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PAGE FOtift fttE FRANltLl PRESi AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN -it tTt-ir tvi fir.n 4- Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 VOL. LV Number 30' Mrs. Carl J. W. C. P. Cabe Johnson and W. S. Johnson. . . .Publisher .Advertising Entered at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C, as second class matter . . SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $150 Eight Months ..... I $1.00 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. bTblethought , That we may be fellow-workers for the truth.--jll John: 8. . ' '' ' This potential plenty in cAir world has its price, a price only dimly recognized among us. That price is intelligent cooperation resting on a whole-hearted recognition of our mutual inter-dependence. - Norman Thomas in "America's Way Out." Four Thousand Dollars Under the Fence I AST summer a WPA project, sponsored by the county, spent approximately four thousand dol lars to provide a suitable athletic field on which the youth of the county could find recreation. Three hundred and fifty dollars of this sum was furnished by the county. Now, less than a year after the field was com pleted, the entire four thousand dollar investment is being seriously threatened through neglect. Large gullies have appeared in the playing field around home plate, and every rain sends more of the park's topsoil washing under the fences. A retaining wall and suitable drainage for the park could be easily provided at a fraction of the cost of the original investment. Unless this is done soon, "-'the j field is liable to become completely worthless. Sniping Columnists DURING the last decade American journalism has grown a prolific crop of commentators on national and foreign affairs known as columnists. While some of these are among the most brilliant and able of our journalists, there are others who have used . their superior opportunities to influence public opinion far in excess of their wisdom " and reliability. Some of these professional scribblers who enjoy syndicated press freedom began their careers nobly, but lapsed into an intermittent sniping of the great and prominent to keep up reader interest in their columns. Indeed, some have developed a propa ganda technique peculiarly their own. We may ex pect this to . be used by some during the coming months without regard to patriotic'considerations or respect for those carrying the burden of the na tion's welfare. We particularly deplore this phase of the coming political campaign, not only for the fuel it furnishes partisan politics, but' for the bad effect abroad at this critical time. Many listeners to Winston Churchill's recent ra- C5JCCV.ll I1IU31 ildVC 1CU3I1CU 1113 1CUUHC IU SUIIIt . of our editors and columnists. This master of elec ' trified utterance paused long enough in his crack ling defiance of all dictators to lapse into a gentle mockery. In answer to United States disapproval of the closing of the Burma route into China by Japan, the Prime Minister explained that the Em pire was, at that moment, not only fighting a war .- on many fronts but seriously engaged on the home front. He added, "Those who are yet unwilling to fight anybody anywhere, should not expect us to fight everybody everywhere" In the same speech he reminded us, "We are fighting by ourselves alone, but not for ourselves alone." The same sort of careless advice and ill-advised criticism from small men adds an additional burden to those who are seriously engaged on our own home front. These are the kind of snipers who not only hurt those individuals in high places whose downfall they, seek, but the high causes that they serve..; . Discipline TTHE gulf that is fixed between Nazi and democ- ratic methods perhaps cannot be better illus trated than by something that happened in the House of Commons recently. When the British gov ernment proposed unlimited power over all persons and all property to meet a deadly foe, the request was greeted with shouts of applause. The sort of regulation of individual lives that is imposed by totalitarian states is in no sense a par allel to the special discipline that a free people im pose' upon themselves in times of grave national danger. In other words, all that Hitler has exacted through years of cruel discipline, Gestapo tryanny, and wholesale murder and imprisonment of his own people is different from a discipline voluntarily im posed upon themselves by free people when that freedom is threatened. True, this discipline may have come too late to save Britain, but the sacri fice is voluntary and spares none. While the lives of Hitler's legions are sacrificed by their leaders on the altars of Moloch, those of Britain are of fered under no tyrant's coercion in defense of their own homes and for free men everywhere. While the British people unflinchingly await the death and destruction that Hitler threatens, it is well for us in present safetyto remember at least two things; first, that our brave neighbors across the pond are at least delaying the conqueror's advance in our direction; and second, that unified and voluntary action on our part should be imme diate and complete. Acceptance of defense measures requiring discipline and sacrifice appears to be the only intelligent course indicated. What we do and how soon we do it is very care fully noted by friends and potential enemies. Press Comment LIVE OR DIE FOR IT (Rock Hill, S. C, Herald) The United States of America is what it is today because the found ers ff this great nation loved lib erty more than anything else in cluding their own lives. In an effort to obtain indepen dence, they staked their puny strength in what must have seemed to them a hopeless struggle against one of the world's mightiest pow ers. And they were successful only because they were willing to make any sacrifice for the principles for which they were fighting and every one of them was ready to lay down his life, if that was nec essary. The United StateS of America the only remaining stronghold of liberty in this war-torn world-4-will .survive ' only if its people re main true to the traditions of their forefathers and continue to con sider liberty their most valuable possession. 