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Page 2 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDa The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street . Vhon 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat f Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Editor MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN .... Associate fcditor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publisher! PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County 11.60 Six Months, In Haywood County "oc ne Year, Outside Haywood County 2.00 AH Subscriptions Payable in Advance Entered .t the port offic t 0., 8-ol Clam kail Matter, ai provided under Uu Act of Much I, 1878, November iO, 1814. 1 Obituary notice., rewlutlonf of respect, crd of thaiii, uid all notic-ee ol enMrtainmenta lor profit, will b coarfl for at the rate of one ceujjjer word. f. ift h rnrnlinn 1 MISS ASSOCIATION THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940 Thank You, Mr. Goerch The following taken from the last issue of "The State" magazine will be of interest to this community: "Free boost tor the town of Waynesville, up in Haywood County. "We were talking to three men last Sunday who spend a goodly portion of their time traveling over North Carolina. We asked them which town, in their opinion, was the most attractive and cleanest in the entire state. "All three agreed on Waynesville. "We concurred with them." With the annual clean up campaign just ahead and the date all set by the city fathers, the above should be a challenge to keep up the good work. Getting Nearer There is no need to kid ourselves. The war is getting nearer to the United States. Wheth er or not we will eventually be involved in active participation can not be definitely known at this time, but we do know that America will be vitally affected by the re sults of the war now in progress. War correspondents claim that more than half the population of the world, or, to be ex act, 55 per cent of the world's population, live in the countries that are now at war. We can boast of our independence, and hands of f, and none of us wants to be drawn in, but, nevertheless, the war is nearer to us than most of us like to admit. England is across the ocean from the Unit ed States, but to the north of us lies Canada, and the possibility, if not a probability, of a German victory over England gives rise to thoughts we do not like to dwell upon. Ben Franklin's Reason When Benjamin Franklin proposed, in May 1787, that the sessions of the Constitu tional Convention be opened with prayer he was asked to explain the reason for his' re quest. ' ; "If a sparrow cannot fall without God's knowledge," replied the great philosopher statesman, "how can an empire rise without His aid?"-Desert News, Salt Lake City, Utah. If 8 Spring Cleaning Time Along with the flowers and birds come an other side of spring that most people ap proach with a sigh, regardless of how hard they tackle the job. After a long drab winter and certainly the past one deserves all the desolate adjectives we ever apply to weather thei-e awaits the housewife and general property owner a big job of getting rid of the accumulation of dust, dirt and rubbish. It is often back-breaking and tiring, but when finished it offers great satisfaction to the sponsor. As the housekeepers about this community go in for a general house-cleaning, the town usually plans a clean-up of the community, and in this way a thorough cleaning of the community is brought about. In fact, it is doubtful if any campaigns ever held enhance the appearance of the town quite so much as an old-fashioned, stirring up, clean-up campaign. This spring for many reasons it is desirable that this community co-operate with all forces ininincr hands individuals, business houses, civic organizations and town authonties--to . i i give the town the best spring cleaning it nas ever enjoyed. Another important item of the spring cleaning will be the rat eradication program which is being sponsored by the health de partment, which has been needed for a long time, which will be carried on in connection with the clean-up campaign staged by the city fathers. New Job Seekers The roll of unemployed will increase some 1,750,000 when commencements throughout the nation are over, as that number of boys and girls will leave high schools and colleges. They will start looking for jobs. In the majority of cases it will be a hit or miss proposition, as far as preference and training for any special work is concerned. Most of the youths have had no guidance in seeking or preparing themselves for any definite kind of work. The boy may drift from job to job until he finds his life work, or he may never find it; The same case may be met by the girl. Which all comes back to the urgent need of some job guidance. The necessity for this growing need has been felt for some time, and the schools and the government are instituting aids. Surveys are being made in various com munities which will give the youth some idea of the type of work he will be able to find. With such a list the young job seekers would know what jobs are available, and the wages he could expect to receive. ' On the other hand, the need for developing the latent talents of the boy or girl remains with the parents and the teachers as it has always, for to them is thrown much of the responsibility of "guiding the youth." 