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THE WAYNES VILLE. MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, JlXy Page 2 The Mountaineer Campaigning Is Hard Job Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina Th Count Seat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Editor MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN .... 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 75c One Year, Outside Haywood County 2.00 All Subscriptions Payable in Advance ttitcrcl at the pwt office at WavnesviDe, N. C, as Second Class JIail Matter, us provided under the Act of March 3, 1X78. .November 20, 1914. Obituarv notices, resolutions of respect, cards of thanks, and all notices 'of entertainments for profit, will be charged for at the rate of one cent per word. 'PSISS ASSOCIATION 9 NATIONAL EDITORIAL- ASSOCIATION 111 a iif THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1940 Worry And More Of It We have met a number of people lately, some women and some men, the former being in the majority, who have let themselves get so worried about the war and the suffering countries of Europe, that the joy of living eeeme to have left them. Now we do not mean to seem hard hearted but we feel that things, which are so far be yond our control, should not get us so com pletely down. This is not the first tragic era. Ve can find others very quickly by reading history. No one can read the headlines of the news papers, or hear the war commentators over the radio, without having the deepest concern over not only the European situation, but also that of our own country. As the theatre of war spreads to new stages, it is extremely alarming, but this business of being utterly depressed beyond reason should be put to an end. We must shake ourselves out of it. The situation in its most optimistic outlook is depressing enough. But in the final solu tion, it will be the clear and cool heads of America that will work things out for the rest of us. It will be our salvation, even unimport ant private citizens, as you and I, to keep our minds prepared to meet the changing condi tions when the United States, if ever, is actu ally in the fight. For no matter what comes in the economic struggle, if we are saved from the ravages of another war, we will be blessed. But if America should be involved in fighting, when it comes, will be time enough for us to take on our "heavy roles, without growing weary in rehearsing." What Price A Convention Philadelphia businessmen are said to have glanced over preliminary figures and ventur ed a guess that the visitors at the Republican national convention spent $12,000,000, which sounds almost like a New Deal appropriation. They ate 90,000 hot dogs, and drank 140,000 bottles of soda pop. Chief beneficiaries were central city hotels and restaurants, which were jammed during the five-day conclave. Restaurants in the heart of the city "did very well." They are reported to have handled 15 per cent more business than they did at the Democratic con vention in 1936. Telegraph companies reported newspaper reporters sent 2,500,000 words describing the convention. Concessionaires said they sold 30,000 cups of coffee, 20,000 meals, 108,000 packages of cigarettes and 16,500 cigars in the convention hall. No figures were available on the consump tion of aspirin. Of course, Chicago is all elated over the prospects of the Democrats going the GOP group much better. A Perfect Record s Encouraging news, and most particularly for the. South, comes from the president of Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, that according to the information compiled in the department of records and research, there is no record of a lynching for the first six months of 1940. The information is based on news releases and on investigations made by persons living in various areas. The number of lynchings have been steadu ly decreasing throughout the years, and this report for the first half of 1940 is most en couraging, and is a record that can and should be maintained throughout the years. It takes more than a good politician to withstand the strain of a gubernatorial cam. paign. Here in North Carolina the voters and candidates take the Democratic primary seriously. The more important the of fice, the more strain the candidates have to undergo. In fact, judging from the past three campaigns it is beginning to look like the candidates will have to undergo a physical ex. amination before entering- the field. In 1932 when Dick Fountain made such a hard race, he soon afterwards suffered a breakdown. In 1936 Dr. Ralph McDonald was confined in a sanatorium for many months after his hard fought campaign against Clyde Hoey As this is being written, news from Raleigh is that A. J. Maxwell, commissioner of reve nue, and one of the seven 1940 gubernatorial candidates is improving, after a critical ill ness which he took the last week of the cam paign in May. Mr. Maxwell campaigned hard, and he, along with the other two mentioned, might never have had their illness had they not been in a heated political race, but the fact cannot be overlooked, that the strenuous work in a North Carolina Democratic primary could have brought on their illness more quickly, if such were not wholly responsible. We are not pointing these men out as not being able to take it-far from that. The point is, this thing of doing a bang up good job of campaigning, especially state-wide, is