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y. ?If)< ISjiflWanb* Xacoman Price 6 Cents VOL. LXIV? NO. 50 FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, DEC. IS, 1949 TWELVE PAGES Calendar . Of The Week'* 7 EVENTS 1 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15 3:4''; p m. ? First Baptist Sun b -? ?S, nirls' Auxiliary, and Fo- a' Ambassadors at the 'hirrh. 7 p m ? Post No. 108, Amer ic-n T e<;i n, at Slagle Memorial I u'd'n?. ''??1 p. m. ? Nequassa Chapter vn. 43. O der of Eastern Star, i f M" sonic hall, FRIDAY 7 ?0 P- m. ? Franklin Lodge *'i *52, Loyal Order of Moose, af old Legion hal'. SATURDAY 8 p. n ? Square dance (Amer I.e"ion benefit) at Memor ial building. , SUNDAY S o. m. ? Christmas cantata by rhoi ? rf four Franklin churches at Methodist church. MONDAY 10 .a. m. ? Board of county commissioners at courthouse. 10 a. m. ? County board of ed ucation at courthouse. 7 o. m. ? Franklin Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts, at Memorial building. 7:30 p. m.? Franklin Parent Teacher association at school. 7:30 p. m. ? Macon County His torical Society at Bank of Franklin building. TUESDAY 7:30 p. m.? Bingo (V. F. W.) benefit) at old Legion hall. 7:30 p. m.? Junaluskee Lodge No. 145, A. F. and A. M., at Masonic hall. WEDNESDAY 7 p. m. ? Franklin Rotary club at Memorial building. 7: 30 p. m. ? Annual Christmas program at Franklin Presbyter ian church. 7:30 p. m. ? Signal Tel. and Tel. Operation Company No. 3547 at Agricultural building. Slagle PTA To Meet Wednesday Afternoon The Parent-Teacher associa tion of Slagle school will meet Wednesday of next week at 2 p* m. at the school, it has been announced. 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK The Dlllsboro mail failed to arrive yesterday morning owing to high waters. John O. Harrison is spending a few days at home with his family. He's the big drummer, you know. Rev. J. R. Pendergrass is gathering in material to make some - improvements on his houses recently purchased on the Ee'l corner. Another prisoner escaped from the jail Wednesday night. He is said to have gone out through the same hole in the wall that one escaped through a few nights before. 25 YEARS AGO Senator Henry G. Robertson and Representative A. W. Horn returned from Asheville last week, where they attended a meeting of senators and repre sentatives from the 25 counties of Western North Carolina. Miss Pearl Mpore and Mr. Harley Stewart, Doth of Ellljay, were married in Franklin last Tuesday by Magistrate George Carpenter. "Judge" Hines, of Highlands, was in Franklin Monday for medical attention. He had a rib broken In a truck accident about two weeks. 10 YEARS AGO ? Siler Slagle, WUlard Pender grass, It. E. Church, Jr., and Mack Setser, students at N. C. State college at Raleigh, have arrived to spend the holidays with their respective parents. William Blaine, a student at < Mars Hill college, spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Blaine. The Christmas lighting on i Main street gives franklin a gay and ftitlve air. . Observes 99th Birthday MRS. MARTHA JANE BRYSON Still remarkably active in mind and body, Mrs. Bryson yes terday celebrated her 99th birthday at her home in the Culla saja community. Though she fa irly radiates sweetness and se renity, there's a lot of character beneath the sweetness, as a look at the lace quickly reveals. ?riwto by Crist SMio At 99, 'Aunt Jane* Bryson Laughs, Talks, Has Ideas Still young enough to shake with laughter at a joke, and to be Interested in all about her, a sweet old lady yesterday cel ebrated her 99th birthday. She is Mrs. Martha Jane (Aunt Jane) Bryson, and she observed the anniversary in the home in ?fW<&..she has lived for three quarters "of a cen tury ? every since her husband, the late John T. Bryson, brought her there, a year after they were married. Mrs. Bryson has moved, in fact, only once in her nearly a century of life, she recalled in an interview. That was from her father's home, in the Rab bit Creek section, to the neat, white frame house on Bryson Branch, in the Cullasaja com munity, where she has lived ever since she and her husband moved there, when they had finished building the first two rooms. Both her mind and body belie Mrs. Bryson's 99 years. She has been totally blind for about 10 years, but her hearing appears