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nutUcr unilcr Act ot March J. 1807
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KI'BY Mri'OMKS W1NCUKSTKR
SorlfH Kditar ? Pbonr 49- J
SUBSCRIPTKIN PRK E
I Yrar. in North Carolina SI. SO
6 Mos.. in North Carolina .75
1 Year. Out of Statr 2.00
Payable Strictly In Advance
Carets of Uiankd. tributes ol respect
by individuals. lodm-s. churches. or
or societies, will be re
t:urdi-d .us advertising Such notices
will be .'ii.irkxl idv ' m compliance
with postal reculut:jns
wr> rTv*?nr-riTir>M
1 1 vy v,v/mi l. i .< ? iv/11
IS brglns to !>*>k a- if tile Hon.
?t-bu[on VVimvit will no i a v e
miy . >i i|? ? -n< " 1 ml- <n*ixilgn
for ? eelection a> Co niivss A
Repul>li,?ui !u> ?,> little chance
it is :.i; l to uet any one *o
make lie race and if .in. me us
plannil'.i: -.i ontest for he nnrnlrvj- !
Hon he is working In deep secrecy |
Ad *>. pr.?bably. Mr Weaver willj
lie triumphantly ??turned. without a
struggle
This is to*) bad Not too bad that
there will be no contest: but too bud
that Mr Weaver should be allowi-d
t? go bock At < II So far us this
county and this immediate section ->
concerned .he lias done just .tboui
i*s ixx>r a piece >f representing a?
could be <lone
We believe sincerely, that Mr.
Weave mean, well But :t would
seem that he just hasn't go: what it
t&kes
By letting things slide, because, as
lie explained he bought everything
was ail right ." he came very c lose to
costing this 0>unty the Hiwassee
Dam. Later he claimed credit for
remedying things by using his in
fluence in the U. S. Senate.
In the first place, .f you believe he
lias any such influence w ith the Sen- j
rtte. you'll believe anything. In the ,
second place at shouldn't !vve been
necessary for anybody to go to the
Senate 1 where he wr.i it was really
done by Senau.' Bailey, at the u:g
it'tr of a omni ittee -.or ?. ? Wshing
ton from lie:v>. Evetythuiw should
liave been attended to in the House,
where t'-j -rn Tierinatcil and
where M'- W" . was .uppor.ee? to
b? m th jo. J
Since ; ri. i ni the only :::ne we
know Mr Weav ? live. Is when he
is seeking votes. Then he comes
down, and irmdshakes and pain's!
osy pictures i future.
Ala;; he paints in ,-olors that seem
o fa I i ik)r. i.. I;e election is over.
A very recent example of what Mr.
Weaver did NOT do? and what
-Senator Bob Reynolds, chairman of
he Senate Committee on Military
Affairs also did NOT do, is found m
the recent decision to build a huge
bomber plant at Marietta. Ga.
Thar. Georgia site is an open invi
tation to air attack by the enemy.
The fields are wirto open, and ore
sent a perfect target. The distance
from the coast is riduculously short,
with fine flat country to fly over, and
fine v inability to fly through. The
power needed by the plant probably
will liave to be bought from the
Georgia Company that serves that
territory.
Here in Cherokee County between
Murphy and Andrews th ere is a site
with a world o f natural protection
from its girdle of mountains. It
would be bard to find: harder still
to reach. I
Here .too -are TV A dams to supply :
all the power needed, and more Here j
Barring unpredictable develop
ments. the total food supply produc
ed on American farms this year will
be the largest on record, reports the
V. 8 Department of Agriculture
Catholic Services
Waynesville. every Sunday 11:00
a. m
Brysou City, every 1st Sunday
8:00 a. m.
Franklin, every 2nd and 4th San
day 8:00 a. m.
Cherokee, every 3rd Sunday 8'Ofi
a. m
"Murphy, every 5th Sondajr 7:00
A. M " <C. W. T.?
Sincerely yours
Rev. A. P. Rohrbaeh?r
u *11 abundance of labor Uiat
ilurai i .strike Here finally, la ? oec
tion llut Most HAVE some project.
Federal or private, to surrlTe.
It is pu&sible tlut Mr Weaver and
Mr Reynolds may have spoken in
behalf of this section but Uiey must
have spoken in whispers Either thai,
?r nobody was listening Tliat ala>.
| seems to be so often the case where
U'tlltu: anything tor these parts ii
concerned.
Mr Weaver may have gotten a
few jobs for a few people who have
campaigned for him But the niu-s.s
of voters In these parts we meun
the thinking voters .not those whoso
ballots aiv for .vile feel that with
Wcavt r in Conjcress we ire truly the
forgotten section
If any reader knows ? .? one blessed
thins he has done for this county as
a w.iolv we urge that he write the
d- .t ! . ? ? ?:?. Scout. We'll print them
! .in the first pane!
