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VOL. LXV? NO. ?
FRANKLIN, N. C, THUMPAY, MARCH t, UM
TIN PAGM
Bomb Not Enough,
Graham Declares
175 Hear Senator Speak
At Commerce Body
Dinner Meet
In the present world situation,
President Truman had no choice
but to go ahead with develop
ment of the hydrogen bomb,
"but the bomb alone is not
enough, We must have a soirit- |
ual revolution", Senator Frank
P. Oraham declared here Sat
urday night.
"We who have the heritage
of the American dream and the
aspirations of the Hebraic Chris
tian hope should never give up,
even in these desperate days.
In this kind of world, with the
actual atom bomb and the po
tential hydrogen bomb, which
could incinerate 50 million peo
ple, we must not accept the In
evitability of war.
"We still have the United
, Nations as the best hope of the
world.
"And the United Nations is
not at Late Success, but here
in the hearts and minds of the
people of this and other com
munities everywhere who work
and pray for peaoe.
"We in this country are be
tween freedom and total tyr
rany, for there are more slaves
in economic bondage and in con
centration camps behind the
Iron Curtain than there were in
the South in 1860.
"We ourselves must become so
free In our own life that Amer
ica will become a place where
there is equal opportunity for
all, as sons of God, so that the
people of the world will turn
to America instead of to the
Soviet union."
Senator Graham spoke' at the
annual dinner meeting of the
Franklin Cham be* of Commerce.
The meeting, attended by 175
persons, was held at the Slagle
Memorial bullidlng.
With Frank B. Duncan,
chamber president, serving as
toastmaster, the meeting open
ed with group singing, led by
S. W. Mendenhall, with Mrs. H.
W. Cabe at the piano. The Rev.
A. Rufus Morgan pronounced
the Invocation, and Senator
Graham was introduced by Wei
mar Jones. Richard Queen, of
Haywood county, the senator's
? Continued oa Page Six
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Press)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
J. B. Tankersley, from God
knows where, In town repre
senting the speculators who bid
off the mail routes in this sec
tion, trying to sub-let them. We
hope no man in this section will
take a single route.
Hon. K. Ellas started to Tran
sylvania court last week, but
found the roads so badly frod
en with Ice that he returned
home Monday.
Mrs. Sallie Sellers and child
left yesterday for Cripple Creek,
Colorado,* to rejoin her hus
band, who went out there last
fall.
We regret to announce that
Furman Jarrett and his little
brother, Frank, have pneumon
ia fever.
25 YEARS AGO
The town board has now pur
chased all the lands that the
waters of the lake (Lake Emory)
will cover, excepting about 10
acres. Last Friday the board
purchased about 86 acres from
Mr. J. L. Barnard for $12,500.
Mr. E. H. Franks also sold the
town board between 10 and 12
acres for just a little over $1,
500.
"Our riads are now impass
able".? Kyle Item.
10 YEAK8 AGO
It has been announced by
Congressman Weaver that Pres
ident Roosevelt has approved
two WPA school building pro
jects In Macon County one at
Otto and the other at West's
Mill.
Oeorge Carpenter and family
have moved from the Ray house
on Bonny Creat to the Fender
grass house on Palmer street.
Barrwll, Angel, Page,
Whitmire, i Bolton
Named To Board
W. C. Burrell, T. W. Angel, Jr.,
E. J. Whitmire, JiT, L. H. Page,
and Claude H. Bolton were
elected to the board of direct
ors of the Franklin Chamber of
Commerce at Saturday night's
meeting of the organization,
held at the Slagle Memorial
building.
Those five , chosen from a
field of 13 nominees, and Frank
B. Duncan and B. L. McGlam
ery, whose terms do not expire
until next year, will make up
the new board.
President Duncan is expected
to call the directors together
later this week to elect officers
for 1950.
Under the organization's by
laws, Mr. Burrell and Mr, Angel,
since they received the highest
votes, will serve for two years.
Both were members of the 1949 j
board. The other three new di
rectors will serve for terms of
one-year.
Features of the meeting, in
addition to the election of of
ficers and the address of Sen
ator Frank P. Graham, were re
ports by B. L. McGlamery, di
rector, and Mrs. Virginia B.
