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TUESDAY. jtJ THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER f PAGE FOUR (Second Section) THE , MOUNTAINEER Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO Main Street ph(,ne 137 Waynesvillo, No.th Carolina The County Scat oi Haywood County w. curtis rtuss ur MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN Associate hditor W Cuitis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY HAYWOOD COUNTY AND SERVICE MEN One Year 5 -- Six Months NOKTIl CAROLINA $4 00 Six Months 2.25 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA $4.00 One Year ., ,)0 Six Months " CURB Mail Mall". l-r"" ' "" "f " ' F-nvember Ji, 1'.' 1 I . The Guehnsey Sale The third annual Guernsey Promotional sale which was held at the State Test Farm last week should be gratifying both to the promoters of the event and to dairymen of Haywood county. The fact that 35 out of the 17 head of cattle offered for sale will remain in this countv is sufficient proof that dairying is profitable and has become a permanent part of our agricultural life. While it is to be recognizf d fhat the larger and more remote grazing areas are better suited for sheep and beef cattle and not adapted to dairying, almost every farmer in the county can keep at least a few cows at home that will provide a regular monthly income. Whether operated on a large or small scale, there is money in converting Haywood county grass into milk and the purchase of these high grade animals by Haywood county farmers will do much to improve the produc tiveness of our cattle. 'SHARP CURVES AHEAD!" ()lli,r, ,.. .".'-;;;;:1,;j;;:il;k;r; nil th'tiri's of ei.l.lMllilMoiil '"' I 1 , " laic of ... ,uirt ;i lull' ' ml- r'-r -"in. NATIONAL D!TORIAL It's A Fact -Hofth Carolina mi j Aiicc uritWSl TIKSOAY, .HMO 11. 19 IB Something Wrong We notice that down in H.'.uovcr county last weel lifty 1-or ec..t of tl.v best lettuce crop in that action in ten yenr. representing a value of $250,000 was plowed under, accord ing to the county farm agent. The reason given for this apparent waste was that the prices set by the OPA was such that small crop.', were held down and did not allow truckers to make enough money to cushion their against i(ost-w:.r inllation. To day's existing market prices do not justly selling the lettuce, according to the New Han over county farm agent. This is an appalling situation to us. Some thing is definitely vrung when this much effort can go to waste. all know the problems of labor today and to grow a crop of such magnitude and then to plow it under is poor inducement to continue to produce. Did you know that responsible officials of the government are actually proposing am making plans to reduce the public debt? It': hard to believe but it is a tact. Secretary Vinson of the Treasury calls for it and has a plan and is pushing it, to hold it at $275 billion, and for further reducing it from year to year. That is the best finan cial news that has come out of Washington in ten years. It seems that even officialdom at last recog nizes that debt can get out of hand. It couldn't be avoided during war but a continu ation of it in peace is senseless. There used to be talk of the debt going to $:()) billion, which would have been the last straw, the signal for inflation with all the wraps off, national bankruptcy. 1 may be that the war debt will be paid off before the 100 years that had been estimated, and there is just one way to pay it to save the money with which to pay it, as all debts are paid if, when and ever. The Charlotte Observer. v r L few 71 ,J 1 VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Do you think the new highway cut-off from Lake Junaluska to Dellwood will affect business ma terially in Waynesville? C B GRUBB "Yes, I certainly do I don't think it would have an immediate affect, but that gradu ally the towns to the wesi win fj"' and Waynesville will lose." MISS S. A. JONES "Not if i?et the roads leading to the new highway at both ends of the cut-off widened and improved, and if we put some at r..nv iens at the intersections encouraging visitors to see Waynes ville." ALONG BROADV Walter Which. paiii. I1AVIS "If through traf fir affects the business of a town, 1 feel that the new cut-off definitely will affect Waynesville. II o. CHAMPION "Yes, I think it will." HERE and THERE Hy HILDA WAY liWYN G. C. PEARSON "I think it will i, ,,,', ,,,. effect on business. Not ,oi H.al thouch. If we can ... hicihuiauc connecting Way nesville with the cut-off improved that will help us a great deal. The Food And Feed Situation Wrecks After a few wks of intensive checking of cars and trucks by our slate highway patrol, over lo.OoO cars hiiv been either taken off the highways entirely or sent in for necessary repairs. While this is a small percentage of the cars in operation in North Carolina, fifteen thous and road hazards c-"ld endanger a great many lives as well as cause an immense