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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, Page 2 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER i'.I . i 1' 4 V . "J The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING 00. Main Street Phone 187 Waynesville, North Carolina Tk County Stat of Haywood County W. CURTIS BUSS Editor MRS HirnA WAY fiWYN .. Associate Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges. Publiahera PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County , Six Months, In Haywood County .11.60 . 76e 2.00 One Year, Outside Haywood County All Subscriptions Payable in Advance Entered at tha pdat offlca at WamaariUa, X. O.. u Saooad OUm Mall Hatter, u proridad undar tha Act ol Mare S, 187 , Norambar to, Ula. Obituary noticaa,' raaolutlona of raapact, cards of thanka, and all notlcaa of antartaiiuntnta for profit, will ba char lac at tha rat of ooa orat par word. Nana Carolina kA PM AMOClATKJNm NATIONAL CDITORIAL ASSOCIATION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1941 A Deciding Factor Those who have been on the fence as to the lend-lease bill, should not have any diffi culty now in making a quick decision as to which way they hope Congress will act, Sena tor Robert Rice Reynolds has taken a definite stand against the proposed legislation. Whenever there is a question as to the right stand to take, it is a pretty safe bet that you will be right when you do exactly opposite to suggestion or position of the "roving, rampanting Reynolds." Rotary Becomes Of Age Rotary was 36 years old last Sunday. Dur ing that time. Rotary has traveled far. Start ing with a small group in Chicago, the ideals which they set up have spread throughout the world. Rotary's membership is more than 210, 000 men. They, collectively, speak almost every language, embrace almost every poli tical belief, represent about every religion. But there is something fundamentally the eame about all these men, and it is that fun damental sameness which has led to univer sal acceptance of Rotary. Rotary has one ideal the ideal of service. Each Rotary Club is a union of business and professional executives one man from each organized line of business. It is a union held together by the cement of friendship and good will and fellowship. The organization has sought to bring about international understanding, friendship, trust and tolerance, which if accepted would elimi nate the conditions that cause wars. As the years pass, people all over the globe are sure to come to believe in the principles which the organization has devoted itself. Milk Facts Haywood County's interest in milk is chief ly centered about the production on our farms, which goes into the Pet Dairy Products Com pany as well as maintaining several high grade privately owned dairies in the county. However, the Milk Industry Foundation in New York, has recently published a booklet on "Milk Facts" which give some interesting figures about milk, cheese, butter and ice cream production and consumption in North Carolina. One out of every 15 families in the United States is dependent on milk for a livelihood. Milk is the largest single source of farm cash income, larger than cattle, twice cotton, three times wheat and five times tobacco. Inci dentally, there are 25 Bullion cows on three quarters of the nation's seven million farms. In 1939 the average milk production per cow in North Carolina was 1314 quarts as compared with the national average of 2,111 quarts. California cows lead the nation with an average annual production of 3,003 quarts. This might be attributed to California's fine weather, but Florida claims equally as fine weather, and her cows average only 1,326 Qnartav, ' The per capita consumption of milk in this section of the country is 116 quarts, but in the North Atlantic states the average runs 180 quarts per year per person. , The average person in the United States consumed 18 pounds of butter, six pounds of cheese and nine quarts of ice cream in 1939. A total of 25 million bottles of milk are de livered daily to American doorsteps, and 375 million new bottles are purchased annually. Milk is one of man's best foods, and produc tion and consumption in this county should be increased for benefit of the farmer's in come and for the health of all citizens. Drift Towards Livestock Down in Gaston County, long considered the heart of the cotton section of North Caro lina, The Gastonia Gazette points out that there is a definite trend towards livestock farming in that county. There in the shadows of more than a hun dred cotton mills, the fanners are cutting down on cotton, giving as one of the primary reasons that they were unable to em ploy sufficient labor to cultivate and harvest a cotton crop. Many of the Gaston County farmers had a hard time getting their cotton picked last fall, and that in view of the more probable scarcity of labor this coming fall caused many to abandon cotton or make drastic acreage reductions. According to the Gastonia paper, many farmers are gradually growing into the dairy and livestock type of farming, with the dairy industry showing particular signs of marked increaseswith the hopes that Gaston County will soon become one of the leading dairying counties