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?lt2 Jfljrattklitt tyttss RXlb (the Jlighlanite ^nrunian Published every Thursday by the Fr&nkHn Press At Franklin, North Carolina VOL. LXIII Number Forty-five Entered at the Post Office, Franklin, N. C., as second class matter Telephone No. 24 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. ? . SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ...... $2.00 .. $1.25 06 Legal Responsibility THIRTY-THREE young men of draft age who * cannot even sign their names! and many more who can write nothing else, and cannot read at all! Why are so inanv Macon County adults illit erate? The answer is obvious: Because they did not attend school. For that situation, each one of us must assume a share of the moral f)lame. Legally, however, the responsibility is not general, but specific. The law says that children must attend school, and clearly fixes responsibility for observance and enforce ment of the compulsory attendance statute. It places the first responsibility upon the par ents, and provides a penalty for their failure to meet that responsibility. It reads : Every parent, guardian or other person in the state having charge or control of fi child between the ages of seven and sixteen years of age shall cause such child to attend school continuously for a period equal to the time which the public school in the district In which the child resides shall be in session . . . Any parent, guardian, or other person violating the pro visions of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be liable to a tine not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, * and upon failure or refusal to pay such fine, tihe said parent, guardian or other person shall be imprisoned not exceeding thirty days in the county Jail. Responsibility for enforcement of the compul sory attendance law is placed upon the chief at tendance officer, and (unless otherwise provided) the chief attendance officer is the county super intendent of public welfare. That official, says the law, "shall investigate and prosecute all violators of the provisions of this article". 'nl while most persons would agree that com pl-anre, rather than prosecution, is the purpose of the law. the county superintendent of public welfare appears to be given little discretion about which cases are to be prosecuted. Because, even :n cases of poverty, t'he law directs the county superintendent of public welfare to "inquire clili ir>*n tV"* matter" and then bring the case into the juvenile court. And, if that court shall find, after careful investigation that the parents have made or are making a bona fide effort to comply with the compulsory attendance act, and by reason of illness, lack of earning capacity, or any other cause which the court may deem valid and sufficient, are unable to send said cihild to school, then the court shall find and state what help is needed by the family to enable the attendance law to be complied with. The court shall transmit its findings to the county board of education . . . (and) the county board of education shall in its dcscretion order aid to be given the family from the current expense fund of the county school bud get to an extent not to exceed ten dollars per month tor such cihild during the continuance of the compulsory term . . . And the county board of education is hereby authorized In making out the county budget to provide a sum to meet the provisions of this article. That is to say, the county superintendent of public welfare is responsible for enforcing the law, and the juvenile court and the county board of education are required to so act as to prevent enforcement from working an undue hardship in specific cases. But before a case is placed before the county superintedent of .public welfare in that official's capacity as chief attendance officer, a responsi bility rests upon the school authorities. "Reports of unlawful absence (are) required to be made by teachers and principals to the chief attend ance officer" and "the state superintendent of public instruction shall prepare such rules and procedure and furnish such blanks for teachers and other school offi cials as may be necessary for reporting each case of tru ancy or lack of attendance to the chief attendance of ficer." Prior to reporting nonattendance as truancy, however, "fhe principal, superintendent or teacher" is given discretionary power "to excuse the child temporarily on account of sickness or distance of residence from the school, or other unavoidable cause which does not constitute truancy". Fur thermore, the law specifically ejects that before parents of children not attending school are re ported to the chief attendance officer they shall be notified "in writing . . that the case is to be reported to tho chief attendance officer unless the law is immediately complied with". ? The school authorities, in other words, are re sponsible for knowing which children are not in school, for knowing something about why, and for warning the parents before actually reporting the case as truancy. The spirit of those provisions would seem to suggest that the schools are respon sible for doing everything possible to get the child into school, short of taking the case into court. Finally, the school authorities in any county have ample authority to act for themselves, should the county superintendent of public welfare of that county be unable or unwi|ling to enforce the compulsory school attendance law : The county board of education . . . may employ special attendance officers to be paid from funds, de rived from fines, forfeitures and penalties, or other local funds, and said officers shall have full authority to prose cute for violations of this article: Provided that . . . where a special attendance officer is employed, the duties of the chief attendance officer or truant officer as provided by law, shall ... be transferred from the county superintendent of public welfare to the special attendance officer. How Do You Know You Don't? It is small counties like Macon that are bene fitted most by the fact th^it North Carolina has its own Symphony Orchestra,; because the larger towns in the state can occasionally attract a music event, but a privately sponsored first class musical group or artist rarely if ever would come to a town as small as Franklin, no matter how high the admission charge might be. Furthermore, tickets to the concerts of most symphony orchestras are about three times as much as the cost of a general membership in the North Carolina Symphony Society, the organiza tion that makes possible the N. C Symphony Orchestra, and the concerts it gives through this state. And1 when a person joins the society, he or she is doing much more than buying admission to a concert ? for these memberships also make possible free concerts given for school children. These are a few of the facts that deserve care ful consideration as the local Symphone organi zation prepares to launce the annual membership campaign in Macon County next week. "I'll join the Society", you may be sayinp to vourseii, "but it will be purely so we can have i the free concert for Macon County^s children. 