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Absence Of Debt Service ?
In Tax Rate Encouraging
There is no question but whet the^bSfget
for Haywood County as proposed this week
by the County Commissioners was differ
ent from kny over est up in the county, in
asmuch as no appropriation was made for
d.<bt service.
This of course came about by the fact that
tl e money from the sale of the County Home
farm wtf sufficient to pay the maturing
bonds and interest for the county, outside
of schqpt *nd hospital, for the current year.
The rate of debt service last year was 7Vi
cents. ?
AnotiMr interesting .item in the budget
v as the appropriation of about $40,000 for
a Idltional school improvements within the
county, including the conversion of the audi
torium (if Waynes vilte High into five class
rooms, a study hall, library and audio-visual
r >om. Down at the Crabtree-Iron Duff
B' hool a $12,000 addition to the present shop
has already staited, while Pinee( Creek will
get $4,080 for improvements including walks,
pnrkin#4reas, gym renovation and lighting.
All of this adds up to make our school sys
tem more modern and efficient.
An interesting factor in the school budget
for the year was an increase of $14,000 in
current expenses. This was explained by
Lawrence Leatherwood. county superintend
e >t of education, as due to the fact that fuel
a id lights for the new buildings had gone
up much faster than the appropriation
granted by the state for such items.
In view of the allocations for school ijn
s^rvice, the financial picture of Haywood
County is indeed encouraging. We only have
to look at other counties that do not have
n?ar as much to realise the good fortune
which is ours.
'Unto These Hills' I
Off To Good Start
The m^thusiasm shown by the first-night
aidiencehof the seventh season of "Unto
T hese Hills," the Cherokee drama, on Tues
day nigM, gives every reason to believe that
t jis year will be by far the best in perform
ance ahftSittendance that the drama has en
joyed. ?'
The eiet on opening night, playing to an
almost capacity house, showed midseaaon
f >rm and was appreciated by the more than
2 500 attending.
With more than 850,000 persons having
attended the drama during the past six
seasons, it is easy to visualize that before
the spotlights fade out on Chief Junaluska
in the closing scene this season, the millionth
person will have passed through the rustic
gates of Mountainside Theatre.
There have been a number of changes
made in the 1956 drama and all have improv
e 1 the presentation from several standpoints.
The costumes are more colorful; the crowd
s 'enes, more realistic; the tempo, just a lit
tle faster; and the acting generally shows a
marked improvement.
With 4 fair break in weather, "Unto These
Fills' destined this season to set a new
high record in both quality and attendance.
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CHECK!
"The average American takes off his hat
to Britain," says a New York newspaper. Al
though there seems to be some delay in pass
ing it around."?Punch.
Federal Highway Bill Hips
Direct Bearing On
Pigeon Hirer Road
?The formal approval of the Federal jiigh
wajr bill turned a great biff ffreert liffh t on
the Plffeon River road for additionaT l?nl uf to
be let immediately.
Siaee the Federal highway bill wae pv?
poeed a year or ao ago, North Carolina H*ffh
way officials have been forced to await the
outcome. The bill which passed provided tfiat
the State pay 10 per cent of the coat and the
Federal Government 90 per cent of all H?
teratate roads, of which system the Pigewti
River road is a part
Since the survey work is done on the proj
ect from Fines Creek to the Tennessee line
and a six-mile liqk already graded /or two
lanes, there is every reason to believe that
the Highway Commission will push as rap
idly as possible the contracts for the re
maining area between thee# two points.
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Good Job Ofton NulliHod
News stories of recent days indicate the
State Highway Patrol ie doing a good job
in its drive to catch people who use the pub*
lie roads for race tracks.
Such raoes have undoubtedly brought
death to innocent motorists in North Caro
lina. and the Patrol's effort to halt them are
deserving the support of every law-abiding
citizen of this State.
Those efforts also deserve the support of
the courts of this State. The court, of course,
must regard a man as' innocent until he is
proved to be guilty.
But, once he has been proved guilty, the
court should see to it that his punishment
fits his crime. Whether a suspended sen
tence and a fine fits the crime of using the
highways as a race track is open to serious
question. JL racer?and other potential rac
ers?will forget a fine a lot quicker than
they would forget some time spent in pris
on improving the very highways they once
used as race tracks.
"Only if courts impose adequate sentences
can the work of the Highway Patrol produce
proper results. Recently in Buncombe Coun
ty such results were obtained when a "drag"
racer was sentenced to serve "18 months.
