THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
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THE MOUNTAINEER
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Waynesville, North Carolina
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TUESDAY. APRIL 27, 1948
Schools Closing
This week two of the high schools in Hay
wood ounty will close their year of work.
Y'acatiun" time will make them free to help
with spring chores at their homes and some
..t i he most persistent of the students will be
pu-sentetl a piece of paper that can rightly
In: cherished a high school diploma. The
oilier .schools in the county, which are a
month later m starling their classes, will be
:ning through the same process the latter
part of next month.
Fur a number ol reasons it is a widespread
belief that schooling is something that is not
supplied to be liked. Many students, if not
the majority, do enjoy attending school and
leahze that they are getting something fine;
tnjoying one of the American privileges, a
pait of "our way of life" that hopes to achieve
equal opportunities for all. Still it is com
mon, and has been for possibly as long as
thcie have been schools or will be. to be
lieve that many of the subjects taught have
no practical use. that schooling isn't worth
the time and trouble to attend, and that a
bov or girl should quit as soon as possible and
start doing something useful, at least more
enjoyable. How else can be explained the
large number of voung people who drop out
ot school before completing work on a dip
loma'.1 We do not wish to go into the many advan
tages of formal education. However, it is
our intention to point out that schools should,
and most of them do. achieve two goals.
First, they teach knowledge . . . facts and
i-iu-ra! information, and enough of it so that
a small percentage will be remembered. Sec
ui.dlv. they teach the habit of thinking, of
taking the knowledge learned and applying it
in personal ways. The more subjects a stu
dent exposes hjmself to. the wider will come
his range of thinking, and the better ability
he is building to enter the more complicated
htc of present day.
't here are striking exceptions to the rule,
but records show that ability to earn money
depends to a great deal on the amount of ed
ucation possessed. A successful life is not
to be me'asUrtd by a person's bank account,
but the educated thinking person, who is
willing 'to use his knowledge, can also be of
the greatest service to his fellow man. We
salute the graduating classes at Fines Creek
and Crabtree and hope that all students in
the grades below will be determined to fol
low in their footsteps and also receive their
high school diplomas.
BUT ONE SWAuOW DOESN'T MAKE JUNE
4m
Growing Together
In last Friday's edition of The Moun
taineer, the news was carried that the
Southern Bell Telephone System "looks
with favor"' on building ruraJ lines into the
lower end of the county. This comment
came after an ofiicial had looked over the
list of 305 names of citizens in that area re
questing telephone service.
Today we are publishing a letter from
the vice president of the same corporation,
commenting on a recent editorial we had
in which we pointed out the faith Southern
Bell had in this county and community. The
ofiicial confirms this faith in his letter, which
we are happy to have received.
We have every reason to bejieve that
Southern BeU.wiU push forward on this ru
ral project. We realize that it wiH take time,
and that such things just do not materialize
overnight.
We are happy too, that Southern Bell
realizes that Haywood is progressive, yoA
one of the best balanced counties in the
south today.
We are also confident that Southern Bell
is anxious to grow along with Haywood,
and be a vital part in the progressive deveV
opmen fckh W ahead, iwc tta wutfjt-
Is American Family Life
On Its Last Legs?
Is the American family systern cracking
up? We have had some alarming divorce
statistics of late which would suggest an .
affirmative answer. The divorce rate in 1946
shattered all records, indicating that one of
every three marriages in America will end,
in total collapse before the 15th year of mar
ried life. It is learned from a survey of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company that
this is double the divorce ra,te of the period
just before World War II and. triple the rate
prevailing 25 years ago.
The threat to American family life was '
clearly pictured by Rev. W. Perry Crouch of
Asheville in his messages at the Christian
Home Clinic conducted by the Baptist here
recently. Mr. Crouch observed that the sharp i
increase in the rate of divorces was a part
of the aftermath of war. Wartime marriages,
he said, broke up because they had been
entered hastily or because of difficulties of
postwar living such as the housing shortage. ;
The Asheville minister effectively made use
of these divorce causes in seeking to guide
young people into unshakeable marriage.
