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VOL. LXIX? NO. M
FKANXLIN, N. O, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1?, 1954
SIXTEEN PAGES
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?Sfft Photo by 1. P. Brad
'GRAND!) ADDY OF THEM ALL' ? This large steam-driven still, believed to be one of the
largest and most elaborate ever destroyed in this county, was found by federal and local offic
ers Monday afternoon in the Flats Township. The unit, cleverly hidden in a dense laurel thicket,
found its end in nine dynamite blasts. One man was arrested.
Dynamite Blasts Bring End
To 'Granddaddy' StiD Here
The mocking boom of nine
dynamite blasts in a remote
section of the Flats Township
Monday afternoon echoed an
inglorious end to a still that
probably was the "granddaddy
of them all" in this county.
At any rate, officers feel cer
tain the illegal distillery, and
Its 3,000 gallon mash-capacity,
ranks as one of the most elab
orate and biggest ever destroy
ed in Macon.
Jack Head, who admits know- :
lng the still was there, but de- '
nles helping operate it, was
taken in by federal and local
officers soon after the dynamite
clapped oblivion for the clever
ly camouflaged still in a heavy
laurel thicket near Head's bean
patch. He was released by fed
eral officers under $500 bond
pending a (tearing in Bryson
City tomorrow (Friday).
The discovery Monday morn
ing of the huge (by Macon
standards) distillery by A.T.U.
Agents Heaton and Mitchell, of
Ashevllle, and Chief Deputy
Newell Pendergrass capped off
several weeks of painstaking in
vestigation and false trails by
the officers. And they had a
little luok finding it, too.
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 5
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Late News
and
Briefs
DOWN TOWN BOX
A parked station wagon
started out on its own down
Town Hill Monday morning
about 10:30, but a pick-up
truck stopped its descent.
Police Chief c. D. Balrd, who
Investigated, reported the sta
tion wagon, owned by Macon
Willys Company, was parked
across the street from the post
office when its brakes appar
ently slipped and it started roll
ing back down the hill. Its un
scheduled trip was halted when
it hit a 1953 pick-up parked
between Sossamon Furniture.
Company and Angel Clinic, the
officer said. Damage to the
pick-up was about $125, the
chief added.
The driver of the station
wagon was Frank Ray, mechan
ic at Macon Willys, who was
in the post office at the time
of the mishap. Tommy Lee Cabe
owned the pick-up, Chief Balrd
reported.
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TIPPETT BOY INJURED
Ten-year-old Eddie Lee Tip
pett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Tippett, of Franklin, broke his
right leg Monday morning when
the brakes on his bicycle failed
and he rammed into the side
of a pick-up truck operated by
George Reece, of Franklin.
Angel Hospital yesterday
(Wednesday) reported Eddie
SEE NO. 1, PAOE 8
13 Men Drafted
By Local Board
Thirteen men? eight of them
volunteers ? were sent to Knox
ville, Tenn., Monday of last
week for Induction Into the U.
S. Army, the local draft board
has announced.
The eight volunteering for
service were Virgil R. Olbson,
Lester Ray Young, Charles Ray
Prince, Freeman WUiamson,
James O. Woods, Earl J. Wil
liams, Ray A. Williams, and
Charles A. Conley. The others
making up the contingent were
Troy L. Gregory, Jackson C.
Roper, Hershel Cunningham,
William R. Bingham, and Virgil
T. Holland.
In announcing the names of
the draftees, Mrs. Gilmer A.
Jones, board secretary, said a
pre Induction call for 17 men
September 14 has been received.
As yet, no Induction call has
arrived, she added.
partysEated
FOR STUDENTS
Woman's Club Here
To Sponsor Second
'Back To School'
A "back to school" party for
Macon college students Is plan
ned August 27 under the spon
sorship of the Franklin Junior
Woman's Club.
Miss Kate McGee, chairman
In charge, this week said the
event? the second to be given
by the club ? will be held at the
Zickgraf recreation building on
Rogers' Hill from 8 p. m. to
midnight.
Dancing, games, and refresh
ments are scheduled features,
she said.
