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VOL. LXIII? NO. 36
FRANKLIN. N THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1918
TWELVE PAGES
Outlaw Beer, Wine By 10-to-l Vote
1 .1 - ' -
Move To Build
? Athletic Field Is
Launched At Meet
Construction To Start
Monday On .Concrete
Stadium
A movement to create a first
class athletic field on the
grounds of the Franklin school
has been launched here.
The first step is to be the
, construction of a 500-seat con
crete stadium, and plans tor
that project were outlined at a
meeting Monday night. Attend
ing the conference, neid at Jne
Agricultural building, were a
score of men, representing lout .
civic organizations ? tne ideas
club, the Rotary club, the Amer
ican Legion, and the Veteians
of Foreign Wars? which propose
to cooperate in a long-time pro
gram of improvement.
Even with donations or dis
counts on materials and laoor,
about $1,000 will be required to j
build the stadium, it is esti
mated. In order to get some
thing done in time for this year s
athletics, the V. F. W. volun- j
leered to lend the committee j
in charge $500, and work will
start Monday. Meanwhae, ma
terial and equipment.
placed on the site.
It is proposed to build eight -
inch concrete blocks every live
feet, on the north side of the
' field, and wooden seats will be
placed on these blocks. The
stadium, which will contain from
four to seven tiers 01 seats, de
pending on the lay of the
ground, will be situated between
the two 35-yard footDall l.nes.
Later, it is planned to tear
?fdown the present wooden fence
Jind build a permanent metal
lence, with a white pine hedge,
just inside the fence, to serve as
a screen.
R. R. (Bob) Gaines, chairman
of the four-organization com
mittee, appointed Don Allison
and Paul Russell to investigate
the possibility of planting the
pines now.
John M. Archer, Jr., and Prin
cipal W. H. Finley were named
as the committee in charge of
the construction of the seats.
Meanwhile, considerable work
already has been done? on a
? Continued on Page Eight
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I
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Fodder pulling time is here, |
but not much has been done on
account of rain.
From Thursday night to Sat
urday evening there was a rain
fall of 5 inches here. We learn
that a great deal of damage was
done by high waters on Car
toogechaye and Wayah creeks.
All the bridges above Mr. Elam
Slagle's were swept away. Mr.
W. Allison's grist mill, with sev
eral bushels of rye and meal,
was washed away. Much daftiage
was done to crops In bottom
lands. Roads were damaged and
the mail could not go through.
25 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Herman Dean and Mrs.
L. A. Berry spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Mrs.
John Deal.
Miss H. M. Berry, of Chapel
Hill, N. C., spent several days
here last week as the guest of
Misses Lassie and Elizabeth
Kelly. ?
10 YEARS AGO
The employes of the Frank
lin pest of lice enjoyed their
third annual T*bor day steak
supper and plcnie at Wayah
Crest last Monday evening.
After the supper, games and
ether amusements were enjoyed.
Miss Audrey Cenley, Miss Mil
dred Bryson, Miss Owendolyn
Morgan, Miss Virginia Scott,
Kenneth Cabe, and Harold
, Sloan, Jr., left Monday for Bre
A vard, where they will enter
"T^revard sellege to r tills year,
879 Vehicles
Approved, 123 Rejected
At Inspection Lane
Eight hundred seventy-nine
motor vehicles were approved al
the state's ? mechanical inspec
tion lane, which was here Aug
ust 21 through August 28, ac
cording to figures made public
by C. P. Sawyer, lane supervisor.
Of those approved, 411 won an
O. K. on the first examination,
while 439, which previously had
been rejected, returned, after
repairs or adjustment, and were
approved. Twenty-nine others
that were approved are "no
fee" (state owned) vehicles.
During the lane's latest stay
here, 434 vehicles were rejected
on their first examination, |
while 123 were rejected on re
examination.
The lane is expected to re- j
turn to Franklin lor its final
visit to this county later this j
year, probably in November.
MACON SCHOOLS
READY TO OPEN
Teacher Assignments
At Franklin Made
By Finley
It's back-to-school time for
some 4,000 Macon County chil
dren.
Two schools? Otter Creek and
Kyle, In the Nantahala section
will open today. Two others?
those at Highlands and Scaly
will start the year's work next
Tuesday.
And the other 17 in this coun
ty ? Franklin, Iotla, Clark's
Chapel, Union, Holly Springs,
Watauga, Oak Ridge, Mountain
Grove, Salem, Mashburn's, Gold
Mine, Higdonville, Pine Grove,
Otto, Slagle, Cowee, and Chapel
?will begin the li)48-49 school
year Thursday morning of next
week.
