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THE WAYNLSVILLE MOUNTAINEER
(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, DECEMBER
The Mountaineer
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NATIONAL DITOlMAL
i!?f ASSOCIATION
North Carolina
WI5S ASSOCIATION 5.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1944
(One Day Nearer Victory)
That "Rebel Yell"
What! Plow Under Hens?
The Government is treading precariously
on an egg problem. News out of "Washing
ton says there are 50,000,000 too many lay
ing hens in the country and the War Food
Administration is anxious to have them kill
ed off. It had even proposed a Federal
bounty of $1 per hen for every cackler cull
ed from the flock this fall and winter, vut
the Office of Economic Stabilization, sensing
a possible furore similar to "plowing-under-the-little-pigs"
incident, objected.
With almost 4,700,000,000 dozen eggs pro
duced this year, far too many according to
the Government, housewives are paying
under loud protest 70 to 75 cents a dozen.
It would take a Solomon to convince these
irate consumers that it isn't possible to let
down the bars, and permit egg prices to drop
to what they consider a less outrageous level.
The true goal of a support or subsidy pro
gram is to encourage the production of
needed commodities in wartime. When, how
ever, a price floor is put under eggs and a
price ceiling over chickens, it is not hard
to foresee an outpouring of eggsthat must
stump the experts. The WFA says there's
a shortage of cooking chickens in the big
cities and a surplus of laying chickens in
the country. Its answer, then, is to get
farmers to sell 50,000,000 of the latter as
broilers and friers, and so cut down next
year's output of eggs to about 3,920,000,000
dozen.
The WFA has spent nearly $290,000,000
this year to keep egg prices up to a level
ordered by Congress, namely 90 per cent of
parity. What happened was that henneries
and hatcheries operated at capacity to bene
fit by the high price level. With the produc
tion goal overshot ,the WFA faces this di
lemma: Keep egg prices up while discourag
ing egg output. Christian Science Monitor,
BIG PUSH ON THE HOME FRONT
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L
c&WASHINGTO
U. S. Peace-Tim Army
Of at Least 500,000?
mi .
vn Jan. i
Special to Centra! Press
WASHINGTON Rep. Andrew J. May m )
man of the House military affairs committee hi Kentucky.
tion's Deace-tlme Armv nrnhnhiw u.m . ' ""''es th.. ,
- i j win t-unRiot t v
This would be almost double our pre-war a
500.000 to
We see that the Rebel Yell has been pre
served in a recording which has been placed
in a vault in St. Louis. A North Carolina
woman, Mrs. James E. Woodward, of Wil
son, president of the Daughters of the Con
federacy, is responsible for making it pos
sible for future generations to know how
this famous Southern Yell sounded.
While we disapprove any bitterness on the
subject we naturally feel a certain pride in
the heroic manner in which the South fought
for what she thought was right. It was the
same old American spirit of independence A GeHUine (jlieeil
tnat won our initial liDerty, ana uie same
with which the North fought to keep forever
what they thought was right.
"If the old terrifying Rebel Yell could be
heard on the Rhine, the Nazis would feel
their blood run cold," according to Josephus
Daniels. Maybe before the thing is over
some great grandson of a Southern hero,
who perhaps has been handed down the
yell along with family traditions may yet
sound the fighting spirit of the 60's.
Too Much Adjustment
rn. i .
ine mzen manes its Dow, curtsey, or
whatever protocol dictates to the new Queen
of the Asheville Burley Tobacco Market and
to Queens past, if we have neglected to do so,
named annually by the bustling Tobacco
Board of Trade.
The new Queen is Miss Frances Josephine
Rogers, 17, of paywood County. Miss Rogers
comes by her title' right honestly. For the
crown will not be bestowed upon beauty
alone. According to an account in last Sun
day's Citizen-Times, she "has been helping
with tobacco crops (on her father's farm)
since the age of eight, at which time she
could drop plants and worm tobacco as
well as an adult . . . This year she assisted
her father, two sisters and a brother in pro
ducing four acres of tobacco."
The story points out that a Queen must
have worked in tobacco and must know its
terminology in addition to other queenly
attributes. We submit these requirements
as refreshingly real and genuine in the
favorite Amercian pastime of queen-naming.
Too often the honors are for pulchritude or
social prominence or that indefinable quality
of "popularity. Our Tobacco Queens are
of a more regal stripe. They really work
at it. The Asheville Citizen.
