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About You
By Ke.n7 ^o!!rr.an
A LIVING WAGE?
We all have been doing a
lot of reading lately about
the new North Carolina min
imum wage. Naturally, a 75
cent minimum wage is not
enough tor
anyone to be
able to live on.
Now, I do
not say that
the people who
now have to
pay a mini
mum of 75
cents can af
ford to pay
a higher wage
until we, the
people, are willing to pay
more for certain services.
But we must remember some
thing very basic and some
thing very fundamental :
When the federal minimum
wage was first introduced
and then gradually raised,
there went up a 1 \i to high
heaven that business all over
our nation would come to a
complete standstill, that prof
1960 Plymouth Belvedere
4 dr., automatic trans
mission, heater, white
wall tires. Driven less
than 100 miles.
1960 Valiants (2)
4 drs. pushbutton trans
mission, heater. B??h
driven less than 75 miles.
1960 Vailant, 4 dr.
Heater, straight drive, 1.
650 miles.
1958 Ford Fairlane
Fordor, radio aind heater,
straight drive.
19S8 Ford Custom 300
Tudor, automatic trans
mission, radio and heat
er, power steering.
1958 Plymouth Belvedere
V-8, 4 dr., automatic
transmission, radio and
heater.
1958 Chevrolet Biscayne
V-8, 4 dr., automatic
transmission, radio and
heater.
1957 Ford Fairlane 500
Tudor, automatic trans
mission, heater and pow
er steering.
1957 Ford Custom 300
Tudor, heater, straight
drive. Local one owner
car.
1956 Buick 4 dr.
Automatic transmission,
radio and heater, power
steering and power
brakes. A real cream
puff.
1955 Ford Custom
Fordor, radio and heater,
straight drive.
1955 Plymouth Belvedere
4 dr., radio and heater,
straight drive.
1955 Plymouth Savoy
2 dr., automatic trans
mission, radio and heat
1954 Oidsjtnobile "88"
2 dr., automatic trans
mission, beater.
1954 Ford Custom
Fordor, radio and beater,
straight drive.
1951 Ford Custom
To4?r, Heal good car.
IMS Chevrolet
*53 Engine, perfect condi
tion throughout.
1950 Dodge
, J? Ton fkHtup.
Several Oldw Models to 1
Choose from
All th? above listed cars
are in perfect condition
throughout and the price
is right.
MACON
MOTOR CO.
W. Palmer St. Franklin, N. C.
Dealer No. 594
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Mr. Burrell
Highlands Native
To Hold Revival
At Local Church
Evangelist Walter Burrell, a
native of Highlands who now lives
in Tallulah Falls, Ga? will con
duct a revival meeting at thtf
First Baptist Church beginning
Sunday night.
Services will be held nightly at
8 o'clock and the public is invited
to attend.
An evangelist for nearly six
years, Mr. Burrell is a graduate
of Mississippi College, ClinKton,
Jvliss., and has held pastorates in
Toccoa, Ga.. and Payne, Miss,
OUT OF TOWN
Bob S: Sloan left Sunday for
Capon Springs, W. Va., to attend
a "Week of Fellowship" sponsored
by the Koinonia Foundation of
Baltimore, Md.
its would be a thin# of the
pi\st, that everybody would
be unemployed very soon. As
always, when these prophets
of doom yell the loudest, the
opposite has been true. More
people are working for a liv
ing. We have more over-all
prosperity than we ever had.
Profits in most industries are
better than they have ever
been. To get some people
used to a change, obviously,
is much harder than to teach
them to learn to dance on a
tight rope. But in a free so
ciety, people must have the
privilege to raise all kinds of
fuss against any changes,
even though the motives are
always purely selfish.
Many people have not as
yet reached the point where
they understand that happi
ness multiplies as we divide
it with" others and the same
is true with money ? that
also multiplies if one spreads
it and shares it more evenly
with others. If 1 would own
a laundry, I would pay high
er wages than what my com
petitors do now, and I would
hang a sign outside my shop
telling the people that my 5
or 8 employees have to pay
the same prices for groceries
as the workers who work in
a big company ; that my 5 or
8 employees have to eat at
least twice a day and have to
clothe and feed their chil
dren, and that they can't do
it unless I pay them at least
$1.25 an hour; that, there
fore, starting tomorrow morn
ing the prices for cleaning
shirts and bed sheets will go
up to 25c each. Do you know
what would happen? I would
get more traffic than I could
handle, and I would have to
hire another eight employees
to come and take care of all
the customers who want their
pillow cases and underwear
washed in a place where peo
ple get a living wage.
