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VOL. LXIU-NO. 12
FRANKLIN, N. C.. THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1948
82.00 PER YEAR
1.100 PERSONS
HEARSYMPHONY
IN 2 CONCERTS
Group Moves To Set Up
kermanent Local
Committee
Approximately 1,100 persons
heard the North Carolina Little
Symphony at its appearances
here Monday.
Between 700 and 800 boys and
girls, trom the Franklin, High
lands, Slagle, Cowee, and other
schools, packed the Macon The
atre at the children's free con
cert at 2 o'clock in the after
noon, and an appreciative audi
ence estimated at 250 heard the
evening concert at 6:30.
Following the evening per
formance, a group of interested
persons met with Dr. Benjamin
Swalin, the director, at Hotel
Hearn with a view to setting
up a permanent local organiza
tion, to be charged with respon
sibility for fixing dates for the
annual membership campaign,
selecting a drive chairman, and
otherv. ise handling Symphony
affairs in Macon County.
It was decided to elect five
from among those present as
the nucleus of a county com
mittee, with other interested
person.; to be invited to Join
this group. The five chosen are
Mrs. Elizabeth Valentine, of
Highlands, Mrs. Weimar Jones,
Bob Sloan, E. J. Carpenter, and
the Re/. A. Rufus Morgan.
The amount raised for the
orchestra's appearances this
year was reported as $479.80. Of
this sum, $52.80 was box office
ticket sales, the remainder hav
ing been memberships. The
county's quota is $750.
In the course of the evening
program, Dr. Swalin made a
brief talk, expressing apprecia
tion to Chairman W. W. Sloan
and the many who assisted him
in conducting the 1948 mem
bership campaign.
PLANS W. N. C. FOLDER
Western North Carolina Asso
ciated Communities plans to
print SO, 000 copies of a 12-page
color folder on this section
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
We learn that the Holly
' Springs school house was de
stroyed by fire one night last
week. It is supposed that the
wind blew the door open and
blew fire from the fireplace that
set the building on fire. Prof.
Ledford has had to discontinue
his school for want of a build
ing to teach in.
Dr. S. H. Lyle performed a
surgical operation on a young
man from Nantahala named
Lunsford Thursday of last week,
removing a part of the bone in
his leg.
25 YEARS AGO
The MacDowell music club was
entertained by Miss Virginia
Sloan on March 14th. Subject
for the afternoon was Norweg
ian and Finnish music. The pro
gram was as follows: Current
Events in the Musical world;
talk on Norwegian music, Mrs.
Neville Sloan; Valse Caprice
(Olsen)- Miss Emily Kingsberry;
two folk songs (Scandinavian)?
Misses Edwlna Dalrymple, Betty
Sloan, Tim Crawford, Sue Hun
nlcutt; piano solo, Mrs. Harry
Hlggins; The Rustle of Spring
(Binding)- Miss Virginia Sloan.
10 YEARS AGO
The junior class of the Frank
lin High school has chosen su
perlatives as follows: prettiest
girl, Dorothy Lee Morrison;
most handsome boy, Charles
Hunnlcutt; cutest girl, Helen
Browning! cutest boy, Bert Hall;
most studious girl, Dorothy Lee
Morrison: most studious boy,'
Carlyle Shepherd; wittiest girl,
Barbara Evans; wittiest boy,
Harry Hlgglns; most likely to
succeed, Dorothy Lee Morrison;
most likely to succeed (boy)
Charles Owens; best personal
ity girl, Esta Mae Chllders; best
personality boy, Charles Owens;
most athletic girl, Lillian Jones;
most athetotic boy, John Slagle;
neatest girl, Lillian Jones; neat
est boy, Joe Pattlllo; best all
around girl, Fannie Mae Sher
rlll; best all around boy, Mac
Duncan; most popular girl, Eu
genia Duncan; most popular boy,
Billy corbln; most talented girl,
Dorothy Lee Morrleon; most Ml*
anted boy, otorgi Pattor).
