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Page 2 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, MA! The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVTLLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS .-- Editor MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN .... Associate Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publisher! 1 . i PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County J1.50 Six Months, In Haywood County 75c One Year, Outside Haywood County 2.00 All Subscriptions Payable in Advance Entered t the post office t Wayneeville, N. 0., as Seeond Claaa Hail Matter, as provided under tbe Act of March I. l&7, November 20, 1014. Obituary notices, resolutions of respect, cards of thanks, and all notices of entertainments for profit, will be chargea for at the rate of one centper word. North Carolina i ' PB ESS ASSOCIATION THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1940 Widened Road Unsafe The addition of eighteen feet to the width of the highway through East Waynesville should be a distinct asset to the entire com munity, but we cannot get over-enthused over the project, after seeing the abrupt end ing just this side of the Ratcliff Cove road. The widening project is unfinished. It ghould go beyond the Ratcliff Cove road and even past the long sweeping curve just be yond. While we do not assume the role of a high way safety engineer, we can readily see the danger of the wide highway ending where it does. Motorists, unfamiliar with what is ahead, will pick up speed at the top of the hill in front of the hospital and shoot down the curve by the MacFadden place, only a few seconds later to be confronted with a sudden narrow ing of the road at a bad curve and at a side road entrance. With the increased traffic on the Ratcliff Cove road, and certainly the faster driving on the wider highway, it will become a high way hazard the day the road is opened. It would be inexpensive to carry the wide road on past these danger points. And even if it were expensive, what is the present high way program designed for, if it is not for more safety? The abrupt ending of the new wide road is not in keeping with this safety program of the highway system. Dangerous Mqtorcading Last Friday afternoon, just as the late traf fic was getting heavy on Main Street, it sound ed as if all the fury of Hades had broken loose when another speeding motorcade was passing through. Motorcades have become right popular in recent years, and it does not take much of a delegation of travelers to command the es cort of a highway patrolman, with siren wide open and the throttle pushed to the floor board, to lead them dangerously through town and village to their destination. The motorcade last Friday afternoon was no exception. Apparently every rule of common-sense safety for those in the motorcade and all pedestrians and motorists along the route were ignored. There is no legitimate reason for such dangerous speed. We cannot understand the inconsistency of the whole thing. We have always looked upon highway patrolmen as symbols of safe ty and protectors to those who travel the highways, and not pilots of long strings of speeding and horn-blowing cars We feel that the safety division of the state highway department, which is almost daily flooding, newspaper offices with propaganda on high way safety, would do well to take the matter in hand and cut out some of this useless high way parading. Neither can we understand the business men who participate in such, motorcades. Back home they rampant about highway safety. They put on campaigns and make a great to-do over it all, but the minute they get behind a screaming siren on a patrol car, here they go, like wild fire. Truly the poet was right when lie said : " "O Consistency, thou art a jewel!" About all the average daily paper contains any more are politics and the comic strips, and it's getting tougher all the time to tell wher ne leaves off and the other begins. U. S. treasury has repaid Doris Duke Crom wellthe "world's richest girl," $73,506 in income tax which the government says her trustees overpaid in 1929. How nice to have trustees who handled big enough finances to make mistakes like that. Exchange. Thirteen Entries We congratulate the First National Bank on its rural home and grounds beautification contest and the thirteen home owners in Hay wood County who have entered the contest It is gratifying to note as time goes on that the progress on the farms of the county is reflected in better homes and higher stand ards of living, wilh the result that people are getting more out of life. We consider that the fifty dollars offered in prizes by the bank to be fifty dollars in vested in rural progress in Haywood County. The farms will not be neglected, but will be improved, for as improvements are made on the home grounds, there must be more cash derived from the farm. We understand that the prizes may become an annual offer, and that many more rura home owners are planning to enter the con test next year. Recognition At Last We have long resented the attitude of the city-bred person toward the small town and rural individual. Take, for instance, the av erage New Yorker and