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l.'.GE TWO THE FRANKLIN PRESS, FP.ANOJli. tl C THURSDAY, APRIL 11,' 1223 mi 'n O. me rraniuin 1 rc PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY . S. A. HARRIS... EdItor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Subscriptions Payable in Advance) One Year , -$.50 Eight Months i.w Six Months Three Months 3" Single Copies . . .... .. Jc - ADVERTISING RATES Very reasonable, and will be made known upon request. ' . ., '- We charge 5 cents a1 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. - Foreign Advertising Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION Congressman George M. Priichard of this district must be: a pure, lilly-whitc Republican, lie has telegraphed his secretary to vacate the office assigned him next to the office of riecrro congressmen from Chicago. Mr, 1 rit- chard 'is probably thinking ahcad4for two. vears at least. Onlv a few citizens refused to co-operate m cleaning up their premises during Clean-Up Week. Arthur Pannel and the. Chief of Police did good work and as a result the town is now in better condition from a sani tary standpoint than ever before. The women of the town who sponsored the campaign arc also entitled to much credit. Others' Comments THE FRANKLIN PRESS PLATFORM Extension of the sewer lines. Beautify the school grounds. Two hundred summer cottages. A sewage disposal plant. 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. 10,000 Dairy Cows, 50,000 Sheep, 400,000 Hens, 4,000 Brood Sows and 20.000 Stands of Bees in Macon county. The above will mean water and lights in each farm home. 80,000 Acres in Improved Pasturage in Macon county. ' Co-operation, vim, push, work-everything for the good of Franklin and Macon county. .New court house and jail combined. How About It? In their paving program the town board seems to have forgotten the public square. 1 ' - Congratulations to Bonny Crest. After a i,rt,ni tx"tr.r there. Will We Gamble Further? THE NEW well has already cost , the town of Franklin about $3400 and still no water has been found. By going down five feet more a stream may be tapped. On, the other hand the town board may spend $10,000 on a dry well. We do not believe that the neonle of Franklin are willing to spend more money on a , mere gamble. Before the well machinery was placed on the ground this paper called attention' to the risk of losing money and expressed opposition to boring a well of any kind. This town should have a gravity system but we doubt that the people would vote the necessary bonds. The only solution to the question, as we see it, is to move the machinery where it should have been placed at first and, bore a well. This location is near the old .well where an underground stream is known to exist at a depth of only 216 feet. Death of Marshal Foch CITIZENS of all the Allied nations will note with sorrow the death of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, while those of former enerny countries must pay to his military . mastery, a tribute of respect. . Born in 1851, this great French soldier was graduated ' as an artilleryman and was for several, years., instructor , and later commandant THE ECONOMIC REVOLUTION UNDER. VAY IN THE SOUTH IS AFFECTING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY For the first time since the Civil War the South has broken away from its worship of free trade. The Houston tariff platform gave to the Southern believers in a protective tariff a right to demand protection for the South without violating their fealty to their old Democratic doctrine of free trade or a low tariff. Hundreds of thousands qf people in the South had long felt that a protective tariff was essential to, Southern prosperity, but many of them were held back from its advoca"cy by reason of their fealty to their old party tics. This .situation has completely changed. Throughout the South there is now a demand for a protective duty on manufactured pro ducts,' on minerals, 'on raw materials; of aH kinds, and. on agriculture. 'The South is no longer content to permit its politicians, as they did for years, to sacrifice its material welfare for party fetish. This change means a revolution in the eco nomic policies of the country. Throughout the South, meetings are being held in open advocacy of a well-rounded, protective tariff A unirit is abroad throughout this section insisting that the advantage held by. the North and West for many years, Dy reason of a protective duty, shall be extended try pvcrv interest and industry' in the South. For many years Southern politicians, because W worshin of free trade, permitted the South to be robbed of its opportunities for of wealth. Though they knew 111 V V tariff bills would be passed, 111CLI jVl ui.vvv. they refused to co-operate in securing a tariff nn Southern agricultural products, Southern minerals, Sbuthern raw materials and ' manu factured nroducts of all kinds. These South ern politicians gave to the. North and West trmium cf advantage over the south Tndppd. in some respects they put' into the hands of manufacturers of other sections a ...uu rw,U-in. hont dnwn the orice 0 . . UUU ...... men and say it to us, and cither cuss it oat with us or quit so much infernal back-biting and criticism. You fellows that are doing this are no saints by any means. we Knew you all, and you had better attend to your own business and clean your own house before taking us up, or anyone else, for the chief topic of conversation. We never knew a one-horse town that didn't have a bunch of hair-brained back-biters that have nothing else to do but try to attend to the other fellow's business. This is plain English, and can be understood by the biggest bonehcad in the town. We'll attend to our business YOU attend to yours Spartanburg Herald. BEAUTIFYING MOUNTAIN TOWNS Every town in Western ' North Carolina should be famous for some flower. The Garden Club of Franklin is setting a fine example in its efforts to make Franklin a innia town. But Franklin is not the only place in the mountain country , where spring has awakened civic pride to thoughts of how many homes may be beautified. The Clay County . News is urging that Hayesville can- adopt no surer way of winning favor in the eyes of the visitor han by making its lawns and flower gardens so attractive that every passerby will exclaim over them. In Bryson City the Times devotes a front page editorial in large type to suggestions for making the grounds of every home in "The Gateway to the Smokies" distinctive in its,1 loveliness. And the Jackson County Journal tells the people of Sylva that the Sylva Paper board Company has set an example to that community in beautifying its premises. Ashe ville Citizen. . .. . The town board should take some action looking to the protection of shade trees in Franklin. -- - The U. D. C. has hit upon., the happy 'idea of beautifying the bus line throughout the city limits. Every cent of - available money in America is being sent to Wa?l - street T'd: loaned... for gambling purposes at 8, 10, 12 and 15 percent. This leaves none for ligitimatc industry. There were two or three tanks aiyl much gas at the school house last Thursday night. However, . the tanks were metal and the gas was put to good use. In a few more weeks' r.:i adequate 'supply of water can probably be obtained from the two . wells in the middle . f the ?trc:'l at. the Presbyterian, church. ' , ; '. . , i- .i. -t y l . t ''..' ""'.' v- 1'' ' ' I The building of Ue .tn -hall -was said" 46; j have been' abandoned l eer.;-( flie interest on j the money would lnve bv.-n more, than the j rents the town is ikav paying. Tom Angel Wants to know Who is getting this interest? .'' Zeb Conlcy has pvv.-nted. the town 'board a bill of approximate!;- $16." for drawing the plans for the town hall that the board de cided to build and then changed its mind. Pretty expensive change of mind. 'At least one or two. citizens of the town are considering the advisibility of keeping a. num ber of horses at Wallace Gap this summer for use of the tourists. A number of one-day trips can be made from that point and after the first trip horses will be ' in demand con stantly. Sooner or later Franklin will have to remove the trees on Main ' street in order to widen the street eight feet. ' Traffic problems are already, troublesome and during . the summer inonthi .will become acute. - ' And when the trees are removed the. telephone and power lines should be placed in underground cabfe's. The centennial of the foundation of Y -con county will be held June 15. This centc nial is sponsored by the U. D. C and should ' ave the hearty support 6f every man, woman and child in the county. Detailed plans of the celebration will appear in the future issues of The Press. .Over the radio last Thursday night Governor Huey Long of Louisiana . who is ; under im peachment charges, told the world much about the "crooks, scoundrels and the gang."- f all he 'said is true, it would appear that the stat e is in need of a general house cleaning.' Re gardless of the charges against him Governor Long, must be admired for ' his fighting "' - "general in &or. : . ' ", ' t At the outbreak of the World. War he was given command of the Ninth Army and led "'the French center in the repulse of the Ger mans in" the first battle of the Mame. in March, 1918, he . was placed in supreme com mand of all the Allied forces on the western front,- and immediately developed a plan of campaign which brought victory on November : 11 Jpllowingl. , ; ' His name - will live in history as the' con queror' of the Central Powers and commander of the most formidable- military force the world has ever seen. . " A'grgarcnange-lias -utrw -tnivgii South will stand side by side with the rest of the country, working for a protective tariff. The few Southern politicians, who still worship the free trade fallacy will soon . find them selves on the scrapheap of political, life. The virile, active, energetic people of the South of all classes farmers, merchants, manufac turers and owners of mineral interests will unite in a demand for full protection on what the South has and what if produces, or a demand for no protection on anything. Protection for all, or protection 1 for none, is a motto on which the South can stand. , Manufacturers ' Record ORNAMENTAL TOWNS Morganton is known over the country as the mimsoa town, while Statesville has a dog wood avenue. Gastonia, we believe, runs to crepe myrtle, and Southern Pines is beautiful in the glitter of magnolias. Boone is orna mented with double rows of rhododendrons and now Franklin is proposing development as a zinnia town. Franklin has a Garden Club, and The Press says this club .is proceeding . with an elaborate llay.o- city- bcautif ication... rc remVi ana- ' task ""of fmTml7Tmrnra5- furnishes plants free to such of The population as may desire to spread the beauty round about. The season of blossoming trees and plants is at hand and this is why so many North Carolina towns are of particular beauty just now Charlotte Observer. Macon County's High School STATE , School Facts published March 15 by the state superintendent of public instruction gives some interesting data con cerning the high schools of the .state. In 1927-28 Macon county's high school enrollment at. Franklin, the only standard high school in the county, was 336 which is. only 8.6 percent of the number -of students of all grades in the county. In this connection Macon county ranks 86 among the counties of the state. However,' in daily attendance of high school pupils the local school ranks 51 among the hitdi school of the state. . But in teacher's o . . scholarship the county-ranks 21 from the