TOPPING
HERE WILL
LETJAN. 31
Mile* To Be Paved
This Y?ar; V.vuh
Outline s Plana
racts for blacktopplng
sect.ons of road In this
totaling 12.3 miles, are
tor letting January
announced by L. Dale
division highway corn
ier, at a meeting held at
urthouse here last Thurs
other projects, totaling
are to be put in shape
year for blacktopplng in
P Mr. Thrash said.
roads to be let to con
this month are:
road, 2.1 miles. -
atherman Gap road, 3.6
tier and Porter road, 2.8
Cove road, 3.8 miles.
.411 will be 16 feet wide.
The nine roads listed by Mr.
Thrash to be graded, etc., this
year, so they will be ready for
laclctopping in 1951, are:
Tesenta, 2.7 miles: Flat Moun
tain, 2.3; South Skeenah and
Jones Creek, 2.2; Clark's Chapel,
4.6; Ellijay, 4.7; Rabbit Creek,
6.2; Patton, 5.5; and Iotla, 2.9.
Meanwhile, George Stalcup,
county highway foreman, out
lined some of the road work
that is now under way in this
county.
The Onion Mountain road, he
said, is being graded from the
school to Highway 64, a distance
of about 9.5 miles, and then will
be graveled; a stretch of -the
Ellijay road is being prepared
for blacktopping in 1951; com
pressor drilling is under way on
the Younce Creek road, and a
bulldozer will start work on
.that road a little later; and
work will begin in a fortnight
<on construction of five bridges
on the Beechertown - Camp
Branch road.
The Rabun Bald link was list
A at the meeting as scheduled
letting this month and con
ation In 1950, but highway
dais announced later that
fould not be possible to get
s road ready for blacktop
V>!ng this year.
After the robds to be let to
contract for blacktopplng this
.? had been listed and dis
cussed, Mr. Thrash called for
a vote on whether the list was
satisfactory, and a motion was
r""te and passed that the list
' . approved by the meeting.
le conference was called by
V jThrash primarily for mem
btiJ of the county's advisory
ror<| committee, but about 150
-tabns, from all sections of
county, were present, and
Continued On Page Eight?
Do You
Remember
rf
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Miss Mary AUman went to
Bryson City last Wednesday on
a visit to Mr. John Everett's
family, and then to Webster and
Sylva to visit friends.
Town Marshall reports four I
arrests last week for being |
drunk and disorderly.
25 YEARS AGO
The directors of the Citizens |
Bank met last Monday and re
viewed the work of the bank
for the post year. It was found
that the bank had had a very
prosperous year and a six per
cent dividend was declared and
-? six per cent surplus was set
tilde. On account of his health,
D. W. Blaine resigned as presi
t Sent, and Sam L. Franks was
fleeted in his stead. R. D. Sisk
waa elected first vice-president,
3. W. roper second vlce-presi
dent, and J. S. Conley secrs
Wu?.
1* TEAM AGO
R, L Bryttn, former managsr
?f Mm Sprues Pin* Hotsl, at
SpTUOS Pint, with Mrs. Brvson
granddaughter, MUs Joan
~ ii have moved to franklin,
after the flret of f*bru?
. will opttftte the Scott.
. hotsl, whiflh thiy rt*
pttrthAsed.
?
FOOTBALL SPEAKER ? Carl
G. 8navely, above, head football
coach at the University of North
Carolina, will be the chief
speaker at the banquet at which
the Franklin Rotary club will
honor members of the 1949
Franklin High school football
squad. The banquet will be held
at the Slagle Memorial bul'ding
the evening of January 25.
Famed Player
Of Ping Pong
Here Tonight
Lou Pagliaro, world champion
table tennis (ping pong) player,
will appear in pub.ic exhibition
at the Franklin school this
(Thursday) evening, under spon
sorship of the Franklin Rotary
club.
Generally considered the
world's leader in this indoor
sport, Mr. Pagliaro for three
consecutive years was the Unit
ed States national singles cham
pion, the first man ever to win
the honor three times in a
row.
Many persons have seen Mr.
Pagl&tt0''lto rftfttton picture
shorts.
He is now on a nation-wide
tour.
His exhibition partner is Ham
ilton Canning, himself interna
tionally famous as a ping pong
player.
