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7.Mh Year ? No. 5
Franklin, N. C., Thursday, February 4, 1960
Price 10 Cent
Twelve Pages
THAT DRAINAGE problem in
the highway over the new cul
vert at , the foot of Town Hill
is a pain in the neck. People
walking on the sidewalk during
a rain get splattered with
water and mud when a car
goes by. Let's fix It!
ANOTHER red-tailed chicken
hawk a little smaller than the
one killed a couple of weeks
ago bjr Andrew Gregory has
"bit the dust". Earl Simons
and Junior Sheffield, of Cowee,
teamed to down the chicken
loving hawk while he sat and
dreamed of ,food on a locust
limb. Junior drove a pick-up
truck and Karl hid in the bed
until they got close enough for
him to pick off the big bird,
whose wing spread was right
at four feet.
JIM BRINKMAN has moved
his gem and rock shop from
the building next to Dixie Grill
to Andy Reid's building for
merly occupied by Ledbetter's
Cafe.
YOU CAN scratch that talk
about a big motel in East
Franklin for the present.
There's now talk of a super
market for the Baldwins on a
portion of the land-fill behind
the De Soto Trail Restaurant.
AN ENTHUSIASTIC crowd
was on hand Saturday night in
the local gym for the wrestling
matches sponsored by the Ma
con Search and Rescue Squad.
This proves that Maconians are
starved for entertainment.
T. Y. ANGEL, at Carolina
Pharmacy, is a Boys' Home sup
porter. He turns the pharmacy
coffee receipts every Thursday
oveT to the Boys' Home at Lake
Waccamaw, near Wilmington,
and this usually comes to about
$17. Patterned after Boys' Town
in Nebraska, Boys' Home needs
funds to care for homeless boys,
many of whom are turned into
useful citizens instead of delin
quents roaming the country. )
Boys' Home is a state Jaycee
project and Roy M. Biddle, Jr.,
local Jaycee president, would
appreciate hearing from any
other restaurants or businesses
that would like to help out as
Mr. Angel is doing.
TOWN OFFICIALS hope to
get together soon with Frank
Hutchison, 14th Highway Divi
sion engineer, and discuss some
street problems, including the
one-way system.
SHERIFF J. Harry Thomas
was In Chapel Hill January 24
27 for a sheriffs' school con
ducted by the Institute of
Government. He was one of
some 79 officers taking the
course, which covered all phases
of criminal and civil law and
investigation.
The
Political
Pot
(This special column will ap
pear at intervals between now
and the coming eelctions to keep
voters posted on the political
situation across the state. No
conclusions will be drawn, Only
the facts brought out, on the
theory that the voters, being
free and 21, arc capable of mak
ing their own decisions.)
With the death last week of
Rep. David M. Hall, the political
spotlight shines squarely on the
12th Congressional District where
just about anything can, and prob
ably will happen.
The law says that Gov. Hodges
must call some special elections t:>
pick Rep. Hall's successor; this, in
addition to the regular party pri
maries coming up in May.
Looks like the voters of the 12th
are going to be poll-worn before
it's oven
In Waynesville Monday morn
ing. Heinz Rollman proposed that
candidates waive the special elec
tion and let things be settled in
the regular primary. The Republi
can candidate's proposal and his
reasons for making it may be
found in an advertisement else
where in this issue.
It is the concensus among po
litical observers that Mr. Roll
man's proposal will fall on deaf
t ars and that the voters might as
well sharpen their pencils and pre
pare to do some extra marking of
ballots. ? ,
There's also the possibility
that Gov. Hodges will set the
special primary on the same date
a-> the regular May primaries, but
SEE NO. 1. PAGE 12
FRANKLIN Hosiery Company's superintendent, Stephen A.
Butvrfy, is shown with the company's first two employes, Mrs.
Imogene WaPdroop (left) and Miss Jessie McConnell. The two
women were honored for their service Monday. (Staff Photo.
WERE FIRST EMPLOYES ?
Franklin Hosiery Honors
Two On 5th Anniversary
Franklin Hosiery Company celebrated its first five
years of business here Monday by presenting service
pins and certificates to its first two employes, Mrs.
Imogene Waldroop and Miss Jessie McConnell.