The following from the pen of Louis
Wright, president of Baldwin-Wallace Col
lege, of Ohio, struck a responsive cord with
us. We have felt for sometime that the
word adjustment was being overworked, and
that the tendency of the times was to follow
the leader, like sheep without thinking:
"On every hand we get advice to adjust
ourselves to conditions as they are. 'Get
adjusted to war, to changes in social life,
to loose moral attitudes, to profane talk, to
artificial chatter, to movie emotions, to in
dustrial conflict, to dog-level expressions of
life, to the indulgent misuse of human lib
erty, etc., etc. . . . Everywhere youth is all
but driven by propaganda, social pressure,
wise-cracking comrades, and radio sales talk
to adjust themselves conform to the sur- AnotIlV Dttll
Acn-c tuawma ui me anu uecuine luieiaill in
such a way as to mean moral indifference
and spiritual numbness.
"Even though an 'unadjusted' child, youth,
or adult is regarded as a psychological prob
lem, social outcast or religious fanatic, I am
coming to thank God for unadjusted people
those who can feel angry at wrong, refuse
to share lies, be tolerant towards ignorance,
resist debasing sin, vicious behavior and
pagan customs.
r "I like to think about the old Hebrew
prophets who did not 'adjust' themselves to
their times. I would like to follow one who
refused to adjust Himself to sunken human
ways, even when 'unadjustment' meant a
oross. I like to hear old Saint Paul calleng
ing men across the ages. 'Be not conformed
(adjusted) to this world (this age) but be
ye transformed by the renewing of your
minds'."
HERE and THERE
Bj
HILDA WAY GWYN
There have been an increasing ! to our utter surprise and conster-
number of men from overseas being
returned to this country, many of
them wounded, since the sending
of Christmas packages, and we
have wondered about their Christ
mas cheer. Many of the friends
who sent them gifts during the
period designated by the govern
ment are not going to send other
presents. So we were glad to
learn that one group has anticipat
ed the Christmas blight of these
men. The employes of the South
ern Bell I elephone in tne two
Carolinas are all sending pack
ages that will go to hospitals
where the woinded now coming
home are being sent. The local
office has sent 16 packages, 13
from operators and three from of
ficials. The boxes are being sent
to the main office in Charlotte, and
from there to distribution in the
hospitals in Charleston, where so
many of the men are first sent
from overseas. To date, we learn
ed from Mrs. Reardon of the local
office, that 3,000 packages have
been sent. The telephone opera
tors are playing a tremendous role
in this war. We commend their
war efforts and this patriotic ges
ture at Christmas.
When there is an invention it is usually
because it is needed, ,but there were too
many talking machines before Edison in
vented his.
When the human race has completely
wrecked itself, the ape will have to start
evoluting again.
If a fellow begins blowing his own horn,
try a counter offensive by blowing a saxophone.
The Chicago Daily News has proposed that
President Roosevelt proclaim a National
Smokeless Day On this day the Times staff
would like to see that every smoker swear
off for one day from smoking cigarettes
They recommend that every community ob
serve the same day that it be a nation
wide attair. By observance of this one
smokeless day they feel that the cigarette
shortage might not be so acute.
In other words the number of cigarettes
smoked in one day might make up a sur
prising reserve, so that smokers could in a
sense catch up with themselves.
It has been suggested that even one day's
abstinence might cause some of the smok
ers to lose a bit of their zest for smoking and
not need so many the next day. We doubt
if one day could have such a marked effect
on the habits of the smokers, but it might
prove effective in building up a reserve of
cigarettes.
Another angle to the thing is the relief
it might mean to the places that sell cigar
ettes, to have one day when they were not
beset for a package. If you don't know what
we mean drop in one of our local places of
business near a counter where they are sold
and remain only a short while and you will
understand what we mean. We have heard
clerks even anticipate the wishes of the cus
tomers and before they could ask would
say, "Sorry, no 'Camels', 'Luckies', or what
ever brand they knew the would be ques
tioner was in the habit of buying.
Anybody who handles news is
always on the alert for something
new to write about, or a different
lant to camouflage an old subject.
We know readers get wearv of
reading the same old stuff, just
as we get utterly sunk at times
over the necessity for routine
writing. We thought last week
we had a whale of a good story
to pass on to you, but by the time
we scratched off all the "Now that
is off the record", we had nothing
left, but the memory of a good
story. The person who let us
down so was none other than Fred
die Crawford, All American foot
ball star, movie actor, but now,
pardon us, it is Sergeant Crawford,
just back from two and one half
years in England, where he served
with the American Air Forces.
tation we found that French dress
ing was over all our purchases,
coat, hat, gloves, and bag and
the vanity seat ruined. No won
der there couldn't have been more
than two tablespoons left. Well
the story ended by our getting a
new piece of material for the van
ity seat we took our coat to the
cleaners, who shook their head and
said, "We'll try" and in the last
discovered in all the excitement
we had only one of a $5.00 pair of
pigskin gloves left. Moral, Don't
take any bottles on faith.
