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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 2 191JI The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 WaynesvDle, 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 .........! $1.60 Six months, In Haywood County.,.-.... 75c One Year, Outside Haywood County - 2.00 All Subscriptions Payable in Advance EnUred t the post office it Waynemrille. K. O., as Sf-"1 Claw Mail Matter, aa provided under the Act of March t, 187, November 20, 114. - - Obituary noticea, reeolutiona of impact, carda of thanks, and all noticea of entertainment for profit, will be charged lor at the rate of one cent per word. North Carolina PBESS ASSOC I AII0N51 NATIONAL CDITORIAl THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1942 Armchair Warfare The United States, eng&ged in fullfledged warfare, has a tremendous surplus of gen erals, admirals and air marshals. You can find them on practically every street corner of every city, town and village in the nation. They occupy millions of chairs, with soft bottoms, in the club and offices of the land, and include many of us newspaper editors In short, there seems to be a surplus of commanders-in-chief and a reluctance on the part of many citizens to pitch in and do something about the war in the manner they can contribute and at the place where they happen to be. For better or worse, the fate of this na tion, so far as leadership is concerned, is in the elected officials of our various govern ments, and the officers that now command the armed forces. Our future depends upon those who now direct the activities of in dustry and the laborers who make the ma chine tools and instruments of mass pro duction. Those who do not happen to be on the firing line, either as a fighting man or a producing worker, have a wide field in which to exercise their patriotic zeal. -The Smith field Herald. 'ON THE RECORD" Time Ahead Of Itself We Are Not Alme It makes no difference whether or not you turned up your watch one hour ahead on Sunday night, time changed for you for the "duration" of the war during the wee small hours of the morning, when Uncle Sam stepped up his time, which will be our time. There is nothing for you to do but get in line with war time, for we are told that the clocks won't be unscrambled until the war is over. Yet it should be a comparatively simple matter. In fact if you don't think about it and go by your watch set to new time you should hardly know the difference, except those who are connected with the local schools. We understand that the schools will not be able to conform with the new time at the present, which is easily explained, on account of the buses which carry so many hundreds of Haywood County children to and from school. They have been starting before daylight as it is and another hour -would 'make it a hardship on some of the students who come from the greater dis . tances. To the sleepy headed group of students who belong by habit to the old nursery jingle, "a dillar a dollar a ten o'clock scholar", the new time will be very attractive as school opens at 9:30, but along about 4:30 in the morning, we guess they will be need ing sympathy, for most of the children will be getting up with their families who will have to go about their work according to the clock. We must all bear in mind that the prime reason for moving the clocks ahead is to save electric power, as a part of the national defense program. In the bomb-threatened cities, the extra hour allows people time to get home from work before night falls and the blackouts start- r It has been pointed out also that it is not entirely a matter of actually saving power, but of spreading out the use of electricity. The "peak load" is said to be the Jonah of the power companies. This demand for pow er usually comes around 5:30 and 6:00 at the time factories are still running, stores are lighted and homes are being lighted up for the night. The theory of Daylight Saving time was first tried during World War number one, and officials claim that it was effective then. The idea is said to have been originated by an Englishman. We were interested in an article by Jona than Daniels in the Nation on "Report From the Low Country" in which he writes of the tourist prospects centering on Charleston as "halfway down the road from Manhattan to Miami, which seems also at the center of the question ,of what war will do to the vast American touring industry, which sometimes seems as vital as any industrial priorities problem from California to Maine." We find that we are not alone in our state of wondering what will harroen in the sea son just ahead to one of America's greatest industries, and one that has been increasing in revenue in our own section. Mr. Daniels points out that even in Mr. Rockefeller's Williamsburg in Virginia, they are telling old patrons hopefully that the brave British clung to their week-ends. He brings out the fact that this historic site is not far from Washington and that an ex hausted patriot can depend on Williamsburg for patriotic resuscitation between Friday and Monday. ' , . He also points out that "Charleston knows that it is a long way for a week-end for its best old customers even by air, for old ladies in limousines have to think about tires as must as the