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VOL. LXVIII? NO. 35
Oh* UjijjWattbj* JHacoman
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1953
PRICE
10 Cents
SIXTEEN PAGES
10 SCHOOLS
OPEN DOORS
HERE TODAY
Opening Of Highlands
Not Slated Until
September 8
Today (Thursday) some 4,000
eager school children ? and \
some not so eager ? answered
the call of the 1953-54 school j
year in io of this county's 11 1
schools.
Highlands students still have
a lew days of grace, however, j
Because of the tourist season,
school does not open there un
til September 8.
While acknowledging those i
ail-important studies, Franklin
High School students, neverthe
less, are concentrating on the
progress of this year's football
squad, which will open its grid
season September 11 in An- 1
tirews.
Pigskin practice got under
way last week, and Coach R. A.
(Art i Byrd has been putting his
machine throu^ its paces for
two practice sessions daily.
Macon Voters
Will Ballot
On 2 Issues
Macon voter-, along with
those of the states other 99
counties, will to to the polls
October 3 to decide the fate of
two proposed state oonri issues. 1
The first proposal is that the
state issue $50,000,000 in bonds
for school building.
The second, that $22,000,000
in bonds be issued to provide
adequate space and facilities in
the state's mental institutions. 1
Official notice of the election
In this county already has been
given by Siler Slagle, chairman
of the Macon County Board of
Elections.
If the people of th'e state ap
prove the $50,000,000 for schools,
Macon County will receive as its
share not less than $163,000,
and a maximum that may run
eLs high as $400,000 or more.
The 1953 act authorizing the I
special election on the propos- j
als for the two bond issues sets j
forth how the $50,000,000 for |
schools shall be distributed
among the 100 counties.
The first $10,000,000 is to be
divided equally among the
counties, $100,000 each.
The next $15,000,000 is to be
distributed on a basis of mem- i
bership (number of pupils in
the public schools) during the
1951-52 school year. State of
ficials already have worked out
the division on that basis, and
have announced that Macon's
share of this $15,000,000 will be
$63,953.25. Thus this county
would receive out of the school
bond issue, if it is carried, a
minimum of $163,953.25.
The remaining $25,000,000 is
to be distributed on a basis of
need and of effort by the
counties to meet the need. That
is to say, a poor county that
has made a serious effort to
meet its school needs would re
ceive more than a rich county
with little need, or a county
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 8
Officers Raid
Still Saturday
An 80-gallon still and 330 gal- '
ions of mash were destroyed
Saturday afternoon above the
Burningtown Falls, the Sheriff's
office has reported.
The raiding party included
Sheriff J. Harry Thomas, Dep
uty Sheriff Nev.el] Pendergrass,
and Roy Reec federal agent,
of Bryson City No arrest was
made.
Whitmire Buys
Ledford's Share
Of Freezer Plant
E. J. Whitmire has purchas- j
ed Oscar Ledford's half interest i
in Franklin Frozen Foods, Inc. j
Mr. Iydforrl has been secre- i
tary-treasurer and general I
manager of the corporation j
since if opened several years
ago.
Pat Cable is in charge of the
business at present, according
to Mr. Whitmire.
Plyler Says
Festival Is
Shaping Up
All signs indicate that the j
first annual Macon County Folk j
Testival the nights of Septem- |
ber 3, 4, and 5 is going to be!
highly successful, according to |
Frank Plyler, festival co-chair- j
man for the sponsoring Frank- j
lin Jaycees.
At the present time, enter- ;
tainment for the festival, which
will be held at the Franklin
High Stadium, is being lined up.
ant. interest is high, the co
chairman said.
Several string bands, square
dance teams and other enter- j
tainers have registered for the
three-night event and still
others are expected to sign up
this week and next, Mr. Plyler
said.
More than 40 entertainers ?
from bands to fiddlers and
Dan.io pickers? have been con
tacted.
The festival program has
been roughed out to include
content between string bands,
square dance teams, fiddlers,
bar.io pickers, guitar players,
ana clog dancers, Mr. Plyler
explained, adding that other
features will be planned if tie
mand warrants.
Contests will start each night
at 8 o'clock, with the finals
r.r./jr.ic. Saturday evening.
Judges will fct announced later
Trophies wlii be presentee n
Kividual winners in each e ' nt.
Mr. Plyler said the Jaycees
have set an admissip- ..arge
of ?' cents each n:' ... ior those
o->er 12 vr . ~ ot age to cover
:i.-_ ;t?t of erecting a platform
on the ;ie:cl and trcpnies.
