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Seeking New Industries
The publication last week of an industrial
booklet by the Industrial Council of the
Chamber of Commerce, was well timed. The
colorful, pictorial and factual booklet about
industrial advantages in Haywood, came
right on the heels of an announcement
earlier last week at the annual spring State
meeting erf.the Board of Conservation and
Development The same group met here last
fall, and spent considerable time discussing
new industries for North Carolina.
Out of the meeting last week came the
question: "Is your town on the hunt for new
industry ?
"It so, take the word of an expert; get
your facts lined up for industrial prospects."
Ah Grant head of the division of com
merce and industry of the CAD Board said:
"Communities can lose an industrial pros
pect awfully quitk if they are not organized
to receive that prospect. Industrial prospects
today want a package deal ? they want to
know the pric? of land, facts on water sup
ply, and a description of the land area."
Governor Hodges sitting in on the meet
ing, said a loud amen to Grant's analysis,
and added: "You're all wrong if you think
you can get industry with a lot of blarney."
All this proves that getting industries in
to a community today is done on highly
business-like, and scientific methods.
This community has learned in the past
24 months that just the mere fact that we
want more industries here is not sufficient.
This community is just like every other com
munity in the state, and many other states
-^they are all out to interest new industries.
There have been numerous prospects of new
plants for this community within the past
year, yet with every one, there was the fact
that some other community was also inter
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enieu ana matting a naru oia ior me piuni.
With all these facts in hand, it begins to
appear that this community is thinking
right along with the experts, and those of
the state who have been bringing industries
to North Carolina for a long time. During
the first three months of this year there
have been 24 new plants moved into the
state. Sixteen of them located in the Pied
mont; six in the mountains and two in the
coastal area.
Now that the groundwork has been laid,
we are in a better position here in Haywood J
than ever to attract new industries. Along ,
with the groundwork, it will take patience
and whole-hearted cooperation of the entire
citizenship to accomplish the program.
A Serious Mistake
i*he unfortunate incident at Parris Island,
when six Marines marched to their deaths in
a tidal stream, has brought some sharp
criticism from many parts of the country.
Until the Marine Corps get all the facts,
and releases them, it is folly to jump at con
clusions. The Marine Corps, to say the least,
tried to keep the incident to themselves too
long*: That is a matter of policy which is also
under heavy attack from public opinion.
The fact remains, someone or some group,
<6 directly responsible for the deaths of the
six Marines. The public should be told in no
uncertain terms juBt where the mistake was
made.
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RIGHT
The experience gained by hard knocks is
never fully appreciated until after the sore
ness* has disappeared.?Los Angeles Times.
GOT HIM PICKED OUT
I never hate anyone ? but if I ever do,
I've got the louse all picked out.
* ?Catskill Mountain (N.Y.) News.
Pigeon River Route
Wine Approval 'MM-p
In an editorial Saturday, The Asheville
Citizen expressed a feeling which haa been
given here time and time again relative to
the interatate highway to Tennessee.
The Citizen, after pointing to the value of
a road down Pigeon River, cited the need of
a modern road for Madison county. We
heartily agree that there should be a mod
ern highway from Asheville to Marshall and
on to Newport. As to the exact location we
are not qualified to say, as that is an engin
eering matter.
The editorial Saturday in The Citizen
read:
All Western North Carolina has good rea
son to rejoice over the prospect of early com
pletion of a new interstate highway between
Asheville and Knoxville.
The Pigeon River route into Tennessee has
been approved by the U. S. Bureau of Public
Roads upon the recommendations of the
North Carolina and Tennessee highway de
partments. North Carolina Highway Com
mission Chairman A. H. Graham says addi
tional construction on the route may be un
dertaken soon.
The interstate highway, when completed,
will mean much to this mountain region and
especially to Haywood County.
It will be an important highway into the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
country.
When it is tied in with the proposed Foot
hills Parkway close by the park in Tennes
see and with roads connecting with the Blue
Ridge Parkway in North Carolina, the Pi
geon River route will be a major tourist
travel artery as well as a highway of com
merce between North Carolina and Tennes
see.
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as well as provide another access to the Great
Smokies from Asheville.
Improved highway connections into West
ern North Carolina are an urgent necessity.
The more roads we get, the better it will be .
for all this mountain region.
Madison Oounty people had an earnest de
sire for the modern interstate highway to be
routed down the French Broad. We shall
hope for and advocate a better road for
Madison County folk, too, so that another
modern and vital link can be forged with the
Tennessee Valley and the great Middle West.
Madison certainly needs and deserves an im
proved highway.
Plain Old Gout
Many of the present younger generation
have never heard of gout. Now physicians
tell us that gout is not as rare as it was once
thought. Gout, it is explained, is character
ized by acute, sudden and often very pain
ful attacks of arthritis, commonly in 'one
joint.'and usaually in the big toe joint.
