GREETINGS TO THE MEN i SEpJ
GREETINGS TO THE MEN IN SERVICE
THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
The Mountaineer
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North Carolina :
'MISS ASSOCIATIO
THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1913
(One Day Nearer Victory)
Greetings
To Haywood men in service, wherever
you are, in this country or overseas, we
bring greetings. This is your paper. It is
dedicated to every son of Haywood in uni
form today. We salute each and every one
of you as a hero or one in the making. His
tory has told us what kind of fighting men
come out of Haywood and how they measure
up in time of battle.
It is mid-summer here in Haywood. The
corn is in the tassle, the trout are bitting,
the moon still comes up over the mountains
and sheds its silver sheen, making a perfect
picture of peace. Life goes on, free from
the deadening sounds of tiring guns and the
roar of attacking planes.
But things are not the same. The lazy mid
summer weather reminds us that last year,
or the year before you were home. The
corn in tassle makes us realize that another
harvesting season is upon us and time moves
forward, forever dating back to December
7, 1941.
We sometimes wonder if the moon is shin
ing as brightly on Northern Africa, down
in Australia, or over on the great stretches
of the Pacific as it does here in Haywood.
Life moves on in Haywood on the sur
face as in days gone by and we carry on,
btit the calendar is dated when you left and
a big question mark signifies when you will
return. We are encouraged about the an
swer. You have been on the job and we
like the way things are shaping up. You
are making history. You are risking all to
keep us safe here back home, and we here
are pulling for you day and night in our
thoughts, actions and our prayers.
Appreciation
- We take this opportunity to thank the
citizens of Haywood County for their coop
eration in getting out this edition. Without
the assistance of the public we could never
have given you so full an account of our
Haywood men in service.
The information and pictures have come
from all sources. Proud fathers have brought
in the facts. Mothers, who were hiding
their anxiety and heartaches behind smiles
and come in and handed us the blanks all
filled out saying, "Here i3 what you wanted
about my boy."
Young wives, patiently waiting until their
husbands come marching home, have brought
in the pictures in uniform that are helping
ihem to keep up their courage. Sweethearts
have come in, saying very modestly, "Yes,
this is a picture of a friend of mine, and I
noticed that you are wanting information
about the men in the service."
To those of you who have answered this
call for service we thank you, not alone for
ourselves, but also for our readers and for
the men that we honor today.
No Doubt About It
If there is a Haywood County man in the
armed forces who has any doubt about the
loyalty of the folks back home to the men
in the service, we take pleasure at this time
in dispelling all such misguiding sentiments.
The response cf the families to the an
nouncement of the publication of a special
edition honoring Haywood County men in
the service has gone far beyond any expec
tation ever dreamed of by the editors.
From the day of the first notice and re-
(Continued on page eight)
The Home Front
"ONE LAST FLING"
While you Haywood men are giving your
best on the firing lines, the great army on
the home front is trying to keep pace with !
you. They are answering every call that !
has come. If it is a Red Cross drive, they
go over the top. If it is a sale of War Bonds
they forget what was asked, and dig deep
down and buy to the limit.
To date, Haywood County citizens have
bought approximately two million dollars
worth of War Bonds. The figures represent
a margin of $7)U,i!00 over the quotas asked.
Busy men stop work and make the sales, and
never has a month gone by that the figures
failed to go over the set quota.
In the majority of business firms and
manufacturing plants, the employes are on
a regular weekly ten per cent deduction
plan, and that money finds its way into War
Bonds. They are keeping the money rolling,
so that you will not lack for food or equip
ment. When the call came for the book drive
for men in service, the Haywood folks did
not go to dusty shelves and pull out old use
less books, they took down their latest edi
tions and gladly handed them over to the
tune of 1,500 volumes for you to have in
your camps.
The Red Cross chapters in the county
are serving your families here at home, and
you in camp. If you have a problem, they
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HERE and THERE
HILDA
By
WAY
GWYN
Hello. Havwood Mountaineers in example ... we could not be softies
uniform, wherever you happen to be with you over there and out yonder
taking it like true Haywood men. .
We are sure
we would rec-
. for we know
that every son of Haywood is serv
ing his country with distinction,
with honor and credit to his home j
county that has more nu n in the '
armed forces per capita than any i
.i : !i. Il.,:.l Ctfno
ocner county i uie unucu uwi"
. . . many ot you mountain noys . ht,re at home ,)efl)re
learned to tote a gun long uen e gam p(jt yQU m unifo,.m
Uncle Sam gave you his deadly, We ,)le(itfe you that you wiu
will help you solve it. In the surgical dress-' ognize you boys .
ings rooms here the women are rolling thou
sands of bandages that will se sent to the
fighting areas for use for the wounded. In
cold cash, they have contributed more than
$8,000 during the past year to the great
work of the Red Cross at home and abroad.
