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Che JtfntttkJht ^rtss anil / (The Highlands jHarmtian Second class mall privileges authorised at Franklin. N. O. Puollshed every Thursday by The Franklin Press Telephone 24 Established in 1886 as The Franklin Press Member N. C. Press Association, National Editorial Association. Carolinas Press Photographers Association. Charter member. National Conference of Weekly Newspaper Editors BOB S SLOAN Publisher and WEIMAR JONES J P BRADY MRS ROBERT BRY SON ... MRS BOB SLOAN . CARL P CABE CHARLES WHITTINGTON FRANK A STARRETTE O E CRAWFORD HOWARD JOHNSON E CLEVE KINGSBERRY . . DAVID SUTTON Advertising Manager Editorial Editor News Editor Office Manager Society Editor Operator Machinist Operator Compositor Pressman Sterotyper Salesman Commercial Printer SUBSCRIPTION RATES INSIDE MACON liwnii One Year $3 00 Six Months 2.00 Three Months ... 125 Two Years 5.25 Three Years . ? ? 7 50 One Year $3 50 Six Months 2.25 Three Months , 150 Two Years 6.25 Three Years 9 00 THURSDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1958 Achievement The good food, the good feeling, the good sports manship in competition ? these, alone, make it an enviable privilege to he a guest at an "Achievement Day" program of Macon Home Demonstration Club women. ? Beyond that, there is achievement. > Progress, anywhere, is best seen by contrast. The best way to realize how this community has grown is to go away a while, and then come back again. And the best way to appreciate what these farm women have achieved is to contrast last week's program with those of a decade ago. Progress may be seer, in a dozen wa)-s ? the score sheets, the demonstrations, the Very dresses the women wear. Most remarkable, though, is some thing less tangible. The old kindliness and gentle ness so characteristic of Macon women are still there. But they have replaced the shyness and even awkwardness some of them once felt with a quiet poise and a graciousness that would do credit to any group of women anywhere. Another Angle Under the state's new compulsory automobile liability insurance law, every vehicle on the road must he insured ; and the careless drivers are forc ing the insurance rates up. That hits you and me. But there's another angle to the situation. The .state may be hit, too. "To illustrate: This year there was a drop of more than 2 per cent in the number of automobile and truck license tags sold in Macon County. That is, one automobile owner out of every 50 stored his car, presumably because he would not or could not pay for liability insurance. Now the insurance rate has gone up, and unless carelessness on the road is curbed, it will continue to go up. Will that mean more and more cars stored? If it ?does, the state stands to lose not only the revenue from the sale of license tags for those cars, but the far Jarger revenue from the tax on gas those cars won't use. Ain't Progress Grand! Scientists in California have come up with a new garden spray, says a news story. It's not for bugs or beetles or blight. It's for smog. And smog, in case you didn't know, is "ozone and oxidized hydro-carbons" ; that is, air, mist, ?smoke, and poison carbons. California's truck crops tised to be worth 5 mil lion dollars a year. Then smog came along and ruined their market value. For smog burns and bronzes the leaves of truck vegetables. But, now, thanks to science, California truck farmers have a remedy. They spray their^yegetables with Ozoban ; that "ascorbic acid antioxidant" is absorbed by the plants' cells; and lo! they are green again. Ain't progress grand ! First it creates smog. Then it finds a way to. keep the smog from de stroying the plant life that was doing fine before we had the progress. ? P. S. Story didn't mention a spray for human lungs. Lots of complaints have been made about the condition of our Macon County courthouse. But it remained for a former resident, who had business at the courthouse while here on a recent visit, to put it in a brand new way: "It's an offense in the nostrils of civilization I" . . , That's right; he meant it stinks. "Whatdaya Mean, 'Out'? That's Only Three Strikes" Exploiters Of Compassion (Christian Science Monitor) A long, low, chromiumed car drove well past the house and stopped. It dropped a young man on crutches who swung himself back along the road, up the path, and to the door. "Good morning!" he said. "'And how are you this fine morn ing? May I step Inside and explain an interesting plan to you?" The householder, long and sadly experienced, replied pleas antly, but asked, "First, won't you tell me what you are sell ing?" "Nothing," replied the young man. "I am a handicapped veteran, and I want to tell you how to help me get votes to start me up in a business for which I am well qualified." Half hating himself, the householder said "no" with all the kindness and firmness he could muster. And the next morn ing he read how federal agents had arrested a ring for ex ploiting handicapped veterans in a fraudulent subscription "racket." These exploiters were not connected with any of the well established veterans' organizations. The incident is related only to dramatize one way the unscrupulous