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VOL. LXIV Number t
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Exposure
J AST week's rainfall o.f between six and .seven
^ inches in less than 24 hours wrought tremen
dous damage in Macon County. Probably more than
one hundred thousand dollars worth of crops were
destroyed. There is no. way to place an exact esti
mate on the value of the tons of topsoil that washed
down the Little Tennessee river. Nor can a dollars
and-cents value be placed on the grief and anguish
caused by seeing years of hard work in building up
a piece of land destroyed in a few short hours.
Once the rain started, there was nothing that
could be done in many cases except watch.
Yet in last week's tragedy, as in most acts of
Nature, there was a lesson for us.
Macon County is best adapted to grass and stock
farming. A great deal of last week's damage could
have been avoided if we did not insist on row crop
ping our fields ? and especially our bottom land.
An examination of the land along the Little Ten
nessee and Cullasaja rivers in Macon County and
Savannah creek, in Jackson county, furnishes ample
proof of this.
Where the waters overflowed on to row crop
fields, in most cases tons of topsoil were carried
away, the crops were destroyed or their yield great
ly reduced, so that not only will they fail to produce
this year, but their yield for years to come will be
greatly reduced. In some cases, fields which had a
rich topsoil from two to three feet deep were reduc
ed to gravel beds. On the other hand, where fields
were sowed in grass or clover, the soil remained
and will continue to produce this summer.
When one stops to realize that under ordinary
conditions it takes Mother Nature more than one
man's lifetime to produce an inch of topsoil ? then
its true value becomes significant.
Inspection of the river valley lands, with the
plowed fields gutted with deep gulleys, washed to
bed rock in some cases, while adjoining fields of
grassland remain greeh and productive, sho,ws the
value of placing a cover over our topsoil.
To subject our topsoil, unprotected, to one of the
nation's heaviest rainfalls, propelled by the impetus
of steep slopes, is like exposing a naked child to a
winter gale. Mother Nature meant fox both to be
protected
Our Biggest Crop
North Carolina's largest dollar crop is not cotton,
or tobacco, or corn, or even trees.
The state's biggest dollar crop is. tourists.
And few North Carolina communities are in bet
ter position to reap a golden harvest from that crop
than Franklin. Natu'e has given us almost every
thing ? about all we need to do is stop spoiling
Nature's work.
We can have touri sts, but we cannot harvest that
crop and some of the other crops we are growing
now.
We can have a tcurist harvest or a harvest of
seeds from weeds along our streets and highways/
and in our vacant lots. We can't have both.
We can have a tourist harvest or a harvest of
dirt and litter from carelessness and indifference to
dirt and trash. We can't have both.
We can have a tourist harvest or a harvest of
mosquitoes from tin cans and empty bottles left to
collect rainwater and breed mosquitoes. We can't
have both.
We must choose what crops we want.
? * *
Dollars aside, a clean, attractive town is worth
while if there weren't a tourist in the world. We are
?rearing our children in a community atmosphere
of dirt and disorder and slovenliness that almost
none of us would tolerate at home.
Comirtcncy
Consistency: Our government seeking to end by
law discrimination against and segregation of Jews
and Negroes in America, while we tacitly approve
action of the Jews in driving the Arabs from their
homes in Palestine,
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Pirflapi tU moit pathitlc nlWi ?toi y in months
wu th? one that came out of Ralclph last week
about an old Nagro man. It pictured him stoioally
waiting outlide North Carolina's Central Prison
while hU son was executed in the gas chamber. In
a red pick-up truck, the old man was waiting to
take his son's body back home.
Somewhat relieving the sheer tragedy was a hu
man touch. For the driver of the truck ? and many
non-Southerners will find this hard to understand ?
was white. A relative of the white farmer on whose
farm the Negro was employed, he had driven the
old man to Raleigh, and silently waited with him
for their homeward cargo.
The Very First Road
It is not the province of this newspaper or any
other to attempt to tell the State Highway and '
Public Works commission the exact routes roads
should follow, what the grades should be, or the
tvpe of surfacing best adapted to individual road*'.
