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r PAGE TWO (Second Section)' THE WATNESyHAE 'MOUNTAINEER TUESDAY., Urn! THE MOUNTAINEER Published By THE WAYNES VILLE PRINTING CO Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY HAYWOOD COl'NTY AND SERVICE MEN One Year Six Months One Year Six Months NORTH CAROLINA Oi; I'SIDE NORTH CAROLINA tOne.Year Six Months Kill I'M J at Ii,,- ...-t "f(i. :il VV Jiy iLlI II . . . -. , r. I ,. !. r I NinVuiLjwr J H, lull. OllilHJiy lJ,.ti.-N. ICv,,ul i.,,s ..f l.v I. 1. 1' II. . il.l'l all li.llnt ..I' ..Iil-M.iliiriil fi J.I..M, ..ill I,-- .t.M. I I"., I' ,.l ih. rate r wlir .""l . I... II . rfl- ).n ..r.l. NATIONAL D!TOR!AI SIC ASSOCIATION North Cn roll nn tV TUESDAY, Al'fil ST 27. Ill Hi The Worm Has Turned The worm has turtnl. AMi r many years of lutfislutioii mostly in favor of 1 h'- employee, the trend now is toward ley-Nation for the employer. Legislators are said to he plan ning demands on rev ision of the W'a.uner Ad, which will ffive the employers more freedom and the unions a little less. Employers are also seeking the same free dom of speech that the unions have enjoyed. They want the riyht to express their views during union organizing: campaigns as the unions have. This would also include the ritfht to distribute literature and discuss the Unionizing of their plants. ., They are seeking freedom to petition for employe elections, all of which sounds only fair, and brings a rat Iter shocking realization of how far thing's have swumr in one direction. JsText In Line President Truman seems lo ho the next in line for a raise in his pay check. alouK with the cabinet members. Everybody on the jrov ernment pay roll has had a boost hut the top ranking officials. Now it appears that they have a pay raise in the mnkiujr, though we are happy to say we have heard no inti mation of a cabinet or presidential strike. The salary of the president o!' the United States has not been raised since the days of President laft. A jump- now i'mm $75,000 paid since then to s loii.ooo is boost reported. In addition, however to the $7."i,000, the president has had free house rent, some servants and !?2.".UiH to cover travel expenses. We have an idea that most presidents have been able to save a neat little sum out of their travel allowance, with the exception of the Roosevelts. We feel sure that betwen the comings and jroinjrs of .Mrs. Roosevelt and the tite president there was a ht deficit every Jear. the the h Tragic Oversight We want to call the attention of the North Carolina State Highway Commission to the half circle curve on highway 2 of), going through the Crabtree section of the county. We understand from those living in the area that in less than two years there have been five accidents around this curve of the road, which proves two things; first above all that there should be more care taken by the drivers; second, that a stretch of highway as dangerous to drive as this apparently is, should have some indiction of its hazardous disadvantages by way of a nign that at least thre is a curve ahead. In fact we would heartily approve a sign board bearing the number of persons injured and killed. i We consider this a grave oversight on the part of the state highway commmission not td'haye had some sign or some protection ajfjund the sharp curve. If the expense of ( rtrpoving the mountain is prohibitive, then .certainly the motorist should be warned at both entries into the stretch that death lurks nithe highway. fhe record over the past week-end from Saj;uaiday morning to Sunday night, when ten $esons (Were injured and one killed on Hay wood county highways, should slow down traffic to a sane and safety speed. Life is getting too cheap on our highways. Why ,t&e great rush? The Ugly Side W. CURTIS RUSS Editor MRS. HILDA WAY CWYN Associate Editor W. Curti" Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers 1.75 $4,00 2.25 $4.50 2.50 Wc may tire of stories that are revealed at this stage after the war of the crookedness and connivings in wartime purchasing, and charges of mishandling of postwar surplus property disposal, but these records should be ferreted out of the last one. While most Americans were sacrificing ami glal to do so, it is sickening to learn that underneath the cloth of aiding the govern ment there was so much dishonest intrigue abroad in the land. Most of the leaders in the nation seem to agree that national sell respect requires these investigations and that only through their exposure will Congress and the people know how to prevent a repetition. There-are also rumors about certain