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THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN
THURSDAY, DEC 26, 1940
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Published every Thwsday by The Franklin Press
At Franklin, North Carolina
Telephone No. 24
VOL. LV
Number 52
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, ' . BIBLE THOUGHT .
Glory to God in the Highest, and on earth peace, to men of good
will. St. Luke 2:14. 1
':V - Peace
The glory that came to the shepherds
The night of the Christ Child's birth v
Was radiant Love from the Father s
To men of good-will on earth.
And Peace is the fruit of His coming
When men will but open wide
The door of their hearts and adore Him
That He may come in and abide.
Abide in our hearts, Lord Jesus,
We cast out all hate and care.
We welcome good-will in Thy Presence ;
Be Guest and our Master there.
A. Rufus Morgan.
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What Does Christmas Mean?
117HAT DOES Christmas mean to us? Is it just
an old custom, an annual routine of cash and
credit, of eating and holidaying?
Christmas is a tradition linking us with the past.
The enemy of Christmas may out-Herod Herod
but he will never be able to root out the memories
of Christmas which have spread through long
centuries. '
Christmas is romance: Christmas brings back to
us our childhood's thrill, its anticipations and reali
zations. The romance still clusters there for grown
ups. V - ' ' .
Christmas is good will, Often unconsciously,
good will rises to the surface of our lives. Some of
the selfishness is overshadowed. We are in a mood
to love everyone.
Christmas is giving. But no ordinary giving.
They are the enemies of Christmas who only cele
brate as if with fireworks a flash, and it is over.
Christmas must be exalted to the Eternal. We
make it an eternal Christmas when by God's help
we match His Gift; He forever Flesh of our flesh;
we forever spirit of His Spirit. Selected.
"Remember Me"
I AST Sunday in the central prison auditorium
in Raleigh Governor Hoey addressed a memor
able Christmas message to North ... Carolina's 10,
000. prisoners. The radio carried the speech into
other prison camps of the state.
Because this message is one that most citizens
will value and all citizens would do well to ponder,
we are quoting some' of the governor's words.
Speaking after a group of Negro prisoners had
sung "Remember Me", he said;
"North Carolina does remember you. Your state
is not a vengeful state. Your state does keep you
in mind. But your state must uphold the law, must
restrain violence, must protect society. That is why
you are here today, not because your state is a
vengeful state.. . ; .
"Your state wants to rehabilitate those in prison.
During my years as governor, we have established
a probation system designed to give a man a
chance after he has been convicted without having
to send him to prison. . . . We also have the parole
system. That is to help society, to help the prisoner,
to help his family. I have paroled more than 2,600
in my four years. .And remember, almost 20,000
men pass through our prison system every year."
The New British Ambassador
AT first glance Viscount Halifax presents a
striking contrast to the late Lord Lothian,
whom he has been appointed to succeed as. British
ambassador to the United States. Lothian was so
democratic in manner as well as in spirit and so
thoroughly at home in the American scene that he
appeared to belong as much to our country as to
his own. Halifax has the reserve usually associated
with his island and is unknown on this side of the
water save by reputation. But his fitness for the
Washington ambassadorship is cordially recogniz
ed. As Foreign Minister in the critical period that
led up to the war and during the months of deep
ening relationships between Britain and the United
States he is most familiar with the vital matters of
diplomacy now in hand. His appointment is greeted
by Secretary Hull with hearty satisfaction and
doubtless will commend itself to the American
public as the high character, the sterling abilities
and the fine sincerity vi Lord Halifax are revealed.
Atlanta Journal.
THE OLD HOME TOWN
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SCOn'S SCRAP BOOK
By R. J. SCOTT
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Bob Wiggins Of Smith
Bridge Township In
creases Corn Yield
Bob Wiggins, unit demonstration
farmer of Smithbridg township
reports increased yield on corn. Mr.
Wiggins says he obtained this yield
by following good farm manage
ment practices, according to T. H.
Fagg, assistant farm agent.
Mr. Wiggins has three and one
half acres of bottom land on which
he turned a two-year sod of les
pedeza in the fall of 1938. This les
pedeza had been phosphated at the
rate of 100 pounds of triple super
phosphate per acre. This land was
seeded to rye and turned under in
the spring of 1939. At this time
two tons of lime was applied " per
Pupils and faculty of Otter
Creek school held their annual
Christmas party, in W. 'J. Carpen
ter's room last Friday. The fifth
grade presented a Christmas play
in rhyme, "Santa Claus' Helpers,"
under the direction of their teach
er, Ray Moses. After Santa Claus
had distributed the presents around
the tree, the-, students and teachers
joined in singing Christmas carols.
Christmas eve, the high school
students helped distribute the
Christmas baskets to families in the
Otter Creek community.
The school's new gymnasium is
rapidly nearing completion and"
should be ready for .service by the
first of the year. Built jointly by
N YA workers and the people . of
the community, the materials from
which it is constructed were , se
cured from an abandoned CCC
recreation hall in Horse Gove. The
gym will have a standard - basket
ball court, dressing rooms, and will
have a seating capacity of 300. It
will also serve as the school lunch
room and as a recreation center
for the community.
The Otter Creek school basket
ball team has games pending with
Hayesville, Murphy and Bryson
City after the holidays.
A. B. O'Mohundro To
Leave For Costa Rica
Mr, and Mrs. A. B. O'Mohundro
will leave here Christmas day for
Port Lemon, :. Costa Rica, where
Mr. O'Mohundro is to begin work
the first of the year for the public
road administration under the Fed
eral Work Agency.
The O'Mohundro's are to sail
from New York City December 28
on the S. S. Cheriqui for Costa
Rica. They plan to make their
home there.
Mr. O'Mohundro, a highway en
gineer, has worked at Sparta and,
more recently, at Spruce Pine. He
returned here a few weeks ago.
land. This fall he harvested ISO
bushels of corn from the three
and one-fourth acres. Lime and
phosphate on legumes, and ' cover
crcps, according to Mr. Wiggins,
are' the principal reasons for this
increase in yield.
;colds
To relieve
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COUGH DROPS
Try "Rub-My-Ti.m"- Wonderful
Liniment
Muse's Corner
Upon a oold gray winter day
;I saw a wondrous thing
A gray tree in a garden gray
With gray birds blossoming!
Charlotte Young.
acre and the land seeded to soy
beans. This w-as turned in the fall
of 1939 and planted to corn in 1940.
Mr. Wiggins states' that he had
never harvested more than 10
bushels of corn per acre from this
CARD OF THANKS
Mr. and Mrs J. H. Cabe and
family wish to take this opportunity
ai expressing their gratitude for
the manifold kindnesses shown
them by their many friends at the
death of their . son. and brother,
Orland Cabe.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express appreciation
to our friends for the kindness
shown us at the death of our
mother, Mrs. Florence Meroney
Porter, and for the beautiful
flowers.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Trter
Mr. and Mrs. Worth McKinney
Loyal Order
of Moose
Franklin Lodge, No. 452
Meets
(n American Legion Hall
Every Thursday Night
7:30 O'CLOCK P. M.
J. J. Mann, Secretary
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