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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1941
A High Rating
We have known for sometime that we had
an excellent school band, and that it was
improving each month, and the recent rating
the group received in the District contest
while gratifying was not surprising.
It is natural for both the parents and the
Btudents to hav.e great pride in their recent
recognition "away from home," where they
were judged purely from a standpoint of
actual attainment, and not sympathetic inte
rest. The band students spent a busy and stren
uous summer last year, with only a week's
vacation, and we feel that they have earned
a vacation this year, and trust the trip to
Greensboro will be made possible for them.
This week we take pleasure in presenting
the history and expansion of Rural Electri
fication lines in Haywood County. We doubt
if the group of Drocressive citizens who or-
ganized the Cruso Mutual Electric Company,
now the Cruso Electric Membershin Coraor-
ation, back in 1937, realized how much their
efforts would amount to in Haywood County
For the picture grows and expands as one
contemplates not only the families who are
having electricity m their homes in our moun
tain coves and valleys, but also those who
pront in other ways from the establishment
and extension of the lines.
In August, 1939 when the Carolina Power
and Light Company energized the lines up
the Pigeon Valley, giving light and its ac
companying conveniences, a new day for
rural life began, not only for the immediate
section, but for the entire county.
Other communities realized that if Pigeon
Valley had electricity, that there should be
no reason wny their section could not have
mis modern convenience. As a result of this
initial movement, the greater part of the
county now has the advantage of electricity.
Rural life in Haywood County will be com
pletely revolutionized by this one movement,
not only in the present, but in the years ahead.
mere are now approximately 500 families
being served by the Cruso Lines in the coun
ty, which extend, with three exceptions into
every township of Haywood.
When the government established the Rural
Electrification , Administration in Washing
ton to assist the rural communities of the
nation to nave electricity, it inaugurated one
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Berlin And Rome Show
Evidence Of Rough Going
Voice
OF THE
People
What piece of legislation nassed
by the recent General Assembly
do Ton consider will Drove to he f h
most beneficial to the largest num-
ber of citizens of the state?
Miss Edna Hayes "Addition of
the 12th trade. I think it will
mean more to the future citizens of
North Carolina than anv other
piece of legislation passed."
HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
One Regret
" The Legislature did nothing about raising
the limit of compulsory attendance in the
public schools from the age of 14 to 16.
It made a mistake in refusing to sanction
this change.
Evidently, it was afraid of the cost, al
though there is little reason to assume that
the extra expenditures necessary would have
entailed much of a financial burden.
If there were some accurate way to get
at the question on a basis of comparison, we
dare say it would be found that the cost of
NOT keeping this class of boys and girls be
tween these two ages in the public schools is
greater than the cost will be not to educate
them for these two years.
It's a dangerous period for thousands of
them in North Carolina, and, institutionally,
the schools are cheaper to maintain for their
care and improvement and instruction than
the courts and the penal houses.
And, socially, of course, a little crowding
on the school benches would be far more con
structive than a crowding of them into pool
rooms, back alley joints and jail cells. Char
lotte Observer.
Morning Prayer
. In this day of high geared tension the fol
lowing "Morning Prayer" is like a cool breeze
hat refreshes one on a hot summer day. Read
it carefully and you will find yourself relax
ing from the strain of the turmoil of the
chaotic world about you.
"HELP ME to greet my family with a
cheery 'Good Morning ... to fill them with
a spirit of sunshine and happiness that will
remain with them the whole day through.
"HELP ME to approach' my daily task
with a determination to do my level best . . .
-help me to meet unpleasant duties with the
right understanding of my obligations to my
fellow workers.
"HELP ME to be whole-hearted, unreserved
and sincere in my patriotism . . . help me to
love and serve my country with unswerv
ing intensity and devotion.
'HELP ME, in some way, to lighten the
burden of others and to make their life hap
py and their tasks easy . . . help me to avoid
bringing grief or pain to anyone.
"HELP ME to merit the good-will and
understanding of my friends and of all those
with whom I come in contact . . . help me to
shun unmerited praise and to be too humble
to be influenced by undeserved applause.
"HELP ME to eschew complacency and in
tolerance ... help me to be of some construc
tive service to my fellow man.
"HELP ME to end my day without dis
honor and grant me the gift of untroubled
slumber." Selected.
The Public's Guess
A nation-wide survey by the Gallup poll
recently shows that the public has guessed
the amounts required for income tax by Uncle
Sam in most cases all wrong, and that the
"average citizen" has been more lenient with
the high salaried executive than the govern
ment. '"For the head of a family, with two children,
earning $3,000, the public thinks he pays $30,
and should be assessed $60, when in reality
Uncle Sam does not require any tax on his
income. ,-" .
