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FKANMJN. N. C? THURSDAY, FEB. U, IM
School Bond Issue Carries By 5 To 1 Vote
MACON PEOPLE
HOLD BIG U. S.
BOND BACKLOG
Nearly 2 Millions Owned
In County; Brings In
$50,000 Yearly
The people of Macon County
are now holding a net financial
backlog of U. 8. Savings bonds
amounting to just under two
million dollars.
The exact figure, announced
this week by H. W. Cabe, county
savings bond chairman, is $1,
977,433. .
Mr. Cabe's announcement fol
lowed receipt of the annual re
port of Allison James, state di
rector, with headquarters In
Greensboro.
The figure represents total E,
F, and O bonds purchased in
this county since May, 1941,
with all cash-Ins and redemp
tions deducted as of December
31, 1949.
"This splendid reserve of
liquid assets brings into our
community annually Interest
and accruals amounting to
about 2l/i of these holdings"?*
roughly $50,000? Mr. Cabe said.
Savings Bonds sales in Macon
County for the year 1949, Janu
> ary 1 through December 31,
were as follows: Series E. $125,
108; Series F. $3,478; Series O,
$47,100; total 1949 sales, $175,
686. The county chairman said
that, according to the report,
the current value of U. S. Sav
ings Bonds outstanding Is great
er than the amount held dur
ing the wartime peak in 1945.
He said that the people of
North Carolina hold a total of
$657 million in Saving Bonds.
* On a national basis, he said,
"Individuals hold more than
$48.5 billion, cash value, in Sav
ings Bonds, of which $33 it bil
lion is in Series E Bonds."
Mr. Cabe said that the report
also show that 42 firms in the
state in 1949 were added to the
list of those operating the pay
roll savings plan for purchase
of bonds by employes.
St. Agnes auxiliary will hold
a food sale tomorrow (Friday)
at 9 a. m. at the Children's
shop, for the benefit of the
parish house.
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Town Marshal Jule Jacobs
sent two to the cooler Monday
evening. Drunk and disorderly.
A SINGULAR ACCIDENT?
Last Thursday evening two
brothers, Bird and George Dow
dle, were digging" a grave on
Iotla in which to bury Mr. and
Mrs. Joshua Roper, who died the
day before. They were working
with their backs turned toward
each other when Bird, In draw
ing back his mattock, struck
George on the head with the
axe part of It, clipping up a
portion of the skull about the
size of a dollar. He fell and ap
parently was dead for several
minutes, but finally revived and
bids fair to recover.
25 YEARS AGO
The Wilson Construction
Company, contractors for the
Georgia road, started building
camps last Wednesday at Otto
and Tryphosa for the accommo
dation of the force which la
soon to be put to work on the
road.
The Jolnes Motor and Tractor
Company has on display a tour
ing car equipped with the new
balloon tires.
Mr. H. O. Esslg, the popular
market man, has returned from
Florida, where he spent several
months and some money.
1? YEARS AGO
The Colored Community cen- ?
ter on the Murphy road will be
dedicated next Sunday.
Jo Pattlllo, who recently en
listed in the navy, has finished
his preliminary training and la
at home on a 10-day furlough.
IS CANDIDATE
SAM J. WATERS
For Commissioner
SAM J. WATERS
OUT FOR BOARD
Nantahala Man Seeks
One Of 3 Posts As
Commissioner
Sam J. Waters, of Nantahala,
this week announced that he is
a candidate for membership on
the three-member board of
county commissioners, subject to
the Democratic primary May 27.
Mr. Waters, who is the eighth
Democrat to announce for of
fice, Is the first to come out
fofc oanimlMlnner, and is the
only candidate so far from the
Nantahala section of the county.
Of the seven who previously
had announced, three seek the
nomination for sheriff, two for
clerk of the court, one for rep
resentative, and one for register
of deeds.
Mr. Waters, who Is well known
in logging circles and as a
farmer, has spent his entire 63
years in the Nantahala section.