more of them drift our way than you might imagine; some of them feel that the world is more or less lo cated within their city's gates. They often feel that culture cannot exist outside their metropolis. We have all met the type. They are surprised if we have heard of recent plays and books in fact, sometimes surprised that we read. Whereas often the person living where life goes along more "complaisance ways" has more time for read-l ing and cultural appreciation than the busy city individual. Now, Miss Cornelia Otis Skinner, daughter of the actor, Otis Skinner, and famous as a one-woman theatrical troupe, in an article in the New York Times Magazine, gives from her wide experience of playing both the city and the small town audience, an idea different from that generally held by the cosmopolitan. She says the "provincial audience has char acteristics which would seem strange to Broadway. It arrives on time instead of com ing late and stepping on the toes of the punc tual. It is interested in the show, because it doesn't see many shows. It isn't gaping for celebrities, or trying to look for them. It sits through to the final curtain, and if it has enjoyed itself it is generous enough to let the actors know about it." She says it is time for the New Yorker to "revise any notions that American culture be gins and ends in New York City, as it is simply not true. The back country, the prov inces, the sticks, the woods, and the tank towns are coming along. Main Street has ideas worth listening to, including some that have not occurred to Broadway," contends Miss Skinner. Here and There -By-HILDA WAY GWYN Mother's Day has come again . . . To some it will be a day of sadness . . . of remembering . . twelve months takes its toll . . to others it will be a day of thank fulness because she is still here , . it is the one day in the year when we wear "our feelings on our sleeves," so to speak . . . for we are proud of the tender love of our mothers . . . and we want to broadcast our sentiments . . . and her sterling qualities ... no lan guage is too endearing . . . or extravagant . . . for the occasion . when we think of the sacri fices of our mothers ... we be come humble .", . when we think of their steady and unchanging affection ... we are filled with gratitude . . . when we remem ber how in all our joys and sor rows . . . tney nave Deen wnn us in spirit and understanding . . . the innermost shrines of our hearts are touched ... To the very young Mother is taken for granted but as the years pass and ma turity comes . . and we leave them to make homes of our own we begin to know how great how good'. . . and how much they have meant in our lives. ... "HIGH PRESSURE STUFF We want to introduce you to some oi our mothers aDoui town . allow us to present Mrs. E. J. Robeson . . .who has a superior ating in motherhood , . . She says . "1 think I had less trouble with discipline than most mothers . because my husband was a teacher and a disciplinarian . . . . and assumed this responsibilty . . . I was an old fashioned mother . . . and my home and my family were my chief interests in life . . . one big factor we cannot get away from is that we must require cer tain duties of our children in de veloping them, even though at the time they do not enjoy them . . . for it teaches them character and the lessons of life . . . that the years and the outside world will teach them in time . . . a child must have ideals to guide him." . . Voice of 1ke Peofdz The 1930 census gave Waynes ville a population of 2,414 and Hazel wood 1,168; what is your guess for the approximate figures of the 1940 census for both towns? Rotarians Step Out One out of forty-four is the ratio of the Waynesville Rotary Club and the 190th dis trict of Rotary International. In the district, one club is adjudged the best, and three oth ers get honorable mention. The Waynesville Club recently was accord ed honorable mention, along with Asheville and Fountain Inn, for accomplishments dur ing the past year. Such distinctions are worthy of more than mere passing notice, and the club here is due hearty congratula tions for making a niche in the Rotary world M odern Bean Shelling Maybe we are just behind the times, but it was not until last week that we saw one of the new type automatic pea and bean shellers. It was a small contraption, resembling a midget meat grinder. The lima bean or pea pods were fed in one at a time, and the hulls went one way and the peas or beans the other, A great time saver, and certainly easier on the grocery clerk's thumb nails. . But with all these modern and new fan dangle things, are not we losing something? How well we remember sitting around on a summer's night with the whole family, shell ing peas or beans, discussing the events of the day, or listening to a good yarn spinner relate some fantastic story. Now this busy world has passed all that up. It is in too big a hurry to get nowhere to do nothing. Register And Vote We wish to call to the attention of our readers that Saturday will be the last day on which to register for voting in the coming primary and election. The members of the election board have been most diligent in their effort to get the people to register. If anyone has