And if I would own a res
taurant, I would just charge
one cent, or two cents more
for a cup of coffee, and 25c
more for the steak, and tell
the customers that my wait
resses and the cooks cannot
very well live on love alone,
they have to pay also for
food, shelter and clothing.
Before three months, I would
hav0 to build a bigger restau
rant Th?<pyblic must be will
ing to pay a fair price also
to those people who are very,
very ainall bOsinessmeir, and
who do not We the power
that one of the co-CjJled
"ethical" drug companies has
to force the consumer to pay
a dollar for a lc pill. Free
enterprise must b?v$ a con
sciehce, anfl tti a democracy
people murt think of their
neighbor. If not, we auto
matically invite the sUrtt 6 r
the federal government to
step in and tell us what to
do. i only wished our last
tafcislature would have step
ped a little bolder and live
lier wheft they voted on the
minimum wage. I jet's hope
that in the next legislature
there will be sufficient men
atid women who know enough
about the facts of life to
write legislation that will not
be a mockery for our people
nor for our state. It would
be interesting to ask each
and every legislator whether
he has lately worked and fed
and clothed his family on
the present minimum hourly
wage.
Paid Pol. A d?.
FRANKLIN HIGH
HIGHLIGHTS
Bj
Miss Margaret Davis
I
Waldroop Wins
Charles "Ronnie" Waldroop,
J rising junior, won out over his
opponents for the vice-presidency
of the Student Council in a run
off election held last Friday after
Wednesday's election failed to
give him a majority of all the
votes cast. Ronnie, who will soon
be 16. is the son of Mr. and Mrs
Robert Waldroop, of the Carson
community. Consistently on the
honor roll, Ronnie will be a I
sophomore server at the Junior
Senioi banquet this week end His
favorite subject is math. A mem
ber of the Carson Square Dance
4??nVi11 ,s presldent' of Carson
4-H Club and attends Carson
'him i, * e!!ds usua"y find
W01kl?,? Pa. t time as a soda
jei k and car hop at the To *,
Thumb Inn. but as often as pos
sible Ronnie indulges in his
I favorite hobby, fishing,
l Ci0tr' ako a "sing junior
1 nf hi a, ?/'W secretary-treasurer
of the Student Council is a w-il
known personality at FHS due
o her title cf "Homecoming
Queen and her position on the
Panther cheering squad. Also ..
sophomore server, she is a member
Of the Spanish Club. The daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Cloe
th "v,e on the Georgia road, and
the sister cf Miss Cloer, the FHS
Spanish teacher, Betty is known
fer ;wh001 by the nickname
a??^enr; and list6 her hobbies
as dancing and George."
It's Exciting!
ihrher'aS^ ?inute Preparations for
the Junior-Senior buffet and
dance this Saturday night are
being put into shape. Girls are
netting tanner by theday
anticipation of Saturday night
compliments and a general ah i
at FHS1""61 eXCitemenl" 'eiRns
Servers I.isted
whT'wiliabe the f?phomoie "rvers
Senior m T'"8 at ?e Junior
Bettv r? John Crawford,
Nancv n V Betty Williamson,
' Caro1 Calloway
p"da McClure. Patsy Moses, Paul
Cabe. Jeanne Jaoobs, Shirley
D^wri? oRobm vinso". Nancv
cSte rh ?y FU'Cher: Roseanne
Charles Waldroop. Janice
Wade w"m0X' J'mmy wil"ams,
Wade Waldroop, and Nancy
They Registered
Rising sophomores, juniors and
seniors registered Tuesday yeste.
day, for next year's is
Thirty-one students reported
yesterday for the written tSTn
the teen-age rodeo, a national con
test sponsored by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce. The en
Both tT' 1th6 '?ad tcsts toda"
tn the local glr| and h?.
winning in their respective di
visions will receive* $25 savings
bov 0,and t!lt' final winner. either
? B" ? W'H receive fifty
winner JT ,WFSC Thc final
Will also be eligible to
compete for the state title U
ti wJrfr;/or the national
1, f' which offers as prize a
zrjsx:. K,??? ?
