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.....iutS'iilu 'i mmm (One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, M y ( THE WAYNESVTXlB MOUNTAINEER Page 14 1 - t " !1 4 Capital Letters By THOMPSON GREENWOOD STAG If you have already heard how Lieutenant Governor L. Y. Ballentine got that forest-primeval name, "Stag", you can just skip along to another item. There has been a lot of conversation about it for a long time row, and it ought to be settled. In the first place, it had very innocent be ginning. Now if you are still in terested, proceed. Back yonder around World War I days, Ballentine was quite an athlete at Wake Forest College, playing football a little and base ball rather well. The first team and the second were scrimmaging one afternoon in a halfhearted manner, and the coach rode his boys on their mild blocking and tackling. Opposing HallcntiiK, who was playing renter, was Carl Bailey, of Plymouth, now a prominent at torney and a strong candidate for solicitor to succeed Federal Judge Don Gilliam. Bailey, who is quite elephantine now. was no babvthen. lie followed the coach's advice and on the next play knocked Bellen tinc about 20 feet ithis is Bailey's version), and when the Wake Coun ty farm boy got lo his feet he slag gcred about and had a hard lime keeping his balance. Asked by the coach what the trouble was, Ilallenline said he believed he had .something akin lo the blind staggers. For (ho re mainder of the afternoon be was known as "Blind Staggers", and (hen for two or three months as "Staggers ', and Anally, as "Stag ". And that casy-noing Ksquiiish name has helped him in his poli tical races, strange as if seems, but few of thisc who used it knew where it came from. Possibly this little note will settle the curiosity or bring out other versions of (he story. HA 1 1) Some of the old heads here may not admit it, but Ral eigh is a great place for gambling. This love for gambling is not con fined to what is known around town as the "lower brackets" not at all. Although the important fellows don't talk much about it during the day around beer parlors as their across-Uie-tracks friends do, they (I) love their poker during the long night hours. Poker and other more humble games. They like to play the slot machines. A total of 18 of various makes was taken in a raid here last week at the various "clubs", one of which, the Sphinx, is one of the most exclusive outfits around Ral eigh. Kven though it is recogniz ed that these el'ibs do good' work in helping t'. poor and In as sisting with various drives, it is as much against the law for slot machines to be operating in them as it is for the filling station oper ator or the cross roads merchant I to have them set up in their es tablishments. In France Blackheads, Too, Went Fast ;0f W Vr. it trie. HiTf in (.' H Lit. KB. A Mill nil" lip Hniui m..B xnM r.'itmvr . ' ... ....J Uluni iiium f...inH thrfrpimplrn .nl ' khMMi;MMi.nnr.n.-. I lirsc nw-rs rntliun.iihc.illy pr;ii'f Klwi , l. im tln-y rr no longer ombui f mit now (i-U'I'V with tlir-ir iluT orilpkiirm". U KUrl. nr upplit. .it ion uw" mu h.iiii, wm n- r niortry I. n L Atk for K lol.i, :;nir SMITn'S DRUG STORE n JUDGhb Haicign is having a big time with the judges City, Superior, and federal. A new city judge a Deniocrat-i-was put in a lew days ago; Judge Johnson .1. Hayes has been bearing down on the May Act violators and the local hotels wherein they operate and Superior Court Judge Claw. son Williams worked on the gamb lers. NKXT- Governor Gregg Cherry made some important changes in the highway setup, but not as many as was anticipated a few days before the appointments were made, lie isn't through, yet how ever. If you recall Sandy Graham's bitter attacks on the "Shelby dynasty'' hack yonder in 1936 and the failure of either Hoey or Broiighton to even look in Sandy's direction, much less to appoint him to anything, you will grasp the trend of the Cherry adminis tration. And now comes the Department of Conservation and Development. There might be three or four rather big changes in this estab- SET WOUR -BE ABS- nu come fvj I - "DO YOU k I JUST VMHENTHEY I HUH ) BELIEVE IM I GET TOO DOGGONE CLUBi FOR OVERBEARING. y'. ' ' ' ' J '11 iliW1 f( TSGT. MILLIARD SUTTON, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Sut ton, of Waynesville, It .I'M J. No. 2, has arrived in France, according to a message received by his par ents. Sgt. Sutton was inducted in service in March, 194;), and receiv ed his basic training at Camp Hood, Tex., and from there was transfer red to Fort Lewis, Wash., and later to Fort George Meade, Mcl., and then overseas. Before enter ing the service he was employed on a citrous orchard in Clear water, Fla. lishmcnt and these alterations may have been put into effect by the time you read this item. Quite a little pressure is being put on Governor Cherry to let a little fresh air blow through the oHices overseen by R. K. Etheridge, of Manteo. On the other hand, Liulc Bruce, as he is known affection ately by thousands