FRIDAY 13TH
HOT (!) DAY
Nearly Catches Up
With Franklin, Like
Mrs. O'Leary's Cow
''Friday the 13th" almost
caught up with Franklin.
Suddenly, about 8:45 a. m.,
names leaped building-high
along the block of Main
Street from Burreli Motor
Company, Inc., to the county
courthouse as an oil tanker
spewed blazing gasoline along
the street from a broken hose
line.
And almost as suddenly,
the flames along the block
disappeared while business
men and shoppers stood
wide-mouthed as the spec
tacle fizzled.
Attention then shifted ?
for those who still remained
on the street ? to the Frank
lin firemen, who calmly nip
ped two fires in the tad with
their characteristic cool effic-*
iency and probably saved the
town from a small perfor
mance of Mrs. O'Leary's fab
led cow in Chicago. One blase
licked at the back of the oil
tanker stopped in front of the
courthouse, while the other
rocketed out of the tanks and
pumps at the Barren station
where the near-catastrophe
began.
see wo. 2, Page 8
Masons To Attend
Church In A Body
Members of the Franklin Ma
sonic Lodge will attend the
morning service Sunday at the
First Baptist Church In a body
as a feature of a religious em
phasis program.
All members are asked to
meet at the lodge hall at 10:30.
Lodge officers said the organ
ization plans to visit other
churches through the year also.
BUSINESSMEN
GIVE MONEY
FOR PROGRAM
Expansion Of Farm
Extension Assured
Through Donations
An expanded farm and home
extension program Is coming'
Macon's way soon, thanks to a
group of interested business
men and merchants.
On August 6 it was disclosed
here that the county was one
of two in the western district
chosen to receive special federal
funds for broadening Its exten
sion service program to include
three more workers. There was
just one hitch ? the county
had to finance part of the pro
gram to prove it's interest. The
program annually would cost
about $15,000, with federal
funds covering $13,500. The re
mainder, $1,800, had to be rais
ed by the county, but unfor
tunately the Board of County
Commissioners already had
adopted the 1954-55 budget, so
the county had no funds.
However, as expected, Frank
lin merchants rallied to the call
and the new program is virtu
ally assured.
Yesterday (Wednesday) W. W.
(Bill) Sloan, chairman of a
committee named to raise the
money, reported that $1,500 had
been raised ? enough to pay the
county's share of the three
workers' salaries for the 10
months remaining in the fiscal
year. Additional funds still are
needed to purchase office
equipment and supplies, he
said, but he was confident that
his committee will raise the
amount this week.
The merchants will carry the
load this year, but next year
it supposedly will be up to the
county tn provide funds for the
program.
Mr. Sloan said it 'was his un
der -tai.ding that all candidates
EiiE NO. PAG2 8
Macon Scouts
Advanced At
Honor Court
Twelve Macon Boy Scouts re
ceived advancements In rank or
merit badges at a Smoky Moun
tain District Court of Honor
last Thursday night In Bryson
City.
Tommy Evans, of Franklin,
Troop 1, and Doyle McCracken,
of Carson, Troop 6, received
Tenderfoot rank. Arthur Hays
and Mike Nichols, both of
Franklin, Troop 1, Robert Ed
wards, John Wayne Rodgers,
and Jimmy Valentine, all of
Highlands, Troop 7, were award
ed Second Class rank. First
Class rank went to Jerry Pat
ton and Sandy Kinney, both of
Franklin, Troop 1.
Ronnie Evans received the
First Aid, Pioneering, Public
Speaking, and Art merit badges;
Gilmer Henry, First Aid, Ath
letics, and Pioneering; and
Sandy Kinney, Swimming. All
are members of Franklin,
Troop 1.
Scout? Evans and Henry pass
ed the district board of review
and will be advanced to the
ranks of Star and Life, respect
ively, at the next court of hon
or in Whittier on September 9.
?SMtt PKoto by J. P. Brady
OLD SWEETHEARTS? Mrs. Era Higdon Corbin Bo lick, 74,
and Gabriel Columbus Bolick, 76, who left Macon for Texas (note
boots) in 1897, were married August 10 in Walhalla, S. C. Child -
, hood sweethearts, they "recruited their courtship" about six
' years ago while Mr. Bolick was here for a visit.
