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THE WAYNESVULE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY lj
The Mountaineer
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World Day Of Prayer
On Friday the women of the town will
. assemble in one of the churches to observe
the World Day of Prayer, which was inau
gurated many years ago by ihe Christian
churches of the world- r
This year the observance should have deep
significance for the world is suffering from
need or His healing care!
It is said that the trend toward the spirit
ual side is one of the compensations for the
tragedy of war. It is a time when the spirit
ual leaders should do their utmost to give
comfort to. those who seek solutions to their
problems.
Such times show that man is instinctively
religious at heart, for it is said that in time
of war we unconsciously turn to the church
for solace. .
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sHvnh Carolina -4v
PMSJ AMOCUIi
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Encouraging
NATIONAL DITORIAL
IMlASSOCjATipN
Back To Duty
Genera Harley B- Ferguson, one of Hay
wood's most distinguished sons, who was re
tired two years ago from the U. S, Army,
has been recalled for duty to Washington.
We congratulate the government upon its
action in recalling General Ferguson. Along
with the younger men the nation needs the
advice and experience of men with such rec
ords as those of our townsman.
Whatever his tasks may be we know that
he will bring expert judgment in the great
emergency.
We will look forward in the meantime to
the day when he returns to make his home
with us again.
On Their Way To Camp
We note with relief that the War Depart
ment is giving the local draft boards more
leeway in giving out publicity relative to the
movements of the draftees leaving for in
duction camps.
While we would not be guilty of betraying
any information the government felt should
be kept from the public, we have felt that
the names of the boys leaving here to join
our armed forces should be made public.
For with few exceptions, the boys leav
ing here, now in increasing numbers, are
our own boys. They were for the most rJart
born here, educated, and are a part of our
life. We may not have considered some of
them outstanding citizens before this, as
many of them are too young to have yet
shown their worth. But they are growing
up now, some over night. -
They are taking on a man sized job, and
they will represent us in this great world
wide conflict. They are our direct connection
with the vast army that is now in the pro
cess of mobilization.
We should know the names of these boys
who are leaving to help defend this coun
try for us. We should do more. As they
take their departure it is not asking much
that we at least stand by in person, to show
that we appreciate their going, and what it
means to uproot one's life in the name of de
fense, while we still enjoy being at home.
The Other Fellow
We are told that misery loves company
and this country will have some fellow suf
ferers when the smoke of battle clears. The
public debt today of the United States is
slightly less than the annual national in
come. In Britain it's twice the national in
' come-
This means that we may emerge from
the war with a debt of perhaps twice our
national income while Britain will then be
in for a debt of three or four times the na
tional income of that country.
Just how it will all end nobody knows.
But we can be sure of one thing we will
have plenty of company in misery.
One Sixteenth
Did you know that it takes sixteen workers
on the farms and in the factories to keep one
man in the armed forces of the United
States? . ':--:"'-..Y.:'.
It means but one thing, and that is that
If we win this war everybody is going to
have to fight it. It means that complete co
operation in all defense efforts must be
given.;
Just what one sixteenth of the service a
soldier, sailor or an aviator contributes is
a little difficult to estimate, but it means
that we are going to have to do some definite
piece of work, or we will be a slacker when
the records of this war are rendered.
The traveltalk, entitled "Colorful North
Carolina," which will be given its world
premiere during the month of February in
Asheville, and which it is reported will be
seen by more than 60,000,000 persons, sounds
very encouraging for the season ahead.
We trust that it will fill the audiences with
such longing to see first hand the scenic
beauty of this area, that they will want
to get away from their work for a vacation
in large numbers and find here temporary
surcease from the thoughts and realism of
.war.'
Anyway you take it it stands to reason
that the advertising which will be derived
from the showing of such a film, comes at an
opportune time to benefit this section.