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CARL S. SLAGLE
Red Cross
Fund Drive Half Way
To Its Goal
The Red Cross fund drive in
Macon County this week was
more than half way to its goal.
Contributions reported to date
total $1,125.25, or jusl a little
more than half of the county's
1948 quota of $2,230.
Many of the workers, espe
cially In the rural communities,
have not yet reported, and it
was pointed out that the con
tributions actually made un
doubtedly amount to consider
ably more than the total re
ported to Red Cross headquart
ers.
Workers in the campaign ex
pressed appreciation of the pub
lic's response, and showed en
couragement over the showing
made so far, but emphasized
that there still is a lot of work
to be done before this county
passes its goal.
So far as is known, Macon
County never yet has failed to
exceed its quota in any cam
paign for the Red Cross.
Paul Patton
Succumbs To
Long Illness
Paul Patton, 44-year old
farmer and livestock dealer of
the Patton community, died
Wednesday night of last week
at 9:30 o'clock at Angel hospital.
Mr. Patton, who had been ill
for several months, was brought
to Franklin a fortnight ago from
Piedmont hospital, Atlanta, |
where he had been under treat- I
ment.
Funeral services were held last
Friday at the Patton Chapel j
Methodist church at 11 a. m.
with the Rev. L. C. Stevens,
the Rev. J. C. Swaim, and the
Rev. J. H. Brendall conducting
the service. Burial followed in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Harley Stew
art, Ted Blaine, R. D. Wells,
Homer Cochran, Henry Masji
burn, and Fred Hannah.
Mr. Patton, who was the son
of Mrs. Malva Roane Patton
and of the late Erwin Patton,
was born and reared and spent
his entire life in the Patton
community. He attended the
Franklin High school.
Survivors, in addition to his
mother, are three sisters, Mrs.
Branson Rogers, of Jesup, Md..
Mrs. Luke Ooddard, of San
Diego, Calif., and Mrs Sam K.
Greenwood, of Lufkin, Texas;
two brothers, Erwin Patton, of
Franklin and Olenn Patton of
Murphy; one half-brother, Judge
George B. Patton of Franklin.
Funeral arrangements were
handled by the Bryant funeral
home.
Crane, In Hospital
After Auto Mishap,
In Good Condition
Asbury Crane, who suffered
head lacerations In an automo
bile accident on the Highlands
road, near the Cullasaja post of
fice, last Friday, Is In satis
factory condition, It was re
ported at Angel hospital Wed
nesday.
John Henry, hurt in the mis
hap, was discharged from the
hospital Sunday.
Jack Ellis, driver of the car
In which the two injured were
passengers, was arrested on a
charge of drunken driving, and
bound to superior court, at a
hearing before Justice of the
Peace John Moore Saturday. He
was released under $150 cash
bond.
All three men are from High
lands. ? 'MS
The car, headed toward High
lands, (tiled to make a curve
and tumid ovsr.
CARL S. SLAGLE
IS CANDIDATE
FOR ASSEMBLY
Carte ogechaye F armer
Is First To File
In Primary'
Carl S. Slagle, widely known
Cartoogechaye citizen, has an
nounced that he is # candidate
for the Democratic nomination
for Macon County representative
in the general assembly.
Mr. Slagle filed notice of his
legislative candidacy with the
county board of elections last
Saturday. His is the first name
entered for the Democratic pri
mary election May 29.
A stock farmer, Mr. Slagle
has been active in many phases
of Macon County life, but this
is the first time he has been
a candidate for political office.
He is a Mason and is a
trustee and a steward of the
Mount Zion Methodist church.
He has long been prominent in
the Franklin Rotary club, of
which he is a past president
and a past vice-president, and
is now a director. And for 11
years he has been a member
of the Macon County Board of
Public Welfare.
A native of this county, he
was born and reared in the
Cartoogechaye community, in
which he and Mrs. Slagle now
live.
Mr. Slagle was educated at
the Franklin High school and
at N C. State college.
