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VOL. LXII? NO. 45
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PICK 2 WOMEN
FOR JURY DUTY
AT COURT TERM
List Drawn For Senior
Opening December 1;
Alley To Preside
The names of two women ap
pear among the 54 persons se
lected for jury duty at ihe De
cember term of superior court
here.
The two women who may
serve as jurors during the court
term, which will open Monday,
December 1, are Mrs. Reby Tes
sler, cf Franklin, and Mrs. Ruth ,
Carter Rice, of Highlands. The j
Jury list was drawn at Mon- i
day's meeting of the board of
county commissioners. This is
the second time in the history
of Macon county courts that
women have been drawn on jury
lists.
Judge Felix E. Alley, of Wayn- I
esville, will preside over next
month's court.
The 52 men who were drawn
on the duty list are:
Jess Shope, of Franklin, Route
1; Reid Womack, Franklin; W.
O. Rowland, Route 3; W. T. Hol
den, Dillard, Oa , Route 1; J. L.
Huggins, Route 4; Wiley Brown,
Route 2; F. H. Potts, Highlands; |
J. Ned Teague, Prentiss; Frank
Y? /-I 1, IlinUlnrt^ln ' U7oHnv
D. nigiuanuo, uaibci i
Gibson, Route 3; Claude Roper, !
Route 3; Fritz J. Henderson,'
Route 2; E. G. Houston, Route
3; R. D. Carson, Franklin; Ray
R. Franklin, Route 4; Buelen
Holland, Cullasaja; Jullian C.
Zoellner, Higmands; Doyle Speed,
Highlands; W. O. "Lewis, Route
1; John N. Gonley, Dlllard, Ga.,
Route 1; H. A. Cleaveland,
Highlands; E. M. Dills, Gneiss; 1
Neville Cabe, Dillard, Ga., Route
1; Bryant McClure, Dillard, Ga.,
Route 1; Fred Ledford, Route 3;
C. D. Raby, Route 3; Charles
Nolen, Route 1; -Carlton Cleave
land, Highlands; M. E. Bennett,
Route 3; W. P. Piefson, High
lands; H. A. Burch, Route 1;
Frank Burnette, Route 3; G. H.
Brendle, Rttute 3; Lee Keener,
Gneiss; Worley Dehart, Prentiss;
J. B. Watts, Prentiss, Louin
Cabe, Dillard, Ga., Route 1; Zeb
Childers, Route 1; Floyd Roper,
Route 3; Frank Stiles, Route 2;
W. R. Mason, Route 3; Carl D.
Morgan, Stiles; J6e Shope, Otto;
Tom Alley, Otto; S. H. Ramsey,
Tellico; Charles Waldroop, Route
1; Newell Baldwin, Kyle; John
Clark, Route 3; Frank Phillips,
Route 1; Lee Duvall, Flats;
Vernon Bryson, Cullasaja; and
Eugene E. Crawford, Route 1.
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Mr. A. L. Leach moved Into
the upper story of the Monday
brick building and will open up
a new stock of merchandise In
r a few days in the lower story.
Mr. J. W. Cogglns has been
\ engaged the last few days on a
chimney for The Press and he
well knows how to place the
I brick down. He is an elderly
gentleman whose home is in
Buncombe county and has de
voted most of his life to the
trade and does excellent work.
25 YEARS AGO
The Ellijay township fair held
Saturday was a real success.
Many pieces of blue ribbon were
awarded to the exhibits, which
were sufficient In quantity to
fill five booths. .The people of
the Mountain Grove school dis
trict were invited to take part
in the fair, and the skill In
mental arithmetic showed by
five-year-old Loyd Taylor of
that community was one of the
Interesting parts of the day's
program. In the afternoon there
was a game of bull pen by some
of the older men with some
younger ones to make out the
necessary numbers. This was the
first game of its kind played In
this section since our parents
were children. Miss Laura M.
Jones, Miss Adelaide Bulgln.and
Professor Billings were present
?at the fair.
10 YEARS AGO
According to R. A. Patton,
auctioneer, the oattle sal* held
In franklin Tuesday was the
most successful sale at the year,
About ato head of . Ctttle. ware
?old and prices ranged from $3
to WW ptt 100 pound*.
