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MUSIC CAMP
ORCHESTRA
IS COMING
Plans Concert Saturday
In Highlands As
Benefit Affair
The orchestra of the faculty
and staff of the Transylvania
Music Camp will present a con
cert Saturday evening at the
Highlands High School for the
benefit of the Highlands Com
munity Hospital.
Featured soloist will be Miss
Sandra Warfield, American con
tralto, who recently has been
signed by the Metropolitan Op
era Association for the 1953-54
season.
James Christian Pfohl, music
director of the Brevard music
camp, is the conductor. The
program is set for 8 o'clock.
Donor tickets for the concert
are $10; genera] admission, $2;
and bleacher seats, $1, accord
ing to Mrs John H. C. Perry,
who is in charge of arrange
ments far U>e orchestra's ap
pearance.
A section also Is being re
served for the colored people of
Highland*, sbe added.
Miss "Warlield, a native of
Missouri, is known for her roles
in light opera on the West
Coast amd she has appeared in
grand -opera as well. She also
has made numerous oratorio
and Concert appearances
throughout the United States.
GAS THIEVES
ARE IN JAIL
Ledford Loses $4.80 And
T wo Not-So-Good
Customers
?Led ford's Gulf Station on the
Murphy highway lost two not
so-good gas customers last Wed
nesday afternoon.
They're in jail!
The two not-so-good gas cw
tomers not only drove off from
Cecil Ledford's station without
paying for $4.80 in gas, but
were in a stolen car and were
armed.
However, according to Sheriff
J. Harry Thomas, Mr. Ledford's
alertness in sounding the alarm
and accurately describing the
two men and the car enabled
Highway Patrolman C. M. Byrd
to radio ahead and alert Patrol
man Baker, who arrested the
pair near Murphy.
The non-paying customers are
lodged in the Murphy jail, the
sheriff said.
Baptist Deacons
To Meet Tonight
A county-wide meeting of
Baptist deacons has been called
for tonight (Thursday) at the
Higdonville church at 7 o'clock.
Speaker for the meeting will
be the Rev. John Buell, new
pastor of the Highlands Bap
tist Church. Mr. Buell came to
the Highlands church in June
from Hixson, Tenn.
Grading On Highway))
Project 60 Per Cent
Complete, Usry Says
About 60 per cent of the
grading on the Franklln-Cowee
Gap project (US 23) has been
completed, according to S. T.
Usry, resident state highway
engineer.
The contract for a tie-in
project from the gap to Dills
boro, Just outside Sylva, is ex
pected to be let next month,
highway officials previously
have announced. v
Republican Meeting
Scheduled At Gneiss
A county-wide meeting of the
Republican party is slated to
night (Thursday) at 8 o'clock
at Willie Moses' store at Oneiss,
according to Party Chairman
George Reece,
The meeting will be for organi
zational purposes, the chairman
said.
SPONSORING "COWBOYS'
The local Moose Lodge will
sponsor a benefit performance
of the Peachtree Cowboys, of
radio, television, and stage, to
night (Thursday) at 8:30 o'clock
at the courthouse here.
Divisions Of Franklin Clubs
Flower Show Saturday Listed
Saturday between the hours
of 2 and 10 p. m? several
hundred persons are expected
to visit Slagle Memorial Build
ing to view the colorful entries
in the Franklin Garden Club's
annual flower show.
The entry books will be open
on the day of the show from
8:30 to 11 a. m. Any person may
exhibit in the show.
Judging by accredited show
judges will start at noon and
they will select individual win
ners in each of the 23 sections,
award a tri-color ribbon for
the most outstanding exhibit,
and pick the "Sweepstake Win
ner."