6 A Day Will Come' The following from the pen of Victor Hugo, said to have been written sometime during the 1870's, will indeed be a great day, when it arrives, but from the present situation and conditions in Europe, and the manner in which this country is building warships, air planes and putting new life into its standing army, many generations will pass ere his prophecy comes true: "A day will come when only battlefields will be the market open to commerce and the mind opening to new ideas. A day will come when bullets and bombshells will be replaced by votes by the universal suffrage of na tions, by the venerable arbitration of a great sovereign senate, which will be to Europe what the Parliament is to England, what the Diet is to Germany, what the Legislative As sembly is to France. "A day will come when a cannon will be exhibited in public museums just as an in strument of torture is now, and people -will be astonished how such a thing could have been. A day will come when these two im mense groups, the United States of America and the United States of Europe, shall be seen placed in the presence of each other extending the hand of fellowship across the ocean." Three Of The Greatest We noted with interest the numerous pat ents which have brought to us untold com forts of living in the long list published in connection with the recent 150th anniversary of the Patent Law. Seventy-five scientists and officials com piled the list, considering only patents which have expired and become public property. Thomas A. Edison, who gave the world the phonograph, incandescent lamp and mo tion pictures, is credited with three of the nineteen greatest inventions. The list with names of the inventors and dates when patents were received follows and it is interesting to consider how far reaching each patent has been : Cotton gin, Ely Whitney, 1794; steamboat (commercial) . Robert Fulton, 1809 ; reaper, Cyrus II. McCormick, 1834 ; telegraph, Sam uel F. B. Morse, 1840; rubber vulcanization, Charles Goodyear, 1844 ; sewing machine, Elias Howe, Jr., 1846. Typewriter, C. L. Sholes, 1868; telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, 1876 ; phonograph, Thomas A. Edison, 1830; incandescent lamp, Thomas A. Edison. 1880: induction mntnr Nikola Tesla, 1888; aluminum production method, Charles M. Hall. 1889. . Linotype, Ottmar Mergenthaler, 1890; mo tion picture projector, Thomas A. Edison 1893; airplane, Orville and Wilbur Wrio-ht 1906 ; three-electrode vacuum tube Dr Lee w roresi, iyuY; thermosetting plastics (bakehte), Leo II. Backeland, 1909; and oil wacKing, wniiam M. Burton, 1913. Another weakness of our distribution .1111 is seen in the tact that with three n square miles of area in ttii r,, often impossible to find a parking place sys- million it is When nature develop ments to warn us of danger, she didn't BAA An. i , c vur present noisy civilization and yxuviue us wuh "earlids" with could shut out objectionable sounds. which instru- fore- failed we Here and There By HILDA WAY GWYN Ctnirnr (nwn Mflin street on Fri dav morning . . . from our house to the end pf the resurfacing . . which had temporarily cut off traf fic . . . almost gave us the "creeps." . We had iust been reading oi the last word of the European con flict ... of the recent turn oi ai- fairs. . . . There was not a car in sight ... the Gulf station deserted . . . the Standard station closed . . . not a soul in evidence about the Wntlfins rhpvrolet nlace . . . only a few persons on that particular section of the street The silence broken by the crowing of a roos ter ... in the garden of the J. R Boyd place ... the quietness and forsaken look ., . . made us tninK oi the deserted spots . . . abandoned since last September across we seas! . . . Then we jerked our thoughts back to the cause of this temporary desertion. ... e looKea at the pavement . . . and were grateful ... as we have been many times of ate ... as we nave reaa the war news . . . that the cause of cessation of business in our town . . was the sign of progress . . . and not of destruction. . . . Our civ ilization was not being destroyed . . . for our children to rebuild some day . , . but it was going fnrwurd! . . . Often we have won dered if we are thankful enough for what it means to live in Amer ira todav ... for with all our po litical differences . . . we stand united as one great nation. . . . Time . . . we were speaking in a group of where it has gone. Time was . . . when there once was plenty of it. . . . But is there a more prevalent remark than . . . "Well, I would like to very much, if I can find the time" ..'