Annual Red Cross
Dinner Meet Set
For l\cvember 13
The Macon county chapter
of the Red Cross will b-ld
its annual meeting Thurs
day night, November 13, at
7 o'clock at the Slagle me
morial.
Following the dinner, a
program will be presented
which will include a guest (
speaker and committee re
ports on various activities
of the local chapter through
the past year.
Officers for tile earning
year will be elected at this
meeting.
Letters are being mailed
to all members whose names
are on file in the local Red
Cross office, urging them to
attend the meeting, but
there may be persons whose
names were not turned in
with the contribution lists
in last year's fund drive.
Any person who contributed
to the Red Cross fund last
year and would like to at
tend the dinner is requested
to notify Mrs. Bob Sloan,
executive secretary of the
local office, by Tuesday, No
vember 10, regardless of
whether they receive a let
ter of invitation.
TOURIST COURT
SOLD BY CABES
Wayah View Cottages
Bought By Couple
From Indiana
For a sale price reported as
approximately $25,000, Wayah
View Cottages have been bought
by Mr. and Mrs. James Vovos,
of Petersburg, Ind., from Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Cabe. The deal
was closed last Thursday.
The tourist court, which is
situated in East Franklin, con
sists of four double cottages and
an acre of land. The units,
equipped with showers and elec
tric heat, are completely furn
ished.
Mr. and Mrs. Vovos, Who plan
to continue operation of the
cottages as a tourist court, will
occupy one unit.
Mr. and Mrs. Cabe started
construction of the court two
years ago, and have operated
it for the past 18 months.
Methodist
Quarterly Conferences To
Be -Held Sunday
The Franklin and Macon
Methodist circuits will hold their
first quarterly conferences /of
the year Sunday. Dr. C. N. Clark,
of Waynesville, the new district
superintendent, will attend both.
It will be his first official visit
to Macon County.
At the Macon circuit meeting,
to be held at Union church at
2:30 p. m., church officials and
members also will have an op
portunity to get acquainted with
the recently appointed circuit
pastor, the Rev. L. C. Stevens.
Mr. Stevens, a member of the
conference since 1925, comes
here from the Old Fort circuit.
He and Mrs. Stevens and their
four children have moved into
the circuit parsonage. Dr. Clark
will preach, after which a busi
ness session will be held.
The Franklin circuit confer
ence will be held at Snow Hill
church at 11 a. m. Following a
service to be conducted by Dr.
Clark, a picnic dinner will be
served, after which a business
session is scheduled. All attend
ing are asked to bring baskets
of lunch.
While church ?members gener
ally are Invited to the two
meetings, It was emphasized
that all church officials are ex
pected to be present.
Plan Blasting
Demonstrations
Here Next Week
Persons Interested In ditch
blasting are invited to attend
the demonstrations to be con
ducted here next Tuesday and
Wednesday, County Agent S. W.
Mendenhall said this week. The
Tuesday demonstration will be
on the farm of C. A. Elmore, on
Co wee, and that on Wednesday
on Paul Grist's farm, at Scaly.
While the actual blastings are
?et (or 3:30 p. m., persons In
terested In . d^ing thn type of
work should,, cotne' ltrlief, Mr.
Mendenhall suggested, In' order
to we the way the dynamite la
Diluted.
DEFERS ACTION
ON CHANGING 2
SCHOOL NAMES
Education Board Studies
Crowded Conditions;
3 Buses Bought
The County Board of Educa
tion, at its monthly meet ng
Monday, deferred action on the .
i proposal to cnange the names i
j of the Franklin and Otto
I schools,
| Members of the board also |
discussed with Supt. G. L. Houk
the crowded condition of some
of the school rooms, especially
the first grade rooms at Frank
lin, and were told by Mr. Houk
that .two new school buses
bought by the county have ar
rived and are in service.
It had been proposed to
chunge the designation of the
school here from "the Franklin
school" to some name that
would suggest its district-wide
service, and the publlo had been
asked for suggestions. The
board also had indicated it
might change the name of the
school at Otto to "Smith Bridge
school".
It was explained mai no ac
tion was taken, since the pub
lic had shown .little interest!