of friends throughout North Carolina, has his visitors to Governor Cherry. But the trend is toward new men, and it may continue. LOSS March was a wanner month than April, and was much more pleasant than the first 10 days of May. You may envy the farmer especially the tobacco farmer and his good prices these days. But don't forget that play ing with nature for a living is something of a gamble, too. One orehardist in Haywood County lost an estimated $200,000 in one night during April. The frost wiped out his apple crop, I and now the orehardist and the income tax folks must look else where for help. WILL IIOLCOMTE Unless you live in Yadkin or Surry counties you may never have heard of Will Holcomb, a friend to everybody and a gentleman all the time. Al though not an old man. he lay down to rest at his home in .lones villc a few days ago and died in his sleep. He is mentioned here because he at one time did yours truly a great good turn. He was a good friend at all times a friend in need. Men like him arc the strength of America, for they arc the optimists of the land. You could hear his laugh for a block, and he created a spirit of easy friendship and cooperation wher ever he went, lie loved people. Of such is the Kingdom. MY DEAR GOVERNOR I am just advised that one of the largest transactions ever undertaken in the Cut Granite Stone For Cool Summers and Warm Winters If you iirc planning a post-war home you should begin to think about the material you will want lo use. Vou will want a material that will afford comfort in other words cool summers and warm winters, low cost of upkeep no paint to buy every spring, and the cost is lower than brick or many other materials. Last, and this is important, you will have the most beautiful home in the block. Remember You Get . . . Comfort Low Cost of Material No Upkeep A Beautiful Home Cut (iranile Stone Makes A Beautiful Wall, House Underpinning, Flag Stone Walk Way or May lie Used For Dozens of Purposes Where Ap pearance and Durability Count. $6.50 per ton at yard $9.00 delivered within radius of 5 miles. AVAILABLE AT 2MZELV00B LU2DEi CO. Office 2 S. Main Street Phone 331 ' Waynes ville wine industry has been consumat ed recently by Garrett Wine Com pany. Garrett has purchased the controlling interest in the Italian Vineyard Company. Ontario, Cali fornia, at a price of five million dollars. This is of particular in terest to us here in North Caro lina for the reason that I know that the Garrett interests were contemplating spending this five million dollars in this State in es tablishing vineyards and the build ing of a modern winery. All that they needed was some encourage ment that grape and wine produc tion in ' North Carolina might be preserved. They were "scared off" by the last General Assembly. It is such a pity that an indus try which holds forth so much promise to agriculture in this State cannot receive some official en couragement 1 hope the day will soon come when our people will recognize that there is a difference in wine, and that good, wholesome, pure wine may come into its own reputat ion. Respectfully. John W. Coffey. CIKII'K.S ' Mr. Coffey, person able director of the N. C. Asso ciation for Wine Control, seems- Ensign B. B. Brown Training Officer In Honolulu Ensign Bruce B. Brown, USNR. son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford K. Brown, of Clyde, was recently named ground training officer for the Naval Air Transport Squadron Eleven (Vr-ll) based at the Hono lulu Naval Air Station, according to information received from the base. A graduate of Mars Hill College and Wake Forest College, Ensign Brown has taken over the super- a little dissatisfied with the work of the last General Assembly with regard to wines, and in the above letter written to Governor Cherry last week he put the blame on somebody, possible the Governor himself. Evidently the wine in terests are pointing the finger in the right direction. Now let those North Carolinians who blandly voted against Mr. Cherry because "I understand lit is a wet" go hang their heads in shame. vision of the squadron's ground school. So well has the Naval Air Transport Service trained its pilots that Vn-11 has completed its lUth month of Trans-Pacific flying with out the -serious injury of either a passenger or crew member. In hanging up the magnificent record, the squadron flew inoiv than 1 -000,000 miles, carrying 67.000 pas sengers, Hi, 000 pounds oi war-vital cargo and 20.000.000 pounds of mail. Under the Pacific Wing of the Naval Air Transport Service Com mand, Vr-ll operates a 15,000-mile airline connecting Western United States to the Philippines. At Wake Forest, where he re ceived his LL.B degree in 1943. Ensign Brown was president of the Law School, Bar Association and Literary Society, besides taking part in inter-collegiate debates. He enlisted in the Navy as an Aviation Cadet immediately following his graduation and was commissioned in May, 1944 and reported to V-ll in December. 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