abuses of die many privileges which are being given the Veterans. These things added up are cal culated to give the honest citizen who pays his taxes without grumbling, a feeling of resentment against loose policies that give opportunities for graft, whether the trans gressors have or have not been in uniform. How Many Now? VOICE OF THE PEOPLE What do. you think of the, return of the OPA? Elizabeth Leatherwood "I think it's time to stop the, OPA or have a better system." .. TXT . waiter Wi.J Paul Davisr "I think the orig inal intent was fine, but due, to. its poor management it has not , done the iob. Whether or not it will work any better is doubtful." J. C. ijejuolnes "Frankly, I don't approve. I have seen too many things come and go off the market while the QPA.was on and off. It is doubtful if there has ever more constructive or a more successful program carried on outside of the schools for the children of this community, than the recent Cherokee Heading club, which closed Wednesday of last week in cue grand gala day when 711 hoys and girls with 27 interested parents and adults spent the day at the Indian Reservation and took in all the sights. If you get in conversation with any of these boys and girls on the subject of the Cherokee Indians you had better be careful how you discuss them for these youngsters might embar rass you with their store of infor- Time To Save The following summary of replies from county superintendents of education to ques tionnaires sent out by the North Carolina education association in regard to vacancies in the faculties of the public schools as of AlMl-IIC 1 w...,l.lin I.. Raleigh, gives an illuminating picture of the I lowering of the standard in our public schools i been lor the coining term. j There were 10!) administrative units re porting a total of 1 1,191 positions for princi pals and teachers with 1,200 vacancies; (il ; county units reporting 998 vacancies; 18 city! units reporting 202 vacancies. In the 109 units reporting 04:5 positions! have been filled with teachers holding sub-' standard certificates. j The prospect is not bright, but perhaps this climax (we trust it will not grow any! worse) coming during a legislative year will j impress the solons, who have it in their power to give a salary raise comparable to the cost ! malum on the history of our neigh of the preparation and training for a teacher j b"rs ov('r ,hl' s"c' Gap' plus the great responsibility of educating ourj TnP s.mnn7rding club has children. j been sponsored by the Haywood j County Library. The program has i involved many things, the primary object of course to aid children in j forming the habit and acquiring a j love of reading, which succeeded No "ifs, ands or huts" should weaken public j beyond the dreams of the county support for President Truman's economy i lil)lal ian- Miss Margaret Johnston ,i ,r- , , . , , , , , I and her assistant, Mrs. James At om 0. His attitude IS highly Commendable, kins, with more than 200 children and he appears determined to carry through enrolled and R3 completing the to positive results. Demands that govern-' n,adinR antl ''(,Porlil,s 011 tne re" . , , ; quired ten books. mental departments save $2,000,000,000 and; The live I'owwow sessions car llu1 order to postpone and screen Federal ! , '('l ou "10 Cherokee Indian theme building projects are practical steps to curb'"1 Y't0n' in "'Ki; nd lh' rt8 ,. . ' , , , 1 and crafts ol the Cherokee. They spending. Others should be taken. were about as interesting to adults For the news that the budget is very near- as children, judging from the num ly balanced should produce no complacency.!1';;,';;' la,l(''' who always asked A windfall of unexpected revenue permits j The cooperation given to the this approach to balance. But the approxi-1 program by the adults in the commute- balance is at an extremely high level muni,v ol,r, "f 'x7''ionaI re i tmnn nM , spouse, with a total of 55 persons above $10,000,000,000. That is ten times the j helping the libraiSan in the proj Federal budget 1; years ago. And it is about j 0('t- half of the total national income- 10 years1 The "no """Panjonship which rp . . u j comes lrom cooperation and sliar- ago. losay it is only a quarter of the present ing in a project was stimulating national income does not bring it into the,to "10 children, and their summer realm of sound finance. To say that it is not yet a normal, peacetime budget is only to emphasize the need for getting down to a peace level. No one is expecting reductions to prewar figures. Increased interest costs, new ex penditures for veterans, and an $18,000,000, 000 item for the Army and Navy part of it for occupation expense all preclude a re turn to the good old days that never were good enough for the worried taxpayers. Also many expenses are for services neither Con gress nor the public wants to drop. Rut there must be sharp ax work somewhere if the total is to be cut. Real slashing is imperative. The tax experts have estimated that. the ...i-cw oim.es iiiigru reasonably carry an1 eighteen billion to twenty billion postwar budget. The present level of spending is double that. It is clearly necessary to get down out of the stratosphere. This is essen tial not only in order to start mvimr ff debt while the Nation is collecting boom-time I THE OLD HOME TOWN revenues ; a cut in Government spending also helps reduce the total competition for scarce goods which is the basic cause of price infla tion. Just where the saving should be done must be a matter of determination by careful study. We hope the president and his new budget director will make further specific proposals. Then the public should turn the searchlight on Congress and on its own pleas for "exemptions" and special treat ment. Christian Science Monitor. HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN But back to Hie climax of the final day at the Cherokee reserva tion with the tour led by Miss Mary E. Ulmer, librarian at the school. The group left here in Hi cars, (response from public to call for transportation brought more than enough earsi, left the Haywood County Library at 9:00 o'clock, all excited in anticipation of the day. The first stop was at Cove school, 10 miles off the Smoky Mountains Park highway. Here they saw the class rooms with their two weeks supply of lunch food already. They visited the gar dens, the barns, saw the pigs and the horses. It was bard to get the children away from the swings, to say nothing of the fascination of crossing and recrossing the swing ing bridge. Some of the boys found out that the Reservation was plenty large enough to get lost on. Here two of the little Indian girls took a great fancy to Sally Ray, who went with the group. Boy Parkman "1 ttunk a con tinuation might have helped, but not broken doses." Oliver H. Shflwi VI think we'll have less to, eat and I lon't think much of the OPA." I)r. O.JI. ChamnUm "I was for (ho OPA during, the war, but not now." Maglo Horwwuis Synthetic plant hprmpnes that arti ficially po"4nate :lbo plant Jjuda result In (eedleg tenaatocs. , Hor mones also aiure Harmer the flow ering of their fruit- trees in iae P frost, and make the crop yield ftv times larger. Magic hormones have made seedless cucumbers, egg plant and squash. schools on the reservation and about the Seminole Indians, from another tribe who are students at Cherokee. . James S. Bolan, former n: commission;;!- of New Cork lt, an old friend, is perhaps th, i piest man in Manhattan );,,', J on a handsome pension, head . i Bolan Agency, a private d, i,., ,u" organization patronized t , i, s insurance companies, bank other sterling corporation- i ,, started, half as a hobby, tin j,,,uin Academy, in his headquarters " 280 Madison Ave. His pian U teach investigative work ir lm and women by mail, with a place ment bureau for his graduates i H" reaction has been rather a.,,a.'n Approved by the Veterans adniinis tratiun .under the Gl Bill oi KikIii the academy drew a heavy male re sponse. Rut to Bolans suiuiim .women are revealing a ti-i'iiu ini,,,,-' zeal to become private investigator; I , '" "Naturally they're born . ...' " ers.'M said. But Jim shrugged iIHt 1 ,'. off. "No, these are serious and ,ii. Anitely, out to make a profession , HJ' So he enlisted former Oiivi i. .cf. the Bureau of policewomen ei New ..York, Mary A. Sullivan, t,, handle the co-eds' courses. !.Cd( i'iriiid '!lU-,. .,, Wo .... UeJ "fitiij -l-.nl ,, iili:t( ill. '"-Oli. .)ril II,. Paul gerlcnuuc.h, who used to nut the roughest heavyweights to si, ,,,, is, a song-writer and publisher now In partnership with Harold K,,,., in Queens Villiage. aul. M-airch marked, with all his keen facuiiie . behaves like an artist, a gentleman and a businessman. He wa- our favorite mauler. The ninht he m .,,1, Voung Stribling hang on. lem.,i was his high spot lor us. M,,ie i,- er to him in his new and wort In endeavors, and success to Ins lale i song. na K.f hj. on. ltJi .i aiie 'i-nh iaJ ".oi i e-.,ris ll(nr 11 LuliJ Picnic lunch was enjoyed on the island and they all seemed to feel very much at home and no won der they had Pet milk to drink, through the generosity of Waynesville plant. Here they waded in the Oconoe Lufty river, with only