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81 it iflnmklin * aniJ Cite 3Jt$Jtlitii;fr* JRarimian st Port Office. rrankUn, N. G, u aeeond class saattsr. VOL LXVm Number 2 PubUafaed every Thursday by The Franklin Press At Ftanklln, North Csrollns Telephone M WKQ1AR JOHBB editor BOB 8. SLOAN Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Out-of -County? One Tsar *3.00 In Maoom Opvnty? One Tear SUO Six Msntbs $1.75 Three Months $1,00 ?Single Copy ? ? -10 Ofefcaary estices. cards ?( Kisnlrs. tributes of respect, by individuals Mpo. sfcwchsi. organisation* or soqeties, will be rcprdcd as sdvertmng and inserted at refhr clsstlfied advertising rates. Such notices will be narked adv.** m comao ?see with the postal requirements. JANUARY 8, 1953 When Will We Learn? The McCarran- Walter immigration apt, which became effective January 1, has been the subject of severe criticism on the ground that its quota provisions are discriminatory against South Euro pean and Oriental countries. t But little has been said about what seems to us a far more serious danger in the act ? its effort to screen immigrants on a basis of their records and> more important, of their political views. * In practical application, this means that the en tire crew of every incoming ship must be carefully screened before crew members may come ashore. But whether practical or not, how strange such legislation would have seemed to the founders of America ! What would General Oglethorpe's settlers of Georgia, men recruited from English prisons, have thought of a law forbidding a man with a prison record to enter this country? What would the men who came from France, the home of the hated French Revolution, have thought of a law forbidding them to enter this country because of they- radical political ideas? What would the New England Puritans ? men of such unorthodox views as to have been driven out of England ? have thought of a law forbidding them to enter this country because they were not members of the Church of England. * What would William Penn's persecuted Quakers have thought? And it was groups like these thik built America ! When will Senator McCarran arnnhis ilk realize that you can quarantine or imprison or kill a man, but that you can do none of those/ things to an idea? that the only thing that can /destroy an idea is to bring it out in the ligh^-wbCTe it can be com pared with othfr ideas? Jesse Ray In the Heath of Jesse Ray, Macon County loses a lovable and colorful figure. His passing, too, under scores a great change in intellectual approach that has taken place in the last half-century. In today's highly practical world, both the in dividual studentf and the men who fix educational policies are more and more inclined to ask of any bit of knowledge: "Is it immediately useful?" If not, it is lil^ely to be ignored. That was not always true. There was a time, and not so long ago, when knowledge ? any knowl edge ? was prized for knowledge's sake ; and Mr. Ray's keen intellectual curjositv typified the atti tude of reverence for knowledge that marked so many of his generation. In Macon County, at least, it was not uncommon for a man or woman of little formal schooling to be possessed of a great store of information ? on history, or geography, or religion, or minerals, or any one of scores of other subjects ; some of them read the encyclopedia, not to find a single bit of information on a particular subject, but for pleas ure and enlightenment. They not only took pride in their knowledge; it was a source of intellectual satisfaction in a day when amusements were rare indeed. Whether today.'s method of evaluating knowledge on a basis of its practical usefulness is progress or retrogression is a purely academic question ? for the change has taken place. And whether thefe will be a swing back to the older attitude is a question that only time can answer. Flattering About the last thing a singer needs to be popular today is a voice, says Bing Crosby. I What counts today is "an unusual style or trick delivery. ? ^ "Volume is also important, it seems. If you can sing loud enough, you're made." Many of us, listening to popular singers who ap pear drunk or crazy or suffering terrible pain, had suspected this ? but lacked the courage to say it. It is highly flattering to have such an authority as Mr. Crosby confirm our suspicions. ? Letters WILL BE MISSED Editor, The Press: "Full many a gem o i purest ray serene The dark, unfathomed caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower Is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air." That was Jess Ray to me. He will be missed by all of us who knew him. A phenomenal memory of geographical places and historical detail was augmented by a big heart and a wealth of com mon sense. Perhaps it doesn't matter "where the Tennessee flows into the Mississippi" or "how the man divided his 23 sheep among his three sons" or about "the beauty of Dolly Madison" or that "President Cleveland wore a size 23 collar" or George Wash ington "a 13 shoe" or "how high Abraham Lincoln was" '6', 4Vi", I think; Jess Ray would never understand how I, as an ex-school teacher, could forget it.) But such things were a source of unending interest to him. Along with everything else, he had character, honor, integ rity, an abiding love of the past, patriotism of a degree that could only thrive on great love of country, and an understand ing mind. E. J. CARPENTER. Franklin, N. C. Others' Opinions TIMELY WARNING (Raleigh News and Observer) An Alamance county man's fourth charge of operating an automobile after his license had been revoked before he could be brought to trial on the three previous charges servA as a timely warning for the General Assembly "convening next month to tighten the driver's license law. This man faces a possible permanent revocation of his li cense because of the State law which calls for indefinite .revo cation upon a motorist's third conviction of driving without a license. His attorneys may argue that their client had not been convicted on the first offense when he was arrested on the same charge three additional times. But revocation should mean revocation. IT'II STILL BE 'IKE' (Centralia (Wash." Chronicle) Some persons have been asking what will become of 'Ike' as a designation after General Eisenhower has been inaugurated. Their concern is whether it is a sufficiently dignified appella tion for the President of the United States. He will be address ed, of course, as "Mr. President." But in the minds and mouths of the people of the United have had no nickname like that for any of the Presidents. But States who was "Ike" in boyhood, at West Point, in two world wars and throughout the presidential campaign will be "Ike" still. This nickname unquestionably will persist in newspaper ac counts of his administration. Those three little letters are the joy of all writers of political headlines ? just three little letters as a substitute for the 10 in "Eisenhower." It Just happens that through the years the American people Mr. Eisenhower likes the name. And ^ will stick to him. SURPRISING (Elkin Tribune) The first nation-wide survey of religious beliefs and practices ever made in the United States was recently completed and showed that only 35 million Americans go to church every week. An equal number, 35 million, never go to church. A slightly larger number, 38 million, ^o to church periodically. The survey showed that although only about one-third of the population goes to church regularly, 99 per cent believe in God. It is interesting to note that of the 35 million who never go to church, many nevertheless identify themselves as either Protestants or Catholics, or members of various denomi nations. V The survey indicates the attitude of many Americans to ward the church is a casual one. Nevertheless the fact that Christ built no church, wrote no book, left no money, and erected no monuments; yet show me ten square miles in the whole earth without Christianity, where the life of man and purity of women are respected, and I will give up Christian ity. ? Drummond. OUR DEMOCRACY^ WHAT PRICE FREEDOM ? FftCf DOM ROM A MOMC ONI Nt+MT WHEN THE WO CO ATS WE*E COMING, FREEDOM LOADED A MUSKET AT LEXINGTON, WRAPPED ITS BLEEOINQ FEET I N *A?S AT VALLEY FORGE ,5K5W?P J A HOPEFUL CONTRACT AT PHILADELPHIA- OU* CONSTITUTION. j In Mimmr(MisiiNC(TM(N,M?wi, wwce.m mooo TMMKS AN? BAP, ?K HAVE STRIVEN TO UPHOcP THAT CUWrWtl, SOMETIMES NT TTOUIU COSTS. mm n no cvr-mcrm muck iwmntMM. 99 per cent of the population believes in God is a strong indi cation that the United States is a bulwark of Christianity. Even so, it is a bit surprising that so many Americans never go to church and this fact is a challenge to all churches in this great country. HARD TO PLEASE (Eric Rogers, Scotland Neck Commonwealth) Talking about this matter of ^trying to please everybody and how far It gets you, Mrs. Mitchell Alkazin relates an old story as follows: , . An old man and his much younger wife and their 12-year old son were making a journey. They had bought one mule to make the trip easier for them. When they started off, the old man told his wife to get on the mule and he and the boy would walk; and this she did. Presently there came along a stranger, and he asked the young woman if she were not ashamed of herself to be riding the mule while she let the old man and the little boy walk. So she got off the mule, and the old man mounted and rode for a while, until another stranger reproached the old man for appropriating the mule for himself and letting his wife and son walk, so immediately the old man dismounted and he and his wife walked behind while the boy rode the mule. Presently another stranger came along and reproached the child for his selfishness in allowing his father and mother to walk instead of utilizing his young legs for that purpose. So off the boy got. After some consultation, the three decided that to avoid criticism they should all ride the mule and so they mounted. Uo sooner was this accomplished," than they met another stranger who criticized the family for overloading the mule./' The three got down quickly from the mule's back and walk ed along the road, leading the mule, and as they passed through a town they could hear laughter from all sides as people made fun of them because they had bought a mule and made no use of him in -their weary journey. And so, the story concludes, it's hard to please everybody. NEED TO KEEP OUR HEADS (Smithfield Herald) Has Senator McCarthy scored again? Prof. Owen Lattimore of Johns Hopkins University, who