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attit (Elte Highlands jl&attfttiatt VOL. LXVI \ Number 30 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 Editor BOB S. SLOAN Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $2 00 Six Months $1-25 Three Months ; 75 Single Copy 06 Obituary notices, cards of thanks,' tributes of resect, by individuals, lodges, churches, organizations or societies, will be regarded as advertising and inserted at regular classified advertising rates. Such notices will be marked "adv." in compli ance with the postal requirements. A First Step Franklin's Main street is much too narrow, even for today's traffic. What will it be like, if the town continues to grow, 15 or 20 years from now! Unless the street is widened, ultimately the major business of the community will have to shift to other streets ? with resulting heavy loss in property values along Main street. And there is only one economical way to widen a street. Tha' :s bv setting up a building line, 5, 10, 15, or 20 feet bit from the sidewalk, and requiring that the fron's of all new structures be placed back at that building line. By that method, in the course of a comparatively few years, as new .structures re place obi ones, most of the buildings along the street will have moved back to make room for a wider street. Before Franklin got around to doing that, how ever, the Nantahala Power and Light company had started what probably will be the finest building on the street, and therefore one that will stand long est ? and of course it is built on the old building line, the edge of the present sidewalk. Had a build ing line been established before this building was started, the widening of Main street probably could have been accomplished in 15 or 20 years. By wait ing to do anything toward a wider street until after this fine new building was begun, we may have postponed the possibility of a wider Main street by 30, possibly 50 years. This is pointed out in criticism of no one, but as a good example of the importance of town plan ning, and of how costly delay in planning may prove. At last, however, Franklin has taken the first step toward some municipal planning, with the en actment last week by the board of aldermen of an ordinance setting up a Town Planning and Zon ing Commission. The town officials deserve cotn mendation both for taking this first step, and for their good judgment in selecting a.<v members of the commission men who are known for their pub lic-spiritedness, and men who will bring to their study of what we are, what we are likely to become, and what we can become, a wide diversity of back ground and experience. The Commission members should be given plenty of time for their work; poor or hasty planning is almost worse than none. And it is to be hoped that, in their planning, they will envision not simply "another little town", just like all the others over the United States ; but one refreshingly different, and one in which em phasis is placed not on utility and convenience alone, but on spaciousness and beauty as well. Graft Taken For Granted Twelve persons, including top leaders of the Mississippi pro-Truman state Democratic commit tee, have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiracy in connection with the sale of federal jobs. Tint is a shocking situation. But what ik most shocking, what is most serious, is not that .such a situation exists; there has be^n graft in American political life before; it probab y is not the first time federal jobs have been sold. What rs shocking i ; that it is more or less rou tine news. Outside of Mississippi, it probably w is a second- or third rate story in newspapers over the land. And except among a few partisan Repub licans it has provoked no nation-wide outcry. What is serious is that Americans, of both po litical parties, have come to take such incidents for granted. . No Hasty Action If anyone is inclined to feel that the current clean up campaign is a bit of a radical idea, or, at the least, on the ultra-modern side, we respectfully re fer him or her to the first item in last week's Do You Rember? column on this page: "H the $treeti of Franklin had a general clean ing up, they would look a great deal betted That is taken from The Press 50 years ago. It might be remarked, in passing, that, unless Franklin is a lot dirtier today than it was back in that horse-and-buggy age, The Press editor of 1901 was a master of under-statement. It is worth remarking, too, that we do progress ; because, after 50 years of talking about cleaning up, it looks as though we are about to do something about it. And as we move into the action stage, one thing is true! No matter how many and how valid the arguments may be against cleaning up, at least no body can accuse Tis of having acted on spur-of-the minute impulse. For Every-Day Living By the standards of some professional evange list.!