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Macon Highway Safety Record for 19+8 to Date (Fi*a State Highway Pur <4 record*) KILLED : ? INJURED 1 t Do Your Part to Keep These Figures Down I VOL. LXIII? NO. 19 % * ttWin IjigWantijg Macomait Intellectual bullies are just like physical bullies. Both will" back down if their bluffs are called. FRANKLIN. N. C? THURSDAY, MAY S. 1848 = TEN PACES WATER STUDY i group mm MEETING HEf Forest Researcher* From Over U. S. Drawn By Work At Coweta Approximately 40 specialists In water resource management from all parts of the United States are In session here, dis cussing the various phases of their work. The group, representing the Pacuic Nortnwest, the South west, New England, the South, and otl?er sections of the coun try, are from the research sec tion of the U. S. Forest Service. The conference, which got under way Monday morning and will continue through Wednes day of next week, to be follow ed by a number of field trips, is headed by E. N. Munns, chief of the Forest Service's division ..of watershed management, Washington, D. C. The unusual situation of the Coweta branch of the South eastern Forest Experiment sta tion and the outstanding work being done there brought the group to Franklin, it was said. Sessions are being held at the Slagle Memorial, but yesterday the party spent the day observ ing the work being done at Co weta. Marvin D. Hoover, re search lorester at Coweta, led the field trip to the station. Kelly's Inn here is headquar ters for the group. Slagle Named Bank Of Franklin'* Board Chairman A. B. Slagle is the new chair man of the board of directors of The Bank of Franklin. Mr. Slagle, already a member of the board, was elevated to ; the chairmanship recently, to succeed the late C. Flunk Moody. i Stockholders later W14 iltct a new director to fill the vacancy ^ on the board. Board members, in addition to Mr. Slagle, are ; M. L. uowflle, president, R. S. , iones, vice-president, H. W. ' Cabe, cashier, Fred M. Arnold, , and Grover Jamison, Sr. HQLO BANQUET The Otter Creek (Nantahala) High school held its annual 1 junior-senior banquet at the < Slagle Memorial Monday eve nlng. Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the files of The Pre**) SO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK W. E. Sanders of Skeenah, took breakfast at Hotel Jarrett and left for Dillsboro. We have been informed that he has probably gone to enlist In the Cuban war. The mica mining company, of Detroit, Mich , represented here BylfMbei*. Shark and Snider, have received a carload of ma chinery for their mine on the Lyle Knob. S3 YEARS AGO The Music club was entertain ed by Mrs. W. M. Smith last week. The subject for the after noon was Gade, with Mrs. W. F. Curtis as leader. The program *was as follows: I 1. Current Events In the Mu- ] sical World. 2. Talk on Oade-Mrs. T. W. , Porter. 3. Swedish Fantasle ? Tim Crawford. 4. Nature's Voice? Mrs. Harold Sloan. 5. Swedish Wedding March Miss Weaver and Mrs.' Kings berry. 6. Spring Song? Mrs. Gilmer Jones. 10 YEARS AGO The Rt. Rev. Robert Gribbin, bishop of Western North Caro lina, preached at the morning service on Tuesday, May S, cel ebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the consecreatlon of St. -?Agnes Episcopal church. Refer ence was made to the benefac tors of the church in the past, especially to the donors of the beautirul Gothic house of wor ship, built as a memorial to ' Agnes Souther Bell, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Boll of New York, and of tho work and devotion of the worn* on in tho church, making pos sible tho oonttnuanoo of tho ohurch'i uiofulnooi. A r Brm Snaps Trees ?Damages Roofs Here; * Section Gets Rain Last Sunday afternoon's storm, which took two lives when a boat capsized w Lake Burton, just across the Georgia line, played havoc with a number of trees and roofs here. Trees were blown diown on the Stable Menvjrial prop erty, at the site of Dr. Ed |W Angel's new borne near by, in the Methodist ceme tery, and on Harrison ave nue, just in front of the Derald Ashe home. The wind blew off sec tions of the roofs of the H. H. Gnuse home on Har rison avenue and of Dr. Angel's home. Meanwhile, this section, suffering from drought, re rfived about an inch of rain this week. The Coweta Experiment station reported about one-third of an inch of rain during the 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. Monday, two-thirds of an inch the next 24 hours, and .11 of an inch Tuesday. BOARD RETIRES $5,000 BONDS Commissioners Write Forest Head About Grazing The board of county commis sioners, at its meeting Monday, retired $5,000 Franklin township road bonds, addressed a letter to the supervisor of the Nan tahala National Forest request ing that "the upper Nantahala River portion" of the forest "be opened and grazing of stock therein permitted" under forest regulations, arid approved re newal beer licenses to 15 Ma con county retailers. The board also approved a petition that the state take over and main tain the road to the Franklin Golf -gourse. Thp boafU ordered $16,000 paid the Hanover Bank and Trust company, $5,000 to retire mnklln township bonds, and |B, 000 interest due on county wide t?onds. Franklin township . bonds remaining outstanding total $>6,000. The letter to the forest su pervlsor, which assures the For est Service of a desire to co operate, reads, in part, as fol lows: .. i "This section (of the forest) has been opened to public grazing for many years and is a very definite asset in this par ticular respect to fanners who | engage In stock raising and , others dealing In cattle and , livestock. In the event grazing j Is not permitted during the en suing years, a great many in- , llvlduals engaging in the afore said businesses will be definitely ( handicapped and suffer serious , Financial reverses, as they have neretofore depended entirely upon the -grazing facilities af Forded by the Nantahala Na tional Forest In the section I aibove referred to. -We understand that grazing will be permitted this year up jn the portion af the Nantahala < national Forest lying within the State of Georgia and we know positively that livestock grazing within the State of Georgia will drift across and utilize the por tlon lying In North Carolina. Those granted beer licenses For the year May 1 to April 30 are: Mrs. Cora Re id, W. D. oun nln, Mrs. Lois Cagle, Fred Cabe, Parker Norton, Clyde San ders, Mrs. Clara Morgan, Mrs. J E. Perry, Harry L. Womack, | Kay F. Montague, Lester U Arnold, and Roy L. Jones, all of Franklin and vicinity; W. L. Watson and L. C. BUlingsley, of Highlands; and L. C. Stepper., of Aquone. Paaamores Celebrate Their Golden Wedding Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Pass more, of the Nantahala com munity, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary April 22. Mr. and Mrs. Passmore, who have been life-long residents of their community, have six chil dren? David, Bergon, Oolia, and Oscar Passmore and Mrs. Earl Dills, all of Nantahala, and Mrs. Will Dills, of Wesser-and 25 grandchildren. PLAN SING The semi-annual sing of the northern division of the Ma con County Singing convention will be held at the Kyle Bap tist church Sunday, starting at ?:M l. m. Picnic lunch win be Mrvad on tlx grounds, ? HEALTH BODY REJECTS TOWN SITE FOR WELL Turn To Bry&on Property; Board Orders Fence In Street Moved State health authorities have disapproved the Harry Thomas site tor Franklin's proposed fourth deep well, due to the presence of a hog lot above the site, and the board of aldermen, at its monthly meeting ' Mon day night, voted to seek an agreement with Dan Bryson for use of a site on his property just back of the Highlands Briar plant In East Franklin. One well digging concern started boring on the Thomas property several weeks ago, but stopped when muck was en countered. Recently the town contracted with a second firm, with the understanding that that digging would continue on the Thomas property. The health authorities' rejection 01 , the site a few days ago, how- I ever, forced a change in loca-' tions. Other matters discussed at the meeting included the months old controversy about a fence J on the Bob Davis sub-division, at the foot of Trimont, a pro Franklin Now Has Plenty Water; Tanks Overflow At present, Franklin has plenty of water, with the town tanks running over, Herman Childers, water su perintendent, said this week. The pump in the West Main street well was loWered an other 50 feet a few days ago, Mr. Childers said, and this has increased the output by four or five gallons a min ute. This well, he added, is now producing about 60,*00 gallons a day, as compared with about 48,000 last fall before the was checked uM reconditioned, and the pump lowered. posal that a third man be ad ded to the town's police force, the levying of privilege taxes, and the completion of the De pot street paving. The board Instructed the town clerk, in consultation with the town attorney, to write Ran dolph Bulgin and the Rev. J. Q. Wallace to remove the fence that allegedly runs down the middle of a sub-division street within 30 days. The action fol lowed the report of James Den man, civil engineer, who had been employed by the town to make a survey of the sub-divi sion, with a view to determin ing the exact location of 'the street. Mr. Denman, filing a map with the town, reported that the Bulgln-Wallace fence, constructed about a year ago, runs down the middle of the ? Continued On Page Four j Maj. Carmack \ Succumbs At J Mayo Clinic ' Major J. Frank Carmack, who, with Mrs. Carmack, owned and ' operated the Franklin Golf Course for about 13 years, died at the Mayo clinic, Rochester, Minn., Thursday of last week , He was 60 years of age. , Major Carmack had been in | ; 111 health for several years, and 1 . he and Mrs. Carmack sdid their < property here about a year ago. Since that time, he had been , to the Minnesota clinic two or three times, and had been und er treatment there for several months at the time of his death. During the years they op erated the Lodge, Major and Mrs. Carmack spent their sum mers in Franklin, going to Flor ida In the winter. The