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%b* ItysbUitip Vwoman Price 6 Centi VOL. LXV? NO. 44 FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1950 TEN PAGES FIRM HERE BUYS PHONE BUSINESS AT HAYESVILLE Brings To Nine Number Of Units In Western Carolina System The Western Carolina Tele phone company, with head quarters In Franklin, has bought the Clay County Telephone company, at Hayesville, and took over operation of the Hayesville telephone service yesterday (November 1.) The announcement was made here this week by Russell E. McKelvey, general manager of the Western Carolina firm. The deal, Mr. McKelvey said, has been approved by the N. C. Utilities commission. The con sideration involved was not dis posed. The purchase brings to nine the number of exchanges oper ated by the Western Carolina. It already had exchanges at Franklin, Highlands, Clayton, Ga., Cashiers, Sylva, Cullowhee, Bryson City, and Cherokee. The Hayesville concern, which at present has 106 telephone subscribers, was owned and op erated by L. E. Hollyfield, Jr. He has been employed by the Western Carolina firm to serve as Hayesville manager, Mr. Mc Kelvey said. Meanwhile, an announcement was received here from Lynn D. Garibaldi, of Charlotte, that the directors of the Western Carolina and the Carolina Mountain telephone companies are studying a proposal for a merger of those two concerns' into one organization. Mr. Gari baldi is president of both com panies. If such a merger is approved by the directors of the two companies, Mr. Garibaldi said, the terms of the merger will be recommended by the directors to the stockholders, who will vote on the proposal at a spe cial stockholders' meeting. Should the merger be approv ed, the combined organization would be one of the largest in dependent telephone operating companies in the state, j VOCAL CONCERT PLANNED HERE Miss Evangeline Collins, lyric soprano, will present a program of classical and light classical selections at the Methodist church Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. Miss Collins' appearance here is under the auspices of the Choral group at Franklin High school, the proceeds from the event will go td the music U "brary fund at the school. The lyric soprano, who sang the leading iple In Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirate of Pen zanse" in Detroit under the di rection of A. Gnau, will be ac companied at the piano by Richard Renfro. The evening's program will Include selections by Mozart, Handel, and R. Strauss. Mr. Renfro will play a number of piano solos. Admission will be $.75 for adults and $.35 for school chil dren. W. R. Penland Burial Rites To Be Held Here Today At 2 Graveside rites for William R. Penland, 63, a native of Ma con county who had made his home In Cleveland, Ohio, for the past 35 years, will be held at the Franklin cemetery this (Thursday) afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the Re*. C. E. Mur ray officiating. Mr. Penland, who was a rail road conductor, died last Fri day at his home in Cleveland. His widow is the former Miss Beulah Cabe, of this county. Surviving, In addition to his widow, are two daughters, Mrs. Lucille Koenig, and Miss Mil dred Penland, of Cleveland; two sisters, Mrs. Mae Lovelace, of Wilmington, and Mrs. W. H. Cabe, of Greenville, S. C.; two half-sisters. Mrs. G?orge Rush, Mid Mrs. Bart Fulcher, of Franklin, Route 2; and two half brothers, Laurence Penland, Franklin, Route 2, and Wltham Penland, Nehalem, On. Donald Brown State Winner At Raleigh Electric Meet Donald Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Brown, of Franklin, is state winner in the 4-H club farm electrical contest, it was announced Monday night at the 4-H Electrical Congress in Ral eigh. Young Brown, who was Ma con county and district winner in last year's contest, - received the honor for the "best utiliza tion of electricity on a farm" among 4-H members. He was picked from a group representing more than 50 coun ties in the state, and won a free trip to Chicago to attend the 4-H Congress to be held there In December. He also will be given the opportunity to com pete for one of six $800 scholar ships, it was announced. The scholarships are given by the Westlnghouse Educational foun dation. ? John M. Archer, Jr., president of Nantahala Power and Light company, presented the awards to the contest winners in Ral eigh. The Nantahala oompany gave prizes to the winners In the five-county area the firm serves, and gave the contest winners a free trip to the meet ing in Raleigh. Others attending from here were, Carlene Sorrells and Dil lard Morgan, Macon county winners In the contest. Miss Othella Cabe, district winner, T. H. Fagg, assistant county farm agent, and W. W. Sloan, Nanta hala company director of rural service and personnel. Achievement Day Prizes Are Awarded