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VOL. LXIII? NO. 26
FRANKLIN. N C.. THURSDAY, JUNK 24, 1948
W. L RAMSEY. !
WIDELY KNOWN
FARMER. DIES
Iotla Man Was Leader
In County Affairs,
CJnurch Work
William Lawrence Ramsey,
leading Macon County larmer,
business man, and cumiu?nij
leader, died at his home in the
Iotla community Thursday ni??i.
oi last week, following a heart
attack. He was 59.
Mr. Ramsey had suffered
from a heart ailment for sever
al years, and it was believed
the heart coudiiu/.i was
vated by tractor accident in
juries he received about six
weeks ago.
Living in a community that
itself k>ng has been known tor
its good neigliborliness, Mr.'
Ramsey was considered perhaps
the best neighbor in the com
munity. And that good neigh
b'orliness he carried over into
county and church activities.
About 25 years ago he served
for three terms as a member of
the county board of commis
sioners. He also served on the
county board of education. And
he gave generously of his time,
energy, and substance in the
construction of the present
Iotia Methodist church, which
he long had served as treasur
er and member of the board
of stewards.
Son of the late William Albert
and Reoecca West Ramsey, Mr.
Ramsey was born and reared
and spent his lne Wi the Iotla.
community. As a youth, he at
tended Emory and henry col
lege, in Virginia, where ue was
a roommate of the Rev. L. B.
Hayes, now of Henderson viiie,
and Cecil's Business college, in
Asheville.
He v.as the first superinten
dent of the state prison camp
here, a position ne held about
two years, and was the first
manager of the Farmers Fed
eration here.
Mr. Ramsey is survived by his
widow; i wo cniidren, William
Hyatt Ramsey and Emma Lou
Ramsey; a foster son, Roy Ram
sey; a sister, Mrs. A. L. McLean,
of Asheville; and a brother, Al
bert L. Ramsey, of the Iotla
community.
Funeral services were held at
the Iotla Methodist church Sat
urday morning at 11 o'clock,
with the pastor, the Rev. D. P.
Grant, assisted by the Rev. J.
H. Brendall, Jr., pastqr of the
Franklin Methodist church, offi
ciating. Burial was in the
church cemetary.
Funeral arrangements were
under the direction of Potts
funeral home.
SO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
W M. McDowell, of Smith
bridge, won the young men's
medal at Hayesvllle college.
Lee Barnard erected a tele
phone between his store and
residence yesterday.
J. O. Siler tendered his resig
nation from the board of edu
cation last week, which was ac
cepted by the county commis
sioners. Rev. J. A. Deal was
elected in his place.
The board of county commis
sioners was In session three days
of last week. The following
taxes were levied: For roads
and bridges 10 cents on $100,
and 30 cents on the poll; for 1
support of the poor, 3 cents on
each $100, and 30 cents on each ?
poll; for schools, 41 cents on
each poll; for ordinary purposes,
20 and 2/3 cents on $100.
25 YEARS AGO
The congregation of St. Agnes
Episcopal church now have a
full-time rector for their church,
Rev. J. E. Pipes having arrived
here the first of this week from
New York, Rev. Pipes and his
wife are making their home Ifi
the handsome new rectory re
cently completed.
"To" YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Palm
er, of Franklin, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Marie Love Palmer, to Daniel
Alexander Stewart, of Franklin.
The wedding was solemnized
Sunday evening at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Phil 8. Hoyt, In
Clarkeivlllc, a*.
Macon FFA Boys Win State Livestock Judging Championship
A three-member FFA livestock judging team from Maoon County captured top honors at the state contest in Raleigh June
15. The three boys are shown above with their vocational agriculture teacher, E. J. Whitmire, Jr. Left to right are Foy Dryman,
son of Mrs. Belle Dryman, Mr. Whitmire, Frederick (Bo) Setser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rrvan Setser, and Bob Tippett, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edgar Tippett. The championship carries with it state i'FA prizes totaling $500 ? $125 for each of the b}y$, and $125
for their teacher? and the right to represent North Carolina in the national contest, which will be held in Kansas City, Mo.,
next October, at the time of the American Royal Livestock show (here. In Raleigh, the local boys met the nine other top teams
from throughout the state, which had defeated more than 300 oilier teams in preliminary contests. The local trio had won May
1 in Waynesville, and May 8 in the regional meet at Statesville. Judging hogs and beef cattle at the Raleigh contest, all three
Macon boys consistently made high scores, to give them as a team a total of 544 points, as compared with 516 for the runners
up. The Macon team was trained by Mr. Whitmire and Siler SlaUe, assistant agriculture teacher in charge of farm veterans
Lraininr.
