North Carolina Newspapers

am mtMMW 9h* IfaWattb* Bxamian Price 6 Centa yau txv? wo. m franklin, n. e, Thursday, JULY IS. 1?5< TEN PAGES Macon School Bonds Sell At 2.8615 , . - - / EXPECT 2 OR 3 TO BE DRAFTED IN THIS COUNTY -Sttte's Quota I* <11 ' Men To Be In Camp By September This week's call for 20,000 army draftees from the nation ?HI mean the, drafting of an estimated two or three men from Macon County, a comparison of population figures Indicates. The call was issued by the Defense Department Monday, following America reverses in the war In Korea. North Carolina Tuesday was instructed to have 610 draftees fai uniform by not later than September 30. That would mean an average -of six men from each of the state's 100 counties, but since Macon is one of the state's smaller counties, it's quota would be smaller than the av erage. Macon's population of IS, ISO is only about one 250th of the population of the state. Macon's draft quota, therefore, presumably will be approximate ly one 250th of the 810 from this state* which would be less than three men; 2.4, to be exact. E. W. Long, draft board chairman here, has received no instructions for drafting men. Meanwhile, the draft board of fice here was closed several months ago, and all the record? were sent to the Ashevllle of fice. An announcement from Ral eigh, however, said that the 67 local draft boards closed last year as an economy measure are to be reopened. It is hoped, selective service headquarters in Raleigh said, that the vari ous county boards can have their selectees ready to send to army camps for pre-induction examinations by the middle of next month. In the draft, men 25 years of age will be called first, MaJ. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selec tive service director, has an nounced In Washington. The call is the first since Jan uary, 1949. While all young men are re quired to register for the draft upon reaching their 18th birth days, the only men who may be drafted, under the present law, are those 19 to 25 years of age, ? Continued an Page Six Do You Remember . . . ? (Uokkf backward throejh the (ilea of The Pnm) ? 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Threshers commenced work Monday. We learn that wheat is turning out pretty well. Albert Swain Bryscm, a high ly esteemed citizen of Frank lin, died Thursday morning after an illness of several years. In last Saturday's Democratic primary the following were nominated: For representative, 8. P. Ravenel, Jr.; for sheriff, C. T. Roane; for register of deeds, D. W. Blaine; for coron er, W. R. 8tallcup; for surveyor, E. A. Stan field; for county com missioners, W. N. Allman, N. L. Barnard, and O. W. Parrish. 25 YEARS AGO The River View church on the Franklin Methodist circuit will be dedicated Saturday, July 21. The Rev. R. 8. Howie will be In charge of the service. Last Friday night Mrs. George Marett gave a party In honor of her nieces, who are visiting her.? Highlands Item. If YEARS AGO A decrease of two cents in the Franklin tax rate for 1040 wu decreed by the mayor and aldermen last week at the town board's meeting. The new rate la 95 cents, as compared with 07 for 1939. The nomination of Charles C. Potts as Highlands postmaster was confirmed In a telegram from Washington Tuesday, Auxiliary Of V.F.W. To Be Formed At Meet Aug. 7 Officer* of the new Ladles Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be elected and installed at a meeting August 7 at I p. m. at the Moose hall. It was announced, following an organisation meeting held Mon day night at the Moose hall, at which Mrs. Ruth Franklin, state auxiliary president, explained the purposes and functions of the organization. ? Mrs. Elizabeth McCollum pre sided, and appointed the follow ing as a nominating committee to bring In a slate of oflicers are the next meeting: Mrs. Polly Buie, Mrs. Alice Plyler, and Mrs. Elisabeth Pearson. - Seventeen of the 21 charter members attended the meeting. Garden Club Hears Lecture On Flower Arrangement A lecture on flower arrange ment and a suggestion that the Franklin Garden club Join the state federation marked -Mon day's meeting of the local club, held at the Slagle Memorial building. About 60 women at tended. The lecturer was Mrs. W. T. Duckworth, of AsheTille, who ar ranged flowers during her lec ture, the various arrangement illustrating points made in her