He and Mrs. Waters, who have
a family of 10 children, make
their home on Cold Spring
Creek, in Nantahala township's
No. 1 (Upper Nantahala) pre
cinct. Their post office is
Aquone.
Mr. Waters said he will file
with the county board of elec
tions as a Democratic candi
date in the near future.
2 Runaway Boys
By Accident Set
Haystacks Afire
Two Highlands boys, aged 9
and 11, who had run away
from home, Sunday night ac
cidentally set fire to two hay
stacks on Mrs. John C. Wright's
property, on the Murphy road.
The Franklin fire department
was' summoned about 11 o'clock,
but the stacks of hay were de
stroyed.
The boys explained that they
had sought to keep warm in the
hay, and started the fire in
striking matches to find their
flashlight, which they had lost
In the darkness.
The two, scheduled for a
hearing Monday before J. Clin
ton Brookshire, Juvenile judge,
on charges of housebreaking,
ran away Sunday.
They were returned to their
homes Sunday night, and Mon
day Mr. Brookshire placed them
on probation.
N. C SYMPHONY
CONCERTSHERE
SET FOR MAR. 14
Only 1(0 Have Joined
So Far; Membership
Advantages Cited
Although the appearance of
the N. C. Little Symphony or
chestra in Franklin is less than
three weeks away, only about
100 Symphony memberships for
1950 have been taken by Macon
County people, W. C. Sloan,
county chairman, pointed out
this week.
The 23-piece Little Symphony,
under the direction of Dr. Ben
jamin Swalin, will give two con
certs here -Tuesday, March 14.
The free matinee for Macon
County school children will be
held at the Friendship Taber
nacle, in the Bonny* Crest sec
tion, at 2:30 p. m? while the
evening concert is set for 8:60
at the Franklin Methodist
church. The church has & seat
ing capacity of approximately
200.
Some of the advantages of
membership were cited by Mr.
Sloan:
1. A membership helps make
possible the free concert for
school children.
2. It entitles the holder to at
. tend any of the orchestra's con
I certs in the state, and several
will be given in this section, in
cluding one at Cullowhee and
one at Asheville. At Asheville
the full symphony will eppear.
3. A membership is only $2,
while an admission ticket Is
slightly higher? <2.10. And the
admission ticket, of course, is
good only for the Franklin per
formance. Admission tickets will
be available only if seats at the
church still are available after
the close of the membership
campaign.
Memberships may be obtained
from Mr. Sloan at his home in
East Franklin, from Mrs. Betty
Alexander at the office of J. H.
Stockton in the Bank of Frank
lin building, or at The Franklin
Press.
This will be the fifth succes
sive season the Symphony has
given concerts here.
Seek Service
Of Paid Girl
Scout Leader
A group of representatives
from Highlands women's organ
izations met with the Highlands
Girl Scout committee Monday
night to discuss ways and
means of financing the help of
a county worker trained In
Girl Scout work. The meeting
was held at the home of Mrs.
E. R. Gilbert, president of the
Woman's auxiliary of the Epis
copal church, which Is the
sponsoring organization of the
Highlands troop.
Brief talks were made by
Mrs. Tom Harbison and Miss
Dorothea Harbison, committee
members, on the fields of scout
work, and the organization In
general. Mrs. J. M. Valentine,
who presided at the meeting,
told of the Nantahala area
Girl Scout council's recent ap
pointment of Miss Mildred Cart
ledge to do field work among
CMM On r*te Eight
P. T. A. Honors Oldest Mother,
Teacher With 49- Year Service,
Mothers With Most In School
In an unusual Pounders' day
program, the Franklin Parent
Teachers association Monday
evening gave special recogni
tion to the oldest mother pres
ent, the person present who had
taught longest, and the mothers
who had had the largest num
ber of children In the school
here at any one time. .
The program also was fea
tured by selections by the school
band and a skit portraying the
founding of the P. T. A. organ
ization, 53 year* ago.
