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THE FRANKLIN PftS3 AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1040
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NEW PASTORIUM
NOWCOMPLETED
Rev. And Mrs. Rogers
Plan To Move In
This Week-End
Informal' design and a surprising
spaciousness for its compact di
mensions characterize the new
Baptist pastorium on White Oak
street to which the carpenters are
adding the final touches this week.
"A pastorium used to be thought
of as just the house where the
preacher lived" said the Kev. C.
F. Rogers, pastor of the Uaptist
Church, in commenting on
his fu
ture home. "Today, we like. to con
sider it a valuable asset to the
church itself." He might have add
ed that that was the thought up
permost in his mind in planning
the .pastorium..
Mr, Rogers designed the house
himself and H. H. Flemmons drew
up the plans and specifications.
The eight room, one story brick
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PROGRAM FOR WEEK
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
ROBERT YOUNG '
MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN IN
"SPORTING BLOOD"
Also: No. 7 "GREEN HORNET"
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26
Double Feature Program
, NO. I
"CROSS-COUNTRY
ROMANCE"
With: GENE RAYMOND
WENDY BARRIE
NO. 2
CHESTER MORRIS
ANITA LOUIS IN
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MON.-TUES, OCT. 28-29
"RHYTHM ON THE
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MARY MARTIN
WEDTHURS., OCT. 30-31
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Births
A son was born to Mr. ana
Mrs. Charlie Boyd McGaha, at
their home at Etna, cm Sunday,
October 13. ' "'..'..'
Mr. and Mrs. Grady R. Stockton
announce the birth of a son, James
Harold, at their home in the Pren
tiss community, on Thursday, Oc
tober 17. .
On Friday, October 18, a son,
was born to Mr. and Mrs.. Troy
M. Holland at their home in the
Franklin township.
Wayne Robert, a son, was bom
to Mr. and Mrs. Robeh W. Taylor,
at their home in the Walnut Creek
community on Sunday, October 20.
Mr. and Mr.S. Sloan Murray an
nounce the birth , of a. son, Dewitt
Sloan, Jr., at Angel hospital on
Thursday, October 17.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Welch, of. Charlotte, in
Angel hospital on Tuesday, Oc
tober 23. Mrs. Welch is the for
mer Miss Nell Duvall, of Franklin
Route 3, while Mr. Welch is also
from Franklin Route 3.
On Tuesday, October 23, a son
Frederic Bruce, was born to Mr.
and. Mr,s. Fred C. Jones in Angel
hospital. Mrs. Jones was the for
mer Miss Kathryn Ramey, prior
to. her marriage.
Hickory Knoll Reports
100 Percent Enrollment
In Junior Red Cross
Pupils in both the primary and
grammar grades of the Hickory
Knoll .school have enrolled 100 per
cent in the Junior Red Crcss, it
was announced this week.
Mrs. Myrtle Vinson arid Mrs.
Joyce Cagle are the teachers at
Hickory Knoll.
Primary grade members of the
Junior Red Cross are:
Jack Hdgle'n, Billy Pcnland, Jun
ior Bateman, Eugene Gray, Betty
Moffitt, ' Norma Crawford, Edna
Moffitt, Mildred Cunningham,
Olivia Taylor, Edith Taylor, Wil
liam Taylor, Barbara Stiles, Doyle
Stiles, Cecil Sanders, Calvin Van
hook, Albert Sanders, Bruce, Tay
lor, Larken Holbrooks, Billy Joe
Stiles, John Keener, Mary Ann
Arrant, Imogene Ledbetter,
Grammar grade members are :
Car) Crawford, Jessie Cunning
ham, Woodrow Cunningham, Rob
ert Arrant, Laverne Stiles, Floyd
Moffitt, Ben Moffitt, Robbie Led
better, Billie Bateman, Wilbur Led
better, Billy Kimsey, Freddy Van
hook, Bessie Vanhook, Juanita
Sanders, Betty Sue Gray, Adaline
Cunningham, Betty Keener, Frank
Moffitt,. Ray Vanhook, Leneta
Stiles, Wilburn Hoglen, Paul Craw
ford Howard,' Cunningham, Mar
garet Vanhook, Charles Stiles,
Evelyn Stiles, Haze) Stiles, Fran
ces Arrant. '
Woodmen of The World
Met Last Monday Night
Meeting in the American Legion
hall here last Monday night, the
local chapter of the Woodmen of
the-World conferred a degree on
one member before a goodsize
audience, according to Secretary
Harold Brookshire.
structure is located on one of the
most desirable sites in Franklin,
commanding a view of the town
and the surrounding countryside in
all directions.
