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VOL. LXIII-NO. 24
tKANKLlN. N C.. THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1944
GRAZING URGED
IN GAME AREA
ON NANTAHALA
Macon And Clay Farmers
Present Case At Meet
With Foresters
The question of ranging live
stock on the Standing Indian
Vvildlile cooperative game man
agement area was discussed at
u iwo-nour conierence of farm
ers of Macon and Clay coun
ties with U. S. Forest Service
ant' state game and fish auth
orities at the eourthouse last
Fryiy morning.
mn estimatea 60 to 75 inter
ested persons from the two
counties, in addition to spectat
ors, were present.
Lester Waldroop, who had
made arrangements lor the
meeting with E.' W. Renshaw,
supervisor 01 the Nantahaia Na
tional Forest, presided, and in
his opening remarks assurea
the Forest (service of the farm
ers' desire to cooperate, but
urged that the Upper Nanta
Laia regiun cease to be used as
a game reluge. lie suggested en
largement oi the Wayah and Co
weeta refuges, if necessary, re
marking tirat the Upper Nan
tahaia region is the only sec
tion suited for stock range. He
declared that the area was of
no value ''to the common peo
ple of the two counties" as a
refuge; said that it was a fail
ure as a game refuge; and sug
gested that two reiuges In this
county should be enough for
the "sporting element". Citing
tnis county's record of coopera
tion on forest fires, he said the
meeting had been called in the
hope oi clearing up the situa
tion "in a friendly discussion".
Mr. Waldroop then asked var
ious persons in the audience to
state their views.
Among officials present tor
the conference were Mr. Ren
shaw, Frank A. Albert, assistant
regional forester, division of
lands, recreation, grazing, and
wildlife; Fred Ruff, regional
grazing and wildlife technician;
Hayden Olds, chief of the game
division, N. C. Wildlife Resources
commission; Richard B. Arm
field, state supervisor of wild
life lands; and Albert E. Hyder,
? ? Continued on Eight
SURGEON IN HIGHLANDS
Dr Harry Moses, of Palm
Beach, Fla., will be associated I
for the summer with Dr Wil
liam A. Matthews In the prac
tice of medicine tn Highlands,
it has been announced. Dr.
Moses, who is a member of the
American College of Surgeons,
will have special Highlands of
fice hours in the mornings. He
and Mrs. Moses are spending the
summer at High Hampton inn,
Cashiers, where Dr. Moses is
house physician.
Do You
Remember ...?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The locusts extend down the
Tennessee river to 13 miles be
low Franklin, towards Dillsboro
to the foot of the Cowee moun
tain, and towards Highlands to
the foot of the Lamb Mountain.
Frank Setser says the reason
they have no locusts on Car
toogechaye Id* that they have all
the land posted.
Dr. Hlgglns has his new build
ing up to the second floor and
the joists laid for the second
floor.
25 YEARS AGO
At the regular meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners
last Monday, a special election
was ordered for July 24 to de
cide the question of whether
the Franklin Graded School
shall remain under the manage
ment and control of the pres
ent Graded School Board, or
whether it shall be changed to
a special tax district, thus go
ing under the management and
control of the State Department
of Education.
10 YEARS AGO
The Democrat* of Macon
county rolled up the largeat
vote ever polled In a primary
election In this county laat Sat
urday and nominated George B.
Patton for representative, Lat
er Arnold for rttfitor of deed*.
Frank I. Murray for chairman
of the oounty board, and gave
Zebuion Waavor a majority
*?,W. u, L, Whitmlrt,
Baseball
Team Flans Here Sunday;
Officials Change
The Franklin Baseball team,
after losing a close 4-3 decision
to Andrews on the local dia
mond last Saturday, will piaj
Marble here Sunday.
The local ciuo nuu an organ
ization meeting this week and
.ome changes in management
*ere decided upon.
Cecil Poindexter was chosen
secietary- treasurer unci uuoi
iess manager, and Dan Rey
nolds win act as playing uun
?ger.
aince the beginning of tht
eason, J. D. uibson liad been
serving as business manager anu
?eie nice had mieJ me play
ng manager's job.
