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VOL. LXII? NO. 49
FRANKLIN. N. C? THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1S47
S2.00 PER YEAR
1 1 SENTENCED TO TOTAL OF 9 1 YEARS
COMMISSIONERS
HEAR, ACT ON
VARIED ISSUES
Buck Creek Road Finished,
State Asked To Take
Over Tesenta Road
Members of the Macon Coun
ty Board of Commissioners were
chiefly occupied at their reg
ular meeting Monday in hearing
several petitions, ccmi plaints
and requests.
Mrs. brank H. Potts, county
superintendent of public wel
fare, appeared before the board
and requested the county to as
sist in paying the expense ot
sending a patient to Black
Mountain for treatment for tu
berculosis. After considerable
discussion tne request was
granted.
A petition signed by persons
living along the Tesenta road
asking thai this road be luinca
over to the state for mainte
nance was approved and for
warded to Raieigh. E. W. Ren
shaw, local forest supervisor, ex
plained that this section of road
had been built by the CCC, but
that recently a verbal agree
ment had been made between
forest service and state high
way officials whereby the state
would take over the mainte
nance of certain sections oi
road which the Forest Service
hud previously kept up. In re
turn, the Forest Service agreed
to build a stretch of road in
the Buck Creek-Highlands area.
This has recently been com
pleted.
An order that Miss Charlotte
Coniey be allowed to use the
small room just inside the en
trance to the court house as a
drink stand was approved. It
> was explained that mis would
not cost the county any money,
as the rehabilitation program
would meet all expenses involv
ed.
Walter Dean, deputy sheriff,
filed a complaint requesting
that the beer license issued to
Mrs. Cora Reed for the Lake
Emory filling station be revolt
ed. The property is operated by
George Thompson. Ofiicer Dean
in his complaint charged a vio
lation of the law, in that Mrs.
Thompson, wife of the propriet
or, although under 18 years of
age, has sold beer. The board
ordered that Mrs. Reed be sum
moned to appear at a hearing
on December 15 at, 10 a. m. and
show cause why the license for
this property should not be re
voked. \
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Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Dr. S. II. Lyle reached the
depot at Asheville last Friday
just In t,ime to be called In
consulation with Dr. W. D. Hill
ard, surgeon to the Southern
Railway company, in the exam
ination of L. M. Bumgarner,
engineer on the A&S line, who
had been shot by a tramp near
Arden.
Miss Lilly Rankin left yester
day morning for a month's visit
to her brother, Ernest, at Wash
ington, D. C.
25 YEARS AGO
Late last Saturday alternoon
fire was discovered on the roof
of the home of Mrs. J. E. Hurst
on Harrison avenue. An alarm
was immediately turned In and
Franklin's volunteer fire depart
ment made a quick run to the
scene in the new truck. By
their quick effective work the
firemen soon had the blaze ex
tinguished and the only damage
done was to the roof.
An enjoyable event of the past
week was a cake party given by
Mrs. Wm. Howard at her home
on the Oeorgla road, Friday
evening honoring her nephew,
Mr. Howard Bradley, and her
son, Mr. Roane Howard, who
were leaving for Lyman, Wash.
10 YEARS AGO
Dr. Furman Angel of Frank
lin has been invited by the Ala
bama Medical association to de
liver the Jerome Cochran lec
ture before the next meeting ol
the society, which will bt held
in Mobile next ipitaf ,
Two From Macon
Elected To MYF
uistrict Of lices
Two young persons from
Macon County ? Manuel Hol
land and Miss Juaniti Ai
I len .were elected to district
offices in the Methodist
i Youth Fellowship at a meet
ing held at the Sylva Meth
odist church Monday nigni.
The more than 300 y>juiig
people, representing Metho
dist youth organizations in
churches in six Western
North Carolina counties,
chose young Holland, vvh j
is president of the Mac^n
sub-district of the MM, as
district president, and Miss
Allen, of the Union MYF,
as district secretary and
treasurer.
