acotnan
PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
FRANKLIN. N. C.. FRIDAY,
ICER TELLS
2 HELD HIM
LOBBED HIM
Policeman
Auto Run
|er Embankment
Highlands po
|Sunday night told how
eld up and robbed and
oblle wrecked.
said he was
. on the Walhalla
?r In the evening
aw a seemingly stall
|th two men standing
Getting out of his
i if he could be of as
r. Dryman said, he
elf covered with a
be hand of each of
it said the bandits
n from him, robbed
|l he had on his per
automoblle off an
.gfjnt, and then sped
'their own car.
ensive search by Mr.
highway patrolmen
reveal any trace
<*, Mayor James O.
t\ Keeners
? ? ?
jbaerve Their Golden j
I Wedding Anniversary
^kand Mrs. W. A. Keener
^^u|e fiftieth anniver
HTir wedding at their
lelss December 23.
by their children,
sn, and great-grand
id by the friends
trs present for the
r. and Mrs. Keener
the calendar for a
enthusiastically
end of the "first
|n "50 years of ups
Mr. Keener ra
te reviewed the Joys
of five decades.
| sons bom to the
two survive. Pour
lost their lives
all during their
Mr. Keener
...?
irard through
I ?f The Press)
THIS WEEK
|Hogsed of Indian
tier of Mr. George
county, arrived
I. ten-day visit to
Macon and Clay
yTesq., of Mar
Beulah McMlnn,
ne married last
ilng at 9 o'clock
r. Zachary Is well
having formerly
with Mr. George
I the law practice
AGO
| citizens appeared |
ity Commission
meeting Monday
jmployment of a
| demonstrator for
The eommis
o willing to spend
money for this
If the state de
riculture agreed
JO provided the
pay $900 toward
agent at $3,400.
Icltiaens made' a
the commission
would personally
| pay the county's
first year If his
Id not result In
KJ Ing or profit to
more than $900.
signed the agree
I, Into by the citl
? ?, Jr., 9100; M. D.
? I. 8. Conley, $100;
ray. $100; Frank |
r a^i??iooTr
\* 0; Dr. r. L. suer,
\< *gft*&00; W. B.
H Dal ton.
jr.
i. B.
ford, $100
m
OUR DEMOCRACY
1 JiMMrovr of uiltai you say , tut 1 u>iff
defend ioifte cUatfi your ri<jftt to say it."
THAT STATEMENT, ATTRIBUTED ID VOLTAIRE , EPITOMIZED
THE UPSURGE Of DEMOCRATIC THINKING WHICH BURST
UPON 1W CLOSING VEARS OF THE 18? CENTURY.
4 .1 I . .1 tT^k , , ./
phi wuuiKJi ^mwmrn
It was one or the startunolv new principles
THAT WAS RECOGNIZED BY OUR FOREFATHERS WHEN,
IN THE FIRST ARTICLE OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS, THEV
ESTABLISHED FUEEOOM OF SPEECH AS A
CAAOINAL TENET ?V OUR. DEMOCRACY.
WV VTWk'llll ' !//.// A
Ti?C CONCEPT THAT A REPUBLIC DEPENDS UPON THE
RIGHT OP THE INDIVIDUAL TO PORM HIS OWN OPINION*.
EXPRESS THEM OPENLY, HAS BEEN PROVED AGAIN AND
AOAIN IN THE HISTORY AND GROWTH OF OUR. DEMOCRACY.
Unsolicited Gifts
Are Being Received
For Highlands Gym
The movement to build a
Highlands school gymnas
ium, chiefly from private
funds, which was recently
launched by the Highlands
Rotary club, has already re
ceived considerable popular
AMbaugh no solicitation
of funds has been started,
C. J. Anderson, local school
committeeman, has receiv
ed more than one hundred
dollars in contributions, to
be used to construct the
gym*
Unsolicited contributions
have been received from
both local people and sum
mer visitors by Mr. Ander
Zeb McClure,
67, Succumbs
At Prentiss!
Zeb McClure, 67, of the Pren
tiss section, died at his home
Wednesday of last week.
Mr. McClure, who was the
son of the late Wesley and Ros
etta Foster McClure, was a life
long resident of this obunty
and well known as a farmer
here. ,
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Union Methodist church,
with the Rev. L. C. Stevens con
ducting the service. Burial fol
lowed In the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Gordon Led
ford, R. L. Dills, Howard Led
ford, Johnny Webster, William
McClure, and Monroe Ledford.
Mr. McClure la survived by
his widow; one daughter, Mrs.
Andrew Smith, of Fxanklln,
Route 2; two sisters, MM Lizzie
McClure, of Hendersonvtlle, and
Mrs. Inez Robinson, of. Greer,
B. C.; four brothers, Charlie
McClure, of Cleveland, Ga.;
Carey McClure, of Henderson
vtlle; John McClure, of Raleigh,
and Andy McClure, of Franklin,
Route 2
Funeral arrangements were
Under the direction of Bryant
funeral home.