Tonight's exhibition is set for
7:45 o'clock. The admission1
charge is $1 for adults, 35 cents
for school children, both
amounts including the federal
tax.
An exhibition for children at
the school will be put on by
Mr. Pagliaro and Mr. Canning
this afternoon,
Arrangements for the exhibi
tion were made by a Rotary
committee made up of Grant
Zlckgraff, Harmon H. Gnuse,
Jr,. and S. W. Mendenhall.
Cook Heads
Baptist Pastors' Body In
W. N. C.
The Rev. W. N. Cook, of
Franklin, was chosen moderator
of the Western North Carolina
Baptist Ministers conference, at
a quarterly meeting at the First
Baptist church here Monday.
Mr. Cook succeeds the Rev. 8.
L. Lamm, of Bryson City. v
The Rev. Gordon Scroggs, of
Sylva, was elected Vice-moder
ator, and the Rev. Charles B.
McConnell, of Cullowhee, was
named clerk and treasurer.
All of the 24 associations in
the area were represented at
the meeting. The program was
made up of talks by the Revs.
D. D. Gross, L. G. Elliott, C. M.
Warren, J. Alton Morris, W. C.
Pipes, and Paul Nix. The Rev.
Edgar Willix conducted the de
votional, and Mr. Lamm pre
sided.
The next meeting is to be
held at the 8cotts Creek Bap
tist church, in Jackson county,
April 10.
Stockholder* Reelect
All Bank's Directors
Stockholders of the Bank of
Franklin met In annual session
yesterday and reelected all di
rector*. Th* director* are A. B.
siagle, M. L. Dowdle, H. W.
Ctbe, Fred M. Arnold, Grover
Jamison, Sr., R. S, Jones, and
L B. Liner.
The directors planned to meet
late yesterday to elect officers
of the bank for the coming
yeftt
5EH. GRAMS
ADDRESS Will
MJSHT WB
C Of C. To Hold Ansvual
Dinner Session Next
We<?r?^av N .ght
The address of Senator Frank
P Graham will high'igh nex
Wednesday evening?
meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce. It will be ine
first public appearance of Sen
ator Graham, who is nationally
kn^wn. in PrsnkHn .
The dinner session to be i he
at the Slagle Memorial build 18
at 7 d m., also will be marked
by the election of directors
and brief reports J*"??nt
Fnnk B. Duncan will pre! side.
Mrs. Virginia Bryant Jones,
chamber secretory, will review
briefly the organization's ac
complishments during the past ,
veTr and B. L- McGlamery a
director, will make a report on
community progress in 1949.
Five directors are to be chos
en and a nominating commit
tee his suggestedthe namra ?
12 men from whom to select
the five directors. The 12 nom |
tnated are T. W. Angel, Jr., and ,
W C Burrell (both renomina
tions), Bob Sloan, Prelo Dry
man Claude Bolton, E. J. wnu
mire, Jr., W. W. Reeves, ^d
Reber, Rafe Teague L. H^W,
Wiley Brown, and Kennetn
BMeanwhile, the saleofdlnner
tickets was brisk, a total of
of the 200 available having been
taken up to noon y?te day
First preference for }l<**tsth
being given members of th
Chamber of Commerce and the
Rotary club (the Rotary, which |
has its weekly meetings atthe ,
Memorial building on Wedne ,
day evenings, is meeting jointly
with the Chamber of Com
merce). But any tlekets that
remain unsold at noon Satur
day win go on sale at Angela
Drug store to the genera p
U?Senator Graham, who . Is ,
scheduled to make an address i
?_ Raieieh next Tuesday, will j
J?, to Asheville Wednesday
morning, where he w^ I* met!
bv representatives of the Cham
ber of Commerce, and brought j
tn Franklin by automobile. He
S, .-*? i
night of Dr. and Mrs. Mgf
Angel at their home, MWoate
Mrs. Graham, who was lilted
to accompany the senator to
Franklin, will be unable to come,
it was learned. . . , lT
Dr. Graham was appointed .
8 senator by Governor Kerr
Continued On F?ge Elg"? |
This District Wins
Scout Attar.dance Cup
For Sixth Time
For the sixth consecutive
year, the Smoky Mountain
Boy Scout district Monday
won the attendance cup at
the annual Daniel Boone
council meeting in Asheville.
