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Che Jf rank liit ^Jrrss *Ul> ?iie iHigltlntiitfi JHnrmiiait Published every Thursday by the Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina VOL. LXJ Number forty-seven WEIMAR JONES Editor-Publisher Entered at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C., as second class matter Telephone No. 24 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year Six Months Three Months $2.00 $1.00 .60 tingle Copy .. .... - 05 Good Health For Tar Heels North Carolina had one of the highest selective service rejection rates in the nation. Onlv 38 out of every 1,00 babies horn in North Carolina are delivered in hospitals. Six thousand additional hospital beds are needed in this state to provide four beds per thousand population, the minimum considered necessary by medical authorities. These are among the long list ()' tacts and fig ures cited by the North Carolina Good Health as sociation as it emphasizes that good health is North Carolina's No. 1 problem, and embarks upon a laud able campaign to Create an aroused public opinion that will result in our doing something about the problem. * * Critics will find it easy to pick flaws in some of the association's arguments, for any thoughtful per son knows it is both stupid and dangerous blindly to accept any and all statistics. The draft rejection rate figures, for example, are completely misleading and unfair, as already pointed out by this newspaper. Nor does North Carolina need to hang its head in shame because more than a third of its babies are born outside hospital walls: there is a considerable bocly of medical opinion today to the effect that, other things being equal, mother and baby are bet ter off at home than in a hospital. And hospital beds alone are not the whole answer to the problem of good health. Hospitals, in fact, are designed primarily to help remedy ill health, rather than to create good health and prevent dis ease. It is worth noting, too, that the current hos pital crisis, which cries so loudly for action by tlu people of the state, was largely created by the med ical profession hself. For we need more hospital beds today not because we have more illness than previously, but chiefly because more and more doc tors and nurses over the state are refusing to treat patients outside a hospital. As a result, the hos pitals frequently are crowded with cases that could have been successfully treated at the patients' homes, while there is no room for those who really require hospitalization. * ? * But if the (Jood Health association has permitted , its enthusiasm to yet out of bounds, that fact in 110 way alters the need for the campaign it has inaug rated. For there are other facts and figures that can't be argued away. There is 110 blinking the fact, for example, that five out ol every 100 North Carolina mothers die in childbirth. (That figure may or may not be ex act, but undoubtedly it is accurate enough to be tragic.) There is no blinking the fact that nearly one out of everv 10 births either is a still-birth or is followed by the baby's death. There is no blinking the fact that there is an average of only one doctor in North Carolina for everv 1,600 persons ? and that that percentage is loo small. There is no blinking the fact that many cases re quire hospitalization, and that 34 of the state's 100 counties have no hospital facilities. Finally, there is no blinking a fact that is quite obvious without statistics ? that we have far Too much ill-health, far too much unnecessary blindness, far too many deaths that might have been prevent ed, far too many persons crippled in mind or body who might, with early treatment, have been whole. * * * (iood health is fundamental. Xo progress that isn't based on good health is sound. And the North Carolina Clood Health association will do a superb job if it accomplishes nothing more than making the people ol the state health-conscious. Nor can anyone find serious fault with the asso ciation's six-point program: For state assistance in the. care of indigent sick; for state assistance in building or enlarging local hospitals and establish ing and equipping rural health centers ; for a med ical-education loan fund to help worthy North Caro lina young men and women who pledge themselves to practice in a rural community for four years; for the expansion of the two-year medical school of the University of North Carolina into a standard four-year school with a central teaching hospital; for special study and provision for the medical edu cation of Negroes ; and for the promotion of volun tary group insurance plans. # Others' Opinions ? LOSS TO STATE The defeat of Mrs. O. W. Cover of Cherokee county, who made an outstanding record in the general assembly in both 1943 and 1945, is a real loss to the state as a whole The an