SETC.OFC.
ANNUAL MEET
FOR FEB. 25
Dr. Greer To Be Guect
Speaker At Dinner
At Memorial
Friday, Febniary 25, Is the
new date set for the annual
meeting of the Franklin Cham
ber of Commerce. The date was
set by the board of directors
at a special meeting Monday
night.
The meeting, which previous
ly was scheduled for January
14, had to be postponed, due to
the illness of Dr. I. O. Greer,
guest speaker for the occasion.
"Dr. Greer, who is executive
vice-president of the Business
Foundation, University of North
Carolina, has recovered from
his illness and will speak at the
dinner meeting, which will be
held at the Slagle Memorial at
7 p. m.
Every member who contribut
ed to the support of the organ
ization will receive a letter in-,
viting him or her to the dinner,
president B. L. McGlammery
said. He added that any person
who is interested In the work
of the chamber of commerce is
Invited to attend.
Tickets will be placed on sale
later.
2 Franklin Teams
Split Honors With
Cherokee Indians
Franklin boys and girls split
a two-game basketball encoun
ter with the Cherokke Indians
Tuesday night on the Indians'
court. The score in the boys'
game was Franklin 34, Chero
kee, 24; girls, Cherokee 26,
Franklin 9.
Jack Norton, Franklin's high
scoring center, garnered 32 of
of the 34 points scored by
Franklin boys.
The two schools will meet
tomorrow (Friday) night in a
return engagement on the court
at the Franklin High school.
34,806 VETS PLACED
Veterans, practically all of
them of World War H, number
ing 34,806? of whom almost 10
per cent were disabled or handi
capped?were placed in nan-ag
ricultural jobs through the Vet
erans Employment service dur
ing the year 1948.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL -
T. J. Johnston., principal. Miss
Irene Weaver, English, history,
geography. Miss Annie Weaver,
primary department. Mrs. F. S.
Johnston, voice culture. Miss
Kate Robinson, instrumental
music. Tuition, payable monthly,
$1 to $3. Contingent fee, 50 cents
each term.? From, an advertise
ment on the front page.
25 YEARS AGO
At a meeting of the board
of directors of the power and
cotton mill proposition, Mr. W.
B. McGulre was chosen as
stock sales manager and has
opened an office lor the pur
pose of receiving subscriptions
In stock.
Mr. Bill Brown and Mr. Frank
Cabe have traded oxen and
mules. They met at Hickory Gap
Friday to make the change.?
Broadway news item.
10 YEARS AGO
Funeral services for Mrs.
Frank 8iler, 85, outstanding ed
ucator and leader in Southern
Methodism, were conducted at
Lake Junaluska Sunday morn
ing.
A western district meeting ol
all those interested In a more
f adequate school law will be
held February 4 in the Bun
combe county courthouse.
Jake W. Henry, 70, widely
known fanner and cattle rais
er of the Ellljay section, died
last Thursday morning,
Join the
MARCH
OF
DIMES
P
JANUARY 14-31
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS
f R AH If LI N D BOOjiVf-tT. f?QlgN0ffc
$175 Raised
At Scaly In
Polio Drive
The little community of Scaly
has raised $175 lor Macon Coun
ty's March of Dimes fund ?
the dimes and the dollars sought
In the batte against infantile
paralysis (polio).
Although Flats township, in
which Scaly is situated, is by
tar the smallest township in the
county in population, the Scaly
contribution Is the largest to
come from asy township, with
the exception of Franklin and
Highlands, J. H. Stockton, March
of Dimes county director, said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Stockton an
nounced yesterday that the
campaign for $3,240, this coun
ty's 1949 quota, will be continu
ed for another two weeks, or
until February 14. It originally
was scheduled to close January
31, but only a little over two
thirds of the quota has been
raised.
The folk at Scaly, Mrs. Edith
Norton, principal of the school
there, told Mr. Stockton, wanted
to do something substantial for
the March of Dimes. But they
lacked either the facilities or
the population for the conven
tional "birthday ball."
