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tki fttii %nb I . ' ? % ? ?Jt* Jtaronia* r Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina NWttber 3 roL lxtv WEIMAR JONES. _ Editor BOB 8. SLOAN , .Business Manager Entered at Post Office, Franklin, N. C., as second class matter. Telephone No. 24 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $2.00 SU Months $1.23 Three Months...... r .75 Single Copy. .08 Obituary notices, card? of thanks, tributes of respect, by individuals, lodges, churches, organizations or societies, will be regarded as advertising and loserted at regular classified advertising rates. Such notices will be marked "adv." in cotnpli. ance with the postal requirements. Just A Suggestion There is a silver lining to every cloud. Perhaps by the use of a little enterprise and initiative the long dreary wet spell we have had could be .so pictured that we coiild reap a reward. Within the past three months we have hftd ft rainfall of approximately nine and one-half inchel and this is not unduly heavy for this region in that period of time. This rain has. fallen on good fertile land tlfat would furnish sites for many home seek ers. If converted into, home sites, land, that in many cases now lies idle, would furnish capital for the economic life of Macon County. In New York City, where there is a great short age of water and where there are thousands of people who dream of a home of their own some day (particularly a home where they can bathe and shave when they please without being told that it is bathless Tuesday ox shaveless Wed nesday) there is money that we could use in Ma con County. What would be the effect of even a small classi fied ad inserted in one of the large New York daily newspapers which said : "FOR SALE ? Hundreds of beautiful home sites in a scenic wonderland WITH A BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY OF WATER ASSURED THE YEAR ROUND. Write the Franklin or Highlands Cham ber of Commerce for further information." The addition of one home seeking, thirsty person as a year round resident would more than pay for the cost of the ad many times. There are many ather places besides New York City that are facing the future with an inadequate supply of water and a realization that .something as commonplace as a "good drinlk of water" can't , just be taken for granted but is an important re source hard to come by that must be carefully guarded. If we spent as much time informing J,he world in general that we are blessed hv nafUre with many things and among them are a heavy rainfall and adequate watersheds as we do, quar reling about the weather we would be well re warded. Preservation Together Last week The Franklin Press carried an an nouncement that a Wildlife club had been organiz ed here in Macon County. To many of our readers we are afraid that this was just. another news item which they glanced at and will perhaps forget within a week's time. But we believe that the organ ization of this club offers to the people of Macon County a two-fold opportunity. Besides the opportunity to increase the dollar and cents wealth of our county by increasing our game and thereby attracting outside sportsmen as tourists here, there is an opportunity to help strengthen several institutions which are a part of ' ottr wiy of life. The solidarity of many a family has been strength ened by the close ties that have been established be tween a boy and his father while enjoying the out doors together hunting, fishing, or hiking. Family Sunday picnics and overnight camping trips where the whole family enjoy each other in quiet, peace ful NATURAL surroundings have played their part in preventing broken homes. The fact that, here in Macon County, we live in a land that still allows us the opportunity to enjo.v outdoor recrea tion is one of the reasons that we have less per centage of divorces and problem children than the urban areas. The second opportunity offered by the formation of a wildlife club is the fact that it offers us a chal lenge ? a challenge to work together as a commun ity. .Certainly the success of wildlife club will be .entirely in proportion to the amount of community .support it receives. If only a few persons join to gether in 'an attempt to protect. and develop the wildlife and scenic beauty of Macon County their efforts will be futile and their time wasted. But if every .person who walks the mountain trails to gather flowers, every farmer's family that spreads a picnic lunch by some secluded cool spring, every barefoot boy and freckle-faced girl who run to their father to jhow him the big brim they caught, will join with the man who steals a few hours from the rush of hit business to enjoy the solitude of lit' Unv &y i (Kldtfdi Hid perhaps "gittlnjr ?blgitrlkiuj and tht farrtir who "walk* up to thi top of tht .ridge to see jf he can spot a. couple of squirrels and alsbj though he probably won't admit it, to ad vniire the beautiful valley he can view from his favor ite spat and study a little in quiet about what kirtd of a man Junior is going to make, in working to gether to protect our game, fish, and natural scenic beauties- then the Macon County Wildlife organi zation can mean something. It's quite a challenge ? and an opportunity. Playing With Fire More than three years ago the United Nations, with the support o S this country, imposed a diplo matic ban on Spain; members of the United Nations withdrew diplomatic recognition from the Spanish government. The action was taken on. the- theory that the Franco government had come to power in Sgain with the aid of Dictators Hitler and Missolini, and that Franco's government was a Fascist dictator ship essentially no different from those of Hitler and Mussolini. Since that time there has been no important change in the Spanish government ; no responsible official has denied that Franco was, and is, a Fascist dictator, or that Hitler and Mussolini did help him come to power. Thus the announcement last week by Secretary of Stflt? Achesop th^t the United States will