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VOL. LXIII? NO. 13
FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1948
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NORTONOUTFOR
SURVEYOR: ONLY
FILING OF WEEK
Redden Re- Named; Moore
And tiryson Unopposed;
G. O. P. To Me?t
The only ripples to be seen
on the surface of the, local po
litical pool during the past
week were caused by the filing
of one ijemocrat, and the pre
' cinct n.eetings of the Repub
licans.
Meanwhile, the passing of the
deadline for filing for State of
lices cleared up tne situation as
to who will be the candidates to
be voted upon in the May 29
primary.
The lone name filed this week
for county office is that of Ray
Norton, as candidate for the
Democratic nomination foi
county surveyor. The only man
previously entered in the coun
ty race^ is Democrat Carl S.
Slagle, who filed 10 days ago
for representative.
The offices of representative
and surveyor are the only
strictly county offices to be fill
ed at the November general
election. Five members of the
county board of education are
to be nominated in the primary,
however? for appointment by
the general assembly.
The state senator froip the
thirty-tiiird district, made up of
Macon, Clay, Cherokee, Graham,
and Swain counties, also is to
be nominated and elected, and
It is generally considered that
this year it is Macon's turn' to
name the senator. No candidate
for thai office has announced
to date.
Candidates for all county of
fices,'^ including state senator,
have until April 17 to file no
tice" of their candidacies and
pay. the i'iling fees.
(' Mr. Norton, candidate ''for
county surveyor, the post long
held by the late John H. Dal
ton, is a Highlands civil engi
neer and real estate man. He is
not expected to have opposition
in the primary.
Republicans in Macon County
?were scheduled to meet on their
precincts last Saturday, and
delegates from the various pre
cincts .are called to meet in
county convention at the court
house Saturday of this wefek at
2 p. m. Election of a county
executive committee chairman
' Is expected to be a major Item
of business at the session.
With the primary chip6 all
dswn, it became evident that
the Democratic incumbents in
three districts in which Macon
County lies are unopposed in
the primary, while two have no
, Republican opposition. They are
twelfth district Congressman
Monroe M. Redden, of Hend
erson vilie, twentieth Judicial
district superior court Judge
Dan K. Moore, of Sylva, and
twentieth district Solicitor Thad
D. Bryson, Jr., of Franklin and
Bryson City.
, Mr. Redden will be opposed
for congress by Col, John A.
Wagner, of Asheville, nominated
by the Republicans at their dis
trict convention in Sylva March
12. No Republican candidates
filed for judge or solicitor in
this district.
GIVES SOUND
' PROJECTOR TO
PRESBYTERIANS
The Highlands Presbyterian
church haS Just received a new
Ampro - Premier 16 - millimeter
sound projector, the gift of E
U. Schwlmmer, of Detroit, Mich.,
owner of the Acme Photograph
ers Supply company, and whole
saler and retailer of sports
equipment. This projector is said
I to retail for approximately $500.
Included with the projector were
several rolls of religious and ed
ucational films.
A world traveler, Mr. Schwlm
mer was a guest at Hotel Ed
wards the latter part of Janu
ary on his way north from six
weeks of picture-making in the
Jungles of Florida. In conserva
tion with Mrs. Louis Edwards,
who operated the hotel during
t the absence of the owners, Mr.
Schwlmmer became interested In
the Presbyterian church and
what It and the Rev. Jack B.
Davidson, pastor, are doing In
the church's program for the
young people, and the gift la the
^result of that Interest.
Cartoogechaye
Men's Club Formed Will
Back Scout Troop
The Cartoogechaye Men's clut
was organized at a meeting ol
15 men of the community, held
Saturday night at the Cartooge
chaye Community house.
The club will sponsor a Boy
Scout troop, and promote other
community projects.
Fred Slagle was elected presi
dent, Eugene Crawford treas
urer, and E. M. McNish secre
tary, and it was decided to hold
meetings the third Saturday
evening of each month.
Tom Setser was selected as
scoutmaster.
Avery Means, Boy Scout ex
ecutive of Asheville, was pres
ent and showed a Scout fum.
