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FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1952
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CIRCULATION
Uffr WEEK - . ?
Im r Ago Last Week ? 245*
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Miss Kelly Picked
r Group For N. C, Honor I
Elizabeth Kelly,
nan who became
an educator,
tiored by Delta
national teach
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as one' of four
orth i Carolina
vA -by a commit
[on in a list of
erlcan women
!phies are to appear
to be published by
'a Oamma.
'ouir nominated, two
were to be selected by vote of
the chapters of the organization
In this state, and in the vote
Miss Kelly's name led. In sec
ond place was Miss Harriet El
liott, long-time dean of Wom
an's college, Ofsensboro.
The anno-Jhcejnent was made
! by Miss Cordelia Camp, former
| ly of Western Carolina Teach
ers college, Cullowhee, who was
I chairman of the state commit
: tee on Pioneer Wortien of Delta
Kappa Oamma that made the
: nominations.
The book, to contain the bi
1 ographies of two outstanding
I women from each of the states,
is to be published next summer.
Miss Kelly, a native of Macon
County, was a sister of Miss
Lassie Kelly, of Franklin.
?Here
t Lands
Pasture
purpose airplane has
to the Macon Fly
|'s fleet at the Prank
ship, a 125-horse
Cub, equipped with
~ Xor short take-offs
, Is designed prl
l crop dusting and
according to W.
iby, airport
will be Ideal for
, in almost inac
r he pointed out,
landed on small
at 40 miles
ship can
oxlmately 100
to 600 feet,
id.
le, local vet
|oi utilize the
fry calls at
'and surround
\
service num
idual, in care
People's com- i
?Id Peace. Peking,
and number of
If known. Place
In an envelope ad
_ above. No/postage is
. In the upper right- |
of the envelope
the words: "Prisoner of
Mail", and in the upper
uid comer, the name and
i dress of the sender. Drop
si
xne numoers ana names 01
prison camps in North Korea
recently furnished by the Com
munists are as follows: 1 and
S, Chiang-Song; 2, 4, 5, and 7,
Pyok-Dong; 0 and 9, Pyong
yang; 8, Kang-Dong; 10, Chon
Mt; and 11, Puk-Chln
Stockholders Of Bank
To Name Board Monday
Stockholders of the Bank of
Franklin will meet Wednesday
to elect a board of directors for
. the coming, year, it was an
l Bounced thto week. The session
Us set for 11 a. m.
D. Baird, Franklin's
who was recalled
with the army
was one of, m*ny
ding* Christml*
Is station ecr
Vood, Mo.
Southard |
f Macon, Dies
Cornelia
,m Henry Southard, an
1-^ear-old Macon County na- 1
tlve who had lived in Haber- 1
sham County, Ga., for the past ;
27 years, died at his home in
wornelia, Ga., la.it, Thuisday I
altter a long illness.
Services were conducted the
following day })y the Rev. C. C.
Cliett at the Cornelia Methodist |
church, of which Mr. Southard
was a member. Burial was in
the Level Grove cemetery there. I
Surviving are his widow. Mrs. ! ]
Florence Battles Southard; five j ]
daughters, Mrs. T. A. Wiging
ton, of Anderson, S. C., Mrs. W.
C. Carpenter, of Franklin, Mrs.
Arthur Tench, of Cornelia, Ga.,
Mrs. H. N. Highflll, of Winter
Haven, Fla., and Mrs. Pearl
Southard, of Anderson, S. C.;
three sons, Elmer, of Abbeville,
S. C., Don, of Anderson, S. C.,
and Boyd Southard, of Cornelia,
Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. George
Sanders and Mrs. Ed Battles,
both of Franklin; three broth
ers, Tom Southard, Charles
Southard, and Bob Southard, all
of Franklin; and 14 grand
children and 11 great-grand
children.
NEW YEAR GETS
NOISY WELCOME
Bumpy Path Lies Behind
As Weary Old 19S1
Makes Its Exit
Baby 1952 marched cockily
Into Macon County about 12:01
a. m. Tuesday, waved flippantly
at the weary retreating figure
of Old Man 1951, and then
bowed as midnight revelers
heralded his arrival.