Phew!
th^?" s?me complicated reason
he heating of classroom at FHS
is necessary, even in this far-from
cool spring weather, to boil water
for the school cafeteria. Result
boiling water ? and students'
Club Participle*
Several members of the Library
members, who gave a demonstra
tion of the library in day-to-day
action were John Crawford, Bill
Crawford, June Baldwin, Linda
Henderson, Paul Cabe, Blanche
[Smith, Melinda Henson, Steve
Bundy, Mary Jo Waldroap, Louise
Pennington, and Robert Vinson,
An exhibit of art work done
by the arts and crafts class and
by Ann Pattillo and Hoyt Potts
was shown at the Monday night
of the P.-T.A. The exhibit featured
works of enamel on copper, silk
screening on fabric, samples of
various items such as place mats
which have been prepared for
community activities, and a group
of "quick action" pencil drawings
done from 15-minute sittings. The
pencil drawings were done by
Judy Blaine, Ann Blaine, and
Carole Blaine.
Junior Nancy Cochran partici
pated in the musical part of the
P.-T.A. meetings.
News Items
Carson
Birthday l'arty
Little Miss Kathy Moore, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Harold
Moore, Jr., celebrated her fourth
birthday with a party at her home
last Saturday, April 23. Some
30 children and 15 parents were
served birthday cake by Mrs.
Moore, mother of the honoree.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Ronnie Wal
droop. of this community, on his
recent election to the office of
vice-president of the student coun
cil of Franklin High School.
Guest Speaker
The Rev. R. D. Burnette will be
a guest speaker at Carson Com
munity Building tonight (Thurs
day) at 7:30 at Carson W.S.C.S.
meeting. He will speak on his
work in organizing churches and
Sunday schools in the county and
show slides concerning his work
Youth Fellowship
The Louisa-Carson M.Y.F. mot
Sunday night. Steve Cabe was in
charge of the program entitled
"God and the Day's Work". Jim
Nolen brought a tape recorder
for use in the program. The busi
ness meeting was presided over by
Mary Sue Reynolds, president.
There were 12 young people pres
ent, with Mrs. B. L, Sherrill as
the leader
The meeting will be held at
Carson Chapel next Sunday.
Personals
Mrs. Earl Cabe and Mrs. Frrd
S. Moore attended the district
W.S.C.S. meeting at Cherokee last
Thursday, April 21.
The Rev. and Mrs. L. Paul
Heafner and Mrs. Fred S Mooie
attended the training school for
Vacation Bible School teachers at
the First Methodist Church in
Waynesville last Thursday night.
April 21.
Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill went
U> Raleigh on business last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bryson
and son, of Raleigh, visited Mr.
Bryson's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Bryson, recently.
C. J. Hamilton, of Rome, Ga..
visited Mr. and Mrs. James P.
Cunningham and family Sunday.
North Carolina has nine region
al libraries serving 47M2B people
in 25 counties.
Make Y our Plans
NOW
To Attend
YOUNG DEMOCRATIC
ORGANIZATION
MEETING
Friday, May 6th
AT THE COURTHOUSE
Judge George B. Patton
Principal Speaker
State College
Answers Some
Timely Questions
Q Can blue mold, anthracnose
and damping-off in tobacco plant
beds be controlled?
A. yes. They can all be con
trolled by one method: the use
of fungicide treatment. Any of
the fungicides containing ferbam.
zineb or maneb will prevent all
three diseases.
Q. How did the consumption of
cotton in 1959 compare with a
year earlier?
A. It rose 10 per cent per capita
Per capita cotton consumption in
1969 was 34.5 pounds. Per capita
consumption of man-made fibers
was 11.3 pounds in 1959, an in
crease of 16 per cent over 1958.
Cotton carry-over on August 1 is
expected to be about 8.1 million
bales, the smallest carryover since
1953.
OTTO PROGRAM
A "May Day" program will be
held at the Otto School Mon
day, May 2, at 2 p. fa. Gladys
Cunningham will be crowned
queen and Linda Moffitt and
Doris Stamey will be atten
dants. The public is invited.
Legal Advertising
Executrix Noticc
Having qualified as administra
tor-executrix of the estate of
Carrie R. Crawford, deceased,
late of Macon County, N. C? this
is to notify all persons having
claims asainst the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the 28
day of April, 1961, or this notice
will be plead in bar of their re
covery. All persons Indebted to
said estate will please make im
mediate settlement. This 25 day
of April, 1960.
