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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE . TODAY'S QUOTATION
Editorial Pave of the Mountaineer -k ?
O ? ? --Henry Ward Br?cher.
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Travel Counselors
Visit Area
Yesterday inaugurated the-first group of
travel experts into the area for the current
season. The group is making a tour of West
ern North Carolina to get first-hand infor
mation relative to the scenic beauties of the
area. fTie visitors from 22 states, are coun
selors of the AAA.
The State News Bureau, in commenting
on the trip, said:
"Th > vacationland visited by the AAA
Couns lors will qpon be accessible by new
and in proved roads. Another major highway
to W< stern North Carolina via Tennessee
and tl e Ohio Valley is now under construc
tion a ong the Pigeon River, entering North
Caroli ta near Waynesville and fanning out
toward Asheville over U. S, 19. Under Mis
sion 6o, the Blue Ridge Parkway will fill in
its ga >* and provide an additional entrance
to th i Great Smoky Mountains National
Park >ast of Cherokee. The present U. S.
Uighv qy through the park, U. S. 441, will
l>e jmrtially relocated apd vastly improved.
North Carolina State roads are forming in
terest^ new loops tying into new Parkway
construction, particularly at this time the
high altitude Wagon Road-Beech Gap sec
tion west of Mt. Pisgah, Unfortunately,
time will not permit the AAA Counselors to
visit tye newly opened scenic area on this
tour."
Steadily Growing
The Haywood Electric Membership Cor
1 poratira continues to expand, and with the
recent^rant of $600,000 plan to push facili
ties which will enable them to add 450 more
custoiners.
Since REA brought power lines into all
corners of this county, and seven other coun
ties, we have found a vast difference in the
lives of those l(vjng in the rural areas.
None of us would be willing to go back to
the days before the rural electric lines were
installed, and be without all the advantages
afforded by the unseen energy which flows
so swiftly along the copper wires.
The addition of 450 more users will
mean over 4,606 customers for the REA
here, which is a far cry from the day the
first little 50 watt bulb was turned on at
Cruso, denoting the beginning of a new era
for Haywood and the seven other counties
served by the Cooperative.
Catbirds Say It Is Spring
The latest news about the Haywood apple
crop <y encouraging, and gives new hopes
for a normal crop. Some of the Red Delicious
trees* In lower elevations were nipped pretty
hard] orchardmen say, but even some of
them are expected to yield a good harvest of
fruitl because of the extremely heavy bloom.
Now that catbirds have made their ap
pearance it means, so,we are told, that spring
Is definitely here, andxno need of further
worry about cold weather. This, we shall
eageHy accept as a fact?and hope.
30 Days Hath September
A teacher, having given what she thought
was a clear and simple explanation of the
intricacies of the calendar, asked. "Now teil
me*what month has 28 daysf" After some
thought one pf her small fry answered
brightly, "They all have."
?Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press.
Nearly half, or 46 per cent of all cars in
the United States are parked outdoors over
night, according to a recent manufacturer's
survey. Seems like tboae two-car garages of
the early thirties are slightly overcrowded.
From Gatlinburg
To Cherokee
An expression often heard on the farm
was. "putting the fodder down low so the
calves could reach it" is applicable to the re
cent editorial in the Raleigh News and Ob
server. The editor of the Raleigh newspaper
must have made a recent trip to this area,
because he touched on so many things that
he could hardly have gotten except through
a first-hand visit to the scene. And in this in
stance, the "scene" was from Gatlinburg to
Cherokee. .
Everyone of us, whether we are in the
tourist business or not, are affected by the
money brought into the area by visitors,
which means that we are all concerned with
the extent of the tourist season, and the ex
penditures of the visitors.
The Raleigh editor, in "putting the fodder
down low", gave us this to chew on, for our
own good, as he wrote:
The spring has been late but the delicate
dogwood now marks the fresh green colora
tion of the mountains which is almost as
varied as the gold and red of autumn. Soon
the laurel and the rhododendron will be
blooming on the steep slopes and by the swift
streams. It is no wonder that those who
count visitors as tangible assets in the econ
omy of the state can depend upon counting
them by the thousands.
The very satisfactory statistic is that
more Americans every year visit the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park than any
other such park in America. But it is not
very satisfactory to have to state that North
Carolina seems almost laboring to persuade
visitor^ that the bargain in the enjoyment
of its beauty lies in Tennessee and not North
Carolina.
