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FRIDAY. JUNE 25. 1948
The. Ballot Is Sacred
Keep It Clean
Saturday the Democratic voters of North
Carolina will go to the polls, and in 12 hours
nominate one of two tjood men for the par
ty's candidate for governor.
This second primary campaign has been
harder fought than the first primary which
was held on May 29th. There has been more
mud-slinging this time, and less emphasis
placed on the platform, or the position each
candidate stands on matters of state concern,
winds, according to the correspondent.
Charles M. Johnson for many years, and
even now. is treasurer of this state, while
Mr. Scott served as commissioner of agricul
ture for 12 years, having resigned early this
i- pring.
Both candidates have been under the spot
light of the public eye for the past 12 or 15
years. They both have served the state well,
and their respective records should be given
more weight now than the thick mass of mud
that is being flung from one political camp
to the other.
It is the duty of every ;itizen to select the
man who they feel will make the best gov
efcior the best leader of this state, and on
Saturday go to the polis and cast a vote for
that man, and not be influenced by outside
pressure, or even the lure of the cash for a
vote.
After the last primary, as is the case after
ah. lost every election, from some quarters of
the state, came rumors of irregular practices
at polling places. As far as wc have been
able to learn, there have not been any spe
cifc charges filed with the state board of
i-It .-lions. We do not question but what there
no ;ht have been some among the 1.952 pre
cincts of the state. However that is only an
assumption.
We trust that as the some .'500.000 to 400,00
Tor Heai voters go to the polls on Saturday,
th;.t they (R'eaoh refuse U be a party to
any practice that would cast a reflection, or
evtn suggest unfairness in the democratic
method of sedating a candidate in America.
'As sletW oefr,of iiiJ ;important.
Thevmati T selected is important. The charac
ter and reputation of a state, a county and of
the individual voter is even more important.
The right to vote as one pleases is one of the
A marie an rights that more than 110 Hay
wood men gave their lives in World War II
to preserve. Their memory is sacred. The
ballot is sacred. It should not be tainted by
greed or the anxiety to get or help get any
man elected.
A Nice Bouquet
Dr. J. H.1 Hilton addressing the Haywood
dairymen and business leaders here Monday
night paid a tribute to this county that
should inspire each citizen to get a new grip
on himself and their problems.
Dr. Hilton said: "The spirit to go forward
that prevails in Haywood is not found in
many other places.'
We realize that Haywood is a progressive
county, and now that the outside world is
beginning to take notice of it, we must keep
in mind that there is no turning back. We
must continue to go forward.
The speaker praised Haywood's determi
nation, and for the leadership in developing
markets, but most of all, the ability and fore
sight of working together on ccunty-wide
projects.
APPARENTLY
If oa of -the.current British humor mag
azine that -reports America's meatless and
egglesi days turned out to be fruitless. The
Christian Science Monitor.
Worth Knowing
Motorists Xjmixifi.to.thls section from the
"flat country" often wropUin tna -thy do
not know how to drive in the mountains.
It might not -be amiss if the state highway
safety division would publish a set of sug
gestions to be made available to our guests
who plan . trip into this area. Perhaps the
department has these, but we haven't seen
them.
A highway patrol in a state with moun
tains similar to ours here in Western North
Carolina send out the following and the
rules certainly apply here, not only to our
visitors but to we mountaineers. The rules
are:
Keep right. When you edge around a
blind turn you expect your side of the road
to be clear. The approaching driver has a
right to the same expectation.
Take it easv on those brakes. When going
down hill, shift into a lower gear. Don't
shift into neutral and coast. You have to
keep your car under control.
Don't try to show how your car "pulls this
hill in high." When it drops below 20 miles
an hour, shift into second.
Don't stop your car along the road to ad
mire nature. Up the road a way, the high
way department has provided a parking
space where you can srtjqp without blocking
the road.
"IT AIN'T FUNNY, McGEE!
Discharging Men at 65
The widespread practice of discharging
men at 65 who are still perfectly able to work
is fortunately being questioned by the Ad
visory Council on Social Security set up by
the Senate Finance Committee. The Council
recently recommended that the Government
establish a commission to study the problem
of the aged, including their employment op
portunities. Sixty-five years was fixed in the Social
Security Act as the age at which workers
could retire and draw the Government's old
age annuities if they chose to do so. This
provision had nothing compulsory in it and
925,000 workers over 65 have disregarded
their social security pensions and still con
tinue at their regular jobs. But when the
Government named 65 years, it set a national
pattern which thousands of employers have
made compulsory, to the grief of many of
their employees and the lessening of pro
duction. This issue was brought to the Advisory
Council by its Associate Chairman, Prof.
Sumner H. Slichter, the noted Harvard econ
omist. He cited a study by the Social Se
curity Board indicating that more than half
of the men dropping out of employment at
65 had been discharged by their employers
when they wanted to keep on. He reported
the practice was growing.
Extension of the Social Security System
to cover 20,000,000 workers now outside it,
as often urged, would certainly increase such
involuntary withdrawals from the labor
force. Measures should be considered to pro
tect workers over 65 from being forced into
involuntary retirement. It is more than time
that a commission was formed to study this
question Christian Science Monitor.
