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l^iigblanV Haeontntt Pric? S cents VOL. LXIV? NO. 33 FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1949 TEN PAGE8 Calendar Of The Week'. EVENTS THURSDAY, AUGUST 18 8 p. m.? Post No. 108, Amer ican Legion, at Slagie Memorial building. 8 p. m.? Nequassa chapter No. 43, Order of the Eastern Star, at Masonic hall. FRIDAY 7:30 p. m. 8oftball league games at Franklin Athletic field. SATURDAY 8:30 p. m. Franklin Junior Music club at home of Mar garet Mitchell Crawford. 7:30 p. m.? Teen Age club at Skyway (formerly Hearn) hotel. 8 p. m? Square dance (Amer ican Legion benefit) at Memor ial building. MONDAY 10 a. m.? August term of Ma con superior court convenes at courthouse. 7 p. m. ? Franklin Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts, at Memorial building. 7:30 p. m.? Franklin Lions club at Presbyterian church annex. 7:30 p. m. ? Softball at athlet ic field. TUESDAY 8 p. m.? Co-Ed club at Me morial building. 8:30 p. m.? American Legion Auxiliary at Memorial building. WEDNESDAY v 7 p. m.? Franklin Rotary club at Memorial building. 7:30 p. m. ? Teen Age club at Skyway hotel. 8 p. m.? Memorial Post No. 7339, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at Agricultural building. Capt. Tessier Is Given Prrmotiori To Rank Of Major Capt. Jesse N. Tessier, of the U. S. army air force, has been promoted to the rank of major. He was notified of his promo tion while en route from Boiling Field, near Washington, D. C., to Franklin for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Reby S. Tessier. Major and Mrs. Tessier and their daughters arrived here Saturday to spend about two weeks. From Franklin, Major Tessier will go to Panama City, Fla., to attend a four-months school. Oo You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the Hies of The Press) ' V 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK The County Commissioners on the 8th Inst, drew the following list to serve as jurors at the next term of the Superior court: C. L. Rickman, R. T. Sisk, H. P. Donaldson, J. F. Cunningham, A. L. Leach, R. L. Scott, J. A. Pendergrass, Bob Womack, E. M. Dalrymple, J. M. Mason, Wil ford Downs, L. W. Moore, A. B. Miller, J. L. West, E. Selleek, J. M. Huggins, W. A. Gribble, W. C Brendle, M. L. Kelly, J. F. Slagle, M. A. Russell, H. G. Trot ter, E. N. Bates, T. J. Trammell, J. C. Gotwalls, L. C. Calloway, M. A. Jolly, J. L Gibson, J. P Conley, C. A. Gregory, J. W. Stanfield, M. P. Kimsey, Chas. Wright, John T. Raby, G. R. McConnell, A. J. Evans, Jr. The county commissioners have contracted to have light ning rods put on the court house. A petition was presented to the Board of Commissioners at the last meeting for a public road from Aquone, up Nanta hala River, to the Black Place. 25 YEARS AGO The Hoard of Aldermen of thfi Town of Franklin, at a special meeting held Thursday morn ing, passed an ordinance for the issuance of $300,000 of com bined water, electric light, and power sv.slem bonds. This Is the first step toward municipal ownership of a hydro-electric power plant large enough to take care of increasing de demands. 10 YEARS AGO Dr. B. P. Grant, D. D. S., of Andrews, arrived In Franklin last week to make Franklin his home and to take up the prac tice of dental surgery. REV. C. E. PARKER PARKER RESIGNS AS PASTOR HERE Baptist Minister Accepts Call To First Church At Nsw Bern The Rev. C. E. Parker, pas tor of the First Baptist church here since January 1, 194C, has resigned to become pastor of the First church in New P.ern, and lie and his family will h ave Franklin the latter part of September. Mr. Parker will as sume his new pastorate Oc tober 1. His resignation was submit ted at the mid-week prayer service Wednesday evening of last week, but action was de ferred until Sunday morning, when the congregation accept ed the resignation with regret. No action toward calling a new pastor has been taken as yet, but it is understood that a supply pastor will be asked to serve between the time Mr Parker leaves Franklin and the time a new pastor is called and accepts. Mr. Parker, who