TODAY'S RIRT.E VERSE . " ? * <m \T|on
? Editorial Page of The Mountaineer
hast horn a man of wir. and ha.t shod blood & * lawyers, W"OSP trade is talking *
I Chron. J?:3. " "~Th??^i
S3 ; ;
Haywood Not Included
In Emergency Loan Plan
. ? ?
General opinions heard around here seems
to be that never has Haywood been frit quite
so hard by a freeze as a week ajfo. Some or
chardmen remember a number of years ajco,
however, when the apple crop was a total
failure.
Not many jrardneners, and especially flow
er growers, recall when there was such a
complete kill-out as was experienced this
spring.
Speculation as to what will make a come
back is of course, just that much guess-work.
As for burley beds, specialists say that there
is still time to replant and not suffer any
great decree of loss, except |>erhaps a later
crop.
As this is written, Haywood is one of the
13 counties in the state not approved for em
ergency loans by the Farmers Home Ad
ministration.
Certainly we were hit as hard as many
counties, but perhaps the ability of Hay
wood farmers to be served locally in the way
of loans, was a big factor in determining
there was no need of the emergency plan in
Haywood.
A Sunday School Teacher
"Old Jesse James undoubtedly wasn't the
most savory character ever to hold forth in
St. Joseph," notes the St. Joseph News-Press,
"but he certainly has had no equal in the field
of publicity. Seventy-two years have sped
by since Jesse James went to his reward,
but every time his name creeps into a story
now controversy seems, to arise."
For exampje, it is noted that when a sug
gestion was made in St. Joseph recently that
the 1955 motor licenses include a picture of
Jesse's house, the story traveled all around
the country on news wire and a woman in
Atlanta, Ca., wrote in to protest.
The latest war of words over Jesse is
whether he ever taught Sunday School.
?The Kansas City Times.
Quotes
A sign posted on the outskirts of a Wash
ington state community says: "Our speed
limit is 25 miles per hour, with a fine of $.'1
per mile for faster driving. Pick out a speed
you can afford." ?" Matoon (111:) Journal
Gazette.
A little boy at school for the first time was
sobbing bitterly. "What's the matter, Wil
bur?" asked the teacher. "I don't like school
and have to stay here until I'm 14," wailed
the lad. "Don't let that worry you," said the
teacher, "1 have to stay here until I'm 65."
?Lamar (Mo.) Democrat.
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Monday Afternoon. April 1, 1955
Closing Days Of General
Assembly Critical Ones
The General Assembly is now entering
that dangerous period of every session ?
the closing days.
The members are tired. Since early Jan
uary they have listened to speeches, argu
ments, and a constant flow of figures. They
have studied, and discussed various matters,
and naturally they are worn.
Resides being tired physically and mental
ly, their financial status has taken a rever
sal, in that they have received their last pay
check. From now on they are on their own.
It is during this dangerous period that
many of our most obnoxious laws are intro
duced and passed.
One member of the Assembly, from this
area, said the other day, that while he was
opposed to a bill callhig for certain new
taxes, that he would forget the merits of the
measure and vote for* it, if in so doing it
meant getting away from Raleigh even just
a week earlier.
The General Assembly seemed to get off
to a slow start, and several weeks were de
vote! to the lawmakers getting organized.
Now with the pressure of adjournment on
them, they are perhaps trying to make up
for lost time.
There can be no justified quarrel with
them for wanting to get home, and back to
their businesses and families. Certainly one
can understand that working without pfty,
and in addition, paying out saved money for
living expenses is no fun. Yet, on the other
hand, their actions in the next few weeks
will affect the lives and incomes of every
North Carolinian for the next two years ?
and that is a big, and important responsibil
ity.
We Are Getting 18
Memorial Trees Planted
*
Within a short time we can expect the re
planting of 18 memorial trees on Highway
19A-23 east of Waynesville. The 18 trees
were planted there by the Woman's Club
shortly after World War I in memory of the
18 young Haywood men who were killed dur
ing the war.
A year or so ago, a highway maintenance
foreman was instructed to remove two trees,
for safety measures. Instead, he cut all of
the trees down, which resulted In some sharp
words being made over the matter.
This week, A. H. Graham, chairman of the
State Highway Commission, completed his
study of the evidence and volumous file col
lected on the subject by Mrs. J. H. Howell,
Sr. The highway commission has ordered
the landscape department to replant suitable
trees along the highway.
Chairman Graham suggested that perhaps
a slight change might want to be made as
to location of the trees. This suggestion is
fitting inasmuch as the trees can now be re
planted in spots where they would never be
any question of being a menace to safety j
along the road.
We're glad the matter has been settled
satisfactorily.
