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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY C. A. HARRIS. . ........... .... ....... . .Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Subscription Payable in Advance) One Year Eight Months Six Months Three Months - Cinrrlo ("Vintf" OC UlUklb - V " - - - - ----- son's Brook and as an aid to the process cf obstruction the letter "n" could be appropriately added to the first -word in the caption of this editorial. . ' ' 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. G, for transmission through the mails as second class matter. ' . 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. 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, i0,000 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. Not On Waiting List 1J fllETHER or not Sam VanHook received V Y his inclination for, truck tarmmg trom , his forefathers who, if one may judge by the' name, came from Holland, we .'are unable to say. Nevertheless . Sam knows how to grow truck crops.. For the' past several days Sam has ieen bringing; loads of strawberries' into Franklin and finding a reL jmarket.; . When we. inquired of Sam whetheV he was. waiting for Congress to pass a, relief measure for the farmers ,he , became exceedingly emphatic, in his denial, -.Sam says .that ly; has organized himself and organized his farm and that he does not expect any help from. Congress. He is also of the opinion that the farmer who waits for such help "is gonna be outta luck."' Mrs. Walter Elliott, is another citizen of Macon county who is not o'n the waiting list in so far as help from Congress is concerned. Last year she sold $215.19 worth of turkeys and did not buy a pound of feed. by Congressman J. '1 1.- :. IIcfl.:i cf .Ll;.:...x (now senator) recommending observance of the day by its members and by the executive departments at Washington In 1914 Congress authorized the President to designate the second Sunday in May of each year as Moth er's Day, the first proclamation under this authority being issued by President Wilson on May 9, 1914. Few of us reflect as often as we should on the debt of love and gratitude we owe to -our mothers. By thoughts and acts of sincere affection on Mother's Day, we not only honor them, but we also honor ourselves. . , T How About It? Due to a typographical error The Press stated last week that the Osborne farm in 1924 was in a run down condition. The time should have been specified as , 1914. ' i Now and then The Press has been criticised for failure to send the paper after a subscrip tion has expired. We have no way of know ing whether or not a subscriber , wishes the ' pater continued. Consequently when a sub scription expires the subscriber's name is promptly removed from the list. " 4, ' The Press tries' to be impartial and give both sides of a controversy when opportunity permits. Because this paper publishes a com munication, by no means implies that the opinions expressed therein are the opinions ' of' the editor. And neither does this para graph have any particular reference to the letter of Mt. Russell published on this ; page. 't, ' .' The highway force under the direction of John Smith is to be commended for the dis patch with which the trees across highway No. 28 were removed after the storm last Thursday night. , J . All descendants of the pioneers who settled Macon county should be here at the centennial on June 15. Mrs. F. L; Siler who heads the .committe in charge of the centennial would be pleased to hear from former citizens who will be here on that date. The New Town Board 'HERE were twelve men running for alder man in Tuesday's election. Each of the twelve is an excellent citizen -and would have made a good official. However, the voters elected the 'present incumbent, George Patton, as mayor and the following named , men . as aldermen: H. W. Cabe, J. M. ' Moore, Jess Conley, John E. Rickman, W. . B. 'McGuire 'and ' Dr. J. H. Fouts. ' We believe that the electorate made a good choice, the fact that T. W. Angel was beaten by only one vote shows that he still retains the confidence of- the people.. But now that a new board is to be at the helm, it behooves the citizens to make their pathway as easy as posible. The posi tion of alderman, to say the least, is a thank less one. There is no doubt whatever that the men elected will give the town the best service of which they' arc capable and they arc all capable men. Ifence, during the next two years the citizens f Franklin may look forward to a progressive administration.. The Press extends congratulations to Mayor Pat ton and the aldermen elect. A Blow To Highlands npHE BURNING of the club house at the A Highlands golf curse last Thursday night is a severe blow to the citizens of that town. This castrophe, however, will not long dampen the enthusiasm of the citizens of Highlands. The people up there are endowed with .the spirit of conquerors and the present calamity will serve only to unite them in greater, efforts to, make their beautiful little city the greatest summer resort in the South. Farm Information Needed THE AGRICULTURAL problems in western North Carolina are neculiarlv