Just what is in store for the
scantily-clad babe of some three
days' experience remains to be
seen ? but his predecessor had
his hands full.
Unperturbed, M aconites nev
ertheless gave the new year a
rousing welcome, with firecrack
ers, fire sirens, blaring horns,
watch night church services,
and square dances. Many, how
ever, were sound asleep, ex
plaining the following morning
that "in these times, every day
is like a new year."
Behind old 1951 lay a bumpy
path, pock-marked by another
year of all-out war in Korea
(somewhat brighter with the
recently release of prisoner-of
war lists and hopes of an arm
istice ) ; tragic mass deaths in
airplane crashes, train wrecks,
and mine explosions; America's
millionth traffic death; and a
host of other ill happenings.
But the sun shone brightly
for the old gentleman at times,
as Americans took the world
tensions in stride: Business was
good and football games held
the spotlight. It was a pretty
fair year!
Thus Baby 1952 is here, but
tie is expected to age rather
rapidly. His first contributions?
Inventory and income taxes!
RETURNS TO DUTY
Pfc. Doyle Painter, Jr., Mon- !
lay returned to Sheppard Air i
Force base, Wichita Falls, Tex., 1
where he is attending mechan- |
tc's school, after spending .
Christmas with his parents, Mr. I
and Mrs. Doyle Painter, of
franklin. Route 4. He enlisted
in the air force in June, 1951, 1
and received basic training at
Lackland Air Force base, San
Antonio, Tex., before assignment
bo Sheppard field.
Negroes Form Only Eightieth
Of Macon County's Population
sooner or later, almost every
out-of-county visitor here will
remark about the absence of
Negroes In Macon County.
The fact Is. Negroes account
for only abotat one-elghtleth of
?he county's total population of
mtore than 16.000. This one-sid
ed) relationship between whites
and Negroes, in a Southern
community, naturally draws at
tention.
The bulk of the small Negro
population In Macon lives in
and around Franklin. They have
the'r own settlements, churches,
and school. The majority are
laborers and farmers. Many
have their own homes and auto
mobiles. Most are natives of the
county.
And they take an active lnA
terest in community affairs.
This fact is borne out by this
yea~'s Franklin Garden club
sconso.ed outdoor Christmas
decoration content. First place
In the community contest went
to Mi. and Mrs. O. L. Hlnes for
a nativity scene, set up In their
gan/"3<**N the assistance of
children from the
' sd.. ? - r.T inn**
is principal ana Mrs. Hines a
teacher. A similar entry won
second place last year.
i School records for 1950-51
show that the average school
dollar spent per child was high
er for the Negroes than the
whites. For the year, $122.43
was spent per Negro child, and
$111.37 per white.
Plans call for the construc
tion of a new school for Ma
con's Negro children sometimes .
in the near future.
The present school, a three i
classroom structure located i
about a mile west of Franklin. '
had an average dally attend
ance of 67 during the year 1950
51. A total o' 89 children ? 54
, bovs and 35 girls ? of school age
were living in the cpunty last
year, and of that number, 76
were enrolled In the local
school, whl
the eighth
students at
At Chapel
total were
total were
TOWN ACCEPTS
BID OF $2,991
FORWELLPUMP
Charlotte Concern Gets
Contract To Install
Machnery
A Charlotte company's bid of i
$2,991.70 for a pump for Frank- |
lln's new well was accepted by
the board of aldermen at a spe
cial session Monday night.
Bids were opened at a called ,
session Saturday afternoon, but '
a decision was postponed until
Monday night, while the pro- '
posals were studied.
The low bid, submitted by the
Pump and Lighting Company,
Inc., of Charlotte, includes the
Installation of the pump, but
does not Include electrical wir
ing or a concrete base on which
to mount the pump. The wiring
and the base probably will be
contracted locally, aldermen
said.
Other bidders included the
Virginia Supply and Well com
pany, the concern that drilled
the new well, A. B. Clark com
pany, of Knoxvllle, Tenn., and
Tidewater Supply Company,
Inc., of Asheville.
Bids were narrowed down at
Saturday's session to those of
the Charlotte concern and the
Virginia Supply and Well com
pany. Water Superintendent
Herman Childers and Alderman
Frank Martin were directed to
study the two proposals and
determine which was the more
suitable.
