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PACE TWO THE FRANKLIN PRESS AMD THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN THURSDAY, MAY 9. 1940 SENDALLOVER40 TO FIGHT WARS Author Of Best Seller Has New Remedy For Abolishing War The Associated Press has ipub- of the Topeka, Kansas author and ipreacher, Dr. Charles -M. Sheldon, jBO years old, who believes that war mongers get the fever after " 40. .' The veteran pacifist he wrtjte "In His Steps," which scld 21,000, 000 copies but paid him only a few hundred dollars has put down his newest anti-war ' idea in a play, "All Over Forty." " "It's very simple' lie explains. I "In my play, i at the outbreak of war only men over 40 are mobi lized into the army. Before any fighting can begin, many are sick and exhausted so there can be nu war. There would never be war if the minimum mobilization age was 40. , i "The old men start wars. They want the young men U) fight them. Let the old men do the- fighting too. .Now 83. Dr. Micldon still is a force in this community where he has lived since 1889. Keep Biuy He participates in civic drives, supervises productions of his peace play, serves as a contributing ed 'itor of the Christian Herald, and . preaches often. Only last January he persuaded the Kansas Council of Women, composed of heads of many of, the state's leading women's organiza tions, to adopt another of his: anti war ideas creation of the post of Secretary of Peace in the Presi dent's cabinet. The Council sent a resolution to President Roosevelt supporting the plan, and added a suggestion that the first secretary be. a woman. The minister proudly exhibits a copy of ai bill introduced in Con gress by Senator Neely (D. W. Va.), calling for establishment of the cabinet peace post with an annual appropriation of $1,000,000. Forty years ago in March, 1900 Dr. Sheldon was the central figure in an experiment wh'ich at tracted woria-wiae attention, tor one week he had complete charge of the news and editorial policies of a daily newspaper, The Topeka Capital, attempting to edit it "as Jesus Christ would." i The minister is positive his the ories then still are valid. In his church study, he baa; a sample lay out of a front page for use in a newspaper today. Filling most of the lower half of the page is a cartoon showing hu manity recoiling before a blood- spattered battlefield scene. One short article, set in inch-high type, takes the rest of the space. Headed "What Has War Done to the Human Race?" the article declares :' Jt is the most wicktd, wasteful, ' stupid, cowardly and unnecessary habit of mankind. "The last war killed 10,000,000 young men outright, crippled 10, 000,000 more for life, broke 'the hearts of millions of mothers, was the cause of the world's economic depression. It cost $400,000,000,000 (four hundred billion dollars)." At the bottom of the page in small tvoe is" a footnote- "If anv reader wants to know who ran off with another man's wife put in Hollywood, turn to page nine." Another Sample Another sample front page con tains only the following editorial: "Jesus Christ is the greatest statesman in the world. His creed of two articles, if obeyed, would put an end to war, race hate and selfishness. His creed was 'Love God and your neighbor.' "It takes more couraee to love a man than to shoot hinv . . . "A Christian is a person, who loves people he does not like.' Dr. Sheldon believes firmly in brief, striking stories and in front page editorials. "The greatest editorial writer 1 ever knew, he says, "once told me he doubted if 10 per cent of the paper's readers turned to the . editorial page. "That's why J think publishers make a great mistake in refusing to print editorials on the iront Pg. . "if 90 per cent of my church members were sleeping through my .ww-uua, iu uu aonicining aDout it.' Dr. Sheldon would crime. "Seventy-five people are resDon sable for nearly all of the crime news m Topeka," he exclaims. 