, 29-year old J. Clinton Brookshire. The unofficial count
showed Mr. Brookshire's lead as 453.
Macon Sailor
Lost At Sea; Billie Bateman
Drowned
Billie Thomas Bateman, 19
year old Macon County seaman
second class, was drowned when
a small boat capsized at Port
land. England, Monday night,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George ,
W. Bateman, of Franklin Route 4
have been notified. The boat was i
plying from a crusier, and cap
sized when it struck a buoy.
Young Bateman, who entered
service in Augiist, 1945, was
reared in the Nantahala section,
but his family moved to the Jess
Thomas farm last March. He at
tended the Franklin High school.
Survivors, in addition to his
parents, include six brothers,
Huell, Hubert, George., Howard,
Mack, and James Edward, and
two sisters, Launa and Maude
Belle.
William F. Plyler
Elected President
Of College Class
William Frank Plyler, hus
band of Mrs. Alice Bennett
Plyler. of Franklin, Route 3, has
been elected president of the
senior class at Western Caro
lina Teachers college, Cullowhee.
Mr. Plyler also was voted the
member of the senior class most
likely to succeed.
SUFFERS HIP FRACTUER
Miss Betty McGee suffered a
fracture of the left hip when
she fell on the street Tuesday,
as the result of stepping on a
banana peel that had been
thrown on the street. The acci
dent occurred near the Bryant
Furniture store. She was taken
to the Angel hospital for treat
ment.
Here Are Unofficial Returns In Macon County Races
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CONGRESS
Monroe Redden, D 1,256 171 312
Guy Weaver. R 6*0 145 Z ' 242
SOLICITOR
Dan K. Moore, D 1,344 175 47 156 322
STATE SENATE
Baxter C. Jones, D. 1,277 176 47 145 318
F Herbert, R 647 140 188 204 242
REPRESENTATIVE
Herbert A. McGlamery, D 1,319 162 57 133 317
Sanford J Smith, R. 649 155 187 240 241
CLERK OF COURT
J. Clinton Brookshire. D 1,245 157 56 154 298
A. R. Hlgdon, R 790 167 184 219 252
FOR SHERIFF
L B Phillips, D .... 1,165 144 28 105 293
J. P. Bradley, R 891- 189 205 270 267
REGISTER OF DEEDS
Lake V. Shope D 1.459 190 56 177 317
Ralph M. Henson, R. 593 136 185 197 242
CORONER
O. L. Blaine, D 1.255 153 43 136 313
Henry Corbin, R 680 164 191 221 244
SURVEYOR
John H. Dalton, D ... ...... 1,320 171 49 155 319
CH. BD. OF COMMISSIONERS
W. E Baldwin, D 1.338 1V3 49 156 279
J D Burnette, R 649 144 187 207 282
MEM. BD. OF COMMISSIONERS
W. W. Edwards, D 1,223 169 40 141 306
J. W. Roane, D - 1,247 166 30 137 302
Clyde O. Morgan, R 673 143 188 200 245
C. W. Henderson, R 710 14? 206 227 260
29 296 2,064
33 171 1,251
3(f 329 288 44 57 108 294 3,194
31 325 224 45 58 106 290 3,042
31 110 78 110 212 199 167 2,328
30 348 236 43 57 110 309 3,121
31 122 78 113 211 195 177 2,399
30 344 253 47 54 106 298 3,042
32 182 85 109 217 198 154 2.589
28 313 205 44 56 101 254 2,736
36 212 133 116 221 205 237 2,982
30 355 263 54 62 105 327 3,395
31 175 75 108 213 191 159 2.305
31 332 223 45 54 105 284 2,974
31 176 85 110 214 196 170 2,482
..... 327 228 45 58 307 2,979
19 339 231 46 56 115 304 3,105
43 177 110 214 192 176 2,381
29 331 225 38 59 105 290 2,956
30 336 239 40 57 106 290 2,980
31 171 123 221 196 173 2,364
32 172 Ill 215 196 175 2,452
All the other Democratic nom
inees were swept into office by
margin's ranging from Brook
shire's 453 to the 1.090 scored .by
Lake V. Shope, register of deeds,
over Ralph M. Henson. Mi
Shope's vote of 3,395 was the
greatest received bv any candi
date.
While returns were far from
complete in the congress race, it
appeared obvious .that Monroe
Redden, Hendersonville Demo
crat, had carried the county over
his Republican opponent, Guy
Weaver, of Asheville, by a com
fortable majority. And Baxter C.
Jones, of Bryson City, Democrat
ic nominee for state senator from
this (the thirty-third> district
received an unofficial voit o
042 in this county,- as compareo
wtih 2,326 for F. Herbert, of
Hayesville, Republican.
With only meagre returnes
available on the two consti
tutional amendments, the result
in this county awaited the of
ficial canvass today (Thursday).
Local interest .centered in the
sheriff's 'race, and the result
still was in doubt late Tuesday
night, as officials continued the
count qf the ballots cast in
Franklin township. Mr. Bradley,
having carried Millshoal, Sugar
fork, Ellijay, Flats, both Nanta
halas, and Burniragtown, came to
Franklin with a lead of 500 votes.
Most of the other precincts had
been heard from before it he
count of the Franklin vote was
completed, and backers of both
! candidates watched anxiously to
see if Mr. Phillips could pile up
enough votes here to overcome
his opponent's lead in othir sec
tions. As it turned out, the
Franklin man's margin here
was 274.
While it is not extraordinary
for the Republicans to place one
or ,two of their candidates in of
fice here,, students of local poli
I tics remarked that it is the first
tlmo in manv vpfl I'S that n Rp
publican official has been re
elected.
The extremely heavy vote ? 5,
718 ballots were cast in the
sheriff's race ? was forecast by
the heavy registration. A total
of 8,259 names were on the reg
istration books, and it was esti
mated that perhaps as many as
1,000 of these were new registra
tions.
This year's vote compares with
approximately 5,300 cast in this
county in the 1944 presidential
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Haussr
Charged With Violation Of
Election Lews
James Hauser, marker at the
Franklin polling place in the
oourthouse at Tuesday's elec
tion, was arrested about noon
Tuesday on a warrant sworn
out by Frank Hastings, of the
Skeenah section, charging Mr.
Hauser with violation of the
election laws.
The warrant charged that Mr
Hauser "changed the ticket (of
Mr. Hastings i from a Repub
lican ticket to a Democratic
ticket, against the affiant's will".
Mr Hastings was quoted as
saying that he marked his own
ticket, but that Mr Hiuser
misled him when he asked the
latter how to mark the ticket
for a straight Republican bal
lot.
Mr Hauser was released under
$500, pending a hearing before
Justice of the Peace C A. Set
Mr, act for November 20.