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VOlTlXIV NO 1 KHANKUN, N. C , THL'RSDAV, JANl'ARY C, H)4a
PATTON GIVES
4 PROBLEMS OF
STATE SCHOOLS
Discusses Situation Now j
Facing Legislature At
Highland* PTA
Teacher's salaries, teacher
work load, adequate buildings
and home to school transporta
tion were presented as the four
major problems facing the
Nui th Carolina Assembly which
w aftect public education in Macon
fein'unty by Judge George Patton
Prizes^" address before the Hlgh
rangey s Parent-Teacher Associa
at the Highlands school
Tuesday night.
A brief summary of his re
marks concerning eacr of these
problems made before a targe
? r.nd enthusiastic audience fol
lows,
ADEQUATE BUILDINGS
"This is the biggest school
problem in Macon County today
The larger counties in this state
have been financially able to
provide adequate buildings and
proper equipment. The smaller
counties have been unable to I
do so. It necessarily follows that
the statement "Every child in
North 'Carolina has an equal
opportunity for an education,"
becomes a phrase without
meaning It is my opinion that
the only solution to this prob
lem is for the General Assem
bly at the present session to
set up an equalization fund in
a minimum amount of fifty
million dollars, and that this
fund be used to assist the
smaller counties in bringing
their buildings up to the stand
ard set by the counties which
are ?' nanciallv able to provide
adequate buildings. This can be
accomplished if the Represen
tatives from the s?ft?Uer coun i
ties combine their efforts to
wards reaching this goal. There
are various organisations in
North Carolina which will vigo
rously promote the first two
problems above outlined, the
people themselves must provide
the sponsorship.
TEACHERS salaries
"G'eat progress has been
made in North Carolina in the
field of Public Education, and
this progress should not be un
derestimated or discounted.
However, we have not made the
proper progress in providing
adequate compensation for
teachers with teaching ability
The last General Assembly
squarely faced the problem and
made a substantial adjustment,
which is a step in the right di
rection. In order to secure the
proper material for the teaching
profession in the future, it is
neccessary that we provide a
minimum salary for teachers
which is in keeping with the
times and which will be ar.
incentive to persons with ab'.'
ity to enter the teaching pro
fession. Of course it is neces
sary that the salary srhedu!'
be fixed in .iccordanee with trr
revenues whih may be a Hoc ted
to this item in the stole budget
TEACHER WORK LOAD
"This problem is well kn '.'Ti
to every individual who h-1?
? ? Continued on Paer SI*
Presbyterians Install
New Church Officers
Three new deacons and two
new elders of the Franklin
Presbyterian church were in
stalled recently
The new deacons r - ? Bryant
McClure Horace Nolen a.nd
George Slagle Jr
Installed as new f ilers are I
J Randolph Bnlsln and R I
McGlamery
Javan Gray and C 1 Mininov,
who also were .nnnrd as new
elders at a recent church elec
tion. were Installed at a later
service
Funeral Services To Re
Held Thursday For W. R.
Ne?ly c f Highlands
Funeral services for W R
i Bill i Neely will be held at t he
Highlands Baptist church this
i Thursday) afternoon at 2
o'clock a.nd burial will follow
in the Tesenta cemetery
Mr Neely. who had mad.^ his
home in HiRhlands most of
his life, died about 7 p rn.i
Tuesday. He bad been seriously
^ ill for about two month*
I
Rep. Slagle Favors
Larger Appropriations For
Welfare Institutions
How can North Carolina pro
vide the money to meet the
numerous demands for inure
and better services by the stale
government -roads, schools, m
ititutions, higher salaries, etc .
without increasing taxes to
the point where thev wi.l
burdensome?
That is the biggest of many
problems facing the 1949 min
eral as^emby, in the opinion of
Macon County's Representative
Carl S Slagle
In an interview shortly bt fore
his departure for Raleigh, Mr
Slagle outlined briefly some ol
his views on legislative prob
lems Accompanied by Mrs
Slagle, he left Monday in order
to be on hand for Tuesday
night's Democratic caucus The
assembly formally convened yes
terday i Wednesday >
Mr Slagle is emphatilally 11
favor of substantial state aid to
the counties for a sch;?il*km!d
ing program, he said
He also listed work on rural
roads as a problem of t >p im
portance.
