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Macon Highway Safety Record for 19 AS to Date (||?UI Mlic k t way fair.. I records) killed J INJURED ? Do Your Part to Keep ine^t' figures Down! t fftftkliti flftf as b "?\\t ISjtgblan'bjS JSacouian Vol. lxiii-no. 32 FRANKLIN. N. C- THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1948 ORDER CHILDREN KEPT HOME AS POLIO SPREADS L. x New Cases, Three in One Family, Are Reported Here With six now cases of polio myelitis three In one family having developed here in the past live days, Dr. M. B. H. toiclwl dlstrW. health officer, Tuesday restricted public gath erings In this county, and ord ? red all children under 16 years ol age kept strictly at home. The health officer's action foiiowed conterences here with local officials and physicians. The order bans children from theatres, Sunday schools, and vacation Bible schools. One new case developed last Saturday, one on Sunday, three cn Tuesday, and one Wednes V ouy, bringing this county's total to eight. All of the cases, save one, de ? veloped In the Rabbit creek community, or in that general section of the county. ? The new cases are: Peggy Ruth Cunningham, aged 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cunningham, of the Bonny Crest section of Frank lin, who was taken to the Or thopedic home In Ashevllle Sat urday night, after an illness of two days. Latest reports were that she still is quite 111, but that It is too early to teli huw serious her condition is. Mary Frances Ammons, six year old daughter oi -?ii. una Mrs. Orcn Ammons, of the Rab bit Cieek community, who was taken to Ashevllle Sunday nigm, after having been ill since tlic previous Tuesday. Her tempera tare is back to normal, it was learned heie, but., in her case, loo, physicians are not yet able to say wnui. the outcoi.jnj may be. Johnny, 6, Walter, Jr., 4, and Jimmy, 2, three of the five children of Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Taylor, of Rabbit Creek, who were diagnosed Tuesday as suf > lenng from the disease, and taken to the Orthopedic home. Kenneth Rankin, aged 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Rankin, of the Rabbit Creek section, whose illness was diagnosed as polio Wednesday morning. He . was taken immediately to Ashe- | ? Continued on Pace Six Social Security Official 'l o Be In Franklin Friday A representative of the Ashe vllle field office of the Social Security administration will be at the register of deeds oifice here tomorrow (Friday), instead j of Tuesday of this week, as was ' previously announced. Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the (ilea of Tbe Press) SO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK The post office of Crawford has been removed from Mr. E. L Slagle's to Mr. Isaac Conley's, three miles nearer Franklin, and Mrs. Crawford has been appointed postmistress. This gives one mile and a half be tween Plneland and Crawlord. i Revs. Wagg, Sherrill, Sheldon, Owen, Edes, and Messers. George Patton, Jake Slagle, Lee Crawford, and sister, Vlrgle, re turned from the Methodist dis trict conference yesterday. 25 YEARS AGO Farm Agent Arrendale has been successful In securing two speakers to help him hold a series of farmers meetings dur ing the month of August. The State Board of Health is sending a dentist for about a month's work In the schools of this county. The amount of funds Is limited and In order that he may be able to do the most work possible, different school districts will help ar range for his transportation to and from Franklin. The work is free. 10 YEARS AGO - The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, I rector of St. John's church, Columbia, S. C., and a native son, of Macon, will be the preacher at the services of the Episcopal churches In tbe coun ty next Sunday, August 7. PVT O. W. STANFIELD Stanfield's Funeral Held At Sugarfork Last rites for Pvt. Ollne W. Stanfield, Macon County man who was killed In France Sep tember 18, 1944, at the age of 37 were held at the Sugarfork ? Baptist church Tuesday after noon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. Arvll Swafford of ficiated, and the local post of i.he American Legion, of which the Rev. Hoyt Evans is en - lain, conducted the rites at the grave, in the church cemetery. The body arrived here Monday, and was taken direct to the nome. Pvt. Stanfield, who entered the service in November, 1943, received his training at Fort Eusiis, Va., Camp McCain, Miss., I and Fort Meaae, Md. He was at home once on furlougn before ' going overseas. Survivors include his wiflow, the former Keba Boston; four young 'children, Bobby, Richard, Elizabeth Ann, and Jimmy Ed gar; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam W. Stanfield; four sisters, Miss Ora Stanfield, of Frank lin, Mrs. Claude Crunkleton, ol Franklin, Mrs. Doyle Morgan, ! of Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. Ther cn Home, of Charlotte; and two brothers, Willie Stanfield, cf Franklin, and T. L. Stand iteld, of Pontiac, Mich. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Bryant funeral home. X-Ray Survey Begun; Examinations Free Tio Adults Chest X-ray examinations, free to all Macon County per sons 15 years of age or, older, were begun In Mlllshoal town ship Tuesday morning, starting point for the county-wide sur vey, when the mobile X-ray unit provided by the State Board of Health arrived there. The X-ray unit and the plates are provided without charge by the state. Clerical work costs and incidental ex penses will be paid from a fund raised in this county by donations. The schedule called for the unit to go from Mlllshoal to Cartoogechaye yesterday (Wed nesday), and to Otto school to serve Smlthbridge township to day and tomorrow. The schedule for the remain der of the time the unit will be in this county follows: August 7, Cowee sfchool; Aug ust 10, Cowee school; and Aug ust 11 through 28, Franklin, on Phillips street, near the county jail. Another mobile unit will be at Nantahala station August 18 and 19 and will offer the free X-ray service to persons living In the Otter Creek and Kyle communities. Mrs. Frank Shope, county health nurse, said that It is hoped that every Individual will take advantage of this oppor tunity, as the success of the survey Is dependent upon the cooperation of the public. Oth er pertinent facts concerning the survey that Mrs. Shope said she felt that the public should know are: The X-ray Is free to the In dividual. The X-ray examination takes only a minute or two. The X-ray requires no un dressing. Each person examined will receive a report by mail. The Bt. John's Episcopal church dally vacation Bible school, on Cartoogechaye, which > had been scheduled to start next Monday, has been canotl ' ed on account of the polio sit uation, It was announced this week by the rector, the Rev. A. Rutin Morgan. MANN'S OUSTER AS SCHOOL HEAD URGED. OPPOSED T wo Delegations Appear 1^13. j beard; Action Is Postponed The county board of educa ?ii .? ivionaay heard opposing : delegations from Smithbridge township on the question 01 whether J J. Mann should re ma.n as principal 01 the OuU school. One delegation, presenting ii petition bearing 177 signatures asked that Mr. Mann not be le assigned to the Otto school. '1 ni second group, appearing be!oi\ the board a lew minutes latei urged that he continue as pru? cipal at Otto. A third delegation appeared before the board to seen eitht. the reopening of the one-teach er Buck Creek school or im provement in the piesein. ui olidation arrange. uent. In addition to hearing th?. delegations, the board si Thursday, September 2, as 111 date for opening the county schools. It was explained tha. that date is tentative, depend lng on developments, especial, with reference to polio. The county's schools usually opt. the latter part of August. The board also decided U. hold a called meeting at 2 p. m Saturday, August 14, to assigi. teachers to the various schook in the county. Mr. Mann, as well as othei teachers in the county, will be assigned at that time. The ses sion August 14 will be a joint meeting of the' board of educa Continued on Page Six ? Name Cochran Night Police; Act On Fence i Employment of Homer Coch ran as night policeman here, payment of the remainder of the bill for the paving of De pot street, and further discus sion of the perenpial problem of the fence, allegedly in the middle of Wilkie street, in the Bob Davis subdivision, featured Monday night's meeting of the Franklin board of aldeimen. The board also: Adopted the usual order for advertisement of last year's un paid town taxes. Ordered "no parking" signs painted an the concrete of the sidewalk in front of sstewaii s ' gas station and traffic tickets 1 given violators. Voted to give all salaried em ployes of the town two weeks with pay, after one year's serv ice. Only the policemen have re ceived vacations in the past. Discussed the possibility of some form of DDT spraying oi the town as a polio preventive measure, and decided to follow the advice of the district health officer on the matter. At the suggestion of W. C. Burrell, it was decided to use some form of spray on the town dump, in any case. Decided to go ahead with plans for improvement of Paul ine avenue, a street whose resi ? Continued on Pi(e Six Two Facing Execution Are F rom Aquone, But Not Natives Of Macon John Howard Long, 24, and James D. Pressley, who gave their addresses as Aquone, were sentenced to death at Waycross, Ga., last week, for the murder of William E. Edwards, of Cor dele, Oa. Although Pressley was ar rested at Aquone some weeks ago, It was said at the sheriff's of lice heie that neltner he nor Long is originally from Macon