THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MAC0N1AN
THURSDAY, JUNE 4 194
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Publishedevery Thursday by The Franklin Press
At Franklin, North Carolina
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VOL. LVI . NumberU
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BIBLE THOUGHT
1 have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept
the faith St. Paul's Second Epistle to Timothy, 4:7.
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with those who die
We shall not sleep ...
From "In Flanders Fields," John McCrae
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Keeping Faith
URlNG the past Week there has been a primary
.it;An uA in this rmintv. Uoon those who
will be chosen by the majority of the voters oi the
county to serve as stewards of the people's afiairs
for the coming terms rests a trust which, in these
times of all others, may not be betrayed in even
small measure. We hope this thought will not only
sober the winners but will impel them to give more
and better service than even the letter of the law
requires. -
Also, during the past week there has been a
preaching mission in Franklin. Some may wonder
how these two events are connected. It is possible to
tie them together in a surprisingly opportune way.
The preacher, Dr. Mangum, in presenting great
truths that all must live by, if they keep faith with
those who live as well as "those who die", turned
the thoughts of his hearers to the vivid timeliness
of the teachings of that great Apostle and martyr,
Paul of Tarsus. The times in which he lived and
fought and wrote and died were amazingly like
these.
Dr. Mangum, who has visited Paul's cell in the
Mamartine prison in Rome, asked his hearers to
read the last letter he wrote to Timothy from that
dungeon. For practical help to politicians and of
fice holders we pass this recommendation on to those
who have won out in this erection. In the brief four
chapters of II Timothy, every public servant, from
United States Senator to members of the Board of
Education, can find advice which will help him be a
better officer as well as a better man. We wish
there were space to select the verses which, in our
humble opinion, would be particularly appropriate
to each one. There are some verses which will "con
vict some of sin." To each we recommend the 15th
verse of the second chapter : "Study to show thy
self approved unto God; a workman who needeth
not to be ashamed."
So we ask you, winners in a race, to read II
Timothy.
New Credit Ruling A War Measure
DY request of some of the business men of Frank
lin, we are printing for a second time the ad
vertisement explaining the new regulations issued
by the government in regard to charge and install
ment accounts. These do not discourage all buying
on credit, but aid all to avoid long term credit.
It is the purpose of those who have signed these
two advertisements to inform the public of the
requirements of this important ruling and to em
phasize its importance as a war measure.
The first point to be understood by all who have
received credit in the past and who are in the habit
of running charge and installment accounts is that
the merchant and others who sell to the public have
no choice in the matter. There will be penalties
upon any who do not carry out the requirements of
this order of the government, which comes direct
ly from the Secretary of the Treasury and the
President of the United States.
Public opinion is that this is one of the best
moves the government has taken to stabilize the
finances of the "little man" in business and the
average citizen.
The great majority will meet this regulation
cheerfully. Everybody in these parts appears to be
of a mind to help the war effort in any way they
can. To those who are unavoidably in debt, there
will be given due consideration.
However, every community has a few who either
carelessly or selfishly have little regard for the
long-suffering merchant who "carries them" so they
may indulge themselves beyond their means. These
will have to change their ways. If there are those
enjoying plenty in security who try to evade this
new credit limitation by seeking credit in new
places, no doubt the law abiding and patriotic busi
ness men will find a way to protect themselves.
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Letters to Editor
Dear Editor :
Just to let you know how much
I enjoy getting the Press since I
left N. C. The news I receive
through your swell paper helps me
to keep up. with the news and
friends in and near Macon county.
Many thanks to Mr- Kay Swan
son who is responsible for my get
ting such a nice paper. May the
baseball team be champs this year.
Yours truly,
P,F.C. Eugene E. Milton
U. S. Army Air Corps
Williams Field
Chandler, Ariz.
Poets Corner
This and That
By FRANKIE MACON
If you can get an automobile
and some tires, you can have a
nice vacation trip this summer, if
you can get some gasoline.
A man in Washington was ar
rested a few weeks ago for imper
sonating a Congressman. Anyone
with such a morbid form of mania
is clearly insane.
