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minam, w. c., Thursday, jply ?, iw EIGHT PAGES .County, 2 Towns Set Same Tax Rates Highlands Group Protests Against Plans For School Tells Board, In Heated Session, 'Not What Was 'Promised' A Highlands delegation of IS persons appeared at Monday's meeting of the county board of education to protest against the plans, as (drawn, for the pro posed new Highlands school. Frank H. Potts, who opened the discussion for the delega tion, told the board and county superintendent flatly that "we are not getting what we were promised before the bond elec tion". At several points during the discussion voices were raised in anger, as board members, su perintendent, and members of the delegation all tried to talk at once. The Highlands group said the board, in a published, signed statement, promised that High lands would have a 17 -room building,- plus a combination auditorium-gymnasium, p!us a lunchroom, and that County Superintendent G. L. Houk promised that the auditorium gymnasium would be 80 by 120 feet. The present plans for the Highlands school, members of the delegation pointed out, call for It rooms, Instead of 17 and lK 4 single room to serve the three purposes of auditorium, gymnasium, and lunchroom, in stead of a combination gymna slum<-auditorlum, plus a lunch room. And this three-way com bination, they added, is to be 70 by 112 feet, instead of 80 by 120. The school board issued a statement, signed by all five members, the early part of last February, saying: "We propose to and will build buildings of following capacity at following locations", followed by a list of the eight schools, under which Highlands was listed: "High lands elementary and high school, 17 rooms, auditorium ? Continued on Page Three Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the fllM of The Frew) SO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Messrs. Chas. Robinson and J as. Crawford, of Franklin, were here this week selling stereop tlcon views. ? Waynesvllle Cour ier. Miss May. McDowell returned from the Normal and Industrial College, Greensboro, Thursday, where she graduated last week. We regret to learn that little Don Ray, son of J. F. Ray, was pretty badly hurt Thursday eve ning by being thrown from a horse on Iotla street, near the powder house. 15 YEARS AGO Miss Elizabeth Johnston left last week for New York, where she will take a special summer course at Columbia university. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Finton and Miss Edwlna Behre, together, with a number of their artist pupils, are expected to arrive here Sunday from New York. The summer sessions of the Finton School of Music will be gin here next week. 1* YEARS AGO Contracts were let Monday by the Nantahala Power Jt Light company for the construction of the Qlenville and Nantahala hydro-electric projects, the larg est hydro-electric development within the state in 20 years. The mattress project, which has been In operation for one week, has already received 333 applications from families elig ible to enlist, according to Miss Florence Stallcup, county home ffoqonitrfttiop H*nt. Highlands Town -Tax Levy Again Set At $2.25 The board of commissioners of the Town of Highlands, at its meeting Monday night, set the town tax rate for the 19M-51 fiscal year, at $2.25 on the $100 property valuation. The levy Is divided: Debt service, 75 cents; general, I The rate is the same as that levied last year. Town Filled With Tourists For Week-end The long July Fourth week end ? Friday evening to Wed nesday morning ? brought a near-capacity Influx of tourists to Franklin, the chamber of commerce reported yesterday. The town was fullest Sunday night, the chamber of com merce said. A few visitors were reported to have left Franklin to seek accommodations, elsewhere when an erroneous report got out that no rooms were lelt here. ~ Tourist courts and restaurants, especially, did a good business over the week-end. Head Of Methodist Home For Aged Will Preach Here Sunday The Rev. Reld Wall, superin tendent and minister of the Methodist Home for the Aged, in Charlotte, will he the guest minister at the First Methodist church here Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, it was announced yesterday by the pastor, the Rev. C. E. Murray. The home for the aged was built by the Westefn North Car olina Conference of the Metho dist church, and Mr. Wall was named