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PRESS keep the Inside pages
of this newspaper alive with
news about your friends and
neighbors Read the inside
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you'll know Macon County.
74th Year ? No. 15
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, April 9, 1959
Price 10 Cents
Sixteen Pages
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TROUT SEASON had a pretty
good opening Saturday. At Cliff
side Lake alone, 1,500 fish were
caught. The best catch reported
so far was made by Winton Perry,
who got a 19 and a half inch rain
bow in Nantahala River Saturday
afternoon. Fishing with him were
Roger Sutton and H. T. Collins.
EDDIE BRYSON, a former high
way patrolman here, who is now
on duty in the Canton area, was
given temporary duty last week,
along with several others, at Hen
derson, where a touchy strike
situation has been making head
lines for a number of weeks.
ONE OF THOSE fast-talking
and quick-selling stocking sales
men was black in town for a brief
stint Monday morning at the
courthouse. He harvested a whole
crop of Macon County greenbacks.
JACKSON COUNTY'S cham
ber of commerce got a real shot
in the aim from the Mead Corp
oration ... a $1,000 shot that
should put the county in the
running with the big ones for
more tourists. Wonder if Mead
ha3 any left over for Franklin?
WHAT MORE proof do we need
that the mall always goes through
than to point out that carrier
Tom McKay, true to tradition,
kept right on delivering the mail
Saturday afternoon while his wife
was at the hospital having a baby
boy. She says he corrected his
Saturday mistakes along his route
Monday, when he was in a little
better frame of mind for deliver
ing mail.
WONDERING why something
you sent THE PRESS hasn't ap
peared In print? It probably was
because you neglected to sign the
letter or news item. A policy of
the newspaper requires all items
mailed in to be signed with the
name and address of the sender.
MAILINGS FOR the second an
nual "Pilots Ruby Rendezvous" in
Franklin next September already
have been sent to pilots over the
country by the Florida Air Pilots
Association. V. H. Burt, of Miami
and Franklin, will be up this
month- to make some of the local
arrangements for the unusual fly
in.
LARGELY THROUGH the ef
forts of John E. Cutshall, super
intendent of the local prison
camp, a Cullowhee youth who was
going blind has regained his sight.
Thought to be a hopeless case,
Charles M. Moss, 19, of the Erastus
section, received help from the
Knights Templar Eye Foundation.
C. B. SMITH, who lives just off
the Highlands road outside town,
Wednesday of last week hooked
into a big and fighting eight and
a half pound brown trout In
Hatchery Creek below Cashiers in
South Carolina. It took him 45
minutes to fight the 26-i'- h
beauty down.
APRIL 13 will be "Pulp and
Paper Day". A "pilot forest" dem
onstration wlil be held in Jack
son County under the sponsor
ship of the Mead Corporation.
Mead sends a lot of dollars into
Macon County every year through
the purchase of pulp wood and
quite a few from here will attend
the event.
Labor Board Sets Hearing April 27
Judge Faces Lighter Than Usual Dockets
April Term
Opens Here
Next Monday
Civil Calendar
Lists 30 Ca?es,
15 Divorces
Judge Prank Huskins, of Burns
vllle; resident Judge of the 24th
Judicial District, will open a two
week mixed term of Superior
Court here Monday morning at
10 o'clock.
Meanwhile, the clerk of court.
Mrs. Kate M. Wrinn, reports the
criminal docket is a little lighter
than usual, with 205 new cases
ready for trial and 45 hold-overs.
Most are traffic cases.
Thirty civil actions, including
15 divorces, are listed on the civil
docket. Trial of civil matters will
get under way next Thursday, the
16th.
There are two probable explana
tions for the ' lighter criminal
docket this term. At the December
term, Judge J. C. Farthing made
a clean sweep of the docket, leav
ing only those cases that could
not be brought to trial at the time.
Also, Highway Parolman H. T.
Ferguson was out of action recent
ly for nearly six weeks because
of injuries received in a wreck in
Catawba County while enroute
here with a new patrol car.
Biddle Is
New Leader
Of Jaycees
Boy M. Biddle, Jr., teacher at
Franklin High School, is the
new president of the Franklin
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
An election of '59 officers
featured Monday night's meet
ing of the Jaycees at Hie Pres
byterian church.
Elected to serve with Mr.
Biddle are Charles M. Led bet
ter, 1st vice-president; Tom
Colliar, 2nd, vice-president; Bill
Zickgraf, secretary; Tom Mc
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Mr. Biddle
5o SaijS MR. MACONIAN"
Hi-ya Neighbors:
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Well sir, this warm weather means just one
thing. Tourists are going to be on the move before
long. i
And the important thing for us is, are we ready
for 'em?