harder work that the average citizen realizes. Here and There -By-HILDA WAY GWYN Our Main Street There were a number of fine answers to the question in "The Voice of the People" last week regarding the parking situation on Main Street. We suggest that the time has come when town officials take very definite steps to remedy the conditions, as far as is within their power. There has been a lot of talk about the Parkway skirting the ridges about us, and the thought expressed that the tourists travel ing them might not dip down into the villages, from their scenic heights, which may or may not be true. Time alone will show whether or not they keep entirely to the "high road." One thing we can be certain of, and that is if the traffic conditions on Main Street con tinue, that a movement will be started from some quarter to route the cars away from the town, which would be a great loss. If we want to have the tourist passing through our business districts we will have to make room for them. This is an old sub ject that has been diseased for a number of years, and time has not helped the situation. Whether the movement will be a popular one or not, the town officials must take action on the matter. It would appear that only drastic measures will meet the situation. A Normal Group After All The general belief that a college student loses all "down-to-earth" reasoning in their first year away from home, is dispelled by intelligent answers to the recent test held at the University of North Carolina, when over 100 students were asked to name their favo rite list of sensations of sound, smell, sight, touch and taste. The sound of rain on a tin roof is the favo rite sound, while leaves burning, honeysuckle on a spring night, and new-mown hay are favorite smells. An open fire in a dark room, or a brook splashing in the moonlight is their favorite sight. Clean sheets and clean pajamas after a hot bath provide the best touch-and coun try ham for breakfast or caramel icing licked irom a pan are preferred tastes. ' After such answers, it must be confessed that they are quite a normal group, in spite of some of their far-fetch collegiate ideas and customs. Illusions These are times that trv men's souls TW isetnerlands, we felt, could always be counted on to fill the breach and stem the tide. The prototype of this spirit was the boy who saved his country by plugging the hole in the dike with his finger that cold night so long . ago. But now, a dispatch from The Hague, reports that the Dutch never heard of this lad, much less raised a monument in his honor. He exists only in McGuffey's Fifth Reader, besides the boy who stood on the burning deck. Will these debunkers leave us nothing? "While these are difficult days, while there is no telling what the next bulletin may bring forth, still I am confident that the tank hasn't been made or the bomb yet devised that can destroy and crush the democracies of the world." Mayor La Guardia. We have never envied the very rich . . . our ambition has been merely for solid comfort that coined from a sense of some finan cial freedom . . . except at times . . . when we throw reason to the wind . . . and our heart aches to relieve others ... of some burden . . . but this week we found our selves breaking over ... we en vied Doris Duke Cromwell . . . Jiot for her millions , . , . but for the power of them that must have brought her such pure joy and happiness . . . . after she hal provided for 500 European chil dren ... at an annual cost of $200,000 to give them a home in America . . . yet this is not even so great ... as the offer of the citizens of Wake Forest . . . who found in their small college town . . . people who would take care of 25 refugees . . . such things make one realize that while Hitler is spreading hate abroad in the land . . . in his wake of destruction . , . there are other factors at work toward the ideal of peace . . . and while we grope in the darkness . little children from war strick en areas . , . whose homes have been destroyed are seeking Ameri ca as a haven ... of safety. . . . "The battle of this war may be an epoch in a military sense . . they are already described by wit nesses as more furious and grand iose than those of the World War . . . but the effects of them on his tory may yet seem negligible as compared with the achievements of armies marching on little feet into the very citadels of selfish ness . . , suspicion i . . race-consciousness . . . indifference . . . and taking these bleak strongholds with shy smiles . . . brief tears or grave eyed trustfulness . . . was recently expressed by a writer . . . our own thoughts, far better than we could put into words . . . there has been organized in New York City the United States committee for the care of European children , , . sons and daughters of courage . . . of faith, of freedom and in the power of decency and toler ance of men . , . 