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FACE FOUR. THE FRANKLIN PKZSS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 152S- .Thc'Franldin Pre PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY uO S. A. HARRIS....... .Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Subscriptions Payable in Advance) One Year ................... S1-5 Eight Months ...... V... f 100 Six Months .75 Three Months . . . .............. ... ........ .40 Single Copies . . . . 5c ADVERTISING RATES Very reasonable, and will be made known upon request. We charge 5 cents a line for Cards of Thanfcs, Resolutions of Respect, and for no tices of entertainments where admission is charged. - Entered at the post-office at Franklin, N. C, tor transmission through the mails as second 4ass matter. Foreign Advcrtlufng Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION THE FRANKLIN PRESS PLATFORM A commercial hotel for Franklin. Extension of the sewer lines. Beautify the school grounds. Two hundred summer cottages. A sewage disposal plant. More official activity in the sale of sur plus power. The construction of business blocks. Plant trees along the State highways of the county. Make a white way of Main street. An excellent school library. . A proper heating system for our school building. Courteous treatment for visitors. '., Improvement of county roads connect ing with State highways. Co-operation, vim, push, work every thing for the good of Franklin and Ma con county. New court house and jail combined. How About It? Let's get the election over with and settle down to two more prosperous years. ' The people of Macon county are just bound to have No.,. 28.' Who are the men most likely ift'tnake our dreams come true? Our advice to the Franklin boy about to get married is to buy his wife such , fine china she will not trust him to wipe the dishes. After wondering for thousands of years how to fix their hair, women finally decided to cut it off. i One man jn Franklin can now be classed as an old bachelor. He has begun worrying ior fear some woman will marry him. , When a man reads a newspaper while driving an auto he must be picking out the place for his headlines in next day's issue. Lauglr at hog calling contests all you want to, but they're far more exciting than some of the political meetings that have been . held around here. -' - Reward the Deserving IN connection with the candidacies of Messrs Cabc and Pierson for re-election to the of fice of county ; commissioner, we again urge the people of. Macon county to give due con sideration to the record these m5n have made. Quite a bit of political propaganda has been going the rounds about the cost of the county audit and new system , of accounting. In the opinion of hundreds of people this action on the part of the commissioners was one of the most forward steps they have taken. Others, when they become acquainted with the bene fits of the new system, will likewise be of the same opinion. , Under the present commissioners the county has made rapid strides in road building. In respect to roads, the people of the county are intensely interested in grading and paving No. 28, and paving 286; All the details in cqn .. section with this work are at the finger tips of the present commissioners. To defeat fhem now would be swapping horses in the middle of the stream. We have no word to say against any ' other man in the race. AH are good men, BUT, can they do as much toward Lntlding . No. 28 and paving 286 as the men now in Office? That is the question for the voters to decide. When To Boost IJOOSTfrNG is best in moderation. There can -be such a thing as over-doing it. But never to our knowledge has there been too much of it in Franklin. Sometimes a knock of the right kind is all fight if it serves the purpose of waking up the community to the point where it will 4tait in boosting to overcome the knock.. But always it takes more boosting than it takes knocking to improve conditions. , So let's lay aside, the hammer we've been tiding behind our .backs and pick up a horn. We are nearing tke end of what our mer chants say has been a very good year. Let's 4o whatever we can find to do to make the few remaining weeks of 1920 prosperous. Let's pay off a bill here and a little on another one we owe there. Let's try buying every dime's worth here at home for the next two months and sec if it doesn't brighten things up stiil more. That's the bcjst way to boost. And it's also the best way to get rid of the knocker. ' The Basis of Prosperity AS a national election approaches thepc arc many . theories advanced as to the prob ability of a financial depression. Some argue on the line of over-speculation and too much expansion of credits." Others argue that the people are buying too many motor cars. Out of 20,000,000 automobiles in use in the world, 17,000,000 are said to be owned in this country. Then there is talk, mainly for political effect, that while there has been a . general improve ment in farm and market conditions,' a great many farmers are still on the verge of bank ruptcy. As a matter of fact, there never has been a time when there were not some weak places in the financial, industrial, or agricultural structure of a great, nation, which' could be magnified out of all proportion in creating campaign issues. Let us consider five of the primary sources of new wealth, nationally speaking, of this great country of ours, that . are constantly offsetting any possible collapse in the sound ness and stability of national business affairs. The' first source of new wealth . is farm crops, soil products; everything included in the term agriculture. Indications are that this year will surpass all other years in sum total of the golden stream that agriculture pours forth. The second great national asset of new creative wealth is mining, mineral and metal products, including the oil industry. Reports show that they are on a prosperous basis, of production. . The third source of wealth production is manufacturing in the first stage from raw materials the factory output for 1926 will surpass all previous years.. . A fourth great wealth creator is lumbering, logging, paper mill products, and all associated industries connected with products of the forest. x Heaped upon this great mountain of new wealth