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Lest W<e Forget
So short a time ago they left us . . .
It seeins but the day before yesterday that they
went away, young, smiling, eager. And but yester
day that the long-feared telegrams, "we deeply re
gret to inform you . . began arriving.
So short a time ago . . . and yet already their
memories are beginning to fade among fhoge of us
who suffered no personal loss.
Youth loves life. They gave even that.
And we? Our debt to them is one we can never
repay, in full. But we can, in part.
First of all. of course, we can work and fight that
the thing.'; thev died for may life . . . Freedom ? the
right uf little children to a chance in life; the right
of a man to the fair rewards of his labor; the right
of men and women to live their own lives; and the
right of voting men, and of their mothers and sweet
hearts and wives and children, to live outside the
black shadows o.f the fear of war.
These things we, too, must fight for ? this year,
an. 1 next vear, and so long as we live.
And we owe them something else.
For which one of us does not want to be remem
bered? Would nat they like to have their names re
called when Macon folk think of patriotism and
courage and sacrifice?
Xot one person can list I hose from Macon ?County
who dv?d in World War 2! No.t one can even say
how many died ! Is that our gratitude?
* * *
Four Macon County organizations have taken the
lead in compiling a list of our dead of World War 2,
and writing those names in bronze, as a reminder.
Those organizations have taken the lead. But this
memorial should belong to all of us. paid for from
the p?nnies and nickels and dimes of school children
and the quarters and half-dollar.s and dollars of
adults.
For not one of us hut owes a debt of gratitude to
tho.se who died.
Proud ? And Fortunate
Macon County folks are niightv proud of the fine
showing made by this county's 4-H and FFA youth
in la */ week's Western \orth Carolina Junior Dairy
Show in Asheville.
Thev are proud, hut not surprised. Because Ma
con co.untv folks have become accustomed to having
th-ir farm youth show up well in competitions.
This In bit of winning, of course, is due to many
factors. It is due. first of all, to the kind of stuff
these bov.s and girls are made of. It is due to. a great
extent, to the parents, and the wholesome type of
homes these youngsters come from. And great
credit, of course, i.5? due to the agricultural leader
ship we have.
This county is fortunate in the tvpe o.f people in
its various agricultural agencies. It is even more
fortunate in having these agencies ? especially the
F.xtension Service and Vocational Agriculture ? di
rected bv people who work together like a team.
Part Of Our Education
Some knowledge af music is- quite as important
a part of education as a .knowledge of literature or
languages or basic science.
It is debatable whether the study of these subjects
adds erreatlv to the average student's ability to earn
a living. Bu they do add. and add vastly, to his
abilitv to enjoy living. And what's the point of
earning a living if we don't enjoy life?
We've always had literature and languages and
basic science in our educational set-up. but we've
been legligent about music. And music is far more
important todav than ever before; because, thanks
to radio ar-d recording, tlje best (as well the
worst) in niusit is available to, almost everyone.
Bringing the North Carolina Little Symphony
orchestra to Macon County each spring for con
certs ? one for adults and a free one for school
children ? has had an educational value that cannot
be measured with exactness, but that is far greater,
probably, than most of us realize. That it has stir
red interest in music is unquestionable; that, by
stimulating a hunger for mu?ic, it ha? ma<le a high
achocl band hlr? it almost ccrtiin,
But of cewr?e wSj havtijHi urtth I few ?oiWMt?r.
completed ouf* niusitat edUMmoh, fcftd that of cfaf
childVen. We* have made ortlv a stirt. And we are
pnlv nmv beginning* to jffct aur money's wt>rth from
the orchestra^'concerts, because we are only now
beginning: to enjoy them. This year's concerts will
be worth mere tfanrfhcoe la&t viaf, and rofcxt year's
will be worth more than those this year.
Education, in music as in everything else, is a
continuing process.
Letters
MORE ABOUT FEDERAL AID
Editor, The Press:
May I express my personal convictions relative to the Roman
Catho'ic request for federal aid to parish schools?
I view the Catholic church as a political party, and I do not
believe, as a party, that it is in sympathy with the American
form of government. I believe their ultimate goal is to gain
control, and if they could succeed In changing our school sys
tem, certainly that would be a good start.
And as to their claim that they are being discriminated
against, that Is Just plain not so, and they know It. They have
equal rights and protection with all other religious groups, and
they know that, too.
I want to say In conclusion to all who love God and our
American way of life: Let us be careful.
REV. T. C, M'CALL
Highlands, N. C.