Three names ? Macon County
Central High School, New Area
School, and Billings School"-*
have been suggested in letters
to The Press, and Mr. Houk
said he had received one sug
gestion, "Macon County High
School". Ed Byrd said one per
son had suggested to him that
the Otto school be named the
"G. L. Houk school". .
Bob S. Sloan raised the ques
tion of what could be done
attout the crowded condition ot
the first grade here, where it
is said that more than 50 chil
dren are enrolled In each of the
two rooms. Mr. Houk replied
that the state allotment leaves
no further teacher for this dis
trict, since the vacancy that had
been held open for a public
school music teacher was used
when a teacher was sent to Gold
Mine. He added that, even if
another teacher were available,
there is no other classroom. Mr.
Sloan asked if there is not an
extra teacher at Higdonville. Mr.
Houk replied in the affirmative,
but remarked that, should one
of the Higdonville teachers be
transferred, it would result in
equally crowded classroom con
ditions at that school.
The two buses recently bought
by the county replace two used
vehicles loaned by the state dur
ing the war, it was explained.
(The county Is required to |>uy
the Initial bus, when a bus route
is established, and replacements
are made by the state.) The new
buses, Mr. Houk said, are equip
ped with heaters and are mod
ern in every respect. The in
voice has not been received, but
it is understood that they will
cost about $2,000 each.
In addition, the state recent
ly put on three new buses re
placing old ones A spare bus
has been assigned to Highlands,
the superintendent said, to be
available for emergencies.
Mrs. Hastings
Is Taken By Death At
Son's Home
Mrs. Mary Ellen Hastings, 72,
life-long resident of Macon
county, died Monday morning at
the home of her son, Charles
Hastings, who lives in the Co
weeta section. Mrs. Hastings,
who had been seriously 111 for
the past week, had been making
her home with her son for some
time.
She was a member of the Co
weeta Baptist church and had
married early in life F. C. Hast
ings, who survives her.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock
at the Plesant Hill Baptist
church, with the Rev. Lee Craw
ford officiating, assisted by the
Tlev. George Cloer. Burial fol
lowed In the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Bennle Halre,
Arthur Dowdle, Shirley Dowdle,
Woodrow Shope, George Cabe,
and Nelson Shope.
In addition to her husband,
Mrs. Hastings Is survived by four
sons, Charles Hastings, of DU
lard, Oa . Route 1, J. D. Has
tings, of Prentiss, L. A. Hastings,
of Franklin, Route S, and Fred
Hastings, of Hamilton, Wash.,
one daughter, Mrs, H. A. O'Kelly,
Of Greenville, '8. C.; and one
sister, Mrs. Tom Southards, of
Rout* 1, Franklin.
' ?anlh:ri To Meet
Andrews Here In
Benefit Nov. 14
The Franklin Panthers
will clash with the Andrews
hifh eleven in a specially
scheduled came here Friday,
November 14, at 7:30 p. m.,
as a benefit for the Frank
lin P. T. A., it was announc
ed this week.
It will be the public's last
chance to see this year's
Strang Franklin team, one of
the best In years, in action
on the local gridiron. And
for several members of the
team, It may be t'.ie last
game they will ever plav in
Franklin, since they will be
graduated next spring. The
locals have a rec J.rd, l i date,
of four .wins, one tie, and
only one defeat.
Andrews is said to liave a
strong eleven, also, and a
hard-fought contest is an
ticipated.
Proceeds from the game,
which Is expected to draw a
record attendance, will be
divided between the P. T. A.
and the school athletic as
sociation, W. E. Hunnicutt,
chairman of the P. T. A.
committee in charge, said.
Tickets are on sale at
Angel's and Perry's drug
stores.
COMMISSIONERS
HAVE BUSY DAY
Deny York Beer License
By 2 To 1 Vote; R?A
Inspector Named
The Macon County board of
commissioners had a busy day
at its meeting Monday. During
th# day's session the board
drew the Jury list for the De
cember term of the superior
court, certified an inspector for
Rural, Electrification authority
Installations in Macon County,
approved payment of several
bills, including two debt service
items which amounted to $31,
746.25, approved of a road pe
tition, and declined to grant a
beer license to Fred York.
On a motion made by W. W.