is a gradu ate of Mars Hill college and who studied at summer schools during his early pastoral work and later studied at the South ern Baptist seminary, Louis ville, Ky., came to Franklin from Winston-Salem, where he had been chaplain of the Bap tist hospital for five and a half years. Prior to that, he had served pastorates at Winston Salem and Greensboro. He was born in Bertie county, in East ern North Carolina, 49 years ago; During his nearly four years here, the Franklin church ha# grown rapidly. The Sunday school enrollment has increas ed from 367 to 656; the church membership from 595 to 778; and the church's annual oper ating budget has grown from $5,800 to last year's (August 1, 1943 to August 1, 1 949 ( contri butions totaling $21,680. In addition, the congregation has bought and paid for a $16, 000 lot, at the intersection of West Main street and the Geor gia highway, for a new church structure. Both Mr. and Mrs. Parker have been prominent in the community's educational and ciilc activities, as well as relig i; .13 work, Mrs. Parker having taken an especially active in ? Continued on Page Six PLAN TO BUILD NEW MAIDEN'S CHAPEL CHURCH Appii ved At Conference; $2,000 Is Pledged < Fcr Structure A new building is to be con structed at the Maiden's Chapel Methodist church, it was de cided last week-end. The proposal to tear away the present church, which is said to be approximately 70 years old, and put up a new structure, on the same lot but not quite the same site, was approved by the district super intendent". Dr. C. N. C'.ark, of Waynesville, and the congrega tion at the quarterly confer ence Sunday. Meanwhile, the board of trustees announced that pledges totaling approxi mately $2,000, to start a fund for the new church, have been obtained. Del ails and specifications for the new structure are to be worked out by the Rev. E. J. Hammond, of Atlanta, church architect,, who was here over the week-end to confer with the trustees, disirict superintendent, and pastor. Dr. Hammond estimated ap proximately $10,000 would be re quired to erect a building to meet the congregation's needs, but it (k anticipated that con siderable help can be obtained from Duke endowment. Members of the church's board of trustees are R. C. En loe, J. R. Southards, Jake Wal droop, Floyd Nichols, and Thom as Southards. Mrs. R. H. Hull is pastor of the Maiden's Chapel and other churches on the West Macon circuit. It also was decided over the week-end to remodel and add io the Mount Zlon Methodist church, Mrs. Hull said, but de tails have not been worked out. Urge Pastors' Church Calls B3 Indefinite An executive committee rec ommendation that all Baptist churches in the county, when they call a pastor, make the call for an indefinite period, ; instead of for one year only, was a highlight of last week's 461, h annual session of the Ma con County Baptist association. At present, all of the 41 ' churches in the association, with the exceptions of Frank lin and Highlands, limit their pastoral calls to a single year, and at the end of each year, action must be taken. The executive committee also adopted a budget for the cur rent year of $2,675. The com mittee's report was made by the Rev. Paul C. Nix, chairman. The association reelected most of its officers for another year: J. H. S'.ockton, moderator, for his sixth term; the Rev. C. C. Welch, vice-moderator; Ver lon Swafford, clerk; Miss Mae McCoy, assistant clerk; and J. H. Brnokshire, treasurer. The Rev. W. N. Ccok wasv named historian. The following were appoint ? Continued on Paje Six High Football Practice Gets Under Way; 9 Games On Local ll's Schedule Faced with a nlne-fiame schedule, Coach Milburn Atkins opened the 1949 football season for Franklin High school with the Initial practice Monday afternoon. This fall's schedule includes five home games and four vis iting games. After opening the season with a contest with An drews there on September 16, the local eleven plays Hayesville on the local gridiron on Sep tember 23 and Murphy here, on the following Friday. The remainder of the sched ule includes Sylva, here, Octobcr 