So they decided to have a
box supper.
But there was no place in
the community suitable, except;
the school, and it had no
lights.
First of all, therefore, the
Scaly people contributed enough
money and labor to install elec
tric lights in the school.
Then they held their box
supper last Saturday night, and
it proved both popular and suc
cessful. After the supper the
leaders in the movement gath
ered to count the money. That
raised at the box supper, plus
the nickels and dimes school
Continued On Page Eight ?
TWO CONFESS
Two men arrested near
here by Highway Patrol
man Pritchard Smith, Jr.,
January 23, yesterday at
Waynesville confessed to
a $60,000 burglary i n
Knoxville, Tenn., Christ
mas night, via chartered
plane from Washington,
and to at least 25 other
roberies in four states.
The men are Kenneth
Scheetz and Robert Brady,
Jr., both 28, and both oi
Norfolk, Va.
PLAN BOX SUPPER
The Holly Springs 4-H club
will hold a benefit box supper
and cake walk at the school
Saturday nlcht at 7:30 o'clock.
Proceed* will gq to the March
of Dlmaa fund. - -
DEATH TAKES
W.J. WEST. 86
Once Served As Deputy
Marshal, State
Senator
WUltam Jefferson West, one
time U. S. deputy marshal and
state senator, died at his home
in the West's Mill community
last Thursday morning at 10
j o'clock. He was 86 years of age.
Death followed a long illness.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Snow Hill Methodist
church Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock, and burial was in the
church cemetery.
| Generally known to friends
and acquaintances as "Will", Mr.
West during his active years was
prominent in the Republican!
party in this county and sec- 1
tion. He served as U. S. deputy
marshal for .the western dis
trict of NortH Carolina for sev
eral years, at a period friends
placed at about the turn of the
century, and in 1908 he was
| elected state senator from this
I district (now known the thirty
third district, made up of Cher
okee, Clay, Graham, Macon, and
Swain counties), and served in
the 1909 general assembly.
The son of William and Nan
cy Dobson West, he was a na
tive of this County, and
had spent most of his life here.
He was born during the Civil
War? November 6, 1862.
Mr. West was a member of
the Junior Order and of the
Snow Hill Methodist church
He was twice married. His
first wife was Miss Lulu Eliza
beth Amburn, of Bryson City.
His second wife, who survives,
is the former Miss Emily Sarah
Shepherd.
Two sons and three -laughters,
all by his first marriage, sur- i
vive: William Claude West, of
? Continued on Page Eight
QUEEN'S CREEK
POWER PROJEC
IS COMPLETED
Waters Of Stream Drop
1,000 Feet Fnom Dam
To Power House
The waters of Queens Creek,
harnessed by a 65-foot high
earth-fill dajn .near the top of
the Winding Stairs, last Friday
were turned into a pipe line
approximately 6,000 feet long, to
fall more than 1,000 feet to the
power house at Nantahala sta
tion and makes possible the
generation of an additional L
800 KDW of electric current. ]
Work on the project has been
under way more that a year,
the contract having been let
by the Nantahala Power and
Light company late last summer
to T. M. Strider and company,
of Andrews.
The dam, approximately 400
feet long, creates what is said
to be one of the highest heads
of water In Eastern America,
the water in the reservoir being
1,005 feet higher that the power
house, on the Nantahala river.
A 24-inch steel pipe is used to
channel the water from the re
servoir to the power house.
The long, narrow lake back
of the dam, though It covers
only 35 acres, Is about a jnile
long.
Interest High
In Historical
Body Contest
Widespread interest has been
shown In the contest, announc
ed two weeks ago by the Macon
County Historical society, for
articles dealing with the history
of Macon County.
One entry has already been
received by Miss Cecile Gibson,
secretary of the society.
While the contest will be con
ducted by the Historical society,
cooperating firms and Individ
uals are donating six of the
seven prizes offered.
