North Carolina Newspapers

15 lAGfi i 6 Second "Section THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER 'ARYI 411 r. 1 v f If! 5- 'i !!.' 1 . (J ( f.v." ft .i i . ' ... !' 1 )"i l J I i 4 - n i' ,. .1'. 'T I - If The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 131 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 RATES One Year, In Haywood County $2.00 fcix Months, In Haywood County 1.25 O ic Year, Outside Haywood County 2.50 six Months, Outside Haywood County 1.50 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance F.itt red at the post office M i nes ille. N. C, as Second Class M.ni Matter, ua provided uJider the Act ot M:irci. i, 1 7 w, N"emlr jk. Iyl4. 0(.iturj- notices, resolutions of respect, card of thutiKS. and all n lu es of eiilertiiinmetit (or profit, u ill be charged Kir at tlie r.ite pi one cent per wurd. NATIONAL EDITORIAL. . SSOCIATION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 19-16 There Might Be A Dry Spell The unprecedented rainfall of this winter would indicate a good crop year the coming season so far as moisture is concerned. How ever this is not so true of the mountain sec tion as it is of the level lands of the Piedmont and Eastern part of North Carolina. In this area the greater part of the pre cipitation runs off instead of soaking into and remianing in the soil as a reservoir for crops in the summer. If Haywood farmers are wise, as quickly as the ground is dry enough to work, they will begin plowing, or in cases where the land has already been plowed, give some kind of light surface cultivation in order to conserve moisture. Milk Bottles From the Pet Dairy we learn that the bottle situation is critical. Perhaps it is a good thing that spring cleaning is just around the corner, for maybe in the cleaning out of basements that are hard to get at until the warm days come, bottles, which have gathered dust, will be unearthed. When wc read of the starving millions in foreign countries, when we hear our Hay wood men who have served overseas say "they can't get enough milk." they are so hungry for it, it appears positively ungrate ful of our blessings, not to be more coopera tive with those who sell us milk. We approve of the plan which the company states it may have to resort to, that is of leaving milk only at places where they pick up an equal number of empty bottles. This K the rule wiht some soft drink companies, so why not with a drink which is far more health giving and vital? Main Street Problems There are many "pitfalls" on Main street here. They are encountered alike by both the motorist and the pedestrian. We have re'ference to the condition of the the street. We would like to call attention to the town authorities regarding the sidewalks and to the State Highway and Public Works Com mission about the latter. When the last "patching" of the street was made by the highway department on our local Main street which by way of its being a part of the state system is under the maintenance of the state, the local citizens told the high way officials that in time the traffic would wear down the type surfacing and that it would not hold up. At the time the state officials evidently were not impressed with the warning, which has become aa sad reality, for there are holes and depressions, some might be more correct ly termed ruts, which offer diffiiculties in both walking and riding. We understand that the responsibility of the sidewalks belongs to the town and we trust that the authorities start at an early date to set the state highway officials a good example. There are many breaks in the side walks especially at the entrances of drive ways which are a nuisance to pedestrians. There is only one redeeming feature of the condition of the pavement on the street, With its uneven stretches, it automatically Blows down traffic, for motorists don't like to bump along, which is just what happens at certain spots. We trust that during the Spring the Main Street-State Highway can be put in better condition, for We hate to start a heavy traf fic season, Which all predict, with the main thoroughfare, which should be smooth travel ing, full of cracks and breaks. If it is to be done in time to be of real benefit it should get under Trayiat once. WKI AHQClATIQjl Confusing We had about made up our minds to pat tern our opinions about the armies of occupa tion in the various areas of the world along the lines of the military authorities who are urging that they remain where they are, and that it appeared where they are needed. Now we read that it was necessary to evacuate one thousand American troops on leave in Calcutta, to safety, while British troops sought to quell anti-British riots that killed 22 persons and injured more than 200. It seems that the injured include 18 U. S. soldiers. It brings up the question, why should American troops be kept in India? It is easy to understand just how the fami lies of these eighteen men feel. Bring it home to your own. The war is over, and our Americans in India were innocent victims of afFairs that did not concern us directly. This comes close to us here in Haywood county. We have had and may still have men in India. After all the problems in India are Great Britain's and we are definitely not going to tell England how to manage her possessions. 