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FRANKLIN. N. C? THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, IM?
TEN PAGES
Mrs. Sherrill Is Named Home Agent
Judge Moore Gives
4 Road Sentences
Mscy Suspended Terms
Imposed At Augiuat
Term Of Court
Four defendants were sen
tenced to the roads and many
were given fines and suspended
sentences by Judge Dan K.
Moore, presiding, in the trial
Monday and Tuesday of the
criminal docket of the August
term of Macon superior court.
The criminal docket was com
pleted in mid-afternoon Tues
day, and the oourt turned to
trial of civil cases, which was
expected to continue the re
mainder of this week, and pos
sibly into next.
The four Sentenced to the
roads are Junior Allston, Ne
gro, charged with misappropri
ating funds of a Negro baseball
team, but whose plea of forcei
ble trespass was accepted, eight
months; Lloyd Hampton, charg
ed with operating a motor ve
hicle while intoxicated and with
larceny and injury to personal
property, six months; and Harv
ey L. LaBoone and Walter M.
Burch, both charged with oper
ating motor vehicles Intoxicat
ed. LaBoone was given six
months, and Burch four.
Twenty-one other defendants
were charged with operating
motor vehicles while intoxicated.
Earl Keith Warden was given
six months, suspended for three
years on payment of a fine of
$250 and the costs, and on con
dition he not drive a motor ve
hicle for two years; Billy Eu
gene Wood was given . tomr
months, suspended for three
years, on payment of a fine of
$100 and the costs, that he not
drive a motor vehicle for 24
months; Jesse Bynum Case, Wil
liam Dee Thompson, Walter
Taylor, and Albert Howard Tot
? Continued on Page Six
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
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50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
JBt. Agnes Home and1 Day
School for Girls opens August
21, 1899. Miss M. A. Hosner,
M. B., Principal. Mrs. M. J. Hos
ner, B. Pd., Matron. Rev. J. A.
Deal, Refctor? Advertisement.
H. G. Trotter and Son are
moving their brickyard plant to
Will Dawns' place.
Macon County has the honor
of entertaining within her bor
ders a distinguished personage,
Judge Day, of President Mc
Kinley's cabinet. He is at the
Davis House at Highlands.
25 YEARS AGO
Everything is now set for a
hot fight "between the two polit
ical parties for the county of
fices at the election to be held
hi November. The Democratic
nominees are as follows:
For representatives, A. W.
Horn; for sheriff, C. L. Ingram;
for register of deeds, Horace J.
Hurst; for coroner, J. J. Con- '
ley; for surveyor, John H. Dal- !
ton; for county commissioners,
A. B. Slagle, C. R. Cabe, S. P.
Pierson.
The Republicans nominated
the following:
For representative, Charles A. ?
Lowry; for sheriff, Chas. H. Mc
Clure; for register of deeds,
Robert Rogers; for coroner, T.
W. Angel; for surveyor, E. I.
Long; for county commissioners,
W. B. McGulre, John H. Fulton,
Carey Hall.
10 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Henry Slagle and Fred
Slagle returned last week from
a visit to the Slagle brothers
at Randle, Wash.
Those attending the Delta 1
Kappa Gamma sorority meeting
In Ashevllle and the Smoky :
Mountains next week will be 1
presented souvenir copies of
Mr*, p. l. filler's book on "Cher- <
okM Lor* and the Smoky Moun
Ulna", i
Court** Purpose To Make
Better Place To Live,
Judge Moore Says
The purpose of the courts is
to help to create a better place
to live, Judge Dan K. Moore, of
Sylva, told the Macon County
grand Jury at the opening of
the August term of superior
court here Monday morning.
"We are here this week",
Judge Moore concluded his
charge to ihe grand Jurors, "for
the purpose of serving the peo
ple of this county. And we shall
have done our duty well, it,
when this court adjourns, Ma
con County Is a little bettei
place to live in than it was be
fore".
Selection of the grand Jurors
and the Judge's brief charge
marked the opening of the court
term.
The courtroom was filled to
capacity as the term got under
way.
The names of the 18 to serve
on the grand Jury were drawn
from the box by Linda Kay
Smith, six-year old daughter of
Patrolman and Mrs. Pritchaid
Smith, Jr., and Judge Moore se
lected A. R. (Alt) Hlgdon to
serve as grand jury foreman.
The seventeen drawn for the
grand jury, in addition to Mr.
