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VOL. LX1II- NO. 47
FRANKLIN, N. C.. THURSDAY, NOV. 18, 1#*.
TEN PAGES
MANY HUNTERS
OUT FOR 3-DAY
DEER SEASON
Other Open Periods
Sst Thi? Mcnlh
And Next
Scores of Macon County hunt
ers took to the woods early Mon
day morning, and other scores
were out Tuesday and Wednes
day,' as the state opened Mucon
and Clay Counties and part of
Cherokee to deer hunting lor
three days.
No definite figures were avail
able yesterday on the number
k'.lled, but reports indicated that
between one and two dozen
hunters had brought In deer,
while many other animals were
said to have been wounded, but
escaped.
A second three-day open sea
son is set for December 6, 7,
and 8.
Meanwhile the U. 8. Forest
Service Standing Indian area
will be open for deer hunting the
last three days of each of the
next three weeks? November 18,
19, and 20, 25, and 27, and Dec
ember 2, 3, and 4, and the
Fires Creek area for the first
six of those days.
There still are openings for
those hunts, it was said at the
Nantahala National" Forest
headquarters. Applications
should be forwarded to the
N. C. Wildlife Resources com
mission, Raleigh The fee is
$7.^0 for three days, or until
the hunter gets his buck.
A unlimited hog hunt will
be held in the Fires Creek area
December . 2, 3, and 4. Packs o
dogs, not exceeding six to the
pack, mav be used. The fee
' for the hog hunt is $1.
Miss Elliott
And Brother Die Within
2 Days. Joint Rites
Miss Charlotte Barnwell El
liott, well known Highlands resi
dent, ctted Monday at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Warren Cun
ningham, on Scarsdale, N. Y.
A brother, Huger Elliott, had
died only two days before it
his home in Philadelphia, the
plans called for Joint funeral
services at Sewanee, Tenn., yes
terday (Wednesday) afternoon.
Both were to be buried In the
Elliott family plot in Sewanee.
LANG TRANSFERRED
Harold Lang left Sunday for
Columbia, S. C., where he and
his family will make their home
in future. Mr. Lang, who has
^een active In church and com
^fcplty affairs while stationed
nittth the Nantahala Na
has been trans
fe7^MR<(Olumbia. ?
Do You^
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEABS AGO THIS WEEK
The election in North Caro
lina was more than most Demo
crats expected and was a com
plete surprise to Republicans
and Fuslonlsts. Seven of the
nine- congressmen are Demo
crats. White was elected in the
second district and Unney In
the eighth, giving the Republl- '
cans two congressmen. Both
houses of the legislature will be
Democratic by large majorities.
The senate will be: Demo
crats 94, Republicans 24, Popu
lists. 1. The house will be Demo
carte 84, Republicans 24, Popu
lists 2.
25 TEARS AGO
On behalf of the people of
Otter C-r,e?k. school district, it
Is a pleasure to announce the
completion of our new School
building, which has been under
construction since August. We
wish to thank Prof. Billings for
his aid in securing funds to
*?peot t)ie building of which we
are pround pnd for other
a*suVfCe he ^fcndered.
^^^jtwEARS AGO
As a reSWt of the book drive
toy the grades of the high
school and the elementary
school during National Book
Week, 1,418 new book* were
addai to tfe* aefeool Uferwy.
82 Counties In N. C. Spend
More For Health Services
Than Macon, Figures Show
RALEIGH? Eighty-two other
North Carolina counties spent
more per person than Macon
for public health service las
year, records of the State Boaru
of Health show.
The county'# total budget for
public health service for the
1947-48 fiscal year was $7,^21,
or 474 cents per capita. Of the
total, the county contributed
$4,000 the state $1,909, and the
federal government, $1,352.
Ninety-six of the state's 100
counties spent money for public
health, and Macon ranked B7tn
among those 90 in the amount
spent per person.
Another Indication of Macon's
health rating can be found in
the fact that from 1940 to
January 1, 1945 the county had ;
a total draft rejection rate of
33.51 per cent, according to the ,
Institute for Research in So- <
cial Science of the state uni
versity. Among the counties
Macon ranked 4th In per cent 1
GREER TO SPEAK
AT C. C. DINNER
Annual Meet January 14
Will Give New Brard
Time To Plan
Dr. I. O. Greer, widely known
after dinner speaker, will ad
dress the annual dinner meeting
of the Franklin chamber of com
merce January 14, it was an
nounced this week by B. W.
McOlamery, president ? of the
organization.
Dr. Greer is executive vice
president or the Business
Foundation of the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Tentative plans are to hold
he meeting at the Slagle Me
morial.
This year's annual meeting,
Mr. McOlamery pointed out, is
being held several weeks ear
lier than usual, in order to give
he newly elected officers t me
to plan the year's work, hold
the membership campaign, and
get the tourist advertising pro
gram under way early.
