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e ' ? tv '' - Iff VOL. LXIV? NO. 41. ?11)* Hjigblattfei mUnmuin FRANKLIN. N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1949 1 ? / Price 6 Cents pinnrr daodo TOBACCO SALE BRINGS $1197,55 TO MACON MEN 'Eight Farmers Grow New Crop This Year For First Time The first Turkist tobacco sale ever held In Macon County brought $1,197-55 to Its growers. The sale was conducted Wed nesday, October 5, at the agri cultural building. Representatives from 1 the Southeastern Aromatic Tobacco company, Anderson, S. C., grad ed and purchased the tobacco 1,345 pounds were brought tr the sale by the eight farmers who grew the crop for the first time this year. The growers were guaranteed a price of 85c per pound. The results were as follows: James Powell sold 110 pounds for $98.89, 50 pounds of his brought the top price of $1.20 per pound. Woodrow Byers 113 pounds for $106.40, 80 pounds of his brought $1.00 per pound. Thomas Moses 160 pounds at the guaranteed price of 85 cents or $143.65. Fred Dills 152 pounds for $146.80, 132 pounds at $1.00 per pound. He averag ed 96.6 cents per pound which was the highest average brought. Dewitt Allen 214 pounds at $181.90, Charles V. Pendergrass 287 pounds at $265.00, 83 pounds at $1.20, average price 92.3 cents. Mrs. HalUe Duvall 194 pounds $164.90, J. A. Waters 106 pounds at $90.00. The production of turkish to bacco requires a large amount of hand labor. Farmers with several children to take care of this hand labor can produce this crop profitably. There is no allotment for this crop but It would not be wise for a new grower to start with more than one-fourth acre. The Southeast ern Aromatic Tobacco company is anxious to have as many growers in Macon County as possible. Farmers who plan to grow this crop next year should contact the County Agent's of fice nojv in order that land for the crop and beds may be se lected. Thin land with very lit tle fertilizer produces the best tobacco. Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the files of The Press) SO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Some bounds were chasing a wolf all around Franklin through the whole of Sunday night. It had b?en started on Shooting Creek in Clay county Saturday, and the last heard of it was at Mr. W. C. Allman's place, where it was seen early Monday morning. With this number The Press enters upon its fourteenth vol ume. Tom Shepherd, John W. Mann, and T. S. Munday took In the circus at Ashevllle last week. Geo. H. Dalrymple of High lands is down at court this week. 25 YEARS AGO Men are whispering that Bill Cunningham is going broke. Just last week we heard ol a fellow merchant who *ared up on his hind legs, laid back his ears, and, like unto a certain animal which spoke unto one Balaam in days of old, prophe side as follows: "I tell you he's bound to go. No living man can sell goods at the prices he does and stay in business. Just wait ?he'll bust!" No doubt the shoe pinches? but they'll have to wear it a few weeks longer!"? Bill Cunningham's Cash Store * advertisement. 10 YEARS AGO In a ceremony of beautiful simplicity, Miss Ruth McKlnney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave McKlnriey, of Hlwassee, Ga., was married to Horace T. Nolen, son of Mrs. Frank H. Nolen, of Franklin, Saturday evening In the Presbyterian manse. Mrs. J. S. Gray Returns From Convention Mrs. J. S. Gray, of Franklin, Route 2, president of the North Carolina Federation of Home Demonstration clubs returned Tuesday from attending the Na tional Home Demonstration Counsel held at Colorado 3prings, Colo.j? October 3-7. Mrs. Gray, in a brief inter /iew, said that a great deal of emphasis was placed on what American women could do to issist in the European recovery orogram, with particular stress ieing placed on the German jroblem. The Macon County club lady ?.aid that a highlight of the convention was a talk by Mrs. ?Raymond Sayre, president of the Associated Country Women of the World, who has spent considerable time traveling in Germany and studying their problems. Mrs. Sayre pointed out, she said, that the German people would accept the tdeal ology of the country that gave them food, clothing, and shelt er. The American women could be of great assistance in help ing to spread democracy by aid ing the destitute of foreign countries, she, said. Thirty-nine states were rep resented at the council and four foreign countries attend ed the Associated Country Wo men of the World session of October 6-7. / Mr. Gray accompanied Mrs. Gray on her trip. Mrs Cogdill 81 Year Old Swain County Native, Dies Here Mrs. Maggie Cbgdill, 81, died Saturday at 8 p. m., in the Jiome of her daughter, Mrs. Harley Wiggins, Franklin, Route 2, following a short illness. She was born June 24, 1868 in Swain county, a daughter of Joe and Sarah Bradshaw and .married J. R. Cogdill, who died 20 years ago, in 1890. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 p. m., at the Franklin Grove Baptist church near Bryson City, with the Rev. Judson Medlin conducting the service. Ralph Cabe, Ottis Franklin, Ralph, Roy, and Ray Dowdle, and Walter Wiggins served as pallbearers. Surviving are three daugh ters, Mrs. J. P. Medlirf, of Franklin, Route 2, Mrs. Wiggins, and Mrs. C. J. Medford, of Forest City; one brother, J. R. Bradshaw, of Long Beach, Cal.; two sisters, Mrs. Jess Cable, and Mrs. Joe C. Dale, of Hayes ville. Potts funeral home was in :harge of the arrangements. Octogenarian Crosses Continent By Plane For Visit Here C. L. Watkins, though he is 37, has just crossed the conti )ent by plane for a visit with relatives here. Mr. Watkins, whose home is n Long Beach, Calif., left Ma ?on County in 1908, but he has et neither distance nor advanc ng years keep htm from enjoy ng visits back to his old home, le was here last year. A brother, S. C. Watkins, of Pittsburgh, arrived here Sunday, and the Watkins brothers and sisters held a family reunion his week at the home of Mrs. C. W. Stiles, a sister, of Frank lin, Route 2. Pr?6ertt were the brothers from California and Pennsyl vania and a third brother, J. B Watkins, of Highlands, Mrs. Stiles, a etster, Mrs. T. J. Mc Guire, who lives with Mrs. Stiles, and a third sister, Mrs. W. S. Price, of Highlands. The only survibing members of the immediate family not present was a fourth sister, Mrs. J. W. Smith, who lives in Cal ifornia. CORN CONTEST Farmers who want their corn yield estimated should make their application this week to ?he County Agent's office or Vocational Department. We will start checking this corn Mon day, October 17. Lions Club Sponsors Band; Vote To Raise $1800 For Instruments The Franklin Lions club voted unanimously to sponsor the Franklin High school band as their main project for the com ing year at their regular meet ing last Monday night. President Frank Duncan nam ed the following committee to direct thfc project: Paul Rus sell, chairman, Elbert Angel, Sam Beck, Guy Sutton, mem bers. Chairman Russell said that he wanted to make it plain that whi'.e the Lions club was accepting the responsibility of purchasing the needed Instru ments that the club had nc de sire to keep other organizations from taking a part in contribu' ing to the financial support of the newly organized band. He said that the Lions club had underwritten the purchase of $1800 worth of needed equip ment and that plans for rais ing this money would be com pleted this week. One method by which the found* could be raised was the sale of honarary memberships, he suggested. Chairman Russell also ex plained that all money contri buted to this project would not be deposited to the Lions club account, but in the school band fund which wou'd be adminis tered as a state school fund and subjec'ed to audit. He also said that he wished to point out that the drwe for band memberships was not in competition with the Symphony drive and that the Lions Blub favored both and felt that both movements were of value to the community. Panthers Lose To Sylva 21-14 In Hard Fought Game A heavier, more experienced, football team from Sylva High school defeated the Franklin Panthers on the local field last Friday night by a 21-14 score. More than 1500 fans witness ed the game, which was one of the most thrilling and hard fought contests seen here re cently. Franklin was placed in a hole early in the game following a fumble by Shields, which an alert Sylva lineman pounced on, on the Panther 20 yard line. On the third line play Erne Bvimgarner, 210 pound Sylva fullback, plunged across the goal line. The visitors failed to score the extra point. Early in the second quarter, Frank Henry, Franklin halfback, on a quick breaking play over his own right tackle, went 60 yards