The Cartoogechaye home dem onstration club craft exhibit won first prize at the annual Achievement day of the Macon county council of tyme demon stration clubs held at the Slagle Memorial building Tuesday. A prize of $15 was awarded the club, which was formed in 1934, and Is the oldest club In the county. Mrs. T. H. McNlsh Is president. A second prize of $10 was awarded to the Holly Springs club for an exhibit entitled Live at Home Abundantly". The president of the club is Mrs George R. Pattillo. The Carson Chapel club headed by Mrs. Prank Reece, won $5 for third place with a craft exhibit. The Cullasaja club won the club achievement score with 325 points, and was awarded a gavel. The Cowee club was sec ond with 307 points. It was ex plained that points are earned by the clubs for participation in community activities, project .eadership, and holding demon stration* in the absence of the home agent. Judging the exhibits were Miss Anne Benson Priest, home agent of Transylvania county Miss Pansy Deal, home agent or Swain county; and Miss Dorothy Green, home agent of Rabun county, Ga. The prize money was given to the win ners by the Bank of Franklin Approximately 250 women at e"d?d the all-day program which began at 10 o'clock In the morning. ? Dr. Carl Jonowskl, district health officer, delivered an Il lustrated lecture on "Guldeposts for Mental Health", ?nd Miss Roberta Enloe, Franklin High school teacher, spoke on "Unit ed Nations, Our Hope for World Peace". Charter members of the clubs were honored and 24 women were awarded prizes for perfect attendance at club meetings Forty reading certificates also were awarded. A covered dish lunch was served to the group. Mrs. Har old Cabe, of the Holly sprirfgsj club, was in charge. ? The meeting was presided over by the new county council officers, who were officially In stalled at the morning session. They are Mrs. Ralph Bradley president; Mrs. Jack Cabe, vice president; Mrs. Dan Reynolds, secretary; and Mrs. Charles Houston, treasurer. Davis To Hold Baptists' Revival Here Next Week The Rev. Wendell Q. Davis pastor of the Western Avenue Baptist church, Btatesville, will conduct revival services at the First Baptist church, Franklin every night at 7:30, next Mon day through Sunday, it has been announced. Mr. Davis is a native of Salis bury and Is a graduate of the fou*he?1 Baptist seminary, Louisville, Ky. He has served in pastorates In Grundy, Va., and Bluefleld, W. Va. Mrs. Clarence Henry will be m charge of the music for the services. WILL GIVE PLAT The seniors of Highlands High school will present "Take Your Medicine", a farce In three acts, at the school theatre Monday evening at 7:10 o'clock. I ?7 PANTHERS LICK LAVOMA, 26-0 Will Play Murphy High At Murphy Friday Night A peppy Panther eleven, hust ling with the opening kick-off, shifted into high gear and steamrollered a Lavonia, Ga., eleven, 26-0, for a non-confer ence win last Friday night on the home fie'd. It was the Panther's fifth win against one tie. The next conference games comes tomorrow night at Mur phy. The locals, who have been suffering a mid-season slump, Friday night romped out on the field, slightly rejuvenlnated, and showed fans they could still play the band of football they displayed at the beginning of the season. The Panthers received the kickoff and moved to paydlrt in the opening seconds of the game and completely dominated the ball the first quarter. La vonia "touched" the ball only twice in the first quarter, once on a kickoff, which was fum bled and Franklin recovered, and again in the dying seconds of the first half, with not enough time left to run a play. The opening kickoff was tuck ed in by Jack Norton on the 32 yard line, and Bo Norton car ried to the 37. Kermlt Dehart plunged through center for two yards, Jack Norton moved the ball to the 42, and Dehart humped to the 47 for a first down. John (Bardy) Archer shoved his way to the Lavonia 47 and then hit the center of the line to the 39. . A pitch-out to Back Bobby Potts chalked up three more yards for the Panthers. An Archer-to-Jack Norton pass con nected on the 11 -yard marker, and Potts skirted right end for the tally. Archer's kick for the extra point spilt the poles. The score Jumped to 13-0 after Richard Jones' kickoff was bobbled on the Lavonia 31 and Franklin recovered the elusive pig skin. The Panthers moved down to the Lavonia 12 in two plQys and were set back 15 yards for Illegal use of the hands. j Archer tossed a loo per to Pat 1 Pattlllo who romped across the goal line standing up. The Panthers pawed again in the second quarter after End Jack Norton reached up and intercepted a pass deep In La vonia territory. Archer flipped from the 12 to J. Norton In the end zoi^e for the score. Archer split th? stays for the extra. The Qnal tally came In the fourth quarter with three min utes