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?Jt t fflxnnklxn atii Hht IJjgkhuiits ^6intnnmn ?OL. Lxvn Number 36 Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Fsanklln, North Carolina Telephone 24 Entered at Post Office, Franklin, N. C., as second class matter. fflDMAR JONES - Editor BOB 8. SLOAN -Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Out-of-County ? One Year $3.00 In Macon County? One Year. $2.50 Six Months - $1.75 Three Months $1.00 Single Copy .10 Obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, by individuals, lodges, churches , organizations or societies, will be regsrded as advertising and inserted at regolsr classified advertising rstes. Such notices will be marked adv." in compli ance with the postal requirements. SEPTEMBER 4, 1952 A Mockery And A Sham? Here are some comments about the Macon Cotin ty Home for the aged and infirm : "? "Four rooms cannot be heated, due to a con demned chimney", and so . . . "One woman stayed in a room without heat" last winter. "A sick man needs to be in hospital instead of Count v'Home." "The building' as a whole is in bad need of re pair." Examples': "Fire escape is. not safe." "Bad leak 'in' kitchen." In addition, the Home 4 "Needs hew beds and bedding." Those are not our comments. They are not the comments of some out-of-county visitor, to the County Home. They are not the comments of any one person. They are comments contained in the report of the Macon County grand jury, presented at the August term of court. They are thus the findings of a group of substantial Macon County citizens ; citizens chosen for their character and judgment) and dependability. And because temperateness of expression is a characteristic of the people of this county, the chances are that what these grand jurors said in their report is understatement. It is worth noting, too, that this is not the first grand jury to criticize the condition and operation of the County Home; and that the criticisms they make echo those heard for years from almost every person who has visited the Home. * * * This newspaper is not censuring, any one indi vidual. It is not sure that any one individual is to blame. But we offer this suggestion : If we in this community are willing for the help less inmates of our County Home ? men and wom en who are old and sick, without money ahd even without friends ? if we are willing for them to live under such conditions, then we should start tomor row to tear down all our churches. For if we are willing to tolerate such conditions, our religion is a mockery and a sham. Added Reason i Yesterday school opened. That brings a responsibility to parents and teach er*. It also brings a responsibility to every person who drives an automobile or a truck. For when school is in session, children are going to be crossing streets and highways and country roads ; they may even be playing in the streets and roads. So, starting right now, there is an added reason to drive carefully. If we don't drive carefully, it may mean some child's life. This year there will be no traffic deaths of Ma con County children if all of us drive, at all times, as though the child in the street or road, the child around the corner, were our child. Out of the mouths of today's babes and sucklings comes ? "gimme 1" Bouquets Choice flowers from our bouquet garden to . . . Judge William H. Bobbitt and the Nantahala Power and Light Company. To Judge Bobbitt for the business-like and ex peditious manner in which he conducted the August term of Macon superior court. While there was no suggestion of slurring over important cases that warranted careful attention, Judge Bobbitt kept things moving. Result : The court disposed of 79 of the 137 cases on the criminal docket, all in a matter of five days. To the Nantahala Power and Light company for its forward-looking policy in installing two-way radio outfits on its maintenance and service trucks and engineers' automobiles. The investment, it is to be hoped, will prOve a monev-saver for the com pany, but the big dividend will go to the custpmers, in the form of faster and better service. Our American Civilization Buying more and more time-saving devices; find ing less and less time to earn enough money to pay for them. ' Letting the children do as they please, today; reading the riot act to them when they don't please tn <ln as we think they should, tomorrow. Making pnssession of money and ability at the bridge table the criteria of social standing; look ing down our noses at the old idea that family was a proper standard. ComplSkiniTtgjMtterly about prices when we make every-day purchases of necessities ; cheerfully pay ing four prices for things we don't need when we buy them in an atmosphere of swank. i ? Letters A VISITOR IS IMPRESSED Editor, The Press: ' During the past week my wife and I had the privilege and honor of1. passing through your lovely city and at that time we encountered an incident that I will never forget as long as I live. As we came into Franklin from Route 23, we turned left on the highway to Highlands and, after leaving town, I saw a sign indicating that we were on Route 64. Since we were on our way to Atlanta, I knew we were on the wrong road. I stopped at the Sinclair station near