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1 " ' ' , .,,..,. .1 I I. I I ,, , - I -I I ...I II , .l.ll! , . - . "THE MOUNTAINEER 1 Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone TOO ' "Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Editor W. Cnrto. Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY HAYWOOD COUNTY One Tear M OO Six Months 1.7S NORTH CAROLINA One Year $4 00 Six Months - $2.25 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Year $4.50 Six Months - 2.50 Entered at (be post ulfi.e at Woiwmillr. N. C . Seeun.l Cbw Itall Matter, tig protidril un.lt'l thr .Ut ot Mar.li , 1X7.1. Nuvrwber 114. Obituary nutlets, resolutions uf r'pevt, eanl of tluiiku, mid all noticts of tntertainineiit for profit, will be ohanred fur at tit? rale of one ami a half ceuii, per woial. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled en-hiMvely to the use for re publication of all the Ux-al neus printed in this newspaper, aa weU aa all AP news dispatches. Delicious Apples We are somewhat disappointed by the esti mate that Haywood's apple crop this year will be in the neighborhood of 150,000 bushels. Like everyone else, we had hopes that the spring frosts had not done as much damage as first thought. The crop that will be harvested, however, is said to be of unusual quality, and that goes a long ways on the market. It is character istic of Haywood apples that their flavor is in a class all by itself. While many orchardmen might not have to pay much income taxes this year, we ad mire their attitude of pushing ahead for a bigger and better croj next year. On the other hand, 150,000 bushels is a lot of apples, and at the present prevailing prices, that means many a dollar coming into the countv. AT THE CROSSROADS NATIONAL DITOMAL ASSOCIATION m bp fanfti Carotin kV TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1947 The New Hotel The news that ground has been broken for a $100,000 hotel to be completed by next season is news of the first magnitude for this section. The fact that the hotel is being built, and will be operated by Haywood people who have proven themselves to be successful in the business is another encouraging phase of the news. Claude Medford and his son, John Med ford, have successfully operated hotels at Lake Junaluska over a period of many years. They are known far and wide for their busi ness ability, both as hotel operators, contrac tors and business men. Another interesting fact about the an nouncement is the rural hotel plan which the Medfords have underway. This plan is not new to this area. In fact, it has already proven to be one of the most profitable of all hotel operations. One need go no further than Gatlinburg for proof.. This newspaper predicted some months ago that the Dellwood-Maggie area was destined to become the "Eastern Gatlinburg" of the .Park area, provided care was taken to see that cheap buildings did not clutter the section. The fact that a hotel costing $100,000 is going up right in the center of the section mention ed above, we have every reason to believe now, more than ever, that the second Gatlin burg is underway. - For many, many years, efforts have been made to get additional hotel facilities in this .section. Some have been built, but the sup ply is still far short of the demand. Numer ous modern tourist courts have been erected which has relieved the situation to some de cree. We have every reason to feel that the hotel Mr. Medford and his son are building will be a profitable investment, as well as a distinct asstjjjjth$ fejn.tire area. ;: 'XU ' Back In Business It looks like the Young Democrats are get ting set for the next general election. Ac tivity of the organization was limited during the war years, but now there is a comeback with lots of determination on the part of the group. An active organization does more than just get votes during an election. Such a group stimulates interest all during the year, keeps the personal contacts, and becomes united on general policies. From here it looks like the group is getting ready to keep the cause of the Democrat party constantly before the people of this county. Insects In Cars The report from Greensboro that a bug inside an automobile caused the driver to lose control, with the result that five persons were injured in a wreck, is not the first account of this kind that has appeared re cently. So many such cases have been reported, in 'fact, that flying insects may be considered one of the hazards of the road. Consequent ly, a regular part of the instruction of every student driver should be, "How to Keep Your Head When an Insect Gets in the Car." Quoting Senator Medford: "I fepl this rommunitv will make more Among the millions of species of