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70th Year ? No. 6
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, February 10, 1955
Ten Pages
100 YEARS AGO TODAY
Happy Birthday To You, Franklin
The following; is a photostatic copy of the Legislative act incorporating the Town of Frank
lin, 1M years ago today ? February U, 1855.
iiles and reguUriou* for, th? gov^rnme nt of
it? shall -Judjru proper, imrt inconsistent with
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AS ACT TO (NCORHMUTE THE fOW.V OF FKA.VKtnf.
Stt:. I . Ji it , vfi
of Xi>rth-Vir- U
<>/ tiw, /in nu , 1 hut f
hold oil election u
Fi-finkliYi on tin ^tni
utter as convenient,
thereof. in ativ i.rti
Sw. -i. lit it /??,?
held 'aider the sam
the members ol thv
' lb;/ tli. G- :.ril A** W-j "f th. Statr
/ ! it lg ),? ravtfl % it' inthoritg
m sheriff of |m couujji >f Macon r>hafi
tt* live couimiasioner* for the Uiwu of
TnvwlaT In Jane, IfUSiW hnod tnw|>
;'.rst giving ten days previous notice
eniont at the courtjiouM? ?!? ? r.
Sw. i. /!' it /? < That said o lection aluiO W
held iimkt tliv iwini; rule* anil regulations a? election* for
I lie members ol tli. (icucral mblv arc arul every
citizen residing within the c .it- 'rati- limits of said town as
hereinafter defined, who i- qualified to vote tor members of
tin- House of ( '^>iiitn?'ii-. -hall in- .'ititled vote for said
commissioner*, each voter on liis ticket the u..:ues of the five
persons voted for.
. :? foi.sic. Sjm . 3. H- it further ? awl- ?/, That the five persons re
ceiving the highest number of \ t>U-.s at such election, shall
l>e commissioners lor said town, and .-hail he and are here
by declared to he a body politic and corporate ; and in their
corporate name of commissioner*' of the town of Franklin,
sdiali *we and be Rued, and have perpetual succession, and
t-hail have power, or any dnw of them, to till any vacancy
that may happen in their hody by death, resignation or re
fusal to act.
t??? S?:< . 4. /<< it fwlht r i iiMtat Thit tho wnri romrofcairm
ers shall have power to lay and collect a tax not exceeding
twenty cents on the poll, and ten cents on each hundred
dollars, value of town property in said town, to bo ascertain
ed by the assessment thereof made by law for taxation, as
shown by the tax lists returned to the county court of said
, county ; and a tax on cacti store, grocery and tavern, not
I - ' exceeding five dollars ; and on officers, lawyers and
* cians, not exceeding five dollars each ; on pleasur?cai...~^,
? "not exceeding one dollar each; on every dog, t?enty;Py4
boat* ; and gu hogs allowed to run at large in said town,
{ , exceeding five cent* eaqh ; on exhibitor* of natural qr.
jU " t, , JxwA curioaiti**, not exceeding fi ve dollars, fear, the
ftpMralring tlmnflwO? qnit w?ltrq ? mil 'n
IS54-'55
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I
Franklin Centennial Plans
Being Hammered Into Shape
As Franklin officially marks
Its 100th Incorporated birthday
today (Thursday), plans for a
three-day centennial celebra
tion later In the year are be
ing hammered Into shape.
An act Incorporating the
county seat was ratified Febru
ary 10, 1855.
At tht present time, a group
of interested citizens have or
ganized to promote a centennial
celebration some time in June
in order to take advantage of
better weather and the tourist
trade. Tentatively, the event
has been scheduled for June 16
17-18, if the dates are suitable
with Gov. Luther Hodges, who
has been invited to come here
and dedicate the proposed new
municipal building.
Friday night, a second meet
ing to continue planning the
centennial was held. Some
points of policy were settled
and several committees were
appointed to begin the chore of
promoting and planning well In
advance of the celebration.
roller Is Set
- The following points of policy
were set:
(1) Centennial badges for
men and women ? Brushy
Brothers and Belles of the
Bustle ? and automobile bump
er stickers were adopted as
projects for raising operating
expenses. All Franklin citizens
will be required to purchase the
badges. Persons outside the
city limits are invited to Join
the fun of the centennial, but 1
those who participate in actlv- t
itles must purchase and display
a badge.
(2) AU male citizens of |
Franklin 18 years or over must .
grow either long side burns, a
mustache, or a beard for the j
SEE NO. 2, PAOE 6
Auxiliary District
Leader Sets Visit
The district president, Mrs.
