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Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press
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VOL. LXT? Number 34
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Unhealthy
A 99 per cent tax on gambling winnings has been
proposed in Congress as a means of putting the
professional gambling racketeer out of business.
The suggestion was made by Senator Lester C.
Hunt, of Wyoming.
Senator Hunt, a member of the Senate Crime In
vestigating committee, said his plan would make
the most crooked thug in the rackets go straight.
Well, maybe.
And maybe Senator Hunt is right in saying that
is the only way to handle the racketeers.
But it is a highly unhealthy situation when the
government of the United States finds itself im
potent to prohibit and punish crime, but must re
sort to taxation, a form of license, to control it.
Spelling Trouble?
Last week some twenty or thirty boys began pre
school football practice in order to enable Franklin
High school to have a better football team.
For the last several weeks members of the Frank
lin Rotary club have been giving generously of
their time to assist in raising funds to purchase
uniforms for the Franklin school band, and the
people of the community have responded so gen
erously that already more than $1000 has been con
tributed for the purchase of uniforms.
Both of these efforts are highly commendable
and show a willingness on the part of the commun
ity's youths and adults to assist in gaining recog
nition for the school and to make its extra-cirricu
lar program more attractive to the youth.
BUT ? are there not boyS whose spelling and
mathematics are in as poor shape as their physical
condition and who would benefit greatly from ex
tra instruction in subjects in which they are weak?
Who ever heard of a preschool spelling clinic?
The band uniforms are emblematic certainly of
the willingness of our .people to help improve the
schools. But how many would have contributed to
the purchase of microscopes for the science depart
ment or to the purchase of equipment necessary for
a sound projection room which would be of great
assistance in enabling teachers to make the mys
teries of biology and other sciences clearer and
more interesting to the students? And isn't it just
possible that we should place more emphasis on im
proving the quality of the work done, instead of al
ways trying to make it more attractive?
It's something to think about.
GI Vernacular
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The {article below is one of a series
prepared by the army information service of the North
Carolina military district, Raleigh. Opinions expressed In
these articles are, of coarse, the army's, and not neces
sarily those of this newspaper.)
You can tell a soldier by the way he talks. And one of the
first things to Impress the new recruit is the army's vernacu
lar. Consciously and unconsciously the recruit begins absorb
ing and employing new words and phrases which belong
solely to the American fighting man.
The "rookies." quick to recognize the characteristic marks
of an old soldier, Immediately makes a determined effort to
effect them In himself. For it's every recruit's desire to shake
off the traits and habits which mark him as a novice. In
variably he begins by altering his speech. And when new
words and expressions enter into his letters and conservation
It isn't because he's showing off ? it's because he's learning to
be a soldier.
The GI (from "general Issue") vocabulary consists pro
marily of home-made terms straight from the men of the
army .supplemented by a few well chosen selections from
Webster.
Prime examples of the latter source are "nomenclature,"
"police," and "fatigue." GI equipment doesn't have Just a
name. It hat a nomenclature. Thus a simple thing known to
the civilian as a shoestring becomes familiar to the soldier as
a lacing, shoe, cotton, brown, 18 Inches, with metal tips, one
each. A soldier doesn't clean or put a room or yard in order.
Instead he "polices" areas and barracks. And he doesn't work,
he performs "fatigue" duty.
From the lighter side of the ledger of army vernacular
A Lift For Today
Arenas not ysurseiTss ... for it is written. Vengeance is
?tee; I will r> pay, with the l*r<L ? Romans 12:19.
IXT U8 REMEMBER that hatred and recrimination lead us
nowhere, and that we should use our energy and ingenuity for
the building of a better world in which every nation, large or
small, shall receive Justice.
Fill aw hearts with the spirit of peaee and brotherly Und
mm, ?v pray, 0 0*4
fcomei mob urnu u "KF>? "chow," And "top kick."
The "rookie" aodn H ?itu his commanding officii? t| thi
"old man" who has his office In the. "orderly room."
While "bucking" is encouraged for units. It's frowned upon
for individuals. Soldiers go all out , to make thelr's the most
outstanding unit, but they don't approve of Individuals who
are overly eager to promote themselves.
And nobody wants to be known as an "elghtball" or "yard
bird." In the same category but not quite as bad is the "bolo"
or the man who falls to make a Qualifying score on the rifle
range. -
A lot of the recruit's training is "on the double" which
comes from "double time," the soldier's term for "run."
Home folks are always the first to notice any change In
their favorite soldier after his draining begins. From the very
start they detect changes in the way he writes and talks.
But changes like these are healthy signs, for as long as the
recurlt identifies himself as a part of the army, he is suc
ceeding in becoming a good soldier.
Others' Opinions
ABLE LAWYER, LOVABLE PERSONALITY
Except as time brings the realization, it is difficult to make
real to ourselves the passing from life of a vigorous and lov
ab'.e personality. This ia particularly true of George Lyle
Jones (always Lyle Jones to his friends).
