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n ?n . ? VOL. LXV? NO. 32 96* Haconian FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 195# Price 6 Cents TWELVE rtr.N County May Sell Lot To Light Firm Nantahala Concern Seeks To Buy Site For Big Office Building Members of the board of county commissioners have und er consideration selling the county's West Main street lot to the Nantaha'a Power and Light company as the site for that firm's proposed new home, it was learned yesterday. The lot, which runs from Main to Church street and con tains nearly two acres, was bought by the county 13 years ago as the site for a new court house. The power company, It was learned, has found the East Main street lot it bought some months ago from Mis. Logan Allen unsuited for its purposes, and for sometime has been look ing, without success, for an other lot. Officials of the com pany have approached the com missioners with the proposal that the county sell its lot to the power firm. A number of leading citizens, W. E. (Gene) Baldwin, chair man of the board of commis sioners, said yesterday, have pointed out that It may be many years before the county will be in financial position to bul'.d a new courthouse. Mean while, its lot will remain vacant, and will yield no taxes. On the other hand, the pow er company has told the com missioners that it proposes to build a $200,000 building, if It can find a suitable lot in Frank lin. By selling the lot, a num ber of persons have a^feued, the county would get it on the tax books, and also would receive taxes on the new building. The property, generally known as the Rogers lot, has a front age of 135 feet on West Main street. Except for a plot 30 x 48, on which the Telephone build ing stands, it contains two acres. It is the lot which the Frank lin Garden club has beautified this summer. It was bought by the county December 21, 1937, from J. C. Conley and R. B. Slaughter. The purchase price was $6,000. Do You Remember . . . ? (Looking backward through the files of The Press) 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Capt. W. A. Enloe spent last night In town on his way to Mr. Elam Slagle's to enjoy the cooling breezes of the Nanta hala mountains. Those fellows who loiter along the sidewalks and on the street corners and whittle sticks and tell smutty yarns and smoke cigarettes and borrow matches and do nothing are worthless to a community. The Press is under obligation to Mr. B. M. Allen, of Ellijay, for a fine head of cabbage. It weighed V/2 lbs., and helps to soothe our sorrows on the heels of the election. 25 YEARS AGO The athletic program sched uled for Saturday night, Aug ust '11th, promises to be the best ever offered the fans In this section of the country, and equal to any held in any of our Southern cities, and if Kay-O Crosby of Philadelphia, who appeared here four weeks ago in a scheduled ten -round bout against Larry Avera, is taken as an average of the Eastern box e-s, then we can take in a lit tle more territory, as It took Avera Just six rounds to knock him into the regions where there is nothing but the twit tering of the birdies to be heard, and the sparkling of the stars. 10 YEARS AGO Sam Gibson, Jr., Roy Fouts, and Max Parrish, members ol the Franklin Future Farmers of America, left here for the New York World's Fair. They were accompanied by their agricul tural teacher, E. J. Whitmlre. A large rattlesnake measuring 52 Inches with nine rattlers and a button on the end of its tail was brought into town Monday afternoon by Frank Raby of the Watauga community. Mr. Raby killed the snake with a stick, on a trail in the Kyle lection, About 15 milea from Franklin Enlistments In Army Hit Peacetime High In Macon Macon County en'istments in the U. S. Army and U. S. Air Force reached an Ill-time peace time high in the month of July, according to Sgt. 1 cl. David R. Calhoun, Jr., army recruiter for Macon, Jackson, and Swain counties. Out of the three counties, 18 men enlist ad, nine of them from Macon County. Those enlisting in the Air Force were: Turner H. Blaine, 18, of Franklin, Route 1; Clin ton E. Carnpbell, 18, Franklin, Route 3; Bobby L. Potts, 17, Franklin. All three of the men are based at Lackland Air Force base, in San Antonio, Texas, undergoing a 13-week basic training period. Enlisting in the army were: R. L. Beal, 17, Highlands"; Billy G. Waller, 20, Highlands; Ray L. Jackson, 17, Franklin, Route 3; Clifford A. Fox, 19, Gneiss; Raymond B. Caldwell, 19, Dil lard, Ga., Route 1; and J. C. Britton, 