The 1946 divorce figures, of course, pre
sent a gloomy outlook for American home!
life. But fortunately the 1946 rate is not j
being continued, later statistics are showing -and
this fact should dispel some of the pessi-l
mism. It should put new courage into the '
hearts of those who recognize that a stable ;
home life is the foundation stone of ourj
civilization. j"
The Metropolitan's survey reveals that ;
preliminary figures for 1947 indicate at least j ,,,,., . , ,
r , . . . , , , . 1 We all tell so -oiT l or lain but
a 25 per cent reduction in the record-breaking lhel.v seemt,t () b(, lll)lhjll(, UL,
divorce rate of 1946. There was a 34 per cent 1 could do. He v;. hu own worst -:- -:- -:-
drop in Nevada divorces, a 21 per cent de- j "iwny and had to take ilic coiise- While we were admiring our new
. . , xr i -!-. ' . , ofl queiices. It na.-, t lie first one t liat glass front, we discovered how
cline in New York City, more than a 20 perjaJwas umJkJ ;n 1VMjluljolls luch it wa's being ;l(Jmired by a
cent reduction in Florida, Michigan and he might have. Tlv fir! one never fair maiden on the sidewalk. It
sufficed anil called lor one more served as a perfect reflector while
. . . and more. - Ioiik as there , she fixed her hair and did a coin
was any within reach lie continued plete make-up job.
until lie was ' slullid He was such -:- -:- -:-
that one
should not be a cure for relaxation of efforts I 'lu, m "'" " """""
in family life training. There is still a threat. ; ' ... ... ...
"Coming events cast their sha
dows before" the old adase runs.
We think of lli.it when e see
housewives noirifi by loaded down
MIRROR OF YOUR MIND
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Are pictures mor interesting than words?
Rambling 'Round
-Bits Of Human Interest News Pfcked Up By Members
Of The Mountaineer Staff
with a broom, mop and cleaning
powders. Spring cleaning!
Texas.
The new statistics seem to make it clear
that the American family system is not yet;
on its last legs. But the encouragement j a charade. uh oni
Answer: Yea, at least to roost
newspaper readers, reports Bert
W. Woodburn in the Journalism
Quarterly. Experiments show
three times as many men and four
times as many women "read" the
average one-column picture as
the average news story, while one
three-column picture will "stop"
three-fourths ol all readers. Early
habits always remain stronger
than those acquired later, and all
of us liked to look at pictures be
fore we learned to read. I wonder
how many of you would look at
this column if it were not illustrated.
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Does being bald make a man
stingy?
Answer: No. That's one r f v i
most curious ideas I've yet in-..!
suggested. The one possible cil, , t
of baldness on a person's j p,, ,.
tion might be to make li;m . :
conscious, and a man h,, i
(Copyright, l!48. Kine Fenlm.- Svml, .. .
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VOICE
OF THE
PEOPLE
What type of fishing do you like
best?
Capital Lett
By THOMPSON GREENWOOD
Ernest Duvall: "Trout fly fish
ing. That's the best sport (here
is."
Seen passing: a very dignified
attorney with both hands ex
tended to their limit with a full
supply of Coca Colas.
The gathering of the clan: sun
shine brings together again the
iContinued on Page Threel
In one of his messages at the Baptist
church. Mr. Crouch presented some reveal
ing statistics that ought to show the way for
a strengthening of family life in America.
After noting that in the postwar era divorce
was ruining one of every three marriages,
the minister declared that figures compiled
just before the war showed that only one" of
every 117 marriages in which the parties were
Christians, were winding up in divorce. He
expressed the opinion that, even after mak
ing allowance for the unstable wartime mar
riages, this rate in the postwar era is prob-,Sonu. o)
ably no worse than one in 50. throngs that (luck daily to the Na- lery. H is estimated 1 hat before
A church background, it seems, means I""1 Xri (:i')l"r u '"; fwl hey returned to Cermany
v I "Id masters 1 corn the Berlin Mu- more than 300,000 persons will
much in the success ot marriage. Youth con-1 s,,llms )(W ,ils)l:n ,T,t.st. ari, have seen them,
templating marriage would do well to recog- i pictures that belonged to the Cer- The 202 pictures in the collcc-
nize that. Churches, instead of resting onI"lans Ut,'"'('
E I)S
Island what makes them great.
By JANE
ii.v-mii.vuhm i.ois in ioiks wnetner tney understand tneni or
say they jnsl don't understand art. j not. the paintings have drawn rec-
llii--c lulks aie in the ord crowds to the Nation,. I Gal-
Jimmy Bracket!: "I'd lather cast
for bass than any type of fishing
I've ever done."
I). F. Whitman: "1 like to sit on
a river bank holding a pole, with
a good shade tree near by."
I,. G. Elliott: "My kind of fish
ing is lake (ishing. with an old
time pole find red worms."
Roy Parkman: "Trout fishing,
where you can keep moving and
don't gel impatient when the fish
aren't luting fast enough."
I.. N. Davis: "Fresh water Irout
is the greatest sport fishing of all.
Lake and ocean fishing are fine,
but I don't think either can beat
our mountain trout."
EFFICIENT Men who t i ..
i some lime to run for Cimiii.
should not fail to visit the ( li.ni
Johnson headquarters for a If u
in efficiency in organization
strictly business . . . with a tin.
. . . a rope in some cases . in:
ning into every counts in
Carolina . . . and then little -inn.
out into the precincts. So. the n,
is being formed . . . and il udl h
difficult for you to escape n i
I in some cases . . . say the u pm;
j. . . the organization is re;, inn
right down into city block,.
Since Johnson is a er linni
ly, easy-going fellow, he li e. n i.,i
friends through hi.s long imple
ment for the Stale. As a li.e.eln
I auditor many years ago. In i,,.i,
! contacts with clerks nl mini .
other county oll'icnds in iw
county in North Carolina. Di pin
the fact that many ol tin- e n.i i
aie now out of oil'ice. lie'- ii
maintain their affection-, Pa i n.,i
lie and are using 11, en pelih, ., , . i
neetions to help him. For in -i.hu -
one lornier clerk t,i cumi m ;-i
tip- war -not those tion were found in a salt mine a!
, , . i j u --niMtii ii, on oinei i i -s.i iuei ners Lieiinanv n iicnera
their laurels, should be so encouraged by! T(u. ,axj (,V1I, ,()Vt,1,nm,m PattonV Third Annv "i ia The
., . : ..ui.. f:i..i;r ,,
tneir past contriouiions u Mduie wuuty inc;cierKs. nouseuiM v lioneymooners, Army sent the collection to the i ,.,-v
that thev will seek to be of even greater scimk.i ciiiKtren. larnurs say ihey United States for "safe-keeping un-
vilt.p in the future in guiding their people don 1 'l""1' ' y''' llu' ," h '' b"t , 'l could be returned to its right
value in tne luture in guioing tneir f 'they like Ihe pa.mings. They crowd tul owners. " There was some pro
through successful married life, lhere should, in muvs htioi,- them Tiny look test that the paintings should m-v-
be more programs Such as the One recently tal the pietun-s a long time, as if er have been removed from Ger-
conducted by Smithneld Baptists. TheJ1, '''"'' '" ""d''''- '"a"-Tt"--Army argued that it had
Smithfield Herald. i
simply taken the collection inlo
protective custody when it was de
cided storage conditions in Ger
many were not satisfactory.
The paintings are now about lo
he sent back to Germany. They
were put on exhibition by the gal-
veral weeks ago so that
Americans could have the oppor
tunity of seeing them while they
were here. The collection is estim
ated In he worth at least $110,000.-
000. 11 includes 1 r Keinbrandts, five
'Continued on I'age Three)
Grace Dean Leathers pod is vale
dictorian of senior class. Mildred
Crawford I'hilhps is salulatorian.
.Jane Troy Vv'yche in.iki
It Made Good Reading
The platforms of some of the candidates
are simply amazing, and yet, some are so
amazing that they become pathetic.
Take;$he platform of W. F. Stanley, of
Kiostofr, who announced and filed as a can
didate for governor. He proposed open bars,
better schools, S3 license tags, bonuses for all
veterans, better prison 'camps, and state in
stitutions, and lower taxes.
After the million and a half state ballots
had been printed. Mr. Stanley found his
K W -- 1 1 r 1 -I "4 mil nn fKo nofoccoru f i n
w uu iu 1 1 KUI J " : arrived to spencl
ances. so he tried to withdraw, but aJas, it ! Birchwood Mali,
was too late to get his name off the ballot.: -
If Mr. Stanley could have shown a practical i
way to have carried out his platform, he
would not have had to have any financial
backers. The voters of the state would have
almost nominated him by acclamation. But
failure to explain how he could fulfill all (
his proposals as set out in the platform was
something else.
Looking Back Over The Years
Mr. and Mr(. U T. Lee celebrate
501. h weddilmg anniversary.
ID YEAKS AGO
13 YEARS AGO
Columbia University ol New
York leases Spiingdale. a 1,500
Mie farm situated on Pigeon River.
tor the purpose of establishing a
' rfew college camp where students
will study natural science.
supei- C'nmmpncpmiiii ,v--iL,.L i .
lor rating ' among 400 musicians vva, ,m.. 1,1.1. . , ' .'
-t u.. ,,1111 .SL IJUlll 111 ei
underway Friday night.
llie new district Chamber of
ini-ic coiitest hid
competing in
in Charlotte.
Ma.vor Way i--ncs ornelaniat ion
on clean-up week
Mrs. Fred Marlev. ot Lenoir has
slimmer at
Commerce nears goal ol $1.0(10 bv
aji 1.
