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m. (One Day Nearer tictory) THURSDAY, DECEMBE THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Pare 2 i a? 4 :1 T ISli 3: sv J ! i. i f V I1, The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 18? 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, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County fl.75 Six Months, In Haywood County 9tc One Year, Outside Haywood County 2.60 Bix Months, Outside Haywood County 1.60 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance httnl t the port office it WaynenrllU, N. 0.. u Booa4 01m Mail Mutter, as provided wider tb Act of March I, 1ST, fforercber 10. 1814. Obituary notices, resolution! of reipect. card of all notice of entertainment for profit, will be charged for at the rate of oae cent per word. NATIONAL DITOr.!AL nllJCSSOCIATION nr: THURSDAY, -DECEMBER 28, 1944 (One Day Nearer Victory) Chimes Christmas 1944, while marked by much spending, judging by the surging crowds in the shops about town, there has not been the element of joyful celebration felt in years gone by, in the days before the war. It seemed no matter how much material manifestation there was at hand, during the pre-Christmas days the old jubilant feeling of "just before Christmas" was sadly lack ing. We had one feature here that helped us get the spirit, even if not in its former exalted from. When the chimes were play ed from the First Methodist Church at the close of each day during Christmas week, there seemed to come a spirit of peace that was almost akin to that of other years. At any rate the old familiar carols on the air gave hope for they still hold the magic of the Christmas story. Disappearing We have seen Christmas written "Xmas" only one time this year, much to our satis faction. We have never liked this abbre viation of the beautiful word, which means so much to mankind. In this day of streamlining we sincerely hope that the time will never come when the word will be shortened. In fact when everything possible sems to be going in alphabetical order it is refreshing that the tendency to use "Xmas" is on the wane. There are many traditions which time with its changing cycles should never affect, and to us the spelling of Ghristmas belongs in this time honored permanent category of things immortal in our lives and hearts. Without Doubt Every now and then you hear a story about some foreign born person that almost puts the native American citizens to shame when it comes to expressing patriotism in tangible ways. - You may have read the story that seems to be going the rounds just now, and is re ported to be authentic and not one of those, coined to make a good point to an argument. The woman is a Mrs. Mary Slachacznski, who scrubs and cleans the LaSalle Street Railroad Station in Chicago. She had been getting off a while in the, mornings to go to school to study English and United States history. Finally she had become conversant with the major events in our national history and felt that she knew enough English to get by, so she might become a citizen of this country. . When she was asked the question 1 of whether or not she felt worthy of citizen ship in the United States, she opened her purse , showing the picture of two of her sons, one in France and the other in the Pacific; her Red Cross blood donation card; and $1,000 in war bonds "for my boys' After passhing the tests she went back to her work at scrubbing the floors and clean ing up, happy to be a citizen of this great country leaving her examiners a little sheepish over her simple gesture as to her eligibility of citizenship. Don't blame the executive for spending money he would have none to spend if Congress did not appropriate it. X"NonJi Carolina V4i mssMsocuiioJJj Celebration Postponed The following from "The Rhamkaite Roaster", a sprightly column edited by Josephus Daniels, which appears each day in his Raleigh News and Observer on the editorial page holds a timely and pertinent attitude towards present conditions: "Ye see I wuz rite all the time when ye wuz axin'. an' a-urgin' me to make a blue print ov what ort to be done to Germany when we had licked the Nazis. I told ye that I haddent never decided how to cook a rabbit until I had the animal skinned. An' I told ye on D-Day that we wuz puttin' the cart before the hoss, by talkin' so much about punishin' the Nazis afore we licked 'em, wuzzent I?" Discouraging News As this is being written Germany has made gains into Belgium over territory that we here back home in America thought had been won. We should all face this new phase of the war and realize that it shows that the strength of Germany has been underestimated. We do not as yet know all the details. We do know however, that both sides must have paid a heavy price for this progress of the enemy on territory from which they had been driven back into their own country. We are dreading the news that will come in due time from the War Department. We are hoping that this apparent gain of