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' ? i i 1 ll ' 5 (One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, APFri ,; J Page 8 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER 1 l (J f 7 J Mi ASM t Jf4 v 3 u I 4 .7 i J J. I ! m I i: I.1;) 'Mi m j- V. i-i -f 1 The Mountaineer Published By THE W A YN ES V 1 1 L E PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone H7 Waynesville. North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Kditor MRS. HILDA WAY (iWYN Associate Kditor W. Curtis Russ and Marion 'I'. Bridges. Publishers PUBLISHED 1. VKKY TIIUUSDAY SUBSCRIPTION 'l ATKS One Yar, In Haywood, County Six Months, In Haywood Coun'.y One Year, Outside Haywood Coimlv Six Months, (Outside Haywood I'ounl.'. AJ1 Subscriptions Payable In Adwtnn $1.75 !)ile 2 l..r0 Klilflf.l ill I in- I'"- ' "I'" ' ' w Class M.nl Malt.-.. ! .m.l.-. .S.AenilMi- ill, I'll 4. . C . ;i Oliituun i...Ih .-. i .- J i i-.1 .- ! i. - ''-l "I "i.i'.l,-. .iimI all ncillc-Ps uf rhti-ltilihllii-li! l-'i 'l-lil. -"I In.- li.ll.'iM i--r .a the nite nf uiic tfiil ,. r u-,i.!. MATIDMAl DITORIAI ASSOCIATION 1 l" Nonh Cdrolmo w4k PWSS ASSOCIATION T'l THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1!H" (One Day Nearer Victory) The Light Of Easter We read that the lights of Paris were turned on fully on Knster Eve for the first time since war with Germany liejan, and for them it was and not in I'.Ml as with us. We wonder how the French people felt. It must have lieen in keeping with the Easter story of promise to them as once again they enjoyed one of the symbols of freedom Light. Court Adjourned We read during the week where a term of Superior Court adjourned in one of the Western North Carolina counties, so that the farmers could get their land plowed. It seems that most of the niendiers of the jury were farmers and that conditions were just right that week for plowing. The matter was brought to the attention of the judge and the lawyers, and those having cases in court. They all agreed that it was far more important to get the produc tion of food started than to get a few dis putes settled in court. That is the spirit that it is going to take to keep America and half I he world fed from our American farms, for on all sides we are told that supplying food demands will be one of the major problems. A Reminder Have you made your contribution to the drive for used clothing for the war devastat ed countries? If not do not delay another day. The drive was planned to be complet ed in this area in two weeks and it was .started on April 2. Look into your closets and sort out your clothing and you will be sure to find some thing that is still "good and useable", that you have cast olT. Or maybe you have id ready answered other calls and are down to rock bottom of the things you actually wear. In the case of the latter situation, look again and give something from your wearable clothing. It will make the gift ever more acceptable, if it is a sacrifice. What we mean to say is give without fa.il to the drive, for they need something o wear more than any of us here in Haywood County for here in the land of plenty can ever know their need unless we were over seas and were brought in personal contact with conditions. A Warning A warning has been sounded by Marquis Childs, who has made many trips to Europe, about the attitude of Americans who feel that the war is about over and that "undivid ed freedom should reign at once. He gives this warning, based on his knowledge about world affairs: "By keeping the brakes on for a time and making small sacrifices now, we can come through the transition period that lies ahead with a fair degree of stability. It's a matter of balance balance controls against free dom. With limited controls we should be able to stay on an even keel ; we should be able to preserve individual freedom. "It is of first importance, for example, to keep the competitiveness which is at the root of our system. But there is a kind of competition that goes on to destroy all com petitiors and the end is unbridled monopoly, which is in itself a form of Socialism. To enforce real competition, we need the anti trust laws and we need to have them en forced." - ' '' A Necessary Change Effective the 15th, there will be a slight change in the subscription price of The Mountaineer. Needless to say, this is the first change that has been made since early in 1941. Since that time, the cost of news print has gone up $11.00 per ton ,or more than half a cent a pound. Resides the increased cost of newsprint, the cost of production in every department of publishing a newspaper has steadily climbed. The slight increase made in subscription rates now brings The Mountaineer rates up to what other papers of the same size have charged for many years. MILADY'S SPRING "COAT! Once Again With pride we record that we have gone over the top in this community in the Red ( 'ross war fund campaign. If there was ever it