Highway Safety Rteord for l?At to Dati <1 tool Sum KH'tl KILLED ????? ? INJURED ? Do your Part to Keep These Figures Down! ?be 4fctit|Iitt i2Ef|e ISjigWanlM JUacotxtan VOL LX1II? NO. 59 FRANKLIN, N. C- THURSDAY, DECE..BIR 9, 1948 TEN PAGES Beer, Wine Will Be Illegal Here After Midnight Wedns?:ay The sale of beer or wine anywhere in Maoea County will become Illegal alter midnight Wednesday of oext week. Legal beer and wine were voted out by margin* of about II to 1 in t county - wide election last August 28, and the effective date M?s fired as midnight, De k 'nber IS, by Jiudge H. Jr Sink, when he dia led a. restraining order. ,he temporary restraining ?er had forbidden the fintjr board of elections certifying the election suits. At a hearing in aynesA ? September tt, ge Sinl dissolved the In ion Aiui gave the *11 '/ttlen in this county ember 15 to d fa ir stocks. W E HONOR henson Otto Man At U. N. C. Qualifies For Phi Beta Kappa n - ? Perry Cleveland Henson, Macon County student at the University of North Carolina, has qualified for election to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, scholarship fraternity, accord ing to an announcement re ceived he:e from the University. Membership in Phi Eet Kappa, one of the oldeest col legiate organizations in t t.t country, is considered the high est scholastic honor that can be won by an undergraduate. It is a mark of distinction awarded tor excellence in scholarship. Mr. Henson, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thurmond Henson, of the Otto community, attended the Otto school and was graduated from the Frank i lin High school in 1M0. Now 26 years of age, he served, it is understood. In the armed force between high school and college. His first two college years, friends here said.Mie made all "A's\ Presbyterian Youth Plan Program Sunday The Presbyterian Youth Pel ' lowship will present a program on 'Origin and Use of the Bible" Sunday night at 7:30 at the church. This program will take the place of the usual Sunday evening worship service, and the entire congregation is in vited to attend. 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK "Bony" Ridley was In town Saturday and became hilarious as usual when he comes to town. But "Bony" was more hi larious than usual and the Marshal packed him In the cooler where he had time to reduce the degree of his hilarity and to meditate on the fra tittles of human nature In general and town marshals In particular. 25 YEARS AGO The chestnut blight, a de structive fungous disease, has been steadily spreading south ward as well as northward and westward since its lntorductlon into this country from Asia. Representatives of the Depart ment of Agriculture have given most exhaustive study to the question of controll of the dis ease, but Its character U such that all efforts to develop any way to stop it from spreading have been without avail. 10 YEARS AGO The residential decorative lighting contest sponsored by the Nantahala Power and Light company will begin on Decem ber 17 and end on the Mth. The first prise will be $11 In cash and the second prise 110. Judg ing will be made on originality, L artistic arrangement, and beauty k of display. There will be three 'its, who are In no way con . -4 with the company, in* ^tfeeiaicm wlli * flail, SAYS ALDERMEN MIGHT BE DUE BLAME FOR FIRE doard Asked To Cut Two .i xil) Install New Traffic Light In the course of an action packed session Monday night, a member of the Franklin board jl aldermen told the board that it would be responsible, sh uld Franklin have a serious busi ness district fire originating In the Mrs. Kansas Stewart hous (the old Love , house), situated lust off the square. The assertion was made by Alderman E. J. Whltmire, Jr., luring a discussion of the build ing, which has been condemned by state and town authorities, ind of the alleyway which ru ts in the rear of the business juildlngs on the south side of jptown East Main street. *? The board also adopted a -esolutlon favoring extending the city limits to include the ran kiln cemetery and the .ilghway adjoining it, and re lueslng C. 8. Slagle, repres.n catlve from Macon County, to introduce a bill to that effect at the coming session of ths general assembly. This action was in response to a request by Ollmer A. Jonej, ecretary of the Franklin Ceme tery association, that this prop erty be