THE WATNESVILLK MOUNTAINEER
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rjur her
jA e very
i..r to i .,.nts
nH 1 amateurish
5 cool -fronds say her portrait busts are
Lie g"d- The General 1S a severe
nllt-. Mrs. Wedemeyer says, but he
r5 like a ont pose lor her.
".Cnd. Tlu- Postoffiee Department's in-
;,el desk .n.e ! this eai " f timated l
outs"1'' $1 450 000,000 about double what
Cp the u, , an $800,000,000 annual busi-
tved il
doi-
Letters To Editor Capital Letters
Fort Myer resxaence. ne is
,Hpst about her accomplish-
and insists she worns in a i aineu iu auvertizc
way, dui ner ie puipu.
While in one ul tin's
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and best commodity un earl li
the Good News ol the Kien Lord
but sometimes the -.eem to be
it
Folk Festival Founder
Is Focused For Fame
Starting time of the June Folk
and the i
has a
id where
finance
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bers opposed the bill on the third
and final reading. They were Rep
resentatives Brown of Hoke, Burns ; Festival in chapel Hill
oi rerson. look oi Luinoeriaiiu, . .... .. j u.
e.ept Edwards of Greene. Falls of Cleve- AU8USl '""laln uance u ru'
land. Pearsall of Nash, Richardson j Festival in Asheville, is purposely
provoca- of I'niiin Tavlor nf Wavne and I vaeuo "about sundown". Bascom
. !T ... ?" ""T tOUP" NVoods ot Caswell. Despite this. I Lamar Lunsford, of Turkey Creek,
let which hit n.e between the however. Mr. Oscar Richardson be- ln Buncombe County, who runs
21 Pa" l UU lul W'lat- Speaker of the House Hi the ;the festivals, wants it that way sp
evei use you may want lu make m.vt iaii,i,u lain anA Mr !. . ... .
vb.o.Uvuv, ne can separate ine uauuiunai,
Thomas Pearsall became Speaker authentic mountain minstrels from
ot the House in 1947. Now they ih0Se wno trv to introduce profes-
of it.
Department officials say it needs
mlt office space, employees, mail
cars and equipment.
Th Postoffiee is the world's
largest business and its largest
U,e un ,ingie employer, with about 500,000
. c tha lui-0fct CQvin0U
fcsKin on eniplovees. n a ....,.,
I5 ... ,!, to nnn nno
bank- wiin muic man v.,uuv,v7uv,
ouO in postal savings. It's the larg-
Lk out ,-eal estate owner and renter.
kw pano- wlth oftices in vines aim
hamlets H Will liaoFUil inoie
ihan 40 billion pieces of mail,
weighing more than 9 billion
pounds, this year.
"A hen is nol supposed lo have
Much cummon-seiise or laet.
Yet every nine she lays an egy
She cackles iorlh the laet.
A rooster hasn't got a lul ol
Intellect to show.
But nonetheless most roosters
Have enough good sense to crow
A mule, I he most despised of
Beasts, has his persistent way
Ul letting lolks know Ik
By his persistent bray
have changed, see their error, and
are battling tor the teachers.
It must be remembered, too, that
if the matter had been left to a
vote ol the people, it likely would
not have passed. The Legislature
is often criticized, but it frequent
ly is ahead of the people in progress.
brush-
fcinj "UI
mean,
iwooping
Jstruction
ft at the
Ion
on a rocK
10,000 feet
The busy little bees, they bu;
Bulls bellow and tows moo.
The watch dogs bark, the ganders
quack, while doves and pigeons
coo.
,Tlie peacock .spreads, Ins tail and
Plato Was Wrong squawks, pigs squeal and robins
Plato thought that we see by rays sing,
generated in the body moving out Why, even serpents know enough to
through the eyes. Science has shown j hiss before they sling.
that vision comes irom ouisiae iignt
rays which enter the eyes. Plato-s
original name was Aristocles, but
he was surnamed Plato because of
h.s broad shoulders.
OFF THE CUFF It now looks
around as if Wake County will go for Kerr
Scott, which is a bad omen, it
would seem, for Wake has not been
with the winner, save J. M. Brougli-
lon in 1940, in years . . . Report
ol overheard conversation on Fay
elleville Street last week, Mrs.
Charles Johnson speaking; "1 don't I
care what happens, 1 am not going I
to be bitter resentful, or have hard 1
feelings toward anybody . . . '
sional tricks and outlander cos
tumes. The story of Mr. Lunsford s
lifetime of reviving and recording
the folklore of the Blue Ridge and
the Big Smokies is told by Harold
H. Martin in "Minstrel Man of the
Appalachians " in the May 22nd is
sue of Saturday Evening Post. It is
illustrated with color photographs
showing, aiming others, Sam
Queen, the famous clog dancer of
Soco Gap and leader of the fam
ous Soco Gap dance team; Bug
Robinson and Mrs. Cole crossing
the footbridge over South Turkey
Creek; fiddler Blaine Holler and
Cataloochee Ranch
As a folklore scholar, Bascom is
offended by the synthetic hillbillies
who wear cowboy hats and go in
for whooping, cowbell-ringing mu
sic played on electric guitars, Mr.
