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VOL. LX1II? NO. 16
FRANKLIN, N. C- THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1948
EIGHT PAGES TODAY
Whitaker To Speak
At C. of C. Dinner
Annual Gathering Set
For April 23 At
Memorial
Edwin B. Whitaker, Bryson
City attorney and well known
public speaker, has accepted an
invitation to address the annual
? dinner meeting of the Franklin
Chamber of Commerce, it was
announced this week.
The meeting, to which the
general public is invited, has
been set for Friday, April 23, at
7:30 p. m. It will be held at
Slagle Memorial Building.
Mr. Whitaker, the guest
speaker, is a former state sen
ator from this (the thirty
third) district, is a member of
the board of trustees of West
ern Carolina Teachers college,
Cullowhee, is active in the work
of Western North Carolina As
sociated Communities, and has
long been identified with move
ments looking to the progress of
this region. He has spoken in
many parts of the state, and is
increasingly in demand.
Details of the program, in ad
dition to the address, are being
whipped into shape this week.
A feature of the business ses
sion will be the election of
seven directors for the coming
year. The new directors, in turn,
will elect the organization's of
ficers from among their number,
and will employ a secretary for
the summer season.
While an effort is being made
to reach every member of the
chamber with an Invitation to
the event, members of the board
of directors emphasized that
every man and woman in Ma
? con County who is interested in
the advancement of the com
munity is invited to be present
and participate in the bUiblMs
and discussion.
Because it is necessary to
to know in advance how many
persons to prepare for, those
planning to attend are asked
^ *jO make reservations by not
later than next Monday. They
may be made by postal card ad
dressed to P. O. Box 70, Frank
Jin.
The dinner charge per plate
vrm be $1.50.
Tickets may be purchased at
the door.
CLUB TO MEET
The Cartoogechaye Men's club
will meet Saturday night at
7:30 o'clock at the Community
house.
tl
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward thraugb
the (ilea of The Preaa)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Capt. A. P. Munday sold his
mill property near Friday yes
? terday to C'apt. C. J. Harris, of
Jackson county, for $3,000. It is
thought that Capt. Harris will
ffldd other machinery and great
ly improve the property.
3tnce the return of George
A. /ones from Transylvania
county he informs The Press
, .that he has decided to become
i a candidate for reelection to the
qfflce of solicitor of the twelfth
- judicial district. He Is In the
Ifeld to run a straight Demo
cratic race free from all con
gressional or other trading en
| tangiements, standing on his
merit alone.
25 TEARS AGO
The Iotla High school will
hold Its annual commencement
on April 20th to 23rd. An ex
cellent program Is being pre
pared, culminating In the grad
uating exercises Monday night,
April 23rd, when Dean M.C.S.
Noble, of the Peabody depart
ment of Chapel Hill, will deliver
the commencement address.
Mr. Noble spoke at Iotla sev
eral years ago, and many of the
people of the community will
remember him as an interesting
speaker and one whom they will
gladly hear again.
10 YEARS AGO
la the American Legion essay
_ contest on the subject, "The
4' Advantages of American Cltl
tomshlp", which closed on April
5th, the following were the win
ners In Macon county: First
prize, Harold Sloan, Franklin;
second prize, Mildred Zachary,
Highlands; and third prize, Mil
Brr?m,
Contract Let
To New Firm
To Dig Well
Contract for boring a town
well on the Harry Thomas prop
erty, In East Franklin, was let
by the Franklin board of al
dermen at a called meeting
Tuesday night.
The contract went to the
Virginia Supply and Well com
pany, of Atlanta, which bid $6
a foot for boring and installing
the necessary casing.
Contract for the well was let
to the Gainesville Well Drilling
company, of Gainesville, Ga?
early in February, but the lat
ter firm discontinued operations
recently, announcing that muck
made drilling impractical at
that site.
Present plans call for con
tinued drilling by the new con
tractor at the same site.
$300 Sought
In County To
Fight Cancer
H. H. Plemmons has been ap
pointed Macon County chair
man for the American Cancer
society's fund campaign here,
and the drive got under way
Monday.
