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NATIONAL CDirORIAli
TUESDAY. JANUARY 2 It4S'
Hay wood's AdoptediSbii
For many years Josephus Daniels has been
known as one of Haywood's favorite and best
known adopted sons.
Mr. Daniels first came to Haywood in the
eariv.iyuus wnen me in or in ruiuia ncaa
Association met here. He and Mrs. Daniels,
as he later expressed it, "fell in love" with
the community, and several years later pur
chased a summer home at Lake Junaluska.
Mr. Daniels never missed an opportunity
to come to Haywood, and for many years he
was the speaker on the annual Haywood Day
program at Lake Junaluska. When he went
to Mexico as ambassador, he wrote hrs ad
dress and had his son, Jonathan, come and
deliver his message.
Last summer he came here for his annual
address and remarked that he was never
more hopeful of the future of Western Caro
lina as he was then. He had watched with
keen interest the development of agriculture,
industry and the tourist business.
Mr. Daniels took an active part in seeking
the establishment and development of the
Great Smokies and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
He personally traveled over the proposed
route of what is now Highway 19-23 via Soco
Gap to Cherokee, and was a strong advocate
of that road for many years before the state
got around to letting the contract.
When the courthouse was dedicated in
1932, it was Mr. Daniels whom the program
committee brought in to make the dedicatory
address. He made a profound impression on
his audience as he described the beauties and
purposes of the Haywood "temple of justice."
Mr. Daniels' interest in Haywood county
brought national recognition during World
War II, when he learned that the ratio of
volunteers in this county was higher than in
any county in the nation, he went to Presi
dent Roosevelt and gave him the facts. The
President ifrjnedaatejy gave out the infor
mation. - : , ' . ;'..',! '
The -flavor of Haywood apples made them
one of Mr. Daniels'' favorite' fruits. Each
year he bought Haywood apples and often
made mention in his speeches and writings
that every North Carolina table should serve
apples in some form dairy.
On more than one occasion Mr. Daniels
took Haywood's problems his shoulders,
and went to state or federal officials to pre
sent the matter for his adopted county.
Last summer, just before he boarded his
train for 'Raleigh, he turned to the editor of
The Mountaineer and said: "Now don't you
let the Southern take off the passenger trams
from the Marphy Branch. I worked too hard
to get that railroad started out towards Ood's
country."
We have an idea that " among his last
thoughts was the Biblical phrase which he
often used in his Junaluska messages, "I will
lift Tip mine eyes unto the hills, from whence
cometh my help."
An Important Meeting
On Thursday night a group of civic leaders
from North Carolina and Tennessee will sit
down in.. Washington witl Congressmen, and
Park offfciab and disetisr the' need for fuller
development of the1 Great Smoky 'Mountains
National "Pdrk. ,
This meeting is a follow-up of the one hela
last February, before Secretary -of. the Jnteri-
or Krug, and after conferences with. P-ark offi
cials; and Congressional leaders.
The state delegations will Be headed by the
governor- and all members of Congress. The
North- Carolina Park C6iWmfesi6ry,i wi I h
Charles- Ffay as chairman, wlflpjay a prbrfu
nent part in the program. Many of the ar
rangements for the event have falleri ow.the
shoulders of Representative" Monroe M." Redi
den, who has been, active in promoting: de
velopmerff of thej Fak shiee he went, to
Washington last January. II was Mr. Red'
den who brought' a special Congressional
committee into the Parfraiea: last summers t6
get first hand information of what he had
been, stressing.
Wev cannot hope for anything definite td
come from the meeting itself on Thursday
night,! but we do feel confident t Hat the' meet
ing wiR "result in getting" the Park develop--
ment" program underway. at an earlier date.
This meeting' is even more important now
thaw ever: since President ) Truman has reo
ommendedin his budget message to Congress
that $145,000 be appropriated to the Great
Smok.esdring the coming .year. The Presi
clerctVrecottiniendatkm carries" a request for
two nalfibtt dollars f6r construction of the
Blue' Ridge Parkway.
