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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
, The Mountaineer
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NATIONAL DITOF.IAL
JOSSOCIATION
Some Confusion
North CnrnlmA 1
'mSJ ASiOClATIO
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1944
(One Day Nearer Victory)
Dangerous Legislation
Last week the county board of elections
placed in our hands copies of the five propos
ed amendments to the Constitution which
the people of this state will -be called upon
to vote next week. We admit that we have
not had time to go into each as thoroughly
as we would like. Four of the amendments
look all right io us. They might not bring
any great and revolutionary good to the
state, but they are shaped up to improve
conditions.
But in one of the amendments we find
symptoms of lurking and potent danger
danger to our democratic form of govern
ment. We don't like the idea of handing
over to the state superintendent of educa
tion more authority than the Governor has
today.
The amendment, number three, to which
we refer has to do with the changes in con
trol of the public school system of the state.
If this amendment is passed the present of
fice of the comptroller of the State Board of
Education set up by the Constitutional
amendment passed two years ago, would be
discontinued.
If this office should be abolished it would
mean that the state superintendent of public
instruction would be not only responsible
for the policies of the public schools of the
state, but also for the entire financial pro
gram of expenditures for schools. The
schools of the state are expecting to receive
around $80,000,000 for their support during
the coming biennium.
While we do not mean to discredit the
ability of the state superintendent of schools,
we doubt if there is a man in the state of
North Carolina, or any other state, who
would be capable of directing the professional
policies of public schools and yet have the
business astuteness to control the entire
financial system. Even if such a super edu
cator could be found we don't want him in
North Carolina. He sounds too much like
a Hitler understudy government official.
This country was not founded upon such
ideals and we don't want to start them at
this critical time.
We are afraid that we have not been giv
ing our educational system enough consider
ation of late years or we would not have
had things get out of hand to such an extent.
We don't believe that the people of this state
are going to vote for such an undemocratic
idea. They are certainly not going to do so
if they are informed in time,
i There are said to be 24,000 school super
intendents, principals and teachers in the
state. If the superintendent of education
does justice by his duties as directing the
professional end he has a full sized job.
There should be other offices to be respon
sible for the direction of the finances.
We are making an appeal in the name of
good sound democratic government to the
people of Haywood County to 'vote against
this amendment, for the sake of the public
schools and their future.
Vote against proposed number three.
In view of some confusion among voters
in the state as to the effect of the proposed
Constitutional amendement to abolish the
Constitutional requirement of private exami
nation of a wife for sale of a homestead, the
following explanation has been issued from
the office of the Attorney General:
"The proposed amendment would eliminate
from Article XI, Sec. 8, of the Constitution
the requirement for private interrogation of
a wife in the sale of a homestead and would
only make necessary her signature and
acknowledgement in conveyance of a home
stead. "The statutes now require, however, a
private interrogation of a wife in all convey
ance of real property in which she has an
interest. Adoption of the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution would give to the
General Assembly the right to consider the
feasibility of removing this requirement in
other conveyances involving the property
rights of a married woman as now set forth
in the statutes.
"A married woman now can dispose of
personal property without the consent of
her husband, but she must have the written
consent of her husband to dispose of real
property. This is not altered in any way
by the proposed amendment."
"FROST IS ON THE PUMPKIN!'
A Warning
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Special to Central Press
WASHINGTON Despite the smashing progress I
forces in the Pacific, military and naval leaders r.
erne iowi uie iaca oi snipping to handle the nrmi- '
Deeded for the big show in the Far East. Pp les 4
Bren th collapse of Germany will not irreativ -,. I
hortafe immediately. It will take time to shift Zl J !hiI
Demand
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HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
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We hear a good deal today about Woodrow
Wilson's plans for the League of Nations
and how his crusade was in vain. America
did not enter the World League. Her states
men did not agree with the president. Wil
son tried to look into the future. He knew
that unless some air tight agreement was
entered into by the nations of the world
another war would follow.
We have to face the same issues again.
We are in the making of another world or
ganization for peace. The same decisions
that went into the attempt to set up such
an organization a quarter of a century ago
await the leaders of the world.