An Embarrassing Picture
Several daily papers, and it can hardly be
called plugging to name them The Char
lotte News, Greensboro Daily News and Dur
ham Herald, have been giving space to Tom
P. Jimison. whose observations about the
conduct of the Morganton hospital for the
insane during his year's stay in that insti
tution, makes interesting reading. The last
sixteen articles have been printed, and the
State has been so aroused about the picture
Jimison paints that Governor Broughton has
ordered an investigation. And that will be
fine if the investigation don't carry along
a whitewash brush.
Jimison regards the Morganton institution
more a prison than a hospital an impression
that will be shared by all who have had occa
sion to visit there. One does not have to be
an inmate to conclude that the State is not
doing for its mental Unfortunates all it
should.
In his inimitable way Jimison has drawn
a word picture of the North Carolina Hos
pital for the Insane, that has brought most
of us up with a jerk; because he hasn't seem
ed to be resentful of his own personal treat
ment while there; because whenever he
consistently could he has sought to soften
his wallop for those charged with the ad
ministration of affairs, we are willing to be
lieve the unbelievable; to take Jimison's word
for it, until he is proved to be in error.
And if he is to be believed, the unfortunate
mental cases carried to Morganton, consti
tute a segregation of human derelicts herded
together, not in the hope of cure or rehabili
tation, but purely to get them out of the
public's hair.
And may we not say this word for those
in charge: A great number of cases are en
tirely hopeless, dangerous unless confined,
and therefore the prison aspect is under
standable and justified. On the other hand
there are many who, under competent super
vision and sympathetic treatment, could re
gain their mentality. Under the conditions
Jimison describes, a perfectly sane person
would soon become demented.
The State itself is partly to blame, for its
stinginess, but the entire load cannot be
shifted to the State's shoulders. Those in
charge could give sympathetic service as far
as their means would allow; could insist on
cleanliness, decent food and enough of it,
and adequate medical attention that would
assure against undue suffering. And if the
money was not available to make these things
possible, who better than they, could de
mand enough dollars to do the ioh nVht
without waiting for a newspaper man to
worm his way into the institution to get the
lowdown on conditions thereElkin Tribune.
"WOLF PACK
I
Voice
OF THE
People
UT i.'nar reaction to this
(registration? (The foregoing flaea
estioa was asked the following mem
. . i :
i .. . Ik.. rristerea lor ma ibub
draft nere on aiouamjj.
rtnrk Russell "I'm willing
I . : I ." - nr .Aiintrv "
ThMwtnr Snnrcr "I feel
hundred per cent for the regis tra-
. - V. 1 1 1:1. i..A L, .
i lion, it iooiu ime " jusi. uu v
be."
HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
An Open Letter To Mrs. Roosevelt
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt;
. If we had the remotest idea that
your eves would ever fall unon
this page we might' not have the
courage to write as ireely as we
intend to do herein . ; . For we
expect to deliver ourselves from
an overload or reaction which has
been accumulating and fermenting
in our soul since you took on the
job with Civilian Defense . . . While
we personally are of no special
prominence and we live in a rath
er remote neck of the woods as far
as the places of great importance
m the U. S. A. go . . . we do rep
resent a very large group of Ameri
can citizens . . . and we further
claim the distinction of being a
part of that great cavalcade of
Average Middle Stream Americans
... whose ancestors handed down
to them the privilege of freedom
of speech that was rocked in the
cradle of the infancy of this great
nation
call him great) ... and we began
to warm up to you again ... we
decided that your life was not
"just a line" despite "Your Day"
. . and that Von wpi-a innn v
and honestly interested in the for
gotten man. . .
For vour eraciouHnes wa hv
had personal experience . we
will always remember how you
gave us an interview . . . for a
small town naDer . . . anH aslroH
as up to your room in the hotel
. . . and answered onr bwi
your door yourself
limWuTH "I'm nerfectlv
I willing to answer the call and go
janywnere tney want 10 sena me.
WilK.m D. PhillinuT wixli
I that we could all just get ready
right now and go, for they need
i us.