1 r It may not be necessary for any of us to die to preserve Ameri canism but it is absolutely essen tial that all of us live for that purpose. Americans must be willing to live for Americanism as well as will ing to die for it-if democracy is to be preserved on this earth. DOCTRINES HAVE NO SIMILARITY , (Thomasville Tribune) Have the American republics learned the lesson of Europe? Has the spectacle of Europe's small countries, jealous and fearful, un willing to unite, and then falling one after another into the hands of conquerors, brought home anything to the Americas? We are going to find out The Havana conferences will tell, by the end of July, to what extent the American republics .have learn ed the lession of cooperation. The United States has taken the lead, patiently and painstakingly, for 10 years in fomenting a united western hemisphere in creating a new Pan Americanism in which the Monroe Doctrine should be not a mere policy of the United States, but a joint policy of all the Amer icas. What fruif this has borne will be apparent in the Havana meet ing. . ; On the record, it is conclusively clear that United States policy in regard to the Americas has nothing to do with continental hegemony in simpler language, we do not want to run the two Americas as a set of "branch offices" controlled from Washington. Japanese and German action' in Asia and Europe Jrave no similarity to the Monroe Doctrine of 1823 or of today. Did the Japanese hold conferences with China, Siberia, Manchuria, Indo-China, Austria, and the Dutch East Indies in an effort by joint and equal action to avert infiltration from abroad to devise better means of trading and living' together? To ask the question answers it i - j .i . .. uio uermany noia similar con ferences in Europe for the same reasons? We heard of none. Pan Americanism of today is some u: J l: t . . uimg uupucaica nownere else in the world. The specific questions to be dis cussed at Havana include activities of alien groups endangering com mon American democratic ideals. joint defense measures, and united action to meet a foreign trade sit uation which may bring with it s threat of foreign political domina tion. The American nations are all free. They can unite freely on these matters or not II they do not wish this, they are within their rights, and the united Mates will not question inxan. it Das for 10 years been of .v...,s urging cooperation on equal terms, and living up to that ideal in its own foreign relations. Specifically, it believes that all the American nations should act jointly to prevent European dos- sesstons in this hemisphere from cnanging hands as the result of mere military conquest But if other American nations do not care to assume their end of this responsibility, let no one say that it is "rniperalism" for the United States to protect its own safety and interests by whatever means remains available. MONEY IN TREES (The Waynesville Mountaineer) J. M. BrouKhton. Democratic nominee for governor, made an ad dress before the North Carolina Press Association at Henderanvnir recently. He spoke of the "vital problems" concerning the stitr anA especially of the development of a wise timber cnoaram in Nnrth Carolina as a "sourr f -,,1.1. This should make an nnl t the people ever the state, but H$ a" special message to the people of Haywood county. During the past thirty years many of the great for est areas .have been cut, and some have been left in undesirable state for further revenue of. timber, but could be cared for in such a man ner that they would produce not only again, but .have a continued commercial return. The Greensboro Daily News in commenting on Mr. Brouglvton's timely remarks, stated that such a program would serve to balance the recent loss of markets for the state's leading farm products, cot ton and tobacco. "Certainly when North Carolina forests offer an offset to these losses a balance where other crops are failing, it is imperative that no short-sighted policy be followed but that the best passible usage of the new opportunity be advised and applied," says the Daily News. Now since the Scandinavian-countries of Norway, Sweden and Fin land, which-servedas a main source of supplfjisinewsprint used in this counTryChave been eliminated, at least temporarily from trade with the United States because of war, the possibility of this indus try in North Carolina and the south seems better than ever before. The establishment of the news print industry in the South has been, urged for years as one of the remedies to aid economic progress; and now seems the opportune time to start In Haywood county we- .have learned the value of a market for our