left, in the game. Charlie Shields blasted to the Lavonia 22, and a penalty against La vonia for unnecessary roughness moved the ball to the seven. Shields plowed over for the touchdown and Archer missed for the *xtra. ? Start Pouring East Franklin School Concrete Footings Workmen began pouring con crete footings at the new East Franklin school last Friday, Guy L. Houk, county school super intendent, announced this week. Work will start soon on the new Franklin high school, he added. PLAN CHAMBER AND MERCHANTS MEMBERS' MEET Will Discuss Tourists, Annual Dinner At Session Nov. 9 The Franklin Chamber of Commerce and the Merchants Association will hold a mem bers' quarterly meeting at the Agricultural building November 9 at 7:30 p. m., It has been an nounced. i Heading the joint business meeting will be a discussion on how to create more tourist trade, as well as local activity, 1 in this area. Members of both organizations are urged to at tend the meeting and have some project in mind that the Cham ber of Commerce can under take In order to be of more service to the community, and to local merchants. It also was announced that plans for a completely neu^ folder, advertising Franklin, are being completed. The folders will feature new copy and pic tures, it was explained, and may be purchased by businessmen and tourist home operators who are members of the Chamber of Commerce. It was suggested at a recent board of directors meeting that the folders be sold to members of the organization in order to help cover the cost of having them printed. The organizations will lay plans for the annual dinner in January, and will discuss ob taining a guest speaker for that occasion. Break Ground At Highlands Church Site A ground-breaking ceremony took place at the site of the new Highlands Methodist church at 5 o'clock Monday aft ernoon. The opportunity was offered by the special visit that day of Dr. Walter J. Miller, of Char lotte, president of the Western North Carolina Methodist Board of Missions and Church of Ex tension, and of the new district superintendent, the Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt, of Wayne6 ville, who spent the evening at Highlands discussing the next steps in the church building program there. After the arrival of Dr. and Mrs. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Huneycutt, following an ear lier meeting at Cherokee, mem bers of the local building com mittee met with them at the church to review progress and plan further ways and means. Following this meeting, the group adjourned to the new building lay-out, where the pas tor, the Rev. Robert E. Early, led a service of ground-break ing for a new church. Mr. Huneycutt then handed Dewey Hopper, chairman of the Highlands board of stewards and superintendent of construc tion, a new shovel. In turn Mr. Hopper, Mr. Huneycutt, Dr. Miller, and all others present, and finally Mr. Early, each turned a shovel of new earth under the place of the new sanctuary with the pastoral blessing, and Mr. Huneycutt < pronounced the benediction. VOTERS TO FILL COUNTY, STATE OFFICES NOV. 7 Fate Of Fire Amendments To Constitution To Be Decided PERTINENT VOTE FACTS Election Date: Tuesday, No vember 7. Voting hours: 6:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Voting place: The polling places in the 11 precincts in this county. To Be Elected: Nine county officials, a congressman, two associate justices of the state supreme court, and two U. S. senators. Other Issues: Voters to de cide on fire constitutional amendments. In Tuesday's general election, Macon County voters will choose between Democratic and Repub lican nominees for nine county, one district, and from state of fices, and will ballot on five nrooosed amendments to the North Carolina constitution. With the election only five days away, the candidates, and leaders of both parties, this week were making their last minute canvasses in a two-way effort ? to convince undecided voters, and to get the vote out. Of the five proposed amend ments to the constitution, one would increase the pay of leg islators; one seeks to safeguard the teachers' and state em ployes' retirement fund; one would change the constitutional provision relating to grand jury action; and two deal with su perior court judges. Interest appears keenest in two local races? for sheriff and for representative. In the sheriff's race, the vot ers will choose between J. Har ry Thomas, former Farmers Federation manager here, the Democratic nominee, and J. Perry Bradley, Republican, who has held the office for the past eight years. The race for representative is between C. Tom Bryson, Cul lasaja merchant and former register of deeds, Democrat, and the Rev. C. C. Welch, widely known Baptist minister, the nominee of the Republicans. Other local races: For chairman of the county board of