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42 Deer Bagged
By Hunters Here
72 Bucks Taken In
Standing Indian, 15
In Wayah Territory
Six-hundred five hunters push
ed eagerly Into the Wayah and
Standing Indian Wildlife Man
agement Areas for four days of
deer hunting this week, and
when the smell of gun smoke
drifted away 42 bucks were
prime candidates for home
freezer lockers.
Yesterday (Wednesday) was
the last day of the first series.
The number of kills In the two
areas was not known at press
time. The final hunt of the
brief season will run from Mon
day through Thursday.
Even the bitter . cold last
Thursday (Thanksgiving) and
Friday failed to slow the ad
vance of dauntless red-draped
hunters, whose all-consuming
fire for deer stalking smoldered
during the recent closing of the
national" forests because of fire
danger ? a move that forced the
postponement of scheduled
hunts (November 16, 17, 23, 24,
and 25) and temporarily held
the antler collectors in check.
But a new schedule of hunts
relieved the pacing nimrods of
their misery and sent bucks for
the tall timber.
Of the 42-buck total bag, 27
were downed on Standing In
dian and 15 on Wayah.
On Thanksgiving Day, 202
shivering hunters from all sec
tions of the state rolled into
the Standing Indian area and
96 into Wayah. At sundown, the
bag for the former stood at 11
bucks, for the latter, eight.
Friday, 69 hunters came out
of Standing Indian with a bag
of four bucks, according to Ed
Waldroop, wildlife refuge assis
tant. But things weren't so rosy
on Wayah that day. The 32
stalwarts tromping through the
brush failed to register a single
kill.
Reed Queen, who is in charge
at Arrowood Glade, said the
situation brightened for the 58
hunting the Wayah area Mon
day. The day's kill was four, in
cluding a 210-pounder bagged
by an unidentified Cartooge
chaye man. Seve nbucks were
downed in the Standing Indian
area that day.
Tuesday, five were killed in
Standing Indian and three in
Wayah, with 39 and 50 hunters
registered, respectively.
L KILPATRICK
DIES FRIDAY
Services For Native
Of Clay Conducted
At Fairview Church
Lee Kilpatrick, 83-year-old na
tive of Clay County and resi
dent of the Nantahala com
munity in this county for 62
years, died Friday at 3:30 a. m.
at the home of his son, Carl
Kilpatrick, on Murphy, Route 1.
A retired farmer and charter
member of the Fairview Bap
tist Church at Nantahala, Mr.
Kilpatrick had been ill only a
brief time. He had served as
Sunday School superintendent
of the Fairview church for
nearly 40 years.
Funeral services for Mr. Kil
patrick were conducted Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock at the
Fairview church by the Rev.
Carl Denny. Burial was in the
Union Hill Cemetery on Camp
Branch.
Born October 23, 1870, Mr.
Kilpatrick was the son of Ellas
and Mrs. Sally Coffey Kilpat
rick. In 1891 he was married
to Miss Amanda Mason, who
died in 1948.
Survivors include four sons,
A. F., of Candler, Route 2, Carl,
of Murphy, Route 1, A. G., of
Murphy, Route 1, and C. C. Kil
patrick, of Nantahala; five
daughters, Mrs. I. F. Mashburn,
of Canton, Mrs. L. H. Mashburn,
of Nantahala, Mrs. E. R. Mack,
of Murphy, Route 1, Mrs. L. L.
Grant, of Flats, and Mrs. Ker
mlt Dalrymple, of Ellljay, Oa.;
a sister, Mrs. Sallle DeHart, of
Marble; 34 grandchildren, 34
greta-grandchlldren, and three
great-grandchlldr?n, and three
Grandsons served as pallbear
ers.
Bryant Funeral Home was In
charge of arrangement!.
Cagers Split
Tilts Tuesday
In Rabun Gap
In a pre -season warm-up
game Tuesday night in Rabun
Oap (Oa.) the Franklin female
cagers polished off the Rabun
Oap girls 39 to 26, but the lo
cal lads took a 46 to 41 pasting.
This coming Tuesday night
the lads and lassies will offici
ally uncork the 1953 season In
Sylva at 7:30 o'clock.