Only a few days earlier, however, a good job
by the Highway Patrol in Wilson County
was nullified when six of seven persons con
victed of engaging in or abetting a "drag"
race were let off entirely and the seventh
was given a suspended sentence with con
ditions applying to only six hours out of
each 24.
Unfortunately, the outcome of the Wilson
case was more marly typical of what hap
pens in North Carolina courts than the sen
tence imposed in Buncombe. At the very
least, adeauate sentences should outnumber
unduly lenient one#.
?Raleigh News And Observer.
Adlai and Estes have declared a truce. In
politic* a truce ia when jour opponent keeps
on cuss in it you, but pronounce* your name
right?Florida Timea-Union.
Out of the mouth of babes: Twq and half
year old hung up at cross street while hoi4i
blowing political motorcade passed "Grand
ma, grandma! Big noise!"?Tallahassee Dem
ocrat.
' IEWS OF OTHER EDITORS
No Time To Cut Taxes
Uncle Sam la taklnc In more money than be
thought he would thla year, but aurely not enough
to justify cutting taxes.
Last January the Secretary o( the Treasury cal
culated that this fiscal year would see a surplus of
about mo million. Thursday night Mr. Humphrey
estimated the surplus at around glVt billion. In an
election year this Is bound to stimulate demand (or
a cut In taxes. Senator Pulbrlght has boon pressing
lor tax relief to small business. The Joint Commit
tee on Internal Revenue Taxation recently prepared
a at udy of 23 alternative plana to reduce the in
dividual Income tax burden.
All these plana, however, overlook the fact that
the prospective surplus la still comparatively assail.
It Is occurring la a year of tremendous prosperity
and tt la a trifle as compared to the public debt,
which now sppiusshrs $300 billion.
The Proliant strongly favors using any surplus
to cut down that debt before reducing taxation
Fortunately, mast key members of both parties en
the Important gouts Ways and Means Committee
agree with him.
Even House Speaker Sam Ray burn of Texas calls
a "3d tax cut Is possibility but net a paohohtMty-.
There has been a lot of talk from Washington lately
about the virtues of thrift and the dangers of infla
tion. To re dun taxes on the boats of a iwsaparilus
the national debt would bo setting a strange ex
ample to tho nation.?Cincinnati Times-Star.
HEADED JTOfl CHURCH AISLE
"Wilis who drive ndth one hand are headed
for tho church aisle. Some will walk down it?some
^ will bo cscriod."?Seaboas Coverall
THERE'S NO SUCH THING
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MEASURE OF TV PHOOHRRS
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hoop up with tho truth ?Tide.
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ThomUy Afternoon, J no 28, 1958
STRONG SUPPORT
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Looking
Back Over
The Years
2t YEARS AGO
Large crowd attends rally at
the eourthouae here to hear Pres
ident Roosevelt deliver his ac
ceptance speech from Philadel
phia, carried over loud speaker
set up by Martin Electric Com
pany.
Mrs. Tom Lee, Mrs. M. H.
Bowles, and Mrs. S. P. Oay give
two delightful contract pferties In
the home of Mrs. Gay.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Moore ar
rive from Miami to speed the
summer In their home next to the
Gordor. Hotel.
it years ago
Charles Isley. recently discharg
ed from the U. S. Marines, will
direct band for county-wide July
Fourth program.
Miss Margaret 9trlngfield pub
lishes book, "The Cherokee in
Song, Tragedy, and Romance".
The Waynesville Summer Play
ers rehearse for "Claudia." as
first presentation.
F. E. Presnell returns to
Waynesvllle after an absence of
?0 years.
5 YEARS AGO
Tox Alexander attends meeting
of Honorary Tar Heels at Man
teo.
Clyde Fisher is re-elected for
seventh time aa mayor of Hazel
wood.
The Rev. Paul Thrower resigns
as pastor of Haeehrood Presby
V Church to go to Pickens,
' B. C.
Miss Alice Elizabeth Slier weds
Arnold E. Ksuffmann.
Miss Rosemary Herman enter
Ulna In honor of Miss Jane Wyche
?nd her fiance, Archie Craft.
Letter To Editor
"LUMP IN HER THEOAT*
Editor, The Mountaineer
Would like to take thta oppor
tunity to expreea the way I felt
when I *aw the group that went
to Soco Gap t? meet the 4-H'ers
from Colorado. A lump came In
my throat aa I read the placards
on the automobile* passing by
representing the different civic
organiztions. That they had taken
the time to back our own 4-H'ers
made me very proud to belong
to a county that gave such wel
come gestures.