body was taken to the family cemetery in Springfield, Mo., for burial. Major Carmack served on the Mexican border in 1916, and was a major of infantry in France during World War 1, where he received wounds from which he never fully recovered. He was awarded both the Croix de Guerre and the Blesae Medal by the French government. * Prior to coming to Franklin, he had lived in Tampa, Fla., for IS yeari, where he was the own ?r and operator of a paint com pany, and was active In church, social and civic affair*, having been a Bhrtner, scoutmaster of Franklin Judging Team Win* First Place In Contest ? The beef cattle judging team of the Franklin Future Farmers won first place in the area judging contest at Waynesville last Saturday. Ten teams were entered from seven mountain coun ties. Boys on the winning team were Foy Dryman, high man of the contest. Bob Tippett, and Bo Setser. The win in Waynesville entitled the team to enter the district contest in Statesville Saturday. The Franklin dairy judg ing team won fourth place at the Mountain Experi ment station Saturday. Boys on the dairy team were Eu gene Gray, second high man in the contest, Edward Crawford, and Bobby Joe Corbin. Both teams were ooJi hed by E. i. Whitmire, voca tional agriculture teacher here. CABE CALLS PARTY MEETS Democratic Precinct Sessions Will Be Held Saturday H. W. Cabe, chairman of the Macon County Democratic exe cutive committee, this week is sued calls for county precinct meetings and the party's coun ty convention. The precinct meetings are tc be held Saturday of this week, it whatever hour suits the con venience of the various pre :incts, Mr. Cabe said. The Democratic county con- ] mention Is called to meet Sat lrday. May IS, at 3 p. m. at < he courthouse. M the preclntt meetings, del .fraies will be Vnamed to the sonnty convention and precinct sodimiUces ol fiye, two of them i women, will lie elected. The :hairman of eafih precinct com mittee automatically will be some a member of the new :ounty executive committee. Preceding the county conven tion, the new executive commit ?e will meet to select county :hairman. A feature of the county con rentkm is expected to be the :holce of delegates to the state invention of the party. Meanwhile, the county board if elections, at a meeting last Saturday, declared the follow ng Democratic candidates, since hey have no opposition, the jarty's nominees: R. E. Norton, surveyor; L. B lichols, of Andrews, state sena tor; Thad D. Bryson, Jr., of ^anklln and Bryson City, solic tor, twentieth judicial district; ind Dan K. Moore, of Sylva, udge, twentieth district. The only names, therefore, .hat will appear on the local Democratic primary ticket will >e those of the two candidates :or the nomination for repre ;entative and the 14 persons ;eeklng the five nominations for ' nembership on the county board >f education. Minstrel Show To Be Sponsored Here By PTA May 15 The "Pal's Club", of Marlon, grill present a Negro minstrel ihow at the courthouse here Saturday, May IS, under spon sorship of the Franklin Parent Teacher association. Two per formances?at 3 and 8 p. m.? Eire planned. The Pal's Club Is made up of young Marion men, and the jroup was organised by Ouy fiensley, Marion manufacturer, bo provide clean social life for the group. The youths have successfully staged their per- , rormance in a number of towns In Western Carolina, their purpose in putting on the itiow being to raise money for a clubhouse. The local P. T. A. will share in the proceeds. The chow Is said to be made up of clean Jokes, songs, and Instrumental music. The admission prices are SO and 20 cents. Tickets will be on sale shortly. 1UI AT MOT More than 165 youth from seven Methodist churches in Macon County attended the sub dlstriot meeting at the Frank lin church Monday night. The delegation from Dryman't chap el received the banner for hav ing the larfwt attendance. 4 New Classroom^ Will Be Built At^ Franklin School Grant Named As Franklin Area'* Sanitarian W. T. Grant, who recently joined the staff of the district health department, has been as signed as local sanitarian here. Mr. Orant, who lives in Bry son City, will be in the Frank lin area Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday of each week, spending the remainder of his time at Cherokee. He will work out of the local health office. C. B. Thomas will continue as district health sanitarian, It was explained. Pfc. Vanhook, Dead Veteran, Brought Home The body of another Macon County boy has come home. He is Pfc. Wayne R. Van hook, who was killed in action* m the European theatre in 1944. iteported missing in action June 17 of that year, it was not until 18 months later that his body .vas found. Returned to the United States aboard the U. S. S. army trans port Robert Burns, the body ar , ived in Iran kiln yesterday aft ernoon, and funeral services will be held at 3 o'clock this (Thurs day) afternoon at the Clark's uhapel Methodist church, with the paster, the R4V. D. P. Cfrant, and the Fraokttn Presbyterian minister, the I&v. Hoyt Evans, officiating. Burial will be in tiw