The pastorium is built around a
long living, room, capable of ac
comodating a number of guests
or small church meetings. A dining
alcove opening off the one side
through, a large arch further in
creases its capacity.
Located just off the living roorn,
the pastor's study is also furnish
ed with an outside entrance, as.
well as a doorway leading into the
master bedroom. A short hallway
leading from the living room gives
access to the two beftrooms, the
kitchen and the bath,
The living room, study, bedrooms,
dining alcove and hallway are fin-
shed in a grey ripple fibreboard,
with ivory ceilings of .the same ma
terial. Door and 'window facings
and the base boarding is of yellow
pine. The color scheme is reversed
in the kitchen and bathroom, the
walls being finished in ivory with
grey ceilings and black baseboard
ing.
Ample lighting for the entire in-
tenor of the hous-e, including the
basement, is provided by numerous
well-placed windows. All windows
and doors are weather-stripoed.
Mr. Rogers plans to use rear of
the pastorium lot, on the crest of
the hill, for a tennis court He
also- wants to erect an outdoor
oven there for class picnics, lawn
suppers, and other outdoor congre
gational gatherings.
The Rogers plan to occupy their
new home this week-end.
nprovtJ II QTJNDAY
Uniform rmm
International U oLnUUi.
LESSON -:-
By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D.
Dean at The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
(ReteaMd by Weitirn Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for October 27
Lauon subjects and Scripture texts se
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission. . .
CHRISTIAN MOTIVES FOB
ABSTINENCE I
LESSON TEXT Luke 1:13-18; 1:40; 4:
4; 8:21, 23, 4345.
GOLDEN TEXT For the kingdom of
God la not meat and drink; but righteous
ness, and peace; and joy In the Holy
Ghost. Romans 14:17.
Life it our most precious posses
sion. No intelligent person will
waste lis fleeting moments, nor de
fer to a later season the living of his
life to the best advantage. We live
now today.
Nor is any thoughtful one ready to
let life slip by without its finest and
richest " return of usefulness and
blessing, not only to himself, but to
others. International Temperance
Sunday affords us an opportunity to
show our young people that those
who Indulge in Intoxicants cannot
live such a life.
We suggest that a satisfying life is
I. Useful (Luke 1:13-16).
1 John was to be born into a life of
such blessed usefulness to God and
man that he was to be a "joy and
gladness" to his parents, "great in
the sight of the Lord," and instru
mental in turning "many of the chil
dren of Israel ... to the Lord."
Such a life is worthy of emulation
on the part of every young man and
woman. What is the secret of it?
Undoubtedly, fine Christian parent
age had much to do with it We
note that God began preparing this
great character a generation before
he was born. Other elements also
entered in, such as rearing and
training, but most important of all
was the fact (v. 13) that he was not
to be driven by the false stimulants
of this world, but by the infilling of
the Holy Spirit of God. . No "wine
nor strong drink," but being "filled
with the Holy Ghost" there, young
people, is the secret of a happy and
useful life.
H. Normal (Luke 3:40).
These words stress the fact that
Jesus developed normally physical
ly, mentally, and spiritually. Let us
emphasize the need of letting chil
dren develop and grow normally, for
we live in a day of constant high
pressure, when even the life of a
Child is not permitted to grow in its
God-intended peace and according
to the normal processes of nature.
Give your boys and girls time, and
encourage them te grow normally
Obviously, the use of strong drink
can only hinder, make abnormal, or
destroy such normal growth. Let's
rule it out altogether and let our
people grow and wax strong in the
Lord.
