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, ' '? ?" ? \ * > # TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE ;* TODAY'S QUOTATION Editorial Page of the Mountaineer ?r^lmothy 1:17. ?Goldsmith. Haywood's Burley Tobacco Picture Burley specialists have warned that cut tin# tobacco that is too green is a gteat logs. County Agent Vtrft! Hallo way said in making his timely warning that priming, or cutting off the ripened bottom leaves and leaving the remainder of the stalk in the field would produce a yield of $160 to >200 per acre more for fanners. That is a sireable sum to be added to the cash income of a farmer from an acre. It is a ti?|e-consuming project to crop off the bottom leaves, string and stick them in the barn, but then the amount of money Involved is worthy of the consideration, and in most instances would pay far more than the lahor cost. The niedictions of the specialists who were last week that the Haywood crop would bscoff about 100 pounds per acre for the average, means that every extra cent possible will have to be obtained for the 1956 burley crop. Growing burley is a time-consuming mat ter, and-those who have been most success ful have found that a little extra-care taken with the crop has paid handsome dividends. Great Influx Of Visitors From Foreign Lands This Week the greatest influx of visitors from foreign lands to ever visit Western North Carolina are due to arrive at Lake Junaluska for the World Methodist Confer ence. The delegates will be about 2,500 in number and from some 30 to 40 nations of the world.' In?*>fi1t one or two exceptions, the dele gates will speak English as they carry on the 18-day program. The visitors will be from the South Seas, Europe, Asia. Africa, South American, Cen tral America, and all parts of North America. This influx of visitors gives every one of us an op|K>rtunity to show the representa tives from around the world the true mean ing of Southern hospitality. More Responsibility For Motorists The opening of school tomorrow means that within Haywood County more than 9,600 pupils will be attending schools. Everyone will be using the streets and high ways getting to and from school. This places upon the shoulders of motorists a grave re sponsibility of being extra cautious. Tennis Fans Due To Increase The construction of asphalt tennis courts at the playground on the Hazeiwood school property should increase the interest in the fascinating game, which is now played in a limited manner here. The tournament last week and this, only brought out a few folks who have lived here aV their lives, mainly l>ecause of the lack of courts on which to play. We expect that once the young people learn to play tennis that it will become one of the most popular sports* in which the in dividual can play. YES. THAT'S RIGHT! Some plants, we are told, derive benefit from the use of artificial light. The electric light plant is one of them.?The Humorist (London). trtrtfiTfi /\n nmvvnn Tar Heels Vote On Schools Sept. 8 More and mot* public officials, and leaders of opgahizaiohs ih the stale are com in# -out hacking the Peat-Sail School Plan *- which would authorize the Geheral Assembly to provide education expense grants and to enact laws under which local communities can vote to suspend operation of tome eh nil of the public schools in a given locality. The effect of this amendment Would be to permit the General Assembly to enact legis lation which would: (I) Permit a child to receive an expense grant for attendance at a private, honsectarian school if the child were assigned, against the wishes of his parents or guardian, to a public school attended by a child of another race, and if the child eeuM not be assigned to a different public school in which the races were not mixed; ahd (2) Permit a local community to suspend opera tion of any one or all of the public schools in that community by a majority vote of those voting on the question of suspension. Under the proposed amendment, the present con stitutional requirement of a general and uni form.