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t ACE I CUR- " THE FRANKLIN PRESS THURSDAY APRIL ZS, 1327 The FranMin Press PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY S. A. HARRIS Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Subscriptions Payable in Advance) One Year 'v Eight Months .40 Sc su Six Months Three Months Single Copies ADVERTISING RATES Very reasonable, and will be made known open request. j ' We charge 5 cents a line for Cards, of m..i.. i)ni,.Hnnc nf Kesnect. ana tor no- tices of entertainments where admission is charged. . Entered at the post-office at Franklin, N C, for transmission. through the mails as second class matter. , . ' Foreign Advertising ReP"!? THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION THE FRANKLIN PRESS PLATFORM 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- Thrrnstructien of business blocks. f Plant trees along the State highway, of the county. . , Make a white way of Main street. An excellent school library. Courteous treatment for visitors. Improvement of county road, connecting with State highways. .... A fish ladder at the municipal dam. ' Co-operation, vim, push, work-everythmg for the good of Franklin and Macon county. New court house and jail combined. How About It? . The next mayor of Franklin is taking his honors with becoming modesty. Let us hope that Old Man Winter took his f inaf fling of the season last week. Keep up the tree planting on the Georgia road. It will pay dividends. 1 Tiidpinp from the amount of business done in Franklin the alleged depressed business conditions must be somewhere else. Tn subscribing for the Press Mr. Tom Saun ders says that this paper has saved him many dollars by giving advanced information relative to sales, etc. Mr. Saunders 'states that he has also saved money by reading the advertisements in the Press. . Forty years ago a man living in ,Ncw York state marked a silver1 dollar and sent it to a mail order house. ; He later moved to the West and recently got in . change the same coin. He" waited a long time for his money to get back. Those who send money out of Macon now will probably be dead before they get it back, if they ever do. retter trade at home, where just , as good or better bargains are available, and perhaps get your money back next week. "'. Rev. Georee W. Seay, of Clayton, Ga., visit ed the Press , office . Saturday . of. last . week -and discussed the prohibition question at lenght. He complimented Macon county highly on the enforcement of. the prohibition laws and stated, that Rabun county has a large number, of" fine citizens who deplore the liquor traffic in that county. We were unable to supply Mr. Seay with the number of last week's issues fof the Press he requeued. He wanted that 'issue to distribute among a number of his , friends so that they might see what our ' judges in North Carolina think of the liquor traffic. to death or putting a bigger load on him than he can carry to the very best advantage. All of the above is a leader for the iollowing ecrestion. Why not begin to plan now for some kind of public farmers agqpicy that can and will operate separately from politics and that' will be in line for the time when there will have to be something done along this line? There are various ways of going ahout this. One is clerical help tor tne coumy agent and thus give him more time to direct things. The other is an assistant under nis direction we do not hold with an assistant county agent for these have been failures in more cases than successes whom he will di rect in the selling end of the business. One other plan is for the federation to take this thing up and handle all the selling and buy ing. We do not know anything of the work ings or plans of the federation, but we sug gest that this is a thing that they might take up to an advantage, The whole matter should be on a business basis. The man or agent handling this work should be bonded and have facilities, to carry on the work so as to reap the full advan tages incident to a job of this kind. Our agrihultural interests have developed to the stage where they must be handled on business principles. In this connection we might give a few incidences. Just recently there was a glut in the fertilizer market. t Phosphoric acid was selling laid down in towns in South Carolina at $11.00 per ton, we are informed, and 8-3-3 mixed goods were selling at the car for $23.00 per ton. Just as soon as the cotton faruers began getting their fertilizers the price went up again. Had we had a marketing man on, the job, he would have saved the county more than his salary on this alone. Then there is the question of transportation. At the last hog sale it was only due to the re source of the county agent that the hogs got away at all. The local railroad authorities refused to let the car pick up hogs on down the line ' and as the county agent had made arrangements with the agents in Georgia to ;use half the car so that we might get shipments more often, he had only a half car of hogs. He could have had more but stopped at the half car. We understand that pick-up- cars for hogs are run on the Murphy branch and that tsey should be run here. These hogs were taken to Asheville by truck at a rate fully competitive with the railway rates we are in formed. - This opens up another line of de velopment that the right kind of a man on the marketing job could look into. For this year things can and will go along, but we do think that some consideration should be given this matter and plans laid1 for an other year. The county agent says that he is willing and able to carry on this work ef ficiently if he' had some clerical, help and that-he will do it any way as far and as well as he can, but that it is going to take his time from the actual . demonstration work in the field i. e. work for which he was hired and. for which the Federal and state depart ments hold him responsible. Finally, we would make this point that any private business that shows a turn over of $8,000.00 in one month would certainly arrange for the most efficient and proper methods of handling same. This might be a place where the chamber of commerce and agriculture could get in some real co-operation without an outlay of capital. To keep in the vangard of progress some thing must be done sooner or later, and now is the time to see about such matters, before