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PAGE TWO (Set-ond Section) r THE MOUNTAINEER fFaynesviIlef North Carolina Main Street Phone 700 The County Seat of Haywood County Published By THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER, Inc. W. CURTIS RUSS Editor ""'W, Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges. Publishers fPtfBl.iSHi:n every MriNruv atJY TrtiipriAV THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Mogrfay Afternoon, Dec it. One Year -. felx , Months . HAYWOOD COUNTY One Year Six. Months. NORTH CAROLINA $3.00 1:75 $4.00 3.25 $4.50 2!M1 tntei-ed at the post office at WaynesvlUe, N. C, as Sec ond Ciass Mail Matter, as provided under the Act oi : March 3, 1879. November 20, 1914. OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Year.. Six Months.:.-..-... Obituary notices, resolutions of respect, card of thanks wid al! notices at entertainment for profit, wlll.be chaffed tor. fit the rate -at two cents per word. ' !' ..... MEMBER OF THE AiTsOCIATEdTpRESS The Associated Press It entitled exclusively to the -use for re-publicatlon of all the local news printed In this Bewspaoer, as well as all AP hewi dispatches, .';"' NATION At EDITORIAL I ASSOCB-A TJOM '.:.( . '' 11 - ' ; Monday Afternoon, December 10, 1951 Daily Bread By Rev. A. Purnell Bailey And God gave him another heart! TA psychologist, late in life, looked back over 'vrtirs of disappointment lie had known, and wrote these significant words: "When I graduated from College; I remember tin big, grey-haired, soft-spoken professor of Greek who handed us our diplomas and said, 'Young ladies :wndr gentlemen, it Is not possible for everyone to have a great intellect; but it is possible for everyone - to have a great heart.' -rZZr'That 's the on'y .thing I remember from all the elaborate commencement ceremonies," the psychol ogist continued, "And many times when I have felt ' '.hopelessly, defeated, this has come bark tn me " And Cod gave him another heart! ' A Government Relief Problem The most difficult ptfbblefg domscted with government relief is making the? decision on who shall get government money and who shall not. The theory is, of course, that the money paid out under the public assistance laws shall go to people who really need it. Some people may need.it because they have grown old, some because of illness, som be cause of blindness, some because they have became incapacitated and cannot work. Then there are the children, for whom, allotments of money are made under the Aid to Depend ent Children law. t has been said that more unworthy claims are made' and granted in this last category than in any other. ; The, root of the trouble in the administra tion of relief lies in the fact that many hu man, beings are loafers and chislers. ilow 1 large apart of the population answers to this description is a guess, and what the guess is depends upon the individual guesser's ideas about tlit4 goodnfcsa and badness of human na ture. Anyway, it is certain that the number of recipients of government relief who ought not to be receiving it is large enough to ac count for the misuse of a tremendous amount of taxpayers' money. , , The latest of many revelations of the reck less dishing out of relief money'rs contained in a series of reports in the Tulsa" Tribune, by an experienced investigator ..'and . reporter, Paul Molloy. In last week's Saturday Evening Post he had an article reviewing his investi gations. ; ' . . "v ' - 1 I.' .... .( I "Public welfare financed by the taxpayer," he says, "is making Oklahoma" a paradise for parasites." He visited and questioned' recip ients of relief in Tulsa , and elsewhere in. trio state, and he found an appalling .'humber of cases "aside from the legitimate Cases the Aid to Dependent Children law' was - meant to serve." He found many men and women, not ill and not physically ' incapacitated, well able to work if they wanted to, who were living off the allotments, of public money' that thev received; every week for sOrfcalled dependent ! Mvc children.' : '7 ; .. ' ..-A; .:-.;; ; . . I ernh, They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hado , .,.. - , " wny MOT LET KCCR V SHE'S IHESME LEFT-.4ND Wt OUGHT TO l SO EVO?yBOPy WILL VfvT, III w Ji TOG "IZ HAVE SJX COOPLBS-HOT ) I (SET IT--MOIES, ON '.r ,b FA 7S---o mm mi. t& m ww . .o , . js -a m m Ktmuii f i i t i J . i , i -a aw.;. is i rty j 11M HI ' . I It 1 lYF'X 1 1-tL v...V anliH .1.7-. ....77 1 I I Lit 9m ktf r' . ' ' M. I. I tLM ' " I lerrklnlie m n iev lXktTM.l ill i' AmT ' dlWS LOCAL SQUARE X B4MCE"" JtW-OMLOH TO . ED&ntroUt wise; Looking Back Over The Y ears 15 YEARS AGO J. F. Cabe leaves for special ses sion of the legislature. I 10-VEARSAGO , 5 YEARS AGO . , , . j . Bishop t Edwin Hughes begins Haywood people are s unned by ,, r S... . V. i iv,rt rnr,H. i r. .t it series of services at First Metho- the Japanese attack on Pearl Har- d t Ch h bor. . I ! .' ... ' W.