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At Franklin, North Carolina
VOL. LXI1
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Number Seventeen
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Our "Horseback Doctors"
HIS suggestion conies from a reader of The
Four young men, natives of Macon County, left
home many years ago, in the clays when dollars
were few and far l>et\veen here. They went out to
get professional educations.
Then they came hack to spend their lives serving
the people among whom they grew up. They were
the four "horseback doctors" who have died in re
cent years ? I)r. F. L. Siler, Dr. S. H. Lyle, Dr. W.
A. Rogers, and Dr. J. H. Fouts.
Each was remarkable in his own way. And they
all had at least one thing in common: They came
back home to practice, when they might so easily
have gone where the hardships were far fewer and
the remuneration far greater.
Why not, asks The Press reader, a memorial to
Macon's four "horseback doctors"?
To which this newspaper adds:
Who has a suggestion as to the form such a
memorial should take?
Voters in Franklin and Highlands, if they are to
participate in the May 6 town elections, must be
registered. And Saturday of this week is the last
day to register.
This is not a new registration, but, if these elec
tions are like most that have been held in the past,
a lot of people will not be permitted to vote because
they took it for granted their names were on the
registration books, instead of making sure.
Men who voted absentee while in the service and
who have come back home need to register, if they
are to vote. Newcomers to the two communities
are not registered. And many j>ersons will find, if
they check, that they may have registered for a
bond or other election, but that didn't put their
names on the town registration list.
Better check with the registrar ? this week.
Press :
Are You Registered?
A Tough Problem
Like Macon, Transylvania county has voted bonds
for construction of new school buildings. Like Ma
con, it had hoped for some state aid on its build
ing program. And, like Macon, it now faces the
problem presented by the' tremendous increase in
building costs.
So similar are the situations that The Transyl
vania Times might well have been writing about
Macon County when it said editorially :
The new board of education at its. Initial meeting last
week decided to defer a decision on the date for begin
ning the extensive school improvement program until
after the matter can be fully explored with the advisory
committee.
School officials here hoped that the recent legislature
would approve a school building program under which
the county would have received $125,000 to help provide
new buildings and repair others. The assembly, however,
failed to appropriate the $10,000,000 sought, which means
that our problem Is essentially what It was when the
session began. With this additional money, officials felt
that they could execute the program as originally plan
_ ned, despite greatly Increased building costs In recent
months.
While fully conscious of the critical need for improved
school housing, The Times has cautioned a policy of de
lay. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say a policy of
caution dependent on the time needed to assess all fac
tors involved and to calculate the results both on the
immediate problem and the citizenship generally. We
have been rather disposed to endure for a while longer
the admitted deficiencies of the system than to proceed
in the certain knowledge that the improvements promised
the people cannot be provided with the money available.
For reasons which it should not be necessary to enu
merate here, curtailing the program would surely cause
deep dissatisfaction.
The blunt truth of the matter is that economic forces
generated by the post-war building revival have Inter
vened to become our major school problem. It should
be considered in this light, for it has a very definite
bearing on the future of the whole school system ? not
only its physical plant, but Its morale and efficiency as
well.
While the major building program has been postponed
temporarily here, it is encouraging to note that needed
repairs are being made In practically every school In the
county.
There is one important factor in the situation that
the Brevard newspaper fails to mention ? a factor
that is important in the consideration of any school
problem :
A child's time in school is short, at best; all too
soon he must meet life as an adult, and how well
he is equipped to meet it will depend largely upon
the school he attended. Every day he spends .in a
poor or a mediocre school is a day virtually lost ?
time he can never recover.
Good schools 10 years from now won't1 educate
the children who are in school today.
Others' Opinions ?
TURN OX THE LIGHT
We are still hoping that Representative Rex Gass of Forsyth
County carries out his threat to let the people of the state
know something about the manipulaUons which brought about
the "gag" rule in the legislature in 1941 This rule has been
very successfully utilized to block every attempt of the people
of the state, who believe in true democracy and the right of
the people to have an election and express themselves on the
liquor question or any other which concerns them
? Kins ton Free Press.
. A MAX
One who has self-confidence but does not show it.
One who can be courteous in the face of discourtesy.
One who keeps his word, his temper, and his friends.
One who wins respect by being respectable and respectful.
One who understands people, and can make himself under
stood by people.
One who has a steady eye. a steady nerve, a steady tongue
and steady habits.
One who is silent when he has -nothing to say ? Exchange.
PART NAMES IX MIDDLE?
"What does ye think will be the fashion as to how candidates
fer Governor part their names in 1946?" was the Old Codger's
question this morning. He was asked what prompted such a
foolish question, seeing that Shakespeare had asked: "What's
in a name?"
The Old Codger replied: " Ye shows ye ain't familiar with
history. Don't ye know that the last two Governors parted
their name in the middle? J Melville Broughton an' R. Gregg
Cherry. Jest now Mayne Albright, W. P. Horton, Charlie John
son, Libby Ward, Lt. Gov. Stag' Ballentine, John Kerr, Tom
Pearsall, Thad Eure. Barker of Durham, an' the 37 other varie
ties air a-wiQnderin' how they'll write their first names out like
Charlie Aycock an' Bill Kitchin or adopt the J. Melville an' R.
Gregg method ov signin' their middle name." ? The Rhamkatte
Roaster in The News and Observer.