/ ? mass emotionalism and flocks of public con verts ? the interdenominational scries of evangelis tic services here last week might not rate very high. But measured by long-time results, it easily may prove to have been an outstanding religious event in the history of this community. Because the deep earnestness of Bishop Henry, the guest preacher, supplemented by his rare gift for simple and clear statement, brought to many persons in this com munity a new conception of Christianity; a con viction that it is a living force, a solution for the problems of everyday living. And nobody can read the New Testament without- realizing that that is exactly what it is meant to be. Our American Civilization Punishing our children for lying. Telling from one to a hundred polite lies, ourselves, every time we go to a party. Recognizing that religion is essential in the de velopment of any well-rounded personality. Quar reling over Bible reading in the schools. Assuming that ours is the only real and worth while civilization, past or present. Ignoring the fact that American civilization drives more people in sane than any in history. ? Others' Opinions BALLOON FISHING When Coach Carlton goes fishing for crappies, he takes along a handful of toy balloons in his bait box. When he gets out in his boat, he inflates the balloons, and ties the ,end with a piece of string about eighteen inches or so long. When he lands his first fish, he ties the other end of the string around it. Then he tosses the fish back in the water. The lish promptly dives under and takes off to rejoin his school. At the same time, however, he leads Weatherby to his class mates (the fish's). Coach Carlton rarely misses taking home a load of fish every trip. But not only does the balloon trick show Coach Carlton where the school of fish is. It also tells him how deep, comparatively, the fish are swimming. ' % For if the balloon is lying flat on the water, he knows that the fish are within 18 inches of the surface. If it's standing on end, he knows they are swimming deep. ? Smoky Mountain Times. t ' ? ? ? ? ? WELFARE ROLLS A state legislative proposal which would open welfare records to inspection by those other than members of county welfare boards, has once again directed attention to' the fact that to receive federal aid also means to receive federal dictation and consequent loss of freedoms. The Federal Security Administration has given a strong hint that $20,000,000 of subsidy to Indiana's welfare program might be cut off if the names of persons getting state aid are made public. In other words, if the state of Indiana does not do ex actly as the federal government dictates in the conduct of the Hoosier welfare program, Indiana may lose the millions of dol lars now donated federally to the program. A law which would open public welfare records to inspection would undoubtedly result in a reduction in the number of per sons now receiving such aid. For one thing, such a law would help to uncover those cases in which both individuals, and en tire families have been discovered, through special investiga tion, to have been receiving public funds, while at the same time receiving money from regular jobs In amounts sufficient for support. ? Shelbyville (Ind.) News. SEGREGATION We so continually emphasize age groups and the urgent ne cessity for each child to be with his own that it would be sur prising If some attention were not given to what we say. in school we are told that It will do strange and tragic things to a pupil's personality to be with these older or younger; he must stay with ills age-group. In Sunday School the same prln OUR DEMOCRACY byM* ?VERYTH/NG WT THE SQUEAL It's an old stocuva'*^ cus.om to usE*?i/r*yrwM6 OF THE P,^ CU, r.,L. S3UEAL." - In today's emergency, both in the day-to-day living or our families and in government, there is need for. THAT SAME EFFICIENCY IN USING EVERYTHING WE HAVE AND ELIMINATING WASTE. That's why it is so important for government to trim NON-MILITARY EXPENSES- ANO FOR US, AS INDIVIDUALS, TO Buy ONLY WHAT WE NEED AND STEP UP OUR SAVINGS, GOVERNMENT BONDS AND LIFE INSURANCE. /r WILL MEAN WORK, THRIFT AND SACRIFICE ? BUT LETS LEAVE THE "SQUEAL* TO THE P/6S. ciple holds; there must be classes for every year, too, and, if this seems impossible, we are ashamed of the lack of provision made. Even married couples must be sectioned off into groups according to their years on earth. No more do we see whole families sitting in a row at church, the father at one end and the mother at the other, with "stair steps" of children between. The little ones have their own ser vice, suited to their age. All this may make for efficiency, but it widens the gulf that is always between those of different generations. Small wonder that youngsters feel their recreation must be found, not at home, but where there are more like themselves; that it does not occur to many of them that parents are people who might sometimes say something interesting, or that fun may actually be found at home. ? Mrs. Theo Davis in Zebulon Record. THE PATRIOT The man who loves his country will not accept Stephen De catur's toast as given, but will modify It thus: "My country, right or wrong: if right, to keep her right; if wrong, to make her right." And it is in that effort to make her right (as well as to keep her right) that the patriot can expend all his zeal and all his strength. And here, too, he will always be in conflict with the lip-serving pseudo-patriot. The patriot is the man, d-wcribsd by Micah, who acts with justice and with kindness, and who walks in God's fellowship and service. The patriot is Franklin K. Lane's, Flag Maker' ? the boy who won the corn club prize, the mother who sacrificed to educate her son, the clerk who helped the troubled farmer. The