Our own Extension workers
have doue a wonderful work with
the 4-H'ers In our county and we
appreciate that eery much
The Mountaineer did a good job
?f towering the visit of the Colo
rado 4-H'ers and I am gure each
peraon from ? Haywood, even if
they may not have a 4-H'er In
their own family, would lifer to
express their thanks
Mrs C. U While.
hd 6. MM fanner Eco
nomic Cooperation Ailinlufeti a
tor "Despite a startling refuta
tion of Stalin by Euaala'rnew
leaden, the fcaaie goal at the
KmbIM fe wkaagMk % world
conquest.'
My Favorite Stories
By CARL GOF.RCH
Mr. Bunn Frink is a resident of
Soruthport, Brunswick County.
Me is a lawyer and is well known
throughout that section, as well as
elsewhere iu North Carolina. He
served two or three terms In the
General Assembly where every
body had the highest regard for
him.
But, after all is said and done,
Mr. Frink is Just a plain, country
boy. He was reared in the coun
try, he worked on a farm during
hi* boyhood days and it was sel
dom that he ever went beyond the
boundaries of Brunswick County.
He was eighteen or nineteen
years old when this little Incident
took place.
Bunn had an efderly uncle liv
ing In Goldsboro at the time. The
uncle had extended him repeated
invitations to come' up to Golds
boro and visit with him a week
or so. In response to one of these
invitations. Bunn decided to go.
Ho found out that a neighbor
was going to drive up to Wilming
ton on the same day that he
planned to leave, so he got a ride
that far with him. The neighbor
was a man by the name of Wil
liam Saunders.
It was a big event for young
Mr Frink However, he was some
what frightened over the prospect
of a railroad trip. He never had
been on a train before and was
somewhat nervous in anticipation
of the experience. He also con
fided In Mr. Saunders that he
didn't even know how to buy a
ticket.
"What am I supposed to do?"
be Inquired.
The older rpan laughed at him.
"Shucks. Bunn." he said, "there's
nothing to be frightened about. It's
oerfectly slmnle A11 you have to
do la to watch the way other peo
ple do, and you'll get along all
right."
It sounded like good sdvlce.
The drive to Wilmington was
without special Incident and Mr.
Saunders put Bunn out at the
Coast Line depot. He was Im
pressed with the roar and bustle
on etery side, with the heavy
traffic around the station.
Carrvtng his bag In his hand, he
went Into the waiting room and.
on looking around, saw a window
over which was a sign bearing the
word: ' TICKETS."
"That's the place, I reckon." said
Bunn to himself.
He got himself a seat elose by
the window and waited. It wasn't
long before an attractive young
lady walked up to the window.
Bunn stretched his ears In her
direction so that he might be able
to fellow the procedure.
"I want a ticket for Rose Hill."
she toM the man tnsidc the little
pulled out a ticket and handed
it to her. She gave him some
money, picked up the ticket and
walked away.
Rose Hill, in case you don't know
is a little community in Duplin
County.
Mr. Frink settled back in his
seat with a sigh of relief. After
all, buying a railroad ticket wasn't
so difficult and he began to feel
ashamed of himself for having
been worried about such a little
matter.
In a few minutes he decided he
might just as well purchase his
own ticket, because it wouldn't be
long before the train would be
pulling out. Walking up to the
window, he stood there until the
man came up to wait on him.
"Yes sir?" said the man.
"I want a ticket for Bunn Frink,"
said Bunn in a very confident
manner.
The man looked at him in sur
prise.
"What did ypu say'" he de
manded. 4
"I said I want a ticket for Bunn
Frink."
"Who's Bunn Frink?"
"I am, of course."
"Where do you want to g(f>"
By that time Mr. Frink was
beginning to get a trifle annyyed.
He regarded this curiosity on the
ticket agent's part as being rather
ill-advised.
"What difference does it make
where I'm going?" he asked.
The man laughed. "Why," he
said, "before I can sell a ticket
I've got to know where you're
going."
"Oh. you do do you?"
"O* course I do."
"Well, if that's so. why the hell
dlcjn't you ask Rose Hill where she
was going?"
The ticket agent collapsed.
NO MORS QUESTIONS
The other afternoon I was leav
ing papers in the local bus sta
tion and overhead Mrs. Rosa
Peacock trying to help a soldier
out with some bus connections.