The new well is expected to
be in operation in the spring,
according to town officials.
Vice-mayor Verlon Swafford
presided at the two sessions irt
the absence of Mayor Robert
M. Dillard, who is ill at his
home, after suffering a series of
heart attacks 10 days ago.
The board's next regular ses
sion will be next Monday night.
Annie, Old,
Tired, Turns
Toes To Sky
"Agonizing Annie" this week I
was at the point of death.
Whether blood transfusions
and other extreme measures
might, in time, revive her for
a decrepit old age remained to |
be seen. For the time being,
however, she was "out".
Annie is the much-mended
ancient newspaper press which,
since the memosy of man "run
neth not to the contrary", has
been printing The Franklin
Press.
This week Annie, lying flat on
her back, turned her four feet
toward heaven, gave a long low
sigh. Since then it has been
difficult to tell whether she
still breathed.
A little while before she had
tossed cog teeth In every di
rection.
As a result of this critical Ill
ness of a key member of The
Press family, this week's Issue
of The Press had to be printed
In Sylva, through the courtesy
of the Syfta Herald. I
It was not possible, however, ?
for the Herald to print the I
Macon County paper until
Thursday morning. That ex
plains why Press readers get
this week's edition 24 hours
later than usual.
Dorter Serving
On Minesweeper
In Korean Area
Seaman Charles E. Doster, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge E. Dos
ter, of Franklin, Route 2, cur
rently Is serving aboard th
auxiliary motor minesweepe
USS Heron, in the Far East, ac
:ording to a navy announce- 1
tnent.
Seaman Doster entered the
service November 3, 1950. Rrlor
to that time, he attended
Franklin High school.
The Heron has been engaged |
In mlnesweeplng
the blockade of
coast line since
Far Eastern
nouncement said.
MILLION
McSwain Named
1952 Chairman
Of Polio Drive
Holland McSwain will head
this year's March of Dimes
drive in Macon County. He
expects to get the polio fund
campaign under way Janu
ary 14. Mr. McSwain said
Wednesday that he plans to
conduct the drive through a
coifnty-wide organ'zation, ap
pointing a chairman in each
of Macon's 13 communities.
FIGURES SHOW !
LIBRARY WORK
Serving 45,359 Persons,
It Circulates 146,600
Volumes During Year |
During the year 1950-51, the
Fontana Regional library book- !
mobile traveled 12,563 miles in
Macon, Jackson, and Swain
Counties, circulating 146,600
books, according to Miss Helen
H. Kittrell, librarian.
The bookmobile, which serves
some 45,359 persons in the
three-county area, made 1,079
visits to homes, stores, post of
fices, filling stations, and schools
during the year.
Expenditures for the year.
Miss Kittrell said, totaled $11,
226.99. Of the amount, three
fourths came from state aid
funds appropriated by the leg
islature to stimulate and pro
mote library service, and the
remainder through county ap
propriations and gifts.
On the basis of this, the
bookmobile service cost each cit
izen in the three counties ap
proximately 25 cents, and of
each quarter, county appropria
tions accounted for about six
cents.
The regional library Is ad
ministered by a board of nine,
composed of citizens from each
county, whose primary .respon
sibility is securing {'Ujds for
the operation of iherservice.
Board members include Miss
Lassie Kelly, Henry W. Cabe,
and Judge George Patton, of
Macon County; Mrs. Harry
Hastings, T. W. Ashe, board
chairman, and R. U. Sutton, of
Jackson County; and Miss Mary
Long, Mrs. S. W. Black, and E.
B. Whitaker, of Swain County.
Since the .regional library has
only some 16,000 books, the rec
ord "circulation" figure of 146,
600 seems out of proportion.
Miss Kittrell gave the following
explanation of "circulated":
"With that circulation record,
this means that every book, ot
the almost 16,000 in the library
collection, went out over nine j
times. Of course, actually what ,
happened, some of the books
went out over 9CT times while I
others less .readable probably
ild not circulate at all. When
we say a book circulated, we
mean that someone took that
book to read." !
