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The UN Flag And Old Glory
There probably was considerable heart-burning
in the breasts of many good and patriotic Ameri
cans on United Nations day Tuesday when the
United Nations flag flew alongside Old Glory. It
was something of a wrench to see another flag
placed on a level with our own.
The head of one veterans' organization, in fact,
mistakenly believing that the UN flag was to fly
above the American, recently voiced emphatic pub
lic protest.
Yet all Americans would do well to hope the time
is not far away when the United Nations flag will
fly above the Stars and Stripes! That it will per
haps is our only hope. That it may .seems not too
improbable in the light of history.
The situation in the world today is remarkably
like it was in America immediately after the Revo
lutionary war. At that time, we had here 13 free
and independent nations, and when the loose con
federation under which they had sought to cooper
ate proved completely unworkable, representatives
of the 13 states gathered to see what improvements
could be made to the Articles of Confederation.
That they would be able to set up a federal union
appeared highly unlikely. For not only was there
keen jealousy ? each state of its neighbor, and all
of the little states- of the big states ? but there was
a deep-seated "nationalism". The people of each
state gave their first loyalty to their own state. It
was a loyalty that went .so deep that three-quarters
of a century later a man of the stature of Robert
E. Lee remarked that his first duty was to his na
tive Virginia.
Yet a federal union was achieved. Each state sur
rendered some of its sovereignty ? placed the United
States flag above its own. And though it took a
civil war finally and permanently to weld the vari
ous states into a unified whole, it never occurs to
anybody today to worry about the danger of a war
between North Carolina and Virginia, or between
California and Oregon.
Is it unreasonable to believe that a similar union
can be achieved among the nations of the world?
that each nation will surrender .some of its sover
eignty to a world government? that the national
flags will fly beneath a world flag?
Let us hope and pray it is not. For if we do not
become citizens of the world, there is a good chance
we will lose both citizenship and world, as we know
them today.
Mr. Baruch Warns Again
Once again Elder Statesman Bernard Baruch
calls for federal controls of all prices, wages, rents,
fees, and the other factors involved in the rapidly
spiraling inflation that daily is .pushing the cost of
living higher, and the value of the American dollar
lower.
Such a program is not in line with American
peacetime tradition ? but if we are to arm as though
an all-out war is just around the corner, we must
accept the consequences of such action.
Nor should such a program be necessary ? but we
must face the fact, too, that there are greedy ancT
unpatriotic Americans who jump at the chance to
fatten their podketbooks to the accompaniment of
other Americans' blood and tears. Most Americans
are not like that. But most Americans are not mur
derers ; yet we have a law against murder. These
few greedy and unscrupulous Americans, Mr.
Baruch is convinced, can destroy the economic se
curity of all Americans ? and thus defeat America
even before a war .starts.
Many American business men, forgetting that
these are not normal times, oppose such controls,
and organized labor may oppose them even more
stubbornly. But to try to control prices without
control of wages would be about as .sensible as try
ing to raise a crop without planting seed. If con
trols are to be effective, they must be complete.
Controls are something nobody wants. But, to
date, nobody has suggested a satisfactory substi
tute. Unfortunately, all indications are that we are
going to continue to do tod little, too late.
A Fine American Passe*
The dekth of Henry L. Stimson last week remov
ed an outstanding representative of a fine tradition
in American public service.
A native of New York City and a Wall Street
lawyer, Mr. Stimson was a man of such outstand
ing character that his many appointments to posi
tions of public trust almost invariably evoked
widespread approval from men of both political
parties.
He served as secretary of war under Presidents
Taft, Franklin Roosevelt, and Truman, and as sec
retary of state under President Hoover. As secre
tary of state, his forceful, though unavailing, ef
forts to mobilize the other nations against Japa
nese aggression laid one of the foundations for the
United Nations. ^
In 1940, he and another Republican,. Frank Knox,
acceptcd appointment to the cabinct of Democrat
Franklin Roosevelt ? in the face of considerable Re
publican opposition. Appointment of the two Re
publicans, and especially acceptance of the appoint
ment by a man of such unquestioned honesty and
character as Mr. Stimson, did more perhaps than
any other one thing to unite the nation as it pre
pared for war ? and to lay the ground-work for the
post-war bi-partisan foreign policy.
