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r TUESDAY r PAGE TWO (Second Section) THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THE MOUNTAINEER Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO Main Street Phone 137 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 TUESDAY AND FRIDAY HAYWOOD COUNTY AND SERVICE MEN One Year $3.00 Six Months 1.75 NORTH CAROLINA One Year Six Months $4.00 2.25 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Ki.tt-r-.l itt tlif p.t (.Ifi.p :il '.in -iille, N ('.. ;M S'. i.n.l flat Mall Mill... :, ,l..n.-. 111..I.T II.- A.I ..f Mali ll I.l7!, .N(Arlnl.er -Ju, 1 H I 4 . Obi(u:tiy jiMliren, rt'4.lnl ii.ii.i .f rf-i.t-it, rani .f tlwi.ks, iin.t Si llwtllH uf frl.lrll.lil.llU'lit fill (Unfit, Will l' cIijik''! f.'i' H mte ul ui.f ;tiul a li.ilt . Mil- j.'-r .l.l. NATIONAL DITO RIAL- ASSOCIATION XHorth Carolina Tl'KSDAY, MUST (!. 19 IG A Good Sign We see that North Carolina has topped every state in the nation in employment dur ing the reconversion period, as indicated by the small number of working, filing claims for unemployment benefits in relation to number of workers covered by the unem ployment compensation law. Only the District of Columbia, of the 49 jurisdictions included in the mainland showed a smaller proportion of its covered labor force as claiming benefits (luring unemploy ment. It is a good sign that the state as a whole is coming back in a fine wholesome attitude to a normal way of living, and the people willing to work for what they get. Who Won The War We read where a veteran of World War I had asked the foregoing question "Who won the war and what did we win? The question was answered in excerpts from General Omar Bradley's Memorial Day speech: "Already people have asked them selves. 'What has the war accomplished?' Let them remember this: Wars are not in struments of achievement. They destroy." "They do not create. Wars cannot make peace. They remove the barriers to peace. We make a mistake if we believe that with the destruction of our enemies we have achieved an immutable pattern for peace. We shall have to see that peace can only be created by intelligence, realism, by sacrifice, and by the will to see it achieved." All of which is rather disillusioning, to both the veteran and the civilian. There comes another question: "Why did we not exercise that intelligence before we fought the war?" A Sad Town We reprint the following from the editorial page of "Charity and Children," for what happened in Thomasville, happens in any other town where a strike takes place. It shows how far-reaching a strike can be and how many are effected in a community. The City of Thomasville is a sad town be cause of a strike this week that has shut down the six plants of the Thomasville Chair Company. The 1200 workers in the company are out of work. The Thomasville Chair Company is the biggest single industry in this city. With 1,200 out of employment everyone of the 12f000 and more people of this community is affected. We do not pre tend to pass judgment in the matter, but we do feel and express our sympathy for the owners of the company, the emlpoyees of the company and the people of Thomasville gen erally. While the effect of the strike will be felt most by the owners and the employees, it will extend to everyone. Charity and Children print shop does between two and three thou sand dollars worth of work a month for the company and the profits of Charity and Children go to the feeding of orphan chil dren. The banks of Thomasville are directly concerned as well as the grocery stores and all other stores, service stations, garages and churches. It doesn't have to be proved that owners of idle machinery and men and women without work will not give as much to their churches as when they are producing at a maximum. This is a sad day for Thomasville and the surrounding country and we hope and pray that an" agreement may be reached that will be fair to all parties concerned. Congratulations PARK IT AT THE DOOR We extend our congratulations alike to J. L. Edwards, recently named manager of Pet Dairy Products Company, and R. B. Davenport, retiring manager who goes to a new firm in Durham as head of another dairy. Mr. Davenport came to Waynesville six years ago, and the plant here has made great progress under his management. During the few years Mr. Davenport has resided here he has been active in the business, civic and religious affairs of the community and he will be greatly missed in all these circles. We congratulate him on the recognition of his ability in being chosen for a larger field of activity in his work. We congratulate the Pet Plant here that they had another man in training, so to speak, to take Mr. Davenport's place, and also Mr. Edwards who has won the confidence of his employes by his ability to carry on the work. We wish both continued success in their new positions. Big Business The government of North Carolina is a big business, as evidenced by the fact that it takes in considerably over 100 million dollars a year and spends and invests a like sum. We have felt for a long time that sufficient publicity is not given to the financial affairs of the state from whence the money comes and where it goes. In a recent issue of the magazine "We the People," comparative figures as to tax col lections for the past two fiscal years were given, and we are passing them on to our readers, for they should prove of interest to every citizen who pays any taxes. Here they are: (JKNKRAL FUND Fiscal Year Fiscal Year TAX 1944-1945 1945-1940 Inheritance $ 1,214,211 $ 1,719,317 License 2,3 19,046 2,097,284 Franchise 8,167,090 8,546,041 Income 37,345,676 38,797,865 Sales 21,841,505 26,598,861 Beverage 5,175,073 6,904,729 Gift 82,557 107,545 Intangible 2,390,567 2,908,425 Freight Car 50,555 48,421 Insurance 2,673,266 2,885,476 Miscellaneous .... 