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\OL. LXII? NO. 13
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1947
FIRE-DAMAGED
MINE PLANT IS
TO BE REBUILT
Cradley Mine On Bryton
Road Hit By $25,000
Night Blaze
Work is expected to start
Monday on rebuilding the flre
o .imaged plant of the Bradley
n.ica mine, four miles from
l.anklln on the Bryson City
road.
The plant was two-thirds de
s royed by a lire that was dis
covered late last Friday night.
L>amage was estimated at $20,
to $25,000. Cause of the fire has
iut been determined.
Andy Buchanan, superinten
dent of the mine, said that all
of the 20 to 25 men normally
employed at the mine are at
v/orlj, but it has been necessary
to change, termorarily, from two
to three shifts.
Floyd Mason, an employe, dis
covered the fire about 11:30
i' riday night, while on his way
home from work at the plant.
Tile fire alarm was received in
Franklin at 11:50, and firemen
were at the plant 25 minutes
later.
It was necessary to dam the
small stream that runs by the
plant to raise the water level
to a point where the intake hose
ior the pump on the fire truck
would reach the water. But once
water became available, the fire
men went to work. High winds
fanned the blaze, however, and
it was about 3 a. m. before the
lire was extinguished.
The mill house, a washing
plant, and a storage room were
distroyed. One washing plant, a
tank containing 700 gallons of
fuel oil, the office, trucks, a gas
tank containing several hundred
gallons of gas, and the repair
shop equipment were saved. And
the machinery in the mine was
undamaged.
Charge Day
Meeting Planned Sunday
For Franklin Circuit
A charge day meeting for the
people of the Franklin Metho
dist circuit will be held at
Clark's Chapel church next Sun
day, March 30, it has been an
nounced by the pastor, the Rev.
D. P. Grant.
Following Sunday school at 10
a. m., the Rev. Walter B. West,
district superintendent,- will
preach at the 11 o'clock serv
ice.
In the afternoon, choirs from
the charge will sing.
J. Carl Sorrells, lay leader,
will be in charge of a business
session, and the quarterly con
ference will be held. The pastor
urges that all officials be pres
ent with reports.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The town is building a new
side walk on the Georgia street
from West Main to the corpora
tion line, near W. B. McGulre's
residence.
J. P. Angel and Son have re
moved their harness and saddle
shop to the store room recent
ly vacated by E. K. Cunning
ham. *
25 YEARS AGO
Among the contracts let in
Raleigh on Wednesday of last
week by the State Highway
Commission was the one from
Franklin to the Georgia line,
a distance of about 14 miles.
This contract was- let to the
O'Brien Construction Company
of Birmingham, Ala., for $111,
135.75. The bridge work on the
project was awarded to the
Griffith Construction Company
of Salisbury, Md., for $83,113.35.
The road will be of water*
bound macadam.
10 YEARS AGO
Two Macon county CGC
camps, F-19 at Highlands and
F-12 at Rainbow Springs, will
be closed March 31, It ha* been
announced from Wunlnfton.
The enrollees of these camps
have done splendid work on
many worthwhile projects in
this section and efforts have
been made to keep them in op
eration, but the projecte tor
which they were established
have been completed and M was
found necessary to ?1qm MM*
School Issues Dominate
Highlands Town Meeting';
Legion Lists Objectives
Community problems of the
Highlands area were discussed
at a "town meeting" of about
200 persons, held at the High
lands school theatre last Thurs
day night.
The two-hour discussion, in
which a large number partici
pated, was earnest and frank,
and often punctuated by ap
plause, but was .narked by good
humor throughout.
Health, tourists, town govern
ment, and industry to provide
year-round employment all were
given attention, but school
problems dominated the meet
ing. Time after time, one of
these other topics came up, and
each time, after a few com
ments, the discussion turned
back to schools.