the enemy is not as vital as it looks to us back home, to ultimate success, but from this distance it is fraught with discourage ment and apprehension. We here at home must also face the fact that we cannot let up one minute on every effort that is for war until the actual news of the surrender of the enemy comes to us. We must realize that the period of the dura tion seems to lengthen and we must prepare to meet the demands which we should know by now will be greater than we anticipated. Caution Advised The $70,000,000 surplus in the State Gen eral Fund seems to attract all groups, agen cies and appropriation seekers, but many persons experienced in public finance are interested in keephTg within the amount of revenue that the State will receive, not mere ly for this year, or next but for the next decade or longer. Dr. Robert S. Rankin, professor of politi cal science of Duke University, and Alfred S. Brower, former head of the Division of Purchase and Contract, who is now a spe cial administrative assistant of Duke Uni versity, warn that the present high level of revenue won't last after the war is over. These experts point ut that there is ser ious danger that the State, misled by tem porary prosperity which is largely the direct result of huge war expenditures, may em bark upon a scale of living that will require funds greatly in excess of any amount that can be secured without a heavy increase in the State's rate of taxation. The huge surplus, which is a consequence of war prosperity has been accumulated for the greater part during the past three years, according to Dr. Rankin and Mr. Brower. It is the result of abnormally large collections of income and beverage taxation. When the war is over and the camps are closed in the state it is pointed out that the problem of the surplus will then appear in its true light a temporary one. The history of appropriations in North Carolina is another story. Once an agency is set up it usually expands and its demands for funds are constantly increasing. This is verified in the record of the total expendi tures out of the State's General fund. Since 1934 to the 1945 requests the latter has .grown from $23,9-81,932 to $61,000,000. If one views the state's, finances as in the light of a prudent business corporation, which it . should, as after all .its represents the money of the people in the form of taxes, the warning- is. sound business. . ' . i It is farther pointed out. that in all prob ability the revenue will never return to the pre-war level, but it is foolhardy to flunk that the increase of "nearly 100 per growth . directly out of war expenditures will continue permanently. While we are for progress and greater de velopment of the state agenciesj we find our selves definitely on the side of these experts, and feel that danger may lie-in this surplus, if not considered: With reservations. Living", cost notethe . new nickel cigar will cost only Te.- : .' On paper at least post-war air travel will be cheap. ET) KaNfiw Yprisvoursto make new respBitties, neopoiWieAl5ps new sorrows- I U t.tU . TV-&-cocca! Vision. 1945 comeToiHaeJuqhest, the I XU 11X111 VVJ.J.V- 1 n . I r -j Vmightiest.tidVtliat hasevercome flowing into our port 13 Wii v it ...v, l-slr mniirntn Iv into tne lace ot tc There are those who will look mournfully into the face of the New Year, ftiere are those .who will say thatthe world is still in the midst of a terrifying dream, bui iney aruie umunuies without vision. . in our own hearts each of us knows that the world could and should be a better place in which live. We know that war has no place in a good worlcb But we knowT too, that tyranny, injustice and 'hatred always lead toNwar. It is part of our job to see that those forces of evil are forever tamped out. America is a mighty nation, and .America is no more than a mul tiplication of our own, community. Each of us must have the vision to live'understandingly with our neighbors. We must not only be neighbors, we must be'good neighbors. Then the insidious forces which lead to violence have no soil in which to grow. They are as seed cast upon the rock. Our own community is proud of its past achievements. The past three years have taught us that we can do what we will in our own minds. The job we have done in the past gives us the courage and fortitude to face the future unafraid. We know that no problem is without a solution. So it is with a spirit oi genuine hope, a feeling of humility and a VrTrAy fliar-iVo fViat fViis nPwsraDer wishes each df vou P A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR! HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN Christmas has come and gone that it was by the merest chance that we learned of the contest. Here is the recipe: cup sugar 1 tablespoon cornstarch cup boiling water Vi cup fruit juice 2 tablespoons butter Salt few grains Mix sugar and cornstarch, to gether in saucepan. Add water slowly, mix well and boil for five minutes. Add fruit juice and boil two minutes. Remove from fire, add