to score. He was helped on this run by nice blocking at the line and downfield. Not one Sylva man touched him as he streaked to pay dirt. Archer split the uprights with a per fect placement for the extra point. After receiving the kick off, Sylva drove on line plays for another touchdown with Cun ningham scoring on a 32 yard run. Again their attempted plunge failed to make an extra point. This ended the scaring for the first half. Henry, after fumbling the kickoff was downed as he at tempted to run the ball out from behind his own goal line and Sylva scored two points on a tuchback. A hard fighting' Panther eleven wasn't through yet, and after PatWllo covered a Sylva fumble on the Franklin 40 yard line drove to the visitors 20 yard line. During this drive Archer completed two passes to Pattlllo and Henry and Huggins carried the ball for nice gains. From the 20 yard line, Huggins ? ? ? 1 recovered his own fumble and I dashed around the left end for a touchdown. Archer again split the uprights with his placement to He the score. Sylva, with a much heavier line and more reserve strength, could not be stopped after re ceiving, by ths Franklin team as they ripped through the lighter line. During this drive bid Bumaarner was shifted to tackle to open holes for the Sylva backs. Cunningham scor ed over Bumrarner on a three yard plunge. The same play was good for the extra point. Sylva nearly scored once more as Cunningham broke loose for 70 yards bmt was caught from b?hind by Henry. While the entire Franklin team played one of ths best gamss uf their careers, the de fensive play of ends Jack Nor ton, Bo Norton, Pat Pattillo, and Leach, Alsup, and Thomas was particularly oustanding. Eight men, Pattil'o, Jones, Al sup, Leach, Thomas, Archer, Huggins, and Shields played the enteire 60 minutes for Franklin. For Sylva Cunningham, Hoyle, and Bumgarner were outstand ing in backfield with Warren and Henry playing excellent ball in the line. With a season's record of two wins and two defeats, Frank lin will journey to Jefferson City, Tenn., next Friday night. Starting lineups for last Fri day night's game were: Franklin Pos v. Sylva Nor; on, B LE Parris Jones LT Henry Thomas LG Queen Leach C Ensley Alsup RG Warren Wilson RT ...... Alexander Pattillo RE Monteith Archer QB Rhodes Henry LHP Cunningham Huggins .... RHB Dillard Shields FB Bumgarner DR. SWALIN EXPECTED Dr. Benjamin Swalin, con ductor of the North Carolina Little Symphony, will be in this a*a next week to discuss the membership drive for the Sym phony for the coming year with local leaders. Hold New Positions Mrs. Lee Guffey and Sam Be the Macon County schoal syster first grade teacher In the Fran teacher and will work througho ate of Western Carolina Teacher college. Mr. Beck, a graduate college, Is director of the new charter member of the N. C. By the Charleston and Richmond ( ck are filling new positions in n this fall. Mrs. Guffey, former klin school, is the new helping ut the system. She is a gradu ?s college and Peabody Teachers of Western Carolina Teachers 'ly organized band. He waS a mphony, and later played with 3ymphony orchestras. Local Boys In National FF A Contest Prelo Crawford, Clifford Led ford, Jr., and Jack Mashburn, all members of the Franklin Future Farmers of America club, left Tuesday for Kansas City, Mo., where they will rep resent the state of North Caro lina in national stock Judging contests at the American Royal Livestock show. Crawford is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Crawford, of Frank'in, Rou e 1. Ledford is the ron of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ledford, ef Rainbow Springs and Mashburn is the son of Mrs. Henry Mashburn, of Franklin, Route 1. These young Future Farmers,, all students at the Franklin High school, earned this right to enter the natknutl contest by winning first place at the federation contest in Waynes ville, the district contest in Statesville and the state con test in Raleigh in August. The boys will be accompanied on their trip by H. J. Whitmire, Franklin High school vocational agriculture teacher, an?l Max Parrish and Si'er Slagle, farm veteran program instructors. This is the fourth time that Mr. Whitmire has had teams to enter the national contest. The national Future Farmers of America convention will be held in Kansas City at this time and more than 6, ?00 