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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY THE WAYNES YILLE MOUNTAINEER PAGE TWO (Second Section) 28. h :z: 7 i t 1 ( , A-. f .V - . ! 1 1 74 . ' s r ! J i 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 Six Months, In Haywood County 1 23 One Year, Outside Haywood County "AoO Six Months, Outside Haywood County 1.50 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Entered at thf post offke at Waynesvilie, S. C, as 9ecunt1 Class Mail Malter, at provided undtr ll.e Ait ol March 2, Nuvemlwr -(), 1 V 1 4 . Obituary notices, resolutions of respeot, card f tl: .rixs, and all n. tu- l't entertainment lor profit, will be c:.a:s,''d (or at ttie r.ite of one tent per woid. NATIONAL EDITORIAL nLWASSpCIATJON Jy.. I. North Cflrolinn w SVtiSS ASSOCIAr.'O THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1916 What's In A Name? The Secretary of United Nations is a Nor wegian, a diplomat-lawyer, its Foreign Minis ter, whose name is Trygve Lie. We are told that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Would it'.' There is a popular but not just impression that to speak diplomatically is to conceal the whole truth. Is a diplomat bearing the name of Lie to be believed? Or does he belie his name? Inasmuch as the UNO must operate in some things on the principle of trial and error, perhaps his first name is significant. Delegates must "Try" and they mu.-'t "Give." If so. the name of the Secretary is ideal. Raleigh News and Observer. "And Sudden Death" Do you remember the realistic article "And Sudden Death" which came out a few years ago in the Readers Digest? It was widely circulated at the time, for it brought vividly home to its readers the realization of the traffic accident problems. It is said that the article had much to do with reducing the fatality rate on the high ways, and then the war came and there were other traffic headaches. Now the State Department of Motor Vehicles feels that the time has come when the public should be warned again of what is happening and what can happen on the highways. Thin tires, careless drivers, war worn motors, and battered roads are adding up to grim figures on the highways of North Carolina. Going back to the article we mentioned, the State Department of Motor Vehicles has recently purchased 100,000 copies from the Readers Digest to distribute over North Carolina. With fatalities reported running 26 higher than last year, we would judge that this effort on the part of the department is a timely warning to stimulate more precaution on the highways. Youthful Outlaws We see by the Asheville Citizen that the school children of that city are offering a real problem by their unruly conduct and that there have been meetings held of the parents, teachers and student groups as well as law enforcement officers. Now do not get us wrong, we approve of meetings of such kind. They often air out hidden causes and help bring about a better understanding between the young and the adult groups. But to our mind they do not get at the foot of the problems. These young people who are arrogant in public, who do not re spect the property rights of others have not had the proper training at home. The par ents need to be brought into a meeting and shown their short comings, or better still to be visited in the homes and shown their responsibility. No matter what changes that come in this turbulent world, no matter how chaotic condi tions, there are some things wjiich never go out and never change. Character and respect for other people are as essential to the mak ing of a good citizen as they were in the dayb of our forebears. There is nothing new in child psychology to take the place of teaching a child self control. You may call it by many new names, and present it in new angles, but the foundamentals of truth and character remain the same. So we suggest that the parents of these unruly children be given a stiff lesson in their duties as parents aa a beginning towanj help ing the children to better conduct. Benefit To All The location of the 4-H Club site here in Haywood county will offer advantages both to those who attend the camp and to the local people. Haywood county has much to offer the 4-H Club groups as to climate and scenery for a summer vacation. Located next door to the State Test Farm those who attend the camp can combine pleasure with profitable observation of im proved farm methods. The program of building with a cabin for each of the 18 counties served by the camp and assembly hall with its seating capacity of ;00 will offer lodging space and recreation facilities that should be greatly appreciated