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VOL. LZV? NO. 35 .n Yri . r IjijWanV Baconian Price 6 Cent* , N. C.. THURSDAY, APGU8T 31, 1959 TEN PAOES . Shedd Murder Trial Here Is Postponed Draft Board Here Gets Call For 30 Men September 7 Group Ordered To Report For P re-Induction Examinations The local draft board has re ceived a call for 30 men from Macon County. W. N. Sloan, chairman, an nounced Monday that the board that day received orders from Selective Service headquarters in Raleigh to send the 30 men to Charlotte for pre-tnductlon examinations next Thursday. The call Is the first one re ceived in Macon County since the draft board was reactivated in July. The three-man draft board met last night (Wednesday) to choose those men who will make the trip to Charlotte, but Mr. Sloan said the names wlU not be made public until all of the men have been notified. Those picked by the board ?will be notified by mall not plater tthan Friday of this wee?, he said. The local draft board was closed last year and its records were forwarded to Asheville where a full-time board has been to operation. At the beginning of the pres ent Korean conflict most of the Inactive boards in the state, Macon County included, were reactivated and Che reclassifi cation of men between the ages of 19 and 25 was begun, under provisions of the selective serv ice Act. ? - - Men from Buncombe county have already been setit* to vari ous points for examinations, while the inactive boards in the western part of the 'state were being reorganized. FLAN RUMMAGE SALE The F. S. Johnston Bible class will hold a rumipage sale Sat urday in the building on Main street formerly occupied by West's Florist shop. >59 j^ARS AGO THIS WTEEK The euttor started to Raleigh last week, did not go fur ther than AS^evWe. The train 0i-< the Murphy .branch of the s^1Ith-?!rn was two ?nd a half hours IT-' tions at . ^ * rC" turned home Mr. E. P. Snider * machinery in the upj. \?I the Love store bulla. * * working mica for insulating ??"*" poses. He has put up I stamping machines and will soon be ready to commence op erations. 1 The Franklin brass band has < kindly offered to furnish music < for the Confederate veteran's t reunion here next week. 25 YEARS AGO The Franklin Graded School will open Monday, September 3rd. The new building has been put In condition and the furni ture and laboratory equipment has been jnoved from the old building to the new. Mr. Lee, the road contractor on the Georgia road, had sever al mules to get hold of sneeze weed this week and lost one good mule { l7 YEARS AGO Mrs. Leola M. Byerly, worthy grand matron, and John L. Orr, worthy grand patron, of the grand chapter of the ifcrth Carolina Order of the Eastern Star, made their official visit to the Nequassa Chapter 43 at a special meeting In the Mason ic hall on Monday night, August Carl McCoy killed 20 rattle snakes on his place on Bradley creek near Etna last Thurs <*?r $400 Taken From Stores In Highlands The Highland* Drug store and Anderson's Variety s.tore In Highlands were broken into sometime Wednesday night of last week by an unknown per son, or persons, according to M. A. Nelson, Highlands police chief. He said he and Agent Kitch en, of the State Bureau of In vestigation, have been Investi gating the robbery but have found no clues that would lead to the arrest of the thieves. "It was a clean Job," he said, and there were no fingerprints anywhere." The chief said the front door of the drug store had been jimmied either with a crow bar or a chisel, and once inside, the thieves had little trouble looting the two stores, since only a partition with a door way separates the two. He said the drug store listed losses at $356.25, and the variety store at from $50 to $75. Miss Jackson Pie*,Rite8 Held Monday Miss May Adelaide Jackson died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Hunnicutt Sunday night, following an Illness of several months. She was 79 years old. Miss Jackson, who made her home with the late BJ. g, Hunni cutt and Mrs. Hunnicutt, s cousin, came to Franklin with the Hunnicutts in 1018, and had lived here ever since. She had lived with Mr. and Mrs Emory Hunnicutt since becoming 111. To the Hunnicutts' children and grandchildren, she was "Cousin May", and she came to be affectionately so known to many friends here who were not related to her. The daughter ot Robert and Rebecca Adelaide Jackson, she was born at Oatesville, Oa., May 7, 1871. Surviving are a brother, Elli son Jackson, of Oatesville, for merly of Franklin, and a num ber of cousins. Funeral services were held at $ o'clock Monday afternoon at the Franklin Methodist church, of which she was a member, with the pastor, the Rev. C. E. Murray, officiating. Burial was Woodlawn cemetery here, Potts funeral home direct in,.