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?NO. 52
FRANKLIN, N. C., SATURDAY, DEC. 31, 1949
EIGHT fAGES
THIS COUNTY'S
FARM PROGRESS
IN 1949JS CUED
Seed 19,000 Grass Acres;
10 'A' Barns Built;
Poultry Triples
By 8. W. MENDENHALL
(County Agent)
Macon- County fa* mcs made
mora progress during 1949 than
erer before. In any community
that you may visit green pas
tures, winter cover crops, good
corn, poultry houses and Grade
A dairy barns can be seen.
-It estimated that the corn
jMd Is now approximately 40
fedMwls per acre, an Increase
of 21 bushels In the past 10
years. This increase is due to
the use of hybrid corn, more
legumes turned under, Improv
ed seeding and cultivation prac
tices and practical application
of fertiliser.
There were 10 Grade A dsiry
bams built In 1949, bringing the
total to 34. These dairies pro
duced 1,045,200 pounds of milk,
an Increase of 713,522 pounds
over last year. Artificial breed
ing Is now being used by a ma
jority of the dairy farmers.
Poultry has increased from 50
flecks last year to 150 flocks
this I year. The income from
Xand milk alone is over one
in dollars a year.
Farmers seeded 234,188 pounds
of grass and legume seeds. This
represents 253 acres of alfalfa,
3,300 acres pasture, 3,900 acres
of winter cover, 2,500 acres of
tespedeza, 400 acres of soybeans.
Continued On Page Eight?
Lions To Stage Dance
Tonight At Skyway
A New Year's dance, with
Tedtfjr Martin and his orches
tra, of Waynesvllle, will be held
on the roof of the Skyway hotel
tieije tonight, starting at.. 8:30
o'clock. The Affair is a Franklin
Lions club benefit, the proceeds
to be used by the club In Its
work for the blind.
NOTICE TO TOM PORTER ?
Yob are hereby notified that I
impt your challenge to wrestle,
and I will meet you for that
purpose on Sam L. Rogers' front
yard two weeks from next Sat
urday at 2 o'clock p. m. sharp.
All friends of both parties are
invited to be present.? N. L.
Barnard.
Leon Sloan left Monday for
Walhalla, 8. C., to clerk In the
.atore In which his brother, J. S.
, -Sloan, is employed.
Postmaster H. H. Jarrett mov
ed the post office Thursday
from the hotel building to the
fflgglns brick building.
Dr. Lyle, assisted by Drs.
Rogers, Slier and Fouts, per
formed a surgical operation on
Mr. H. P. Ray for appendicitis
last Thursday evening.
25 TEARS AGO
Rev. J. Q. Wallace has com
pleted the concrete wall around
the yard of the Presbyterian
church and also the walk lead
to* up to the church.
The following young people
are home from college for the
Chrlctmas holidays: Dick Jones,
Q. J. Johnston, C. C. Polndexter,
*W?1 Newman, C. L. Pouts, B.
T. Fouts, H. C. Fouts, Dick
Slagle, C. L. Tallent, Mack
Franks, Prloleau Brabson, and
Mioses Nora Moody, Kate Hlg
don, and Clyde Arrendale.
It YEARS AGO
It was announced by Mrs.
Ordway that the community
center for Negroes would be
completed before the end of
December.
Henderson Davis Dean, for
mer representative of Macon
County In the general assem
bly, died ?t his home In the
Oak Orove community last Fri
day.
Joeeph Harrington Pattillo, of
franklin, has enlisted in tbi
V. S. navy,
ASSUMES POST ? Miss Bar
bars Brawn (above) will assume
her duties as assist&nt home
demonstration agent in this
county next week. Miss Brown,
whose home is Dillard, Ga., is
a graduate of the University of
Georgia, where she irriorfd in
borne economics. Her chief work
.here will be with the 4-H clubs.
Killians Win
Yule Lighting
Contest Here
Dr. and Mr*. Frank M. Killian
won top place in this season's
outdoor Christmas lighting con
test sponsored by the Franklin
Garden club.
Second place went to Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Henderson, and the
tree decorated by James Burch
at the home of his parents, Mr,
and Mrs. Walter Burch, was ad
judged third.
