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(lit* fflxnnklin tz* and Che JJigkia nils Jttarxmiatt Second class mall privilege* authorized at Franklin, N. C. Puoiished every Thursday by The Franklin Press Telephone 24 WBIMAR JONES Editor BOB 8. SLOAN Advertising Manager J. P. BRADY News Editor -Photographer SfcOLFE NKILL Reporter 1IRS. ALLEN SILER Society Editor -Office Manager MRS. MARION BRYSON Proofreader CARL P. CASE . . . Operator-Machinist FRANK A. STARRETTE Compositor CHARLES E. "WHITTINOTON Pressman O. E. CRAWFORD Stereotyper DAVID H. SUTTON . . ? . . . . Commercial Printer SUBSCRIPTION RATES Outbids Macon Countt Inside Macon County One Year $3.00 One Year $2.30 Six Months . . . 1.75 'Six Months . . , . 1.7S Three Month* . . 1.00 Three Months .... 1.00 w ' Two Years 5.25 Two Years ..... 4.25 Three Years .' 7.50 Three Years fl.OO FEBRUARY 14, 1957 Pride And Shame Attention- is called to the letter on this page from the staff of the Mountain Echo, Franklin High School newspaper. It will he read hy most citizens, surely, with mix ed emotions ? pride and shame. Pride at the atti tude of most of the students, as voiced by the news paper staff. And shame that adults must be re minded by children what is good sportsmanship. Perhaps the humiliation "of having the school put on probation will serve to remind us adults that our own entertainment and our own selfish desire for victory are not the primary reasons for high .school athletics. 3 That Are Basic As the North Carolina General Assembly this . -week gets into full swing, the legislators face many important and complex problems. Three of those .problems, it seems to us, are basic. Those three are taxes, education, and legislative ^representation. v. TAXES North Carolina's tax structure is a patchwork, with many injustices written into it. It needs revis ing. And there can be no doubt of the ability and sincerity of the men who made up the Tax Study Commission that has recommended a program of revision. Few laymen have either the time or the know how to dissect the program and pass on individual items. Most laymen, though, are in position to pass intelligent judgment on the approach to the prob lem. In levying taxes, the only right approach, it would seeni, is to "put first emphasis on fairness to all. Well, this commission frankly put its first em phasis on something else ; its first objective is a tax law that will prove attractive to industry. No fair-minded person believes a corporation should be "soaked" just because it is a corporation : ;nor will anybody argue with the desirability of ?making this state attractive to the right kind of industries. On the other hand, does it make sense to use ' taxes to encourage and reward a particular group? Remember! once you start that, it is easy to re verse the process and use taxes to discourage and penalize a particular group? even to destroy it-. How far the commission went in over-emphasiz ing an industry-attractive tax structure at the ex pense- of equity is illustrated by a single instance: For years, North Carolina state officials and leg islators have admitted a tax injustice that hi,ts most of us. North Carolina levies an income tax on that portion of your income and mine that we pay to the federal government in income tax. In the case of an employe, the federal tax is deducted from his pay check. In other words, North Carolina citi zens must pay a state income tax on money they have never seen. Everybody agrees it isn't right. The only excuse, all these years, has been that the State needed the money. Vet the commission plan would make in dustries a gift of 8 million in t&x dollars; ? and leave this injustice to individual citizens on the books ! EDUCATION How much can North Carolina afford to spend i>n education? The details of the answer to that question must be worked out in Raleigh ? frankly, we don't know. But we do know that North Caro lina c^n't afford to be stingy with education. s If we are to have a successful democratic gov* ernment, we must provide the best possible public schools, so. that every citizen can be educated for his responsibilities as a citizen. And if we are go ing to have leaders worthy of the name, we must have the finest possible institutions of higher learn ing. That has always been true. Every advance, eco nomic or otherwise, that this state has made has followed an advance in education. And each time we lagged in education, we have gone backward in other fields ? as we are now. Today, there is another reason why we cannot afford to have less than the best in education. The free world is engaged in a life-and-death struggle with totalitarianisnt: Our leaders tell us the strug gle may last for decades or even generations. In that struggle, there is only one field in which the totalitarian world never can overtake us. The one thing that has made America what it is, the one resource that ultimately will decide the struggle is the fruits of the free mind, taught to inquire. LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATION Fair and honest representation in the legislative branch of our state government is essential if we are to solve any of our problems under our present form of government. Representation either is fair and honest or it is unfair and dishonest. And surely it is anything but fair and honest, when, in the state senate ? the legislative chamber that the North Carolina constitution says shall rep resent population alone ? 