North Carolina Newspapers

? lit* Jflfftttkiitt fitii tinb I {lb* Jftnntnntii Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina VOL. LXIV Number 49 WEIMAR JONES i . Editor BOB 8. SLOAN Business Manager Entered at Post Office, Franklin, N. C., as second class matier. Telephone No. 24 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year Six Months . Three Months Single Copy Obituary notices, cauls of thanks, tributes of respect, by individuals, lodges, cimrclies, organizations or societies, will be regarded as advertising and inserted at regit tar classified advertising rates. Such notices will be marked "adv." in compli ance w ith the postal ?rei|uireirients. $2.00 $1.25 .75 .06 A Crazy Wiorid ?X capitalist Ahvsrica the theory is th.at we pa)' a * man what he* is wo.rth ? that is, in proportion to the value of lr.s work. Theoretically, if he works hard, he is rewarded accordingly ; if he is lazy, he must suffer the consequences. But too often in the old days the worker was hired not for what he was worth in terms c?.' production, but for the smallest priec lor which his labor could be bought. So the labor unions came along and demanded a minimum wage for all bricklayers, carpenters, etc. : that minimum n;rs become so high that it also is the maximum, and the result, as a rule, is that all bricklayer carpenters, etc,, are paid the same ? regarlless of the quantity <\r quality of their work. That practice is now so common that }t has been adopted by our federal and state governments ; for our federal civil servants and even our North. Car olina state teachers arc paid neither for the quantity no.- ? (iod save the mark! ? the quality of their work, but on a basis of grade. - In communist Russia the theorv is that every body works for everybody else an I nobody owns anything an. 1 everything that anybody has i,s di vided equally among everybody. But ever since 193."' communist Russia has been paying its workers in proportion to what they produce. The heavy pro ducer is paid ex'tra, both in money and in glory ; and the laggard is punished for falling below the average ? that is, the worker is paid for what he d m. Tht, of course, was the original American capitalistic idea. Thus we have the spectacle of a communist Rus sia being more capitalistic in its dealings with its workers than a capitalist America. And in Socialist Britain the theory (if carried to its ultimate) is that everything belongs to every body, and that it is the function o.f the state and indr.strv t< serve the worker ? not for the worker to serve the state and industry. Vet Britain today is urging its workers on to more.and more pro.luc tion, with more and more "austerity". For what? So that the British state and British industry may survive! Thus the British Labor government, de manding more and better service bv the workers to the state and industry, for fewer and fewer re wards. has reversed the whole theory of socialism. And in order to obtain the results it seeks, the British socialist government has adopted a mollifi cation of the communist Russian modification of the original capitalist American rewards-and-pun ishments plans ? which America has largely dis carded ! Nio< Wonder! The whole nation is becoming disturbed by the increase in sex crimes', especially the alarming in crease in such ( ffenscs as rape, perversion, and crimes against children. What to .lo about it? We must have more and stricter laws, rays one group. Stricter law enforce ment and more police'protection is the answer, says another. And a third urges study o.f the offenders, with treatment for the curables and life-time in carceration for the incurables. All of which is a complicated and rather hopeless approach to a problem, when the solution is obvious and fairly simple. The truth is that we are reaping the harvest of what we have been sawing for decades. The radio, the movies, and publications ? ranging from some of the comics through newspapers and magazines to books ? have consistently emphasized .sex out of all proportion. Some of the stuff fottnd on many news stands literally stinks to high heaven; but even those radio programs and movies and news papers and magazines and books that generally are considered respectable never for a moment permit one to forget sex. And too often it is pictured not for what it is, and for what it ought openly and frankly to be rec ognized as ? a normal, natural urge that is power ful, but .subject to discipline like anv other appe tite. Even in this day of supposed enlightenment, it is pictured as something mysterious, something temptingly evil ? and something uncontrollable. And society ? that means you and me and