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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, APRIL i n J Page 8 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER i. 1 i .1 i i k .Sit' G I1 v a.! i ft i "Li H 0 - l,.- it, 1 li I I ft J 41 l It 4 y h ' ii iN 41 a V ' I 1 1. hi IV V! si I At 1 1 i in ! if Hi 1' 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 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION HATES One Year, In Haywood County $2.00 Six Months, In Haywood County 1.25 One Year, Outside Haywood County 2 50 Six Months, Outside Haywood County 1.50 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Klilrrril lit Hie pn-t ..tti. .- ,1 VV'.n u- ill"-, 1'. i.n Sr. .,i,,l Class Mail .VI.Ut.-r, a; ,n,v 1. 1, .1 "ui,.i i tin- A. I "I Mmrh , loTa, November 'Mf. 1 h 1 4 . Obituary untie t-r. le-tiilutioii- ul it- .t. t. ;,i,l i f titanic, iill'l all notires ul elitei l.iilii.ie lit t'.I ,l,.tll. fill lit- tli.tlfr,l tut -t tlie r;ite of one ei.l im u,,i,l. NATIONAUDITORIAL. ACA-ATirll in in North Co rod no vjv. THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1915 (One Day Nearer Victory) Check Your Brakes During a six-week period, from April 15 until June 1, the police of the nation will check the brakes of all cars, according to state highway patrol, the city police and safety departments. The object is to help make cars last longer and to reduce acci dents. The brake check will be timely, it was pointed out, "because, usually accidents in crease sharply in the spring. Since cars on the average are twice as old today as they were before the war, they are more likely to suffer breakdowns. The brake check should be an invaluable aid in holding the line against the certain threat. The program is sponsored by the Inter national Association of Police, and is sup ported by nearly 100 national organizations, including the Office of Defense Transporta tion and U. S. Army Service Forces. Police throughout North Carolina are cooperating in this national program. As was declared by General Somervell, chief of the U. S. Army Service Forces, when he endorsed this program, "Every automobile in America must be regarded as a weapon in our all-out war effort. No new cars will be made until after the war yet, last year, a quarter million were damaged so badly in accidents, they went to the scrap heap." A simple brake check has been devised which will take a police officer only a minute to make. It is to be hoped that all motor ists will cooperate in this war-time program by having their brakes checked voluntarily at repair shops and by making sure the entire car is in safe operation condition. Traffic accidents have taken the lives of more than three quarters of a million human beings in the nation during the past 25 years, have crippled countless others, and have piled up economic losses running into billions of dollars. Motorists can assist by getting their brakes and other parts of the car tested and repaired as occasion demands. With public cooperation, the program will accom plish its two-fold objective: a saving of our most essential home-front weapon of war--transportation ; and prevention of the loss of thousands of lives and limbs The Right Note We are much gratified to note that the ministers of the community are planning to keep the churches open on the day that the combat lines in the European theatre fire their last shot. We are glad that the en tire community will unite in a community service on that day in a church. While our hearts will be rejoicing on .that day, our observance should not turn to boisterous celebrations. It should be a day of thanksgiving to the Heavenly Father, that at last the fighting has ceased. To many the day will bring mingled emotions. It will bring joy and sadness. For it will mean to many that the war has ended in that area, but that their son will not be returning, for he lies buried some where in Holland, somewhere in Belgium, somewhere jn France or somewhere in Ger many. They will rejoice with those who will have their families returning, but their hearts will be sore for their own loved ones. Those who have only joy for their own coming home should turn with sympathy to those who suffer with aching hearts, and so from neither angle should the day take the turn of festive gaiety. The price has been too great ' " We Mourn His Death The death of President' Roosevelt last Thursday shocked the world and the impact of which has been felt throughout the United States and in every corner of the globe. On last Friday morning practically every per son we contacted seemed to feel the loss of a personal friend. The tragedy of his death coming at the climax of his greatest usefulness