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Jfit&nklin unit Q\xt BiigJjlnniis JUnrattmn VOL. LXm Number 45 Published every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Franklin, North Carolina Telephone 24 Entered at Post Office, Franklin, N. C., as second class matter. WEIMAR 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 Sl.ou Single Copy ; .10 notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, by individuals. ?i>d?e*. nnixstions or societies, will be regarded as advertising and inserted *r __ ufied advertising rstes. Such notices will be marked "adv." ia cooipU with the postal requirements. NOVEMBER 6, 1962 OUR President This is written on Friday, four days before the election. But what is said below can be said as well before the balloting as after the votes are counted: The man elected by the people of the United States November 4 to be their President is the choice of the majority; and it is an honored tra dition in America to accept the verdict of the ma jority graciously. But merely to accept the result is not enough today. After January 20, the man chosen in Tuesday's voting will be something more than the standard bearer of a great party ? he will be the President of all the people of the United States. As such, he deserves the loyal support of all Americans ? at least unless and until he proves limself unworthy of support. And good Americans if both parties will pray that he may prove worthy ?the fate of all of us may hang upon that. The greatest among our Presidents have publicly ivowed their dependence upon divine aid. Surely he man who must make the fateful decisions of he next four years, the man who must bear the errible burdens of the Presidency during the next our years, will need such aid ? yes, and the prayers ?f all of us that he may have the wisdom and the trength to measure up to the great responsibility 'ou and I have placed upon him. Still With Us ? I ' * The election is over. ^ But some of the trends pi thinking ? rather, of nthinking ? that the campaign revealed unfortun tely remain with us. Adlai Stevenson and Dvvight Eisenhower were, nd are, both big men. To seriously question the haracter of either was not pnlv criminally false ut childishly stupid. Yet it happened repeatedly. Take this scene, for example: The place, a swank banquet hall in Chicago. The me, a week before the election. The speaker, a fnited States senator. The chief sponsor, the head f one of America's great businesses. The audience, group of leaders from half a dozen mid-Western ates, who paid $50 a plate to attend the meeting. At that gathering of presumably intelligent peo e, the speaker's text was "The Stevenson Story" ? deliberate attempt, by suggestion and innuendo, Uf-truth and dishonest logic, by tone of voice and / half-truths and dishonest lobic, by tone of voice id intellectual trickery, to tie the Democratic nom ee for President to Communist elements. The fact e victim happened to be Stevenson is not the >int ; what took place would have been equally arming had the speaker been a Democratic sena r and his .subject "The Eisenhower Story". Nor was it what the speaker said and did that I ade the gathering significant : after all, the speech j as in character for Senator McCarthy. What was j ?nificant was the reaction of his audience. 'To those watching by television and listening by dio, there was no hint of thinking on the part of is top-fltrata audience, no evidence of any critical amination of what the speaker said. The entire jponse was emotional. {When Senator McCarthy mentioned Stevenson name, the reaction was boos. When he charged evenson or his associates with actions that, in ^mselves, are in no sense crimes, the crowd was tensed. 'And when he resorted to the trick *bf an parent slip of the tongue to call Stevenson "Alg ? (Hiss), and then correct it to "Adlai", the >wd roared with laughter. Xo mob engaged in a iching could have been a less reasoning group. Nothing quite like it has happened since a mad .n harangued noisy crowds in Germany in the p 1930-s. Welcome, Strangers! To Mr. and Mrs. William V. Costello, of Green ville, S. C., The Press extends a welcome to West ern North Carolina, and especially to Western North Carolina newspaperdotn. The Costellos, experienced young newspaper folk, have just bought The Cherokee Scout from Miss Addie Mae Cooke, who has published the Murphy newspaper for the past 10 years. We can think of no more fitting language in which to make our mountain manners to the new comers than the good, strong, colorful phrase ology of the mountains ? a language we grew up with, and which they, no doubt, will learn to ap preciate, too. Speaking in that language of the mountains, we say to our new neighbors: Welcome, strangers ! You've come a right smart piece. Well, we're proud to have you. 