Tentative positions for the
Sylva clash have been assigned
by Coach R. A. Byrd. Girls: for
wards ? Ruth Brown, Audrey
Gibson, and Jody Lenoir;
guards ? Anna Setser, Hazel
Vinson, and Fenes Pruitt. Boys:
forwards ? J. L. Henry and
Johnny Tippett; center ? Dolpha
Fouts; guards ? James Buchan
an and Billy Harper.
Mrs. Cabe, 78,
Dies At Home
Wednesday
Mrs. Addie Virginia Saunders
Cabe, a native of this county
and widow of Harve Grey Cabe,
died Wednesday afternoon of
last week at her home in the
Holly Springs community.
She was 78 years old and had
been ill only a short time.
Funeral services for Mrs. Cabe
were conducted Thursday at 2
p. m. at the Bethel Methodist
Church, of which she was a
member. The Rev. C. E. Murray,
pastor of the Franklin Metho
dist Church, and the Rev. Arvil
Swafford, pastor of the Mt.
Hope Baptist Church, were the
officiating ministers. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Cabe was a daughter of
Wilbur and Mrs. Lucy Tippett
Saunders. February 18, 1894, she
was married to Mr. Cabe, who
died several years ago.
Survivors include six sons,
Frank, Jack, and Harold, of
Franklin, Route 4, Elwood, of
Parris Island, S. <?., and Fred
and Harvey Cabe, of Franklin;
three daughters, Mrs. George
Scott, Mrs. Robert Corbin, and
Mrs. Lawrence Dotson, of
Franklin; 26 grandchildren, and
seven great-grandchildren.
The sons served as pallbear
ers.
Potts Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Miss Willis Passes
Nurse Board; Is Now
Working In Asheville
Miss Edith Willis, of Nanta
hala, recently passed the State
Board of Nursing Examiners
and she is now working at Me
morial Mission Hospital in Ashe
ville.
Earlier in the year, Miss Willis
was graduated from the nurs
ing school at Memorial Mission.
BOARD WILL MEET
The Macon County Board of
Education will hold its Decem
ber meeting Monday at 9:30 a.
m., it has been announced. Past
sessions of the board have been
held at night.
WINTER BRINGS
STANDSTILL ON
HIGHWAY WORK
Cowee Gap-Dillsboro
Project Moving Along
Well, Engineer Say*
Work on the Franklin-Cowee
Gap (US 23) highway project
will be "practically standing
still from now until spring",
when the 7.34-mlle link will be
conditioned and surfaced, ac
cording to State Highway Resi
dent Engineer S. T. Usry.
Meanwhile, preliminary con
struction on the seven-mile tie
in project from Cowee Gap to
Dillsboro in Jackson County Is
moving rapidly, the engineer
said.
In about two weeks, the
grading contractor will wind up
work on the deep 142-foot cut
at Cowee Gap and all opera
tions on the Franklin side of
the project will be suspended
for the winter, Mr. Usry ex
plained. For several months,
crews have been blasting the
roadbed through solid rock In
the gap. With the exception of
a short distance inside the
Franklin city limits, grading on
the project was completed ear
lier in the year.
Tuesday, Mr. Usry said Macon
Construction Company had
cleared the proposed route from
tlie gap to Dillsboro and he
said "pioneer trails" are now
being cut in preparation for
putting heavy earth-moving
equipment to work. The con
tractor expects to move some
heavy machinery in on the
project this week, he added.
Culvert pipe, for drainage, is
being installed on the first
two-mile stretch of the Jackson
project and house moving on
the right-of-way Is about 30
per cent complete, the engineer
said.
In a recent interview, Mr.
Usry reported the Jackson proj
ect probably will be under con
struction until mid-1955.
Locals Watch
Smoky Bowl Tie
On Thanksgiving
A healthy handful of local
football fans braved the bitter
cold Thanksgiving Day in Bry
son City to watch the East and
the West battle to a 7 to 7 tie
In the Smoky Mountain Bowl.
Eleven Panthers were invited
to play for the East: Bill Din
nes, Doyle Clark, Wayne Stew
art, G. D. Buchanan, Gene
Mashburn, Roger Seay, Adolph
Conley, Vic Teague, Connie
Potts, Junior Dills, and Max
Holland.