the other fellow ? is to blame for permitting and con f ' ' / : I ' ? ? doning and, encouraging this false and distorted picture We 'liave ? plbce<) strict legfal and conventional restraints aronnd the gratitication oi a strong urge. Then we have deliberately and consistently and in sistently inflamed that urge. It is any wonder we have had an eruption? I ? . Tf-s Lights Come On Again Once again the gay Christmas lights burn along Franklin's uptown Main street. ? hristmas, of course, is a -thing of the .spirit; all the lights and bright wrappings and gifts in the world would not make Christinas without that in definable spirit that magically touches men's hearts at thi,s season of the year. But human beings like something that is tangible, something they can see. and we invariably associate light and color with Christmas; so the multi-colored lights remind us, as few other things coul'.l, that Christmas is ap proaching, help to create the spirit of Christmas. Bouquets are due the Nantahala Power and Light campany, which provides the electric current, and the Western Carolina Telephone company, which strung the lights th's vear. The labor of stringing was done by volunteers last year, and members of the Lions club had of fered to help with the work lat*t Saturday. The tel ephone C(vnpanv workers, however, had a bit of time Wednesday, and went ahead and did the job. These lights have been in use for 10 or 15 years, except for an additional 200 feet bought by the town last vear; meanwhile. Franklin has grown. We could well use ome additional lights. It would be most attractive to. "ceil" the entire square with lights, and festoon the.m over the courthouse. Then thev should go down Phillips street to Palmer, and Palmer certainly should be decorated, since it is one of the main highways passing through Franklin. Those are suggestions for next year; it's a proj ect Franklin's merchants might well undertake. Franklin's merchants undoubtedly would undertake it if they had an organization f^or the job. P, S. For this ami similar projects of special in terest to the merchants, maybe what we need is a merchants association. Deficit" Spending Many serious students of finance are worried about the government's deficit spending, It is ser ious, because "deficit spending" is just a fancy way of saying "spending what you haven't got'lj A lot mo.re of us, however, aren't such serious students, and we are worried about something else. We would like to, and feel we need to, and often try to, engage in deficit spending ourselves- ? but we never can get away with it ! What a lot of us would like to know is the government's secret of how to do it. When we draw all we have out of the bank, then spend all we have in our pockety, that's all there is; there just ain't any more. What do you do then? Co.me 011. Uncle Sam, be a good fellow, let us in on the secret ! Technical training enables a man to get some where. A liberal education enables him to decide where he wants to. go. Letters THANKS FROM PRISON CAMP To the Members of the First Baptist Church of Franklin: In behalf of the men of the Prison Camp at Franklin I wish to extend thanks and appreciation for a humane act; or I should rather say, a Christian act, although to me they both have the same meaning. Your visit to this camp to hold religious services last Sun day not only lifted our morale, but made us feel that al though we have sinned, there still are those out there who look upon us with compassion, and are willing not only to nray for us, but also with us. It is a wonderful feeling, and brings a warm spot into the heart, which makes one want to get up and, shout, "Thank you, my Lord, for the {jood people around us". And so may I say once again thanks; to the preacher, for an excel'ent sermon which made quite an impression, and to the ladies for the cakes, which we know they went to a lot of trouble making and which were vote'd unanimously as second to none. May the Lord bless you and keep you, may His light shine upon you and guide your hearts according to His teachings. Very respectfully, Prison Camp, FRED FACTOR. Franklin, N. C. November 29, 1949. 1 Others' Opinions BYRNES ON SOLID GROUND The Record commends the stand taken by James F. Byrnes, who has held high offices in all three branches of the Federal government, in his plea for reduction of Federal taxes and ihe public debt. Addressing the Southern Governors' Conference at Biloxi, Miss., he said: "Today we have unexampled prosperity. If the government cannot live within its income, what will it do should we have a serious recession in business?" Byrnes was one of Ihe staunchest New Dealers, and, like most followers of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt, he backed heavy spending to bring the nation out of the dangerous de pression that had developed during ihe administration of Her bert Hoover. The 8outh Carolina statesman, and millions of other New Dealers, also backed the large expenditures necessary for the winning of World War Two. But Byrnes, and a multitude of good Democrats, are convinced that there must be a limit to jOUR DEMOCRACY? v ' Z 7 Dynamics cf Vol jvt.