SAVING THE SOIL
A recent announcement from the soil conservation service
of the Department of Agriculture, emphasizes two Important
points. First, the efforts to save the topsoil of this country and
second, the fact that we still have considerable distance to go.
The statistics of the past are not encouraging, as the service
estimates that between 1895 and 1930 a full million acres of top
soil were lost each year, and that more than 50 per cent of the
country's farmlands have been damaged to some degree by
wind or water erosion; and that this cost annually amounts to
about four billion dollars.
It is reported that since 1930 the damage has been slowed
to approximately half a million acres per year. A great victory
came to those who have worked for conservation in 1935
when congress passed the soil conservation act and the Boil
Conservation service was made a permanent part of the de
partment of agriculture.
It is with gratification that we can point with pride to th?
fine work that has been done here in Haywood county along
this line under the supervised direction of our county farm
agents, who have given expert advice to our fanners.
? Waynesville Mountaineer.
TAXING OUR ECONOMY
Because of a reduced peanut production last fall money has
not circulated quite so freely in this section during recent
months, farmers and business operators declare.
To aggravate the adverse economic situation we went ahead
and spent or otherwise threw away an estimated half million
dollars in the last quarter of 1946 for alcoholic beverages.
There were some profits, to be sure, but when we collected one
dollar in profits three others were sent away. And the trans
actions were of questionable value to begin with.
One doesn't have to be for or against prohibition to realize
that an economy can't stand up under such a burden. If we
had a normal or even a bumpir peanut crop last fall we would
have been little better off because a large part of the income
was taken out of legitimate business channels. There is little
difference in the net result when hundreds of thousands of
dollars are taken out of circulation by a near crop failure
and when hundreds of thousands of dollars are diverted from
legitimate business channels.
The money spent for beverages In this county last year was
in sufficient amount to head off a depression for at least a
year. If we had saved that amount not even a complete crop
failure could have thrown us off our economic balance.
It is too late to do anything about that which is already
gone under the bridge, but it will be wel^ even at this late
date to save back some of our liquor dollars for the preveTbial
rainy day. ? Williamston Enterprise.
SKIRTS
Skirts are what women wear where men wear pants, the
biggest difference being that skirts come singly and not in
pairs.
Of course that doesn't mean that women do not In many
Instances wear panto too, figuratively anyway, although, still
figuratively speaking, they don't look so good. Either there's
not enough slack to take up or there's too much taking up
what slack there is.
Skirts may be approached from either end, put on over the
head or stepped into, but once they're in they generally ad
here to a middle course.
Skirts follow a. waistline which varies according to the de
sign of the upper garments which they have to meet, vertically,
at least. If they don't meet horizontally, that's a matter of
girth control.
When skirts get out of shape, it's frequently because they
have become hipped on their subjects. But one really shouldn't
blame skirts for their lack of foundation.
There used to be such things as underskirts but they've long
since been given the slip.
Skirts leave uncovered a multitude of shins. But at that
they're very deceptive; the shorter skirts are the longer they
make people look When skirts are long enough to have trains,
they almost Invariably have sidetracked material that should
have gone Into the top parts of the dresses of which they are
a part So crowded out are they In fact that the best their
shoulders can do is become a strap-hanger.
Skirts In some countries are made out of grass, but even
then they call for mower.
You never know what the styles will be in skirts from one
season to another but when they pop at the seams, fall to
meet in the back or offer increasing zipper resistance on the
side, you may reasonably conclude that they're getting fuller.
To be sure there's a great deal that we've left unsaid about
skirts, but it's still the season of the year when breezes may
catch up the subject at any moment and carry it on to new
heights.? Greensboro Dally Ntws.
Smokey Says:
Timber i? th? South1! graat natural
r?sourr?. It U con?Unty ranawing
and growing. Fir* la a daatructWa
forea. Halp kaap ttra out of th?
woods.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as executor
of the estate of Dr. John H.
Fouts, deceased, late of Macun
county, N. C., this Is to notify
all persons having claims
: against the estate of said de
I ceased to exhibit them to the
' undersigned on or before the
11th day of March, 1948, or this
notice will be i^pad In bar of
their recovery. All persons ln
| debted to said estate will please
make Immediate settlement..
This 11th day of March, 1947.
DOVER R. FOOTS,
Executor.
BurnsvlUe, N. C.
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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP
Notice is hereby given that
the partnership of Henson and
McGlamery Cash Store, operat
ing a produce and feed business
In the Town of Franklin, has
been dissolved on the 11th day
of April, 1947, and T. A. Henson
is now the sole owner of said
business.
Notice Is given that H. A. Mc
Glamery will not be liable for
any debts of the said business
created after this date.
This 11th day of April, 1947.
H. A. McGLAMERY
T. A. HENSON.
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ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
tratrix of Wm G. Culbertson,
deceased, late of Macon County,
N. C., this is to notify kll per
sons having claims against the
estate of said deceased to ex
hibit them to the undersigned
at Highlands, N. C., on or be
fore the 16th day of April, 1948
or this notice will be plead In
bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settle
ment.
This 16th day of April, 1947.
MARIAN A. NORTON,
Administratrix.
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EXECUTRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as executrix
of Annie Slagle, 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 at 200 Grandln
Road, Charlotte, N. C., on or be
fore the 16th day of April, 1948
or this notice will be plead In
bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settle
ment.
This 16th day of April, 1947.
KATHERINE SILER ZACHARY
Execurtix.
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