VISITORS TO SMOKIES
PARK ARE INCREASING
GATLINBURG ? Visitors to
Great Smoky Mountains National
park are again increasing, accord
ing to John Morrell, park ranger
in charge of the checking stations.
Ranger Morrell reports that
April and May visitors outnum
bered those for the same months
last year by nearly 10 per cent.
It was last year that Smoky
Mountains park, with 1,157,930
visitors, had the greatest atten
dance of any national par it.
However, peak attendance was
in 1941 when there were 1,310,101
visitors! although several ot.ier
parks topped that total.
Morrell's figures showed 78,339
visitors in April and 91.239 in May,
a total of 169,598, against 70,539
and 85,608 in April and May, 1946,
respectively, a total oi' L56.146.
As more aulomobiles become
available later in the yea*'. Mor
rell believes the attendance will
continue to increase and possibly
set an all-time high despite a
sharply decreased attendance in
the winter months because of se
vere cold, heavy snows and black
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CULLOWHEE NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. William Churchill
of S:. Petersburg, Fla., arrived
Sunday to spend the summer at
the Bob Cotter home.
M.s. Elbert Shelton underwent
a major operation at the C. J. Har
ris hospital J Sylva, Tuesday. She
is reportc^jl to be getting along
nicely. *
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Norton left
last Monday to make their home
in Sedi o Wooley, Wash.
Mr. I/ee Hooper, Sr., of Cullo
whee and Atlanta, Ga? suffered
an accident recently in which he
received a broken hip. He is re
ported to be :n a critical condi
tion at tne G.'\?dy hospital. Atlanta.
M i .v s Edith Buchanan, who
teaches i:i Milledgeville, Ga., is
<>now doing research work at Dukd
University. Sne .s the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. L >gan Buchanan of
Culiowhee.
Mrs. M. X. Bevili of Gainesville,
; Fla., ai rived Fiiday to spend the
J summer 1m* Long farm, Cullo
; whee. Mrs. Bevill has been to
i C ullowhee for her vacations for
i the pa>t sovei.fl years.
i Mrs. H. T. H??Lits, Jr., and daugh
ter, Linda, wiil spend the week
end in New Market. Tenn.. with
relatives. Kev. Mr. Houts is at
tending a short course for minis
ters at Emory University.
Miss Kathryn Davis spent a lew
days trie first of the week at
Greensboro.
Vesper,services wilHoe held each
Monday evening at 6:30 in the par
i*>r of Moore' dormitory. The ser
vice will be conducted by Mr. Ed
ward Whitson, the recently ap
pointed minister for the Presby
terian congregations of Sylva and
Culiowhee. All Presbyterians and
other friends are extended a cor
dial invitation.
ed roads.
Attendance in January was 12.
810, which was 104 less than the
year before.
Visitors dropped 10,000 in Feb
| ruary when 20,740 visitors were
checked. Biggest drop was in
March when visitors fell to 2&,673
from 79,143 the year before.
But now hotel accommodations
are scarce and most of the better
cabins booked for weeks ahead.
Newfound Gap on the North
Carolina line continues by far to be
:he favorite spot for visitors, Mor
i'ell said, witii Clingman's Dome,
sloven miles awav by motor plus a
? ^"K^rni 1 e afoot, -ocond.
Moi rell said there is now an
cm age of 'seven passengers to
t'\viy two automobiles, while dur
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Here lie the remains of a driver who thought he could drink and
still drive a car. Racing down the highway at a dangerous speed, his
car wandered off the edge of the pavement, dragged on the sandy
shoulder, and was wrenched into a spin. Drunken drivers are potential
murderers of every other motorist who comes near them on the road.
They were involved in more than 5,000 fatal accidents last year. Na
tional Conservation Bureau safety specialists say even one or/two
drinks slow up reactions, make judgment ur.sure, increase chances of
accident three to four times.
LOOKING
AHEAD
by GEORGE S. BENSON
President?MarJitig College
Searcy. Arkansas
Put on a Lid
If you aren't a deadbeat and you
expect to stay out of bankruptcy
and you want a decent credit rec1
ore!, the chances are that you pay
ycur expenses pretty much as you go.
When emergencies arise, you watch
your budget so that you spend as
little as possible. It's a good old
American custom to live within in
come. That's a practice that makes
for sturdy citizenship and for com
munity stability.
But here we are, all of us together
as a nation, very much wanting to
cut our taxes but very leery about
reducing budget expenditures. The
national budget, you know, repre
sents what we do with our tax money.
It is fine to shout hooray when taxes
are cut, but it will make more sense
If we first learn to whittle down oux
alarming budget without frowning.
A good strong lid on government
si ending is the only, sane route to
tax reductions.
A Halt to Spending
The President has proposed a
budget of $37,500,000,000 which Con-_
gross is currently reviewing. Senti
ment exists in Congress for a ceiling
on federal pending much lower than
the budger recommended by the
President. Congress, as soon as pos
sible, should place a limit of $30,000,
)00,000, above which federal spend
ing may not go. Ultimately, a budget
of $20,000,000,000 ought to be ade
quate to run our federal machinery.