to his country and to the world brought a realiza tion to everyone that he held a unique and distinctive place in the hearts of American citizens and of the world. He was the greatest leader of his time, and perhaps of all times in the United States. We have produced great leaders in Amer ica, but they have not had to deal with such complicated problems as has President Roosevelt. They have not been faced with such stupendous international problems. We are deprived of that great leadership at a critical era in our history and the his tory of the world. While he will be re membered as a great leader, he will also go down in history as the great leader of world affairs. He had worked long for peace and he was looking forward to translating his plans into reality. President Roosevelt steered this country through a great domestic crisis and he was in the midst of guiding the entire world in laying the foundation of an enduring peace. We had all thought of President Roose velt as laying the final plans in San Fran cisco, but "his spirit will be there and the rest of us can only hope and pray that his vision will shajH' the immortal pact for which the world waits." Sincere at all times, it was interesting how often his critics came around to see in the long run, that he was right in his policies. While we know that he was a great man, we feel that in time history will accord him a place all alone in greatness the greatest distinction ever given to an American citizen. He was not only a citi zen of the United States of America, but of the world that mourns with us in this dark hour. Just A Loan It would be difficult to estimate what Mr. and Mrs. ,J. M. Long have done to adver tise this section and how far reaching the golf course and country club have been in bringing people to this area. Visitors wishing to play golt, who seem of late years to be in a big majority, were beginning to mark Waynesville off their list as possible vacation spots. They were going where they could have climate and scenery, and their favorite outdoor sport. They were passing us up, and they were the kind of people we were wanting to stop and stay with us. Then Mr. and Mrs. Long came to the rescue. While they developed a profitable business for themselves in the Waynesville country club and golf cours, they also ren dered a service to the community that can not be reckoned in dollars and cents alone. They built up a patronage which drew people from all over the country. Visitors came one season, told their friends about the place and the latter would come the next year to join their friends. And so on and on it went, and those stopping in Waynes ville were given the privilege of playing on the course, so the numbers of visitors in creased all over the area. After selling the property, Mr. and Mrs. Long purchased a beautiful home in Hen dersonville, in which they are now residing. We have it upon good authority that they plan to live in Hendersonville until after the duration and then return to Waynesville, and build a home on their property overlooking the golf course. We hope that they do not change their minds. In the meantime we want to remind the folks over in Hender sonville that we are just loaning Mr. and Mrs. Long to them for the duration and that they are merely visiting, for not so long we are hoping. Their place in our community life will be waiting for them and they will be greatly missed during their absence. Entire Nation Mourns Death I Of Franklin D. Roosevelt; Vast Tasks Face Truman I niiiLi.i.i iwffwummwmiw mumuiimmm puiiwihii in hhiiii im iiiviuhwiu tn 'Vsss&; i$tr.iz?i $ii i Wit'' ' W 11W 1 1 -' niniinnimff&'fli"rs JnniiiiiitLjMiuwMJiiiiwTnfrTtT ti iri Voice OF THK People What time and bow did you hear of the death of President Roose velt and what were your reactions? A. E. Ward "We got it on the radio around 5 o'clock. In short my reaction was that there was not a man in the world who could take his place. " Henderson Jones "I live by myself in the country, without a radio or a phone, or a paper and in coming into town on Saturday morning on the bus I read for the first time the headlines of a paper in a newsstand telling me of President Roosevelt's death. I thought he was one of the great est leaders and I have wondered who would be called upon to take his place." Mrs. Rufus Long "I first heard the sad news at church, Long's Chapel, on Thursday night around 7 o'clock. My reaction was that the nation and every individual had lost a friend." Rev. Walter West "I happened to run up to Sylva to see a friend on Thursday afternoon and he told me around 5 o'clock. I was ter ribly shocked. I think at this critical time it was a great cal amity that he should