The two women were the first to sign up for Burl
ington's training program. At that time the local
plant was under construction and training operations
were conducted in the V. F. W. Building on West
Palmer Street.
The pins and certificates were presented to the two
women, both of whom are loopers, by Su,pt. Stephen
A. Bundy.
Franklin Hosiery at present employes 430 persons,
278 of them women and 152 men, according to the
personnel supervisor, Earl Adams. Of the 278 women,
some 200 are loopers and the rest work at inspecting
and mending. Most of the men are knitters.
NOW IN JAIL ?
Building Wasn't Empty,
Teen-Age Boys Discover
Two teen-age youths became
unwilling residents of the coun
ty jail Monday night because
they figured Reeves Hardware
Company on Depot Street was
empty.
But, James Leroy Holland and
George Burton Johnson, both
17. were wrong and are now in
jail under $1,000 bond charged
with breaking and entering.
What they didn't know was
the hardware store owner, W.
W. Reeves, and an Atlanta
salesman, Ted Michaels, were
inside talking. About 9:30 they
heard the boys coming down
the alley between the hardware
store and the Reeves ware
house Mr. Reeves quietly load
ed two shotguns and waited for
them to enter the unlocked side
door.
Mr. Reeves recalls one of the
boys remarking "we've got it
made" when he found the door
unlocked.
While the two men waited
In the dark, the boys slipped
out of their shoes and started
across the large store. At this
point, Mr. Reeves told them to
halt. When young Holland ran
for the door he fired a blast of
blrdshot at the wall near the
boys. Holland kept going, but
was arrested nearby a short
time later by Policeman Brice
Rowland. The boy was bare
footed.
Young Johnson surrendered
to Mr. Reeves, who called the
police for help. Deputy Newell
Pendergrass arrived and with
the night officer took the boys
to jail.
The deputy the next morn
ing took out the breaking and
entering warrants for the two.
SEE NO. 2, PAGE 12
HUNDREDS AT FUNERAL -
Rep. Hall Loses
Bout With Cancer
I
Rep. David M. Hall, the 41
year-old congressman from the
12th Congressional District, lost
his fight with cancer and died
Friday at 5:45 p. m. at C. J.
Harris Community Hospital in
Sylva, his home town.
The courageous congressman's
funeral Sunday afternoon at
tracted more than 600 and he
was buried in the family cere
tery at Webster.
Stricken last November by
cancer. Rep. Hall, who has been
confined to a wheel chair since
the age of 15 because of a
crippling bone infection, show
I ed the spunk and determina
' tion Jhat had marked his life
by announcing that he intend
j ed to lick the illness and run
for Congress again, in Decem
ber, he underwent surgery for
removal of a cancerous growth
on his bladder in a New York
hospital. He never fully recov
ered from complications of the
operation. Rep. Hall entered C.
; J. Harris on January 12 to
| continue convalescence.
The Sylva attorney was ap
pointed July 31, 1958, to run In
place of Rep. George A. Shu
ford, of Ashevllle, who was
forced -to resign as the Demo
era tic nominee because of his
health. In the general election
that year, Rep. Hall easily beat
his Republican opponent, W.
Harold Sams, of Asheville.
Under the law, Gov. Luther
H. Hodges must call special
primary and general elections
to pick Rep. Hall's successor, j
Rep. David M. Hall
FIRST TAX
PENALTY
IN FORCE
Accountant Gives
Schedule For
Non-Payment
The first tax penalty for de
linquent '59 taxes went into ef
fect Tuesday, according to County
Acountant Tom Henson.
It's a one per cent penalty and
wil last through March 2. After
that date the following penalty
schedule will be used:
After March 1 and through
of this month to purchase tags
April 1 and through May 1, add
two and a half per cent; after
May 1 and through June 1. add
three per cent; after June 1 and
through July 1, add three per cent
and a half per cent each month
to date of sale of tax leln.
The '59 taxes became due Octo
ber 1, 1959.
License Sales
Neck-And-Neck
With Last Year
Sales of North Carolina's 1960
license plates ran neckand-neck
with January a year ago, accord
ing to the local Carolina Motor
Club branch office.