time in the history of the world when the people should open their hearts and pocketbooks to the Red Cross it is today. Never has the American man in the arm ed forces needed the services and comfort of the Red Cross as they do now. The wounded are needing their comfort and cheer. The men who have been overseas need the touch of home they give wherever there are fighting forces. The boy who has just arrived overseas needs the interest that the Red Cross shows in him. The families Pack home, who daily live under the shadows of anxiety of their sons, husbands, brothers and loved ones, need the services of the Red Cross, for its many means of communication which it alone can supply. No estimate could be made in monetary totals of the great humanitarian service rendered by the Red Cross, so any contribu tion to the Red Cross far outweighs any money value. Again we take our hats oil' to the chairman of the drive, his workers and the people who gave so generously. sI,; ( mint old M- ttttI HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN It Will Be Like The Old Days We read every day or so about the money that is being laid away to build roads with, not only in North Carolina, but all over the United States, when firing shall cease on the battle fronts. That will be a great day in America, and will no doubt be like "old times" to those who can recall the first road building programs. That transition period is going to be tough on us. Maybe you recall how hard it was to get to Pigeon at one time, when the highway was under construction. Maybe you remem ber how we had to detour to Asheville when the present highway was under construc tion. We need not get any blissful ideas about suddenly getting on the highways when the war is over. There will be a few years of building on the great streams of roads through this country that will slow down our travel, almost as much as gas rationing, I rallic will not move so fast, but when it starts moving again, it will have been worth the waiting, we feel sure. We noticed for a period of the war, when certain articles of con venience became unobtainable, that we heard a ureal deal about the World of Tomorrow, of the won derful KadKels that would take drudgery out of the daily grind of living, as a result of scientific re search brought about by the war. We have also heard much of the great changes in transportation which will bring the four corners of the earth together as neighbors. We have heard much about how living will be stepped up (fining I he post war period. Hut these things seem to he loosing Iheir sig nificance. They seem to no longer count much. There is something else that is becoming far more vital in the minds of the people. The secret is told in one word PEACE. We do not mean inter national peace alone, that peace which will come when the nations of the world cense firing and the fighting fronts are silent. We mean also individual peace of mind which cannot be attained until the other is gained. Conservative Planning The program for the Chamber of Com meree for 1915 is being planned along definite lines of service and improvements in the community. This cannot be carried out by the board of directors unless they have the support of the citizens of this area. No matter how admirable and far reaching are their plans unless we lend a hand and do our part their work will be a failure. It is to be hoped that every person who received an invitation to become a member will mail back membership contract with check and instructions before the week is out. On the money subscribed through the prospective members will hinge the execution of the proposed plans of the board of di rectors. The season is getting late, and it is im perative that the board knows at the earliest date what to expect in the way of financial support to carry through the program for the season ahead. The board of directors after considera tion decided to adopt the "assessed mem bership plan" which the majority of such groups feature throughout the nation, and in this adoption put the organization on a more business like basis which in the end will make it possible to render a better ser vice to the community. Now is the time to lay a firm and sub stantial foundation for the local organiza tion which will be needed more than ever when peace comes to further the cause of progress and prosperity in our community. Rationing has stopped one silly habit: that of buying shoes to fit the occasion in stead of the feet. The definition of a Japanese Island: a body of land entirely surrounded or occu pied by Americans. ' ' Of late we have heard more peo ple long for peace, personal peace, than ever before. We have inter viewed countless Haywood county boys, and of recent a great number have returned from overseas. They all sound the same nolo. They are looking for a spol where I hey can take life, not easy, but peacefully. They are weary of regimentation, of the deadly routine of the armed