to be perfect, and she is able to get out of bed, and dresses and undresses herself with only a little assistance. She walks with someone to lean on. Almost certainly Macon Coun- j ty's oldest citizen, Mrs. Bryson planned to observe her 99th an- ! nlversary with a quiet family I dinner. Though she complains that her memory Is not as good as It once was, her mind is clear ? as is revealed by the decisive ness with which she speaks. Wearing a lavendar dress, al most covered by a fresh apron, she was seated before an open fire in her living room ? what a lot of living that room has seen! ? when a reporter and a photographer called. Somewhat sparing with her words, she says what she means, and means what she says. "I don't think the world is as good as it used to be", she said without hesitation, In reply to a question. And she was as prompt in giving her reasons: "Too many are wanting a do' lar. People don't care for one another like they used to.". But while she left no question about how she felt on that subject, it was obvious that she sees the bright side, too. She frequently smiled, and once or twice she laughed outright, as she talked. Since she has been unable to read, she has enjoyed the radio, which she "listens to a right smart". And she continues her life-long Interest In the work of her church, Salem Metho dist. She is an honorary mem PLAN YULETIDF. PROGRAM The annual Christmas pro gram at the Franklin Presby terian church will be held Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock. ber of the church's missionary society, and frequently insists that the group meet at her home. ' She does not know how to accounty lor her longevity, ex cept that "I worked hard all my ?ife, until I got so I couldn't". Ask?d if work isn't the salva tion for most people, she re plied with emphasis: "It was for me." She has always been a meat eater, and relatives say she still doesn't want to go a day without some kind of meat. Ex cept for vegetables, which sometimes disagree with her, she eats almost anything she wants. A girl of 10 at the time, she clearly recalls the outbreak of the Civil War, and remembers her brothers' leaving home to go to the army. And she recalls, of course, that two of them never came home again. She remembers attending school at Holly Springs, and re calls that one of her teachers was Pitzhugh Ammons. And she recalls that "old Dr. Lyle" (father of the late Dr. S. H. Lyle) usually attended her when her babies were born. She is impressed with the changes that have occurred in a century, but does not approve of all of them, as indicated by her remark that the world isn't as good a place today as it was when she was young. The daughter of Billy Deal and Mrs. Martha Jennings Deal, she married Mr, Bryson when she was 23, and they reared nine children, eight sons and one daughter. A'l are still liv ing except the daughter, Mrs. Annie Vanhook. Mrs. Vanhook, who made her home at Prentiss, died about two years ago. Mrs. Bryson's husband died 14 years ago, at the age of 85. Her eldest son, Will Bryson, of Cullasaja, now is 74. The other seven are Charlie, Sam and Elbert Bryson, all of Cul lasaja. George E., of Sedro Woolley, Wash., Joe, of Terre bonne, Ore., Burton, of Whit her, and Newton Bryson, of Raleigh. She has 58 grandchildren, 70 odd great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Bryson and her unmar ried son, Elbert, live in the old home, but daughters-in-law, nieces, granddaughters, and great - granddaughters are al ways dropping to look after her, and yesterday members of the family were Invited by Mrs. Bry son to her birthday dinner, at noon. It will be presented by members of the church and the Junior ( choir. At the conclusion of the i program, the Joy gitt offering i will be taken. THOMPSON PUT ON PROBATION !N LIOUOR CASE i 'wafford" Custody Case Draws Crowds; Four Divorces Granted George Thompson, 24-year old "rinkltn taxi driver, who last Tuesday was sentenced to eight ninths - n the roads for violat n of the prohibition laws, ,v>u~'dav w-s pl-ced on proba on bv Judsre Dan K. Moore, ??resid'n? eve- the December ??-m of fa con superior court. The sentence was changed by Moore. it was explained n the )uc1<rment entered on the ?