Martin says.
An accident probably prevented
Mr. Lunsford from becoming a
mountain troubadour in the man
ner of Burl Ives and Roy Acoff, ac
cording to the Post article. He
made ten recordings of his moun
tain songs in a room in the George
Vanderbilt Hotel in Asheville.
shortly after the first World War.
But something was wrong with the
machine, and Bascom's voice went
on the wax as a faint, far-away
quavering, Mr. Martin says.
"Sometimes when Bascom hears
a highly popular folk singer on the
radio, and compares what he knows
the singer earns with the modest
$1000 that is his share in the pro
ceeds of the festival, and the ten
and twenty-flve-dollar fees he gets
for lecturing, he feels a twinge of
Humming Bird Thrives
On Baby Formula
ST. LOUIS (UP) Mrs. Wil-
THIEF REPENTS
YONKERS, N. Y. tUP) A
conscience-stricken thief who stole
a collection box of coins for an an-
ti..nrpr drive from the Yonkers I liam E. McFarlane proved she
railroad station returned it the ! knows more about feeding hum-
next day, apparently without hav
ing removed a coin.
went bad thai time when he might
have had a rhancc to become one
of the highly paid troubadours.
"Then he thinks of the mountain
music still alive in the hills, and
of the schools which have teams of
dancers now . . . and of the many
youngsters who are play ing the fid
dle and picking the banjo as their
grandfathers did . . .
ming birds than the St. Louis zoo.
When one 'of the tiny creatures
knocked itself out against a closed
window at the McFarlane borne,
1 she took it but didn't know what
I to feed it. The zoo experts pre
I scribed milk and honey which
' almost killed the mming bird,
j Mrs McFarlane finally hit on a
j vitamin formula intended for ba-
bies. The humming bird responded
j quickly and apparently is going
i to make the McFarlane residence
I its permanent home.
his kinlulks, and a hoedow n at regret that the recording machine
FAIRBANKS -MORSE FURNACES
STOKERS
EXPERT SHEET METAL WORK
With Each Installation
Rogers Electric Co.
riionc 461 Main Street
Vote For
H. P. (Pat) TAYLOR
OF WADESBORO
FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Saturday, May 29, 1948
Your Vote and Support!
But the church, the giealesl
j masterpiece that God could
I devise.
J Will often stop and hesitate belore
H will advertise
I The above is quoted tioni the
i Bulletin of The Church of the Re
deemer i Kpiseopal '. I'elham. V Y.
Sincerely ,
1.. C. Kl.l.lOTT.
Eyes Cause Delinquency
Uncorrected visual defects in
school children often lend to failure
in school work. They also tend to
breed unsocial habits in the forma
tive years of life. Social investiga
tors report poor vision may lead to
truancy and juvenile delinquency.
A child who does not see well finds
it hard to play games and get along
In group activities. He may become
unsocial and hard to get along with,
both at school and at home.
Old Soldiers To Stick
To Battleship Texas
HOUSTON. Tex. 1UP1 Three
"old salts'' who have 91 years of
service among them will spend
their final active davs aboard the
retired battleship Texas as care-,
takers.
The "Big T" has been given to 1
Texas by the U. S. Navy as a :
shrine. A special permanent berth '
has been built for her near the '
San .laeinto monument, a symbol i
of Texas independence. I
Joseph M. Strickling has been
named chief caretaker of the be
loved battlewagon. He served on
the ship from 1914 to 1918. Assist- j
ing him will be Johnny McKeown,
chief machinist mate, USN, who
has been aboard the Texas for the!
past 13 years of his 31 years Navy
service, and Chief Boatswain E. K. I
Levy, who was retired last Jan. 1 i
' after 30 y ears service.
I-
BBIl
Ke Best Teacher In Government
Charles
Johnson
99
With His
All Ph
State
Is The
Man To
Training In
Of Our
Goverment
Best Qualified
Be The Next
GOVERNOR
pf Worth Carolina
? M. .Ink-, . . r o Pnr Cnuntv in east-
ju ,, " was born APri' 9 1891. on a rarm near DU,B', ' , ' . ,
f0rtJ Carolina. He attended Burg.w High School, Buie, Creek Academy and B.ngham
ffy School. His
career was started as a
clerk in the state auditor's office at a small salary
f that time he has steadily climbed the ladder of public service. His activities as State
fWtf have brouokt k: i ..... .Hnnl recoenition for progressive ad-
r , " - - in uvi uuiy iiniL-niut, - i i J I
m'nt L k. c.ij r r .. , . i 1-J f ci.i. crnvernment and has dealt
lll i "nance, ne nas a vast khjicjKc o- . ,.
f ,he government. A Veteran, he served as a sergeant in World War I. h.a
f World War H u .J emissions than any other official, a
fcn:.i . . "t tnrei on more ou . . t.,.l.
r 1 ' hi, efficient. Tk. U.i Chairman of Banking Commission, Chairman Teach-
EmPW' Retirement Commission, Chairman of the Local Government Comm..-
, . ""nra- ord of Public Buildings and Urounds, uw c,u....-.
