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71st Year ? - No. 4
Franklin, N. C. Thursday, January 26, 1956
Sixteen Pages
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MACON COUNTY BAND students selected to attend the area high school band clinic Friday
and Saturday at Western Carolina College include (L to R) Judy Wurst, Helen Cochran, Paul
ette Ward, Katrina Elmore, Tony Orr, Linda Shope, and Dwain Horsley. Nancy Siler was absent
when the picture was taken.
February Is 'School Month'
For Macon County Farmers
February is "the month of
schools" from an agricultural
standpoint, according to Coun
ty Agent T. H. Fagg.
Five special courses already
have been scheduled for the
fanners of the county. They
will be taught by specialists
from Raleigh. All will be held
at the Agricultural Building.
A tobacco school on the 2nd
will lead off the string. Set for
9:30 a. m., discussions will cen
ter around new weed varieties,
chemical sterilization of plant
beds, fertilization, bisection and
disease control work, harvesting,
grading, and marketing. "With
a reduction in allotments and
an increase in insect and dis
ease damage, I believe it is more
important than ever for tobac
co farmers to attend a school
of this kind," the county agent
declared.
Other schools scheduled in
clude:
A dairy session with repre
sentatives of Southern Dairies
on the 6th at 7:30 p. ,m.
A livestock school at 10 a. m.
on the 9th, with A. V. Allent
and J. A. Christian, specialists
in animal husbandry, in charge.
A dealer seed and fertilizer
school at 7:30 p. m. on the
10th. Agronomy specialists A.
D. Stuart and Dr. E. R. Collins
will have charge.
A poultry school on the 28th
at 1:30 p. m., with specialists
C. F. Parrish, W. G. Andrews,
and R. S. Dearstyrie in charge.
9 County Farms Qualify
For Corn Growing Awards
Nine farms in Macon have
qualified for membership in the
"100 Bushel Corn Club".
On February 11 in Asheville,
the local corn growers who
qualified will gather with others
from the area for the club's
annual luncheon, according to
County Agent .T. H. Fagg.
Growers here include Frank
Sanders, Grover and Wayne
Sheffield, Woodrow Gibson.
Brisco and Kenneth Dills, Floyd
Roper, Robert Taylor, Charles
Ferguson, Ernest Huggins, and
H. L. McCoy.
The Asheville luncheon is giv
en in honor of all W. N. C.
corn growers who grew a hun
dred or more bushels of corn
on a measured acre of land
during the past year.
L. Y. Ballantine, state com
missioner of agriculture, is
scheduled as the principal ban
quet speaker.
The corn growing program is
sponsored by the Farmers Fed
eration.
'FRONTIER AMERICANA' ?
Addington Mill Ignores Time
With a competence and pati
ence that marked the era of its
birth, the 95-year-old Adding
to:i water mill ignores time as
it does its chores.
Irrespective of its advanced
aga. the mill is the last of the
water wheel grinders operating
commercially in the area.
Younger mills long ago shut
d' .vn under the press of mod
ern milling methods.
But. time is going to experi
ence stubborness in erasing this
ancient landmark of -"Frontier
Americana'' for its roots are
deep.
From beneath the protecting
arms of giant sycamores on the
Adding ton Dairy Farm (US 23
441 south', the unique old mill
MOKE PICTURES
Other pictures of the Ad
dington mill appear on the
inside pages of this issue.
seems wrapped in a cloak of
immortality.
Its handhewn beams ? scarred
by the lusty blows of the broad
axe that fashioned them ? have
openly challenged time for
nearly a century. They're as
sound as they were the day a
powerful arm pounded the
pegs that hold them in place.
Its walls ? weather-beaten by
the fickle caress of the ele
ments ? adopt a look of dis
dain for modern living.
So long as there are those
who nurse, and keep alive, a
fondness for water ground flour
and meal, the old Addington
mill will remain invincible.
Wh 'n they forsake this love,
it will perish like all the rest.
Built III 1861
J. B. Addington. then post
master at Skeenah, had the old
mill built in 1361.
Ifis son, J. W. Addington. now
in his 70's, recalls his father
telling of his negotiations with
Tom Vanhook. a millwright and
"a man of few words".
"I want to build a mill," his
father told the millwright, who
operated his own in the Hick
ory Knoll section
"Need water," Mr.' Vanhook
answered.
"Got it," said Mr. Addington's
father.
"Be over tomorrow," Mr. Van
hmook declared, closing negoti
ations.
Iron From Athens
The huge beams in the mill
were fashioned of white oak.
The iron work came from Ath
ens, Oa. Its rock foundation
came from a nearby cliff.
Highly unusual today ? but
the only practical approach
back then ? is the mill's compli
cated system of gears, all hand
made from wood. Frames of
the wheels and gears are of
white oak and the rounds and
cogs are of dogwood.
The original wooden water
wheel was replaced about 30
years ago with a metal one.