heartlessly play upon a natural public sympathy. For a long time after every war these vultures soar above the disabled veterans in par ticular. But some money-raising methods of even the most respec table veterans' organizations have raised questions. And it is well that Congress has been looking into them. The investi gating committee Is urging a law which will require: that at least half of any money raised by the device of selling "un ordered merchandise" shall go to the stated charitable purpose; that no groups using such a device shall sell "sucker lists" of those responding; and that all veterans' organizations shall amend their charters to place all public contributions in trust funds and make annual financial reports to Congress. For the sake of self-respecting veterans and the always compassionate but often gullible public, Congress should do no less. It Wasn't The Amount Of Money (MorgAton News-Herald) Alabama's Governor James E. Folsom was wise in commut ing to life imprisonment the death sentence of an illiterate Negro handyman convicted of a $1.95 robbery. Justice, like almost everything else, is a relative term, but it seems to be best served by saving 55-year old Jimmy Wilson from the electric chair. This is the case which brought protests from throughout STRICTLY PERSONAL ?? wqma* jones W A. Curtis, long-time editor of this newspaper, was a man of keen discernment, as readers of the 66-years-ago items in The Press must have observed. Back In 1893. for example, when a Macon man left here to seek his fortune In another town. Mr. Curtis duly reported the de parture. and then commented: "We wish him contentment and prosperity In his new situ ation ? but look for his return to Macon ere long." That remark recalled the old story about the Maconian who got In trouble with the law: was haled Into court, tried, and con victed: and. when the time came for imposition of sentence, was given an option by the judge: Go to jail or leave the state. He left the state. . But in a matter of Tveeks, he was back home, and put in his appearance at the sheriff's office. The soft-hearted sheriff reproach ed him: "What are you doing back here? You know I have no choice but to put you In jail and make you serve your term. If you'd Just stayed away two years, like the judge told you. you could have come back and been a free man." "I know", was the prompt re ply. "I had all that figured out before I came back. But I de cided I'd rather be in jail in Ma con County than free somewhere else." . Those illustrations of the pull Macon County has on its sons and daughters were brought to mind by a letter I received the other day from a young woman in a distant state. Normally, we never publish a letter in The Press unless the the world when Wilson was sentenced to die. So great was the flow of protests from other nations that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles transmitted them to Governor Folsom. They did not, we hope, have anything to do with the Gov ernor's decision. There was far more to the case than a simple $1.95 robbery. The convicted man forced his way into the living quarters of a woman whom he attempted to assault during a robbery. This is one of the more heinous crimes in society's catalogue. North Carolina makes first degree burglary ? the Invasion of an occupied home for the purpose of robbery ? a capital crime. The fact that Jimmy Wilson got less than $2 Is incidental, and the fact that It did not result in murder was a fortunate happenstance. That the Negro did not get a much larger sum is because it wasn'fr there. Other countries, victimised by propaganda into believing that a man's life was to be taken solely because he stole $1.95, failed to understand that he was convicted of committing one of the most serious crimes In the statutes. Society, through its laws, must protect as sacred the occu pants of homes and especially women who are alone. Such robberies must carry severe punishment by the very nature of the offense. But in the Alabama case, the intelligence and nature of the man seemed to make him entitled to something less than the electric chair. But to make it appear that he was simply a petty offender is nothing less than tommyrot. ' Letters Thanks From Flyers We, the Florida Air pilots Association, hereby extend our thanks and gratitude to the citizens of Franklin, North Car olina, for the kindness and hospitality we enjoyed during the "First Pilots Ruby Rendezvous" and look forward to a return trip to your beautiful country and your unsurpassed hospital ity. We hesitate to name any one person, there were so many who contributed to the success of our fly-in, we would be sure to miss some who surely deserves credit. With this in mind, we say thanks to each and every one of you. I might add that it makes me proud to call Franklin my second home town. With warmest personal regards, V. H BURT, Cruise Director. Florida Air* Pilots Assn. Miami, Fla>. t'WCRES SA Y ' MS' , Are Women, Who Now Outlive Men, Also Inheriting The Earth? if,. (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is from a speech, delivered by Mr. Spearman, University of North Carolina journalism professor, at Chautauqua, N. Y.) Women