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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, MARCH 29, J THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 8 The Mountaineer Published Bj THE WAYNESV1LLU PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone la? WaynesvilJe, North Carolina Tk County Seat vf Huywuud County W. CURTIS RUSS Editor MRS. HILDA WAV I W V N Associate Kditor V. Curtis Hubs and Marion T. Bridges, Publisher! PUBLISHKI) KVKRY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATKS One Year, In Haywood County 1.76 Six Months, In Haywood County 88c Due Year, Outside Haywood County 2-60 811 Months, Outside Haywood County l.oO All Subscriptions Payable In Advance nUril t tUe ll ufrlie l WimVIIJ. ft. (J.. Jlua Ukil M.tttr, pi-uvuld w,.j,r ll, Art ..( Wat- ti I. 117k, fovnr.txr jo, 1V14 Obituary ootie, resolutions of impet-t. mrj of IhAuka, utl ill uotlci of tiiUitiiliinieot fur profit, will be fljiirtftd fur at Uit rgt uf on -t)t per wuiii. NATIONAL DITOf ilAI in 'n iiii i it Nonh Carolina -V XWtiSS AiSOCIAIIoST, vg THURSDAY, MA K II L'i),l!M.l (One Day Nearer Victory) Sounds Distracting We notice that classical music echoes through New York's huge Federal Reserve Rank 22 hours a day. Investigations have revealed that, the music relaxes nervous tension and speeds work of employes. I!ank chiefs from other cities are said to he im pressed and may go home and "turn on melody." "Music at work" may have its good points, but as for an aceompanient to work, we fail to see how it could he conducive to getting the most done. Yet we have all seen school children sit right in front of a radio to study and apparently never be bothered by the (lowing of melody. However, if we were going to pick a busi ness where music might help, a banking institution would be the last :;pot we would select. Starting At The Root We were much interested recently in the statements of Dr. Luther Woodward of the National Committee of Mental Hygiene, in a meeting of the Child Study Association. He stated that education for family living would cut down on crime ami divorce rec ords. "We train or educate for every calling except the most important one of all -family living," Dr. Woodward allirmed. He further pointed out that education for family living must begin at home, for that is the only place a child can require the feeling of confidence and adequacy that he will need to make a successful marriage himself." The fact that, SS per cent of criminals were school failures, that most of them came from "broken or badly bent homes" shows, he said, that any hope for a better world lives in building better families. It might, be well to incorporate such sen timents in post war planning in the life of the American people, for we all know that family life has been seriously all'ected dur ing the war. A Warning The tragedies on Haywood County high ways during the past week should serve as a warning to every motorist. Due to cir cumstances brought about by the war motor vehicles are not kept in the best of condi tion. It is an impossibility under a system of rationing. This condition will see no improvement for sometime to come. In fact it will grow worse. Every driver of a car or any other type of motor vehicle will have to bear this in mind. He may have confidence in his own vehicle and its condition, but he will meet too many others on the highways that are not, so the wise person will be doubly careful. In the first accident a young girl lost her life and another was injured, 'but all six of the occupants might have been killed. In the second accident with its twenty one children injured, and the ten escapes from danger, could have resulted in the death of the entire bus load of 31. In view of the circumstances it seems al most a miracle that there were not more deaths, for in each case the results were potentially more tragic than actually they turned out to be. The operation of a school bus is a grave responsibility. It should not be entrusted to any person who is not well qualified, and to get such persons in the majority of cases it will take more salary than is being paid today by the educational systems, Curfew j While War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes has ' laid down the law, that "the curfew will re- j main in effect so long as it helps the war etfort, with midnight closings designed to conserve critically short coal and man power," the mayor of New York changes the hour of closng for the great metropolis. . ll is no doubt hard for us in small coun try towns to fully appreciate Mayor La Cuardia'.s problems, when he defied Wash ington orders. The mayor contends that midnight (losing has caused grave trans portiJioii problems in the amusement areas in New York City. It has led many persons to attempt to cram all their drinking into thirty minutes. It has resulted in many after-midnight "bottle parties" in private apartments. Speakeasies of a very low type have sprung up. The police problem has been intensified. To us back here in the country, with our Main Street "put to bed