DAY, DECEMBER 4, 1941
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V.t the word America
'1 w us. America with
variation of ireeaom
r u unhnnded work-
it is the nome ui rrj
1 i whn will po as
the field of any enu.vui
,bility and lniuawvc
-.hem.
I torifft means a place
ch to iaugn, w .
lit means ine rw-
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.fringe upon me
,,w.n is truiv a iBu
L ..,nitv. where its youui
free to cnwsc vmw-
r which it is most intereM
host fitted. .
f e European countries which
Lj ;w bv kings or the
ling power of dictatorships,
do not know wnat it means
(happy and free to live their
THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER
Mutual Admiration
Ives.
when the guaranteed
of Americanism are being
lened. we wonder now many
j the various isms of r-u-
Lve already taken root in
LiMir oDinions of America
our people stand by and see
,mvracv fall .and our peo
under the rule of a dictator?
I do not think so. America
more to her people than
to be content to stand
U let her fall without giving
Jfery possible aid we can to
democracy existing.
k are our president and most
rovernment omcials doing
thing in their power to make
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FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR
If every farmer will grow his own food and feed in 1942,
he will not have to buy as much, and more will be available to
strengthen America's defense forces, and the Armies of our '
friends across the sea. '''
Prepare to do you part in the "Food For Freedom" cam
paign. Ask your county agent how you can help, and be ready
to pledge your support when your AAA committeeman comes
to call.
Miss Fur Industry admires her re
flection after she had been crowned,
as one of the h ghspots of the dem
onstration put on in New York by
the fur industry to boost the Bale of
U. S. defense bonds. Her Majesty
is Mary Ellen McNulty
Christmas Spirit
Interrupts War
Despite the horror and suffering
amnnc World war soldiers, the
spirit of Christmas was not kept out
of the trenches.
In "A Herman Deserter's War
Experience," the author, an anti-
arovernment Socialist, tells of a
Christmas celebration on the Ar
gonne front.
"Christmas in the trenches! It
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Ailing in vii, vtt- w WHa uniciijr vviu. t uu f "
L drives go full blast? It is , ed a pine tree and decorated it with
ke tney nave in nuuu vc canaies ana cooKies.
nterests of America and all "At midnight the whole line of
wple. They realize that the German, soldiers began to sing
can people have put into Christmas songs in chorus.
hands the power to direct I iirT7-.
kture of our land and Of our . . . overDOweped with emo-
bra, and they have honorably tion ,8tood with caps in hand We
knscientiously accepted that avuant.0A ift. with the French
Isibility They want the , vrtiQtil t Thov
can Way to go on forever ,
L ,re striving to go forward - ' .... -Tm
Vi ever fervent plea for de- i -.-"" --
lerica means more to u t !S, "
Wthan it has ever before oi tw ironic '?..'
fce of the danger which is must nave-a ciuzenry wno
feening us from within and . "at tney too are
L fense of our America. They can
btimes we may be apt, in ' nswer , lnal, ca" '
fcnsideration of privileges af- i "' Des,1 eno" " ",nlH:l
by our democratic form of . w,,Bl '
jrnnent, to forget that we have The challenge of these times
and responsibilities to this calls lortn our greatest e.ion "u
. xT... v 1 ctvontrth. Dn all in vour power
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of need, the American Way to help America in her fight against
l!m uJ nmiertv. sufferinp. slavery, star-
Ider the Stars and Stripes to vation, and the firing squad. Amer-
fis best to his country. Some icans! Let us do our part!
Government Will
Not Take Food,
Expert States
Currently making its rounds in
certain communities is a story that
"the government is going to take
part of all the foods people have
canned or stored for winter use."
E. Y. Flovd. state AAA executive
assistant, has labeled this rumor
as "preposterous," saying that
evidently "some people are at-
pmntinf in misconstrue the aims
of the farm defense program."
