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Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press
VOL. LXIV Number SI
At Franklin, North Carolina
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Gated Teaching
'"We visited Indian graves on top of one of the
highest hills . . read the article, published in
The Press last week, on the early history o.f Smith
bridge township. The article, second prize-winner
in the Macon Countv Historical Society's contest,
was prepared bv fifth grade children of the Otto
school, under the direction o.f Mrs. Joyce Cagle,
teacher.
The judges said, by their decision, that it was a
good article. We should like to add that having the
children eather the data and prepare the article was
an excellent piece of teaching.
How better interest children in the subject of his
torv than to start with local histo.rv? And how bet
ter make h eal history mean something than to visit
landmarks?
For many of these children. Mrs. Cagle undoubt
edlv has made historv what it is ? not drv-as-dust
names, dates, and facts about a dead past, but
knowledge of a past that is the parent, and there
fore the explanation, of the living, pulsing present.
Bouquet
At the northeast corner of the intersection of the
Atlanta and Murphy highways is an unoccupied
plot of ground. It easily might have been permitted
to grow up in weeds; or it might have been use'l
as a dumping ground for rubbish: o.r it might have
become the depository for emptv bottles and tin
cans, to hold water and breed mosquitoes.
Rut it hasn't !
The plot, an irregular triangle, is trrassed. Around
it is an attractive border of lo.w flowers. And in
the center is a bed of gladioli and other higher
flowers. It is a delight to the eye.
A visitor undoubtedly would take it for the work
of a civic club, or perhaps of the town itself.
But it isn't.
This bit of beautification is the work of Mrs. Rov
F. Cunningham, who.se husband's business estab
lishment it adjoins. .
Mrs. Cunninsrhatn not only has done something
worth-while toward makinn- Franklin a more at
tractive place, for home folk and visitors alike ;
she also has shown the rest of us what a single
individual can do.
Compulsory Salvation?
In the "Others' Opinions" column on this page is
an interesting article by an American lawyer, Bige
low Bovsen, just hack from two years in Germany.
Mr. Bovsen makes this arresting comment:
American occupational and educational policies
have had no effect in making the German people
?democratic ; the only Nazi Germans who have been
regenerated have changed their attitudes as> a result
of reading the Bible.
As a matter of fact, that statement should not
come as a surprise; for most Christians give lip
service, at least, to the doctrine that the primary
purpose of the Christian religion i& to regenerate
human hearts, and that a better world can be cre
ated only by changing individual human beings.
The fact that the observation is surprising is indi
cative of how little most persons who call them
selves Christians really believe what they say they
do..
Mr. Bovsen reaches a conclusion, however, that
it will be hard for most Americans to go along with.
In order to create a new Germany, he suggests that
Bible .study be made compulsory.
We question whether anybody's salvation, spir
tual or political, has ever been brought about
through compulsion.
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Often those who cry loudest fox tolerance possess
little of that virtue. What they really want is for
other people to be tolerant of their intolerance.
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Mr. Redden And The Poll Tax
While this newspaper sees no excuse for the poll
tax, it has scant sympathy with the movement to
outlaw it by federal legislation.
Aside from the fact that the Constitution of the
United States seems to leave the question of voters'
qualifications to the states, we are inclined to ques
tion the motives of many ? though certainly not all
? of the leaders in the movement for a federal anti
poll tax law. With many political leaders, it is an
obvious bid for the Negro vote in the North; many
other proponents give evidence of being sentimen
talists on the subject of the Negro.
It is highly improbable, however, that either of
the.r-e reasons would influence a Southern legislator
to back the federal anti-poll tax bill, and the pur
pose of this is to comment on the stand taken by
this district's Rep. Monroe Redden. Mr. Redden has
gone on record as favoring the measure.
That, we suspect, wasn't an easy decision. And
while we completely disagree with Mr. Redden, we
congratulate him on his courage. There is so little
moral courage exhibited to.day, it is refreshing to
find it among our legislators.
Letters
THIS BOY WANTS SOME MAIL!
Dear Editor:
I want to thank you for my paper and say "hello" to my
friends around Franklin and especially to all my friends and
buddies around Oak Grove:
I enjoy reading the paper very much. I don't have but one
gripe: It's all Frankltn news and not mueh community news.
But I can say It is a very good paper and helps a lot when
you are away from home.
I got a letter from my old pal I Joined the Army with, which
is C. L. (Pude) Parrish. He is in Ouam.
'Joe Bradley is in the 6th Infantry regiment and Oay Fouts
is in the 23rd Infantry regiment. I see them once in a while
and we talk of Franklin.