amount of damage. The unfortunate thing about the operation of a bad car or careless or drunken driving is that one occupant of such a car, can en danger the lives of hundreds of people in a day's run. The state patrol is doing an excellent job in getting these cars and drivers off the highways and it is to he hoped that they will keep up the good work until the appalling number of wrecks has been reduced to a minimum. Ueeentlv the Department of Agricultm issued a report to the effect that the North Carolina farmers this year would proiiatny produce record breaking crops. It would be remembered that these forecasts are put out a month in advance and what was a true picture ;?0 days ago may be an entirely dif ferent st.orv now. Such happens to be the case today and on account of the continued wet weather, am much land that was expected to be in culti vation a month ago still remains unbroken and in many sections of the state farmer u I,n ,,.iq!,1o fn rminnt. or work ttlOSl llrlVC IKXII vv, . v j - crops already planted. That there will be both a grain and feci shortage in the state now seems to be in evitable. There is still time to plant sonu foratre crons and the farmer who is wise w still plant some kind of feed crop, for utiles. he raises his own feed this year the price In will have to pay for feed to carry his stock through next winter will probably take tin greater part of his profits. Laic one alterimon last week we saw a en- dm e in from I he tiioun lams. SI nek in t he hark seal were ! some branches 'and good si.cd dues at lli.it' ol' ii'alea. They had iinrc lii-eii lovely, of that special ,lainc color, but they hud been picked for some time. Now after being 'transported" in the back of a car sluil up. they had faded They were not worth bothering to nut in water, they were so far gone hat there was little hope ol their evninii The husband said. "They aren l wnrtb taking in. let's throw cm aw ay ." There flashed tn mind an article we bad recently read of "setting the posies to pose," instead of picking them, which pointed out that wildllowers soon wilted beyond any point of beauty or desirability and how much more practical it was to photograph them and leave tin-in for others to enjoy than to pick and eventually fliseard. We have an idea that wildllowers will be particular ly tempting this year, as they must have multiplied profuse ly during the gas rationing days, when extra riding was out. We hear about such vio lations as "transporting" im plied to beverages of certain types, we would like to inaugu rate one alxnit wildllowers. It would give the patrolmen another check up to make in the name of the preserva tion of beauty on American highways. be in I i prai 1 H a ini; inrw WIT' ' y on ni i, in! papel cbaiidise sal islied. go dow n il for a he null A Crisis Met It did not take the 204 members and guests of the Chapel Hill Kiwanis club, which in cluded representatives from eight neighbor ing clubs of the Fifth Division of the Caro lina District of Kiwanis International, long to take charge of the situation when the waiters refused to serve either meal unless they could le guaranteed tips amounting to 10 per cent of the cost of the dinner. They did take time out to learn that the waiters received a weekly wage of $19.80 for six days and an average of $20 to $2" weekly in tips, plus three meals a day whn they work, and some of th ,n hold additional jobs. When they learned the foregoing facts, they rolled up their sleeves and the volunteers we are told struck out for the kitchen and the banquet was a self-served affair by their own members. Among the waiters were none other than Representative John W. Urn stead. Alumni secretary Spike Saunders, Grady Pritchard and Roy Armstrong. While some of the plates, according to the account, might have been passed over the wrong shoulder, and maybe a cup or two of coffee spilled over, the guests agreed that never had they had such efficient and speedy service. No doubt the temperature of the emotions of the hosts helped to stimulate quick action. At any rate there was no further offer made to the waiters, but they returned the next day to work. Overalls and panls don't sound ,, allurini',. set these two articles li-ew one of the biggest shopping rowds seen in one spot here for amir tune. When the sun first anie pi epmi; over Pigeon (lap on Friday nun mill',, would be buyers it these products were gathered Ml 1 noil of I'.elk Hud .oil's Store to line-. The news was .illv a bailie cry for inov ua;d Coing down the isles men. women and children, and old. all with an cxpec ook. and all'-r receiving a bag w ilh the treasured nier- lliey looked relieved and We watched one big hat I li- line, it's owner using fan lo keep her cool as ade her way lo the buying spot. Only one casually reported, a young girl lainted. One small boy was left near the front and he found a place to sit under some hancers We worried about his hill" bare Iocs in the path of the determined