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FRANKLIN, N. a, THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1952
WILL START
DETOUR OF
ROAD SOON
Local Motorists Can Use
U S. 23 East For
Month More
.> Sometime within the next two
v,eeks. through traffic will be
cietoured around US 23 east to
Sylva ns grading operations on
the new 7 34-mile highway from
Franklin to Cowee Gap swing
into high gear. S. T. Usry. state
highway resident engineer, said
yesterday.
However, the engineer said
local traffic would be able to
use the highway far about the
next 30 days before it is closed
completely.
The detours will send east
bound traffic through either
Bryson City (NC 28) or High
lands (US 64).
Contractor for the project, J.
C. Critcher, Inc., of Asheville,
is expected to move heavy
grading machinery in this week,
Mr. Usry said.
The right-of-way for the new
highway, which will cut approx
imately one mile from the pres
ent distance from Franklin to
the gap at the Jackson county
line, was clearcd several weeks
ago. Dickerson, Inc., of Monr<?,
two weeks ago began work on
new culverts on the highway.
Expected to be completed in
about a year, the new highway
will involve the moving of more
than a million yards of dirt.
Compromise
Settles Rose
Creek Dispute
A compromise has settled the
issue between the county board
of education and citizens of the
Rose Creek community over the
board's decision to send Rose
Creek children to Iotla instead
of Cowee school, according to
County School Supt. Holland
McSwain.
Under a new setup, children
in the upper end of the com
munity are attending Cowee,
those in the lower end, Iotla.
Several delegations from the
community visited the school
board to protest the shift of
children to Iotla, following the
opening of the 1952-53 school
year September 3.
Retirement
Man Will Address Local
N.C.E.A. Unit
Nathan Yelton, of Raleigh,
head of the state retirement
system, will be guest speaker at
a meeting of the Macon County
unit of the N. C. Education as
sociation on Saturday, accord
ing to an announcement by
Mrs. Cecil Parker, local N.CJSA.
president.
The meeting, scheduled for
7:30 p. m. at the Franklin High
cafeteria, will be the first of
the new school year for the
local organization.
Mr. Yelton's topic will be
"Teacher Retirement".
In announcing the program,
Mrs. Parker also called atten
tion to the district N.C.EJL
meeting, slated October 17 in
Asheville, and she urged all
teachers in the county to plan
to attend.
YDC Elects
Reeves To
Presidency
W. W. Reeves, Franklin hard
ware merchant, Thursday night
was elected president of the
Macon County Young Demo
crats' Club at an organizational
meeting at the courthouse.
Presiding at the session, at
I tended by some 175 persons, wafc
Bob S. Sloan, outgoing presi
dent.
Other new officers are Mrs.
! George Byrd, vice president,
jand C. Banks Finger, secretary
i treasurer.
Highlight of the meeting was
' an address by George A. Shu
ford, of Asheville, Democratic
nominee for the U. S. House of
Representatives from the 12th
congressional district.
The speaker placed special
emphasis on the need for party
government and its responsibil
ities.
Also scheduled at the session
were county precinct meetings,
and it was announced that the
12th district party rally will be
held in Murphy September 30.
The kick-off for the district
gathering will be a Democratic
Caravan, which will leave Ashe
ville early on the morning of
the rally, and will pick up party
members as it moves through
the western counties. The cara
van is slated to reach Murphy
at 11 a. m., at which time the
rally will get under way.
About 25 Macon Democrats
have indicated they plan to at
tend the district rally. They will
meet at the courthouse at 9
a. m. and will join the caravan
near Bryson City.
A combination Cowee-Burn
ingtown precinct meeting was
held Tuesday night at Cowee
school
j Dates for prectnct meetings
are:
September 29: Ellijay-Sugar
fork at Cullasaja school at 8
p. m.
October 1: Smlthbridge at
Union school at 8 p. m.
October 1: Highlands-Flats at
8 p. m. Meeting place to be an
nounced.
October 2: Cartoogechaye at
the school at 8 p. m.
October 6: Millshoal at 8 p.
m. Meeting place to be an
nounced.
October 8: Nantahala 1 and
2 at the school at 8 p. m.
