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Far Boys And GirU
THIS is written to and for the most important
* people in Macon County ? the 4,(XK) children
who are returning to school this week.
Except for size and years, you hoys and girls are
much like adults. And. like adults, you want to be
like everybody else. If all the other hoys wear shoes
?to school, you don't want to go barefoot. And il all
tl ? other girls wear kerchiefs on their heads, you
aren't going to he caught at school wearing a hat.
But, because humans are contradictory beings,
you also want to be different.
There can be only one best -dressed girl in school,
and being the best-dressed girl is being different :
vet every other girl in school envies her. Only one
student can make the best marks, and making the
best marks makes a student different ; yet most
students try for that honor. There can be but one
captain of the ball team; yet that is a difference
' tnat the other boys would give their right arms to
have.
Fortunately, there are many other ways in which
all of us would like to be different. There are three
\erv important ways in which you can be different
without the money it takes to be well-dressed, with
out a brilliant mind, or without an athlete's body.
* * 3jC * *
The first of these ways is by being courteous. '
There was a time when the words "Southern" and
"courtesy" usuallv went together. But today in the
! outli we are inclined to shove and push in ahead
of the other fellow like people do elsewhere, anil
many of us are forgetting our "sirs" and "ma'anis"
when speaking to elder persons. Of course it isn't
what we say that matters so much as how we say
it; but those words are important because they ex
press something that, if we are courteous, conies
irorn inside.
The really important question is: Are you. in
your little every -day actions, thinking most of your
self or of the other fellow?
It probably is true that today there is more real
courtesy in the Southern mountain region than
anywhere in the United States. Let's hold on to
that distinction!
The second way you can be dilterent is a little
harder. It is by doing whatever you do well. There
probably never has been a time when so many per
sons were doing so much shoddy work ? in the
school, on the farm, in the factory; and never a
time when employers svere so willing to pay a bon
us for good workmanship. To do a thing really well
takes only a little more effort than to do it merely
well enough to get by, but the rewards for good
work are many, many times greater.
The third way is hardest of all? but it's well
worth the extra effort. The third way is to be hon
est. It is true that few of us make a practice of lying
or stealing. But real honesty is something much
bigger than merely not doing these things we all
know to be wrong. Genuine honesty is being your
own best self ? not trying to be somebody else. To
be honest, you must be ready to admit, once you are
convinced of it, that you arc wrong, and the other
fellow is right. Honesty means being willing to look
squarely at the truth ? at such inipleasant truths,
for instance, as the fact that you can't make good
marks without hard work, and that what your
school and your teacher do for you aren't half as
as important as what you do for yourself.
*****
Courtesy. Good workmanship. Honesty.
If you can learn these three while you are in
school, you will be paid handsomely for them all
your lives.
They are differences that most people envy and
and everybody respects.
And, most important of all, if you have these,
you will respect yourself.
So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The Innumerable caravan that moves
To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take
His chamber In the silent halls of death,
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night.
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave
Like one who wraps the Urapery of his couch
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
?Bryant.
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Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,
As the swift season* roll.
LETTERS
?SOUN D, SENSIBLE, TIMELY*
Dear Mr. Jones:
Let me thank you for your open letter in last week's Press.
Your analysis of the relation between Western North Carolina
and industrial development struck me as sound, sensible, and
timely. i
Sincerely yours,
ROGER P. McCUTCHEON."
August 19, 1946
(NOTE: Dr McCutcheon, dean of the graduate school of
Tulane university at New Orleans, and his family are spend
ing the summer at their summer home. Franklin, Route 1.
? Editor. )
LIKES EDITORIAL
Dear Mr. Jones:
Please permLt me to congratulate you upon your most excel
lent and worthy editorial of August the IS.
Sincerely yours,
Franklin, N. C. SOPHIE ALBERT.
Route 1,
August 21, 1946.
Prophet of The Smokies
He was a country preacher, a shepherd of the hills, a proph
et of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Officially his name was Thomas Joshua Calhoun, but in his
latter years he was familiarly and affectionately known to all
as "Uncle Josh."
His father, Jack Calhoun, a nephew of the illustrious John
C., forensic champion of the old South, emigrated from the
Abbeville district of South Carolina tn the dark days of the
Reconstruction (1869> to the hill country of Western North
Carolina when Josh was a boy. At Wayside, in the lower end of
Swain County, near the present site of the Fontana Dam, he
built his new home, begat sons and daughters, and became one
of that remote section's pioneer settlers.