We are being given another opportunity
to put into practice the ideals of world peace
outlined by Woodrow Wilson. Will we take
advantage of that opportunity?
We are wondering if the leaders in this
nation will have the wisdom of Wilson to
cope with the situation. We are wondering
it they will fail to get the world wide vision
The world in which we liev today is much
smaller by means of transportation than that
of Woodrow Wilson. We live closer together.
America can no longer claim to be set far
apart in the Atlantic and the Pacific so far
away that it is protected by its isolation.
Will this be considered when the final terms
are set down.
May the shades of Wilson cast their shad
ows of warning over the peace councils of
today.
Driving by the State Tubercular
Sanitorium at Black Mountain one
night last week, we were startled
by the lights streaming from every
window, with the realization of the
large number of people who are
ngnting this disease. The next
day a copy of the Sanitorium Sun
came in the mail. We read with
interest an article by Dr. Paul C.
Pedige on how the schools, parent
teacher and other organizations in
the community may help in the
preventation and eradication of
tuberculosis. Perhaps one reason
we read with so much interest was
the fact that we could not see a
room without a light in that large
building near Black Mountain, that
even looked bigger against the dark
sky than it does in the day time.
We thoucht of th hattles that
women and children are fighting
today, not in war. but to erain back
their health. There are many is
sues regard the World War over
which we have no control, but this
matter of health and health edu
cation is a responsibility that rests
right at our door.
to music hv the late T.iither A
Clark, who arranged the music for,
When It s Springtime m the
Rockies." This poem by Miss
Young was selected for the "Who's
Who in American Poetry,'' as an
example of contemporary Ameri
can poetry by a group of well
known publishers in New York and
the volume will also contain a bi
ographical sketch of the writer.
A Large Order
Should Have
"Poverty-Stricken Count Weds Untitled
Heiress." Headline. No imagination. The
headline should have read: "A Count Mar
ries Account." Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
You can still ride your hobbies. They
don't require tires
r
We see where the Adivisory Budget Com
mission of the state has under consideration
the largest appropriations request ever made
in the history of North Carolina. Its deci
sions will not be made public until they are
recommended in appropriations bill for the
1945-47 General Assembly.
State departments and agencies have ask
ed the Budget Commission for the "stagger
ing" sums of $74,648,038 for 1945-46 and
4,8J!,fall tor 1946-1947. In addition to
these requests for nearly $150,000,000 in
maintenance, the commission was asked for
$45,266,000 for a long-range program of per
manent improvements which does not in
clude a request for a new school for feeble
minded negroes, an institution for spastic
children and an extensive medical care out
lay to cover the entire state, which is ex
pected also to come up.
The uncertainty of how things are going
to shape during the next two years makes
it a rather difficult Droblem
While the General Fund revenue for the
state amounted to $75,622Uoi for 1943-44,
the revenue officials are not expecting that
much money during the current fiscal year,
and certainly not that much for each of the
years of the next biennium.
It is said that more than likely estimates
of revenue for the 1945-47 biennium will be
made on the assumption that the war in
Europe will be over before June 30, 1945,
and that some peacetime adjustment will
begin to take place soon after the end of the
war with Germany. But estimating reve
nues for the next biennium will have to be
pure guesswork, for no one 1 can tell just
what is going to happen.
To take the attitude. "I can havp
the services of a doctor any time
I need them, and the community is
not my problem," is like the os
trich burying its head in the sands.
We do not know when we may
contact someone, maybe not so for
tunate who will pass on their
germs. If the communities of this
state had done their duty our tu
bercula sanatoriums would not bo
filled to overflowing. Dr. Padige
asked the question, "How long shall
we continue to have tuberculosis?"
and his answer is, "We shall con
tinue to have tuberculosis just as
long as the general public does so
little toward its control and era
dication." That may seem an un
usual statement, but the disease is
preventable and curable. This is
likewise true of smallpox, dipth
eria and typhoid. While the lat
ter are In inir successfully controll
ed with vaccines, the prevention
and control of tuberculosis denends
solely upon hygiene and an intel-
lgent understanding of the disease
y the public in general.