More than 1000 persons were
present.
B. L. McGlamery, serving as
master of ceremonies for that
portion of the program, pinned
orchids? and kisses? on the four
women given special recogni
tion.
Mrs. George A. Jones, at 87,
was the oldest mother present,
a distinction she had at a sim
ilar observance a year ago.
When Mr. McGlamery, in mock
embarrassment, asked if she
minded telling her age, she
promptly replied that her age
la something she Is "not asham
ed to tell? I am not responsible
Cmttmui 0* Uf*t
DIES
MRS. BETTY WALDROOP
MRS. WALDROOP
DIES. AGED 83
Rite* For Well Known
Macon Woman Held
Saturday
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Leach
Waldroop, widow of Leander
(Lee) Waldroop, died at the
home of her son and daughter
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Wal
droop, ln_ the Cartoogechaye
community, last Friday morn
ing at 12:15 o'clock.
Mrs. Waldroop, who was af
fectionately known to relatives
and many friends as "Aunt
Betty" or "Miss Betty", was 83
years of age.
Although she had been in ill
health for a number of years,
she was seriously ill only three
weeks.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Leach, she was born In
Swain county, but had spent
most of her life in Macon. Al
though her family and her home
always came first with her, she
was active in the Presbyterian
church, of which she was a
member most of her life, and
was keenly Interested In all that
went on about her. she twice
crossed the continent to visit
her daughter in Washington,
and when she returned home
from . the second visit, only a
few years ago, she was as en
thusiastic about what she had
seen as a person one-fourth her
age. She was even more en
thusiastic, however, about being
back home.
While she had made her home
In recent years with her son,
W. R. (Will), she spent consid
erable time with her other chil
dren and with her sisters In
Franklin.
Survivors Include six children,
Frank Waldroop, of Miami, Fla.,
W. R., of Franklin, Route 1,
Fred, of Atlanta, Charles, of
Route -, Mrs. Hal Slagie, of
Randle, Wash., and Harold, of
Route 1; four sisters, Mrs. John
C. Wright and the Misses Nora
Laura, and Ida Leach, all of
Franklin; 14 grandchildren, and
10 great-grandchildren.
All six of her children were
with her at the time of her
death.
Funeral services were held at
the Franklin Presbyterian
church, where she had her
membership, Saturday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Hoyt
Evans, the pastor, the Rev. J.
Q. Wallace, former pastor, and
the Rev. Charles B. Yeargan of
ficiated. Burial was in the
Franklin cemetery.
Pallbearers were Carl Slagle,
Fred M. Slagle, John Lyle Wal
droop. James Cunningham, L
B. Phillips, and Joe Setser.
Arrangements were under the
direction of Bryant funeral
home.
BAND STOPS HERE
Members of the 52-piece band
of Davidson college, en route
by special bus from a concert
In Atlanta to Waynesvllle, stop
ped In Franklin for lunch Tues
day.
AUTOS TOTAL AT NEW HIGH
Registration of motor vehicles
In North Carolina mounted to
an all-time high of 1,030,319 In
1941.
GRAHAM SPEECH
TOBE HIGHLIGHT
OF DINNER MEET
Commerce Body Also Will
Hear Report* Name
S Directors
Senator Frank P. Graham's
address is expected to be the
highlight of Saturday evening's
annaal dinner meeting of the
Franklin Chamber of Commerce.
The dinner, which is expected
to attract a capacity atten
dance, is set for 7 p. m. at the
Slagle Memorial building. The
Franklin Rotary club postponed
its meeting last night, in order
to meet with the chamber and
hear Dr. Oraham.
This annual session of the
organization also will be featur
ed by the election of directors
for the coming year and by re
ports.
Senator Oraham, perhaps
North Carolina's most widely
known citizen, is expected to
arrive In Franklin sometime
Saturday afternoon. While here,
he has been invited to be the
ovei night guest of Dr. and Mrs.
