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VOL. LXIII? NO. 10
FRANKLIN. N. C? THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1948
$2.00 PER YEAK
600 YOUTHS
HERE OBSERVE
4-H CLUB WEEK
13 Clubs Active And
Three More Are To
Be Formed
The some 600 4-H club boys
and giru in Macon County this
week aie taking a swift look
backwaid over 20 years' prog
ress, ana a longer look forward
toward greater achievements, as
they observe national 4-H cIul
week.
Highlights of the observance
here aie a 4-H window in
Belk's department store and a
4-H program put on at the Ro
tary clu j meeting last night,
in which two boys and two giris |
participated.
The 4-H (head, heart, hands, I
health) work got under way in |
this county about 20 years ago.
It has gradually grown until to
day there are 13 clubs, with a
total membership of about 800.
And thice additional commun
ities ? Hidgecrest, Union, and I
Kyle? ha\/e asked that clubs be |
organized.
The work is under the direc
tion of T. H. Fagg and Miss
Anne Ray, assistant farm and
home demonstration agents, re
spectively. Assisting them are
two or mree adult leaders for
each club, who give their serv
ices in encouraging and help
ing the boys and girls in the
projects, and the teachers in
the various schools, without
whose cooperation the program
would be almost impossible, Mr.
Fagg said.
The 4-H program is basically |
agricultural, Mr. Fagg explain
ed, but, in the final analysis,
the by-product of character is
perhaps even more important.
The aim of the program, he
, added, is better work on the
farm, and a better rural citizen
ship.
.Nantaliala Beats Murphy
The Nantahala High school
ended its basketball season last
Thursday by downing Murphy
high in both games. The Nanta
hala gins won by a score of 17
to 14, and the boys' team de
feated Murphy boys, 19 to 14.
Mrs. Gilmer L. Crawford re
turned bunday from a visit to
her daughter, Miss Inez Craw
ford, who is a patient at the
Western North Carolina Sana
?. torium. Miss Crawford is much I
improved, her mother reported.
k
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
J. A. Porter doesn't propose to
- volunteer to fight Spaniards Just
now and doesn't care whether
Cuba- is free or not. There Is a
brand new boy at his house
and he has to look after feeding
him.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sanders of
the Watauga community will
leave in a few days for the
^ great West to make their future
home.
Attorney J. H. Mann went up
to Scaly for a few days last
. week to visit his father's fam
ily. .
V 25 YEARS AGO
8ome of the young people of
Highlands gave Miss Elizabeth
Rice of Highlands a surprise
. party Saturday night. They
^bought material for fudge and
had a great deal of fun making
candy. Those present besides
? ? the surprised hostess were:
Misses Mattle and Dorothy Hall,
Stella Smith, Caroline Robin
son, Mary Stewart, Elolse Rice,
and Mrs. L. W. Rice, Messrs.
Henry Wrt^ft, Jack and Tudor
Hall, Bert i.ideout, Herbert Rice
v and L. W. nice, Sr. The party
fc broke up at 11:30.
10 YEARS AGO
Franklin's new well, upon
which drilling has been In pro
m gross for some time, has been
completed and turned over to
the town by the contractor and
accepted. Before the well was
turned over to the town, two
1, tests were made? as to the ca
pacity of the test pump, 120 gal
Smt per minute, and one for a
Continuous period of 41 hours
at from 69 to 00 gallons per
minute. The tests showed no ap
preciable lowering of water and
? ^an adequate supply of water lot
f^c&j^town seem* inured.
CAMPAIGN POSTER FOR 1948 FUND
Steven Dohanos, the Westport, Connecticut, artist whose work
appears frequently on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post and
other magazines, designed the 1948 Red Cross Fund poster. In it
he has reflected the community spirit of small towns through*
out America.
Plan 'Kick-Off'
Dinner To Launch
Red Cross Drive
The annual fund drive of
the Red Cross will open
here Monday, and a dinner
meeting of oommunity chair
men and workers, to pre
pare for the campaign, has
been called for 7 p. m. to
morrow (Friday) night.
The meeting, to be held
at Cable's cafe, will be fea
tured by the showing of a
Red Cross film. In case any
chairman or worker failed
to receive a personal invi
tation, it was emphasized
that the meeting is open to
all engaged in the drive.
