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THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER (One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, OCTOBER The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County v CURTIS RUSS Editor Mis. Hilda WAY GWYN Associate Editor W. Turtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES (me Year, In Haywood County 1.76 Six Months, In Haywood County 90c Unt Year, Outside Haywood County 2.50 Six Months. Outside Haywood County 1.60 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Entered at the post office at Waynesville. N. O., Seoond rlase Mail Matter, as )rovided under the Act of March S, 187, Hot ember 20, 191 bitnar notices, resolutions of respect, cards of tbanka, and ti! notices of entertainment for profit, will b cbarg-ed for at n.- ute of one rent per word. NATIONAL eOlTORIAl iniO W ASSOCIATION North Carolina PtlSS AttOClATIC Another Break Taxpayers residing in Waynesville have had two breaks this year, one in their county tax rate, and more recently a reduction in their city tax rate. Coming at a time when other demands are being added thick and fast this tax decrease is a welcome respite for every property owner. The fact that it is possible for those in authority to make this reduction is also en couraging as to the financial conditions of both the county and the town. The tax rates had to be approved by state authori ties, after a careful checking of both county and municipal affairs, so the reduction is made under experts in governmental finances. While the local governments must carry on, it is no time for great expansion, as the winning of the war is the major project for every village, town, and city in the United States. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1913 (One Day Nearer Victory) The Coming Winter We suppose it can be blamed on condi tions in general as we do everything else that turns from a normal path. But have you noticed that weather prophets are few and far between this fall. Maybe there are as many as usual, but they have not come our way. Then again mabye they are in our position, they are so busy trying to run their own affairs that for once they are Deserve Consideration The costs of war must be met, in part, by the imposition of new taxes and it scarcely behooves any loyal American to complain if the burden of the battle is felt by his pocketbook. It is a lot easier to fight a war by con tributing than by serving in the trenches, or risking lile and limb in other forms of combat. Moreover, our corporations, which the Supreme Court considers "citizens," can make no other contribution toward the de fense of the nation. With these facts in mind it is, neverthe less, well to call attention to the plight o sortie 20,000,000 Americans, members of the so-called middle class, composed of white collar workers and wage - earners. TOKYQ BLACKOUT THl'RSDAV jkWASHIMGTO War and Good Neighbor Policy Boon to the Latins Believe lewis Mey on Plan to Re Special to Central Press HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN read such during th m interesting week on the little words" ... in which hown that "they find their , i , i i i. u . . willing to let nature manage trie whose incomes have not kept up with the 1 . 1 1 ll 1 i- i- .-. 1 ... k-V-.illVi 1 ' as sne Will in tne enu, no matter nuw muu. mtake nf dher frrnnna " - - . . , . r we try to prophecy for her. Another viewpoint might be that we are all so reconciled to the unexpected that we unconsciously know that something unusual awaits us during the coming winter. Of course on the other hand, seriously speaking, we are aware as the planes pass our way that never in the history of the world has weather been more scientifically studied. It will play a large part in our combat areas in the sky. So no matter if the"blfczartls roar, or the days are mild for minter, there is nothing we can do about it and to us laymen, per haps it is best just to keep on being busy and let Mother Nature for once be freed of our interference, which is of no avail anyway. Some months ago the President called attention to this large segment of our popu lation, in his statement about the perils of inflation and the necessity of effective price control. It would be well for Congressmen, con sidering the necessity of raising $12,000, 000,000 in new taxes, to bear in mind the peculiar plight of this special class. Never theless, if it is necessary and unavoidable, we are sure that those, in this group will cheerfully accept higher taxes to support production and back the boys to complete victory. Smithfield Herald. Warning Lyle F. Watts, chief of the United States Forest Service, is warning the public re garding the present inroad on our forests. He recently completed a tour of the country which took him in a number of important states where the forests are being cut. He estimated that at least SO per cent of