I Alexander's Drug Store has an
-attractive window display honor
ing the graduates of '33.
5 YEARS AGO
Mis. Carl liatclilTe leaves for
Indio. Calif., to be near her hus
band who is stationed at Camp
Young.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers, of the
Crablree section are given surprise
family reunion when they had with
them 12 of their 14 children.
Dorothy .lanes is elected to the
legislative body of the student gov
ernment of Asheville College.
Zeb Moody leaves for Palo Alto.
Calif , to spend several monttts
with his son. Boyd Moody.
Mr. and Mrs. Asbury Howell re
turn after a visit to Northern cities.
-They'll Do It Every Time
Big Profits Many Cases
Although the Asheville ABC stores have
sold enough liquor since last December to
realize $133,000 profit to date, it has not put
a stop to the operation of stills in the hills,
as evidenced by the work of a group of
Haywood deputies the other night, when a
55-gaJloo "copper-' was cut down.
And according to the police record in the
capital of Buncombe, there appears to be an
unusuajly large number of cases brought be
fore the bar of justice for violation of the
prohibition laws.
I ADVISE V&U
TO PAV HER.
THE AUMOUY,
MC STOOP.
IP -YOU DON'T
THE JUD6E WILL
PUT YOU IN
N JAIL
Let's all resolve during the coming tourist
season to dp our utmost in every way to
l&eep th town as clean as possibl.
how cam 1 m rr
Whem 1 haven't got
IT? AMD I'D RATHER.
ROT IN JAIL BEFORE
ID GIVE THAT WOMAN
ANOTHER CENT IF I
WD HAVE IT OkAy-
LET cM. ARREST
ME ' LET-ff 4.'.'
COUNT FEED ME.'
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BUT
ITS AMAZINS
WHAT A DIF
FERENCE JUST
TWO MlNUTeS
in the clink
Will make
By Jimmy Hatlo
Al "TWI tc; MCvin
Thev got me in -tup
JU6.' COME DOWN A
VX Hyt iK 1 -.E- AATZ
OUTA THIS JOINT
WHAT? THE POLISH?
x know Where i
V CAN RAISE
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1 u I i (Set M ;
I AM , Trit HATLO HWTP 1
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Letters
I tin nil
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Ike' Second Refusal
Big Aid t Truman
Special to Central P'tss
ItrrASHINGTOX Gen. Du.tl.t I), ilkii Eisef
w
nouncement throiifjli Iiim iI'-m;
that he would refuse a Litn.e. ntu
was good news to politienl!;,
It buoyed Mr. Truman's h
nowhere else to go. Many :mti -'1 1 uu,x
are hoDeful that Ike nutlit Ii.
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P.iiioiriil
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pave Reiiulihi ai.s in J
Hail KiM i.h.AM 1
servers U li 1 1..- )
against Mr.
They (ifjui.ii
delegates, c. 11
south, an. I
support I n in 1
Ho.vev. r, v.,
clarcd l-in ' If
take Mr 'i --'
go to tin 1'
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Can. Dwight D. amer.ui. :
Eiienhowr h-is '-'
coiieerii' t
grist for the Moscow prupa;
The amendment gives I!
say what United States
curtain countries'. FW
More important, it provM.s t!-.t '
receive no aid if they refviM t ! ' . l
j u. Ti.ll.J Ct..e ! ' 1.1-t'S 10 .,1
on gwus me unncu , a-'
The focal point of Moseew 1 1-1 -' aj 0-
.:Ui'
has been the charge that 1 "It
thi inter;
M
mis fir
th
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"imperialism" and interfrr.::f
countries.
United States government
used by Moscow to "subsu
and other ERP countries 1
no business legislating the e;
Some Capitol Hill obsorv. :
amendment will result in its '
U In thn toint conference staf-'
STASSEN BIDS FOR V, I,."B ..
nouncing he will not enter t "' " stltfi
has made an . open bid to ' ''!l'' L.nal (cr'11
Earl Warren withdraws at the r-- ,
U la cousiaerea nnciy
"catcb. on." In that event, t
ever candidate they choose
Political observers think i t
breaks with Taft, Dewey
chanc of sriaring some of
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, the L
STALIN'S "N9 COMMKN r
ippl, ia telling friends 011 1 ':
Stalin reacted to an invita...--'
SUUa and "telk things
Truman. inut'"a
Oolw ajd. he extendi-' 1 " n of '
when he Vlatted Moscow (!U ,,IiC,ns "'Ol
Th MlaeUwippiaa said: ' (pk thitif'
to come to the United Stt. 1 ; !ti'
dwt ald, he did so t
we could da business." . .,:
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