Juanlta Richardson, of Ashe
ville, is scheduled to make an
official visit with the local V.
F. W. Auxiliary at Its Monday
night meeting.
The session is set for 8 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. Zeb Angel.
Miss Ruth McOollum is co-hos
tess.
Mass Baptist Prayer
Set For Wednesday
Members of Macon's 42 Bap
tist churches will gather for a
mass prayer next Wednesday,
February 16, at the First Bap
tist Church in preparation for
a county-wide simultaneous re
vival crusade.
The prayer service, set for
7:30, will be featured by spe
cial music and personal testi
monies, according to the Rev.
M. W. Chapman, pastor. The
Rev. John Buell, pastor of the
Highlands church, will deliver
the sermon.
April 10-24 are the dates for
the revival crusade.
NIGHT SCHOOL
COURSES ARE
SCHEDULED
More To Follow
If Interest Up;
Dates Are Listed
More than 50 persons jumped
on the "Education Express" this
week and are .ready to ride the
night hours once a week to
learn something about a variety
of subjects, ranging from Arts
and Crafts to Shorthand and
Typing.
An organizational meeting
Monday night at Franklin
High produced a faculty and a
schedule of nine night classes.
Still other courses will be of
fered if interest warrants, ac
cording to "principal" Dick
Stott, one of several Franklin
High teachers offering their
services for the night school.
Here are dates and hours for
the beginning sessions and the
teachers:
Woodworking: February 18, 7
p. m., taught by Wayne Prof
fitt.
Arts and Crafts : February 18, i
7 p. m? Mrs. Frances Beck.
Sewing: February 18, 7 p. m.,
Mrs. T. J. O'Neil and Mrs. John
Cogan.
Business Machines: February
17, 7 p. m., Edwin T. Williams.
Shorthand and Typing: Feb
ruary 15, 7 p. m., Mrs. Rose
Corbin.
Mechanical Drawing: Febru
! ary 15, 7 p. m,. Clayton Ramsey.
Bookkeeping: February 17, 7
j p. m., Mrs. E. G. Crawford.
Photographv: February 10, 7
j p. m., J. P. Brady.
Ma "hematics: February 15, 7
j p. m., Mrs. Lois F. Fulton,
j All interested persons are in
j vited to attend any of the above
! and enroll, Mr. Stott said. Ses
! -itns a,re planned weekly and
i probably will lasi. an iio\ _? or an
heur and a lialf.
Later, if enounh interest is
shown, the following < iurses
will be scheduled: Gar ning
nnd Landscaping, Spo' In
terpretation, Income T,> . Re
turns, Simple Home I.epairs,
Current Affairs, Journalism,
Busin?s, English, Coir- 'rcial
or Business Law. and Av ? ional
Science. Some interest h ? been
shown in all, of these, Mr Stott
pointed out. but noi enough to
open' a class, which should have
a m nimum of six persons.
Theatre Manag ur
Is Replaced By
Georgia Man
| Mrs. Carrie Houston, manager
of Macon Theatre for nearly
two years, was replaced Sunday
evening by Charles Ivester, of
Toccoa, Ga., according to an an
nouncement by W. M. Snelson,
general manager of the Rabun
Amusement Company, owner of
the theatre.
He said the change was made
in line with a policy to have
male managers of all theatres
in the chain. Mrs. Houston was
one of two wdmen managers,
he explained.
Mr. Ivester and his wife are
presently living at Kelly's Inn.
He has been associated with
the Ritz Theatre In Toccoa.
When making his announce
ment, .Mr. Snelson .?ald a gen
eral .remodeling of the local
theatre Is planned In the near
future.
Plant Program
Means 2 A Week
"On a moderate scale" em
ployment In the present Burl
ington Mills training program
for loopers means two em
ployees are hired each week.
Four young women are now
In training for the program,
which began February 1 In the
V. F. W. building on Palmer
Street.
In recent weeks. Burlington
officials have said additional
Jobs will be available as the
plant near Franklin nears com
pletion in the spring.
Miss Mabel Keylon. of the
Harriman, Tenn., plant, is In
structing loopers. Another in
structor from the Tennessee
plant, Miss Wllma Moore, is ex
pected here next week.
BAKE SALE SLATED
The St. Agnes Episcopal Aux
iliary will hold a bake sale at
the Children's Shop on Friday,
I beginning at 9 a. m.
