Net Paid Circulation THIS WEEK 2,212 LAST WEEK 2,211 YEAR AGO THIS WEEK 2,125 ?11)* Blacottian PROGRESSIVE LI liE HAL INDEPENDENT VOL. LXII? NO. 38 FRANKLIN. N C.. THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 1947 $2.00 PMC YEAK DEPOT STREET PAVING JOB IS LET BY TOWN As he vi lie Firm Will Machinc, Put Stone Dcwn This Fall The contract for the long delayed paving of Depot street was awarded to the -Asheville Paving company, only bidder for the job, by the Franklin board of aldermen at a called meeting Monday afternoon. A small section of Wayah street also is covered by the contract. The company's bid was $3 per cubic yard for laying the stone base, and 75 cents per square yard for hot asphaltic treatment one and one-half inches thick Present plans call for the street, now graveled, to be ma chined this fall with a road grader and for the laying of additional stone to give a thick ness of six inches of stone. Placing of the asphalt on the street wlU.be postponed until next spring. The board of aldermen has been negotiating for a year and a half with the State Highway commission for the paving of Depot street, and repeatedly has been given to understand that the state would do the job. The board's decision to let the con tract followed repeated delays in action by the state, climaxed by the suggestion, some weeks ago, that the town would have to put up more than $5,000 of the cost before the state could start the job. The Asheville Paving com pany also had the contract for the recently completed water sewer-street improvement pro- ' gram. Leatherman Post Office Is To Be Discontinued The Leatherman post office will be discontinued, effective September 30, according to an announcement received here. Persons who have received their mail through this post office will now get their mail ad dressed Route 3, Franklin, N. C. All patrons of the Leather man post office are requested to provide themselves with gov ernment approved mail boxes conveniently located for the mail carrier and to inform their correspondents and periodical publishers of their change of address. 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Lawyer J. J. Hooker complet ed the telephone lines to Frank lin from Dillsboro and now im proved phones have been in stalled and the line is better than ever before. It is only nec essary to talk in a low tone to be understood. F. T. Smith sold out his stock of goods Saturday to E. H. Franks. (Advertisement) ? Barnard will pay $1.00 per bushel for good wheat and 35c per pound for wool. ? 25 YEARS AGO On Sunday, September 10, a large crowd assembled in a grove on B. T. McConnell's farm near the Georgia road This has been an expected occasion for many years for the children of Uncle Jess Sanders. The friends and relatives feel deeply in debted to the Pleasant Hill ohoir for its singing and to Mr. B. T. McConnell for the conven iences furnished for the date. 10 YEARS AGO Dane Newell, sport writer for Field and Stream, Saturday Eve ning Post and Collier's, spent one day here last week as the guest of Dr. Edgar Angel. Mr. Newell, who is also an artist, plans to return to Franklin next summer. The cattle sale held in Frank lin Tuesday by R. A. Pattoirand D. Robert Davis was one of the most successful ever held here. Practically all the cattle brought In were sold and prices were good. About $5,000 was paid for the 180 animals sold and prices ranged from S to V/i cents. Parking Meters Collect $106 For Fu!l Week A total of $106.40 was de posited by motorists in parking meters here during the first full week the met ers were in operation, town officials announced, follow ing a count of the pennies, niekles, and dimes collected from the meters Wednesday of last week. During the five-day period from noon August 29, w''ien the meters were placed in operation, to i)oon Septemb er 3, collections totaled S85, but a Sunday and the Labor Day holiday occurred during that period. At the present rate of col lections, the installation charge of $5 for each of the 115 meters will be paid in about four more weeks. After that, half the collections go to the town, the other half going to the manufacturers until tfie devices are paid for. They cost $62.50 each. MRS. S. CONLEY TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Sallie B. Conley, 