Franklin's homecoming queen,
Miss Lela Jo Gailey, was a con
testant in the "Bowl Queen"
half-time feature. The queen
honor went to a Murphy girl.
Panther Gene Mashburn was
the only local gridder to re
ceive an invitation to play in
the annual Optimist Bowl in
Asheville tomorrow (Friday).
The big tackle has been in
Asheville all week working out
with the Western squad.
ellijay sing slated
A singing is planned at the
Ellijay Missionary Baptist
Church Saturday at 7:30 p. m.,
it has been announced. The
public Is invited.
Power Company Sponsoring
Contest For Communities
Plans for sponsoring an out
door Christmas decorations con
test among the 17 Macon com
munities entered In the local
rural development contest were
announced this week by the
Nantahala Power and Light
Company.
The power company, which
has home offices in Franklin,
Is putting up $100 in prize
money, according to W. W.
(Bill) Sloan, director of rural
service. First place will receive
$60; 2nd, $30; and 3rd, $20.
In order for the above prize
schedule to be used, a minimum
of 10 communities must enter
the contest, Mr. Sloan explain
ed. Should leas than 10 enter,
cash awards will not be made,
but the winning communities ,
will be recofnlsed, ha said.
Jttfetat will b? on three
points ? originality, simplicity,
and attractiveness ? and Mr.
Sloan emphasized that entries
must be community projects
rather than individual ones.
The power company is spon
soring the contest in the hope
that the 17 communities will
use It as a basis (or Christ
mas gatherings, he explained,
adding that participation also
will count In the new rural
contest now under way.
Letters have Deen mailed to
all community presidents ex
plaining the power company's
plans for the Yule event. Those
planning to enter are asked to
Indicate so before December 10.
All outdoor displays should be
erected by December 19. Judg
ing will be done some time be
tween that date and December
11 by a secret panel.
Raleigh Man
Appearing For
Tourist Talk
Fred Whitaker, manager of
the State Travel Bureau In Ral
eigh, will be here next Tuesday
for an informal meeting with
tourist home and motor court
operators on ways to promote
this area as a tourist attraction.
The local Chamber of Com
merce has arranged for Mr.
Whitaker to lead a round-table
discussion, following a luncheon
at Cagle's Cafe at noon.
All Interested persons are in
vited to attend the luncheon
and participate in the discus
sion. The meal will be "dutch",
according to Mrs. Lasca E.
Horsley, C of C secretary.
82 Make FHS
Honor Roster
Eighty-two Franklin High
School students made the hon
or roll for the grading period
just ended, the academic com
mittee announced this week.
Honor students, by grades,
are:
Twelfth: Clara Belle Ander
son, Geneva Bradley, Luetta
Browning, Sue Bryson, Bobbie
Burch, Betty Cabe, Christine
Cunningham, Annette Dalrym
ple, Betty Dehart, Thad Dowdle,
Barbara Edwards, Ben Edwards,
Jeanne Henson, Richard Gibson,
Marilyn Henson, Marilyn Hig
don, Bea Johnson, Nancy Mc
Collum, Holland McSwain, Freda
Moore, Max Morgan, Mildred
Morgan, Maxine Peek, Jimmie
Sherrill, Carlene Sorrells, Nor
ma Jean Welch, and Mary Sue
Welch.
Eleventh: Nancy Angel, Mary
Evelyn Cabe, Jeannette Cabe,
Margie Curtis, Gaynelle Downs,
. Ruth Downs, Betty Duvall,
' Annette Garner, Doris Green?,
Jo Ann Henderson, Betty Hurst,
Betty Sue Huggins, Jody Lenoir,
Leonard Long, Herbert McKel
vey, Caroline Reece, Josephine
Roper, Edna Earl Stoudemlre,
Virginia Swanson, Kenneth
Tallent, Margaret Thomas, and
Bobby Womack.
Tenth: Betty Jean Allen, Wil
bur Cabe, Nancy Cable, Kenneth
Dills, Dale Edwards, Tommy
Gnuse, Joyce Gribble, Jerry
Norton, Joan Sellers, - Norman
Smith, Ruth Snyder, Sue Soles
bee, Beverly Stockton, Bobby
Teague, Doris Teague, Joy Mc
Collum, and Morris Jones.