patriot is the man who seeks to serve his fellowmen, rather than to be served by them. . . . The patriot is never insular, never disparaging of others, never threatening, never building his own interests ? nor his nation's ? at the expense or hurt of another's. ? Zion's Herald. THE SAVING INSTINCT The usual rustle that always precedes the taking up of the offertory spread through the church as the congregation opened purses or put h rinds into pockets. Then this soft con fusion was broken by the unmistakable sound of a silver piece hitting the floor with a resounding smack, and the shirring sound that told of Its rolling along. Suddenly a shrill infantile voice broke the silence, "Oh, Mommie, here's a fiftycent piece. Let's put It in the plate and save our money." ? Waynesville Mountaineer. A FINE DOLLAR One tine thing about the tourist dollar. It is all cash business on the barrel-head. No credits, no trade-ins, no returns, and no bad accounts unless we offend or drive It away. Another thing, the tourist requires nothing in return after he is gone. He doesn't use our welfare or schools, and he urtll continue to ad vertise us In whichever manner we have shown him we deserve to be advertised, by the treatment we gave him, when he was here.-^-Coastland Times. - MODERN CHEAT According to a college professor, there Is no more cheating among college students of today than there was In the old days. Maybe not, but we just read the other day where a boy had been shipped from a medical college because they caught him counting his ribs in a physiology examination. ?Camden Chronicle. Business Making News ? By BOB SLOAN Business is business whether ? it is the handling o' public af fairs or in private business. In general the same axlmons ap ply in one field that would ap-^v ply in the other. With this in mind we question if the 3 cent tax levy in the county tax rate which is to be applied to debt service is a wise move. At pres ent, the county has more than one hundred thousand dollars surplus in the debt service fund. This money can't be used in case an emergency arises as it has been acquired by a debt service levy. We agree with the reasoning 6f the county com missioners that it is proper to lay up a little reserve in good times to carry ovef for the bad. However, we wonder if all the \ acculating surplus should be in the debt service fund, wh.le other county funds are asked get by on a minimum. "* Speaking of the transaction ?f county business, we believe that one of the wisest moves that could be made by local government officials would be to place the register of deeds, the clerk of the superior court and the sheriff on a salary bas is rather than paying them by tees and commissions. One of the chief advantages of this would be that if a salary sys tem were used the public would know what the officials who work for them are being paid. As it is both the public and the officials have only a hazy idea what they will make each year. It is not my intention to imply that these officials are making too much. In fact, I think they are making too lit tle, and that if the public ac tually knew what these folks re ceive they would gladly pay them more. Another reason the present system is not an effi cient method of financing the ofiices is that there is very lit tle relationship between the work of the office and the source of the funds from which their pay comes. The sheriff for his pay receives a commission on the money paid out by the county while his work is prim arily that of enforcing the law < and keeping the peace in our (Turn to Back Page 1st Section) Do You . Remember? (Looking backward through the files of The Press) 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK We want it distinctly under stood that we want no person to take The Press who don't want It, or who cannot appre ciate it. Mr. Mack Gillespie lost sever al chickens that died suddenly and mysteriously about his yard. Last Sunday evening he saw a rattlesnake strike one, which explained the mystery. We hope the threshers are keeping a record of all the grain threshed in this county and will report it to The Press when through. 25 YEARS AGO Uncle John Berry says that since he began practicing for the cow calling contest to be held at Franklin on July 30th at the formal opening of the creamery here, Mr. Alex Moore has been making almost dally trips to Hamburg to count his herd now pasturing there. Last Friday the Cozad Ice company displayed a block of ice with a bunch of flowers frozen in the center. Another block of ice had ice tickets in the center of the block. Both - flowers and tickets were plain ly visible. We presumed that these blocks of ice were dis played as an advertisement of the quality of ice the company makes. 10 YEARS AGO The board of directors of the Franklin chamber of commerce, in their regular monthly meet ing, discussed plans for the formation of a retail merchant's association in Franklin last Thursday night. The Farmers Federation pic nic held last Saturday at the Franklin High school was at tended by a large group of be tween 1,000 and 1,500 people. James Averell, for four years assistant supervisor of the Nan tahala National Forest, has been promoted to the regional office of the United State* For est Service located In Atlanta, Oft,
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