Mr. Stimson was an American of whom all Amer
icans can be proud.
Suggestion To The SHC
On the Franklin-Highlands road are some traffic
hazards that could be removed without any great
difficulty or expense ? and that may .prove costly ?
indeed, if they are allowed to remain.
Jutting out over the pavement are sections of
rock that easily might result, some day, in toppling
a truck or bus off the highway ajgd down into the
Cullasaja river. In the old days of the Model A
Ford, it was fairly simple to get under these over
hanging rocks, but the age of big trucks and busses
presents a different problem.
One such stone .sticks out over the highway near
the Turtle Pond road. A comparatively srr*ll bould
er, its removal would presept little difficulty.
A bigger problem is presented by a mass of rock
that forces the bigger, higher vehicles over to the
outer side of the pavement ? right at a turn, just
above the drop into the gorge at the Lower Culla
saja falls.
The Franklin-Highlands road is one of the most
beautiful drives in this whole region, and certain
dangers go along with its beauty. But obviously
unnecessary hazards like these overhanging rocks
ought to be eliminated.
How'll They Pay That?
The State Utilities Commis.sion has permitted
the Southern Bell Telephone Company to amend its
pending application for a rate increase. On second
thought, the Southern Bell decides' it needs rate
boosts that will bring in an extra million dol
lars, instead of the mere 2^4 millions first asked.
The reason given by its attorneys : It will take
this extra three-quarters of a million to pay the
higher federal income tax that went into effect
October 1.
The Asheville Citizen quite properly voices seri
ous objection ; simply to pass ttiis income tax: in
crease on to the consumer is wrong, both economic
ally and morally, says The Citizen. We agree.
But neither The Citizen nor the Southern Bell's
lawyers touch on the question that's puzzling us : If
the Southern Bell has to have an extra three-quart
ers of a million dollars to pay its income tax now,
how in heck will it pay the tax on that extra three
quarters of a million?
Poor Southern Bell !
Others' Opinions
A GOOD APPOINTMENT
We congratulate our fellow townsman, John A. Parrls, Jr., on
his appointment as public relations director for the Chero
kee Historical Association and its sponsored outdoor Indian
drama, "Unto These Hills." We know of no person better qual
ified to fill this position than Mr. Parris. His intimate knowl
edge of the job to be done and wide experience in the field of
writing and publicity amply fit him for the role he will fill as
public relations director of the Association. The Association,
too, is to be congratulated on having been able to secure Mr.
Parris' services in this capacity. ? Sylva Herald.
MAKE IT UNANIMOUS
If there Is a single soul In our midst who wants "the gov
ernment" to force any one of us to buy health and hospital
insurance we don't know who he is or where to go looking for
him.
We make that statement as our contribution to the current
series of published articles in opposition to what the American
Medical Association calls "the threat of Government-dominated
Compulsory Health Insurance."
Having planted our feet squarely on the side of the doctors
in their campaign to stave off "Government-dominated" in
surance, we renew an old challenge: Let's stay on the job until
we bring to pass a system of voluntary coverage that will guar
antee all of us full use of the best medical care and hospitali
zation. There is still a long way to go, and the doctors are the
ones to see that we make the grade. ? Hertford County Herald.
RAINY DAYS AHEAD
In time of war and national emergencies, Americans always
have supported their government by buying bonds to the limit
of their capacity to do so. They know their government needs
the money and they know that If the money they invest with
Uncle Sam Is not safe, nothing they have In the world is safe.