- ayatem of public schools Is retained, and the operation of schools may be suspehd ed only by vote of the people; and if the op eration of a school is suspended, the pupils affected thereby would be entitled to an edu cation expense grant to pay expenses in at tending a private, nonsectarion school. At present: Article IX of the Constitution of North Carolina now directs the Genera! Assembly to provide for a general and uni form system of public schools, and further directs that each county of the State is to be divided into a convenient number of school districts in which one or more putdic schools must be maintained. * The proposed amendment would add at the end of Article IX a new section to read as follows: "Section 12. Education expense grants and local option. ? Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, the Gen eral Assembly niay provide for payment of education expense grants from any State or local public funds for the private education of any child fof whom no public school is available or for the private education of a child who is assigned against the wishes of his parents, or the person having control of such chikt, 4o a public school attended by a child of another race. A grant shall be available only for education in a nonsectar ian school, and in the case of a child assign ed to a public school attended by a child of another race, a grant shall, in addition, be available only when it is not reasonable and practicable to reassign such child to a pub lic school not attended by a child of another race. "Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution, the General Assembly may provide for a uniform system of local op tion whereby any local option unit, as defin ed by the General Assembly, may choose by a majority vote of the qualified voters in the unit who vote on the question to suspend or to authorize the suspension of the operation of one or more or all of the public schools in that unit. "No action taken pursuant to the author ity of this Section shall in any manner af fect the obligation of the State or any polit ical subdivision or agency thereof with re spect to any indebtedness heretofore or here after created." ALL YOU NEED All you need to win the world's good will and support is to reach the point where you don't need it.?Minneapolis Star. viLna ur uinitK tUifUKS Every Penalty That Can Be Imposed Should Be Invoked In Drag Racing On our Tront page yesterday were pictures or ohe of the Woodiest wrecks in Knox County hiatory Wrecker people called to tot* oft the mangled auto mobiles said they had never seen machines so near ly demolished. More Important, two young men are dead and the survivor faces a charge of murder which wttt of course be reduced %> manslaughter. And for what? To satisfy a desire for speed which took no thought either Of the lives of thoae doing (he racing or of the hapless motorists who might have beeft coming along Maynardville Pike unknowing that a "drag race" was in progress. Thts "drag race" business is something that must be dealt with by the authorities without glove*. These irresponsible young people may not realize It, but the only way they can be classified is as criminals They have a moral right. If that is the way you see It, to riak their own necks in speeding automobiles, but they have neither the moral nor the legal right to do their racing on public streets and highways. What Is called COr In all Cases where *drag rac ers" are caught by the authorities ia the full pun ishment permitted under the law. We dont know whether workhouse sentences would be possible, but If so, they should be imposed. hi addition, and thia Is certainly possible, driv ers' licenses should be revoked on every "drag racer" Caught. There to enough death oa the hlgh swy that May be called unavoidable under exist ing conditions without multiplying the baaards by the activities of this new crop of speed demons. -?The KneuvtHe dunrnul. THE MOUNTAINEER Waynexville, North Carolina Main Street Dial GL 6-5301 Thr County Seat of Haywood County PnbUahed By The WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER, Inc. W. CURTIS RUSS Editor R'. Curtis Ruas and Marine T. Bridges. Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY MAIL IN HAYWOOD COUNTY Ofie Year - $3 50 Six mfcnths ? 200 BY MAIL IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year r ?- _.... 4 50 Six raontns 2.&0 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Yf*r - -? ft.M Six months _ 3.00 LOCAL CARRIER DELIVERY Per month 40 Office-paid for carrier delivery 4 90 Second Claw mall prtvtXow authorized at Wayne* "U'lj -?fF-Ur ~ SjaSiESvSi'fe sa. sa.?