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Monday Afternoon, May 8, 1950
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Another Favored Son
. Last Thursday's editorial page had gone
to press before final confirmation of the nom
ination of Edward I. Robeson, Jr., formerly
of ; Waynesville, and now of Virginia. Mr.
Robeson won the first district nomination to
the U. S. House of Representatives.
Mr. Robeson is a native of Waynesville,
known and admired by a large host of Hay
wood citizens. As an executive of the New
port News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com
pany he saw to it that many a Haywood man
got employment in that huge plant.
...While he has been away from here for
many years, this community still lays claim
jto him, and as this newspaper said several
; months ago, in discussing his race, we shall
feel that in Mr. Robeson, and Mr. Smathers
jwe have "extra" representation in Congress.
We feel the Virginia voters, as well as the'
i Florida voters, have4 acted wisely in their
selection of Mr. Robeson and Mr. Smathers.
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.Putting First Things Fiisl"
The citizens of Iron Duf are energetic,
progressive, and practical. That is saying a
lot, but then here is the story to prove every
bit. V, . dJii :
Last year ther group worked hard,, cooper
ated, find by putting on a progressive cam
paign, won second place in the community
development , program prize contest. The
prize was $300 in cash.
There are many things on which the com
munity would have been justified in spend
ing the $300. ,;.
The decision, however, and a practical one,
was to give $150 to the Methodist church, and
$10 to the Baptist church for the 'respective
improvement programs of the two churches.
The leaders felt the churches touched the
life of the community from every angle. They
knew, the, need. .was., there for improvements.
A . community that puts its churches" first
never goes wrong. . ,
Certainly such a spirit is helping make
Iron Duff a better place every day in which
to" live we are happy it is a vital part of
.'Haywood. '
Since we have previously expressed our
selves on the matter, we shall this time just
pass along without comment, an editorial ap
pearing recently in the Greensboro Daily (
ews:
While we accept the' judgment - of Col
James R. Smith, new highway commander,
on,e of whose first official acts after assuming
the commandership was reinstatement of C.
D. Lindsay as a potrol member, this rein
statement may strike a sour note with the
general public and offers, in and of itself, op
portunity for saying something that should
be said to the new commander as he takes
over his assignment. '. . . '
Patrolman Lindsay was dismissed by for
mer Commander Tolar, you'll recall, after he
had admittedly wrecked his patrol car to the
tune of $800 damages while racing with an
other officer. This other officer, incidentally,
has not been reinstated. Colonel Smith ex
plained that no application has been received
for his reinstatement. V :
In announcing the reinstatement Colonel
Smith related that Patrolman Lindsay had
given 11 years of highly satisfactory service
to the patrol, that he will reimburse the
State for the damage done to the patrol car
and that his previous dismissal had brought
more than a score of letters of protest to
patrol headquarters. Colonel Smith and
Colonel Rosser patently know more about
this case than we do, but we still think that
it is exceedingly serious business when a
patrolman, sworn to enforce the traffic laws,
including those applying to speeding and
reckless driving, takes to racing himself, with
another patrol officer too. That conduct could
be the more easily sloughed off had he been
a rookie and not a veteran of 11 years service
with all the knowledge and realization of
his duties and responsibilities which such a
period of service should have developed. As
for letters of protest, they, by inference at
least get into the realm of politics and pres
sure;' how well the patrolman was liked per
sonally thus tends to take precedence over
conduct as an officer. Can it be that the fel
low officer's case, so far unopened, rests that
way because he too did not "have sufficient
friends or what-not to write in his behalf? Of
one thing we are confident, however: Patrol
man Lindsay hds learned his lesson, even it it
had to be the hard and public confidence un
dermining way.
Now for that bit of unsolicited advice we'd
give to Commander Smith: With a command
er who has come up through the" ranks,, with
Fellng for and loyalty to fellow mem
bers, there should all the while be care that
this more or less sentimental approach be not
allowed to soften descipline when it should
be meted out for the good of the public, the
safety cause and for that matter, the patrol
itself. .
