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Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1943 Page 2 THE WAYNESVTLLE MOUNTAINEER The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street PWne 137 Waynesville, North Carolina Ths County Seat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS - EdiUr Mrs. Hilda WAY GWYN Associate Editor W. Curtis Rass and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County 11.75 Six Months, In Haywood County Wc One Year, Outside Haywood County 2.60 Six Months, Outside Haywood County 1.60 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Extend at the pa offio at Wayneavllte. H. C. u Smad (Mm Mail Matter, aa arortded under tin Act of March I. 187t, aMI m l j aot1ca. resolution! of reapect. card a( thanks, aad aH nation M entertainment for profit. wUI tie charged for at 4tM rata of one oent par ward. NATIONAL 6DITORIAL- 350UAMUN yHonb Carolina vi THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1943 (One Day Nearer Victory) New Problems We offer congratulations to the Chamber of Commerce on their election of R. B. Davenport as president for the coming year. Though he has not lived here but a few years Mr. Davenport has proved his interest in the community. We feel sure that he will have construc tive ideas and will carry on in the same fine spirit of cooperation that his predecessor, Paul Davis, and the others have done in the office. In years gone by the work of the Cham ber of Commerce has to a certain extent been along well beaten paths. This year it will be different. There will be new prob lems and also there will have to be new ways devised to meet old problems. It will be a year of concentrated personal effort in the community, that will be a part of every day living. Even the most optim istic will not look for a tourist business around which much of the activity of the Chamber of Commerce has been centered, but even so there will be work for the or ganization. It will be necessary to hold the niche that tins stxuuii nas yaiiiKU tin ci jjuice iui votu- tions. The organization will have to be alert for much may happen before the year is out. The few who come from other sec tions to spend a vacation must be given every attention in the effort to keep those who have been here in days gone by still mindful of what an advantageous place this section is to spend a vacation in the years to come, if not now. Mr. Davenport, we extend to you and your directors, best wishes and our cooperation for the year ahead. We feel that you will serve the community with sincerity and timely recommendations. Prison Labor Indications are that a bill will be intro duced in the General Assembly to allow pris on labor to be hired out for work on private farms in the state. Some are claiming that the bill is not practical, and it is said that Representative Charles Honeycutt, of Sampson County, who is contemplating the introduction of the bill, is trying to get up enough support to get it through. The question of hiring out prison labor to farmers came up last fall, but the State Prison Department did not take to the idea. There is no doubt it offers many problems as to how it would be worked out, but there is also much to be said on the other hand. Attention, Ladies We have noticed that for sometime there has been an urgent call from the chairman of surgical dressings of the Haywood chap ter for workers. The fact was recently brought out that the local work is lagging ,so far behind that the quotas may not be reached. We are surprised at this because we can usually count on the local women to rally around any worthwhile cause. We realize that they have domestic problems that come first, but we would like to join Mrs. Ben Colkitt, chairman, who has worked so faith fully in the work, in her appeal to the women to give at least one afternoon each week to this worthwhile work. Making bandages, that are badly needed by the army, is one very definite way in which the women at home, who are not em ployed, may aid in the war effort. If s Time To- We were impressed by a list of things under the above title listed in the last copy of the Progressive Farmer. The list may remind you of others to be added, so it might not be a bad plan for all of us to make out work sheets of our spring plans, whether or not we live on farms. From that work sheet we can begin to get going on the things we hope to do about our places during the coming years. On the Progressive Farmer list are some of the following: Save truck mileage by hauling fertilizer back when you take a load to town. Order enough vegetable seeds to take care of the year's plantings. Ask your Congressman for copy of "Keep ing Farm Animals Healthy." Set up enough money in your program to take care of income taxes. Complete your plans for adding another cow and brood sow. Prevent forest fires by plowing