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(Eh* If ntttklnt fats s and ilhr 34tgltl<tn&s ittrtrmtimt Entered at Poet Office. Franklin, N. C.. as second clams matter Published every Thursday by The Franklin Preas Franklin, N. C. Telephone 24 WEIMAR JONES .... BOB S SLOAN J. P. BRADY MRS EDWARD CRAWFORD . CARL P. CABE FRANK A. STARRETTE . . . DAVID H. SUTTON .... CHARLES E. WHITTINQTON . Editor . . Business Manager . . * . . News Editor . Office Manager . Mechanical Superintendent . Shop Superintendent Stereotyper Pressman SUBSCRIPTION RATES Outside Macon County Inside Macon County One Year $3.00 One Year $2.50 Biz Months 1.75 Six Months 1.75 Three Months 1.00 Three Months 1.00 TODAY (Thursday). is your last chance to pay 1 your 1954 taxes, and get one per cent off. The discount will drop to one-half of one per cent to morrow. If you wait until after October 31, you'll have to pay the full amount. Discounts apply both to county taxes and to town taxes in Franklin and Highlands. Cause For Humility The men who drafted the Constitution of the United States ? meeting in secret, behind closed doors ? came out with a document that put great emphasis on a strong central government, and al most no emphasis on human rights. The people refused to have it that way; they de manded ten amendments, putting check-reins on the government, and guaranteeing certain freedoms to the individual. Those amendments are known to day as the Bill of Rights. The very first of the ten provided for a free press. The purpose, of course, was to make it pos sible for the people to learn all the facts about any given situation, and to get the widest possible di versity of viewpoints about the meaning of those facts. It was wisely recognized that only thus would the people be able to make wise decisions. Freedom of the press, therefore,, is primarily a right of the people themselves. It was granted to those who publish newspapers and other periodicals only because that is the only way the people can be assured of their right to know. It is not a proprie tary right of newspapers ; they are merely the stew ards of this right that belongs to the people. That puts a tremendous burden of responsibility on the press. First of all, the press has the responsibility of accurate, objective, complete, and fearless report ing; of editorially commenting on and interpreting the facts so reported in a fashion that is at once fair., honest, forceful, and courageous: and of keep ing its columns wide open for viewpoints and con victions other than its own. Next the press has a responsibility for guarding this freedom fit" which it is the steward. Because newspapermen are the first to know it, when free dom of the press is about to be abridged, it is their job to lead' the fight to keep the press free. But the}-, alone, cannot keep it free; they can only lead the fight. This freedom, like any other, will en dure only so long as the majority of the people want it to endure ? are willing to fight for it. And that places vet another responsibility on the press. For the people will fi^ht to keep it free only if their press is so reliable, so honest, so courageous that there can be no doubt in the public's mind that it de^'-rve- to be free. These - ? re ; .nubilities. it seems to us. the prcs ? h ? ' face' :>? it < H ^ -c-r \ < ? ~ Xari,onarl Xews pa])cr \Vi *!? iii': ' i:? rr?.w iFridnv'). For our '? ' : 1 ' er *????<?.. them with a sense of ' ' ? ? ? ' >' d.-ior.r-inalion to do a bette ? m' Hiden F?i^sev Retires Ami; ? ,-nt o. I>. fl Uii ]<?? i " work < <><' <?- as a sh< k to j.c ' ' ottlside the news paper craft Inside it, Mr. Uau - .vron the con 'ulencc and admiration* of h: ?!'- .-that they have come to look upon 1 - in: ;? t <? er of strength and, a pillar of wi dom. Outside it, the people of this state, and espe 'illy of X'-'iMh Carol in ft. hav come to count on him as a sympathetic and- hard-hitting ChutlipiOfl ? of justice for the weak and the defenseless. After 34 years as a newspaperman, Mr. Ramsey deserves a rest ; because all during that long period, he has added to his journalistic duties service to his community, his region, and his state, in scores of fields. He deserves a rest. But those who know him best, though they wish for him a more leisurely pace, will hope that his great talents will not be permitted to lie fallow. They are so .sorely needed in today's confused world. There's one thing about this segregation-integra tion discussion: It neatly divides everybody into just two groups ? those who agree with us, and the so-and-sos who don't. Almost nobody, on either side of the debate, will credit anybody on the other with either intelligence or honesty. ? Letters FAVORS ANIMAL SHELTER Dear Mr. Jones: I was very glad to see the article "Woman and Dogs Have Troubles In Court Here", in The Press, September 2. Mrs. Ord way is surely a remarkable woman in her love for animals, and in her devotion to her work of helping them, and keep ing them off the streets in Franklin. I feel that all of us who are citizens of Macon County (and especially those of us who love