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VOL. LX1X? NO. 26
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1?54
FOURTEEN PAGE*
ESCAPE MADE
BY ANOTHER
CONVICT HERE
Life-Termer Gets Away
While At Work; 5
Others Still Missing
Another convict escaped here
Tuesday.
Meanwhile, live earlier esca
pees yesterday still were at
large.
The man who got away Tues
day is Charles Rose, of Char
lotte, serving a life term for
first degree murder.
At work on the Highlands
Walhalla road, about noon Tues
day, he rolled his wheelbarrow
to the edge of a road embank
ment to dump a load of dirt,
and ran off the bank and into
the woods.
Two loads of buckshot, trom
Guard Fred Woods' double
barreled shotgun followed him,
according to Capt. E. R. Tllson.
Capt. Tilson, in charge of the
prison camp here during the
absence of Supt. J. R. Overton,
who is on vacation, said he
does not believe the fire struck
Rose.
Yesterday, Capt. Tilson said,
all the prisoners were being
kept in camp, so that every
available guard could be put on
the search for the latest esca
pee. Only enough guards were
kept at the camp to guard and
feed the prisoners, he explain
ed.
Of the five who escaped ear
lier and still are at large, four
are among the seven who made
their getaway Wednesday of last
week by twisting the bars at a
cellblock window.
The fifth, Charles Ricker. of
Monheim, Tenn., made his
escape a week earlier. He was
serving 25-30 years for breaking
and entering and larceny.
Billy Fink,
Aged 7, Back
In Headlines
"Will my name be' in the
newspapers again?"
That, .reports The Gastonia
Gazette, was the first question
young Billy Fink asked when he
was struck by an automobile in
Gastonia a fortnight ago.
And here is WUliam Henry
Fink, aged 7, back in the news
papers!
His last previous accident put
his name in The Franklin Press,
the Gastonia Gazette, and the
New York Times.
That was the time, about two
years ago, when he was injured
in the strangest of accidents ?
by a falling tombstone. He is
the grandson of W. H. Rogers,
of Highlands, and of the late
Mrs. Rogers. At the Buck Creek
cemetery to visit his grand
mother's grave, he was so se
verely injured when a tomb
stone fell on him that he was
hospitalized here for 10 days.
His most recent accident cost
him nine permanent teeth, but
no other serious injury.
Billy is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Fink, of Gastonia.
Porter To Play Sunday
At Methodist Church
James Bryson Porter, organist
at St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Dayton, Ohio, will present organ
selections between Sunday
school and the 11 o'clock wor
ship service at the Franklin
Methodist Church Sunday.
He also will play at the morn
ing service.
Mr. Porter, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Porter, of
Franklin, and Mrs. Porter often
visit here in the summer, and
he has given a number of organ
recitals here.
Softball
League
Standings
Through June 22:
Won Lost Pet.
Jaycees 5 1 .833
V. F. W. 5 1 .833
N P. L. 3 2 .600
Rotary 2 3 .400
Oilers 1 4 .200
Lions 0 5 .000
HERE FOR 15TH SUMMER
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. D.
Churchill, of St. Petersburg, Fla.,
have arrived for their fifteenth
consecutive summer in Frank
lin. They are spending this sea
son at the Mann cabins, off
the Georgia highway.
VFW-ers Win State Awards
Local lep.'Vers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars came back from the recent state convention
in Asheville loaded down with plaques, given fo ? <>u< standing records.
R. E. (Tony) Welch (standing), last year's commander of this (the 17th) V. F. W. district, is
holding the plaques presented him by state ani national headquarter for this district's win of
first place in the stp.te for community service.
Third places for community service went to ihe i >ca: post and the local auxiliary. Claude J.
(Jack) Ragan and Mrs, Bill Horsley, last year's i.ost commamYer and auxiliary president, respec
tiveV, are proudly exhibiting the lorr.! awards.
In all three cases, the competit;on was against heavy odds. The Macon County post, for ex
ample, with a membership of 170, was competing against a field of 151 other posts, with mem
berships running as high as 1,500.
Truck Law
Adopted;
Paxton Quits
The Highlands board of com
missioners adopted an ordi
nance, at its meeting Monday
night, forbidding the parking
of trucks, larger than one and
a half tons, on Main or Fourth
Streets, within the fire zone,
except for loading and unload
ing.
The board deferred action on
the resignation of W, Russell
Paxton, chief of police.