Mr. Plemmons was named
fund chairman by Mrs. Lester
Conley, county commander of
the society's field army.
Ttffi goal of the campaign is
>300.
The campaign here is part of
a nation-wide drive for funds
for a two-fold attack on cancer:
.Through education of the pub
lic as to the symptoms to watch
for, and on the need of prompt
examination; and through re
search into the causes and cure
of cancer.
In view of the local impor
tance of the campaign? 11 died
in this county of cancer in
1946, and 11 more during the
first nine months of 1947?
Mayor T. W. Angel, Jr., has
proclaimed April as cancer con
trol month.
The text of the proclamation
follows:
"Whereas one of every three
who now die of cancer could be
saved through early detection
? Continued on Page Eight
School Loses
2 Teachers; Miss Enloe
Joins Faculty
The Franklin school has Just
lost two members of its faculty,
frank Plyler, physical education
instructor and coach, resigned,
and Mrs. L. A. Ross, teacher of
high school biology, suffered a
broken leg in a fall, and will
be unable to resume her duties
this term.
Wiillam (Bill) Crawford has
taken over Mr. Plyler's duties as
physical education instructor
and coach, Principal W. H. Fin
ley announced, and Miss Ro
berta Enloe, of Franklin, Route
1, formerly of Raleigh, has been
employed as a classroom teach
er. Miss Enloe, who assumed her
duties Monday morning, is
teaching eighth grade science
and health, and has a class in
civics.
No successor for Mrs. Ross has
yet been employed.
Mr. Plyler accepted a position
with ' the Nantahala National
Forest, and started his duties
as clerk at the Wayah Depot
April 7. He succeeds Charles D.
Salmon, who resigned last De
cember.
Broughton, In Senate
Race, Visits Franklin
J. Melville Broughton, candi
date for the U. 8. senate, was
here last Friday to confer with
supporters. The former gover
nor, who Is seeking the Demo
cratic nomination for the sen
ate seat now held by W. B. Um
stead, discussed the Macon
County situation with his coun
ty manager, B. W. Long, and
others. He was accompanied
her# by Richard Queen, of
WaywiTlUt.
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? Photo by Cris^ Studio
A PENNY'S A PENNY, whether it's to park an automobile or a mule, in the opinion of
Jimmy Hunnicutt. So he "parked" his mule in downtown Franklin, dropped his penny in the
parking meter, and did his shopping, just as any motorist would. Tying a mule to a parking
meter, of course, is a far cry from the old hitching post. But Mr. Hunnicutt, who lives south
of Franklin and is employed at the railroad station, didn't find a hitching post recently when
he rode into town to shop. He hitches to the meter, Instead, and found it quite satisfactory.
He's shown standing back of the mule.
FOUR FILE FOR
SCHOOLBOARD
Mrs. Sherrill, Jacobs,
Cook, Moore In Raoe;
Vote Body To Meet
Four more persons ? from
three different sections of the
county? Wednesday had filed for
the Democratic nomination for
the five-member county board
of education:
They are Luther Jacobs, of
Aquone, Frank B. Cook, of
Highlands, Mrs. Florence S.
Sherrill, of Franklin, Route 1,
and C. Gordon Moore, of
Franklin, who seeks renomina
tion to the board. Bob Sloan
had filed earlier.
The; deadline for filing for
local offices is 6 p. m. Satur
day.
Other local political develop
ments of the past week:
1. L. B. Nichols, Andrews
merchant, announced that he is
a candidate for state senator
from this, the thirty-third dis
trict, comprising Cherokee, Clay,
Graham, Swain, and Macon
counties. He is the first candi
date to announce for the sena
tor's post.
2. Chairman J. J. Mann of
the county board of elections
announced that the board will
? Continued on Page Eight
Franklin Students
Win High Ratings
At Musical Festival
Two members of the Franklin
Junior Music club won superior
ratings in the piano competi
tions at last Saturday's Western
District Music festival in Ashe
ville.
Another was adjudged very
good, and the other two en
trants, good.
The five from Franklin, and
the ratings they won were: Jo
Ann Henderson, superior; Mar
tha Ann Stockton, superior,
Edith Plemmons, very good;
Freda Siler, good; and Conna
ree Nolen, good.