superintendent and min ister in 1948, following 20 years in Western North Carolina pas torates. Mr. Wall's subject will be "His Perfect Tribute". TOWNHASMORE IN BUDGET FOR IMPROVEMENTS Tax Levy Same A* Lait Year; Valuation Is Now $2,419,600 The tax rate ior the town of Franklin will remain $1.10 per hundred dollar valuation for the year 1950-51. This rate was set after the presentation and adoption of the budget for the year by the board of aldermen at their reg ular' meeting Monday night. Budget figures were based on a valuation of $2,419,600, which is an increase of $219,600 over the property valuation for the pro ceeding year. This increased valuation, plus the lowering of the levy from 40 cents to 36 cents to meet debt service obligations, left more money available for oper ating expenses and improve ments. The general fund will re ceive 74 cents. The board also adopted a res olution accepting a two-foot right-of-way. from the federal government over the post of fice property on the west side of Patton avenue. The town had been negotiating for gome time to obtain this property, with a view to broadening and paving this street, which runs from Main to Palmer street, just east of the postofflce. There was consHerab'e dis cussion among the board mem bers concerning the problem of keeping the streets clean. It was pointed out that Main street merchants in particular could be of great assistance to the town by making sure that their trash is placed In garbage cans and if, when they swept in front of their stores they would place the accumulated trash in the trash cans Instead of sweeping it into the street after the street cleaner has been by. This year's budget contains increases for the water depart ment, $1,200; and the street de partment, $8,122.79. Appropria tions for the fire and police de partments and general fund approximately the same as last year. Drs. Hemphill, Fisher Put On Hospital Staff Dr. C. H. Hemphill, of High lands, has been appointed to the Angel hospital consultant staff in internal medicine,, and Dr. E. W. Fisher, of Franklin, to the active staff, Dr.. Edgar Angel announced yesterday. BILLY GRAHAM, FAMED EVANGELIST, GRIPS MACON AUDIENCE OF 2,000 muy tiranam, famed young evangelist, had the breathless attention of ah overflow crowd estimated at 2,000 or more per sons last Thursday evening at the Friendship tabernacle. He spoke for 20 minutes, and in a fashion such as a Macon Coun ty audience never had heard from the pulpit. The tall, handsome North Carolinian, who has swayed capacity audiences all over, and outside, America, literally hurl ed his words out at his audience. Almost from his first sentence, it was as though a machine gun were in action. Speaking rapidly but distinctly, he em phasized every phase, almost every word, with a forceful gesture, pounding home his points both with his volc? and his body. Almost shouting (though with no evidence of voice strain) most of the time, he occasional ly dropped his voice, stooping his tall frame to reach the mi crophone, to say someting in a conversational tone ? as though he were speaking confidential ly to the some 1,400 in the audi torium and the hundreds mass ed outside. Off 'the platform, the curly haired six-footer, who is 33 but looks much younger, has a quick and engaging smile. But there were no smiles from the pulpit, no diversions; instead, he went straight to bis point, his strong, ouiipie wuiua aiiu cnipaauc gestures accompanied by an air of deep earnestness. Some members of the audi ence, after the service, compar ed him with an Old Testament prophet, and his message, bas ed on the first chapter of Isa iah, had a distinctly Old Tes tament flavor ? "America must BILLY GRAHAM prepare to meet God and be judged." "The Lord is saying America j must repent. He Is giving a last chance before we are Judged, and destruction comes." America, he said, has "reach ea a new low in morals and he cited 2,500,000 chronic alco holics" and "one divorce to every five marriages". "Politically, the world is di vided Into two camps, each armed with terrible weapons". Referring to the situation in Korea, he declared "we are en gaged in a war that may last for years". Then he demanded to know: "Why should not God use Russia to judge America? He used heathen nations to Judge" Isreal in Old Testament times. Mr. Graham, who, though reared near Charlotte, is now president of Northwestern Schools at Minneapolis, Minn., came