Mr. Paxton said he had re
signed because of lack of co
operation from some board
members. Suggestions and re
quests he has made to the
board have been ignored, he
said. He also cited the seven
days-a-week hours, which he
said were "too much for any
man".
Adoption of the truck park
ing ordinance followed a con
troversy between town officials
and D. E. Young, Jr. .Mr. Young
is reported to have Insisted on
parking his truck and car in
front of the Highlands Art Gal
lery. He alleged that, though it
was a parking area and he was
violating no law, he was threat
ened by Mayor W. H. Cobb if
he did not move his automobile
and truck.
Prior to Monday night's board
meeting, Highlands had no ordi
nance ' regulating parking of
trucks.
1,300 Bass
Placed In Little Tennessee
River Here
Good news for bass fisher
men ? of future seasons:
A thousand one-inch ba.ss
were placed in the Little Ten
nessee River Monday.
Produced at the state fish
hatchery near Morganton,
they were released herein a
re-stockin? operation of the
N. C. Wildlife Resources Com
mission. '
Baseball
League Formed
A midget baseball league is i
being organized here by Rob- f
ert W, (Bob> Pearl, as a Jaycee j
project.
. Teams from Union. Cartooge- i
chaye, Franklin, and East
Franklin already have joined
the league, Mr. Pearl said this
week, adding that it is hoped
Iotla and perhaps other com
munities will enter teams.
The schedule and other de
tails are yet to be worked out.
Midget baseball is for boys
aged 10 to i5.
Three Macon Youths
Enlist in Marines
Three Macon County youths
have just enlisted in the Ma
rines and have been transferred
to Parris Island, S. C., it has
been announced by the Marine
Corps.
The enlistees are Marvin
Douglas Conley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John N. Conley, of Otto,
Dan Waldon Angel, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Zeb Angel, of Frank
lin, and James Weymer Tallent,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl S.
Tallent, of Franklin.
Educators Here To Write
Report On Schools' Survey
i
Report on a survey of edu
cational institutions under the
Presbyterian Synod of North
Carolina Is being prepared here
by two educators on leave from
their respective universities.
Dr. Roger P. McCutcheon, of
Tulane University, New Orleans,
and Franklin, was commission
ed by the synod to make the
survey under "a Ford Foundation
grant. He started the study last
February, working out of Ral
eigh. In March, he was joined J
by Dr. D. C. Agnew, of Ogle
thorpe University, Atlanta, who
has been assisting him since.
With their data gathered, the
two men are compiling their
report, using the Taylor cot
tage, on Wayah Road, near the
summer home of Dr. and Mrs.
McCutcheon, as an office. While
a progress report will be made
to the synod at its meeting
SEJ? NO 2. PAGE 12
Nothstein
To Succeed
Wasilik
William L. i Bill > Nothstein,
formerly stationed, here, has
been appointed ranger of the '
Wayah District of Nantahala
National Forest, to succeed
John Wasilik, Jr., who is re
tiring.
Announcement of the ap
pointment was made here this
week.
At the same time it was an
nounced that Robert W. (Bobi
Pearl, assistant ranger here for
nearly two years, is being pro
moted to district ranger at
Gloster, Miss. Mr. Pearl will be
succeeded as assistant ranger
here by William J: Bryan, who
will come to Franklin from
Centerville, Ala., where he has
been serving as assistant ranger.
Mr. Nothstein and Mr. Bryan
are expected to arrive here
about July 6. and Mr. and .Mrs.
Pearl and their children, who
live In East Franklin, will leave
about that date.
Mr. Nothstein was with the
Forest Service here for a num
ber of years, antf . he and Mrs.'
Nothstein are well known in
Franklin and the county. They
left here in 1952. At present,
Mr. Nothstein is district ranger
at Lenoir.
Scenic Shots
Of This Area Will Be On
Television
Scenic shots Of this area may
be seen on television (Green
ville, S. C. Station WFBC, Chan
nel 4) next Monday evening at
7:30, it was announced here
last week by Norvin Duncan,
assistant manager of the sta
tion.
Mr. Duncan, who formerly
lived in Franklin, accompanied
by a photographer and com
mercial representative, was here
Friday, after a tour of the
Highlands area.
Shots made Included the
three waterfalls between High
lands and Franklin, the High
lands Country Club, and the
Indian Mound here.