by those who attend. Operated on a weekly basis, with a new group coming in each week, with accommo dations for 200, it will serve this eastern area with gratifying results. On the other hand the camp will bring many visitors to Haywood county, including not only residents of the Western part of our state, but also many agricultural leaders from the Eastern part of the state and outsiders. The accessibility of the camp to Waynes ville. will be an asset to this community also, as it will be convenient both for the visitors and the townspeople to get together. Highway Accidents The appalling increase in deaths and acci dents recently occurring on the highways calls for some kind of immediate and drastic speed regulation. When the restrictions on gas were lifted several months ago, automobile travel in creased very rapidly, the larger number of accidents and wrecks were attributed to bad tin. s. old cars and inexperienced drivers. It later developed, according to the authori ties, that most of the accidents are charge able to two things, excessive speed and drunken driving. Much as wc regret to make the statement every term of Haywood County Superior court reveals that our highways are far from free of drunken drivers. If speed limits are too high for safety, they should be lowered and lowered immediately. If people are driving drunk they should be arrested, put in jail, and their driving licenses revoked. The state has ample funds to double, if necessary, the number of highway patrolmen and to rigidly enforce the law until this wave of reckless driving has spent itself. A certain amount of postwar leniency is excusable and perhaps justified, but when it endangers the lives of innocent people it is quite another matter. While the records of our courts here in Haywood County are abundant proof of the foregoing statements, the same condition must be true in other areas in the state judg ing by their records. HER HOPE CHEST It J Voice OF THE People Do you think that the real estate values of 1945 in this section will continue through 1946? Dr. R. II. Stretcher "I think they probably have reached their peak but will con tinue through 1946." 7 H. f HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN Rural Industries The prospect for an increase in rural indus tries is encouraging according to the plans resulting from the formation pf the rural industries conference. Following the meet ing Governor Cherry assured the members of the group which consist of State leaders in every field that the creation of rural indus tries had his complete support. Governor Cherry subsequently appointed an executive committee headed by Dr. L. D. Baver, of State College, who has in turn named two sub-committees, one headed by Dan Stewart of Raleigh and the districting committee headed by former Governor J. M. Eroughton. It is planned to have a series of meetings at strategic points throughout the State to find out what the various communities have to offer and what they want in the way of industries. According to Paul Kelly, director of the Division of Commerce and Industry of the State Department of Conservation and De velopment and secretary of the industrial conference, the division has received, since January 1, more requests for information about industrial sites in North Carolina than ever before. One reason given for this increased inter est in the potential advantages of North Carolina for industrial sites is that many industrial groups have long contemplated making a move, but the war interrupted their plans. They are now looking toward the future and plan to establish their business on a permanent and long time program. This influx of new industry into the State will mean much to North Carolina. We know what it has meant here in Haywood county, where our people can continue to live on small farms and enjoy the advantages and j comforts of rural life, and at the same time supplement their income by working in some industrial plant. Maybe it is a latent spirit of wanderlust, which we have sup- 1 pressed. Maybe it is the call of ' "itching feet" to travel places, for : we often get overcome with the thought of the wonders of this j earth and how most of us live and die in one spot and never lay eyes ! on the far flung corners of io j mance and adventure. But to hear a person tell of taking to the road and trusting to luck to travel, al ways fascinates us. You might have the same reaction if you hoard Fred Martin. Jr., tell of it's hitch hiking trip to Miami, except of course we realize that a civilian wolud not find such response from highway hosts. Fred with two of his buddies, one from Detroit, Mich., and the other