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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1939
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BIBLE THOUGHT
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy
free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners
shall be converted unto thee. Psalms 51 : 12-13.
Our prayers accept; our sins forgive;
Our youthful zeal renew
Shape for us holier lives to live
And nobler work to do. Oliver Wendell. Holmes.
'Somewhere in Holland Too Close lo Germany'
Come To The Tabernacle Services
TTHE cooperation of Christians of every com-
munion is invited in the services that have
been announced to be held in Friendship Tabernacle
beginning next Sunday.
That the united efforts of all followers of the
Nararene are demanded to overcome an aggressive
spirit of anti-Christ in the world today, is apparent,
even to indifferent Christians every sincere effort
that seeks to turn men's minds and hearts to God
bears fruit . . . "some an hundred fold."
From that memorable missionary gathering of
churches throughout the world held in Madras,
India, last December, comes this sentence that may
well be borne in mind by those who seek through
faith and works to discover the heart of the Gospel.
"But first we must come in penitence to the feet
of God. In the presence of these disasters and fore
bodings, we see the judgment of God's righteous
ness' upon our society ; but we see also His judgment
upon our churches so enmeshed in the world that
they dare not speak God's full word of truth un
afraid, so divided that they cannot speak that word
with full power, so sullied by pettiness and world
liness that the face of Christ cannot be clearly dis
cerned in them, or His power go forth through
them for redemption. We must come too in' deep
humility, knowing that no merely human deed or
word of ours will suffice to meet humanity's need.
God's words and deeds alone are the healing of its
sickness. Yet it is still His Will to utter and ac
complish them through His Church. His promise is
still that His strength shall be made manifest in
our weakness."
We trust that this mission in our midst may re
sult in a real and widespread spiritual revival.
Officials Should Get Together
X7E sincerely, hope, that federal and county of-
ficials can get together in conference to work
out some plan whereby as great a number of citi-.
zens as possible can be given work on government
projects.
It is a pity if any boy or girl or man or woman
needing work that can be supplied through cooper
ation of county and federal officials, should fail to
receive it for lack of that cooperation.
The present national Administration is the first
that has made "the need of keeping the people
working and fed" a primary objective in politics. It
is up to those intrusted, through political appoint
ment or election, with this duty, to keep the wheels
going round. Failure results in far-reaching social
injustice. That this may be caused by personal dis
like or misunderstanding reacts disastrously for
all involved. a
Historical Highway Markers
OUIDE to North Carolina Historical Highway
Markers" has just been issued by the North
Carolina Historical Commission and Department
of Conservation and Development. The booklet's
purpose is stated in the introduction as follows:
"In possessing places of historic interest, North
Carolina is among . the' richest of all the States of
the Union. Beginning with the first English colony
in the New World, which settled on Roanoke Island
in 1585, many events and developments of historical
significance have occurred on North Carolina soil.
From the Atlantic Ocean on the east to the Great
Smoky Mountains' on the west are hundreds of old
houses, battlefields, birthplaces of famous men and
women, and other historic points which the tour
ist will find it worth his while to visit. It is hoped
that the present booklet will enhance the pleasure
and interest of those who travel North Carolina
highways and that it will add to the general knowl
edge of the State's history."
Among the 215 markers along the state's main
highways the following commemorate historical
event of interest in our section:
Nikwasi Marking the site of the ancient Chero
kee town near the Indian mound and bridge in
Franklin, on route 64. Here was held a council of
Sir Alexander Cuming with the Indians, which lead
to a treaty in 1730. . , .... . : .
A: v . 4 ff v If
"Somewhere in Holland too close to Germany" is the only locality identification iven for this show of
Dutch preparedness on the German border. Left: A steel-helmeted sentry stands guard before the entrance
to one of the new border fortresses. The concrete stub is a "tank stopper," garnished with steel rails and a
bouquet of barbed wire. Right: Soldiers of the Netherlands', regular army stand guard, lo a trench along the
German border. Such scenes are plentiful along the entire frontier.
Here's WorldV Wheat Supply Except
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. CARRYOVER I
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With the exception of Russia's huge wheat crop and China's output,
the tentative world's wheat supply is 6,290,000,000 bushels. Which means
that more wheat will be available for use in the 1939-'40 season than ever
before, according to estimates made by the U, S. bureau of agricultural
economics. The carryover is 1,200,000,000 bushels, and this year's wheat
crop will total approximately 4,090,000,000 bushels.