Jones, acting secretary. The
Franklin Rotary club met joint
ly with the chamber of com
merce for the dinner session.
Mr. McGlamery, in .a com
munity progress report, cited
growth along various lines, em
phasizing that this county's de
velopment during 1949 was aided
by jnany organizations and
groups.
Among needs that should be
met in the future, he suggested
small manufacturing plants, at
Con tinned On Page Six?
Sale Of Bonds
By State Body Next Step
Toward Schools
(Official election results
<m pace 8)
The next step in translating
the results of last week's school
bond election Into Macon Coun
ty schools Is up to the Local
Government commission at Ral
eigh.
The $514,000 In bonds will be
sold, R. S. Jones, county attor
ney, explained, by the commis
sion, in compliance with the
state law governing issuance of
bonds by counties and munici
palities.
The commission must adver
tise the bonds for sale for a
specified time. The entire pro
cedure, however, is not expected
to require more than 60 days.
Meanwhile, Ronald Greene,
architect, was here this week
doing preliminary work on plans
and specifications, preparatory
to the county board of educa
tion's advertising for bids for
the construction of the eight
schools it is proposed to build.
TAKEN BY DEATH
1. E. S. THORPE
THORPE, POWER
FIRM HEAD. DIES
Rite* For N ant ah n la
President Held Here
Saturday
John E. S. Thorpe, president
ot the Nantahala Power and
Light company, died in an Ashe
ville hospital at 6 a. m. last Fri
day, following a long illness. He
was 65 years of age.
A native of England, Mr.
Thorpe came to Western North
Carolina in 1929, after the prac
tice of hi# profession of engi
neering had taken him to Puerto
Rico, Mexico, and Russia, and
during his 21 years as head of
the Nantahala company, a series
of hydro-electric projects were
constructed in this area under
his supervision.
He and Mrs. Thorpe had made
their home in Franklin since
1937, when his company moved
its offices here from Bryson I
City.
Mrs. . Thorpe, who plans to
continue to make her home In
Franklin, yesterday made public
a note of appreciation Mr.
Thorpe wrote in his own hand.
The letter was written in De
cember, after Mr. Thorpe had
returned from a hospital in New
Orleans, where he underwent
an operation, and at a time
when he was planning to resume
his duties in the near future.
The letter, addressed to Wei
mar Jones, editor of The Press,
follows:
"Dear Mr. Jones:
"Mrs. Thorpe and I are so ap
? Continued on Pace Six
Thomas McCalls
Will Mark Their
50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Jhomas Mc
Call, of the Clear Creek com
munity, south of Highlands, will
celebrate their 30th wedding
anniversary at their home Sat
urday. Mr. and Mrs. McCall
have resided here all their mar
ried life.
The elderly couple have seven
grown children and 35 grand
children.
WIN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP? Above is the girls'
basketball team of the Otter Creek (Nantahala) High school,
which won this year's Smoky Mountain Conference trophy by
winning 15 games and losing only one during the past season.
In the photo, left to right, are Frances Moses, Pauline May,
Louise Owenby, Hazel Trammel, Phillls Bateman, Ollie Jacob*,
Mildred Haney, Annie Jane Douthlt, May Beth Grant and Ruth
Nell. Evelyn Morgan, high scorer, was absent when the picture
was made. Her score for the season was 303 points. Second
placs was held by Louise Owenby, with 231.
FRANKLIN LOSES
IN CONFERENCE
GAME TOBRYSON
Tied At End Of Regular
Game Time, Local*
Beaten 47-42
Paced by high scoring Jack
Norton, the Franklin High school ?
boys' basketball team went to 1
the finals of the Smolcy Moun
tain conference tournament be- j
fore being defeated by Bryson 1
City In an overtime game. This
year's tournament was held at
Andrews.
In their first tournament
game, the local boys defeated
Murphy last Thursday night by
a score of 51 to 33. Individual
scoring for the Franklin team
was as follows: Jack Norton, 23
points; Ho Norton, 13; Joe Wil
son, 0; Ted, Stanley, 15; Gene
Stamey, 2.
Franklin met Bryson City in
the final* Saturday night. After
leading for most of the game,
the local boys weakened on de
fense and Bryson City tied the
score In the last few minutes of
play. Forced into an overtime
play-off, with a 42-41 score for
the regular game time. Franklin
let Bryson City surge ahead to
win 47-42.