the timber being cut is "destructive", while there were some good examples of forest manage ment by private concerns and individuals. The older generations in this section of the state know what has happened here. In 1938 President Roosevelt asked Congress to appoint a committee to study the forestry situation. The committee reported their findings in 1911, in which it was learned that the total drain on forest resources ex ceeded growth by 2,200,000,000 feet. The drain in saw lumber was about 50 per cent more than natural growth. Since 1941 a great deal more timber has been cut, if we judge the rest of the country by our area. The demand for lumber is in creasing, and with such the effort to have it cut with an eye to the future needs, is imperative at this stage. Another thing to remember is that no doubt the reforesting programs will be slowed up by manpower shortage, which will also be felt in the future. We have heard much of this conversation of our forests in the past, but today with the demands growing proper cutting meth ods have never been so vital. The call for increased production of pulp wood must be answered, and the shortage must be met, but let us not cut without thought of the future, but rather bear in mind the present needs and look ahead. With careful culling and thinning out of P overcrowded stands, those familiar with the forest areas feel that the emergency can be met. A garden expert writes that spinach ori ginated in New Zealand. And we thought they were our friends ! The shorter the skirts the easier it is to get up stares. They Who Live By the Sword We were deeply interested during the week in an article about the powerful German Army, and yet how it won battles, but never victories. Even after four years of warfare today the army of Germany is a formidable organization. The article pointed out the perfection that had come to them on this concentration of battle, yet the nation has subordinated everything to war. Art, music, science, philosophy have been suppressed or diverted to this end to further the boundaries of Germany. None could survive present Ger many who put the love of mankind or the love of God, the worship of truth or beauty, ahead of the art, science and worship of war. Their combat efforts have been on the brink of victory time after time. They sur mount one ridge, but another arises. One enemy beaten down, another rises. The writer went on to explain that "the simple truth is that nations which specialize on war can no longer win them. They might have done so in the days of Jenghis Khan. They cannot now. Wars are won today by people and nations who hate war, whose generals are the public's servants, not its masters, whose soldiers are civilians in uniform. Wavell, Alexander, Patton, Clark, Eisenhower, MacArthur are not militarists, and would not be allowed to be. They com mand soldiers who do not love military life, and are most anxious to get it over with and go home, so anxious that whatever they have of courage, of resourcefulness, of iron resolution, they summon on the day of bat tle. The thunder of their guns is the voice of nations outraged by having to go to war and determined to punish makers of war. "Wars today are won by people who are sick of war, who want to get on with their work, who want to raise their children in peace. They alone have the strength, the fury and the ultimate wisdom' for victory. The strength of militarist nations is greatest at the beginning, that of peace-loving people nations at the end. "In the end the very brilliance of the pro-, fessional militarists only exacts a more ter rible price from their countrymen. They that tike the sword shall perish by it." We article use of it was wav into our speech to define the innermost conditions of heart and head" . . . that they are true coins of verbal exchange . . . and that the habit of little words need not be considered a result of mental laziness . . . because brevity is a flower in itself . . . that little words are the mainspring of English . . . they are like a sign at a cross roads pointing the way to simpli city ... all of which was totaled up in the following quotation from an American critic . . . "The curse and peril of language in our day is that it is at the mercy of men who instead of being content to use it well, according to their hon est ignorance, use it ill, according to their affected knowledge; who being vulgar, would seem elegant; who make up in pretense, what hey lack in reality, and whose lit tle thoughts let off in enormous phrases sound like fire-crackers in 'in empty barrel" ... It is surpris ing how simple words denote the most in our lives . . . and when used under pressure of real emo tion are devoid of any tendency to grandiose. toned into a mellow combination . . . while the trees at closer range wore vivid in their brilliant color's. . . . Above the blue sky were lolling clouds of deep gray, edged with