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Net Paid Circulation THIS WEEK 2,214 LAST WEEK 2,212 YEAR AGO THIS WEEK 2,125 anb SI h* JRacoutan PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL ? INDEPENDENT VOL. LXII? NO. 39 $2.00 PER YEAS OPEN RED CROSS FIRST AU) CLASS Nine Are Being Trained As Instructors In 2- Week Course Nine persons made application to take the Red Cross instruct ors' first aid course, which be gan Monday nighr under the direction 'of Ellis D. Fysal, reg ional field representative for the American Red Cross. The purpose of .the course, which is being sponsored by the local Red Cross, Is to quality instructors in first aid, who will in turn teach first aid through out the community, according, to Mrs. Mary Jo Sloan, execu tive secretary of the local chapter. Those taking the course are Miss Anne Ray, W. O. Craw ford, Bob Sloan, Eb Bullock, Gordon Moore, Carl Tysinger, Bill Swan, Mac Whltaker, and Bill Blaine. Mr. Fysal in discussing the course, said the general purposes of first aid are being covered In the lectures. He listed these as the prevention of accidents by making people safety con- : scious, training people to do the right thing at the right time, prevention of added injury or danger, and ways to provide proper transportation, if it is necessary. Classes will be held Monday through Friday for -the next two weeks at the Slagle memorial building from 7:00 p. m. until 10 p. m. Anyone who is inter ested In first aid is invited to attend the classes. Mrs. Vanhook's Funeral Conducted At Clark's Chapel Funeral services were held ' for Mrs. Martha Vanhook Mon- 1 day at 11 a. m. at the Clark'3 Chapel Methodist church. Mrs. Vanhook died at the age 1 of 69 at her home in the Pren- 1 tiss community, Saturday after- | noun, following an illness of six 1 months. 1 Services were conducted by the ! Rev. D. P. Grant, the Rev. V.- N. 1 Allen, and the Rev. V. C. Ramey. 1 Burial followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Ned Dowdle, J. D. Dowdle, Russell Vanhook, < Sam Bryson, John Bryson and ' Ray Bryson. Surviving are her mother, Mrs. John T. Bryson of Culla- ( saja; two daughters, Mrs. Van i Deaver o'f Canton and Miss Kate ! Vanhook of Prentiss; two sons, 1 Harve and Lex Vanhook of i Prentiss; eight brothers, Wil- i liam, Charles B? Sam, and J. E. i Bryson of Cullasaja; J. B. Bry- ? son of Whittier, T. M. Bryson of Raleigh, George E. Bryson of > Sedro Woolley, Wash., and Joe Bryson of Terrebonne, Ore. ] Arrangements were handled : by the Bryant funeral home. Pipe Organ For First Baptist Church , Is En Route Here The electric pipe organ re- i cently bought by the First Bap tist church has been shipped from Pittsburgh, and Is expect? , ed here this week. The organ, a Wurlltzer, cost 1 , approximately $3,700 It will be installed as soon as possible after its arrival, church I officials said. Veteran Accidentally Fires Gun, Wounds Self Frank Solesbee, 24-year old World War II veteran, was wounded in the left side when a pistol he was cleaning was ac cidental discharged last Wed nesday night. The gun, which belonged to Solesbee, was a .25 calibre Gormah automatic, which he had brought home as a war souvenir. Following the incident, which occurred in the victim's apartment in the McCoy build ing, he was admitted to Angel hospital the same hlght, and discharged Friday. Plan Communion Service At St. Agnes On Monday A celebration of the Holy Communion will be held at St. Agnes Episcopal church on St. Michael and All Angels Day, Monday, September 29, at 7:30 a. n?. " . J. Lee Barnard, Sr., Is ser iously 111 at his home on tbe Murphy road. 12 Business Lots Bring Total Of $12,450 At Sale The dozen business lots just east of the post office, sold at auction last Friday, brought a total of $12,450, it was announced after the sale. The tots, facing on Main street, Palmer street, and Patton avenue ? a new street cut between Main and Palmer ? brought an aver .ge of slightly more than $45 per front foot, the highest price having been '$130 a foot for one of the four Main street lots, R. A. Pat' ton, of the Home Realty and Auctton company, said. The real estate, property of Woodrow Reeves, was sold to seven different bidders. Cunningham