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t NEXT TO TOP IN STATE (Continued from pac one) county which is as much as tin iioints Lclow llic t state median. Macon's students arc twenty points above those of one of our adjoining counties, twenty-two points above an other an3 sixteen points above anoth er. The closest of our -next door neighbors is five points below us. M neon's Cost Figures Lowest The standing of the students , of Macon county is . particularly out standing and reflects a particularly high degree of efficiency on the part of the teachers when it is recalled that the cost figures for each pupil in the high schools of Macon county are the lowest in the state. If the matter of the amount of money spent per student in attaining to relative levels of scholarship were to be con sidered it is practically certain that being considered the present standing of our high schools is an outstanding achievement. ' The examination was given to 39. seniors at Franklin and to 8 at High lands and the rating of the two schools shows that the 8 students at Highlands had a median attainment of 80.0 which 'is exactly 9.9 points over the state level that the 39 sen iors at Franklin had a median of 84.6 which is 14.5 points above the state median. While the records for the Highlands school are not available compaartive records 1 for the past four years and while the . state has never before published , comparative records for counties it is possible to make a -comparison of the Franklin standard of scholarship with that of all the . seniors in the standard schools of the state for each of the past four years. 14 Points Above State Median ' Four years ago it is found that the seniors here were below the state level of attainment by a matter of nearly five points. Progress has been made each year in the raising the comparative scholarship of the stu - dents in the Franklin school until the last year shows them to be over 14 points above the state median. This is a rise of practically twenty points' in the last four years in schol arship and is a noteworthy and out standing achievement. When trans lated into percentages it will be seen that the present standing is a little better than twenty percent above the state level,' . This is two percent higher thanV last year when the, fig ures were "a small fraction under 18 percent above the state median of senior scholars. o Advertising builds your business. News EJIted For the Man Who Reads As He Runs Two stories fell under our glasses today: One from Marion, in Mc Dowell county, and one from some where else. The one from somewhere else told about a young wife and her suspi cious husband having some words wnicn resuuea in oom ineir ucams; he killed her and then himself. The one from Marion was differ ent. The fellow in Marion also had a wife, but instead of using her as a sparring partner, or for target prac tice she was. associated"1 with him in the practice of law and assisting him in a murder case.. Instead of fighting a duel they were playing a duett. Here is what the story says : Mc Dowell county's - second woman attor ney, Mrs. D. F. Giles, was sworn in to practice law this morning and a little later took up her first case : helping her husband defend Jason Rhodes, negro, who is being tried on a charge of first degree murder of Sam Gardner, negro, here last year. Her husband, local attorney, ad ministered the oath to her. J. W. Winborne welcomed her in the name of the McDowell Bar association, say ing that she and Daphne Spratt, Mar ion's other woman lawyer, who was sworn in to the bar several months ago should receive the credit that is due them and the attention of the public. . ' . , ; Mrs. Giles read law in. her hus band's office. She passed the bar examination several weeks ago. The general belief among our fath ers was vthat the Indian was mighty hard to kill. He was also considered mighty hard to find when you want ed him and so often present when you had no use for. him. But our "grand and glorious civ ilization" has removed the Cherokee's feathers and war paint and reduced him to the level of common folks in J matters of killing and getting killed. By wearing store-bought clothes, using hair oil and mixing corn liquor'! with gasoline he is elbowing the Pale face on this civilization way. A communication from Robbinsville says ': "bne killed and three injured were the toll of a head-on collision of automobiles here Saturday- night. An auto loaded with Indians, from Cherokee who had ,been attending the Mighty Haag Shows, located just east of town, headed straight into an auto driven N by Claud Ammons, of this place, accompanied by his sister- Ask about the New Improved nil mmm mm. before you build or remodel When you are ready to fix up that extra room in the attic or cellar, ask us about the New Improved Sheetrock. The new ivory colored finish is. tough and provides a suit-: , able surface for beautiful dec orative effects. The improved ! gypsum core provides added strength and flexibility. New Improved Sheetrock is easy to handle. Panels can be so applied that edges join evenly and smoothly making a perfect wallboard job. v Ask us fox complete information. Franklin Hardware Co. FRANKLIN, N. C ki!!-.l in- lantly ;!!! II, n o i.tlur In dians were injured, let not seriously. None of the occupants of the other car were injured." Sonic folks in this world seem to live an easy-going sort of life, never creating a ripple of merriment nor provoking any sort of storm; others find no rest nor quiet from the cradle to the grave. A correspondent cites a case in point: "Currie Jordan, fatally in jured in an automobile accident, was pursued even in death. "Another crash demolished, the hearse in which his body was being taken to the cemetery. .. ' "Jordan, 24, was riding last Friday with a young woman when his auto mobile overturned near Whiteville, N. C. He suffered internal injurie and died in a Lumberton hospital Monday. " '.. The body was prepartd for burial at the hospital and placed j in, a hearse to be taken to Western Prong church, near Bladenboro, for funeral services and interment. "Near the church a car driven by Miss May Gore entered the highway t j - . . . Hum a siuc ruau, crasneu into tns hearse, and overturned it. The ve hicle and coffin were all but demol ished. "It was necessary to take the body back to Lumberton and place it in another coffin." , , One of our exchanges reminds n of certain changes in the personnel of. Congress this fall, and points out the "lame ducks" who will limp off the stage. These will be: (i) Cole L. Blease of South Carolina: (2 Tnsenh E. Ransdell of Louisiana; (3) Furn ifold M. Simmons of North Carolina; (4) Charles S. Deneen of Illinois, and (5) Joseph R. Grundv of Pennsylvania. All together there will be eleven new faces .in the upper house, since six other senators are retiring voluntarily. Kansaaii was defeated after 31 years in congress, serving continuously in the senate since 1913, by Governor Huey P. Long, in a bitter local fiirht The capitol loses a picturesque figure lydrl U ! ;;,fi. ! WchI.I a!ays o!e dry. , CLUIJWOMCN SALE CONTINUES (Continued from af;o one) A determined effort is being made by some of the women in town to devise some plan by which the library may be reopened for at least two afternoons each week in order that the school children as well as their elders may have access to these books. o We are proud to learn that Mr. James Carpenter who underwent a serious operation is slightly improving at this writing. His many friends wish to see his speedy recovery. -, t , if. - ' r.i.r'M 1 Oa. 23, I:...', -Ho. i: i. T. J. Johnston enters and cj.iims 10 acres more or less in Nantahah township, county of Macon. All va cant lands lying on the ridc divid ing White Oak creek and Nantahal.i river in Nantaliala township, Macon county bounded on west by Grant 2216, on cast by Grant 7065, on south by Grant 7776, on north by Grant 2610. 10 acres more or less. This Oct. 29, 1930. 3tN13 ALEX MOORE, Entry Taker. o . Press Want Ads will turn th trick. 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