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VOL. LXII? NO. 42
FRANKLIN. N. C? THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1947
$2.00 PER YEAR
REPORTS TAX
COLLECTIONS
OF $110,441
1946 Total Turned Over
To iCcunty Treasurer
By Sheriff Bradley
Taxes In the amount of $110,
441 were collected for the year
1946, according to a report
ipade to the board of county
commissioners by Sheriff J. P.
Bradley, Macon County tax col
lector, who has .turned this
amount over to the Macon
County treasurer.
Tax levies for the year
amounted to $118,810.80. In ad
tion, $231,32 of discovered
taxes were listed in the col
lector's report, making a grand
total of $119,042.12 to be ac
counted for.
The report accounted for the
difference between the total
listed and the amount turned
over to the treasurer as fol
lows: ?
Discount allowed by law, $732.
83; releases (most of which re
sulted froiri double charges),
$530.31; Insolvents, $1,364.87;
tax sale certificates, $3,491.66;
fees on 446 tax sale certificates
at 50 cents each, $223; and col
lector's commission of two per
cent, $2,258.45.
The board of commissioners
also has announced that it has
reinvested $46,000 of county
owned U. S. government bonds
that matured September 15, plus
accrued interest amounting to
$575, in government bonds
bearing two and a half per
cent interest.
The board is expected to take
up the request of Fred York
for a license to sell beer at its
next meeting. Action on the ap
plication was deferred at the,
last session of the board. Jim
Guest, however, has been grant
ed a beer license for an estab
lishment known as Jim's place,
about three miles from Frank
lin, on the Franklin-Sylva high
way.
Childers Assumes Water
Superintendent's Post
Herman Childers, who was re
cently employed as full-time I
water superintendent and town
plumber for the Town of Frank
lin, assumed his duties last
? Tuesday morning. Mr. Childers,
who replaces W. G. Hall in this I
position, will receive a salary of I
$175 per month, according to
town officials. Mr. Hall had been
doing the work on a part-time
basis.
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Our fellow citizens, Just as
usual every year, will soon be
getting ready "to wade one long
mud hole from here to Dllls
boro" all winter. They will take
it as a matter of course and
do nothing to better the condi
tion of affairs.
Henry Raby cleaned out the
public well last week and found
only a blacksmith's horse shoe
anvil, two well buckets, ohe
water bucket, 60 feet of well
rope, and three pairs of old
shoes.
25 YEARS AGO *
There will ?be a Hallowe'en
supper In the Cartoogechaye
High school building Friday
night, October 27. Let everybody
come and bring his girl and
her sister. See how It seems to
get a square meal for a quarter.
The proceeds will be spent In
community Interests.
1? YEARS AGO
A group of girls met at the
home of Mrs. Roy Cunningham
last Thursday evening. October
14, to organize a circle which
will be part of the Woman's
Missionary society of the Meth
odist church. The officers elect
ed for the year were: chairman,
Mrs. Carl Cabe; vice-chairman,
Mrs. Roy Cunningham; secre
tary-treasurer, Miss Ada Belle
Bherrlll; corresponding secre
tary, Mr*. A. B. O'Mohundro;
chairman. Christian aortal rela
tion*, Mr*, owl Tfiinffar.'
Two Macon Men
Among War Dead
Brought To U. S.
They are bringing the
boys home again.
The youths who gave their
lives for home and country
are being brought back from
Europe and the Pacific to
lie in American soil, when
that is the request of the
next of kin. The first Pa
cific War dead readied San
Francisco last Friday.
Among them were twis
Macon County men: Cpl.
Harold T. Sloan, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold T.
Sloan, of Franklin, and Ed
ward W. Echols, navy cox
swain, son of Mr. and Mrs. I
Edward M. Echols, of Frank
lin, Route 2. It is not known
when the bodies will arrive
in North Carolina.
Cpl. Sloan's body will be
taken direct to Raleigh for
funeral services and burial
in the national cemetery
there. The plans of the
Echols family for their son's
funeral and burial are not
known.
DR. M. MORGAN
TO ADDRESS PTA
Meeting Set For Monday;
Membership Campaign
To Get Under Way
Dr. Mildred Morgan, coordi
nator of family life for the City
of Asheville, will be the guest
speaker at the October meeting
of the Franklin Parent-Teach
er association.
The meeting will be held next
Monday night at 7:30 o'clock in
the school auditorium.
Dr. Morgan, formerly a mem
ber of the faculty of Asheville
Blltmore college, is widely known
as a speaker. Her subject has
not been announced, but it is
expected to be in line with the
topic for this month's program
? "Foundations for a Better
Family. Life."
