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TIIE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER
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Tl'ESDAY,
APRIL 20. 1948
A Fine Performance
Tltf members of the Waynesville Town
I band and glee club, togeth
er ur.ii tbt'ir director. Charles Isley, should
hf! super blv happy over their performance
Li.-! Thursday evenin.t;.
TtH- audience which packed the auditor
ium showed their appreciation of the talent
ed n.Lisicia'is by their round alter round of
oppla use.
Pel haps the happiest man of all present,
was W. A. Brad lev. chairman of the band
(omnnttee. He and his associates have work
1 I hard and Inne, on the band, and the dedica
tion of the last number to Mr. Bradley by
lights made him the happiest man present.
Our band and glee club are among those
things which make "this a good place to
Proponents of a state-wide referendum on I
whiskey and others are directing question-,
naires O candidates for governor, but there.
iF little evidence that comparable attention is j
being paid to other candidates those for the ,
General Assembly. , j
The views of a governor of North Carolina
on matters of policy are important. Gover
nors recommend action to the General As-(
sei.ibly. In many cases those reeommenda-j
tions are followed. In other cases the ree-j
ommendations are ignored.
In recent years the General Assembly has
ignored all recommendations of the governor!
(whoever he happened to be) for a state-'
vide referendum. Under such circumstances
it is well for those interested in legislation to
be very mindful of the fact that members of
the General Assembly have the last word on
all legislative matters.
In many counties the time to take effective
action will expire on April 17, only about
two weeks away. Candidates for the Gen
eral Assembly must file on or before April
17 or their names will not appear in the list
of those to be voted for in the Democratic
primary on May 29.
Voters who are interested in any question
which will come before the 1939 General As-i
sembly should find out now how the eandi-i
dates from their own county stand on that
question. It will be too late to get out an-i
other candidate after April 17 The Raleigh J
News and Observer.
EOY,
'AGE EMILY POST!
JW fetes
MIRROR OF YOUR MIND
Modern Hitching Posts
A new use. or should we say an old use,
has been made of parking meters at Frank
lin, verified by a picture in last week's Frank
lin Press. The photo shows a mule "parked"
011 the downtown street, tethered to a park
ing meter, waiting stoically while its owner
is on his way about the day's shopping.
A It K01 10 h not :i crniiH n; trip old hitching veni
meter can perform the!u ' jnlo tlu, ft,M(,w next l0 us
Rambling 'Round
Bits Of Human Interest News Picked Up By Members
I Of The Mountaineer Staff
Can a person wko d'ntrwftf you rtaHy love you?
Answer: He may love you as
sincerely as he6 capable of loving
anybody, but that does not mean
that he can be or make you
happy. If a person to whom you
have given no grounds for distrust
is still suspicious of you, what he's
really doing is "projecting" onto
yo the doubts and fears that are
already in his mind perhaps
especially a secret feeling that he
does not deserve to be loved. Un
til such a person can regain his
confidence in himself, there will
be nothing you can do, however
hard you try, to make him trust
you.
Should a
Will "shock treatments" cure a
nervous breakdown?
Answer: Many doctors an ih .,
using "shock" to treat ncur,,.,.
but others (with whom 1 ani in
clined to agree) feel tlut
treatment should be eoniirieu to
those types of mental illness m
which the patient is "inaccesMl,.. "
I Copyright. 1948, King Features Syn-li,-,,-,. N,
time of year we develop a full
grown case of Aprilitis, and
break eat all over in a rash of
emotional admiration for
Waynesville and all surrounding
territory.
His mind was wrapped in con-
A Great Possibility
Have vou ever stopped to consider what
olden opportunity this community has for
1 hi et-va v develi ipmen t ?
Take Lake Junaluska. for instance. A
couple of modern year round hotels tbere, for for jn onp p;1I.kl Trouble might
post, the parkin
same use: providing the, police and street
cleaning department are willing. We haven't
inquired into the local regulations as to
whether the meters are available for use by
four-legged animals, as well as wheeled ve
hicles. It is likely that this was something
omitted when the town fathers drew up the
parking meter ordinance.