Adults attending the confer
ence from Franklin were Mrs.
Weimar Jones, the club's coun
selor and teacher of the five
entrants; Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Plemmons; and Mrs. Lester
Henderson.
Albright To Be
Here On Campaign
Trailer Saturday
R. Mayne Albright, candidate
for the Democratic nomination
for governor, will be in Frank
lin next Saturday afternoon, on
a swing through Western North
Carolina.
Accompanied by Mrs. Albright,
the candidate will arrive here
at 6 p. m. In the couple's cam
paign trailer, "The Challenger",
and he will speak from the ve
hicle on the street here during
the 20 minutes he is in Frank
lin.
Coming here from HayrsvlUe,
Mr. Albright will go on to Bre
vard lor a political rally Satur
day evening
Union Organizer's Auto
Smashed; Warning Left
Diesels Arrive
As T. F. Exhausts
Supply Of Coal
The two new Diesel
freight locomotives ordered
by the Tallulah Falls Rail
way company about four
months ago arrived in Cor
nelia Sunday ? just when the
r?ad faced the prospect of
suspending freight service
for lack of coal.
The 70-ton engines were
given a test run Tuesday
and went into regular serv
ice Wednesday.
The road put on a Diesel
engine abojut a year ago to
haul mail and express, and
with the addition of the two
freight engines, the Tallulah
Falls is powered entirely by
Diesel. Three of the four
steam locomotives are to be
sold, the fourth being re
tained for emergencies.
At the time the engines
arrived, the road was en
tirely out of coal, with no
prospect of obtaining any,
due to the coal strike.
Mrs. Shope
Named Macon
Health Nurse
Mrs. Frank Shope, of Frank
lin, Route 2, has been appointed
public health nurse, and as
sumed her duties Monday.
Her appointment fills the va
cancy created by the resigna
tion of Mrs. Josephine Gaines
last August.
A senior public health nurse,
Mrs. Shope has had experience
in West Virginia, Tennessee, and
Piedmont North Carolina. Prior
to her marriage, she was Miss
May Gribble, of Hayesville.
Mrs. Shope received her
nurse's training in the Roanoke
Rapids hospital nursing school,
and holds a public health nurs
ing certificate from Peabody
college, Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Shope will be employed
full-time. Four days a week she
will be working throughout the
county, and the other two days
she will be in the health office
in the Ashear building for con
sultations and clinics, It was
said.
Her duties will Include exami
nations of school children, espe
cially those in the first and
third grades; holding immuni
zation clinics; and home visit
ing.
Mrs. Shope wll> work as a
member of the staff of the dis
trict health department. This
health district comprises Ma
con, Jackson, Haywood, and
Swain counties, and the Chero
kee Indian Reservation. The
I cost of operating the depart
ment Is borne jointly by those
I live units and by the state.
Glass Broken With Pipe;
Bacon Told To Leave
Within 24 Hours
The automobile of Oscar B.
Bacon, labor union organizer of
Johnson City, Tenn., was found
here, with its windows smash
ed, at an early hour Friday
morning, and a warning left
on the vehicle.
Every window in the four
door 1935 Chevrolet had been
broken, apparently with a pipe
that was found in the car. The
rear seat cushion and a blanket
had been tossed out in a field.
And a piece of cardboard bear
ing a pencil warning to the
organizer to leave town was
found tied to the left front
door.
No arrests have been made
so far.
Mr. Bacon, who has been in
and out of Franklin for several
weeks, drove away in his car
Friday afternoon. Literature in
the automobile indicated that
he is an organizer for the Unit
ed Construction Workers, an af
filiate of the United Mine
Workers of America.
The car was left parked
Thursday night on the south
side of East Main street, at the
top of the hill. Sometime dur
ing the night, it was rolled
down the hill, and turned into
the street that leads to Angel
hoepital.
About 2:30 Friday morning
attenants at the hospital heard
the noise of the windows being
smashed, and telephoned night
policeman T. W. Phillips He
called Highway Patrolman
Pritchard Smith, Jr., and the
two found the wrecked car in
the dip below the hospital, and
had it brought to the jail, where
it was the object of much cur
ious attention during the day
Friday. /
The warning bore the caption :
"BEWARE".
