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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1948
Truman And Democrats Sweep U.S.
ELLIJAY SCHOOL
BUILDING WORK
TQ STM SOON
Board Decides To Build
Now; Auditorium Is
In New Plan
Reversing Its decision of a
month ago, the county board of
education Monday decided to
start construction of the EllLjay
school as quickly as cement to
pour the footing and other ma
terials can be obtained. At Its
October meelng, the board had
voted to defer actual construc
tion until spring.
The only other matter to
come up at the two-hour session
was a brief discussion of en
forcement of the compulsory
school attendance law.
Pointing out that many citi
zens are becoming interested in
the attendance problem. Bob
Sloan asked what the school
authorities could do about it.
"There is nothing we can do",
County Supt. Guy L. Houk re
plied, "but report to the county
superintendent of public wel
fare. After we have done that,
we are at the end of our rope.
And I understand principals
and teachers are covering up
the welfare office with truancy
reports, and that in many cases
the welfare department's In
vestigations show that the
children who are out of school
are legitimately entitled to be
out.
"By and large", he added,
-!"our attendance Is not bad."
After considerable discussion
of the Ellipsiy school and of a
building plan drawn by Mr.
Houk, the board decided to
substitute the latter ?; tor one
drawn bv the architect. Major
differences are that. Mr Houk's
plan calls for a smaller stage In
the auditorium and a flat,
rather that a sloping auditorium
floor. Mr. Houk told the board
the plan he proposed would cost
only two-thirds to three-fourths
as much as the plan proposed
by' the architect. He estimated
the building proposed by the
architect would cost about
$100,000, and the one he sug
gested a maximum of $72,066,
possllbly less.
The one-story building, of
cinder Mock and brick construc
tion, to contain 14,231 square
feet of floor space, will have
10 classrooms, four toilets, prin
cipals office, first aid room, and
auditorium. It is proposed to
? tfeeuse a cafeteria In a separate
a made the point that
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Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
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50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
On last Saturday evening the
Black Diamond Railroad party
arrived in Walhalla. They spent
last week on the trip over the
mountains from Knoxvllle and
coming along the proposed route
through Rabun Gap.
Sunday afternoon they drove
to the Stumphouse Mountain
and Inspected the tunnel.
Sir Thomas Tancred and Mr.
T. C. Dickinson will return to
London and the former will
make his report for his clients,
the large English capitalists
who propose to furnish the
money to build the road.
25 TEAS AGO
At the drawing held at Frank
T. Smith's Drug Store last Sat
urday the following numbers
were called In the order named:
879, 172, 757, 531, 799. Prizes
were awarded to Mrs. Harry
Hlgglns, the holder of number
172, and Mrs. C. C. Cunningham,
who held fan number 799.
' i* lias ago
..Highest ranking honorary so
ciety at Tforth Carolina state
cotiefe is Golden Chain, Vhich
limits its membership each year
to 12 outstanding seniors. In
cluded in this year's member
ship Is J. D. Putton, son of
R. A. Pattoa of Franklin.
WINS IN MACON? Carl S.
Slagle, Democrat, was elected
iMacon County's representative
in the 1949 central assembly in
Tuesday's general election. Mr.
Slagle, farmer of Cartoogechaye
nd Nantahata, defeated John
Ferguson, Republican nominee.
SEEK TO BRING
SYMPHONY HERE
Membsrsliiip Campaign
Throughout Cciunty
To Open Monday
Macon County's annual N. C.
Symphony membership cam
paign will get under way
throughout the county Monday.
The success of the campaign
will assure the return of the
Little Symphony orchestra -to
Franklin for the fourth succes
sive season. Since 1946, the or
chestra has come here each
year for twcwconcerts, an even
ing performance for members of
the Symphony Society, and a
free matinee for school children.
This year It is planned to bring
school children fropi the vari
ous outlying schools to the af
ternoon concert, which is de
signed for children.
Following a recent meeting of
the local executive committee,
Miss Laura M. Jones, county
chairman, announced the divis
ion of territory in Franklin and
the rural sections, and listed
those who are being asked to
canvass for memberships. A
committee of eight has been set
up to conduct the campaign in
Highlands. A total of $750 in
memberships must be raised to
reach the quota.
Those who become members.
Miss Jones pointed out, are
entitled to attend the evening
concert here, and may use ther
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Red Cross
Dinner Meeting Date
Changed To Nov. II
The date for the annual Red
Cross meeting which was to
have been held Friday night,
November 12, has been changed
to November 11, according to
an announcement by H. H.
Onuse, chapter chairman.
The change In the date was
made to avoid a conflict with
a meeting sponsored by the
PTA which has been set for
Friday night.