church cemetery. The local post of the Amer? lean Legion will have charge oi the graveside rites. Pallbearers will be Erwin Pat ton, Horace Nolen, Reld tVomack, Lon Dalton, Phil Mc Jollum and Owen Amnions. Color bearers and color guards will be Bobby Porter, Cecil Park er, T. L. Raborn and Arvei Parker, and the firing squau will be composed of Don Alison, p"ranK Keece, Siler Slagle, Rob ert Parker, Ralph Henson, Joe Bradley and Weaver Hurst. Har >ld Bradley will be bugler and the honor guards will be Horace Nolen and Owen Ammons. Act ing as honorary escorts will be jther members of the Legion in attendance. Mr. Vanhook, who was born September 3, 1922, attended the franklin High school and was a member of the Clark's Chapel :hurch. He entered the armed Forces in January, 1942, and went overseas in early 1943. He was a member of Company A, 175th infantry, 29th division. The funeral arrangements are under the direction of Potts funeral home. Local Group To Attend Regional B. T. U. Meet Between 25 and 30 young people from the First Baptist church here, as well as repre sentatives from other Baptist churches in this county, are ex petced to attend the two-day regional Baptist Training union, which will open at the Sylva First Baptist church tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 3 o'clock, It has been announced by Miss Sara Elizabeth Parker, public ity comfltteeman. Rooms and breakfast will be provided the delegates without charge by Sylva families. Is Member Of No Party ? E. R. White, who recently was appointed as the representatlbe of the Republican party on the Maoon County board of elec tions, this week stated that, though he accepted appoint ment at the request of the Re publican county executive com mittee, he la not affiliated with that or any other party. He so stated to the Republican lead ers when he accepted the ap pointment, he added. He ac cepted the appointment due to an emergency, he said, when the first person recommended [for ths position was unable to I accept. Board Votes To Provide More Room Before Next Year Four new classrooms are to be built at the Franklin school this summer, so as to be ready for the opening of school next fall, a was decided at Monday's meeting of the county board of education. * Members of the board voted unanimously* to construct the addition, after County Supt Ouy L. Houk had presented figures on average daily attendance. The location of the addition and the type of construction will be determined at a subsequent meeting of the board -probably a called session to be held with in the next few days, it was in dicated. The cost of the addition will be financed from the approxi mately $50,000 the board now has in its capital outlay fund. The board also approved the action of the local school com mittees of the Franklin and Highlands school districts in re employing all the present teach ers In those two districts hold ing standard certificates. While teachers with non standard certificates were not reemployed, that does not mean that they may not be employed later, it was said. Before reem ploying them, however, an ef fort will be made to obtain teachers with standard certifi cates. The two committees iflet last Saturday. The Nantahala district com mittee is yet to act. * TJie extra classrooms are not a part of, but witt be in addi tion to, the Franklin school ad dition that it is proposed to build from the $400,000 bond issue, Mr. Houk pointed out. Average daily attendance last year, Mr. Houk told the board, gave the Franklin school a state allotment of one extra teach er, but she was not hired this year because there was no class room available for another teacher. And the improved aver age daily attendance for the first seven months of this year ?the period taken into account in alloting teachers? will give this county an allotment of three more teachers, a total of four. , Pointing out that average daily attendance for the county as a whole this year has been the best in a decade, Mr. Houk presented these figures: 1946-47 enrollment: elemen tary, 3,269; high school, 581; total, 3,850. 1946-47 average daily atten dance: elementary, 2^99; high school, 491; total, 3,180. 1947-48 enrollment: elemen tray, 3,265; high school, bUU; total, 3,865. 1947-48 average daily atten dance: elementary, 2,763; high school, 522; total, 3,285 With only 15 more pupils en rolled this year than last, he pointed out, the average daily attendance was 96 more. This will entitle the county to two additional elementary and one additional high school teacher, on the old basis of al lotment, and state school au thorities propose next year to allot more teachers than this, in order to reduce the teacher load. Mr. Houk also pointed out that In 1946-47, the first grade here had an average daily at tendance of 89 pupils; this year, it was 98; and next year indi cations are it will be 107 or more. 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. Wednesday ...... 69 51 0 Thursday 65 49 T* Friday . 73 35 0 Saturday 82 37 o Sunday 78 60 0 Monday 80 57 .34 Tuesday 67 49 .62 Wednesday 39 .11 ?Trace