If wc had a mule, we would look for a
space occupied by one of the pint-sized
Crossley automobiles that are seen putter
ing about town nowadays, pull in and tie up
beside it. There certainly is room enough
We've moved. You must come
up and see us and all the improve-i
merits we've made. Of course,
you'll think 011 are in a big town's
newspaper office hut it's us. all j
dressed up and ton proud to be,
comfortable. j
We're all ulass-lionted with a
swanky door on the angle for con- I teniplation of the purchases he was
1 . . . . ,1 1.. 1 .... 1.
nee . . . anil we Have room to aDOUl to mane ana ne maue a uaon
for the counter containing the
articles he wished. Suddenly he
was confronted by a Mama Bear
and The Little Bear. But not of
the Goldilocks story. To the man,
these two bears were most realis
tic and he avows that the distance
he jumped . . . straight up . .
(Continued on Page Three)
VOICE
OF THE
PEOPLE
Do you think Harold Stassen has
much chance of getting the Repub
lican presidential nomination?
Every day in f very way, these
mountains are growing more
beautiful. The soft browns have
changed to green over-night and
the dogwood adds its beauty to
the scene. Of course, about this
1
Thomas Morgan: "I think he is
probably the strongest man in that
party. Dewey and Taft may get to
gether and block his nomination,
but Stassen has the most public ap
peal." Charles Metcalfe: "Yes, I think
he has the best chance of any of
the Republican candidates. He be
longs to the new school of Kepub
Ihelicans. and the convention will
want to pick a man who will get
the independent vote."
ounmercuil use. anci catering to pie-beasun
o'.' after-season conventions, could easily
m.i ke that the tourist and recreational center
ol :he community.
ILzeh.vood is already the industrial cen
tu. ;.!:d has ureat possibilities for further
i;iM cement aionu this line.
; V.'avr.esville. being the county-seat.
f ,, in ti.e nucleus of business for the en-
By JANK EADS la ghost supposed to haunt the Cap-
WASH1NC.TON Miss Lillian I itol. The other day a man from
arise however, if the mule were to Step, orlMiddlelon has most of the answers Florida iussetl and turned lor
' .' n ; ;t-'f !to miestions asked by tourists who ! more than an hour trying to get
SU down, on lib MUU mue, su iiwjw : 4U , ... ,-i;(,r k -hioh rt room " in this over-
jtional Capital Committee's Infor
jmation center. She gets as many as
1 1500 queries a week. Most people
I 4 t I. ...... M.... t,. ,,,.1 1m t, tiwi
the meter. To tell the whole truth, if we hadittt Sena(e (. th(, ,(iust, of lu,pit,.
a mule it would stay at home and be both- 'sentaiives in session. That's cas.
lt'iies on both sides
such a good idea after all. To keep in the
good graces of all concerned, it would be bet
ter just to find an empty space and feed
With
jealoi
js;es
ui planning, and discarding pet
this could be brought about, we
satisfaction and happiness of
crowded city for $1.
Some visitors blow into town at
9 a m. and want to see all of Wash
ington before they leave on an 8:30
train that night. "I sternly disap
prove of this." Mrs. Middleton asys.
ered With as little as possible, and kept awavjThere are galleries on both sides . You cant do a town ot inis spet
- , , j of the Capitol open to the public, tacular nature without spending
from the temptation of these long-stemmed, foks wan( ,() st,r two weeks or a nionth here. lts
slot machines. 'Spencer, a lamed three-foot slur-ltoo brain-fatiguing.'' She suggests
. . gt'on who died at last 10 years ago 'that the hasty visitor take in the
. . in the Department of Commerce ! 20-minute White House tour be-
Kpen (OmDetltlOn : Aquarium. Or t lit want to knowitween 10 a.m. and 12, the Congres
Jerry Rogers: "I don't think eith
er Stassen, Taft or Dewey will get
the nomination. I look for a dark
horse candidate to be picked at the
convent ion."
R. C. C.ossett: "Stassen possibly
will be nominated "
A Good Record
Havv.-o. .d has been assigned a quota of
'.". 000 to be invested in Savings Bonds, be
v. reii now and June 30th.
Th.s is a lot of money, yet the government
has a two-fold purpose. First, to keep dollars
v.vuv from needless spending, and to spread
savings over a longer period to keep "hard
times" awav from the door.
The technical explanation is that money
invested in savings bonds will mean the
spreading of the securities on the national
debt. This too, is worthy of consideration.
Haywood has always made n good record
on bond investments, and even in the past
Uw months have put more than $60,000 into
savings bonds monthly. That record, with
out anv campaign, speaks for itself.
Our neighboring state to the north, Vir
ginia. has announced to the world that their
1947 tourist business amounted to $132,000,
000, and a day later Michigan announced they j
expected their 1948 tourist business would!
reach $600,000,000.
