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THE WAYNESVTLLE MOUNTAINEER AIT.T'st . Page 8 The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE 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, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year. In Havwood County Six Months, In Haywood County One Year, Outside Haywood County All Subscriptions Payable in Advance $1.60 . 76c . 2.00 Entrd t the post offlc t WaynMviUe, N. O., u 8cond Cls Mail Mattr, m pruvidei under th Act ot Much , 1879, November iO, 1814. Obituary noticw, resolution ot rmptct, cards oj thanks, snd all notices of enteruinruenu for profit, will be charged for at the rate of one cent per word. ' NATIONAL EDITORIAL W.ASSOCIATION Labor Day, 1940 We have never known a more complete Labor Day program for this community, than the one for this year. Starting with a fitting religious service on Sunday evening and continuing on through Monday night with a constant program of ac tivities that will bring together the people of the community in a holiday spirit, as well as one of a fuller appreciation of the free dom of our country. As we have said time and time again, this section of the world's greatest nation, is most fortunate. We have everything that one could desire of nature. We have a populace that is congenial and co-operative. We are not torn by either labor or political strife. There is no new Qr special message that can be brought this year that has not been stressed many times over, but we do feel, that never before have we been made to fully rea lize what a blessing it is to live in Western North Carolina of the good old United States. THURSDAY, august 29, i9io Disappointment Theory Into Practice A farm tour to some people in Haywood County is merely a visit to certain farms in the 'county. But to those interested in what is taking: place in our rural sections and are cognizant of the development of agriculture, a farm tour is an inspiring and enlightening event. On the first farm tour there were a num ber of initial experiments in the making. The novelty of the new fangled ideas about poil held a catch sound. In fact there was a lot of talk about experiment plots and so on. These methods are no longer new. They have been tested and tried and have been found good and profitable. Theories and ideas have become very definite realities. We have heard considerable talk about lime and phosphate for the past few years, and their value to the land. And now we see the results of lime and phosphate. The hill Bides are getting greener each year in Hay ;wood. The grass on the sloping pastures is getting thicker, and the cattle grazing on these lush carpets of green are getting fatter. The gospel of purebred bulls has left its toiark on the cattle that are now being raised on Haywood farms. They have the shape of better and more beautiful animals, which spells more money in the pockets of the farmers. There is an increasing evidence of an ap preciation of beauty in the homes. Modern conveniences are raising the standards of living. What would we have thought ten years back of an electrical exhibit at a farm meet ing in Haywood County? It would have been an absurd gesture, but at the Fines Creek School where lunch was served at noon on the farm tour the electric dealers of the coun ty had displays. Farmers and their wives looked Over the devices that would be labor savers in the near future when the Cruso Mutual Electric lines would be extended over a large part of the county. Along with the deep satisfaction that at last the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is to be officially dedicated is the keen disappointment on the North Carolina side that President Roosevelt will not pass through this state either coming into or going out of the Park area. Considerable comment has been made that the North Carolina congressmen and sena tors, as well as local officials in the various towns had not been on their job or it would not have so happened. We feel sure that every effort has been made to have the President arrange his trip to include this state in his itinerary. These plans were made sometime ago and his visit at this time will include a trip to the TV A central activities and to Lookout Mountain that will necessitate his spending more time in Tennessee. So we will have to be content and call it our "hard luck." The passing of a president of the United States through a state is no small occasion. For months now we have looked forward to the great day when the park would be dedicated and the president would travel this way. We had formed the habit of thinking df the two events together. However there should be a lesson from the fact that the president can come to dedicate the park that is a part of North Carolina as well as Tennessee and visit only the latter state. We must get on the job, if we are to have our part of the Park developments. '.Perhaps his failure to visit the state on this auspicious occasion will give our repre sentatives some idea of how much effort must be put forth, if we are to have the North Carolina section of the park developed in the manner the other side is being built up. Let us turn our disappointment into alert ness and effort. A Preacher's Views There is a 76-year-old preacher and educa tor in Louisville, Ky., whose ideas will suit the average American a lot better than those of the opponents of the defense program. Delaring that, "we're a nation of softies, spiritually and physically," Dr. John R. Sam pey, president of