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FRANKLIN, N. C.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1948
12.00 PER YEAR
^Kird Considers
l^ging New Well
Checks On Cost Ordered
After Discussion Of
TowuJVater Supply
A disc ^Mkof the problems
of water aiC$)y for the town of
' ranlclin was the highlight of
night's town board
several members
_ the idea that the
take? care of next
ater needs was to
well, the board
an investigation
f the cost of drilling
ilng a well capagle ol
om 70 to 100 gal
per minute.
:ms taken up by the
re the revoking of a
salary for E. W. Long,
town clerk, which was ordered
by the board last July; report
on the funds received from the
parking meters; and the hear
ing oi several delegations.
The water supply discussion
s introduced by Board Mem-'
' Erwin Patton, who said that
felt the board shouldn't
wait until next summer, when
'the water runs low again, to
consider the problem, but that
board should begin now to
to find ways to increase the
ppiy
Jderman L. B. Phillips said
"he waju't In favor of any
wells ^ftit that it looked
e -only thing the town
*d to meet next summer's
as to drill another well.
Mr. Peyton and Alderman Rus
sell Ca?r agreed. Mayor T. W.
Angel, Jr., said that most of
the peals' le he had talked to
were not', in favor of a bond
Issue at this time and that it
would be necessary to vote
bonds if the town were to in
stall a watershed.
At this time Councilman E. J.
Whitmire asked If the town
ad the .funds reTssary to d.p
,d equip a weU. Mayor Angel
;gd that he thought so.
Whitmire, asked by May
STgel what was his opinion
he matter, said that "he
sat the matter should be
't befdjre the public " He add
?d that tne peo.i',; should have
opportunity to vet# bonds if
Xf wanted to.
ieveral members agreed with
this, but pointed out that it
would be impossible to acquire
equipping a well capable of
p^d put into use a watershed In
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^HIS WEEK
tRcv. G. A.
Ah the call
Hie Frank
Bmusually
Hbn. The
? stood
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fe, from
Oa., hfts been
new farm dem
nt for Macon
'Arrendale arrived
and at once en
~1 duties.
oop has return
* Jlge at Raleigh
> Piedmont
Oa.
^vlng some
Creek dur
season :
knee at Bill
night, at
Wednesday
Neely's; Fri
Bryson's, and
' a dance at
the stock
of Frank
, Janu
5, all officers and directors
were re-elected and the condi
tion of the bank, as reported,
showed that 1837 had been a
satisfactory year.
> The officers and directors
|l?cted an as follows: W. A.
.era, president; M. D. Blll
s, vice-president; H. W. Cabe,
' HK L. B Liner, assistant
?i.ier; ' directors? C. F. Moody,
irmftn; M t. Dowdle, H. W.
W. A. Rogers, M. D BU1
^Orover Jamison^ R, s
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S. R. CROCKETT
TAKEN BYDEATH
Hazelwood Minister Was
Former Maxwell School
Superintendent
The Rev. Stuart Raper Crock
ett, 68, pastor of the Hazel
wood Presbyterian church and
well known former Macon resi
dent, died ? Tuesday morning at
5:30 o'clock at the C. J. Harris
community hospital in Sylva.
He had been in apparent good
health until a few weeks ago
when he became ill aula w?
taken to the hospital.
The body was taken to Hazel
wood Tuesday and funeral serv
ices were held Wednesday morn
terian church, with the uev.
Hoyt Evans, pastor of the
Franklin Presbyterian church,
the Rev. C. Malcom Williams,
pastor of the Waynesviile Pres- j
byterian church, and the Rev.
R. T. Houts, of Cullowhee, con
ducting the service. Burial took
place at Edgefield, 8. C., home
of his daughter, Mrs. M. H
Mimms.
Mr. Crockett was well known
in Macon County and through
out Western North Carolina,
having served as superintendent
of the former Maxwell school
located here from 1929 to 1932,
as pastor of the Waynesviile
church, 1920-29, and the Hazel
wood, Bethel, and White Oak
churches In Haywood county,
from 1942 until his death.
A great story teller and lover
of family and group gatherings,
Mr. Crockett was often the
honored guest at family gath
erings throughout this section
of the state.
A graduate of Central univer
sity, Richmond, Ky., and the
Louisville theological seminary,
he held his first pastorate a;
Madisonville, Ky. and then
served as pastor of the New
Providence church in Tennes
see from 1907-1918. He also
served as a chaplain in the first
world war.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Miss Marie L. Ramsey, o.
Madisonville, Ky.; two sons.
Howe Taylor Crockett and John
Stewart Crockett; a daughter,
Mrs. Mathew H. Mimms, of
Edgefield; three brothers, Dr. E.
