SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
and
COMINGS AND GOINGS
SAUNDERS-BRENDEL
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brendel
of Route 4, Franklin, announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Edna Mae, to Pvt. Mack San
ders, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Sanders, also of Route 4.
The ceremony took place at
Clayton, Qa., on December 10.
Pvt. Saunders is stationed at
Norfolk, Va.
MANY YOUNG PEOPLE
HOME FOR HOLIDAYS
Betty Horsley and Barbara
Stockton have returned from
Brenau College, Clell Bryant
from Chapel Hill, Merrily Brooks
from St. Mary's, and Dorothy
Reld from Merldeth College,
Raleigh, Lane Porter from Pea
body College at Nashville, Tenn.
Home from Greensboro, are
Dorothy Sloan, Marjorie Blum
enthal, Imogene Landrum, Kath
ryn Long, Louise Pendergrass
and Mamie Addlngton.
From W.C.T.C. at Cullowhee:
Carlyne Jamison, Hazel Morgan,
Margaret Corbin, Thelma Bald
win, Marx Raby, Evelyn Norton,
Jack Angel, Fred Houk, Clayton
Ramsey, Merle Kins land, Mil
dred Shope, Louise Klnsland,
and Harry Corbin.
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Personal Mention
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Mr. and Mrs. 81d?ey Clayton
of Greenville, 8. C., have been
visiting Mrs. Clayton's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Brandel of
Route 4, Franklin.
Neville Sloan and Mils Tim
Sloan of Atlanta will spend the
holidays with their mother and
other relatives in Franklin.
Miss Laura Jones of Raleigh
will spend Christmas with her
mother, Mrs. George Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. George Patton
of Raleigh are returning to
Franklin for the holidays.
Weimer Jones of Asheville,
son of Mrs. George Jones, is
confined to an Asheville hospi
tal while receiving treatment
for an eye infection.
The Misses Lilian and Doro
thy Jones of Welch Cove, will
spend Christmas With their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gilmer A.
Jones.
Mrs. Louise East, State Con
sultant in Public Health Nurs
ing, spent monday at the Coun
ty Health office in Franklin.
Miss Olive Patton has receiv
ed through her brother, Robert
A. Patton of the V. 8. Signal
Corps, Washington, D. C., an
announcement from his superior
Officer, which says that Mr.
Patton has been awarded an
emblem far "outstanding' and
meritorious ?ervjoe."
Macon Baptist Sunday
School Convention Meet*
The Macon Baptist Sunday
School Convention meets with I
Ridge Crest church, December
at S:S0 P ??
Th* PfflPp follows: Theme;
Victory Sunday actuals in INI;
song, Standing on the Promises;
devotional, Victory Through I
Otarlsts' Promises ? Mrs. Htm
Hlgdon; prayer; boslness; Talk, I
Two Essential V's for Victory
Sunday Schools Mrs. Roy Kins
land; discussion. Victory Through
Worthy Goals? Paul Swafford;
Song of Victory? Onward Chris
tian Soldiers; Message- victory
Through Christ? toy Rev. H. M
Alley of Highlands; Benedic
tion,
J. D. Planks, Pres. |
START MAKING RATION
TOKENS
Manufacture was started last
week on 1 billion ration tokens
to be used In making "ration
change" when the ration token
plan goes In to effeot Sunday.
February 27, according to OPA
The order calls for 1,100, OOO.OOO
red tokens for meats and fats
and 900,000,000 blue tokens for
processed foods. Pood retailers
will get their supply from the
nation's banks. Strips of stamps,
seach having a value of 10 points
regardless of the numeral now
on the stamps, will be validated
on a horizontal or across-the
book basis rather than an a
vertical or up-and-down basis,
ss st present. A regular sched- 1
ule of validity dates will be esta
blished, which will provide five
processed food stamps worth 80
points for each consumer at the
start of each month. Three
meat-fits stamps worth a total
of 10 points will \mm$ ntt4
?v?r? tWO wMlU.
Four Generation*
Mrs. Harvey I. Gibson
Ben Gibson
Raleigh Gibson
Charles Gibson
"Grandma" Gibson
"GRANDMA" GIBSON'S
tlMi ANNIVERSARY
On December fifth, IN years
ago, a girt child >?u born to
Mr. and Mrs. Guy, who lived In
? wilderness called Cnllasaja.
Hen the remained until 1869,
when she married Harvey Irv
ine Gibson and went with him
to II? nc, T?u>. Tears later,
they retained with their eight
children, and made their home
in Macon county. Here Mr. Gib
son passed on in 1916.
