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rrt. .. 'I J. .(..11 4 . 1 i' v Mi ' 1 ! I ' I 1? i f ,1 ! " t I r i 1 . tj , : ' 1 ' It 'f ! ,f PAtiE TWO -Second Section The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County W CURTIS RUSS VMor MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN Associate Kd.'tor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES 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 150 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Fnti're.l :t the port office at Waynwille, N. C, an Second Cl.ns Hail Mutter, as proviilcii unJer tb Act of March 2, 1879, Nmembtr :'AI, H. Oli'tnary iioti.ei. resolutions of rennet, 0(itI o. thanM, nl ii'iices of enleiluiiiuierit for profit, w"ill lie dunned for at rLit- rate of one cent per word. NATIONAL DITORIAL SSOClAi IvJN J Vfe7 s"' North Caroline v THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1915 Too Slow For Us Maybft we are impatient to see the hands of the clock of justice complete its rounds, hut it seems to us that compared to the ruth less and hurried manner in which the Nazi leaders went after their victims, that the trials of these criminals are moving entirely too slow. We certainly trust that the delay does not moan that they will not get their deserved punishment. We notice that recently the first international trial of its kind in the world history got under way in Nuremberg. The trial it is stated, will be a "model of objective judicial procedure in the field of international law, with the German defense lawyers admitted. We don't quite get the idea, regardless of the explanation that otherwise the defend ants would be represented by lawyers who did not believe in the cause of their clients. We feel that it often happens right here in our own county, for certainly many a guilty de fendant has been tried by his lawyer who knew his guilt. But of course there does enter the question of how it will look in the future, for if a merited verdict and punishment are given the end will justify the means, and the rec ords will certainly show a fair and just trial. Maybe we are too near the War to have a broad vision of justice, even to criminals. Welcome The Mountaineer takes pleasure in welcom ing the members of the Haywood County Home Domonstration clubs, the largest group of organized women in the county, the Dem onstration Farmers and the 4-H club mem bers who will hold their annual Achievement Day program in the courtroom at the county courthouse here on Saturday. The annual reports and exhibits made by the groups combining their Achievement Day program, will, judging by other years, reveal outstanding work and progress that is being made by these rural organizations. Through the efforts of the Haywood County men and women and the younger generation great changes have been made in agriculture dur ing the past decade that point to even greater accomplishments in the future. We congrat ' ulate all three groups on the high goal they have set in their work. Aluiig with our congratulations to the rural folks, we are going to take the liberty to invite the people of this community to at tend the meeting at the courthouse on Satur day and get acquainted with their near neighbors who live out of town. They will be surprised no doubt at what is taking place in rural Haywood. They will find that the farm men and women have a cooperative vision of what rural life can mean, and that the younger generation coming on in the 4-H clubs expects to even surpass their par ents in their realization of improvements and progress. While our Haywood folks have gone for ward in the agricultural developments and home improvements, we feel that we must not forget their fine leaders, for in this county we have been exceptionally fortunate in the high type of county farm and home agents who have had a vision of what could be accomplished here. Nov Commission We see where they have set up a new com mission in Chicago the anti-divorce com mission which is to work with churches, wel fare agencies and educators to stem the rising divorce rate, which appears to be one of the nation's post war problems. Judge Edwin A. Robson, of the Supreme Court states that while commissions exist to combat traffic accidents, crime and poverty, there are none to carry on a fight against evils that tend to break up the nucleus of decent living the home. The nationwide divorce rate is now one to every five marriages ; Wayne County, Mich., had one. divorce to every two marriages; California one for every l'.Go marriage ; while St. Louis, Mo., County in the first four months of 1945 filed more divorces than mar riages. Haywood County always has kept up with the outside world, and it seems that we are doing very well along this line, too, accord ing to the records, we regret to point out, of our courts. A Bad Sign Of Peace , The National Safety Council, Chicago, has reported that traffic fatalities in September, the firtt full month of unrestricted gasoline buying jumped to 2,830 or 40 per cent more than a year ago. But it can get much worse -- warns the Safety Council for with bad tires -' and slippery winter weather drivers are going to have to be more careful. J There are now only six states that have re t taiaed their 35-mile