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PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. LXII? NO. 32
FRANKLIN, N. C.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1947
$2.00 PER YEAR
TEACHER LIST
ANNOUNCED BY
SCHOOLBOARD
All Schools Except At
Highlands To Open
August 28
The county board of educa
tion, at a called meeting Satur
day afternoon, assigned teach
ers to the schools in the county
for the coming year. The as
signment list was adopted at the
end of a two and half hour ex
ecutive session of the board with
Supt. Guy L. Houk. ,
The board also set the dates
for the opening of schools ? I
> Thursday, August 28, for the
schools in the Franklin and the
Nantahala districts, and Thurs
day September 4, for the High
lands district.
The board decided to go into
executive session when the ques
tion of selecting a principal of
the Cowee school, an issue that
has had considerable public
discussion, came up. The list,
announced at the conclusion of
the executive meeting; reveal
ed that the board had reap
pointed E. J. Carpenter as Cowee
principal. The other man con
sidered for the post, E. ' G. I
Crawford, was assigned as
principal of the Slagle school.
^ Mr. Crawford, a veteran of
World War 2, was principal of
the sshool at Cowee the school
year before he entered the arm
ed forces in the late summer.
In discussing the case, however,
school officials said that the
present Cowee school is a con
solidation of two schools that ;
were in operation in that sec
tion prior to the war.
Hears Petition
The board alsp had before it
a petition, bearing some 30
names, asking that Sanford
Smith be appointed principal at
Higdonville. Mr. Smith was re
assigned to the Holly Springs
school, while Carl D. Moses, last
A year's Higdonville principal, and
Weaver Shope, principal at
Otter Creek last year, were ex
changed.
E. R. White, principal ' at
Slagle last year, was sent to
Pine Grove as principal, and
Mrs. Mildred Richardson was
transferred to the Otto school
faculty.
Other changes included the
transfer of Miss Elizabeth Mea
dows from Iotla to Franklin;
Nancy J. Taylor from Oak
Ridge to Holly Springs; Mrs.
Kathryn Jones, from Pine Grove
to Oak Ridge; Miss Mattie
Brendell from Otter Creek to
Pine Grove; and Mrs. Glee G.
Nolen from Slagle at Allison
j Watts.
Meeting with the board were
members of the Franklin district
committee.
Will Draw Contract
After some discussion, the
board authorized Superintendent
Houk to draw a tentative con
tract with Lindsey Gudger,
Ashevllle architect, to handle I
the proposed school building
program for three per cent of j
the total expenditure, without
providing construction supervis- j
ion. Mr. Houk suggested that
the regular architect's fee, with
supervision, is five per cent, and
that the board could employ an
Inspector for less than the two |
per cent difference. The con
tract Is to be submitted to the
board for approval.
Under the state allotment for
the year, the county Is entitled
to 110 teachers, three more than
last year. All three additional ;
teachers are in the Franklin
district.
g In the list of teachers, seven
r vacancies remain to be filled, i
three at Franklin, two at Kyle, 1
one at Slagle, and one at Otter I
Creek.
The list, as approved by the
board upon motion of Ed Byrd
and seconded by Walter Gib
son, follows, the first named in
each case being the principal:
District 1
Franklin: W. H. Finley, Mrs.
Katherine O'Nell, Miss Annie
Bailey, Mrs. Vesta S. Young,
Mrs. Lois Fulton, Miss Vera
Pauline Reld, Miss Katherine
Long, Miss Mary Raby, Miss
Katherine Matthews, Mrs. W. H.
Finley, Frank Plyler, Mrs. E. J.
Whltmlre, W. Q. Crawford, Mrs.
Virginia B. Ramsey, Miss May
? "'beryl Moody, Mrs. Edith Hemp
hill, Miss Edna Jamison, Mrs
Pearl Hunter, Mrs. Margaret
Flanagan, Miss Esther Wallace,
Mrs. Kate Williams, Mrs. Elsie
Franks, Mrs. Elizabeth Guffey,
Mrs. Margaret Ramsey, Miss
?Continued On Ptft Kifht
Plan To Replace Board
And White Crosses With
Permanent War Memorial
Plans for removing the vet
erans' honor roll board and the
white crosses, which stand in
front of the board, from Rank
in Square here, and for replac
ing them with a permanent
memorial to Macon County dead
of both world wars were an
nounced this week.