- ? - Mondey Afternoon. Attjpwt ft. IMS ? ? ? - * '? . - -v My Favorite Stories Br CARL GOERCH A number of years ago I was down in Rockingham one night. I registered at the hotel there and went up to bed about 10 o'clock. Soon there came a rap on the door and in walked Mr. "Rat'' Jackson, who happened to be in Rockingham on business. We sat around and talked about what had been going on in Ral eigh 1 told him there had been a steak supper out at Jim Pou's cabin the previous Saturday night and that about twenty of us had had a fine time. "Let me tell you about some thing that happened out at the cabin about three months ago," said Rat. Whereupon he launched into an amusing anecdote over which both of us lau*hed heart ily. Through the door leading into the bathroom we could hear the man in the adjoining room clear his throat, but we paid no at tention to ham. "Did I ever tell you the story about how Mug-head got lost last summer?" inquired Rat. Mug-head is a Great Dane which Jim keeps out at the cabin. I told Rat I hadn't heard the story, so he proceeded to tell it. going into details on a rather ex tensive scale. t We both laughed again when he got through. Tine man in the next room cleared his throat once more and I thought I detect ed a faint note Of irritation in the sound. Maybe he was suffering from a bad cold. "Remember the time that Jim entertained that crowd from Dur ham out at his cabin?" said Rat. Befote I could say anything, there came a rap on the door. We quit talking and listened "If it isn't asking too much of you." said a deep bass voice, "I'd appreciate it if you gentle men would talk a little more qttletiv I'm trying to get to sleep." "O.K." said Rat. And then, in lower tones, he told about the crowd from Durham being at Jim's cabin. Some kind of a bank er's meeting. I believe it was That brought on another story, and it may be that we were unconsciously raising our voices again. Or. it may be that the chap next door was a grouch who just wanted to comoiain and find fault with somebodv. At any rate, while I was telling Rat about the time that Mug-head tried to sit in Johnny Johnson's lap there w-as another knock on the door and in stentorian tones there rnmo fliic mac e ?? on "Listen vou Buys; I've heard all t want to hear about Mub head. about Mr. Pou and about Mr. Johnson To be perfectly frank about it. I don't give a damn about any of them. But I do want to Bet to sleep Now if you fellows don't Dine down. I'm goinB to call ud the manager and raise particular hell about all this noise Botn? on." He rattled the doorknob for emphasis. and after that every thing ouiet "t think," said Hat in a whis per. "that oerhaos I'd better be gain# to tnv room." I nodded in agreement, so we shook hands and he left There was no fuHher disturbance from the edtoinlns room and in a few minutes I WHS asleep In a way it reminded me of an old story that I heard several veers aeo Pan*. Mama. Aunt Sahah trncte Bill and two-vear old Willi* were on a Pullman, go in* to rattfOmih Willie w?* a timid soul. Tt was his first ride on a Pnttmah aod he was seared- nartlenlarlv when Mama tucked him Inio an upper WTth. "Don't be frightened," she told him. "God is here and will take care of you." In a few minutes: "Mama!" "Yes, darling?" "Are you there?" "Yes, I'm here." "Is Papa there?" "Yes, Papa's here." "Are Aunt Sarah and Uncle Rill there?" "Yes, they're here. Now- go to sleep, because God is watching over you." Ten minutes later, the same conversation. And. after another brief interval, the same thing all over again. It was too much for a grouchy passenger in a lower berth. In tones that could be heard all over the car. he said: "For heaven's sake hush up. Papa's here. Aunt Sarah's here, Mama's here, and Uncle Bill's here. Now keep quiet so that sOme of the rest of us can go to sleep." For about a minute not a word was said, Then, in a trembling whisper: "Mama!" "Yes, darling " "Mama ? was that God talk ing"" /iewj Of OtHer Editors INVESTIGATING THE CARROT A good carrot is a good vege table. It is sweet under the tongue when eaten to deaden the panes of a pounds-reducing diet It is tender and gracious when shred ded and made to top a salad, with just a bit of French dressing to give it distinction. A good carrot is kind to the taste buds when cooked whole in a succulent stew. A good carrot is a good thing when diced and cooked in just a bit of water and properly season ed But one never knows when he is getting a good carrot. More often than not the carrots you get at the market will be as taste less as a piece of