Macon Highway Safety Record for 19+8 to Date (From Slate Highway Patrol racorde) KILLED ? INJURED 2 Do Your Part to Keep These Figures Down! itklin iff. 3 l\\t IftigblatriijJ Baconian Any average man who Work# will accomplish more than a genius who doesn't. VOL. LXIII? NO. 15 FRANKLIN, N. C\. THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1948 S2.00 PKR YEAR COURT TERM IS POSTPONED TILL APRIL 19 Judge Phones Brookshire Ordering Week's Delay The April term of Macon su perior court, which had been scheduled for next week, has been postponed for one week. Court will convene Monday l( morning, April 19, instead of next Monday. Judge F. Donald Phillips, who is assigned to hold this term of court here, Tuesday telephoned Clinton Brookshire, clerk of Su perior court, to say that It will be impossible for him to be here next Monday. The judge order ed the court term postponed till April 19. . Court officials yesterday pointed out that jurors for both the first and second week ol court should report Monday morning, April 19. Witnesses who were subpoenaed to appear April 12, and defendants who are under bond to appear that date, all should appear on April 19 instead, It was pointed out. Legion Memorial Fund Committee Is Headed By Sloan An American Legion commit tee to raise about $14,000 for an educational fund, in mem ory of Macon County's dead of World War 2, will be headed by Bob Sloan. He was appointed at last Thursday night's meeting of the local post of the Legion. Com mander W. H. Finley will be an ex officio member, and he and Mr. Sloan were directed to name three other members to work with them. It is proposed to raise 10 cents for each school child in the county, $10 for each Macon County man or woman who served in the armed forces dur ing the last war, and $100 for e^ch man who gave his lite. When raised, the fund is to be merged with a similar one which is in memory of Macon's dead of World War 1. 829 LOSE LICENSES During March 829 persons in North Carolina lost their driving licenses because of drunken driving. 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Early Thursday Sheriff Roane received a telephone dispatch from Dillsboro directing him to arrest Coot (Ritchie) Gibson, a mulatto woman living beyond the Iron Bridge, for the murder of Col. A. M. Stoner. It was that on Tuesday of last week "Coot" was at Dillsboro and had a difficulty with the Colonel about a small account she claimed he was due her, and that she struck him three blows on the head with a piece of wood and then left for home. Thursday morning Col. Stoner was found dead in his bed. Sherriff Roane placed the wom an in Jail. About noon another message came to release her, as it was found that the Col. had died from an overdose of mor phine that he had purchased at the drugstore the day before. 25 YEARS AGO Fire which threatened to wipe out the heart of the business section of Sylva early this morn ing destroyed the Commercial hotel building and three other structures before It was brought under control. Conservative esti mates place the loss at >50,000. Four buildings were burned to the ground and damage was In flicted on others across the street by the intense heat gen erated. 10 YEARS AGO An ordinance was passed by the town board Monday night prohibiting produce and fruit peddlers or peddlers' trucks up on Public square or the business streets of the town. The Intent Is to keep the Public square free for parking, and alio to do away with the traah and litter which come* from peddleri' truck*. Food Handlers' School Here Set For April 26-28 The Food Handlers' school to be held here has been set for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, April 26, 27, and 28, it was announced this week. The school, to be held in the Agricultural building, is for all public food handlers in the county, and approxi mately 200 are expected to take the course, according to C. B. Thomas, sanitarian for this health district. The same class will be held mornings and after noons, it was explained, so that part of the employes of an establishment may at tend in the morning, and the others in the afternoon. COMMISSIONERS ACT 0N3 ISSUES Veterans Officer Will Work Part Time In Future The board of county commis sioners, at its meeting Monday,1 approved one road petition, de nied an application for beer li cense, reduced the hours and salary of the county veterans service officer, and transacted routine business. Bill Bryson, veterans service officer since early in 1947, hereafter will be in his office In the courthouse from 9 to 2, Instead of all day. His salary, previously $2,000 a year, was re duced proportionately to $110 per month. Mr. Bryson told the commissioners that the work no longer requires full time. The application of Joe Cagle for a license to sell beer at Warren's place, on the Cowee mountain, was denied. The commissioners received a petition that the Setser Branch road, which leaves the Georgia highway near the Sellers place, be taken over and maintained by the state. The petition was approved and forwarded to the State Highway and Public ?Vorks commission. Girl Scouts Organize Senior T roop ; Mrs. Porter Leader Franklin Girl Scouts organiz ed a senior troop at the meeting last Thursday night at the home of Mrs. Robert (Bob) Porter. Eleven girls were present. Mrs. Porter has agreed to serve as leader of the senior Scouts. Officers were elected as fol lows: Elizabeth Jones, president; Wilma Gay Phillips, secretary; Betty Lou Constance, treasurer; and Mariann Sherrill, hospitality chairman. It was decided to meet at the home of Mrs. Porter at 7 o'clock every Thursday night. Those present voted to limit the membership of the troop to 12. The senior Scouts plan a food sale in the near future to raise funds for Scout projects. 