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Silt* Tftnnk {in Iftxtzs an i> iHighhmits JEarxmian Published eiery Thursday by the Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina VOL. LXII ' Number seven WEIMAR JONES Editor-Publisher Entered at the Post Olfice, Franklin, N. C., as second class matter Telephone No. 24 Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, by in dividuals, lodges, churches, organizations or societies, will be re garded as advertising and inserted at regular classified advertis ing rates. Such notices will be marked "adv." in compliance with the postal regulati'ons. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year ? $2.00 Six Mqfnths $1 00 Three Months ..._ 60 Sihgle Copy 05 Some Obvious Needs TM 1 1 S is a fine community, a good place to live. * Most of lis who live in Macon County realize that, and persons who have lived here and moved elsewhere realize it even more. Xo community, however, is so good that it can't he improved. Furthermore, any community that becomes satisfied with itself, that1 stops trying to improve, immediately starts going downhill. Like all counties, Macon could well use a lot of improvements. But there are a few things that are so obviously needed it is hard to understand why we haven't done something about them long ago. ( )ur first need is better schools. That need is fundamental. For the thin? that chiefly makes Ma- ? con County a good place to live is the character of our citizenship. And no community's citizenship will remain any better, for long, than the quality of its schools. And because it doesn't make sense for us to work and sacrifice to educate our young people, only to lose them to other sections ? and because our youth is as fine as any we could possibly hope to get from elsewhere ? the second big need is some action that will make it possible for the majority of our young men and women to remain at home. That will require some long-range planning, based upon a study of what we have, and of how best to utilize what we have. A third need also has to do with youth. We can't keep our young folk at home merely by pro viding jobs for them ; youth must have fun along with its work. But what have we to offer in this line? In winter, about the only recreation anywhere in th;s county is pool and the movies. There is noth ng wrong with a game of pool in a properly operated pool hall, and most of us enjoy a good movie. But those two things alone certainly lack a lot of being a complete and balanced recreation program. Another need that is ail-too obvious is a bit of cleaning uj). If Franklin ? and the rest of the coun ty is little better ? is judged by strangers by the amount of dirt and waste paper and general lack of orderliness to be seen on its streets and vacant lots, it has a reputation for being just plain dirty. 1 hat sort of reputation isn't exactly an asset for an individual, and it certainly .doesn't help a town. Moreover, it can quickly destroy our community pride and self-respect. Macon County needs a definite improvement pro gram, and these, four projects are respectfully sub mitted as a starter ? as objectives our public of ficials and our citizens should start to work on, now : 1. Better schools. 2. County-wide planning so we can keep our youth at home. 3. Recreation facilities. 4. Community cleanliness. Round Pegs and Square Holes It is a tragedy of modern civilization that there are so many excellent round pegs among us who strive, unsuccessfully, all our lives to fit ourselves into square holes. And vice versa. We do our best, but get poor results; whereas we could have made a first class job of ourlife's work, if we had only known, wlien we were young, just what our natural capabilities fitted us to do. Or, quite as often, if we had stopped to think a bit, instead of merely taking the first job that was offered. For the men just out of service, the Veterans Administration is offered scientific help in selecting a vocation. Trained men are giving aptitude tests to the veterans ; the tests, in fact, are compulsory for disabled veterans who apply for rehabilitation training:. What is not so well known is that the tests are available to any veteran ; and the only cost is a little time. Veterans here who have taken the ex amination sav that the tirhe is well spent; that the tests are complete; that they throw a lot of light on the problem of choosing a vocation; and that the men who give them go a step farther, offering sug gestions on the training needed and on where it can ? ? ' ? ? fctest bt>, obtained. Macon County vettcr&ns interested in thib test should see the county veterans service officer, Bill Bryson, at the courthouse, before making the trip to Asheville. Others' Opinions ? WON'T SAVE ANY MONEY President Truman offers a plan to consolidate the armed forces. To an ordinary layman, it looks like a plan to expand the armed forces. It certainly won't save any money! Probably it is the best the Chief Executive couid secure and at the same time preserve a reasonable degree of harmony among the "brass hats." ? Labor. IT IS A CRIME ' Georgia leads in many good things even if troubled because the man elected Governor died before the Legislature had de clared the result. Its new Constitution properly defines lobbying, which dis graces Washington and North Carolina. The new Constitution of Georgia properly declares: Lobbying is declared to be a crime, and the general assembly shall enforce this provision. ' ? Raleigh News and Observer. STILL GOOD When America was still a youngster in the family of nations, Benjamin Franklin prescribed a cure for inflation ills we might all do well to follow today; "You point out the true cause of the general distress: the late luxurious mode of living