THE FRANKLIN TIMES I
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A. F. JOHN SOW, Editor and Manager
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Entered at the Postottloe at Louisbnrg, N. C. as second
class mall matter.
Those who are interested in politics ? and that broad
classification must take in about 99 per cent of the popu
lation ? are giving a good deal of thought to whom the
^Republicans will pick to run for the Presidency. That
is a much more important question now than it was in
1936 ? no expert gave the GOP a chance to win then, but
most of the experts think it has a fair chance now, if it
can produce a pleasing candidate and platform.
At the monrent, going by recent potts, Tom Dewey,
racket-buster extraordinary, is far in the lead ? some 45
per cent of the Republicans queried by the Institute fav
or him. Vandenberg and Taft are running second and
third. Then, /ar down the list on a percentage basis,
come Hoover, Landon and Borah.
Interesting ftoint is a strong increase in support for
Vandenberg. Obvious reasons for that are his victories
in the last Congress. He led the successful fight against
amending the Neutrality Act, and was a T)ig factor in
beating the Florida ship canal project. And he has long
advocated denunciation of the 1911 U. S.- Japanese trade
treaty ? a step taken by the State Department a few
weeks ago. He was also much in the public eye because
of his activity in support of various amendments to the
social security act.
Of course, public support doesn't necessarily assure a
candidate's nomination. Both parties are still domina
ted by political machines which think much of their
power and perpetuation and little of p.iblic desires. The
machines aren't so powerful as in the twenties, when
dying Boies Penrose had no difficulty in forcing the Re
publicans to nominate obscure Senator Harding, but
they still control a lot of jobs and they are a force to be
reckoned with. However, if a candidate for either
party's nomination is able to enlist enough public en
thusiasm the machines don't like to take the risk of
fighting him.
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NOTHING FOR NOTHING
"Nothing comes from doing nothing," wrote Shakes
peare.
The Bard of Avon died some three, centuries ago, but
his advice seems more necessary today than ever before.
For the first time, in our American history at least, a
substantial group of citizens have come to believe that
they are entitled to something for nothing. They feel
that the world, as exemplified by their government, owes
them a living. They are quite convinced that no res
ponsibility devolves upon them to save, to work, to
think, to plan.
Well, it is time they learned otherwise. For the coun-~
try has spent billions providing something for nothing,
and about the only result is a tax and debt burden that
is throttling our productiveness, and a new "class"
holding out their hands for more money they did noth
ing to earn. We've squandered a great deal more than
weican afford already, to learn that "Nothing comes
froan doing nothing."
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
Fire, the great destroyer, has been in fine fettle this
summer.
Fire, raging and uncontrolled, has made black and
barren and ugly, thousands of acres of the nation's finest
forest land. Fire has turned pleasant homes into smok
ing piles of debris. Fire has ravaged factories, and ad
ded men and women to the long rolls of the jobless. Fire
has marched irresistibly through farms, killing live
stock, raising buildings, and ruining crops.
A few of th?se fires may be unavoidable. But ^ey
are very few indeed, and so rare as to be hardly worth
mentioning. Eighty per cent of all fires, say the experts,
could have been prevented. They need never have oc
curred. But they did occur ? because someone was
thoughtless, someone was careless, someone was ignor
ant, someone took a chance.
Back of all these fires, great and small alike, lies the
human element. A cigarette butt tossed / rorn a speed
ing car ? a cainp fire not quite extinguished? a clean-up
job left undone till tomorrow ? a vacant lot left to dry,
untended weeds ? these are the things that make fire,
this year, last year, next year.
There can be no recompense for the fires of the past ?
unless it is in a general campaign to prevent the fires of
the futnre. It can be done. It's up to us ? each of us,
as an individual, holds the weapon tlmt will destroy the i
great defcfrbyer.
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THE ACORN AND THE OAK
There hab been such a crusade against so-called big
business for some years past, that many persons get a
?warped idea of^what is big business and what is little
' business.
Where does little business stop and big business be
gin? Should a business be prohibited by law from
growing beyond a certain point? Where should a man's
energies be curtailed? Where should service to the
public be restricted? -
Newspapers recently carried the story of the 24th an
niversary of the Safeway Stores ? the second largest
BETTER ROADS ? Three state* ? California, Michigan and New Hampshire?
adopted coastitutioaal amendments at the last general elect ioos, to prevoat the
diversion of aatomotive tax funds to non-highway parpoaoa. Four other states t
have adopted oMstitutienal bars to diversion, thus assuring motorists of those ?
states that they will get fall value in roads for their taxes.
food retailing organization in the United States. This
institution grew from one man's determination to buy
foodstuffs direct from suppliers, eliminate inbetween
commissions and costs, and pass the savings on to con
sumers.