Seems he hsd to get to Winston
Salem by a certain time or he
couldn't make connections on
across the mountains into West
Virginia, and he couldn't get g
bus out of Smithfleld in time to
help him any. I volunteered the
information that I was going to
Clayton and would be glad to
carry him that far, so he took
me up on the offer and decided
he'd try to thumb his way to Win
ston-Salem.
On the way to Clayton we
talked back and forth and I
asked him what kind of work
his father did.
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By fnmcm Gilbert Fnuier
Do you happen to be the possessor of a flat top trunk that has
as irritating ability to bp conspicuously present and of no earthly
outer use? Do you also own a card table that, when folded, can nun
Mo to Jut put from every given point? And do yon find yoursnlf in
quarter* that cry for every available inch of space? Wall, we ana and
do. and we did something about it. Want to hear? W* made a cretonne
cover (dark material) with deep gathered flounce on front and sides.
?ben we opened the card table and aet it smack dab OVER the
trunk, two legs on each aide. It was exactly the right height and
width, and now we have an exoellent and useful table for which
we can And innumerable uses (typewriter desk, for instance).
Aw shucks! We're just full of bright ideas.
A fallen lead ia like a broken premise: there's no way of re
storing it. permanence.
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Why is it necessary for noise predominting the activities of
the human race? Ia H kny wonder Out nerves are frazzled and hos
pitals are filled with victims of nervous breakdowns? There isn't a
minute of the day or night that unnecessary noise isn't bursting the
eardrums at peace loving individuals. Doors are slammed without
any reason for so doing: voices are thrown raucously across the
street: motorcycles roar along the highways sending their ear-split
ting racket through the air. There isn't any time during the night
that automobiles aren't going like mad up and down Main street,
emitting wholly unnecessary explosions, tire screeching and horn
blowing.
Even human voices are reaching up to meet the demand for an
opportunity to be beard. A well modulated voice in this day and time
is a rarity and shquld be accorded a proper reception.
The sua tan of today may be a blister tomorrow.
While eating breakfast this morning, it was Impressed upon us
, what a difference a few words can make. At an adjoining table a
couple were jpst finishing their breakfast, and utilizing our minute
of waiting we mentally sized them up as a married couple on a vaca
ton. The lady had eaten leisurely and the man had divided his meal
between an occasional, remark and the morning newspaper. When
they had finished, the lady rose and went to the front door while
the man walked up to the cashier's desk. "Well, we're on our way
again," he said pleasantly, "and I just want to tell you how very much
we've enjoyed our visit here. Everyone is so friendly, the scenery
so lovely and we want to come back."
After they had gone, we felt as though we had been given a
splash of warm sunshine. How few take the time or trouble to leave
such a lasting impression of good fellowship!
Some family trees throw a shady shadow.
Views of Other
Editors
WHY NOT A PAIR PRICE
FOR POSTAGE?
Since the day when a two-cent
postage stamp would carry a let
ter anywhere in the United
States, the price of almost every
thing else has risen at least 100
per oent. Yet the price of pending
a letter has gone up only 50 per
cant.
Congress, however, is mainly
hostile to the administration's re
quest for Increased postal rates.
Somehow the members reason
that the amount charged for a
government service must stay
right where it was in lowest de
pression times or in periods when
the value of the dollar was at its
highest.
There U some ground for' the
contention that the post office,
being a government service, was
not established for profit and
therefore should not be required
to balance its books like a bank.
But neither Is It necessary for
the postal deficit to stand at 720
million dollars a year. Such defl
"Nothjng. He's deceased," came
the reply. "He got shot. Making
moonshine."
I didn't ask any more ques
tions?(By Hairy Diggs in The
Smlthfield Herald).
?
cits add to the national debt,
and the people pay the interest
out of taxes.
That huge deficit exists because
the salaries of postal workers
have been raised, the services
have been expanded, the rail and
air carriers have demanded more
pay, and all other costs have gone
up while the price of sending a
letter has remained at three cents.
The Post Office Department
cannot be expected to balance Its
books if its costs are continually
going up while Congress refuses
to lot it charge more for the
service.
Postmaster General Summer
field has put more real business
methods into effect in the Post
Office Department than any oth
er postmaster general of this
century. He has modernized the
whole department to the extent of
using electronic machinery to do
jobs that formerly bad to be done
by hand.
There Is a limit even to auto
mation. And it is not unreason
able to expect the people to pay
proportionately as much more
for postal service as they do for
dry cleaning.
?The Charlotte Observer.
Dr. Thomas Dehler. federal
chairman. German Free Demo
crats: "The German order of
priority must be reunification
first, European union and every
thing else afterward."
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