K. Crockett, of Carizzo Springs,
Texas, C. C. Crockett, of Dublin,
Ga., and A. C. Crockett of
Bradenton, Fla.; and one sister,
Mrs. Paul Faloir, of Washing
ton.
Mrs. Estepp
Dies At Hospital Here;
Was Macon Native
Mrs. Hallle "Bradley Estepp,
33, of Swain county, a Macon
County native, died Saturday at
a Franklin hospital.
Mrs. Estepp, who was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs Dee
Bradley, of the Oak Grove
community, was the wife of
Orady Estepp, of the Brush
Creek section of Swain county.
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at the Oak Grove Baptist
church, with the Rev. Gordon
E. Scruggs and the Rev C. C.
Welch conducting the service.
Pallbearers were Olin, How
ard, Ralph, Arlln, and Wlllard
Bradley, and Morgan Shatley.
Survivors, besides her hus
band, are an infant son; one
sister, Mrs. Earl Rlckman, of
Brevard; and four brothers, Ed
win, Horace, and John Bradley,
of Franklin, Route 2, and Con
ley J. Bradley, of Alaska.
Potts funeral home was in
charge of the arrangements.
Mooney Purchases
Gas Station From
Auto Parts Firm
C. J. Mooney, of the Mooney
Motor company, - announced
Tuesday that ha has purchased
the Gulf filling station which
has belonged to the Auto Parts
and Equipment company.
The filling station, located on
the Murphy highway, Is in the
same building as the Mooney
Motor company and will be op
erated as a part of that busi
ness.
The purchase price was not
dlsglossd
Polio Campaign
To Get Under Way
v Here January 15
J. H. Stockton has been
appointed Macon County
chairman for the annual
fund for the National
Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, it was announced
this week.
The campaign will start
January 15, Mr. Stocktan
said.
While officials of the local
chapter have not yet been
notified what this county's
1948 quota is, Mr. Stockton
pointed out that Macon
County has a habit of
oversubscribing" its quota
in this campaign to aid
children crippled by infan
tile paralysis, and said he
felt sure it will do so again
this year.
FAGG IS NAMED
TO FARM POST
Again Assumes Duties
As Assistant County
Farm Agent
Thomas H. Fagg was appoint
ed assistant county agent by
the Macon County board of
commissioners at their meeting
Monday.
The appointment was to fill
a vacancy created by the resig
nation of G. B. Lixon last sum
mer.
Mr. Fagg had formerly held
this position from April, 1939, to
May, 1946, except for a period
of 27 months during the war,
when he was in service. Since
his resignation from this posi
tion in 1946, he has been em
ployed as plant manager of the
Nantahala creamery.
The new assistant will de
vote a major portion of his
time to assisting in the increas
ing of livestock production in
Macon County and will have
charge of the boys 4-H ciub
work in this county. Mr. Fagg i
is a graduate of Clemson col
lege.
The commissioners voted to
ask Dr. O. H. Burnside, who has
been temporarily occupying an
office in the Agricultural build- |
ing, to find an office for the
practice of his profession of
veterinary medicine by Febru
ary 1. The Agricultural -building
is public property.
Other business taken up by
the commissioners was correct
ing of tax valuations for R. S.
Peek and I. T. Peek, approval of
a petition by citizens of the
Cullasaja community that a
road running from Salem Meth
odist church to Bryson branch
be placed on the state system
for maintenance, and approval
of a , bill to J. P. Bradley for (
December jail expenses of $61.25.
Highways
Kept Passable Despite i
Fall Of Snow
. ? i
Although snow fell most of
the day Sunday throughout i
Macon County, due to the high i
temperature and constant work i
of the highway maintenance ;
crews, the main highways re- ]
mained passable at all times.
In a large portion of the
county the snow did not stick,
but in the Wallace Gap, Nan
tahala, and Cowee mountain ,
sections. two to three inches of
snowfall on the roads made it
necessary to send out mainte- 1
nance crews. i
In the Highlands section, 1
freezing temperatures, Monday 1
morning formed ice on the 1
roads, but bright sunshine that 1
morning melted the ice by aft-i
ernoon.
DRUNK DRIVING AT PEAK I
Raleigh, N. C., Jan 7.? Drunk
en driving convictions in North I
Carolina reached an all-time
high in 1947, with 9,059 persons i
losing their right to drive be
cause of drunken driving. (
Board Seeks Cost Figures
On Erecting Schools Now
SLAGLE NAMED
TO NX BOARD
Ctrr* Appoints Macon
Man To Membership On
Agriculture Body
Appointment of A. B. siagle
of Franklin to the state board !
of agriculture was announced
EnSST* * ?"ee Che"y !
Mr. Siagle, one of Western !
