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Lop-Sidetl Folks
PERFECTION is a thing to be coveted.
Deformity is a misfortune sometimes a
tragedy. When Shakespeare said of one of
his characters that the elements were so mixed
in him that "nature might well stand up and
say to the world, THERE IS A.MAN," he
had something akin to perfection in his mind,
but when a good member of The House of
Commons saw two speakers instead of one,
he was just drunk. He couldn't see straight.
He was lop-sided for the time being at least.
And one trouble with this sort of lopsided
ness is that the i fellow thinks he is all to
the good. He has an enlarged opinion of
himself and his ability. And he can demon
strate his smartness in numerous ways. I
know because I have done it. If on$ of those
fellows could cash in on his own estimate of
tililiiii.it it Mt.b.J iwj l"Z l"'"''r
depression. Through months of, inactivity and
fear in the business world, and through the
smoked glasses worn by' the laboring man and
woman, we must sec and learn our lessons.
For a dozen years America has had so much
money that its value was lost sight of. We
spent it as joyously as we . made it easily.
We held no RESERVE.
A reserve is as necessary to a lone man or
woman as it is to a corporation. For the
past "few years Corporations have been widen
ing their scope of activities, remodeling their
plants and otherwise using their surplus; the
individual man has been spending his. Today
we are facing our foolishness. When the in
come decreased we failed to cut our garments
accordingly. We did not reduce expenses. To
be sure ve have NOW, but had we lived -in
'26, '27, arid '28 as we have learned to live
in '29 and '30 we would not have felt the
panic as we have. , '
He Did It Better
ANY MAN who excells at something who
can do that something better than any
body else is a hero, and somebody is going
to worship at his shrine.
Playing golf is not a passtime, nor a profes
sion, nor even a habit of ours; we know so
little about it that we dare not discuss it;
and yet, we take off our greasy cap and bow
to Bobby Jones, its hero. In steadiness of
muscle, the iron of determination and almost
perfect concentration the young Atlanta law
yer is a hero for all time.
In golf he is more than Ty Cobb or Babe'
Ruth is, or ever was, in baseball. They were
great, but Bobby is great, greater, greatest.
He is master of himself and master of the
game. He may now. rest, since he has won
all there is to win. Henceforth he may play
for the joy of playing.
A Day of Change
WHETHER we like it or not we are liv
ing in a day of change change so rap
. idly that one has a hard time keeping him
self adjusted to it. Peculiarities are no longer
peculiar; they are either modified or rubbed
out altogether. Old forms of speech that once
uad a meaning all their own have been dis
placed by basest slang. Quaintness of thought
is a thing of ' the past and customs, notions J
t.id 2;c;i thii -r?-? r::t"r""1"" 'n We of
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MIDLEY'S KHYMES ' kitm&SS
THAT BITTER WORD
Somebody . spoke a bitter word and then
forgot it,
Yet far afield it went and ranged and
ranged
Till one day down the years it came back
home 1
And lo! those hearing the bitter word had
changed.
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You did not know what strange power may
lie in a word ; .
Thrones are rocked and tenderness killed
in satire; . ;
Faith's foundations crumble and hope fades
away
When anger goes forth spitting its baneful
fire.
Bitter words live as ghosts live
Coming unbidden to our feasts with friends
They drop their poison into every cup we
drink
And drug the memory till in the night our
feasting ends. ,
Hearts cut by stinging words heal so slow
Time has magic but slowly works when
, set to healing,
Myriad cares help us forget the poison
thrust
And tears" wash out a bit of the bitter
feeling.
But God himself the ugly scar must leave
The scar your bitter word somehow made.
For .words hayewings and cut as they fly
on and on
Perhaps still stinging and hurting when we
are gone. 1 '.
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GRANDMA WAYBACK SAYS
The cup of happiness usually springs 1
leak just before it begins to run over.
For every woman who makes a fool out
of a' man theer is another woman who
makes a man out of a fool.
The ideal husband si one who still treats
his wife like a new car even after they
have been married 10 years.
It takes a woman who doesn't know how
to do a thing to do it better than a man
who knows all about it. ,
An old timer is one who can remember
when a pair of black cotton stockings didn't
look odd. ... . '
The Pathfinder.
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THINKIN' O' YOU
How I long to master my thoughts
And make them do what I want 'em to.
They seem just like the sea-birds are
A following the ships away out and far
But never catching, up nor coming again
Just flyin' an flyin' where they've already
been.
And then sometimes they hang around home
Try as I will they will not roam;
Like little babes they fret an' whine
Robbing the hours of all their shine.
I wish I could make 'em my will obey, .
I'd give 'em a message and send 'em away
To sing of Love and all that's true,
' And tell 'em to sing and sing to you.
