THURSDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 1940
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THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
(Ek Highlands ffinzmxinn
Publishedvery Thursday by The Franklin Press
At Franklin, North Carolina
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VOL. LV
Number 9
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BIBLE THOUGHT
Thou therefore endure hardness as a good .soldier of Jesus Christ.
II Timothy 2:3.
...
Thank God every morning when you get up that you have some
thing to do that day which must be done, whether you like it or
not. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed
in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will,
cheerfulness and content and a hundred virtues which the idle
never know. Charles Kingsley.
"What's New in Agriculture"
:. TTHIS is the title of one of the regular depart-
ments of The Progressive Farmer, Since many
- . .
oi our readers may not receive tnis magazine,
these excerpts from the March issue will be of in
terest to farmers.
Referring to cuts in the President's budget
proposed in a House bill, the commentator stated :
"If certain Congressmen have their way, farm
people will be made to bear the larger share of the
cost of building battleships to save a nation whose
soils and people are sliding downhill. ... The
House, bill wipes out the 25 million the President
had suggested be made available for tenant farm-
ers. inis year hj minion is uemg uscu iui mw
purpose. . . . Between you and me I hardly think
that Congress will carry through its threat to cut
funds for farm programs in half. By the time this
appears in print it is probable that Congressmen
will have remembered that this is election year."
bpeaking ol the government s tenant am pro
gram, the writer has something to say about a bill
before the House Agricultural Committee that
would provide for government insured tenant-purchase
loans by private capital. He thinks that some
such -plan must be devised since the 'government
: -1,1 niKnAU r i "f i a li r t K 1 m
Trade treaties coriie in for some spicy comment,
with approval of Cordell Hull's reciprocal trade
treaties Referring to the plight of the farmer when
he was made "the goat" in a former tariff bill,
there is this recollection:
"Herbert Hoover called a session of Congress in
lyjU to revise the tanlt in the interest oi tne iarm
er. By the time Smoot and Hawley and their hench
men got through with the farmer he had lost his
shirt. So it has been throughout the' years. Every
time a tariff bill is framed, logrolling politicans
sell the farmer "down the river, and yet we have
farm organizations that are willing to have farm
ers go back to the Senate for another skinning."
There is the suggestion that our nation should
demand that Britain take a normal quantity of our
farm products along with our airplanes and guns,
since U. S. producers of tobacco, cotton, wheat and
fruits have been hard hit by the British wartime
trade program.
the development oi yenow pine newsprint in
spires the following comment: "This may portend
the development of an important new industry in
the South. With it comes the necessity of improved
forestry practises. For, as the president of a Flor
ida paper company warns, the expansion of the
pulp paper industry in the South without careful
forest management means a timber famine."
Frazier Community Center
AT the dedication of the community house for
Negroes, reported in another column, several
significant facts were cited by speakers.
Attention was called to the designation of Feb-
ruary as interracial month . which the citizens
of Macon county were fittingly observing in cele
brating the completion of this undertaking. .
A National Youth Administration official refer
red to the project as a practical demonstration of
.r I l " ' .1 '. t
tne worKing oi aemocracy in tne community, wnere
many groups and agencies had cooperated to make
this work possible.
For the first time, the colored citizens have a
place where they can hold large meetings and de
velop educational and recreational activities needed
for old and young. The colored people themselves
shouldered the responsibility of sponsorship, rais
ing all needed funds.
The Nantahala Forest Service furnished the logs,
NYA the labor. The land, deeded by the Episcopal
church, was a gift made over fifty years ago to the
colored people by Mr. Frazier, whose name has
been chosen for the center. The unselfish labors
and gifts of many have been wrought into this
"dream come true", which holds promise for ad
vancement of a large jgroup in the county.
Communications
EXPLAINS PURPOSE OF
SCOUT CAMPAIGN
To the Editor of The fress:
Thank you for calling attention
to the 30th Anniversary of the
Boy Scout movement. ,
However there seems to be some
confusion 1 as to the purpose and
the territory in which these con
tributions will be used. '
The primary purpose of the cam
paign is to acquaint the community
with Scouting, its purposes and its
ideals, and to make the community
Scouting-conscious. Interest needs
to be aroused in the Scout move
ment and in the work of the local
troop of Boy Scouts. The money
raised in this campaign will be
used for .salaries, office expenses,
travel expenses, charter fee, nation
al headquarters quota, and miscel
lanous expenses of the headquar
ters of the Daniel Boone Council.