In the year 1886, young Josh, having attained manhood's
estate, espoused a mountain maiden, one Sookie Crisp, and,
loading his bride and a few articles of household goods and
kitchen furniture into a wagon, made his way across towering
Welch Ridge to the headwaters of Hazel Creek where he built
a log cabin, cleared a creek bottom, and began life in "back
of beyond." under the lee of the Great Smokies, as Kephart
expresses it. There were only three other families living on the
creek at the time, and Uncle Josh's wagon was the first ever
seen in those parts.
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As more . families moved into the settlement, Uncle Josh led
in the erection of the first schoolhouse on Bone Valley Creek
a tributary of Hazel Creek, where his and his neighbors' chil
dren might secure the rudiments of an education. Soon, too,
he was instrumental in the organization of a Baptist church,
where for many years he preached and carried on religious
activities. Despite the fact that he was illiterate, and "cribb'd,
cabbin'd, and confin'd" in that secluded valley, he was a
world citizen and believed fervently in Christian missions.
Often he returned the small salary paid him by the churches
he served, saying "Give it to missions. I can get along. Let's
send the gospel to the heathen." ,
Not only were schools and churches his concern, but he be
lieved, too, in good roads, which in his distant day he con
ceived to be the channels of civilization. While serving as one
of the Swain County commissioners, he urged the building of
rode all over the county. Often times he hired men and teams
at his own expense so that the people of his backward section
might have access to the outside world. He was the author and
architect of the first decent road up Hazel Creek.
Hated 'Mountain Dew'
Good schools, good churches, good roads ? what a magnifi
cent trio! And, withal, good homes and good communities,
for every movement tending toward the improvement of his
settlement elicited his sympathetic interest and sacrificial sup
port. And it should also be said that while upholding the good,
he was the inveterate enemy of evil, for although his heart
was warm and tender, as befitting a shepherd of the hills, his
soul was fearless and aflame like that of an ancient Hebrew
prophet. In him Elijah had a modern counterpart. He was
especially opposed to moonshlning. He hated "mountain dew"
as the devil hates holy water. He reported every still he could
hear of to the sheriff or the revenue officers. Sometimes the
blockaders and bootleggers struck back with a vengeance. On
one occasion they threatened to burn his barn. Uncle Josh
sought out the offenders, denounced them for concocting and
selling the devil's brew, and then, pointing his finger in their
faces, he shouted, "Dad blast ye, fellers, ye're afeard to burn
my barn!" And burn his barn they didn't! No sensible man
defies a prophet.
In his physical appearance Uncle Josh was the most striking
personality I ever knew ? unique, original, picturesque, dra
matic. His face bore a remarkable resemblance to that of his
great forbear, John C. After the manner of John C. and the
typical hillbilly, too, he was tall and angular, like Casslus, with
a lean and hungry look. His spare frame, however, was as
tough as a mountain hickory.
Uncle Josh's hair was as white as the driven snow, long and
unkempt, indicating that he did not often frequent tonsorlal
establishments. He had, too, a long, flowing, Aaronlc beard.
Whether it ever exuded ointment comparable to that ancient
worthy's, I trow not, but occasionally It was stained by ex
pectorations of mountain burley.
Eyes Were Striking;
The most interesting thing about uncle Josh's physical make
up, however, were his eyes, as blue as turquoise, as blue as
Italian skies. 8h*arp, penetrating they were, taking In every
thing within their ken at a glance. As fearless, too, as a Smoky
Mountain eagle's. Here was a man who might (ear God, but
not the (ace of any mortal. There was. however, a mellow
tenderness in them, for Uncle Josh was a great sufferer. When
he was a lad of fifteen, a severe attack of rheumatism drew
his hips out of joint, with the result that he was lame (or
life, like Jacob. He walked with extreme difficulty, and always
with a cane. On his journeys hither and yon and on his trips
into the Smokies to look after his cattle and timber, he rode
his favorite steed, a mountain mule, one of those pathetic,
pestle-tailed critters which Zeb Vance once described as being
without pride of ancestry or hope of posterity. On one occa
sion, it is related. Uncle Josh and his mule became marooned
in a deep ravine back in "Huggins' Hell." There appeared no
way out It looked like the end for both man and beast. Finally
in desperation, Uncle Josh gave the reins to the mule and
with that uncanny. Inexplicable Instinct possessed by animals,
he made his way out, climbing over a cliff with Uncle Josh
holding on to his tall for dear life!