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Rambling 'Roun(,
Bits Of. Human' Interest Nevs
Cy Frances Gilbtrt Frazier
We met tl.e ladj after she had
been in Waynesville several
months, end was settling down to a
very happy life here. She told us
that the day she 'arrived from a dis
tant city to accept the present
position that she was seared stiff
and was all for returning home.
But a lady whom she had never
seen before smiled a very pleasant
"Good Morning" as she came out
of the hotel ; . and that settled
it i,n her mind. She felt that people
like this friendly person could only
live in a happy and contented at
mosphere. And she has never re
gretted her decision. to stay with
us. '
' 15 YEARS AGO
Whitener Frevost is elected may
or of Haitlwood. John W. Shook
Is mayor of Clyde. . V :
Voters of Canton oppose Sunday
movies and Sunday baseball.
William Medford and W. Curtis
Uuss attend district Rotary meet
ing in Rock Hill.
The Allen family reunion is held
at the home of Jim Kelly.
JIy 30 is made legal holiday in
North Carolina.
Tax Collector D. A. Howell col-
lects over $16,000 for county in
April.
10 YEARS AGO
103 graduates of Waynesville
High School receive diplomas.
C. B. Moak of Miami purchases
the Sewell Medford farm, compris
ing around 170 acres in the Aliens
Creek section.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Plott are
hosts of party at their home on the
Soco Gap Road in honor of the
owners and employes of The Toggery,.-
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Seniors of WTHS hold annual
banquet with Sam Queen serving
as toast master.
5 YEARS AGO .
Haywood receives news of the
end of the war in Europe with
calmness as it remembers that the
war against Japan is still in prog
ress; Churches are open all day
and community service is held at
First Methodist. ; :
President Truman sets May 13
as Day of Prayer and Thanksgiv
ing for the victory in Europe.
Pvt. Noel Hill Is serving in Tu
nisia.
Ensign Bruce B. Brown is named
ground training officer in Hono'
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Acute shortages may appear fol
lowing VE Day.
Capital Letters
By EULA NIXON GREENWOOD
Another Semi-Weekly Starts
The first issue of the McDowell News as
a semi-weekly came up to all expectations.
The progressive paper, published in Marion,
by John Setzer, printed an edition of 104
pages on Wednesday before the paper started
as a semi-weekly on Monday.
The newspaper just recently moved into
their new home, which is now rated as a
$100,000 plant, which is designed for maxi
mum production, and a fine newspaper.
The Mountaineer feels ' that McDowell
county will soon realize that their needs are
being served much better by. a semi-weekly
newspaper, arid we w4sh for them, and Mr.
Setzer and his co-workers, continued success.
MIRROfc OF YOUR MIND
By LAWRENCE GOULD
Consulting Psychologist,
says: lhe seu-conlldence is bor-.
rowed, and is lost again when the
participation in the doctor's pow
er is lost." Sound psychiatry gives
you self-confidence by helping
you understand and "see through'?
the fears or mistaken notions that
deprived you of it in the first
place.
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Can eys really Im "xprssiv"7
Awwer; No, says Dr. Phyllis
Greenacre of New York in the
American Journal of Psychiatry.,
far from bein 'windows of the
oul," your eyes are the least ex
pressive features oYmr face. It
is not the eyeball, bul tht com
plex movements of the 'facial
muscles, and especially the eye
lid that reveal your feelings, to
your neighbor. The "steely
M3 vm
glance" tiwtt strikes terror in the
timid Is produced by rigid facial
muscles, Just as "laughing eyes"
come from the crinkling of the
flesh around them, not from any
- change in the eyes themselves.
Will "suggestion" give you con
fidence in yourself?