October 9: Franklin at the
courthouse at 8 p. m.
Beauty Contest,
Shower, Set At
Holly Springs
A beauty contest and a kitch
en shower for the community
kitchen will be highlights of
Wednesday night's meeting of
the Holly Springs community.
Festivities will get under way
at 7:30 o'clock and the public
is invited.
The -winner of the beauty con- j
test will be crowned and will
represent the community in a
similar contest in Ashevllle. To
bacco Queen of Holly Springs.
Contestants may be either mar
ried or single and between the
ages of 16 and 25. Contest,
judges will be picked from out
side the community.
The kitchen shower will be
for the kitchen in the commun
ity building.
Macon Student Hop Aboard
'Back - To - School' Caravan
More than 70 Maconians have
hopped aboard the "back-to
school" caravan bound for col
leges, universities, and special
schools.
By the end of the week, most
of them will be firmly en
trenched in the 1952-53 school
year, and the main topics of
conversation will be football, (
new courses and new professors, i
and more football. j
As in the past, Western Caro- ;
lina Teachers college claims the
lion's share of Macon students.
Of this year's number, 20 have
enrolled at W. C. T. C.
Who are they and ^here have
they gone?
Western Carolina Teachers
college. Cullowhee: Misses Mil
dred Deal, Josephine Dalton,
Ann Blaine. Emma Lou Ram
sey, Caroline Crawford, Barbara
Gribble, Barbara Holland, June
Teague, Ann Teague, Martha
Howard. Luanne Gibson, Mrs.
Hall Callahan, and Frank I.
Murray, Jr., Pat Pattillo, James
Brogden, Lester Arnold, Johnnie
Owens, L. C. Howard, Bill Kins
land, and Walter Hall.
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill: Miss Elizabeth
Phillips, Jerry Potts, Milton
Higdon, John M. Archer, II, 1
and Dean Henson.
North Carolina State college.
Raleigh: Bill Smart, John Al
sup. Jr., Charles Thomas, Lewis '
Penland. Bill Teague, Earl
Moses, Eugene Gray, and Willie '
Curtis.
Johnny Henderson and Bobby ?
Jo Corbin.
Salem college, Winston Salem : i ]
Miss Freda Siler. [ ?
Blanton's Business college. 1
Asheviile: Misses Martha Nell i
Penland, Frances Deal, Georgia i
Nell McDonald, Wanda Crisp, [ 1
Jack Baldwin, and Bobbie Nor- ;
ris. ' I]
Berea college, Berea, Ky.:i
Misses Maxine Taylor, Janet 1
Cochran, Louise Bryson, and , (
Dan Moore. 1 1
Stephens college, Columbia, 1 1
SEE NO. 1, PAOE 13 I
? Slt/f PkMt by J. P. BrtJy
This bit of action was se?n by more than 2,000 football fans last Friday night In th? muddy
irid battle between the Franidin Panthers and Clayton, Ga. Since moat of the players had aa
much mud on them as the field did, the Panther back (white uniform) who was knocked sprawl
ing by the two Clayton players, who seem to be surprised about the whole thing, is not known.
Franklin won the game, however, 19 to t.
Dr. Killian's
Entries Mark
Cattle Show
Second place premier exhib
itor In the annual beef cattle
show &X the Western North
Carolina Fair In Hendersonville
last Thursday went to T )r. Prank
M. Killian, of FYanklin.
In fact. Dr. Killian's entries
almost turned the show and
sale into a private affair. They
placed as follows:
(1) K.H.P. Domino Lass 9th,
top show female, sold for $2,200,
<21 K.H.F. Domino Lad 10th,
show reserve champion and
champion sale bull, sold for
$3,425, (3) K.H.F. Domino Lad
16th, reserve sale bull, sold for
$1,700.
In addition, the local Here
ford breeder's cattle took first
places in: two bulls bred and
owned by exhibitor, junior
yearling heifers, get of sire,
two females, and pair yearlings.
A seventh place was also won
in the junior yearling heifer
division.
The show and sale was spon
sored by the W.N.C. Hereford
association. A total of 57 cat
tle sold for $44,090, with an
average price of $744.