Saturday tne local ciub will
ouiney to Andrews ill an e.
ort to gain revenge for the
lose game dropped iaot Satur
lay. Last Sunday's game was
allied out.
STUDENTS HOME
FOR VACATIONS
But Many Plan To Attend
Summer School Or Have
Jobs Elsewhere
The close of the regulai
.chool session brings a vacation
period for Macon County college
nen and women enrolled at in
.titutions tnruugiioui uie coun
-y
While some of them will speno
-he summer at home, many otn
.rs have plans that, alter a
.ew days with tneir families
will take them elsewhere.
a large numoer, especially
imong war veterans, win retun.
to attend summer sessions at
i.neir colleges, uuhers have sum
mer vacation employment, Tlu
plans of still others are not yei
definite.
A partial list of those away in
school, with their summer pianv
where available, was compiled b>
Vne Press this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Pat
ton are here between the reg
ular college session at the bin>
.?ersity of North Carolina, whert
Mr. Patton is a law student,
and the summer school mere,
i'hey plan to return to Chapel
mil for the summer session.
Howard Horsley, son of Dr.
and Mrs. H. T. Horsley, has just
completed his first year 01 p?e
ined work at Wake Forest col
lege, and has arrived home.
Miss Maxine Dean, oaughtei
of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dean,
is attending Blanton's Business
college hi Asheville.
Victor Perry, son of Mrs. J.
E. Perry, Sr., a pharmacy stu
dent at the University of North
Carolina, plans to return to
Chapel Hill for the summer ses
sion.
John Wasilik, III, who it
working on his Master's degree
at Catholic university, is em
ployed tor the summer in naval
ordnance in Washington, D. C.
Miss Myra Slagle, daughter ol
Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Slagle, who
was married to James Robert
?Valdroop June 5, was graduated
? rom Woman's college of the
University of Nortn Carolina
?Uh the B. S. degree. She plans
to teach in the Franklin schooi
next year.
Andrew Patton, son of R. A
Patton, will be graduated Mon
day in aeronautical engineering
irom N. C. State college. Ai
State, he has served as presi
dent of his class. He will be
connected with the Chance Air
craft company at Stratford,
Conn., after July 1.
Miss Betty Callahan, daugh
ter of Mr, and Mrs. Troop Cal
lahan, has just completed her
junior year at Woman's college,
kireensboro. Alter taking a short
summer course at Lenoir-Rhynt
college, Hickory, she plans to
return to Franklin and open a
kindergarten at her home on
Harrison avenue.
Clell Bryant, who is a mem
ber of the rising senior class at
the University of North Caro
lina, Chapel Hill, is at homt
and will be employed by Bry
ant Furniture company this
summer.
George Patton was graduated
from N. C. State college last
March 1. He is now employed
in Richmond, Va., In an archi
tect's office. He is the son of
R. A. Patton.
Tom Setter, son of Mr. and
Mra. Joe Setaer, of the Car
toogechaye community, a ris
ing senior at N. C. State col
lege, U teaching to tta? veterana
farm program in Swain county.
MUa Barbara Stockton, who
haa Juit computed h?r first
? OoKtlnued on P?fi Blfht
BOARD PASSES
ORDINANCES ON
PRIVILEGE TAX
Order Ponds Sprayed As
Anti-Mosquito
Move
The Franklin board of alder
men, at its monthly meeting
Monday night, adopted, a priv
lige tax ordinance tor the 1S)48
4a liscal year, ordered used
motor oil sprayed on ponas
within the town limits to Keep
down mosquitoes, heard a num
oer of citizens voice complaints
or make requests, and transact
ed con?ideraoie routine business
The privilege (business ana
jccupationi tax ordinance is
similar to that in ellect in re
cent years.
The. matter of mosquitoes was
jrought to the board's atten
tion oy Clerk E. W. Long, at
i.he request of George wan.