animals) owe a real debt of gratitude to her. Yes, an animal shelter or something of that kind seems badly needed in Macon County both for the protection of its citizens, and for the sake of the helpless animals. I have been a subscriber to The Franklin Press for a long time, and enjoy your editorials especially. We came up from St. Petersburg, Fla., and built a summer home in your beauti ful mountains. We enjoy visiting and shopping in Franklin. We think it has an exceptionally picturesque location, with its beautiful pano ramic view of the mountains. Since we came up here some years ago, we have seen Franklin grow and many improve ments take place. We hope that the people will decide that it is now time to do something about an animal shelter (or something of that nature), both for the protection of its citi zens and for humane reasons. We hope Franklin will soon have an animal shelter along with the other things they are going to make Franklin an even more attractive place to summer visitors and future home owners. Sincerely, Blue Valley, Highlands, N. C. ELISABETH B. KLEIN Others' Opinions EDIBLE 'LEATHER BRITCHES' (Henry Belk in Goldsboro News-Argus) "Leather britches" to me meant a pair of trousers made out of leather. But now I know it always doesn't mean that. My mother-in-law in 50 years of teaching in the public school served communities from Qualla in the Cherokee moun tain country to Southport on the coast. Jesse Hinson asked her if she knew what "leather britches" are and she said at once that that was the local name for dried string bean as prepared in the North Carolina mountains. To make "leather britches" , the mountain people pull beans when they are grown and spread them on a wire frame in the sun. They dry out to a sort of leathery consistency. This unique method of preserving food goes back to the days before we had the home canner or the deep freeze. Mother says she has eaten "leather britches" in mountain homes and that it is not a particularly delightful gastronomic experience. SENSE-MAKING MILK PACKAGE i Charlotte Observer) Having frequently ur<;ed the adoption of proved practices which -vou'd y,\ver the loo n fluid milk on the retail mar ket, v > v, : ??(?!;; th : int. da Uon ' 01' the "ssVlton plan" by ?ome loc.ii- t ri : iiit'u >. It 1 ??<redictob!e 'hat the other ? ro ef-so. in ti l; ? ? V. rnn follow ? -i'.t Mitis ei'i jra ,ing Char) ?? .1 ?? : -H i)] 1 . f-j vc !?;!? urow .->? market.* Tlv 1 !.-?'? ? ' 1 h: . 'ne-.Vi" It h:. '/nv. h . c t;:'o:i ;Med in ; -.ny 1 h? ?? u . 1 'o< r tret with favoabie -?nd pop r r Use of the ? alien ju v. ?- .id of the p.wrt cartons o. bottles ?v ; : ? e:;p 1 ? < ? ~ run". ?. d ''vi"" 1 !:" ? i."-"Cd a'onrp ' to:. . "I ) :??? .'>K?d ? u'l. ill lri.vy 1 os. eon ; >a of ir?11ic increase* t i- .v'-i . . . ? . , ; nil-.ble ? lr. virtual:.- every hou- oho. d. th re noi praet'- ison why 1 ?'u-tsrv -uth quantities W'* c eon- umers in the Charlotte a-ea will tak ? advan'a ?>? < f 1 ?->rtir.ity n l-ein. off' :? -d. It mnltes marketing sens I'M JUST A WHEEL (American OH Company Leaflet) I'm just a wheel. A steering wheel. And you're my captain. Behind me you're the lord and master of a miracle. You can make me take the kids to school. You can turn me down the This Needs Changing . Want to drive your fellow motorist to distraction. Then just double park behind his automo bile at the county courthouse and go off for a half-hour or so. This practice of double parking continues, as evidenced by the photograph. It's not only hard on the nerves and disposition of your fellow motorist, it's unfair, too. He puts his money in the parking meter and would like to leave when his business is finished. But he can't do it if you double park behind him. This picture editorial was suggested by a motorist who experienced a half-hour wait to get his automobile out while a woman, double-parking, did her shopping. sunny road toward town. With me you can guide your goods to the market place . . . you can rush the sick to be healed . . . you can go in minutes to places hours away. You can do magic. Yet, in the blink of an eye, in the tick of your watch, I can turn deadly killer. I can snuff out the life of a kid still full of life ? maybe your kid. I can twist a smile into tears. I can wreck and cripple and destroy. I can deal out death like the plague. And I'm no respecter of persons. A child, a grand mother, even you, my friend . . . It's all the same to me'. I'm sensitive. I respond instantly to the hands you give me. Give me calm hands, steady hands, careful hands . . . and I'm your friend. But give me unsteady hands, fuzzy-minded hands, reckless hands . . . then I'm your enemy, a menace to the life, the happiness, the future of every person, every youngster rid ing, walking, playing. I was made for pleasure and usefulness. Keep me that way. I'm in your hands. I'm just a steering wheel. And you're my captain. Behind me you're the lord and master of a miracle . . . or a tragedy. It's up to you. THE PENNSYLVANIA 'DUTCH' (Miss Beatrice Cobb in Morganton News-Herald) I've never tried to trace back my