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THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1041 fAGE FOUR THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HiGHLANDS MAcGtfiAN Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone No. 24 VOL. LVI Mrs. J, W, C. Johnson and W. S. Entered at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C, as second class matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ... Eight Months Six Months . Single Copy . This newspaper invites its readers to express their opinions on matters of public interest through its columns. The Press? Maconian is independent in its policies and is glad to print both sides of any question. Letters to the editor should, be written legibly on only one side of the paper and should be of reasonable length. The editor reserves the right to reject letters which are too long, are of small general interest or which would violate, the sensibilities of our readers.' Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, by individuals, lodges, churches, organizations or societies, will be regarded as adver tising and inserted at regular classified advertising rates. BIBLE THOUGHT "Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light and light for darkness." Isaiah 5:20. "Democratic institutions exist by' reason of their virtue." This Fourth Of July J7VER since "the good old times" to which Town , Clerk .George Dean referred recently, old and young Macon county have celebrated the glorious Fourth on courthouse square. There will be the usual greasy pole and pig con tests and square dances. Everybody is invited to come and have a good time and compete for the prizes kindly donated bv the merchants of Frank lin. But there is another note .to the celebration of Independence Day this year. In the minds of all is the menace to this very freedom we celebrate and enjoy. Many-boys who would be here in the midst of the fun are in the Army and Navy of Uncle Sam, niany facing the danger of, the high seas that threatens to come nearer home. President Roosevelt's radio speech at 4 o'clock in the afternoon will be the highlight of the nation wide patriotic rally in which every American is ex pected to participate. . So Franklin's program of events for the Fourth of July celebration will unite with those all over the United States to symbolize the unity of this nation in defense of the freedom we enjoy. Mayor Fiorello LaGuanlia of New York, civilian defense director, has planned that bands all over the coun try will play the national anthem at the same time and "All Americans in unison, 130 million strong, will renew their pledge of allegiance." This feature of the day will be "in response to thousands of pleas for an opportunity to express in some way national unity." And Now, S Hitler precipitates his tiie world s longest battle line, the peoples hope that this will be his colossal and fatal blunder. Nor the least factor in the outcome is the diplo matic front of! "Britain and the United States. Could Hitler have foreseen that the democracies would back Communist Russia against Nazi Ger many? ' - ' s With invective that only Churchill could fling, the British Prime Minister told the world and Hit ler last Sunday afternoon : "Russia's danger is our danger and the danger of. the United States; any man or state that fights against Hitler will have our aid." He asserted: "The Nazi regime is indistinguishable from the worst features of communism. It is devoid of all principle except appetite and racial domination. It excels in all forms of human wickedness, in the ef ficiency of its cruel and ferocious aggression. . . . "Hitler is a monster of wickedness, insatiable , in his lust for blood and plunder . . . now this blood thirsty guttersnipe has launched his legions against new fields of slaughter . . . he must steal from them (the Russians) their daily bread." "His invasion of Russia is no more than a pre lude to his attempted invasion of the British Isles." Following Churchill's declaration of all-out aid to Russia, this government issued a statement on be half of President Roosevelt through Sumner Welles, acting secretary of state, which declared that Hit ler's treacherous attack on Russia was further proof of the real purposes and projects of the pres ent leaders of Germany for World domination. Welles declared that the principles and doctrines of Communistic dictatorship are as intolerable as ever to the people of the United States but that the immediate issue facing a "realistic America" was whether the Nazi plan for universal conquest and the destruction of the democracies was to be halted and defeated. Number 26 Johnson ..... . .Publisher $1.50 $1.00 75 .05 Russia latest murder spree on THE OLD HOME TOWN NATURE LOVERS SOCIETY FOR -THE Of THE ANT FAMILY -1 jZ-fi , ARPEN BIRO OP THE CLUB PETUNIA I AND VARIOUS LOCAL, CLUBS VOUUMTESR HELP AUNT SARAH PEABOPT in FK&HT AAWST THE HISH COST nin OF ( livi5 . SCOn'S SCRAP BOOK X :v lit ja i WIL&OH CALLED HIMSELF THOMAS W. IT WILSOM UM-flLATER HE. WAS 35 ilAR MARLIN ISfkiPtO) OLD - HE HEN DROPPED -fHEHoMAS For. ffVlO PoiiMDS CKE HAME WOODROW T - IfiO POUNDS Clippings DEFEND DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM Some 6,000 Christian Scientists from many parts of the world gathered in annual meeting re cently in Boston were called upon by The' Christian Science Board of Directors to consecrate them selves to: the defense of the demo cratic system of. government as the best human instrument for pre serving the basic rights of man kind to "life, liberty arid the pur suit of happiness." In thus definitely - allying this world-Wide religious movement with the defenders of democracy everywhere, the Director,? stated that it was their conviction that if social and political freedom is to be preserved "democratic forms .of government must be maintain ed;" ,.''