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KKANKL1N. K THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1946
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LINER. BRYSON
BUY AMERICAN
LEGION REALTY
Western Half Of Porter
Building On Main
Street Sold
Title to the American Legion
property on West Main street
has passed to Lawrence B. Uner
and Dan T. Bryson. The deed
was put on record the latter
part of last week
The property is ' the western
half of the two-story brick
structure on the north side of
the street known as the Johns
ton or Porter building.
Prelo Dryman recently enter
ed into a contract with the
Legion to buy the property for
$9,000, but Mr. Dryman sold it
to Mr. Liner and Mr. Bryson
before he obtained a deed from
the Legion, and, the deed, as
put on record, was direct from
Post No. 108, American Legion,
to L. B. Liner and wile, Tressie
Liner, and Dan T. Bryson and
wife, Helen Bryson.
Revenue stamps on the deed
Indicated that the buyers paid
$10,000 for the property.
The >vw owners, It is under
stood, have leased the lower
floor to Mr. Dryman. who is now
in business next door.
The eastern half of the
?structure recently was purchas
ed by Henry D. West from Bald
win and Liner.
J. M. Holbrooks, . _
71, Of Route 2, Is
Claimed By Death
Jerry Milas Holbrooks, 71. died
Wednesday at 5 p. m. at the
home of his daughter, Mrs.
Sarah Holbrooks Dowdle, of
Franklin.. Route 2, following a
week's illness.
A farmer and a native of
Macon County, he had been a
member of the Prentiss Baptist
church for 38 years. His wife, ;
Mrs. Arie Mason Holbrooks, died .
in 1930. I
Funeral services were arrang
ed for 3 p. m. today (Thursday)
at the Union Methodist church,
with the Rev. V. N. Allen, pas
tor, officiating. Sloan, Grady,
and Frank Holbrooks. Floyd
Mason, Fijank Jones, and Fred
Jones were asked to serve "as
pallbearers.
Surviving Include three chil
dren, Mrs. Dowdle, Wiley Hol
brooks, and Mrs. Laura Hol
brooks Stockton; a sister, Mrs
Betty Dills, of Etowah, Tenn.;
seven grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Bryant Funeral
home.
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Uncle John on the Pop wag
on failed to "git thar." if he
had received 780 more votes, he
might have been chairman of
the Board of Commissioners
two years longer.
Dr. S. H. Lyle, who is elected
to the legislature from Macon
County, bore himself finely in
the canvass. At each precinct he
impressed the people with the
honesty of his purpose and his
loyalty to his party and silver
*5 TEARS AGO
The glad hand was extended
to Rev. H. O. Allen, the new
pastor of the Franklin Methodist
church, at the morning services
last Sunday. The new pastor
succeeds Rev. L. B. Hayes, who
left last week for his new
charge at Greensboro
All our farrfiers and business
men are Invited to be at the
courthouse in Franklin on Wed
nesday, November ' 16th. at i p.
m., when Mr Roland Turner,
farm demonstrator, and Mr. R.
L. Butt, general freight agent
of the Southern Railway system,
will be here to discuss matters
of Importance to all our citizens.
M TEARS AGO
RABBIT CREEK NEWS ? Do
not be misled by the name Rab
bit Creek, or by the name of Its
tributary, Cat creek. This area
Is not overrun by rabbits or
cats. These names were given
by the Indians who resided here
in honor of two prominent
braves of the trtbe, one named
Rabblti the other Cat, who lived
on theap two reapaeUve ereeka.
Steel Goes Up For $150,000 Van Raalte Plant
Rapid progress is being made, as shown in the photograph above, in construction of a section of the Van Kaalte textile
plant in East Franklin. This part of the mill, which will be at the northeast corner of the completed plant, is expected to b?
finished about January 1, when approximately 70 persons will be pot to work. Due to inability to obtain enough materials now for
the entire structure, the firm decided to build a section immedi ately. It hopes to be able to have the entire plant in operation
by next fall. In the foreground may be seen the southwest corn er of the foundations for the 140 x 170-foot, one-story structure.
Here's how the Van Raalte textile plant in East Franklin will look when completed. In the architect's drawing above, the
entrance and cafeteria are shown at the extreme right. The offices will be just back of the cafeteria, and the remainder of the
plant will be an open working space. The mill will face west, toward Franklin; the north wall of the plant is shown in the fore
ground and at the If ft. Henry Irven Gaines, of Asheville, is the architect, and Merchant Construction company, of Asheville, has
the construction contract.
OFFER ORATORS
$2,000 PRIZES
Boys and girls attending the
high schools at Franklin and
Highlands have an opportunity
to win $500 college scholarships
offered by the North Carolina
Good Health association.