by midnight", with the exception of a few stragglers, we can watch with interest the fight between the mayor and Washington for this is one war time ruling that will not affect many of us here. Complaints In Reverse We have heard for the past two or three years a number of complaints from the citizens jof the community about the fact that there were no containers on the streets in which to throw waste paper and that it was not surprising the streets were untidy, as the town officials had made no provision to take care of such debris. Now the complaints are coming from the city fathers. They have provided places on the streets in which to throw wase paper, but the public is not using them. At least not as much as they had hoped. Our attention was called to a certain con tainer on Main Street around which waste paper has been continually circling as the March winds have blown, which should have been placed in the metal reciptacle. II is a small thing to ask of the people in this community, yet if it is not complied with, the results gives a run down at the heels look to Main Street, that could be so easily avoided. We make another plea for neater habits on our streets. It may be such a small bit of paper, that you may feel it would make little difference if thrown down, but remember if we all indulged in such carelessness, that the efl'ei t would be one or delapitation and waste. Our Pledge Renewed The following editorial from "Thorobred", the publication of the employees of the Day ton Rubber plant, of which Gentry Nyland, author and writer, is editor, might help to sooth your feelings after the check yoti sent olf recently to pay your income tax: March is a month of transition a month of shifting winds and rains, when winter pauses upon the threshold of spring, and with straining reluctance prepares to suc cumb to the surge of new life ahead. It is a month well conditioned to its namesake Mars, the Roman (!od of War. It is a time to take stock of obligations of the labored How of war and its domestic and internation al complexities. Not the least of these is the Income Tax problem. Your Income Tax is paid in full for 1944. The same feeling of relief invades our minds as when some weighty debt is paid. That is exactly what the yearly dissipation of tax amounts to. We are paying as we go. No greater plan for domestic economy exists. In this war a war that none of us antici pated a wise Government has made it possible for its people to live in the knowl edge that, if our debt does not altogether disappear with the cessation of hostilities, at least it will be substantially lessened. After the last war our country was steep ed in debt. The occasional threat of a de pression before 1929 was just a forerunner of the ten tragic years of poverty that fol lowed. We shall not allow a repetition of those black years! We are not allowing it! We are cooperating to the fullest with a wise and far-seeing Government. The return to civil life is as inevitable a birth and death. Thousands of war workers will resume their domestic duties, or engage in the job of making peace time goods. We know that this war has meant death, and bloodshed, and heartbreak to millions. That it has also meant financial opportunity jto most of us at home should enhance our will ingness nay our eagerness to share those gains in the struggle for peace and the fi nancial independent of our Government. For just in ratio to the independence of the United States, so we are independent our selves. No matter how mnch we may grumble and struggle with our annual returns, not one of us but feels a glow of pride that he has had a part in the eventual resurrection of the peace and security of a great nation. One more link has been forged in our pledge to "freedom from want." HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN "WHAT CAN YOU SI'AKK THAT TIIKY CAN VVKAKV' Is the slogan of the United National t'lolhing ( 'at lection for overseas war relief in the nat ion-wide drive to gather I ."ill million pounds of wearable clothing of all kinds lo he sent lo the need;, and destitute peoples of war loi n eounliies. We here, safe in the hills ((f West ern North Carolina cannot under stand the devastating results of the war because il i ; not being fought on our oun .oil .rust ,-;s the civilians in the North never quite undcrslimd what I he Soul 1 1 sulVeied Yes. we h.ue our hearl breaking casualties. I he vacant places in our homes thai will never he filled, hut even so ue call never know Die horrors of i'ns war as do Hie people who have been robbed of their Inline.-; and l!i"ii materiel possessions, They an denied the comfort of familiar iirioiUMlin.','. and associations in linn loss of the men w ho fought in I heir armies. Perhaps an advert isement which appeared recently in "I'oli tilda," lend in i.', newspaper of Yugo slavia's capital can give us some idea of conditions "Cost Woman's left shoe, size !)': black oxford round patch on left side. Ample reward for its return lo No. 112 Alexander Street. Belgrade." That small ad tells a grim and poignant story Imagine anyone in Haywood county running such an ad in The Way nes ille Mountai- Yet we do hear complaints shoes About ralionini! of liul in ravaged war lands worm millions ol men. wo uld children are coin;: :n return to the ashes of llieir former homes and possessions cold, hun gry and ragged. In the live horror lilted years which have passed since the war started the garinehls of the oppressed million.