84, died in her sleep at her home on Iotla street early Monday morn ing. Although she had not been feeling well for several days, Mrs. Conley, who remained ac tive despite her years, had not been ill. Mrs. Conley, whose maiden name was Sallie Downs, was twice married. Her first hus- 1 band was Thompson Allman. After his death, she married J. J. Conley, who died a number of years ago. A native of West Virginia, i Mrs. Conley was brought by her parents to Andrews when she was a girl. The family later moved to Franklin, and Mrs. Conley had lived here for more than 60 years. A number of /ears ago she was given a cer tificate of 50 years' member- j ship in the Franklin Methodist | :hurch. She was a charter member of the Nequassa chap ter of the Order of Eastern Star. The funeral was held Tuesday ifternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist church here, with the Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt, the pastor, the Rev. Charles E. Parker, the Rev. A. Rufus Mor gan, and the Rev. D. P. Grant afficiating. .Burial was in the Franklin cemetery. The body lay In state at the church for half an hour before the service. Pallbearers were Elijah Grant, Richard Conley, Ronald Conley, E.ilmer Stevens, Lee Allman, and Raymond Jones. Funeral ar rangements were under the di rection of Bryant funeral home Surviving are four ?ons, Charles T. Allman of Baltimore. Md., George J. Conley, of Frank lin and* Macon, Ga., John D. Conley, of Winston-Salem, and Fred C. Conley, of Franklin; [our daughters, Miss Charlotte Conley and Mrs. W M. Officer, )t Franklin, Mrs. W. S. Cook, of 3reenburg, Ind., and Mrs. Rob ?rt Vedder, of Arcanum, Ohio. Franklin, One Inch From T ouchdown As Game Ends, Ties Murphy, 13 To 13 Led by a heavy, charging line, the Franklin Panthers fought the Murphy Bulldogs to a 13-13 tie before more than 600 spec tators last Friday night on the ' local field The game ended with Franklin in possession of the ball, one inch away from an other touchdown, with three downs left to make the neces sary yardage. Stalwarts in the Franklin line, which kept the Murphy running attack bottled up through -most of the game and opened nice holes in the Murphy defense on several occasions, were Bill Brown, substitute guard; Steve McConnell, who started af, right guard, arid Harley Stew art whose work at tackle stood out particularly en offense. Harmon, who played on defense only, was the defensive star of the Franklin backfield. The game opened with Capt. Larry Cabe getting off a nice kick for Franklin, which Mur phy returned to the 35. After an exchange of punts. Franklin gained possession of the ball on their 35-yard line and- drove deep into Murphy territory, but lost the ball on the Murphy 30-yard line when the Murphy defense stiffened. Outstanding in this drive were runs of 25 yards and 20. yards by Mason and Cabe, respective ly. Murphy lost the ball on the first play on a fumble, and the Panthers took over on their opponents' 27-yard line. On the first play of the sec ond quarter, Henry found a hole over right tackle for nine yards, placing the ball on the Murphy 18. With Mason and Cabe alternating carrying the ball, Franklin drove to the two, and Flanagan carried over from there on a quarterback sneak. Capt. Cabe kicked the extra point and Franklin led 7-0. Murphy received, with Alex ander taking the kick on his own 25 and running behind excellent interference 75 yards for a touchdown for the most spectacular play of the game. Not a single Franklin player touched the runner and only two got close to him. It was a pretty exhibition of downfield tlocking for a high school foot ball team, and the Franklin line seemed slow getting down under the kick. Brendle, Murphy quarterback, then passed to Christopher, right end, in the f)at zone for the extra point, making the score 7-7. The half ended shortly thereafter. Murphy again received. After an exchange of kicks, Franklin again drove about 60 yards for a touchdown with Cabe going over from the five through a large hole over his right tackle. Even though Murphy was off sides on the first attempt, Franklin failed to make the extra point and the score was 13-7. The score had been set up by a well executed play on the part of the Franklin team. Moses, right end, took a short forward pass