* Mfftensments. p-.^Mfers W?re R. S. Jones, 0 c* k>to#n, T, w. Porter, Ouy L. H>k- BO*"' Bradley, and Bob Sloa.7' Death Claims Judge T. D. Brjwoo, 7?. At Bryson City Judge Thaddeus Dillard Bi. , K>n, 78, father of Thad D. Bry son, Jr., of Franklin, died at his home In Bryson City Monday. He had been ill since 1947. Mr. Bryson, a retired superior court Judge and former profes sor of law at Duke university, was born October 4, 1873. For i eight years he was solicitor for what Is now the 20th judicial district, and from 1918 until re tiring was resident Judge of the district. In 1937 Judge Bryson became professor of law at Duke, retir ing there in 1947, due to ill health. FLAN HIGDON REUNION The Hlgdon family reunion will be held at the old Hlgdon home place Aapda y, September yt. ^ ""TUmi* ' v- m "If ? I.v ? ? ?? ? ?? ???:? ... ' Shown above is a part of the crowd that packed the courtroom here Tuesday morning, when Curtis Shedd was scheduled to go Oft trial (or his life. Although word had got around that the case probably would be postponed, by 9 o'clock people were in line on the stairways, with the queue extending out into t,he street, waiting for the doors to be opened. The crowd was about equally divided between men and women. Reproduction Film Is Shown To3P.T. A.'s The showing of a sex educa tion 111m and a talk by Mrs. Virginia S. Bwain, family life specialist at N. C. State college, highlighted a picnic supper and Joint meeting of the Cartooge chaye, Cullasaja, and Franklin Parent-Teacher associations at th'? Cullasaja school Monday night. More than 75 persons attend ed the meeting, which was call ed for the showing of the sex education film, and for a discus sion of the use of such films for teaching sex education in the local schools. W. G. Crawford, principal of the Cullasaja school, presided, and Mrs. Allen Slier, president of the Franklin P. T- A., intro duced Mrs. Swain. Mrs. Swain told the group that Monday night's meeting was the second session for both men and women that she had attended, and she was very pleased with the large attend ance of both men and women. Parents should make It a point to win the confidence of their children, she emphasized, and should endeavor * to help them develop the right atti tudes toward sex. "When a child starts asking questions about sex," she said, "parent's should give simple answers and only answer the i questions asked." Developing the right attitudes, I she told the group, will help make successful marriages and happy family relationships. The fl!m shown to the group was captioned "Human Birth", and is being used in many i North Carolina schools to teach : Sex education. i No Inspector For New Schools To Be Niamed By County No county inspector will be appointed, as originally planned by the county school board, to supervise the construction of the Nantahala, Franklin high, and Franklin elementary schools, Guy L. Houk, county school su- I perintendent, has announced. There is no need at the pres ent time, he said, to name any one to the position, since con struction on the schools is hardly under way. Mr. Houk said that the coun-r 1 ty would be able to use the services of T. R. Threlke'.d, in-r spector for Ronald Greene, Asheville, architect, who drew the plans. Mr. Threlkeld now lives in Franklin, and is devot ing his time to inspection of the construction of schools for his firm. "It would be purely a waste of money," he said, "to appoint a man when Mr. TTirelkeld can give the county this extra serv. ice along with his regular duties." Crawford And Greene Enlist In Air Force Grady J. Greene, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Greene, of Franklin, Route 1, and Gil- j mer Lee Crawford, 21, son of Mrs. Gilmer L. Crawford, of