-, have grown thinner and thinner. Yet we here in America have lived in conifoi I with plenty to wear. We are told Ilia! they have patched ami patched, turned and turned again and often reinforced with old paper, even straw ami other waste for want of materials. So scarce and thin have many of the gar ments become during this winter, that death reported from some sec tors have surpassed those due to starvation and malnutrition. Here in Haywod county we have been warm. The men who come back from battle fronts tell us that we do not understand and we are sure that they are right. In this land of comfort and plenty we cannot understand but we can help. neer. about shoes, of Hie men. Reports of conditions in some of the countries include liKI.CH'M. Only one usable shirt in a family of seven. It is shared iy both sexes and all sizes of tin" family - and only -one at a time is able to leave the hovel in which the family lives. , FRANCE Lack of clothing is tragic writes a tjuakcr relief work er. The children have to stay away from school while their moth ers wash their clothing. HOLLAND The crude shoes which the children are forced to wear are deforming their feet and subjecting the wearers to perman ent physical handicaps. Few have clothes sufficient to withstand the rigors of the Northern climate. GREECE POLAND YUGO SLAVIA CZECHOSLOVAKIA the lack of clothing is appall ing. Neither ration cards nor ac tual money can correct it. In Greece one is forced to pay ap proximately $220 for a pair of shoes made of synthetic substance which falls to pieces after a short wearing. Conditions are similar in ITALY BULGARIA HUNGARY RUS RIA AND CHINA and elsewhere among the victims of the Axis ag gressors. This is not propaganda. It is verified by too many authentic sources. Our own Red Cross work er, Mary Quinlan, writes of the the effect of 's pride and give anyone same conditions as she distributes clothing and supplies from the American Red Cross. The lives of these people in stricken areas depends on I he prompt tilling of their clothing needs. The health of mil. .oris i f them already lias been seriously affected by I he lack of adequate clothing Tuberculosis anil ivplnis and other diseases are , au to have spread rapidly among them. Hut life and health are not all involved. They need clothing lo regain llieir self respect. They need il to go about the urgent tasks of rebuilding their broken homes and restoring their towns and eilies. We know worn clot lung on oik morale. Hags would a complex'. This is very far from us. but very ( lose. These people are our responsibility. The eases might have been reversed had the war been fought on our soil. Many of us have felt that there was little we could do for (lie war effort--Hut every man. woman and child in Haywood county can aid in this drive for clothing. Look over your garments hanging in your closets. You will find something that you wear little, but will mean morn to some poor ragged person than you can over know. Mr. 10. Yates Hailey, chairman of the drive, wants to close the campaign in two weeks. It starts on Monday morning. You will have time over the week-end to look your clothes over. Have your contribution ready on Monday morning and phone a member of the collection commil lee. There could be no more ap propriate time for a drive of this kind than during Holy Week. Give generously in His name to the'-e needy people. Letters To Editor (It is not the policy of The Mountaineer to publish letters lo the editor without signatures but due to the personal nature of this letter we are witholding the name of the writer- but print with sat isfaction the letter which should make anyone who has complained blush with shame.) Editor, The Mountaineer Dear Sir: I just heard a woman grumbling over food rationing. It really burned me up. too. She said. "I think I'm entitled to as much to eat and wear as the boys on the fighting front because I'm trying to make a living." I told her she didn't know what hard times were And believe me I do. During the depression I have had only one meal a day lots of times and it was only coffee black coffee and gravy and bread and not enough of that to fill my empty stomach. I've picked black- Voice OP THE People Capital Letters By THOMPSON GREENWOOD What do you think Is the best thins we could do here for the men when they return after being dis charged from the service? i Ques tion suggested by J. W. Killianl. Dr. C. N. Sisk "Fighting for one's country is a part of citizen ship and it has been done for cen turies. It is a man's duty to his country. Hut I think that when the men return and are discharged the should he given their old jobs back and