-urt *-ecords, since it appeared o the court "that the charact er of said defendant and the circumstances of the case '.ndi *te p-ob't.on probably will re -mh in ?h? reformation of the defendant". Thompson, who had entered a %!ea of guilty, took the stand ind admitted bootlegging over i. "ons'derphle period. Under the revised sentence, he was fined $200 ordered to -ay the costs amounting to $52. i5, and p'aced on probation for five years. The long list of conditions under which he was put on pro bation included the requirement that he not operate a taxi for three years. Prior to its adjournment Fri day afternoon, the court dis posed of a number of civil cases, the one creating most public interest having been that in which Helen E. Swafford was suing Harold E. Swafford for alimony, and he was suing for the custody of their four chil dren. The courtroom was crowd ed for this trial. Under the judgment of the court, no alimony was granted, and the custody of the children is divided. During school, Mrs. Swafford is to have the children from Sunday afternoon to Fri day afternoon, and Mr. Swafford over the week-end. In the sum mer vacation period, Mr. Swaf ford is to have them except for week-ends. Mr. Swafford is to pay $30 twice monthly for their support. Fqur divorces were granted: Ethel P. Martin from D&? N: Martin; William Wright from Jewel Watklns Wright; M. S. Burnette from Callie Burnette; and David C. Beal from June Ellis Beal. Surgeons' College Recognition G:ven To Angel Hcapital Angel hospital has been provisionally approved by the American College of Surgeons. Notification to that effect was received here Monday by Dr. Edgar Angel from the Chicago headquarters of the organization. The action followed an in spection of the hospital by Dr. Dorothy Martels last August. At that time, only a few minor detai's were lack ing for full approval, Dr. Angel said. These have now been taken care of, he added, and full approval is expected in the near future. Approval by the American College of Surgeons is con sidered one of the highest recognitions a hospital can receive. Choirs Of 4 Churches Will Present Handel's 'Messiah' Sunday Night a choir of more tnan 30 v icea, made up of vocalists from the four Franklin churches, will present the Christmas poition of Handel's "Messiah" at the Franklin Methodist church Sunday eve ning at 8 o'clock. The cantata is under the di rection of S. F. (Sammy) Beck, high school band director. Mrs. Hem y W. Cabe is the organist. The annual pogi am of Christmas music h.is become a popu'ar event in Franklin, and this year's cantata is expected to draw a capacity audience as usual. The choir has been prac ticing for weeks. The program w'.ll open with the Processional, "O Come Im manuel", by the cho:r. followed by a solo by Richard Slcan, "CcmTort Ye My People". The choir will sing "And The Glory of The Lord", after which Mrs. Clarence Henry will sing ; two numbers, "Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Opened" and "He Sha'l Feed His Flock". After two moie choir num bers, "Thou That Tellest Good Tidings" and "For Unto Us A Child ia Born", Mrs. Cabe will play "Pastoral Symphony" as an organ solo. Next Miss Esther Wallaie will sing a group of four songs, "There Were Shepherds Abid mg in ine neid", "And Lo the j Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them", "And the Angel Said Unto Them", and "And Sud- 1 denly There Was With the Angels". The next number, 'Glory to | God", wil! be sung by the choir, followed by two vocal solos: "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion", by Mrs. Gilmer Crawford; and "I Know That My Redeem er Liveth", by J. C. Hawkins. The program will close with "Hallelujah",' by the choir, fol lowed by the benediction. The members of the choir are: | Sopranos : Mrs. Clarence Henry, Mrs. Hyldoh Shepherd, Mrs. B. M. Phllbrick, Mrs. E. C. Harmon, Mrs. Gilmer Crawfoid. Mrs. Roy P. Cunningham, Mrs. Ida Grant, Mrs. Betty A'ex ander, Mrs. H. O. Champion and Misses Esther Wallace, Harriet 1 Murray, Carolyn Nothstein, Pat ty Lou Phillips, Martha Ann Stockton, Betty Lou Constance, and Joanne WUhide. Altos: Mrs. Neal Johnston I Mrs. Ha 'old T. S'oan, Mvs. Hoyt 1 Evans and Misses Frances Barr Libby Murray, Mary Ann Killinn ! Caroline Crawford, Edith Plem mons, and Julia Hunnicutt. Tenors: Phil McCollum, Rich ard Sloan, and J. C. Hawkins. Basses: H. L. Chi'ders, Hoyt Evans, and 