The
" . " , " - fireworks to piay arounu wun . . . your home as you left it
iviain aireet, wnere you may drop in while You were born witn a spirit oi the neart ancj soui 0f freedom . . .
on a furlough or your family may call for I freedom . . . that came to you;we ple()fe t0 you that we wil, try
aid.
While you are fighting to pre
serve the American way of life . . .
we pledge ourselves to endeavor to
keep it for you back home ... we
will try to preserve the same sa-
cred rights and privileges you en-
Uncle
find
still
t l oin your ioruears who uiaicu
a trail to our mountain coves
We wish vou might have seen this county and ou are ready and willins t0 , will try to keep you supplte
when the call came for collecting scrap metal ZZeTZ Tat Vou cou
and rubber came. It would have fired your for those you left back home
. they are lush with the
crnn of ve-ptjihlp; ever
we are proud of you K,.()wn on fertile Haywood soil . . .
fighting blood. Schools closed and business ? ai'" Z I n "ay '
, . ... fellas, that we tail to appreciate greatest
nouncs aiuiiR'ii upeiauuns to unrig in ine the fact
scrap. You would never have recognized You are toi)S in our talk back
v,,i i . ii i . ,, , i home ... no matter what the sub-
the main streets in the towns in the county. ;ject migh't be under discussion . . .
On the day set apart for the climax of the let someone bring up the name of
great drive, trucks hauled continually, but a boy in the sei7ice : maybe I16
, . has been transferred . . . maybe
even SO the streets were piled high Wlthihe has been made a Private First
to keep freedom in speech, in the
press and in the churches ... we
d with
th food
could see
the Victory gardens in Havwood
every conceivable type of metal article. They ! Class . . . maybe he has been com
went after that scrap just like you are going 1 miss'ond, af .'utenant . .
me japs iinu ine uermans
j major
perhaps he has been sent
it make no difference
evervbo.lv listens in . . . and for-! vv lr" au r reeling lor you,
gets' what they were talking about ll)OVS- wo are trying not to get hys
before . . . because Boys, YOU are : terical . . . we are trying to keep
the most important subject we can 001,1 an' se things clearly . . .
sibh -discuss todav. . . Oineiuise we might tan you, even
poss
Triij pnnnfi- 11 ofoo v, fi-. o overseas
1 tha new i n npaH inpr
campaign, and the dealers were given an and' the speaker who brought' the!
award by the crovernment for their nnrf in matter up has th floor . . . and j
the drive.
As you boys know, every farm in Hay
wood has missed you, for you boys who once
tilled the soil are now carrying a gun. You
have changed your blue domins for a uni
form of khaki, but don't worry the farms
are running without you. Pood production
has stepped up to meet the demands, and
your places have been filled with women,
older men and children. Your going has
brought the folks closer together. They have
more problems in common. The restriction
n ni.n. aaA1.: l. 1
uu la.ui n.auininj . ouuc I ion nas uiougru ity of ,,;,)t, what tlu.y .iiillt.,l for
about a fine spirit of sharing with your us . . . they suddenly come to life
are regular tellas ... and
we are canning and conserving food
at home so that you may be sup
plied ... we pledge you that we will
try to keep this country as you
remember it . . . and that when you
return you will not have to ifight
for your rights all over again . . .
for we realize the debt we owe you
boys ... it will be hard to repay
you ... no matter what sacrifice we
make back home ... it will be small
in comparison with what you are
Riving. . . .
Partiolisni is a funny tiling . . .
you may rock along without any
great show of feeling . . . about
your country . . . but just let your
country get in danger . . . and you
are suddenly broken out with sen
timent mi the subject. . . We may
find the deeds of those old heroes
on the pages ot our early Amer- i,ys
lean history dull reading at times
. . . but when we face the possibil-
lOtnerwise we
; iui ine "est intentions . . . lor
I we know that you are depending on
us to "tend the home fires and
keep the wood brought in" . . .
! while you are standing behind the
i guns . . . all of us with the same
! purpose in mind and heart. . . .
PRIME MINISTER CHURCHILL REVEALS .: .
war has taken a "most solid and encouraging" t..; L
undersea raiders were sunk in May, and in June :
best month we have ever known in the whole 4- L
Though Mr. Churchill did not say so, evident- ,s
Allies at long last have developed the weapons o:.
beat the U-boat. New long-range patrol p'ancs ;
more maneuverable escort ships to prot - ,-t cu.v
detection devices are sending Hitler's U-L jat ::.
bottom with accelerating tempo.
In the past two weks l,y
a day has be.n sjnk. at ..
