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FRIDAY, JULY :, 1946
Extension
W note that the Pet Dairy Products Com
pany has made another extension of lines,
giving additional milk producers an opportun
ity to sell milk direct to the plant without
the expense or time out of bringing the milk
into the plant here.
These opportunities have added greatly to
the rural life of Haywood County, and have
brought to our farmers and their families a
steady cash income that promises to continue
to increase, that is and should be appreciated
by both the farmers that enjoy first hand
and the entire county at large.
The Lists Grow
Although traffic deaths in North Carolina
decreased from 69 to 59 during May from the
April record, the number of persons injured
on the streets and highways increased from
482 to 515.
T. Boddie Ward, State Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles, commented that, "The de
cline in deaths in May as compared with
April is probably due to the current National
Police Traffic Safety Check, which was in
existence a good portion of May and is still
in effect. If your motor car is defective, have
it repaired immediately and put it in a safe
driving condition. Don't wait. Tomorrow
may be too late."
Right Next Door
We again call attention td the outstanding
speakers who are appearing, on the programs
at the Methodist Assembly at Lake Juna
luska. Coming at the busiest season, both
for the town and the rural people, it is often
hard for the Haywood County folks to at
tend these programs at the Lake.
Of special interest are the speakers this
year as many of them have come from for
eign posts and are familiar with conditions
and situations of which we are reading about
every day, but would be of added interest to
hear personally from those who have actual
ly made the contacts.
Progressive
Cherokee County
Last week-end the citizens of Cherokee
County, the Town of Murphy, and Miss Addie
Mae Cooke, publisher of The CheTokee Scout,
entertained the Western North Carolina
Press for a two-day session.
The citizens of the "dam country" have
the art of dealing out true Southern hospi
tality at its best. They have the knack of
showing their visitors their country, and
especially the many recent modern improve
ments such as the TVA dams, schools, work
in forestry and agriculture.
The members of the press were shown
every phase of life in the "dam country,"
from the work in schools, farms, industry,
mining and even the religious activities.
The extreme western development of this
State really started with the construction of
the dams along some of the rivers, and today,
fl spirit of progress prevails throughout the
Area. Giant dirt-moving machines are build
ing an airport, hnge transmission" lines carry
enough electric current over the county to
do anything that power can accomplish.
One does not .have to linger long with the
people pf Cherokee County to be completely
"sold" oft thftt gaction of th state. And the
best part of all, is that they really have some
thing worth selling. v
An Opportunity
The prices paid at the lamb pool conducted
by the farm agents at the Clyde Stock Yards
last Saturday should prove of interest to the
sheep growers and others in the county, for
it was proof of what can be accomplished
along 'this line in the county.
Livestock authorities have all felt that
there should be more sheep raised in Hay
wood County, both for the wool and meat
market. The faet that the pool held at Clyde
was the best in the state this year according
to the agricultural leaders who came here
to conduct it is indicative of the opportuni
ties in this field.
Haywood's Baseball Team
Baseball is an expression of the American
spirit that loves competitive athletics and
good sportsmanship. This explains the
game's popularity in Haywood County, with
two good teams one at Hazelwood and one
at Canton.
Hazelwood's team, ably managed by Tom
Rlalock, has amassed a proud record in the
Industrial League, remaining undefeated
after nine regular games. Like the Canton
team, Hazelwood's roster is composed main
ly of men who have been off to war and have
returned to peacetime work and play. There
has been little time for baseball the past few
years and a dearth of players. Now that men
are returning in numbers from service uni
forms, many step into one of a different kind
get on the ball team to represent the home
town against one and all.
The abilities of the players is admirable.
No more so, however, than the fact that they
"play by the rules." It has been observed
that it requires more sportsmanship to be a
good winner than a loser. So Hazelwood's
excellent baseball team deserves our heartiest
congratulations and complete support for
their sportsmanship and hospitality to their
friendly rivals.
The Limit
We have followed the strikes through the
press for the past few years with increasing
concern in the causes and the results, and we
must confess declining sympathy. The re
cent strike in the assembly lines of the Dodge
passenger automobile section is to our mind
the limit.
It made us fear that Americans are getting
soft, to an alarming condition, when 8b' men
can simply complain of the heat and throw
5,800 men into idleness, as they did in Detroit
last week.
The spokesman, of the 86 men who re
fused to work because of the heat were in
the major fixture department of the body
plant, explained that when they walked out
1,300 employes were sent home at 9:00 a. m.