Year in and year out I keep hearin' about some
fellow working at such-and-such a' place, who keeps
tellin' visitors to go somewhere else, that we don't
have anything hc;rc. This is the kinda fellow who
needs a little educatin' about Macon County. Most
of us know we've got one of the best tourist coun
ties in the whole pastern end of the U. S. 1
Tryin' to get some of that tourist money is
tough enough without havin' our own flesh and
blow! answer question's about the county with "1
don't know", or ^'There's nothing here."
And I thank you.
Mr. Maconian
Solicitor Brown
A new face will be among
officials here next week for
the April term <rf Superior
Court.
It will be the first Macon
County term for the new dis
trict solicitor, Glenn W.
Brown, of Waynesrille.
Mr. Brown, who succeeded
Thad D. Bryson, Jr., was un
opposed in the general elec
tion last faO for the post.
Mr. Bryson ?withdrew in the
spring primary to run un
successfully for a judgeship,
Legion Women
Coming Here
For Meeting
About 50 are expected here Sat
urday for the 20th district meet
ing of the American Legion
Auxiliary.
Set to begin at 10 a.m., the
?women will gather in the Frank
lin High cafeteria.
Principal speaker will be Mrs.
J. L. Chestnutt, of Edenton, state
president of the American Legion
Auxiliary. She will be introduced
by Mrs. J. W. Norris, fifth area
vice-president, of Boone.
Mrs. Z. E. Murrell, of Jackson
ville, state child welfare chairman,
also is slated to speak.
Presiding at the district meeting
will be Mrs. S. C. Burgess, of
Murphy. .
Mrs. Bill Horsley, president of
the local auxiliary, will be in
charge during the luncheon.
Sylva, Robblnsville, Murphy,
and Franklin make up the 20th
district.
'Coffee Day'
For Cancer ?
Fight Slated
Monday will be "coffee day"
In Franklin, with all restau
rants turning over coffee pro
ceeds to the American Cancer
Society fund drive.
A roadblock to collect dona
tions for the drive is planned
by the Jaycees a week from
Saturday.
In opening the local drive to
raise $1,500, the chapter presi
dent, Mrs. Lester Conley, ap
pealed to all civic and com
munity organizations to hold
benefits for the campaign.
The drive will run during the
month' of April.
Mrs. Conley emphasized that
40 per cent of the amount rais
ed In Macon County will be
kept here.
Little League
Try-outs Set *
Two Little League try-out
dates have been announced by
the league president, Robert C.
Carpenter.
One Is set for next Wednes
day, April 15, at 4 p. m. at the
city park In Franklin. This Is
primarily for students at
Franklin Elementary.
Another try-out Is planned
the 18th at 1 p. m. at the park
for other schools of the area
and for boys unable to attend
the first one.
Any boy who won't be 13 by
August 1 Is eligible to compete
for a berth on the four teams.
REPRESENTS COUNCIL
Miss Esther Seay, special edu
cation teacher. Is representing the
?western chapter of the Council
meeting this week at Atlantic
City.
RECIPES INVITED ?
Council Plans Cookbook
As Fund-Raising Project
A cook book featuring Macon
County recipes will be published
soon as a fund-raising venture by
the home demonstration county
council.
Everyone is invited to contribute
recipes for consideration.
Plans for publishing the cook
book were made at a council meet
ing March 31, with Mrs. C. T
Bryson, president, presiding. The
cookbook will sell for $1. Orders
will be taken In advance so the
council will be sure of having the
one-third cost downpayment re
quired.
Project Report
At the council meeting, held in
the basement of the Methodist
church, Mrs. Roberta Parker re
ported on the war orphan pro
ject. As yet, the identity of the
orphan for this county Is not
known, she said.
Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill, county
home economics agent, gave a
health report. In the absence of
the county leader. She reported
that six clubs, Bethel, CuUasaja,
Walnut Creek. Holly Springs.
Watauga, and Mulberry, have
taken the home nursing course.
Is Representative
Mrs. Robert Corbin was ap
pointed as representative to the
district meeting in Bryson City
May 6.
A program committee for
"Achievement Day" was appoint
ed. It Is composed of Mrs. Roy
Cunningham. Mrs. Mary Peek,
and Mrs. J. M. Maddox.
Participation in "National Home
Demonstration Week", May 2-8.
was discussed. Each club is asked
to be responsible for a radio pro
gram. news article, or picture.
The pictures and news articles
must be In the home agent's office
by April 15. The radio programs
will be taped the week of the 20th.
A window exhibit, showing the
growth of home demonstration
work In the county, will be pre
pared by the council.