HI. Well-Balanced (4:4; 6:21, 25)
Making a life is more important
than making a living. The bread of
this world is not enough; we must
have the satisfying portion of fellow
ship with God. This we find in His
Word. Nothing material, social or
mental will fully satisfy the soul of
man. His heart cries out for a mes
sage from God.
Intoxicants make men to laugh
when they ought to weep, give them
a false satisfaction which is followed
by an inexpressible hunger. They
are unbalanced Individuals.
Why not be among those who,
knowing God and His Word, are In
telligent enough to laugh at the right
time, weep at the right time, and
who know how to choose that which
truly satisfies for time and eternity.
IV. Fundamentally Bight (6:43
45). There' is a false optimism which
would have us think we can sow to
the wind and avoid reaping the
whirlwind. Men are encouraged to
think they can waste their time and
their substance," taking into their
bodies the destructive elements of
intoxicating liquors, and somehow
come out all right Young people
are lured by clever advertising to
think it is socially correct and smart
to indulge, and that there will be no
evil effects. Such an obvious false
hood should not fool any keen young
man or woman.
The roots of an evil life bring forth
corruption, for the heart of a man
who follows after sin cannot bring
forth that which is good. The kind
of a person you are in your heart,
the things you do when no one sees.
the seeds you sow in Indulgent and
profligate living these determine
character and destiny for time and
eternity. -
Just so, fine, noble and upright
thoughts and actions will bring forth
gloriously fine and useful lives a
delight to God and man well-balanced
' normally developed not
only without a regret at the end of
life's road, but finding there God's
approvaL
He Did
Then the king commanded, and
they brought Daniel, and cast him
Into the den of lions. Now the
king spake and said unto Daniel,
Thy God whom thou serves t contin
ually, he will deliver thee. Daniel
8:16.
Think It Over
For what is a man profited if he
shall gain the whole world and lose
his own soul; or what shall a man
give In exchange for his soul Matt.
10:20.
Copies Of Letter Mailed
To University Officials
(Copies of this letter, bearing
signatures of 17 Macon county
citizens, alumni of the University
of North .Carolina, were sent to
Dr. Odum and Frank P. Graham,
president of the University.)
Dr. Howard Odum
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Dear Mr. Odum:
As alumni of the University and
as citizens' of ' Macon county, we
are writing to ask that you take
such action as may be necessary
to destroy a two reel picture made
in Macon county during the last
two or three months. This is the
picture 1 made by Mr. ' and Mrs.
Hartley (Mns. Hartley was until
recently Miss Keithly) and jointly
sponsored by the Visual Aid Edu
cational Bureau of the University
and the Works Progress Admin
istration. At a showing of the picture be
fore an overflowing audience in
the Franklin Court House on Sat
urday night, the people of Macon
county were enraged and demand
ed that the film never be shown
outside the county. Some of the
signers of this letter were not in
the audience, but they are aware
of the nature of this film and of
the -reaction of the people of this
section. Seldom, if ever, have we
been so utterly misrepresented, and
never have we been so indignant
about any publicity concerning our
section of. the state.
We do not doubt that Mr., and
Mrs. Hartley had' good intention;
and wanted to be helpful and sym
pathetic parts of the film provi
that. However, they know little d,
the life iof mountain . people. ' That
they know even less of our intel
ligence and sense of justice wa
demonstrated by the fact that they
were surprised that we were an
gered by the picture. Since Mr,
Hartley is a native of New York
and Mrs. Hartley is ai native of
Texas, it is not difficult to under
stand why they know so little
about mountain living conditions
and mountain people. '.'''.
Throughout the picture the gen
eral theme is one of pity and sym
pathy. The producers went to
lot of trouble to show the very
worst of conditions, even' going
so far as to select the rare ex
ception of a family : in which the
mother is an invalid and her 12
year old daughter does all the
house work for a family of six.
Such a family is a rarity in any
part of the United States. Only
an extremely small percentage of
tamilies in this section live in
houses such a.s the one in the pic
ture with its "few windows" and
even fewer families card wool and
live as this family does.