top. Taking all three factors into consideration the county stands in . composite1 rank as fifty fourth. In. 1925-26, the years immediately preceding . Prof. Houk's administration the composite rank of Macon county was ninety six Thus in two years Prof. Houk raised the county from 96 to 54 among the 100 counties of the state. This gain is exceeded by only three other counties. Prof. Houk states that his teacher's scholarship this year stands at 800 which is the maximum. Also the school at Franklin in per capita cost stands the lowest in the state. Hence, not only is Prof. Houk to be commended for the marvelous advance male by the local high school, but Mr. Billings is also due some praise for making it possible for so many high school pupils living in the country to attend the school at Franklin. . Without the bus lines which he established there are scores of young boys and young girls who would be ' unable to obtain a high school education. , f Another point that we almost overlooked is Uhe fact that the teacher's scholarship in the) Macon county high school is higher than that'Nin the schools of Durham, Winston-Salem, Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro and Wil mington. '. This taken in connection with the fact that the cost per pupil in the Macon school is the lowest in the state, is something NUGGETS FROM GEORGIA If. you have anything to sell it will pay you better, to make it known, through the columns of the Nugget than to stick a little notice up on a tree But use your own pleasure about it. -It is like wearing a tight shoe over a corn. You are the ones suffering the most. "EVERYBODY KNOWS" NO. 3. "Everybody knows what I sell any way." This argument is advanced most frequently by the man who has done a meager business in some small town for many years. He thinks that everybody knows what he sells,, and so advertising will do no good, but he for gets that only V small fraction of the people that he could reach are his customers. If he gets more customers, he will . make more money. Furthermore, very few of his-regular customers visit his store every day and know ...i u 1,-- 4t,., 5c Wtipn lie cots in VVIIaL licia liittt nv. ... . something that could be sold out in a few, days, he cannot reach them all unless he ad- vertises. The man who advances this negative argument will be' found in a store with the shelves loaded with old merchandise, stuff that has stayed there years because no one knows it is there. At one time, that merchan dise could have been turned into ; money by the use of a little advertising. If- everybody knows what that merchant sells, he also ought to know what everybody else in the town sells. How will he get any business if he doesn't ask for it? 'Will .not the customers go to those who have something new which is a good buy for the money and who tell people about it? If it pays other men to advertise their goods, it will pay him. People do not know when the merchant gets in a carload of apples, but they will know if he advertises. They do not know how much he is charging for butter and eggs until he advertises his prices. There are millions of things that they do not know about his busi- , ness which would bring him mOre business if he would let people know about them'. Coun try Newspaper Advertising. . Letters AN EDITOR GOES TO THE LEGISLATURE The editor of the Bakersville, N. C, Banner went to the North Carolina legislature as the representative of his people. He has returned from the scene of his labors and we gather from his remarks he was not able1 to please all the people all the time. ' Judge for your self:. . ' ' - ' , "There is a. good deal of .'mouthing' about town about what we done while in Raleigh and what we didn't do. We want to say that if you have anything to say, tion't say it SMITH SPEAKS HIS MIND Editor The Franklin Press . . Dear Editor : ' Will you ' allow . me a little space in; the ' columns of your , paper? I would like to know where the dog tax .money goes that is paid by the dog owners. I, like all othe; people have heard, all ' the time since it ha;-, been -a law that people paid a dog tax to pay the damage done by the dogs. Some of . my sheep was killed. ' 1 am so well satisfied dogs killed them as if I had seen them do it, though I did not see ( it done. .1 went up last Monday to see our Board of County Commissioners thinking I would get a little pay for them.' Mr. Buchannon filed complaint of his goats that was killed. But he didn't see or know whose dogs killed them. They paid him for his goats. Then M laid my complaint before them. Just the same circumstances and the same evidence that dogs killed my sheep that Mr. Buchannon did his goats. They ignored me and turned me down and only advised me to do that which would bring reproach upon me if I was to do so. They said for me to go to Dr. Lyle, to get some medicine and strow and thin out the dogs and I wouldn't .have any sheep killed. : ' . .' That is the pay, or remedy they gave mc. If I were, to do as they said and poison a , lot Of' dogs then what would I expect if every dog that died with distemper, every sheep that died with Rot, every cow with the hol low tail, I would expect it to be said that I poisoned them. What could I expect if I were to see the. dogs kill one of my sheep and go tell them about it and want pay for it. Would I not expect them to say that it got some of that stricknine Dr. Lyle let you have. So they could pay Mr. Buchannon for his goats and under the same circumstances and same' evidence they could not pay me according to" law because I didn't see. the dogs kill the sheep. In which case did they obey the law? So Mr., Editor you and the readers Of The Press may think strange of me coming to see you for the first time for I certainly felt: the stroke of the way' they done me. ?
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