put In the corporate limits In order to extend police jrotection over it. Requested by Carl Tyslnger ither to cut, or allow the tele hone company to cut, two trees on Main street, the boarc referred the matter to the treet committee to determine if the trees were dead, and needed removing. The trees re .'erred to by Mr. Tyslnger are the maples standing by the southwest corner of the cou.t house and a maple which stand* In front of the telephone office The committee is composed o L. B. Phillips, E. J. Whltmire. arid Erwin Patton. Upon the recommendation o the street committee, which at a previous meeting had been ?Continued on Page Sb Penland Wins Kansas City Stock Show Gold Medal Lewis Penland, '17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pen land, of Scaly, won a gold medal? the highest of five awards? and $67.50 as a cash prize at the National Livestock Judging contest in Kansas City. Official results of the event, held in October, have Just been an nounced. Penland and three other Macon FFA boys, coached by E. J. Whitmtre, Jr., vocational agriculture teacher, competed In a field of 102 boys from 34 states. Each of the boys and each team was given one of five ratings, gold, silver, bronae medals, honorable mention or participation. Foy Dryman, 19, son of Mis Bellle Dryman, of Otto, won the second high rating, a silver medal, and Billy Teague, 14 year old mm of Mr. and Mrs Wilbur Teague, of Prentiss, was given the participation rating. The team, on which two sub stitutions were necessitated by circumstances, won a bronze plaque. Eveiy Official, As Court Ope is, I* Macon Pe.scn When the December term of superior court opened here Monday morning, it was an all-Mac-n tribunal Every official of the court ? judge, solicitor, juror , clerk of court, sheriff, and court reporter? was a Macon County person. Later in the day, out-of town attorneys appeared, but when the co-rt conv ned e?en all the lawyers present were citizens of this county. A Little Bit Of Bull, A Worthy Cause This is a "bull story". And there's a little bit of bull here for everybody who's In terested. But the story will have to be good If it measures up to Its subject. For the bull in question was the finest one raised ln West ern North Carolina this year. That's what the judges at the Weestern North Carolina Fat Stock show said. It's about the' Macon County produced grand champion prize, bull, Ln other words; and, like the other variety of "bull", here's enough of this one to go around.' For Hayes Gregory's prize winning calf is going to be cut up into five pound packages, labeled as to cut. And the packages are going to be sola to the highest bidders at en auction set for 7:30 o'clock Saturday night, December lc, at the Slagle Memorial. B. W. (Bennle) McGlamery will be auctioneer. It's customary for locsB peo )le Ln a community to pay a premium price for a prize-win .lig animal, In order to encour age the raising of fine stock by the youngsters. A group ol otarlans here felt that Greg ory's calf ought to bring 7. ents a pound, so the under wrote the purchase of the 930 pounds of bull at that price. By cutting the animal up and auctioning it, it is felt, every body will have a chance to get ;ome prize beef; every body will have a chance to d its bit toward encouraging live stock farming here; and, most mportant of all, perhaps, at the same time everybody c n lelp a worthy cause. For It is hoped the bidding will be spirited enough to brin^ n a lot more than enough to jay for the calf. And the over age will go toward purchase of the furnace for the Slagle Memorial building. Yule Cantata A Christmas cantata will be presented at the Franklin Methodist church at 8 o'clock Sunday night, December 18. It will be the fourth succes sive year that members of the choirs of the four Franklin churches have Joined for a pro gram of Christmas' music. The event always draws an attend ance that fills the church. Between 25 and 30 persons are practicing for the cantata, which this year is under the direction of Mrs. Clarence Henry. Members of churches through put the county, regardless of denomination, are Invited to at tend, it was emphasized Benefit Musical Program At Highlands Nets $182 i The musical show, with all local talent cast, given last Thursday night at the High lands school auditorium, drew a record crown. The entertain ment was held under