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thursdayjarcbJ if PRICE SDL IS-Jctfta Section! " THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER .1 i . . I' h & if i 1 I' f f Capital By THOMPSON PEOPLE ARE FUNNY When the roads in the rural sections were so bad a few weeks ago, letters, telegrams, and telephone calls and delegations, of course poured into Raleigh pleading for improve ment to our secondary highway system in North Carolina- At that time, road conditions were so bad and weather so rotten that noth ing could be done. Within the past two weeks we have had generally fair weather at least as good as we've had all winter and the roads, thanks to sunshine and pre-March winds, have1 become passable. NOW IS THE TIME TO WORK THE ROADS. When the roads could not be worked, the people were raising Cain. But now that they can be worked, everything is relatively quiet. At the meeting of the State Highway Commission last week, not one delegation was present . . all was sweetness and light, be cause of a few days of winds and fair weather. DELEGATIONS SHOULD CALL ON THEIR HIGHWAY COMMIS SIONERS FROM NOW UNTIL NEXT OCTOBER not next winter when it's imopssible to improve the roads. EQUIPMENT If the State High way Commission postpones this work until it has the equipment necessary to carry it out, very little- improvement can be made on our country roads before Sep tember. That will allow only about two months' work before the win ter sets in. Nothing is being said about it, but the State has found that it cannot purchase adequate road machinery before next fall. So scores of rural roads projects should be done under contract This will cost more, but the money is available, and the expenditure will be small as compared with the school time that will be lost next term if repairs are not effected. PRIMARY Maybe the trouble with our rural roads is that we constantly refer to them as "sec ondary roads" . . . and then let them run a bad second. Since there are a lot more RFD roads than paved highways, why not refer to , them as "primary roads," and give them first position. After all, 60 - per- cent of this State's population comes under the classification , "rural." NOTES A. J. McKevlin, manag ing editor of the News and Ob server and regarded as one of the outstanding newspapermen in the i country, is seriously ill, may not work again for several months if at all. He's, one of the squarest ', guys in the business. Don't be, surprise if you read f ii V. Whitfield's marirage to a prominent widow in Northeastern North Carolina. Whitfield, formerly with the U. S. State Department, is represen'ative from Pender County has just announced again), and a leader in the Farm Bureau The lady in the extreme northeast is also one of the State's agricul tural leaders former member of the State Board of Agriculture etc. . . . good looking, too. Agri culturally speaking, one might say ; mey would make a peach of a pair. . . . Talk in Northwestern North 1-aroUna is that Thurmond Chat- t ham (blankets) has political aspira- uons but he'd better keep his legal residence out of Wilkes if he wants to realize them. His father 3 Hugh Chatham, became rather prominent politically, and was mentioned for Governor away back yonder when this was quite an i honor. COLONY The National Broad J casting Company may be urged to t broadcast at least a portion of the i program at the reopening of "The ,,Lost Colony" down in Dare Coun ty oil June 30. WPTF, in Raleigh, is' considering carrying the drama ) on opening night ... but is wor- J ried about bad telephone connec s i tions down that way. t Announcement of plans to nro- ? duce "The Lost Colony" again this summer drew from many officials ardund Raleigh the prediction that this will be the most successful season in its history. TOURS At least one company If i is planning io sec up a one-weeK June; July, and August. Tenta- tlve plans call for the tour to begin ' at XSreensboro and to include two days In the Great Smokies, two I if ... h 'Make Haste Slowly' b Especially True Today Regarding- Appliances. For Guaranteed Quality Ranges ;j ; . Water Heaters " Made For Bottled Gas ""Place Four Order Today Wtloh 8b Letters CREENWOOD along the coast, and the other three at points in between. Arrange ments are being made with various hotels along the proposed route, it is reported, but scarcity of hotel accommodations may cripple the project. RADIO A. J. Fletcher, brother of Col. A. I, Fletcher, who is chair man of the Unemployment Com pensation Commission, owns Radio Station WRAL in Raleigh, and has secured a permit from the Federal Communications Commission to es tablish a 250-watt station in Dur ham. And another station is going up in Durham . . . making three for the tobacco town. A. J. Fletch er's son, Fred, manages his Ra leigh station and Son Floyd will be head man in Durham. Son Frank, an attorney in Washington, keeps a weather eye on the FCC. You can't beat these Fletchers. Good mountain stock from up on Silas Creek in Ashe County, they're sharp as a tack and have the enter prise and energy to push ahead. Incidentally, the father of A- J. and A. L. is a minister . . . still living and in good health ... 