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New Unogusia Plant
Rising Above Ground
A-beautiful sight here in this community
was seeing concrete being poured at the new
U.iagustn. plant
Now that the found*tirj* are being pour
ed, it will not be long before the building
will come right on up "out of the ground,"
arid begin to take shape.
The construction has been slowed by ex
coSStTt rains, but workmen are making use
of ey^ry good day in pushing the project to
early completion. The plant has a deadline
for being in production this fall and, with
an even break in the weather, that deadline
seem assured.
Inglpstricxl Council Of
Vital Significance
The creation of the Haywood County In
dustrial Development Council is of vital sig
nificance to the county.
A group of civic and professional men got
togeffyer more than a year ago and because
there were 80 of them, called it the "30
Club'V They undertook to study community
needs, with special emphasis on new indus
try and working with industries already
established here.
The longer the study, the more the group
was convinced that to cope with the com
petitive field of securing new industries, the
more important it was to have an organiza
tion set up to handle all inquiries. Indus
tries today employ special locating engin
eers to select for them locations for new
plants. The engineers being specialists in
their field, have to have an abundance of
factual information and must have it
promptly.
The group has made a long and exhaustive
study of securing industries. In keeping
with what they have found essential tb a
successful program, was the publication of a
24-page, two-color pictorial booklet of the
industrial advantages of this area.
It'should be remembered that getting new
industries today.is not an easy matter. Prac
tically every community in the nation is
working to get new plants, which makes it
a highly competitive field.
matter of securing industries is not
1 the, .pqle respowtbility of one group ? it
will take the unqualified cooperation of every
citizeq when called upon. The Industrial
Couggjl is just a small group, donating their
tiirvu for the cause, who stand ready to do
more ithan their part when given whole
hearted support of the community.
T1W attitude of the community shows that
the 100 per cent support is assured, and with
that, everyone is working towards a bigger
and better day for this area.
W.N.C. Hams
Tonight a specialist will discuss with a
group of Western North Carolina civic lead
ers ahd farmers the proposal of producing
hams here in this area as a new source of <
farm income.
The project was suggested some months
ago, or even several years ago as Western
North Carolina Associated Communities di
rectors looked'over the list of possible area
wide projects.
The idea is to have uniform sized hams
cured in a distinctly select mariner, and put
there on the market This idea, it was point
ed out, should bring to the farmers addition
al income at a time when other sources of
farm income are low.
The exploration of such suggestions shows
the Interest of everyone for raising the in
come of the area.
New Pigeon River Road
Is Good News
The Transylvania Times, of Brevard, long
an advocate of the Pigeon River Road, this
week had an editorial commenting on the
recent decision of the Bureau of Public
Roads. Our neighbor said:
This newspaper is highly elated over the
big news that after years of controversy and
investigation the United States Bureau of
Public Roads has at last designated the
Pigeon River Route as a new interstate high
way from Western North Carolina into
Tenpessee.
This is good news for all pf the region and
especially for Haywood and Transylvania
counties. When completed the new interstate
road will provide the region with a fine all
weather, water-grade modem highway from
Asheville into East Tennessee and the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park area.
It will mean a better and shorter route
from the Great Lakes and Midwest to the
South and to the resort stae of Florida. This
travel, when the highway is completed, can
go through the Smokies, to Waynesville, to
Brevard and on South via Hendersonville or
direct to Greenville and Atlanta. In time it
could mean a lot more travel over US 276
from Waynesville to Brevard over the
Pisgah.
The area served by the road in Haywood
will open up a large section of that county
which is not now being served by a modern
highway.
We can appreciate the fact that the peo
ple of Madison county wanted the proposed
modem interstate highway route through
the French Broad valley and we agree that
their road should be modernized and improv
ed.
By selecting the Pigeon River route, the
region will now have two interstate high
ways and that is all for the good of every
body.
Horse Show Site
Headed For Sale
Present indications are that the Horse
Show site will be sold in May, which would
apparently mean no horse show this season.
The Horse Show officials announced last
fall that their decision was to dispose of the
property and not try hflyfi,? flhftw this
summer.
There were some -who felt that arrange
ments could be worked out whereby the
county could exchange the Welch Farm site
for the Horse Show site, and enable the show
to continue. This proposal was discussed at
length on several occasions, but has not gone
beyond that stage.
The Horse Show attracted a large number
of people, and seemed to be growing. But as
is the case in many such programs, the cost
was much greater than the income, and the
sponsors did not feel justified in continuing
in view of the red ink showing on the books.
There are many who feel a horse show is
worthwhile here, and should be continued.
Perhaps there might be something worked
out before it is too late for staging a show
this summer.