talk. Emphasizing that every flow er arrangement should be characterized by balance, beau ty, simplicity, and harmony, Mrs. Duckworth commented that arranging flowers to be best AdVanUga t?' an art. It la an art, she added, that has been known by the Japanese since the fourth or fifth cen tury, but which Americans are just beginning to recognize as an art. The lecture and arrangement demonstrations ' were designed to be helpful to local garden club members as they prepare for the annual flower show to be held here next month. Mrs. A. R. McLean, of Ashe ville, who is district chairman of the N. C. Federation of Gar den clubs, urged the local club to affiliate Itself with the fed eration. Citing the work of the feder ation, she mentioned its com munity beautlfication program, Its highway beautlfication work, Its garden therapy ? for the blind and for patients in the veterans hospitals ? and Its home garden clinics, under which experts discuss problems with local clubs. Both speakers praised the work of the Franklin club, and suggested it Is getting large enough to divide Into two clubs. Jones Is Elected To Board Of N. C. Press Association Weimar Jones, editor of The Press, was elected to member ship on the board of directors of the North Carolina Press as sociation at last Saturday morn ing's concluding session of the association's annual convention in Ashevllle. He and two other newspaper men?James F. Hurley, of The Salisbury Post, and R. E. Price, of The Rutherford County News, Rutherfordton, retiring associa tion president ? were named for three-year terms on the 10 member board. PLAN FOOD SALE The monthly bake and food sale of St. Agnes Episcopal aux iliary will be heid tomorrow (Friday) at'9 a. m. at the Chll drens' shop. WILL PRESENT PLAY TONIGHT IN HIGHLANDS First 1950 Production Of Theatre Group Is 'Papa Is AO' The Highlands Community Theatre'* first play of the 1950 session, "Papa Is Ail", will be presented tonight (Thursday) and tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the school theatre. The p!ay, which originally was produced In New York and i which had a successful Broad- | way run, has been in rehearsal , with a local cast for several weeks, and Theatre officials say all the Indications point to a good show. Seats are on sale at the post office, and good seats still are available, it was said yesterday by Ralph H. Mobray, president. This year, due to extended use of the theatre, hie explained, it is possible to give two perform ances, so that theatregoers may have a choice of nights to at tend. Charter Will Be Presented Eastern Star The Highlands chapter, Ord jer of the Eastern Star, will , hold a special meeting today (Thursday) for the purpose of ; receiving its chapter, and for 'the election and installation of officers to serve the remainder of the year, it has been an nounced by the worthy matron, Dr. Jessie Z. Moreland. ! The charter was granted at [the Grand Chapter session in , Greensboro in June and will be presented In a ceremony this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Highlands Presbyterian church. I The charter will be presented I by grand chapter officials und er the direction of Mrs. Hassie | Butler, district deputy grand : matron, of Andrews. The ceremony will be follow - ; ed by the election of officers | under the supervision of the district deputy grand patron, Joe Wallln, of Sylva, and an Instruction period by the dis trict deputy grand matron will follow the election. An evening session will be held at 7:30 and will feature the installation of the newly elected officers. The Installing officer will be Mrs. Butler, who will be assisted by other offic ers from the nearby chapters. Refreshments will be served in the church dining room, fol lowing the close of the meet ing. Plan Business Session Of B. T. U.'s Here Monday A business meeting of the Baptist Training unions of the Macon County associatioiT will be held at the First Baptist church here Monday at 8 p. m.r it has been announced by Ever ett R. White, asociational B. T. U. director. Following the devotional to be led by the Holly Springs Train ing union, a business session will be conducted. Special features of the eve ning will be a musical program which will include a clarinet duet and songs by the Frank lin youth choir. The Rev. M. W. Chapman, Franklin pastor, will be the