'Light and come in ! And now you're here, we hope you'll set a spell ! Here Are Winners i=IN LIONS CLUB ESSAY CONTEST-= (EDITOR'S NOTE: Below are the three winners, chosen from 47 entries, in the Franklin Lions club's Macon County high school essay contest on the subject, "Why Vote?" While it is unfortunate that the winning entries were not available for publication before this year's election, the lessons in good citizenship, outlined by these young people, are worth pondering, for the future.) FIRST PLACE Every person who Is 21 years of age or over has the right to vote. As a citizen it is the duty of each individual to cast his vote in the county, state, and the national elections. Our gov ernment officials are picked by the vote of the American pub lic. If we are to have good governing bodies we must study the current situations and cast our vote honestly. Government policies, especially national ones, are generally believed to be corrupt in some departments. If this is true, it is of the highest importance that each person, providing he Is eligible, take a part in the coming elections. Our future de pends so much upon our choosing the country's leaders wisely that we cannot afford not to vote. Let us suppose that every farmer, laborer, and common work ing employe decided not to vote. The nation would fall into the hands of the big business men of the country. Before we had a chance to realize what was happening, the chief lead ers would concern themselves only with the troubles of finan ciers. Gradually, the voting would be in the hands of these few leaders. After only a few elections they would be divided among themselves and soon the stronger party would smother out the remaining weaker party. Our nation would then be thrown into the hands of a dictatorship or a socialist regime. Thus we must exercise our privilege to vote. Imagine trying to support a family and educate children outside a democracy. Our sons and daughters would not be free to choose their own life work and their intelligence would be used by the government. The voting population can make or break this great nation of ours. It is the solemn duty of every person to follow closely the political trends and think seriously about what could be done to bring further prosperity and harmony to our country. We are far better off economically today than we have ever been before. We cannot hope to continue in this present con dition if we do not help pick capable leaders. Every intelligent person should be able to realize that war is inevitable. Neither party is responsible for the aggression of other nations. The common mistake of people today is blam ing our governing personalities with the unavoidable misfor tunes of the country; however, some politicians have destruc tive views on our economic situation. That is why every per son should take a definite stand on the political issues. Our young people who are not yet of voting age should study and learn all they can in order to be able to choose wisely when the time comes. The United States of America is enjoying freedom of speech, the press, and freedom of religion today. It is up to every red blooded American to do his or her very best to keep the coun try on the forward movement. This can be achieved largely through the honest and sincere voting of each citizen. BRYAN HURST SECOND PLACE What country in the world today offers her citizens more privileges than America? In what other country besides Amer ica is there the privilege of voting for whomever and what ever we wish? The citizens of America should realize that not too many years ago the privilege of voting democratically was not theirs. They should take pride in this privilege and should try to in fluence those who feel irresponsible about voting to uphold this privilege and duty. If we want to have honest, dependable men in our govern ment, we must vote for the person or persons who we feel are the best qualified to fill the public offices. The person who does not go to the polls and vote when he has the opportunity to do so has no right to complain if the wrong man or men are elected to fill public offices. The voter should realize that it is his duty and also his privilege to help put the best qualified persons into public offices. Only by his influence and by his vote can the voter obtain this purpose. Unless everyone casts his vote, we cannot have a true rep resentation of the people. For the will of the people is known by their vote. Only by voting can we hope to win and to keep a good gov ernment. We must have a good government in order to be pro gressive. Unless we are progressive We will become weak and we might lose our privilege of voting. American citizens will have the opportunity