The award is made on a
basis of the number present
and the miles traveled.
Attending from Franklin
were the Rev. A. Rufus Mor
gan, who is a member of the
executive committee, John D.
Alsup, James Ha user, Mr. and
Mrs. John Edwards, Guy Shar
itz, Mrs. Esther Freas, Miss
Frances Barr, and Mrs. Ne
omia Bowman, who is in
FrankMn as the guest of Miss'
Lassie Kelly:
HEADS 'MARCH OF DIMES'? j
J. Clinton Brookshire has been
named Macon County chairman j
lor the 1050 campaign lor funds
to light inlantile paralysis ;
(polio). The drive is set for i
January 16-31, when it is hoped 1
to surpass last year's contribu
tion. This county, which usually
oversubscribes its quota, last
year raised $3,665, or $357 more
than its quota. No quotas have
been set this year, but each
county is asked to raise more
than it did in 1949.
MERCHANTS SET
UP TEMPORARY
ORGANIZATION
Officers And Directors
To Draw By-Laws, Get
Credit Bureau Data
More than 65 merchants from
Franklin and nearby commun
ities met Tuesday night at the
courthouse and voted, unani
mously to organize a merchants
association, here.
A temporary organization was
set up ifith' J. C. Jacobs as
president; A. R. Hlgdon, vice^
president; and Bruce Brvant,
secretary-treasurer. Sidney Mar
tin, Tom Henson, and William
Katenbrink were asked to serve
as directors.
The main purpose of the or
ganization .at this time is to
establish a credit bureau here.
Following a discussion of the i
problems incurred In establish
ing such an agency, the group
decided to send the p-esent
group of officials to Ashevil'e to
study the system In operation
there. The present officers werr
also instructed to draw a set of
hv-iaws to present to the mer
chants interested in the forma
tion of this organization.
Officials of the Sylva Mer
chants association were present
and outlined the functions of
t.heir organization to the group.
E. J. Nicholson, president of the
Sylva group, pointed out that
their group works In cooperation
with the chamber of commerce,
and that the latter organization
was a great assistance to the
merchants in pushing promotion
days, regulating working hcurs
and holidays, and elimination of
solicitations of the merchants
for unworthy causes.
The newly elected president
announced that a meeting of th
entire group will be called when
new bjr-laws had been prepar
ed by the temporary officers
and a further study has been
m&de of the credit bureau prob
lem.
HARRY THOMAS I
IS CANDIDATE
FOR SHERIFF
Bireaks Po itical Ice Her?;
Fu'l County State
To Be Elected
John Har y Thomas this week
announced that he is a candi
date for sheriff o' Macon Coun
ty subject to the Democratic
primary May 27.
Mr. Thomas, widely known
manager of the Farmers Fed
eration, broke the poetical ice
here, having teen the first c?n
didate to makp a pubHc An
nouncement. There has been
considerable political discussion,
however, since the first of the
year. In making his announce
ment, Mr. Thomas said he had
decided to make the race at
the suggestion and request of
many friends.
A full slate of county of icials
is to be elected this year ? rep
resentative, three county com
missioners, sheriff, clerk of su
perior court, register of deeds,
surveyor, and coroner. And in
this senatorial district, a state
senator also is to be chosen."
In addition, in the Democratic
primary five will be nominated
for the county board of educa
tion. The board of education,
however, under the law, is not
elected, but appointed by the
general assembly, the assembly
usually appointing those chosen
in the Democratic primary.
April 15 is the deadline for
candidates for the legislatu-e
and for county offices to file.
The registration period for the
primary is April 29-May 13. May
20 is challenge day. And the
primary will follow a week later
May 27.
Mr. Thomas, a native of this
county, was reared here and
has spent his entire life in
Macon County, except for a
period of about two years in
the State of Washington. The
son of the late John H. Thomas
and of Mrs. Thomas, he was
educated at the Franklin High
school. After his return from
Washington, he engaged in
farming for about eight years.
In 1939 he became an employe
of the Farmers Federation, and
four years later was promoted
to store manager, a position he
has held since.
He is a Mason, a former gov
ernor of the local Moose lodge,
atod is active in the Franklin
Lions club.