Edwards and seconded by John
Roane, L. R. Callahan, of Hay
wood county, was certified as
electrical inspector for REA J
lines in this county. It was 1
pointed out that Mr. Callahan
was certified for REA lines and
installations only. The commis- (
sioners set the inspection fee at
not to exceed $2 per house.
A petition asking that the
Palmer road, which turns off
the Highlands-Franklin high
way near George Mallonee's
home, be placed on the state
road system was approved and
forwarded to Raleigh.
By a vote of two to one, the
board refused to grant Fred
York a beer license for an es
tablishment which he operates
on the Cowee Mountain. W. E.
Baldwin, chairman, and Mr.
Roane voted against granting
the license. Mr. Edwards "voted
for it.
Mrs. Bertha rrice,
Native Of Franklin,
Dies In High Point
Word has been received here
of the death of Mrs. Bertha
Qaston Price, a native of
Franklin, at High Point last
Friday.
Mrs. Price was a sister of
Mrs. Mary Curtis, whom she
visited here last summer, and
has many relatives here and
In Buncombe county. She had
gone to visit another sister, Mrs.
Bess Corwell, in High Point,
when she became ill. Mrs. Curtis
was summoned and was with
her at the time of her death,
attributed to a heart affection.
Mrs. Price, whose parents
Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Gaston, was
well known as a musician, and
following the death of her hus
ban a number of years ago, had
taught piano at Albemarle, her
home. She lived in Franklin
until the time of her marriage,
in the early 1900's.
Funeral services were held In
Albemarle Saturday.
Renshaw Return* Frcan
Battling Maine Fire*
E. W. Renshaw, supervisor of
Nantahala ' National forest, re
turned this week from Maine,
where h* has spent ths past
two weeks directing fire fight
ers In their battle against the
disastrous blues that first
?wept the forests and then de
stroyed private homes.
Kidnappers Free
Victim Near Here
Panthers Win
Over Sylva Hi
By 26-0 Score
The Franklin high school de
feated Sylva high by the score
of 26 to 0 on the Sylva grid
iron last Friday night. Led by
Capt. Larry (Jabe, the local
eleven pushed across three
touchdowns in the first half to
assume a commanding lead.
Cabe, who was removed from
the game early in the second
quarter due to necK injuries,
ran 20 and 30 yards for the first
two touchdowns of the game.
In the second quarter, Mason
dashed off tackle for 30 yards
tor Franklin's third touchdown.
The Sylva defense stiffened in
the third quarter and held
Franklin scoreless until the be
ginning of the final period
when Flanagan passed to Edgar
Angel, for the local team's final
score.
The strong Panther line, led
by Harley Stewart, Bill Brown,
and Neil Mooney, kept the Sylva
offense bottled up throughout I
the game.
The Franklin eleven has com
piled a record of four wins, one
tie, and one loss so far this
season.
Town Board
Accepts Bid
On Sewer Job
The Franklin board of alder- ,
men Monday night accepted a !
bid ' ol A. C. Pannell to build
the sewer line on First street,
in East Franklin, instructed the
clerk to order a traffic light,
voted to have a number of street ,
lights installed, moved to re- j
build a section of sidewalk on ,
West Main street, and referred j
a number of" requests for street .
Improvements to the street .
committee for action. I
The board also assured Paul |
Nave, commander of the Amer- '
ican Legion post here, of its J
cooperation in any program the
Legion or other organizations
may desire to hold in connec
tion with the return from over- !
seas of the bodies of Macon :
County war dead. Mr. Nave ap
peared before the board to sug
gest some community-wide ges
ture of respect.
Mr. Pannell's bid on the First
street sewer line was $250, the
board to furnish the sewer pipe.
After discussion, the board
adopted the suggestion of E. J.
Whltmire to install a six-inch,
rather than four-inch, line,
with a view to the future.
Clerk E. W. Long reported he
had collected $210 from an In
surance company In payment
for the traffic light at the In
tersection of Palmer street and
the Georgia highway, which was
destroyed some months ago, and
the board Instructed Mr. Long
to order a new light. The mo
tion was made by W. C. Burrell
and seconded by Erwln Patton.
A. A. Slier appeared before
the board to report that the
sidewalk in front his West Main
street home has gone to pieces
and that the new curb that has
been built there is higher than
the sidewalk, resulting In water
standing on the sidewalk. He
pointed out that it Is six feet
from his property line to the
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Square Dance, Box
Supper Planned By
2 Clubs As Benefit
Plans for a big square dance,
as a benefit for the fund to
finish equipping the Slagle Me
morial, are being whipped Into
shape this week by a committee
from the Franklin Rotary and
Lions clubs.
The affair, which also will In- I
elude a box supper, cake walk,
etc., Is set for the evening of
Friday, November 21, and will
be held at the Memorial.
O. W. BELL DIES
George Washington Bell, Of
Franklin, Route 8, died at his
home Tuesday night at 8:30
o'clock. Mr. Bell wis burled at
the Coweeta Baptist church
cametery at 2:30 Wednesday
afternoon.
Asheville Man Tells
Officers Here How
He Was Abducted
C. W. Crum, of Asheville,
Route 4, told ofiicers here early
Monday morning how he was
kidnapped from his home near
Asheville, robbed of his auto
mobile and of between $40 to
$60 in cash, and left stranded
on a lonely country road in Ma
con county ? near the North
Carolina-Georgia state line ?
about 3:30 Monday morning.
The kidnappers overlooked $400
he had on his person.
Mr.' Crum, after being releas
ed by his abductors, walked to
the Clayton-Franklin highway
and caught the bus to Franklin.
He then met T. W. Phillips,
night policeman, who went with
him to rouse Pritchard Smith,
state highway patrolman, at the
latter 's home.
The kidnap victim told the of
ficers that three men came to
his home near Asheville the
night before, just after he had
closed his filling station, and
asked him to take them to
Asheville, as they had broken
an axle in their car. Mr Crum
said that, soon after they had
gotten into the car, the men
made it clear to him that he
was their prisoner and one of
the kidnappers took over the
wheel and placed him between
two of the abductors on the
front seat.
4 iic uui suippea in rranKiin
to buy gas at the filling station
at the Duncan Motor company
at about 1:30 In the morning,
according to Mr. Crum's story.
Norman Ouffey, who was on
duty at the filling station, said
that he didn't notice anything
strange about the four occu
pants of the car except that
they seemed in a hurry and
failed to wait for their change
after paying for the gas.
The Buncombe gounty filling
station operator told Mr. Smitn
that he was carried across the
state line into Georgia, but that
his abductors, commenting that
they had crossed the state line,
turned around and brought him
back into Macon County. (Tak
ing a kidnapped person across
a state line is a federal offense,
under the Lindbergh law.) Turn
ing off the first side road to
the left, he said, they stopped
near a church. They then stop
ped and forced Mr. Crum from
the car, taking between $40 and
$60 from his pocketbook. He
told the officers that the pock
etbook also contained $400 in
bills, in a bank book, but that
he told his abductors that was
"Just his bankbook", and they
returned it to him unopened.
Mr. Phillips said that later In
the morning he counted the
money, and that the total was
$400.
The night policeman also said
that In the conversation, Mr.
Crum told him that the man
had relieved him of a pistol
when they put him out of the
car. He had had the gun stuck
In his belt during the entire
ride but had no opportunity to
use it against the three men.
(Mr. Crum lost an arm and a
leg in a railway accident some
years ago.)
After the officers had talked
with Mr. Crum, Mr. Smith tel
ephoned law enforcement au
thorities in Buncombe county.
Later in the morning, Mr. Crum
took a taxi and went to Ashe
ville.
Patrolman Smith said that he
learned later in the day the
three men had been identified
by Buncombe county witnesses
as James Stephenson, 22, of
Ashevllle, serving six to 10 years
for armed robbery; Ballard
Martin, 23, of Newton, serving
15 years for assault with intent
to commit rape; and Odell Hold
er, 32, of Greensboro, convicted
on a health law charge and sen
tenced to serve 12 years.
Tuesday morning, however,
Holder gave himself up to of
ficers In Guilford county when
he told them that he had be
come too 111 to go on with his
companions, and had been hid
ing In woods near his home,
Just outside Greensboro, since
the trio's prison break Bunday
morning.
The Woman's auxiliary of St.
Agnes Episcopal church will hold
a benefit food sale at the
Nantahala Power and Light
company Saturday morning,
itertint it 10 Q'llQok.