commissioners: Demo crat W. E. (Gene) Baldwin, Franklin business man who has held the post for about five years; and Republican F. E. Hastings, farmer and timber man of Franklin, Route 2. Two members of the board of commissioners: Democrats W. W. Edwards, Highlands hotel man, and John A. Roane, Car toogechaye farmer, the incum bents; and Republicans J. D. Burnette, Highlands merchant, and L. M. Henson, Otto farmer and wood buyer. Clerk of superior court: Dem ocrat Miss Kate McOee, of Franklin, for several years em ployed in the register of deeds office; and Republican Paul B. Carpenter, Franklin laundry man. Register of Deeds: Democrat Lake V. Shope, who has held the two terms; and Republican Sam W. Higdon, of East Frank lin, employe of the Macon County Supply company. Coroner: Democrat G. R. Henson, retired farmer of Bon ny Crest; and Republican Fur man Corbln, of Franklin, hos pital employe. Surveyor: Democrat Lake R. Ledford, Skeenah farmer and surveyor; and Republican James Denman, surveyor of Franklin. Except for the representative and the surveyor, the terms of , all county officials to be elected are for four years. Two district Democratic nom- , Inees are without Republican opposition. They are R. S. Jones, Franklin attorney, who will be , Change In Social Security Law Means w . *? More Insurance, Not Bigger Pensions All this talk about liberaliza tion of the social security law doesn't mean that the so-callcd "old age pension" has been ln ireased., It hasn't. But tjie change In the law does maan that a lot of people, who have been living off of the form of social security that la a kind of public charity, can Ihw M? to ttu forte that utt surance; the kind they helped pay for, and therefore are en titled to by right, rather than because of need. The confusion has arisen be cause there are several forms of social security, and most people aren't clear about the differ ences. There is aid to the blind. Than there U *ld to dependent children. Then there U old age assistance. Finally there Is old age and survivors Insurance. AU of them are social security, but each one is different. The confusion is between old age assistance and old age and survivors Insurance. Old age assistance Is money that Is paid to people 65 or old Continued On rage Five? Pasteurized Milk Here Gets Top State Rating Of 99.29 Pasteurized milk sold In Ma con county received a grade of 99.29 per cent, In a ml!k sani tation survey completed In Aug ust, and the rating Is bellved to be the highest In the state, ac cording to C. B. Thomas, super vising sanitarian of the district health department. He said the same rating was also given to two other West ern North Carolina counties, Jackson, and Swain. "Certainly, if anybody beats the score of 99.29 per cent, they will have to have a perfect grade," Mr. Thomas declared, "under the high demands of tVie United States Public Health Service survey sheet, would be next to impossible to receive." The results of the survey and the ratings given the counties have been filed with the U. S. Public Health Service and the North Carolina State Board of Health, he said. Praising the counties' dairy farmers, the pasteurization plant here employes, and the Ml'k Producers' association, Mr. Thomas, said that the excellent ratings were obtained only after five years of effort on the part of all concerned. The Health department, he said, "wishes to commend all persons who were responsible ceruuea alter me election as the state senator from this, the thirty-third, district, and Thad D. Bryson, Jr., of Frankltn and Bryson City, for his second term as solicitor of this, the twentieth, judicial district. In the state races, two U. S. senators are to be elected. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, North Car olina's senior senator, who was unopposed for renomination in last spring's primary, seeks re election to his second six-year term. His Republican opponent is Halsey B. Leavitt, Ashevilie insurance man. The nominees for election as senator to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator J. Melville Broughton are Willis Smith, of Raleigh, Democrat, and E. L. Gavin, of Sanford. Mr. Smith won the Democratic nomination by defeating Sen ator Frank P. Graham in the second primary in June. Dr. Graham had been appointed to the post, pending an election, by Governor Kerr Scott upon the death of Senator Brough ton, in March 1949. Rep. Monroe M. Redden, of Hendersonville, Democrat seek ing his third term in the lower house of congress, is opposed by Republican John A. Wagner, of Ashevilie. Col, Wagner is a retired army officer. Mr. Red den was unopposed for renom ination in the Democratic pri mary. The only other two contests are for seats on the N. C. su preme court. Justice Sam J. Ervin, Jr., of Morganton, is op posed by Robert H. McNeill, of Statesvil'.e, while Jeff D. John son Jr., Democrat, of Clinton, and Guy Weaver, Republican, of Ashevilie, are the nominees of their parties state executive committees for the vacancy on the bench created by the death October 15 of Justice A. A. F. Sea well. In nominating John son last Saturday, the state Democratic committee ignored , the recommendation of Gover nor Scott, who had given an interim appointment to Murray G. James, of Wilmington, and urged Mr. James' nomination. Because the state ballots al ready had been printed, special ballots will be used for the Johnson-Weaver supreme court 1 justice election. 