the foot of the hill just out of the business district to ask directions and to service the car. As we drove up, the attendant came to the window and I said, "fill it up". Then the manager, or at least the man in charge, came up and was servicing the front end of the car and at the same time gave direction to Atlanta. After the man ager" serviced the front, I got out and glanced at the pump and it indicated $1.62 in sales. I gave the manager that amount. After we drove off, the attendant asked the manager if he had put any gas in our car; he said, no, that he thought he , (the attendant) had. Well, any way, they came to the ' con clusion that neither had put gas in, so he jumped in his car and overtook us several miles out of town to give us our money back. I think that was one of the greatest acts of honesty and decency a man could do, and that is what motivated this letter. I think this is a story-of public interest, since it indicates that there are still honest men in the world. LAWRENCE K1MBERLY. Jacksonville, Fla. Other's Opinions MOONLIT HISTORY (Charlotte News) Tar Heels have known it for some time, but more and more staters are noticing that North Carolina has some top-notch theater (and a fine tourist attraction) in our four outdoor his torical dramas. Latest to prick up their ears are the editors of Business Week, which carries a fine illustrated piece on them in its current issue. With the addition this year of Thunderland, at Asheville, and Horn In the West, at Boone, to Unto These Hills at Cherokee and the granddaddy to the open air dramas, Manteo's The Lost Colony, ticket sales for these productions are expected to reach 500,000 this year. That will mean an income of $1 million, much of which Is ploughed back into/ productions, put into scholarships, ox used to repay confident and enthusiastic local citizens who put up the cash when a production was but a gleam in the eyes of someone like Authors Paul Oreen, Kermit Hunter, Musician Lamar Stringfleld, Director Sam Selden, or Mrs. B. W. Stallings up at Boone. These productions have a lot to do in making North Caro lina's $350 million tourist business the third largest Industry in the state. More than that, they're a wonderful way of pre serving and teaching the state's rich history, while affording capable local actors an outlet for their talents. When one takes OUR DEMOCRACY BE SURE yOU ARE KSQMX-THEN GO AHEAD Davy Crockett- mighty WOODSMAN AND FRONTIER. SCOOT, TRULY LIVED BY HIS FAMOUS MOTTO. . C t .1s.it Though self-taught, with LITTLE FORMAL SCHOOLING, HE "WENT AHEAD* TO BECOME AN ABLE STATESMAN. He DIED AT THE ALAMO, FIGHTING FOR THE PIONEERING FREEDOM THAT HE LOVED AND LIVED. THE KIND OF FREEDOM DAW CROCKETT AND HIS FELLOW PIONEERS GAVE OUR COUNTRY HELPED LAY THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FREEDOM WE ENJOY TODAY IN OUR DEMOCRACY. ill one of these dramas 'neath a Carolina moon, he gets his history pretty easijy (and pretty straight i along with some darned good theatre. It's a wonderful way to spend an evening. . I BUT DON T RUB i Mrs. Theo Davis in Zebulon Record) This summer's extreme heat has caused numerous cases of "sun poison", as some call the burns it makes on face and arms. If sufferers are willing to try my Aunt Jennie's preven tive far this, it might lessen the need for cure. 1 Before going into hot sunshine, Aunt Jennie coateckjace and 1 arms with clabber or thick buttermilk. Over this, while it was 1 '.yet, she patted all the sifted cornmeal that would stick on. ] The mixture made a protective mask from which her black eyes looked out with a truly startling effect. But it kept off sun burn, and when worn with a sunbonnet, actually bleached the skin. One word of caution: Do not rub the faoe while the milk-and-meal plaster is on. Death is nature's remedy for all things. ? Dickens. There is a true glory and true honor, the glory of duty done, the honor of the integrity of principle. ? Robert E. Lee. It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him in dependent, so much as the smallness of his wants. ? Cobbett. The two great civilized qualities are foresight and the capac ity for continuous effort toward a remote goal ? Charles W. Eliot. STRICTLY PERSONAL By WEIMAR JONES Ever stop to think bow much money the world would have to spend for construc - hre things If it were not nec essary to buy locks and keys, and to pay policemen to pro tect property? That question is suggested by the letter, published on this page, from Mr. Lawrence Kim berly. The incident recounted by < Mr. Kimberly seemed to him very unusual? so unusual that he took the trouble to write a letter about it. What may strike him as more remarkable is that what happened will not seem particularly unusual to most readers of The Press. It won't for the rery good reason that It is the kind of thing moat people here would do themselves ? and expect their neighbors to do. The truth is, Mr. Kimberly, that honesty Is pretty well tak en for granted here. To Illu strate: When we go away for a week-end, we often forget to lock the doors. If It should oc cur to us, while we are away, that we left everything open, we don't worry. We know that, mora than 99 times out of 100, we'll get back to find things exactly the way