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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE TODAY'S QUOTATION .vjTEditorial Page of the Mountaineer sswiters Uf God, and bath eternal life?Kin?tley. Not A Hard Formula For ! Getting Business In 1957 1 Reports on business here indicates that this community has had a better than aver age year. Naturally there are some isolated cases, but for the average, it has been a good year. ? What about the future for business here? All indications point to encouragement, and the prospects for another good year. The industrial plants are employing more folk than at any time in history; farmers are getting good burley prices, and the farming outlook is promising. The folk in the tourist business had a banner season in 1956, and the prospects for '57 are equally as good, or even better. Some of the best statisticians of the na tion are optimistic. They point out that busi ness will be plentiful, but competitive. They advise that it will be an era to be alert, up and-going, with plenty of pusl* Which simply boils down to the fact that there will be plenty of business for those who want it bad enough to go after it during 1957. That is not a hard formula to under stand. Papa To Get The Bill The city of Charlotte is concerned over the heavy losses being sustained by the city from damages done by groups of boys who seem to have a desire to destroy. The city officials estimate that damages amount to $50,000 a year to parks and public buildings. A I r .. ? ? _ 1 ] 1 If.. 1 A. A 1 4 a numner 01 civic icauers nave leiv inai an appeal to the boys to be good citizens was the answer, but thus far that procedure has failed to bring the desired results. Conse quently, the officials, and civic leaders are now seriously considering a plan whereby nana would be handed the bill for damages done hv the wnvward son. The tuvrnvorq aw also concerned, hermise ? bus far the rliimawa done to the puhltelv nwned nrn?v>rtioq had to he renamed from funds ^rented from the tavnnvers nocVets. Tn some instances, it begins to look like napa will get to nav twice. O't t'rleos TTnder tVie category of things we find hard to understand is an announcement last week that because of heavy fuel oil shipments to Western Furnoe. Americans can expect to nav increased nriees for oil and gasoline in the verv near future, Jf there was a shortage of oil in this coun try such an announcement might make sense as it would merely reflect the work ings of the old law of sunnlv and demand. Put there is no oil shortage in America and even heavy shipments to Fnrone to ease the rr'sis over there won't create one. There's i plenty of nil right now and any shortage i which mivht possibly he ereated ran easily he ?nken rare of bv stenning un production from oil fields whirb now are numping at nowhere near the capacity output. ?Fort T-auderdale, News. Seed Catalogs Brighten Winter Days Seed firm* use a lot of common sense. Right along with the last Christmas cards, ind just before the bills of January first, there came in the mail, a colorful teed cata log, which stirred the Imagination beyond neasure of an in-between-ChHstmas-New Fear's holiday season. Sitting near the fire, and in the gleam of Christmas tree light* and tinsel, we read of the new creations offered In 1957 seeds. Here it is stH! December, and our fingers ire already itching for the warm soil, and leed planting time. There are few things quite as fascinating is planting seeds, and watering them. Then to wait for them to grow into plants and mature into vegetables or flowers. The seed firms should have an extra star in their crown for publishing such catalogs, and getting them out when winter is but a few days old. The bright pictures of perfect ly formed vegetables, and flowers that are "out-of-thl?-world" give new hope and en thusiasm for the future. And while we read and enjoy the seed catalogs, not once do we give thought to the weeding and grassing which each crop takes. But even that task does not keep us from wanting to try again, rotne spring, to produce vegetables or flow ers to match the catalog pictures. Unfair Tax On Beauty? A New York ladv has lust appeared be fore a Coneressional Committee in stem on position to the 10 percent Fedpral tax tbat is annb'ed to Unstick and cosmetics. The WW contends that Unstick is not a luxury. Tt is a vital necessity. Tier argument is that it is essential for women to he beautiful an/1 that [?osmetics are imnerativelv needed for rnir nos/'s of morale. The Wlv from New York is nuote/i as savinv: "Centlemen. the time has passed when troo/1 trroominir aids for women can be considered luxuries." This line of reasoning mnv hoi/1 water. I.instick. annarently. will be worn as often as shoes and stockings are worn. And cos metics are not needed solelv as moralp lifters for the ladies. These nretfifiers do a tremen dous lot for the