This year's quota is $2,230.
Solicitor
For This District To Be
Appointed Shortly
Gov. Cherry probably will ap
point a solicitor for the twen
tieth judicial district this week,
his office has indicated.
Men under consideration, a
Raleigh dispatch said, are Thad
D. Bryson, Jr., of Franklin and
Bryson City, who is serving as
acting solicitor; R. S. (Dick)
Jones, of Franklin; and W. Roy
Francis, of Waynesville. Edwin
Whitaker, of Bryson City, who
also had been recommended,
has withdrawn in favor of Mr.
Bryson.
The vacancy occurred when
Baxter C. Jones, of Bryson City,
died suddenly last Friday, after
holding only one court? in his
native Jackson county. Mr.
Jones, who resigned as 33rd dis
trict state senator to become
solicitor, was appointed by Gov.
Cherry to succeed Dan K. Moore,
of Sylva, when the later be
came judge.
Mr. Jones was a brother of
Mrs. Cora Reld, of Franklin.
L. O. Brown, Native
Of franklin, Dies
Lloyd Odell (Toby) Brown, 27,
died Monday at a Charleston,
S. C. hospital.
A native of Franklin, he was
a son of Mrs. Mary Harrison
Jordon, of Charleston, and
Lloyd Brown, of Nelson, Ga. He
attended the Franklin grammar
school and was graduated from
the Charleston high school. He
was a member of the Bethel
church and the grandson of the
late John O. Harrison, former
Franklin mayor.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 2 o'clock at the
Franklin Methodist church, with
the Rev. J. H. Brendall con
ducting the service. Burial fol
lowed In the Franklin cemetery.
Pallbearers were Sheldon
South, James Clark, Henry
Meyer, Robert Jones, George
Meyer, and Nell Murrel.
Surviving are the parents; the
step-father, Harry S. Jordan, of
Charleston; one brother, Eugene
Brown, of Charleston; two
nephews, Odell and Robert Wat
era, of Charleston; an aunt, Miss
Amy Harrison, of Franklin; and
two uncles, Ben Harrison, of
Franklin, and C. N. Harrison,
of Tort Wortti, Texas.
Potts funeral home was in
charge of the funeral arrange
ments.
BOARD FORBIDS
PEDDLING HERE
Ordinance Excepts Macon
Farmers Who Sell
Own Produoe
The Franklin board of alder
men, at Its meeting Monday
night, passed an ordinance for
biding peddling on the streets.
Excepted from the provisions of
the ordinance are Macon Coun
ty farmers selling the produce
of their own farms.
This perennial problem of
peddling came up when Ras
Penland appeared before the
board to suggest that trailer
stands, situated in the street
at the intersection of Palmer
and Phillips streets, constitute
a traffic hazard, in that their
presence creates a blind corner.
The ordinance was adopted on
motion of E. J. Whitmire, sec
onded by Russell Cabe.
The board also transacted a
number of other items of busi
ness, including:
Acceptance of the offer ol
Harry Thomas of a site on his
property, in East Franklin, for
the new town well, with the
proviso that Mr. Thomas' home
be furnished with town water,
without charge, ? if digging the
town well results in Mr. Tnom
as' private well going dry. Clerk
E. W. Long reported that the
firm which has the contract to
dig the well plans to start op
erations shortly.
Granting a beer license to
Fred D. Cabe, operating as the
Franklin Amusement parlor, in
the basement of the McCoy
building. A county permit had
been granted Mr. Cabe earlier
in the day.
Agreeing to a proposal of John
B. Maitland that he will furn
ish the sewer pipe to provide
sewerage for the home he is
constructing off the Georgia
road if the town will dig the
ditch. It is planned to do the
work with regular town em
ployes. ?
Complying with the request
? Continued on Paie Eifbt
Order School Bonds Sold;
Education Board To Build
As Long As Money Lasts
Board Acts Quickly ;
Order $400,000 Issue
Put On Sale
The board of county commis
sioners Monday ordered issuance
of $400,000 in bonds "for the
building of school buildings in
various communities through
out Macon County".
The bond issue was authoriz
ed in a special county election
held "in December, 1945.
The board, complying with a
request made earlier in the day
by the county board of educa
tion, directed the county attor
ney to proceed with plans to
issue the bonds.
