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FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 1?, 1850
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19
S p m. ? F. 8. Johnston Meth
odist Bible c'ass at home of Mrs.
George A. Jones.
7:30 p. m? Nequassa Chapter
No. 43, Oder of the Eastern
Star, at Masonic hall.
7:30 p. m. ? Executive commit
tee of Macon County chapter,
American Red Cross, at Red
Cross office In Bank of Frank
lin building.
FRIDAY
10 a. m. ? Baptist Woman's
Mttssior.iry union leadership pro
gram at First Baptist church.
t:30 p. m. ? Fianklln Lodge
No. 452, Loyal Order of Moose,
at old Legion hall.
SATURDAY
8 p. m.? Square dance (Amer
ican Legion benefit) at Slagle
Memorial building.
MONDAY
7 p. m. ? Franklin Troop No.
1, Boy Scouts, at Memorial
bul'ding.
7:30 p. m. ? Franklin Lions
club at Presbyterian church an
nex.
TUESDAY
8 p. m. ? American Legion
Auxiliary at home of Mrs. Joe
Setser.
WEDNESDAY
7 p. m. ? Rotary club banquet
for 1949 football squad of
Franklin High school at Memor
ial building.
Ail Officers
Of Bank Of Franklin Are
Reelected
The board of directors of the
Bank of Franklin met Wednes
day afternoon of last week and
reelected the following officers
to serve for the coming year:
A. B. Slagle, chairman of the
board; M. L. Dowdle, president;
R 8. Jones, vice-president; H.
W. Cabe, cashier; George Dean,
assistant cashier; and Grover
Jamison, Jr., assistant cashier.
Mr. Cabe reported that the
bank had had a good year, the
1949 business having been at
practically the same level as
that of 1948.
WILL HOLD FOOR SALE
The Woman's Auxiliary of St.
Agnes Episcopal church will
hold a food sale at the Nanta
hala Power and Light company
office tomorrow (Friday) morn
ing at 9 o'clock. Proceeds will
go to the church's parish house
fund.
Calendar
Of The Week's
EVENTS
Do You
Remember
(LtoUnf backward through
the files of The Press)
69 YEARS AGGO THIS WEEK
Mr. Lee Crawford received a
telegram Saturday from his
brother, J. G. Crawford, at the
University at Chapel Hill stat
ing that there was a case of
smallpox in the college and ask
ing what to do. Lee telegraph
ed to be vaccinated and remain.
Mr. G. A. Jones also Instructed
his two boys to do the same.
Franklin's Knights of the
Grip, J. O. Harrison, C. C.
Smith, and J: A. Porter, were at
home over Sunday.
25 YEARS AGO
In 1924 Macon County had
28,612 acres in cultivation in
various kinds of crops. ere
were 13,892 acres in corn, .eld
ing on the average 22 hushels
per acre. Wheat in cultivation,
2,908 acres, average 9 bushels:
oats, 758 acres, 20 bushels; soy
beans, 375 acres, 13 bushels; all
hay, 5,388 acres, 1500 lbs.;
Irish potatoes, 822 acres, 90
bushels; sweet potatoes, 152
acres, 98 bushels.
10 YEARS AGO
Manager Clyde Galley of the
Macon Theatre announced Wed
nesday that the beautiful new
playhouse will be opened on
January 29.
? Miss Mary H. Elmore, prin
cipal of the c?mp Branch
school, rtporta that Mr?. i. s.
Whltten, of Nabftn, Mum., hai
Milt ft collection of 7# library
\ took* to to added to tbl Mhocl
| Ufcrary,
Graham Unable To Leave
Capital; C Of C. Dinner
Postponed To February 4
Senator Frank P. Graham,
I who had been scheduled to ad
; d ess the annual dinner meet
ing of the Franklin Chamber of
Commerce last night, telephon
ed from Washington Tuesday
that a situation had arisen in
the senate that made it impos
sible for him to 'eave the cap
ital In time to teach F.ankLn
i for vthe meeting.
, He was asked if it would be
possible for him to come at an
| other date in the early future.
1 He consulted his canendir, and
said he could come Saturday,
February 4.
President Frank B. Duncan
immediately called a meeting of
the Chamber of Commerce di
rectors, and the board, after
consideration of the situation,
decided to postpone the meet
ing until that date.
The annual meeting will be
held exactly as previously plan
ned ? at 7 a. m. at the Slagle
Memorial building, with Senator
Graham as the speaker ? except
for the change in date.
