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Eit* <Jf!rattkl j ? r r s 4 ^ f (Ehr ^i^hlnuiis ^iHnrnninrt VOL LXYI Number 1 Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin. North Carolina Telephone No 24 Entered at Post Office, Franklin, N C , as second class matter WEIMAR JONES BOB S SLOAN One Year Six Months Three Months Single Copy Editor Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES $2 00 *1.25 7b 06 Obituary n char. hcr?. 01 tt: regular ila?Mi arue * i tii the ? of thinks *.i\ cr ueni4< rate* Sucki notices will l>c a! r r^ut r emcnta r* of rcsj>*ci. by individuals, lodge*, egarded a* jdvntiMr.y and inserted at arkrd 'adv " in coropli Triple Threat To Freedom AS tills nation L'irds lor war with the Soviet world, Americans would do well to keep in mind that they taic not out- threat to tlu-ir liberties, but three -one from outside, two Iront within. The first, of course, is the threat of defeat and conquest hv the ( oniniunists. That danger, great as it is, is the smallest of the three. The second is the danger of the moral disintegra tion that goes with appeasement and isolationism ? the surrender, little by little, of our principles and our courage and our sell-respect, until finally we have lost not onlv all of our friends, but the will to resist. How serious that threat is was illustrated bv the recent speech of ex- 1 'resident Hoover. The third and greatest is even more intangible and insidious. It is the danger that, in order to win the battles (cold or hot) with Soviet Russia, -we may lose the war, by sacrificing all the things we are fighting for; that, as a means of defeating Com munism. we may adopt as permanent the very methods and thinking and kind of life we fight to keep from having imposed upon us. It is so easy to become accustomed to the loss of a liberty! to ac cept a method or a line of thinking or a way of life, in the interest of "greater efficiency". Scores of examples of this danger could be cited. Two or three will suffice. Universal military training mav be necessary now. It may be necessary for a decade, or even for a quarter of a century. Furthermore, there are manv things to be said in its favor. Rut if we adopt it as a permanent policy, we shall have accepted as inevitable one of the things the founders of this country fled Furope to escape. '?"ar more important is the tendency* to invade pe"sonal privacy and to revoke personal freedoms. The men who wrote the Constitution of the Unit ed States would not for a moment have counten at 'd the modern spying of the wiretapper. If i e\ -r there was a practice that is in contlict with y everv American tradition of the right of the in dividual to be free from spying, it is wire tapping. Yet wire-tapping by the FBI has come to !> ? rd ' n for granted ! \ .. .1 ? 1 .1 I - - - - ? t i ' - /?vim anrau\ we nave on 0111 .siaiuic douks saws that penalize men not for what tliev do, but for what they think. As the tension mounts, more and ' more ruch laws are likely. I?ut even without legislation, it is becoming in creasingly hazardous for a man to voice a thought that is outside an established pattern. Any idea that is not completely orthodox is likely to be pounced upon, with a great hue and cry, and labeled "Com munistic". Senator McCarthy, with his lynch law of the mind, embodies that attitude. And it is an un happy fact that Senator McCarthy has great in fluence, and that he has that influence because he represents the emotional attitude of a large num ber of Americans. If that emotion ? and it is emotion, closely akin to that of a mob- ? ever gains control in America ? if the time ever comes when Americans have no privacy, when a man cannot "say what he thinks, and t\iiA' what he pleases", we shall have lost a right so basic that there will be little point in fight ing the Communists. Already we sha'l have sur rendered our freedoms, not to the Russians, but to our own fears. Doesn't Hold Water Thad Eurc, North Carolina's secretary of state, proposes an amendment to the state constitution to permit 18-year olds to vote. Pointing out that youths of 18 register for the draft, Mr. Eure argues that "every individual re quired to hear arms in the defense of his country should at least he privileged to participate in elec tions wherein public officials will be chosen who will write the terms of peace under which they must live". Mr. Eure's proposal to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 may or may not make sense, but it *eem > to us his reason for the proposal does not. While it is true that the ballot is a priceless privilege, It is not chiefly a privilege. It is pri ^ manly ? the qualificstion for voting should he the ability of the citizen to meet the responsibiiit \ the tianchise carries with it, I hat the right to \ote should not he conferred as a privilege, a-- .1 icwaid, is proved bv simply car nnif; Mr 1- are s argument to its logical conclu ?>11)11. li ue are going to give the ballot to everv teen age ier\ iceman as a reward for his sacrifice in hearing arms 111 detense ot his country ? if justice demands that; then justice would surely demand a greater reward tor those servicemen who make extraordinary sacrifices. If the boy who merely spends a few months or years in the armed forces is entitled to one vote, then, to carry Mr. hure's argument to its logical conclusion, the bov who is wounded surely i.s entitled to several votes; and the boy who is permanently disabled is entitled to a score or more And how many ballots would we have to permit a "basket case" to cast in order properly to reward him tor his sacrilice? This whole idea of rewards ^and the idea is widespread- calls attention to the long overdue need for a change in thinking: It is h gh time we put more emphasis on what the citi/en owes lr.s country, les^- on what his country owes hint. There are