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By WEIMAR JONES
to know what items he owes me I
for. and how much per item. If |
that be true, then it would be good
business for business houses to !
follow that procedure.
There is another side to that j
coin, though; one most of us are
likely to forget
When I go to a local merchant,
buy something, ^and ask him to i
charge it. I am really making a j
promise to pay for it. Futhermore.
since it is customary to pay bills,
the first of the month. I am also I
promising to pay him next month: !
I am. that is. unless I make (
definite, specific arrangements for
longer terms.
Yet how many of us are Careful
to make payments to the finance
company on our automobile or
television promptly on time, but
let the bills we owe our local I
merchants drag for 60 01 90 days, !
or even six. nine or twelve months! ;
When a lot of us do that, what
happens to the merchants? He
has to go to the bank and borrow
money to operate on. paying inter- j
est oh the loan because we are j
using money that really belongs |
to him.
It isn't quite fair, is it? It isn't
really honest. Ytt. there are hun- i
dreds of Macon County ;>ejpl<
vho. give them time, alway pay |
their bills, but who thoughllessb i
Indulge in this form of dishonesty,
keeping money thit he Ion- 1 o
somebody eke longer than they
have any right to.
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,We at The Press had n pleisant, i
surprise some weeks ago, in the
form of a letter from Henry
Gribble, of Tacoma. Wash., sub- .
scribing for The Press.
"I left Franklin 51 years. 3 go :
last March", he wrote. "About I
time for me to hear what's going
on. . .
So it is. And we'd like to see j
Mr. Gribble's face and hear his
comments as he compares, via |
The Press, the village of 1906 with j
the Franklin of today.
No. 1
chapter She has turned to. ]
Afterward, she meditates on it
and tries to understand the
meaning of what she has read.
Does she have a favorite j
verse?
"Yes, I do, only it's two verses
instead of one. One of them is
John 3:16, 'For God so loved
the world. . .*
"The other one is from John,
too, only I don't remember
Which chapter. It is, 'And ye
shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free'."
Left on the kitchen table from
her morning devotional was
Miss Stanfield's Bible. When
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Gets Bible
"When I was a little girl I
was given a booklet containing
the Book of John. The instruc- i
tions said if I would choose a '
favorite verse and send it to a
certain address I would be giv
en a Bible. The Lord laid that
verse, about the truth shall
make you free, on my heart and
I've never forgotten It."
Miss Stanfield has enjoyed '
perfect health all her life. She j
attributes this to heavenly care. .
"Of course," she said, "we can't
speak for tomorrow. I mean I've j
been blessed with wonderful ? (
health so far."
Another Record
There's a second attendance , ,
record owned by this Cullasaja
woman. In her years of work
at tne Van Raalte plant in
Franklin (she worked there un
til last J uly i , she never missed |
a day because of sickness. j ?
Miss Stanfield's Bible lay I ,
open when she was interviewed 1 ,
The Psalm she had been read- j t
ing that morning seemed ap- 1
propriate. The first Psalm, it |
begins: i,
?"'Blessed is the man that
walketh not in the counsel of
the ungodly, nor standeth in
the way of sinners, nor sitteth
in the seat of the scornful.
"But his delightl is in the law
of the Lord; and in His law ]
doth he meditate day and
night. .. . ? ,
No, 2
length by members of the Frank
lin delegation.
Mr. Quattlebaum said his com
pany wanted to drop the bus be
cause of a loss of revenue by 1
Smoky Mountain Stages on all '
routes.
"We feel we can no longer rea
der, the service and bear the loss," ]
he declared.
The bus company's, lawyer sub
mitted financial statements and
some breakdowns of losses in
curred on the Franklin-Asheville
run to support the vice-president's
statement.
Leases Open
Questioned by the local dele
gation about the possibility of
leasing the bus franchise to some
one else in order to provide ser
vice. Mr. Quattlebaum said Smoky
Mountain Stages wo.uld be willing
to give leases from Franklin to
Bryson, Franklin to Sylva, Frank
lin to Highlands, and Franklin to
Murphy.