Four such scholarships will be
given . the four winners in an
oratorical contest sponsored by
the association. The contest is
<6pen to all students attending
accredited high schools in the
state.
The contest will be conducted
through the schools, in coopera
tion with the N. C. Dept. of
Public Instruction, it was ex
plained by J. H. Stockton, Ma
con County Good Health chair
man.
Separate contests w!.ll be stag
ed (or white and negro students
with the winning boy and girl
In each division receiving a
$500 college scholarship
Students participating will de
liver 10-mlnute orations on the
subJAt "North Carolina's Num
ber One Need ? Good Health."
Fact Sheets describing the
need for a program of better
health In North Carolina and
listing rules of the oratorical
contest have been prepared by
the Good Health association and
are being circulated to all city
and county school superinten
dents and to all high school
principals in the state.
Try-outs will get under way
In all high schools Immediately,
with a winning boy and a win
ning girl In each of the state's
100 counties to be chosen not
later than November 27
MARVIN GARNER IMPROVES
Marvin Garner, of Franklin.
Route 1, who has been critical
ly ill at the Angel hospital for
?everal days, was reported to be
?UlhUjf Improved Thursday.
NV.P.Rickman,
West's Mill
Native, Dies
William P Rickman, 56, died
at his home in the West's Mill
community last Saturday night
at 8 o'clock, following an illness
of two years.
Mr, Rickman. a life-long resi
dent of the West's Mill com
munity, was a farmer. He was
a member of the Cowee Baptist
church, and of the Loyal Order
of Moose In 1918 he married
Miss Inez Bryson, of the West's
Mill section, who survives.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Cowee Baptist church.
The Rev. C. C. Welch, pastor,
officiated, assisted by the Rev.
Judson Medlin and the Rev.
Norman E. Holden, both of the
Cowee community. Interment
followed In the church ceme
i tery.
The pallbearers were Otto
Arvey, Lee Allen, BUI Elmore.
Grover Arvey, Theodore Elmore
and Lawrence Brendle.
Surviving, in addition to his
widow, are one son, Roger Rick
man, a student at N. C. State
college; his mother, Mrs. Alice
Rlckman. of West's Mill; two
brothers, Robert C. Rlckman, of
West's Mill, and Carey, of Gas
tonla; foul1' sisters, Mrs Omer
Elmore,, of Leatherman. Mrs i
Nell Sanders, of Prentiss, and
Mrs. Frank Roper and Mrs. Lee
Hurst, of West's Mill.
Potts funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
V. D. C. TO MEET
The Macon County chapter of
the United Daughters of Con
federacy will meet at the home
of Mra. Lester 8. Conley on
Harrison avenue tomorrow night
I (Friday) at 7:10 o'clock
PLAN RED CROSS
MEETING NOV. 18
Members of the Macon Coun
ty chapter of the American Red
Cross will gather at the Agri
cultural building next Monday
night at 7:30 o'clock for their
annual meeting.
The election of officers for
the coming year will be a fea
ture of the meeting. In addition,
a program of general interest
has been planned, it was an
nounced by Mrs. Mary Jo Sloan,
home service secretary. George
B. Pattorw will be the chief
speaker.
Contrary to custom, the ses
sion will not be a dinner meet
ing. it was explained that it
was found impossible to obtain
a place where the crowd ex
pected could be accommodated
for a meal.
The chapter's officials, in urg
ing all 1946 contributors to at
tend the meeting, emphasized
the thought that the Red Cross
still has a big job to do.
P. T. A. To Hear
Mrs. KittreH At Meet
Monday Night
A program in observance of
National Book week will be pre
sented at the November meet
ing of the Franklin Parent
Teacher association on Novemb
er 18. The Monday night meet
ing. to be held In the school
auditorium, is set for 7:30
o'clock.
Mrs. Helen Kittrell, of Bry
son City, In charge of the
bookmobile that serves the Fon
, tana region, will be the guest
Speaker. "Books Are Bridges" will
be her topic.
Mrs Weimar Jones, president
of the association, announced
that a prize will be awarded t<
the room having the largest per
cqntage of parents present
Death Claims
J. P. Conley
At Age Of 83
James P. Conley, 83, died at
his home, Franklin, Route 1,
last Friday morning at 2:15
o'clock. Though he had been in
ill health for several months,
he became seriously ill only a
few days before his death
Mr. Conley was a life-long
resident of Macon county. He
! was born on May 23. 1863. a son
j of the late Charles and Eli.za
|beth Patton Conley. He was a
i farmer and a member of the
' Carson Chapel Methodist church
1 Funeral services were held on
[Saturday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock at the Carson Chan*
? Methodist church. The Rev. W.
