-- -A ? i
Net Paid
CIRCULATION
Last Week
t ?
2551
t IffaitMitt Iff,
Attb
glfjt JHacoman
)
PRICE
10 Cent s
VOL LXVIII? NO. 32
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1953
TWELVE PAGES
7 FRANKLIN
STREETS SET
FOR PAVING
Board Puts $50 Charge
For Fire Calls Out
Of City Limits
The Franklin Board of Ald
ermen threw the machinery in
motion Monday night for pav
ing six short streets by adver
tising for bids.
Action on this followed a re
port by Aldermen Erwin Patton
and Verlon Swafford on results
of a street survey recently con
ducted by the two members of
the street committee.
The six streets, which total
less than a mile in length, are
Mill, East Rogers (only a por
tion), Lyle, Highland, West
Boulevard, and Sunset Drive.
All will be 12-foot streets, with
the exception of Mill Street,
which will be 24 feet.
Eestimated by the two alder
men to cost about $8,000, funds
for the projects will come from
Powell Bill aid.
A charge' of $50 was set by
the board for calls answered
by the Franklin Volunteer Fire
Department outsMe the city
limits. In the past, the town
has borne the cost of sending
the firemen out into the coun
ty, and, according to aldermen,
"it has become an expensive
proposition". An act of the last
legislature gave the board of
county commissioners authority
to spend up to $500 for rural
fire protection.
Course Planned
Fom" School Bus
Drivers Aug. 25
All prospective school bns
drivers who do not hold certi
ficates and would like to drive
this coming school year are
asked to meet on August 25 at
the school bus garage at Frank
lin High School to take tests.
County School Supt. Holland
McSwain said the one-day
school for prospective drivers.,
which will open at 9:30 a. m.,
will be conducted by C. W.
Angel, of Sylva, safety repre
sentative of the Department of
Motor Vehicles.
All males over the age of 16
are eligible to try for a driver
post, the superintendent said.
Siler Family
Meeting Today
Today (Thursday) is "The
Day" for hundreds of descen
dants of Weimar Siler.
Members of the family from
all over the country are here
for the family's 101st annual
meeting and a full day of
handshaking, eating, and yarn
spinning is in store.
This year's "Family Meeting",
as they have been called
through the years, is being held
at Slagle .Memorial Building,
with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Slagle.
Al> Dav iing Slated
At Holly Springs On
Sunday, Henson Says
The all-day annual singing
convention of the southern di
vision of the Macon County
Singing Convention is slated
Sunday at the Holly Springs
Baptist Church.
In making the announcement.
Tom Henson, ' secretary, said
dinner w 11 be served on the
grounds at noon. All singers are
invited to attend, he said.
TOURIST INJURED
Joseph Harvey, 41, of Jackson
ville, Fla., received a fractured
left leg and lacerations on his
fight leg July 26 when a horse
he was tiding reared up and fell
on him near the Highlands
Country Club. He received
treatment at the Highlands
Community Hospital, and then
was sent by ambulance to the
Georgia Baptist Hospital in At
lanta.
INSTALLS TELEPHONE
The Western Carolina Tele
phone Company last Friday in
stalled another pay telephone
beside the Highlands police
house. This brings to two the
number of outside public tele
phones In Highlands.
Plant superintendent Frank
Dean and Installer John Smith
set up the new booth. Both
phones, according to Mr. Dean,
are permanent
County Gets
Large Share
From Forest
A check for $14,957.49 soon
will be coming Macon County's
way ? its share of Nantahala
Nation*] Forest receipts for the
fiscal year ending July, 30, 1953.
This figure is $2,388.41 higher
than last year's, according to
District Ranger John Wasillk.
Seven counties? Macon, Cher
okee, Clay, Graham, Jackson,
Swain, and Transylvania? this
year will split up a total of
*44,667.06 on the basis of Nan
Mihala acreage lying in each.
I This total represents 25 per
cent of the forest's receipts
from timber sales and stump
uge prices during the year.
