MAKIN' MACON ? i * Sports Rounds By J. P. BRADY Lo, the scoreboard cometh! Yep, this much hollered about electric scoreboard and clock for the bare wall at the Franklin High gym Is on Its way? par tially paid for. When this col umn's efforts to raise enough of the ol* currency to buy the board sank lower than a coal miner's fallen arches, the high school took up the cry, offered ' to back the deal with maybe a benefit ball game or something of the kind, and ordered the electrical marvel, C. O. D. ? and brethren, that ain't a fish. I had a grandmother, once re moved, who used to say, "al ways live within your means, even if you have to borrow money to do it", and that is ; just about what had to be done ; to get the scoreboard. Consequently, we are still wel- , coming all donations for the deal, with open hands. Incident- : ally, the school plans to sell j i some advertising space on the j scoreboard, so if any of you merchants or businessmen would like to have your firm's monik er constantly before the public, I ] SHOWING FEBRUARY 1 The finest car ever built by FORD DUNCAN MOTOR CO. Phone 69 Franklin, N. C. Dependability is our slogan in all our business ilings, but it particularly applies to r USED CARS COME IN AND SEE FOR YOURSELF fe now have a fine selection of good, clean Used Cars, priced to sell. J. C. SORRELLS MOTOR CO. Chrysler service Plymouth Phon^ 281 Franklin, N. C. f FUELCOSTS ^ Add 1 NEW COMFORT Make Your Home WARMER in Winter COOLER in Summer SHEETROCK 16 x 32 Insulating TILE BOARD ROCK WOOL BUILDING MATERIALS REEVES HARDWARE COMPANY t ? " Phone 113 Franklin, N. C. Sheriff Offers Full Cooperation In Crime Probe Organized crime and .rackets in 26 Western North Carolina counties, including Macon, will be investigated by a special grand jury at an early date, ac cording to an announcement by U. S. Attorney T. A. Uzzell, of Asheville. The special jury is expected, to be selected soon. Sessions, dealing with all phases of crime in the western district, prob ably will be held in Asheville and Charlotte. Macon Sheriff J. Harry Thom as said Tuesday that the grand jury will have the full coopera tion of his office, in the event Df an investigation here. No 1 mendation, Judge W. F. Hard ing called attention to the fact that a similar report had been made by a grand jury "when lie held court here 10 years ago (1916), and five years ago", ac :ording to an account appear ing in The Press. Also at that session, the article continued, rudge Harding characterized the courthouse as "dirty" and the ail as inadequate. In the same rear, at the December term, ;he cry welled up again ? "we aeed a new courthouse". Building Condemned The years passed, marked by .till more build-a-new-court louse recommendations, until 1936, and the condemning of ;he building, which resulted in in order for the indictment of )fficials unless immediate steps were taken. It was August 3, when "a yellow placard posted it the doors of the Macon Coun ;y courthouse announced to the world that the building was un safe on account of decaying walls and roof and was a haz- j ird in event of fire". Building j Inspector Paul Potts nailed the t might not be a bad idea to j :all the school and reserve a ittle space. The new board should be up :y the last of the week, so Irop in at th high school gym m the night of the next game ad watch the pretty lights and ilso a couple of top flight | ?ames. Basketball is really beginning spread around here and both franklin High and Nantahala seem to have full schedules, ' ;ach Tuesday and Friday night, from now until the annual j 3moky conference tournament In March. Get into the middle of the sport while the pot is still boil ing and let's back these lads ind lassies all the way through the tournament in this confer snce, and we hope, all the way to the celebrated Tournament of Champions in Asheville. P?.._ rvur Rather prematurely ? but the weather justifies it ? we want to turn to the ancient game of swatting a white sphere around the course. In society terms, this is known as golf, and this coming summer we want to see that game spread through Ma con like wildlife. Already we have been throw ing out a few feelers, trying to see if there are enough golfers to hold another tournament. Last year's, even though there was a small field, was more fun than wading through an acre of dollar bills with glue on your feet. If there is a tourney this year, and we hope there will be, we would suggest that the deal get under way some time in June and have the final playoffs in August. In this way, a lot of tourists ? and we think they should be allowed to enter this year? would be able to slap down their qualifying fees, hit the links for the entering round, and get in on the fun. So, let's start thinking about this tourney and pull out the old sticks for a few practice rounds before winter decides to set in on us again. The weather is just right. placard on the courthouse door. Immediately after this action, the August term grand jury stepped out with "we find that the courthouse has been con demned by the state and city building inspector and demand that the state regulations be complied with at once". At the November term, 1936, j Judge Harding, a Press account | reported, "took tlje county board J of commissioners to task Tues- , day for failing to carry out i recommendations previously! imade by the grand gury for badly needed repairs and im- ! provements to the courthouse "He instructed Solicitor John < j M. Queen to prepare bills of indictment against the respon sible officials if the recommen dations have not been put Into effect by the next term of | court " No Indictments At the next term (April, 1937), the grand jury reported the courthouse "In good condition. The clerk of court's, register of deed's, and the sheriff's offices have been painted ..." A check of court records and Franklin Press files this week failed to turn up any further mention of the judge's Indictment order; the report that the courthouse was in good condition apparent ly closed the matter. A large lot on West Main street was purchased by the county commissioners In 1937 as the site of a future new court house. It was sold by the county body in December, 1950, to the Nantahala Power and Light company for $15,000. The com missioners made $9,000 for the county through the re-sale of ther lot, since the original pur chase price to the county was $6,000. In June, 1941, hopes for a new combination courthouse and jail soared when the board of county commissioners began making plans for a special elec tion to determine whether such a building was wanted. Report ed The Franklin Press, "the time has come when the old landmark of the horse and buggy days must be abandoned and give way before the march of progress." Plan Bond Issue Architect's drawings of the proposed building were printed in The P.ress and interest was high. The new structure was to be built for an estimated $150,000 as a W. P. A. project. The ex pense to Macon County as sponsor of the project was not to exceed $60,000. Jn July of 1941, the commis sioners made public the pro posal and set September 2 as the day for a special election on the proposal to issue $60,000 in bonds. Macon's new courthouse stay ed in the drawing stage. The proposal was defeated, 804 to 700, in an election in which a light vote was cast. Leading .the opposition were the Highlands, Cowee, and Burningtown townships, polling a combined total of 412 nays against 84 yeas Franklin town ship led the supporting farces with 370 votes. Still Stands Today, 1952, the 70-year-old landmark still weathers the storm. However, almost any citizen of the county now will say that something should be done about the situation. This feeling, in j turn, develops two ways. There are those who strongly advocates the complete razing of the building and the erec ! tlon of a new one on the pres j ent or another site ; and those | who think that a thorough re novation would do the trick far the present. A third group sug gests the building of a new courthouse, but retaining and repairing the present structure for use as a community build ing or for some other public purpose. | Girls' Coats, Dresses, and Snowsuits PRICES GREATLY REDUCED \ For Extra Good Buys See Our Bargain Counter f THE CHILDREN S SHOP PERSONALS ! < Mrs. Ora Berkman and daugh- j ? ter, Brenda. of Asheville, who 1 have been visiting Mrs. Fred t ? Cunningham on the Georgia I a road, h?ve joined Mr. Berkman, who was transferred to the post jffice department in Minneap )lls, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Matthews ind Miss Jane Setser, of At anta, Ga., and Misses Mary in3 Agnes Setser, of Asheville, ittended the Crawfard-Setser I wedding Saturday. 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