Rev. R. E. McBlain "It brings
th war closer home, not onlv to
the registrants, but to the public
as a whole, and we all need it right
now at this time.
Ben E. Colkitt. Jr. "As far as I
am personally concerned it does'
not affect - me. as I have already I
volunteered in the air corps of j
m.iiij v ua . y , auu CAjJect UJ Urz in
uniform before the end of the sum
mer."
Floyd Lyle "Twentv-four vea.ru
ago I answered the same call for
registration. I feel just like I did
the last time. But then I did not
get to go. I had flu and nneumnnia
shortly after I registered and near
ly died, and by the time I was able
to go, the Armistice was signed.
If I have to eo this timo T have
no kick coming,' for it looks this
time like all oi us will have to go."
C J. Recce "I think it'a fine.
oecause the country needs action
and I like the fine manner in which
the public is responding."
Rnhrt I. SntiAa T ..u v.
it wuuiu ms
we ant nnri t V, I a. '
talked lilc. ei,K; - '"ru w "T0U lny reaction,
. WW. a Pot.one "?.? think this regis.
a back fence ... which didn't mean
an earthly thing to you . . . but
a whale of a lot to us.
You know this
J J'VLiupo
as well as any man . . . and far
better than most of them t.-a.
we represent dem ! fa,n to lo . 'rom the At-
for it is bred in our bones. ' t0 the Pacific you know
Likewise with our inheritance nf
democracy . . . our political anilia
tions were handed down to u . .
they have been instilled in us for
generations . and we have felt
that nothing, save death could mh
us of the joy of voting the Demo
cratic ticket i . . as one grows old
er ... life is full of disillusion
ments . . . now D lease don't Him
the luster of our politics for us
. . . and don't say we didn't warn
you . . . ior who knows . . . vonr
husband . . for whom we have
the highest esteem may want to
estaDiish another precedent . ,
and when the conflict is over .
hnng back the country" . . . and
goodness knows . , . when we con
sider how far our soldiers will
have to travel . . . to the corners
of the earth by land . . . and air
. and by sea. . . and the millions
and billions it will take to finance
it all , . . we have a far ways to
come deck . . .
Curtailment of typewriters oh account of
priorities will become another national dis
aster, its much easier to make sense out
of misspelled words that are written on
machines than those that are messed up in
long hand. Exchange.
Fathers used to strap their children
now cnudren keep their parents strapped,
Now first before you get us all
wrong . . , and decide that we are
one of those who have been against
you from the start ... and have
never warmed up to you during
jur unpreceaeniea regime in the
White House ... we would like
to express how our sentiments have
ebbed and flowed about you .
To begin with, when you entered
the White House . . . we thought
. . . well here, is one First Lady
who was born to the Purple
who will know just the right thing
to do , . . without any advice from
social secretaries ... to direct the
way ... we settled back to watch
the social whirl that centers ar
ound the White House ... move
with dignity and graciousnesa . . .
then before we could hawiw
used to your being there, you had
uu . , in iact you seemed to be
on me go continually . . . we some
times worried about the week-end
groceries at the White House .
for fear when von flew t n.- r"
Dlfl. nn ... V.
. - j ... jryu
might have neglected your house-
uuiu cnores Deiore taking off
tnen we read of your famous
scrambled eggs ... and we knew
that you must have some domestic
mcuui ... out since that day we
have understood perfectly why you
picked on scrambled eggs to publi-
"ra me wnite House
k w tne most delectable dish known
to man that can be served on the
shortest notice . . . as time went
oa e negan to wonder . .. if it
WOUldn t have keen K i v
White Housa miatKMa . -
stationary lady . . . and then we
ucara now Ton vera tl.- .-,. - j
ears of your famous husband . . .
how you brought back to him facts
. "ie country . . . which his
physical handicaps denied him the
privilege of seeing first hand (and
here let us say that if for no other
reason than the victory Mr. Roose
velt has won over himself we would
conditions among the laboring
..ast . . , lne middle classes .