As usual, Macon received the
largest share of the allocation
because of its 147,589 acres of
forest land. Next was Graham
'(105,528 acres) with $10,699.62.
I The money will be probated
j'.to each county fund on a tax
rate basis, according to Lake V.
Shope, register of deeds.
Following are the amounts re
ceived by the other five coun
ties: Cherokee, $8,231.08: Clay,
$5,881.74; Jackson, $2,797.07;
Swain, $1,608.56; and Transyl
vvania, $491.50.
j^ard Moves
ro Put Line
To N~w Area
The Highlands Board of Com
missioners, in regular session
Monday night, laid the ground
work for a water system to the
Greenwood Forest development
on Little Bear Pen Mountain,
j Aldermen accepted a quota -
i tion by the Asheville branch of
! Pump and Lighting Company,
Inc., for a 7', h.p. pump, a 2,
000-gallon storage tank, and
necessary set controls. However,
decision on a definite pips size
was put off for further inves
tigation.
The centrifugal pump, accord
ing to the quotation, has a
capacity of 120 g-'lons per min
ute.
In other action, the board
turned down a bid of S5,600-a
year for garbage collection, in
favor of continuing under the
present setup. The town now
makes free collections, twice a
week to residences, six times a
week to businesses. Current an
nual expenses is estimated at
$5,000.
The next regular meeting is
August 17.
.iart Family Reunion
"t; Be Held On Sunday
The Smart family reunion is
planned Sunday at the old
old homeplace of "Uncle Joe"
Smart, which is now the home
of Miss Ada Smart and Mrs.
Inez Woody, the clan president,
Calmer Smart, .announced this
week.
Crowds Jam
Highlands For Second
?Hillbilly Day'
Crowds jammed Highlands
yesterday as "the highest in
1 corporated town in Easterif
America" marked its second
annual "Hillbilly Day".
It is "ag'in the law" to ap
pear on the streets on "Hill
billy Day" except in costume,
and by 10 a. m. "Sheriff"
Riley Johnson already had
put 30 in the "stockade".
For the free barbecue, which
opened the day's festivities,
more than a ton of meat had
been cooked Tuesday night.
CHORCH OPENS
ANNUAL MEET
j THIS MORNING
Two-Day Session Marks
! 50th Anniversary Of
Baptist Group
I This (Thursday) morning, the
Macon Baptist Association will
open its annual two-day ses
i sion ? the occasion this year
marking the fiftieth anniversary
of the county's largest church
group.
j Today's opening session will
? at the Newman's Chapel at
10 o'clock, and tomorrow the
association will round out its
annual business at the Tellico
church.
The Rev. Arvil Swaftord will
deliver the introductory sermon
this morning at 11:30 o'clock.
At 2 o'clock the following will
make reports Mrs. Jim Berry,
orphanage; Fred Corbin, hos
pital; Andrew Cloer, ministers'
retirement; John Corbitt, tem
perance; and Walter Dean,
home for the aging.
Friday's program at the Tel
lico church will start at 9:30
o'clock with the devotional by
the Kev. Bill Shields. At 9:45
reports on missions will be
heard; 10:30, reports on finance
; ? tithing, stewardship, and en
listment bv W. L. Sorrells, treas
urer's report, by Gus Baldwin,
ana finance committee report
by Walter Dean.
The missionary sermon wi!i
be delivered at 11:15 by the
1 Rev. f'rai'i' Reed.
Education reports will mark
the afternoon session: Mrs
Jester Higdon. Christian Educa
tion: Mrs. Jack Cabe, Chris
tian Literature: Lee Crawford
American Bible Society; and
W. N. Cook, historian.
J. Horner Stockton is the
moderator.
SALEM REVIVAL OPENING
A revival series will open
Sunday at 7:30 p. m. at the
Salem Methodist Church, the
Rev. J. D. Pyatt, pastor, has
announced. The pastor also an
nounced that W. H. Wilker, a
missionary, will speak and show
pictures next Friday night,
August 14.
