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, .. ' THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THE MOUNTAINEER Mla Street Phone 7M Waynesville, Nonh Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. W. CURTIS RUSS I Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY HAYWOOD COUNTY One Year Six Month- $3.00 1.75 NORTH CAROLINA On Year Six Months OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Year ziix Months $4 00 $2.25 $4.50 2.50 i.irifi al in post, onii" at yrwti it. if hi U .tier. piuviiied Hinder tlie Act of Mrch i : 1 U . Second CUm 1B7W. November iiitu,n iMtiie-i. ifu!utions i f respect, card of thanks, and all f rtiiert .i:i.ui-r.t f.-r profit, will be charged (or at the ntts r j ) i.iti nfuts ir word. MKMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS t a-m i.,tr.i l'r-.s is entitled i elusive It to the use tor rt-,'..-) . f .I me lu.l lieus printed uj thi newspaper, as .s Ai' i.ttts tiptcbes. NATIONAL DITORIAL HJJUV.IH I IVJ IV North CaroliM iA FRIDAY. APRIL 1948 Rotten Textbook Members of the Textbook Commission of N..rth Carolina should hang their heads in ! ,nr,e tor allowing the present yeoyraphy ' . be taught :n the fifth grades. The text of the bonk is far from beint; fac :.;..!. as we are proving by publishing it in ,:!..;: in this issue todav. Not only does the book swerve sharply from the truth, but the ;.e!li:i: is just about as obsolete. being about 1 it t wars Dehma the times. We are publishing the text with a decree I .:si;st. as well as shame, since the book benu tauuht dailv in our public schools. The stop.- of the Appalachian area pictures our area as a wilderness, far removed from ai! civilization. The bc-jk is heavily illus trated, and some of the scenes include a two i....:r. z hut as 'typical" of the houses in section. Another picture shows a dry : fair .a-. 1 . used as a road in the dry sea- Tar Heel Record Ncrth Carolina ought to be proud of the showing made by Commissioner of Labor Forrest H. Shuford in statements which he has just made to the Greensboro Kiwanis club. First and foremost among those assertions is that one which places this state 12th among all of the states in industrial development despite which, less than one per cent of the strikes of the nation took place in our bound aries during 1947. North Carolina had 25 strikes last year compared with 8,600 in the country as a whole as reported in incomplete tabulations bv the U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The record of the number of North Caro lina working people involved in work stop pages was even more favorable, according to Shuford. As against the 2,150,000 Amer ican workers who were involved in strikes in 1947 there were less than 16,000 Tar Heels mixed up in strikes, or about 0.7 per cent of the national total. Could it be that North Carolina knows more about the Golden Rule, which Commis sioner Shuford said is still the only workable formula for good human relations? "Were we to base all our decisions and actions upon what is in the public interest, most of our problems would evaporate into the air," was his pertinent comment. W e don't know whether North Carolinians are more familiar with the Golden "Rule than others but we do know that North Car olina's labor department encourages the set tlement of labor-management disputes through voluntary conciliation and arbitra tion. It seems to us that this brings into play both the public interest and the Golden Rule if there is a difference, of which we are not to sure. Tar Heels ought to be forever grateful that such a situation does exist here and that they have a commissioner of labor who knows the facts The Shelby Star. YOU CAN'T DO BUSINESS WITH STALIN Rambling 'Round Bits Of Human Interest News Picked Up By Members Of The Mountaineer Staff MIRROR OF YOUR MIND HUDay By law did - ' ' luV flr - "raw, 1 ulllv n ""U Uiitdn 7ur mind Can odoUwent tra9ly wrek a ehiU' !? Answer: Not unless it confirms earlier impressions that life is un certain, or that he does not "de serve" to be happy. By the time a child reaches his teens, he ought to have developed enough self-reliance and adaptability to accept the fact that if happiness cannot be found in one place, he can look for it in another. The death of a sweetheart, for example, will of course be painful (as such a loss is to any normal person) but once the first shock is over, the healthy reaction will be to surmount, it and begin life over again. fcfj Is DSVrK;u. I '"""Til Con other peopl influence your dreams? Answer: Only if they're actu ally near you and do something which you are subconsciously aware of like turning the light on, or making a noise. If they do not wake you, stimuli of this sort 0101 eso than am J medicine. It is J ' practices and based nn tu J:. you can't expetiasl mj nuuings as yout,. icais or metals. Y it ill carry salelj'J ui'iiueriieljtrjtBjJ craytoscejustkB, tional b'.lu,ri -ieai (Coprrlgil. 