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1' I i. r- r. "1 I I i'Ji 4- PAGE TWO THE MOUNTAINEER Published tf 'THE TTATNESVIIXE TfRlNTING CO. Mala Strwt nt TN WaynesWU,7orthCCaroUM Tke Ommtr OSeet-ef Hipred Comity . CORTES TIW5& . ,Edltof 9f. Curtis ftuss and Marlon T. Bridges, Publisher! i y PUB LFSHTO "EVERY TTJEST) AY AND FRIDAY HAYWOOD COUNTY One Tmi. Six Month. NORTH CAROLINA One Year SixManths- OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Year Six Months. 3.00 1.75 $4.00 $2.S $4.50 2.50 hnttrtil t tfa post frtc- t Wijneotllt, N. C, u Stroud Clu Mkil Mtl, protidrd u4rr I In Let of Muvb 2. 17, Koreaibet iu. mi. OMtuary noticts, resolutions of respect, ftrd of thsjika. and mil uurli-st ofcatertuinment for profit, will be rbsrfed for at tbe rt of cne and a kalf cent Dr tsord. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Ihe Asaocisleri PreM Is entitled exclusitelj to tbe MO for re ifublicutiuri of all the local news printed iu thia nawapaper, aa ril us all AP news dicpstt-bea. NATIONAL 6DITOWAL- SSOCIATIOM TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1948 Smokies Most Accessible m Elsewhere in this issue of the Times may be found a statement by an official of the Carolina Motor Club in which he states that tourists are not expected to travel as far away from home in 1948 as they have in the years past. This should afford a certain degree of en couragement to resort interests in this sec tion of the country, because, if true.we are luckily situated in the most advantageous geographical position of perhaps any tourist mecca in North Carolina. It has long been pointed out that the over all region of the Great Smoky Mountains and the Blue Ridge Parkway afford the most ac cessible vacationland in America. The re gion is close to the millions, hardly more than a day's drive away from any of the metro politan centers in the eastern half of the country. Its availability to Mr. and Mrs. America has been proven by, a steady in crease from yearto yeef of the number of people taking advantage of it. If travel is to be "not so extensive" in 1948, we have nothing to fear. The Smoky Moun tain Times, Bryson City. Fun And Science Back in the "good old days" boys passed away much of their time throwing rocks in streams, at poles and even sometimes took a crack at a window in an unoccupied house or school. The best flingers were looked upon as he roes, and the one who could throw a rock through a glass and not shatter the pane was really something. All that has passed now, and science has stepped in with the machine and electrical age to break windows with sound, according to the latest, reports from the University of South Carolina. A "weapon" has been built in the engineering department that can break window glass in a three-block area. The prin ciple is a radio-telephone transmitter, tuned to a high frequency. It looks like science will take a lot of fun out of life for some youngsters. Spelling A large number of high schoor pupils arc poor spellers. The New V of k state department of educa tion arrived at this conclusion after a state wide survey of the .spelling ability of high school juniors. md seniors. The words used an the 'test 'were taken from the AyreS list of 1,000 words most com mon in English writing. The word that tripped most of the juniors and seniors was "develop," the survey sum mation reveals. "Cordially" was the next in line. And "proceed" . ran third. The inability to spell common words is not confined to New York. The same situation exists in "North Carolina any newspaper ed itor will vouch for that. The editors find it out when a high school pupil or graduate, given a job as a reporter, turns in his first story. We are inclined to believe that inability to spell is one of 'the results of modern -education. The.fathere.iH jpsandfather8 of -the high school-pupils who cannot spell '.learned ;to spell .common "Words -eorreetly .long before tbey ntrd high jpcksoL - - -, jPuplls-inourchools .would Jbenefit greatly if onore -emphasis wcr placed on correct spelling. Concord Tribune. THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER TUESDAY. JAN L aky J, Prospects For 1948 It is an axiom in the newspaper office that, the duller the night, the, more likely it is that hell will break loose hjtfcfe.moroipg. Jt when everybody is eorrrplidning jfest tfcere is no news and all settle down for a nhtof boredom, a flash on the -wire or a 'telephone call will galvanize the whole somnolent staff into action. Since nobody knows what will happen be fore morning, the business of forecasting is a hazardous one, because events have a way of happening at the most unexpected moment. We recall that early in W2Q the business world was almost unanimous in '.the opinion that no end of the postwar boom was in sight. Prices were to keep on rising, business was to hum right on indefinitely. Two weeks after this rosy forecast, the bot tom dropped out. Again in 1929 executives were "losing their desks at 3 p. m. and going blithely off to the golf course. Many who