PACE FOUR
THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
THURSDAY, SEPT. 12, 1940
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VOL. LV
Number 37
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For thou wast slain, and hast redeemed . us to God by thy blood
out of every kindred, and tongue, 'and people, and nation. Rev. 5:9.
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America is God's ' fast: chance' to make a world.
Ralph Waldo- Emerson.
The President's Labor Speech
IN his speech on Wednesday night to the conven-
tion of teamsters unions President Roosevelt
drew repeated. applause. as he. outlined the benefits
to labor during his administration and denied that
the defense program called for any relaxation of
social legislation that protected the working man.
He reiterated his intention to keep the United
States out of war in these words, "I hate war now
more than ever. 1 have one supreme determination
to do all 1 can to keep war away from these
shores for all time."
It was announced earlier from the white house
that this would be the labor speech of the presi
dent's campaign, and that the time on the radio was
paid for by the Democratic National Committee.
The chief executive renewed his assurances to this
powerful group which had a few hours before en
dorsed hi's third term candidacy, that there would
be no backward step in the gains made by labor
through the last seven years that have seen ''a se
ries of laws enacted to give to labor a fair share of
the good life to which free men and women in a
free nation are entitled as a matter of right."
Continuing, he said, "It is my hope that soon the
United States will have a national system under
which no needy man or woman within our borders
will lack a.' minimum 'old age pension which will
provide adequate food, clothing and lodging to the
end of the road without haying to go to the poor
house to get it."
The, President lashed out as he had in his other
campaigns against those practices of certain groups
"who-love the laboring man in November tyut for
get him in January.
The speech closed with these words:, "Ours is a
great heritage; we are determined with all pur ef
fort and might to keep it intact. The workers in the
factories, the fanners on the land, and business
men in plants and offices are awake to the perils
which threaten Aiherica. No selfish interest, no per
sonal ambition, no political campaign can sway the
majority will of our people to make America strong
and to keep it free."
Along the Concrete
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At Long Last
"National Forests"
At last, the last wooden courthouse in North Carolina, at Robbms
ville, Oraham county, will be razed and a tireproof one built by "WPA.
Graham County To Build New
Courthouse With WPA Funds
Modern Structure Will
Replace Last Wooden
Courthouse In State
The Parent-Teacher Association
THE Parent-Teacher Association is an interna-
tional organization that has spread. its mantle
of enlightened, cooperative action over the schools
of this and other democratic countries.
Now that the kind of. education, of mind and
character necessary for the .survival of a free peo
ple is being destroyed in other lands, we are awak
ening many of .us for the first time to the . true
x value of a precious heritage that We have hereto
fore taken for granted. For the. first time perhaps,
there are citizens Avho are aroused out of a careless
indifference by a tlesire to do their share in united
action.
This is what the Parent-Teacher Association of
fers to a greater extent than any other organization.
Its membership is inclusive, inviting not only parents-
and teachers but all citizens men and women
to join and help forward its objectives.
A strong Parent-Teacher Association spurs to
better work, through understanding and coopera
tion, not only parents and teachers but pupils and
school authorities.
All within the first school district are invited to
membership in the Franklin school organization.
One Is Too Many
are glad to respond to a reader's good
natured challenge to one of our last week's
headlines. In this particular case we confess to an
effort to write one that would insure the article's
being read.
Over the report of Ronald Hecutt of the High
way Safety .Division on the number of children
killed by automobiles, which we printed as an edi
torial, we placed this arresting caption, "Too Many
Children Killed". Our observing reader inquired,
"How many do you consider a reasonable number
of children to be killed? ...
We confess that we laid ourselves open to this
clever quip. But it is all to the good if it will im
press upon the public still more the ever-present
highway menace to children. Only yesterday a
beautiful little boy was badly injured and barely
escaped death by running out from behind a park
ed car" near the courthouse. The accident was said
to have been unavoidable. Only a few weeks ago a
The WPA will soon strike down
what is definitely the "last wooden
courthouse" in North Carolina,
Graham county has applied for
an $87,750 brick, stone, steel and
concrete temple to house its county
otficials, the courts and provide
section for ' tho&e transgressors
curtailed by justice from trans
gressing further.
The project was approved by
C. C. McGinnis, state WPA ad
ministrator, today. The papers are
now on their routes in Washing
ton for final determination there.
To make way for the new build
ing to be erected' on the same
elevated site, the endeavor aills
for demolishing the old one, ibuilt
in 1895.
Like the old courthouse, the fire
proof structure, at Robbinsville,
will be nearer the capitals' of six
other states than to its own at
Raleigh.
On a nearby hill js- the marked
grave of Chief Junaluska, who sav-.
ed the life of Andrew Jackson at
the battle of Horseshoe Bend, ia
fray between Federal troops and
the. Creeks. The surrounding mountains-contain
much game, bears,
deer and wild boars. Lake San-
tectlah and the streams teem with
small-mouthed bass and bream.