Jackson Huneycutt. pastor, of
: ficlated, assisted by the Rev.
i Hoyt Evans, pastor of the
1 Franklin Presbyterian church
and the Rev Charles E Parker,
i pastor of the Franklin Bapti.st
church, officiated Interment
followed in the church "ceme
tery.
The pallbearers, all grandsons,
were Robert, John and Charles
Vinson, and J. L Edwin and
Ellis Conley.
Surviving are four sons,
George R. Conley, J. K. Conley,
and J. P Conley, of Franklin,
Route X, and Charles A Conley,
Franklin; three daughters. Mrs
John Vinson, of Franklin.* Mrs.
Turner Vinson, of Clayton, N C..
and Mrs. Harold Moore, of
Franklin. Route 1; three broth
ers, J. A. Conley and Lester
S. Conley, of Franklin, and W
L. Conley, of Franklin, Route 1 ;
two sisters, Mrs. Ellen Crawford
j of Franklin, Route 1, and Mrs
- Frank Calloway, of Franklin;
I ' and 26 grandchildren, and 1!
> great-grandchildren.
- j Bryant Funeral home was ir
eharf* of th* arrangements,
OFFICIAL COUNT
SHOWS '46 VOTE
SET NEW RECORD
Most Ballots Cast For
Register; Bradley's
Margin Is 247
The total vote cast m Macon
County in last week's general
election was 5.724 ? the heaviest
'in the county's history the ol
licial canvass, made by the
board of elections Thursday, re
vealed.
The total compares with an
official count of 5,365 cast in
the Presidential election of two
years ago; 4,071 in 1942; 5.253
in 1940: and 3.972 in 1938
The canvass, although making
minor changes in the totals re
ceived by various candidates,
altered none of the results as
?shown by the unofficial count.
Although major interest ap
peared to center in the sher
iff's race, the canvass revealed
that the heaviest vote -was cast
f >r register of deeds. The total
in the latter contest was three
greater than In the race for
sheriff Lake V Shope, the pres
ent register, won over Ralph M.
Henson. his Republican oppon
ent, by a margin of 1,110 votes.
The board found that Sheriff
J. P. Bradley was reelected over
L B. Phillips by a margin of 247,
instead of the 256-vote margin
indicated by the unofficial re
port.
The official count showed that
both proposed amendments to
the state constitution carried in
this county, and that Demo
crat Monroe M. Redden, elected
congressman from this district,
received a Macon County vote
of 3.008, as compared with 2,
428 cast for Republican Guy
Weaver.
Final, but unofficial, returns
for the state showed that the
legislators' expense amendment
was defeated by a margin of
910 votes( it was reported from
Raleigh.
The amendment to gi,ve wom
en the right to serve on juries
was approved by an overwhelm
ing vote
This county, the election
board's figures showed, gave
Baxter C Jones. Democrat, oi
Bryson City, a vote of 3.043 lor
state senator, as compared with
2,389 cast here for his Repub
lican opponent, F. Herbert. Mr.
Jones was elected by the voters
of the five counties ? Macon,
Swain, Clay. Cherokee, and
Graham ? making up the thirty
third senatorial district
Official Macon Vote
The complete, official vote in
Macon County is given below,
i Unless otherwise noted, the first
candidate named in each case
j is the Democrat: the second! the
! Republican.
Constitutional amendments:
For making the constitution
] equally applicable to men and
j women (to permit women to
| serve on juries t. 1,824: against.
1,644
For allowing limited necessary
expenses ($600i of members of
i the general assembly, 1,549;
against, 1,351.
District Officers:
Solicitor: Dan K. Mpore, 3.
135. (No Republican opposition i
State Senate Race
State senator: Baxter C. Jones.
3.043; F. Herbert. 2,389.
County Officers:
Representative: Herbert A.
McGlamery, 3,105; Sanforil
Smith, 2,476.
Clerk of Superior Court: J.
Clinton Brodkshire, 3,041; A R.
? Continued on Pare Seven
J. D. Mallonee,
Native Of Iotia,
Dies In Murphy
James David Mallonee, promi
nent Murphy attorney and na
tive of Macon County, died in
a Murphy hospital early Sun
day morning at the age of 71.
Mr Mallonee, who was a
brother of George Mallonee, of
Franklin, was reared in the
Iotia community, the eldest son
of Elbert Sevier and Mary Jane
Mallonee.
Mr. Mallonee had served as
I mayor of Murphy, county at
j torney, and chairman of tin
county school board, and re
cently had been elected presi
dent of the Twelfth District Bar
association.
Yule Gifts Sought For
111, Disabled Veterans
Persons who wish to cheer the
1 sick and disabled war veterans
this Christmas are asked to
i leave their gifts at the Nanta
hala Power and Light company,