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, PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
l ND EI' E XI) E A T
VOL. LXra? No. 4
$2.00 PER YEAK
FRANKLIN BANK
PAYS DIVIDEND
OF 20 PER CENT
Stockholder* Choove Same
Directors; Office. i
All Reelected
The Bank of Franklin In 1947
had a very successful year,
Henry W. Cabe, cashier, re
ported to the stockholders at
their annual meeting, held at
the bank on January 14.
A dividend of 20 per cent
was declared, and $5,000 was
added to the surplus account.
The stockholders reelected the
seven men now serving as di
rectors: C. F. Moody, M. L.
Dowdle, H. W. Cabe, Fred M.
Arnold, Orover Jamison, Sr., A.
B. Slagle, and R. S. ?'ones
The newly elected directors
met immediately following the
Mockholders' meeting and re
?cted the present officers, as
Blows:
L. Dowdle, president; R.
S Tones, vice-president; H. W.
Cabe, ( cashier; and George I
Dean, Sfover Jamison, Jr., and
J. C. Jacobs, assistant cashiers.
C. F. Moody was again named
.chairman of the board.
Overseas Clothing
Drive To Start Here Next
Sunday
The clothing drive which is
f being sponsored by Church
World Services to .furftlsh relief
for the needy overseas will get
under way in Macon County
and throughout the state Janu
ary 25, according to an an
nouncement by the county co
chairmen, the Rev. C. E. Park
er and the Rev. D. P. Grant.
The chairmen said that they
were urging the public to search
their closets and attics for gar
ments, shoes, meh's felt hats,
d bed clothing.
urrell Motor company's gar
has been selected as a
assembly point and
Le is urged to bring any
,t can fce spared to
ont, or, if "it* Is more con
nient, articles may be left at
church. Those unable to bring
.lcles to an assembly point
e asked to call 24$ and some
Le will come for the gifts, the
irmen said.
The slogan adopted for the
&rlve, which will continue
through January 31, is "Fill a
Ship With Friendship."
^ All Sunday school Superinten
dents are urged to give assis
tance in carrying out this char
itable work, which Is being
sponsored by 20 Protestant
churches.
Do Ypu
Remember .. . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Thank you, we don't want
any more sorghum on subscrip
tions till 1900. We are over
stocked with the legal tender
sweetness. Bring, us some bread
to sop In what we have and we j
will be happy. I.
Miss Laura Bryson has been
employed as assistant teacher ]
In the public school, the school I '
having grown to such propor- ' 1
?Ums that the principal could
hot handle it alone.
29 TEAM AGO
^Tie influenza epidemic la very 1 1
^Bfcbithe Killjoy community 1
? Bwr and Miss Keener 1
T siojc and also a num
ber of puplla from the Hlgdon
vllle school. DM to this, the
school has been closed for a
few days. We do not know
whether the school will open
this morning or not.
10 YEARS AGO
Twenty-three . students made
scholastic honor roll during
rst semester, G. L. Houk,
?al, has announced. They
fht grade, Dorothy Ang
itherlne Ldhg, Mary
ore, Mary Werner,
iui, John Waallik, jr.,
?>ans, Kenneth Bryant,
Messier, Lewis Patton,
?orter Duncan; ninth
p wmmr Oteia Bryson, Louise
Bryson and Henry Cabe; tenth
grade, Dorothy Morrlaon, Doris
Corbln, and Mode II* Roberaon;
ileventh grada, Louisa MeOttre,
" lyin Dal ton, Audrey Conley,
mm mnu, owMtdeim
" Harold lioam
aiRiv^i
Recommend Educational
Loan Fund As Memorial
To Dead Of World War
A proposal that the local
American Legion post establish
a perpetual education fund to
be used to assist deserving
young men and women of Ma
con County to procure a higher
education, with preference be
ing given to the descendants of
servicemen of both wars, as a
memorial to those who lost
their lives In World War II was
placed before the local post
last Thursday night at Its reg
ular meeting.
