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PAGE FOUR THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1939 Ckr nut k Iht :jjrss . anil (Eta MiItkus fflnzxtninn Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 VOL. LI V ! Number 35 Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson and B.'.W. Johnson.;......... .Publishers P. F, Callahan . .'.....Managing Editoi Entered at the , Post Office, Franklin, N. C, as second class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.50 Six Mouths .75 Eight Months .... ........ . $100 Single Copy .05 Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes or. respect, by individuals, lodges, churches,-. .organizations or societies, will be regarded as adver tising and inserted at regular classified advertising rates. Such notices will be marked "adv." in 'compliance with the postal regulations. BIBLE THOUGHT Blessed" are the peacemakers, for the y shall be called the children .of I Aid; St. Matt. 5:9..- ." , , .. It is uf the CNsencc of war that the evils that you seek to destroy by it a.re- not' destroyed, hut enter into 'your- own lives and souls. Oswald Garrison Villard. School For Every Child? TTVAY Alacon county's children and teachers started "with a clean slate" back to school. For allnew and old alike the. year's work will pre sent tests for teachers as well as pupils. And there . will be other . "true and false" tests besides those niiineoyraphed for mass consumption by the grades. We hope these experiences will be of a character that all will be the better and stronger. for them. Many children will Come wih care-free happiness, some with shy reticence. Some go forward to suc cess, others face failure, a few, perhaps, tragedy. For some the flame of thought will grow brighter; for others there await frustration and bewilder ment, like the girl' who said, "I've done took French two years and it ain't done me no good yet.". Then we must not forget the children who didn't go to school today. We need to feel the sort of shame in this fact that will drive us, all working together, to right this wrong. It is no one person's or one group's fault that this is the case. But the guilt is shared by every one of us. if the condition is allowed to continue.. " Now is the time that superintendent, principals, teachers, parents and children should mobilize; and, through churches, organizations and welfare agen cies, set out to combat illiteracy. There is no pov erty so acute that a way cannot be found to lift every little child out of the threat of this darkness. The fruits of past vicious circles of ignorance and poverty' may be seen on our streets especially court weeks and Saturday nights in all its pitiiul reality. Like some, foul disease, the privileged earn not escape contagion by indifference.. " What is needed is something more than "enlight ened self interest" ; it is hard, unselfish work that is prompted by genuine caring about the other fel low enough to help remove the cause. Then a new era of education for all will begin. If it is willed by the good citizens of Macon county that no child is too poor or too isolated to go to school that he may find the tools to a better . life then it can be done. If not, we will go on having festering spots, with the darkness that , breeds 'poverty, and more poverty, prostitution, drunkenness, suffering; to menace, and : perhaps ruin some of our happy children who start ed to school today. -. i ' , Ciano, Hitler Grind Their 'Axis' Italian Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano chats with German Kelchs.'uehrer Adotf Hitler during conversations at Berchtesgaden and Salzburg between Ciano and Joachim von Ribbentrop, German foreign minister. Observers believed this conference brought a statement of Italy's disinclination to support Germany in a war over Danzig, also paving the way for an all-European conference to settle issues over Danzig and Italian claims against France. 