speaker. Investiture Service For Girl Scouts Set For Tuesday Investiture services will be held by the Franklin Intermedi ate Oirl Scouts and the Brown ies next Tuesday night at the Franklin Methodist church at 8 o'clock. Miss Mary UUman, of Chero kee, district Scout official, will conduct the investiture service, which is similar In the Girl Scout organization to the Boy Scout court of honor. The following Franklin inter mediate Scouts will receive the rank of tenderfoot at this cere- i mony: Margaret Allison, Edith 1 Christy, Judy Hooker, Margaret Jones, Peggy McPherson, Jean ; Russell, Joan Thomas, Laura Mae Cabe, Dale Edwards, and Beverly Stockton. The following young girls will be invested as Brownies: Ange la Bagwell, Carolyn Dowd'e, Barbara Duncan, Pat Gaines, Jane Long, Rebecca Reeves, Betsy Russell, Nancy Slier, Judy j Wurst. ROWLAND HURT IN CARMISHAP In Hospital After Auto Hits Bridge; Think He Fell Asleep Calvin Roland, Jr., 25-year o'd night service station attendant at Duncan Motor company, is recovering at Angel hospital from serious injuries received in an automobile accident early last Thursday morning. Mr. Rowland, who was uncon scious (or 48 hours after reach ing the hospital, suffered a fractured hip^ concussion, and multiple bruises, Dr. Edgar An gel said. The accident occurred at [ Bradley Creek bridge, about j nine miles south of Franklin on the Bryson City highway, about 4 a. m. Mr. Rowland was on his way home at the time. Mr. Rowland, who was said to have lost considerable sleep, i was believed by officers who in vestigated to have gone to sleep while driving. His car struck the left rail of the concrete bridge. ( Paul Guy and Ed McCoy, who live nearby, heard the crash, and got Mr. Rowland out of the car and to the hospital. Sugarfork Baptist Church Officers Elected For Year At a recent business session, ! the members of the Sugarfork 1 Baptist church elected officers for the coming year as follows: The . Rev. C. Doyle Burgess, j pastor; Will Teem, clerk; Miss Marie Jennings, treasurer; Will Teem, Sunday school superin tendent; Howard Teem, secre tary; and Will Teem, Fred Cor bln, Fred Crisp, Clyde Crisp, Tom . Bryson, Wayne Higdon, and Homer Stewmaji, deacons. Victor H. Perry Pastes N. C. Board Of Pharmacy Exam Victor H. Perry, who recently was graduated from the school of pharmacy at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, last week passed the state board of pharmacy examination, and is now associated with Perry's | drug store in the capacity of | pharmacist. H. O. Champion, who has been serving as pharmacist at Per ry's has aocepted a position in Sylva. The Franklin Junior Music club will meet Saturday at 3 1 p. m. at the home of Miss Ed ith Plemmons. Blood Bank Pays Dividend Here As Rare Type Saves Baby's Life A dividend was paid this week to a Macon County fam ily by the American Red Cross blood bank, operated by the Jackson county chapter. The dividend was In the form of the life of a baby girl, born to Mr. and Mrs. Dewltt Thomp son, of Franklin, at the city boqrttel, Bylva, July I. Unusual circumstances sur rounding the life of the little girl were that her mother Is Rh negative and Mr. Thompson Is Rh positive In blood types. The baby was born with Rh posi tive blood and was afflicted with erythroblastosis fetalis, a blood dlseaae. Spwlftl blood tii Decenary to save the baby's life and this was obtained from the Red Cross blood bank. Dr. C. M. Daniels, attending physician, said the baby would not have lived unless the special blood had been availab e. ' Mr. and Mrs. Thompson lost their first child at birth several year* ago. WiB Opsn Bids Tomorrow On Four School Buildings THORPE'S NAME GIVEN JPROJECT G I e n v i 1 1 e Development To Honor Memory Of Late President The name of the Glenville hydro - electric development, i owned and operated by the | Nantahala Power and Light company, has been changed to 1 the Thorpe development In memory of J. E. 8. Thorpe, for mer president of the company who died In an Ashevllle hos pital February 24. The name of the project was changed at a recent meeting of board of directors of the Alum inum Company of America, parent company of the local firm. The resolution adopted by the board said the company wished to take this means of recogniz ing Mr. Thorpe's more than 30 years of service with the cor poration, and to pay tribute to his