Remarking that many think
el library Is mainly provided "to
entertain women and children",
the librarian dispjlbved the
statement by pointing out that
readers checked out books cov
ering such subjects as minerals
if North Carolina, house plans,
Bible stories, famous people, ra
dio, recipes, snakes, parliamen- i
tary procedure, games and pa"- I
ties, individual countries, how to
play checkers, how u> mane slip ,
covers, plumbing, child psychol
SEE NO X. PAGE 8
Bill Cocmran Dies
In Blast
30 Needy
Families Here Aided By
Dime Board
The Lions club Christmas
dime board made the Yule sea
son a bit merrier for 30 needy
families In Macon County.
The dime board was In opera
tion the two Saturdays before
Christmas, and proceeds were
used to prepare baskets of
staple goods, candy, nuts, and
fruit ? each basket valued at
about $10.
Four Jeeps and two pick-up
trucks were used to deliver the
baskets to the 30 families the
Sunday before Christmas.
Two Lions committees were in
charge of the project, the health
and welfare committee, headed
by Mac Whltaker, and the boys |
and girls committee, of which \
Harry Corbln is chairman. I
Folks Slow
Buying o2
Auto Tags
An estimated 2,700 Macon
County motorists still haven t 1
purchased North Carolina 1952 j
license plates, and with the
deadline less than a month
away, a last-minute rush is ex
pected at the local branch of
fice of the Carolina Motor club,
where the tag is on sale.
The of tidal deadline Is Janu
ary 31. Verlon Swafford, local
C. M. C. manager, this week
urged motorists to buy new tags
immediately and avoid the an- '
tlcipated end-of-the-month con
fusion.
A comparison of figures shows
that sales to date are below
last year's. Monday sales total- [
ed 875 tags, as compared with
1,039 for 1951 plates at the ,
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 8
Calls Attention
To Radio Program
On Health Topics
A new radio program, "Our
Community's Health", has been
called to the attention of Ma
con County radio listeners by
Dr. Carl C. Janowsky, district
health officer.
The program, broadcast over
WWNC (Ashevillel every Wed
nesday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock,
Is designed to bring a better
understanding of health prob- 1
lems and to acquaint the liste
ner with the health services and i
projects being carried on in t?e '
Asheville area, the doctor ex
plained. Since all these services
are not limited to persons liv
ing In the Asheville area. Dr.
Janowsky pointed out that such
information would be of value
to citizens of this county.
A question-answer feature is
a part of the program, he said,
and listeners are invited to sub
mit questions concerning health.
The program la sponsored by
the Asheville and Buncombe^
County Health departments,
cooperation with the Bunc
County Medical society.
>rea oy
ncombe t
nt a,jM
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Franklin Youth
Of Mystery Booby
At Mount
William Homer Cochran
24-year-old son of Mr. and'
W. /f.^Cochran, of Fra
ind ^HBttural teaehj
White sell
1*1
oby I
Aii -M
Coch.ra "
"r. and
Fra?
eachag
ch ojM
*8t
"Who
Why, Bill
an enemy
And:
"One of
men. . .
The blast
a. m. Monday,
apartment house"
One of the teacher's legs^Vf
blown off In the explosiqn, and
It is understood that his otfihr ,
leg was amputated after he waft/
rushed to the hospital. One of
his arms also was badly Injured.
Mr. Cochran was thrown clear/
of the truck. A. P. reports said
parts of the cab were hurled
over the nearby four-story
apartment building. Window
panes also were shattered in
apartments near the blast.
Particles of metal and a piece
of electric cord, believed to be
parts of the booby-trap, were
flown to F. B. I. laboratories in
Washington, D. C., Tuesday by
Mt. Airy Police Chief Monte
Boone.
It is understood that two
State Bureau of Investigation
agents are assisting police In an
effort to determine the motive
behind the explosion. Police told
newsmen that the charge ap
parently was placed directly
under the driver's seat and was
attached to the vehicle's trans
mission. Police learned the
truck had been parked behind
the apartment house since Fri
day afternoon.
Mr. Cochran's wife, assistant
home demonstration agent '
Surry County, had left for
office in Dodson In her
few minutes before the
sion.
issistant >
gent in i
for har^
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