Persons who have bought din
ner tickets, but will be unable
to attend February 4, are re
quested to turn in their tickets
Immediately ' at Angel's Drug
store, where their money will
be refunded. This will make
their tickets available to per
sons who had not been able to
get tickets, , but who can attend
on February 4. Persons who
have not bought tickets but
wish to attend the dinner Feb- \
ruary 4 are asked to file their j
app ications at Angel's.
Senator Graham expressed re
gret at being unable to come to
Franklin at this time, but said
a parliamentary tangle on the
floor of the senate had delayed
a vote On the oleomargine tax
bill, and that he felt It his duty
to remain in Washington until
the bill was disposed of. He also
had to cancel speaking engage
ments he had for this week in
Raleigh and at Western Caro
lina Teachers college, cullo
whee.
At the time he accepted the
invitation to come to Franklin,
Senator Graham had explained
| that "all engagements during
the period when Congress is in
session are made subject to my
I Senate duties".
CONCERT SET
FOR MARCH 14
Program Of N. C. Little
Symphony Orchestra
Is Announced
The North Carolina Little
Symphony orchestra will appear
In concert In Franklin March
14, it was announced this week
by W. N. Sloan, Macon County
Symphony chairman.
The evening concert for Sym
phony Society members will be
protected at 8 :3P o'clock at the
Franklin Methodist church, the
place last year's concert was
given. The afternoon free per
formance for school children is
set for 2:30 o'clock, at a place
to be announced later.
This will make the fifth con
secutive season the N. C. Sym
phony group has played in
Franklin.
The date for the orchestra's
appearances here was not known
here until this week. In making
the date public, Mr. Sloan also
.announced the program for the
evening concert. The children's
concert program was announced
several weeks ago.
For its evening performance
this year, the orchestra, under
the direction of Dr. Benjamin
Swalin, has selected several
numbers that are widely known
and loved.
The program will open with
the Largo from ever-popular
Dvorak's "New World Sym
phony", and wi!l close with a
Strauss waltz, "Thousand And
One Nights".
Other compositions on the
program that appeal to the not
too-well-trained musical ear in
clude Tschaikowsky's "None But
The Lonely Heart" and Guion's
arrangement of "Turkey in the
Straw".
Two other numbers, perhaps
not so well known, but relative
ly light, are Anderson's "Fiddle
Faddle" and "Sheep and Goat
Walkin' To The Pasture", by
Guion.
Somewhat mone highly clas
sical compositions to be played
include Bizet's Symphony in C
Major, in four movements;
"Autumn and Winter", from
Glazounov's The Seasons; Grieg's
"Anltra's Dance", from the Peer
Gynt Suite, and "Secret", also
by Grieg.
Franklin Quints
Defeat Stecoaih
In Games Here
The Franklin boys and girls
won two basketball games from
Stecoah high here Tuesday
night. The local boys won their
fifth straight game by score of
27 to 18, while the girls won a
close decision by a 28 to 25
score.
The local teams will play
Highlands here Friday night.
Last Friday night Franklin di
vided a twin engagement in a
non-eonference encounter with
the strong Clyde teams.
The boy* won II to SO, while
the local flrls lost the prelimi
nary game 48?3t
Dewey Holland
Dies In Auto Mishap In
California
The body of Dewey Holland,
former resident of this county
who was killed in an automobile
accident at Knight Landing,
Calif., last Thursday, was
brought back here, and funeral
services were held at the Sugar
Fork Baptist church Wednesday
afternoon. On its arrival here,
the body was taken to the home
of Mr. Holland's mother, Mrs.
Hettie Dills Holland, of the
Gneiss community.
Mr. Holland, 28, who had been
making his home in the West
for sometime, served for three
years in a tank batallion in
World War 2, and members of
the local post of the American
Legion were in charge of the
graveside rites, and served as
pallbearers.
The service at the church
were conducted by the Rev.
Frank Reed and the Rev. Arvil
Swafford, and burial was in the
church cemetery.
Survivors, in addition to his
mother, include his widow, the
former Miss Allie Hedden, of
the West's Mill community; two
sons, Fred and Bobby; four
brothers, Grady and Charles, of
Gneiss, Watsel, of Franklin, and
J. L., of Wilmington, Dela.; and
one sister, Mrs. David Hughes,
of Junction City, Kans.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Bryant funeral
home.