are inheriting the earth ! In the first place, women are outliving men ? by some six years. They live to be 73. We men car) only expect to reach 67. That, In turn, means that women are out numbering us. Back in 1930 men outnumbered women In the U. S. by a million and a half. Today there are a million and a half more women. There are seven .jnllllon widows, so we can't even absorb all these extra women by marrying them. When did this rather terrifying trend begin? Back around 1900 the American woman out-lived the American male by only two years and ten months, but she pulled steadily ahead until now she has the six-year advantage. If this keeps up long enough, we males won't even live long enough to get married. Five times as many men as wo men die of stomach and Intestinal ulcers, attributable, at least in part, to excessive tension. (After all, why should women die of ulcers ? they are married to men.1 Three times as many men as i women commit suicide every year l ? but, it might be added, more women try to kill themselves ? but skillfully avoid it. They seem to know Just how many sleeping pills they can safely take or Just how long to leave the gas turned on. Heart diseases kill 100,000 more men than women every year ? per haps because we foolish men keep breaking our hearts over some woman. Deaths from cancer are five per cent higher for men than women: and the cancer rate for women is falling. Medical authorities usually give two reasons for woman's greater hardihood. In the first place, wo man Is biologically stronger be cause Nature has fitted her for the bearing of children and main taining the race. In the second place, woman is psychologically better able to cope with the press ures of our competitive society in this age of anxiety. We men bottle up our worries and try to pose as strong and unafraid males who can cope with any situation ? from catching a mouse to launch ing a sputnik. Woman pours out her worries In tears, tempers, let ters to the editor ? or In long drawn-out telephone conversations with her dearest friend. Women are moving steadily Into the business world and frequently leaving husband at home to oper ate the vacuum cleaner, the wash ing machine and the outdoor oven on the Great American patio, where men are rapidly becoming "The new servant class." "You are so good with machinery." she tells the unsuspecting male. Now "togetherness" is a fine concept, but it doesn't necessarily mean togetherness over the cookstove and dishwasher. Back in 1830 less than a fifth of American women were in the labor force. Today over a third are at work outside the home. Three out of every ten married women are working ? and two out of every five mothers whose youngest child Is of school age. A research team from the Uni versity of Michigan discovered that four out of ten husbands in the average American home get their own breakfasts and help with the dishes after supper, but only one out of seven helps dust or clean the house. But the revolution In the home is minor compared to the revolu tion in the field of politics. Ameri can males have not yet realized that women can take over politics any day they want to. For the first time in 1956 women voters were actually In the majority. The Census Bureau estimated there were roughly 4V4 million more women than men of voting age. Will women assume the political power they can assume? Will major political decisions no longer be made In barrooms, hotel rooms I. nun / with drawn shades, or around the stove in the country store ? but in beauty parlors beneath the haii dryers, around the afternoor bridge tables or at the PTA? Ir 1960 will the women decide to pul in as President Eleanor Roosevell or Senator Margaret Chase Smitt or Marilyn Monroe? They decide what we eat anc how much. And if they suddenlj go on a diet, we find ourselves eating cottage cheese, lettuce anc brown bread. Men may read a book from th( "Literary Guild," but it's the woman who sends in the famil] subscription. Who do you suppost put "Peyton Place" and "By Lov< Possessed" at the top of the besi seller lists? Men may talk about educatlona policies but It's the woman whe teaches school and runs the PTA Mr. Oallup and Mr. Roper ma] run the public opinion polls, bu it's women like Mrs. Oallup anc Mrs Roper who set the publii opinion. Men may run for publii office, but It's the League 01 Women Voters that prods out thi voters On election day. Women are indeed inheritlnt the earth ? but what are the] going to do with this earth the; are Inheriting so rapidly? Eve ha< only one small garden, but. wit! the help of a serpent, she changec the world of her day. Now womei have the whole earth to work with. writer is willing (or his name to I appear with the communication < This one. though, is too apropos to pass up. i "You can drop a hint to the ' young people in Franklin", the ' letter read, "that if they have 1 any sense, they'll stay in Frank- ? lin. Instead of running off to the l big cities as soon as they get out 1 of school. I "Please don't mention my name if you put any of'*his in The I Press, because I don't want cer- l tain people to know that I'd give I anything to be back there now. I said I'd be glad