A Problem Everywhere
The very conservative and down-the-mid-dle-of-the-road
Marshall News-Record asks
the question editorially whether street
dances would not be proper, since there are
no other recreational facilities in the town,
and the teen-agers need a directed pastime
program. )it
The Marfehall newspaper was careful not
to advocate the dances, but merely to seek
public opinion, in order that the city fathers
could work out the details.
Street dances seem to be popular in towns
that do not have adequate dance floors, and
in some places the out-door dances go over
big even where there are large public dance
halls.
This is just one of many problems which
almost every community is facing these days
of giving their teen-agers something to do,
and keep the people in a happy frame of
mind.
It is a big job, and one that calls for care
ful consideration from every angle. And re
gardless of decisions, there wil lbe a lot of
dissatisfied people.
Rambling 'Round
Bits Of Human Interest News Picked Up By Members
Of The Mountaineer Staff
There is miiih'I lung fantastically
-miliar in a dish ot ice cream and a
(i I h of "gossip", lilt' consumer
seems to mil hoth cit them over his
tongue
IV have often wondered how
candidates really feel as they are
awaiting the linal results. It must
lie a terrific strain, whether they
are the winners or otherwise. In
a much milder degree, we have
sulTcred all the pangs of sus
pense in a ball game, boat race
or tennis match and we can well
imagine how much more intense
must be the anxiety when it be
comes a personal issue.
In our primary on Saturday,
the winner will soon know how
he stands. But in the case of the
presidential election in Novem
ber, consider the length of time
the nominees will he silting on
"tenter-hooks".
Wo were discussing three words
one day and were a bit surprised to
learn how alike yet how dilTereiat
the words really were These three
words were . . . "Infidel," "Agnos
tic" and "Atheist". Look them up
in your dictionary . . . and be as
surprised as we were.
We had decided that nothing
rould be added to the perfection
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WASHINGTON
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By JANE EADS
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WASHINGTON For the past
two .tears the diilert'inc between
Wrong and Wright al the Canadian
Embassy has been only a few feet
of office space ant) protocol. The
Canadian ambassador always was
Wronu, but his third secretary al
ways was Wright. Hoth of them,
nevertheless, were always Hume.
Hume Wrony. the ambassador,
and Hume Wright, the secretary,
are distant relatives.
Now the Caiiiulian government
has decided to separate Wright
from Wrong by some 500 miles.
The youni; good-looking Wright
has been assigned to his country's
Office of External Affairs or State
Department al Ottawa.
Gags over tne names of the two
diplomats have punctuated conver
sation hereabouts since the U. N.
Conference at San Francisco, when
both men served on the Canadian
delegation. The ambassador, a for
mal chap, noted for his enthusias
tic appreciation of a good story
and his ability to tell one. is an
able diplomat." seldom wrung in
anything but his name.
Add social hazards: the tooth
(Continued on Page Three'
MIRROR QR YOUR MIND
J-t4TrX' 4ve"4- r-
FRID.V
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Can "diciplin" intorfaM with a child's learning?
Answer: Yes. say Dr. Edith B.
Jackson of Yale Univeraity School
of Medicine. An otherwise normal
child whose parents ridicule or
punish him for not learning faster
or behaving In a more adult way
than Is possible at his age may
become so frightened and dis
couraged that he can't learn at
aU. and may veu appear men
tally defectivt. Parent need to
allow for their children's limita
tions. "A young child'i rebellious
and obstreperous behavior usu
ally is an indication of anxiety
a cry for help and should not be
impatiently punished."
Arc neurotics ever happy?
Answer:Certainly.Someott!n m
are more ecstatically happy when
their dreams appear to come true
than a better balanced person
ever could be because they ;ue
uble to forget that their Uis may
be partly unreal and in aijy case
(CeprrisM. 1948, Kim- Kcalun-s Syndicate, lc
VOICE
OF THE
PEOPLE
Are you in favor of women serv
ing in high political offices?
W. W. Stringfield: "No, 1 am not.
Women are incompetent to do
work of that nature."
Homer Davis: "Women should
stay at home and do their cook
ing They have no business in politics."
Lester Burgin, Jr.: "1 think wo
men have enough intelligence to
do the jobs, but a political posi
tion is no place for a woman."
S. II. Kelly: "I'm against it. A
woman's place is in the home."
Mrs. Eugene Gant: "Why not?
Women have shown themselves
able to take over men's jobs dur
ing the war. Look at Clare Booth
Luce. Women are perfectly com
petent to hold that kind of office."
I.ouls Manning: "The world is
messed up enough already. I'm
against it."
NAVY HAS A HEABT
DAIILGREN, Va. (UP) A pair
of robins made a nest in an am
munition truck at the Navy ord
nance center here. Navy officers
ordered the truck left where it
was when they discovered several
pale-blue eggs. The young robins
hatched and showed no fear of
heavy guns booming regularly less
than 100 yards away.
Looking Back Over The Years
15 YEARS AGO
Three per cent sales tax goes
into effect. Local merchants have
meeting to discuss methods of
collecting the tax.
