.. *%VV '?V. V I 'im mf WtWaiiW Jiacoman Price 6 Cents 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 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. 8a 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