were supposed to know something about the stock market were predicting in September that certain blue chip issues then selling in the neighborhood of 300 would go to 1,000 before the Coolidge bull market would turn. Two weeks later the bottom dropped out. A year ago a large majority of leading business executives were predicting a reces sion in 1947, because all indications pointed to it. Their prediction might have come true except for the intervention of a whole series of unexpected circumstances, among which were the second round of wage increases, the failure of our corn crop, the drought in Eu rope entailing an abnormal demand for American wheat and requiring $597 million in extra emergency aid, and continued gov ernmental extravagance in Washington. Today, according to a survey by Fortune, those same business executives are almost unanimous in predicting that 1948 will be another boom year with no signs of recession. On hearing that prediction, the seasoned newsman will recall that insufferably dull night when four fire alarms just after mid night awakened a drowsy news editor to the emergency of the Guthrey Apartments fire when he desperately needed a full staff and most of the men had gone home. It must be conceded, however, that the present prediction is based on inflationary conditions that are hard to set aside. In 1920 demand was high, but prices went too high, and people refused to buy. The recession brought prices down, and people, then re sumed buying at the lower levels. By 1929, the demand was satisfied, and industry was producing more than it could sell. The reces sion of 1920 proved that demand, while still present, can be deferred. Except for the temporary revolt against high prices in 1920, therefore, it took ten years to satisfy the demand that had been building up since 1914, or about six years. Today, demand has been building up since 1930 not merely during the war years or nearly three times as long as the 1920 demand. It will take time to satisfy 16 to 18 years of accumulated demand. There may be a temporary buyers' strike as there was in 1920. If so, it will result in some bankruptcies, some unemployment, until part of the inflation has been deflated. Then the deferred demand will reassert it self in a long period of buying at more rea sonable prices. We are not fond enough of a seat far out on a limb to predict that this cycle will be followed this time But, as long as demand actually exists, even though it is deferred for a short time, its very existence makes im possible a protracted depression such as we had in the 1930s The Charlotte Observer. DESTINATION: PEARLJjARBOiR " Z2& ? MIRROR OF YOUR MIND Rambling Round Bits Of Human Interest News Picked Up By Members Of The Mountaineer Staff If dogs an think (which we bp litvi) wc wonder what the little while canine thought as he scamp ered across the courthouse lawn on Saturday morning. In normal times, his fur would show up white but against the sr.ow he seemed a bit sooty. Anyway, tail held high, he took a running start and was still going strong when he passed out of our view. Slip is one of Wa.vnesville's most attractive young ladies and usually demeans herself in a most decorous manner. But the heavy snow and slick sidewalks were no respecter of persons . . . and dwn she eat. Perhaps her embarrassment would not have been quite so deep had there not been .on-lookers. But there were . . . and they helped her to her feet. Tile fact that she escaped injury did not impress her so much as the fact that she had "faw down" in the face of an audience. Rv T. A Wo p.. Consulting pj In Nothing fa0r; J their had left independent and J! . "tit OnipL sioaetl when t ,.v .ucimer improJ velpp,eritullyuhCki Instead of bec.,m;ngt became mm., i ... as Uiey ;w i,i,i,.r It it lov that make men give jewelry? Answer: At least, that is not their only motive. A man gives a girl a ring or bracelet for much the same reason that he has his suitcase stamped with his initials; her wearing it is a sign that she "belongs to him" and that no other man can claim her. For that mat ter, rings, neeklets, and bracelets were long used to mark slaves, as we now use a dog collar. For this reason, quite apart from questions of "good taste," a girl is wiser not to accept jewelry from a man un less she's ready to admit she is "his and his only." DopYChotristsm0(e A niin itr - fV t . '"""'"y.sij were woiXeU teyom limits oi eri'd, i uui oe at let st ase. men who wt-rc iiwH tive service d,u t.s , '"7 t! Are youngsters who quit school to take jobs apt to regret it? Answer: Yes, particularly if they go into a factory, says Cora Tenen in the British Journal of Educational Psychology. Inter views with a large group of boys and girls from 14 to 18 employed V.t)vrieht, 1948. Kin Fmturwi Syn(iii-te Ine.) ously ill than while a lot of i nu n i ,,. jeciion meum t!,jt tJ crazy ev. i wt.n ,, had no such idea, ButmJ u you re uncfitmn or J uie aoctors eic mistJ not nave your.H -!f tm, by somebody ttiU tit time about it? "Keep in tlje middle of the road" was a