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VOL. LXV? NO. IS
30 Democrats File
In May 27 Primary
Dozen Pmy Fee* In Last
3 Days; Republicans
Enter Slate
An even dozen additional
Democrats filed for office the
last three days of last week,
bringing to 30 the number seek
ing office here, subject to the
primary May 27.
Meanwhile, the Republicans
fl'ed a slate of candidates for
offices, with one nomination ?
that for sheriff ? to be decided
in the primary.
Saturday at .8 p. m. was the
deadline for candidates to enter
the races.
The newly filed Democratic
candidates are C. Tom Bryson,
lor representative, who will be
opposed in the Democratic pri
mary by C. A. Elmore, of West's
Mil).
L. B. Phillips, for sheriff, who
will fight it out with J. Harry
Thomas, Lester L. Arnold, and
J. B. Brendle, for the nomina
tion.
L. W. Rice, Sr., of Highlands,
for member of the board of
county commissioners. Others
in that race are John W. Roane,
of Franklin, Route 1, and W.
W. Edwards, of Highlands, the
incumbents, and C. C. Stamey,
of Prentiss, and Sam J. Waters,
of Flats.
F. A. Edwards, of Highlands,
J. F. Browning, of Franklin,
FEES TOTAL $435.50
The 30 Democrats and 11
Republicans who filed for
public office here patt into
the county board of elections
a total of J4S5.5# in filing
fees, Miss Lassie Kelly, elec
tion board chairman, said.
The money will go Into the
county general fund. v ,
Route 3, Walter Gibson, of
Franklin, Robert B. DuPree, of
Highlands, Mrs. Betty Leach
Alexander, of Franklth, and
Ray E. Norton, of Highlands,
for members of the county
board of education. C. Gordon
Moore, of Franklin, Bob 8. Sloan,
of Franklin, T. T. Love, of Nan
tahala, J. C. Sorrells, of Frank
lin, Route 3, and Charles W.
Nolen, of Franklin, Route 1, al
ready had filed. Mr. Moore, Mr.
Edwards, Mr. Browning, 'Mr.
Gibson, and Mr. Sloan are the
Continued on Page Six?
Do You
Remember . . . ?
(Looking backward through
the files of The Frew)
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
The young men of Franklin
have formed a new military
company of- about 45 members.
They met last night and elected
the following officers: Captain,
M. T. Rhinehart; 1st lieut., John
Angel; 2nd lieut., Jas. Morrison.
Last Thursday the telegraph
ers along the line of the South
ern Railway went out on a
strike. The agent at Dillaboro
went out, and the depot is
closed. Wagons that went over
the latter part of last week for
goods had to return empty.
Master Burton Lyle has made
a venture in newspaperdum. The
number of the "Young People's
Semi-Monthly" appeared April
15.
25 YEARS AGO
County Agent Arrendale is
busy this week getting stock
subscribed to Install a cream
ery in Franklin, it will take
$100,000.
Mr. S. R. Jolnes and Mr. Jess
Conley have organized the Peo
ple's OH company, and will sell
motor oil and gasoline.
Little George and Charles
Hunnicutt entertained their tiny
friends last Tuesday with aji
Easter egg hunt.
It YEARS AGO
A group of 17 foresters and
hydraulic , engineers are meeting
at the Coweeta Experimental
Forest.
P. ,E- Callahan, for six years
connected with The Franklin
Press, has resigned to purchase
a printing business in another
community. For the last three
years be has been managing
editor of the newspaper.
Experts Coming
To Study Zoning Problem
In Franklin
Representatives of the
North Carolina League of
Municipalities will be in
Franklin early this summer to
advise with Franklin officials
on zoning the town.
Mayor H- W. Cabe and Ald
erman E. J. Whitmire, Jr., in
Bryson ' City to attend a re
gional meeting of the league
Monday, learned that the
league will do a zoning job
for the Town of Waynesville.
early in June, and invited
the officials to come to Frank
lin immediately after they
complete their task in Way
nesville to see what can be
done here.
The Franklin town govern
ment is a member of the
North Carolina league.
FROZENFOODS
ADDING SPACE
Addition To Make Local
Plant Largest
In State
Franklin Frozen Foods, Inc.,
is constructing an addition to
its building, just off West Main
street, that will make it the
largest freezer locker plant, in
point of floor space, in North
Carolina.
The addition is being built
primarily to house a grade A
poultry processing plant, which
will be the only one west of
Asheville, officials of the local
concern pointed out.
The addition is being con
structed on the north end of
the present building, and will
extend to West Main street. It
will be two stories, with the
upper floor on a level with the
street, from which there will be
an entrance.
The new space also will house
two large meat curing rooms.
These and the poultry process
ing plant will be on the lower
floor. Plans for use of the
street-level floor are not defi
nite, it was said.
The present plant is 54 by 81
. feet, and contains 4,374 square
feet of floor space. The addi
tion is to be 54 by 36, and will
contain 1,944 square feet on
each floor, or a total of 3,888
square feet of floor space.
The addition will be of ce
ment and cinder block con
struction, with stucco finish on
the exterior, and plaster inside.
The present plant was built
two years ago. E. J. Whitmire,
Jr., Is president, and Oscar Led
ford, secretary-treasurer and
general manager, of Franklin
Frozen Foods, Inc.
MLm Phillips Named
To Honor Fraternity
Miss Elizabeth Ann Phillips is
one of six members of the stu
dent body at Peace college, Ral
eigh, to win membership in
Sigma Pi Alpha, national lan
guage honor fraternity. To be
eligible for membership, a stu
dent must make Janguage
grades of 90 or higher. Miss
Phillips is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. B. Phillips, of
Franklin.
INDIAN DRAMA
TOPIC OF MEET
OFWNCACHERE
74 Far son* Represent 17
W.N.C. Communities
At 'Gathering
Discussion of the forthcom
ing historical pageant, "Unto
These Hills, A Drama of the
Cherokees", which is scheduled
to open at Cherokee earlv in
July, highlighted Tuesday's
quarterly meeting of Western
North Carolina Associated Com
munities here.
Seventyjfour persons were
present for the luncheon and
afternoon session, held at Pan
orama court. They represented
17 communities in the 11-coun
ty area served by the regional
organization.
On motion of Francis Heazel,
of Asheville, WNCAC also mov
ed to conserve and promote the
growth of dogwood in the'
mountain area. Pointing out
that it is being rapidly de
pleted, Mr. Heazel moved that
a committee be appointed to '
take action toward conservation
and reforestation. Percy B. Fe
rebee, of Andrews, president of
the organization, named Kelly
E. Bennett, of Bryson City, Joe
Jennings, of Cherokee, and C.
M. Douglas, of Brevard, WNCAC
secretary, to the committee.
Harry Buchanan, of Sylva,
told the group that the Chero
kee play will go into rehearsal
June 1, and that $15,000 addi
tional is needed to launch the
project. Of this total, he said,
? Continued Om Page Sii
Mrs. Holland
Dies, Aged 88,
At Cullasaja
Mrs. A. M. Holland, 88, known
to many friends as "Aunt Sar
ah," died at her home in the
Cullasaja community Monday
after an extended illness.
Funeral services were held
yesterday at the Sugarfork Bap
tist church at ^10: 30 a. m. The
body lay in state at the church
from 9:30 a. m. until time for
the service. The Rev. Arvil
Swafford, her former pastor,
the Rev. Frank Holland, and
the Rev. Virgil Ramey conduct
ed the service.
Bill Bryson, George Bryson,
Billy McCoy, Bill O'Conner, Paul
Holland, and Cecil King served
as active pallbearers. Honorary
pallbearers were the Rev. Lee
Crawford, Frank I. Murray,
John Dills, Furman Corbin, and
the Rev. James Vinson.
Mrs. Holland was born Janu
ary 7, 1862, at Cullowhee, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
uel Crawford. In 1885 she mar
ried A. M. Holland and moved
to cullasaja. Well known
throughout Macon county,
friends said she influenced the
religious lives of hundreds of
Macon County people, both
young and old.
She was the mother oi 10
children, eight of whom sur
vive: Four daughters, Miss Sar
ah Elizabeth, of the home, Mrs.
J. T. McCoy, of Cullasaja, Mrs.
Greenville Burrell, of Westwood,
Calif., and Mrs. I. T. Peek, of |
Franklin: and four sons, Lester, i
of Cullasaja, Spurgeon, of Bre- ,
vard, Bill, of Fort Bragg, and 1
Tillman, of Kansas City, Mo.
Her husband died 21 years ago.
Bryant funeral home was in ,
charge of arrangements.
Groups Of Foresters
From East Spend Day
Of Study At Coweeta
Twelve Philadelphia officials
of the U. S. Forest Service and
of the U. S. .Soil Conservation
Service arrived here Tuesday
night to spend Wednesday tour
ing the Coweeta Hydrologic lab
oratory and studying its re
search findings on water runoff,
climate, the water storage ca
pacity of forest soils, how much j
water trees use, the effects of
grazing on Infiltration rates and
soil porosity in a hardwood for
est, and other data of Increas
ing importance to water-short
cities and Industries.
Dr. Charles R. Hursh, head
of the Southeutern Forest Ex
periment Button, AiheVllle, and
Edward A. Johnson, resident
forest officer in charge at Co
weeta, shewed the visitors about
the experimental forest.
? During the past year, it was
learned yesterday from Mr.
Johnson, more than 400 visitors
have come to coweeta, most of
them scientists or officials in
terested in conservation, for
estry, agriculture, or municipal
water supplies.
Last week, in addition to 15
extension foresters from south
east, Coweeta played host to
German foresters. The week be
fore, a Scotsman visited the for
? Continued on r?f? Six
HEADS ROTARY
JOHN B. RAY
Mr. Ray was elected president
of the Franklin Rotary club > at
last Wednesday night's meeti ng.
Donald Smith was chosen sec
retarv-treasurer, and John d.
3S s ?y m. muu. h?~?
h rsnuse Jr., and S. W
^enhaT^/re'elec^ director,
v w Renshaw, the reurmK
president, automatically becomes
vice-president of the club. ?
Ray who is connecte-d with the
Nantahala Power and Light
company, and the
officers will assume their
duties July 1- __
MRS. A. S1LER
NEW PTA HEAD
Scouts, Home Ec G.rls
Give Demonstrations
Of Tbe'j^Work
Mrs Alien Slier was elected
nresldent ot the Frankl.n Par
ent-Teacher association at _ Mon
day night's meeting of the as
soclation, held at the school
K SClleKn^arw^ ^"com
^Other^f^ieers^h^erT^or next
vlce-presidMit; Miss EU^eui
The program featured
demonstrations, which sh???
the 108 persons Pr.e,se^r.s ?
or the young people her
learning and doing, ? sch?1
and outside of .school. The aem
otistrations were by a ??up
more than 30 Boy Scouts under
thp leadership of Frank I. Mu
rav ?r assistant scoutmaster
s-s/i; i
rtown to rest when their leaaer
sr s. ??"??, s
"Take five " During this re>i
period, Mr. Murray led the
Scouts in an informal discus
of safety rues, covering
Safety in the home, fire preven
tion, safety rules for swimmers
artificial respiration, and
a'ln introducing the second
portion of the program, the
fashion revue presented by Mrs.
Katherlne O'Neil and he h -
5JSS SAR S? ?
studying sewing c^ home
management and interior
ration child care, personal neat
ness and charm; and that
sewing classes are carried on
with only five sewing machines,
?Continued on Page SU
Plyler Named
I
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Commander
Wi'liam F. Plyler is the
newly elected commander of
the local post of the Veter- j
ans of Foreign Wars.
Mr. Plyler and other offic
ers were elected at the post
meeting last Wednesday eve
ning.
James McCollum was chos
en senior vice commander;
Forrest Denman, junior ' vice
commander; R. E. (Tony)
Welch, adjutant; Jack Nix,
quartermaster; and Robert R.
Gaines, three-year trustee.
Plans for building a home ;
for the post on Us lots on 1
the golf course also were dis
cussed.
Negro' Youth Given 25-30
Years In Reece Shooting
| Jehu Henry Sentenced
To 5 7 Year* In
Robberies
John Henry was sentenced to
a te-m of fi"e to seven years
by Judge Zeb V. Nettles, presid
ing, in superior court here this
week, in connection with a se
ries of robberies of Highlands
homes.
The charge was breaking, en
tering, and stealing.
Four other de endants ? Hoyt
Ramey, Jimmie Beck, Charlie
Henry, and June Henry ? on
trial in the same cases, were
placed on probation.
A six months road sentence
was given Robert Lee Reynolds
by Judge Nett'es. The defen
dant pleaded guilty to ODerating
a motor vehicle intoxicated.
The court completed the crim
inal docket In the early after
noon Wednesday, and started on
the trial of civil cases.
Phone Firm
Hare Headed
By Garibaldi
Linn D. Garibaldi, of Char
lotte, was elected president of
the Western Carolina Telephone
company at a recent reorgani
zation meeting, it was announc
ed this week.
The reorganization, it was ex
plained, followed changes in
i ownership of some of the stock
in the company, which has
headquarters here.
Mr. Garibaldi succeeds Henry
W. Cabe, of Franklin, as presi
dent, and Mr. Cabe becomes a
| vice-president. New directors
j are William D. McKee, of Sylva,
Kester Walton, of Asheville, and
j R. E. McKelvey, of Franklin.
Dr. J. C. Dover, of Clayton,
Ga., remains a vice-president;
| George J. Johnston. oi Atlanta,
continues as secretary-treasur
jer; and T. M. Earl, of Char
| lotte, and J. A. Gantt, of At
I lanta, continue as members of
i the board of directors,
Mr. Garibaldi is executive
j vice-president of Interstate Se
! curities corporation, of Char
? lotte, which recently acquired
a block of stock in the local
telephone concern. The Char
I lottte firm owns the Carolina
Mountain Telephone company,
with offices in Weaverville.
The local firm is continuing
to operate as the Western Tel
ephone company, and. Mr. Mc
Kelvey continues as general
j:ianager, the same position h'e
has held for the past several
years. The Western Carojina
serves Franklin, Highlands,
Clayton, Sylva, Cashiers, cullo
whee, Bryson City, and Chero
kee.
j Meanwhile, It was announced
' at Cherokee that the Western
] Carolina will take over the fed
j erally-owned telephone lines on
I the Indian reservation, and will
j put in extensions and'rep'ace
| ments, together with an auto
! matic exchange, the exchange
' to be situated in a small bulld
iny near the council House. The J
new system will be in use by !
June 1, the announcement said, i
PLANNING PROGRAM SET
A planning program will be
held at the Nonah center craft
house Tuesday at 3 p. m. All
interested persons are invited 1
to attend.
Minor Repairs
Recommended By Grand
Jury In Its Report
Minor repairs at the county
home, courthouse, and jail were
recommended by the Macon
County grand jury, in its report
filed with Judge Zeb V. Nettles,
presiding at the April term,
shortly before noon Tuesday.
On filing its report Tuesday,
the grand jury was dismissed
by Judge Nettles, who commend
ed the group for Its "compe
tent" performance.
The text of the grand jury
report, signed by Foreman F.
H. Potts, follows:
"We the grand jury for the
April term of court submit the
following report :
"Committee No. 1, composed of
Ed Parrish, Troy Bradley. T. T.
i Hurst, and Woodrow Burch, in
spected the county home and
find the building in good shape,
other than needs paint inside
and out. We found the top of
two commodes gone, bathrooms
need cleaning, roof on east side
under fire escape needs repair
ing. All outbuildings are in fine
shape, other than paint.
"We also inspected the prison
camp, and found everything in
good shape.
"Committee No. 2, composed
[of Carl Justice, Gilmer Setser,
j Ira Ledford, inspected the jail,
; and found it In good condition,
.except needs window and door
[screens, and kitchen and dln
i ing room need painting inside.
"Committee No. 3, composed
of Charlie Conley, Bill Byrd, J.
C. Myers, and J. E. Breedlove,
inspected the courthouse. Board
of education office needs paint
and some repairs to the walls,
tile work on floor. Register of
deeds office needs window. glass,
replaced screen repaired. C16rk
of court's bffice needs windows
repaired Commode in men's
i toilet needs repair. '
"We find that all guardian
< reports are in order,
i "We have report from State
Highway Patrolman C. M. Byrd
that all school buses in Macon
County have been Inspected and
are in good condition."
? The 17 men chosen for the
grand jury, in addition to Fore
man Potts, were:
1 Thomas Sanders, Ira Ledford,
John A. Bryson, Woodrow Burch,
Charles Conley. Iredell Hurst,
Gilmer Setser, Troy Bradley,
Jim Neal, J. D. Head, James G.
Myers, T. T. Hurst, Earl Justice,
E. H. Parrish, T. E. Breedlove,
Lewis Moses, and Bill Byrd.
McNiahes Purchase
'Cold Spring' Tract
From Gilmer Siler
Purchase of a Ul-acre Wayah
Bald tract, on which lies the
widely known "Cold Spring",
favorite picnic ground of Ma
con County persons for 75 years,
to Ed and Tom McNish, of Way
ah Valley ranch, and William
J. A'len, has been announced.
The property was bought from
Gilmer Siler.
Until the transfer of title, the
land had been in the hands of
the Siler family since its first
ownership by white persons.
E4 McNish said it is planned
to develop the property as a re
sort area. Selected timber cut
ting will be done, a contract
having been signed with Zick
graf Hardwood company for $8,
500 worth of timber.
Nettles; In Charge,
Cites Grand Jurors'
Heavy Responsibility
"You are the fountainhead of
criminal law for your county".
Judge Zeb V. Nettles, of Ashe
ville. told the Macon County
grand jury at the opening of
the April tTm of superior court
here Monday morning.
"You are an integral i&rt of
this court, apd the peace, good
order, and .ToraUty of your com- .
munity depend largely on you". I
Judge Nettles continued, as he
charged the grand Jury.
Under the law, he -explained,
no defendant may be placed on
trial, except in certain minor
offenses, until the grand Jury
has acted In hU cue.',
Later, referring to the grand
I
jurors' responsibility to Inspect
public Institutions and property,
he told the g and jury that
"your duty may be a useful
one, or amount to nothing, de
pending on the manner in which
you perform It." He urged the
grand jurors to make their in
spections "with Inquiring minds,
to make an honest investiga
tion", and then to report to the
court what they found.
The courtroom was filled
when court convened at 10
a. m.
The names of the grand Jur
ors were drawn by Michael
? C*ntlnii?4 on Pj?ft Ten
I
Woman Sentenced To 6- 18
Years For Aiding,
And Abetting
Robert Scruggs, 18-year old
Negro boy, was sentenced by
Judge Zeb V. Nettles in super
ior court here yesterday mom
ing to 25 to 30 years in State
prison in the shooting of George
Reece at his Murphy road store
March 14.
Grady Love, his aunt, was
given a sentence of 6 to 10
years, for aiding and abetting.
I Sentences were pronounced,
following the jury's return of
verdicts of guilty. The jury, out
only about 30 minutes, an
nounced its verdicts before a
crowd estimated at 500 persons
that overflowed the courtroom.
| John Queen, of Waynesville.
defense attorney, gave notice of
appeal to the state supreme
court.
| Scruggs was charged with in
tent to rob while armed with a
deadly weapon.
j When the trial opened Tues
I day morning, the first person
, to take the stand was George
! Reece, who had entered the
courtroom walking with diffi
! culty with a cane and accom
panied by his wife. Mr. Reece
testified that he had been away
from home on the evening of
March 14 and that he returned
to his store at about 10:30 p.
m. He and Mrs. Reece were
alone in the store when some
one came in wearing a mask
and overalls which were too
! large.
Mr. Reece said he looked up
when he heard the person in
the door say, "Don't move or
I'll shoot." The person in the
doorway had a pistol in his
right hand wttfch Mr. Reece
said was similar to the one
shown him by Solicitor Bryson
and later identified by Scruggs
as the gun with which the
crime was committed.
After he heard this command.
Mr. Reece said he started to
ward the door and was shot in
the left side, the bullet enter
ing his body about five Inches
to the left of his nfcvel and
about two inches above his left
hip. He said that he staggered
on about 10 feet toward the
door before he fell. In response
to a question by Solicitor Bry
son, he said that the person
who fired the shot stood tttere
until he fell, and then left. The
victim added that he did not
know who the person was at
the time, but that he had the
opinion that it was a Negro.
I He added that he had a little
more than $350, counting the
money on his person, at the
time, but that the intruder
made no attempt to take the
| money.
{ Mrs. Reece next took the
stand. Her testimony was sim
ilar to her husband's concern
ing the events of the night, and
she added that Jack Reece, her
son, Mrs. Herman Mason, and
John Alsup were the first per
! sons to reach the scene after
Mr. Reece was shot. She added
that her husband was conscious
until after he reached the hos
pital.
Dr. J. W. Kahn. surgeon at
Angel hospital, testified as to
the nature and type of the
wound Inflicted by the shot,
stating that it had been neces
? Continued on Page Six
WILL DEDICATE CHURCH
A church dedication service
will be held at the Windy Gap
Baptist church Sunday, April
30, it was announced this week
by Oliver V. Hall, the church's
clerk. The all-day program will
get under way at 10 a. m., and
dinner will be served on the
grounds. All Interested persons
are invited, Mr. Hall said.
Temperatures and precipitation for the
P"t seven days, and the tow temperature
yesterday, as recorded at the Coweeta K*
pertinent nation.
Tuesday 70 40 trace
Wednesday 43
FRANKLIN RAINFALL
(A? recorded by M?rr?on S?ile? for TV' A)
Wednesday, trace; rest of the
week, none.
The Weather
Wednesday
Thursday
High Low Pet.
64 29 .07
46 34 trace
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
S2 19
51 26
69 20
70 27