North Carolina's leading dairy- I
men, will serve until 1951 fill
ing out the unexpired t^rm of
vill* T N?iand' of Waynes
wh?' u resigned last week
J!6 ,Was aPP?inted to the
state highway commission. So
far as is known, Mr. Siagle is
serwn^ MaC?n County'^
serving on a state board.
dafrtl bCing a P^inem
sfi yman and farmer, Mr
nnh> . wel1 known in locai
political and civic circles, hav
Countv^f as?sheriff ?t Macon
County for 12 years and as
member of the county board of
commissioners for one 'term He
is an active member of the
Franklin Rotary club and of j
the local Masonic lodge. '
He will be sworn in when I
nextSr" ^ meets!
Novis Gibson
Succumbs; Rites Held
Last Sunday
Novis Gibson, 27, son of Mr
and Mrs. Will d. Gibson, of the
weatherman community died at
his home last Friday night
Funeral services were held at i
Sunday morning at
the Liberty Baptist church, with
C .? Welch educi
ng the service. Burial followed
^ the church cemetery.
p? Pallbearers were
len FrMM11, Lindsay Hed
f f Messer , Arthur Jones,
?Xte?r *' and 1
Surviving besides the parents,
ire his widow; three children
Theodore, Pauline, and Novis
1 r.; and two sisters, Mrs. Lon
nie Jones, and Mrs. Willie Mae
Messer, of Franklin, Route 3.
IbJu a"angements were hand
led by Bryant funeral home.
Miss Conley Opens
Courthouse Candy
And Drink Stand
A small stand for the sale of
:andy, soft drinks, and sundry
Items was opened in the court
house Tuesday by Miss Char
lotte Conley.
The stand is situated ' in a
small room just under the
stairway on the left hand side
as one enters the courthouse.
Miss Conley received permis
sion from the county board of
commissioners to use this space
for the stand and received aid
from the North Carolina Re
habilitation commission In
meeting the expense of setting
up the stand.
Pian W. M. U. Leaders'
Conference January 10
A Baptist W. M. U. Leaders'
conference will be held at Bry
son City Saturday, January 10
it 10 a. m. All officers are
urged by Mrs. Henry D. West
issociational superintendent to
attend.
Mrs. West stressed the Im
portance of their presence and
asked that everyone who plan
ned to go to be at the Baptist
church at 8:30 Saturday morn
ing.
Anyone who desires to go and
does not have a way is re
quested to contact Mrs. West
)r call 2547 as soon as possible.
47 Postal Receipts Here
Set Record For Peacetime
Postal receipts at the Frank
lin post office In 1047 set an
all-time record for a peacetime '
year.
The total was $21,779.01, It :
was announced this week.
Postal receipt* usually are
considered a reliable barometer
of general business conditions, i
Last year's total exceeds by
$680.91 the 1940 receipt* of $21,*
090.
The postal receipts for the
year 1936? eleven years ago?
were $18, 34S.T7. Thus In a lit
tle more than a decade, they
have Increased by more than
$9,000, or about 79 per cent.
During the war years, postal
receipts reached abnormal fig
ure* due to the Increase In
mall to men In service. In 194S,
receipt* reached their peak,
Wltb a total of $35,377.88,
Carver Infant Is
First To Arrive
Here In .New Year
A daughter, born to Mr.
and Mrs. Hayes J. Carver,
of Franklin, Route 4, is be
lieved to have been Macon
County's first 1948 baby.
Young Miss Carver, born
15 minutes after midnight
on New Year's morning,
was the winner by eight
hours over two other known
contestants for the honor
of beiftg the first 1948 baby
to arrive within the confines
of this county. The baby
wis delivered by Dr. C. N.
Wins lead, of the staff of
Angel clinic.
Runner-up position in the
1948 stork derby was won
by Miss Brenda Kaye
Thompson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Thompson,
alfo of Route 4. Miss
Thompson arrived at the
Angel clinic at 10 o'clock
Thursday morning.
A third arrival, who was
marked to show in the
Derby race, was Thad How
ard Clark, who made his ar
rival at 12:30 p. m. Thurs
day at. the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Clark, of the Oak Grove
section.
Attendance
Law Is Cited
By Mrs. Potts
Despite the fact that it is
understaffed, the Macon Coun
ty department of public wel
fare stands ready to "do our
best with the school attend
ance problem", Mrs. Eloise G.
Potts, superintendent, said this
week.
Mrs. Potts, In a statement
made public Tuesday, called at
tention to the provisions ol the
law with reference to school
attendance.
Her statement follows:
"With the arrival of 1948 and
the reopening of the Macon
County schools, we wish to call
attention to the school attend
ance law in order that all of us
may do a better job for the
children of the county.