the Southern Baptist Theo logical Seminary says. "A real man, a real soldier, would want to be in active service for his God and his coun try. "". "We must have conscription; that i3 the only democratic way. Then we could find the slackers and the fifth columninsts. They would say something that would show they didn't want to bear arms for this country. "We should be ashamed to asked ourselves, 'Can England hold out?' We should be help ing her. If Hitler crushes the British Navy, we'll be in a bad fix. "The United States is just a fat turkey gobbler roosting on a low fence the night be fore Thanksgiving, with no bulldog on the other side of the fence and no guns within a mile." ' ' - And remember what Hitler said, "It will be my duty to1 fight the next war in such a terrible manner that my enemies cannot enV dure it. Each country will imagine that it will escape, I shall not even need to destroy them one by one. Selfishness and lack of foresight will prevent each one fighting until It is too late." Here and There HILDA -By- WAY GWYN It was the editor's time to cover the farm tour , . . we had the job last year ... but he could not get away . . . but when we returned . . . he welcomed us with "Here is yoar column for next week" . . . Ihe had thoughtfully taken his scissors in hand and had done gome "clipping" in our behalf . The fol lowing was written by Nell Craig, who in addition to being the so ciety editor and a columnist on the Greensboro Record, and a well known newpaper woman ... is the sister of Ethel Craig, member of the local high school faculty . . . she was pinch hitting for a friend on vacation . . . but took advantage of the opportunity to "blow off a lot of pent up steam . . . we might not have had the nerve to reprint the copy , but since the editor gave it to us . . . we use it without "fear or compunction" . . . here goes. .... "Hitler demoralizes his pros pective victims with fear. . , . From personal experience I find flattery the devastating propaganda. It dissolves my last ounce of other wise effective resistance to any for of work. Nothin but the flattery of being asked, coupled maybe, with the weakened condi tion natural to one just about to take off on vacation, could have been responsible for my agreeing blithely and unhesitatingly, even eagerly, to 'do' a column for Har riet Doar when I came back after two weeks of leisure. Turning out one of my own five days a week becomes sufficient grind to teach a lesson to any but the feebleminded: HE HUFFED AND HE PUFFED- j-Vj-j v-icym&kz ' -t' C T Voice, ajj Ue People In view of present conditions do you approve selective conscription? F. R. Worthington "Yes, posi tively. I spent fourteen months in service in France during the last World War and I know what we would be up against." "In that dim and distant moment of surrender, it seemed that given two weeks' vacation the mind would swarm with ideas and clever and witty pharses would automat ically bounce from my fingers to the keys of the typewriter. That was three weeks ago, and rest and food have added nothing except two unwanted pounds. Hitler Hesitates As this is being written indications are that Hitler has come to the conclusion that trans porting an armed force sufficient to take pos session of the British Isles, across the Chan nel is too much of a job for even such a con querer as a modern Napoleon. Again; even though we may dislike to ad mit that the Fuehrer is a very discerning per son, we have to hand it to him that he is very wise in hesitating to take this step. First it would involve large German losses, and imperil all that Nazidom has so far ach ieved in the war. Failure of an armed in vasion of England would seriously weaken Hitler's prestige in the countries he has seiz ed as well as at home in Germany. It would give Italy and Russia reason to doubt the ultimate success of his plans to dominate all Europe. If Great Britian should be able to repulse an invasion it might carry the war into Germany itself, which they have been smart enough to avoid to date. At any rate the war is at a critical , point. and what Hitler has up his sleeve for his next move is of great concern. Adaptability is now ranked second to abil ity as a desirable quality in an employee. Getting along with one's neighbor is an asset under any conditions. A Silver Lining The recent floods held "a silver lining" in one spot in North Carolina, and was not des structive to one industry located in flood areas. ' The Yadkin river dam at Baden got so full that the Aluminum Company had power to spare in meeting a pile of defense orders. From having to buy power from other com panies, as is often the case, the company was able to produce enough of its own power to achieve the highest daily turnout of alumi num in its history. 'Well, you promised, so get along, gal. "This business of doing a column for someone else gives me liberty which is apt to be confused with license. Writing for the payroll and the subscriber puts a curb on even the most outspoken and dams up in one's system a lot of pet peeves wnicn iainy clamor lor expres sion. The bit is apt to be thrown away when it's someone else's pay check and subscribers to be con sidered. For instance, sometimes wnen the steenth person says in a wistful voice, and a Searching for glamor look, 'Newspaper work must be so-o interesting,' instead of giving a sickly smile, and try ing to put convincing pep into my feeble affirmation.' 