PARAGRAPHS
The Press dares to suggest to the boys
who are campaigning towards the November
election ' that they consult Will Cunningham
as to how to draw crowds. Will has the
"secret he uses printer's ink. ,
U u t" r n er c-a tr-wr
v drunk. I have seen lop-sided religionists, men
and women who were drunk on creeds and
theories and denominationalism but. awfully
short on the spirit that should characterize
ne with a good creed. All of us know folks
who make loud professions of their beliefs;
publish learned statements regarding their
orthodoxy, and then live like the devil. We
. know folks who declare their faith in the
Founder of Christianity and at the same time
deny His miracles and dispute the record of
the only Book which gives us firt hand in
formation regarding Him.
Most of us have run across ' lop-sided folks
who played the role of self-appointed critic
and pointed out the short-comings of their
fellowman. Their criticism always carries with
-"''' it the sting of condemnation. Criticism should
be sympathetic. Criticism based on the Golden
Rule is almost an un-heardof thing. Such
criticism is corrective and helpful, but criticism
made in a "more holy than thou" spirit always
hinders instead of helping. Most critics are
' fools. They usually leave the only subjects
n which they might speak with more or less
freedom and go over into new fields where
the lay of the land is different. The preacher
turns aside from his preachjng and gives ad
. rice on agriculture. The newspaper man pre
sumes to explain away the scripture and de
stroy faith. The politician becomes a philoso
pher and the teacher in Grammar school lays
v bare the mistakes of the Fathers. There are
smoother words one could use, but such
critics are just plain fools.
The spleen-venter is a lop-sided . man." "He
has a sour stomach and finds his only relief
in blackening the name and, character of
somebody he doesn't like, Jfe may appear
very sanctimonious on Sunday and even serve
the bread and wine at communion, never dar
ing to polish his shoes on the ! Sabbath ; but
on Mondays he will smear worse than lamp
black over the escoutcheon of somebody's
character. Without compunction of conscience
he will vent his spleen about his fellows who
have never thought to do him harm. Such
j . a man is a deformity, no matter whether he
be preacher, lawyer or editor. He is a lop
sided man.
Shall We Profit Thereby?
WIRE YOU to ask us the underlying
causes back of the present world-depression
financially, we could not tell you.
Others whose business it is to specialize on
these things have not been able to make the
; reasons clear. That there is a depression we
all know. That it will, not last very much
' longer we are want to believe. That it was
caused by either Prohibition, the Tariff or
Farm Legislation is non-sense. Every civilized
nation of the world is in the grip of the same
Monster.
There is a bright side'.' to' even acloud.
Somewhere the sun is always shining. And
we are going to be the "losers if . we fail to
profit by 'the lessons laid at our feet by this
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Everything has changed. Our clothes, the
way we wear them and the methods of making
them are different We no longer cook like
folks cooked when they had something, to eat.
The old family doctor has disappeared from
the earth and a yOung man with side whisk
ers and a carving knife has come to take his
place. Instead of a preacher we now have
a "minister," and in most instances his parish
is not the CHURCH but a group of "aux
iliaries" and a show-house. Instead of homes
we have apartments, kitchenettes and Murphy
beds. Instead of cooks we have can-openers.
Most of our . sleeping is done in daytime
and the night has lost its darkness. Breakfast
consists of tea and toast and we eat our
dinner at night. Men wear knee breeches and
golf sticks while women have their hair cut
short and vote.
Nothing is like it used to be, is it?
Are We In Danger?
ELIHU ROOT, a seasoned and sensible
man, in a letter to the National Civic
Federation, takes the position that Russian
Communism is making serious efforts to under
mine and overthrow our system of government.
He advocates a Federal Police sufficiently
large to cope with these Foreign Anarchists.
"Now we have reason to believe," Mr. Root
writes the National Civic Federation, "that an
assault is being made by secret means, sup
ported by the resources of a great empire
aimed at the destruction of our system of
government which has no police force available
for our protection. Of course, such a force
ought to be provided."
Charles R. Wood of the Department of
Labor at Washington, is furnishing the nation
al Congress with evidence supporting. Mr.
Root's contentions. He proves his case, that
Are We Ready?
KEEP AN EYE on this page for informa
tion regarding the greatest motorcade ever
assembled in the South, which will pass thru
Franklin in celebration of the completion- of
Georgia highway number 13, between Gaines
ville and Baldwin now under' construction. .
Both Atlanta and Asheville are back of the
project and every town on the road between
these two cities will be asked , to take part.
Maybe the Rotary club and others 'should
look into the matter and see just what Frank
lin's part is.
In a fine leter just received from an old
Macon county boy, . now in Ventura, Cali
fornia, .a' long .time friend of The Press Edi
tor. ve find these words:"
"I now look for my Press on Tuesday
; morning as if expecting a leter from a dear
friend."
Signed R. A. HENRY.
Thitnk you Rufe! We have a personal pride
both in The Press and in every Macon county
man in the world. It would be a real jo,y
to see you.