The , announcements came
from the Franklin Lions club
and the American Legion aux
iliary here, the two organiza
tions which sponsored these
temporary means of recognition.
The honor roll board, bearing
the names of Macon County
men and women who served in
World War 2, was erected in
1944, through funds raised by
public donations, under spon
sorship of the Lions club.
In May, 1945, the Legion aux
iliary sponsored the erection of
a white memorial cross for each
of those who died in the serv
ice of their country.
This unique idea received na
tional recognition.
President Robert R. (Bob)
Gaines, of the Lions club, ex
plained that the board was in
tended to serve as a temporary
structure, and that It is begin
ning to show signs of deteriora
tion. As soon as funds for the
purpose can be raised, he added,
a suitable permanent moun
ment, listing the names of those
from Macon County who made
the supreme sacrifice in both
world wars, will be erected. If
any one objects to this plan, Mr.
Oalnes said, members of the
Lions club wish to have the ob
jections voiced.
Mrs. Eunice H Church, presi
dent of the Legion auxiliary,
pointing out that the crosses
wer& made of a temporary type
of material, said the Auxiliary
has decided to cooperate with
the Lions club In the project 10
build a more permanent me
morial. She asked that anyone
who objects to the program get
in touch with her.
Persons who wish to con
tribute to a fund for the erec
tion of the permanent memo
rial are requested to see Mr.
Gaines, Mrs. Church, E. L. Hyde,
or A. R. Higdon.
Win Honors
For Macon
At 4-H Camp
Individual honors were won
by a number of Macon County
4-H club members at the Swan
nanoa 4-H club camp last week.
Nancy Cabe, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Cabe, of Frank
lin, Route 4, and member of
the Holly Springs 4-H club, was
selected as co-winner of the
honor of being the best girl
camper.
Max Henderson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. Henderson, of
Franklin, broke the camp rec
ord, which had existed for the
past six years, in rifle marks
manship.
June Teague was the highest
scoring girl in rifle marksman- I
ship for the week.
Billy Teague, Nancy Cabe, and
Roberta Snyder were high scor
ers in their groups in the shoot
ing contests.
The twenty-seven Macon boys
and girls competed against boys
and girls from Jackson and
Swain counties.
Commissioners
Get Road Petitions, Refuse
Tax Cut
Petitions, asking that the
county commissioners request
the state highway commission to
place three rural Macon roads
under state maintenance and
that the highway department be
requested to finish graveling one
road, were heard and approved
by the county board of commis
sioners at their monthly meet
ing Monday.
The Deweese road on Otter
creek, Cunningham and Moore
branch road, and Zeb Taylor
road on Rabbit creek are those
requested to be placed in the
state highway system for main
tenance.
The road connecting North
and South Skeenah community
roads is the one requested to
be graveled.
A request to reduce the ^.ax
on the Highlands Briar, Inc.
filed by M. Monderer, president
of the company, was denied.
Reasons being given for the de
nial were that taxable valuation
was listed by the company or
Its agent, that this by law was
a matter for the state board of
equalization, that the board of
county commissioners could find
no legal right to reduce these
taxes.
Request for an on premises
beer license was granted John
Carl Drake, Jr., of Aquone.
Upon the request of the clerk
of the court. It was decided to
authorize the clerk to purchase
a mimeograph machine for the
county.
The final action taken at the
meeting was authorizing the tan
collector to sell for taxes all
property on which 1948 taxes
have not been paid. Sale will b<
held the first Monday of Sep
tember.
ADD 16 ACRES ,
TO CEMETERY
Bought For U?e When
Needed; More Than
Doubles Size
Trustees of the Franklin Cem- ]
etery association have purchased
a 16-acre tract on the Murphy
road, adjoining the cemetery,
it was announced this week.