Patrolman
Quits Job
Ov^r Move
Highway Patrolman C. M. j
Byrd, stationed here since
March 10, ? 1950, resigned last
Thursday, rather than accept a
transfer to Asheville.
While he refused to elaborate,
the patrolman hinted he felt
the ordered transfer was a "per
sonal matter" originating in
this county, rather than with
the patrol.
Connected with the patrol for
12 years, and an employe of the
State School Commission for
about eight years prior to join
ing the patrol, Mr. Byrd would
have been eligible for retire
ment in less than two months.
He was stationed in Spruce Pine
before coming here.
Yesterday (Wednesday I he
said he ?preferred to remain
here", even though it meant
quitting the patrol and said he
planned to accept a job here
in the near future.
The patrolman said he re
ceived the transfer last Wed
nesday noon and he was sup
posed to report to Asheville for
duty on Friday.
NORTON KILLED
IN S. C. MISHAP
Native Knocked
From Scooter; Rites
Conducted Here
! Robert L. Norton, 46-year-old
native of this county, was killed
Monday afternoon in Charles
ton, S. C., when knocked from
a motor scooter by a passing
truck.
According to information re
ceived here, Mr. Norton died
instantly when the door of the
truck flew open and smashed
him to the pavement.
He had been working at the
Navy Yard in Charleston since
1940.
His body arrived in Franklin
Tuesday night. Services were
conducted yesterday ( Wednes
day i at 3 p. m. at the Mulberry
Methodist Church. The Rev.
Frank Reed and the Rev. Roq
ert Li Poindexter officiated.
Burial was in the Newman
Chapel Cemetery.
Mr. Norton was born Novem
ber 14, 1906, the son of .Mrs.
Jean Norton, of Otto. Educated
in the Macon schools, he was
married to Miss Myrtle Vinson
on June 4, 1937. Prior to going
to Charleston, he worked with
-.CC camps here.
Bryant Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
NEGRO QUINTET COMING |
"The Sons of Harmony", a
Negro male vocal quintet, will
present a benefit program at
the Chapel ( Negro i School, Sat
urday evening at 8 o'clock, it
has been announced by the
Rev. Willie T. Scotton, local
minister.
7j>rjik o ?.2e? 1 Restoring Old T-Models
Vfrt tr'Hotohvj r If ratty
A new hobby ? restoring old automobiles ? ha. reached Macon County, evidenced by the above
?Wcture of two 1924 T-Model Fords, which are almost as spanking new as the day "Uncle Henry"
?>lled them out of the factory. Sea'.ed in the snappy roadster at left Is Raleigh Houston; under
the wheel of the "T" touring car is Hall Callah'n. Both men are Franklinites and are justly
proud of their restoring jobs. Above the cost of the cars, which are the last two in this county,
Mr. Houston has spent $300 giving hfs roadster a shot in the arm. Mr. Callahan, with the
able assistance of Sam Gibson, about S250. And this money spending isn't over yet, according to
the hobbyists; there are things like new upholstery and tops vet to be considered. In the pic
ture, taken in Mr. Callahan's driveway on Ridwell Street, is an old lamp ? a historical object
in Itself. It is roported to be one of the first II street la.mps to be Installed in Franklin and is
Mi* to fee close to 1M years old.
AGENT LISTS
FARM, HOME
TOUR STOPS
Motorcade W ill Visit
Seven Communities
On Aug. 14
Seven of the 13 local com
munities entered in the W.N.C
Rural Community Development
Contest will be visited during
the annual Macon County Farm
and Home Tour on August 14,
which this year is emphasizing
contest progress. .
Because of the large amount
of territory to be covered.
County Agent S. W. Mendenhall
said the motorcade will get
under way promptly at 9:30
a. m. at the Agricultural Build
ing.