1;; ''' Improved j SUNDAY SSSJl SCHOOL LESSON -: Bv HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST D. D. Dean ot The Moody Bible Institute o( Chicago. , . (He leased by Western Newspaper Union.) Lesson for September 3 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and. copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. "It means the planting, sometimes in the face of deadly opposition, the principles of freedom and fair play in the dark places of the earth. It means com ing into close grips with every kind of vileness and villainy so that peace making is no. mere dress suit ; and kid glove affair," Pacifism becomes just another "ism" when the mission of the peacemaker is thus defined. No peace worth the name can be had at the sacrifice of prin ciple, this speaker brings out, also that it is the peace-at-any-pnee people who are largely respon sible for the making of war. Finally, there was a reminder of the truth, "Peace on earth to men of good will." Can there be peace for others? Perhaps the road to an enduring peace is harder and longer than we like to think about. But there is a road. Muse's Corner THE TWENTY-NINTH SONNET William Shakespeare When in' disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf Heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, .'and curse my fate, ' Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd, Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; . Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising Haply I think on thee, and then my state (Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate; For thy sweet love, remembered such wealth brings, That then II scorn to change my state with kings. Peace ,and Peacemakers TUMBLING on the brink of "the next war" men's minds are driven to ask again "what, when, where and how?" concerning "the next peace." An. Fnglishman in this month's Atlantic Monthly, trying to pierce the darkness in Europe today, con siders war even preferable tq the present chaos of 'cold war" or 'hot peace'. But whether the victors in a war would' 'establish' peace after 'making', peace he gravely doubts. The author sees in any event, the inevitable course of Great Britain and .France politically towards a totalitarian form of government. After the destruction of what he con siders an outworn 'system, the only gleam of light in the picture he paints is stated in closing, "We shall all lfave to stoop down together to one com mon dead level socially, economically, politically if ever we are to build a new order." , - s sjc ic . 9)s sjc Some other thoughts about peace and peace makers come to us from one who fought through the World War. This speaker referred to the. beati tude, "Blessed are the peacemakers", shedding con siderably more light on those things that make for peace than the learned scholar in the Atlantic Monthly. This other Englishman reminded his. hearers that peace was not a cessation of war, but being of so positive a character that it was one of the hardest blessings to: attain. "It is not blessed are those who sit down under, their own vine and fig tree, enjoy ing, the' blessings' of 'peace and indifferent as to the rest of the world. The peacemaker is the peace pro ducer. . . . The man who would be a successful peacemaker must graduate through all the other beatitudes from poverty of spirit through hunger and thirst , after righteousness to purity of heart. NORTH CAROLINA Come to North Carolina, come today, Load up. your things and come to stay. Come to the North Carolina mountains " Drink good cold water from our fountains; Come to the mountains and keep cook;. . Take a swim in the swimming pool. Why stay there and swelter with heat ? Come to Franklin; it cannot be 'beat. You can go on picnics and hikes, Walk, or drive, or. ride on bikes. Come go fishing in Wayah stream .And watch the water ripple and gleam. Go and picnic at ArrOwood Glade . Plenty of benches and lots of shade; See four states from Wayah Bald, Five thousond feet up, the tower is tall. Come to the mountains, corrie today Franklin is the best place to stay. The seashore is good, mountains are best. . Come to Franklin and have a good rest. C. L. GREEN Two New Bulletins Printed By College F. H. Jeter, agricultural editor of State college, has announced two new publications of interest to farmers. They are available free to citizens of the state. One is Ex tension Circular No. 237, "Making Hay in North Carolina," and the other is Technical Bulletin No. 61 of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, entitled "Pro duction of Firm Pork From Pea-, nut-fed Pigs." ' They, may be obtained by ad dressing a request to the. Agri cultural Editor, State College, Ral eigh, and specifying the title ' and number of the publication. E. W. Gaither, . subject matter analyst, and E. C. Blair, agrono mist, of the extension service, col laborated in the preparation of the hay circular. Prof. Earl H. Hos tetler of the State college animal husbandary department, and J. O. Halverson , and F. W.' Sherwood of the animal nutrition division of the experiment station, are co authors of the swine bulletin. . Five points in making good hay are listed in' the extension circular, as follows: (1) Use a well adapted crop; (2) prepare a good seed bed, fertilize well, lime