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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, APRIL 1, i94j Pace 2 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 187 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Edto' Mrs. Hilda WAY GWYN Associate Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County H-76 Six Months, In Haywood County 0c One Year, Outside Haywood County 2.50 Six Months, Outside Haywood County 1.50 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Entered at the post office at W.yneivllle. N. C. Sjoood Olaw Mirtt Matter, as provided under the Act of March I. ioi. November 20, 1914. Obituary notices, resolutions of respect, cards ol thank, and Ul notices of entertainment for profit, will be charged lor at the rate of one cent per word. NATIONAL CDgOWAL Horxb Carolina v$t THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1943 (One Day Nearer Victory) The Able Bodied South We have heard a great deal about the number of men turned down in the South ern States on account of physical handicaps and we were much surprised at the infor mation in the following from the Roanoke Times : . Are Southerners, in spite of all, better physical specimens than people in any part of the country? As much is indicated in recruiting statistics of the Navy for the fiscal year 1941. In Southern districts re jections for physical defects were about 38 per cent of total applications. In North eastern states rejections averaged 55.7 per cent. In Central states, 45.8 per cent; in Western states, 45.3. Comparing with re jections of 66.8 per cent in the Albany, N. Y., district and 60.7 in Salt Lake City were: Richmond 22.5 Nashville 27.8 Raleigh 30.0 Dallas 32.9 Birmingham 34.7 Houston 40.1 New Orleans 42.2 Bicycles On Highways We saw by the press recently an account of the death of two boys in Johnston Coun ty. They were riding a bicycle at night, and were struck by a pick-up truck. The boys were 13 and 14 years of age and were both on the same bicycle. One of them was killed instantly and the other one died on the way to the hospital. The truck driver, age 18, was not arrested or held in connection with the deaths of the boys. The State highway patrolman who investi gated the tragedy, reported that while the accident occurred around 9:30 at night there was no lights on the bicycle. This might have taken place in Hay wood County, right here in our own com munity. It should serve as a warning, for if the bicycle riders are going to take to the highways at night, they will have to observe the same rules as the drivers of motor vehicles. They have the same right to the use of the highways, but they must recognize their responsibility not only to themselves, but also to others. Highways After the War We noticed with satisfaction Governor Broughton's proposal to provide funds for highway construction and repair at the end of the war and were further gratified when the General Assembly voted to adopt the plan. The Assembly conferred on the Governor and the Council of State authority to cancel at the end of the war, highway bonds owned by the State and held in the highway com mission reserve fund and to issue new high way construction bonds amounting to two thirds of the amount cancelled and redeemed during the 19-1:5-45 biennium. Even with the rationing of tires and gaso line the highways are being much traveled and at the end of the war will no doubt need many repairs and much patching. People -will also be needing jobs, it was pointed out by the Governor. We predict that when the war is over, and life resumes a peacetime pace once again that the pent up desire to travel in the average American will inspire him to travel as he has never done before. A Fair Proposition We have been against the drafting of the 18 and 19-year-old youths from its first suggestion down to the day it was put into execution. We appreciate the necessity for such drastic action, but that does not keep us from regretting or disapproving. Now the government is taking action on the very point that bothered us. The offi cials are recognizing the fact that the 18 and 19-year-olds needs more education and experience if they are to face the enemy in battle. Another feature of major consideration is the fact that the greater number of the boys, who would in the natural course of events have gone to college and received a wider preparation for .life, if drafted would not have returned to the school room after the war. They would take their chances in the world for bread and meat without further training. In some cases they would have been thoroughly able to meet the de mands, while in other instances they would fall short of what they might have done. We hope that a large number of the sen iors in our Haywood schools and also recent graduates who are not yet in the army, take advantage of the offer by the government to send them to school. They have every thing to gain. They will make better sol diers or sailors in our armed forces and they will have a better preparation for life after the conflict is over. SIGNS