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Published every Thursday by The Frankhn Press
At Franklin, North Carolina
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VOL, LI Number 34
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Taking a Look at War
PXCERPT from President Roosevelt’s address at Chautauqua,
N. Y., last Friday night;
“I have seen war. J have seen war on land and sea. I have seen
blood running from the wo.unded. I have seen men coughing out
their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mu-d. I have seen
cities destroyed. I have seen 200 limping, exhausted men come out
of line—the survivors of ,a regiment of one thousand that went for
ward 48 hours before. 1 have seen children starving. I have seen the
agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.”
Here is another graphic picture of what war means. It is from a
United Press summary of the situation in Spain;
“Conservative Portuguese observers estimated that five weeks of
fighting in Spain have made 60,(XX) orphans and 25,OCX) widows, with
25,000 loyalists and 30,000 rebels killed.”
If this^ is the result of a few weeks of sporadic civil strife be
tween poorly armed Spanish combatants, what will happen if all
Europe is thrown into a bitter war to the finish with vast armies,
equipped with the latest devices of wholesale slaughter, pitted—not
one against the other—but all against the whole?
THE AND THE
%)ings 0^^
CcNtidoning Election Irregularities
'J'HE State Board of Elections belatedly discloses that the conduct
of the second Democratic primary on July 4 was not all that it
should have been. Meeting in Raleigh Monday—six weeks after the
election and more than a month after the certification of election
returns—the board revealed that;
Clay County election officials had permitted heads of families
to cast ballots for all members, of their immediate families.
Only one precinct in Clay County provided regular election
booths, and in one precinct improper ballot boxes were used.
In Surry County two precinct officials hid 1'9 ballots as a “joke”
while the votes were being counted.
Some doubt still exists as to whether the Surry election of
ficials held a formal meeting, as required by law, to canvass the
county’s vote.
In Yancey County election booths did not comply with the law.
Election officials in Cleveland Co.unty, home of Clyde R. Hoey,
successful candidate for the nomination for governor, failed to in
vestigate some of the specific charges of voting irregularities
formally made by Ralph W. McDona>ld, the defeated gubernatorial
candidate.
In Buncombe County some notaries and justices of the peace
neglected to file lists of persons who appeared before them with
absentee ballots.
In Forsyth County, Mr. McDonald’s home, 182 absentee ballots
were declared invalid because a notary public was alleged to have
signed them without obtaining oaths from the applicants. Mr.
McDo.nald had presented “undisputed testimony” that 40 per cent
of the persons who voted absentee ballots in that county did not
leave the county on election day, that practically all of the absen
tees in that county were not sworn to.
These disclosures, however, mean little or nothing at this time, for
once the electio,n returns have been certified nothing can be done
about them.
The disclosed irregularities were not sufficiently extensive to
alter the outcome in the gubernatorial race or any of the other sec
ond primary contests; but they are sufficiently flagrant and wide
spread to give cause for concern among people who are more ia-
terested in honest elections than in the success of any particular
candidate or group of candidates.
What we can’t understand is why election complaints are not
thoroughly probed before an election is certified. The present pro
cedure of closing the gate after the pigs are out might prove of
some profit, however, if it were accompanied by disciplinary mea
sures. But the only punitive step of the State Board of Electio.ns was
a recommendation that the two jesting election officials in Surry
County be dismissed. The board did nothing about the situation in
Clay County, and its chairman saw fit to commend the frankness of
the election officials who countenanced the “family” system of vot
ing, instead of admonishing them to brush up their knowledge of
the election laws.
It is encouraging to know that the State Board has not attempted
to “whitewash” primary abuses; but the restoration of full con
fidence in elections requires more stringent action than has been
taken. First of all, it -requires legislative repeal of the absentee bal
lot, cause of most complaints; and k requires more stringent en
forcement of regxilations governing the conduct of precinct polls,
which will not be brought about as long as state officials condone
ignoranca of the election laws on the part of poll holders.
THURSDAY,,
t>y A. B.
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J
BERLIN
OLYMPICS
CWAPl N
Lake Em
Br
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ORDINARY FOLKS
IMPORTANT
Every year a certain e.'cecutive
delivers a speech to the members
of his organization, which contains
this standard paragraph: “The nicst
important people in this office are
not my partners or inyself; they
are the young people who sit in the
reception halls. My jurtncrs and 1
see only a few young people; they
see everybody. They create the im
pression about our office that is
carried by thousand? of vi.sitors in
to all sorts of places, and may bob
up at the most unexpected times to
do us good or harm.
