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Page 2 THE WAYNES VI LLE MOUNTAINEER The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVTLLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS .... -. Editor MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN .... Associate Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County ?1.50 Six Months, In Haywood County 75c One Year, Outside Haywood County 2.00 All Subscriptions Payable in Advance Kntered at the pust office at Waynesville, N. C, as Second Class Mait Matter, as provided under the Act of March 8, 1879, November siO, 1814. Obituary notices, resolutions of respect, cards of thanks, and all notices of entertainments for profit, will be charged for at the rate of que cenjjier word. ' North Carolina 'PRESS ASSOCIATION THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1939 CONGRESSMAN WEAVER ACCOMPLISHES THINGS It is very seldom that Congressman Zebu Ion Weaver breaks into the headlines, or ever stirs the House of Representatives by long and fiery speeches. He is not a grandstand player. While others have been basking in the limelight of nation-wide publicity, Congress man Weaver has in a quiet, and efficient man ner, gone about his duties in such a way that they are bringing about desired results for his district and state. He is doing a commendable piece of work in Congress, especially in Park matters. We say without fear of contradiction, that there is no member of Congress more familiar with the Park than Congressman Weaver. He knows the set up from top to bottom. He knows the men who hold the keys to the park situa tion, . :' Without fanfare, ballyhoo, or an array of publicity, he has steadily pushed forward, and almost single-handed, removed all obstacles that will hasten the formal opening of the Park in June. Congressman Weaver is due credit for his faithful work on the Park. Yet, you may rest assured, that when it comes to the formal dedi cation of the pary, he will by choice, remain in the background, and not be out in front claim ing any credit. Those charged with the ar rangements of the dedicatory program, should see to it that he receives proper and due recog nition on the day of dedication. WE'LL MEET YOU AT THE SOFTBALL . . GAME For sometime we have talked about some clean recreation for the local people and the. summer visitor. Well we have found it with softball for everybody's playing it. It is said that there are more people play ing softball in America today than golf, and that there are a half million teams, and more than five million players of all ages. In fact there is a world series now, even though "base ball's precocious baby" is barely out of the cradle. One sports writer terms it "the new Ameri can fever, the cricket of America, the first all people, all American game since kissing was invented." About ten years ago, the game which has been played for years in school gyms, and called everything from indoor baseball to sissyball, was dragged out into the open, and played up in Minnesota. It is a game for everybody, the working man, the executive, the retired person, even the women about Waynesville, and the small chil dren have taken up softball and are organizing into teams. We would like for this paper to share in the credit for the local development of the sport, as Marion Bridges, sports editor of The Moun taineer, was the first person in town to aggitate the movement, and urge its playing through his sports column. "BY THE LAWS OF GOD" Even in this man-made world, the seven men and five women, all married, who made up the jury, that acquitted Louie Greenfield, charg ed with first degree manslaughter in the "mercy killing" of his son, showed that they agreed with the defendant, that he was within the laws of God, if not of man. ., As one read the testimony, and the pa thetip story of the father, who for years had seen the suffering of his incurable imbecile son, grow steadily worse, one felt that the case should be judged not by man alone, but by a Higher Court, where such tragedies are understood. Who knows, perhaps the father was com manded as he claimed by "voices" representing "the will of God"? DR. GUDGER MAKES A CLEAR CASE In an article entitled, "Why the Yankees Beat us" written by Dr. Eugene W. Gudger, of New York and Waynesville, which appeared in a copy of the Raleigh News and Observer during the past week, the author brings home some facts regarding the crowding of our state and other southern and southwestern colleges and universities, to the disadvantage of the na tive sons and daughters, in a logical manner,' in which Dr. Gudger