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? Staff Photo bv J. P. Brady Guard John Henry is the center of attention as he leaves the floor to drop the ball through the strings for two more Franklin points in a gaone here Friday night against Clyde High. Cen ter Dolpha Fouts (54) eyes the ball, ready to use his height to tip it through the hoop if Henry misses. Franklin won the non-conference game, 71 to 53. News Making Continued From Editorial Page in peace times? (The above of course is based on supposition that Malenkov so guides the Russians that the world be comes temporarily a more peaceful place to live in). The second problem, which is an outgrowth of the first, pro vides a problem that will re quire great vision and imagina tion on the part of those who govern our destiny. Let hs assures for the mom ent that we are lured into the confusing shadows of a twilight peace and that millions of Americans are discharged from the armed forces. Also that millions of Americans are dis charged from jobs in industry ?Where they have been working on the supplies necessary to maintainence of a strong mili tary force. Where are these mil lions of unemployed to find work? Will the government ?which is an instrument of the people, created to help the peo ple meet the problems that con front them from generation to generation, stand idly by, or will the government be in the hands of men who will have force and imagination to use this instrument to meet the people's needs? Mostly About Us Continued From Editorial Page ad in this week's issue. He, too, had lost a pig. He, too, had been to the livestock sale. He, too, was on his way home when he looked in the back of his truck to discover that the pig was gone. "It wasn't, by any chance", the editor asked, a little weak ly, "a WHITE pig?" "Why, yes, as a matter of fact, it was." . i Once more, with considerable determination, feet went back on desk. But once more it wasn't for long. Once again the telephone rang . . . "Long distance is calling from ifj rO*r ^ &*tOf Canton, Ohio", said the opera tor. "Must be some mistake, op erator; I know nobody in Can ton." But it wasn't a mistake. Over the phone came the voice of the Canton caller, "I'm calling The Franklin Press, in Franklin, North Carolina." This time it was the proud father of a daughter, born a few hours earlier. (See Macon's Newest Citizens", page 12.) The parents were reared in this county, it developed, and the father hoped so much he was in time to get an announce ment of the baby's birth in this week's issue of The Press. ? * * This time the feet didn't even start toward the desk. Instead, they took the editor on his way home. But as he walked, he found suddenly that he wasn't tired any more ? as always happens, if you stick around a country newspaper office long enough, something had come along to give a lift to the spirit. To parents of half a dozen children, to persons old enough to have forgotten the thrill of becoming parents, that young father may appear both fool ish and extravagant. Well, maybe so . . . But to the editor of a weekly newspaper in a little mountain town, that young man has a wisdom that transcends our workaday definitions of that quality. He is wise enough to still find wonder in the miracles that happen around us every day. And so, for what they may be worth, here are congratula tions to young Brenda Sue Car penter. Any little girl who is so proudly welcomed is fortunate indeed. STRICTLY PERSONAL By WEIMAR JONKS Continued From Editorial Pace for school equipment, .recrea tional facilities for the young er generation, and other need ed Improvements. "Summary ? active Chris tianity (friendliness), a tidy town, more industry." ? ? ? From the Rev. C. C. (Tump) Welch, of Olenville, Jackson County, formerly of this county, and once a resident of Chero kee. comes this bit of Interest ing information: People of the Unaka com munity, scene of last week's slaying of Cherokee's Sheriff Frank Crawford, have told Mr. Welch that there are buried in the Unaka cemetery 49 men "who died with their boots on" (by gunfire). ? ? ? What was really significant about the death. In the N. C. I General Assembly last week, of legislation to provide for a ref- | erendum on a cash bonus lor. Tar Heel veterans was not so much what happened as the who and how of what happen ed. For the bill was killed by unanimous vote of the house committee on veterans affairs. ' And that committee is made up exclusively of vet erans! ! Even before that, there was j strong evidence that a large i proportion of World War 2 vet ;rans opposed a bonus. Even the Amvets, the veterans or ganization sponsoring the pro posal, openly split on the pro posal. Quite aside from the merits )r demerits of the proposal, ;hat is a healthy sign. It al vays is a healthy sign when nembers of a group look at a >ublic question from a view joint other than that of their ;roup selfishness. The large jroportion of these young men vho oppose a state bonus ob 'iously are more interested in he welfare of the state as a vhole than they are in receiv ng a bit of cash for them elves, handy as that bit of ash might come in. Under a slightly cynical sur ace, most of these young men, though few of them would say It publicly, believe In a thine called patriotism, and doubt If It can be paid for In dollars and cents. One of them, a Macon vet eran of the last war now liv ing elsewhere, In a personal let ter raises the question as to whether there can be "a patrio tism market, wherein each act of service shall be paid for as any other commodity". "Unfortunately", he com ments, the economic laws of supply and demand cannot be used to weigh such values, "since the patriotism supply is eternally short, and the demand is insatiable". Writing before action of the legislative committee killing the proposed bonus referendum, he asked: "Are we become a nation of hireling combatants. Is our de fense of ourselves to be com pensated by a life of handouts ever afterward? "What of Ethan Allen's strength? ? what of Washing ton's resolve to spend himself entirely before asking quarter? ?what of Lee's faith that his :ause, even though lost, was worth more than his fortune, or tils life If needed? What re action would they have had" to ;he suggestion of a cash bonus? Listing some of the benefits (iven veterans of World War 2, he concluded that the really big thing they hare Is "a chance to live in a land which remains free. "I believe I'll remain grateful for the chance I had (to be of service In World War 2), asham ed that I could do no more, re solved to make up for the past by greater effort" In the fu ture. ? ? ? Our bow to The Asheville Citizen for the funniest, the truest, and the most timely typographical error of the year. Referring to Uncle Sam's tax collection agency, The Cttixen one day last week called it "the Eternal Revenue Department". P. S. To half a dozen people, Including The CI tiara linotype operator who made that error, mj thanks for writing this week's column of miscellany. FOR COMPLETE Electric Service and Supplies Phone 66 OR SEE J. P. WURST WANTED 4/4 AND 6/4 POPLAR LUMBER HIGHEST CASH PRICES Call, Wire or Write Calvin Garrett TOCCOA, GEORGIA Phone 66 or 558-L 1 ?$ ! ft mi sr car for STALLING until you try this GAS Esso Extra Gasoline now contains an added ingredient that helps pre vent "carburetor icing" . . . one of the commonest causes of stalling. 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