In his mental faculties, too. Uncle Josh was very unusual.
Although illiterate, he was not Ignorant ? there's a fine dis
tinction, you know. It is doubtful whether the mighty John C.
had a better brain than he; it was the schools and Yale Uni
versity that made the difference One was a polished diamond;
the other, a diamond in the rough.
Was A Mystic
Like all prophets, Uncle Josh was a mystic. He meditated
often and much, and what a magnificent setting he had for
his meditations! The eternal hills, the empurpled mountains,
the incomparable Smokies, robed In their mantle of shimmer
ing blue haze, Ineffable In their splendor, looked down upon
him every morning when he arose, every evening when he re
tired The murmuring, meandering mountain stream, Hazel
Creek? one of Western North Carolina's premier trout streams,
by the way? clear as crystal and beautiful as an artist's dream,
flowed by his cabin door, singing Its bewitching lullabies. There
was time, too. for meditations, back there "far from the mad
dlnlng crowd's Ignoble strife." And so, Uncle Josh dreamed
dreams and saw visions, and many of these dreams and vis
Ions he carrlql with him Into the pulpit, placing thereon his
CantlMMl mi y?f? Kifbt?
With the
Churches
BAPTI8T
First Church. Franklin
The Rev. Charles E. Parker,
Pastor
Sunday:
10 a. m. ? Sunday school.
11 a. m.? Worship.
?:S0 p. m? Training union.
7:S0 p. m.? Worship.
Wednesday:
7:S?p. m.? Prayer meeting
EPiscerAL
St. Agues Church, Franklin
The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan,
Pastor
' .nday :
10 a. m. ? Church school.
11 a. m.? First Sunday, H?iy
communion.
Third Sunday,
Morning prayer.
8 p. m.? Second and fourth
Sundays, evening
prayer.
METHODIST
Franklin Church
The Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt,
Pastor
Sunday:
10 a. m.? -Sunday school.
11 a. m. ? Worship.
?:30 p. *i? Methodist Youth
fellowship.
Wednesday:
8 p. m.? Prayer meeting.
Maiden's Chapel
The Rev. R. L. Poindexter,
Pastor
10 a. m. ? hbnday school,
E. A. Roper, supt.
11 a. m.? Preaching, third
Sunday
3 p. m.? Staging.
S p. m.? Preaehing, first
8unday.
First Sunday:
Franklin Circuit
The Rev. D. P. Grant, pastor
Preaching services as follows:
Sunday:
11 a. m.? Bethel church.
3 p. m. ? Salem church.
7:30 p. m.? Clark's chapel.
Second Sunday:
11 *? ?m.? Snow Hill church.
3 p. m. ? Louisa chapel.
7:30 p. m. ? Iotla church.
Third Sunday:
11 a. m. ? Clark's chapel.
3 p. m. ? Salem.
7:30 p. m.? Bethel.
fourth Sunday:
II a. m. ? iotla.
3 p. m.? Louisa chapel.
7:30 p. m. ? Snow Hill.
mnssbtteman
Franklin Church
The Rev. B .Hoy t Evans, pastor
8unday:
10 a. m.? Sunday school.
11 a. m. ? Worship.
Murrison Church
Sunday:
2:15 p. m. ? Sunday school.
3:15 p. m.? Preaching on the
second and fourth
Sundays.
CATHOLIC
Franklin
(In American Legion Hall)
The Rev. A. F. Rohrbacher,
Pastor
Every Sunday:
7:45 a. m. ? Confessions.
8:00 a. m ? Mass and com
munion.
INTER - DENOMINATIONAL
Sloan's Chapel
Sunday:
2 p. m. ? Sunday school on .the
first, second, third, and fifth
Sundays. ?
2 p. m. ? Preaching on the
fourth Sunday.
3 p. m. ? Sunday school on the
fourth Sunday.
4 p. m.? Preaching on ttu
days.
Starting with the first Sun
day, the ministers who conduct
the services are, in order: The
Iter. W. R. Oreen of Jackson
County, the Rev. Charles E.
Parker, Dr. C. R. McCubblns.
and the Rev. W. Jackson Huney
CHtt.
Tuesday:
- 7:30 p. ro.? -Prayer meeting.
NEGRO
St. Cyprtan'i Episcopal
The Rev. James T. Kennedy,
Pastor
Sunday:
11 a. m.? Third Sunday,
Holy communion.