The circumstances of his life made Mr. Jones widely known
throughout the State. In his college days he was a famous
football guard on the University of North Carolina Eleven;
and "Bully" Jones was one of the most popular men on the
campus. Later he was chief tax clerk on the Corporation
Commission (the Utilities Commission of today) under Com
missioner S. L Rogers. He was an Assistant Attorney-General
under Attorney-General Bickett, afterward Governor Bdckett.
He practiced law in his native town, Franklin, and in Ashe
-vil!e. He was Solicitor of tl?e 19th and the 20th Judicial Dis
tricts. v -
Yet it is not positions and professional success that bind a
man, with ties not to be broken, to scores of persons in every
community where he may live. With Lyle Jones it was his
lively, exuberant but always kindly humor, his robust common
sense, his deep understanding of human nature, his love of
people, his immovable loyalty to his friends and to the causes
he espoused.
These traits In Mr. Jones were also factors in his widely
recognized ability as a trial lawyer. For In the courtroom a
lawyer dea!s with human beings no less than with the prin
ciples of the law. Mr. Janes' quick sense of humor is on rec
ord in one case that h@ argued before the State Supreme
Court.
While Mr. Jones had a wide acquaintance throughout North
Carolina, he knew especially well the people of the mountain
region, not only In the towns and villages of this area, but in
the settlements which a quarter century ago were remote be
cause it was in the era before good roads.
Knowing and appreciating the sterling qualities of the
dwellers of the upper reaches of the Nantahalas and the
Great Simokies, Ly!e Jones also had their confidence and
esteem. And it was often a matter of regret to his friends,
as they listened. to his Interesting recitals of his experiences,
and he was a raconteur of great skill and versatility, that he
did not have time in his professional work to record sdtae of
his observations and reminiscences.
One of the maxims of the law which Mr. Jones' father, the
late Judge George A. Jones, often quoted was, in substance:
the reason of the law is the common sense of the law.
As a lawyer, Lyle Jones always remembered and utilized
this principle. It gave him balance and freedom from ex
tremes as a public prosecutor, and In the practice of civil law
which in his later years he preferred as an attorney; it helped
to give him his tolerance and sympathetic understanding in
human relationships.
Lyle Jones lived a full and well-bfllanced life. He took ac
tive part in many a campaign, in numerous movements, for
the enlargement of opportunities for all the people of the
State; and such activities gave him deep satisfaction. He was
a fine type of the North Carolinians who in every chapter of
its history has made distinctive contribution to the betterment
of life conditions for all the people of the State.? AshevlUe
x Citizen-Times.
- PAPERS DON'T SCARE EASILY
We learn from the dispatches from Macon that Columbus'
J. Robert Elliott, who is one of the Talmadge faction's leaders,
provided the "fireworks" at the State Democratic convention.
J. Robert Elliott centered his attack upon the newspapers of
Georgia, specifically blasting those of Columbus, Atlanta and
Macon, and he indicated very strongly that there might be a
legislative effort to punish those newspapers that were cour
ageous enough to oppose the re-election of Governor Herman
Talmadge.
Of course, J. Robert Elliott did not express it that way. He
based his threats upon the old familiar charge that the news
papers "lied." Said the State's national Democratic committee
man:
"The people and their representatives may decide that it Is
necessary to provide for the punishment for what may be
known as a 'public libel' which would hold a publisher respon
sible for deliberate perversion of the facts whieh might not be
libelous against the individual but which may do damage tn
society as a whole."
Thus does J. Robert Elliott come up with something new
under the sun ? "public libel."
And "public libel," It would seem, would be the label placed
upon adverse criticism of Herman Talmadge and his stalwarts.
J. Robert Elliott charged that the newspapers "deliberately
lied" In an effort to discredit the Talmadge name.
He favors punitive action against publishers of newspapers
courageous enough to speak out against the leaders of a
political machine that is fast developing into a dictatorship,
but he said nothing about punishing political demagogues who
get up before political conventions and assail newspapers that
are trying to serve the interests of the common man of
Georgia.
The State convention, composed solely of ardent supporters
of Talmadge, backed up J. Robert Elliott's condemnation of
the "carpetbag press" by adopting a resolution, asserting that
"many large daily newspapers have sought to control Georgia
politics by twisting of facts, telling half truths and Insinuat
ing falsehoods in an effort to trick the people."
It's almost funny to note a crowd of Talmadge politicians
making charges of trickery.
J. Robert E'.liott knows that the newspapers have carried the
political news fairly and accurately.
What he doesn't like is the comment that has appeared in
the editorial columns.
He doesn't like the comment that has appeared in this news
paper and in other newspapers against Governor Talmadge
and he doesn't like the comment that has appeared against J.
Robert Elliott.
But J. Robert Elliott's threats are not going to ?care the
newspapers of Georgia. The newspapers of Georgia don't scare
easily.
They are not going to allow efforts at intimidation to swerve
them from their course of duty and J. Robert Elliott may be
sure of that. ? Columbus (Ga.) Enquirer.