The cemetery property con
tains 10 acres, so that this ad
dition more than doubles its
size.
The tract, which lies between
the Roten road and the east i
side of the cemetery, was
bought from the Thomas M. !
Slagle estate. It is to be held
and developed when needed, it
was explained by Gilmer A.
Jones, chairman of the board of
trustees. |
The present cemetery contains
709 lots, each large enough for
I four graves. About two-thirds
of these lots have been sold to
date, Mr. Jones said, and about I
one-third of the space in the
cemetery already has been used
for graves.
The association, a non-profit '
corporation, is owned by its
members, and its membership
is made up of lot owners. The
association was formed and the
cemetery established in 1922.
Trustees, in addition to Mr.
Jones, are W. N. Sloan, John
Bulgin, J. S. Conley, and George
i Dean.
Highlands
Theatre Drama Tickets
To Go On Sale
Tickets for the play, "Night I
on January Sixteenth", to be
presented by the Highlands
Community Theatre, will go on
sale Friday of next week it has
been announced. Ticket head- j
quarters will be the Wick Pho
tography shop.
Bobby Curry, ticket chairman,
announced that reservations
may be made and tickets pur
| chased there between 10 a. m. I
I and 12 noon from August 15
through August 20, the date of {
I the play. Tickets are $1.50 for
: the reserved section and $1 for
unreserved, both afternoon and
evening performances.
| "Night of January Sixteenth"
will be directed by Sara Little,
of Macon and Thomasville, Ga., '
who has been associated for
many years with both the Ma
con Little Theatre and the local
group.
PLAN FOOD SALE
The Past Matrons club of the
Nequassa chapter order of the
Eastern Star, will hold a bene
fit food sale tomorrow (Friday)
at 9:30 a. m. in the downstairs
office of the Nantahala Power
and Light company.
L. H. Page, manager of the
: Franklin Mineral Products com
I pany, returned last Friday from
i an extended tour of India, where
! he has spent the last five
? month* contacting sources of
supply tor scrap mica.
C. A. SETSER.
WIDELY KNOWN
IN MACON. DIES
'Uncle Gus' Had Serve J
As Teacher, Mail
Carrier, J1. P.
C. A. Setser, 85, Macon Coun
ty pioneer school teacher and
well known public figure, died
of a heart attack at his home
In the Bonny Crest section of
Franklin Monday morning.
"Uncle Gus", as Mr. Setser
was known to hundreds of
friends throughout the county,
was in apparent good health
until shortly before his death.
He had risen that morning with
the Intention of performing his
usual duties as justice of the
peace, an office he had held
since 1937. Shortly after eating
breakfast, he was striken with
the fatal attack.
A life-long Macon resident;
Mr. Setser taught in 32 schools
in the county, although he did
not learn to read or write until
he was 19 years of age. Start
ing at that age, he continued
his studies until he was gradu
ated from Commerce college at
32, when he returned to the
county to teach. No place was
too remote for Mr. Setser, who
learned the value of education
after reaching maturity, to serve.
It is said that he moved1 42
times, and that most of these
moves were made in order that
he might serve some isolated
community in offering educa
tion to its youth.
After retiring from the teach
ing profession, he served as a
rural mail carrier, from 1921
until 1936. He was retired from
this work in 1937, when he be
came a justice of the peace, a
position he held until his death.
Mr. Setser was widely known
for his knowledge of early coun
ty history. Possessed of a re
markable memory and having
spent a lifetime in public serv
ice, his mind was a storehouse
of early Macon county history.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at the Franklin
Baptist church, with the Rev.
C. E. Parker and the Rev. A.
Rufus Morgan conducting the
service. Burial followed in the
Mt. Zion Methodist church cem
etery.
Pallbearers were Paul Long,
Gilmer Setser, Joe Setser, John
Blaine, Wade Setser, and M. B.
Donaldson, all nephews of
"Uncle Gus".