Wedding Bells Ring Finally
For School Sweethearts Here
i
In the late 1800's at the old
Carpenter School (Hlgdonville),
Eva Higdon and Gabriel Colum
bus Bolick "made eyes" at each
other and occasionally held
hands when the teacher wasn't
looking.
Today, well over a half -cen
tury later, they're still making
eyes at each other, but as Mr.
and Mrs.
August 10, in Walhalla, S. C., 1
Gabriel Columbus Bolick, 76,
and Eva Higdon Corbin, 74,
were married by Probate Judge
R. C. Carter.
Now the honeymooners are
taking It easy at Mrs. Corbin's
(pardon ? Mrs. Bolick's) home in
the Hlgdonville Community and
talkisg about the old days be
fore Mr. Bolick took off to seek
Unit Farmers
To Take Tour
Twenty-four Macon unit test
demonstration farmers will tour
four farms tomorrow (Friday),
Assistant Agent Robert M. Ray
has announced.
Clay County unit demonstra
tion farmers have been invited
to go on the Macon tour, which
begins at 10 a. m. at the Agri
cultural Building. Last year, the
tour was held In Clay with Ma
con farmers as special guests,
Mr. Ray explained.
The tour will cover the farms
of Albert Ramsey, Edwin J.
Bradley, George Doster, and
Wallace Morgan.
A picnic is planned at noon
at the Carson picnic area. All
planning to attend are asked to
bring a picnic lunch.
Cartoogechaye Church
Plana Homecoming, Sun.
Homecoming will be observed i
Sunday at the Cartoogechaye
Baptist Church, it has been an- i
nounced. ' ' i
An all-day 'program Is plan
ned and lunch will be served 1
on the grounds at noon, it was 1
said.
his fortune in the west in 1897.
Up until several years ago,
they hadn't seen each other
since his departure for the
west, which proved to be Texas.
In that interval, both married
and raised families; Mrs. Cor
bin four sons and Mr. Bolick
five daughters. Both of their
spouses died a number of years
ago.
Then, six years ago, Mr. Bo
lick came here lor a month's
vacation.
"We retniited our old court
ship," the bride explained last
week, "He was one of my first
sweethearts."
And his return to Texas
didn't put a damper on the re
newed courtship. The U. S. Mail
served as cupld.
"I've got a whole suitcase of
letters," Mr. Bollck laughed.
"That's nothing," she counter
ed, "I've got a box full."
"We plan to take them all
out some rainy day and read
them," the white-thatched Ma
conlte-Texan explained.
Events at the old Carpenter
School came back to life as the
couple talked.
"Why I busted one of her
slates over the school teacher's
head one day," he related, get
ting an affirmative nod from
his wife. ? - ? -v.- -
"This teacher was whipping
on a boy ? he was sickly and
not well ? who was picking; his
teeth with a goose quill tooth
pick and making some noise.."
Mrs. Bollck took over: "Co
lumbus grabbed my slate and
broke It over his head . . . they
shut down the school for the
rest of the day."
"The trustees reopened It the
next day after making the
teacher promise to do better
. . . he did fine after that,"
concluded her husband.
And so went the Interview
with Hlgdonville's newest bride
and groom.
"We Just want to be happy
tor the rest of our lives," Mr.
Sollck decided.
His bride Just smiled.
Despite bad weather, some 27 5 persons
turned out for the Macon Agricultural
Council's Farm and Home Field Day last
Thursday at Franklin High. The pictures,
reading left to right show some of the
features of the field day, which was held
instead of a farm tour ? County Agent T.
H. Fagg watches Siler Slagle, Cartooge
chaye farmer, demonstrate to the audience
the ^proper wav to cut mfnt ; Frank Nrilrn
a Franklin F.F.A. member, demonstrates
his home-madt jig saw for (L to R) Dovle.
