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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1911
(One Day Nearer Victory)
A Good Sign
We have noticed that the majority of
communities in their plans for that much
longed for day when Germany surrenders
are not emphasizing hilarious Celebrations,
but of rather rebuking the idea of gaiety.
There seems to be rather an inclination to
approach the day with the spirit of thanks
giving. If we make of the day one of festivity, it
would be a mockery to our men who are still
battling the Japs in the Pacific, for all
prophets seem to agree that Germany will
be the first to fall.
We know the day will be one of rejoicing,
but it will be one of thankfulness for deliver
ence from the Germans, rather than a day of
"taking off the lid" in celebration. But
when the last Jap is routed out of the islands
in the Pacific will be time enough to cele
brate in a big way.
Hard To Estimate
It. would be hard to estimate what this
community has derived in cash and contacts
from the building and operation of the
Waynesille Country Club and Golf Course.
When Mr. and Mrs. Long decided to develop
the property this community had reached a
critical stage as far as the tourist industry
was concerned.
Golf had become so popular that unless a
town or community could offer this sport the
majority of people seeking a vacation were
going to spots where it could be enjoyed.
We had not kept pace with recreational
changes. We had been relying on our scenery
for so many years that we thought that
with our delightfully cool weather (at night
in summer) would bring them whether or
no.
Times had changed and Mr. and Mrs.
Long having vision of the needs and busi
ness ability launched out into this new field
and made not only a success for themselves,
but helped everybody else who was in any
way affected by the tourist industry.
The golf course has advertised this sec
tion more than any other one enterprise.
Often in a family, maybe three or four, only
one person perhaps has played golf, but in
many cases it has been the golfer's choice
which decided the vacation spot.
' The golf course has not only served the
guests at the Country Club, but visitors
throughout the county have played golf
there. The golf course, which has proved
to have been a fine investment for the own
ers has also served as a great asset to all
those in the tourist business, who have reap
ed profits without expenditure.
For their vision, ability to develop and
their sound business judgment, the people
of this community are under deep obligation
to Mr. and Mrs. Long.
To the new owners we take this occasion
to offer our congratulations in securing the
property and we wish for them continued
success. They have much to live up to in
following Mr. and Mrs. Long in the operation
of the Waynesville Country Club and Golf
Course, but they also have a fine foundation
on which to develop bigger things.
The new owner has attained success in
his other venturea and with this knowledge
we feel safe in predicting that the property
will fulfill his expectations and at the same
time the community will continue to profit
by the location of the golf course and club
house in this area.
We Will Need Their
Hell) Again
Figures recently released show that from
September, 1943, to June, 1944, national
sales made through the schools totaled well
over $660,000,000 in war stamps and .bonds.
Now the old school bell is ringing the chil
dren back from vacationed war jobs. They'll
probably exceed last year's figures by buy
ing more, thus making up for their absen
teeism. Exchange.
Why Worry About
Russia
We hear many sides of how Ruussia feels
about America. Everyone seems to have
formed some definite opinion on the subject.
Some feel that she will be with us to the
end of peace and thereafter. That it will be
to her interest to keep friendly relations with
us, while on the other hand there are many
who are worried about Russia and are al
ways trying to get upset over the Soviet
Union's post-war role in world affairs.
We read with interest an editorial in a
recent issue of the Smithfield Herald, ex
cerpts from which follow: "It is worth not
ing that Sir Bernard Pares, probably the
Englishman who is best informed about the
Soviet, has no such misgivings. He believes
that Stalin when the war ends, will turn
back to 'his lifework of building up a new
Russia.'
"The British author sees nothing exces
sive or unfair about the Soviet Union's
proclamed policy of seeking restoration of
its 1941 borders. He warns the people of
the United States not to expect the British
to 'throw away the friend whom Hitler has
so stupidly given us' by courting a new
world war in order to defend 'Polnd's very
dubious title to her pre-war eastern prov
inces' or the Equally questionably cause of
Baltic independence.'
"It may well be that the Soviet Union will
become a challenge to the economics of the
earth but the threat, we suspect, lies in the
possibility that the Communists will make
their theories work for the better advantage
of their people."
"PINCH HITLER'
Orders For Next War
We noticed during the week that army
correspondents were shown for the first
time the full text of one of the most unusual
orders of the entire war. The order directed
that all German army officers save expend
able junior officers to save their own lives
in the battles, so that Germany will have
an officers corps to prepare for a third World
War.