support a mo,ve in the United Ngtipns to end the diplomatic ban against Spain represents n0t jpst a majpr modi fication of American foreign policy; it is a complete about-facl. Why this reversal of a three-year policy? What are the reasons back of it, What does it mean? The layman, of course, can only speculate on the answers. But the answers are important to the lay man ? to the average man in Macon County ? be cause the average man, or his children, will have to fight another war, if it comes. * * it Two reasons for the, radical shift in policy are assigned. In the first place, it i9 pointed o,ut that diplomatic recognition does not necessarily imply approval of the government recognized ? that recog nition is simply a realistic attitude, an admission that the government, good or bad, is there ; and that it is to the interest of other governments to- have diplomatic representatives at the capital of the gov ernment recognized. The second reason given is that it does not make sense to. send ambassadors to Soviet Rusisia and its satellite countries, since they unquestionably are dictatorships, and refuse to send an ambassador to Madrid. Those are convincing arguments. But are they the real and only reasons prompting our change of policy? The mere fact that they are assigned as the rea sons does no.t mean that they necessarily are the real and only ones ; for it is unusual for diplomats to say exactly, and all, that .they mean ? often, in fact, diplomats use language to hide, rather than re veal, their actual meaning. And there is a circumstance that suggests that the real reasons for the about-face lie deeper. That circumstance is the second part of Secretary Ache son's announcement' ? that this government is pre pared to extend credits to Franco Spain. That is to say, we- are ready to make loans, as we have been dointf to the democratic countries, loans that quite possibly never will be repaid. That does imply ap proval ; or, at the least, a desire to work with Franco. * * * In what has been called the rehearsal for World War 2, Franco came to power in Spain by' over throwing a republican government duly elected by the people of Spain. That republican government had many left-wing elements ? some o.f its backers were called Communists, and others anarchists. While it was socialistic in its economic .philosophy, it had little, politically, in common with Russia, because the Spanish republican government was completely democratic. "Just as Hitler and Mussolini backed Franco, how ever, Stalin backed the republicans in the bloody Spanish civil war. Since Catholics long had con sidered pagan Russia as the arch foe of Christianity, and since Spain was one of the most heavily Catho lic countries in Furope, the Vatican gave Franco its whole-hearted support. He has had it ever since. Many students of the situation will point to this and suggest that the pressure of American Catho lics has influenced our State Department. That is conceivable; even probable. But the chances are that it has been a distinctly secondary considera tion. Almost certainly our chief motive for teaming up, with Spain is neither the Catholic influence nor the reasons assigned by Secretary Acheson. All the evidence indicates that the major consideration is our cold war with Soviet Rssuia ? and the possi bility that it may, become a hot war. For if it does, control of Spain easily might mean control of Europe. Our real motive seems to be to bid for the friendship, and later .possibly an alliance, with Franco Spain. We are doing in Spain exactly what we are doing, in a somewhat different way, in Yugoslavia-- mak ing friendf with one dictator in order to combat another. It is exactly what wc did at Yalta. There we made oonceiiloni?coaieiiloni %htt tocUy are bitterly regretted? to Dictator Stalin ai thi prict of Russia's help in overthrowing the dictatorship in Japan. - s i At Yalta, and now in YU?b9lavia arid Spain, We are compromising both principle ana pblicy in the interest of expediency. * * * Perhaps the average layman, had he been in Pres ident Roosevelt's shoes, would have made the com prbmise at Yajta, in the hope of saving American lives. Perhaps \he average layman, were he in Sec retary Acheson's shoes, and possessing all the in formation at the command of the Secretary of State, might compromise now. The big question, however, remains' : Is it ever possible for a democracy to do business with a dic tatorship? Is there ever a circumstance in which even expediency is served, in the long run, by at tempting it? Natioji after nation after nation tried it with Hitler and Mussolini. We ourselves tried it with Japan. And these long, bitter years we have been trying it with Soviet Russia. In every experience of every democratic country it has .proved disastrous. Yet today we are ready to try it again! Letters STUDENTS BACK BOND USSUE Dear E^itof; Franklin needs a high achoql building. Thla la a well-known tact. Almqst everyone hears this statement every day. This, however, does not better conditions at Franklin High. What we need is action, in the form of school bonds!!! These bonds would mean no added tax! There are scores of reasons why Franklin needs a new school building. Here are Just a few of the most important ones: In the entire building there are no proper lighting facilities On dark, cloudy days it is almost impossib'.e to study without injury to the eyes. There is not sufficient heat at all times. Students are forced to wear their coats indoors, which not only hinders studying but also causes many colds. The home economics, physical education, science, and com mercial departments do not have enough equipment or room to do the required work. The crowded conditions in the classes prevent the teachers from giving the Individual students enough attention. Frank lin would probably be allotted more teachers if there were a new, larger building. The balcony above the auditorium U unsafe. The falling plaster in the class rooms not only endangers the student, but gives htm little inspiration. The