.' DEFENDERS OF AMERICA When you see a young chap in a soldier's or sailor's uniform don't pass an by with the casual reflection that it's just another soldier,, or sailor. If- you ask his: Pop or Mom aboht him you will get the "low down" on a most important- fellow. That uniform wraps up a lot of them the smile's, coos, cares, 'and '.sacrifices belonging to his babyhood; the deeper affection of those who have watched him grow to young man hood. Back home ,Jhere is a vacan cy which hurts. Pop and Mom look at Cach other many times without Speaking. Several times a day they run across some of his babyhood possessions; they stum ble ovef lome of his belongings, and thef choke a bit. Of course, they are gkd as well as sad. They are glad that their boy is doing his part They are glad to know! that he has the manhood and the courage to train and fit himself to defend hfi country. When you look at him don't forget Pop and Mom. They, too, are patriotic Americans. And the boy ? Well, he may not be conscious of anything heroic. The uniform has not changed him much. He may tie rather careless, up to a lot of mischief, having a "devil" of a time in hi free hours. But, there is much more to him than meets the eye. He has more big thoughts than his manner and speech would indicate. He has some pretty well-defined notions about right and wrong; some no tions of patriotism, and of the dangers which threaten his coun try. He will try to have all the fun he can, but underneath is a 5nse of responsibility, and in the hour of trial he will play the man. He is the defender of America; he is the heart, the ideal, the spiri of America he is America, and we are, and should be, proud of him. We are not glorifying war; there is no glory in it The boy in uniform knows that The glory lie in the fact that he undertakes to defend his Pop and Mom, his country, the ideals which his coun try cherishes. The task is hard, distasteful, but he will do it Lo By STANLEY SARAH, I PONT THINK THKYLV. CO MUCH KEl. IN THE ART OF MAKING MEATLESS MEAT PICS FOR CJEFC-MSE TO muttm syndic at fw world nmti By R. J. SCOTT Wjl J&yr - 'jy Nsgj. o fn SACRED peak" af l(E KAVAJOi H NEW MEMCO V stV- DEFIED ALU LIMBERS UMIIL-fHE. SUMMER of 1939- AL-fKouqrt rf IS ML 1,010 ttfcl HK(H trfe A RErOBt). the testing time that boy will not fail America and the rest of the Americans must not, fail him. N. C. Duncan in Morganton News-Herald. ii A USEFUL LEGISLATOR Senator Pat Harrison was an able exponent of the persuasive ness of good humor.. He used it on all sorts of occasions and it was convincing because he lived it. The genial, drawling Mississip pian 'took on the hardest tasks that statecraft could offe'r-for what is more vthankles,s and gruel ling than chairmanship of a com mittee that formulates a Nation's tax laws or what wider range of parliamentary interests could there be than one which roamed front industrial organization to foreign affairs? 1 Probably there has never been a sharper wit in the United States Senate than Senator Harrison's, yet it was a wit with so much genuine 'friendliness- in it that it seldom stung and (never rankled. Many Republicans who wertf the uncomfortable recipients of his barbs before his party came into power came to recognize that this southern Democrat was in fact a conservative, though his conserva tism stemmed not from Wall Street but from Main Street. The soundness of a, great deal of legis lation now .j on the Federal statute books is attributable in large mea sure to Senator; Harrison. , Christian Science Monitor Letters to Editor Waytoesvilltf, N. C. June 20, 1941. Mr. W. S. Johnson, editor, The Franklin Press, Franklin, N. C. Dear Mr. Johnson: Please accept our liearty con gratulations . on the excellent ed ition you published on "Ten Years of Prdgress": The issue was complete in every detail, and showed that you and your competent staff did a lot of hard and efficient work in getting up the vast amount of interesting material. ' We are preserving' our copy for reference. . Your community should be' proud of such a progressive publication as yours, and you deserve every success. i Siscerely yours, THE MOUNTAINEER W. C Russ, Editor-manager. A PLEA FROM CALIFORNIA TO SPARE COURTHOUSE The following excerpts from a letter to the editor with kind words about 'the special edition are quoted. They come from a good friend in Berkeley, Calif, Mrs. H. E. Averell. "... Must try to tell you how much I am enjoying my copy of your Progress edition. I have been through it several times, always finding some new and interesting bit. The leading editorial and the article on "Happy Hunting Grounds" are my ' favorites. All Ruth Melichar'i article are fiae, 1 t. -a- w A Gneiss By MRS. F. E. MASHBURN Sgt. Peter Wendel Keener, and Mrs. Keener of Parris Island, S. C, have been visiting their re spective parents in . Gneiss and Franklin, returning to Parris Is land Tuesday. Bert Tilson is still seriously ill. Mrs. Furman Corbin and Ennis Mashburn were recent visitors at A. A. Mashburn's home. Mr, and Mrs. Clifford McCall and mother were visiting relatives Sunday. A This Tuesday morning we are biassed by a good . geiiitle rain. Corn is growing fine in Macon. The wheat being harvested looks to be of well filled heads.