?WELFARE STATE'
Editor of the Press:
Mr. Bevins In a speech In the House of Commons In England,
July 18, said "The United 6tates is as much ot a welfare state
as we are."
The cost of the British social scheme is $5,515,548,000 an
nually.
Here are the United States prpjfcts which are parallel to
the British.
Food subsidies and price support $1,994,000,000
Low rent housing and rent control 413,000,000
Unemployment compensation 1,170,000,000
School lunches for children - 75,000,000
Veterans care, public health, pensions 2,414,900,000
Public assistance to aged, blind, dependent children 2,258,000,000
United States total $7,724,900,000
All this must be paid for by taxes. Hare all our publie offi
cials lost their science of reason? Where do we go from here?
W. B BIGGERS
Miami, Fla., 1 ?
and * ? ' V? | . ' ' ? ?
Franklin, Route 1.
Others' Opinions
LAND TAX
The certainty of death and taxes has over-awed many a
person.
Therefore when we saw a story from Raleigh the other day
under a headline: "Load of Taxes on Farm Land Rises In
State," we were prepared for ano.her sockdologer.
However, after we had read the story, we began to feel a
mite more comfortable.
As disclosed In the current issue of the agriculture depart
ment's North Carolina Farm Report, the average tax per acre
on farm land In this state was listed at 47 cents In 1948 as
compared with 44 cents In 1947.
This may be an increase in the load of seven per cent, as
was pointed out by the report, but you can't convince us that
by adding the price of a postage stamp to the tax on an acre
of land you are going to step up the farmer's burdens to any
great extent.
Anyway the national average tax for farm land In the United
States Is 57 cents, ten cents higher than it was in North Car
olina.
We have a feeling that we ret right much for our taxes In
North Carolina. What do vou think?? Shelby Star.
MAN, ANIMALS, DESERT
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The foUmrtag to frwm w address by
Justice William O. Douflas, ?( the V. 8. Supreme Court,
at the Hebrew Institute el Tecti illgy, Haifa, Israel.)
One has to see this vast region to appreciate what erosion
has done to It. Man In hi* endless search for fuel and shelter
has cut practically all of the trees from the Mediterranean to
India. For centuries sheep and goats have combed the hills and
plains for food. These animals have gone everywhere, scrubbing
the land clean of vegetation. Seedlings that wouM have grown
to giant cedars or to oaks or Junipers have been eaten or
stripped of bark. Man with his goats and sheep has scoured
the earth.
The rains have come and there have been no roots to hold
the water back and store It for future use. And so It has rushed
down the mountains In floods, carrying precious top soil with
It. Soil that It took centuries to build was carried away In a
few years. As fertility of the soil was lost, man went further
and further into the mountains with his axe and sheep and
goats. At last he scrubbed It clean, levying only camel thorn
and thistles. Great layers of limestone ahd basalt were laid bare
as far as the eye can see.
Here is tne end product or erosion.
As a result, man often had only rocky wastelands left on
which to lire. And so he built with endless years of work nar
row terraces where he has eked out an existence. But mean
while his sheep and goats, on which he Is vitally dependent
for meat, milk, cheese and clothes, continue their endless search
for food. The land sets poorer and poorer. Water tables fall.
Irrigation becomes Jeopardized. Man slowly but surely turns
fertile land Into a desert. Through ignorance he destroys the
source of his own livelihood. This was the most vivid Impres
sion I received in our travels throughout the vast area lying
to the east and north of Israel. There I saw in country after
country the devastation which over-graring and reckless cutting
of timber have created. As' I walked and rode the ridges in
these countries or saw the results of erosion from plane or
car, I thought first of some of the problems we have in the
United States.
I remembered the efforts which our Forest Service and 8oll
Conservation Service have made to prevent over-gratfng of
ranges and over-cutting of timber. We too have ridges scoured
clean of vegetation and converted Into scab land. We have
found that It will often take centuries to return that land to
grass. We too have ranges that have been over-grazed. When
our government restricts grasing or closes certain hard-pressed
areas to cattle or sh<?p, or Institutes a system of selective
cutting of timber, a clamor often foes up. The appatrte of men
the world around la the same. We toe have man who in their
Ignorance or avarice would turn the earth to deaart.
X thought of these men as I traveled tht Middle Cut. I
thought of thi hard work our government hat dona to prevent
America from balnf eroded in the fashion of tht Middle Salt.
