THE FRANKLIN TIMES
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Edward Best
Fthe untimely death of Edward Best Frariklin Couniy|
recognizee its great loss. It is sad. In his going;
Mecklenburg .County grieves at the loss of one who has'
done sq much for it. The State has a greater loss that
it will not at once realize.
Edward Best "begun life as an humble farm boy, but
with ideals and ambitions that made of him a Master in j
his chosen profession, a friend to children, and a bless
ing to any community. He worked well, his farm work,
his student work, his teaching and his guiding the des
tinies of the School systems of Frankjin and Mecklen
burg counties. He was not content to leave his home
County until he had builded up its school system second
to none in the State for its size, and even then it was a sad
parting. In leaving Franklin he took over what was
conceded to be the most difficult position in the State
and next largest to the State Superintendency. His i
successful" handling of this important work stands un
questioned from the natural evidence of his achieve
ments, one of which was exemplified in his successfully
carrying a 'quarter million dollar bond issue in . .his.
seeond ye?r?- . ... , . . ......
His signal success was a great delight to himself and
his family. It was a pleasing reality to his school chil
dren, parents and teachers. It was a greater pleasure
and delight to his many friends at home which had the
courage and confidence that he would "make good."
Through his efforts he smoothed over the Mecklen-1]
burg difficulties and has put the school system of that i
county on top again. He has set a pace in his work that J
will be hard to follow. And he has builded a place in j
the affections of the people of Charlotte and Mecklen
burg County that will cause him to be remembered with
great love and reverence.
Edward Best's activity was not only in his school
work but in his church work and in his community. He
was always on hand when either needed him, and he
was always in the front leading with his share of the
responsibility.
Edward Best was honest, he was efficient, he was
sympathetic, he was considerate. In fact he was hu
man in his work, in his play and in his devotion. It
was this characteristic that made for him the warm
place in the hearts of those with whom he came in con.
tact.
He has builded a lasting monument. Franklin Coun
ty mourns the loss of such a son.
With all our boasted civilization we seem to be grow
ing more barbarious, because of our increased means for
' greater brutality.
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.. Let some one suggest a subject for a big Celebration
in Louisburg. Your suggestion will be printed. Don't
everyone speak ~at onte, but send in what you have in
mind.
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Why can't our merchants work out some plan where
by they can have Special Sale Day for Louisburg or in
Co-oper,atiou rwith the Chamber of Commerce work out
some occasion for Celebration that will bring crowds
to town.) Other towns are doing this. The FRANKLIN
TIMES will be glad to give full Co-operation.
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It certainly seems a pity that as badly as lx>uisburg
needs street outlets and the W. P. A. needs work for its
men, and opening Cedar Street to Halifax road will cost
the town nothing, unless it top, soils jt, and not H^uch
then, for the town to turn thumbs down on it. It looks
to us this is^, project the Chamber of Commerce should
insist on being completed while it can be gotten at no
expense to the town. . _ .
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Patience Exhausted > ?
COMMENTING on the fact that socialistic experiments
and political interference with the normal growth
and expansion of industry in our country have proven a
snare and a delusion, the Bucyrus, Ohio, Telegraph
Forum says editorially:
"In true American spirit American industry is begin
ning to fight back at the forces which have been making
unreasonable and unconstitutional demands in a fash
ion bordering too closely to totalitarian policies.
' ' Industry is to be congratulated for its exhibition of
patience and patriotic loyalty over a period during
which it reluctantly remained on the receiving end of
governmental interference and took and obeyed orders
from political bosses who knew nothing about indus
try 'a aims or its problems. V i ?
. * "It is industry's right to protect its own interests and
when industry protects its interests, it protects, too, the
interests of practically all American working men arid' '
' ' large and small communities. When an attack is made
upon freedom of the press, the newspapers of the natjon
rise up and revolt. ' When an attack 4s made upon free
doiji pf religion, the pulpit does likewise, and when free
speech attacked, every red blooded American is
ready to light. ,
"Just as the American- constitution is the foundation
of all (>ur lives, industry, in one way or another, is tlie
foundation of their promotion'!'*
? The Telegraph-Forum pointed out in detail the vast
sums that have to be invested in each basic industry to
e^ploVU. ^lhjrfe "miln-1? $9,000 for 'each automobile work
er, $2o,(XX) for each' railroad Employe, $11,300 for each
steel worker, and. $47,000 for each electiic utility em
ploye. It showed how constant political attack upon
industry has slowed up normal investment and employ
ment by dHfVhig c&pital into hiding, and concluded:
Vlt is time .that, America awaken to the true facts and
compare* hfwwith^overnment waste awl foolishness."
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A Blessing ^
rte a:bl?tfsmg for this country that in its hour. of need
its basic industries are still ready to > meet emer
gencies, Lnjspite of some years of vicious attacks on them
for political purposes.