morale of the males, too. Tn fact, we think the WW from New York bas a point. Lipstick is no longer a luxury. We can rline stromdv to this hebef without swing into the merits of the Federal tax one way or the other. Rut. the ladv miscued farther down the line f3be savs that if a tax is necessary on linstick. there should he one on razor blades, also. Tbis arenment is fatuous to the point of asininitv. Putting a little mint on the month mnv he a pleasant enough enternrise. but the dailv mornin/r tussle with olwlurate whiskers is a formidable chore. We've never known a man who trot anv pleasure from shavincr himself. Shavincr may not be so onerous and dangerous as killing snakes, but it is certainW one of those gruesome inter ludes comparable to paving taxes, fixing tire punctures, wrestling with housing mort gages, and mowing grass. ?Raleigh News and Observer. TV^VC nr ottifr FmITORv! Should Counties Share School Load? In a recent edltorialthe Greensboro Daily News posed a question that oil eh t to interest the tax payers of Johnston Count v. "Governor Hodee* " commenced the D?llv News, ?"has voiced the oninion that more local aid should to into the schools Hut where counties or school districts are alreadv pushing their local limits what is to he done* If th>" Governor's Idea is carried out. there must he a yardstick with which to measure the ahilltv to nav and Honllcatton of that yardstick in any equitable requirements or alloca tion.*.'' Let's take a look at school taxes already being paid in Johnston County. The county levies Rfi cents for schools. Includ ing 20 cents earmarked for vocational education, lunchrooms. 8nd other sneeial needs of the districts. Fiv*? districts In the county have tax sunolemerits of either JO or 25 cents The sunnlemental lew In Micro and Benson districts la 20 cents, in Smith field. Selma, and Clayton, the supplement Is 25 cents. This means that t)v> total school lew in Smith fiebl Selma and C'svton districts is $1.11; In Micro and Benson it Is $1 00; And Princeton and Pine l.evel will have sup plements next year Their voters have recently authorised a school jurmlement lew up to 25 cents The school tax rate In Johnston County, especi ally in the districts havtna supplements, Is much hleher than the school tax rate In many counties of the state. Is It fair for North Carolina to add extra school tax burdens to the load already carried In Johnston Countv? ? On the surface Johnston Countv seems to be bearing a greater than fair share of the school tax burden. We are blessed with a large number of children In Johnston County In fact, we are among the verv largest school units In the state But John ston Countv does not rank at or near the top In tax able wealth. We don't have tax valuations to match our school oonulation. wnen tne uovernor says more local am annum *o Into the schools, docs he mean that Johnston Countv taxnavers should aird themselves for hith er school taxes? On the surface we In Johnston Countv seem to have a rood case for reslstlne and transfer of school financial burden from state to local eovernment The nhrase "on the surface" Is repeated because a comparison of tax rate does not always give a true comparison of tax burdens The tax rate In Johnston Countv seems relatively high but It may be that tax valuations are relatively low In the county. The Greensboro Dolly News is talking sense when It saya the State needs a yardstick with which to measure ability to pay. What la needed through out North Carolina is some uniform standard of arriving at property tax valuations. The inequity among counties gives a misleading picture of what local governments are doing In providing educa tional and other public services. And there Is much inequity within the counties?certainly in Johnston ?because the same yardstick of property values has not been applied to all piopertlea. ?Tha Smlttdold Herald ? ha THE MOUNTAINEER Waynexrtlle. North Carolina Main Street Dial C.L 6-5801 The Conntv Seat of n?TwiM<) County P<1M<<I<<11I Dv The WAYNEQVTTXE MOTtNTATNEER. t?e W CURTIS RURS .. Editor W Oiirtl* Rn?s and Morton T Rrtdve* RntMUher* published every vr>\ntv ant? Thursday by mail in haywood county One Year $S AO Rl* month* _ 2.00 by mail in north carolina One Year r 4 AO Six month* 2.50 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Yeor 5 00 Six month* 1 _ 8 00 LOCAL CARRIER DELIVERY Per month .40 Office-o*td for carrier delivery 4 50 Reeoed Out mall prlvlHfea authorized at Waynaa vflle. T*. C. ~mtuotx or ?ntr A<wnrtATrn prwS Tfhle Aeaortate" R-eaa 1, entitled eerlinnveW to the nee Or re-nnhWcatlnn nf ,n the tneat new* nrlnted In tWi nrwanmvr a* wen ml alt AP newa iPanetehea Monday Afternoon, December 81, 1966 . Looking Back Over The Years 29 years abo Pet Dairy Product* Co, pur chase* Western Carolina Cream ery. Mr. and Mrs. George Coble celebrate fiftieth wedding anni-v versary. Betty Jane Bradley has birth day party. Paul Davia la visiting friends in Shelby. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Haynes re turn from a trip to Florida. Mrs. P. A. Burgin, the Misses Margaret and Ruth Burgin, and Ray Burgin go to Bender, Oa. for visit with the former's daughter, Mr*. James Crisp. 10 years ago Aaron Prevost Is named gen eral chairman of the county unit of the North Carolina Good Health Association. Babson sees more goods, prices hich. casts of living going up In 1947. Chief Eleetrican's Mate R L. Coin. Jr.. USN, and his brother Orin Coin BM. third class, spend first Christmas at home together in seven years. Miss Margaret Lois Pryor of Bear Wallow is bride of James Richard Queen. 5 YEARS AGO Mrs. C. O. Newell Is chosen "Woman of the Year" by Business and Professional Women's Club. Lions Club dime board raises over $1,500. Mr and Mrs W Sherrod Mc Call entertain with an open house. Mr and Mrs. Homer West and their dauehter. Miss Marv Jean West, and Don WhUenhunt return from a visit in Florida. Miss Ruth Corwin. formerlv of Wnvnojvtlle. returns to her home in Spencer after a visit here Letter To Editor VIEWS FROV1 GERMANY Editor. The Mountaineer: Tt's Just been learned on this side of the world that President Elsenhower lias appointed an as sistant in cherw of lone-rance planning for long-ranee prob lems, It would be interesting to know this gentlemaiv's views for tills eomine summer. Surely there would he a brief on what to ex poet in the satellites when the davs grow warm and it's oosslhle for a man to hide in the hills without turning into a frozen blue corpse A glance at history shows that summer time is fighting time No one can contest the fart that several nations atv> ready for a brawl, even a lonsided contest with so powerful an antagonist as a Soviet tank There's Poland No one ran say how loos the oeonle Of tha? onnrcssod nation will take bread and milk from Gomulka when their palates ache for the wine of freedom Fast Germany too must be considered and of course there's Hunearv. the na tion that defies adlectives It is some sort of match'ess testimony to good and evil to see on the world stage a country that can produce such Washington - like men as the freedom fighters. and stich villains as Janos Kadar. What will Hungarian* do when the warmth of the summer sun brow-ps their skins and the. good win? of the earth courses throuRh their veins? Not stnee the davs of Runker Hill and the crossing of the Po tomac and the battles of VJalley Force have a people stjked so much and lasted so long against both man and nature. The man with the lone-ranee nlans his brief case mav well gis*? constdershle time to con sidering what Hungarians could do in a climate conducive to the tvne of warfare that thev must waee And if the nation once aeain shakes with the hitter tred of tanks harvesting neoole?will the miehtv U S. face un t? whatever threats Russia mieht bellow forth and reallv do some thing to helo a neonle in need? The ar?wser will take a long winter'* wait n MACKJS, Jit Frankfurt. Germany HUNGARIAN COVER UP - * ^ ^ \\ \v vl&x Views of Other Editors : SOUND MONEY POLICY Sound money isn't just the bus iness of the banker. It's some thing that concerns alt of us. As the current issue of the New England Letter of the First National Bank of Boston points out, "wise monetary restraint is the best guarantee of sound money and more stable growth. It would be a disservice to the na tion to allow the money supply to expand fot- any < xtended period more rapidly than the sup ply of goods available for pur chase." Every curve of the inflationary spiral clips away a portion of the pay check, insurance policy and pension. This is something we may forget although the house wife should he reminded of it when she goes shopping. There has been a mounting threat of inflation this year and one of the most important actions to hold the line has been in the area operating a policy of monetary restraint. This "tight money" policy was adopted principally because the demand for investment funds was getting too high in relation to the amount of savings. ? But when the money supply ex pands for an extended period more rapidly than the supply of goods available for purchase there will result an out-of-hand infla tionary situation from which the average citizen will suffer. The policy has been a sound and prudent one even though it has heen criticized in some quar ters?Waterville (Maine) Sehtinel So This Is New York By NORTH CALLAHAN So yon think Jack Benny play ing the fiddle Is a ioken Then you should have been with us at Carne gie Hall on a recent night here Jack not only appeared in person with his violin, but he placed all the first movement of Mendels sohn's "Violin Concerto" with the New York Philharmonic Svmnhony Orchestra, and threw in Sarasate's "Gypsy Airs" for good measure. It was a special concert to save Carnegie