Edgar Angel at their home. He
is scheduled to speak at West
ern Carolina Teachers college,
Cullowhee, Sunday, and pre
sumably will leave here Sunday
morning.
Frank B. Duncan, chamber
president, will be toastmaster at
Saturday's banquet, and B. L.
McGlamery, a director, will
briefly summarize community
developments of the past year,
and touch on some of the pos
sibilities in the year ahead. Mrs.
Virginia Jones, secretary, will
summarize accomplishments of
the organization during the past
year.
An announcement also is ex
pected on the progress made to
ward forming a merchants' or
ganization within the chamber
of commerce.
Five directors are to be elect
ed for the coming year.
A nominating committee has
proposed a list of 12 from which
to choose five. The 12 nominat
ed are T. W. Angel, Jr., Claude
Bolton, Wiley Brown, W. C. Bur
rell, Kenneth Bryant, Prelo Dry
? Continued on Page Four
Presbyterian
War Dead To
Be Paid Honor!
A bronze plaque, bearing the
names of the members of the
Franklin Presbyterian church !
who lost their lives In the two
world wars, this week is being
placed in the sanctuary of the
church, and will be dedicated
at a brief service Sunday morn- ,
ing at 11 o'clock.
Names on the plaque are Pvt. |
Charles Henry McPherson, who
was killed in World War 1, and '
T. Sgt. George Charles Gray
and Maj. Judson Fred Gray, 1
who were casualties of World j
War 2
Pvt. McPherson and Major j
Gray were members of the Mor
rison Presbyterian church,
which was consolidated with the j
Franklin church several years
ago.
J. S. Gray, father of Sgt.
Gray, and J. J. Gray, father of
Major Gray, are elders in the
Franklin church.
The Rev. J. Q. Wallace, former
pastor of all three commem*
rated men, will make the dedi
catory address.
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WILL SPEAK HERE
SEN. FRANK P. GRAHAM
RED CROSS FUND
OUOTA IS $2,044
14 Per Cent Above '49
Figure; Murray And
Group Plan Drive
Macon County's 1950 Red
Cross fund drive quota Is $2,
044, It was announced Tuesday,
following a meeting Monday
night of the fufirf committee,
at which plans for this year's
campaign, to be conducted early
next month, were outlined.
The 1950 quota is approxi
mately 14 per cent higher than
the 1949 figure of $17M.
Of the $2)044, to fee sought in
this county this year, it was
pointed out, $1,071 is to be re
tained by the local chapter,
while the remaining $973 will be
forwarded ? to national head
quarters of the organization.
The Rev. C. E. Murray.
Franklin Methodist pastor,
whose appointment as fund
chairman was announced last
week, has on his fund commit
tee Mrs. Mary Jo Sloan, former
executive secretary of the local
chapter, E. G. Crawford, prin
cipal of the Otto school and
1949 fund chairman, the Rev.
Hoyt Evans, Presbyterian pastor
Continued On Page Eigfct?
Bear den To Build
$15,000 Sinclair Oil Station
Hare
Work will start in a few days
on a $15,000 service station, to
be situated just beyond the In
dian Mound, it was announced
this week by W. 8. Bearden, of
Clayton, Ga., who will build the
station.
Mr. Bearden is commission
agent for the Sinclair Oil com
pany, and the new station will
be operated as a Sinclair unit,
under lease, he said.
Mr. Bearden purchased the
150-foot lot, on East Main
street, adjoining and just east
of the Indian Mound, from W.
Roy Carpenter, and the grading
work for the new structure al
ready has been done.
The station, which will be 50
by 30 feet, will be constructed
of brick, and will be modern in
every detail, Mr. Bearden said.
A large section of the front will
be of curved plate glass. The
rest rooms will be tiled. He add
ed that it will be equipped with
a Diesel pump, explaining that
at no town near here can Diesel
engines be serviced.
The work will be done under
the direction of Wiley -J. Clark,
foreman.