local.. The average farm paper covers too much territory to.be of particular interest to the farmers of this part of the state. The spring seasons in this locality are much later than in other parts of the South and the winter seasons begin earlier. The high altitude here also has its effect upon the kinds of crops to be grown and the time for growing such crops. Therefore, this particular section needs a farm paper with an editor who understands local conditions: We doubt, however, whether a paper of this kind could be made to pay its way. In the absence of a. .farm paper devoted to the agricultural interests of western North Carolina, the next best ' thing would; be for one of the daily papers to publish a 'farm column da,ily or a farm page weekly. Of, course the man who undertook' to write the column, or page must be thoroughly conversant with the problems of the mountain farmers. The daily paper that will undertake this work will be. doing a distinct service, to the farmers of western North Carolina and w'e are ' of the opinion that such service will be reflected , in a greater subscription list among the rural inhabitants. ' Dam Tennyson's Brook , TALK about hard times, emanating from the court house,' is like Tennyson's Brook runs on forever. As we have before i tated the financial condition , of this county i no worse than that of the average. ' But gn. iting for . the sake of argument, that the county is in "terrible condition," just what do the of ficials expect to accomplish by their eight hours of daily dissertation on the subject? Such talk can certainly do' no good, but . is actually resulting in great harm. Let any stranger who ever had any intention of in vesting in Macon county hear the official v.-ail for five minutes and he immediately leaves the county never to return. ; What .Hscpn cc::;yty ' must do is to data vits Tenny- Mother's Day OTHLKb DAY which is the second Sunday in May, falls on May 12 (this year and will be observed throughout the United States in response to the annual pro clamation by the President. . As it is well known) the object of the day is ;to recall memories of the mothers who have passed to the beyond and to pay-.specia tributes of affection . to those living. The badge for the day is the white carnation '. . ... 'I emblematic of the purity, beauty and fidelity of a mother's love'. By some the red carna ; tion is worn in honor of living mothers. Miss Anna Jarvis of . Philadelphia originated the idea of Mother's Day, "which was observed in several cities in 1910, the custom being extended rapidly in the following years. ; Congress in 1913 passed a resolution offered Light'$ Golden Jubilee FROM June 1 to October 21, the Golden TnhiW. the international ' celebration of iftieth anniversary, of the - incadescent lamp vill be held at Atlantic City. v ' In the words of Preston- Arkwright, Presi dent of National Electric Light Association, such a convention has never been held before and probably never will be held again. On the last night, to be called the "Night of. Light," the first international radio-broad-; casting program ,is to be held with such dis- inguished men as President Hoover, Ford, Lindbergh and many foreign notables, paying their respects to Th.omas Edison. 1 All important organizations within th electric industry ' and many .outside bodies will coope rate. Unique electrical decorations will be used.- ' i ; .'.'v This is a fitting honor for Thomas Edison ;who' by the invention "of " the incadescent light, Changed . the whole, development of domestic and business life. - . Henry Ford has made a five-million-dollar gift to a technical school; and museum to house the Edison collection and "his own collection. Thus the achievements . that are 1 to' heralded; during the Golden; Jubilee will be tangibly; preserved, from their modest beginnigs to th efficient devices of today r -. Not only the electric industry, but the entire, world, applauds the inventive s?cnuis that rnade the electric light possible.' ' , ij The Bryson City Times THIS PAPER welcomes to the Fourth Estate'; CI C.' Angel, recent purchaser and now editor of the Bryson City Times. Mr. Angel evidently realizes that agriculture is the basic industry of the western f counties. In its issue-of May 3 The Times has an editorial addressed to the farmers of Swain. This editorial contains much " sound advice, Mr. Angel no doubt realizes also that the Southern mountaineer is the mosH conservative. individual in the world. ; In other words the average mountain . farmer - can see no- reasoft for changing methods that have been in vogue for the past century However, the .'change must come, and that in the near 1 future, : if the farmers of the Western Counties ar to survive. . For . the; last four yCars The Press has been advocating new methods' of farming and only recently have we seen indications that the farmers of , Macon are waking up to the opportunities that lie before them under modern agricultural methods. 