very wise slogan for Satur day morning. The drifts just off the sidewalks were deceptive and a (Continued on Page Three) ,1 7&oi4m PRINCESS PAVS U. S. A COMPLIMENT" BY BECOMING, CITIZEN By JANE EADS WASHINGTON The princess of Hesse. Tennessee-born former Elizabeth Reid Rogers, says she wants to pay a "great compliment" to this country. She is doing this, she says, by regaining the citizenshin she lost in 1915 when she married Prince Christian of Hesse. The famous Hesse family jewels figured prom inently in the headlines a year ago when sveeral U. S. Army officers were involved in their theft. Reluctant to give un her title nevertheless, the 54-year-old prin cess, who has spent most of her life in Europe and last visited the United States in 1934. wants to change her name to Elizabeth Princess Hesse. She came to this country last November on a. Swiss passport with her husband and her youngest daughter, Princess Olga, 26. She found everything "simply wonder ful" and has been entertained "roy ally, lavishly and continuously." she says. She says she'd like to live part of the time in Washington, where her father, a lawyer, served as chairman of the Isthmian Canal Committee under Presidents The odore Roosevelt and Taft, and where she made her debut in 1913 in one of the biggest coming out parties. For the nonce, however, the prince and princess are staying on ly long enough for her to get her VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Do you think that Gen. Eisen hower was wise in removing him self from the Republican presiden tial nomination picture? Capital Lette By THOMPSON GREENWOOD Emmett Balentlne: "Yes. I think it is the best thing he ever did." Lloyd Kirkpatrick: "I do. He is an Army man, and I don't think he should get into politics." C. C. Francis: "He left the u : iIia rl rw it cfwimc tn mo and may not be out of the picture yet C. E. Ray, Jr.: "While Gen. Eisen hower is an admirable man, he is better able to render service through civilian activities than through political channels." Orville Noland: "1 think his was a wise move at this time. We have the man in office who I think should sta four years more." citizenship papers approved. Then they will go to New York for an other huge party. This one, celeb rating their 53rd wedding annivers ary, is being thrown by Count and Countess Kotzebue of Paris. After that they may sojourn a time in Florida. Then it's back to Europe, where the princess says they have "con nections and relations every where and where she has lived a "wonderful and glamorous" life Before coming to Washington this time, the princess and her husband visited in Houston, Tex., at the home of former Under iContinued on Page Three) Looking Back Over The Years PRESSURE Agriculture Com missioner Kerr Scott, who has an nounced that he will not run for re-election to this office, is re ceiving a great deal of pressure to run for governor of the state of North Carolina. Former Governor Cameron Mor rison, reportedly an advocate of Charles Johnson, saw Commission er Scott on the day of the funeral of Josephus Daniels. Gossip has it that he told Scott that he could become governor in 1952 if he would refrain from seeking this position in 1848. However, if Scott wants to run, anything that Morrison or any body else says to him will have lit tle weight. Scott, a forthright, honest man, and a man who hews to the line and lets the chips fall where they will, is not given to listening to the call of the siren once he makes up his mind on any matter. The Johnson forces finally pulled Lt. Gov. L. Y. Ballentine out of the contest. But it now looks as if they might have jumped from the frving pan into the fire. course, it remain t now good a c mnijaigi, bright is waginy f,,, g( one thing is suit: nh articulate of il. ularly adept at coin phrases, ditties am) vvk He came up I In- othr this: Let Johnson have them I'll lake the lilini; cle: And let him liai iiicp I'll take tin man w Let Johnson hae the chine" And claim the county Democracy's in country And from tin jx-ople Let Johnson count the v With claims ol votes You'd he sui-pii cd hm "We haven't vnicd ye That's not bail rhvd gubernatorial candidate TO FIGHT IT-TheM of the Interior, which u over National I'aiks, is charge motorists uyu tional Parkway fees for1 over this Skyland Drive. and other Western Noiti GOOD WITH WORDS Of towns plan to fight it. jWWASHINGT Too Many Candidates? Odd COP Predicament (Taft vs. Dewey Becomes Fkh TcyASirtNGTON- W summer look "Dumb Animals" The news dispatches carried a hair-raising story the other day of a circus tightrope walk er falling during his act into a cage of lions. An animal trainer rushed into the cage, calmed the frantic animals, and dragged the slightly injured performer to safety. The au dience got a thrill, as well as a shock, which they had not anticipated. That night the performer was back at his post and at the blare of the band, successfully staged his act on the high rope. We wonder what the lions in the steel cage below thought when they saw the same man who had met misfortune just a few hours be fore, risk his neck again, to entertain the fans. High Priced Fines Traffic violations now come high in Raleigh since the city council, has placed the mini mum at $5 instead of $1. The violations in clude over-parking or parking in restricted zones. Other violations come higher. The dollar 'bill has los its value in police court in ilUleigh, and it takes big "Brother Five" to get out. At the new rate, we suspect there will be fewer people who will "forget" about' the parking meters, : . 