The contest divisions and the
list of prizes, totaling $100 in
c&sh and merchandise, follow:
For the best article an Macon
County history, a prize of $25
offered by the society, p'.us a
$25 piece of luggage given by
Belk's Department stor?.
For the Second best article on
Macon County history, a valu
able fountain pen, offered by
Angel's Drug store.
For the best biography of a
Macon County man or woman
(not now living) who played an
important role in Maoon County
history, $10 in oash. This prize
is offered by Miss Lassie Kelly
as a memorial to her sister, Miss
Elizabeth Kelly.
Any of three prizes listed
above may be won by any per
son anywhere.
The following prizes are re
? Continued on Page Eight I
PLAN P. T. A. SUPPER
The Otto P. T. A. will hold a
covered dish supper Friday
night, February 11, at 7 p. m.,
at the Otto School. Everyone Is
asked to come and bring a
dish.
BOB S. SLOAN
SLOAN BECOMES
PRESS PARTNER
! Local Man, Employe T wo
Years, Buys Interest
From Jones
Bob S. Sloan has purchased |
an interest In The Franklin I
Press from the owner, Weimar
Jones, It was announced yes
I terday.
Mr. Sloan becomes a partner
\ In the business after two years
as an employe.
In future, Mr. Janes, who will
continue as editor, will devote
more of his attention to editing
the paper, and Mr. Sloan, in his
capacity as business manager,
will give most of his time to
the business and mechanical
ends of the business. During his
two years as a veteran on-the
job trainee, Mr. Sloan has had
some experience in almost every
phase of the newspaper and
commercial printing business.
The son of W. N. Sloan, of
Franklin and Atlanta, and of
! the late Mrs. Sloan, Mr. Sloan
| is a native of this county, as
I were his father and his pater
nal grandfather, the late J. S.
Sloan, before him.
He was educated In the Frank
' lin public schools, at Christ
I School, and at the University
i of North Carolina.
Following 37 months' over
seas service in the 9th infantry,
he returned to Franklin at the
end of World War 2, and served
for about a year as Macon
County veterans service officer.
He then went to Chapel Hill and i
completed the few months' work
he lacked, when he entered the
service, to obtain an A. B. de
gree. In January, 1947, he join
ed the staff of The Press.
| He Is active In the Franklin
Lions olub, the local post of
the American Legion, and the
Franklin Methodist church. In
j the Democratic primary last
spring, he was nominated for
his second term as a member
of the county board of educa
tion.
He married Miss Mary Jo Set
ser March 16, 1946. He and Mrs.
, Sloan make their home in East
I Franklin.
Dr. E. Angel To Spend
3 Days In Philadelphia
Dr. Edgar Angel will leave
for Philadelphia Sunday to at
tend post-graduate lectures on
cancer at Jefferson Medical col
lege and hospital from Febru
are 7 to 10. He plans to return
to Franklin February 11. He will
be accompanied by Mrs. Angel.
Press Becomes 7-Column Newspaper
With this issue, The Franklin
Press and The Highlands Ma
conian expands from a slx-ool
umn to a seven-column news
paper.
The Press has been published
In a six-column size since the ;
first issue in July, 1939, nearly :
10 years. For five years prior i
to that, the paper had been a ]
tabloid (five-column) size. And i
in its long life? The Press was i
established in 1885r-the paper
has been issued in a variety <
of sizes and forms. ]
The enlargement to seven col- s
umns has long been planned ;
by the management, and the J t
necessary equipment was bought c
several months ago. The change c
had to await, however, avail
ability of the right size paper, t
for the manufacturer* of i
newsprint, which la itlll aarioua- i
ly short, not only ration the
amount newspapers may buy,
but allot it in sizes by the
year.
In the new size, Press readers
will get an eight-page news
paper the equivalent of more
than nine pages of six columns;
i n eight-page, seven-column
paper contains 56 columns,
whereas nine pages of six col
umns would total 54 columns.
In the same way, six pages
>f seven columns is the equiva- 1
lent of seven pages in the old
size. And a 10-page paper of
ieven oolumns will lack only
,wo columns of having the same
unount of material as 12 six
solunrn pages.
The new size will make possi
ble both a more attractive newt
nakeup and a better arrange -
nent of advertUementi.
The change Is one of a series
the management has made and ]
plans to continue to make In 1
an effort to give Press readers a
larger and better newspaper. 1
During the newsprint short- 1
age, a number of expedients 1
have been adopted In an effort I
to provide more reading mat- 1 1
ter In spite of being limited to I
a fixed amount of paper.
More than two years ago, for j
example, the dashes that for- j
merly appeared between person- |
al items were omitted. While ,
that would appear to be a small
savings, It provided an average
of about half a column more
per week that could be filled 1
with type. In the course of a 1
year, that has meant 26 addlr
tlonal columns, or the equlva- I
lent of more than four txtrt I
pages. ! (
Macon Tails Area
In School Money
Spent Per Pupil
Name 'Bryson'
Commonest In Air e a ,
Phone Book Show*
What is the commonest name
'.n Southwestern North Caroli
na?
Smith? Brown? Jones?
Wrong! All three wrong!
The commonest name in this
area is Bryson, If the new tele
phone directory of the West
ern Carolina Telephone com
pany, placed in the mail to
subscribers Tuesday, is a fair
index.
The name "Bryson" appears
22 times in the approximately
1,900 listings for the seven ex
changes served by the company,
as against a mere 17 Joneses, 15
Browns, and 12 Smiths.
Allison and Cannon, with 15
.listings each, are as popular as
surnames as Brown, a directory
count of names reveals, while
Rogers, with 14 listings, and
Davis, with 13, outrank Smith
in popularity, and Angel and
Wilson, with 12 listings each,
are tied with Smith for sixth
place.
In the new directory, Sylva is
listed as having the largest lar
gest number of telephones, 529,
while Franklin Is a close second
with 520. The numbers at the
other exchanges are: Bryson
City, 272; Clayton, 265; High
lands, 181; Cullowhee, 68; and
Cashiers, 65.
The new directory, unlilde
those In the past, lists all
names at the seven exchanges
ogether, alphabetically; that is,
all those whose surnames begin
with A are listed under the A's,
all beginning with B under the
B's, etc. This consolidation sys
tem is in general use over the
country in cases where several
towns In one area are served
by one company, Russell E.
McKelvey, general manager,
said.
Farm Women
Elect 1949
Gub Head
Officers for 1949 have been
elected by the 11 home demon
stration clubs In this county.
Following is a list of the clubs
with their new qfflcers. The
first-named in each case la the
president, the second the vice
president, the third the secre
tary- treasurer, and the fourth
the assistant secretary-treasurer
(for clubs that have an assist
ant):
Carson Chapel club: Mrs
Frank Reese, Mrs. Homer Green,
Mrs. Charlie Conley, and Mrs.
Zeb Cansler.
Cullasaja: Mrs. Graham
Ortndstaff, Mrs. Tom Bryson,
Mrs. Marion Bryson, and Mrs.
Billy Norrts.
Olive Hill? Burnlngtown: Mrs.
Carlos Rogers, Mrs. Arlessa Ro
per, Mrs. Jess Tallent, and Miss
Jessie Roper.
Watauga: Mrs. J. P. Shuford,
Mrs. J. H. Lang, Mrs. Gordon
Smith, and Mrs. John Smith
Cartoogechaye: Mrs. W. N.
Dalrymple, Mrs. Fred Slagle, and
Mrs. T. H. McNlsh.
Liberty: Mrs. Carol Glbacm,
Mrs. Delia Mae Brendle, Mrs.
W. R. Gibson, and Mrs. Zella
Sal ton.
Oak Grove: Mrs. Ralph Brad
ey, Mrs. Ray Bradley, and Mrs.
'earl Childers.