school boys and girls of today are the men and women of tomorrow. Let us insure the prosperity of Macon County by giving those boys and girls every opportunity possible. Per haps your children are not In school now, but for the benefit of those who are, and those who will be, vote for the school bonds!! JUNIOR CLASS, Franklin High School. . (Editor's Note: The above letter was written for the Junior class by Miss Barbara Gribble, who was appointed, at a class meeting, to dralt it.) Others' Opinions CUTTING FIRE WOOD Are you guilty of cutting the nearest standing tree to your home when luel wood is needed, disregarding the healthy, thrifty, growing species of the tree to be cut? Or do you con sider your wooded area as a crop and cut your, fuel wood se lectively? That is, do you select only the diseased, lnsect-in lested, damaged, poorly formed and weed species for cutting? If you do this you are practicing good forestry, or as the for ester says, treating your woods with the correct sllvicultural method. There are many homes and farms that use from 5 to 15 cords of fuel wood each year for cooking, heating and curing and cmoking meat. To produce this volume of wood a year's grcwth on 5 to 15 acres of forest land Is required. Most woodlots, without proper cutting practices, will not produce In growth a cord per year, so take it easy and cut wisely. Just think. If. you use 10 cords of wood annually It will require approximately 500 six-inch trees or 250 eight-inch trees. Our forests are being depleted more each year, so now is an excellent time to become more conservation-minded toward for est resources and begin in your own woodlot. If you will cut your fuel wood wisely now, a greater financial return will be forthcoming when your trees are of sawlog size. The growth per acre will be increased tremendously and a higher grade t5f saw logs will result. Everytime you plan to cut a tree from your woodlot, stop and ask yourself this question. ? Instead of cutting this tree would another serve the same purpose and improve my wood lot for the future? ? Falls' Church (Va.) Echo. COUNTRY WEEKLY GROWING PAINS Somewhere along our thorny way we may have missed one. At the moment we would be hard to convince. For instance, take this Issue. Without rhyme or reason per haps, we had the urge to go from six columns to eight. Typi cally, this was well over a year ago. If you have any smatter ing knowledge of country weekly newspapering, such a thing is much easier said than done. For one thing; it Involved bring ing in a pressman from Atlanta for several days of complex press adjustments. Also, changeover faced us with some 26 per cent more content to account for, plus shop composition and makeup. One by one these problems were resolved. Wednesday morn ing about 1:30 a. m. came the big moment. Our first run was ready for press. (Of course, no other country weekly was ever up 'til 1:30!) Two tons of newsprint had been stacked In the warehouse. We were all set. But Puck was right. "What fools we mortals be!" The easiest thing was to blame the whole thing on the paper salesman, he being absent and unable to defend himself, but somebody's arlthemtlc was wrong! Our initial shipment of newsprint was one inch too narrow! ( Oh, well, it hadn't been our first disappointment. A truck was dispatched at once for more paper. It would probably arrive by middle of the afternoon. Meatlme we might get some deep and start makeup on the next four pages. If the paper happened to be an hour or two late, people would start calling and want to know what had happened to the smoky Mountain Tlmis, or what the hack we did all week anyway! But we would manage somehow, We alw&yi have.? Smoky Mountain Tlmee. No person* will have occaiion to complain of the want of time who never leeee any ? Thomae Jefferson. 411,111 Drfon &M LIhum During 1941 A total of 493411 drtver'i ti? census were Issued to motorists of North Carolina during 1949, the Department of Motor Ve hicles has announced. July wad the month of largest issuance, with 87,819, while June ran a close second with 58,340. - Say: "I saw it advertised in in the Press" LEGAL ADVERTISING ADMINISTRATRIX' NOTICE Having qualified as adminls istratrlx of Margaret Lorene Dills Menirlch, deceased, late of Macon County, N. C.( this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said, de ceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 20 day of December, 1950, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persona indebted to said estate will please make immediate settle ment. This 20 day of December, 1949. EXIE DILLS, Administratrix. D22 ? 6tp ? J26 EXECUTOR'S NOTICE v Having qualified as executor of Mary Gibson Henry, deceas ed, late of Macon County, N. C., this is to ntolfy all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 16th day of January, 1951, or this notice will, be plead In bar of their recovery. All per sons Indebted to said estate will please make immediate settle ment. This 16th day of January, 1950, PRANK POTTS, Executor. J19 ? 6tp ? F23 ADMINISTRATRIX' NOTICE Having qualified as adminis tratrix of W. A. Huggins, de- , ceased, late of Macon County, N. C., this is to notify all per sons having claims against the estate of said deceased to ex hibit them to the undersigned on or before the 17 day of De cember, 1950, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recov ery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make imme diate settlement. This 17th day of December, 1949. MRS. ETHEL HUGGINS, Administratrix. D22 6tp ? J26 1 ? /* rs /[[CMAM&tM / ICE CREAM Princess Pet is the royal treat wherever fine foods are served! This richer, creamier, de luxe Ice Cream, packed in the Orchid Carton stamped with the Crest of Quality, is made only of daily fresh whole milk and daily fresh sweet cream. On every special occasion in your home . . . serve Princess Pet Ice Cream. None can compare with its rich perfection! I AM I I Ml I KIM I < |< I \\l ^ r\ A/ h i ( Hi \ M V
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