The Judges ? Mrs. W. A. Rog
ers, J. L. West, Jr., and Clell
Bryant ? said rarely, if ever,
have more homes here been de
corated, Christmas lighting of
saaM.gort being visible at almost
every home. So many were ar
tistically decorated, they added,
that the judging was difficult.
The Killian entry, on Porter
street, was featured by a snow
man and woman, floodlighted,
with supplementary yard deco
rations.
The arrangement of lights
about the front door of the
Henderson home, on Hillcrest
avenue won second place for
that entry.
The Burch entry, in East
Franklin, was a huge spruce
tree, on which lights had been
strung in careful symetry.
J. W. Waldroop
Funeral Rites Conducted
Wedn??day
Funeral services for James
Wi!burn Waldroop were held at
2 p. m. Wednesday at Maiden's
Chapel Methodist church.
Mr. Waldroop, 26, was found
dead Monday morning in his
automobile near Tate City, Ga.,
where he was employed by the
U. S. Forest Service. A coroner's
jury reported he died from na
tural causes. He had suffered
for many years from asthma.
Survivors include three broth
ers, Belton, Edward, and Jess
Waldroop, and one sister, Mrs.
W. L. Anderson, all of the Car
toogechaye community.
The body was brought here
Tuesday and taken to the home
of his brother, Edward Wal
droop.
The funeral service was con
ducted by the Rev. E. P. Daven
port and the Rev. J. W. Shook,
and burial was in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Lester Hus
cusson, Thad Ouffey, Carl And
erson, Monroe Lewis, William
Ouffey, and J. D. Dills.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Bryant funeral
home.
Baptist Pastors Plan
Reorganization Meet
A reorganization meetine of
the Macon County Baptist Pas
tors conference will be held at
the First Baptist church here
Monday morning at 10:30
o'clock, it was announced this
week. The present officers of
the conference are the Rev. W,
L. Sorrelli, moderator, the Rev.
Edgar WUllx, saerstary, and the
R?v. Arvll iwtltord, program
chairman.
CARL SNAVELY,
U. N. C. COACH,
TO SPEAK HERE
Will B: Guest As Rotary
Fetes Football Squad
At Dinner Jan. 25
Carl G. Snavely, head foot
ball coach at the University of
North Carolina and nationally
known in spovts circles, will be
the guest speaker at a banquet
the Franklin Rotary ci?b will
give members of the 1949
Frank'in High school football
squad at the Slag:e Memo ial
building the evening of Janu
ary 25, it was announced at
Wednesday night's Rotary meet
ing, '
In addition to the approxi
mately 25 local football players,
the club also will have as |tg
guests at the dinner the boys'
fathers, the coaches of mem
bers of the Smoky Mountain
conference, the principal and
coach at the Franklin school,
and three former Franklin
coaches.
Dinner tickets, at $2 each,
wi'l be avai'able to University
o' North Carolina alumni and
the general public.
Since Coach Sanvely plans to
show some football film, and
room is required for that pur
pose, however, the attendance
will be limited to 180.
Preference, in the sale of
tickets, will be given to U. N. C.
alumni, and - it is planned to
organize a local alumni associa
tion after ttye "banquet. After
alumni h$ve been provided for,
about 50 tickets are expected tq
be available to tlje general
public
uoucn enaveiy is expected ig
be accompanied by one or more
of his assistant coaches, and
by Fred Huffman, Morganton,
ifprsentatlve in Western North
Carolina of the Educat innl
Foundation, who probably will
call the alumni meeting, to fol
i low the banquet, to order.
Letters are being . sent to
I known Macon County alumni of
! the University, but any who do
I not receive letters are asked to
| communicate 'With Dr. Edgar
Angel by not later than Janu
ary 10.
I One feature of the dinner will
be the presentation by Frank
lin's Coach Milburn Atkins o'
( football letters to members o I
the Franklin squad.
The program is being arrang
ed by a Rotary committee made
up of Norman Blaine and John
M. Archer, Jr.
This Week's las ae
Of Press To Reach
Readers Saturday
As was announced last week,
this week's issue of The Press
la published on Friday instead
Of Wednesday.
The date of issue was chang
ed for this week so as to make
possible a week's vacation dur
ing the Christmas season for
the paper's employes.
This week's issue, dated De
cember 31, is being placed In
the Frank'in post office Friday
night, and should reach most
Macon County subscribers Sat
urday morning.
