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Past! THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, MAY The Mountaineer ; Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phonal? Waynesville, North Carolina ' The County Seat of Haywood County , W. CURTIS BUSS Editor MRS HTLDA WAY GWYN Associate Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County Six Months, In Haywood County 11.50 , 76e , 2.00 One Year, Outside Haywood County . All Subscriptions Payable in Advance Buured at th. poat ofttca at Waynaarilla, H, 0., aa Saooad Olaia Mall Mattar, aa providad usdar tba Aot at March S, 187, Movambar 10, Ida. Obituary notlcaa, raaolntiona of raapaot. arda of thanka, aatd all notlcaa of antartalomanta for profit, will ba ehargoa tar at tba rata of ona oot par word. North Carolina i ' BM. ASSOCIAIK NATIONAL EDITORIAL ISSOCIATION THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1941 Your Support The drive launched by the Chamber of Commerce on Friday for various community activities as set forth in last week's issue of The Mountaineer, should meet with a hearty response. The proposed budget covers a wide field of meritorious projects vthat should appeal to every civic minded person. The amounts asked for each are very reasonable, in fact exceedingly small, considering the magnitude of the work undertaken. There should be no complaint made for the overhead expendi tures in view of the service rendered. Practically everyone feels that life is gear ed up to a more accelerated speed, and there is no reason why all these calls should not be combined in one grand drive, taking only one time for the asking by the solicitors and one time for your donating. The directors have given a lot of thought to working out the budget and have tried to include the most urgent needs in the $4,200 asked at this time. Remember your community is what you make it, so make your donation as large as your pocket book will stand," and along with your money give your moral support and encouragement for the cause of community betterment. Will He Muff It? The elevation of Senator Robert R. Reyn olds to the chairmanship of the powerful Senate committee on Military Affairs was not unexpected. Failure to have made the appointment would have involved side step ping a rule that is almost as old as the Sen ate itself. The question now is, having been placed in this air important position, to what use will Senator Reynolds put his ability and energy?: V :;. He has not previously been in harmony with the administration of which he is a part, Neither has he been in accord with the great majority of people who elected him to the Senate. . We admire independence of thought, but just how far it is becoming in a public offi cial to differ with the people whose repre sentative he is supposed to be is a debatable question. Anyone who has followed closely the trend of events in Europe cannot fail to realize now that the civilization of the world ia hanging in the balance. It is no longer a question of what America should do, but how rapidly and effectively it can be done. It is greatly to be hoped that Senator Reyn olds will seize this opportunity to render a real 'service to his people in what are prob ably the most critical days of the world. Droughts Bomb-Proof Shelters Among the dozens of bulletins and book lets from the many government agencies that come to pur desk, there was one in par ticular last week that gave us a genuine case of jitters. The 48-page booklet on "Civilian Defense Protective Construction" contain ed blue prints for bomb-proof shelters of various sizes, ranging from six to 200 peo ple. In the introduction, the army engineers pointed out that "in no sense should the is suance of the bulletin be construed as the signal to start work immediately on any of the protective structures described. Never theless, it is deemed essential that responsible civil officials and civilian engineers give thought to the methods, plans and especially procedures that can be followed in respective localties." .". :... .'-' Reading between the lines, you can form your own conclusions. The bulletin continued, by pointing out that a thorough stndy had been made of conditions in Europe, especial ly England, and that the plans had been pre pared after the survey. An idea of the damage done' by the mod ern bomb can be had by noting the thickness of walls of various materials required for protection against fragments of a 500-pound bomb, at a distance of 50 feet. A brick wall must be 13 12 inches, while concrete must be at least 15 inches thick. A reinforced concrete wall 12 inches thick can withstand the pressure, while a wall of sand and (gravel must be two and a half feet thick. A wall of gravel and 6and between wood sheathing or corrugarted iron must be two and a half feet thick. The bulletin also showed that a 100-pound bomb will create a crater 5 to 10 feet deep, a 300-pounder would go 9 to i7 feet, while a 500-pounder would sink 12 to 23 feet. A 2,000-pound bomb goes from 30 to 57 feet into the ground. ' This information is very