The picture of the barefooted
woman and her companions repre
sents a condition so exceptional
that few of us have ever seen
anything like it in real life. It is
so extremely uncommon that no
One who is sensibly sympathetic
toward mountain "people would ever
think of filming it.
From,, the scene of the preach
ing on the street you will find an
other example of the effort which
was made to present "Mountain
Folks,. as the all-inclusive title of
the picture call us, in as bad a light
as possible. Out of the group lis
tening to the preacher, the camera
man passed up in a hurry an in
telligent and sensible looking man
and took a "close up" of a man
standing right by him who did
not look nearly as well.
A farmer who lives in the same
community as the family mentioned
above told Mrs. Hartley that the
tamily was not at all a tvoical
family of the community and that
the school house to which these
children go is a two-room house
and not a one-room house as the
narrator of the picture says. This
man told her be should know
about the school for his. . niece
teaches there. The fact that it is
said that it is a one-room build
inf when it is a two-room building
is unimportant except for the fact
that it iis additional evidence of
the makers of the picture to show
and tell things in an exaggerated
ana grossly misrepresented man-
ner.
T. !.. it
'll "'c uuc, in me scenes, or in
the narrative, there is nothing to
explain the scenes are not typical
ot mountain life. In fact, every
thing, including the spirit in which
it was made, would cause anyone
unacquainted with our life to think
tnat it is typical of this section of
North Carolina. The producers said
they thought it was typical until
me people objected so much that
they changed their statement and
said they thought that it was typic
al of a certain section of our life.
We are sure that you and the
University wish to present the truth
at all times, and we are doubly
sure you wish to be fair to the
people of your own state. After
you have seen the pictures we are
confident that you will grant our
very reasonable request and turn
the films and the negatives from
which they were made over to the
Officials of Macon county in order
tnat tney may never be shown out
side the county. Macon county
could not be benefited in any way
by the showing of those films, but
much harm could be done by
showing them to audiences which
da not know the truth about the
Funeral Services For
Monroe Straine, 74,
Held At Holly Springs
Funeral services for ' Monroe
Straine, 74, prominent farmer of
the Gneiss section of the county,
were conducted at the Holly
Springs Baptist church on Route
4, Sunday afternoon.
yThc Rev. Ivon L. Roberts, pastor
kit the Franklin Baptist church,
officiated. Burial was in the Jen
nings cemetery.
Mr. Straine died at his home at
Gneiss early Friday night, following
a long illness.
. He was born at Gneiss .on June
7, 1866, the son of Lewis Straine
and Mary Young Straine. Part of
his life was spent working in De
troit and Tennessee before he re
turned to this section to make his
home. ...
The pallbearers- were Henry W.
Cabe, C. Tom Bryson, Jeter Hig
don, Wiley Clark, Gilmer A. Jones
and Roy Cunningham.
Surviving are the widow, the forT
mer Miss Gertrude Trantham, of
Jefferson City, Tenh., and two sons.
Harry Straine and Lyman Straine,
both of Sacramento, Calif., by a
former marriage to Miss Etta
Stanfield. Also surving are one
brother, Floyd Straine, of Franklin,
Route 2, and three sisters, Mrs.
J. L. Higdon of Cultasaja, Mrs. Lil-
lie Greene of Waynesville and Miss
Annie Straine of Otto.
Bookmobile To Make Its
Regular Run Next Week
The WPA bookmobile will make
its regular schedule run Monday
through Friday of next week, Mrs.
Frank I. Murray, distributor for
the bookmobile, announced this
week.
Carolina. - .
Mrs. Hartley says she will be
glad to make other pictures of
this section. We shall be delighted
to cooperate in any way with you
in the production of a fair and
reasonable picture of life in the
mountains.
We are enclosing a clipping from
this morning's Asheville Citizen.
A copy of this letter is being
sent Dr. Frank G raham Cither
letters will be written stat and
WPA officials;
With best of wishes for van and
the University, we are
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Radio . Entertainers
To Appear At Courthouse
The Morris Brothers, of Station
WWNC, will give their show in
the Courthouse on Saturday eve
ning, November 9, and will be
sponsored by the Mary Johnston
Allman Society.
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