If anyone would be Interested in writing, my address is:
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Others' Opinions
WNC TELEPHONY
In last Sunday's issue of the Asheville Citizen -Times, staff
writer C. R. Sumner had an article titled, "WNC Rural Phone
Service Is Expanding." ,
The article pointed out that rural telephones in the area of
Western North Carolina serveyed by the Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Company had Increased from 575 to 3,914 in the
past four years. As an example of this expansion, Mr. Sumner
cited an Increase from 23 to 330 In the Waynesvllle area, 82 to
820 In the Canton area, 8 to 542 in the Hendersonvllle area
and several more communities accordingly.
It was pointed out that the Western Carolina Telephone Com
pany, which servej Jackson, Macon and Swain Counties, has
increased rural telephones from 1,058 to 2,088 In the paM three
years.
from thii it to g?th?r*i tint Jtokaon, Maeon m4 B??tn n?
The Battle of Sugartown ? 1782
(DflOBV NOTE: FMtow
lu h ana of th? cntriao In
the Mum County Historical
Society's contest for Mtioks
on Mmob County history.)
By MAIUE JENNINGS
With the signing of the treat
ies between the Cherokee In
dians living In this section and
the white men, settlers came
to live here, but many of the
Indians were still living and
hiding out In the mountains.
To protect the settlers from the
attacks of these Indians, United
States soldiers had to be used.
There was a tribe of Indians
camping at what was later
called the Town House Field,
and still later the property .of
Dave Rogers, a well known citi
zen, and what is now the prop
erty of Western Carolina Teach
ers College. Pic ken's Brigade,
consisting of U. 8. soldiers, rous
ed the Indians from their cam
ping grounds there, causing
them to flee into Macon County.
The soldiers came through
CuUowhee Gap in pursuit of the
Indians, making the next stand
on the John Ledford place, near
what is now Sugarfork Baptist
Church. The Indians attacked
them near the present location
of the old Higdon Mill, falling
back to the John Ledford field,
which lies on the North side of
the Sugarfork River. The sol- J
dlers, being on the opposite side
and unable to cross, could not j
charge.
Among the Regulars, as these
soldiers were called, was Corpor- j
al White, who was killed in the i
battle that ensued, and whose
grave la marked by a tombstone
on the bank of the river. His
solitary grave has always been
an object of great curiosity
and Interest, although little Is
known of his life and death ex
cept for the fact that he was
killed in the Battle of Sugar
town, as Sugarfork was then
called, on September 10, 1782.
When his death occurred he
was behind a large rock on the
south side of the river, near the
present location of John Tyler's
house, although his lone grave
is directly across the river on
the North bank, at the edge 91
the John Ledford field, now
owned by Claude Arnold. Un
doubtedly there were other cas
ualties among the soldiers, but
this Is the only grave that has
been marked.
After the soldiers found a
crossing they came dawn upon
the Indians, who fled, with the
soldiers pursuing them, to the
Valley River near Murphy,
where the Red Men in frustra
tion were captured or surrend
ered. Later they were taken to
the reservation.
It is said that Indians hid at
what Is now the Cherokee In
ilan Reservation and when the
{overnment discovered them liv
ing there the land was set
lslde as a reservation rather
;han bo cause more trouble to
;row out of any attempt to re
move them elsewhere.
In recent years a tombstone
las been erected at the grave
>t Corporal White by the con
rlbutions of a group of people
who had a picnic near by one
fourth of July.
a little better equipped with rural phones before the expansion
than were surrounding areas, but that they are now falling be
hind. Whereas expansion In neighboring vicinities has been
eight and ten-fold, new phones In this area have only doubled.
Although Mr. Sumner gives no figures for Franklin, Bryson
City, Cullowhee, Highlands, Cashiers and Sylva, the absence cf
the same supports the growing feeling that Bryson City and
Swain County constitutes one of the most neglected areas, in
sofar as telephone facilities is concerned, in all of Western
North Carolina.
We are happy to note such general progress throughout this
part of the state. We are also happy to note recent improve
ments In long-distance service at Bryson City. But, we would
welcome some assurance that Swain County is getting her full
share of new telephones.? Smoky Mountain Times.
NAZI THINKING UNALTERED
(Excerpts from an article in tlhe Washington, D. C., Sun
day Star by Bice low Boyscm, a lawyer just back from Ger
many, where he was assigned to defend 13 Nazi war crim
inals and prosecute 13 others.)
Are there any Americans so gullible as to believe that the
United States' occupation of Germany has converted a single
German Nazi into a peace-loving citizen? I hope not, be
cause in spite of all the cigarettes and well-intended effort
which symbolize our policy in Germany, a physical occupa
tion which leaves moral regeneration out of the prescription
has not yet and never will transform the state of mind called
"German Nationalism" into charitable, democratic thinking.
I searched the western zone for two solid years, looking for
a converted, enlightened regenerated German and never
found a single specimen whoSe transformation could be
traced to our occupation of his country. Those few wno have
broken away from the mystic belief of German racial super
iority, with the selfishness and ruthlessness which go with
it, have invariably found their new freedom through the
Bible. Only insofar as our occupation policies have guaran
teed to the German people free use of their Bible and other
religious activities, can we consider our presence in Germany
to have been effectual In even these isolated cases.