5,424 3,630 Sub Total C. F $81,264,970 $91,217,594 HIGHWAY FUND Motor Vehicles . $11,296,370 $12,879,381 Gas tax 23.057,462 32,157,873 Sub Total H. F $34,353,832 $45,037,254 GAS AND OIL INSPECTION FEES $ 1,252,842 $ 1,682,810 Grand Total $116,871,644 $137,937,658 The Stanley News and Press. Having A Rest The draft boards over the nation are hav ing a rest from sending men to induction centers until September 1, then they will have to get on the job again, and there looms many a headache for the draft boards as they reclassify the men for training. Since December, 1941, the local draft board on the top floor of the courthouse has been one of the busiest places in the county. We often wonder if the members of the board, Dr. Tom Stringfield, G. C. Ferguson and T. L. Green would have taken 6h their duties had they realized how big their task was to be. It was easier at first when men were called for merely "a year's training," but after December 7, 1941, they knew that when they placed a man in "A-l" he was going in all probability to be in combat, it was an other matter. Now they will have another problem, not so big, but will have many a comeback, as they begin in September to classify the 19 to 29 age group who now face a new draft as compulsory peacetime training will get under way. This draft, we are told, is to be in effect through March 31, 1947, and the regulations are designed to make 155,000 young men available for military service. Industrial workers and others deferred on occupational reasons are to fill nearly half the draft quotas, and to make decisions about these men will not be an easy job. While the 18-year-olds are required to reg ister they are not to be called until they reach 19. While it is disconcerting to revive the draft to solve the Army's manpower problems and there will be disruptions in industry and in the individual lives of many who face possi ble drafting, we are willing to trust this mat ter to those In higher authority, for if it takes this protection to ward off another war, those who take time out for training are serving their country for a noble purpose. Sympathy is what one girl offers another in exchange for details Mainsheet. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Do you think that persons who are found guilty of driving drunk should be sentenced to jail for their first offense? JOE TATE "I believe that it would be a good idea to let them Hi until their second offense." JOHN M. QUKEN "A drunken driver on the highways should be y.iven not a jail sentence, but a pris on sentence, as lie jeopardizes evciAone he meets on the road un I d he is caught." HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN We don't know whose business it is technically speaking It may be the job of the town to see that the area round the bus station where the buses come in and park, is clear of all rubbish. It may be the concern of the bus lines to see that the papers are kept off the street, sidewalks and on the court house lawn. At any rate we have an idea that it should be a cooperative affair as long as the public displays such lack of man ners and pride in their town. Never have we seen such a display of small bils of paper, outside of a confetti-strewn midway at a fair as we saw one day last week. .lust between us, il was a disgrace to the town, the bus lines and the public. We hate to come out in such strong language, but in case you saw it, we feel sure you will agree. It gave one the feeling of a person sweeping trash in the face of approaching guests It was that bad. What do you suppose new arrivals by bus thought of the town as they stepped on to the sidewalk, and they picked their way among the bits of paper. On the other hand we know the triuls of trying to keep clear of the paper thrown down by the public and we don't operate1 a bus line but merely live in a house on Main street. One of the most interesting con versations we have had in some time was with a summer visitor Ashton Mossburg of Washington, D. ('. now in town who was with the Blood liank of the American Red Cross during the war. Mis ex periences are both amusing and f 'ischial ing. lie was attached to a corps of one doctor, six nurses and two technicians. One week they spent in Washington and the next as field representa tives taking blood from donors all over the country. We were sur prised to learn that some people gave blood as many as 2.r and '.M times. The publicity whuli at tended the gift ul blood from celebrities was astounding. He told of one high Washington ollicial who was accompanied to the blond center by six photographers and re porters, and the stage was set in a most dramatic manner for the pic lures of his bravery and sacrifice a few minutes after the process gol but they did not show that only under way that he passed com pletely out of the picture dead to the world for the time being. It was nothing to take the blood from 1,000 persons in a day, he said. One D-Day when the Great Nor mandy Invasion was in process thexe was only standing room all day at the Blood center in Wash ington and he worked from 7:0(1 in the morning to past 8:00 thai night, with not a minute out for food assisting in taking the blood from the thousands who wanted to make this gift to their country. A radio had been installed in the center and all day reports of the invasion came to the hundreds as sembled, no doubt giving them more than usual courage and de sire to make the gift, w hich served as life giving to so many in combat. Scores of movie stars, high of ficials, socialites, and people of prominence filed through the (en ter. So often the most phvsicallv fit from appearances wii the oni" who fainted dead away he said. One of the funniest sights, to my narrator, was the day when six six-footers and heavy weight I'. S. Marines who had fought through the Guadalcanal campaign, their