This is an important meeting to the states
of NortW Carolina and Tennessee, and the
delegates- named to attend are competent to
handle the matter in a satisfactory manner.
MIRROR OF YOUR MIND
Back-Seat Driving.
Back-seat drivers, long the butt, of jokes
and the object of acrimony, came in at last
for at least some measure of praise.
The right kind of back-seat driver may be
able to cut the nation's traffic tdll; says the
safety department of ' the National 'Highway
Users Conference.
Accident statistics show that passengers
fare worse than drivers in fatal crashes, indi
cating that passengers have more to lose from
careless driving or excessi ve speeds than their
drivers have, and thus could profitably speak
up against dangerous driving.
The safety department notes that two out
of three accidents in the nation-last year in
volved mistakes by drivers: Passengers pre
sumably could have helped pre vent' some of
those fatal mistakes by protesting against
carelessness or undue speed.1
"To often," the department says, "one reads
news reports of fatal crashes in which, care
less or speeding, drivers- have been arrested
after their passengers have been killed. Per
haps in many of these cases the passengers
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TUESDAY, JANUARY J
By LAWRENc
Conauking pjj
sweetheart to anoth.,
:r, , apersonley
tlPiiTarlw Qt.,
signs ol k
...... "rorucau,
people usually are too J
buiucu in memselves tjl
"ue 'We. Any
unauestion.ihw
juhj,
cause their self .'.
wounded. 1
Can keeping a diary help nearotlct get well?
TDTfcSt
Rcambling 'Round
BUS Of Human Interest News Picked Up By Members
Of The Mountaineer Staff-
Answer: Doing so is recom
mended by Dr. Melbourne- J.
Cooper, noted an Antonio psy
chiatrist. Adults with emotional
disorders need an opportunity to
get their feelings or hostility or
guilt "out of their systems." At
first they need the encouragement
of a psychiatrist or other trained
adviser before they will dare to
do this. But once the process has
been started, writing down their
feelings in a diary may be a good
way to speed it. But diary-keeping
has no psychiatric value' if
you cannot be completely frank
and honest.
Are people who ore "constant"
most apt to bo jealous?
Answer: By no means. And
neither are the people who have
felt deep and sincere love. Those
who are most likely to be jealous
are the "fickle" men or women
who change quickly from one
(tiaewrlaTht, 148, Klmf Features SyndlcsU, las.)
Does absence of '
....r.y ,cnla
awr: ino. in itselfJ
UUI symptoms it
mean anything at all. yJ
or even complete lacka
renexes,- is often at'
cnaractenstic that has n
to your health of mi
AAM V- i tn 1 ....
-'uuicu wun ott
tome, it may form i
tern that confirms a da
nosis. This condition i
example, in the gravel
alcoholic poisoning, Ok, J
tremens or "Konah
drome," and under t
stances it is an unfavw
Remember what a chilly day was
Thursday? Well, while the rest of
us went around bundled up like
Eskimos, who was it that went to
his regular routine of duty bare
headed and sans coat? Yes, you've
guessed it the first time. Joe Liner
is the fortunate individual who has
mind mastering matter. In other
words Joe says he isn't cold, no
matter what happens, so that is
that in capital letters.
A friend loaned us the follow
ing: Once upon a time, three old
men were discussing the ideal
way of dying. The first, aged 75,
said he would like to crash in a
car going 80 miles per hour. The
second, aged 85, said he would
take his finish in a 400 mph plane.
"I've got a better idea," said the
third, aged 95: "I'd like to be
shot by a jealous husband."
Seen (scene) from our desk: Plott
Balsam with its little top-knot of
snow, gazing disdainfully down on
its first cousin once removed, who
was wearing an all-enveloping
ermine cape of pure white. The
pom-pom on Plott Balsam is still
there while the cape of ermine
has melted under the warm rays of
the sun.
Perhaps she was wiser than we
knew but she did look a bit awk
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WASHINGTON As Chief Jus
tice of the United States, Fred M.
Vinson ranks next to the President
in- any line-up where protocol is
strictly adhered to.
He had to take a backseat the
other night, however, when he was
a i . . - ihn rntkn. 1 K
i v - a i f gucai ai 1 1 1 lauici aiiu aun uan
could have saved their lives if they had "been J luet of the National Press Club.
witTfnu to snpak imarM rmmi!trat-with tf..(The sons had their ev?s on tn
VOlfNGSTERS CANNOT
SEE ANY JUSTICE
By JANE EADS
VOICE
OF THE
PEOPLE
Do you think a pageant (similar
to the Lost Colony) concerning
some phase of Cherokee Indian
history would be successful?
Ward Kirkpatrick: "I do. I think
an Indian pageant would be a great
asset to this area."
Mrs. Claud Rogers: "Yes, I do,
and I think it would be very fitting
for this section."
Capital Lette
r
By THOMPSON GREENWOOD
driver."
Front-seat riders perhaps have the biggest
stake of all "back-seat drivers' A leading
casualty insurance company reports that
more claims are paid for occupants of seats
alongside the driver than are paicf for drivers
themselves. .
The wrong kind of back-seat driving, how
ever, can also breed accidents, the depart
ment warns. Too much '.advice or criticism
can nicketa driver nervous ahd irritable; thus
affecting his judgment.
So speak upv back-seat drivers, but be sure
that your driving is" helpful rather than harm
ful. Because it's your life or limb, more than
the- driver's that is in periL Morganton
News-Herald.
Expandirigi Service
The value of the Haywood county library
can never-be evaluated in dollars and cento.
The services of the library have been ex
panded from, time Jo time, and now plans
ure Wine formulated to stage' tr drive- to get
$3,0D0"fdr a mortem brotoobtte for serving,
rural areas with efficient service-. .
A-contrnittee of about 30 people repreeB-
tag civic organizations- and ibtwhieM placet' tw0 t6gether.--Cfira8tiarr. Science Monitor.
are to meet tne zom to complete pians ior
the drive. Haywood has taken much pridfl
la the library inr recent yeattf Mtdhlr new
phase4 of activity- wfiTbt supxtorted'wltoTe
hurtedly. -
Item dri the Atbm
The other day a prominent American nat
ural scientist was asked on- the radio what he
thought of "Rnsgran : science:" ' Hev snapped
back with- a qrrrck' rehTtnrreT'' that there is no
such thing as "Russian science" or American
science" or "Germaw'' or 'Britislr-seience."
The forces of th physkarurrfverse wear
no national labels the at6m itself : owes alle
giance to no state. The discovery of a -nat
ural scientist irt one- cowitiy i based1 'on the
discoveries of 'others tetdrehirhv irrespective
of their nationality. Though haa work be la
belled Top Secret by military authorities,
nothing can prevent research4 anywhere in
the world from arriving at 'the- same discov
ery.
HftleT'trsed'td speak" '"GermaTf pfrysics"
and "'Jewish physics," but both "Aryan? and
Jewish- Gerrrnnt ontributd iit splitting: the
at6Tn--ml to defeatlwg Hitler! TSdiy. twb
and two make four in Ktissiaf a, in the ifnited
States; but' some poh'ticiansairlt lagging-behind
the natar-4 scientist -hif-prltttrTg two- and
MThatevet hat heewirtr oftheS-a'gltatiori for
the enlargement of nlft-ribsrAtaM'i Still looks
Redskins. Capital's professional
football players, and rushed them
or autographs.
"I know I'm strictly playing sec
ond fiddle," said the justice with
mock bitterness when he got up to
take a bow.
The Master of Ceremonies never
theless had built him up as a great
athlete. He introduced him as a
famous second baseman back in
1909; when he played inter-collegiate
baseball on the team of Centre
College at Danville, Ky.
"I refute the claim and the rep
utation. .1 was shortstop but, a
pretty good shortstop," the 'justice
said' sort of wistfully, eyeing the
youngsters.
"Now I've found out how I real-
J. P. Dicus: "Its success would
depend to a large extent on who
was behind it, since a pageant
would be a large business proposi
tion and require more than part-
time supervision."
x
Llllle Mae Blankenshlp: "I think
it would be successful. There are
large numbers of tourists-who visit
Cherokee, village each- summer,
and I think a pageant could be
come self-sup("ortlng"in time."
TESTING How good is a teach
er? Well, North Carolina seems de
termined to find out, somehow, just
what constitutes a good teacher.
The method now followed fixes it
so that a teacher is paid on the
basis of training and experence.
Whether she is a good instructor or
not makes not one whit of differ
ence. And you know and we all
know there are pedagogues in this
State muking top salaries who real
ly have no business in the class
room whatever. Now comes the test
ing.
t
Art Lfcdbetter: "A pageant would
be a good attraction, but would re
quire considerable financial back
ing until it got on its feet."
ly rate with the young fry."
Be that as it may, the Chief
Justice ranks as No. 1 spectator
sportsman in capital circles.
Probably the most active muscle
builder in the President's cabinet
is Secretary of Defense James V.
Korrestal. His devotion to physical
exercise goes back to the time he
'Continued on Page Three)
HOW? Tests to determine meth
ods of merit rating for teachers be
gan last week in Ashevilie in 11
sixth grade rooms. The State Edu
cation Commission, authorized by
the Legislature last year and given
$50,000 to study education in North
Carolina, has as one of its principal
duties this question of merit rat
ing of teachers. This body hopes to
determine if and how it is pos
sible to decide whether a teacher
is good, average, or poor. If merit
can be determined, it will -be used,
along with training and experience,
in selling. up salary scaleJ
fers.
$50,000 And tthaldoJ
age teacher think of all
ing business and merit I
nates, tests just as muchl
students. Chances are l!
times $50,000 could tx I
fore any definite mwill
teachers is established,
in oilier words. Iwj
suing: now uumi is ill
NOTES North Carol!
highest teacher load in lb
r-resenl aveiarr Iraki
($1,950) is lower lhanii
states Less than oiuMtJ
100 counties provide
school altleiKlanc--Ani
age of 50,001) enrolled ill
absent every day in Noitll
which is only live lromtl
in adult illiierai-y-the
State has $30,000
ior luiure em i pciitiei.
bad an.) additional
000,000 as ol la l .hint I
(Continued mi Page!
Yen For Investigation
Keeps Congressmen Bn
Looking Back Over The Years
15 YEARS AGO
Bethel, Cruso, and Rock Hill
Schools are forced to close because
of influenza vepfdemic.
Two Canton movie houses are
bought by J. E. Massie.
Petitions are made urging that
farm agent work be continued.
Little Bobby Hardin entertains a
number of his young friends at a
party in celebration Cof his birth
day.
10 YEARS AGO
J. Dale Stentz is named secretary
of Chamber of Commerce.
Building and Loan reports suc
cessful year over $14,000 in profits.-.
Total value of land and build
ings in Haywood County is listed
at $5,722,995.
Inquiries received, by Chamber
of Commerce indicate an early sea
son. W. Curtis Russ attends mid-winter
meeting of ( North Carolina
Press Association in Chapel Hill
and Durham.
Ben West, of Crabtree is bitten
by a mad dog.
5 YEARS AGO
Stern warning is given consum
ers of fuel oil by fuel rationing
board.
Taxi operators increase fares out
side limits.
Allen's Creek Baptists pay off
debt on parsonage and Sunday
school rooms.
Sixty-three furs are shipped from
Haywood Fur Farm to New York
fur market.
Rationing coupon banking goes
into effect January 27.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Plott, of the
Maggie section have two daughters
who are serving as ensigns in the
U. S. Navy Nursing Corps.
Theyll Do It Every Time
By Jimmy Hatlo
'All
j EEruocx BEEFS
' 10n3 POOR NURSE
ABOLTTEVERyTHINO
CONNECTEP WITH
THE HOSPITAL
If
PARSNIPS A3AIN? TETT AWAV f
7NP I SUPPOSE IT'LL COME &tCK
IN IHc SOUP TOMORROW IP
THAT&f DOCTOR VOJLDJ
Mt ACRUTcRrDl
OLrrOP7r4rS?(&J
CKUMMyooiNT.'
