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THE MOUNTAINEER
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Wain Street Phone 700
- - Waynesville, North Carolina
The County Seat of Haywood County
, PuWishad By- . . .... ...
THE WAYNES VILLE PRINTING CO.
W. CURTIS RUSS Editor
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ne.s dispatches
Thursday Afternoon. April 28. 1949
Uncalled For Destruction
The destruction of the community signs
in Iron Duff last week-end was discouraging
news.
The civic leaders of the 100-family com
munity had erected the signs on Saturday
niurning. and sometime that night, the signs
were wrecked. The wrecking was the result
ot just downright, uncontrollable meanness.
The same spirit that prompted the erec
tion of the signs swung into action, and with
in 24 hours, the wrecked signs had been re
stored. The uncalled for destruction of the signs
is a direct slap at progress and cooperation,
because it was both of these that prompted
the forward looking citizens to start the
movement to improve their section of the
county.
We hope for two things
First, that the incident in Iron Duff will
not in any way curb intentions of other com
munities for erecting suitable signs and mark
ers throughout their community.
'- Second, that the guilty party or parties are
swiftly brought to court, and made to pay
pearly for their cowardly actions.
The People Will Decide
Governor Scott has officially set Saturday,
June 4, as the date for the election on the
highway bond issue.
Governor Scott wants the people of North
Carolina to vote their approval for issuing
S200.000.000 in bonds, with which to finance
an expansive as well as expensive road build
ing program. Paramount in the program is
the surfacing of some 12,000 miles of rural
roads.
Part of the financing of the program would
come from the addition of one cent a gallon
tax on gasoline, to begin January, 1950.
Incorporated in the bill, is the provision
that Haywood county would get $1,892,000
of the total amount voted. This sum, it is
estimated, would surface the majority of the
rural roads of the county.
The approaching election will be hard
fought in many sections of the state. Many
people feel that it is too much money to
authorize at one time, while others point out
that now is the time t start the program and
get the farmers out of the mud.
The matter is being taken directly to the
people, and on June 4 the voters of North
Carolina wijl decide the issue.
Nothing Sensational
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Many evangelistic ministers depend upon
sensational subjects and performances in the
pulpit to attract' crowds, and to get desired
response.
Dr. Sankey Lee Blanton, dean of religion
of Wake Forest College, in opening a series
of sermons in the revival frieetihg of "the
First Baptist church here, dehdunced such
practices. He explained to his audience: "I
am going to tell you just what you have been
hearing all your life the same, yet old, but
always beautiful and inspiring story of
Christ."
He also said: "I am not going to ask you to
do anything that you do not already know
you should do."
Such frankness demands respect and ad
miration. Perhaps the attendance will not be as large
as if the speaker injected a few vaudeville
acts, and raised the roof once in a while, but
the dignity of the church will be respected
more, and the effects will live longer.
More Chickens In Haywood
It is encouraging to note that the poultry
industry in Haywood is growing by leaps
and bounds.
Only a few months ago when the program
was started here it was felt the poultry field
could be easily and profitably developed in
this county.
The records now prove that this is true,
as some 300,000 broilers are in the poultry
houses of the county, and more facilities are
being constructed for further expansion of
the industry.
Since the arrival of frozen food facilities,
there is not the market fluctuation as in the
past. Birds can be dressed and frozen when
they reach the proper size, and regardless
of the current market demand, the product
can be frozen for later sale. This change in
the industry has stabilized the price, trhd
taken the hazard out of getting on the market
with a large flock during a low ebb in price.
Many birds' dressed this month may not
appear on the dinner table until late next
fall.
The poultry industry in Haywood fits in
well with the general over-all farm program
as now in the process of development. There
are many small farms which cannot support
a dairy, or even a large herd of beef cattle,
but is well suited to take care of a large
frock of chickens.
It looks like another big factor in our eco
nomic life is being developed more fully each
da v.
Little Cost Big Benefit
There are two places in this community
where the highway department could help
the traveling public by inexpensive signs.
On Highway No. 284, at the intersection
of Love Lane, there is not a sign of any type,
and many motorists by instinct start up the
hill, only to learri later they are off the
highway.
At another spot,' at the head of Pigeon
Street, also Highway No. 276, there is a sign
pointing towards Syiva as' "The Smoky
Mountains.'' When motorists look down the
street they see the large sign all across the
street pointing in the opposite direction. The
directions should at least be consistent.
