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THE FRANKLIN PRESS
THURSDAY JUNE 9, 152T
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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.
Courteous treatment for visitors.
Improvement of county roads connecting
with State highways.
A fish ladder at the municipal dam.
Co-operation, vim, push, work-everything
for the good of Franklin and Macon county.
New court house and jail combined.
How About It?
Chief Henry finds enough to do to keep
him exceedingly busy.
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Main street gets a washing now and then.
Helps.
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.Wouldn't a new court house and jail com
bined be scrumptious?
Cans, : canners, cannery mean money, to
Macon county.
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Four dogs to each sheep means less wool.
Less wool, fewer dollars.
Yes, Indeed! Your home merchant has it
and for less than the mail order house. .
Twenty thousand hives of bees in Macon
means an, additional income of $250,000.
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Our county is mighty proud of it's appointee
to the Naval Academy.
Has the town board thought about a fish
ladder at the municipal dam? It's badly
needed: '
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Have, you seen the new school annual, The
Laurel Leaf? The Press printed and bound
this book. .
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; Some folks are grumbling about hard times,
but there is sufficient money in circulation to
buy gasoline. y-
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President Coolidge will spend the summer in
the Black Hills of South Dakota. He has
chosen a delightful place for his vacation.
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One' visit to Macon county calls for another.
The second visit requires an extended stay
and the third, visit becomes permanent.
This is no advertisement for the hardware
man, but every home in the county ought to
be screened in the interest of health.
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The government is predicting a shortage of
horses and mules in the next five years. Now
is a good time to begin raising work animals.
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Jimmy Hauscr, the county fish warden, has
approximately 50 deputies appointed. Better
be careful. Fish bite sometimes, but the law
will bite at any time.
We wonder if the authorities know that it
is against the state laws to drive with mufflers
open? This law applies to city streets as
well as to highways.
The county agent is doing .his part of the
work. Back him up and watch Macon county
make remarkable progress in an agricultural
way. ' .
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New parking laws will soon be in effect,
if present plans are carried out. The Press
will acquaint the public with the provisions
of this ordinance.
Edgar Angel, a Franklin boy, leads his class
at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia.
Quite an honor for Franklin. Uncle Tommy
is mighty j)roud of his son and so is Franklin.
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District Agent, John W. Goodman, says that
the office of County Agent Harris of Macon
is the bes( appointed and the best kept of
any agent's office in hte state.
The poultry sale Wednesday of last week
brought in $2,000. If all the domincckers in
Macon were sold and the proceeds invested in
thoroughbred poultry, what a difference would
be noted in the co-operative poultry sales.
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If you do not take the Press, borrow your
neighbor's copy and make an enemy. The
county agent talks to the farmers through
the columns of the Press. Make the most
of his services by subscribing or borrowing.
If Al Smith is nominated by the demo
crats it will be interesting1 to learn what
excuse . the dry protestant democrats of the
South will offer for voting for him. But
vote for him they will regardless of tempera--ture
and the Mississippi flood. .
There arc enough tin cans in Franklin's
back alleys to feed several carloads of goats
for an indefinite length of time. Judging,
from their appearance some of these cans
were brought to Franklin 'long about 1830.
It's time they were being removed. The only
trouble about this matter is to find a place
big enough" to hold the supply.
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Continual harping against the third term
idea is becoming tiresome. If a man makes
us a good president why. shouldn't he be
cllected for a third term or even a fourth?
We have no reference here to the. case of Mr.
Coolidge, but if the people want him for an
other term there is no sound reason why
the third term buagboo should debar him.
Chas Mallonee, as is . well known is a hard
working, upstanding citizen of Macon county.
Though with a meager education himself, his
views on life, and especially education, are
sound: In connection with the appointment
of his son, James, , to the Naval Academy,
Mr. Mallonee again expressed his determi
nation to give all his children a good educa
tion. Whether or not he has anything of
material value to give them on reaching man
hood, is of no consequence, so long as each
is mentally fitted to cope" with life in these
days of keen competition. We wish that more
citizAs of Macon county q could realize the
necessity of a college education for their
children. '. ,
Sheer Bravery
THE CAPTAINS and the kings of the
newspaper front page soon' depart. The
halo of publicity glory that clings about their
brows is as impermanent as the rainbow,
Hence it is not unexpected that the Shouting
and the tumult about Lindbergh, first man
to fly the Atlantic in a single hop, will soon
begin to die.
Charles Lindbergh held the spotlight of the
newspaper world, perhaps, for; a longer period
than any individual since the death of Wood
row Wilson. Day after day, his name was em
blazened across the front pages of newspapers
all over the world.