Time was, also, when all three
stories of the mill hummed with
the activity of milling corn
wheat, and rye Today, a lack
of demand finds the mill turn
ing out mostly ground corn
SEE NO. 1, PAGE 8
Award Deadline
For 'Young Man'
Will Be Thursday
Next Thursday (February 2)
is the deadline for submitting
nominations for "Macon Coun
ty's Young Man of 1955" ac
cording to C. Jack Ragan, who
is in charge of arrangements
for the annual Jaycee award.
Several nominations already
have been received, Mr. Ragan
disclosed Tuesday, and he urg
ed all communities, organiza
tions, and individuals planning
to nominate a young man to do
so at once so the contributions
of each may be studied by the
secret selection committee of
non Jaycees.
The identity of the award
winner will be revealed as a
highlight of a special banquet
February 3. Guest speaker at
the Jaycee event will be Edgar
(Red i Gurganus, state Jaycee
president, who also will present
a Distinguished Service Award
to "Macon County's Young Man
of 1955".
Members of the Franklin Gar
den Club will serve the banquet
in the high school cafeteria.
C. Banks Finger, president of
the local Jaycees, said his or
ganization also will make its
annual "Boss of the Year"
award to an outstanding em
ployer of a Jaycee. Nominations
for this award are being sub
mitted by club members.
Edwin T. Williams, Franklin
High teacher, was the recipient
of the '54 D. S. A. award.
Membership in the Jaycees is
not required of a nominee.
GUEST MINISTER COMING
The Rev. John Ralph Willis,
pastor of the .Maggie Baptist
Church, will be the guest min
ister at the Mount Hope Bap
tist Church, on Cartoogechaye,
Sunday. Mr. Willis will fill the
pulpit at the 11 a. m. service.
INSTALLATION
OF MRS. CABE
IS SCHEDULED
Franklin Woman Will
Assume Duties Of Area
Girl Scout President
Mrs. Carl P. Cabe, of Frank
lin, will be installed as presi
dent of the Nantahala Area,
Girl Scouts of America, Satur
day afternoon at an area meet
ing in Cherokee.
Two others from Franklin
also will be installed with the
new president. Mrs. Gilmer A.
Jones will assume the duties of
vice-president and Mrs. O.
Banks Finger the duties of sec
retary.
Officers will be installed by
the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, Epis
copal rector, of Franklin.
Mrs. Ernest Hyde, of Frank
lin, is chairman of the new
area camping committee, while
.Mrs. Dorothea Harbison, of
Highlands, heads the program
committee.
The Cherokee meeting is set
for 2 o'clock.
Towns of Murphy, Andrews,
Robbinsville Nantahala, Hayes
ville, Bryson City, Cherokee,
Sylva, Cullowhee, Highlands,
and Franklin are embraced by
the Nantahala Area.
Jacobs Holds
Dixie Lease
J. C. Jacobs, local business
man, has obtained a lease for
the building now occupied by
the Dixie Home Store in Frank
lin.
He said Tuesday the owner
Of the building, Mrs. Hugh
Leach, has notified him the
chain store de?. .led to renew
its leasf, w\.:\i runs out in
August oi this yeui. Under an
option clause, however, it is
understood the grocery store
may occupy the building until
August, 1957.
What the future offers for
Franklin's largest chain grocery
when the lease runs out is any
one's guess.
In a telephone interview
Tuesday morning, R. C. Rigdon,
official of the Winn-Dixie
Stores in Greenville, S. C., said
he knew nothing about the deal
between Mrs. Leach and Mr.
Jacobs.
"I won't say there is nothing
to it," he declared. ". . . but I
have not been so informed.''
Mr. Rigdon said he plans a
trip here "to investigate them
(rumors)" when the weather
clears.
Clearing Job
Is Under Way
Clearing right-of-way on the
new $675,897.80 link of US 23
441 from Franklin to the Geor
gia state line is under way at
the south end of the project.
Weather has been hampering
any other operations, according
to S. T. Usry, resident highway
engineer.
?Staff I'hoto l>y J. P. Brady
LARGE CHECKS for money raised by their organizations for the March of Dimes are being
handed to Dean Carpenter, (center) chairman of the campaign, by Jaycee President C. Banks
Finger and Miss Lillian Jones, president of the Franklin Junior Woman's Club. The Jaycees
raised $184.71 over the week-end by stopping traffic, w.hile the woman's club cleared $195.16 in
a "Mothers' March on Polio".
2 Club Efforts
Fire Polio Drive
Toward Quota
Macon's annual March of
Dimes campaign gained momen
tum this week with two con
certed drives for funds by the
Franklin Jaycees and the
Franklin Junior Woman's Club.
A number of benefits for the
polio drive are planned county
wide in coming weeks.
In a "Mothers' March on Po
lio" last Thursday evening,
members of the womans club
collected $195.16 in door-to
door solicitation.