created annually, we must not over look the salt and fresh water, fisheries. The hundreds of millions taken out of this cle ment are, next to meat$ and grains, the greatest item of food value. If the hundreds of millions and" billions of dollars of new wealth brought into existence annually and added to the existing wealth Could be stacked up before the people, to gether with the increasing accumulations in all banks, the question of the future financial stability of our country would be better un derstood. We would realize that the pros perity of this nation rests on the rock foun dation of primary industries which create new wealth annually by supplying the wants of mankind with essential products necessary to maintain life. Our country hasthe greatest real hasi.i of security, stability, and continuous prosperity of all the countries in the civilized world. Others' Comments SUMMER DEPARTED CRANKLIN sits on top of a hill in Macon county like a jewel crown crown because it is round, and jeweled because of the beauty of its setting between the peaks of the Nan fahalas on the one side and the Cowees on the other. And Sunday night Franklin wit nessed the rare spectacle of a rainbow, ends resting on a pot of gold on one mountain and a pot of gold on the other. .Franklin might have known that this meant something happening and should not have been surprised that the morning brought a freeze and a' skiff of snow. Blowing Rock dejes not seem to have a press agent, or today's weather report from that high-kicker might prove even more interesting than that from the Macon capital. Summer has departed the mountain districts Charlotte Observer. CIRE insurance rates in North Carolina are " too high and the legislature " should take action. "Though North Carolina's per capita fire loss is less than half the per capita loss of the country as a whole, it's still far too high," said Stacey Wade, Insurance Commis sioner. The per capita loss in this State dur ing 1925 was $2.42, while the national average was $4.96. News and Observer. THE farm of the Cullowhee Normal School made a good showing in a financial way It cleared $1,500 last year from a fifty-acre tract. Which proves thai there is good money in farming when . done systematically. The Rurahtc. . . Anyhow, Mussolini hasn't yet claimed the planet Mars as logical Italian territory. Ashe- ville Times, v The primary law is safer ( Vice-President Dawes, has declared against it Asheville Citi zen. Let everybody vote. The State Board of Elections, has printed 1,800,000 ballots. They dight to) be used. News and Observer. ' PURPOSE OF PRISONS THOMAS Mott Osborne, whose recent death '. mniirnnrl u;nil a national fPtM- la wivitijf niuui uvp ..v.. - - - t tation for his ideas; about prison reform, but he was , no mere sentimentalist. He was scientific in his method. "I have not a single theory or idea about this prison game," he said, "that I am not ready to alter or throw away the moment it bumps up against a fact." While he was scientific in his method, he recognized that prisoners are "real, live hu man beings the most interesting things in the world." While recognizing the force of per sonality, he did not let that, blind him to the real purpose of prisons. "Prisons exist for the protection of society, and they have no other function," he set down as one of his cardinal propositions. He was sound in his belief that "deter rence is the real aim of the prison," and if thait were always kept in mind by prison reformers there would be less difficulty in solving the prison problem. He was opposed to' the old system of se verity, he wanted prisons to be educational institutions, but he did not believe in filling them full of sentimentality. He would train prisoners in honest labor, teach them the basis of citizenship, but 'he did not favor the honor , system because it resulted often in special privilege for the unworthy. He visited Raleigh several years ago, and his addresses on that occasion are remem bered by many, people who heard him. He spoke with frankness and in a sincere, man ner. He made a large contribution to the prison reform movement because he did not. fool himself with false ideas. He undertook to get the facts, and to deal with them as facts after, he got them. That is the only basis of any permanent success in any field of endeavor, and because he did that he com manded respect. He was able to dramatize his knowledge, it is true, but it was real knowl edgeNews and Observer. THE CLAY COUNTY NEWS There comes to our desk a new visitor The Clay County News, published in Hayes ville by J. A. Gray. The Journal welcomes this new neighbor into Western North Caro lina. While Clay is a small county in area, it is a good county, peopled with excellent folks, and is fast becoming one of the progressive counties of awakening Western Jtforth Caro lina. The county has been hampered by lack of a county paper through which to find ex pression of the hopes and aspirations of its people. Any county without a county paper, a good one, is seriously, handicapped, for it is the organ that continually fights the battles of its people, cheers them, urges them ever onward to better things;' and most outside people judge any county or community by the character of the local paper. That is the only way which many ;of them , have of learning about a county or town. ' ' The Clay county publication started off as a good, newsy sheet, well prepared, well edited and well printed. The only criticism that the Journal can find to make is the small amount of space usad by the "local ad vertisers. The publisher of the paper can not long bring out the kind of a publication which he is now doing, without liberal sup port from his home advertisers. The Journal would warn the Clay county and Hayesville folks that if they want to keep their paper they must patronize its advertising columns. Outsiders wilt judge that the county is a dead one unless the local paper carries, the mes sage of the advertisers in liberal space. Jackson County Journal. THE EDITOR'S TASK It is his desire and his business to ad vocate that which 'will benefit his city. r He is, in a very real sense, the high priest of service, acquainting his people with(new op portunities, not only to build up their town materially, but also to enrich themselves