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THURSDAY, JUNE 2 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 2 The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN Editor Associate Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County $1.50 Six Months, In Haywood County J5c Dne Year, Outside Haywood County . 2.00 All Subscriptions Payable in Advance Olaaa 187W, Entered t th. port office at Wayne.ill.. N O " jon,d ua Mail Mutter, ai provided under the Act 01 Marco November 20. 1914. resolutions of reocect. carda ud all notieea of entertainment for profit, will b chargi tor at tbe rata ol one cent yer woru. thanka. BharKaa 'PSESS ASSOCIATION 51 THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1940 Another Farm Tour We are gratified to learn that the county farm agents are planning another out-of-the-state farm tour. There is nothing that gives greater inspiration than to find out first hand how the other fellow is doing the same thing we are. The progress that has been made in better farming practices in Haywood County during the past few years is steadily going forward. The man engaged in scientific methods is convincing his doubtful neighbor of the merit by the results of his methods. His crops are more luxuriant and his prices and profits are growing. We feel sure that at least part of the inte rest that has been shown during the past year in improving the cattle industry of the county can be attributed to the visits made by the sixty odd farmers who went on the tour last year into Virginia and Tennessee. On the tour they also found out many ad vantages of their own section, as compared with other localities, which gave them a real ization of the possibilities of Haywood County. Soco Gap Road The announcement that the new survey of the Soco Gap Road, that is from the present terminus, to Cherokee, had been authorized, and would soon be let to contract, will be re ceived by the people of Haywood County with a great deal of satisfaction. This marks the end of a long struggle in volving negotiations with the Cherokee In dians, with the Department of the Interior, special acts of Congress, and the state high way commission of North Carolina. Much has been involved and there were many complicated angles that had to be iron ed out before this road could be built. To those wfoo have fought this battle continuously through the many tedious and intricate pro cedures, we offer the sincere thanks and ap preciation of the town, community and the county. This road means more, perhaps, to Way nesville and Haywood County, than the com pletion of the Parkway itself, since it offers a shorter and more direct route into the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, than any other existing or proposed highway. It will enable tourists to enter the Park quickly from Asheville over U. S. 19 to Way nesville, then to Dellwood and Soco Gap, or circling the Pisgah range to Wagon Road Dewey Blows Off The tirade of Thomas Dewey, which was given a nation-wide broadcast on Friday night, will hardly be received by any patri otic American, with any degree of enthus iasm. The bitter partisanship which characteriz ed his address has no place at this time in American government. To accuse the present administration, and especially the president of deliberately trying to plunge the United States into war, in order to enhance party prestige, or personal ambition can only be received in a tragic time, which now exists, with disgust and contempt, for the person who gives utterance to such a sentiment. Unless the people of the United States are willing to condemn President Roosevelt as a traitor to his country which we are far from believing that they are willing to do, all that Mr. Dewey has accomplished in his tirade is to brand 'himself as a petty politician of the most dangerous type. Minor issues must be put aside. It is no time for the playing of political games. Purely domestic problems lose their importance as the desperate situation of all world democra cies is realized. In national leadership we need more today than apparently Mr. Dewey can give the nation. Here and There By H1LDA WAY GWYS Sandwiched in between the de pressing news of the past week was the following headline . . "Sixteen regain sight at Blind School here" , . . (meaning Ral eigh) . . . from darkness into light . . . the touch of the surgeon's sure hand . . . had accomplished mira cles . . '-. the story told of how blindness had come gradually through the growth of cataracts, the dimness of twilight had cut out vision . . how the people were gathered from different sections of the state . . . those who could not afford the services of a specialist of this kind . . . and were brought through the efforts of the state Blind Commission to Raleigh for these delicate operations . . . the unbounded joy of seeing again . , . and the reaction of the blind who were made to see, brought vividly to us . . . what it means to be de prived of the privilege of sight . . also in the story was brought out the latest discovery in eye surgery . . . the transfer of the cornea from the eye of a dead person to the eye of a live one, whose sight had been destroyed ... and it seems that a North Carolina doc tor is now making a study of this new operation . . . and the thought came . . . suppose the discovery proves successful ... of the hap piness that would come throughout the land to those who are doomed to "see through touch and sound alone, the beauties of this earth." 