Reflecting, rerhaos his in
terest in public wrlfa: v. ; k
acqu'.Td as i resii' ot mam
years as chairman of the Mini:
County welfare board, he will
work and vote for lirger appro
pi'a'mn. for jj; titutions for the
ruennliy a r u t physically sick,
ami favor.-; an appropriation for
welfare aid to needy persons
w'tw.t'i ilu- ages of 16 and 65
ini;H aid is now confined to
children and ilie t kk rly
He specitically mentioned the
i:i--ti;ul!<x!is for the mentally
sick at Morganton, Raleigh, at.o
Gold boro. and the Western!
Njrth Carolina Sanatorium (fori
tubereuiarsi near Black Mouh
ald, connntnting that additional
rujni should be provided at the
latter, so that more patients
can he cared for
Salaries of stale employees
including , I course, teachers
and members of the highway
force should be raised as much
as possible, but he added his
conviction that:
1 a.n in favor of helping the
physically and mentally sick be
fore we c; i too much in the way
of salaiy increases, an* appro
priations for the Greater Uni
versity'. Cariig for the sick he
suggesttd, is a moral resjxms1 -
bility of the slate.
Uep Slagle hi.s in mind no
local legislation of particuiir
importance, he said.
He and Mrs Slagle, during
the legislative session, plan to
stay at the Hotel Sir Walter
Town Board
Recommends Purchase Of
Water Tanks Site
Little action was taken at the
January meeting of the Frank
lin town board with f ,ur <>[ 'he
live board members present
The resignation of T I, R:i
born, an employee of the town
for the past two years, wa.s ac
cepted, effective Januaiy 10
Mr. Raborn is resigning to ac
cept employment in Atlanta
with the water department
there
The water committee com
posed of W. C Burreil and Rus
sell Cabe recommended that the
town purchase the land that
the water tanks stand ua. Tills
land is now leased with the
present leases having 25 more
years to run It was pointed
out in the discussion that the
position of the town',, wate
supply would be more xvurt
of the town owned the water
tank site.
Following some d i s c u . s i o n
concerning delinquent vva1 r in Us
and other routine problem.-, the
board adjourned.
Sylva High
Takes 2 From
Local Quints
Franklin High school boys
and girls basketball learns lost
two cames on the local court
to Svlva High Tuesday night
The boys lost their game, a
high scoring affair, by a 3 ') 29
count
The local lassies, also, found
themselves unable to keep their
opponents from the other s.de
of the Cowees in check and at
the game were on the little
end of a 30-19 score
Tuesday night's affair was the
opening of a series of home
games with the local oirnts
playing six more contests here
during the month of Januny
Friday night the two teams
will be making a comeback h d
when they encounter Nantahila
ddddddr etao etaoi etaoi etto
here on the home court. The
iOtter Creek boys and girls
have already taken their mea
sure once this season
The girls being defeated b:
a 37-12 score while the boys
dropped a very close game 32-31
PRF.D DCAL
DR. BURN SIDE
WILL CONDji
STOCK CLINICS
Bv s W VIKNDK MI \1.1
< ountv Agent
Every fanner to be success'.:!
should use eve? v n e ?K ,.,s , ,
to Ki'OW ?n at '
gra'.ri and pisiure Ore
that all t a ;n< c is can do
complish this !s t ?> h ? c h
worksto-'k m c, d j .
