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. Jr"; ^'Ji - 1 Pi IjiahlanV Blacotnan , WV . 1 ? ..." ., / Price 6 Cents VOL. IJUV? NO. 39 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 29, 1949 TWELVE PAGES FINNS WAGING HEROIC BATTLE TO STAY FREE Stones Tells How Forest Heipr> Little Nation Meet Reparatiors T-y maintaining and utilizing their forest resources, the peo ple of Finland are managing to hold cn to their freedom, >n>ite te -rifle nrids, J. Herbert Stone, jus.t hack from Europe, sold In ai Interview here this week. Mr. Stone, f.ne-time supervisor of the Nantahala National For est and now U. 3. regional for ester, with headquarters In At lanta, was one of six men chos en by the U. S. Forest Service to attend he third Wo1 Id For estry Congress in Helsinki, Fin land. last summer. Despite her heroic struggle; little Finland finally was de feated by big Russia, and now V is forced to pay the Soviets i heavy reparations, Mr. Stone said. Furthermore, the Soviets? presumably in order to keep Fin'and under Ross'an control? when thev fixed the repara tions pa yn en's wrote in a clause providing heavy penalties for tardiness in making payments? any payment that is late Is jnultiplied many times. So the Finns again are engaged in a s' ruggle with Russia, but this time, they are winning. "And it is the Finnish forests that are helping the people maintain their freedom", Mr. Stone said. The Russians, he explained, will not accept money payments, nor do they want the wood and wrv>d products that make up 90 per cent of Finland's ex ports. One item they in3i.<;t up on is tugs, which are made of steel? a scarce item in Finland. To meet the Russian demands, end thus preserve their free dom, the Finns have lowered their standard of living? Hel sinki, with its unpainted houses, Is terribly drab, Mr. Stone said. Rut they are making their for ests grow every tree possible, and are draining some of the swamps that make up a third of Finnish territory, in order to have more land on which to grow trees. And their processing plants are kept in A-l condition, so that Finland can manufacture Continued On Page Eight? 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Men's suits from $5 to $15. Boys' suits from $1 to $5. H. G. Trotter & Son.? Adv. Don't forget that Everett Franks will sell goods as cheap as any man In town.? Adv. I am Just getting in my fall line of shoes. I am also getting in a good line of groceries and would like to have you call and examine prices. Jean P. Bryson. - Adv. See my slates and prices on ^hcm before you buy. Big line, Frank T. Smith? Adv. 25 YEARS AGO ' The following from Macon County are attending the Unl versl.y of North Carolina at Chipel Hill: R. S. Jones, C. L. Fouts, H. C. Fouts, T. D. Slagle, P. R. Newman, F. H. Scruggs, II. G. Trotter, Claude Tallent, and C. C. Poindexter. Messrs. Lawrence Ramsey, J. W. Addington, and County Agent Arrendale left by motor Tuesday morning for Chester, S. C., to buy a carload of pure 4 red and grade Guernsey cat . ^ tie. (10 YEARS AGO W. C. Burrell announced ?/edne::cHy that the new bulld g under construction on the *>t adjoining Chevrolet Motor (Lmpany's headquarters will be Vcupled by the Macon Theatre, . , 5pr.de Galley, manager. *The Franklin chapter of Fu-' tfmire Farmers of America Tues r day elected officers for the I year as follows: Roy Fouts, * president: Wayne Bradley, vice president; Bob McClur*. lecre , tary; Lyle Shepherd, treasurer; ; And Mrs. Whttmire, adviser. A Foresters To Measure Merchantable Timber Before It Is Felled __ . ?