1941 STAFF PROBLEM? 1 Stewart Sugg J WJiat's Needed If National Defense Is To Materializ. Which reminded us of the splen did work that is being done right here in Waynesville by the Lions Club . . . who are making it pos sible for those who for financial reasons would have no relief from defective sight ... . to have exam inations made and glasses fitted . . . The Mountaineer office has been designated as a place to re ceive used frames . . . by the club . . . and the number that have brought in show how much interested the public is toward this project of the Lions . . . if the club did nothing else, this one ser vice is sufficient reason for their organization. Gap and there pick up- 284 to Waynesville, or following 284 from th Brevard into the Park. or i i i ?. n t: following 284 from the South by way of iOOUSIlUly OUIllltfi Governor Leon G. Phillips, of Oklahoma, is said to nourish an ambition to reduce the ex pense of government by consolidating coun ties.. Undoubtedly, the governor has logic and efficiency on his side. Practically everybody in the United States agrees that there are too many counties. Originally developed in the era before the horse-and-buggy days, there is no reason for the counties except the unwillingness of the average citizen to per mit his county to be merged with another and the ambition of county politicians to con tinue their terms in office. Sooner or later, most of the states of the Union will reform their county lines to fit with modern transportation and communica tion facilities. What used to be an over night trip for citizens in a county is now a matter of a few hours at the most. Regard less of the reason that suggests county con solidation, the chances are that county pride, plus the pressure of county-seat towns and cities, coupled with motives mentioned above, will be strong enough to stave off this desir able reform for many years. Forest City Courier. Military Training Future security of the United States is a grave problem. It is the topic of conversa tion wherever you go. Regardless of the powerful implements of modern warfare, manpower is still the main spring of a coun try's defense. The great need that faces America today is trained manpower Whether or not we wish to emphasize the idea of militarism in the training of our youth has nothing to do with the question now. The urgent need is the issue. . Many views of universal compulsory mili tary training have been put forward. They all deserve careful consideration, for out of each idea may be some point that could well be included in the program for training that will eventually be worked out. We do not wish to get hysterical on the subject but simply take up the matter as a necessary means of defense brought about by outside circumstances. If the United States had had a system of universal military training there would today be available seve ral million trained reserves. The necessity y:. v . . ,..,'. ;. ' .- now is to get the citizen reserve a3 quickly )(iyg (JoilQlieSt us pussiuie. The only way to meet the need is to have Congress adopt some form of compulsory training in connection with the war depart ment, that will speed up this important action. It is said that there are around 30,000,000 men between 21 and 45 in this country, which shows the possibility of manpower, if it had been trained. While the system of drafting men for train ing is worked out, there might be inaugurated some form of volunteer service, that could start groups training at once. This does not mean that we are getting ready to fight, but that we will be prepared to in the case of emergency. We would like the movement initiated with the idea that the men are being called for immediate mili tary training, only as a means of being ready, and not to foster the thought that come what may the United States is determined to fight. Shortly after we had heard a spirited conversation about age mits for working ... . . and such . . when a person should retire . ;. . ow age sometimes showed up in one's work . . . and so on . . . and then the other side'.-. . which in- uded a list of the great who had acquired greatness and held posi- ons of responsibility after the retirement age . . . we were handed the following clipping which shows up the spunk of an oldster in con- asting yesterday and today that ight make the youngsters sit up nd take notice . . . "Not old , , . n old man appeared at one of the eastern intinerant points in search of a job ... asking if he was still ble to a good day's work . . . . despite his years . . . he replied ith emphasis , . . .'Yes, by grabs . I wasn't raised on popsicles and ice cream cones ".'. . and soda pop like the young fellows nowa days; I was raised on corn bread and beans, and the fear of God and six days' work, and no work on Sunday . . . and I ain't runnSn' from no job nor no work yet.' " we hope he got the job. . We read that a man is no bigger than the things that make him mad. That would put a lot of us in the chigger class. Diary of the "thirty-nine days" conquest of France: :' May 10 Germany invaded Holland, Bel gium and Luxembourg. May 16 Battle of Meuse; open warfare between Namur and Sedan. May zi Germans reacned Arras and Amiens; Reynaud told France senate of "in credible mistakes which would be punished, May 23 Germans encircled allied army seized Abbeyville ; heavy fighting at Boulogne, May zo .Belgian army capitulated on Leopold's order. 