Higdon, are E. B. May, Jewell
Smith, D. L. Clark, Robert Tay
lor, C. J. Frady, J. E. Poindexter,
Austin Raby, Ed D. Denny,
Ralph Henson, J. E. Bradley,
Frank Sanders, V. C. DeHart,
Morris. Ledford, Clarence Peek,
N. O. Davis, George Nix, and
R. M. Wright.
In his charge, the Judge out
lined the three major (unctions
of the grand Jury: The respon
sibility for acting on bills of In
dictment presented by the solic
itor; "the power of present
ment", under which the grand
jury can start criminal proceed
ings on Its own initiative? "the
power given the grand Jury to
check up, if necessary, on
county officers"; and the duty
to examine the offices of the
county officials nd inspect the
county and state Institutions
and property within the coun
ty?the power to make a check
to see if public officials are
properly carrying out their
duties and If public institutions
are properly operated and pub
lic property is in good condi
tion". In emphasizing the im
portance of inspection of pub
lic institutions, Judge Moore
said a grand jury In his home
county of Jackson possibly sav
ed the lives of many school
children by reporting that the
building in which they were at
tending school was unsafe.
"Our system of law", Judge
Moore pointed out, "is based on
the idea of right and wrong.
You are intelligent men, and
you know what is right and
vrong, so it is not necessary
for me to define to you all the
criminal offenses under the
law", and in this connection he
remarked that "it takes four
large volumes simply to enum
erate" all the criminal offenses
in this state.
Judge Moore, however, did
emphasize the Importance of
enforcement, and observance, of
the regulations governing motor
vehicle traffic, and discussed
the prohibition law.
The Turlington act, the orig
inal state-wide prohibition law.
Is still in effect in this county,
he said, with one exception. The
exception is that it is legal for
an individual to buy not more
than one gallon of whiskey from
a legal liquor store and trans
port it to his home. It is illegal,
however to transport it or pos
sess it at any place other than
his home, and it is illegal to
transport It at random. ?
Some persons, he said, have
an idea that it is legal to trans
port one gallon for each per
son in an automobile.
"The supreme court has not
passed on that question, but it
Is my opinion? and I shall so
hold? that you can transport
only one gallon In a car".
Weaver Cabe was assigned to
mot* M (rand Jury orttoer.
N. C. Governor Visits In Macon
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Gov. W. Kerr Scott, accompanied by Mrs. Scott and Miss
Martha Fleming, spent the week-end resting at the Naintahala
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Slagle. The governor (right) and
Mrs. Scott (next to hi.m) are pictured above wi',h thel.1 host
and hostess, standing in front of the big fireplace in which a
huge fire was burning when the photo was made Sunday morn
ing. Arriving shortly before nomn Sunday morning, the governor
and his party remained until mid-afternoon Monday, whein
I'ney left for Cullowhee, where Gov. Soott spoke om a Western
North Carolina Farm and Home Week program Monday night.
While here, they spent their time quietly resting or fish'tng.
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? Photo by Crisp Stu?'i
Monday Governor and Mrs. Scott took about 30 fish from the
Slaves' private lake, Mrs. Scott besting the governor, both in
the number and site of her catch. Sunday evening Gov. and
Mrs. Scott and Miss Fleming, who was Governor Scott's sec
retary when he was commission of agriculture, were supper
gues's of Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Skagle, at their home nearby.
En route to Collowjiee, the party stopped in Franklin to inspect
the Slagte Memorial building. It was the first time, so far .as
could be learned, in many yean that a North Carolina governor,
while in office, had been an overnight guest in Macon County.
COWEETA TO GET
SERVICE AWARD
Washington Official Will
Make Presentation
Here Sept. 9
For its unique and outstand
ing work in determining the
relation of climate, soil, and
forest vegetation to stream
flow, the Coweeta Hydrologic
Laboratory (experiment forest),
near Franklin, will be present
ed a Superior Service Award by
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture, in a ceremony at Co
weeta at 2 p. m. September 9,
it has been announced.
The presentation will be made
by Dr. W. A. Minor, of Wash
ington, assistant to the secre
tary of agriculture. Represen
tative Monroe M. Redden will
be present, and has been asked
to act as master of ceremonies.
The award will be accepted,
?on behalf of the laboratory, by
Dr. Charles R. Hursh, of Ashe
ville, chief of the division of
watershed management and
protection of the Southeastern
Forest Experiment station, near
Asheville. The work at Coweeta
has been done under Dr. Hursh's
direction.
Earlier in the day, an infor
mal home-coming program will
be held for all those who have
worked on the Coweeta area
since it was established in 1934,
E. A. Johnson, technician in
charge, announced.