>. Methods and proccdu-cs for Measuring merchantable nation al forest timber before, rather than after, it is- cut are being worked out at ? conference here this week ot representatives of the five Appalachian fores s. At present", national forest timber sold to private 'business is fli st marked, then cut by i he purchase-,,^ and then scaled (measured* for board feet), log by log. Since It Is not possible for the buyer to cut all the lmber at once, and since It Is necessary to get logs that have been cvt to the millas rapidly as possible, the present method menns a trip to the area by a forester first to ma'k the trees to be rut, and then, as It is cut, I rip after trip .to scale the logs, it, was explained by J. Herbert Stone, regional forester, who Is attending the conference. Under the. new method, the forester will mark a tree and at the same time "measure" It for board feet. This is done-,- Mr Stone explained, through use of such devices as Abney levels and Blltmore sticks. The method calls for measurement of trunk's circumference at the base of the tree; then the forester de termines the height through geometrical calculation of an-: gles. The system, which already Is in use in the pine forests of the Coastal Plain area, will save the forester's t:me, save con siderable in automobile expense, and make it possible for the forester to better plan his time, Mr. Stone said. He added that tie purpose is to make the funds appropriated to the Forest Service accomplish more. Phil Pryan. farmer supervisor of the Nantahala National For est, now assistant regional for ester, is in charge of he meet ing. While the con'erenca is chiefly for the timber manage ment assistants of the five forests in this region, the super visors or assis ant supervisors also are attending. The five forests represented are the Nantaha'a, Pisgah, Ch.st ahoocbee, Cherokee, and South Carolina. The conference, which open ed Tuesday, Is scheduled to end today. LENOIR IS HELD | IN AUTO DEATH Batsman Infant Fatally Hurt When Thrown From Car The two-and-a-half months child of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Bateman, of near Franklin, is dead, and John Wiley Lenoir, also of near Franklin, is held in Jail, as a result of an auto mobile accident on Highway 23. about seven miles south of Franklin, last Saturday evening about 7:45 o'clock. The child, Tony Stephen Bateman, and his mother were thrown from their car when it was struck in the rear by an automobile operated by Mr. Len lor. Highway Patrolman Pritch ard Smith, Jr., said, af<er an investigation. The Bateman car was turning into a driveway at the time. The chiM died In a hospital here Saturday night. A charge of manslaughter has been preferred against Lenoir, and he is still in jail, having failed to post the $1,500 bond required. He will be given a preliminary hearing before Jus tice of the Peace J. M. Moore ??t 11 a. m. today (Thursday). Funeral services for the child were held Monday at 2 p. m. at the Coweeta Baptist church with the Rev. William Sorrells officiating. Burial was in the Rush cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Potts funeral home. Survivors, In addition to the parents, include one sister, Sar ah; a brother, Toby; the pater nal grandparents, Mr> and Mrs T. A. Bateman, of Franklin, Route 2; and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C Ledbetter, also of Route 2. Zone Meeting Of W. S. G. S. WU1 Be Held Here Oct. 7 The annual Macon County zone meeting of the Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service will be held at the Franklin church Friday of next week (October 7), smarting al 10:30 a. m. All interested women through-' out the county, as well as mem bers of the societies in this county are Invited to attend, Mrs. Fred Slagle, zone chair-' man, said. Persons attending are ? asked to bring ? something for a covered dish luncheon. A brief session wlU be -held lr*. the afternoon. Mrs. J. R. of Bryson City, president of W- S. C. S. in the Waynesville district, will at tend and appear o.n the. pro gram. . . This zone Includes all Metho dist churches in Macon County. SUB-DISTRICT TO MEET The sub-district meeting of the Methodist Youth Fellowship will be held at Btthel church Monday nliht il l o'clock. Calendar Of The Week's EVENTS > FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 7:30 p. m? Franklin Lodge No. 452, Loyal Order of Moose, at ?>Si Legion hall. 8 p. m.? Football: Franklin vs. Murphy on Frank'in field. SATURDAY 7:00 p. m.~ Teen Age club at Skyway hotel. 3 p. m^-Franklin Junior Mu sic club at home of Martha Ann and Beverly Stockton. 