And interesting as -was the daredevil, flight
of this twentieth century adventurer, interest,
ing as is the man, as portrayed by the re-i
porters, the reaction of the public the shout
ing and the tumult have been of even greater
significance. ,
Newspapers, press associations, and the peo
ple of Europe seemingly lost all sense of pro
portion when this Missourian successfully
landed his plane at Le Bourget Field, , just
outside Paris. "
'.'Brave,", "intrepid," "daring," "conqueror,"
"king of the air" these are but a few of the
high flown adjectives that have been applied
by the newspapers to the 25-year old air. mail
- pilot.
Who is Captain Charles Lindbergh, and
what has he done to merit the plaudits of
the entire world?
' He is a captain in the Missouri national
guard, and "a United States air mail pilot.
His exploit was that of flying across the At
lantic, in a single hop, before anybody else"
had done it. ' . And he made the flight in a
plane with a single motor, disdaining to, take
along wireless or ' other equipment commonly
carried by aviators on such dangerous trips.
He did it-under conditions that. were termed
by seasoned airmen as "suicidal."
Lindbergh has given every evidence of
keeping ..his head under conditions that would
have completely spoiled many a man ranked
great in the histories of this world. - t
After all, there is much ground for optimism
in the reception , given Lindbergh's feat. The
very reasons we have made him the hero of
the hour are indicative of a healthy mental
attitude. The worship of mere success, of
course, is a shallow type , of religion, but it
might be worse. Our' love of the daredevil is,
to say theleast, an indication that an artificial
civilization has not bred out all of our heardier
Characteristics and emotions; and our applause
for the hero who keeps his head, shows that
the mob still recognizes one of the primary
attributes o.f greatness the simplicity that
makes it possible for a' man to keep his head
when all about him are losing theirs.
For once, an exploit with not a hint either
of crime or of scandal has caught and held
the spotlight. It was an exploit of a clear
headed, modest young daredevil. And we
simply forgot all about the Halls-Milk mys
teries, the Snyder-Gray scandals, and the
others of their ilk.
Nothing vitally wrong with a civilization
where that can happen, surely.
And as usual with simple-hearted men, Lind
bergh's' greatest exploits were not those he set
out to accomplish at all. He flew across the
Atlantic, to be sure; but of infinitely, more
importance was the psychological reaction of
the world. He, quite unintentionally,' perhaps,
by a single stroke did wonders toward estab
lishing a better feeling between two great
nations France and America; and he revived
the spirit of adventure, sitmulated the desire
for, conquest, in a world filled with desillusion
and boredom.
Without for a moment detracting from the
glory that is Charles Lindbergh's, has not the
world, as usual, overlooked the real act of
heroism in connection with the aviator's flight?
What Lindbergh did' was a bit of dare-deviltry,
with' "luck" a party to the outcome.
Out in Michigan, his mother, told that the'
attempt was suicidal, said not a single word
to dissuade her son from doing a thing she
must have felt was useless; shunned the
spotlight pretty successfully; and, while her
boy was, she knew not where quietly went
on with her work as a teacher of chemistry
in a high school.
For sheer bravery for heroism of a type
rarely approached, Mrs. Lindbergh left her
heralded son many leagues behind.
Results of the Six-Months Term
IN THE examination held recently at Frank
lin for entrance to jhe local high school
next year one hundred and sixty-seven pupils
were present. Out of this number 84, or
approximately 50 per cent passed the exami
nation successfully.
Amon& those taking the examination 59
were from Franklin, while 108 came from the
country schools where-they had completed the
7th grade.
From the 59, from Franklin 46, or 78 per
cent, passed the examination. Only 38 out
of the 108 came from the country, - or 37
per cent, passed. Why this great difference?
There is no question of doubt that the chil
dren from the rural districts are just as
bright mentally as those from town. There
are two causes contributing to the failure of
the rural children. First, they have only six
months schooling per year, while the pupils
at Franklin attend school nine months of
each year. Second, the teachers in charge
of the country schools, in many cases, are not
so well trained as those in town. Consequently
when time comes for rural children to enter
the high school at Franklin they find them
selves sadly handicapped through the causes
mentioned above.
As the years go by we find that the rural
teachers are taking advantage of every op
portunity to improve in their .work. Therefore,
in the hear future we have reasons to believe
that one of the . handicaps under which the
rural child labors will be removed. But, the
handicap of the six-months term will remain
with us until the people of the county, demand
a change. The rural inhabitants should be
vitally interested in an eight-months term for
country schools. Their children are entitled
to the same davantages as are the children
in the cities and towns. But these advantages
Will never materialize until the rural parents
rise in their might and express their needs
in no uncertain terms.
Incidentally we find only, 167 pupils from the
entire county, with the exception of the High
lands district, desiring to enter high school.
While we have not the exact figures there
must be at least 400 girls and boys of Macon
just coming to "high school age who ought to
enter high school next September. However,
the great majority of this number are totally
unprepared to enter. In many cases the
parents are responsible for this lack of edu
cation, while to a considerable extent the sys
tem is at fault.-At. any. rate . we should con-,
sider ways and means to improve the situation.