Ninth : Frances Anderson,
Doris Bailey, Launa Baker, Lew
is Cabe, Pauline Cabe, Mysa
Crawford, Evelyn Joines, Peggy
Neal, Ruth Norton, Richard Pat
ton, Jean Phillips, David Pol
lock, Frances Seay, Donald
Southard, Joan Thomas, and
Jim Tysinger.
DEATH CLAIMS
JOE SWEATMAN
Jackson Native Dies
At Age 87; Services
Conducted On Monday
Joseph Sweatman, 87-year
old native of Jackson County
and resident of this county
since early manhood, died Sun
day at 5 a. m at his home in
the Cartoogechaye community.
A retired farmer, Mr. Sweat
man has been 111 for three
years.
Funeral services were con
ducted Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the Cartoogechaye
Baptist Church, of which he
was a member. The Rev. M. W.
?Chapman, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, and the Rev. W.
L. Sorrells, pastor of the Iotla
Baptist Church, officiated. Bur
ial was in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Born in Dlllsboro August 7,
1866, Mr. Sweatman was the
son of Mr. and- Mrs. David
SEE NO. 3. PAGE 12
Garden Club Awarding
Two Prizes To Essay
Winners In Highlands .
At the December 17 meeting
of the Highlands Oarden Club,'
prizes will be awarded the win
ners of the club-sponsored essay
contest in the Highlands School.
The club Is offering two
prizes In the contest, which Is
open to students from ths sev
enth grade through high school.
The essay subject is on conser
vation and landscaping.
GARDEN CLUB
PLANS YEARLY
YULE CONTEST
All Homes, Concern*
Eligible To Enter
Outdoor Decorations
? Preliminary plans for con
ducting a community-wide
Christmas decorations contest
were announced this week by
members of the Franklin Gar
den Club. 1
The Yule contest, now In its
fifth year, will be conducted
along the same lines as past
ones, with three divisions for
homes and businesses. a
No prizes are being offered,
club officials explained, but
winners' will be recognized.
The three contest divisions
?are:
(1) Best outdoor Christmas
scene ? tree, figures, and nativ
ity scenes.
(2) Most effective window and
door display.
(3) Commercial displays ?
shops and stores.
The commercial division was
added as a new feature last
year by the club.
All homes and businesses
within a mile radius of the
I Franklin city limits are eligible
I to enter the contest. Registra
tion will close December 22 and
| judging will be conducted the
following night by a secret
committee.
!
Baptist 'M-Night'
Program Planned
' A county-wide Baptist Train
j ing Union "M-Night" is slated
I Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock
at the First Baptist Church, It
has been announced.
The Rev. Otis Gragg, of
Mountain City, Ga., will deliver
the sermon. The theme of the
B.T.U. gathering will be "Keep
ing the Faith".
Arvil Parker, associational as
sociate director, is in charge of
the program.
School Officials Plan
Reception For Teachers
A reception far all school
teachers in the Macon system
will be given by County School
Supt. and Mrs. Holland Mc
Swain and Mrs. Beth Guffey,
elementary supervisor, at the
Franklin Presbyterian Church
Saturday from 8 to 9:30 p. m.
Baldwin Building
New Super Market
- Construction is now under
way on Franklin's first home
owned and operated super mar
ket.
Gus Baldwin, who is operat
ing Baldwin's Market with his
father, W. E. (Oenei Baldwin,
is building the new market on
West Palmer Street next to the
V.F.W. building.
The new super market, which
he hopes to Open some time in
the spring, will be one story,
42 by 84 feet, of cinder block
construction, with a brick ve
neer front.
A large parking area for cus
tomers also will be provided,
Mr. Baldwin said.
In addition to a fully equip
ped meat market, the store will
supply a complete line of gro
cery items, he added.
Cartoogechaye P.T.A.
Makes Stage Curtains
In Time For Yule Play
Members of the Cartoogechaye
Parent-Teacher Association have
made and installed stage cur
tains at the school ? just in time
for use at the school's Christ
mas play, "Star of Bethlehem",
slated for December 17.