The public according to the survey feels
that a man under similar conditions earning
$5,000 pays $100, but should pay" $200,
whereas he hands over $130 to the govern
ment. The man with the salary of $10,000 was
guessed in the survey to pay $300, while it
was adjudged that he should pay $600, but
from him the government exacts $750;
But the widest mark missed in the survey
was the income tax of the man with a $100,
000 income, who was thought to pay $5,000,
when he should be paying $10,000, and in
reality is taxed $46,000 by the government.
The last guess perhaps is significant in
that often the smaller salaried person, who
considers with envious concern that high
powered executive, does not realize that along
with his salary go many responsibilities,
which often reduce his actual income far
below the mark guessed by the man in the
lower bracket. -
Hog raising in Haywood has always Been
done on a hit-and-miss plan, with no special
attention given. Now the swine family seems
to be coming into its own in Haywood, since
the purebred program is underway.
It all sums up to this, that Haywood will
soon be known for its purebredness in every
thing. " ..i,- , . ,
tinue to brinsr memories to the
older generation ... but this com
ing of light out of darkness . .
for the people of Haywood rural
sections is one of the Greatest
marks of progress of our day and
time. . . . Just to think in more
than 600 homes in the country .
there will be no more lamp chim
neys 10 clean and polish .... . no
more smelly kerosene lamps
till . . . just a button to Dress
to say nothing of washing ma
chines and ail the other labor-sav
ing devices that come from the
magic of electricity. .... We have
been wonderinsr what the home
demonstration club women will do
with the old flat irons . . . that
will no longer be needed . . . these
women are so clever about utiliz
ing everything ... that we feel
sure that something artistic will
be evolved out of the old discarded
flat iron . . . and its former state
of usefulness will be turned into
some permanent decorative form.
. . . . Our imagination take flights
into realities . . . when we think of
the burdens that electricity will
lift from the shoulders of the busy
nousewives on Haywood farms , .
all the result of the REA. . . . .
"Lamp lighting time in the val-
ley"(s) of Haywood county will
nf iv. , , . " snomy do a tning or tfte past . . . .
me greatest services ever rendered to the ' hut it win nlwovi Via vo a nlaaointr
tuumiy popuiaiion. It Is said that the or triV fiomey association . . V for there
nal purpose of the Administration' has been1V"?,??thinj'-about. th? shadoW8
and Annrinno., k , i . a3 -cu of night coming on in the country
and continues to be carried out in a remai ka-1 . . . . and gathering around the
"iuuci, iigniea lamp . . . tnat has held a
The reduction in the costs of construction ' c,harm , that PerhaP8 the f
has Iwn n imMrtd . u I the method will never hold . . . and
avvui,.Mecuse eiec- the "lamp lighting area" will con-
.. uM uccu uivugni wunin tne economic
reach of more farmers, than would have been
possible for generations to come.
As new projects have been started over
the country construction methods On rural
lines have been improved. Private enter
prises have been stimulated fhrnnyri tv. r..
, v Mii Vll Ua
chase of millions of dollars worth of mater
ials and for equipment to use in the homes
and on the farms.
It is said that the number of radios, re
frigerators, milk coolers, feed grinders, farm
motors, poultry brooders, and other applianc
es, bought by rural families, is daily on the
increase. :.
It was learned recently thnf ih rv
( v v wv v uuv
iiecinc Membership Corooration nlnna n
go over into Jackson County and that within
a sman radius they expect to increase their
membership by some 200 subscribers.
There can be no accurate summary of the
economic advantages or the values in human
nappmess and convenience to the rural vitt
zens of our county in this progressive move
ment.
When one enters the door of
the home of the Clayton Walkers
. . . , one stops short for the array
of hooked rugs scattered about the
rooms is so lovely . , . that one s
admiration is spontaneously given
... but wait you have something
still more interesting to see . . . if
Mrs. Walker asks you in the big
sun room back of the house . . ,
which by the way is about the most
inviting spot we've seen in some
time . . . here vou will ston snH.
denlv as Von reach the door ni tha
room . . . when you gee her latest
example oi her "hooking ability"
. . . . it is lashloned from an old
design , . . one of the "museum"
rugs . . . . that came out in colors
in Life ... . last Januarv without
exceptions it is the most exquisite
thing we have seen in a rug in
to ( this vicinity . . . on a grayish back
ground . . . made incidently from
old homespun blankets dating back
60 years ago . . , that had once
been died a dark color . . . and Mrs.