No Verdict
Required Of
Macon Jury
The Macon County jurors se
lected to try Boone Carver on
a charge of first degree murder
In Graham superior court did
not have to pass on the guilt
or Innocence of the defendant.
A plea of second degree murd
er, offered by Carver's counsel,
was accepted by the state, and
Judge Donald Phillips, presid
ing, sentenced the defendant to
28 to 30 years. He was on trial
for the slaying of Thomas B.
Whatley, member of the State
Highway Patrol, last December
28.
After the Macon jurors had
heard the state's evidence, the
defense rested without offering
evidence, and the argument be
gan. Shortly thereafter, howev
er, the second degree murder
plea was accepted, and the trial
was over.
The jurors? drawn from a ve
nire o I 78 that left here in two
chartered buses early Thursday
morning? were Harley B. Mason,
C. A. Williams, Bready Sweat
man, Garland Davis, W. C.
Arvey, Troy Holland, Earl
Crunkleton, E. F. Queen, M. S
Burnette, Howard G. Ledford,
Fred .Littleton, Jr., John Wil
liamson, and R. D. Wells, alter
nate.
Macon officers were instruct
ed to summon a venire of 100
drawn from this county's jury
box, but they said some of the
100 were 111, some were away,
some could not be found, and
two were dead, so that only 78
were ordered to report for pos
sible jury service at Robblns
ville.
The unused veniremen were
returned to Franklin by bus
Thursday afternoon, and the
jurors were sent back by taxi
Friday afternoon, at the con
clusion of the trial.
Political Calendar
Following Is a list of dates on
which important political events
will occur in this election year:
March 27? Republican county
convention.
April 17 ? Final date for
primary filing by candidates tor
county offices. (State senate,
representative, surveyor, five
members of the county board
of education.)
May 1? Registration books
open for primary election.
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 15? Registration 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? Primary election.
November 2? General election.
Mi?? Crawford Undergoes
Lung Removal Operation
Miss Inez Crawford, of Frank
lin, a patient at the Western
North Carolina Sanatorium, Black
Mountain, underwent an oper
ation for the removal of one
lung Tuesday. Her condition
Wednesday was reported as sat
isfactory, though she was not
out of danger. Charles and
George Hunnlcutt, uncle*, gave
her blood transfusions prior to
the operation. Her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Gilmer L. Crawford,
art with htr.
Easter Sunrise Service
On Mile-High Wayah Bald
To Be Unique In Setting
Just as the sun rises above
the distant Cowee range, the
l notes of triumphant Easter
music will float out across the
valley from Wayah Bald Sunday
morning as a sunrise service
opens on the mile-high peak.
With the worshippers facing
the reddening east, a trumpet
trio will play "Christ the Lord
is Risen Today" as a prelude
to the interdenominational East
er service, which is sponsored
by a number of Macon County
| churches.
The observance will be unique
in setting. In point of altitude,
it almost certainly will be the
highest sunrise service held in
Eastern America Sunday. And
in all the United States there
are few spots more beautifully
adapted to worship at dawn.
The service will open at 6:15
o'clock, and persons planning to
attend are advised to give them
selves an hour for the trip
from Franklin to "High Haven",
the Gilmer A. Jones' camp,
which is the site chosen.
A platform has been built
for the officiating ministers and
the musicians, while the audi
ence will face the improvised
pulpit? and the rising sun?
| from the long east porch of the
camp.
The order of worship follows:
' Prelude, "Christ the Lord is
Risen", trumpet trio by students
from Toccoa Falls (Oa.) insti
tute; opening prayer, by the
Rev. J. H. Brendall, Jr., Frank
lin Methodist pastor; hymn,
"Fairest Lord Jesus", the congre
gation, accompanied by the
trumpet trio; first Scripture les
son, Matt. 28: 1-8, the Rev. Mrs.
R. H. Hull, pastor of the West
Macon Methodist circuit; hymn,
"Christ Arose"; second Scrip
ture Lesson, 1st. Cor. 15:3-20,
the Rev. D. P. Grant, pastor of
the Franklin Methodist circuit;
sermon, the Rev. Hoyt Evans,
Franklin Presbyterian pastor;
hymn, "All Hail the Power of
Jesus' Name"; benediction, the
Rev. R. H. Hull, of the American
Sunday School union. The words
of the hymns are to be mimeo
graphed, and copies distributed
to those in the audience.