Those are technical matters, and usually are best
left to the judgment of engineers.
The need for roads, however, is another matter.
And The Press has no' hesitancy in .suggesting toi
the commission t'hat the very first rural road that
should be built in Macon County ? perhaps the first
in the state ? is one into the Nantahala country.
The people of that section have been cut off for
generations. Fifty, or even twenty-five, years ago
there might have been some excuse for the situa
tion. Today there is none.
POETRY CORNER
Conducted by
Sponsored by AshevilU Branch, Notional League of American Pen Women
EDITH DEADERICK ERSKINE
Weavervllle, N. C.
MORNING MIST
Close to an altar dressed with flowers
A skylark chants hi* morning hymn.
The mist has closely veiled the hours
As shrines of churches cool and dim.
Like chrolsters the pine trees rise
Intoning prayers for pallid nun.
Then on its wings the pale mist flies,
A carrier dove before the sun.
EDITH DEADERICK ERSKINE
Weavervllle, N. C.
Others' Opinions
WANTS THE DISEASE %
Dictator Franco, obviously furious because the United Na
tions failed to recommend that its members re-establish em
bassies In Spain, said in a public address Wednesday:
"The great part of the ills Europe is suffering result from
the foreign policies of the Western democracies."
As we get it. Brother Franco would like to contract a little
of the "disease" himself, and Is sore because the North Atlantic
nations won't let hlni catch it? Des Moines Register.
CLYDE ACTS WISELY
This newspaper feels that the public in general was glad to
learn that the handling of traffic on Highway 19 and 23
through Clyde will In the future be in the hands of the State
Highway patrol.
For several years the police of Clyde have handled the traf
fic, and it is a matter of public record that there has been
much comment and criticism from time to time. In fact, some
national automobile associations listed Clyde as "among the
places to watch." Such publicity is not desired.
The highway through Clyde is straight, and offers the aver
age motorist an opportunity to step too hard on the gas, and
speed through the congested area.
Speeding should not be tolerated. And this newspaper favors
full conviction of those who violate the speeding law. At the
same time, the rule works both ways.
We feel that Mayor Haynes acted wisely when he announced
that the Highway patrol would be In charge of handling traffic
on the highway through town. The Highway patrol in Hay
wood is made up of efficient, trained men, and we feel the
situation will be properly handled by these "guardians of the
highways."?' Waynesvllle Mountaineer.
WHO'S CRAZY?
The latest slogan Is "See Your Psychiatrist Twice a Year."
Rhoda Leigh Lorand, psychologist, wife of a psychoanalyst and
author of an article entitled "How They Knew You're Not
Cracy" In a current popular magazine, says that millions of
people fear they are going crazy but that is a rood indication
that they will not and that the person who is sure he is sane
while the rest of the world Is batty is the one who needs! to
worry. "People under great strain often break down under It.
The psychiatrist can determine In one visit whether they are
really psychotic ... or unjustifiably alarmed. . . . When you
stop yourself cold in your tracks and say, 'I am going crazy,'
you are really calling a halt to the troubles that have been
piling up."
We doubt it. Any such self-oonfesslon sounds to us like a
ticket to the snake pit. And as for getting rid of that strain
we still suspect that going fishing Is as good an antidote as
going to a psychiatrist.
Of course everybody is more or less crazy? otherwise radio
programs, magazines, newspapers. International relations and
so on and so on would be very different from what) they are
now? but It is nothing new or startling. The only people who
can prove that they are sane are the ones with certificates of
discharge from Dix Hill and other similar institutions. We
knew a man once who carried his certificate of sanity with
him wherever he went and when anyone questioned his mental
balance he certainly had more evidence of it than his ques
tioner had of his.
Perhaps It Is just as well that everyone is a bit touched in
the head. If mankind suddenly went sane the world would
certainly be unrecognizable and probably very dull.? Greensboro
Daily News.
MORAL FOR CHILDREN
Young ones, harken to the voice of fact.
Sliding down banisters is dangerous.