8. W. Mendenhall. Ammons, Slagle, i Sutton Elected As Supervisors Owen Ammons, SUer Slagle, and Charlie Sutton were elect supervisors of the Macon County. Soil Conservation dis trict, It was announced at the close of the election, held Monday through Saturday of last week. The balloting was reported as light. Mr. Ammons, with the high est vote, will serve for a three year term; Mr. Slagle, with the second high vote, two years; and Mr. Sutton, third high, one year. It wi'l be the duty of the supervisors, serving as the governing botly of the district, to develop annual county scil conservation goals, it was ex plained, and to request assis tance from agencies whose functions would enable them to contribute to the conser vation of this county's soil and water. Will Award Prize Monday For Best Historical Paper A prize, offered for the best histirical paper by a Macon County school boy or girl, will be presented at a meeting of the Macon County Historical Society Monday evening. At the same meeting, offic ers of the society for the com ing year wtill be elected. The meeting is set for 7:30 o'clock in Room 29, Bank of Franklin building. The general public is invited. Burrell Motor company took its employes to Florida for a deep sea fishing t"ip last week end. Trave'lng by automobile, the party of 23 left here Friday for Panama City, and returned late Sunday. The firm took its employes on a similar trip last year. CHARGE 5 WITH HOUSEBREAKING The arrest of five young men in Highlands last week has broken up a series of house breakings that have extended over a period of about six weeks, according to T. W. (Tomi Phillips, Hinglands chief of po lice. The homes of three summer residents were broken into, one of them four times, Mr. Phil | lips said, and a quantity of whiskey and other items taken. Thoae arrested are John Hen ry, 29, said to have a police record; his brother, Charlie Henry, 17; a cousin, June Hen ry, 23; Hoyt Ramey, 20, and a 15-year old boy, whose name, since he is a juvenile, was not made pubMc. They were given a hearing before Justice of the Peace J. M. Moore and were bound over to superior court. All furnished bonds set, except John Henry, who was lodged in the Macon County jail here. About four cases of whiskey were taken from the home of John Russell, and officers got their tip on the case, Mr. Phil lips said, when they learned John Henry was selling expen sive whiskey for half price. Houses also entered were those of F. W. Barton, where a small quantity of whiskey, a pair of riding boots, and canned food were taken; and of C. W. Pid cock, the only thing reported missing there having been a deck of playing cards. The case was worked up by Mr. Phillips and P. R. Kitchens, of Waynesvil.'e, member of the state bureau of investigation. Bonds were set by Mr. Moore at $1,000 for John Henry, Char lie Henry, and Hoyt Ramey, and at $500 each for the other two. The five were arrested at their homes Wednesday of last week. Scores Of Youth Coming For Holidays Scores of young men and women who are away at school will return to their homes in Macon County this week and next for the Christmas holidays. Most of the group at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, are expected here tomorrow (Friday), among them Bob Myers, Hall Callahan, Dean Henson, James Purr, Miss Bar bara Stockton, Fred West, and T. W. Angel, III. Students at N. C. State col lege, Raleigh, expected to ar rive home today for the holi days, are James Patterson, Hayes Gregory, Kenneth Welch, Lewis Penland, and Bob Tippett. Misses Maxlne Renshaw and Doris Phillips and Grady Greene and George McCloud are expect ed to arrive Saturday from Brevard college, Brevard. Due home from Woman'i col lege, Greensboro, Wednetdav of next week are Mluei Lucille Hannah, Catherine Furr, and Katherine Nolen. The Western North Carolina Teachers college group is ex pected home tomorrow. Among them are Misses Iris Cabe, Ruth Angel, Ruth West, Hazel Moses and Phyllis Moses and Harley Stewart. Also due tomorrow are Misses Nancy Cal!oway, Helen Eliza beth Wilson and Betty Leather man and Charles A. Conley, Jr., and Guy C. Wiggins who are students at Mars Hill college, Mars Hill. In the Carson-Newman (Jef ferson City, Tenn.) college con tingent, also expected tomorrow, are Misses June Bradley and Bobette Dean and Jack Tilley, Lewis