In all competitive classes,
with the exception of the Ar
rangement division, all material
must be grown by the exhibitor,
according to Mrs. A. R. Higdon
and Mrs. T. W. Angel, Jr., co
chairmen of the annual event
The show classes follow:
HORTICULTURE: Annuals,
(Section I). Asters, single, five
blooms; Asters, double, five
blooms; (Section 2) Marigolds,
single, five blooms; Marigolds,
double, five blooms; (Section
3) Petunias, single, three sprays;
Petunias, double, three sprays;
"(Section 4) Zinnias, any type,
five blooms; (Section 5) Any
annual not previously listed,
five blooms; (Section 6) Collec
tion of annuals, one bloom or
spray of each variety: (Section
7) Snapdragon, iive spikes;
Snapdragon, one color; Snap
dragon, mixed color; (Section
8) Chrysanthemums, any type,
three sprays; (Section 9) Del
phinium, three sprays; (Section
10) Shasta Daisy, seven blooms;
(Section 11) Lily, one stem Va
riety; (Section 13) Any peren
nial, three blooms or stems;
(Section 13) Roses ? Hybrid Tea,
three blooms, one variety, any
color; Polyantha, three sprays,
one variety, any color; any oth
er type of rose, three blooms or
sprays; (Section 14) Tuberoses,
three spikes; (Section 15) Dahl
ias ? cactus, three blooms, one
variety, long stems; single, three
blooms, one variety, long stems;
Pompon, three blooms, one va
riety, long stems: miniature,
three blooms; specimen, one
bloom, finest Dahlia in show,
any color or type; best collec
tion, any varieties, colors or
types, one bloom of each, num
ber of varieties and culture to
count; (Section 16 1 Gladioli ?
exhibition type, one stalk, any
color; six spikes, different vari
eties; three spikes, different va
rieties; best spike in show; bask
et or other container with 10
specimens of one or more nam
ed varieties, each properly label
ed.
ARRANGEMENT: (Section 17)
Economy or budget arrange
ment; fruits or vegetables or a
combination, perhaps with some
flowers; foliage arrangement;
arrangement of mixed plant
material; arrangement in fav
orite container; for men only,
arrangement to depict a hobby;
arrangement of plant material,
commonly called weeds, with
grasses and dried materials,
permitted; a line arrangement
in the Oriental manner, acces
sories ? permitted; corsages;
niches, any subject ; an arrange
ment of white flowers In a
white container; (Section 18)
Tables ? breakfast, ' luncheon,
dinner, terrace, and coffee;
(Section 19) Small Arrange
ments ? an arrangement not to
exceed eight inches; an ar
rangement not to exceed six
inches; miniatures (three inches
overall, flowers and container);
(Section 20) Period Arrange
ments ? Early American (17th
century), Colonial ?Williams
burg (18th century), Victorian
English (19th century), and
Modern (20th century); (Sec
tion 21) Dish Gardens; (Section
22) Potted plants and bloom
ing plants ? Begonia, crown of
thorns, Gardenia, Geranium,
Fuchsia, Sultana, any other;
(Section 23) Foliage Plants ?
cactus, ferns, suculents, sanse
vlera (snake plant), any other
named variety, African Violets,
any color; (Section 23) Junior
Division ? an arrangement of
garden flowers used in favorite
container, miniature arrange
ments three inches overall,
miniature garden, artistic ar
rangement, doll's tea party, ar
rangement of wild flowers, mis
cellaneous display of posters,
bird houses, collection of any
natural resource, and other ed
ucation display.
Assisting Mrs. Hlgdan on the
show committee are Mrs. T. W.
Angel, co-chairman, Dr. Amelia
Kahn, Mrs. W. E. Furr, Mrs.
Zeb Conley, Miss Hope Daniels,
Miss Gldays Sellers, Mrs. Roy
Geoghagan, and Mrs. Prelo Dry
man.
Cpl. Hall Is Graduated
From School In Germany
Cpl. Jessie L. Hall, husband
of Mrs. Willie Hall, of Frank
lin. Route 2, recently was grad
uated from the Army's Engi
neer School at Murnau, Ger
many, the Army Home Town
News Center has announced.
Cpl. Hall, son of Mrs. Zora
Hall, of Hayesville, arrived over
sea's in March, and is an as
sistant squad leader in the 16th
Infantry Regiment at Schwen
furt, Germany. He is a veteran
of the Korean war and has
been awarded the Korean Serv
ice Ribbon and the Combat In
fantryman Badge.
