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THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN
THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1941
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BIBLE THOUGHT
He that worketh deceit .shall not dwell within my house : he that
telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. Psalm 101.7,8.
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Evexy violation of truth js not only a sorl of suicide in the liar,
but is a stab at the health of human society ARalph Waldo Emerson.
Macon Ventures An Opinion ,
ITIZENS of Macon county have noted with
justifiable interest the appointments made by
Governor Brpughton in this section of the state.
So far, no Macon citizen ' has received recogni
tion, as far as we have been able to ascertain.
' We do not want to be understod as suggesting
that strict geographical lines should be adhered to
in making appointments, nor that rewards should
be bestowed upon counties according to the way
the majority voted in the primary. But when this
latter method has been followed more or less faith
fully in other cases, we cannot help wondering why
an exception has been made of Macon county. Does
it imply that the governor misjudges the qualifica
tions of this county to be able to furnish good ma
terial for service to the state?
" We cite one example. When the governor was
authorized to appoint two speciaL judges from the
western section of the state, both of these special
appointments were made from the 19th district and
from the city of Asheville, giving Buncombe county
three judges, while there is only one superior court
judge, the resident judge elected by the people, the
Honorable Felix Alley of Waynesville, in the entire
20th district, embracing eight counties. An attorney
of Franklin, eminently qualified, was unanimously
endorsed by the local bar for this judgeship, as well
as by many other prominent, members of the bar
in this section. In point of the large territory cov
ered by the 20th district, and of the good legal
For those who are interested in statistics from a
material that could have been recognized, we be
lieve we are justified in citing at least one example
where a fairer distribution could have been made.
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LETTER FROM
MISSIONARIES
Zam Zam Survivors Tell
Story Of Torpedoed
Vessel
Macon Progress
'yE have been reminded ever since our 28-page
"Ten Years of Progress Edition" that there
was much we left out. We are finding it easy to
list additional marks of progress as we go along.
reliable source, we are giving below some figures
from Dun and Bradstreet's survey of Macon coun
ty's business firms made by their representative,
G. E. Musgraves, last fall. He gave the following
figures to the Franklin Press and ..Highlands Ma
conian which were secured for publication in. Dun
and Bradstreet's directory of industrial and busi
ness firms which show marked growth.
. Franklin business firms numbered 59 in 1925,
and had increased to 84 in 1940. In the same time
firms increased from 10 to 27.
Firms located at the smaller postoffices of the
county remained stationary, for the most part, and
in a few instances showed a loss. This is attributed
to good roads, which have the effect of reducing
business in many rural areas. This loss is accounted
for in the increase of business in the larger towns.
uso
THIS week Macon county citizens are being ask
" ed to contribute towards a quota of $200 to the
United Service Organization for National Defense.
The whole amount was pledged last week by rep
resentatives of the churches and organizations of
the county. No general campaign has been launched
because the cause is one that has received spontan
eous response.
However, the pledges have not been entirely
met, and for those who wish to share in this cause
for the welfare of the men now in Army and Navy
camps we are giving the following brief informa
tion: .
USO is a merger, for war work only, of the
Y. M. C' A:, Y, W. C. A., the National Catholic
Community Service, the Salvation Army, the Jew
isht Welfare Board and the National Traveler's Aid
Association. These unite in supplying decent amuse
ment and clean recreational facilities in the towns
adjacent to camps.
(The following letter by Rev:
and Mrs. Thomas K. Morrison,
who,- with their children arrived
in New York last week, will be
of interest to many friends. Mrs,
Morrison is the daughter of C. A.
betser of Franklin, and the letter
was written to the Presbyterian
Mission Board, Nashville, Tenn.
Editor.)
Sintra, Portugal
June 10, 1941
Dear Friends :
When we sailed from New York
on tht SS "Zam Zam" we little
thought that three months later
would find us here in Portugal
trying to get back to our starting
point. The way to Congo from
here seems to be closed on " all
sides so the only way we can get
there is to go back to the States
and start over again, the State
Department has been very adamant
in its decision to repatriate all the
Zam Zam survivors, and that just
as soon as possible. So, much as
we would like to continue to the
Congo, tut way seem to be ef
fectively closed. Just where we
shall go or what we shall do when
we reach the States we do not
yet know, but hope to be able to
get an apartment at Mission Court
in Richmond for the summer at
least. The Consul bere hopes to
get us off for New York the last
of this week on an American boat,
but we are not sure of that yet
I here is a good chance though
that by the time you get this let
ter we shall have arrived in New
York.