15 YEARS AGO Judge Walter E. Moore dies from heart attack. R. C. McBride arrives to take charge of Eagle Store. Trees arc being planted on Court House grounds. Enthusiasm about Community House is growing rapidly. 10-day revival begins: at Presby teriai, church. Three murder cases on docket for February term of court. Felix E. Alley is appointed judge of 201 h district in place of Judge Walter E. Moore, who died in Ashe- ville. 10 YEARS AGO Nursery is established at city park seedlings will be furnished to citizens of community. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fisher of Ninevah section observe 50th an niversary. James Toy, Jr.. makes honor roll for fall terrrr at University of North Carolina. They'll Do It Every Time 5 YEARS AGO R. B. Davenport is elected presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce Restrictions are put on milk de livery in nation. Rotarians pledge support to County-wide library for Haywood County. Mrs. Donald M. Hyatt christens S. S. George E. Badger in Wilming ton. $735 is quota for infantile par alysis drive in observance of F.D.R.'s birthday. Another group finishes Red Cross First Aid Course. Capt. Wayne Corpening writes that he spent Christmas Day some where in Africa. Ill hM Ma O Ooh! There goes The Oil. SACROILIAC KOFr -KOrF: SNIFFLE IM ALL IN ! I THHslk V I LL STOP vDFF.AND SEE THE DOC ON THE WAV HOME TONIAMT." G0ESS J'VE BEEN WORKWV TOO WAPf). Hatlo POEllEw" OP rnMiNrt ATTRACTIONS-JOE IS SETTIN6 READyV TO PLAY UOOKV TCVUORRA- HE OUGHT TO GET AW OSCAR. FOR THAT BIG SACROILIAC SCENE- HES EUTTIKIG ON REAL TMIfV TJiQ TlME HELL TAKE A WEEK OFF VEAHHEfi BEEN YMORkV TOO HARD FkSURW' OUT how to duck A LITTLE WORK hi There's one w ever un-ice. iHtyLL OVER DO IT EvERy TiME THANXANOATlPi Vf Wt Ifcfc 1W& TO J M. AMBERS, l Hmu ytxe o. General MacArthur Special 'to Central Press I The Republican convention in Phil looks like the most wide open race in manj For many months, it appeared that the battle would Senator Robert A. Taft (R), Ohio, and Gov. Thomas E. Dp New York with former Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minnas lone wolf candidate, and a few favorite sons to add some However, tht drum-beating for Gov. Earl Warren of W on the west coast stepped up the pw when Milwaukee snonsors of Gen. Iwu Arthur started passing out buttons wit tng signboards, the GOP rank and file to there would be a first-tate contest at vention. Lurking In the background, of course,! Dwight D. Eisenhower, who is rot sayi" thing but who continues to act like a M would accept If he were drafted. As matters now stand, the COP, m Democrats, have too many, not too dates. CONGRESSIONAL HEADACHES- Congress has more than its share of in prospect now that body has reconvew" second -session. ToDDlne the list is the issue unnermost in IK of nearly everyone: how to cope with the high cost of W nilhtfcan lpariro fmeiH 1Mb ViIi M 1 umrrv Sharing doubtful honors with Inflation is the Marshall P whose implementation President Truman has set an Ap line. There is also the side Issue of Chinese aid. The ata Here are some other matters high up on the congressional Tax reduction and budget cuts, extension of rent control sal military training, extension Of the social security F uuuaiu, wucuuonai aia 10 stales ana govenuiic. " ' aid. Despite this difficult agenda, the GOP leadership hopen U Congress after a session of less than six months in time w bers to attend the Republican and Democratic convention ana July. MARSHALL PLAN There Is a growing belief In Com Marshall Plan tooarly and that the edge will be off pu Slflflm flV that tltMA liMrtalAtM. (a VAiP. The tovertiment'a itmnrMt .mimont for the plan'8 a checking the iBpread of Communism in Europe is wi,ar. vai a amuilg VUllgl caoilicil bum a platform for their opposlUoa Real reason behind the-mounting congressional oprom Plan, f course, la tae.large outlays Involved which again Jeopardize any large tax cut for Americans. These tax cuts were labeled by Republicans as one j of their strongest gambiU to capture the preslden- ( tial elections next year. However, the argument Of no money for Europe In order to make way for a tax cut is considered too biu" Rpmihllron n,t.m Mtu. nun i ...j m . ,tlv tn Jent "Truman's recommendation on the ground that u ltm Ann Jk n U . , " uw wine wotk. jjj Then, with Uils accomDiished. nush ahead with a t where in the neighborhood of the 6.8 billion Jllartpil House wave etui .mmu.. .vtr Mnrold YJl Unawota '
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