County. Pressley, whose home is somewhere in Piedmont North Carolina, married an Aquone girl it was said, and It Is understood that Long had lived at Aquone only a short time. They were convicted of kill ing Edwards, an ex-serviceman, after he had picked them up along ? highway north of Jacksonville, Fla. They were charged with rifling his pockets of $7, and then driving ott with a Is automobile. They are sentenced to die In .he electric chair Auguat 37. PFC. G. T. MARTIN Pfc. Martin To Be Buried At Raleigh Pfc. George T. Martin, son of drs. Ida H. Martin, of the Car toogechaye community, and of i,he late Rev. J. L. Martin, will be burled in the national cem jtery at Raleigh at 1 p. m. Thursday of next week. A tele ,ram received by his mother Tuesday fixed the date. Pfc. Martin was killed In ac iOn at Brest, France, August SO, 1944, at the age of 19. A graduate of the Franklin High school and a member oi .he Mount Hope Baptist church, le entered the service Decem ber 10, 1943, and received his training at Camp Croft, S. C., and Fort Meade, Md. Mrs. Martin will go to Ral eigh for the services for her son. A daughter, Miss Dorothy Martin, of Waynesville, and a son, Frank Martin, of Lenoir, also will be present. Other survivors are three sis ters, Mrs. W. N. Dalrymple, of the Cartoogechaye community, Miss Eula Martin, of Drexel, and Mrs. Winfred Brendle, al so of Drexel. Boy Who Shot i Father To Be Examined By Psychiatrist No legal action has been tak en against Stephen Shepherd, 10-year old Holly Springs boy, who shot and seriously wouna ed his father. Garland Shep herd, 42, with a .12 guage snoi gun at the Shepherd home last Thursday afternoon, it was said yesterday by Solicitor Thad L> Bryson, Jr. Mr. Bryson explained that he is deferring mailing a Uecisiui. on what to do in the case, pending a psychiatrists exam ination of tne child, which members of the family have said they plan to have made, and pending recovery of the father and learning his wishes in the matter. Mr. Shepherd, who was wounded about the head ana face, suffered injuries to the right eye which made it nec essary to remove the eye. It was said at Angel hospital. His condition was reported as satis factory. The boy, who it is said has proved difficult to manage for a number of years, shot his father, the latter told officers, after Mr. Shepherd had whip ped him for fighting with an other boy. Stephen entered the house and got the gun, his lather said, and fired from the doorway. Mr. Shepherd was 50 to 60 feet away from the door it the time. ?>gt. " Humgarners Rites To Be Held Sunday In bwain Funeral services for S. Sgt. James Berlin Bumgarner, broth er of Mrs. Oscar C. Bryant and Miss Frankie Bumgarner, of Franklin, will be held at the home of Sgt. Bumgarner's mother, Mrs. R. C. Bumgarner, of Whlttler, Route 1, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. John Hyatt, pastor of the Wilmot Baptist church, assisted by the Rev. Henry Cochran, of Alarka, and the Rev. C. E. Parker, of Franklin, will conduct the service, and the American Legion will be in charge of the graveside rites In the family cemetery. Sgt. Bumgarner, who entered service In December, 1942, and j went oversea* In August, 1M4, ' died February 20, 1MB of wounds. He was 12 years of age. Arrest Of 4 Here Solves Burglaries In 3 W.N.C. Towns J. M. Brogden Rites Set Fo.r Friday In Bryson City i Funeral services for T-5 James Brogden, son of Mr. and Mrs. J, A. brogden, ol the West's Mill community, will be held ' tomorrow (Friday)' afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Bryson City Methodist church, with the Rev. D. P. Grant and the Rev. Jud Medlin, officiating. Interment will follow in the Arlington Heights cemetery, with military rites. Mr. ?rogden died on Luzon June 16, 1945, of wounds re ceived two days earlier. Mr. Brogden, who was edu cated in bryson City and was a member of the Mt. Carmel Baptist church, entered service in December, 1942, and went overseas in August, 1943. Survivors, in addition to his parents, include four sisters, Mrs. H. P. Robison, of Jack sonville, Fla., Mrs. W. T. Muse and Mrs. E. T. Garrison, of Belmont, and Mrs. J. P. Norton, of Frantclin; and six brothers Frank and Lesley, of Newpori News, Va., BilUe, of Kmzuu Ariz., Milton, of San Diego, Calif., and Ed. and Jimmy, oi Franklin. BAPTIST MEET TOOPENTODAY Annual Session Of Macon Association Will Be Held In Highlands The Macon County Baptist as sociation will hold its forty fifth annual meeting at thi Highlands Baptist church todaj (Thursday) and Friday. The sessions will open at It 1 o'clock this morning, with J. H Stockton, moderator, presiding and will continue until mid- 1 afternoon Friday. i Following this morning's song 1 service and the devotional, tc ? be conducted by the Rev. Pau, ' Nix, business will be transacted ? 