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Vote as you please, but VOTE! PRICE 10 Cents gft* ISjigWan^S Jttacotnan VOL. LXVII? NO. 44 FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1952 FOURTEEN PAGES SOUAD ROLLS ! OVERBRYSON ! CITY, 19 TO 6 Panthers Break Jinx By Beating Swain High Maroons A supercharged Franklin High grid machine methodically cracked a five-year jinx wide open here Friday night by bouncing back and dry clean ing its arch rival, Swain High, 19 to 6. More than 2,500 wildly yelling Panther fans watched as Coach Ralph (Chuck) McConnell's charges, pre-game underdogs, ripped the Swain High defense to shreds and wrote finis to Swain's five-year victory streak over the locals. The Panthers' last victory over Bryson City was in 1946 ? the score 19 to 13. Since that time the Maroons have been "The" thorn in Franklin's side. In 1950 and 1951, Swain High, a red-hot team year after year in the Smoky Mountain confer ence, literally took the confer ence crown out of Franklin's hands by chalking up impres sive scores, leaving the locals in the runnerup slot. While the conference crown wasn't at stake this year, since the Panthers were knocked out of the race by the Sylva Golden Hurricane, Coach McConnell and his squad were out to prove that defeat at the hands of Swain High isn't habit form ing. The Maroons drew first blood early In the first period with Robinson carrying over for the score on a reverse. . Bouncing back, the Panthers, using the backfield talents of Sammy Henderson and Dick Mashburn, turned a 90-yard drive into paydlrt to even the score, 6 to 6. Henderson, a hard-driving fullback, unlaced the Maroons line far the score. From that point on the Bry son offense stalled in the path of the Franklin steamroller. After taking Franklin's kick, Bryson bogged down and booted out of trouble. The Panthers took the ball on their own 10 and started a drive that threw them into the lead. The swivel hipped ' Mashburn- took advan tage of 'key blocks for /a 30 yard run' that brought fans to their feet antj then turned the ball over to Henderson, who rolled over the stripe for the score. The Panthers iced' the game In the fourth quarter with a 50-yard push that saw Hender son repeat his past two scoring performances. An outstanding defensive game was turned tn by End Carroll Childers, who ripped in and ,out of the Swain High backfleld like a runaway buzz saw, breaking up the Maroons' pet triple reverse play that put SEE NO. 1, PAGE 12 MEANDERING ' ALONG MAIN STREET The tick-tock on the court- 1 house ain't tlck-tocklng! It went on the fritz about a week ago and it's been 4:19 ever since, on one side, that Is. Which brings up the recent suggestion about the county's 70-year-old courthouse: "Why not jack up the clock steeple and put a new courthouse und er it?" ? * * A Republican artist is on the loose In Franklin. Stevenson is branching out on his campaign J posters with a mustache and W goatee . . . Maybe the Demo crats should retalltate by equlp ing Ike's balding pate with a little finery. ? * * "One good rain and the fall coloring will go up in smoke!" But what will the kids shuffle to school through? ,, ? ? ? From the looks of the fright ening Halloween regalia in local stores, self-respecting spooks | and ghosts won't stand a | chance. As a fellow jokingly (we I 8's-jmei remarked as he studied one particularly hideous mask displayed in a store window: "I vondered when they would get around to copying my mother in-law's face". r Forest Fire | At Goldmine | Extinguished A forest fire on Nantahala Forest land near the Goldmine community was brought under ] control early yesterday (Wed nesday) morning by a crew of tome 50 men led by J. W. Laros, ranger of the Highlands dis- : f trict of the forest. Meanwhile, Macon County is ; virtually surrounded by burn- 1 ing forests in other counties | and a thick blanket of smoke | is hovering over the area. Un- | seasonably dry weather and t stiff winds have labeled the f fire situation in some areas as | critical, according to Nantahala ] Forest officials. ? Franklin's rainfall for Octob- f er was only .82 of an inch, ac- ! cording to Manson Stiles, U.S. weather observer. Tuesday night's tire, the only one thus far in the county, was believed to have been started by a carelessly tossed cigarette from a passing automobile. It burned over approximately 75 acres before being brought under control. Crews were pa trolling the area yesterday to watch for any new outbreaks, but Ranger Laros reported to the Franklin office that every thing was under control and > the fire was a "blaci-out" (extinguished). September Road Work Announced During the month of Septem ber the State Highway commis sion completed 2.1 miles of new paving in Macon County, ac cording to L. Dale Thrash, 10th division highway commissioner. The newly surfaced roads, and. their lengths, are: George Ledford road, 0.3 voiles: Deal road. 0.5: Preacher McCoy road, 0.6; and Potts Branch road, 0.7. In announcing the latest road work in the county, the com missioner also reviewed the progress made under- the cur- i : rent administration, from Japu- J ary. 1'949, to September 30 of 1 this year. _ > ! The projects follow: Miles of secondary bond roads paved, 31.1 miles; new hridges, 38; new culverts, 67; miles of roads stabilized, 92.2 miles; miles of primary highways wid ened and resurfaced, 0.5 miles. The 10th division brought a total of 126.8 miles of road work to completion during September, the commissioner said. I Democratic Rally T onight; Queen Is Speaker A county-wide Democratic rally, under the sponsorship of, the Macon Twang Demo crats' club, is slat id tonight (Thursday) at the coanty courthouse at 8 o' slock. t John M. Queen, Waynesvltle attorney and former solicitor of this judicial district, is scheduled as the principal speaker of the evening, ac cording to W. W. Reeve*, YDC president. Mr. Reeves urged all Demo crat* In the county to* tunW out in force for the rally. PLAN SALE-BAZAAR Iotla School Halloween Carnival Slated Tonight Tonight (Thursday) spooks I and goblins and a host of earthlings will join in the fun as the Iotla school Halloween i carnival gets under way at 7:30 o'clock. The evening's festivities will include cake walks, a spook room, apple bobbing, a movie, fishing booth, weight guessing, 1 and the crowning of a king ^ and queen and prince and i princess. ! c i ( The Woman's Society of f Christian Service, Circle No. 1, l of the First .Methodist church, t plans a food sale and bazaar I Saturday at 9 a. m. In the Jam- ( ison building next to the itost 1 office, it has been announced. J It's A Dog-gone Shame . . . . "Son, you don't know just how lucky you humans are to b' able to vote for the man of your choice", lamented Rollo J Rollover, prominent member of the Franklin canine set, to i Piyss newsman this week. "The way I figure it," he continued Switching his pipe to the other side of his mouth, "I'm just abou as intelligent as a lot of folks and do you know they wouldn' even let m-e register . . . and I've got a pedigree as long as youi arm, too. Why I'd give a c?uple of cases of Red Heart just to bi able ti> go to the pttlls Tuesday antT vote, but they tell me I'n barking up the wrong tree. I'm telling you it's a doggone shame . . (The pooch is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wood of Franklin). ' Tallent Dies In Tennessee Auto Wreck Cpl. Wiley R. (Jack) Tallent, a Korean "War veteran and son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Tallent, of Franklin, died Sunday from injuries suffered in an auto mobile accident near Nashville, Tenn. The 22-year-old soldier, who spent a furlough with his par ents in August, served eight months in Korea and held the Purple Heart. A military funeral for the young Macon County soldier will ie conducted today (Thursday) Ett 2:30 p. m. at the Windy Gap Baptist church with the Rev. 31int Sawyer, of Asheville, and the Rev. C. E. Mwray, pastor 3f the First Methodist church, is the officiating ministers. Burial will be in Woodiawn jemetery. Members of the local veterans of Foreign Wars post rill hold military rites at the graveside. MRS. M'COY DIES SUNDAY Was McDowell Native F ranklin Resident Far 32 Years Mrs. Flora Ada McCoy, a tia tive of McDowell county am Franklin resident for the pas 32 years, died at her home 01 Main street Sunday at 12:1 p. m. at the age of 71. Mrs. McCoy, who had exten shre real estate holdings in thl county and in Georgia ant Florida, had been in declinini health for the past severs months. Two funeral services wer conducted for her, one here sex the other in her home i?unt: of McDowell. The local servlci was held at her home Monday at 2 p. m. by the Rev. J. Q Wallace, retired Presbyteriar minister. The McDowell rite: were conducted at the Montforc Cove Baptist church by the Rev SEE NO. 2, PAGE 12 Franklin Jaycees Pushing For Full-Scale Fair Here A full-scale county fair in tfacon next year is being in vestigated by the Franklin Jun or Chamber of Commerce. At a recent meeting of the >rganization the idea was dis :ussed and President Jack Ra ?an appointed a special com nlttee to begin work on tenta ;ive plans. Making up the committee are 3. Banks Finger, chairman, ?"rank Plyler, H. T. Collins, and r. P. Brady. I Should the plan prove prac tical, the Jaycees hope to bar with other civic organization! in the county and move ahead at once. It wa.s brought out in the discussion that a fait should be strictly a county af fair and with the proper plan ning and cooperation could be held without outside assistance. It also was pointed out that with the proper backing county wide, the annual Agricultural Achievement Days could be the foundation for a fair. Political Spotlight Shifts To Voters Next Tuesday I. MANN DIES f IN HOSPITAL _ ? _ i Led Active Life; Rites; Conducted At Union ! Church Friday , . i James J. Mann, a well-known | , Macon County teacher, who ac- , : i tlvely embraced church and ; ; community activities and served 1 1 for 20 years as chairman of the county elections board, died last i Thursday at 2 p. m. in Angel , hospital after an illness of six months. I Forty of his 64 years were ; spent teaching and he served ; I as a justice of the peace for 30 i years and was a former county road commissioner. Funeral services were con ducted Friday afternoon at 3:30 I o'clock at the Union Methodist I church, of which Mr. Mann was a member, by the Rev. R. L. Poindexter and the Rtfv. C. E. ?Murray, pastor of the First Methodist church. Burial fol lowed in the church cemetery. A native of Macon County, Mr. Mann was born April 12, 1888, the son of William H. and Mrs. Julia Watts Mann. On March 27. 1910, he was married to the former Miss Hattie Smart, of this county. His very active life included service as governor and secre I tary of the Moose lodge, the Junior Order in Franklin, and the Junaluska lodge, No. 145, AF and AM. He also was at one time a game warden on the Nantahala National forest and was a Sunday school teach er at the Union church. Mr. Mann resigned his post i as county elections board chair- ' man in 1950 to accept the post - f of district census supervisor. He | j served as census enumerator , here In 1920. ' He received his education in the county schools. Asheville e Normal, and Western Carolina '? Teachers college, Cullowhee. * Survivors include his wife: I. three sons, Sanford, Horace, and SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12 Board Invites Bids For New Negro School The county board of educa tion this week advertised for bids for the construction of a new Negro school in Franklin. Estimated cost of building the new school, near the site of the present Chapel school on the Murphy road, is $40,000. How ever, County School Supt. Hol land McSwain recently reported to the board of county com missioners that the estimate ran about $15,000 higher. Tuesday, the superintendent said costs would be cut during construction to bring the figure down to the original estimate. He said no drastic changes would have to be made in the original plans, which call for a combination lunchroorA-audi torium and three classrooms. ON LEAVE HERE e. Melvin Penland, storekeeper third class, is spending a 30 day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bayse Penland, of ' Franklin, Route 3. Mr. Penland, * who has been in the navy for \ the past two years, recently re | turned from the Far East. On his return to duty, he will be ' stationed at Seattle, Wash., fox a short time, prior to going back to sea. MEETING SLATED i The regular meeting of the Holly Springs community is , J slated Wednesday at 7:30 p. m. ' , at the community building, it { ,|has been announced. Heading' I the business will be discussion Jof the W.N.C. Rural Develop-! . ment contest, in which the . | community is entered. JOINS FRATERNITY " . | Mac Bulgin, a senior at Dav ; idson college, has become ? a j member of Phi Beta Kappa I fraternity. He is the grandson of Mrs. W. B. McGuire, of 1 Franklin. 3 Proposed Changes In constitution When voters go to the polls in the general election Novem ber 4. in addition to party can didates they will cast ballots to; or against three proposed amendments to the constitution of North Carolina. The first deals with changing the .limitation of total state and county property tax; the second with changing the method of filling vacancies in the general assembly, and the third with amending certain provisions re lating to the filling of vacancies in certain state offices. Since the proposed constitu tion changes have not 'been as highly publicized as candidates, they may present a problem to the average voter who tries to figure out the whys and where fores of each from the brief ex planations on the ballot. Accordingly, an explanation of each, the present standing and the proposed change, fol lows: Amendment No. 1 ? Changing limitation of total state and county property tax. At the present time the total state and county tax limitation of 15 cents on the S100 prop erty valuation is provided by Section 6, Article V, of the constitution. The proposed change: This limitation would be raised to 20 cents of the $100 property valuation under the proposed amendment. Purpose of the amendment; Under the present limit of 15 cents on the $100 property value, which counties may levy for the general fund, many counties have found them.selve in financial difficulties and unable to meet their genera] fund operating expenses. Some of the representative item. which must be paid out of thi fund include the salaries o ; al county officers and the cost o; operating the offices of Sher | iff. Tax Collector, County Ac countant. Register of Deeds, tht Coroner, etc.. expenses of ta: listing, holding of election; holding courts. expense o county