7; Jefferson City, Tenn., there, October 14; Robbinsville, here, October 21, Liberty, 8. C., here, October 28; Lavonla, Ga., there, November 4; open, November II; and Bryson City, there, No vember 18. I With 10 lettermen returning this year prospects for the com ing season Indicate that Frank j lin will have a much improved team over last year. Lettermen, whom Coach Atkins hopes to build this year's eleven around, are, John M. Archer III, Frank I,. Hemv. Ill, Charles Shields, Charles Thomas, and Bill Hug gins in the backfield and line men, Richard Jones, Joe Wil son, Pat Pattillo, John A'sup and Burton Leach, Bill Brown, veleran lineman, was not out for practice last Monday, but is expected to play this fall. Other candidates who report ed for practice, Monday are, James Conley, Paul Killian, Paul Plyler, Alfred Higdon and Bobby Potts. Coach Atkins said that after school started he expected a squad of from 35 to 40 men. Macon Woman Heads Demonstration Clubs Ln North Carolina Mn. J. S. Gray, of the Hick ory Kno'l co,*nmu'r:ty, is the new president of the N. C. Federa'ioiii of Home Demon stration Clubs. The honor, the highest that can be paid a North Carolina demonstration ciub member, was given the Macoa County woman when she was elected and installed at the Farn and Home Week piog .am iu: Raleigh last week. Mrs. Gray has long b-en active in demonstration club work, and is a past president of the M. icon County council. I B. M'COLLUM TAKENBYDEATH Former Lumberman Di:> After .Long Illness At A-*e_9f 79 Elbert Bruce McCollum, wide ly known to many friends as "Uncle Mac", who came to Franklin as a lumberman 30 years ago, died at his home on Palmer street at 10:15 o'clock Wednesday night of last week, following a long illness. Born near Greeneville, Tenn., January 28, 1870, he was 79 years of age. Mr. McCollum was employed by the W. M. Ritter Lumber company for half a century, and it was his employment with that firm that brought him to Franklin in September 1919. He had lived here ever since. Survivors include his widow, the former Miss Mary Sue Hodge, whom he married April 14, 1898; two daughters, Mrs. Zeb Angel, of Franklin, and Miss Ruth McCollum, of Atlanta; four sons, W. T- <Tom>, of De catur, Ga , and Phil, John, and ?Continued on Page Six G. A. Jones, Jr., Passes N. C. State Bar Examination Gilmer Andrew Jones, Jr., of Franklin and Chapel Hill, was one of seven Western North Carolinians to pass the North Carolina state bar examination, given this month in Raleigh, according to an Associated Press dispatch. For the sta'e as a whole, 108 persons took the examination ? the prerequisite for practicing lay in North Carolina. Of this number, 83 passed. Mr. Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones, of Frank lin, is a graduate of Brevard co!lege. Since returning to civil ian life, after several years' naval aviation duty, he has studied a year at Stetson uni versity, De Land, Fla., and two years at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he and Mrs. Jones and their young daughter have been making their home. For the present, he plans to continue his study of law at Chapel Hill. HEADS CUI.LOWHEE? Paul A. Reid, of Raleigh, will become president of Wes'ern Carolina Teachers college, Cullowhee. with the opening of the fall term at the college next month. His election as successor to the Lat? Dr. H. T. Hunter was an nounced by E. J. Whitmire, Jr., chairman of the college's board of trustees, last week. Mr. Reid, 46-year old native of Surry county, has had wide educa tional experience. It includes elementary teaching, high school principals hips, city supcrinten dency, and for the past five and a half years controller of the State Board of Education. COUNTY INCOME FROM HATCHING EGGS J400.000 W. N. C. Laboratory Sought; Produce Market Unit The hatching rgg phase of Macon- County's poultry Indus try brings this county an in come of between $300,000 and $400,000 a year, C. F. Parrish, of Raleigh, head of N. C. poultry extension work, told a grsup of poultrymen at a meeting at the courthouse here Tuesday. And, Mr. Parrish added, this total