Then lack of bodies forced the shut down
of the paint, trim and final assembly lines at
noon with another 4,500 workers going home.
Only the machine shop at the Dodge plant
continued to operate.
There comes a very serious question, to our
minds, do these men, who accept a job as they
did, have the right to stop their work and
throw thousands of others out of work. Such
actions are offensive to one's sense of jus
tice, and make one feel that it is high time
the tide swung in the other direction.
Which Way Will It Turn?
There seems to be a difference of opinion
as to how the public will react if the com
plete control of prices is lifted.
Some are of the opinion that consumers
will stage a strike, in a concerted protest if
prices are sky-highed into unreasonable in
flation. There are others who feel that as long
as the American public has cash in their
pockets they will buy what they want, if they
can find it.
They feel that during the past few years
they have had to battle and hunt so much for
what they want, have had plenty of money,
and the habit will be too strong to break,
until the funds are gone.
In the first place it would be hard to organ
ize a buyers strike, for there will always be
people who will get things. We see that in
every day life. The Black Market is a defi
nite answer to this.
Yet on the other hand with civilian produc
tion coming back we have noticed there is a
growing tendency on the part of the public
to hesitate a bit now and in many cases de
cide to wait a little later. They have done
without so long, they eaii take it a bit longer.
At any fate it will be interesting to watch,
for we will see right here in our own stores
the reaction of high prices if they come,
which we hope they will not in any noticeable
measure.
It was gratifying to learri from the Survey
made by The Mountaineer the first of the
week that all local Stores Contacted Were de
sirous of doing their best to hold down prices,
feeling that if each did his part, the much
dreaded peaks of inflation would not over
take us, and that the process of returning to
normalcy would be gradual.
THE OLD HOME TOWN
By STAN LEV
I ITS FUNNXCOC, ALITTLeViTISUNS A4 TH' FAMILY-- HIS
WPET'A1 ANO MfVNSx)OL& MAN GOT A KINK LIKE THIS
' I UP LIKE THIS ANI CANT WHEN THEY LED HIM TO THE,
V STRAIGHTEN OUT .' ( ELECTRIC CHAIR "HE CODLDMT
V V jrjcK Sit dowai' so
s 1JMlTW HACTOTAKE
ON THE MOM E SWEET FOAsT-
HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY (iWYN
Barbara Haviland Seaman, daugh
ter of Mi s. Lucilc Sal 1 ert livval lc
llavilaiul, and the lale ('umdr
Bradley llaviland. 1 1 . S Naval Air
Corps, former home seivire sec re
' ary of the 1 l,i wood Chapter,
American Ited Cross, is havini; one
af the most colorful and interest iim
)OSt-wnr experiences of air, one wo
itnow and we know few people,
ncidentnlly who could yet more
ut of her opport unities ihan liar
)ara, for with her love of people
her capacity lor observation, en
joymcnt of life and work, she
bound to
contacts.
the jack pot in her
Formerly with the Ked Cross.
Barbara volunteered for overseas
ilutv. In the meantime I he war
.nded and there were no more
.vorkers being sent overseas, but
she was recommended to the d'ov-
'rnment for a post for which one
iiud to stand a still' competitive
'Xamination. Beinn a graduate of
Leland-Stanford I 'diversity, with a
high scholastic rating, naturally
Barbara had no trouble in making
he grade.
From her first experience she hit
he high spots of drama. She flew
to Europe on the same plane that
carried General Walker of the
Italian " Campaign fame, back to
European theater after many wear
months of service on the sad mis
sion of attending the funeral of
his old friend. Ceneral I'allon, Two
hours out of Washington the plane
caught on fire. Aflei at last get
ling on their way. their lirsl stop
was in Newfoundland, in a dense
fog at night, whole they found a
hot supper waiting for them. They
soon were on their way and the
next morning had breakfast in the
tropics, such is the uniting of the
planes to Europe.
When she arrived in Europe she
was kept in Paris for a few days.