a golden glow from the rising sun, that suddenly burst like a ball of fire over Pigeon (lap ... it was so exquisite as a part of God's pattern of this world . . . that it made us positively sad to think that in a world so lovely there should still be war . . . and in the peace of the morning ... we thought of our own Haywood boys far from home . . . and the moun tains they love. The following came in a letter ''rom A S Sam Arlington, who is taking training at the !)0th col- 'ege detachment, air crew, at Okla homa A. and M. . . . we wouldn't e surprised if it finds an echo in he hearts of most, of the boys in ervicc . . . who were luckv enough 'o leave a mother at home . . . "Tin1 d'niriiln" 'I used to take ii lot of things -o much for e ranted and one of the cs illustrations of tliis is Home, i ly days in the service are cram ned with instructions and active? ies, but their is always time for retrospection of days at Home. 'Looking back I rcnuMnbor that 1 used to nut nil mv fists when nicotic even suggested that I was Varna's boy, hut let some suggest 'hat today and I would shake his hand, for if I have learned nothing Often a family can boast of one member who has made a place for themselves in their church . . . but it is a rare thing when every mem ber, mother, father and children, have rendered an outstanding ser vice. . . . We have wondered just how the Methodist church is go ing to get along without the Stentz family, now residing in Shelby . . . Mr. Stentz was director of the choir, and when he went away, Mrs. Stentz filled the position . . . the girls sang in the choir and were active in the Young People's organizations . . . and a few years ago, when they were here, the boys also sang in the choir and were i leaders . . . and among the women, Mrs. Stentz was always ready and willing to take on any piece of work they wished her to do . . . she could lead the singing . . . she could head an organization sne couki niaKo a taiK . . . sne could have charge of a program . . . but personally we always felt that her greatest gift lay in her power of prayer . . . as she lifted her voice WASHINGTON Some old-Umera In congress are dipos curtail funds usually allotted to Nelson A. Rockefeller s om Inter-American Affairs (the good neighbor pluggers) v e are to look for an effort along that line when congress doles out fund the next fiscal year. But It Is generally agreed much has been to cement good will among the Americas. The combination of the war and the good neighbor n,,; , v boon to South and Central American countries Opera'.', , ' policy, together with war demands for ra.-, U S. Heavy ls sending the trade balances of our s. . . bors soaring to undreamed of heights Purchase 0ne instance: Big Help Brazil's output of crude rubber increased Co cent In the first four months of 1943 over the s period of 1942. Expansion plans call' for production of M ooo In 1944, double the pre-Pearl Harbor output. As In other South American countries, the United states has providing funds, materials and technicians. Estimates of it,aris lend-lease given run into billions. Heavy United States purchases of minerals and other mate: resulted In boosting Brazil's merchandise trade balance from $26 ( 000 In 1941 to $66,000,000 In 1942. . Cuba had a favorable trade balance In the first half of 19 u $47,000,000, against $27,000,000 In the first six months of 1942 Chile, leading seller of copper and nitrates, had a favorable ti balance of $53,000,000, compared with $37,000,000 in the first hal 1942, while Mexico was credited with an export surplus of 516 0 000 in the first six months of 1943, in contrast with a surplus of ports from the United States of $10,000,000 In the correspor.c period of 1942. WATCH for bushy-browed John L. Lewis, president of the Un Mine Workers, to withdraw his petition for UMW affiliation with American Federation of Labor soon. Sources close to the labor leader say he is ruffled by AFL's ap ent attitude of "We'll take our time." Furthermore, Lewis has no intention of dropping his United Di Farmers' union step-child of UMW by the wayside The AFL, the other hand, has stated flatly that it has no intention of orga: ing dairy farm workers. 