The recommendation was
made by a committee composed
of Qilmer A.? Jones, chairman,
W. ft. Waldroop, and W. H.
Flnley. The committee had
been appointed by post com
mander Paul Nave for the pur
pose of .studying various types
of memorials and making rec
ommendations to the organiza
tion.
Commander Nave said that
the mattef would be placed at
the top of' th? Agenda jot busi
ness at the next meeting.
The committee also suggested
that this mem6r&l fund be
consolidated with the already
existing Macon County Memor
ial Loan Fund, educational me
morial fund perpetuating the
memory of those who ' died in
World War 1, if it was agree
able with the latter organiza
tion.
It was understood that the
money would be raised by con
tributions from the friends and
relatives of the deceased of
World War II.
Funds for assisting the ap
plicants would come from the
interest on the fund, which
would be invested in securities,
with the principal being kept
intact.
The text of the committee's
proposal follows:
We, the committee appointed
by Macon County Post No. 10b
of the American Legion, to make
recommendations as to a me
morial to the veterans who gave
their lives in World War II,
make the following report:
1. We are of the opinion that
a memorial which will enable
deserving young men and wo
men of Macon County to pro
cure a higher education will
more closely approach perpetu
ating the lives and spirits of
those who gave their lives to
their country in World War II,
and therefore recommend that
this memorial be in the form
of a perpetual education fund.
2. We recommend that such
fund as may be set up be ad
ministered by a Board of Trus
tees set up > along the lines of
the trust agreement -of the Ma
con County Memorial Associa
tion, which is a memorial ed
ucational loan fund in memory
of the veterans of the First
World War We further recom
mend that such fund as may
be raised, be kept intact, the
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Nonah Center
Is Announced
4.v<fefi<Uto, schedule for the
Nonah craft center located in
the Cartoogechaye community
was announced this week by
Miss Francis Barr, director.
Classes will be held on Tues
iays and Thursdays from 10:30
x. m. to 4:30 p. m. and on Sat
urdays from 10:30 to 12:30. The
3aturday classes are particular
ly for those who are not able
a attend during the week, the
:enter director said.
On Tuesdays classes will be
tield in various fields of related
:rafts, including textile paint
ing, the making of wool ani
mals, the making and playing
>f shepherd's pipes, etc.
Thursday's classes will be tak
:n up with weaving, with par
ticular attention being paid to
hand weaving.
On Saturdays, both the relat
ed crafts and weaving will be
taught.
Morning classes are for the
school children, with the after
noon classes being conducted
for adults and young children.
Report Polio
Fund Campaign Is Off To
Good Start
' While figures were not avail
able Wednesday as to the pro
portion of the $1,620 county
luota for the 1948 Infantile
Paralysis fund collected during
the past week, J. Horner Stock
ton, fund chairman for Macon
;ounty, said that first reports
Indicated "the drive is doing
Nccellently and that the quota
irtll soon be reached or over
lubscribed."
The fund chairman added
that the school children were
lolng an exceptional Job in fill
ing out the cards given them,
but that they wanted to ask
every teacher to remind chil
dren who may have forgotten
to get their card filled out.
The Dime Board, operated by
members of the Franklin Rotary
club last Saturday for the ben
efit of the March of Dimes
fund, collected a total of $55.
The board will be operated
again this Saturday.
Benefits are planned at the
Otto and Cowee schools and a
benefit dance will be held at
Highlands, Mr. Stockton said.
He added that, while a great,
effort had been made to senth
letter* asking for contributions
to this worth-while cause to as
many Macon County people aa
possible, he realized that It was
Impossible to reach everyone.
If someone failed to recslvs a
letter and wishes to contribute,
Mr. Stockton asked that- he or
she mall a contribtodflfc to
Clauds Bolton, treasurer, Macon
County Infantile Paralysis Fund,
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MRS. COVER IS
PT A SPEAKER
Question Of F ranklin
School Heating
Discussed
A talk by Mrs. GHes W. Cov
er, of Andrews, and a discus
sion of the heat situation at
the school here marked Mon
day night's January meeting of
the Franklin Parent-Teacher
association.
The question of heating the
school, which provoked consid
erable comment, was raised just
as the meeting was about to
be adjourned.