The grandeur of the forests no
doubt prompted Joyce Kilmer",
author of the poem, "Trees". A
granite . boulder with a bronze
plaque and a memorial forest, both
bearing his name, pay tribute to
the writer and the source of his
inspiration. Beauty, . history, sport
and an industrious iiopulace sur
round the spot where those, who
can not find jobs lsewhere, will
build the serviceable emblemn which
will proclaim that even in America's
remote regions, the rights of man
as an individual, are sacred, worthy
ot a grand sanctuary.
J. B. Crisp, chairman Graham
county board of commissioners, and
A. F. Ghormley, county accountant,
are the sponsors' agents while
Gwynn Denton, WPA engineer,
will represent his organization in
supervising the work on the two
story, with basement, T-shaped
Cor bin Renion Will Be
Held September 22
The annual reunion of the Cor
bin family will be held at the home
of Dewey Corbin' in the Raibbit
Creek section of the county on
Sunday, September 22, it wa,s an
nounced this wtek by Villa M.
Corbin, , secretary of the ' Corbin
clan.
TESTED
Necessary arrangements J.ave
been made to have all breeding
cattle in Watauga county tested
for Bangs disease, reports H. M.
Hamilton, farm agent of the N.-C.
State college extensior service.
Midwife Work In
Macon County
Last year midwives attended 100
births throughout the county. The
death rate among these infants was
considerably lower than in other
sections of the state, yet the death
rate among infant and maternity
cases in the United States is high
er than in previous years. Prob
ably the ' reason for the .decline in
deaths of maternity cases' and in
fants is due to the fact that mid-
wives are better prepared and are
more capable than ever before,
Under the direction of the State
Board of Health numerous meet
ings are held during the year where
midwives are given an opportunity
to bring their problems for dis
cussion and exchange old ideas
for new ones in their field. Stress
is placed on cleanliness and effi
ciency in doing this work.
There are certain qualifications
required by the State Board of
Health to obtain license in this
field of work and any person who
does not meet these requirements
are violating the law. A midwife
should be a key person -in her
community, one who cooperates
with her fellow workers and the
medical profession. '
there are 11 midwives in this
county who are licensed to prac
tice midwifery. Of this group, there
was one, Mrs. Carri Stewart, to
receive a grade A permit. This
does not mean that the others are
not efficient but it docs mean
there is still a little improvement
to be made before the others can
obtain this high rating. The local
neaitn Department not only an
preciates the splendid cooperation
shown by our midwives in attend
ing classes but for the cooperation
they give to the doctors in the
county and to their community
wnere so many lives are left en
trusted to them.
There has been a vast decrease
in the number of midwives in this
county m the past three years be
cause of their inability to meet
the requirements. It . is the desire
of the Health Denartment that
mose remaining in this practice
be fewer in number but better
qualified.
Franklin child was killed bv an automohile. An
guish is suffered by the driver of the car no less
man Dy the bereaved family when the cause is a
child's unthinking, unseeing dash onto a highway.
The state of North Carolina and other states are
spending large sums on every form of highway
safety, including publicity that seeks to educate the
public to take every' possible precaution. The sta
tistics show that fatalities to pedestrian children are
on the increase. "Too many are killed." Our answer
to the above question is: Even one is too many.
New Booklet Describes
Appalachian Forests
An illustrated ibooklet entitled
"National Forests in the Southern
Appalachians" describing the Pis
gah and Nantahala National For
ests in North Carolina, the Chero
kee in Tennessee, the Chattahoo
chee in Georgia, and the Sumter in
South Carolina has just been re
leased by the United States For
est' service and is now available
for free distribution. These five na
tional forests embrace one of the
most scenic regions ilia America,
the favored summer playground
for millions of Southerners and
visitors from every state in the
Union.
Illustrated with 24 photographs,
many of them ' full page, and 15
line drawings, the 48-page booklet
treats of the "history, topography,
forest cover, national forest man
agement, wildlife, recreation, and
roads and trails of the Southern
Appalachian region, and presents
detailed information concerning
each of the national forests. It
emphasizes the guiding policy of
the U. S. Forest Service: that the
national forests; shall be so admin
istered as to provide the greatest
good to the largest number of
people in the long run.
An appendix gives lists of the
trees, shrubs, vines, flowers and
ferns of the region. A useful ad
dition is a two color map showing
roads and trails, lookout towers,
recreation areas, and other fea
tures of interest to visitors.
Copies of the . blooklet may be
obtained free of charge by writing
the Regional Forester, U. S. For
est Service, Atlanta, Ga., or to uny
of the Forest Supervisors, U. S.
Forest Service, Franklin or sAshe
ville, N. C, Cleveland, Tenn.,
Gainesville, Ga., and Columbia,
S. C.
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