21, Franklin, Route 3. Britton, a veteran of three years in the army, reenlisted in the Regular Army, and is await ing new assignment. The other men are receiving a 14-week basic training course at Fort Knox, Ky. DEATH CLAIMS BOB SHEFFIELD Farmer Of West'# Mill Dies At 77; Rites Held Mpnday Funeral services for William Coleman (Bob) Sheffield, 77, who died at his home in the West's Mill community Sunday afternoon, following an illness of several months, were held Monday at 3 p. m., at the Snow Hill Methodist church. The Rev. D. B. Martin, the Rev. William L. Sorre'.ls, and the Rev. C. C. Welch officiated. I ? A farmer and lumberman, Mr. Sheffield was born in the Cowee community March 23, 1 1873, the son of the late Jesse W. and Mrs. Elizabeth Shepherd Sheffield. He was a life-long resident of the county and a member of the Cowee Baptist church, the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, and the Loyal Order of Moose. Mr. Sheffield was married twice, first to Miss Emily Jen kins in 1896, and to Miss Nola E. Shepherd July 27,, 1939. The first Mrs.< Sheffield died June 15, }934. Surviving are his widow and the following children: W. T. Sheffield, of Briston, Va., R. C. Sheffield, of Waynesville, Weav er, Vernon, and Harold Shef field, of Canton, L. J., and Ed ward Sheffield, of Detroit, Mich., Orover B. and James W. Sheffield, of West's Mill, Mrs. E. B. Rickman and Mrs. High Cathey, of Canton, Mrs. H. G. Reno, Mrs. R. T. Bryson, and Mrs. B. T. Wilson, of Detroit, and the Misses Bobbie Jo and Edith Ann Sheffield, of the home. A number of grandchil dren and great-grandchildren also survive. Pallbearers were nephews. Honorary pallbearers were: E. O. Rickman, Fred McGaha, R. R. Rickman, Lon Dalton, R. T. Bryson, J. B. Pendergrass, A. B. S'agle, Clyde West, T. M. Rick man, and D. L. Clark. Burial was in the church cemetery, with Bryant funeral I home in charge of arrange ments. V. F. W. Auxiliary Elect Officers Monday The recently formed Women's auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet at 8 o'clock Monday night at the Moose hall to elect officers. The wife, mother, or sister of any serviceman who served overseas is eligible for membership, It was explained, and Mrs. James McCollum, acting president of the Auxiliary, said every mem ber should be present for this Important meeting, and urged each to bring a new member. TAKEN BY DEATH MRS. MTSA CRAWFORD MRS. CRAWFORD DIES. AGED 78 Rites For Well Known Macon Woman Held Here Sunday Mrs. Mysa Quisenberry Craw ford, affectionately known to many friends as "Aunt Mysa", died at a Franklin hospital at 3 o'clock last Sunday afternoon, following a short illness. She was 78. Mrs. Crawford was well known not only in Macon County, but had friends in many states, having made them during the 22 years she served as assistant manager of Kelly's inn and tea room. Though she was a person of strong convictions, inclined to be outspoken in her views, friends said of her that her frankness rarely gave offense, because it was so evident that she loved peop'.e, whom she found a source of never-failing interest. A native of Greene county, Tennessee, she had lived in Ma con County since her marriage in 1895 to the late Lon F. Craw ford. She was a member of the First Baptist church here and of the Nequassa chapter of the Eastern Star, and formerly was active in the church, civic, and social affairs of the Cartooge chaye community. Survivors include five sons, Lonnie C. Crawford, of Eugene, Ore., Laddie and Eugene, of Franklin, Route 1, George, of Old Fort, and Elmer, of Win ston-Salem; a daughter, Miss Una Crawford, of Albuquerque, N. M.; a sister, Mrs. Blanche Kiker, of Dennison, Tenn.; and 14 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist church Sun day at 3 p. m., with the Rev. M. W. Chapman officiating, and burial was in Mount Zion church cemetery. Pallbearers were William Wal droop, Harold Enloe, Carl S. Slagle, Herman Childers, Wil liam Crawford, and Larry Weav er. Past matrons of the Eastern Star chapter were flowerbear ers. Arrangements were under the direction of Bryant funeral home. LYLE JONES IMPROVING O. Lyle Jones, who has long been 111 at his home in Asheville, is improving, and is now able to be up for short periods, rela tives here learned this week. Mr. Jones, an attorney, is a na tive of Franklin, and practiced law here before moving to Ashe ville. DRUNK DRIVING TOPS LIST Drunken driving again top ped the list of violations re sulting In revocation or suspen sion of driver's licenses during