1948, Kin( Feature Syndicate. Inc.) For Pages of Our Memory Book close by his side. The profile of a vested organist ! -:- - framed in a circle ot" lilies on Easter morning. The picture of a baby and a kitten in a current magazine. Corsages of every hue and flow Government And Personal Taxes An-'v-r paragraph in the text points out l';a' .-.m-.f of the newer homes are being bu.lt of lumber instead of logs." A: : :c'.;!'.ure comes in for undeserved rid i. ul.v. Take for example tobacco. The ge i.. ;! ,hv tells that just enough tobacco is : rown for home use. when the facts in the ca-e are that million of pounds are exported I: ,ti: area each year. In discussing n,i,! ir.u. the book says a farmer keeps a cow or two. bat the milk is poor and thin, The students and the teachers know these aic- not the facts. The textbooks are kept on the list, and the teachers have to use them daily in the class rooms, regardless of how v. ronn the'.' miuht be. As we have said, the students know the text is tar from factual. If the text of the book steers so far from the truth about tbm:'s and conditions with which students .-no familiar, then the book should just as easily be as far from right about other areas with which the students are not familiar. The teachers find using such a book an ex treme hardship. -When confronted by a ''doubting" stutient who questions the truth of the text, the teacher has to diplomatically endeavor to excuse the author by saying, "he did not have all the facts," or "things have chanued since the book was written." Eith er ot these are not satisfactory explanations to a student who knows better. The State Textbook Commission should exercise more care, and certainly do more investigating than apparently has been done thus far in selecting some textbooks. The State Textbook Commission should readily admit their error in making this par ticular selection, and should call in each and every one of the books immediately. If oth er geography books are not available, we would rather the subject be dropped rather than teach a child something that is abso lutely not right. The present book will only tend to con fuse students as long as it is used. We un derstand that a companion book is being used in the higher grades. We have not personal ly checked any other, but if it is as far from right as the fiftlS grade book, then they too ; need a change. . It seems to us that the most casual perusal ' of the geography by one of intelligence would poinl out the so apparent errors in the text. ! The time has come, it seems, when patrons I of schools can hardly trust the Textbook i Commission with the selection of proper and 1 suitable books. " There has got to be a change somewhere. The easiest way is with the Commission. If they refuse, then patrons, joined by teacn--- erg "wiU haye to take the matter in band. Sometimes we wonder if the "voluntary taxes" as they have been called that men pay are not more grievous than the voluntary or governmental type of taxation. Governmemr.t taxes are grievous and it hurts to see so much of what a man earns detoured into the channels of government spending. But these other voluntary taxes they are something to worry about, although customarily people don't tend to think them as taxes. There's the tax a man pays who squanders his health and destroys that precious "cap ital'' by careless and indifferent living. There's the tax that is paid when a man fails to live up to his capacities, those God-given attributes of ability, skill, personality and strength. These assets, we've noticed, have a way of shrinking if they are assigned no du ties. They disappear as completely as the money paid into government coffers. You might call it a volunetry tax when a man lives under tension and worry, con stantly quarreling with himself. Something wonderful haopens to the man who lives at peace with himself. We must be vigilant lest the government tax us out of reason. But we might at the same time be vigilant in controlling those taxes we levy on ourselves. Sanford Herald. er reflecting their beauty in the faces of the wearers. A gorgeous pot of Easter lilies I that gladdened the Kaster of a; lonely woman. ! The wonderful spirit of a young! miss who is sharing her home and' family with another little girl. J The mountains with their halos; of frost that sparkled in the chilly sunshine. A feeble old man slowly walk ing along with his devoted dog