Beaches on our coast predict a banner year,
and other mountain resorts are equally as
optimistic.
WhelvJ Looks like we are going to have
to offer our visitors more than scenery,
rarified atmosphere and pure water, if we
are to keep pace with such keen competition.
'how they can hear file footsteps of
(Continued on Page Three)
Letters To The
Editor
RURAL FIRE FIGHTING
EQUIPMENT
Editor The Mountaineer,
I was interested in reading the
editorial which you have in the
Mountaineer of Friday. April 16
on Rural Fire Trucks and note
where a $10,000 home near Nortn
(Continued on Page Three)
Looking Back Over The Years
Capital Lei
By THOMPSON CREENW09
Thar! Rnr Sxoori'l nr nf
' ' -'".11 II- loiujd
Clulii i nnHlim 01 0 1(1110110 ...... 1
cards asKing you to vote 101 nun mul Fwj
. . . He nas Deen uie pai'iianu-nt ai - tin
ian for the House in every l.i nt.i- lUuiih .,1
ture since . . . ins opponent l',i,M Culltgtd
tins lime is jonn rtrmsirooK m
the . Utilities Commission . A Im
on the State Utilities Coniniissmi
is Robert Grady Johnson, lirsl ii.
in of Charles M. . . . David Leo Kcl
ly ot yadKinvuie, who aiiiiouttn
not a veteran has been lite in, no
cog in the Veterans Adminisi i n
tion wheel at Winston-Sale in. is
leaving this post to become assivi.
ant secretary of the Stale Fani.
Bureau, succeeding Will Hogeis.
who succeeded Joe Williams. Kel
ly's brother-in-law. who is Hie In
baeco Board of Trade man in Win ; Observer hub
ston-Salem . . . Kelly, one of I lie Cuntinuef a
stuii-Salem .
;lliw bj I93i
is bllmng .
ill Im;,
woe I'VjtcKif
(hiwliuil
wlm-r Utlllti
Ini:!i ,r $tli.y
(llil)l IllUtf Stl
Could In
great cum, sml
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D.i;:!! I- toe I
15 YEARS AGO
10 YEARS AGO
5 YEARS AGO
Early Travel
The Burley Allotment
Last year Haywood farmers could have
planted 333 more acres of burley tobacco. At
an average of a thousand dollars per acre,
that meant a loss of almost a third of a mil
lion dollars in farmer income to this county.
This year the burley acreage allotment is
1.453 acres for 1.737 farmers.
There is every reason that every acre of
this allotment should be planted and care
fully cultivated in burley this year. There
is every indication that the prices will re
main good, and burley affords a cash crop
right at the time of year when farm income
is the lowest.
We share the opinion of others, that Hay-.
wood will not let an alloted acre go un
planted this year.
Anyway, the World War taught us that
when all Americans agree about anything
they are all wrong. Lewiston Sun.
It's dangerous for you to run from an at
tacking dog," says a dog trainer. It isn't if
you can outrun him.
Official count of travel in the Park Bhows
that there is an increase of 7.5 per cent over
the same period of last year. This tends to
bear out our editorial of last week, when
we predicted there would be more travel
earlier this season, due to the "war clouds"
which many people predict they see on the
horizon.
The Naked Truth
The State News Bureau sent out informa
tion the other day that there were three new
nudist organizations in North Carolina. One
at Durham, Gastonia and Asheville. At least
the information came from the nudist maga
zine Sunshine and Health. The semi-nudist
groups who parade the seacoast were not
included.
Dr. V. Howard Duckett is named i Mrs. Paul Hyatt receives check
delegate from the Haywood Countv j from The American Magazine for
Medical Society to meeting of State ner suggest ion on how to conserve
Society. j cofft'e-
Haywood farmers and dairymen A scrapbook compiled by
and their wives gather at Masonic Waynesville High School students
Temple for supper meeting staged;0" "Schools at War" is one of five
Apple orchards are expected top" recognition of Guernsey Cattle I Male selected to be sent to
Promotion Sale. " , . B
. , , . . I Thirty-seven men leave for armv
Fines Creek boys in vocational ',
tdllllj.
agriculture department of Fines! Mrs I. A! Killian rhnirman
from the Baptist Sunday School Creek School complete 300 repair I urges women to knit for the Red
an Easter Egg Hunt. I . . . OC(1 .....,:., Cross
JUUa I,U LUIISUIILIIUII JIIUS Ulll -
Miss Carolyn Haynes and Harold I Eight candidates enter field for
Haynes entertain a number of their 8 , election as members of Hazelwood
Waynesville girls win conference ; board of .ilrl,.r.m.n rioH vuhn.
