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(Eh* ffixnxtkiin Tftxtss end (Eke Mighlanhs jHarxxnian Published every Thursday by the Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina VOL. LXII Number thirty WEIMAR JONES EdLtor-Publisher "'North Carolina i 5$ ASSOCIATK Entered at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C., as second class matter Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, by in dividuals. lodges, churches, organizations or societies, wHl be re garded as advertising and inserted at regular classified advertis ing rates. Such notices will be marked "adv." in compliance with the postal regulations. Telephone No. 24 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year E:x Months Ihree Months Single Copy $2.00 $1.00 .60 .05 Deserves Attention TlIR repeated discussion, in letters to The Press, * of the little white crosses on Rankin Square is abundant proof of the widespread conviction that the Macon County youths who gave their all in World Wars 1 and 2 deserve a memorial that is at once appropriate, dignified, and beautiful. The only difference of opinion is as to the form the memorial should take. One interesting suggestion, made in a private conversation the other day, is that a plot of box wood (the boxwood is noted for its long life) be planted on Slagle Memorial hill, each tree to be a memorial to a member of Macon County's company of war dead ; perhaps with a cross, bearing the name and dates, in front of each plant. But whatever is done about a memorial, a point is made in a letter that appears on this page that is not subject to argument, and that deserves thought, and action. In substance, the writer of that letter says': We have a beautiful setting here; we could have a beautiful town; but we are not making the most of what the good Lord gave us. Change The fundamentals of religion are unchanging. And many of us, with this in mind, are inclined to forget that the application of those principles can ami must change, to meet changing conditions. This is particularly true of the church, of course, since it is the outstanding institution that seeks to raise men's religious conceptions and practices. Gen erally speaking, the church is effective as it adapts its methods of bringing to men the teachings of religion to current conditions. A case in point is the Tellico Baptist church. Within less than a month after buying a bus in which to haul people from nearby communities to the church, it trebled its Sunday school attendance. (The First Baptist church in Franklin is said to have had a similar, encouraging experience with a church bus.) The churches, in Macon County and America, will grow and increase in influence in direct proportion as they serve the needs of men and women. Tar Heels In Wa&hington Kenneth Claiborne Royall, of Goldsboro, con firmed by the senate last week as secretary of war, is the first North Carolinian ever to hold any U. S. cabinet post, other than that of secretary of the navy. But, by a strange coincidence, there have been five North Carolina secretaries of the navy! Only two states, in fact ? Massachusetts, with eight, and New York, with six ? have furnished more navy secretaries than North Carolina. The Heels who served as secretary of the navy were : John Branch, under President Jackson, from 1829 to 1 S3 1 ; George K. Badger, under Presidents William Henry Harrison and Tyler, for less than a vear in 1X41 ; Willia:m A. Graham, under Fillmore, from 1850 to 1852; James C. Dobbin, under Pierce, from 1853 to 1857; and Josephus Daniels, under Wilson, from 1913 to 1921. Mr. Daniels, incidentally, is said to have the dis tinction of being the only man in American history to serve a full eight years as secretary of the navy. Just why North Carolina politicians have gravi tated to the navy department is not clear, but, with a single exception, that seems to have been the only outstanding post in the federal government a Tar Heel ever had filled until Mr. Royall's appointment. The exception was Nathaniel Macon, for whom this county is named. Mr. .Macon (who, by the way, never saw his namesake) was speaker of the house from 1801 to 1807. Plenty of natives of North Carolina, of course, have filled important posts: this state, for example, claims to bave been the birth-place of three presi dents ? Jackson, Polk, and Johnson ? but they mi grated to other states to win national recognition. LETTERS KEEP FRANK GRAHAM! Dear Mr. Jones: i As a native North Carolinian (my people have lived in your county for generations though I was born at Hayesville) my heart thrilled when I read your very fine editorial "Should Frank Graham Resign". The spirit that Inspired that editorial, the work of Frank Graham, the great University that ranks first among the Nation's state universities have placed North Carolina in the front rank of progressive states. As to the ordinary citizen of whom Mr. Severance speaks so assertively ? his prayer is that all state universities by the grace of God get a president like Frank P Graham. Let your tallest trees be felled, let your most beautiful water falls dry up, let your highest mountains be mined away, but keep the great president of your University and you will still have a state. Sincerely yours, EDNA GILLESPIE. Blackfoot, Idaho, July 16, 1947. LET'S CLEAN UP! i Dear Mr. Jones: For sometime I have had in mind a letter to The Press con cerning our town. I often wonder if we who live here could picture what is in the mind of a stranger who sees the condi tions on Main street. I'm afraid it would not be Very flattering to us or the town, for we of the town