interesting, and is especially recommended while listening to a foreign broadcast of a bombing. The unprecedented lack of rain fall this past winter and spring is beginning to be acutely felt in Western North Carolina. Observers in the Washington Weather Bu reau warn us that the periodical drought that has visited other sections of the United States, especially in the West, is due this year to strike the South Eastern States, in cluding the Southern Appalachian Region. This is unwelcome news to the farmers and stock raisers of Haywood County for the dry weather means not only poor crops but short pastures and consequently thin cattle. There is nothing one can do about dry weather, but the devastating consequences can in a measure be lightened. Frequent and light cultivation will conserve moisture. Crops requiring a large amount of rain fall had probably best be left unplanted and the land changed to some other crop that has a better chance of maturing. Gardens in many instances may be plant ed near some stream where they can be wa tered with a minimum cost. Above all stock men should avoid over-stocking their pas tures in order that their cattle may get in marketable condition. "HIGH ON A WMDY HILL' ' ' ' HI0H ON A WINDY HILL" ". ' ' V':.; South America Not Too Earn Pickings, Nazis May Discovei oice OF THE People If yon were offered a month's vacation with all expenses paid, where would you go and what would yon do? Morton E. Rabhan "I'd go to Savannah, Ga., and spend my time on the beach.'' HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN We were recently told of the old theory of the woodsman . '." . that every color or tint to which a tree is exposed during its life .;. . glows in the fire when the tree is burned . , . and that in the flames you may see the early dawn . . . in its startling beauty . . . the pastel shades of the sky ' . . the sheen and glimmer of the moon light . and the darkness and gloom of the storms and the bril liancy of the sunshine . , . all the varying moods to which the tree has been subjected . . . and it sounds plausible . . . as we listen ed to the unfolding of the theory . . . we thought how very true in the life of a human being . . . for each of us reflects our own expe riences . ... though many of us react in different ways ... suf fering will make one person drink deep only from the cup of bitter ness ... while another will come through the depths of despair . . . still carrying high in their Heart an undying faith in all things. , Politics The vacancy on the National Democratic Committee brought about by the recent death of Congressman A. L. Folger has developed a political situation without precedent in the State, Never before has this position brought forth such keen competition and never be fore have candidates for this honor seen fit to put on a state-wide campaign. Friends of both factions are now canvas ing the entire state in a frenzied effort to obtain either promises or proxies from the 136 members of the state executive commit- t6w ,. ' ' The fireworks started when Governor Broughton announced his support of Ex Governor Clyde Hoey to succeed Mr. Folger. Immediately the friends of Richard (Dick) Reynolds got busy with a very clever argu ment namely that it was time for the younger generation of Young Democrats to be recog nized and that with all due respect and affec tion for Governor Hoey, that he and his county had been sufficiently honored. - The fact was brought out also that young Reynolds being treasurer of the National Democratic Executive committee should by all means be elected to membership in that all important body. The statement which so far as we .know has not been reputed, that Reynolds had loaned some two hundred thou sand dollars to the National Democratic com mittee is by no means a matter to be passed by lightly. Failure, so politicalobservers say, to elect former Governor Hoey, would be construed more as a rebuke to the present administra tion than any reflection on the former gov ernor since the Broughton endorsement. On the other hand the Reynolds' support ers feel that it is high time in the state for some changes to be made. ' On Hitler's List? Somebody said that the "America First" Committee should change its name to the "America Next" Committee. Christian Science Monitor. We always appreciate an invita tion from the home demonstration clubs of the county . v'" we like their meetings . . . they are ac complishing so much . . , last Sat urday we enjoyed their annual spring Federation .. V . the flower show with its many lovely and ar tistic exhibits , ... that would have been a credit anywhere , .. . , the fellowship of women interested in the problems ... but the song they sang . . . to the tune of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" , , . and the ideas set forth . . . were per haps the most significant thing about the meeting to us . . . for the words expressed something so vi tally American . . which those club women themselves represent . that we feel will help stem the tide of barbarism . . And keep this country safe ... even though we have to fight to do so . . . we reprint for your benefit the words of the song. ... "We have seen a splendid vision of the glory of the state . , . through the fire upon God's altar, where the vestals serve and wait . ; Tis the home we hath established that shall guard the fortune's fate . . our work goes marching on .. . Not for praise or idle power ... not for gain or for applause . . . but to make our homes the sweeter and uphold the country's laws . . . not for comfort but for service is the watchword of our cause , . . as we go marching on ... Then the school beside the highway and the church upon the hill . . . joined in one sublime endeavor shall our .purposes fulfill . . and the press shall catch the torch and pass it ever onward still . . . . while truth goes marching on . . . thus the home shall be the Eden of the beauty and accord and our children be the glory of the garden of Our Lord . . . while the State its own defense shall stand a pure and flaming sword. .. As Youth oes marching on." . The following on "Man's Ways" . . . was contributed to us this week . . . it perhaps will never become as famous as Shakespeare's "Seven Ages of Man" . . . but no doubt expresses to the modern mind a more accurate interpreta tion . . . "Man is born . . . he grows a little . . . he has the measles . . . mumps . . . and chick en pox ... he goes to school . . . . and presently he is grown ... he falls in love and marries . v, . or he doesn't . . . he joins clubs . . . he buys furniture . . . medium priced cars . . . and several maga zine subscriptions . . . and some oil stock which is no good . . . . he mows his lawn' for exercise . . . on Sundays he plays a little golf . . . his children call him George . . . , which irrates him though his name is George ... the mother of his children calls him Daddy . . . Sam A. Potts "I'd stay in West ern North Carolina and enjoy the scenery and the climate. I'd fish, swim, and go boating. You can't find a better place to take a vaca tion than right here in Western North Carolina." Zeb Curtis "I think I'd go to Cuba and have a big time at the expense of the other fellow." ROirTW A lurr-r..- . ----- it.lUU k coasts as well as eJ Out amateur strategist, j ' to think of that TL navy professionals have , 2 of the fact, but our new.i tators, most of them neveJ been south of the Ri0 G5 fT . understand u mat, ii Ge control of the . . . ' "C,,UM uuiges into the Uncle Sam will be in an . itU .be a fearful job U keen nnpn hia i aiiic OI CqjJ tions with our New WorW WB equator on Cape Horn. ThAaa varan ' " " uic m nni J. L. Carlyle "I would go to Canada because I would like to see the country and observe a nation at war and how it carries on its business at such a time, . I would particularly like to visit the French settlements and I would also like to fish some." and that annoys him too . . , his shoes pinch and his hats don't fit . . . his clothes smell of moth balls . . . dentists drill his teeth . . . and surgeons dig out his ap pendix , . his head colds settle in his chest . . . and stay there . and he catches new ones in his nose ... he has to shave twice daily . . . he stalls in traffic like I a fool . . . he fixes flats on lonely .country roads , his business goes from bad to worse . . . or if it isn't that it's taxes . . . he doesn't know what the world is coming to , . . he has hay fever . . . his hair recedes . . . and ulti mately disappears . . . and nothing can be done ... he is called upon to speak extemporaneosly at ban quets . . his secretary leaves after 15 years to get married. . . . Mrs. W. A. Hyatt "I'd go to Cataloochee Ranch and twiddle my thumbs." . Rosalyn Ray Collins "I'd go to California and enjoy all the good things that state has to offer." His dentist tells him those old amalgams must come out . . , col lege reunions make him gloomy . . . hurricane insurance is the only kind that he doesn't carry . . . and what do you think . . . . a hurricane, by gosh ... he acts as pallbearer at funerals . . . he grows a paunch and works at ex ercises to get rid of it . but nothing Comes of this except a stubborn case of athlete feet . . . he builds a house that costs him two and a half times as much as the estimated cost . . . he doesn't even like it , . . he serves on juries . . . he explains income tax re ductions to mean faced agents from the Bureau of Internal Rev enue . . . business gets a little better ... his workmen strike . . . distant relatives are destitute and write to him . . . demanding fuAds . . . his mother-in-law conies to live with him . . . he is a good and faithful husband . . . or he isn't , . . he gets a divorce ... or he doesn't . . , . he remarries and his friends say, isn't it extraor- Bobby Plott "I'd go to Alaska and see the country. I would also be on the look out for a girl." Frank Martin "I'd go to Maine and look over the country. I have always wanted to see that section." Francis Massie "I'd rather stay at home and rest and spend the money here m Waynesville," Mrs. Lou Silverthorn "I'd go to Aiken, S. C, and visit my old