energy and enterprise in creating the Glenville and other hydro-electric developments in North Carolina. Unanimously adopted by the directors, the resolution follows: "Whereas, Mr. J. E. S. Thorpe, President of the Nantahala Power and Light Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of this corporation, died on February 24, 1950; and "Whereas, Mr. Thorpe had been for over thirty years an employe of this corporation or of it? subsidiaries and was largely responsible for the ex istence and maintenance of a number of power projects in North Carolina, amongst which is a dam and power house now known as the Glenvi'le Devel opment (formerly Glenville Project) ; "Now, therefore, be It resolv ed that the directors of this corporation hereby register their deep sense of loss at the death of Mr. Thorpe and their desire to have the Glenville Develop ment known in the future as the Thorpe Development, as a tribute to Mr. Thorpe's energy and enterprise in creating it; and "Be it further resolved that the directors of the Nantahala Power and Light Company be and they are hereby requested to make the necessary entries to register on their records the change of name of this develop ment; and "Be it further resolved that the secretary of this corpora tion be and he hereby is direct ed to send a copy of this reso lution to Mr/ Thorpe's family." Macon Folk Will Attend World Baptist Alliance The Rev. and Mrs. W. N. Cook, of Franklin, and the Rev. and Mrs. Paul C. Nix, of High lands, will leave Monday to at tend the six-day meeting of the World Baptist Alliance, at Cleveland, Ohio. They are leav ing a week early, in order to do some sight-seeing, including a tour of Mammoth Cave. Franklin SOFTBALL LEAGUE Results Friday Night, July 7 All games postponed account of rain. Monday Night, July 10 Van Raalte, 12; NP&LCo, 6. Zickgraf vs Rotary, postponed account of rain. Teams' Standing Team W L Forest Service .... 7 2 Rotary 5 3 Zickgraf 5 4 Van Raalte 5 5 NP&LCo 3 7 Lions 2 6 Coming Games Friday (tomorrow) night ? 7:30, NP&LCo. vs Rotary; sec ond game, at 9, Forest Service vs Zickgraf. Monday night, July 17?7:30, Van Raalte, vs Forest Service; second game, at 9, Lions vs Rotary. j Pet. .777 625 .596 .500 .300 .250 Bids for the construction of four of the eight schools it is proposed to build in this county will be opened by the Macon County board of education to morrow (Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock at the county super intendent's office tn the court house. The four schools for which bids are being sought at this time are the Franklin high school, the East Franklin ele mentary. and the schoo's (combination high and elemen tary) at Highlands and Nanta hala. In its tentative apportion ment, last February, of the $875,000 available for school construction in this county, the board of education alloted $209, 360 for the Franklin high school building; $103,680 for the East Franklin elementary; $121,960 for the school at Nan tahala; and $164,160 for the Highlands school. The total for the four, under this tentative apportionment of funds, was $599,160. The other four schools pro posed, on which bids have not yet been sought, are the Union, Cartoogechaye, Iotla, and Frank lin Negro. The original esti mates were that each of the 1 three elementary schools would ! cost $86,400, and the Negro school $17,000. Under the original plan, as outlined in a signed statement , issued by members of the board just prior to this county's $514, 1 000 school bond election last I February, the buildings were to have the following facilities: Franklin high school, 20 class j rooms, an auditorium-gymnasi jum, and lunchroom. East Franklin elementary, 10 rooms, auditorium, and lunch room. Nantahala, 12 rooms, auditor I ium-gymnasium, and lunch room. Highlands, 17 rooms, auditor ium-gymnasium, and lunch room. | And the Union, Cartooge chaye, and Iotla schools were each to have eight rooms, an auditorium, and a lunchroom. (No details have been announc ed for the Negro school). A Highlands delegation ap peared before the board of ed ucation, at its meeting July 3, to protest against a reduction J in the number of rooms at the ! Highlands school from 17 to 16, the combination of the lunch room with the auditorium - gymnasium, and the proposed size of this three-purpose room. I I The delegation was given a promise that bidders