.i win rauun tiered to donate
x quantity of used motor oil to
,ne town, and T. L. Kaoqrn, as
,?sianl water supermtenuent,
was instructed to spray it on
pio-jis of stagnant water as soon
?s his other duties will permit. |
Tne board ordered a lot, given i
he town by Harry Tnomas, as!
j. deep yen site, deeded back j
.o but. Thomas. Tne site was
disapproved by state health au
.norities, and a contracting firm
.s now boring on the Dan iiry
jon property. The well so lar
.ias been sunk aDOUt 4U0 ieet, it
was reported.
ihe ooard also voted to allow
Jlerk Long $50 for work" on tne
-owa tax list.
Mrs. Margaret Ordway and hei
son, Alien Oraway, appeared to
Jiscuss the problem of poison
-hey reported someone put out
.ecently on Iotia street. Mrs.
ordway made the point that the
poison, placed on bread tounu
within a lew mches of the side
walks, mignt easily have killed
jne or more children. Mrs. Ord
way's dog, on a leash, was pois
oned, though it was said the
iinimal haraiy touched tne pois
jned bread.
W. C. Burrell suggested that
a warning be issued 01' tne
danger to children, and that
anyone caught putting out pois
on would be prosecuted. Mayoi
T. W. Angel, Jr., Said that u
sufficient evidence becomes
available, criminal action wii.
be taken in the recent case.
Mrs. Estner fcreas pointed out
.hat small boys, now that they
?re out of school, are killing
jirds, in many cases song birds,
and doing other damage? all,
,?irs. Jr ieas emphasized, for lack
A something better to do. She
isked if there was anything the
joard could do to help occupy
>ne Boys. She was assured of the
.oard's support of any practic
able project. The discussion
jrought out two suggestions:
ihat the boys, through Boy
->cout leaders, be taught birdlore
and the importance of bird con
servation; and that some group
organize the boys to clean up
the town, particularly back lots.
T. M. Porter asked the board
-o do some work on the road?
-he old highway? that runs be
tween his residence and that ol
Mrs. T W. Angel, Sr., and on
*o the Guest place. He said the
jnly work done on the road in
20 years was financed by him.
dlignt families are on the street,
ae said. The street committee
jvas asked to look at the road
j.nd use its discretion.
H. A. (Chub) Wilhide called
attention to water that, he said,
is damaging the street ana
nearby yards and fields by flow
ing around the Van Raaltt
plant whenever there is a heavy
rain. All the water from tn?.
roof, covering nearly an acre,
he said, runs over the surrounu
ing area. Members of the buaru
?gieeu that It would be neces
sary to put in a storm sewer to
take care of the situation.
Randolph Bulgln requested,
and was granted, a two-week
extension of the time allowed
him to remove a fence that is
said to go down the middle of
a subdivision street. It was ex
plained by R. S. Jones, town at
torney, through whom the re
quest was made, that Mr. Bul
gtn wished to have his own sur
vey made of the property lines.
Mr. Jones also passed on to
the board, for It* Information, a
statement he said Walter Dean,
guardian for Walter H. Burch,
and Mrs. Burch had aiked him
to relay to the aldermen. Mr.
Dean and Mra. Burch complain
ed that Policeman Tom Phil
lips about a month ago had
threatened and ountd Mr.
Burch, and they aald unlaw the
?Continued ob Fan Hint
Board To inspect Schools
Throughout County; Work
To Begin On Addition Here
$1,031 Raised
By C. Of C. In
Drive So Fair
With many persons still to be
seen, the Franklin Chamber o.
Commerce Wednesday reported
a total fund raised to date in
this year's solicitation of $1,
031.50.
Frank I. Murray, the organi
zation's secretary, said he
thought that the drive would be
completed within the coming
week. In order to assist in
making this possible, he urgeci
all who have not been solicited
and who wish to assist tht
Chamber of Commerce in itt>
work to bring their contribu
tions to the tourist informa
tion booth on Main street.
Officials expressed the hope
that the $2,000 goal set up by
the board of directors will be
reached and urged everyone to
contribute his or her share so
that the organization's directors
can carry out the program out
lined. The program includes
tourist advertising in some of
the larger southern cities and
supplying information concern- t
ing what Macon County has to
oiler to interested individuals
and industrial concerns.