In one Virginia county, it was
resorted that an individual has
actually appeared at farm homes
with a truck and represented him
self as a collector of food for the
government, even taking food from
some unsusnectinsr farm families.
"It would appear," Floyd said,
"that a few individuals are trving
to take advantage of the farm de-
fense program for their own gam
by misrepresenting the facts to peo
ple who have not been informed.
"Actually," he continued, "one
basis obiective of the program is
to encourage neoole to produce and
preserve food for home use as well
as certain commodities for coun
tries resisting aggression."
The AAA executive emphasized
"no one is authorized to collect food,
and anyone attempting to do so
should be reported to local law en
forcement authorities at once."
North Carolina farm families
have given their wholehearted sup
port to the government's request
for more food in 1942 and are now
making plans to produce the extra
food products needed in the food-for-freedom
campaign, Floyd said.
Joins Axis
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The Government of India announced
that Subhas Chandra Bose, famous
Indian political leader and head of
the left wing of Mohandas K.
Ghandi's All-India Congress party,
has joined the Axis powers and is
believed to be in Berlin or Rome.
were all laughing, and so were we;
why, we did not know.
"All around silence reigned. The
charm continued, and one scarcely
dared to speak. Suddenly a shot
rang out, then another. The spell
.no kvilr Am .All maliAil tt thol v.
. files. Our Christmas was over."
YOU'RE TELLING ME!
Bv WILLIAM RITT-
Central Press Writer
POALD AMUNDSEN, famed
(otic explorer, is quoted as' re-'
Ping to give up his life among
I Eskimos and returning to
SUzalon. Very sensibly, he
fears to prefer blizzards to
pkriegs. ,
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timrfa has enacted laws plac
I ceiljng over ' prices and
Ks, thus assuring the citi
f? ol always having at least
kind of root over their
kds. .
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Jhe price of geese In France
P reached SSO each. There's
place where the roose bancs
high.
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H'" bad enough for hunter
aeciaentaiiy snot by nis
fellows without having it re
vealed they mistook him for a
squirrel and not a bull moose.
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A septuagenarian driver's car
struck septuagenarian pedes'
trian. The report didn't say
whether or not the auto, too,
was going over 70.
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If an A. E. F. Is eventually
sent to Africa Its first accom
plishment will have been to vin
dicate the school boy who spelled
it Aefrica.
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The ardent college alumnus is
getting along in years when he
becomes ' more interested in a
T-bone steak than in the T-for-mation.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
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I best business corner lots in
Uelwood, Also would lease
garace nnH sprvice : station
Reliable nartie: TT B. Milner.
13-20-27-Dec.4-ll.
CASH PAID
For Good
Used Cars
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iChaniDion Motor Co.
L Canton. N. C.
-room apartment,
h bath, stoker heat, hot and
w water, nice sunny rooms.
My Keller Apartments or
fne 435-J. Dec. 4.
! T ' glasses- oval shap
double lense in yellow gold
me; Saturday between Way
ue and Hyder Mountain.
fa. Lee V. Rogers, route 1,
r Dec. 4.
TED TO BUY A good milk
7 reasonable price. J. T.
Dec 4.
lT Six room house in
Leatherwood;
CalJ Mrs,
Dec 4
SERVICE STATION manager
wanted for a modern and large
tation. Excellent proposition to
right man. Write "Operator",
Box 511, Waynesville.
Nov. 27-Pec. 4-11.
Experts must travel a lot and
very fast to retain their standing.
The Present hour with all its
difficulties will produce a new and
finer leadership than we have ever
known.
Santa Claus, Ind.,
Attracts Volumes
Of Christmas Mail
About 75 years aero the people
of a community in Indiana applied
for a post omce .asking Sante r e
as a name. There already was a
post office by that name in Indiana,
and since it was a short time before
Christmas, the people decided to
name the town Cantaclause, in
one word.