However, it was his personal
opinion that such arrangements
would not be profitable.
Pressed about a Franklip-Ashe
ville franchise lease for the same
hours as those of the morning
bus in question, he^said the com
pany would "definitely not" con
sider it.
Testifies
As a witness, Mrs. Ray Mc
Intire, of V ranklin, testified that
discontinuance of the morning bus
will mean she will have to give
up her job in Sylva. She said she
rides the bus regularly to work.
Others from Franklin in the dele
gation included Mayor W. C. Bur
Tell, Verlon Swafford, president
of the chamber of commerce,
Weimar Jones, eidtor of The Press,
iJ. P. Brady, news editor of The
Press, R. E. MeKelvey, and Charles
Potts.
A delegation from Candler also
joined the local group in protest
ing the change on the grounds
that many who depend on the
bus would be without transporta
tion to and from their jobs.
The bus in question leaves
Franklin at 5:50 a. m. and arrives
In Asheville at 8:15 a. m. It leaves
Asheville at 5.45 p. m? arriving
here at 8.
here at 8
Should the change go through,
this would leave Franklin with
' one other bus during the day fcr
Asheville. This leaves here at 11:10
am, allowing a rider little more
than two hours in Asheville before |
having to return or remain there
j until the following day.
3; van Is Transferred
William J. Bryan, assistant U.
I R. Forest Ranger here since July,
1954, has been transferred to
Pisgah National Fprest where he
will serve in the same capacity.
The new job is considered a
promotion, according to Ranger
j William L. Nothstein.
The Bryans, who made their
home on Iotla. were active in com
munity affairs and were member.,
of the Iotla Methodist Church.
They have four children, all boys
Their new home will be in p.
Kovernment-owned house on the
Davidson River.
Whitmire Is Named
E. J. Whitmire, Jr., a former
; vocational agricultural teacher
at Franklin High School now
; In the construction business,
| has been appolntVd to the
Committee of 100 for Better
Schools.
The appointment was made
by the North Carolina State
School Boards Association. Pur
pose of the committee to aid
school legislation In the current
general assembly. Mr. Whitmire
will represent Macon County.
Jackie Ann
Is Improving;
Fund Started
Fifteen-year-old Jackie ArMi
Cabe was reported as improv
ing yesterday (Wednesday) at
Duke Hospital, Durham, from *
tumor operation performed Fri
day.
Meanwhile, a "Jackie Ann
Cabe Fund" is growing locally
and at last reports more than
$100 had been raised. A $50 gift
raised through the Darling
Beauty Shop in Franklin was !
sent to Jackie Ann on .Monday
and the Holly Springs Baptist
Church is said to have collected
a sizable amount.
Jackie Ann is the daughter
of Mr: and Mrs. Jack Cabe, of
the Holly Springs Community.
Last year she under went a
serious stomach operation here.
Do Sugarfork Tax
Figures Show Trend?
If the figures for Sugarfork I
rownship are indicative, Macon"
County won't get the additional
million dollars on the taxbooks
this year it has hoped for.
Raymond W Wood, taxlister
for that township, said this
week increased valuations there
amounted to only S5,200..
At a late-December meeting
it the tax listers, Tax Super
visor Lake V. Shope said he
was looking for an additional
million dollars to go on the
oooks in this revaluation yeor.
Amounts of increase for the
county's 10 other townships are i
not available.
Only 1 Week Left
For '57 Tag Buying
Owners have but one more j
week to purchase 1957 North
Carolina vehicle registration
plates,
Verlon Swafford, branch man
ager for the Carolina Motor
Club in Franklin, said tag sales
here are running behind last
year but he attributes this to
the fact that the club has an
office in Sylva this year. For
the past few years, he said, a
number of Jackson County resi
dents purchased tags here.
Deadline for putting on the
new tag is Feb. 15.
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