can handle subjects. " He cites figures of various kinds, showing how the outsider is taking the major part of the scholastic and leadership honors away from the home boys and girls. In this connection we noticed a list of elective officers in the power of the student body of Duke University, which are usually based on leadership and scholarship, and among dozens of names, we found only three students from North Carolina. Dr. Gudger asks the timely question, "Why this marked contrast between 'native' students and those whom I have called 'Migrates' ?" Then he gives the answer, and in no uncer tain terms it comes back to our own school house door. He points out the fact that the northern students have attended high schools having 12 grades and in most cases 10 months terms each year this against our 11 grades with eight months term in North Carolina. He takes up the two remedies that have been prescribed in North Carolina, the addition of the 12th grade at the top or the addition of a school month, to every grade, all the way from the bottom to the top. As Dr. Gudger says, "The first sounds fine; 'our school system has 12 grades, the same as New York.' Yes that sounds fine, but it gives us only 96 school months as against 120 in New York, This plan calls for two or three more teachers, two or more rooms and labora tories in every high school in the state. And from this heavy cost we gain, but eight more school months at the top. If one has a shaky and inadequate house, why put an observatory on top of it, when it needs repairs and additions, all the way up from the sills to the ridgepole? "I have a different suggestion, and I make it not as a theoretical padagogist, but as a prac tical teacher of 25 years' experience and a na tive Tar Heel who has taught 19 years in the state," continues Dr. Gudger. "Broaden the foundation and the super structure by adding on a month to the school term for every grade from first to 11th. Not a single additional teacher will have to be add ed, nor a single extra room provided, nor will more equipment be needed. The additional pay for the added month will help out the slen der salaries of the teachers already inadequate ly recompensed for their work. We will still be short of the 10 month's standard of the North, but think what a nine-months term will mean to the children of North Carolina each school year lengthened by the addition of one month an eighth of the present term added to each grade." SENATOR REYNOLDS TAKES THE FLOOR It is regrettable that any United States Senator should take and hold the lloor of the Senate for four long hours in defense of his own record. It is more regrettable when a North Carolina Senator should resort to such a childish stunt, yet such happened last week, when the junior Senator of North Carolina got peeved at some of his critics. Much has been said, in recent months, by the press and in certain magazines, concerning the senator's "supposed" views on the Euro pean situation. He has been severely assailed by his critics for his Nazi attitude, for his pro Nazi utterances and a mild, though decided de fense of Adolph Hitler. All these, the Senator and many supporters, claim are absolutely false. We do not know what happy acquaintances "Our Bob" acquired on his numerous world travels, but certainly in this day of tense inter national relationship, and being in his position, he should be careful of his language. We are not particularly interested in the Senator's views and would not dare accuse him of heresay nor pro-German learnings, but we do object very seriously to the fact that he wasted a whole day of valuable time of an im portant body of law-making men to air his pet peeves in which no one is particularly interested. The most pathetic part of his "popping off" in the four-hour fit of anger, in which his temper got the best of him, was the frequent use of language that he is reported to have used, that was far from becoming to a man in his po sition, and a reflection on his state. It looks like "Our Bob" is still a showman. Franklin D. Roosevelt says, "Nourish the conditions of a free life and you nourish the arts, too. In encouraging the creation and en joyment of beautiful things we are feathering democracy itself." ; THTOLP HOME TOWN By STANLEY YOU KNO WHAT? THE POUCE rwiEF IM MY town is A r'"- READER-THE OTHER NIGHT HE SAW A STRAN6E IN FRONT or BANK- HE WALKEP tv-rs p UIM AND REAP HV5 MKW v - . , uiki RPFnee HAP THE cun-a HE COULD GET IMC " I TOED THAT ONCE-BUT 1MB FELLCIfS MINP, VS A Bt-AN- SO WHAT. Y 1 1 1 V Crt WHAT? S SJ HURRICANE COKNfci "U ' BEE ON QUE POLICE PEPKTviENT . I N. . . tS (( I r . 