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Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press
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VOL. LXIV 1 Number 47
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Thing* To 3e Thankful For
MKRICANS approach this Thanksgiving Day
discouraged and disillusioned.
As we look out across the world, through the
headlines in the daily newspaper, many of us find
ourselves wondering:
What, after all, is there to he tbanktul for?
, Karlicr this month we marked the 31st anniver
- sary of the Armistice that ended "the war to end
war"; yet that war, instead of ending war, was
.* merely the prelude to a far more terrible ojie.
It has been only four years since the end of the
,jw^r to. unseat the world's dictators; yet today we
u -face, across the Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans,
?"'the --most powerful and perhaps the most ruthless
'"dictator of all time.
; Meanwhile, man lias unleashed a force of nature
that probably is powerful enough to destroy all
civiljzation.
And' throughout tho world, among the masses of
men and wo, men, we find not happiness and con
k. ientmeiit, but unrest and demands for change, and
? ever more change.
It is not a pretty picture.
By contrast, that first Thanksgiving Day sccne
is pleasing indeed. It is, that is, on the surface. A
' lot of that surface, though, is gilt ; both time and
* -art have tended 'to cover up the hare and not too
happy facts.
Hnw much did those men and women have to be
? thankful
'.'J hey were 3,<XK) miles from home and all civili
. zation? nn<l that distance, then, meant weeks, not
?? days or hours. They were surrounded by savages,
..their lives in constant danger. Thev were living in
rude huts, and faced a long hard winter, without
the "modern conveniences" even of that day.
And what did they have to. .show for all their
years of hardships, for all the suffering and
dcitths? Just one thing: A single bountiful crop, as
suring them of enough to eat that winter. Yet
' those men and women were sincerely and deeply
thankful.
Perhaps we arc thankful in proportion not to
What we have, but to what we have lacked.
* * *
True, it is an unhappy world today. But there
is much for which men and women may give
thanks.
We can be thankful that the young American
men of two generations possessed the courage and
the devotion to die that democracy might, if not
'.be made safe, at least be given a chance to live.
We can be thankful that the world today is in a
'period of unrest. That may not l?e a pleasant symp
tom, but it is, nevertheless almost invariably a
symptom of improvement.
We can be thankful that the so-called little men
and women, the world over, yearn for peace. That
means something. For the world's rulers, soon or
late," nuis.t yield to the yearnings of the masses of
men.
An<T we can be thankful, most of all perhaps,
that (he. still small voice continues to speak within
"the hearts of men, urging them onward toward
? ?mofe truth, more beauty,. more goodness, and more
>f the. good will toward nten that mut be the basis
*'of any lasting peace.
Raises Some Questions
We need a first-class physical education program
..for our high school youth. If there were any ques
tion' about that, the poor posture of many high
School graduates should he sufficient answer to the
question. And that, of course, is only one of many
arguments in favor of such a program.
, But the recent temporary expulsion of Franklin
' High school from the Smoky Mountain conference
emphasized a lot of questions about our high school
athletic program that demand answers:
There is the whole question of inter-.schooI com
' .petition, with its apparently inevitable commercial
ization of high school sports. Might not intramural
sports (contests between teams within the same
school) .work out better? Perhaps. An intramural
proflTim, however, might result in a losa of that
indftJintbli thin* wi ball "ichMl Ijifit",
ttiiw ii thi qwitlan of thi wtfr'tmphuM pUctH
OH A ft# students who J#* oifcHlbirs d Mm? and
thi uhd*f=emphasis an t* frfcyiicai devtlopfHItU of
the tnajbrity of (he students.
There ii the question of whether such strenuous
sports as football result in better or poorer bodies,
even for thoae who participate.
And there is the question of whether it makes
sense to supplement the salary of the football coach
when we do not supplement that of the teacher of
Knglish or of mathematics. Is football more impor
tant than the work done in the classroom? The
present policy suggests we think it is.
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Physical education in our high schools is impor
tant. But we are not Retting the most for our money
under the present set-up.
First of all, we need to put -control oS athletics
where it belongs ? and that definitely is not in the
hands of the coaches.
Then we need to re-examine the whole subject,
make up our minds what we want, and set out to
get it.
SKrdluetoain
It is pleasant to be witty, to be able to make the
crowd laugh at will.
But alas! most of us are funniest when we least
mean to be. For nothing is funnier than slips of
the tongue or slips of the type; they are so funny,
perhaps, because of the very lack of effort to. be
funny, and because they usually have the element of
unexpectedness, of sudden surprise.
On occasion, too, these slips make its more truth
ful than we ordinarily would dare to be ? such as
the scrambling of the letters in what should have
been the word "applause" to appear in type as
"apple sauce".
Then there was the case of the second or third
rate city street on which municipal authorities had
a traffic sign placed. The sign should have read
"Slow ? Business District". Unfortunately, how
ever, the ^ash between "slow" and "business" was
omitted. Unamused, the good merchants of that
street literally stormed the city hall the next morn
ing, demanding that the .sign come down.
One of the most amusing slips that has come our
way in a long time appeared in a front page story
in The Asheville Citizen last week.
Describing a community event, The Citizen said
the chief speaker made "an address punctuated by
numerous remarks".
No. doubt! For who ever heard of an address,
punctuated or otherwise, without numerous re
marks?
In view of how tiresomely numerous they become
in some speeches, one might have thought at first
blush that the reporter was being strictly, and sar
castically, truthful. Since reputable newspapers do
not permit .sarcasm in their news columns, however,
it was evident the reporter wrote "humorous". It
was either his typewriter or the linotype machine
that made it "numerous"? and therefore probably
far more humorous than anything the speaker said.
The Citizen, of course, is no.t alone in making
these slips. No self-respecting editor (including this
one) can often read his own newspaper without
blushing with shame ; the funniest of errors aren't
funny to him.
The Press, for example, onlv last week listed
automobiles and "Trusks" for sale.
A few weeks earlier another weekly newspaper in
this region let this one slip into its want column:
FOR SALlv ? Young lady, leaving town, has some
legs .she wishes to dispose of.
Now of course the four-letter word describing
what we walk on was npt the right one. It should
have been "logs". And of course it was the logs,
not the young lady, advertised for sale. But that's
what the ad said.
One of the best o.f all time, however, appeared
several years ago in a metropolitan daily. Often,
when a iinotype operator makes an error in setting
a line, he simply runs his fingers along the linotype
keys to fill out the line, casts it, and then throws it
aside. Sometimes he forgets to throw it out, and
that was what happened in this case. The result
was this classic :
The speaker, who had held his audience spell
bound, closed his address by eloquently exclaiming:
Shrdluetoain.
Something N?w la Movie#
Hollywood's is a mass production business, so it
usually seeks to "please everybody a little, and dis
please nobody much". Toi do that, it must carefully
steer clear of controversial issues. And because
America is made up of Protestants, Catholics, Jews,
and many who profess no religion at all, Hollywood
ordinarily touches religion lightly, if at all.
Occasionally, however, Hollywood forgets its in
hibitions, and it seems to have done so when it
produced "The Prince of Peace", which will be
shown here this week-end.
How faithfully the movie capital ha* portrayed
the spirit of Christianity remains to be seen, but
that it has attempted a strictly religious film in sig
nificant.
Even more significant, perhaps, ii the fact that
this picture i? reported to be drawing capacity
houiei. That suggests that Americans art more re
ligious than surface evHences would indicate,
OR MM t"
nft fvirnMrtr Wi "'"rrr " rr/K?*rviN? oajt
IN HOMfc. -C itUt NATION.
Lrr this choc* rcmino u? that, in thc mimt or
OUR OREAT PLCNTV, W? M AMERICA HAVE ALSO
FREEDOM TO CHOOSE OUR OWN WAV OP UPC
IN OREAT THIUMS At WELL AS IN SMAU.... Ml HAVK
FREEDOM UNUMtTEP
-A r*/VIL?t-ANOAlSOA /USKVttiHLtry
POETRY CORNER
Conducted by
EDITH DEADER1CK ERSKINE
Weavervllle, N. C.
Spontortd by AiktvllU Brvtck, Ntliantl Lstfut tf Amtrkan Ptn Womtn
WE GIVE OUB THANKS
For mountain range* high and proud,
The powerful gesture of HI* hand,
A* old a* time but youth endowed
By living green at HI* command;
For dear delight* of home and kin,
The ones whom death alone will part
And parent care that glow* within
And sends it* ray to' warm ? heart;
For all these chain* that bind us to
The glories of Infinity,
Today we pralM our Ood anew
And bow before Him thankfully.
EDITH DEADERICK ERSKINE.
Weavervllle, N. O.
Other*' Opinions
"QUEENS" FROM HOLLYWOOD
The Weekly ia in receipt of another "release" from one of
those community committees that are forever ballyhoolng fes
tivals, pageants, and such like cerebrations for the purpose of
bringing big crowds to town. This latest proclamation is from
Charlotte, and it announces the Carolinas' Christmas Festival.
This "Christmas" festival is set for November 10, a month and
nine days before Christmas! Isn't it Jumping the gun a bit .to
be whipping and whooping up the Christmas spirit eight days
before Thanksgiving? But this question Is not the main one I
have in mind in connection with the Charlotte celebration. My
main question Is: Why does the promotion oammittee feel that
It has to bring in a Hollywood "star," as it announce* it 1s
doing, to be Queen of the Festival? This same thing was done
at Wilmington several weeks ago, and has, I believe, been done
at other places. It is a foolish and a tiresome practice. How
alien are these screen celebrities when they appear In a North
Carolina town I How forced their smiles and how artificial their
show of Interest as they are paraded before the gaping throngs!
Charlotte has plenty of handsome young women of Its own.
Why not have one of them for the Queen of the Festival In
stead of Importing a Queen from Hollywood?? Chapel Hill
Weekly.
CAT ASTROPHE AVERTED
We thought we had heard of all the modem Improvements
that could possibly be put In a washing machine but 1^ seems
as though another one was added last week. It also gives food
for thought that even the family pet may be brought Into
action to help around the house.
Mrs. R. H. Stretcher had wound the clock (we are taking
that tor granted) and had put out the cat. That Is, she tad
put the pet in the basement as usual and tad considered the
Incident closed. But after hearing peculiar sounds from below
for some time, she thought an Investigation a good Idea and
proceeded to follow her Inclination.
When she opened the basement Aaor, she was met with a
flood of water and the familiar whirr of the washing rrtT*1*"
going full speed. And, sitting comfortably on top of the ?
and evidently enjoying the whole performance, sat the cause at
It all . . . Miss Feline. How the cat had managed to torn on
the switch Is still one of the improvements Mrs.
hasn t discovered as yet. ? Waynesvllle Mountaineer.
EVERYBODY'S PROBLEM
Noting that the county commissioners can't find
enough to care for hospitalisation of its Indigents, I'd
come up with the smart retort that so would a lot of M
to know from whence will oome the money with which to pay
the high, and going higher, costs of medical and hospital care.
It Is not a local problem; It la national In scope, and something
must be done to make our vastly improved health and hospital
senrloss available to more people. When I say that, I am look
ing straight Into the faees of the Amsrtean Medical Association
and the men and women of medicine.? Roy Parker In Hertford
County Herald.
The test of eoura?e aomes when w? $rt In the minority; the
i set of tolerMMc mm* when wt are tn th* majority.
KOTICX Of MU
NORTH CAROLINA
MACON COUNTY
Under and by virtue of th?
power of sale contained In t
certain deed of trust executec
by James P. Carpenter in J
wife, Mildred L. Corpente M
dated the 17th day of Jun\
IMS, and recorded In Book Nc ?