the spon sorship of the Highlands Par ent-Teacher association for the benefit of the school gymna sium fund, and netted approxi mately $119, The Re*. R. B. DuPree, with silk hat ?ad can*,, under whose direction the entertainment was given, wu master of cere monles, assisted by Wllltrd Crttp, The pffifram opMwd With nwyberi h*> the Qunfe band, which is composed of "Leg O' Lamb", "Ram's Head", "Wooly Sheep", "Lamble Pie" and "Black Sheep". Members of this musi cal group are Floyd Lamb, Wil lard Crisp, J. C. Hicks, Wayne Hicks, Bill Wilson, and Olenn Wilson. Included In the program were numbers by the Wallard crisp band, the Eugene McCall group singers, vocal and stringed In strument solos, duets, trios, and quartets, and a saw special by the Rev. Paul B. Nix. A barber shop quartet, ootnpoeed of Dr. W, M. Mathews, W. A. Hays, ?Continued on Pafi sit Garland Given 25 Years In Highlands Robberies Judge Urges Full-Time School Attendance Officer Here Terming Macon County's rate of Illiteracy "alarming", especi ally among young people, Judge George B. Patton told the grand Jury Monday that this county should have a full-time school attendance officer. Charging the grand Jurors at the opening of the December term of superior court, Judge Patton said: "I think we should have some Individual in Macon County to devote full time to the school attendance problem. That indi vidual", he added, "should be such an individual as under stands the difference between a legitimate excuse for absence from school and truancy, or deliberate failure of the parents to send the child to school. "I hope that in future", he continued, "in Macon County It can become reality that every child has an equal opportunity to have at least a high school education. But it is a shame to have the schools and not take advantage of them. "Under the law as it Is now", he explained, "the question of compulsory school attendance is in the lap of the welfare .de partment, unless the ounty pro vides an attendance officer, and the welfare department has plenty of problems of its own". Judge Patton explained that what he said was not Intended as a reflection on the welfare department, adding that It has many duties, and is handi capped by lack of personnel. Turning to another angle oi education, Judge Patton com mented that "the state says we have a state-wide school syste.i., but actually we don't", and he explained that, while the state provides the teachers, it is left to the counties to provide the ouildlngs and methods of get ting the children to atte.d school. Commenting that the $400,000 ;chool building bonds voted by the people of this county in 1945 "is only a drop in the and that issuance of enough bucket" compared with needs, bonds to do the job would re sult in an almost hopelessly high tax rate. He urged the people of the county to "exert themselves and let this county's representative in the legislature know they want him to fight for adequate state aid for a school building program. Dry Forces Here To Hold 'Victoiy Parade' On Dec. 18 The Dry forces o f Macon County will hold a rally De cember iff at U o'clock. While all details have not been com pleted, one of the main features will be a "victory parade" tn , celebration of winning of the election last summer when the sale of beer and wine was voted out in this county. The parade will begin at the school building and continue to the courthouse, where a short program will be held. Transpor tation will be furnished those wishing to attend. The Rev. C. E. Parker Is chairman of the rally day pro gram. Guild Will Hold Bazaar, Food, 'Parcel Po?t' Sale The Wesleyan Service guild of the Franklin Methodist church will hold a combination bazaar, food sale, and "parcel post" sale at the Nantahala Power and Light company of fice Stfturday. The benefit event is set for 10 a. m. It was ex plained that, In a "parcel post" sale, donors send In packages by mall, and they are sold, un opened, for 29 cents. SEAL SAME OPENS The annual tuberculosis seal sale got under way this week, undsr the chairmanship of R. S. (Tony) Welch. The sale Is sponsored by the Franklin Lions club. Three-fourths of thl funds raised will be kept In Maeon County. Developments looking to improvement of Macon County school at tendance : Judge George B. Patton spoke out strongly on the problem in his charge to the grand jury. The county board