should be increased. This $400,000 industry, it was brought out, is the result of a nine-year expansion from a single commercial flock of hens in 1936 today's 125 flocks, rep ? Continued on Page Six 71 Criminal Cases Are On Court Docket Seventy-one cases are listed on the criminal docket for trial at the term of superior court which will open here Monday morning. Of this number, 33? nearly half of the total? are for oper ating motor vehicles under the influence of liquor. In 12 o her cases, the charge is violation of the prohibition laws. On the civil docket, one of the heaviest in years, according to Clerk of the Court J. Clin ton Brookshlre, 91 divorce cases and 10 regular cases are listed. Judge Dan K. Moore, of Sylva, will preside. It will be Judge Moore's first court in Macon County since he became a judge. Solicitor Thad D. Bryson, Jr.. will prosecute the criminal docket. The calendar of civil cases, other than those in which di vorces are sought, follows, with the attorneys listed in paren thes, the attorneys for the plaintiff being listed first in each case: John H. C. Perry vs. Wm. R. Dear (T. D. Bryson, Jr., and J. H. Stockton; Jones and 1 Jones); Frank R. Leach vs. R. A. Patton (Jones and Jones; G. L. Houk and J. H. Stockton); Arthur I. Rank vs. Vercalite In? dustries, Inc., et al (Jones and Jones and Jones and Ward; J. H. Stockton and J. B. Gray); Nantahala Power and Light company vs. Grace Brown (G. L. Houk; T. D. Bryson, Jr., and J. H. Stockton) ; Winton De Hart vs. R. M. McGaha (Black and Whitaker; Jones and Jones); A. A. Slier et al vs. H. M. Luck (G. L. Houk for plaintiff, no attorney listed for defendant); Mildred Stockton vs. Eliza Cobb Grist (T. D. Bry son, Jr., and G. L. Houk; Jones and Jones) ; Mica Development corporation vs. T. M. Strider and Company, Inc., (J. H. Stock ton for plaintiff; no attorney listed for defendant); Jos. D. Farish, axe. and trustee, Arthur K. Woodman, vs. Jean Gould et al (Jones and Jones; Ruth Alberta Clark); David Watson vs. Egbert Beall et al (G. L. Houk and Harold Major; Jones and Jones). CLYDE R. POWELL PLAN HYPNOSIS PROGRAM HERE Clyde R. Powell, Well Known Lecturer, To Speak In Franklin Clyde R. Powell, widely known hypnotist and student of human psychology, will give a free pub lic lecture and demonstration at the courthouse here Friday eve ning of next week. Mr. Powell, who is director of public relations of one of the nation's large industries, is spending a week in Western North Carolina, and his lectures in this part of the state have been arranged through the Bower's stores, a customer of the shoe firm with which Mr. Powell is connected. His appearance in Franklin is under the auspices of the local post of the American Legion. The address next Friday eve ning, "Understanding and In fluencing Human Behavior", is set for 7:30 o'clock. Earlier in the day? at 5.30 p. m., at Belk's Department store? he will talk to the sales forces of Franklin business establishments on customer re lations. Following his address in the evening, it was explained, he will give a 20-mlnute demon ? Continued on Page Six Franklin SOFTBALL LEAGUE I ' Franklin Softball league re sults to date, with the schedule of approaching games, follow: Results Friday Night, August 12 Forest Service, 13; VanRaalte, 12, (8 innings). Zickgraf, 5; NP&LCo., 4. Monday Night, August 15 Oilers, 5; Rotary, 4. Oilers, 14; Rotary, 6 (double header). Teams' Standings W L Pet. Forest Service 7 3 700 Oilers 7 3 700 Rotary 6 5 545 Zickgraf 6 5 545 NP&L Co 5 6 454 Van Raalte 1 10 91 Coming Games Friday ( tomorrow ) night? 7 : 30, Rotary vs. Zickgraf; 9 p. m., Oilers vs. NP&LCo Monday night? 