HUNTERS WILL MEET
A meeting of the Macon Coun
ty 'Coon Hnnters association is
scheduled Saturday night at
the Moose ihall at 8 o'clock, it
has been announced.
FRANKLIN HIGH |
| LICKS CLAYTON
1 Panthers Beat Georgia
Team, 19 To 0; Play
Here Friday
Although pre-game underdogs
and battling ankle-deep mud,
| the Franklin Panthers Friday
: night sloshed through the muck
?and mire to hand the Clayton
! (Ga.) grid machine the goose
I egg side of a 19 to 0 score.
| Despite the weather, a capac
ity crowd ? estimated at more
than 2,000 ? jammed the local
stadium to watch the Panthers
prance to a non-conference vic
jtory on the muddy turf.
I The Georgia lads, picked by
many arm-chair coaches to
-take the game by at least two
I touchdowns, failed to rack up a
i single first down.
Friday night, the Panthers
will meet the Cherokee Indians
here for their third home game
of the season. Game time is 8
o'clock.
I With a power-packed line
, carving boles in Ihe Clayton de
fense, tbe fleet-footed Panther
fullback, Sammy Henderson,
time and again brought the
crowd to its feet as he carried
tover ail of Franklin's tonch
downs.
The hard-hitting Utile full
back racked up 180 <tf Frank
lin's rushing total of 209 and
tore off a beautiful 70-yard run
SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12
Mistakes For
Prowler; Boy
Shoots Sister
A scared 11 -year-old boy
thinking she was a prowler ac
cidentally shot his older sister
Friday night when she return
ed from a revival meeting.
Miss Frankie Lee Crisp, 16,
was reported in a critical con
dition yesterday (Wednesday) at
Angel hospital.
A blast from a 16-guage shot
gun, fired by her brother, Wil
liam, struck her in the right
side of her chest.
The boy told the investigat
ing officers, Sheriff J. Harry
Thomas and Deputy Hewell
Pendergrass, he was nervous be
cause dogs had been barking
around the house all night,
and he thought his sister was
someone trying to break in.
Miss Crisp was returning
from a revival with her moth
er, Mrs. Dela Crisp. The Crisp
home is near the Macon prison
camp on the Bryson City road.
ADVISOR HERE
Miss Helen Stewart, advisor
in physical education with the
State Department of Pabllc In
struction. was here Thursday
and Friday working with teach
ers in planning physical edu
cation activities for school chil
dren. A special meeting for in
terested teachers was held Fri
day afternoon at the East
Franklin school.
Dies In Gun Fight . . .
Dalton's Luck Runs Out!
Jerry Dafton's luck ran crnt!
The 56-year-old construction
man? the central figure in Ma
con County's most celebrated
murder triaJ and one who
cheated the electric chair by
breaking jail ? was gunned
down near Goldsboro Septem
ber 6 by an irate husband as
he sat in a parked car with the
man's wife, according to infor
mation received here.
Dalton's early life in Macon
County was marked by court
appearances on charges rang
ing from carrying a concealed
weapon to petty larceny. Then
on November 10, 1918, young i
Jerry faced a murder charge |
for shooting and killing Merrill ,
Angel and Maude Williams
Grant, a young divorcee, who
reportedly was Jerry's girl j
Friend.
From that point on, young ,
Dalton courted Lady Luck as he ;
stood on trial, was twice sen
tenced to die in the electric
:hair, and then side stepped |
death by escaping from the j
Buncombe county jail.
Apprehended several years j
,ater in California, he was re
turned here and, because he
bad been leading a model life
sn the coast, his death sentence
was commuted to life imprison
ment. Later it was reduced to
30 years, and after serving part j
ol the sentence he ?waf paroled.
He never returned to Macon
County and apparently kept out
of trouble unto the recent gun
?crape that cost htm hit life.
Following Is a portion of a
story ?which appeared in the
September 6 issue of the Golds
bo no News-Argus, telling of the
shooting:
"Victim, Jerry B. Dal ton,
1729-B, Falrview Homes, died in
Wayne Memorial hospital at 6 : 30
a. m. Shotgun pellets had en
tered his right long and tore
away part of his arm, baring
the main artery.