January 1960 nosed out January
1959 by only one license plate,
with sales of 1,640 and 1,639, re
spectively.
Motorists have until the 15th
o fthis month to purchase tags
for their cars, trucks, motorcylces.
MOVING SLOWLY
The Town of Franklin also
is in the license selling business
Town tags cost SI per and any
one living or working in towr
must purchase and display one
on their car.
Sales of the lag are slow, ac
cording to Town Clerk Ray
Swafford, and only about 200
had been sold through Tuesday
noon. A total of 770 were sold in
1959.
A February 15 deadline, the
same as the state's. Is being ob
served by the town.
and trailers and the office is ex
pecting things to become a bit
crowded as the deadline draws
nearer.
Verlon Swafford, manager,
urges Maconians who still must
buy tags to do so at once and
avoid the last-minute rush and the
prospect of standing in long lines.
He also said that things would
be speeded up some if motorists
would be sure to sign their vehicle
registration cards in advance so
they won't have to delay matters
at the office. It is rot neccesary
for anyone to witness the signa
ture, he explained.
A break-down of the January
sales shows 1,100 car tags; 493.
trucks; and 47, trailers.
Girls Win,
Boys Lose
Franklin High's lassies won
games with Swain and Cullo
whee the past week, but the
boys fell by the wayside in
both.
On the home court Friday
night, the girls beat Swain 85
to 74. The boys lost 50 to 46.
Tuesday at Cullowhee, the girls
won again, 78 to 58, but Cullo
whee's boys took theirs 70 to
47.
Only three games remain on
Franklin's regular schedule (or
8EE NO. 3, PAOE 12
Kenneth Perry
Leaving Here
For Buncombe
Kenneth Perry, assistant agri
j cultural agent here for the past
' l wo and a half years, has resigned
lo take a similar agent's job in
Buncombe County.
His resignation is effrrtue
' March 1
I Mr. Perry's duties primarily
I have centered on 4-H work in thr
I county.
VETS WILL MEET
Veterans of World War 1, Ma
con County Barracks No. 906. will
meet tomorrow 'Friday' night el
7:30 at the courthouse, it has been
innounced.
Mr. Talley
Miss Phillips
AT WESTERN CAROLINA ?
Macon County Students
Win Top Teacher Awards
Two Macon County students
it Western Carolina College
have been awarded top honors
In the education field.
Chosen as "Mr. and Miss
Student Teacher of 1959-60",
they are Leon Talley, of High
lands, and Miss Jean Phillips,
of Franklin.
Mr. Talley, an active member
of the Student National Edu
cators Association, has served
as its president, has been rep
resentative at two state con
ventions, and in 1959 was a
candidate for state vice-presi
dent.
In addition to his SNEA ac- |
tivities, he is a member of the [
Association for Childhood Edu- |
cation, the Inter-Club Council, [
and is treasurer of the senior
class. This year he was voted
"best all-around" student in the
senior class. He is presently do
ing his student teaching in the
Sylva Elementary School, and
after acquiring his B.S. in edu
cation degree at WCC he plans
to work toward his master's
degree. He is a graduate of
Highlands High School and Is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake
Tallcy.
Miss Phillips, In addition to
the SNEA honor, is also a sen
ior superlative for this year,
being chosen as "most llkeiy to
succeed". She holds the envi
able record of having been list
ed on the Alpha Honor Roll
for every quarter she has been
enrolled at WCC. Her studious
attitude is enabling her to com
plete the requirements for the
B. S. In Education degree in
only three years. She is a mem
ber of the Inter-Club Council
and at present h ilds office ii
the SNEA and in the Alnha Phi
Sigma, honorary scholastic fra
ternity.
Jean will do her student
teaching this spring at Lee H
Edwards in Asheville. She has
plans for graduate work in the
future.
A graduate of Franklin High
School, she was valedictorian of
her class, and was a valuable
member of the basketball team
for three years: She is the
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Nat
Phillips.
AT FOOTBALL BANQUET -
U.N.C. Coach
To Speak Here
! Franklin High's football coaches, ,
I players, and cheerleaders will be !
| honor guests of Rotarians next
! Wednesday night at Slagle Memor
| ial Building when the guest
speaker will be the University of I
North Carolina's head football
coach. James Benton <Jlm>
Hickey.