Town's New Well
Yields About SO
Gallons A Minute
A test made a few days
ago showed that the town
will obtain 45 or 50 gallons
?of water per minute from
the deep well being bared on
the Dan Bryson property in
East Franklin, Major T. W.
Angel, Jr., reputed. At that
time, the well wis approxi
malely 500 feet in depth.
The town authorities in
structed the firm digging
the well to go djwn another
15 ?r 20 feet, and that work
had been completed Tues
day. A second test was to be
made Wednesday.
From the three weils now
in operation, the town is
obtaining approximately 80,
45, and 25 gallons, or a total
of about 150 gallons. The
new well, therefore, is ex
pected to increase the water
supply by about one-third.
In previous summers, the
town has run short of
water. So far this season,
however, there has been
plenty, it was said.
Crusade
Seeks Aid For Child
Victims Of War
The "Crusade for Children",
a campaign which has as its
purpose the bringing of reliel
to more than 230,000,000 child
victims of World War II, will
be headed in Macon County by
Bob Sloan.
Mr. Sloan said that solicita
tion will be made by letter, and
that no house-to-house can
vassing will be done.
Pointing out that the "Cru
sade for Children" involves no
power politics, and includes no
spending for military aid, but
is based solely on the idea that,
"if you found a hungry orphan
child on your door step, would
you help it out? If so," he add
ed, ''please mail your contribu
tion to this drive to Postoffice
Box 364, Franklin, N. C."
He remarked that in three
years of overseas service in
Europe and North Africa that
one of the most pathetic things
he saw was the thousands of
homeless children whose plight
was brought about through no
fault of their own. "Surely Ma
con County people will do their
part to help these children", he
said.
17 PARTICIPATE
IN DRESS REVUE
Phyllis Mo&es, Senior
Winner, To Enter
State Event
Seventeen Macon County 4-H
girls participated in the county
wide Dress Revue last Saturday.
The girls, who represented
nine of the 4-H clubs in the
county, modeled dresses and
suits they had made of various
materials. The majority of the
garments modeled were cotton
prints in attractive designs lor
school, play and Sunday.
Phyllis Moses, daughter of P.
M. Moses, of Ellijay, was the
winner in the senior group. She
wore a rose rayon-gabardine
suit with black accessories. Dur
ing the 4-H Short Course in
Raleigh, August 23 to 28, sht
will participate in the State
Dress revue.
Second place went to Mar
garet Berry, of Higdonville, for
her white garbardine suit, and
third place to Patsy Hays, of
Highlands, for a combination
green butcher's linen and yel
low embroidery dress.
Ither contestants in the sen
ior group were: Martha Howard,
of Otto, Lucille Edwards; of
Iotla, Rosemary Huscusson, of
Slagle, Ruth Ray, of the Frank
lin Senior club, and Frances
Deal, Higdonville.
In the junior group, Konda
Teague, of Union, was in first
place with her green cotton
print casual dress. Second win
ner was Annie Sue McConnell,
of Otto, wearing a yellow cotton
print dress for school. Betty
Jean Henson, of Otto, was
third, wearing a pink cotton
dress trimmed with a small
white eyelet ruffle. She carried
a hand bag of the same mate
rial.
Other contestants in the jun
ior group were: Lorene Bates,
of Otto, Sally Mincy, of Oak
Ridge. Mary Johnston, of Union,
and Jeanna Cunningham, Esta
Mae Bingham and Birdie Bing
ham, of Franklin Junior club.
Judges for the revue were:
Miss Pansy Deal, home demon
stration agent in Swain coun
ty, and Miss Jean Childers, who
is assisting Miss Deal with the
home demonstration and 4-H
work tn Swain during the sum
mer months.
