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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, APRij, Page 2 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 131 Waynesville, 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, Publisher! PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County $1.76 Six Months, In Haywood County 90c One Year, Outside Haywood County 2.6 Six Months, Outside Haywood County ..- 1.60 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Eatcrcd it the post office at Waynnill. N. 0.. a S' Ulu liaH Hitter, u provided under tbe Act of liircfc I. 17. Noker IS, 1 V 1 4 . OMtuvy neticei, resolution of respect, curd f tfciaka, tmd Ul aotlces of entei u foment far profit, will be kim4 for at Ow rat etie cent per word. NATIONAL DITOUAL ASSOOATJON 'Nona Carolina vv jnssASsociAtiaSm THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1944 (One Day Nearer Victory) Wasted Newsprint Urgent appeals have been publicized all over the nation asking people to conserve paper and paper products, and yet consider the space given during the past week to the detailed account of the sordid Chaplin-Berry trial Wasted Newsprint. How much more consistent with the times and the demands would it have been to have devoted thi3 space and newsprint in some way that would have helped the boys over seas rather than entertaining those at home with such filth. They Deserve Better Veterans from the current war are often compelled to wait from four to seven months between the time their service pay and de pendent allotments stop and the time they receive their compensation settlement, ac cording to Warren H. Atherton, commander of the American Legion. During this period it is said that many veterans are being financially embarrassed and are having to ask aid for the necessities of daily living. It is said that men from our armed forces are being discharged and sent back to civilian life at the rate of 100,000 a month. If their cases are to take so long in being adjusted the delay will become a major problem, which will eventually cause much dissatisfaction as well as work hardships on the men and their families. Surely they could do something about this red-tape up in Washington and create a bureau that could act more promptly. This is a mighty poor welcome to give a man who has faced death that we might continue to lead our normal lives. It is going to be hard enough at best for these men to get adjusted back to civilian life and find a nich for themselves. Time To Call A Halt We are told that the American people are on the verge of setting up another depres sion. One would think that after the memory of the early thirties that those old enough to recall the era would be wary of such things. A depression is such a lasting thing. It hangs on and on. Authorities tell us that money is getting cheaper every day and that we are spend ing too much of it, without thinking of the day ahead. People seem intoxicated on high salaries and feel that they will last even after the war is over. History of other wars should teach us that the readjustment pe riod brings lean years. When the army starts its peacetime re leasing of men from the service, every field of industry and work will be suddenly crowd ed. Jobs will not be so plentiful. Many people today are holding a job that will be given to a soldier his old job that he will expect and want back. Spending can become a habit. People get in the way of wanting things until they never think of the consequences of their spending. That old saying "you better get yours while the getting is good," is a poor motto for the present. It would be much wiser to adopt the policy of saving while it is coming in, rather than spending It. Seaman Sam says: "I married an angel, and she's been harping ever since the day we got hitched." U. S. S. Lyon News. N. C. Cattle Go To Alabama So well has the work been done by the county farm agents, vocational teachers, ex tension division of State College and the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and other agencies in behalf of the develop ment of better livestock, that North Carolina has for the first time in history become an exporter, instead of an importer of pure bred cattle. Farmers who have been urged in recent years to purchase purebred animals and found purebred herds are beginning to real ize benefits from their efforts and reap profits from their investments. The past week a sale of registered Here ford bulls was held at Demopolis, Ala., and the entire offering of 78 animals was fur nished by North Carolina breeders. THE INSIDE STORY An Off-Year For Candidates As much as the regular politicians would like to see a good old time political scrap with the usual ballahoo and trimmings, pres ent signs indicate that they will be doomed to disappointment this year. With a world at war and conditions more or less chaotic, people are, generally speaking, just not poli tically minded, especially as regards minor offices. We do not recall any years that we have heard as little political talk. The national election next November will no doubt be