These are little matters to those of us who
live here and do not have to rely oil signs to
make our way around, but to the hundreds
of motorists coming here for the first' time,
the situations are confusing, annoying and
aggravating.
The expense would be very small, while
the convenience to the travelers would be
great. ..
MIRROR OF YOUR MIND
Do w five up or down
By LAWRENCE GOULD
Consulting Psychologist,
, '." .lfc "jpi;jjit
like those which make us laugh at
air oft-color story :'wf get an un
conscious satisfaction from imag
ining how it would feel to give
way to our own irrational ira-'
pulees, but at the sane time de
rive a sense of pleasure and relief
from realizing that we do not do
so.
i wo live up or
Answer: On the whole, yes.
' Each person tends to behave in
. accordance with his "ego picture"
' his idea of the sort of person he
' Is. And since our ideas of our
; : selves are inevitably influenced
: , fey what we imagine other people
. "think about us, anyone who feds
be is admired and trusted will be
likely to behave well, whilo a per "f
son who feels nobody has much
use for him will be apt to say:
4 "Why bother trying to be de
cent?" When husbands and wives
: i "belittle" one another, each helps
turt theotltoe Into what fao or shO".
. aavsccusacTof baSac.""-.. '?s r
-VeurVtfion.?'
Is mental illnoss funny?
Answetf In himself, an insane
perso is no funnier than a crtpple
or victim of tuberculosis. Yet
from ancient times Until today, his
"crazy", notions and . behavior
have been a part of the stock in
trad efroomte writer.-1 suspect
w liittin' itttm for Masons touch '
iCfttifH. IMS, Klu ImMum SrsAoM,
Hovo "book dobs" loworod
IHtrory trandsrds?
Answer: No, writeji'joeeph W.
Kappel in Public Opinion Quar
terly. Advertising of ttooks chosen
by such clubs has increased the
sales of book through non-club
channels, and the books to which
they give such widespread dis
tribution1 Ore at least no worst
than thebest setters' f a gener
ation ago. Unless we assume the
average 'person aas Instinctively
bad tasto which 1 dq not believe
the saeooks a porson reads,
the more apt he will' be to grow
tired of the cheajfant superficial
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"TRUETOO TRUE"
241 STATE,
Looking Back Oyer The, Years
15 YEARS AGO
Longest deed ever recorded in
Haywood County is being record
ed this week. The deed is for two
tracts to the state of North Caro
lina for the Park.
the Waynesville High School, wins
third place in state essay contest
sponsored by the Chilean Educa
tion Bureau.
Kdith Long and Bobby
aided Citizenship
Miss
Sloau are awa
medals presented by the Dorcas
Bell Love Chapter. D.A.R.. tu stu
dents selected from the senior class '
of the Waynesville High School. J
Mrs. Christopher Crittenden and
Mrs. Fannie Johnson Reynolds of
Raleigh visit Mrs. Charles Quin-lan.
Mrs. Hilliard Jones is honored at
miscellaneous shower given at the
home of Mrs. W. H. Jones.
Sooo Gap Square Dance Team :
leaves for St. Louis for first na-1 Rotarians defeat American Le
tional Folk Festival. j in firs Softball game of the
' season.
10 YEARS AGO
One is killed artd four persons! - VF4US ro
seriously injured in boiler explo- " '
ston at sawmill in the Black Camp j Outstanding high school band
Gap area. j members from three states will
participate in three-day music fes
tival here next week.
Johnny Shelby is shot in hand
when cleaning his pistol.
Pfc. James E. Howell, U. S. Air
Forces, arrives safely in England.
Dr. Ralph McDonald, guberna
torial candidate, speaks at court
house.
Miss Nancy Killian is new presi
dent of the Waynesville Music
Club.
Pvt. John Hill is member of
company cited for bravery in Italy.
Edna Palmer, wife of Vinqent L.
Palmer, enlists in the Woman's
Army Corps.
Sam .Arrington, sophomore of
Tech. Sgt. J. D. Hyatt, of the
U. S. Army finance department, is
spending furlough at home.
VOICE
OF THE
PEOPLE
Do you think the Chamber of
Commerce should help promote
the annual Ramp Convention as
art early-season tourist attraction?
UNCLE ABE'S LETTER
"Pshew! What Is That?"
II. L. Liner, Sr.: I do The
Ramp Convention has grown be
yond expectations. The number of
people who attended last Sunday
from so many states, show that it
is one of our interesting events. It
should be advertised by the Cham
ber of Commerce and more of the
citizens of the community."