FFA mem bers are expected to attend. Mrs. W. S. Seagle Dies At Home Following Long Illness Funeral services were held Monday at the Asbury church for Mrs. W. S. Seagle, 69, who died at her home in the Ot'o community Sunday night at 11:30 following a long illness. Services were conducted by Rev. L. C. Stevens and burial followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Stew art, Robert Beil, Edd Henson, Gilmer Henson, Joe Bradley, and Morris Norton. Mrs. Sleagle, a life long Ma con resident, had been active in church and community af fairs until ill health confined her to her home. Besides her husband, she is survived by three daughters; Mrs. Miller Norris, Mrs. Curt Ohastain, and Mrs. Frank Pru ttt, all of Otto^ two Sisters, Mrs. Ed Conley, of Otto, and Mrs. Marvin Davidson, of Ly man, Wash. Potts funeral home was in charge of the arrangements. Local Future Farmers Elect Officers; Will Shew Cattle At Fair Prelo Crawford, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pre'o Crawford, of Franklin, Route 1, was elected president of Franklin High school Future Farmers of Amer ica club at the first meeting of the year. Other officers elected at this time were: Bobby Joe Corbin, vice-president; Bruce; Crawford, secretary; Charlie Gibson, treas urer; Bryant Cunningham, re porter; R. L. Cunningham, Clif ford Ledford, and Pete Penland, watch dogs. Class members will go to the North Carolina State fair in Raleigh this week to show a group of Herford cattle repre senung herds of the following Macon County stock owners, Mrs. Edgar Angel, Berlin V. Mc Coy, Carl S. S!agle, Jack Roper, and Bob Tippett. They will be accompanied by Harry Kinsland and George Hunnicutt, Farm Veteran Pro gram instructors. MRS. BECK ELECTED Mrs. Samuel Beck, of Frank lin, was elected secretary of the division of Latin Teachers, at last week's western district meeting of the North Carolina Education association in Ashe ville. Mrs. Beck is a member of the faculty of the Franklin High school. Mrs. Potts Attends Welfare Institute Mrs. Eloise G. Potts, Macon County superintendent of Pub lic welfare, was in Raleigh this week, attending the thirteenth annual public welfare Institute, October 10 through October 12. FranklinSylva Road To Be Improved In Y ear Says Thrash Board Of Education To Hold Meeting Saturday On Mill Shoal School Upcta the request of a group of ci'izens from the Rabbit Creek area of the Mill Shoals township, C. Gordon Moore, chairmm of the Mxoom Coun ty Board of Education, called a meeting of the board Sat urday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the County Superinten dent's office. The group, who made their requesf on Tuesday, stated that the? wlafced to appear before Uie board in order to discuss the location of a school for the Mill Shoals area. Ttvy said that it was their understanding that the board planned to consolidate the Rldgecrest, Holly Springs, and Watauga schools in one plant located in East Franklin and that they were opposed to this plan, and wished to discuss other locations with the board. PTA Holds 1st Meeting Of The New Year Eighteen members of the Highlands Parent Teacher as sociation were present for the first meeting of the school year held last week with the new president, Mrs. W. C. Newton, presiding. Other officers for the year are Mrs. Louis A. Edwards, vice-president; Mrs. Sidney Mc carty, treasurer; and Mrs. Har ry Holt, treasurer. Reports on the recent district meeting in Cherokee were giv en by Mrs. J. M. Valentine, Mrs. J. R. Phillips, and Mrs. Tudor N. Hall. Working committees appoint ed at Tuesday's meeting are: Membership, Mrs. Manila Krug, chairman, Mrs. J. D. Burnette, and Mrs. Roy Phillips. Program oommittee, Mrs. Tudor N. Hall, chairman; Mrs. C. J. Andersen and Miss Ethel Calloway. Pub licity and Art, Mrs. Towi Harbi son, chairman; Mrs. C. E. Mit chell and Mrs. J. M. Valentine. Hospitality and Music com mittee, Mrs. Bob DuPree, chair man; Mrs. O. F. Summer and Mrs. Louis A. Edwards; Finance and Recreation, Mrs. L. ' Z. Clarke, chairman; Mrs. J. M. Valentine, Mrs. Alvin Crowe, Miss Kathryn Baker, C. J. And erson and Tommy Hunt, Jr. Publications, Mrs. Robert E. Early, chairman; Mrs. Harold Rideout, and Prof. O. F. Sum mer. Safety committee; J. D. Burnette, chairman; Tudor N. Hall and Harry Holt. Character and Education, the Rev. R. P. DuPree. Room repre