flying in- I urogress in the next ten years than I MIRROR OF YOUR MIND It li S-J stories "uninhibited"? s4' ... A I -, Rambling 'Round Bits Of Human Interest News Picked Up By Members Of The Mountaineer Staff sects at large in the world, those in temper ate climates that can inflict pain or injury on man are limited almost entirely to the bee and wasp families and are easily recognized. All the others are perfectly harmless, though perhaps a little obnoxious as traveling companions. Granting that the bug any bug is not the most prepossessing creature in nature, the driver should reflect that not even a yellowjacket can send him to the hos pital or to the graveyard; whereas an auto mobile wreck will almost certainly land him in one of those unpleasant places. It would be better, therefore, to endure the pain of a sting than to risk the lives of all per sons in the car by fighting an insect instead of keeping your mind on your driving. But the chances are a thousand to one that you won't be stung. When a bee or a wasp finds himself suddenly trapped in a glassed in prison, he is so bewildered that he has no impulse to sting. All he wants is to get out again. If you will simply let him alone, you will notice that he hovers along the wind shield until the air current guides him to the ventilator wing, and he flies out. Or, if he can't find his way out, wait until you are on a straight stretch of road, slow down to a safe speed, and gently uge him toward the window. We mean gently, be cause it is the suddent motion that makes him sting. Shoo him without scaring him, and, as soon as he sees the opening, he will gladly fly out. The Charlotte Observer. i it has in the past fifty years.' It was a brand new car, shiny and up to the very minute. It bore a West Virginia license plate which glistened in the sun as the owner proudly swept the vehicle close to the curb. He and his com panion ... an exceedingly pret ty girl . . . got out of the car. and he locked it carefully, then dropped two nickles in the park ing meter. All of this procedure was strictly on the correct side of the proper thing to do . . . that is, all but one tiny little detail. He had parked the car on the wrong side of the street. Seen on Main Street: two young men eating bananas, one right af ter the other. After they had fin ished three extra large ones each, they carefully put the skins in a bag and deposited it all in a side walk trash can, then walked mer rily on their way. Exactly twenty years ago they had come to Waynesville on their honeymoon . . . and now they were returning to the same hotel for their anniversary. Unfortun ately the hotel was crowded and they were unable to obtain the same room they had occupied before but were given one that had formerly been a parlor. Some of the furniture still remained, including a five-branched candel abra holding white tapers. After the couple had departed, the maid found the five tapers (Continued on Page Three) Are tellers f risque Answer: Less so than they think, at any rate. For the subjects that we love to joke about are those in which we are intensely interested, but do not quite dare to let ourselves admit that we take seriously. People who are really "uninhibited" and happily married seldom have much inter est in risque stories, any more than people with good appetites who are not hungry do in joking about eating. The psychologist suspects that anyone whose talk is constantly "off color" is a vic tim of fear or frustration. r . 0n " extjamj , '""i!haif,i Is it "selfishness" that causes nervous breakdowns? Answer: The immediate cause is much more apt to be an effort to be too "unselfish" or too "con scientious lor ones own goud, and so bring on a revolt of what ICon.rlrht l47. King Futures Syndicate. Inc.) i:ie li.L V. k . ,1 is J unions Fr,;,w, 'edonaj nana iiv VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Do you think Carolina will avenge their Sugar Bowl loss to Georgia in the football game on Saturday, September 27 at Chap el Hill? Jimmy Reed: "I prefer to see Carolina win. Georgia has a hard team to beat, but I believe the Tar Heels will do it." Bill Rogers: "I'd say Carolina will beat them by 13 points." 