And tht ldaa cimt to me that whan our unrsg?n?ratad stock*
mm tnd timber men rl?e In protott Mtimt then eowwmtion
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COMPARATIVE LV RARE .
Not until a Connecticut
INVENTOR, JOHN HOWE 'SUING
THMNSEP- INVCNTEO THE FIRST
PRACTICAL ftW>MAKIN4 MACHINE
IN 1832 , AM> TH?y BECOME
'COMMON Ma" WIDELY
AVAILABLE, WITHIN THE MEANS
or EvenyoNg.
In AN rAKMCR day, economic protection por a man's
pam.lv was oippicuct to coAie ?y, almost impossible
PU? rMfv4lrl?4MM4)/tV TO PAOVIP*.
A? A>0?.t AMP MOM MtN MCO?*NIZCO THC NCIO PO*
f,- VM,V r?^T?CTt JN, LlPt INSURANCE DCViLOPCD TO MKT
V !'< IK tO... 7 CDn.Y, POO*. OUT OF fVCJZY FIVE FAMILIES
/V A WGAICA OWN SOMf. UFC IN3UKANCE.
POETRY CORNER
Conducted by
EDITH DEADERICK ERSKINE
Weavervllle, N. C.
Sponsored by Asheviiie Branch, National League of American Pen Women
END OF DROUGHT
I heard the first young drops of rain
Step softly on the crackling hay
With shy approaeh and gentle touch
They slowly wove their fitful way.
And soon I heard the full-grown rain
With bold insistence stamp and pound,
For hours for days again, again,
To bring to life the hardened ground.
80 when You come to bring me love.
Where now is only dead love's pain,
Come softly, with the gentleness
And lovely shyness of young rain.
And do not turn away In pride.
But bravely come? again, again,?
For neither earth nor heart can yield
Til all of heaven comes down In rain.
MIRIAM MOORE WHITEHEAD.
measures, we should send them on a tour of the Middle Bast
so that they might see what uncontrolled grazing and lumber
ing can do. I would let them see with their own eyes how deso
late the earth can become when all the trees and shrubs and
grass are gone.
COTTON VS. FLIES
Mrs. John Raby, of Hamlet has just returned from a visit
with her sister, Mrs. Russell Privett, at Norfolk, and with her
she has brought stories of a novel method being used by Vir
ginia housewives to rid their homes of flies.
Around Norfolk and Richmond they are using, believe it or
not, wads of plain cotton to turn the trick. No, they don't
eatch the files and smother them with the lint? they simply
fasten the cotton on their screens and that does the trick.
Mrs. Raby reports that the method is effective. She says that
cotton wads can be seen on almost every front dcor in Norfolk.
According to a story by Sara Reaves in the Virginian-Pilot,
it all started In Norfolk after Mrs. Jack Caleo got the tip
while visiting relatives In Richmond. It seems that housewives
there have found cotton on their screens an effective weapon
against flies.
When Mrs. Ca'.eo returned home, she tried the remedy and
it worked for her. Neighbors who had scoffed at the Idea also
tried It and found It effective.
"I simply haven't seen a fly on the screen since I put that
cotton up," Mrs. Caleo said.
"On other cloudy days like yesterday", she explained, "flies
would hover on the back screen ready to pounce In three or
four at a time when the door was opened. But not yesterday."
The cotton miraculously seemed to change all that. The flies
stayed away. Occasionally the balder ones would fly over to
see If the cotton was still there, and would then retreat.
While they might pause on the side of the house, none stopped
to rest on the door.
How or why a hunk of plain absorbent cotton "about the
size of the palm of a hand"? with no chemicals on it? would
drive away flies when pinned to a screen door, no one seems
to have figured out.
"Housewives in Richmond were throwing away their spray
guns as fast as they pinned on the wads of cotton", Mrs. Caleo
said. "But I wasn't quite that sure until I found out for myself
that the scheme really works. I don't know why, but It must
work every time."
Mrs. Caleo said that the cotton can be placed anywhere on
the screen and fastened by a safety pin, hair pin, bobby pin,
or anything that will hold it on.
The day after the first story about the cotton wad fly rem
edy appeared in the Vlrginlan-Ptlot at Norfolk, Dr. John Huff,
head of the Norfolk City Health department, said that he had
tried the stunt and found it effective.
A second article by Miss Reaves said that the cotton story
also had turned up home methods guaranteed to get rid of
water bugs, roaches and fleas.