'Europe's children may become a multitude of emmis saries between peoples and na tions .. . "and a little child shall lead them." .... We had been getting a bit un easy about bathing suits . . . . , during the last few years . especially when they began to ap pear in two small garments , . . . each about as abbreviated as they could be made and serve the pur pose . . . mere scraps of material . . . but now they have skirts half way to the knees . . . perhaps it's the feminine revival of frills and ruffles exerting an influence at any rate we are glad that "the tide has turned" ... we saw Lois Massie in her last minute shop ping before going to Florida this week buying an unusually attrac tive one . . . white background . . . with lovely colors in the design. . . We have had great interest in the selection of the N. C. typical family . . . . to go to the World's Fair in New York . . . with all expenses . . . and have been equally as interested in the winners ... . Mr. and Mrs. Silas Brown and their two children, of Snow Hill ... who left last Saturdav for New York after going by Raleigh to receive their credentials from Governor Hoey ... the father is in the dry cleaning business . . . the children have the usual outside interests . . .the mother and fath er also have their activities . . yet all are a part of a home which they give that love and affection that makes familv solidarity ' (that defies divorce and unhappi- ness) . . . which we hope will never go out of date . . Editor rially the Raleigh News and Ob server had the following to say . , about the typical family , . , "The rich make more of a spectacle in North Carolina ... the sub merged poor have been paraded before us in a pitiful procession . . ... but between them in great numbers . , . hard wroking . . de voted to each other . free of any sense of bitterly bound class . . taking part in the affairs of the community . . . and sacrificing to advance their children in a civi lization in which they have faith though not. as much security as they seek . , . are thousands of such familes . . . they make up the cen tral strength of the state . . . . no blitzkrieg, domestic or foreign, will quickly succeed against them or a state which they are a part." The following poem was contrib uted to us: . . . which shows how hard it is for one generation to quite understand the other and how each, after alL out its own ideas of happiness . . . na the younger generation can have such decided ideas about what is best for those growing older . . The children cannot under stand . . how just the two olri fnllr. can star . . . .Inn ; t).A k; tory house . . now with six them away ... The children say Voice 0-jf ke peapJe. Do you think the present Euro pean situation will affect the sum mer and fall travel in Western North Carolina, and if so, which way? Mrs. C. F. Kirkpatrick "I think we are not going to have as many people right at the present due to the European .'situation but if things clear up by fall, I think that we will have more than we have had in years." Mrs. Grady Boyd"! do not think the European situation is affecting the season here. I be lieve that we will have a good season, but that it will be short." R. C. McBride "Personally think the 'European situation will help the travel in Western North Carolina, and that there will be more people than ever before, but I do not think there will be any increase in those who come to stay any length of time." Dan Watkins "From present indications I feel that the Euro pean situation will help the sum mer tourist business, but for the fall, too much can happen before then to say." Zeb Curtis "I think the Euro pean situation will help travel in Western North Carolina both m the summer and in the fall." . like two and they rattle around . lone peas in a giant pod . . . that those silent upper rooms . . . are bound to seem a trifle odd . . . They tell them of a little house cozy, sweet, on a single floor . . . . room to spare for both of them . , . what need have they of a cubit more ? , , . The old folks smile and shake their heads . . . and turn deaf ears to all their pleas ... How could a little four room house . hold eight large rooms of memo ries? ... Felix Stovall -"I feel that there will be an increase in travel both in the summer and the fall. I think that conditions are so uncer tain that people will feel thalb they had better take a trip while they can." Dill Howell "I think it will help us here in Western North Carolina, for 'the people who travel will have to travel in the United States this year." H. B. Milner "I think it stands to reason that there will be an in crease. People are going to travel, and they will have to stay in this country this year." Clyde H. Ray, Jr. "I feel that there will be an increase in the summer season, but I fear that by YOU'RE TELLING ME! 1 " By WILLIAM RUT Central Press Writer . AN INTERNATIONAL so ciety of professional magicians is suggested. Sounds like there might be some trick to it. .:' ! ! t titbit is hard to break. For instance, says' Crandpappy Jen kins, many a farm boy arriving in the city immediately begins sowing wild oats. . i t t:,,.v.,-v- A correspondent wants to know why there apparently are no bald-headed aviators. Maybe, suggests the man at the next desk, it's because they are hair minded. ! ! I'.'" .' Size doesn't always help. The human being trying to swat a bumble bee shouldn't forget that he, himself, is the biggest target 1 11 '.. Hey, Pop. what did you get for Father's day? . . . W didn't, either. I ! 