Long. Mrs. Long, Mrs, Robert Parrish. and
Rolard R. Rickman. Frank made the clever
rip c"it of parts of a refrigerator com
pressor. His exhibit was one of several
home-made labor saving devices on dis
play ;-4-H and F.F.A. members showed
their j)rize beef calves following a dairy
show <>n the athletic .field. In _the back
ground are di -plays of farm equipment set
nt) by local and out-of-town dealers for the
field day: Five-year-old Nancy Younce.
granddaughter of Mrs. Robert Parrish. of
Franklin, Route 3. ponders house wit'ey
like over the merits of the deep freeze set
tip in the model kitchen in the vocational
building. She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Younce, of Cnllowhee.
COURT TERM
OPENS HERE
ON MONDAY
Drunk Driving And
Speeding Capitalize
Criminal Docket
Drunk driving and speeding
cases capitalize the criminal
docket for the August term of
I Superior Court, which opena
here Monday morning at 10
o'clock with Judge Walter E.
Johnston, of Winston-Salem,
I presiding.
Through the end of last week,
the docket was building into
"one of the largest" in several
terms, according to Miss Kate
McGee, clerk of court. More
than 125 new cases have de
veloped since the April term,
the clerk said, and 77 old ones
i are scheduled for final action.
Of the more than 200 cases
on the criminal docket, 66 are
J for speeding and 38 for drunk
j driving.
in maKing ine aocKet public,
; the clerk explained that several
of the 77 old cases listed this
term are forfeitures of cash
bonds by defendants who failed
to appear in court in April.
These cases must be called out
again this term to make the
forfeitures legal, she said.
Those charged with drunk
driving include Lester L. Arn
old, Paul Humphrey Childers,
Robert Warran Munger, Bobby
Lee Holcomb, Grover Eugene
Crisp, Arthur O. Irby (also no
driver's license, reckless driving,
and manslaughter), Charles T.
Tallent, Leslie Leroy Johnson,
Charles Terrell Tallent, Clyde
Thomas Burrell; Tom Chunk
Sherlock, Glover Britt Reynolds
(also improper brakes', Willie
Mackey, George Herman Harris,
Frank Baldwin, James Marvin
Pickens, Halen Dills, Howard
Richard Hopkins, Joseph Moody
Younce, John Thomas Carpen
ter, Charles Holmes Baumgard
ner, Leroy Moore (also aiding
and abetting drunk driving),
William Boyd Thompson (also op
erating automobile on borrowed
license, driving after license
revoked). Homer Reld Slzemore,
(also no driver's license), El
mer William Jones, Freeman A
W^tts, Euell CordeU Owens,
William Harold Taylor, Marvin
Pickens, Donald Billy Owenby,
George Blaine, Jr., Robert Lee
Alston, Ralph Sherman McCoy
(also reckless driving), Robert
Bingham, James Robert Moore,
James Henderson Hayes (also
driving after license revoked,
hit and run, and reckless driv
ing), Richard McKlndlay Wood
(also improper brakes) and
Howard David Cruse.
Facing speeding charges are
PEE WO. 4, PAGE 8 ^
Legion Will Sponsor
Free Square Dance
The local American Legion
yesterday announced plans for
a free square dance Saturday
night at the Slagle Memorial
Building.
The Legion conducted square
dances at the Memorial Build
ing each Saturday night for
four or five years. About a year
ago they were discontinued. It
has been decided to resume
them, with the opening affair,
on Saturday night, tree.
The Weather
The week's temperatures and rainfall, as
recorded in Franklin by Manaon Stile*,
Lr. S. weather observer, and at the Coweeta
1 Hydrologic Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 83 55
Thursday 79 52
Friday 83 58 trace
Saturday 89 60
Sunday -91 60 .06
Monday 94 63
Tuesday 89 61 .06
HIGHLANDS
Temperature
High Low Rain
Wednesday 76 62
Thursday 72 50
Friday 78 53
Saturday 83 56
Sunday 84 60
Monday 86 59
Tuesday 86 58
COWEETA
, Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wednesday 83 51 ....
Thursday 74 50
Friday 81 53 trace
Saturday 88 58 .01
Sunday 91 59 ._
Monday 92 5# ?
Tuesday 87 59 ?