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Ck* ^Wrnttklitt |!ms ^ ! aitfc ' Ch* JtigHlaitb* (jJftjtrniilftK Published every Thursday by the FrankHn Press At Franklin, North Carolina VOL. LXI1I Number Forty-one ? ? WEIMAR JONES Entered at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C., as second class matter Telephone No. 24 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year _ Six Months ... ? ... Three Months Single Copy 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. <? , Edltor?Publlsher $2.00 $1.25 .75 .06 "You Get What You Pay For" "You Get What You Pay For", is one of the fun * daniental axioms of business. From the house wife buying produce to the buyer of our largest de partment store, we Americans accept and generally expect this. This being the case, North Carolinians, who be lieve that we should have better qualified men to represent ns in our state legislature, should cer tainly favor the proposed amendment to give mem bers of the General Assembly an increase in salary. The measure, which will be voted on by the peo ple of North Carolina on November 2, would allow an increase in salary from $600 to $1,200 for each regular sessiort, and from $8 per day for each extra session, not exceeding twenty days, to a flat salary of $250 for each extra session. . . w ' . , . ? . Considering the expense to the average represen tative in loss of time from his business, upkeep^af an office at home if he is a professional man, cost of running for office, travel and telephone expenses incurred in keeping in touch with his constituents back home, and living expense in the state capital, certainly no one will argue that the proposed in creases if put into effect are high enough to place the stigma of profit ^seeker on the candidate. One of our representatives in discussing the bill said : "Only the following types of persons can offer their service as law makers: men financially able to sustain a loss in order to render public service, men who may represent some special interest who can see to it that the legislator does not suffer, men of wealth who are interested in the legislature for the fame ; or men, unable financially, but willing to 'give' as a sacrifice to public service." By limiting the field to choose from, and by pay ing them so poorly that their attention is divided between their legislative duties and making a living, the losses sustained by the public by poor legisla tion arc greater that the saving incurred by penny pinching on the salary. If it is sound practice in the business world to pay a good price for a job well done, wouldn't the result be the same with our representatives. Buying At Home' The time has passed when people will trade at home purely as a patriotic gesture. It is true, of course, that when you and I send a dollar away from home, Macon County is a dollar poorer ; it is true, too, that when you or I spend a dollar in Macon' County that dollar, sooner or later, is likely to find its way back to uS, to be put by us back into the channels of Macon County trade, and ultimately, to find its way back to us again. We all know that. But human nature being what it is, most of us, as a rule, are going to buy where we can get : First, what we want ; second, the most for our money ; and third, good service. Because it once was often true that we had to go away from home to get those things, many of us are inclined to assume that that condition still per sists. Usually, it doesn't. For t'he time has passed when a Macon County man tossed a few articles on a shelf and called it a store ; the time has passed when Macon County merchants priced articles for all the traffic would bear ; and the time has passed when Macon County merchants gave little or no service. If that time hadn't passed, Macon County merchants would have been out of business long ago. And so, while it is no longer true that people are going to trade at home just to be patriotic, it is no longer true, as a rule, that they need to go else where to get what they want, at a reasonable price, and with service along with their purchases. As a reminder, in a pleasant sort of way, of these things, The Press this week inaugurates a weekly cartoon, "It's True, Ain't It?" This series of car toons was made possible by Franklin business men who are convinced that most Macon County shop pers, if they compare quality, price, and service, will find they usually will profit by buying at horns, * LETTERS WOULD ELIMINATE PREFERENCE Blackfoot, Idaho September 20, IMS Editor, Franklin PttUr Dear Weimar, I think your editorial In last weeks Press Approving a Scholarship iund at a memorial to the boy* who save their lives In World War II very tine. As every man, woman and child U being allowed to eontribute to this fund I do not think the fund should limit benefits to the