And while on the subject of the trees, it
would be well to consider a faster growing
species than white oaks They grow mightv
slow, and while a pretty tree, their growth
will make it many years before the selected
area would become a shaded memorial lane.
How Fast?
The club womtjn were peppering the ex
plorer with questions following a dramatic
lecture on his adventures in Malaya.
"Is it true," asked one, "that wild beasts
in the jungle won't harm you if you carry !
a torch?"
"That depends," replied the explorer, "on
how fast you carry it." ? Exchange.
:
Voice of the
People
Do you think children enjoy
Eliirr En hunts as much today
as they did when you were a child?
Mrs. John Penny: "1 think they
do?at least mine do." ?
Mrs. R. C. Lone: "I know chil
dren today enjoy Easter Egg hunts,
but when 1 was a child, we didn't
have so many diversions and no
body could have enjoyed them
more than we did."
Mrs. Roger Walker: "I believe
! they do."
j Mrs. V. C. Nobeck: "Yes, 1 feel
I they do. The Easter Egg hunts of
today have so many more features
than the ones which were held
! when I was a child.
Mrs. Charles Isley: "Certainly I
'do. Mine have already started and >
I have had two hunts in the back '
' yard. After seeing the fun they had.
I don't believe it possible that any
generation could have enjoyed it
more." 1
BONES OF CONTENTION
I
Looking Back Through The Years
20 years ago
Work is started on highway No.
10 through Clyde, making it 16 feet
wider.
Mrs. R. N. Barber speaks on
"The Passion Play and Jerusalem"
at Baptist Church.
?
Bernice and Mildred Harrell
1 have party in their home at Cove
! Creek
| ?
Zeb Rogers, clerk at the Hotel
LeFaine, visits his family in Crab
tree.
10 years ago
Rufus Siler accepts chairmanship
of the local War Price and Ration
ing Board.
Charles H. Metcalf of Forest
City is named accountant in the
office of the Haywood County
auditor.
? '
Cadet Zeb Alley, student at Oak
j Ridge Military Institute, spends
I Easter at home.
v 5 YEARS AGO
Ground is broken for Hazelwood
Post Office.
Mrs. Harriet Brendle Estes ob
served 93rd birthday.
Census workers begin count in
Haywood County.
Miss Susie Swanger has birth
day party at her home in Haz
elwood.
Mrs. Medford Lcatherwood and
daughter leave for California to
visit relatives.
Rambling 'Roul
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
A* we enter this Holy Week, to., few m us oWr*,
. the occasion, anrt too many of us are thinking of the o,
J less of the inner spirit; too many are h%
compHshments to give thought to the re,.! n , aning ft
In the strain and stress of the present da. pursuit
_ :nK the world moves too swiftly to pause to, rot,-^
sanctity of the Week is pushed aside j
Out of the fifty-two weeks in the >eut cant *e-p*
?tEs each day of this one week to render our deep
One who gave His all that we might exist
Time plays no favorites: it just seems lonser t? f
shorter to the old.
The little red hen surveyed the scene with a d
faction. A warm sun shone from a sapphire -k\. and the|
grass sent out an appetizing pungencs. II biid> were i
rily in joyous acclaim that Spring was here, and aliogetj
pretty nice world. The little red hen flullxi ,,u: her featli
out a decidedly cracked falsetto imitation of Mcndelssohn'ii
As she threw back her head to let out a particularly hjj
eyes fell on the gate to the adjoining yard It was open
to allow her to slip through and in she wen: Jus. ^
other side, she saw with horror a snake -ii'hcring i;$ j
direction. With an unholy squaw k she adro > hupped out
and found herself facing a big dog that w, barking f,
sheer good luck the little hen was directh t>> the cate and
herself through the narrow opening, her li\: .c wing, (ami
to slam shut. The little red hen, cackling - hi ill- strutted!
of her own roof tree, thankful to be safe in home territory,
how, the sun shone warmer, the sky was bluer and the g;
Moral: Hoitie products are usually the best after all
Heard ill passing: "Since he got that new job, he
has outgrown his slacks."
The recent parting slap that Old Man Winter besti
left a scar that we view with a sinking heart. Rust bra
graceful branches of spirea; lifeless daffodils and other sen
lie strewn on the ground as thrown by some irate giant 1
beauty with a mask of blight that cut short its existence
It's hard to understand why Mother Mature, usually
and generous at this time of year, should have done this
To the fruit growers, the die is cast but to the flower
| diets there is still hope, and an opportunity to replace ft
! the living. The brown can be changed to green and ben
be ours. The scar will heal and by mid-July, being humani
for a bit of that chill we resented so bitterly a short time
A deep-seated, hearty laugh is like shaking hands wi
friend. ,
There hre two Community De
velopment Programs, called Upper
Crabtree and Lower Crabtree.