failed to do so, it is no fault of theirs. May we now present Mrs. Jerry Colkitt . . . mother of a more mod ern school . . . who takes her job of mothering pretty seriously . . . and who had the following to say . . . "One of the big problems of today from the standpoint of the mothers, seems to me to have their children take advantage of the many opportunities that are offered, yet keep the fundmental principles of character. Too many people are inclined to 'follow the crowd.' Today as never before it seems to me that a child must be taught to do his or her own thinking and yet back of it all must be the guiding spirit of the parents." . Judge F. E. Alley "I'd say for Waynesville 2,700 and for Hazel wood around 1, 400. J. R. Boyd "I think it has in creased in both places, with Way nesville around 2,500 and Hazel wood about 1,400." Mrs. W. A. Hyatt "I think Waynesviille will have about 250 more, making a total of around 2,700 and Hazelwood will have about 1,500. Whitener Prevost "I would say that Waynesville will have about 2,820 and Hazelwood will have around 1,590." L, M. Killian "Ithink ther will be an increase in both places, and if not I'll be disappointed, but I couldn't guess at either one." V ' ! ; '. Alvin T. Ward "I'll guess Waynesville about 2,573 and Ha zelwood about 1,218." James McLean "Waynesville has grown in the past ten years and I'd say it would be about 2,773 for the 1940 census, but I think Hazelwood has increased more in proportion than Waynesville." H. C. Wilburn "Waynesville will be about 2,750 and Hazelwood around 1,500." Hugh J. Sloan "Waynesville will have 2,962 and Hazelwood will be about 1,623." Mayor J. H. Way, Jr I would guess Waynesville somewhere be tween 2,600 and 2,700 and there is a possibility of it going to 2,800, and I would say Hazelwood to go to 1,500." We would like to introduce to you a mother who has known both the glory of a career and the joys of motherhood . . . Mrs. Clyde H. Ray, Jr., known to the literary world as Carolyn Miller, author of "Lamb in His Bosom," a Pulitzer prize winning novel ... Mrs. Ray puts motherhood above everything else for a woman ; . . She says . "A career is a fine thing for a woman, but it does not give the complete satisfaction that comes with motherhood . . . from expe rience I have learned as the years go by that the responsibilties of a mother increase with the growth and development of the child. To me one of the biggest things in motherhood is patience. Most of the problems of childhood can be adjusted if the mother stays pa tient. If she keeps calm . . . . everything in the home has a way of subsiding about her . . . and life returns to normal." ... IN LOOKING OVER THE COUNTY- General Haywood GETS A FEW THINGS OF COUNTY-WIDE INTEREST OFF HIS MIND WITH LETTERS EDITOR'S NOTE: General Haywood is taking "time off" from his duties this week of looking things over and writ ing open letters on matters of public interest. He gave no indication when he would resume his interesting weekly con tribution to this editorial page. Perhaps that will depend on the demands of his readers. Letters To The Ed it o r A mother known for her good hrI common sense and her native wit ... who, we are sure has untied many a problem of discip line and mothering . . . as well as made life pleasant for those about her . . . let us present to you Mrs. P. L. Turbyfill ... mother of eight children . . . who has also reared two grandchildren ... She says . . . "The job of being a moth er is up and down.' You have pleasures and the natural sorrows that Providence brings to every body .. Children are all different . . . Some have one kind of a dis position and some another . . You have to study your job to know how to handle your own, and then make plenty of mistakes, that you didn't mean to make. But being a mother is worth every bit of the trouble it takes." ... We want to introduce to you a mother . , who has held steadfast . .to her principles of life through all her eighty odd years with an extraordinary fortitude . . . she has met pain and pleasure, with equal grace . . . and poise . . . . Mother of thirteen children she should know ... if anyone does what it takes to make a "go" of the big job of mothering . , . Al low us to present to you Mrs. John K. Boone ... who says . . . "A mother is always anxious about ner CMMren . . . there is always Editor The Mountaineer: Once more some of Crossnore's kiddies are asking you for some thing that they do not have, and that is a home for the summer. On May 15, we close out dormi tories; We must close them. We can't afford to keep the house mothers or to keep the dining room and kitchen open. Most of our children can go to their homes or to relatives, but we must find places for those who can't. And so we are in search for, and earn estly hoping to find kind hearts that will take care of those who need homes for the summer. So many of these Bummer homes have meant everything to these chil dren, not only in the way of train ing and establishing ideals and standards of life, but in that most comforting of all feeling that some body wants them and is willing to shares the pleasure of a home with them. Fortunately, few of us know what it is to have this normal learning