Answer: Not really, though it
may appear (to at the moment The
man who is confident that he can
succeed because It psychothera
pist has "planted" the conviction
in his mind by suggestion or hyp
nosis believes in the doctor, not in
himself. A Dr. Otto Fenlchel
Does inability to concentrate
show mental yeakness?
Answer: It does not mean you
are unintelligent; it is a neurotic
symptom, the real reason for
which is that you are so much pre
occupied with your own emotion
al conflicts that you "can't be
bothered" taking practical affairs
seriously. The affect of an uncon
scious struggle afiaipst giving way
to your resentment against somer
one it is "wrong" for you to dis
like may have the same effect on
your efficiency and powers of con
centration that trying to forget
unrequited love has. When you
waste energy fighting yourself,
you have that much less to work
With. - . -
NOTPS The State has discon
tinued painting red marks on high
ways to indicate where fatal auto
mobile accidents have occurred . , .
This went out with Tony Tolar,
who lambasted Gov. Scott from
here to yonder when he resigned
: . and then had breakfast with
him at the Mansion the other morn
ing . , . It doesn't add up .,.
Various patrolmen had been told
they wer,e expected to average pne
arrest per day ;.... . and that order
has gone up the creek, too . ,
Raleigh's population may shoot to
75,000 with the completion of the
census ... It is third in retail sales
in the State now , . . Next year's
license tags will be red and white
. . . Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s James
A, Gray received $229,216 as chair,
man of the board during the past
year . . , but reports have it that
he is for Willis Smithfor the U. S.
Senate ... or is it Dr. Frank?
. . . From Drew Pearson's column
of April 29V. . "Graham is in a
tough re-election fight right now
with the State's moneyed interests
fighting him to the last ditch" . . .
Burmillionalre Spencer Love is for
Dr. Frank Graham, and so are Mrs.
0. Max Gardner and Cameron
Morrison; no paupers, they .
Also Tom Morgan of the Sperry
Corporation . . . and Ralph Price
of Jefferson Standard ... Now go
back up there and read what the
man whom President Roosevelt
called a "chronic liar" wrote
rhe gentleman who called Drew
Pearson a soandso . . . now in the
White House . . . will soon release
a statement on Dr. Graham's fine
work in Indonesia , , . Such car
rying on ...
... The North Carolina Educa
tion Association may have its own
political troubles such as electing
a president, etc., but knows its way'
around elsewhere . . . Firially-Elect-ed
President C. M. Abernathy is
making speeches urging higher pay
for State legislators . . . and that
won't hurt teacher pay none when
the next General Assembly comes
to town . . . Incidentally, teachers
from several southeastern states
are applying for jobs in N. C.
where they can earn more money
... The N. C. Department of
Public Welfare will employ a pub
lic relations man next month .
and the N. C. Dairy Products Asso
ciation is urging L. L. Ray, execu
tive secretary, to remain with them
until they find a successor .
Why not Mrs, Constance Garvey,
formerly of W. Jefferson, Elkinj
and Winston-Salem, who has done
such a fine job as Ray's assistant?
TOURIST COURTESY T. Cart
Brown, State9ville native who now
heads up the Distributive Educa
tion Division in the Dept. of Edu
cation here, is planning .rb, offer
special instruction to waitresses,
hotel clerks, etc., who come into
contact with tourists. He believes
they should know more about the
State so they can answer tourists'
questions. This is good Work, it
seems, for as State News Bureau
Head Charlie Parker says: "We
can get 'em here once with my
advertising program, but it U up
to the folks who greet and stive
these visitors to keep the tourist
crop growing.
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Voice
of Hie
People
WANT A SijATE? -Last week
when the temperature was hover
ing around 85 in the Capital City,
scores of Raleigh residents went
ice skating. The W. N. Reynolds
Coliseum at State College has no
basketball games to attract the
crowds how and the spacious bas-
fcelball courts, with floors removed
and packed away for. the summer,
have been turned into a block-long-solid-block
of ice for skaters
who khow how it is done. Right
now the fun is. mostly confined to
damyankees once removed, but Ra
leigh, folks, are interested, tfave
bought up all the ice skates which
two or three stores here hurriedly
ordered, and roller skating may
soon take a back seat in Raleigh.