Ten per ''cnl cut is made on real
estate in county making a reduc
tion of $1,800,00(1 in Vnr assessed
value.
1.500.000 gladioli bulbs. are be
ing planted near here by W. E.
KirchofT.
be in bloom about the 27th
Miss Mary Barber and Dave Fel
let jointly entertain their classes
classmates at Mars Hill College at
a house party.
; track meet.
I mayor, has no opposition.
They'll Do It Every Time
- By Jimmy Hado
MAVgE ME
l
TUINK5 TwE CITY
PAINTS THESE
WHITE LINES TO
PLAY HOPSCOTCH
IN
"It is utterly astounding to me how fast
children outgrow shoes!" exclaimed a mother.
It shouldn't be. Children grow fast, (and
shoes don't grow at all.
An Alabama fan stole a slot machine the
other day. He made the belated discovery
that that's the only way to beat the thing.
Roanoke Times.
Just as a matter of information, Morehead
City is getting a "dog race track, at a cost of
$200,000.
f
fgs CrrrfM'-' I riOvit TO vQi kLt Ziii-J WALfclNo AkuUNL? 1 THINKS TUE CITY
Jrr',Zs$ ' ( ALL ABOUND TWE aA "WIS THIN6 WHEN Jl PAINTS THESE
fiFTSSs MVl&eM BOStf FOB fm 1 OUSHTA BE WHITE LINES TO
vCs3(a. TWO PINS I'P 6ET IM s KICKING A HOLE JJ PLAY HOPSCOTCH
'Jim Crow and Palestine I New Ynl
SbII Woa for President About M
Special to Central fttu
wTiBirrtvnTnN President Truman ad tel
W Chairman Howard McGrath have just wl
'and pessimistic report from New ot suuu
Thin reDort Indicates that the southern m ifi
'anti-Jim Crow program has developed a couMU'l
State. , ,
Th Nw York revolt is due to the administri
I the Palestine partition praps
powerful Jewish leaders, orm-1
ated with the Jewish tott. J
not see how they ca;; sapp!
nomination in view ottnenni
Rnth the president and
formed by their highest Pj
popular upswing which ij
in the wake of the presuWl
gress has been blockea I
CVlfi-1
T.-H. LAW run o -j
law's safeguards agairii
fiv.-rinniirp strikes n"
,. - in thp roa waiKoa.
rresiaani irwman w -
pnases ui r
siring to modify or terminate a contract m
menf Art rloua 4n flfivflnCP.
During this period, the Federal MKhit-H
,u. o nnnrtltnltV tP attempt 1
pute. However, John L. Lewis did jM
contract. mint!
Lewis only notified his miners that w
ing uie agreement, aumv r
Ulnn Chief Cvnm Chine- didn't have a ,
1 si I
hi
niseffWl
Hon Chief Cvrus Ching didn
v. .i i - irtio Bv then
The wme thing is true of the Pref "'
'lo. mrt.mnlalaa annnintment 01 MCn J
and postponement of the strike until it rep
'.not set up until the mines had beenco (
V, Behling.
W1
ia vnn uiinm wr i-tunim ' .-.a
'member of the Federal Power Commf 1
by the White House, is sun "
imormea mm. wacCM I
Behling was in the very act c f
before the Senate commiiLec
qualifications for trie
it hin, the White HW-r
The man on the other end of the I u
miniatrmtive assistant to me f"-
H. mm Mr. Truman had changed
Behling for the Job. There was ".rfj
However, observers believe Mr ' 0
gin political fences, was anxious p
tor Jim Mead of New York, and thus,
.made Behling the goat. MrntZA
However. Mead rejected the aPP ffj
Behling has the LTc 'U
nominated, so ne is
could have handled ably.
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T . . . .a .hst there
WtDraSKa, U convini.cu , dfPnBJ
like the red Upe ui y th e B u t ' ff , H
Nebraska! reUted that an ""1'
appropriations ubcommittfe tss
r ,.mIi tt department w ,t
As part of his Job. he Wl"' itl
piece of correspondence lnr7hr.ugf, i '
r.,- w. -.i,.a h letter tnrous
nan osya.iie vmwcu v --
z..::- 35 d.fff v i
a. acturatlnr room merely W nlJiHSJ
;through each of three Z
estimated that It wouia