PACE FOUR
THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1940
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VOL. LV
Number 49
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BIBLE THOUGHT
From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able
to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which , is in Christ
Jesus. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteous
ness. II. Timothy 3:15-16.
"The Bible is its own best interpreter."
Mrs. Hattie Gash Moore
recognized link with the earliest white settlers
of this section of the mountains is broken in
the passing, on December 2, of Mrs. Hattie Gash
Moore. She was a daughter of the first generation
of Silers to settle in Macon county and lived as a
child in the home of one of them in Franklin.
From that beginning there to her great-greatgrandchild
are embraced six generations in direct
succession which her long life spanned. Her de
scendants in Macon and Clay counties and beyond
bear witness to her sturdiness of character, her
devotion to her family and her faithfulness to her
religion. To look into her eyes was to see some
thing of the light and . reflection of soul which
made her beloved in proportion to her years. She
lived to see many revolutionary changes come over
our world, but a life the quality of hers testifies to
the, permanance of basic character.
The Ministry of the Christmas Seal
"THE report of the public health nurse on tuber-
culosis work accomplished in the county last
year with funds from the Christmas Seals conveys
only a faint idea of the work and need in this field.
Behind the prosaic figures lie many sufferers,
visited regularly by a nurse who travels many miles
over the length and breadth of Macon county to
give instruction and care to patients, t or ner it is
"all in a day's work" as she goes her rounds with
devoted interest, and good cheer; for many of the
sick-her coming is their only hope of return to
health.''. . , .' (
The small amount raised each year through the
sale of tuberculosis seals is a beneficent drop-in-the-bucket,
because this dread disease is all too preva
lent in the county. Few homes visited by Mrs.
Gaines are able to provide clinical treatment and
supplies. The comfort of the patient and sanitary
protection of the family against contagion are
greatly aided by the public health nurse's ministra
tions. Much that she does is provided by the seal
fund. In the long run, lives are saved and new
cases prevented.
This is reason enough for all to buy seals to the
limit of their Christmas budget. No package or
message carries a braver symbol than the gay little
stickers weapons in one more battle being fought
against disease by "men of good will."
A Hand Across The Pacific
THERE is general approval in the United .States
of the granting of $100,000,000 in credits to
China. Besides the fact that China has met pay
ments regularly on loans from this. government, it
is evident that in helping China at this time, we
are only helping ourselves, as'directly a necessity
as help to Britain.
It takes little imagination to picture what would
happen if Japan should succeed in her ambition to
establish "the new order" in Asia. We iieard this
purpose proclaimed even before "the new order"
in Europe became so loudly publicized by Japan's
axis partners.
China has been holding out and carrying on in
the face of cruel and unorovoked aggression with
a dogged perseverance almost unbelievable. Before
the destructive march of the invader, under the
leadership of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, the
Chinese have picked up their seat of government
and moved into the interior bodily, moving their
schools, industries and institutions, establishing
new military bases and homes. This has been done
under constant bombings of cities, and of roads
filled with refugees and the impedimenta of moving
caravans.
Thus one of the oldest civilizations and most
peace-loving nations on the globe has proven her
vitality in spite of the woeful lack of the modern
sinews of war. Her teeming and often starving
millions, decimated by violent death and disease,
plead silently for the merciful help of the fabulous
ly rich and peaceful neighbor across the Pacific.
That help may turn the tide for them, for us, and
for a war-sick world.
Along the Concrete
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Rice for China's Needy
Bice was distributed to 40,000 needy Chinese people by the newly
organized Nanking Government . It was announced that rice will be
rationed out at regular intervals to those in need.
Press Comment
VIOLENCE OVER RUMANIA
(Christian Science Monitor)
The blood lust that threatens to
divide Rumania with civil war is
hot a phenomenon peculiar to the
Axis' "new order" in Rumania,
though it is reminiscent of meth
ods used to establish Naziism and
Fascism in Germany and Italy. The
Iron Guards sought revenge on
those . followers- of King Carol
whom the Iron Guardists consid
ered responsible for the killing of
their comrades and of their leader,
Corneliu Belea Codreanu, two years
ago. It is a case of violence and
anarchy begetting their likenesses.
What is surprising is that a
Government evidently favored by
the Nazis since it was the creature
of the revolution that ousted Carol
and brought- Rumania into the
Axis now finds itself without" con
trol of the most notable pro-Nazi
movement in the country, the Iron
Guards. : Are new troubles brew-,
ing for Berlin in the Balkan caul
dron? Or is Berlin itself fanning
the fire under the pot?
It is no harder to imagine the
one than the other. But which
ever explanation fits the case, it
is now plain that the "new order"
in Europe is not having everything
its own way, even in lands beyond
the immediate range of British
aid. Such things as this massacre
happened in Rumania before the
Nazis annexed that State to the
Axis. The new disorder over
Europe is not the only cause ; of
the violence in Rumania. But
events in that country show that
it is futile to expect that inter
national violence and anarchy will
establish domestic tranquility in
any State over which it extends
its "protection."
