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Discipline Has Become
Problem In Our Schools
And Corporal Punishment
Offers Only Relief
The father of a three-year-old was having
considerable difficulty with the lad on West
Main street one afternoon last week. The
boy wanted to go in one direction; the father
i?rthe other. The youngster was crying loud
ly, and at intervals the father would squat
down and try to explain why it was neces
sary to go the way they were going.
What the father should have done was to
have laid the boy across his knee, and given
him a half dozen licks on the spanking end
with his hand. It would have surprised the
boy beyond measure, but within a few min
utes his whole attitude would have changed
for the better.
A committee of the National Education
Association said recently that the Number
One Difficulty facing public school teachers
is the breakdown of youthful discipline. If
our Albemarle father had spanked his son
last week, and at other intervals during the
coming years, it is likely that he would nev
er become a problem for his teachers.
Various magazines are printing articles
"now regarding corporal punishment, and
more and more authorities are recommend-*
ing that children be punished by spanking,
the "hickory," and the strap. Most children
below six and many who are older have be
come young tyrants in the home, and it is
no wonder that school people are disturbed
as to the course they must follow.
"Jersey Joe" Walcott, a former world
heavyweight boxing champion, testifying
before a Senate subcommittee some weeks
ago, said that the best preventive for juven
ile delinouency Is "a little love mixed with
'strap oil'."
"We need," said Joe, "more old-fashioned
fathera and mothers."
The editor of the Christian Science Moni
tor, in discussing discipline said that "what
ever one may feel about corporal punishment
aa an aid to discipline, there is no mistaking
... the need for chastening and with St.
Paul'a words in his Epistle to the Hebrews
linking chastening with love."
The problem is not one to be dismissed
liphtly, with parents shoving the respon
sibility of disciplining the child to the teach
er in the public school. Both must work
hamMnr hand, and parent* -must always
stand beside the teacher in any dispute be
tween the teacher and child.
There was an old rule which most of our
fore-parents adopted ? "if you get a whip
ping at school, you'll get another when you
get home" ? and it would not be a bad idea
to re-adopt it, after first giving permission
for use of the strap at school where much
needed teachers are now being driven from
the profession by undisciplined youngsters.
?Stanley News And Press.
Commissioner Buchanan
Still Pushing
Pigeon River Project
Commissioner Harry Buchanan is work
ing diligently on seeing that the Pigeon
River Road project mo<ves along just as fast
as practical.
He went to Washington and let it be
known he wanted action. The nett day he let
the same thing be known before the State
Highway Commission.
Since the survey work is completed from |
the end offthe present graded 6-mile link to
Dellwood, it is a matter for the drafting
forces of the department to make drawings
of the remaining 18-mile area. There are a
bout three proposed links from Cold Springs
to Jonathan Creek. These drawings, we are
told, will take the engineers in Raleigh, about
three months to c'omplete and have ready
for letting contracts.
We expect almost any day to hear that
Commissioner Buchanan has made formal
request for the completion of the engineer
ing of the three links, in order that every
thing be all set when the Federal and State
groups are ready to call for bids.
The Commissioner of the 14th district has
done a wonderful piece of work in pushing
the project, and we feel confident that' with
the situation as it is new, he will move things
along at even a faster pace than in the past.
Our Police Solve Two
Break-Ins Quickly/
Efficiently f
Our police department used detective ap
proaches in bringing a quick solution to two
weekend break-ins. : N
In one instance, they had the loot and
the men before they found what grocery
store had been robbed.
Only through their consistent patrol
program, would either case have been as
quickly solved.
In one instance, it was a matter of match
ing shoe tracks, wet clay and mud together,
and making the arrest.
In the other it was a matter of out-think
ing and acting quicker than the two suspects
who robbed a grocery store. Two packages
of cold sausage told the officers the meat
had not been off refrigeration too long,
whirh ted-to *'nearby store.
The quick work keeps the record clear of
solving all break-in cases here. And this fact
should be remembered by those who are in
clined to want to do a little entering as a
lark or as a business.