are responsible for con ditions. We have a beautiful setting here and could have a beautiful town. The street and lot next to the curb market are a disgrace. The lot could be cleaned off and made into a small park where people could find a place to rest. The big trucks should have a parking lot off Main street. I am glad to know of the proposed parking regulation, if It is carried out. The garbage cans are -an asset to the town and I hope they will be used. I would like to see Rankin Square put in good condition and kept so. It would be well to have the Honor Roll put in the hall of the courthouse to preserve it A granite marker which would stand for all time, with a bronze plate with the names of our boys who gave their lives in World Wars 1 and 2, should be placed "in the enclosure near enough to the street so the names can be read, and remove the crosses which are weather worn and will have to be replaced from time to time if kept. If the crosses are to be retained, I suggest the ceme tery association donate a lot on the hillside and put the crosses there. If I had a cross to my son, I would prefer placing it in the peaceful quiet of the cemetery. I believe the American Legion would be interested in attending to this. As to the courthouse, if a new one is to be erected, I hope the old one will be kept and restored and made into a place for our public library, a museum, and club rooms, with the upstairs as an auditorium. It is too bad to destroy the atmos phere of a town by destroying the old and beautiful things. I believe in progress, aV progress brings Changes, but let's not destroy everything that is distinctive, but clean up and beautify what we have. I have always lived in Franklin, except for a short time, and no matter where I go, my heart always turns to Franklin, of all places, the one I love the best. Sincerely, ?A READER. Others' Opinions READ WITH DISCRIMINATION An editorial in The State, weekly paper published in Ral eigh, on the subject, "Newspaper Exaggerations," should cause sober thought on the part of both writers and the reading public. It is unfortunate and very harmful to the public that so much material in the papers gives an exaggerated or dis torted picture of conditions. A good illustration of this point is seen in the way in which Time magazine reported the recent meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in St. Louis. The article in the magazine paid practically no attention at all to the important matters discussed at the convention, but played up one or two sensational incidents which occurred not in the convention itself but on the sidelines. The average non-Baptist reader of such a report would get a very inadequate and false conception of the Southern Baptist Convention. Readers of newspapers must read with discrimination and confine their reading as largely as possible to the more sober and reliable publishers. ? Biblical Recorder. "A great Community" All of us want the towns and cities in which we live to ex pand and prosper. It is a laudable ambition. At the same time we should crave more than mere physical growth and business prosperity. There is food for thought in Arthur E. Morgan's word picture of a "great community". "A great community," he wrote, "is one that seeks excellence rather than size. It aims at full, well proportioned life for its members, and vital relations with the wide world. ... Its citizens can be recognized by democratic simplicity, neighborliness, sincerity, and self discipline. They travel widely and their doors and hearts are open to visitors. While concerned with world affairs, strong ties to neighbors and friends lead them to prefer fulfillment of their lives at home. . . . "No one kind of excellence makes a great community. A town may be financially prosperous, yet dead. Neither is cultur al interest alone enough. Design should cover every important phase of life. Local government requires planning. Economic life should make places for varied interests and abilities of young people. Planning Is necessary for health, education, cul tural growth, recreation, and ethical development. A commun ity council may help unify the whole. Planning for a fine com munity, and working out those plans, can be a great commun ity adventure " ? Morganton News Herald. THE AHOSK.1E INCIDENT It was a small error of Judgment In public relations that caused the whole furore. There was no Intention on the part of the Ahoskle Kiwanls Club to discriminate In any way against their Negro friends and neighbors when they planned to give away a Cadillac automobile to the holder of the lucky ticket to their annual Festival, which they staged ? at considerable personal sacrifice of time and effort on the part of Individual members? to raise funds for their charity work among the under-privileged chil dren of the community, both white and Negro. The Festival was staged by the white people of the com munity for the white people and It was not intended that tickets should be sold to Negroes, because there were no ac commodations provided for their entertainment, and all tickets giving a chance to win the Cadillac carried the privilege of ad mission. Klwanians knew all of the above without even thinking about it, and they sold no tickets to Negroes. But a volunteer ticket salesman ? there were many such volunteers ? did not realize these facts and through him a few tickets giving ad mission to the Festival and allowing a chance on the Cadillac were sold to Negroes. But so well established was the fact that the Festival was an exclusively white affair that no Negro holders of tickets made use of them to attend. Likewise, so well established was the fact of Its excluslveness to whites that, according to statements of the Kiwanls committee who visited the Negro whose name was drawn as the lucky winner of the Cadillac, the ticket was readily and willingly released by him without any sign of resentment? or disappointment. The above, we believe, is a fair statement of facts as they exist and as they transpired with respect to the Ahoskle Inci dent that has kicked up a lot of adverse national publicity. ?Hertford County (Ahotkle) Herald. With the Churches BAPTIST First Church. TranUin The Rev. Charles E. Parker, Pastor 8unday: 9:45 a. m. ? Sunday school. 