Underneath were drawings
apparently meant for skull and
crossbones, and at the bottom:
"24 hrs. out of here!"
The organizer told Mr. Smith
he had had a disagreement
with a man at the place he had
been rooming Thursday, and he
moved to another rooming house
that night. Mr. Smith question
ed the man, but said there was
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Jolhnson, On W. N. C.
Tour, Visits Franklin
State Treasurer Charles M.
Johnson, on a tour of this sec
tion of the state in the inter
est of his candidacy for gov
ernor, stopped in Franklin for
a visit yesterday (Wednesday)
afternoon. While here, Mr.
Johnson conferred with his
manager, C. N. Dowdle, and
friends and supporters.
PAINT REGISTER'S OFFICE
The county commissioners this
week had the register of deeds
office painted. It was the first
coat of paint the office has
I had in many years, it was said.
I SHOOTINGS,
BEER CASE ON
COURT DOCKET
Dtto Damage Suits Also
To Be Tried At Term
Opening Monday
Two / shooting oases, damage
suits growing out of the auto
mobile death of a Highlands
youth, and the Macon County
beer election injunction case
will highlight the April term of
Macon superior court, which
will open here Monday morn
ing.
The term was postponed from
last week.
It will be the first Macon
County court for Thad D Bry
son, Jr., in his capacity as so
licitor. Judge F. Donald Phil
lips will preside.
The defendants in the shoot
ing cases are Miss Ella West,
of the Oak Grove community,
and Floyd Hannah, of Ellijay.
Each is charged with an as
sault with a deadly weapon.
Miss West is alleged to have
fired through the door of her
home March 17, the charge
striking five-year old Wanda
Clark, daughter of Mr and Mrs.
J. E. Clark, neighbors of Miss
West. It was necessary to ampu
tate the child's left leg. The
shooting is alleged to have been
a case of mistaken identity.
Hannah, 36, is charged with
the shotgun shooting of his
wife, 28, at their Ellijay home
about 6 a. m. March 5, follow
ing a quarrel.
Damage suits for $50,000 and
$10,000, growing out of an auto
mobile accident in Highlands
last August 31, in which Sher
idan N Reed, 17, was killed,
await trial. W. L. Reed, admin
istrator of the estate of Sheri
dan Reed, seeks $50,000 from
Mrs. Katherine Otto, of Miami,
Fla., and' Odell McCoy, of
Gneiss, is suing Mrs. Otto for
$10,000. Mrs. Otto is alleged to
have been the driver of one of
two cars that collided, resulting
in the death of young Reed,
and alleged personal injury to
Mr. McCoy and damage to his
automobile. Young Mr. Reed
and Mr. McCoy were in the
latber's car at the time.
The hearing on the beer elec
tion injunction, it is under
stood, will determine whether
the county must .pay the pre
election costs of the beer elec
tion that was halted by the
injunction; and whether per
sons desiring an election on
beer and wine sales in Macon
County must prepare and file
a new petition lor such an elec
tion.
The election, which was set
for last February 14, was halt
ed by an injunction obtained
three days earlier. The injunc
tion was granted on the grounds
that the petition seeking the
election was not in proper
order.
The April criminal docket
lists only four cases of prohi
bition law violation, an unus
ually small number. More than
a score of defendants, however,
are charged vfrith driving while
under the influence of alcohol.
Nine suits for divorce are
pending.
Thorpe Heads
Southeastern .Electrical
Organization
J. E. S. Thorpe is the new
president of the Southeastern
Electrical Exchange. Mr. Thorpe,
who is head of the Nantahala
Power and Light company, was
named to head the organization
at its meeting at Boca Raton,
Fla., last week.
He and Mrs. Thorpe, who ac
companied him to the meeting,
returned to Franklin Sunday.
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.
.. 74 51 1.14
.. 68 55 .67
67 44 0
.. 62 28 0
67 45 .04
... 81 63 T*
.. 78 57 0
60 .07
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