Timoxena Crawford Rousseau
Executrix
Box 43
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
A28 ? 6tc ? J2
NOTICE OF
SPECIAL BOND ELECTION
and
Supplemental Registration
in the
Town of Franklin, North Carolina
A special bond election will be
held between 6:30 A.M. and 6 30
P.M., Eastern Standard Time, Sat
urday, June 4. i960, at which
there will be submitted to the
qualified voters of said Town the
following question:
Shall an ordinance passed on
April 25, 1960, authorizing the
Town of Franklin. North Caro
lina, to contract a debt, in ad
dition to any and all other debt
which said Town may now or
hereafter have power or author
ity to contract, and in evidence
thereof to Issue Water Bonds in
an aggregate principal amount
not exceeding $350,000 for the
purpose of providing funds for
enlarging the waterworks sys
tem of said Town, Including
the construction of a filter
plant with accessory structures
and pipelines and the acquisi
tion of necessary land and
rights of way. and authorizing
the levy and collection of a
sufficient tax for the payment
of the principal of and the in
terest on said bonds, be ap
proved?
The question hereinabove set
forth contains a statement of the
purpose for which the bonds are
authorized by the ordinance re
ferred to In such question
If said bonds are issued a tax
will be levied upon all taxable
property in the Town of Franklin
for the payment of the principal
of and the Interest on said tonds
For said election the regular
registration books for elections in
said Town will be used and such
books will be open for the registra
tion of voters not theretofore
registered from 9 A.M. until sun
set on each day beginning Sat
urday, May 7, 1960, and closing
Saturday, May 21, 1960. On each
Saturday during such registration
period said books will remain open
at the polling place. Saturday.
I May 28. 1960 is Challenge Day.
| The polling place and the names
of the election officers, subject
| to change as provided by law, are
as follows:
Polling Place :
TOWN HALL
Registrar :
ALBA FRANKS
Judges:
RUBY BESHEARS ..
OLIATTA ANGEL
By order of the Board of Alder
! men of the Town of Franklin.
RAY SWAFFORD
| Town Clerk and Treasurer
i A28 ? 2tcTF ? M5
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING
$350,000 WATER BONDS
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board
of Aldermen of the Town of
Franklin:
Section 1. That, pursuant to
The Municipal Finance Act, 1921,
as amended, the Town of Frank
lin, North Carolina, is hereby
authorized to contract a debt, in
addition to any and all other debt
which said Town may now or here
after have power or authority to
contract, and in evidence thereof
to issue Water Bonds in an ag
gregate principal amount not ex
ceeding $350,000 for the purpose
of providing funds for enlarging
the waterworks system of said
Town, including the construction
"Solomon and Sheba"
SUN. -WED., APRIL 1-4
MACON THEATRE
of a filter plant with accessory
structures and pipelines and the
acquisition of necessary land and
rights of way.
Section 2. That a tax sufficient
to pay the principal of and the
interest on said bonds shall be '
annually levied and cellected. |
Section 3. That a statement of ,
the debt of the Town has been
filed with the clerk and is open to
the public Inspection.
Section 4. That this ordinance
shall take effect when approved
by the voters of the Town at an
election as provided In said Act.
The foregoing ordinance was
passed on the 25th day of April,
1960, and was first published on
the 28th day of April, 1960.
Any action or proceeding ques
tioning the validity of said ordi
nance must be commenced within
thirty days after its first publica
tion.
RAY SW AFFORD
Town Clerk and Treasurer
A28 ? 2tcTF ? M5
YOUR VOTE
FOR
N. C. State
Representative
W. A. (BILL) COX
Is a Vote for
Macon County
First, Last, Always
BUI is a member of
the Lions Club, Ameri
can Legion, and a vet
eran of World War II.
He is a member of the
Methodist Church, and
is now serving as treas
urer of Christian High
er Education Campaign.
Bill is a firm believer
that any public official
of the peo
Paid Political Adv.
Revival Meeting
Featuring
EVANGELIST
WALTER
BURRELL
FROM TALLULAH FALLS, GA
First Baptist Church
FRANKLIN
? I ' ?? ' .
Starting
MAY 1 8:00 O'CLOCK EVERY NIGHT
? . ' i
Everyone Is Welcome! '