Mrs. Cover, who was intro
duced by Mrs. W. L. Nothstein,
took as her topic, "The Home's
Responsibility for Citizenship".
Mrs. Cover, a forjner member
of the North Carolina general
assembly, declared that citizen
ship "is almost a sacred right.
I had rather have it said of
me that 'she is a good citizen'
than almost anything else", be
cause it takes so many qualities
to be a good citizen.
After citing some examples
of good citizenship, and point
ing to some of the factors that
indicate a lowering of the
quality of American citizenship,
Mrs. Coyer declared that "to
have good government, we must
have good people, and to have
good people, we must have good
homes".
The meeting was held at the
Agricultural building, and at
the close of the program, Mrs.
Weimar Jones, the president,
asked whether the members
wished to hold the next meet
ing there or at the school.
Someone suggested that "the
Agricultural building Is warmer
with the heat off than the
school auditorium- when the
furnace is running."
The Rev. D. P. Grant, asking
if it were right for the P. T. A.
to meet in a warm place when
"our children have to sit in a
cold school", said several times
he had gone to the school to
wait for his children and found
It very cold. He added that
there Is about a half-Inch space
between swinging doors that
open into the auditorium from
the entrance vestibule. .
Mrs. S. H. Lyle, Jr., told the
group that Mr. Grant had of
fered to install a panel to cover
this crack, and to weatherstrip
the outer doors, if the P. T. A.
would pay tor It.
* It was moved and seconded
tkat the P. T. A pay the bill,
bit, before the vote was taken,
aoneone wanted to know why
the school board shouldn't pay
for these repairs.
John M. Archer, Jr., declar
ing tbat "those cracks In the
doors hare been there ever
since I came to Franklin"; com
mented that "If you wait for
the school authorities to act,
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NAME OFFICIALS
FOR BEER VOTE
Registration Books Will
Be Open Two More
Saturdays
Registration books (or the
beer and wine . election, which
will be held February i-?
'throughout Macon County, were
opened last Saturday.
The books also will be open
on Saturday, January 24, and
Saturday, January 31. Saiuruay.
February 7, will be challenge
day. The books are open at the
usual polling, places in each
township.
The following have been nam
ed as registrars and judges for
each township, with the first
named serving as registrar:
Franklin, Mrs. R. D. Carson,
Jim Palmer, and George Reece;
Mlllshoal, Harold Cabe, Wood
row Franklin, and Garland
Shepherd ; ElHjay, Charlie Bry
son, . Carl Moses, and Win
Teems; Sugarfork, Luther Hol
land, A.. B. Potts, and Lee Keen
er; Highlands, Henry Wright,
Fred Edwards, and Tom Harbi
son; Flats, Ray Dryman, Ray
mond Penland, and Tolliver
Vinson; Smith Bridge, Tom Al
ley, Ted Henry, and Alex Holl
brooks; Cartoogechaye, Dan
Sweatman, Charlie Dills, and
A1 Williams; Nantahala No. 1,
Austin Jacobs, Wade Lambert,
and Fred Moses. Nantahala
No. 2, Clint May, T. T. Love,
and Weimer Cochran; Burning
town, Bill Parrish, W. G. Row
land, and R. D Younce; Co
wee, Don Raby, Bob RicKman,
and Gaston Dean.
Mrs. Blaine,
77, Of Patton
Area, Is Dead
Mrs. Harriett Sanders Blaine,
77, widow of Charles L. Blaine,
former Macon County commis
sioner, died Monday at her
home in the Patton settlement,
following an illness of two
weeks.
Funeral arrangement, which
will be under the direction of
Potts funeral home, late Wed
nesday had not been completed.
The service, however, will be
held at the Patton Methodist
church, of which Mrs. Blaine
was a member.
Surviving are four sons, Ar
thur of Seattle, Wash., Earl
and Ted of Franklin, Route 1,
and Harry, of Dillard, Ga.,
Ga., Route i; and three daugh
ters, Mrs. Frank Hughes, oi
Asheville, Mrs. Mack Moffitt,
of Franklin, and Mrs. Alex Cabe
of Fontana Dam:
W. Cleaveland
Killed In Accident In
Virginia
Wendell Cleaveland, 31, son
of Mrs. H. P. P. Thompson, of
Highlands, was fatally injured
Monday on a construction job
at Camp Washington, Fairfax,
Va.