when I could i get away from Franklin for | good, and they said: "You'll come back as soon as you can. if you , leave." I denied it strongly then. , but now I plan to go back as soon as I can ? by next summer, j I hope!" Franklin needs recreational fa cilities, she points out. comment- | ing: "If Franklin had a bowling . aljey. skating rink, and a place for dances. Clayton and Sylva wouldn't get all the teen-agers' money." ? Then she gives her reaction to life in the city: "You can't make any racket 'cause you're afraid you'll disturb the neighbors; can't turn the TV or radio up, for fear you'll wake the man downstairs or across the hall, who works at night ? and . will come complaining: can't wash because someone's got all the clothes lines full. And every time you cook a meal. It's open cans that come from the grocery store. "People in Franklin can live just as well on a small income as people here do on a big one, be cause of the big difference in the cost of rent, groceries, clothes, and everything else. My husband makes $248 a month, and we bare ly get by. If Dad made that much at home, he'd probably be able to put $70 of it In the bank. "Gosh! people who live in the country don't know how lucky they are ? especially those who live in or near Franklin." That's the experience of one young person who could hardly wait to get away from Macon County. Yet next spring, when there's another big crop of Macon grad uates from high school and col lege, moat of them will go else where to seek their fortunes. A few of those who leave will lo so because they must, if they want work in their lines. But most ?rill leave because they want to leave. They'll be kidding them selves when they say "there's nothing to do in Franklin: they don't know, because they haven't Dothered to look. What's the reason for this atti tude? There are. of course, many reasons; but here are two impor tant ones: First, both at home and at school, we are giving our young people false standards. Second, we have neglected to teach them that opportunity is everywhere; that when a person fails to find it where he is, the trouble is likely to be Within himself. The proof of that is the num ber of persons from elsewhere who have come to Franklin, and found and exploited the opportun ities that were here all the time, but that we who live here over look. To cjte Just three of many illustrations: Mayor W. C. Burrell came to Franklin with nothing ? and . seems to have done fairly well. And Donald C. Smith and E. S. Purdom. starting very small, in a few years have built businesses that are nationally known. UNCLE ALEX'S SAYIN'S They's just one thing: worse n a frown ? a smile that ain't meant. Some of these old folks act mighty young. Well, that ain't no cause for surprise ? that's why they lived to be old. Some o' them that come a visitin' must think a welcome is like an all-day sucker . . . just lasts and lasts. 'Cause he answered that hard question them two women asked him, Solomon is called wise. Shucks! women's questions ain't no test. What we'd like to know is how he'd answer some of the questions the kids ask. DO YOU REMEMBER? Lookin; Backward Through the Files of The Press 65 TEARS AGO THIS WEEK <1893) J. P. Angel and son Green went to Hayesville Sunday to be at court with a load of saddles and harness ol their own manufacture. The Greensboro Normal and Industrial School (now Wom an's College ? Editor) for young women has opened with about 350 students. We regret to note that Mr. Wm. Guess has been very sick for several days. He joined the Episcopal Church last week. We hope he may soon recover. 25 YEARS AGO (1933) The second annual community fair of the Cartoogechaye section will be held at the Slagle school October 20. The Bank of Franklin has been authorized to make a ten per cent payment, or dividend, on deposits "frozen" since the institution closed during the banking panic which spread over Western North Carolina in the fall of 1930. 10 YEARS AGO The first successful television demonstration in Macon County was conducted last week end at -High Haven", Wayah Bald camp of Gilmer A. Jones. The demonstration was spon sored by T. T. Freck, of Freck Radio and Supply Company, Asheville, and Frank Martin, of Martin Electric Company, Franklin. Good pictures were received from the WSB tele vision station in Atlanta, an estimated 118 airline-miles away. Science For You By BOB BROWN I ? ibTH w-s _ M > PROBLEM: Make dancing moth balls. NEEDED: Moth balls, baking soda, vinegar, and a tall glass | of water. DO THIS: Mix soda with the water, dissolving It until the moth balls will sink very slowly In the solution. Pour In some vinegar, and stir slightly. The moth balls will rise to the sur ' (ace, and go down again, keeping this up-and-down dancing f motion for a long time. J HERE'S WHY: The acid vinegar an|l the alkaline soda i water combine and release a gas, carbon dioxide. The gas j forms bubbles on the moth balls, making them lighter than i the solution. They rise to the top, some of their bubbles are t lost, and they sink again until covered with more bubbles. Copr. '58 Oen'l Features Corp. TM-World Rights Rsvd. t
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