Rabies Vaccination Of All
Dogs Required; Burnside
Appointed As Inspector
The state law requires all
dogs to be vaccinated annually
igalnst rabies (madness), and
district health authorities have
announced the appointment of
Dr. O. H. Burnsldc. Franklin
veterinarian, as rabies inspec
tor (or this county.
The appointment will be fol
lowed b$ a campaign against
rabies here, health officials
?aid, with emphasis on vaccina
tion.
The law requires dog owners
to tMTO them vaccinated, and
' 6
makes the state health author
ities responsible for appointment
of rabies inspectors to admin
ister the vaccine, and for see
i ing that other provisions of the
statute are enforced.
The following highlights of
the state law on the subject
were cited by C. B. Thomas,
district sanitarian of the health
department:
It shall be the duty of the
owners of every dog to have
? Gwtftaued Pare Four
Thumb-Nail Sketches Of 2
Candidates For Governor
Following are brief sketches of the careers and platforms
of the two men between whom North Carolina Democratic
voters will choose, in Saturday's run-off primary, for gover
nor of this state:
Johnson
Charles M. Johnson, the son
of deaf mutes, was born on a
Pender county farm 57 years
ago.
For 26 years he has been in
the service of the state. He
started that service in 1922 as
a clerk in the state audito?"?
office, and he remarks today:
"I started out in public life as
a clerk. I want to finish as gov
ernor."
In 1925, he was appointed by
Governor McLean as executive
secretary to the county govern
ment advisory commission. Gov
ernor Gardner named him as
director of the Local Govern
ment commission in 1931, and
in 1932 appointed him state
treasurer. He has served in that
post since, having been nomi
nated and elected at four-year
intervals since.
After attending schools in
Burgaw, the Buies Creek Mili
tary academy and Bingham Mil
itary academy at Mebane, he
entered the amry during World
War 1, and was attending of
ficers training camp when the
war ended.
Returning to civilian life, he
was named district tax super
visor for a state-wide tax re
valuation ordered in 1919. From
that job, he entered the state
audiotr's office.
He married Miss Ruth Moore,
of Burgaw, in 1920, and they
have one son, Charles M. Jr.,
who is a law student at the
University of North Carolina,
following overseas service as an
enlisted man in the army dur
ing World War 2.
Johnson's hobbies, in order,
are deer and fox hunting (last
year he served as president of
the North Carolina Fox Hunt
ers association) ; attending base
ball games; and playing bridge.
In his campaign, he has
stressed promises to work for:
Increased teacher salaries and
lower pupil load; state aid in
building school-houses; no in
creases in taxes; a $100,000,000
band issue, if approved by the
people in an election, for im
proving farm-to-market roads;
increased old-age assistance and
aid to needy children, to meet
increased living costs; an ex
panded program of industrial
development of North Carolina;
and greater home rule for
counties, cities, and towns.
Federation Picnic Will
Be Held Here On July 17
The 1948 Farmers Federation
picnic for Macon County, an
annual event that is marked by
string music, the singing of
quartets and choirs, atheletlc
games and contests, and other
special and varied program fea
tures, will be held at the
Franklin school at 10 a. m. Sat
urday, July 17, it has been an
nounced by James Q K. Mc
Clure, of AshevlUe, Federation
president.
Scott
W. Kerr Scott has spent his
entire 52 years in pursuits con
nected with farming, and dur
ing his campaign he has em
phasized the idea that it is time
this state, with 60 per cent of
its population living in the rural
1 areas, should elect a farmer as
governor.
Born on a farm near Haw
River, Alamance county, the son
of a farmer and political lead
er, Scott earned money during
summer vacations while attend
ing A and M. college (now N.
C. State) to buy a 225-acre
dairy farm near Haw River.
The place, which he still owns,
now covers 1,300 acres.
After serving as a private in
the army during the last four
months of World War 1, Scott
started building up his dairy
business. In 1920 he became
Alamance county farm agent,
a position he held for 10 years,
when he was elected master
of the State Grange. He served
in that post until 1933, when
he became southeastern states
organizer for the Farm Credit
administration.
In 1936 he won the nomina
tion and election as commis
sioner of agriculture, and was
reelected in 1940 and 1944. He
resigned in February to make
the race for governor, As com
missioner, he has emphasized
farm marketing.