Is Freed In Lynch Cas? Joe Cunningham, former Ma con county resident, was re leased last Wednesday after a Warren county grand jury fail ed to find a true bill of indict ment against Cunningham and A. W. Edwards, elderly jailer, who had been held in connec tion with the abduction of God win (Buddy >. Push, 22-year old Negro, from the jail at Jackson. Governor R. Gregg Cherry, who interested himself in the case six weeks ago when a Northampton county grand jury failed to return true bills, de clared that the case Would re main open. In a statement is sued shortly after he learned of the action of the Warren coun ty grand jury, Governor Cherry said . . we know that a crime was committed by forcibly tak ing a prisoner from a lawful jail. Until the persons who com mitted this offense are brought before a trial jury, the case can never be closed. . . ." The same Northampton coun ty jury which failed to bring charges against Cunningham and six others also returned not a true bill in the case in which Bush was charged with rape. Plan Auction Sale Of Used Articles For Cemetery Fund Plans for an auction sale Sat urday, October 11, of second hand articles of all kinds, as a benefit for the fund being raised to clean up the cemetery it the Franklin Methodist :hurch, were announced this week. The cemetery, since it is one 3f the oldest in this part 01 the country, is a spot of great historical value? the graves of Negro slaves, as well as many Macon County men killed in tlje Civil War are there. And there probably are persons in every state in thev Union who have kin buried there; few of the alder families in this county, of whatever denomination, but are represented among the dead in the old churchyard. Persons throughout the coun ty who have useful, but unused, articles of furniture, farm uten sils, clothing, or anything else of real value are asked to con tribute such items for the sale. Canned fruit, also, will be ac1 ceptable, it was said. The sale will be held at Roy Cunningham's warehouse, next to his store, the use of which he has donated. There articles contributed will be under lock and key until time for the sale. Persons who will contribute things to be sold are asked to bring them to Mr. Cunning ham's warehouse. Those who are unable to hring them are re quested to wHte ? or telephone Mrs. Reby S. Tessier. Persons who wish to make' cash contri butions to the fund are re quested to forward checks to Miss Harriette Kinnebrew. The cemetery project, on which considerable progress al ready has been made, is under the direction of Gilmer A. Jones, who Is giving his time. The program calls for pro vision, In the budget of the church, for the cemetery's up keep In future. MRS. BLAINE IMPROVING Mrs. W. J. Blaine, who was seriously Injured In a motor bike accident two weeks ago, has suf ficiently recovered to return to bar borne from the Hospital. Food 20 Per Cent Cheaper Here Than In U. S. Cities Food prices in Franklin are i appreciably lower than in major U. S. cities, with the greatest difference showing up in the | cost of meats. This is shown by a compar ison of price figures gathered in an Associated Press survey last week in 13 key cities with those in effect here on the same date. Detailed studies of eight items ?eggs, bread, milk, bacon, pork chops, round steak, butter, and canned tomatoes (No. 2 cam ? revealed that seven of these eight items are cheaper here, with Franklin buyers getting their food for 20 per cent less, on the average, than city con sumers. Among the eight Items, the one exception is milk, which re tails in Franklin stores for 21 cents per quart, while the AP survey average is 20 cents, with prices ranging from 17 cents in Denver and Minneapolis to 22 cents in Atlanta. While Franklin housewives undoubtedly complain about the high cost of meat, it is here that they have the greatest ad vantage over their city sisters. Round steak, on the survey date, retailed locally for an average of 60 cents ner pound and pork chops retailed - at the local markets for 69 cents. In the cities surveyed, round steak prices ranged from 79 to 99 cents per pound, with the aver age price being 86 cents, and pork chops ranged from 69 to 93 cents, the price