The founder of Safeway Stores had no subsidies, no
special privileges, no outstanding opportunity ? he just
started a one-horse store based on his ideas of service to
the public, in the little town of American Falls, Idaho.
The rapid expansion of his venture was beyond his own
wildest dreams.
A similar history can be recorded for the J. C. Penney
Co. which started with one store in one of the most
sparsely settled parts of the United States ? Kemmerer,
Wyoming. Similar instances could be cited for Ameri
can businesses and industries too numerous to mention.
Such businesses could not have grown as they have ex
cept as the result of unusual service to the public, for
purchases are purely voluntary. ,
The United States wouldn 't be the nation it is today if
handicaps had been placed on ambitious individuals,
which limited the development of their ideas or enter
prises.
So when you talk about "big business" check back a
generation and see if it wasn't "little business" to be
gin with. The same opportunities exist today. Is it
the part of wisdom to limit those opportunities by leg
islation or taxation which curbs the fullest play of in
dividual initiative in seeking to render a better public
service ? \
OUR MR. A. TONKEL
TONKEL'S
DEPARTMENT STORE, INC.
HAS JUST RETURNED FROM THE NORTH
ERN MARKETS WHERE HE HAS PURCHAS
ED AN OUTSTANDING LINE OF LADIES'
FALL DRESSES, COATS AND HATS.
NEW DRESSES, MILLINERY AND OTHER
FALL GOODS ARRIVING DAILY.
NEW FALL SHOES, WOMEN'S, CHILD RENS,
MISSES' AND MEN'S.
NEW FALL SUITS ARRIVING DAILY.
TONKEL'S ARE PREPARING FOR ONE OF
THEIR BIGGEST AND BEST SEASONS WITH
OUTSTANDING MERCHANDISE BEING
FEATURED.
Bring your First Load of
TOBACCO
to Louisburg and be sure and
make this store your headquar
ters for all your family needs in
Clothing, Shoes, Readyto-wear
and Millinery.
TONKEL'S
DEPT. STORE
(INCORPORATED)
"Louisburg's Shopping Center"
Sell Your Tobacco
? WITH ?
CHARLIE FORD
? At The ?
PLANTERS WAREHOUSE
Louisburg, N. C.
OPENING DAY. THURSDAY, SEPT. 7TH
and "Keep Returning"
You'll receive a Friendly Welcome and Top
Market Prices. Good Service. Good Light.
A Friendly force consisting of
COLEY ARNOLD, Sales Manager.
JOHN WILLIAMSON, Bookkeeper.
K. D. BEAMON, Bookman.
HARRIS TURNER, Floor Manager.
R. DEAN, Assistant Floor Manager.
COME TO SEE US ONCE
AND YOU'LL COME
AGAIN!
Virginia, with 95,000,000 lbs. |
will produce its largest crop of
flue-cured tobacco since 1927 this
year, according to the U. S. Crop
Reporting Service.
This year more than 53 per t
cent of North Carolina's farmers
attended meetings or demonstra
tions held by their county agents,
a recent sur.vey revealed.
In 1870 more than bait of the
gainfully employed people in the
United States were farmers, but
by 1930 this proportion had fall
en to a little more than a flftiji.
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THAT BRING
LASTING
HAPPINESS !
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A COM
PLETE STOCK OF WATCHES, DIA
MONDS AND JEWELRY. COME IN
AND LOOK OUR STOCK OVER.
DIAMONDS: In the
rluirm and color of |
natural gold $117. OO up
PEN AND PENCIL
SET: In flno gift box.
Matched Set* . . $5.00
LADIES' IH'KTH
STONE RINGS: Solid j
gold $5.00 up
POCKET WATCHES:
Elgin, Walthnm, Ham
ilton $12.50 up
GOLD CROSS AND <
CHAIN : A treasured *
gift t3.50 J
I WATCHES
MAN'S WRIST
WATCH
7-Jewel; modern design . . .
leather strap $12.50
NEW LADYS WATCH
Accurate , movement ... .
Eokl case, cord band $17.60
RAYNOR'S RADIO & JEWELRY SHOP
"We Sell the Best and Service the Rest"
PHONE 454-6 Louisburg, N. C.