With that background, he
feels he can bring to the job
of governor "practical experi
ence in farming, agricultural
administration, and marketing."
Scott married Miss Elizabeth
White in 1919. They have three
children, Osborne, who man
ages the Scott dairy farm,
Mrs. A. J. Loudermilk, who lives
in Ohio, and Robert, a student
at Duke university.
Major planks in his platform
are:
More pay and reduced pupil
loads for teachers; state aid in
construction of schools; equali
zation of teacher pay on a
county basis; support of the
entire program administered by
the state medical care commis
sion; improvement of farm-to
market roads; abolition of the
house of representatives' "gag"
rule; a state-referendum on
liquor; equal taxation on co
operatives and other businesses;
removal of the sales tax on
meals in public eating places;
and reduction of the voting age
to 18.
4-H CAMP CANCELED
The Macon County 4-H camp
at Swannanoa, which had been
scheduled for next week, has
been canceled, it was announced
yesterday. The cancellation was
decided upon, due to the polio
situation In North Carolina.
VOTE SATURDAY
TO PICK NEXT
N. C. GOVERNOR
Democrats Will Choose
In Run-off Between
Jcfnscn, iccit
The polling places in Ma
con County's 12 precincts
will open (i:3U a.' m.
Saturday for the Democrat
ic se.ond primary elect.un,
and wul cl?e at b:30 p. 111.
Macon County Democrats,
along with Democratic voters in
the 99 other counties 01 North
Carolina, will go to the polls
Saturday to ch^jse a guveuiur
io? tne .*ext luui year;.,
i Technically, the voters will
select the party's nominee lor
governor, but in actual practice
the man nominated Saturday i.,
almost sure to be elected in the
iail general election.
The choice lies between State
Treasurer Charles M. Johnson
and W. Kerr ScOtt, former state
commissioner ol agriculture, the
l*o high men in the six-way
race in the first primary, held
May 29. *
In that election, Johnson led
Scott by 8,848 votes, but failed
to receive a majority, and Scott
called for a second primary.
Johnson, with an official total
of 170,141, received approxi
mately 40 per cent of the total
vote cast. Scott, with 161,25)3,
received about 38 per cent of
the total. More than 90,000
votes, making np 22 per cent of
the total, went to the other
four candidates.
Assuming that the vote
should be equally heavy Satur
day, the state winner would be
determined by how the 22 per
cent, which a month ago was
scattered among the four other
candidates, goes.
In Macon County the situa
tion is somewhat different from
that over the state as a who4e.
In this county Scott carried
eight of the 12 precincts, and
led Johnson by a margin of 303
votes. And in this county only
65 votes, or about three per
cent of the total, were cast] for
the other four candidates.' To
carry Macon, therefore- assum
ing an equally heavy vote
Johnson faces the task of win
ning over voters who voted for
Scott in May.
Locally and throughout the
state, however, it is idfficult to
speculate on the outcome of
Saturday's balloting, on a basis
of the first primary, for it is
generally believed that, with
only one contest to be settled,
the vote will be relatively light
?and the winner probably de
termined by which side is more
successful in getting out the
vote.
Bodies Of 2
Macon Men
On Way Home
The families of T-5 James M.
Brogden and Pvt. Oline W.
Stanfield have been notified by
the War department that these
Macon County men's bodies are
en route to the United States
from overseas.
T-5 Brogden, sen of Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Brogden, of the West's
Mill community, died on Luzon,
in the Philippines, June 15, 1945,
as a result of wounds received
in action.
Pvt. Stanfield, whose widow
lives in the Bonny Crest sec
tion of Franklin, was killed in
France, September 18, 1944.
No dates for fu-neral services
can be set until it is learned
when the bodies will arrive in
Franklin, but it was said that
Pvt. Stanfield's funeral and
burial will be at the Sugarfork
Baptist church.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday, as recorded at the
Coweeta Experiment station,
follow:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
| Tuesday
] Wednesday. ...
Max.
79
82
80
86
89
88
... 87
Min. Prec.
56 00
52 00
56 .29
57 00
68 00
55 00
64 1.26
59 00