forces. We have not interviewed a single man who once farmed in Haywood, who does not long to be back on the land, living in peace, doing what he did before the war. One meets civilians every dav and from the lips of them all will be some reference to the tension of the times lo the strain under which Ihey are living and working - and how they long to he rested once again. The whole world seems weary. No one seems to be looking forward lo n speedy tempo of living. We have met people ready to retire, hunt ing a home here where Ihey can find peace and living away from city throngs. The sec-king of peace is confined to any one group, both the young and the old feel ils need. Pet-haps Ibis tendency toward a more restful living will be one of the silver linings of the war. Maybe the mrfd rush of living which has marked the American way of life for many years before the war is a thing of the past. Maybe in spite of the new world in which we are told we will plunge after peace, we will find greater appreciation of a spot of leisure in which our spirits and souls may grow. Cer tainly the longings expressed to day would lead one to believe lhat this may happen. water First beer Kirst movie (with cannon fire in the distance and then to New Guinea and talked to the first white woman in over three years. Voice OP THE People Do you favor drafting nurses for the armed forces? E. W. Kogers "Yes, I would if tney are needed, just as I would anybody else." Mrs. L. M. Klcheson "If they are needed, Yes." Hofrell McCracken "It looks like with all the crippled soldiers who are returning that they are going to need them and if Day do 1 am in favor of drafting them." Dr. Tom Stringfieldi "No, be cause I feel that they are needed at home." Minn Edna McKay "If it is nec essary 1 am in faeor of drafting nurses." James Moore "No, I do not. I think they should have the pri vilege of volunteering if they wish to join the armed forces." Carl Bisehoff "Yes, I do." Mrs. II. W. Burnett "Yes, I am in favor of drafting nurses and right now, for they are needed overseas." "I am thankful for my good for tune "Happy that 1 shall soon be with my loved one:,, but at the same time I am burdened with i sorrow that 1 am unable lo forget sorrow and bitterness. So many of my dearest friends are gone-- either brutally murdered or care lessly exposed to death after they were in Japanese hands, who were honorably surrendered by their superior officers and the D yellow savages killed them by the thousands. I have no such feeling for those killed in battle. We arc soldiers and know that more than likelv we shall be killed, we do take chances we bury our dead without bitterness but this whole sale murder of prisoners " "Our new army and navy are magnificant. The thing that de lights me is lhat we are taking the war home to the Japanses and at the same time bearing the brunt of the Battle on the Western Front in Europe. The Japs were so arrogant, so confident that the wa;' in Europe would prevent us from waging an effective war in the Pa cific." Excerpts from letters from I.t. Col. R. M. Johnston. U. S. Army, first cousin of Margaret Johnston, county librarian, who was among the first 511 Jap prisoners recap tured by the American forces at a prison camp near Hababatuan on Luzon, give some first hand in formation about how it must feel to be snatched from such a destiny. "Cannot yet realize that I am free and that this wonderful ship is taking me to the States, back home, after three years. It is in deed a wonderful ship, complete with plenty of good food, real beds. and modern plumbing. It has been less han a month since I was re captured, but the transition has been so complete and so much has happened since then that it seems longer. Mrs. Neilus Sutton handed us the following recipe for cake known as "Bible Cake." She says it is delicious and that it will also make one read their Bible. She recommends both the cake for food for the body and the necessary leading as good for 'he soul. If you try it before we get a chance, please letf us know the results. Pour and one half cups of First Kings Chapter 4, Verse 22. One cup of Judges Chapter 5, Verse 25. Two cups of Jeremiah Chapter 6, Verse 20. Two t-ups of first Samuel Chap ter :), Verse 12. Two cups of Nahum Chapter 3, Verse 12. Two cups of Numbers Chapter 17, Verse 8. Two teaspoons of First Samuel Chapter 14. Verse 25. One pinch of Leviticus Chapter 2 Verse 13. and add two teaspoons of baking powder. Eastern Star Chapter To Hold Meetins On Thursday, 19th The Waynesville Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold the regular meeting on Thurs day evening, April 19, at 7:30 o'clock in the assembly rooms in the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Noble Garrett, worthy matron, will pre side. All members are urged to attend and a cordial invitation is extended to visitors. R. T. Messer "Yes, I do favor such, for our wounded men are needing their care and we should