children ot veteran*. I believe they state these children would have preference. If this is going to be a perpetual set up; it would be quite a task one hunured years from now for a person to have his ancestry traced In order to secure a loan for his education. There are hundreds of boys and girls, worthy, whose fathers through no lault ot their own were not permitted to serve their country. Yours sincerely, RUTH ZACHARY PORTER Spruce Pine, N. C. , September 27, 1948 SMALLEST CHURCH SEATS EIGHT Editor, Franklin Press: Dear Mr. Jones, I was very much Interested In the charming account of St. John's Churcn and communtity center of Cartoogechaye. Built with the loving care of the old cathedrals It will stund always as a monument to a heart of love and the indomitable courage of one man. Though a very small church it Is not the smallest, and thinking it might Interest the community, I am copying the following from Holisher's "House of God" Crown publisher, 1946; "St. Anthony of Padua's Roman Catholic chapel In Festina, Iowa, is one of the smallest churches In the world. Johann Gaertner, a soldier under Napoleon, came to Iowa in 1846 and built the chapel in thanksgiving for his sale return with the Fiench army from Moscow. The chapel measures twelve by sixteen leet and has a seating capacity of eight." Sincerely yours, EDNA GILLESPIE ? Others' Opinions ? DREAM GREAT DREAMS "Where there is no vision the people perish." These words, spoken years ago to a far off people, are as true today as they were then. Where men have vision great" things are accomplished. To say that men follow their calling for financial profit alohe would not be entirely truthful. On of the chief aims of working men is to have a good home and full measure of living. Men also engage in their particular calling because they love their work: the mechanic loves his motors and takes pride In making them run smoothly. The farmer gets a lot of satisiaction in plowing a straight furrow and is proud of his well-fed cattle. Money profit provides for our families and educates our children. It enables a man not only to expand his business, but also to develop his personality and widen his sphere of Influence. It Is essential to his full growth and service to his fellow men. A man's business should result in profit of two kinds. There should be protit to a man's soul as well as his pocketbook. The lirst kind of profit depends to a great extent' upon the other kind. No man then need apologize for striving to make a money proilt. It is only when the desire for such profit is allowed to blot out the other values In life that it becomes dangerous. When a man gets a set determination to do a certain thing he can almost always do it. The point is to have a goal, some end worthwhile toward which to work. Dream great dreams and set seemingly impossible goals and you will grow in sta ture as you strive to reach them. If our aim is for no more than an easy job with plenty of }oy-riding, a show or some excitement every night or two, it is not much more than a child's dream and is no goal at all. As we mature, the satisfactions of childhood no longer satisiy. Moreover, the vigor of youth does not last. Both wants and needs increase, responsibilities multiply and become more com plex. We cannot escape the Law of Progession or the Autumn waning and Winter cold of life. Our goals are often too cheap and too near. We all want the high satisfactions of life, but these come only after de velopment of taste and after successful toll and service to others. In this great "Horatio Alger" land of ours there is an oppor tunity for every man with a vision and a willingness to work for his dream's realization. Bethel Legionaire, Bethel, Vt. A TIME FOR RACIAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESTRAINT White people and colored people have long worked together on Southern (arms In peace and friendship. They must continue to do so. The next few months promise to test the bonds of friend ship between the races here in the South as they have never been tested before. . Northern extremists will seek to spur Southern Negros into dangerous demands. Southern extrem ists will seek to drive Southern whites into dangerous atti tudes. Neither will succeed. It Is a time when each race should seek to understand the other. Our white people must give heed the Negroe's appeal for safety and justice. Negroes should understand that real progress will come only by gradual evolution, not be revelation. Our Negroes, for example, should remember tnat our ijouui ern white people did not invent slavery. It was a custom brought down from Bible times and beyond. Ana while mucu crulety was inevitable under such a system, the folk songs of the South and our family traditions show how often master and slave lived in a friendship such as finds beeautlful