The commissioners deferred
action on another request of the
county school board? that an
funds received by the county
from the state from taxes on
beer be transferred to the cap
ital outlay fund of the county
schools.
While no definite action was
taken on this request, the com
missioners indicated they agreed
with the idea in principal, but
would not transfer the funds
until there is evidence that the
school board has a specific need
for the money, and is ready to
use it.
The commissioners also drew
the jury list for the April term
of superior court, acted on two
road petitions, revoked one beer
license and granted another,
and set March 22, 23, and 24 as
the dates on which members of
the board of commissioners will
sit as a board of tax equaliza
tion. Persons who feel tney are
entitled to tax adjustments are
requested to appear on those
dates, since the commissioners
will serve as an equalization
board at no other time during
the year, it was said.
Petitions asking that the
Nick-a-Jack and Hickory Knoll
road be completed through
Nick-a-Jack gap and that the
Bradley road in Smith Bridge
township be graveled were ap
proved and forwarded to the
State Highway commission.
Hiram Tallent's license to
sell beer near Oak Hill was re
voked on grounds that he has
sold beer to intoxicated per
sons.
Fred D. Cabe's application for
a beer license was approved.
April Court
Term Jury
List Drawn
The jury list for the April
term of Macon superior court
was drawn at Monday's meet
ing of the board of county
commissioners.
On the list are the names of
52 men and two women? Mrs.
Joe Setser and Mrs. Virginia
Thomas.
Four-year old Linda Shope,
daughter of Lake V. Shope, reg
ister of deeds, and Mrs. Shope,
drew the names from the jury
box.
The court term will open
? Continued on Pace Eight
Slagle Has Interesting
World Peace Suggestion
An unusual approach to the
problem of international peace
was that of Dr. T. D. (Dick)
Slagle in a paper recently read
before the Sylva Rotary club.
The club has had the paper
published In brochure form, and
is distributing It to other Ro
tary clubs in connection with
the international service phase
of Rotary's work.
Dr. Slagle, Sylva physician. Is
the son of Mrs. Henry Slagle,
of Franklin, Route 1, and was
reared in the Cartoogechaye
community.
In his paper, "A Rotarlan
Views the Prospects of World
Peace", Dr. Slagle emphaslzea
that he does not pose as an
authority on the subject. But he
points out that "If the present
! International mess Is the prod
luct of efforts of past expcrti
In the diplomatic field, then It
Is time for amateurs to get
busy, and our Interest may en
courage those who are now try
ing to make some progress".
Stressing the terrible possi
bilities of future wars, Dr.
Slagle draws on his medical
background to discuss bacterial j
warfare, a weapon that may I
"place atomic energy and the
cross bow in the same cate
gory".
It follows that "security is
no longer something to be de- 1
sired, it Is necessary for life on
this planet and there 1b prob
ably not too much time".
But "w long as the given
word of nations la the only
binding force (to bring them
to the defense of victims of ag
? Ooatl?Md m Page Fire
Franklin High
Honor Students
Are Announced
Miss Ann Lyle, daug'iter
of Mr. and Mts. S. H. Lyle,
of Franklin, and Miss Marie
Jennings, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James E. Jennings,
of Cullasaja, are the honor
students of the 1948 gradu
ating class of the Franklin
High school, it was an
nounced this week by Prin
cipal W. H. Finley.
Miss Lyle will be valedic
torian at this spring's com
mencement exercises, and
Miss Jennings will be salu
ta tori an.
Both students have made
grades averaging "A" (93
to 100) for their entire
four years of high school,
with Miss Lyle's average
grade about one per cent
above that of Miss Jennings,
Principal W. H. Finley said.
He explained that there is
little probability of any
thing upsetting the top
standing of the two stu
dents.
5 SCHOOLS' COST
PUT A_L$630,000
Architect Gives School
Board Estimates On
Buildings Here
It will cost more than $600,
000, at present prices, to con
struct onl yfive of the eight
school buildings it originally
proposed to build in Macon
County, according to figures
Lindsey Gudger, Asheville ar
chitect, gave members of the
county board of education at a
conference here Monday after
noon.
And tnat total is based upon
the assumption that three of
the buildings would be incom
plete, the construction of audi
toriums, lunchrooms, and every
thing but actual classrooms to
be postponed.