Charles K. Ray. Jr., enters busi
ness with brother, .1. W. Ray. in
the mercantile firm of C. K. Ray's
Sons.
Hoard of commissioners votes
to retain sanitary office in county.
Miss Alice Quintan entertains
with bridge luncheon honoring
Mrs. lack Elwood of Detroit.
Little Miss Helen Jewel Robin
son, small daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hoy Robinson, returns from
visit to her grand mot her, Mrs.
Setter, in Franklin.
10 YEARS AGO
j Waynesville library lioan spon
j sors square dance for benefit of
library.
i Senator William Smathers of
' New Jersey visits parents. Dr. and
j Mrs. B. F. Smathers.
! Petitions with 1.400 names are
asking for liquor store election.
I Frank Ferguson, Jr.. undergoes
operation at Pennsylvania hos
1 pital.
j Ungual interest is centered in
; double wedding at Long's Chapel.
Miss Doris Lenore MeCracken be
! comes bride of Ned Tucker and
, Miss Marian Belle Franklin is
, married to Carl Roger RatclifTe.
5 YEARS AGO
Spirit of optimism pervades at
Lake Junaluska as second war
time season gets under way. Gov.
Broughton speaks Sunday.
W. T. Crawford accepts position
with Burial Insurance Commission
ers office with headquarters in
Raleigh.
Surprise blackout held this week
is termed "almost perfect."
Bob Lee enters the United
States Naval Academy at Arujap
olis, Md. 9
Enor R. Boyd of Route 2 com
pletes pre-flight training at San
Antonio Aviation Cadet Center in
Texas,
Expense Item
Last year the people of the United States
spent' $9,600,000,000 on alcoholic drinks.
Those figures will provide plenty of preach
ments for prohibitionists. But wets and drys
alike might well contemplate the economic
meaning of such figures.
Nine billion dollars is enough money at
present rates of expenditure to run the State
of North Carolina for more than 45 years.
Nine billion dollars is nearly twice the sum
authorized in the much debated Marshall
Plan for the relief and rehabilitation of Eu
rope plus help for China and some other
countries af weJL
Nice billjon dollws U three times the total
Anerican expenditure for public schools.
It's a lot of money. Raleigh News and
Observer.
They'll Do It Every Time
HEM B6D0AAE TALKS OHlHE PHONE,
The instrument needs mo wires .theV
can hear hla out in the cemetery-
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Put When he dictates id his
STENO,tfXj'P THINK HE WAS CHEWIM6
up am oiv Sock at the same time.
Capital Let
From The Wires of Associate Press and
TAKING NO I'M: I
Governcr ('heirs n;!,i
that he is taking no Mde- n n.,
race between Charles M J.ihi
and Kerr Scott fur the I leinn i ., i u
nomination for governor.
The governo rsaid llial ;n
campaign which end- S;itiiii!.i.
with the second iirim.ir. , . , t , , r
he is "tending to n nttn Imi i
ness." Hoth candidate". Chei r atldnl
"are iny friends" and t . i ! i Ium
been members of m. .kImiii.i i,i
lion." Scott is funnel' comni
sioner of agriculture anil John m
is slate treasurer.
GETS I'ltAdK i:
Brandon P. Hodge-, ot h. m!!.
Democratic nominee tor '-.ti In .1
urer, is gelling pracl ice al Hi. 1.1 I
of balancing his bunk'-.
Hodges, in a repot 1 tiled w 11 1
Secretary of Slate Tliad Kin. 1.
ported his campaign c peinlil in 1
total s:i.74!J.a:i. lie li ,,,hiuru
lions to his campaign turn! "I SI
200 and then, to make U...I.
balance he listed a contribution b
Brandon Hodges ot S ii . r -1 ! .';:.
Hep. Carl T. Durham ol Chapel
Hill, reported that Ins rampan'ii
which resulted in hi-- n -110111111. .1 ion
cost a total of $:!.-ln and llul In
received contribution-, lot.il.i;-1 :'. -(H)2.
Giles Y. Newton. tui-u. In!
candidate tor emigre- i;i tin
eighth district, lvpurii-d i-xpi -mh
lures, totaling SI7iI.li).
John W . Graham, v. I10 tta ne
f'eated for Hie I )i n mei a; n- iniin i. 1
lion tor olii ilnr in Ihe h t ill -diet,
reported ixpfiitlttuii 1 !.!
ing $1,954. I
GIVEN' XEW IIOI'i:
State Elections Hoard Chan n.. .11
Hubert Olive today gae the l'i
gressive party til North t'.,n:.i..
new hope for gaining a spol in il"'
November genera! electioi. l.o!'
for state and congri --Mmt.il o!l-n-
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11 Run away
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12 God of poetry
13 Tract of
sand
15 Incite
16 Levels
18 Third King
of Judah
21 First
25 A fault
27 Poem
28 Shecplike
29 Arboreal
mammal
31 Through
32 Succor
33 The clover
36 Weep
37 White silk
scarf (Eccl.)
39 Armadillo
42 Eastern
46 Weapon
48 Timing
device
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