Introduced by a too great plenty of cash. It is Indeed amazing to consider that we had a quan tity sufficient before the war began, and that the war has : added immensely to that quantity by the sums spent among us by the government. But I am inclined to think that the mere making more money will not mend our circumstances if we do not return to that industry and frugality whicn were the fundamental causes of our former prosperity," ?Cleveland Times. WAITING LISTS Without intending to sound a pessimistic note we refer you to the story on the front page of the last issue of The Moun taineer regarding the decline of job openings in this area and the subsequent number of persons seeking employment. It does not take most of us very long to recall other years when this reached a serious condition. We sincerely trust that we never reach this stage again, but it will take planning to avpid it. Authorities on the subject are recommending that the communities take action and foresee what may happen, in seeking out industries and encouraging the development of resources at hand.. In this pray, when the tid e of prosperity recedes, we will be ready to meet conditions. On the other hand this turn in conditions should make all ! workers realize the advantage of being settled in employment and give their best efforts. ? Waynesvllle Mountaineer. DEATHS IN FOOTBALL While announcing twenty-one deaths in 1946 attributable directly to football, Dr. Floyd Eastwood, of Purdue University, . maintains that participation in football is a less hazardous passtlme than hunting, driving an automobile or taking a walk. The professor says that thirteen fatalities occurred among high school players, five on athletic club teams, two in college play and one a sandlot team. Four other deaths, indirectly resulting from football, were reported for sandlot players. The doctor who has been making an annual football death survey urges an improvement in football headgear, saying that : forty per cent of the fatalities result from brain injuries He also recommends promotion of safety measures to safeguard high school athletes and suggests better supervision of practice scrimmages and the development of new blocking and tackling , dummies. While there may be something in the doctor's conclusion lhat football is less hazardous than hunting or driving an automobile, the death list, as reported, does not reveal the full toll of football. There are many injuries to players, some of which constitute a physical handicap for life. While there is little that can be done about the sport, there are many Amer icans who wonder if it is worth the cost. ? Hertford County Herald AN ABSURDITY Extending its greetings to mountain visitor Charles M. John son, The Citizen still has no notion of yielding the whole floor to the state treasurer in his presistent, famous and happy ad vocacy of "home rule" for local governmental units in North Carolina. Speaking in Asheville Wednesday, Mr. Johnson' decorated his favorite theme with an example. Local bills are the bane of legislators. Why must a city or a town run to the general as sembly, he asked, merely to get the authority to extend its corporate limits? "Home rule," or rather, the lack of it, is the answer. We can think of other examples even more pertinent. Last Monday, for instance, the Buncombe county board of commis sioners authorized the preparation of a legislative act which would permit the navy to acquire a lease on certain property of Asheville-Biltmore college to erect a naval armory This is no business and certainly it is no concern, of the general assembly in Raleigh. Yet the legislative process is required by antiquated law. Gratified as we are with the arrangement which will give this valuable armory a home and a place in the vocational training scheme of our educational system, we deplore the fact that the whole arrangement must be submitted to 170-odd legislators, only four of whom have any concern with the question. But that is the dreary dictate of an absurd system One day local self government ? a withering institution ? will lise up against it. ? Asheville Citizen. SMALL FARM DECREASE There Is a tendency in agriculture to duplicate the develop ments o f Industry. This means the substantial increase in larger farms. Figures show that the average farm is now fifty acres larger than it was twenty-five years ago and twenty acres larger than it was only five years ago. Moreover, the number of farms, 3,860,000 units, is 600,000 less than in 1920 despite an Increase of 186,000 acres in the lands Included in farms. In 1920 farms from ten to five hundred acres in size made up two-thirds of all farm land. The figures today show that farms of this size account for only half of the nation's farm land. The people of McDowell county should be Interested in the figures which reflect a trend to larger and fewer farms. Never theless, they should not overlook the importance of the ten to-100 acre farms, which still account for about half of all the farms in the nation. This type farm is often the weakest economic unit but because forty-eight per cent of the farms are . of this size, the plight of the small farmer attracts and deserves nationwide attention. It is too early, as yet, to determine whether agriculture will follow the development of all Industry. There was a time when small businesses were the rule, but the process of merger and consolidation has given to large industrial units the predomi nant place in the productive life of the nation. It may be that agriculture is going through this development, but it will be unfortunate If the process is permitted to kill off our inde pendent small farmers. Little farms accounts for a large share of all farms? two thirds in the South, a half In the East, two-fifths in the West and a third in the Midwest. Their problem, under the Impact of mechanization and other economic pressure, is to exist in competition with larger farming unit*. Whether this can be done, in the long run, In connection with the production of staple crops, remains to be seen, but other specialty enterprises h?v? ft good chanct to iucc??d.? Marion Progress, Smokey Says: r*?