in the state. This news from the heart of the cotton belt is of keen interest to citizens of Hay wood, in that as the demand increases for better stock, both dairy and beef, it will be only natural that Haywood cattlemen will be called upon to furnish this better stock, as here in the past few years the herds have been built up to the point where it is not hard to get purebred stock from many Haywood farms. It is our belief, and this is shared with others, that Haywood cattlemen will in the future be called upon for breeding stock as well as looked upon to supply choice animals ; to the open market. j This general drift towards livestock by farmers all over the south, makes the future the time 'THE WHITE CUFFS" HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN Back in 1930 an old picture of Main street in 1330 was found in the old court house . . . we recall started a lot of talk about the changes on Main street . . . . and I.-.- it must have looked in earlier days ... . . V. A. Band was editor of The Waynes nlle Mountaineer at for Haywood cattlemen bright indeed, as the program has been underway here long enough to give, a good start in getting to provide breeders for those just beginning. we were domg Bome It 's Admitted A bill designed to "remove the highway patrol from politics" has been introduced in the general assembly. We are making prog ress; at last it is admitted that the highway patrol has been in politics. It is supposed to patrol the highways, to do something about drunken drivers, reckless fools, over-loaded trucks and otherwise to make the highways safer. There is a suffi ciency of politics already without setting up highway patrol to add to it One of the problems of life in North Caro lina, as well as in other states, is to organize anything without increasing the amount of politics, but of all things the highway patrol should be as free as possible of it Shelby Star.-' . New President at Duke Dr. Robert L. Flowers, a member of the Duke University faculty, who has been act ing president since the death of Dr. Few, was recently made president of the institution. Dr. Flowers is well known by Old Trinity and Duke alumni throughout the county and also to the public in general in this section as he served for a number of years as a member of the board of trustees of Lake Junaluska Summer School. At the end of the present academic year, Dr. Flowers will have completed fifty years service in the interest of the two institutions. His connection with Old Trinity, began in 1891, when he became instructor of electrical engineering, shortly after which he was made instructor of mathematics. He has rendered distinguished service to both institutions, both as a teacher and in an administrative capacity, and was closely associated with his two predecessors, Dr. W. F. Few and Bishop Kilgore. No one could have been chosen to better carry forward the policies of the greater institution. Blood For Britain Since the war started in Europe, there have been many pleas for money Finnish Relief, Red Cross, Britain Relief, Greek Relief, and various other agencies which sought money or supplies . These were worthy, and we, re joice at the response which they have re ceived. There has been another response, of which we have not been asked to join in that of giving blood. Each week, some 600 Americans are giving up a sixth to a quarter of their blood. Every week, 300 or more quarts of a thick almost colorless liquid are being shipped to tngJand. It is not a life destroyer; this is a life saver. It is blood plasma, the fluid part of human blood. These Americans are giving their blood for the aid of wk knows whom. We feel that there are other Americans ready to do tne same, should need arise. reporting for him ... so we took on the job of finding a person who could remember how Main street looked in the dim distant past and to get as much information about the buildings and people as we could find . . . we consulted the late David L, Boyd ... known to everyone as "Uncle Dave" . (father of Mrs. Jerre Davis and Mrs. O. H. Shelton) . . Uncle Dave had a wonderful memory . . , and he gave us a complete picture of how the street looked in 1852, We often consulted him on local historical matter. . . . We recall that once we tried to trap him . . . we got some information . , . from him and kept our notes , . went back few months later to interview him on the same subject . ... and he said . ' "I don't mind telling you all that again, but I told you that four months ago" . . . after that we never questioned his memory again . . . . but back to Main street in 1858 , .'. the story we wrote ... . we neglected to keep , . . and have often regretted not doing so ... . on account of the information . . . . recently a reader of this column gave us a copy of the story .... . the facta we now value . . . . and are going to pass on some of them to you ... so we turn back the pages of time and look down the street which was then a country lane with no sidewalks. . . We will start at the top of Mount Prospect ... the home of Mrs. Chas. E. Quinlan . . . and go down on that side (next week we will come up the other side) .'....'