THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN
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VOL. LII , , , ; Number 45
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The Red Cross Campaign
'T'O DAY- Thursday, November 11, Armistice
Day the annual Red Cross campaign gets under
way, and it is up to Macon county to exceed the
splendid record of the past. ' .
Macon is one of the banner, counties, due to the
liberality of her people and the splendid leadership
in all of the camnaions for the relief of suffering:
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and distressed people in calamity-visited areas.
The Red Cross has never called upon the people
of Macon county in vain. Whenever disaster strikes
and funds and supplies are needed this county al
ways exceeds her quota. The great sirm at Gaines
ville, the disastrous floods in the Ohio valley, found
our people ready to give and to go.
One man came in to The Press office when funds
were being raised for the flood sufferers, and said :
"I didn't have any money, but I caught up some,
chickens this morning and sold them for a dollar.
.Here is the dollar, send it to the Red Cross." That
is the spirit of our folks.
This year the call comes for an increased quota,
because of the great program which the Red Cross
is trying to carry out throughout the country for
the well-being of all citizens.
The prediction now is that Macon will again ex
ceed the quota assigned to the county.
The Unemployed Census
(N next Tuesday, November 16, there will be
started the work of taking a voluntary census
of the unemployed in the United States, the Ha
waiian Islands and Alaska. The method of taking
this census is unique it is a way of arriving at a
desired end that has never been tried before.
The whole of this vast undertaking has been
thrust mpon the post office department, and it is a
safe prediction that it wijl be carried out efficiently
and satisfactorily.
Over all the world the methods of the United
States post office department are considered the
last word in efficiency whether in prompt and ac
curate service in delivery of mail matter or the ap
prehension of violators of postal laws. The rules of
the service are rigid and no alibis are accepted.
The mails must go and go on time. Throughout the
years since the days of Benjamin Franklin, this rule
has been strictly enforced under all conditions and
under air administrations, and a body of men has
been trained to whom the distribution and collec
tion of some fifty million census cards will be con
sidered all in theday's work.
For a College Boy's 'Dad
(From an editorial in the Rotarian Magazine)
TTHEY tell us every day in every graphic way
that college men and women do a deal of "dood
ling" which is true. But they fail to say that in
odd moments those lively, handsome young folks
do quite a little worrying, too, worrying about their
individual futures.
Maybe your "kid" is back for his first week-end
at home. Maybe you've wanted to give him a father
ly boost, but haven't known quite how to start.
Cut to fit your predicament is this bit of advice
from the distinguished scholar, Charles A. Beard:
"... I have found the world to be, as Emerson
says, all doors, all opportunities. Life itself is crowd
ed with unexpected occasions and choices. It is im
possible to plan for them accurately in advance.
rr ' ' ' . a a ! a IJ 1- . .1
1 ne greatest opportunities come suuaeniy, out oi
a clear sky. When I was young, I worried about the
long future, so clouded with uncertainty, but I
found in time that it was futile. So I would say
"The Quality
I k h mm wfo
''II . Q-
truiiH tor the American Red
to youth: go forward with the work in hand, the
plain duties and obligations immediately ahead,
seek accurate, knowledge, strive for the widest pos
sible outlook on life, fear no evil, establish habits of
fairness and mercy, seek to understand others
through sympathy rather than hatred, waste no
time over mistakes that cannot be remedied, and
march onward with firm confidence that one so
equipped in spirit and mind cannot fail to find gate
ways to labor and reward worth while and to en
during satisfactions. Such, at least, is my confession
of findings in this world of almost baffling myster
ies and choices."
LETTER
FAVORITE BIBLE TEXTS
Editor Press: It is now three
years since a friend in Franklin
asked me to name my favorite
verse in the Bible.
The question is too limited, for
there are more cravings of the
spirit that can be satisfied in the
compass of a verse. We may want
to be comforted by the true, the
beautiful, the good; or meditate on
he sad, the solemn or the sublime;
or be inspired by the . grand, the
noble or the eloquent. Any one
versed in the Bible will have a
preferred precept, story, poem, dis
course and book.
Taking this broader view, I will
give a few of my favorite texts,
knowing at the time that many,
whether learned or unlearned,
would choose differently, nor will
I offer any reasons for my choice
or make any comment except on the
last selection.
The most "beautiful verse in the
Bible is Job 38:7, "When the
morning stars sang together and
all the sons of God shouted for
joy."
As a succinct and comprehensive
moral and religious precept noth
ing in the Bible is superior to
Micah 6:8: "What doth the Lord
require of thee but to do justly
and love mercy and walk humbly
with thy God?"
The finest discourse on man's
relation to man is Paul's sermon
on charity or love in the thirteenth
chapter of First Corinthians.
The parable of the prodigal son
is the masterpiece of its kind.
Poesy in a short poem reaches its
highest art in the song of Deborah
in the fourth chapter of Judges.
The story of Joseph occupies the
last fourteen chapters of Genesis,
and is by far the longest in the
Bible. Numerous persons have pro
nounced it the best short story
ever- written, and with that I
agree. The only rival is that curious
story of Baalam contained in three
Chapters of the book of Numbers.
The four little poems dispersed
through it are so exquisite as to
ibe almost inimitable.
For cold-blooded philosophic re
flection on human life and destiny
of Mercy;- ;.