'Why should they always be fca tured when so little attention is paid to activities of the 75,000 law abiding citizens ?" Other Sheldon editorial ideas: Fill a page once a week with great literature, ban sex pictures, omit society news, emphasize the "thrill ing exploits of missionaries. The Sheldon editions of 1900 caused a great commotion through out the world. In the 50 days be-, tween announcement of the experi ment and publishing of the first paper, 367,000 paid subscriptions poured into Topeka from all over the globe. Franklin Splits With Asheville Double Header In With "Ef fie Mac'' Higdon on the mound and John Archer be hind the bat, the locals tripped the strong Asheville All Stars" in the first game; of a double header here Sunday by a score of 7 to 4. Asheville led the attack by gath ering their four runs in the first five innings while the locals had managed to push only two runs across the plate at the end of the fifth. The tide , turned at the beginning of the sixth .inning when Higdon seemed to tighten d,:iwn on the mound and a hitting at tack led by "Ole Hoss" Dm all, together with a .series of errors on the part of the visitors, netted the locals five runs during the next three frames. The agreed seven-inning second game went to the visitors by a score of six to five. Lanky l)oun Nichols was on the hill and Hig don behind the bat. Nichols hurl ed stellar ball, allowing only four hits, and had everything in hand at the end of the sixth with a score of five to four. A group of errors in the infield and outfield allowed the visitors to tally twice . , j u - in . tne seventn , inning anu uic home team was unable to stage a comeback in their half of the same frame. Leo Manley pitched the first game for Asheville with Drake and Taylor both working during the second. Another twin bill is booked for next Sunday at the home field with the Clayton Mountaineers. Franklin has defeated Clayton once this season in a very thrill ing and exciting 11-inning game in Clayton, three weeks ago. Team Standing Won Lost Pet. 4 1 .800 Leading Batters Chevrolet Builds 700,000th 1940 Model "tew. 1 I IL II' .v:-.- -,.-i . -Ci o r"rr-i :-r 1 -Vm- Keeping pace with demand which, since announce ment of the 1940 models, has resulted In new all-time sales record for any corresponding period in Chevrolet history, that division of General Motors recently built the 700,000th or these models. The event took place less than a month after production of No. 600,000. ( Higdon Nichols Duyall Tysinger Higdon Nichols At Bat Hits . . 16 6 . . 17 . : 6 ..12 4 1 ..16 5 Pitching Standings Won Lost 2.0 2 1 Pet.. .375 .535 .333 .312 Pet. 1.000 .667 WPA Workers Told To Vote As They Wish The following dispatch has been sent out from Washington: Works Projects Administration supervisors and 2,000,000 WPA workers received notice from WPA Commissioner F; C.' Harrington today that their votes in the com ing elections are "your own busi ness." Harrington assured WPA work ers that they are free to vote as they choose without reprisals, or to refrain from voting if they so desire. He warned supervisory and administrative employes that their participation in the political cam paigns would not be tolerated. . The. instructions are issued in a letter which Harrington said would be posted on all WPA bulletin boards and handed to each work er with his net paycheck. "WPA is not in politics and does not take part in politics, either di rectly or indirectly", he said ifi emphasizing that WPA. workers were responsible to no one but themselves for -their votes. Harrington's action apparently was designed to prevent political activities by WPA workers such as those charged to supervisors and others in the 1938 primaries in Kentucky and other . states. Disclosures - by a special senate committee which investigated those activities led to the enactment of the Hatch "clean politics" law prohibiting political activities by all but policy-making officials on the federal payroll. minimize The Capital's presses were tax ed far ' beyond capacity. Presses in Kansas City, Chicago, New York and even . London were used for part of the runs. , Six new em ployes were hired at the Topeka postofficc for the mailing crush. Four years before the news paper experiment, Dr. Sheldon wrote "In His Steps," the novel which has brought him lasting fame. Some literary authontie estimate it has had the largest sale of any book ever printed except the Bible. The author admits it is impos sible to arrive at an accurate number of copies printed but Aug gests there have been at least 21 million eight million in the United States, 12 million in Europe, and one million in Japan. It has been translated into 17 languages. The story first was published in a Chicago church paper in serial form. The editor sent only one copy of the paper to the copy right department in Washington instead of the two required by law. This threw the novel into the public domain" without copyright protection. Of the 40 publishing companies which seized the oppor- unity to print copies of the book devoted to religious precepts, only one ever paid any royalties to the author. The church paper gave Dr. Shel don $75 for the 'serial story and an additional $100 for the book rights. That is all he received. except for paltry royalties. Driver's License Your Privilege Of Driving The issuance of '7,343 drivers' licenses last month brought the total to 1,040,955 the number of licenses issued since the Uniform Drivers' License Act wa,s passed in 1935, Ronald Hocutt, director of the highway safety division, an nounced this week. Licenses issued the first four months of. -this year totaled 25,836, he added. There are nearly 650, 000 registered motor vehicles in the state. "The purposes behind drivers' licenses," Hocutt explained, "are to provide a means; of investigat ing in case of drivers who are in volved m accidents, and to make people realize that the operation of a motor vehicle is . not merely a right but is a privilege, which carries with it certain responsi bilities and a regard for the safety of others. "A driver's license carries be hind it an assumption that the state regards you as being compe tent to operate a motor vehicle upon its streets and highways without jeopardizing the safety of fellow travelers. If you violate this trust, the state suspends or re vokes your license so as to re move you from the highway until your attitude, skill, knowledge or physical condition has improved to the extent that you can drive safely. "Don't regard your driver's li cense too , lightly. If you had to do without it after being accus tomed to driving quite a bit, you would realize what a great privi lege it is to be allowed to 'drive. "See that your driving skill, mental attitude, physical condition and "knowledge of the motor . ve hicle laws and rules of the road are maintained at all times in such manner as to render you a safe driver and assure you of being al lowed to retain your privilege of driving." ; Sherman's Home Soon To 'Go With The Wind' The birthplace of Gen. Wil liam Tecumseh , Sherman, in Lan caster, Ohio, whose march "from Atlanta to the sea" was a decis ive, factor in subduing the South, is to be demolished. Ed Schleicher, who has owned and lived in the house where Sherman was born for 43 years, said he had decided to raze it and build an apartment v house on the site. Legislation for the purchase of the property by the state failed in the last session of the Ohio gen eral assembly and a proposal that it be . made a national memorial was rejected in Congress. Buck Creek By BEE SHOOK ,' Funeral services were held here Saturday for Rev. Tom Tilson. The Rev. Oscar' picks' and Rev. Frank Ueid conducted the funeral. Many, friends and relatives were present. Rev. Frank Reid filled his regur lar appointment here Sunday at the Baptist church. Louise Lu.sk from Glenville vis ited friends here Saturday. Cleo Hunter of pl'enville visited friends here Sunday. ' Raymond New from the CCC camp spent the week-end with his grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Woods made a business trip to Franklin Tuesday. We are sorry to report that Mrs. Elvoria Woods is oh the sick list. It's dangerous to lose your pa tience of your temper when you are behind a steering wheel. , . Drinking drivers are dangerous drivers. If you drink, don't drive, for "safety's sake. r . J. E. Potts & Son Funeral Directors AMBULANCE SERVICE SOLID OAK CASKETS Phone 164 Franklin, N. C. Loyal Order of Moose Franklin Lodge, .No. 452 Meets In American Legion Hall Every Thursday Night 7:30 O'CLOCK J. J. Mann, Secretary Cathey for Congress 3 mm: JUDGE: SAM CATHEY Candidate for Congress May 25 Democratic Primary It is all-important that the 11th district send to Washington a represen tative who will furnish an active and fruitful leadership. CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (adv.) 333 33E ktrrmu f0" JL ' GKwaUr ttt 11 j. Mi Dm tut hH WU A? V CM m WUck W. II niniit 7 " . . . la Um Wk) KUM OmIm BARIUM REDUCTION CORm SOUTH CMAKLfSTOM, W VA. AUCTION THE THOMPSON FARM Wednesday, May 15, 10:30 A. M. This farm is located six miles from Franklin on the Franklin Highlands Highway near Cullasaja post office, and is ideally located for filling station sites, tourist camps and h o me sites. The property has been sub-divided into lots and small tracts and will be sold for the last and highest dollar On Terms of One-Half Cash Balance 6 and 12 Months DONT FORGET THE DATE Attend this sale and secure some of the choice property that is sure to advance in price soon. WE WILL SELL RAIN OR SHINE SALE CONDUCTED BY Home Realty & Auction Co. Selling Agents R. A. PATTON, Auctioneer FRANKLIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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