Whether our occupation has been a waste of money and
.effort depends upon the point of view from which we regard
Its purpose. If that purpose was to restore Germany in
dustrially for the relief of the American taxpayer and at the
same time to hold Communist influence In western Europe
to a minimum, then our occupation must be voted a success.
But if our real purpose (and this must certainly have been
the original purpose) was to seek out, uproot, and destroy the
evil seed of Germanism, which has regularly erupted
(through Bismarck, Kaiser Wilhelm, and Hitler), in lust for
world domination, then our occupation must be regarded as
a total failure. . . .
Perhaps our first step to bring forth in Germany .a respect
for other nations should begin by obliging her youngsters to
study the Bible. Legal refinements which have developed
recently In the United States regarding constitutionality of
compulsory Bible study In public schools may be proper for
the people of America, born and bred as they are to think for
themselves. But no such technicality at this early stage in
the democratic re-education of Germany should be permitted
to stand In the way of transforming the great numbers of her
milltarlst-mlnded people into progressively charitable "citi
zens of the world." Certainly, we need God's help to this end,
and what b?tter tool could we find to gain that help than
the Luther Bible that was given to the world by Germany
when her spiritual Impulses made her great?
LAW AND PRIDE
George Carson says we were a day late on the ragweed cut
ting on the post office vacant lot. Said he cut it July 4th.
So we congratulated him. There are still about 75 rag weeds
about four or five Inches tall uncut. Don't know how much
damage they can do to hay fever sufferers. The railroad crews
have done a good ]ob cutting weeds in the park and trimming
the hedge in front of the depot. If some way could be found
to Impress people with the Importance of not throwing any
thing in the streets. Cigarette cartons, chewing gum and candy
wrappers and paper cups all make a mess that looks unsightly,
shows bad housekeeping and lets all who pass know what
kind of community this is. The fact that it is against the law
to throw trash in the streets or within hundreds of feet of any
public highway should stop some, but community pride should
stop us all, for if we love our community, we will try to keep
It attractive.? Tryon Dally Bulletin.
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WHAT WE REALLY WANT
A local pastor stated in hit pulpit several Sundays ago that,
If a First Century Christian were to return to earth and come
to Shelby to instruct us in the meanings and responsibilities
of Christianity, we would not tolerate him but would probably
ride him out of town on a rail.
"No," continued the preacher, "what you want is a nice,
easy-going, agreeable fellow who never says anything to dis
turb yott-Jurt Uka m?."? Cleveland (County) Times.
LEGAL ADVERTISING
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NOTICE OF MOTION
NORTH CAROLINA
MACON COUNTY
CHARLES E. PALMER,
Plaintiff,
vs.
LOUISA E. PALMER,
' Defendant.
TO CHARLES E. PALMER and
JONES & JONES, HIS ATTOR
NEYS,
Sirs:
Please take notice that the
defendant. LOUISA E. PALMER,
is appearing specially for the
purpose of this Motion, and for
no other purpose, and Is filing
a written Motion, copy of which
Is hereto attached, requesting an
order striking out the Judgment
heretofore made, at the De
cember Term, 1948, ef the Su
perior Court of Macon Oounty,
and dismissing the above en
titled action, for the reasons set
forth in said Motion.
Take further -notice, that the
defendant will cause said Mo
tion to be presented to the
Honorable Judge holding the
regular August Term of the
Superior Court for Macon Coun
ty, at the Court House, Frank
lin, North Carolina, on the 22nd
day of August, 1949, at 10:00
o'clock in the forenoon, or as
socn thereafter as counsel can
be heard for argument and de
termination.
This the 6th day of July, 1949.
/s/ T. A. UZZELL, Jr.
/s/ J. M. HORN.'Jt,
Attorneys for Defendant
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NOTICE OF OPENING OF
DEPOSITION
NORTH CAROLINA
MACON COUNTY
JOS. D. FARRISH, AS EZECUT
OR AND TRUSTEE UNDER THE
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
OF ARTHUR K. WOODMAN,
DECEASED
VS.
JEAN GOULD, NANCY PARKS,
ALBERT T. CLARK and RUTH
CLARK ROWE
The defendants, Jean Gould,
Nancy Parks, Albert T. Clark
and Ruth Clark Rowe, and
Ruth Alberta Clark, At
torney lor the defendants, Al
bert T. Clark and Ruth Clark
Rowe, will take notice that at
10:00 o'clock A. M., on Tuesday,
the 16th day of August, 1949,
in the office of the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Macon
County, I will open the deposi
tion of Dr. James Edgar Paullln,
Miss Wilna Walton and Caro
line Kline.
This the 28th day of July,
1949.
J. CLINTON BROOKSHIRE,
Clerk Superior Court,
Macon County, N.C.
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