average be ing 80 cents And city persons who like bacon paid an aver age of 84 cents for it, as com pared with 79 cents here. There was one cent difference in the price of a loaf of bread, local merchants charged 13 cents, as compared with a city average of 14 cents. Local consumers also are bet ter off than city buyers in when they need butter and eggs. By buying country butter, Franklin consumers could save as much as 40, cents per ponud, since local country butter was selling lor 50 cents, as compared with ; 90 cents per pound for cream- ; try butter ? usually the only j kind obtainable in cities ? in the cities surveyed. Creamery but ter, however, sells locally for 03 cents. The survey showed an aver age price of 74 cents for eggs, as compared with 63 cents per dozen here. There was a two-cent differ ence in the price of No. 2 cans of tomatoes, the Franklin aver age being 14 cents and that in i the cities, 16. Two Foreign Countries Represented At Forest Fire School Held Here Representatives from two for eign countries, three national forests, and three states were among the 47 persons who gath ered at Wilson Lick for the three-day fire school conducted this week by officials of the Nantahal^ National forest. A. W. Lyon, of Santiago, Chile, and Julius L. Haubam, repre sentative of the department of agriculture for the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil, both of whom are in this area to study forestry methods used in the Nantahala National forest, were among the interested par ticipants in the fire school. The meeting opened Monday morning with a talk by H. C. Eriksson, assistant supervisor of the Nantahala Rational forest, who was in active charge of the school, giving the objectives of the three-day training program. Practically every phase of the fire fighting problem was cov ered in the three days of in tensive lectures and demonstra tions. Veterans of many fire sea sons, such as Rangers John Wasilik and George Arfderson and Forrester W. L. Nothstein, made informative talks and demonstrations concerning the latest methods an4 equipment ; used in fire fighting. Particular stress was placed on the value of power pupips in mopping up operations on the fire line. Part of Tuesday morn ing's program was taken up by a demonstration of a pump of this type. The pump, an Ed wards model, which may be car ried by one man, is capable of pumping more than 40 gallons per minute, and will throw a sizable stream of water more than 200 feet vertically. Ranger Anderson, of the Cherokee Na tional forest, who conducted the demonstrations on the use of such pumps, pointed out that many dollars of taxpayers' mo ney can be saved by the use of this equipment where water is available. Every ranger station .is provided with this equipment. For those who spent the nights "on the Bald" musical enter tainment artd movies were pro- ' j vided in the evenings. I Those in attendance, in addi tion to the foreign visitors, were : Harley Martin, of Hayesville, Victor Denton, of Robbinsville, J. L. Goodman, of Robbinsville, and Roscoe Spivey, of Franklin, Wayne Ayers, of Robbinsville, and Charles Pettit, of Sylva, of the N C. State forest service; John W. Robinson, of Ashevills, of the TVA; and the following from the U. S. forest service: W. H. Fischer. J. W. Cooper. Gaylord Knight, and William Fox, of Atlanta; H. C. Eriksson, W. L. Nothstein, W. L. Lane, R. E. Lee. John Wasilik, E. W. 1 Shope, W. R. Gibson. Allan Brooks, Charles Salmon, Grady Waldroop, A. R. Kinney, and George Scott, of Franklin; John J. Olson and Elbert C. Wilkey, of Andrews; R. C. Radford, L C. Loudermilk, Mack L. Gee, and George Anderson, of Murphy; R. E. Breedlove, of Needmore; Harve Rose, of Unaka; B. H. Phillips, of Hayesville; Thomas Pilkey, of Stecoah, Hillis Clark and Eckel Rowland, of Aquone; Max Ladd and Harold Long, of Marble; James Waldroop, of Prentiss; G. F. Grimshawe, of Sapphire; Lester P. Schapp, of Walhalla, S. C; and R. C. i Nicholson, of Clayton, Ga. Macon Youth Enrolled In j Widely Scattered Schools Dozens of young men and women from Macon County this month entered colleges in this rnd a number of other states. For many, it is a return to school after the summer vaca tion, but