In 1938 the town was changed
to two words, Santa Claus. Since
then letters from all over the world
have come in, until now it takes
a force of about eieht people
through November and December
to handle the Christmas mail with
a new electric canceling machine.
About 60,000 pieces a day are dis
patched around Christmas.
A Santa Claus headquarters is
maintained where thousands of
tourists and visitors buy gifts and
List Suggests
Gift Variety
For Christmas
Christmas-giving becomes more
fun and less of a chore each new
Yuletide season. Time was when
"what to give a woman" came un
der what man termed "a nerve
dracking" problem! That's all
changed now. : -? ..-.
Tn nrnve it. here's a lfst of
Christmas gift suggestions for the
fairer sex, compiled especially for
husbands, brothers," fathers, sons,
sweethearts. .1. cj i : u. j
If the lady-to-be-gifted is socially
m in 1,1 she tindoubtedlv will BP-
nreciate a gift that wil Ienhance
her party clothes an everting bag
perhaps ... a sparkling piece of
costume jewelry ... a pair of gloves
. . . sheer hose, or perfume.
But perhaps she is a homemaker,
busy from morn til night with the
problems of a house and family. A
tnnninc n nil ted robe for her few
hours of relaxation . . . a pair of
house slippers that are casual and
colorful . . . a crystal salad set
for luncheon entertaining . . , all
these will be appreciated! '
For the high school or college
miss ... a sweater in one of the
new vniithfnl nastel colors . . . a
pair of mittens . . . a peasant ker
chief to wear for sport or dress
. . .a tiny compact for important
dates ... or one of the latest in
door games to bring her friends
around.
For the invalid whose daily life
is centered about her bed ... a
ciiv hel iarket ... or a new china
breakfast set with a tray, which,
after meals, can serve as a comiort-
able prop for books and writing
paper.
For the career lady in your fam
ily, you might buy hose that can't
run . . . pigskin gloves for sports
. . . a rhinestone star to wear in
her hair . . . a manicure kit . . .
Arrested in Rome
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On "suspicion of espionage," Dr.
Hiram G ruber Wool f, of Elmira,
N. Y., rector of St Paul's American
Protestant Episcopal Church in
Rome is held incommunicado by
Italian authorities in Rome. Arrest
ing Fascists seized copies of an un
official bulletin which the United
States State Department sends to
embassies by radio. Dr. Woolf went
to Rome from Berlin a year ago.
post cards. During the Christ
mas week, Santa Claus, in full
uniform and long whiskers, presides.
Althono-h this is the onlv town
in the world bearing this name,
other places have names associat
ed with the Yule holiday.
Christmas Island, in the Pacific
ocean, is so named because Cap
tain Cook landed there Christmas
Day, 1777.
Five communities in he United
States are named for this holiday.
There is a Christmas in Gila coun
ty, Arizona; Orange county, Hor
Ida; Lawrence county. Kentucky:
Bolivar county, Mississippi; and
Rnane countv. Tennessee.
Minnesota boasts of a lake by
the name of Christmas. It is locat
ed in Scott county.
Gaily Wrapped
Gifts Promote
Christmas Spirit
PVntive wrappings make the dif
ferenre between a gift for Christ'
mas and something that might turn
nr. at anv time of the year. They
express the glamour of the season,
the spirit of Christmas giving ano
the extra measure of good cneer
Those who wait till the last min
ute to buy their presents find it best
to depend upon bright ana gay
wrnnnincr naners and glittering rib
bon. If the patterns of these pap
ers are selected thoughtfluly, some
thing individual can be found for
each cift.
Others who obtain their presents
alittle in advance of Christmas will
have time to wrap each gift as a
personal greeting in itself. There
are a number of ways to give eacn
gift wrapping a different personality-
DEMUR A square box wrapped
in pink foilpaper with a round lace
paper doilie pasted on the top, and
in the center of the doilie a boquet
of flower stickers.