Union: Mrs. Homer Johnson, '
i?rs. L. C. Stevens, and Mrs. 1
'. W. Teague.
Iotla: Mrs. George Brown, Mrs.
f. R. Morrison, and Mrs. Lawr- v
nee Liner. ^
Otter Creek: Mrs. Grace Queen, f
*rs. S. C. Franklin, and Mrs. s
festal Cochran. I ?
Holly Springs: Mrs Oaorge R. B
'attlllo, Mrs. Paul Anunoos, Mlu *1
lomer Justice, and Mrs, (Morg* 1
Crawford. ?
Expenditures Here Total
Only 69 Per Cent Of
N. C Average
Less money per pupil Is spent
on public schools ip Macon than
in any county west of AsbevlUe.
In only one county, in fact,
in the entire . 19-county moun
tain region are expenditures per
pupil as low as in Macon. That
county is Madison, which i?
tied with Macon for the bottom
rank among mountain counties.
These facts are revealed by
a 1947-48 school year report
made public by the State Board
of Education.
All expenditures tor public
school purposes in Macon Coun
ty last year averaged $75.77 par
pupil, according to the report,
i'hls is $32.73 lees than the av
erage for the state's 100 coun
ties.
Stated In different terms,
only 69 cents is spent tor the
education of a child in Macon
County when an average of $1
is spent over the state as a
whole.
In Cherokee county last year,
$15.27 more was spent for each
pupil than in Macon.
In Clay, $14.52 more was
spent than In Macon.
(Figures for Graham are
missing).
In Swain, $38.71 more was
spent.
In Jackson, $13.37 -more.
In Haywood, $23.71 more.
Of the total amount spent
for school purposes in Macon
County, >16 per cent was provid
ed by the state and 14 per cent
by the county. *
All other counties tn this area
provide a larger proportion.
Cherokee put up 21 per cent
of the total spent on schools
In that county, Clay 30 per cent,
Swain 32 per cent, Jackson It
per cent, and Haywood 27 per
cent.
Only three of the 19 oounttea
In the whole mountain region
provided a smaller proportion of
the total amount spent for
schools than Macon, and In
two of those counties expendi
tures pei1 pupil were higher,
even with the smaller propor
tion put up by the county.
Madison, where the same
amounU-$75.77 per pupil? was
spent as in Macon, provided 9
per cent of its total, in McDow
ell, which put up 12 per cent,
the average spent per pupU was
*81.15. And in Yancey, which
put up 8 per cent, the amount
spent per pupil wu 176.17.
The amount spent per pupil,
and the percentage (placed In
parentheses) provided locally,
tor the county systems In the
19 mountain counties follow:
Ashe county, $84.07 (31 per
cent) ; Avery county, $110.19 (36
per cent) ; Buncombe, $93.73
(20 per cent); Burke county,
$88.62 (18 per cert); Cherokee
county, $91.04 (31 per cent);
Clay county, $90.29 (30 per
cent); Haywood county. $99.46
(27 per cent); Henderson coun
ty, $101.45 (21 per cent); Jaek
scn county, $89.14 (16 per cent);
Macon County, $75.77 (14 per
cent) ; Madison county, $75.77
(9 per cent); McDowell oounty,
$81.15 (12 per cent); Mitchell
county, $81.81 (19 per cent);
Polk county, $109.75 (26 per
:ent) ; Rutherford county, $100.73
(28 per cent); Swain county,
(114.48 (32 per cent); Transyl
vania county, $173.96 (63 pmr
:ent) ; Watauga county, $101.36
[27 per cent); Yancey, $76.77 (6
jer cent).
The Weather
Temperatures and preciptta
ion for the past seven days,
ind the low temperature yea
erday, as recorded at the
^oweeta Experiment station.
High Low Free.
Wednesday 66 43 T*
Thursday 64 50 At
Yiday 66 36 141
Saturday 40 39 .06
lunday 34 37 .00
Monday 57 36 1.7*
'uesday 53 It .00
ftdneaday - a .00
Traee,