75l 3 BY D. SAM COX BLACKIE GETS AN EYEFUL AT AUNT LINDY'S Story 37 For two or three days after the goose shooting, it rained hard, and the wind blew terribly, and so Black ie couldn't begin to build his smoke house, and he couldn't go out to get any cane roots or any other green things to eat. A bear dearly loves to eat young roots, buds and other green things, and Blackie had got ten pretty tired of eating nothing but. meat. He even had enough tur key. So he said he would have to scout around and see if there wasn't something green in Aunt Lindy's garden. Blackie hadn't been near Aunt Lindy's place since that first day, soon after he came down from the mountain, for he had never forgotten about the way little Sallie Cat had scratched up his nose; but he 're membered mighty well the big jar of honey he had seen on the kitchen table, and he thought a little of that honey would taste mighty good, after eating so much fresh meat. Blackie never had told anybody about Aunt Lindy's house, for he had always intended to go back there some time, and see about those kit tens and that honey. He hadn't even thought about what a little time it takes for little kitten to grow up to i be big cats, and that now there were seven grown cats over there. But we will hear more about those cats after a while. Anyway, Blackie left home pretty soon after breakfast, the first day it wasn't raining, before any of his friends came over. And now let's talk about Rover Dog. While he was lying around the kitchen, on those same rainy days, he heard Mr. Man and his wife talk a good deal about all sorts of things in the neighborhood. He heard them say that Aunt Lindy always had the best laying hens of anybody they ever saw, and that once or twice every week she and her boy Tom went to town to take her eggs and some honey and some other things to trade for what they needed from the store. Rover was just as glad as anvbodv because it had quit raining, for he liked running around out of doors; and that talk about Aunt Linday go ing to town was something to think about. Because this was the first nice day there had been for some time, Aunt Lindy would be almost sure to go to town. And even if she carried all the eggs she had, the hens would be laying more eesrn all day, and he could certainly find as many as he wanted to eat. Rover had always loved eggs, but didn't dare eat any at home. If Mrs. Man ever caught him eating eggs, she would beat him most to death, if she didn't kill him. So, about the time Blackie was starting to Aunt Lindy's house, Rover Dog was coming from the other side. Sure enough, Aunt Lindy and Tom had gone to town, and they had left a bucket of honey on the kitchen, table, just as they did every day, for they liked honey most as well as Blackie did; but there was some thing that hit Blackie's eyes harder than the honey did. When he got up close to the fence, he thought he better be careful about going Into the yard, so he climbed a big tree so he could see all over the place. And what did he see? Well, what do you reckon? . . (To be continued). EDITOR'S NOTE Letters to the editor. . if free of personal abuse, are . always welcomed. All letters must be signed and tiie opinions expressed by the writ ers are not necessarily the opinions of . The Mountaineer. THURSDAY,, I Here and 7 -By- ere HILDA KAY Cryy- We orten meet sr,m. we woulH i , in order that th ' "P this column mieht w like to borrow fresh tk..eft" when WP . i drained everything ; .-. , .'M . . . from nil ro.L.:.. 7 especially the weeks . . line of duty has of other sublet j! " CM .... . . . we rtactl There" in a breathless star. all our thoughts and energy J umcr type ot writing We feel thaf thi ...... . "K t d not so long ago we had the Z of renewing apn. ,.,:.. ,J """"I'T v..ian ui wide expo.. and native of Nebraska , iiauung ior her wnrl i. wr . 111 loi-K City ... at one time free jl xiaci m xjurupe .... vh0 many assignments for New vA pers since her residence in Fiord at t n r .. . 