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THE FJUNKLIN f kLS.5 - f PACE TWO ' Cits rattldht 1 Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina ' Telephone No. 24 VOL. XL VII BLACKBURN W. IOHNSON.... Entered at the Post Office; Franklin, N. C, as second class matter. Nonh Carolina v PtESSASSQClATI(W SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Eight Months Six Months . . Single Copy ... Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of reTpect, by individuals, lodfccs,. churches, organizations or societies, will be regarded as adver-tj-,ir? and inserted at regular classified advertising rates. Such notices vviH be marked "adv." in compliance with the postal regulations. Pick and Shovels Preferred OIGHWAY engineers, surveyors and rodmen seem to be about as thick around Macon county as fishermen on the first dav gang of them has recently been toting transits and chains in the country west of .Franklin. Rumor has it that they are laying new out of -state highway No. 28, and all sorts of ideas have been advanced as to how the road will run after they get through. This is the third time No. 28 has been surveyed in thjs sector; the second time within a year. We sincerely hope that something will come of it. We like to have the engineers around, but we would much prefer seeing some pick and shov el men in action. Here's An TPHE Colquitt County Plan has attracted such wide- spread attention through its success in saving farmers from one-crop perdition that it has become almost a by-word in agricultural circles. It is some what similar in its objects Plan, which was used "as Carolina's 5-10 Year Farm All of these plans for promoting agricultural pros perity emphasize the necessity of raising more and better livestock. In furtherance of this obiect the Chamber of Commerce at Moultrie, Ga., countyseat of Colquitt, has inaugurated an annual Livestock Field Day. It is not merely a local affair, for it at tracts livestock growers from all over the southeast. Outstanding experts are secured to address the farm ers on the various phases of livestock production and Jp& specimens of cattle and pigs are provided as ob ject lessons. Such an event should have far-reaching influence. It should be well worth the while of every progres sive farmer in Georgia and surrounding states to at tend this meeting, which is to be held this year on May 4. A special invitation to Macon County farmers and businessmeh to attend Moultrie's Livestock Field Dayhas been extended by Major S. A. Harris, former publisher of The Franklin Press, who as secretary of the Moultrie commerce body is doing great things for the welfare of his town and county. Major Har ris will be sure to make the visit of any Macon coun ty folks to the event both profitable and enjoyable. It is to be hoped that his invitation will receive nu merous acceptances. Public OPPOSES POOL ROOMS To the Editor, The Franklin Press: I wish to register through your valuable newspaper columns my protest against the pool rooms that have gained access in Franklin. First let me say I have no person al animosity against any operator. In these times of financial distress it is not such a great wonder that every avenue of gain should be re sorted to. The right or wrong of the mean is liable to be over clouded by the desire to make a living. However, the record of a pool room as a desirable accession . to a community is not flattering. It has been outlawed in Franklin before, and time after time in near ly every community. True the game - itself is : innocent - enough! There is no more harm in a game of pool than in a game of checkers, but the harm comes through its general tendency to demoralization of character through association and loss of time. The public pool room encourages loafing and affords a hang-out for individuals who might well be spending their time elsewhere and " to more profit. I believe it is the custom for the loser to pay for the game. In this phase of the institu tion the rudiments of gambling are instilled into the consciousness of the innocent players. It serves as a wedge, for opening up the gam ing instinct of youth which too often leads to the principle of want ing to get something for which no equal value is returned. Much as we should like to sugar-coat the game as such, and excuse the open public pool room, the fact remains that such a place attracts the wont element that ever tets tost in tewn. Number 15 .EDITOR AND PUBLISHER $1.50 $1.00 .75 .05 of trout season. A new 'lines for taking the kinks Opportunity to the famed Minnesota the basis of Western North Program. Opinion If bad company is to be found anywhere in town, it will be found at the public pool room. Our boys tnus come in contact with the worst . element and as every one knows it is an unavoidable prin ciple that we absorb and express the actions of our associates. The ideals and valuations the way of uiuiKing is inevitaDly taken , up and surely this can not be for the better as the better never seems to be associated with the pool hall. The matter , ot spending hard earned money for amusement and sociability of questionable influence should not be overlooked. Mil young man is tempted to give meager earnings for pool, whet pool table is available, at the sacri fice of necessity for himself and others who may be partially at least depending upon him. Further more, the pool hall, open always, except perhaps on