Meanwhile, the association's
annual membership drive, und
er the chairmanship of Mrs.
Emory Hunnicutt, will get under
way this morning. In announc
ing the opening of the cam
paign, Mrs. Hunnicutt express- 1
ed the hope that the total
membership for this year will
exceed the high mark of 606
reached in 1946-47. The goal,
she said, is at least one mem
ber from each family that has
a child In school at Franklin,
in addition to the teachers. The
membership fee is 25 cents.
Mrs. Hunnicutt remarked that,
while stress is being put on
membership, the association is
even more interested in mem
bers' attending PTA meetings
and participating in its pro
gram than in the money raised
in membership fees.
She cited these reasons why
? Continued on Page Eight
Attack Suffered
In Church Fatal
To Mrs. Sanders
Death, as the result of a cere
bal hemorrhage, came to Mrs.
Annie Parlee Sanders, 42, In a
Franklin hospital Sunday after
noon. , i
Mrs. Sanders lived in the
Prentiss community. She became
111 while attending services at
the Church of Ood In that sec
tion.
Funeral services were held at
that churclr Tuesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock with the Rev. H.
L. Helms, pastor, officiating.
Burial followed In the Coweeta
Baptist church cemetery. ~
Born In Rabun county, Ga.,
May 19, 1905, she was the
daughter of Reese Phillips and
the late Mrs. Arle Guy Phillips.
She was married in .1922 to
Ellis Sanders.
Surviving are her husband;
three sons, James Eugene and
Ellis Sanders, all of Franklin,
Route 2; her father, who re
sides at Clayton, Ga.; three sis
ters, Mrs. Archie Bond and Mrs.
Lizzie Bond, both of Clayton,
Ga., and Mrs. Ollie Mae Frank
lin of Hollywood, Ga.; five
brothers, King 'and Jep Phil
lips, both of Franklin, Charlie,
Barnes, and Clarence Phillips,
all of Clayton.
Funeral arrangement* were
bandied by Bryant .funeral
bom*.
FREEZERLOCKER
PLANT HERE TO
OPEN SATURDAY
Called By Experts One
Of State's Best; Is
First In Region
The just-completed freezer
locker plant of Franklin Frozen
Foods, Inc., will be formally
opened Saturday.
The plant, which is situated
between West Main street and
Highway 64, has been pro
nounced by experts, who have
visited it recently, as the best
planned and most completely
equipped freezer locker plant in
the state. It .is the first such
plant to be built west of
Waynesville.
No announcement of the cost
has been made by the owners,
but, at the time plans for the
construction were announced, it
was estimated that the building
and equipment would Involve an
investment of approximately
$40,000.
E. J. Whitmire is president of
the firm, Oscar Ledford, the
other owner, will be actively in
charge as manager.
The one-story structure, which
is insulated with cork, has six
main compartments.
In the quick-freeze room
meats, fruits, and vegetables
will be frozen for storage.
The locker room, in which in
dividuals will store their frozen
foods, contains 480 lockers, and
provision has been made for
installation of 300 more when
necessary. Each locker, contain
ing about six cubit feet of stor
age room, will hold approxi
mately 200 pounds of meat, it
was said. Many of the lockers
were rented prior to comple
tion of the plant, and they will
become available for use, along
with the others, Saturday.
Other compartments include
the chill and aging room; the
meat curing room; the general
storage room for meats, vege
tables, etc., and the poultry
processing room.
The plant will provide, in ad
dition to cold-pack processing
and storage, complete process
ing of poultry. Meats may be
bought at the plant, wholesale,
with provision made for its
cutting, wrapping, and quick
freezing for storage in lockers.
The building, which measures
54 by 81 feet, is of tile con
struction, finished with stucco
on the outside, while the in
terior is plaster. The structure
itself was built with day labor
under supervision of the own
ers, while the insulation and in
stallation of refrigeration equip
ment was by contract. The cork
insulation was handled by Arm
strong Cork company, of Lan
caster, Penna., while Piedmont
Engineering corporation, of
Charlotte, installed the Frick
refrigeration equipment.
Construction work got under
way last May.
Mr. Whitmire, president of
the firm, is vocational educa
tion instructor at the Franklin
High school and heads the O. I.
on-the-job farm training pro
gram in this county. While he
will not be actively connected
with the plant, he will keep in
close touch with its operation.
Mr. Ledford, the manager,
has resigned as instructor in
the veterans farm program, and
will devote his full time to
management of the locker plant.
A graduate of the Franklin High
school in vocational agriculture,
he has had wide experience in
retail meat work, and last sum
mer took a special course at
State college in freezer locker
plant management.
