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PAGE FOUR THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HlfiHLANDS MACONIAN THURSDAY, JAN. 23. ^xanklxtt l^xtss Rnxil Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press ' At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 VOl^ LI Number 4 BLACKBURN W. JOHNSON EDITOR AND PUBLISHER Entered at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C., as second class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ’ $1.50 Six Months Elight Months $L00 Single Copy 05 Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, by individuals, lodges, churches, organizations or societies, will be regarded as a(!»er tising and inserted at regular classified advertising rates. Such notices will be marked “adv.” in compliance with the postal regulations. An Editorial in Pictures / jt 1936i PJV.S. 'J'IIKI'Jl years of the heavy responsibilities of the Presidency have written their story across the face of iTanklin D. Roosevelt, and what an inter esting story it is! I'dected in the great Democratic landslide of 1932, he became one of the most outstanding public idols this country of hero-worshipers has ever known. But little could he gloat over personal popularity, for with the honors of the office and the glory of the victory went the cares of a distraught nation, a nation which had to])pled in a few brief years from the height of piosperity to the depth of economic distress. I'A'en as he was inaugurated on March 4, 1933, sc at cel) a month after he had passed his 51st birth day, it was necessary for him to order the closing of every bank in the country to ward off unprece*^ dented panic. It was drastic action requiring the greatest of moral courage. Few presidents have ever laced so momentous a problem and none has exceeded hranklin D. Roosevelt’s ability in coping with It. Look at the contrast today! Banks are not only open, but they are enjoying greater confidence than ever be tore. To review even in cursory manner the life of Mr Roosevelt since he entered the White House would lequire a lull size book. W'e cannot undertake to give even a thumbnail biography of so big a man though tor only a brief span of his life, in so small a space. But it is not necessary. Every man alive to the gieat happenings of the day knows at least the hieh spots ot the story. He would be unobservant be yond belief who could not tell of the great strides toward recovery that have been made under the VaHev^^ country s([uire from the Hudson At first it was comparatively simple, although the piob ems were great. The President was given pia^ctica ly a tree hand, so great was the confidence HI him oi the people and the Congress. But as soon as his dynamic ability had overcome the lethargy ot despair that had gri])ped the nation, the snipers .Cfja.. to hunt for flaws. Many of those whonfhe had sa\ed iroin rum began clamoring against his |.o«-cr, l>rciat.,ry ,,rivilege wanted the reins of Rovcnnnent aKain. and is still seekini;. by fa“r InTir^lea'»"M-ce No wonder three years have etched deep furrows in the lace of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Not only has Running the Gauntlet by A. B. Chapin ^iiiijiiilte- 2111) he borne on his shoulders the Hurculean burdens of the Presidency, which involves countless petty annoyances as well as worries of international gravity, but he has had to endure untold physical ])ain from disability that would keep many a stout man abed. And still Franklin Roosevelt can warm the hearts of millions with his contagious smile. What a man! He will be 54 years old next Thursday. His birthday wdll be observed thoughout the nation with benefit balls to raise funds for fighting infantile par alysis. A fine observance, indeed, one that will bring cheer to the heart of a great man whose suffering irom the dread malady developed in him a forti tude and a capacity to cheerfully share the suf fering of others. We hope, too, that the President’s birthday will serve to impress upon the millions of people who have benefitted from his great wisdom a deeper appreciation of the sacrifices he has made for them. BRUCt Barton marriage ,is for the wise A man who many years ago organized a bachelors’ dub com mitted suicide the other day, leav- mg a note in which he advised all yo,ung men to marry. He said; Living alone is unnatural and can ‘n unhappiness." He should have made this discovery earlier, as a majority of his fellow- men do, but he probably made the mistake of paying attention to the poets and the philosophers. i-rom Diogenes down they have tended to cynicism. Diogenes, asked when is the proper time to marry answered: “For a young man nm yet, for an old man never.” Soc rates, under similar circumstances advised a young man: “Whichever you do, you will repent it ” Field "verv" m" very married couple." Mme. de is Tlot e “Marriage their iSr^ stake 1 berty and women their han Pmess” Probably the most widely quoted joke that Punch ever Ih 1‘shed was: “Advise in th S to marry-Don’t!" cynicism Tf accumulated wc«,d b, family, or the girls to measure the chance of disappointment, there would be few matings. They have knowledge that is deeper than judgment; they take the plunge, and they and the world are better iior It. Only once in my life did 1 ever attempt to head off a marriage The young folks were penniless, jobless and m debt. They wanted to har- rovv from me to finance what look ed like a sure loss. Whea I refused they, promptly borrowed elsewhere’ and now are as happy and suc cessful a couple as you would want to meet. parents who they had each other, and in spite of struggle they knew the truest happiness. They were wiser than all the cynical wise men since the world began. IS WHERE IT S NEEDED in^hf^ ""f"’ T fiends m the oountry, found when he was ready to return that his motor Ed Bostwick, just down the road ” prjably could fix things for him, with a basketful of tools, and the job kept him busy for nearly two hours. When he had the motor purling pleasantly, he was ask;’^ what the charge would be. “Wei^ he said after some consideration,'^ guess abotit fifty cents." ® Upon inquiry, the car ovtA learned that Ed formerly h/; worked as a mechanic in a ci^ garage, but had given up his toii job to live on a little farm i/' herited from his father. ? “But with your ability,” said t*v city man, ‘ I should think you woiik want to tbe where you would better opportunity.” I “I wouldn’t want a better oppop tunity than I have here,” Ed r« plied. “All the farmers have caijf trucks, tractors, or other kinds machinery to be 'kept in repair, aif^ they keep me busy. I’m making | good living, and besides that, I li| being where I’m needed. The foltp around here all depend on me soi of.” Many other people feel as does. Some of them are oollegt graduates, but they are perfect!;? content as country preacher/j country doctors, store-keepers, farmers. They find golden opporj tunities where some of us imagiiii that we wOpUld feel buried alive. I once made a talk to a collegi^ class on Neglected Business, tryinil: to point out that too .many grada’.' ates make straight for the bon(?i business, or advertising, or law, of medical practice in a city, whiltl too few think of insurance, retaif store-keeping, or running a gaso-| line station. Yet people in thesf? unthought-of fields often do better^ than the members of the more^ popular callings. We liye a very^ shiOTt time, and the important ideJj seems to be to live happily. Happi'l ness is not geographical; it is being'V needed—^being where, ,.^.as Ed pressed it, “people depend on sort of.” i Copyright, 1936, K.F.S. I FOR HASBS AND SCALP Uti4 ID U. s. A. Th» Scntp M«dJc!Be— D!ff«r«a} front ordirisry Hoir To«i«s *• *Oe&»l. FEEL IT WORM Al All O-uggiJtl fcr.FRrE B«oki«t •‘TM Trutti About Th« Hklr. NaUonal Remedy Co.. 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