Magazine Discussed
Mrs. Edward Crawford discussed
the new home demonstration
news magazine. "Oreen 'n' Grow
ing". She suggested that the
president or publicity chairman
of each club have a subscription.
Mrs. Crawford will be responsible
for mailing articles and news to
the magazine. Clubs having ar
ticles to contribute may send them
to her.
For the devotional, a reprint
from the Anderson <S. C.i NEWS.
"Ten Rules for Taking the Hard
Way Out of Your Job." by Dr.
Norman Vincent Peale. was used.
EVENT HELD SATURDAY ?
4-H Demonstration Day
Winners Are Announced
Award winners at the annual
"4-H Demonstration Day" Sat
urday morning at East Frank
lin School have been announc
ed.
By events, they are:
Electric: Mary Cabe and
Glinda Lee, Union Senior, blue;
Jo Anne Corbln and Janice
Crisp, East Franklin Junior,
Alex Corbln and Lease Elliot,
East Franklin Senior, red; Susie
Henson and Polly Curtis, Otto
Senior, white.
Soli and Water: Lyle Mc
Oaha and Raymond Shepherd,
Cowee Senior, red.
Entomology: Sandra Henson.
Union Senior, blue; Homer
Morgan and Billy Brlnkman,
East Franklin Senior, red.
Vegetable Production: Frances
Taylor and Linda Taylor, East
Franklin Senior, blue; Bill En
loe and Jay Enloe, Cartooge
chaye Junior, red.
Wildlife: Billy . Hughes and
Kenneth Reynolds, Cartooge
chaye, red.
Dairy Management: Charlie
Enloe and Robert Enloe, Car
toogechaye Senior, blue.
Tractor: Robert Enloe, Car
toogechaye Senior, blue; Charlie
Enloe, Cartoogechaye Senior,
red; Jimmy Taylor, East Frank
lin, white.
Public Speaking: Peggy Dills,
blue; Pauline Morgan, red;
Charles Shuler, white; Betty
Mae Stamey, white.
Officers Contest (club); Car
toogechaye, blue; Holly Springs,
red.
Officers Contest (Individual);
first places ? Elizabeth Ann
Amnions, Holly Springs, presi
dent; Jean Dills, Cartoogechaye,
vice-president; Jackie Cabe,
Holly Springs, secretary; Ann
Maddox, Cartoogechaye, report
er; Willis Wilson, Cartooge
chaye, song leader; second
places ? Robert Enloe, Cartoo
gechaye, president. Ruth Shep
herd. Holly Springs, vlce-presl- (
dent; Suzanne Cunningham,
Cartoogechaye, secretary; Bren- [
da Seagle, Holly Springs, re
porter; Reggie Ammons and
Zeb Cabe, Holly Springs, song
leader.
CARTOOGF.CHAYE SUPPER
The/ Cartoogechaye Rural Com
munity Development Organization
will have a covered dish supper
tonight (Thursday) at the com
munity building at 7 o'clock.
The regular meeting will follow
the supper.
Woman Falls
Through Floor
Of Courthouse
Franklin's Western Union op
erator, Miss Claretta Stiles,
yesterday (Wednesday) was
ready to sue the county after
falling through the downstairs
hall floor of the county court
house.
Miss Stiles received deep
bruises and abrasions on her
right leg when a plank in the
old floor gave way as she walked
down the hall. ;
"I fully intend to sue," she
told THE PRESS following the
incident.
100 Candles
On His Cake
Macon County's oldest citizen,
"Uncle Billy" McCoy, will blow
the candles out on his 100th
birthday cake next Wednesday,
the 15th.
"Uncle Billy", who lives in the
Gold Mine section, is still very
active.
Babe Ruth
Meeting Set
A meeting of the Babe Ruth
League has been called for Sat
urday at 4 o'clock at the East
Franklin School.
This Is the first general
meeting of the season and plans
for '59 league play will be
made. All officials and Interest
ed citizens are Invited to at
tend.
Babe Ruth players, with or
without suits, are asked to at
tend so measurements for new
suits can be made.
Will Air Charges Aimed
At Local Hosiery Plant
A hearing by the National Labor Relations Board
is scheduled to open April 27 in Franklin to deter
mine if Franklin Hosiery Company has denied em
ployes their rights under the Taft-Hartley law.
Charges of discrimination and interference with
the rights of employes at the local hosiery plant were
formally filed with the board by the American Fed
eration of Hosiery Workers, according to James R.
Webster, of Winston-Salem, chief law officer with
the labor relations board.