$177 Netted For
Cemetery Fund
At Auction Sale
The sum of $190.15 was taken
In at the auction sale of sel
ond hand materials held at
Hoy Cunningham's store last
Saturday.
According to Mrs. Reby Tes
sier, chairman of the commit- 1
tee in charge, a net profit of
tlon,, $231.32 of discovered
This money will be used to
restore the historic old ceme
tery which is located in the
rear of the Franklin Methodist
church. Members of different
denominations and of many of
Franklin's older families are
buried here.
Anyone who wishes to ?con
tribute to this cause may do so
by contacting Mrs. Testier or
Miss Harrlette Klnnebrew, treas
urer.
Figure In Methodist Changes
Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt
! F raziers Moving
Into Caretaker's
House At Memorial
Mr. and Mrs. Van Frazier,
wlno recently were selected
by the board of directors of
the Slagle Memorial for the
caretaker's position at the
building, plan to move into
the recently completed care
taker's home this week. The
family has been living at
Franklin, Route 1.
Mr. Frazier, an employe of
the Nantahala Power and
Light company, is a veteran
of World War 1 and is well
known in Macon County.
Mrs. Frazier, who will be
in charge of serving meals
to the various organizations
requiring such service, is
said to be a highly compe
tent and experienced in the
preparation and service of
food.
Dixie-Home's
Super-Market
Opens Today
The super-market of the Dix
ie-Home stores, the first super
market in this county, will open
for business this (Thursday)
morning.
The store, which is arranged
throughout for customers' self
service, is one of the finest food
stores in * the Dixie-Home's
chain, according to G. R. Kay,
district supervisor, who is here
for the opening. Approximately
$40,000 has been expended, he
said, in improvements to the
building, and for fixtures and
stock.
The store, situated on the
south side of Main street, in
corporates the adjoining store
rooms formerly occupied by the
old Dixie store and by Stewart's
Electrical Appliance store. The
wall between the two has been
removed, giving the super
market one large room.
Mr. Kay said that the store
will have, among other fea
tures, a self-service dairy de
partment, a meat department
with self-service counter, and
one of the most complete pro
duce departments in the Dixie
Home chain.
The store Is under the man
agement of Ed Lane, transfer
red here from the Greenwood,
8. C., store. He will be assisted
by Ray Swal/ord, who was
manager of' the smaller Dixie
? Continued on Page Eight
J. J. Evitt, 80,
Former Resident
Of Macon, Dies
J. J. Evitt, 80, former Macon
County resident, died at his
home in the Norton community,
in Jackson county, October 7.
Funeral services were held
last Wednesday at 2 p. m. at
the Evitt cemetery with the
Rev. Frank Reed officiating.
Mr. Evitt is survived by his
widow, the former Miss Mamie
Calloway, and six daughters,
Mrs. Lula Norton, Mrs. Elsie
Potts, and Mrs. Oeneva Young,
of Norton, Mrs. Lucy Norton, of
Connecticut, Mrs. Phoebe Price
of Keystone, W. Va., and Mrs.
Anne McKlnney, of Turtle Pond;
one son, Harry Evitt of Norton;
two sisters, Mrs. James Potts, of
Shortoff, and Mrs. J. B. Stew
I art, of Jackson county.
Funeral arrangements were
I under ths direction of Potts
I funeral Dome.
Rev. D. P. Grant
LOCALS TO PLAY
MAROONSTODAY
Flyler Files Protest With
Officials Over Bryson
Game Ruling
Following last Friday's game
with Bryson City on their lield,
the Franklin high school 11 will
play the B squad of the Ashe
ville Maroons here today (Thurs
day) at 1 p. m. The game has
been arranged tor the afternoon
hour to enable all the school
children to see at least one
game this year. Due to the fact
that all other home games have
been scheduled at night, many
of the county school children
have found it difficult to at
tend and therefore have not had
an opportunity to see the
Panthers in action this year.
Last Friday night's game with
Bryson City was a bitterly
fought and hotly disputed af
fair. The game ended with the
score Bryson City 13, Franklin
6, but a protest has been filed
with officials of the Smoky
Mountain league by Frank Ply
ler, Franklin coach, concern
ing certain rulings of the game
officials.
Franklin scored in the first
quarter when Capt. Larry Cabe
scored on a 12-yard run which
cuimaxed a 55-yard drive by the
Franklin Panthers. There was
no further scoring in the first
half by either team.
In the third quarter, Bryson
City carried the ball to the
Franklin 12-yard line. At this
point the disputed decision oc
curred. Neil Mooney, Franklin
tackle, was charged with defen
sive holding. The ball then plac
ed on the Franklin one-yard
line by the official, thus pen
alizing Franklin a distance of
11 yards. According to Coach
Plyler, the penalty for this of
fense should have been five
yards, which would have placed
the ball on the Franklin 7-yard
line.
On the fourth attempt, Bry
son City was able to buck the
ball over from the one-yard
line. Bryson City scored the ex
tra point, and Added a touch
down in the final quarter.
Playing one of the best games
of his football career, Neil
Mooney was a standout in the
Franklin line with Cabe, Greg
ory, and Mason showing up well
in the Franklin backfield. Clark
and Estes played well for Bry
son City. "
Mrs. Crowis Dies;
Graveside Rites
Held At Shortoff
Mrs. Vashtie Harding Crowe.
57, died at her home near Cash
iers last Friday night, following
an illness of three days.
Funeral services were con
ducted Saturday at the Mace
donia Baptist church in Satolah,
Oa., with the Rev. J. O. Nix
and the Rev. Lee Crawford con
ducting the service. Burial fol
lowed at the Shortoff cemetery
near Highlands.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Carter McCoy and Miss
Ruby Crowe, both of Highlands;
three step-children, Alvln Crowe,
Miss Elsie Crowe, and Miss Vir
ginia Crowe, all of Satolah, Oa.;
one brother, Jim Harding, of
Satolah; aftd two sisters, Mrs.
Luther Nix and Mr* Frank
Owens, both of ??tolata
3 OF MACON'S
4 METHODIST
PASTORS MOVED
Grant Returned; Brendall
Comes To Franklin
From Albemarle
Three of the four Methodist
ministers who have been serv
ing Macon County churches were
transferred to other, charges, at
the closing session of the West
ern North Carolina conference
in Charlotte Monday.
The Rev. D. P Grant, pastor
of the Franklin circuit for the
past three years, is the only one
of the four reappointed to a
post in this county.
The. Rev. W. Jackson Huney
cutt, Franklin church pastor for
slightly less than four years,
was shifted to the West Ashe
ville church, and will be suc
ceeded here by the Rev. J. H
Brendall, Jr. Mr. Brendall, whose
father was a native of Macon
County, has just completed his
fifth year at Albemarle Central
church, which has a member
ship of 887, as compared with
Franklin's 567.
The Rev. V. N. Allen, who has
served as pastor of the Macon
circuit for the past four years,
wasi.moved to Pigeon Valley, and
the new pastor of the Macon
circuit is to be supplied.
The Rev. P. E. Bingham, West
Macon circuit pastor, was mov
ed to Fines Creek, and will be
succeeded by Mrs. R. H. Hull.
Mrs. Hull, who has been asso
ciated with her husband here
in Sunday school work In this
region, recently was licensed to
preach by the licensing com
mittee of this district, upon
recommendation of the board
of stewards of the Franklin
church.
The pastorate at Highlands Is
to be supplied.
Mr. Brendall, the new pastor
of the Franklin church, has
many relatives in this county,
but, so far as could be learned,
has never visited here. His
father, the late Rev. J. H. Bren
dall, became a minister and
left here as a young man.
The new pastor is a widower,
Mrs. Brendall having died last
February. Church officials yes
terday had not learned when
he will arrive in Franklin, but
it was assumed that he prob
ably will not reach here until
early next week, since Tuesday
and Wednesday of next week
were suggested by conference of
ficials as moving days for min
isters being transferred.
Mr. and Mrs. Huneycutt and
their young son, Wiley, will
move to the West Ashevllle par
sonage early next week. Mean
while, Mr. Huneycutt will con
duct services at the West Ashe
Wlle church Sunday. That
church, with approximately 1,
300 members, is more than twice
as large as the one In Frank
lin, and in his new charge Mr.1
Huneycutt will have two full
time workers to assist him.
Baptist Revival
Will Continue
Through Oct. 22
Evangelistic services which be
gan Sunday night at the Frank
lin Baptist church will be con
tinued through Wednesday, Oc
tober 22. ?
Dr. Samuel Maddox, pastor of
the First Baptist church at Flor
ence, Ala., will continue to be
the guest minister for the serv
ices, and the Rev. Marie Os
borne, Jr., of Culiowhee, is di
recting the music.
Services are held each eve
ning at 7:30 o'clock, and at 10
a. jn. each morning. The Rev.
Charles E. Parker, pastor, is as
sisting Dr. Maddox in conduct
ing the meeting.
Gregory Scored First
JSylva Game Touchdown
In an account of the
Frankiin-Sylva high school
football came, carried one
week ago in this newspaper,
Flanagan, Franklin quarter
back, was credited with
having scored the first
touchdown. The first touch
down of the game was scor
ed by Lyman Gregory. The
error is regretted and 1f?
Press is (lad to make the
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