85 years old and continues to preach now and then around North Wilkes boro, where he now lives with his daughter. A petition has been filed with FCC to increase the power of WRAL from 250 to 5,000 watts. Some enemy of the radio station at Henderson removed six vital bolts from the transmission tower last Wednesday night, and the thing toppled over . . . estimated damage: $10 000. HOME RUN Those in the know will tell you that Governor Cherry smashed out a homer when he managed to get Erwin Mills man agement and labor to settle their differences; for the situation was on the verge of becoming nasty. The operators of the mllis had said a few days earlier that the mills were going to run . . . and labor was just as determined that they were not going to run. Governor Cherry virtually had to crack their heads together before a settlement could be effected. He lost a night s sleep as the two adversaries sparred and feinted, searched in vain for an opening! and finally agreed to go back to work. Cherry grew up with the smell of textiles in his nostrils, and this background aided him in his efforts to settle the strike- HOEY Nine years earlier, Sen ator C. R. Hoey, then Governor, had made headlines by attacking strikes in a different manner. While sitdown strikers held up production in Detroit, Governor Hoey issued a statement to the effect that we would have none of that business in North Carolina. He declared that he would use the State Highway Patrol, ths State Guard, and all other power the State could muster to see to it that picket lines would be crossed by anyany man who wanted to work. But since labor was only getting its foot in the door in North Caro lina at that time, Governor Hoey was not forced to carry out this threat during his administration. NOTES The battle between the Wildlife group and the Game and Fisheries division of the Depart ment of Conservation and Develop- niLia is ciauy Decoming more sav age. It's a fight to the death . . . Governor Cherry wanted something definite from the State Highway Commission on the improvement of 3.000 miles of dirt roads this year. He wanted this project "spelled out" last week, but if he got it, the matter was kept a secret . . . Con gressman R. L. Doughton has de cided to stand for re-election and they say the GOP's in his district may arrange for him to have no opposition this fall. He's had no We Can Solve Your Problems For CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL AND LOGGING EQUIPMENT State Distributors Q International Crawler Tractors O Cedar Rapids Asphalt Plants and O Industrial Wheel Type Tractors and Crushers Diesel Engines. Q Rogers Trailers O Cargo Logging Winches O Euclid Trac-Truks O American Preformed Cable q Northwest Shovels O Bucyrus-Erie Scrapers Bulldozers q Galion Graders and Rollers O Disston Chain Saws 0 jaeger Mixers, Pumps, Hoists, Pav- O Corley Sawmills, Edgers, Etc ing Equipment, and Air Compres- O Elgin Pick-Up Sweepers sors. As Well As Many Other Lines of Popular Equipment. North Carolina Equipment Company RALEIGH, N. C 3101 Hillsboro St. Phone 8838 SALES - RENTALS - PARTS - SERVICE May Get Ickes Post i 4- c ; v; f V ; . hi m mi ii " f ii miii i im m ACCORDING to reports circulating in Washington, Justice William O. Douglas (above) of the Supreme Court of the United States may be named the next Secretary of the Interior, succeeding Harold L. Ickes. Douglas is the youngest Justice on the high court (.International) Library Notes MARGARET JOHNSTON County Librarian Those of you who have been reading "The Black Rose" by Thomas B. Costain will want to read a pamphlet received at the library recently entitled "Marco Polo and Some Mod6rn Things Old in the Asis of His Day," by Dr. E. W- Gudger. It is reprinted from the "Scien tific Monthly," of December, 1933. The article is a very interesting sketch for the writer chooses the practices and discoveries of the people of Marco Polo's day which we modern have later rediscov ered. Perhaps you would like to read or re-read the "Travels of Marco Polo." There are two copies in the Haywood County Library and as Dr. Oudger says, I envy the man who reads this great work for the first time-" In reply for the request for some of his writings for our library col