The junior commanders have been selected
to "die a hero's death" to spur the morale
of the troops while the superiors take care to
save themselevs for another war.
The captured command which was ad
dressed to all German officers was issued by
the army officials in August during the criti
cal days of the Battle of France. We will
have to hand it to the Germans that they
are trying to keep up the morale of their
soldiers, but we have an idea that if the
men affected knew of such an order there
might be a more serious defect in the Ger
man ranks than lagging morale.
Further orders were to the non-commissioned
officers to ferret out dissident soldiers
n-,d put them in frontline posts where they
would be killed or send them back home "on
l'ave" where the Gestapo or SS officers would
arrest them.
Such orders should show the Allies how
determined the Germans are to eventually
win, if not in Second, in Third World War.
Such orders should help those responsible
for writing the peace terms, to know how
far it will be necessary to set out the terms.
Such orders make us realize that there must
be no compromise this time. The terms must
be clean-cut. They must be definite and
what is more important they must be car
ried out to the last word.
It is hard for us in America to understand
such things. We do not want to fight, it is
only when forced to do so that we take up
arms. Being peace minded it is difficult for
us to realize the warring nature of the Ger
mans. After two demonstrations of their
love of combat and their determination to
conquer the world, we should by now stiffen
our resolves to leave nothing undone this
time to crush forever the blood thirsty spirit
that is harbored in Germany.
As tires become scarcer fewer soles will
be saved. '
Wood swells certain conditions which
probably explains the cause of so many
swell heads.
HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
We see that Mickey Rooney has
taken himself another wife. We
read the account of the whirlwind
six-day romance which ended in a
marriage license to the tall 17-year-old
blonde, who wanted to get
into the movies. Now of course it
is none of our business, but we
wondered if the Hollywood struck
girl might be using Mickey as a
stepping stone to higher things in
the city of the silver screen. Now
since we have written the forego
ing we are reminded of how expos
ed the lives of the famous are and
how we who would never make a
dent in the news take liberties with
those who do make the headlines.
Even so we are feeling a little sorry
for Mickey. We are afraid that
he has been taken for a ride. On
the other hand no doubt Mickey
Rooney can take care of himself.
It may be that we have Mickey
so closely tied up with the Hardy
family that we are overcome with
a kind of motherly protective interest.
We had the best time going to
work last week on the opening day
of school. We asked the students
of all ages en route if they were
glad that school was starting. The
answers were so' typical. One
small girl, a first grader we are
sure, answered so glibly, "Oh, yes,
I love to go." . . . Then a bunch of
boys, about six graders, "No, we
don't," they chimed together in ut
ter disgust. . . Then a group of
small girls, who beamed very prop
erly at the thought of school start
ing . . . then a group of high school
boys, next year ripe for the draft,
said, "It's OK as long as we have
to go." Then one boy came back,
"No, I like to be free." We thought
of his answer later, and his idea of
life. We had an impulse to turn
back and tell him that no one is
ever free. Rules follow us from
school through life, and there is
always the penalty for breaking
them. But no need to tell him, for
he will learn only too soon, in a
very rigid way. for he looked to be
nearly eighteen.
The following recipe was hand
ed to us for an "All-American
cake" . . . sent by a soldier over
seas. . .
2 cups of Hitler
2 cups of Mussolini
fi Japs
1 teaspoon "Rising Sun"
teaspoon "Manila"
Sift Hitler three times through
barbed wire, chip in Mussolini, then
crack and shell the 6 Japs, add
Rising Sun and beat like H . Then
add Manila. The more you beat
the better. Grease pan American,
pour mixture into it, put in oven
and smack on "Corregidor." Turn
gas on 05,000 degrees. Then go
see "Gone with the Wind." On
returning home, put on gas mask.
Open all windows and doors to let
out odor, remove from oven and
submerge into the Atlantic ocean
to cool."
Mrs. Ben Colkett, chairman of
the Red Cross Surgical committee,
who is doing such a splendid job
and is giving hours upon hours of
her time each week to the work,
handed us the fallowing for use
this week:
"I am the surgical dressing that
you hear so much about. I travel
far and wide to bring relief from
pain and suffering to millions of
wounded service men. Instead of
the little bandages so lovingly ad
ministered by mother in childhood
days, I cover the battle fronts with
'the greatest mother in the world,'
your American Red Cross. I am
that little article so carefully and
meticulously made and packed for
shipping by patriotic American
women who labor painstakingly to
be sure that I am correctly folded
and shipped according to Red Cross
specifications. Who knows but
what I may be the surgical dress
ing to be used on your very own
son or that neighbor's boy next
door, or down the street? I may
be only a surgical dressing, but I
am one thing that the army and
navy doctors term indispensable."