Hi ouit you were Dorn with a
Silver SPOOn in .vonr month
it is much more to your credit that
you stepped out of the golden cir
cle of the upper four hundred and
mingled with the people. . ".:
snouia nave been made a
long time ago, so that now in this
emergency we would be ready."
Rufus Harris "Ready to go any
where they need me."
Otis Owen Burgin "I will give
you my answer in about two years."
Now to the point of all of this
. t.ie Civilian nafn.. - -
- v usram IS
OI Vital importanpe tn h;. -
. v mia UU II-
try now . . . around it hanir. th-
morale of the people . . . to get the
right attitude
o vi'.iioiin to
as much a part of winning this war
aa tfl inin- . ...
""k wie soiaiers to fight
. . and the irreot .;aji- -
, - - iuuUie siream
or America does not approve the
manner in which you have been
giving jobs to your personal friends
. . . anv more than 1:1 i . .
- - " " me taea
Congressmen providing them
selves
years ,
a soft bed for the future
We know there are leaks in any
emergency . . . but when the boys
of this countrv
av.ag UI.aliVU
and volunteering by the thousands
. . . leaving good jobs to defend
our liberty at 21 per month
IS no time to he hand
jobs to the wrong people ... and
regret mat your otherwise fine
record has been inini.. m-j
by recent events . if the, is
" r CT. under yur observation
. wmcn we are sure they will
not . . . just ivnwmko. l..i
, biiab we
warned you that wars are Won
by sterner methods than some of
".c -cuvities that have recently
been soonsorerf hi
nnn : " 'vu "uer tne
An Editor's Creed
The Mountaineer
: 'I believe in my ob a, , code of ethics
'I believe that runnintr a c-ooH V . .
serves and represents itnr.ZT" wmcft
the biest mfrnnnn,:rrZ 1 running
t Z -tw.u uoiijf. uecause or mv belief
l shall at all times be fair f
expecting frequently to be char
1 snail not discriminate against the nermn
"I shall not be af miH f
for fear of wrath of t 1 mS s
"Nor shall I be afraid
i rio-hr fnv. . u.. , i man wnen he
him. . h&ying sokl ut to
; "I shall temper justice with mercy. Mv Mi,ni n
not shout to
when shoutin. "3" mdlvidua mUy
rv.i. . """ vuuunumty no good.
On the other hand I annli rrvf --.j .T . . .
Places lest by publishing Tl11 m hi
Docketbook shn m-'".,r."' uy community my
"I shall scan what tom intn mt- ... . '
Se;-S
; " opeaKs oi me.
I snail always rememhei. that tiu:-. . . .
i resnoniWl, .a v.-T T T 18 nl a but
T u .: T "cu 1 wnte 1 shall make sure what
motive is behind my utterances at
"I shall not hate mv mmiuiUA. v.. . :
human nnri Kir.i. "."T" t' "member he is
; unwf ku wuc same as 1.
"I shall belonsr to.
my local, state nH ;,' JZ regularly,
"I 8hall charvA wViot mrr w-.. s . 10D?
by eo doing I serve m; ' that
l snail respect and honor mv yv--..:- t .
it is a hieh calling ' sieving that
-
"In brief. I shall condnct mv ..--,-,.,
man and a Christian, realizin.r:6
sacred than that to which I have been calledT
uuriu uar ix g '
Shattered Tiw-J
Of Lasting peaJ
By CHARLES P. STEVil
Central P.Ms cjjgj
BEFEREXCF. tn n ..
and WorU W- rx onI t
by some few commentatN
ground that
number implies pMn,..g
and periodically inevhafj
or on until the u.u. e N
way. . .. """u
wa t. ax m in ..
of talk now, though as tC?
during World War I
a lot Of it then - u'x. 10w
-is regular motto for ! 3
f9 VAM - .1 'Kill
. V "itcr tne end of tw
ticular No. I en,L
there Isn't enough pacifi!',, H
D re-Pearl n..k.. .
