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Hit JHrait Iditt tjjtrss Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 -XI A II Number 2 v '.KB URN W. JOHNSON. ..EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ercl at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C, as second class matter. rarolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES 0m- year ,...' 'Eight Months Six Months ........................ Simile Cony .................... '.Obituary .notices, cards of thanks, tributesof respect, by individuals, Ulyes, churches, organizations or societies, will be regarded as adver tising and inserted at regular classified advertising rates. Such notices viM " br marked "adv." in compliance with the postal regulations. $1.50 $1.00 .75 , ..05 t i o" Presbyterian 'church. M:.ny : .r:;,;,i .f nominations haV.e shown earnest interest, in ;uk1 its boys. Those closest in touch with the affairs of Max well vant it to continue its fine work.. The boys themselves have indicated a fondness for the place, a respect for the management and a love for Mr. and Mrs. Crockett personally.' The institution lias gotten along- for several months with little or no aid from the Presbytery. Indica tions are that it can continue to do so for several months more, at least until the next session of the Presbytery, w hen the whole question could be brought up for reconsideration with the members of the cnurcn cognizant 01 me sinnii'"j. 7nv attemnt to torn viiaie A A. Maxwell nome wouia n sertion of authority for LI The Prn invite it readers to express their opinions through its columns and each week it plans to carry Letters to the Editor on its editorial page. This newspaper is independent in its policies and i glad to print both sides of any question. Letters to the Edi tor should be written legibly on only one side of the paper and should be of reasonable length. Of course, the editor reserves the right to reject letters which are too long br violate one's better sensibilities. ' i ,"' V:- ' V. Weekly Bible Thought Judge not, that ye be not judged. Matt. 7:1. It, 1 Why Close Maxwell Home? nJJANY FRIENDS of the Maxwell Farm Home for A Krwxo nro of i 1r.ee tr iin.-iprctr.rw. tVlP VffV ev nt determination of some members of the Ashe ville Presbvterv to close the institution. Maxwell Home fills a unique niche, U :z no. an orphanage; it is not a reformatory. It is a home for homeless boys, given to the Presb :en?,n enure!? twenty-odd years ago bv Mr. and-Mrs. T. M. Slaglc as a memorial to their son, Maxwell. It supplies a wholesome haven for boys who have done nothing to warrant sending them to training schools for way- ard youths.' and it opens its doors to homeless boys ' vnQ for one reason or another cannot gain admission to orphanages. One is impressed on visiting Maxwell with the line, sturdy tvpe of young manhood being developed under the Kev. S. K. LrocKett, superintendent., aim ins wuc. There' is 'nothing of the institutional atmosphere Rather, the boys, all seem to be members of a large rural familv.; The v go to the public schools arid mingle with other boys on a natural, un-selfconscious basis. After school they go home to do their chores and play and study, just as other country boys do Theylook jo Mr. Crpckett as a father. and to Mrs Crockett as a mother. '.,.... is a great work; it is a shame it cannot be ex- ather than suspended. Much that has been (ciA1 .p kniitift tn ba rst if the tlotllP ic r1n- I for a short while. hers of the board which has had direct charge tome want it to continue in operation. Some In have even gone so far as to say they person ..Vould underwrite any losses incurred. Jfhe lVess is informed that' Maxwell Home is now operating without support from the Asheville Pres bytery: Despite this, it has reduced its indebtedness -The boys, with Mr. Crockett working in the field by their side, raised enough last summer to ieed them Valves. Mr. Crockett has proved a good farmer as "as -a - wise preceptor. Small contributions come om time to time from individuals interested in the Expenses of some of the boys are met by ips. contributed by organizations outside the 'ran church. For instance, the brankhn Ko tanTcTub maintains one boy, while the expenses ot an other are met bv a Sundav school class of the Frank Jin Methodist church. Organizations in Asheville ""-""t take care of several others. Yet plans are being pushed to suspend this very udable work. The reason, it was stated the other av in Asheville bv Dr. R. F. Campbell, head of the lome Missions Committee of the Presbvterv, is that 'we are financiallv unable to continue it. He ex plained that it was intended only to "close Maxwel teniDorarilv. . "later to re-establish it on a bette basis." : If the institution can maintain itself in dire times like these without drawing on