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Che Jfrattklitt Iprtss ' n n it Published every Thursday by the Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina VOL. LXI1 Number fifty WEIMAR JONES Editor-Publisher x * Worth Caro:''nn . /WtjS A.SSCK iaTKJW^ j_ _ . Entered at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C., as second class matter Telephone No. 24 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year .... Six Months $2.00 $1.00 Three Months - ??? -?" Single Copy - .05 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 requirements. Making It Plain CL'dCilvSTIXG that we in Macon County keep this community "a place where locks and keys are not the first essential of security", this newspaper recently commented editorially that that can be done only "if we see to it that every crime of dishonesty is followed up, awd the guilty party arrested and convicted and severely punished". That is exactly what has happened here. For the recent disgraceful series of housebreak ings. burning and larceny in the Highlands com munity, 11 defendants last week were brought into count, convicted, and given prison terms aggregat ing 91 years. The officers who made the arrests and collected the evidence, the citizens who cooperated with them in that task, and the court are to be congratulated upon' making the punishment of crime in Macon County what it should be everywhere? swift and sure as well as severe. Last week it was made plain that crime does not pay in Macon County, and the effect will tend to be what the previous editorial suggested ? a lew ex amples like that, and even "outside talent" will give this community a wide berth. The Negro And The Nation The Negro today holds the balance of> political power in 17 states, and may be able to name the next President of the United States, according to Walter White, secretary of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People.. That would be a sorry state of affairs, if it, were true. Because democracy in America will be on the way to oblivion when it becomes possible for a min oritv group to dictate to the country; that is true regardless of whether the minority be black or white, labor or management, conservative or radical. Fortunately, however, Mr. White's statement statement probably is more boast than fact. For most Negroes ? unlike Mr. White? think of them selves as Americans first, and Negroes afterward; just as the fact that they are Methodists or Bap tists, lawyers or laborers, Republicans or Demo crats, is incidental to their patriotism. Words, Humans, And Newspapers Of all the queer things in this funny old world, few are stranger than words. Make the tiniest change in the way one looks, and you get a completely different meaning. The simple little word "far", meaning a long way, is an example; change the vowel, and you get "lir", or "for", or "fur". Or take the word dad. Change the vowel there, and you get what many a teen-ager thinks he is, "dud". Or, by changing a constant, a "tot" becomes a "sot". And scramble the letters a bit, and there is no end to the possibilities in unexpected and unde sired effects. "Bride" easily becomes "bridge" ? and often does on newspaper society pages. And "ap plause" doesn't require much alternation to become what some applause really is, "apple sauce". It is this similarity in words which accounts for manv of the typographical errors that appear in newspapers. To the reader, they are merely funny or annoying. But to the newspaper, they are em barrasing, and sometimes serious ; for a typo graphical error often has resulted in a libel suit. As an example, there was the headline which should have said "fetes bride" (in ordinary language, gives bride a party), but appeared "fats bride". If words are peculiar, however, human beings are inexplicable : and nobody knows the truth of the axiom, "to err is human", better than the people who work around a newspaper. Whether it be the reporter, the headline writer, the editor, the type setter, or the proof reader, all newspaper folk not only makes errors ? they make errors for which they never can account. Typical was one in The Press last week, when the last three paragraphs of a news story were occur in a story of the "feature" type, where the whole point was saved for the last. The story, by Bob Sloan, was captioned : Sorry, Transylvania, But We're Ahead of You Again ! The headline, seeking to tell the story's point, naturally was Iwsed upon what was said in the last three paragraphs; with the last three paragraphs left out, it was completely meaningless. Here's the part of the story that was printed: For many years the citizenry of Franklin and Mai 311 