0 T C No public institution is very apt to prosper so long as the management is in a state of uncertainty and there is no permanent head to the organization. Eastern Carolina Teach ers College has long been noted for the thor oughness of its work and the high standard of its students. Since the indictment of the former presi dent, Dr. Meadows, the college has seen but little peace of mind. The trial was first dragged out for an inexcusable length of time. A mistrial resulted and again for months the case was in the courts. A committee was appointed to select a new president or at least recommend one to the Board of Trustees. Almost another school year has gone by with no election and no of ficial head of the school. Such delays in handling public matters are inexcusable and should not be tolerated. This college is a state supported institution as Western Carolina Teachers College, estab lished for the teachers in this section, and its usefulness has been greatly impaired by the manner in which its management has been handled. The public was burnt out with the trial and now they will soon be equally so with the delay in the matter of a head for the insti tution. Brevard's Views On Parkway W agree with The Transylvania Times on their views regarding the Blue Ridge Park way. In fact, it appears that the newspapers on both sides of Pisgah have the same ideas and outlook on the matter. Last week the Brevard paper said edi torially : Plans are now being made to resume work on the Blue Ridge Parkway on or before the first of July and this newspaper is firmly convinced that this work should proceed in accordance with the general policies that were used by the Park Service prior to the war. This general policy was to construct sev eral sections along the 480-mile park-to-park secnic highway at the same time, and we belive it would be a serious mistake to con centrate efforts now on the incompleted sec tions from the Virginia line to Asheville and leave the 75-mile section from Asheville to the Smoky Mountains National Park un touched. Before the work was stopped because of the war, several sections of the Parkway west of Asheville were graded and altogether, totaled approximately 28 miles. Construc tion was also under way at that time on two or three other sections in this vicinity and engineering work on the remainder was com pleted and ready for bids. On the crest of the mountains in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, two sections known as Wagon Road Gap and Beech Gap were completed, but they are sep arated by a three-mile connecting link. This ! three-mile section runs next to the proposed 50-acre lake at Yellowstone Falls and if it were finished, as previously anticipated, would give local tourists and motorists a loop drive that is unexcelled in beauty and thus serve an effective purpose for Transylvania, Haywood and other adjoining counties while the entire Parkway is being completed. In Haywood and Jackson counties there are other similar instances where a resumption of construction at this time would prove highly beneficial. Already it has been eleven years since a decision was made to establish the famed Blue Ridge Parkway through America's most scenic section and we urge the Congress, the Department of Interior, and the Park Service to resume work as quickly as possible and to push It to completion. THE WHITE CLIFFS HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN We were trying to find some gloves in a special shade. We en tered t he store and could hardly squeeze in the front door, only to find there was a line down one aisle clear to the back of the build ing to the cntranee on the next ton, D. C. He had served for 10 months and 25 days and was at- tached to an Artillery company of the First Marine Battalion, from April 1898, to Sept. 1898 a vet eran of the Spanish American War who had been planning, so he said, "To register his discharge before the turn of the century, some 46 years ago, but had just not gotten around to it." street, then doubling back to the counter near the entrance of the main door. As we lifted our eyes on a preliminary gesture to ask the question, even before