butter and salt. If canned fruit is used and juice is sweet, less sugar will be required. Or if juice is of desired sweetness, one cup of again, and is now tucked away with our memories of 1944. In many ways, regardless of the outlay of gifts, it was a false fronted Christ mas. Yet a brave one. Except for the very young, who in their tender age are not permitted to realize the tragedies of the world about us, most of us, no matter how hard we tried, could not forget those boys on combat lines. Underneath our cheerful attitude, we had misgiv ings. The traditional joy of the season was simply not ther if one had a heart. But with us all was hope that when another Christ juice may be used mas rolls around, peace will be If you look for it there is always some outstanding heart warming event that lingers as an aftermath in your thoughts of every Christ massome that give real joy to remembering. We have a hunch' that the Christmas cheer dispens ed by the Lions Club this year will qualify for this classification. At least we put it in 1-A. They got a list of fifty children in the Way nesville schools, who might need some of the necessities. They di vided the group into five children each. Then members of the club took them shopping. Just imagine how you would feel, if you needed a new coat, or a sweater, or if your clothes were in their last stages, and out of a clear sky somebody took you shopping and bought what you needed. The children were Toft or Vandenbrg GOP Senate Leader? White Not Forceful Enough? outfitted from undies to top coats, according to their urgent needs. Some were given shoes, overalls, and all nice warm new clothing to tide them over the winter weather. It is too bad that the Lions did not make pictures of the faces of these children. It would have been a marvelous testimonial of their good deeds. Those Lions who did the shopping, we bet, had one of the finest Christmas seasons they ever enjoyed. It should make everyone who took time to stop and place money on the dime board, know that it was well spent. Bas kets were also delivered to a num ber ef families. Happy New Year to the Lions, and may 1945 record an increase in their good works. We recommend the following fruit sauce recipe to be used with satisfying results on that stale Christmas cake that might have been left over. We guarantee that it will be transformed into an ap petizing state that will resemble much of its former delectable freshness. But the recipe would hot be complete to us here in Haywood without the story. The Kelvinator Manufacturing Com pany held a contest for home eco nomists throughout the country. They offered 40. prizes of $25 war bonds to tha prize- winners, and tha recipies were selected as to their "variety 'and taste appeal." Iiici dentially the Kelvinator Manufac turing Company is now devoting their efforts entirely to the manufacture-of materials of war, mak ing giant 2000 H.P. aircraft en gines, precision built propellers, and many other needed war time .products. So not wishing during this period to loose touch with the people who work along food lines, their peacetime busines, they held the contest. The following, one of the forty prize winners, won a war bond for Mary Margaret Smith, county home agent. Those of you who know Miss Smith, will readily understand what you win oi it. a opens up ro you water and half juice. The Herbert Braren's have a friend, Mrs. C. O. Chaffee, of Day tona Beach, who has lived her three score years and ten, and is still young. She recently gave her young friends her prescription for Good Health. Maybe at the close of the year, as we get our minds geared for another stretch on the highway of time, some of its home ly advice might be incorporated in our good intention list for '45. For we are all going to need to look after our nerves and health more than ever during the coming stren uous days: Do not hurry! Do not worry' Do not fail to rest. Sleep nine hours, rest two hours, Undisturbed is best. Eat some fruit, stem and root And vegetables galore Drink milk and cream, instead of half 4WASHINGT0N If Yov Burn a Bona! Save Serial Number Special to Cenirat Press BATTLE LINES ARE BEING DRAWN for the out-all struggle to determine which faction will control the Republican party In the Senate In the critical years ahead with President Roosevelt riding high on his fourth term victory. The Senate Republican conference composed of all GOP mem bers of the upper chamber will elect new leadership when the 79th Congress convenes on Jan. 3. That means the end of the acting minority leadership of mild-mannered Senator Wal lace White of Maine, who succeeded the late, great minority leader. Senator Charles McNary. I White, whose forcefulness has been questioned 1 even by his friends, may be succeeded by either Sen ator Robert A. Taft of Ohio or Senator Arthur Van- denberg of Michigan. Taft. a Republican conservative and pre-Pearl Harbor Isolationist, wants the job. Vandenberg. likewise conserva tive and "pre-lsolatlonist," Is not keen for