The poem which has gained such
recognition follows;
MOONLIGHT THROUGH THE
MIMOSA
When the mimosa trees are sway
ing in the breeze.
I'm waiting 'neath a radiant moon
for you.
Strains of a lover's song are light
ly borne along
While we linger beside a latroon
that's blue.
Thoughts of you will taunt me,
dreams of vou will haunt, me
When streams the Moonlight
Through The Mimosa.
June-time or December, ever I'll
remember
Your face in Moonlight Through
The Mimosa.
I'll love you what'er betide through
life down to eventide;
Without you the world's empty,
heaven where you chance to be.
Night-time's r.alm enchanted, we
will take for granted
Beneath the Moonlight Through
The Mimosa.
' mat
Rear Adm. Carieton H. Wright
uuivi, on me Pacific 1
his finger on the problem recently when V 1
out that at present about 2nn J, en he H
and that actually 600 win .n m
DAillUttnflr t Vl A rVKlnmJ A altM.U I - ... . .
uiipie icrms, Wright exnlair, j 1
tuaUy 600 shiDS are needed to keen 2on a-m el thai
.bound, 200 eastbound and 200 loading or discharew IT'
.a i"- ' w port, iacihties on t rJ
,bast to handle the amount of shipping. Most nf th J e 1
on the east coast and loadinc them on the a. s p,r'4
v...i ifc. ,vu n, " , "w"'c means
and the Suez canaL MMiterri
r e -r ... ..anuiu, ja expected in th. nl
witl. few months after the collanse nf r.r ae
i """" rstanM
JUST HOW EJTECTIVBl the state department's susn,n
American shipping to Argentina will h vm,;n. .. . v nsi
though on Oct. 1 aU United States hfn . M 3W!,t
roods at Argentina Dorta. that countrv'a nrnn.. ., f calllni
r . " i""v-w sun can be
The hides, mica, flaxseed, tungsten, linseed oil, corn cir
wa lmnort from ArirenHna still an v,..ij . ' ' c
r 0 -v... v uauieu uy tinan sh .
'vimsuore, ruuruui, Argentine ana. for tho fim.
at least. British shins. tlmt
It was learned by the state department that United Stat J
haiu nrHnl 1 fin million m . . . . -"ilea fl
.It " "V" UUD"C" w ce delivered fromjd
tlna rhff vadr "viujy
Argentine embassy sources maintain that Argentina has a
nig ynvaio Biuyyuig inuuBiry wnicn, tney claim, can sustain Ul
uwnra-jujiiimw Liauo aunost up 10 normaL
OMAR B. KETCHUM, leglsIaUve officer of the Veterans of
io, luietnro irBuessneas rar exceeding that of World
veterans when men now traveli nir far uriWa n i
o " jv aiiu
handsomely and dangerously try to settle down
to routine jobs.
The older vets can recall their first several years
out of uniform. They changed Jobs in many cases
Just to be on the move. This time, because the
movement of men has been farther, faster and oftener
.Will be greater. Ketch urn nredicta.
And complicating it will be a financial angle that did not
Importantly after World War I. Thousands of youths in their
20s art holding posts today beyond what most of them can find
fly. If at all. In civilian life.
Ketchum cited the case of his own son. Before the war he
,the youth had a lob cutting' meat. Kiw v. .n n. v '
i - - " .n ruite omcf
Charge of a crew of nine men and responsible for a bomber J
ot uiousanos or dollars. Thousands of others like him ai
jolng to be happy going back to being ribbon clerks. Ketchd
Wor
Usual
that
The
Voice Of The Peopl
D, you think that the Grrmnn believe that some of the ol
people trill fiallt to n tininh OS an rnailv tn frivo un nnw
i ordered by Hitler, or dn yon belie re '
I 1 1, .. tu :n .. f. -, t . e mi
i " "', " ' r "" r T"r "r- ' J"hn Boyd-"l think thl
i , generation would be clac
' v ..." today, but I believe that tha
. ' Linm rinyneta - "i tnink
Take our own community. We
have the facilities right here with
which to fight this dreaded disease.
We have an excellent health de
partment where every citizen of
the county is entitled to go and
have a test made. There are bat
tles to be fought right here at
home as well as on the front lines.