for years was considered an authority on Chinese affairs, has been indicted on seven counts, one of which is that he was "a promoter of Commun ism and Communist interests." That sort of charge opens the door to all kinds of wild ac cusations which, even though without foundation, might place a suspicion against any professional man's career. Who is to decide what is meant by "promotion" in such a sense? For example, when General George Marshall was sent some years ago to Investigate the Chinese situation, he return ed with a recommendation that Communists be admitted to some posts in the then Chinese government. Does that make him liable to prosecution ten years later on the ground that he was a "promoter" of Communist interest? It is old and sound American doctrine which declares that a man is accountable only for his- acts, and that he can hold whatever opinion he pleases so long as they do not eventuate harmful acts. However, the McCarthy forces see guilt not only in. holding certain opinions but in being seen in the company of certain individuals. No wonder that foreign nations think we have worked our selves into a kind of hysteria about Communism, although we are much further from it than some of them are. / The continuous effort to keep us bathed ih an atmosphere of suspicion may finally create the very state of fear which we accuse the Russians of having. There is some evidence that the incoming administration is preparing to sharpen the war in Korea. If that happens, we need to keep our heads level and our emotions in balance. Newt Making At It Lookt To A Maconlte There Is a saying that "The Leopard can change his spots" and that "The worm will turn". I have always In the past been a big doubter In .these sayings, but a recent happening has caused me to decide that almost anything can happen. Anyway the American Press, particularly the "slick", cover news period icals such as Time, Newsweek, and U. 8. News and World Re port, are beginning to sing a different tune. For the past five years and longer these so-called news magazines have slated their news and editorialized to con vey the idea that: all New Deal legislation was harmful to the economy of the country, that the country was rapidly ap proaching economic chaos, and that statements made by Tru man concerning the welfare on the nation were nothing but political propaganda. Because (this I can't prove, but strongly think) the candidate, who was, and is the choice of their ad vertisers, is going to take over the reins of government they are beginning to sing a differ ent tune. They want to build up confidence in the future be cause without it you don't have economic advancement. To prove my point I would quote a few excerpts from the most recent issue of Time mag azine concerning the economy of the country: Speaking of the year 1952, "It was the most stable year In the last decade." "Despite the great production of goods the limits of expansion were not reach ed." Remember when Henry Wallace was called a dreamer for expressing this idea? Concerning the personal in come of individuals (a point which many said was only fic tion, Time had this to say:) "Personal income after taxes soared to a record $235 billion, industry's profits rose from $9 to $9.3 billion dollars last year, consumers managed to salt away more In 1952 ? $1.5 billion more than '51. The majority of citizens have bigger actual in comes than ever, despite the depreciated dollar. (Doesn't that sound more like a quote from a Truman speech than from pre election Time magazine.) The average worker can now buy a Ford with only 925 hours of labor vs 998 hours in 1932 ? even though the cost of the greatly Improved car has .risen from $445 to $1,526. He can buy a $10,000 home for 6,024 hours of Continued on Pa gt Three ? I i Do You Remember? (Looking backward through the files of The Press) 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK It is estimated that there are about 10,000,000 Smiths in the world. Frank T. is one of them. Hons. Sam L. Rogers and H. H. Jarrett left Sunday after noon for Raleigh, the former to meet with the Corporation Commission yesterday, and the latter to take his seat today in the House of Representatives as the representative of Macon County. Mr. W. R. Stallcup left Sat- ' urday for Raleigh. He Is a can didate for door keeper of the House of Representatives. 25 YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hunnicutt arrived in Franklin Friday after having spent several days In Washington, D. c., on their honeymoon. Mr. John Trotter, of Cullo whee, was shaking hands with his friends in Franklin Wednes day of this week. Dr. and Mrs. J. h. Fouts spent last week-end with their son, Attorney Dover Fouts and his wife, at Burnsville. 10 YEARS AGO Mrs. Lydle Passmore, of Car toogechaye, came to town this week for the first time in 14 years. On New Year's evening Bill Moore gave a dinner at eagle's Cafe In honor of the men oper ating and the men working In the Jim Moore Mica mine on the Moore estate. Mr. Jack Wilcox and Mrs Tu dor Hall were hostesses at a New Year's dance Friday eve ning, entertaining a number of friends at the home of the former, Mrs. H. D. Randall, on Billy Cabin Mountain. (High lands Highlights).
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