uniforms a blaze of color with the JOK DAVIS "Not necessarily, olher offenders of the law are r. en a second chance." C. N. ALI.KN "Yes, I do." ()!.. J. IIAKOKN HOWEI.I "I KICKS (iliOIUK "I always be lieve in giving a person a second nice. BIRTHS Mi. and Mrs. Cecil Cable, of Ilaelwood, announce the birth of ,i daughter on July, 31. Mr. and Mrs. James II. Crawford, of Waynesville, announce the birth ol a daughter on July, 31. Foreign Trade In prewar days the United States was second only to the British em pire in trade with South Africa, United States imports including cop per, chrome, tungsten, lead, man ganese and other orej. In 1940 Americans ordered two million pounds of lobster tails, ice-packed for shipping 7,810 miles to New York City. These rock or Cape spiny lob sters are really sea crawfish, lack ing the big pincers of the lobster. ribbons they had won the right lo wear, came in to give their blood, for their comrades. They looked like they could take any Ihing. and surviving Guadalcanal I hey had proved it. They gave Iheir blood and all fainted dead away six beds in a row with the stalworlh Marines all passed out. Hundreds of men returning from I he battle fronts came to the cen ter to return as they said the "life giving fluid," which had been so generously loaned to them by their fellow countrymen, which had saved their lives when they had been Wounded. The care or the blood and how it was shipped across the country and made into plasma was a story of modern science that seemed like a miracle as we listened to the detads and precautions which science made possible to relieve and save the war victims, as well as civilians. ALONG BROAD? Walter W i t Broadway Side-Show: This is one of those Broadway sagas that make you love the people in show business .... One of the chorus girls in the revue, "Call Me Mist er," is Kate Kriedlich . . . SIv is also understudy lo the star bal lerina. Maria Karnilova . . .Last week Kate's invalid father was wheel-chaired into the National theater to witness the hit Karniluva (learning of the visit, realized this would be one of the old man's rare opportunities to see his daughter dance . . . She insisted that Kate go on in her place All of which made an old man and a young girl very happy. Most terrific anti-trust ac tion in history of the I . S. is slated for Sept. It will in volve at least seven of the best known brokerage houses, an insurance firm and some hanks .... Wendell Berge's l. of J.) trust-busters will charge that 11. S. production is deliberately bottlenecked In the monopolies involved .... fine of the digest mags for Aur.iihl has the exclusive story on il by I(. Atlas .... Wall Streeters are poised for the lh . """J Manhattan mT N 'enna di.hu,.. ,,,a Ui'lps new(.onierj " at ,he Sta deb amuse .k. .. . biii'hiu.H ....... . u "'"urns a,! and Swiih " . 1 "'"''"IK through J Piav-sJ -"'"u paid 4 .''"'ll Zanzibar. J1 7-1 " Haul K H'lo alloyed brij sets u.. ,. l Hopkins, reportei can t get the papm, , 1 1"' Newark Star-U, Ike lim ut .....k. .. pilot-captain. nik than 15o ,J oj sciiuoi during t nuu ii inmates no ne .apoleun stale iiiwlii'iic J K lluuver or lord r M.o Capital Letti By THOMPSON GREENWOOD FACTOUIKS VS TOBACCO At least two establishments in the Wilson-Greenville area have ceased operation within the past two weeks -due lo the fact that all their eni plovees are working in tobacco. Of course alter the tobacco season is over they will resume work. These are the facts on what to bacco workers in that section are receiving and offical Information is available to back it up if you want it: Tobacco primers are re ceiving from $10 lo $15 per day: some are receiving $55 per week with two meals per day furnished, and in some of the less populated areas the primers are receiving from $(i lo $10 per day. The women hands around the tobacco barns are receiving $5 per day. The methods of work differ from farmer to farmer concerning the "day." however, some working from 7 AM to 6 PM and others con sidering it a "day" when a barn of tobacco is "put in." Some of the firms that have been inspected say that cannot compete with these farm wages, and as a result lose their employees. Also, no social security or withholding taxes must be paid by the farm em ployers. On the other hand, to bacco had better stay up around 40 cents a pound this fall that's what the experts are expecting - In fanning these J income nut by a PBLICIST-Tom I'rum the uars. is with Wake Fores! public relations maJ weeks He's a cbti block, or vice versa devote most of hit you just how good ti ball team is. and around $3,010 a m Although a Univerij he did quite a the younger Bost sh asset to DeacontowiJ Wake Forest alul ask him to be kindel than his father h through tlie years accompanied the td out-of-State trips, J cuff articles on soiw received much mori than the olficial games. Most of Tui l'otcat. l.vnch. ani passed on, but k(: young man's intend Since Tom, Jr., M sports slants while; was having his f Carolina, maybe he head Walker some j i Continued oni YOU'RE TELLING ME! By WILLIAM Rin Central Press Writer THE BOYS down Bolivia way are doing a bit of elec tioneering again. They've just lynched their president. t t t The Bolivian revolt, we read, was led by students. Maybe this is an argument against a too long summer vacation for col legians. ! ! ! Tha late president planned lo fly to Chile for sanctuary but h failed to pack his bags in time. ! ! ! Reports indicate the late president was something of a dictator so maybe the rebell ing students were concerned about something a little more serious than just showing off muscle, in an irresponsible. juvenile $ort of way. ; j j ' A good part of Bolivia is on top of towering mountain ranges and this may be what gives some of the citizens such high and mighty ideas. ! ! ! 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