Mr. Johnson also announced
that some 20 forestry professors
and deans of forest schools,
from Maine to California, will
visit Coweeta Labor Day (Sep
tember 5).
First Football Camp
In History Of Local
High "Is Being Held
A football camp is being con
ducted by Coach Mllburn At
kins for the local high school
football squad for the first time
i;n the history of the school.
Between 18 and 22 boys are
now attending the camp and
more are expected before the
end of the two weeks' session.
The camp is being held near
Rainbow Springs, and the boys
are living in a camp, loaned
them by a group of local citi
zens.
Two practice sessions are be
ing conducted daily, in order
to ready the squad for the rug
ged nine-game schedule which
opens with Andrews, there, Sep
tember 16.
Macon FFA Boys Win
State Championship
Second Year In Row
Draft Board
To Clo?e; Welch Will
Register Youths
The Macon County draft
baard? Local Board No. 58? will
close tomorrow (Friday), and its
records moved to a sub-depot
in Asheville, it was announced
this week by Chairman E. W.
Long.
Youths still are required to
register, however, whert they at
tend their 18th birthdays, Mr.
Long pointed out, and should
register with R. E. (Tony)
Welch, veterans service officer,
at his office in the courthouse.
Mr. Welch has been appointed
official registrar for this coun
ty.
The move to Asheville" is a
part of nation-wide consolida
tion, necessitated by reduced
appropriations, Mr. Long ex
plained.
Macon County registrants
should address any communi
cations, he added, to Local
Poard No. 58, 410 Courthouse,
Asheville.
The board, set up a year ago
! under selective service, has reg
| istered 1,032 white and 29 Ne
| groe youths between the ages
of 18 and 25. Since the draft
1 stimulated enlistments, it has
been necessary to draft only
three men during the period the
board has been tn existence
The same board? Mr. Long,
Charles Rogers, and Lawrence
Liner? that was functioning at
the end of the war took over
the peacetime draft job. Mr.
Liner, however, was succeeded
by Phil McCollum some months
ago. Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones, who
was wartime board clerk, has
served in that capacity for the
peacetime draft.
Revival Meet Under Way
At Presbyterian Church
The series of evahgelistic serv
ices that got under way at the
Franklin Presbyterian church
Monday will continue through
next Sunday, according to the
pastor, the Rev. Hoyt Evans.
The Rev. Walter K. Beaty, of
Columbia, S. C., Is doing the
preaching. Services are being
held each evening at 8 o'clock,
?scept Saturday.
Trio Wins Right To Enter
National- Judging
Contest
A livestock Judging team from
the Franklin Furniture Farm
ers won first place In North
Carolina, In the contest held
last week at N. C. State college,
Raleigh.
It was the second year in a
row? and the fourth in a dec
ade?that a local team has won
the state championship.
Their win in Raleigh entitles
the three youths making up the
local team to go to Kansas City,
Mo., in October to enter the
national Future Farmers judg
ing contest, held each October
in Kansas City, Mo., in con
nection with the American Royal
Livestock show.
Members of the Franklin team
are Clifford Ledford, Jr., 17
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Ledford of Rainbow
Spring, Preaukj Crawford, 19,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Crawford, of the Cartoogechaye
community, and Frederick (Bo)
Setser, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bryan Setser, also of Cartooge
chaye.
Young Setser was a member
of the winning team last year,
but was unable to compete in
Kansas city, due to illness, and
thus was eligible to enter the
national competition this year.
The expenses of the trip, for
the boys and their coach and
teacher, E. J. Whitmire, Jr.,
vocational agriculture teacher
at the Franklin High school, will
be paid by the Sears Roebuck
foundation.
The Franklin team competed
in Raleigh against nine other
teams, those winning the two
top positions in the competitions
in each of the state's five dis
tricts being entered. Hereford
breeding cattle and Duroc
breeding hogs were judged.
Prior to going to Raleigh, the
local team won in the federa
tion (comprising Haywood and
other counties west) contest at
Waynesvllle, and later took sec
ond place in the district con
test at Statesville.
47 CARS RECORDED
The theft bureau of the North
Carolina Department of Motor
Vehicles assisted in the recov
ery of 47 stolen motor vehicles
during July,
Hypnotist To Give
Free Demonstration
And Lecture Friday
Clyde R. Powell, noted hyp
notist, will pve a free lecture
and demonstration at the
courthouse here tomorrow
evening.
Mr. Powell, who wis brought
to Western North Carolina by
the Bower's stores, will appear
in Franklin under tfhe sponsor
ship of the local post of the
American Legion.