The doctors say gout is the result of the
body's failure to handle certain substances
which turn into uric acid and give the
trouble.
Thus far, there has not been an mention
made of gout starting from a virus.
HARD
A golddigger is the hardest known female.
It takes a diamond to make an impression
on her.?U. S. S. Reina Mercedese Galleon.
Taking note of a survey that revealed
more television sets than running water in
Burke County homes, Philips Russell in his
"Chips That Fall' 'column in the Chapel Hill
News Leader is reminded of Oscar Wilde's
statement i "Give me the luxuries of life
and I will do without the necessities."
VIEWS OF OTHER EDITORS
Industrial Development: Item
The first item put on the list of things to be
done in getting and keeping Industry by an execu
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tive of ? great corporation which has recently es
tablished plant* in this State must have sounded
a little surprising to *ome old-fashioned property
owners and taxpayers.
Item 1, said Harold F. Smiddy, General Electric
vice president in charge of management, is more
pay for teachers in public schools and colleges. And
all the other items on his list of things to do as
a means of attracting industrial development
stresaed the need for more and better education
for all in North Carolina, not less for anybody
anywhere In the State.
Of teacher*, he said: "They must be carefully
trained and a&aguateiy paid. The jobs of teacher*
mutt be made attractive. We cannot have our
school teachers poorly paid hole-in-the-elbow* sort
of people. Teachers ought to get ftrst-class pay."
And of the children: "Our children are going to
haua a laugher world to live In, more of the things
of life, mare tensions, more knowledge, more leisure
time We've got to prepare, the wsy for them."
Low wages may attract some types of Industry.
And in a low-wage South, school teachers may be
expected by some to work for low wages, too.
The kind of bargain the best industry is seeking,
however, In its decentralization, is that of well
tralaed wgrkm s In a' region aide to consume The
future la not bright for Industry or anything else
In any region where poorly taught children can be
expected to contribute poorly, too.
?Raleigh New* and Observer
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Monday Afternoon, April 16, 195?
SPRING THAW
My Favorite Stories
By CARL GOERCH
Mr. J. L. Jackson of Raleigh,
one of my special friends came
into our office one morning, set
tled himself comfortably In a
chair on the other side of the
desk and said:
"Have I ever told you about
the Jones' dog?"
I told him that so far as I
knew, I never heard of the Jones'
dog.
"It isn't a real dog." he con
tinued. "It's a dog made out of
stone, and you can see it about
one and a half miles west of
Wake Forest on the highway
leading to Durham. The dog's
favorite station is atop the arch
way above the gate at the en
trance to the grounds of Mrs.
T. P. Jones' home-place. By the
way, this location Is somwhat
notable, it having been the form
er home of Major J. M. Crenshaw,
who was the first student to ma
triculate at Wake Forest College.
"But to get back to my story
about this stone dog. He seems
to be very sensitive to changes in
the weather. When the weather
is settled and calm, he keeps
his vigil unperturbed, but If a
cloud is coming up and he hears
thunder, he at once becomes
restless and starts whining. And
then?"
"Walt a minute," I broke in.
"I thought you said this was a
stone dog."
"That's right," he agreed.
"And yet you say that when a
cloud is coming up and be hears
thunder, he starts whining?"
"That's exactly what happens,"
said Mr. Jackson calmly. "And
then, as soon as it begins to rain
and he feels the drops pelting
down on him. he jumps down
from his perch, runs into the
house, gets under a bed and stays
there until the thunder and rain
stop. Afterwards, he can again
be observed at his post. Another
thing?"
Mr. Jackson!"
"What?"
"Do you realize what you are
saying?"
"Of course I do; why?"
"Do you expect me to believe
that this stone dog?this abso
lutely lifeless stone dog?jumps
down from his perch and runs
into the house when it begins
to rain and he feels the drops
pcltiilfc down upon him?"
"It's the truth," he said, glanc
ing at me somewhat indignantly.
"It's the truth and I can prove
it."
"Proceed."
"Anotner time that he comes
down from the arch is when he
smells a steak cooking in the
kitchen. As soon as the odor is
perceived by him, he hastens to
the kitchen door and begs to be
let in. When he gets inside and
tastes the steak, he stands on his
hind legs and dances around, tip
ping an Imaginary hat as a sign
of gratitude for the treat."
"Is that the truth, too?"
"If it wasn't the truth I
wouldn't be sitting here telling
you about it." he announced. And
then he went on with his tale.
"In the early days of his ex
istence, there was far less travel
along the road over which he
keeps watch than then is at the
present time. Many rw*e people
In automobiles pass him nw than
they formerly did. This, of
course, klves him greater oppor
tunity for observation and medi
tation on the erratic ways of
humans. As a result oK this,
when he sees a car approaching
at a rate of speed that would
indicate a lunatic or moron is at
the wheel, the dog at once be
gins to howl and bark furiously
until the car has passed. But
when he observes an automobile
coming along at a rate that is
safe and sensible, he keeps ab
solutely silent. He's a most in
teresting animal, and the next
time you're driving over that
particular piece of highway, I
hope you'll stop and take note
of him."
