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dhe Jffntttklztt press atti> (Ehe Highlands iHaciiniau Second class mall privileges authorized at Franklin. N C. Puolished every Thursday by The Franklin Press Telephone 24 WEIMAR JONES BOB S SLOAN J P BRADY ?OLFE NEILL MRS ALLEN SILER -CARL P CABE ?FRANK A 3TARRETTE CHARLES E WHITTINGTON 'G E CRAWFORD DAVID H SLTTON Editor Advertising Manager N'vs Editor-Photographer Reporter Society Editor Office Manage! Operator-Machinist Compositor Pressman Stereotyper Commercial Printer SUBSCRIPTION RATES Outszdc M\ton C<y x TY ?One Year $3 00 -btt Months I TS Three Mon'h^ 1 06 Two V ears 5 25 Three Years 7.50 INSIDE UA OS UUUWlT On? Year . $2 50 bix Months If 5 Three Months 1 00 Tjvo Years 4 23 Three Years 8 00 JULY 25, 1957 What's Happened? \Vhat'>i happened to the Rural Community De velopment Program in this county? Over a period of a lew years, it brought more 'progress to rural Macon than any other one thing in hall" a century. How effective it-was was indicat ed When a .Macon community, a couple of years ag<>, won first ])lace in all Western North Carolina. But today there is a lay'. Kven if there were no tangible evidences of such a lag ? and there are? it can be felt. What important projects are under way? Except in two or three communities, how often is the program even discussed ? Where is the enthusiasm of a vear or so ago? Are we resting on our laurels? Are there no new ideas to be developed? Are there no more improve ments to be made? I nless something is done, and done quickly; all those neat, painted mail boxes will be shabby again, and other visible improvement? will likewise de teriorate. Much more important, the momentum we gained over a period of years will be dissipated. Beams And Motes The Xorth Carolina State Board of .Medical Ex aminers proposes to suspend the licenses oi a group of foreign-horn doctors now practicing in state institutions. i The layman, of course, is in no position to have an intelligent opinion about the professional <|iudi ficafions of these foreign horn doctors.- The vigor ous protest of a man of the intelligence and char acter of John \V. Um'stcad, who is chairman of the State Hospitals Board of Control, however, suggests that it is not an "open and shut" case. His statement, plus that of the medical director <>i the X. C. Sanatorium System, I,)r. Stuart Willis, suggests that however poorlv these foreign-horn doctors may have been prepared to practice medi cine. they appear tr\ 1?e doing satisfactory Work. \ . .11 Phe average layman, we think, would go a step farther. As.sinning that the only purpose of the State Board, of Kxaminers is to raise the medical standards, in Xorth Carolina, the layman would suggest the borpd might well start with American horn doctor- practicing in Xorth Carolina. The American-born physicians, it is true, arc the products of accredited medical institutions, but is it the institution or its product that matters? "Would the state board seriouslv maintain that all American-born doctors practicing in Xorth Carolina really meet high standards? ? are technical! v com petent. are qualified by character, are ethically above reproach ? <1 The surest way to make sure you're unpopular is always to be right. About Water ( hit of last week's discussion, among town of ficials and citizens, of the Franklin water supply problem, complete agreement emerged on two points:. While there is now no water shortage, the town is operating on a margin much too narrow for com fort : and it is imperative that something he done to increase that margin. ? These questions remain to he answered; 1. In ?seeking an adequate water supply, what relative i ph if < s is to he given to quantity, qual ity. and cost: 2. Huviii" answered 'hat <|uestion. what is the best s' see: ' < r combination of systems to he em ployed ? 3. How :'.s the project to he finance:!? That ques tion, of course, covers not only the . matter ot original financing, hut repayment of any loan : Must we raise taxes or water rates, or both? and if so. how much? While ;he town board seeks satisfactory answers to those questions, we suggest it should take some immediate, even if temporary, action ? dig an other well, or increase the storage .capaciu . or both. Something New Maconians are scattered over the world. For proof, you have to look no farther than The Frank lin Press mailing li<t. Copies' of The Press go out each week a idfessed to Maconians now living in 39 states and the Dis trict of Columbia: in Alaska. Puerto Rico, and Hawaii: Hand in two foreign countries, Canada and Pakistan. In addition, the paper goes to service men in many countries, but reaches them through the army and fleet post offices in New York and San Francisco. So it's nothing new for us to get a subscription from some far place. But what happened the other day was new : We received a letter from a resident of Iran (that wa> Persia, when some of us studied geo graphy), and the name stamped him as an Iranian. Me asked thai we "please subscribe ? me" to The .Press. And he wanted not one copy each week for a year, but thtee Why does the Iranian gentleman want The Press? and why does lie want three copies each week? W ell, your guess about that is as good as ours. Others' Opinions (Opinions expressed In this space are not necessarily thoss _____ of The Press Editorials