we could speak, a clerk nearby said the magic word, "Nylons." Since there was no room in the aisle, we took the line of least resistance and (willingly, we can assure you) re mained in line where we had been shoved through the door and had a grand time watching those who were happy to stand any length of time as we were) for a pair of precious nylons. The stream of people was orderly, but deter mined and there were all age groups, with the number of men I ...... rtuoui me nappiesi person we encountered in the courthouse this week was Mary Margaret Smith, and her associates. Miss Smith is so proud of her new office and it Is not surprising for she has lit erally been pulled from "pillar to post." She has been county home demonstration agent for the past ten years and during that time she has had to move her olfiee seven times. If the commissioners needed her office for some govern mental agepcy out went the I Ionic Dem. agent and her files and .sup plies. She had two different loc.i- surprising. i tions in the basement. Then she A woman just back of us con fided, "I promised my niece that if she would keep my baby this afternoon for me to go shopping, if I could find them, I would bring her a pair of rtockings, but I never dreamed at the time of finding nylons. But since I have been in this line, I have changed my mind, I will buy them for myself. Do you see that young fellow down the line, well he is her husband, so I am sure he is getting her a pair." We hope she is right. It could be that the aunt was innocently start ing something. We stood on one foot and then the other, as we wait ed and watched the clock, having made a bet with our husband, that for once we would not keep him waiting at Ivey's side door. We finally drew near the counter. The brown envelopes with the coveted nylons were diminishing in num ber. The girl just in front of us reached for hers and she said, "Nine and a half, please." The clerk handed them to her saying, "You are lucky, that is our last pair of nines and a half." Our size, but we thought of the rising generation in our family, and of friends who wear Number 9. and we knew that our life would not be safe, if in the presence of a "Number Nine" we ever told that we could have bought a pair of nylons, but let the golden oppor tunity slip by. Like all the other "waiters" we felt fully repaid for the time spent. Incidentally we used to think men did not under stand what a pair of nylons meant to a woman, but not after watching the number in that line. We guess they have had it impressed upon them. was promoted to the small ollice across from the current farm agent office, having also at one time had her office in that space. She had been In the jury room and so on. Now she is in the office occupied by the Haywood Earm Security of fice for the past ten years. She has room enough for her smaller meet ings, which are important in the work of the county council. She has room enough for her files, and the necessary equipment that her art of home making requires for successful operation. We hope that the county commissioners have a heart this time, and "leave her be" for a long, long time. It's a lot of trouble to move. The world's 1945-46 rice harvest is listed at 6.200.000.000 bushel; , a decline of about 10 per cent when compared with the output of the previous year. IF THE hoop skirt stages that promised come-back we predict a short life for the fad. Today we have a vertical civili :'itio.i. not a horizontal one j ; t K''.-n j hoop-skirted shipper fir.ds she cun t get within two left ol the basement bargain counter she is going to yearn .lor that old toothpick silhouet. t ; i With hoop skirts fewer people will bo able to get Into a de partment store elevator, but it will be more crowded than ever. ! ! ! And when the family goes for a Sunday spin In the family Jaloppy Mom will just have to put on a pair of roller skates "Well, I know one thing, last Saturday was a dull day in Dixie, in a certain little town down in Georgia." said Bryan Medford to us Monday, with a well satisfied air. At first it did not dawn on us what he meant. Then he added, "We really put a crimp In the matrimonial market down in Clay ton, for we sold five marriage licenses on Saturday. That is the biggest record for one day since I have been in the office of regis ter of deeds. It looks like our folks here in Haywood county would have some sentiment about getting married at home, instead of sneaking off down in Georgia. Maybe from Saturday's record they afe changing their minds and are going to start the fashion of get ting tied here at home," he added. THE OLD "All the boys are getting their discharges registered and put on file at the courthouse, according to the law, so I