July, according to an announce ment of the North Carolina De partment of Motor Vehicles re ceived here. RESUME BUYING OF PULP WOOD IN THIS, AREA Mead Firm To Purchase All Hauled To Yard In Franklin The Mead corporation, which stopped buying pulp wood in February, 1949, has announced that it is resuming activity and will purchase, until further no tice, chestnut, pine, and other pulp wood, live days a week at the Franklin yard. The present price on chest nut delivered to the yard is $9 per cord of 128 cubic feet, sub ject to inspection and measure ment at the time of delivery. Paul Gates, Kingsport, Tenn., field representative for the Mead corporation, said that the price is about 20 cents lower than the 1949 price, but that there will actually be a savings to those selling wood, since they haul the wood to the Franklin yard instead of to Sylva as in the past, "At the present time," Mr. Gates said, "we will be able to handle all wood that is hauled in." ? Will Unveil Clay Marker Friday At 2 The historical marker showing the site of the Macon County clay pit from which Joslah Wedgwood, famous English pot tery and china-ware maker, In 1767, obtained clay for his china will be unveiled in a spe cial dedication ceremony to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The ceremony will be held at the site of the marker, at the intersection of N. C. 28 and Co wee road, about 10 miles from Franklin. Hensleigh Wedgwood, fifth generation descendant of the English potter, will be a special guest at the ceremony, and will unveil the marker. Presiding over the exercises will be Dr. Christopher Crit tenden, executive secretary of the North Carolina Archives and History, Raleigh. The invo cation will be the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, and William S. Powell, research associate of the N. C. Archives and History, will speak on North Carolina's marker pro gram. Mrs. Sadie S. Patton, Hendersonville historian, will deliver an historical address on "Wedgwood Clay from Western North Carolina." Carroll P. Rogers, of Tryon, will present the guests of hon or, Mr. Wedgwood, and Miss Annie Reese. The Rev. Hoyt Evans will pronounce the bene- j diction. The marker is located about five miles from the actual loca tion of the clay pit. The clay was taken from the old Rick man mine at the head of Cowee creek by Thomas Griffiths, a South Carolina planter, and several tons of it' was shipped , to England. The public is invited to at tend the brief ceremony, it was announced. Revival To Be Held At Mulberry Church Revival services will be held i at the Mulberry Methodist I church, starting Sunday night ! and continuing through Friday evening ol next week, it has ; been announced by the Rev. L. C. Stevens, pastor of the Mul berry and other churches on the Macon Methodist circuit. The ! Rev. C. E. Murray, Franklin ! Methodist pastor, will do the preaching, and services will be I held each evening at 8 o'clock. I Flower Show Will Be Held Saturday At Ag. Building The Franklin G.irden club's annual (lower show will be he!d Saturday at the Agri cultural build ng. The hours are 2 to 10 p. m. While the show is sponsor ed by the Garden Club, Mrs. Allan Brooks, club president, emphasized that every flower grower in the county is invit ed to enter exjrbits. A'l ex hibits must be in by 10 o'clock Saturday morning, and must be classified, marked by card t or tag, .and be ready for judging by noon. No charge will be .made for adm'ssion to the show. Band Uniform Fund Stands Now At 972 The Rotaiy-sponsored cam paign for funds to uniform the Franklin school band yesterday had raised a total of $972 hi contributions, or nearly half of the $2,000 required. Meanwhile F. o. Brooks, the representative of the Floding company, Atlanta, the firm that will make the uniforms, said It would be possible to turn them out in time for the first foot ball game of the season ? Sep tember 15. Mr. Brooks was here last week to measure the band members for uniforms. The three-piece suits wi'l be of scarlet serge, and will be made up of trousers (for both boys and girls) with white stripe down the outer edge, Eisenhow er jacket, and overseas cap. Contributions may be mailed or brought to The Press office. While a number of the donors are giving $40 ? the price of one uniform ? S. W. Mendenhall, chairman of the Rotary com mittee in charge, said contri bution of any amount will be welcomed. Firms and individuals who have made contributions during the past week include W. Roy Carpenter, H. H. Gnuse, Jr., Mrs. Paul