and others spiritually. In his hand always is the axe of the pioneer, and' on his banner the proud device of "Forward !" Selected. Letters MR. COOPER THANKS OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS Major S. A. Harris, Editor Franklin Press, Franklin, N. C. Dear Sir: -For some time it has been my good for tune to be closely associated with public af fairs in Macon-county, and now that my work calls me elsewhere, it would seem to be en tirely fitting and proper to thus publicly ex press the regret I feel at the necessity which compels me to sever, for a time at least, the many pleasant relations I have enjoyed while ssrving the county in my professional capacity. The work completed for your "county could not hate been so successfully consumated had it not been for the whole-hearted co-operation of a progressive, fap-sightcd Board of County Commissioters with the courage of their co victions ; , and the unfailing support of public spirited citizens, county officials, aid public press. . The ta-paycrs of Macon ceunty. are cer tainly to be eongratul.Utxl ivpon the,, wisdom which prompted them to elect to public office men of vision, so uniformly animated with the apparent desire to serve all the tax-payers as a whole,, despite criticism from the uninformed, and regardless of personal in terests. It is a form of patriotism that is rare indeed, and deserves full recognition from an intelligent citizenship. '.".. It has bee but a very few years since Macon county was one of the "Lost Pro vinces", of North Carolina, but that day is. past and1 it is now. connected with its mother State by a long line of concrete which winds like a silver ribbon over the beautiful hills, and valleys; all because men of vision dreamed a dream of prosperity, and had the courage, the "stlck-to-it-iveness" and perser verance necessary to make that dream come true.. i - ' The results are 'already apparent to those who will make the comparison between to day and yesterday, and the volume of county business has increased to the point . where the best interest of the taxpayers can only 1 be served by modern methods of county government.. Intelligent conduct of county business required the searchlight of "Truth" concerning its financial affairs, and adequate methods to handle the increased volume. As 'the readers of this letter doubtless ,know. the keystone of the accounting profession can be very aptly expressed by the quotation "Hew to the line and let-the chips fall where they may," and that has been the spirit be hind the work that has been done. . Party politics hold no interest for the accountant. He is only interested in telling the truth as. he finds it, and offering suggestions for better and more efficient methods of conducting the affairs under examination. The results ob tained willstand as a monument to those re sponsible for their accomplishment. It is impossible to fully express my appre ciation for the co-operation and unfailing courtesy of all with whom it was necessary for me to come in contact during the course of a long, tedious, and trying engage ment; but I do wish to particularly stress my appreciation for the interest displayed by the members of the Macon County League of Women Voters, both in Franklin and Highlands, who have collectively and individ ually sponsored and promoted the efforts made to establish the present methods of con ducting county business. Their determined efforts to establish "Truth" concerning the county's financial condition and daily . trans actions, as a basis for better conduct of county affairs, has been a source of con tinual inspiration to put forth the best efforts possible to accomplish that result. Since nature has so richly endowed your beautiful county with agricultural and com mercial advantages, it would be criminal to neglect preparation for the years of pros perity which the future undoubtedly . holds for your citizenship; and I leave you feeling that a long step forward has been taken toward that end in placing the largest business within your limits, the county government itself, on a business-like basis. Please accept my thanks for the many courtesies extended me, and be assured that it will always be a pleasure to serve you at any time you feel that my efforts can be of benefit to you. ., Very truly yours, W. T. COOPER C II!.. XT f .... .. . : j milium, rn. v, October 22, 1926. Nothing Fazes John OOME folks claim, that the saddle, excepting 'the postage stamp model used by the gay lotharios, is as extinct as the dodo. But such folks are evidently not acquainted with John Thomas and his inventive ability. Last" Tues day morning while the snow was gently fall ing and a sublime solitude had descended up on that section of the globe between " the majestic Cowees and . the mighty Nantahalas,. a riotous uproar was heard on Main street. A stranger who had been in the San Fran cisco earthquake grabbed his hat, rushed front a local hotel and took to the tail and uncut. Another from Miami, wrapped his arms about' a telephone pole and extended his nether ex tremities in a horizontal direction approxi mately, four feet ; from . the . pavement. . Local citizens with bulging eyes saw a strange con traption making its way east along Main street. Two men were mounted on the neck of thjs animal, clinging to the reins and nnllinor with . all their might, while from the interior could! be heard loud and prolonged yells .of "Whoa." A halt was finally made at the postoffice and the strange object began to disintegrate. ' The two men visible dismounted, while from the interior came other men, bundles and mail sacks. Last of aH came John Thomas with a smile on his face. "Boys," said John, "the mail business is picking up. This trip . I v.ucu si uuuars ana torty-hve cents After the auto for such it proved t be was un loaded and its out fines become visible, a saddle-one f the old my models that had evidently seen service in the Mexican war was found astride the hood. Martingales were, fasWed to the radius rods, while a cr-ufper adorned the outlet of the exhaust pc. John declares that he can always make room for his Ellijay friends when' they wish U come to Fanklin and that hereafter a saddle will be as much a part of his equip ment as a tire tool.
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