These remarks are in no way intended as a
reflection upon the county board of education
or the superintendent , of schools. Both are
doing good work and deserve commendation,
butr-we must have an eight-months term.
Otherwise many of our rural children will be
sadly handicapped through life because of the
lack of an education. In other words, regard
less of their mental equipment, they must re
main hewers of wood and drawers of water
for their more fortunate companions. '
The Eagles and the Kingfishers
FOR YEARS new the public spirited citizens
-of Franklin have struggeld along sup
porting a chamber of commerce. Every year
as committees have canvassed the town for
funds the same old wheel horses have con
tributed. Considering the handicaps under
which it has labored, chiefly lack of funds,
the chamber of commerce in our little town
has accomplished marvelous results. During
the existence of the organization some of , the
largest property owners in town have refused
to contribute one cent toward the support of
the chamber regardless of the fact that their
real estate has been enhanced in value by the
work of the chamber of commerce. It is sel
dom that a taxi driver will join the chamber
of commerce, though it is an acknowledged
fact that this class of citizens 'reap much
benefit from the work of the organization..
All the drones who are willing to benefit by
the sacrifices of their fellow citizens should
be made to contribute to the support of out
chamber, of commerce. The only,, way to
reach such men is through taxation. Since
an organization of this kind exists solely for
the benefit of the community it should be
supported by community taxation. ,
In these days and times all towns and
cities are in keen competition with each other.
The town without a chamber of commerce or
some similar organization is destined to lag
behind its, perhaps less fortunately situated,.
neighbors. Just at present our iucai .uwhuc
I r n the rnrufi i I use win.
srptm to nave nunc
have been paying for its ' support year in and,
year' out are becoming tired of the burden
and no one can blame them. ' Only a com
parative few have supported the chamber, while
the great majority have done nothing. The
latter are like the eagles .that sit on a tree
and wait for the kingfisher to bring up a fish,
and. then swoop down and gather in the
spoils. A chamber of commerce cannot func-
tion without funds, and the most equuaDie
wav of financing its activities is by taxation..
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The sooner we ot rranKiin rcaui una wn
clusion the better for the town. It is sug
gested that the town board take this matter;
up for consideration. ,
Highlands Golf Course
CCORDING to reports reaching Franklin
Highlands' half million golf course an4
club house' are now assured. The construc
tion of this golf course and the number oP
influential men it will bring to Macon county
will mean much to Highlands and equally as
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has peculiar advantages possessed by no other
town in eastern America. For many years .
men of wealth have been spending their sum
mers in Highlands. They found there every
thing . conducive to perfect enjoyment with,
the exception of a golf course. With an ele
vation of 3800 feet the days are delightfully
cool while two or three blankets are necessary
at night for comfortable sleeping. Probably
no where in eastern America can one find
more beautiful scenery. Thosev who have un-.
dertaken to build a golf course at Highlands
have acted wisely in the selection of. a site.
This course, which we understand is ,to be
one of the best in the country, will attract
golfers by the thousands.
Incidentally, Highlands, when asked to sub
scribe $15,000' as a manifestation of its interest"
in the proposition raised $11,000 in cash itv
two hours. The remainder was shortly after
wards subscribed. .
A Bit of Courtesy
WE LIVE in a fast age.
The transition from the ' period of
horse-drawn vehicles, traveling over muddr
roads at a snail's . pace, to the present, when -high-powered
motor cars rush along . over
hard.surfaccd highways, has occupied a matter
of but a few years. Our manner of living
has been speeded up correspondingly, in other
ways; and it is frequently apparent that we
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nave noi aujusicu ourselves to tne taster pace.
We are forgetting many of the bits of cour
tesy that were taken for granted in the more
leisurely age of a short time ago..
Ah example often observed here is that
of motorists' breaking through, or rushing
Ipast, funeral processions. It is purely thought
lessness, perhaps, but it is thoughtlessness
that ought not to be. '
A certain respect, according to all the can
ons of courtesy, are due the dead and their
relatives. It would' be a simple and worthy
thing for motorists in this : country to drop
in the rear of a funeral procession, ' rather
than rush madly past, with tooting of horn
and scattering of dust. .
our people will observe when it is called to
their attention. '
Lynchings
IN THE past few weeks we have read of
several lynchings. Last year there were
29 lynchings in the United States,1 an increase
of 13 over the year before. !
America must notgo back to this primitive
form of punishment. When there were con
ditions which prevented the law from taking
its course or the courts, such as they were,
were in the hands of various factions 'who.
deemed it necesary to. protect their friends
and condemn their enemies, there might have
been some excuse but not so today
Citizens make the laws and the courts of
today will give justice without these same
citizens taking the law into their own hands.
Constituted authority should prevail.
Let us hope that the present digression will
soon pass away, and that every man, regard
less of his crime will receive a fair ' trial.
Criminals usually get what is coming to them
through the usual legal channels.