timber, and here would seem an opportunity for the development of an industry, that the county form agents have been purging for years. To develop , the industry along permanent lines, there would have to be a continuous supply of tim ber, and the program of reforest ing and cutting would have to be developed along far reaching lines to Serve the purpose. LOANS FOR THE AMERICAS (Asheville Citizen) Congress and public opinion in the United States should not per mit Secretary Hull to labor in vain at the Havana conference of the twenty-one American republics. A clear purpose, of the deliberations is to evolve a system of economic cooperation among, the Americas which can effectively counter total itarian methods. Hence, the Presi dent has requested an additional expansion of the Export-Import Bank's capitalization which will make available $500,000,000 in loans to Latin America. Since the United States must assume the economic leadership of the Americas, if for no other than defensive reasons, this measure should, win speedy approval.' It is but one of many concrete methods whereby this gov ernment can give practical expres sion to the ambitious undertaking of hemisphere solidarity. . . Communications BIG FISH STORY Mrs. John Carpenter, formerly of Macon county, now living in Lyman, Washington, had the privi ledge of seeing the second largest Sturgeon fish ever landed in Skagit river. (Mt. Vernon, Wash., Daily Herald) Skagit fishermen were ready to turn in their hook arid lines for dynamite today when they viewed the 144 pound sturgeon landed this morning . in the Skagit river neat1 Sterling by the U. S. Preston, gov ernment snag boat. .Those aboard the boat were us ing dynamite to blast snags out of the river and, at the moment, were not even interested in fishing. The sturgeon came to the surface fol lowing a blast that was meant to bring up at least four or five logs. The huge fisir, measuring 7 feet, 3 inches, is on display at Clyde Lux's tavern in this city. Although it is against the law to catch a sturgeon by hook and line in the state of Washington there is believed to be nothing against an "accidental" catch by blasting, Lux said today. He added that he is awaiting word from the govern ment as to what to do with the fish. Since (Sturgeon meat is con sidered a delicacy, niany have put in requests for steaks, he declared. According to Lux, this is the sec ond sturgeon ever landed in the Skagit river, as far as it is known. Another, believed to .have weighed about 350 pounds, was caught at almost the same place in a-gill net several years ago. Orville Fox, local fisherman, de clared that many sportsmen have complained of losing tackle to a large fish in the Sterling vicinity. ,"As far, as we know, this was the fish causing all the trouble," Fox stated. . . . . ; KIND WORDS The editorial and mechanical staff are cheered and hereby ex press their thanks for the kind words of the following letter from the manager of the Palm Beach Post-Times. Mr. and Mrs.-Giovan-noli paid us a visit during their stay in Franklin. ' We heartily return your wishes of "Good Luck" Mr. Giavannoli. Dear Mrs. Johnson: As a summer visitor to your lovely vacation land, and as a quill-driver of many years', exper ience, may I volunteer a few words, of praise for The - Franklin Press and Highlands Maconian. Editorially, mechanically, and from a business standpoint, you and your sons and your staff mem bers generally, are doing a nice job' The paper is well edited, the various . news departments nicely balanced, with due consideration to the local, suburban and "mail" subscription list, and the typo graphical and mechanical talent employed displays skill not always to be. found in, "country news papers." And let us not forget that the term "country" press covers a vast volume of "grass roots" public opinion and common sense which nation and - empire builders en dowed with patriotic wisdom and statesmanship wjsely esteem as the backbone of national progress and well-being. j I envy you this place in the world's work, and trust your busi ness community, as is rather plain ly indicated, gives you hearty and merited support. Good luck! HARRY GIOVANNOLI Franklin, N. C. July 23, 1940 About 700 deaths occurred last year in collisions' between bicycles and motor vehicles. 3E THE COST of a service depends upon the furnishings selected. Mat TP ai ii MEW More and More Horn Owners Are Constantly Changing To AUTOMATIC Electric Water D-3 eaters Will be found from what this satisfied Franklin owner of an Automatic Electric Water Heater has to say: "My Electric Water Heater is the most cdnvenient, as well as the most economical appliance I possess. I have plenty of steaming hot water any hour of the day or night without any effort on my part. No fires to build' and keep burning, no messing with kero sene, oil or coal. "I may go away for the . week-end and when I return have plenty of hot water ready for the bath, or any other purpose. All this is as cheap, as the use ofcoal or oil stoves or any of the prim itive ways of heating water. I wouldn't be without it." Ill j'cf I . lol. ' ill . I Automatic Water Heaters are priced as low as $90.00 $6.00 Down $3.50 Per Month LET US INSTALL AN AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC WATER HEATER IN YOUR HOME TODAY ON THE RENTAL PLAN. THE PROOF OF THE SERVICE WILL CONVINCE YOU. Nantahala Power & Light Co. FRANKLIN, N. C j
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