With attractions planned for the
year-round, the Coliseum may soon
be if jt isn't already the biggest
promotional business in North Car
olina, lee skating in Raleigh dur
ing the summer months! Such airs.
If the high school band has the
opportunity to earn money in such
affairs, do you think it should play
for. political rallies as well as oth
tsr events; or do you believe it
should stay clear of all occasions
that are political in nature:
Bill Frady: Yes, I believe they
should play at all political rallies,
if thry get the chance to earn some
money. But I believe that if they
play for one candidate they ought
to play for all of them.
Carl Mundy: I think they should
stay out of political events entirely.
The band can make up In other
ways for any cash they might earn
in this manner.
Jane Liner: That's a matter that
has strong arguments on both
sides. It would be hard for me to
judge, one way or the other.
Phil Queen: I believe they should
go ahead and Jlay for all. But not
for any one candidate. The band
should give them all an even break.
Joe Jack Atkins: I think ifwould
be all right if they played at those
rallies as well as the other events
at which they have been playing.
But if they play for one candidate,
they certainly should play for all
of them and they should let it be
known they re being paid to play.
In other words, that they are play
ing on a purely business basis.
Local woman like the others
'FIELDER'S CHOICE'
THEY CAN DREAM,
CAN'T THEY?
HANOVER, N. H. (UP) When
4,000,000 board feet of lumber was
harvested from the . Dartmouth
College land grant, undergraduates
hopefully,, noted that the yield
would provide enough planks to
build a 110-mile boardwalk to
Smith, a girl's college at North
ampton) Mass. Unromanlic col
lege officials ordered the lumber
sold to furniture dealers to finance
Dartmouth 'scholarships, however.
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When you find an obstacle In
your path of judgment, just de
tour for a m Unite or two and
you'll be surprised to find the
road has cleared up.
If you want to get that "out of
this world" feeling, stand at the top
of Depot street and look across
to Love Lane about eight o'clock
on one of these clear, warm even
ings. Lights dot the distance like
fireflies at attention, and the moun
tains form a background that
seems to frame the whole scene
into a wonderful picture. The pur
ple velvet of the sky is studded
with stars that march on in an end
less procession. You take a deep
breath as you inhale this grandeur
and you thank a Creator that gave
you this infinite beauty.
"I'll try" hasn't as many letters
In it as "I can't" but it accomp
lishes a lot more.
We had very carefully (or so we
thought) put away a certain issue
of an out-of-town paper containing
an important announcement. But
when we went to get it, we couldn't
locate it anywhere. We looked in
every conceivable, and vice versa,
placo that we might have placed it
for sake-keeping. But with no luck.
Disgusted, we gave up the search
and sent to the mailing department
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above, not connected with any can
didate or any campaign, (Asked
that her name be withheld): No, I
believe the band should stick to a
policy of abstaining from playing
at conventions, meetings, and simi
lar events Which have a political
atmosphere. . . .
' f the paper fur an. .,.
day it arrive . nul!
package from thhci,'-"
a stuffing to Pr;v ;
was ... oh v-,i . 1
issue. ' acop
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Even 'on ih
tiny cloud of iadrV
out the sun. m
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He came in the rel511
ing broadly, and ,
or ) our m, He w
table with a hearlv ..f
boys," and beckonVd to
ress. After giving th(lir ,
proceeded to laUS?h ard
his guests as tht v ujiIt .
oea our head as we
this was a political c
the highest ordfr and!
to win votes Rm
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us later t ia thu- ...
know a Putitical piatfui
dug-out benth but hi;
was uue to the arrival ,
grand-son.
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The confidi'n'i.
the dependability of j
ate progress.
