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NATIONAL DITORIAL
iSSOCIATION
Mtnll CnrolmA i
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1947
The Public Locked Out
Unless Sam P. Weems. superintendent of
the Blue Ridie Parkway changes his mind,
there is little likelihood that the public will
et to ride over the 5-mile section from Wagon
Road Gap to Bridges Camp Gap any time
soon. I ,
The Mountaineer questioned Mr. Weems
about opening the 5-mile link to motorists
during the six weeks that the foliage is so
colorful in that area. Since that particular
.lection of the Parkway affords such a pan
orama of the Pink Beds, Pisgah, Cold Moun
ain. Looking Glass Knob and other scenic
: pots, we felt the Park Service would be
justified in opening the Parkway for about
Six weeks.
P Mr. Weems' arguments for not opening the
oad may sound plausible as coming ffom a
i'arkway official, but his reasons appear
t. ival, considering that this is the only section
i the Parkway west of Asheville, it seems
. ich a pity to deprive the public of its use
J r even six weeks during the year and we
( -en suggested that the gate be open be
1 veen nine ami five daily.
The assignment of a ranger-patrolman to
t. is section of the Parkway fur the (;-week
l-.-riod requested would largely remedy all
(,i the objections raised by Mr. Weems.
While Mr. Weems states that an objection
. jle dust condition would develop, we call
! s attention to the fact that the roadbed of
i ie Parkway is much superior to the approach
i.om Candler by the Pisgah motor road, and
luch superior also to N. C. 284 which citizens
. .id visitors alike travel daily in Haywood.
We have no quarrel with Mr. Weems or
ny other Park Service official, but it looks
ery much, to those o us west of Asheville
,ijat we are'dp a rnerry-jgctrqund with respect
.o the Parkway' and that we are getting no
.vhere.
This newspaper further feels that our sug
gestion that the 5-mile section be opened
Juring daylight hours for six weeks is a
reasonable one. We further feel that adequate
patroling could easily be done during such a
short period, and that it would be a gesture
on the part of the Park Service indicating
that they had not entirely forgotten this
end of the state.
Construction on the Wagon Road Gap sec
tion of the Parkway was started in 1940, upon
the specific request of President Roosevelt,'
after a conference with Hon. Josephus Dan-
iels, who had just visited this area. Harold
. L. Ickes, then secretary of the Interior, gave
the order, and work continued until halted
by the war. Then the locked gates were
: placed across the road, barring public use.
fhe Parkway in the area represents an ex
penditure of about $750,000.
We call this situation and this section of
, the Parkway to the attention of the new
State Park Commission. We think that Chair-
, man Charles Ray and his fellow-commission-
ers should go to work immediately to have
ij the Wagon Road Gap section open for fall,
: and even spring periods, until consruction is
completed. We further feel that construction
, between Wagon Road Gap and Beech Gap
t should be completed at the earliest possible
; date.
j There's a practical side of this question, and
we trust Mr. Weems sees that side soon, and
acta accordingly by opening the road this
Trying To Mak
Mother Nature Talk
We have been interested in the past few
days of the attempt by scientists to get moth
e' nature to reveal several of her best secrets.
Down in Winston-Salem, where an acute
shortage of water prompted city fathers to
et "man-made" rain to fall over the parched
area, planes were sent aloft with a cargo of
Hry ice to be dumped into the clouds in an
effort to produce rain. The clouds were not
the rain-producing kind, and the project was
not carried to completion.
Down in the West Indies aviators and
scientists flew into the head of the raging
hurricane in an effort to find out what was
going on at the center of the howling storm.
The four-motored plane rade the trip, but
those aboard were frightened almost to
death at the close escape they had with the
elements.
A description of what went on aboard the
plane reads like the imagination penned by
some fanatic. Winds blowing at 140 miles
i
an hour; huge waves sending spray hundreds
of feet, and cross currents of air tossed the
giant aircraft about like a cork on a stormy
sea.
About all they are definite they learned
about the storm is that they do not want to
make a return trip into the heart of a hur
ricane. Man will eventually find the answer to
many of mother nature's now unrevealed se
crets, but there are some things she is rather
slow in telling and the rain and storms are
two of them.
SPEAKING OF "GREMLINS"
Big-Time Bootlegging.
Hickory is not the only place where big
time bootleggers make the most of so-called
federal "licenses" to safeguard themselves
from government agents in the conduct of
their illicit whiskey business.
The Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel,
in its edition recently, exposed a thriving
bootleg business there in which weekly sales
top 1,800 gallons of whiskey a large part of
it tax-paid.