In a telephone interview Monday with THE
I ' R I.SS, Mr. Webster said the case involves incidents
AWARDED GRANT
Mrs. Mildred R. Martin, biol
ogy teacher at Franklin High
School, has been awarded a $450
National' Science Foundation
(rant to attend the 1959 Sum
mer Institute for Hifh School
Science and Mathematics Teach
ers at the University of North
Carolina. The institute will run
from June 9 to July 17. She is
one of 80 recipients selected out
c<f some COO applicants.
Salary Measure
Offered By Raby
A bill providing salary boosts
for county officials and their
assistants has been introduced In
the House of Representatives by
Rep. James M. Raby.
In effect, the bill would In
crease the pay of atl courthouse
officials but the full-time deputy
In the sheriff's department.
It also would fix the salaries
and responsibilities of others In
the county government.
Mr. Raby's bill would boost the
salaries of the clerk of court, the
register of deeds, and the county
tax supervisor and accountant
<an appointive post) from $3,800
to 44,500. and would up the
salaries of the assistants In the
clerk's and register's offices from
$1,800 to $2,400. The salary of
the assistant In the tax office
would go from $2,400 to $3,000. _
A bill passed by the last Gen
eral Assembly set the sheriff's
salary at $5,000 per year and cave
him a travel allowance of $1,800.
However, through an arrangement
with the county. Involving an
amount due the sheriff's depart
ment from the old fee system, the
sheriff has been drawing $6,000
per year and $1,800 for travel.
Mr. Raby's bill set this as a firm
?salary.
The salary of the sheriff's
deputy would not be Increased by
the bill. It remains at $2,700.
Mr. Raby's bill also releases the
register of deeds of all responsi
bilities as county accountant and
tax supervisor.
If ratified, the bill would make
the changes effective April 1, 1959
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FUTURE HOMEMAKERS ATTEND STATE RALLY IN RALEIGH SATURDAY
Ten members of the Franklin chapter of the Future
Homemakers of America attended a state rally Saturday in
Raleigh with their advisor, Mrs. Carolyn Cocan. The local
chapter this week is celebrating "National Future Home
makers Week". Another picture and a story of chapter ac
tivitirs may be found inside this issue. Making the Raleigh
trip were {L to K) front row, Mrs. (ogan. Carol Ann Hed
den, Ann llnafner, Koseanne Cabe, and Patsy .Mosm; back
row, Dean l^dford. Vlekv Kay, Juanita Welch, Judy Mc
Falls, Peggy Jean Moore, and Anita Cabe Baltew.
isiift rkcti)
at the plant in February, ap
parently during the period
union organizers were active
there.
Knough Evidence
An investigation has been
conducted here by the N.L.R.B.,
according to Mr. Webster, who
said there was "enough evi
dence to Indicate that a hear
ing Is in order."
The hosiery plant's guilt or
Innocence will be decided at
the hearing, he added.
Mr. Webster said "probably
some" subponeas will be Issued
for the hearing.
He also disclosed that a trial
examiner from Washington, D.
C? will conduct the hearing and
that It probably will consume
from two to four days.
Courtroom Reserved
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At the wrilten request or the
N.L.R.B., the county commis
sioners Monday reserved 'the
courtroom In the eounty court
house for the hearing.
While Mr Webster was not
specific, the hearing undoubt
edly Is the upshot of the Feb
ruary 10 Incident at a local
motel involving an official of the
American Federation of Hosiery
Workers. Roberl D. Beame.
In widely-publicized state
ments, Mr. Beame charged he
was kidnapped from his motel
roam and beaten by four men
and then, after being denied
permission to talk with the
highway patrol or the mayor,
was escorted to the Georgia
state line by Deputy Sheriff
Newell Pendergrass.
An Investigation of the Inci
dent Li still being conducted
by the S.B.I. , on orders of the
governor.
Charges Mill
In the March Issue of the In
ternational Teamster magazine,
Mr. Beame's account of the
Franklin incident was carried.
The article said he "charged
that mill management actually
recruited the mob which as
saulted him," and that the mill
supervisors talked some work
ers Into taking double shifts so
that others could Join the mob.
The unionist also was quoted
as saying that it wasn't so
much the beating that con
cerned him. but that fact that
workers were denied the right
to union organization and that
law enforcement officers ap
parently were working with the
tiK>b.
The Weather
Th<- week'* titni?mtnr<'? nnd minfnM l**low
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
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FRANKLIN
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60
74
63
74
? 79
77
l.uw Rain
38 .00
Wed., 1st
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
COWETA
78
70
58
75
62
72
79
77
47
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37
26
35
33
39
38
45
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35
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HIGHLANDS
Wed.. 1st
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
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