In the past, it usually has
been time to start the ad
vertising for summer tourists
before the annual meeting was
held. Thus the new officers had
little time to plan an adver
tising campaign, and either had
to start It without knowing what
funds would be available for
the year's work, or defer it
until too late to get the most
effective results.
Election of directors and re
ports of the past year's work
will be features of the meet
ing.
Encouraging Early
Reports Received
On Symphony Drive
While no exact figures are
available, preliminary reports on
the canvass (or members of the
N. C. Symphony Society are en
couraging, Miss Laura- M. Jones,
county chairman, said yesterday.
As an indication of progress,
Miss Jones cited the case of
one worker in a rural section
who earlier this week had ob
tained 17 memberships.
The purpose of the campaign
is to bring the N. C. Little
Symphony orchestra to Frank
lin again this season, to jrlve
a free concert for school child
ren In the afternoon, and an
evening performance for mem
bers.
? Br y aon Wins
The Brysoti City High
school eleven defeated
Franklin here yesterday af
ternoon by m score of 7 to 6.
P. T. A. TO MEET
The Slagle P. T. A. will meet
at the school Wedesday after
noon of next week at 2:30
o'clock.
Archie D. Smith Is here from
the Atlanta regional, office of
the Forest Service working with
Charles Pettlt, district forester
of the N. C. Forest Service.
Mrs. Mercer Lowrey and
children, of Youngstown. Ohio
are making an extended visit
to Mrs. Lowrey'i yarents, Mr.
m4 Mrs. J. D. Ateup.
of total rejections. In percent
age of white rejections, t.?c
county ranked 13th with a rate
of 32.82. per cent. In Negro
rejections, in ranked 2nd with
a rate of 45.45 per cent.
Still another aspect cf th"
Macon County health picture is
provided by figures on the
number of births in hospitals.
Out of a total of 459 live
births in Macon County in 1947,
records of the State Board of
Health show that 188 occurred
in hospitals, arid 271 occurred
outside a hospital, or in cir
cumstances un know n. This
means that 59.04 per cent of
the county's live births last
year occurred without benefit
of hospital facilities for mother
and child.
The records further show that
in 43 counties of the state last
year a majority of the Hve
births occurred outside a hos
pital. In the state as a whole
? ? Continued on Pace Six |
Philpott, Wanted
In Robberies Here,
Caught In Arkansas
Floyd L. Phillips, alias
James Floyd P h 1 1 p o 1 1,
wanted here in connection
with the robbery of three
Highlands business houses,
has been picked up at Little
Rock, Ark., Highway Patrol
man Pritchard Smith, Jr.,
was notified Tuesday night.
Philpott and Bern Gar
land escaped from the Bry
s n City jail August 21 while
awaiting trial in Macon Su
perior court. Garland, ar
rested sometime agio in Cin
| rinwtl. ic MV bcid in the
Waynesville pail, and will
go on trial at next month's
term of court here.
Mr. Smith said he had na
details about Philpotts' ar
rest, and could not say
whether he will be brought
back here for trial. He is
wanted by the federal au
thorities to complete a term
in the Levenworth peniten
tiary, ffom v.'.iich he was
paroled several years ago,
and faces a number of post
office robbery charges.
The two men's wives, ar
rested with them here last |
July 27, are out on bond.
PTA Event
Draws 150,
Nets $187
Approximately 150 parents,
teachers, children, and friends
of the school attended last Fri
day evening's "Family Supper"
benefit program of the Frank
lin Parent-Teacher association,
held in the attractively deco
rated school auditorium.
The event netted the organi
zation $187, which will be used
in P. T. A. activities, Mrs. C. N.
Dowdle, president, reported.
Approximately $100 was made
from the cafeteria-style supper,
food for which was made and
contributed by women of the
community. Contests, cake
walks, and sale of door prize
tickets accounted for the re
malnedr.
Little Nancy Slier won the
prettiest girl contest cake, and
the cake offered to the ugliest
man went to C. N. Dowdle after
a spirited contest. The door
prozes?a cake and a sack of
flour? were won by Mrs. Roy
M. Biddle and Principal W. H.
Finley.
Following the contests, for
which B. W. McOlamery served
as master of ceremonies, square
dances were held, with Furman
Corbln and Ras Penland pro
viding string music.
Major committee chairmen for
the event were Mrs. Frank M.
Kill tan. food; Mrs. Carl Ty
singer, publicity; Mrs. Ross
Zachary, door prizes; and Mrs.
J. Ward Long, decorations.
In announcing the financial
results of the benefit, Mrs.
Dowdle expressed appreciation
for the "generous cooperation
of everybody."