The usual schedule, under
which subscribers here receive
their papers on Thursday morn
ing, will be resumed next week.
i WILL SPEAK HERE j
gJEN. FRANK P, GRAHAM
Plan Retail
Merchants
Association
A movement has been started
here to organize a retail mer
chants association, and an or
ganization .meeting has been
tentatively set for the evening
of January 10.
Representatives of the Bryson
City and Sylva merchants as
sociation have been invited to
be present and to outline the
way their organizations work,
and the exact date of the mer
chants' meeting here will not
be fixed pending receipt of re
plies.
Many merchants in Franklin
and this section of Macon j
County long have felt the need
of an association of retailers,
4nd 4 group of business men
met recently to discuss the pro
ject. At that gathering, it was
decided to postpone organiza
tion until representatives from
other associations could be p: es
Continued On Page Eigfht?
Calendar
Of The Week's
EVENTS
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31
3 p. m. ? Franklin Junior Mu
sic club at home of Nancy
Siler.
8 p. m. ? Square dance (Amer
ican Legion benegit) at Slagle
Memorial building.
8:30 p. m. ? Dance (Lions club
benefit), roof garden, Skyway
hotel.
MONDAY
10:30 a. m. ? Macon County
Baptist Pastors conference at
First Baptist church.
7 p. m. ? Franklin Troop No. 1,
Boy Scouts, at Memorial build
ing.
7:30 p. m. ? Franklin board of
aldermen at town office.
TUESDAY
10 a. m. ? Board of county
commissioners at courthouse.
10 a. m. ? County board of ecU
ucation at courthouse.
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. ? Signal Tel. and
Tel. Operation Company No.
3547 at Agricultural building.
Program Announced For Children's
Symphony Concert Here In Spring
The program for the chil
dren's concert of the N. C. Lit
tle Symphony orchestra here
next spring was announced this
week by W. N. Sloan, N. C.
Symphony Society county chair
man.
In order to assure the maxi
mum listening pleasure for the
Macon County school children
who attend this free concert.
It is important that the chil
dren be familiar with the com
positions before they go to the
performance, Symphony offi
cials emphasize. With that in
view, the recordings of the num
bers to be played was announc
ed along with the program, so
that teachers can arrange for
the children to hear these piece*
repeatedly prior to the concert.
"Children need to hear the same
recording over and over again,
for complete assimilation", it
was pointed out.
The exact date of the orches
tra will appear in Franklin is
not yet known, but it is ex
pected it will be the latter part
of March.
The Litt'e Symphony ol 23
players will tour the state from
January 20 hrough the first
week in April, with Dr. Benja
min Swalin directing.
The orchestra has been
brought to Franklin for the past
four seasons through member
ships In the N. C. Symphony
Society. A membership helps
make possible the free concert
in the afternoon for school chil
dren, and entitles the holder not
only to attend the evening per
formance of the orchestra here,
but to attend nny of Its con
cert* In the state.
The program for the child
ren's concert, with the record
ings listed in parentheses after
each number, follows:
Bizet, SYMPHONY IN C, ex
cerpts from all four movements
(Co!. Set M 596).
EVERYBODY SING, Come
Thou Almighty King ("Ancient
of Days"* ? (Music Hour, Book
V, page 55, stanzas 1 and 2).
Herbert, MARCH OF THE
TOYS (Col. 7364 M).
Jarnefelt, PRAELUDIUM (Col.
11835 In Set M 514? Victor 10
1245).
German, DANCES FROM
HENRY VHI, Morrla Dance and
Torch Dance (Decca London K
1356).
Anderson, THE SLEIOH, (Vic
tor 10*1484 A).
Grainger, COUNTRY OAR
DENS, (Decca MlM).
Senator Graham To Speak
At Meeting Here Jan. 18
1949 BUSINESS
HERE UP TO '48
Upsurge At Christmas
Push's Up Retail
Salea Volume
General business conditions
were better in Franklin during
'P49 than in the nation as a
<vh"le, retai' sales here indicate.
A brief survev yesterday of
representative business houses
cn Main street here showed th?t
most merchants had aa good a
year in 1949 as ift 1948 though
the national average of business
is reported to be down slightly
from the 1M8 gross.
Beveral merchants commented
on the fact that actually their
sales had Increased this year,
since a decline in prices made
it necessary for them to do more
business tc obtain the same dol
lar volume as last year.
On the whole, drygoods mer
chants and food stores seemed
to have the best year as a
group, while furniture stores
and electric appliance dealers
had a slight drop in total sales.
Hardware dealers and variety
stores reported conditions prac
tically the same as last year.
Several merchants said that
a late upsurge in Christmas
buying was what brought their
business up to or s^bove last
year's level. Christmas shop
ping, however, was spotty here,
as sonie merchants reported
that this year's Dumber total
sales were far belaw last year's
level.
Mrs. Mary Henry
Dies At Highlands At
Ag?_?L75
Mrs. Mary Henry, widow of
Joe Henry, died at her home in
Highlands Thursday night at
9:30 o'clock, following an ill
ness of three months. She was
75 years of age.
The daughter of Dan Qibsen
ind Mrs. Eunice Justice Gibson,
she was born August 30, 1874,
She was married when ahe
was 16, and is survived by seven
ons, Claude, James, Spear, Dan,
Sam, and Wallace Henry, all of
Highlands; two daughters, Mrs.
George Wilson and Mrs. J. W.
Beck, both of Highlands; one
sister, Mrs. Anna Teauge, of
Murphy; three brothers, Leach
Gibson, of Murphy, Frank Gib
son, of Clayton, Ga., and Noah
Gibson, of Franklin, Route 4;
and 36 grandchildren, and four
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
the home at 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon, and burial was in
the Highlands cemetery. The
Rev. Floyd Dendy officiated. Ar
rangements were under the di
rection of Bryant funeral home
Parrish Reports Tio Air
Force Ba*s In Texas
Pvt. Robert M. Parrish, 18, of
Franklin, Route 3, who recently
enlisted in the army air force,
has reported to Lackland Air
Force Base, San Antonio, Texas,
for air force basic indoctrina
tion course, according to an
army announcement received
here. Pvt. Parrish is the sen of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Robert Parrish.
Price Of Gas
To Go Up One Cent On
Sunday
Macon County automobile and
truck operators will pay one
cent more per gallon for gaso
line, starting Sunday morning.
The increase is state tax. The
last general assembly Increased
the gasoline tax from six to
seven cents per gallon, effective
January 1, the revenue raised
to be used In paying off the
$2q0, 000,000 secondary road
bends voted last spring. The
one-cent additional tax is ex
pected to raise more than $7,
000,000 a year.
Gasoline in Franklin is now
retailing for 28.6 cents, and 30.6
cents for high test. Starting
Sunday morning, it will be 29.6
and 31.6.
Await Reply
On County's
School Bonds
The Macon County board of
commissioners and board of ed
ucation will meet in joint ses
sion Tuesday morning at 10
o'clock, at which time a reply
expected to be on hand from
New York bond attorneys as to
the validity of the $400,000
school building bond issue au
thorized by voters of this county
four year* ago,
County Attorney R. S. Jones
and County Supt. Guy L. Houk
went to New York last week to
present to the bond attorneys
an advisory opinion from North
Carolina's attorney general,
Harry McMullan, to the eifect
tbat the bond Issue is valid. The
New York attorneys previously
had indicated that, because a
technicality, they would not ap
prove the bonds.
On their return, Mr, Jones
and Mr. Houk said the New
York lawyers appeared Impress
ed by Mr. McMullan's letter,
but said they wished to study
the matter carefully before giv
ing a ftnal decision. They prom
ised Mr. Jones to get an answer
to him in writing in time for
Tuesday's meeting.
Macon 81st
In M?tor Vehicles; Total
Is 2,525
Macon stands 81st among
North Carolina counties in
number of motor vehicles, fig
ures compiled by the "North Car
olina Motor Vehicle bureau
show.
During the first nine month'
of 1949, this county had a tota
of 2,525 motor vehicles regis
tered.
The totals for other countie
In this area: Jackson, 2,822
Cherokee. 2,398; Swain, 1,157
Graham, 958; and Clay, 64(
Clay, the smallest county ir,
the state in area, also has tht
smallest number of vehicle
registered.
The 18 North Carolina coun
ties with fewer motor vehiclt
than Macon are Cherokee
Swain, Graham, Clay, A'leghany
Avery, Camden, Currituck, Dart,
Gates, Hoke, Hyde, Jones, Mitch
el], Pamlico, Polk, Tyrrell, anc
Yancey.
^tores And Officcs
To Close Monday As
New Year's Holiday
Since New Year's day this
year falls on Sunday, most pul>
lie offices and business estab
lishments here will observe
Monday as a holiday. The post
office, the Bank of Franklin,
and public offices, except for
the sheriff's office, will be clos
ed all day.
The board of county commis
sioners and the county board
of education will meet at 10 a.
m. Tuesday, Instead of Monday.
The Franklin board of alder
men, however, which meets at
7; 30 the first Monday night In
each month, will meet Monday
night as usual.
PLAN PRAYER SERVICE
A prayer service will be htld
at tne Franklin Presbyterian
church this (Saturday) evening,
from 7:30 to 8: SO o'clock.
Vote J Tar Heal Coming
To Annual Dinner
Of C. Of C.
Dr. Frank P. Graham, this
state's junior U. S. senator and
former president of the Univer
sity of Noith Carolina, will ad
dress a dinner meeting of the
Frank!in Chamber of Commerce
the evening of January 18, it
was announced this week.
This will be the first public
appearance in Franklin o Sen
ator Graham, who probably is
the most widely known living
North Carolinian.
During his administration, the
University won recognition as
one of the leading educational
institutions in the nation. Dr.
Graham became nationally
known during the war, when the
late President Roosevelt repeat
edly called on him to serve on
important boards and commis
sions. And he sprang into wor'd
prominence when he was sent,
about a year ago, to Indonesia
on a peace mission.
The invitation to be the guest
speaker at the chamber's an
nual banquet was extented to
Senator Graham early this
month, but he was unable to
say whether he could be here
until the latter part of last
week, when an acceptance was
received.
A meeting of the board of di
rectors of the chamber of com
merce was callcd by President
Frank B. Duncan Wednesday,
after which he announced that
Senator Graham will be the
speaker, and that the dinner
meeting will be held at the
Slagle Memorial building at 7
p. m. January 18.
Since the maximum seating
capacity of the Memorla' build
ing is 200, it was decided to give
preference to chamber of com
merce members and their guests.
While it is hoped that some
dinner tickets will be available
to non-members, tickets will not
go on sale to the general public
until members of the organiza
tion have had an opportunity
to reserve seats for themselves,
their wives, and such guests as
they may wish to take.
Since the meeting falls on a
Wednesday, a regular Rotary
club meeting night, the Rotary
club has been invited to meet
jointly with the chamber of
commerce, and Rotarians a'so
will be given an opportunity to
obtain tickets for themselves,
their wives, and their guests.
Letters, Inclosing return post
als, will go out to chamber
members early next week, and
they are asked to make their
reservations by mall promptly,
and to obtain their dinner tick
ets as soon as possible. The
tickets will be available at
Angel's Drug store.
If any tickets remain unpur
chased at noon on January 15,
they then will go on sa'e at the
drug store to the general public.
The dinner tickets will be $1.50.
Only 200 tickets are being plrnt
ed.
While Senator Graham's ad
dress will be the major feature
of the program, the meet.ng
ilso will be marked by the elec
tion of directors for 1950 and a
report on 1949 accomplishments.
Senator Graham, who will
speak in Raleigh on January 17,
wiH fly to Asheville the follow
ing morning, where he will be
-net by chamber of commerce
epresentatives and brought to
Franklin by automobile. He Is
expected to be here overnight,
ind Dr. and Mrs. Edgar Angel
have invited him to be their
;uest while here. Mrs. Graham
Continued On Page Eight?
The Weather
Temperatures and precipitation tar tbe
past seven Hays, and the low temperature
yesterday, as recorded at The Coweeta Kj i
peritneut station.
High Low Pet.
Thursday 56 49 .15
Friday 39 28 1.05
Saturday 49 12
Sunday 51 24
Monday 55 45 1.13
Tuesday 86 46 .45
Wednesday 61 SO
Thursday 61 21
Friday 22
FRANKLIN RAINFALL
(.A i recorded by Muwmi Stito In TVA)
Thursday, .06 of an Inch; Fri
day, .54; Saturday, none; Sun*
day, nont; Monday, .35; Tues
day, .11; Wednesday, OS;
Thursday, none; Fridiy, nons.