Take the sad case of Florence E. Dolph, Scranton, Pa. She
slid down a banister the other day and died. It was Just 18 days
before her birthday.
What birthday? Well, er . . . hum . . . her 102nd. But that
ROM to prove than sooner or later It will catch up with you.
-At. Louis Star-Times,
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In the development or amehica manv typically american qualities
HAVE COME TO U ASSOCIATED WITH PAKTlCULAK SECTIONS OP THE
COUNTRY. THC TCHM "YANKEE TKHIPT", PO* EXAMPLE, STEMS PIWM
NEW INS LAND, YET WE UC04NIZE TMRIPT AS A TRADITIONAL
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No SETTER evidence of THRIFT as a national characteristic
CAN BE FOUND THAN IN THE flpVNERSHIP OF LIFE INSURANCE
?y FOUR OUT OF FIVE AMERICAN FAMILIES. ,
THEY GAIN, THROUGH THEIR. THRIFT, SECURITY FOR THE FUTURE '
A NO CONFIDENCE TO 00 FORWARD TO FRESH ACHIEVEMENTS. ^ f
YOU CAN DO YOUR PART
Every citizen of Marlon can make a contribution to demo
cratic government.
Xt Is not by abusing Soviet Russia, the Communist Party or
Joseph Stalin. It is not by urging a war against the Commun
ist Ideology or the Russian people.
All that any person here has to do to make a tight on dic
tatorship, or Communism, Is to see that democracy works in
our own local, state and national governments.
When there Is a deviation from the accepted principles of
democracy in the government of Marion or McDowell county,
or any other unit of American government, it can be scored as
a gain tor the isms that we say we abhor.? .Marion Progress.
STAYING AT HOME
We are grateful to Jack Riley and his Sunday article in The
News and Observer concerning an increasing number of North
Carolina graduates remaining within the boundaries of the
state to seek their fortune.
We are even more grateful for this change of mind of our
younger people which enable Mr. Riley to write his article in
that vein.
For more years than we care to remember our people have
ventured beyond our borders and contributed their talent,
time and labor to the enrichment of other states.
Now the classes of 1949 have shown their desire to "stay
home" and help their state as they help themselves. In addi
tion to this decision, they have shown another Inclination, and
we quote:'
"In spite of the lure of high salaries, however, Calorina's
graduating class in general expressed a decided preference for
staying at home rather than seeking jobs in the traditionally
higher paying North and West. This runs contrary to a migra
tory trend which has caused no little concern in state circles
In past years.
"The tendency to stay at home appears related to a change
in attitude on the part of college graduates. Although high
starting salaries are expected, the figure does rot N seem out
of line, and the emphasis does not appear specifically on the
money-making aspects of business careers. There is more at
tention to environment, family living conditions and commun
ity relationships; and graduates of the University of North
Carolina lean toward the belief that life in the Southeast is
more pleasant than elsewhere In the nation.
"Industries which have approached seniors with brochures
pointing out the company's social and recreational activities
have demonstrated more pulling power than the representa
tives who depended solely on the pull of a salary offer."
We note especially "there Is more attention to environment,
family living conditions and community relationships . .
Here is shown an awareness of the fact that there is more,
much more may we say, to life than the seeking of material
gain and riches.
With a new school building program of $50,000,000 and a
vast $200,000,000 road bond program in the planning stage, the
state is set for great advances in the years ahead. Now our
own college people have shown a desire to contribute their part
to this great "Go Forward" move.
June may be the month of brides but in this instance, It
appears to be the month of decision lor greatness by North
Carolina and we oommend our graduates for their decisions
to remain at home.? Hertford County Herald.
PILLS AND PALAVER
Oldsters oan recall the medicine vender who hawked his
wares, generally during court week or at other public gather
ings, with a line of chatter which made little sense, but suf
ficiently .effective to dispose of his medicines at something
like ninety per cent profit. The medicine vender appears today
in radio studios with a line of chatter somewhat more erudite,
but still as devoid of accuracy ? and even more offensive to
good taste. Our pet peeve is the constant repetition of the
nostrum's Virtues, whose sponsors do not hesitate to employ
the best tunes of our old endeared songs, and sometimes purloin
more sacred melodies. This attempt to associate nostrums of
small value with endeared music and associations, is a sacri
legious onslaught, to put it mildly.