1 One of the proposed amend- , ment seeks to raise the pay of ( members of the general as- ( sembly. Present compensation ] for legislators is $600 per mem ber, regardless of the length Qf the regular session, plus $8 per ( lay for a special session, not exceeding 20 days. The proposed ] amendment, If passed, would j ?ive each member $15 per day ( tor a regular session, not ex leedlng 90 days, and the same ( rate for special sessions, not ( exceeding 25 days. , The presiding officers of both , louses would be paid $20 per | lay for regular and special ses- , iions. i Another proposed amendment i leals with the Teachers' and i 3tate Employes' Retirement i System, and proposes a provis- J on whereby retirement funds i nay be used only for Retire- t ?nent 8y?tem purpo?e?. At pres- i silt, there U no provision pro- 1 lor the excellent showing", and pointed out that It proves that "cooperation between owners and managers of any establish ments with the Health depart ment can produce almost unbe lievable results". Mr. Thomas sited A. B. Slagle's Nantahala Pasteurization plant, on the Murphy road, as being one of the most modern little plants in North Carolina. Im provements there, he said in clude, a new building to house the plant, new machinery and equipment for processing milk, and a homogenizer. The Nantahala Creamery, he said, is selling milk to educa tional institutions operating lunch rooms in Jackson, Macon, and Swain, at a special school lunch room price, that saves the Institutions thousands of dollars each year. The money saved by the schools under the program, he said, is being used for school lunch room improvements. The grade given the Slagle plant was W.85 per cent, that given the dairies aelllng milk to the plant was 98.16, and given the pasteurized milk 99.29. The Macon dairies listed are J. W. Addlngton, Harold Enloe, A. B. Slagle, Biler Slagle, and Harley Stewart. Crowd Of 300 Hears Hodges, Judge Alley A crowd of men and women estimated at 300 heard Brandon P. Hodges, treasurer of North Carolina, and Judge Felix E. Alley, of Waynesvtlle, speak at a county-wide Democratic rally at the courthouse Tuesday night. Mr. Hodges drew vigorous ap plause when, in the course of his address, he referred to "that great leader, Franklin D. Roose velt", and in concluding his re marks he referred to the local situation, urging united support for the entire Democratic ticket. Judge Alley, in his inimitable style, kept the crowd either laughing or applauding through out his talk. Bob Sloan, president of the Macon County Young Demo crat club, which sponsored the gathering, presided and Intro duced the local party nominees. R. S. Jones, nominee for state senator, introduced Mr. Hodges, and Judge Alley was presented by Mr. Sloan. Music was provided by a string band. 19 Macon Boys Take 25 Calves To Start Stock Show "Nineteen 4-H and Future Farmers of America c!ub mem bers of Macon county took 79 calves they raised to the an nual Fat Stock Show and sale In Asheville this week. The boys left Monday morn ing, accompanied by Wayne Profflt, vocational agricultural teacher at Franklin high, and T. H. Fagg, assistant county farm agent. A fat stock showing was held yesterday (Wednesday) after noon, and the sale of the stock will begin today at 1 p. m. hlbltlng the funds from being used for other purposes. At the present, no person may waive an indictment by a grand lury In a felony case. This la laid to result in the detention n Jail of defendants awaiting iction by a grand Jury. A proposed amendment would permit' a person, charged with i felony, to waive action by a jrand jury, providing he is rep resented by counsel. In no case, however, could grand jury ac tion be waived in a capital cast. Two proposed amendment* leal with superior court Judges. 3ne would permit the general assembly to provide for the slectlon of more than one su perior court judge in a Judicial listrict if needed. The other would transfer from the gover lor to the chief Justice of the itate supreme court the author - ty to assign superior court iudges, and give the general as tembly the authority to define ?he Jurisdiction of the special tnd emergency superior court UdCM.
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