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(Eit t fflrnnklin tyrtsz attit JEttmnrntt VOL. LXVII Number 13 Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone 24 ? 1 > Entered at Post Office, Franklin, N. C., as second class matter. WEIMAR JONES ! Editor BOB S. SLOAN Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In Macon County ? Single Copy 10 One Year $2.50 Six Months $1.75 Three Months $1.00 Out-of-County ? _x One Year ......' $3.00 Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, by individuals, lodges, i churches, c.>m/ : s or societies, will be regarded as adverti-ing and inserted at regular Jas?i:": a U ertising rates. Such notices will be marked "adv." in compli ance with tin M.il' requirements, MARCH 27, 1952 Where Do You Stand, Gentlemen? 7 ? AN OI'KX LHTTF.K To the Three Candidates for the Twelfth District Democratic Nomination for Congress: Mr. Frank M. Parker Mi4. George A. Shuford Mr. L. Dale Thrash Gentlemen : With the filing date past, the race for the Demo cratic nomination for U. S. Representative from this district lies between yon three. One of yon will ihe the nominee, and, under normal conditions, prob ably will be the next congressman. How are the Democratic voters of this district going to choose? Your character and ability are important, of course, but the voters also should have an opportunity to choose on a basis of what you stand for. All three of you, I am sure, are in favor of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Moun tains National Park, and other Western North Carolina projects, and will get whatever federal money you can for these projects. That is very nice. But I do not think it is enough. 1 do not think congressmen ever should be elected just for what they can get for their own districts, and surely, in today's, critical situation, there are more important things for a congressman to do. Before they, cast their ballots in the May primary, the Democratic voters of this district have a right to know how you stand on some of the major is sues before the country today ? issues which the next congressman from this district almost certain ly will be called upon to help decide. How do you stand on economic and military aid 'to our friends in Europe and Asia? Are you for it or against it. If for it, is the amount we are spend ing too much or too little? And how long can we afford to continue this aid? ? or can we afford to discontinue it as long as it is needed? If you are against it, what alternative do you propose? ,How do you stand on universal military train ing? That is an issue that certainly i.s not definitely and finally decided. It is a highly important issue on which there is much honest difference of opinion. Do you favor it as a permanent, peacetime policy for the United States? Are you against it, now or ever? If so, what do you propose? Or do you think it is undesirable hut may lie necessary for the time being? Most of us are apprehensive about the size of the national budget. Do you think it should, and can, be reduced? If so, how and where? There is a widespread feeling that so much of it is for defense, and that defense is so necessary, that nothing can be done about it. Yet the chairman of the Presi dent's Council of Economic Advisers admitted the other day that 3 billion dollars a year could be lopped off military spending by better planning. What would you do, if you were in congress, to force the better planning that would save at least a portion of this 3 billion dollars every year? What about taxes? Should we sweat it out and pay as we go? Or should we continue to go deeper and deeper in debt? There is a growing feeling that, important as purely military defense is, we are spending too much money and time and thought on that phase of our defense, and not enough on equally impor tant but less tangible defenses; that we tend to A Lift For Today if Wisdom !? bettor than weapons of war . . . ? Eccles. 9:18. V NATIONS could overcome the mutual fear and distrust whose somber shadow Is now thrown over the world, and could meet with confidence and good will to settle their possible dif ferences, they would easily be able to establish a lasting peace. ? Fridtjof Nansen. Merciful Father, wilt Tbon fill oar hearts with wisdom and ??iwiisn<ln| that war may be banished from the earth. rely so completely on arms that we are doing little constructive and positive toward building a peace ful world. What is your thought on this? These are only a few of the big issues that must be decided by the Congress of the United States ? that one of you may be called upon to help decide ? that, in case of a tie, one of you might have the final word on. Conditions, of course, can vastly change in a year, or even in a month, and I realize that you cannot give a flat yes or no answer on all of these questions. But I think you will agree that any man who as.pires to a .seat in congress should have some pret ty definite ideas on these issues. And surely you will agree that the voters have a right to know what your ideas are. The columns of this newspaper are open to each of you for an article of any reasonable length ex pressing your' views 011 these and similar major is sues of national importance. Respectfully, Weimar Jones. Fortunate This community is fortunate in having.Mr. 1". \\\ kcnshaw accept the presidency of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce. It is an admirable choice not only because Mr. Renshaw's position as head of the Xantahala National Forest gives him many valuable contacts, but also because he has a habit of doing well whatever lie undertakes. How well he will, handle this job will depend, however, largely on the cooperation he receives from the community. As business men and others ponder what cooper ation, financial and otherwise, they will give the local chamber of commerce this year, thev would do well to take into consideration that this year's president is a man who is engaged in no business, and therefore cannot possibly benefit, directly or indirectly, by his efforts toward a better and grow ing community. He will be repaid for his efforts 'only in the satisfaction of doing a community service. They might well ponder, too. the fact that no financial donation they may make to the organiza tion is likely to be as large as the one the presi dent will make, in time and thought and effort. Our American Civilization Some present-day American definitions : Realism : A lot of sex. Odd Character: The person who plays neither Bridge NOR Canasta. ' Expert : The man we assume must have all the answers because he says he has. Intolerant Person: One who states his convic tions as emphatically as we assert our own. Dangerous Subversive: Anybody who tries to think about the international situation instead of merely feeling about it. Damnsocialist (it's become one word as much as damnyankee once was in the South) : All the Tru man-Fair Deal group, plus everybody who doubts that the free enterprise system was handed down from on high. ? Letters 'THE BEST COMMUNITY' Dear Mr. Jones: What would be the outstanding qualities of the best com munity in the world? In this country, thank heaven, the community is its inhab itants. The community, like the chain, is only as strong as its weakest link. If we make a slight change in your question, "What would bs the outstanding qualities of the inhabitants of the best com munity in the world?" the answer is in Luke 10:30-37: The Good Samaritan 1. Recognized the wea|c link and had compassion. 2. Rendered first aid. 3. Continued remedial work as long as he could. 4. Made necessary arrangements to care for the situation until the weak link' was no longer a community liability. Yours sincerely, L. C. (MRS. JAMES H.) HOWE. Highlands, N. C. March 15, 1952. i ? i ..... NEED AUDITORIUM AND GYMNASIUM Dear Mr. Jones: ? Your recent editorial relative to an auditorium for Franklin and Macon County is timely and appropriate. We need1 such a structure, and it ought to have a seating capacity of 1,500 or 2,000. While we are talking about an auditorium, In the same breath let us remember a very urgent need for a gymnasium for Franklin High school. In following our basketball and foot ball teams from town to town during the fall and winter, our last trip was to the little community of Stecoah, In Oraham county. I was surprised, pleasantly, by the splendid school Continued On Fife Twelve ? OUR DEMOCRACY b,Mrt CALL TO ACTION * Produce! pro docs! were it the pitifulest INFINITESIMAL FRACTION OF A PRODUCT, PRODUCE IT IN HEAVENS NAME! ' WHATSOEVER THV HAND FINDETH TO DO, PO IT WITH ALL THY MIGHT.'" ? THOMAS CAXLYLE ^ ' TS/ Americans have carried out that injunction qf carlyles A NO MORE THAN ANY OTHER PEOPLE THEY HAVE PROSPERED. Under, a system that rewards individual effort and ?NITIATIVE, THAT PROVIDES PLANTS AND MACHINES THROUGH THE INVESTMENT OF THE PEOPLES SAVINGS AND LIFE INSURANCE FUNDS, THE PR.OOUQ. T/V/TY OF OUR. DEMOCRACY /S THE ENVY ? ANP THE HOPE ? OF THE WOfZLD. ? Others' Opinions THE WAV TO STOP IT ... If we want less spending in government we must forego the handouts. And the way to stop them is to write our con gressmen and tell them to halt them. It isn't easy to stop the gravy train and it takes a lot of willpower to get off once you're a passenger. But stop it we must, and get off we must. America was built by hard working hands ? not hands up turned for handouts. ? San Marino (Calif.) Tribune. DARK HORSE HAS CHANCE ... In the meantime, a great many people seem to think that the only question is whether the GOP candidate will be Taft or Eisenhower ? that one of the two is a cinch. That is not so. There is definite possibility that the strength of one will offset the strength of the other ? a case of the irresistible force meeting the immovable object ? and that neither one can get the needed 601 convention votes as a result. Then a mo.re or less dark horse would be tapped by the weary delegates. It has happened before, when two strong candidates cancelled each other out. Such hopefuls as Warren and Stassen are doubtless hoping it will happen again. ? Crookston (Minn.) Times. ? ? ? ? ? WATCHING THEIR MONEY The news from Florida winter resarts is bad for Florida, but good for the rest of the country. The tourists are there, but all of them except those who can afford the luxury hotels (now filled to capacity) are watching their money. Lesser places than the big luxury palaces are feeling the competition of lower priced hotels and motels and merchants and amusement vendors are complaining of "penny pinching." From the standpoint 6f the country as a whole there could not be a more wholesome picture, than that of a people with money but careful about getting value received for it ? even if it does call for some