. Mount Prospect boasted a flat one story house owned by CoL Sam C Bryson, who was at the be ginning of the Civil War, captain of a company from here in the 25th Regiment ... and later was made a lieutenant colonel. . . in 1865 Judge J. C L. Gudger, father of Mrs. Quinlan moved here from Bun combe county and bought the prop erty ... which his children still own. ... Then Oak Park . . . now owned by Sam C. Welch ... Na tional Bank examiner , , . here was a" two-room house in, which John Swanger lived ... down at the rear the clump of pines on the lawn was a blacksmith's shop run by Swanger on the present site of the Baptist church was a two story house . . . the home of Captain Wesley Freeman ... of Company a of the N. C. troops of the Con federate Army . ... his wife was a daughter of William Welch... he and his family afterward moved to Georgia . . . Where the Dunham House stands was the substantial log house of Eli Herren (Mr. Dun ham explains with pride the log rooms now covered up in the build ing) and also a good frame store building . . general merchandise operated by Arch L. Herren . . . . on the site of the Chevrolet garage was a two-room frame build ing with a large fireplace ... the offiece of Dr. Sam Love and Dr. H. M. Rogers. . . . by his father, Robert Boyd . she would cook at the Battle House during court and then return to her master in the country ... . Lu cinda and her mother had been inherited from James Boyd, by Robert Boyd . . . . who left instruc tions that the mother was to be freed at the age of 50 in apprecia tion of her services and faithfulness to his family. . . On the present site of the Masonic Temple was a small frame store ... the firm of Benners and Fitgerald . . . general mer chandise . ,' . it faced the Jonathan Creek road . . . which joined the town square, a part of which is now occupied by the post office . . . at the drug store on the corner . . . was a two story frame house oc cupied by Thornton Rogers (father of the late Samuel Rogers, one time head of the U. S. Census Bureau In Washington) . . . where the West ern Union, E. L. Withers and Com pany , ... Champion Shoe Company . . . are located was a frame store . . . . at the time it was torn down a few years ago . . . it had been oc cupied for years by the late C. W. Miller . . . leather and harness firm . . . in 1858 ... it was the store of Bill Johnson . . . who married one of CoL Robt. Love's daughters he later moved to AsheviUe , , . made a fortune . . . his family are still prominently identified with Asheville In place of Massje's Furniture store . . . was a small building in which one Steve Miller had a tail oring shop . . . on the site of the Toggery and other Massie buildings . . . was a two-room house on property owned by J. M. Tate . . . father of Mrs. P. L. Turbyfill the property was later bought by Dr. Rogers for $600 ... and he built the attractive home that was torn down only a few years ago to make rora for the buildings . . . Uncle Dave must have been greatly impressed by the blue paint on the small house ... but as he said there weren't many painted houses then ... William Medford, clerk of the court, lived next door on the site now occupied by Bur gin Brothers ... the house was al most a twin to the other one . . . and also painted blue . . . near the library was located the Metho dist church parsonage. . . . Only Handful Here Knows Precisely What Britain Wan Voice OF THE People Do yoa approve of the bill now pending in the Legislature for a State wide referendum on the liquor question? T. L. Bramlett "I am not cer tain of which is the best way to handle the liquor situation." W. T. Shelton "Yes, I certainly am in favor of a state-wide refer endum. I feel sure that the people as a whole do not want liquor, and at least they should have an oppor tunity to vote their sentiments," J. G. Terrell "Yes I do. They have tried bringing whiskey back and conditions are worse than ever before. I notice that the large city papers report far more drunken ness than in the days of prohibi tion," G. C. Summerrow "I think it would be a fine thing, if it would result in putting the stuff out." Jack Felmet "I approve of the bill. I would like to see it decided once and for all whether we are to do away with whiskey." John R. Hipps "I think we had better let well enough alone, as prohibition never actually prohib ited, and' it caused people to break the law." G. C. Ferguson "I approve of the bill. I think the people should have a right to vote on it." T. J. Cathey "I approve or a method that will give us an im provement over what we now have." Mrs. R. N. Barber--" Yes, I ap prove of it. I feel that prohibition never had a fair trial, and I would like to see it tried again and the law strictly enforced." OPINIONS And COMMENTS ; Of:. OTHER EDITORS On the Garrett Funeral home property waa a school building SO by 30 feet ... known, as the Fe male School V . and conducted by an Englishman and his wife ... , Dr. and Mrs. William Foils . . they came to thia county from Weaverville . . . first located on Jonathan Creek . . . then moved here THE DEADLY MULE A rather surprising statement comes from Fort Bragg, which is unofficial of course, to the effect that most of the hospital cases at that great military center so far have been produced by mules. Not the motor vehicle, or