Walker spent hours bleaching back
to "natural' . . . and the intricate
design wrought in a perfect combi
nation of colors . . . make it simnl v
iops in a nooKea rug to us , . . ...
just to show its beauty . . . we
had business with Mrs. Walker . . .
but after seeing that rucr we com
pletely forgot the object of our
visit . . . and not until we got half
way home did we think of what
we had gone to see her about. . .
J. R. Boyd "The reorganization
of the highway commission and the
board of conservation and development.".':''
By CHARLES P. STEW
Central Press ColumS
BERLIN AND Rome
state department intern
news' from thesn f H
strictly censored
nishing the most convincJ
r" mot imngs are enU
...;u .1. tt sua
European Axis
From Berlin
information that Herr in
iciiiunucBsiy squelched ,
in Hqlland-Oh, he doub!
-i -u, uut nig .!
ment that he's done so is 1
an admission from a f
authority that there wel
uuwuen mat required sj
And it was as good as
as oignor Mussolini, who'
that the Fascists were a t
ucicea in northern Afrf
even the British said they j
Adolf and Beniy'n.,ni.J
if anybody. i
Benito's revelation was'
the point of being funny
Walter Crawford "I feel that dently had leaked out in li
j i! . - .1. that Tl Dukh'. -f- T
vocanonai education will mean
more to the people in general than
any other measure passed."
M. H. Bowles "I feel that the
retirement plan for teachers and
state employes will effect more
people in the long run than any
otner piece oi legislation."
that II Duce's forces we2
run on tne southern sidj
Mediterranean, and it aprf
the Italians, at home, w
ning to mutter that he'dl
to send enough of 'em f
field nf ptiwifi n I
. "j wi w Keen
plied adequately. Seeming
was stung by these critii
he made that speech of 1
.."so ' u. aiic i wuuiu " v vttcvk nitti nil
say that there are two pieces military outfit was, too
of legislation that will have plenty more numerous i
A fni aoiki'ni (pi,. ll I enllinnpr fllon T4-o T.. I .g
. v cucib. iub retire- I 1 r r - ava.jt auu T
ment plan for teachers and the orld had given it I
of the drunks who appear before an skimpily armed it haJ
me in court and the law suits that cuse or being licked. But
are tried involve drunks who have
gotten intoxicated on these wines."
C. F. Kirkpatrick "I think the
addition of the 12th grade in our
schools will nrove to be more bene.
ficial than any other one piece of
legislation passed by the General
Assembly.
he asserted, it hadn't evei
cuse, for taking its lickl
Alhnnia . L.il.. ji
ubiubu IIUL1V I IB
the Italians there wrol
into a cocked hat by the f
to any failure of his
enough of 'em across th
or to furnish 'em with
guns, munitions and aviai
simply have been troun
perior Greek fiirhtm
though Benito didn't pu
way.
Not His Fault
The nub of it is that v
Deen licked, but it Wasn'
The inference dra
Adolf's reports, is that
qured more territory th
ing to be able to keep
subjection.
The Dutch alreadv n
according to his own ac
W. R. Praneift-'T rof t0 declare Ge
tfever in education, and .a,;;:16, throughout all ..thrf
XMetneriands. Presumabljf
1.1 i . n
Joe Howell "The one outdfjind
ing piece of legislation to my mind,
19 ttlA ndHitinn nt tha lOtl 4.- that
our schools."
Noble Garrett "I would say
that the appropriation for voca
tional education would effect more
people than anything else. So
many of our younsr neoDle tra
through school and do not learn
to work' .
... . . . .
oenever in education, and a sun
porter of all legislation dealing
with progress in education. I would
say that the outstanding piece of
legislation passed by the recent
legislature was the retirement
plan for teachers." f
Whether you live in the town or
whether you live IB miles in the
country . . . you'll find something
to interest you at the Armory on
Friday and Saturday ... bo we
cordially invite you to dron around
and take a look at the exhibits and
enjoy the program . . . . there are
a lot of US whn have lived with
electricity in our homes . . . who
nave not taken advantage of its
possibilities . . . in many forms ...
so don't forget . . . . it's a date . . .
Well meet you at the Armory and
discuss our needs . , . for the
home. , ". '. :'.."'"
We had a lot of svmnathv for
Gene Alley during the last snow . .
Gene came down from his offico
to get in his car . . . but he saw
that it was covered in snow , . .
so he started in pushing and heav
ing to get the fenders clear
then the top and back . ,' . and so
on until the car looked pretty
well free of snow . . . all exhaust
ed from so much effort ... he
pulled his keys with a big sigh of
reuei . . . tne kev Wouldn't vnrv
. then he looked clnspr -
to his utter astonishment . . , he
found that he had cleaned off
the other fellow's car and that his
was across the street practically
vuircu 1U B11UW. . . .