ancestry, but I am fairly sure that in the blood strain on my father's side there would be found a trace, at least, of "Pennsylvania Dutch." That im pression is likely based on what I recall hearing my father tell about his grandfather. When the "old man's" first wife died, my grandmother's mother, he went back to Pennsylvania for his second wife. My father recalled that when as a boy he accompanied his mother on periodic visits to the family home, his "step grandmother" spoke such broken English ("unabridg ed" Pennsylvania "Dutch", of course, was her language*, he couldn't understand a thing she said. Undoubtedly in many of the families of that day where there had been from time to time "waves" of Pennsylvania settlers, the same situation he remembered existed. Anyway, because of this personal and local background I had more than ordinary interest in the "Pennsylvania Dutch" section through which our automobile meanderings a couple of weeks ago took us. At a "Dutch Kitchen/' at Selinsburg, Pa., in the heart of the Dutch and Amish country. I picked up a pamphlet from which I have already had more enjoyment than I can usually get out of any investment of 25 cents: "Quaint Idioms and Expressions of the Pennsylvania Germans." Here are just a few of the expressions evidently growing out of an effort to translate "Dutch" into English. It will be noted that many of these are more or less well known and used in this section. "He is so busy he hardly ever SITS (idles). "I GO OUT .and SHOO (scare > those darn chickens out of our yard. "We'll, eat a SHACK before we leave. "She sure SOT him down in his place (shamed himi. ' UNBEKNOWNST 'o her I SNUCK up and gave her a big ? ki-s, ^ A V.; NY (tin;.- 1 ? brttrr than liono ' I PLV.tB i '""LEAN icti-irelyi ior iot. "It ? : ng ATEADY rbcfor" expected). . ye; i i Mir.ve. ; ou ? . . id WHACK (ahftrp . lap'. "What YST would you want for nothing? ? "o yov. y i Nd' t recall ? when I fell In the CRICK. "DOl? !'." J LIPPY. _ - "Y. '.i ; \ ' ? ;? ?? 1 in that ;nt ture. iV i i 1 ttli" nVo e LBOW'c HE^': : (additional effort ?. r ? : - ( I - n.-( '. .cry hlr.<? 'ho li . a'rl .? -me here and ' >o > r :t: OFF. i: c OSS AT n:i cncrv.? ' / ? : in" r.'N'DH: -punk' IV' uv then LOOK OUT ' "The ftCKKHE-MAM Cevil Aplrlti will yet you i. you don't LOOK OUT. ^ ? ih ii' k cu the' darnel "ft DI^OFS leaner* ? when they g t STEWED. "Frit zi come in to eat; Ma and Pa are' on the table and Johnny has FT HIMSELF ALREADY. "Them, new people think they are BIG BUGS. "Mom says I DASSENT (dare not) gb out and play." News Making As It Looks To A Maconite ? By BOB SLOAN The families, friends and rel atives of 131 persons who have been traveling the highways of North Carolina owe Mr. Ed Scheidt, head of the North Car olina state highway patrol, and members of the patrol their never ending gratitude. Despite criticism and opposition from the public as to their methods, this group of men have reduced the traffic fatalities on the highways of North Carolina by 131 in the first nine months of this year as compared to last year's record. This reduction in traffic deaths was made even though there was an increase in the traffic on these roads of between three and four per cent. People who criticize the high way patrol for doing a better job of enforcing the traffic laws should remember that their loved ones may be among those 131 persons who are liv ing because of the increased ef forts of the highway patrol. Perhaps then you won't be so critical of the patrol. The newspapers, too, I think, are due the patrol an apology. They have helped to publicize the use of speed clocks and radar devices for checking speed on the highway as "Speed Traps". Out of state people claim that these devices are "Speed Traps" despite the fact that there is a large sign on each major highway as you en ter North Carolina telling you that in this state that speed is checked by radar and that the law will be enforced. Further ? Continued on Last Page Do You Rem mb^r ' (Looking backward through the filr.s of Tbe Pr? > 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK Mr. C. D. Baird left Thursday to return to Atlanta to re-enter dental school. The Franklin High School has 68 pupils enrolled this week. The Republicans ol Macon County met in convention in tin cdnirchouse Saturday and n minatv'd the following ticket: . ..cur . H. 11. Jarrett; sher iff. T. B. Higdon; re. lister of dO'Tls. D. W. McCoy; coroner, Jo.- t.. I'outs: surveyor, J. W. .v< ? ; county cortimi:-. loners, J. c. Wri'fht, J. J. Smith, jnd> ldrooD. J. A. Or:i'i 25 YEARS AGO Aiiniewill has ac ) ? p ? designer in ' ic< of the i ua ' learned .. -i Bill Man ir-cl hi- chum, Wiriton ?' "ry, r .a the waters of the lain* -' mp Nikwasi. 10 YEARS AGO Final enrollment this week of the late stud en s brought' the number att nc'un _ the Franklin High and Elementary schools to 901. Mrs. Charles Bradley, chair man of the Woman's Salvage Division for Macon County, an nounces that the first week In October will be set aside for a broad drive for tin cans.
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