'Not only is it imperative., that sound agricultural methods be ., followed, but'' it is also; important ' that all counties west of Asheville be organized for the mutual protection' of the tillers-of the soil. Just how many years it jtvill take to accomp lish this purpose is a matter for speculation. However, if county papers like the ' Bryson City Times will continue to lend their influ ence to this -end, the time can be shortened considerably. Hence The Press wishes The Times success in its efforts to bring about a new agricultural era in the wcstern.counties. Citizen Spreads the Good (News LAST WEEK'S Press contained' a news article descriptive of the Osborne dairy farm on the Pigeon river. Under the caption of "Here's a Real Mountain Romance." The Asheville Citizen commented at length on this news article. We- know that The Citizen is intensely interested in the agricultural situa tion of the mountain counties. Hence, the publicity given by that paper to the great dairy farm on the Pigeon river will doubtless serve to spur interest in the dairy indutsry throughout Western North Carolina. We here quote a paragraph or two from The Citizen editorial: ;',;' .""In" this week's issue' of The Franklin Press Major ,S.' A. Harris, gives, an account of the visit of a party of- Macon county farmers to the Osborne- Dairy Farm, four miles up the 1 ,, . i il-.-a- fn. i C. i. - i: r s, says that the trip 'is, one that every Macou county farmer should make.' Reading in; description of it, we feel like broadening the statement out to include all the farmers of Western North Carolina." . The Citizen then goes on to quote exten sively from the news article of The Press and' concludes with the following: 'This' seems to us an inspiring story. It is proof of what can be done in this mountain country. It points the way to prosperity for Western North Carolina. Others' Comments NUMBER 28 THE PEOPLE over in Clay, Macon and Cherokee counties arc expecting--highway No. 28 to nose- its1 way to Franklin sometime in July. This highway ' runs frpin . Bat Cave by way of Hendcrs'onville and Brevard into , the, Sapphire Country and Is hard-surfaced' to o nnirtt tiPor- Pociiipi-'c tnrfcf 'TriYaiuav With . the Cullasaja Gofge, east of Franklin, to be negotiated. Completion of the work .through corpparatively unknown to the .state, a section r where 'big" scenery is laid out. .;;By next summer No 28 may be completed between Bat Cave arid Murphy, and then the state will wiy that will equal' the have , a scenic best they have put west; Nobody who has pot traveled that particular section , can be said to "know the state," and some fine revela tions are in , store for the people. Charlotte t Observer. ' ' Letters ' - . 1 "GIVE ME LIBERTY OR " This is an. open letter or a closed letter to the Franklin Press as the editor can take the right, to put in the Press orthe waste basket as he chooses. 1 . When I. was ,a school boy one of the outstanding lessons taught in school was the speech of Patrick Henry ' saying, give me Liberty or, give me death;,:; Then we thought we were ngnting .ngusn tyran. s inow a smack of. Russian tyrany is slipping into our own Government , and we hear nothing of Patrick Henry. We now have an officer in the county who has held and office for about twenty years and the tax payers have no chance to know whether a majority wants him longer or not. A few white colored gentle men around Franklin can keep him in regard less of whether the majority wants him or not. ,1 consider Mr. Porter by nature, of his' position " the leading citizen of the county. I also consider him an honorable and truthful gentleman.. Mr. Porter knew that it was impossible to do certain things withour the help of ' certain honorable ? gentlemen. And -they crawfished and failed him in the hour of need. Miss Elliot thinks the wkole board should have been appointed from new men. i J. I am decidedly of the same opinion. I take it that our school is costing the - t,ax payers around $50.00 a day to run and we are com pelled by law to send. Our school wris ad journed one whole day this winter and teachers and all went to a revival meeting. I asked Mr. Billings if we were compelled by law .to go to church and he has not -answered yet. Miss Elliots letter is good as far as it goes. We ard . getting .; too much .. higlu handed . law enforcement in everything. Which -brings back the speech of Patrick Henry. Give rnc liberty . or ' death. I don't . think they are teaching' it in the schools now. The White Collard- gentlemen who think they are: runn ing the vcountfy are teaching prohibition and hiring thugs to go round 'over the highways holding up cars and shooting upinnocent peo ple sometimes and they always get. out of it in . the courts because they are working for the Government, i Plenty, of citizens know the Government, has no moral , right to say what we shall wear or rwhat we shall eat or what we shall drink, and when the Govern 'ment infringes on these rights that carries us back to Patrick Henry's speech. ,1 am now over sixty years old vand as I see it the liberties of the people are being clipped, one after another. " Now , if you think there is too much .truth in this maybe you had belter not publish it. Respectfully submitted, MILFOR1) A. RUSSELL. :,f ! ;',."" '' 'Highlands, N. C.
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