Enthusiasm ran high Saturday
when the Waynesville high school
band came out with flying colors
. . in the district mnfut
- ..vH iiciu 111
Asheville . . . and made -to i
rating . . . . which pntitlo.
enter the state contest . . j and the
funny thing about it was . . . that
no one could have been more sur
prised than the band students
themselves. . . . The ciria ci iw
also came nut TcitVi .a
. . makintf them elio-iKU t
the regional contest fnr sn.i,
states from Maryland to Florida
w oe neia in Kichmond . ... while on
the subject ; . . we would like to
congratulate ' tha vjcrt. .i 1
the very exceUent program heard
vu western worth Carolina Schools
on Parade over wwha d
. ... ... sua
day night ... each number was
a credit to any school . . .
Phyllis- "Yes. she was furimin
about the way in which the news
paper reported her marriage."
Mary; "Why did it alude to her
age?"
Phyllis; "Indirectly. It stated
that 'Miss Board and Mr. Hales
were married, the latter being a
well-known collector of antiques."
C B. Atkinson "I think that the
appropriation made for vocational
training was one of the best things
the legislature did while in session."
"Why is George Washington de
scribed as 'first in war and first
in peace T"
"I dunno," replied Senator Sor
ghum. "I suspect somebody was
trying to square him with both the
preparedness people and pacifists."
YOU'RE TELLING ME!
By WILLIAM RITT-
Ceatral Press Writer
ONE CAN always tell when
the sports writers have given up
hope for the local baseball team.
It's when they start referring to
the dub as a "possible dark
horse."
' '
Crtndpsppy Jenkins stys we
csn never attain true national
unity until we all play the same
system of contract bridge.
-Arabians drink an average of
80 cups of coffee day. They
must suffer from a continual
shortage of doughnut.
"' '
Eastern golf courses may be
converted Into aircraft landing
fields, we read. Just a case of
exchanging one type of man
made birdie for another.
! .J !
We should endure blustery
March, a writer tells us. be
cause it introduces lovely April.
,Yeah, but March is one whole
day longer than April!
Zadok Dumbkopf says he has
not yet seen the first robin of
spring but, unfortunately, he has
already heard the first poet
"-:'.- 11 ! .
And the man at the next desk
remarks that we have now
reached that time of year where
fellow not only has broken 'em
all but can't even remember
what his New Year resolutions
SCOTTS SCRAP BOOK
a..- By R.J.SCQII
With
kill mm Wtvxi m
tive there at nresent hn
a nuisance to him to havi
hostility sizzling that he!
on it with a big militarf
prevent it from going oa
page under him. I
And of course thpre 1
areas for him to worry at
iNorway's reported to
to an anti-Nazi uprising
to DC.
France certainly won't
en any longer than it h
1 It stands to reason
mark, Poland and Bel
but be ripe for revolt
iavorable ODnorturiitv
kans also are only as p:
as they're afraid to be
T . '
iNow, nerr Hitler c
trate on one little snot.
ern Holland, and sunnre
Nazi-ism, unquestionabli
Hut suppose Adolf w
uprising break out agai
France, Holland, BelgM
Denmark and Norway a
taneously, plus Britait
hands, maybe the BaJ
iurkey, too, and with K
icunuimy to recKon wi:
all that keep him pretty!
Japan Is Far
Italy's a broken reed
Japans too far away
in Europe.
Just how solidlv Ge
is behind the Fuehrer is?
of a problem here. That
iy predominantly so
tioned. Nevertheless
vague rumors of a bit
discontent with him,
land traditionally has
think they might manf
selves quite formidably!
into serious trouble, gf
a chance to sneak abof
per without heihtr insti
TAPO-ed.
Anywav. Washiheton
ic strategists calculate
Hitler and Sinor JHu
former with his news
land and the latter witl
African and Albania!
have been a rnunle of
enlightening informanti
By
Flut
'gricul
ibi
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ncff r ;rr -their,
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't-M I
fit oi iut.. , 1
THE LESSOi
TllA tAanTipr nut S ST
in a glass of water.
swam around and see
it. She took it from
rillt it, in ft
cohol, and it twistea
and died.
She nalrod the PUP'
I domnnatratinn tirOVed'
I who was Bonping h's
lest, was riven perm's4
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I his version.
If yon always drink
sior cL
iJatyi
ft-kl
(rfalf,
licli 1
for
"3 k V?eei
J L.ni
1 rftmi"'"
1
on ,
. ug pnnutx
I vowed, "you will
worms."
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