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CLIN PRESS i THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1327 PACE FOUR The Franklin Press PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY . S. A. HARRIS. .....Editor .SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Subscriptions Payable in Advance) One Year -$-S0 Eight Months '.. ...1.00 Six Months - Three Months Single Copies 5c ADVERTISING RATES Very reasonable, and will be made known upon request. We charge 5 cents a line for Cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect, and for 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. '.-yv' Foreign Advertising Representative 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 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 Udder at the municipal dam. Co-operation, vim, push, work--verything lor the good of Franklin and Macon county. ' New court house, and jail combined. . How About It? Macon county should have a historian. A school supervisor is needed in Macon i1 county, Three days till Chrismas. Shop in Frank lin. Yon -will find variety and bargains. . Watch the 4-H club grow in numbers and knowledge. It is worthy of note that Lindbergh flew over this section without being held up and scarch- . The bootleggers in Asheville and other .points 'have recently received a series of set backs in Macon county. s ' IDoTlars to doughnuts that Charlie Teaguc will never appear an jwblic wearing the gold medal recently presented to him as.a Master Farmer, It iis mighty hard to collect for legal ad vertising .after the ads are run. Consequently, after January 1st no legal advertisements will be published without the cash in advance. Advertising of the town and county business is exQepted. from this rnCng. , ; . " That big 'electrotype we recently, received "gratis" advertising flashlights didn't qu'te make the grade even though it told a story of how Mrs. Charles Cop, of Chicago, had entertained Lady Button and Lord Castoroil and others , in "Dear Old Lun'on." However, we figure itne Tneta.is worth fbese few lines. v. " Santa got the kiddies' letters and is on his way. . Many a little .heart will be made glad and some will ' be broken. For , some Christ mas morniricr will be a time of rcioicintr for others an "hour of despair. Laughter and shouts of joy tears and sobbing. v Such is life. And yet there are some adults with' ' soul, so dead they will deliberately trample aipon the heart of a child on Christmas morn. Again, such is life. I- ' :. i The drivers of school busses are complain ing that they caa not get near the school howe t we weather. Consequently they have to unload the children in a traffic jam on Porter street. So far as we have been able U) observe the drivers of school busses in this county are unusually,, careful and take every precaution to protect the lives of the children in their charge. But when these drivers are forced to unload their charges un der conditions that are appalling they should not" be held responsible in the event of the death of a little girl or boy. It is a sad state of affairs when a few measly dollars take precedence over the safety of 6chool children Pave 1 he school house street. ' - man in Los Angeles recently paid $1,500 for the return alive of his twelve-year-old daughter who had been kidnaped. The child was returned to him dead and badly muti lated. The bootlegger king, Remus, killed his wife and has been making a vauadcvillc show out oi his trial for more than a month, bru tal murders are taking place all over the coun try. Kidnapin'gs and floggings are the order of the day with the officers and prosecuting attorneys indifferent. First thing anybody knows the thugs, thieves and out-laws in gen eral will have the United States by the throat. If officers and prosecuting attorneys in all parts' of the country can not or will not do their duty, then the; public should vole into office men who can and who will. When of ficers go into cahoots' with out-laws it. is high time something was done. Why the Difference? FOR THE past several years Charlie Teaguc, master farmer, has made on his farm just a little more than $2,500 per year in ad dition to feeding and clothing his family. There may be other farmers in the county who have (lone as well, but the number is very few, if any. Most of the farmers have earned only a bare living. The question natur ally arises as to why this difference in in come. It is not a niattcr of hard labor for many farmers work as hard as does Mr. Teaguc. It appears to be a plain case of head work and business methods versus in difference 'or the lack of inclination to get out of the ruts used by our fathers and grand fathers. The County as Road Unit THE FEEDER ROADS to the highways have become almost impassable and will continue in that condition until next spring. The work on these roads is now done by the various townships some of .which - have special road taxes. As a general rule this tax money is dissipated with no permanent improvement in the roads. We have talked to many men from different sections of the county concerning making the county the road unit instead of the township. In each in stance it was agreed that this should be done. Consequently a law to this effect will no doubt be passed at the next session of the legislarure. When this is done the county can purchase the necessary road machinery in cluding rock crusher, roller, etc., and employ as many men as necessary to keep this ma chinery busy twelve months in the year. As we 'understand the matter the state will fur nish free of charge surveyors to relocate roads where necessary. After any road is properly located the county force can be placed at work and within a short time have a hard surfaced road good at any season of the year. It has been sugested and the sugestion seems a sensible-one that