Those who study the difficulties of this
state in comparison with others can nowhere
find any better dramatization of North
Carolina failure than in the magnificent
drive between Gatlinburg, Tenn.j and Chero
kee, N. C., across the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park. At both ends and all a
long the way the beauty of the great moun
tains is worthy of the interest and the eager
ness of the thousands who come to them.
God did not deal more kindly with Tennessee
than with North Carolina. But there is just
no comparison between what men have done
to give welcome and please visitors in the
two states on the two sides of the park.
It is perfectly true that visitors do not
come to the Great Smokies to see hotels, res
taurants, shops and recreational 'facilities.
They come to see the mountains. But it is
just as true today as it was long ago when
Dr. Samtuel Jahnson said that any landscape
is improved by a good inn in the foreground.
And Gatlinburg at the head of the cove
through which the Pigeon River runs has
been developed in good taste and charm for
the comfort and pleasure of people. It has
a profusion of excellent inns, motels, res
taurants, stores and every other tourist fa
cility. And its architecture and landscap
ing are still more enhanced by the fact that
North Carolina's entrance to the park looks
too much like a honjty tonk built in a cow
pasture.
Undoubtedly there are good facilities on
the North Carolina side. They are still too
few and too much obscured by tawdry appeal
to tourists to stop at unattractive places. The
character of North Carolina's offering, in
deed. seems symbolized by the final degrada
tion of the Cherokee Indians as barkers be
fore shops in fantastic feather headdress
which must have been made in Brooklyn.
Standing on the roadsides, giving tourists
the come-on, they seem less members of the
tribe of great Sequoyah than members of
some Coney Island tribe.
Nobody can put all the blame for the Caro
llne-Tenntss< e contract along this
Important tourist route on
the Cherokee s, hovevtr.
Their reservation is at a strategic
point. Perhapa, having been rob
bed of so much so long by the
pale faces, they suspect that pale
faces will take anything. The sim
ple fact is still that the park en
trance which they occupy and the
North Carolina road beyond their
reservation, too. comes off a poor
second best with the manner In
which Tennessee has developed
its park approach far the comfbrt
and the appreciation of visitors.
Undoubtedly there are flaws in
Tennessee developments for tour
sits Also North Carolina has a
vastly greater expanse of beauti
ful aaounialn country. In saiae
other areas better facilities for
visitors are provided. But at this
??me when the Board of Conserva
tion and Development has been
holding its meetings at various
places, it might not be a bad idea
If it met In Gatltnbunt and came
home with ideaa for the improve
ment of hospitality in North Caro
lina. Certainly today on this most
important mountain scene Tennes
see is doing a Job which deserves
not the jealooay but the emula
tzsfsjat.'szs
assuffraesifirss
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GERMAN MEASLES
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IT TWICE
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IMMUNE!
Looking
Back Over
The Years
2t TEAKS AGO
Mrs. L. E. Phillips of Black
Mountain buys Gordon Hotel.
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Women will serve on precinct
committees for the first time.
Woman's Chib and Community
Club hold Joint meeting and dis
cuss plana for merger.
Mr. and Mrs. James w. Killian
visit friends in Chattanooga.
Dr. R. S. Truesdale, Methodist
pastor, will give commencement
sermon.
1? years ago
Clifford E. Brown is named
chairman of Haywood Democratic
Committee for the fifth consecu
tive year.
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Dirt is being moved on new
highway from Lake Junaluska to
Dell wood.
Betty Frances Tuttle is new
president of the Haywood Coun
ty Methodist Youth Fellowship.
s years ago (
Mrs. Lucy Jones is re-elected
county superintendent of educa
tion.
Hooper Alexander. Ill, Is tap
ped for membership in Scabbard
and Blade, national honorary mili
tary fraternity.
Miss Mourine Carver Is crowd
ed May Queen of Waynesville
High School at May Day Dance.
Mrs. Hilliard Atkins is new
president of Woman's Golf Asao
eiat>n.
My Favorite Stories
By CARL GOEKCH
We were in a jamb; no question
about it.
There were Ave of us in the
party: Mr. and Mrs. Penn Mar
shall, Mti<- Frank Thompson, and
my wife and I; all from Raleigh.
We had wandered down
through Florida as far as Miami
and were desirous of taking a
boat trip over to Havana, but it
looked as though our desires were
in vain. The man at the ticket of
fice said there was absolutely no
chance: that all reservations had
been taken and that there were
150 people on the waiting list.
"Even if there were some can
cellations," he said, "we've got all
those other folks ahead of you."