a number are just be ginning their college work. A considerable proportion of those taking advanced education are veterans who are taking ad vantage of the O. I. Bill of Rights educational provision. Among those at the Univer sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are Miss Merrily Brooks, Miss Frances Furr, Miss Bar bara Stockton, James L. Hug gins, Clell Bryant, Rufus Pan nell, T. W. Angel, III, and Lewis Fatton. Attending N. C. State college at Raleigh are Tom Setser, Hayes Gregory, Andrew Patton, and Bill Cochran. Miss Annie Sue Conley and Mlsa Maxlne Dean are among those at Meredith college, Ral eigh. At Woman's college of the University, Greensboro, are Misses Louise Pendergrass, Bet ty Callahan, and. Carolyn Long. Miss Iva Dell Norton, Bill Gregory, Frank Murray, Jr., John Gibson Murray, Jack An gel, and Dick Angel are attend ing Western Carolina Teachers college, Cullowhee. lowhee. Keith Gregory is at the Uni versity of Nebraska, Howard Horsley at Wake Forest college; Miss Elizabeth Waslllk at the College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, N. Y., Miss Dorothy Ray at Columbia University, New York, Miss Dorothy Morri son at New York university, and John Waslllk, in, has an as , slstantshlp at Catholic univer sity, Washington, D. C , where I he la studying for his M. A. de I gree | Mlaa Ruth West, of Westls Mill, 1< enrolled at Converse looilege, Spartanburg, 8. C. Falling Tree Jams Auto Horn At 2 a. m. In Highlands Area I - ? . ? ? . The talking typewriter ap pears to have an equal in the talking automobile, especially an automobile in distress, as shown when residents in the Satulah mountain section, near Highlands, were awakened about 2 o'clock Sunday morning by the incessant blowing of an automobile horn. On investigating, W. H. Cobb and Craig Craftin found that the big tree in the corner of the Vot at Mrs. Shorter Rankin's sum mer home had toppled over, apparently without wind or warning,' snapped power and telephone lines, and crash through the roof of the garage, smashiAg the car top and jamming the horn. Aid To Blind 'White Can V Drive's Aim The "White Cane" sale and membership enrollment drive is in progress this week, accord ing to R R. Gaines, president of the Franklin Hons club. The purpose of the drive is to raise funds for the Lions' program of aid to the blind and conserva tion of sight, Mr. Gaines ex plained. Features of the sight conservation program are free examinations, eye glasses and eye operations for under-privi leged children. He added that one-third of all money raised will be spent in Macon County. The North Carolina State As sociation for the Blind, which was created by the Lions club of the state, has annually spon sored this sale of "white canes , with the proceeds being used to promote the work. Clyde Gailey is serving as local chairman of the "white cane" sale and membership en rollment, announced that Lions club members, assisted by Lion esses and local friends of the blind, will conduct an active drive here through this week. I Buttons will be sold directly to the general public for nominal 1 contributions; there is no limit to the amount that may be contributed, from 10 cents up. In addition to the sale of "white cane" buttons, member ships in the state association for an annual fee of $1 will be sought, v Any person desiring to con tribute to this cause may do so through any member of the Franklin Lions club. YOUTH DROWNS IN RIVER HERE Wade ' Holland, 17-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Kerma Hol land of Franklin, was drowned In the Little Tennessee river last Friday afternoon about 6 p. m. , The incident occurred when young Holland, accompanied by Bernard Dills and Dover Miller, decided to go swimming in the river at a point just below the home of Wiley Elliot. Dills and Miller warned Hol land that the water was deep there, but he told them he could swim a little. He entered the ; water, and when he reached a point where it was about 15 feet in depth, he was seen to struggle. Although they made several efforts, his companions were unable to bring the boy to shore. ? , ? -The body remained in the water for nearly an hour be fore being brought to shore Artificial