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THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN THURSDAY. MARCH 18. 1MT Idiots Wight by A. B. CHAPIN PAGE FOUR Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 ' ' .- ' , ' VOL. LI I Number 11 Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson and B. W. Johnson Publishers P. F. Callahan.... w. ..Managing Editor C. P. Cabe..... Advertising Manager Mrs. C. P. Cabe.... Business Manager Entered at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C, as second class matter k SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $150 Six Months ..... ....... - .75 Eight Months $1.00 Single Copy .05 North Carolina Tell the World 1X7ESTERN North Carolina rejoices in the quart- er millionMollar appropriation by the General Assembly to advertise the state's resources and at tractions. The passage of the bill denotes the growing con sciousness on the part of people throughout the state of the value of advertising a section so rich in resources and natural beauty. Both the eastern and western resort sections should benefit greatly. Neighboring states are likewise planning exten sive advertising' campaigns. The traveling public for many years has been informed through every chan- nel of high pressure publicity of resort attractions of other states as well as Canada, Mexico, the West Indies, and even South America. North Carolina is due to join the procession. Prosperity is returning, and thousands on wheels are asking "Whither for a vacation?" Surely they deserve to receive intelligent information of the rare beauty and glorious climate of our section. TVif rfnrlA livincr in Nnrth r'arrkUnnVc mmintnins AAV W S V V 111 AAA .A, 1 VS A V A A VM WAAAAMi M W have been pointed one road to prosperity by no less a personage than Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, editor of the: Washington Herald, with her urgent admoni tion "SELL YOUR SCENERY!" As for our own Nantahalas, very few outside the state even know 01 tneir existence. Many travelers report that they "just happened to come this way," and, amazed by the wealth of beauty, ask, "Why haven't we heard about this wonderful country?" Each community would do well to follow up the state's general invitation with information concern ing advantages for rest, recreation and amusement. For a community will benefit in proportion to local , effort to make its attractions better known." It is hoped tfiat there may be provision to wel come and make comfortable an increased number of summer visitors, so that comine. thev mav tarrv. and come again. Above all, may a spirit of friendly hospitality to the "stranger within our gates" be extended from a desire to share our God-criven wealth of beauty with others. Tbe Human Touch A NEWS story during the, past week carries the V interesting information that President Roose velt can milk a cow. Two farm boys, Bob Monroe and Cecil Francisco, aged 12 and .10 respectively, of Delaware county, New York, have settled the question "by no less an arbiter than the President himself." The following quotation from Bob's letter explains, "We, that is, Cecil and I, had a little dispute. He said you never had milked a cow and I said you had. I wish you would be so kind as to let us know' It must have been a .real satisfaction to the Chief Executive to be able to answer the question in the affirmative, although, as the story goes, he modest ly added that he made no claims to being "an ex pert at it." The country and future biographers owe a debt of gratitude to these enterprising boys in putting this item on the record. Running over: in our mind . the names of former presidents who could probably milk a cow, we are pleased that the present occu pant of the White House can qualify in this par ticular. We hope the knowledge may warm the heart of many a youngster on a cold morning as he goes to the barn with the milk pail. May some for get present hardships in dreams that someday he may be President of the United States. It occurs to us that had this news broken sooner, say, before the last . election,-Maine and Vermont might have made it unanimous. , 1 .... ' i , ' ' ' ' . . . ' v mm mmmrn 1 Bruce ..... -..rrf- THERE ARE NO V UTTLE THINGS ."One day 1 summoned up cour age to ask the head of our firm how he ever happened to make me an offer to. join his firm on so short an acquaintanceship," a very successful lawyer told me. His answer was surprising. He said that for years he had been able to secure more business than he could properly handle. As a business getter he was a star ; as an organizer - of an ef ficient force he was a failure. He had hired brilliant young, chaps out of '"law school, but somehow they never de veloped as . he hoped. Being bril liant, they expected to get results easily, and if they were whipped a couple of times in court it broke their spirit V . "One night he went home and sat down before the fire to analyze his situation.' He decided to look for' an entirely 'different type of man; he listed the qualifications: "1. The man must not