The county agent said the
tour first will move into the
Bethel community to view work
accompanied by the community
| around the church and the pic
| nic area; then to Clark's Chapel
where the first scheduled stop
; will bt at the community
church. At this stop, silage corn
on Charlie Sutton's farm and
artificially sired dairy cattle on
the Geor?"> Doster farm will be
seen; next, the motorcade will
roll into the Prentiss commun
ity to note corn, alfalfa, ladino
pastures, and two new barns
with hay dryers; from there to
West Union for a look at pas
! ture, new homes, a new church,
and on into Longview to see
1 pasture, crops, and sheep; next
will be Patton commi^iity, once
! dotted by many scalded acres.
| but now a green, prosperous
valley with good beef cattle,
dairying, and poultry: Carson
is listed as the second stop,
where irrigation equipment and
a field chopper will be seen in
operation, and new homes and
the community's new picnic
area will be noted.
Lunch will be next on the
tour agenda ? at the Cartooge
chaye School ? served bv the
women of the Carson commun
ity.
Following lunch, the tour will
move to the Franklin High
School Vocational Agricultural
Building for a beef and dairy
show.
7orm?ir Franklin
P -.stor To Preach
Here Sunday
Dr. J. Lem Stokes, former
pastor or the Franklin Metho
dist Church, and now president
of Pfeiffer Junior College, will
preach Sunday morning at the
11 o'clock service at his former
church.
Dr. Stokes' appearance here
was announced Tuesday morn
ing by the Rev. C. E. Murray,
pastor, who invited all church
members and friends of Dr.
Stokes to attend the service.
The college president was
pastor of the church here for
ibout three and a half years,
leaving in the early 40's to ac
cept a pastorate at Elkin
~T^inion Of Southards
And Masons On Sunday
The Southard-Mason family
reunion is scheduled Sunday at
the home of Tom Southards on
Upper Cartoogqchaye, members
of the two families announced
this week. Dinner will be serv
ed at noon and all relatives
and friends are invited.
New Coach Named
By School Board
Sanders
Wounded In Korea Four
Days Before End
Byrd Gets Franklin Post;
Schools To Open
August 27
?
Cpl. Cecil Sanders, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ules Sanders, of
Franklin. Route 2 (Hickop'
Knoll section), was wounded in
action in Korea just four days
before the signing of the armis
: tice, according to information
| received by his parents.
Sheriff J. Harry Thomas, who
delivered the Department of
Defense telegram to the Sand
erses last Thursday night, said
Cpl. Sanders received flesh
wounds in his left leg and hip
from artillery fire on July 22.
The armistice was signed July
26.
The sheriff reported the tele
gram said the Macon soldier
had been hospitalized. Further
details were not included, he
I added.
A new Franklin High School
coach was named and the open
ing date of schools set Jor Aug
ust 27 by the Macon County
Board of Education in regular
session Monday night.
Richard Arthur (Arti Byrd,
former Western Carolina Col
lege football star, is the new
coach, succeeding Ralph (Chuck)
McConnell. who resigned during
the Franklin school cont-oversy
this spring.
A native of Marion, Coach
Byrd has been athletic director
and coach at Wray Junior High
School in Gastonia since his
graduation from W. C. C. in
1949. In his senior year, he was
named "Little All-American"
and was captain of the football
team He is married and has
two children.
County School Supt. Holland
McSwain said the new coach
will be in charge of all three
sports at the high school, foot
ball, basketball, and baseball.
He was among four considered
for the job, the superintendent
said.
The opening date for school
applies to all schools in the
i county except Highlands. Be
cause a number of Highlands
students have summer jobs,
X-Ray Survey
Findings For
Macon Listed
I Only five persons out of a
total of 2.673 Maconites who re
ceived free chest X-rays here
in June were found to have
definite tuberculosis, according
to information made public this
week by the district health de
partment.
Of the total, another 62 per
sons had suspicious signs of the
disease and 64 had other types
of disease, the report said.
If the Macon survey follows
the pattern of previous surveys,
| the biggest portion of those
people listed as having suspic
ious tuberculosis will not have
the active disease, department
officials explained.