I atnin^-iir. suit are wtsmiorillS
about wha Mr Weaver did when
COnsjros. pa ?rd that self -pension
bill. Certain! lie didn't vote against
11 Only or man did and he was
li. >in Ohio. So it Mr Weaver was
there. lie must liave voted for it.
t: he w.i not present- where he
is ;?.? ; : :.i b< where was he?
r'ms levins t he siiustloss f rom all
idr :t locms a treat pi!v that w.?
:n ' i .i i r. counties rin't elect on-- of
our .:wr, residents to Congress. We
could, f we could just get together
Instead torn bv internal differ
ence^ l.imily rows -p to speak ? we
.?How rselvts to be bossed, forever
and ivt by Buncombt and Haywood
who.! DMita is: '.v. eat ;it the first
able find vou tak- the leavings."
We s ij it's all won :. There are
? no1.; :'.i ? vuvi in tlie mountun coun
ties -pnt.- .1 reason at-; ' number of
dcflec . irs elsewhere -to nominate
and elect. All we lack is solidarity ?
nd it is high lime wo talked less
about my faction" or even "my par
ty." and talked more about "MY
SECTION."
1 1. really wouldn't make a great
deal of difference which party fur
nished the candidate. Mr Weaver
isn't always for Democrats. This
writer once saw a personal letter
from him. written to a certain Re
publican County chairman in which
Mr Weaver save assurance that the
Murphy Post office would be filled
for several years by a Republican. A
little later .when a Democratic can
didate for the post sent many letters
of endorsement .including one from
'he Democratic County Chairman,
those letters somehow became "lost."
At leas'., so Mr. Weaver said.
And so. any change we might make
in Congress would probably be for
the better.
C' tainly ir couldn't be worse
OFFICES FOR SALE
Announcui; hU .tndid-irv in the
hccnung w f.>r Sheriff. Loster
Ma.^on states, in a paiii advertise
ment. hat he lias "no intention of
buying his way into cffire." and
"wants .1 fair election."
I; would be a srand and glorious
thing if we could hove an election
really fair and square.
It would be a grand and glorious
if the candidates ?B:ccd nr.d
stuck to it ? that ther ? would be no
buying of votes.
But we all know thai, ihere isn't a
chance in a million that it will ever
come to pass.
Pact is. vote buying has become
such a part and parcel of any politic
al race, that the best man in the
world, running solely on merit would
have just about as much chance of
winning as a lone infantry soldier
fighting against a tank.
Vote buying and selling isn't con
fined to any party, or section. It is
| done everywhere, every election.
The candidate has to dig down into
1 his own pocket, and his friends and
political allies make contributions.
Of course, those contributors are
not paying out good money just for
the simple joy of seeing their man
! win. Not on your life! They want,
expect and generally get some
sort of tangible return.
This may leave a very short end
for the plain, everyday man who
votes according to his honest con
victions. and lets It go at that. Stack
the average Individual voter up
against a man who has kicked in
with a lot of dollars for the winner,
i ind see which one gets the prefer
| once from the successful candidate.
Of course, where a man has a
. Urge family, or a lot of kin-folks
i who wilf vote solid, hell probably
zet very tender consideration But 'f
THE NEW ARRIVAL
he stands alone he's very .ikely u;
ue' nowhere fast!
The foregoing is 110 criticism of
m man or any party. It is mere
statement of fact that we all know
? \ And. instead o? setting bet
t. i jriitions are get'i.i: steadily
worse.
.1 .i Inu disiv; d n- the law!
whieh states, and states flatly thai
either buying or selling a vote is a
penitentiary offense, the buying of
ballots has become a recognized bus
ness Tlie powers that be in this coun
ty in toth parties ? can give you
a pretty accurate list of all the folks
whose votes are for sale, and can
also tell you the approximate prices
demanded. Those prices fluctuate, of
course. If the eltction sems close,
they go up.
Even if the election is practically
a sure thing, however, there are not
a few voters who won't mark a bal
lot unless paid for doing it. There are
dyed -in the wool Republicans who
won't vote their own ticket unless
they are "hired." The same is true
of rick-ribbed Democrats. Even if
their political convictions are strong,
unless the well known do ? re ? mi is
forthcoming, these gents just won't
vote at all.
There is another group of vo'ej
pliers, who call themselves Repuo- ;
licans or Democrats as the case may !
be and usually they can't for the
life of them tell you what either
?arty stands for ? who are for sale,
i. the highest bidder. They really
have no party. All tliey have Is an
i '.chine palm
These gentlemen are' pretty well |
known, too.
Agood many of these vote sellers '
? and buyers ? lack even the decencv i
to be ashamed. They go through the
business almost openly. At the last
elections votes were bought on the
Mtlewalks iii iiuut ul the poiludj ?
places ,in plain sight of any who |
cared to look.
