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PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. LX1I? NO. 3
FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, JANUARY 16. 1947
$2.00 PER YEAR
MACON TO GET
NEARLY $9,000
FROM FOREST
Return On Nantahala
Receipts Figures 6
Cents Per Acre
Macon County will receive ap
proximately $8,900 as its share
of Nantahala National forest
receipts for the fiscal year end
pi last June 30, it was announc
ed this week by E. W. Renshaw,
forest supervisor.
A total of $23,254 96?25 per
cent of the forest's gross re
ceipts ? will be distributed
through the state treasurer to
the six counties within which
the forest lies. Those counties
are Macon, Cherokee, Clay,
Graham, Swain, and Jackson. ,
Since the distribution is bas
ed upon acreage in the forest,
and since this county has 145,
385 of the total of 276,568 acres
In the forest, Macon's share will
be about 40 per cent of the
total.
The funds distributed to the
counties are In lieu of taxes the
counties would have received
had the lands remained private
ly owned, and are earmarked
for schools and roads. Macon's
share represents a return of
about six cents per acre for all
land within the forest.
'Under the national set-up, 25
per cent of the gross receipts of ,
national forests go to the coun
ties within which the forests j
lie. An additional 10 per cent ]
is returned to the forests by the ,
U. S. General Accounting office
for improvement of roads with- i
In the forest boundary. I
The 10 per cent returned to ,
the Nantahala for this purpose
amounts to $9,301.98.
Thus a total of $32,556.94 re- |
ceived by the forest will be re
turned to It and to the counties \
In which It lies. ,,
The number of national for- \
est acres within each of the ]
other five counties follows: )
Cherokee, 77,126; Graham, 72,
145; Clay, 57,040; Jackson, 18,
888; and Swain, 5,984. '
Mrs. Lester Conley
Resigns From Staff
Of Franklin Press
Mrs. Lester dopley has re
signed from the staff of The
Press. Her resignation became
effective last Saturday.
Mrs. Conley, who has had
charge of the front office at
The Press for the past two
years, has been with the paper,
Intermittently, for many years,
and is well known throughout
the county.
For the time being, she plans
to take a rest, but will con
tinue her work as local cor
respondent of the Asheville
newspapers.
Methodists To Hear
Dr. Wdst Sunday At
11 O'Clock Service
Dr. Walter B. West, of Way
nesville, district superintendent,
will be guest speaker at the '
Franklin Methodist church at
the 11 o'clock hour next Sun
day morning.
The theme of the service will
be "Stewardship", which Is the
main emphasis this year of
Methodism's four-year Crusade
for Christ program.
At the close of the morning
service, Dr. West will conduct
the first quarterly conference.
Nearly 750,000 farm dwellings
had to be abandoned during
World War II.
r ?
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Pretu >
/
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Hon. J. F. Ray was honored
with the chairmanship of the
Democratic caucus that met the
night before the convening of
the legislature.
25 YEARS AGO
Ad In The Press:
FORD
New Prices Cf. o. b. Detroit)
Touring car, $348 00.
Truck Chassis, $430.00.
Sedan, $645.00.
1$ YEARS AGO
Oldest Gray Veteran Dies
Rev. J. N. Arnold, 97, dead;
only 8 Confederates left In
county,
School Patrons Asked
For Donations To Pay
E le c t r i c Light Bills
Patrons have been asked to
contribute funds to pay the
electric light bill of the Frank
lin school.
Principal George H. Hill ex
plained, in a letter addressed
to parents of children in eight
of the school's rooms, that
those rooms are equipped with
"exceptionally good lighting fix
tures", and that the state allot
ment for electricity for this
year has been exhausted. The
letter added that "the county
cannot pay for these extra
lights because there was no
provision made for them In last
year's budget.
About $29 a month is needed,
Mr. Hill wrote.
The text of the letter, which
was addressed to patrons and
was signed by Mr. Hill, follows:
"X am sure that you know
about the exceptionally good
lighting fixtures that have been
placed In the following rooms
of the Franklin School: Mrs.
Williams'; Mrs. Guffey's; Mrs.
Margie Ramsey's; Mrs Wal
lace's; Miss Moody's; Miss Hen
derson's; Miss Franks'; Miss
Jamison's. In addition to the
three sets of fluorescent lights,
each of the above rooms is
equipped with two ultra-violet
ray, health lights, through
which the air of the room passes
regularly. Since these health
lights have been installed we
have noticed quite an apprecia
ble decrease in colds and com
municable diseases. I am sure
no other school rooms in North
Carolina are better equipped to
take care of the eyes and gen
eral health of pupils than these.
[ know that you appreciate this.
[ do, because I have two little
Jlrls In one of those rooms.
"Now to the prime purpose of
this letter ? It takes electricity
to operate this equipment. It
takes money to buy electricity.