While the final tabulation has
not been completed, the figures
released are approximately cor
rect, it was said.
The X-ray unit will return to
this county in May, 1955.
CALLING PLAYERS
Richard A. (Art) Byrd,
newly named Franklin High
coach. Monday asked all bovs
planning to report out for
football this year to meet at
the high school on August 14
at 2 p. m.
Many Laughs In Drama;
Will Repeat Aug. 8
In Highlands
school officials general lv open
school there shortly after Labor
Day. the close of tourist season.
The board shifted the decision
as to when to open this school
to the principal and the district
school committee.
Raleieh officials hav? approv
ed a high school teacher for the
Chapel < Negro > School, accord
ing to Supt. McSwain. which
means this county's 10 to 12
Negro high school students will
not have to be taken by bus to
Jackson County this year. For
several years, the^local students
have attended a consolidated
school in Sylva.
Working out a satisfactory
I agreement to transport a num
ber of school children in the
Nantahala Township to school
in Andrews was turned over to
Supt. McSwain and the Chero
' kee County superintendent. Re
I cently. in a petition, several
Nantahala citizens indicated
they wanted to continue send
ing their children to school in
Andrews, as they have in the
past. If suitable bus connec
tions can be made, the school
board said it would have no
objections. A two-man delega
tion from Nantahala suggested
the Nantahala power house as
a point of transfer, explaining
that the children could use the
power house garages for shel
ter in the winter.
Supt McSwain also announc
ed the resignation of two
Franklin High teachers. Mrs.
Roberta Parker and Harold
Davis.
If admissions were charged on
the basi? of laughter, several
hundred play-goers who took
in "Here Comes Charlie" last
Thursday and Friday nights
owe the Ffanklin Community
Players a sachel of money.
Seldom has 75 cents produc
ed so many refreshing belly
laughs.
It was the amateur theatrical
group's third production and
it's obvious that The Players
are ripening with age. After
seeing "Chaflie", the question
pops up : "What next and how
soon?"
The person who played
"Charlie" by all rights deserves
the largest bouquet, but alas,
that person must remain un
named. To disclose "Charlie's"
identity would spoil the fun for
folks in Highlands, who are go- i
ing to see the play Saturday
night.
To the other members of the
cast go almost-as-large bou
SFc yo ' PAGE 12
church Last Mile Campaign
*\',t Building Starts Sunday
The Highlands Methodist
Church will start its $15,000
last mile" building fund cam
paign Sunday.
The Rev. Robert E. Early,
pastor, announced that amount
is needed to complete construc
tion of the three-year-old sanc-v
tuary. Pamphlets and letters
went out yesterday (Wednes
day) to pave the way, but solic- i
Iting teams will begin the ' Last
Mile" Sunday.
Directing the 110- week drive!
Is the Rev. George C. Nothdurft.
if the Board of Home Missions
and Church Extension, head- 1
quartered In Philadelphia, Pa.
He will leave sometime next
week after the actual drive is '
In full swing.
At a church board meeting
last Sunday members reviewed !
work "yet to be done" for com- 1
pletion and arrived at the fol- '
lowing projects and estimated
costs :
Two basement classrooms,
$1,500; gable young people's '
classroom, $1,000: chapel, (3.500; I1
walks and grounds, $1,000; com- ]
pletion of stone veneer, $3,500: j
guttering, $300; painting of the j
sanctuary floor, $1,200; and ]
steeple, $3,000.
The Weather
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday ...
Tuesday
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
89 64
93
91
90
90
91
90
66
66
66
63
66
68
.60
.62
coweeta
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 87.5 57
rhursday 89 60
Friday 90 60.5 .20
Saturday 86 60 trace
Sunday 89 58 .018
Monday 87 59 trace
Tuesday 88 59 .04
HIGHLANDS
Temperature*
High Low Rain
Wednesday 82 57
rhursday -... 80 60 1.65
Friday 83 60 .08
3aturday 82 60 M
Sunday 86 58
Monday 83 61
fuesday 82 81