not fail them." Mrs. R. R. Campbell "Yes, if the government feels that they are needed I am in favor of drafting them." CAPITAL LETTERS By THOMPSON GREENWOOD TRAVELER Now that the Leg islature is out of the way, Gover nor Gregg Cherry is doing a little traveling. He looked over Fort Bragg last week. This week he is in Western North Carolina. Up to this time. Gov. Cherry has made only two long trips since coming into office, and these were only across the road to some made by lornier Governor J. M. Broughton. Governor Cherry returned to his home in Gastonia once to complete sale of his residence and made a trip to Wilmington for one of those ship laqnchings. TRAIN His Excellency went to Asheville by train on Tuesday night, and spent Wednesday in specting Moore General Hospital at Swannanoa. On Thursday he looked over recent industrial de velopments in Clay, Cherokee and Macon counties. Cherry is no kin to the Rooso velts, and so this traveling, as he insisted last week, is no pleasure to him. This visit to the West, however, will afford the now Governor's supporters and he had a lot of them back in the hills last May and opportunity to look over their new leader. Governor Cherry and his party, Bill Sharpe, of the State News Bureau, Lynn Nisbet, Afternoon Newspapers Association ,and var ious legislators from western coun ties will spend tonight (Thursdayi at Junaluska Terrace at Andrews, and tomorrow will visit Fontana Dam and other projects in the Kobbinsville area. SAMARITAN This is a little story about a crossroads good Sa maritan. The incident happened, appropriately enough on Good Fri day night, two weeks ago. A school principal in Eastern North Carolina was up in Yadkin county spending the Easter holi days (Saturday and Sunday). He hao driven about 200 miles that day, and he was tired, but was still, up at midnisht tnlk'na. as relatives will do when they haven't seen each other for some time. There was a rap at the door, as they say in mystery stories, and he answered, it. The fellow had a blowout .there were no service sta tions open, he was 11 miles from the nearest town, and there was a slow drizzle of rain. Although tired and worn out THE OLD HOME TOWN "The world that Rip Van Winkle returned to could not have been more strange to him than was the new world in which we found our selves, the day after our escape from prison. Thousands of Ameri can soldiers in a uniform we had never seen, armed with "bazokas." "tommy guns," "Buck Rogers guns" moving around in "Jeeps," Ducks," "Alligators," and other strange vehicles, all amphibious equipment. Then for a number of days there was all the "firsts" First American food First hot bath in three years First ice By STANLEY The ' Everyday CounseM By KEV. HERBERT SPA UGH, D. 1). Editor's Note Dr. Herbert Spaugh, whose column has appear ed in many North Carolina news papers for years, begins writing this week for The Mountaineer. He has been on the editoral staff of The Charlotte News for eleven years. He has been pastor of The Little Church On The 'Lane in Charlotte for twenty years, and has been actively identified in works for the spiritual, cultural and civic betterment of the cily and I'iedinont Carolina. One can't go through a great ex perience without being the better or the worse for it. Easter corn, meliorates the greatest event this world has ever witnessed. Apprehensive, fearful, heart broken parents who truly receive the message of Good Friday and Easter will find the days ahead a thousand times easier. It is tragic that so many of us pay only lip service to these tremendous truths of God. Never in my recollection has na ture olfcred a more beautiful set ting lor Easter and its message of newness of life." il-'ar back in an tiquity one of the patriarchs v o i c-;-d that question which has troubl ed men for cen- uries. 11 a man Jie shall he live igain?" Jesus ?ave a positive inswer to that question when he said, "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believcth in me. though he were dead, yet shall he live." Proof of His answer is given in a little Easter sermon by an un- known writer . man corresuonii..,., i One Solitary u,, iic was oorn m an iJ lage, the child of a ol,H Until He was tl,,,.. ,7" a carpenter .,, three vpars ll, M preacher. ul ..,.... . "c " "l " ""ks. He J office He n..,,., lie was never in a b never traveled i,(J hui, from the ulan ui,,.. ., " ... """-newji wo neve, uici one of the tfcj usuallv acr-nmi,-,,,, His teachings. Hjs frienJ ed Huii. One betrayed J Hie 4 n-iti i n L- 4',. m denied Him. He went n,!rl moi-Kery oi a trial. KP iiJ uf" a hum "ci ween two tj While He was dying hisejJ e.s K.uouieu i or the only fci property He owned on eanJ l-oui.. wneii tie was riw. taken down and laid in atJ ed grave. "Nineteen wide centime come and gone, yet t0(1 tne crowning glory f the J i ace, me auoreu leader of it v. me eariii s mnaDitants. "All the armies that even ed, and all the navies tk ever built, and all the parlJ mai ever sat, and all the tnai ever reigned put tojij have not affected the life A upon this earth so profound! has that One Solitary Life"! Don't let this Easter stupendous message pass we witnout allowing it to make better person. This "Ont tary Life" who has afteeM destiny ot miliums, will yours tor the better, if mi permit Him; for the worse i ignore Him ,merneavyBomijingw Eisenhower, utia4 U. I MW0M rcs zf? - - - - - - - - SSba.