Local team scoring was as fol
lows: Jack Norton 19, Bo Nor
ton 13, Joe Wilson 0, Ted Stam
ey 8, and Oene Stamey 2.
John M. Archer, III, and Rich
ard Jones served as substitutes
in both games, but neither en
tered the scoring column.
2,254 Tags
Sold To Motor Vehicle
Owners Here
A total of 2,934 North Caro
lina i960 motor vehicle license
tags had been sold by the Car
olina Motor club branch office
here through last Saturday, it
was announced this weelc by
Verlon Swafford, branch man
ager.
The break-down was.
Automobile license tags sold,
1,316.
Trucks, 860.
Trailers, 75.
Motorcycles, 3.
Most of the tags were sold to
Macon County persons, Mr.
Swafford said.
The tags went on sale here
December 1 at the motor club's
branch at the Western Auto
Associate store.
Baptist Ministers Will
Meet H?re Monday At II
The Macon County Baptist
Ministers' monthly conference
will be held at the First Bap
tist church here Monday at 10
a. m. The Rev. W. L. Sorrells is
moderator, and the Rev. Edgar
Willix, secretary,
i
Calendar
Of The Week'?
EVENTS
THURSDAY, MARCH 2
7:30 p.m. ? Post No. 108, Amer
ican Legion, at Slagle Memor
ial building.
7:30 p. m. ? Nequassa Chapter
No. 43, Order of the Eastern
Star, at Masonic hail.
FRIDAY
10 a. m? County- wide P. T. i
A. study group meeting at Ag
ricultural building./
7:30 p. m. ? Red Cross fund
drive meeting at Presbyterian
church.
SATURDAY
10 a. m ? Macon County unit,
N. C. E. A. at Franklin school. ,
MONDAY
10 a. m ? Board of County
Commissioners at courthouse.
10 a. m. ? County board of ed
ucation at courthouse.
10 a. m.? Macon County Bap
tist Ministers' conference at
First Baptist church.
3 p. m. ? Franklin Oardenclub
at Memorial building.
7 p. m.? Franklin Troop 1,
Boy Scouts, at Memorial build
ing.
7:30 p. m. ? Franklin board of
aldermen at town office.
TUESDAY
7:30 p. m. ? Junaluskee Lodge
No. 145, A. F. and A. M , at Ma
sonic hall.
WEDNESDAY
7 p. m ? Franklin Rotary club
?t Memorial bulldln|.
Reinstatement Of Jenkins,
Dismissed Patrolman, Asked
BULLETIN
The appointment of Bryan
L. Basden, of Raleigh, as state
highway patrolman at Frank
lin has been announced by the
N. C. Department of Motor
Vehicles.
A number of local groups and
individuals have written letters
to Raleigh uiglng the reinstate
ment of W. T. <Tom> Jenkins,
state highway patrolman here.
| Mr. Jenkins and Patrolman
Charles D. Lindsay, of , Sylva,
were dismissed from the' patrol
last week. They were charged
! with racing in the patrol cars
they were driving.
| The action of the highway
' patrol in dismissing the two of
ficers followed an accident on
the Sylva-Waynesvllle highway,
February 16, when Mr. Lindsay's
car failed to make a curve,
turned over, and was demolish
ed. The officer was slightly
hurt. Both automobiles were be
ing driven east at the time.
Information of local persons
interested . in the case Is that
Mr, Jenkins, when the two of
ficers were called before the
patrol commander, backed up
his fellow officer's account of
what had happened, and that
later Mr. Lindsay admitted his
original account was not accu
rate.
Mr. Jenkins, who has been a
member of the patrol for two
years, has been on duty here
for the past several months, fol
lowing the recent transfer of
Patrolman Pritchard Smith, Jr.
He Is still in Franklin, but is
| not on duty. The patrolman
stationed at Bryson City is tem
1 porarily serving this area also,
lit Is undei stood.