all reasonable considera tions." J. I). Ezzell "I hope that they are all treated as 1 was when 1 came here from World War 1, just as nice as could be." Zeb Curtis "Try what they want and give it to them." to find out then try to l.eon Henry "Give them the best we have and the best treat ment we can give them, for they deserve it all." I,. N. Davis "We can do all we can that is humanly possible and then fall short compared to the sacrifices they have made." W. W. Willctts naturally and give we have." Must treat thei.i them the be:! PEA HS ALL Tom I'earsall. of j Rocny Mount. University of North, Carolina' graduate, chairman of the j House Agriculture I omnimee in the 143 Legislature, member of the Advisory Budget Commission, chairman of the Appropriations Committee in the Legislature which has just adjourned, attorney, superintendent of the Braswell farms (about lb'.OOU aelesi in Nash county, and tied in with the Bras wells of Kocky Mount 'by marri age), will in all probability be your next Speaker of the House. I'earsall has letters of endorse ment from the last three speakers - -odus Mull. Shelby, 1941; John I Kerr. Jr.. Warrenloii. I94:t; and Oscar Kichardsoii. Monroe, im.i and he has the blessings of other important persons. HODGES Brandon P. Hodges, Senator from Asheville, former stu dent at Porter Military Academy at Charleston. S. C. a graduate of the University of North Carolina, and alter that a law sliidcnt of Dr. N. Y. Gulley, at Wake Forest, member of the Senate in 194a, and chairman of the Appropria tions Committee in the recent. Leg islature, will be u candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 194!!. and in the words of Raleigh polilicos. "will stand a pretty good chance of making il." Mrs. Ben Phillips "I think they should have every priority." Mrs. E. It. Ilollaus thing in our power for and happiness -and jobs." Do every their good linil llii'in all Geoi'Re Brown, Jr. "I think we should cooperate with thein anil help everyone of them get jobs -and take care of the wounded and sick." Chres George (Veteran of World War ll "Treat them courteously, encourage them, help them to get jobs, because they have been through II ." Farm Questions and Answers Question: How can I establish a turkey breeding flock? Answer: Prof. Hoy Dearstyne, head of the poultry department at State College, ' says there is a need for a large increase in turkey breed ing flocks and in facilities for hatching turkey eggs in North Car olina. You will find N. C. Experi ment Station Bulletin No. 350, en titled "Improving Turkey Produc tion", very helpful. A free copy may be obtained by any farmer writing the Agricultural Editor, State College, Raleigh. Question: Do you advise the use of limestone on my permanent pasture? Answer: Almost all pastures that have not been limed in recent years need lime, says W. W. Wood house, Jr., associate in agronomy with the Agriculture Experiment Station at State College. He also explains that lime will increase berries to sell to buy a little something to eat. I have worn other people's cast off clothing and gone cold because we didn't have money to buy wood or coal, I think it would do some people good to go through that. I would give my last penny and go hungry to help the poor starv ing people in other countries. For I know how they feel. I think the best is not good enough for our brave boys over in the foxholes and the trenches. They are not only giving up homes and loved ones. They are giving up their lives, too. Life is dear to the young. Most of them are only beginning to know what it is to live when they are called to fight and die for selfish, heartless people who eat regularly and say "I deserve more." Bah. I am a long way from home but I love Waynesville and hope there are no people like this wo man there. Sincerely, An American and a Tar Heel. THE 'OLD HOME TOWN ' By STANLEY i ' 1 i 4f JLiiaV-m y BACK ON THE HOME SWEET .HOME FRONT- PATH The next Governor may well be Edwin Pale, of Laiu inbuig, who has the agricultural and small town - and financial outlook. Keep him in mind, for he is smartf and he's modest . . . and he has good connections. FUTURE Well. ou say. who ever heard of choosing otlicials for four sears from now. li s done all the time -and with ainaing accu racy here in North Carolina. Some times the applecart is upset, but not frequently. In fact, the var iations are so few that vou can name them on the lingers of one band ami still have one member free for any thumbs-downing you might want to do on such a system. OTHERS -.Iphn Kerr. ,lr . Libby Ward, of New Hern., .Indite Henry Stevens, of Warsaw. Tom I'earsall, and possibly an Army olHecr or two, are also likely candidates for Governor.' F. E. Wallace, of Lenoir county. yields of the pasture materially and at the same time bring the desirable plants into production. The lime also improves the nutri tive value of the herbage. Moder ate amounts of lime are best. Wood huu.se points out that lime alone is not sullicient for best pas ture yields and that the grasses and clovers will benefit from a topdressing of phosphate. hnl hiu !,., ' " tlniu li. I. ...I MUli come back in i i 61M ...v I 1 I I nier, ha' ing lo one or two adjuimm, ( illto j '""it y HARRIS Ret boro. lis said. H lna ,a"'"s. o! u. . for Lieutenant c"l ... Nil-IB Montis. , ' , . --""ooi Hill a.e iwo or tnree , ,.,. "mul vvouKi nap I,,,,, ttJ0 UJ , .i tun,- we , , ilist.