go. 1 wish he could have lived until he had seen victory and helped build the world peace. I think the com mon man has lost his greatest friend." A FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT JAN I' A BY :i0, 1882 APRIL 12, 1945. S THE runs of America's fighting forces sounded ever closer the doom of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in Warm bpnntfs, Georgia, where he bad been resting for 10 days. Less than four months had elapsed since he had taken his historic oath of office for a fourth term. Only u few weeks before he had returned from the Yalta conference where in company with Marshal Stalin of Russia and Prime Minister Churchill of Great Britain he had labored to build an endur ing peace. Fate denied Franklin Roosevelt the chance to onjoy the fruits of victory over the Axis. Yet history seemed destined to enshrine him as one of the immortal American Presidents. And every citizen who mourned the untimely passing of the Commander-in-Chief felt that he was a casualty of the war just as surely as every G. I., Marine and Sailor who had fallen in battle. Tech. Fifth Grade Moses Mc f'racken (Home after 30 months ovcrseasi "I hoard it around 5 o'clock on the radio. I felt pretty bad. for I am afraid his death will hurt our cause." HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN Only Fair Our fighting men were given- the privilege of taking out $10,000 worth of national ser vice life insurance, at low cost rates shortly after the war was declared. It was a five year term insurance. Some of the policies will expire within a year unless Congress does something about it. A bill has been introduced to extend the time for anaother five years, with an auto matic provision of the extension of the life of these policies for men who are on com bat duty. We trust the bill is passed be fore it is too late. This would be an un pardonable oversight on the part of the home front. This type of insurance with a maximum of $10,000 costs the man in the armed forces less than one-half what it would cost to carry in civilian life, which is a just and fair arrangement. They have earned this consideraton. - - "When We Are Green We Grow" It ba:. always been a real I brill to us to write about (lie rural women of Haywood county and the Ureal impetus that the home demonstration clubs have been in opening new avenues of interest to our women. These clubs have helped raise Hie standards of living in making routine jobs more vital, in the heautifieation of homes inside and outside, and of adding new est to livin1,' on (arms in geiM'i'al. Now comes the request thai we review Hit1 story of (he work in North Carolina which has Ik en so fascinatingly told by Or. .lane S. MeKiniinoii, who is re sponsible for the work in our slate. We like the litle of the book, "When We Are Green We Grow." It signiltes that in a state of freshness one is ready (o grow and that with opportunity given one does grow. In case you would like to read (he book, you will find it in the Haywood county library. was a combination of errand girl, family counselor, emergency nurse, and instructor in housekeeping techniques." From its small be ginnings in five Soul hern stales of North Carolina, South Carolina. Tennessee, Virginia and Missis sippi, the home demonstration work has been organized in every part of this country. George A. Brown, Jr. "Mr. Slamey called me at 6:10 and it was the first I heard of it. My reaction was one of great shock and I felt it was one of the great est losses in leadership we have ever had, not only nationally, but also internationally. I felt that President Roosevelt had won the war and I trust the leadership he set up will go along as he had intended it should." Jim Carnes "I heard it early Friday morning over the radio, at home. I believe the first words 1 said to my wife were, 'There is not a man living who can take his place'." In the introduction of the book is told the story of Seaman A. Knapp. who proved to be the Moses who led the South to better agricul tural methods and better living after the advent of the dreaded boll weevil. He has been called the one great agricultural states man this country has produced. His adult educational movement among the farmers of the South secured the interest, of their wives, their sons, and their daughters as .well. "You may doubt what you bear; you may even doubt what you see; but you cannot doubt what you hear, see and are permitted to do yourself." is credited to this great teacher, when he placed good community demonstration farms in different .parts of Texas. We realize today what demonstra tions have done to promote and develop agriculture in our own county. It has been and is the most