to exercise their voting privilege and duty in the big election in November. American citizens will be able to elect the man whom they want for President of the United States in November. Every citizen In America should realize that voting is not only his privilege but also his duty. American citizens should The humblest citizen in all armour of a righteous cause, is evil.? William Jennings Bryan. the land, when clad in the stronger than all the hosts of OUR DEMOCRACY byM* AMERICANS ALL Election oav ove*. wc cam, having discharged a PftlMA&V DUTy AS -CITIZENS, SETTLE DOWN TO THE Al r 6000 "vim. m? On THOSE CHAR.6ED WITH CARRYING forward our. national GOVERNMENT RESTS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SERVING THE INTERESTS OF ALL. THE PEOPLE -AND A RESPONSIBLE OPPOSITION CAN HELP SHAPE TH*T COURSE. , iff If ... . . , ,i li t 1 On each op us too- as citizens- ItESTS an equal RESPONSIBILITY- FOR TAKING AN ACTIVE, INFORMED INTEREST IN NATIONAL AFFAIRS. SO WE CAN BEST DEMONSTRATE BEFORE THE WORLD THE VITALITY, STRENGTH AND HIGH PURPOSE OP OUR DEMOCRACY. be proud of the privilege and should always be faithful to their country by voting for whatever they believe is right. MYRA CRAWFORD THIRD PLACE Yes, Americans are quick and energetic, but tb~ 'strangely resemble the tortoise in certain respects. You can probably guess what at least one of these is. Americans are slow In at tending to government matters. If any employe should be as slow and Inefficient In attending to his work in the factory or in the office as most men are about their work as citizens, he would certainly find himself without a job. There is no one to discharge the citizen who does slow, poor work for the nation. Voting is like pressing a button; but because it takes a few extra steps to press the button, sometimes half the people do not do it. They are slow about It ? slow to get ready to vote, slow to follow up the act of voting. In the critical year of 1942, more than a third of the citizens entitled to vote in the No vember elections failed to go to the polls. The act of voting is only one tiny part of running a democ racy. Even if every citizen voted at every election, that alone would not make a strong democracy. Many other things are necessary. One is to see that the best possible persons are elected to office, and that they do their duty In a way to benefit the people. This double duty of all citizens is so dif ficult that sometimes it seems impossible. How can a busy per son know all the candlates for office? How can he watch the hundreds of government officials at their work? There is only one way in which you can elect the right of ficials and see that they do not become corrupt. It is a simple way. You must form an organization of voters whose work is to keep you informed about the candidates for office and about the men who are already in office. This is the only way, but it is not easy. That which is easy is seldom successful. It will cost time and money to belong to such an organization, but this yqu can call a part of the taxes you pay for living in a democracy. There is another point worth considering. We in the United States elect a great many public officeholders, important and unimportant. A small number of them, when they get In of fice, have something to say about how the government is go ing to be run. They are the policy-makers. The smart voter pays special attention to these key candidates. These officials we should choose both for their character and for the pro gram they represent. It is on the basis of these ideas and not because of their w^r record, their family life, or their boyhood poverty that they should be elected. Study the situation, decide on your candidate, and when November 4th arrives be prepared to vote. JOYCE BALDWIN STRICTLY PERSONAL By WEIMAR JONES Perhaps' the most richly re warding part of an editor's Job, especially the editor of a 'small town newspaper, Is the letters he receives. Some of them are for publi cation, but a far larger number are personal. Some come from personal friends, some from mere acquaintances, and some from persons the editor has never met. And because Macon lans are scattered all over the world, they come from every where, and represent widely varying viewpoints. There is an occasional letter of abuse. Many thoughtful per sons take time out to write a complimentary note about some thing the paper has done or said. And an even larger num ber are private discussions with the editor of subjects of public interest ? ranging from the need for recreation for Macon youth to tidelands oil and foreign aid. They are heart-warming and stimulating; and they are vast ly encouraging, in the way they show the earnest, honest think ing of so many people In so many different circumstances. Two that came last week were in that category. Since thej were personal-^reTOft, the writ ers' names cannot be used, but passages from them are well worth passing .on to the readers of The Press. One came from a friend in Italy, and Americans in Europe evidently were as intensely in terested in the election as those lii the United States. "I am so excited about the Stevenson campaign", wrote this friend, "I can hardly believe my eyes as I read his honest, forceful analytical speeches, as I recognize his courage, hit candor, and his wisdom. Do you suppose we Americans are going, at long last, to get the leade - we so desperately need (and don't deserve!)