thought I would get mine in, for I have been intending to." said Private Crease Plemmons, of Canton, of the U. S. Marine Corps. Pvt. Plemmons' discharge was on a very fine parchment, and whh this exception was similar in size to the current Issue of World War II, but the dates were rather startling. The, discharge stated that Pvt. Plemmons had enlisted on December 29, 1897 in Washing- ON THE HOME Voice OF THE People It has been suggested that the counties In the state take back the maintenance of the secondary roads. Would you approve such a proposition? h. M. Kililan "1 think it would be better to leave them with the State" John M. Queen "I know they should be fixed at once, but I doubt if the counties should take back the maintenance of the secondary roads." II. B. Angel "Up until the time of the war, I think the State was doing a bet ter job of the roads than the counties had done up to that time. Since that time neither the coun ties nor the state could do much on account of the war. I believe that wc had better leave them with the State, for I think if we give them time, they can do a better job than the counties." Rufus Siler "No. I would not. I feel that the State will do a better road job than the counitcs." Albert Abel "I believe it may be the counties might give the roads better per sonal attention, if the money was given them." T. L. Brnmlrtt "I am in favor of the State keep ing the maintenance of the coun ty rural roads." W. II. Rurgiii "Yes. I am in favor of such a proposition. I think the local peo ple would get the roads done quicker." . . J. II. Way, Jr. "I would not favor such a plan, that is judging by Haywood county, for the roads have been one hun dred per cent better under the State maintenance than they ever were under the county. Frank Byrd "No, I would not approve. I am in favor of these secondary roads being kept under the State sys tem. They would have to allocate the money to the counties and it would get in politics, so I think it best for the State hgihway to keep the roads in the counties." Hotel Income In normal peacetime years food and liquor sales produced less hotel income than room rentals but the situation in the past two years has been reversed. Before the war food sales contributed approximately one-quarter of the industry's in come, with liquor sales slightly less, but in wartime both divisions each have been each responsible for ap proximately 28 per cent. Nylon Cloth Nylon oxford cloth goes Into ham mocks themselves; nylon in light weight coated ponchos subtracts as much as four pounds from a man's pack. It weighs less than cotton and has a tensile strength almost twice as great. YOU'RE TELLING ME! By WIUIAM RITT - Central Press Writer and hang onto the rear bumper. ! ! ! Some gals we know would look, in a hoop skirt, like an Eskimo squaw peering out of the chimney of an igloo. ! ! ! The only advantage In a hoop skirt we can see is that it would effectively hide the runners In one's pre-war nylons. it ; Zadok Dumkopf, who usu ally is tolerant about changes in women's fashions, says that in regard to a return of the pre-Civil war hoop skirt he draws the line and he doesn't mean the Mason-Dixon one either HOME TOWN By STANLEY HES THAT INVENTOR WHO UVES NTH OLD PURDY HOUSE-SOON AS HE HEARD HIS W1FES ANOTHER f ,was comim'to live with em 1 Hfc KKj&fclP UK THAT CAR TO -VUMINATE TM B DRIVER , SWEET HOME FRONT- ooc m wan rattm mmcAT fca i .1 j. i j J J m V . There was One Haywood citiien last week that would not have ex changed places with any person on earth. It was not that (his ydung Hay wood man had weatlh, position, Or prestige, He was downright happy. He was an eight-year-old stu dent of Central Elementary school. He had slipped off to the curb of the sidewalk, and taken, off his Jiiai uuus huh luus ut mews ricked l'p RAMBLING AROfl H7 Vf. CURTIS RUSS "-me out onepromj has dealt witi, ,"net! more wavs n,.. H -J- MUI Qfl. blankets h,...,;... "I've been alf winter, and helic is possible, and I bpL tH kl,l,... '-"( "'"'"m-i is e said. shoes, and was letting nanmuiis ot dry warm sand trickle between his toes. I watched him from a dis tance, and he was thoroughly en joying himself, with not a care in the world, as he wiggled his toes under the falling sand. Jim Killian is a prof hunter in lad such, that rtnA i i i "UUIU never J COUld ever ... - ---- m, up m, tasm about a f ishine trl" The other day , (Continual "' It would not be fair to call his " rutrl POINTED PARAGRApf By WALTER ALLISON Gentlemen, did your wife eyer go to the country for the week-end, and leave you at home with a couple of cats? Well, mine did! When those cats got through with me I felt like throwing the dinner bell out the window, and ringing their necks instead. Cats