shoppers, bill he cheer t nl I chewed his gum and we never heard a crv. so he must have es caped. One young matron with a la months oid child, exhausted, said, never again, but I did get this child some panls and his Daddy some overalls," What more could she ask.' We bet she forgets her fatigue the next time the call goes out tor something she wants. One thing about the scarcity of things, is that we have learn ed to appreciate the simple things of life. The other day Isabcllc and I'.rn Colkitl picked us up down town. They must hive been on a regular shop ping spree for the hack of their car was tilled with pack ages, hut there was one that lsahelle was holding on lo as if il might be of special value, (which we found out it was). asked us to guess what it ;ht he and when we failed .aid. "A rolling pin." Her daughter, Doris Colkitt Mc I'liov, married nearly two years has not bad a rolling pin. but has been forced to roll out her biscuits and pie crusts with anything at hand. The only comfort wr could find in slit h a lark would he the beau 1 1 1 nl alibi it might prove in case one had a husband who referred to "the kind that Mother used to make." One rould put the entire blame on the lark of a rolling pin. How ever in the case of Doris, she would not need such, that is if she is as good a housekeeper as her neighbors across the way in the Kirkpatrick apart ments report. Newspaper Man Staff: INS foreign news chief J. C. Oes- treicher tells about the pompous general who gathered a group of war correspondents and bored them by outlining the broad strategic situation without giving them any worthwhile news. When the general asked for questions, newsDoy John ny Florea promptly douDle-talked: That is great. General. But when will your troops take Unterstitzen on the Bleiweis?" . . . The general looked uncertainly at his maps. Of course there was no such town. He asked Florea to repeat the query. The reporter did so, emphasizing that Berlin could not possiDly be reached unless the Bleiweis was crossed and Unterstitzen captured. Afraid to admit ne man t Know something, the general confidently replied: "My men will take it in a few days at the most. Probably the most bumptious nnhlisher of all was James Watson Webb. During the Uivil war he uimtp tn Lincoln suggesting that he he made a major-general. Lincoln offered him the slightly lower rank of brigadier-general. Webb re turned the commission with the words "Respectfully declined J. W. Webb" written across it Hi, Nea the N ber lhi,r, Lat icuiTir,? :. vellum t- niorc than i;J i . -J "een diatnh ni 1 1 i "uuu ... xi lO.lllllj ,,,. I" us ."Now VlJ in over HKfi i. 2:9 is tl, ,.. ' ... iKCSt She mig she Allereies and nerves are taking such unusual forms these days that we should not be surprised at any turn any more, but it did give us a jolt to read about the case of the nervous Greensboro chickens, suf fering from the noise of the low flying army planes, and their owner took the matter up with the U. S. Supreme Court and the matter is now giving Congress a headacne. The planes upset the chickens so much that they ran into wans ano killed themselves. The Supreme Court rullcd that any plane fly- ine below the prescribed suu-tooi minimum deprives persons of property But despite the opinion of the majority Justice Hugo Black points out that noise trout auto mobiles does not entitle home owners along the highway to danv ages, and the same thing should be applied to planes. He wants Congress to pass some legislaiton. It won d be interesting to looK forward 50 years from now and know the reaction of the public to such legislation, if passed. We have an idea it would be as obso lete as the law Governing the size of the stick an early pioneer in this country could use on Ins wilt- is today.' Some legislators are again whnonine un plans to clamp a nix on newscasters who tell the truth about them. Which isn't anything novel Years ago. only reporters who were friendly to Congressmen were allowed to enter the Halls of Congress. Henry Clay fought such undemocratic procedures. He point ed out: "Liberty is not the private nrnnertv of Congress. It is Amen ca s heritage, it ireeaom is oniy accorded to our friends, then we are the foes of democracy. LETTERS TO EDITOR When Floyd Gibbons covered China for a news service, he didn't communicate with his home office for manv weeks. Finally Gibbons nHiinr .isked another news service to cable their correspondent in China and find out what happened to Flnvd. The whimsical newsman cabled his retort: "Have located Gibbons in the bar-room of Cathay Hotel in Shanghai. Do you want me to in terview him?" ;t' Ti-s in the Ar!: to Fi Oldest Bible 10 1 te . 