Mrs. Gibson makes her home
with her only surviving child,
Ben Gibson of Gneiss. She can
proudly count 55 grandchildren,
38 great, and five great-great
grandchildren. A large number
of these attended her lOOdth
anniversary on Sunday, Decem
ber, fifth.
By her special request, a
grandson, Pfc. William Gibson,
was granted a furlough and ar
rived from Arizona In time to
bring added happiness to her
day. The cake, with 100 candles,
was thrilling to view.
"Grandma" Gibson, as she is
tortagljr called, has been very
active, landing a helping hand
in every emergency ocurring in
her neighborhood. Her famous
"pound" cakes adorned many
an "lnfair." S?ld a young wo
man of only 80 years? "Grand
ma's been a truly good neighbor
all her life."
HELLENIC PRAYER I
Gilbert Murray, noted British
classical scholar, author of
"Four Stages of Greek Religion,"
has translated an early Greek
prayer which is as applicable
today as ft was 2,000 years ago:
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"May I be no man's enemy,
and may'I be the friend of that
which is eternal and abides.
May I never quarrel with those
nearest me; and if I do, may I
be reconciled quickly. May I
never devise evil against me,
may I eeeape uninjured and
without the need of hurting
him. May I love, seek, and at
tain only that which is good.
May I wish for all men's happl
ness and envy none. May I
never rejoice in the ill-fortune
of one who has wronged me.
When I have done or said what
is wrong may J never wait for
the rebuke of others, but always
rebuke myself until I make
amends. May I win no victory
that harms either me or my
opponent May I never fall a
friend In danger. May I respect
myself. May I always keep tame
that which rageai1 within me.
May X accustom myself to be
?tie and never be inmr he
ro* ef eircttmitattoes."
-Pathfinder. I
Bureau of Public Relations U. 8. War Department
I'RE-INDUCTION TRAINING CLASSES? In schools throughout
the country 17-year-old boys who face induction into the Army are
now learning about military life in the classrooms. Here a group
of future soldiers examine a special library exhibit of material*
consulted in connection with -prc-induction training courses in social
studies. History and English receive close attention.
Poet's Corner
JOHN CHARLES McNEILL
By R. C. AUSTIN
It was on October IT, 1907,
that John Charles McNeill, poet
laureate of North Carolina, and
for three or more years a free
lance of the editorials of the
Charlotte Observer, went away.
For several weeks he had been
desperately 111 with a wasting
disease that baffled medical
skill. And then it was that the
Silent Boatman called him and
bore his gentle spirit home. 1
Of course, he was taken home
to his native heath that he
might find final rest in the soil
he loved so well. And so they
buried him in bid Spring Hill
cemetery hard by the fields and
woods over which he had roam- |
ed as a barefoot boy? and on
the stone which marks the place (
of his last earthly sleep has
been inscribed his own epitaph ,
taken from one of his own
poems, entitled "Bundown:"
?
Hills, wrapped in gray, standing
along the west; (
Clouds, dimly lighted, gather
ing slowly;
The star of peace at watch (
above the crest ? { .
Ob, holy, holy, holy! <
We know, O Lord, so little what
is best; (
Wingless, we move so slowly;
But In thy calm all-knowledge i
let us rest
Oh, holy, holy, holy!
John Charles McNeill was
the second son of the late Mr. (
and Mrs. Duncan McNeill, and
was born in Richmond county,
now Scotland. His boyhood days
were spent on the farm. He was
truly a product of the soil and
he lived close to nature. He came k
from a long line of sturdy
Scotch ancestors who came to
America because of their lore 1
for freedom and because they
cherished the opportunity to live .
their own lives and to work out
their own destiny. John Charles
was a graduate of Wake^ Forest \
College and later he 'studied ,
law with the intention of mak- ?
ing that his life work, but law .
did hot make a hit with him. ,
He could not get sufficiently ,
away from the old home ties
and the urge to write verse to ,
make a success of It.
The old saying that "You can
get the boy out of the country,
but you cannot get the country ,
out of the boy," was never more
true than in the life of John ,
Charles McNeill. He came to the
Observer in 1904 from a not too ,
lucrative law practice in Latav
lnburg. He was his own boss so ,
far as his work was concerned, ,
and he was happy in his work
because it gave him an oppor- ,
tunity to do the kind of work '
that always appealed to him?
writing poetry. To him Charlotte
was a great big city, and when ,
he grew tired of it and longed for
the country he would catch a
street car and go out and spend
the afternoon in the woods. Be- '
ing a child of nature there
would come to him periods of
homesickness when he would
long for his old home down on
the Lumbee river, and so he
would be missed around the of
fice for several days? he was
"down home" they would say in j
explanation for his absence. So '
in one of his back-home moods 1
he wrote one of his famous
poems: "When I Go Home":
When I go home, green, green
will grow the grass,
Whereon the flight of sun arid
cloud will pass;
Long lines of wood-ducks
through the deepening gloam
Will hold above the vest, as
wrought on brass,
And fragrant furrows will have
delved the loam,
* When I go home.