the Presbvterv's treas urv, it is difficult to1 understand whv it should be closed even temporarilv. If it is planned to expanc its work or, as Dr. Campbell says, "to re-establish it on a better basis," why tear down what' already has been accomplished? Whv destroy a solid foundation If jhe. Presbytery is dissatisfied with the manage fJaxvell Home, why shut down the whol e to bring abou a change? Mr. Crockett ha Viteered to step aside if the Presbytery wishe )- but the Presbytery itself, at its session las 'iu TTioli1nm1 rnvf'Tr ("Ynrlpt t and frtv d of trustees a vote of confidence. Scores .of Macon countv Presbvterians am cr churches as well recently sig ?ssing their highest confidence in raising his accomplishments a home for homeless boys. sires no part in a denomina Xver, it feels that the-Max more than a denomina Ni in the fruit of the X h n 1 tiiithorny's sak 4- - suspension of many as an as- e. GUESS TI&GHOST Here's How To Win a Cash Prize A cash prize of $2.50 will be given for the best explanation of -each story in this series. There are twelve stories in all. A Grand Prize of $10.00 will be given for the best set of explanations or solutions, for all of the stories, with a second prize of $5.00; third, $3.00; and fourth, $2.00. RULES OF CONTEST (1) Open to any paid-up subscriber to The Franklin Press, or member of a subscriber's family. (2) No employes of The Franklin Press permitted to pcrtici- ' pate. However, community correspondents of this newspaper will not be regarded as employes. (3) Explanations or solutions suLmitted must be wri'ten on one side of paper only, with name and eddreso cltaity written in upper left corner, and must not exceed 2l0 words in le.igth. (4) The readers submitting the most plausible explanations of . the "ghosts" will be r.wai cled Fr'es- Should two or more send . in the tame solutions, the prizes will be awarded to the one whose solution is first received. Some of the stories have more than one -plausible r.olution. (a) Literary expression does not count it is the solution of the mystery we want Make your explanation brief and to the point. (6) Solutions must be received by The Franklin Press not later than Wednesday midnight of the week following publication of the story for which the solution is written. The author's solution of each story will be published in the issue of the succeeding week. (7) The contest will be judged by the editor of The Franklin Press and two other unbiased persons selected by him. Their de cisions will be final. (8) The name of the' prize winner will be announced in the second issue after the publication of each story. (9) Anyone subscribing to The Franklin Press during this con test is eligible to participate. Members of the family of a new subscriber also are eligible. . (10) Only 'one solution by an individual will beVdnsidered. If you send in more than one, the first one opened will be considered as your, entry. SEND YOUR SOLUTION TO GHOST EDITOR ) i . i y The Accusing Ghost By DAVID McFALL r Tbefirstday Willie landed the Job tyilhllir? Threwuscuia little omethin'- will yw, Willie? (This is the. last in a series of twelve ghost stories being published by The Franklin Press in its Guess-the-Ghost contest.) SINCE the hero of this story if any man can enact the role of hero when he comes face to face with a ghost is still living and still occupies the house he. moved into when a young man, nearly thirty years ago, both his name and the scene of his unsought adven ture will be withheld. In 1906, a young doctor, whom we will call Doctor Kennedy, fin ished his v collegiate training and stepped out into the world as a full-fledged yractitioner in medi cine -and surgery except that he had no practice and that the prospects for establishing one wxre remote. The entire savings of lean but thrifty years had beeh eaten up; but from a grudging and sceptical uncle he borrowed a few dollars and with the sum rented a small furnished house in an iso lated country district where ren tals were low. In the choice of his location the young doctor displayed a total lack of business judgment, a fail ing which neither discipline nor circumstance could erase in later, years. In a part of the couutry where farms and cottages were being abandoned year after year, the scattered"' population steadily migrating to herd in rapidly grow ing iu.Jtistri.il centos, he up his office. . lint the location suited him exactly, for while it offered him but little to. do it afforded him leisure to think, and he was curiously given to idly speculating about every thing except the things that concerned lnm. lie was a replica of the inquiring, speculative, wonder-loving Sir Thomas Browne, who wasted a summer day in guess ing at what song the sirens sang. However, the young man's .trans-" parent simplicity and honesty won