Mr. Gudger gave the board
the figures a few hours after it
had adopted a resolution ask
ing the board of ^county com
missioners to issue immediately
the $400,000 in school bonds au
thorized at the election held
two years ago.
Except for the comfnent of
Supt. Guy L. Houk that a build
ing at Ellijay is the county's
worst need, the school board
has given no Indication of what
buildings it will erect. The fol
lowing figures were given by
? Continued on Pace Eight
Fire Destroys
Bonny Crest Home Of
Hedden Family
The George J. Hedden family
lost their home and everything
in it when fire gutted the wood
en structure on Bonny Crest
about 12:30 p. m. Sunday.
The blaze, discovered by W. L.
Hall, was believed to have
started from a heater in the
front room.
The family had left the house
about an hour before the blaze
was discovered.
Franklin firemen, who re
sponded to the alarm, were said
to have been slightly delayed
Jn getting to the scene, due to
difficulty in getting the truck
engine started.
Friends, neighbors, and even
strangers were prompt to offer
temporary homes to Mr. and
Mrs. Hedden and their five small
children, and to collect cloth
ing for them. ?
Funds also are being collected
to aid the family in its mis
fortune. The American Legion
is sponsoring such a collection,
and persons wishing to contri
bute are asked to see Prltchard
Smith, Jr., or John Crawford.
Mr. Hedden, employe of the
Nantahala Power and Light
company, is a veteran ol World
War 2.
It Is understood the house
was insured for $2,000, but there
was * $300 mortgage on the
property.
Cannot Finish Program
Planned; Beer Tax
Funds Requested
The first step toward con
struction of new school build
ings in Macon County was tak
en Monday when the board of
county commissioners, comply
ing quickly with a request of
the county board of education,
ordered $400,000 in school bonds
issued.
The action of the two boards
came more than two years after
the bonds were voted by the
people, and approximately a
year after the 1947 general as
sembly validated the bond is
sue.
The board of education, at its
meeting Monday morning,
adopted two resolutions: The
first asked the commissioners to
"proceed immediately" to sell
the school bonds; the second re
quested the commissioners to
transfer to the county schools'
capital outlay fund money the
county received from the state
as taxes on beer.
Members of the school board,
in a brief joint session with the
commissioners; said, in reply to
questions, that it will be im
possible to complete the build
ing program that was outlined
when the question of issuing the
bonds was submitted to the
people. They added that they
propose to make the money go
as far as it will, building first
those schools that are deemed
most needed.
They made no definite com
mitment as to which schools
would be built.
Both resolutions had been
prepared in advance by Supt.
Guy L. Houk, who submitted
them to members of the school
board. All five members of. the
board were present, and they
unanimously adopted the two
resolutions without change.
The board, at Monday's ses
sion, also heard a delegation
angrily protest against the
changing of a school bus route
and conferred informally in the
afternoon with Lindsey Gudger,
of Asheville, who has been em
ployed as architect for the coun
ty school building program, on
the costs of building at this
time.
wnen lilt UUIICI issue was sud
mitted to the people in a spe
cial, county-wide election in De
cember, 1945, the program out
lined by the county school au
thorities called for construction
of new school plants in the Car
toogechaye, Highlands, Prentiss,
Iotla - Burningtown, Mill. shoal,
and Nantahala communities, for
a new Negro building, and for
an addition to the Franklin
school.
How many of these it will be
possible to build, at present
costs, with the funds on hand,
cannot be determined, board
members agreed until bids have
been submitted.
The community in worst need
of a new building, Supt. Houk
said, in response to a question
from Commissioner John Roane,
at the joint session, is the Elli
jay-Cullasaja section.
Following adoption of the two
resolutions by the school board,
members of that body invited
the commissioners, meeting
across the hall, to join them.
Chairman W. E. (Gene) Bald
win and Commissioner Koane,
the two present at the commis
sioners' meeting, then met brief
ly with the board of education.
Both commissioners explained
that nobody is more interested
in schools than they are, but
? Continued on Pare Eight
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at the Co
weta Experiment station, follow:
Wednesday 59 42 .09
Thursday 66 50 .14
Wednesday 37 .11
8.80 inches of rain for month
to date.
The Weather
High Low Prec.
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday .
Tuesday
64 43 .01
75 57 .24
67 39 0
60 38 0
58 41 .70