friends." J. Dale Stentz "I'd start on tour Of the West coast and go up into Canada, and return home by the Northern route-and play golf every chance I had." ' , dinary that the second wife is just exactly like the first in every way :. . . presently he discovers this him self . , . the first thing he knows he s old . . , and grown deaf . though not as deaf as everyone seems to suppose . , . he feels an august patriarch . .... but is treated like a muling infant . '. . they put nim to bed early . , . they feed him soft boiled eggs . . . you would think they wanted him to live in definitely . . , but he knows better." Britain must now pay a 60 per cent income tax.. Jt5ad. But look at France. It now pays a 100 per Cent outgo tax. Only six legal holidays are cele Dratea throughout the United states. ..: . YOU'RE TELLING ME! By WILLIAM tUTT- Ctuttil Pits Writer THE A B C of tyLil axpan ton, according to Zadok Dumb kopf, could be "Anchlusa,' "BUUkrleg" and "ConcentraUon Camp " -X Scientist sys wool make t nutritious food. Now wo eta at our ctp tad ftt it. too. Moaqoltoea, says Orandpappy Jenkins, are the only Insects thai love the human race so modi they'd just like to eat It P- - With the late spring winds blowing merrily many a wlde- b rimmed chapeau becomes an off-the-face hat !..! '!.: This mty b a mia's world, but part of it beloots to th litis. Junior may grow up to bo president, but he'll nerer be come a May queen. t i Thirty -three per cent of aH adults are overweight scientific Item, to, ratty! Joe Stalin must find time hanging heavy on hia hands these oaya. There Just doean t seem to be any more countries eii wiui which to aggression pacta. sign nan- SCOTTS SCRAP BOOK By R.1SCOTI m m w i II .'jfTamNa RUKMlNy I tAYY r i f fturf Ti it- Safety ARtOLPE.1Mrjro 1 &U& PlMS 01IMD AHOK fiu. REMAlIrS EURO PI. 1 1 f hi I , ,J OMR. CUP Con ei . our hiy jjk5OHly 0t oky MISSED A. PA.Yi DMf i! day or two. I've just bJ U1IC . 1 The author has it all 1 out. Africa does, indeed, J into the Alantic in Soiiti,' tl direction and South Amerid out into the same ocean i( rection of Africa. At the western extreme African bulge is the Fre at Dakar. France being pn under Herr Hitler's thumb ceivable that the Nazis ceed in establishing a Daki Against the opposition British navy, they hardly able to do it by sea, but m getting through European occupying Spain, capturing km, owuuug nenaiiy aC narrow strait, establishini selves on the African side versing the bulge to thl westward overland, they'; at their Dakar destination a mean trip, but not necesi impossibility. 1 ; Pernambuco to Daki rernamnuco, in Brazil, I extremity of South Amerid erly bulge. From Dakar to Perna J about as far from New Panama. That is to say, mans, at Dakar, could be deal nearer to a South M landing place than we Yanl 1 he presumption is tnat th dertake to establish a basd nambuco, too, and perl fara, at the mouth of the Possibly, as a matter of Won; they'll scare Brazil quiescing. Besides, assert ried commentators, Nazi-i Fascism are decidedly st that part of the world, any German planes, submarl a few raiders, so the tl would make that compa narrow stretch of ocean f roi to the prenambuc exeeedin gerous for Yankee ships t bound Up and down the co Furthermore, operating c coast from Prenambuco, t mans would have southen and all of Uruguary and Ai by the scruff of their necks working inland to the w they could penetrate Pa Bolivia, Chile and gosh what additional republics. It sounds like a large oil alarmists argue that Adolf ground efficiently prepared activities through the nw work his fifth columnists h engaged in for quite a whil at the same time (I'm quol alarmists), the United SUtl be able to do a darned ttt cause of that bottleneci Dakar to Pernambuco, ; What About Our Xr It may be, the alarmistJ that we could crack the bol if we could concentrate ba and air forces against it navy, at least, won't be in: Won to leave the Pacific! Japan. So how the heck, th sts ask, can we attend South American east coaf Now, I've got a suggef ' . . .. . VM my own. I don't know j not the east coast will be( the alarmists think, but the affirmative. What's the then, with the shipment 1 portloads of Yankees do west coast, which the Nz get at to save their lives, li at Valparaiso and snotj across the continent to tl coast? It's only an ovemi from coast to coast and tl road accommodations Ii class. Another thine. I dn t.hnan T iKn A mericans 1 Columnized as the alarmM nd I spent six ye" J midst, in the newspaper J IVe a daughter and two rin Bhn warn horn " "1 coast, and I ought to guesser. There are some German there, and they are s tnK some, like our bunds, but J- lront fnlomhlv effectively An1 T ofin America h8 1 dictators, but they want to own dictating not to tated to from Berlin. Tj.f tf. rrmans try t" H .... - . ii,tr ne4 with them, arm, u -qui" help to put a ftoP venture that they with open arms so lonf don't try to get sassy, too. Tj,if. demand iWViic at a minnnt tninail be rCO "S10aaM.Bi2 lik talking coal turkey.
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