per hour speed limit. We have noticed recently anumbef of wrecked , car th the local garages, which shows that 4 5 we too are feeling the effect of more gasoline, i more speed and more wornout tires. Renewed Interest It is said that G. I.'s when they went over seas and began to see themselves against the backgrounds of other countries they began to wonder more about their own than they ever had back home. How and why were they different? How did America get to be the kind of a country it was? They felt that the answer lay in the his tory of their own country, of which they were more curious about than they had ever been when at home. We have been told that they asked, "Why weren't we taught that in school? No doubt their teachers did try to teach them, but perhaps the greatness of America did not register with the thoughtful mind, which knew from actual experience no other country. At any rate this renewed appreciation of one's own land and the place that America has in world affairs today, should give the schools a fine background to capture and build as never before into their teachings, the history, civics and all the assets of this nation. Why can America be one of the leaders of the world today. Why can we make a unique contribution to world affairs today? The answer lies in the history of our nation. It Reminds Us We read last week that in 1955, according to an estimate of the Civil Aeronautics Ad ministration in a 150 page report, that one out of every dozen families may own both an automobile and an airplane. One out of 20 trips using public transportation will be by air; two million Americans will fly abroad every year. Civil aviation will provide 901, 000 persona with jobs as compared with 142,000 in 1939. The report also revealed that about $100, 000,000 million a year Federal spending will be needed for the next 10 years to stimulate building of airports, pilot training, and tech nical improvements. It was pointed out that the government will also have to spend $750 million to $1.4 billion a year, order 3,000 bombers, fighters, transports annually, if it wants to keep the aircraft industry flexible, able to expand in case of war. It was brought out that six well-placed atomic bombs could smash every plane factory in Los Angeles area. Which all reminds us, how about that air port we heard planned for Haywood County back before the war. There Is Improvement Some things are improving, particularly the length of sermons and speeches and offi cial proclamations. This year the President and the Governor managed to give expression to the causes justifying setting apart Thanks giving Day in a bold and comprehensive way. The proclamations were short enough for all to read and inwardly digest. It was not so when Governor Gerry of Massachusetts, grandfather of Senator Peter Gerry, wrote a proclamation to be read in the churches so long it required two hours to read it. One cause of thankfulness this year was that we did not have to listen to a two-hour proclamation. Religh News and Observer. The. fellow who used o pay $12 for a suit of clothes can add $3.00 to that amount thon days and get himself a sport shirt but let him try to buy an ordinary white shirt. Indianapolis Newfc THE WAYISJmftlOUWtAllNEEK TfttnftsbAY, December 6. "ON THE ROCKS"- Just Odds and Ends of News Picked l'p hilr HERE and THERE HILDA WAY GWYN It' the same old story with the Germans ; now that we've grot 'em what are we going to do with them? Wo had a summer resident make some grievous complaints about our people here in this community dur ing the summer. We have had the things he said in our mind for sometime, pondering whether or not to bring them out in the open. We decided it best to wait until the visitors had gone, and discuss his counts ag;iinst us during the winter. The man has built an at tractive summer home here, where he planned to spend at least half of the year, lie and his charming wife would bo an addition to any "ommunity. The man feels that he has not had a square deal, and that due to the fact that he was in "outsider" who came in, that we have taken advantage of him. That instead of showing him our better nature we have given him i raw deal. We deeply regret his impressions of us, for it is just these kind of things that can create undesirable publicity. His impres sions should serve as a lesson to us all. We should remember that when we are not courteous to a visitor, here we are not only dam aging our own personal reputation, but our community. The visitor can, and will carry this unpleasant reaction to others. It is bad busi ness any way you look at it. We hope that this particular Hummer resident has enough nice things to happen to him next year to make him forget the past. While we were writing the above a Marine, with live vears service ecord came in with another griev ance against us here but in his case his own home folks, but we iid not take him too seriously despite the fact that he showed great feeling on the subject. His request. "Please try to teach the oeople of Haywood county the dif ference between the four branches of the service. I am so tired of being taken for a soldier, when I im a Marine, and I am sick "of eople asking me about what my ribbons mean. They should know. It