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BIBLE THOUGHT
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee. Psalm 84:5.
No nian has come to true greatness wTio has not felt in some de
gree that his life belongs to the race, and that what God gives him,
He gives him for mankind, Phillips Brooks.
One Hundred Years of Baseball
NE day in the summer of 1839 just one hun-
clred years ago Abner Doubleday looked
around the little town of Cooperstown, N. Y., until
he found a vacant lot to suit his purpose and mark
.ed out the first "baseball diamond;" and on that
lot was played the first game of baseball.
This centennial year of the great American
game finds many thousands of diamonds in use in
every hamlet, town and city throughout the nation
and the game has been taken up enthusiastically. in
practically every country on the globe.;
Baseball is the one game which appeals to men
and women of all ages and in all conditions of life,
and is one of the few sports which provides as
much enjoyment for the spectators as for the play
ers. Millionaires and farm boys, preachers, doctors,
lawyers and merchants, stamp on their hats, tear
their shirts and howl at the umpire. The players
come from colleges and. sand lots, from offices,
banks, workshops and stores, and they put all
their energy into the game. .
When the season opens arrests for drunkenness
bein to decline and peace officers find their duties
less burdensome for thousands of young men who
otherwise might be spending their time on wild
Sunday parties are out on the ball fields and have
neither time nor thought for liquor and joy riding.
A town where the citizens flock to the ball park
and whoop it up for the home team is usually a
sober; town and a mighty good place in which to
live.
If you attend a professional game this season
look for the small cloth badges seen on the uni
forms of players and umpires at the shoulder.
These are the badges worn in honor of baseball's
centennial and of the man who gave the game to
America, and who later helped to turn the tide of
a great war.
Swat the Fly!
IF you have ever looked at the legs of a fly under
1 a high-powered magnifying glass you will have
noticed that it is covered with thousands , of tiny
hairs. When the fly is in action, it will shake and
dust these hairs off very often.
In this way, nature has provided that the fly
keep her legs reasonably clean from the dust and
dirt which, she collects in her search for food. But
in her scheme of things, nature has not had much
consideration for man. The fly has no interest in
manners or in being house-broken. She dusts her
self on your cake or on your head with equal effi
ciency. The baby's milk or your sugar bowl seem
to be her favorite places.
The fly is more like a cat in this respect. You
have noticed that a cat will start washing herself
after her stomach is well-filled. While the fly is
cleaning herself she is spreading disease and filth.
One moment she may be feeding on a pile of gar
bage and the next minute she may fly through an
open door or window and land on your face, or
your baby's' bottle.
That is why we should all fight the fly. Keep
your garbage pails well covered and put screens
on all doors and windows. Let us not put the fly
on relief in the land by handing out food to him.
Number 25
THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
There are some large cities, like New Orleans,
that are almost entirely rid of flies, through strict
sanitary regulations and years of voluntary discip
line practised by citizens of every walk of life.
While this may not be possible in a rural com
munity where there is livestock, still the prevalence
of flies can be greatly reduced by the careful atten
tion of everyone to the cleanliness of their own
premises. A few weeks ago every householder in
Franklin received a letter from the town office ask
ing co-operation in the matter of garbage collecting
in the interest of a cleaner town. For the good
health and safety of our own citizens and; summer
visitors, let us add to the attractions of Franklin
by making it flyless.
Keep your fly swatter handy and swat the fly!
As the World
Turns
A brief survey of cur
rent events in state,
nation and abroad
. the facts boiled down
to a few pithy lines.
N. C. WORLD'S FAIR ERHIBIT
DEDICATED BY GOV. HOEY
Four Thousand Tar Heels trom
all over the state whooped up the
World's, Fair last Monday and
helped Governor Clyde K. Hoey to
dedicate (and initiate) the North
Carolina exhibit. New York Fair
officials and newspapermen report
ed that North Carolina Day was
"the best state day yet." ,
WELCOME TO BRAZIL'S
ARMY CHIEF '
The United States welcomed
General Aurelio Goes Monteiro,
Brazil's army chief of staff, on
Tuesday with the booming guns,
armored cars, and roaring planes
that twice before in recent weeks
had been put on display for dis
tinguished guests.