Recruiting
Here Tops 35 Stations In
2 Carolina?
The army air force recruiting
sub-station here led the 35 sta
tions in the two Carolinas in
recruiting during May, accord
ing to an announcement re
ceived here.
The Franklin station, serving
the six southwestern counties oi
North Carolina, obtained 25 en
listments during May. The sta
tion, which is headed by T.
Sgt. James R. Dance, had a
quota of 17 for the month. It
obtained 147 per cent of Its
quota, thereforei The next
highest rating went to New
Bern, with 139 per cent.
The local station's top stand
ing in the Carolinas lakes on
added significance in the light
of the fact that the Carolinas
have been leading the entire
Third army area for the past
four months.
Of the 25 men enlisted here
during May, five are from Ma
con County. They are:
Homer C. Crawford, of Frank
lin, Route 2; Ralph H. Dowdle,
of Route 3; Gaston Clark, of
Route 3; William H. Sanders, of
Route 2; and Fred R. Stamey,
of Route 2.
Mrs. Parrish
Is Named To Postmasters
Association Office
Postmaster and Mrs. C. C.
Potts returned to Highlands
Saturday after attending the
state convention of the Nation
al Association of Postmasters In
forehead City.
Mr. Potts said he was pleased
that the Macon County post
masters were acclaimed one
per cent membership in the as
sociation. Mr. Potts also report
ed that Mrs. Blanche Parrish,
of Otto, was elected fourth
<lce-president of t he state
chapter of the association, and
that she asks that the post
masters of Macon County pledge
her their support duung nei
tenure of office.
Renshaw At Supervisors'
Conference At Fcnt&na
E. W. Renshaw, supervisor of
the Nantahala National Forest,
Is at Fontana this week, attend
ing a five-day conference of U.
8. Forest supervisors. The meet
ing Is for supervisors of Region
8, which embraces the south
western part ol the United
States, Including Texas and
Oklahoma. Mr. Renshaw was In
charge ot arrangements tor the
gathering, and is a member ot
several committee* on various
phases ot forestry.
Revival
Well Attended; Special
Services Planned
At the county-wide, interde
nominational revival being held
at the Friendship tabernacle,
"Family Night" will be observ
ed this (Thursday* evening, it
was announced.
Friday night's service will be
especially for Sunday school of
ficers and teachers, and Satur
day evening a special service is
planned for young married
ouples.
The services, conducted by the
Rev. John R. Church, of Win
ston-Salem, will continue each
evering at 8 o'clock through
next Friday. Two services will
be held Sunday, at 3 and 8
p. m.
The revival series is being well
attended, it was said, with the
crowds filling or nearly filling
the big tabernacle.
With
Softball
League
Following is a Franklin Soft
ball league summary:
Teams' Standing
Won Lost Tie
Burrell 2 0 0
Legion 2 0 1
Oilers ;... 110
Zickgraf .... 1 # 1 1
Rotary 1*2 0
Power Co 0 3 0
Last Week's Results
Friday night games:
Burrell 3, Rotary 1.
Oilers 12, Power Co, 11.
Monday Night Games
Zickgraf 21, Rotary t>.
Legion 20, Oilers 12.
This Week's Games
Friday, June 11:
Zickgraf vs. Power Co.
Burrell vs. Legion.
Monday, June 14:
Burrell vs. Oilers.
Rotary vs. Power Company.
Pet.
100b
1.000
.500
.500
.333
.000
Mrs. L, Smith
Taken By Death At Home
On Cartoogechaye
Mrs. Lawrence Smith, 62, died
at her home in the Cartooge
chaye community Tuesday
night at 10:30 p. m.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3
o'clock at the Mt. Zion Metho
dist church, with the Rev. Bill
Sorrells conducting the service
Burial followed in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Smith Is survived by her
husband; two sons, Willie, and
Harold; three daughters, Mrs.