stick. You can't-" tell by looking whether it is a good carrot or one of them insults to the very name of vegetable We were pleased, therefore, to note that a botanv professor at the University of North Carolina has a special grant to ."investi gate" the catrot. It seems that there are 500 varieties of this vegetable in North America If this study can eliminate the 450 varieties which are not "fitten" even for animal food, it will be a booh to mahkind ?The Goldsboro News-Argus Looking Back Over The Years 20 YEARS AGO .1 Z. Cleveland of Zirconia w ins sweepstakes in Dahlia-Flow er Show- sponsored by the Wo man's Club. Harry Whisenhunt leaves for Seattle, Wash, where he will en ter the University of Washing ton. Mr. and Mrs. George Bischoff and small daughters and Mrs. Emma BLschoff are visiting in At lantic City, N. J. Davis MacGhee, 17, of Moores town. N. J. rides bicycle 768 miles to visit relatives here. 10 YEARS AGO Russian missionary-, speaking at First Baptist Church, says war with Russia is inevitable and im pending. Trustees of Lake Junaluska As sembly approve major projects for expansion. Waytiesville schools to open August 28 Miss Ruth Smith of Route 2, Wayncsville is slightly injured in accident on Main Street. J. Colvin Brown, Jr. is dis charged from the Navy. 5 YEARS AGO Ernest Inman and J. C. De wee.se are new co-captains of The Mountaineers. Anne Bischoff and Kathryn Hyatt are chosen to represent the county in Hendersonville Apple Festival. Mary Jane Rogers is awarded a music scholarship at WCTC. Miss Jean Crouser goes to Washington. N. C. where she will teach in the high school. Betty Felmet gets cash prize aa western district winner in 4-H dairy foods demonstration. scorrs scrap book By R. J. SCOn foiSIL fnH/ ] CAUC*< Off 4V?. COAvf 1 ?? to. M*(CA ft MLO?<S -4 A ?A*av -UouyK 4 Ami BUDt U<?M< MtiHiwm of n*sv IF LORRX 5 r$CRApt I WlU^ 14 -fit iSKS&JV SSSfcJXa iutt ?OAM. mm"-r 110? Dl UlftStY KXRVXAD |? wtt MvV MIX MR o? r* foiiHOtW Ram icy to ci/rxh JlfttiiRR uu>>ir*f i/i 4 is . ?'' t, r _ n. Tuu i ?RifVunr* ? ? - ' - ?' ? a Rambling 'Round By Frances Gilbert Frazier Just four mohths from today, which will be a Thursday, you will be fallihg over skates left In the hallway, untangling knotted ribbon bow*, skidding on tinsel and sinking into the nearest chair with an exhausted; "Thahk goodness, it's over for another year-'. ftut deep down In your heart you don't mean a word of it. Yeu'Ve enjoyed every muscle-herve-tension-bound moment of it and you'll go into it head over heels again next year. And you'll probulMy put It off until the last whistle Just as you have done since Christmas became your responsibility. No one in the right state Af hysteria would have any pulsating anticipation if he denied him self the rigors of fighting his way through crowds, frantic last minute decisions and the delirious job uf last second wrapping. No beautiful bow was ever tied without the luxury of being untied half a dozen times before reaching the state of perfection necessary. And Whoever heard of stacks of neatly wrapped, mysterious boxes piled sedately In closets weeks ahead of time! You'd feel they were second-hand articles you were passing out. Of course, you are expected to use a reasonable*?ense of proportion and grab at bar gaihs along the way, then cache them in some good hideaway . , . but for goodness sake, don't forget where. Although the roiling stone does not gather any moss, it cer tainly can pick Up a lot of dirt. l"he fall season has many points In its favor, but it also Is a cause for sadness. With the coming of the brisk and gusty winds, comes the realization that we arc losing, temporarily, many of our cher ished neighbors . . . the summer visitors at Lake Junaluska. Every day it Is brought more forcefully to our attention the inestimable value of the friendly cooperation between Lake Juna luska Methodist Assembly family and the surrounding towns. World wide notice has been taken of the Methodist Assembly and its won derful work, and more and more its fine features are becoming known. Speakers of wide renown have visited Lake Junaluska, thus giving opportunity for thousands to enjoy and appreciate the offer ings of these well-known men and women. And, too, we are fortunate in having a great many year-round residents at Lake Junaluska so that during the winter months, when the active strain is relieved, we can all join together as one con genial, happy family. Truly, we are blessed with such fine neigh bors right next door. i To err is human and to try and get out of it gracefully is ditto. Little Johnny had rebelled pretty strenuously because so many of his favorite programs had been pushed off television by the re cent conventions. "When do we have another presidential election?" he asked his father one day. "In four years," was the reply. The little boy studied the situation for a minute or two, then sagely remarked: "It's hardly worth going to so much trouble land ing a job that you can't be sure of more than four years." Never hunt for trouble: It will get around to you soon enough. 