here frofti his summer home in Montreat, and was in troduced by the Rev. Grady Wilson. Mr. Wilson, associated with Mr. Graham In evangelistic work, concluded an interdenom inational meeting he has been holding at the tabernacle last Friday evening. At Mr. Wilson's suggestion, the audience clapped when he Intro duced, first Mrs. Graham, and then Mr. Graham. In response to a reporter's question, the young evangelist said he Is no relation to Sen-, ator Frank P. Graham. Press dispatches have said that he was. In saying there Is no kin ship, the minister remarked, with a smile, "though I should be glad If there were". MOUNTAIN PAGEANT OPENS ? "Unto These Hills", drama of the Cherokee Indians, opened at Mountainside Theatre, Cherokee, last Saturday evening for its first season. After nine suc cessive performances, the pageant will be presented Wednesday through Sunday evenings of each WMk until l>at)Or Day. Among the members of the cast is a M.acon County man, Charles Brown ing, who has the role of the Indian, "White Pa h". A large number of persons from here already have attended one or more performances. Local member* of the Western North Carolina Associated Communities and of the Western North Carolina Tourist .association witnessed a dress rehearsal last Friday evening, following meeting* of the two organizations at Cherokee. Shown at upper left is Chuck Morrell in one of four dance sequences; right, "Eastern Amer ica'* *pectacular outdoors showhouse", Mountainside Theatre; lower left, De Soto's arrival in Cherokee land; right, romantic leads "Suyeta" and "Mundayeli" (Ethelyn Saloli, Cherokee) be gin new life in an old, storm-tossed land in last scene of two-act drama-saga, with original music by Cherokee J?tck Frederick Kllpatrick. Baptist Pastors Of Area To Meet At Hayesville The quarterly meeting of the Western North Carolina Baptist Pastors conference will be held at Hayesville Monday, it was announced here this week. Approximately a dozen Ma con County Baptist ministers are expected to attend. The Rev. W. N. Cook, of Franklin, is moderator, and the Rev. M. W. Chapman, of Franklin, will ap pear on the program. -The conference .covers all of North Carolina west of Bun combe county. Crowd Of 1,500 Enjoys July Fourth Celebration SALE OF BONDS, LETTINGAHEAD 2 Important Steps To Be Taken Next Week On School Program Two important steps leading to the start of construction of Macon County's $875,000 school building program will bs taken next week. The $514,000 school building bonds to be issued by this coun ty are advertised for sale, at the offices of the N. C. Local Government commission in Ral eigh Tuesday, and the county i board of education wi'l open j bids on construction of four of. the eight schools it is propos- ( ed to build at the county super i intendent's office in the court house at 2 p. m. next Friday. The four schools for which contracts are sought at this , time are the Franklin high school, East Franklin elemen tary, and Highlands and Nanta- I hala schools. School o'ficials anxiously await the opening of the bids, since the amounts bid will in- I dicate whether the $875,000 available is going to be ample, | insufficient, or just enough, j Meanwhile, the board of coun ty commissioners took the re quired action Monday of setting maturity dates on the bonds, 1 and the grading for the Frank- t lKi high school has been com- ' pleted and grading begun at the Highlands and Nantahala . sites. In addition to the $514,000 to become available from sale of the county's bonds, Macon's j share of the state school build- ' ing fund is $361,000. I It is planned, as far as pos- ; sible, to use the state funds in the construction of the East Franklin, Nantahala, and High- , lands schools. The four schools for which Continued On Faf* Elftot? A series of athletic and other contests on the square in the morning and a dance at the Franklin airport hangar in the evening highlighted the obser vance of July Fourth here. " Tuesday morning's outdoor celebration, attended by approx imately 1,500 persons, was spon sored by the Franklin Mer chants associatipn, while the evening's dance was a benefit given by the local post of the Veteran of Foreign Wars, It was a good-humored crowd that had gathered on the square by 10 a. m. for the morn ing events, at which B. L, (Ben niet McGlamery served as mast er of ceremonies. While the program was under the merchants' sponsorship, many persons cooperated, those in charge especially citing the efforts of Herman Childers, who personally got, peeled, and haul NONE HURT HERE Despite the extraordinarily heavy holiday traffic, Macon eounty passed the Ion? July Fourth week-end without a single highway accident in jury, Highway Patrolman C. M. Byrd reported yesterday. This county achieved its no deaths, no injuries score on its highways whi:e 412 were dying ?n highway accidents in the nation, 24 of them in North Carolina. ;d to town the pole for the greased pole event. George Green. 