The Daniel Boone Council cov
ers an area of more than 5,000
square miles in 14 counties of
Western North Carolina in which
there are located 72 troops and
units of Boy Scouts. The money
contributed bv our community will
go to build Scouting in these 14
counties and will not be limited
to Asheville and vicinity. A mom-
rni't rpflertion- will make one real
ize tnat tne more uibiaiu iwm
headauarters a troop is the more
per capita will be the expense of
contacting that troop and that the
Franklin trooo therefore will re
ceive a ereater share of the con
tributions per troop than the troops
of the Asheville area.
In vour editorial you say, "Help
ing support a headquarters as far
as Asheville has, as yet, brought
little direct benefit to this section .
If this is true then you place no
value on the troops in Franklin,
Svlva. Cherokee. Brvsoii. City, Cul-
lowhee, Highlands, Andrews, Mur
phy, Hayesville and Kobbinsville
which have all been organized and
aided bv the Daniel Boone Coun
cil. You would include along with
this the solendid gift ot the caDin
on Wayah which came because of
the development of scouting m
this area under the leadership of
Tlo;l Rryin f Pnnnrili And
L . V. AH.l.W . .
you would include in this Slso the
ine erouo of Boy scouts from
our own community who have; been
advanced vear bv vear through
the Courts of Honor cf the Daniel
Boone Council.
Having known of Scoutine in
Franklin since 1926 and having
had some small share in the work
during mast of that period, J can
say sincerely that there is no com
parison between the benefits de
rived from association i with the
Daniel Boone Council and acting
as an independent unit. One man
in our community who has been
makine an annual contribution for
a number of years of $10 feels that
this is the finest contribution that
he makes.
' I agree with the Rev. Frank
Bloxham in his reference to an
parent lack of interest in our own
troon here Our local troon and its
leadership deserves our support. It
is true also that our Scout Mouse
is a disgrace -to our community
and unfit for our Scouts. It needs
rebuilding and should be, in the
near future. Mv feeliner is that the
community is ready to back this
undertaking and if the troop Com
mittee will push the matter, we
could very shortly have a Scout
house worthy the name and one
that our community could be proud
OI.
Trustinc? that this moir h1n .lor..
fy somewhat the misunderstanding
as to the purposes of the Adult
Membership Campaign, and espe
cially as it relate"! to the lihrral
contributions made by the citizens
of our community during the past
i: i -
wcck, i am
Sincerely yours,
J. A. FLANAGAN. Chairman
Finance Committee,
rranKiin troop Committee
Stockholders
Of Federation To Meet
Saturday
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PHONE 106 NIGHT PHONE 30
Macon county stockholders of the
Farmers Federation will hold their
annual meeting at 10 o'clock Sat
urday morning in the federation's
warehouse on Palmer street, ac
cording to an announcement by
Max M. Roberts, the cooperative's
educational director.
James G. K. McClure, president,
and other executives of the feder
ation are expected to attend. Re
ports will be submitted on last
ye-ar's business and plans for the
current year discussed.
Also to come up at this meeting
will be the election of a county
advisory committee and the nomi
nation of a director.
Each county where the federa
tion is organized is entitled to two
representatives on its board of di
rectors. They serve for overlap
ping terms of two years. Directors
are nominated at county meetings
and elected at the annual meeting
of stockholders of the entire pr
ganization held in Asheville each
year on the fourth. Saturday in
March.
Music will be furnished1 at Sat
urday's meeting by the federation's
string trio. .
A community, good will meeting
will be conducted by Mr." Roberts
at the lotla school at 7:30 o'clock
Friday night. Motion pictures of
federation activities will be , shown
and addresses will be made by Mr.
McClure and Guy L. Houk, county
superintendent of schools.
Company, will take notice that an
action as above entitled has been
commenced in the Superior Court
of Macon County to the end that
the plaintiff may foreclose a tax
lien covering lands in which the
above named defendants, have - an
interest, and the above named de
fendants will further take notice
that they are required to appear
within thirty days in the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court of
Macon ;County, N. C. and answer
or demur to the complaint in said
action or the plaintiff will apply
to the Court for the relief, demand
ed in said Complaint.
This the 27th day of February,
1940. r
HARLEY R. CABE,
Clerk of the Superior Court
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Hardware, Mill Supplies, Farm Implements
FRANKLIN, N. C.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
North Carolina, .
Macon County.
In The Superior Court
Macon County
vs.
S. A. Harris and wife, Nell Har
ris; Gilmer Crawford and wife,
May Crawford; Lake Ledford and
Freeman Hasting, Administrators
of J. W. Hasting, M. G. Newell
Company, H. Arthur Osborne;
Mark Ray; Sloan Paper Company
and E. K, Cunningham ComPany.
The defendants, S. A. Harris and
wife, Nell Harris, M. G.. Newell
Company, Mark Ray, Sloan Paper
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