dition and -v- dv for t^,. .,j
vears wark that Is ah?ad \>/i ' 1 :
this !.n mind the County A "
Office has arranged with r r
o. H. Burnsid? to conduct work
stock clinics throughout the
county for free exxamination of
i workstock
Beginning on Mo-day Janu
ary 17. workst/H'k clinics will l<>
j conducted each week day ex
cepting Wednesdays and Saim
davs. Pleasp mark on your cal
ender the date the clinic will
be held in the community near
est you and bring your wor*
st/Ock out Monday, Ja.nuaiv 17
0 o'clock at John Roane's
I 'arm: 1 o'clock at Floyd Ropers'
farm. 3 o'clock at Paul Ewaf
fords' Store Tuesday. J.muaiy
1", 10 o clock at I.awrence Sim
mons, j o'clock at George ou
ters' farm, 3 o'clock at Will Led
betters' f irni. Thursday, .Tam.aiy
20, 10 o'clock at Owen Ammo'n.s'
farm. 1 o'clock at Clyde West's
store o clock at J' ii Ramsey's
farm Friday, January 21. 10
o'clock at Raymond Saunders
farm; 1 o'clock at John Taylors
farm, 3 o'clock at T T Hen
derson's farm Monday. January
24. 12 o clock at Weaver C'och
rans' store. 2 o'clock a! I. I,
Rowlands' tarm Tuesday, Janu
ary 25. 10 o'clock at Mel! Cabes'
farm l o clock at James Nirris'
store and 3 o'clock at Ray
Drymans' farm
f>old Star Buttons
Commemorating Se vice
Men Availab'e Now
KP-rible survivors of deceased
?service men who desire t >
?ain gold star commemor itive
buttons may obtahi the neces
sary blanks from Rib Part r.
adjutant of the Franklin A a : . ? r '
M,n legion Post.
Mr Portf,r "'id that b'.l' ns
would be sent free of ch->ri"> to
the widow, widower pr-'her
father step father step moth.-r
or mother or fath-r bv ad >nti-o
of any service man wh > diid
service
He added that ;i,e button
be furnished for a'n
brother, sister, step-sister stei>~
brother or brother or sister bv
c,?;Ptl<fn J,?r a" aPProximate
Po-st of $150 The necessary
forms 'ji either ca.se can be ob
tained from Mr Porter
Deal's Corn Deals Him
High Hand In District
Corn Growing Contest
H;t -i I work and KOod fnrmin:
met! ;ids Fred Deal, ol
Krai, ;lm. Route 4 the title ''I
chat ut >wer of wes*
em Norte, (-?' o!iua plus a profit
of v re than "5 1 on from an aen
of hind
Re ??:.!< kepi tiv lie young
4-H club I! C tuber the fol
l >winn ! ? - fo: l3.'> bushel an
acre corn
Fred scattered 20 two horse
wag' n load., < f manure en his
acre >nd tinned it vi January
Later 10 spreader loads of
manure was applied atitl disked
into the soil At pl.uitinu time
300 pounds of fi 8-fi fertilizer
was drilled i.n wi'h a wheat I
drill On April 2l< 3U p ounds of |
U S 282 Hybrid Seed Corn was
planted in 38 inch row, ushm
200 pounds of fi-8-fi fertilizer
In the row At the f ? rst ru'iva
tion 200 pounds . f a 8 f'f:
tillz.er was u-ied as a side dress |
ing At the second and 1 ist hi' j
tfvation 200 pounds of amnion |
ium nitrate was applied as side I
dressing While this isn't a
guaranteed recipe, state tests
showed that It, worked for vouni: j
Doal when they measured his
corn yeiid.
Assuming that the corn oouV
be sold at $1 50 por bushel j
Deal's porn wnuld bring him !
$202.50 Hl.t costs were as fol- j
lows: fertilizer $23 50, disking
$2 00, seed $6.00, valuing tfu'
nanure at $C0 00 lii.s total cost
vas $100 .SO
This 14 -year old f irmer car
ried out four 4-H projects dur
*ng the past four years a reg
istered Guernsey calf, a rests -
?ered Guernsey cow, a corn
ls,H|aiq oqi auii(mu j.iofojd
in the county last veur Mid the
d'.strict championship this year
His yield of 135 bushel, t,o the
acre was 95 bushels higher than
the county average foi the pot
year which was estimated by
S W Mendenhall, count v agent,
at 40 bushels per acre Ten
years ago Macon Coun'v'". >f
ficial average wis 19 bush Is
per acre
3 Frcm Macon Seivmg
Aboard Carrier Ta awa
Three Macon County men
Sam C Crawford, aviation el"c
:ncan's made first class I'an
nie Milton Brogden. airman ap
prentice. and Willard Cletis Hoi
land seaman In the navy are
serving aboard the aircraft rar
rier USS Tarawa, according to
an announcemeint received here
Crawford Is the son of Mrs
Ida M Crawford, of Franklin.
Route 4 Brogden is the hus
band of Mrs B M RroBde.it.
also of Koute 4. and Holland
is the son of Randford Holland,
i of Cullasajii
County Commissioners
Consider Possibility
Of New County Home
Crawford Shepherds Are
Parents Of hirst Baby In
(bounty During N w lea.