Oyster shells placed under the sink were reported as a sure
cure for water bugs and roaches. And fleas are supposed to
meet their downfall when they go after a email hunk of raw
meat placed In middle of fly paper.? Hamlet News-Messenger.
Men mutt be governed by Ood or they will be governed by
tyrtnte.? ' William Penn.
Fortune le like gkee-the brighter the gUtMT, the more auliy
broken. Mbllue Syrtw.
LIOAfc APTOTIiPto' ]
NORTH CAROLINA
MACON COUNTY
Under and by virtu* 0f
order o t the Superior Court
..lacon County, made in t
special proceeding entitled pu
ence McMahan Oreen and hi,
band Thad M. Oreen va. ca
McMahan, widow, et al, 3
undersigned commissioner w|
on the 19th day of Octobl
1949, at 12 o'clock noon, at t
courthouse door In Frankll
North Carolina, offer for sale
the highest bidder, upon tl
ollowlng terms: One-half cas
balance due 25% in six mont!
and 25% In twelve months, di
ferred payments to be securi
by deed of trust upon said pro!
erty and to bear Interest at 11
rate of 8% per annum, th
certain tract of land lying ai
being In Nantahala Townshl
Macon Coun y. North Carollr
adjoining the lands of B.
Lowery, May, Holden, and ot
ers, being a part of the la
Henry Holden Farm, descrlb
as follows: ? ,
heuinninu at a nicKory 4
top of a ridge in the V- A
boundary line of Tract ^
48, runs North 25 degrt*
East 63 poles to a hickoi
corner of B. F. Lowerv
thence South 60 degr*
East 90 poles to a steak |
the line of No. 48; then
South 25 West 76 poles
a black oak passing a hie
ory corner at 64 pole
thence South 67 West
poles to a Spanish oak
the head of the lane; then
North 25 West 10 poles
a S. oak; thence North |
West 27 poles to a s'akel
the mouth of the la I
thence North 20 East f
poles to a W. oak on tl
Lowery side of the Dli
Road; thence Nor h 73 We
44 poles to the BEOINNIN
containing 43 acres, more
less, being the same tra
of land described in a dei
from M. D. Taylor and wl
Easter Taylor to 8. L. M
Mahan, dated the 5th di
of February, 1902, and re
lstered in the office
Register of Deeds for Ma*i
County in Book B-3 - !
Deeds, page 496.
A deposit of 10% of t!
amount of the high bid must
made at the time of said sa
and notice is hereby given th
if said deposit is not made, th
the commissioner will resell sa
property at 2 o'clock P. M., i
the same day.
This 19th day of Septemtx
1949.
GILMER A. JONES,
Commission#
822 ? 4tc ? J J ? 013
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
NORTH CAROLINA
MACON COUNTY
ETHEL P. MARTIN, Plaintiff,
-VS
DAN N. MARTIN, Defendant.
The defendant, Dan N. Me
tin, will take notice that
action as above entitled h
been commenced In the Supx
lor Court in Macon Coun
North Carolina, to the end tl:
the plaintiff may secure an a
solute divorce under the la
of the State of North Carolii
and the defendant will ta
notice that he is required to a
pear on or before the 24. h d
of October, 1949, in the Off
of the Clerk of the Suf r
Court of Macon County, I'jI
Carolina, and answer or detr
to the complaint in said actl
or the plaintiff will app'y
the Court for the relief <
manded.
This the 13 day of fiepte
ber, 1949.
/s/ J. CLINTON BROOKSHI1
Clerk Superior Court
Macon County, North Carol
S22 ? 4tc? 013
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as exe< *
of Lillian Rase Slater, deceit
late of Macon County, N
this is to notify all per'
having claims against the ea
of said deceased to exhibit tl
to the undersigned on or
fore the 1st day of Septeni
1950, or this notice will be p
in bar of their recovery. All
sons Indebted to said estate
please make immediate se
ment. .
This 1st day of Septeir
1949.
PERCIVAL B. 8L
8#? Btc? JJ? Ol4
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ADMINISTRATRIX NOTN
Having qualified as adm
tratrlx of Albert L. Ramsey,
ceased, late of Macon Cou |
N. C., this Is to notify all
sons having claims against
estate of said deceased to,
hlblt them to the underslj
on or before the 13 day o'J
tember, 1060 or this notlc "
be plead In bar of their
?ry. All persons indebted to ,
estate will please make lm.
dlate setttlement.
This 13 day of Ssptem
UN,
-MARGARXT H. RAM881
AdmlnUtr*
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