MacDonald, British H.:. (
Canada. And, according to :
the past 45 days "scarcely a
ship has been sunk in the wi;
Atlantic."
Even the German military commentators conce it it.a
. -
oe -tr. In-,-,
Submarine a
Day Has Been
Sent to Bottom
rr.ercj
real
iirinn innniina A 1 1 1 ctA oV,ri, n lnA..... ? - T. . .
in years." From a high in March, according to commun,
German High Command, of 851,000 tons. Allied losses fell to 4
tons in April and 372,000 tons in May. Though these 'fi? !
IniiKf lace rtra'i tor Vinn rtut optnol Iaesak U i . ,. 66S
uuuuuvj 6vw fcii via v.vL4A iumu, tut; uo inaicate the h
'TTKraf nrarfara ta rrr-- Tin" n rt lnAratiinr1 i i ...
Nachrichten. "The enemy's .lavish use of effective dpnrh
hampers the activity of the U-boats to an extraordinary extent F i
- u( wuamui enemy patrolling of
- . "vi iuiuyean coasts and
use Laiuci-uuiuo aiiuoxi vu Lilts lllgu seas.
The Atlantic Patrol of huge four-motored bombers operatini
cf the U. S., Canada, Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland and
British Isles is what the Admiral referred to. The planes make dj
ui,ciiuvAiu5 o tcija ouu wabuu over C0HV0V3 m;'o I
nuie xioiii me nine uiey leave our t.asx coast ports until they
the British Isles.
Tho RtticVi Almtllll,nnJ A In Inini 1 l. . .
i i.t iiunuio.i; ivniiiiu issueu a joint comir.uiv
Into last month ripscrihini? a S-Hav hntttA in tirV,if.h u.4 i ... ,' .'
0 . nwt.it miui-uasea D a1
. i it nt l J r n4 r :i i . . 'a'
ui me rauui, uiuiuuuig o-i ijiuerators ana D-17 iy;n For
V.MU lo, ...;iU 1 : it
1 I TT 1 1. 1 111.. H. 1 '
io nammer u-uoai pacss slanting miiea convoys.
In the fight, which ranged over hundreds of miles of the A'
the planes attacked the U-boats with depth charges, machine-fa
them when they surfaced and directed the convoys' deslrove--s n
spot where they were hiding. Final score: 2 U-boats sunk, 3 probaj
siinK, ana otners aamagea. I
Also aiding in the war against the U-boat are the new D-E anj
submarine vessels being turned out by the hundreds in I'. S. shl
yards to protect our convoys. The 1, 300-ton, 300-foot D-E's are larJ
i.nd faster than the British corvettes used for this purpose. I
Germany banked heavily on her U-boat fleet to keep the AUI
from massing sufficient men and equipment m England and N
Africa for the coming European offensive, and possibly, even to staj
the British into submission,
ijasi year oermaii suus anu Domuers same some u.suu.uuu tons
Allied shipping, thus nullifying all new U. S. and British comtr
tion. In addition, much precious war cargo went to the bottom J
the ships. When thin-lipped, British-hating
Vice Admiral Karl Doenitz was made commander-in-chief
of the German Navy early
this year, everybody expected an intensifica
tion of the U-boat war.
Doenitz was the originator three years ago
of the U-boat technique known as the "Rudel-
system" or "wolf-pack," as the British named it. It consists of
number of submarines attacking the center of a convoy, prefe:
at night, firing torpedoes In every direction, and then, slipping aw
However, despite Doenitz' efforts, the war at sea seems to hi
turned definitely in favor of the Allies. New ships came from All
shipyards 7 to 10 times faster than Doenitz could sink them J
month. Hitler is finding, as the Kaiser did before him, that he cani
win the war with his U-boat fleets.
Tide Turns in
Allies Favor
In Recent Mont
The
Voice Of The Peopl
Due to post-war conditions which
do you think will be the safest bet
after peace comes: a business; a
profession; or a farm?
duce pric'--good
farm v
neighbor, that was not so noticeable in the
past, as today. The Haywood Mutual Can
nery is running day and night canning Hay
wood beans for the government to feed you
men in service. For all you know your mess
sergeant may be serving you "Land O' the
Sky beans" now.
Confidentially while on the subject of food,
we are not suffering, but we are not eating
with quite the same lavishness, but we are
not complaining. We hope our fine Hay
wood County beef are finding their way in
to your army mess halls.
We are trying hard to keep up with you
boys on the battle lines of the home front,
so remember that we are serving right along
side of you, awaiting the day when you will
come home.
am
don't forget someday you, too will
bf honored along with those old
boys in the knee pants and wigs
who made that last stand at
Yorktown . . . for you have more
in common with them, than the
lapse of time would indicate . . .
for you, boys are fighting to hold
fast what they gained. . . .
Proud Of You
We are proud of you Haywood fighting
men. Ever since the first call came over the
nation for men under the selective service
system, and not one was called from Hay
wood, our pride has been growing.
It was 'nine months before a single man
was drafted in Haywood, for the quotas were
filled each month by volunteers. It showed
the fine spirit of our Haywood men. They
realized their responsibility and they an
swered the call. '
Haywood citizens are proud of the 2,
500 men now serving from this county in
the armed forces. You are serving every
where the American Flag flies today and in
every branch of the service. Pride in you
helps us serving on the home front. We
cannot fail you.
Since you went away, the flag
of stars and stripes that floats over
the Haywood county court house
grounds has a new meaning to us
back home ... we know that it is
your symbol wherever you are . . .
at the close of the day when that
flag is being lowered ... we find
ourselves thinking of you boys
. who are serving in so many
places that once were only names
on a map to you ... it was not
easy for a lot of you fellas just to
pick up and answer the call . . .
you had to cut threads that held
together the ties of everyday liv
ing . . . your country is asking a
lot of you . . . but we know that
you are meeting the test ... no
matter where you 'are serving . . .
we know that you are making
good. . .
You have the biggest job ever
assigned a fighting force in the
world's history. . . . German ideals
must be crushed to earth and the
symbol of their power dragged in
the dust . . . the Japs must be hunt
ed to their last hiding place in the
islands scattered over the Pacific
. . . for the job which was started
by the generation ahead of you was
not finished . . but you must com
plete it this time . . before you come
home in final victory. . . . You will
have to make many sacrifices before
that time comes . . . and we folks
back home are learning that wars
are not fought on battle fields alone
. . . but we can take it, with the
same spirit that 1 you are in the
training camps and on the firing
lines . . . you have set us a fine
You might be surprised to know
how we hoist and brag about von
, though you are far away
you are the honored ones in the
homes you have left and the indus
tries where you worked . . . and
the churches pray for your safety
and victory . . . the business firm
with which you were once connected
takes great pride in telling of how
you are serving ... in the home
from which you have gone . . .
the days until you return, are
being checked off . . . and life cen
ters around your vacant chair . . .
no kidding, fellas, we are all just
waiting until the day you come
back home. . . So take heart . . .
Get it over as quickly as you can.
. . . Give 'em the limit. . . . Show
'em how tough a Haywood Moun
taineer can be when he is fighting
for his God, his country, and his
home . . . which signify the Good
Things of Life . . . that we know
to be the American way of living. .
W. C.
farm.''
Allen ''By all means a
will b-
ilhcr-
(Irady Boyd ''Conditions will be
o revolutionized after this war
that it would be hard for anyone
to tell what will be best."
Noble Garrett "I would say a
business, that is, if the man keeps
his head and changes with the
changing conditions."
Henry
business
E. L.
a man
business
the best
( has. E. a.
a prof ssi m '.:
and third a b :-
I
I -,v
Buy War Bonds and Stamps.
Mary Medford "It seems to me
as if business will be more uncer
tain, for after the war a slump j
will probably be experienced in j J. E. Ma?
most industries. Of course some iness will
new businesses will start up then, (for quite a
but in those cases manufacturers : over and w
will have to go through a test
period in order to determine the
demand for their products. I think
that generally the professional field
will be pretty sound after the war,
but taking everything into consid
eration my opinion is that the farm
will probably be safest. Of course
there will be a slump in farm pro-
C. F. Kirk)iilnik ' I ''
iness will ! - ' ;
cause the man n-- :::vrr.t;
ways of il.uttjf ;1,
a wide field of .:n"r:ur.:7-
bi-'"-
THE OLD HOME TOWN
By STANLEY
I I.1.V1JJI
ON THE HOME '58' ' ' '
HOME FKOHT- j '3 7sL
Dr. S. I
profession.
ably maintain a
army after peace
manv of the mem
Ga "I 1
Th 0 .-jr.try
i-irire
her? of t
ical profession wil
service, which
field to the y
on.
r,.ma;n
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NOTICE
NORTH CAROLINA
liN lilt 01.11-'"-- ,
BEFORE THE CLEW
C. N. ALLEN Aiming
estate 01 .
Deceased.
ine aeiei - yj
earn, iiauuc - .
Withers, Ann W.
. 1 tii- no.
pny an,P.e - -
action emiueu .
the W'T
of Haywood Cn'y.
lands to create a-?et, '
iii .ir take b31
they are required to W
office of the Clerk 01.
aula aay ui ". - - d
or demur to the petn. 1
tion, or tne P''""" ,:of
n, -t for the rrli- u 1
in the said petition.
Clerk Supf?
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