'Yes. it is' I'm apt to blow up and tell the truth about some of my 'interest ing experiences.' "If this were my last day on the job here are a few of the things I'd say and do and writeI'd be gin with the woman who calls and started dictating her story, headlines and all, I'de be in such rare form that when she came to the line, 'Now read that back to me, my reply would be un printable. To the person who de mands 'Please see that this gets a good position' I'd say.' Yes. I'll run right back to to the compos ing room and put the type in the form myself in the upper right hand column under a two-column head, despite the fact that it won't make more than an inch of type.' "And for the unknown woman who ends her conversation. "Now give me a nice write up, honey,' I'd write a story that would stop the press stop until the managing editor could get it snatched out 1 would write one wedding story which would put an end to all fic titious and humorous 'True' sto ries of weddings, I'd enjoy writing about the divorced woman who was now marrying the man of her choice after having rid herself of the one mama had selected. By this time I would be ready to deal properly with Mrs. I Would Be a Snob, who 'never has her parties in the paper. Whoa gal, you might scorch her, but think of the danger of melting the type of the Char lotte News. After the telephone wires had stopped tracking, I'd tackle the persons who will give all details of a party except the guest list, and hold back this sole Piece of meat with the explana tion I couldn't have all my friends and I don t want to hurt anybody's feeling,.' I'd say inelegantly. eah, your friends wouldn't be so dumb that they wouldn't know they weren't there unless their names failed to appear in a printed guest list. My last day would not be over until th telephone rang for the umpteeth time while I waa whirl ing along at 90 milea an hour through a staggering pile of unde- cipnerable notes before the fast -roacning deadline moved re- Captain W. F. Swift "Yes, I do I think it is necessary to raise an army, and that this is the best way to do it. I don't believe in sending untrained men to fight." Bill Prevost "I certainly do. I think it is the only efficient way to obtain the desired number of men in the army." John M. Queen "Yes, I approve of conscription at this time. It seems the pnly way. In fact I ap prove putting all the boys in CCC camps in the army, and also all men of army age now working on WPA." Guy Massie "I certainly do ap prove of conscription. It would give the young men training that would be good for them, and then in case of emergency they would be ready for service." Rev. Frank Leatherwood "Yes. I think it is indispensable facing the situation as it exists today. I would not say I approve of war, but it seems there is no other way to meet the emergency than by conscription or compulsory mil itary training. Mrs. F. H. Marley "As the mother of two sons 'the right age' for conscription I am afraid I could not give a fair answer." Grover C. Davb "I do and I don't. There are plenty of argu ment on both sides of the question." Mrs. Gilbert Reeves "I certain ly do approve. I feel that it is the only fair way to raise an army." James A. Rose "Yes, I approve of conscription. Unless there are enough volunteers, it is the only way to raise an army." Mrs. W. T. Crawford "I faVor not only the conscription of the men but of the money of those who would profit thereby, and I should advise those 'mothers of Ameri ca' who are making themselves ri diculous around the Capitol in Washington that the best way to evade conscription either in war or national defense would be to persuade their sons to volunteer." CLIPPINGS SMALL TOWN INDUSTRIES Wendell Wilkie showed his thor ough understanding of the situa tion in thousands of small commu nities throughout the United States when, at Des Moines, he spoke of the benefits to be gained from de centralization of industry in the United States. By this the Republican candidate for the Presidency did not mean that all great industries in or ad jacent to the various big cities should be broken up and scattered Obviously this is impossible in many instances, and even if pos sible would not be expedient. Ac cessibility to markets or to raw materials still is a primary con sideration. Still, there are thousands of struggling small industries in big cities which, given an opportunity to retain present markets, could greatly benefit both themselves and the communities by moving to small towns. Taxes are usually lower and costs of living likely to be smaller. Many will agree with Mr. Wil kie. There are hundreds of com munities throughout the United States where one or two indus tries have revolutionized local con ditions. Knitting, spinning, or weaving mills, woodworking in dustries, food processing plants these and others have brought their people prosperity and well-being and put on a firmer basis the American way of life.' Christian Science Monitor. IS THIS NECESSARY A Washington column, given to lentlessly nearer. This would be Mrs. Ida Criston, phoning for the fourth time to make on in cons e quental change is a three-line notice of a meeting of her Sunday school class. It would be the end of perfect day when I could send the receiver crashing through the plastered wall three feet away . . . with my system purged of an its peeves, I feel so fine by this time that I'm ready to claim the wo man's privilege of changing my mind, and agree that newspapering is the most interesting work after all. Why- should I take that out on Harriett Doar's readers the bad