from Tampa, Fla., all flipht officers of the AAF, decided to take a trip after their discharge at the army air base at Lincoln, Nebraska. They tested their uniform on the American traveling public, and were not dis appointed, for they responded one hundred per cent. "We rode in the finest cars of America, with every modern eon venience, with radios and all com forts. During a 30 days trip we only waited on highways a total of two hours. In fact we waited far less than we might have, had we been traveling by a scheduled bus route. The longest ride we had with one person was from Atlanta to Daytona Beach. Our shorest ride was 13 miles out of Toledo, Ohio, but we did not have to wait long before another car stopped at our signal for a ride and picked us up for the next lap of our journey." said young Martin. But he also let us in on the big secret of this economical means of travel which was not entirely to save money on traveling, but for other things. The three young flyers wanted to take a fling in Miami, with plenty of money in their pockets. So the money they might have spent in traveling was burned up in fun in Miami. of course would have a local inter est for us here, for it was artist Frost who drew the pictures of life on Main Street here and other pic tures of this section for a story in Harper's Magazine in the 1'580's. The book gave the history of Al fonso and Gaston. Gasoline Alley, Buster Brown, Polly and Her Pals. Mutt and Jeff, and on and on up ! to the great depression of the '30 s when men in silk hats were selling ! apples on Broadway, and countless others. It was fascinating how one can trace the history of this coun try through cartoons. Grayden Ferguson "I believe that town property values will remain as they are through 1946, but I think that farm values will go down." Mrs. R. I Iee "Yes, I think that present values will lemain through 1946, but after that it may be doubtful." Robt. V. Welch "Yes. I think they will, for every thing points to continued interest in real estate." Ralph Prevost "Yes, I think they will." Paul Davis "I don't think there is any doubt about the continuation of 1945 values in 1946." R. R. Campbell "Yes. I think that the 1945 values will not only continue through l!H6', but will even increase during this year." Henry Gaddy "Yes. I think they will and that they will even rise some this year in price." Guy Massie "Yes. I think they will and will even continue several years." The army's radar contact with the moon as given in the movies gave us a rather uncanny feeling. The sounds when they came from the moon were not every attractive, yet they opened up a new world and we all realize that it marked another cycle of the magic of man's inventive powers and his reward for scientific research. The Lord put us here and through our curi osity and development of science, men are able to interpret the world about them. To those of us out side the sacred circle of the scien tific mind, which is sad to say the big majority, it is positively fright ening to contemplate what has happened in the last few years and what the next few hold. The mythical "man in the moon" may soon become a reality and no long er a figure of speech and imagina tion. Maybe those queer untuneful sounds which came from the moon might be compared to the first cry of a baby. Certainly that sound is not especially musical, except of course to the parents, yet in time that baby has the power to speak and sing in pleasing sounds. So as science brings the man in the moon nearer to us, perhaps in time the "cry of the baby" will be the adult speech. Who knows some day we may foe taking trips to the moon and other planets. Personally we would pre fer to confine our traveling to earth as long as we can; and take no chances of not returning: Local sportsmen will be inter ested in the following which was taken from an account of the annual Naval Academy boxing championship of Midshipmen which drew a crowd of 4.000 at Annapolis. "Eighteen navy juniors took part in the boxing, but the feature of the night proved to be the bout between two little 30 pound glovers who would have to look up to see the top of a vertical yardstick. The performers were three-year-old Johnny Edwards, (son of Comdr. and Mrs. Jack Edwards) and two-year-old Fred Vogel. also of the navy. Both had to be lifted off and on the cornerstools. by their midshipmen seconds, hut de sipte their ages they put on a gallery-pleasing scrap witn numer ous pauses to look for "mama in the crowd." Knowing Jack Ed wards, father of the three-year-old boxer, we would be willing to bet our last Coca-Cola nickel that he was more proud of that evening's performance