In fact it takes about $12 per
month to operate 19 units of
9-Hour Nose Bleed
Prove# Fatal To
13-Year Old Child |
Ida Louise Henry, 13
year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Henry, of
Whiteside Cove, died at the
home of her parents Friday
night of nose bleed.
Her nose started bleeding
nine hours earlier, and ef- ?
forts to halt the loss of
blood were vain.
She had been ill for the
past two months, suffering ,
from rheumatic fever, and
had had a similar attack of
nose bleed several weeks
ago.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at the Baptist
church at Scaly.
Health Officer
Will Give Examinations
To School Children
Dr. Mary B. H. Michal, dis- |
?rict health officer, has an- ,
lounced that she will be in j
franklin Friday, January 24, ,
ind Friday, January 31, from ,
LO a. m. to 2 p. m. to conduct
ichool examinations. The ex
aminations will be given at the
health department office in the
tahear building.
Prior to those dates, each
school principal will be given
ei list of children in the school
Fund by the county health
nurse to have serious defects,
ar otherwise to need an ex
amination, and these children,
plus others referred by their
teachers, are requested to be
present at the hours stated.
Dr. Michal Is in Franklin
each Tuesday for administra
tive clinic duties, and she point
ed out that she has influence
vaccine available at the health
department for physicians and
the general public.
Liat Taker To Be Found
In Courthouae Jury Room
Persons In Franklin township
who wish to list their taxes will
find the list taker In the Jury
room in the courthouse, It was
announced this week. The Jury
room Is on the second floor, to
the rear of the courtroom. The
list taker, Sanford E. Mann,
will be on duty there dally the
rtmtlndtr of tttii month.
, health lights and $17 per month
to operate the 104 units of
fluorescent lights, making a
total of $29 per month. The
state pays for electricity used
by schools otit of sales taxes
and other sources. But this
money is allotted on a per pupil
basis. We have used up the al
lotment already and the year is
not half over. The county can
not pay for these extra lights
because there were no provis
ions made for them In last
year's budget.
"The only way to keep them
burning is to dig down in our
pockets and pay. It will do lit
tle good to say that the county
ought to pay for them ? that
large amounts of money have
been paid into the county school
funds this year from fines, etc.
The lights will not ' be burning
and the health lights will not
be killing germs while we are
arguing such matters. I doubt
whether the county should pay
for this service anyway. The
county is not making provisions
for the other chlldern of the
county? Just those in the eight
rooms mentioned above. If our
children get this special service,
we should help pay for it. As
a parent I appreciate it very
much and to show my appre
ciation, I am contributing two
dollars. The teachers of your
children are giving you an op
portunity to contribute to this
fund. I hope you will respond
liberally.
"Friday, January 10, 1947 we
shall show a short, entertain
ing film to all children who
contribute to this fund. Any j
children who are not able to ;
pay will be admitted free. We 1
have asked that all children 1
contribute not less than a j
nickle, if they are able. Of
course many will and should -
countibute much more. 1
"LET'S KEEP THE LIGHTS
BURNING!"
PLAN SYMPHONY
CONCERT HERE
(750 Sought To Bring ,
N. C. Orchestra To
Franklin Again
The North Carolina Little ^
Symphony orchestra, which
played to capacity audiences
here last year, will be brought
back to Franklin this spring, '
and the membership campaign
to finance the project will start
the latter part of this week, it
has been announced by Miss
Nora Moody, chairman of the
local committee in charge.
In order to bring the con
cert to Macon County, it is
necessary to raise $750, Miss
Moody said, which is sought
through memberships In the
North Carolina Symphony so
ciety. A $2 membership will
entitle the member to hear the
evening concert here, and a $5
membership will entitle him or
her 'to attend any concert in
the state.
An afternoon concert will be
given again this year, without
charge, for school children.
Bince it is not possible to ac
commodate all the school chil
dren in the county, each schcol
will be permitted to send its
proportionate share of children.
The concerts again will be
given in the Macon theater.
The concerts again will be
given in the Macon theater.
Memberships will be sought
by solicitors who will canvass
the business district of Frank
lin. with girls in the ' Franklin
school ninth grade and mem
bers of the Junior Music club
doing the soliciting.
While no date has been set
for the Symphony's appearance
here. It is expected to come to
Franklin in the early spring.
Members serving with Miss
Moody on the committee back- ,
lng the project are Mrs. H. W.
Cabe, Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones, the
Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt,
John M. Archer, Jr., E. j. Car
penter, Mrs. Weimar Jones,
George H. Hill, and Mrs. O. F
Summer, of Highlands.
WILL SPONS6R CAKE WALK
The Methodist Youth Fellow
ship of Clark's Chapel church
will sponsor a cake walk Fri
day night, January 24, at 7:30
o'clock In the basement of the
Clark's Chapel church. Funds
raised will be used In the work
of the organlutlon.