would be asked to submit estimates, along with their bids on the smaller building, on the cost of the building as originally planned. Whether the other six schools have separate lunchrooms, as , originally planned, or whether they, too, will have the lunch room combined with the audi- ( torium was not made clear at the board meeting. Highlands Loses To Clayton After Two Wint July Fourth i After two wins here July Fourth, the Highlands baseball team lost to Clayton, Ga., last Sunday by an 8-to-4 score. In the Independence Day double-header, Highlands lick ed Glenville 10 to 1, and then beat Cashiers by a score of 6 to 3. Batteries: Glenville, Moss and C. Press ley ; Highlands, Holt and Thomp son. Cashiers, D. Norton; L. Nort on and H. Bryson. In Sunday's game, Highlands chalked up 4 runs, 4 hits, and 5 errors, as compared with Clayton's 8 runs, 8 hits, and 4 errors. Batteries in Sunday's game: Clayton, Stockton and Pal mour; Highlands, Holt; Thomp sonson in the 7th and Newton. The Highlands nine will play at home the next four Sundays, meeting, In order, teams from Olenvllle, Clayton, Westminster, I 8. C.i and XMbella, Tenn., THAT'S AVERAGE INTEREST TO BE PAID ON ISSUE Next Step Is Actual Issuance, Delivery Of County Bonds Macon County's $514,000 school building bonds were sold In Ral eigh Tuesday at an interest rate averaging 2.8615, W. E. Easter ling, assistant director of the state Local Government com mission, told The Press by long distance telephone. . That means that the county will pay an annual interest rate of $2.8615 on each $100 in bonds, or $286.15 for each $10, 000 in bonds. The total in in terest on the entire $514,000 will be $1,470.81 per year, but the amount of interest will be re duced each year as the prin cipal is paid off. Under North Carolina law, all bonds of the state and its sub divisions must sell for 100 cents on the dollar. Thus, the high bidder on a bond issue is the one offering to buy the bonds at the lowest rate of interest. Bonds of all North Carolina counties and municipalities are sold by the Local Government commission. The next step is the actual issuance of the bonds by thj board of county commissioners, and their delivery, in exchange for the cash. The rate of 2.8615 compare* with a rate of about 2.75 the town paid on its last bonds, is sued in 1946. It compares witli 3.5 the county paid when it last so'.-d bonds ? refundinj bonds issued in 1942. The rate, Mr. Easterling said, probably is a little higher than it would have been a few weeks ago, because of the effect o 1 the Korean war on the bond market. .The bonds were bought by four firms, which consolidated their bids. The four are R. 8. Dickson and company, of Char lotte, Vance Securities corpora tion, of Greensboro, J. Lee Peeler and company, of Salis bury, and Southern Investment company, of charlotte. Under the law, Mr. Easterling said, a bidder may name as many as four rates of interest, each rate applying to certain of the bonds, and Tuesday's suc cessful bidders did that. They bid 2.75 on the $48,000 in bonds that will fall due first, 5.75 on the next $60,000, 2.5 on the next $92,000, and 2.75 on the remaining $314,000. For rea sons that are obscur? to the laymen, bond bidders usually fix a high rate of interest on one group of bonds, it was ex plained. The purchasers may dispose of the bonds to some other firms. In fact, they telephoned county officials Tuesday after noon to offer a block of the bonds to the county. The offer was not accepted. Two other bids were received. The second' low bid was 2.9534, and the third low was 3.1071. MEN TO MEET The Franklin Presbyterian Men of the Church will hold its monthly supper meeting at the church tomorrow (Friday) at 6:30 o'clock. PLAN JAMBOREE A Girl Scout Jamboree for the Nantahala area will be held Saturday from 10 a. m. to 2:30 p. m. at Camp Lumpkin, on the Wayah road. The Weather Temperatures and precipitation for the paat seven dajra, and the low temperature yeaterday, as recorded at the Coweeta Ex periment atation. High Low Pet. Wednesday 83 60 .01 Thursday 83 fiO .36 Friday 78 55 .35 Saturday 80 52 .76 Sunday 80 46 00 Monday 82 52 00 Tuesday 76 60 .34 Wednesday #1 .82 FRANKLIN RAINFALL (At recorded by Manson S'ilea far TV A) Wednesday, none; Thursday, .16 of an Inch; Friday, .14; Saturday, none; Sunday, none; Monday, none; Tuesday, 1.40; Wednesday, m.