2 p. m.? First and second
Sundays, evening
prayer.
3 p. m. ? Church school.
Friday:
5 p. m. ? Litany.
Fraaklba Methodtet -CtveaM
(A. M. E. Zlsn)
The Rev. John tJ. Williams
Pastor
Preaching servicsa as follows
First and third Sundays:
11 a. m.? Oreen Street ohurch
2:30 p. m. ? CoWee church.
8 p. m.? Oreen Street church.
? JOIN ?
Bryant Mutual
Burial Association
, Oldest and Strongest
la the County
A good teed bed, treated
need of high germination, plant
ing on time, and proper fertili
zation to suit toll condition*
and encourage s tooling, are the
best methods for growing more
small grains.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
tratrix of Mary Catherine Uc
Gulre, deceased, late of. Macon
County, N. C , this Is to noliiy
all persons haying claims against
the estate of said deceased to
exhibit them to the undersigned
on or before the ISth day of
July, 1947, or this notice will be
plead in bar of their recovery.
An persons indebted to said
estate win please make imme
diate settlement.
This 18th day of July. 1946.
LEILA McGUIRE,
Administratrix
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executor's Notice
Having qualified as executor
of Mary Dryman, deceased, laat
of Macon County, N. C., this Is
to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the
20th day of August, 1947, or this
notice will be plead In bar of
their recovery. All persons In
debted to said estate will please
make immediate settlement.
This 20th day of August, 1946.
LOUIN CABE,
Executor.
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
trator of A. G. Edwards, deceas
ed, late of Macon County, N. C?
this is to notify all persons hav
ing claims against the estate
of said deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned on or before
the 25th day of July, 1947, or
this notice will be plead In bar
of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will
please malce Immediate settle
ment.
I This 25th day of July, 1946.
I JOHN W. EDWARDS,
Administrator
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ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
trator of John E. Parrish, de
ceased, late of Macon County,
N. C., this Is to notify all per
sons having claims against, the
estate of said deceased to ex
hibit them to the undersigned
an or before the 13th day of
August, 1947, or this notice will
be plead In bar of their recov
ery. All persons indebted to said
estate will please make Imme
diate settlement.
This 13th day of August, 1946.
J. P. PARRISH,
Administrator
603 W 6th St.,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
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NORTH CAROLINA
MACON COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the
pouter of sale vested In the
undersigned trustee by a dead
of trust executed by Pauline
Jones, dated the 4th day of Jan
uary, 1946, and recorded In the
office of Register of Deeds tor
Macon County, North Carolina,
in- Book No. 36, page 117, said
deed of trust having been exe
cuted to secure certain indebted
ness therein set forth, and de
fault in the payment of said
indebtedness having been made,
I will on Friday, August 30, at
12 o'clock noon, at the Court
house door In Franklin, North
Carolina, sell to the highest bid
der for cash the following de
scribed land:
FIRST TRACT:
In Franklin Township on
the waters of Cartoogechaj*
Creek BEOINNINO at an
Iron pipe near Aif Jones'
house and about two feet -
N. W. from a W O and
runs S 64 W 2% poles to ?
?take Alf Jones' corner;
then 8 40 W 14 poles to ?
stake In Cozad's line; then
8 S6 Z> X 36 poles to a stake,
Cozad's corner; then N 42H
C 3/ poles to a stake; then
N 13 W 33 poles to the BB
OINNINO.
8ECOND TRACT:
BEOINNINO at a white oak
on the road leading from
Jul* Crlsham to Emma Al
dington's and runs with tl?
road North 53 deg. West 18
poles to a stake; thendi
West 6 poles to a stake;
thence South 45 degree*
West 6 yi poles to a whit*
oak, Emma Addlngton's cor
ner; thence 8outh 30 polea
to ? stake near the Creek;
thence North 37 deg. East
34 poles to the BEOINNINO,
containing three acres mom
or less, and being that
tract of land conveyed to
M. P. Coley by deed from
A. L. Jones and wife, dated
June 30th, 1920, and re
corded In Book of Deeds
H-4. Also that same traot
as deeded by M. P. Coley to
Oliver 8. Anthony of dale
July 21, 1922, and recorded lb
Book H-4 of the Regis terta
Office of Macon County, to
which deeds reference k
hereby made.
This 30th day of July, 1946.
O. A JONES, Trustee
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