The Brrre Facts
On A Pfonosed J \
Nudist Colony In WNC
An enterprising young man at Ft Bragg,
from the New England states, has fallen in
love with North Carolina. He wants to stay
here and go into business when he gets out
of service within a few months.
Looking for a field that does not have too
much comoetition, the young soldier in a
very business-like manner wrote the Attor
ney General office for facts and information
relative to opening a nudist colony.
The young man had looked over the state,
and had selected a snot in the beautiful
waterfall section of Transylvania.
The attorney general's office hurriedly
wrote back that he could not have such a
colonv in this state, as there was a law a
ga'nst. indecent exposure, and that was that.
This much can be said for the young, fel
low. He certainlv was avoiding a competitive
fielH and second, he did select a pretty snot
of Western North Carolina. A? cording to
Norfb Carolina laws, tbese are the only two
bare facts his idea could comply with.
SERMON ON THE MOUNT
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Looking Back Through The Years
20 YEARS AGO
Mis* Amelia McFadyen and
Miss Louise McFadyen of Wash
nigton, D. C. arrive to visit their
mother, Mrs. H. L. McFadyen.
Miss Jewel Hipps and Miss El
len Louise Killian entertain joint
ly with a dinner at the home of
the former.
Mr and Mrs. Grady Clayton and
young son, Henry, of Addie spend
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Boyd.
10 YEARS AGO
County tax rate remains at $1.30.
Frank Davis starts development
of modern dairy farm at Iron
Duff.
Seaman First Class Oren Coin
and his brother E. M. 1/c Robert
Coin, meet on ship in the Pacific.
Lt. Comdr. and Mrs. Mack Davis
and young son are visiting the :
former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. ]
G. C. Davis. ? I
5 YEARS AuO
County erids fiscal year with a
surplus of $73,000.
Ben Phillips announces opening
of his new Esso Station on Main
Street.
Miss Una Plott returns from vis
It to Mexico City.
Mrs. James Fields, who is mov
ing to Atlanta, is honored at a
bridge dinner given by members of
the Wednesday Night Bridge Club.
Just Looking Around
By W. CURTIS RUhS
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no irip use ine ij.ow-miie larm
tour which a group of some 87
Haywood countians completed
Thursday night would be com
plete without some of the brighter
moments.
While we were not on the trip
which went into 12 states, we did
have some fun at this end of the
line getting reports from Traveling
W. C. "Uncle Abe'' Medford who
was supplying us with the facts.
We had worked out a contact
schedule with Mr. Medford prior
to the tour leaving, which would
give us the last-minute details
right up to press time each day.
Since Thursday, the last day of
the tour, was to be a straight
through run of 425 miles, we fig
ured it best to get the facts on
Wednesday night, after the group
traveled from Kansas City to
Evansville, Ind.
As he did not call upon the
schedule, we placed the call from
here.
First off, we learned that he was
not registered at the hotel in
Evansville. But we found through
another member of the group. Miss
Mary Medford, "Uncle Abe's"
daughter and secretary of the
county agent, that the information
was an oversight, and that her
father was registered and having a
9:30 p.m. supper.
He came to the phone, hot, tired,
and travel-worn.
"Mow is tne weather." we asked.
"Pretty warm here in IndianaD
olls tonight, pretty warm," he re
plied.
"I am not concerned about the
we*ther In Tndi?nanolis. how is it
In Fvan?vtiie?" wo shot back.
"I couldn't tell v<m about Ev?n?
vtHe. I'm in' Indianapolis. Just
hsvin? gunner." he said with ut
most confluence
Ahout that time his daughter
overheartn? the conversation in the
hotel straightened htm out and
confirmed the feet that he waa In
Fwansville, Indiana, and no fool?
Ine
"I'm iust hot. tired bus wurrv.
and vour call eai??ht me off euard.
I was ?*nln? to rail rl??ht after sun
oer. It's hot. been In 104 decree
weather for two davs. it's hot uo
here- whew?will ho ?l?d when t
ret hark to the mountains ? sav.
hnw> the weather down there in
y? earn esvtll e* "
"Father chlTW.*' we renlled with
forme In cheek and wMne the
Tversniretfnn from Olir hrnw. Osit
I thtnk ?? ran. ret hv without fire
tonight, If we oae plenty of Man
kets."
