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THi: VTATXEStlLLE MOUNTAINEER
Thursday Afternoon, Apr X
THE MOUNTAINEER
Waynesville, North Carolina
Main Street Phone 70
The County Seat of Haywood County
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More Potential Funerals
Haywood county had a bloody week-end-Six
persons were injured in automobile acci
dents; one man was stabbed, and another
committeed suicide.
The six persons receiving injuries in
wrecks are fortunate to be alive. And the pa
thetic thing is that both wrecks, according to
investigating patrolmen, were caused by driv
ers who had been drinking.
This newspaper is still of the opinion that
until North Carolina has stricter laws, and
more severe punishment for those who insist
upon drinking and driving at the same time,
that the trend is going to be on the increase
instead of the decrease.
The General Assembly failed to enact a
law with more teeth in it than the present
laws regarding drivers arrested for driving
under the influence.
Perhaps someday, our law makers will see
the necessity of such a law, but we are afraid
that befo-e that time too many unnecessary
funerals will have been held.
Thursday Afternoon, April 26, 1951
Our Growing Telephone Lines
The growing network of rural telephone
lines in Haywood is indeed gratifying.
Two projects are already well underway,
and the third, clown in Fines Creek, is ready
to begin within a day or so. Within 90 days,
or less, the Balsam, Francis Cove, and Fines
Creek areas should have telephone service.
With our growing mileage of paved rural
roads, it is only natural to have telephone
lines to follow immediately.
The rural telephone lines will knit the
county more closely together, and we trust,
will eventually be the means of working out
a rural fire system.
The rapid growth, and substantial invest
ment in rural homes and other buildings ne
cessitates fire protection, and of course, ade
quate telephone service is the first essential
to such a program.
We look forward to the day when every
section of Haywood can be reached over the
telephone.
.nojher jast Opportunity
The hillsides of Haywood, spotted with ap
ple orchards, are to be in full bloom this
week-end, which should present a never-to-be-forgotten
picture.
Unfortunately, Haywood has not capital
ized on its apple blossoms as it should.
' Wilmington has their azaleas; Washington,
N. C, tulips, Morganton, mimosas, and we
about them. It seems that to properly publi
cize the blossoms would be another step to
have apple blossoms, but fail to do anything
wards selling our apples in the fall.
A United Spirit
For the first time that we can recall in 21
years, the service station operators in an or
ganized effort are giving the Chamber of
Commerce program a substantial push, have
gbtten squarely behind the program, and will
serve as "good-will ambassadors."
- Such a guesture on the part Of the operat
ors is indicative of the growing spirit of (Co
operation here in putting on a community
wide program. It speaks well for all concern
ed, and the benifts should be many, as well as
mutual.
Football vs Baseball
Last fall, Waynesville and Canton met each
other twice iii football games once here, and
later in Canton. On both occasions, the re
spective stadiums were packed to capacity,
with hundreds standing for the entire four
quarters.
Tuesday practically the same group of ath
letes met here for a scheduled baseball game.
Seats were plentiful, and what few stood, did
so from choice rather than necessity.
The citizens here just haven't developed
the interest in baseball as they have football.
This is in no way critical, but just as a matter
of comparison, it seems rather unusual.
Is it because the fans want action of the en
tire team, rather than see two pitchers match
wits with batters? Is it because football of
fers an opportunity for the unusual, the excit
ing to happen any minute, and every minute?
We frankly do not have the unswer. We are
j List observing.
They'll Do It Every Time
By Jimmy Hatlo
FDR OMCE I'M GOMMA
HAVE WHAT I WAMT ONl'
THE BIG FlSUT-IlL
PUT THE SXATIOhl ONI
EARLy AMD NOBO0VS
GONNA CHANGE
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'Curses' At A Premium
The State News Bureau, in a recent bul
letin, -explained:
"The first edition of 10,000 copies of the new
State Advertising Division booklet "The Tar
Heel State" is rapidly becoming a collector's
item because of a typographical error which
had us saying that there are "more golf
curses per square mile" in the Pinehurst
Southern Pines area than anywhere else in
the world! The word is changed back to
"courses" in the second edition- now coming
off the press.