looks to me like the people here in Haywood county have worked ;o hard during the war that they have forgotten everything else." Yve ricd to get his view point, but the more we argued with him, the more our sympathy flowed in the opposite direction. We attempt ed to tell him that it was not idle curiosity that prompted the folks here at home to ask about. his 21 iecorations, but honest and sincere ;nterest in a man who had been on combat. We tried to tell him how THE WAYNESVILLE MOUN TAINEER had followed the Hay wood boys around the world in coverage of their part in the war. How we had practically turned the oaper over to them at times, leav ing out other news to give them full space. We also hinted that if the civilians back home hadn't done a fairly good job at hard working the war might still be on. So in our interview with the young Marine, who refused to tell us his name, we found that you "may tell it to the Marines," but don't ask 'em any questions. We don't kjrtow whether it is the influence of his pilot veteran son-in-law or that he just keeps up with the times, but Carroll Bell is com pletely sold on the idea of flying. He made an initial trip from the Ilendersonville - Asheville airport on the PCA recently to Norfolk, where had a business engagement. He left the airport at 1:30, and the plane stopped in Greensboro, Ra leigh, Rocky Mount, and Elizabeth City, and he was in his hotel room in Norfolk, by 6 o'clock the same afternoon. On his return he left Norfolk at 7:05 and arrived at the Asheville airport at 11 o'clock. He made the trip in about one fifth of the time he might have made it by train, he said, and it did not cost him any more. We nominate Carroll to revive the agitation about an airport for Haywood county, for it is just such enthus iasm that puts things across. May be he and his airminded neighbor Dan Watkins, can start the movement. Isn't it interesting how the tal ents of one generation will crop out in the next? Take the case of young Marguerite Russ, third grader, daughter of the editor, if early signs are any indication sne has the makings of a top rate re porter. Not so long ago she at tended a state press meeting, and was present at a luncheon where an outstanding editor made a long address , on what it takes to make a good reporter. One of the men nearby, thinking he would have a bit of fun out of small fry, asked her about the speech, but the tables were turned, for she remem bered and discussed so intelligent ly the speech that the joke was on him. Her latest feat of observation and memory was- her detective work in connection with the car belonging to her teacher which was itolen one morning and found 13 hours afterward, first by Mar guerite and later by the police. Voice OP THE People RAMBLING AROtj By W. CURflJS RUSS 1 Which do you think is harder working in an office all day or doing the housework for a family? Mrs. Evelyn Hiei "I have tried both and I think it is much harder working in an office all day than doing housework for a family." Mrs. W. L. McCracken- "I think it is harder to do house work than office work." Mrs. Edith P. Aalley "I could not judge as 1 have al ways tried to do both." Mrs. S. A. Dantrier "I think it is harder to do house work for a family." Mrs. Ruth Craig "To have been working away from home as many years as 1 have I think I 'would prefer house work for a family." Mr. David Russell "To work all day in an office or shop is much harder to me. I would rather keep house all day for a family." Mrs. Torn Campbell "I think it is a personal matter. I love to work in my shop, whereas some other person might prefer to do housework for a family. It is all according to , what one likes best to do." Mrs. R. L. Burgin "I think it is about even. You get tired in different ways, but it amounts to the same thing." Mrs. Jimmie Boyd "Naturally it is much harder to work in an office and meet the public, because at home you eat) manage your work to have some leisure and time of your own." Mrs. R. R. Campbell "I think working in an office or a shop is a far greater strain on your nerves than doing housework for a family." She and her parents were driving by Central Elementary school that nigh tand she exclaimed, ''Daddy, please stop, there is Miss Hayes' car," but her father having little faiyi in her ability to recognize the car drove on. Shortly after the police discovered the car. She was given the pleasure of telling her teacher, even if she did not get to break the news to the police. Then there is little Shirley Mae Bridges, daughter of the other owner of The Mountaineer, whose father is a me chnaical wizard. He can take any thing apart and put it back to gether. She is not even school age, but she can take a 1,000 piece puz zle and before an adult can get the pieces arranged to to work on, she has them all fitted and the picture complete. CHUG-CHUG HAMILTON, Bermuda The leg. islation has been deadlocked for four years over whether to permit private automobiles on this island. A compromise may be reached: The autocycle, a bicycle with a small motor. LEO WEILL accompanied Heinz ! Rollman to the New York airport and bid him good-bye as Heinz took off lor London on the first leg of a business trip throughout Eu rope. Mr. Weill headed for