Marshall's Editorial View
The Marshall News-Record, in a lengthy
editorial review of the interntate highway
route from North Carolina to Tennessee, con
cluded with this paragraph, which read in
part:
"The fine people of Haywood county h^ve
long needed a highway to Tennessee. We con
gratulate them on their unified efforts in
securing the interstate highway, and we are
glad that the decision has finally been
made."
VIEWS OF OTHER EDITORS v
County Now Has Another Big Attraction
Transylvania and this section of Western North
Carolina now have another excellent tourist attrac
tion. It's tfie magnificent new 12-mile stretch of the
Blue Ridge Parkway runtung atop of the Piagab Na
tional forest from Wagon Road Gap to Beech Gap.
The average altitude of this mountain-peak highway
la 4,500 feet and it is regarded as being the most
"acenic" of any section of the entire Parkway.
This beautiful highway, along with the rest of
the Parkway, opened Sunday for the 1956 season and
thousands of tourists and motorists from all over
the nation are expected to visit it and to marvel at
the breath-taking, panoramic views that are af
forded from one end to the other.
It is likewise most gratifying that definite plans
are now being made by the Forest Service and the
State Highway Commission to grade and pave a new
15-mile highway from Beech Gap through Pin Hook
on down to Balsam Grove and Roam an.
This road has long been sought by local leaders
and now a final decision has been made to proceed
this summer. At the same time, another important
entrance to the top of Plsgah from the north will be
paved and this will give motorists from the Ashe
vtlle area a shorter route to Wagon Road Gap.
T%is is the old Ptsgah Motor road and Is about
eight miles long.
When the Pin Hook highway is completed, local
mptarlats will have ? wonderful scenic loop to travel,
going from Brevard up highway 37g to the Park
way. down the Parkway to Beech Gap. from there
to Balsam and Ro?m?? and bach to fh-evard, a dis
tance of about 75 mites. *
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My Favorite Stories
By CARL GOERCH
Things that are intended for
practical jokes often have most
unexpected endings, which is one
reason why a lot of people don't
like practical jokes.
Take this case of Sid W infield,
for example H. E. Gibbons, Jr.,
of Hgmlet, gave me the facts and
said he knew them to be true.
Sid lived in the Hamilton
Crossroads section of Union
County about five miles from
MarghviUe. He was a good band
to work and had no trouble find
ing plenty to do. He was de
pendable and was held in high
esteem by all who knew him.
Sid had just one 'little fault.
He loved to have a good time and
on frequent occasions he imbibed
a little more than was good for
him.
Whenever he got to drinking,
his disposition would change
completely. While sober, he was
a friend to man; courteous and
polite at all times'and attending
strictly to his own business. But
let him get drunk and he was
a changed man. It wouldn't be
long before he would get into
an argument, and in a number
of instances these arguments re
sulted in fights and arrests.
This worried his friends con
siderably, because they knew he
was a good man at heart and
that he didn't intend to get into
trouble. Some of them talked
to Sid about the matter, and
he'd promise everytime that it
never would happen again.
But It did happen.
One evening Sid got on a tear.
;He knocked another colored man .
around a little bit and this in
dividual didn't like it. He had
Sid arrested, and a deputy took
him to jaiL
Some of his friends found out
about it later on and succeeded
in getting him released. It was
.4 ?; -vi * ?
? w(nt ana wnen ne finally
got home. Sid had only a few
hours for sleeping purposes.
The next morning he felt
terrible, but he had a Job of
plowing to do and Inasmuch as
he always kept his word, he pro
ceeded to start out for the farm
where he was supposed to work.
He went to the stables, hitched
up a mule to a plow and started
for the field which was about a
(quarter of a mile from the house.
Then he started plowing, and?
feeling the way he did?it was
no easy job.
Now it so happened that there
was a practical joker by the
name of Mr. Cornelius Thomas
in the community. Mr. Thomas
had heard of Sid's downfall the
night before. Walking down the
country road past the farm where
Sid was working, he saw the
Negro reluctantly following the
mule up and down the rows. It
was evident to even a casual ob
server that Sid was in a bad '
way. He walked with his head '
down, permitting the mule to !
drag him along. i
But he stuck to his job.
While Sid was working toward
the other end of the long row,
with his back toward the high
way, Mr. Thomas had a sudden
idea. He jumped across u>e ditch
and climbed a cedar tree which
stood just at the end of the
cleared ground. It was a big tree
and its teaches wore so thick '
that he had no difficulty in con- 1
cealing himself.
Then he waited.
Sid reached the other end of
the field. He turned the mule
around and headed him back
toward the highway. Every few
steps he groaned lugubriously.