jail, county commission ers' pay, courthouse mainte nance, etc. All of these regula operating expenses of a count; must be paid out of the genera fund. Ta::es for special purpose may be levied with the approva of the general assembly. Thesi SEE NO. 2, PAGE 12 REGISTRATION UP Predictions of a hea-vy vote in the general election Tues I day are strengthened by reg-) istration figures in the Frank lin township. Over the four Saturday registration period this month, 339 names were added to the township's books. Of the number, 217 register ed as Democrats, 99 as Re publicans, and 23 as indepen dents. Up to the May primary, > registration in the township stood at 2,628 Democrats, 580 Republicans, and 373 inde pendents. BIG TURNIP A five and a quarter pounc turnip, grown by Mrs. Laura Nelson, of the Prentiss section, j is on display at The Press of ] fice on Palmer street. Heated Presidential Race Expected To Get Voters Out \v;rh iv-'i.-.tration no w past history, as of Saturday, the political spotlight swinj.. Tues day to center stage for the year's top cu'?.ma- :he general election. Polls will be open ircm 6:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. Although exact registration figures are not known, a lecord balloting is anticipated in the light oi the heated presidental race and the -set out the vote" drives being sponsored by a number of local civic clubs and organizations. When they go to tlie polls, Mr. and Mrs. John Q Public, of Macon County, will have a choice of 38 candidates, not counting the Democrat and Re publican vice-presidential can didates, who are listed on a 1 straight ticket wi|th the two ! aspirants for the White House. ' Voters also will be handed a i ballot on three proposed | changes to the state constitu tion. j While the interest of Macon's ! eligible voters will, quite na | turally, along with the rest of I the nation, be focused on the 5 presidential race between Gov. I Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois, the Democrat nominee for the highest office in the country, and the Republican party's hopeful. Gen. Dwight D Eisen hower. the 12 th congressional district race and two staff ra'es will receive no little amount of attention. Punning on the Democratic ticket for vice-president it John J. Sparkman. of Alabarm Ke is opposed by Republican nominee Richard M. Nixon, of California T:i the !2'h . district congres ' -ace. ?;?)? Democratic vimiino jc fjeorge a. Shuford, an Asheville attorney, vh i is opposed by Republican Hugh a Sylva attorney. ?* ,, t> two state battles eatch ' ing local int^-^st are in > the E'na'f and the Hon- ? of > Representatives. In the "rd! 1 senator! '.1 di -trii.t ?Vftco- r * f ham r-vair.. ' V'okco, "nd ? Clav i- t. ; c brvk " J. ? H. Crawford, of Rtibbir.sville, - the Republican.;. E. J. Caip^n 4 ter. Franklin insu-ance i."1". , Rep. C. Tom Bryson, of. CM ' lasaja. is opposed by n i "(Walter i ran a for'.ner Vaecn " deputy sheriff, for the house r | seat. y For county surveyor, voters Mwill choose between Lake 1 P. s Ledford Democrat, and James i'Denman. Republican'. a | In view of the state's past I record of selecting a Democrat for governor. William B. Cm stead is not expected to' have much trouble getting a majority over H. F. Seawell, Jr. Other candidates and the of fices they are seeking are: Lieutenant Governor: <DK Luther H. Hodges, (R) Warren H. Pritchard. Secretary of State: (D) Thad Eure, <Ri Frank G. Carr. State Auditor: (D) Henry L. Bridges, (ftt J. A. Maultsby, Sr. SEE NO. 3, PAGE 12 CARNIVAL PLANNED { Cullasaja school plans a Hal loween carnival tomorrow (Fri day) night at 7:30 o'clock, 1 Principal Weaver Shope has an l I nounced. Highlights will include , the crowning of a king and queen, Bingo, fishing, and a ghost house. SHULER CHILD, 10, DIES IN HOSPITAL FROM POLIO Macon County's second polio case of the year, 10-year-old Paul Edward Shuler, died Thursday In the Asheville Or thopedic home where he was taken October 10 for treatment. The boy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Shuler, of the Prentiss community, and a sec ond grader at Union school. Funeral services far the child were conducted Friday after noon at 2 o'clock at the Lib erty Baptist church by the Rev. Robert L. Poincjexter and the Rev. William L. Sorrells. Burial was in the church cemetery Surviving are his parents; six brothers, Marsel, of Frank lin Route 3, and Weaver. J. M., Harold, Charles, and Jerry, of Prentiss; three sisters, Shirley, | Virginia, and Donna, of the shome; his paternal grandpar | ents. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Shuler, of Franklin. Route 4; and his maternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. H. M Long, of Clark's Chapel community Pallbearers were Floyd. Boyd, and Bert Long. Paul and Fur man Shuler. Junior Cabe, and Elmer Johnson. Potts Funeral home was In charge of arrangements.
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