Fund Commission. A deacon and Treasurer in the Presbyterian Church.
To WHCC Today, Wednesday and Thursday at 12:30 P. M.
Jonathan Woody, Haywood M anager for Charles M. Johnson
J.
A GREAT NEWSPAPER BACKS
FORMER GOVERNOR
FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE
l ililorinl from the Wilmington (N. ) Sunday Stur-lewH
'LET THE PEOPLE CHOOSE"
Tlr best of all indicators of what may be
expected of a man seeking a great responsi
bility is his past record in a comparable
position.
As the candidates go before the people of
North Carolina in the current political cam
p.'iiKii. the thought expressed most often about
this or that one is in the form of a question
What has he done to prove that he Is ca
pable of the new role he aceks in public
service?
And of all before those voters today, none
has a better answer than J. Melville Brough-
ton, North Carolina's war-time governor w
is now a candidate for nomination to th
United States Senate ln the May 29 Demo
cratic primary.
That answer is in the form of a record
o( progressive public service unsurpassed ln
North Carolina in recent years. Now is an
appropriate time to review it briefly. As we
do, twelve outstanding achievements high
light his administration as the state's Chief
Executive from January 7. 1041 to January 4,
1945, one of the most critical periods in the
state's modern life.
These accomplishments,
citizen benefited, are:
In which every
Enactment of teacher and slate em
ployes retirement law; Legislation add
ing 12th grade to the public school
system; Nine month school law; Stata
iid to public libraries; Reorganisation of
state hospitals and correctional institu
tions under consolidated boards; re
moval of sales tax from all food for
home consumption; enlarged appropri
ations for agricultural experiment and
research; notable expansion of the
schools of dairying and agriculture and
the textile and engineering schools at
N. C. State C ollege; establishment of the
first State vocational school in the his
tory of the slate, being the textile school
in Gaston County; inaugurated broad
program of mineral research and devel
opment of mineral resources; organisa
tion of Civilian Defense program during
the war. and launching of movement for
broad medical care and hospital pro
gram and appointment of commission
to recommend appropriate legislation,
vhirh recommendations were later en
acted into law.
For an administration to have done so
much for its state in a four-year period
means that its leader was not only keenly
aware of the varied and numerous needs of
the people, but had the outstanding ability to
do something about fulfilling them. It is most
difficult to recall a North Carolinian better
informed than Mr. Brougbton on the state's
people, their problems and, most important,
their future destiny in one of the great com
monwealths of the republic.
His return to the role of private citizen
has not diminished his forceful interest In his
state.
The past years have seen him using his
fine talents and valuable time in behalf of
expansion of industry, development of state
ports, betterment of agriculture and numer
ous other concerted programs to improve all
North Carolina.
His campaign, conducted with all the dig
nity befitting the oflire he seeks, is based on
one theme Let the people choose.
"The people of Ihe stale will deter
mine whether or not my experienre and
service as Governor, legislator and in
ther public rapacities qualify me to
serve as their representative In the Sen
ate of the I'nlted States," Mr. Broughtort
aaid in his original announcement. "My
campaign will be addressed to the peo
ple. Gubernatorial appointment, under
the statute, has filled the temporary va- '
cancy caused by death; but only the
people by their votes can deride who
will represent them in the Senate for
the full term.
"If I am nominated and elerled, ai I
confidently expect to be, I will owe n
allegiance except to the people. To their
service and to the national welfare I
will dedicate all the energy and ability
that I possess."
On the basis of his outstanding four-year
record in the state's highest oflire. his con
tinuous, intense interest in the state's whole
welfare and his ability and determination
to serve with distinction in the world's
greatest parliamentary body, we believe the
people of North Carolina will rhoose J.
Melville Broughton as their next U. S.
Senator.
i i. inmw kpw i1" i"fi'l
A Lifetime of Public
Service as
GOVERNOR
LEGISLATOR
LAWYER
FARMER
TEACHER
CITIZEN
Jhe People WILL Choose
FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR
in the DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY MAO?
This advertisement sponsored and raid for bv Bryan Medford, manager for Mr. Frouzhton in Ha wood.