I
A. B. Slagle
To Receive
Lodge Award
A. B. Slagle will be honored
Saturday night for 50 years'
service In Junaluskee Lodge, No.
145 AF and AM, by Grand
Master Robert L. Pugh, of New
Bern.
Mr. Slagle, who joined the
lodge October 18, 1904, will re
ceive a 50-year award as a fea
ture of a lodge dinner In the
Franklin High cafeteria.
Fifteen other lodge members
are scheduled to receive 25
year awards from the grand
master. They are George A
Cloer, Gaston Curtis, Mark L.
Dowdle, Walter D. Gibson,
James L. Hauser, A. R. Higdon,
Lawrence B. Liner, Erwin W.
Long, James McCoy, William T.
Moore, Frank I. Murray, Sr.,
James B. Pendergrass, Fred M.
Slagle, George T. Stallcup, and
Manson L. Stiles.
H. H. Gnuse, Jr., is in charge
of arrangements for the dinner,
which is set far 7 o'clock.
2 Farmers
In Raleigh
For Course
Two young Holly Springs
farmers ? Fred Deal and
Johnny Kinsland ? are at N.
C. State College for a two-week
short course in modern farming
| sponsored by the N. C. Bankers
Association.
The expenses of the local del
egates are being paid by the
Bank of Franklin.
Mr. Deal is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jake P. Deal. Mr. and
Mrs. C. B. Kinsland are the
parents of Mr. Kinsland.
They !eft for Raleigh Sunday.
Three Sets Of Twins
Borry But 2 Succumb
T:-:ee sets of twins were vorn
(his veek at An?el Hospital, but
tvo of the infants failed to sur
.vivo.
A son and a daughter. Morris
V y and Dorris Mae. were born
last. Thursday to Mr. and Mrs.
Grover Thompson, of Franklin.
James Grove/ Thompson, of
Franklin. Route 4. Friday. Morris
Ray died.
of Franklin, also had a boy and a
:irl Sunday, but the girl died
the following day.
The third set. girls, is doing
fine. They are the offsprings of
Mr. and Mrs.. Lawrence Grady
Brendle, of Franklin, Route 2.
and were bom Tuesday.
Band To Appear
At Cowee Meeting
A short program by the
Franklin Band and a talk by
Mrs. Weimar Jones, former dis
trict P. T. A. director, will fea
ture a meeting of the Cowee
P. T. A. tonight (Thursday i at
7:30, it has been announced.
Cabe Says He'll
Rescind Motions
RED CROSS
MEET SET
1955 Fund Campaign
To Be Planned By
Chapter At Kelly's
Members of the executtve
committee and board of the
local American Red Cross chap
ter will plan the 1955 fund
campaign tomorrow (Friday)
night at a meeting at Kelly's
Inn.
The session is set for 7:30,
according to Z. Weaver Shope,
chapter chairman.
Mrs. Elizabeth McCollum, ex
ecutive secretary, this week said
the annual campaign will get
under way March 1. Macon's
goal will be in the neighbor
hood of $3,000, she added.
Smoky District
Scout Dinner
Slated Friday
. A covered dish supper for all I
Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Ex
plorers and their parents and
leaders in the three-county
Smoky Mountain District is
scheduled tomorrow (Friday)
| night at , the Franklin High
I cafeteria.
| , The event is being staged in
! observance of "National Boy
| Scout Week". The Smoky dis
t trie* embraces Macon. Jackson,
| and Swain Count'es.
Bread and drinks will be
I furnished for .he meal, accord
i ing to B. B. Scott, district
camping chairman, who is in
charge.
Explorer Scouts of Franklin,
Post 2. will have charge of the
program following the meal.
Cub Scouts of Franklin. Den
2, will give, the devotional.
Boy Scout Fund
Drive Meet Set
A meeting to plan the 1955
Boy Scout fund drive in this
county has been called for Sun
day afternoon at 5 o'clock at
the Franklin Methodist Church.
Macon's goal this year will be
approximately $1,100, according
to B. L. McGlamery, finance
chairman of the Smoky Moun
tain Boy Scout District, who
will preside.
It is planned to conduct a
week-long drive beginning Mon
day, he said.
All interested persons are in
vited to attend the planning
session.
FARM BOY TO MINISTER
W. N. Cook Day Is Sunday
A 76-year-old retired Baptist
minister, who sold his farm
and personal belongings In 1905
to prepare himself to preach the
vword of Ood, will be honored at
a special service Sunday at 11
a. m. at the First Baptist
Church.