To her this was almost like a sa
cred mission for it gave her an op
portunity to visil the Lafayette
Escadrille memorial on which is
inscribed the name of her tattler,
veteran of World War 1 and 11,
who was a member of this dis
tinguished group and was decorat
ed by the French, Relgium, Italian,
American and British governments
for his services. The day she and
another girl, also a government
employee, went to visit the me
morial it was raining. They had no
umbrella, but were determined to
nake the trip. They ran into a
French woman, of whom they ask
.'d directions. She insisted on ac
ompanying them as she expressed
t. "No. if your father could come
jver here from America to fight for
us. I can walk in the rain with
AiWe WASHINGTON
Naming of Vinson, Austin
Meets With Capitol O. K.
fStettinius May Nof Run
' For Senate From Virginia
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Fred Vinson
Special to Central Press
WASHINGTON President Truman's decision to appoint
Treasury Secretary Fred Vinson to bs chief justice of the United
States and Senator Austin (R) of Vermont, American representa
tive to the United Nations Security Council, Is reported to be a real
political compromise. As it turned out, they appear to be the most
popular appointments of Mr. Truman's tenure.
There were compelling reasons and some pressures on the White
House to name a Republican to the supreme court following the
death of Chief Justice Harlan Stone. In the in
terest of harmony in Congress, the natural tend
ency by Mr. Truman was to follow this course.
But Vinson was Mr. Truman's original choice for
the bench.
The resignation of Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.,
from his UN post gave the chief executive a
golden opportunity. He wasted no time in select
ing Austin to succeed Stettinius in a post in
volving foreign affairs, a sensitive spot where
non-partisanship is now needed moie than else
where. By naming Vinson to the court at the same
time, the two appointments balanced each other.
For the most part, Republicans lauded the Vinson
appointment. Only a few noted that it might
have been more desirable to have a Republican named to the bench.
Incidentally, some political observers regard the Austin appoint
ment as a backhanded slap at some of the congressional New
Dealers. Senator Claude Pepper (D) of Florida had called loudly
for the nomination of Commerce Secretary Henry Wallace to the
post.
OBSERVERS ARE LESS CERTAIN now than they were earlier
that Stettinius will be a candidate for the Senate from Virginia.
When he stepped down from his UN post, the report was widely
spread that he hoped to enter the Senate race from Virginia to fill
the spot vacated by the death of veteran Senator Carter Glass.
However, Virginia politics are not that simple.
Candidates are usually chosen by the machine and, on the general
record, nominations are given to those who have been active in local
and state politics over a long period of time.
The senatorial post is generally regarded as the reward of long
and distinguished service. This is Compensated by the fact that
it's usually "once a 6enator from Virginia, always a senator from
Virginia." Stettinius has lived in Culpeper. Va., for many years
since coming into government service early in the New Deal.
He' was educated at the University of Virginia. He is also a
registered Democrat in Virginia. But his background is big business
and .he has never held elective office. In view of this situation,
observers doubt that he can win the post.
LABOR OBSERVERS DOUBT that the committee for Maritime
Unity will have a long lease on life. Ostensibly the CMU is to be
eome the big international union of maritime workers, but insiders
do not believe the six CIO members and one independent will stick
together.
toetl
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he organization exists in name only and has not yet been legally
formed. Its paid advertisements during the maritime dispute have
been signed merely: Committee of Maritime Unions.
Most observers believe that the CMU will do well to hold together
during the current crisis. The owners would definitely like to split
It apart. Reports of disunity have leaked out of the
CMU councils and a strike, it's believed, would prob
ably finish the "unity."
For one thing, there are too many "strong men"
among members of CMU Harry Bridges of the
longshoremen; Joe Curran, National Maritime Union,
and Joseph Selly, American communications association-
solid, tasting international organization of maritime employes.
The lone Independent. V. J. Malone, Irish boss of the Marine
Firemen,' goesj pretty much its own way In negotiation, .despite
public protestations in behalf of a united front.
Unity
Of CMU
Fragile
-to weld a
VOICE
OF THE
PEOPLE
What is your ideal wy to cool off
on a hot summer daff
Henry Ftfit "I take my shirt off
and head for the shade."
R. -E. Fore "Upon Cataloochee
with a rod and reel."
Orville Nolaiid "Take a good
swim, if you can find a place to
swim."
R. R. Campbell "Head back for
a mountain stream fishing. Or go
out to the top of Clingman's Dome.
It's usually five degrees cooler
there than any place around here."
Oscar Smathtrs "I like to get
in the shade."
his daughter to the memorial."
Outside of Visiting the memor
ial one of the top highlights of her
stay so far was attendance at the
luncheon given by the French gov
ernment for the last meeting of the
Hig Four in Berlin. She was the
only person not participating in the
business of the meeting present.
She had the honor of sitting next
to Mr. Kovel, the Russian repre
sentative and reports he is a most
entertaining person. She found
out that he had a special weakness
for American chewing gum and
promised to send him some.