1/10 of the people easily can out-vote 25 per cent. How can the legislators, until they have cleaned up this festering mess, expect the people to have any confidence in either their judgment or their honesty as they seek to solve other problems? ? Letters - ? j Keeps Him Up To Date Editor, The Press: We enjoy The Press very much. You folks are doing an ex cellent job on keeping us up to date with the home town news. EDGAR QUILLIAMS. Norfolk, Va. Students Appeal To Adults Dear Mr; Jones: As representatives for the students of Franklin High School, we wish to make a few comments concerning the behavior of the adult fans at previous ball games. ?Many people do not realize what the new gym and our reputation mean to us. Although a few students have been at fault, the majority have shown commendable sportsmanship. The referees call the games to the best of their ability and their decision is final. They, like us, are human and make mistakes. Booing and demonstrations on the floor will not favorably change the decision, but could influence the referee to call a technical foul or to forfeit the game to our opponent. Because of the behavior Tuesday night, January 29, we have been placed on a twelve months' probation by the Smoky Mountain Conference Referee Association. As a result of this, any other disorderly conduct will bring drastic measures against the school. Respectfully yours, MOUNTAIN ECHO STAFF, Franklin High School r 1 Others' Opinions (Opinions expressed In this space are not necessarily thoss of Ths Press. Editorials selected for reprinting hers. In fact, srs chosen with a view to presenting a yarlety of viewpoints. They are. that Is. Just whst the caption says ? OTHER* Opinions.) ? It Works Every Time (Amarillo, Globe-Times ) If you want to roll up the window in your car, it's ea$y to tell which way to turn the crank. Just figure which way you think you ought to turn it, then crank it In the opposite di rection. It works every time.. Life Begins At 60 (Shreveport, La., Times) An analysis of the achievements of 400 famous men through out history, including statesmen, painters, soldiers, .poets and writers and a few other categories, comes up with some rather surprising Information as to the age at which great people have achieved their greatness. , According to this study, 35 per cent of the group's greatest achievements came when those concerned were between the ages of 60 and 70; 23 per cent came between the ages of 70 and 80, and 8 per cent at an age greater than 80. Putting it another way, 66 per cent of the world's greatest work by Individuals was done by men past 60 In age! "Okay, Say ?Uncle', Bud" i ^9 E. new tr\ce gouges \ BtU TO ?HP OimviADM PR/C?S J ~hJ Lpn VIEWS . . . By BOB SLOAN Education is one of the two greatest problems facing the world today. The other being the war-peace problem, and the solu tion to it lies in the proper edu cation of the peoples of the earth. In America, certainly, the public schools are the heart of our edu cational system. And the heart of our school system is the individ ual school teacher. Considering the importance of our public school teachers in the future of our country, why don't we pay them more? It is partly because, they, being for the most part a dedicated group, have let us take advantage of them. Certainly a person whom we expect to be mother, father, doc tor, nurse, friend, and advisor as well as teacher for our children should belong in one of the most important and highly paid pro fessions. We seem to realize the import ance because we expect the teacher to fill all the above roles, but we pay much higher for any other type of professional services ren dered. Perhaps you agree with my view but are saying to yourself, "What can I do to see that teachers get more pay?" Here is one suggestion, ? WRITE Write a letter to your state , representative, G. L. Houk; your state senator, Kelly Bennett; your It. governor, Luther Barnhardt, who presides over the state senate; or even your governor, Luther Hodges. Tell them how you feel about this problem of education. Perhaps you agree with me that it is a shame that North Carolina has dropped from 29th place in 1950 to 38th place in 1956 in the amount of average teacher salary paid by the state. Tell the law makers of this state that you ara willing to pay whatever is neces sary to see that your children have as good an opportunity, from an educational viewpoint, as the children of any other state. We can't expect trained teach ers to continue to make the sacri fices necessary under our present pay scale to see that our children get a good education. If teachers' salaries in North Carolina aren't raised, young people in this state are not going to select teaching as a career, simply because, while