. . or, "Yes, I intended to, but I did not have the time" . . . and so on. . . , Where has the precious thing gone? .... . . Yet back in the past . . . and one does not have to be "aged" to re member that the summer after noons were nice and long . . '.. lazy, drowsy hours, often with nothing pushing to do . . . with time to spare! . . . And then you recall those lovely long winter evenings . . . with dusk coming on so early . and that cozy feeling shut in doors . ". . with the night before you ! . . But now it is all changed! One grand rush to keep the sched ule running smoothly . . . you are due tor an appointment . . . a so cial engagement . . . a committee meeting ... a conference . . . an interview. . . . You must keep ac curate check of the hours, lest you get all balled up with complica tions! , . . It is not only the sched ule of the adult . . . the young have much the same trouble with Time. . . . We heard of a very rare condition recently . . . of a young matron in town who was bored . . . and Time was hanging heavy on her hands! . . . We posi tively envied her . . . not that we want to be bored . . . but the mere luxury of enough leisure to reach the stage. . . . A number of things of sheer beauty are brought to us at this Season. . . . Some of them last such a brief space . . . that we always feel that we must be almost creedv in our enjoyment of them . . . the yellow and white of the forsythia and the spireas . . . and the ion- quils and the daffodils ... waving in the breeze. . . . They hold such a glamorous promise of summpr just ahead! . . . At the recent gold c.i juuiiue iea neia Dy tne ciud wo men in the dining room of the Gor don hotel . .''.these flowers combined with exauisite arrnrurp ments ... and with the backgrounc or tne yellow curtains of the din ing room . ; . offered a startling picture of loveliness. . . . And . . in contrast to the beauty of spring , we found in our mail the week ; .... . the following remin der of winter just passed. . . . (It was written by a local person, who asked that we withhold her name V we are sorry, for we would like to eive her erprlit ..'. agree that she has the soul of the artist.) . . . . "BLACK LACET Some say In winter Trees lack grace; And yet, Against a flaming sky At evening, They make fine lace In silhouette." Briefs. . n :. ' - . . mr govern or oi North Carolina . . . as far as "-jwooa bounty managers are con cernea . . . 8eems to be Gn & Congenial nlnna TV- . . . iiic managers Of tho tVim f j: . . icauuip candidates . . . Walter On wfni-i t t . -. -ticuuir vcwyn and Sam Queen ... were seen at "v iuung democratic rally . . . 8;t. 6 o.ue Dy side m the jury box """J naving a good time. that they were afraid to let one yuwjrs: ... Wp hear on all sides that the "woman! 'ess wedding" ahm,M K ,1 the summer . . . it wm tw, SHERMAN WAS RIGHT! Voice 0 1Ue People ir..u r.i nAfAi rpcriilnr kin- TT UU1U J uU V v "O dergarten classes as a part of the ... . . 1 XTk ri public scnooi 8ysijem in himi -ol'na? Mrs. Frank Ferguson "Yes, be cause they would give a child a background for the work they take up later in school." M W R Francis "1 annrove AT 1 1J. 1. . - " I I the idea of kindergarten class, but if the system would increase our taxes at the present time, I would not approve of it being incorpor ated in the schools." Mrs. Tom Campbell "Yes, I would approve the kindergarten classes. They create aptitude and readiness for the work of the first grade." Mrs. Joe Liner "Yes, I certain ly would approve of the kindergar ten classes in the public school system." would prefer the addition of a 12th grade." Mrs. Paul Walker "Yes, I cer tainly would. I think kindergarten classes prepare the child for asso ciation with people better than any form of training." Prof. E. J. Robeson "I would approve, provided that first there is a nine months school term for all the state schools, or 12 grades for the high school." Mrs. G. C. Ferguson "I think it would be a fine thing for the school system." Mrs. Ben Colkilt "Yes, I would approve because I know from ex perience the value of a kindergar ten in the public school system." Miss Debrayda Fisher "I think that before kindergarten classes are added it would be better to have a nine months school term, as the child would get the equiv alent of an extra year, and even before the kindergarten is added 1 White Mease "We need so many other things more than we do kindergarten that I feel before they become a part of the school system we should have a lighter teacher load throughout the state, a 12th grade, a nine months term and better equipment. Let us improve the present set up before we have ' kindergarten. Then we will be ready for them." Stewart; War May Po( Obsol I FARBErffe navyman( European IN LOOKING OVER THE COVNTY General Haywood GETS A FEW THINGS OF COUNTY-WIDE INTEREST