WEEK SERIES
HERE DRAWS
GOOD CROWDS
Mrs. A. A. Angel Given
Roses On Final Night
Of Annual Event
Average nightly attendance at
the week-long interdenomina
tion evangelistic series, which
closed here Sunday evening at
the Friendship Tabernacle, was
between four and five hundred,
according to the Rev. Bryan
Hatchett, pastor of the Frank
lin Presbyterian Church.
This year's guest speaker for
the annual series was Dr. John
McSween, president emeritus of
Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.
C.
Largest attendance for the
week was closing night, which
saw an estimated 1,000 persons
turn out for Mr. McSween's
sermon on "The Dynamite of
the Gospel".
As a feature of this final
service, Mrs. A. A. Angel, whose
late husband built the Taber
nacle, was presented a bouquet
of roses.
Mr. Hatchett was in charge
of music for the series and the
choir was composed of voices
from the Methodist, Presbyter
ian, Baptist, and Episcopal
churches. Mrs Henry W. Cabe
was organist.
Guest ministers for the series
are supplied by the individual
sponsoring churches under a ro
tation plan.
Still Destroyed,
Sheriff Reports
Officer^ from Macon and
Cherokee counties destroyed a
25-gallon still near Topton
July 6, according to Sheriff J.
Harry Thomas.
The unit was not in opera
tion at the time of the raid
and no arrest was made, he
said.
After a report on the still was
received, Sheriff Thomas said
he called on Cherokee Sheriff
M. G. Crawlord and Deputy
Luke Carver to help track the
il'egal unit, in the event it was
found in Cherokee County.
However, it proved to be just
inside Macon, he said.
In addition to the still, the
sheriff said about IOC gallons
of mash was destroyed.
R. L. HOLLAND DIES
Radford Lawson Holland, 76,
of Cullasaja, died at 9:15 Wed
nesday morning at his home.
Funeral services are set for
Friday at 10 a. m. at the Sugar
fork Baptist Church. Bryant
Funeral Home is in charge of
I arrangements.
Ordination
Of Hatchett
Set Sunday
The Rev. Bryan Hatchett will
te ordained and installed as
pastor of the Franklin Presby
terian Church by a commission
Jrom the Asheville Presbytery
here Sunday evening at 8
o'clock.
Mr. Hatchett, who was grad
uated from the Columbia Theo
logical Seminary, Decatur, Ga.,
in June, has been serving the
Franklin church since last fall.
He and his wife moved here in
June.
The new minister's home
church pastor, the Rev. C. E.
Piephoff, of the College Park
Presbyterian Church in Atlanta,
Ga., will deliver the sermon at
Mr. Hatchett's ordination.
Other members of the com
mission will include R. E. Mc
Clure, executive secretary of
the Presbytery, who will be
chairman, the Rev. Robert M.
Hart, of Highlands, the Rev.
Robert Collins, of Sylva, the
Rev. Frank O. Brown, of Mur
phy, Mr. Hatchett's father, J.
B. Hatchett, of Atlanta, Ga.,
Sidney McCarty, of Highlands,
and Ed Brumby, of Murphy.
The last three members are
eldeirs.
Alcoholism
To Be Discussed Here At
Public Meeting
What are the causes of al
coholism? and how can it best
be treated?
A public meeting to discuss
the subject will be held Tues
day evening at 8 o'clock at
the East Franklin school, with
the. Rev. Alban Richey as the
speaker.
Mr. Richey formerly was
chaplain of the alcohol unit
of the State's Buckner reha
bilitation center, near Dur
ham. He will be remembered
here as having spoken in
Franklin on the same subject
| several months ago.
' Mr. Richey will explain
present-day methods of treat
ing alcoholism as a disease.
The meeting is of an edu
! cational nature, and the gen
j era! public is invited.
County School Supt. Holland
j McSwain will preside.
LANDS IN ENGLAND
Airman Third Class Clinton
| E. Campbell, son of Mr. and
.Mrs. Lester Campbell, of Frank
lin, Route 3, landed in England
on July 6, according to infor
mation received by his parents
BALL GAME SUNDAY
I The Franklin All-Stars will
meet a team from Seneca, S. C.,
at the Franklin Athletic Field
[Sunday at 2:30 p. m., it has
I been announced.