7V4WfaH0l Too Far South We had a sneaking idea that Senator Claude Pepper, of Florida, had been an- proached about the possibility of being the small judgment possess the power to arrest Democratic vice presidential candidate in the and imprison others, the best of citizens at Another Officer Runs Amok North Carolina is having something akin to an epidemic in police brutality, to judge from the summer's news reports. The slaying of a police chief by a state highway patrolman, the beating of a recap tureii prisoner by patrolmen down in the eastern section of the state, the killing of a Negro suspected of theft by a Durham police man a few months ago, are among the var ious incidents reported. And now comes the story of the Dunn constable who shot a tear gas gun into the face of a man he had ar rested for being drunk, the gas destroying one of the prisoner's eyes and gravely endan gering his life. Incidents of this sort strongly emphasize the growing need for much greater care in the selection of law enforcement officers. Con stables are elected by the people within giv en townships, and unfortunately, too few citizens give much thought to the qualifica tions of the men who run for this relatively minor office. But any job which gives to its holder the authority of a police officer is im portant enough for voters to give much thought to the qualifications of those who seek it. When men of quick temper and next election. When the senator was here, something was mentioned to him as a possible (running mate with President Truman. The senator graciously brushed aside the question from a reporter. Senator Pepper, as you recall, made the initial statement, after a White House visit, that Mr. Truman should pick his running inate, and that the man should be a liberal. The records show that Senator Pepper times may be subjected to undue humiliation, mayhem or murder. It probably cannot be repeated too often that the maintenance of an orderly society under the aegis of true democracy depends, upon the intelligent, Tiumane and fair ad ministration of the laws. Such administra tion does not imply any laxity or undue soft ness toward proven violations and violators of the laws. But it does imply sane, even knows his way around Washington, but the tempered, firm but fair and humane treat- odds are against any man south of the Mason- meat of all persons who come into .contact iOison line being named on a national Demo- with the officers of the Law. The Twin City icretic ticket Sentinel. APARTMENT TO LET: $27 A MONTH WITH HOUSE BOY FREE By HOWARD DOBSON i For Jane Eads) WASHINGTON Know anybody who wants an apartment for $27 a month? And a house boy for noth ing? That sort of query could get you fractures in any gathering. Yet that is exactly the offer the Navy makes. It is talking about Zeno Wall, Jr.: "From a person al standpoint I'd like very much to see Carolina get sweet revenge. Their two first games will be their hardest. If they get by Georgia and Texas they'll go through the season undefeated ... If Carolina wins the Georgia game it'll be by two or more touchdowns." J. Hayes Alley: "I hope they get revenge, but don't believe tfley will." Ronda Henderson: "I hope Caro lina will win." ' Yokosuka, Japan, where the fami lies of its officers and enlisted men are living in what seems to be more than' some splendor. The Navy announced recently, for no reason that is readily appar ent, that its Griffin Park Housing Area in Yokosuka, five-room apart ments and six-to-seven room duplex In Washington you could get homes are available tor these iami- j if you could find one a five-room lies. The rent, the Navy added, runs ; apartment for $85 a month, if the about 90 cents a day. landlord had not heard about the House boys go with the deal. (Continued on Page Three) Paul Davis: "I think Carolina will do It, but probably not by more than one touchdown." Looking Back Over The Years 5 YEARS AGO C. E. Ray's Sons have opened tliu second floor of their store for re tail business. This adds, several hunrded square feet of space to the firm. More than 110,000 pounds of scrap material has been collected by junk dealers in the county dur ing the past few weeks. Still further reduction in long distance and local phone calls is essential in order to assure vital war calls the quickest possible service. Mr .and Mrs. T. C. Norris celeb rated their 26th wedding annivers ary this week with a dinner at their home, "The Maples ". Miss Jeanette Burgin and Lester Burgin, Jr., left Tuesday for Mars Hill where they will attend college this year. Lt. Wade Franklin. U. S. army, has been made commander of Com pany "D" at Fort Jackson. E. J. Duckett has received a commission as lieutenant in the Navy and has reported for duty. 10 YEARS AGO Jerry Rogers, of Canton, former president of the Haywood Young Democrats Club, was named chair man of the 13th district of the state group, which includes the 11th Con gressional District. The 1937 apple crop in Haywood County will perhaps be larger than any year on record. Naturally with a bumper crop prices fall to almost give-away figures. IJobert Wagenfeld, former high school football player, is among the candidates out for daily prac tice under Coach Doc Newton, of State College. Mr. and Mrs. William Cham bers will