Gail Yvonne h e phrr d,
daughter of Mi. ai.d Mrs.
( ra'w t>rd I). Shepheid, <- V
FrankJin, Route 4 was the
lirst t>ab> bora ?ii Maoon
County in the >e?i
Miss Shrpherd arrived -t
* : 50 p. ni. in Nr\s Years
Day and was ihe rtcipie.it
of a complete layette valued
at $50 as a gift fioni l?\ -?
bepartiiieiit stjie us Mae?,n\
first baby in 49.
Dr II. T. Horsley was tin*
doctor who atte:.d?d lii?
ease.
School Board
Approves New
School Head
Supt G L Houk asked, and
received the county board of
education's approval of h?s ap
porntment of Robert Guy Sua-jn
as principal of the Frank m
school, at Monday morning's
brief monthly meeting of the
board
Mr. Sutton, who began his
new duties Monday, was em
ployed by Mr Houk during the
holidays to fill out the year's
unexpired term of W H Fin
ley. who resinned to enter the
a lined forces.
Mr. Houk told the board that
Mr Sum on. who is 30 years of
age. is h'.^hly rec:-mrm.?ud by
persons in the three >.:?w.ns in
whi?'h he h is t or h* 3yl \
Andrews. and Di-Nboro Ifr
served for one yar as nriic.p I
of the Dillsboro school. and
Mr Houk said pr >ved a no ?'!
diciohnarian.
Thf position was offered to
O F Summer, principal < f the
Highlands school, but he de
clined it. Mr Houk t >1.1 the
board. Jacks in county * 'uc i
tional authorities re!e:v? d Mr
Sutt.an. from his confac! in
Sylva. the superintendent s: ?/!
Mr Finlev. a member <-f th?
reserve, left Tuesday ' n -e?'ort
yesterday f ?r duty m 'he F.u
ro^ean theatre
| Whe.n Mr Frnlev received ios
j order to report. Mr !? u!; <a:cl
every effort was m ?<! ? v'ai"
\ deferment for him but w li
| out avail
Symphonv
Nears Goal Wi 1< $41*
Rep rlad
Wlnle the s:roup workav f
brim; the I it tie Symp!v?nv ?>
ches'ra to Franklin thn - r
st ill is short of its rut ? n
couraqinq progress continu"s
Si.nce the elo.se of the f
solicitation, in November. nvir
berships tot il;.nur nea'iv
have come in voluntarily. Mis'
Laura M Jones. c nin'y < > i r~
man. reported.
When the fill canvass end: c'
November 20. Miss .t ; s
the eouni y or<rani/a* w i h ?' I
*304 in irembor^hn?:; m N ' |
Svmphonev societ v T-dav ' h? \
total s* an d.s at *444 $l-??
having c me '"i the iu'er" 1
Approximately *7r'0 is n* ? d ? '
bri'VT Mm1 orchestra h?re to- I
two cancer's on evrivn" \y:
formance far members, and a
free matinee for M ie->p Coumy;
school children
A f i'W workers. Miss J:t.?
said ir? n ,f I umed ;n t he
money e 'licet ed md ?" "? 1 ? ?
ship stubs fr an 1 o ? f '! ' < ^
vnsr. They ire requested to do
so prom"' lv. ???hr *?d'l al * '?
while she urv?? d a" >? '; "-s
to e ' inn-' to seek t he n Mi
tioml memberships "p ? r .
to r> ? orch00-' ra' - a> -
pea?"an> here
The I it ' 1 r Svmnhonv '.i i" o
j>eared here 'lie ;viM !hr?r
seasons
INSPECTION I \v?"
The N C motor vehicle in
spection lane will re'u-n 1 >
Franklin f >r a f?>ur-day sta* d
the latter part of .T muarv
Inspection ?? u t horities have
-nMoiinTd that the lane will he
here Friday and Saturday. Jan
uary 21 ond 22. and Monday
and Tuesday, January 24 n?d 25
Present Home Fails To
Meet State
Regulations
Di-.ru : ,.f tin* cuilditi.' i if
a :icw c?ii..:Uy h<..ne ,?><).: up
,11 lost of tlu* tune ?;f (' u.uy
Commissioners at their r .u. *r
monthly meeting Monday
The question wu.> ir it ? ?><.! an d
by W t Baldwin, en*:! in; .n
and during the d . < u n th?
following facts w,u* l,r >>. ,nt
to light.
