PAGE THREE (Second Sect'itm).
THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNT AINEEh
UABY 21, 1949
.1 i.
Ill.il
III IV I'
in IIU'I'
UiicHl
M:ir
Trend
Hike
Years
nV,. brought an
iiKiamco of thf
.. 1(,,iiin infantile
x p Li-dbptter,
W.'iviu-sville area
.llll,.:ii'!n declared
t)4lt marKQU
year of un-
i.lcnce ana
I man evn
I, of Dimes
I, rnn.ls ( le
ill,. National
'i.uiiil.' Paralysis.
oiim.s chairman
i ihu Ilnitptt
,11 h Service
Mow the totally
, . f 111 fantile
iiivcs ui ----
Hlt, nation, rui-
u hii ti have oeen
Njiinnal Founda-
,.,ltication serv-
,n oiuieiniL-
, two ago does
ana during next
: I
llaiiRer periou.
nut end with the
mi-1 iff. mr. ucu-
is an eiJ"c""-
h is over wnen
ul Hie prevalent
,vcorded. There
reality of the af-
,lesl cosi is yn w
ifiercare and re-
siricken."
ited various in-
iiil l He coming
)U,,S had paid out
f(,r paliem caic
low local polio in-
... . .....rlanliPG
Ivi'.iioiii eriu-"""
ers found it neces-
if or additional aiu
fund of the
alters, to care iui
previous years.
han 400 local chap-
received aid from
fund of national
Mr. Ledbetter ae-
lent ol last years
record funds in
thy we nere in
Bis
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Eats, Sleeps
Fine On
y Parents
Mr. and Mrs.
Lowell Fannin,
102 Nevada Ave.,
L a F o 1 1 e t t e,
T e n n., write:
When our baby
hoy. Lowell
Cooper, was
eighteen months
old tie seemed
- to have lost his
in appetite entire
ly We forced
bui that only tend-
lin nervous, causing
at lie could not
ale He looked
4'cmcd listless and
led treatment after
scarcely any re
iirued us to give
an Hiver Medicine
ulad we did. The
1 liis line medicine
iuc liis appetite
I In digest his food
lieeaille full of pep
uuiiu:. lie is now
anil looks line."
i -ale at all good
r it today. Nothing
- )l Use.
Letter
Uncle Abe's
.
YE OL' LANDMARKS
Uncle Abe injoyed his Christ
mas visit "back home" very much
shakln' hands with a hole temp
ihun o! fokes, Incluilitl' of course
the eoart house crowd. Some w ould
holler, "Hello thar. Uncle Abe! how
air ye- whir air ye a-K"in'. er coin
in' from, er sump'ii'.' "Asheville,'
sez I; "Well glory be!" shouted
Hew Lutherwood.
But ye see, Mr. Editor, silch fool
ishness as thai I don't pay il no
mind. Course 1 larnt them tliest
'spressions, but they air tryin' lo
run 'em into the ground.
Well, I follerd the Xmas Unlit
on up to head o' East SI whir 1
got a whiff of Miz Abe's corn bread
a-bakin' an' turned instanter! Ilow
sumever, 'fore I went home I giv
Noble Ferguson an' a few other
young sprouts a little leclur.
Course they wuz jist a hollerin' an'
laffin, gittln a little Xmas in their
bones right on the A&P coiner,
"Look, boys," sez I, a-pintiii'
'cross to'ards the remains of the
old, old Coart hous, now used b
the town, "you uns ort never lo
say ugly words in the presence of
that ol' buildin', caze hits almoast
sakrid. Why, hits over 100 yrs.
old oldes' buildin' in town."
Well, they perked up their y-ears
when I commenct throwin' the his
fry book at 'em. Then I percecded
to take 'em back about 80 yrs. ago
"Yes, sir-ee," sez I, "an' I can re
member when the ol' whippin' posi
stood right down thar, 'cross from
the Ray boys' store, 'bout whir that
g-yarden is."
"I didn't think you wuz that old
Uncle Abe," sed Noble.
Well, that sorter got me in r
close place. "I kaint zackly remem
ber it," sez I, "but Uncle Wack
Frazier remembers it well an'
what he noze I noze an' vicey ver
sv. we bein' sorter one an' the same
person ennyway." An' thats right,
fokes; I've talked to Unckle Wade
and other old citizens and they're
pretty well agreed. The whipping
post was close to the coart house,
see? "Hit looked sorter like the
frames they used to bend wagon
tires on," sed Uncle Wade, "with
two holes made to put the offend
er's arms through, then to be tied
hard and fast. His legs was also
tied to the post then he was ready
for the lash, as many as the Coart
ordered."
Why, Waynesville was just a lit
tle strugghn village then not
even "incorpulated," as Andy Says.