Clippings
U. S. DESTINY TO
MAINTAIN PEACE
Speaking on the eve of the an
niversary of the Monroe Doctrine,
Dr. Felix : Morley, president of
Haverford College, Philadelphia,
and one-time Washington news
paper editor said:
"Win, lose or draw, the entry
of the United' States into this war,
which would of course mean war
with Japan as well, would have
the most serious repercussions on
our political and social, to say noth
ing of our economic structure. . . .
The real destiny of the United
States' is to maintain a continent
of peace not for the negative rea
son 'that ' we may thereby escape
the physical destruction of war
but for the positive purpose of a
vital and universally helpful lead
ership in the establishment of
world peace. The Monroe Doctrine
must be maintained but it must
also be supplemented. It must no
longer be used as an excuse for
that type of Isolation which has
done much to encourage the situa
tion which we now confront."
Patton Chapel Presents
Thanksgiving Play
A play, . "The First Thanksgiv
ing," was presented by the young
people of Patton's chapel last
Thursday evening, directed by
Gladys Hannah, Li years old, and
produced without any help from
their elders.
The stage was a reproduction
of a colonial room, and was-
beautiful sight with the fireplace,
spinning , Wheel, pots and other
furnishings as the pilgrims had on
the first 1 hariksgiving.
The cast of the play was: Fath
er, Beh in Brooks; Edward, Harley
Moore Stewart; Robert, Jack
Blaine; Richard, Bilhe Cochran;
Miles Standish, Felix Hall: Squan
to, Jack Swanson; Two Indians,
Bobbie Cochran and George
Blaine; Bettie, Mary Elizabeth
Dobflon; Mary, Beulah Brooks;
Aunt Ruth, Elizabeth Emory : Pns
cilia, Jessie Ruth Stewart; Mother,
Geraldine Wells.
The following program preceded
the play : God Bless America, sung
by all; a prayer by Mrs. Mary
Davis; The Landing of the Pil
grims, poem, by Lucile Hammond :
Thanksgiving Day, a poem, Janet
coenran; thanksgiving Day, song,
by Lucile Hannah and Janet Coch
ran. This entertainment, arranged and
given entirely by the young people,
was declared to be the best ever
presented in Patton Valley.
The loss of European markets
as a result of the war cut exports
of-American food products to $15,
279,000 in September as compared
with $28,693,000 in the same month
a year ago.
R. H. Hull Reports On
Sunday School Work ;
At a meeting (of the Women's
Rural Missionary Circle of Georgia
held in Atlanta recently, Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Hull, workers for the
American Sunday . School Union,
who make their home here . in
Franklin, gave a report on their
work-in the field this past summer.
During this past season,; seven
teen Daily Vacation Bible Schools
were conducted in this area, under
the .supervision of Mr. nd Mrs.
Hull. Assisting them were six
young women women from the
Toccoa Falls Bible Institute. About
500 boys and girls were enrolled
in these f schools. In addition to
this ministry these students, also
conducted prayer meetings, Adult
Bible classes and other services.
Four new Sunday schools have
been organized since June 1, with
an enrollment of 19 teachers ami
Muse's Corner
HOME AGAIN
(By Jes.se Stuart in Progressive
Farmer)
I love this journey to my moun
tain shack
After I've been away in lonesome
cities;
Something there is that always
brings me back
To knotty earth where mountain
winds hum ditties.
To drink of : lonesome waters one
returns '
To : native trees, heaths, lonely
, skies, and ewes; .
And one returns to where his
wood fire burns ,
To smoke his pipe among a mil
lion loves.
My books are on the shelf in wild
disorder; '
My clothes hang on a rack hat
on a nail
I find peace where hilltops and
high clouds border
And music is in the calling of the
quail.
This is1 the place on earth where
I belong
Where there is wwrk and sights
and sounds and dreams,
Where there is mood to put. into
a sonir .
In blowing wind and leaping moun-
. tain streams.
Kinsland Gets Results
From Superphosphate
S. J. Kinsland reports excellent
results from the use of triple sup
erphosphate on wheat, T. H. Fagg;
assistant county agent, said this
week. ' .
Mr. Kinsland seeded approxi
mately two acres to wheat in the
fall of 1939. He applied 100 pounds
of 2-10-4 fertilizer and 100 pounds
of triple superphosphate per acre
to the two acres.
In the summer of 1940, he har
vested 76 bushels of wheat from
this plot of land. Examination of
tlie check plot during the growing
season and at harvest time showed
decided increase in growth and
yield on the phosphated area.
187 scholar.. These schools were
established in Jackson, Swain, and
Clay counties, reaching commun
ities hitherto unreached by any
denomination.
This year there have been W
active Sunday schools in this area
with an enrollment of about 700
teachers and scholars, reporting a
total attendance of nearly 13.000
for the year. Evangelistic meetings,
Bible ' studies and prayer meetings
have also been held. Several have
been baptized and joined the
church of their' choice.
Mr. and Mrs. Hull wish to ex
press their appreciation to Macon
county friends who through their
prayers and gifts help to make
possible this, ministry. . (
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