These patients in the Sanitorium
in Black Mountain include manv
age groups, families have been
broken up just as the casualty lists
coming from overseas are doing.
Yet there was a cheerful side to
those lights gleaming into the
darkness of night. Through care
lessness of someone these people
had been stricken, but they are be
ing given a chance back to health.
But the crusade of health should
be stressed from the standpoint of
prevention, then the curing pro
gram would not be so extensive.
There is so much to dampen
one's hapiness these days that when
"before the war type of joy" is
registered about us it give a flow
of reflected warmth. Tnlro tho
Glenn C. Palmer family, they have
been radiant with son Joe home
from the South Pacific and son-in-law
B. F. Nesbit home on furlough.
Then there are the Ben Colkitt's,
they have had a mighty pleased
look during the oast week. Rnbhv
amm, was home for the first time
in 18 months. Then take that long
nne oi people last Saturday after
noon who stood with exnetjjnt
faces and that look of "being thank
ful for which they were about to
receive," waiting their turn to get
some of the "fatted calf," bought
by the First National Bank at the
tat Calf show. Of course none
"f the 200 or more looker! hnnirrv
exactly, but they were wanting to
get at that Slier barbecued meat
and who wouldn't if they had ever
once tasted it.
they will be glad to surrender as
soon as they can do so safely for
I their own protection."
I
A. II ), " believe there is
a minority who would like to sur
rend' i t.o-v. hut I think the ma
joi it will tieht to the finish."
have grown un in the
' under Hitler's rule will fisrhl
finish."
I
Mrs. K. F. Wnterhiiry-M
lieve that the German
! to the end."
i"i McKni '
fifrht to the fini
I think
ih."
.1 ;
they will
J or Tute"l believe that they
will rebel against Hitler's orders,
rather than fight to the finish."
Perhaps one reason we were so
health minded was the fact that we
had visited that same afternoon the
Infantile Paralysis Emergency
Hospital in Hickory, where such
wonderful work is being done.
The new edition of "Who's Who
in American Poetry," will contain
a po'.-in by a Haywood county wo
man. None other than Miss Adah
Manning Young, assistant librar
ian at the county library. Miss
Young is a native of Virginia but
has been living in Clyde since 1923,
so we are claiming her. In a recent
volume, "Of America We Sing" a
patriotic anthology of poems and
lyrics, dedicated to the American
Armed forces, there are four
lyrics by Miss Youne- Thpv in.
elude, "We will ligfyt up the camp
fires Down in Dixie." "Prim
Lane," and "Moonlight Through the
Kill Extraction Pain
The severe pain of a dry socket
after tooth extraction can be re
lieved by Injections of vitamin B.
it if said.
Minn Margaret Johnston "No, I
think thev will fight to the end,
for already there are signs that
they will not follow Hitler's orders."
Robert 1'earce "As long as
Hitler holds control of things and
the Gestapo are in charge under
him, they will fight, but when and
if he looses control they might sur
render." Carl A. Bisrhot?"l think the
Germans are h hn
to let Hitler lead them and they
will fight to the finish under him."
TRANSACTIONS i
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Heal Mtai
(Re Rerorded to Monday
Of This Week)
Deaerdam rwi
Lon R. Goodson, et u
Fore, et ux.
Daisev Bui'knor to J- -
et ux.
Gudger W. limowshire
Alvin A. Mills, et ux.
Hubert I,. Park, et ux M
L. Liner, et ux.
James E. Henderson
Lon R. 'Goodson, et ux.
Cecil 7"'
Ned Moody to AI
t'h
William Chambers "I believe
some of the younger men will be
afraid not to follow Hitler, but I
Clyde Toirulii
A .Vontnrii Inc. to
i M. Pickens.
I A V..rtmv Inf..
Glenn.
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Chambers, et ux.
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j Davis, et ux.
John M. Queen, ft
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A. L. Brooks, Tru-.. t
Smathers. et uv.
L. S. Gauldeii.
Spitzer, et ux.
M. G. Stanley
and Buck, Inc.
M G. Stanley.
Lay, et ux.
et ux
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