selected for reprinting here. In fact. are chosen with a view to "presenting a variety of viewpoints They are. that U. what ths caption s?ys ? OTHER* Opinions.) Not Any More (Changing Times) Some familie.s can trace their ancestors back 200. years but can't tell you where their children were last night. Best Part Of Life (Ivanhoe, Minn., Times) There are great days ahead for those who are willing to venture, willing to work, willing to keep a youthful viewpoint and willing to admit that the best days are always ahead. The best part of life is the part we have yet to live. Special Stamps (Chapel Hill News Leaderi One of the strangest of the U. S. Post pffice's series of special stamp issues is in celebration of the steel industry's rise. It says: "America and Steel Growing Together." Is this to set a precedent? Suggested additions to the series: "America and Peanuts Growing Together." "America and 'Coca Cola Growing Togeth er," "America and Ford Cars (Growing Together." A very spe cial issue might be lettered: "America and The News Leader Growing Together." Design might show the paper and the republic intertwined, plaited, and glued. No charge for pre liminary sketch. FROM SOUTHERN PINES PILOT On Wasting Time; Should Children's Every Minute Be Filled? A book with a .most arresting title has been attracting atten tion ? Robert Paul Smith's "Where Did You Go?" "Out." "What Did You Do?" "Nothing." Since the book is an argu ment for wasting time, we are at once prejudiced In its favor, albeit the volume refers to wasting time in childhood. While thankful that somebody has had the wits and courage /to challenge the notion that ?children always have to do things, we wait with eagerness ' the still more courageous writer who will extol a similar policy 'tor adults. But now we are talk ing about the children. Several items printed on this pace in recent weeks have ques tioned whether life today, for bath adults and young folks, Is not too highly organized. The book with the arresting title Is the most elaborate attempt we have yet seen to expound this thesis. Mr. Smith recalls, for in stance, some of the delights of an unplanned youth: "Many, many hours of my childhood were spent in learn ing how to whistle, how to snap my fingers. In hanging from the branch of a tree. In looking at an ant's nest. In digging holes. Making piles. Tearing things down. Throwing rocks at things." Various adult supervisors, counselors, directors, instruc tors, coaches and so forth that hedge in a child's existence to day may serve a useful purpose but we cannot help but feel hat they are too numerous and ,hat they do not inspire a great leal of that quality which is :hildhood's special \ province, ?arrying a special meaning of ts own: "Having Fun." An editorial in the Raleigh <ews and Observer rounds out his subject with a disquisition >n the old-fashioned back yard "likely to be untkly and all buttered up with horseshoes ind fishing poles and balls and rats and dogs and cats ... a tigh board fence around it and usually a large tree that was :xcellent for climbing"), as con rasted with back yards since andscaping has come in and hat area has become "a pretty >lace for tired adults to rest In leek chairs . . . And the boy neets his friends in a public park or asks them into his house to watch television." Is all lost, then, for child hood? Of course not. All chil dren are made of more wonder ful stuff than that. We suspect that despite, and in some cases even because of, organization, children still have plenty of fun. And each generation, we suppose, has its own pleasures or types of pleasures. But we see in Mr. Smith's book and in nostalgic reminiscences like that of the News and Observer a warning to parents that chil dren often should be let alone to find and make up and enjoy their own kinds of entertain ment. "Wasting time" and "do ing nothing" remain honored occupations in our scale of val ues. 'Sorry- -You're Not Up To Our Standards'* STRICTLY Person al ? ? ? ? By WEIMAR JONES Last Thursday night's special session of the town board, the first meeting of the Franklin aldermen I had attended in a long time, had .something of the flavor of the old New England town meetings. Called to discuss the water situation, the meeting" was long; sometimes it was a bit tiresome. But when it was over, I was glad I had gone. I left with a new faith in democratic government, especi ally democratic government as it works in a small commun ity. It was 'heartening, first of all, that a score of businessmen were interested enough to ap pear before the board to urge it to provide an adequate water VIEWS . . . By BOB SLOAN To get more business, constant Improvement is necessary. A good example, locally, of a business man who has really made the above axiom work is Preston Henn and the Franklin Indoor-Outdoor Theatre. Over the past two years, Mr. Henn has had a constaniy grow ing business and he has worked continually to improve his facili ties to better serve the public. Until recently he has been troubled with not always having a good clear picture on the screen. To overcome this obstacle. Mr. Henn has had a constantly grow 10.000 watt modern lights at a cost of approximately $5,000.00 It is the continuing number of examples like this among the Franklin merchants that is going to make Franklin the best busi ness center in Southwestern North Carolina. The water meeting the other nifiht called by Mayor Burreli left me with two thoughts. Experts say that according to caculatlon? a bumble bee can't fly . . . but we all know he can. The other is that in an area with the rain fall we have. Franklin should be able to say to a prospective water customer whether it is a new in dustry, a prospective motor court operator who wants to add a swim ing pool to his list of attractions, or Just a resident, we can guarantee you a certain number of gallons of water per day. I was told by board members that under the present set up we can't make that guarantee. We should be able to. It appears that the opening of the Georgia highway has brought about somewhat of a redistribu tion of the tourist business. Some who waited with considerable pa tience and fortitude are doing better now. supply. As they filed in, I found myself asking: How many pub lic boards, the country over, have twenty citizens appear be fore them in an entire year? And how many times, when there is such a delegation, are its members motivated by any thing beyond crass personal selfishness? It was good, too, to feel the atmospiiere of welcome and cor diality that met the visitors. I've been to plenty of board meetings where a group of vis iting citizens was treated as a nuisance, if not actually as in truders. The discussion brought out remarks I couldn't agree with; statements that obviously were inaccurate; comments that seemed beside the point. But there was a tolerant attitude of give-and-take that was as unusual as the earnestness was admirable. There was Verlon Swafford, speaking for the delegation, suggesting the proposed filter plant on Cartoogechaye, but emphasizing that the group left to the board the hoiV of get ting an adequate water supply; and adding that the business men were willing to pay the price ? higher taxes or higher water rates, plus giving up "our good drinking water". There was Frank L. Henry, Jr., vigorously defending the rights of a minority; it isn't right, he declared, to give me plenty of water in my home or fail to limit an industrial plant, and at the same time require filling station operators to stop washing cars ? '"that's part of their living". There was Harmon H. Gnuse, Jr., apparently going a long way toward convincing an audience hostile to his viewpoint, and doing it with facts and figures; Is it good business to put our selves in the position of having drastically to raise water rates or taxes, in order to build a filter plant, when there is no assurance of a demand for the water? And is it good business to do it when past history shows you can get water for substantially less per gallon by digging wells? The fact we haven't dug enough wells isn't proof the well system is at fault. There was Mayor W. C. Bur rell insisting we must have Continued on Page Thirteen ? DO YOU REMEMBER? Looking Backward Through the Files of The Press \ 65 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (1892) A half-grown heifer belonging to Mr. Bob Scott was killed by lightning Sunday night within a few feet of Mr. John Shepherd's house on Harrison Avenue. ? Mr Fred S; Johnston left Friday morhing for Chapel Hill i to enter the law department of the .state university, and will perhaps be absent two months. We learn that Hosea Moses, of Ellijay, sold Dr. Lucus 30 acres of land last Monday for $6,000, There is cotundum on it. Keep cool, gentlemen. The Press is a Democratic paper, as it has ever been and will continue to be. The hit dog is the one that squalls. , i 25 YEARS AGO (1932) At a masi meeting of those seeking continued operation of the TF Railway, it was resolved Tuesday afternoon that the three counties served by the railroad ? Macon, and Habersham and Rabun, in Georgia ? be asked to sign an agreement that all goods shipped by them and consigned to them be sent by the railroad. Gifmer A. Jones, of Franklin, emphasized the need for cooperation, not only of shippers and consignees, but of consumers, as well. He pointed out the fact that the trucks were taking the business of the railroad at the public's expense. 1 ? The post office at Leatherman, 10 miles northeast of Frank lin, was entered last Thursday evening about 10 o'clock and several dollars in money taken. Sheriff A. B. Slagle and Deputy George Mallonee wired to Brevard for blood hounds, which arrived about 3 o'clock the next morning, but they failed to catch the man or men. Oscar Rickman, postmaster and store owner, had been attending a revival meeting at Cowee Baptist Church and on his return discovered the rob bery. Hundreds of people from Macon and other W. N. C. coun ties are expected to gather on the headwaters of Cartooge chaye Creek Saturday for the unveiling of a granite monu ment over the graves of Chief Chutasotih and his wife, Kun takie, in old St. John's churchyard. 10 YEARS AGO A petition seeking an election on the question of the sale of beer and wine in Macon County is being circulated In the county. Approximately 1,500 people attended the Farmers Federa tion annual picnic for Macon County at Franklin school last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. George Crawford and children spent a re cent week end In Belmont, visiting with Mrs. Crawford's sis ter, Mrs. Clyde Willis. ? Holly Springs item.
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