- W. Card of. Duke University speaks at Duke alumni banquet here Fire traps many guests at Hotel The Need Is Great The Canton Enterprise points to the impor tance of improving Haywood' schools with an editorial under the - above heading. The Mountaineer wants to add a loud amen to what The Enterprise said- . ': . "The need for," improving . our 'schools throughout the wuntyv is. strongly emphasiz ed in a report of the. survey made a'Fevsriiays ago as to the sanitary conditions of the schools and facilities. "These eenditions can be corrected only through the funds made available by school bonds which may be voted for on December. 15, we are told. Therefore every voter should take advantage of the opportunity to cast his ; ballot for so great a need. ; ; '-..:. .". "The average voter, perhaps is not aware that such conditions exist in our countv. and the facts set forth m the report released this fuses to pity. its aharftbl tHelrant'theiiiitftM tCn., iC wiuuKing 10 many, inai eacn scnooi . ot recipients are made piiblic; and this is an will receive its proportionate share of the engraved inviti'-ioiert'i'-Weifve bond money has been assured, ; so no ; one made getting relief 6o;easy t'hat'we are creat- should fail to cast his vote for the bond issue ing a large class''(.:'ifofeion'atauMrB..-As on the grounds that his school might not ben- lone as thu rpfnrrl fivian ril4aii 4 'v.a o ,..v..4.u.,,i.mui.ii. ouu mc "The major needs are listed on the report published today. After studvinu these con ditions more carefully, surely the people of .Haywood County will want to do their part in bringing about better conditions in all the schools." , The federal government allots relief monev to thp states on a "matching" baisV,To.'get a federal allotment ; a state' must icpmpiy .' .with ' al federal rules, atidrone'pf- thesfr is that no names otTCipjen'ife:'oif rfUf $haU be made' public. A consider ablb'iip'ion ' regards this, as wrong. eenti the' Indiana" legislature enacted a few'-requVini tie;publi cation "of the narhes of ripierits but Wash ington has given noiie;inat if .;; tfttjlirequire ment js entorcea. tne;?federal' allotment to v' just tat Kir m ; . ? i.i. .1 ovi pin 1 inttri j - e rii.. m..i l nis nrpse rmiro u. ... , T7 ". iic propnauon t;ommiuees.) Finally, 2! " 0 l!,,nd stream de' one of his friends asked him why he talked to himself so much! "Well," replied Larkin, "there are two reasons. In the first place I like to talk to a smart man. In the second place, I like to hear. ,a smart man talk." Now the Governor could when he wants to sound off just talk to himself. In that way, his statements would Injure no one; facts and fig ures could be tossed around at random; and he could daily listen to words of wisdom. Jenkin 'Lloyd" ones.'.' editor r ofr -the : Tulsa ' Tribune in his comment on ,Mr.? M6jl6y's re-j ' ports, says: ' t' '. ' :. .. -' "The reason w$Hhe sour is the secrecf ihjit surrounds payments. Taxpayers are not pepni.Itted toknoVir Who gets meir money, ine ieaerai government re citizen who is tapped for . taxes cannot learn whether his neighbor has -a hand in his. poc ket, laziness and promisciiity will continue profitable and attractive." ' The Chapel Hill Weekly The lack of vision and faith have proven , to be the downfall of many a i nation' (and county) . ' Some people would try. to place a monetary value on the educational-life of children. Our greatest "asset is far above any ; monetary value. ' .',' ' . '.".' - MIRROR OF YOUR MIND J, iirJft&t' gr' rJr If V:' By LAWRBNC3 Cwswlttar Pqrt holt conalderable freerloia of move ment la- remitted and the men'i future adjuatment in th outside, world 1 diacuased with, them. The plan has been "operated for, two yeara with etuiouraglni reaults. M the authort put itj, 'We cannot train men to live in aoclety by aegregating them from aodet." !Lw.yi-.tJCL. 1 ... J-tr Moy Insomnia bjea form of telf-punlihrnent? ... A l 1 1 1 . . 