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if Monday Afternoon, 'Jftnuary " 2, 1930
More Historical Mix-ups
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' We knew it was bound to happen sooner
.;. or later and here it is again a noted histor
" ian has debunked- what most everyone
: thought was perfectly authentic history up
to now. , V.;' . '
Here in Haywood, we pay special atten
: tion to history of our state, due to a large de
V.gree, by the constant hammering of our local
A historian, W. C. Allen.
' '. However, the new burst comes from Dr.
.-.Hugh Lefler, of. the University of North
' Carolina history department. First off he ex?"
'plained that the first governor of North
,' Carolina) was not the Governor of North
"Carolina at all, but was really the Governor
; of .Albemarle county.
v jie weni on to explain:
1 ''This so - called governor, William Drum
' rnond,' was ' appointed by the Governor of
i Virginia, Drummond was later hanged by
'the Governor of Virginia on charges of re
v belllon, but not while he was Governor of
North Carolina.
'There is no truth in the claim that the
1 first battle of the Revolution was fought in
Alamance in 1771," Dr. Lefler said. "Nor is
ivV it true that1 North Carolina had more Tories
trfcr any other state. North Carolina did
' haveVround 17,000, but New York had more
than i8,000." ' .".,.
'Whiile North Carolina contributed ''.to the
' .Civil War more men than any other South
ern state in proportion to population, a total
V of 125,000, not. including officers, it also had
23,000 deserters, including members 'of the
home guatd and junior service men, but this
ratio of deserters was hot. above the average
if or other, states, North or South, he said:
J The professor has spoken;. We wonder how
long his statements will stand untilsomeone
comes along and. 'debunks the. debunker.
(No Substitute ,
J "The world sorely needs honest; and cour-Jageous-leaders-who
will truthfully tell' the
people that something for. nothing' is a
'slogan-mirage luring them to economic and
f physical, slavery and degradation," declared
r Ernest k.Norris,.of Washington, D. C, presi
dent jtJuthern Railway System. , .
f . "Thar pioneers'' slogan .'Waste not, Want
Jnot,' is. one that' needs to be seriously stud
ied and practiced iri these days when a sound
tecbttdrtiy is so essential."
'' We agree with Mr. Norris that there is no
substitute! for ' hard work. There is little
Rvalue, to' those things which we get for rioth
'ing.v Democracy giVes; each individual' 1 an
"The Bride Was Lively"
We have not decided whether the average
reporter's fingers work faster than his brains,
or his brains far ahead of his fingers. Any-i
way, the -onfusion creates a lot of interest
ing . phrases, and sometimes embarrassing
ones. ' No newspaper is immune from mis
takes, both from a typographical nature nor
from copy prepared for a "fast-fingered, slow
brained" reporter.
The Cleveland Times has uncovered some
pointed ones, but in so doing, gave special
emphasis to one of their, own, in which the
following sentence appeared in an account
of a wedding; "the bride was especially lively
in her white satin gown." '
Laughter is not only good for the soul but,
generally, healing1 to whatever ails you or
the world.
! This time we're going to forget Russia, the
Fair Deal, the Woes of : the World and the
Weevil, and pust pass, on a few good, typi
cally American laughs.
'They are all at the expense of the news
papers. There are few. jokes which earn the
guffaws that errors in newspapers get when
a transposed letter or a typographical error
change the original meaning.
The man who compiles the first exhaustive
anthology of newspaper "bulls," as they are
called, will surely become as immortal as
Joe Miller of joke-book fame. A beginning
was made by John R. Claw'son in the De
cember issue of "Future," the Jaycees na
tional organ.
So, here are a few doses of the best pres
cription for "world situationitis."
"Judge Bentley, one of our most eligible
bachelors, is retiring from politics. Hale,
hearty and 55, the Judge says he wants a
little peach and quiet." Cor lis, Cal., Journal.
"Mr. and Mrs. R left Wednesday for Ro
chester, Minn., where Mr. expects to have
a garter removed by the Mayo Brothers."