The subject of Mr. Evans' ser
mon will be "The Foundation
of Our Faith".
The sunrise service, which it
is hoped will become an annual
event, this year is sponsored by
the Franklin Baptist, Methodist,
and Presbyterian churches, Mr.
? Continued on Page Six
Roane Bradley Cited
For His 'Outstanding'
Work On Tough Survey
Roane Bradley, of the Nanta
hala National Forest staff, has
just been cited by the U. S.
Forest Service for "outstanding
service" in making "one of the
most difficult" land surveys "the
Forest Service engineers have
accomplished since the begin
ning of acquisition" of forest
lands in 1911.
Mr. Bradley, a Macon County 1
product, won the recognition
despite the fact that his tech
nical training has been acquir
ed solely in the "school of ex
perience". He is a cadastral
(ground survey) engineer with
the Forest Service.
Tangible evidence of the
Service's appreciation was a
superior accomplishment pay
increase? one of three given in
the Southern region of the For
est Service.
The survey for which he won
praise was that of the Whit
ing Manufacturing company's
lands in Graham county, which
are being acquired by the Nan
tahala Forest. Field work on
the approximately 28,000 acres
was done by a party of eight
or 10 men, headed by Mr. Brad
ley, and took from June to De
cember last year to complete.
Mr. Bradley's work was cited
in a letter he received from J.
Herbert Stone, regional forester,
and in a circular sent to all
units in this forest region.
The Whiting company land,
the circular pointed out, "lies
in one of the roughest areas in
the Southern Appalachians, 1
spread over the entire eastern
half of Graham county. . . . 1
Added to the exceedingly rough
terrain, the brush ground cover
was unusually difficult to cut
through. The state's grant pat
tern makes tract boundaries ex
tremely difficult to locate and '
there was a serious problem of
encroachment of boundaries.
Mr. Bradlev has demonstrated
thorough knowledge of all the ?
technical phases of the work, 1
and has been ingenious in de
terming methods of saving time '?
and money without sacrificing \
accuracy. He has shown ex- 1
traordinary ability on conduct- '
ing interviews with ? the manj
land owners of the area, which 1
requires a high degree of '
firmness, honesty and tact. Mr. ?
Bradley is commended for the 1
smoothness and speech with ?
which the survey has been car- '
ried out in spite of the great
difficulties encountered."
Mr. Bradley, who has been
with the Forest Service for 24
years, and with the Nantahala
since 1929, was reared in the
Otto community of Macon
County and is a graduate of
the old Iotla High school. His
mother, Mrs. Mary B. Bradley,
now resides at Tignal, Ga,
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley make
their home in Franklin.
Girl, 5, Shot, Loses Leg;
Neighbor Woman Charged
Wanda Clark, five-year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Clark, of the Oak Grove com- j <
munity, has had her left leg ?
amputated below the knee for '
gunshot wounds, and Mrs. Ella i
West, a neighbor of the Clarks, I
Is charged with an assault with '
a deadly weapon, and Is at lib- ,
erty under bond. i
The shooting apparently was
the result of mistaken identity.
The child, accompanied by
her 11-year old uncle, Joe Clark,
went to the West home shortly
after dark last Wednesday night '
to ask for help in moving the
next day, according to the ac
:ount given by Mrs. dark, who
laid she stood in the road while
he children went to the West
front door and knocked.
After repeated knocks, she
said, someone in the house call-*
ed out, and then fired, the bul
let entering the little girl's leg
Mrs. Clark took the child
home, and Mr. Clark then
brought her to Angel hospital,
where it was found necessary
to amputate. Later Mr. Clark
issued the warrant for Mrs.
West.
'Aunt Sarah' Breedlove, Herb
Doctor, Taken By Death At 91
Mrs. Sarah Bates Breedlove,
91, who was one of Macon
County's oldest citizens, died
March 12 at the home of her
niece, Mrs. Lizzie Adams, of
Franklin. Her death followed a
long Illness.