Another 'Dunlt
HAINAN J
AS CHINESE Nationalist f
civilians sought to evacuat
fears of an island "DunkJ
expressed. Invading Chin
munist forces first mar J
Hoihow ( 1 ) and moved to
gan (arrow). A beachheal
tablished at Linkao (2),(n
the troops drove on Owl
evacuation point Is SanyaJ
shortage of ships was tx
leave thousands of defend!
mercy of the Reds, (Cent
MARCH OF EVENTS
Election Setback Could
Speed Up Labor Unity
Britain, Canada
Anti-Submarine
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Philip Murray
SDeciil ' to Central Press
TVrASIUN'GTON Results of the upcoming congressional ef
W some union officials believe, will affect current efforts
about labor unity in the country.
Thev think that a stiff election setback, a depression
similar occurrence will mean success in unifying labor fori
thev see little chance that CIO President Phil Murray s
for a committee to plan merger 01 i
I unions into one big federation will succei
now.
One well-informed labor union official
ed, however, that there may be umiy
vears. He explained: "If labor and its M
take a licking in this year's concession
tion or in the presidential contest 01 w
you mav"see labor unity.
"That's why I say it may take five )l
obtain unitv. It la eoine to take an elect
feat or some other serious setback to fori
to unifv its ranks."
The AFL has not yet replied to Murrayl
plan, but will do so next month wnen 1
fdra Vnn(1 nuh In PhiLTlipllinia. I"1-
VAV VVUI1VK .
expected to side-step Murray's proposal and come up witn
ter-nronosition.
There is no real pressure for unity at this time, how j
neither proposal is expected to get anywhere.
ANTI-SNORKEL SHIPS The United States isn't the on
try racing against time to find a solution to the fast, snon
filiha urhlfh ira Koinir uiimllir mo op-nrnrfurcd" bV RUSS18.
Britain and Canada have assigned top priority to sud
work and to the building of speedy anti-submarine vessels,
time being, these vessels undoubtedly will be converted fro
forms nf nnvnfc unita anh riaatrnVAra and old-type 8U0
However, these are best Rtone-an measures. A British nf
thority recently conceded that "the answer to the 20-knot
Vina nrtf vat s1iiyMj9
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At the same time, however, he noted that the United s j
ada arid Great Britain are working on the promem w r
one aspect of the fast sub that works in behalf of the w
That In thp faot that nlthmifrh tha rou'pst SUbS Can travel
underwater, this speed can be maintained for only a re,at')'J
... , ... . ... t boon contaf
- ume, so inaj ji jne any-auo vessels are ue v r
will then be in a position to make their attack on the w
.UNEMPLOYMENT The 'nation's unemployment pro
improved considerably, but government economists are 1 -fingers
crossed. It looks as if the half-million drop in
thousands of job hunters in June and unemployment m s
The Census Bureau estimated unemployment in Marc s
about 561,000 below the eight-year high, reached, in 5
...l.t.L 1 .J 11. ... . . ... .
which siiouiu continue up 10 June. . . , jij
After that, it's anybody's guess what happens. B"ia" 1
of new job-seekers, there is summer slackening 01
m ATD t?nryvcs evmvr tn n-u Air Force h&S
though. It hopes to sel,l Congress and the country on M
wun uperauon sswaxmer, conauctea mis monwu ... -
In tha avlu tv h yrtuwA Kv rnncrrpssmcn Sna I r
Air Force will attempt .to launch an attack, establish an J
n,! .,,i u u th finish of the 1
entirely from the sky.
The Air Force will fly the troops to the drop,
along with supplies and light armament. Then( It
will drop heavier guns ftnd continuing supplies as
the airhead troops attempt to penetrate "enemy
lines and capture a base 40 miles away. .. .
Top flying generals feel that if they can prove w rJ
do all these things Congress will be in a better moon j
more money for modern airplanes. .
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