bitterly fought, but state and county office seekers have so far aroused but little enthusiasm. One reason may be that salaries of public officials have not increased anywhere near in the proportion that com pensation for services in domestic affairs have been, and competition for public office is less keen on that account. More than likely, however, it is due to the fact that the public is occupied with more serious matters and will continue to be so until after the war is over. The gen eral attitude seems to be that where an of ficial is rendering satisfactory service that he should be left undisturbed and a surplus of office seekers this year are not likely to be looked upon with great deal of interest or social favor. State Guard Has Birthday The State Guard had a birthday last week. It was their third anniversary and during their short existence they have rendered a fine service to the states throughout the nation. It may be recalled by many that when the National Guard units were called into active service by the Federal Government in September, 1940, the United States was left without any form of internal protec tion other than could be given by local police and county officers. Fortunately nothing of a serious nature has arisen, but had such conditions called for protection there would have been none. In the fall of 1940 Congress took action by providing for the organization and train ing groups to be known as the State Guard. The General Assembly of North Carolina passed an act that conformed to the Federal act for the organization of the State Guard. While the State Guard is the only auth orized group to carry arms, and its main purpose was to meet domestic emergencies, it has rendered a still greater service. It has been a training ground for men destined to enter active service. The personnel of the local unit of State Guard has been typical of similar groups over the country. It has undergone con stant changes, for there has been a steady flow from the State Guard into all branches of the service. It has given the men going into active duty not only an interest in military training but has actually prepared them in many ways for the more rigid training of the regular army. The local company, serving as headquar ters for the Second Regiment of the state, its responsibilities have been many times that of the regular unit. For thi3 reason the men enlisted have had greater opportunity to learn what is expected of them in the service. We are living in troublesome times, and most of us have reached the realization that anything might happen. While it appears at the present as if we would not be attacked at home by the enemy, things have not al ways looked so cheerful and the protection that we have enjoyed by the presence of a State Guard has given us all a feeling of security. HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN Easter comes again to us, with its promise of eternal life. . . It comes this year on a world torn by strife, but we should find jrreater comfort than evfr before in those familiar words, "I am the Resur rection and the Life and he who believeth on me shall not perish, but have everlasting life." It is a long time since those words were first uttered . . . nations have risen and fallen, and men have laid claim to that eternal promise, that has held hope for them down the ages. We should bs better able to under stand His sacrifice this Easter, with the great numbers of our biys who are being crucified in the name of freedom on our battle fronts. Through the darkness of war thsre still shines the light of His grac ious wisdom . . . and even in this trying hour our faith should give us spiritual strength to open our hearts to the everlasting comfort of the Easter message. We read with interest recently of the ideas of a soldier in the Southwest Pacific who advocates that the president have in his cabinet a "Secretary of Peace." We think the soldier has something. Certainly if we could have given as such concern to the keeping of peace as we have to the making of war, we doubt if our American boys would be scattered over the world Luun, .no niv. oiiwici put ib. . t it s about time now tnat we devot ed more study and consideration to the causes of war and how to pre vent them in the future. If world leaders have enough foresight and wisdom to win the peace this time, as well as the war, we men in ser vice will gladly make our sacrifice now. But let us insist that our postwar policies be shaped to put the well-b ing of the human race ahead of the well-being of power ful minorities and pressure groups." it is full of interest and life, even in death. Cobb asked that every thing be simple . . . that his body be wrapped in a plain sheet and placed in an inexpensive coffin and immediately cremated, without any special formality or ceremony. . . "I'll be done with after-dinner speaking forever, so why dispatch me hence in the regalia of the craft". . . At a convenient time be asked that a dogwood tree b3 plant ed in Oak Grove cemetery in Pa duka, Ky., his home, and his ashes strewn in the hole to fertilize the trie