There was the Coart house; about
four stores; two churches (Baptist
and Methodist); one hotel (the old
Battle house); one school (the
Wavnesville Academy), a few scat
tering residences and, of course,
the whipping post. All these build
ings were in what is now "up
town" Waynesville; the center
would have been about the old Bat
tle house, which stood where Ho
tel Waynesville now is. The stores
were: Faucett & Mendenhall. where
Watkins' Filling Sta. now occu
pies; Tate & Ferguson, where Mil
ler's Saddle Shop used to be; How
ell & Rogers, further down the
street, and John C. Smathers.
A&P corner (Sam Sussman old
Store building). The Baptist church
was about at the Jas. K. Thomas
residence, now SI. Johns School:
the Methodist stood up on the hill.
Waynesville must give 50', more
to the 1949 March of Dimes."
MEET THE PRESIDENT: (No.
i it w, B,,V1Raloctrt'RaHlafielHell949 Chevrolet
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i First of a Four-Part Feature)
II A Kit V S. Tltl1 MAN'S boyhood piano lessons were
battle lessons, too.
As he walked down the street in Independence, Mo.,
his music roll tucked under his arm, hp had to counter
the iihes of kids who couldn't understand his preference
for Hai ti over baseball. Shy, quiet, bespectacled since bis
eighth birthday, the future President was considered slssi
hed by his classmates.
He developed an early devotion to books. While his
friends were racing their horses cross-country, he was
reading every volume he could find on American history.
Before he had finished Inch school at 15, he had gone
through about 6,000 books. Study has been his lifetime
passion.
Perhaps his interest in history was enhanced by the
fact that the Truman family roots were planted in the
soil of Missouri in pioneer days. All four of his grand
parents moved west from Kentucky in 1842, settling in
the fertile farmlands of Grandview, near the site of Kan
sas t'itv. I our generations of Trumans tilled a 600-aere
tract acquired by the family in 18C7.
Harry's parents left the farm to
He was born there on May 8,
children. When the Irumans
Harry was six years old. He
in the Independence public school.
;i good student he had to give up plans for
For a short time,
live in nearby Lamar.
1884, the first of three
moved to Independence,
was enrolled
Always
a eollegv education, one of his chief desires. His father
was known as Hie "best horse trader in Jackson county,"
but had suffered financial reverses at about the time Har
ry received his diploma from Independence Hieh School.
Harry obtained an appointment to West Point, but
failed the physical examination berause of weak eyes.
Thereupon he rolled up his sleeves and set out to earn
his keep and help fill the family larder. He ran errands
and washed windows in a drug store. He left this job for
a better one. as a wrapper of newspapers in the mail room
of the Kansaft City Star. When he was 17, he worked
lor a year as timekeeper for a railroad construction com
pany, riding to work on a handcar which he pumped
himself.
His parents moved back to Grandview from Inde
pendence in 1!)04, to help his grandmother and uncle
manage the farm. By now Truman was a bank clerk,
earning $10(1 a month. Two years later he became a
farmer, joining his father as a partner. For 11 years he
rose at dawn and worked until dusk a work habit he
has never lost.
"That boy could plow the straightest row of corn
in the county," his mother recalled, years later. "He was
a farmer who could do everything there was to do just
a little better than anyone else."
World War I ended his uneventful farm life. "Cap
tain Harry" went overseas with his Missouri National
Guard unit. Commanding Battery D of the 129th Field
Artillery, 35th Division, he saw heavy fighting which in
cluded the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensive.
Captain Harry's men reciprocated his loyalty. All
through his career he has supported his friends stead
fastly. On the troopship coming home, his battery took
up a collection for a loving cup to be presented to him.
When Harry Truman set foot again on the Ameri
can soil be had tilled and cherished, he was 35 years old.
He was destined to start a new career, far afield from
farm chores.
AP NEWSFEATURFS
Capital Letters
(Continued from Page 2)
of
S. C. Eggers
.here in 101 .
Randolph 115
uf Yadkin 104
Watauga is back
. . S. Hayes of
. Boone Harding
. But they all do
er and then to Andrew Feller, who
works on him for 40 minutes, grin
ning broadly at the Scott jokes and
the Scott groans and grimaces . . .
After this, the honorable gov
ernor, still au naiurei li you piease
takes his violet rays. Then he is
ready to take on anybody, as you
might well imagine. During all his
years as Agriculture Commissioner
he went through this same proce
dure. So. when he says he is for
the Good Health Program, he
means it and he practices it.
P. S.: Scott's Health Club mem
bershp for this year was given him
as a Christmas present by former 1
co-workers
partment.
in the Agriculture De-
More than 107 volcanoes
known to exist in Iceland.
To Be Displayed
Here Saturday
Chevrolet's 1949 passenger cars,
completely icstyled and possessing
more mechanical improvements
than any model within recent years,
go on display at dealer showrooms
here Saturday, January 22.