'Geographic' Has Macon Photograph In Current Issue A Macon County photograph appears in the current issue of the National Geographic maga zine. The picture shows a cow oin the A. B. Single farm being milked by a milking machine. Miss Myra Slagle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Slagle and niece of A. B. Slagle, poses as a "dairy maid", the picture's caption being "Where Are You Going, My Pretty Maid?" It is explained that, by using electric milkers, the 115 cows on the farm can be milked in 55 min utes. The photo is one of a number used to Illustrate an article by Frederick Simpich on "Around the 'Great Lakes of the South'." Officers Are Chosen By Methodist Youth Election of officers highlight ed the business session of the sub-district meeting of the Methodist Youth Fellowship at Anbury church Monday evening. Manuel Holland was reelected president; Bob Myers was elect ed vice-president; Freda Slier, secretary - treasurer; Burton Leach, publicity chairman; and Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Pangle, co > counsellors. Asbury young peo ple, in charge of the program, provided recreation and served refreshments, Mrs. Conley Heads Macon Cancer Work Eleven Macon County persons died of cancer in 1946, and 11 more died during the first nine months of 1947, it was pointed out this week by Mrs. Lester Conley, who has just been ap pointed county commander of the American Cancer Society's field army. "The tragic thing about these figures", Mrs. Conley comment ed, "is that one-third to one half of those who died need not have died". To prevent these unnecessary Cancer deaths, the American Cancer Society is conducting a ; nation-wide campaign of re search ana education? research to find th; causes and cure for the (iiseast, and education so that cancer may be discovered early, when there is a good chance i'cr a cure Macon County this year has been asked to give $300 for the work of the society, Mrs. Conley said, and she added that a county campaign chairman will be appointed shortly to conduct a campaign for that sum as a minimum. In citing the need for the so ciety's program, Mrs. Conley said that there has been a defi nite reduction in the cancer death rate in communities in which a program of education and service has been carried out. V an Raalte Mutual Aid Body Formed A Mutual Aid association financed jointly by company and employes? has been organ ized at the Franklin plant of the Van Raalte company, and last Thursday employes elected a ooard of six directors. The purpose of the associa tion, it was pointed out, is to provide funds to assist employes in circumstances not ordinarily covered by the Workman's Com pensation act. A similar association recently was organized at the Brysan City plant, it was said, and with the organization formed at Franklin, all the Southern "Van Raalte plants are represented. Elected as directors of the Franklin association are Miss Hallie Cabe, Mrs. Aileen Angel, Miss Katherine Conley, Mrs. Dolly Angel, Mrs. Margaret Neal, and Mrs. Beatrice DeWeese. Mrs. Jeanette Elliott, Mrs. Pallie La Boone, Mrs. Pearl Stewart, Mrs. Ian Moses, Mac Duncan, and Mrs. Bertha Bryson were chosen as alternates. The board, it was explained, will be responsible for the busi ness affairs of the association, including disbursement of funds Additional directors, not to* ex ceed a total of 15, will be elect ed as the number of employes increases. Membership in the association, it was emphasized, is voluntary. After an employe has been a member for three months, he or she is entitled to draw funds for sickness or accident, sur gery or hospital care. X-ray or laboratory fees, or for physic ian's bills for accident. In addi tion, retirement and death bene fits will be provided, and, for women with as much as one year's service, maternity bene fits. The amount that may be drawn will depend on the mem ber's seniority. About 25 per cent of the funds are to be provided by employes, through a 25-cent Initiation fee and dues of 50 cents per month. The remainder will be provided by the company, which will de posit $2,500 as an initial fund. Questionnaire Is Reprinted For Ones Who Forgot Did you plan to fill out that North Carolina School Questionnaire that appeared in last week's Press? And did you neglect do ing it? And now have you mislaid last week's paper? Just in case you did, the questionnaire is being re printed, and appears on page S of this week's issue. Better fill It out right now, while you think about it. It will