roots, and should the tree live that would be monument enough. But in case there was a marker, he wanted for his epitaph the inscrip tion written by Robert Louis Stev enson for himself, "Th:se be the lines you 'grave for me . . . Here I lie where I long to be. . . Home is the hunter, home from the hill . . . and the sailor home from the seas". He wished no flowers, but asked that those who would like to send them give the money to some charity. Reporters may be full of ques tions as they ply their trade, but on the other hand a newspaper office is supposed to know all the answers. If you don't believe us, come around some day and listen in . . . often before we can answer 'em we have to do some looking up and questioning ourselves . . . sometimes they are tough nuts to crack ... all kinds of information, (that we should, of course, know, and have at our finger tips). It is a natural assumption on the part of the public, for certainly news of local events drift in whether or not they always appear in print. The other day, the editor had a question asked him that brought a smile to those of us within listen ing distance. She was a stranger. She had given him a story . . . everything was going nicely . . . conversation steady . . . and then she asked, "Do you know where the post office is here?" . . . there was a dead silence ... to be asked such a question in a village of this size was a bit out of the ordinary . . . but the editor suppressed his surprise and gave the direction and just how to ge there, with the same detailed account one might have given to a dozen city blocks instead of one small town Main Street. Speaking of Easter in terms of material values ... we read where Easter Sunday may reveal some strange new fashions in England this year. Since clothing is ra tioned there, it is reported that the women are making Easter outfits from unrationed curtain and drap ery materials and one fashionable shop is advertising coats made from travel ruga . . . but judging from the windows in. the local shops American women can still kesp up their high pre-war standards in the Easter parade. Not an especially cheerful sub ject, one's last will and testament . . . but that of Irvin Cobb was handed to us . . . and like the maker In the lengthy letter of final in structions written in December, 1943, three months before his death was also the following: "I'm proud that I never set myself up to be my brother's keeper, having been sufficiently occupied by the job of being my own keeper. To these add the noble ethics and splendid tole rance expressed in reformed Juda ism; the study of the independence and the good business principals of the Mormons; the gentle zeal and unselfish devotion of those shock troops of the Lord, the Salvation Army . . . who fight in the trenches of sin's no man's land to reclaim the tortured souls and clothe the naked bodies of those who the rest of the snobbish world forgot". We wish we had space to give it in full . . . for the requests were so entirely in keeping with his life . . . and he left this world in high good spirits, with humor and char ity as he had lived. Voice OF THE People Do you approve drafting all men in class 4-F on essential war work? Mayor J. H. Way "Generally speaking, yes. In some cases I feel that they should be left on their present work." Mrs. F. H. Marley "I approve of putting everybody to work right now, and those needed on war work placed in sucn positions." Captain W. F. Swift "I certain ly would approve of the plan pro vided they are physically fit." T. J. Cathey "Yes I certainly would, but those who are now em ployed on essential war work I do not approve of changing to other positions of defense or war effort." R. E. Caldwell "I do approve, but not taking anyone now engaged in farming, for that is essential work." Mrs. Joe Liner "Yes I would approve the plan, but with a few exceptions." Robert Ptarce "Yes, I think it would be a fine plan." H. H. Holt "As the father of two boys in service I heartily ap prove placing all 4-F men in some form of essential work." Guy Massie "No, I am not, for we have to have somebody to carry on at home, or business would have td close up." Christ's Victory Over Dec S HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By NEWMAN CAMPBELL (The International Uniform UMn on the above topic for April 9 l Mark 16 1-8. I Corin thians 15. the Golden Text being I Cor 15 57. "Thanks be lo God. who glveth u the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." ) THE FIRST part of our lesson took place on Sunday morning. April A. D 30 Three women. Mary Magdalene. Mary the moth er of James, and Salome, went early to the tomb of their Lord carrying sweet spices to embalm the body As they walked along they won dered who would roll the heavy stone away from the entrance so that they could enter. It was too large for them to move. When they arrived at the tomb, however, they saw. to their great amazement, that the stone was not at the entrance of the tomb, and when they looked within they saw no Jesus, but a yemg man presumably an angel fitting where Jesus' body had lain. He