Baptist Ministers
To Elect Chairman
At Meeting Monday
The Macon couaty Baptist
Mlnlrt?i2^|gMtoe, at Its
merttrjJ^^^Pfcday, IS B
FUNERAL HELD
FOR MRS. CABE
Resident Of Rase Creek
Succumbs Shortly
After Stroke
Funeral services were held
Christmas day for Mrs. Mary
Golden Cabe, 69, of the Rose
Creek section of Macon county.
Mrs. Cabe died at 9:30 a. m.,
December 23, having suffered a
stroke earlier in the day.
Funeral services were held at
3 p. m. at the Holly Springs
Baptist church with the Rev.
James Sanders conducting the j
service. Burial followed in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Norman
Houston, George Southards, Lon
Rice, Ralph Ammons, Arthur
Holden, and Charles Downs.
Mrs. Cabe was born in Jack
son county, the daughter of tne
late Dan Golden and Linda
Frazier Golden. She was the
widow of Joel Cabe.
Survivors include four sons, L.
R. Cabe, of Knoxvllle, Tenn.,
D. S. Cabe, of Martel, Tenn.,
W. R. Cabe, of Greenville, S. C?
and J. M. Cabe, of Knoxvllle,
Tenn.; two daughters, Mrs.
Lewis Grice, of Hendersonvllle, i
and Mrs. Vance Parrlsh, of i
Franklin, Route 3; three sisters, i
Mrs. Bettie Pall, of Easley, S. C..
Mrs. Callie Pall, Honea Path, S. 1
C., and Mrs. Julie Trotter, of 1 1
? Continued on Pace Eight I
H. HARRISON.
63, FRANKLIN
NATIVE, DIES
Ashes Of Former Mayer's
bon To Be Interred
Here Later
Horace Harrison, a native of
Franklin, died at his home in
West Roxbury, Mass., Christ
mas day, it has been learned
here.
Mr. Harrison was the e'dest
son of the late John O. Har
rison, one-time mayor of Frank
lin, and of Mrs. Harrison, and
was reared In Franklin. He had
been seriously 111 for several
months prior to his death. He
was 63.
Services were held at a Rox
bury funeral home December
29 and the body was cremated
there. Members of the family
said that it was planned to
place the ashes in the Frank
lin cemetery at a later dale.
Survivors, in addition to his
widow and two daughters are,
three brothers, Ben Harrison, oi
Franklin; Odell and Clifford, of
Fort Worth, Texas; and two
sisters, Miss Amy Harrison, ol
Franklin, and Mrs. Harry F.
Jordan, of Charleston, S. C.
Home Demonstration
Club Schedule For
January Announced
The January schedule of home
demonstration club meetings
was announced this week by
Miss Carolyn Corry, county
home demonstration agent.
The new officers of the clubs
will take charge at this month's
meetings, Miss Corry said, the
project leaders will start their
activities, and the new year
books will be begun.
"Beds and Bed Making" will
be the topic of the home
agent's demonstrations at the
meetings.
The schedule for the month
follows, the hour in each case
being 2 p. m. unless otherwise
specified:
Olive Hill club, January 5, at
the school; Walnut Creek, Janu
ary 6, 1:30 o'clock, at the home
of Mrs. F. E. Mashburn; Maple
Springs, January 7, with Mrs.
W. F. Potts; Otto, January 8,
with Mrs. Raleigh Norris; Cul
lasaja, January 9, Mrs. Pritch
ard Russell; Carson's Chapel,
January 13, Mrs. Ed Whitaker;
Iotla, 1:30 o'clock, January 14,
Mrs. Ed Duvall; Shortoff, 1
o'clock, January 16, Mrs. Roy
Phillips; Oak Grove, January
20, Mrs. Floyd Martin; Car
toogechaye, January 21, Mrs.
Carl Slagle ; Leatherman, Janu
ary 22, Mrs. Zella Dalton; Un
ion, January 23, Mrs. Harriet
Echols; Burning town, January
27, Mrs. Orady Duvall; Holly
Springs, January 29, Miss Callie
Deal; and Cowee, January 30,
at the school.
Pat ton Will Speak Sunday
Judge George B. Patton will
be the speaker at the 11 o'clock
service at the Franklin Metho
dist church Sunday, it has been
announced by the pastor, the
Rev. J. H. Brendall, Jr. Judge
Patton's address will take the
place of the usual sermon at
the morning service.
Two Homes Are Saddened
At Christmas As Tots Die.
As Result Of Scalding
Tragedy came to two homes
in this vicinity during the
Christmas season when a child
from each died as a result of
being scalded. In each case, the
child's mother had placed scald
ing water In a tub, preparatory
to doing the family wash.
The two children were Jim
my Eugene Gregory, 18-months I
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey |
Gregory, of Franklin, Route 2,
and Mary Alice Bishop, three -
and-?-haif-year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Bishop, of
Gay, Jackson county.
The Gregory child was burn
ed December 23 about 0 a. m.
when be upset a tub of water
which had been placed on a
bench by his mother preparing
to do the family wash. Mrs.
Gregory caught the tub before
? ' "
not befo
The child was brought to the
Angel clinic where he died
Wednesday at 2 a. m.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at the
Church of God, in the Oakdale
section, with the Rev. Fred Sor
rels officiating. Burial followed
In the church cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to the
parents, Include the grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F
Roper, and Mrs. Fannie Greg
ory, of Franklin, and two broth
ers, Billy and Curtis.
The Bishop child, who was
burned in a similar manner,
was brought to tft clink
on December
Christmas morning.
Funeral services
the Zlon Baptist
kMan of the Year*
(Ftbium ti+chra_h PAaf* ) I
Donald Comer, chairman of the
board of Avondale Mills, Sylaeauga,
Ala., who haa hern selected the
South'* Man of the Year. The high
honor, annonnced by Hubert F.
I -ec. editor of Dixie Business and
president of the Chamber off Com*
meree of the South, goes each year
to an outstanding Southerner for
his contribution to the advance
ment and well-being of Dixie. The
textile executive has devoted his
whole life to promoting the ma
terial prosperity and social welfare
of the South.
GOODE, ALLEY
RESIGN POSTS
T wo Officials Served
Districts In Wihich
Macon Lies
Announcements this week of
the resignations of two state
officials were of Interest here,
since Macon County lies in the
district served by each.
John A. Goode, tenth district
member of the State Highway
and Public Works commission,
announced Monday that he has
submitted his resignation to
Gov. Cherry, effective January
1.
The following day Judge Fel
ix E. Alley, resident superior
court judge of the twentieth
judicial district, said that he
had advised Governor Cherry
he plans to resign.
Gov. Cherry has appointed
Reeves Noland, Haywood county
farmer, to succeed Mr. Goode on
the highway commission for the
remainder of the tatter's term,
which will expire in May, 1949.
Mr. Goode, of Asheville, assign
ed the press of other duties
as the reason for his resigna
tion.
Judge Alley, who makes his
home at Waynesville, was ap
pointed to the superior court
bench by Governor Ehringhaus,
and will have served 15 years
on January 26. He is one of the
most widely known men in
Western North Carolina. Judge
Alley presided at the December
term of superior court here.
While no immediate action by
the governor is anticipated,
speculation in Raleigh Is to the
effect that Solicitor Dsn K.
Moore, of Sylva, will be ap
pointed as Judge Alley's suc
cessor.
Tax Listing )
To Begin Today; Prompt
Action Urged
Tax listing in Macon County
will get under way today (Fri
day), and Lake V. Shope, tax
supervisor, this week appealed
to all property owners to list
their property promptly.
8uch action will save every
body trouble, and will save the
property owner^jtmbarrassment,
Mr. Shope said. Many persons
fall to list their taxes In Janu
ary, as required by law, he said,
and later have to come before
the county board of commis
sioners "to ask for a release,
when the fault was theirs for
not listing their property."
The tax listers and the dates
at which they will be at -various
places In the county will be
found In an advertisement In
this issue.
DIESEL
PURCI
T. F. _
2 Electrics Will
Four Locomotiv
Hauling Fr
The Tallulah Falls
company has bought
electric engines
freight trains,
glnes are ej
and be put,
six weeks,
ed by H. ]
Cornelia, .
The ra|
engine
haul ma
ex
an
ireif
The diesel engines
tons each, and each
about 450 tons of fr
was said. When they arr
is planned to operate one I
train to and from
daily, Mr. Addington said.
The new engines were
chased through A. W.
district manager of
tation division of the
Electric company, whose
quarters are in Atlanta.
When they are put in ser
Mr. Addington pointed out, :
ular operation of the ra
will be entirely with
power.
J. B. Justice
Former Macon Citizen, \
Dies At Age Of 93 ]
?> Word has been recetvedy herej. .
of the death of James Benja
min Justice, former resident of
Macon County, at Amity, Oa.t
December 18. Mr. Justice, who
was 93, was the oldest resident
of Lincoln county, Oa.
He died at the home of a
grandson, Jimmy Justice. Al
though he had been In declin
lng health for several months,
he remained remarkably active
until shortly before his death.
Mr. Justice, who was widely
known and respected In his
adopted home, was a member
of the Loco Baptist church, at .
which the funeral serviees we?
conducted December 1#. S
Survivors include one da
ter-ia-iaw, Mj.-s. WpUieJui
of Amity; one son-in-HEW,
Dryman, of Greenville, B
seven grandchildren, one
whom is Canaro BrjuU
Otto; and a numbfl
and nephews som#
live in this county.
Seedlings Available
To Farmers In Macon
The Tennessee
orlty has made ava
farmers of Macon
short leaf and wta
lings, It was anr
this week. Farmers
to do under pla
prove their timber ttad
planting to control cj
should make their
at- the county/ '
immediately. All
must be in the dii
ers' office early in January.
1 * y
No Auto Mishap
In Macon During
Holiday , Season
Macon County j
through the Ch
day season without | stogie
serious automobile
according to ifttebMi
Smith, Jr., highway putrol
man.
In view of the heavy boU
day traffic and
conditions, which
as much as
snow in
county,