drivers of jalopies." Mr. Daniels contends that "there is just as much profit for a taxicab driver in hauling sailors to town as there was in hauling tour ists to the gardens in Charleston, and that railroads sell more tickets and meals to New York boys returning to Savannah from furloughs than it ever did to patrons on their way to Palm Beach. It may be harder on furniture but a landlady gets as much mnnev from three welders in a room all the time as she could collect from a season of wealthy , tourists." . . Which is all very comforting to those in the tourist business in the "low country" where they are feeling the defense programs, but we fear that up here we have little pros pect for any substitute of the regular tour ist. So we will still have to cling to our hope for the usual trek to the mountains. Er-r T" " ' . , ' O " -W"'"- Voice OF THE People HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN Since th historical December flio-Kt Miop Poor Warhnr : rnn. versations all over America have centered around one subject . . . we feel sure . . . just as they have here with us . . . no matter how far afield they wander . . . they come back to the inevitable war . . the talk started on purely feminine affairs . , . housekeeping problems . . . for the working wife . . . who continues in her job after marriage . . . but soon the talk shifted . . . to a subject that the girls took hold of with con siderable feeling . . , and the main point was . . . Mwhy should a wife wno aoes woric outsiae ner nome . , . and has no children be termed a "dependent" . . . where the wife who is not working is not so classed ... and the husband of the latter is thereby put in a dif ferent classification by Uncle Sam than that of the former . . . and the boys are shuffled in the files for service in the armed forces . . . and the point was brought out that in many instances the wife work ed before marriage and is prepar ed to do something ; and yet in her married state she is called a "dependent . , ." . .-. one gold bar . . t First Lieu tenant . . . one silver bar Captain ... two silver bars Major, one gold leaf . . . Lieu tenant Colonel, silver leaf . . Colonel. Eaarle ... Brigadier Gen eral, one star . . . Major General, two stars . . . Lieutenant General. three stars . . . and General, four stars. R. I.. PrnvoHt "I don't think we will hp hnmhed. because when the planes could reach us, it would mean that the fighting forces on the coast would be utterly weak ened, and I don't believe , that things will reach that stage. Yet I think that there are other ways in wkili wa ipnn Via nrrnrkprf in this section, it behooves us to be negroes could sing the good Mnnrtav mominc was ahnut the "lonesomest looking" we have seen Main Street in sometime . . . with the exception of the time we took a bus last month around 6 o'clock in the morning . . . but of course in time we will all settle down to a normal attituda toward time . and will get out of the habit of thinking in terms of the past . . . for we Americans are adept at changes ... but won't the change serve as a swell alibi for being tardy . . . until it will be out of date . . . to use it . . , Honors To The Waynesville Mountaineer The Waynesville Mountaineer won two awards of the annual Awards Contest spon sored by the North Carolina Press Associa tion. At the institute held jointly with the University of North Carolina and Duke University on January 16 this well deserved recognition was accorded our neighbor in Haywood county, which won the second prize in the fields of "Best Community Ser vice" and "General Excellence" among the weekly newspapers of the state. The out-of-state judge wrote in making his report: "We wish to call special atten tion to The Waynesville Mountaineer . . . the presentation of this entry was remark able .. . In a slightly different type of con test The Mountaineer might have stood above every paper in the country." We salute Curtis Russ, the editor, who has brought this distinction to our section. The Franklin Press. Youth Training Defense courses have started in our high school, which are compulsory for all those who will graduate this spring. The boys are Demg given strict physical check ups and training. The girls are being taught iirsi am metnods and practical home nurs ing. Both are being instructed in the values of proper nutrition. Both are so valuable that we cannot but consider them as silver linings to the dark clouds of war. While the prosecution of the war ia the most important problem fac ing America today, we must not overlook the fact that the rising generation must have everything possible to make them to nt to take up the burden. When the drums of Mars roll away, and life again resumes its peacetime tenure, youth of today will be contributors toward building back the future. In a recent report of the American youth commission the following was brought out, If our democracy i3 to continue, it i3 the youth especially who must have a true con ception of democracy, of its moral basis, and of the results that attend its successful operation. To them democracy must seem to be worth every sacrifice and to offer the Wti for happiness and the good life. Otherwise any effort to pre serve it will be a waste of time." The conversation waxed very warm , . . too bad there