8 p. m.? Square dance (Amer ican Legion benefit) at Slagle Memorial building. MONDAY 10 a. m.? Eoard of county commissioners at courthouse. 10 a. m.? County board of ed ucation at courthouse. 10:30 a. m. Macon County Baptist Ministers conference at First Baptist, church. 3 p. m? Franklin Garden club at Memorial building. 7 p. m.? Franklin Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts, at Memorial building. 7:30 p. m.? Franklin board of aldermen at town office. TUESDAY ':30 p. m.? Junaluskee Lodge No. 145, A. F. and A. M., at Ma sonic hall. WEDNESDAY 7 p. m.? Franklin Rotary club at Memorial building. 8 p. m. -Signal Tel. & Tel. Operations (army reserve) Com pany No. 3547 at Agricultural building. BROWNING WINS SCHOOL BOARD POST OVER LOVE Mrs. Dowdje, Previously Backed By ,Majority, .Not Coinsiidenad Frank Browning, farmer of the Oak Grove community, ha been appointed to <he county board of education to succeed Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill, re signed. The appointment war, made by the county Democratic exe cutive commit ee, which is au thorized by law to fill a vacan cy on the school board, at a meeting iast Wednesday niirht The 10 members present were reported 10 have been equally divided, l.ve voting for Mr. -Browning and five for T. T, (Tillery) Love, of the Nantahala section, aad .Chairman T. ..H. (Tom) Johnson had to break the tie, casting . the deciding voto for ihe Oak Grove man. Mr. Johnson two weeks earlier i said he was "undecided wheth- | er or not it will be necessaty t) call a meeting", explaining that seven of the 13 members ?)f the execu ive committee had signed a statement favoring Mrs. C. N, Dowdle. At last week's necting. however, her, name wag not brought up. No explanation of the shift was given. The executive committee is ma;!e up of the 12 precinct chairmen and the county chair man. Mr. Browning previously serv four two-year terms on the board of education, but failed it renomlnation In the Demo cratic primary election in 1948. In that race, in which 14 sought the five places on the board of education, he was In sixth place, or op man among the nine who failed to win the nominatons. The. school board now Is made up of Chairman C. Gordon Moore, Walter Glljson, Fred Ed wards, Mr. Browning, and Bob 3. Sloan. Cook To Fill Baptist Pulpit Here Sunday The Rev. W. N. Cook, retired Baptist minister, will fill the pulpit at the. First ' Baptist church here at the It a. m. and 7:30 p. m. services Sunday, it was announced this week by Paul Carpenter, chairman ol the church's pulpit committee. Smith Is Leaving ; Nc Received On His Successor Patrolman Pritchard Smith Jr., wtio hag been ordered transferred from Franklin to Shelby, will leave for his new post Saturday morning. Mr. Smith's iam.ily will remain in Franklin for the present, he said. No word had been received yesterday as to whom the state highway patrol will assign to succeed him in Franklin. Gibbs, Phillips Moved; Murray And Martin New Methodist Pastors Here Pastors of two Macan County Methodist charges- -the Rev. A. C. Gibbs, of the Franklin church, and the Rev. R. L. Phil-/ lips, of the Franklin circuit? r were ordered t ansferred at the denomina ion's Western North Carolina Conference in Winston. Salem Monday. Mr. Gibbs goes to Trinity church, on the Thomasville cir cuit, and Mr. Phillips was mov ed to Shepherds church, be tween MooresvJle and States vlllt. Mr. Gibbs will be succeeded here by the Rev. C. E. Murray, and Mr. Phillips' successor wi'l be the Rev. . p. V. Martin. Ef forts to obtain detailed infor mation about the two new pas tors, however, were fruitless. At press time yesterday, the Rev. C. N. Clark, district superinten dent of this district; had not returned to his home in Way nesville, and Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs also still were away, though they were expected back late Wednesday. Mr. Phillips, back in Franklin, said he had learn ed lit le about the new minis ters assigned here. Mr. Murray, It was learned, Fi-an'r'irj Nine To Meet Sylva Hers