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 ]
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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?.._
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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. |
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