A highlight <of the inter
esting program was a report
by Miss Nell Webb, chair
man of the board of Chris
tian education, on the in
ternational youth conference
held at Oslo, Norway, this
fall, which Miss Webb at
tended.
The Jackson county high
school glee club piovided
music for the young people
and their adult counselors.
Street-Fence
Issue Before
Board Again
The question of the removal
of an obstruction allegedly on a
street right-of-way was the only
matter to come before the
Franklin board of aldermen at
its meeting Monday night, ex
cept for the routine of approv
ing monthly bills.
The issue was brought before
the board by Elbert Stiles, who
asked that the board settle the
question of whether a, street
constructed by Randolph Bulgin
lies within the right-of-way of
the street, known as Wilkie
street, in the Bob Davis sub
division. The matter has been
pending since Mr. Stiles brought
it up about three months ago.
Mr. Stiles declared that this
30-foot street right-of-way has
been deeded to the town for '23
years, and that the public has
a right to Use the street. The
town, at a recent meeting, ac
cepted a deed signed by Bob
Davis, to the right-of-way, aft
er Hal Zachary had told the
board that the' deed already had
been placed on record "by mis
take".
In the course of the discus
sion it was pointed out that Mr.
Bulgin, who was not present,
had said at a previous meeting
that he favored the street, but
that Mr. Davis lacked the auth
ority to give a deed for the
right-of-way.
R. S. Jones, town attorney,
advised the board members that
they could order that the right
of-way be cleared of any ob
structions which had been plac
ed there by individuals.
Mayor T. W. Angel, Jr., point
ed out that the board, having
accepted the deed for the righi
of-way at a previous meeting,
should either do something
about the street or deed the
right-of-way back to Mr. Davis.
On motion of W. C. Burrell,
seconded by Erwin Patton, ii
was decided to notify all persons
| who own property adjoining the
right-of-way designated on the
plat of the Bob Davis subdivi
sion, surveyed by W. B. McGuire,
to remove any obstructions thai
lie within or on this right-of
way by January 5. In order to
assist the property owners, the
clerk was ordered to have a
survey made of this right-of
way as soon as possible.
Members present, in addition
to Mayor Angel, Mr. Burrell, and
Mr. Patton, were L. B. Phillips,
and Russell Cabe.
Town employes who attended
the meeting were R. S. Jones,
Erwin Long, Dr. H. T. Horsley,
Carl Tyslnger, and Tom Phil
lips.
First Grade Mothers
Earn $38.55 At Sale
Orade mother* of Mrs. Lee
Ouffey's first grade at the
rranklln school made a profit
of $38.65 at a rummage sale
held on Rankin square last Sat
urday, they reported. The money
! will be used for various types of
I equipment needed in the room,
it wh explained.
FULTON HEADS
AAA IN MACON
! Committeemen Chosen In
Thirteen Community
Elections
AAA farmers in Macon Coun
ty, in community elections last
Saturday, chose 13 local com
mittees of three members each,
and two alternates for each
community.
Representatives of the newly
elected local committees, at a
meeting held here Monday, re
elected the three county com
mitteemen and named two al
ternates. Again named on the
county committee are Robert
Fulton, chairman, A. C. Patter
son, vice-chairman, and B. W
Justice. The two alternates are
Carl Morgan, first, and C. W.
Henderson, second.
The 13 local committees are
listed below, the first member
named in each case being the
chairman, and the second nam
ed, the vice-chairman. The last
two names in each group are
those of alternates.
Southwest Franklin: R. D.
Wells, Robert Carpenter, Carl
Angel; Homer Cochran, Harley
Stewart, alternates. ,
Southwest Franklin: Charlie
Rogers, Woodrow Teague, Lewis
tfanliook; Carl Donaldson, Har
old ivIcClure, alternates.
North Franklin: Hansel Ben
nett, Roy Ramsey, Robert Sloan;
Gecrge Gibson, Edwin 'Bradley,
alternates.
Millshoal: Walter Taylor, Paul
Ammons, Lee Crawlord; Jack
Cabe, Gordon Smith, alternates.