things get to where it will be a hard task to right them and put them on a proper basis. A Matter Of Marketing THE RECORDS of the couny. agent shows that he has sold a total amount of $8,24.5.00 worth of produce for the farmers since he. began his duties here which really means since the 23 of March when the first .sale .was held. This . amount has been .made, up of hogs poultry and eggs. There are wool sales coming off now in a few days and then there will be honey. We are just wondering if this is the pace that is going to be held from now on. If it is, we are wondering again if it is not time for us to consider the advisability of a county paid marketing agent. The total amount of stuff for the year is going to be around . $65,000 going through the county agents hands. This is going to put more tin one man than he can do when time comes for boys and girls club work, to begin, milk testing, fertilizer studies, seed selection, etc., all of which will be on the county' agents hands as soon, as he gets into the work and knows the local con dition fully. At present he has no help and, very little equipment. In the absence of a veterinarian 'he is doing this, work as well. We are in full accord with .his doing all that he can, and giving his full, time and thought to the work for which he is being paid, but on the other hand we are not in accord with the idea of driving a good horse the state have been privileged, to enjoy that view, because of the fact that the good roads work has not yet been projected into the re gion of Whiteside. It is fine sailing through Hendersonville and Brevard to Toxaway, but thence across Transylvania, Jackson and Macon to Franklin, it is old-fashioned, unimproved mountain roads. Whiteside dominates the most picturesque section of the state. It overlooks beautiful High Hampton, Cashiers Valley and Highlands, and is most easily reached over State Highway No. 106, which is improved sand clay for 10 miles out of Sylva, and unimproved to Cashiers Valley, with good trail for automobile past the Devil's Pulpit to the bump of Whiteside. This is unquestionably 'the most remarkable mountain formation in the state, or east of the Rockies," we might say. For seven miles, around the mountain, is sheer cliff, rising straight from the' plain of South Carolina, in height varying from 3,500 to 4,000 feet. It1 is a mass of solid granite and gets its name from the white flakes oh its sides, caused by the peeling off of the surface layer. The' sum mit is a treasure for the botanists because of the -profuse growth of rare specimens of mountain shrubs, one interesting characteristic being-its deep carpeting of heather. . The Observer will rejoice in the day when, the State Highway- people shall have carried the' hard top to' the vicinity of Whiteside, because of the great treat in scenic effects that will be revealed. The North Carolinan who has not seen Whiteside, docs not ''know' his state. In the same section are water falls of grandeur and included in the comparatively unknown wonders in the gorge of. the infant Tuckaseege, deep recessed and with the natur al stone bridge spanning the most tumultuous tumble of the stream in ravine never pierced by sunlight. and millions of fertile acres have been flooded by the breaking of levees. Towns have been submerged and farm houses swept away t is not possible to form an accurate estate of human lives lost,, but the number will prob ably run into the hundreds. Live stock by thousands have been drowned. All this a severe indictment against a penurious govern ment. Our fellow citizens are living in the Mississippi valley and they are entitled to protection against floods. At whatever the cost whether it be $100,000,000 or $500,00000, the national government should build levees along the Mississippi and its tnbutar.es that will withstand any flood. The Flood Sufferers THE LOCAL Red Cross chapter will soon start, a drive to obtain Franklin's quota of $150 to aid those who have been made homeless and otherwise suffered in the -great Mississippi flood whose crest is even now sweeping on its way to -New Orleans. The Red Cross is now taking care of ap proximately 150,000 people whose homes have been washed away by the greatest flood, in the history of the Mississippi valley. This number will no doubt increase for two or three weeks or until the . high waters have reached the gulf. ' ' . The President of the United States has is sued a proclamation appealing for help and has sent Secretary Hoover , to the valley to make a survey of the needs of the people. Every newspaper and 'magazine in the country are sending out, appeals for help. Hundreds of. radio stations in America are nightly broad cast.ng the news of the terrible disaster and taking up collections to aid those in distress The loss of life will run into' the hundreds while about ten millions acres of land have been submerged. Scores of babies -have been born m box cars, on levees, in row boats and on steamers. In refugee camps disease in making much headway. Surely such a state of affairs should appeal to tLe kind hearted people of Franklin. Our qutfta of $150 should be tripplcd. ' Others' Comments No. 28 IN ITS issue of April 16 the Charlotte Ob server referred to the project now well under . way to plant trees ' along the Georgia road from Franklin to the line. On April 21 the Observer again takes up the question of roads in Western North Carolina in connection with the view from Wh'tesidc mountain. The Charlotte paper has this to say: "The Observer will rejoice in the day when the State Highway people shall have carried the hard top to the vicinity of Whiteside, because of the grjat treat in. scenic effects that will be- revealed." . Highway No. 28 is the road over which people must travel to Whiteside.1 The Press knows that this highway is Mr. Stikeleather's pet road and that he will do all within his power to hard surface this road at the earliest possible moment. Between Franklin and High lands and between Franklin and Hayesville No. 28 crosses 4wo mighty mountain ranges where even the grading requires an immense amount of time. . Three road crews are now engaged in grading these two sections of this highway, but much bla'sting is necessary and the work is consequently slow. However, our people would be much gratified if our com missioner could see his way clear to place more