Russell, A. G. Cagle, W. N. Sloan, L. H. Page, Macon Coun ty Supply company, Henderson Calloway, Roy F. Cunningham, Dr. F. M. Killian, D. A. Stew art, E. J. Whitmire, Jr., and Ma con Construction company. S. R. Stiles Is Claimed By Death At Hospital Here Funeral services for Samuel Ralph Stiles, 48, farmer of the Riverside section, who died Sunday at a Franklin hospital, following an illness of one month, were held Monday at 11 a. m. at the Coweeta Baptist church. The Rev. M. W. Chapman of ficiated. Burial was in the Rush cemetery. Mr. Stiles, a life-long resident of Macon County, was the son of Mrs. Emma Winstead Stiles and of the late Cebran Stiles. Surviving are his mother; two brothers, Manson L. Stiles, of Franklin, and Frank Stiles of Franklin, Route 2; and three nieces and one nephew. Pa'lbearers were Alec Hol brook, Johnny Garrison, James R. Gray, Frank L. Crisp, Law rence Penland, and R. L. Hog len. Bryant funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Miss Barbara M. Stockton is one of those who passed the N. C. bar examination in Raleigh last week, the State Board of Law Examiners has announced. Miss Stockton, who recently was graduated from the University of North Carolina law school, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stockton, of Franklin. At present she is in Eastern North Caio'ina on vacation. Diary Tells Story Of 1767 Trip To Cowee To Get Wedgwood Clay Probably everyone, at one time or another, has heard of Josiah Wedgwood, the noted English potter who turned pot tery-making into a work of art, instead of a haphazard past time as it was back in the mid dle 1700's. And by now, probably every one here knows that Wedgwood used clay .from Macon County in making tome of hia flneit I jaspers and medallions, and that tomorrow an historical marker | is to be dedicated on N. C. 28, j north of Franklin, marking the ! site of the clay pit from which | the potter got several tons of clay. However, back In 1767 there was more involved in getting white clay out of what Is now known as Macon County than Just coming In and digging It out and hauling It away. There were the Cherokees, who at that time resented any Intrusion by the white man, and there was a noticeable ab sence of tourist courts, motels, and Inns where a weary travel er ? or clay hunter, which ap plies In this case ? could lay a weary head. The man who took it upon himself to brave all the danger* Continued on Pact 11? i Will Start Work Soon On 4 Schools County Has 90 Per Cent School Attendance The average daily attendance in Macon County schools last year was 90 per cent, figures compiled in the office of Coun ty Supt. Guy L. Houk show. This compares with an aver age of 87 per cent for the year 1948-49. In making the comparative ligures public, Mr. Houk point ed out that last year the weath er was favorable and that this county suffered from major epidemics, while the previous year attendance was reduced by epidemics of measles and mumps. This county's schools had an enrollment last year of 4,103, of which total 3,451 was elemen tary, and 662 high school. This compares with an enrollment the previous year of 3,371 in the elementary schools, and 664 In the high schools, or a total of 4,013. Last year's enrollment gain was: Elementary, 70; high school, 18; total, 88. The average daily attendance increase last year over the pre vious year was: Elementary, 146; high school, 51; total, 197. The percentages of member ship in daily attendance in 1949-50 were: Elementary, 89; high school, 94; total, 90. FOOTB ALL WILL START SEPT. 15 Franklin High Gridiron Schedule For Year Is Announced The official unveiling of the 195Q Franklin High school foot ball team will be September 15. when the Panthers will meet Andrews in the local stadium Football practice is scheduled to get under way August 15, at the school, and all boys inter ested in going out for the grid iron game should meet at the school on that date at 2 p. m., it was announced. Following is the tentative schedule made public by Prin cipal R. G. Sutton. Sep. 15 ? Andrews ? here. Sept. 22 ? Hayesville ? there. Sept. 29 ? Murphy? there. Oct. 6 ? Open. Oct. 13 ? Sylva ? there. Oct. 20 ? Robblnsvi'le ? there. Oct. 27 ? Lavonia ? here. Nov. 3 ? Open. Nov. .10? Open. Nov. 17 ? Bryson City ? here. Nov. 30 ? Clayton, Oa. ? here. Town To Give Garbage Service Outside Limits, For Fee Residents living within a one fourth mile radius outside the Franklin town limits can now have town garbage collection, with restrictions, by paying