34, climbed the greased pole, to capture the watch on top of it. The wat<*h was contributed by Franklin Hardware company. After a wild chase the greas ?d pig, contributed by City market, was caught by George B. Clouse. In the sack races, Richard Renshaw. 14-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Renshaw, won the football offered by the S. & L. 5c and 10c store, and lean Russell, daughter of Mr. ind Mrs. Paul Russell, and Eva Mae West, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert West, tied in the Cod tinned On fag* EJ?ht? COMMISSIONERS SET MACON S LEVY _AT $1.10 Schools Get 2 Cents More And Old-Age One As Debt Tax Drops The board of county commis sioners, at its meeting Monday, set the county-wide tax ra'e or Macon County for the 1950 51 fiscal year at $1.10 on the $100 valuation? the same as last vear. The commissioners also acted on the school bond issue and voted to buy signs designating the various roads over the county by name. It set the special Franklin township levey ? for old town ship road bonds ? at 15 cents, the same figure as last year. Meanwhile, the Franklin town rate was set at $1.10, and the rate in the tow.i of Highlands was fixed at $2.25. Thus a taxpayer in the town if Franklin will pay a total of $2.35 on the $100 property val uation ? $l.lo county, 15 cents township; and $1.10 town. A taxpayer living in Franklin township, but outside the cor porate limits, will pay $1.25? $1.10 county, and 15 cenU township tax. And a taxpayer living in th; town of Highlands will pay $3 35, $1.10 county, and $2.25 High lands town tax. The county levy is divided a3 follows: General county, 15 cents; health, 5 cents; courts and jail, 4 cents; social teeurity, 14 cents; pauper, 3 cents; county debt service, 43 cents; schools' cur rent expense, 12 cents; and cap ital outlay for schools, 14 cents. The levies for the various items are the same as last year, except in three instances. Since the old schools' debt is paid, except for a small amount of about $700, and since the I first bonds under the $514,000 bond issue will not fall due un til the 1951-52 fiscal year, last year's 3-cent levy for school debt service was eliminated, and the three cents was divided be tween social security and schools' capital outlay. The levy for social security was increased from 13 to 14 cents, and that for capita! out lay for schools from 12 to 14 cents. These two increases ab sorbed the three cents saved on schools' debt service, leaving the tax levy unchanged. The commissioners also adopt ed a bond order giving fo: mal approval to the aotion of the county attorney, R. S. Jones, in asking the Local Government commission to sell the coun ty's $514,000 school building bonds; fixed the form of th? bonds, and set the maturity dates. Under the schedule of maturity dates, the bonds will be paid over a period of 27 years, with the interest on the unpaid portion falling due June 1 and December 1 of eaeh year. The order provides for $12,000 in bonds to fall due in each ?( the 12 fiscal years 1951-92 through 1962-63; $14,000 in each of the five fiscal years 1963-64 through 1967-68; and $30,000 in each or the 10 fiscal years 1968-69 through 1977-78. The maturity date in each year is June 1. Petitions for the State High way and Public Works commis sion to take yOver the Tallent and Berry roads were approved. The Weather Temperatures and precipitation for the past seven days, and the low temperatvra yesterday, as recorded at the Coweeta Ex periment station. High Low Pet. Wednesday 83 49 00 Thursday 87 #8 00 Friday 79 52 00 Saturday 84 47 00 Sunday 85 51 00 Monday 82 54 00 Tuesday 84 56 00 Wednesday 60 .01 Franklin Rainfall (Ai recorded by Manion Stiles for TV A) Wednesday, none; Thursday, none; Friday, none; Saturday, none; Sunday, none; Monday, none; Tuesday, none; WednM day, none.
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