3 Political
Events Mark
Macon Week
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Announcement of Carl S.
Slagle that he Is a candidate
for the Democratic nominati on
for Macon County representa
tive, the calling by Henry W.
Cabe, chairman of the county
Democratic executive committee,
of the party's precinct meetings
and county convention, and the
choice of A. R. Higdori as a
member of tlje state Republican
executive committee were high
lights of the week's political
developments here.
Mr. Slagle is the first? and, to
date, the only? Democrat to file
for local office.
Mr. Cabe has called the Dem
ocrats of the county's various
precincts to meet Saturday,
May 8, to select precinct com
mittees of five and choose dele
gates to the party's county con
vention. Each precinct, under
the party plan of organization,
selects a committee of five, two
of whom are women, and a
committee chairman and vice
chairman, one of whom is to be
a vyoman. The chairman of each
precinct committee automatic
ally becomes a member of the
county executive committee.
The party's county convention
will be held Saturday, May 15.
The hour and place will be an
nounced later. Preceding the
convention, the new executive
committee is expected to meet
and organize.
Mr Higdon was chosen as a
member of the state Republi
can executive committee at the
party's congressional convention
in Sylva last Friday.
At that meeting W. C. Meek
ins, of Asheville, and W. C.
Hennessee, of Sylva, were nam
ed delegates to the Republican
? Continued on Pace Eight
637 LOSE LICENSES
A total of 637 persons lost
their driving licenses in North
Carolina during February be
cause of drunken driving.
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Dinner Meeting
Of Commerce Body
Set For April 9
The annual dinner meet
ing of the Franklin Cham
ber of Commerce has been
set tor Friday evening,
April 9.
That date was tentatively
fixed by the chamber's
board of directors at a
meeting last Wednesday eve
ning, when preliminary
plans for the meeting were
made.
Plans call for an out
standing out-of-town speak
er for the occasion. The
year's work also will be out
lined, and directors will be
elected.
Committees from the
b?ard were named to obtain
a speaker, select a place
and the type of dinner to
be served, and to seek a
large attendance.
The meeting will be open
to everyone interested in
the development of Frank
lin and Macon County, it
was announced.
TOURNEY WILL
OPEN THURSDAY
Trophies Will Go To Two
Winners In Elementary
Basketball Meet
A county-wide elementary
school basketball tournament
will start here Thursday after
noon of next week, and the
finals will be played Saturday
night, it has been announced.
Boys' and girls' teams from
eight schools are entered.
Attractive trophies, which are
on display in The Franklin
Press window, will be presented
Saturday night to the winning
boys' and girls' teams.
Individual trophies also will
be presented. They will go to
the three outstanding boy play
ers, the three outstanding girls,
and the coaches of the two
winning teams.
All the games are to be play
ed at the Franklin school.
The first round of games will
be held Thursday afternoon and
evening, starting at 4 o'clock.
Winners in all brackets will ad
vance to the semi-finals (four
games), to be played Friday eve
ning, starting at 6:30, and the
tournament winners will be de
termined by the two final games
Saturday night, starting at 7:30.
The teams, their pairings for
Thursday's preliminaries, and
the hours of play follows:
Cowee vs. Higdonville (boys),
at 4 o'clock.
Higdonville vs. Cowee (girls),
at 5.
Nantahala vs. Slagle (boys),
6:30
Highlands vs. , Slagle (girls),
7:30.
Franklin vs. Highlands (boys),
8:30.
Holy Springs vs. Pine Grove
(boys), 9:30.
Nantahala girls and Franklin
girls drew a bye on the first
round.
Churches Plan
Easter Sunrise
Rites On Wayah
Churches of the Franklin
community and the county
are laying plans for a sun
rise service Easter morning
on top of Waya.h Bald, it
was announced this week.
Details, yet to be worked
out, will be announced next
week.
PLANS STREET DANCES
As an entertainment feature
for tourists and home folk, Hen
dersonville plans street dances
every Monday night during July
and August.