lection, Dr. Gudger sent us the following articles: The Whale Shark off Havana Harbor. Begnnings of Fish Teratology, 1555-1642. Strange Stories of Fish. Fishes That Live in the Mouths of Gill Cavities of Other Fishes. Twenty-five Years' Quest of the opponent in the primary since the late Pete Murphy gave him a con test in 1918. Doughton, 82, has been in Congress since March 4, 1911. EXPERT MECHANICS . . . QUALITY PARTS AND ECONOMY PRICES At Hazelwood Garage NORMAN BROTHERS Gas . . . Oil . . . Accessories . . . Confections On the Highway Hazelwood CHARLOTTE, N. C 2 Miles South" Rt. 21 Phone 44661 Training I s Open To Vets In Agriculture Monthly Income Provided Under G.I. Bill For Those Who Qualify The agricultural department of the Waynesville Township high school is cooperating with the Vete ran's Administration in carrying out the Veterans Farmers Training program, according to an announce ment by W. E. Pressley, vocational teacher in the local school. Qualified veterans who enter this program vvill receive a monthly subsistence allowance of $65, if single, and $90 if married. The coordinated instruction which will supplement on-the-job training on the farm, will be planned to fit the individual needs and educational background of the veteran. Two broad objectives will be in cluded in the training: First, the trainee veterans will go into the business of farming to improve the vocational efficiency and second, to further his interest in the res ponsibility as a citizen of the com munity. Under the North Carolina plan the Veterans Farmers training pro gram will be conducted by local teachers with other agricultural agencies cooperating. Two types of training will be given under this program. The veteran will spend 30 hours a week on the farm and will also attend organized classes at the local high school, shops or other suitable places. These study groups will be made up entirely of veterans and will not be mixed with regular high school classes in agriculture. Under the employer-training pro gram a veteran is placed with a good farmer who will give him guidance and direction as well as teach him certain skills in farming. The farmer is to pay the veteran in cost or living expenses in addition to the $65 or $90 per month he will receive from the veteran's admin istration. In the case of the self proprietor ship program the veteran is on his own farm or on one which he is authorized to make decisions rela tive to farm operations, the veteran training will be based upon a long time farm plan. He will also be Whale Shark. Bullets and Spear-heads Em bedded in the Tusks of Elephants Cannibalism Among the Shark and Rays. W tbaHkm Wonderfully quick a. little Va-tro-nol up each nostril helps open nasal pas sagesmakes breathing easier-when your head fills up with stuffy transient congestion! Va-tro-nol gives grand re lief , too, from sniffly, sneezy distress of head colds. Follow directions In folder. VICIIS VATRO-HOL ASHEYILLE, N. C Sweeten Creek Road Phone 789 dreatae $300,000,000 Sent Abroad From U. S. Americans and foreigners resid ing in this country sent more than $300,000,000 in cash to friends and relatives abroad mostly in Eu rope. Latin America and China during 1945, the Commerce De partment has estimated. Predicting a sharp increase in these noncommercial remittances in the nevt few years, the De partment noted those of last year more than doubled prewar 1939's $144,000,000 and trebled the $100, 000,000 low mark of wartime 1942- On the other hand, the Depart ment said it was unlikely that re mittances would again reach the record figure of $700,000,000 set in 1919, in an increase that followed the last war. expected to attend classes and will be visited frequently by the agri culture teacher who will assist him with problems in connection with operating the farm. The teacher will make frequent visits to all the agriculture veterans for the purpose of coordinating the related instruction and its appli cation with the training the veteran is receiving on the farm. All veterans who served as long as 90 days and received an honor able discharge' are eligible to take training, it was pointed out by Mr. Pressley. The training program is set up for one year in the begin ning. In the cases where the work of the veteran is satisfactory he may receive training for a period of approximately one year longer than the total length of his service in the armed forces, not to exceed 48 months. Any veteran interested in enter ing the agriculture training pro gram should contact one oi tne agriculture teachers in Haywood county, in any of the following schools: Waynesville, Bethel, Fines Creek and Crabtree. RJO Louis Graves Starts Debate Among University Faculty CHAPEL HILL A mild tempest has been brewing among faculty members of the University of North Carolina because of an "innocent" letter to Editor Louis Graves of the Chapel Hill Weekly. Gerald W. Johnson, well known author and former associate editor of the Baltimore Sun, who hcMcU the journalism department at the University at one time, wrote to Editor Graves the other day and suggested a practice of addressing a dean, a head of a department or a full professor as "mister"; an associate professor as "professor," and an an assistant or an instruc tor as "doctor." According to Johnson, the theory supporting this practice is i.