DR. CAUD1LL
TO PREACH
AT TABERNACLE
Memphis Pastor Will
Be Guest Speaker At
County- Wide Services
Dr. R. Paul Caudill, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, Mem
phis, Term., will be this year's
guest minister for the annual
Interdenominational county
wide evangelistic services at the
Friendship Tabernacle.
He will preach nightly, next
Monday through Sunday, June
27.
Meanwhile, pre-revlval serv
ices are being held at the Tab
ernacle this week, with local
ministers preaching.
All services, this week and
next, are at 8 o'clock.
A native of Hickory, Dr. Cau
dill was graduated from Mars
Hill College in 1927, and was
graduated cum laude from
Wake Forest College two years
later. After two years' high
school teaching in Wake Coun
ty, he entered the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary,
Louisville, Ky.. from which he
received the degrees of master
of theology and doctor of phi
losophy.
After leaving the seminary,
Dr Caudill became pastor of
the First Baptist Church, Au
gusta, Ga. He remained there
ior seven years, accepting the
call to lii; present church in
1944.
For 12 years . Dr. Caudill was
the Tennessee member of the
executive committee of the
Southern Baptist Convention,
and chairman of its finance
committee. He is now serving
as a member of the executive
committee oi the Baptist World
Alliance, and is chairman of its
relief committee.
He also is a member of the
board of directors of American
Relief for Korea, a trustee of
Union University and of the
Baptist Memorial Hospital, and
a frequent contributor to re
ligious journals and magazines.
In 1947 he toured occupied ]
' DR. R. PAUL CACDILL
zones in Germany. Austria, and i
Italy; he toured Germany again
in 1948 and 1949; and in 1953 1
he made a world missionary j
journey of more than ,35,000 i
miles.
The pre-revival series speak- 1
er at the Tabernacle tonight '
will be the Rev. R. E. Early, j
The Rev. John Freeman will
preach tomorrow night. And 1
Sunday night's sermon will be 1
delivered by the Rev. C. T. j
Taylor.
Saturday night a film on a
religious topic will be shown by
the Rev. W. K. Shields.
A choir, composed of mem
bers of choirs from churches j
throughout the county, under
the direction of the Rev. Bryan |
Hatchett, Is providing special '
music for the services over the i
two weeks.
$1.30 County Tax
Seen For Next Year
In Highlands
For First Visit Since He
Left In 1909
J. B. Anderson, of Ingle-*
wood, Calif., a native of High
lands, Monday returned to his
home town for a visit ? his
first since he left Highlands
to go west in 1909. He was
accompanied by -Mrs. Ander
son.
Mr. Anderson's parents were!
Dr. W. H. Anderson, High
lands physician, and Mrs.
Anderson. He is a brother-in
law of Luther Rice, and Mrs.
Thomas C. Harbison is his
niece.
Although he has been away
from this county for 45 years,
Mr. Anderson keeps up with
events and the people here
through The Press. A daugh
ter, he reported, has given
him a year's subscription
every Father's Day for the
past 10 or 12 years.
2 ARE SHOT,
1 IN JAIL
Sizemore Arrested
After Family Row
In Skeenah Area
Wilev McConnell and Ralph
Hopkins, of the Prentiss com- i
! munity. yesterday were in Angel |
| Clinic suffering from -gunshot |
; wounds and Homer Sizemore, of
| the same section, was in jail,
S following a family squabble.
The shooting occurred short
ly before midnight Tuesday in
the Middle Skeenah area.
Shot from a .12 gav.~3 shot
gun struck McConnell in the
face, one ball perforating an j
eye and entering the brain,
i while Hopkins was struck in the i
head and abdomen, according
j to Dr. Furman Angel. Botk men !
are expected to recover.
1 Sizemore admitted the shoot
ing, Deputy Sheriff Newell Pen
dergrass said.
' As Mr. Pendergrass got the
story of what happened:
McConnell married Sizemore's
sister. Some time ago they had
a quarrel, and McConnell left
home. Tuesday McConnell went
back to the home and got their
four-year old son. He and Size- ,
more had words then.
Tuesday night, returning to j
his father's home after attend- i
ing a show, McConnell saw j
lights in the house. Accompan
ied by his sister. Miss Faye Mc- l
Connell. and Hopkins, he went
to the house. When he entered,
Sizemore shot him. He ran back
to his automobile, and a second
shot was fired toward the car.
Hopkins was struck.
Sizemore was arrested by
Deputy Pendergrass and High
way Patrolman H. T. Ferguson
about midnight Tuesday.