fire lanes. Sow lespedeza on the oats, wheat, and barley. Plan for a large acreage of sweet potatoes. Arrange early for needed crop loans. Test seed for germination. Repair the pasture fences. Order baby chicks now. Examine beehives. Sharpen tools. How Long Will It Last? Wherever you go sooner or later that ques tion will arise in the conversation. Everyone is concerned with the length of the duration of the war. Locally there were a surprisingly large group who were optimistic over the early part of 1943 showing definite signs of the end. We notice they are not talking now with such confidence. We have noticed of late a more settled atmosphere about things like a person settling down for a long trip. It seems to be taken for granted now by even the most optimistic that the signs are still not right for any guessing about the matter. Yet the war prophets come and go, and each of us has a perfect right to our own opinions. That is one nice thing we can prophesy to our heart's content. There is no law against it, and it serves as a fine outlet for our pent up feelings on the criti cal period in which we are carrying on. Keep It Up We notice that the community has con tributed to date 500 books for the Victory Drive and that the campaign is to be con tinued another week. The diversion of read ing is going to mean as much to the armed forces as well as those back home during the coming year. d that these books contributed by thousands of American sol diers, sailors, marines and coast guardsmen. Boys tired from a day's hard duties in the service will find an hour's relief in reading the very books that we send out from Hay wood County. When we donate a book from our own shelves to this worthy cause it is like shar ing a bit of our own home and our own warm fireside with that boy "somewhere in the service." Look over your books again. Maybe you will find one you can part with that you overlooked last week. Thirty-Eight 'THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATt Nazi Aianetf CeOYOOfJSdMl a a. r a a i. a k .V . K mm HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN We were interested recently to hear Mra. Tom Rainer of Jona than Creek, one of the leading rural women in Haywood . . . dis cuss how they managed on 3 gal lons . . . she says that she and Tom just come to town once a week . . . where they used to ride in any old time . . . that they keep a check of what they need as the days fro by and when the trip comes around . . . they are fully organized to get what they need for another week's running . . . doesn't it seem strange when we think back over the pleasure riding that we enjoyed . . . only hiking picnics next summer . . . or those in your own back yard. Another current issue . . . now would be the finest time in years for the old time itinerant knife sharpener to get on the road again . . . we have an idea that he is lost for sometime to come in the defense plants throughout the country . . , with the return of bread slicing ... we are going t have to sharpen up our knives . . . we, for one, never took to the idea of somebody else deciding how thick or thin we wanted our bread . . . which was always too thin for toast and too thick for sand wiches, according to our liking, when it was done by machincv . . . even with a dull knife w are perfectly willing to struggle through the process of cutting our own . . . but, of course, we will agree it was a saving, for that last end piece never did cut into a decent looking slice. the families, as was sometimes done) ... "Terms of sale: Cash in land or note to draw 4 per cent interest (sounds like good investment to day) . . . Home is 2 miles South of Versailes, Ky. Sale will begin at H o'clock a. m. . . . Plenty to eat and drink . . . (we don't coubt the latter with a 32-gallon of 7-year-old stuff and 20 gallons of apple brandy). When we consider the labor that went into the items listed . . . that were part of the living in those days ... we marvel at the courage and daring of those who left the East and Middle West to go to the Pacific coast . . . just think of accumulating again by hat. a . . . all those things . . . after a tedious journey across the continent . . . No wonder the West has made such progress . , . for only the strong hearted dared to life over again. leave ami art We noticed recently where othy Thompson took i.