Town Gives
Paving Job
To Allison
The contract for paving
seven Franklin streets has been
awardef to Allison Construction
Company. Asheville, the only
bidder.
In special session Wednesday
night of last week, the board
of aldermen opened the lone
sealed bid. discussed it, and
then voted to accept the con
cerns offer to condition the
streets for five cents per square
foot and pave for 60 cents per
square foot.
The seven streets slated for
surfacing total 3.879 feet ^ in
length, according to bid specifi
cations. They are Mill Street
(534 feet i. Lyle <1,0001; West
Boulevard (1.030); Sunset Drive
(870); and Highlands Avenue
<445'
All will be 12 feet wide, with
the exception of Mill Street,
whieh wHl be 24 feet.
Estimated cost of the entire
project is $8,000. The streets
were selected lor surfacing fol
lowing , survey by Aldermen
Verlon Swafford and Erwin
Patton. , .
Work is expected to get under i
way at an early date, according ,
to town officials.
BALL GAME SUNDAY j
Th>? Franklin All-Stars will ,
meet Clayton, Ga., Sunday at
the Franklin High Stadium at
2 p. m.. it has been announced.
New Meters Are Installed
?Staff I'hoto by J. H. brad..
Freda Holland, 11-yea.r-old daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Cleo
Holland, of Gold Mine, was among the first to try out Frank
lin's new automatic- parking meters Saturday. Looking on is
Chief of Police C. D. Baird. The odd looking Machine is a new
money-collecting cart tha.t came with the meters. The flexible
hose fits under the money compartment, the meter is opened,
and the money pours through the hose into the tank below.
"Sure beats earring a canvas bag around", the chief com
mented.
?STATION SETS
ANNUAL MEET
Three Sessions Seated
Over The Week-end
In Highlands
This week-end will mark the j
I annual meeting of the High- I
I lands Biological Station.
The first of three planned
I sessions will be a meeting of
i the board of managers Satur
day morning at 10 o'clock.
Those expected to attend Sat
urday's meeting are R. K God
frey. North Carolina State Col
lege; J. J. Friauf, Vanderbilt
University; Eugene P. Odum,
University of Georgia; Royal E.
Shanks. University of Tennes
see; H. R. Totten, University of
North Carolina; G. W. Wharton,
Duke University; Lewis Ander
son, president of the corpora
tion. Duk University; and Dr
Thelma Howell, executive direc
tor of the corporation, Wesley
an College.
This group of professional
biologists is composed of repre
sentatives of each of the sub- [
scribing colleges and universit
ies, and makes recommenda
tions to the board of trustees
SEE NO. 5, PAGE 8
New Meters
Are Put In
UseByTown
Something new has been add
ed in downtown -Franklin ? 150
.-panking new automatic park
ing meters, welcome successors
to the old obsolete crank-type
meters.
The new meters, which ac
cept coins and then automatic
ally register the time, were in
stalled Friday on the posts of
the old meters and Saturday's
shopping crowd seemed to be
having a field day testing them.
One hundred of the new ones [
are replacements and 50 addi- \
tional have been installed
around the outer edge of the
courthouse square, in front of
the post office, and on Phillips
Street.
Last week the town poured
a concrete curbing around the
courthouse area to keep motor- 1
ists :rom knocking down the I
new additions.
The recent decision of the
board of aldermen to buy new
automatic meters stemmed
from an increasing number of
complaints that the old ones i
jammed during wet weather j
SEE NO. 4, PAGE 8
The road bed for the new $618,000 highway from Cowee Gup (at the Jackson -Macon county1:
line; to Franklin ha.', reached the Franklin city Limits. The picture, made on infrared film, was
taken in the middle of the old junk yard next ti? the Sloan's Chapel church, looking east toward '
Hunniciitt Hill. 1 i
JUDGE FAVORS i
EXTENSION OF
PATROLPOWER
Urges Grand Jury Here|
To Put Issue To
Legislature
Judge F. Dor.aicl Phii.ips fa
vors extending trie powers of
the State K.chway Patrol as a
state police oody. ;r. order to
provide g:tatei\ protection .or
the people
In his charge to the grand
jury with the opening of the
superior court term here Mon
day morning, the _udge remark
ed. that some seem to have
declared "open season or. of
ficers'l reierring to, the recent
slaying of sheriffs in both
Cherokee and Jackson counties.