Frank M. Davis: "That is a
hard question to decide but I
would say yes. It has great pos
sibilities for development because
of its peculiarities."
J. T. Noland: "It would at least
attract visitors as a noveltv."
Howard Clapp: I think the
Chamber of Commerce could pub
licize the Ramp Convention in its
folders but I think the promo
tion is already taken care of."
Mrs. J. J. Pipes: "Yes. I think
the Chamber of Commerce could
help advertise the Ramp Conven
tion. It is such an unusual event,
more people would be interested
in attending if they knew about it."
J. E. Massie; "The Ramp Con
vention has its place in the com
munity and I think it is a thing
that attracts some people because
it is a novelty. If it would help
give Waynesville publicity, it
would be all right for the Cham
ber of Commerce to lend its support."
Letters Tq Editor
Deer readurs of the Mt.neer, this
is Monday the 25th an' I've got
sorter of a ramp hang-over, other
wize I'm allrite.
Course, I've bin siparated from
the rest i.f the family since I come
in yisterday had to sleep in the
cow barn lof last nite, but they let
me come in at noon today.
'Cordin to the rools my quarteen
wood n't a bin out till t'mor', but
they took pitty-sake on me then
j hit wuz a lot o 'trubble reachin'
I my food into me oft a long pole!
Now fer a few "stdelites," er
sump'm:
By 9:00 a.m. the crowds air
rollin' in
An' soon they're faster rollin'
in, yes slree! '
They're comin' from Carliner,
Vtrginny, Arkansas. Kansas, Neb-
I raska, Mexico an' Tennessee.
But mos'ly from N. C. Haywood
Co.. o' course, an' mos'ly still from
Canton. California. Montana an'
S. C. wuz also repersented.
Not so menny as las' yr. Mr.
Editur but a loud perfumed
crowd! An' c-yars, grate Scotts!
They wuz jammed aroun' the gap
an' dubble park way down the
nar' road, eepin patrollmen May
& Dayton bizzy.
Claude Williams & Floyd Woody
i2 of the daddies of this Ramp
Konvenshun) wuz thar, o' course:
also Clarence Medford an' Arthur
Gossett wuz helpin ram-rod the
thing.
Then ever- man an' woman, boy
an' gal ol' an' young, def an'
bline, wize an' otherwize lent a
han' maybe an' sertinly menny
good (?) whiffs of that very distinc
tive odor to the oc-kasion.
To have a good ramp konven
shun, hit takes a Black Camp Gap
iwith ramps), a few coon-huntin'
leedurs, plenty of black coffy an'
a crowd of at leas' a thousan' of
all ages, sizes, kinds an' condi
shuns throwd into gether, tone be
in' as good as another), an' all
bent on havin' a jolly good time.
"What's that dog-tent doin' up
thar 'bove the Masons' marker?"
axt some one.
Oh that's what Claude Williams
an' Floyd Woody Slep in las' nite -so's
they be the fust ones on the
groun' this mornin', was the an-ser.
Now it's 11 o'clock an' the mus
ick starts up Arthur Gossett with
loud speeker an' the Haywood
Ram'lers
"Git rile over here close t'geth
er. fokes; the boys air goin' to play
an' sing. You'll never miss the
Ramps when they air gone" not
short o' 2 days!
"Now give us 'The Black Camp
Gap Blooz,' shouted some one,
"caze I'm freezin' to deth."
Hit wuz shore nuf cold up tha-,
fokes they had big fars goin' ail
'round.
By little a'ter 12:00 o'clock peo
ple wuz arivin' mitey fas' ,-jn'
good menny wuz also a-leavin'.
caze they woodn't et ramps in self-defense.
This wuz Uncle Abe's fust time,
so I can now give the defa-nashun
of a ramp konvenshun in my Dick
shunary, like this
"A cross between a lan' sale, a
County Fair, a Hill-billy show an' a
Pic-nic.-'
"Now as some of'us what haint
got a-nuf cloze on an' air gitten
'Continued on page three)
CHARLES RAY DESERVES
PRAISE
Editor The Mountaineer:
I would like to be permitted to
use the columns of your paper to
say a word in behalf of Charles E.
Ray, who has struggled for many
years to hasten the full develop
ment of the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park and the Blue
Hidge Parkway.