-.z-/ ihrift IUe thrift that stems from INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE AND ENTERPRISE- FROM A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR. PROVIDING >Ji FOR ONE'S OWN ? HAS SEEN jjj RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT OUR lj HISTORY AS A DYNAMIC FORCE IN J BUILDING THE 6TRONG BUSINESS ' AND AGRICULTURE WHICH IS THE BACKBONE OF THE WORjU> 7O0AY. "The dynamic force of volajnt/\k.y thrift,** we practice it TODAY, EXTENDS BEVOND ITS IMPACT UPON THE CHARACT cR. OF OUR. PEOPLE TO TH^ STIMULATION AND DEVELOPM&NT OF OUR. ECONOMY... FOR THE FUNDS WE SET ASIDE IN LIFE INSURANCE AND SAVINGS ARE PUT TO WORK IN PRODUCTIVE ENTERPRISE cOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL THE PEOPLE. POETRY CORNER : Conducted by EDITH DEADERICK ERSKINE Weaverville, N. C. Sponsored by Ashtville Branch, National League of American Pen Women OUT OF THE SADDLE (Answering "Time Steed' ) The prancing, year-ribboned time I would rid", And to men of the hour I woiKd fain make my bow, Still, I yield to my King on the timeless nwcir t- or." And I seek for an ageless old nag X can p'ow. Franklin, N. C. COT A TALLEV. spending and that while we continue to e.ijoy i . . . . e d ate i prosperity is the time to start paying the 'public ute- Ly cut ting down on appropriations. ? Hickory Recoicl. Y ET ERA X S* R E FU X I )S In just a little over a month now, re unds 1 .or ' : .11 1 Service Life Insurance will start flowing to i;o.'n.,..e-(. veterans of World War II. Whether by accident or by design far.d we p.e;>r tj ! ' c. e the second description) the refunds will be st .t?d ia t:.e f.rst quarter of the year and prcbably completed in th< nd quaiter. This is the "slack" time of the year for t- V- 1, the over-all combined effect of individual i:/: urai c i \. .e. ts will certainly steady our economy du ing t'a >.i . >...-> of the year. In the Roanoke-Chowan these v "1 ? y be about $750,000 in G. I. insurance dividends d -r ? n-cd. It's anybody's guess where this money will 0 1 1' ?;>? >cl sure of one thing. The money wi'l be more c:.c . a. jciii than the mustering out pay received by Vetera : on <? ' . At that time the majority of servicemen w. ie r > d n b-> back home that they went on buying spree-? 3 ten 1.1 ccccss of their own financial capabili ties. This time, we believe, there will be more c&lcu!"U4 ? -d ing The release cf some $2,800,000 to veterans t!i:o-> L.out he country will help our economy.? Hertford Cour.ty STREAM POLLUTION The prcblem of waste disposal which inevi'ably a - ir ' n.iips the growth of industrialization in urban"arcus h >s in creasingly troublesome to North Carolina cities. ' cd to any one state, however, the health hazards invo'vod i i st '.am pollution prompted congressicnal action last ya r when lo . ! i tion was passed authorizing Joans by the fcr.e al : vcrn v it to state and local agencies for construction oi i :-r>t ment facilities. Tils?,quesUon came before c T :c iin :.s ] year when Representative Thurmond Chatham IP: in 1 a bill designed to help prevent river pollution by ai'.'Vinj manu facturing concerns rome income tax .adju -.'.wen ' 5 r ' 1? spent on the treatment of industrial wrste. The till :i":i ber mit plants to amortize the eost of anti-poMu i n fa r a period of five years. No action was taken 011 tht- >. ;? ..etl ! during the present session. A few weeks ago the Charlotte city council rv. de , 3 to tackle its local pollution problem by empl yi u C, ??<> i r- 1 to survey the city's waste disposal situation. The ?' ???.;;? will include studies not only of current me hc.U o cii~. ?? also of population trends and possible future r.o: . ?..?ns of industry. The city council expects to bo gu d;d by ^,'ait'' ommendat'ons growing out of the survey in Giavvr ; ordinance regulating the handling of industrial wa.