OFF HIS MIND WITH LETTERS State Highway and ' Public Works Commission Dear Sirs: So often work that is done on streets and hishwavs takes Dlace at inopportune times, and incon veniences a lot of people. Now, I want both to thank and mncrrnrn- late you on the selection of the time you chose to resurface Main street. It has been hard oh business dur ing the Dast week. TViintra InnVeH mighty gloomy and lonesome for a lew days. But 11 the work had to be done, which was certainly badly needed, you chose a fine time for us Waynesville folks. We understand that the Work could not be done in severe weath er, so we are very happy that you are ooing it in the spring time, in stead of along about August when the summer visitors are coming in large numbers. In grateful appreciation 0! ta improvements being made, I am Yours for highways, GENERAL HAYWOOD. Home Makers anA Business Firms Dear Folks: Now. thev tpll ma v, ;... fathers have never been quite so stirred ud abnni ik j . . v .iiv. uu in iiie village as they are this spring. They u,lls aiier cleaning up the town in grand style. 00 ,eet out your brooms and your dust mons. anA m . nook and corner, and don't forget to sweep behind all the doors. From the attic to the basement, in every cubby hole and closet, get out the trash and the rubbish, to cooperate with tu o ' Clean Up, which is being staged. w, wnen a man who knows North Carolina as well as Carl Goerch makes the statement that Waynesville is the cleanest town in the state, we are out on the Spot. We simply have to keen un the rep utation he ha given us. It is no small thing to have Carl Goerch rive us such fine nublicitv. Strain a point to paint up, and if you can't, apply the elbow grease to that old wood work, until it looks almost like new paint. And this rat camnaie-n that is being put on by the health depart ment is a mighty fine thing. We have always had too manv of the pesky things , about the premises, and now that so many folks are anergic to cats ' and no longer have a good old-fashioned mouser on the place, we need some sort of campaign more than ever. Yours for Spring Cleaning, GENERAL HAYWOOD. Money Talks FREDERICK STAMM Economist Director of Adult Education, University of , Louisville. amusinp. : - - . . xuiigraiuiauons to Ifesto"'" their direCt0r' Miss tfl.lay j vuiuriiii . hnf . r. uau,e expressions, DUt a new nno At-.- . ' from a person owing an obligation Just charirp if ,1.. . let the rain settle it!" . . . Tf". TVlQtT B An u- J ' il A . occiii as 11 me American farmer has not benefited from this war na Vn a;i , 1 .,c uiu irom ine last one; the war in Europe has shrunk, rather than expanded, the export demand for American farm prod ucts. ."..' pih uj. louauco and iruiis have been particularly hard hit. Exports of pork, lard and cotton nave been far below expectation. Wheat prices have moved up partly because of r, J:i..- , lwi . wup CUIlUitlUliS bere, m South America and in It is clear fli TP 1 j t:j.;i. iciitu aim Dniibii are buvinor in.f..i: ian. and roncj;.. ! 3 .it. Krain ana isouin African and BrazUian cotton to feednd clothe their soldiers. , Bomberj The questiM,1 1 Because o( f: ment, Is M, ' or a' 'east obQ ! Naval exjwtJ y. Their venit1 Is an imporua J surface fleet, 'aviation enfej contrariwise, In the last jj hadn't pnsnL give the issued present war ia have proved ? clusively. Conv( men and airue J Convincing. u-J to the suspioij ness of unwilfei that their profesi Aviators equsij suspicion that J the fighting valt jj There's beem ing, but expert unl u : Acai itilllg. For instance, "Billy" Mitckd ator) declared b ship afloat At tied up off the Vi . him to operate J all right Hew: manned and 1! lailon mv It it, had It been (t! shooting at guns. Other airmen shot at and tun aircraft gunnen mighty careful though for r purposes, AvtsbA . For land opiiV possibilities hai r assessed. The plane t of damage aiilt7 unlimited anw '.'-' It can't land tiw , or throw anyfe : "scare" into tiei Sinking batili!" thing. Battleship! r to build and Planes are r ducible auite s are swarms 01 ' - And this wi'f tide no mereo So, the querr j Can a piaa 1 sink a war cruiser or to Germani'f It's the const: ion that Germf to do it. It's concedei that Der Fuefc ing on the stiii by Britain. Bii! that the ReC" cniintinE its out-rate? Brijk air powci vwt- But hOWDlUi Which is Ta Rermany-" atinerior to t ..j..-...iJlS ever itmayui'T - 1 ,r:7 Our na--' like to know aW. It's milium v,,v fnniist hoennse the; ly within their cause tni'j - countries w jre anion"? lff;: andF ,st conserw mitions sj' buy " :ia State where they . ,i ... IlrT- the 'A' ani lar stuf mus cha: mu can Uni plies fore, ivt suffering- 1 war man; , traf war ' ambie f tb Yet of a be a croblems ' 1. f raff can oe World prices, -neat ing serai '..lro nf , nrice.'. ' andbank. .Although . khpA by tH-llc"- cultural J tilitiesf, if ' based upon: ny nave the Allies purchased
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