On Sunday The Franklin baseball team will meet the Sylva nine on the local diamond Sunday at 3 p. m. The ba'tety for Franklin w:'l prwbably be C. D. Corbrn, pltohte;, and Milton Higdcn, catrhlng. This may be the last base ball game of the season. Station Here Tops AI1N.C. In Recruiting Both the Franklin army and iir force recruiting station and M. Set. C. M. Faircloth, station commander, took top places in "''orth Carolina for August. This station, with enlistments amounting to 124 per cent of its quota for the month, hrd the best percentage rating <31 any of the 24 sections in North Car olina, according to an army an nouncement received here. Giv en a quota of 17 men, the sta tion actually enlisted a total of 21. The only stations even ap iroaching Franklin in percen tage were Gastonia, with 106 per cen\ and Raleigh with 100. Sgt. Faircloth personally ob tained 12 enlistments, giving him the top recruiting position among Individual station com manders. The station here serves North Carolina's six most southwest erly counties. * . ..... . ? Photo by Crisp Studi HAS BRIGHT OUTLOOK? A good .business head, plus a cheerful- disposition make It possible for Lawson Shook, former fighting service man, who lost the sight of both eyes In service, to have a bright outlook for the future. Mr. Shook, who Is enrolled on the farm training program, Is shown inspecting one of the 340 New Hampshire Reds he Is raising. They furnish him a steady Income through the sale of hatching eggs. This summer he has averaged 30 dozen eggs per week. He now has two ipodern chicken houses andlplans to enlarge his flock to 500. During the two more years he has on the training program, he hopes to build & new horfie, establish a successful chicken business and develop some beef catrte. This veteran spent two years, two months In government hospitals before he came home. comes here from the Marvin charge, Winston-Salem, Route 7. The records of the confer ence Show it to be .a church Vlth a membership of 465. It is understood he has been in the ministry about 15 years. Mr. Martin is understood to have had an assignment last year In the Ashevi!le district. All other pas ors of Metho dist charges in this, county were reassigned? the Rev. R. E. Early to Highlands, the Rev. L. C. Stevens to the Macon Circuit, and l he Rev. Isabel Hull to the West Micon circuit. The Rev. J. H. Brendall, Jr., and the Rev. W. Jackson Huney cutt, recent pastors c t the Franklin church, were given the same assignments they had last year, Mr. Brendall, Cent-al church at Kings Mountain, and Mr. Huneycutt, West Asheville church. Mr. Brendall also was named director of evangelism for the Gastonla district. Assignments of other minis ters who have he'd pastorates in this county in recent years or are otherwise well known here Include: Continued On Pare Eight? 5 DEER HUNTS WILLBE HELD Standing Indian And Fire3 Creek Areas To Be Open Five deer hunts will be con ducted on the Standing Indian and Fires Creek areas of the Vantahala National Forest in November and December, it was announced here this week. Dates for the three hunts on he Standing Indian coopera tive wi'dlife management area are: November 17, 18, and 19; November 24, 25 and 26; and December 1, 2, and 3. Dates for the two hunts on the Fires Creek area are: November 17, 18, and 19; and November 24, 25, and 26. A total of 75 hunters will be permitted on each three-day hunt on the Standing Indian area, and 50 hunters on each hunt on the Fires Creek area. Under the regulaUons, each participant may take one buck deer with visible horns. Daily hours of hunting will be 7 a. m. to 6 p. m., with 6 ! a. m. the hour for checking in. The fee for a three -day hunt is $7.50. The last day for accepting applications will be October 8, provided the quotis are filled by that time. If not, applications will continue to be accepted until the quotas are filled, or until November 8. If more applications than the quotas have been received bv October 8, a public drawing will be held at the courthouse here at 10 a. m. October ID. Application blanks