YOUNG For a big box wrap in
SILK STOCKING AREA
As prominent women begin set
tine an example for the conser
vation of silk by wearing cotton
stockings, it is interesting to re
view the rise and fall of the silk
stocking area.
In 1899, at the turn of the cen
tury, silk stocking first made their
appearance in American stores.
That year, 12,572 pairs of silk
stockings were sold, which consti
tuted one pair sold for every 2-500
pairs of cotton stockings. It didnt
look then as if silk stockings were
going to go over with women and
even ten years later, in 1909, less
than one per cent of the stocKings
sold were made of silk.
It was not until after the last
war that silk stockings approached " .
the popularity which they have
had recently. Even in 1919, over
half of the stockings sold to women
were made of cotton, but during
the next ten years cotton stock-
ings became a drug on the market.
In 1929 about 86 per cent of wo
men were wearing silk stockings
and last vear over 90 Per cent.
of the stockings sold were made
of silk or rayon.
Girls who have grown up during '
the period since the last war may
find it hard to get used to the cot
ton stocking idea, but their moth
ers should have less difficulty
dropping a fashion which has ac
tually had such a comparatively
short life.
As for men, most of them have
never caTed much w n e t n e i
their socks were made of silk,
cotton, or wool. AH have prefer
ences, but last year only about
five per cent of men's sotks were
made of silk.
or a pair of f r ill v slippers.
For the erav-haired ladv in your
house, a smart envelope handbag
would "hit the spot".
Vioow white naner. then cut out
green paper in Christmas tree shape
and trim it lavishly with unriswnas
seals.
SP ANGLED Wrap a square box
in blue foil paper and spangle it
all over with silver stars.
FROSTY Shiny green wrapping
paper spattered with whit paper
snowflakes with have a wintry glit
ter. JOLLY For the young fry, a
gift of handkerchiefs is made doub
ly interesting if they're rolled up
and died around the middle with
white yarn arms, a little broom and
a black cardboard hat to look use
a snow-man.
RIPE Wrap in white vaper, tied
with green ribbon and, instead of a
bow, a bunch of bright cherries
from the Ave-and-ten.
1 FRIVOLOUS Wrap the package
in green foil paper, tie with white
satin ribbon and a "boquet" of
small white plumes.
MUSICAL Wrap with brilliant
blue foil paper, tie with silver rib
bon with a cascade of little jingle
bells instead of a bow.
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LOST Brown leather pocketbook
town, containing drivers' license
" and pictures. Finder please re
turn to Taxi Stand. Reward. It
LOST Brown leather pocketbood
on night, Nov. 21. Finder please
call 427. Reward for return.
'. Dec. 4.
FOR RENT 1 4 room apartment.
Duplex brick house. Unfurn
ished, unheated. East Waynes
ville. '; 14 room apartment.
Mongomery Street, unfurnished,
unheated. 1 7 room house, Acad
emy Street, Unfurnished, un
healed. J. W. Ray, Phone 12
Dec. 4.
FOR SALE Poland-China pigs
8 weeks old. $5.00 each. See D.
D York, Route 1, Waynesville,
N. C. Dec. 4-11
FOR RENT Five room cottage,
unfurnished. Modem conven
iences. Inquire at the home of
J. P. Francis, East street Dec. 4
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Well Make It a
Typical AMERICAN
CHRISTMAS
As long as there .is mistletoe and holly . . . as long as there is
Christmas in the heart . . . there'll always be a "Santa Claus"
and a gay holiday season that is typical of our American tradi
tions. This year giving will be more thoughtful bright, de
lightful little gifts as tokens large, more elaborate gifts de
signed for more pleasant, practical, Better Living.
Your Electric Dealer is displaying varied lines of Gift Merchan
disemake his store your Gift Headquarters see how easily
he can solve even your most perplexing shopping problem.
Buy wisely choose gifts that reflect good judgment, good taste,
and good will toward mn and women.
CAROLINA POWER 8- LIGHT COMPANY
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