Sunday, has a competing effect against the forces of righteousness through the church. Far more wholesome association might be afforded through the agency of the church, if not so regularly and continuously. Hang out at the pool room becomes a fixed habit from which the addict does not care to part. The record of the public pool hall is not flattering as to its wholesome influence upon & youth and the community in which it operates. It has been, it is and no doubt will continue to be of questionable desirability. My earn est plea to the citizens of our town, and specifically to the board of 'councilmen is to prohibit the operation of a public, pool table within the corporate limits of Franklin. MRS. GEORGE DALRYJtfPLE, W a and' IthJCvSv H OMES P U N BY B. M. ANGEL 17-QRJackof pnictjceyight hand may have forgotten its cunning though my tongue has not yet cleaved to the roof of my mouth. The winter is past, the rain is' over, the flowers appear, the birds are singing and the voice of the office-seeker is heard in our land. The clans are gathering in the offing, strategists are on the picket lines, parlous contests are immi nent. When the whoopee and hul labaloo gets in high I want to be there, I do. Once .there lived in this county a woman who, it was said,' never visited Franklin but three times in a long-life. At the same time there were two fat men superficially so much alike in age, in height, in fatness, in complexion, in phyiog nomy, as often to be the cause of a mistaken identity. There was, however, a difference visible to the initiated; one was bon ton, the other was punk. Mr. Punkv owed the old woman a half-dollar, pne day while in. Franklin she aw a group of men sitting on a store porch and among them a fat man. She approached him and said, ""I want that half-dollar you owe me." "Madam, I don't owe you any thing." "Whv, aint you Bill Dona hue?" - v "No Maam, I am not Bill Dona hue." "Well, you are so much like him you ought to have to pay his debts." Horse Sense It is without malice that I in troduce another woman, the widow of a preacher and who therefore Lee's Surrender (EDITOR'S NOTE: The following essay by Elizabeth Poin dexter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert rindexter, of Franklin Route 3, was one of two awarded prizes of $1.00 each in a contest conducted by Mrs. Helen Macon, history teacher, among pupils in the Franklin High School. The prizes were awarded by the Frank lin chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. .The essays dealt with varioHis phases of the surrender at Appomattox. The other prize-winner in the contest was Ted Eaton, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Edward Eaton, of Franklin. His essay will be pub lished in a later issue of The Press.) BY ELIZABETH POINDEXTER One beautiful spring morning on the ninth of April, 1865, General Ulysses S. Grant, the leading gen eral of the North during the Civil War, was seen in Appomattox vil lage, riding towards an old brick dwelling, owned by a Mr. McLean. Mounting the broad piazza steps, Grant entered the house, followed by the members of his staff. He was ushered into a room at the left of the hall where General Lee awaited him. As the two commanders shook hands, the officers of Grant passed toward the rear of . the room and remained standing. Lee motioned Grant to a chair placed beside a small marble-topped .table, and seated himself near another table close at hand. Neither man ex hibited the slightest embarassment for each had been fighting for a principle in which he sincerely be lieved. Had they met in times of peace it is probable that they would have become true friends for they both were soon chatting about the Mexican campaign in which they had served in old army days. It would be impossible to imagine a greater contrast than that af forded by the two men as they sat conversing. Lee wore a spotless gray uniform, long cavalry boots, spurs and gauntlets, and carried the beautiful sword given to him by the state of Virginia: His tall, splendidly proportioned figure and gave dignified bearing presented a picture of a true gentleman. His well-trimmed snow-white hair and beard, added distinction to his calm handsome face. His clear eyes and erect carriage were remarkable for a man fifty-eight years of age. Grant was forty-three, and his hair beard were brown without a of gray, but his face was n and haggard from recent 111 His thick-set figure and drooping shoulders were those of a man well advanced in years. He wore the blouse of a private, to which the shoulder straps of a lieu tenant-general had been stitched; his trousers were tucked into topi Clippings A SAD TRUTH Charles P. Stewart, the Central Press staff writer whose articles appear in The Anderson Mail, says the solons who run our affairs at Washington are "just ! ordinary folks." He asserts that the aver age member of either house of congress knows no more about the great matters upon which he votes than the average citizen of his dis trict or state. That is probably true and it would be no great task . to find in any district or state a number of men as well posted on important national mat ten at is the average represen nes oiight- to be able to quote a few Bible phrefses. She had two young hor3esin the -ranged and ne- day when, they came home one was sick. She jiad it drenched with some medicamentum and in a little while it was well. Thinking it was the part of