Repeatedly arising were the
issues of how to get the High
lands school buses equipped with ;
chains; the condition of the
school building at Highlands;
and the county superintendent's
office, and whether it should be
a full-time position.
The gathering was called by
Highlands Memorial Post No.
370, American Legion, and all
citizens of Highlands township
were invited to attend the post's
open meeting.
Also invited, but not present,
was County Supt. Guy L. Houk,
who sent word late ? Thursday
< that he was ill.
The meeting was called to
order by Doyle Burgess, post
commander, who, after the
opening ceremonies, introduced
Legionnaire John B. Westbrook
Mr Westbrook, in a keynote
talk, voiced some of the Leg
ionnaires' convictions about
Highlands' possibilities and plead
for community cooperation.
"If we can get together in
this community, there is no such
word as 'can't' for Hignlands",
he declared, and "if we are to
have universal peace, it must be
based on brotherhood, and that
must start in the home and the
community.
But "we have been tolfl that
Continued On Page Two ?
School Board Has
Four Applications
For County Peat
When the Macon Oaunty
board of education holds its
first meeting, scheduled for
April 7, it will have before it
the applications of four or
more men for the position
of county sueprintendent of
scho>ols in this county.
C. Gordon Moire, chair
man of the present board
and prospective member of
the new board, said Thurs
day that he has at least
lour applications on hand.
As far as he knows, Mr.
Moore said, all of those ap
plying meet the qualifica
tions aet up by the state.
Ask Diplomas
For Veterans
Passing Test
The local American Legion
post, at Its meeting Friday night
of last week, voted to ask the
Macon County board of educa
tion to recognize certificates is
sued by the Armed Forces In
stitute and issue high, school
diplomas to Macon County
servicemen who have passed the
institute's tests.
The Legion post requested
Bob S. Sloan, Leglnnaire and
prospective member of the board
of education, to take the mat
ter up at the new board's first
meeting.
It was brought out that a
number of Macon County men
who entered the armed forces
before completing high school
have successfully passed the in
stitute's tests, indicating that
they have demonstrated the
equivalent, In intelligence and
information, of a high school
education, but none of them has
been issued a diploma.
Most other North Carolina :
counties, it was said, issue diplo
mas on a basis of the Institute's ,
tests.
The Legion also went on rec
ord as offering its assistance to
the families of men who lost
their lives overseas and whose
bodies the families request the
government to bring home.
Applications are being sought
by the Legion from veterans
Interested in the position of
caretaker at the Slagle memor
ial. While no definite arrange
ments have been worked out, It
was said there probably will be
a good business, in serving
meals at the memorial, for a
man and his wife.
Methodist Fellowship
Supper Planned Friday
The monthly fellowship sup
per of the Franklin Methodist
church will be held -tomorrow
(Friday) night at 7 o'clock In
the church basement. The meet
ing will be sponsored by the
Senior Men's Bible class, with
the ladles supplementing the
men's efforts In providing the
food.
PLAN UNO SUNDAY
The Fifth Sunday Singing
convention will be held at the
courthouse, starting at 10 a. m.,
It has been announced by J, M.
Blby, prwldent.
HIGH WINDS
CAUSEJAMAGE
Windows Are Blown Out,
Roof# Torn Off And
Tree# Toppled
Wind such as is rarely ex
perienced in this region Tues
day night did widespread dam
age.
Roofs were blown off, trees
toppled, and some outbuildings
blown over.
The high winds were accom
panied by a light snow, the
first of consequence in Frank
lin this winter. Highlands re
ported a fall of approximately
lour inches.
The most serious wind dam
age was reported by Bryant
Furniture company. There a
front plate glass window, two
windows in the office, and one
upstairs window were blown out.
A skylight was blown off. Fall
ing glass damaged furniture in
the store.
Nearby, the doors of the feed
department of Ray Grocery ana
Feed, company were blown open,
the pressure of the wind tearing
irom the doors the board on
which the lock was fastened.
Numbers of trees were torn
up by the roots, and at Jube
Calloway's home, on the Bryson
City road, about half of a big
tree was ripped off the remain
der and narrowly missed the
house as it fell.
Stiles Family
Gathering Attended By
54 Person#
Fifty-four persons ? brothers
and sisters, their wives and
husbands and children and
grandchildren ? gathered Sunday
for a Stiles family reunion at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wade
R. Cunningham, Green street,
to honor Henry Stiles and his
wife.
Mr. Stiles was back in Macon
for his first visit in 20 years.
The all-day reunion was held
on the eve of the departure of
Mr. and Mrs. Stiles for their
home in the State of Washing
ton.
Brothers and sisters of Mr.
Stiles attending were Mrs. Wade
R. Cunningham, Mrs. J. J. Gray,
and Tom Stiles, all of Macon
County, George Stiles, of Rabun
Gap, Ga., and Claud Stiles and
Mrs. Helen Rogers, both of
Transylvania County.
Lawrence Patton Buys
Interest In Business
Lawrence M. Ration has pur
chased from his brother, Thad
Patton, half interest In the Ma
con Furniture company, It was
announced this week. The lat
ter expressed pleasure In hav
ing his brother associated with
him in the business, and ex
plained there will be no change
In the policies ot the store under
the partnership.
Mr. and Mrs. John Carter and
the Misses Evelyn and Nellie
Carter, of Llttlefleld, Texas, are
hers visiting Mrs. o. H. Bren
dle. They will return to Texas
I next week,
3 CANDIDATES
FILE IN TOWN
ELECTION HERE
Moore Seeks To Be Mayor;
Dryman And Ledford
Out For Aldermen
Three men have filed to date
as candidates in Franklin's
municipal election May 6.
One of those who has filed
notice with the town cleric seeks
the office of mayor, while the
other two are candidates
places on the six-member boaia
of aldermen.
John M. Moore is out for
mayor of Franklin, while Prelo
Dryman and Oscar Lediord are
the two so far in the race for
aldermen. .
None of the present officials ?
T. W. Angel, Jr., maj jc, uiu
John M. Archer, Jr., J. S. Con
ley, Fred Cabe, Frank B. Dun
can, Cecil Pendergrass, and L.
B. (Shine) Phillips, aiuermen?
has filed. NtJr have any of ?.hem
publicly announced their inten
tions.
Mr. Moore is a retired mer
chant. After operating a store
in the Cullasaja community for
some 13 years, he came to
Franklin and was in the groc
ery and general mercantile
business here for 25 years. He
lives on White Oak street.
Mr. Dryman is owner of the
Dryman Feed and Gro. business
on West Main street. He and
Mrs. Dryman make their home
on the Georgia road.
Mr. Ledford, a veteran of
World 2, is one of the incorpor
ators of Franklin Frozen Foods,
Inc., which is erecting a Ireez
er plant on West Main street.
He makes his home just ofi
Harrison avenue.
Highlands is scheduled to hold
its biennial municipal election
on May 6, also. No Hignianua
candidates, however, have filed
so far.
Mayor W. H. Cobb has an
nounced that he will not be a
candidate for reelection.
In both towns, the registration
of those not on the registration
books will open April 12 and
close April 26. The latter date
will be challenge day in High
lands, while May 3 has been set
as the day for challengers in
Franklin.
Franklin candidates, to be
eligible, must file notices of
their candidacies with, the town
clerk by April 7, while the dead
line in Highlands is April 12.
Municipal elections in both
towris are non-partisan.
Orchestra Is
Heard By 900
In 2 Concerts
Approximately 900 persons
heard the two concerts given
here Friday of last week by the
Little Symphony of the North
Carolina Symphony Orchestra.
About 600 school children were
present for the free alternoon
performance. Students attended
from the Franklin, Iotla, Burn
ingtown, Hlgdonville, Slagle.
Union, and Chapel (Negro)
schools.
Ticket sales for the evening
performance totaled $412. Tak
ing account of the 75-cent tick
ets for high school students, it
was estimated that some 300
heard the orchestra Friday
night.
The orchestra was scheduled
to receive $750 for coming to
Franklin, but when Miss Nora
Moody, local chairman, notified
the manager that the money
probably would not be raised,
the group volunteered to* come
anyway. Dr. Benjamin Swalln,
director, In an intermission talk,
explained that the orchestra is
a state Institution, and that the
loss here would be made up at
other places, or In gifts.
Plan Examination For
Social Security Jobs
A Civil Service examination
for the positions of field assis
tant and claim assistant with
the Social Security administra
tion has just been announced
by a field board of the United
States ClvU Service examiners.
Application forms may be ob
tained from any first or second
class post office. All applica
tions must be received on or
before April 17, 1947.
Red Cross Nearly
$300 Over Quota;
Total Is $2,690
Macon County is nearly
$300 beyond its quota in the
1947 fund campaign of the
Red Cross, with the total
still incomplete, the Rev. C.
E. Parker, county fund
chairman, announced this
week.
To date, $2,690.89 has been
reported.
The quota assigned t'his
county was $2,410.
Those workers in the cam
paign who have not made
complete reports are asked
to do so at once, since the
local chapter wishes to make
its final report by March 31,
Mr. Parker said.
VAN RAALTE TO
OPEN APRIL 1
Start Of Operations In
New Plant Set F,or
That Date
The Van Raalte company has
made tentative plans to begin
operations in the completed
section of its new plant in East
Franklin Monday, April 7.
Work can start at that date,
it was said this week, unless
there should be delay in the ar
rival of some shafting and two
motors that are expected with
in the next day or two.
About five employes will be
put to work on a glove opera
tion the first day, it was said,
one or two more will be added
each day during the week, and
after the first week, about six
persons will be added to the
pay roll weekly until an instruc
tional staff can be built up,
after which the expansion will
be speeded up.
The equipment In tile Leach
building, where 12 persons have
been employed for several
months mending hosiery, will
be moved to the East Franklin
structure this week-end. Those
who have (been engaged in the
hosiery operation will qontinue
at that work for the time be
ing, it was explained.
It is planned to employ a
total of about 80 persons, as
soon as that many can be
trained, in the portion of the
building that has been com
pleted.
Construction work cm the re
mainder of the structure, halt
ed because of the difficulty
of obtaining materials, is ex
pected to be resumed in the
early summer, and it is hoped
that it can be completed this
fall or early next year.
Mrs. Jess Allen,
Formerly Of This
County, Succumbs
News was received here this
week of the death in Harlan,
Ky., of Mrs. Jess Allen, 59. Mrs.
Allen, the former Miss Carrie
Beck, was reared in the Culla
saja community and has many
relatives there and in and near
Clayton, Ga. She left this county
about 40 years ago
Mrs. Allen died March 9, and
the body was taken to Dora,
Ala., former home of Mr. and
Mrs Allen, for burial March 12.
In addition to her husband,
she is survived by a son, Leon
ard Allen, of Baltimore, Md.; a
daughter, Mrs. Lacy Myers, of
Harlan; a sister, Mrs. Addie
Johnson, of Greenwood Springs,
Miss; and a brother, Robert
Beck, of Olympia, Wash.
Kelly's Tea Room To
Be Reopened April 1
Miss Lassie Kelly, who re
opened Kelly's inn sometime
ago, has announced that she
will reopen the tea room April
1 The inn and tea room were
closed during the winter months.
PLAN SUNRISE SERVICE
A sunrise service will be held
at 6:30 o'clock Easter morning
at the Cowee Baptist church.
The general public Is invited to
attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Dalton
and family, of Greenville, S. C.,
spent the week-end with Mr.
Dalton's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John H. Dalton, at their home,
| Franklin, Route 3. Mr. and Mrs.