1 Answer; uciiueuiy. n you BUI ferfrom sleeplessness for other than physical reasons such as chronic pain, the basic fact Is that , ySft are deliberately keeping j yoiirself awake.There Is no logi j Jff reason except a desire to make : yourself miserable for your dwell l tag on the fears and worries with ! which you prevent yourself from j sleeping. If you' did not uncon ; scloiisly want, or "need" to suffer, you could realise there Is nothing you could do about these in the iddle of the night, and put them ' 5ut of your mind until morning. " fleeognlze Clearly enough that punishing yourself does no good n anyopay, ana insomnia wiu tD v. tow tonvir tiv rn. . KL'"' 4Wm ' Should prisoner be trained for discharge? ; Answer: Yes, say William Mac DermOtt arid Victor Ruderman of the Federal Correctional Institu tion, Danbury, Conn. At Danbury, selected inmates are assigned to 0 "pre-release unit" from 30 to 0 days before the time when they are due to be discharged. During this tune supervision is related, (Coprrlcht, 1MJ, Kiss tmnm Sr4iMta. 1m.) May a neurosis koop you tano? Answer: Strange, $$ Jt. may seem, yes. The late, world-renowned psychiatrist, ' Dr. Paul Fedem wrote: "The most impor tant defense against schizophre nia is the neurosis," and warned that "no latent schizophrenic should be ured' ot hi .neurosis, and he certainly should not be treated by the standard form of psychoanalysis." This la because a neurosis to defense against reality and some patients would be "driven Insane'' if forced to face the unvarnished truth. It is neurotic, for instance, to believe that you can undo post wrongs by self-punlflhmetrfr but Shis' belief ' may at least protect you from facing the fart that nothing can undo them. w '....;r H .11 Boosters Club entertains Hazel- wood teachers with a sunnnr in the Town Hall. 1 tit, uupo iiiuiij ( Albert Abel is elected Master of Wiaecoff in Atlanta the Masonic Lodge. Miss Virginia Ferguson, daugh ter of General and Mrs ' Harlev Ferguson, is , engaged . to Offs Creen, Jr., of Asheville, Miss Ruth Burem represents Brevard College at the state-wide 1 Students Council in ttaleigh j Grover C. Davis is re-elecled president of the county Bar Assci- alion : Miss Mary Pauline Plott snends the week-end in Charlotte with rel- Robert McLean leaves for Tus caloosa, Ala. to spend the Christ mas holidays.. Felix Rtovall returns from duck and goose hunting in Currituck.. Nuncy Jones is elected temporary secretary-treasurer at a prelimin ary organization meeting of the Na tional Beta Club at Wayiiesville High School. Tom Medford is named on high school All-State team hv thp I Greensboro Daily News. - velopment In North Carolina. He IMS been talklne a lot nhnnt th Cape Fear River, and floor! onn. trol and power development on that stream for several months. Several ' weeks ago he took the power companies to task for not doing something about the Cape Fear. The reporters were led by the ' Governor at this particular conference to believe that the Army Engineers 'had already rec ommended development of the Cape Fear for flood control and power production. But., said Governor Korr Scott, the Army Engineers report was not being released because of Dressing from Washington. He hinted dark ly thatirthe State's Congressmen were causing the report to be held up because as tho Governor fur ther suggested the Congressmen are elected by, and take their or ders from, the power companies. Although not given to surprise as regards the Governor, we were a little shocked at these statements. Now we have been provided with the facts, NO PRESSURE No report has been held up by any pressure whatever. Brigadier General C. H. Chorperilng, assistant chief of En gineers, states there is some need of flood control on the Cape Fear, but any effective control would cost more in terms of farm land being covered with water perman ently than it would be worth. "Additional hydroelectric power can be developed," says General Chorpening, "but the unit cost would be hieh and thi dltlons would not absorb the out- put for a number of years." "... In my opinion. Federal Improvement of the Cape Fear River and its tributaries for navlga. Hon, either alone or in connection with power development, flood, con. tral or irrigation or any comhlna tion thereof is tint deetnecLadviSr ahlc'at" the present ilmn." A LONG WAY Evidently' u,e Governor was just warhllna in iu statements a few weeks acn fur the only unpublished report com pleted by the Army Engineers, ac cording to our Infoi 'mnl Inn t rni General Chorpening, Is related to a proposed nroipct in wixinn, North Carolina. Another renm-t not yet ocmpleted, concerns a pro ject near Belhaven which Is a far piece from Haw Rivpr nr iha Cape Fear. LARKIN ADVICE AUhnnoh the Governor has no love for stnto Senator John Larkin of Trenton uown