"And if he sees me, I suppose
he'll start turning somersaults,"
I suggested somewhat sarcas
tically.
Mr. Jackson rose to his feet,
raised his right hand and said
solemnly: "Carl, I'll give you my
word of honor; that's exactly what
will* happen."
I got up too and said: "Are you
trying to kid me or something?"
He raised his right hand again
and said: "Every word I've told
you is the truth."
"The dog is really made of
stone?"
"That's right."
"And he'll do all those things
exactly like you have just told
me?"
"If it isn't the truth. I .hope
I'll never be able to walk into
your office again."
With that he picked up his hat
and left.
There's the story, and here's
the atfermath:
Two weeks later I was driving
from Wake Forest to Durham. I
rounded a curve and. on the left
side of the highway, I saw an
arch over a driveway entrance.
Atop the arch was a tone dog, and
suddenly I recalled the story that
Mr. Jackson had told me. .
Stopping the car, I went into
the house and made some in
quiries. I told the lady who
came to the dor what Mr. Jack
son had said. She nodded her
head and said it was the truth.
I stayed there about half an
hour. Mr. Jackson gave me his
word of honor that he was tell
ing the truth, and I now want to
tell yo uthat he mast positively
was.
When I got close to the arch j
and the dog heard me coming, he ]
turned around, stood on his front i
legs and barked a hearty goodbye -
. at me.
If you're skeptical about it,
drop me a line and 111 prove to
you that it's the truth. First off,
however, aee if you can figure it
out for yourself.
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mushrooms I picked up in tho
woods this morning '?
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Looking'
Back Over
The Years
?? years ago
Park is visited by almost 20,000
during March.
Hazelwood Presbyterians to
build $10,000 brick church.
Mrs. Sam Knight attends B.T.U.
regional meeting in Sylva.
Sammy Bushnell, who is with
the State Highway Commission,
now located at Boone, spends the
Easter holidays as the guest of his
parents.
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10 years ago
Thirty-one Democrats seeking
sixteen offices.
Redden sees need for immedi
ate development of Park on North
Carolina side.
v Miss Mary Lee Alley graduates
from the Duke Hospital School of
Nursing.
Mrs. Charles Ray has gone to
Eastern Carolina where she will
visit friends and relatives for a
fortnight.
Hazelwood ball club starts daily
practices.
5 YEARS AGO
Contract for highway' from
Lake Junaluaka to Canton slated
for letting April 24.
Saunook and Francis Cove will
soon get telephones.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Siler spend
the weekend in Reidsville as
guests of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Rothrock.
Beta Sigma Phi sorority sets
benefit card party.
H a re 1 wood wins grammar 4-B
club cage tourney.
Nickel sihrer, an alloy of copper,
ticket and zinc, is used extensive
y for decorative hardware in rail
-oad passenger cars.
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Rambling /Round
By Frances Gilbert Frailer
The wind had kicked it around and the rain and snow had wal
loped it as though in sudden fury. When we first discovered it, we
couldn't identify it immediately, but we knew it combined the colors
of yellow and green. The yellow was the color of a new-born crocus
and the green its tender leaves. We knew It could not be a flower
because despitfe its rough treatment it remained as perky as ever.
Suddenly a lusty breeze picked it up and deposited it beneath
our window where its identity was no lodger a secret. Where 'it had
come from will always be a mystery, but here it was, a cluster bow
of yellow and green ribbon that had, at one time, encircled a gift.
Judging by the combination of colors it was an Easter present.
We began to idealize the box. the contents, the giver, the recipi
ent, etc.. etc., and why the bow had been so carelessly discarded.
But, the sad part is, we'll never know?
Heard in passing: "I would have went but I wasn't asked,
so I didn't go."
The warm sun shimmered on the lily pads floating in the little
pool and reflected its rays on the recun^bent form of Uncle Moae
in his usual place on the lower step. The soft lapping of tfle river
against the breakwater at the foot of the garden and the permeating
fraigrance of crimson Jacqueminot roses filled the air with a sooth
ing tonic that was working on Uncle Mose to an alarming degree.
He took long deep draughts of this elixir of life as he let his byes
wander over the pleasant scene before him. He stretched out his
long legs in luxurious ease then suddenly sat bolt upright, his eyes
fixed on a ridge that was. believe it or not, slowly moving across the
lawn.
"EITen that atnt mah just dog-goned luck," Uncle Mose re
marked to an unsympathetic world, "for that pesky mole to parade
right in front of mah eyes jest as Mr. Bossman drives in." He sighed
deeply and shook his head. "Ah ceulda stomped down tjhat critter,
now Ah's got to go burrowing atter him. Oh me!"