were no draft board members nresent. or war,department officials for that matter , . . lor they would have heard some verv Dointed slants on the subject . .. having been a wife wno stayed at home . . . once upon a time , . . and for the past eight years one who tried her wines nut. side . . . we could see both aides . . ; none of the young wives talk ing expect to work alwava ". they are not career Women in the generally accepted term . . . (and whether you realize it or not there is a vast difference . thov am trying to help their husbands get tneir nomes established . . . simply biding their time until they can turn domestic to their heart's con tent ... we tried to intercede for the wives "working" only at home . . . venturing that - C VI1IVW TV 11 If has never been employed . . . is often timid . , , and often, unless she has been trained . . . for some special work . . . it takes . lnt nf courage to fall in line with the breadwinners . . . (we well recall our first ioh whioh 8 years ago this week) . . . but uiese gins wouldn't listen . . in their minds, there could not' be such retiring sisters in this modem age . . . we listened for their talk was absorbing . . . not only because we happen to like the Bn .i - - - --- uu UO personally interested in them inrli. vidually . . . but also because they represent a vast am. . I - -...J MA nVIIICU scattered throughout this country . . t who are facing the same prob- . . . wun uncie Bam disagreeing to their status . . . The following story about Hol man Hunt . famous artist was given us this week for reprint here . . . the painting "The Light oi the World" ... by Hunt is a picture of Christ in a garden at midnight . . . in His left hand He is holdinsr a lantern . . . and in his right hand knocking on a heavily paneled door . . . on the day the painting was unveiled . . . to the public ... a group of art critics wag present . . . one of them is said to have remarked . , . "Mr. Hunt ... you haven't finished your work" . . . "Yes, it is finished" . . . the artist answered . . . "But there is no handle to that door" . . . "That," said the artist' "is the door to the human heart, it can be opened onlv from the inside" ... Letters To The Editor Til Never Forget- HUMAN INTEREST STORIES CONDUCTED BY UNCLE ABE Do you think that this section ... 4.nfr.. nf fukincr tinmllMl dlir- in ii ttaufiH -'-- r 41.. -.0.n WnrM War Ask ing WIC it x. ed by request of several citizens). Weaver H. McCracken "No. T An nn fhinlr in. hprflllRP we are too far away from the fighting areas, and then I feel that our mountains will protect us." John Tlnvrl "T rlollht if we ever are bombed, because I do not think that the section is important enough in view of so many other areas that will be attacked." Mrs. B. F. Smathers, g Wavnesville. is nn. ,.t interestinsr rersonalitio. , 1 a sister of Capt Alden Hoj I- 1A1 1J lO IV! JCOIB U1U LIMB THnnrh . I Smathera, Btill alert in both 3 xciucmuers much fhJ her long, eventful life. She J War ended. "I can remember the fiw.4 1 ing house ' as thev WRi Ji iiicu. it was hi.;u onauy orove, ngni near where U Methodist church now tQj. i mv father eave the lanH n 1 built of large hewed logs and 3 a uic (iioic. llliai nans were ill ii neiB iiaiiiuirt?n nn. father's blacksmith shop." "Doctor" Howell Owned SliJ "my iatner owned s aw.. . l op io u, wuicn was a lot for J man here. Well, I can remeJ Der now me staves could gy 'specially Old Granny and CuniJ nam, numi lamer would hi prayers. We had nravor. J a day, and he would call M togeiner staves ana all, I "That made a pretty goodnj tuiiKregation, me writer mte, runted. "It certainly did," Mrs. Smati ers continued. "And how tk. prepared for anything." Captain W. F. Swift "No, I do not think so. It is too far and too expensive for the damage it would inflict." John M. Oueen "No. for one reason nnr mountains nrotect us. and make this section impractical for air raids. I think we live in one of the safest places in this country." O . H. Shel ton "I reallv do not think that conditions will get that serious for us to be bombed in this section." Felix Stovall "No. I don't think we will be bombed here, as I feel that we will not be the center of any actual fighting, but we will reel the war in many other ways," J. M. Garrison "No. T do not think so. as we are too far from the coast." Clyde Fisher Mavbr of Hazel- wood "No, I really do not think we will be bombed, for one reason I feel that we will have them stopped before they get this far." J. H. Wav. Jr. Mavor of Wav nesville "No. T do not think WA are in any serious danger of be ing bombed, yet anvthincr could happen, and I think this secure feeling on the Dart of most of ns is bad for us. There are more ways of attack than from the air, and we could suffer other types right in this section. I think evprv cit izens should get readv to meet anv emergency that may arise. We are in a very serious war nnr! mmi people do not understand what we are up against this time." hymns, like 'Amazing Grace' 2 now r inn a Foundat m cJ times Old Granny would shod too, ana i Deing just a child did: know what to think of it. "My father was good to l slaves, though. He worked tties right hard, of course: but he C Al la. . mem gooa ana 'tended to tW when they took sick. Old ham was one of the best darhj m the world, so was Granny d cam. ratner would trust tl anywhere and with any of children. Was His Own Dottor When asked why her fafe was called "Doctor" Howell, fc Smathers explained: MWhv. that was Wnnso v. to ; do so much doctorin' in community. After th nnl w tor we had, at Waynesville, d.