Honorary pallbearers were
Ras Lewis, Lawrence Setser, Os
car Lewis, Bud Blaine, Bruce
Blaine, Fred Setser, Alex Setser,
Bryan Setser, Fred Lewis, George
Patton, G. A. Jones, R. S. Jones,
Horner Stockton, Guy L. Houk,
Walter Dean, Alex Moore, Frank
Reece, J. P. Bradley, Pritchard
Smith, Dr. Edgar Angel Dr. Fur
man Angel, Lake Shope, Clinton
Brookshire, and Benny McGlam
ery.
Mr. Setser was married three
times, first to Miss Callie John
son, and following her death,
to Miss Adella Pink Dalrymple.
He was married the third time
to Mrs. Lenora McKay Seay, who |
survives.
Surviving children, all by the
second marriage, are two sons, .
Claude, of Los Angeles, Calif., I
and Robert, of Carey; and three
daughters, Mrs. Walter McCloud,
of Roland, and Mrs. Kirk Mor
rison and Mrs. Alex Shives, the
latter two are missionaries to
the Belgium Congo, Africa.
Also surviving are four step
children, Paul Seay and Mrs.
Derald Ashe, of Franklin, Miss
Helen Seay, of Charleston, S. C.,
and Mrs. Roy Robinson, of
Waynesville; four sisters, Mrs.
Lawrence Blaine, of Franklin,
Mrs. John Stanfield, of Andrews,
Mrs. Homer Long, of Norcross,
Ga., and Mrs. Weymer Donald
son, of Canton.
Bryant funeral home was in
charge of the funeral arrange
ments.
Plan Vacation Bible
School At Morri?on
A Vacation Bible school will
open Monday at the Morrison
Presbyterian church. The school,
| which will continue for two
weeks, will be held dally, Mon
day through Friday, starting at
1 9 a. m. Miss Daisy Hunnlcutt,
representative of the American
! Sunday School union, will be in
charge.
I Production of peaches In the
Sandhill area of North Caro
lina U estimated at 1,522,000
bushels.
Town Watershed,
Gravity Pipeline
Studied By Board
Value Of Recent
Rains To Crops
Put At $50,000
Heavy rains which fell
last Saturday and Monday
may have saved the county
from $40,000 to $50,000 in
crop damage, according to
S. W. Mendenhall, county
farm agent.
By last Saturday the corn
crop was damaged 10 to 15
per cent by dry weather,
and another week of drought
would have cut the corn
yield in half, Mr. Menden
hall said. He added that, on
the basis of a yield of 11,
000 to 12,000 bushels for the
county, valued at $2 per
bushel, more than $32,000
worth of corn alone was
saved.
Estimating similar saving
in pasture ' and vegetable
crops, the county agent
pointed out that rains of the
week-end meant a saving of
at least $50,000 for the
county.
27 Laid Off
By Highway
Commission
Twenty-seven men were laid j ?
off here by the maintenance di- 1
vision of State Highway com- 1
mission early this week.
Joe Setser, local maintenance
superintendent, said he did not ,
know whether the lay off was
temporary or permanent, but
that he had received instruc
tions from officials of the high
way commission to curtail main
tenance expenses approximately
$3,000 per month, thus making
this reduction in personnel nec- 1
essary.
In complying with these in- :
structions, he added that 21 ?
laborers, five truck drivers, and i
one machine operator were i
dropped from the payroll.
Dr. HorsLey, Hurt In Fall
In Bathtub, Is In Hospital
Dr. H. T. Horsley Is a patient
at Angel hospital, suffering
from four broken ribs. He was
injured when he fell In the
bathtub at his home Sunday
morning, and was immediately
taken to the hospital. His con
dition is reported as satisfac
tory. * |
2-Day Gospel Singing
Meet Planned At Scaly
The annual meeting of the
southern division of the Macon
County gospel singing conven
tion will be held August 8 and
9 at the Scaly Baptist church.
Picnic lunch will be served both
days, President Ernest Vinson
said, adding that all singers are i
invited.