127 AT MEETING
A total of 127 persons at
tended Monday evening'* meet
I ? CmHmM on hp Six
H. H. GNUSE
GNUSE AGAIN IS
RED CROSS HEAD
Proposed Blood Program
For Area Explained
At Annual Meet
Harmon H. Gnuse was re
elected chaiman on the Macon
County chapter of the American
Red Cross at the chapter's an
nual meeting last Thursday
evening.
Featuring the program was a
discussion of the proposed Red
Cross blood program for West
ern North Carolina, committee
reports on the past year's work,
and election of officers. Miss
Elizabeth Anne Phillips gave a
humorous reading.
About 40 persons attended the
dinner session, held at the
Slagle Memorial, and unani
mously adopted the nominating
committee's report, submitted by
the chairman, James Hauser.
Officers for the coming year,
in addition to Mr. Gnuse, are:
S. C. Russell, of the Highlands
branch, vice-chairman ; Mrs.
Mary Jo Sloan, secretary; and
J. C. Jacobs, treasurer.
Committee chairman will be:
Mrs. Gladys Kinsland, Junior
Red Cross; Mrs. Josephine
Gaines, home nursing; Miss
lassie Kelly, production; Ed
Whitaker, disaster; Mrs. Carl S.
Slagle, nutrition; Mrs. Velma
Conley, publicity; J. H. Stockton,
finance; R. E. McKelvey, home
servec; and James Hauser, water
safety.
W. D. Dibrell, Red Cross gen
eral field representative, out
? Continued on Page Six i
Sanders Youth
Is Fatally Injured In
Auto Mishap
Robert Pearson Sanders, 22
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edmund Sanders, of Franklin,
died at Angel hospital at 3
p. m. last Saturday, as a re
sult of injuries suffered in an
automobile accident earlier that
day on the Hlghlands-Diliard
road, pust across the state line
in Georgia.
Young Mr. Sanders apparently
lost control of the car, High
way Partolman Pritchard Smith,
Jr , said. The vehicle started to
overturn, he reported, but struck
a tree and was knocked back on
its wheels.
Orady Sanders, his brother, a
passenger in the car, suffered
minor injuries and was taken
to the hospital, but was dis
charged Sunday.
The brothers were on their
way home for the week-end
from Hawklnsville, Ok., Where
they had been doing carpentry
work.
Funeral services for young
Mr. Sanders were held at the
Pleasant Hill Baptist church,
of which he was a member,
Monday afternoon at 2:M
j'clock. The Rev. Claude Led
ford, pastor, officiated, and
burial was in the church ceme
tery.
The following uncles served
as pallbearers: B. T. Sanders,
Stias Ledford, Charlence Stock
ton, Ray Sanders, Paul Ledford,
ind Lawrence Carpenter.
Bryant funeral home was in
:harge of arrangements.
Surviving, In addition to his
parents, are two sisters, Mrs.
Anne Lee Radford and Miss
Captola Mae Sanders; f run
brothers, Orady, Wylle, Charles
Edward, and Victor Sanders;
and the grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. A. Banders and the
Rev. and Mrs, Lester Lsdford.
Standing Indian Is
Closed To Grazing
After December 31
Town Buys
Flusher For Washing
btreets
The Town of Franklin, which
long has lacked adequate facili
ties for washing the street, has
purch&sed a street flusher, and
it arrived here last Friday.
Early this week the new
equipment was used ta wash
most of the major streets in
town.
The flusher, which is said to
retail for about $4,000, was
bought by the town in Atlanta
for $950. It is almos new, having
been driven only 1,200 miles.
Jurors Drawn
For December
Court Term
The board of county commis
sioners, at its meeting Monday,
drew the jury list for the term
^f superior court which will
open here Monday, December 6.
The actual drawing of the
names from the box was done
by four-year old Ann McCoy,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. B.
McCoy.
Only one woman? Mrs. Her
man Dean, of Franklin? was
drawn on, this jury list.
The jurors drawn for the first
week a Be:
Robert Morgan, of Frankl'n,
Route 3, J. E. Root, of High
lands. John W. Edwards, of
Highlands, W. R. Cochran, cf
FlaU, Robert T. Bryson, of
Route 3, W. M. Angel, of Route
3, Harold Cabe, of Route 4. Cecil
Crawford, of Route 1, Walter
Bryson, of Highlands, James L.
Hanser, of Franklin, Grady Cof
fey, of Highlands, Arthur Rog
ers. of Highlands, Sherman Led
ford, of Route 1, L. P. Roper,
of Route 3, Charles Bradley, of
Franklin, Walter Tlppett, of
Route 3, T. H. Callahan, of
Franklin, F. B. Duncan, of
Franklin.