was dressed In a long white gar. ment, and "they were affrighted." As they went Into the tomb the angel said to them: "Be not af frighted: Ye seek Jesus of Naza reth, which was crucified: He Is risen; He Is not here: behold the place where they laid Him. "But go your way. tell His dis ciples and Peter, that He goeth before you Into Galilee: there shall you see Him. as He said unto you." Three Women Flee The Three women went out quickly, and fled from the spot, they trembled and were amazed, and they said not a word to any one of what they had seen and heard for they were frightened. The latter half of our lesson la concerned with Paul's beautiful, reassuring letter to the Corin thians concerning this same res urrection of Christ. He speaks of "Cephas." meaning Simon Peter, who had seen Jesus after He had risen; of many others who had also had the privilege. Some, evidently, disputed the resurrection, and to them Paul sa3. "If Christ be not risen, then Is our preaching In vain, and your faith Is also vain." "But now Is Chn the dead, and become V? fruits of them thdt s since by man came death t came also the resurrect" dead. For as In Adam ali d 1 so In Christ shall ,T i alive." in On this faith that jetU . died for our sina and rT1 the dead, Paul bases , that life Is worth whil. , J lievers. " aiu "If after the have fought with beasu u JM aus. what advantages t JtI the dead rise not? I, I "Ml, drink' for lv - . .v. w ii i ul I UW U. j... How will the dead nae,. ten to Paul s explanation U "But some men will sat are the dead raised up' and what body do they come! inou row. that which J sowest is not quickened. tx3 "And that ufch .l. thou sowest not that bodV? shall be. but bare grain u 2 chance of wheat, or of aome train: "But God glveth It a body J hath nUa.oH ui ."""J SI seed his own body." Isn't that absolutely in' man plants a seed, but - cornea up from the seed U u! like It as possible. The appears and Is broken up out of It come green atalki, flowers or heads of grain. Son with the body of man whlcaiij In the ground. ' U is so i,, ruptlon; It I r.ised in incon, tion: It is sown In dishonor , raiseu in glory, It Li sowjl weakness; It Is raised !a po,l "As we have borne (!: unapl wc snitii s ro bear image of the heavenW," Pud serts. "This corruption rmm on tncorruption, and ,Jus nul musi put on immortality. I "So when thii corruptible J have put on tncorruption aim mortal shall have put on taJ lamy, men shall be brougii pona uie Hying mat LI wntJ Death is swallowed up in rfc'jf "U death, where Is thy itiiJ v piavc, wnere is my vlctorj'S dui in anus oe to God, of glveth us the victory throujt ijora jesus ennst.' Distributed by Kin Feature Syndicate, lac. No Legislation Simplifying Income Tax Before Mid-Year Heavy "Over-Cul" of lit! Due to War Effort OemoJ ) Special to Central Press WASHINGTON The Job of drafting legislation simpllfyHi come taxes and tax returns la proving to be rather a slow pred Indications am that It will be two months or more beforti begins to take shape, and that simplified legislation will not enacted before the middle of the year. Right now the whole matter la In the hands of experts of the Oj gressional joint committee on Internal revenue taxation aw treasury. A report from Colin F. Stam, chief of the Congreaid staff, is expected to be given to the House ways and meanitJ mittee by the end of the month. ARGENTINA'S RELUCTANCE to break cleanly 1U sympathizers among her governing class Is threatening to am split in the solid anti-Axis front which has existed oeiow u Grande since the entry of the United States Into the war As American and British pressure has in w Congressional 'be South American government has sought too teract this loss in prestige by seeking the """"P offices of her neighbors immediately north, Ponders Tax dependent on her for foodstuffs. To the state department In Washington thlij Is viewed as a threat to the solidarity of the Western Hemlia and provides fodder for the German propaganda machine, AMERICANS HAVE ASSURANCE from OPA AdmlnlM hester Bowles that there will be no immediate relaxation ol n control and rationing anc uie war. Rationing Is exnected to be keDt until after the first p harvest In Europe. OPA expects, however, that the supply of lng and other soft goods can be brought quickly Into balsna' demand when peace cornea and that price controls on these can be relaxed quickly. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS are becoming alarmed ' mpnrirtiifl nv.r.ntt1ncr" fit imcriran limhpr WaHfm. riomanria tnr lirnikm hivi hnwH th nation tO tOOd nmrinrtlrm frrtm 3. ti Aft hilllrtn hnnrri fAt jknnuallv. According to officials, a halt must be called soon. Timber M cut faster than it Is grown. The "lid" must be clamped on "H ately after military demands decline, they say. and proaui-u" under 30 billion board feet THE OLD HOME TOWN - BySTANLj Ay THEY- DIDNT. BOTHER THE SAFE, 5i&29gS-f SO IT VM&MT MONer THEY WANTED T ?S3!v t lTS J ,ST A tA&e THf? J " V8V THIEVftS MAP A HOUSA SHCTA& SOME TMg OUKtHi THE NI5HT- t-aa- oirT in i inn n r"
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