1 don't care for 'highbrow' music," That determination to provide good music for the school children is highly commendable, of coirse: and the free concert for the children would be well worth wh'le, even if there were ho evening performance for adults. But are you sure you don't like good music? What makes you think you don't? Grown people arc much like children, and child ren always like the familiar ? ever notice how' they want the same story, over and over? So most of us adults like music with which we are familiar. And while there was a time when most of us were not familiar with classical and semi-classical music, that isn't so true today. Thousands of records have made good music familiar to millions of Americans. The radio has had perhaps an even wider influence And a large proportion of the movies you and I see (anu r..' radio dramas we hear) have a background of classical music. Most ot us have become familiar with a lot of good music without realizing it. And many of us, when we s.iv we don't like goo I music, are simply repeating, from habit, something we heard some , one say years ago, and something we haven't stopped, since, to examine to see if it is true. L_ LETTERS INDEX TO GROWING COMMUNITY Editor, The Press: Please allow me to compliment you on the Improvement of The Pi ess. I use It, besides keeping a check on my old friends find folks, as an index to a prosperous and growing community. Respectfully, LOUIN BERRY Fort Worth, Texas October 18, 1948 Others' Opinions ? * A CALL TO EVERY PARENT When little Johnnie or little Janey trots off to school, the parents' responsibility is (ar from ended. In fact, through the Parent-Teacher Association, it may be Just beginning. The P-TA has passed the half-century mark now. More than 50 years of service to American young 'una. There are almost 6,000,000 American parent* in the asso ciation? more than 26,000 of them in San Diego County. The P-TA is our biggest national and our biggest local private organization. The size is significant. It tells the story of able leadership and worthwhile activities. Does a child need clother, milk or other food, The P-TA cuts through red tape and provides It. Does a school need better traffic safety, or Improved physi cal facilities? The P-TA has helpful Ideas about those things, too. Perhaps more Important Is the way that local, state and national groups fight for better schools. Good pay for teachers, good buildings, smaller classes, better opportunities for the kids in low Income areas. And now the time of year has come for enrollment In the P-TA. The fall membership campaign is under way thla No parents are ao busy that they can't find time to join, week. San Diego (Calif) Journal POETRY CORNER Conducted by EDITH DEADERICK ERSKINE Weavervllle, N. C. Sfomortd by Ashet UIr Hratt.k. Xmliomml Lfut; Mr ?t Auuruim Lfu-ii'umfu 11 ? ? ? . >1 SONG FOR SUSAN i (Prom "Versecraft") If I could sing the song of summer slumber, A song with silken swish of scented pine, or hum with bees in drowsy, droning number. The slumber song of nature's anodyne; 01 sing the song of palms In rippling rhythm And roll the drum beats of the waves on sand, Drowned In the scented warmth of lotus land. You'd dream, caressed by pine and palm and wavelets, FRANCES STRAWN LIVINGSTON Ashevllle, N. C. ? LEGAL ADVERTISING EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as execu 1 of Zeb McClure, deceased, late of Macon County, N. C., this Is to notify all persons ha. lag claims against the estate of si Id deceased to exhibit them to tht undersigned on or before the 21 day of September, 1949, 01 this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All perso- f indebted to said estate will please make Immediate settle ment. . - This the 21 day of Septem ber, 1948. RANSOM LEDFORD. Executor. S30 ? 6tp? N4 ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE Having qualified as adminis trator of Mary Gaston Curtis deceased, late of Macon County, N. C., this I3 to notify all per sons having claims against the estate of said deceased to ex hibit them to the unders gned on or before the 5 day of Oc tober, 1949 or this notice wil plead In bar of their re covery. All persons Indebted to said estate will please make im mediate settlement. This 5 day of October, 1948. GILMER A. jONi, Administrate 014? 6tp ? N18 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT NORTH CAROLINA MACON COUNTY NOTICE W. B. DOBSON, JR. vs. R. J. DOBSON, LILLIAN A. DOBSON, MARY LEE and husband Lee, MARY ELIZABETH DOBSON and ETHEL ANN DOBSON The defendants, R. J. Dobson, Lillian A. Dobson, Mary Lee and husband Lee, will take notice that an action en titled as above has been com menced In the Superior Court of Macon County, North Caro lina, for the -foreclosure of a mortgage; and the said defend ants will further take notice that they are required to ap pear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said County in the Courthouse in Franklin, North Carolina, on the 15th day of November, 1948, and answer or demur to the complaint In said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court . for the relief demanded in said complaint. This 12th day of October, 1948. J. CLINTON BROOKSHIRE, Clerk of the Superior Court Macon County, N. C. 021-4tc? JJ? Nil EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having qualified as executrix of J. E. Calloway, deceased, late Macon County, N. C., this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said de ceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 26 day of October, 1949 or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons in debted to said estate will please make Immediate settlement. This 26 day of October, 1943. JULIA E. CALLOWAY Executrix 028? 6tp ? D2 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as adminis trator of Nannie J. Mlncey 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 undersigned on or before the 11th day of October, 1949 or this notice will be plead In bar of their re covery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make Im mediate settlement. This llth day of October, 1948. L. L. MINCEY, Administrator 021? 6tp ? 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