if needed, use plenty of seed, and plant oh time; (3) harvest early, before full bloom for most legumes and in the milk stage for small grains; (4) cure rapidly and take steps to avoid weather damage; and (5) house as soon as well cured. The swine investigations showed that firm pork may be produced with peanut feed when the amount of shelled nuts fed is restricted to 90 to 100 pounds. If 35 to 45 pound pigs are placed on peanuts, they should be taken off that ra tion when they reach 75 to 85 pounds in weight. " With the larger (60 pounds) pigs, the peanuts should be discontinued at a change weight of 90 to 100 pounds. Upper Cartoogechaye A. C. Clarke, of Macon, Ga., was in this section on business last week. Miss 'Ruth Dills, of Dill's Creek, was visiting Mrs Burl Southard Sunday. Randall Conley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Conley is slo,wly im proving at Angel hospital after a serious operation. Louise Southard, of Franklin, spent 'the week-end with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Southard. 'Mrs. Annie Mae Anderson made a business trip to Rainbow Springs Saturday. Aunt Dock Waldroop spent Sat urday in Franklin visiting her nephew, Hunter Waldroop, who is a patient in Angel hospital. Ellis Roane, who is working at Highlands, spent the week-end with home folks. HARVESTS SEED J. R. Franck of Scotland Neck told F, M. Reeme, assistant farm agent in Halifax county, that he harvested 350 pounds of white Dutch clover seed from a 12l2 acre pasture without harming the sod in- the least. ISAIAH: A LIFE DEDICATED TO GOD LESSON TEXT Isaiah 6:MS. GOLDEN TEXT Here am I; send me. Isaiah 6:8. Crisis! We have had so many of them that they have almost become commonplace. There has been one war crisis after another. There have been world crisis and domestic cri sis until the word has almost lost its meaning. In the life of the individual, how ever, the times of crisis are very real and important. In a critical illness one knows when the crisis comes, and he who safely passes that hour is on the road to recov ery. More vital than a physical crisis is a spiritual crisis, when a man meets God face to face and his future destiny is determined by the response which he makes to God's call. Isaiah had such an experience when he came to realize God's glo ry, confessed his own unworthiness, and sought cleansing of life as a preparation for commission to serv ice. I. "I Saw the Lord" (vv. 1-4). King Uzziah, who had begun well but had forgotten God, was at the end of his life, a leper because of his sin, and dying in disgrace. Is rael which had known unprecedent ed prosperity under God's blessing now hardened its heart nationally against God and was also about to go into eclipse. God needed a man to speak for Him in such an hour, to bring to His people a message of judgment and also of blessed in vitation. To prepare that man, the great Isaiah, God gave a remarka ble, manifestation of His glory and power. It is essential that the man who speaks for God should first see the Lord high and lifted up and to hear of His holiness and glory. The neg ative tone of the. present-day mes sage, the lack of enthusiasm and interest in holy things, the low standards of personal holiness, the failure to preach boldly the truth regarding God's holy standards are to be explained by the fact that mere has been no vision of the eternal holiness and glory of God. The need of the people today is the same as it was in the time of Isaiah. Where are the men and women who are ready lor a vision like his and for the commission which will fol 'low? . H. "Woe Is Me! for I Am Un done" (v. 5). To see the holiness of God is to be immediately conscious of one's own sin and unwefrthioess. The ob vious conclusion which one draws from that fact is that anyone who is proud, who is not concerned about his own sins and the sins of his peo ple, is living far from God and has either never known or has forgot ten about His divine holiness. Isaiah spoke of the pollution of his lips, thereby confessing that his heart was not right. Whereof the heart is full, thereof speaketh the mouth, for we read in Matthew 12: 34 that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. Re member that even though Isaiah was a believer he recognized the need of cleansing. III. "Then . , He Touched My Mouth" (vv. 6, 7, R. V.). "Then" what an imnm-tnnt word! When Isaiah called out in humble confession, "then" he was cleansed. The turning point is right at that place for any life. Only when we come to the Dlaee of pnn- fession and contrition which Isaiah knew, can we exnect the Lord in send the cleansing fire and the en abling power. None but God can give this cleans ing. Man is unable to wash him self clean. "For though thou wajsh thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord" (Jer. 2:22. See also Jer. 13:23). Reformat tion, turning over a new leaf, char, acter development, all commpnrfn. ble in their place,, are not sufficient. There must be divine cleansing of the life if there is to be a commis sion to service, IV. "Here Am I; Send Me" (w. 8-13). . . .