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FRIDAY. AUGUST 1. 1947
Asheville Is Elated
This week one of the main topics of conver
sation in business and civic circles here in
Waynesville was the play-up fiven the new
Junaluska-Dellwood road by Asheville news
papers. The general tone of the pae of pictures and
the text that accompanied the illustrations
was "look what we have done."
There was a severe note of criticism here
from people in all walks of life at the atti
tude taken in Buncombe county about the
road.
While Waynesville has never cherished the
idea of the road which would by-pass the
town en route to Cherokee and the Park,
never has there been word of protest raised
to stop the project. This newspaper, as well
as the citizens here, realized that the road
was in line with progress and a program of
the Highway Commission to shorten dis
tances between points and lessen congested
traffic areas. Realizing all this, no effort
was made to hinder the plans.
It has always been understood locally that
the cut-off was instigated and pushed to com
pletion by pressure from Buncombe county.
In fact, it is understood here, that the road
was recognized as one of Buncombe's major
road projects for the present administration,
although all construction was within the
boundary of Haywood.
The article and pictures prove that Ashe
ville is bubbling over with joy and could not
refrain from showing their emotions.
Dodging Jury Service
The average superior court judge hears
about as many different excuses from citizens
not wanting to serve on the jury, as the
preacher hears from people not going to
church.
Down in Onslow county recently Judge
John J. Burney told the grand jury of several
instances where people tried to get out of
jury service. The Jacksonville Views and
News reported the event in detail.
The jurist said he picked up a farmer one
morning while traveling to court at Windsor
and was told by the hitchhiker. "I'm called
for jury duty but I ain't going to serve."
Inquiring a.- !" h"v the farmer was goir.i:
to get out of serving, the judge was told. "I'm
gonna fool that old jiule.
I'm gonna tell him I have a field full of
hav to put up. Ain't got a bit of hay but that
excuse always works.
When court was opened and the judge
asked if anvbody wanted to be excused, that
particular juror didn't speak up.
"As a matter of fact." said the judge, "he
didn't even speak up when I asked if any
body had any hay to get in."
On another occasion, the jurist recalled,
a prospective juror came before the bench
and said, "Your honor. I don't know who's
going to the first, my wife or daughter."
The judge hastily excused the poor man
and it was only a little while later that the
same man was brought into court for raising
a disturbance on the courthouse lawn.
"What were you doing down there?" de-
Lightning Strikes 3 Times
Last week we published an editorial about
lightning striking in the same place twice.
An Associated Press story has just come
in which carries the statement even further.
It j'aiHiaiolatUghlng ca.n and does
.stifilse -as inajjHij Hhfee- times in the same
place. The article "reads:
"FAIRMONT (AP) There's an old say
ing about 'lightning never strikes twice in
the same place,' but Mr. and Mrs. Marvin
Faulk, Sr., who live south of here, do not be
lieve it.
"They say their residence has been hit
three times this summer by lightning, and
their neighbors bear them out.
"The third bolt hit the house this week
during a storm and part of their home was
burned. The first two times that lightning
hit the house only minor damage occurred.
The Faulks hope that the third strike is
out; "
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Can beauty treatments help cure mntal illness?
Rambling, Round
Bits Of Human Interest News Picked Up By Members
Of The Mountaineer Staff
Aus-ver: Yes, believes Dr. Perry
V W.iley. Superintendent of the
St;.te Mental Hospital at Pontiac,
Midi , who five years ago estaV
li l,((i an up-to-date beauty par
fur his women patients. "The
. .;,,' he says, "is alone responsi
l,V for keeping many of our pa-
, ni ,n a cheerful frame of mind
v e we can work and talk with
Like all useful qualities, a
.3
,i:.,,'s vanity can De oveiue
,,,1,1, but without some confi
,, , m hit appearance, no wom
,,ii liave tne feeling of security
t nn iital health requires.
! I i m
Des "single-mindedness"
imply a "ene-track mind"?
Answer: I don't think so I
should call a person "single-mind
ed" who had one consistent pur
pose in life, but could change hi
methods of pursuing it when nec
essary, while ine man with a
(CopTrtKht. 1G47. Kin ltur, Svnili.aiF :, ,
our iMloi-
II,.,-.. iv run, tnr ilic ' nlcaM-lcll- we repeat: it only
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manded the judge. "I thought you told me ((J),(,Ult.r ., J(1, -.i, ,i;iy, gailu-r- range their arrival - until the brittle
vour wife ami daughter were sick." ing at seven in the morning to Ml air of' September and the snap,..
iround and talk iiniil starting lime ness 01 uciooei wuuiu no ,n.o
"Nope," the man said. "I just told you
I didn't know which is going to die first. I
don't."
being with a rejuvenation
amount of winter could undo
The Forgiving Spirit
Another item for the same col
umn: with the street half taken
up by "Men IVorkin;;" on a water
line. WHY will every automobile
driver decide he wants to get
VOICE
OF THE
PEOPLE
Are you superstitious? If so,
what is your pet suuerstition?