Croat by Lawrence Wilbur
- PRESS
the book of Ecclesiastes stands
alone. .
The book of Job viewed as litera
ture, poetry or religion, is of the
few great epics of all time, the
crowning achievement of the He
brew people.
The last item us Luke 23:24:
"Father forgive them for they
know not ' what they do." Were
they forgiven? Does any one know
the consequences of his acts,
whether good or bad?. Did Jesus
utter these words on the cross?
B. M. ANGEL.
BATTLE OF SUGARTOWN
Four miles east of Franklin, on
what is known as the Ledford farm,
lie 700 Indian graves covered with
rocks placed there iby Indians ''who
were left after what is known as
he Battle of Sugartown.
This battle was fought in Sep
tember, 1780, and was the last
jattle fought between the white
.ettlers and Indians.
General Pickens was in command
and seven hundred Indians and one
white man were killed, and one
wounded.
Mr. White, the soldier who was
killed, was buried near the battle
b'iound. Daniel Bryson, who was in the
right, lived to be a very old man,
and after he died, was buried at
he Baptist church one-half mile
mm the battleground.
About 20 years ago, a picnic was
held at this historic spot. Friends
we're requested to bring baskets of
provisions and also guns. After the
picnic dinner was over three volleys
were fired over the graves of
Messrs White and Bryson and
steps were taken to buy tombstones
for their graves. -
As the sun rises and sets, time
passes on and on. The older men
have passed on, strangers will
notice and say: "How peculiar to
see so many, rocks laying in piles;
looks like they were laid over and
around graves!"
Some one passing may say, "Oh
yes, I remember my father telling
about some Indian battle being
fought here." Nothing to tell of
the gallant General Pickens and
the two soldiers who fought so
bravely that we might live.
Why. not try for a marker ? They
are being placed in so many places
in Western North Carolina, and
we deserve one, don't we?
- Sarah Frost Hill.
Nearly 4,000,000 Fish
Planted In Streams
Nearly 4,000,000 fish, reared in
the various state fish hatcheries,
have been released in the streams
in all sections of the state this
year so that 1937 is going to be a
banner year both in the number
of fish hatched and released, ac
cording to Commissioner John D.
Chalk, of the game and inland
fisheries division of the depart
ment of conservation and develop
ment. Of the 4,110,000 fish pro
duced during 1937 all but a few
thousand have already been releas
ed. Those not yet released are
several thousand rainbow and
brown trout which are being held
in some of the mountain hatcheries
until they attain more size, when
they will be released in mountain
streams. This is the largest number
of fish ever produced by the state
hatcheries.
The number of fish reared in
hatcheries this year, by species,
are as follows : brook trout, 1,500,
UX); rainbow trout, 2,000,000; brown
trout, 85,000; bass, 300,000; bream,
i5U,000; crappie, 75,000.
The trout were reared in the
mountain hatcheries while most of
the other, or warm water species,
were reared at the Fayetteville and
Marion hatcheries.
Virtually all of these fish were
planted in public waters by the
division's grained hatchery em
ployes and were transported in its
own trucks, so that there was a
minimum loss of fish due to trans
portation and handling, Mr. Chalk
pointed out. Some fish were also
released from the U. S. govern
ment fish hatcheries at Edenton,
Hoffman and Smokemont.
With improvements now under
way at the Fayetteville and Wayn
esville hatcheries, next year's out
put of fish is expected to be still
larger.
Forest Fire Protection
Jtiest In History ,
The facilities for , protehting
North Carolina's forest lands from
fire are better now than they have
ever been, according to Forester
W. C. McCormick, in charge of
forest fire prevention in the for
estry division of the department ot '
conservation and development. Ap
proximately 15,000,000 acres of for
ests are now included within the
forest fire protection system, out
of' a total of slightly more than
su,ouu,UUU acres regarded as needing
protection, so that three-fourths
of the forest areas in the state are
now receiving fire protection, Mc
Cormick pointed out.
The forestry division 'now has
76 fire observation towers scatter
ed through the protected areas,
with houses for tower keepers at
53 of these towers while additional
houses are being built by the
civilian conservation corps at many
of the other towers. Acrording to
present plans, a tower house will
be provided for almost every fire
observation tower, so that all of
the towers will be manned the
year around, instead of just during
the fire seasons. These towers
range in height from 35 feet to
125 feet, depending upon the loca
tion and type of forest, although
most of the towers are 100 feet
high.
Each of these towers or each
tower house, is equipped with a
telephone so that the fire observ
ers may telephone to other fire
wardens and fire crews whenever
they need assistance in extinguish
ing forest fires.
J. W. Amnions. 89,
Dies In Washington
J. W. Ammons, an old time sur
veyor in Macon county, died an
October 15 at his, home jn Gold
Bar, Wash., at the age of 89.
He is survived by his widow, who
is 85 year of age and has been
partially paralyzed for three years,
and 10 children. One son, Charles
II Ammons, was killed on July 13
of this year when struck by a fall
ing limb while working in the
woods. The 10 living children are:
Columbus, Thomas and Robert, of
North Carolina; James, John and
Franklin, of Gold Bar, Wash.; Mrs.
Lily J. Mincy, of Kelso, Wash.;
Mrs. Lyda Clark, Mrs. Ella Smith,
Mrs. Cora Parker, of Monroe,
Wash., Route 2, and 32 grandchildren.