Baptist Sunday
School Convention Will
Be Held Sunday
The Macon County Baptist
Sunday school convention will
be held at the Ridgecrest Bap
tist church Sunday at 2:30 p. jrL
The theme of the program
will be "Take Your Family to
Sunday School", and three short
talks are scheduled. Doyle Bur
gess will discuss "A Challenge
to the Leaders"; Mrs. Cecil
Crawford will talk on "The Duty
of Parents", and Mrs. Katherlne
Porter will have as her topic
"A Task For Everyone".
The Ridgecrest church will
conduct the devotional.
/
Fourth Sunday Sing
Planned At Rose Creek
The fourth Sunday sing of
the northern division of the
Macon County Singing conven
tion Will be held at the Rose
Creek Baptist church January
22, starting at 2 p. m., It has
been announced by the presi
dent, Harley B. Mason.
SNAVELY TO BE
FOOTBALL FETE
GUEST SPEAKER
Rotairy Club Will Honor
Franklin Players At
Banquet Jan. 25
Carl G. Snavely, head foot
ball coach at the University o
North Carolina, will be the chie
speaker at next Wednesday eve
ning's football banquet, to b<
given by the Franklin Rotan
rlub in honor of members of
the 1949 football squad of th<
Franklin High school. In addi
tion to his talk, Coach Snave,;
is expected to' show motion pic
tures of some Carolina games
The prog-am also will be fea
tured by the presentation c
letters to members of th
squad. The letters will be p e
sented by Franklin's coach
Milburn Atkins.
All members of the footbal
squad and their fathers will be
guests of the Rotary club a
the banquet. The club also har
invited as its guests the prin
cipal and coach of the Frank
lin school, three former coaches,
j and all the coaches of the
Smoky Mountain conference.
Because the seating capacity
is limited, p.eference in dinner
ticket sales will be given mem
bers of the Rotary club and 1
alumni of the Cnlversity of
North Carolina. A limited num
ber of tickets, however, will be
available to the general public.
'They will be on sale to the pub
lic at Perry's Drug store and
i at Angel's drug store from Fri
day morning through noon
Monday. The tickets are $2.
An effoit has been made to
get in touch with all Macon
County alumni of the Univer
sity, but any alumus not con
tacted who wishes to attend
the banquet is asked to get in
touch with Dr. Edgar Angel im
mediately.
Fred Huffman, of Morganton,
Western North Carolina repre
sentative of the Education
Foundation, will accompany
Coach Snavely, and is expected
to preside at a meeting of U.
iN. C. alumni immediately fol
lowing the banquet. Organiza
tion of a county alumni asso
ciation Is planned at that time.
Arrangements for the banquet
were made by a Rotary -^com
mittee made up of Norman
i Blaine, John M. Archer, Jr., and
W. W. (Bill) Sloan.
Coach Snavely (the Gray
Fox), 52-year old native of Ne
braska, has a nation-wide repu
tation as one of football's fin
est teachers. An exponent of the
single wing attack, which he has
developed into a high state of
perfection, his offense featues
versatile running and passing.
He was a pioneer in the use of
movies in teaching the game.
He began his college coaching
career in 1927 at Eucknell. In
seven years there his teams won
42 games, lost 16, tied eight. In
1934 he first came to Carolina,
where football had become a
shambles, and in 1934 and 1935
his Carolina teams won 15
games, lost two, tied one. He
moved to Cornell in 1936 and
remained there nine years, his
Cornell teams winning 46 games,
losing 26, tying three. His 1939
Ithaca eleven was undefeated
and untied.
In 1946 Coach Snavely re
turned to Carolina.
Band To Flay At Ottio
Parent-Teacher Meet
The Franklin school band will
play at the monthly meeting of
the Otto Parent-Teacher asso
ciation Thursday of next week,
it has been announced by Mrs.
Tom Alley, program chairman.
The meeting is set for 7:30 p.
m. at the school.
P. T. A. TO MEET
The Slagle Parent-Teacher as
sociation will hold its monthly
meeting next Wednesday at 2
p. m. at the school.
ENTER PRIMARY
LESTER L. ARNOLD
For Sheriff
CHARLES A. ELMORE
For Representative
TWO MORE SEEK
PUBLIC OFFICE
Two more candidates this
week announced for Macon
County public office, subject to
the Democratic primary May 27.
They are:
Charles A. (Alex) Elmore, of
West's Mill, for representative.
Lester L. Arno'd, of Franklin,
for sheriff.
They bring to three the
number already seeking nomin
ation in the Democratic pri
mary, which is more than four
months away. The third man
out is Harry Thomas, who an
nounced for sheriff last week.
