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?J xt fflmnkiin Rttil IHigitlan&s JttarxmiRtt Entered at Poet Office, Franklin. N. C.. ee second dees matter Published every Thursday by The Franklin Preaa Franklin. N. C. Telephone 24 WEIMAR JONES Editor BOB 8. SLOAN ? Business Manager J. P. BRADY News Editor MRS. EDWARD CRAWFORD Office Manager CARL P. CABE Mechanical Superintendent FRANK A. STARRETTE Shop Superintendent DAVID H. SUTTON Stereotyper CHARLES E. WHTTTINOTON Preaaman SUBSCRIPTION RATES Outside Macon County One Tear $3.00 BIZ Months 1.75 Tbree Months 1.00 Inside macon uountt One Tear $2.50 Six Months 1.75 Three Months 1.00 SEPTEMBER 23, 1954 Makes Problem Simpler For a long time now, there has been a widespread tendency td use the words "segregation" and "dis crimination" interchangeably ; as though the mean ings were identical. They are not. By definition, segregation means to separate, while discrimination means to make a difference between ? usually to the disadvantage of one. The meanings are not the same at all. Nor do the words mean the same thing in actual practice. For segregation is not necessarily dis crimination ; it isn't, for example, when we separate first and second grade school children. And surely there is plenty of discrimination where there is no segregation. There has been widespread use, in short, of slop py English, based on fuzzy thinking. And since last May's Supreme Court decision, similar fuzzy thinking and sloppy English have been evidenced by the tendency to use the terms "de-segregation" and "integration" interchange ably. Again, the words have different meanings. And while some of those who oppose segregation undoubtedly favor immediate and complete inte gration, it is worth remembering that the court didn't order that. It said, in .substance, that a child may not be denied admittance to a school solely because of race. It did not say that the schools must con sciously and deliberately promote integration of the two races. That fact would seem to make the problem simpler. Why The Tax List? IV Recently Macon County, through the columns of this newspaper, advertised liens on real estate on which the 1953 county taxes had not been paid. The list of delinquent taxpayers (with the descriptions of the properties and the amounts of taxes due) ran some ten newspaper columns. The county is required by law to do this advertis ing. And The Press is paid for it. The check in pay ment for this advertising is one of the largest single ones this newspaper receives during the year. But we'd rather not have the business. That statement is no idle gesture of altruism. We are convinced that a community in which there were no delinquent- taxpayers would be such a fine community ? as compared with one where one fifth of the taxpayers are delinquent ? that our ?own business, for the year, would be better with out this tax advertising than it is now with it. Consider what it would mean: First of all, if all the taxes were paid when they were due, it would be A-l evidence that we had a community that was economically healthy. Second, it would be proof that the people of this county take their responsibilities of citizenship seri ously ? and that they possess the character to make provision for paying their every debt, promptly. Third, it would be about the finest advertise ment Macon County could have. Think what A reputation we would have: "A county where there are no delinquent taxpayers!" (And think, by con trast, what a reputation we must be making for ourselves now, when we advertise to the world that one-fifth of us are delinquent in paying our county taxes!) v Let's recapture some of the wholesome attitude of being ashamed when our property is advertised for taxes! Let's aim at a county where there Ire no delinquent taxpayers! At the least, let's cut down the number next year. YOU can do something about it ? by paying your 1954 taxes ahead of time. And you can help your county's reputation AND save money for yourself ? by doing it NOW. For you can still get 1 per cent discount off your 1954 taxes bv paying them during September; you can save half a per cent by paying them in October. Dream Comes True This mountain region is coming into its own. A score of developments underscoring this fact could easily be cited. Three recent ones will suffice to make the point. The first was when The New York Times, a few Sundays ago, published a six-column picture, ac companied by a story, on the Cherokee drama, "Unto These Hills". The Cherokee picture and story dominated The Times' drama section front page. The second was the recent announcement that more people visited the Blue Ridge Parkway in the month of July than live in the two big cities of Baltimore, Md., and Cleveland, Ohio. The third was when The New York Herald-Tri bune carried an article about the unusual business here in Franklin of Mr. and Mrs. Don Smith. I Had it been suggested, 25 years ago, that even one of these things could ever happen, the sugges tion would have been called the dream of a vision ary. Justice Triumphs Time, it seems, tends to even things up. It even rights injustice, punishes the wicked. F'rinstance : Back in the old days women invaded that sacred male sanctum, the barber shop. A lot of men shook their heads, sadly. It was the beginning of the end of a man's world, they said. And they were right. But at last justice is triumphing. Men are invad ing those provinces