revision of "values" in Florida. ?Raleigh News and Observer. STRICTLY PERSONAL By WEIMAR JONES These are the opinions of one man ? and he may be wrong: Franklin, in the next five years, will grow much faster than it has in the last five. Highlands, in the same period, will realize that it has two things, and only two things, to sell ? climate and scenery; and It will find, when it gets around to really trying to sell thejn, that the buyers are almost without limit. Both of these things will hap pen, If? There are two qualifications: Qualification No. 1 : The growth of Franklin -and High lands can be stopped; the way to do It Is for their leaders to be so greedy tbey can't see to morrow's dollar for grabbing at today's nickel. No. 2. Unless the entire Macon County community does some thing about keeping Its young people, the towns AND the county may dry up and blow away. This county has only begun to farm. Thanks to the ideas of a few agricultural leaders, plus the fact the farmer had the good sense to take and test those ideas, the farmer prob ably is the most prosperous man in the county today. He started freeing himself from poverty when he started farm ing by KNOW instead of b> GUESS. Sure, there'll be a lot of downs along with the ups but the green pastures pro gram, together with other in telligent methods, is revolution izing mountain agriculture. We've barely scratched the surface, on tourists and on farming ? yes, and on progress too. * * ? I'm fed up with the idea thai the South, or North Carolina off Macon County are progres sive in direct proportion as thej become exactly like every othei section of the country. The idea doesn't make sens< for a lot of reasons. One reason It doesn't is thai the rest of the country hasn'l found the final answer In cre ating the good life for the mosl people ? not by a long shot, II Continued On Pmge Twelve ? I I !? M?-|l Business Making News ? By BOB SLOAN This week I would like to digress completely from the subject of business and Indulge in what Is fast becoming one of America's popular sports (indoor, that Is) ? political spec ulation and commentary. First there is a lot being said about President Truman's book which was actually compiled by William Hillman. I don't feel capable of passing judgment on the whole work, but there was a paragraph in there contain ing a comment by the President to which I would like to say Amen in bold face type a thou sand times over: "Where there is corruption there are always the corrupters. We must find a way to make the corrupter as guilty legally as the one who is corrupted. . . . There is nothing I detest so much as a crooked politician or corrupt government official. But the type of businessman who is a fixer is even lower in my esti mation." The above statement contains a lot of the answers to those who want to know how can we clean up the government. Guess that the above comes under the head of political commentary, so now I believe I will indulge in a little specu lation. I am going to get way out on a limb and predict that the Republican nominees for President and Vice-president will be Eisenhower and Warren and that Stevenson and Russell will head the Democratic tick et. Looking back at that I guess that it is only wishful- thinking because?" if they head the tick ets I think the American peo ple will have the four best men to choose from that they have had in my life time. If you have read this far and want to count back, I was born in 1917. Fur thermore I believe the Demo cratic platform Will contain a modified civil rights program which Dick Russell can support. As to the winner, my guess is that it would Be very close with the party in power being able to hold on by a scant margin so close in fact that the elec tion will be in doubt for several days. Now what will probably hap pen will be none of these men will even be on the ticket. It is hard to tell in these topsy turvy days when Eisenhower, a conservative, is backed by the liberal element in his party, and Dick Russell, whose voting rec ord (and that's the real test' is as liberal as any potential nominees, is backed by the con servatives. Kenneth Young Is Given Promotion To Corporal Kenneth Young, stationed with the air force at Sheppard Field, Tex., recently was pro moted to corporal, it has been learned here. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wymer Young, of Franklin, Route 4. Do You Remember? (Looking backward through the files of The Press) 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Dyed Eggs; Easter bonnets; next Sunday is Easter. Atty. Henry Robertson went to Jackson county Wednesday on legal business. The continual cold weather has kept back peach blooms, We may have a peach crop in consequence. Attorneys F. S. Johnson and Kope Elias returned last Thurs day from Graham court. 10 YEARS AGO Mrs. O. E. Young and son, ! Earle, left Tuesday for New 1 York City on a purchasing trip > far Wits' End Gift shop. (High lands item). Homer Collier, of Route 1, was ' surprised last week to find that ' one of his Rhode Island Reds . had laid an egg which looked more like an overgrown peanut > about three Inches long. If you ' don't believe It, see it in The k Press window. Miss Helen Patton, head of the art department of Western Carolina Teachers college, vis ited her father, Robert Patton, last week.
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