It may be the field of their choice, they can't make a living at It. And many who have spent consider able money preparing them selves, are going to be forced to leave their hpm? state and go to a state that is willing to pay at least a living wage. The result will be that am children will be taught, In the future, by teachers with less training, but who have more pupils to teach, because there won't be enough trained teachers In North Carolina. Let's write our people In Raleigh and tell them we want to pay our teachers for our children's edu cation and not beg It off them. STRICTLY PERSONAL By WEIMAR JONES Well, I've been flyin' high. Mrs. Jones and I had the pleasure Saturday night of being guests at the annual banquet of the Ashe ville Chamber of Commerce. And it really was it plush affair . . . the sort of thing a country man gets in on only once or twice in a lifetime. But, despite the size of the crowd in the city auditorium; despite the elaborateness of every thing, including outof-this-world evergreen decorations all over the place and mountains of florist flowers; despite the swallow tail coats (I never even owned, much less wore, one) and evening dresses; despite even the candle lighting (there were three times I know of that I shook hands with the same woman, each time hold ing out my hand before I realized I had spoken to her only a moment before* ? despite all these things, X felt at home. I did, first of all, because of the friendliness of the group. It's good to go back, after 11 years, to a place you once lived and find you still have friends there, who seem genuinely glad to see you. And, second, because, twice be fore the evening was over, there were allusions to Macon County. ? * ? The highlight wasn't the at mosphere of pleasant formality or the excellent dinner, but the speaker, C. E. Woolman. President and general manager of the Delta Air Lines, he has a bis job, has been almost everywhere, and has friends in high place in every corner of the world. But, with his long drawl and his homespun ex presskjns, he talks like a country boyrafco never has got the country out The central theme of the meet ing was how to get a modern, all weather airport, and Mr. Woolman drove home the need when he drawlingly told the group: "I drove from Atlanta, because I didn't want to miss being here." He won the sympathy of his audience of mountain folk, too. when he quoted the oft/repeated remark of his father: "A man ought to have two lives: one to make a livin' in, and one to look at the mountains." ? * ? But about Macon County: Commenting on the good fortune of the people who live in the mountains, he told of sitting on a porch in Highlands with a Florida man (must have been a Florida real estate man). The Floridian said: "If we only had one mountain in Florida like that one over there." "If you had", Mr. Woolman interrupted, "you'd sell it for $800 a square inch." The other was a reference to Angel Falls, in Venezuela. The highest waterfall in the world, it was discovered by Jimmie Angel, who had a Macon County back ground. The speaker told of flying to (See Back Page, 1st Section) DO YOU REMEMBER? Looking Backward Through the Files of The Press 60 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK The grip has struck Macon County and the victims f ir>d the old fellow very uncomfortable. Mr. J. Lee Barnard has purchased one acre of land from Solicitor G. A. Jones on the corner of West Main and Georgia streets, and has commenced laying down brick on it in prepa ration to building a handsome brick residence. The price paid for the lot, we learn, was $300. Wm. Shanks is contracting the brick work. We regret to learn that Mr. George .McGaha, a good citizen of Cowee, died Sunday morning. He had an attack of grip that terminated in pneumonia. He Joined the Cowee Baptist Church i in September, 1870, and was a liberal member. 25 YEARS AGO There is another 12-headed potato in the window of The Press office. This one was brought in by J. M. Corbin, of Ellijay. The first one was owned by Turner Enloe, of Car toogechaye. I. T. Peek has leased the Franklin Hotel and Restaurant, operated until recently by C. W. Hames, and is planning to re-open it Saturday under the name of Peek Hotel-Cafe. Brother James Ammons, of MilUhoal Council No. 246, who recently joined the Marines, is stationed at Parrls Island, S. C ? J. O. U. A. M. item. 10 YEARS AGO George B. Patton, 49-year-old Franklin attorney, Tuesday was sworn in as a special superior court judge. He was ap pointed by Governor Cherry. Col. F. W. Kernan, of Highlands, opened the large French doors of his home on Mirror Lake last week, cranked up his Jeep, and drove across the terrace and into the living room for the night. Mrs. Kernan, not relishing the idea of being cut Qff from the village by a frozen | vehicle, conceived the Idea. The temperature was 15 degrees below zero there. Quick action on the part of Fred Sorrells saved the home of Bill Horsley from serious damage by fire Wednesday after noon. Mr. Horsley lives in the Cullasaja community.
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