Mr. Arnold, who became wide
ly known in this county during
his several years in the register
of deeds office, is now engaged
in the restaurant business here.
A native of this county, he
was graduated from Franklin
High school and attended Ath
ens Business college, Athens,
Oa. After serving for several
years as assistant in the regis
ter of deeds office, in 1938 Mr.
Arnold was elected register, a
position that carried with it al
so the duties of tax supervisor
and county accountant.
He served about three years
as register of deeds, but at the
outbreak of World War 2 re
signed to enlist in the navy, in
which he served for four years,
about one year of which was
spent in the European theatre.
Since returning to civilian
life, he has been . engaged in
business, lirst as a grocer and
more recently in the restaurant
business, and is the owner of
Norton's cafe.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. O.
C. Arnold, of the Cullasaja com
munity, he is a member and
past governor of the local Moose
lodge and a past commander of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
post here.
Mr. Elmore, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. a Elmore, of West's
Mill until recently was a teach
er.
After spending about 10 years
as principal of schools in Co
1949 One Of. Wettest Years In Wet Highlands' History
During the year 1949, this
section experienced a total re
corded rainfall of 106.86 Inches,
making It one of the rainiest
years on record, according to
Mils Oertrude Harbison, ofiicial
wsather observer.
The normal rainfall for the
Highland! pktetu, Mill Harbi
K>n Mid, U approximately M
Inches.
The greatest amount of rain
fall for one month last year
wa? 14.05 Inches In June, and
the greatest for a 24 hour period
was 7.61 Inches on June 16.
November had the least rain
fall, with 340 lnehM.
The highest official tempera
tun recorded tor th? year was
87 degrees, on July 28, and
again on July 29. The lowest
temperature was 12 degrees on
March 1, generally the mild
temperature* resulting In very
little snow during the year,
These recordings were made
at the U, S. weather station
two and a halt miles south of
Highlands.
School Bond Vote
Is Set For Feb. 21
County - Wide Ballot Is
Called On $514,000
Building Issue
A county-wide school bond
election was called for Tues
day, February 21, by the Macon
County board of commissioners
at its meeting Monday morn
ing.
At the election, the voters
will ballot on the question of
issuing $514,000 in bonds for a
school building program in this
county.
No new registration will be
required.
The result of the election will
be determined by the majority
of the votes cast.
The election was called, fol
lowing action of New York bond
ttameys in disapproving, on a
'egal technicality, the $400,000
ichool building bond issue ap
proved by the voters of this
?ounty in December, 1945.
If the bonds are approved by
the voters, this county will have
a total of slightly more than
$875 000 to spend for school
buildings ? $514,000 from the
local bonds, and $361,469.05 from
the state.
With this sum, it is proposed
to bUild schools aB follows:
East Franklin elementary, to
serve East Franklin and Mil
shoal, 10 rooms, lunch room,
auditorium. Estimated cost,
$103,680.
Nantahala e'ementary and
high school. To be erected at a
new location, replacing the
present structures at Otter
Creek and Kyle, 12 rooms, com
bination auditorium-gymnasium,
lunch room, $121,960.
Highlands elementary and
high school. On new site, re
placing present structures, 17
rooms, auditorium-gymnasium,
lunch room. $164,160.
Union elementary, 8 rooms,
auditorium, lunch room. $86,
400.
Cartoogechaye elementary, 8
rooms, auditorium, lunch room.
$86,400.
Franklin high school, 20
rooms, auditorium-gymnasium,
lunch room. $209,360.
Iotla elementary, 8 rooms,
auditorium, lunch room. $86,400.
Chapel (Negro). $17,000.
While no new registration will
be required, the usual practice
in all elections will be fol'owed
? opening the registration books
for the registration of those
whose names are not on the
registration rolls. V
The registration books were
ordered kept open from 9 a. m.
Saturday, January 28, till sun
set, Saturday, February 11, and
the order specifies that they
shall be open at the polling
places on the three Saturdays
during that period. Saturday,
February 11, was designated as
Challenge day. The election
hours, on March 21, will be 6:30
a. m. to 6?30 p. m.
Monday's meeting of the
board of commissioners had
been set as the date on which
the board would hear any pro
tests against an order for is
suance of the bonds, introduced
at the commissioners' meeting
January 3, and Chairman W. E.
(Gene) Baldwin opened the
meeting by asking if there were
any protests. There were none.