may be ob tained from the office of Forest Ranger John Wasilik, Jr. The hunts are conducted "nder Joint auspices of the U. S. Forest Service and 'he North Carolina Wildlife Resources com mission. Name Bobby DcTsny Otter Creek High Senior Presk! int The .?enior clf>ss of the Otter Creek (Nantahala) High school has just completed Its organiza tion. Bobby Denny was elected pres ident, and Miss Hazel Trammel, secretary-treasurer. Other 'members of the c!ass are Roy Roper, Misses Geneva and Mildred Ba'eman, Miss Pauline Smith, and Carl Pass more. Will Observe World Communion On Sunday In observance of World-wide Communion Sunday, the Rev. A. C. Gibbs will conduct a spe cial communion service at the Franklin Methodist church at he 11 o'clock hour Sunday morninc. This probably will be Mr. Gibbs' last service In Frank lin, since he was transferred, at the church Western North Car olina conference, to Trinity church, near ThomMviUc. 1.500 HERE SEE PANTHERS LOSE TO HAYESVILLE Franklin Team Will Meet i Murphy On Local Grid Tcrnorrcw Night Playing before more than 1, 500 fans, the Franklin Panth ers absorbed a 26 to 7 defeat from an alert, capable Hayes ville eleven on the local field last Friday night. The Panthers will play their second home game of the sea son tomorrow (Friday) night when they will meet Murphy on the local field. Kick-off lime will be 8 o'clock. In last week's encounter, Hayesvil'e scored early in the first quarter when the local team was forced to punt from their own five-pard line and Palmer, center for the visitors, broke between guard and cen ter, blocked the kick, and fell on the ball over the goal line far a touch down. The try for extra point was good, making the score 7 to 0 in favor of Hayesville. Following a see-saw battle between the 30-yard stripes BAND WILL PLAY The newly organized Frank lin scJ.orvl band will nake its first appearance .at Friday night's football game here, under the direction of S. F. (Sammy) Beck, band instruct or. which lasted into the second quarter, with both teams mak ing short gains, Hayesville pass <"t f-rm the 35 to the 27, with White, the receiver, being com p'etely in the clear and going the remainder of the distance for a touchdown. The extra point was blocked. Shortly after receiving the kickoff, Franklin scored on a 54-yard run by Henry. The Panther left halfback broke loose on a quick opening play through the right side of the Franklin line and sped down the right side of the field al most before Hayesville realized who had the ball. Archer split the uprights with his place ment for extra point. The second half of the game was completely dominated by the boys from Clay county, with Franklin loosing control of the ball by fumbles every fime they gained possession of it. Haver - v He scored twice more on pass plays, the pass defense of the local eleven showing up as ex tremely weak. Long and Thompson were standouts in the Hayesville of fense, while Palmer and George played fine defensive ball. Henry and Huggins Icoked good for Franklin in the back field during the first half, wiih Jones. Brown, and Thomas play ing the best game in the line. TVister, J.ick Norton, and Ray, who were not in the starting line-up for Franklin, played good defensive., ball for the Panthers. Ray, who was carried from the fie'd on ? 'tret'her, was not seriously injured, as first thought. The line-ups for last Friday's contest : Franklin Po s. Hayesville Norton LE 'White Wilson LT Davis Brown LO Cheek Alsup C Palmer Thomas RG Saltz Jones P T Moore Pattil!o ... RE George Archer Q "i Savage Henrv ... LHB Lang Huogtns RHB .... Thompson Shields FB Garrett The Weather Temperatures and precipita tion for the past seven days, and the low temperature yes te*day, as recorded at the Coweeta Experiment station. Hi*h Low Pet. Wednesday 76 rhursday 80 48 Friday 74 49 Saturday 68 35 Sunday ? i 67 33 Monday ] 54 37 .02 Tuesday '..... 65 53 .06 Wednesday 51 .02 FRANKLIN RAINFALL (As recorded by Manson L. Stiles, TV A weaiher observer) For 24 hours ending at 8 a. m. Tuesday, .38 of an inch. Other dtyi, none.