1 June 4 Prime minister revealed 335,000 allied troops rescued from Dunkerque. June 9 German reconnaissance units reached outskirts of Rouen. June 11 Germans reached Seine. June 12 German capture of Rheims. June 14 Germans entered Paris; French withdrew to save city from destruction. June 17 Marshal fetam announced "France must give up the fight." Voice a Ue People Do you think that congress should remain in Washington con tinuously during the present war crisis, or that it should adjourn upon completion of its regular business and defense measure? Mrs. W. T. Crawford -"I think that members of Congress should stay right where they are in Washington. Of course if they have to get off to attend conven tions they might leave for a short time." Jack Messer "Under the pres ent circumstances it might be the best for Congress to reamain in session." John L. Davis "I think that Congress should remain in session until it can more clearly be seen how events are going to affect this country." Jerry Colkitt "By all means re main in session. World conditions are making such rapid changes that Congress should be in a posi tion to meet the changes and study them immediately." L. M. Richeson- "After Congress has passed the necessary defense measures, I think they should ad journ and leave the execution of the measures to the defense board as set up by the President, and so capably headed by Messrs. William S. Knudsen and Edward R. Stet tinius. There mut not be any political wrangling, if we are to be quickly prepared to meet present world chaotic conditions, and the defense board should not be ham pered with politics." C . F, Kirkpatrick "I tihink Congress should remain in Wash ington until something is defi nitely settled. The world is in too much of a turmoil at present for Congress to adjourn." Mrs. Jack Elwood "It seems to me that it is unneccessary for Congress to remain in session af ter the business at hand is com pleted, awaiting development of events. If they are needed the President could call them at a moment's notice." Evander Preston "I think that Congress should remain in session, in view of current events." Mrs. S. P. Gay "I feel that Con gress should remain in session, with events happening so fast their services should be available in case of an emergency." Letters To The Editor Isn't it amazing how we consid er certain qualities . . ",' and how circumstances and conditions shape our judgments ... while it may be a bad disposition and a plain case of temper in the average per son ... it is temperament, merely showing, if you are an artist . what might be called indecent in the average working girl . . . would be termed modern and broad, minded in the debutantes whose father owned half the town . . . what is called shrewd business sense in the rich man . . . is often termed crookedness in the small business man. . . we speak of flag waving in times of peace and safe ty . . but in days when the country is at war . . .we call it patriotism . if the girl goes after the man she wants and misses him . . . she is said to have "thrown herself at him disgracefully" . . . whereas if she leads him successfully to the altar . . . her efforts are overlook ed. Editor The Mountaineer: The article in "The Fioretti" of February 2, 1940, reprinted in your letter column last week, was writ ten by Miss Dorothy Barczak, ed itor of "The Fioretti," student paper of St. Mary's Academy, Milwaukee. The article was written without the knowledge of anyone connect ed with St. John's School. Sincerely yours, A. F. Rohrbacher, Superintendent St. John's School. CLARIFIED STATEMENT (By Telegram) Editor The Mountaineer: The following statement is ap pearing in the forthcoming issue of the Fioretti, of Milwaukee: "Relative to my story on St. John's School in The Fioretti, of Febru ary 2, 1940, I beg to advise our readers that an exaggerated im pression may have been created concerning the characteristics of the mountain folk of Western North Carolina, inasmuch as indi vidual cases are made to appear as general. I am impelled to make this statement after representa tions were made to me by native Western North Carolina folks or people who chanced to read my story." DOROTHY BARCZAK, Editor The Fioretti. Milwaukee, In an interview with a traffic cop ... we read the following story . . . perhaps you did too . . . the officer stated that you simply couldn't reason with a female . , if you are tough with them they cry and when they cry ... he claimed that it was "something terrible" ... which of Course any man knows ... he doesn't have to be a traffic cop to understand the defense that a woman can put on with her tears . . . to illustrate how hard it is to get the best of a wo man . . . the officer further related . . . that once on Park Avenue . a matron was stopped for speeding . . . and he waved her to pull to the curb . . . when he walked up to her he said very severely, "Where's the fire?" ... and the matron gave him a regular love look: and said . . . "In your bean ask at the hands of these self styled "missionaries" fair and truthful reports true of life as it is lived here and conditions as they really are. Yes, our English is often faulty it is true; but "We-uns" here can understand each other very well, and that without having to resort to the gangster lingo of the East side or Milwaukee, it may be. Will the readers of The Mountain eer please read this aloud: "Her ain't calling we; us don't belong