Hall which will be torn down if they don't raise enough monev soon for its purchase by the management. Not only did Jack do pretty well?oh. you wouldn't confuse him with Fritz Kreisler - but he also looked not much over 39 years old You see. Benny was' once a real violinist. Asked how he felt after the concert, he said pantingly. "I just ahout got through it" Dropped into Toot Shoe's for a party for Jackie Gleason who is starting a new television series. The place was so crowded that the rotund Jackie could hardly net in himself, but he finally appeared, surrounded by his bevy of pretty girls, prominent among whom was Audrey Meadows. Although the restaurant was swarming with tele vision personalities, the infectious personality of Jackie Gleason over shadowed them all. Here is a genial guy whom I remember a few years ago as just another act at the Rovv Theater His last con tract for TV totaled 11 million dol lars and he lives as if tomorrow would never come. For years I have been a Brook lyn Dodger baseball fan but this time 1 was pulling for those Mil waukee Braves. It seemed time that a good out-of-town team won the pennant and it looked as if those Wisconsin boys were going to do it. Then eame the last few days and you know what happened: the Braves blew and the Dodgers dug in. Well, it's what's on the score board that counts, they say, and again it was a subway series with' the Yankees. Maybe next year some other good teams will i wallop these New York nines. ? Just as I was thinking this Presi dential race was getting hot, 1 stopped in at the New York His torical Society and viewed so.ne of the old-time eamnaign cartoons, a< well as the posters, song books, sheet music and badges used in the political past. In 1804. a broad side exhorted Republicans to "Turn out and save your country from ruin." Another campaign issue of some generations ago was "Do generals make good Presidents?" 1 i 1868, the cry was. "Reduce tax ation before taxation reduces us." The "good Washington" was com pared with Jefferson with "a mil dewed ear." Some of the most violent ones pertained to Andrew Jackson and his wife, while Lin coln was pictured eating two of his opponents like oysters "on the (Continued on Page 3) . SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK By R. J. SCOTT MATTING, * A.h -q so ? *.S <e K KK(> MATTING, 4 *. cuu,ius<tiaiss ? SuaiA-ci ,* c i.D,HC,, aVE.1M-Y.OlC, if,c. L ?iCB-r jfei/loAj) of j MiSfRAUK. I I gLUSAIS JUE .1 m^lAV at fttD. 11 rSC!RAPSJ i/k: Do tit <HCK ?fcw M IMSlCf Hits'? its- ?u< wt Mt uSAJlt fo m Kaii rfs a*<\ fu iRUPftD i* W* 1 Sa VA.POR CLOuD -<ooK?<?[ - VAX tSRM rf V'ULCM'S HtAD. ' - _ _ Ml' USSIN IS 4* ONLY W V? NbUVO * <?l lli. ? lM< few* NWWHe* * ??? ? Rambling 'Round By Frances Gilbert Frmiier * ? The ghastly toll of traffic deaths during the Christmas holidays is appalling. In the minds of every sensible thinking person must come the thought: "What can be done to stop this slaughter?" Repeated warnings through the medium of newspapers, tele vision, radio and signs on the highways seemingly have no effect whatever. The slogan: "Drive carefully" has no more value than the sign "Wet Paint". It must be tried out through curiosity. As far as can he reasonably assumed, speeding and drunken drivers are the chief causes of the terrific number of fatalities. And the tragedy' of it Is that both of these causes can be absolutely controlled by the driver* of the automobiles. Defects in the mechanism of the cars ? usually play a minor role; the defects are in the mental mechanism of the brains guiding the vehicles. While the drivers of the cars that cause the accidents may not have control of their mental faculties, the manufacturers of the new automobiles could help a lot by plac ing less power and more safety in their output As long as there are cars, speedways and intoxicants, the lives of Innocent people will be sacrificed, more s the pity' There's nothing quite so forlorn looking as Christmas dec orations after the holidays. i ? Post mortems. at best, are gloomy affairs but it is aipunding how popular they are. Have you ever listened to some one telling of an operation, either to themselves >or some one elseT They do not leave out one gory detail and seemingly get a sadistic amount of pleasure out of the narration. And there is the aftermath of a bridge game. The whole hand has to be reshuffled (mentally) for the benefit of the player thereof. The opponent certainly has no Interest in the event, and there is more than a million chances to one that those identical cards will ever reassemble themselves into one hand again. One of the first things an expert teacher will impress ypon the be ginner is: "Forget the hand you have just played. There's a new one for your attention." And add post mortems from the past. This is a progressive world, ever moving forward, not backward. Otherwise we would still be