- The honey bee's have made many thous ands pounds of excellent honey from the white locust hlooms. The quality of the honey being super ior. The demand is unusually good.; Mrs! Viola Brown Bremmer of Parker.sville, Mo., visited relatives in West Asheville recently. She was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Ida Connell of .Kansas City, Mo.. ",:.' " 1 . .... Sunday Mr. D. J. Moses, Miss Mayme G. Moses, Mr,si. Fay Mash burn, Mr. and Mrs. . Carl Moses and children, Misses Alma and Bertha Cabe, went to West Ashe ville to visit relatives. Furman Peek, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Peek, has improved. He has been suffering with .rheumatism for weeks. Births Exceed Death In N. C. From January 1, through May, this year, there were 34,444a babies born in North Carolina, which was just 1,973 in excess of the number born during the corresponding per iod of 1940, the State' Board of Health reports. Furthermore, births during that period exceeded the 14,424 deaths in the state by 20,020. Maternal deaths Were shown to be on the decrease thprc kavincr been only 161 during the first five months of J941, as compared with 188 for the same period last year, a decrease of 27. From January through May, vital statistics figures show, 709 persons in North Carolina were accidental ly killed, as compared with 543 for the same period a year ago an increase of 166. Most of these deaths resulted from traffic acci dents. There' were, during the period of... the compilation, 1(W fewer deaths from pneumonia than oc curred a year ago, 39 fewer deaths from tuberculosis and 23 fewer from diphtheria. Up to June 1, there had been only 28 . diphtheria deaths in the. state. Last year there were 51 during the first -five months, 27 of these occurring in January alone, as compared with only 9 in January this year. ... The plans for the court house are surely imposing; it will do a lot for that end of Main street; but don't let them destroy the old brick building, lit is the old-time things that keep up self respect and civic pride of the com munity." SCHOOL DAYS 87 YEARS AGO (The following letter has beem received from a lady of the' upper Tesenta section, who is now 92 years old. She recounts her early school days on Ellijay. Those days were a far. cry from the, log school house to the new Otto school building. But " some will wonder whether we have tfavele'd so great a distance in text books from the blue '-back speller, the dictionary and the Bible. Mrs. Brown has not walked for 10 years. She lives with her granddaughter, Nellie Brown. The Editor.) Dear Editor : I want to give you a statement of my youne school Havs I xfart. ed to school at five years old. The benches were just logs split with holes bored and legs put in. My writing desk was a log hewed out in the wall of the house. The books I ; studied we're an old Blue Back Speller and a Dictionary and we would read a Testament lesson every day. The teacher read the Rules every morning. They were: pa throwing rocks, no swinging, no climbing, no playing in water, no fussing, or swearing going to and from school. The first writing was to make straight marks, then A B Cs. Times have changed a lot since I went to school. I am 92 years old now. I ' got all my schooling on Elllijay. Yours truly, Martha Brown. PHONE 106 NIGHT PHONE 70 Cullasaja By MRS. VERNON BRYSON Rev. Frank Bumgarner of High lands was visiting friends here last weekend. He . also preached at the Mashbunn Branch school house Sunday, , Leslie Higdon returned to his home last Friday from Fort Bragg where he has been employed. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Womack and children of Sylva were visit ing Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Arnold and Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Clark last Thursday. Mrs. Ray Bryson and children returned to their home list Fri day after spending the past two weeks at Highlands; with Mrs. .Bryson's mother, Mrs, Annie Rich ardson. Mrs. Richardson is greatly improved after suffering a stroke of paralysis. Fred Sorrells returned to his work at Fort Bragg Tuesday after spending several days with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Sorrells. He was accompanied to Ashtville toy Leslie Higdon. Otto Miss Josephine Bradley returned from Murphy v to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edd R. Bradley. In addition to the ushers named last week for the Asbury church dedication Roberta Henson's name has been added. . On Father's Day the home of Mrs. L. C. Holbrooks was the scene of a unique celebration in memory of her deceased husband, and to honor her 94th birthday that passed during the winter. Those present were Misses Mag gie, Belle, Elizabeth, and Ida Hoi-; brooks; Mrs. Hanibal Bates, Mrs. Emory Keener, Bill Holbrooks; all of Macon county; Mrs! Charlesi Oliver,, Winston-Salem; Mrs. J. Jolly, Cleveland, Ohio ; ten grand children and five great-grandchildren. J. T. Jolly, Cleveland, Ohio-; Miss Vinnie Jolly, Shelby, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jolly, High point. Mrs. HoJbrooks' 94 years do not prevent her from having an active interest in the things around her. Mr. and Mrs. William 'Richard son and Miss Kate Moffitt, of Cul lowhee, visited the, home of Miss Moffitt; and '. Mrs. Richardson's parents, Mr, and Mrs. C. A. Mof- -., fitt on Sunday. Miss Helen Mildred Foster of Atlanta visited her mother, Mrs. Edith Foster, over - the past week end. Miss Kate Vinson has returned to her work in Florence, S. C, after a short visit with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Vinson. David McClure, youngest son of Lent McClure, left Tuesday to join the Army under Selective Service. Grady Henson is ill at Angel hospital. : Jim Buchanan has bought the . old Farmer's Supply store build ing from Mrs. Matt Liner and established, a general merchandise store. , - All members of the Asbury Methodist church who are not at tending Sunday school are urged to start regular ' attendance next Sunday. V Bryant Furniture Co. 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