0 THE WAR LABOR BOARD, Its powers reinforced Is ready 1 for any test of its strength and ls determined that neither mana ment nor labor shall long defy it. For example, it ls freely predicted in Washington that the Atl tic Basin Iron Works In Brooklyn, which long has disregarded board, will get a rough going-over. The board recently showed 1U Independence by rejecting the p tal-to-portal pay agreement between John L. Lewis' United M Workers and the Illinois coal operators. ALTHOUGH the beef famine seems to have been broken and c tie at last are moving to market, agriculture officials warn tl beginning tn November a beef shortage can be expected once mc Large numbers of grass-fed cattle are meving into the supply f ture now, but when this ends in October, the going may beco tough, the experts say MUCH PRAISE has been heaped upon the railroads for their t mendous contribution to the war effort. While all hands in offlclald here are agreed the railroad are doing a grand Job, important 0 cials In the government predict action soon for direct lines from the east coast to the west coast, with s Dirtd much co-ordination of eastern and western railroads. Reason Plans for vast increase in the war against Japan, stepping up war activities In California, Rail linti Washington and Oregon 25 to 50 per cent Recent resignation of Rubber Director William M. Jeffers to 1 sume his post as president of the Union Pacific railroad ls seen a move to strengthen preparations for the long haul of troops, equipment and war plants supplies to the west coast. The tender spot in the railroad picture Is manpower. Business mi "F sav we all." East-Wett late Dr. George Stuart, had fallen upon her. The young lady walked boldly up to a woman whom she took to be the matron of the hospital. Young Lady May I see Lieu tenant Barker? Woman May I ask who you are? Young Lady Certainly! I am in divine appeal and: his sister. Voice OF THE People j guidance we always felt that the ; Woman Well, well! I'm glad die of her devout father, theito meet you. I'm his mother. -e in t h i YOU'RE TELLING ME! By WILLIAM RITT Central Press Writer ZADOK DUMKOPF says It would be interesting to know hat I am Mother's boy. I have ome to realize the sacrifices she has made for my benefits. It hin ts 'Alien I think of the- times I felt 'lint I was hist a hired man around home, simple because I had the duty of tilling the furnace or cut ling the uaass. I realize that each Made of gl ass I cut made ine love home a little more. Mother is the symbol of Home and the home that I hope to go to. It's refresh ing to picture the smile on her face when she realized that I had joined the army. But that smile was mere pretense of an ache way down deeper than most hearts know. The honor and glory is with the son, but Mother is the real hero, as she goes about her daily tasks at home with heavy heart, asking nothing, except for an occa sional word that her son is all right." I have learned I now many thousands of gallons Three or four years ago, we might have passed up the forego ing as on the "mushy side" . . . but not today ... for it has not been a week since a strapping six footer, local man in service, home on leave, told us, "Yes, I am home sick, and everybody in the service is . . . of course we wouldn't be back now ... for our job is not here ... but that does not keep us from wanting to be home." We wonder if the beauty of the fall season has affected you as it has us ... we had occasion to be up very early one day during the week . . .and we can't recall ever having seen a more glamorous sun rise ... the sky that rimmed the mountains was a delicate baby blue, above the splash of coloring of the trees . . . which distance of Ink have been saved by car toonists since that big chin of Mussolini's retired from the realm of big news Yanks in Australia viewing their first emu must naturally wonder how such a big bird can fit into a crossword puzzle I I I "Nazis Put Out Peace Feelers" headline. This is no football game, Adolf, so it's no use call ing for time out 1 1 1 To be made a Kentucky col onel has been the life-long am bition of Grandpappy Jenkins, who thinks he'd look pretty sharp wearing a goatee 111 W eapmg, according to a noted medico, is good lor the health. Hitler, boasts the Nazi radio, is in fine physical trim. 1 t 1 Speaking of duration cham pions, some sort of award should be made to the New York Giants. They've just endured one of the worst seasons in their history, t 1 1 The next time Rumania, Hun gary and Bulgaria thumb a ride on a battlewagon, they should first make certain it isn't a to boggan in disguise. . What bud ;." yon from burnt ' can fhiilr 1,1 11I William -'. ovd ( 'laxs, I ' S. candy." Private Mfl,i '': A vmij "A letter." 1'fi: Pen r..; Pvt. Prrv.i i: ton of cigar. 1 " Kiixifin 'a ''I ' say a letter. !: ' ' manv thing-." A r i Cor)onil "A letter." .1. - Pvt. Cecil K. interests me nior I could get from hi 'me V OLD HOME TOWN far u 1 0" By STANLEY ( Po-TAToes SNi-m the jackets) kvvxs S OH ? - -1 CANT LOOK A J 1 ;!""' Pvt. Fag a Sflf'i'"' - from my folks back home. Cpl. Harvey L. 'uh'n-'' tures of girls, friends and W help build up the morale of men in service more than any one thing." Captain George E. P'''" box of handkerchiefs ,f JU good a thing as you can jet home, because when you wndj to the laundry you never . again." , MARRIAGES Richard H. CamphvlK of nesville, to Ceraldme Wo Jacksonville, Fla. j Henry R. Jones to Annie son, both of Car,tfn ,nnieBrr Henry R. Jones to Annie both of Canton of E Lawrence J- f-,nton. to Artie Mae f Charles G. Keea ff&ynes'i Mary Ruth Liner, of Glenn O. iaytu Raines, both of Canton.