MINOR REPAIRS SUGGESTED BY GRAND JURORS ? Continued From ri|? One the following report: v "Committee No. 1, composed or Tom Rollan, Mr. Keener, and Tom Allen, inspected the Jail and found the following: "Windows need to be replaced, Including sashes. General re pairs to plastering and complete Interior paint Job. Install grates and draft control door on one stove. Replace screen door on back porch and repair other screens. Replace bricks in back of fireplace. Furnish five pad locks for cells. Wire kltchefi for electric range. Level up kitchen sink and provide min lnum of kitchen cabinets. Re place lock on front door. Re place lock on storeroom door. Good sanitary conditions. Suf ficient bedding and food. Gen eral, plumbing overhaul. "Committee No. 2, composed of Don Early, Lee Cook, Dan R. Reynolds, and John Cunning ham, inspected the prison camp and found it In excellent con dition. "(jommiuee wo. a, composcu of Mrs. Hall, R. L. Holland, Les er Norton, Vernon Cunning ham, and C. D. Hopper, inspect ed the county home and found the 1 olio wing: "Three window lights on side of door upstairs on front porch. Banister on front porch badly in need of repair. Bed clothes in bad shape, need bed clothes. Wooden swi ch box is danger ous. Need paint inside and out side. Need a general clean-up job all on the inside. Have two beds in dining room with sick inmate in one. Need three win dow lights in front bedroom downstairs. We recommend that this work be done immediately. "Committee No. 4, composed of Carey Cabe, Henry Tippett, R. A. Batey, Doyl Painter, and E. J. Ayers, inspected the court house and found the following: "Register of deeds office needs paint in ofiiee and vault, plast er needs repairing in spots in vault, need more book room, more book racks needed, needs one window light replaced, re place one pane in cabinet door. Clerk of courts office needs new rug on floor, new pane in window, new paint job, repair cabinet doors, repair glass over door. Veterans' service office needs glass replaced over door. Men's reSt room is in very good condition. Sheriff's office needs two window panes replaced. Schoo' superintendent's office is in fair condition, paper on wall in bad shape. Ladies' rest room is in fair condi ion. Downstairs hall U in fair condition. Up stairs of courthouse is in fair condition; need light on rear stairway. We recommend this work be done immediately. "We find that all guardian re ports are in order." Will Elect Committeemen For PMA This Week Community and county com mitteemen to serve on the Pro duction Management Adminis tration program here in 1951 will be elected by Macon coun tv farmers December 14 and 15, the local P. M. A. office an nounced this week. All farmers who participated in the 1950 program are elig ible to vote in the election. Five men and one county del egate wi'l be elected by each community. The county, it was explained, is divided by the P. M. A. into 13 communities. The 13 county delegated are scheduled to^lfieet in Franklin Dec~.A>er '15 to choose a coun tvP. M. A. committee, compos ed of three members and two alternates. By employing the committee method, farmers help to direct the P. M. A. program, designed to conserve the soil and increase soil fertility, local P. M. A. of ficial* said. . Rides Are Sought For Band Members To Optimist Bowl WANTED? Rides to AshevUle Sa urdav morning for members of the Franklin school band. The Franklin band was one of the first Invited to play at the OP' imlst Bowl game in A'herille Siturday, and 8. F. ? Sammy > Beck, the director, this week appealed for cooper ation from persons who plan to a tend the game. Anyone driving to AshevUle Saturday morning who has room in his automobile is asked to get in touch with Mr. Beck a the school or at his home, or arrange with individual band members who naad transporta tion to AshsvlUs. BUSINESS Making NEWS Continued From Editorial Pace Canners $14.50 to $15.50 I Heifers: Medium $17.00 to $18.00 1 Calves: Fat $30.00 to $32.50 Medium $28.00 to $30.00 Cull* .' $25.00 to $27 .00 8 toe Iter, good $23.00 to $24.00 Stocker, fair $18.00 to $20.00 Steers: Good $22.00 to $24.00 Medium $3000 to $21.50 Fair $18.00 to $19.00 Stocker, good $18.00 to $17.00 Bulls: Fair $15.00 to $18.00 I Hogs; Top $18.50 1 Voters Ballot For Soil CoiMenration Body Supervisor