All the schools, with the ex
ception of Highlands, had been
scheduled to open today, but the
opening was deferred for the 17
in the Franklin school district
for one week, as a precautionary
measure on account of polio.
The Highlands school, by long
custom, always opens the day
after Labor day.
The Franklin school will start
this year with four additional
rooms, to be occupied by pri
mary classes, contained in the
addition construction this sum
mer. The additional room will
make possible three first grades
and three second grades this
year.
Teacher assignments at the
school here were announced
this week by Principal W. H.
Finley as follows:
First grade: Mrs. Elizabeth C.
Ouffey, Miss Amy Henderson,
and Mrs. Margaret Bradley;
second grade, Mrs. Lee Barnard,
Mrs. Elsie W. Franks, and Mrs.
Kate Williams; third grade,
Mrs. Pearl Hunter, and Miss
Elizabeth Meadows; fourth
grade, Miss Esther Wallace and
Miss Edna Janjison; fifth grade,
Mrs. Margaret Ramsey and Mrs.
Edith S. Hemphill; sixth and
seventh grades, J. J. Mann, Mrs.
? Continued on Page Eight
Macon Seventh
Among N. C. Counties In
Bond Drive
Macon County stood seventh
among North Carolina counties
In purchase Of V. 8. S, F, and
G saving* bonds during the se
curity loan drive, which ended
July 15, according to a report
received by H. W. Cabe, savings
bond committee for this county.
Olven ft quota of $85,000 for
the drive, this county exceeded
its quotft by 23.0 per oent.
Only six other counties over*
bought their quotas by ft largtr
11 REGISTER
FOR DRAFT IN
FIRST 2 DAYS
Questionnariss To Go
To 25- Year Olds
Next Week
Registration under selective
service? the second peacetime
draft in the history of the Unit
ed States ? got under way here
and elsewhere throughout the
nation Monday, and during the
first two days 100 young Ma
con County men registered.
Fifty-three were registered on
Monday, and 47 on Tuesday.
They represented every section
of the county, it was said at the
urait board otfice.
Tlie first man to register was
itaipn ivlcKiney Bingham, of the
cartoogechay'e community. He
appeared auout the time the
uiait board office opened Mon
day morning, ana snortly alter
8 Q'cicck haa become tne ilrst
Macon County registrant undei
the 1948 draft.
The registration, which is be
ing held in Room 9 of the Bank
of Franklin building, will con- j
unue tnrougn September 18. [
During that period ail young
men ia tnrougn 25 are required |
to register. The local draft
Doard s office hours are 8 a. m.
to 5 p. m.
Registration is by age groups,
and Monday was set aside lor
the registration of men who on
that date had not reached their
26th birthdays, but who will
oecome 26 during this calendar
year.
The first selectees will come
from this group, and question
naires, upon which classification
will be based, will go out to
? Continued on Page Eighi
Most Offices,
Stores Will
Close Monday
Most public offices and busi
ness establishments will be clos
ed Monday in observance of
^abor day. ^
Meetings of public boards,
{iue to be held the first Monday
in the month, will be postponed
until Tuesday. The board of
county commissioners and the
county board of education will
meet at the usual hours Tues
day instead of Monday, and the
Franklin board of aldermen has
postponed its monthly meeting
until 7:30 Tuesday night. The
Highlands board, however, will
meet at 8 o'clock Monday, as
usual. The town office in High
lands will be closed Monday.
Offices in the courthouse, ex
cept for the sheriff's office, and
the town office here will be clos
ed all day Monday, as will the
Bank of Franklin, the post of
fice, and most stores.
STILES FAMILY TO MEET
The Stiles family annual re
union will be held September 12
at the home of R. N. Stiles In
the Hickory Knoll section. All
friends and members of the
family are invitStt to attend
and bring picnic baskets.