"To those who grumble. over, dis
turbances of their habits, anl the
paying of large taxes, and the in
ability to get what they want,
please answer this question. "How
much do you think France would
pay today for another chance ?"
In view of all the headaches his
price-pegging order will cause, it
was thoughtful oi Mr. Henderson
to specify that the price of aspirin
tablets must not be increased.
Hitler and Mussolini have agreed
"to remove the causes which have
given rise to European wars."
Sounds like a suicide pact.
A California scientist has per
fected an atom-smashing machine
developing a power of 96,000,000
volts. Now if he can just devise
some way to get Hitler to play
the part of the atom.
The civilian morale will be all
right as soon as it recovers from
some of the things that have been
done to build up the civilian mor
ale.
TO A STRANGER
Long shadows had begun to stretch
their forms,
And twilight was at the end of the
street,
People hurrying home with bundles
in their arms,
And a happy hello for friends
they chanced to meet.
It was so kind of you to even look
my way.
A .stranger, I did not hope that you
would smile,
Somehow it vanished all the cares
of the day
And left a memory that will linger
for a while,
Soft as a summer rose were your
eyes of blue.
And the beauty of their lovely re
flection,
Were as deep as the evening's
sunset hues,
That brought to me a fond re
collection.
One fleeting moment amd then you
were gone,
And quickly night had settled about
the town,
Silently I wandered happy and
alqne,
Your eyes spoke a greeting, your
lip.s not a sound.
And through the ever changing
days and years.
If your heart must feel a kmginn
and pain,
I hope the sunshine will dry your
bitter tears,
And wish some day that I may
see you smile again.
JAMES W. ELLIOTT
P. S.
Since coming here I have been
impressed with the friendliness of
the people of Franklin for World
War No. I Veterans. We have
been cordially welcomed. This
verse was prompted by the friend
liness of some lady I have never
seen before nor since, but there
was a sincere warmth in her kind
ly smile of friendliness. JWE.
The Lord gave us two ends; one
to think with, and one to sit on.
Our success depends on which we
use most . . . heads we win, tails
we lose.
I jSWt II
The Home Front
A telephone pole never hit a
truck except in self -defeat.
Nearly 10,000,000 mortorists or;
the Atlantic Seaboard had their
first taste Of gasoline rationing last
week, and many and varied were
the complictions that followed. For
one thing, there was an astonish
ingly great demand for "X" cards
which are intended for persons us
ing cars for purposes essential to
the pulblic welfare and which en
title the holder to make unlimited
purchases of gasoline. So large
was the demand that there was
loud talk of investigation and pos
sible prosecutions. But even toe
fore the registration period had
ended, some motorists returned
their "X'' cards and asked for
cards authorizing them to make
only limited gasoline purchases.
May Rattion Bus-Train Space
Unable to get tires and restrict
ed as to the gasoline they can
buy, more and more drivers are
leaving their cars parked in the
garages and are riding busses and
trains. Yet, the transportation
system must be saved for essen
tial uses, just as the raw mater
ials, machinery and man p.ower
must be saved. Obviously, without
transportation, the whole war ef
fort would fail. Railroads today
are arteries along with men and
munitions stream toward emibark
ation points while the raw mater
ials oi those munitions stream to
ward the factories.
That is why it may yet be neces
ni order to hold civilian travel to
sary to ration train and bus space,
the barest minimum. That is
also why the taxi cab industry has
been placed on trial, as far its
continued operation is concerned.
Another phase of the transpor
tation problem came up last week
when the OMice of Defense ap
pealed to eight major railroads
serving the Southwest to stagger
maintenance work so they would
not be competing with agriculture
for labor. Instead of making most
road-bed and track repairs in the
late summer and fall months when
the demand for harvest workers is
high, they were urged to make
repairs during the spring and
early summer. Stagger the work,
in other words, and multiply the
maiupower.
Copper Out of Civilian Limelight
Copper follows steel out otf the
home and into the arsenal. The
War Production Board has added
more than a hundred consumer
products to these which may no
longer be made out of copper and
its alloys, including brass and
bronze. One of the casualties will
be the common household pin, a
third of which were made of brass
last year. Other articles on the
way out are Christmas tree bulbs
and cords, dog collars, fountain
pens and musical instruments.