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Political Calendar
Following is a list of dates on
which Important political events
will occur in this election year:
March 18? State Republican
convention in Durham.
March 20? Final date for Dem
ocratic primary filing by can
didates for state offices.
March 20? Republican pre
cinct meetings.
March 27? Republican county
convention.
April 17? Final date for Dem
ocratic primary filing by candi
dates for county offices. (State
senate, representative, surveyor,
five member* of the county
board of education.)
May I? Registration booka
open for Democratic primary.
May 8? Democratic precinct
meetings.
May 8 ? Registration books
open for primary.
May 15? County Democratic
convention and meeting of
county Democratic executive
committee.
May 1&? RegUtratlon books
open for primary.
May 20? State Democratic
convention in Raleigh Meeting
of state Democratic executive
committee.
May 22? Primary registration
challenge day.
May 29? Democratic primary.
November a? Oenerai i^cuon
Big Macon Venire
To Report Today
For Graham Trial
Motor Vehicle
Inspection Lane Will Be
Here In May
One of the state Motor Ve
hicle department's mechanical
inspection lanes will be operated
in Franklin from May 15 tc
May 24, according to an an
nouncement received here from
Raleigh.
The exact location of the lane
has not been announced, but it
is presumed it will be set up
on a highway in or near Frank
lin.
This particular mobile lane,
which will cover Macon, Clay,
Cherokee, Graham, Swain, Jack
son, Haywood, and Transylvania
counties, opened in Waynes
ville this week.
Under the law, all motor ve
hicles must have mechanical
safety inspections, and the
mobile lanes have been set up
to bring the inspection service
within easy reach of vehicle
owners.
Eastern Star
Will Install
New Officers
The Nequassa (Franklin)
chapter of the Order of the
Eastern Star will hold its an
nual installation of officers in
a ceremony at the Slagle Me
morial tonight (Thursday) at 8
o'clock.
John Orr, of Bryson City,
John Orr, of Bryson City, past
nounced. Refreshments will be
installing officer.
Others taking pan. in the
rite, all of them past matrons,
will be Mrs. Frances McGlam
ery, as installing marshal; Mrs.
Ann Higdon, installing conduct
ress; Mrs. Eunice Church, in
stalling chaplain; Mrs. Lillian
Cabe, installing organist; and
Mrs. Beth Guffey, installing
warder.
The regular meeting of thf
chapter will be held at 7 p. m .
Just prior to the installation.
The officers to be installed
follow :
Mrs. Genett Thomas, worthy
matron; Edgar Whitaker, worthy
patron; Mrs. Florence Sherrill,
associate matron; John Bulgin,
associate patron; Mrs. Nobia
Murray, .secretary; Mrs. Alice
Ray, treasurer; Mrs. Pearl Palm
er, conductress; Mrs. Josephine
Long, associate conductress;
Mrs. Helen Snyder, chaplain;
Miss Lassie Kelly, marshal; Mrs
Margaret Cabe organist; Mrs.
Esther Cunningham, Adah; Mrs.
Herrtiie Bryant, Ruth; Mrs. Mar
garet Bolton, Esther; Mrs. Em
ma Jane Phillips, Martha; Mrs.
Margaret Bulgin, Electa; Mrs
Ruth Whitaker, warder; and
Mrs. Blanche Parrish, sentinel
The families of Eastern Star
members and Masons and their
families are invited, it was an
nounced. Refreshments will be
served following the installation
ceremony.
Plan Family Life
Meeting Friday At
Methodist Church
A Family Life meeting will be
held at the Franklin Methodist
church tomorrow (Friday) from
10:30 to 2:30 o'clock, it was an
nounced this week.
The meeting is especially for
Home Demonstration club mem
bers, with family life and 4-H
leaders especially invited, but all
interested persons will be wel
comed, it was said.
Mrs. Corinne Orimsley, a new
member of the extension family
life department, will direct the
program.
Various demonstration clubs
have been designated to bring
different items for the lunch.