How Macon Voted On Beer and Wine
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PRECINCTS - ,3 - 5
&C w 60
5 5 a a
t- 0# u. 03
O bit o bo
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MU'.shoal 9 183 10 180
Ellijay ? ? 7 277 9 281
Sugarfork : 1 198 1 198
Highlands 77 223 95 216
Flats ' 8 31 8 31
Smithbridge 21 189 25 185
Cartoogechaye - 3 287 8 280
Nantahala No. 1 4 142 3 142
Nantahala No. 2 1 214 1 215
Burnlngtown 1 1 189" 1 188
Cowee t 11 305 11 305
Franklin 113 934 146 909
TOTAL 256 3,172 318 3,130
Bern Garland, Who
Escaped From Jail,
Arrested In Ohio
Bern Garland, escap
ed from the Bryson City pail
while awaiting trial here on
charges growing out of the
robberies of Uiree places of
business in Highlands, was
captured in Cincinnati Mon
day night, Highway Patrol
man P rite hard Smith, Jr.,
learned Tuesday.
No details were learned
here about the arrest, and
Mr. Smith does not know
if Garland will be returned
here for trial. He is said to
be wanted by federal au
thorities in connection with
more than a score of post
office robberies.
He and Floyd L. Phillips,
alias James Floyd Philpott,
escaped August 21. Their
wives are being held in jail
here on similar charges,
under bonds- of $5,000 and
$20,000, respectively.
Final Rites
Are Held For
Pvt. McCall
Last rites tor Pvt. Bernice O.
McCall, who was killed in action
in France October 14, 1944, were
held at the Clear Creek Baptist
church, near Highlands, yester
day (Wednesday) morning at 11
o'clock, with the Rev. Oscar Nix
otiiclating. Burial followed in
the church cemetery.
Pvt. McCall, who was 32 at
the time of his death, was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Mc
Call, of Highlands and the hus
band of Mrs. Sarah Jane Owen
McCall, of Highlands. He joined
the Clear Creek Baptist church
at the age of 13.
He entered service in Septem
ber, 1943, and was sent over
seas in February, 1944.
Survivors, in addition to his
widow and his parents, include
four brothers, Herman, Tolliver,
J. B., and Cecil McCall, all ol
the Clear Creek community, and
? Continued on Page Eight
Franklin High Football
Squad To Start Season
In Murphy September 10
The Franklin ' High school
football squad will open the
1948 season September 10 with
a game at Murphy, Coach Mil
burn Atkins announced this
week.
As yet the schedule has not
been completed and Coach At
kins said he hopes to obtain at
least three or four or more
home games.
Games obtained to date are
as follows: Murphy, there, Sep
tember 10; Andrews, here, Sep
tember 17; Hayesvllle, there,
September 84; Sylva, there, Oc
tober 16; Robblnsvllle, there,
October 331 Liberty, 8. C., there,
November t; and Bryson City,
here, November 19. Efforts are
being made to obtain games for
October 1, 8, and 38.
Coach Atkins, pointing out
that this year's squad is com
PMtd of fmbmsa and]
sophmomores, said that he (eels
Franklin may not win more
than hall the season's games.
In discussing the season's
prospects, the new head foot
ball man was emphatic con
cerning two things: First, that
those who attend practice reg
ularly will be the ones who play
?"It they want to play football
while I am coaching, they will
have to practice regularly and
work hard while they are
there", second, equipment will
be Issued to those who began
practice early and that practice
deadline is September S<
He Implied that former first
stringers who might expect to
come out the day before the
Murphy game and draw equip
ment were apt to find that It
had all been given to other men
who had been hard at work for
tlM PMt tWQ WMkl.
COURT COLLECTS
TOTAL OF $3,019
Goes To Schools; Beer
Election Bond Is
Ordered Paid
Fines and forfeitures collect
ed at the August term of Macon
superior court, which was
adjourned yesterday (Wednes
day) afternoon, totaled $3,019.85,
figures compiled in the office 01
Clerk of Court J. Clinton
Brookshire show. This money
goes to the county school fund.
Bonds forfeited amounted to
$975, and fines collected, $2,
044.85.
In addition, the $500 bond
posted by Robert (Bob) Davis,
Lex Vanhook, Charlie Rogers,
and Wilson Rogers last February
when an injunction was ODtain
ed halting the beer-wine elec
tion that had been called for
that time was ordered paid.
The bond was posted to in
sure the county against damage
(chiefly the pre-election ex
pense incident to the election).
Clerk of Court J. Clinton
Brookshire was named at a
hearing on the injunction to
determine the amount of dam
age. Mr. Brookshire reported a
total damage of $625, but the
plaintiffs in the injunction case
were ordered to pay only the
amount put up as bond.
The court term, one of the i
longest held here in years, was |
adjourned yesterday afternoon,
after spending six days on the
civil docket. Among the cases
tried were two of particular in
terest in Highlands.