A supervisor for the Macon County Soil Conservation dis trict will be elected in ballot ing which started Monday and will end Saturday. Any person registered for a general elec tion in the county is eligible to vote for the district supervisor, it was explained. The norn nees for the part, olaced in nomination by peti tions signed by 25 or more reg istered voters, are Herman Talley and MUUm Fouts. The association Is controlled by three supervisors. Sllar Bigg ie. one of the three chosen when the association was set up a year ago, has another year to serve, and Owen Ammons has two more years. Charles C. Sut on, the third man chosen last year, was named for a one-year term, which is expiring. Balloting places are the Agri "u'tural building, the Farmers Federation, Downs Feed and Room Packed When Court Term Opens ? Continued From Page 'One ningham, Radford Holland, R. A. Baty, Wendell P. Keener, Lee Cook, Dan R. Reynolds, Doyle Painter, James I. Rowland, and Dewey Hopper. Dan R. Reynolds was ap pointed by Judge Pless to serve is foreman of the Jury. The grand jury system, Judge Pless said in his charge to the jury, is one of many guaran tees, made by the forefathers of this country, that a person wl'l receive a fair and lust trial. "It Is the duty of the grand jury," he said, "not to try a case, but to consider the evi dence against a person and de termine whether or not it is sufficient to warrant a trial." To illustrate the need for ?uch a system, he pointed out that Americans are descendants of an oppressed people. The forefathers of this country, he told them, came to America from England to escape oppres sion. In England, in those days, Judge Pless said, there were 28 charges for which a person could be put to death. "And," he continued, "more men died In English prisons awaiting trial than were tried and sentenced to die." If a grand jury returns a true bill against an individual, he said, it does not mean that the person has been convicted ? ! it only shows that there is cause for trial. "Many persons have been ac quitted," the judge told the "after a true bill was return eu. He pointed out the grand jury's responsibility In Inspect ing county institutions, empha sizing the inspection of the county home. Not one person would be at the county home, Judge Pless declared, if they had anywhere else to go. Most of them are at the home, he said, because they can not help themselves ? old folks are there because of diseases, or no family to turn to; some are there because of deformities and are unable to make a living ? nearly all, he said, have to call on their fel low citizens for help. "As our 'Brother's keepers'," he emphasized, "we owe it to them ... to see that they have good, nourishing food, heat, clothes, kindness, affection, and consideration." Judge Pless urged the grand Jurors to report what they saw, and to make their report on the situation, regardless of any political Implications that might be Involved In the Inspection and the subsequent report. As honored jurors, he urged them to do their duty in all , fairness to themselves and to lotbera. CURTIS SHEDD BASKETBALLERS START TUESDAY ? Continued From Face One Tournament Qf Champions, and the team's chances this year or basketball honors are more than bright. Reserve strength for the Franklin boys is shaping up well in practice and more than 20 basketballers have been show ing up at afternoon practice sessions. Included are Guards L. A. Moore and Char'es Shields, Forwards Prelo Crawford and Mack Lewis, and Center Dale Klser, who played for Slagle school last year. , The female basketballers have 11 returnees from last year. Jean and Grace Setser, Caro lyn Bryson, Betty Henry, and Clara Jane Taylor, fill in guard positions, and Birdie .Sue Car penter, Conparee Nolen, Betty Lee Moore, Shirley Dean, Jean Duvall, and Laura Lyle roiyid out at forward. Ga'e Abercro.rn.ble, Evelyn 'Dean, Annette Dalrymple, Mary Nell Parker, Marie Lenoir, Luet ta Browning, and Winona Buch hanan make up the reserves. Following is the tentative Franklin schedule for the sea- 1 son: v. Dec. 12 ? Franklin vs. Nanta hala, there. Dec. 15 ? Open date. ' Dec. 19 ? Franklin vs. Hayes- j ville, there. Dec. 22 ? Open date. Jan. 5 ? Open date. Jan. 9? Franklin vs. Cherokee, here. Jan. 12? Franklin ys. Andrews, | there, Jan. 