respiration failed to revive him. Funeral services were held at the Buck Creek Baptist church Monday at 11 a. m., with the Rev Frank Reld officiating. In terment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were D. M. Rog ers, Luther Rogers, Stanley Til son, Glenn Tilson, Rass Wood, ' and Dan Houston. I Arrangements were under the direction of the Bryant ' funeral LEGION AUXILIARY I The American Legion auxiliary will -meet next Tuesday nighl at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Joe Set cer. All members are urged tc be present, since this Is th< first meeting ot the auxlUary'i 1 new year. WHITE CROSSES, BOARDREMOVED Plans Far Permanent War Memorial Will Be Discussed The small white memorial crosses and the honor roll board, which have stood on Rankin Square for several years, have recently been removed by the organizations under whose spon sorship they were erected The memorial crosses were first used by the American Leg ion Auxiliary on Memorial day, 1940, in a service commemorat ing those who gave their lives in World War 1. They were used in successive Memorial Day services until January 1, 1944 at which time the Franklin Lions club sponsored the erection of an honor roll board which car lied the names of the men serv ing in World War II. The board was erected by a committee composed of Ernest Hyde and Mac Whitaker. At this time the auxiliary had new crosses made in memory of the deceased of World Wars I and II and erect ed them in front of the honor | roll board creating a miniature i cemetery. This memorial plot has been maintained by the ladies of the auxiliary and members and friends of the ! families of those in whose mem ory the crosses were erected. The project as a whole has received a great deal of favor able comment from local people and visitors alike. Both the crosses and the board were made of wood and deterioration of the material was cited as the cause of their being- removed. Plans for replacing the crosses with a permanent memorial of some type will be discussed at the auxiliary meeting Tuesday night and a committee from the Lions club is considering the erection of a plaque of some .type to replace th^ board. Members of the families of those for whom crosses were erected are urged to contact j members of the Auxiliary if they have any suggestions con l cerning their replacement with a more permanent memorial, ac cording to Mrs. A. R. Higdon, chairman of the Auxiliary cross committee. Mrs. Higdon has served on this committee since its beginning seven years ago and she made the first crosses In 1940. The late Mrs. J. c. Harrington was the other mem ber of the original committee. Mrs. Higdon, in discussing the I crosses, said that she wished to , announce that the potted plants i and vases which were on the square when the crosses were taken up are now stored in the Veterans office in the court house and that they will be kept there for 30 days to give owners an opportunity to pick them up. Mrs. Higdon added that she wished to thank Mr. and Mrs. Lon Dalton for the many hours of work they have done through the years ip helping to keep the Plot cleaned off and the crosses repaired. Ben Harrison | for ? making and painting the crosses, A. R. Higdon for furn ishing the material, and Kay Montague and Charlie Mash burn for helping with the care ol the plot. At present the crosses are stored in the warehouse of the Franklin Hardware company. Milk Price Her* To Be Boosted To 21 Cents The retail pricfe of milk here will be increased from 20 to 21 cents per quart, effective Oc tober 1, it was announced this week by the Addington Dairy farm and the Nantahala Cream ery company. The Increase was made nec essary, it was explained, by the rising cost of feeds. The Nantahala Creamery company, which buys consider able milk from farmers, whole sale, increased the price paid to producers by 30 cents per 100 pounds September X, due to the farmers' increased cost of pro ( duction, officials explained. Mi?? Barr To Be Here, Give Handicraft Wcrk' ' Miss Frances Barr, of Char to**. t* here this winter ? with her uncle, the Rev. A ? M?rgan' working m the old Nonah section of Cartooge fhayf; "er work will be especial ly with handicrafts. ^