OF SPRING 1 m Rambling ArouruT Bits of this, that and the other picked up here, there and vender. By W. CURTIS RUSS Voice OF THE People Too Many Forms Excerpts from a recent editorial in the Rock Hill Herald will no doubt find response from the public in general: "W. A. Page, Jr., Richmond, Va., a repre sentative and spokesman of the United States Wholesale Growers Association, is what is called a 'small business man.' "Mr. Page says it 'is a physical impos sibility for many small operators to comply with all the regulations and orders issued by the Office of Price Administration and other federal agencies.' "He gave the House Small Business com mittee a summation of 269 rulings, amend ments and supplements the average whole saler must comply with. Most of this un doubtedly is not only useless but silly, and is probably never used for any purpose what ever except to load up files and make work for clerks. "Alfred Dorman, of Statesboro, Ga., told the committee 'we don't have lawyers enough to figure out the various forms.' And Mr. Page said that 'frequently the rulings are changed before the original order can be interpreted.' "Probably a lot of this is the sort of use less work which is being done in Washing ton for which the government is asking pri vate companies and firms to give up their typewriters. "It is not difficult to believe with Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia, that the coun try and the public business would be much better off with a million or so less govern ment employees in Washington and other cities." Tables Turned In days recently gone by we have thought that the city dwellers were lucky ones in regard to a choice selection of foods. The city markets have carried everything under the sun in the way of things to eat, for they have had to cater to a cosmopolitan appetite. But the tables have turned. The city res ident, who does not have a garden plot to grow "his own" will have to do without commonly accepted foods, many of which are the old standbys, unless he seeks the country this summer and goes rural, and cans. We still believe, however, that no one is going hungry in America. They will have to change their eating habits, but we feel that Americans will rise to meet the chal lenge for increased production. Here's more about that time question Ed iurch, in the Greer (S.C.) Citizen, says "Our neighbors over in Georgia are all mix ed up. One editor points out that Georgians have sun time, Eastern time, War time and a hell of a time." Ed recently hibernated from Georgia to South Carolina, and seems to having a good time. HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN We bet there was more meat bought and eaten over the past week-end than any like period be fore . . . not only in the history of this vicinity . . . but over the entire nation. ... On the eve of rationing . . . meat led conversa tions . . . regardless of where the talk might have started, it ended on meat . . . and the week-end was in a sense a kind of farewell celebration to juicy steaks . . . and meat ... in general except in limited amounts ... at least for the duration. since we did our own butchering and mother made the sausage . . . came recently from Waynesville, N. C. . . . and speaking of per fume . . . How about country saus age on the skillet?" . . . the saus age he wrote about was shipped from the basement of the Siler home. We heard so much talk on the subject until we took ourselves to see Rufus Siler, local authority on meat . . . for we believe that Ru fus could teach the Swifts and the Armours how to make sausage and cure hams . . . and as for the art of barbecuing . . . anyone who has ever tasted the results of his work along this line will agree he's tops. Maybe you didn't know it . . . but at one time or another the Siler sausages and hams have found their way into every state in the Union . . . they have been shipped to the Pacific coast . . . to San Francisco ... to San Diego ... to exclusive men's clubs in the North ... to swanky spots down in Miami ... to hotels and eating places all over the country . . . even down in the cow country in Texas . . . they are never pack ed with labels. As an example of how the fame of the Siler meats has grown . . . (with many prominent customers through the country) ... A man from Chicago, a few years back, was in Waynesville . . . and bought one of the Siler hams ... en route home he got into a bridge game on the train . . . shortly before the evening meal on the diner . . . he told his companions about the ham he was taking to his family . . he decided to share it with them . . . and took it back to the chef on the diner and had him cut off some slices and broil for the players ... so when the dinner came the group stopped their bridge game long enough to eat some of the ham . . . little realiz ing what a chain of customers they were starting for Mr. Siler . . . each man got the address of Rufus Siler . . . and each in turn ordered a ham . . . and when thev served it to their friends, the latter got the address . . . and since that date hundreds of orders from all over the United States have been receiv ed by Mr. Siler ... all from that one bridge game. One of the best and most con vincing stories of the quality of the sausage concerns a couple from Chicago who bought ten pounds of the Siler product . . . they gave some to friends . . . (whose fam ily, incidentally, is internationally known as packers of fine meats) . . . and they pronounced the meat "marvelous." Another way the Siler meats have gained prestige ... is through hotels and restaurants ... a not able example is the Hotel Fort Sumter ... in Charleston . . . over a period of years the man agement has served" Siler sausage and hams . . . and has given the producer's name to hundreds of patrons who in turn have passed it on to others. "There is no use for people in this section to suffer from meat ration . . . even if they have to buy feed for their pigs," said Mr. Siler . . . "it would pay them in the long run. ... Of course pigs are not so plentiful right now, but if a person really wants to fatten some, they can be found." Speaking of barbecue ... the largest poundage reached was the 3,000 mark . . . which Mr. Siler prepared for the opening of the Dayton Rubber plant here . . . the men from the Siler farm work ed continuously for 48 hours . . . over the pits in the backyard of the Siler residence near the Coun try Club . . . turning the meat until, when it was served every spoonful had that delectable bit of brown crispness that makes for perfect barbecue . . . into the 3, 000 pounds went .'S steers, 5 sheep and 6 hogs ... Mr. Siler insists that he could not have handled this large poundage had it not been for the assistance of W. A. Bradley, C. N. Allen, and the late L. M. Richeson and others. Do yon think Congress can im prove on the original Ruml pay-as-you-go income tax plan? T. J. Cathey"The Ruml plan can be imuroved, but Congress can't do it." Dr. R. Stuart Robinson "I don't believe in giving away a year's taxes, but I do believe in a pay as we go plan." Jake Lowe "I approve of the pay as you go plan, but I do not approve of forgetting one year. I doubt if Congress could improve on the Ruml plan." Aaron Prevost "I think Con gress could improve on the plan by cancelling only up to 20 per cent of the 1942 tax, thereby col lecting from those who have made excessive incomes in 1942 and also giving relief to the 'little man'," Alvi Ward "Yes. T. L. Campbell Ruml plan is a wonderful idea. ii' i .... "w nave MAVKS -llm and SPARS hi.t i. ... ' , AA , iosi wftk a w York denartmont .-,.. -" ute to the WIVES. Whaler ed an editorial writer .,' th ZT nf .Teremv Tuv .... . 0r best gift to man his g..m uf J virtues, his casket ,,f , .1 . - iuuml, riff srr-i his brightest day, he, kls 2 umia uic ijaie Ol ni.-, -;fety J "ib am est w.-alth ht economy his safest - . ward kj ups nis launiui counselors w OUIlCSi. fill l.V jf care." 01.1 ... oaia me small boy : " . and paw had an awful tim, married. Maw wouldn't i. . e was ai unk and p wuuiuii t many maw when hi soDer. marry When the War Will Kni l: . 4. r . i iiieci iioin me In.nt 1 hs. tuiiiiuciiuw iiiioi niauun as to w ine war win end. b i m the Stan uu oLiipes, puonsneci m a i jiiiu me louowing bit ()f mfot mation, which I pass .m to you: Mrs. Thud Chatin "I always be WAR XEWS Definite war news I have none, But my aunt's sister's wash woman's son Heard a policeman on his beat "I think the i 3 " " ,a"u,CI me street :a.... I 1 nat ne nad a letter in either Lati. or ureek from a Lhinese coolie in Tin. buctoo i: - Ki.f I neve ... a k j Who claimed that the natives 1 nf course, there is alwavs room . "uve j for improvement launched." on anything Jack Messer "They might im prove on the details of the Ruml plan, but I doubt if Congress can improve on the principles of the plan." Earl J. Ferguson "I believe in a pay as you go plan, but I feel sure that Congress could improve on the Ruml plan." Jonathan Woody "Yes, the Ruml tax plan is fine for the de fense worker, but I don't think the large corporation or government contractor that made huge profits from non-recurring contrasts last year should be exempted from in come tax for 1942 earnings." there are any great secret meth ods of curing meat . . . you have to observe certain rules and give the meat the proper attention at the right time ... I will gladly give my receipt for curing meat to friends . . . but of course ex perience does give anyone the ad vantage . . . and another thing, we enjoy what we are doing, and that is a mighty big factor." A visit to the Siler basement is enough to make anyone raven ous. If we had not just finished helping our next door neighbors eat a 25-pound turkey, raised in their own backyard ... we simply could not have stood the sight of those long rows of hams . . . Rufus Siler's meats are one of the best illustrations we know, of the old saying that if you can produce something better than the other fellow . . . the world will find a path to your door. "What is the secret of your good cured products" ... we asked . . . and the reply ... "I don't believe We couldn't resist asking Rufus what he considered the choice part of the pig . . . and his answer, no doubt, will surprise you as much as it did us . . . "The chittlins and corn bread made with cracklins." .aiulhi has stuck out his 21-day fast. Tlv IJritish government also stuck it out, and didn't give in to his demands. Gandhi bluffed his way through the Indian situa tion on one or two occasions, but not this one. John Gunther, author of "Inside Asia" visited him once, and wrote, "He is an in credible combination of Jesus Christ, Tam many Hall, and your father." The late J. B. Siler, father of Rufus Siler . . . cured hams for the summer hotels and boardine- houses in Waynesville for a num ber of years . . . Rufus had watch ed the process all his. life ... so when his father died back in 1916 . he and his brothers still kept the customers supplied with meat . . . from the 70-acre farm on the Pigeon road . . . Mr. Siler says they found that raising pork and curing meat is the most profitable products they can have . . . the greater part of the land is in cover crops in the winter, and the I tenants would lint have enough t.) keep them busy, but with the raising of hogs they are given work the entire year. Kach season has marked a ! growth m the luisines . . . luin- -dreds of letters give proof of the j satisfaction the customers have I felt over the products . . . Rufus 1 states that they have kept the 1 ., 1 . . i l inram umitue.eu so ais not to loose the character of the country home cured style ... but along with this every precaution . of modern sanitation has been recognized. N. C. U. Journalism Student Tells How I Went To Jail By BRAD McCUEN Editor's Note Brad McCuen is j Now, I'm a pretty mild char a student at the University of ! acter. I guess. I don't go around North Carolina, ami is majoring in j hitting people before they hit me, journalism. (Continued on page 11) By STANLEY THE OLD HOME TOWN - , Recently Chas. D. Driscol, fa mous columnist, in his "New York Day By Day" wrote ... "The best country sausage I've tasted tyVou Pasn vrg; s s ""3 YOU CAN HANG V-H-L- Q JOHN-' , : J O-'-AUTTLEr-Jr1-'- VvELl. SET AN EAI5UV) -M NAP. SNOW ;n fp START ON OUR J Y ORPEP! 0j-i WlCTOKY 111 .&-") f ( THIS IS THE YEAR I K "flu, -vtui fVj "TUB tm -E-ES l.-.-.-fruftil:: ; oofwr mt, too mnim i:;f?.i.-TP:.-:.TJ5ai;!. Cuba knew A colored man in a Texas town Who got it straight from a circa clown About somebody in Borneo Who had a friend who claimed u know Of a swell society female rake Whose mother-in-law would under, take m 1 1 i i i . ... 10 prove mac ner nusttand s meet Stated in a printed piece She had a son who had a friend Who knew when the war was jfr ing to end. ANON, That Old-Time Religion Tom Jimison, a native of Hy. wood, and now on the staff of The Richmond County Journal, recent ly went at length on thn, subject "That Old-Time Religion." The article might meet with yoo approval, and on the other hand, you might disagree anyway, he it is: The conductor of this colynn sauntered around to First Metho dist Church Sunday and made l feeble effort to phophesy to tin congregation at the Laymen's Daj service. It was no easy task (or an old cornfield, backwoods Meth odist to get up in a city churtk where they have a blacked-roW choir and play an organ with whistles on it, where they hsn stained windows and use carpets in the aisles. Back in the big hills of the Greii Smokies where I was raised tk Methodists didn't put on any dog They met in unpainted meetiaf houses whose floors were bare, mi sat on hard benches which fn quently had no backs. The preacher announced the hymns and someoM steward h'isted the tunes. They had a mourners' bench where penitent sinners, stricken bj remorse for their sinful ways, pt down ot their knees and prayed while the congregation s a ng. "Show pity, Lord, O Un-i, for give," nd while preachers lay workers urged them to "prJ through" from darkness to light And occasionally when sow mildewed and hardened old belli hopped to his feet to announft that he had found pardon for te wickedruss and evil ways nun m women slapped their hands a"4 shouted thanksgiving ami praise the Lor! just like ba.-oball fa"5 whoop i: up for their team when it is wining the fight. Yes, ;-es, I know t hat such gone new. But, my bivthr sump'n vent with it thaV we sow? need in these trying days w"61 the letrians of Lucifer, with spe15 leveled t our hearts. a' us to the wall. Yes, I women folks smile with lous dislain at the olo - ' sisters vho used to shot;; :; and they talk pert'uiu what a beautiful sew: when Ve conform t mark erery T and They think they which appeals to p nature, nit a a m;': ' are itual bam. he fed In the "-::. word." And they v. .. diluted,' --.wcelenod with a f liver spoon. Yes, ',. know ' - 1 superior when w o -i' cathedra's and hav. and pr;; for us. ha for us, and hire tv Army, She Red Cro munity j.'hest and a ' ganizatjins to be leliu And dojwe begin to fee. cupping? we iuvt (Ontinued on page uvdin? know ol1' ,unorcS- ... church " .jit- .. ir- -: .r a ,,-selrtS buy 11)