Cartoogechaye: W. M. Byrd,
W. N. Dalrymple, Charles Nolen;
Eugene Crawford, Bryan Setser,
alternates.
Ellijay: Fred Corbin, Troy
Shook, Mrs. Martha Moses; Ral
eigh Gibson, Allie Webb, alter
nates. i
Sugarfork: Mrs. Fay Mash
burn, E. M. Dills, D. M. Rogers;
Frank Peek, W. L. Harper, al
ternates.
Highlands: Jess Keener, Sam
Houston, Tatt Henry; R. J. Cobb,
B. C. Toy, alternates.
Flats: Toliver Vinson, M. S.
Burnette, Ray Dryman; Frank
Miller, Jim Fisher, alternates.
Smithbridge: Tom McDowell,
Robert Stewart, Joe Bradley;
Miller Norris, J. L. Justice, al
ternates.
Nantahala: J. R. Shields, Clint
May, Carl Bateman; Cline
Evans, Judd McMahan, alter
nates.
Burningtown: Carl Morgan, E.
B. Byrd, W. R. Parrish; L. P H
Roper, Fred Ledford, alternates. ;
Cowee: T. G. Dean, H. R. Mor- j
rison, J. C. Bryson; J. H. Rick- j
man, J. E. Allen, alternates. | ?
Historical Society Will
Hold Annual Meet
The Macon County Historical
society will hold its annual
meeting Monday night at 7:30
o'clock at the offices of Jones
and Jones, it was announced
this week. Since officers and di
rectors for the coming year are
to be elected, all members of the
society are being urged to at
tend.
CANADA SEEKS TOURISTS
Canada is spending $3,000,000
to improve ski trails and hotel
facilities in an effort to increase
winter tourist business.
Keep Children At Home
At Night', Alley Urges
As He Cites Delinquency
Deploring the high percentage
af today's crime that is commit
ted by children, Judge Felix E
Mley, of Waynesville, in his
charge to the Macon County
?rand jury at the opening of
he December term of superior
:ourt Monday, recommended
hat parents "keep children in
he house at night".
Fifty-six per cent of all the
:rimes committed in this coun
ry are committed by youths be
ween the ages of 10 and 18,
udge Alley said, citing the re
:ent report made by a commis
ion which spent two years in
estigating crime conditions
hrough the United States. And
5 per cent of these crimes
ommitted by youth, he added,
,re offenses by children be
ween the ages of 10 and 15.
After explaining to the 17
I aeon County men and one
raman who comprised the
rand jury for this court term
heir various duties in return -
lg bills of indictment and in
pection of public properties,
udge Alley turned to the sub
;ct of juvenile delinquency ? a
apic he said he would continue
d speak on at every opportun
.y, as long as his voice would
nable him to do so.
The judge remarked that he
ad been misquoted, in a charge
) the grand jury at Statesville,
s favoring the return of the
hipping post He said that, be
)r. Carter Resigns
Highlands Baptist
Chiurch Pastorate
Dr. Thorn Carter has re
signed as pastor of the
Highlands Baptist church, it
was learned this week.
The resignation, it was
understood, was presented to
the congregation last Sun
day.
Dr. Carter, who has been
pastor of the Highlands
church for about three
years, plans to do evange
listic work in Florida, it
was said.
No announcement has
been made about plans for
calling a successor.
More Than $200
Raised In Campaign Far
Symphony
More than $200 has been rais->
i in the campaign for $750 to
ring the North Carolina Sym
hony orchestra to Franklin for
)ncerts next March, it was an
ounced early this week by W.
r. Sloan, Macon County sym
iiony chairman.
Mr. Sloan said that, when the
gure was made public, a num
sr of workers in the campaign
ad not reported, and he added
xat, due to the Thanksgiving
olidays, several of the work
rs would not complete their
invasses until this week.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Esther Freas
ccepted responsibility for the
invass of Harrison avenue, a
:rritory not previously assign
i ?