It warms our heart to see the
large number of local people who
are getting boxes ready to send
overseas. We think it mighty fine
of the government to try to get
some Christmas cheer to the men.
It is a grand gesture to make to
ward boosting their morale. Every
where you go these days that is the
topic of conversation. Some are
all for the practical side of life,
while others are of the opinion that
something to eat all done up in
the regulation Christmas wrap
pings is quite the best thing to find
a welcome with the boys overseas.
The other afternoon at the com
munity cannery it looked like it
might have been a regular vege
table or fruit season day, except
there was no heat or steam, merely
the sealer clamping down on tins.
But the tables were filled with
workers with nimble fingers pack
ing layer after layer of candies
and cookies, as well as home salted
nuts. The packers were going to
no end of trouble to have things
packed just right to insure their
freshness when arriving overseas.
We hope there will be plenty of can
openers around the camps, but we
guess the boys will loose no time
in getting into these tins. It was
interesting to hear the far places
those tins were being sent liter
ally around the world.
We would like to hand out a
few orchids this week on the or
ganization which the local club had
so well perfected to meet the de
mands of the annual meeting of
District Number One of the State
Federation of Woman's Clubs.
First we were proud of Joe Gay
as an efficient and gracious presid
ing officer. There was no detail
that the hostess group seemed to
have overlooked for the comfort of
the guests to the decorations that
created the setting for both the
meeting and the luncheon. The
program was well balanced and
Mrs. Henry Highsmith, graduate of
Duke University, formerly with the
State Board of Health, touched the
core of the vital things lacing
women today, and she showed them
how they might help and pointed
out their responsibility in a con
vincing manner. Mrs. Gay will
have a worthy successor in the
new district president, Mrs. D. E.
Pullium from Andrews. For a
moment we almost forgot where
we were, it might have been a
press meeting, for we looked across
the table, there was Miss Addie
Mae Cooke, editor of the Cherokee
Scout of Murphy, and another thing
we must not leave out is the good
looking outfit of our local president,
Mrs. James W. Killian.
JWWASMINGTO'
World Police Fore Could
Become a "Maginot Line"
Japanese Hinu
"iiner uver All; .
c
Special to Central Press
a fir 1 OimTniVlW tAfasn fam.lm. . . ' . i .
fj nwninu.v . wun lechnolofifai I
dath-dealing weapona stress the importance of ete Wvii
thj f.itnro ami warn at th Anncrar r.f -,... , ' Vljhlil
. vzr UB oni
come a "Maginot Line" if it is permitted to fall
any i
Even an international police force, if i
me a "Maginot Line" if it la permitted to fall mi,1?"1'1 '
assumes that any future war should be fought with it, y H
tactics of World War II. ' n WePoJ
Emphasis is being placed in some responsible
that the fnrrea apainst aeexessinn mimt . . . 8 on t
-o v o: LU 11 ia,
stantly more powerful than th. .
- ..tic mr d
$rcy
Surrounds
Weapons
stantly more powerful than the for,.-. . '
with resnect to everv Ham.. .. . r 1
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conj
The strictest
Is beine made in th wi Prop
weapons. Virtually this whole ".
ress is keDt absoluteiv h,,h suertific
"""-uuan ror r
A hint of what is being done by the enemv h,. ...
cent report of an explosion in France that shook hi,,n '
land across the channel Severn I nlher . "S Ml
. A1,IUalulls Ot Slmila.
have to rennrta that th Cormano ,.. u . """4r urj
,llajr Ilave d,scov
plosive of unprecedented power which thev are un,H. . '
thP nresont time 10 W.1
C-tmA PRni n In at n-n-ts. U k 1 ; .
ouiuc uun-ioia ouggcai Limi uie inventors of such th
crinf at nnpn Kffrra fhov nan rvn an An 1 : .