previously reserved exclusively for women. And if you doubt it, the proof is in a news item froni Greensboro: Historic Greensboro College, second oldest char tered college for women in the South, has been in vaded by males. Fifteen men day students are among the 400 enrolled there this fall! Let's see. That's a ratio of about 20 women to one man. That proportion would be a little high for some of us men. But at least these 15 bold males give all the rest of us ? at least all tho.se who are old enough to remember the shock of seeing women in the barber shops ? the pleasure of being able to chortle at how justice has caught up at last with the (so-called) weaker sex. Others' Opinions DEPENDS (Henderaonvllle Times-News) It depends on how many members there are to a family how many different places they want to go on a Sunday drive. THE NEGRO TEACHER (Raleigh News and Observer) One Individual who has a special and critical position In the whole problem of ending segregation In the schools Is the Southern Negro schoolteacher. His problem has a special Inter est to North Carolina, which employs more Negro schoolteach ers than any state In the Union. In a recent Issue, The U. S. News and World Report presented significant questions and facts about this matter. It said: With an end to school segregation decreed for the South, Negro teachers there are coming up against a real question. It is this: Can they look to the Northern states for teaching jobs if these are wiped out by an Integration of Negro and white schools In the South? The answer, on the basis of the present use of Negro teach ers In the non-segregated schools ..of Northern states, appears to be: No. Negro leaders themselves are convinced that thousands of Negro teachers will go out of -Southern schools with the end of segregation. They have seen this happen in many Northern communities with the integration of schools. They expect to see It happen again In the South. \ . As It stands now, the South Is the land of opportunity for the Negro teacher. Seven Negro teachers are employed In the seg regated schools of the 17 Southern and border states and the District of Columbia for each one employed In the 31 non segregated states outside the South. A few illustrations tend to point up the difference In the IN NORTH CAJ20CINA p?*ri f Sin Of [ ftTTtf rm |IM I E^I&aggl TH S FIRST KN&USM SETTtfMfNT IN A/MCRJCA - OM OMNOICC ISLAND, IS/ c??.TVI CABOUNA, WHEe? TMC ELDEST OUTDOOR- ORAMA C^ftTRAVS TUB MVsrBiy or rue "u?tcou>nv'*ac*i suMMce Twst FAMOUS I AIUOM NORTH CAR _ FfeRUUXJ* OUTIIlBAMIb', OCSCOIMO W tNC'MUUliy VACATION LAN O*0aCHt,R?C u?on acaucsripmc orpr. CONSERVATION t OKveumMRMr, tuwmnc. tmrftxHT IN?l?Mro^TNC n?r C0CMIV LMWnOW ISTttK WOMMT MOAORML, MMUC IIMfr TMC PlACC OF TIMF iat FUMrMTNUOCVH HI US Cncak. kitty hawk) i 1 use of Negro teachers In the segregated and the non-segregated states. Mississippi alone has as many Negro teachers In Its schools as do the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Kan sas put together. North Carolina employs as many Negro teachers as do the seven states of New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, California and Indiana, all put to gether. ? These figures cover all teacher employment In the states below college level. In both public and private schools. Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and New York have about one million Negro residents each ? some of them a few more, some a few less. The four Southern states have segregated school systems. New York's system, legally, Is non segregated. Mississippi has more than three Negro teachers for each one In New York. Alabama and Georgia employ almost five for each one in New York, North Carolina has more than five for each one in New York. Further consideration of the figures show that North Caro lina employs one Negro teacher for every 123 Negroes In its population. New York employs one for every 542 Negroes In Its population. Obviously, employment In the schools is a sig nificant part of the base of the economic life of the Negro in the South. This is a matter which deserves the careful thought of both races In shaping any plans far our schools in the future. The loss of Jobs In this one field where the Southern Negro has an equal economic chance today would be a serious matter not merely for the Negro teachers, but the South Itself. STRICTLY PERSONAL ? By wmui JONES Like the rest of us mortals, the State Highway Commission Is far from perfect. And If any body should ever have any doubt on that point, all that Is necessary to clear their think ing Is to consider the commis sion's incredible stupidity In breaking the Cowee Mountain road up Into two sections, and letting the contracts a year or two apart. On the whole, though. It seems to be North Carolina's highway folks do a magnificent Job. I am Impressed <Hth how good a job every time I ride North Carolina highways, and that impression was deepened by a recent trip down state. It Is remarkable to me that any intelligent driver, If he keeps his wits about him, can go from one end of this state to the other without ever get ting lost. The routes and the directions to towns not only are marked ? they are marked far enough ahead for the driver to know when, where, and which way to turn. The same is true of the markings for curves and other danger points. The distance be tween the danger point and the first warning sign very obviously has been carefully