big guns and war machines, but the mule is proving to be the most deadly and dangerous of all things that the men work with there. Mules know how to use their heels and they give no warning. However, inex perience in handling these animals must account for much of the un happy results, for the mule is after . . . .from its size it did not at any I time house many females V . . but education for women back in 1858 was not considered very important , . , from the Garrett property to tne home of Dr. Sam Stringfield was a cornfield. . . . on the String- hem property was the large and most pretentious residence in the village that of Col Robt. Love . it was burned to the ground in February, 1865 . . . when Kirk's men made a raid on Waynesville. . . Next week we will come up the other side of Main . . seeing the picture through Uncle Dave's recol lections . . . which we feel is per haps the only record to be found of how the street looked- in 1858, . . SCOTTS SCRAP BOOK In place of the Hotel Waynesville . . . stood the Battle House . . . famous in its day and generation . . , and for its far-famed dinners the munificent sum of ten cents was charged ... Uncle Dave, a young boy in 1858, would come into town on every Saturday before court week .... from his home on Jonathan Creek ... and would brine Lucinda . . . a slave owned By HI SCOTT , sap-'SBaW AMIX -fin BuftKt n tfAJU. RA.V 10&BIM SCAXBAX Ml IRON RU.1. tU PUT OVER tRAVL& to Folk BOOT- SHA.-TCrItAS uconrMrftm WAX MAT. my mass Am -flu. COPPUK. M KEXtluU. WAS WRO MY PAUV. R.E.VIRE. I TVAI V I "" ' liiu. afr. A COVXASXniirffeH BAJbN ousanou cwimT- Da M a. . x crry & a jMOMav. Central Press ColumniJ JTTSti XUXJ km Tiif tne way or war supplies country is known to enlv est handful of men in Was Arthur Purvis, head j missionj knows. TT folia it :,: , t yvoiuveiy body but President Rod Even Purvis' subordinate agents aren't informed in I Each has his own particu to attend to and understandj is expected of him but they allowed to ' hint to one ai Purvis alone is familiar wi whole schedule I That purchasing mission'! of Washington offices is thi mysterious place in the J hemisphere. When the miss! rived in our capital, it engal entire floor near the topi Willard hotel, which is righf center of the city. From d in front of the machine onj I'm writing this column just the roof of the National! building. I can see directly A.1 1 . A 1 . ? me Bireec, me oarred windj the mission's quarters. t2 sion had the bars put in as it had leased the appartmentj nearby as I am, I'd have al much difficulty in getting in suite as I'd have in getting' Alcatraz, U I were inca there. It's watched as tl isn't. Last fall the mission ha' tablished itself in our midi liam S. Knudsen, as head war production outfit, poii to Chief Purvis that he'd have a complete idea of Bj plans and requirements, in d adapt American industries ply the latter. Purvis Goes After II Well, Purvis himself was! quately posted on the subjej superiors, at home, seemed assumed that he could ordei ever they needed, as they it, and that we'd let 'em promptly. Knudsen had to to him that the contract pi to be too big to be handle! out some advance preparai gear us up to it. Accordingly Purvis flew don to ask for a schedule. The army, navy and i A. .1 1 1 1 I ' I 9 managers lucre man I I1K him have it. Their argum that such a schedule, if it giving the Nazis a chance it, would advise 'em exact to do to counteract the Brita gram. Finally, however, Purvis schedule and flew back with To say that it was a secrl expressed it mildly. Neverthl was a secret that Purvis let President Roosevelt in of The president necessarily pass it along, in turn, to (darned few) of his most assistants. One of them tionably was Bill Knudsenj the rumor is that it was a sf the size of which nearly Bill's eye out. Besides Bill Knudsen, Sldnev Hillm&n. Rill's labd ciate, and War and Nav; taries Stimson and Kr. posted. The best guess is that on our side of the Atlantid per cent familiar with BJ war plan and war needs that sextet Purvis, the pi Knudsen, Hillman, Stimsi Knox.''',.-.; Knudsen must be the won ned of the bunch. How It Works Purvis simply says to thi dent, We want so-and-so. upon the president says "We MUST HAVE so-and-sJ getting the problem- off M But Bill has to produce tnel Hillman'a stunt is to keei it shouldn't be impossible! though, is called on to B things out of nothing, for oil ent productive capacity isn't our own and Britain's denial As for Secretary Stimsoit he has to say is, "Britairf have as much as it asks I itll cut into supplies that o J needs for itself." Secretarf is due occaaionaly to m4 same remark as to the mm Yet Britain HAS TO HA - asks f or. Thus ifs up to Bill to b considerably in excess ol day's productive capacity fj tain's benefit and then to i still farther ni our capscft cess to prevent a shortage own supplies. all a docile and patient &M is indespensible in bearing dens of men in peace and H mule played an importar m the first World 1 always when there i the demand for mules es. The mule can take it m wise and cunning, but P1 speaking is harmless and n if handled properly. exchange. Do your job well. It is es4 a fianunf an f liM.
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