For the past three years I have
had opportunity to observe his
work and worth more closely than
in previous years. During this
period "it" has been necessary for
bim to make numerous trips to
Washington to present the cause
of the Park to high Government
Officials 'and seek from the Con
gress' sufficient appropriations for
the maintenance and future de
velopment of the Park and Park
way. He always presents his case
in a very thorough and capable
way that does credit to himself
and the people back home. It is a
source of real inspiration to know
that w bav a' mas from good eld
Haywood that can so ably represent
(Continued oa Pat 6)
"OPEN DOOR POLICY"
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Bits Of Human Interest News Pi t '
-Of The Mountain
May, the gentlest month of the
year, is softly knocking at our door.
She is wearing a filmy frock of
mist-on-the-mountains, and in her
arms she carries huge bouquets of
spring flowers'. Somehow, there is
no other month in the year that
is quite like May. She is tile ad
vance agent for ihe beauties of
the summer to come.
Outdoors clotheslines will soon
be filled with winter things,
preparatory to' hibernation for
the long summer months.
There was no doubt about it
that she was still glorying in her
Easter finery . . . and a pretty
sight she made. Her little straw
bonnet had its wreath of forget
menots matching in color her eyes.
Her coat and socks carried out the
color motif exactly. But, being on
ly three, she had probably dressed
her feet herself for one shoe was
black and the other white.
Did you ever throw the cello
phane covering from a box of
candy into the waste basket, and
then wake up in the middle of
the night thinking- an atomic
bomb had been turned loose?
If there is anything more start
ling than an exploratory mouse
in a wad of cellophane paper, we
have muJ
. An thai
,ma .is
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Capital Lett
By EULA NIXON GREENWM
DRAGGING HOME Like old
coonhounds limping in from an all
night hunt, the legislators hit the
trail for home last weekend.
Many of them particularly
those on the House side of the
Capitol had given up the chase
several days ago, and at least one
of them hardly got here at all. On
the day prior to adjournment few
er than 100 of the 120 members of
the House of Representatives an
swered to the roll call.
INCIDENTS One member of
the Legislature, Senator Joe Blythe
of Charlotte, died during the ses
sion, and Senator Rex Gass of
Winston-Salem was seriously ill
most of the time.
Probably the saddest incident in
the House occurred just 'as Rep.
L. A. Martin of Davidson finished
one of his vigorous speeches
against liquor. He had hardJy sat
down when he and Rep. J. V. Whit
field, of Pender were asked to lead
a House member and one of the
most prominent and ablest men In
the Legislature from the hall.
RUMORS ARE FLYING Until
all the Kerr Scott appointments are
in. you will be able to hear almost
any kind of rumor, regarding the
appointment of this man or that
woman to a position in Raleigh.
Any strong Scott man in any coun
ty and prior position or promin
ence will not be a prime considera
tion is a possibility. The list is as
long as your arm and the list of the
places to be filled on boards, com
missions, and what-have-you is lit
tle shorter. So, the best advice is
to be prepared for anything.
The rumor still persists here,
however, that Jonathan Daniels.
Democratic National Committee
man, and Capus Waynick, State i
Democratic CM
these positions
Also keep il
Agriculture Cd
Coltrane. Chatf
Ross and 1
John Barnesof
ford of Winston
tin of MerwJ
elma and Joljj
a link Rapids.
other impartial
BY ALTO
among some t
leaders here ill
special session
will have to be
and August. II
of raising Ian
to meet approm
made by the red
THE KICKOl
April 26. at 11
cultttie Buildiiij
rk's of meeting
school votes
Kerr Scott nil
number of iettil
and addresses
the iiiimeogrspi
sible the pm
sent tliein H
within hours a)
had fixed it
vole on the
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issue of M
You may ea
meetings to N
the Slate betwei
NO RAISE S
all State eapli
group of 900 m
Commission
all over Norti
ceived their
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9 Bundle ol
sticks
10 Shout to
12 Dentline of
elephant's
tusk.
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14 Old horse
15 Musical
instrument
17 Compass
point
(abbr.)
18 Half an em
19 Chair
20 Guided
21 Break
suddenly
23 Dollar
(Mex.)
29 Sacred
interdiction
27 Birds
30 Engrave
with
corrosives
32 Precious -stone
33 Mournful
35 Mountain
pool
37 Music
38 Jewish
month
39 Lady
40 Color, as
cloth
41 Becloud
43 Runs before
. the wind-
(naut.)
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(To shut
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superior
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19 A blemish
20 A bend iif
thread i
22 In bed (
24 Presently!
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