Well, to let you in on the inside
story, Freddie is without doubt one
of the most fascinating returnees
we have encountered. England
made a great impression on him
and he can tell you all about it.
During the time he was stationed
there he had opportunities to know
.many of the people in their homes,
and when you are invited to tea
in England, according to Freddie,
your piace witn tnem is made, une
interesting experience after anoth
er he told and we hopefully held
our pad and pencil, ready to write,
but he would add, "But that is off
the record." But we want you
to know that he was as keen in
England as he was back in the
stadium at Duke. Don't get us
wrong, no hero stuff about himself,
just observations about the Eng
lish. The next time he's home we
advise you to get him cornered and
make him talk, and then youU un
derstand what we are trying to
tell you.
It was a perfect stampede. Peo
pie pushing the front door open
coming in a regular procession, all
good natured with an air of anti
cipation about them grateful for
what they were about to receive, or
perhaps we should say, be allowed
to purchase. All ages, old men,
women, girls, children, intent of
purpose, with eyes glued on a huge
pile of chocolate bars over which
Carl Bishoff was presiding at
Smith's Drug Store. "Yes, as long
as they last, two bars for a quar
ter," he said as he handed them
into eager hands. Some lucky few
were able to buy boxes containing
25 small bars, and you should have
seen those soldiers' wives hugging
those boxes like they expected to be
robbed as they went out of the
store. "You know nearly all of
these are destined to find their way
overseas," said Mr. Bischoff to us
as we settled down nearby to watch
the happy customers buy those
coveted blocks of chocolate. One
girl turned away, disappointed.
She thought the rush meant some
thing else. "Are you selling cig
arettes," she asked, "I came all
the way from Hazelwood and I
paid a good sum for the round
trip and do you know I haven't
found a sigle pack." She was a
desperate woman, that girl.
302,968 enlisted men and 23,192 officers on a.. ' : which nurnJ
tvilnt aW Wi,j . . ' Jl, 1940 if. . 1
, fiuiiu tv a,r l The Arm
aDDroximatplv rtrmy now en..
Army Now
Comprises
8,000,000
according to Chairman Dvi ?;.?" the
. v.y, ucUttLC naval Htrair. " '
about three and a half mii.in" I00"1"
May said he did not know ... , J
unnnpl Wfl.q hpinp- nlnnnAH trw atAM u- lttrge a Va,
""-w uie war but that r, '
would be considerahlv lnrirpr tYian it. - 1 Presum,v,
MUKCi ' HAN CO MILLION WORKERS should
other tax increase Jan. 1 an automatic h, .readyfot
old
A
den be
itll
pension payroll tax which, like the income withhnLn , '
ducted from pay checks. '"'noianig levy,
movement has been started in Congress by Senator .
erg (R.) of Michigan to freeze the tav " rArthu'
while Vandenberg has been successful in forcing thrJZ m
provision in each of the last three years his fiZT? ,atH
running out this time. "
Tha fl-Aooin la that V.n-A I
. ,un io no revenue bill from th. u
which to fasten a tax-freeze provision this year Ann ! J
come alone'. It ma v ho an nninnn.i..i . ' na one A
, w v...njjui iani, measure uhi-k n. i
Roosevelt would not hesitate to veto ch 1
In past years, Vandenberg has succeeded in nailimr t ,
em on hills which Vfr R-.,it u "ig lax-frew.
..waevtv wuiu noi well veto l!nl
is frozen at the present level, it will automatically been 7? "
nlnvo. onrl turn . ... winezn,..
...r.-,, v. vm employers on Jan 1 it i.
per cent on each. ' ' "
m nwin nir tup wao-cs rvnnr...
develop wooden airnlanes htut AttIo d. .. se tzw
... v.v lio iai na tne Armv i.
PPI-npfl Th war Harto rtm.nt .. .... nuiy II
juoi ictenuy cancelled the last t
contract", for nlvwnnri airoreft .Hh.u . lasl
-- t v..uu6.. wooo. construction
being used in gliders which are considered exnenrtahi.
The Army had no success with the plywood planes it, ,hi.
nlnint wao that tr mnlra fV.A i ,, . 'una
w"" " """ ni on utiurauy safe, the Dlans. k.j
" " " , " "u "eeiea "P ' to the point
they were overweight.