We still do not understand the
position of the Zam Zam with re
gard . to its neutrality. Since the
State Department had pronounced
it neutral and given us passports
to travel on it we were glad to
take passage as we had not been
able to get booking on nv other
boat at that time. But it did travel
blackout and sailed under British
Admiralty orders from Trinidad on.
and the Germans say its cargo
was destined for the British forces
in Egypt, all of which definitely
marked it as not neutral
In spite of all that we have been
through from the sinking of the
Zam Zam on April 17 up to the
present we have had every reason
to be thankful to our God who
has so wonderfully oared for us
through it all. Not a missionary
on board was wounded during the
shelling, a thing remarkable in it
self since there were so many of
us and so many hits scored on the
boat by tfce raider beior firing
istopped. It was perhaps fortunate
that we were shelled just at dawn
when most of us were in our cab
ins a,nd asleep. Had we been on
deck it might have been another
sfory with flying shrapnel and
wreckage. The first shot' fired
awakened us though it missed the
boat; but the' next one fired hit
and though no signal was given
or aiarm sounded there was. no
mistaking what was happening.
About all we got away with was
our overcoats a,nd our night
clothes, our money and our pass
port. There was no hysteria among
the passengers but as much can
not be said of the crew. The less
said of that though the better.
The big thing is that every one
was saved and taken on board the
raider after less than an hour in
the life boats. Another blessing
was the calmness of the sea. I
have rarely seen it calmer than it
was that mornine. Just . as we
pulled away from the Zam Zam
in ' life boats, a beautiful rainbow
appeared. Was it the rainbow of
promise f
On A : German Raider
We spent the next thirty hours
on the raider and they wore Dtob-
ably the most dangerous hours, we
have had in our life, for there we
were on a German raider being
hunted by any number of British
cruisers, and the raider could in
no way provide enough life boats
in an emergency. One1 alarm was
sounded at midnight when they
sighted another boat but it prov
ed not to be an enemy vessel. The
next day we were transferred to
a German merchantman that had
escaped from a port in Chile after
the outbreak of the war and was
trying to make its way home to
fcurope. We spent 33 days on that
boat, being told all sorts of tales
as to where we were beinsr taken.
but never the truth. They always
iksisiea mat it would be a neutral
port somewnere or a transfer to
a neutral boat, that would take
us to port. But as you (now know
none of those promises material
ued. We will never know the
dangers we went through on that
trip, I am sure. Eight days before
we landed the Captain told us we
must all sleep in our clothing and
have our life belts at hand at all
times. The hand of God w cer
tainly on that wheel and work in e
elsewliere as well or we could
never have eluded all the British
ships that were on the lookout
for us. The chase after the Ger
man battleship "Bismarck" just at
that time probably drew away
several potential dangers from the
waters we crossed.
At any rate we sighted the
Spanish coast just at dark on the
night of May 18 and traveled
witsin her territorial waters until
the morning of the 10th which we
found ourselves in the port of
St Jean de Luz, a little town in
occupied France. From there we
were' taken in buses to Biarritz
just ten . miles away ; where we
spent ten days pending arranger
ments for our passage through
Spain and into Portugal. The Con
sul from Bordeaux, his- office in
Biarritz, and the Embassy attaches
from Madrid together with the
American Red Cross did us many
a noble service in helping us out
with our many difficulties and
smoothing the way we had to
travel.
' From Spain To Portugal
It was a happy day when we
crossed, the border of Spain into
Portugal at noon Sunday, June 1.
There for the first time in weeks
we had plenty to eat and felt a
sense of freedom and safety. We
are here now at a little resort
about 1(6 miles from Lisbon wait
ing for bur passage home. We are
very comfortable here, but will be
more than happy when we are
again , on American soil. If we can
judge by the little we have seen
of this war it is a terrible thing
and Europe a sad continent in
deed. And what a tragedy if
America, too, must be drawn into
it!'..- .
We said in another part of this
letter , that no missionary was
wounded and that was true in a
physical sense, but there are
wounds not of rhe body ! H.ow
our hearts ached . for those of our
number as well as all the other
Britishers and passengers of other
nationalties when we had to leave
them on the boat to be taken
on to Bordeaux for internment. We
had come' to love and admire them
and beg that you join us in earnest
prayer' for their early deliverance.
We still want to go on to the
Congo and believe that He wants
us there, s.o please pray with and
for us that all will work out ac
cording to His will.
Very sincerely yours,
Rev. and Mr,s. T. K. Morrison
Received at Nashville, Tenn., .
June 20, 1941
Address : Rev. and Mrs. T. K.
Morrison, Box 330, Nashville,
.. Tenn. ,
Henry D. West
Main Street
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