. ? .
The Goat Man Is Passing Through The County
Ono of the most unusual, and certainly the oddest, attrac
tion rolled into Macon County from Georgia Monday morning. It
was "The Goat Man", a bearded character who would be prime
material for a Ripley write-up because "The Goat Man" is a hard
one to believe. Behind this man lies 80,000 miles of traveling over
the country in his nine-goat powered semi-trailer wagon-type
caravan, a grotesquely decorated thing with just about every
thing from old license plates, tires, bottles of many shapes, beer
cans, pots and pans, chairs, and even weather vanes. This rather
unorthodox method of seeing the countryside has been employed
by "The Goat Man" (Charles McCartney, of Jeffersonville, Ga.,
v
? ? luff f'hoto by J. P. Brady
Route 2, who claims to be the founder of the "Ho* Free Think
ing Christian .Mission" ? he mentioned nothing about the absence
of goats) for 17 years ana he apparently hasn't missed a piece
of rubbish along the ro?,d to decorate his wagons in that length
of time. His traveling companions on his mountain trip include
27 goats of assorted varieties and his 17-year-old son, (iene. In
an interview Monday at Otto, he said he was bound for Gatlin
burg, Tenn., and he plans to hire a truck for the trip over New
found Gap "to keep them bls.med bears from eating up my
goats". This goat-means of transportation and iron wheels on
the wagons aren't conducive to speedy travel, but he expects to
be in the Tennessee city by Saturday.
| CASHIER RESIGNS
HENRY W. CABE
Mr. Cabe, an employe of the
Bank of Fnuiklin for nearly 38
years, and one of three cashiers
in the history of the institution,
has tendered his resignation,
fective August 15, to accept a
position with Barrel! Motor
Company as credit manager.
Bank President Mark L. Dowdle
announced that L. B. Liner,
first assistant caahier, will fill
the vacancy left by Mr. Cabe's
resignation. Mr. Cabe joined the
bank in August, 1915, as book
keeper. With the exception of
about six months with a bank
in Cornelia, Ga., and a year
and a half service in World
War 1, he has been with the
bank here ever since. He suc
ceeded the late Lee Crawford
as cashier. The first cashier was
the late J. G. Siler.
TALKS ABOUT
HANDICAPPED
Rehabilitation Takes
| Sense As Well
As Heart
Intelligent aid to the handi
capped pays off to society in
dollars and cents. Dr H Koenp
Bakert. of the Chicago Medical
Center of the University of. Il
linois. told members of the
Franklin Rotary club at the
meeting Wednesday evening of
last week. To prove the point!
he cited figures from North
Carolina's vocational rehabilita
tion work.
Dr. Koepp-Baker, whose spe
ciality is aid to those with de
ficiencies. this summer is at
Western Carolina College, Cul
lowhee, working with the hand
icapped of this area.
The speaker traced the changes
in society's attitude toward
those with physical, mental, or
spiritual handicaps.
First, he said, they were not
accepted? outcasts; then Chris
tianity brought love to bear oh
the situation. But love alone
is not enough: in fact, pitying
the person with a handicap is
about the worst thing that can
be done to him. "I often wond
er why people seem to think
they should use their hearts
and not their minds: that God
doesn'i expect us to use the
brains he gave us".
The intelligent attitude, he
continued, calls for applying
scientific knowledge to the
problem. And, until a few years
ago, that meant the parents of
the handicapped went Irom
specialist to specialist, and
ended with a sense of frustra
tion ? they still didn't know
what to do. But today "team
work" has been hrought into
play, where specialists, includ
ing non-medical men, team up
to provide aid, so that the
handicapped person can live
something like a normal life.
Pointing out that there are
all sorts of handicaps, of the
mind and spirit as well as of
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7 F rom Here Attending
Annual P.T.A. Institute
Seven Macon County persons
are attending the annual state
wide P. T A. Institute at West
ern Carolina College, Cullowhee,
this week Among those in at
'endance at the four-day work
shop are Mrs Weimar Jones,
district director; .Mrs. Roy M
Biddle, Mrs Allen Siler, Mrs.