Were you one of those who stuck his neck out and had an April Fool placard stuck on it? There is nothing wrons in little harmless jokes but the practical jokes are something that is nev er appreciated, except by the perpetrator. And any one that finds humor in a practical joke (which sometimes permanently injures the victim) is usually of such a moronic turn of mind that they couldn't be reasoned with anyway. While riding one Sunday, our host called our attention to the (Continued on Page Three i VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Aside from the scenery and cli mate, what do you think attracts tourists to Waynesville? Mrs. F. II. Marley: "1 think the scenery and climate are the main attractions, i do not think we have anything else that appeals to tour is! s in general. People have so many different ideas and tastes." Mrs. Clyde Owen: The fact that Waynesville is a nice, clean town and the people are friendly and neighborly." Capital Letts By THOMPSON GREENWOOD SCHOOL LUNCHES ARE BRAIN CHILI) OF. V. S. BACHELOR Dr. N. M. Medford: "We have climate and scenery and a golf course hut we do not have other tilings (hat attract tourists. Tht fiist tiling people want to know af ter being located in a clean place is the food situation. Food is very important and we do not have enough good eating places. Tour ists also want to be entertained or go somewhere to entertain them selves and we do not have the facil ities for either." ateel $65,000,000 for this purpose. Later Senator Russell asked for u $G,000.000 deficiency appropria- tion. He got $5,000,000. ! Despite rising food costs, this ; Kecaiise of 12 inwnnl is l..ss hv SI 1 000 1)00 than 1 the last scenery anu cioiitiie iiiiaei iuui lisls in the first place but I think dav meal and milk for a dime or ; Advocates of less every school day. program say children getting bet- Sen. Kic hard B. Russell 1 1 - , ter meals today grow up to be Ga.i saw his hopes realized with better citizens tomorrow. They the passage of the National School develop good food habits which Lunch Act in 1946. Under the act carry them through later years, the states are assisted through federal grants-in-aid and other j There were 50,000 schools par means in operating non-profit j licipating last year. Slates have school lunch programs. J primary responsibility for develop- This year Congress appropri-i ing their own programs. Tor every By JANE EADS WASHINGTON years' work by a bachelor, millions the sum appropriated lor rf crh,,1 r.hilHrf.n fi'1 ;i hot nnon- ttrhnnl war the school lunch j 11 'enci.mess ui me peoe ncie : bring them hack lrom year lo ' vear." Mrs. J. M. Long: "I think the GOING HOML inere is a i tic m.hc ,-mplov,, great deal of talk that Governor inn lm it 'riw'tt R. Gregg Cherry is now attempt- Hcmnn cium ing to DU11Q a pomicai uigiiuiu- m -iai m '"iun w, tion which will eventually send Anil m, vnr ISt him to Washington to succeed Son- LcKM.ituu- :! t ator Clyde n. noey. mis is an hm m uiui t.,m to d a lot of booshwah and Diidge wa- puis ter. Gregg Cherry confided to friends How it dCCK last week that he has one ambi- the li 1 1. 1 u -'' Net tion and only one. ne warns io nmiuci muiuM go back to Gastonia and practice look ahead iw mm law. altuM lioaJ aiw h was nominated cover- N"11' Camiim M .. nor in 1944, he sold his large home 1111 i.v ir i in Gastonia for a sum that ran "' IuiMm,, well into five figures. He figured matr on li;,l ted v... Mint h won il nave to buy or build another for a resi- sunnm , Hu meri dence in 1949, seeing as how North " i" & (i in:' mi i ii. ,i nit- i!Ki Iliad. I-in as males li;e.e Imui Aih M;r Undue! Cm llie la :.! blnrr Hi tin- l.e.'i hiillle trie iii il, 'I lie Hinate siirplu Ii I : h (iowrnur Qm vll.ll II (AC 111! SIS A MIlTirilell HI hi ilU'. It 1 1 HI ill H leave the te u ll dollar of federal funds allotted, the law requires the state to spend a dollar. In matching the grants, food and labor supplied by the schools may be counted. Some slates in which the average income (Continued on Page Three) Looking Back Over The Years 15 YEARS AGO cow and damages trees i phone lines. United States and tele- sion. Saving Iionds , Whadya Mean Accent? Bostonians have no accent. Bostonians simply speak "the purest cultivated English spoken anywhere" from which, we pre sume, all others, whether they dwell in Cam bridge. England, San Francisco, Calif., or Auckland. New Zealand, deviate distressing- Anyway, that's the gist of what the head of the department of speech improvement of the Boston public schools told the city s school committee. We're not surprised at the statement. What inhabitant even of the periphery of "The Hub of the Universe" could