That did not cool things off in
Evansvllle, however, as he kept on,
"Have you ever been in Omaha
when It was 104 degrees?"
"No, glad to say I haven't. Now
tell me about breakfast with Mr.
Truman. What was the menu?" we
queried.
"Gee, I dont know, just same old
usual things, like eggs and bacon,
1 reckon. It has been so long since
we had breakfast with Mr. Tru
man, I've forgotten."
"Forgotten this soon?you had
breakfast with him this morning,
and here It is just your supper
time, imd you can't remember the
menc you had at a meal with the
former President of the United
States," we told him.
"I know, but that was away back
up the road, and we've been
through Missouri and Illinois since
then, and it's hot here, and was
warm, I mean downright hot in
Missouri and Illinois too. You
know that takes something out of
a fellow." he came back.
By that time he had .gotten un
der a fan and was coolino off and
?ave the facts about meeting and
having breakfast with Mr. Truman, I
and the events of the dav.
Anvwav. he did a good job. and
oerhaDs H was too much to exoent
to call a fellow awav from a B-30
dinner, after a 6 am breakfast
followed by 14 hours on the road.
to start asking detailed questions.
He bounced into the office Fri
day morning, looking none the
worse for wear, and as spry as a
three-year-old, shaking hands
around like a full-fledged can
didate.
He had a long cigar, pink sports
shirt, and straw hat and all.
It's funny how quickly a person
so downcast, can be revived with
just a few hours of living in this
pure mountain air.
"Uncle Abe" proved that there
is no place like Haywood.
Your Money's Worth
Buyers who pride themselves or
having sharp pencils and who spe
cialize in trying to get the lowe?*
possible price need to learn the4
oftentimes their lowest - priced
article is no bargain.
Possibly you remember that ??
certain small town needed r
preacher badly, back in the ear''- ;
davs. When a ministerial-lookin~ I
fellow rode in on a horse, a com
mlttee met him. This conversatlor
followed:
"Preacher?"
"Yeo.'*
"What'll you charge to preac'
here Sunday?"
"Twentv-five, dollars."
"We ain't pot that much."
"All rlPht fifteen dollars."
"We ain't got that much neith
er."
"How much have vou got?"
"Ain't vou rot a sermon vou ca*
elv? for about five dollars?"
"Ves. i b?ve, hut t warn you?
it ain't Worth much."
Rambling 'RounJ
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
Recently we heard a man describe another man this v>y?
iow even after knowing him ten years. I was never able t?
iim.' He always raised an invisible barrier between us."
We* thought this remark over and wondered if that b*?,
in involuntary "stop" sign erected by this man s inferior*
plex or whether he felt so completely self-sufficient h0 re*,
invasion of his mental domain. The two explanations are ^
separated that there is plenty of room for other interpret^
In this day of keen competition in every line of en^
almost inconceivable that a man will risk his plat ' jn ^
progress by enclosing himself in an armor of indifferencej
eluding himself from beneficial contacts. No man. certainly e
sider himself a perfectionist to the point of posting a "N, ^
ing" sign on his brow.
Heard in passing: "I don't know a darn thinc about itj
Just know she is wrong."
In just four weeks, the schools will re-open for thf
season and children will enter the doors by the thousands, n
early morning stampede will take place and the usual at*
minds as tc hazards will occur. A rush down the steps. a fr?|
across the street to join pals, a glad hand wave as a little a
sff the curb without looking in both directions, a group |
demonstrating their baseball ability in front of the school:
these take place daily and is part of school life Youag. thai
eager, carefree and very much alive. And that's where we wy
to stay.
Here's where the motorist has got to do a job of double i
. . . for himself and for the youngsters coming from and |
school. Every second the motorist is within a school zone da
entrance and exodus of the children, his eyes, mind and steeni
must be alert 'to the danger that may suddenly dart b4
moving vehicle.