County has been known (-or its remarkable recjrd as a law-abiding people. It is a fact upon which many judges, presiding over courts here, have commented. In such a community, of course, it follows that people pay their taxes. This preface is in deference to our good neighbors over in Transylvania county. We hate to keep on getting in their hair, but the truth is, it is not us, but the facts ? and it's certainly ' the job of a newspaper to report facts. Recently The Asheville Citizen commented the Town of Brevard upon its excellent tax collection record, 94.45 per cent of the 1946 levy; and issued a challenge to other towns to equal Uie record. Not wishing to be boastful, but cognizant of our civic and newspaper duty, The Press pointed out that the Town of Franklin's tax collections were 98.09 per cent of the levy for the same period. Frank King, tax collector for Brevard and Transylvania county, on hearing of Franklin's record, declared that Brevard's would have been as good if eriors had been taken off. (We are glad to hear of one bookkeeper who admits to mistakes.) Now come Mr. King and Transylvania county, in a later issue of The Citizen with another tax record, which they ask if any county can equal. Mr. King reports 94.6 per cent of the 1946 Transylvania county tax levy collected to Oc tober 1, and comments: "I don't believe t'.iat there is a county in the state that has a higher percentage reeord". And here ? for the benefit of puzzled readers, and as proof that the headline writer was not en urelv crazy? are the three paragraphs that were r.ot printed : , After conferring with Walter Dean, in the office of J. P. Biudley, tax collector, The Press again finds itself duty bound to report the facts: Macon County taxpayers, up to October 1, paid a total of $112,922.45 in 1946 taxes. That is 94.9 per cent of the 1946 levy of $118,810.80. Modesty (and space) farbids further comment. ? Others' Opinions ? WHO PAYS? Breathtaking progress has been made by humanity in the last decade, particularly in the physical and medical sciences: Television, Radar, the setting free of atomic energy, penicillin, a long string of synthetic vitamins and other discoveries too numerous to mention. , In contrast to this ? sadly so ? no such progress, perhaps no progress at all, was made in the field of human relations. In fact none of us has seen so much discontent, frustration and confusion as there is now. To do a good job of analyzing the whys and wherefores of this bedlam of human emotion would require a book of encyclopedical proportions. A visitor from a neighboring planet after a cursory visit to this hemisphere, would be likely to boil down his report to the words, "Most earthmen take too much and give too little." Thus he would describe the disease ego inflatus, in which a non-military private sees himself as a sergeant, a captain as a general, and a gen eral as the all-mighty God. In the foreground of his hallucina tions are the financial embellishments going with these various fictitious positions. The word humility can still be found in all good dictionaries. Give mor& and take less! Economists mean pretty much the same thing with their cry in crescendo: Production, Produc tion, Production! With the average man this somehow does not ring the bell. He immediately thinks of smoking chimneys, assembly lines and the hum and clanking of machinery, with himself as an onlooker. Give more and take less, on the other hand, is a very simpie principle that every one of us, man or woman, can practice starting today, right now. It is a resolu tion in terms of the most elementary arithmetic or mental bookkeeping. 'lar^c any newspaper, any day and you will find large groups demand by force (force it is!) more money or fewer hours of labor, or both. They insist on getting more and giv ing less. Each one of these demands when granted, and they are granted, for what else is there to do, knock another brick out of our delicately balanced industrial structure, raise the cost of living for all of us and bring us gradually toward chaos, a condition so yearned for by communists. Ostensibly behind all this is the insistence to maintain or to improve the standard of living. Mostly when people talk about better standards of living, they do not mean better, nor do they mean true standards in the accepted meaning of the word. They mean costlier and more luxurious living but not necessarily better living. In fact, as a rule the costlier and more luxurious way of life is less conductive to good health, mental and spiritual ' growth, as well as true happiness, than the simpler more inexpensive mode of living. A plain meal with an adequate amount of proteins, calories