Then, too, the surplus of light metals sounded the death kn,n
"uvv"i" ". jr outran, une or me prime reasons forth. iJ
wU;uiiiu.vhuuh "M ine Buonage or aluminum early in thi
w C" rwviiuiNiINU fKUFUSALS tossed overtd
v " -"' "ca'.ct ouwieo una me war Food Admlnistntl
"'66' "ting smuKers ioaay is "When can weexDectd
popular brands?" H
There is plenty of tobacco to make more cigarets but minJ
-v...Fittiii ui muor snoriages ana lack of heavy cardboard il
ymg luuiaiiiera. jneanwniie, oecause the producers can not
higher wages, their plant machines stand idle and
tne public continues to face the biggest cigaret short
age in history.
Trade sources assert that until the manpower sit
uation is eased, the nation-wide pinch on smokes
will continue despite well-stocked tobacco ware-
i.uuaes ana me aesire or we manufacturers to boost product!
wounio women BmoKers are cnanging over to small briar pipe,
their nicotine diversion while others are "rolling their own."
vigareia, wnicn reran normally from 14 to 18 cents a puck,
bringing high premiums In the black market channels, CNro
tntai akAMi -lit M mi fx. A . . .. ...
pvno on ww uiciu seuing ior u io vo cents with like prlCMpiw
uig in uiuck marxer in many other clues,
Cigartl
Shartog
Continuff
The
Voice Of The Peopl
A
What do you think is the most
appropriate Christmas gift this
year?
Mrs. W. L. Kirkpatrick "I think
that bonds and stamps are the best
and most appropriate gifts this
year."
Dr. R. Stuart Roberson "If you
YOU'RE TELLING ME!
By WILLIAM RITT-
get into the money I would
War Bonds."
Miss Ruth Sttmmenow
most appropriate pin 1 piesi
year would be War Bond-
Stamps."
W. R. Fravcis"l would
once. War Bonds and St,
bought during the Sixth War
Drive."
We have often heard that ill
fate follows in the wake of a
bottle carelessly handled. We cer
tainly have proof of the theory.
For ill fate just tripped at our
heels one morning recently along
with an innocent looking bottle of
nothing more potent than French
dressing. We had never before in
all our nearly 25 years of married
life, encountered a bottle that did
not take energy and persuasion to
get the top off or the stopper out.
But this particular bottle was evi
dently ready for use. We placed
the bottle in our shopping basket,
which we have been using to save
paper bags, and walked blithely out
of the store. Soon after we stop
ped, a short distance awav at an
other shop-. We unfortunately
placed our basket on a vanity seat,
an upholstered one, and the owner
at once asked "what is that drip
ping from your basket?" Then
Centra! Press Writer
THOSE NAZIS are wasting
their time developing robot
bombs If ihey had real fore
sight they d be busy trying to
.nvent a space ship for the big
getaway attempt.
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Rumors have Hitler and his
intuition in Tokyo. Those Japs
certainly seem to have run clean
out ot luck.
It look a couple of generation
?nd a cigaret shortage to p
Orandpappy Jenkins' meerschaum
back in style again.
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Meanwhile, Zadok Dumkopf is
patting the finishing touches to
a pamphlet which he Is sure will
be a best seller. Its title: "How
to Roll Your Own, in Ten Easy
Lessons by an Ex-Cowhand."
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Napoleon's Crown Reported
Missing From Paris headline.
Wonder which one of the Nazis
took it home to Germany with
him just to try on ior size?
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German troops are using land
mines made of glass. Just anoth
er Axis trick our boys can see
through.
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That middle western-- house
holder who mistakenly used
maple syrup instead of jjarnlsh
to finish a living room floor cer
tainly made a sweet Job of It
THE OLD HOME TOWN
Mrs. Seliiida O'Dmtll
would sav good books this yet
Mrs. E. H. Farmer-k
Bond if you can afford to f
and if not stamps.
Mrs. J. Harden Hovtll -4
would think something sen:
would be the most appropriate
for this year."
iu too t-t ( ' i y "
can afford it, since this is the
War Bond Drive, I "
bonds and stamps."
TAvwood Grahl - "I
otarmis and War
uic r-i
when the war is over
Chrii
u , o.. Rv CT A Ml FY
0 -P', iNSIS ,T WAS "fOU BAK-AtO la
ERNIE HICKS DROPPED OUT OF FOCMATIOM low-
tail UUJf Syllt .
present, maybe then it
gallon of gasoline. '
tt n..i.wf-"This H
norace wi'" , Stsi
would say War Bonds a
are the best gifts.
those
rl bor
Wife: "Did you s
diers stare at that P
the bus." ...'
HusbandWj!
ADMINISTRATOR'S
Having qualified as j
trator of the ""u'w
ley deceased, "
County. North Carolm f '
to exhibit them to the
at Clyde, ","
Carolina, on or - thiJ
of November 1945 or
will be pleaded in btfj
covery. All i
said estate wm i
diate payment. q
This tne
1944' BOBERTBgS
Administrator ot M
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