Waynesville, and in the race for their respective destinations, Mr. Roilman got to London first. You ean draw your own conclusions this old world is getting smaller and smaller, etc. etc. MY HAT IS OFF to the mainte nance men of Carolina Power & Light Company, and the telephone linesmen A Job that the ptoblie perhaps don t fully appreciate. Last week we had occoskn to waten them go into action. The storm knocked out telephone lines, while an automobile broke a power pole in half. The power crew was soon , on hand, and worked untiringly through rain, lightning, fog and the night in removing the broken pole, eefeting a new one, and cot. necting the wires back in place In order to restore service. They Started their job soon after dark, and as the clock struck four in the morning they were leaving the scene. With them it was just another day, another job, and in the tra ditional manner of "The show must go on" the linesmen worked tinder the urge that "the power must be kept on." The public takes so many of these eevry-day conveniences for granted, never considering for a moment the hard work necessary to keep them running. have a couldn't mony." good tinu-, De termed evoi ONE WAYNESVILLE ...... is noping mat his i94J " "ouueguer's tag i ago this business manBvv i" "ve imes by law oiucers etween Wa A cha.ii 11 f ... , """I"' - cacn tlIm. h, iu unve on. and enfd ncsv he demanded TUESDAY MORNING when it began to snow, everyone on the street and in places of business called attention to the fact that it was snowing. While most grown ups grumble about snow, and pre tend they don't like it, we find that there is a certain amount of child ish delight in all of us when we see the white flakes lazily floating down. A CHILD SHALL LEAD TMEM, accordHig to the Scriptures, but that did not have reference to leading a group of men in singing, according to our observation at Rotary last Friday, when a chorus of 10 girts from the Hazelwood school gave a splendid program for the club. At the conclusion of the program, some inspired members wanted the chorus to lead the club members in several familiar songs, The chorus kept on with their fine singing, but their Rotarian follow ers did not make a high score in the music world, although they did n the I of thy A.-k ."-cncii an cxpiana'.inn for times he had btrn haitiJ "Well, you see. we are L , 01 l,('uor knovd noeo mis way. m a same color, make and Vfwro Urt b ' - "". me hcert ir. nnu mere is on!v one difference between vour the car we are seeking . the befuddled business eepted the explanation wish, '1 hope you ttttch thJ uc wircus it one Th me nuts," he started on feeli Us id continued ink mat .-md he would hear another 4 me snout, "Pull over Ticket Sellinq mk la. - Machine Worli WASHINGTON The a button is upon us. first it to turn on a light, then it ru vo ringing in the cutd secretary; now it's the prJ oi a wniz machine that J what it s punched to do The latest contribution man of the future, who able to get along with a pill and an overgrown an automatic ticket selle genius of a contraption. vJ made its debut in Wa has been put to actual si the Greensboro passengetj No longer will harried ers have to stand in line! on the ticket agent, for chine, with the slightest the operator's part, will a pass to whatever de complete with a listing of cost, an accounting for thd and a recording of the the seller. Conceived by t ern Railway company in q tion with the National Ca: ter firm, officials say the will save time, nerves and It took five years of re! produce the mechanical which in turn takes aroi seconds to operate, and cials humbly suggest th blessing in disguise. jWAWASHINGTO President Vs. Congress Over Atom Control Body Lack of Funds Thrl Many Air Control T The Everyday Counselor -By- REV. HERBERT SPAUGlt, t. R Sonie people are always late, and ! Recommend Your Religion? God more Of us are later than we think on life's schedule. Dr. G. Ray J5N dan in his new book, "The Su preme Possession" (Abingdon Cokesbury, $1.50) has a thought provoking chapter, "It Is Later Than You Think," in which he says: ' "We niay kick over the sun-dial and scatter the sand on the ground, but time keeps moving, and push ing out of our reach the opportu nities for. which we bjad longed. We may tear the Now after registering two sets of grievances, we are adding one of our own. but we hope that you join with us. The spirit of vandal ism is hard to understand, and when it comes to religious centers it is definitely inexplicable. We have reference to the robbing of the cross overlooking Lake Juna luska of light bulbs. The cross is a kind of beacon to most people in this section (we thought all) when we come into the Lake after dark. It seems to welcome us home. It is significance of the as sociation with the assembly grounds, and like His spirit shines even in the dark. We wonder what could be in the heart and mind of a person who would deliberately rob the cross of its rays of light We honestly don't believe that there is anyone in this area so needy that they would be forced for the Eake of light to steal a single bulb. We hate to thlak of any persoa In Haywood county who would consider such fen act as a joke, so there is only the spirit of vandalism which prompts such an act. -.:".;'.: ' . .1 i j . -tfj calendar off the wall and throw it in the fire, but time goes right on. We may jerk our watch out and slam it on the floor, but the minutes keep ticking away. We may even deny the r e a 1 i t yv of time, but old age creeps -up' on us before we are aware of it . . . Unless you are a most Unusual person, as far as your work is concerned, your pro fession, your church, your charac ter it ' IS much later than you think." This new book of sermons from the pen of this well-known minis ter and writer challenges us to face the necessity Of evangelism, or else destruction.' The author exerts every effort to arouse a sleeping Christendom to the fact that there is no time to be lost if civilization Is to ba saved and the world Chris tianized." ' ttd fleirte'witsVa eOfifusefi world U pause f toenient ahd think Needs Us Everyone! When WW the Kingdom Come? Our Source ot Strength. What Is Our Hope for Tomorrow? it Is Later than You Think. The author points to the con fused condition of world thinking and the rampant selfishness which provoked World War II and how we were given solemn warning of events to come. He hurts the chal lenge to every Christian. "We must take Christ out f the Church into the World. The kingdom is not going to come to the earth until statecraft becomes spiritual." He makes this a personal mponsibil ity. There is no question bat that the Church has largely igrfOfed the command of Christ to go into ail the world and preach the gospel to every creature. The flames of personal evangelism which caused the early Church to spread so rap idly, have been fannned into flame from time td time in the past. It is during these periods that civili zation has progressed and marched forward. The destroyed cities of the world and thousands of unmarked graves are mute evidence to our failure to keep alight the flame of Christian evangelism. In Christ alone is the answer to world peace Christ is the hearts of men. EDITOR'S NOTE Dr. Spaugh's new book, "The Pathway to Con tentment," will come from the press about December 1. It is be ing published in response to the many readers, and contains mate rial whrcl has appeared in 'this cohHnn, The price is $1.09 postpaid. I "ff-i: Special to Central Press WASHINGTON Storm clouds are forming around the energy issue. To be written is a new chapter in the histonl year-old story of the struggle for power between the exenm legislative branches of the government. The new showdown will be on whether the atomic icr.t.o mission is set up in a way to give the president or Conpr -hMti.i vnlce in administering me 1 atomic policy. Th Mav-iohnson MU. though written wnr rfonortiVirnf renresents the "arm pi gress" philosophy, while the McMahon bill Senate would bring control closer 10 i tiv branch bv haviiur the administratis pointed by the president and by havii advisory board composed of cabinet met the latter Of course being appoimea riresident. Senator Joseph Ball (R) of Minnesota mfctn-.nf-tiM.Al mrooosal which wouU Mhi. twwnt with five cat.no'! bert. Ball asks that the board make report to Congtess. SeiKttor ftofl . . . .- u.....!, u nfltinn are want MA-:Z'-imsWtlon wnat tney win oo wuen V"5 " . has man numerous airport traffle control tt " h acr J throughout the war. The CAAiiU . year eotthtry. But -nutoowns are expeweu w ; wnice pif Most cities tee ruiws to mima vr- - anj by the government aghcy mjy of funiL, operations from mow airports wm cpn - other means are provided. fUnris ... - k .w!tiu insists thai lilt CIVU a Vl On lOUWUUU . . . ,rraw? vlded for the seme M view of expected neavj traffic in the year ahead. . . .. i . -.,kirMnent conit-.o11' DURING . rv 'V1? ? .rHntcheson. pr Secretary lewis scnwenenDacn. vum- m ar the American Federation of Labor jB,ii'c, fnfndly Union Chief John L. Lewis anneo iuk" ... "...hn How things were ' Fine, replied Big Bill, except that theHeegtcd that Huj materials. The labor secretary promptly ueg thfir J eet busy and return striking AFL. lumoer with Schwellenbach lost the next round of gay f p however. Lewis blandly remarKea ui Stern opening warning to the labor peace p - averting strikes, was talking to "everyi coal mine not at work, the UMW cm to nil" .. The But me. miled. nth be i mine noi i w, y""- .... mon KchweDonbAch winefcd itt that one. vtuy n.ra!v7 day and night for hearty two weeks trying to '.c strike. Lewis finally, tailed it on wne.. seemed to be getting nowhere. to put in headquarters sites for the United Nations rS" m MIDWESTERN CITIES still have time .. a., .... 1 1 noi mrcii auon, government dqchh pjt - - . the wberex it, beaded. H manes jroers may be sent to ;the It very personal as one can gather I EVERYDAY COUNSELOR, Box from some of the chapter headings: 4145, Charlotte, N. C. Advance or What - Is My Business? Can You . ders will be autographed. decided ... . l - , .... kujM,trfn nmewhere .to mtLKC ine league s nnm"" been United States, but so far no decision n&s reached on just which city gets the nod. Most likely bet is Saa Francisco where ll5 charter was drafted. However, Philadelphia at ft turn tush a If ..tfh Hero are W frtom retirements rJJ7roro ji n the Mew world treaAittUoa od Its delegates Good chmataTportunltlea in. Jrf recreation, entertainment, palatame ivw, jpolitan aphit'i