When the accident happened
Patrolman Lindsay was travel
ing east on U. S. 19A-23 near
Balsam Fish Hatchery. As the
; car entered a curve, it careened
| into a bank on the right hand
; side of the road, then swerved
| across the highway, bounced !
through a field, crashed through
Sheriff R. V. Welch's fence and [
| came to rest on its top in a 1
1 small creek. Mr. Lindsay was
thrown clear of the car when it
hit the creek. Patrolman Jen
kins was following in another
patrol car, but was not involved
in the accident. I
Tells How
Red Cross
Used Funds
On the eve of the opening
ot the annual Red Cross fund
drive here, the Rev. C. E. Mur
ray. 1950 fund chairman, yes
terday called attention to a few
of the Red Crow activities local
ly during the past year, and
made public a financial report
for the chapter.
"Since the Red Cross is both
a welfare and charitable organ
ization, which cooperates with
all authorised agencies and is
DINNER CANCELED
The local Red Cross chapter
will not have its annual fund
drive dinner this year, but will
hold a short organizational
meeting at the Presbyterian
church Friday night at 7:30
p. m., according to an an
nouncement yesterday by the
Rev. C. E. Murray, fund drive
chairman.
The organizational meeting
has been substituted for the
usual dinner in an effort to
reduce campaign expense, Mr.
Murray said. :
supported entirely by voluntary
contributions, we feel it wise to !
make a report to the public of
Macon County on the past year's
activities, as one of the first
steps in preparing to open our
yearly fund drive", Mr. Murray
said.
During the year, the local
chapter has given financial as
sistance lri 410 cases, besides
furnishing information and
guidance in hundreds of other
cases. Problems involving 142
active service persons, 135 vet
erans, and 133 civilians were at
to $746.92. Local civilians re
least partially met with finan
cial assistance, which amounted
?Continued on Pip Six
Week Of Dedication
Services To Be Held
Week of Dedication services
(or the West Macon Methodist ;
circuit will be held at the Mai- |
den's Chapel church March 5
through March 12. Guest speak
ers will include the Rev. C. E.
Murray, of Franklin, next Tues
day evening, and the Rev. Rob
ert G. Early, of Highlands,
Thursday evening. The temper
ance drama, "Prisoner at the
Bar", will be presented Wednes
day evening, in cooperation with
other churches of the commun
ity. The Tuesday and Thursday
services are set for 7:30 o'clock,
while the play Wednesday will
start at 8 p. m.
PHILLIPS SEEKS
SHERIFFS POST
4 Now In Prim try Race;
Tillery Lore 1? Out
For School Board
L. B. Phillips, Franklin busi
nessman, this week announced
that he plans to (He for the of
fice of sheriff of Macon County,
subject to the Democratic pri
mary May 27.
Mr. Phillips is the fourth man
to announce intention of enter
ing the primary race for the
office of sheriff. The other three
are Harry Thomas, Lester Arn
old, and Blanchard Brendle.
The only other local political
development of the week was
the filing of Tillery T. Love for
a place on the five-member
county board of education. Mr.
Love is the first man to file for
this office.
Mr. Phillips is a native of Ma
con County and has spent his
entire life here. He is at pres- 1
ent operating a service station
and a coal busineM^t^ bu been
a coal dealer for the past nine
years, and opened his new till
ing station, at the intersection
of Palmer and Pwtor - 'streets,
last fall. For 15 years prior to
becoming a coal dealer he was
engaged In the automobile serv
ice business.
The son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Jonathan Phillips. Mr. Phil
lips and his wife, the former ;
Mrs. Nina Setser, live in their !
home on west Main street. * i
Mr. Phillips served as a mem- '
ber of the Franklin board of
aldermen from 1940 to 1948. He
was the Democratic nominee for j
sheriff in the last general elec
tion, when he was defeated by 1
J. P. Bradley, the incumbent.
Mr. Love, an employe of the
Nantahala Power and Light
company, taught in Macon
County schools from 1926 to ;
1941. He is a graduate of Mars
Hill High school and Piedmont
college, Demorest, Oa. While
teaching In Macon County, he
served as principal of the lot's,
Morgan and Pine Orove schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Love, the for
mer Miss Pauline Snyder, and
their son resid^ near the Nan
tahala power house.
Sunday School Officers
To Hold Planning Meet
A Baptist associational Sun
day school officers' planning
meeting will be held at the
lotla Baptist church Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, it was
announced this week by T. M
Hickman, superintendent.