According to the Twin-City newspapers,
which are editorially dry, the top men in the
illicit liquor racket there are called the "Big
Boys" and they supply 100 or more bottle
dealers. The expose further explains the
system followed:
"The Big Boys buy federal licenses to deal
in liquor. The license costs $27.50 per year
and is bought in Greensboro," through the
office of the Collector of Internal Revenue.
Unorganized dealers who operate on shoe
strings and a box of Mason jars in the back
seat of a car with a high-speed rear end, are
doing a business which is difficult to esti
mate "but most observers in the know say
it runs at least 700 gallons a week."
As is the case in Hickory, the whiskey can
be ordered by telephone and delivered to any
address within a few minutes time.
The Journal and Sentinel expose further
charges that three leading Twin-City boot
leggers are selling an average of 1,140 gal
lons of tax-paid liquor per week which re
duced to fifths is 5,700. These fifths retail
at an average of about six dollars per bottle
which would indicate an annual volume of
$1,778,400 for three of the Big Boys. That is
almost as much whiskey as the Wilson coun
ty ABC stores sold last year.
A retail malt liquor dealer is not required
to take out a government license which would
guarantee immunity from federal enforce
ment officers in case he is caught selling tax
paid whiskey. By obtaining what the Collec
tor of Internal Revenue lists as a Retail
Liquor Dealer stamp which costs $27.50 an
nually, a person who is selling tax-paid whis
key is thereby protected from federal inter
ference, although he is operating in prohibi
tion territory. Hickory Record.
Army Strength Ebbs
The United States Army is currently about
100,000 men below its authorized strength of
1,070,000, and its strength continues to ebb as
month by month it falls below its quota of
enlistments.
Part of the decline in personnel is attrib
uted to higher standards for enlistment. Sec
retary of War Kenneth C. Royal said recently
that the Army is accepting only slightly more
than half of the applicants for enlistment,
with higher intelligence requirements ac
counting for a substantial percentage of the
rejections.
But whatever the reason, the United States
needs to be seriously concerned about the
sapping of its military strength. The author
ized strength is on a, conservative peacetime
basis, and'anything Jess than that means the
nation is woefully weak in an unsettled
world.
Congressmen, should consider, these facts
when the matter of universal military train
ing comes up in the next session of the legis
tive'l)6dy; (Concord Tribune) ' r "'
1
MIRROR OF MIND
1 -.!.,T.n
in2 ;. -:e
who
e WU (or
' not i
tlx
"UP Ik.
Rambling 'Round
Bits Of Human Interest News Picked Up By Members
'Of The Mountaineer Staff
They met on the street and
stopped light sniiiek dab in the
middle of the sidewalk for their
conversation. After all the pre
liminaries as to "how are you? ',
etcetera, one asked the other.
"Where do you live?" The lady
questioned went into great details
as to where the house was located,
opposite what other place, on what
street, and all the details necessary
to acquaint her interrogator with a
full reply. The fust lady, seeming
ly a little bored, remarked, "Oh,
do you still live there?"
Read 'em and weep, sisters!
The Atlanta Journal has an art
icle in their Sunday edition that
will cause your blood pressure to
go AYVOL, sure as shooting. Here
are a few items as mentioned in
the September 14, 1939 (note the
date) issue of the Journal:
Butter . . . 27 cents per pound
and eggs going at 25 cents per
dozen. See, it's right there in
print! Pink salmon was 1 1 1
cents a can and your coffee was
gladly passed over the counter
at 19 cents a pound. Choice ten
derloin steak at 15' rents a
pound (I declare it's so!) and
cubed steak was a luxury at a
quarter.
(Continued on Page Three)
Do wives hpv mors ratpacf for husbands who discipline them i
Answer: A number of women
correspondents claim this, a few
even going so far as to say the
discipline may include spanking.
But what such wives actual do
is to carry over into adult life the
attitudes of childhood, since chil
dren do have, more respect for a
parent who will make them "toe
the line" when necessary. To a
child, the ability to pumsh is the
final proof of power the person
who punishes you must beatronger
than you are, and thus is someone
you can depend on to protect you
if you keep his favor.
Sre all healthy
dren energetic?
Answer: Yes, at least by nature.
Even complete lack of interest in
lessons in. a child who is sound
physically Is a sign of some sort
of emotional disturbance. The ch ild
may have an exaggerated feeling
CMskti Klnc Fwttmt Sjindicmtc. Inc.)
Ar SWctuU
and historiK ,,... I
"Haled
'e average, w. It
men and women to J
"'n-agsnsiive, eaJ
sne.hard-worluojJ
r, Mipenotif
Uut the rest t l
c"i'aged by the
'ties or intellect!
"..a lauicauyd.
ti other people,
VOICE
OF THE
PEOPLE
What do you think of the pro
posed plan to extend the city
limits of Waynesville?
Mrs. Henry Davis: "I think it
j would be a good idea. I don't think
living inside the city limits will cost
! any more and there will be advan
i tages to be gained."
Roy Parkman: "I think it would
be an advantage to the town to
have a larger population and an
advantage to the people who would
be included, especially in East
Waynesville where they would have
city wates rates and fire protection
which they do not have now."
how ths war spurred
Schools to make four
major changes
By JANE EADS
WASHINGTON - - The war
brought at least four changes to
our public schools that proved
themselves good and in many com
munities are here to slay.
Miss Hess Goodykoontz. Director
of Elementary Education. U. S.
Office of Education, lists them as:
1. The further extension of
school opportunities to young
people.
2. The opening of summer-time,
after-school, and Saturday school
programs.
3. The emphasis on social stud
ies, with particular stress on "get
ting acquainted" with our neigh
bors at home and abroad.
4. The recognition of the need
for more practical understanding
of science and its uses in out
everyday world.
The first two changes were has
tened by the war because many
mothers were working outside (he
home. They proved so popular,
says Miss Goodykoontz. that
many mothers, though they are
now back in their homes, think
they should be continued.
She cites such cities as New
(Continued on Page Three)
Joe Jack Atkins: "I think it's a
swell idea. In fact I'd like to see
the incorporated limits of Waynes
ille and Hazelwood both extended
and consolidated into one town."
Francis Massie: "I'm for it 100
per cent. I think the business sec
tion is large enough to extend the
residential section. I would be
glad if the city limits would take
in my home if I could have the
city conveniences."
I Emmett Baletine: "There are
! some residential sections that prob
' ably should be taken in but I do
not believe in taking in all the
; farm lands. I would like to see
Waynesville and Hazelwood incor
porated into one town."
Looking Back Over The Years
5 YEARS AGO
Haywood's million-pound tobac
co crop is the best in history of the
county, according to Howard Clapp,
county agent.
This community has about com-1
pleted the standard formulation of
a civilian defense organization, ac
cording to Bill Prevost, coordina
tor of the countv.
'and office personnel of the cor
J poratioi, their wives and husbands
with a barbecue.
Miss Virginia Kellett has re
turned to Lenoir Rhyne college aft
er spending the summer vacation
at home.
10 YEARS AGO
The Waynesville
Mrs. T. N. Massie was the honor ! opened their 1937
guest of a luncheon on Wednesday
on the occasion of her birthday an
niversary. Hostesses of the party
were her daughters.
Miss Jane Dudley Francis left
this week for Raleigh to resume
her studies at Peace college.
The foreman of the Unagusta
Mountaineers
football oBm-
paign here last Friday h;. a 34-0
conquest of the Cherokee Indians.
The city board of aldermen has
granted the Boy Scouts of this
community the right to erect log
cabins at the City Park on East
street.
Mrs. Harry Narshali has recent-
corporation honored the officials ly completed the restoration of the
old home of her parents, the late
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Love.
Mrs. C, E Frazier, of Atlanta,
who has often visited 'in Waynes
ville. and has many friends here,
has arrived to spend part of the
autumn season at the LeFaine.
Mrs. Whitener Prevost enter
tained with a luncheon in compli
ment to her mother, Mrs. W. T.
Crawford, on Friday at her home
on Brown avenue. The affair
marked the birthday anniversary
of the honor guest.
Miss Kathryn Queen left during
the week for Duke University
where she will continue her course
in law.
Miss Mary Barber left during the
week for Burlington, where she is
teaching in the city schools.
They'll Do It Every Time
ERMIN IS AS
LOOSE AS ASHES
WITH PLASTIC
POKER CHIPS
AND BOy'HO' HE
LOVES TO CRACK
The WHiP
AN' I RAISE
IT TvVENT' s
WHASSA MATTER
WITH yoo PIKERS?
dVa only plav
ClMCHES?C'MON-
OET the cards off
VEST AN
Loosen up'
By Jimmy Hatld
But When it
COMES TO PAYirJ6
off in coin of
The Realm. Then
Vermin Sings
a different
SON6
ER- HERE'S MV.
CHECK, FELLfRS.
6(JT, SAy- LISTEN-
dont put it Thru
Rl6HT awa hold
it Jill NOVEMBER,
WiLLYA ?'BEEN
A LOT. OF SICKNESS
AT HOME-HOSPITAL
BILLS, VEARV'
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Poll. 3tox,
OLIVE ST.