disposition which I have to hide from my own? I wish now that I had elected to write about some of the really interesting ex periences which make up for both LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Editor Mountaineer: Please allow me to congratulate you upon your latest feature ad dition, "Topics of the Day," con tributed by Judge Frank Smathers. His brilliant intellect counpled with his knowledge and clear conception of the world affairs,: both here and abroad, make him especially qual ified to bring to the readers of The Mountaineer timely and construc tive Hews. MRS HARRY ROTHA. Topics Of Day . . BY JuJfc'e Frank Sm II'.T-V - WILKIP wnen first Mr. nominal i , Democrat. ' "J: f-eveh, but n' thought the RepuSkJ last selected a Vr statesman. T -n a success W,l with sufficient nwl KN to attract and perSUadeT well as the claT vinced that Pion harf l: Lr,Mai overnight, equipped fj pney m to tight to master all iues and ( pipped to lead and dl Mtion, a great pttp fj. raked with mlt revolution. i continue,! iV 't'-i. thia iif.i.- .,l M "a) dUllUl Jl wciu usck nome and U folks in Envoud, lad he became quite taikirw vealed his inner :h x Fcujne were ttieiv to set j- eve. J sunn. They analysis of the news, finds that WPA rolls are increasing, submit ting detailed figures to bear out the assertion. That isn't so good. We all know that the WPA was established to provide work for the jobless, to keep people from starv ing, but just now the defense pro gram is taking many people back to government and private indus trial plants. People should not be allowed to J. t , 1 4 marve Dy tne way, How many people have you seen starving late ly t The WPA may be something permanent in our economy. Let's hope not, but it may be here from now on. Still, it doesn't seem rea sonable that it should be increas ing its rolls just now. It is self evident that a decline, not an in crease, in WPA figures is desira ble. This country must find some way to prevent an increase. Shel by Star. SAME OLD BOB Bob Reynolds has changed his tune since he began to be branded general as a Nazi sympathizer with delusions of Fascist grandeur. In the face of this country's over whelming sympathy for Great Britain and the growing apprehen sion that our own safety hung on the fate of the British fleet, he commenced discreetly to soft-pedal his tirades against this sole sur vivor of the Allies. , But he is the same old Bob. His tactics, if not his speeches, manifest a willingness to trust to luck and to Hitler's benevolent in tentions toward the Western Hem isphere. Once again Senator Reynolds fails in his duty to the people of North Carolina. They have shown in all ways possible that they are for the rasing of an army by con scription, and that as rapidly as may be. Tbey have ceased to lis ten to any rhetorical arguments to the effect that voluntary enlistment humdrum routine that ia nart of th more demoth-atio nf i-aia h . .1 ".., mure inan w again. The speech iteLf well, not so hot as the wea:ba Rpnil.Jir'l.n.. .U -L. : 'iiuugat it pei "-ie ut.-appo.r..td, bat txsiiioerais, save walk with Mr. A S, fectly delisted, lieved. Personally, I wa3 disi, disappointed, and in this c ed mental mood I felt ifo iur. wiiKie as lolluws: "Dti Wilkie: Why didn't and stress "national Mti the most pressing' and Tiu of the nation? You kr.o is. Why, therefore, didab so, frankly, fearlessly and' ically, and urge all your fc: to demand an immediiti pi ot the conscription: bill further debate and delay? Mr. Wilkie, why did;'t yon 'Down with the dictators; live Democracy, and to tt and to this ideal I hereby and dedicate my all, even Such a patriotic declarat. demonstration on your pa: Wilkie, would have been t inspiration and encouragem the American youth now lay his life on the altar o! dom, and the American q about to sacrifice her only m life savings in order to Democracy and the cherisheJ crties of America. Instead, Mr. Wilkie, yoa o and discouraged your mar mirers by your repeated "Down with the New Dull to the New Deal, and 1 am enough to here and now ce the champion New Da joint debate." Moreover, Mr. w.W know, there is, at icasti t-ho Pi-piiiiciit has done''! well, and that is the tab our foreign policy. TlutpoL: intelligent an J fair mradec freely admit has been nias.fi and magnificently done Pi-!ul.nf in the true Ai4 fashion, and with the saw tion, courage and wisdom uated and inspired our (tot. idents of the pas: when A safety was in jeopardy: & here and there, Mr. fl had the excuse and the ho mnrp natriotic, than P- nublic acknowledging if 1 for the manner in which ' oio-n nffnirs have been by our President and. J 1 ;ctoarl von saw fit V -1 i-.''hmsoue!v rebuke ir.,1, ..ffortS. I mosi uiieiiiu v ascribed "unscrupulous to all his fine official aco. eign aiiaii-;. i. Therefore, it is Wilkie, that some of . :n...;..j ohmit your spo-' lliuaiuiicu tv-' - , i isnif- ....UN ill through your ac- For the sake of the J snail snii.i ""v mto of vour abi.itj sm-i was the correct one. the ow ship and statesmanship- however. I have as army, now conscription s Robert i. for quite certa.ni.v told an Associated J J Washington. ia. . , sity must reson service draft -.-jot But he added a - K .limH him id.,.t tionist in the Ser.at. are playing r,r i. Freqcb politician- . that we mu' . , scription only 'f j,eIt: mmt.-faiWPrtTf.s ed number 0 must resi j, earlier than lure. Keep your face and you cannot Helen Keller. any job." ing an army. What they want is :
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