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THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1940
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t BIBLE THOUGHT
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom then shall I fear?
the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom then shall I be afraid?
Psalm 27.1.
, The County Ticket
IT is wholesome for local government when there
are two party tickets nominated for a general
election.
This country has based its political faith and
practise on the two-party system. There has been
growth and prosperity, often in spite of the corrupt
politics of one party or another.
One effect of a live opposition is to spur both
parties to nominate strong candidates, while a
wide awake minority party keeps the winners on
their "ps and qs." ...
The principle of "checks and balances" serves
.well the spirit of democracy as first one group and
then another, guides the public welfare.
If the majority party is trustworthy, it is apt to
stay in power, regardless of national issues, which
may or may not affect local needs.
Both parties in Macon county have nominated
good men. The race is worthy of the interest of all
citizens, and a lively campaign is bound to make
for better county government.
National Newspaper Week
CINCE the earliest days of the republic, freedom
' of the press- has been one of our most vaunted
traditions.
S Today, a glance abroad at the government-controlled
newspapers of the totalitarian countries is
all that is necessary to demonstrate how important
that freedom has become in the present stress of
changing world orders.
For freedom of the press is not, as the average
citizen might sometimes be apt to believe, an un
limited license by virtue of which a newspaper may
launch unwarranted, muck-raking attacks on any
and everything. Far from being the sole preroga
tive oi the newspapers, freedom ot the press in
reality belongs to the people themselves.
Your newspaper, whether county seat weekly or
metropolitan daily, is published for and controlled
by you, its subscribers. In order that you may judge
for yourself, it brings you accurate, unbiased ac
counts of happenings beyond the limits of your
everyday life, but happenings that nevertheless con
cern you. Through its columns, you express your
criticisms or approval of the acts of your govern
ment or your neighbors. It is your voice, and a
voice that is heeded by those in authority.
A free press is the guarantee of a free people.
Absolute control of the press was one of the first
steps taken by each of the European dictators in
their march to power. As newspapers over the
United States this week celebrate National News
paper Week, you as a newspaper subscriber might
, well reflect how much freedom of the press means
to you, the ultimate guardian of that freedom.
The Bluff' That Failed
r'bKMANY, Italy and Japan ... undertake to
assist one another with all political, economic
and military means when one of the three powers
is attacked by a power not at present involved in
the European war or in the Chinescjapanese con
flict."
So reads the principal clause in a treaty signed
in Berlin last Friday by the emissaries of the three
nations, and obviously aimed at bluffing the United
States into abandoning aid to Britain and recalling
trade restriction on Japan.
Thus far the total effect of the treaty has been.
nil. Before it was two hours old, Secretary Hull
had issued a statement saying that the treaty had
been expected and was fully taken into account by
the government of the United States in determining
of this contry's policies which, by . implication,
would include Continuation of aid to England and
China.
The increasing friendliness of Japan and the Ax!is
partners has long been suspected by the state de
partment, and the possibility of a Japanese attack
on our west coast included in our defense plans
against the eventuality of this country's becoming
involved in a war with the European totalitarian
powers.
The extent to which the three powers will aid
each other in the future is rather uncertain. Ger
many, Italy and Japan have each demonstrated the
high regard they have for treaties, time and again.
No doubt they will come to each other's aid if it is
to their own advantage to do so, but, like Musso
lini's part in the present conflict, that aid may be
limited to minor bushwhacking expeditions against
unimportant and undefended lands of their declared
common enemy. .
Along the Concrete
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few thi,s' year, in comparison with
that of last year, but our percent
age of; decrease has slipped in two
months from , 10 per cent tp 7
per, cent," stated Ronald Hbcut,
director of the safety division. "The
fact that we are showing a de
crease iin the face of a nation
wide increase is . gratifying, of
course, .but eternal vigilance and
care on the part of eyery North
Carolina motorist, pedestrian and
bicycle rider niust be exercised
throughout the remainder of the
year, if we are not to lose what
we have gained."
Loyal Order S
of Moose
Franklin Lodge, No. 452
Meets
In American Legion Hall
First and Third Thursday
8:00 O'CLOCK P. M.
J. J. Mann, Secretary
Press Comment
BENEFACTRESS
(Mountain Echo of Franklin
High School)
i The school was honored last
Monday by the visit of Mrs. Angie
W. Cox, who for the last year has
made the libraries of Macon coun
ty much richer by her continuous
donations. By sending them books
iand other materials, she has in
creased their activities a great deal.
Everyone does niot have the op
portunity to do what Mrs. Cox has
done, but each one of us, perhaps,
in a smaller way can help to make
the conditions of the institutions
around us better. One of the best
ways of doing this is to try to
preserve and maintain those books
and materials Mrs. Cox has so
kindly given us. For example we
notice that the magazines in the
school library are not kept as well
as they might be and that, some of
the latest editions are already tat
tered ancf torn. This no doubt is
the result of misuses iby those
people who give no thought to oth
ers but think selfishly of them
selves. We hope that in the future
more thought will be given to this
and everyone will try to cooperate
to make this a better and more
progressive , high school. , .
Only 11 of the 100 counties in
the state had "a clear record in
traffic' deaths at the close of the
eight month, these being Camden,
Caswell, 'Chowan, Clay, Gates,
Greene, Hyde, Mitchell, Perqui
mans, Tyrrell and Yancey., 1
Mecklenburg topped the state
with an eight-months traffic toll
of 25, followed closely by Guilford
and Robeson with 22 each, For
syth with 21 and Buncombe with
19. Sixteen counties reported only
one fatality each for the eight
months period. '
The .state's eight-months traffic
toll of 498 deaths, subject to the
possible addition of a few delayed
deaths, was a decrease of seven
per cent from the 539 traffic deaths
in the state the first eight months
of 1939.' ,
"Happily, North Carolina still en
joys a decrease in its traffic toll
State Traffic Death Toll
Shows 7 Decrease
One of the 498 street and high
way fatalities in North Carolina
the first eight months of 1940 oc
curred in Macott county, the high
way safety division reported this
week.
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