Fairmont, N. D., Sentinel.
"Dr. P returned home from Baltimore
yesterday and will take up his cuties at the
hospital." Little Rock, Ark., Gazette.
"The physician felt the patient's purse and
decided there was no hope." St, Louis, Mo.,
Globe-Democrat. .:
Persons who insert classified ads in news
papers contribute to the collection of "bulls,"
also. .
"Wm. H. Finding. Auctioneering is my
special line of business. Prices are very
'reasonable. If I am out of town, make dates
wUh my wife." Kirksville, Mo., Daily Ex
press. i' ' ,
"Spend your' Saturday night at the Hacien
da and your Sunday mornings in bed with
a Progressive Alaskan." Ketchikan Progres
. sive Alaskan.
"Experienced meat-cutter wanted for mull
time position. Apply Room 1022, University
Hospital."
In the headlines department appeared:
V "EGG-LAYING CONTEST WON BY LO
CAL MAN." Hollywood, Cal., Citizen-News.
"CHRISTMAS SALE OF METHODIST
WOMEN TO BE HELD TUESDAY."
Community correspondents are not to be
outdone, either
"This is Mr. Artress' fourth trip up from
Pittsburgh this summer. He has been en-
joying: a. vacation since his . wife died last
' February." Warren," Pa., Times-Mirror.
"Bishop Codman surprised the congrega
tion of the Episcopal church last Sunday. The
Bishop preached a fine sermon." Richmond,
Me., Bee.
The bulls provide laughs, usually, for
everyone but the editor.
opportunity to earn, to learn, to save and
enjoy the fruit of his labors. What more
could, we want? There is no substitute.-
Transylvania Times. .
BtePCME RWCTUKEP HIS BJjDSS ON
A TURKEY LEG d:C3 cnuuuh
CALLED A LcThAu wcMrw.N
ThcjllDoJtJErajlimc
By Jimmy Hatlo
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"Rt n AT THc DSNTI5T'5 VOU'i?
-fuiNK ME WAS A VENTRILOQUIST
HE'LL HARDLY OPEN HIS MOUTH-
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-Bits Of Human Interest News Picked Uo R f
-Of The Mountaineer Staff-.
Looking Back Over The Years
13 YEARS AGO
Miss Annie D. Ralhbone is now
postmaster at Lake Junaluska.
Miss Elene Fisher and Miss Ruth
Summorrow visit friends in Char
lotte. .'
Wntt'h party is: given at Lake
Junalur.ka by Mis Jane Stent? and
George Stentz.
Misses Annie and Corrle Kerr of
Asheville are spending Christmas
with their sister, Mrs. John K.
Boone.
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Morgan
have returned to Duke University
after a visit to the former's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Morgan.
10 YEARS AGO
Survey of 80 miles of rural elec
tric lines starts today into the Jon- 5 1'EARS .AGO
athan Creek, White Oak, iron Dun, cnanes nauuau. mww,
Fines Creek, and Clyde sections. Pfc. and Mrs. Tommie C, Miller "of
Clyde, is naywooas nrsi vavy ior
Mr, and Mrs. G. C. Summerrow
celebrate their thirty-second wed
ding anniversary.
Miss Ova McCracken Is hostess
of Christmas party.
Miss Louise
contract party.
Stringfield gives
Bobby Plott, student at Mars
Hill College, is spending the holi
days at home.
Weaver McCracken, Jr., student
at Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege is spending the Christmas va
cation at home.
1945.
for Chicago to attend the Furni
ture Market.
Sgt. Walter R. Franklin is award
ed bronze star for bravery.
Glenn Palmer is slated as chair
man of House Agriculture Commit'
tec. . '
All right now! How many reso
lutions have you made for the New
Year? And how many of them will
you keep? Some people argue that
it is foolish to even make any
promises to yourself for you won't
keep them and why' waste timet
In reply, we would suggest that it
is an excellent thing to say you
won't do' certain things . . . for
that proves those things are not
really good for you and you know
it. So go ahead, and make all the
good resolutions you want to . . ,
then if you break your promise to
yourself, you will at least realize
your shortcomings for the time be
ing. '.'; ' '
Have you written your "thank
you" letters yet? By all means
ret busy for the longer the, de-
' lay, the harder it U . .-, for your
tiver to understand. Remember,
the person that took time, ef
fort Jind pleasure in sending you
a gift won't know, whether, it
reached you or not, until you
' write. , ,, . . '
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We know of one mother who
made quite a sacrifice to give her
little boy a mechanical train but
was fully repaid by seeing the joy
with which the young chap receiv
ed it. And let her tears join with
his an hour later when a neigh
bor's child, in a fit of temper be
cause he couldn't take it home
now .but when you ha.
Ue top you'll look barl
how simne the eU
We are Ineino . ... ' .
this friend will find grea, , j
tunityinevery way.6 2
kind Fata j : a
.i. V- "uu our pan J
the friendship. u
iMuie.
It may b rninu .
"al y fee that it jUst
s the right innW f
celebrated Christmas in th
old-fashioned way . tZ'
Ing. hearty and friendljl
. . - "-s uuiiure to tin!
hearts and bodies otai
rounding It and the W
grasping thf ktJ
s neighbor. And . , Jcivj
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Massle leave Uellberateljj smashed it beyond re-
pair.
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hill of future days seems
pretty steep as you view it from
not have a single
'sic arrest for aip
ance whatever!
pefore?
,ns. k
etched
Have you ever-notidbd
me tog lifts, the view
more beautiful than
lines of the mounts'
though they had beej
Master. Artist, and colored
brush. And so it is ivith om"
rlnc lif.. ..
..v-o, me assumes a mew affj
uie vapors oi Indecision, di
anxiety and troubl dissipa
rise to float awav
SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK
By R: J. SCd
Lions
board.
raise $905 on the dime
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Noland ob
serve fiftieth wedding anniversary
at their home in Ratcliffe Cove.
Capital Letters
By EULA NIXON GREENWOOD
NOTES Approximately 13,000
a,utos owned by the State and vari
ous cities will have "lightnin'
bug" license .platen during the
coming year . . . Thev reflect lights
shininR on them . . . This is being
done on an experimental basis, and
all tags may be of the reflector
type if the test works out , . ,
You can readily see the big help
which reflector plates might be to
law 'enforcement officers . ; .
MtRltOR 01 YOUR MIND
r,.j!i
' KJ 9
By LAWRENCE GOULD
. Consulting Psychologist
you know, not by how easily or
rapidly you learned it. Unless you
' are out-and-out defective men
tally, there are no limits to the ex-
' tent to which you can o in adding
to your knowledge and experi
ence, and thus making the intelli
gence you have more evident and
useful.
id
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Can liuibdnd anct wife b too much alike?
Answer;. Yes. particularly if the
things they aye, alike in are their
weaknesses and defects. Married
partners', should, have, tile same
fundamental tastes and life-goals
but should supplement, not dupli
cate each other in their ways of
trying to achieve them.. A man
who is tense aid nervous is apt to
' be happier with a wife who has
an even disposition, and a woman
who lacks confidence in herself
should have' a strong and self
reliant husband. Then too, noth
ing is so irritating as to see your
; own'faulis mirrored in another
imm v.
Can an adult raise his "I.Q."?
Answer: Not by any method yet
' known. Your ability to learn and
1o grasp new ideas never 'will be
gr eater than it is now. But you can
giow; tcr sum more . 'ntelligent
bi'th to- yourself and to others,
inci most people- (mistakenly)
ige your "LQ." by how much
X -
Should 6 writer wait for
- "inspiration"?
Answer: I do not believe so. If
you have writing to do, waiting
for inspiration generally is a sub
tle way of dodging the necessity
of getting to work. I admit that
there are some times when for
wholly, unconscious reasons
words and ideas come more easily
than they do at others, But I've
also, found; that "inspiration" of
this, sort is more apt to arrive
when you are trying to work than
when you are idle. Take your pen,
or sit down at your typewriter
and start writing, and I after a
while you'll usually find that you
have something to say.
HELPING HAND They aren't
saying much about it, but Wake
Forest nolice are of the opinion
that Raymond Hair of Fayetteville.
who is charged with the murder of
Roy Coble of Stanly County, re
ceived help in his quick and elu
sive jumps from the hand of the
law.
As this is written . . . at 8:45 on
the night before Christmas . . .
Hair is still at large. It has been
more than a week since he made
his getaway. .A month ago he was
just another student seeking a lu
crative career in dentistry. Now
he is a hunted man. At Wake For
est, meantime, the Police Depart
ment is planning an extensive
probe into gambling activities at a
place operated by a student on
the edge of town, in fact, one
of the policemen is a Student at
the college. The fact that the in
stitution closed its doors for Christ
mas, on the day the murder was
discovered has hampered investigation.
. Money is now. relatively plenti-
iul among college students. Par
ents seem to be less careful with
their offspring. in college than they
used to be. Several college student's
have been in the courts of Raleiah
and Durham this fall, and winter,
the charges against them ranging
irom puwic drunkenness and pet
ty thievery to crime against na
ture and now, murder. With the
Big Four schools bursting at the
seams with students, hundreds of
private dwellings provide homes
for these boys. They are away from
home. They have cars, many of
them, and money to gamble with
and otherwise throw away. It is
impossible to keep check upon
them, It is easy for the parents to
place the blame on college offici
als, but the colleges are doing the
best .they can under the circum
stances. If anybody is at fault be
sides the student himself, it is the
parent who has given hiin too
much freedom.
Three Persons
Lynched In U.S. -Duringl949
Tuskegee Institute reported last
weeK tnat the United States had
three lynchings in 1949.
This brought the number of such
tragedies for the nation up to 13
lor tne last five years.
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iwo peopie were vnehert in
1948, one in 1947, six in 1946, and
UIIB ill J40.
The Institute's records shnvwH
that two of. last year's lynchings oc
curred in Georgia, and the third in
Mississippi. :
They also showed that 14 nthnr
instanpes of mob action were halt
ed Deiore they became lynchings
On of the intended victim pj.
caped by Jumping into a river, and
law enforcement officers saved the
16 persons involved in the 13 other
cases.
It would take 4,393,000,000 cubic
feet of space to store the estimated
1949 U. S. corn crop of 3,500,000
Dusneis. ,
VOICE
OF THE
PEOPLE
What is your New Year's resolu
tion for 1950?
9111 Porter: I'm not making any(
Carl Scruggs: I'm going to make
more money.
OFF THE CUFF Prof. E. W.
Timberlake of the Wake Forest law
faculty cruising down Fayetteville
Street here in the new car recent
ly presented him by former stu
dents, including Judge John J.
Burney, Judge Hubert E. Olive,
Attorney and Senator Irving Car
lyle. Called "Toe" by intimates
(he regularly uses "toe" for 'to")
Prof. Timberlake in his 44 years
at Wake Forest has taught more
than one-half the practicing law
yers in North Carolina ...
Bouquets to the Chatham Manu
facturing Co. ("Chatham Makes
Good Blankets") of Elkin for an
other perfect year of employer
employee labor relations and this
firm's biggest Christmas party for
its fine employees . . . A salute
from the State Labor'
Chatham President Albert Butler
and Vice President Hugh Ohatham,
son of Congressman Timr
Chatham.
Finnie Timbcs: I'm going to try
to make less money. It might work
out just the opposite.
HI
r
C. B.. Hosafiook: To stop, work
ing on Sundays maybe. , .
Esther May Gibson; To keep the
resolutions I made last year. -
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MARCH OF EVEN1S
Herb Singlctary: I'm going to
slay home at night more to play
with my baby.
Charles F. Miller: I'm going to
try harder to please my Maker.
Bookmobile
Schedule.
Wednesday, January 4th
ALLENS CREEK & BALSAM RD.
Anti-Red Pact
To Get Atomic
Nations
Bombs?
Speca to Centrtl Press
Put tressure on U j
To Mike 'Em Avoilof
Aliens Creek' School ..
Mrs. E. K. Chambers ..
Frank Worlick
Mrs. Wiley Wilson
Kay Allen ............ .. ....
rranklin's Home Groc. 11:30-11:45
Rainbow Cafe ......... 12:15-12:30
Saunook School i........ . 12:45- 1:15
O. J. Beck ........ '.:..:": MR. van
Ensley's Valley Groc. .;. 1:45- 2:00
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WASHINGTON Continued Russian opposilon to atomic con.,
plans may "see the anti-Communist 'Alantlc Pact m,
aimed with American-made A-bombs for their, wn defense.
Pressure of every conceivable type is being brought to bear!
the United States to make the "total weapo" available to 4
western European pact members. . . -
Proponents of A-bombs for Europe point ol that with Re
possession or tne DomD, ini pati iwmiwj
left virtually defenseless- sbuld an atomic i
occur. ' ,'
Franre. Daiicularly, are cas,
envious glances at the Uited States A4
stockpile and seek to get erne of the bomte
their air arms.
Secretary of State DeanAcheson unuouw
ot.ee again faced the argments of the F,
and British spokesman atthe recent Big.i--mcetinff
in Paris. These countries are us.
that if the United Stat; will not let Jw,
out of its control, it shout at least senu
United States-manned oveieas oa.es.
'SENATORIAL vPARApX-Sonator Pad
Douglas (D). Illinois, is Ml .creaums -
v nirli nv 14 -OnErtM.
andslide.
Stale Secretary
Dean Acheson
a rpnntatinti as the outstanding paradox
ifoongrp
Douglas came to the Senate in the 19 Truman ino"
defeated Republican Senator Wayland Brinks ana
labeled a New Dealer. I i..,i i:
of the foremost economy U4U""'
Va Via Viaa hprnmp ftnp.
..... ... nn,0 as
m . . .., irtriiair tip aciixv
ibenaie. his views um B.-iium.'s. ".rj - ..AfA as
Senator Robert Taft (R), Ohio, who is gtncrauy .
thorough opponent of anything smacking .of the Nfw
""Fair Deal." ". ' " . ,.',h.t wven
Douglas, a former economics, professor. Insists in."
expenditures should be trimmed $ 5 billion. He oppo- ,( tf
...Xruman's suggestion that taxes. should be Increased, say
be inexcusable to boost tnem wicnoui uyijig l" ' d ngtl 1
Naturally, the senator's view have, not put him P his J
the administration. However, he is determined 10 manV of
pendent course. He is not opposeu in prin-'r- - . t)ie coi
.1. ,uiFM nrnniKiils hut contends ,tl
try cannot afford them at thurtime without sunsw
app1"
3 a s'-'
the
other expenditures... j
TRniTRl.F. AHEAD FOR. ECA-The Marsnau" Ai
w ;.. .. .... .... ...! In COilK.-
face the strongest opposition u na yyw, -Congress.
. Jan
Indications were that when Congress reassembly
campaigr. will be launched either to severely r
.installment" on European recovery funds or elimi
nate it entirely. . ,
i Rep. Mike Mansfield (D). Montana, mflix''11"41
member of. the House foreign affairs committee,
which will hold early hearings on the Vv0n"
anticipates increased opposition unless the eslf
union reiilnients form an economic unionj. . ,.
irit,,.o r ih--Marshall Plan countries to e'"11" 1
a ui,ui jl ......... nnnOI''
barriers would strengthen the hands of KCA. jn
more according to Mansfield, it would raise ";
of. some supporters. .. ' ' j mere81
A mounting government deficit and the lnr . . . -t8 reilrtr
'..are. expected to be potent arguments in, the "S"
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