$19,500 'H' Bonds
Sold In Macon
So Far This Year
Macon County already has
passed the halfway mark on Its
1954 H saving bonds quota of
$34,500, and Henry W. Cabe,
county bond chairman, has
been congratulated by Treas
ury officials for the progress to
date.
H bond sales to date total
$19,500.
"The H bond", Mr. Cabe ex
plained, "is for those who invest
for current income. It is pur
chased at par, and the owner
receives an interest check each
six months. It matures In nine
years, eight months, and when
held to maturity, pays 3 per
cent.
Azalea On Wayah, Finest
Stand In America, At Height
xnu name u^aica un wayan
Bald, the finest stand In Amer
ica, is at its height just now.
And persons familiar with
the Wayah flower over the
years say never before in their
memories have the blossoms
been so brilliant or so profuse.
Meanwhile, the fragrant white
and pink azalea is opening and
is expected to be in full bloom
by this week-end.
ine laurei. a aeep pinK as it
began to open last Sunday, also
Is expected to be at its height
by Sunday.
The rhododendrori comes a
little later.
The flame azalea on Wayah
manv years ago was pronounc
ed the finest stand in the
Western Hemisphere by C. D.
Beadle, of the Blltmore Estate.
Asheville, recognized as a world
authority on the shrub.
Expect Commissioners
To Boost Levies For
Schools And Debt
A county-wide tax levy of
$1.30 is indicated for next year.
That would be an increase
of 10 cents per $100 evaluation
over the present rate.
W. E. i Gene i Baldwin, chair
man of the board, of county
commissioners, said this week
more money is needed for
schodls, especially for the pur
chase of equipment, and that
there should be a slight in
crease in the levy for debt serv
ice. The levy for debt service
ought to be high enough, Mr.
Baldwin said, so the county can
stay at least six months ahead
on principal and interest pay
ments on bonds.
The board will adopt a budget
and fix the tax rate at its next
meeting, July 6. when it is ex
Budget Committee
To Meet Tonight
The budget committee of
the Franklin board lot alder
men will meet tonight (Thurs
day) to prepare the 1953-54
town budget. The full board
will adopt a budget and set
the tax rate for the next fis
cal year a.t its meeting July 6.
Members of the budget com
mittee are Aldermen Verlon
Swafford, J. C. Jacobs, and
Erwin Patton.
Since July 4 this year falls
on a Sundav. July 5 will be
a legal holiday, and both the
county commissioners and the
Franklin bop.rtf of aldermen
will hold their first-Monday
in-the-month meetings on
Tuesday, July 6.
pected to meet jointly with the
county board of education. At
their meeting Monday, the com
missioners conferred with Coun
ty Supt. Holland McSwain about
the schools.' budget.
While the tax evaluation fig
ures on public service corpora
tions here have not been re
ceived from Raleigh, where
they are set. little increase in
the total taxable value of prop
erty in the county is expected,
the chairman of the commis
sioners said.
?there has been a marked de
crease in the evaluation of per
sonal property, he added. This
is especially true of cattle on
Macon County farms, which are
listed for taxes at much lower
figures, following the drastic
drop in the market value of
beef cattle
This county's present tax rate
of $1.20 has been in effect for
two years. It is one of the low
est county rates in the state,
and the lowest in this imme
diate area.
Highlands
Tax Rate Expected To
Be Same
The same tax rate as last
year ? $2.25 per $100 evaluation
? Is anticipated by Highlands
tow'n officials, it was said this
week.
The Highlands board of com
missioners is expected to adopt
a budget for the 1954-55 year
and formally set the tax rate
at their meeting the first Mon
day in July.
PLAN SING
A community sing will be
held at Louisa Chapel Church
June 26 at 8 o'clock p. m., it has
been announced. All singers are
urged to attend, and the public
is invited.
The Weather
The week's temperature# and rainfall, a*
recorded in Franklin by Man son Stilaa.
U. S. weather observer, and at the Coweeta
Hvdrologic Laboratory
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 81 63 trace
Thursday 80 64 .18
Friday 81 64 .12
Saturday 81 62
Sunday 85 55
Monday 88 55
Tuesday 88 56
COWEETA
Temperature*
High Low R*ln
Wednesday 77 57
Thursday 77 62 1.23
Friday 76 62 .39
Saturday 77 60
Sunday 82 52 ....
Monday 85 50
Tuesday 85 SI