A few tickets to the football
banquet at $2 each, will be on sale
to the general public. They may
be purchased at Perry's Dm 4 1
Store and Angel's Drug Store, ac
cording to Rotarian C. S. Brown,
who is in charge of arrangements
Set to begin at 7 o'clock, tha !
banquet also will serve as the !
weekly dinner meeting of the Ro- .
tary Club. The date, however, was
changed from Thursday to Wed
nesday to accommodate the gue:;t
speaker.
Mr. Mickey will be introduced
by Ernie Williamson, who will ac
company him here from Chapel
Hill. Mr. Williamson is executive
secretary of the University's Edu
cational Foundation, which pro
vides athletic scholarships.
The U.N .C. coach, who is 39.
has one football season behind
him with the Tar Heels. He was
named to the top post last July,
! with a three-year contract, fellow
Late News
' and
Briefs
COURT IN SESSION
Yesterday 'Wednesday! morn
ing. Judge George B. Palton was
hearing civil cases in the Macon
courthouse in a special Superior
Court session he requested in De
cember when he was unable to
try civil matters Because of a
heavy criminal docket. The session
is expected to last through Friday
? ? ?
f^TANDI.EYS RETI'RN
I The Rev. and Mrs. R. R Stand
j icy were supposed to arrive Ir.
! Franklin last 'Wednesday) night
from Jackson, Miss ? with their
dauahur, Miss Margaret Stanrf
'ey. who was injured last week
in an aute accident near Jackson
They were driving straight
through. Miss Standley's Injuries
included four broken ribs, a frac
ture of the pelvis, and numerous
bruises.
Inn the tragic and unexpected
death of Jim Tatum. l?p had been
a valued assistant on Coach
Tatum's staff for three yeai>.
being a member of the original
group tlie head coach appointed
on returning to Carolina from
Maryland.
YEAR'S PLANS MADE -
Raby New Head
Of Rural Group
Co wee's Tommy Raby, whet only last week was
honored as "Macon County's Young Man of the
Year", has a new and challenging job.
He's the new chairman of the Macon County Rural
Community Development Council, having been elect
ed last Thursday night along with Mrs. Stanley
Penland, of lotla, vice-chairman; Donald Seagle, of
IIollv Springs, secretary; and W. \Y. (Bill) Sloan,
of Franklin, treasurer, j. Fred Brvson, of Carson, is
Three Escapees
Back In Custody
Three teen-age prisoners, one
of whom helped kidnap an
Episcopal minister last summer
during an escape attempt, were
recaptured Friday after break
ing from a work gang Thurs
day on US 64 about 12 miles
from Franklin.
Two of the fugitives were sur
prised Friday afternoon by the
children of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Southards as they ramsacked
the Southards house in search
of guns and clothes. They were
identified as He* Hodge, 18, and
lames Brewer, 18. The South
irds* children were not harmed,
ilthough one of the men brand
shed a shotgun at them. The
' fugitives fled the house when
hey saw Mr. Southards ap
proaching
The third prisoner, James
j Webb, 17, surrendered Thurs
day. Officers found him' cold,
wet, and hungry near Maiden's
;h;ipel Methodist Church, some
four miles from where the trio
escaped.
Hodge, who was sentenced at
| the last term of Superior Court
here for his part in the kid
j napping of Dr. Herbert Koepp
Baker, of Highlands, during a
I break with two others, and
Brewer were found Friday hid
ing, under a bed , at the sum
mer home of D. B. Fowler, one
of three places they entered to ,
,'et clothes, bedding, and guns, j
Both were armed with shot
guns taken from the Southards I
home, but surrendered without j
a fight.
In addition to facing escap
ing charges, Hodge and Brewer
are charged with entering the
Southards and Fowler homes
and T. B Barlow's home, where
they took bedding The other j
youth, Webb, had already been;
?recaptured when the Southards-)
SEE NO. 4. PAGE 12
NO SET QUOTA ?