be? But we are still confused on the facts. Many a newcomer to Boston may think he has been invited to a party, only to find that it is a "patty" he attends. The garage won t service his car, but it will do a good job on his "ca-a." He may seek the town hall in the village "squay-ya." He may be puzzled that the statute about which he in quires turns out to be not a law but a "lore." And his aesthetic pleasure over Boston's min gling of the antique and the contemporary may be jarred by the discovery that here nothing is modern it's "Morden." But, then, such confusion is understand able to any of the benighted million with an accent. And as between geographically diverse masters of tone and diction,' Who has the ac cent? It must be the other fellow. Chris tian Science Monitor. W E KirchofT. nationally known 3 arrcK n;ir Whitf Sulphur Springs and will operate ' amounting to $35,000 are sold here j large gladioli farm .during the past year. Merchants here will close stores i Boy Scouts are entertained by at 7 o'clock hereafter. Alexander's Drug Store. ! North Carolina will have 3 2 per Betty Jo Brown gives birthday cent beer and wine. i party. Methodists begin 'one-win-one'" Bank examiners find First Na- revival. j tional Bank in best financial con- Congressman Weaver u r g c s dition since 1933. Roosevelt to establish a number of ( ,g Fjnes Creek Seniors receive labor camps in Park. , diplomas I Waynesville Post Office contin i ues to show an increase in busi killsness despite the so-called reces- 5 YEARS AGO 10 YEARS AGO A heavy electrical storm Business leaders believe the out look for tourist season is encour aging. David B. Felmet is commissioned a lieutenant. Junior Grade, in U. S. Navy. Jonathan Woody begins a tour of 15 counties as manager for the second war bond campaign. Receipts of the Waynesville post office for quarter ending March 31 reached $10,490.86. Mrs. Lillian Allen Hart opens hat shop on Church Street. Theyll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo A style authority thinks men need more color in their clothes, , Green is nice-rigbt down to the pants pocket. Ol' easle-eve p . CAN SPOT A ' LcyvvAfiT1 PIN AN EIGHTH fix THAT SIX OF AN INCH PIN AND MOVE OUTAC J IMPw I NUMBER EK5MT Y" OUT OF LINE- t , gET feM Ar- '', I watch N 'flyft"-''''. l-c L'"EIWILL YA? J. ? Then he winds upland wwece does he throw the ball -year yeah-you said I WATCH j Carolina governors cannot succeed themselves. He did not, however, think real estate and building prices would remain high during the four years. Now he is gelling ready to build a cottage lor Him self, his wife and dog, and settle down to a relatively quiet life in the land of the spindles. in thint HOW TO SPEND IT People are asking what the state plans to do with the huge surplus it is ac cumulating. Some time within rial cnidiiinn ii, ,,f taxir Aave and rjossiblv (Ilium, in I Ml 1 1 . V . llcni . ' -" . - vuithin (hp next few hours this Iji 1 11 nIH $84 Question will be raised Ca 11a i "ill , 1 .n.,.i.nnn..r tl. ,11 il ,ll-lillb M again ana again as mc n.woFK- hoaAUnp the income tax revenue. TV,.. ,hic win hum with it. ()Ti:S A group A IIC I ..... - TU' ctalictirinns and Dencil- lllell ill Ull' u" pushers in the state revenue de- plan- to lorm M parimeni nave uceu iuia.n.s -i , tne income rax 101 inn. .. i j Vlim.h nr Millie -Ufll JO nas Deen in pros" ,h. trl ,c j u.lln. the miillev lo tm K department says that it will be Th. h. J-j iree-menaousi .i u: .. ic r-nwrnnr, Half the m r-i - v, v,0 it will raise en ml" oilier t. HICI1J., IWI ...... ., ... - another hue and cry for a special ilcman rom session of the General Assembly, las! v The teachers want it. The counties vnw would like to have a slice of it ek lor 1 H in t'nnliiH! CROSSWORD PDA ACROSS 1 Body ot tudents 6 Ltweat paint 11 IvtUUoa 12 Goddeif ol ptaco 11 Light 14 Fleih foods 15 Transgress 18 Sailor 18 rtmsls deer 19 Half an em 20 Flower 22 Niton (chenu) 23 Rent S Units of fore 27 Rough lava MBeholdl 29 Ringlets 22 Fabrio 23 Erbium (sym.) 28 Form of address to a lady 28 Mulberry 29 Warp-yarn 41 Gained 42 Awing 43 Pert 49 Piece of turf (golf) 47 Follow 48 Worship 49 Hinder CO To have sued at law (cotloq.) DOWN wmm- lToolwtUl , cuttlnf edge 2 One of the lerbiae - .1 Rivet (Snf.1 olDllos in Mi"" 11- is 11 i Mm tW"' Ts Wr"" - -rl: N, 1 4 Male descendent 8 Cutting tool 6 Hunter 7 Parte tobe,r 8 Not living 6 Chant 10 Sets again 11 Boy e . nickname 20 Sacred song 21 Woody tissue (boU 24 River (Swits.) It Cor.5''J011 29 Stoppe" 30 Po!i,e ji "Tom ' by M T,U1 J2 Kind of w 33 picntu'J1 34 I.if-ed in spin" 37 perform Uj piec0' 44 Hint i6 Girl's"1"
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