nouncement came as a surprise, since she had been reported as a winner on the basis of unofficial returns. . * Mrs. Cover was the only woman to sit in the last two sessions of the house and because of that fact her record was scrutinizes more carefully than that of the average member. She was con sidered an unusually valuable member both by her colleagues and by the public generally Her defeat was unfortunate, whether it was because of her sex or for some other reason, and her absence will lower the average ability of the house. ? Raleigh News and Observer, i WILL NOT Cl'RK TKACHlNli ILLS Teachers of the schools in Hertford county and other coun ties in the northeastern district will convene at Greenville on Friday for a most important conference of the North Carolina Education association. Presented to them, with the request for their endorsement, will be the following proposal concerning teachers' salaries: 1. That there be a 20 per cent over-all increase in salaries, the salary arrived at to be a base salary with no bonus or emergency salary included. 2 That an eleventh increment be provided for teachers hold- , lng Class A certificates and a twelfth increment for teachers holding graduate certificates. We hope that this proposal, presented by the legislative com mittee of the NCEA, will be repudiated by the teachers of the northeastern district. By this we do not mean that we are op posed to an increase in salaries for teachers; but we belie .e that the compromise schedule of increases, as agreed on by the legislative committee and the co-operating state officials, is insufficient. Acceptance of this compromise salary increase schedule will not accomplish the desired results of attracting ' young men and women to study for the teaching profession; it is merely an appeasement measure, granting a nominal pay increase. Every effort should be made, and made now, to bring about a sufficient increase in teachers' salaries to make this profes sion a desirable one from a financial standpoint. If more than a 20 per cent raise cannot be secured, we want to see the teachers get that ? they deserve it ? but we want to see them and educational organizations strive to get a salary increase which will be the means of correcting a most serious teacher deficiency. The schedule to be presented by the NCEA leaders offers a beginning A-certificate salary of $1,494. Not enough to make one want to get into the teaching profession! And advance ment is slow. The increase toe each of the next two years would be only $32.40 per year. From the third through the sixth vears the increase would be $43.20 a year, and from the seventh through the tenth it would be $54 a year. The eleventh year would bring an additional $45, but from then on the teacher would draw $1,992.60 per year and no more, regardless of the number of years in the teaching profession. What profession is there that can attract capable persons in great numbers when the maximum salary is $1,992.60? Several of the NCEA districts have approved the proposed salary schedule presented by the legislative committee, but the South Piedmont district rejected it, and adopted a resolution calling for an increase which it thinks will cure the teacher problem. With the hope that the teachers of this district will ; not in mere routine fashion endorse the proposal of the NCEA, but will give thought to the stand of the South Piedmont dis- t trict teachers and their reasons for rejecting the one schedule ' and substituting another, we present the salary schedule as suggested by that district. ? Class A certificate: first year, $1,560; second year, $1,650; third year. $1,740; fourth year, $1,830; fifth year, $1,920; sixth year, $2,000; seventh year, $2,100; eighth year, $2,200; ninth year, $2,300; tenth year, $2,400; eleventh year, $2,600; twelfth year, $2,750; thirteenth year and thereafter, $3,000 Graduate certificates; third year, $2,000; fourth year, $2,100; fifth year, $2,200; sixth year, $2,350; seventh year, $2,480; eighth year, $2,600; ninth year, $2,700; tenth year, $2,800; eleventh year, $2,900; twelfth year, $3,100; thirteenth year, $3,300: fourteenth year, $3,500; and fifteenth year and there after, $3,600. This schedule, we feel, by offering progressively higher In- I crements to those with the highest certificates and the most I experience will both encourage young men and women to enter the profession and provide an incentive for those in the 1 teaching profession to stay in it and improve their ratinys. The teaching profession is in dire need of both ? more re- ; placement teachers and more teachers with improved ratings ? and it is going to take good salaries to bring this about. There should be no compromise on anything less than a salary schedule that is designed to cure the ills of the teaching pro fession?Hertford County Herald. LEGAL ADVERTISING ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as adminis trator oi W. C. Postell, deceased, late 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 14th day of October, 1947 or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make Immediate settle ment. This 14th day of October, 1946. BRITTON SMITH, Administrator. 