Most citizens claim little compre
nension of these astronomical fig
ures. Twenty bfllion may seem more
?ike measurements characteristic of
distances to the stars.- But the fig
are is dollars. This proposed peace
time expenditure pro?tfcm of $37,500,
)00,000 is $9,330,000,000 more than we
Ipent for non-defer.se items in 1946,
not counting interest on national
debt.
This astronomical budget means
;hat almost $300 is asked from every
jving American. It is estirrrated that
luch a budget would cost the aver
age family $1,000 in taxes this year.
Budget in hand, your pencil will
show.in short order that we have no
Detter way to get out from under our
;ax burdens than to limit our sper.d
jig. We may cut our taxes without
paying any attention \o, federal
ipending, but the outcome will be
deficit spending and added debt.
You're Paying Salaries
Senator Byrd says there has been
rery little reduction in war-expanded
personnel of government. Not count
,ng the various war agencies, Sena
tor Byrd points to constantly in
creasing personnel totals. These
Jumped nearly 300.000 since V-J Day.
Moneywise, this tondenry is graph
ically shown by the request of the
Department of Commerce for $261,.
)00.000 in 1948. This is an increase
of 600% over the $.10,000,000 this de
partment spent in 1932.
Budget reductions reviewed by
Congressional committees have sug
fested elimination of about one-half
million federal payrollers. This is
ill too few. To bring the number of
civilian employees of the govern
ment down to the swollen figure of
1939 we must lay off 1,500,000. (We'd
jtill have 900.000 eating from the
public breadbasket.) This would be
I most logical way to avoid an an
nual expenditure of more than five
I million dollars. This could be money
I ?aved. It's out of your pockets and
nine.
! USDA announces that its price
; support program for 1947 crop
thresher run dry edible peas will
be implemented through purchase
! agreements with growers. Last
? year the support program operated
i through dealers, covering cleaned
1 and graded peas.
ing the war there was eight.
Checks are made on Sundays
and the following Wednesdays at
Smokemont and Townsend and
daily at Gatlinburg during the
warm months.
SYLVA SCOUTS LEAVE
FOR SUMMER CAMP
Several Boy Scouts from the
Sylva troop left early Monday
morning t? attend summer camp
at Camp Daniel Boone. H. F. Fer
guson took the boys to the camp.
Scoujs attending from Sylva are:
Tommy Ferguson, Franklirw Fricks,
Dick Barkley, Frank Crawford, Jr.,
Jimmy Crawford, and Lambert
Hooper. "
They will spend varying lengths
of times at camp?one, two, three
or four weeks.
Jimmy Bales4 who is a counsel
or at Camp Daniel Boone, left last
week and will be there during the
entire summer camp period.
Chamber Of Commerce
To Meet July 3rd
' The first Friday night of each
month is regular meeting date for
the directors of the Chamber of
^Commerce. Since Friday, July 4th,
4s a holiday, President Felix
Picklesimer has announced that
the meeting will be moved up to
Thursday night. Ju'.y 3, at 8 o'clock
in the forestry office in Hotel
Lloyd.
Calendar of Events
FRIDAY, JUNE 27?The Ameri
can Legion will meet at the
courthouse at 7:30 p. m. L. H.
Higdon, commander.
FRIDAY, JUNE 27?'The Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary will meet
with Mrs. Ed Bryson at Cullo
whee. Members will meet at the
post office in Sylva at 3:30 p. m.
where cars will be provided to
take them to Cullowhee; Mrs.
Dan Tompkins, president.
FRIDAY, JUNE 27?Oce Chapter
No. 139 Order of Eastern Star
and Dillsboro Lodge No. 459 will
hold a joint celebration in the
Masonic Hall at Dillsboro at 7
p. m.
TUESDAY. JULY 1?The Rotary
club will have a dinner meeting
in Allison building at 7 p. m.
Dr. D. D. Hooper, president.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2?The Hal
cyon club will meet with Mrs;
Cicero Bryson at 8 p. m. Mrs.
Claude Campbell, president.
THURSDAY, JULY 3--The B. H.
Cathey Chapter, United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy will not
meet at this time as the chapter
has disbarred for the remaining
summer months. Mrs. J. A. Bry
son, president.
Kidneys Must
Work Well
For You To Feel Well
24 hours every day, 7 day* every
week, never stopping, the kidneys filter
waste matter from the blood.
If more people were aware of how the
kidneys must constantly remove sur
plus fluid, exceaa'acids and other Waste
matter that cannot stay in the blood
without injury to health, there would
be better understanding of why the
whole system is upset when kidneys fail
to function properly.
Burning, scanty or too frequent urina
tion sometimes warns that something
is wrong. You may suffer nagging back
ache, headaches, dizziness, rheumatic,
pains, getting up at nights, swelling.
Why not try Doan't Pills? You will
be using a medicine recommended the
country over. Doan't stimulate the func
tion oi the kidneys and help them to
flush out poisonous waste from the
blood. They contain nothing harmful.
Get Doan't today. Use with confidence.
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Pure Oil Service Station, formerly
known as Reece-Hampton Service
Station, which is located at the
new intersection of highway Nos.
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The~ business transaction was
completed a few weeks ago and
the new owners took charge of the
business last week. Mr. Robert
Holden will be manager in charge
of the station.
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