The automobile is the product
of three years of engineering re
search and design development. Be
tjun immediately after V-J Day, ex
perimental work has included X,
.1(18,000 miles of test driving over
ihe roads of the General Motors
Proving Ground and arid highways
of the southwest.
The local showing will be held
simultaneously with displays in
other cities and is expected to draw
one of the biggest crowds in the
history of events of its kind,
"From inquiries at our offices
and dealer showrooms, we know
I hat literally millions are waiting
lo see the car," said T. H. Keating,
general sales manager. "Chevro
let's solid reputation for value and
report of new features have kindled
a nationwide interest.
"We do not believe the public
will lie disappointed. While the
car carries numerous comfort and
convenience advances, it maintains
our tradition of rugged, reliable
transportation at the lowest pos
sible cost."
OLD PLATES WORTH MONEY
SALF.M, Ore. U.P.I Oregon's
Secretary of State, Earl T. Newbry,
is urging Boy Scout Troops to col
lect 1948 license plates to be resold
for 15 cents a pound. The Oregon
plates are made of a high grade
aluminum which can be reclaimed.
Newbry estimated Scouts , could
make $25,000 if they found all 1948
plates sold.
NOW
COMES THE LEADER-WITH
YEAR
ADVANCE IN ONE!
better than Good Democrat Leign
Winslow of Perquimans, 119 . . .
John Kerr, Jr., son of the Con
gressman and former House Speak
er, is in Seat 1 ... J. V. Whitfield
of Pender, a Charlie Johnson man.
naturally, but a friend of Kerr
Scott just the same ... is in Seat
2 . . The man from Gov. Scott's
own home county of Alamance . . .
E. K. Hanford ... is in 106 .. .
There are 11 Republicans in the
House . . . Two in the Senate . . .
B. C. Brock of Davie t24th district)
and Dr. C. A. Peterson of Mitchell
i30th district) ... Both in the rear
of the Senate Chamber ... Ho
hum . . . Democracy at work.
tl-TORT OF CONDITION OF THE
rst National Bank
ille in the State of North Carolina, at Hie Close
of Husiness on December 31, 1948
te:p.m:e to call made by Comptroller oi me liuitoj,
limli i Section 5211. U. S. Revised Statutes.
ASSETS
with oilier banks, including reserve balance,
ein m process of collection ...
(iiivei ninent obligations, direct and
I . .
Slates and political subdivisions
'including $4,500.00 slock of Federal
sink i ,
niiiils 'including $1,484.09 overdrafts)
"wned $15,000.00, furniture and fixtures
fin (I
nt her than bank premises
$1 .060,690 01
1,114.650.00
408.756.72
4.500.00
1,805,933.78
32.000.00
1.501.00
2,014.32
GOOD HEALTH "That man
sho do like to be beat on. He take
it and he like it." Yes. the only
man who can sock Gov. Kerr Scott
and get awav with it is one Andrew
Feller, a man bigger and darker
than Joe Louis. Furthermore, he
gets to take a crack at Scott vir
tually every day in the week. Along
about 1 1 o'clock each morning,
Kerr Scott slips out of his office
and ambles across Edenton street
to the YMCA Health Club, where
he strips to not hug flat. Then he
is ready to waddle like a big old
grizzly grizzly into the hot room
for a food sweat, into the steam
room for a line old salt rub and
more sweating, and on to the show
now west end of Greeuhill ceme
tery, and Ihe Waynesville Academy
was between the present Elemen
tary school and the Methodist
church. Then Tliad Welch lived
an oss from Ihe Uatlle house; Wad
dy Brown near present high
school; l.it'-li Tatu about where Mrs.
Sam Jones' Towne House is; Capt.
Howell, present site of Tile Gor
don; Dr. Sam Love, where the Dr.
Love old brick house still stands
above the East Waynesville fill
ing stations; and Alt' Rich lived
where the Baptist church now
stands. Sometime later Jack
Reeves built the old Uateliff house
mow the remodeled I.eFainel, and
Sieve Shelton. the Shelton home
i now also remodeled).
The next two oldest buildings in
Waynesville, after the old Court
house, are the Dunham House (the
old part), and the Dr. Sam Love
old brick, mentioned above.
is the only car bringing
you all these fine-car
advantages at lowest cosH
YOU'LL PREFER ITS "LUXURY LOOK"!
Chevrolet's now Leader-Line Styling is lower, wi.ler,
raoer . . . with new Oyna-Cuol radiator griNe. Single
Swuop front and rear fender treatment, and Heet-a-a-rocket
lines all around ... by far the most beautiful
development of the new "functional form ' for motor cars.
MORE BEAUTIFUL FROM EVERY ANGLE!