He and Mrs. Thomas, the I
former Miss Gennette Mallonee, |
and their four children make
their home at the Thomas farm,
where Mr. Thomas was reared,
on the Highlands road.
This is the the first time he
has been a candidate for any
public office.
Miss Phillips Ranks
Third In Her Class
Miss Elizabeth Anne Phillips,
who is a student at Peace In- |
stitute, Raleigh, not only made
the honor roll at that Institution
for the first quarter, but ranked
third from the top in her class,
it has been learned here. Miss
Phillips is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. I. B. Phillips, of
Franklin.
A total of 7,088 persons lost
their licenses to drive during
1949, as a result of convictions
of driving under the influence
of alcohol, the department of
motor vehicles has announced.
7,193 Immunizations Given
By Health Department In '49 ;
A total of 7,193 Immunizations
were given by the Macon County
health department during 1949,
the annual report of the de
partment shows.
Of this number, 3,778 were
for typhoid fever; 1,213 for
smaHpox; 746 for diphtheria ;
354 for whooping cough, 306 for
tetanus; 55 for influenza and
colda; and 779 were "booster"
shots to immunize against diph
theria and whooping cough.
In connection with the diph
theria, Mrs. Gladys Mae 8 hope,
public health nurse, called at
tention to the fact that only
54 of the total of 746 were im
munization* of children under
the age of one year. Citing the
twd diphtheria deaths thil
county had IB 1040. the empha*
tiled tut ill children ibould
be given the diphtheria shots
between the ages of six months
and one year.
The report reveals 794 cases of
measles reported In 1949, 32
cases of scarlet fever, and three
cases of diphtheria.
It also summarizes the de
partment's work in the fields
of tuberculosis, maternity serv
ice, Infant and pre-school serv
ice, school service, adult hy
giene, crippled children's serv
ice, general sanitation, labora
tory work, etc.
In the battle against tubercu
loid, 81 chest X-ray i were
m*de, 103 patients were given
nursing service, 89 were refer* !
red to private physicians, 39
field nursing and 107 Office
nu-slng visits were made, 84
tuberculin tests ware given, and
admission to the Western North
Carolina Sanatorium was ob
tained for two patients.
In maternity care, prenatal
medical service was given in 10
cases, prenatal nursing service
in 18, and 22 field nursing and
nine office nursing visits were
made, while poet-natal service
was given as follows. Nursing |
service, three, and nursing
visits, six.
Seventeen cases were admit
ted to contraceptive service, and !
>3 contraceptive visits were
BMde.
81* mid-wives ware registered {
for lnetruetton, * meeting was i
held for mid -wives, attended by ||
five, and three visits were made
for mid- wife supervision. '<
The eertlce to pre-echool ehtu ,
Cen tinned Ob hp El*ht- ,
OUT FOR SHERIFF ? Harry
Thomas, above, Is the first can
didate to enter this year's Ma
con County political contests.
Mr. Thomas anounced this week
that he is a candidate tor the
Democratic nomination lor sher
iff.
Post Office
Show Gains
In Receipts
Gross receipts at the Frank
lin post office during 1949
showed a gain of $1,201.20 over
the total for 1948, figures com
piled under the direction o.
G. W. Long, postmaster, show.
Postal receipts are gene, ally
considered a fairly accurate
barometer of business condi
tions.
1949 was the third consecu
tive year that the receipts of
the local post ofiice have shown
Increases.
The total for last year was
$24,418.85. This compares with
$23,217.65 In 1948.
The figure for 1947 was $21,
779.91.
The total in 1946 $21,090.08.
In terms of percentage, last
year's receipts showed a gain of
nearly five per cent over 1948;
the 1948 figure revealed an in
crease of nearly seven per cent
over 1947; and the 1947 gross
was a little more than three
per cent greater than that in
1946.
Debate To Mark
Monday Night's Meeting
Of P. T. A.
Miss Roberta Enloe will be in
charge of the program at Mon
day's meeting of the Franklin
Parent-Teacher association, set
for 7:30 o'clock at the school.
Miss Enloe has been empha
sizing debating among her high
school students, and a student
debate will mark the program
Monday night.
The question to be discussed
is, Resolved, that the President
of the United States should be
elected by a direct vote of the
people.
Miss Ann Teague and John
Phillips will uphold the affirm
ative, while Misses Connaree
Nolen and Betty Lee Moore will
be the negative speakers.