Sorry, Transylvania, Put
We're Ahead Of You Again!
By BOB SLOAN
For many years the citizenry
of Franklin and Maeon County
has been known (or Its remark
able record as a law-abiding
people. It is a (act upon which
many judges, presiding over
courts here, have commented.
In such a community, o(
course, it (ollows that people
pay their taxes.
This preface Is In deference to
our good neighbors over in
Transylvania county. We hate
to keep on getting in their hair,
but the truth Is, It Is not us,
but the facta ? and It's certainly
the Job of a newspaper to re
port fact*.
Recently The Ashevllle Citi
zen commended the Town of
Brevard upon Its excellent tax
collection record, 94.46 per cent
of the 1046 levy; and Issued a
challenge to other towns to
I equal the record. Mot wishing to
be boastful, but cognizant of
our civic and newspaper duty,
The Press pointed out that the
Town of Franklin's tax collec
tions were 98.09 per cent of the
levy for the same period.
Frank King, tax collector for
Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty, on hearing of Franklin's rec
ord, declared that Brevard's
would have been as good if er
rors had been taken off. (We
are glad to hear of one book
keeper who admits to mistakes.)
Now come Mr. King and
Transylvania county, tn a later
Issue of The Citizen with an
other tax record, which they
ask If any county can equal.
Mr. King report* 94.6 per cent
of the 1646 Transylvania coun
ty tax levy collected to October
1, and comments: "I don't be
lieve that there Is a county In
the state that has a higher per
cental* record".
: cause of the lack of places t(
| send youthful offenders, ther?
lis a growing sentiment for a
1 j reenactment of the old whip
| ping post law, explaining thai
state probation officers hac
told him the existing institu
tions were adequate to take care
of not more than 10 per cent
of the juvenile offenders today
He added that he had heard
several judges, who presided
over courts in the days of the
whipping post, say that they
had never known of an offend
er's repeating a crime for which
he had been given a public
whipping. ,
Judge Alley made it clear,
however, that he favors steps to
prevent the necessity for re
enactment of the old whipping
post law ? suitable farms and
factories where young delin
quents may be trained, ti?;js
furnishing a restraint against
crime instead of punishment.
Many municipalities now have
laws, Judge Alley pointed out,
which prohibit children from
being on the streets late at
night unescorted by some oldei
person. Declaring that he favor;:
such laws, the jurist closed hit
charge by admonishing the at
tentive courtroom audience to
"keep children in the house at
night", in order to reduce tht
steadily rising rate of crime
among youth.
GRAND JURORS
MAKE REPORT
Condition Of Offices,
Institutions Is
Reported Good
The condition of the county
institutions and offices is excel
lent, with one or two minor ex
ceptions, the grand jury for the
December term of Macon su
perior court reported.
The report was filed by Fore
man Frank H. Potts, of High
lands, with Judge Felix E Alley,
presiding. Tuesday.
Members of the grand jury,
which was made up of 17 men
and one woman, were:
G. H. Brendle, M. E. Bennett,
Carlton Cleveland, E. M. Dills,
Bulen Holland, E. G. Houston,
F. J. Henderson, J. L. Huggins,
W. T. Holden, Fred Ledford,
Charles P. Nolan, Mrs. Ruth V.
Carter Price, W. G. Rowland,
C. D. Raby, Doyle Speed, J. Ned
Teague, and Jullian C. Zoellner.
Following is the report sub
mitted :
"1. A party of four men vis
ited the county jail. It was found
that the jail was in good condi
tion as to cleanliness, that tne
bedding and heating wete ade
quate, and that there were no
repairs to report.
"2. A party of four men vis
ited the prison camp. This was
found to be in excellent condi
tion.
"3. A party of four men in
spected the courthouse.
"In the office of the register
of deeds all records were found
to be In order and the oflice
clean and in as good order as
possible, considering the space
provided.
"In the office of the clerk of
the court all records were found
to be in order and the office
clean and in as good order as
possible considering the space
provided.