"Aunt Sarah", as Mrs. Breed
love was known to many Ma
con County people, had spent
years of her life administering
to the sick, doctoring them with
remedies of her own making
Having a knowledge of native
herba, she mad* her medicines
from local wild plants.
Funeral services were held at
the Burningtown Baptist church
March 14, with the Rev. A. J.
Smith and the Rev. T. A. Slagle
conducting the service.
Mrs. Breedlove Is survived by
three sisters, Mrs. N. E. Simons
of Franklin, Mrs. James Stock
ton, of Bryson City, and Mrs.
Tom Hampton, of 8tlles, and a
large number of relatives.
Funeral arrangements were
directed by th? Potts funeral
I home.
$76 In Prizes
Offered Students In Army
Day Contest
Cash prizes totaling $76 will
be given to six winners in a
high school essay and poster
contest on the subject, ? What
the Army Means to America",
it was announced this week by
1. Sgt. James R. Dance, head
of the army recruiting station
here.
The contest was arranged in
connection with the observance
of Army day, April 6, and that
oate is the deadline lor en
tries.
Twenty silver dollars will be
given to the high school bo*
or girl submitting the best es
say, and a like amount to the
one drawing the test poster.
A second prize of 12 silver dol
lars is offered in each of the
two categories, while third prizes
will be six silver dollars.
The money was donated by
Franklin business and profes
sional men and civic organiza
tions.
The prizes will be presentee
at the meeting of the Lions
_lub, April 12, when the six
winners will be guests of tnc
club.
The winning posters will be
displayed in Frances' shop win
dow.
18 Foresters I
Have Service
Of 297 Years
Eighteen officials and em
ployes of the Nantahala Na
tional Forest have a total com
bined service of 297 years, an
average of 18/2 years each, fig
ures compiled this week show.
Length - of - service awards ?
certificates and lapel buttons
were received at Forest head
quarters here this week for all
who have service records of 10
years or longer.
Three different certificates
were presented? to those with
10 years or more; to those with
20 years or more; and to those
with 30 years or more.
A. R. Kinney, forest engineer,
with a service record of 33
years, is the only man to qual
ify for the 30-year award.
Four? Supervisor E. W. Ren
shaw, John Roane Bradley,
\dolph Zoellner, and John Was
lik, Jr.? were presented 20-year
:ertificates.
Those given 10-year certifi
cates are John Alsup, George
Anderson, Ben Harrison, Emory ,
Hunnicutt, Walter L. (Loopy)
Lane, Robert (Bob) Lee, William I
L. (Bill) Nothstein,, John Olson, I
Qeorge Scott, John Theodore 1
(Theo) Siler, Mrs. Sue Vandi
ver, Grady Waldroop, and Paul
Russell, assistant supervisor.
Mrs. Passmore, 73,
Dies At Her Home
On Cartoogechaye
Mrs. Liddie B. Passmore, 73,
died Sunday at 12:45 a. m. at
her Cartoogechaye home after
an illness of several days.
Mrs. Passmore was born in
Clay county, daughter of George
and Sarah Lawson Bingham
She had resided in Macon
County most of her married life
and was a member of the Mt
Hope Baptist church.
Funeral services were hela
Monday morning at 11 o'clock
at the Mt. Hope Baptist church,
with the Rev. William L. Sor
rells conducting the service.
Burial followed in the Mt. Zion
Methodist church cemetery.
Surviving are two daughters,
Miss Sallie Passmore, of Frank
lin, Route 1, and Mrs. Lillie
Dotson, of Pisgah Forest; four
sons, Jake and J. L. Passmore,
of Franklin, Route 1, Slier Pass
more, of Leatherman, and Sam
Passmore, of Pisgah Forest; one
sister, Mrs. James Jones, of
Franklin, Route 1; and two
brothers, John and George Bing
ham, of Franklin.
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 70 34 .34
Thursday 65 33 0
Tuesday 70 63 1.88
Wednesday ...) 43 .01
The Weather
High Low Prec.
Friday ...
Saturday
Sunday .