"Alleged other principals in
the shooting scrape, Frank
Pearsall, also of F a i r v i e w
Homes, was being treated to
day for .38 pistol wounds in the
:hest.
"The fight began, according j
to information received by Of
ficer Frank Faircloth, when i
Pearsall and his brother-in-law,
3eorge R. Horne. came upon)
Dalton and Pearsall's wife park
ed in a car at one of the base's
sub-stations.
"Pearsall told the officer that
is he neared the car, Dalton
pulled out the .38 and shot him
in the chest. Pearsall said he
:hen shot at Dalton's right
shoulder with a 12-guage shot
gun, which he had brought
from his house. Shooting oc- 1
curred at approximately 1 JO
a. m.
"Mr&. Peaisall **s arresfcrd
fallowing the shooting and re
leased this morning after ques
tioning. It was reported theie
had been friction brtween tfce
two men over Mrs. Rearsall for
some time . .
Dai ton 's trial hert was 'tbe
most sensittotBLl of it? day ami
was talfeed state-wide.
Oidtimere, who remember i
Jerry and the ewaits leading up '
to the killing of the two young
people, say Jerry was loitering
on one end of the Aquone
bridge, which is now under the j
waters of NantahaJa lake, as is
the community of the same
name. He flagged down a. car
being driven by Merrill Angel,
whose passenger was Maude
Williams Grant.
Angel stopped the car and
Jerry fired through the win
dow, cutting him down. Miss
Grant hysterically tried to get
out of the car and run ? an
other shot from Dalton's gun, i
and she was dead.
Jealousy and drinking caused 1
all of Jerry's troubles, Alex
Moore, then sheriff here, re
called recently.
Following the slayings, Dal
ton was indicted for the murder
of the young woman (the
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 12
'Achievement Days'
Are Planned Here
Friday, Saturday
4-H Poultry Show-Sale
Scheduled Friday As
Added Feature
Macon 4-H c ,;bbov- will h"\*?
chickens for sale as an acicieci
feature to the annual Achieve
ment Days activities.
A 4-H poultry show and sale
is scheduled Friday afternoon
at 2 o'clock at Slagle Memorial
building.
One hundred twenty chickens,
raised by 4-H clubbers from
day-old chlefcs, will be auction
ed off in lots of 12 to the high
est bidder, according to T. H.
Fagg, assistant county agent.
Preceding the auction, a
poultry show la planned. The
Judge will be C. F. Parxlh, head
of the extension poultry de
partment In Raleigh. The Dan
ish system of Judging will be
used.
The 4-H clubbers received the
chickens through the Bears
Roebuck foundation "poultry
chain", and ore required to put
the birds up for auction to
raise money to continue the
chain.
Planning to show and sell
chickens are Jerome Love, Con
nie High, Carrie Henry, Robert
Shepherd, Bobby Sheffield,
Claude Moore, Robert Alexand
er, Francis Alexander, Elizabeth
Waldroop, and Melba Moses.
At last year's auction, 4-H
clubbers outbid outsiders to re
tain most of the birds they put
up for sale. The sale brought
$319.20 Highest lot of 12 chick
ens went for $3.10 each, with an
average sale price of $2.66.
lodgeMrting
US CENTENNIAL
Will Kick Off Celebration
With Picnic Sunday At
Rainbow Springs
The Junaluskee lodge. No. 145,
Masonic order, will kick off its
centennial celebration Sunday
afternoon with a picnic at A. B.
Slagle's camp near Rainbow
springs.
While the lodge will furnish
barbecue, rolls, and refresh
ment, those planning to attend
are asked to bring a covered
dish to round out the rest ol
the picnic. Supper will be at 6
o'clock
All Masons and members ol
the Order of Eastern Star and
their families are invited to at
tend.
The afternoon's fun will gel
under way at 4:30 o'clock with
outdoor games.
Making up the program com
mittee are H. H. Gnuse, H. A
Wilhide, C. G. Moore, and Hol
land McSwain The transporta
tion committee is composed ol
Hunter Calloway. Ed Whltaker,
Ed Bullock, and John Bulgin.
