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PAGE POUR THE 'FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1131 Iks $tnndin 'tyxtz Sits Sltjltlmt&j JKasattirot Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 VOL. LI I Number 21 Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson and B. W. Johnson .Publishers P. F. Callahan M anaging Editor AITS. l. r. L-aDe JJU3IUCB3 i&v Entered at the Post Office, trankhn, N. C, as second class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES . . . . ' One Year , $1.50 Six Months 75 Eight Months $1.00 Single Copy .05 Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes or respect, by individuals, lodges, churches, organizations or societies, will be regarded as adver tising and inserted at regular classified advertising rates. Such notice: will be marked "adv." in compliance with the postal regulations. On Selling One's Vote PVKRY now and then when looking over the many newspapers that come to our desk we run across an editorial that fairly makes our fingers itch for the shears, so great 's our desire to iut out the piece. i ! a ' i it r - i : j. t iU aim reprint u. vve lounti just such an cuuunai iuc other day in the Graham County News, published and edited by Mrs. Gertrude Slaughter Hornbuckle. It was captioned "Do Not Be Afraid To Vote." Nothing unusual about the title, but the editorial i f ea1-f to n Vi m iitrt nrACpnt!n(r flip ci1 K 1 PP t CO "f nrPP- fully that we hope many other editors will pick it up and hand Jt along to their readers: Are you afraid of losing your job if you vote as you please ? ;No. No. That shouldn't be. Do you sell your vote? No, No, No, a thousand times NO! Well Aunt Susie didn't either. We heard of Aunt Susie while we were visiting in Tennessee last fall. As the story goes, Aunt Susie had sold her virtue, her character, her soul; . but she wouldn't sell her vote. Aunt Susie was quite a character. She was get ting up in years and election day was her day. But she wouldn't sell her vote. She had never been " married. She had borne and raised nine children each, it was said, having a different father. But she would not stoop to selling her vote. She sold her virtue. But her vote was more precious. She would not sell it. Election day was her day. She had borne the snubs, frowns, whisperings of a friendless com munity for many years. But she forgot it all when she went to the polls. She might be shunned, slighted, treated coldly on other occasions but not so on election day. People respected her, yea al most reverenced her on that day. A queen in her . royal robes could not be more queenly than was Aunt Susie in her clean calico dress, white apron and sunbonnet on election day. And woe unto the uninformed politician Who made . the mistake of approaching her about her voting. She gathered her skirts about her as if in fear of contamination, tossed her head and with chin in air, portrayed in that one look of scorn which she gave him all of the pent-up tirade of wrath which she had borne through the years. Aunt Susie sold her virtue but not her vote. That was beneath her. She couldn't stoop to that. Yes,, election day was Aunt Susie's red letter day. She who had never known anything but scorn and reproaches was respected on that day because she wouldn't sell her vote. There burned in Aunt Susie's battle-scarred breast a spark of the liberty for which our fore fathers died. , ' ' A Great Religious Revival IN line with an idea which has been proclaimed by high churchmen of various denominations for the past few months, and by many whose lives are given to the interpretation of scriptural prophecies, comes this from W. O. Saunders, an avowed agnostic, now of Washington, D. C, formerly of Elizabeth City, newsmagazine: , "Right now I have a hunch; a hunch that has taken complete possessipn of me. That hunch is that America and the world are headed for the greatest religious or spiritual revival in the history of man kind. And this hunch, I might add, is from one who has been a religious outcast and an avowed agnostic for two score years. More: I have never had what is known as 'a religious experience' in all my life. But, Defenders Ready for the Japanese if v , . 1 JP" 4 ft ow H jl , JfLii ii i inmi wmmmamummair - - m A iK Ian In a trench somewhere along: the sooth bank of the Yellow river In south Shantung province, a Chinese trench mortar crew is on the alert and ready to beat back an attack of the Japanese troops. These warriors are among- the defenders in south Shantung- where the Sino-Japanese forces have been locked for weeks la major struggle. with all my skepticism and scorn of organized re ligion, I have a hunch that we are about due for a new revelation from God that is going to sweep the civilized world and profoundly influence the destiny of all mankind for our everlasting better ment. Politicians have failed us, economists have failed us, the militarists have faiied us. In despair we must seek for that divine guidance of which we stand in such imminent and tragic need. Out of this revival may come a new and intelligent devotion to the simple ideology of a Fatherhood of . God and Brotherhood of Man, as enunciated by Jesus." Mr. Saunders is known as one of the most pro found thinkers of our day. His work appears in the leading magazines, and he has always been known as a man who accepted nothing until it had been proved.. The above v statement from a man of his reputation means much. What he says is too true. The economists, mili tarists, and our so-called statesmen have failed us; and our only hope lies in a return to the simple faith of the fathers. A world-wide religious revival, regardless of creeds, would banish the fears which beset us all and end the dread of war. Miss Mary Ledford Has Birthday Party Miss Mary Ledford entertained a number of friends at a birthday jiarty Saturday night, April 23, at the home of her brother, Alex Ledford. Those present were Misses Ger trude, Ida Belle, Agnes and Mild red . Shope, Eunice and Elizabeth Stockton, Burdell Ledford; Messrs. Woodrow, Bill and Weaver- Shope, Frank Hasting, Frank Ledford, D. J. Carpenter, G. R. and Thad Stockton, Ernest Moffitt, Roy and John Williamson and R. M. Shope. After many interesting games were played, the presents were un wrapped and refreshments were served by Mrs. Alex and Miss Mary Ledford. ' ADVERTISING . . . is as essential to 'business as fs rain to growing crops. 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