Welch, Boyce White, Ron ald White, and Max Corbln. Due home Wednesday of next week from Beret oolleit, Berea, Ky., art MUm? Barbara Child- . ers, Lattie Mae Morbin, Jeanet Cochran, and Louise Bryson. Expected home Saturday from Wake Forest college, Wake For est, are Miss Julia Ann Hlgdon. and Lyman Gregory and How ard Horsley. Misses Elizabeth Ann Phillips and Ann Cabe, students at Peace college, Raleigh, are ex pected tomorrow, as are Misses Mary Alice Archer and Annie Sue Conley, who are in school at Meredith college, Raleigh. Misses Margaret Setser and Mack Setser, students at the University of Georgia, Athens, also are expected home tomor row. Miss Elizabeth Jones, student at Fasslfern School for Girls, Hendersonville, will arrive to day. Miss Freda Slier, itudent at St. Oenevle of the Plnea, Aiht vlllt, will arr|ve neit Tuesday. THIS TOWNSHIP IS SPLIT INTO TWO PRECINCTS New Vote Registration For Entire County Is Ordered The Macon County toard of elections has divided Kranidia township into two voting pre cincts, it was announced thh week by J. J. Mann, chairman of the board. The division wi 1 become if fective for the primal y election next spring. Meanwhile, a new regis' ra tion for the enti.e county will be held prior to the primary. The board ordered the new reg istration, Mr. Mann said, "ior the best interest of the public and in compliance with state law". An act of the 1S49 *er eral assembly requires each county either to hold a new registration or revise the old registration books. The line dividing the town ship into two precincts runs east and west a'ong the center of the Dillsboro road. Palmer street, and the Murphy road. All that section of the tiwn shlp lying north of this lice will be known sis Fronk'ln Pre cinct No. 1, and all that lying south of the line as Pieemct No. 2. TU- ??/vit. ?1 ? T? 1 * iitc vuuijig piacc lur riccuict No. 1 will be the cou-thouse, the present polling place for the entire township. Voters in pre cinct No. 2 will go to the Frank lin High school building to cast their ballots. Franklin township, roughly rectangular in shape, extends from the old Lyle (now the Hunnicutti place on the DilU boro road, where it touches Millshoal township, to the old Lenoir home, on the Murphy road, where it connects with Cartoogechaye. North and south, it extends from Burningtown township, at Foutstown, to the top of the hill at the old Mor rison church, the boundary of Smithbridge township. Board of election officials es timate that roughly half of the estimated 6,000 voters in the county live in Franklin town ship. With only one polling place, people often had to stand in line to vote, and the task of counting this heavy township vote was burdensome to elec tion officials, sometimes extend ing through the night and well into the next day. With the division of this township, Macon County will have 13 voting precints, on? each in Millshoal. Elliiay. Sug arfork, Highlands, Flats, Smith bridge, Cartoogechaye, Burning town, and Cowee townships, and two each in Nantahala and Franklin townships. In announcing plans for the new county-wide registration of voters, election officials point ed out that many persons whose names are on the registration books have died or moved away since the last registration, held eight years ago; meanwhile, many new voters have moved into the county. As it is now, Mr. Mann said, nobody knows just how many voters there ar? in any township, or the county as a whole. The dates for the registra tion period will be announced later. During that period, Mr. Mann emphasized, it will be necessary for all voters to register; oth erwise, they will not be eligible to vote In the primary or gen eral election. PLAN COWEE PROGRAM The young people of the Co wee Baptist church will present a p'.ay, "The Lost Star", Son day at 7:30 p. m. The Weather Temperatures and precipitation for th? past -.even days, and the ?vw temperature yesterday. as rrcorded at the Cowteta Hji peHmetit station. High Low Pet. Wednesday 60 34 .38 Thursday 52 24 Friday 45 23 Saturday 43 31 .10 Sunday 60 41 .52 Monday 61 53 .105 Tuesday 80 54 .20 Wednesday 43 .33 FRANKLIN RAINFA1 L (A? recorded bv Manson Stiles for TVA) Wednesday, .10 of an Inch; Thursday, none; Friday, none; Saturday, 40; Sunday, .16; Monday, .1#; Tuesday, SO; W?d ptiday, .13. Total, 1.37.