4ci?&WASHINGT0N = MARCH OF EVENTS 0. S. Has Effcctiv* I Ntrv* Gas DcUctar Antidote Rushed To Check Deadly Weapon Special to Central Press Association WASHINGTON?Military scientists have a hopeful maxim that U being put to its severest test in this era, to the effect that sooner or later a defense is found to counteract even the most deadly weapons. Nerve gas may have the dubious distinction, say the experts, of being the first super-weapon in history which is so terrible that the defense has been perfected, within limitations of course, before it has ever been used! Since American and British troops at the close of World War II burst Into a little town In the central Germany of Adolf Hitler's collapsing Retch and discovered the hidden Nazi stockpile of nerve gas, reports and rumors have girdled the globe about what may be the most fiendish weapon ever devised by man to Inflict upon him self. | Now comes relatively comforting news that an effective portable electronic detector h^^een accepted for milftary and civil defense i^H?nd the doctors have an antidote for nerve pra in a drug known as atropine. Just how the detectors which have been de veloped by Army Chemical Corps and Radio Cor Anti-n?rv? gas mask. poration m America scientists can be strategi cally located so as to protect not only military personnel but mass populations and industrial centers is a problem yet to be solved, but one that is being worked upon. ? ? ? ? AM EVEN MORE BAFFLING RIODLF. is how to distribute widely enough the gas rr^Lskj and vials of atropine needed to coun teract an enemy attack with nerve gas, which is so subtle that it is invisible, odorless, and virtually tasteless except for an occasional faint fmity flavor. Military strategists point out that nerve gas has its special at tractions to a would-be conqueror which are not possessed by the horrendous H-bomb. It would immobilize or even wipe out a popu lation. yet leave tntaet for almost Immediate occupancy the indus tries, traffic facilities, transportation and power plants. A tiny drop kills. Since the efTset of the gas Is to knock the whole hetvous syltefn out at kilter, the suffering of a victim Is in tense?like a thousand toothaches." say the experimenters. The body's whole mechanism for control of the Internal organs, the flutdfe, muscles, eyes and ears is knocked out. That the Nwis in all their desperation at losing the war appar ently emsld not bring themselves to employ the lethal weapon is a kejr t* Itt abominations. Many of the scientists who worked on it wore seined ?y the Russians, and the Soviets Immediately started work ok the fas. SO did the U. S. Army Chemical Corps, because it was vital that all which can be known about its devastating properties be learned, and every poeslble defense measure conjured up to meet it. ? ? ? ? IN ANNOUNCEMENTS which have been carefully couched in leflhS tt> IMbllft but not unduly alarm, Ma) o??. Anthony C. McAulilTe as early aj 1950 told the American Chemical society of the discovery of nerve gas called G-gas, or more particularly GB-gas to Indicate tta place in the epectrum of weapons that work on the nerves, it has been produced in Produced tent amounts at a special Chemical Corpe laboratory in the Rocky mountain arsenal at Denver where ^ also a hew $d million plant it being constructed. Amount* The Oonmns developed an antidote in a chemical called Miacopane. and aatrupine la effective u administered soon enough- Both eimpty reverse the effect on the Serve*. Chemists describe the nerve gaaee ea a group of organic esters eg *M|>hMlr derivative*, and they understand how these effect the nerve tissue, in the body. A deadly Insecticide ekllsd pmthlon operate along this line.
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