figured. Time after time, we discovered that, when we were going 55 miles, there was no necessity to put on brakes to slow down for a 35 mlle zone. All that was neces sary was to stop feeding gas at the first warning that a 35 mile zone was ahead; when we got there, our speed was down to 35 miles. And those warning yellow lines, on the sides of the center white lines, are at exactly the right places to protect the motorist, if he will heed them. ? ? ? A second Impression was 'how many drivers disregard this boon to safe driving; how many speed up to 60 or 70 miles to pass another car ? In spite of the yellow line, at a curve or on a hill. I also was surprised. In view of the Highway Patrol's cam paign against speeders, at the number of automobiles that whizzed past ours, when we were doing the legal limit of 55. Someone, after I got back to Franklin, explained that by saying "the scare has worn off" with the motorists. ? ? ? The new highways, it seemed to me, are models of engineer ing genius, and beautiful be sides. The Old Fort road, a drive of long, easy curves, makes one wonder how the old road over the Blue Ridge could have been so poorly built. On this new road, too, the commission has capitalized on the beautiful views of the mountains and at the same time taken safety in to account. At every fine scenic spot, there is a drive-out, for the motorist who wishes to stop and look? instead of looking as he drives. Another beautiful road is the four-lane highway from Canton to Lake Junaluska. And what struck me most about that road was not the engineering, or its width,, Wit how the highway people have at last acquired an eye far beauty. A strip \of lush, green grass runs between the two two-lane roads, and some how, despite the drought, the highway commission has green grass growing on each side of the four-lane drive. It is in pleasant contrast to the drab ness of concrete or asphalt, and I suspect that refreshing bit of grass has a psychological ef fect that tends toward more alert driving. News Making As ft Looks To A Maconite ? Br BOB SLOAN This column this week should no doubt be titled, "Random Thoughts On Passing Events And Trends". I wonder if the people who are critical of those who desire to see our penal system In North Carolina Improved on have ever stopped to find out how much "Repeaters" cost us. The fact that the various cor rectional lnstlutlons deal only In punishment Is, I think, one of the most Inefficient phases of our government, instead of naming the prison reformer "A starry eyed idealist", it would be better to call those who look on prisons as only a place to keep those who have committed crimes locked up, "wasteful spendthrifts." The layman's program to be sponsored by the churches of the Methodist faith In Macon County is a good thing, I think. If one more layman becomes more active In his church due to some inspiration he receives In taking part In this program the program will be well worth while. The biggest weakness of our churches (and I think this applies particularly to the Methodists in Macon County) is the apathy on the part of the laymen. Most any thinking man will agree that the church to day will be a major factor In furnishing the solution to many of our current world problems if they are solved, but what does that man do towards build ing the church other than mak ing financial contributions. * * ? There was one bit of solace in the football game last Friday night with Bryson City, even though we were defeated. Sever al years ago had the same game taken place at least 60 per cent of the Franklin supporters would have come away scream ing "We were robbed" or words of that nature. So far I have not heard a single remark made against the officials. There are all kinds of progress and that Is one too. ? ? ? Why Trade At Home? ? III tell you why. If all the dollars that go out of Macon County - that could have been spent here were kept here we wouldn't have so many of our young folks wearing out the roads from here to the northern cities. Now I dont think that we could completely stop the flow because there will always be some who think that the other man has an easier row of corn to hoe, but the ex change of money brings em ployment. And If more money were spent here we would have more jobs and vice versa. Let's get the snow ball rolling by do ing our part to buy everything we can here at home. Do You Remember? of Ik* M YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Chlncaplns are ripe. Mr. O. H. Dalrymple went to Highlands Thursday to hear the candidates for Congress speak and to look after voters for sheriff. The picnic at Cullasaja on the 10th Inst, to awaken inter est In the effort to raise funds for a monument to the memory of soldiers of the Revolution, burled at Sugartown, was a suc cess. 25 TEARS AGO The MacDowell Music Club held the first meeting of the season at the home of Mrs. Fred Johnston last Wednesday after noon. The farmers are rather ner vous, as the bad weather is keeping them from digging their potatoes.? North Skeenah item. 10 TEARS AGO The Distinguished Flying Cross has recently been pre sented to T. Sgt. Jacob C. Mason, engineer and top tur rent gunner on the B-17 Flying Fortress, "Dizzy Doats". He is son of Mr. and Mrs. Van Buren Mason, Leatherman. Crawford McCoy, who has been working at a rubber plant at Akron, Ohio, is here for a visit. V,
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