He is William Newton Cook,
a Caldwell County farm boy,
who, among many other ac
complishments, has served some
20 churches in North Carolina,
was the first missionary of the
Tuckaseegee Baptist Association,
manager of the "Tuckaseegee
Baptist", a newspaper, has
served as vice-president of the
Baptist Training Union of
North Carolina, sponsored the
first B. T. U. in Western North
Carolina, and was enlistment
secretary of the W. N. C. Bap
tists.
So. in recognition of his
work, Sunday will be "W. N.
Cook Day" at the church.
Two events are scheduled
during the day. At the morning
service honoring Mr. Cook, the
guest speaker will be the Rev.
Kobert L. Pugh, grand master
of the N. C. Masonic Lodges.
At 3:30, in the new educational
building of the church, a fel
lowship hour is planned under
the joint sponsorship of the
Brotherhood and the Macon
County Baptist Mtnistrial Con
ference. Masons of the area will
attend the latter event, accord
ing to the Rev. M. W. Chapman,
pastor.
The Farm Boy
W. N. Cook ? the farm boy ?
Mr. Cook
was baptized in the waters of
Wilson's Creek In Caldwell
County In 1893, determined to
become a minister.
It was this determination
SEE NO. S, PAGE 6
Board Member Makes
Statement; Says He
Was Misinformed
Explaining they were baaed
on "misinformation and misun
derstanding", a member of the
Macon County Board of Educa
tion Monday said he plans to
rescind motions he made at
Saturday's meeting of the board
which rapped the superinten
dent and district committee.
In a statement to The Press,
Claude W. Cabe said:
"The motions I made at last
Saturday's meeting of the Ma
con County Board of Education
were aimed at harmony. I now
find that they are based on
misinformation and misunder
standing. If I had known prior
to the meeting what I now
know, I would not have made
the motions, and I plan to
move at the next board meet
ing to rescind them. I believe
most of our difficulties have
been due to misunderstanding
and misinformation and It Is
my feeling that the County
Board of Education and the
County Superintendent should,
and can, work together In the
future in harmony. I shall do
my part to bring this about."
Saturday's Meeting
In a tense session, the Macon
County Board of Education Sat
urday passed motions:
1. Ordering all "policies and
orders" of .the board "carried
out efficiently and completely"
by the superintendent, "or he
si 11 be asked lor his resigna
tion."
2. Forbidding "the district
committe ?' to' hold a meeting
Without authority of the board.
'The motion il.d not speufy
which <?t the three local dis
trict committer . it referred to.i
3. instructing the superinten
dent lo send typed copies of
the minutes of board meetings
to each board member "seven
days prior to any regular
monthly meeting".
Ali ihree motions, brought to
the meeting in written form by
Mr. Cube, were, made by him
and promptly seconded by
member Morgan Sha ley. Chair
man J. C. Sorrells was the only
other member present.
Except for three minor items,
the board transacted no other
business at this, its Febri/ary
meeting.
Mr. Cabe said the purpose of
his motions was to get coopera
tion between the board and the
superintendent in future.
In presenting the motion de
manding that the school super
intendent carry out the board's
orders "efficiently and com
pletely", or resign, Mr. Cabe
referred to the status of Prin
cipal Harry Corbin, of the
Franklin schools, which was de
bated at board meetings Janu
ary 8 and again on January 15.
Then he turned to another
incident. He said that when
the board ordered the schools
closed on election day, 1". did
so with the proviso that school
be conducted on Saturday, (X
tober 30. Why wasn't school
held that day? he wanted to
know.
NO. 4, PAGE 6
The Weather
The week's temperatures sod rain (si L as
recorded In Franklin by Manaon Saks,
CJ. S. weather observer, and at tke Coweeta
Hydroiofie Laboratory:
FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., Feb. 2 56 37 .45
Thursday 51 29
Friday 45 12
Saturday 42 20 .24
Sunday 53 39 3.39
Monday - 56 37
Tuesday 51 25
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rata
Wed.. Feb. 2 54 34 .66
Thursday 54 32
Friday 36 23 ?
Saturday 34 21
Sunday 50 33 2.83
Monday 60 35 2.28
Tuesday SO 26
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
Wed., Feb. 2 57 37
Thursday 49 27
Friday 42 21
Saturday 41 24 2.89
Sunday M 38 l.?l
Monday 55 34
Tuesday 52 25