expres sion in "Massa's in the "Cold, Cold Ground" and "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny." But slavery was wrong. And though nearly all the writer's" ante-bellum kin were slaveholders, not even hi our boyhood did we ever hear a Southerner express a wish that slavery could have been continued. And if the average Southern Ne groe's lot has been hard since emancipation, so has the lot of most Southern white small farmers, sharecroppers and tenants. Both races have suffered from an unbalanced one-crop agri culture, time prices usury, inadequate schools, and other evils. But both groups have made progress. "Never has any race made greater progress in 80 years than the Negro has made since emancipation," someone has said. If so, this is a tribute both to the ability of Southern Negroes and the cooperation they have had from the great majrorlty. of our Southern white people. We grant that this cooperation has not been all it might have been. But when one contrasts the average Southerner's friendly treatment of Negroes with America's indefensibly harsh treatment of American Indians, the difference is astounding. It has been the proud boast of white Southerers that "the Negroes best friends are in the South." But if we are to con tinue to justify that boast, we must make faster progress In giving our Negroes better homes, better schools, better health conditions, greater economic opportunity, greater equality be fore the law. As to social Intermingling, a great Negro educa tor, Booker T. Washington, so years ago said of the two races, We <(an be separate as the fingers socially, but as united as the hand In working together to help each other and the South." In this time of peculiar stress and turmoil we beg each race to try to understand the other ? ? . that each race refuse to follow its violent and extreme leadership . , . and that each of us try to do a little more than usual to show our friendship for all deserving persona of the other race. -Th? ProfriMlV! Timt, LEGAL AOVMT1B1N0 STATEMENT OF THE OWNEft> SHIP, MANAGEMENT. UK- , ILLATION, ETC., REQlTRtD BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24, 191S, AS AMENDED BY THE ACTS OF MAHCH 1, 1933 AND JcLY it, 1946, OF THE FRANKLLN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS ??lACON?A.?, f I li L 1 3 Ji l u WEEKLY AT FRANKLIN, N. C? FOR OCTOBER 1, 194o. State ol North Carolina County ol Macon ss. Before me, a Notary Puulic in and lor the state and county aforesaid, personally appeared Weimar Jones, who, having been duly sworn according to iaw, deposes and says that he is the publisher of The Franklin Press and The Highlands Maconian ana that the lollowing is, to the best ol his knowieuge una belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and it a daily, weekly, semiweekly or triweekly newspaper, the circu lation), etc., of the axoresaiu publication for the date shown in the above caption, requiieu by the act of August 24, 1912, as amended by the acts of March 3, 1933, and July 2, 1946 (sec tion 537, Postal Laws and Reg ulations), printed on the le <rerse oi this form, to wit: 1. That the name and address of the publisher, editor, manag ing editor, and business manag er is Weimar Jones, Franklin, N. C. 2. That the owner is Weimar Jones, Franklin, N. C. 3. That the known Dondhold ers, mortgagees, and other se curity holders owning or hold ing 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are William S. Johnson, Greensboro, N. C., and the estate of Mrs. J. W. C. John son, Madison, N. C. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names Jf the owners, stocKhoiders, ana .security holders, If any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they ap pear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or security aolder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or ?n any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or cor poration for wnom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contan. statements embracing affiant't full knowledge and beliel as tc the circumstances and condi tions under which stockholders and security holders who do noi appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any oth?r person, association, or corpora tion has any interest direct oi indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. 