wisdom to keep the other colt well, or "better, she had it dosed with the same medicine. In a few hours it was dead.. She soliloquized? "Just, as the Bible says better let well enough alone and don't give medicine to a sound horse." God Given Sacrifice. A most eccentric man had a pet kitten which he fed any fish, flesh or fowl that was cheap. One day while working in the field he killed a mouse, put it in his jacket pock et and forgot it. A few days later while digging in his garden he got a scent of putrefaction. He straightened up, winded around trying to fmell his own breath, and becoming frightened lest his lungs were decaying, hurried to the house' for his wife to examine him. She sniffed around his corporosity and admitted that he either sorely needed a bath or' something was dead or dying in the vicinity. He ordered paper that he might write his will before disaster struck. He felt in his jacket pocket for a stub pencil and pulled out the last re mains of the forgotten mouse. Overjoyed by his deliverance, he fairly shouted: "The Lord provided a ram for Abraham to sacrifice instead of his son Isaac and he has provided a mouse to see corruption instead of his servant Job McGinnis." Mrs. McGinnis groaned, "The Lord does make mistakes." at Appomattox boots worn .without spurs; he car-, ried no sword and from head to foot he was splashed with mud. He, himself, was conscious of the strange contrast, between his ap pearance and that of General Lee, for he "apologized for his unkempt condition, explaining that he had come straight from active duty in the field. After a few moments of pleas ant conversation, Lee reminded Grant of the object of the meeting. Grant then called for pencil and paper, and without having previous ly mapped out any phrases in his mind, he began 'outlining, the terms of surrender. Nothing could have- been more clear and simple than the agree ment which he drafted, nor could the document haVe been more free from anything tending to humiliate or offend his adversary. It pro vided for the stacking of guns, the parking of cannon and the proper enrollment of . Confederate troops, all of whom were to remain un molested as long as they obeyed the laws and did not again take up arms against the government. The terms were concluded with the statement that the side arms of the officers were', not to be sur rendered and that all officers who owned their own horses should be permitted "to retain them. Lee re sponded that the concession would prove most gratifying to his sol diers, and turning to his secretary, dictated a short, simple reply to his opponent, accepting his condi tions. While these letters were being copied in ink, Grant introduced his officers and strove to make the situation as pleasant as possible. There was no bitterness manifested between those who had won in mis great contact, ine men in blue and the men in gray gathered around the same camp-fires that night. The northern soldiers shar ed his rations with his half-starved southern brother. Each had won the respect of the other. Defeat was thus robbed of its sting for the one and in the other triumph was deprived of exaltation. tative or senator. We have come upon an evil day in our politics when men of first rate ability, as a rule, avoid public office as they would a plague.' The cost of elec tion (in abuse as well as dollars and cents) is too great to pay. In the bigger states, the cost in loss of self respect' is also too great. To win, the successful can didate has . to put himself under obligations to possess nd machines which are distasteful to a man of ability and character. To hold of fice, men of the highest ability have to make big monetary sacri fices, if. they do not go into office to serve selfish purposes. The really ablest men in congress, as a rule, com frcrn the smaller vhn Thcro's a Doy -iCf S P j" ALRIGHT, MA! . y 1SHI iRfiii I , states. It is doubtful if Borah could be elected from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio or Illinois, un less he would let a ring be put in his nose. ANDERSON (S. C.) INDEPENDENT. MUSE'S CORNER AT THE LAZY MAN'S BENCH A lazAd man's bench is on the square But waoean th Pdemzfiflzfiflffffi But what on earth is it doing v there,' . It don't go away and it don't come back And it puts no money in your empty sack. S It is always lonely, for it hasn't any roof And it looks like the edge of hand saw tooth. It has no framework, window or ddor3 No ceiling or cellar or porches or floors. Though the thing that we doubt. and it isn't a treat, Is how the men do without a thing there to eat When the ,song -birds sing and the hoot owls cease In winter or spring, in war-time or peace. , In sunshine or rain in hail or snow Not a one will complain, for they all must go To town to stay from morning till night Not to work but to play; 'tis an unmanly sight. They gather in groups and they jam up and squeeze And they raise the high hoops, for they do as they please; But when they get sick or hungry or sad, They hurry up quick to find mammy or dad. 1 While some may stay to hold down the fort The rest try to play a bum game sport ; , ; But just what they. learn or earn or see At the lazy man's bench is a mystery to me. - TROY HORN. . The Window in the Cloud In the primal shades of twilight, When the sun has dipped the spray ; Fainter grows the light that lingers, On the heejs of parting day. As I ponder in the twilight, At the passing misty shroud, I behold a rift of beauty; 'Tis a window in the cloud. Just beyond the mist and shadows, Ere the stars their vigils keep, Burst a glory from the sunset Paints the billows of the dcepl Edges of a golden lining, ' Fringe the cloudland window there, And I see the land of sunset, Beautiful beyond compare. 