The association purchased the
material and the women mem
bers made the curtains. Charles
Nolen, Slier Slagle, and Bob
Blaine made and installed a
permanent pulley and rod for
the curtains.
HITLER'S CAR PAYS
Hitler's personal armored
limousine, displayed in Frank
lin Thursday, Friday, and Sat
urday under the sponsorship of
the new Band Boosters Club,
brought $55.48 into the club
treasury. No admission was
charged, but contributions were
welcomed, with the club getting
a share.
Court Term Opens
Here On Monday
Lawrence Cabe and Arizona
Cabe, fraud; Matthew L. Hueis,
reckless driving; George How
ard Reece, aiding and abetting
drunk driving.
Civil actions, other than di
vorces, are listed below with
| the names of the attorneys for
the plaintiffs and defendants
appearing In parenthesis;
A. A. Siler and wife, Lucille
Siler (Jones and Jones) vs J.
R. Parrish (T. D. Rryson, Jr.,
O. L. Houk).
I Estelle Mashburn Morrow (T.
i D. Bryson, Jr., J. H. Stockton)
| vs W. H. Mashburn (Jones and
' Jones).
I Helen W. Riley (J. M. Horner)
vs Richard Holt (J. H. Stock
! ton).
I Harry B. Davis (T. D. Bryson,
; Jr.) vs Town of Franklin and
Nelson Ledford (Jones and
Jones).
Wesley Hooper and wife,
Gladys Hooper (C. Banks Fing
er) vs Fred Guffey and wife,
i Verna Guffey, Ethel Shepherd
and husband, Luther Shepherd
| (G. L. Houk).
F. H. Potts and W. R. Potts
(Jones and Jones) vs Edgar Mc
| Call and Sam McCall.
Steak Dinner
Given Monday
The recent W.N.C. Fat Stock
{ Show and Sale in Enka paid
savory dividends here Monday
j night.
; Future Farmers of America
and 4-H clubbers, whose fat
calves put Macon County in the
top position at the show and
sale, tossed a steak supper at
Slagle Memorial Building for
local businessmen who were re
sponsible for their receiving
$7,991.11 from the sale of the
animals.
While the steak dinner settled
comfortably in the stomachs of
some 50 special guests, the
youthful beef growers enter
tained with string music and
songs. *
F.F.A. member Jerry Sutton
served as master of ceremonies.
Bobby Teague and Paul Smith
handled the music end, while
Bert Crawford lustily chimed
in on "Too Old to Cut the
Mustard" and "Hole in the Bot
tom of the Sea".
Thanks to the businessmen
were expressed by Johnny Tip
pett and Kenneth Brown re
Viewed the show accomplish
ments.
The blessing was given by
Miss Elizabeth Ann Ammons.
FIREMEN FIGHT BLAZE
Firemen were called about
2:30 p. m. Wednesday to ex
tinguish a fire at the Bill Hall
I home on Bonny Crest. A trash
| fire in the back yard spread
: and caught the house afire.
Damage was not immediately
determined.
M'COY IS ENLISTEE
Nevell Homer McCoy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer L. McCoy,
of Franklin. Route 2, has en
listed in the U. S. Marine Corps
and is now as^jgned to the Ma
rine Corps Recruit Depot at
Parris Island. S. C., T/Sgt. J. H.
Lathrop, local Marine recruiter,
announced this week.
23 At Union
On Honor List
Twenty-three children made
the honor roll at Union School
for the grading period just
ended, according to Principal
Harry C. Corbln.
They are, by grades.'
Seventh: Bobby Hunter, Judy
Ann Lee, and Anita Woody.
Sixth: David Cabe, Lamar
Sprinkle, Leona Bates. Virginia
Ouffle, Mary Jo Henderson,
Rachel Stockton, and Rebecca
Mann.
Fifth: AUene Williamson and
Ida Mae Ramey.
Fourth: Shirley Sorrells, Betty
Sue Williamson, Ethel Sorrells,
Aurora Ledford.and Betty Cloer.
Second: Joyce Cloer, Sue
Banders, and Margaret Wood.
First: Oloria Jean Oliver, Ma
vis Dowdle, and Don Cowart.