The dinner meeting will be
held at the Slagle memorial
building as was previously
scheduled. Two chief items of
Interest will be the presen
tation of the proposed estab
lishment of a blood bank by
the local red cross chapter, and
a report on the past year's ex
penditures. The blood bank pro
gram will be outlined by W. D.
Dibrell, Red Cross general field
representative for Western
North Carolina, and the budget
report will be made by Mrs.
Bob Sloan, executive secretary.
Letters hare been sent to all
contributing members to county
red cross organizations inviting
them to attend this meeting
to hear an accounting of the
previous year's work and make
, suggestions concerning the work
for the new year, Mr. Onuse
I said. He added that If any per
son had not received an Invi
tation and was Interested In red
crou work to be >ure to attend
the meeting.
DEMOCRATS WIN
AS MACON VOTE
FOLLOWS TREND
Truman Lead Dewey Har?
By Over &00; Slaglr
Wins House Seat
Macon County voters, follow
i-ng the national trend, Tuesday
gave majorities to the Demo
crats for every office, on the
national, state, district and
county tickets, unofficial re
turns from 10 of the county's
12 precincts showed.
President Truman and Vice
Presidential Candidate Alben
Barkley received 2,691 votes to
2,167 for Governor Thomas E.
Dewey and Earl Warren. Wal
lace and Thurmond received
only a scattering of votes, with
r; States' Rights mail polling
121 votes and the Progressive
arty candidate getting six.
Carl S. Slagle, Democratic
candidate for the house of rep
resentatives defeated his Re
publican opponent, John Fer
uson, 2,964 to 1,961 in the
Democratic landslide.
In the Presidential race, the
vote frn Macon County was not
as heavy as in 1944, . when
Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated
Dewey by 2,855 to 2,510, a total
vote of 5,365. In 1944 Mr. Dewey
polled 549 more votes than 10
precincts gave him Tueesday,
while Mr. Truman received 164
votes less than Roosevelt did
in 1944.
While continued rain through
out the day may have affected
the vote, it appears that a por
tion of Macon County's vclers
could not make up their minds
in the Presidential race, but
the Democrats came closer to
retaining their voting strength
than did the Republican party.
In the governor's race and
senatorial contest, W. Kerr
Scott and J. Melville Broughton
defeated George Prlichard and
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Situation On
Health Work
Is Explained
The Franklin Chamber of
Commerce this week made pub
lic a letter from the State
Board of Health dealing with
public health service in Macon
County on a basis of present
appropriations. The letter was
in reply to a'n inquiry from
the chamber of commerce.
Meanwhile, W. E. (Gene)
Baldwin, chairman of the board
of county commissioners said a
conference Is scheduled for later
this week with Dr. M. B. H.
Michal, district health officer,
on the question of health serv
ices and appropriations.
The letter from the State
Board of Health follows:
"Thank you for your letter of
Inquiry - relative to the appro
priation pledged by Macon
County to the district health
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Reelected President
HARRY S. TRUMAN
40 Macon Farmers Inspect
Asheville Federation Plant
Forty Macon County men in- 5
spected Farmers Federation fa
cilities and services in and near
Asheville Wednesday of last
week.
Making the all-day tour as in
vited guests of the Federation,
they traveled in a chartered bus,
with Harry Thomas, manager
of the Federation store here,
as host.
The group, made up chiefly of
representative farmers from
almost every section of the
county, included a member of
the local staff of the extension
service, a county commissioner,
a member of the county board
of education, and a reporter.
All adult ages were repre
sented, the oldest member of the
party having been 82-year old
John Corbin, who appeared to
enjoy the trip and to be just as
interested in the various dem
onstrations as those half his
age.
The first stop was the Fed
eration warehouse at the West
Asheville bridge, where the dele
gation was greeted by Federa
tion officials and employes, in
cluding office manager Joseph j
Higdon, former Macon man, and
Ernest Walker, one-time mana- I
ger of the Federation store here. |
After being shown through i
the warehouse, the group visited
the Federation's poultry proces
sing plant, where they saw an
assembly line that processes
chickens from killing to cutting
up? at the rate of 450 an hour.
The rate will later be stepped
up to 1,000 an hour, it was said.
The chickens go from a coop
to a moving cable. Attached by
the feet to the cable, head
down, they move to a point
where a man slits their throats
as they pass, thence over a
bleeding area, and then into
scalding water. Next their bodies
come in contact with vibrating
rubber brushes that automati
cally take off most of the fea
thers, the remainder being re
moved by persons who push the
unpicked portions against the
brushes. The fowls then pass
over a flame that singes their
bodies their heads and feet are
cut off by a revolving saw, and
they are then cleaned, washed,
and cut up. It takes just 14
minutes from the thne the
fowl's feet are attached to the
cable until it has been cut up.
The egg-candling room, where
five persons candle 125 30-dozen
cases per day, was visited next.
The Federation's new Sky
Line Dairy, where milk is pas
teurized in 16.2 seconds, was the
next stop. There the group was
photographed and a fried
chicken dinner was served. The
meal was interspersed with brief
talks by Federation representa
tives and members of the visit
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FOR PRESIDENT
Harry S. Truman (D)
Thomas E. Dewey <R)
Henry A. Wallace (P)
J. Strom Thurmond (SR)
GOVERNOR
W. Kerr Scott (D)
George M. Prltchard (R)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Carl Slagle (D)
John Ferguson (R)
COUNTY SURVEYOR
Ray Norton (D)
James Denman (R)
1080 152 151 43 344
667 125 179 174 326
3 10 0 0
54 4 15 5 3
330 227 40 47
161 82 106 213
1246 174 171 52 380
569 111 168 107 301
347 254 60 75
147 65 94 193
1238 158 163 49 388 .... 340 232 55 64
576 122 169 171 276 .... 446 75 95 198
1174 154 164 49 412 .... 231 224 49 #1
637 128 170 178 274 .... 149 70 96 201
BOTH SENATE
AND HOUSE LOST
BY REPUBLICANS
Upsetting All Predictions
President Gets 300
E!ect>cral Votes
In one of the greatest upsets
In American political history,
Harry S. Truman was reelected
President in Tuesday's voting.
His electoral vote yesterday
(Wednesday! afternoon appear
ed to exceed 300, or far more
than the 266 necessary lor a
majority.
With Mr. Truman and New
York's Gov Thomas E. Dewey,
the Republican nominee, run
ning almost neck and neck fa l
the popular vote, the result re
mained in doubt until mldmorn
tng yesterday. At 11:12 o'clock
yesterday morning, Mr. Dewey,
^onoedirv; the election of his
opponent, wired Mr. Truman
his congratulations.
A Democratic senate and
house were swept into office
with President Truman.
The result took the entire
country by surprise. All the polls
had indicated Dewey's victory,
probably by landslide propor
tions. Relying on these predic
tions, a number of persons here
were reported to have tet
heavily on Dewey, giving as
high as 10 to 1 odds.
The little man from Inde
pendence, Mo., who succeeded to
the Presidency in April, 1945,
upon the death of Pres'dent
Roosevelt, battled against what
appeared to be almost unsur
mountable obstacles.
Henry Wallace, former cabi
net member in the Truman ad
ministration, left the party to
lead a third Liberal party. And
Southern States' Rights Demo
crats, in rebellion over Mr. Tru
man's civil rights program, put
out their own ticket for Presi
dent and Vice-president, and
carried four states ^South Caro
lina, Mississippi, Alabama, and v
Louisiana? that normally a
Democratic nominee counts
upon.
With the party thus split,
many Democratic political lead
's ntttempted to ditch Truman
at the national Democratic con
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Mrs. E, D. Chastain
Dies From Self-Inflicted
Gun Wound
Mrs. Edward D. Chastnin, 43,
of Highlands, was found dead
pt her home Monday at 4 rv m.
by her eight year old son, Fred.
Death was caused bv a blast
from a 16 guage shotgun which
was ruled by a coroner's Jury
to be self inflicted.
Mrs. Chastain had been alone
In the house since 10 a. m., ac
cording to Pritchard Smith, Jr.,
state highway patrolman, who
investigated the accident She
was reported to have been in
ill health for some time.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday at 2:30 o. m. at the
Episcopal Church in Highlands.
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, rec
tor. will officiate. Burial will te
In Highlands cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Dewey
*Topper, Tom Harbison, Earl
Crunkleton, George Cleveland,
Jess Keener and Charles Doris.
Mrs. Chastain was the former
Miss Nettie Maybelle Keener be
fore her marriage in 1925. She
had lived all her life in High
lands and was a number *of
the Episcopal Church there.
Surviving are the husband,
Edward Daniel Chastain; four
daughters, Mrs. Llllle Crisp of
Gneiss; Louise, Pearl and Janle,
all of the home; three sons,
Thomas Chastain, stationed with
the U. S. Army in Alaska, and
Carl and Fred Chastain of the
home; two sisters, Mrs. Carrie
Purrls of Highlands, Mrs. Vlr
glna Smith of New York; a
brother, Mell Keener of High
lands; three half-sisters, Mrs.
Robert Rice of Highlands Mrs.
Mary Mlley of Atlanta and Mrs.
Jessie Mazzo of New York.
The body will be at the home
until the funeral hour. Bryant
funeral home is In charge of
arrangements.