When sympathy is needed most: When your head feels like
a balloon filled with helium gas about to explode and some one
says: "Oh, I thought you were sick, and It's only a cold."
Oh yes! April half gone and we've been singing the Spring Song
most lustily, talking about the birds and the bees and all the
beauties of the advancing summer. Then slam bang along comes a
snow storm and on the eleventh day of April, if you please. We not
only felt humiliate;! but we had to haul out our galoshes that had
been parked behind the winter garment bag. We looked at the apple
blossoms that had fooled us into believing in the calendar and said
"Ha ha, it hurt you worse than it did us," but that didn't help mat
ters much. It never does help to ride on the other Iguy's misfortune.
Then the next day the sun was golden bright, flhe sky was azure
blue, and all was forgiven. But, please, Mother Nature, don't let it
happen again. We just couldn't bear it.
Gossip that starts out like a dWarf can suddenly assume the
statue of a giant.
Letter To Editor
PRAISES HAZELWOOD
FIREMEN
I should like to take this means
of expressing, at least in part, my
deep gratitude to members of the
Hazel wood Fire Department for
their work Wednesday night when
my floor furnace burned.
Their prompt arrival not only
eased my fears, but undoubtedly
made it possible to extinguish
the flames before they spread to
the whole house.
In addition, their cheerful in
sistence on "mopping up" the
chemicals used, and somebody's
thoughtfulness in telling me,
"We've rolled up your new rugs,"
made me reAlize that they are
not only skilled firefighters but
good friends.
Agnes Fitzhngh Shaptpr
jUfc^WASHINGTON
MARCH OF EVENTS
Senators Seek Tax Relief I Increasing Mortality Ratq
For Small Business Man I Among Little Firms Reason
Special to Central Press Association
WASHINGTON ? Increasing concern is evident, especially
among Demociats, for the plight of the small business man,
Statistics show that the little fellow?the corner grocer, the inde*
pendent druggist, the man with the old-fashioned hardware store?*
Is finding it tougher and tougher to make ends meet.
A dozen senators, led by Senator J. William Fulbright <D>?
Arkansas, are seeking tax relief for small firms. This relief woul<4
uiciuue viui 11ujn ju pel ceni w u per cent llf
the tax rata on net profits up to $25,000 a-year.
Meanwhile, legislators plan a continuing study
of the sharply growing mortality rate among
small businesses squeezed into extinction by
chain-store opposition and similar competition
from the well-heeled "big fellows."
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? BIG BUSINESS?On the other hand, big busi.
ness is doing its best to support the "prosperity
and progress" theme the GOP is sounding as an
election-year slogan.
The Commerce department has disclosed that
business firms plan to spend an all-time recortl
Senator Fwlbright $35 billion for new plants and equipment this
year, nearly $7 billion more than the previous
high, achieved last year.
The department noted that the gigantic expansion program re.
fleets business' confidence in the economic situation, with manufac*
turers, traders, and utilities all anticipating substantial climbs ii>
1956 volumes.
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? SCHOOL AID?It now appears fairly certain that no aid-to*
education bill will be approved at this session of Congress if an]f
provision is made for banning federal assistance to states witlf
segregated schools.
Chances are that the House will reject the antl-segrSgation pro*
posal offered .by Rep. Adam Clayton Powell (D), New York, but it
a similar amendment Is revived in the Senate, it could kill the billi
Southern senators have served notice that they would bloclf
passage by a filibuster or any other means at their command i?
northerners insist en attaching the Powell provision.
The White House is eager to get the school aid bill through Con*
gress this year, but it's doubtful that President Eisenhower woul<$
be willing to promise to withhold funds from segregated areas.
Powell has offered to withdraw his controversial amendment i^
the President will give assurance that no federal money will b?
spent on segregated schools. So far the White House hasn't given
such a promise?and probably won't.
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? CONSUMER CREDIT?Administration economists believe tha$|
expanding consumer credit is not only a symptom of inflation, but
a cause of it as well. That's one of the reasons why President
Elsenhower has asked Congress to study the possibility of controls.
These economists explain that many merchants frequently offeq
more attractive credit terms?such as lower down payments^
Instead of reducing the prices of their goods to meet
competition. In other words, the law of supply and Prices Up
demand Is artificially violate?. Thus, even when
there Is an abundance of consumer goods, their pi"
prices may remain higtwtr go higher. Mi walnut!
Hits situation makes it possible for Inflation to
flourish even when there is no scarcity of commodities Is boost
prices. Many economists fear that the situation is developing ari
that something must be done fast or it will get out of hand.
However, Congress is reluctant to resort to controls, and thp
administration doesn't want to push very hard for them la an
election year. ?