The illogical suggestion to eat more, drink more, or put more
strain on the nervous system, and then hasten to a bottle of
Dr. Quackem's relief medicine, seems to us to be a violation of
the laws of health Just to prove the efficacy of Dr. Quackem's
remedy. Sensible eating, and reasonable discipline might avoid
the whole mess anyway. But maybe Barnum was right. Maybe
people do love to be humbugged. The noisy Jangles on the
radio lends evidence to it.? Kernersvllle News.
Force Is of brutes, but honor Is of man.? Dryden.
Our thoughts are heard in hsaven.? Wordsworth. ,
ADMINMTftATOM NOTICE
Having qualified m adminis
trator of Mary Likcy Parrlsh,
deceased, late of Maeon County,
N. C., this Is to notify all per
sons having claim* against the
estate of said deceased to ex
hibit them to the undersigned
on or before the 11 day of May,
1950, or this notice will be plead
In bar of their recovery. All
persons Indebted to said estate
will please make immediate set
tlement.
This 11 day of May, 1949.
VANCE PARRISH,
Administrator
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ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
tratrix of Ralph Douglas West,
deceased, 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 19 day of May,
1950, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. All
persons Indebted to said estate
will please make immediate set
tlement.
This 19 day of May, 1949.
EMMA RENO WEST,
Administratrix.
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NORTH CAROLINA
MACON COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale vested In the
undersigned trustee by deed of
trust executed by Addle Wykle,
dated the 17th day of Decem
ber, 1948, and recorded In the
office of Register of Deeds for
Macon County, North Carolina,
in Book of Mortgages and Deeds
of Trust No. 42, page 283, said
deed of trust having been ex
ecuted to secure certain indebt
edness therein set forth, and
default in the payment of said
Indebtedness having been made,
I will on Monday the 27th day
of June, 1949, at 12 o'clock noon,
at the Courthouse door in
Franklin, North Carolina, sell
to the highest bidder for cash
the following described land:
All the land described In a
deed from J. T. Kennedy
and wife to Addle Wykle,
dated December 12, 1905,
and recorded in the office
of Register of Deeds for
Macon County, North Caro
lina, In Deed Book TT, page
465.
This 26th day of May, 1949.
GILMER A. JONES, Trustee
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
MACON COUNTY
ANDY HASKETT
vs.
FRANCIS C. CAREY
Francis C. CaTey, the "defen
dant above named, will' take
notice that an action, entitled
above, has been commenced in
the Superior Court of Macon
County in which the plaintiff
claims the sum of THREE HUN
DRED FIFTY ($350.00) DOL
LARS with interest from June
13, 1938, based upon an open
account;
Said defendant will also take
notice that he is required to
appear at the office of the
undersigned Clerk of the Su
perior Court of Macon County,
on the 5 day of July, 1949, arid
answer or demur to the com
plaint or plaintiff will apply to
the Court for the relief therein
demanded;
Said defendant will further
take notice that in said action
a warrant of attachment against
the property of said defendant
has been Issued and the follow
ing property attached, to- wit:
All the mineral interest and '
mining privileges upon the
land described in a mineral
deed from Andy Haskett
and wife Mary Anne Has
kett to Ellis C. Soper, dated
May 22, 1937, and recorded
In the office of the Register
of Deeds for Macon County,
North Carolina in Deed
Book A-5, page 510;
And the said warrant of at
tachment is returnable before
the undersigned Clerk of the
Superior Court at his office in
said County, on the 5 day of
July, 1949;
This the 3 day of June, 1949.
J. CLINTON BROOKSHIRE,
Clerk of the Superior Court.
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ADMINISTRATRIX' NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
tratrix of Dwight Hoilman, 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 1 day of June,
1950, 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 1 day of June, 1949.
MRS. DWIGHT HOILMAN,
Administratrix.