- J SO VOU ANSWERED MY AD FOR FARm SS Tgj-r ( HELP? HUH--LOOKS LIKE TS ) r JcV HELP IS SHORTER IH TH' CITY I COUN'ny VLA'ffl EZ 17 IWatchTGermanXReactiorKfo - A i Eisen.hower Radioed Appeal ' Vh4.,. ' " " ' ISpecial to Central Pressi "WASHINGTONWashington is watching with'consideatM terest the results of Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhower's direct radloiM to German army officers to surrender In the light of report! Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt had asW Allies for peace terms. ' Eisenhower's broadcast immediately fprecJ the purported peace overtures and left some m tary observers wondering whether the appeil reaping- material results throughout the Genul army corps. M I Eisenhower's , "request" to the enemy'ofcf was the lirst issued by a high Allied militarjl cial since the war began. Its wording-, howl left no doubt that the Casablanca "unconditia surrender" terms were still applicable I Bin stressed the utter futility of continued bloods by the German army and sought to divide I officer corps and their well-publicized .eneitl ;ine Nazi party. , J iThe broadcast was apparently prepared, too.' with the Russian's of utilizing captured German officers In mind. Soviet authoritieiM the siege of Stalingrad have used Generals von Sevdlitz and (PaulUs on frequent radio programs into the Reich urging immea .cjerman surrender. REPRESENTATIVE JERE COOPER! LU OF TENNESSEE minded Congress that it costs money to wage war He revealed aa oi jan. A, it nas cost the United States S273.982.OO8.000 . Cooper said that 95 cents out of every dollar spent by thelj lerii government these days is for the cost of the war Result: The federal deficit for the fiscal year ending JuiwS, tuiwjruuwui ue over tne S3.000,000.000 mark. WASHINGTON IS KEEPING an ear close to" Jap "radio! of life in the Nip homeland. In spite of the tendency of many m cans to view Oriental actions In Occidental terms. Washington i lomatic and military experts are seeking to determine the Import of every Japanese decision as it affects the future course of I Iwar in the Pacific. ' " " - -" I r 'Tnere is quite a difference, they say7 lif Jap "reactions to Amir B uian is touna in German radio broadcasts. i iip-oit on this score came during th 5tnn.nian r.?9 hambutfl on Tokyo when a Nip radio commentator frantically told IM" ence that the Americans were making a landing on the honM The Nazis, on the other hand, are thprough. stolid and fatalistic flirt honrln A. 1 . . " j at cne came Of war. Nofhino- lit a fho Tan reaction m 'natrt f- d i, ' r- l. "win ocrun. . Meanwhile, official - WashingtonTwatches " every ' enemy rfj deadly silence.' - - SELDOM HAS THERE BEEN as much advance'interest M tions as there is in Congress in the pnnffrmnl elections of ll and the presidential race in 1948. This interest springs froJ realization of Doliticians that thA natim. ...-.cernflrlS flf decisions which mav decide. h f.,t .ttn America. I f They also sense that President Roosevelfs grip on (he e!ecw4 ;may slip by the time 1946 or 1948 rolls around. There is Z I, oenet in Congress that the fourth term will be Mr Roosevelt's last, regardless of his own plans, mat his health simply will not permit him to carry on beyond the present four years. As for the Republicans, they see an dpportunity to capture control of h u.,..o ..... senate, m 1946. Democratic candidates for the House will be4 Ann : . suPPrt anJ prestige next year, they rv'M out MrtNn . Dfmocrats hav a feeling there will be at least u the Demcratic Presidential nomination m 1WS- i esiaent Harry Truman. Secreta -nor narry F Byrd of Virginia. from driving and talking, the prin cipal went out to help, and his folks went to bed. The man was driving a nice car, and he was ap parently wealthy, but freauentlv kindness is much more important man wealth. They worked with that tire for two hours or more, the principal doing most of the heavy activities, for the driver was" too old to be of much help. By the time the iob wax finish. ed, the two had become pretty good friends, knowing each other's business and so on. Before h pnt into the car to drive off, the man wno had been befriended cave the good Samaritan a check tor - $25.1 . . j he is 1 u developed i"-" the state's bigges' luJ too, ana so ue cipal an order for suo ber to erect a handsa- stand and bleachers for eround. Good Samaritans J"J ...... , onod waraea ior u.c" o seldom so quickly- CRIME - Although tl3 caoiUI. 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