Watch Tkit Fiffur* Grow! THIS WDI 2,204 Net Paid Circulation 2,051 YEAR AGO THIS WEEK tt&Kit Mb IjigWanitifi JHaconiati PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. LXII? NO. 30 S2 (Ml PI'R VOH HOLES BORED FOR PARKING METER PIPES Firm Plans To Finish Installation In Two Weeks Holes were drilled Tuesday on ' both sides of Main street, in preparation for the installation j of parking meters, by represen tatives of M. H. Rhodes, Inc., which has the contract to in stall meters here. Meters are to be installed on the south side of Main street from the west side of the post office building to the east side of the Duncan Motor company property. From the post office building to the water fountain these meters will be 11 feet apart, and cars will be parked at an angle to the curb. From the west side of Phil lips street to the Duncan Motor company property, meters will , be placed 22 feet apart and parking will be parallel. On the north side of Main i street, all parking will be at an < angle and the meters will be in- ] stalled from the west side of ] the Burrell Motor company to ] Dryman Feed and Grocery. Meters for angle parking also | will be installed on the west side of Phillips street from Main to Palmar. All meters will be 18 inches Worn curb. All equipment necessary for the Installation of the meters > has arrived, except pipe on 1 which the meters will be mount ed. William Syah, seervice engi neer for the company, said that he hoped to have the meters In stalled within two weeks. Town officials said that all holes nec essary for installing the meters have not yet been Meters of this same typ? also are being installed in Bryson City, Sylva, and Waynesville by the Rhodes firm. Broughton, Former N. C. Governor, Here Monday FormW Governor J. M. Broughton, of Raleigh, was here for a short time Monday, chat- 1 ting with friends. He was ac companied by^E. Lyndon Mc- ' Kee, of Sylva: , Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the files of The Pi- ess) 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK , J. L. Barnard has bought out , the stock of goods of J. C. ( Wright and for the present has ? two stores. Mr. Wright is out of business now. t W. T. Potts is removing his j goods from his store here to Highlands. The Tattler in The Asheville < Citizen discourses Thursday c about Collector Sam L. Rogers, 1 "The record made by Sam L. Rogers in the office as collector c ol Internal revenue Is a record I in which the Democracy of the Ninth district can feel proud. 1 His conduct of the office has ] been notably clean and effi cient and the records kept by the watchful eyes of Uncle Sam In Washington will bear testi mony to the fact. 25 YEARS AGO 1 The Southern division of the Macon County Singing conven tion will meet with the Holly Springs Baptist church August 11. Eleven o'clock sermon by the pastor. ? Organization at one o'clock. Further arrangements will be made by the president. All singing classes and singers, come and let'a make it the best we have ever had. J. M. Raby, president. O. C. Corbin, secretary. 10 YEARS AGO Judge E. Yates Webb, of the , U. S. district court In Asheville, 1 has ordeted the distribution of : $71,335 of Macon County funds I having ii.terest claims against the county. The money has been held In the Wachovia Bank and Trust company pending a set tlement. The order was signed , In suits brought by the Royall Neighbors of America, Inc., and the Sovereign camp, Woodmen vt tin World. . . ? | 3 Women Drawn On Jury List For August Court When the name of Mrs. Har ry Higglns, of Franklin, wa drawn by Olin Woods, five-yea old son of Mr and Mrs. Erastu: Woods, to be placed on thi Jury list far the August tern of Superior court, It was thi first time In the history of Ma con county that a wu.nan hac been selected for jury duty. Th< names of two other women Miss Sara Glider, of Highlands and Mrs. Nellie Katenbrlnk, ol Franklin, were also drawn foi the jury list for this coming term of court. The drawing was held Monday morning in the register of deeds office by the county commissioners. The placing of women's names an the list of those eligible tc serve on juries is in compliance with a state constitutional amendment, providing for wo men to serve on juries, adopted In last November's general elec tion and with an act of the 1947 general assembly. From the names selected for jury Juty, the grand jury and petit juries will be drawn. Other names selected for jury luty for the August term of ourt are: Roy Cantrell, Frank In, Route 3; Fred Arnold, FYanklin; Z. W. Talyor, Route 4; S. R. Higglns, Route 3; Herman 1 1 A. BOLICK DIES IN MISHAP Funeral For Highlands Man Set For Friday At Buck Creek Funeral services for William A. Jolick, 34, of Highlands, who ?as killed Wednesday morning vhen an automobile in which le was riding left the Deal's Jap-Fontana highway, over urned several times, and land ed in Lake Cheoah, will be held riday morning at 11 o'clock at he Buck Creek Baptist church. The accident was discovered Lbout 8:30 a. m. Wednesday /hen persons en route to work it Fontana found two guard ail posts on the road knock d down. Upon investigation, hey found the almost complet ly submerged car in the lake! Thomas E. Rogers, of Knox Ille, Tenn., who also was kil ed was the only other occupant ound in the car. A watch worn ly one of the men had stopped it 12:45. t Services will be conducted by he Rev. Wiley McCall, Buck :reek Baptist pastor, assisted ty the Rev. L. P. Grant, of 'ranklin. Pallbearers will be Bruce Ed wards, David Edwards, John Ed wards, Raleigh Gibson, Bill Hbson, and Terry Bolick, cou lns. Surviving are the widow; hree children, Hattie Ruth, Jarol Ann, and John Perry; hree sisters, Mrs. Robert Mlch r, of Brevard, Mrs. Felmet Wil on, of Canton, and Mrs. Harold :abe, of Franklin, Route 4; and ne brother, Ben Bolick, of High uids. Funeral arrangements are un ler the direction of Bryant Mineral home. Plain To Form Boy*' tfodel Airplane Club All boys, 12 years of age and ilder, who are Interested in irganlzing a model airplane club ire requested to meet at the jome of John Archer, III, Sat irday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. According to young Archer, the mrpose of the club Is to Inter est boys in the building and lying of gas model airplanes. Vt Saturday's meeting officers vill be elected and club rules :stabllshed. After being formed, ,he organization will become a nember of the Academy of vtodel aeronautics. The Rev. W. Jackson Huney :utt and J. L. West, lay dele jate, will leave Saturday to at tend the first National Metho ilst Rural Life conference, which will be held in Lincoln, Neb., July 29-31. The prime purpose of this conference Is to "propose a policy and develop a program for the rural churches of Meth odism." The Rev. D. P. Grant will con duct next Sunday mornlng'i service at the Franklin Metho dlit church in tha absence ol Mr, Huntycutt, - Childers, Franklin; George Dean, s Franklin; Earl Blaine, Route 1; r Cleo Holland, Gneiss; W. W s Neal, Aquone; F. B. Downs, ; Franklin; Lee Barnard, Jr., 1 Franklin; ' Berlin Duvall, Route i 3; W. A Sellers, Route 4; E. C. - | Shook, Franklin; R. B. Wilson, 1 Highlands; Clint May, Flats; ; James Crawford, Highlands; J. , J. Gray, Route 2; J. C. Dowdle, , Route 1; Tudor N Hall, High [ lands; Paul Morgan, Route 4; ? Thomas H. Fagg, Franklin; ! John L Snyder, Route 4. > Paul Ashe, Route 3; T. T. > Henderson, Gneiss; Alvin Crow, ; Highlands; J. W. Burnette, Highlands; J. R. Holbrooks, : Route 3; Earl English, Frpnk i Un, W. J. Blaine, Franklin; ? Norman Guffey, Prentiss; Algie I Guyer, Route 3; Fred Dryman, Route 2; J. B. Brendle, Route 4; W. H. Cabe, Highlands; Will Talley, Route 4; Fred Henson, Gneiss; George R. Pattiii^, i Route 4; Andrew Gregory, | Gneiss; Lex Angel, Cullasaja; W. M. Angel, Route 3; Harold Cabe, Route 4; Lon J Dalton, Route 3; Pink Gregory, Route 2; Cecil Crawford, Route 1; J Robert Parrish, Route 3; Wiley Brown, Route 2; Don Raby, Route 3; J. R. Bulgin, Frank lin; and S. M. McCoy, Gneiss. Extension Service Worker* Given Salary Increase In keeping with the general salary scale increase for state employes, salaries of employes of the county farm agent's and home demonstration agent's of l fices here were increased 10 1 per cent by the board of county commissioners, at a meeting of the board Monday. W. E. (Gene) Baldwin, chair man of the board, explained that the increase was granted at the request of R. W. Shoffner, j western district agent, to match a 10 per cent increase granted ; by the state. (All state em Iployes, other than teachers, are being given an increase of ap proximately 20 per cent. Exten sion service works' salaries are , 'paid in part by the county; ) | The commissioners also re- J ceived a petition signed by A. 'a Drake, Delia Drake, Harold Swafford, Helen Swafford, Perry i Swafford, and Pearl Swafford, requesting that the section of the old Bryson City road which extends from the end of Iotla i street to a point on the new Bryson City highway, about 2'A miles north of Franklin, be taken over and maintained by I the State Highway commission. Red Cross Names Mrs. SLoan To . Executive Post At a called meeting of the ex ecutive committee, of Macon county chapter of the Red-Cross, Mrs. Mary Jo Sloan, who has served for the past three years as home service secretary, was given the position of executive secretary. Mrs. Sloan also was granted a leave of absence, at her re quest, until September 1. Miss Barbara Stockton will fill her position until Mrs. Sloan re turns. ? Those present at the meeting | were the Rev. C. E. Parker, 1 chapter chairman, Miss Anna Jean Penland, James Davis, special field representative of the Red Crete, J. H. Stockton, finance chairman, Miss Gladys j Kinsland, Junior Red Cross j chairman, and John Archer, member of the executive com mittee. Work Resumed On Van Raalte Textile Plant Work on the Van Raalte company plant in East Franklin was resumed Wed nesday, following completion of the outside work on the firm's Bryson City plant. The Merchant Construc tion company, which has the contract, plans to complete the $150,000 Franklin plant by January 1, assuming suf ficient materials and labor are available. A section of the plant here was finished, and operations begun, sever al months ago, but work on the remainder was fien suspended. The Bryson City plant is expected to be fin ished by August IS. Because machinery is re ceived on a quota basis. Van Raalte officials could not predict when the ma chinery in the completed Franklin plant will be in stalled, but hope to start installation about February 1. Sixty-two women are now employed at glove making in the plant. When it is com pleted, hosiery or some other Van Raalte product may be manufactured here. SWIM CLASSES STARTMONDAY New Instructors Will Teach; Plain Life Saving Course Swimming classes for begin lers and intermediates and a unior life saving course, under he auspices of the local Red 'ross chapter, will be available o the public, free of charge, rom July 28 through August 15. All classes will be taught by nstructors who have just fin ?hed a two weeks course in life aving and swimming instruc ion, taught by James Davis, pecial field representative for he Red Cross. Mr. Davis said that all those /ho completed the course will le certified by him as qualified ife savers and competent in tructors. He added that the demonstra ion to be given Friday, upon he completion of the two week ourse, will be held at the 'ranklin golf course pool at 3 i. m.. instead of Cliffside lake. Parents who have children hat desire to take any of these ourses are requested to give he name of the child and course [esired to the local Red Cross ffice. Parents will be respon ible for getting children to and rom classes. Schedules and instructors for he classes to be held is as fol ows: Beginners (for those who can't wim at all or very little, aged ix years and over); classes londay, Wednesday, and Friday. At Cliffside. Instructor, Neil ? Continued On Page Eight baptists To Hold S. S. Convention At Flats Church The quarterly Sunday school onvention of the Macon Coun y Baptist association will meet it the White Oak Flats church Sunday at 2:30 p. m. | Theme of the afternoon pro ;ram, for which the Rev. J. M. Voodward will deliver the ser non, will be "Reaching the Multitudes". ? After the devotional, to be liven by the Rev. Carl Denny, ind the business session, there vill be a report on Sunday chool training by the Rev. Charles E. Parker, and a report in the vacation Bible schools >y E. R. White. | Petition Seeks Macon Election On Beer Sale A petition seeking an election on the question of the sale of beer and wine In Macon County is being circulated In the county. The petition, addressed to the i county board of commissioners, lb sponsored by the Allied Church League, a state-wide organization. H. H. Plemmons, county chair man for the league, said the > chief purpose of requesting the election U to "allow the will 01 ' i the people" to be expressed at 'an election. At present, beer U legally sold In the county, but the commissioners, under au thority given them by state law, do not issue licenses for the sale of wine. The petition is filed under provisions of a 1947 act provid ing for elections on the subject, upon petition of 15 per cent of the qualified voters In the last governor's election. Approxi mately 6,300 Macon County vot ers participated in the 1944 gub ernatorial election, so that 800 signatures are required on the petition. 200 Make Annual Macon Farm Tour ! 1,500 Attend Federation's Annual Picnic Approximately 1,500 men, wo men, and children attended the [Farmers Federation annual pic-1 i nic for Macon County, held at | | the Franklin school lasi Sat urday. Speakers included James G. |K. McClure, Federation presi dent, the Rev. Dumont Clarke head of the religious depart ment of the organization, and S. W. Mendenhall, Macon Coun ty farm agent, who spoke brief- c ly. a Mr. McClure made his annual I report on the Federation's ac tivities, and discussed three new departments ? the bulb indus try; Skyline Dairy, which he laid will be in operation in about two weeks; an an artifi cial cattle breeding service the | Federation plans to Inaugurate. Mr., Clarke reported on the Lord's Acre movement, and ex plained a new Christian recre ation program being launched by a number of churches in this area. Pamphlets on this projects | will be available soon, he said. The program of entertainment featured the Federation string band, consisting of Johnny Rhymer, Gay Sluder and Eugene Boone. Gaither Robinson, an old-timer with the band, was | unable to attend due to a brok en arm suffered in a fall re- 1 cently. Mrs. Johnny Rhymer | sang with the group. Others appearing on the pro gram were Mrs. C. C. Smart and her three children, Dolores, Shirley and Janice, of Bryson City; A. V. Caroll, Gar Mosteler, and Jess Matheson, all of An drews; Buel Dalton of Franklin; Sebren Colt of Jackson county; Maxine Tallent, of Bryson City; Bobby McFee, of Asheville; the Happy Ramblers, of Macon county, consisting of Rudolph Carter, Howard Cabe, Bryant Hurst, and John Hurst; Alex Houston, young ventriloquist, of Hendersonville; Herman Jones, of Whittier; Hay ward Shelton of Argura, Jackson county; and | "Rusty" Waldroop, of Andrews. Another feature was the Fed- ! eration hen, which waddled on- j to the stage to the tune of "Cackling Hen" and calmly laid an egg. tl Athletic contests were held on j( ? Continued on Pafe Eifh* ? Pick Lions' Committees For 1947-481 Committees were named to serve for the year 1947-48 by tl President Robert R. Oaines at c: a called meeting of the board v of directors of the Franklin a Lions club Monday night. The r! first named in each case will T serve as chairmen. The com- a mittees follow: Attendance, J. L. West, Ernest o Hyde, Wayne Faulkner; consti- tl tution and by laws, Claude Bol- C ton, T. W. Angel, Jr., J. W. tl Long; finance, Orover Jami- E son, Jr., Mac Whitaker, Ernest Hyde, A. R. Higdon; lions edu- u cation, D. A. Stewart, J. W. n Long, C. N. Dowdle; membership, a John Kusterer, Paul Nave, O. B. h Woodard; program and enter- r tainment, Frank Duncan, Mac ii Whitaker, C. H. Bolton; pub- t licity, Bob Sloan, Frank Martin, t C. S. Brown, Eb Bulloch; blind s work, George Cook, Roy Berrong, e W. V. Swan; boys and girls, 1 r Paul Nave, William Crawford L. t Simmons, B. L. McGlamery, s citizenship and patriotism, John c Crawford, Bob Sloan, Prelo Dry- t man, Frank Henry; civic im- 2 provement and community bet- i terment, A. R. Higdon, T. W. e Angel, Jr., Charles Conley, Dr O. H. Burnside, Frank Duncan, t C. O. Burrell, Bob Sloan. Prelo Dryman; education, William 1 Crawford; Don Allison, W A. ? Shuford, Wiley Brown; health c and welfare, O. B. Woodard, R. * E. Welch, B. L. Sherrlll, Fur- 1 man Corbln; safety, Pritchard Smith, Frank Henry, A. G. Cagle, J WlHard Pendergraas, Harry i Thomas; and convention, B. L. ' McOlamery, I Representative Group See# Eye-Opening Demonstrations Some 200 persons, making the iinnual Macon County farm tour, Wednesday visited fai.ns that proved eye-openers in more ways than one. They not only saw surprising exhibits of what can be done ? ind is being done ? in Macon bounty in the realm of soil, :rops, and livestock. They aiso( vere impressed with the demon itrations of human resource fulness', energy, and lndepen ience, proof of which was found n the transformation of farm ng that is taking place here. The motorcade that wound iut of Franklin shortly after 9 .. m. was made up of some 40 .utomoblles, trucks, and jeeps, nd riding in those vehicles iras a cross-section of Macun bounty citizenship ? farmers, lusiness and professional men, arm youth, and a number of arm Women. The party first drove through he Rabbit Creek valley, where patchwork of green greeted he eye. Against a background 1 near mountains and hills the ght green of pasture and hay rops stood out, with the dark r green of the bordering corn lelds in contrast, and cutting he valley in two was a ribbon f still darker green, created by tie trees and shrubs along the reek banks. The first stop was at the djoinlrtg farms of Bob Taylor nd Owen Araraons. On the lat ir, Mr. Mendenhall, pointing to le eight-foot Hawkins Prolific orn, told the crowd that, "with little help from the Lord, in tie way of some rain", the crop 111 make 100 bushels to the ere. The county average 10 ears ago was 19 bushels. Alfalfa seen at this stop was eing cut for the third time, nd the county agent said it ould yield still another crop lis season. He pointed out to tie farmers that it was being ut at exactly the right stage ? ist as the first purple blos ms began to appear. Mr. Ammons, the agent told le group, during the past year as had an average of 336 lay lg hens; each has laid an aver ge of 219 eggs; and the net rofit, per bird, after paying ir feed, was $5.30. A demonstration of the value f lime and phosphate on pas ires was another Interesting Bature here, and, while the roup was in Mr. Ammons' pas ire, Gaylord Hancock, of Lex lgton, production manager of lie Coble Dairy Products, a uest on the tour, pointed out tie good points of a beautiful wo-year old heiier. Mr. Men enhall said an offer of $300 ir the animal has been re used. Driving past the fine alfalfa lelds of Mr. Taylor, the party ircled through the Cat Creek alley and dio.e back to town, nd up the Little Tennessee Iver to the farm of Herman 'alley, between Clark's Chapel nd Prentiss. This is a demon tration farm, under a program f the extension service and tie TVA, and Mr. Talley is a U taking on-the-job farm raining under the direction of !. J. Whitmire. He moved to the farm, grown p in sassafras sprouts, just 10 lonths ago. Since that time, he nd his father, Jack Talley, lave built a cement-block six oom home, on a hill command ng a fine view of the moun ains; Installed an elertrlc pump hat carries water from the prlng to the house; built and quipped a workshop, where a lumber of devices are operated ly a single motor; made a tart on a flock of Barred Rock hickens, for which they have luilt a range shelter; and put 10 acres In cultivation, most of t in a crop of corn that look id good to the visitors. The two Talleys have done all he work themselves. At the Talley farm, Don Al ison, assistant county agent, explained to the crowd what a lemonstratlon farm Is, and how ivery detail Is carefully planned or a five-year program. A feature of the stop at the rim Oray farm, near Riverside, raa the "payment" by young Tom Cabe for hla registered ?Continued On hp glfht