Needless to say. we were whole
heartedly disappointed. However,
I've found that if you only keep
thinking long enough, you usual
ly can And someone in a town
whom you know personally or
with whom you've go? some kind
of indirect contact.
We were sitting gloomily in our
hotel room and I was Angering
the telephone directory, trying to
think of somebody who might
help us in the hour of our dilem
ma, when all of a sudden my
thoughts turned to the Southern
Bell Telephone Company itaelf.
So I called up the Miami office
and got in touch with one of the
officials, Mr. Dan Anderson. I
mentioned to him that I knew
same of the folks in the main of
fice in Atlanta and asked him if
he couldn't help us get over to
Cuba.
"Well," he said, "maybe I can.
The traffic manager of the P. A
O. Line is a pretty good friend
of mine. You stay right there and
we'll see what we can do."
In a few minutes the telephone
in our room rang. It was the man
at the ticket office.
"Mr. Anderson just called up,"
he said, "and maybe we can get
your accommodations second
class. I'm afraid though that you
won't particularly like to travel
that way."
I hurriedly put the proposition
up to the women folks, and they
insisted that we accept it., "Any
way?just so we get to Havana,"
was the way they expressed it.
So I told the man to hold the
reservations for us and that I'd be
down shortly to take them up.
Everybody was happy.
In ten minutes the phone rang
again. It was the same man at
the ticket office.
"You're in luck." he said.
"What happened?1' I inquired.
"We've just had a cancellation
of one of our first-class suites and
if you and your party want It,
I'll save it for ySu."
"Want it!" I exclaimed. "You're
dog-gone right we want it. Don't
turn it loose under any circum
stances."
And then I hung up.
"What's happened now?" de
manded Mr. Marshall.
I told them what the man had
just informed me; and you should
have heard the gasps of delight.
"A suite!"
"Parlor and bedrooms!"
"Just too perfect for anything!".
Everybody was hilariously hap
py. Of course. It cost us a few
dollars more, but nobody object
ed. and we all agreed that the
extra comfort and style of a suite
were well worth the price*.
We got aboard the boat that
evening at ? o'clock. One of the
room stewards took us In charge.
He looked at the tickets which I
handed him.
"Yes sir; Suite 0," he said. "Fol
io* me, please."
We followed him up a flight of
steps, down a corridor and finally
stopped in front of a door with
"0" lettered on It.
"Here you are .sir." said the
steward.
He unlocked the door and flung
it open with a flourish.
We entered. We looked about
us. The room was small; very
small. At one end was a bed. At
the other end was a bunk, and
over that was another bunk. A
tiny bathroom opened out of one
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side of the room.
"This," I said, "is the suite?"
The steward bowed. "Yes, sir;
this is the suite."
"Er ? all of it," I inquired.
He looked surprised; also
slichtly hurt. "Assuredly," he
said.
Mrs. Marshall looked at Mr.
Marshall. Mrs. Thompson looked
at Mrs. Goerch. And then they
all looked at me.
"Where ?" they started in con
cert.
"Yes, yes; I know. Where are
we going to sleep? Well, we'll
have to see what arrangements^
can be made."
However, we quickly discov
ered that no other arrangements
could be made. We were inform
ed that our suite was a very nice
suite indeed and we encountered
some manifestations of astonish
ment when we protested that it
was rather small for Ave people.
You probably can-imagine what
took place. Around 11 o'clock
that night, Mr. Marshall and I
bid the three ladies a very polite
goodnight. With each of us carry
ing a blanket, we<wandered up on
deck, where We were fortunate
enough to find two vacant deck
chairs. Mr. Marshall settled him
self in one; I settled myself in the
other. And the last thing I heard
before lapsing into unconscious
ness was a grunt from Mr. Mar
shall, followed by a murmured:
"You and your damned suite!"
Imagine wanting to go on a boat
trip, finding yourself unable to
obtain any accommodations what
soever and then having a lovely
suite set aside for your personal
use. It was quite an experience.
Rambling 'Round
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
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Whewee! Do you see what we see? We are referring to the new
picket fence on Main street above the parking lot. It's a sturdy
and attractive piece of workmanship and Alls something that has
long been needed.
The "brow-beaten" railing that has been an eyesore so long
was also a tnenace to passers-by because of its insecurity. Now if
the city fathers will forbid the nailing or posting of any advertis
ing on the fence and will paint it a soft forest green to harmonize
witk the mountain background, it will be a most pleasing attraction.