unsatisfied. We still have unprovided for seven nttie boys: Charles, 7 years old; Charles, 8; George, 10, Jack, ii; wmt, 12; Garland, 12: Ed ward, II; and Homer 13. We have two uttle girls: Ethel, 12; Marga ret, 14. And then we have some older girls who are capable Of taking jobs in the home and earn ing something toward their ex penses next year, and a number of big strong boys for farm work. yard and garden work, and some who have been trained in the car pentry class and would make ex cellent carpentry helpers. This is a vital bit of unemploy ment among Uncle Sam's real American citizens that we hope you will help us to eradicate for the summer, and please don't for get the homes for the kiddies. If you haven't a place for them, try to nntt a neighbor who has. and would be willing to enrich his or her summer by enriching the life oi a less fortunate fellow citizen It isn't very long till the fifteenth of May. : In great earnestness, CorditHy, MARY M. SLOOP. II Stewart Sayd u. P. Di 5 Central VrJ1 stersareinh,; York Remibhran recent vote n,,.. ?n k natl0llj 4sk ThoirE i Party) ; a N(tl the fact that the children in iamny are so different . . . it is nard to know how to manage them . . . for instance, one might need a spanKing, when a spanking "u" 1 worK with another one . . you have to find other wavs to punish. The world is so different nowirom what it was when my children were growing up . . . it seems to me to be harder for mothers today , , . I am glad mine grew up before this modern time, when changes come over night in ways and customs ... if mother does her duty she has done the greatest aniir finest job in the world." ... Editor The Mountaineer: I want to take this opportuni ty to express to you my thanks and appreciation for the fine piece that was in your issue of April iiin, under General Haywood "Address to the Graduates of Hay. wooa ocnoois." ims is certainly a very fine piece of work as well as the re markable piece of advice. And I certainly did appreciate reading same., ; I also appreciated your editorial, in your issue of April 18th, headed, .new job Seekers." This is also a very fine piece, Yours very truly, HORACE WOODY. The Highway Safety Division suspended drivers' licenses for three reported traffic violations of a minor nature. Unsafe speed causes nine out of ten automobile accident deaths, records of the Highway Safety Division show. An average of six or more per sons a week are killed on North Carolina streets and highways. Kenneth Simpson Statt d pan unr-,1.,. ,.,. 1 crats hope is that it I. into national pruporHon," realize, of course that Z party ts badly spilt, whJ "u "iiu And oh h n.c, ' a ioi of U.feeto, " "" u u r cotrJ conjointly with Simpson, ing. Edu-m F Jawkle u as chairman of the R state committee Jaeckltii Dewey-ite However tw son s been fjurged. hisfri iie uas some influential m. that he s entitled toconti,. State s national comraituJ ui aiier me eonventiai earliest. They say theym ognize any other selectn meantime, Now. if that conventim off with a pair of tontw; Uonal committeemen Iron i portant a state as New ! with a Dewey-ite ute & and rival Dewey-ite and urn V-ite national committnJ democrats reckon that convention will be badly frJ Muss Already Spretlu The row already la apraj yono New York's boundaiia All M. Landon, from uk from New York aa Kami sent congratulationa to .Chairman "Jaeckie, a 'liberal Republican presi: nominee. He named no mik it was hard to interpret he sage otherwise than as atii, ment of. Jaeckle's favontt : date Dewey. : Plenty of Republicans, f aver that nobody knmvs it Dewey's a liberal or ator: live. They say he's toojira inexperienced to b'n oaWskfc Some of those K'pubacst nearly as influential as AKL though more or less a-i& ites. 'For instance t ht'-'s R-'pr-- tives James V 'i,Is.'.t,)rtlii state New A'otk HeJ 6 enough to be a 0 0 P p's dark horse. He dx sr, t call it anti-Devvey. but lie J,w&ti! self, pro-Simpson, which is ii" the same thinfr Reprew Francis D Cucilun. another state New Yorker, is a pro-: son-ite. ; And there are others, tMi; OUS to mentioii About the Sew Deal! r They accuse Kenneth Simp1 ha vine- said ' "Well, there are lots of S all to the good about U' Deal." Thev don't believe he shout 1 .made any such remark. And they say he's written ' pooh-pooh-ing Deey. . The- Dewev-ites' story he's pro-Taft' or some such aj date an alleged consensu" iriirlntp - I . Whu tho Renublifans Ml is to set off a supposedly mo1 ReDublican date against a supposedly si radical Demorratirranui j LOUISE MARTIN PHARLTE WAY ABS GIVEN LEGION AWAS (From Waynesville Hi-C! On Friday night, MayH n.j.u.tinn owrcises of n r.i T,rt;c Afartin and M Way will receive the Am gion School a waras. - dm nrnsented each year students graduating 1 kove o&n entn trraae - . tj two mialities oi cri v:l, orp cal' and aDuiiy wm". -- is. . ritizensMP- T,io Mnrtin. the Mr. and Mrs. -i.j- iv. hw honor raaue me u uf entire year. Nie semester, and has K ' - A of the program com.-: the second semester. Charles Way, the n - Mrs. J. H. Way, n-n standing m j(. "B" average for e member of the High MARRIAGE to Neal H. Laning Harrell, both of Canto Don't drive. take chances
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