? In everj great qri?is our leaders have bobbea up ? Washington, Jeffer son, Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt We haven't deserved them, we haven't recognized them. And how we have used them! "Right now, when the whole world is turning to us with des peration for real dynamic lead ership, which thus for, since Roosevelt's death, we hatfe fall Continued on Pare Three ? News Making As It Looks To A Maconite ? By BOB 81/5 AN This is being written on Monday before the election, but by the time it is printed Dwight Eisenhower will be elected pres ident of the United States by an electoral vote of approxi mately 290 votes to 243 votes for Stevenson. This isn't my wish ? only my opinion. My chief concern is a hope that after being elected Gen eral Eisenhower will not let hifi promise to "Bring the boys home" cause him to withdraw American support from the United Nations thereby wreck ing the hopes for world peace for many years to come. Just as the United States has kept peace on this continent so is the only hope for an eventual world peace a strong United Nations. T nf mo V?r\rvo onH nra \j that. tiv. V UO iiupv u?u 1?J ??? - before we pull out of Korea thereby wrecking the United Nations, that we realize that to do so will mean that the casu alties and deaths our men have suffered will then be rendered meaningless. However, General Eisenhower is now in the middle. He has just been elected partly because of a promise to "Bring the boys home" and yet deep in his heart he must know that this will be the undoing of much of the work he has spent the last few years doing in build ing a strong international or ganization in Europe. Maybe I am wrong, maybe the election will go the other way. If so, I hope every Amer ican bends every effort to sup porting the cause of the United Nations and world peace. I be lieve that the men who are fighting In Korea are fighting for a cause and a principle as much as the men who fought in Valley Forge. I am sure,, too, that the cause looks no more hopeless to them than it did to that tattered and ragged army which General Washing ton knelt in the snow to pray for. Regardless of the result of the election, let's not let our bick ering and quarreling so divide us that we all cease to work for the cause of world peace through the most practical me dium available ? the United Nations. Before the campaign began we realized that this struggle in Korea was a United Nations effort, then for campaign pur poses by some it was branded "Truman's War." Let's now get back in to the proper perspec Continued On Pane Three? Do You Remember? (Looking backward through the files of The Press) 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Mr. Ralph and Miss Mary Beal, of Murphy, were visiting relatives in this county last week. The election yesterday was very quiet. The dispensary had been closed since Friday eve ning which shows that if no liquor was sold here there would be less trouble. Rev. Prank Siler came over from Asheville yesterday. He will take his little baby girl back with him as the new par sonage is ready for occupancy. 25 TEARS AGO Cullasaja Council No. 158, Junior Order United American Mechanics, Friday afternoon , formerly presented the local school with an American Flag and a Bible. Talk about climate! There are raspberries ripening in Frank lin now, also apple trees in bloom. The Scott Griffin roof gar . den was beautiful Monday eve " ning with decorations of yellow and black crepe paper and bright autumn leaves which carried out the Halloween idea for the masquerade ball. i MrS. D. D. Rice and daugh ter returned Saturday from a visit to Mrs. Rice's parents in Atlanta. 10 YEARS AGO ? Mrs. J. E. S. Thorpe returned recently from a visit to her children, Mr. and Mrs. Foster . Brown Thorpe, in Westport, Conn., and to her new grand son, John Forgrave Thorpe, who was born in September. The congregation of the Franklin Methodist church gave a pounding to their pastor, Dr. J. L. Stokes II, and Mrs. Stokes on l>r. Stokes' return from con ference in Asheville.
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