By stopping traffic alons
Main Street on Saturday and
Sunday the Jaycees took in
$184.17. .
Given Checks
Checks from both organiza
tions were turned over Tuesday
to Dean Carpenter, chairman
of the county drive.
In accepting the contribu
tions, Mr. Carpenter reported
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 8
Directors Meet Here
To Plan Sale Campaign
A dinner meeting of the reg
ional directors of the Easter
seal campaign for the League
for Crippled Children was held
Monday evening at the DeSoto
Trail Restaurant here, to make
plans for this year's sale.
Representatives from Macon. ,
Clay, Jackson, Swain. Graham, ;
and Cherokee counties were
present. I
The sale is sponsored locally ;
by the Franklin Rotary Club
E J. Whitmire assisted by
Clayton Ram.se.-. 'is the chair- |
mail.
95-Year-Old Mill Challenges Time
Burlington Plant Running
2 Months Ahead Of Schedule
From an overall production
angle, the Franklin hosiery
plant of Burlington Industries,
Inc. is running about two
months ^head of schedule, ac
cording to the superintendent,
Stephen A. Bundy.
When the new S3. 000, 000 plant
went into operation last May,
it was estimated production
would reach its peak in De
cember, 1P58.
However, Mr. Bundy said in
an interview Monday if the
plant continues at its present
pace this level should be real
ized in October two months
earlier than anticipated.
The peak employment figure
will be 340 persons, the super
intendent disclosed. At present,
about three-fourths >218 as of
Monday noon i of the^se have
been hired. Of those now on
the payroll, 70 are men and
143 women.
Mr. Buncly said the half-way
point has been reached in ma
c'.ii.ie-y installation. For what
he termed business reasons, he
declined to Give the number of
knitting machines now in op
eration.
Press Wins Photographic
And Editorial Page Awards
Two awards were presented
The Franklin Press last Thurs
day night in Chapel Hill at
the annual mid-winter institute
of the N. C. Press Association.
Among weekly publications in
the state competing in the 1955
newspaper contest. The Press
placed second in photography
and third in editorials.
Awards to the prize-winning
newspapers of the, state were
presented by Gov. Luther H.
Hodges in a televised ceremony
?ver WUNC-TV.
Weimar Jones. Bob Sloan, and
J P Brady represented The
Press at the institute.
In selecting the local news
paper for the photographic
j Ward, the contest judges com
mented. This paper rates sec
ond place for excellence in
photo-reporting on the basis
of the five-picture series show
ing different facial expressions
of children getting the polio
vaccine." (The layout appeared
in the September 8 issue).
Of the editorial page, they
said, "This editorial page is re
freshing in its originality and
its vigor. The editorials are
crisp and pointed. They leave
no doubt as to precisely where
the writer stands. Other fea
tures which contribute to the
interest of the pag? are the ed
itor's weekly column, the orig
inal cartoons, and the us4 of
photographs to make an editor
ial point."
Club Picks
iVirs. Cabe
As Leader
Mrs. Larry Cabe was elected
Monday .night to head the
?'ranklin Junior Woman's Club
'or the next two years.
Named to serve with her were
Vlrs. Tommy McKay. 1st vice
nesident; Mrs. Larry' Welch,
!nd vice-president; Mrs. George
Soper, 3rd vice-president; Miss
<ate Jacobs, secretary; Mrs.
Dscar Ledford. corresponding
secretary; and Mrs. Clyde San
lers. treasurer.
The new officers will be in
stalled in May
Mrs. Cabe will succeed Miss
L.lllian Jones as president.
In addition to the election of
jfficers. the club's program was
featured by a talk on Girl
Scouting by Mrs. Ernest Hyde,
ocal leadej-.
The club also plans to stage
i play and fashion show at a
ater date and will sponsor a
3ake sale February 11 at Angel's
Drug Store.
Guests attending the meeting
ncluded Mrs. Charles Shields.
Mrs. Neil Finger, and Mrs. Jack
31evins.
AT ASHKVII.LK DINNER
A R Higdon and John Craw
ford attended a dinner meeting
Tuesday in Asheville, given by
* building supplies mamifactur
ATTENDING CONFERENCE
Miss Laura M. Jones left
ysterday 1 Thursday > to attend
a three-day executive confer
ence of the Woman's Society
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The Weather
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FRANKLIN
Temperatures
High Low Rain
17
35 .59
29 _
17
20 trace
34 .66
30 .20
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
18
Wed.. Jan
Thursday
Friday
Satuicay
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
i One inch
Wed.. Jan
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
60
47
38
42
45
43
42
HIGHLANDS
Temperatures
High Low Rain
18 49 20
35
38
35
35
38
36
24
22
15
15
27
26
.73
.09
.18
.47
snow on Tuesday^
COWEETA
Temperatures
High Low Rain
18 59 19 99
43
34
41
40
44
41
34
28
19
19
33
.07
.17
.50
29 trace