we left them. (Unless, perhaps, a neighbor took the wash in of/ the line, when It started to rain, or turned the water off, when the temperature began to drop.) Another thing we here In Ma con County are inclined to for get ? and that Mr. Kimberly 's letter reminds us of ? is the fact that this is one of the few places in the world where peo ple don't have to lock their doors. That is a situation so desir able, so unusual, that It Is up to us to make sure it contin ues. Who ha* a suggestion as to HOW we can make sore THAT doesn't chance in an otherwise fast -changing Ma eon County? BP I have a serious complaint to make to Mr. Harold Gray. It's one I've had for a long time, but Just never got around to registering. Mr. Oray, it will be recalled by leaders of the comics, Is the author of "Little Orphan An nie". It's a great comic, a great story, and I never miss It But . . . I know, of course, that the private enterprise system has wrought wonders in America; I am for It, even a small part of It; I am In favor of preserv ing it. But when I have to get a sermon about It in the com ics ? well, that's Just too much! That's not what I read the comics for. Right now, for Instance, I am much Interested in the Maha raja of Metaphor. But my in terest in him Is solely in how he may affect Annie's fortunes. I don't give a darn about the economic system In hlfl mythic al land of Metaphor. Please, Mr. Gray, sermons and even propaganda have their place, hot NOT in the Continued On Page Seven? News Making As It Looks To A Maconite ? By BOB SLOAN This week another term of public school has started and again thousands of school chil dren will be traveling the streets and highways of oar country. Let's mal ? a firm re solve to drive with care and use extra caution when we are in the vicinity of a school house. Remember the life of the child you save, Is very dear. Speaking of schools, a lot has been said concerning the need of more money for teachers, better equipment, etc. One of the places where either the state or the county falls down the most ts in the providing of funds for janitorial service. Under our present system the money is provided by the state for janitor's salaries. The jan itor of a school the size of the East Franklin grammar school <eight class rooms, auditorium, cafeteria) receives $115.00 per month. For that he is expected to keep the building clean and look after the furnace. To me, it seems, that this would cer tainly require the services of one man about full time. There is very little, if any, chance for him to make any outside money. If the man has a family of five can he even feed them for $115.00 per month? If he can he shouldn't be janitor of a school, he should be head of a big business, because he is a wizard at buying and manag ing. Today we have a big in vestment in our buildings and they should be kept up prop erly. But if the state doesn't feel like paying even a living wage to those who maintain our buildings can you expect them to feel very concerned about the buildings. I would like to see the teachers and principals show the concern about this underpaid part of our school personnel that they showed about their own salaries. ? ? ? There is considerable specu lation about the purchase or aption of some land in East Franklin from Homer Mashburn by a man named Murphy from Michigan. The land in question is four acres of level land on First street across from Harve Bryant's house. I may be wrong, but it seems to me that those who are trying to make this into another plant coming here are idling their gears because this is in the residential zone set up by the zoning ordinance passed by the town council. Continued On Page Seven ? Do You Remember? (Looking backward through the files of The Press) 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Lieut. Sam B. Gibson, of Swain County, attended the re union here Friday and Satur day. . Messrs. W. W. Sloan, Harry Jones, T. J. Johnston, Burton Lyle, Paul Robinson, Walter Deal and Miss Selma Staten, Mollie Moore, Mary Redding, and Ethel Deal went up to the Wayah Bald this forenoon and will return Friday or Saturday. Chas. Hopper and Terrell Par rish have set up a harness shop' In Penland and Cos. old store house. (Smith Bridge). ~25 YEARS AGO Rev. and Mrs. F. O. Dry man, of Morven, are spending a va cation with friends and rela tives in Macon County. Mr. Dry man was reared near Scaly and has numerous friends, not only in that section of the coiatty, but elsewhere who are glad to welcome him and his family on their periodical visits home. Judge Willis celebrated his birthday Saturday with a party for a few friends at his camp on Wayah creek. Mr. Charlie Teague, president and general manager of the Macon Food Products company, announced Monday that the cannery would open Tuesday. 1* YEARS AGO Mrs. Temple L. McCombs ar rived Tuesday to accept the po sition of Macon County Health nurse succeeding Miss Kather ine Shuford. Somebody must be Joafing on the job. There hasn't been a fire on the Normandie for some weeks now . . . London, we read, is planning to reduce the oper ation of Its elevators by 50 per cent. That's one way of reduc ing war's ups and downs. (Frankie Macon).
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