THREE NURSE
COURSES SET
Follow Up Of Recent
Instructor Class;
First Sept. 30
Plans for starting three Red
Cross home nursing courses in
the county were announced yes
terday (Wednesday) by Mrs.
Gladys Mae Shope, senior pub
lic health nurse and chairman
of home nursing foV the coun
ty Red Cross chapter.
The courses are follow-ups on
the recent home nursing in
structor's class arranged here
by the Red Cross chapter, the
health department, and the
home demonstration agents.
Thirteen women qualified as
home nursing instructors, four
of whom will teach the three
scheduled courses.
The first of the 14-hour
courses will begin Tuesday, SeF
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 13
MARKET OPENING
The home demonstration club
market will open Saturday, and
will be in operation each Sat- 1
urday, thereafter with hours of
8 a. m. to 1 p. m., it has been ;
announced.
Exhibit Hall Will Open
Tomorrow; Joint 4-H,
H. D. Ciub Venture
?cl heme
.. . .-rnberg is ?
at a high pitch as they prepare
exhibits and map final plans
lor their annual Agricultural
Achievement Days at Slagle
Memorial building tomorrow
(Friday) and Saturday
Exhibits may be viewed by
the public tomorrow irom noon
until 9 p. m.; on Saturday from
9 a. m. to 9 p. m.
Booths and exhibits of both
organizations will carry out the
theme of work accomplished in
the past year. Home demon
stration exhibits win place spe
cial emphasis on music appre
ciation, which has been a main
feature of the county program
this year.
The home demonstration
achievement program, honoring
the county's 20 club6, is sched
uled to begin Friday morning at
10 o'clock at the FrankliB
Methodist church.
Highlighting the meeting will
be the presentation of The
Gavel, an annual award, to the
club having the highest score
In accomplishments.
In addition to individual club
reports, the program will in
clude the awarding of perfect
attendance certificates, by Mre.
Florence S. Sherrill, county
home demonstration agent;
reading certificates, ty Mrs.
Frank I. Murray, Franklin li
brarian; and ribbons to win
ning exhibits by E. W. Ren
shaw, president of the Frank
lin Chamber of Commerce.
Selections will be sung by the
Macon County chorus uncer th?!
direction of Orval Murray. The
accompanist will be Miss Sally
Kesler i
judging 01 exnious *m ue
done Friday morning and heme
demonstration and 4-H entries
will be handled separately.
Judges will be Mrs. Veima Beam
Moore, Clay County home agent,
H. J. Rosenkrantz. assistant
county agent in Clay, and Mis*
Naomi Hubble, of Clayton. Ga,
home agent ol Rabur. ccunty.
Cash prizes for the winning
entries have been donated by
1 Franklin businessmen, who have
been invited to attend th?
' home demonstration luir-uiewq
| as special guests at 12 : 3Q
; o'clock on Friday. /? ?
1 Business firms giving dona
, tions include Belk's Department
store, The Twin's shop, Nanta
hala creamery, Bank of Frank
lin, Brown and Carson, Burrell
Motor company. The Quality
' shop. Reeves Hardware com
pany, Franklin Feed mill, Dow
dle Wholesale company, Downs
and Dowdle. J. C. Sorrells Mo
tor company, Ray and Welch,
Franklin Frozen foods, Duncan
Motor company, Roy F. Cun
ningham Feed store, Macon
County Supply, and Franklin
Hardware company.
The 4-H achievement pro
gram. originally plarmed for
] Saturday morning, will not be
' held until October to enable
clubs to complete their record
books, according to Mrs. Bar
bara B Hunnlcutt, assistant
home agent.
The joint 4-H and heme dem
onstration venture was started
last year with the aim of turn
ing the occasion into something
in the nature of county fair in
the luture.
j METHODIST MEETING
The Methodist Men's club
plans a supper meeting Tues
day night at Cowee school at
7:30 o'clock it has been an
nounced. Supper will be served
bv the women cf the Er.cw Hill
church. A short progiam will
folic.-, supper.
"One license? and
lion to Tht Franklin Frtwl"
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