> EFFECT/; A forest fire CAUSED by a neg lected cimplire. The EFFECT can be appalling Hunters and campers, be sure your campftre ia out ? dead out*? before you leava it Be a rood ? ports man! LEGAL ADVERTISING ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as adminis trator of J. W. Blaine, deceased, late of Macon County, N. C., 5his is to ntotify all persons Having claims against the estate of said deceased, to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 10th day cf January, 1948, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted, to said estate will please make immediate set tlement. This 10th day of January, 1947. Arlen Williamson, Administrator. J 16 ? 6tp ? F20 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT BEFORE THE CLERK ORDER OF PUBLICATION NORTH CAROLINA MACON COUNTY N ANT AH ALA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY vs JOSEPH FARISH, ALBERT CLARK and RUTH CLARK ROWE It appearing from the affi davit of W. C. Penn, Secretary Of the NANTAHALA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, peti tioner in the above entitled ac tion that Joseph Farish, Albert Clark and Ruth Clark Rowe are not to be found in Macon Coun ty, and cannot, after due dili gence, be found in the State of North Carolina; and it further appearing that a cause of ac tion in favor of the petitioner, and against the respondents, rho samp hpintx q nrnf?pprii_na under the power of Eminent Domain for the condemnation of a right-of-way for an elec tric distribution line over and across lands of the respondents, situated in Macon County, North Carolina, and fully described in the petition of the petitioner on file in the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Macon County, North Carolina; and it further appearing that this is one of the cases in which serv ice may be made by publication, for that the respondents are non-residents of the State of North Carolina and own or claim the lands located in Ma con County, North Carolina, which the petitioner is seeking to condemn; and it further ap pearing that the Court has jur isdiction of said cause. It is, therefore, ordered that service of summons be made upon the said Joseph Farish, Al bert Clark and Ruth Clark Rowe, and to that end It is ordered that notice of this spe cial proceeding be published once a week for four successive weeks in the Franklin Press, a weekly newspaper published in Macon County, North Carolina, which said newspaper is the one most likely to give notice of said proceeding to the respon dents, setting forth the title of said proceeding, the purpose of same, and requiring the respon dents to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon Coun,ty, In the Court house at Franklin, North Caro lina, within ten (10) days after the 17th day of February, 1947, and answer or demur to the petition of the petitioner; and notify them that If they fall so to do the petitioner will apply to the Court for the relief de manded In said petition. This the 17th day of January, 1947 J. CLINTON BROOKSHIRE Clerk of Superior Cuort for Macon County, North Carolina. J23 ? 4tc ? F13 ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE Having qualified as adminis tratrix of W. A. Shields, 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 31st day of January, 1948 or fhls notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All per sons Indebted to said estate will please make Immediate settle ment. This list day of January, 1947. MH8. W. A SHIELDS. Administratrix. rMtHiU With the Churches BAPTIST First Church, Franklin The Rev. Charles E. Parker. Pastor Sunday: 9:45 a m.? Sunday school. U a. m. ? Worship. 6:30 p. m? Training union. 7:30 p. m. ? Worship. Wednesday: 7:30 p. m.? Prayer meeting. i EPISCOPAL St. Acnes 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. ramnouisT 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 to. ? Intermediate Youth Fellowship. Franklin Circuit The Rev. 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 chape'.. 3 p. m. ? Salem 7:30 p. m. ? Bethel. Fourth Sunday: 11 a. m. ? Iotla. 3 p. m. ? ty>uisa chapel. 7:30 p. m. ? Snow Hill. West Macon Circuit The Rev. P. E Bingham, Pastor Preaching services as follows: First Sunday: 2 p. m.? Maiden's Chapel. 11 a. m.? Gillespie Chapel. Second Sunday: 11 a. m. ? Mount Zion. Third Sunday: 11 a. m. ? Gillespie Chapel. 2 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. CATHOUC Franklin (At John Wasilik's Residence ? Rogers Hill) The Rev. A. F. Rohrbacher. Pastor Second Sunday: 8:00 a. m.? Mass. 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. ? Preaching on the first, second, and third Sundays. Tuesday: 7:30 p. m. ? Prayer meeting. Friendship (Angel) Tabernacle Sunday: 2:30 p. m: ? Sunday school Second Sunday: 3:30 p. m. ? Preaching service, conducted by the Rev. V. C. Ramey. Olive Hill Sunday: 2 p. m. Sunday school, E. A. Roper, superintendent. 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 Sundays, evening prayer. 3 p. m. ? Church school. Friday: S p. m.? Litany. Franklin Methodist Circnit (A. M. E. Zion) The Rev. John a. Williams Pastor Preaching services as follows. First and third Sundays: 11 a. m. ? Green Street church 2:30 p. m. ? Cowee church. 8 p. in. ? Green Street church ? JOIN Bryant Mutual Burial Association Oldest and Strongest In the County
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