“If these young peoi>le are going
to insult anybody, I hope it will
not be the young messenger boys
who deliver telegrams and packages
Be careful never to insult them.
You never can tell how soon they
will grow up to be executives in
positions where they may have a
big influence o.n our affairs ”
An automobile dealer mistreated
a certain difficult customer, who
forthwith acquired a permanent
grouch and devoted much of hi«
spare time to airing his grievance.
Nobody knows how many sales he
u ‘^°”rse of the year
probably hundreds. A meter-reade;
for a public utility companv was
rude to a housewife. Her husband
was subsequently elected to the
state legislature and became a
thorn m the company’s side
Every business, big or h'ttlp . —
dependent for its good will'on’the
unim„ort>rT„ ,S" "“S' ,1,^ "> Wa.hing-
(hey „»y be mightily “"Sn,I* S'
the balance sheet. involving- r rnany
for a man v/ho has lived through
so many uprisings,” 1 remarked.
He laughed, “'['hey are a regular
part of *he job,” he said, “Every
once in a while the young man’s
thoughts {urn to parade and denun
ciations. I have watched the phe
nomenon for twenty-five years. Al
so, I have kept a list of the prin
cipal riot leaders, 1 know what
happens to them.”
“That’s interesting,” I said. “What
does happen to them?”
they get jobs, and then they
get married, and then they have
youngsters, and then they get bet
ter jobs. And bv that time they
aie no longer interested in over-
tiirning things. They are too busy
playing the game,”
It will be a sad day for the
world if youth ever ceases to have
Its period of protest. Youth ought
o be dissatisfied and impatient; it
ought to look critically at the mes
sy fashion in which its elders have
run the world. The sharp point of
protest pricks old age and
causes some grudging forward
movement.
But Nature seldom altows the
Almost before Youth is
aware of what is happening she
rlifc ''“•'"■'eel him to the
ranks of gootl citizens.
(Copyright, K, F. S.)
then THEY GOT
married
.The campus of a cert'"-“® T\
sity was picketed b ^
youngsters carrying K\bert
lent protest. Just MiU- r\
of their indignati™ L. ^ 1
I can’t for the j cimdav
Jt was a lively-^vake Hurst,
of windows w «;,;\son avenue,
tion hall, arc on Hains
was assaileovot'hy W I
niands th-visitmg b street,
dare hir, H. Lyle, Sr., oil
I met, Atha ]oyce
week l,o.v Visiting ber
involving threats f
have been foreclosure,
1935, through
'‘“bt aHrnct^ i ° voluntary
e UnTn committees through-
t adjust-
brought about
- —. in a
-— per gave farmers a
All $26,000,000,
P, -V an original
'children’s $102,000,000.
/4 to 1/ rPo-,il??.‘hat other
i
ern-
ements.
B,y LUTHER ANDEB
SINGERS TO MEET
The monthly meeting oil
Macon Singing Convenlid
held at Watauga cliiirtli,
afternoon, August 23 at2i
Mr. and Mrs. K,
Charlotte, have been visili
tives in Macon. Mr, Petl
turned to Charlotte, «ti
• Peek is spending t«o Wi
her sister, Mrs, J. R. Bf
other relatives on Walai
Peek expresses high appiti
The Press and of the«
Lake Emory,
Mr. and Mrs. W, D;
formerly of this placf,
Murp'hy, were visitors hen
Mr. Simpson has been em
the 'TVA construction to
the building of the
and has been transfer™
Fowler Bend Dam neat
Mr. and Mrs. Simpson
their cottage on the liisn
Lake Emory, and, by anJ
friends here hope to have
neighbors again.
Mac R. Whitaker, oi:
is at Lake Emory this»'
some specially work (
formers.
Charles W. Stemrt
Anderson attended thf
lee at Bryson City Salat'
Miss Monette Franks,
of this place, now of
S. C., was a visitor at tli'
A'Irs. Buford Downs
visiting her parents at
Ga., Miss Franks will «
co.urse in a business
Winston-Salem,
Miss Frances Tallent
from Murphy Sunday on
her parents, Mr. and -
Tallent.
Byers Duvall is serioj
his home west of Lake
Mrs. Hester Sellers
seriously ill, but is sofflt''
now.
Mr. and xA'Irs. Geo
Jr., and son, of Detroit,
visiting their numerous
Macon county.
A BETTER LIVING
The purpose of the
Administration, states
that agency, is
live and work c*'! ,
achieve a better hvin&
ization, established ■
Roosevelt in i„’
major duties—to '
farmers with
projects for the bet ^
and to help fam'>‘«*
better farms and m