RATE OF BIRTHS
DECLINING HERE
FIGURES REVEAL
Totals Drop Two Years
In Row; More Deaths
In 1946 Than '45
The birth rate in Macon
County appears to be declining,
while deaths last year showed
an Increase over 1945, but births
here still outnumber deaths by
about three to one.
The number of births report
ed to Lake V. Shope, Macon
County vital statistics registrar,
last year totaled 420, as compar
ed with 437 for 1945.
The 1946 drop in births was
the second in succession, the
1945 total having been smaller
than that for the preceding
year, thus indicating a trend
toward a lower birth rate here.
The birth rate per thousand
population (1940 census) for the
three past years was:
1944, 354.
1945, 29.
1946, 27.
Births in this county, how
ever, continue to far outnumber
the deaths. In 1946, 143 deaths
were reported in Macon, only
about one-third as many deaths
as births. But more deaths were
reported last year than in 1945.
The totals were: 1945, 111; 1946,
143. The death rate per thou
sand population in 1945 was 7.5,
and 8.2 in 1946
The -1946 figures, by town
ships, follows:
Births Deaths
Franklin 249 75
Millshoal 25 4
Ellijay 24 10
Sugarfork 16 4
Highlands 6 7
Flats 3 0
Smith Bridge 20 12
Cartoogechaye 29 5
Nantahala 37 4
Burningtown 11 10
Cowee ..... 34 11
Total . 420 143
All these figures are taken I
from the records submitted by i
the township registrars to Mr.
Shope.
McGlamery Is
Named On 11
Committees
Herbert A. McGlamery, Macon
bounty's representative in the
general assembly, was assigned
-o membership' on the impor
ant education committee of the
louse, and to 10 other house
:ommlttees, when committee
ippointments were announced
?n Raleigh the latter part of
ast week.
Dispatches from Raleigh also
isted Rep. McGlamery among
-he group that staged a losing <
fight to abolish the so-called '
gag rule" in the house. Under
the rule, in effect, since 1941,
it takes a two-thirds' vote of
the house to bring a bill to the
floor that has been unfavorably
reported by committee. Mr. Mc
jlamery and other western rep
resentatives sought to change
the rule to permit a majority
irote to bring an unfavorably re
ported bill to the floor.
In addition to education, Mr. | '
McGlamery was assigned to the ,
committees on agriculture, ap- 1
propriations, congressional dis
tricts, corporations, expendi
tures of the house, mental in
stitutions, Institutions for the
Dlind, public utilities, senator
ial districts, and printing.
Baxter C. Jones, of Bryson
City, this district's senator, was
made chairman of the commit
tee on election lajvs, the com
mittee to which bills to change
the absentee vote law would be
referred.
He also was made a member
of the committees on appropria
tions, propositions and griev
ances, public health, roads, con
gressional districts, conservation
and development, counties, cities
and towns, education, Judiciary
No. 1, public utilities, mining,
mental institutions, and state
employes' retirement.
JUNIOR MUSIC CLUB WILL
MEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON
The Franklin Junior Music
club will meet Saturday at 3
p. m. with Richard and Marga
ret Jones. A program of records
and readings is planned, and a
business session will be held.
Parent* and friends of mem
bra tra Invited.
Postal Receipts
At Peacetime High
I
Open Drive
For $1,215
Polio Quota
The 1946 campaign for funds
to fight infantile paralysis got
under way here this week.
The quota set for Macon
County this year is $1,215, J. E.
(Jimmy l Perry, recently ap
pointed county fund chairman,
announced Wednesday. The 1946
quota, which was oversubscrib
ed by $964, was the same
amount as this year.
Mr. Perry announced the ap
pointment of aides and com
mittee chairmen as follows:
J. Ward Long, treasurer; Bob
Sloan, individual gifts; John M.
Archer, Jr., and A. W. Perry,
commerce and industry; and
schools, G. L. Houk.
He also said that March of
Dimes collection boxes will be
placed throughout the county
and that campaign cards will
be distributed.
In expressing confidence that
the quota will be overscribed,
Mr. Perry remarked that "most
people realize that few families
can meet the cost of extended
polio treatment. Through the
polio fund, treatment and care
can be assured for all polio vic
tims."
"Because everybody knows
the cause is so worth while, X
know that contributions will be
generous."
Weaver Cochran
Leaves Hospital; Assault
Hammer Is Found
Weaver W. Cochran, recent
victim of a robbery-assault with
a claw hammer, has now re
covered sufficiently to enable
him to leave the hospital in
Chattanooga, Tenn., it has been
learned here. He is convalescing
at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Lola May, in Knoxvllle, Tenn,
having left the hospital Mon
day.