than he has ever been of any of the numerous citations he has recevied from the navy. I V. C. Nobrrk I ' Yes. I do, for I can't see any thing now that would hold back real estate prices." Small Temperature Loss When you open and close the door to your refrigerator, you lose very little of the "cold" much less than most people think. In fact, engi neers found by test that opening a large-size refrigerator the same number of times a home freezer is opor.d each day even in air as hot as 90 decrees increased the elec tricity consumed by less than 2 per cent. Just Odds a"d Ends of News Picked Up While RAMBLING AROUND By W. CURTIS RUSS I have several pet holes on days Then on the day she was streets of the community holes using the last of her laundry soap that always get right in my way. i and powders for dishes, here came and give'a terrific jolt to the car. a gift of three cakes and a large About three weeks ago. a small box of powders. Such luck. hole developed in the pavement on Brown avenue. At first it was ; The story is told of the Hazel about the size of a baseball, and 1 wood man who was sipping his Just occasionally we see a woman who looks as though she, too, wonders why she ever bought the hat. Memphjs Commercial Appeal. We have long considered time spenf under a dryer In a beauty shop, a most annoying waste of time. Sometimes we sleep it off, but that is not satisfying rest! Somestimes we read, but the buz zing of the dryer is a disturbing sound.' Not long ago we really passed a pleasant two hours under a dryer. We recommend the book we found in the magazine r?ck. It was more or less a history of car toons in America. The cartoons started with A. B. Frost, of Uncle Remus fame, back in 1884. ' This then it began to grow as vehicle after vehicle chipped off pieces on the edge, until a good-sized water melon could be dropped in the hole. (The street department fixed the hole Tuesday). Another spot that jolts you is at the intersection of Haywood and Academy streets, right in the curve. After once finding these places, and getting a crink jerked in your neck, you carefully avoid them the next time. fifth cup of coffee. His bride of a few weeks noticed how much he was drinking, remarked: "Say, you must like coffee." "Sure do." he shot back, "That's why I am willing to drink so much ! hot water to get a little of it One woman of this town is all jitters because of the good fortune that has come her way recently. First, a friend sent her a pair of nylons. That seems to be about all women talk about or desire these There ought to be lots of things happening up here this summer, and among them will be the Flor ida people who will be looking up "Judge" L. N. Davis. Several weeks ago, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, and Mr. and Mrss. Claude Ailen spent a two-week's vacation in Florida. Claude Allen took a great de light in introducing Mr. Davis as Continued on Page 4 THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY mZT.J I'l'Wji IF YOU'D TAKEN TH'ffOUCY T p TlJ f 'I'r'J WANTEDYOUTO ID BE I eirf' f ; '--Nf5J COVERED FOB THIS FAIL--- I BUSMAN'S HOLIDAY A radio district attorney ran smack up against real life in Mil waukee recently. Jay Jostyn, a Milwaukee native who plays "Mr. District Attorney" on the radio, was served with a summons signed by all of Milwau- ki'cs prosecutors when he stepped off a train in his home town. It was no serious detainment, how ever, since the radio performer was merely "collared" to address the Milwaukee group in observance of the city's Centurama. POINTED PARAGRAP By WALTER ALLISON There's no place like home if you can find one. Little Haywood County girl asked a sailor If they had hives on the ocean. SJe had heard so much about Seabees. Sign in up town window reads, "Ladies Ready-to-Wear." So are the returning war veterans if they can find it. The average American would rather see a hamburger sand wich than a Russian spread. Knoxville man beat his wife up this morning. He got up at 6:00 a. m. and she slept until 9:30. Folks, turn in your empty milk botties. Please don't keep 'em around the kitchen for a Pet. It's been a wet winter. Mebbe that's the reason there's been so little dry goods. If some of this political tim ber had a few knot holes in it the public could see through things before the election. Woman had 12 kids to help with their home work, so she rushed over to the meat market for more brains. If there's any argument on wages and hours in the Senate, Bilbo would probably stand for hours. They must use lots of flashlights in Haywood ('umv -around Wax m-Mu matchless. Thf XI, . WOK 0U,d Eurnnp hm n. 1 brinpinir h .i. .. . "H Snirt th .1 .... u,f(N , . KPr Whn .. , your soda-jerk' There's one fellow J in f u f ..ii. ) Hill doesn't simll tL Ickes. ll'Stiot No. Martha. Wa nesd aren't going to t,,,r, .. . every loaf of u,js neJ fiintin it't- m.n., It's not the steps in America that J m.i- oam, out the r.ven n winter is ,J many Haywood County J in neeu oi a lopeuat We hear from rJ that a South famii. driver caught the ihJ hieao oi going to AujJ weni 10 Aiken. You owe it l -jourseU out your income lax reJ you owe u lo u licit Sam Fellow up in West VI went to work in a land lost 65 pounds, lie pj right place to shrink. YOU'RE TELLING ZaDOK DUMKOPF, always a skeptic, wonders if that radar impulse actually struck the moon and not that cow which jumped over it. i ; i Eaithquakes, according to Factogiaphs, cannot be predict ed. Not even the political kind? ii; "New Yorkers Drink More Vodka" - headline. Vodka - the Russian's favorite likker. 1$ that the stuff they also call "Red Eye"? ! ! .., In Toronto, Canada, bison steaks have been selling for 50 cents a pound. Buffalo Bill, who bagged many huadJ 'em, didn't know whali millionaire he really wt ! ' 1 The United Nitwos zation has puked a s general. That "tenejil" superfluous since the M peace-preserving ou(ft i i i Baby sitters, we'it toil call themselves "brolttn' not out oud, surely. tit A professional wrestler a divprce because his wJ thrown him twice. One fellow doesn't want to c he gets home is to U jWASHINGT :'ooiiieship" Boys Await Atomic Test They'i! Be jiJ If Damage It Lmfia,)ifHiiiyi Atom Bomb Special fo Cey(ral Press WASHINGTON The "battleship" boys are keeping mum i forthcoming tests of the atomic bomb against seapouer, bui vately they contend it won't cause near the damage tint expect. Even if there is severe damage to the fleet of 90-odd w and other vessels to be anchored in the Marshalls. old-lint I men are expected to argue that the tests cannot be conclusiti less tnea against modem ships under w conditions. Several battleships were sunk on both sii atr nower in ttio wot- hut oftor airh nrhi proponents of sea power tried to rational results. BattleshiD sunnnrters rlnimprl Pearl wasn't a fair test because we were not to fight back on that occasion. When AmJ Diaries hwon tr. dnli Tan Koltl.-.cliinq the U was uia.i mppon tailed to provide auap wver. Thus the comins- Atomic tests mav meril! ply more fuel for an old, old argument. LOOK FOR A MINORITY REPORT by anti-New Deal ck tee members when the Pearl Harhnr lnvp.titrntin? group sq the results of Its inquiry. there appears little likelihood that administration commit and opponents and agree on a single report. There has been too much cod Even Senator George (P) of Georgia, may sign a minority n Administration men claim that the inquiry will point Man success of the sneak Japanese attack pretty much where tin; and Navy boards Dlaced it vindiclt former Secretary of State Hull and less criticism of Gen. 01 u. Marshall. Thp rrtlnrHMF ftnltK. i i ui lit cnfttTl th6 itwiiiga, jiuwever, pruuiiuijr . fitfnrhoH A AM ' XJ...1 j t-, in i ' i r.i Hen. WW vv ,rvWIJ,, iiuauaiiu cj. minmei nnu iiaj. Short, Pearl Harbor commander Anti-administration toK" they were "scapegoats" in eWrJier probes. THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT is worrying thai about a surplus of eggs. Prices of that food item a'rea'J!. dropped below government support levels in South Dakota a' drop soon in other states. Retail egg prices should be heading down-grade txi'oreW partment officials say. THE LITERARY OUTPUT of Joseph Stalin is likely W the greatest attention in future' years when historians Wpitinoa rt el,,AB. ' ' writings of sintxmin IToik, AMn.ln . hilt v.. nu.ciiLuin realize now proline a writer ne a complete edition of' his work, from the earliest issuei ...c6a. unuergrouna press of the Bolshevik! to ms l""' World War II, Is being published. . They trace the Communist movement from 1901 and " ; volumes. They will be run off In editions of 500,000 each, English translations have not yet been made. A BITTER BEHIND-THE-SCENES BATTLE is sWinf tween the military service! and the scientists over future v oLuina energy. ; Some 1.500 scientists who had a hand in the invention": duction of the atom bomb have combined forces to urge am exclude the Army from controlling policies on this matted As Washinptnn vfc..v iv,v...it . .. .i.nicta are ref1 Small Deannta Tt, i ... i,nui. tver. on the i- i.I ..,,ih if m" , r - m rKy ur 1m ." aiomic energy i not controlled. This may prove a powerful argument with Congress. War use of niAmi . . .., fhe c enlists want, and consequently they are . ,rt fciiiH St
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