Monday
69 52 .32
81 56 .18
80 48 T*
79 54 0
? T? trace.
SPECIAL MUSIC
TOMARK EASTER
SERVICES HERE
Plan Sunrise Worships;
Combined Choirs Ta
Give Program
Churches throughout Macon
County are preparing to observe
Easter at services Sunday which
wTll'be marked by sermons ap
propriate to the season by spe
cial music.
A musical highlight of the
Easter week-end will be the pro
gram of Easter music to be pre
sented by the combined choirs
of the Franklin Presbyterian
and Methodist churches at the
Methodist church Sunday eve
ning at 8 o'clock. The choirs
will be directed by Mrs. Louis
Manning, with Mrs. Gilmer A.
Jones at the organ.
The program follows:
"Santus", by Gounod, Mrs.
Manning and the choir; "Olive's
Brown", Bradbury, the choir;
"God So Loved the World",
Strainer, a quartet made up of
Mrs. Earl Harmon, Mrs. Neal
Johnston, Harold Lang, and S.
W. Mendenhall; "In Joseph's
Lovely Garden", Dickinson, Mr.
Lang and the choir; "Easter
DaWn", Baines, Miss Esther Wal
lace, Miss Frances Barr, and
the choir; "They Have Taken
Away My Lord", Stainer, the
choir; "Kejoice and Be Glad",
Berwald, Mr. Lang and the
choir; "Sing Ye to the Lord's
Frey, the cnoir; "O Lord Most
Holy", Franck, Miss Wallace and
the choir; "Hallelujah! Christ
is Risen", Simper, the choir.
Special music also is planned
at the 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. serv
ices, at the First Baptist church.
Features of the morning music
al program^ will include a vocal
solo, "I Know That My Redeem
er Liveth", Handel, a vocal solo
by Miss Sarah Elizabeth Parker,
and the offertory anthem,
'Christ Arose", by Lowry. The
evening program will be mark
ed by a baptismal service and
the observance of the Lord's
Supper. Musical numbers will
include "Crown Him with Many
Crowns", by Rogers, Hadler's
"Tender Voice" as the offertory,
and an anthem, "Blest Redeem
er", by Loes.
The annual sunrise service at
St. Agnes Episcopal church is
set for 6:45 o'clock and will be
marked by observance of the
Holy Communion and the sing
ing of Easter carols. A Maundy
Thursday service is to be held
at St. Agnes at 10 a. m. today,
and meditations on the seven
words from the cross, a three
hour service, is set for noon to
morrow (Good Friday)'.
Back of an altar banked with
memorial flowers, the Junior
choir of the Methodist church,
directed by Mrs. Manning, will
present a program of Easter
music at the 11 o'clock service
Sunday. Another Easter service
scheduled by the Methodists Is
a candlelight observance of the
Lord's Supper at 8 o'clock to
night (Thursday).
Special musical numbers by
the church's junior choir wul
mark the 11 a. m. service at the
Presbyterian church here, and
in the evening the Presbyterians
will join with the Methodists
for the program of Easter mus
ic. A celebration of the Lord's
Supper will be held by the
Presbyterians at 7:30 this
(Thursday) evening.
An Easter egg hunt for child
ren of the Presbyterian Sunday
school classes of Mrs. Ted Grib
ble, Mrs. J. A. Flaganan, and
Mrs. J. Ward Long will be held
at 3 p. m. Friday on the lawn
of the manse, on the Atlanta
highway. The hunt is sponsored
by the Business Girls' circle of
the church.
A sunrise service at the
Cowee Baptist church will be
gin at 7 o'clock, and will be
marked by a sermon by the
pastor, the Rev. C. C. Welch,
and a program by the Girl's
auxiliary.
An Easter pageant, "Ye Are
My Witness", will be presented
at Carson's Chapel Saturday
evening at 8 o'clock Ivy the
Methodist Youth Fellowship. All
members of the organization, In
cluding the junior class of the
church school, will take part,
Miss Mary Jane Ledbetter, MYF
president, said.
Special Easter services will be
held at Maiden s Chapel at 10
a. m., at Mount Zlon at 11, and
at OUlesple'i Chapel at 8 p. m.