Franklin, were enlisted in the U. S. Air Force for four years 1 August 23 in Charlotte, Sgt. David Calhoun, recruiter for | Macon County, announced. Both young men are graduates of Franklin High school, and are i at present taking basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. WILL HOLD SALE The Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will hold a 1 rummage sale Saturday on Main street, near the courthouse. I Demonstration Of Farm Machinery Is Postponed The farm machinery demon stration scheduled for yesterday (Wednesday) morning on the Will Parrish farm at Otto was canceled because of wet ground. County Agent S. W. Mendenhall announced. He said the demon stration will be moved ahead, tentative'y to September 15, and the actual date will be an nounced latere Sutton Calls Meeting Of Franklin Teachers R. G. Sutton, principal of the Franklin high school, has call ed a meeting of the Franklin school teachers for September 6 at 2 p. m- at the Franklin school, he announced this week. Will Hold YD Meeting Here On Saturday A county-wide meeting of the Young Democrats organization will be held at the courthouse Saturday night at 8 p. m. As part of the evening's pro gram, Roy Taylor, Buncombe county representative and ac tive member of the North Car olina general assembly, will speak. String music and other entertainment are being plan ned. One of the principal items of business will be the election of officers for the coming year and the election of de'egates to attend the state convention of Young Democrats, which will be held in Asheville September 16 17. All members and persons in terested in the Democratic party are invited to this rally, which is the first of a series planned for this fall. Row Over Saying Blessing Ends With 2 In Jail, One In Hospital Because one man started eat ing before the blessing had been uked, two South Carolina men were Jailed, and the wife of one was treated for knife wounds, after a supper table argument j at the Skyway hotel Saturday evening about 6 o'clock. The two men. March Malone, ! of Sumter, 8. C., and John R. Flnley, of Greenville, S. C., were arrested and charged with as sault, and assault with a deadly weapon, respectively, and Mrs. Flnley, who stepped between the two men during the tight, received treatment Angel hospital for knife wounds on her arm. The men were released after posting bond, pending a hear ing September 11 before Mayor Henry W. Cabe According to their statements to officers, Mr. Finley sat down at the supper table and began eating, although Mr. Malone had asked him to wait for Mrs. O. C. Malone, manager of the hotel and mother of Mrs. Finley, to ask the blessing. Seeing that the other wasn't going to stop eating, Mr. Malone ?aid he told him "to (top eat log or I'll bust open your head with a chair," and that there upon Mr. Finley started for him with a knife. Mrs. Finley rushed between the two men as they began fighting and caught the blows of the knife on her arm. Mr. Finley also was cut on the fing er when the knife blade snap ped closed, Chief of Police C. D. Balrd, said. Mr. Baird said Mrs. Malone was arrested at 12:30 Sunday morning and charged with drunken and disorderly con duct, and that she had Mr. Flnley'e knife In her poueulon at the time, 9 Leach Wins Suit Against R. A. Patton The oft-tried Prank Leach R. A. (Bob) Patton damage suit ended with a verdict in Mr. Leach's favor last Wednesday in Macon superior court. The Jury awarded the plain tiff $1,600 and one-fourth in terest in certain unsold lots in the Golf Course development here. The issue was whether Mr. j Leach was a partner in the real I estate firm which sold the golf i course property at auction sev | eral years ago, or was an em p'oye of Mr. Patton. Mr. Leach i claimed he had a one-fourth j interest in the firm, and was entitled to one-fourth of the firm's receipts for making the sale (less what he already had received) and one-fourth inter 1 est in the lots owned by the ; firm. The jury decided the case, which previously had twice end ed in mistrial, in his favor. | A check for $100, made pay : able to Mr. Leach and signed by Mr. , Patton, was introduced in evidence. Mr. Leach testified , that he wrote the check and Mr. Patton signed it. The check, as