traveling in covered wagons instead of Constellations, Diesel pow ered Super Chiefs, and Cadillacs. It might be when some one is faithfully recounting a fatal ac cident or illness, the listener may have been through a similar tragedy which they are bravely trying to forget. So let's all look over the fence to tomorrow land, and close the door on all the unhappy events of yesterdays. Death, guiding the steering wheel, says: "Let's go!" Little Johnnie's face was screwed up in a frown of discontent as he gazed around at the numerous toys scattered over the floor. His mother, a bjt disconcerted, asked; "What's the matter, Johnnie? Aren't you pleased with all your presents?" "Oh, yeah. They're all right, I guess," was the little bov's reply, "but the new toys nowadays won't bust up as easy as the old ones did." Watch out now! Write It '57, and IIAPPY MEW YEAR, EVERYBODY! 4*<?&WASIilKGT0N ?? MARCH OF EVENTS Recalcitrant Republicans Die-Hard Right-Wingers May Feel Ike's Wrath Lost Prestige in Voting Special to Central Press Association "reyASHINGTOX?White House sources say President Eisenhower VV is so eainest about remodeling the Republican party that he is now ready to war against members of the GOP who refuse to have anything to do with "modem Republicanism." In 1952, 1954 and 1956, Mr. Eisenhower supported all Republicans for office, regardless of whether they agreed with his views of what the party should stdnd for. Thus, some extremely right-wing Re ?MiVvlinono Faethow oii'Olf fmrvs tVin P ro cillon t riA. puwuv-auo, "1C? ?"a.' w- * *v??>*v?w litically than many Democrats, nevertheless had his blessing-. White House aides now say Mr. Eisenhower is abandoning this policy, and that his tremendous election victory, while the GOP failed to win a majority in Congress, has convinced him that the party cannot exist unless it "goes modern." Therefore, the President is likely to take sides in GOP primary, races in 1958, throwing all his prestige behind any "Eisenhower Republican" who vies with a member of the "old guard." However, even before 1958?particularly u^the next session of Congress?the chief exJBive will undoubtedly exert all the pressure his command to help "modern Republicans" and hinder right-wingers. ? ? ? * ? CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS?In what may be a re lated development, an effort will be made in Congress in January to put an end to so-called character assassination by congressional investigation. Senators Thomas H. Kuchel (R), California, and Prescott Bush (R), Connecticut, both Eisenhower Republicans who won re-election this year, will introduce a resolution calling for the Senate "to elevate the level of committee investigations" and "to assure citizens of fair treatment at the hands of their legislators." Kuchel said the resolution would call for a code of conduct which will curb what he calls "flagrant and degrading abuse of witnesses, smears of innocent third persons, and use of investigations as sound ing boards for the rankest heresay." The target apparently is Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (R), Wis consin, who frequently opposes the administration. McCarthy is ranking Republican on the Senate permanent investigation com- i mittee?and he headed the committee during the first two years of President Eisenhower's first term. ? ? ? ? ? GElGER OOl'XT MARRIAGE?Disclosure that the United States plans to establish a "safe" radiation exposure standard for the entire U. S. population raises all kinds of possibilities, particu larly involving marriage. Some scientists say that individuals, if plans arc approved as being worked out, may have to carry personal "score cards" show ing just how much radiation they have accumulated during their lifetime and how much more they could safely take. Such records, it was said, may even determine what couples may marry and have children. For example, a man with a high accumu lation of radiation soaked up from medical X-rays and atomic test exposures would be dissuaded from marrying a girl with a similar high rating. As one man put it?the possibility is not eliminated that a Geiger counter would properly precede an engagement ring. ? ? ? * . 250,000 ? CAMPAIGN FLYING?Air line authorities re port that the two major political parties did more Campaign campaigning by air in 1956 than ever before in Air Miles! history. They compute that Republican and Democratic candidates for President and vice president and the "truth squads" of the two parties chalked up 220,000 air miles during the campaign. The pre vious high was in 1952, when 178,275 miles were recorded In the air. Train travel was minimized by the major candidates but strate gists of both parties concede that for congressional and local cam paigns, the airplane isn't the answer for the aspiring candidates. President Eisenhower
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