Dalton also had as week-end
guests Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Holbrook and grandson, David
Michael, of Ashevlllt. Mrs. Hol
brook, Mrs. Frank I. Murray,
and Mrs. Sam Olbson, Sr., re
turned Thursday from the state
W, M. V. mettlng in AihavlUe.
SENATE PASSES
BILL REOUIRING
BOARD MEETS
5 Nominated For Macsn
School Body Listed
In State Measure
The general assembly this
week acted upon two measures
affecting the Macon County
school system.
The house education com
mittee Wednesday approved the
^omnibus boards of education
bill, appointing school boards
for the state's 100 counties, and
the senate Wednesday passed
Representative Herbert A. Mc
Glamery's bill to require the
Macon County board of educa
tion to meet monthly.
The boards of education bill
would appoint the five men
nominated in last June's Dem
ocratic primary to the board in
this county ? Gordon Moore and
Robert S Sloan, of Franklin,
and Frank Browning, Ed Byrd,
and Walter Gibson, of Frank
lin, R. F. D. Representative Mc
Glamery had announced early
this year that he would recom
mend the appointment of the
five men nominated
The bill, which was introduc
ed in the house last Thursday
must be passed by both house
and senate before becoming
Will Become Uw
The McGlamery measure re
h^ Hg ,the Macon County
board of education to meet
monthly was introduced a week
ago and already had been pass
ed by the house, it will become
law upon its formal ratifica
i!fn '* . bUI squires this
county s school board to meet
the first Monday of every month
at the courthouse, and provides
that members shall receive the
regular per diem for each such
meeting.
Meanwhile, the house Wednes
day passed a measure authoriz
ing the county commissioners of
Macon and 19 other counties to
regulate or prohibit the sale of
beer except in Grade A or
Gnile B hotels and restaurants
measure also would pro
hibit the sale of wine in these
20 counties, but no wine li
censes are now in effect in this
county, under terms of an
earlier law authorizing the
county commissioners, in their
discretion, to issue no licenses
to sell wine.
Have No Discretion
Under the present law, the
county commissioners are re
quired to issue beer licenses to
any applicants who have not
been convicted of violation of
the prohibition law within the
past two years. Approximately
20 establishments in this coun
ty are now licensed.
ate*16 blU n?W g06S 10 the sen"
Another prohibition bill that
may affect Macon County is
that of Rep. Moore, of Clav
county. Twice given an unfavor
able committee report on his
measure to permit a referendum
in Clay on beer and wine, Mr.
Moore Wednesday appealed to
the house, and its membership,
by a vote of 60 to 26, put the
<Lon, e favorable calendar.
Should Rep. Moore's measure
be passed, it is considered like
'y that Rep. McGlamery and
other legislators will seek sim
ilar action on referendum bills
they introduced which were
killed in committee.
Names Magistrates
ln the general as- '
sembly is a measure which
would appoint 13 new justices
of the peace in this county and
reappoint four, all for two-year
terms beginning April l.
Under the law, justices of the
pea<* may be appointed for
two, four, or six-year terms. A
number of those now serving in
| this county previously were
given appointments for the
1 ?"Ier terms and thus their
I terms have not expired.
| The Maoon County men whom
the present bill would appoint
I are i
Burnlngtown Township? Rob
ert Parrish, Floyd Ramsey, W G
Rowland; Cowee Township?
f?hn H Daiton; Flats Town
ship ? E. Dryman; Franklin
I Township? E. W. Long, Jim
, ann, Crude Meadows; High
lands Township? w W Ed
wards; Mlllihoal Township
Jack Cabe; Nantahala Township
m A Baldwin; Nantahala
n u?' a_J R- Shields;
Smith Bridge Township? Torn
Alley, Arthur Blaine, J. M. Cabe
Sugar Fork Townihlp? w. A
1 Keener, E. c. Shook.