not be published ?fain. School Building Program Likely To Wait Till '49 Alley To Speak At Y. D. Meeting Here Wednesday Judge Felix M. Alley, of Wmynesville, will be the guest speaker at a Young Democrats organizational meeting to be held at the courthouse here next Wed nesday evening at 8 o'clock, it was announced this week. Judge Alley, long-time res ident superior court judge ve, Lee Poindexter, Joe Phil lips, Carroll Childers, Robert Oowdle, Jack Kusterer, Grace Brown, Moertis Angel. Mrs. Margaret Flanagan: Julia Moody, Max Phillips, Wayne Wiggins. Sixth grade: Miss Mayberyl Moody: Rich ard Russell, Frank Allison, Rob ert Finley, Raymond Ledford, ? Continued on Page Six Hubert Swafford, F ormer Resident, Killed In Mishap Word has been received here jf the death of Hubert Swaf ford, 38, of Toccoa, Oa. Mr. Swafford was in an automobile 1 wreck Saturday night near ! Clarkesville, Ga., and died Mon day morning in a hospital in Toccoa. Five other persons were in the car at the time of the wreck. A native of Macon County, he attended Oak Dale school be fore moving to Toccoa with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Swalr ford, seven years ago. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Toccoa Baptist church. Burial was in the church cemetery. He is survived, besides the parents, by one brother, J. A. Swafford, of Toccoa; two sis ters Mrs. Lois Mote, of Toccoa, and another sister of Demorest, Oa., whose name was not learn ed. He was a nephew of Perry, Will, Jim, and Harley Swafford, all of Franklin, Route 3. PLAN BOX SUPPER The 4-H club of the Otto school will sponsor a box supper and cake walk at the Otto school house tomorrow (Friday) night at 7:30. The proceeds will go to the benefit of the 4-H club. No Action Taken, But Discussion Brings Out Reasons The county board of education and the board of county com missioners, in a joint session Monday morning, discussed at length the pros and cons of is suing and selling the county's $400,000 * in school bonds now, and the related question of whether to start construction of new school buildings as soon as the bonds can be sold. No official action was taken? nobody even made a motion but the discussion indicated that it's a safe bet no permanent school buildings will be started in this county before early 1949. Here are some of the reasons why, all brought out in the dis cussion : X. The bonds may be sold at any time before July 1, 1949- A month ago, . when the board of education requested the commis sioners to issue and sell the bonds at once, members of the education board were under the impression? and told the com missioners ? that the bonds would expire unless they were sold prior to January 1 of next year. But it has since been learned that a 1947 legislative act extended the life of bonds voted in late 1945 until July 1, 1949. 2. By the time the bonds could be issued, advertised, and sold, and construction bids could be let, it is highly improbable* that any new buildings could be completed in time for the opening of school next fall. 3. It is generally conceded that the next general assembly, meeting in January, probably will appropriate funds for state aid to counties in constructing new school buildings Nobody knows the form such aid will take, but it is possible it may be provided on a matching basis? that is, the amount the state would give a county would be in proportion to what the county put up. If state aid should be on a matching basis, and this county already had spent part of its $400,000, it would have less money to matcn state funds, and thus would stand to lose. 4. When the county commis sioners, the body which must issue the bonds, asks the Local Government commission in Ral eigh to sell them, it must an swer two questions: Is the coun ty ready to start construction work? and will the proceeds from the bond issue be suf ficient to complete the project proposed. Members of the board of commissioners suggested that, when the Local Government commission sells the bonds, it will be up to the board of edu cation to start work? and thus run the risk of losing some state aid money. They also pointed out that it is obvious $400,000 will not put up the buildings proposed at the time the bond issue was submitted to a vote of the people of the county, and that there Is a probability that bond attorneys might refuse to approve the bonds for that reason. Prior to the joint session, the board of education heard a dele gation, which appeared to sug gest the advantages of a con solidated grammer school In the Holly Springs section, and to recommend a site that is avail able. Opening the Joint session dis cussion, Commission Chairman ? Continued on Page Ten RECEIVE INQUIRIES The Asheville ' Chamber of Commerce got 1,100 inquiries from advertising In the National Geographic. The Weather I Temperatures and precipita j tlon for the past seven days, I and the low temperature yes I terday, as recorded at the Co ! weta Experiment station, follow: \ High Low Prec. Wednesday .. 59 49 1.11 Thursday 67 43 .52 Friday 60 I 45 .04 Saturday 71 29 0 Sunday 65 28 0 Monday 87 44 .01 Tuesday 65 52 .58 Wednesday 51 T* ?Trace