...v., . on uteir secret to oth
A THR lAPJNESR WTTflH r0 VT1W a lvrr .
wiv-ita wjriii5 iw u5uir; uui me next series of niaio J
Gen Douglas MacArtbur has announced his in!r,,
rr",v"' e IS not tel.
wiicic ui wiicn nc win siriKe. i ne enemy must be piviMm
"'""u" ": oiunpeiago almost an
task
t f ........ I, . I . . -,-. . .-. . . . J . . .. A . J . . , ttr .
mean vv iiii, luitca uuuci n'liu. IIC31.C1 v IMIllltZ ilr- thftfil
the whole siring ot Japans inner defenses fiom the .,,rlh i
ocean to the Java sea. The naval officers have not helped Jap (
oy promising inai me uiuws 10 come win mane (he mighty i
or tasK force oo suem ukc a summer zepnyr
U ...n a wt tj.l... .1 ff h r.j. Villi .v. ci tanA U., I 1 . - T .
iicic M auiuv v it puwi&,iu laLCU uy tile Jd) fllgn COItli
1 It must be on the alert against an American move ml
Kunles from the Aleutians and Marianas
2 The strategic Bonin and Volcano islands must be boistd
prevent an American move northward from Guam and SaioJ
3 Palau and Yap now lie within striking distance of Ami
forces both under Nimitz and MacArthur
4 The Japs must consider the possibility that N'mutz orl
Arthur, or both, may move into the Philippines
o irie on-nun n.u.si. uiuies cuuia aiso De a target which thi
cannot ignore, yet they are faced with the problem of usuid
crippled shipping to move in supplies and reinforcements
LABOR OBSERVERS ARE CONVINCED that John L Lej
iw-icu me 31.1a1.c5y mriiuiu me aiuncs ui mine supervisory emf
which threaten to close pits vital to steel production
At United Mine Workers headquarters in Washing
ton, the comment was merely that "distiict 50 is
autonomous we have no control over those fellows "
However, District 50 always has been guided by
Lewis' top aides, and the bushy-browed labor boss
often has used this catch-all unit to expand his unionizing !J
It is considered very doubtful that any autonomy granted byl
would extend to the point of letting local union chiefs cause I
rumpus as to provoke federal seizure of mine properties Lewisl
know about anything that big
The U. M W. is a tightly supervised organization and Distrl
to which the mine supervisors and foremen belong. 19 very del
a part of it.
The
Voice Of The Peop
SotlJ
Behin
SlriM
What do you suggest as the most
important improvement for this
community to incorporate in their
post war plans?
W. A. Hradley "To build some
large modern hotels to take care of
our guests."
C. V. Bell "To encourage more
industries."
Mrs. Stanley Brading "I would
like to see the Civic clubs encour
age the development of the rec
reational facilities of the com
munity with the interest not only
of the tourists but also of the local
people, both young and old."
Jarvis Campbell "I would say
more manufacturing plants and
more up to date housing facilities."
Ben Onlkitt "A large modern
commercial hotel is needed most of
all."
on the recreational progrti
has been started. I think ti
things are of equal impors
Dr. N. M. Medfird-"W
go after more factories."
J. H. Wa "I think e
new town hall, then impr
water system and third
our street system."
T I M E L Y-
Farm QuesM
and Answrf
Claude Rogers "It seems to me
since we are a growing tourist
center we need more tourist accommodations."
Ben Sloan "I think a large
modern hotel and also-a community
center building in which to carry
WI U t Htm OHm
THE OLD HOME TOWN
lfS0RY,STteAr46Eie,,VJEfee BOOKED
By STANLEY
UP FOR 5r WEEKS ON BOOMS, 1 C
) NINE SATUfeCAY NIGHTS ON "THJr f W V
I, BATH TUB BUT WE CAN SEISVE ) S! ( J
(you a half o' friet chicken . A Tv (a5&y J
TVIO NEEKSfeOM WEPNEStAYy ffjl
Question: What ?
.M v,n irive for earn'
dairv herd through the
Answer: John Arey
dairyman at State O
you five practical -UL'fe-Cull
the herd cl'iy th'
Vmu pnnronti ate? acc"nfc
duction. 3. Balance
nrith rnuerhuiri' Uf'1-
cor
frvrnhlp an) C
f frh water of nit'diun:
ature. 5.
grazed earl
Question :
for seeding
Answer :
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alfalfa'
FxpericnceJ
...;n 1.11 v.iii to wan
Will
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plant tne cm
and then go nhcaa a-'
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their lana 1 ".
ahead of tinu- a"
afternoon thev; ' "; ;.
that nient. -
their alia""
to rain
and seed
i-v,;nT inst ltk
oftor the an ai'
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examined on ,
last one planted s n- ,
alfalfa piam. 1;.
in 1
The latter cr'P
that came
was a differ"
feeding,
ed.
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