May we suggest that green bencNes be placed along its entire
length so that our summer visitors can comfortably enjoy ttie pass
ing scene and the lovely vista of mountains in the distance? >,
Fleecy clouds playing tag with a boisterous breeze.
Well, What next? -We listened over the radio to a news com
mentator tell of his experiences in the very latest "travel" gimmick.
Of course, the traveling was done in a strictly up-and-down direction,
for the mode of locotion was an elevator. But what an elevator!
This elevator rose OUTSIDE of the building and was entirely
enclosed in glass, thus eliminating all danger of Are being sucked
through an open elevator shaft within the building. We cannot
deAnitely say where this demonstration took place as static inter
rupted the program but we believe it was San Diego. California.
Just imagine how unruffled you will be when you reach your
dentist's office if you have watched the beautiful scenery for 'steen
stories!
Heard in passing: "If she wears her shirts any shorter, she
will be wearing just a wide girdle." s
We had the delightful pleasure last Sunday of a motor trip to
Gatlinburg. The day was the first approach to Spring and was per
fect. The mountain sides were strewn with the confetti of dogwoAd,
interspersed with the new red growth of maple trees. The valleys
lay serene and cool with their carpets of lysh green, broken by
brown spaces where the earth had been turned for spring planting.
We passed several massed groups of motorists and invariably
they had congregated around a highly scenic bear. But they stayed
at a safe distance from any affectionate maneuverings of the ani
mal in search of food.
Gatlinburg was well filled for so early in the season and all
along the road we passed picnickers who could wait no longer for
the gerat outdoors. Shorts, too, were very much in evidence.'
As we rolled along on our way home, dusk slipped into twilight
and motels, gift shops and eating places blazed out their lights to wel
come visitors. It was a wonderful trip and we will long remember
the dogwood trail of Sunday afternoon.
How nice 'twould be if only we
? Could set a thermostat.
To regulate our ups and downs.
And leave it Just like that. . '
SIMILAR WORK
The speaker at Thursday night's
Rockingham-Hamlet NCEA ban
quet told a story of an error
which caused a certain state dally
newspaper no end of embarrass
ment.
It happened in the obituary
columns. There was one that read
like this:
"Joe Dokes. 75, died at his
home last night. He is survived
by his wife, nine children and 23
grandchildren."
And then came the bombshell,
the next line of the obituary
read: "He was noted for similar
work in 'dchmond. Virginia." The
paper didn't get into a law suit
about the mistake but they did
some profuse explaining.?Hubert
Breeze in Richmond County
Journal.
TWO-WAY STREET
Barbers in an Ohio town de
cided not to take any more tips.
New if they'll just stop giving
them.?Tulsa Tribune.
VIRWS OF OTHER EDITORS
Making Jury Duty Attractive
Superior Court Judge Dan K. Moore (eels many
people duck out of jury duty by swearing that they
are opposed to capital punishment.
Undoubtedly Judge Moore's point Is well taken,
"the mountaineer
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lie County Serty Mayweed Coanty
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PUBLISHED EVERY M ON OAS AND THURSDAY
BY HAIL IN HAYWOOD COUNTY
One Thar r. , $3 50
si* ?|ty caRoLiwa 4100
One Year - 480
Six maths 2 so
OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA
One Year _____ B.SO
81* months 300
LOCAL CARRIER DELIVERY
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for there ere entirely too many people who will do
almost anything to avoid serving on juries. Much
of that feeling, of course, stems from a desire on
the port of individuals to avoid "being bothered''.
It is a very serious situation, for trial by jury is
one of the bedrocks of our system of government.
All good ritliens, if they stop to think for jnst a
moment, will realise that, and Americana have
proved time and time again that they will shoulder
their responsibilities as cititens.
Many people who have observed our courts in
action feel that the courts themselves could do a
lot more to make jury duty less of a burden. Law
yers are not noted for the speed with which they
try eases. A lawyer, of course, must do his best for
his client. But, the things which sometimes are done
In the name of Justice for a client do not att wen
on the stomach of a'conacientious man who la try
ing to do his duty as a Juror.
And, there have been men who were celled for
Jury duty, who arranged their business to be away
from it for a week, reported for duty only'to find
that the court, instead of working a whole week,
will fold up after a much shorter session.
It Is undoubtedly true that eMtxens must take
their duties aa jurors seriously and must serve as
jurors when they are called.
And, it is Just as true that the courts must make
M oa pliaoawt ais psaalbla lor t man to do Wo duty.
?Raleigh Newi and Observer.
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