"It appears that the people of
the state have got to do some
thing to protect themselves that
they haven t done " Judge Phil
lips contended, and he urged
the grant: jurors and those
present ir. court- to recommend
to the next legislature that the
State Highway Patrol be given
increased powers of law en
forcement. so its officer? woulc.
be able To step in and Take
charge of -sses. without first
having to get permission
The 'udge commended' the
patrol for its excellent train
ing and the job it is doing, but
he added "the highway patrol
doesnt have the authority :t
should nave"
If the patroi were a state
constabulary the judge point
ed out, the citizens of the state
would receive more protection.
Judge Phillips briefly touch
ed on the English heritage ti
the grand jury system and ne
explained in detail the duties
and scope of the soriy as the
? fountainheac of ?11 criminal
prosecutions
John Clark was appointed
foreman of the jury by the
court.
The other grand urors.
drawn by Ronnie Pendergrass.
six-year-old son of Deputy Sher
riff and Mrs. Newell Pender
grass, included A J. Speed
Wyrner Williamson, L. N Smith,
Edgar Tippett, D. L. Douthit
Alex Pendergrass, Clyde Bing
ham, Ray Bryson, George W.
Nix. William Drinnon, W T.
Fouts, Lon Campbell, M B
Rowland. T. A. Slagie. J B El
more, Claude Keener, and Frank
J. Southards.
COWEE GRADING
75% COMPLETE
Usry Says Heavy Earth
Equipment Moved
Off Job
With grading no* a, proxi
mately 7i> per cent campjete on
the Franklin -Co wee Gap high
way project, most of the heavy
earth-moving equipment has
been taken oft the job c-y the
contractor.
Resident Engineer S. T Usry
said this week most, of the work
on the project is being done in
the Cowee Gap vicinity.
Shafts to divert underground
water in the gup are being sunk
he said," in preparation lor
blasting th< roadbed through
solid rock in the gap.
A four-oar; e. advert is under
construction over Rabbit Creek
and the new oridge over Wa
tauga Creek is nearing comple
tion.
Magician-Hyptomist
To Preform Here 2
Nights Next Week
Preston magician- hypnotist
who was received here last year
by enthusiastic audiences, will
return for per;orrr.ances Mon
day and Tuesday 1 August 31
Septembt ? j t at the East
Franklin School at H p in
under the . por-sorshi: of t' <
franklin Jaycti:
Tr. mamcian performed here
a.it <ur unatr tm auspices ol
;he Rotary Club ?
( OR BIN REl'NION SET
Descendants oi the 'late John I
t,*>d Nancy McClure Corbin will
?oiu thfir annual ze union the
lirsl Sunuav in September 1
(September 6) at the home of j
Dewey Corbin it has been an- J
riounced by Miss Villa Corbin, j
secretary o! the Corbin clan \
rhose planning to attend are
isked to bring a picnic lunch |
Court Is Over;
No Jury Trials
GIVES DINNER
m mm s '
RALPH L. SMITH
Mr. Smith, new Franklin dis
trict principal. Friday night en
tertained some "ft guests .with a
"get acquainted dinner" at
Franklin High School. A native
of Havesville. the new princi
pal's last post was in .Sylva. The
dinner was prepared under the
supervision of .Mrs. Katherine
O'Nei! and Mrs. Carolyn Cogan,
of th ? h:Th scho"''< home er -
nomiti tli:p;.rtniviit.
Shocked' At
Home Report,
Juris! Stys
I air. shocked over your-r^i
port or. the county home!"
Thi wa Judge F Donald
Phillips reaction Tuesday after
noon when the Grand Jury of
the August superior court term
turned in its inspection report
on count.- facilities.
Among other things, the brie:
report said our county home is
:n pitiful condition" ? a com
ment. which according to the
records, has been voiced by
Grand Juries here lor many
years.
But Judge Phillips, who is
scheduled to preside at the up
coming December term here al
so. sharply criticized conditions
at the home and declared "this
f-ourt is going to take the nec
essary steps to see that they
those in the county homei get
th" care they deserve".
He ordered certified copies of
the report sent to each county
oramissioner and asked for a
signed receipt that each had
reserved his copy.
Reviewing the report, the
commented that the in
mates of the home "should be
'.?rated as human beings . . .
and ^e given some measure at
SEE NO. 3. PAGE ?
um CROWD
HE*RS GENERAL
E:chelberger Speaker At
Highlands Rotary
Club Meet
Tne Highlands Rotary Club
drew the targost attendance on
record at its meeting Tuesday
evening of last week, when Lt.
Gen Robert L. Eichelberger
pavt- an interesting and infor
mal talk on the current unset
tled situation in the near and
Far East, Stacey C. Russell,
secretary, announced.