-sue :in Koost'veil . . . ;-ciin i -lied thi' lattei how gii Dor u ith reporter ; in col- We note with interest that in a recent News Letter from the University of North Carolina there is a list of the farms in the state and how they rank as to size and value of land and buildings of farms. Haywood County comes 38th on the list and has the highest rating of any county west of Catawba. In consideration of the fact that this area is so mountaineous and as a result has such large acreages not adapted to farming we were quite surprised, but gratified to find how high Haywood ranked. The average size farm in Haywood Coun ty was given as containing 50.9 acres ; value of lands and building per acre, $53.53 and average value of land and buildings per farm $2,725. New Hanover County led the state with an average size farm of 66.6 acres; average value of land and buddings ner acre. $84.41 : and average value of land and buildings per farm $5,620. During the week C. W. Moody handed us a recent issue of a newspaper of Gainesboro, Tenn. which contained the copy of an old Sale Bill ... of 1840 . . . The family had decided to leave Ken tucky and go to Oregon ... it was the year of the Gold Rush to the West . . . There was something very fascinating about the prospect of the trip in contrast to modern travel and transportation ... we were also keen on the items offer ed for sale . . . they showed what it took to live at home in those days 95 years ago . . . the adver tisement read as follows: Off To Oregon "Having sold my farm, and as I am leaving for Oregon territory by oxen on March 1, 1840, (we wonder how many months it took him to get there) ... I will sell all my personal property, except two oxen teams, Buck and Ben, and Lou and Jerry, consisting of the following: "Two milk cows; I gray mare and colt; 1 pair oxen; 1 yoke, 1 baby yoke; 2 ox carts; 1 iron plow, with food mold boards (we haven't the remotest idea about the latter) . . . 800 feet of poplar weather boards; 1,000 3-foot clap boards; 1,500 ten-foot fence rails; 160 gallon soap kettle; 85 sugar troughs made of white ash timber (we might be able to use some thing like that today) ... 10 gallons maple syrup; 2 spinning wheels; 30 pounds mutton tallow; 1 large loom, made by Jerry Wil son; 300 poles; 100 split hoops; 100 empty barrels ; 1 32-gallon bar rel of Johnson-Miller whiskey, 7 years old; 20 gallons of apple brandy; 40 gallon copper still; 4 sides of oak tanned leather; 1 dozen wooden pitchforks; one half interest in ten yards; 1 .32 calibre rifle made by Ben Miller; 50 gal lons of soft soap, hams, bacon and lard; 40 gallons of sorghum mo lasses; 6 head of fox hounds, all soft mouthed but one ; at same time will sell 6 negro slaves, 2 men, 35 and 50; 2 boys, 11 and 10; 2 mulatto wenches, 30 and 40 years old . . . will sell all of them to one party but will not sell separately . . . (we liked the terms, for we hate to think of separating l J.;.' co', I I Iii -lp the war etl'i I t . . . anil Mr.-. Koosi velt was quoted je llying ... ' I believe that girls .-hould get on' of cille'.r" an 1 go to work mil'-, their college train ing is helping fit them for some particular ta.-k." . . . Miss Thomp son makes a difference between tochuieal training and liberal edu cation. She says . . . "The result would be the substitution of 'train ing' for 'education' . . . and this would create a society of people, each of whom know how tn do nie one thing competently, but all of whom would be at a loss under new conditions, which rendered his lob unnecessary." . . .It would be interesting to he;ir t.hi two women argue it out ... we were a bit surprised at Mrs. Roosevelt's statement ... for we thoup-ht it had been settled long airo that a liberal education was the finest background any specialized field could have. . . . Mrs. Roosevelt seems also to have forgotten that when you educate a man you odu- in individual, but when vou Official And Timely Infonmatioi On Rationed Items -as compiled from records and data on file in the office of tA a nesville Rationing Board, by the community service chatr- Deadline for Rationed Items: Gasoline-'LTT eood or three gallons 17., nl fill Period 3 COUP0" r nine gallons and hi t WZl Vii"" through February 5. Coupon No. i valid J! January 30 to April 6. nr ft ao Last day for use of number 28 stamp in War tM. 1 Of IceBook No. 1 is February 7. (Good for one pout Stamp No. 11 in War Ration Book No. 1 three pounds. Last day for the first tire inspection of "A" March 31; All "B" and "C" cards, and bulk conn A' CU' UHI J J vu. Sugar- Tires- food ( cardi Voice OF THE People What do you think of the Presi dent's trip to Africa? Patrolman R. O. Roberta "Pres ident Roosevelt has what it takes to put things across, but even so I think it was a mighty dangerous thing to do. He would be hard to replace in this country.' G. C. I'lott "I think it the most wonderful event in history to date." T. L. Green "I think it was a very brave thing to do, but at the same time it was taking a great risk." Just before the board wenti to session last Friday tt0J the state board granted an H tional 131 tires for this distrietl January, which meant that i local board was able to clear tt, lists of every request for tires a start February with a clean Z Washington sets up a quoM the state, and the state in t gives each board their moot) quota. The board had