Mrs. Seaman left the States some
six months ago and Was assigned
to the Economics Division of the
Military government as a typist
clerk and sinee then has been pro
moted to assistant chief clerk of
the secretariat and has six girls
under her supervision. Like most
veterans returning she fears that
we Americans do hot tinderstand
just how bad conditions are in
Europe.
She recently Wrote that some
weeks were like" "Old Home Week"
back home. She has met many
people "who know somebody she
has known or has heard of some
one she knows." She recently met
Col. Jack Lynn and they had a
grand time talking about Waynes
ville and Haywood county, for in
her work Barbara covered the
county. We are sure her associates
in the secretariat will hate for her
leaving date to come, as the county
office personnel did here in the
court house, when she left for
Washington, for Barbara always
makes a place for herself.
Wax Worm
There are two different species of
moths known as wax moths, the
larvae or caterpillar stages of which
live on or in the Wax deposited by
the honey bee. So far as Is known,
the worms or larvae of these moths
never attack woolert materials but
live only on the wa produced by
the honey bee.
Capital Lett,
THOMPSON GRCENWOOB
SAFETY A number of daily and
weekly newspapers in this state
will soon publish special sections
Urging more careful driving.
Around a dozen have signed up for
this feature, and the number is ex
pected to run to 25 or 30. The
life-taking pictures to be run (some
of the worst wrecks in the Statei
tell a story which no article could
put across.
TOURS With many of the war's
traveling handicaps at afi end, bus
tours are springing up again. One
large bus company has begun over
night trips to the "Lost Colony
You buy a ticket which entitles ou
to ride to the play, see the show,
spend the night, and return to
Raleigh. You buy your own meals
HERE I COME! Scores of Tar
Heel farmers will spend most of
December this year in the West
The annual National Farm Bureau
Convention, which Usually attracts
around 200 folks from this State
will be held this year in California
SPUDS The Irish potato situa
tion in Northestern North Carolina
was in its worst condition in years
last week as farmers piled them up
in the woods awaiting Government
delivery. The commercial market
petered out long ago . . . and by
the time you read this a plan may
have been worked out whereby the
farmer gets paid for his spuds
whether he digs them or not. For
several days last week around 150
cars per day went directly from the
Government to liquor manufactur
ers, but now even this has been
slowed down because of strikes in
the distilleries.
Meantime, potatoes are bringing
about three cents a pound on the
retail market. California spuds are
about two cents higher than those
produced in this State. They actu
ally look better, for they are handl
ed more carefully and are wash
ed, but they are gummy. Buy the
North Carolina potato every time!
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NOT YET The name of
Clarence Poe, editor of the Pro
gessive Farmer and a native of
Chatham County, comes up now
and then in connection with the
gubernatorial race in 1948. This
was true of L. P. McLendon of
Greensboro in 1943, 1944. But
neither man has ever been able to
receive enough encouragement to
induce him to throw his hat in the
ring. Both are smart and
both are sons-in-law of the late
great Governor Charles B. Aycock.
ILL Comptroller General
Lindsay Warren is ill in Washing
ton though not seriously, it is be
lieved. But seriously enough to
prevent his assistant, Dudley Bag
ley of Moycock in Currituck Coun
ty, to resign on July 1, as he had
planned.
Some folks around Raleigh have
said that Bagley is merely coming
Moody 1
Mody. who id
Vl"e environs
u"t' Place, but fe,
even thoueh
liult more J
with Harry, BefJ
Attorney Gtmi
was an attorney
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around Ra
starts talking Jerf
ton, whs wasij
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been tendered
but wouldn't tail
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Durham and Jotl
out for Congtesf
were against Glial
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hate to see se
take it uh the t
a great deal in
and the beys juj
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Report Of Condition Of The
First National Ba
Of
Waynesville, North Carolina
At the Close of Business on June 29, 1946
ASSETS
Cash and Due from Banks $1,448,074.32
U. S. Bonds 2,545,837.50
N.C. & Other State Bonds 87,800.00
LIABILITIES
County and Municipal
Bonds of K. C
Capital Stock
Surplus
Undivided Profits
Reserve for Contingent'"
145,000.00
Total Capita
Fund
Total Cash and Bonds ... 4,226,711.82
Federal Reserve Bank
Stock 3,300.00
Loans and Discounts 1,418,910.36
Banking House 18,270.57
Furniture and Fixtures ... 23,977.22
Other Real Estate NONE
TOTAL ASSETS 6,691,169.97
Member Federal Reserve System
Deposits
TOTAL LIABILITY
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Federal
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