Several months ago, a Negro crept to the through the narrow passage first?
farmer, and fired a shot at his heart. The 5
bullet missed its mark, but did seriously
As one looks up al the verdant
wound the man. Officers later arrested the)jite m S() sh,., ., ;,ime ,1,,
Nn, and the farmer's attractive wife, , slopes will begin u blush with
charging that she had hired the Negro to
kill her husband.
The woman was placed under $15,000 bond,
and wjthin a few days suffered a nervous
condition, which resulted in her becoming a
patient at a hospital in this area. The Negro
remains m jail in Lumberton.
The husband is well again, and last week
visited his wife at the hospital effecting a kkp. st. cf.oRc.y.
.... .. . ...... u S.WS Ml ASKS
reconciliation ano mey ien loguuiei on mni
"second honeymoon" to an undisclosed beach
resort.
The solicitor in Robeson county sy.- he
plans to prosecute both the woman and
Negro on a felonious assault charce when
court opens in August.
Evidently this is an example of that "for
giving" spirit we often hear preached from
the pulpits, but seldom see put into practice
bv men and women.
i We have received news re
! leases lhatthe new X. ('. High
way Safety Act provides two ucii
; alties for speeders: a real stiiT
fine for those caught making over
75 miles per hour, and a regu
i lar speeding fine for drivers ar
rested going in excess of the
new limit, 55. Police say the writ
, ten law does not state this in so
autumn s approach and then turn many words. Our new drivers 11-
scarlet Willi the glory ol fall. Again
Mrs. Roger Walker: "My only
Miliei stilion is in the habit of
stamping" white horses in order
to lind a fortune."
Mrs. John Queen, Sr.: "I'm sup
erstitious of the number 13. I
won't put up 13 fans at a time or
M at 13 people at a table or any
thing that has to do with 13."
Miss Ida Jean Brown:
superstitious at all."
'1 am not
"Chat" Thomas: "I never had any
superstitions of any kind. Don't be
lieve in them."
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t Carl Mundy. Sr.: "I've got so
' many I don't know which is my
various l nines. Thev are always I"'1 ''''.v il is believing that
thinking of ways for I he govern
ment to spend more money.
"I have heard from only one con
stituent favoring economy since government.
I've come to Congress ." Mrs St. George is one of the two
Mrs. St. George, small, chic. Eur- new women members of Congress,
opean-educated resident of Tuxedo, The oilier is Mrs. Georgia Lusk ID
S'. Ml
A member of the Post Office and
i Civil Service Committees she has
She thinks this Congress has worked on the loyalty and retire-
shown a great deal of courage and nient hills,
writing in that the new members, especially; She introduced IIR 1203, a bill
nrt begging the young ones who are veterans, to give sick leave pay and vaca
be cut in are out to give the country good (Continued on Page Three)
Capital Let
By THOMPSON GREENWOOD
, and more
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file is Republican representative of the
are 29th New York District.
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FIRST PRIMARY? Stale
Treasurer Charles Johnson who is
riding herd for nomination as the
governor next May wouldn't he al
all surprised if he wins in the
first primary.
He looks at it, sensibly enough,
in this manner: Johnson says it
will not be he, himself, whom tin
people will be voting for, but finan
cial stability.
"I've been fortunate enough !o
be treasurer and during recent
years we have ,had a good finan
cial foundation, so the people are
associating me with financial sta
bility." The foregoing may not he
the exact words he spoke while
leaned up to a lightpost in the old
Dick Fountain manner last week,
but you get the gist of his state
ment. The state actually is now at its
best, 'financially: speaking, and
Johnson was treasurer while all
this came to pass. Even his wor
thy opponents, Oscar Barker and
Wayne Albright, will have to admit
that. If the state were wallowing
in financial disgrace, Johnson
would receive much of the blame
So he must receive much of tin
credit for its prosperity, whether
he is due it or not.
If the primary were held t..;'a.
Johnson could win, hands down
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Burley Prices Encouraging
An optimistic note for tobacco growers
comes from W. P. Hedrick, tobacco market
ing specialist for the State Department A
Agriculture, who predicted this week that
flue-cured tobacco would average S48 to S49
per hundred when the season opens August
7 in Eastern Carolina.