"We regret that we cannot comply with
requests for literatue in bulk. Our printing
budget barely permits us to produce enough
for single copy mail requests, which are
growing larger every day-"
Looking Back Over The Years
15 YEARS AGO
Work is started on city's $4,500
Incinerator.
American Legion buys proper
ty on Depot Street, known as the
Gilmer Home.
Misses Mary anil Catherine
Palmer entertain with a week-end
house party at their camp on
Plott's Creek.
Mrs. W. C. Messi-r of Route 2
wins $100 prize In a national coil
test staged in connection with
the broadcast "True Story Court
of Human Relations."
10 YEARS AGO
Martin , Electric Company is
awarded electrical contract for the
Dayton Rubber plant.
Miss Doris Ruff gives parly in
observance of her birthday.
5 YEARS AGO
Workmen are moving between
6,000 and 8,000 yards of dirt daily
on the new highway from Lake
Junaluska to Dellwood.
Winifred Kodgers is valedictori
an and Clarence Arrinkton is salu
tatorian of the W.T.1I.S. graduat
ing class. Marion Green is elatiS
president.
F. W. Woody of Canton is presi
dent of the Haywood Ramp Con
vention which will meet at Black
Camp Gap.
U.D.C. and D.A.R. groups plan;
memorial forests in Pisgah.
Jackie Sue Messer wins first
place in Hie annual reading con
test sponsored by the Woman's
Club for gills in the- Waynesville
High School.
Rotary-Anns get nylons at Ladies
Ni;!ht hanmiet.
iAMESJJJJOU BAILEY
Prayer For Guidance
The following prayer was offered by Rev.
D. D. Gross, of Clyde, in the House of Repre
sentatives on Monday:
"Our Father who art in heaven, we thank
Thee that Thou hast created of one blood all
the nations to dwell on the face of the earth,
and that Thou hast called us all alike to the
way of abundant and eternal life.
"We pray for the success of all just and
righteous efforts by the leaders of the various
nations, that Thy kingdom may come and
that Thy will may be done on earth as in
heaven-
"Grant the continued favor of Thy grace
- upon the United Nation srup"bn tne President,
the Congress, the courts, and the agencies of
this Government; and lead us in the way of
truth. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen."
MIRROR OF YOUR MIND
V
Should being kept waiting "malt you nervous"?
r
By LAWRENCE COULD
Consulting Psychologist
given sodium amytal to see
whether it -would make them I
"confess." What they said while
narcotized turned out to be so
L.jt. - t. J ...:u -I... i
illusions that it could not be re
lied on. The unconscious mind,
part of whose contents are re
leased by so-called "truth drugs,"
is itself unable to distinguish fact
from fancy. AU that such drugs
reveal is repressed emotion.
KILL
GAMBLING
ALSO RALKIC::;- Tl.'s capital
city had hardly r: covered from
the Legislature when the MacAr
thur firing ruUn.a. 'filar plexus
blow at an alre.':dv piwv mum.
lace. AKIuiiuh lbmooiatk'-come-
what-may, Raleigh folks were excited.
Western Union employees here.
swamped with telegrams during
the last few weeks of the 1951
edition of the General Assembly,
were settling back for a little spell
of soring fever whin Pinc Hnnt
Truman moved in on them. That
was enough. These employees say
privately that tr.v have never
put in such a day as that which
dawned with the announcement of
General MacArthur's removal.
They, of course, refuse to reveal
what the wires said, but people
sek'i m send telegrams of con
gratulations under such circum
stances. A lot of Democrats here believe
the MacArthur incident will toss
Eisenhower (irmly into the Demo
cratic cantp. They also express the
opinion that Truman's recent man
euver now makes certain the pre
vious sneaking suspicion that they
can win only with Kisenhower in
1952.
When MacArthur made that
speech in Congress last week, of
fice workers and State employees
c'ustered around all available ra
dios. You would have thought a
world series (formerly referred to
as "world serious") game was in
progress.
the axe to it during the next Legis
lature. Future of the commission will
rest largely on its iv w head, V. W.
Jones. He breathed vigorous life
Into the State Credit Union. It
may be that he will do the same
for the State Banking Commission.