the town ship .whose roads are being improved furnish the necesary amount of free labor to assist the county force. If deemed advisable this provision could be included in the law. The Asheville Way ACCORDING to a pamphlet just received by The Press the Asheville Chamber of Commerce has just completed the third year of a five year program of national advertis ing. During this three year period this organi zation has had display advertisements in news papers, magazines; 'technical journals, etc., with a combined circulation of 38,000,000 copies. More than one million circulars, folders, book lets, etc., advertising Asheville and Western North Carolina have been distributed. An ad vertising "car has "traversed a goodly " section of the United States. Hundreds of special ar ticles have appeared in numerous papers, magazines, etc., telling of the wonders of the "Land of the Sky." The Asheville Chamber of Commerce has installed a radio Broadcasting station in that city, sponsored the recent flower show, entertained delegations from oth er states, performed personal service for thous ands of tourists, prevailed upon the Saturday Evening Post to publish many pictures of scenes in Western North Carolina and en gaged in many other activities for the benefit of this section. While, no announcement was made as ' to the cost of this advertising the amount must run into the hundreds of thousands. Asheville has not confined it's advertising efforts to that city alone, but has overlooked no oppbr tunity to bring to public notice the advantages of aJ of Western North Carolina. There is not a ; vn in th-,ntains of the state that has 7 i of Commerce and we mend the broad guaged nation and. to extend Wonder If "The World" Has Made A "Beaten Path" To His Door? WE RECEIVED the following very in structive letter a Jew days ago: y (sen received your statement of the amount three dollars for one year accrued" sub- ....I' 1. ........ rt .r.-k nption ana one . yea. in auvuna iu paper. ' 1 . . , "In the first place the accrued subscription of $1.50 was not at my request. I do not deem this a favor. However, as 1 have lifted the cpapcr from the office along with other mail that I do not pay close attention to, after which the postal laws say 1 must pay, I am enclosing money order covering this accrued subscription. ' ' " ' r "Your paper is alright, but I do not like your method of obtaining subscriptions. 'If you can .write a better book or publish a better newspaper than your neighbor though you live in the woods the World will make a beaten path to your door.' "When I wish my, subscription extended I will request with pay in advance." Cherokee Scout.. The Press never receives letters like the above, which is reprinted here so that the public may know , why subscribers names arc taken, off the mailing list as soon as their time expires. A newspaper has no way of knowing whether a subscriber wishes the. paper continued after his time is out. We do extend the time now and then when requested to rflo so by telephone or letter. In this con nection The Press will now cease to notify subscribers by letter when subscriptions expire. These notifications are carried to you 52 times per year on the label of. your paper. Others' Comments TWO REPORTS ON CONDITIONS SECRETARY of the Treasury Mellon, in his annual report to' Congress, says that business, which showed a recession during the. past year, is now approaching a normal cx pectacny, with sound underlying fundamentals. "A large volume of business was done (dtir? ing the year) simultaneously with declining commodity prices an unusual combination of circumstances," Secretary Mcllon's report. points out, He continues: "The volume of new construction remained large, arf engineering, industrial and public works projects were in sufficient volume practically to offset a decline in construction of dwellings. "High wages, due to increased productivity per worker, and lower living costs, due to declining prices, resulted in a sustained pur chasing power for a large variety of consum ers' commodities. ; "Business was free from the1 accumulation of excessive inventories, advance ordering hub ject to cancellations, and unreasonable specu lation in comodities, and a spirit of caution prevailed generally among business men." In a speech delivered in Chicago December 9 Charles E. Mitchell, president of the Nation al City Bank of New York, predicted for 1928 a greater prosperity in America than for the year now closing. "A contemplation of our country, with its vast territory, unimpeded by tariff barriers, its intelligent, hardworking peoples, its natural resources, its unequalled producing facilities, a government ever working in the interest of( the people, and a comparison of these condi tions with those prevailing elsewhere, makes me an optimist," Mr. Mitchell declared. The banker pointed to the better condition of agriculture and brighter prospects for certain industries that, have been somewhat laggard, Conditions are improving in foreign countries, he said, despite troubles in China, Russia and Mexico. Presidentiail election year, the tra ditional bugaboo of business, holds no terrors for him, he declared. Industrial Index. THE SUPREME NEED OF AMERICA: A CHRISTMAS SERMON THE SUPREME need of this country is a nationwide revival of the; old-time, genuine prayer-meeting religion. A religion that makes men realize that the same Divine authority that tells us that there is a Heaven also tells us there is a Hell. If we accept the belief in a Heaven, we must accept from the same authority the belief in a Hell- ' A religion that makes men realize that every act of evil is recorded on their con science and that, though it may sleep for a while, it' can never die A religion that makes an employer under stand that if he is Unfair to his employes and pays them less than