SECOND SECTION
The Waynesville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The' Great Smoky Mountains National Park
$1.50 la Advance in Haywood and Jackson Counties
yTrT YEAR NO. 40 Sixteen Pages
WAYNESVILLE, N. C THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1941
' Newspaper Is Made" Will Be Explained
urn
lachlnery
se Operated
For Guests
jrs Will Be Taken Be
lte Scenes On Friday
l Two Until Six. ;
effance of National News
k The Mountaineer will
Chouse" on Friday al
froin two until x o'clock,
isitors every step of "Mak-
swspaper."
rj will be taken behind
a of the newspaper, and
e n opportunity of see
v" coming from the type
id out into the composing
be set in type on the al
man linotype machines,
of the linotype machines
in operation for the occa-
i the operators will ex
fry phase of the interest
; of mechanism, which has
i0 screws alone.
of the most interesting
lisitors always njoy, is
machine, without human
ii the scrambled alphabet,
res and punctuation marks,
orts them, putting ach
its proper place.
perators will slow down
lines, and at certain points
I operation, completely
n, in order that visitors
'r understand what makes
a "click."
pe produced on the line-
all be followed to the as
pages, and from there
iressman will bate the
kr press in operation dnr-
"open house" period. atra
fast clicking folding m&-
ktial interest will be' the
in? department, where
M ton of metal is kept at
pes for making pictures
oi c e
OF THE
People
(Since this is National News
paper Week, we are asking a ques
tion relative to newspapers.)
If yon had to write an editorial
for next week's Mountaineer, what
subject would yon select?
Mrs, M. F. Marley "I would
write an editorial on the needs of
the community for more amusement
features for the summer visitors."
PCff OB at IB i I
it iiiiiM llltimi Hi
and illustrations for the paper.
This (department will be ta opera
tion no, it is not hot down there,
as a huge exhaust Ian pulls the
fames and heat outside the building.
The commercial printing (de
partment will also be running, with
the center of attraction around
the automatic press, which picks
up 60 pieces of paper a minute,
then mints, counts, dries and
stacks it alone. This is a peouliar
machine, as it will not have a piece
of paper that is ..torn, or even
wrinkled. It demands the best,
and should a torn piece get into
Mrs. William Medford "I would
write about the spirit of American
youth."
This Is Newspaper
Week
In times of national emergency
it seems to become a patriotic ne
cessity to reiterate truths so axio
matic to be trite. The freedom of
the press and that freedom's in
computable preciousness to us is
priate subject at this time is 'the
duty of every American citizen at
this crisis'."
S. E. Connatser "The beauty of
North Carolina mountains." ,
Mrs. J. R. Morgan "Observance
of the Sabbath Day. I should like
to see the places of amusement and
trade closed on Sunday, and the
people recognizing our 'Freedom of
worship by attending services at
the churches, quietly observing the
day of rest, and the fourth com
mandment, Exodus 20: 8-11."
Mrs. E. T. Duckett "At this
season I would write about the
beautiful mountain country in the
fall of the year,"
C. N. Allen "I think an appro-
the stack, the press throws itself
out of gears and waits until some
one gets out the bad piece.
All other equipment in the com
mercial printing department will
be going, and explained in detail.
Souvenirs of the occasion will
be given to all visitors, and a large
number are expected to visit the
plant during the four hours on
Friday.
L. T. New, Jr. "The lack of the
ideals presented to students ' in
school and the situation they find
later in the business world. This
applies both to the high school and
college students." ,
Mrs. J. E. Toy "The need of
more wholesome recreation for the
young people of the community."
V
America's Weekly Newspapers
By Malcolm S. Forbes
one of these self-evident truths; the
fact that Americans are now asking
to consider it is alarming. Such
alarm, however, is all to the gooa
if it reminds us that hardy won
pearls of great price must inces
santly be guarded or fought for.
Booth Tarkington, noted author.
All American citizens who have
not lost their minds in the present
fear can compare the American
press with the servile and reptile
press of Europe and give thanks
for the service which their news
papers render. But celebration is
not enough. Rights are not pre
served by celebrations. Liberties
are not kept by shouting. Any per
soninstitution, or society that does
not constantly seek improvement
it on the way to decline and de
cay. Charles A. Beard, noted historian.
Publisher of the Fairfield (Ohio)
Timea and Lancaster (Ohio) Trib
une and son of B. C. Forbes, fa
mous writer on business and finance
and editor of Forbes Monthly.
Today 49.6 per cent of all th
families in the United States m
subscribers to one or another of
the country's 100,000-odd weekly
newspapers. Taken an togeiner,
these weeklies are the prime print
ed medium for complete coverag
of more than half the nation's pop
ulation, and their total circulation
of 21,000,000 by no means reflects
their full readership each weeW
The rural counties these papers
(Continued on page 10) -
Donald Dunham "The need of
more emcient control of traffic
sounds in the community."
L. N. Davis "The progress of
Western North Carolina and im
mediate and future developments."
A free press is vitally essential
to the preservation of our Amer
ican system of government and our
way of life. Without It we could
not have an Informed public opin
ion in which minority voices are
given a fair hearing. Without it our
democratic institutions would per
ish. Winthro W. Aldrich, Chase
Mflfirtnnl Rnnk, Npw Vnrk.
, (Continued on page 10) of the regimental command post.
Bobby Sloan Receives
Promotion In Army
Line Sergeant Bobby Sloan of the
Service Company, 120th Infantry,
A Raleigh, N- C. unit, has received
a promotion to the grade of staff
sergeant. During the North Car
olina maneuvers, now in progress
in the eastern part of the state
and upper part of South Carolina,
he will act as 'Sergeant Liles' as
sistant in the operations Section
0$ T.nft
See Behind
the Scenes
of a
Newspaper Plant
Oar SUB Will
Explain Everything
Souvenirs
For AH
EVERY WEEK
The Mountaineer
Goes Into Over
2 5 0 0
HOMES
They
Depend on the
Newspaper
The 'Freedom of the press" is a very real thing
to them although they probably aren't conscious
of it at all. But as long as a Free Press keeps
them posted on what's actually going on, just
so long will their liberties, their rights and privi
leges, be safe. Upon a Free Press depends their
right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
This Is National
Newspaper Week
The MOUNTAINEER
"The Largest Non-Daily Newspaper West Of the Blue Ridge"