A former town clerk at High
lands, he was a member of the
Highlands Presbyterian church
and a graduate of Franklin high
school.
Funeral services were held
yesterday at 3 p. m. at the
Highlands Presbyterian church
with the Rev. Jack B. David
son, pastor, conducting the
service.
Pallbearers were Carleton
Cleaveland, Maurice Cleaveland,
Kenneth McKinney, Robert Mc
Klnney, John McKinney and
Jaines McKinney, all first
cousin's.
Surviving, In addition to his
mother, are his widow; a son,
John Palmer; four brothers,
George Cleaveland, of/ Fairfax,
Henry Cleaveland, of Highlands,
Magnus Thompson, a student
at the University, of North Car
olina, and Richard Thompson,
who is attending school at Rob
binsville; and three sisters, Mrs.
Donald McNamee, of Atlanta,
Mrs. W. T. Medlln, of Robbins
vllle, and Mrs. Peggy McNellly,
of Mooresvllle.
HIGDON TRANSFERRED
lit Lt. Robert T. Higdon, son.
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Hig
don, former Franklin residents,
has been transferred from head
quarters, air weather service,
Washington^ Q...Qu.<ta Tangier,
Morocco, where he will 'serve
M auttwrt ?tr attache, It. has
beta learned here.
Babies Born Same
Day To Sister* Who
Married Brothers
Babies were born here the
same day to mothers who
ire sisters and to fathers
who are brothers.
The fathers are Boyd
Bates and Grady Bates.
Their wives, whose maiden
name was Watts, are daugh
ters of Mrs. Dot-k Watts, of
Franklin, Route 2.
The happy event occur
red last Sunday at their
homes. Both families live on
Route 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Bates'
daughter was born Sunday
Morning at 1 o'clock, and
the son born to Mr. and
Mrs. Grady Bates arrived
about nine hours later.
DEATH CLAIMS
JOE E.JALMER
Well Known Taxi Driver
Succumbs To Heart
Ailment
Joe E. Palmer, 62, of Franklin
died Monday at the Angel clin
ic, following a short illness. For
several days prior to his death
Mr Palmer had been receiving
treatment for severe heart at
tacks.
Mr. Palmer, the son of the
late Jake Palmer and Mrs. Joan
Merritt Palmer, was a native
of Macon County and widely
known, having operated a taxi
almost continuously in Frank
lin for the past 30 years.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday morning at 10:30
o'clock at the Franklin Baptist
church, with the Rev. Charles
E. Parker and the Rev. J. F.
Marchman, of Rabun Gap, Ga.,
conducting the service. Burial
lollowed in the Franklin ceme
tery.
Serving as pallbearers were
Homer Mashburn, Lyman Hig
don, Dr. T. J. O'Neil, Herman
H. Plemmons, George Dean, and
Bill Blaine.
The body remained at the
Bryant funeral home until
Tuesday afternoon when it was
taken to the home on White
Oak street.
Surviving are his widoy; two
children, Chief Petty Officer
Charles Palmer, who is station
ed at Washington, D. C., and
Mrs. Catherine McKinney, of
Franklin and Albany, Ga.; two
sisters, Mrs. Graham Grindstaff,
of Franklin, and Mrs. Roy Mize,
of Clayton, Ga., and three
brothers, James A. and Frea
Palmer, of Franklin, and Charles
T. Palmer of Shamrock, Texas.
All Officers
Of B. And L.
Again Named
All officers and directors of
the Macon County Building and
Loan association were reelected
last Thursday.
The stockholders, at their an
nual meeting of the associa
tion's office, reelected the fol
lowing directors:
H. W Cabe, H. L. Bryant, J.
S. Conley, M. L. Dowdle, Robert
Fulton, L. O. Henderson, H. T.
Sloan, O. A. Mashburn, A B.