'Heart Fund' Campaign
Opens For Month's Run
Macon County is joining the
nation-wide "Heart Fund" drive
during the month of February
under the chairmanship of Roy
M. Blddle, Jr.
The county has no fixed quota
to raise. Heart-shaped plastic
coin collectors are being dis
tributed over the county this
week by the chairman and
volunteer workers.
Other key figures in the local
drive are Robert C. (Bobi Car
penter, who is serving as treas
urer, and Mrs. James E. Bleck
ley, public education chairman.
'Heart Sunday'
Plans are now being mnda
for a concerted house- to- Ipuse
drive on February 28. This date
will be officially designated as
"Heart Sunday" and Mr. Bid
die will Issue a special appeal
prior to the drive for workers
to assist with this feature of
the campaign.
Twin aims of the "Heart
Fund " campaign are to conduct
an Intensive program of pub
lic education about the hopeful
facts concerning heart disease
and to raise money for the
year-round programs of re
search, education, ahd com
munity service of the North
Carolina Heart Association."
A CONTRIBUTION to the "Heart Fund" is dropped in a coin
collector by Mrs. Marshall Pettis. Waiting her turn is Mrs. Frank
L. Henry, Sr. The "Heart Fund" drive will run the entire month
of February. (Staff Photo)
me out-going president.
In tackling some of the new
business, the council voted to
change the awards program, set
the dates for the county fair
and rural community judging,
and heard two recommenda
tions from the fair building
committee concerning ways to
raise money.
New Approach
A new approach to the an
nual appreciation and awards
dinner was approved by the
new council. Instead of a reg
ular banquet-type dinner, the
I 1960 event will serve a picnic
type meal and a community
j tour.
A committee of community
representatives was appointed
to make plans for the awards
; program. Serving on this com
mittee are Mrs. Penland,
j chairman, Mrs. Pritchard Rus
| sell, Cutlasaja; Mrs. Donald
j Seagle, Holly Springs; Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Sutton, Clark's
Chapel ; Mrs. Eleanor McNish,
| Cartoogechaye; Mrs. Leona W.
Moore, Carson: Mrs. Harley
Stewart, Patton; Mr. Raby,
. Cowee; Mrs. Sammy Bryson,
Higdonville; and Mrs. Betty
Suttles, Pine Grove.
Goal Is Set
A goal of 15 communities
was set for the '80 county con
test Pritchdrd Russell, Culla
saja's president, suggested that
organized communities invite
representatives of unorganized
sections to attend some of their
meetings so they may see how
the community development
program operates.
Fair Report
These recommendations were
presented to the council from
the fair building committee:
(li that exhibitors accept, rib
bons and no prize money, with
prize money going to the build
ing fund, and < 2 ? that com
munity prize money likewise be
channeled to the building fund.
These recommendations will be
presented to the community
organizations for action during
the month.
Dates for the '60 Macon Coun
ty Fair were announced for
October 13-15 and the commun
ity contest judging for Septem
ber 21-23. The awards picnic
and tour will be September 28.
Maybe Florida
Is Slipping ...
Florida in the winter?
Shucks, stay in Franklin and
save your money.
The official h'ghs in Miami,
Ha., and Franklin were exactly
the same Monday a pleasant 59
decrees.
So just ignore that plea:
"Keep Florida Cireen ? Brine
Money". Instead, stay home and
brighten the economics foliate
here for a change. f/
The Weather
Hi.- vwk'i t?*miM>ratur?? and rainfaN t>elow
are rfrord<<d in Kriinklin by Man<w Stllaa
U S weather ?l?.rver: In Highlands Ky
ludor N. Hull an. I W. C. Newton, TV A
.haervera: unit al the Coweta Hydrolotfc
Laboratory. Readings arc for !he 24-hour
"?rind ending at 8 a.m. of the day listed.
FRANKLIN
HUh Low
Wed.. 27th 60 12
Thursday 49 33
Friday 48 39
Saturday 47 38
Sunday 50 43
Monday 61 30
Tuesday 66 23
Wednesday 28
COWETA
Wpd., 27th 53 30
Thursday 46 35
Friday 50 34
Saturday 47 41
Sunday 48 39
Monday 59 27
Tuesday 63 25
Wednesday 65 30
HIGHLANDS
Monday 56 29
Tuesday 56 27
Wednesday 31
* no record.