fair wages measured by his ability and their efficiency and zeal, he is a robber a -robber of -his employes and- a rob ber of himself of honor A religion that makes an , employe know that if he does not give full and efficient. service to the extent of his ability he. too. is a robber a robber of his employer's time and a robber of his own character - bad fruit at the. bottom, to deceive the buyer. by the good fruit on the, top, realize that he Wa thief just as much as the one who. robs f ,7 J "pin 4114 ls "itreiiy aesiroyirjg night, and is thereby his own character A religion that makes a man who robs a railroad' of its fare or freight bill know that he not only robs the road, but that the also robs himself of all right to feel that he is an honest man ; A religion that makes a man realize that by driving too hard a bargain with his servant, his employe or his merchant, he can be just as much a robber as the seller or purchaser who swindles by false weight, fals'c packing or false claims . 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A religion that will teach church members who fail to contribuc to the extent "of their ability to the support of religion that they are robbing God and man alike, and compels them to recognize that if A they arc paying their pastor less than a living salary they also arc robbing, God and man alike A religion that makes the minister of the Gospel realize that he has not been called by Heaven to preach on economic questions about which he knows very, little, btjt to preach in all its fullness "Christ and Him Crucified," or else, the blood of the lost will be upon him A religion that will make, labor men who by threats or by actual violence endanger the lives of other laboring men or the property of others realize that at heart they arc murderers, for they are seeking to murder the liberty of their fellow-men, and are murdering their own best individuality and character A religion that will make the politician who yields principle to his party poltics, who wor ships at the feet of any class to secure votes' and sells his soul for preferment, not only know that he is a cOward and a poltroon and unworthy of the respect of any decent man, but also will make him see that he is helping to murder human liberty . -. 1 A religion that makes every newspaper work er feel the tremendous "responsibility of the press to help mold and shape for good the people of this land in this day of wild tur moil in thinking and acting that he may ap-. preciate his high calling, or prove recreant to God and humanity A religion that will make every man who professes to be a Christian realize that if he violates the laws of the land, whether it be the. Prohibition laws or ; others, me'rely to gratify, his own views or "desires, he is to the extent ofi his influence breaking down all law, and has no right to expect that his fam ily and his friends will, not violate .any law, moral 'or statute, .which does not suit their convenience A religion that is active, not passive A: religion that gives a man backbone to stand for the truth, however great may be the dangers, that he may have to face in up holding the right as God gives, hiin the power to see the right A religion that will make men realize that the most stupendous. event beyond all human comprehension is that the Creator' of the vast universe, the study of which staggers the human mind, so loved mankind in all its waywardness that He "gave His ,only Begot ten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should 'not perish, but have everlasting . life."" No finite mind can possibly grasp the. full niMpnimr n( tJiie 1nv nnr of thp flpatti tinon the Cross which followed for the salvation of the world " " ' ' '' ' :. ' A religion that literally burns itself into the brain. and the. heart and the soul of every man who professes to be a . Christian, and make him realize that the one supreme thing in his; life and in the life of those with whom be comes in contact is ,by his life to uplift the Cross, that men may be drawn unto Him who, upon that Cross,, gave his life for sinners In short, we need a revival of that soul- searching religion which will make, jnen an women strive in every act of life w'tjo which oh the great Judgment Dai fhe will wish they had done, as with soul '. uncovered they stand before the Judgment Seat of the Eternal. ! Until the people of this nation acept and live this reliigon, there will be strife where there should be harmony ; there will be strikes and lockouts and murder where ' there should be co-operation and peace; there will be law vio lation where there should be law obedience; i(r ' Will hi VintftoA ii'linm iUnrn rt...1,1 k friendship and love. -1 r i nnce r$ ilia trs'.'.l tt.: !!., J f 1 ! .A v tuv j Miu 1.111,3 ivtiiu Kfi i tiiKiiiii. iiii; wuuiu uc iuuuu d suiuuuu i or every. Dusincs between employer and employe. Capital art labor would work in harmony and with t ff! f . ... ... . of the labor, with profit to both,'..'rV wr37. Religion of this kind is ftof" measaured by' the hope of Heaven hereafter nor the fear of Hell, but by the full fruition now of "peace on earth to men of good will." It - is not merely the chanting of hymns or the offering of Pharisacial prayers, but it is in the recog nition and full application by rich and poor, by learned and unlearaed, that each ; one is in deed his "Brother's ' Keeper," that we can bring this country and the world back to safety. A nation-wide acceptation of this, in heart and in life, would bring peace, and world peace, where there is now turmoil, and men acts of immorality, but would, in spirit and'ln deed, follow the Divine command: "All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." Manufacturers' Record. "r. ; ' . .. '' ' ' v -, 1 ' 1 ' '" : '' v"'.: -; 4
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