Brack James is chairman of Up
per, which has been active and is
i making progress. Lower Crabtree
has recently re-organized, with Rev.
A. R. Davis as chairman, and has
I gone to work.
There is one FFA chapter, com-1
bining Co-Ag. boys in both Crab
tree and Iron Due. B. F. Nesbitt is j
teacher. Also two 4-H clubs. Junior
and Senioi*.
Schools
The combination High and 1
Elementary school is centrally lo-'
cated on Lower Cratat
Crabtree and Iron Dal
In the high school
are enrolled, with 1
elementary. Fred L Si
cipal, with 13 other tt
Churches
There are six ch
Baptist and three Mel
Correction: In our
Fines Creek we failed
under Churches, th
Army Headquarters at
where Major Cecil Bt
charge.
Just Looking Around
By W. CURTIS RUSS
There are many people. Just half
j the age of Mrs. C. D. Ketner, Sr.,
who do not have the energy, and
| the bright outlook on life as this
happy 79-year-old lady.
Mrs. Ketner. mother of 13 chil
dren, <11 living) got electricity into
her home when REA lines ran by
her house in the late thirties. As
she acquired a washing machine,
refrigerator, iron and other time
saving appliances, she laughed and
said:
"Now that all my children are
grown and married, I get all these
things to make housekeeping easy
?when 1 have less to do than any
time since I got married."
She said it without a tinge of
regret, because she had enjoyed
every minute of her duties in the
home with her family.
Mrs. Ketner still tells the story
with much enthusiasm, about the
incident of the mid-twenties, when
H. C. Wllburn was going down the
Maggie road, and one of her roost
ers ran out in front of his car.
Mr. Wilburn was going slow, but
the rooster was going too fast, and
the car ran over the fowl. There
was a cloud of mixed dust and
feathers as the car ground to a
stop.
Mr. Wilburn picked up the roost
er, and carried him to the steps of
Mrs. Ketner's home. He called her
and explained he was sorrv. but it
was an unavoidable accident. "Now
1 want to pay for the bird," he
said. as he reached in his pocket
for some money. They agreed that
?he chicken was worth about 50
"ents. As Mr. Wilburn handed Mrs
Ketner the monev. the rooster go?
?id, shook himself good, and al
though wobbly, ran off around the
house.
It was quite a joke, as they
branded the rooster as being a
highly trained fowl, being able to
plav dead" until after the finances
had been settled.
Mrs Ketner tells the incident of
30 years ago with as much enthu
siasm as the <jlay It happened.
A man seen frequently around
?he legislative halls at Raleigh
these days is Bob Davenport, form
er manager of Pet Dairv here Bob
is now manager of the Long Mead
ow Dairy, operating in Durham.
Raleigh, and various points in that
section.
The milk bill in tho General A*
sCmbly has keot Bob close at hand.
The other dav after a hard two
hour debate. Rep. Jerry Rogers
slipped out of the House for a
snack, since it was almost two
o'clock. He got a bottle of milk,
and a sandwich, which promoted
Davnoort to remark:
"There's a man after mv own
heart ? discusses milk legislation
two hours, then romes out and con
sumes the product. He's a dairy
man's friend in more wavx than
one."
^?tT??? ?? . i
supper meeting of the Wilson Chit
tlin Club Tuesday night. The invit- i
ation was extended on a two-fold
basis: (1) to eat chitterlings, and
(2) to extend a formal invitation to
the club to attend the Ramp Con
vention on May 8th. |
The pressure of time prevented
the local fellows from going to Wil
son, so they delegated Lynn Nes
bitt, a Raleigh newspaperman as
spokesman. Nesbitt said he would
explain, and quote Bill Palmer as
saying the cold weather had not
hurt the ramps, but put more
sweetening in them. From later
press reports ,the Wilson club were
told about ramps in a big way.
| We were shown the spot where
Thad Eure planted ramps on the
capitol grounds a year or so ago,
( but for some reason they did not
i grow.
The suggestion was made by one
legislator who is becoming weary
of the session, that a hia box of
ramps be sent do? n to the General
Assembly, and after a feast of
them, the law-makers would4 of
I necessity hasten the adjournment
! hour
| i
I
The story I? told of the time an
electrical engineer was foreman of I
a Jury hearing murder trial.
After deliberating for several
days, the jury filed back into the
courtroom.
"Have you reached a verdict?"
'he iudce asked.
"We have, vour honor." announc
ed the foreman, "but In order to
he fair to the defendant, we would
like to ask him one ouestion."