in jones county, he could follow John's Plan. Larkin. rhnlr. an of the Appropriations Commit- iee in me 1051 senate, had a habit of talking to himself a great deal NOTES Prisons Chief Walter Anderson has struck his first snag in his new position ; . . More on this at a later dale . . . Ii now looks as if tho Southern Confer ence may split up, with Clemson going with the Southeast and Mary, land forming a new conference with Penn., Villanova,.etc . , , Some of Bill Umstead's friends in the Ashe ville area are said to be miffed at Secertary of State Thad Eure for muddying the water with guber natorial talk . . , 7 , A Raleigh resident was tried here last week for breaking the speed limit . . . He said he was listening to WRAL's Fred Fletcher, who is nephew of A.L. and son of A. J., and didn't notice his speed ometer ,. . Fletcher paid half lhe court costs West Virginia has nearly 120 dif ferent coal seams. Voice of the People is. RmiMino 'Round -i EUs Of numan Interest Net- , j unices isuDert rrazjer In the last year or two people have begun to complain that Christ mas today is "too commercial," and has gotten away from . its original meaning at the celebration Of the birthday of Christ. Do yon ...think Christmas is too commercial; and, If so, what can or should be done about it? ; '. ':' v Mrs, Louise Stahl; "People, .sis a whole are getting away, from; the real meaning of Christmasi.ut. we must have a real desirevior l a change before something "can' be be done about it." ' "v.T j Mrs. Lucy Jones: "Gifts for the young, old, and needy are flne but some of the others should' be .'left off our lists. Pleasure for others should be in giving gifts."" '' ; ' Dr. I..M. Weir; "Christmas does much to keep our spirits up during the winter months. Christmas should be a time of doing .some thing for people' who are really in need." , ' ': : . Mrs; Robert M. Boyd: "When I'm broke, I think - Christmas "is too commercial; 'when I'm not? I don't think it1 is."1 ' , ' ' . Miss Evelyn Siler: "Christmas is too commercial these days;. When we realize the true meaning ; of Christmas, a change will; come about automatically.' As it lsj today Christmas usulty exhausts people, and makes them feci glad when it's all over." ' : .", ' ' Mrs. William T. Hannah: "After TRIPLE THREAT MAN OF. 1951 i 'in" I- i '- , l'v v'i tW' ' 4?1f ika. u A U u A&- .. Did you ever try" tiny lace paper doilies to add to the attractiveness of . your Christmas wrappings? you'd be astonished and delighted atihtmanyjdeas.you can promote; and your packages will have an in dividuality that will call forth many expressions' of admiration. ' - vi' .- ?-:-' :..--7 .... , Heard In passing: "Gee! I wish divorces didn't cost any more than marriage licenses!" v .'. . ( . . .. .' - -It-',. .I.' .'., .!. ... ' The clerk patiently went through tnje- long list of names under the letter: "S" for' the. .third time. "I'm sorry; Mrs. S," she said desperately, "but t don't seem to have any res ervations for you," The lady look ed a bit annoyed and said impati ently, "I'm sure It is there, I made the reservations two' veeks ago and gave them my che,ck." ,Then a hor rifled expression came over her face. "Oh my goodness," she ex claimed. "I'm so sorry, young lady, but I forgot that I have gotten mar rled since then.-Please look under the 'letter 'A That, was the name then!'; - -"r r , ... - -:- :--'M....,-' thoughts rashing- madly aloitg , like water-cascading, over rocks. . -:-' :- :- , We wish, totthank Mrs. H. B. Mil nem'for' these" two- recipes for CrutppetoThey .follow a different school of -thought than the one re cently publishedjin this column. - CRUMPETS Makes ten or twelve muffins. Cpmbine; i - M.cup scalded milk ,li cup shortening '.2.tcaspdons .salt -1. tablespoon light corn svruD Co'ol to lukewarm Att3: iy paekagycast,. compressed -.' dry';.' which softened in i. 'jj' wari:n water, Mkl Add: 3 cuns oil ...J. lL Mix Until A. ,r?0SM and soft. Roll out on 1 foV4inchthiei"nfld men cutter, Pace on which has h,P '.. bak tablespoons cora " of muffins with 2 tab J meal.. Let-rise in Jab Bake on hot ung e2 ,?hlS T 7 "" apout Tml each side I 7 Split. -cooled muffins a toasted , with butter or ma, Recipe ' Using Sugar im syrup Combine: 1 cup scalded milk 7 3 tablespns butter . 2 ta)le.-,t; iions uq:,r . 11 4 teaspoon salt Cool to lukewarm Add. 1 package cat , been softened h '.,. lukewarm waUi. milk Add 1 btateJ - cups of flour to Stir until -well blend knead in 2 cups mure ol til firm and clastic lPt uuuuil- in ouik. about 1 J out y4 inch . thick on flourd ui into 4 inch circles 1 board, cover and let r double in bulk, about o When light sprinkle meal; if desired, and bake hot ungreased griddle abo utes on each side. ToaJ serving. Makes about 12 "It's later titan you J ana we amt fonlin'. tetters To The Editor OUR SCHOOL BOND ISSUE Editor The Mountalheef: v We, as- democratic' eltizens of Am'etlca.should haVe well edueat- ed .people to run our government. Unless. wVhye, then the govern ment wUl' not' be- run in the right way We alw.heed to have educated pebplHoVotc. If they are not edu eated,"... they:- will - not Know- what they -pre voting for. , . In TOWif to have educated poo- paying- high prices during. Christ ma,:line, vpeople,; are usually flat broken :'hd taxes come right after thai:1! 7 f ' ' .. y.-; . : pie, we need to have sclij the proper facilities. ti ik i . . ji me scnooi bond issupl ed next Saturday, the taxi a little .higher., but it the of Haywood county are nol to. make this investment children, what can they e the future generation? - Call Wot (Member tho 7th grade, Junior High School.) The earliest known me the girati'e family had a neck and was less than Bf at the shoulder. niiiMA?r vmmytm mm iv MARCH OF EVENTS fresldW Moy Koop Mum On Condtdocy Until 1952 HST Could Dtfiol 1 He Thinks Bui Gin 'V. 1 ' ':";' ' V-;::" iptcUt to Central Press ' . tTTAJSHINGTON Don't ' look for President Truman to uai ,W;. his candidacy for re-election until well into 1952-poniblj before the! Democratic convention in July. Political experts say are;,ln8reasin'r Indications that, Mr. Truman will run again, but dOh't expect him to say so' until April or May, at the earliest. ' Some say the President's strategy apparently is to keep mum he finds out what Gen. Dwight D. Eisenno going to do. this strategy also partly Wockj crat plans for a revolt within the Demoj party. ' ; The avowed candidacy of Ohio's Senator R A. Taft for , the GOP nomination increawi chances that Mr. Truman will run a&aln. President has made it clear he would welco race against Taft. While Mr. Truman is confident he would " ?-.' Taft, his views toward Eisenhower A. h date mav be somewhat different. For that " Wllf JIS ' he " Probab,y "oln6 t0 opt a wait-and-see VUUVi 11 II; frltldent' Truman ; PEFENSE 8LO WDOW N-Word U MHul anuin in nMlot olrolM that OltW II ' nite ilpwdown in production of tanks, planes and other WfP0 reMon-given is that the military wnts more work done to " the.!'lniga'frotn the latest models, and therefore is not frees models at their present stage of development, for lrp production. ' . i 7 , ' This Is said to be in contrast with the attitude of the w when United Nation forces-in Korea were threatened with ui feat. Then the military wanted models frozen, and ordered wi production to supply deficiencies at once. h Now the feeling U that the world for the present will have Ing spell. Although tensions still exist no general war is ww for ot least the next pine months. .. Nevertheless, some civilian officials aren't so surf-n 1 ing for definite decisions on models and production. - . . . . . . ... MORE DOLLAR TROUBLES Conservative estimates England and France will soon be looking to Uncle Sam i 3 billion to keep their home economies from floundenn? quest, of course, will not be put as bluntly as that. It is anticipated that the two overseas governments will nw " demands on grounds that it's all to the good of th Weswn i nd that it will aid in the fight against Communism. . The Churchlir government is expected to ask about $2 while France la said to be in need of about Jl billi"11 f"r im1 freight., , If the United State, grants the dollars-and there is W Uon that this will be the cuethey will be In addition to, rate .from the military .billions already ear-marked for, Europe . ''... ::: ; ... a TRUMAN AND WASHTNOTON-PreslJei.t Truman rK Uttled George Waihingtort'a feat of tossing a coin across w hanrtock river and all but called the Father of His . Countrv lat. .... ,1 u., ka all In 1 J ..f.tV. TT,U. " JTM. AftUlliaiia ICIIUM"" fun-wer made to a ttoap Of cartoonliW who volun teered to help the government sell more defense tKMtds. The President pointed out that many peopl think wWngtoft.threw 4 silver dollar across the Potomac. In" Truman said, it was a Spanish piece of eight, and it w tcrosa the Rappahannocau t wstf TM President added with a sly grm and . twinkle in m go down thero: and Uke a look at the place where live4-4ny 10-year-old boy could throw s dime across tn y "However, r tm doubtful that Washington, with ws i Johiti, would-tvjtrUtjoeBa, that Spanish piece of Dsllo