and vitamins is sufficient for maintenance, health and vigor. Large expensive steaks, tempting deserts and other rich foods lead to over eating and overbuiuemng of the human machinery. Many diseases and shortened life spans have their origin In over indulgence. Other pursuits of happiness are equally false. The expensive forms of relaxation aie not as good for body ana mind as the simple inexpensive ones such as walks in the woods, museums, libraries, concerts, etc. Actually the Improvement In working conditions la only a symbol in the battle for power between labor and Industrial organizations, represented by management and capital. The power of labor has increased appallingly during the last ten years. By enforcing exorbitant demands It threatens our eco nomic structure. These various infringements upon balanced economy may not be Russia inspired but their effect is in accordance with the doctrines of Moscow. Nothing would suit communistic Russia better than to have our industrial system disintegrate. The original coalition of labor in Its own defense can be laid on the door step of the large Industrial companies. The writer was employed in a packing house In Chicago during the great strike at the beginning of the century. He remembers bloodshed, violence, gross negligence In accident cases, rows upon rows of strike breakers In crowded Improvised dormitories and promises by bosses, promises which were not understood nor intended to be kept. Today the union worker Is protected against all forms of ill treatment, but let anyone not protected by tough union rules tangle with a large company and he may soon regret it. In any form of supposed cooperation, they will take all they can and give as little as possible, preferably nothing. It was really they who taught labor to give less and to take more.? Dr. H. H. Bunzell, writing for Continental Press Syndicate. 9 "The people can do anything? once they get mad enough!" ?Frank 8. Mead In Christian Herald. Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set, ? Bacon. The world is a wheel, and It will come round all right. LEGAL ADVERTISING ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as adminis trator of Will Browning, deceas ed, late of Macon County, M. L this is to notify all person. . having claims against the e^iau of said deceased to exhibit tnei. to the undersigned on or be fore the 11th da/ of November, 1948 or this notice will be pleac in bar of their recovery. Al. persons indebted to said estate will please m^ke immediate set tlement. This 11th day of November, 1947 ? GILMER A. JONES, Administrator <20 ? 6tc ? D25 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT BEFORE THE CLERK NOTICE MORTH CAROLINA MACON COUNTY 3ILMER A. JONES Adminis trator of Will Browning, de ceased, Plaintiff. vs. NEWTON BROWNING, MRS. C. M. BRYSON, MKO. BELLE ODEAR and ROBERT BROWNING, Defendants The defendants, Mrs. Belle O'Dear and Robert browning will take notice that an actioi. entitled as above has been com menced in the Superior ^oart o Macon County, North Carolina to sell real estate of piaintiii . intestate to make assess to paj debts; and said defendants w?i further take notice that the. are required to appear at thi office of the Clerk of the Supei ior Court of said County in Uk Courthouse in Franklin, No^tl: Carolina, on the 15 day of De cember, 1947, and answer oi demur to the complaint in saic action, or the plaintiff will ap ply to the Court for the reliei demanded in said complaint. * This the 14 day of November, 1947. J. CLINTON BROOKSHIRE, Clerk of Superior Court, Macon County, North Carolina N20 ? 3tc ? J&J ? D1 1 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as adminis trator of James A. McCoy, 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 undersignec ,on or before the 19 day of No | vember, 1948 or this notice will be plead in bar of thefr recov ery. All persons indebted to caic estate will please make imme diate settlement. This 19 day of November, 1947. W. L. McCOY, Administrator D4 ? 6tc ? J8 Special Lunch 50c ? CHOICE OF MEATS Three Vegetables Hoi Rolls Coffee Desert ? Dixie Grill Hot Dors and Hamburgers COLDS LIQUID MEDICINE IS BETTER Gat split second mM ?> Cold ?tA 444 th? largest Mllt*9 Liquid Cold freporot?oi? in tfc? U S. coid"p?i paVation \J CouI.oo U*e cnl? ai a u ied Macon Dry Cleaners Prompt Efficient Work FOR PICK UP SERVICE Phone 270 s JOIN Bryant Mutual Burial Association Oldest and Strongest in the County FURNACES COAL and OIL Furnaces Air Conditioning "We Specialize In Home Comfort" WARM-AIRE HEATING CO. Asheville, N. C. Phone 1357 - 58 Broadway good food ? CAGLE'S CAFE ? 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