"Article 42, General Compul
sory Attendance Law. Every
parent, or guardian, or other
person in the state having
charge or control of a child be
tween the ages of seven and
16 years is required to see that
such child attends school reg
ularly.
"The state board of education
has prescribed what shall con
stitute truancy, what causes
may constitute legal excuses for
temporary non-attendance due
to physical or mental inability
to attend, and under what cir
cumstances teachers, principals,
or superintendents may excuse
pupils for non-attendance due
to Immediate demands of the
farm or home in certain seasons
of the year in the several sec
tions of the state.
"Any parent, guardian, or
other person violating the pro
visions of this article shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be liable
for a fine of not less than $5,
nor more than $25, and upon
failure or refusal to pay such
fine, the said parent, guardian,
or other person shall be Im
prisoned not exceeding 30 days
in the county jail.
"We agree with Dr. Ellen Win
ston, state commissioner of pub
lic welfare, In her statement
which follows: 'The basic prob
lems involved In failure of chil
dren to attend school are not
solved solely by a law compell
ing attendance. There must be
facilities for meeting the basic
needs of children who are out
of school because of social or
? Continued on Page Eight
Has 7- Year Record
For Perfect Sunday
School Attendance
For the leventh time, Miss
Virginia Cansler, daughter of
Mr. and Mr*. Jack Cansler, of
Franklin, Route 3, has won an
award for perfect Sunday
school attendance for a year.
Her seventh gold bar pin was
presented to her Sunday, De
cember 31, by thi Iotla Metho
dist Sunday school.
Will Meet With Architect;
Group Asks Attendance
Law Be Enforced
The county board of educa
tion, at its meeting Monday,
decided to ask Lindsey Gudger,
architect for the proposed
school building program in Ma
con County, to meet with the
board as soon as possible, bring
ing with him cost estimates.
This decision was upon mo
tion of Bob S. Sloan.
Mr. Sloan explained that his
purpose is "to get the ball roll
ing" on the school building pio
gram.
The board also heard a dele
gation from Nantahala ask tor
enforcement of the compulsory
school attendance law and ior
assistance on the school and
gymnasium electric light bill.
The group was told that the
problem of school attendance,
in the present situation, is pri
marily one for citizens of the
community. The board agreed
to pay the light bill, not to ex
ceed $5 monthly.
In making his motion, Mr.
Sloan explained that the $400,
000 school building bonds voted
in 1945 were authorized with a
view to providing this county
one school for Negroes and
eight for whites. Two have been
built already, and the program
called for new buildings in the
Cartoogechaye, Highlands, Pren
tiss, Iotla-Burningtown, Mill
shoal, and Nantahala communi
ties, a new building for Negroes,
and modernization of the school
at Franklin. Since that time, he
added, building costs have great
ly increased. In order to know
how to proceed, he suggested,
it was desirable to get cost esti
mates, building by building, and
thus see how far the money will
go.
In response to questions from
Mr. Sloan, County Superinten
dent G. L. Houk said the coun
ty now has about $50,000 in its
capital outlay fund v raised by
an ad valorem school tax), and
the county's total property val
uation since 1945 would make
legal the issuance, if the voters
approved, of an additional $100,
000 in bonds. That would bring
the total available to $550,000.
In the course of the discus
sion, Mr. Houk said the cost of
erecting school buildings today
is about $8,500 per room, and
that a total of approximately
$700,000 to $750,000 would be re
quired to carry out the program
as originally planned. The dif
ference in that total and the
amount of bonds the county
legally can issue, he said, is
just about the amount Macon
County would have received
under a proposal, made in the
last general assembly, for state
aid to counties in school build
ing. The bill embodying the
proposal failed of passage.
Mr. Houk later said the total
cost of the building program
probably could be scaled down
somewhat by eliminating from
each building everything but
the barest essentials. He also
suggested that he felt it un
necessary to construct a build
ing at Prentiss now.
Mr. Sloan emphasized,
throughout the discussion, that
the superintendent has the re
sponsibility of operating the
schools and that he felt the
members of the school board
should assume a considerable
share of the work in connec
tion with \he building program.
Other points- made in the
discussion :
The bonds voted in 1945 must
be issued within the next year,
Qr the authority for their is
suance will expire.
The Local Government com
mission has ruled the bonds
may not be issued until the
board is ready actually to start
a building program.
It would take some time, even
if the board started now, to get
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The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the put seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded by the Co
weta Experiment station, follow:
Wednesday ........ 59 29 0
Wednesday IS ....
High Low Prec.
Thursday
Friday ...
Saturday
Sunday .
Monday .
Tutsday
57 - 58 .30
38 27 1.15
48 19 .01
47 23 0
48 28 .04
52 22 0