5. That the average number oi copies of each issue of this pub lication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during^ the twelve months preceding the date shown above Is 2,207. WEIMAR JONES. Sworn to and subscribed be fore me this 30th day of Sep tember, 1948. CECILE GIBSON, Notary Public. (My commission expires De cember 22, 1949. IN THE SUPERIOR COURT NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS NORTH CAROLINA MACON COUNTY CHARLES E. PALMER vs. LOUISA E. PALMER The defendant, Louisa E. Palmer, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced In the Super ior Court of Macon County for the purpose of securing an abso lute divorce for the plaintiff, Charles E. Palmer. Said defendant will further take notice that ahe is required to appear at the office of the Cleric of Superior Court of Ma cos County, North Carolina, at the Courthouse In Franklin, North, Carolina, on the 13 day of October, 1948, and answer or demur to the complaint In said action, or the plaintiff will ap ply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. This 8 day of September, 1948. J. CLINTON BROOKSHIRE, Clerk Superior Court. S 16 ? 4tc ? J J ? 07 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT NOTICE OF SUMMONS NORTH CAROLINA, MACON COUNTY, MACON COUNTY VS. SALLY LEDFORD and husband, MACK LEDFORD, ED GUY and wife ...? OUY, and IKE GUY The defendants, Sally Led ford and husband, Mack Ledford, Ed Ouy and wife Ouy, and Ike Ouy, will take notice that an action entitled as above, has been commenced In the Su perior court of Macon County, North Carolina, for the purpose of foreclosing a tax lien on property in Macon County, North Carolina, and In which tin defendant! have an inter LCfliL ADtftlttlttO ?it, and tra proper partlei thereto. It U further ordered by the court that the deiendants, Bally Ledford ana husound, taacK Ledford, Ed Ouy and wife, Guy, and IK* Ouy are required to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Su perior court of Macjn county, North Carolina, at his off.ce in Franklin, on the lllh day ol Octooer, 1643, and answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff, or the relitff demand ed in said complaint will be granted. This the 9th day of Septem ber, 1948 J. CUNTON BROOKSHIRE. Clerk Superior Court. S16? 4tc? JJ-07 EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having qualified as executrix of Robert M. Rimmer, deceased, 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 be ore the 7 day of September, 1949 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 7 day of September, 1948. ALICE RIGDON RIMMER, Executrix. S9 ? 6tp? 014 NOTICE OF SALE NORTH CAROLINA MACON COUNTY By authority of an order en tered by the Superior Court of * Macon County on the 27th day of September, 1948, in an action entitled "Gilmer A. Jones, Adm. of the Estate of Robert Scruggs, vs. Addie Scruggs, et al", I will on the 28th day of October, 1948, at 12 o'clock noon at the Court house door in Franklin, N. C., sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the fol lowing described lands: The land of which Robert Scruggs died seized and pos sessed set forth in the fol lowing deeds: Joe Gibson to Robert Scruggs, recorded In the office of Register of Deeds for Macon County In Book X-3, page 462; Gaorit.1 Stonecipher to Robert Scruggs, recorded in Book B-3, page 57; L. H. Penland to Robert Scruggs, recorded in Book JJ, page 433; Ruius Upton to Robert Scruggs, re corded in Book H-4, page ;* 527; Zelia Wells to Robert Scruggs, recorded in Book B-4, page 316; M. N. Angel to Robert Scruggs, recorded in Book N-3, page 349; M. N. Angel to Robert Scruggs, re corded In Book R-3, page 416; Gabriel Stonecipher to Robert Scruggs, recorded in Book V-5, page 47; Gabriel Stonecipher to Robero Scruggs, recorded in Book V-5, page 48; Charlie Scruggs to Robert Scrujgs, recorded in Book Q-5, page 419. For a more particular description of said land ref erence Is made to the rec ords above referred to and to the petition filed in the above entitled action. This 27th day of September, 1948. GILMER A. .{ONES, Commissioner 07? 4tc? JJ? 028 EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as executor of Zeb McClure, 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 21 day of September, 1949, or this notice wiU be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate will please make immediate settle ment. This the 21 day of Septem ber 1948. RANSOM LEDFORD, Executor. S30 ? 6tp? N4 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS NORTH CAROLINA, MACON COUNTY. CRAIG FISHER VI. ZUMA FISHER The defendant, Zuma Fisher, Vlll take notice that an action entitled as above has been com menced In the Superior Court of Macon County for the pur pose of securing an absolute divorce for the plaintiff, Craig Fisher. Said defendant will further take notice that she Is re quired to appear at the office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Macon County, North Caro lina, at the Courthouse in Frank lin, North Carolina, on the 25th day of October, 1948, and ans wer or demure to the complaint In *ald action or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded In the com' plaint. This the 23rd day of Septem* ber, IMS. j. Clinton brookshirs, Clerk 6up?rior Court' 810 ? 4toJJ? Q31
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