Largest Number Of Rat Tails
To Win Lions' Prize Of $20
The agriculture committee
of the Franklin Lions club is
offering a prize of $20 for the
largest number of rat tails
brought in to any of its mem
bers by March 31. Rat talis
must be presented to mem
bers of- the committee, which
Is composed of Harold Enloe,
of Franklin, Route 1, Max
Parrish, of Otto, Don Allison.
Mrtttaat county want, and
Theodore 8iler, of Franklin,
Route 2.
The committee presented
this program to the directors
of the local Lions club last
Wednesday night and pointed
out that they were sponsor
ing this drive In order to en
courage the killing of rats,
which destroy large quantities
of grain and othar crops each
y?ar.
MRS. SHERR1LL
NAMED CENSUS
HEAD IN MACON
21 Enumerators To Malt*
1950 Count Here;
Start* April 1
Mrs. Mary Louise SherrUl, of
Franklin, has been appointed to
head the 1950 census-taking in
Macon County, it was announc
ed yesterday in AsheviUe by
Harry Sample, district super
visor for the 17th census.
Mrs. Sherrill will have the
title of crew leader, and will
be responsible for the supervis
ion of 21 census enumerators la
this county. She was instructed
to report in Asheville this morn
ing for training. After a tew
days will return here, and a
little later will teach the en-'
umerators their jobs.
The wife of Jack Sherrill, Mrs.
Sherrill is the former Miss Mary
Louise Porter. Until last sum
mer she had been employed for
a number of years as secretary
at the Dowdle Wholesale com
pany here.
Applications for employment
as enumerators will be accepted
by Mrs. Sherrill, and forwarded
to the district office in Ashe
ville, or may be sent direct to
the district supervisor at bis
office in the Asheville city hall,
Mr. Sample's announcement
said.
The actual enumeration will
get under way April 1. Mr.
Sample said, and most ot the
enumerators will be employed
for a period of from two to four
weeks. It is estimated that per
sons employed as enumerators
will earn about $8 or $9 a day.
Those employed, Mr. 8<unple
said, will be selected from on
eligible list, to be determined by
an examination to be held in
Franklin at a date yet to be
announced.
Those who wish to fi!e ap
plication blanks from the U. 8.
Employment office for this area
or from Mrs. Sherrill.
Applicants for enumerators
jobs must be citizens of the U.
8 . have a high school educa
tion or furnish evidence of com
parable experience, be in good
physical health and of excellent
character, and between the ages
of 21 and 65, although prefer
ence will be given to those 2S
to 45 years. They must have
sufficient financial resources to
sustain themselves for a period
of four weeks from the date of
appointment until their first
salary check. Applicants with
veteran's preference who meet
these requirements wi!l be giv
en priority over non veteran ap
plicants.
Applicants for enumerator
jobs in rural areas must ha*?
an automobile available in good
operating condition. The meth
od of payment will provide for
the cost of operating car* on
official business for the census.
The enumerator's -pay sched
ule Is based on the payment ol
piece prices, so much per name,
per farm, or per building or
dwelling unit enumerated is
the Census.
Temperance Play Will
Be Given At CulLasa>a
The temperance play, "Pris
oner at the Bar", will be pre
sented at the Cullasaja Assem
bly of Ood church Thursday
night, March 9, at 7:30 o'clock,
with the Salem Methodist
church cooperating. It was an
nounced this week.
PLAN SING
The First 8unday flinging
convention will be held March
S at 1:30 p. m. at the Black
Mountain Baptist church, ea
South Skeenah.
The Weather
Temperatures and precipitation for the
past seven days, and the low temperature
yesterday, as recorded at t*? Coweeta K?
periifient station.
v. High Low Pet.
Wednesday 55 34.5 .11
Thursday 49.5 23 .11
Friday 56 IS
Saturday 85 26
Sunday 47.5 35
Monday 55 15
Tuesday 56 10.5
Wednesday 31 MS
FRANKLIN RAINFALL
<A? recorded by Man too Stile* for TVA)
Wednesday. .06 of an inch:
Thursday, .56; Friday, none;
Saturday, none; Sunday, bom;
Monday, none; Tuesday, none;
Wednesday, 1.06.