Voice
of the
People
What do you like best about
livinji in this community?
Rambling 'Uouni
Bits Of Human Interest 'News
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
. Little Mary was learning to read
and it was quite a laborious task
for both pupil and teacher. Show
ing Mary the picture of a kitten
and also a mitten, the teacher re
peated over and over; "Kitten
mitten" "KitteYi mitten" hoping
that the rhythm and rhyme would
make an impression on the child.
After a dozen repeatings, the
teacher : paused for breath and
Mary's face lighted up in jubila
tion. "Cat Scat", she shouted.
As irresponsible as a piece of
paper in a gale. v
Spelling, in spite of a high grade
in school, was one thing he had
not conquered. After graduation,
his high rating landed him a splen.
lid position and as spelling was
not so terribly vital, everything
worked out all right. Then i , .
came a day when the secretary was
absent and a letter was absolutely
necessary pronto. He did his best
. . . and laid the completed mis
sive on the boss's desk. In a few
minutes it came back to him,
marked: " . . . any resemblance to
words, living or dead, is purely
coincidental."
MALAPROPISM. "I do so en
joy beinff alone if l k
senial p,,,. , '
"In the .s;,r ,., :;
to old at. j UJ
garments ti .. ..
now selects. Time ,aX
and-pepper sui, W
a blue sei-e fuf ..Rf,;jH
routine; purchase i I
man that .... "a 'i
: "u wave enoii--
pear with a feather i ";:;
the male f h, r'
display his curs , . ! !
peacock, for in-,; arce H(
the attention a, he pro
before h:s adnurers
Heard in passinr -n
wniilit ,,L k. . "I
other people are ju(
as I am."
The old say ing -Mj
company" ,m w u.k
rather Misery wuuld kh
irouoiis lo herself w
tell yours.
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Clouds drawins piftJ
me mountains
Letters to the Edito
Mrs. A. J, Fancher: "The friend
liness ui the people and of course
I he beauty of the mountains is cer
tainly to he considered."
Leo Weill: "The kindness of the
people and the nice mountains and
fresh air."
Answer: It Is apt to make you
..ngry, or at least annoyed, but
3pw seriously it upsets you will
oepend on the degree to which
fjr'ou feel you are at the mercy of
jjjiople or circumstances. If you
re basically confident of your
ability to reach your goals in life
by one , means, if not by another,
i you will take passing frustrations
;in; your stride but if you feel
Chronically insecure, having
, someone late for an appointment
will throw you into a panic or
a lage. And of course, conversely,
keeping other people waiting is a
; f-hildisn way of proving that you
aav tha power to thwart them.
Is there a depondable
"truth serum"?
Answer: No, say Drs. Martin J.
Gerson and Victor M. Victoroff in
the Journal of Clinical Psycho
pathology. Seventeen soldiers
who had been proved guilty of
offenses which they refused to
admit they had committed were
Is efficiency democracy's
chief merit?
Answer: No, though in the long
run it is likely to prove more
efficient than absolutism. Democ-
racy is the most desirable way of
life because it is the only system
under which men and women can
grow up emotionally. Obeying
.orders lets you remain childish,
since it saves you from accepting
the responsibility for your be-
. havior. But it's what you do on
your own initiative that you learn
from, and it la better in the long
run to make blunders and to have
to suffer for them than to let
someone else do your thinking
for you, 1
WASHINGTON Many years aeo
people going to Washington, D. C.,
got in the habit of referring to
the place as "Washington disease".
Perhaps that was the day of de
pression or when the Republicans
were in power. Be that as it may,
the term is coming back again.
An attorney, who like many an
other attorney, has moved from
agency to agency in the nation's
capital for the past 15 years, was
in Raleigh last week. He said he
wanted to come bark home. He was
getting tired of Washington disease.
LABOR AND BANKS A news
paper reporter was in Secretary of
State Thad Eure's office last Fri
day afternoon looking over the
desk which the 102 lobbyists of
the recent Legislature must visit
in person or by mail between now
and May 14.
"The' trouble with this thing is
that it doesn't tell what lobbyists
made. It just tells what they
spent," Complained the reporter.
no doubt feeling there would be
more news meat if the former were
required.
The law requires each lobbyist
to state the name of each firm he
represents. There must also be a
statement from the firm's or or
ganization's head saying that the
lobbyist is the accented contact
man for that firm, organization, or
agency. Now the lobbyists must
state the amount he spent in the
interest of net bills or in opposi
tion to legislation.
You can get an idea of the way
this will shape un: The Wachovia
Bank & Trust Co. spent $34.85; the
N. C. Federation of Labor, $723.29.
The reporter was right. What
the lobbyists received would make
interesting reading. However, a
little interpolation on
Mrs. J. E. Fender: "I like the
mountains and scenery and
Waynesville is such a nice little
town clean, neat, and friendly."
Dr. Elmer Clark: "I like the
people best. And I like the moun
tain country, because I'm a moun
tain man. I was born in the Ozark
Mountains."
Mrs. Frieda Knopf: "When my
husband and I first came here we
were attracted by the beautiful
scenery and decided to stay. Since
being here the kindness of the peo
ple, especially in my time of dis
tress, has made me feel at home."
Mrs. E. J. Lilius: "I love every
thing about it. It is the most won
derful place I've ever lived in. I
was brought up in the Ozarks and
this country is very much like it."
Miss Agnes Fitzhugh Shauter: "I
like the people and 1 like the cli
mate.
II. M. Dulin:
summer nights."
"I like the cool
The streets of Hanoi, Indochina,
are said by the National Gen-
amounts ! graphic Society tr. be vii-tiinllv rto.
spent would present illuminating ' serted during the noon-3 p.m. si-
GENEROUS PUBLICITY
Editor The Mountaineer:
May I in behalf of the North
Carolina League for Crinpled Chil
dren and of the children and
adults whom it serves express to
you our warm appreciation of your
exceedingly helpful cooperation in
the 18th Annual Seal Sale.
While complete returns from
the campaign have not yet been
received, we hove strong reason to
believe that we will receive a total
of $100,000.
We had hundreds of loyal and
energetic workers in the counties
of our state, but their efforts would
not have been so fruitful if we j
had not had the publicity which
the North Carolina newspapers
provided so generously and so ef
fectively. All of us who have any
responsibility for the activities of
the North Carolina League for
i i,jik-u i imuren are csrfJ
grattiul to j oil.
Cordially vnurc,
D. HII)t: K.vMjf
l'l'-Mlt'Iit.
Chapel Hill, . c.
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Editor, The M.iiinUri.ver:
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express inj tluiiiK (lie F
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having it ynt to me tire ad
Wonder il Mm eutilil publr
for me so they rmild
Thanking you vuy iiauli.
St. Frank Hickman. I'S.'
(i7th Ren. Teeh Sqiiu.
A.P.O. 97(1 ' I'liwttr
San Francis, Calif
Say, "I Saw It In The Mountainee
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comparisons.
esta period.
NESTING TIME .AGAIN!
BANKING, "TOO? Departments
of the State fjuyernment come and
go. We used to have the depart
ment of printing. There was also
the old Corporation Commission.
Then there was the State Equaliza
tion Board, which became the
State School Commission and then
ceased to exist. There are very
few State agencies in operation
now which existed 25 years ago.
Political fortunes wax and wane
and departments and the strengths
of these departments rise and fall.
Nothing may come of it, but the
recent removal of the only bank
ing commissioner North Carolina
ever had has turned the spotlight
on this agency. It was set ud in
the depths of the depression when
Danks all over the State were
folding. Now there is talk to the
effect that the State Banking Com
mission has served its day. You
will likely see an attempt toxlay
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covering
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enough
12. A step
14 Sloth
15. Apex
17. Born
18. Often
(poet.)
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hall oft
college
23. Close to
25. Also
26. Blundered
28. Defeat
32. Body of
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34. River
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35. Subjects for
discussion
38. Branch of
Indo-Chinese
40. Wine cup
41. Large
antelope
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44. Per to
tageln
insect life
47 Fencing
blades
'49. Withered
50 Set of Japa
nese boxes
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2. Sayings
3. Coin, as
money
4. Garret
5. A dance
step
6. Skill
7. Musical
instrument
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(slang)
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wagon
wheel
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