(First time I've ever used that
word in all my life.) He resolved
to himself, as he had Yione many
times, before, (that he never
would take another drink.
He reached the end of the
furrow and was just preparing
to swing the mule around when
he heard a voice. The voice,
apparently coming from the
heavens, said in sepulchral tones,
s "Go preach."
Sid said, "Whoa, mule."
He looked around him care
fully, peering in all directions.
Then, shaking his head in a
puzzled fashion, he said, "Giddap
mule!" and started across the
field again. He probably at
tributed the sound of the voice
to a figment of his imagination;
and again he determined not to
drink any more.
"I'll be down in about 85c,
Robert!"
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Looking
Back Over
The Years
20 years ago
Mr. and Mrs. James Atkins, Jr.
move to Lake Junaluska to spend
the summer months.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barber,
Jr.. Mrs. M. H. Bowles, Mrs. Tom
Lee attend concert by Giovoni
Martinelli, in Ashevilte.
A show room is being built at
Abel's Garage.
Aaron Prevost and Jimmy Neal
visit friends in Richmond, Va.
10 YEARS AGO
Dr. N. M. Medford, denUst.
moves into new offices on Main
Street.
Johnny Johnson returns to
Waynesvllle to make his home fol
lowing three years in the service.
'Aaron Hyatt wins 2nd place in
oratorical contest at Lenoir-Rhyne
College.
Mrs. Annie McCracken is visit
ing in Arlington, Va.
S YEARS AGO
Charles Alley, Waynesville high
school sophomore, plays in North
Carolina All-State High School
Symphony Orchestra.
*J. C. Galusha is erecting store
building on Main Street.
Maxine Randolph, Canton High
School senior, is Student of tlje
Week.
tiTTAX BURDEN REMAINS AT WARTIME LEVELS^
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TAXES ASSESSED AGAIffST THE PEOPLE'S OUTPUT
The chart shows that the fax burden (local, state and federal) of
the population of the United States has grown faster than the people's
ibUity to produce. Since 11129 this burden has increased from about 10
per cent to about 25 per cent of the vain* of our production. Put an
other way, on the average, one dpy's labor out of four is now for the
support of government, compared to only one day in ten in 1929.
Government receipts, no matter how designated or bow charged,
are taxes on the nation's total output. This output?Gross National
Product?is the final market value of all the goods ami services pro
duced by the people. The tax on that output is, in the last analysis,
an assessment against the people's productive effort.
A temporary increase in the tax burden to wage a major war is
understandable, but the decrease in thai burden after World War II
was meager and short-lived. The percentage of froas national produc
tion aon being used to Tr"-* governmental optrathms is again at
wartime levels.
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Rambling 'Round
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
Attention, all you who have stood tip-toed to watch the Kelly
Rainier wedding festivities, resume your positions. The parade has
passed and life will again resume its routine everydayness.
But the romartic aureole still lingers and will soften the
monotonous glare of dishwashing, baby tending and proofreading.
"All the world loves a lover" was written a long time ago but it
still holds its magic power. Make the lovers a twosome and you've
got something. Rarely* ever has a wedding been so advertised,
publicised, criticized and propaganda-ized as has this one, but in
too short a time it will have been shelved for somfc new front-pa
attraction o'r news feature. Life's like that.
Heard in passing: "I told my wife that we ought to go to
Florida in April instead of January. We'd been better off if we
had."
Our pet peeves haven't begun to blossom yet although little
buds are appearing. Of course, our perennial has kept up a steady
growth all winter and no amount of verbal pruning has alleged its
deep-rooted selfishness. Automobiles blocking the sidewalks are as
obnoxious as any weeds that refuse to be uprooted.
It's a bit early for the s.b.'s (spoiled brats) to burst into full
bloom but they'll spring up (and we mean "spring up") when the
days lengthen and the sun shines too brightly in the lowlands. A
newly developed plant has been doing splendidly throughout the
long, cold winter but may dry up as the great outdoors begins to
beckon. We are referring to talking a la televitis. Thus far no amount
of shushing has had any lasting effect.
We are still in hopes that our *stock of patience hasn't been
killed and that we can raise a plentiful crop for the coming 9eason.
If we could stand where the other fellow does, perhaps we
would see his point of view.
An apprehensive glance around as each lady arrived at Mrs.
Abee's for the Circle meeting assured the assemblage that Little
Mary was not about and a deep sigh of satisfaction wove itself around
the Circle. Even the meeting was finished, refreshments served and
enjoyed and the final good byes were being said, and still no sign
of the little girl.