017 ? 6tp ? N21 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as adminis trator of Mrs. Florence P. Downs, deceased, late 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 29th day of October, 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 29th day of October. 1948. JESSE DOWNS, Administrator. 031? 6tp? D5 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT NOTICE OF SUMMONS STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF MACON VERSSIE LUVERN SUMNER, Plaintiff vs. RICHARD RILEY SUMNER. Defendant The defendant. Richard Riley Sumner, will take notice that an action as above entitled has been commenced in the Superior Court in Macon County, North Carolina, to the end that the plaintiff may secure an absolute divorce under the laws of the State of North Carolina, and the ! defendant will take notice that he Is required to appear on or before the 18th day of Decem ber, 1946, in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon County, North Carolina, and answer or demur to the complaint in said action or th" plaintiff will apply to the Cqurt for the relief demanded. This the 28th day of October 1946 EDITH C BYRD, Ass't. Clerk Superior Court, Macon County, North Carolina 031 ? 4tc ? JHS ? N21 Join Now! Protects the Whole Family 1 Potts' Burial Ass'n. Phone 164 or 174 1 ATTENTION! LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE WILL MEET EACH THURSDAY NIGHT At 7:3* Lake V. Shope, Sec. for his or her Christmas Gift ... . a subscription to THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN You could hardly find a more ideal gift . . . whether it is for son or daughter, hushand or wife, mother or father, brother or sister, or friend. It is something they will enjoy the wljolc year through . . . something to remind them of vOu, once every week for 52 weeks. And it's such an easy way to shop . . . no looking and looking and racking - your brain. It's a gift you don't even have to wrap! And we have prepared attractive gift cards which we will mail for you, telling the recipient that you are sending him or her The Press. THE FRANKLIN PRESS F ranklin, N. C. With the Churches BAPTIST First Chart h, Franklin The Rev. Charles E. Parker, Pastor Sunday: 9:45 a. m. ? Sunday school. 11 a. m.? Worship. 6:30 p. m. ? Training union. 7: SO p. m. ? Worship Wednesday: 7:30 p. m. ? Prayer meeting. EPISCOPAL St. Agnes Church, Franklin The Rev. A. Rufus Morgan, Pastor Sunday: 10 a. m.? Church school. 11 a. m.? First Sunday, Holy ? communion. Third Sunday, Morning prayer. 8 p. m. ? Second and fourth Sundays, evening prayer. METHODIST Franklin Church The Rev. W. Jackson Huneycutt, Pastor 10 a. m.? Sunday school. 11 a. m. ? Worship. 6:30 p. m. ? Senior Youth fel lowship. 7 p m. ? Intermediate Youth Fellowship Franklin Ctrcnit The Revi D. P. Grant, pastor Preaching services as follows: First Sunday: 11 a. m.? Bethel church. 3 p. m.? Salem church. 7:30 p. m. ? Clark's chapel. Second Sunday: 11 a. 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: 11 a. m. ? lotla. 3 p. m? Louisa chapel. 7:30 p. m. ? Snow Hill. West Macon Circuit The Rev. P. E. Bingham, Pastor Preaching services as follows: First Sunday: 11a. m. ? Maiden's Chapel. 3 p. m. ? Gillespie Chapel. Second Sunday: 11 a. m. ? Mount Zion. Third Sunday: 11 a. m. ? Gillespie Chapel. 2:30 p. m. ? Maiden's Chapel. Fourth Sunday: , 11 a. m. ? Mount Zion. PRESBYTERIAN Franklin Church The Rev. B .Hoyt Evans, pastor. Sunday: 10 a. m. ? Sunday school. 11 a. m. ? Worship CATHOLIC Franklin (In American Legion Hall) The Rev. A. F. Rohrbacher, Pastor Second Sunday: 8:00 a m? Mass. INTER -DENOMINATION At. Sloan's Chapel Sunday: 2 p. m.? Sunday school on the first, second, third, and (ifth Sundays. 2 p. m. ? Preaching on the fourth Sunday. 3 p. m ? Preaching on the Tuesday: 7:90 p. m? Prayer meeting Friendship (Angel) Tabernacle Sand mr* 2:10 p. m. ? Sunday school Itwri Sunday: 8:30 p. m.? Preaching service, conducted by the Rev. V. C. Ramey. NEGRO St Cyprian's Episcopal The Rev. James T. Kennedy, Pastor Sunday: 11 a. m.? Third Sunday, Holy communion. 2 p. m.? First and second 3 p. m.? Church school. rrl Franklin MethMUst Clreait (A. M. E. Zion) The Rev. John O. Williams Pastor Preaching services as follows: First and third Sundays: 11 a. m. ? Oreen Street churoh. - 1:30 p. m.? Cowee church. S p. in.? Oreen Street church. KIMUtUKER ORYHKfMffEjP rd? CALOTABS first, second, and third Sundays. Sundays, evening prayer.
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