Since the trouble started in Korea, however, the trend has
been In the other direction. During July and August, holders
of U. S. Savings Bonds cashed In $761,405,000 worth of bonds
while they were buying only 1587,347,000. That meant that the
OlHt DEMOCRACY t>M.t
OUR DOLLARS HAVE A JOB, TOO
How we use thcm mas a v*ry important kmum on the
FI?HT A4AINST AMIUWION. IB BUILD STKONQ NATIONAL DEFENSES,
ID KW OUR ECONOMY SOUND, W( NCCD PRODUCTION AND
MOW PROOUCTtON -A NO THE MONEY TO EXPAND PRODUCTION
FACILITIES CAN COME ONLY PROM THOSE WHO WORK AND SAVE.
By SPENDING PKUDSNTC/, 8V PUTTING THE MONEY WE DO NOT
NEED TODAY INTO LIFE INSURANCE AND SAVINGS, WE WILL BE
HELPING AMERICA TO PROVIDE BOTH* GUNS AND BUTTER." ?
THE SUPPLIES THAT OUR. FIGHTING MEN MUST HAVE, AND
GOODS FOR. OUR. ESSENTIAL NEEDS AT HOME.
U. S. Treasury paid out $174,058,000 more than It took In on
new sales of "E" bonds.
Part of the proceeds of these bond sales went to pay for In
creases in the cost of living, but most of the cash went for
the purchase. of consumer goods and helped the inflationary
spiral along.
The government can raise money for the present emergency
in two ways ? by increasing taxes and by borrowing money.
Taxes are going up for a certainty, and we are all going to pay
our share, but when we lend money to Uncle Sam we know
we're going to get it back and that the principal is safe while
the money is in the government's hands. A new campaign for
the sale of "E" bonds will be launched* in November and it is
to be hoped that this effort will reverse the present trend in
which the government is cashing more "E" bonds than it. is
selling. But, of course, you don't have to wait until November
to get back into the regular habit of buying "E" bonds instead
of selling them. ? Waynesville Mountaineer.
WORTHY OF THE LEGION
In this column In our last issue we stated that, unless some
thing came of the national convention of the American Legion,
other than the hysterics of "super-patriot" Edith Nourse Rog
ers, the willingness of the Legion to unleash an atomic war
and the proposal to assist the Kremlin in the smearing of Sec
tary of State Acheson and, incidentally, our foreign policy ? If
nothing more came of the conclave, then the Legion in this
year of crisis would have failed t* contribute anything to our
national security and our efforts for a just and durable peace.
Something meritorious came out of the Los Angeles gathering
the next. day.
Father Edward J. Carney, national chaplain of the Legion,
announced that he had been given the go-ahead to draft plans
for the first of five Boyvilles to provide homes and schools for
underprivileged boys.
The first Boyville will cost an estimated seven million dollars
and will comprise 48 dormitory and class room, cottages, each
to be financed and supported by one of the Legion's 48 state
departments.
Youths admitted to the Boyville will be chosen from orphan
ages and broken homes. The units will be non-denominational,
as will the staffs.
Emphasis, according to Father Carney, will be to build true
American leadership, an understanding of the origins and
meaning of our political philosophy. "We hope to develop in
the boys a love of God and country," Father Caraey said, "so
they can return to their neighborhoods equipped with the es
sentials of good leadership."
Here is a truly constructive project, worthy of the men who
^ have served our nation in combat to earn a better world.
Although the Legion's demand for an A-bomb threat to
Russia, Politican Rogers' declaration that we will drive Stalin
and the Politburo "from the face of the earth", and the pro
posal to sabotage Acheson, made the front page of the metro
politan newspapers, we found the story of Boyville buried deep
inside the pages.? Cleveland (County) Times,
WHY BLAME THE NEWSPAPER?
Newspapers, like every other business, are operated by hu
man beings. And it is a well-known fact that all humans oc
casionally make mistakes. However, it's a fact that every reput
able newspaper, once it is shown it has made a mistake, is al
ways more than glad to correct it.