one falling in the water. Then the lour of the school build ings with the boys intrigued with the fire escape's. They visited the library, the craft building; they saw the Indians weaving mats from corn shucks, they watched the In dian boys carving geese in the woodworking shop, they viewed the paintings on the walls of the In dian school. Then, came the high spot, of , the day for which they had worked the reading certificates were awarded by a .former ..assistant Cherokee Chief, McKioley ,Ross, descendant pf John Ross. He told them about . the present tribe of Cherokee?, who jOMwber 2,800 reg? istered merobers, Jiving , on the 59,900 acres of, land, divided into six townsbips,. each with, two coun-t cil members, with a , chief and a vice-chief, elec.ted. every tour years . . . and the presentation of the certificates by Mr. Ross as Miss Johnston called out the names. Homeward bound .they stopped at the shops and were everywhere viewing the baskets and the Indian arts with a last farewell to the reservation . . . and their goodbye to Miss Johnston . . . "Please let's another reading ciub next Reported romanriiig - llaih ua .Moffett. ex-stariet, and handsome Bob Gregory, ox-wrestler. El !u-; roccoing . . .Joey Adams, .soon - . ' closed at the Capitol, oil In Sara toga and Junior blandish, shov.doll , in l II I Hill t'O'. i I in; Imll ui. Hum Hi.i.. 4i. Capital Lett By THOMPSON GREENWOOD ROADS Agriculture Commis sioner Kerr Scott, who lives on a dirt road in Alamance C'ountv, yot tile highway folks told in Ashe ville last week, pointing out that anil ii lu (iiH'tn't A alive i.l i!v uri Or iiiu-i alisniulil alier la- , n.'iiiiK' i ..-en: theJ have year, interest was as entertaining as was constructive. it In the afternoon they listened spell-bound to the legends as told by Miss Ulmer, librarian, of "The Story of the Strawberries" and "Smoke on the Mountains and why they are called the Great Smokies." This was followed by a talk by Mr. Knowles, clean of the Indian boys, who told them about the The handling of this program in addition to the heavy summer, cir culation of the county library was a real feat,, for there were nearly 3,000 books read by these children, alone, and oral and written reports given the librarian . . . which took more hours;than you might guess. there is a strong chance oi some j I In- tr. i heretofore (except H)28i Democratic lm i.l counties going Republican this fall i" vom it the rural roads program doesn't set moving, in laci. no says mere op TIIKCIT. is some danger of Alamance miin-.: for the GOP. 1 1 There were cries in Raleigh ol- ;" fices to Hie effect that his criticism 11 of the highway department wa bad, coming from another Siae department that way "bickerim:. they called it. But Scott maintains that somebody must speak up for the people living on the rural roads. I-A-I . llrl Mecklll- Mini' In-, 'C'onliiHictl i. ra il: K ii !nt k 3i;r YOU'RE TELLING ME! By WIUIAM RITT Central Press Writer IN DANISH restaurants, we read, a steak is served with a fried egg on top. What, no pickle or mustard? ! ! ! Canadian caught a 35-pound fish with a lasso. Zadok Dum kopl thinks he must have really been aiming at a bull (frog). ! ! ! Pu Yi, ex-puppet emperor of ex-Manchukuo, is unemployed. Maybe he could get a jeb as Charley McCarthy's stand-in. I ! ! For the second time this year the Aga Khan will receive a gift of his weight in diamonds. There's one fat man who just doesn't dare reduce. i i i London is reported sinking at the rate of an inch every five years. The world's largest city rnay some day be the lowest. ! ! ! Maryland police tried to fright n away starlings by firing off roman candles. Birds, too, it seems, like to watch fireworks. ! ! ! During the war, we read, spies crosssd the U. S. -Canadian bor jder disguised as hockey players. It takes icy nerves, all right, to pull a stunt like that. It's no comfort to a returned veteran to know the wolf won't be at the door this win ter simply because he has no doon-Christian Science Monitor. Looking over its live file, the bureau, pf minor research finds this one still unsettled: At what age does a bachelor become "con firmed ?" Detroit News. STANLEY i AND THt-T SIDE WAt-lls.Atff NOT-0' Xsjir ' - y rir""7 " "'" " . .. Boue Some The iimpulse to save to put something aside for the inevitable emergen :v '? strong in all of us. Foster it by openinc a Savings Account at The Friendly Dank. Systematic Saving is Successful Savin:. THE First National Bai ORGANIZED 1902 Member Federal Deposit Insurance ' Corporation Member fcdei 1
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