-iii-o I',-...., o..i . SrlI1 o , U'" fu'l '""'. '""einii- ,r Harris is from pt.ls()r iroin t Hainan,: sandy rj Rocky Mount. T r , i.. Y.-uon i overlook L, i". i . iiaiieniine ln cal plans . Tin tutUfp ''How has apt; liail-fplJ fruit fJ easy going and met guy, he is dill usual run in tins twki ini uoe.s.i i unnK. ii,. (ot.sll sinoKe. And that's this day and time MJIIIfllJ San ' Francisco Meeting Certain . to Be . Success HING -- Mrs. hmg jJ mei iy miss r ranees Newsoj vmisioii-.-aiem and Haleigt new member of the Lniy,, North Carolina liuanl ,a Although only around 25 yj un speaKing ol a Human's J iu.s nay aioillld , 'atal! proximately", or. better. J ivirs. miner was placed hoard and it came at the ts nor wedding to Bing : merely ol Windsor now ol Bj A duel s aiming t. takiit and PVith. he'll print it, Burns. Well, this very lluj. ed Mrs. Miller a light hi: piace. i nere was some til related to it around Halm in the press, but the lady ,r some valuable t-ojit cihuiiore: versity discussions Since her husband is i ing some strong bkms , lubercusosis in Ninth ft since she is a new spajeu since her dad is a luluum; since her husband is an a he used lo play seiin-iuuls for Peahead Walker at Sow her assistance may lie tarJ licit, but aid just the sarni BAPTISTS Meredith C hopes to have $40IJ.IrUU of it of $505,000 raised by conn ment. Approximately $3l)l)t been pledged and given up: date. Wake Forest lias secuiw than $:if0.0(l() on llii'ii JM long-range program Mr. and Mrs. E. II Ear: bursar and assistant bursal (Continued on page) SHINGTO Guerrilla Fightinj Germany After the if. r i : Son Francisco 1 . ,,, . . ; Special to Central Press WASHINGTON The much-heralded United Nations mtetin San Francisco in April will be a success because it must be. don't expect 100 per cent approval of conference actions by u nations involved.' Many countries, particularly the smaller ones, have peacs intmj -contrary to, the preliminary proposals made by the Big m Nations at Dumbarton Oaks. But beciwj League of Nations did not work, tlw 111 nations are unwilling to be encumbered W organization of that kind this time. So. at the insistence of the bier countrH, future npnrp nf th nmrlil will lie largely hands of the United States, Russia m.6j Britain nlus France and China. The smaller countries, however, are exped tatton at whatw ternational peace table is decided upon.(Ijj America especially feels that it must na way of protecting itself against 0011011110? sures which might arise M the big powers for South American busin after the,"' There is a belief in Washington that-tw1 answer, will be found in a compromise. MILITARY MINDS ARE AfiREED that the war again I many will be prolonged by bitter Nazi guerrilla fighting J ivat.t.iwj nwuru IliUUILiaJll BCt-UUil Ol DUUtii'.t" - the German people by their leaders for a last-ditch fight M" I HCCOmnAniprl hv lnvitah nrpnflraliiuta tiurar1 this end. i Authoritative rcnorts from Stockholm and Switzerland relate i big under-ground "cities" have been constructed to carry J . v. . j . a, ., , . . rtA ifl An . jjgiii anu mai mountain mueawaya are oeing yiy for the Nazi leaders. This all adds up to bitter fighting ag4 Allies after the principal German- cities fall. A' VtnC2T WACUTWTftW PPTTISO - tul.ttun Individuals, Senate is offering a new one these days. This is a battle j : the Commerce committee and the Interstate Commerce cn of the upper house. Both want to handle legislation on t- viviuan aviation. j .' t..-. r v. w.v. it a com wc iiii.ciai-ai.c tuimnerce commiii.ee iiaa -- ,. Km .w, ,..n,ittee c uiii un tins suuievi wmcn me unniarrn -' 11 j . . .... ...:i hivetoi ' "icsi irom me outers possession, ine ocimic which group will have jurisdiction. A rD ttr-tit, a XT Tt . nitmr ... E.I.J omtifl tugal, was discovered wandering around the halls of paiuneni ana aartin? into inniviaiim aoorwavs i'j- . .looking for was advice on Portuguese as it is sPokenh0idM oeiore leaving ror tsrazu as economic aavisui 1 , of Economic Warfare more than a year ago. Dr. Baruc t troA Dn-tm,...A . . , v. .. ; j . k - T , , 1 ; a n tutor. I - v&kugucB; niui mc aiu ui a iia"itt 1 Portuguese is no passport to the affections of the Eurw ' tuguese. although it is a must" in Rio de Janeiro. ; , Finally, i the state department recommended a -i tutor Who pnuld rhnntrn 1 Tr Brazilian accents acceptable to Lisbon " . Sp" pri1 THE LATEST LEND-LEASE REPORT almost t . - . . oVi iauea u get a publication release An time to c (was out of the country at the time, there was a "lix-"pt i .,the "story, was released to the press, with the K-.fp frantic last-minute call by press association edltort w quarters got permission for. publication on. time. cf r
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