Mr. Cochran had undergone
two operations for the removal
of clots from the brain caused
by the beating about the head
with a hammer. Carl Thomas
Martin is now being held in the
Bryson City jail charged with
the robbery and assault.
Mr. Cochran has sufficiently
recovered so that he was able
to give information which led
to the finding of the hammer
which the assailant struck him.
The weapon was found near
Walt . Jones' store by Wymer
Cochran, relative of the injured
man, and turned over to Sgt.
T. A. Sandlin, of the North Car
olina state highway patrol, at
Bryson City.
Mrs. McKee
To Be Speaker At P. T. A.
Meeting Monday
Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva,
will be the guest speaker at
the January meeting of the
Franklin Parent-Teacher asso
ciation, to be held next Monday
night at 7:30 o'clock in the
school auditorium.
Mrs. McKee, widely known as
a speaker, is expected to dis
cuss the laying of a firm foun
dation for education.
Mexico Club Seeks
2,000 Items For
Its Rummage Sale
Plans are going forward for
the rvmmage sale, whlclT the
Mexico Club of the Franklin
High school will hold on Feb
ruary 8, and it was announced
this week that it is hoped to
have 2,000 articles on sale
The rummage sale is one of
the means the club is using to
raise funds for the proposed
trip of members to Mexico, as
an educational and good neigh
bor project.
This project of the club's
members is being directed by
Mrs. Clinton G. Johnson, of the
high school faculty, the club's
sponsor.
Production of centrifugal
sugar In the Philippines dur
ing the 1840-47 season Is esti
mated to be only 10 per cent
of prewar normal output.
F ranklin Post Office
Total Was $21,090
For Last Year
Postal receipts at the Frank
lin post office for the year 1946
totaled $21,090.08, according to
an announcement made this
week by Postmaster T W.
Porter.
This is a decline of $3,267.80
over the preceding year.
The receipts this year, how
ever, were the highest in the
history of the post office, ex
cept during the recent war
years, when the yearly totals
reached abnormal figures, due
to the increase of mail to men
In service.
In 1945 the postal receipts
reached their peak with a total
of $25,377.88.
But, comparison with the last
pre-war year, 1941, shows an
increase of $5,445.90.
The postal receipts of the
year 1936 ? ten years ago ? were
$12,345.77; thus there has been
an increase of $8,744 31 for the
past decade.
This indicates that the Frank
lin post office is handling near
ly twice as much business as it
did 11 years ago, when the new
post office building was con
structed.
$350 Raised
In Christmas Seal Sale
Last Year
Christmas seal sales, sponsor
ed by the Franklin Lions club,
raised $350 last year for use in
the prevention of tuberculosis
in Macon County.
Dr. G. B. Woodward, chair
man of the committee, report
ed to the club at its regular
meeting Monday night that the
past year's sales brought the
fund total to approximately
$1,000.
Dr. Woodward expressed ap
preciation for the "splendid co
operation" he received in the
sale of the seals, especially from
the school children of the
county.
It was also decided at the
meeting that the club will spon
sor a local girl, to be chosen
Later, to appear in the Flag of
Nations ceremony, to be pre
sented at the Lions state con
vention in Asheville In May.
Committee
Has $2,052 On Hand To
Furnish Memorial
A joint committee from the
Lions and Rotary clubs has
been appointed to purchase
furnishings for the Charlie
Slagle Scout Memorial. The
clubs, Hvhich sometime ago as
sumed responsibility- for furn
ishing the building, have raised
$2,052 for the project
The committee, which will
work with the Memorial trus
tees, Ls made up of Pritchard
Smith, Jr., and John Crawford,
with C. H. Aspinwall, as alter
nate, from the Lions club; and
Grant Zickgraf and the Rev.
W. Jackson Huneycutt, from
the Rotary club.
Meanwhile, at Wednesday
night's meeting members of the
Rotary club voted to authorize
the Memorial trustees to raze
the present Scout house and
use the materials in the con
struction of a caretaker's house
on the Memorial property. The
present buLldlng, situated on
the rear of the Masonic lot,
was erected by the Rotary club.
FIRE DOES NO DAMAGE
A quick blaze, said to have
been caused by the explosion
of gasoline used in starting a
fire in the kitchen stove at the
home of Mr. Henry Hurst, in
the Bonny Crest section of
Franklin, was the cause of a
fire alarm last Tuesday after
noon at 4:30 o'clock. The blaze
had been extinguished before
the arrival of the local fire de
partment. No damage was done
to the dwelling.
The Weather
High Low Prec.
January 9 43 30
January 10 49 17
January 11 ........ 53 16
January 12 61 40 .55
January 13 56 40 .44
January 14 60 46 .03
January 15 58 50 .40
Rainfall for 7-day period,
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