-. my father had to 'tend the lid in the family, also among the slaw nimsell. Just took it up like tk. Then the neighbors pnt. tn for him to go and tend their sict He went when Dan Allienn) oiiut, mat was in time oi thew rather even doctnrpH I remember the time. bleed himself in the arm-tk show Cunningham how to it." We have heard the expression and been guilty of using it many times . . . "hertuoon tk. A !i j the deep blue sea" . . . but did not know its origin until recently . . . when we rear! it in b..j ei.!.... by John G. Bragaw in "The State '""slne ... n case you did not see it and lika n n. j , . ' ' v nviiucrcQ where it cam from c.-i.- - ... vauiiijr vessels, maybe steam vessels too. nave tne upper part of their hulls painted one color . ' th lns part another color . . . and where tne colors meet is called "the Devil" . . . hence the "devil and the deep blue seas" . which U lUnf handy a way to (ierm certain de- nminas in which we find ourselves . as we can recall at present. We remember back in the First World War . k . that as time went on and the officers returned at in. tervals . . ; with new insiirnias on their shoulders . . . w snmotimsa had difficulty in figuring out what rank they held ... so we pass on the following . . . which might serve to remind you at some awkward moment . . . Second Lieutenant TWO REMARKABLE PRAYERS : Mrs. Gwvn's Quotation, in War column of The Mountaineer of January 29th, of Rev. George Stewart's remarkable tiravw at n convention of railroad men, brings back many memories. I knew George Stewart well in the mid dle 18808. when T was a student at Emory and Henry College in Virginia. He was a tutor in the colleee and his official titlo WAS Tutor Stewart to me then and all through his life. In the days when he came to Lake Junaluska, I always looked out for ; him and called him "Tutor Stewart" to his great delight. He was one of the most human men I ever knew, and his marvelous ability to touch the hearts of men was one of the things that made him the great power he was for the srood ting prayer he made before the rauroaa men is but one of a mul titude of such instances of his great heart and mind "AnH h played upon a harp of a thousand strings. Another fine character f ft,B old Emory days was Vance Price son oi rror. R. N. Price) whose mother was a sister of Robert and Zebulon Baird Vanro t . . 1W vuv was a preacher and a man of deep oiiijja Lilies. My Emory davs ended in TSR7 and T last sirht it Vowa- .i I - - " " v.. i cii tliuc until about 1910, when I was teach ing in wnat is now the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For years I got my noon meal at the hospi table table of Mrs. Nellie Baird Ward. About this time her hus band, a fine man, answered the last roll call, and she askprl ii cousin, Vance .Price, then pastor ui wie Metnodist church at Mt Airy, to come to Greensboro and conauct the funeral service. I - ... .ww me luiienii service. 1 of mankind. The most fit- do not remember what he said, THE OLD HOME TOWN I, . . 1 aap aM. M.M M . r -s wa "rou Lrrrii AH B ( ANt sharped your C YARN ) MPi I . WiU CLANS Of JRANNYs' TAN5.LEa;sf Wt V CHAIR J " USB I VWKENCH ST1LSOA4 THAT HANtV rw,,ovTWITI THE M KNITTER icsi KITTENS Examples of Strictness "Father was a strict man, to My, my, how he used to malw j ... . i days! I'll never forget that.' fc most of the time T the Bible in front of my face m pretend to be readin'." Then Mrs. Smathers ing: "I Ruess that's why I never red tne Bible now as much as I shot, Back then I got so I disliked ta tnoughts of if. "Then we irirls weren't allow to go out and have any pleaic on Sundays at all not even hoi oacK riding. We were su Keep the day holy. "We cookprl days to do till Monday. Mos everybody did, at least they w supposed to do so. My motk would See that rhora Tiro a nlantr a - - v. J t H iightbread, pone, sweetbread, pieJ meat, etc., prepared on Saturdiis Only cookin' W0rla An nn .9nndl was make some hot coffee-il was Keepm' the day holy. And just think," concha. Mrs. Smathor. 'M, !iv, the main day for cooking!" MARRIAGES Nelson Wells to Bonnie Le both of Canton. Way Whitaker to Frances W roop, both of Canton. but I do remomhor tinnr Tip alii I sat besirln vo V bit V , 111"' emotional men I ever knew. we came out of the church i Said, with rlaon fooler.. "Cnt.? a uve never in my life heard W f myer. Mr. Price did not m He talked with God." I H broken intn l,ffi . sdAt ui - -- ..kmc uitrwcs in. '"" w:ruy could not speak, juat Dowed my head. It was nce ttice, even as Job. talked with his God. the Author giver of all ha. i tC tnirtv Veal's o rrn a a T VTi 6", wwv, the scene i looin v.-o mv m uave never again heard sua supplication. Geortre Stttmrt and W Price have both gone to nfi Him thev server! mn well. It ETeat nrivilamA 1t d.vA these wonderfully fine, p' men. Ami if . ,t wt 1 .v ia J rrite these lines to their menxn E. W. GUDGt A man WMntlv itrorred. fessed the cause was not incoaifr' ibility, but priority.
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