times when a nation has no choice but to light. Hut war rarely is a solution of problems. Instead, it is an admission by national leaders ? of ? one side, or of both sides ? that they are unwilling or unable to find a solution. When an invidual finds his personal problems too much for him, he resorts ^ to suicide. When statesmen find international prob lems too much for them, they resort to war. Others' Opinions BATTLE GRADUATES A certain general stormed into the office. "What's the idea of putting Captain Smith on my staff?" he shouted "Those were Headquarters' orders, sir," he was told "Well, I won't have him. He's nothing but an idiot with bars on his shoulders " " "Really, sir, he isn't that bad", spoke up a colonel. "After all, he's been through dozens of battles "4 For several seconds the general eyed him coldly Then he said with dignity, "Come over here to the window, colonel." The colonel did, and the general pointed Outside. "See those mules? Every one of them has been through a dozen battles, too. But they're still jackasses." ? Morganton Pocket Book WOOD FIRES I like a wood fire It sings as It burns It sheds a fragrance In the room and casts soft dancing shadows on the iloors and walls at night. Surely It Is in league with the goodness of sleep For who can resist Its mellow glow and gentle crackle when the hour Is late! Yes, dreaming Is easy when ths embers glow and the flame flickers as darkness and cold grip the out-of-doors And what snugness there Is by the warm hearthstone when nights are long and the gales of winter blow! Apples from the cellar, peanuts a-roastin' on the hearth, 'taters a-cookin' in the ashes, popcorn a-poppin' In the skillet, ? a >ry reading by the lamp, mother a-knltttn' or darnln' in th ? corner, kids layin' on the floor, and a gentle fire bring ing comfort and solace to all t Let me hush, go home, and cut some wood For the winter clouds are heavy. ? J. M. Eleazor in Timmonsville (S. C.) Times. NEED PATIENCE ieorse Washington, according to Dr. Douglas S. Freeman, famous writer and historian, had many great quantities ? ability, character, courage, etc. ? but his outstanding quality was patience. This opinion was expressed by Dr Freeman In an address delivered at Wake Forest college on the subject, "The Great Dilemma, East or West " The speaker had given a brilliant and Interesting Interpre tation of the military situation In the Far East and in Europe today with an outline of the prospects for the future. He ex pressed the strong opinion that the United States could not fight a big world war on two fronts, both the Far East and Europe, against Communism. He said not only we cannot do this but it Is absolutely unnecessary. We shall have to be content to live in two worlds, he said. We must be ready to defend our western civilization of free dom and culture We should mind our own business and 9fe that others do the same, but we do not have to go to war. We must believe in peace, and work for peace. In his climax at the end he urged that Americans and the people of the western world seek to remain strong and firm for peace and at the same time practice patience and then more patience, the great virtue of George Washington. ? Biblical Recorder. MANY PREFER SEGREGATION Many Northern Negroes prefer Southern all-colored col leges and universities to Northern Institutions where the races are mixed. This may oome as a surprise to some persons, but It Is abundantly proved by statistics. The fact Is especially Interesting, In view of the recent decisions of the Federal courts affecting the admission 0f Negroes to Southern Institu tions of higher learning hitherto reserved for whites. Professor Alonzo F. Myers, of New York University, a native of Ohio who favors the abolition of segregation in higher edu cation, wrote an article In the Survey magazine lor May, 1M0. In which he reported his findings after a three-month visit to the Negro colleges and universities of the South. Said Dr. M ytn: ?1 rturrtd t OUR DEMOCRACY byM.t " rv ^ - rv -^L. _ THE SUPPLY LINE At valley forge the continental army lacked food, SHOES, CLOTHING, ADEQUATE SHELTER AND AMMUNITION ? KVEKYTHIN6 BUT COURAGE TO A GREATER OR. LESSER EXTENT, AT THC START OF E.VEKY \NAA, THE COORAOt OF OUR FIGHTING FORCES HAS HAD TO MAKE UP for shortages of supplies- because we ake a reAC?-LOV/N6 NATION AND HENCE HAVE NEi /EK. PUT OVK NATION ON A WAK-r00TINQ IN TIMES OF P?ACE L ToPAX IT is OURjoe ON the home front to see that our men, WHO HAVE NEVER. LACKED COURAGE AND FORTITUDE, SHALL NOT LACK FOR. THE MATERIALS AN6 THE MACHINES TO ROWER TH?/R VALOR . were enrolled in Southern colleges. I asked a number of these young neoole from the North why they were there. Generally they replied that they felt more comfortable and more wel come than in the Northern nonsegregated colleges. Some told me that they had a better chance to take part in campus activities, and to develop whatever leadership talents they possessed." More than half of last year's student body at Meharry Uni versity in Nashville, Tenn,, an all-Negro medical school, is said to have been from the North, A surve^ of Fisk University, Nashville, about a decade ago showed that 42 per cent of the student body came from the North All of which should reassure those who fear that Federal Court decissions will result In flooding Southern institutions of higher learning with Negro applicants in graduate and professional fields. ? Richmond Times-Dispatch. TI1KKK I' I ) I T( )R IAI.S Three of the state's newspapers recently included editor ials concerning the "lack of teaching the fundamentals in the public schools". One, the Winston-Salem Sentinel, quote-- the En<rliLh teach ers of the state in saying that "many North Ca;olina school ch ldren are not getting proper and sufficient instruction in English grammar;" and that "they also lack adequate