That is one reason why there are
I so comparatively few candidates in
| these parts. Men who might give
splendid .impartial service not to
the "party" ? -but to the county
can't afford to risk their savings on
what is supposed to be an expression
of the free and honest voice of the
people, but what has actually degen
erated into a gambler's chance.
May the best man win" is a line
phrase ? but the best man won't win,
and can't win in this county unless
he also happens to have the most
money to spend
It is a crying shame that this ia so
and it Is the more shameful be
cause it would oe so easy to change.
All that is necessary is for both sides
to refuse to buy.
Seen -fseoarately. the leaders of
both sides will tel* you ?nat they'd
like it that way.
Unfortunately. however, neither
side is willing tc tnwt the other to
keep it's word.
When election day comes the de
sire to win is like'v to pro7e a whole
iot stronger 'ban any prmise maie
io t.he opposltlcn- ? nr am r-<rard
.'or the law eU'ier.
And thi l?a,ts and gentlemen,
i.?ay be why the-? Is so little Inter
est. aniong Mie rank and fl'.j, in the j
coming elections
INFLATION
President Roosevelt, talking to'
newsmen the other day. said steps j
were being considered to freeze sal
aries and wages, "to check inflation."
which he announced had "already I
started" I
Ii seems to us that Mi Roosevelt
has been Ions Ion? time finding it
out. We little fellows have known
that inflation was with us since long
before the Japs bombarded Pearl
Harbor. So far as this immediate
section is concerned ,it beg.m to ar
rive shortly after work started on
the Hiwassce Dam. back in 1936.
Wages went up- -and so did rents
and the price of food. The farmer
didn't benefit any though. On the
contrary .all he got was the privilege
of hiring help that was less efficient,
but that cost more.
However, the farmer did have his
home, and he had the crops to feed
himself and hisfamily Ke was great
deal better off than the average town
dweller, who did not work for the
TVA, whose income remained the
same .but whose dollar bought less
and less.
Now the shoe begins to pinch more
generally. A majority of workers
on the more recent dam projects
have been laid off ? and very, very
few of thrm have saved anything.
And they find prices based on what
they used to get!
rhe farmer gets a iltUe ^ Jur
his produce bu? thr Ipcrciue <1^
nitely will NOT pay tlie price boost
on ?abor. or uii the equipment he
must have to work his acres
The store keepers are taking la
lots more money but are having to
pay out lots more too. It is doubUul
if tlieu* net profit is aywhere near as
large as it was when you an dl could
buy a steak for dinner without (eel
uig like spendthrifts.
Also these mercliants know Uu;
the day may come- -and not too far
distant, either ? when they may hav -
to close shop because they can't get
Roods at a iy price.
Meanwhile, of course, the average
citizen .dwelling in town with hu
white collar job. stands between the
devil and the deep blue sea. What
ever liappens. he seems doomed
Meanwhile there are not u few
gentlemen veu can see almost any
Hav. bugU? ir. lioiauig up
some building wa! lby leaning
against it while they gaze out into
the distance and meditate Coaxed
and cajoled they may be persuaded
to work at a price And that price
almost invariably is a lot moie iluui
they are worth.
They may tell you. if yuesttoned.
tliat they can get so much per hour
on such and such a iob And what
they say piobably is true. But thel
are not working on that job. Tliej
are not working anywhere. They ar?>
i something like the biblical lillies >!
the field, in that they toll not. neit'.i
' ed do they spin.
I The resemblance stops right there,
i however, for they definitely are NOT
. gloriously arrayed."
I Some of them wil ltell you they
I expect to be "called into the army
! pretty soon.' 'so they are resting up
in anticipation. Others may tell you
-as one said when this writer tried
to hire him to fix a fallen chimncy.
that hi didn't have time, because he
had to go fishing.
Every one of these "I won't work"
men is helping inflation. Their re
fusal to work increases the shortage
of labor. The shortage of labor sends
wages higher. Higher wages mean
higher prices. And so on and on !n
in endless circle.
But you can't blame any one thins
for inflation. Also, it is impossible u>
fashion a man-made law that will
i stop it; for the cause lies buried in
I huma nnature.
To stop price gouging which is
the material cause of inflation, you
would have to stop greed.
And that would be the Millenium"
o
INTERESTING FACTS
j Industrial research lias develop -
j i d three new lead-base alloys tha .
; can be used in place of tin. thus
1 saving about 20,000 tons of that now
' precious metal every year.
THE HOME
FRONT
Modern wars are fought on many fronts, and
one of them is right at home. Life must go on.
People must live, eat, have shelter and clothing,
and carry on in many ways as they did before
the war.
The regular services offered by banks to pro
vide safety for money, expedite payments, fa
cilitate thrift and so on, are still as important as
ever. We continue to offer them, even though
the stress is now on the special war-time ser
vices. You are invited to use this bank.
BUY WAR BONDS
THE CITIZENS BANK & TRUST CO.
Murphy, N. C. Andrews, N. C.
MEMBER. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP.