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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
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THURSDAY. .11 'NE 21, 19 1.5
(One Day Nearer Victory)
Response
Thr response lor information n-yartliiiir
the Haywood County men now serving in the
armed forces comes pouring into this otliee.
W'e appreciate the response. It makes us
I'eel that the citizens of the county have
confidence in The Mountaineer. Hut there
is something far greater than our personal
sat isfaction.
The response shows that the Haywood
County folk back home want to give every
honor due our boys who are serving so gal
lantly and bravely jn World War II. It
shows that they want the boys to know that
they are thii.King of them and are support
ing t hem.
The response shows that, even though
far removed from the battle fronts, the
folks back home are a part of the great con
flict and wish to give courage to the men
on the firing lines.
Haywood County men have always an
swered the call of their country, when it
needed protection, when the ideals upon
which it was established" have been in the
balance. The folks back home tire keeping
faith with "the boys out there."
We Might Come To It
We see where the British soldiers are
making gardens in their spare time around
the camps. From the accounts of the strenu
ous training given the American soldiers
with little time to themselves, it might not
work so well in America. On the other hand
we have not been in the war so long and
our army is behind in training.
We may come to it yet. It is said that
the British soldiers are tilling 10,000 acres
around their camps. The most popular
vegetables are: potatoes, cabbages, leeks,
onions and carrots.
Of this we know, in case the American
army decided to go in for gardening, we
feel confident that the gardens would be the
best in the world. That is the American
way of doing things, once they get started.
The Need For
Newspapers
The essentiality of newspapers is recogniz
ed today by public officials as never before.
They are a necessary part of our everyday
life. With the various phases of war effort
and war programs underway, which affect
the very life of every individual, the news
paper is absolutely essential to daily living.
Governor J. M. Broughton says:
"Never in all publication history have the
newspapers of North Carolina served a
more useful purpose than in the present
emergency. It would be quite impossible to
carry on the difficult task of organizing for
the emergencies of war in all its aspects
without the fine cooperation that has been
given by the newspapers. Civilian defense,
war bond sales, relief fund campaigns, farm
labor problems, and scores of other vitally
important undertakings requiring full co
operation of our citizens have necessitated
a continually wider use of newspaper pub
licity. The messages of these agencies have
been carried to the homes of our people.
The newspapers in my judgment constitute
one of the most essential agencies and insti
tutions in the life of our nation." Forest
City Courier. '
Why is it they build homes with every
known convenience except low rent?
They Are Coming
We have noticed a number of visitors in
town. We understand that the Chamber of
Commerce has received to date as many, if
not more inquiries than in some recent years.
According to the secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, the inquirers are wanting
to stay longer, which should be encouraging
to the hotels and boarding houses. The en
tire community seems to have their fingers
crossed and hoping that a fair number of
visitors will come our way.
Present indications are that while the
season may not be as good as in the days
before the rationing of gas, it will bring
a representative number of visitors in suf
ficient numbers to keep us on the map.
Next Winter
If Haywood County folks go hungry next
winter it will not be the fault of the farm
and county home agents or the food preser
vation committees of the civilian defense
program.
Demonstrations on proper canning meth
ods and dehydration of food are being given
at intervals to the leaders of the county
who in turn are expected to pass them on to
their own groups.
Haywood County is a fertile spot and
from the looks of the gardens this year
there will be plenty of food raised,-but that
is not all. it must also be preserved. We
recall that in years gone by hundreds of
bushels of apples have gone to waste under
the trees from which they fell.
We hope this does not happen this year,
for with the new methods of drying fruits,
and the necessity for such conservation
there will be no excuse for such wholesale
waste.
It is hard for us to realize in this land of
plenty that in many other countries many
of the staples we take for granted are now
priceless luxuries. We may be forced yet
before the war is over to learn, so let us
start in time to be more thrifty with our
bounteous supply of food.
"AIR ACTIVITY ON ALL FRONTS'
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Rambling Around
Bits of this, that and the other
picked up here, there and yender.
By W. CURTIS RUSS
i A lette
Voice
OF THE
People
Ij ,mi think the iixe of air
'.(' by itself ("Hid briny about
the rollaimt of (' rimi ny. a d Italy?
W'Htioiii L. Valentine ''I do not
think so, because you will always
have to have a ground force to
conquer any country."
Robert Boone "Judging from
what I have read, I do not believe
thev can be defeated by air alone."
HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
Mm. II'. A. Bradley "I think
the air power will be the major
pa it in winning the war, but I
believe it will also take some
giminii forces to make Germany
and Italy collapse."
We haVc ahvay- h hi that Oliver
Sht lien was ,,ne ..f t lie in st mild
mannered persmi in t"vn . . . and
ccrhiinly one of the inns', aecninmo
ihiting and grnci"ii- ler-"hs serving
the public in our acquaintance . . .
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cent
t ii.ns
Ford
Park
i heme and put on some de
bit lies" . . . were the instruc
given th- office girls in t.he
.. C. Brown "Definitely
think we will have to havt
t. .t soldiers."
no, I
some
r h..ir, him
the information h, .
is a violation i,;' t!.t T,
regulations to
without
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times. ri
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proper v.
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An enet.uiapii;
ians is the :;o nnl
which the govt -i :
for retail sales.
No busi
"lui.t.
Open Season"
The
'open season" for campaigning has
been declared by both gubernatorial candi
dates, according to the state papers during
the past week. w
Dr. McDonald said that he had been tour
ing and speaking from Asheville to the
coast and Gregg Cherry seems also to be
on the move getting acquainted about the
state and renewing old ties.
This early ground work offers an inter
esting angle. Mr. Cherry is of the opinion
that it is too soon to start the campaign,
and that North Carolina citizens are con
centrating on the war at present and are
not interested in politics.
He claims that he is being forced to get
out and speak for himself, since his oppon
ent, Dr. McDonald has "fired the first shot",
and there is something in his statement. If
Cherry is in the fight, he has to start the
defensive when his opponent opens fire.
Both candidates state they are being
"cordially received" by the powers that be
both in state and county political circles.
Time alone can tell, but from present indi
cations the fight will be a stiff one and each
candidate will lead a strenuous existence
until the votes are counted. At present
interest is mild, but war efforts, we doubt,
will keep Tar Heels from getting into the
thick of the fight, and it will end with one
grand contest in the next gubernatorial
race.
l.ut last Monday must have b en
;m of!' day . . . or n lilue Monday
i for Oliver . . . w- were buying some
stamps from him . . . and he fired
at us... "Why don't ymi write
; thing this week in your col-
u inn that people should do . . .'' we
j innocently inquired, "Well what
for instance?" . . . and did we tret
an answer and a hot one right nil tlt,y cut home
the bat . . . "Well, tell them tliey,.,.. SM.l(
t ought to barn to walk on their
. . . . , . o . I ., i.i.,, a.-
sale ot tile sidewalk ami not uimn.
pedestrian traffic . . . Tell ihein to
stop loafing on the streets . . .
Tell them to clean up their back
vards . . . Tell th in to keep up
. , . . .. . 1- !..,,.)- . . .
tncir nogs . . . aim nm i course no one could (ienv.
loud themselves about things . . .
Tell them to put up their chickens
so they'll stay out of other people's
flowers and vegelald s . . . Tell 'em
if they did some of these things
around here . . . their conscience
would not bother 'em and they
would sb-ep better" ... so we pass
it on to whom it may concern . . .
Motor Company's highland
plant, near Detroit recently
. . . tin girls had previously worn
shirks to work . . . and they had
decided that the slacks were not
kind to their silhouette s as skirts
. . . wise carls . . . f,,r not every
one can look their best ... in slacks
even if a! iiines they are the only
thing to wear . . . th-ey had dressed
in retnilar street clothes . . . but
the company officials would not
give them any work to do . . . until
and dressed prop-
sliatles ot tlvir grand
mothers . . . wouldn't that be hard
for those girls of a couple of gene
rat ii.ns ago to understand . . . the
officials -pointed out that the skirts
were dangerous and might g- t en
tangled in machinery . . . which of
.1. . B..wl,
think it will. 1
will weaken the
pie, but it will
t - bring about
.""No, I do not
do believe that it
morale of the peo
take a land force
ultimate victory."
Mrs. Herbert Br
,nd thinks so."
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erata in a imii.;,
present wartime i.
reporting umi. t
everyone knows ,.;
done under the v
snip ot tne press. K..i
acts as their ow n u i , ,
news should be pri:::r
should be left oU'. 7k
office ot censor, k;,,
gives an outline v.
gest following.
Recently unci, p
velt was in lih .
spection tour, the
could not say a v.
visit until he had ,
to Washington. 1;,
understand why t:.,
failed to nam;. .
j One edito; ;. .
I the public a- he.- ;,
S that aftei no,,.. , ,
j article ei. t j., :
i type :
: i vs. u e hi,. ; i
bus- ' him to-. ,
j home, wi e,-.n'' .
1 it."
Otis linrijin--"I dmi't think so
together, for I believe it will take
I a
; aii th
t hem.'
oce:
we
have
to defeat
Grover Davis, teacher of the
Men's Bible Class in the Me
thodist Church . . . turned his
lesson last Sunday into a "Voice
of the People" feature . . . The
question . . . "Who js a Christian?
. . . be gave us the answer of J. R.
Koyd to reprint here . . . First .Mr.
Hoyd quoted from .Tames 1:27 . . .
"Pure religion ami undefilod be
fore God, the Father is To visit
the fatherless and the widows in
the movie; their afflictions and to keep oneself
and under !unf..,0tt,.d from the world."
cparate cover two pictures of Jane "You cannot serve God and mam
. . one very large one in a picture nion. for vou will love the one and
j hat dressed to kill, in fact we have j hate the other, or hold to one and
I never seen Jane look quite so glam- : ,espise the other."
orous on the screen . . . the other! "j wjsn to make a simple re
in a military tap costume ... which ; ,llu,st to my Sunday school class
really brought on the whole thing j :lIU) (t js this . . . That you each
. . . for her graduation dance re-I take from 1(1 to 15 minutes of vonr
time this Sunday afternoon and
K. C. Moody "It could do a lot
d' damage, but whether or not it
ould win victory over both, I
;on't know."
a.
('. Fernnsioi "No, I don't
think so. It will be a big help, but
before they are defeated we will
have to use land forces."
IP. F. Strange "No, not by it
self. I think it will take a regu
lar invasion by hind to make Ger
many and Italy collapse."
I About the must thrilled person
We encountered during the week
was Evelyn Craig. . . Sh
I received a letter from
! star Jane Withers . . .
had just
America Drifting
We read recently that German scientists
working at Geodetic Institute at Potsdam
have reported to the Spanish press that
America is moving away from Europe at
about the rate of 12 inches a year.
The report said that the drift of South
America is slower, at the rate of eight inches
a year from Africa, according to the Ger
man press. Greenland was declared to have
traveled 600 meters (1,968.5 feet) west to
ward Canada in the last 10 years.
With conditions in Europe as they are
today, we doubt if many Americans will
grieve over the drifting of our country from
the shores of EjflKr If so it might be that
they regret th$ortness with which it is
drifting from certain areas.
cital . . . Evelyn, well known local
dancer, had copied the costume that
Jane had worn in "Johnny Dough
boy" . . . and had written Jane
about it ... So Jane answered with
a newsy letter about herself . . .
on the lGth of June she graduated
from high school . . . she wrote of
the picture she is playing in . . .
"North Star" ... in which she is
a Russian peasant girl . . . who
turns sniper when the Nazis in
vade her country . . . incidentally
Evelyn wrote in her letter that she
lived in the same town with Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Barr, the parents of
Gig Young.
ItFVlSFD XFIiSFh'Y RIMES
Baa. baa. black sheep.
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes sir, three bags full;
One for the army,
line for the sea,
And one for the warehouse of
WPB.
A small boy was hurrying to
school and as he hurried, he pray
ed: "Dear God, don't let me be
late please God, don't let me be
late." Then he happened to stum
ble, and said: "You don't have to
shove."
Every i eae. i . . .
newspaper Lei t ., :, ...
still on its toe-. I
regulations, ut , , , ;
keeping new- th, , :
out of print.
Getting cIom i l.i !,, T
taineor has .-rveiai t -stories
salted away -.
printed when thi hi-t
The reading pub; t e .,
that all news v, ,1 m!
cut circumstance- i i:
sake if safety. ; -'; :
that would have i- :.,
One of the pi ett.est si'
community right imw i
covered bank n. finht ;'
school.
A letter f, : ; I':
Gudger calls ny :
fact that th. .!!;,:.,:
Gudger Hill is ;.
to understand why -ville
advertising- ir.-i-3,000
as the elevati--n
munity.
One civic-miniled pt
ed the theory that th,
the community had' i
200 during 'the pa
and thought it pi '!- :
to use the "round -g
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Sergeant Wayne B. McCracken,
of the U. S. Air Forces, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Howell McCracken, who
has been in North Africa for the
past 14 months . . . right in the
thick of things ... a gunner on a
bomber . . . seems to be finding
things dull now ... he wrote his
father . . . last week asking him
to send him some magazines with
good "Westerns" in them . . . that
when they were not "busy" in
Africa ... it was awfully lone
some ... we suppose after such
high powered tension, the boys do
feel a drop . . . but from this side
of the water ... we would think a
lull in the game they are playing
would be anything but lonesome
. . . and would be as welcome as
a letter from home. . .
Take a tip from money it talks but
doesn't give itself away.
The lines on a husband's brow sometimes
come from his wife's ruling.
Love 'thy neighbor especially if he has
garden tools that you don't have.
Human emotions work quickly,
don't they? . . . one might say in
a split second they can go up and
down from the depths of despair
to the heights of joy . . . we saw
a perfect illustration of this re
cently . . , we were talking to Tom
Cathey, county auditor . . . when
the Western Union delivery boy
handed him a telegram ... a wire
to a parent with a boy in the ser
vice can mean anything . . . Mr.
Cathey, who is a close student of
the war had been speaking of the
combat activities in North Africa
. . . just as the message was hand
ed him . . . his face suddenly look
ed white and strained . . . we
could feel his anxiety and almost
read his thoughts . . . and when
he read it .' . . there was such
relief and such a smile . . . well,
you won't wonder when we tell you
what it was . . . from his son in
Alaska . . . sending his love and
greetings on Father's Day. . .
i Christian life . . . for they con
reau tne t, b and 7th chapters ot I tain the greatest sermons ever
St. Matthew and you will findt num- I preached ... as well as the be
erous answers to tell you, who are atitudes that come from the life
the followers of Christ. These ' of our Saviour" . . Suppose we all
chapters should be memorized by j take Mr. Boyd's advice next Sun
every person who is trying to lead day afternoon. . .
YOU'RE TELLING "MET
By WILLIAM RITT
Central Press Writer
GENERAL MONTGOMERY,
due to his wounds suffered In
World War I, has the use of but
one lung. But how he did blow
that Rommel man down!
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In the spring, warbles the
poet, the sap runs freely. And
almost as fast as the Desert
Fox.
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Hitler-Mussolini conclude four
day confab. Bel II Ouce has a
tore neck from nodding "yes" so
much.
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Three years of fruitless war
fare has shortchanged the Ital
ian people, costing them their
African empire, says a war com
mentator. Rome, it seems, was
not bilked in a day
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Crandpappy Jenkins, continu
ing to read about absenteeism,
says it's high time the presen
tees got some publicity, too.
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Post-war automobiles, as we
understand it, will be so light
that the heaviest thing about
them will be the down payment.
it;
Peaches sell for $15 a dozen in
England. In view of those prices
this year's "peach queen" should
be entitled to a title no less than
"empress."
THE OLD HOME TOWN
By STANLEY
Q HORRID ou S C EVERY DAY AT ABOUT f i
SMTH. TWSTIMSTMEYAuk)
" Ai l UKSox hUN Te' fir
f I (W!NIBCwVciu?!i FAVORITE SAOIO
t. W jf
A man who I.
known to over-"t
ing of the weath, :
in general, inchi-i
that be for not o
front. A woman -t;.mi;np
fumbled in her bag a !r.:n:
handed the conip'aine: a
letter from "ovei then- .
She suggested that h, ro:
He did.
And after leadirar ta
fpnilKiratll tvs hunllihtV, 1
toes, bullets ami lack 1
luxuries which the rm
here still had. the man ca
folded the single -da,-: up.
it in the envelope, nr.-! a
nort hio tint slvl'lldv sliPpeJ
with an expression et
dog over his face.
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AIR RAW WARl'HS
I'm sorry, madam, but ; h
band had a sligh' accident.
hoon fnk-nn to till D-
TTrncp"ifp (itaC
llliiiciiru iot.
was something '!ll':
blackout.
b
Have vou heard this
. .:;...,.. tv.,i arm
take up his work. Tr.c
day in the pulpit he ;
oio-hr minutes. Tile next
he preacnea -o n." .
lollowing Sunday
an hour and a halt.
Officers of the eh
ing a business m,
new minister was
Deacon Hoc
first sermon was
utes and last Susi
for an hour and a
Minister W el.,
just got some i c;
troubled me to ta -second
Sunday I -better.
Last Su:a
mistake and got r
instead of my ,v-
couldn't quit talk;',:
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A munitions p'. '-
.- ran--
noon found the pnsc-.v' .
health.
... . . vt mort
a dact vii i it l
a. r being Pu
year with the same a
.unimr a- was used
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