'mm mis, j-i. n. uavwson, wife of owner and editor of the D.r ui.m! . , e are sorrj we can't introduce her in person c vvuuiu, iaii at once w ine speu 01 ner dynamic and ck mg personality we are hapt pass on the following which shj sent us. ... , "Write me a contribution "Here and There" suggested : uwyn mac nignt alter did at Prospect Hill . . , ". pj,, newspaper woman, with a s mer cabin at Balsam, and on way home from New York city, publishers meeting, and the Fair you ought to have some ideas.".. The request caught this wri: in a state of confusion ..... I Fair, in a preview was dizzy;: enough . . . but a ride overt curves and whirls, of N. C., Si from Hot Springs to Lake Jut: luska (which two Florida to ellers had optimistically tigiinJ out from the map to be a '.'"ski cut") had caused . ' prolong. vertigo. , .;. A couple of weeks a eo I had the privilege of attending the Chamber of Commerce banquet, and there was one thing that I noticed that I think should be called to your attention, That is as follows: No where and at no time was mention made Of the golf course that you have just out side of Waynesville. In my opinion, and in the opinion of a large number of Miami residents that spend part or an ot the summer in Waynesville, this is practically the greatest drawing cara you nave, along with vour won derful climate, and I am sure that if you gave the golf course more pub 1:..:.. jt... ..: . . , i . iitiu iiiai a wouia mean more income for your merchants as a good many people go to Western North Carolina do not know that Waynesville has a golf course, and this should be called to their attention. Wishing you a very wonderful and propcrous season, I am Very truly yours, W. T. COX. What's the Answer? Br EDWARD riNCH r Why does ahem" CACKLE APTER LAYING AM EGG? TN EVERY form of animal life A there is a specific way of ex pressing joy when that animal has performed the mission for which he was created. The hen cackles to notify the chicken world that she has discharged this duty and shouts her joy that the attendant discom fort in the laying of the egg is over. She is proud of herself I Western Newspaper Union. Wide Plant Ran ire in Mountains A few hours' climb in the Great Smoky mountains will disclose in succession the same plant life zones to be found in traveling northward from the latitude of southern Ten nessee to that of central Canada. "ie that never climbed never felW MAY','.'.'' H 1 Th first Constitutional Convention was held .1767. .. Nothing like Western North C olina in springtime . . . and espet: nothing like the Quinlaiis, of it: hesville, to restore balance and iness, however , . , a few minute the company of these friends life gets on even keel again . . here are a few notes . ... . . Get: into Western .. North Carolina d easier nowdays as roads are tap ed . . . . that's a break for outs; . . . Virginia has done wonder U. S. 11 (Shenandoah A'aUey which is now a-super highroad many miles . . . We explored the palachian parkway. enroute five miles of dramatic road to the Blue Ridge . . . . This is of it: est to North Carolinians . . be the same parkway is being cor: ued over Pisgah and will tap local area somewhere in the reel of Balsam Can ; . . Beautiful d well built, it ought to add even to the charm of this grand, regiot Western N. C, is still "tops tn opinion ... Every time one rete one is impressed-with its mult J advantages . . . high mountains., clear streams . . . trees, flowers parks . . . and swell people , highways are improving too . C. 209, incidentally,, is. being s ed out into a modern road, wen development in view of the scene ine air.r . ... en, " ready to visit in a month or t when all the loose ends are;i monnwhiln. h bit of C'" about the North Carolina bu:t ina- . . . it's coming along . but there has been; some critics Viof ' l?i..' ni-irnnizatiOB l.C... MIC t ' 1 riprmitt.ed costs'-to- be hiked I: too high to suit the state's rep sentative . . I Things c. tVmn cnVinrlnUMl. it seems Rntr triio frnnklv. is ."ilirt" miiof ha eit-on for pure hears! J. rnTf 15 The Panama Canal was Vlr offldaUy opened. 1914. 16 Abraham Lincoln was nominated ior- the presi dency, I860. 17 Bank for International Settlements opened at Basel. Switzerland, 133a IS Napoleon Bonaparte was made Emperor oi France. 1804.- lS Ann Boleyn. wile ot mwcis behead. 20 Amelia Earhart look off on solo ffiaht ocroes At-kmtic;1332. : T ..q11-. ". Wirt-iipsville ,u:.. ... t,..:.. in the.nil- mis visitor as weiug construction that looks good - nro ertTvia raw' KllildinffS Street . . and hasn't Clyde Kay j. i . t i .o m ueu 10 nis greeii-i'"u;"- ' i( (, or is it new? . . . and isnturj TroA Too Pnnm rlninB' SOlflC I and fixintr un? . . . The are' Ralontr. Jo t,gri'ncr fl mild '"bOO"1 -.Ill ' O ..u...' - ...t. . , ... - i..,ps wins wun several new u"u , tu J il- . i . A f , u . this boater W. .N. C. ninniivo nv TOMORR0 President Roosevelt has m u.-i. for yT. tance travel and militao v Ji Norman Bell Geddes, desir. nas conierrea wim "'c .tgm congressional k"11-' j huiB "Roads can be designed and " ( practically no extra c0Sl- ' H permit automobiles to be ar iJ them safely at a speed oi ' . an hour." i
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