The specialist made it clear that he did not urd
mean his forecast would necessarily hold J
true for the entire season.
Of course, Mr. Hedrick did not make men
tion of burley at this stage of the season, but
it is encouraging to note that the flue-cured
growers can expect good prices again this
season which means burley prices should be
near the 1946 averages.
Mr. Hedrick has been in Haywood many
times and tobacco growers have learned that
he is conservative with his statements about
prices, and have also learned they can rely
on what he says. With all this in mind, the
coming burley season looks encouraging.
With favorable weather from here on out.
the crop should be satisfactory in Haywood.
Looking Back Over The Years
5 YEARS AGO
10 YEARS AGO
A W;
in
ti i n made of
Minnie Mur
al''! Walter
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Hi'
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Miss H a I; n H
bra'.do r sher v.
iT.urrvaV ol il:--and
I.t. ('an Hill
Mrs. Charles R. Thomas an
nounces the marriage of her grand
daughter. Miss Mary lUilfin Hill, to
William Sidney I'revo.st.
Miss Billie Rotha, Miss .lane
White, and Miss Mary Wood, of
Elizabethton. Tcnn.. college stu
dents home fr the vacation, enter-
t and Miss 1) -
a attended the "
Vim StringfiehJ first part of their program at the
in s iif-nertady. annual reunion last Sunday to the
ho.t-
':e ot ron
itel on Sat-
iii ol Mjs. Mark
Friday evening.
Miss Ruth Wyehe arrived Sun
day for a week's visit with her
brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Troy Wyehe. She has recently been
elected assistant superintendent of
Vashli School in Thomasville, Ga.
M. A. Ilortt, of Fort Lauderdale
has purchased the 1,065-acre tract
tained'with a-dance and card party ; of the Thomas Price estate on Al
iens Creek.
It would be hard to find a more
contented person in Haywood
County today than Roy Moseman,
making of a service flag for those
N Y. ha'. ret',,! r,' o home
Foufo i, p i on nrer.ed lav- of the family who are now in t he i Waynesville's young blind man,
orable anion on then applications armed forces of their country, lie- who has his 20-months old black
i l !io this ginning on Monday morning of this Labrador dog from the Seeing-Eye,
week, ration stamp number fi will Inc.. and is going anv Dlaee he
wants to go.
to the lationing
week.
The r:,pi
devoted the be good for two pounds of sugar.
A Colorful Event
The coronation of the Queen of Lake Juna
luska on Saturday night promises to be an
other colorful affair, which will doubtless
draw thousands of spectators. The event
always attracts widespread interest, and this
year should be no exception.
In fact, even a larger group of Haywood
people will be present, since a local girl will
be crowned queen. Miss Polly Dyer makes
her home the year 'round at Lake Junaluska,
and is a graduate of the Waynesville high
school.
At the beginning of World War II there
were 100 million cotton spindles in Europe,
Japan and China, more than four times the
number in the United States.
Good Music
This community Was privileged to hear two
musical treats within the past week. Two'
programs that are seldom heard in places sev-
eral times larger than ours here.
The Opera Gems by the Cathedral Singers
last Friday night was one of the programs, ;
and the Gilbert and Sullivan light opera, the
"Pirates of Penzance" at the high school Mon-
day night was the other. j
We have felt for a long time that there was
a growing interest in music in this community
and certainly with the active band and glee
clubs in the schools, there will be a continued
desire and appreciation for better music.
Wilbur and Orville Wright's first business
venture was a bicycle repair shop, which led
to their experiments in airplane building.
Ihey'Il Do It Every Time
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By Jimmy Hatlo
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FELLA ARRIVES
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BEAU Tr?V TO 6ETA"
LITTLE PRlVACy-
ADELE FRANK
ii9 Central av,
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NOTES There are reports that
Congressman Monroe Kedden i-
not so popular with his iNonn .n
olina colleagues . . . How come"
. Also that Bob Reynolds is mm
planning to run against Jiim
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AS LEVEE after levee along
the flooded Father of Waters
fivM way, Zadok Dumkopf says
be bM come to the conclusion
taat the Miaalsrippl river is get
ting toe big- for iU breeches.
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A 97 -year-old Kentuckian is
Jttrning to pity the stxophone.
Jutt trying to keep in tune
with the timts?
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weV noticed, U that il l nearly
alwey unuiuaf.
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This year't exhibit of paint
ings in the Edinburgh, Scotland.
College of Art contains virtual
ly no nudes because last win
ter was too cold for undraped
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