so an, more applications than could filled by the quota, that the gupj ments were issued. As the u ter stood, there were 112 aDDli viuua mi ic avauaDie passi recaps a ratio of 11 to 1. end R. K. Sent die "I think it was timed wisely and most appropriate ly, and the good effects of the trip will be felt throughout the world. It should be one of the factors to give victory to the Allied powers, but he took a big chance." Prof. W. P. Whitesides (Bethel High School) "J think it was a great thing to boost the morale of the Allies, and especially our own boys in service, and it should have just the opposite effect on Hitler." If. C. Allen bravest thing 1 i ' resident of the ing." "I think it was ever heard of a United States do- .. .1. ( lit rrisnii : hing for him to do. the morale of the i wnere. It was a great It should help people every- . . -fVent. ,'. F ii like "1 think it was I was surprised that he M'uld take such a trip with his physical handicaps, but it shows what a big man he is and how he .viil do things that others would iot dare to attempt. It also shows that here in America we can keep i crets as well as they do in Ger man v." Three persons have been to appear before the board Frij and face charges of violation the gasoline law. One taxi drii is charged with picking tin delivering passengers at a U panor. une truck driver and taxi driver for speeding, board has authority to revoke rationing coupons of each for i IT. . TL- 1 uucuacs. uc cuai ges were nil by highway patrolmen under ders from Washington. Typewriters are still frozen, J applications for them have tol turned down. Two farmers received certifitJ to buy rubber boots to be used J feeding cattle and ditching. One customer of a local furJ ture store was granted a J ficate to purchase a range to a place one beyond repair. erf Four applications for gasoline were before the boaril two got the extra gasoline ai quested and the others ton down because they had failed comply with a rule which IW it necessary that the employer the application. Many consumers of f not turned in tickets to dealers fuel oil bought last fall be! the tickets were issued. Su sons must remember thai names are on record, and fa: grants for fuel oil, or even present tickets can be revoked less they "pay up" at one. '4 4 Mis. Richard Rogers "I don't think there has ever been anything equal to it in history, but I feel that is taking a great chance. He means too much to this country just now, for anything to happen to him." RefitK Siler "1 think it was the stuff and will get results." cate Christy Reggie "I think he took an awful chance, but I believe that in the end we will have an under- . - ----- ....... ., in, iniiaiii auu ;uuir- ""' " Km vnu educate a fam- i thing good will come out of it." ,,. ... , , . " ' Sweet Young Thing (To soldier) Visiting Celebrity In this meet- "Kiss me once more like that ok hv are going to take up re forms for our speakers to debate on. Has anyone present a reform for them? i and I am yours for life." 1 Soldier "Thanks for the warn- i ing." Soldier (in audience) I have! Visiting Celebrity Speak up, please. What reform would you give our speakers? Soldier (in audience) Chloroform. Junior (just home from school, to his father) I've learned in school today that animals have a new fur every winter. Father Sh-h-h-h. Your mother is in the next room. THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY MB OTTH X ( PlS KNUCKLES vmm vtx "W K3A nftrrtor A 7 AND k aut J numb J Six A certificate for a new was granted Friday. Any pf gainfully employed is entitleJI get a bicvele under the newl ing. Miss Sue Willard Lindsey to work at the board office Mot! She will take the place of Edna Summerrow, who has t a nosition t the First NatH Bank. No provisions have been to down for issuing War Rti Book Number one to penp'' forgot to get them before JK 15th. ctl The board warned a?ain week against using coffee undpr IS. If the aee "f the is 14 or less on the face ol book do not use it to get One familv used a coupon a book for a boy who wa? U the book was issued, and u IS Thpr violated the la' will have some hard expUM do before War Book No. J : a tv, ta nf a rt' book cannot be changed Merchants who take coffee J -f;r,;nn- hoards is5"! una iiuiu lowwini'f. - , -oo nW 1S also Viol I law, and are liable to the F-l tt- .rn( not f r amines me .- ; i rationing books of men into service. This practice -j oil hba of the user called in. Books that heionfj men now in service "uld,DlJ ed over to the rationing "! once. i 4.:- n-ith faff"! in connevnoii nn..nnoi .wwoeaitr driving oan of trs-1 no alternative m. tm tation are available, the i J are permissible uses . i tomobiles: i c,t;,l shopping- f .""I -Ai.. art" z. v rocunng ".; 3. Attending rent,"--- uy wnere u -fi Mootin; an emergency (Continued on P
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