be too smart He must have the habit of working hard for his-, results. "2. He must have been in college athletics trained to fight for vic tory, and to keep .up his chin in defeat "Having made this list, the law yer asked his friends to recom mend men who met the qualifica tions. One of them named me. "So. you see," my friend con cluded, "it was that one little thing, to which I never attached ' the slightest importance, that made my whole, career." When you hear stories like this, and I have ' heard many of them, it makes you' think that there are no little, things. No operation is so insignificant that man can refuse to give it less than his best- DESERVE AND ' ELIMINATE : . ' A certain manufacturer, whose products already covered the field, announced his intention of still an other item to the line. His .banker was skeptical. "What excuse is there for it?" he demanded. "Does it meet any Teal, need? Has it any special qualities that make it de serve to succeed?" The manufacturer replied rather testily that be could not sec what BARTON ( : - . ? 950.000,000 S. X deserving had to do with it. There w.a an opportunity to . get more business from a competitor, and he proposed to do so. v . The banker protested. "That seems a poor foundation on which to build," he said. He was right After an expensive and unsuccess ful campaign the new product was abandoned, i ' Another 'company, whose volume had' grown rapidly during the months of prosperity, came into dull times, and began to examine its expenses. It discovered that nearly half its overhead could be cut without reducing profits. While things were rolling it had entirely neglected elimination. , The words apply with equal force to individual lives. How many use less habits we loaded in good times. Apparently hard times ' are neces sary dnce in a while to compel us to eliminate. As for the, word deserve, who has not experienced the increased sense of power which comes when one knows in his . heart that his plans and purposes ' are wholly right? Under the spell of such con viction we astonish ourselves . by an unexpected capacity. We feel in tune with infinite forces. We de serve, and the stars in their courses seem to be fighting on our side. (Copyright, K. F. S.) Briartowii Mr. Grady Dills died Sunday night, . March 14, at v 11 o'clock after a long illness. He is survived by his widow, mother, grandmother and several brothers and sisters. Mr. Riley Hogue, who has been ill for sometime, is no better. B. T. Lowery, who has been spending the winter in South Car olina, returned to 'his home here last week. , , ' ' Mr. and Mrs. ' Tom . Mack an nounce the arrival of a daughter, Mary Beth. Miss Ina Henry, our teacher, spent the week-end with home folks in Franklin. Our school will close March 24, after a very successful year's work. Everyone seemed highly pleased with Miss Henry's work and hope she will be with us again next year. aaa Afl IZfOUU, RWf uw. r P.A ,...) Lost Colony Contest Honors Anniversary High school students in this county are ' due for ome head scratching if most of them enter an interesting contest which was announced this week-end to all' public - high school . principals in North Carolina. For solutions of the mystery of what became of the Lost Colony, the Roanoke Island Historical 'As sociation, Inc, -sponsors with ' the federal government of this sum mer's mammoth 250th anniversary celebration of the English settle ment of America on Roanoke Is land, N. C is offering a $50 first prize and 107 other prizes valued at $200. :f The solutions will be written by the students in papers which must not. number more than 1,200 words, and must be completed and handed to the high school principal not later than April 15. Attractive illustrated folders ex plaining the contest will be avail able' from high school principals this week. 1 , Clyde A. Erwin, state superin tendent of public instruction, is chairman of the committee of judges. , ' Hired housekeepers are not clas sified as "home-makers" by the Bureau of Census. ; Surveys show' that 22.1 of auto accidents are caused by exceeding the speed limit ' LEGAL ADVERTISING ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator, of Geo. C Dowdle, deceased, late of Macon county, N. G, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them tp the undersigned on or before the 16th day . of March, 1938, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. AH persons indebted to said estate will ' please make immediate settlement. This 16th day of March, 1937. ARTHUR DOWDLE, Administrator. MI8-6tp A22 s t.AttUIOR'3 NOTICE Having qualified as executor of ' Alfred M. Shope, deceased, late of Macon county, N. C, this is to notify alf persons having claims against the estate ' of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned, on or before the 16th dayot' March, 1938, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovrfry. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement. This Mh day of March, 1937. 'CLYDE : WEST, Executor mm
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