11 a. m. ? Worship. 7:00 p. m. ? Training union. 8:00 p. m? Worship. Wednesday: 8:00 p. m. ? Prayer meeting. EPISCOPAL St. Afnes 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. 7 p m. ? Intermediate Youth Fellowship. 7:30 p. m. ? Senior Youth fel lowship. Franklin Circuit The Rev. D. P. Grant, pastor Preaching services as follows: First Sunday: 11 a. m. ? Bethel. 3 p. m. ? Salem church. 8:00 p. m. ? Clark's chapel. Second Sunday: 11 a. m. ? Snow Hill church 3 p. m. ? Louisa chapel. 8:00 p. m. ? Iotla church. Third Sunday: , 11 a. m.? Clark's chape!. 3 p. m. ? Salem. 8:00 p. m. ? Bethel. Fourth Sunday: 11 a. m. ? Iotla. 3 p. m.? Louisa chapel. 8:00 p. m. ? Snow Hill. West Macon Circuit The Rev. P. E. Bingham, Pastor Preaching services as follows: First Sunday: 11 a. 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 Zlon. PRESBYTERIAN Franklin Cbttrch The Rev. Hoyt Evans, pastor Sunday: 10 a. m. ? Sunday school. 11 a. m. ? Worship. Wednesday: 8 p. m. ? Prayer meeting. CATHOLIC Franklin (At John Wasilik's Residence ? Rogers Hill) The Rev. A. F. Rohrbacher, Pastor Sunday: 8:00 a. m. ? Mass. CHURCH OF GOD Prentiss The Rev. H. L. Helms, pastor Sunday: 10 a. m. ? Sunday school. 11 a. m.-^Worship. 7 p. m. ? Young People's En deavor. 7:30 p. m. ? Evangelistic service. 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 j first, second, and third Sundays. Tuesday: 7:30 p. m.? Prayer meeting. Friendship (Angel) Tabernacle Sunday: 2:30 p. m ? Sunday school. River Bend Sunday: 2:30 p. m. ? Sunday school. 3:30 p. m.? Preaching Fourth Sunday, conducted by the Rev. V. C. Ramey. Wednesday: 7:30 p. m. ? Prayer meeting. Olive Hill Sunday: 2 p. m. Sunday school, E. A Roper, superintendent. NEGRO St. Cyprian's Episcopal i The Rev. James T. Kennedy, Pastor Sunday: 1 11 a. m.- -Third Sunday, Holy communion. 2 p. m.? First and second 1 Sundays, evening ' prayer. 3 p. m? Church school. * Friday: 5 p. m.? Litany. Franklin Methodist Circuit J (A. M. e. Zlon) f The Rev. John O. Williams I Pastor c Preaching services as follows : c First and third Sunday*: 11 a. m. ? Green Street church. J: 30 p. m .?Co wee church. I p, m.? OreenOtrett ohureb. J Smokey Says: WdOin rnri l? TMt LIF t M UNWJSNEP *0004 KEEP A THE STRIAMi CLEAR ? AN' TWt FISH HAPPY.' a Kt?P ^ fit Forest cover keep* the stream* el ear? lets washing away of soU. 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No bid of less than $20.00 per M. for yellow poplar; $10.00 per M for northern red oak and white oak; S4.00 per M for black oak and chestnut oak and $2.00 per M for scarlet oak will be consider ed. $300.00 must be deposited with each bid, to be applied on the purchase price, refunded. <ir retained in part as liquidated damages according to conditions of sale. The right to reject any and all bids reserved. Before bids are submitted, full infor mation concerning the timber, the conditions of sale and the submission of bids should be ob-^ m tained from the Forest Super- * visor, Franklin, North Carolina. J 10 and J24 ? 2tp National Forest Timber For Sale Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor, Franklin, North Carolina up to and not later than 2:00 p. m. August 11, 1947 and opened. Immediately thereafter for all live timber marked or designated for cut ting and all merchantable dead timber located on an area em- ? bracing about 175 acres within the Arrowhead Creek Unit, Nan tahala River watershed, Macon County, Nantahala National Forest, North Carolina, estimat ed to be 250,000 feet B. M. more 7i less of ljprdwoods and soft woods. No bid of less than f22 00 per M for yellow poplar; (14.00 per M for white oak; (12.00 per M for northern red jak; $11.00 per M for ash, cu :umber and basswood; $5.00 per M. for chestnut oak, maple and Oirch; $3.00 per M for black oak, scarlet oak and chestnut and (2.00 per M for sllverbell and slack gum will be considered. In iddition to prices bid for itumpage, a deposit of $1.00 per M feet for all timber cut will be required for sale area better ment. $200.00 must be deposited vlth each bid, to be applied on he purchase price, refunded, or -etained in part as liquidated lamages, according to conditions >f sale. The right to reject anj( ind all bids reserved. Before ^ lids are submitted, full lnforma ,ion concerning the timber, the :ondltlons of sale and the sub nlssion of bids should be ch ained from the Forest Super visor, Franklin, North Carolina. riO and J24 ? 2tc ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as adminis trator of Arry Pressley West, leceased, late of Macon County, ?. C., this Is to notify all per 10ns having claims against the estate of said deceased to ex llblt them to the undersigned in or before the 7th day oV uly, 1948, or this notice will bd"*' )lead In bar of their recovery. Ill persons Indebted to said Rtate will please make lmme liate settlement. This 7th day of July, 1B47. W. R. PRE88LEY, Administrator 10 ? 8tp ? A14 1
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