Miss Flanagan Named
To Post At Winthrop
Mlsa Anne Flanagan, a stu
dent at Winthrop college, Rock
Hill, 8. C., has been elected as
chief freshman counselor, ac
cording to an announcement
racstved her* from the college.
Ml* Flanagan is the daughter
ot Mrs. J. A. Flanagan, ol
Fr in kiln,
Jurors From This County
Will Try Carver In
Patrol Slaying
A Macon County jury will try
Boone Carver, charged with first
degree murder in connection
with the fatal shooting of State
Highway Patrolman Thomas
Whatley in Graham county last
December 28.
A venire of 100 names was
drawn from the Macon County
jury box in Graham superior
court Tuesday, and the veniie
men and women are scheduled
to leave Franklin at 8 o'clock
this morning by special bus
Among those summoned are
seven women, and in one case
a husband and wife are ordered
to report. They are Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Hurst, of Franklin, Route
1 The other women on the list
are Mrs. J R Berry, Miss Kate
McGee, Mrs. Inez Pangle, Mrs:
F. E. Mashburn, Mrs. Esther
Elliott, and Miss Ethel Callo
way.
The list also includes the
names of the most prominent
professional and business men
and farmers in the county.
The Macon venire was ordered
drawn after Judge Donald Phil
lips sustained a motion by So
licitor Thad D. Bryson, Jr., for
a venire from another county.
Mr. Bryson argued that it would
not be possible to obtain a jury
in Graham county? on account
of the publicity given the case,
and because of the large num
ber of relatives the defendant
has in that county? that would
give the state a fair trial.
Judge Phillips then ordered a
venire of 150 from Macon Coun
ty, and ordered Lake V. Shope,
clerk to the board of county
commissioners here, to bring the
Macon jury box to Robbinsvilie.
After 100 names had been
drawn from the box in open
court there, Judge Phillips ruled
that that number was suffi
cient.
The shooting occurred when
Patrolman Whatley, accompany
ing the Graham sheriff and his
deputies, went to a house al
legedly occupied by three men,
in search of a fourth.
The Graham County grand
jury returned a first degree
murder indictment against Car
ver shortly after the opening of
court Monday morning.
Sheriff J. P Bradley and his
deputies were busy Tuesday aft
ernoon and evening and Wed
nesday summoning the venire
men and women.
The complete list of those
drawn follows:
Harve L. Bryant, Mrs. J. R.
Berry James R. Dillard, Jr., C.
T Brooks, O. F. Summer, Frank
Johnson, T. M. McDowell, Frank
Haney, C. N. Dills, C. S. Slagle,
Parker Gregory, Bob Southards,
Bready Sweatman, L. H. Bing
ham, H. C. Hurst, M. S. Burn
ette Troy Holland, Mark Haney,
O V Hall, (Mrs. H. C.) Mary
Hurst, E. B. Beck, Armour G.
Cagle, Carlton Davis, Howard C.
Ledford, R, F. Bryson, Earl
Crunkleton, M. L. Kell, Miss
Kate McGee, Prelo Dryman,
Elisha Fox.
p. B. Swafford, Homer Mc
Coy, James Grady Ray, George
Stanfield, Miss Ethel Calloway,
Mrs. Esther Elliott, G B. Farm
er A. F. Brown, D. L. Parrish,
E. J. Queen, Grady Holland,
Fred Littleton, Jr., C S. Sams,
Charlie Johnson, A. J. Edwards,
T. D. Denny, Frank Gibson,
Haskel Arvey.
H. E. Enloe, C. J. Anderson,
G. A. Pendergrass, Austin Mash
' burn, Harley B. Mason, J. L.
Young, John Hughes, V. H.
Wyatt, H. S. Talley, Sam Mc
? Continued on Page Eight
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:
Wednesday 65 34 .03
Wednesday ? 84 .34
?Tract
High Low Prec.
Thursday
Friday ...
Saturday
Sunday .
Monday
Tuesday .
69 41 T.*
53 28 0
54 15 0
61 22 0
60 34 0
62 55 .01