Unofficial Bond Vote By Precincts
For Against % of Total
Precinct Bonds Bonds For
Franklin ~ , 937 * 88 91
MilLshoal 120 59 81
Ellijay 103 8 93
Sugar fork 20 17 54
Highlands 394 14 97
Flats 9 20 31
Smith bridge 129 39 78
Cartoogechaye 157 4 98
Nantahala No. 1 34 49 40
Nantahala No. 2 203 14 94
Burnlngtown 38 49 42
Cowee 113 84 83
TOTAU tW 425 94
2.680 BALLOT:
FAVORED IN NINE
OF 12 PRECINCTS
Cartoogechaye P?r Cent
Highest; Axhrertising
Bonds Next Step
A total of 2,680 Macon Coun
ty men and women went to the
polls Tuesday, and more than
5 to 1 voted in iavor ot school
bonds. a
The proposal to Issue $514,009
In county-wide bonds to build
eight schools was approved in
nine of the county's 12 precincts.
The total unofficial vote was:
For bonds, 2,256; against
bonds, 425.
The county-wide percentage
in favor of the bond issue was
84.
Following certification of the
result of the election, the jiext
major step, it Is understood is
to advertise the bonds for sale.
While the total vote was light,
as compared with the 4,975 bal
lots cast for President in 194#,
it was more than twice as heavy
as the 1189 votes cast In the
1945 special school bond election.
People went to the polls Tues
day, however, in bright, sunny
weather, whereas snow was on
the ground at the time of the
1945 bond election.
Tuesday's margin in favor of
the bonds also was greater. In
1945, 973 votes, or slightly less
than 82 per cent of those cast,
were in favor of bonds.
The heaviest percentage in
favor of bonds was cast Tues
day in Cartoogechaye precinct,
where M per cent of the 1M
who balloted cast their votes for
bonds. Highlands was second,
with 97 per cent, and Nanta
hala No. 2 was third with 94
per cent. Ellijay, with 93, was
a close fourth.
The bonds failed to carry In
Flats township, where the vote
was 20 against 9 for; in Nan
tahala No. 1, where 49 voted
against bonds and 34 in favor;
and In Burningtown. where the
vote was: For bonds, 36: against,
39.
The figures quoted are unof
ficial.
The county board of commis
sioners and the county board
of elections will meet at the
courthouse this (Thursday)
morning to make a canvas of
the votes and officially an
nounce the results.
Macon County share of the
state funds for school building
totals $361,000, so the school
authorities in this county will
have a total of $875,000 to spend.
With that sum, It Is proposed
to build eight new schools, _
three In Franklin, one in High
lands, one at Highlands, one at
Union, one at Cartoogechaye.
and one at Iotla.
Each of the elementary schools,
under the plans. Is to have a
lunchroom and auditorium, and
each of the high schools, a
lunch room and combination
auditorium-gymnasium.
The East Franklin elementary
school, a 10-classroom structure.
Is to serve both East Franklin
and MUlshoal township.
A new Franklin high school,
of 20 rooms, Is proposed.
The third school planned
here Is for Negroes, but details
have not been worked out.
The Nantahala and Highlands
Ceathraed Ob F?|t MgM
GUFFEY BACK HOME
Lee Ouffey has returned ham*
from Moore General hospital,
near Ashevllle, where he spent
several weeks under treatment.
The Weather
Temperature* and precipitation for tfea
paat seven days, and the low temperatura
yesterday. as recorded at th? Coweeta ?a
periment station.
Wednesday 43 39
Thursday 47 28
Friday
Saturday .
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday ....
Wednesday
48 12
81 17
54 33 OS
55 23
59 30
.... 34 .11
FRANKLIN RAINFALL
(Aa recorded bjr Man ton Stilea far TV A)
Wednesday, 28 of an
Thursday, none; Friday,
Saturday, none; Sunday, .S3;
Monday, none; Tuesday, no at,
Wednesday, OS.