Many will recall that General
F rhelberger led the victorious
F.er.th Army in the bitte^r
three-year island-hopping cara
paicn !rom New Guinea to Ma
.a. TV." secretary -aid. adding
?r.at General Eichelberger flew
.'(?.Tokyo u^t two hours ahead
(;< neral MacArthur for the
; rehmlnary arrangements inci
dent to tht Japanese surrender.
The 17 members of the High
i.nris club were out-numbered
t. 57 visitors, who were so In
terested in the talk that the
ieduled half-hour program
Tended for more than an
hour.
Dr Charles R Bittle, medical
?director of the Highlands Com- j
r.-i.inity Hospital, is a recent ad
dition to the club membership.
Judge Phillips Wind#
Up Light Criminal,
Civil Dockets
Tuesday afte/noon spelled the
end c! a '.iuiX criminal docket
for tiit August term of superior
court Ahirh opened hert Mon
day morning with Judge F.
Donald Phi! lip;-, cf Rocking
ham, presiding
There were nt -.ry trials on
the criminal side oi the term.
Judge Phillips heard and pro
nounced sentence in all cases.
Yesterday Wednesday* the
judge moved into an equally
light civil dock*!. ciispci-ing of
it by noon
The balance 'c* oper.'ng day
was consumed ty non-jury
trials, involving io: the most
part motor vehic-.e ? ah?i. TiiaJ
| of Marshall Rf.e e i'i-' ear-old
1 Highland:- po-t ci::ce employe,
who was chart tc- with assault
on a 17-year-old v.rl 'tot K up
most 01 Tif % jci'.'c I-h-ilipe
1 handed the Hr/1:. anoo man a
!l2-month suspended sentence
on fa;:.'..' ' V''. and costs
and ?? . <1 behavior' foi three
years.
Casts .olspo'-<-t'. ti en the
criminal docket ? .uued:
G I j. ; -jandon-rtent.
nol pros with lej*Ye ,
Rufus A. A..?" "a. alias
capias .'.-?suet'
i ? bey J< S'^wart unk
d ..in.. ..r. w.:h Jeave. w
Lem Hafer cart it *.snt reck
less driving '.-.c/j ,. -.r.th leave.
Ernest Bennett - jpport
ol an iHegitims- - alias
capias issued.
Shirley Walte Kei n , alan
donment alias capias . . =d.
Charlie William Paul. caieless
ar*d reckless driving. ctr.tinued,.
' 'Ncrman P. Fitzgera:d. aban
donment. alias capias issued.
Lt-:ter E. Chappel. drunk
driving, called and tailed, capi
as issued.
Boyd .Thompson, drunk driv
ing, called ar.d tailed, cap.'as
issued.
Robert GUr.n Owen?, Urvnk
driving, capiat issued.
W. H Mushbarn, non- up
pert. continued.
Joseph Snyder, non-rupport
illegitimate child. 5300 bond
set. alias capias liv-ed
J. D. Welch resisting 8 "rest,
called and failed a' a ? t."' ias
issued.
Clifford Alexander Fcx, reck
less driving, continued; cm Ty
ing concealed v.eaptn contin
ued for defendant
Henderson Have . c'Jnk driv
ing, called and .'ailed, alias
capias issued
Verlin Curtis drunk :.ri ing,
called and failed. < cntinued lor
defendant
Orover Eugene Crisp, careless
and reckless driving, called and
j failed, capias i -yed.
L W. Rice, Jr . aiding and
abetting drunk driving. $100,
j costs, license revoked for one
year.
Jural Smith and Louise Hall,
adultery, prayer for judgment
ccntinu"d to December term.
Howard Hastings, speeding,
| prayer for judgment continued
l 18 months, costs.
James D Dills, drunk driving,
$100, costs, license revoked for
one year.
Joe Albert Shuler. aiding and
abetting drunk driving, $100,
costs; license revoked for one
year
Glen Wilson drunk driving, 4
months .suspended, $100 costs,
I license revoked lor one year;
The Weather '
SEE NO 2. PAGE 8
i i '?* * ,V ' 'l',/4' ' -ainfail, ??
r.conle.! m I rankhn by Manaon Stile?,
? :rr '?Jc-'vcr, urn' ? |? CowrrU
*< ' -.1 '('oratory ;
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
High Low Rain
81 63 .57
78 63 .07
81 6C
78 61 .20
82 57 trace
86 56
85 61
COWEETA
Temperatures
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
High Low Rain
76 59 .284
74 59.5 1.08
78 53
76 55
80 51
83 46 03
83 48,5 ....