40, page 368, In the Office of"
the Register of Deeds of Ma
eaa County, North Carolina, de- '
fault having been made In the
payment of the Indebtedness
thereby aecured, and said deed
of trust being by the terms
thereof subject to foreclosure,
and the holder of the Indebted
ness thereby secured having re
quested foreclosure thereof, the
undersigned Trustee will offer
for sale and sell at public auc
lon to the highest bidder for
cash at the Courthouse door In
Franklin, Macon County, North
Carolina, at 12:00 neon, on Mon
day, the 12th day of December,
the property conveyed in said
deed of trust, the same lying
and being In Flats Township,
Macon County, North Carolina,
and more particularly describ
ed as follows:
BBOINNINO at a stake
on the North margin of
the hard surface of Hlgh
lands-Dillard Highway No.
108, said stake being situ
ated North 88 deg. IS mln.
East 141/, feet from the cen
ter of the Rabun Bald Road
at Its Junction with tha
South edge of the hard sur
face of the above mentioned
Highway No. 100, and said
stake also situated South
80 deg. East 1074 feet from
the eenter of the old Hlgh
lands-Dillard Road at lta
junction with the South
edge of the hard surface of
the above mentioned High
way No. 108, a- a corner of
a tract of land now owned
by Mrs. McOruger, and runs
North 11 deg. East 375 feet
to a stake; thence South 79
deg. East 275 feet to a
stake; thence South 11 deg. i
West 375 feet to a stake at ?
the North margin of the
hard surface oi the above
mentioned Highway ... o. 106;
thence, with the said edge
of the hard surface of the
said Highway No. 106, North
79 deg. West 375 feet to the
BEGINNING corner, con
taining 3.23 acres, more or
less.
This sale will be made sub
ject to all outstanding unpaid
taxes.
This the 10th day of Novem
ber, 1949.
J. H. STOCKTON,
Trustee.
N 17? 4tc ? 8? D8
NORTH CAROLINA
MACON COUNTY
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale vested In the
Undersigned trustee by a deed
of trust executed by B. H. Bald
win and wife Frances Baldwin
to Gilmer A. Jones, trustee,
dated the 30th day of January,
1048, and recorded In the office
of the Regis' er of Deeds for
Macon County, North Carolina,
In Book No. 42, page 67, said
deed of trust having been exe
cuted to secure certain Indebt
edness* therein set forth, and
default In the payment of said
Indebtedness having been made,
I will on Friday, the 8th day
of December, 1649, at 12 o'clock
noon, at the courthouse door
In Franklin, North Carolina, Mil
to the highest bidder for cash
the following described land:
All the lands described In
a deed from Ben Thwaite
and Jessie Thwalte to B. H.
Baldwin, said deed bearing
date of the 29th day of
June, 194S, and registered
in the office of the Register
of Deeds for Macon County,
North Carolina, In Book
N-5 of Deeds, Page 300.
EXCEPT THEREFROM all
the lands described in the
following deeds:
1. Deed from B. H. Baldwin
and wife to Mrs. Marie
McComb Cook, said deed
bearing date of 18th day
of July, 1946, and registered
In the office of Register
of Deeds for Macon County,
In Book 0-5 of Deeds, page
183.
2. Deed from B. H. Baldwin
and wife to Margaret Rober s
and Mary Roberts, said deed
bearing date of 11th day of
July, 1947, and registered in
the office of the Register of
Deeds for Macon County, in
Book R-S of Deeds, page 333.
3. Deed from Bert H.
Baldwin and wife to J. M.
Ookay, said deed bearing
date of 25th day of July
1948, and registered In th.
efflce of the Register o
Deeds tor Macon County, ii
Book P-5 of Deeds, page 18?
This the 9th day of Novembe
lMt.
GILMER A. JONES.
Trustee. <
N17? 4tc ? JJ ? D?
Say:
"I saw It advertised In
The Tnm"
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