89 words. Old: Qt irk i "iguaJ Jnhn Rarrv-mn,. i-ccung m courthouse n e re nnh call," said ih er phone your "Lawyer v Phoning niy pr( hick lw rushe atlol Juds Uwy snapp inquiring DhniJ , ""H soiiicii a gi-iiuo wnat the rei i ol much! Kress is healing men. "Do you think man. "thai rn,,m.l isc and received thj arms: That's the trani ex-i..i. i bandleader Congress K-con)l arms instead of la A steel sheathed Bible carried in the left breast pocket saved the life of Flying Fortress Bombardier Robert Turner of Lexington, Ky. . . . Returning after a mission over Germany, Turner discovered sev eral jagged flak fragments embed ded in the Bible. During World War I the life of Ross Neal (of Lebanon, Tenn.) was saved when his Bible instead of his heart absorbed a German bullet. In appreciation (during World War Just after the had an anromtmm Gov. Hut due lo a matters, ho Mas del 'Mr. President. said, "I guess von Kept the (ioveriw setts wailing our "That's not si Hnosevelt. "I inlei Governor of New yl During the early gazettes were very Editors reemied 11 thought of dealing But one New York the lid off this staJ a bang by pub: interview. An is prostitute! There has been agroment anion; mologists on die word "Sel.it" -it often in the Book TO DIRECT C ,1 Hind Smalhi summer aetn for I he ChampMB announced Tursda a war veteran member of t he Cal faculty. Increasing Interests The proposed movement sponsorhu, tht erection of an airport here seems to be daily crnvvinir in interest and .supporter;, iuil);m) bv the response with which the petition ,. l,;..V. oro Koimr eireubited about the CoUnl ;ire meetinff. Vt are tnld there is a psychologic; moment for all things. It 'would .seem that this is the time to press the cause of an air port here in Haywood county. 1 he govern ment has annronriated money and will give half of the amount required to build an air nort in the countv. This appropriation may be transferred to other purposes if the county does not in time take advantage of the offer. The Civil Air Patrol has been quite active in this area, giving proof of the large number of those who are interested in flying. It is said that at present there are more than 40 persons who are sufficiently interested in operating planes to go out of the county to nearby airports to take lessons. Trip addition of an airrxvrt to supplement the other means of travel and transportation is a definite part of the post war world, and towns and communities which are isolated from this service will be in many ways cut off from the beaten mth of travel, for the airplane and its rapid means of transporta tion has come to stay and is being used for all types of service in addition to that of passenger travel. It is to be hoped that at this time every citizen in the county will lend his or her in fluence to put over this project which will nut na in direct route of air service, and in- x sure Haywood county a placetin the picture of progress. I (INt;it ATI l. VMONS Kihlur The Mountaineer My congratulations upon our forward step m expanding the Waynesville Muiiiilameer to a semi-weekly paper. I I "in the be- iniiniL'. of m association with you when you took TIIK I'.VKKYDA V ( ( )t: NSF.I .' II! leatuie. it was the nite.1 I'l or.i i ssn e ol the weekly papers which I serve. You have newspapermen on your stall' who know how lo gel out a good news paper. Sincerely yours. Herbert Spaugh. TIIK I'.VKKYDAY ( '( )l ; NSK1 .( Hi (ONGKATl'I.ATIONS Editor The Mountaineer 1 just noticed in the North Cam lina I'll". Bulletin that you have changed publication of your paper from weekK lo semi-weekly, and I wiilc lo oiler congratulations and the hope that it will not be a great while helore you will bud it pos sible lo go into the daily field. With personal regards, I am Your:, Sincerely. The Kinsloii Daily Free Press II. Gall Braxton. 1,1 KKS SKMI-WKKKLY Editor The Mountaineer .lust a word to tell you how much I enjoyed your paper. 1 congrat ulate you on your decision to step your paper up to tw ice-a-week. 1 have read with much interest the copy 1 have and it is a pleasure (Continued on Page Six) The Old Home Town By Stanley hu.kuTIT A RFAIVTY Ot COUI5SET WE'RE A U1TTLE BEHIMO SCHEDULE ON SOME OF THE PARTS vjmi 1 & rirsis vwai i n&F JliSV lITt 1 PROMISEOVOU- IHtOTHtKrHici fv, SHOULD BE ALW M o - YOU LUCKY DOS - -I PUT MY ORDfie A SIX. MONTHS AHEAD OF YOL AND I CANT EVEN GET 'EM ON THE PHONE r -r-. J i S z fcf S ' l ,. THE PRWSLES COULCAT SLEEP APRAtO "THEY WOULCAT BE THC - FIRST TO 4-tl A ""'S iw .ww. , laufiUh Ale Gaminy Western North Carolina looks forward to one of the best tourist seasons in many year?. And of course Waynesville and Haywood County will attract much of the traffic that comes from all points of the compass to vaca tion among us. It is a good time to count and appreciate our blessings in this respect. Those of us who come in contact with visitors can do much to make them glad they came our way. The reverse is also true. A courteous word, a thoughtful act they are the small things that make departing visitor say: "I'm coming back next year." The First National Ba ORGANIZED 1902 Mernbef Member Federal Deposit Insurance Comporation We Have Lock Boxes To Rent federal H
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