him friends and before long he was entrusted with his first case; but the case proved to be a trag edy for him anil all but led to the abandonment of a profession in which he subsequently achieved distinction within a narrow sphere. tie was called upon to attend an expectant mother, and he was proud of his minor part in the ever-recurring and beneficent mir acle of enriching the world with another innocent member. Unfor tunately, a few days after the birth of the child the mother died of puerperal fever; but, her last delirium, and s a -voice which was a mer; f remembered her'-vo; nd begged ot the Mr baby. ' . ': ; . EXPLANATION h)f Last Week's Ghost Mystery: Four-Thousand-Year Old Ghosts Cavern, cellars, and all under ground cavities have a nearly Uniform temperature ' the year around. It is for this reason that wines are stored in cellars, as only under such conditions can ' they be matured successful- ly. It is obvious that when the entrance to a cave is left open there will be a strong . flow of cool ground-air into the cave, or else an outward flow, de pending upon whether the tem perature outside is colder or warmer than the temperature inside. ' , That is exactly what hapuened t the mouth of the burial mofund. The door had been left slightly ajar, and through the narrow opening the cold air of a late November evening flowed in a very perceptible current into the warmer interior of the mound. The strong current of air drew with it a number of dried fallen leaves that lay at the doorway. It was the light, soft rustling of the leaves as they moved over the hard day floor of the mound that sounded like light footfalls, or hissing, in the intense darkness and si lence. Anyone may produce..' the sounds exactly by experimenting with autum's carpet of leaves by walking through them in the woods, or fanning them over n ny uneven surface. sweet ; and tiny - mansion tenant-j less he sought the only consola tion open to him "No more let Life divide what Death can join together." : , -;" .' His way home, eight miles dis tant, lay over a rough .and nar row road, now miry with autumn al rains. When he started home ward it was nearly eleven o'clock at night. A heavy mist enveloped everything, ' apparently lifting slightly now and then, 4or spread ing apart and forming open vistas which instantly closed in again. A soft, incessant motion was in the mist," a motion impelled by un heard and unfelt breezes. The vapor condensed . on his clothing until he was wet and chilled. It was so darK that he .could not see TVTooi al.eod of him and he gavi the reins to the horse he ode. The most dismal thoughts .held him. He could not shake the" off. All his future was as dark i. his present path. He had failed in his first attempt and he saw no hope, of establishing a practice in a place where even the most skill ed physician would be but poorly rewarded. On his way homeward, and at a distance of about three miles from his destination, his road led past a country graveyard, in which the most recent interment was that of the woman whose life he had fail ed to save and now a new grave was to be opened to receive an other- charge of his. No shred of superstition was in his habitual thinking, yet he would have taken anv other road home, however roundabout, ould he have found one. The , very thought of the cemetery was like a nightmare to him; and when he drew near it, and saw the more aspiring monu ments revealing themselves in distinctly in brief intervals as the vapors thinned, instantly to lose themselves again when the heavier mists closed in around them, he could not repress a shudder. lie bowed his, head and closed his eyes and would have gone past the spot thus, his senses bund am deaf to it though, his thoughts were not; but at a turn in the road his horse stumbled slightly and the rider, to avoid being thrown, sum moned his j-esolution with a start, grasping the reins with a firm hand that brought the beast to a sudden stop and there, a few yards ahead of him, stood the woman whom he had so recently attended in her last illness! With a courage born of the ex tremity of fear, whose daring US A Hen has bec Carol;' Caro as which no livng being could , have through. Y. obeyed with fruitful result, was like voice that ws. a sentence of doom. .' I found the roa ; For a few; minutes the doctor sat irresolute -in the saddle, fear ful to proceed yet ashamed to re tire at the bidding of a lifeless ap parition. For some moments he remained still, debating in his mind a problem for which there seemed no solution. But even as he looked, hoping for a clearer .vis ion that would explain the mys tery, a firmer courage come to him. Apparently the figure had vanished for the last timer. for though the mist, fanned by a ris ing breeze, was lifting .ip-?" it seemed to bve -Uken the figure into