it. But the backers of either meet stiff opposition from the growing "Internationalist" wing of the Republican party: the wing that roared with Wendell Wlllkie. and In the case of Senator Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota, supported Mr Roosevelt In a party bolt over for eign policy These "internationalists" feel hope for their party lies In "world-mlndedness." This new group would like to see Senator George D. Aiken of Vermont the minority leader, or his colleague from the Green Moun tain State. Senator Warren R. Austin. Both are champions of the administration's foreign policy. The GOP "New Dealers" probably will not win. PARTICIPANTS in the recent "bondfire" movement by Miami's Consolidated Vultee Aircraft corporation employes are requested by the treasury department to send In the serial numbers of the bonds they gleefully tossed Into a blazing bonfire. The treasury wants to scratch the numbers off their books. A spokesman added : "It's everyone's own business what he does with his bonds and It's his affair If he wants t6 use them far bonfires or wallpaper, but we don't encourage this sort of diversion." " ',. THE DEMONSTRATED WILLINGNESS of American industry to cooperate in a program of planned economy is perhaps the great est single encouraging factor for prosperity In the postwar period. Business leaders have shown, as never before, their belief in the principles of a full employment economy, based on high wages and low taxes, with a resultant high Income for United States Job holders. . Private organizations, sponsored by various leading business groups, have been busily mapping out ways and means of achieving goal of from 55 to 60 million workers profitably employed. A plan is under way toTpromote foreign trade to the point where the pnlted States. wiU export 10 billion dollars' worth of goods and ssrvlces annually, and Import 10 billions. .Government experts hail this phase of the post-war economic pro gram as a healthy demonstration of American industrya realization and adoption of theeconomic theory thst prosperity and a high standard of living Co this nation depends upon similar conditions in other lands. ." '' ' " '' ' " ' -VV-w w-- ' PROVISION FOR RETURIfTNG .'atranded fwV&feA-j-W as unemployment compensation, for government workers are' coming up on the Senate floor - -- o -- -.wmvuwwijf chLbci: viae- Uon the war mobilization subcommittee staff began , analyzing chances for such plans, which failed to get Into the reconversion measure. Senator Harley M. Kilgore (D ) of West Virginia.. Pjiv.ommlttee 'chairman rnni.oj tu. ...n Stranded. Workeri Problem -".VI.UVU mai an moilg hi' m ref,ardles8 of Party. "berals were elected." and announced N would offer a series of amendments to "liberalize" the George, reversion bill, enacted Just before the pre-election recess. Kilgore wOJ v.alt hoover, until the new Congress convenes to seek to get rine.if,W , 8tranded war woe-. provision and unemployment compensation for government workers. T7 F THE Peopl Do y,, ,,! Year Rluti,,, aK" make them all th, , I feel HfJ over ap-ain ;.l p ? ' s: lutionsT" 'l"ant Chas. 4, cause I break them." Ernest .1 n.,,.7. made them "' H Wayne V.,;7 , have." " to do the bes i ;:;7 Mrs. Paul ,..a,meu to make Mrs. J. r. 'nf,.,i K " " Year's yet." J- p. OienxZTZ.. 1 KUess usual resolutions." G. C. 'f..v , i am mg to make any ,esolli. Mrs. J n c;i. .... going to, for I make the J me the Vpar " 1 Grover DavU"C,nnA always try to do the b as I go along." 1KAINB ACTIONS I mivui asm (Re Recorded to Monkf vj l hx Week) John Rogers, et ux to Dr' Cline. C N. Allen, et al to Gii iora, et ux. East Fork TowuU Shay and Nellie Henson otha and Alton Henson. George Braillev, et ux W Heatherly. Chester A. Onuburn, et J. H. Braren, et ux. Chide Tnwvship C. C. Chambers, et us to Stevenson. M. O. Galloway, et ur to Medford. C. E. Brigps, et ux 'oA. nngton, et ux. Crabtre Ton-whip Ffed L. Medford, et ux fl W. Medford. Iron Duff Totcnhip R. Lee Noland, et ux td Clara Evans Palmer. Pigeon Toirvfhip W. E. Parris to Glenn A. et ux. Glenn A. Parris. et ux to Parris. Blake C. Wells, ft ux to Chambers, et ux. WrtiiHrsrilk TomA D. Reeves Noland. et W Bat Smathers. et ux. Hettie A. Salterthwaii u Satterthwait, Jr. Fannie Welch to J. et E. J. Moody, et ux to Oj lin. Robert I!. Pea ice. et M 1 THn.t lit 11V n r t .it U V li) ' 1 Waynesville. npnrirp G. Queen. George M. Queen, et ux. Robert B. I'earce, Frieda in"i"- - , T- f Georgie .muii i -"" R. V. Welch. to Harry et ux. . r Sue Norris to James- et ux. v ;tta Lrawimo - j. m i nr and J. 1 Fred W ood ami A. George, ei uaaais. ,.otVli Mrs. Lem Stepne" , M. Long, et ux. ff D. Reeves ria gin. . .... m Cl L. Alien. " Moody, et ux Laugh .. ..... .rparn. Then go Wait Thus about f III V" J . ni3Tl a'" i your Walk and home and & J Then go Do this as long 3 " t)on't mi rjind those oum Upon, you That is a Which u port n a) s ...J .on H Now eat and ' honey- ff Don't mi Mlt R vonrself. be a sh""VJ And we Oder Groi R.r-L" both of Canton r-vri:r L. IB