The present ca;nty h <a.e h
been condemned by s l : ? 1 ? ?
caals ..nd as a re alt rv i..- !"
f he p? rsons m.w residing 1 1 1- ? ?
arc eligib'e to rec< ive .id a"<
ass;. ' uicc b'.nelits. Th. r-- aie
six ptrsojix staying the.* at
present with an ave: wc age < :
74 years wh;> v. aid be ehgibl *
to recei.ve benefit ,f * r . , ? home
complied with <<:.t n
cations improving * i ?. ? ? - . * rv
conditions and pe.
fire safety
While the exact amou:,: ' >
be received by each indivi lu;-l
could not be determined at
this time, as it w uld vary ?ic
cording to the individuals cir
cumstances. if a .new c -u'u^
home were built the indi i '.u Is
would receive grants from wh ch
they could pay board to the
county officials.
No action was taken ' this
time bv the Ixard but. th? pro
posal was taken under <? n. d
eration and seemed t . rveet
with considerable f iv< r ! m
the board members
Other routine n^ve-*- vue
taken up bv the board ' '?> H Mr
starring the tax lis-iP,r m
Highlands and Frankln nrn
sh'.ps M.aul iy
WILL NOT SPPK
AT C. OF C. MFrT
Off^ials of t he Frankl in
Chamber of fVmmercp learr *d
\ < st ? (1 ;i y 'Wednesday* tivit Mr
I O Greer was in 'he hovi'al
and would not b<? ihl.? to ^
a' 'hp organization's dinner < n
J.muarv 14
A '?ajecii.l w ^ e 1 '^d
for 'he boa ? d "f directors list
nighf to dis<ar.s the ma1'- " f
postpe.nin;: the tneotiru'. si <? ? so
little time was left b? foro 'he
meeting '<? arrange for a:i tii^r
program
D ( ; "? ?? " ? . at |)-" - nt
'?'ecu' i\ r ' ">e iv. ? Met' 1 ' h"
?lM-iess f ' ? u d ? ' 'n ?. . f rt.h
'arolina '-Ph head pi 1 ' t e-s '?t.
'haorl Hill " - < h- 'I f the
Til's h >nip fn- 1 ) vars TTo is
vilelv Inown th-v-h u' Vvth
"arolini ? m1 is ? ne
<f ? he s'at^'s f " jcsl y-". :a*
t )<?? i \ers
Meanwhile, R' cretarv Mu r v
has rcpo-l d ',i 'he membership
by mail on receip's c <t dis
Ml'S"mi .its 'or the past vear
The ortranizat i >n had a b 1
un'c i 'i hand at the hr"i-i ling
of the year amotituin'; to
5<i02K7. i' collected $1.3'0 "0;
and received SI 54 4~> ; s its
share of tin1 proceeds 1 f 'lie
recent. ;.ir .-how makii1!; a t it.'l
of $2,0!'.7 K2 The receipt f,m
the air sli .\v were donated t()
the fund for development > f
the school ithletic fi"!d
The report lists expenditures
as follows:
Folders i advert ? - nt; 1 . ?.v;<*.14 :
newspaper advert isinc. c l ' 7 1 H ;
secretary's salary. $506 25: sup
plies, $7073. telephone, $28 08:
postage $35: lichN $8.40, Mid
(J. S Chamber < f Coininere.'
' nrti U dues. $ 1 0
Flic ^ 'Mthrr
Hon f-M
f VT(\.\ V
Wp I'^sd IV
Thnr ? <iav
Frni.:v
Si! u r< i \y
Suiul- 1 v
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
? ' ? r ?iM t i
p . _t V ? " ( M ,<;1VS
' - Hil l' VP<
>? , ? ;1t thp
r ? ? >;i ' t .) * 'on
IM?h Low Prec
H Mi I "v P ?r
.v* 4 * io
?3 'M) 2 21
44 :v* <V)
4!) M 00
..o oo
40 39 00
55 42 24
51 2 74