a charge of $25, under a resolu tion adopted by the Franklin board of aldermen at the board's monthly meeting Monday night. The $25 fee will entitle resi dents to a year of garbage col lection, but the same fee will be charged to seasonal residents | who spend only two or three months out of the year here. Garbage pickup win be limited to once a week, and the resolu tion requires that garbage be placed In approved containers to facilitate easy removal. Reid Womack appeared . be fore the board to ask the town to give him aid in stopping water froim flooding his prop erty on the Oeorgia road dur ing rains. The board postponed any decision on the matter un til the issue could be discussed with the State Highway com mission, since the Womack property adjoins a state high way. The board voted to hold its next meeting Tuesday, Septem ber 5, Instead of September 4, since September 4, tre ? regular meeting date, Is Labor day. Charles Fulton Passes State Bar Examination The State Board of Law Ex aminers has announced that Charles L. Pulton, of Franklin, passed the recent written state bar examination. Mr. Fulton Is the grandson o ( John Fulton. Contracts On Modified Plans To Be Signed This Week Contracts (or the construction of the Franklin high. But Franklin elementary, Highlands, and Nantahala schools will b? executed this week, and work Is to be under way within 10 days from the date of the contracts. County 8upt. Ouy L. Houk an nounced Tuesday. The announcement followed action of the county board of education Monday hi authoris ing C. Gordon Moore, the board chairman, and Mr. Houk, its secretary, to execute contracts for construction under revised specifications. The revisions bring the total cost for ths four buildings down to $008,230 Ths board action was taken In mo tion of Bob Sloan, seconded by Frank Browning, and was unan imous. The board of education also set Thursday, September 7, as the idate for the opening of this county's schools and ordered a part of the tract brought for the Highlands school site sub divided and advertised for sale. The Highlands tract, bought from Porter Plerson In INI, contains approximately 17 acres, and between seven and 10 acres, since It is on a hillside, is un usable for school purposes, it was said. It would be usable, it was pointed out, for summer homesltes. The property is situ ated at the Intersection of Fifth street and Plerson drive. Bob Sloan, in moving that this action be taken, remarked that the land to be sold is neither needed nor suitable for school purposes, and that "we need all the money we can get" for school buildings. The motion seconded by Frank Browning. The original bids on the foar schools totaled $029,950. Ths architect's fee of tlx pec coot I would have brought the total cost to approximately $000,000, or nearly $70,000 more than the amount that had been allotted for these four schools. When the bids were opened July 14, the board voted to ac | cept the low bids, subject to modification, and since that time changes have been made in the specifications that will Continued On Par* Eight? 4-H Judging Team From Macon Show Up Well In Meet The Macon County 4-H club judging team, which competed against 29 other judging teams from all over the state at the 25th annual 4-H Club Week In Raleigh, July 24-28, placed 17th in the field. "The team showed up well," T. H. Fagg, assistant county agent, who accompained the group, said, "considering that It was the first time we have ever entered a judging team In com petition." Leroy Peek, son of Mr. and Mrs. Beulon Peek, Franklin, Route 4, placed ninth In a field of 101 contestants In the in dividual judging contest. Other members of the team were Bert Crawford, Pete Set ser, and Jerry Sutton. SMARTS TO MEET The annual Smart family re union will be held August 13 at the home of Miss Ada 8oaart Relatives are Invited to com and bring a picnic lunch. PLAN BENEFIT BDiCO A benefit Bingo party will be held at the Otto school tomor row (Friday) night at t o'clock, sponsored by the Otto Parent Teacher association. The Weather Temperature* and pradpfcatiaa far *e paat aeren daya, and tke Wa Kaprraluia r retards?, ai recorded at *? Caweeta E? periawM atatiaa. Max Uin Pet. Wednesday 85 M W Thursday 81 85 M Friday 79 50 80 Saturday 74 54 8# Sunday 80 45 .12 Monday 81 43 80 Tuesday 80 47 M Wednesday it St Franklin IsIsM (A* recorded W Maaan S'Baa far TV A) Wednesday, none; Thursday, .03 of an Inch; Friday, none; Saturday, none; 8unday, none; Monday, none; Tuesday, none; Wednesday, none.