By HOWARD DOBSON
WASHINGTON More than 40
congressional investigating commit-
looking into
Mm
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tees are on the prowl
iniiiKs as wiueiy assorted as sur
plus war plants and potato prices.
The- record is almost sufficient to
bear out the promise made by an
exulting Republican congressman
after his party took control of the
House and Senate:
"We will start each session with
a prayer and end it with a probe."
An exact count -of the commit
tees is impossible, because every
regular committee has the author
ity to split into subcommittees.
One subcommittee even split it
self into "sub" subcommittees last
year.
When its assigned job is finished,
a subcommittee dissolves. So the
total number in action can change
from week to week.
Probably the, daddy of them
all is the committee now headed
by Senator Brewster (R.-Me.) and
called the Committee to Inves
tigate the National Defense; It
started out Investigating the war
effort years ago. It first boss was
the then Junior senator from Mis
souri, Harry S. Truman.
This committee most recently hit
the headlines with the gaudy story
of how an air forces general lived
the full life during the war and
retired on a disability pension.
The House's best known inves
tigating body, the Committee on
Un-American Activities, is an old
timer too, but it'has a different
status from all other such groups.
" ,s permanently established ' by
law. The rest have to be continued
trom time to time by congressional
action.
The House and Senate have
even Joint Investigating cammt
tees, one with a subcommittee.
This one Is the Joint Committee
on the Economle Report. Senator
Taft K.-Ohk I chairman and
Rep: W6lctt-(K..Mrch.) vice
chairman. It has a triple-threat
subcommittee Investigating cost
; 4vlng Prices, and the three
chairmen are-Senator Fints.
.-VU and WatWne (hVUtah) and
Benaer (E-Ohlo).
There-is- Joint
HOUStngf and It rhrrnan-i. t-
Gamble rRN:YU Senator Hhrk
enlooper (R.Lu.) hcad8 m JoM
Committee on Atomic Energy, and
Senator Balf (RMihn.) in hr, , t
special committee to study labor
management relations as they work
outunder the Taft-Hartley law.
studying the creutivrl
the government non-r
pendilures a ml (axiitkaj
The House ami SubiJ
a committee on
chairmuiincd k s)ictn
Ploeser iR.-Mo.' and Sd
ry (H.-Neb.). V..n It liasil
investigating eovcnimnf
Of SUI'plUN )l'on 1 1 .
The newest iiu'slipl
mittees bclonv t t tie
headed bv Hi Amliviecl
is getting into a nrube I
on commodilv markeln
directed by lie) Mk.v
looking for possihle "ptl
practices in such fields I
and steel.
The House has twasi
tees investieatinc soppd
roleum products fore
military use. Thcv (
Interstate and Forei
and the Armed Strrl
tees. Each is coins M
The House .ABricutol
tee is investigatins the
plus and potato pncfj
range farm legislation.
has an Aorieulttire sli
doing the same job ol
sive planning Inr ael
The Senate ForeipJ
Committee sent a 1
abroad last fall In M
effectiveness of the M
erica" broadcasts and 1
Publicity prTorts in fol
tries. Traveling mm
route was a special IM
tee investieatin-' Kunsi
mic conditions and H
Foreign Affairs
studying various phi
foreign policy.
The House alio k
committee investi
tional newsprint MP
labor subcommittM. I
committees invrstifW
trvitles of executiw'
of the Kovernmnt.
sfodyfng whether r
District of ( "I'"1
allowed to govern I
, Special Senate
investigating the
Finance Corp., the 1
program, the iiiimiP
and statehood fn
And the Appiopri
tees nn rwith sides al
have special atithorifM
own little invesiicaWl
the committees
much monev ll.e
ntents can have t" 1
They do not al
take the fijrures of tlxi
1
asking for the mow? I
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