"Go right ahead." said the judge
Turning to the prisoner. the fore
man said politely: "Which w^wld
vou prefer, AC or DC current be
used on the electric chair?"
Over The
County
By W. C. MEDFORD
Crabtree, General ? Crabtree
township lies between Madison and
Buncombe counties on the east and
Pigeon river on the west, and ex
tends from the Rush Fork-Parkins
Gaps on the north to the Cham
bers-Hyder Mountain Gap on the
south.
Like Fines Creek, the township
is generally hilly to mountainous,
but contains quite a bit of creek
bottom and good rolling and clay
sub-soil land. This section is, there
fore, adapted fairly well to gen
eral farming. The township has
| furnished a number of enterprising
farmers, including J. M, L. Mc
, Cracken, the Walkers, W. D. Mc
i Cracken, John Rogers and others.
There are some good pasture lands.
As is customary in most sec
tions of the county, the farmers
generally turn most attention to
tobacco and cattle. There are some
eood dairies, however: these in
clude Glen. Joe and Rilev Palmer.
John Kirkpatrick, B. F. Nesbit.
Wilson and James Kirkpatrick and
others. The above-named living in
the Rush Fork community, are also
encaged In the poultry business.
We understand that Jack Rogers is
changing over from the hatching
! egg to poultry business.
But one thing Outstanding we
must note for Upper Crabtree: The
farmers of ihts section lead by far
in sheep-raising over the county?
nnd are finding it profitable. The
Roeers boys, Frank Medford and
others have good herds.
There is only one voting Pre
cinct for the township. Like Fines
Creek, the population is all white
Albert Walker, 89 years old, is
said to be the oldest person now
living in the township.
C. D. Programs Etc.
4*U^WASHING|
MARCH OF EVENTS 3
Television Aided Choice I Short S?s?i#?
Of GOP Convention Site | With Early Ew
Special to Central Press
WASHINGTON'?The nations millions of television fanil
a major reason why the Republicans can po to Sal
for their 1956 national convention, while the Democrats a
in Chicago.
The California city was chosen by the Republican nat
mittee on the assumption that President Eisenhower and'
dent Richard Nixon will be renominated without eppod
.... a
the GOP can confine its nomin>u? -
relatively few hours, including demoniU
Even if there are favorite son candid*
sibly a candidate of the Republican "0
it is doubtful that more than two or tl
will be presented to the Republican cd
The entire session could be staged I
afternoon or early evening and teW
ences across the nation would have ?*
tunity to view the proceedings.
The Democrats, however, face thepe
a half dozen or more names being pia?
ination. Speeches and demonstration*
into the wee hours, even if the sess-f
President noon.
MAhower Eastern TV watchers likely will M
the Democrat Slttin<r before their sets until after W
Erancisco i? ?? in CWca*?- Were the convenu
nominating soeVi! that dawn in the east would **
?peechea on the West Coast.
? ? t *
.. ta
in<j*trttn!IFAT!Off~~D?m0cntM ln Congress are au *' -
det>artm?n^ ?f f,nc,ed differences between the State and J
ThfrTu K?Ver/arm exP?rt Polices
Secrets rv 'v as'?il y' con'iderable reas n to believe that'
State ? ?^r' I**1 Benson would like to move much I
special bii.l f t0 g? in *ettinS rid of surplus com???
^ T,emen" With other countries,
land in? e subcommittee under Senator J??
pS HMT3S?1*,s preparing to ?et the facts fm? I
Rep. S^.rtr?flgniflc'nt that Eastland's colleague *
conflict of inf ?nv(D)' Mississippi, first brought the
SLn .n 'erMt" betwwn State and Agriculture uito#
by statihir r y tried ,n sdvance to smooth the trou*
1 moditv hf ?l?,.a?,r*Cent "P**Ch that 500,000 bales of cc!t?
? ? ? ?
? MYSTERY 8L'B?The Navy is particularly
that a mysterious submarine has been sighted off tM (
and both air and surface lookouts are being kept (or_ ,
Ther* ls 110 fe*r that the Soviet Union is
atolnic attack launched from a submarine, or tnat s?n
be smuggled ashore. ,
The Navy's interest stems from a desire to spot
?nd study the characteristics of the latest-type under
aea vessels of the Red navy and check performance (
against the American submarine flotilla. i
Despite Russian claims of superiority in ^ fleJrF^
of atomic energy, military experts do 'not believe the
in operation a nuclear-pow ered sub like the USS lV?*? |
Ing successfully as the first of the United States "fl**
However, there is always the possibility that
* nwprlae and in any case the Navy wanu ? ^
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