The automobile accident suits
against Miss. Katherine Otto
and her father, Gordon Otto, of
Miami, Fla., were compromised.
Under the judgment, the Ottos
were ordered to pay W. L. Reed,
administrator of the estate of
Sheridan Reed, $3,575, and to
pay Odell McCoy $800. The de
fend'ants also will pay the court
? Continued on Pate Eight
New Fire
Siren Arrives, Is Being
Installed
Since the motor of the fire
siren here burned out two
weeks ago, members of the
Franklin Fire department have
been nervous; without a siren
to call them to a fire, they haa
to stick close to telephones.
A new $411 siren of the latest
type, however, arrived this week,
and installation started yester
day.
The new siren, which can be
heard for a distance of from
two to five miles, depending on
weather conditions, is being in
stalled on a pole near the fire
bouse.
Swimming Pools Will
Not B? Opened Again
Although it has been three
weeks since a ease ot polio has
developed In this county, the
swimming pools, olosed earlier
as a precautionary measure,
will not be reopened this sea
son. To reopen them might be
taking a chance, In the opinion
of Dr. M. B. H. Mlchal, dUtrlct
| health officer, who announced
the dealllrm.
SPECIAL MACON
ELECTION DRAWS
3,448 TO POLLS
22 To Lose Beer License*
Unless Courts Rule
Ballot Invalid
Macon County drys won a
better than 10-to-l victory In
Saturday's special election.
The vote to outlaw the legal
sale of beer was just under 10
to 1, while the vote against wine
(which is now legally sold ia
this county) was more than 12
to 1.
Every precinct in the county
went overwhelmingly dry.
The figures for the county:
For the legal sale of wine, 256.
Against the legal sale oi wine,
3,172.
For the legal sale of beer,
318.
Against the legal sale of beer,
3,130.
As a result of the election, 22
business houses .and Mdiviuuiis
in Macon County who hold beer
licenses must discontinue the
legal sale of that beverage witn
in 60 days? unless the courts
should delay or forbid the oi
licial certincatlon oi the elec
tion returns.
A restraining order issued
Wednesday of last week forbade
the county board of elections to
certify the returns, pending a
hearing on the injunci.on,
which is set for 2 p. m. tw.p
tember 10 before Judge H.
Hoyle Sink in Kobbinsvilie.
While wine saies are now legal
in this county, no iirm or m
uiviaual has quauucd lor a li
cense.
The heaviest dry vote among
the county's 12 precincts
cast in Nantahala No. 2?214 to
1 on the wine issue, and 215 to
i on me legal saie of beer.
Second heaviest was In Sugai
lorK? i9b to 1 on both ques
tions.
Hie wets made their best
showing in Highlands township,
where the drys won by 01 uj
slightly more than ' 2-to-l. Tne
second highest proportion ui
wet votes was in Fiats, wheie
the margin was not quite 4 to i.
In Fran Klin, the arys carriea
ihe precinct by more than o
to 1.
For a special election, the vote
was extraordinarily heavy, a
total of 3,428 persons voted o?i
the wine issue, and 3,448 on
the beer issue. This compared
with 1,189 votes cast In the last
county-wide special election, tne
>400,000 school bond election
held in December, 1945.
The total vote cast Saturday
represents approximately 44 ptr
cent ol tne registeied voters m
the county. (The total registra
tion tor the May primary was
/ ,832.1
The election result, unless the
courts should prevent its going
into effect, will mean a revenue
loss to the governments of the
county and the towns of Frank
lin and Highlands estimated at
more than $30,000 a year.
The state divides a proportion
of the crown and stamp taxes
collected on beer and wine
among those counties pnd
towns which license their sale.
The amount received by Macon
County and the towns of
Franklin and Highlands for the
first quarter after the law went
into eifect amounted to approx
imately $8,000.
The county and two towns al
so will lose the much smaller
amount collected as license fees
from dealers. The county's
share of that for this year?
from 21 on-premises dealers
and one off-premises dealer? Is
$530 to date.
The 22 beer dealers In the
county paid their year's license
Continued on Pa[e Eight?
The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for the past seven days,
and th? low temperature yes
terday, a* recorded at the
Coweeta Experiment station,
follow:
High Low Prec.
Wednesday 88 57 .00
Thursday 87 56 .oo
Friday 88 64 .00
Saturday 00 54 .00
Sunday .............. 63 55 .00
Monday 00 55 .00
Tutsday 85 58 ,0Q
IWrinnUiy ?M?HM fill .99