leave on Saturday for Philadelphia where they will spend two weeks as the guests of the former's parents. The following girls have gone to Greensboro, where they will at tend the North Carolina College for Women: Miss Billie Rotha, Miss Thomasine Stringfield, Miss Abbie Fay Henry and Miss Sara Jane Walker. Mrs. C. C. Francis, Mrs. Annie Francis, and Walter Francis re turned on Sunday from Monroeville and Atlantic City, N. J., where they visited relatives. I Theyll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo STRAI6HTEN WRINKLED? IF you WCEGL LOOKS.LIeS a JLfrl 5fgi THAT OUMMV UP A BIT) Vff ASK ME(SOMEBODy f WHAT THE WELL- VN U flfljfl CECIL. HE LOOKS A J) SHOULD STI2AI6HTEM DRESSED MAN WLL 44 AH llllkLlTTLE wWNKLED-Js: V UP THE WINDOW S WEAR, WHEN HE'S ) W " 'EHIND THE Sr.PNF: With the vihoom display dapper daw- T?Wt6 Qsy Vasqli and JOHNNV.FTTF I43fca8 PHIL A Ffc., Capital Lette: By THOMPSON GREENWOOD GOOD HEALTH Duiinu lh, last Legislature, when the N Carolina Good Health I'mumm was hitting on all cylinders, tun one was made to feel acutely iln need for more hospitals and medi cal centers. Some of the outstand ing physicians and hospital super, intendents in the State led in lin hue and cry for greater ser iees "make North Carolina the (luud Health State," they said. Yet, somehow, in all this talk, and in all the reams of puhlmn written about our health needs, l nurses and the desperate need fur 1 'ur bilurt nurj "!'. CD to . k I in m l.KT eiff '' ': th.m $! "Mi KE M " SITIAT them, their salaries and the hum they work and the conditios under which they have to work in Nuiih Carolina did not enter the picture They are the backbone of any medi cal institution. Although hospitals and cians are now making more I'.k PvntiuTic-l 'll"! !,r:.l' 1 iiursej ' s- niurr mliai daiiri' ut mjiii M llir'. uit, i.urx's to sii.ed Hurk Hi'inomM r ai;d 1 he toft U 1' in-ill vim' Ot due-ii I a.altrr-siith anl a:,'ii'ii ulknconi! ureal mt in- uiucar. II lai -pil.il don't nun i' .ibuul their m plHM- hum- a:ir. Pit a moni'v Cuiiliiaud on Pa HUG Fear Forgert W On Leave Bona Acheson Death May Ban "Special" VIP Flights Special to Central Press nrTAeuiMfiTflVOnp result of the B-17 crash VV uiiiH r.mee Atchcsnn, Jr.. tup political ainl -a.k. i. Pvnivii'J to be an order m .,..f.:.v.. uio. , .mtwtant rcrsonsl in tuetl CUH "? " V; ' " . , I -lu'VC'l. will hi sucn mgn-ranKing tu.u. -take passage on the regular Am.,v or Nay t Pi ating between the Far tasi an" u.c eu. - Both -the ATC and NATS have envwt. aM 1 ,lr,.irmmr, to mainiaiu i.n... j .--....i H.l,t n,a,--,!liri'. WtllCh seriueu 1 fuel steps on tla- Ions Xt? ' .- .riv .m.l NATS a veieian.i ,-i - understand-why the fu.l W a .u ..,1.1,,-nv Ini-ai'll h-U was passed up ''' ,,u' ; They do nut au'.-; ston is too lin 1 point out that tl in find the tiny 1 cab it m e ill i the tR vx;.laiaW In lina 111 CJd a .r ra-i i.-lari'l-arel as mil s neve have run shoil the B-17 crash. ,Ji was George ' Atcheton, Jr. iaad to storr em my 11 the H't. 1 v an CIS can charH . r i unF.n-SoHiers worm m " ,.rltl, miu nunc tj'- enemy to defeat. The beachhead is the bank, tl of iforirers. C tfor Cash) Day m terminal leave bonds for money js Secret Service Chief Maione. jorpB taction of the country s tuueiu., fieH day. , ... ,1 0,10 cases Maloney points out that moat i- i.cretsd United States checks anu uua.n gated during the last year involve.i M.:(,d gangsJ Crooks, operating singly ami m JiSJbJi, conceivable dodge to steal allotn ..... 1 m checks, then forged enuorsiu. haul approached four million do... The Secret Service head figun any length to "cut in" on the t leave bonds will bring. He urf, " of veterans before cashing bonus POLITICAL CHANGES-L ' ' resignation of National Comnutt- 1 on whether his doctor ordeis h Hannegan will know the .i:i...' from Hawaii where he is vaia-u-Clinton Anderson. Anderson has been rumored m political post, but one Dcm" t' may choose instead to run fur t' Carl A. Hatch decides not to 1 ' This source believes that Aia ' traditional stepping stone to 1 - ' Anderson, known to be suffein -nied reports that he would q ' health. NO CAG Anti-filibuster 1. u Republican control of the' ' Democrats were in charge of - The reason is that, while so mare vociferous about it ' 'Democrats and Republicans t -states who regard the filih"' r ' might weed some day. . Senator Patrick A. McCan right to filibuster. He explain'- 'It states of small populalun limited debate, the more pop"' "' live reasons or otherwise, dt!" ,ur ot their right to their ti the cr: ,, ami e :,s to r .:-al elen '." Mlf ft" aim v officials ;'n. ;h AmciH v,iv w .-a'.e 194'' la if1 ' .-.has' ",aa. corH ' met . -era r- .v.iut 4 .-.hen ,urula:a tWT . lit' l-.av P" orH '.titH ijfi