Cherokee Defeat In the American Revolution a
North Carolina force under General Griffith Ruth
erford defeated the Cherokees at Wayah Gap. This
marker is located on N. C. Highway 28, five miles
north of Franklin, and 10 miles east of Wayah Gap.
Cherokee Defeat In the French and Indian War
Col. Grant's force of whites, Chickasaws and Cataw
bas defeated the Cherokee warriors near here,
June 1761. On N.. C. Highway 28 about two miles
north of Franklin.
Cherokee Victory In the French and Indian
War, the Cherokees defeated a Colonial and Brit
ish force from New York under Col. Montgomery,
June, 1760. On N. C. Highway 28 about four miles
north of Franklin.
Other points are marked in adjoining counties.
Notable in Jackson County, is "High Hampton"
which was the summer home of Wade Hampton,
Confederate general ; Governor of S. C. 1876-79; ,
U. S. Senator. '
The guide book contains a map of the State with
aljnarkers indicated in red, which -will be of great
value to the tourist interested in history.
A Negative Session
TTHE'following editorial, clipped from the, Atlanta
Journal, comments on the results of the past
session of Congress:
The first session of the Seventy-sixth Congress,
of the United States will be remembered for nega
tive more than for positive results. The things it
has left undone outweigh those it has done.
Some reassuring changes in the tax laws stand to
its credit. Certain revisions of the social security
program promise to be helpful. National defense
needs were well provided for. An important step
was taken, through the Hatch bill, to prevent "per
nicious politics" among government employes. But
the vital questions involved in the neutrality law
were brought no nearer an answer by- anything that
the Congress did. Nor can it be said that economy
was among the virtues of a session which appro
priated more than thirteen billion, one hundred and
fifty million dollars a peacetime 'record. This,
notwithstanding that the House refused even to
consider, in its final week, two of the administra
tion's major measures which the Senate had passed,
the housing bill arid the "lending bill."
The President has left this Congress largely to
its own counsels; certainly, he has not attempted
to dictate legislation, although he has stood up for
his ideas and convictions. The wrangling and dis
sension of the last seven months cannot be charged
to what the Executive has done within that period.
Whether the net result is to be set down for the
country's good or ill depends on one's point of
view. But no one, we dare say, can admire the ses
sion !for constructive achievement,
Deer Hunting Season
To Open October 1
Below are given the open sea
sons for hunting as adopted at t lie
July meeting-of the Hoard of Con-,
serv-ation and Development:
Deer (male) October 1 to Jan
uary 1. In Macon county, No
vember I to 15, in territory north
we.st of Highway 64.
Opossum, raccoon (with gun or
dogs onlv) October 1 to February
15.
yuail November 30 to February
15, daily bag limit, 10.
Rabbit November JO to Febru
ary 15.
Squirrel (other than fox squirrel
or southern red squirrel) October
1 to January 15.
Stamey Reunion To
Be Held August 27
The Stamey family reunion will
be .held at the home of Robert
Stamey on the fourth Sunday,
August 27, it has been announced
by M, A. Sanders, president of
the reunion.
All relatives are asked to attend,
and. bring a basket of lunch.
Clippings
JUSTICE
(Atheville Citizen-Times)
A recent decision of the State
Board of Conservation and De
velopment at Raleigh should re
ceive the backing and .support of
all lovers of wild life, as well as of
all lovers of our native forests.
The Board approved the use of as
much as ten per cent of the game
fund (largely made up of receipts
from hunting' and fishing licenses)
for the purpose of helping fight
forest fires in the State of North
Carolina.
Particularly in the hunting and
fishing country along the coast and
in the mountains should this de
cision prove popular. There is a
rough sort of justice in having
the hunters .and fishermen help
pay thus indirectly for combating
forest fires, because lately figures
have been published which show
that hunters and fishermen are re
sponsible for roughly sixty ' per
cent of all-forest fires started in
our woods today.
These figures .sound slightly ex
aggerated to us, and may be so,
but certainly ten per . cent of the
fires are so started, as even a
rough estimate would prove. There
fore a similar proportion of the
license money set aside for fire
lighting in our woods and along
our streams would seem to be a
fair working out of the situation.
For as civilization encroache, on
our countryside, the problem of
preserving our forests intact is
straining the resources of the lo
cal, state and federal agencies
connected with this work.