hands at work . and thus complete' the grading this summer so that the concrete work might start a year from now. The Observer's editorial follows: In Sunday's Observer was given a list of 10 of "the most beautiful things in North Caro hna," Leading the. list .was 'the view from mighty Whiteside Mountain, in Jackson county. A distressingly small number of the people of Church Repair Fund A PROMINENT and beautiful house of wor ship in a little Western' city has a permanent income of $600 a year for main tenance of repairs. Storms frequently cause injuries to church buildings, and progressive organizations are establishing a repair fund. 1 This fund is provided for in advance, and when flood or fire damage occurs there is a" fund in existence immediately available for making any needed repairs. This sounds like good business and will strengthen the credit of any religious body at the bank. Saving Wild Life A NATIONAL movement is being organized r motorists to co-operate in saving lives of birds and wild animals on the highways. The annual toll of wild birds, domestic fowl squirrels, rabbits and other wild life from death by motor cars is tremendous. There is .ncf.i.L Scare Jnaving : lives'! of . dogs and cats from destruction, as well as larger animals which because of their size frequently wreck, cars. ' . ArREGorJariff Good Business r WGON cherry growers demand a tariff y to protect .their fruit against foreign competition. . The political farmer says the tariff is the armers enemy; claiming that it keeps out he low-pnced things he could buy abroad" to armerS h m The practical farmer, however, says that' the tariff offers fah ' I3"1 equa,izati0" gainst cheaper labor and Wer living scale abroad. Those w o,ake the trouble to study the tariff sche ! e. M that it admits duty free practical a supply and commodities required to op - HOW TO LESSEN NATION-WIDE CRIMINALITY THE REALLY startling statement in the Manufacturers Record of February 24 by Mark O. Prentiss to the effect that crime ,1s costing this country $16,000,000,000 a year, or more than the total value of all our agricul tural products in 1926, or 25 per cent more, than the amount of money loaned to our al lies during the .war, has attracted almost Cit versal attention. The statement is being wide ly discussed by the newspapers of the country as a revelation of fearful import to the future of the nation. Remedies of many kinds arc being suggested. One of the reasons for this widespread crimi nality is given in this week's issue by IlrV Prentiss in an article in which he strongly arraigns the practices of ' many criminal law yers in seeking not justice for the welfare of the country, but profit from defending noto rious criminals, and by pettifogging metht ds delaying their trial or their punishment.. This is an arraignment of sharp criminal legal prac tices whicH demands the study of our peq.le and pre-eminently of the bar associations of the whole country. Mr. Prentiss gives many , illustrations of the absured dulings and ovcrrulings by courts for the protection of criminals. Two cases in Florida not mentioned by him arc suggestive of the ways in which punishment is evaded. Two men have within the last three or. four years been conivcted of first-degree murder.: Their lawyers . have been able in one way amf another to transfer their cases from one' court to another, and now have for from four or five years prevented punishment, although conviction of first-degree murder has been had in every court in which the cases have been tried. The latest scheme, by which the pun ishment of these criminals has been delayed, and possibly defeated, is that they were con demned to be hanged, whereas' the Florida law as it' now stands has changed sanging into electrocution. These men, having been sen tenced to be hanged, cannot, so the lawyers claim,, be electrocuted; and as they have rot been sentenced to electrocution, they stand some chance of escaping all punishment. At any rate, for four or five years these repeated trials, and the efforts that are being made to prevent 'their being hanged or electrocuted merely because of the change of the law from hanging to electrocution, have cost the coun ties very heavily and have made criminals he live that, if they can keep on -fighting, in cue way ! or another they can finally escape all punishment. Criminal lawyers are too often concert ed" only .to secure their fees, through enabling criminals to escape punishment, without regard to their oath of office, their oath to uphold the constitution and to seek to bring about jus'Jce as officials of the court. , Moreover, a silly, mushy sentimentality, espe cially on the part of weak-minded women, or women who themselves arc of a vicious tem perament, fills the land with appeals against punishment of criminals, giving far more c n cern to the welfare of the criminal than they give sympathy to the helpless family of a murdered man. '.'., On these points America must right-about-face: It must demand, quick and positive punishment for the criminal. It must take a higher moral stand which will frown ui'on that mushy sentimentality in the interest of the criminal regardless of the welfare of the country. The duty devolves upon every man. and woman, in the country who would seek to save America from going . down into ruin by the overmastering power of criminality to stand for quick trial of every criminal and for that prompt punishment which England metes out to every convicted criminal. Un less this be done, the future of America 'is very , uncertain. Indeed, on the' contrary, we might say it is almost certain to be a future of moral degradation and ruin.Manufacturers Record. T . The Missippi Flood HE FATHER of wLs isw on the 15000T?reateSt, raTPagein h,torv- More than 150,000 people have been- made homeless 'THE PEOPLE of Macon county have set 1 April 29 for inauguration of the work in development of the "most beautiful highway m the state," this as a feature of ForesI Week. On the day stated they will begin the work of setting out an avenue of -white pines F fr f H miles state road from Frankhn to the Georgia line, and it is going t0 bes great a day as was celebration As ITruZ zy last summer. As usual, The Observer is invited to lend its presence and if opportunity affords, it will be there.-Charlotte Observe-
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