1 Ex-King Zog of Albania is be ing sued. Uneasy lies the head even when it no longer wears the royal crown. I t l a "Is sound money," queries a reader, "the dough you spend for a movie ticket or a radio re ceiving set?" Neither, it's the coin Junior is saving to buy Fourth of July fireworks. Safeiy First Beg ins Right In Your Honre Bf CARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, Pk.D. ARE YOU or Grandma, the children, or others of your house hold going to number among the 40,000 persons now alive who will be killed at home during the next twelve months, killed by acci dent? Will yon or yours be one of the 170,000 permanently dis abled, or one of the 6,500,000 tem porarily crippled in this same span of time, by accident? Maybe you say to yourself, it won't happen to me. Yon and I can be a little more sure that we and our household will keep alive and whole if we give some thought and care to home safety. Floor, Stairs, Bath Most home accidents occur from falls and burns. Polished floors are slippery unless when waxed they are rubbed down to a hard, dry finish. And those scatter rugs I Why put these perils at the head or foot of the stnirs? They can be made safe elsewhere if anchored to the floor with non-skid materials to be had at any good house fur nishing place. To make life safer on your stairs, have good strong railings one can grasp; also on porch and cellar stairs. Have railings, too, that you can grasp to help you enter and leava the bathtub secure ly; and to stand without slipping at the shower. Non-skid mats might also help. When you must climb, don't use a chair or box; get a stepladder and be sure its legs are locked. Beware Barns - Fat on the fire is not to be fooled with. Use a deep kettle and let the contents cool before strain ing it. And you know what hap pens when some drops of water fail into the frying fat. Look out for your hands, eyes, and facet Be sure the baby isn't near. And don't try to fight fat or oil fire with water. Sprinkle on a handful of salt, use fire extin guisher, or call the fire depart ment. , Keep the matches beyond the young child's reach. Train him not to touch matches. Spank him every time he does and make it hurt. In like manner, train him not to reach for things above him in the kitchen. Also train your self not to leave hot liquid on the floor or in containers with han dles extending beyond the edge of the stove or table. .J Outside With Cleaning . Don't dry-clean in the house. Not wishing to electrocute your self in the bathroom, don't use a curling iron and the like there. Be sure the button for turning on and off the light is solid against the wall no chains or cords. Keep all poisons such as iodine, rat exterminators, insect powder and cleaning fluids out of the young child's reach; preferably out of the bathroom. All poisons should be in containers different from all things else, or with pins in corks or strings about tops. Having trained your child effec tively in the unambiguous mean ing of NO, make clear to him the things he must never touch. Such training should help keep him alive, for his nervous system, properly trained, is more depend able than that of an adult. Stewart SayU Taxpayers Facia. ror d In Good Spirit By CB.i.u rv . "NEVER EKv,-,p?- Washington ne lis home newrr.t 'ollowing an a::-;: Mi,- ; . to Charles P, Stewart tilt a-1 hod lie so remarJ taxed i present. Ths r,. 1 ' -i'-i til obseriv-l His r.otit J iverage citizen's inckad .a.ij, any rnanoial burJenti tit to lay n the name of national It's been reco-nizej on i Hi as a hitherto infaaj .aai mgner taxes mustn't t; iintea at in an election jet i e pontics r.art. -spokesmen refer favorably J a poucy invariably, in thi nave suuerea corresponding' me voters dissatisfaction quently expressed at the polls, il iiuuauy was assumed fc present situation was as he That the outbreak of the krieg rendered heavy milita: penaitures by Uncle Sam necessary generally wa nized. But the Bill eui iiuw io iooi me Dill i awful puzzle to the lawns Uncle Samuel owes so mt ready that they shrank pledging his credit still it Yet the only alternative ne be the imposition of Inci leavies upon the taxpayer! a big addition to their through a broadening of come tax base. Well, the solons were adopt this latter course. Tin; oned that they simply guaranteeing their own xtinction In November if fended so large a proportii their tax-paying constituent!.! Various schemes were d by which several of the legt calculated they might contni run the country farther into! for defensive purposes under! of some sort of bookM sleight-of-hand that would o the fact that we merely wj ning farther and farther ai red. The plan didn't promml well, however. For one thing. J obvious that many people j see through it from the W evidently it couldn't be on to fool anybody exceptfcl tie while. By this time the indicatim! becoming manifest tnai mm instance in which the idoofl er taxation isn't resented vl narily it is. Press Comment ' ' The nress befran comnttM it. as an extraordinary M Editorial writers put i suggestion, "Higher taxes t Mo eventually: 'h: Lately, their home pail k hrineinc n to senators . sentatives the advice top with the whole deien program without further1 .f.mnfa of rAtnOUflaCT tk: nr,vflented all m islators scarcely can bel Ara and eSTS. ment is that the AmerWJ really are: alaraw rT nt democrwil tinnpri bv some of the Our present pro taxpayers are urging in the future; not r there are to m crT be voted in a hurry. butWl be collectable until the . ni1a nround. . liDerai as hilla still " ., soions wnu jug scattermghUW the basis of approx per cent increase In i.r.MinPMT WAS BA- r.vr Cleveland, came rresiuc..-, - He was for 187M873 ana """" were, entenced Rather than "'"'l to Perform. snenn v-'-- V0BLD 0 Record- THE m,o Columbia .... S It ftil" P4l.lligfi " report. 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