"The rest of the offices on the
ground floor were in good cin
dition, according to the space
provided.
"The toilets were In good con
dition, with the exception of the
toilet In the colored men's room,
which is out of condition.
"A party of two men and one
woman visited the county home.
This committee found the
building to be reasonably clean
and the bedding adequate and
clean. They recommended that
a floor in the hallway be repair
ed and the entire building be
painted Inside."
SQUARE DANCERS TO APPEAR
The Plnehurst Forum will
open its 1047 season with a per
formance of Lamar Lunsford'a
mountain square dancers.
ARE CONVICTED
HIGHLANDS
HOUSEBREAKING
Other Cases Are Tried
In December Court
Term Here
After stating that in 49 years
of "doing business in the court
house" he never had seen "a
case like this one". Judge Felix
E. Alley Wednesday sentenced 11
defendants, 10 men and one
woman, to serve sentences which
amount to 91 years on counts
including assault with intent to
kill, larceny, house burning,
breaking and entering, and pos
session of stolen goods.
A crowded courtroom heard
Judge Alley deliver these sen
tences to the defendants who
were convicted of participating
in the robbery of 10 homes in
ihe vicinity of Highlands this
fall.
The convictions in these cases
came as a climax to an inten
sive search on the part of Pa
trolman Pritchard Smith, Jr.,
and members of the Macon
County sheriff's department for
the individuals responsible lor
a series of housebreakings in
-he Highlands community.
$10,600 Loss
The following homes were
oroken into in this section: W.
H. Stevens, Frank E Lowerman,
C. E. Hawcomb, G. K. Yetter,
David Giaaens, k. E. Bouron,
Jr. Williard Parry, and Dr. H.
AT Ganet. A home owned by Don
.oilier was entered and the house
ourned. The value of the goods
stolen and the property dam
age amounted to $10,600, Judge
Alley said in his remarks prior
co sentencing the defendants.
The following prison sentences
.vere imposed on the different
defendants: Jim Webb, breaking
and entering, five years, larceny,
two years; Harry Webb, break
ing and entering, five years,
larceny, two years; Eugene
Webb, breaking and entering,
five years, larceny two years;
Junior Carpenter, breaking and
entering, five years, larceny,
two years; Monroe Beasley,
breaking and entering, five
years, larceny, two years;
Brewston Wpbb, breaking and
entering, two counts, 3 years,
entering (tow counts, seven
years, larceny (two counts),
three years. Percy Webb, break
ing and entering (two counts-,
10 years, v larceny, two years;
Alfred Roper, breaking and en
tering, three years; Albert
Crimes, of Haywood county,
breaking and entering, five
years, larceny, two years; El
bert Sutton, from Haywood
county, house burning, seven
years, breaking and entering,
two years; and Robert Beasley,
assault with intent to kill, sev
en years, breaking and entering,
six years, and larceny two
years. ,
In nearly all these cases Judge
Alley did not impose sentence in
ail, counts, but left the door
open for future convictions by
continuing prayer lor judgment.
Get %>100 Fines
The following defendants,
charged with driving while
under the influence of intoxi
cants, either pleaded guilty or
waived bills of indictment, were
fined $100 each, ordered to pay
the costs, received 60-day sus
pended sentences, which can be
invoked at any time within five
years if they are found guilty
of prohibition law violations,
and were ordered to surrender
their drivers' licenses: Fred W.
Woody, Ed Henry, John R. Nol
? Continued on Page Eight
2 Franklin
Boys Picked To Play In
Optimist Bowl
j Larry Cabe and Harley
Stewart, fullback and tackle
on the kocal eleven, were
recently selected to play on
the Western team in the
Optimist bawl {aim to be
played in Asheville Satur
day, December 13. Football
stars from all over West
ern North Carolina were
chosen to play on this team,
which will be coached by C.
C. Polndexter.
This is the first time that
any members of the Frank
lin eleven have ever been
asked to participate in a
bowl came anywhere, and
might be considered equal to
bein( named on an all West
i em North Carolina hifh
school squad.