SUCCESS FORMULA
This week we are publishing an article about one of 8tewart
County's Negroes, who was born and -raised on a farm down
on the river, of poor and humble parentage. His normal life
would have been plowing a mule? but Thursday at Bainbridge
his new quarter-million -dollar hospital was dedicated and bis
OUR MMOCftACT? ? VyM*
c f&veni State
H'' tf tke S^uc'atiow of ifa ^outk."- ojootmssJiI
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ThC SAME BASIC IDEA that DIOGENES PVT INTO WORD?, AtOXM
THAN lOOO YfARS ASO. WAS THC PHILOSOPHY OP THC PIONEERS
WHO ESTABLISHED OUR. SYSTEM OP EDUCATION.
-AND TODAY, WHILE ALL CITIZENS COOPERATIVELY SUPPORT OUR.
schools through taxes, the higher, education .ofour youth
IS FURTHERED BY THRIFTY PARENTS WHO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL
FUNDS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, TMROIWH UP* INSURANCE
AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS -AN EVi X- QAOADWNIH9 rOVNPAT/ON
(N THE PEVELQPMENT OF OUR 0EMOCAACY.
POETRY CORNER
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EDITH DEADERICK ERSKINE
Weavervllle, N. C.
Sponsored by Asheville Branch, National League of American Pen Women
THE SUMMER
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(EDITOR'S NOTE: The author of the following lines
is 10 years of age, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester
Waldroop, of the Cartoogechaye community.)
Oh, how I love the summer I
The children are In good humor;
Pa is never fuming,
Ma is a flower blooming
As we brag on her yum, yum pies ?
Their good taste never dies.
In a tree a bird is singing
And I hear the church bell ringing.
In the meadow I spied a butterfly
And the brook is gurgling, running by
All these wonderful things;
We can never count what summer brings.
ELIZABETH WALDROOP
Franklin, Route 1.
praises were sung by some of the most outstanding men in the
South.
Joseph H. Griffin, one of 17 children of Mary and Robert
Griffin, had ng_ opportunities given him, and he mstde his
breaks by hard work and perseverance. And now, a successful
honored and respected doctor, he was able to invest $250,000 in
the kind of hospital he wanted to see provided for his people.
We contend that there are but very few people of any race or
creed anywhere ? in America ? Who cannot scale the ladder to
success if enough effort is put forth, and the person learns
the first lesson early? that of hard work and being a pro
ducer. . . . Most people who have a goal and are willing to
forego many of the distracting attractions can get to whete
they started.
So, we congratulate Dr. Griffin and know you too are proud
of this humble Stewart County Negro who knew what he
wanted and never lost sight of it ? and now has accomplished
his goal. That's the stuff that success is made of ? regardless
of race. ? Stewart-Webster (Ga.) Journal.
'identified
Two big green bugs all wrapped up In an envelope were
brought this week to the county agent's office by a young
man of the county. He wanted to know what they were.
The office, anxious not to hurt anybody's pride, asked that
the young man's name not be used In the paper. But they did
say he was a graduate of State College.
The bugs were crawling around while people looked them
over. Big greenish-black bugs with beetlebacks, almost an inch
long.
"I know what they are," said Miss Frances Copeland, secre
tary. "They're June bugs!"
And so they were: Familiar to almost every boy about this
time of year, who ties a thread around the June bug's leg
and lets him buzz around In the air.? Goldsboro News-Argus.
A PESSIMIST
It would never do to reveal the names, but this took place
right here this week. A neighbor invited a young child next
door over for a picnic supper. The little one, elated over the
invitation, which came late in the afternoon, accepted With
thanks and the added explanation:
"IH be right over, Just as soon as I flsnlsh my supper."
? Waynesvllle Mountaineer.
? PIPE SMOKERS
Pipe-smokers of our acquaintance for the moct part stay
out of prison because they can't hold a pipe la one hand,
strike a match with the other and wield a knife or. fire a
pistol.? Greensboro Dally New*. ?.<
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as executor
of Isaac Henry Peek, deeefcMd,
late of Macon County, M. C.,
this Is to notify all persons hav
ing claims against the estate of
said deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned on or before
the 1 day of July, 1931, or this
notice will be {dead In bar of
their recovery. All persons In
debted to said estate win please
make Immediate settlement.
This 1 day of July, 1950.
GEORGE R. PEEK,
^ Executor.
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ADMUNISTRATBIX' NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
tratrix of George C. Jenkins,
deceased, lata of Macon Coun
ty, N. C? this .Is to notify all
persons having claims against
the estate of sal# deceased to
exhibit them to the "undersign
ed on or before the 4 day of
August, 1951 or this notice will
be plead in bar of their recov
ery. All persons Indebted to said
estate will 'please make imme
diate settlement.
This 4 day of August, 1950.
CORDELIA JENKINS,
Administratrlv.
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ADMINISTRATRIX* NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
tratrix of W. T. Tlppett, de
oeased, 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 20 day of July,
1951, 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 20 day of July, 1950.
NINA McCOY,
Administratrix
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EXECUTRIX' NOTICE
Having qualified as executrix
of C. S. Cunningham, deceased,
late of Macon County, N.. C.,
this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate
of said deceased to exhibit them
to the undersigned on or be
fore the 1st day of August, 1951
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 1st day of August, 1950.
Leah Cunningham Hastings,
Executrix.
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