effective method of teaching agricultural practices. It was through Or. Knapp that the corn and canning clubs for boys and girls were started, that eventually brought about the home demon stration clubs for women. A word about Mrs. McKimmon rOur admiration dates, back long er than we might like to admit. We first met her at an aiumnae meeting at Peace Institute, while we were a student there. We have never forgotten her charm and how much she impressed us, and our admiration has grown with the years, as her work has expanded and become a mighty service that today extends through 99 counties of the state. She became North Carolina's first state demonstra tion agent in 1911. In those days of "unpaved roads the home agent In 1910 in South Carolina work was started among Hie women and girls on a small scale. That same year a stale home agent was ap pointed in Virginia and in 11)11 the work was organized in North Carolina. Tennessee and Missis sippi. The hoys had corn clubs and the girls wanted an organiza tion of their own. As a result, gardening and canning chilis were organized. These initial groups were the forerunners til Hie work which has so extensively been developed. Dr. C. N. Sink ' I heard it at (1:00 o'clock Thursday afternoon over the radio. My reaction was one of extreme shock. I could hardly believe it." Fred L. SafTord 1 heard it over the radio at C o'clock over the Esso reporter broadcast Thurs day afternoon. I felt it was not only a world loss, but also a per sonal loss." M. IL Bowles "I first heard the news about 6 o'clock over the radio at home. I don't know when I have had such a shock or felt such a loss." I. O. Schaub was then director of the North Carolina corn clubs. It so happened (hat he lived next door to Mrs. McKimmon in l!al eigh, and he watched her garden with keen interest. He asked her to speak at the Farmers Institutes on gardening. When he added a garden and canning project for the farm girls he thought of his neighbor, who lived so successfully. There was the sum of $300 avail able from the General Education board for the employment of a supervisor for this work and Mrs. McKimmon was appointed to do the job. She had no office for her work, which was carried on from her home. She wrote her letters and made her reports in long hand. Her dining room table was her desk. Quite a contrast to the work today, with its 25 of fices and laboratories at State Col lege, in addition to the negro work is done from the A. and T. Col lege. Greensboro. Mrs. McKim mon served as state home agent until 1937, when she became as sistant director of extension at A PLAGUE IN THE LAND" The Everyday Counsek Hy REV. IIEltllKUT SPAUGH, I). . Death always stuns a household. In the passing of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the household of our United Stales is deeply stunned. He was a great man by many standards, even those of his critics. He served his day and generation in a way which only time will re veal. Millions Ihroughout the world will pay tribute (o his mem ory. He was an impiralion to the world as to how a man, victim of that de.-nllv disease, infantile pa ralvsis can so overcome (lie handi- aps imposed ny I as lo be able 1 1 o occupy the Highest position in our national i : r I i ..... ,- S I i I l ' e. il was .,.i'i ,w.t, i-.;,.-, . J .ll.'UUKll lull" "I"" he n a I i o n be- a m e conscious )l this dread :couige and took ilcps for its alle viation. This n a t i o n. "founded under God," by earnest and devout forefathers, and led by Him through many great crises in the past, may look forward from their knees toward (his guidance again. In many striking respects the history of this nation parallels that of the people of Israel ill the Old Testament. We read in the Hook of Judges that as the people became spiritually careless, neg lected God, great national crises came upon them. Invariably (hey turned back lo God who raised up for (hem a deliverer. It has been so in the life of this nation in the past. During the last quarter cen tury we careless. ha ' lie vv;,i five u, i.x k.. ;., .... ... .