PRESIDENT URGES
NEUTRALITY BILL
President Roosevelt on Wednes
day endorsed the Bloom neutrality
bill as an influence for peace and
urged congress to revise the pres
ent neutrality law at this session
so that the administration could
formulate a definite policy to fol
low in case of war.
The bill embodies recommenda
tions of Secretary of State Cordell
Hull.
'
PRESIDENT'S TRIP
POSTPONED
President Roosevelt has announc
ed that owing to brighter pros
pects for early adjournment of
Congress his trip to Alaska would
be postponed until this session is
over.
HOUSE VOTES
TAX CHANGES
The new tax bill abolishing the
undistributed profits levy and modi
fying other taxes in an effort to
encourage business revival was
passed .by the House on ' Monday
by a vote of 358 to 1, and ,s,ent to
the Senate in record time.
ANDREWS ASSAILS
ANTI-WAGE LOBBY
Wage-Hour Administrator Elmer
F. Andrews has charged that pow
erful lobbyists are seeking to .un
determine the wage-hour act and
"deprive the workers of social gains
they have won during the last few
years."
BALANCED DIET NEEDED
Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of The
Progressive Farmer, in an address
to the Southern Food and Drug
Convention in Ralelgr: Monday
night, pointed to the need of a
"balanced diet" for the health, tem
perance and moral soundness of
the people of the south, where a
long growing ,s,eason gives greatest
opportunity ' to raise food that
makes for a healthful diet.
SQUALUS SUB
CASE REVIEWED
Lieut. Oliver F. Naquin, com
mander of the Squalus submarine
which sank May 23, paying tribute
to the 26 men who were lost, rec
ommended at the naval court of
inquiry that interlocking devices be
installed to prevent flooding of
ballast tanks, of submarines until
main engine induction valves had
been closed..
CLIPPER CROSSES SAFELY
The huge Atlantic Clipper, with
her first load of 18 passengers,
many of them aviation editors and
writers, landed on Monday at Mar
seille, France, via the Azores and
Portugal, making a quick crossing
from Port .Washington, N. Y.
NYA TO EXPAND
On June 24 the NYA will begin
an expanded program in this state
based on work experience as an
independent set-up within the Fed
eral Security Agency, and sepa
rated from W PA. This, will advance
the status of NYA from a purely
work relief agency for young
people, broadening and making
more efficient a program based on
work experience.
FEDERAL JUDGE
SENTENCED
Federal Judge Martin T. Man
ton of New York Tuesday receiv
ed a sentence of two years and a
fine of $10,000 for accepting bribes
to influence, his decisions,. This is
the first time in the 1 50 years'
history of the judiciary that a
judge has been sentenced for such
an offense.
JAPS BUILD 1000-VOLT DEATH V
LINE AROUND FOREIGN
SECTOR
British and French areas at
Tientsin were surrounded by 1000
volt high tension wires in an ef
fort to increase the blockade
around the foreign sectors. Many
reports, which authorities could
not check, state the Chinese run
ners trying to get through the
blockade with food were shot or
bayoneted by Japanese guards.
Britain is delaying moves against
Japan until the women and chil
dren can be taken out to coastal
resorts,. British troops moved in
seven truck loads of food under
heavy guard.
BRITISH RULERS TO ARRIVE
IN SOUTHAMPTON THURSDAY
Englishmen were preparing to
welcome their King and Queen
Thursday at Southampton while the
royal yacht, Empress of Britain,
sped homeward at a steady 20
knot clip. King George and Queen
Elizabeth rested and enjoyed col
ored moving pictures of their North
American tour.
Communications
SEES BRIGHTER FUTURE
AWAITING THIS COUNTRY
(Reprinted from Washington Star)
The nations of Europe struggle
for wealth America has wealth.
The nations abroad strive for land
America has land. The nations on
the continent conserve with all
their energy foodstuffs, raw mater
ials and natural resources Amer
ica fears too much of the good
things, seeks to avert over-porduc-ti'on
and under-consumption. Eu
rope is heading toward conflagra
tion and oblivion America is head
ing toward a new destiny as the
focal point of modern and future
civilizations. . ..