The new Beauty-Leader Bodies by Fisher (wKh oush-
butlun door openers outsidel are true masterpieces by
the master builder of fine coachcraft . . . with superb
linos, extra-fine upholstery anil a wide variety nt.alluring
c.i'ors . much more beautiful from every angle inside
anil outside front, side and rear.
h.-i:rs
LIABILITIES
"I individuals, partnerships, and
$4,430,046.43
fils
wns
individuals, partnerships, and corporations
".'ted Slates Government (including
msi
:il" and political subdivisions
pnks
1 certified anH rahir'c flmrlrc pfr 1
Fl'OSITS S4.112.232.03
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
slock.
'"lits
total par $50,000.00
$2,257,695.69
1,022,928.57
69.185.25
680,520.18
75.369.66
6,532.68
6.000.00
50,000.00
125,000.00
63,493.76
73,320.64
MORE ROOM AT EVERY POINT!
The new Supflr-Size Interiors
fualnring extra-wide "Five
Fotit Snats," give you plenty of
hfca'J, leg an. ellmwroftin as
wbII as extraordinary stating
spat b for six full-grown passnn
ymfs, ami you'll also notn'H that
the ytant redr dttcks hav what
ainuunts I "trunk room"
caput ity.
SEE ALL! ENJOY ALL!
New Panoramic Visibility, with
vrnlar curved windshield, thin
rwi windhhield pillars, and &
mors window area all-round,
permits you to see all and enjoy
an, and to travol in maAimum
safely.
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ON DISPLAY TOMORROW
7c was Mlp
THESE ARE CARS THAT "BREATHE"!
Yes you'll enjoy the additional pleasure of ridinj in a
car that lireathns " for a completely effective heating'
and venlilatum System supplies warm air to every nook
and lorner of the interior e-halos stale air and keepe
glacs clear in ail weather. Heater and defroater unita
optional at extra cost.
THE NEW RIDE'S A REVELATION!
A vastly improved Unitized Knee-Action Rid, combined
with new diroct-acting airplane type shock abtorbera, front
and rear and extra luv pressure tirea, givea the itebflity,
smoothness and road-safety you have aluvaya wanted.
THERE'S ONLY ONE
WORLD'S CHAMPION ENGINE
You get the finer results of Chevroleta ahirdy Valva-in-
Hbad 1 hntt-Masler engine in all Chevrolet model . . .
toyethei with all ot Chevrolet money-saving economy
oi operation and upkeep . . . and thu the wond'a
champion en-j.nt fui miles served, owners satisfied, and
yeal-i tested and Uluveil.
$ 311,814 40
$4,430,046.43
$ 919.000.00
K'li'cment account for preferred stock)
'AIMTAL ACCOUNTS -
'ABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
MEMORANDA
or ISSiBned to soruro linhllifloc onrl fnr
Mrpnses
rh Carnli
, wuullly OI riaywiMiu, ss:
, tosmer oi me aoove-namea Dan, uu
awve statement is true to the best of my knowledge and
JAMES T. NOLAND, Cashier.
Correct Attt:
J. a. WOODY
L. N. DAVIS
an. . . J. E. MASSIE, Directors,
and subscribed befor m thig U day of January, 1949
We cordially invilo you lo see lite new Chev
rolet for '49 the firt complete ly new car the
lender lias Ittiill in more than seven years
and the moat beautiful bin of all!
prices ami wilh Ihe low col i
upkeep for which Chevrolet
alwavs lieett famous.
if opera t ion and
products have
hei
Ihe ii fir rut of
I find it's llic most hcautiful liny for
for driving and riding case, for per-
You'
styling
formance ant
ance horn of
. . . because il alone brings you all these
advantages of highest -priced cars at the lowest
new cars pre
gre.it (ieneral
predestined lo
safety, and for sturdy endur
inality construction throughout
Ye
tcsled and prepnwed on Ihi
Motors Proving irotind ant
win even wider preference for Chevrolet as
ihe woxt beautiful bin of all. from every point
of view ami on every point of value. Come
in and see il!
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Push-tiuttnn Starter for sini
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with Synchro-Msh
Tui.Miiissiuii for maximum
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stahilitv and road-steadiness
uns,urpussed in the Chevrolet
prne lange.
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Thw new Cerii-Safe Hydraulic Brakes give vn ImW
stops with safety . . . and assure the highest ciegr of
effective braking action for you and your f amity.
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speed your pulse and spare your pooketbook, for it
brings you all these and many other irtiporta1 improve
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FOR 18 YEARS
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A remarkable 4-way engineering advance ewcfuslVe to
Chevrolet in its field, and oonsisting of Center-Point
Steering Center-Point Seating Lower Center of
Gravity and Center-Point Rear Suspension gives the
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kind of riding ease and a new- kind of driving mm
heretofore reserved for owners of more extensive cars.
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efforts may bo dlsatS
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