Slagle, and W. E. Hunnicutt.
The directors, at a meeting
following the stockholders' ses
sion, reelected Mr. Cabe as pres
ident, Mr. Bryant as vice
president, R. 8. Jones as sec
retary-treasurer, and Gilmer A.
Jones, as attorney.
Rufus Morgan
Among Those Nominated
For Bishop
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan,
local Episcopal clergyman, was
one of those nominated for
bishop of the Episcopal diocese
of Western North Carolina, at
the dlocessan convention held
at Trinity Episcopal church In
Ashevllle last Thursday. ?
Dr. F. Bland Tucker, rector
of Christ Episcopal church. Sa
vannah, Ga., was chosen from
th? various nominees for the
post of bishop.
DISTRIBUTE BOOK COVERS
The North Carolina division
of forestry and parks is now
distributing text-book covers to
all the sixth grade school chil
dren In the state. The book
covers are Illustrated with
"Smokey the Bear',' .and bavc a
/ire prevention meufege on the
back.
YEAR'S FOREST
SERVICE FUND
TOTALS $9,419
County To Receive That
Amount In Lieu Of
Land Taxes
Macon County will receive
$9,419 00 from the receipts of
the Nantahala National forest,
according to an announcement
made this week by E. W Ren
-.haw, forest supervisor.
He added that he had re
ceived notice this week that
the total sum of $24,331.60 nad
been paid to the state treasurer,
and that the money would be
distributed through the seven
;ounties in which the lands of
he Nantahala iorest lie. Ma
:on County's share amounted
?o nearly 40 per cent of the
?otal.
Supervisor Renshaw pointed
jut that the payments this year
closely approach 6'/i cents an
acre which he believes com
pares very favorably with taxes
received from comparable moun
tain land in private ownership.
These payments to the counties
are in lieu of taxes and are
based on 25 per cent of the re
ceipts from National Forest
land.
There is, in addition to the
25 per cent payment, 10 per
cent of the gross receipts re
turned to the Nantahala Forest
each year to be spent on Forest
roads and trails. This year the
return for roads and trails wiil
be about $9,733 00. The counties
in which National Forests are
located consequently receive
about 35 per cent ot the gross
receipts as a direct return in
lieu of taxes. There Is no ex
pense to the county for tax
collection, and no delinquency.
Sale of timber from the Nan
tahala Forest is by far the
largest source of revenue, Mr.
Renshaw said. Small amounts
are received from resort and
other land use permits. Cutting
of green timber is based on a
long range plan which insures
steady, increasing growth with
no more being removed than
is grown. Salvage of blight kill
ed chestnut is proceeding as
rapidly as possible so that all
possible revenue may be realiz
ed from this source.
Perhaps of even greater im
portance to the communities on
or near the National Forests, it
was pointed out, is the amount
of steady employment provided
by the private firms that cut
and process the timber. One of
the main objectives of the man
agement of the Nantahala Na
tional forest is to provide a
business-like example of per
petual operation and stable
communities, Mr. Renshaw said.
Timber, water, wildlife and rec
reation are all developed for
the maximum benefit of the
people on a long-time basis.
Franklin And Highlands
Split Double-Header Here
Franklin High boys' and
girls' basketball teams split a
double-header with Highlands
on the home court here last
Friday night, with the High
lands girls winning over the
local lassies by a score of 24-17,
and the Franklin boys winning
by a score of 54-19.
78 KilLed, 669 Injured
In .N. C. Highway Mishaps
During November, 78 persons
were killed and 669 were injur
ed in 1,461 traffic accidents on
North Carolina streets and
highways, Col. L. C. Rosser,
North Carolina commissioner of
motor vehicles has reported.
The fatality figures show an
11 per cent decrease from No
vember, 1946, when 88 persons
were killed. However, a 56 per
cent increase was noted in
number of accidents.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at the Co
weta Experiment station, follow:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday .... 24 6 T*
Thursday 37 0
Friday 50 11
Saturday 39 21
Sunday 40 10 .03
Monday 43 8
Tuesday 35 23 T*
Wednesday ... .... 33
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