Government must be kept as an impartial adminis
trator and not be allowed to dominate industry and the
private lives of our citizens.
A free people will surpass an oppressed people in re
sourcefulness.
We have seen too much politics play havoc with En
gland and France ? let us keep it from destroying the
United States.
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World Art Comes to America
THIS year the main cultural exhibit at the New York
World's Fair, as it was last year, will be the art j
exhibition. The current collection covers four centur
ies, and consists of 400 European and American paint
ings valued at $30,000,000. Practically every great
name in art, from Titian and Rembrandt to Degas and
Renoir, is represented.
Millions of Americans will experience the deepest of
aesthetic, pleasure when attending this munificent ex
hibit. And, more than that, it is a fitting thing that so
many of the shining masterpieces of world are should be
gathered in this country at this time. Bombers are not
' attacking our cities. It may be, tragic as the thought
, is, that concentrating art masterpieces in our land may
saVe them from destruction.
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No More Boondoggling
THEKE have been noticeable developments in respect
to financing the vastly costly national (lefense pro- 1
| gram. First, it is widely urged that the jiay-as-you-go
j plan be followed as much as possible, e,ven though
heavy tax increases prove necessary.
Second, there is general demand that all other gov
ernment expenditures be drastically reduced ? and that
non-essential bureaus' and departments be entirely i
eliminated. ? w <
There never was a time #yhen businesslike planning .
of the affairs of government was more necessary to the
national welfare. No longer can we afford boondog
gling. No longer can we afford the old log-rolling prac
tice, whereby congressmen and senators are virtually
forced to vote for unnecessary expenditures in return
for promises that other congressmen and senators will
approve pet expenditures for their districts. No longer
can we afford ''experiments" which disrupt industry
and labor, and pamper the incompetent and lazy while
the hard-working and efficient pay the bill.
The American people are ready to make great sacri
fices. They will pay every cent necessary for defense
without grumbling. But they are going to insist that
every cent goes for an essential rather than a political
purpose. They are going to demand that their sacri
fices are not in vain. They want real statesmanship,
motivated by high patriotism, irrespective of party la
bels, and they do not want local short-sightedness and
selfishness.
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Superintendent Best
The following was taken from the editorial columns
qf the Charlotte Observer of Saturday:
DOTH in point of cafeei and character, Superintendent
'Edward Best, of, the; Mecklenburg public schools1
was a superb citizen fend personality.
? ?His sudden and shocking death has cut Short a lif^ in
this community that >ais oounting for maximum good
in his selected field of usefulness, leaving, so far as hu
man perception goes, a climax to his professional ser
vices as yet unreached and unfulfilled.
Mr. Best was a man of soft, gentle and persuasive
manners.
This, perhaps, was 'the superior touch of his charac
terrr-there was no harshness in him, always kindness
and smoothness in relationships, congeniality and
charity! * ? ?
He neither spoke nor thought ill of men. If he disa
greed, it was in good temper and without trace of bitter
ness or even acrimony. His language was ..qpnsistently
that of cordiality and gentility and gentlemanliness.
For the five years be has served 'as superintendent of
the county schools, Mr. Best greatly ingratiated him
self into the confidence and high esteems of the people.,
They soon learned to like him afier he possessed thi*
public position which, of itself, is one offering difficulty
in pleasing the school patrons and the public. This
early acquaintanceship quickly ripeped into deep and
genuine appreciation of Mr. Best, both as a man and as
an educator.
Rated as one of the first half dozen, or less, of the su
pfetfcfr fechofc! superintendents of the entire State, Mr.
Beert'Hwrited ' the higfr a^raisortient which he had won
from his fellow-educators. . ^ ,
He came into this renown bocattse^be was the sort of
educator who kept himself from becoming professional
ized at the expense of his humanity, While he master
ed all ?the techniques of public education, he was not
mastered by them.
He kuew the schools of North Carolina, the system,
theset-up as to administration and curriculum and laws
and every detail of the technical phases of this great
public service, but as expert as he became in these fields,
he never permitted mere professionalism to subdue his
understanding of folks, nor lessen his major interest in
the children of the schools, in the attitude of their par
ents toward the institutions of education and in the re
actions of the public toward their administration.
Mr. Best made himself during his relatively short res
idence and period of service in this community useful
as a citizen of high-minded and unselfish instincts^ quite
apart from the nobility of his ministry as an edupptofo, .
Interested in social service and in the activities of the
church, he utilized every medium and instrumentality
through which fre might show his interest in the Wojfare
of humanity aiiii expend his superior talents for the
public benefit. ? ?? '?> i. ?#
The community that had come to kriow iind to appre
ciate him for his sterling worth and his unselfish minis
trations to all he could reach with any endowment of his
hand or head or heart is greatly saddened by the pre
mature ending of a career so notably useful and ser
viceable to its people.
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