t9"n impalpable texture,, to HfJJ it thenceforth. ' . wun , a crusnuig wcigm im"" ., mj from his mind and heart, the rider j ; IJ' was about to give spurs to nis j - J horse, anticipating nts nomecuumis with a feeling verging upon buoy ance, when he received another shock. Not yet had he supped tun of horrors. Just as he leaned forward in his saddle, to adjust his body to the horse s tirst step, a light air coming from the grave yard fell upon his face. . dinary times he would haveV corned ' it and w,ould have refreshed by it; but the chill murky breeze mingled strangely V with his fears and he read in it a message from the apparition that had attempted to ba his ' way a message "cold, oppressive and dank, sent through the pores Ot the coi- f in plank ;" and even as he read it he felt upon his face the toucn of unseen fingers of a hand. The fingers rested so' lightly upon his face that they could scarcely be felt, but they were moist, clammy and chill, as though newly risen from the soddeif earth. There was in the ; touch pf the fingers a something which was indescribably, unspeakably abhorrent. For a fragment of a moment the dnrtor was cowerless to move a muscle or to' pluck resolve from thought! and then, reviving his palsied senses with a sudden ef fort, he drew his coat sleeve across his waee. blinding his eyes in the bend of his left arm, and driving his sums' deep into the horse's sides: and iving the reins a violent jerk that turned the animal about, he fled bark to the house he nad quitted an hour before.- .When he reached the bereaved productkj home he was himself an appan- crop prod tion in the eyes of the diminished circle that still sat up, . watching with vain solicitude an empty shell. place and I wa..0cd V , back. ' Still - trust me, if you and do as I ! ask you" and I bowed them out of .the, room a. firm gentleness that moved ti and was long rememoered Dy ti. His . own thoirghts , through . ti night can be imagined by- th alone ; who have had similar jl periences. ; But they did nothing j clarify Kis brain. In spite of I persistent inquisitiveness and I satiable curiosity, and in spite his determination to Solve the m' tery , several yeas elaps'iF i.e grasiAi therl-le Jo V then the disc " ' cidental. t V ton he was paid at er rate per pounl table. The lesson farmer studied t r the best variety, cultivate the ctol product to the bl was oaid several. for combining tk physical labor. The food induf Carolina are gf a wonderful the next fewr and creatnr ing and ss cd hew , new meat eal procd mills and I essary fon of our f( The iiitclU preparing developmcy crops amy paring dairying knows no limit, the doctor eyed Wet, chattering with cold, be . . . ... I i . At ..:f. U a Ariwrt I BlOlTVa nan s rnis noctor to He gave her his assurance that he would. And he left undone nothing that could have been done. For nearly a week he spent his days and nights in the house, snatching brief periods of troubled sleep, and watched with a sicken ing heart the age-old and relent less struggle between life and death til wondering why the tremen dous scene had been staged in so frail a fdrm. All was in vain, When the last fiebl. breath left t& the apparition intently, noting every detail with a minuteness which astonished him when he recalled it j in after years. The motionless fig ure disappeared and reappeared several times while he gazed, as the thjck mist shrouded it or part ly withdrew its veil. At no time was .the outline ot the gray figure clear and distinct j but one aspect of it was unmistakable and it struck him with a deadly chill. The woman . stood upright, facing him, with an arm and hand up lifted, and it seemed as though the palm of the hand were toward him, bidding him go back. The com marld. comine in that manner, gnd at that hour ttid place, a. command spattered with mire, his face drawn an haggard, and his eyes dull and sunken, lw awakened the watchers' sympathy.' To that extent he came as a blessing, giving to grief an outlet in active ministration. The members of the house, at first inclined to be querulous, were touched and soon were Softened. Why did he come back?, "I de cided that you needed sleep more than I did, he said. "You must go to bed now, and I will sit up and watch. No, no, I will have no re fusal. My place is here now, "and your place is" in the bed. Leave me alone. I felt that 1 could not eo on home and let you watch longer tfter ill w havi . gsKi ing at home' l well as our far ing supplied vj products, cannf products growif and prepared I food process" LOTTF. OR FtJ .Mrs. Maf ton L. W Dozicr, SouUniiiis. a federal jury in Wr. of conspiring to obstrud obtaining receivership ry Mortgage company;-" returned "to ftsT Davis, Norfolk, end nf crnve' Mm. Ramsey a! fir fwjury.. i ' .
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