ST LOOIS, MO. J
Capital Lette:
By THOMPSON GREENWOOD
UMSTEAD FLAVOR The
state's Young Democrats are get
ting in the news right along now
what with laying plans for their
state convention in Haleigh Friday.
Saturday and likely a little of
Sunday. The organization seems to
have a slight Umstead flavor at
the top anyway.
Solicitor Basil Whitener of Gas
tonia is one of the leaders of this
group close to Cherry. Since the.
things that are equal to the same
thing are equal to each other, this
would put the top of YDC, at
least, in the Umstead camp.
FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Friends some of them, at any
rate have suggested that former
Governor J. M. Broughton formal
ly announce for the U. S Senate
at the Young Democrats conven
tion, or on the eve thereof.
If he 4s smart he won't do it.
Time was when the YD's carried
right much political weight, but
not any more. They are disorgan
ized, and their old strength ha-
about dissipated itself
potential strength, bi
eterans' group
could lun rings about
ficully about veterd
tltal it iv aimost impol
as many as a do
same way.
LIQUOR SALES-J
on the importation
key into North Carolii
past year show (hi!
trade in liquor in tlij
well equal that sold
channels.
In August, total lil
the legal sidt of the
$2,897,792.55 This id
9()3.8.i less than for
year, houeer.
I.KCAI.niSTIUfJ
last year North Ci
stores senUomelliC
OIK) to tmrlriffliW
went to Kentucky!!
it is heir.!! noised 'I
i t'linlinui'd on Pa
YOU'RE TELLING
. Bv WILLIAM RITT
Central Press Wider
STALAGMITES and stalac
tites are formations of rock
growing up out bf cave floors or
down from their ceilings. How
ver, so far science has failed
to tell us which ones are upside
down.
;;;
A new meteor, 50.000.000
miles further twty from the
sun thtn is the etrth. has been
discovered. What is it a giant
ice cube?
Noted British viiltor ay n
Uokt' forward to trying Ameri
can food. Smart man, to arrive
fa tit mlddla f the eorn-on-lhe-
cob too ton!
.... i j i
That New York bank which
jives children lollipops when
they make a savings- account
deposit may find
. j.-...ilin
customers mm"i
terest io ice crtW
bubble gum.
fcv. rFtiinti lit
hutton lot 51
a chest vl
A teen-OS"
.i,o oiler boj!"
lion. "! fl
,,.!. ThoMl
thought by kc-fl
g plant M
Its Juvenile
Being Married
l, CARRY (JUVEUND MYERS. P..D.
THE other day Mrs. Myers ami 1
attended a wedding in a little coun
try church near our home. W e ha i
known the bride and her family loi
inany yeara'and the groom for sev
eral year. So .had the church-full
of other neighbors and friends u no
witnessed that marriage.
Thirty-five years ago, Mrs. MV
ers and I were married in this same
little rural church I have told you
we have nine grandchildren no -and
then also the folks gathered to
wish us well in our venture. A coji.
ly number of the same persons in
tended both weddings.
First Redding
TnoMontallv.'1! learned that oar
was th first wedding in that chu:v
A.i-u!i. oviV Vmrwlred years oi
An I!"0018
rum-makiDg
. of
bor s raru. .
.. . ,hbof tf'l
ine
Bd. If W
in Church
i in i
wholes
sundytars..
yea
r i
1. 1 in
iiaii- more
Whiiih l nearly a hundred yea
Since then there have been ni uo
T nnnp we started something p'.
In recent years there have been n
average of three or four marnat-o-of
young couples of this communi s
in this church. Sometimes ti.t
guests are all invited, sometime u
is just a community occasion. Aiu
wy the church at these wedding
is . much crowded as at fun'-;
From what 1 can gather, a w-edd re
in a rural Protestant church is .
Tery frtquent practice the nation
over. 1 wish it were .
T iUt the eounles marrit'
this chnreh have stuck togciW
hilii i ii miiM Haim m-'L
nuueuueuAmi; " " ,
being married in a church
nag., southing j .to be
wedding. I have observed seem o
have a peculiar soiemnnj. --vh
a strong religious '"PDas!s-,1;"
vrrect on an aiicuum r- - .
1-4 Ah. rfolksYjn.on Jhj-
has
mar-
-Tery
,1U"' rat
u" uL"ur;rtPi
can wri4
' nurd. mt'vS
,., .1.. or K' . " inti
1 wrtf
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euiu - ffers"- j
1 d a Jif
two
States hihr,JtJ
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