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Over in Dahlonega, Ga., Editor Townsend
of the Nugget, thinks he has discovered a
monstrocity whatever that is in a chicken.
He says his chicken both cackles and crows,
and lays and lies. It looks like a rooster and
acts like a hen.
But such a bird, is not so rare as one might
think. They are found often among both
pigeons..and chickens..
surrounding country are to be congratulated
upon having such a fine young fellow as Ervin
to take up Dr. Mock's work in his . absence.
Bro. Irvin is twenty-six years old, but has been
preaching ten years. He is a graduate of
Duke, has had one year in Vanderbilt and
two in Boston University.
John T. Henry of Ellijay left a copy of
The Press with us the other day dated March
3, 1897. We loked over it carefully and with
a feeling of awe, as we noted the names ap
pearing on its pages. It has only been 33
years since that old paper was run off the
press but most of those figuring in it are
gone. Just around the corner stands some
one with a scythe. v
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There's a good deal of discussion going the
rounds of the press as to whether or not Zaro
Agha, the Turk, is really 156 years old. The
scientific papers of Washington are all against
it. They say the oldest man of modern times
was only 111. The old man says he has been
married eleven times and it is quite probable
that he feels like he has lived all of the 156
years claimed for him.
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The Press Editor had a delightful week of
working 'with Rev. John S. Stansberry, pastor
of Deaver View Baptist church in West Ashe
ville last week. There were 32 public, profes
sions of faith in Jesus Christ at a single
service on Sunday. No finer set of folks
can be found-anywhere.
During bur stay we greatly enjoyed the
fellowship of J. O. Barrett, editor of the
West Asheville News, the. best weekly pa
per we have yet seen.
FORD'S GOLDEN RULE
In an issue of "System", Henry . Ford out
lined the business creed under which he oper
ates and to which he attributes most of his
marvelous success. Here it is: ,
1. An absence of unreasoning fear of the
future. Oife . who fears the future fears fail
ure and limits his activities.
2. A disregard of competition. Whoever
can do a thing best ought to be the one to do it. ,
3. The putting of service before profit.
Profit cannot be the basisit must be the re
sult of service.
4. Successful manufacturing is not a matter
of buying low and selling high. It is the pro
cess of buying materials fairly and with the
smallest possible addition of cost, transforming
those materials into a consumable product.
; Mr. Ford says: "I hold that these principles
are universal and the practice of them must
lead to a better and wider life for all of us.
If I did not think so I would not keep work
ing for the money I make is inconsequent.
,Money is useful only as it serves to forward
the principle that business is. justified only as
it serves. Unless everybody benefits by the
existence of a business, then that business
should not exist."
mals" and anyone who hasn't anything else
to do might get it and read up on the sub
ject. The title of the book is: "The.develop'
ment of' Sex in Vertebrates." x
Communist activities for the past five years
have been a' menace to Americarrespecially
among the laboring classes.
The clashes at Gastonia and Marion and
Elizabethton, according to Mr. Wood may be
traced directly to the Redsm of Russia.
We are n6t over-sold on new-fangled or
ganizations purporting to offer a panacea for
all ills; but maybe. the "BLACK SHIRTS"-
The American Facisti Atlanta's latest order
comes for a time like this.
It is Anti-Communist to the core. . Maybe
it will at least force the public, which is al
ways slow to think, to face the real facts
of a bad condition.
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Owen D. Young is somewhat of a genius.
In planning for Germany to pay her obligations
to the Allies he was a wizzard. He is well
worth listening to. Hear him regarding Amer
ica :
"She is well enough off to be envied. ' The
attitude of the world toward her will be large
ly influenced by" her. spirit. If it be one of
selfishness in isolation, she will have failed in
her great responsibilities. If it be one of boast
fulness in her success, she will have misused
the things which God. has given her.
"I pray for sober and sensible responsibility,"
a spirit of gratitude for the things we have
a spirit of friendliness and helpfulness and co
operation for all, a spirit of restraint in the
use of any power which has been entrusted to
us, and most of all, restraint in speech.
"If drunk with sight of power we loose
Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe,
For frantic boast and foolish word,
Thy mercy on Thy people, Lord."
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We have never been able to keep posted
on this "Birth-Stone" business, and desiring.
to accommodate others in our fix we gladly
give the following table so that no one need
have any worries hereafter as to what your
particular stone is:
BIRTHSTONES
For laundresses, the soapstone;
' For architects, the cornerstone;
For cooks, the puddinstone ;
For soldiers, the bloodstone; 1
For poloticians, the blaneystone ;
For borrowers, the tcSticKstone ; (
For policemen, the pavingstone;
For stodk brokers, the curbstone;
For shoemakers, the cobblestone;
For burglars, the kgystone;
' For tourists, the Yellowstone;
For beauties, the peachstone ;
For editors, the grindstone; '
For motorists, the milestone; '
For oedstrians, the tombstone.
-The! Parade, with slight variations.
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