7:30, Oilers vs. Rotary: 9 p. m., Forest Service vs. Zickgraf. $40 In Prizes Offered Macon School Children In Historical Contest A second contest for the best articles relating to the history of Macon County will be con ducted by the Macon County Historical society, 11 was an nounced this week by Gilmer A. Jor.es, the society's president. Unlike the first contest, which ended recently, this year's com petition is restricted to school children in Macon County. Three cash prizes, totaling $40, are offered. For the best article submitted by a Macon county school child, boy or girl, a prize of )20, offer ed by the Historical society and by The Franklin Press, will be given. For the best article, other than the first prize winner, submitted by a school boy, Mr. and Mr i. Henry W. Cabe are of fering a prise of $10. The contest, which is open now, will close December 1, and the prizes will be presented the evening of December 19. Articles may be of any length and on any subject of Macon County historical value, except that biographies of living per sons will not be considered. In announcing the contest, Mr. Jones addressed the follow ing open letter to the school authorities In this county, ex plaining the competition and asking for the cooperation of the schools in making the con test a success: "TO THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS OF MACON COUNTY: "The Macon County Historical Society is inaugurating another contest whlcn ,has as its aim ?Continued on P?fe Six AGENT RESIGNS: BOARD FAVORS MRS. SHERRILL Mru Ray Also Quits As Assistant Agent Mrs. Carolyn Cogan and MLsa Anne E. Ray, home demonstra tion agent and assistant agent, respectively, In this county, have resigned, effective Sep tember 1, It was learned this week. MeanWhile," the board of coun ty commissioners, at its meet ing Monday, unanimously went on record as endorsing Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill for the post. Mrs. Sherrill formerly was home agent here for a number of years. Mrs. Cog<?n resiened July 25, but the i esignation was not made public until it was re vealed by the commissioners action Monday. "I resigned be cause I wanted to", was her only comment on her reasons for giving up the position she has held for the past two years. Miss Riy, however, is to be married soon, and her letter of resignation explained that she was resigning in conformity with the regulation of the N. C. Extension service that no mar ried woman may serve as as sistant agent. The appointment of home agents is made Jointly by the Extension service and the com missioners, and the latter's en dorsement of Mrs. Sherrill con tained the proviso that they favored her if a satisfactory ar rangement can be worked out on the matter with the Exten sion service. Commissioners Make Tradj With Cabe To Operate County Home The board of county commis sioners, at its meeting Monday, entered into an agreement with Ernest Cabe, Sr., to operate the county home and farm for the I next year. Mr. Cabe succeeds Lester Southards. Under the agreement, he will receive $30 per month for the upkeep of each inmate, with ; the exception of one, who works j for her rcom and board. With a view to building up the land on the farm, the com missioners set aside the low lying acreage that was flooded this summer to be sowed in grass and lespedeza. Since Mr. Cabe can ob'ain little benefit from the first year's grass crop, the commissioners voted to pay for the seed, lime, and fertiliz er, and Mr. Cabe will do the work. The board also approved a slightly revised petition for the proposed Nantahala road, to gether with right-of-way ease ments. Franklin MYF Group Is Holding Seminar At Wayah Bald Camp The Franklin Methodist Youth Fellowship is conducting a three-day study seminar at Wilson Lick on Wayah Bald, Wednesday, "Thursday, and Fri day of this week. Classes in Bib'e study and religious education are being conducted for the young people by the Rev. A. C. Gibbs, Mrs. Gibbs, Miss Mozelle McCormick and student workers. Thirty to 35 young people were expected to take part in the three day outing. The Weather High Low Prec. Wednesday 85 54 .03 Thursday 87 56 Friday 86 58 .58 Saturday 84 61 .67 Sunday 85 60 .01 Monday 82 66 .18 Tuesday 82 68 .49 Wednesday 66 .85 Total rainfall, Inches .... 2.21 FRANKLIN RAINFALL (As recorded by Manson L. Stiles, TVA weather observer) For 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. Thursday, none; Friday, .08 of an inch; Saturday, none; Sun day, none; Monday, .14; Tues day, .31; Wednesday, .44. Total for vMk, .91 of m Inch.