must eat, so one of them got hold of some soap flakes and her mouth soon looked like the entrance to grandpa's shaving mug. Well, cat No. 2 thuoght the other one was mad, and she went over my head like a bar ber looking for dandruff. The last time I saw that many stars was when a movie troupe other knocked the J mmmj nuuni s apple . ' Into the kitchen they iui muiiu nve cuts Jfl j ",n '" "oor, and, take the OP A to iaise tfe I tried to luck in,, tail but it was no cats got hold of it ,J. around like they vteJ swing snut. The next thing I ktiet, up my back win, that so fast my shoulder y meir wntskers off. The last time I wKJ on that bad was when specialist tried to trt of my joints for a Cod stopped at a filling station for gas. I yelled for help, and a couple of Cannon towels came out of the bathroom loaded for action. Those darn cats fought all the way into the bedroom, and the dresser jumped clean out of the window without its drawers. Back in the parlor they roared. One caught me by the seat of the pants, and the The a miracle happen pened. Snow was on iki and icicles buns around Ij for a hot cup of coffee. Night began to M when it landed the IhtiJ eter Jarred loose and W both cats cold. Brother, if your wile id to the country for the in tell her she can have the you'll take animal mete No Cabinet Changes Likely Until Autumn Forrestal li Sift To Stay Till Eld Special to Central Press WASHINGTON President Truman Intends to go thraf coming congressional elections with his present cabinet. One of the president's closest associates is authority to statement that Mr. Truman has NO intention of changist! present cabinet member.' This would serve to end a can rumors forecasting cabinet switches before the voters go 1 polls next November. The president is pictured as willing; to retain Secretary Interior Ickes as long- as the veteran Ne! wishes to remain. Ickes has been the sutj(J fe most cabinet change rumors. Mr. Truman's choice of his friend, m Pauley, as undersecretary of the Nav7 new rumors that Navv Secretary Forrrt resign shortly. One report stated that N TPfl would succeed Forrestal as Navy seer! SE3 April 1. ?$tJf The White House authority stated, W nwak r ui resiai was anxious to icium - ft'yn&iiSwd! Dusiness interests rjui nau w,m ?4sKI cnie eKecutive to remain so long ashisH were aesirea. A Naw spokesman added that FortteM Edwin Pauley NO intention of resie-nin? until after W nas acted on the proposed legislation for merging tne m iNavy into a single department of national defense. O LOOK FOR A BIG BOOM In the helicopter business and next. The "flying windmills" will become quite a most communities in the not too distant future. Like other developments, the hellcoDter rushed far schedule under the impetus of War. The armed forces spenUj or dollars improving the wingless wonders. And don't eet'the idea thnt fh hlinr.r.tar! nf tndavar.dtW are, or will be,' slow and cumbersome. Recent test fligto some models carry a comparatively heavy load at speeds than 100 miles per hour. Helicopter enthusiasts believe th unusual flvinsr ma tremendous possibilities as a cargo and passenger carrier, m in ainau communities. Practically no flying field fs'neceSsary. Some models can lanu un irom tne roof of a comparatively small biawing- Eventually, it is hoped that fairly large helicopters will to shuttle airline passengers from large flying fields to meW centers. At present, most big fields are located 10 to 15 miles W .ness districts, arid passengers have to wait and waste tin"' catching busses and taxieaha. The helicopter -will never reriteca the laree. spc' " passenger plane. But it definitely has a place of its ivt cargo and transportation Held. rVafch tt from now on. A RARE THING HAPPENED IN CONGRESS R, Chairman Doughton (D) of North Carolina, of the Hot and means committee, held a hews Conference. It was the in me memory of the oldest reporters that Doughton has a thins-. The octoe-enarinn ci,ni,. .K,,f tnxes and il 111.111 laineu iiccijr an"1" questions on th tuMi .ju iu. v aia NOT could be much additional tax reduction until the b,Z ancea. He explained that the committee would draft a haul the social security-old age pension system" before taveq no-oln Veteran light .....,. iiaicneu in asionisnmeni. inc.. upon them. They recalled that some weeks ago Chairman George U1 lne senate finance committee, held rre- quent news conferences and Urged substantial tax reduction g. They remembered that Doughton waa Incensed because George did this, particularly since the ways tax hnnanS commlttee " not th Senate originates Could It t 4w. ...i.... l' 4 . . i,incr a lel n-.,. . ,' "wu, mat uougnion waa . George, book, and wa. beating hint to the gun in W fto, - 'I r--6-i.i wiwi U public ? t