Drive slowly . . . carefully and not have a lifetime of re*
a little maimed body or for a life you can never give back
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There are some women who clean house as thoufb mi)
was nailed down.
m'm m*m
Anything that Miss Beatrice Cobb writes is interesting i
recent article in the Morganton Herald laid a nostalgic hut
shoulder. We can remember, in the way-way-way back yem
youth, that we wondered, too, about the "stoop" in brick d
Our grandfather, a sea captain, never failed to find an to
any query we put forth, and he did not fail us in this one, I
testify to its accuracy, but here it is." Rain, dampness u
dews saturate the mortar between the bricks and the chin
naturally turns toward the sun for warmth and drying powg
we remember how our grandmother would turn the pots i
geraniums in the kitchen window when the leaves all turnedi
to grasp the sun. Ah, those were the happy days!
Words spoken in anger have indelible ink on thcmilfc
never be entirely erased.
4*4?&WASHIN?TJ
MARCH OF EVENTS =|
GOP Far Mora Hopeful I Optimism SttiwB
Of Regaining Congress | _ Conviction Ike Wfl
Special to Central Press Association J
WASHINGTON?Republicans, now absolutely conviaa?
President Eisenhower will run in 1956, are far mora?
than they once were over their chances of regaining control?
gress next year.
In their optimism, they shrug off two well-known facts: Fa?
the GOP has far more Senate seats "In danger" than do tlcfl
crats; and second, that the Democrats have been winninf?
I !_!_?_ A .1 SU_ tA/,nl nidi etltl^H
anu picmng up vui.cs at uic lutai aim
since 1952.
The Republicans reply to this by poil#
that no winning1 presidential candidate i
years has failed to carry his own party ti
in the congressional elections. And, they i
Eisenhower will deflniteFy be an alK?
candidate in 1956.
Democrats, who were confident to the)
cockiness about their 1956 congressional
until recently, are no longer quite so suit
They concede the President's personal)
ity, realize he will campaign hard for a ft)
Congress if he runs next year, and they adi
still have not come up with any really pd
for the 1956 campaigns.
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? JOHNSON?The situation has been complicated by
tack which removed. Senate Democrat Leader Lyndon JoMj
the political scene?temporarily, both his friends and his po^B
hope. M
The Texan, since taking over as majority leader last
demonstrated unusual political skill. He rates ace high w B
and conservatives alike in the Democratic fold. ?
Without Johnson's shrewd touch and his constant practw*
amounted to a political healing art, old enmities are likely*
However, if he can return to the Senate floor in January
crats will be in a much better position to go into the 195?*
ranks closed.
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? DISARMAMENT?United States officials were hopeful*
progress could be made at the Big Four conference on t"*
armament plan, but they were well aware that a long, HUB
ahead before any concrete program could be worked out. *
President Eisenhower, before he went to Geneva, ?*
some agreement could be reached between the major P?"J
ting up a special group to consider disarmament and
mendations.
Regardless of the developments at Geneva, it is obvto?*
eral gears may be required before the differences bet*^B
powers can be resolved and a definite, workable plan fob?**
The big problem, of course, is the search for a method o ??
of armaments that would be both workable and accept _
various nations.
In the long run, this must boil down, as Mr. Eisenhower-?
out, to how much the nations trust each other?and ngh "JM
the parley at the summit, there's still plenty of mutual
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? MEAT-EATERS?If you like meat, there's good W*
Millions of hogs in pens, cattle in pastures and chickens R
promise lower prices.
Agriculture department experts say:
Pork prices, which have climbed slightly in the p?l ?
are leveling off and will start dropping soon. JM
Though top-grade beef may go up slightly, less
expensive meat products will go down, and sharp f *
declines are expected in veal and lamb prices.
There are ao many chickens in the United States
at the moment that poultry prices are due for ?
really sharp fall.
In general, the Agriculture department men expect
for the rest of this year to be lower than tbey were m M
of ms JM
The 1958 production of red meat la expected to re**
billion pounds, exceeding the 1994 figure of 25 4 bm'? ' I
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Mr. Eisenhower
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