Motor Vehicle Cases
Constitute Balance
Of Criminal Docket
Charges growing out of mo
tor vehicles violations headline
the criminal docket for the De
cember term of superior court,
which opens here Monday
morning at 10 o'clock.
Judge George B. Patton, a
native of Franklin and a special
superior court judge, will pre
side at the term in place of
Judge F. Donald Phillips, of
Rockingham, who is unable to
come here as scheduled because
of illness.
Seventy-nine cases are listed
for trial on the criminal docket,
which was released for publica
tion this week by Miss Kate
McGee, clerk of court. Of the
total, 59 are motor vehicles
violations, including 35 drunk
driving cases.
On the civil side of the term,
which is scheduled to be heard
by judge Patton beginning
Thursday, 11 actions, including
five divorce cases, are listed.
Defendants charged with
drunk driving include Lester B.
Chappell, Robert Glen Owens,
Marshall Pettis. Henderson
Hayes, Verlin Curtis. Turner C.
Anderson, W. A. Norton, John
i C. Southards, Neville McCoy
(also no driver's license, care
] less and reckless driving, and
i speeding > , Lester L. Arnold,
! Harold Martin, Albert Dixon
Turner, Arthur D. Hayes (also
carrying a concealed weapon),
Guy Addison, Marvin Potts,
Bennie Lenoir, Leon Wiliiam
son, James Daves Tallent, Her
man Lemar Burgess (also care
; less and reckless driving),
i Charles H. Ledford, Kenneth B.
| McCoy (also careless and reck
less driving and speeding), Aus
) tin Dills ( also hit and run ) ,
j Elzie Nicholson, Tom Frank
Scroggs, Leonard Morris Hen
' son, E. M. West (also speeding),
j Jimmie Holder, William Henry
i Sanders, Ray Gibson, Paul Hum
i phrey Childers, C. B. Patton,
j Robert Warren Munger, Charles
| Martin Q odgins, Bobby Jack
Reece (also reckless driving and
j speeding i , and Troy Crisp. ^
j Other cases on the criminal
docket are: Rufus A. Askew,
fraud; Eckel Rowland, forcible
tresspass; Ernest Bennet, non
support of Illegitimate child;
Jural Smith and Louise Hall,
adultery; Shirley Walter Kerns,
abandonment; Charlie William
Paul, careless and reckless driv
ing; Norman P. Fitzgerald,
abandonment; W. H. Mashburn.
non-support; Joseph Snyder,
non-support of illegitimate
child; J. D. Welch, resisting ar
rest; Clifford Alexander Fox,
reckless driving and carrying
| concealed weapon; Harley Led
better, assault with intent to
rape; Grover Eugene Crisp,
careless and reckless driving;
Troy Arvil Welch, permitting
non-licensed person to operate
a motor vehicle; Alma Led'ord.
no driver's license: Zeb Buch
anan. carrying concealed wea
pon: Gilmer Lee Hall, speeding;
William Smalls, no driver's li
cense and operating a motor
vehicle on borrowed license;
Arthur Elijah, loaning opera
tor's license and permitting an
other to operate a motor ve
hicle on his license: Quinton
Benfield, speeding; Claude Co
wart, violation of prohibition
laws; George Lambert, violation
of prohibition laws; W. D. Mess
er, no driver's license and driv
ing after license revoked; Hoyt
Reuben Watts, driving while 11
j cense revoked; Milas Andrew
Donaldson, speeding; Ray Eu
gene Henry, speeding: O. H.
Burnside, assault; William T.
Head, speeding; Elvin Lester
Cabe. speeding: Albert Barnes,
assault with a deadly weapon;
Walter B. Shirley, aiding and
abetting drunk driving; Doris
Dean Leaveet, aiding and abet
ting drunk driving; . Grady
Childers, speeding and reckless
driving; Henry Rich, affray;
Robert Sanders, affray and as
sault with a deadly weapon
with Intent to kill; Reid O.
Watson, speeding; Marjorle C.
Sutton, aiding and abetting
drank driving; Edward Franks,
taking and possessing a doe
deer out of season; T. A. Tilson,
taking and possessing a doe
deer out of season; Melvln W
Haley, speeding; Douglas Arrey,
speeding and Improper turn;