Jerome Will Preach
Here Sunday Morning
The Rev. Robert Jerome, pas
tor of the Centenary Methodist
Church at New Bern, will be
guest minister at the Franklin
Methodist church Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock. He will preach
on the topic, "A Moral Pioneer.' .
Mr. Jerome is a son-in-law of i
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Porter.
F ranklin
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
Results
Friday, August 1: ?
NP&L Co 15; Zickgraf 13.
Burrell 19; Veterans 14.
Monday, August 4: ?
All games rained out.
Coming Games
Friday, August 8: ?
Oilers vs. Rotary.
Burrell vs. Zickgraf.
Monday, August 11: ?
NP&L Co. vs. Oilers.
Zickgraf vs. Rotary.
Standings
W L
Rotary 10 2
NP&L .. 9 4
.Veterans 8 7
Burrell 7 7
Oilers S 9
Zickgraf 3 10
Pet.
.833
.892
.533
.500
.250
.187
Health Board, Urging
Solution, F rowns On
Filter Arrangement
A tentative proposal that the
Town of Franklin obtain a wat
ershed and pipe water to Frank
lin by gravity, with a view to a
long-time solution of the town's
chronic problem of an adequate
supply, grew out of a discussion
at Monday night's meeting of
the board of aldermen.
The subject was raised when
Mayor T. W. Angel, Jr., read a
report from the state board of
health. The board frowns on
the present stop-gap arrange
ment, whereby creek water is
filtered and chlorinated and
pumped into the mains to sup
plement the inadequate supply
obtained from Franklin's three
wells. The report urges the
board "to secure a suitable per
manent source of additional
water".
The board, at its three and a
half hour session, also heard
two delegations ask for street
improvements; passed an ordi
nance regulating parking, to be
come effective when the parking
meters now being installed are
placed In use; and handled a
number of other items of busi
ness.
Following the reading of the
report, members of the board
discussed the problem at length.
While no. definite estimates
have been obtained, it was
agreed that a bond issue would
be necessary.
Mr. Whitmire commented that
temporary measures were ex
pensive, and that some perma
nent solution should be sought,
and Mr. Phillips and other mem
bers agreed.
Mayor Angel told the board
that he had unofficial assur
ances that an arrangement
could be made with the Forest
Service for use of a watershed
at the foot of Wayah Bald,
adding that Camp Branch and
Rough Creek would provide an
abundant supply of water for
many years, even if the town
maintains its present rapid rate
of growth.
Other points brought out in
the course of the discussion in
cluded these:
The cost of pumping water
from the wells would substan
tially offset the interest and
sinking fund charges for car
rying a bond issue.
Water bonds may be issued
for a 40-year period, and they
are one of several types of bonds
that may be issued without ref
erence to the state law on debt
limit.
Income from such a water
supply would Increase with
growth of the town, without ap
preciable increase in the cost
of operation, while each time
a new well is bored, the pump
ing costs will increase.
Boring and equipping a well
would cost at least $10,000, and
there is no assurance, when the
money has been spent, that an
adequate supply of water would
be found.
A delegation of eight, heated
ly arguing that the original
street improving program called
for the paving of about 770 feet
of street linking Wayah street
and Forest avenue, demanded
that the board take action. The
mayor and aldermen replied:
(a) That the original plan did
not call for paving that link,
as the blueprints show; (b) that
the town has no money with
which to do the work; and (c)
that an item of $5,000 in the
current budget for Just such
work is having to be used in
full on Depot street, since the
State Highway commission, aft
er first agreeing to pave that
street, had changed its mind
and insisted that the town put .
up $5,134.
The delegation was told, how
ever, that members of the board
would attempt to make an ar
rangement to have the work
done, with the proviso that pay
ment be made a year from now
from next year's budget. In the
delegation were E. E. Angel, W.
C. Zlckgraf, Frank Martin, Hen
ry Hurst, W. C. Mason, Naamon
Elliott, Bill Shuford and Roy
, Oeoghegan.
1 A Pauline avenue delegation,
back the second time In a
month, explained that It did not
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