16? Franklin vs. Sylva, j here. Jan. 23? Franklin vs. Murphy, ] there. Jan. 26? Franklin vs, High- 1 lands, here. Jan. 30? Franklin vs. Glen- 1 ville, here. Feb. 2 ? Franklin vs. Cullo- 1 whee, there. Feb. 6? Franklin vs. Bryson City, here. Feb. 9 ? Franklin vs. Webster, there. Feb. 13? Franklin vs. Stecoah, here. Feb. 15 ? Franklin vs. Andrews, here. COUNTY'S LOT SOLD JO FIRM ? Continued From Pace One er company's lease on Its pres ent quarters, at the northwest corner of the public square, ex pires In eSptenvber, 1952. The commissioners have had the possible sale of the lot to the power company informally under consideration since last summer. When a formal offer was made by the power com pany in September, it was taken under advisement, with final action coming Monday. The question of the advisability of selling the property has been the subject of considerable pub lic discussion. Meanwhile, Bryson City has been seeking to have the Nan tahala company move its head quarters to that town. The firm moved here from Bryson City a number of years ago. A delegation from Bryson City conferred with Mr. Archer a fortnight ago, and Monday E. B. Whitaker came here to Grocery store, Parrish's store, at Oito, and the Otter Creek school, in the Nantahala sec tion. CURTIS SHEDD IS SENTENCED TO GAS DEATH ? CQnt nwed From P??e One Judge P'ess commended Solicit or Bryson for his "excellent work" and expressed apprecia tion and congratulations to Gilmer A. and R. S. Jones, court-appointed attorneys for the de:ense. "You have done all for the defendant that any at torney could do", he told l he defense lawyers. .Introduction of a signed con fession, and identification of Curtis Shedd, on trial for the August 3 slaying of two young Walhalla, S. C., girls, climaxed the s ate's case against the con fessed slayer Wednesday morn ing in Macon superior court. When the December term of superior court convened here Monday morning Judge J. WIU Pless, Jr., presiding, ordered a special venire from Jackson county to report Tuesday morn ing, and a jury was selected ear'y Tuesday afternoon to try the case. Six-year-old Bobby Jean Bry ant, 0f walhalla, took the stand Tuesday and pointed Shedd out in the courtroom as the man she saw drive off with ihe two girls, who were later found st-angled near Highlands. The confession was introduc ed in evidence Wednesday morn ing by Solicitor Bryson, who ex plained it was made by Shedd in the presence of law officials in Waynesvi'le August 16. In the confession, Shedd said that John Boyter, father of the girls, wanted him to have sex. ual Intercourse with Mrs. Boy ter, so he (Boyter) would have grounds for a divorce. During an all-night ride the day prior prior to the slaying of both Boyter and his daughters, John nie Mae and Jo Ann, shedd said the act took place, but Boyter was not present t o wit- | ness it. Boyter suggested .that : It be done again, so he cou'd | witness it. Shedd said that he decided it was "time to get rid ; of htm." m or Killing ugyuer, oneaa s confession said he returned to I ; Walhalla, got the girls, and drove them to a point about rlvfe miles out of Highlands, near the town dump. He said that he and the old est, Johnnie Mae, went into the woods, "she put her arms around my neck," and ihey en gaged In Intercourse twice be fore he strangled her and threw her over a small cliff. Shedd then said in the con fession that he went back for the younger girl, had inter course with her, and then kill ed her by choking her with a sash from her dress. 8hedd's confession was read to the court from the witness stand by P. R. Kitchen, North Carolina 8. B. I. agent-. who was one of the principal investiga tors in the triple slaying. 'Dr. Herman Jones, of At lanta, Ga., direc'or of the Fu' ton county crime laboratory, took the stand and told the court the details of the autop osy performed on the bodies of the girls. The younger had been attacked, he said, but the body make a ...formal offer. Bryson City, he said, would donate a lot to the power company, and agree to have a score of homes for employes built within a year, if the Nantahala firm would move its headquarters back to Bryson City. of the older gtrl ?Aa led deo6? poaed to determine whether or not she had been. The con* -appointed defenae attorneys, Gilmer A. and R. 8. Jones, cro?8-