from Flanagan and then lateraled to Mason who gained 30 yards on the play. Murphy received and by mix ing passing plays with their running game drove about 60 yards for a touchdown. Out standing offensively for Murphy ( in this drive were Brendle, Murphy quarterback, who threw strikes for forward passes, and ' Alexander, shifty right half, ! who was the spark of the Buil dog running attack. When | Brendle was smothered by the | hard charging Panther line. Murphy failed to make the j extra point, and the score was tied again at 13-13. j With about five minutes left i to play, Franklin came tearing back down the field with Mason and Henry picking up nice gains 1 inside and outside the tackles. J As the Bulldog line began to stiffen, Capt. Cabe drove through the center to the two. Driving hard he went over the right side of his line only to be stop ped on the one-inch line as time ran out and the game ended in a 13-13 tie. A play by play description of the game was given over the public address system by G. L. Houk. Starting line-up: FRANKLIN MURPHY Moses _ RE Christopher Welch RT Mqroney Leopard RG Birch Jacobs C Howell McConnell LG Fricks Moonfey LT Hall Angel LE Horton Flanagan QB Brendle Henry RHB Alexander Mason LHB Hughes Cabe FB Davidson Thomas Becomes Macon Sanitarian Under New Set-Up Two changes in the local I health department administra tion have been announced by Dr. M. B H. Michal, acting health officer for this district. C. B. Thomas, who, has his office in Sylva, will succeed W. F. Hart as district sanitarian. And Transylvania county, which has bein included in this dis trict, has been joined with Hen derson county to form a new health district. Mr. Hart will be the sanitarian for the new dis trict. 50 Expected To Attend Fire Training Meeting About 50 persons are expected to attend next week's annual forest fire training meeting for personnel of the Nantahala Na tional forest and its cooperating agencies, the State Forest serv ice and the adjoining national forests. The school, to be held at Wilson Lick ranger station September 22, 23, and 24, will be directed by H. C. Ericksson, assistant supervisor of the Nan tahala forest. Grover Jamison is confined to his home "by illness. Gold Mine School To Open Monday; Smith Is Teacher The Gold Mine school will open Monday morning, with Judson Smith as teacher. County Supt. G. L. Houk an nounced Tuesday. Mr. Houk and the county board of education decided several weeks ago to close the school and transport the children by bus to Iligdon ville. It was explained at the time that it had not been possible to find anvane to take this one-teat ier sch il. A delegation of Gold Mine citizens appeared before the board September 1 to pro test closing the school, ex plaining that small children would have to leave home long before daylight in order to catch the school bus. When the county school ; authorities stuck to their decision, the delegation flat ly stated that, unless a teacher were sent to Gold Mine, the people there would not se>nd their children tj school. Mr. Smith, who has stud ied at the University of North Carolina, formerly taught in the Macon school system. TALKS, REPORTS MARK PTA MEET Talks by County Supt. G. L Houk and Principal W. H. Fin ley, the appointment of chair men pf standing committees for the year, and reports featured the year's initial meeting of the Franklin Parent-Teacher asso ciation, held at the school audi torium Monday night. About 80 persons attended. Mrs. Weimar Jones,, president, announced standing committee chairmen for the year as fol lows: Mrs. Emory Hunnicutt, membership; Mrs. Allen Siler, program; Emory Hunnicutt, fi nance and budget; Mrs. Frank Killian, hospitality; Mrs. C. E. Parker, parent education; Mrs. Carl Cabe, publicity; Mrs. R. S Jones, parent-teacher magazine; Mrs. Lester Henderson, grade mothers; and Mrs. S. H. Lyle, Jr., music. The Rev. C E. Parker, re porting for a committee named during the summer to confer with the county superintendent and school board, said that everything possible has been done to obtain a qualified teach er of public school music; that the janitor service has been improved; and that the school board agreed to pay for the telephone at the school, pre viously paid for by the P. T. A. He referred the item of cafe teria e