Flow of Spice Cut
WPB has cut the flow of cocoa
products, green coffee and spices
black and white pepper- allspices,
cinnamon, clobes, ginger, nutmeg,
and mace- to our dinner tables.
"Mix Them Up Make Them Last"
That is what the Consumer Di
vision of OPA offers women as
a two point guide in choosing war
time clothes. However the strain
will be felt in the quantity, not
quality, the women are assured, for
there will be plenty of attractive
clothes, but none to spare,
j Ga, or City Hunger
Warning that "too drastic restric
tion of gasoline for farmer's pas
senger cars might endanger move
ment to market of vital foods es
sential to wartime health," Fred
S. Sexauer, president of the Dairy
men's League Cooperative Ass'n.
recently urged that the government
give special consideration to farm
er when fixing gas quotas.
Steel is the raw material of vic
tory and is perhaps the most im
portant single material in modern
warfare. All the tanks and the
howitizers and the machine guns
that will drive the Axis from
Europe and Asia are epitomized in
the one word steel.
Most Americans know this well
and probably weren't very much
surprised when the War Produc
tion Board last week took steps
to remove steel from civilian life
and divert it almost entirely to
war production. But the order
which halts the use of iron and
steel in the manufacture of more
than 400 major commodities conr
tains some real surprises for the
Home Front at that.
One of these surprises is to dis
cover the vast amounts of vital
steel which went into the manu
facture of the little things, for in
stance toilet articles, manicure'
scissors, nail files, nippers, cuticle
puckers, hair pins, tweezers, and
all manner of other gadgets.
Altogether, the items on the
above list consumed 1,815 tons of
steel in 1941, enough to have made
more than 170 big 155 mm. guns.
Many Item To Disappear
WPB's steel order is so drastic
and far-reaching that as time
passes it will work major changes
in what hitherto has been our
standard of living. Scores of things
we had come to accept as essen
tial to our standard of living no
longer will be made after a 90 day
tapering off period.
The business man will find his
surroundings changed by the chok
ing off of office machinery of all
kinds, advertising novelities, letter
shutes, openers and trays, lockers
and telephone booths. The house
wife will be unable to buy book
ends, teapots, cutlery, bread boxes,
butter knives, and cake cutters.
The glamor girl will have to hang
on to all cosmetic containers, for
there won't be any more of those
either. The athlete will have to
patch up his old .sporting goods.
Only two metals, the order spe
cifies, may be used as substitutes
for iron and steel and these are
gold and silver.
Wayne Franklin
New Assistant To
Haywood Agent
Wayne Franklin, , formerly of
Franklin, but recently of Murphy,
assumed his duties at Waynsville
last week as assistant county farm
agent of Haywood.
Mr. Franklin, prior to accepting
the position, was located in Murphy
where he was Cherokee county
supervisor of the Farm Security
administration. He received his
education at State College, Raleigh.
Several years ago while walking
through the cemetery at Hamilton,
N. C, a friend of mine saw the
following epitath :
"Pause stranger, as you pass by...
As you are now, so once was I.
As I am now, you soon shall be,
So prepare for death and follow
me."
To this, someone had written in
chalk :
"To follow you I'm not content...
Until I know which way you
went."
Auction Sale
Sat., June 6, 2 p. m.
Of All Personal Property
of the Late
Dr. N. G. Williams
Sale Begins Promptly at 2 p.m.
Saturday, June 6th
Home Realty & Auction
Company
AND STORE IT
VTES, the Government wants you to store
coal! By ordering now, for immediate
delivery, you'll help prevent a transportation
tie-up during the peak season.
INDUSTRIAL orders will be filled first, so
it's to your advantage to fill your coal bin
now, while you can. Don't take a chance on
being without coal when cold weather sets
in. Order now . . . today . . . and keep your
bin filled.
COAL CASH ON DELIVERY
L. B. PHILLIPS
Phone 11 4-J Franklin, N. C