-.'',. God had a difficult and unpopu lar message to be delivered but now He had a man who was ready to carry it. ' Isaiah had to proclaim to Israel that because they had turned from the sunshine of God's love, which would have melted their hard hearts, it had for them be come the sunshine of His wrath, which could tinly progressively hard en them and turn them from Him. The same sunshine that melts the wax hardens the tnud. The work of God in our day awaits the man or the woman of vision the one who has been prepared by confession and cleansing and who has then received the divine commission. Girl Scout Notes The Girl Scouts, under the lead prhil) of their Cautain. Mrs Mcli. chair, and the troop lieutenants, jjave their court of honor with a 'pot luck" supper in the basement of the Methodist church, Friday. The following were guests ol the .supper: , Mrs. H. E. Church, Mrs. John Wasilik, Jr., Mrs. Zeb Conley, Mrs. Gordon Moore, members of the troop committee, anil Mrs. Ben Woodruff. The following lieuten ants were also present: Sara Con Icy and Mrs. Tom McColluni. After supper the color guards piescntcd the colors and the en ure group sang the national an them. Barbara Stockton then pre sented Mrs. Woodruff with a gift fronr the troop. After many songs had been .sung Mrs. Church pre sented the awards to the girls. The following girls received awards at the meeting: Carolyn Leach, Virginia Lee Porter, Louise Pendergrass, Carolyn Long, Ida Mae Dowdle, Joan Palmer, Rebecca Smart, Maxine Dean, Sara Frances' foot; Hetty Jane Waldroop, lend erfoot, net'dk-craft and cook; Sally Lou Moore, second class; Eniogene Laiulrum, second class; Lucille Calloway, tenderfoot ami my troop; Barbara 'Stockton, my troop, musi cian, second class, and world knowl edge; 1 'oris Werner, second class ; Mary Fronces 1'age dancer, tree finder, swimmer, craftman, and second class; Virginia Tessier, child care and senior scout; Inez Craw-. ford," dancer, housekeeper,' group musician and second class; Dot Sloan, dancer, my community, busi ness, my troop, minstrel, cunner, pathfinder, pioneer, scribe and sen ior .scout; Lane Porter, child care, camp craft and ' first aid; Mary Evelyn Angel, personal health, first aid, - home nursing, child care, cy clist, reader, home safety, public health, cook, handywoinan, second class, first class, and senior scout. The meeting was ended by the group singing taps. This season the Girl Scouts have been pretty busy. We have been working on box holders and dif ferent badges in the Scout book. Several have been .working on Tenderfoot, others on Second Class ond still' 'others on the merit badges. We have been in swim ming twice. We have learned sev eral new songs and .singing games. ' Barbara Stockton. Dairy farms in Cumberland coun ty report that their soybeans plant- best in history, reports M. E. Hollow-ell, assistant farm agent. Macon Theatre MatineM 3:30 P. M. Night Show 7:30 and 9:30 SHOWING FROM 1:30 TO 11 P. M. SATURDAYS PROGRAM FOR WEEK FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 STUART ERWIN GLORIA .STUART IN "IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU" Alo "LONE RANGER RIDES AGAIN" SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 Double Feature Program "MISSING DAUGHTER" RICHARD ARL'EN ROCHELLE HUDSON and the THREE MESQU1TEERS "PALS OF THE SADDLE" MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Two Big Shows "BLONDIE TAKES A VACATION" With PENNY SINGLETON ARTHUR LAKE LARRY SIMMS AND "TORCHY PLAYS WITH DYNAMITE" Faith Ot all the forces at the disposal of humanity, faith has always been one of the most tremendous, and the gospel rightly attributes to It the power of moving mountains. TUES.-WED, AUG. 5-6 JAMES CAGNEY JANE BRYANT GEORGE RAFT ,1N "EACH DAWN I DIE" THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 "FRONTIER MARSHAL" With RANDOLPH SCOTT NANCY KELLEY BENNIE BARNES If you want our weekly program mailed to you, please leave name at Box Office. J. E. Potts & Son Funeral Directors Franklin, N. C. HONEST MERCHANDISE AND SERVICE AT FAIR PRICES Ambulance Service CALL US AT ANY TIME
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