Commissioner John W. Roane
then moved that the bond ord
er be finally passed, Mr. Bald
win seconded the motion, (Com
missioner: W. W. Edwards, in
Florida on vacation, was ab
sent), and the motion was car
ried.
Mr. Roane next Introduced
the resolution calling the bond
election, moved its adoption,
and Mr. Baldwin seconded that
motion, and the resolution was
duly adopted. The clerk to the
board then was ordered to cer
tify a copy of the resolution to
the board of elections, which
lumbus, Currituck, and Bladen
counties, he returned home a
year ago because of trouble with
his eyes.
Two years ago he announced
(or the position he now seeks,
that of representative, but never
formally Tiled as a candidate.
A native of Macon County, he
holds a B. 8. decree from Dan
iel Baker college, Brownwood,
Texas, and has done work at
the University of North Caro
lina on his master'* degree.
Sine* hi* r*tum to Maoon
County, he ha* been engaged in
farming.
wi!l conduct the election.
R. S. Jones, county attorney,
pointed out, In answer to ques
tions he said had been raised,
that no new registration is re
quired, and that such changes
In the building program, as out
lined, may be made to meet tl>?
approval or the state superin
tendent of public Instruct io v
and that the board of educa
tion may eliminate certain fea
tures of the program, If fun-ts
should prove inadequate, b>t
that that board may do so on y
with the approval of the com
missioners.
Attending the meeting, in ad
dition to the commissioners and
the county attorney, were Lake
V. Shope, clerk to the commis
sioners; Bob Sloan and Fred
Edwards, members of the coun
ty board of education; a dele
gation o 1 six ? Sidney McCarty,
C. J. Anderson, O. F. Summer,
Frank Potts. Walter Bryson,
and C. E. Mitchell ? from High
lands; and the Rev. C. E. Mur
ray, Franklin Methodist pastor.
Mr. Murry explained that he -A
was present as an advocate of 1
the bond Issue, and the High ?
lands delegation. In response t
an offer from Mr. Baldwin t
hear them, said their business, J
was with the school authorities. 1
The Highlands group later <
conferred with Mr. Sloan, Mr.
Edwards, and Countv Supt. G. J
L. Houk, explaining they want- J
ed to be sure Highlands school J
is to have a gymnasium, If gym
nasiums are to be built at other 1
high schools in the county.
The group was told that plans
call for a combination auditor- ,
ium-gymanslum at each of the^J
three high schools. ,
Says $22,000
Yearly Will
Retire Bonds
Macon County's prop
school building bond issue
$514,000 can be retired in a 30
year period at an average an
nual cost to the taxpayers of ,
between $22,000 and $26,000 per '
year, G. L. Houk, county super- <
intendent of schools, told the J
Franklin Rotary club at itS]
meeting Wednesday evening of
last week.
The average amortization o.,^
principal over a 30-year period,.
Mr. Houk pointed out, would be]
$14,667, and the average Inter-"
est, if the bonds carry an ln
| terest rate of three per cent,
would be $7,710, or a total of
$22,377. If the Interest rote
were 4 per cent, the average
payment for interest yearly
would be $10,280, or a total for
principal and interest averag
ing $25,947.
These figures are based on a
county- wide $13,000,000 tax val
uation, which Mr. Houk said will
be In effect as of January 1,
this year. He pointed out that
the present valuation is $12,
175,000, and that he knows the
? Continued on Fife Six
Organize Wildlife
Club Hire; Plan
Drive For Members
A Wildlife club was organized
here at a meeting he!d at the
Agricultural building Wednes
day of last week.
Jess Shope was elected presi
dent, R. R. (Bob) Gaines, vice
president,. and W. W. (Bill)
Sloan, secretary-treasurer.
A membership campaign is
planned in the near future. The
membership fee is $2 per year
for persons who live in town,
and $1 for farmers.
The Weather
Temperature* and precipitation f lilt
past seven days, and the low temperature
yesterday, as recorded at the Coweeta Ex
periment station.
High Low Pet.
Wednesday 62 38 .43
Thursday 50 39 .22
Friday 62 44 JO
Saturday 60 47 .15
Sunday 63 39 .01
Monday 57 51 .11
Tuesday 41 17 Jl
Wednesday 17 .54
FRANKLIN RAINFALL
(A? ncerdtd by Mtmoa Stiln Hr TV A)
Wsdnesdsy, .41 of an Inch;
Thursday, .10; Friday, .11; Sat
urday, .10; Sunday, tract; Mon
day, .IS; Tuesday, .10; WMbm*
(toy, 41, Total, 1:57 Inches.