mostly are all-our k.i,?N
th sitaar.w.
ence No. 2, as we did the L J
I'm inclined to doubt a 1
My impression i tk. .
war-numberina- are w-u.
generality of folk are co
""" mat vast tt
are a certainty. U, .r5
often, as loner as th'..?
tinues to be inhabited hi J
Wars didn't use to h,-. J
numbered. They were J
-"i.i.iveiy localtk.
nlllilANnM J . i
"'"".' w. tne WarirfJ
the Mexican War, the war km!
. vvn ar), the M
ish-American war, the Kilj
anese war, the Franco-FW
jiunner Daclt, the 1
of the Rogeg, and centurie. j(
earlier affairs.
called civilization'a re.-.L
ma imve an infinite M
vi k ii trill.
Many Were Locil
However, a mainrit. - J
past clashes were between i J
of countries onlv. rt- tlrcta il
enough to speak of the CiJ
war, jougnt in just one little
on the frlobe. It' mnr si.
ed to mention the Anglo-AmeJ
vanaaian - Australian . p.
Malayan - Chinese . Eaaii
wutcn isast Indian - W
wrman-iianan war, not d
France and a whole galaxy rfl
mruy overrun natinn.TH,.
will be entitled to notice it
long run. World War II fa
easier name to call it by.
But is it going to be possli
establish everlasting
end of it?
- That was what v frioju
and there was considerable W
xuiness tnat it could be J
pushed. ITiia timo r W u)
that there's much such hopef J
it surely won't In
tempted bv tho
the one we and some of the J
powers experimented with ii
1920s.
The idea then was all-ror.il
armament, I
I8 advocates meant exceeds
weii. 'j heir theory was that
nations not only wouldn't
couldn't fight if they hadnt
equipment to fight with.
Knives and PiUhforla
A very small scattering of stt
men argued that they always
be able to scare nn rarvin. fc
and pitchforks for warlike m
es, if they felt like fighting
uisarmament wouldn't do the
ness that the only correct tysf
was to cure them of the desin
take the war path.
The odd thing was that the
nine pacifists were the onai
didrtft think that disarm!
alone would cure them.
They didn't thought, sueeest
convincing . sounding altenun
remedy for the disease, so tbei
nerently pugnacious outfit
istered theirs th Ah&r
dose. And loofc hnw it's work'
Of course, one difficnltv vfll
wie Axis bunch of today
take the disarmament dope
Was- Dreserihml tnr tlipnL
armed bv twtofla --. whOe
democracies honestly were m
on tne stuff. It wasn't
total abstinenca hv all eoncd
but that cant be absolutely K
anteed, apparently. J
Amono fha msAM nrhv fiR
Peace nrparhmonta Jnn't tab 1
at the current junction is thii4
mere Hasn't been a sumcio
terval. between World Wan 1
II. for fnTlr fn lion, fnrirottet
1'a Immih. oa t ... hflvfH
-wuiia. 9V111C Ul UD
op in the meantime, bot s F
manv it :v- rmr 1914-1
U9 i ivtl vu
education and grasp the
of our effort of the 1920's M
vent n iqto ..j it-- -oiwnui
the 1914-18 course of insW"
ADAPTABLE
1 ui .i.l !?
a. swuwi teacoer bs 1 i
tO Write a fihnrt Aooav find tOCl
their own subjects. J
A little girl sent in the foH
paper:
M ...... i i. 1
J buujck IS anw.
Of two kinrla nf inuwfcii and
cies.
"R.TY1 !.. - T. li'tTA f
v.uulUr LllfV 11 " - ' 1
litil k i.' i irl H
sugar bowleg, and sometim1!
uve in with their married
Wife: "I was a fool
married you."
Rnah..J. flfT nnn Wtlt
I Was SO infatnatod at th 0
didn't notice it,"