'Tis God's hand that paints" the canvas, in tho Family. With bright colors from the sun, Ere the jewel pf his heaven, Twinkle out there one by one. But the scene is only transient; Now he draws the veil of night ; For the grandeur of the scene is Far too gorgeous for man's sight. He in wisdom only lets us, Briefly scan his work of art Far to dazzling all his beauties; We should only see in part. In the twilight while I linger, This grand lesson comes" to me, From -the briefly tinted cloudland, From this sunset by the sea. Life here has its clouds and shadows, Waves of doubt around us roll"; But we look through faith's bright window ' To. the homeland of the soul. Just across the sunset river Is a land in .beauty drcst ; Some day we shall dwell forever In that country of the blest. . ,-. As the vision needs God's window He will make it large and clear ; Till we grow out of the shadows Into paradise's sphere. -REBA K. SLAGLE. MRS. T. T. ANGEL Mrs. 1. 1. Angel had many friends and relatives in and around Franklin, who will Tegret to learn of her death which occurred at Andrews last Friday, 'after an ill ness of several months. CARD OF THANkS We wish to express our appre ciation to the many people, who proved, themselves such sincere friends in our bereavement at the loss of our dear mother. John T. Henry and Family. CARD OF THANKS We wish to take this opportun ity to express our appreciation and thanks to our friends and neigh bors for their sympathy, help and kindness during the recent illness and death of our dear wife and mother. H. R. Penland and Family. A14 Ttp LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS . EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having qualified, as executrix of S. A. Munday, deceased, late of Macon County, N. C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit thenj to the undersign ed on or before the 29th day of March, 1933, or this' notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This 29th day of March, 1932. AMELIA FOWLER, Executrix. M31-4tp-A21 ' NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ; ESTATE, North Carolina, County of Macon. Under and by virtue of the pow er and authority contained in that certain deed of trust executed 'by James T. Vinson and wife, Ella BtU ViniOft to The Ralligh Sitinfl LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS Bank and Trust , Company, trustee (the undersigned trustee having suc ceeded to the rights and title of the named trustee, under-Chapter 207, Public Laws of 1931), which said deed of trust is dated May 1, 1926 and . recorded in Book 30, Page 121, of the Macon 'County Registry, default having been made in the payment of the indebted ness thereby secured and irf the conditlbns therein secured, the un dersigned trustee, will on Saturday, April 30, 1932, at or about twelve o'clock noon, at - the courthouse door at Franklin, N. C, offer for sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash the following described property : All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land containing One Hun' dred Seventy (170) acres, more or less, situate, lying arid being on the- Tessenta Road, about two and one half (24) milcs-.almbst East from the town of Otto, in Smith Bridge Township, Macon County, North Carolina, having such shapes, metes, courses and distances as will more fully appear by reference to a plat thereof, made by W. N. Sloane, surveyor on the day of March, 1926, and attached to the abstract now on file; 'with the At lantic Joint Stock Land Bank of Raleigh, the same being' bounded on the North by the lands of the United States Government and M. B. Norton; On the East by the lands of M. B. Norton and W." IL Patterson, on . the South by . the lands of S. C. Conley and-on the West by the lands of S. C. Conley, and being the identical tracts of land convey ed by deed from the Central Loan and Trust Company, a corporation, to J. T. Vinson by deed dated 22nd, day of October, 1924, which said deed is duly recorded in the oP fice of the Register of Deeds for Macon County, State of North Carolina, in Book of Deeds No. "J -4" page 369 ,to which reference , is made for a more complete de scription of the same. Terms of sale cash and trustee will require deposit of 10 per cent of the amount of the bid ashis. evidence of good faith. This the-30th day of March. 1932. NORTH CAROLINA BANK ANI TRUST COMPANY, Trustee,-' Successor to The Raleigh Savings: Bank and Trust Company, Trustee. J. L. Cockcrham and . , Robert Weinstein, Attorneys Raleigh, N. C A7-4tc-A28 NOTICE FOR BIDS The County Board of Education will award contracts for the opera tion of the various school bus lines in the County at its meeting Mon day, May '2nd, 1932. All persons interested will call at the office of the County Superintendent for fur ther particulars. Each contractor will be required to furnish a justi fied bond in the sum of Two Hun dred Dollars to guarantee the faith ful performance of the contract for each bus operated. All bids must be in not later than ten o'clock A. M., Monday, May 2nd, 1932. M. D. BILLINGS, County . Superintendent.