But there is still another angle
to the matter that is even more
important. No better way ' could
be found to preserve our game and
wild life than by protecting the
woods in which they live. Fight
ing fires is directly adding to the
game in this State. So the hunt
ers will in the end get the value
of their license money back after
all.
Communications
FIFTH SUNDAY MEETINGS
(We commend the following let
ter. Long live the Macon County
5th Sunday singings ! Editor.)
Editor Press: Will you allow
me A little space to. say a few
words concerning the fifth Sun
day meetings?
At one time in the past the Bap
tists used the fifth Sundays for
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EVERYTHING FOR
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AT REASONABLE PRICES
PHon 106 Franklin, N. C.
union 'meetings, or one Sunday, 1
believe, was used for a Sunday
School convention. By some means
they ceased to be. In the later
years we have been having a tilth
Sunday singing at the courthouse.
J'his meeting is not compulsory,
you can go or stay away as you
like. .Whether you go, or stay
away matters little to the sing
ing, 'i here will always be some
one there to sing. But the more
singers who go and help make it
what it ought to be, the better of
course, it will be.
1 vva.s one oi a committee on
tune and place who sent the first
singing to tlie courthouse. It has
been held there ever since.
At the present time ' there are
some who want to do away with
the fifth Sunday singings and al
low the Baptist ministers of the.
vounty lo use the. day in some
capacity. In regard to this, 1 have
tiiis to say: The fifth Sunday
..inging has no monopoly on the
day. Anyone can use it who wants
to. The filth Sunday singing is
interdenominational.. Anyone can
sing regardless of his politics or
religion. And we have been ac
cused of not having such thing as
religion because some few have
been known to have had a tew
drinks before singing, and maybe
between songs, aLso. The better
element of the singers deplore, this
tail, but we can't stop singing be
cause it few walit to take a drink.
We also deplore the fact that in
the churches are members , who
drink and even sell it, .but there
is no talk or thought of stopping
the churches. '
Some .ii-tiii to want to dictate to
us the "brand" of, song book we.
use. We, as singers, have never
yet asked the preachers to use
only the Bible, in preaching to us.
They can, and do, use all the
helps and commentaries they can
get, and do not consult the sing
ers in regard to what to use;
In conclusion, let me say, we
have lots, of people in the county,
some 15,000 1 think. Enough to
over-fill any church and the court
house, too, every fifth Sunday.. If
the Baptist ministers want to use'
every fifth' Sunday in the year,
well artd good. You will never
hear a kick from the singers. We
will try to sing better and make
the convention better.
As nothing is gained' by some
one always finding fault with what
someone else is doing, I took the
liberty to write this for all the
singers of the county, for "there
is so much bad in the best of us,
and so much good in the worst
of us that it hardly behooves any
of us to talk about the rest of
us.".
E. A. Snyder.
P. S. This is not the opening
of a debate. So far as I am con
cerned, this is final.
A MENDACIOUS COMMA
Figures may not lie but a wick
ed little comma can play havoc
with the truth. We . wish to cor
rect the, printed "$150,000'' in last
week's editorial, which should read
$15,000. '
Macon Theatre
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PROGRAM FOR WEEK
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
Love on a terror ship ablaze with
red doom!
VICTOR McLAGLEN
CHESTER MORRIS
IN
"PACIFIC LINER"
With ALAN HALE
PERRY FITZGERALD
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
Double Feature Program
JACK HOLT ,IN
"WHISPERING
ENEMIES"
See how racketeers ruin
business of today ! '
And
"TREACHERY RIDES
THE RANGE"
Starring DICK FORAN
The Singing Cowboy
MON.-TUES., AUGUST 14-15
GINGER ROGERS
DAVID NIVEN
"BACHELOR
MOTHER"
With CHARLES COBURN
FRANK ALBERTSON
Never before such fun on the
screen! Scream-lined scandal over
shopgirl Ginger's doorstep baby
and the boss' son . . . in a romance
that , races one jump ahead of your
leaping heart.
WED.-THURS., AUGUST 16-17
JACK BENNY, DOROTHY
LAMOIIR rnr.An a n kism r im
. - .'vrtix AivnuLLr in
"MAN ABOUT TOWN"
Tl t
ine De,st of the Benny Pictures!
No wonder the whole town's talk
ing about "Man About Town"!
Six Of til, hiirirnct .I-,-- nf c..,r
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and radio, plus "Rochester", Jack's
radio man of no work, to make
you roar with laughter!
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