sen ative, Mrs. Carl Zoellner. Lunch room, O. F. Summer, Mrs. Ruth Beal and Mrs. Harry Holt. Pre-school, Mrs. Tommy Hunt, Jr., chairman; Miss Veva How ard, and Mrs. Alvin Crowe; girls' rest room, Miss Ethel Calloway; boys' rest room, Louis A. Ed wards. Free Movies To Be Shown Here On Firs Prevention Free motion pictures on Fire Prevention and Erosion will be shown at many Macon County schools during the month of October, according to J. Fred Bryson, county forest warden. The schools scheduled to see the movie during the remain der of this month are as fol lows: Otter Creek, October 17, 9:30 a. m.; Kyle, Octover 17, 1 p.' m.; Watauga, October 18, 9 a. m.; Mountain Orove, October 18, 1 p. m.; Oak Ridge, Oc tober 19, 9 a. m.; Clark's Chap el, October 19, 11 a. m.; and Union, October 19, 1:30 p. m. P. T. A. MEETS The Franklin Parent-Teach er association will hold its in itial meeting of the year at the school Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The newly organized schcol band will play several selections, and the school's choral group will sing. A business session will ba held. Highway Commie s: oner Tells Macon Group "No Black Top This Winter" Approximately 250 perrons heard Dale Thrash, highway commissioner, for tenth district make several announcements concerning the road program in Macon Coumy including tbe following: That no roads in this county would be h,ard surfaced or "black topped" this winter. That the tenth division has *ecquisitioned 685,000 tons of crushed stone which will be used this winter to gravel dirt roads and to repair roads which do not have suffieient stone to stand up in winter weather. That the Franklin-Sylva high way would be widened to a width of 20 feet and reswfaced with an asphalt treatment sim ilar to that used recent'y im treating the Sylva-Waynesville road. That the road running from the new school location to Beechertown in Nantahala township had been placed on the state system. In a short talk prior to open ing the meeting for general discuss'on, Mr. Thrash said, that their second chief concern was to aid the people who live on mud roads out of the mud. The highway commissioner said that rip new roads would be built this winter. He sug gested that the County Com missioners and the Board of Education appoint a representa tive in each township to study the road problems of that town ship and that this group with assistance from the county commissioners and board of ed-. ucation. The group should meet next spring with the highway commissioner and engineers and make suggestions as to needed roads in this county. Mr. Thrash mentioned the much discussed 12 foot road and said that he hoped that mem bers of the county board of eommissioners and members of the board of education would inspect the 12 foot road in Yancey county. He also told the assembled group that if a man's road was not on the stite system that the state could not do main tenance work on the road and that a petition to the county commissioners was the first step in having the road placed on the road system. He added that roads should have a minimum of four houses to the mile to be placed on the system, but that there was no minimum re quirement in lenfeth of road. He said that' at present Macon County has 204 miles of sec ondary road to be maintained this winter. Following his short talk, Mr. Thrash spent the remainder of the morning answering the questions placed before him by individuals concerning their own road problems. In closing the meeting, Mr. Thrash said that the people of Macon County were exception al in their attitude toward the road program and that he had received fewer unpleasant- let 'ers from this area than any where else in the district. The Weather Temperatures and precipita tion for the pest seven days, and the low temperature yes terday, as recorded at the Coweeta Experiment station. Temperatures and precipita tion for the past seven days, and the low temperature yes terday, as recorded at the Co weeta Experiment station. Max. Mln. Pet. Wednesday 52 67 .99 Thursday 50 69 1.42 Friday 59 78 Saturday 60 79 Sunday 60 79 .01 Monday 64 78 .70 Tuesday 56 76 Wednesday 59 04 (As recorded by Manson L. Stiles, TV A weather observer) Thursday, .22; Friday, .81; Saturday, .00; Sunday, .23; Monday, .00; Tuesday, .00; Wednesday, .08.
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