"Uncontrolled Thinking" will
be the topic of his lecture, set
for 7:30 o'clock, to be followed
by a demonstration during
which he will put individuals,
and then en the entire audi
ence, "to sleep", it has been
announced.
At 5:30 p. m. Mr. Powell
will talk to members of the
sales forces of Franklin busi
ness concerns on store-cus
tomer re'ations. This meeting
will be held at Belk's Depart
ment store.
Twelve Seek
Postmaster
Appointment
Twelve candlates for the ap
pointment as permanent post
master at Franklin have taken
the civil service examination
for the position, and local lead
ers have received requests for
information about each of the
12.
The request forms, sent out
by the Civil Service Commis
sion, ask for comments on the
ability, character, personality,
and general fitness of each of
the 12 applicants. These forms
contain the names of 13 men,
but one? Erwln Patton- applied
for the examination but did not
take it.
The position pays $4,050 per
year.
Under the law, a veteran of
either war is given five points
credit on the examination, and
a disabled ve'.eran, 10 points.
Eight of the 12 applicants are
veterans.
The civil service rules provide
that the Civil Service Commls
sioon shall certify the three
making the highest ratings to
the postmaster general, and
that the President shall appoint
one from that group.
The position was vacated up
on the retirement May 31 of
T. W. Porter. E. W. Long was
named acting postmaster until
a permanent appointment could
? Centtaned on P*fe M*
BUT SHE MUST
RESIGN SCHOOL
BOARD POSITION
Raleigh Official Makes
Anmotuncement After
Meet With Clubs
Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill has
been appointed Macon County
home demonstration agent.
The appointment was an
nounced by Miss Ru;h Current,
of Raleigh, state home agent,
following a two-hour conference
Miss Current held with with the
council of home demonstration
clubs at the Slagle Memorial
bul'dlng Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Sherrill has accepted the
appointment, and will take up
her new duties September 15.
Acceptance of the home agent
post means that Mrs. Sherrill
will have to resign as a mem
ber of the county board of edu
cation, Miss Current said. Since
a part of the home agent's sal
ary is paid by the federal gov
ernment, it Is understood that
Mrs. Sherrill would be barred
from serving on the school
boSRT under terms of the
Hatch act forblding federal em
ployes to engage In political ac
tivity.
Under the law, the vacancy
on the school board wi'l be fill
ed by the county Democratic
executive committee, according
to R. S. Jones, county attorney.
If, however, that board fails to
make an appointment within 30
days after the vacancy occurs,
the State Board of Education
may fill the vacancy. In either
case, the person appointed will
serve only until the general as
sembly, at Its next session, ap
points someone to fill the va
cancy.
While she has not yet resign
ed from the school board, Mrs.
Sherrill indicated that she
would submit her resignation to
Chairman C. Oordon Moore in
the near future.
County and home agents are
appointed jointly by Ihe State
Extension service and the board
of county commissioners, but
the commissioners already had
unanimously endorsed Mrs.
Sherrill for the past at their
meeting August 22. Miss Cur
rent, however, while she was in
Franklin, confirmed the ar
rangement with Chairman W. E.
(Gene) Baldwin.
Mrs. Sherrill, who will suc
ceed Mrs. Carolyn Corry Cogan,
resigned, previously held the
position of home demonstra
tion agent in this courity, from
1939 to 1947.
A graduate of Franklin High
school and of the Woman's col
lege of the University of North
Carolina, Greensboro, she serv
ed briefly as home eoonom'st
in Asheville for the Carolina
Power and Light company and
with the Farm Security Admin
istration before going into home
demonstration work in 1P37.
She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Stalcup and
the wife of B. L. (Buck) Sher
rill. She and Mr. Sherrill, who
make their home on the Mur
phy road, have a two-year old
son. Tommy.
About 30 persons from 12 of
the 17 home demonstration
?Continued on Pare Six
Three Baseball Game*
Set For This Week-end
A big baseball week-end is in
store for Franklin fans, with
the local nine havhig three
games scheduled here Saturday
and Sunday.
Saturday's game, which
starts at 2:30 p. m? pits Frank
lin against Simpsonville, S. C.
The same two teams will meet
Sunday, with the first game
starting at 1:30 p. m.
Old Love Residence
Is Being Demolished
The old Love house, which
formerly was situated on East
Main street but years ago was
moved to a point just back of
The Press office, is being de
molished. The owner, Kansas
Stewart, started workmen tear
ing down the building yesterday.
The house was condemned for
human occupancy about two
years ?|0