R. H. Bennett, of Route 3,
John L. Cunningham, of Pren
tiss, Joe Reese, of Highlands,
J(Jhn Cabe, of Route 2, Frank
J. Crane, of Highlands, J. R.
Ramsey, of Stiles, H. M. Wright,
of Highlands, Lex Angel, of
Franklin, Robert R. Estes, of
Cullasaja, Dalton Smith, of
Prentiss, W. Roy Carpenter, cf
Franklin. W. C. Sheffield, of
Route 3. L. W. Ashe, of Route3,
Vance Vanhook, of Route 2,
Frank C. Cunningham, of Route
r Mrs. Herman Dean, of Frank
lin, Fred M. Slagle. of Route 1,
Joe Tallent, of Route 3.
The panel for the seiond
week follows:
Fred R. Jones, of Route 2,
Harry Holt, of Highlands, Jesse
Shope, of Route 1, Wiley Guest,
of Route 4, Carter Henson, of
Franklin, Grady Bradley, of
DUlard, Ga., Route 1, T. H.
Barnes, of Highlands, Fred Hen
son, of Gneiss, Lon J. Dalton,
of Route 3, Parker Raby, of
Route 4, J. H. Brookshlre, of
Route 1, Reld Womack, of
Franklin, D. N. Fouts, of Route
3, Ralph Bradley, of Route 3,
J. C. Buchanan, of Highlands,
S. J. Dean, of Route 3, Cline
Evans, of Flats, and Floyd Mar
tin, of Route 3.
New P. T. A.
At Otto To Hold Next
Meeting Nov. 29
The recently organized Otto
school Parent-Teacher associa
tion will hold Its next meeting
at the school Monday, November
at.
At the organization meeting,
held hurt month, Mrs. Ed Hen
son was elected president.
Other .officers are Mrs. Cart
Howard, vice-president; Mrs. J.
B. Moore, secretary; and Mrs.
Harachel Oabe, treasurer.
INSPECTS FOREST
J. F. Brooks, assistant regional
forester, of Atlanta, is here this
week impacting the Nantahala
NftttoMd Fttwt.
Forest Service Ruling
On Wildlife Ar.a
Is Announced
All grazing of dome tic live
stock on the Standing lnul n
wildlife management area wi 1
be prohibited after December 31,
it was announced here this
week.
The decision of the Atlanta
regional office of the U. . .
Forest Service has been com
municated to grazers and others
interested by E. W. Renshaw,
supervisor of the Nantahala N -
tional Forest, within which the
14,000-acre Standing Indian area
lies.
The N. C. Wildlife Resources
commission recently adopted a
resolution favoring a decision
along the line of that reached
jy the Forest Service.
The whole question of ranging
livestock on the area was dis
cussed in a two-hour conter
ence of farmers of Macon and
Clay counties with Forest Serv
ice and state fish and game
authorities at the courthouse
here last June, and the decision
is in response to the questions
raised at that time.
At that time, Lester Waldroop,
who presided apparently voiced
the attitude of moEt of the 60
to 75 farmers present when
he said that the Standing In
dian area is the only section
suitable as a range, and urged
that that area be abandoned
as a wildlife management area.
Mr. Renshaw explained to the
gathering that, when the man
agement area was established
about 10 years ago, a policy was
adopted aimed at ultimately
eliminating all grazing. Lnder
*,hat policy, a farmer who
grazed one year might graze the
same number of stock (up to
10) the next, but If he missed
a year, he lost his graz.ng
rights.
In his letter to the grazeis,
Mr. Renshaw explained that a
careful study of the situation
has been made since the June
meeting, and that it has been
decided to continue the Stand
ing Indian section as a man
agement area, and to prohibit
further grazing there, as being
in conflict with use of the area
as a game and fish refuge.
The letter cited these reasons:
The area "ts publically owned
and belongs to all the people.
To permit grazing ... to a
few would be unfair to others
who have an interest in tne
orest" and "would benefit only
a handful of people. To open
he area to all . . . would des
troy the management area as
.4 llsh and wildlhe refuge . . .
The only alternative Is for the
Forest Service to discontinue
all grazing.
"We believe", the letter con
tinued, "that the upper Nan
tahala River is an excellent
habitat for deer, game birds
and fish. Wildlife specialists of
the Forest Service and of the
North Carolina Wildlife Re
sources commission are agreed
that wild turkey have made a
remarkable come back on this
area under the protection given
to it for the past 10 years.
"In response to local senti
ment for such a game manage
ment area, this site was chosen
and established in 1937. A con
siderable amount 'of money has
been spent In developing the
area, stocking it with deer and
in building the game protector's
station at White Oak Bottom*.
The public has an Investment
which is expected to commence
paying off soon. The trout flsh
? Continued on Pare Six
The Weather
Temperatures and precipita
tion for thr past, seven days,
and the low temperature yes
terday. as recorded at the
Coweeta Experiment station.
Wednesday 44 .10
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Friday ...
Wednesday
Thursday
High Low Prec
64 33 .33
60 24 .18
62 p6 .00
64 44 .12
.. 62 29 .00
... 66 24 00
... 62 26 .00