Holland McSwain, and Mrs.
Pearl Hunter, of the Franklin
P T A ; and Mrs. Walter Tayl
or and Mrs. Charles Ferguson,
representing the East Franklin
association.
AUGUST TERM
COURT JURORS
ARE SELECTED
Clerk Of Court Predicts
Light Dockets For
Both Sessions
The jury list for the August
term of superior court here was
selected Monday by the board
of county commissioners.
Court will open August 24
with Judge F. Donald Phillips,
of Rockingham, presiding.
The name of one woman
Miss Ethel Calloway, of High
lands ? was included Jn the
54 -member list. The names of
the jurors were drawn by Ron
nie Pendergrass, six-year-old
son of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs.
Newell Pendergrass.
The clerk of court, Miss Kate
McGee this week predicted
light dockets on both the crim
inal and civil sides of the ternr
Selected to serve as first
week jurors are Verlon Swaf^
ford, Franklin; W O. Lew^>
Route 1 A. J. Speed, Dillard,
Ga., Route 1; 3 J
2; Wymer WUliamson, PrenU^^
L. N. Smith, Route 1, Edgar
Tippett, Route 4; W. L- S^rr?)^'
3- d. L. Douthit, Nanta
hala Alex Pendergrass,
3 F. J Gregory, Gneiss; Clyde
Bingham, Franklin; Glenn
Reeves Route 3; Lewis Gregory.
ruUasaia; C W. Parrish, Route
3; Ray Bryson, c^las^ak"arge
rice Jenkins, Highlands, George
VT Nix, Scaly; wmiammtono^
Highlands, W. T. Fouts Route
Route 3; Arthur QuUliams.
Rnuu. 1 J- L Hurst. Route 3;
M B Rowland, ^u0^e;c)J?iJe'
rlark Route 3; T A.
Route 3; Joseph Higdcn, Culls
saia J B. Eimcre, R?ute
Claude Keener. "glands *d
I ear J. Carpenter, - 'AanK"":
' Arnold Rev. land Aquone;
Frank J. Southards. Route l,
and E B. Been. Rcute i.
I Picked Jcr du .y for seccnd
U p " Ej ch Prentiss.
I week art K 5
Troy Hilland. Gne^s Cbarlte
Downs. Route 3, R-g
Wells. Route 2; j. H.
Route 2; C. A. WilM^Rcute
a- n F Sjxr.mer. Hienianas,
Fred Gran* . ? ?
' Hedden. Frar.-'lin Ted G_-s
pie, Rout? 1; Tal. He ry
lands; J A G noble . Ri-te
Dean Mashbum. Route ...
Ethel Calloway. HlJ,hla.n^'
Dowdle, Route 2; Floyd Nichws.
Route 1; Clifford Den" and".
and Charlie Sondheimer, Gneiss,
SING SCHEDULED *
The fourth Sunday sing of
the Northern division of the
Macon County Singing Conven
tion is scheduled at 1:3C p. m.
at the Windy Gap church, it
has been announced by the Rev.
Theron Slagle, president.
REUNION ON SUNDAY
A reunion of desoendents of
Jimmy Sanders is planned Sun
day at the home of Mrs. W. K.
Davis in Clarkesville, Ga., Route
2 (New Liberty community), it
has been announced.
The Weather
The week's temperatuCM and rainfall, as
recorded in Franklin by Man son Stilea,
r. S. weather observer, and at the Cowecta
IlydroloRic Laboratory:
FRANK1JN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 79 56 .25
Thursday 81 65 2.09
Friday 85 64 trace
Saturday 79 64 .23
Sunday 86 65 .12
Monday 87 64
Tuesday 86 62
COWEETA
Temperature
High Low Rain
Wednesday 77 54 1.63
Thursday 78 62 1.97
Friday 82 62 .103
Saturday 77 .038
Sunday 82 62 .473
Monday 86 58.5 .045
Tuesday 84.5 57 trace
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rate
Wednesday ' 72 55 IS*
Thursday 72 82 trace
Friday 78 61 trace
Saturday 74 81 .42
Sunday 76 61
Monday 77 58 .12
Tuesday 77 59 M