Thus every newspaperman occasionally is "burned-up" by
those people who, when they chance to receive unfavorable
publicity, immediately jump on the newspaper for printing the
facts about thejn, even though the facts may be true. They
never for a minute stop to think that the blame rests not on
the paper, b"t on themselves. And usually, these people will
try to conv< ie impression that the paper has its facts wrong.
If such l. ohe case, a correction Is gladly made. No news
paper wants to print any thing that is in error about anyone.
But what burns up the average reporter is to be accused of
mistakes in a story when he knows the .story is correct.
This corner would suggest that the best way to keep from
receiving unfavorable publicity in a newspaper is to so con
duct one's life In a lawful, respectable manner. Everyone in
these days and times knows that a newspaper is issued prim
arily to report the news, good and bad. Everyone should re
member that the newspaper does not make the news, it merely
records it. So why, for goodness sake, jump on a newspaper
simply because one gets caught in breaking some law, or other
wise conducting himself in an uncommendable manner?
We have seen it happen often. A person gets arrested for
this or that. He is arrested by a policeman, put in jail, taken
to court and tried before a judge. Does he get mad at the
policeman who arrested him? No. Does he get mad at the
jailer? No. Does he berate the judge and jury which tries him?
No. He takes It all out on the newspaper which prints the story.
And we say again that such a person has no one to blame at
all ? except himself. If he had stayed out of trouble he would
have stayed out of the newspapers. And staying out of trouble
isn't too great an ordeal. We know of millions of people who
stay out of trouble all their lives.
It's not hard to do,? ElUn Tribune.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
NOTICE OF SALE
NORTH CAROLINA
MACON COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained In a
certain deed of trust executed
by S. E. Potts and wife, Alice
Reese Potts, dated 24 May, 1948,
and recorded li> Book No. 40,
page 360, In the Office of the
Register of Deeds of Macon
County, North Carolina, default
having been made in the pay
ment of the Indebtedness there
by secured, and said deed of
trust being by the terms there
of subject to foreclosure, and
the holders of the Indebtedness
thereby secured having request
ed foreclosure thereof, the
undersigned Trustee will offer
for sale and sell at public auc
tion to the highest bidder for
cash at the Courthouse door in
Frank'in, Macon County, North
Carolina, at 12:00 noon, on
Monday, the 20th day of No
vember, 1950, the property con
veyed in said deed of trust, the
same lying and being in High
lands Township, Macon County,
North Carolina, and more par
ticularly described as follows:
Adjoining the lands of Les- __
lie Reese and BEGINNING at*
a stake in the North margin
of a 30-foot road right-of
way and also in the East
margin of Raoul Road, said
stake being situated North
27 deg. East 52 feet from a
stake at the Northeast corn
er iOf Mabel W. Dora's tract,
and runs thence, from the
point of beginning with a 30
foot road right-of-way, North
53 deg. 15 ,min. East 191.9
feet to a stake; thence North
22 deg. West 130 feet to a
point in the center of Mill
Creek; thence South 46 deg.
45 min. West 222.6 feet to a
stake on the North bank of
Raoul Road; thence, with the
North bank of said Raoul
Road, South 31 deg. 30 min.
East 100 feet to the BEGIN
NING, known as Lot No. 12
of the Brookside Park Sub
division, together with all
road rights, fishing, bathing,
boating and other rights ap
purtenant to said land, and
including the contents of the
house located on said land.
This sale will be made sub
ject to all outstanding unpaid
taxes.
This, the 19th day of October,
1950.
J. H. STOCKTON, Trustee
026 ? 4tc ? N16
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
trator C. T. A. of W. J. West,
deceased, late of Macon County,
N. C., this is to notify all per
sons ha.ving claims against the
estate of said deceased to ex
hibit them to the undersigned
on or b?fore the 20 day of Sep
tember, 1951, 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 20 day of September,
1950.
EMILY WEST,
Administrator, C.TA
321? 4tc? 026
Guarantied
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