1 appointment of reading clerk. < -aji for church letter, en rollment of messengers, ano organization. The moderator will lecognize the visitors present, und the Rev. C. E. Parker, First church pastor here, will deliver the doctrinal sermon Lunch will be served at noon, and the afternoon session will open with sorg piuye. jy the Rev. J. I. Vinson. Committees will be appointed, ? Continued on Pate Six flane Damaged When It Skids On Muddy Runway At Airport Orant Zlckgraf's AT-6 air plane was damaged In a taxi accident at the Franklin air- i port about 11:30 a. m. Tuesday. No one was hurt, and It was said at the field that the plane will be back In the air within a fortnight. G. B. Perkins, airport man ager, was piloting the ship. Hi was preparing to take off for , Washington to deliver a port folio belonging to Secretary oi the Army Kenneth C. Rolayj (Secretary Royall recently was, at Cashiers on vacation at the time. Mr. Zlckgraf said Mr. Ferklns had been up to check the weather and had returned to the field to take on gas. With the heavier load, the plane failed to take off from the wet runway, and, as It near ed the end of the runway, Mc Perkins put on the brakes. The ship, moving along the ground at about 10 miles an hour, skidded and nosed over into a ditch. As the ship went over, Mr. Perkins stuck to his plane to cut off switches and gaso line. One blade of the propeller tv as bent In the accident, and the fire department was sum moned when a carburetor blaze started, but the fire was under control before the firemen ar rived. Mr. Royall's paper's were sent by automobile to Seneca, S. C., I to be placed on a plane there. Will Try Quartet Tiiia M jnth For Robberies In Highlands Following the arrest here lust week of l\\? men anil two women In an automobile loaded with burglar's tools, a Myites ui Western North Carolina robber ies has been cleared up, it wu announced here yesterday. The (our (ace trial not only lor breaking Into and robbing Potts brothers store, the High lands theatre, and Doyle's aeu Servlce grocery In Higliluiius July 10, but (or the $7,uu0 rob bery of Tiger's store In Haye* ville last March, and the bery q( the Spruce Pine dry several months ago One or more o ( the quartet also has been implicated in pojt office robberies. "We have the goods on them In the Western North Carolina cases, and are ready to go to trial", State Highway Patrol man Pritchard Smith, Jr., wi.o has done most o( the work on the case, said yesterday as he led (or Hayesville to take out warrants (or the (our in the Tiger's store robbery. They will go on trial here- in the Highlands robberies and on the charge o( possessing .burg lary tools at the superior court term opening August 23, Solic itor Thad D. Bryson, Jr., an nounced. In making the announcement, Mr. Bryson commented: "Mr. Smith has done one of the smartest pieces o( police work on these cases I have ever seen. We are (ortunate to have such alert and diligent officers as he and* those who have as sisted him." The (our defendants are F L. Phillips, 40, his wife, Mrs. Bonnie Phillips, 26, of Middles boro, Ky., and Bern Garland, 22, and his wife, Mrs. Irene Garland, 20, of Cumberland Gap, Tenn. At a hearing before Justice if the Peace J. M. Moore Mon day, the (our waived testimony, and were bound to superior :ourt. Garland and Phillips and his wife were held under bonds af $10,000 each on each of the two counts, a total of $2u,0ou each. Bond for Mrs Garland, whom authorities believe has had comparatively little to do with the series- of crimes, was set at $500. The courthouse was nearly filled by the crowd pres ent for the hearing. The (our wore arrested by Mr. Smith and Police Chief v. D. Baird Tuesday o( last week, when Mr. Smith recognized the last three numbers of their automobile license as tne same as those given him by a ? lands resident as having bcon noted on a suspicious car seen In Highlands just beioie the robberies there. When a search oi the car revealed a quantity or burglary tools, Phillips ran, but was caught by Mr. Baird. Wednesday night Mr. Umitn separated the group, taking Garland and Mrs. Phillips to the Bryson City jail. Then he started work, confronting one defendant with anothers ad missions or with a bit of evi dence he had dug up, until lie got partial or complete confes sions. Mrs Phillips and Garland have admitted the Highlands robberies, he said, and Phillips has refused to deny them. Mis. Phillips also has given informa tion about the Hayesville rob bery, and clothing thut came out of the Spruce Pine laundry ?Continued on Page Six 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 ........ 80 63 09 Wednesday 64 *7 Total rainfall for July 8.27. Mean tionthly temperature High Low Prec. Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday . Monday . Tuesday 85 60 .08 85 58 .01 84 57 .03 74 63 1.11 80 65 4.57 77 66 .72 71.8.