to she." Now will you agree with me in saying that that expression just wasn't heard here, as it was reported to have been by a cer tain New York feature writer." As regards the case of the man who didn't know his age: Well, I dare say that might happen any where even in the "famous" and cultured beer town of Milwaukee. However, we hope the man will not be excommunicated for forgetting his nge. Then there is our primitiveness. Yes, we admit that we belong to a somewhat primitive race, or rather admixture of races; but we are proud of this fact because of the very progressiveness of these races. And right here we would like to inform our benefactors ( T ) from Milwaukee that we have a few schools here, too; we had them even in 1830 when the wildwoods around Milwaukee had not yet been wrested from the Indians and was being roamed over by Black Hawk and his braves. I would also like to inform them that we teach the earth to be round. Some of the other basic principles of our teaching is, that man is a fallible being, the separation of church and state, and the right of self- interpretation of the Scriptures. THE WRONG SPIRIT AND THE WRONG LETTER Editor, The Mountaineer: I read with both interest and re- Thos wrm to.M, nrr.oi. sentment the article in your issue wM have t0 form classes separate, of last week from a Catholic j v li: i school pubhcat.on in Milwaukee As to many of our Beople beiievillg And, being one of those unfortun- that the Catholics had hoofs and ate poor whites mentioned in this horns well, that is a figure of most holy (?) publication, I would speech the Devil is so represent like to rep y Especially so after ed. and in view of al, these Bland. noting that this last "blitzkrieg" Crous falsehoods , we have yet to of misrepresentation and ridicule 8ee that they are not wholly with was about the same as former at-0ut horns. The old man of the Jsa ."Of all wild TSS JT " 8lnd,rrJ WM ab,e t0 comprehend them. But, JJS Southern highlands the hoof and horn gto do not ask for flattery; but we dotp be tru6j it wiU no more than match the apparent belief around tiful big blue eyes" . . . and what Milwaukee that many of the na could an officer do in a ease liketives around here go on all-fours, that . . . he asks. . , No, I am glad to say that, although Bernard Baruch By CHARLES P. STEHiJ Ventral VYAOtlllNUTON. Junf M two words account for th, ties encounters , efforts to set ud a Rrara fa Herculean or mm rea' uati J iense The two we bit,, fines (W ATE- ' eration Hon in r. :al economy, the combina yciauua iui yui poses Of prodn purchase or distribution for", joint benefit " And Webster defir.es CO-m NATE "Of the same order or 4, equal in rank or important! harmonious relation or actiot Between the subtle difffm the definitions of these twoVi and divergent, interpretation ernment and mJustry are ipart Industry is asked to CO-d A.TE but shrinks from play: subservient role with all tin sponsibihty for the posabk ure of governmental admisj tion. Industry is quite willing to ORDINATE ("equal in rank or portance ; in harmcruoui rela or action '), thus sharing 4 importance ana responsibility government for performing i cessful job. Harshly Treated Industry feels that it hai harshly treated by the New administration that now ukt OPERATION, while retaining clusively the co-ordinating pot in bringing all the vast eltal together and necessary for cessful production. The truth Is that mutual trust exists between inJust-7 the New Deal administration unless it is allayed our. ra. defense will be hanJioappfd national defense during th( World war suffered to no small tent because the War Intel Board proved cumbersome. ii was not until mem!rs board including the cabinet oe-nized the outstanding, an; perior abilities of Bernard Ba the, chairman, tnai me p attained full momentum Our present national itfi nroE-ram is operating uite nrovisions of the law v-iiicb cr-i the War Industries Board 'J having been no legislations:, change the program and for roncnn it is al'EUed in S01M i ters that possible error and a might be avoided Dy nanm other Barucn in w probably a Knudsen-to taki as production dictator Henry Ford's Offer Henry Ford may have tea ing witn some ?..--k with more or loss xmxxsilj fered to produce i.uw hoeis but With UK Oil tt liicwa - , ..,tir, that government fcanrl... off Government q keep its . hands Henry Fora cerwj and is merely spoofing TV! administration And the New Deal a ....... -n.itrtll r. be expeeH s miitp consistent l.VII. if it can. the saw troioverinuM, its runaame.ua. j j . rovelt in no"" President Roosevelt in -1 , Arnhn.SlZtfU mi.. i itinint New r- But whether they . 'tnfflfi MHCT II' BV"" tain!a"L"tothe . -r ofcnse rem" or naiiono. y-.r- nFAhlMtl . manner t NATION t can - co-operate ana r-- satisfactory se- )l UV-Ctw of our peop'e tnM hairy, we got off oi oj- several ,),, v even known, ams , " for Indepenaence, ahd the Mexicau - .t, itor, we ,u - fair to place u T jti,o A?e ol-Vi flv, and roammi oi raw lie... , , tne worn" -bci , .'t Mm to " The "bisters. . .. Droof of our pn""1"' norance, that many seen ice . . rft seen me - - . aisJ As to the ice, ?j!A simply saying tw j is too ridiculous for J since wuc.i - or "i become a cnunon. . by which to juus-- Bari " nl.?" Here 1 -.Act ?W . County we con , - all kinds-as ut norrn. all too -".-.;h to. -those vT 'm here J?J& ten, iiopR - thsffl v auired "Wbt be (CoHtinned o P1
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