Baptist Women
Plan Leadership
Meet January 24
A leadership conference will
be held by the Woman's Mis
sionary unions of Macon Coun
ty Friday of next week at the
First Baptist church here.
Included on the program wi'l
be discussions of methods of
conducting the organization's
work and of the associatlonal
officers to be elected at the
annual meeting.
Persons Interested in promot
ing the work of the Woman's
Missionary union are invited.
Each person Is requested to
bring one article to help furn
ish the picnic lunch which will
be served at the church.
Plan Cartoogechaye
Road Meat Tonight At 8
A Cartoogechaye community
meeting to discuss secondary
roadi will be held at the Slagle
School at S o'clock tonight
(Thursday), The meeting ?m
sailed by J. H. Brookehire, that .
jommunlty'i member Of the
jountjr advisory road eommtttM.
BONDS TO TAKE
NO EXTRA TAX.
BALDWIN SAYS
55 Gei.-ts 1? AvaiUvlo
In Present Levy And
$140,000 O* Hmrd
Issuance ol the proposed <514,
000 in county bonds for build
ing schools will requite n. in
crease in the current county
wide tax levy of $1.10 on t!;e
$100 va uation, W. E. <C>ene'
Baldwin, chairman of the boa*d
of county commissione s. an
nounced this week.
Meanwhile, the appl cf tlon >
for app oval of the proposed
bonds, required by law to b*
filed with the Local GovenUi
ment Commission, Raleigh, wr
forwarded to the commission bjc g
R. S. Jones, county attorney . i
last Friday. ^ '
Mr. Ba'dwin explained thaSr
the county is now levying 4T^
cents lor debt service, which
more than sufficient to take
care of the outstanding bonds?
A total of approximately $14?,l
000 in fact, has been accumuJ
lated in the debt service sink
fund.
1 In addition, he said, the pre
lent levy includes 12 cents to
' school capital outlay . It wa
from this capital outlay levy"
plus court fines and forfeitures,
that funds were accumulated to
build the Cullasaja school.
I Thus the county wi'l have ?
total of 55 cents to apply on
debt. On the present calculation
i of $12,175,109, that will bring in
an annual revenue of approxi
mately $67,000.
The present bonded Indebted
i ness of the county has bccnfl
reduced to approximately $589,- J
000, of which about $118,000 Is
for schools. This debt is being
i reduced at the rate of &pproxl-a
; mately $25,000 annually. The in- ^
terest, which is in addition to?
! these principal payments, this p
year amounts to $20,965.50, but
the total for Interest decrease* o
I each year as the principal
reduced. ?
In commenting on the fact ^
that the bond issue, would re
quire no Increase In the county
wide tax levy, Mr. Ba'dwin also
remarked that the exti a tax of
15 cents now being paid by per
sons who live in Franklin town
1 ship soon will be a thing of the
past. This tax is to retire old
road bonds issued by the town
ishlp That debt now has been
! reduced to $26,000, and about
$12,000 has been accumulated
In that fund.
One more levy after this year
may be necessary to complete
raising this $20,000, Mr. Baldwin
said. After that, people of thU
township will pay the same tax
as those in other parts of the
county. (An exception, of course,
is the town taxes levied on
1 property within the limits of the
towns of Franklin ? and High
lands.)
1950 PMA
Committee
Is Chossn
A county committee for the
Production and Marketing ad
ministration in this county has
been selected as follows:
Robert Fulton, chairman, Carr
Bryson, vice-chairman, Carl
Morgan, regular member, Cecil
Parker, first alternate, and J.
R. Shields, second alternate. The
committee was named by dele
gates chosen from communities
throughout the county, at a
meeting held at the Agricultural
building December 16.
This group is charged with
the responsibility of advising
and assisting of Agricultural
Adjustment Administration In
Macon County on its policies.
Following their election to
serve for this year, the group
decided that farmers who have
had two years' experience grow
lng burley tobacco may file ap
plications for new I960 allot
ments. The applications most be
filed by January SI, according
to the board.
THORPE IMPROVING
J. 1. ?. Thorpe, who under
went a major operation in a
New Orleans hospital eomettme
ato, has entered Mission hoe
pita: Asheville, for tree tin en t.
He was reported yesterday to
be improving