But, of course, it was too good to last and the upheaval came
as the ladies donned their wraps in perparation of leaving. Little
Mary burst into the room like a small cyclone and, ignoring the ladies,
went over to her mother's side. "Well, here I am. You said if I stayed
away this afternoon you'd give me all the refreshments that were
left, if the hungry gang didn't eat it all up and save themselves hav
ing to get supper when they got home."
Worry is an overcoat worn on a hot summer day.
To Make Friends And
Influence Dogs
A new story with a humorous
twist reports that Dothan, Ala
bama, meter readers are tired of
being nipped by householders'
dogs. So they are learning the
dogs' names and noting then) In
their meter books. Now, says the
story, if Towser shows hostility
the meter man can call him by
name?and if that doesn't work,
can call him names.
And we would ask, to be sure
after a chuckle, would that do any
good? Not so much in the interests
of chaste Engish but in the inter
ests of* achieving unprovoked
dogs and hence un-nlpped meter
men?would It?
Humans who have conversed
earnestly with dogs ? and there
are more than the prosaic think
?have been told that nothing so
provokes a dog as manifestations
of belligerency and evidences of
fear. (They are closely related,
as thoughtful humans know as
well as dogs feel.) To shout or
strike at a dog arouses his in
stincts of self-defense; to run.
his instincts of the chase.
Stand still; speak quietly and
amiably. Then move slowly eith
er in advance or retreat. Give
the dog no hand (or foot) to bite?
only to sniff after you are sure
he, too, wants to make friends.
All of this takes time, we real
ize. And meter readers are busy
men. But, after all, they do want
to read meters, not feud with
dogs, don't they?
?The Christian Science Monitor.
4i4?&WASHINGT0N
MARCH OF PVPNTS ^==S=?
Ikt't Foreign Aid Program I Administration Mutt frovp
Factt Congress Opposition I Necessity, Insist Senators
/ Special to Central Prcu Association i
WASHINGTON?The administration is seriously concerned over
the chances of getting: President Eisenhower's long-term for
eign aid policy program through Congress. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, who is leading the fight for the program, made a
strong pitch for it after his Asian tour.
However, Dulles' words did not carry too much weight with Sena
tor Walter F. George (D), Georgia, chairman of the Senate foreign
relations committee flenroworHnh wee
the administration would have to come to Corf
gress and really prove that the program i* neces
sary.
Chances for enactment of the program were
cut further by the position of Senate Democratic
Leader Lyndon Johnson of Texas.
Like George, Johnson declared the administra
tion will "have to make a compelling case to con
vince Congress of the need for economic aid and
long-term commitments. I doubt whether there
is any substantial sentiment at the present time
for committing our resources for an indefinite
period into the future." f
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Senator Ooorgo ? THAT KEFAUYF.R BOOM?The professional
politicians aren't as enthusiastic over Senator
Estes Ke/auver (D), Tennessee, as the voters were in the Minnesota
Democratic presidential primary. However, the vote clearly meanji
that the chips are realty down tor Adlai Stevenson. Once almost
conceded the nomination, Stevenson now has his back to the wall.
Washington politicos say Stevenson isn't out of the fight yet, by
any means, but another sharp setback^for him in either Florida or
California could spoil his chances.
Kefauver's supporters say that, if he can whip Stevenson again lp
Cither of the two sunshine states, their man will be a figure to be
reckoned with at the Chicago convention.
Kefauver, as "the people's choice," still would stand a chance qf
getting the nomination at a deadlocked convention?or at leaat
would have enough strength to decide who would get the bid.
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? FARM VETO THREAT-*-The threat of a presidential veto hang? t
over the farm bill. While congressional farm bloc leaders, nameh
from the House and Senate to the conference committee to whip out
the final version, expressed hope their measure would win presi
dential approval, such an outcome appear* doubtful.
The House bill, passed last year, pitvides for a return to figi^.
9? per cent of parity support for the basic crops?wheat, Cotton,
com, peanuts and rice. This proposition is vigorously opposed by
the President and the administration on grounds it would call for
more production when surpluses of these same crop* *re jamming
warehouses.
The Senate bill, while not calling for 90 per cent Support*, liy
eluded the admthistrauon-rcguested soil bank but
provided a series of "gimmicks" to raise price sup- Proposal
ports to nearly the 90 per cent level. The Senate , ,, t
bill is considered by the Republican* at worse in ******
some respects than the simpler House measure. toll l?nft
Thus, any compromise appears certain to fall far
abort of administration wishes. Although faced wjth 9 pbUibl* IMg
of many votes M the farm belt, the President is almoet certain to
veto th* measure unless the House-SeMW WWWtWW bltk
from their stand on rigid support*.