teach ing and practice in English grammar". Two reasons for this situation are given : 1 1 1 Half the English school teachers of North Carolina believe that the basic text-books in schools are not satisfactory; (2) High school deficiency in teaching grammar and writing is due primarily to the heavy extra curricula load that English teachers have to bear. Another, the Enfield Progress, calls attention to the fact that State college has employed a professor to teach its stu dents how to read and then says, "Isn't that an awful com mentary on our public school system of education?" This editor makes the point that "extra-curricular activities take so much time that the students are not permitted to devote proper attention to the things for which the state is pay ing. . A third editorial from the Durham Sun comments on an editorial in the Charlotte Observer entitled "Educational Piddling" in which the schools and colleges are taken to task for "neglecting the fundamentals of education and spend ing too much time on trivialties which ought to be taught to children at home." This situation, he states, is due to "the confusion among educators as to what the schools' goals really should be and the pressure \arious grours put upon the schools to include in their fl'ogram some pet project." And approving the Charlotte editor's call for "a re-examina tion of curricula", the 'Durham editor suggests the inclusion of "a rethinking of what the school's real purpose and func tion on today's society are and molding the school to those decisions". There is one thing running through each of these three editorials ? that is that the deficiencies found among some high school graduates in reading, wilting and speaking are due to too much attention by teachers to extra-curricula Activities and not enough time given to fundamentals Not one of these editors seems to realize that there are wide dif ferences among pupils in background and general ability to grasp, to learn, many abstract principles of the English lan guage. No mention is made of the efforts put forth by some students as compared with others. Paradoxical as it may seem, students coming from small high schools were extra curricula activities are limited because of smaller teacher staffs are found to be less proficient in reading and In speak ing and writing than students graduating from the large high schools of the state where there Is a wider choice of subjects and greater opportunity for participation in so-called extra curricula activities. No, we don't think there Is so much a lack of teaching the fundamentals as there is a lack of abil ity or application of ability on the part of students themselves accounts for some poorly trained high school gradu ^^ftll Of them.? N. p. Public School Bulletin BUSINESS K Making NEWS _ , r5y BOB SLOAN __ _ A hasty glance back through 1950 shows that while there was no outstanding development In the growth of Franklin business firms during the year 1950, there were many small expan sions which were Indicative of a good business year. Events In 1950 have caused several firms to plan for expansions of a large nature in 1951. Here are some of the events which are indicative of our | growth during ths past year: Expansion of the Franklin Freezer Locker plant in order to enable it to take ca-e of its | expanding business. Macon Drv | Cleaners moved into new and larger quarters, the establish ment of Macon Construction 'ompany by W. C. Burrell, Fred Moore, and E. J. Whitmire, con ? struction of a new store build ng by Frank Leach, enlarge ment of Auto Parts and Equip ment company to enable them to hand e a large supply o. auto parts, and the installation of a new meat market by Ma , son Grocery and Feed store. Developments already an nounced which are signs of continued growth in 1951 are the purchase of a lot by the Nantahala Power and Light i company for the purpose of 1 building a new building, an nouncement by Harold Roper that ne plans to open a new" drug store during the month of January here, and the begin ning of construction of a new feed mill by the Franklin Feed Mill company. A very healthy business fact during the past year which we hope continues during the com ing year was practically full time operation by both ZUcIll graf Hardwood company Van Raalte, two ' o i FranklBB^^ largest payrolls. 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Mr N. L Barnard started south yesterday with a drote of horses and mules. Uncle D Cunningham the palates of his boarders Fri day at dinner with some fine venison. The Franklin Pharmacy Is a thing of the past. Last Satur day Dr F. T. Smith purchased the stock that remained on hand and transferred it to his drug store. So Franklin has only one drug store now. 25 YEARS AGO The thermometer registered 2 below Monday morning. The ice on the lake was thick enough to accommodate skat ers. Harry Higgins has just re turned from Asheville with a new Ford truck. Wonder if he is going to Florida fox hunt ing? A crowd of men folks in this section went wildcat hunting Christmas morning. ? Briartown local. The Christmas tree at the i school house was a great suc cess Many children's hearts I were gladdened by Santa's gifts, | ? Scroll item. 10 YEARS AGO Mr and Mrs. Dan Reynolds, Miss Mildred Cabe and Miss Ada Belle Sherrill spent Sunday in Andrews with Miss Fannie Mae Sherrill. Rev. M. B. Stokes, Methodist missionary to Korea, will deliv er two sermons on the situa tion in the Far East here next Sunday. Exploding firecrackers, the clamor of automobile horns, and the ringing of bells offici ally welcomed 1941 to Frank lin and Macon County Tuesday night. The Sunday school gave a Christmas tree for the commun- y lty at the Turtle Pond church. ? ' Broadway local. M ASHBURNS TAXI Phone 70 Night Phone - ? ? >'472
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