The United States in age is an
infant. We were officially born in
the year 1787.
We must have been a sorry-looking
sight prior to the constitutional
convention. Thirteen loosely feder
ated colonies stretching along the
Eastern Seaboard. Crude and prov
incial to the landed aristocracy on
the continent, we probably didn't
improve much, in their view, even
after we set up the new Govern
ment. The target for jeers and
mocking, the early settlers and pio
neers must have had to swallow
their pride and look to the West
for consolation and comfort.
The purchase of Louisiana in
1803, the annexation of Florida in
1819, of Texas in 1845, of the Ore-
itfii
T.rtnrv in 1846. the acquisi
tion of the Southwest in 1848 and
the Gadsden Purchase in 1853
brought to America an empire of
agricultural and . industrial wealth
undreamed of in previous world
history.
Today larger in territory than
26 European nations, the United
States predominates in industrial
production. We produce 34 per
cent of the world's coal ; 53 per
cent. of its corn; ,50 per cent of its
cotton; 16 per cent of its wheat;
62 per cent of its oil; 35 per cent
of its electric power; 32 per cent
of its copper; 29 per cent of its
iron; 34 per cent of the world's
mileage in railroads ; 43 per cent of
its timber, and possess only 6 per
cent of the world's total population.
This we do and this we are in
the world today. Nation No. 1
in a world of neighbors, but shirk
ing miserably an obligation to our
selves and posterity. In this great
land of ours, abundant in minerals
and virgin soil we have failed to
work out a system of production
and distribution by which all this
good can reach the people. Ten mil-,
lion men and women idle; 40,000,000
men, women and children underfed,
ill-clothed and housed and not re
ceiving adequate medical ,care.
And a lot of this in America, our
native land, land of promise and
plenty.
We must work and plan, plan
progressively a balanced economy
if we are to accept our rightful
destiny. We are the melting pot,
the cosmopolitan empire through
which the world's hopes and pray
ers move. We possess the inherent
genius of every race, every creed.
We are the leader in arts and
sciences for we are a combination
of all. If ever Utopia could emerge
from a people, it should spring
forth here. It can happen here and
I am firmly convinced in the years
to come its long-awaited manifes
tation will become realized. "Let us
not pray for a light burden, but for
a strong back."
. BENJAMIN R. STICKNEY, Jr.
Macon Theatre
Matinees 3:30 P. M.
Night Show 7:30 and 9:30
SHOWING FROM 1:30 TO
11 P. M. SATURDAYS
DDAPD A AH CHD VlCPV
FRIDAY, JUNE 23
It's thrilling 1 it's funny!
it's romantic 1
"THE KID FROM
TEXAS"
DENNIS O'KEEFE
FLORENCE RICE
SATURDAY, JUNE 24 '
Double Feature Program
Stirring story of a great doctor
JACK HOLT IN
"THE STRANGE CASE
OF DR. MEADE"
With: BVERLY ROBERTS
NOAH BEERY, JR.
JOHN QUALEN
And
BUCK JONES ,IN
"CALIFORNIA
FRONTIER"
With: CARMEN BAILEY
MILBURN STONE
Buck won his love by fist and
gun smoke
MONDAY, JUNE 26
CLAUDETTE COLBERT And
JAMES STEWART In
"IT'S A WONDERFUL
WORLD"
With GUY KIBBEE, NAT
PENDLETON, FRANCIS
DRAKE, EDGAR KENNEDY
TUESDAY, JUNE 27
BETTE RAVIS
GEORGE BRENT In
"DARK VICTORY"
GERALDINE FITZGERALD
RONALD REGAN
HUMPHREY BOGART
WED..THURS., JUNE 28-29
"WUTHERING
HEIGHTS"
Co-Starring: MERLE OBERTON
LAURENCE OLIVER
DAVID NIVEN
With: FLORA ROBSON
DONALD CRISP
GERALDINE FITZGERALD
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