introduced, bore the nota tion "in full", but a photostatic copy made by the Charlotte bank which cashed the check did not show the notation. Other cases on the civil dock et heard by Judge J. "Will Pless, Jr., were: Helen Swafford vs. Harold Swafford, hearing transferred before Judge Dan K. Moore, res ident judge of 20th judicial dis trict. Bonnie Higdon Guffey vs. Mc [ Kin'ey Guffey, divorced grant ; ed. Gladys T. Holbrook vs. James Swift Holbrook, divorce granted. James Hall vs. Agnes Hall, di vorce granted. Alex Hopkins and wife, Bon ! nie Hopkins vs. Belton Wal droop and wife, Annie Mae Wal droop, case referred to Edwin B. Whitaker, of Swain county. Mrs. Mary S. Higdon vs. Har ry M. Strain and others, dis missed as of non-suit. W. M. Conner vs. Fred Burn ette et al, case remanded to the clerk for further proceedings. Charles E. Palmer vs. Louisa E. Palmer, divorce granted. J. C. Dalton vs. Vlra Keesler Patton, action abated; Dalton deceased. NO DATE SET; CASE MAY BE TRANSFERRED Deferment Necessitated By Death Of Father Of Solicitor The Shedd murder trial, which was scheduled to open here Tuesday morning, was postponed, due to the death Monday night of the father of Solicitor Thad D. Bryson, Jr. No date was set for the trial. The announcement of the postponement, made at the con vening of court at 10 a. m. Tuesday, was heard by a crowd that filled every seat In the courtroom, with many standing in the rear. The crowd was about equally divided between men and women, and a few children were present. Walter Dean, deputy sheriff, convened court, and then an7 nounced that, because of the death in the solicitor's family, the murder case was "automat cally postponed", with no new date set for its trial. Acting on telephone instructions from Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., who was not present, he told the second week Jurors and the 60 venire men summoned for jury duty that they were "dismissed but not discharged". If they were needed later this week, he said, they would be notified. He then recessed court until .. 10 o'clock this (Thursday) morning. At the opening of court this morning, Judge Pless is expect ed to impose sentences on sev eral defendants whose trials have been held, but on whom judgment has not b?en pro nounced. Most of these cases came up the first week of court. The defendant, Curtiss Shedd, 29-year old Walha'l, S. C., con fessed killer of three, was not present. In the courtroom, however, was his 31-year old wife, be spectacled blonde, whose face Indicated extreme weariness. Al so present was Roy L. Boyter, brother of John Boyter. It was John Boyter and his two daugh ters, Jonnle Mae, 14, and Jo Ann, 8, also of Walhalla, whose slayings SheBd has confessed. When Shedd will go on trial is problematical. Local officials expressed doubt that the case will be tried at this term of court, which ends Saturday. If it isn't, it would be deferred until the December term. In the normal course of events. A special term of Macon su perior court for the trial of the case could be ordered by the governor, however, or the case could be transferred to another county which will have a regu lar term earlier than Decem ber. The next regular court In this district is that in Haywood, which will be convened Sep tember 18. Another possibility would be for this state to surrender Shedd to Georgia for trial. The killing of Boyter occurred in that state, while the two girls met death near Highlands, in this county. In recessing court Tuesday, Mr. Dean told the second week jurors and special veniremen that, even if they are not called back, they can come In next week, prove their attendance, and receive a day's pay for re porting Tuesday. The Weather Temperatures and precipitation for Hie past seven days, and the low temperature yesterday, as recorded at the Coweeta Ex periment station. Wednesday 82 46 QO Thursday 80 54 00 Friday 80 56 .69 Wednesday 62 1.6S Franklin Rainfall ? (As recorded by Manton S'ilea for TV A) Wednesday, none; Thursday, none; Friday, none; Saturday, .07 of an Inch; Sunday, .01; Monday, .11; Tuesday, .11; Wed nesday, 1.43, High Low Pet. Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday 76 57 .84 76 57 .38 77 57 .62 81 56 .19
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