-lcs tha. are disposed of in local streams. ? Popular Government. . POWER CREATES MARKETS Thore Is considerably more to bringing electric power tp - ural hsmes than merely furnishing light for the homes nntl p; wsr for the few machines. Thai "more" consists of opening a huge r.iarket for the sa'e of electrical appliances and equipment. A recent survey, covering 19 states and made by the Edison Electric Institute reveals estimates that the extension of power to farmers has opened an electrical appliance and equip ment market of more than $750,000. The rurvey Included inter views with 2,377 farm electric customers, indica'ing an average retail market for appliances of $150 a custr.mer. Those close to the farm people realized the comfort elec tricity would bring to the heme and the assistance power would bring to the farm. Electrical manufacturers were a littre s'ow to realize the vast potential market. Many of them were op posed in varying degrees to establishment of a rural electrifica tion administration. By now, with the new market created by power, we wonder how they feel? Or should we?? Hertford County Herald. legal Afmmnsmd NOTICE OF SALE NORTH CAROLINA MACON COUNTY Under and by virtue of tjie P'v:er of sale contained In a ceit'la deed of t ust executed by James F. Carpenter and \ v/ife, Mildred L. Carpenter, ted the 17th day of June, ! tit, and recorded In Book No. i 43, page 3G6, In the Of. Ice of - ie Register of Deeds of Ma c. n County, North Carolina, de : i H having been .made in the piyicerit of the indebtedness tiereby secu ed, and said deed of i rust being by the terms theiebf subject to foreclosure, and the holder cf the indebted ness theieby secured having re vested foreclosure theitof, the undersigned Trustee w-11 offer for sa'e and sell at public auc icn to ths highest bidder for cash at the Ccurthouje door In F.anklin, Macon Ccunty, Ncrth Carolina, at 12:00 n:on, onMon d ly, tiie 12th day of December, property conveyed in said dcej o? trust, he same lying ??>.! being in Fia's Township, Ms. -.on County, North Ca olina, an.i nore particular'y descrlb d as fellows: BEGINNING at a stake on the North margin cf Ui ? hard surface of High l.iudi-Dlllard Highway No? 103, said stake being si li sted North 86 deg. 15 min. East 74'/i feet from the cen ter cf the Rabun Bald Road at its junction with the South edge of the hard sur face of the above mentioned Highway No. 106, and said stake also situated South ?0 deg. Eas; 1074 feet from the center Of the old High landi-Dillard Road at its junction with the South td'e of the hard surface of the above mentioned High way No. 106, a a corner of a tract of land now owned by Mrs. McGruger, and runs Ncrth 11 deg. East 375 feet to a stake; thence South 79 deg. East 275 feet to a s ake; thence South 11 deg. West 375 feet to a stake at the North margin of the hard surface of the above mentioned Highway ...o. 106; thence, with the said edge of the hard surrace of tj?e said Highway No. 106, North. 79 deg. West 375 feet to the EEGINNING corner, con taining 3.23 acres, more or less. This sa'e will be made sub ject to all outstanding unpaid taxes. This the 10th day of Novem ber, 1949. J. H. STOCKTON, Trustee* N 17 ? 4tc ? S-? D8 NORTH CAROLINA MACON COUNTY Under and by virtue of the power of sale vested in the undersigned trustee by a deed of trust executed by B. H. Bald win and wife Frances Baldwin - to Gilmer A. Jones, trustee, dnted the 30th day of January, 1S48, and reccded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Macon County, North Carolina,, in Book No. 42, page 67, said deed of trust having been exe cu'cd to secure certain indebt~ ednesss therein set forth, and default in the payment of saicl indebtedness having been made, I will on Friday, the 9th day of December, 1949, at 12 o'clock noon, at the courthouse door in Franklin, Norih Carolina, sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described land; All the lands described in a deed from Ben Thwaite and Jessie Thwaite to B. H. Baldwin, said deed bearing date of the 29th day of June, 1945, and registered in the office of the Register of Deeds for Macon County, North Carolina, in Book N-5 of Deeds, Page 300. EXCEPT THEREFROM a!| the lands described in the following deeds: 1. Deed from B. H. Ba'dwin and wife to Mrs. Marie McComb Cook, said deed bearing date of 18th day of July, 1946, and registered in the office of Register of Deeds for Macon County, in Book 0-5 of Deeds, page 182. 2. Deed from B. H. Baldwin and wife to Margaret Rober s ? it-.. Roberts, said deed bearing date of 11th day of July, 1947, and registered in the office of the Register of Deeds for Macon County, in Book R-5 of Deeds, page 538. 3. Deed from Bert H. Baldwin and wife to J. M. Gokay, said deed bearing date of 25th day of July, 1946, and registered in the office of the Register of Deeds for Macon County, in Book P-5 of Deeds, page 182. This the 9th day of November, 1949. GILMER A. JONES, Trustee. N17 ? 4tc ? JJ ? D8 Say: "I saw It advertised in The Press."