Nellie Greenwood, Mrs. Annie
Ledford, and Mrs. Isabell Wil
liams, all of Franklin, Route 1;
and seven brothers, C. E., Jess,
Bob, John, Weimar, George, and
Tom Williamson, all of the Car
toogechaye community.
Funeral arrangements were
directed by Bryant funeral
home.
Commissioners
Approve 2 Road Petitions,
Grant Beer License
Issuance of one beer licen- 1
and approval of two road pe
titions marked Monday's meet
ing of the county board of com
missioners.
The beer license was granted
to L. G. Appley, of Highlands,
for the Dugout there.
The commissioners approved
and sent to the State Highway
and Public Works commission
petitions requesting the state to
take over and maintain the
Setser Branch road, which leaves
the Georgia highway at the
Rainbow gas station, and the
Carson Cove road, In the Iotla
community.
BUYS PROPERTY
The purchase by S. M. Rog
ers ot the Coffey residence on
Palmer street w u announced
thU week.
Burningtown, Oak Dale
To Be Consolidated
With Iotla
Members of the county board
of education ? Monday unani
mously voted:
1. To proceed with the con
struction of a four-ioom adui
tion to the Franklin scliooi, esti
mated to cost $16,000.
2. To consolidate the one
teacher schools at Buiningtown
and Oak Dale with the Iot:a
school.
3. To make an inspection tour,
in company with the couiuy
superintendent, of all the school
buildings in the county in uucr
to determine what repairs and
improvements should be maue
before the opening of scnool
?next fall.
The motion to inspect the
school buildings was made by
Bob Sloan, who pointed out
that, by visiting the buildings,
the board members and super
intendent can see for tnemselvcs
what is needed. '-We may see
ouildings", Mr. Sloan said, "that
can be greatly improved by
spending just a little money".
He suggested that the trip be
made prior to time for adop
tion to the next fiscal year's
budget, so that provision can
be made in the budget for such
repairs and improvements are
decided upon.
Walter . Gibson immediately
approved the idea by comment
ing, "I'll go with you", and
Frank Browning formally sec
onded the motion, which was
passed without further discus
sion. No date was set for the
trip.
Pointing out taht Macon
County is penalized, in allot
ment of teachers, by existence
of one-teacher schools where
the pupil load is less than the
state figure, and adding that
the Burnlngtown school build
ing?the oldest in the county
and originally built as a school,
not for school purposes-is the
worst in the county, County
Superintendent G. L. Houk rec
ommended the consolidation of
the Burningtown and Oak Dale
schools with the Iotla school.
He pointed out that, at the
Iotla school, is a building for<
merly used as a lunchroom, but
now unused. By ceiling the
building and putting in a par
tition, two classrooms can be
provided for the pupils irom
the Burningtown and Oak Dale
schools, he said. His recommen
dation was adopted, upon mo
I tion of Ed Byrd, seconded by
Mr. Browning.
Also adopting Mr. Houk's
recommendatioons on the addi
tion at the Franklin school, the
board decided to buy a plot of
land 250 by 100 feet from E. B.
McCollum for $900 upon which
to erect the structure, use plans
drawn by Mr. Houk, and em
ploy Nat Phillips to serve as
construction foreman, under the
supervision of the county su
perintendent and the board. Mr.
Houk was authorized to ootaui
such materials as are so avail
able under state contract, and
to let bids for other materials
to the lowest bids who can
make Immediate delivery.
The new structure is to be
placed at the northern end of
the "little building" on the
school grounds. At that point,
Mr. Houk pointed out, the school
property extends only 18 inches
beyond the northern end of thj
existing building. Mr. McCollum,
the superintendent reported tJ
the board, has agreed to sell thj
1 250 x 100 foot plot for $900. By
! buying a plot that large, the su -
1 perintendent pointed out, thj
| school will have access to t sub
? Continued on Pane Eifht
The Weather
Temperatures and i recipita
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 77 40 0
Widnwday 48 .00
Thursday
Friday ...
Saturday
Sunday .
Monday .
Tueiday
79 45 o
81 43 0
85 54 0
82 81 0
89 04 .87
79 54 ,03