When I go home, the dogwood
stars will dash
The solemn woods above the
bearded ash,
The yellow-Jasmine, whence
its vine hath dome,
Will blaze the valley with Its
golden flash,
And every orchard flaunt its
folychrome,
When I go home.
When I go home and stroll
about the farm,
The thicket and the barnyard
will be warm.
Jess will be there, and Nigger
Bill, and Tom ?
On whom time's chisel works no
hint of harm? ,
And, oh, 'twill be a day to
rest and roam,
When I go home.
?Charity and Childreq.
HI! BILL?
Can't write a thing,
The censor's to blome.
lust say that I'm well,
And sign my name.
Han't tell where we sail from,
Cant mention the date.
Can't even number,
The meals I've ate.
Cant say where we're going,
, Don't know where we'll land.
Couldn't inform you,
If met by a band.
Cant mention the weather,
Cant say if there's rain.
Ml military secrets.
Must secrets remain.
Cant have a flashlight,
To guide me at night.
Can't Smoke a cigarette.
Except out of sight.
By
Pf. Edgar N. Elliott,
"8omewhere in England.
Cpl. Vernon Cunningham,
somewhere in England, sends
these lines to the Press:
5Tou loved him and you married
him,
And now you have to wait
Until the war is over and
rhere is an end to hate.
5fou said you would prefer to be
His wife for just a day,
rhan not to have his loving
arms
Before he went away.
And will you do your duty now
ro write him every night
Fo pray for him and dream of
him
(Then you put out the light?
ton are a brave determined
girl, ,
ro hold your chin up high,
ro watch the battle fronts to
heaT
rhe thunder in the sky;
Ind surely God will bless you
fbr
your faith and courage true?
And surely Ood will keep him
safe
And bring him back to you.
Fourth Sunday
Singing Convention -
The fourth Sunday Singing
Convention will meet at the
Bethel Methodist church, Sun
day afternoon, December 26, at
2:00 o'clock.
The public is invited to at
tend.
PACKED FOOD PBODUCTS
Exempted from price control
are sales by home canners who
sell less than 1,500 quart* a
year of packed fr&its and vege
tables, OPA reported recently.
OPA also announced that con
sumers will pay more for can*
ned sweet potatoes, brined cher
ries, maraschino cherries, can
ned mushrooms, and processed
dried prunes knd prune pro
ducts.
%
Walter Scruggs,
Respected Negro,
Passes In Franklin
Walter Scruggs, who passed i
away last week after a brief
illness, was known to everyone
in the county as "Uncle Walt."
He was born about 1860 in
Rabun county, Georgia, and
when a young man came to
North Carolina. He farmed in
Macon county until, approxi- '
mately 80 years of age. he was
then forced to less strenous
work of gardening.
His wife died many years ago,
leaving eight children, four of
whom survive their father, with
nine grandchildren 'and two
great-grandchildren.
A dllllgent and honest man,
Uncle Walt, will be missed by
his many friends in town and
county.
The present with a future?
WAB BONDS for CHRIST
MAS. Keep m Backing the
Attack.
AT FIRST
SIGN OF A
C?666
666 TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS
We Wish
Our Many Friends
A
Merry
Christmas
Wm MET
JOYOUS HOLIDAY
?nd A Happy New Year
Among the things we prize most highly are
the friendship and goodwill of folks like
yourself. We wish you the best of everything
for Christmas and the doming year.
OUR PLEDGE IS, to serve with justice and
integrity those who have protection with us.
To take no unfair advantage of our mem
bers. We sincerely invite everyone to inves
tigate and Join. *
POTTS MUTUAL BURIAL ASS'N
Main Street Franklin, N. C.
CHRISTMAS CHEER "Hi
Christmas Greetings:
May happiness be yoars this Christmas
and may the blessings of Peace, Content
ment and Security attend yon in the
years to come.
Remember there Is no better material in
vestment than real estate.
STANDARD REALTY COMPANY
25 Bank Bldg. Franklin, N. C
""-a.
Tidings of Joj
to fill
One of the finest joys of Christmas season
is the opportunity to put aside the routine
of everyday business, and sincerely wish our
friends . . .
A Merry Christmas
and
A Happy New Year
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