-'n: "The high regard that the possessor of a Ph.D. at first has for it fades with the years until he welcomes being addressed by a title open to all men, without graduate study." Since printing this letter, Editor Graves has been bombarded in a dignified manner, of course by letters from various faculty mem bers, mostly Ph.D.'s. Some of the more serious-minded have "gotten their backs up" and have debated the merits of Johnson's suggestions, pro and con, at length. Read the Classified Advertisements IS GETTING UP NIGHTS GETTING YOU DOWN? Thousands say famous doctor's discovery gives blessed relief from irritation of the bladder caused by excess acidity in the urine Why suffer needlessly from backaches, run-down feeling from excess acidity In the urine? Just try DR. KILMER'S SWAMP ROOT, the renowned herbal medicine. SWAMP ROOT acts fast on the kidneys to promote the flow of urine and relieve troublesome excess acidity. Origi nally created by a practising physician. Dr. Kilmer's is a carefully blended combi nation of 16 herbs, roots, vegetables, bal sams, jioaofarefy nothing harsh or habit forming in this pure, scientific prepara tion. Just good ingredients that Quickly act on the kidneys to increase the flow of urine and ease the uncomfortable symp toms of bladder irritation. Send for free, prepaid sample TODAY! Like thousands of others you'll be glad that you did. Send name and address to Department B, Kilmer & Co., Inc., Box 1255, Stamford, Conn. Offer limited. Send at once. All druggists sell Swamp Root. T&BQS STAKES Everybody wants goods: Manufacturers want to make them for you. Yet months after the war's end, you still find it difficult to get many of the things you want and should have; So, isn't this the time for all of us to take stock ; ; ; to learn a lesson : : ; to find out, if we can, what will cure the troubles we are having and prevent their recurrence? Let's look ahead, and agree on a program that will insure the full pro duction everybody agrees is the real answer to most of our problems; Suppose we begin by taking a good look at three roadblocks to prosperity: STRIKES Whatever their justice or injustice, strikes paralyze production, force people to use np their savings, and result in losses that can never be made op. PRICE CEILINGS Full production isn't possible when industry suffers losses because of ris ing costs and frozen prices. Price NATIONAL'ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS FOB A BETTER TOMORROW FOR EVERYBODY . T DADPf T LU IT A 7t r H It Ii I IM & WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA MATINEE: Sunday 2 and 4 P. M.; Saturday 2 NIGHT SHOW: 7 and 9 V. M, Sund ADMISSION: Children Under Seats. 35c -TAX : On Children's Pass, 2c- THURSDAY MARCH 7 'This Gun For Hire' Alan Ladd Veronica Lake FRIDAY MARCH 8 'First Yank Into Tokyo" Tom Neal Barbara Hale SATURDAY MARCH 9 'Both Barrels Blazing" Charles Starret LATE SHOW 10:30 "Isle Of The Dead" Boris Karloff Ellen Drew SUNDAY MARCH 10 "Abilene Town" Randolph Scott Ann Dvorak MONDAY-TUESDAY MARCH 11-12 'They Were Expendable" Robert Montgomery John Wayne WEDNESDAY MARCH 13 'Follow That Woman' William Gargan Nancy Kelly ceilings limit production goods just don't get made. GOVERNMENT SPENDING Continued huge government spending means continued high taxes. High taxes discourage production, hinder the creation of jobs, and leave you less to spend. ISN'T THIS THE WAY? The people, through Congress, can remove these roadblocks in the long range interests of aU ; : ; By establishing a labor policy that will treat labor and management exactly alike, and above all be fair to the public; By removing the shackles of price control on manufactured goods; By cutting down on government spending now and balancing tne Federal budget by the 1947 fiscal yeiar at a level of income and outgo that taxpayers can stand. ' Do yon believe this program is in the public interest? Your Representatives in Congress are the only ones that can put it ufito effect. Tell them how you feel about it; and 34 12 Years. iv. Adult M , Pbon 202
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