-ill helr M,i, .. i tut- iiaiioii must ,.,1u(H,j to our knees mm lliur ; ! . ROOSHVCII'S i.l "1 as his leader-.!,,,. ... ihe fori lii-iii, ,;., . Conference wl I , .,., ,1.,.,,,,) j peace. It is deeoK ...... ,,,,,1 . J ,.!' (hie niillo,, .. Shortlv after I lu. , J 11 " ' --'uriu passing, ovt-i tnc an , puis'tU u( (h music, that grand old h.vm,, should be on the )jps American as we l.,u- llt.w cult days: u .iou, our iM-;p m agH nope lor jeais tu (oth. iur shelter from slorB! inn our eieinal (Jmf. Under the shadow of Tfy i ny saints Have dwelt J nuiiicii-iu is i linn, ann alt our (iciense is sure. m-1 ore me lulls m (miwstoJ earui received her frat. f roni everlasting Tlou ffl io enuiess vcars the J V mousanu aj;es in Thy like an evening gone-iM".,-f i t. , . .. ' kjuvil mi- wan t uiat ttjj night, Before the risiiJ u uou, our neii in ases pu hope for years to im Bo Thou our guard while Ub last. And our eternal U How Judge Mahoney Rescued Washington's .Traffic i Dinner for Hull From Failure v Now Considered Juil In - 4 Special to Central Press WASHINGTON A friend of many high Washington? and former officials, including : President Roosevelt tandllj Secretary of State Cordell Hull, is Judge Jeremiah T.'Matoa New York. Judge Mahoney is one of the close friends who oca ally calls on Hull, now in retirement. A favorite story of friends of the two men is the a uiiiiwi wiiiun me ieniiessee oootiff New ork staged for Hull some yeanift' On the eve of the dinner, throueh loni ? :-: KS .i ... . . ' j or oiner, oniy & ucKetsnad jKenjOMJi, tuiiiiei . Mahoney , learned of 1 the lpredtcamenttf promptly arranged to have tickets diJtriWil large bundles to good New X York pmotJ ijcaiitis ui me occasion oeneia mis rerana turnout oi i ennesseans," .and comma profusely. t ALLIED NATIONS IN ' EUROPEjtaeij Diackest food situation of the war. Judge Mahoney Under the impact of war-time restricts machinery, the draft, the lure of higher pH city war plants and restrictive price ceilings which make larm activities unprofitable, production of foodstuffs in the ta Slates now appears to be insufficient to meet both domesll; foreign demands. So serious has the situation become that lend-lease foodstuffs have been curtailed with no prospect foMhe future ev the iniliction of more cuts in foreign shipments as well a u allotments tor American civilians. Meat pork as well as beef is the outstanding shortage to! other staples will also be lacking as .substitute n''otein fooii shipped abroad in larger volume to offset reduced meat tW SOMETHING'S FISHY about the phone calls received thatl at the headquarters of Brig. Gen. Don E. Scott, commander Virginia district of the Third Service Command at Richmond, ft Operators are constantly receiving calls like the following ."Send over right away a dozen oysters, a pint of shrimp, and '"But madam," the operator will interrupt. f " and you'd better send over some clams. ' too. i I'm lXi big sea fowl dinner tonight." " " this is the Army," the operator Vill insist.',. The explanation is that General Scott's, phone numbeMi nt to that of a local fish dealer.' A sergeant who has been attached'to'the'post for seven! J" was recently standing around while one of those calls came n j "That's nothing," he told , the operator. . "You should haM Here a coupla years ago .?7that fish store number ceiongw beauty parlor then.' - THE NATION'S CAPITAL1' inwartimef is ?quite 'different S what it was in peace-time days. Traffic jams are so'commoM be rouflnpRnf rsmntlv Wochlnirfnn trML 811 0M of jam developed.' , " - r - 1 ,The : DeODle fathered "nn 'theT BnntTwArpTeranineT: their. ne Jously. 4 Onlookers assumed that there had , been another eccld (that tVta nnll.. . 1 a T. . nv Ul I.'tl UliHf The driver of a 1913 model Ford had nonchalantly left JM looking fliwer parked near a fire plug.J ) y 'GUESSING 'CONTEST is oiTtheway Washington it. likely site of theV'capital" of the United Nations, J ,that Is, the home of the world security tribunal. l i San Francisco.f scene of the United Nations con-. t erence. : has been mentioned, and , likewise Mexico! City,-.Copenhagen,tAthens and Antwerp. Geneva- Is regarded at niif nf.'th mnnlnor hM9iiw nf Russian IkH State College. She has carried on the work and grown with it, learn ing "much of it as she went along. She took her B. S. degree from State College in 1927 anj'her M. S. degree in 1929. It is impos sible in this space to list all the honors that have come to Mrs. McKimmon, but the home demon stration work in this state will ever be a lasting memorial to her vision and energy. "When We Are Green We Grow" tells of the growth of the many phases of work in this State which come under the supervision of the home agent, including the creation of markets for farm pro ducts; the money realized from the markets; the preparation of food; the conservation of food, dux- th I .- . rl War I: against u.e 4 the state in courses at State College men, which so often , , t. nun r! auenaeo. oy - club mem Ders; n-- jt have become community 1 nf .,rh markets: of of the state group with Country "0"lc", It may be n eca5 ciated . . it- nr nn 1 oetore me oi - , garet Smith attended 0 I international coniei: met in England. If you live in the rural j IM we advise you 10 i- , , ,. i t.iwn " 1 11 you live i ,j,y story that reads like that turns out weU. 5l: