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V All j aiiuary 5 I''. 1 3 ill II J : (J 14 1 . I. ft v '9. HI if -1 T lw Lj JL'i OUHTiUIIEER 1 .--eel - rhone 700 TTaynrst rne, North Carolina Tie Catj ? ,4 of Haywood County Published Bv . TIIU Y7AYNESV1LLE- PRINTING CO. V. CURTIS RUES ; , Editor W. Curtis P.uss and Marion T. Bridges. Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY One YesrI "Sis Months- . One Year Six Months HAYWOOD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA $3.00 1.73 r $4.00 2.25 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Tear - - -.- ..- . $4.50 Sli Months ... 2.50 Entered at the post office at WaynegvlUe, N. C. as Sec ond Class Mail Matter, as provided under the Act of March J. 1879, November 20. 1911 Obituary notices, resolutions of respect, card of thanks, and all notices of entertainment for profit, will be charted for at the rate of two cents per word. MEMBER Ofr THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use tor republication of all the local news printed In this newspaper, as well as. all AP news dispatches. A Bouquet To Women And Teen-Ager Drivers The teen-age and women drivers of Jlay wood can take their best bow now that Cpl. John L. Carpenter, has tossed them a bou quet for being the most careful driven;. - The. jokes about women violating all the rules of safe and sane driving are r.ow use less, since Cpl. Carpenter's statement "that as a rule, the weakeV sex and teen-agers are the best drivers." About the only consolation the average husband can find in the statement of the patrolman, is the age-old alibi "there are exceptions to all rules." v But then we expect that same average man -had rather just go ahead and admit that he shares the patrolman's views, rather than argue with the better half that she does not rate as one of the "better drivers." The statement came as a surprise to us, and we will not for a minute doubt the opinion of the patrolman. However, we shall continue to keep our best eye on them their driving, that is. Monday Afternoon, January 9. 1949 $1,860 01 Your Money The average layman, in discussing huge expenditures, such as Uncle Sam deals in, often Confuses a million for a billion. When confronted with the mistake, usually shrugs his shoulders and asks; "Oh, what's the dif ference?" ' . ' "With that question in mind, it is interest ing to note the new figures just released as to the amount this country has extended foreign aid in the form of grants and loans over 28 billions. That is right, the "illions" is spelled with a capital "B", just plain bee. This covers the period from 1945 to date. ' An average of about $1,800 for every man, woman and child in America. Theyll Do It Every Time By immy Hatlo THEB160JTER OFFICE WHERE T- HYPHEN THE JUNIOR EXECUTIVE fifTL-- HOLPS FORTH IS SO QUIET VOL 7 (P ' ,rS tS$H I CAN ACTUALLY HEAR A v4f Afod . k. That ia -until me TRIES TO DICTATE 1 60T A. &M6IN TELEGRAM, x hold it iA t UJSn av l a v "V i x i pf m More Patrolmen Needed For the greater part of the year, it looked as if Haywood would better the 1948 traffic record, but before the ' New Year rolled around, it was just a little worse. In fact, one more killed in 1949 than the year before. Last year saw a lot of shifting and chang ing among the highway patrol in the county and part of the time, only a partial patrol was on duty. As 1949 was ushered in, Hay- A l!ard $500 Decision wood had nve active patrolmen. Then N6t Money But Life Next Sunday marks the beginning of the annual campaign to raise money for the Na tional Polio, Foundation. An organization which is constantly fighting a disease well known to Haywood county. This county has been assigned a quota of $15,000, with half to be raised in the Canton area, and half in the Waynesville area, as has been the case all these years. , The quota sounds like a huge sum, but when broken down to the need, and the benefits derived for the expenditure of the money, it is a mere pittance. After all, we should not look at this matter from a dollar and cents angle. It is a matter of life and death. And the dreaded disease is no re specter of race, color, age or creed. The rich and the poor suffer alike when striken with polio. .V: When you reach down in your pocket to make your 1950 donation, remember, you are buying health and happiness for fellow citi zens perhaps your own family and not just passing on some money, for which you would have very little use if striken with .polio.1-' i tti ' i . i ' ' . . J xja -:,r. rT fi--' I t 1 .. ' i i i i iii 1 "' 11 to wards the latter months, only three, arid sometimes two, as some had to go back to school for some special refres-her coiu-ses. iius newspaper nas always mainiamea that the more active the patrol, and the more men on the job, the better regulated will be the traffic. Not for a minute would we intimate that the smaller highway patrol was the cause of the higher traffic record for 1949, but then, the facts are there, and no getting around them.-; . . Three patrolmen cannot cover the terri tory that five can cover. And Haywood with its exparided highway system, and being the home ofmany major sectional highway junc tions, just creates a greater traffic problem than many Counties of similar size might have. . ; For 1950 . this newspaper hopes that . the patrol for Haywood will be built back to normal; strength of five or more patrolmen.' A lot of interest is being shown in the first annual award to be made to the community judged as having made the greatest improve menis fiince the '.Community Development Program was inaugurated last winter. There is $5.00 cash awaiting the community showing the best record. And that is worthwhile prize for any group. In view of the fact that there has been a lot of fine work done, we would hate to have to judge this fine, and progressive program. il5 Tax Assistants , We doubt if many people would have guessed there were 115 gasoline retailers in Haywood county. Certainly far more than one might think for right off hand. These gasoline retailers are just a few even much greater , than of the many tax collectors waiting to serve . often Wants to believe himself. Another Newspaper Casualty The constant rising costs of producing newspapers were brought forcefully to' the at tention of the American public last week, . when the 116-year New York; Sun. merged with The World-Telegram. All because of increased costs being far ahead of a similar increase in revenue. . , ; Wages had jumped 80 per cent over the 1939 figures, while the cost of newsprint has gone up from $48 a ton in 1939 to $100 a ton for 1949. A large majority of the 1,200 employees of The Sun are now without jobs. The cost of publishing newspapers js far greater than the average reader might think the publisher MIRROR Of YOUR MIND Bt LAWRENCE GOULD Consulting Psyehologist choanalytic proof depends upon the individual's experience in be ing helped to recognize what has been going on beneath the surface of his own mind. And while if the treatment is successful, this proof . is beyond all argument so far as the patient is concerned, it may be unconvincing to anyone else. Should you discuss marring fr6bterns with friends? AlHeri tio, says Dr. Walter 11 . Stokes,' eminent marriage coun selor, In his r6cc.it book "Modern Pattern for 'Marriage." They may. mean well, but are likely to be botH prejudiced and podrly in formed and may make common gossip of hings told them in con fidence." If you are in trouble, y6u need eprt advice, but I'm glad to say that reading this llUlo man usl much the best of its kind that 1 have seen should materially lefieft the office of a eouiile who are pljiinn. to fc manied getting into ieiious diiueultieS. 1 1 Can the findings of psycho analysis be proved? Answer: Not in the same way as the discoveries of chemistry or the facts of mathematics. Proof in these fields may be so strong as to convince the most unwilling hear er provided that he has the in telligence to understand it Psy Will being neglected drld un happy stow a child's growth? Answer: Yes, report Drs. Ralph Fried and M. F. Mayer in the Journal of Pediatrics. Study of the children in a home for de pendent aAd neglected children showed that from )5 to $0 per cent were physically underdeveloped at the time of their admission and 15 to 22 per cent were stiU below normal six months later. It was also found that growth deficien cies eannot be made up solely by good food and pleasant surround ings. A child who feels that no one loves or is interested in him will be likely to be stunted in bo6i mind and body. Looking Back Over The Years 15 ttARS AGO Report shows First National Bank had successful year in 1934. T.' B. Medford of Iron Duff re ceives over 27 cents average for 1,138 pounds of tobacco. Mrs, Woodson Jones assembles a group of friends for contract party. Mr. and Mrs.- M. J. McCracken celebrate their 25th wedding an niversary with a party at their home in Hazelwood. Miss Susie ' Fisher has returned from a visit to friends in New York. if YEARS AGO Charles Underwood opens new wood novelty company. Ruth Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Turner, is select ed from the senior class of the high school to compete in the pil grimage contest sponsored by the D.A.R. Mercury drops to three degrees for two consecutive mornings. J. E. Massie buys theatres Bryson City and Gatlinburg. in Mr. and Mrs Arthur Ledbetter return from holiday in Florida. 5 YEARS AGO Charles Curtis, Jr., wins Bronze Star and Oak Leaf Cluster. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Chambers sell property In Clyde and go to Oregon to make their home. Lt. and Mrs. James Kilpatrick and young daughter arrive for visit at their Balsam home. Lt. Kilpat rick is en route to an assignment in the Pacific, Jim Worley Owen wins his sil ver wings and Is promoted to the grade of A.M.M. third class. , Rambling 'Rom -Bits Of Human Interest News Picked Up Bv v yjL auc inuuuiaiueer aiau Mrs. A was a very neat house-1 kpeoer but was just a little tired of the routine so eagerly accepted ! an opportunity to acquire the serv ices of a maid. But the maid, evidently, had Jiot had the train ing tht filled her mistress' require ments, and more or less friction arose. One day, Mrs. A sternly called attention to the dust on a table and demonstrated its depth by writing her name in it. The maid gazed in awe-struck admira tion as she said breathlessly: Ain t education grand?" ' . - - . -:- :- -:- The rising sun pushing aside dark curtains fringed with deep rose pink. He is just nineteen months old and the idol of every one who knows him. He is the friendliest young man imaginable and one of his closest friends is a white-haired lady who adores him. One evening recently he saw his admirer and made a bee line for ner, laugmng iovouslv. Then he stopped as though four-wheel brakes had been applied. He had spied a beautiful young lady and, man-like, that's all there was to it. The white-haired lady waited patiently . , . and loyally he finally dragged himself away from the lovely one-and paid his respects. , When you hea? a woman say southing- "catty" about an? other woman, there are usually two claws behind it. One is to have the idea substantiated: and the other Is unadulterated Jeal- Capital Letters By EULA NIXON GREENWOOD ... Note to Gov. Scott: Some body is taking collards out of the Women's Prison garden and giving them to neighbors in Raleigh . . . This has been going on for quite a while now, but the employee's stolen collards are winning him no friends . . .. They are literally lousy , .' .;;,-.-V ; L . . Raleigh is Setting a standard for the entire nation in its over all sales and business activity. It has been, written up in Sales Man agement, Business Week, and Forbes, the businessman's maga zine, for keeping its retail sales velurne ahead of 1948. Forbes in a recent issue says hat only three cities in the U.S. showed a per centage gfinover last year. They were: Albany, Ga., 7 per cent; New York City, i per cent; and Raleigh 10 per cent Over last year ... ... Raleigh employees of the Federal Land Bank report that loans to farmers are picking .up sharply because of the boll weevil damage, in the cotton areas . . and general leveling-off on farm front. . , . . The State will get its new "Highway Building underway very shortly now, birt complaints about a State-operated - cafeteria have died down , . . Mum is the word right now. P. S. The State likely will not;run a cafeteria, but will provide a floor for one which will be operated privately . . . During a lull in the Dixie Basketball Classic games here, the man on the public address system announced: "Will Raymond Hair please report to the press table?" The joke was on C. A. Dillon, Jr., son of the prominent merchant and leading Raleigh socialite, who was doing the announcing. He was so ab sorbed with the games that he did not realize he was casually asking for the appearhce of a mart being hunted throughout the nation. It was the laugh-of-the-week In Raleigh. , . . State employees are now on five-day work week . . . Gov. Scott mdy come up with a surprise ap pointment early this spring . . . The Jackson Day Dinner here the latter part of this month is expect ed to be the best In several years because of North Carolina's In creasing prominence in Washing ton . . . So, if you are going to be here, get your reservations at your favorite hotel now ... . . . Aside to political candidates: filing time for candidates for sol icitor, judge, all State offices, U. S. Senate and Congress closes at noon on March 18; and for those seeking to come to Raleigh for the 1951 General Assembly or to hold a county office or city office, at Episcopalians To Meet Wednesday The annUal parish meeting of Grace Episcopal Chnrch will be held at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Parish. House following a par ish supper at 6 p.m. The dinner Will be given under the direction of (he Rector's Guild. All members of the congregation are cordially Invited to attend. 6 P. M. on April 15. DOING WELL. . . Charlie John son, who lost out to Kerr Scott in the gubernatorial shebang 18 months ago, is now selling stocks and bonds. Reports are that he is making slightly more in this busi ness than he would have in I he Governor's chair, . Johnson's phenomenal success in this field may have Influenced his cousin, Robert Grady Johnson, to resign from his post with the Ut ilities Commission, offeclive March 1. He could have stayed on until his term ran put on February 1 1951, but he didn't stay around and wait for the Governor to give him the boot. This column predicted nearly a year ago that Johnson would move on, but It was a long time coming about and his decision not to serve out his time occasion ed some surprise here. I ONE REASON. . . In looking for this JoKnsori's record which got under way on . the Raleigh front when he came to the Legislature from Pender County in 1929 it is significant that he was secretary of the N. C. Patroleum Industries Committee during 1936-37, when Kerr Scott moved on the scene as Agriculture . Commissioner. Gas and oil inspection was taken from the State Agriculture Department along then, and the new Commis sioner laid this stunt squarely at the door of the Johnson cousins. He fumed and fussed about it pri vately for years, placing the John sons at the ton of his list. This anti-Johnson brooding played no small part in his decision to oppose Charles Johnson for Governor. Gas and oil inspection is now back in the Ag. Dept. VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Who was the greatest American of the last 50 years? Dot Whisenhunt: Roosevelt. ' Franklin D. Mrs. Ruby Bryson: Franklin D. Roosevelt. I believe he dominated he American scene - during tbat ?eriod more than any other American..' Mrs. Alma McCracken: Roose velt. There is on question in my mind that he was the greatest. ?or instance, he certainly pulled as through the Depression. Fred Walston; F. D. Roosevelt affected more people during and after his life than any other American before him. Robert McElroy: Roosevelt. Franklin D. Dixie Campbell: Franklin Roosevelt. Johnny Ferguson; Roosevelt. Bryan Medford: Roosevelt. Lawrence Leitherwood: It is dif ficult to say. The historians will say It was Roosevelt, But there were scientists Whdse Influence also affected people throughout the world like Edison, and Einstein. But the historians have always chosen men of politics when they chose great Americans. Perhaps because they didn't understand the scientists. The Union of South Africa has two languages, two flags, two an Hu ms and two capitals. ESTABLISHING A COLD WAR BEACHHEAD t i ousy. One of the 'nieet r winter time is the opi gets to look into honsV in a car. the lighted fer vistas of happi peace and companion tne picture is beautifijl and-f&ld, when thP fZ l icouuig, siuay or jUst . tion. c ' : As unwelcome as i new pair of hose. All of the Christmas had been admired and n their respective places J mpntff TianVeA i r H . . ovtureiy u cc, a me hole the whole thing and she feel the hurt that a r4 rwiit naa neglected to the regulation Christ, greeting. She was think.. as she yanked out the a desk in her room . . 1 There on the floor lay J ciaeuiy nristmasy wrapped in its mailing gj. it and azed upon aa J piece of jewelry with hJ on me card. Woman-lite bawled and wondered ' thought because she hadi ed him! The New Year is tojJ toddle around by now, Letters To The Editoi MORE ABOUT N.; C. HISTORY Editor the Mountaineer: Your Tuesday paper had a very interesting editorial about some of what Mr. Hugh Lefler of Chapel Hill, one of the writes of The Newsome and Lefler's Growth of North Carolina, a book that has brought about more criticism about the question why the State chose May 20, 1775 than any other book published either in or out of North Carolina. This time he strikes in two other places, one in the ex treme east, Albemarle County as it was named at that time, and next the State as. a whole. Dr. Lefler is a very bright man. Some times he says too much and sometimes too little. His statement about the first governor of North Carolina is very indefinite. Her, of Course, knows there is no county in our State by that name. Albe marle at that time included all the section of North Carolina set tled by white people. William Drummohd was living k ia. li ii .1. bi ine time ne was appoi that "early time there people living in North ( So the King of England pointed a man to sen ernor of Albemarle as tbt tween Virginia at that not been run. At the Him J Drummond's term was on: mond went back to Virgic A factional war was time between the Govm some of the Virginia Drummond unfortunatet the side against the who won in the fight, revenge the governor Drummond to be hanged. I know no historian k Carolina who claims that -V was the first .battle of the tidn. My books give it a the' struggles for ten js tween the colonies and tfct country. It's unknown to me (Continued on Page ; MARCH OF. EVENTS Stale Department Becomes I Taft Re Election (k More Security Conscious Believed Greatly if " ' Special td Centnl Press WASHINGTON Security measures in Washington 'las tightened up as a result of the recent exposes befe House un-American activities committee of uranium shipmr Russia. ; - - This is particularly noticeable in the State department, devoting more and more attention to the problem of security. example, here are some steps taken by the State depart Windows of rooms where coded message received are taped with the silvery band ' indicates alarm protection arid outsiders in bidden to enter1 these rooms at any time. Slogans such as "Don't take papers norm "Keep your desks and files locked" art printed at the bottom of each page of ft partment telephone book to remind empfc: security regulations. Departmental police make a spot cheek night and will call any employe at home left files unlocked in his office, and or back to the Offlc to lock up. . . .'. . Senator Taft UPSWING FOB T AFT -Most active 16 ' of organized labor in Ohio privately aret ing that Senator Robert A. Taft will retain his seat in the States Senate (n the 1950 elections. ' A signal victory for the forces backing Taft was the Ohio' tion of the Massachusetts form Of ballot whereby the voten for individual candidates instead of the straight party ticket ' pre-election campaign also has' added to his strength. The labor leaders now say that unless they come up "exceptional" opponent, Taft again will win, and thus W excellent chance for the GOP presidential nomination in 19" ARMS AID MOVES SLOWtY Thereis only a slight-P that any shipments of war material under the arms aid will begin moving to foreign coui tries before the middle of at the earliest. f -. - At the moment, the arms program under direction of Bruce, former ambassador lo Argentina, is marking time for bi-lateral agreement! between the United SUtes and.w cipient nations. ,' , . ; Defense department officials, who have responsibility for P ment of the war goods, have been rettine some surplus ready for shipment immediately trfon conclusion of the n agreements. , However, the policy matters will be in the hands of the department, where the wheels grind slowly. Broad gene ,cedures are shapinf up but policy details have yet to be.worw ' ,- '-. . . , FOREIGN Ain irTrvnlrvnif. MnMHinil demands cut in foreign aid spending, the Economic Co-operation A on prowiDly will tsft next year for a new Marsnau propriation of about tfcf kukak An,V6r ..:CA ls Spending three billion, 778 million dollars this year oh the European Recovery ProgranV hut the agency has made ft clear that this figure grad ually win be reduced. A definite figure for the new Upprbprlatlon request . . j has not yet ,been determined, but ECA sources' said w v!ni I8i 260,3 Sess Of the amount to be asked! .,.s ECA has just started to fctudy the matter. RePs' nd other information are pouring into Its Washington he irom ECA nations lo be Used ta the basis forjhe reque: CAJ Thrrt I F.r 1' ' ' .' - ' ' ; ' '- :
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