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Waynesville, North Carolina.
. The County Seat of Haywood County
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NATIONAL I D I TO 1 1 A I
Monday Afternopn, Marffc 3, 195Q
The Wine And Beer
Verdict Comes August 1$
The Haywood Board Of ltipo? have
formally set August 12th as thje date for, this
county to vote on legal wine an ber sales,
On, that date the people by their -.vote, will
determine whether Haywood, continues to
legally sell wine and beer, or whether both
will be barred. . ;
The Board called the election, after 2,938
qualified names ,on petitions .asked for the
opportunity to vote. Slightly more than, 1,500
names are required to call an election.'
The, election was called after the board
had certified the 2,938 names of about 3,500
on the second set of petitions. Earlier the
boaj;d had ruled that the first petition did not
contain enough qualified names to call the
election.
On this ruling there has. been a lot of dis
satisfaction, and some criticism. We feel the
criticism was the result of misunderstanding,
and, nothing more.
Thg parpf'abted' according to the laws as
on the bopks. Tbey had no alternative, and
to have done otherwise would have bpen . a
gross violation of the law.
Those who have been prone to criticise the
board for their actions on the first petitions
still have an opportunity to see those peti
tions, the signatures therein, and just why
the Board topk the position they did in the
matter.
. Now the fact remains, that the election
has been set for August ;2th. T,he legal
machinery for holding, such an election is all . L
' set up on the law books. Those who have not knfca Aa txpajld
registered but are qualified will be given
three weeks, in due time, to register, and vote
on the issue.
The election on wine and, beer cannot be
hel4 ear. lier than the daje, prescribed, because
of lays which da not permit an election to
be held within sixty days "of another ejection.
And the Democratic primary, coming on May
2th is. the determining factor at this time. .
Now that the date has been set, it is left to
the ( two sides to wage their respective cam
paigns, and get .out the majority vote on
August 12th.
The Mountaineer joins in with the remain
der of the community to heartily congratu
late Charles E. Ray in being named the man
of the year. This -is-an honor well deserved
by Mr. Ray, because he has certainly devot
ed much of his time and energy to civic pro
jects that are the means of bringing about
an earlier and fuller development of this
area. ' :
Mr. Ray, as chairman of the N. C. Park
Commission, spends a large portion of his
time carrying on the work of this organiza
tion. And his compensation is . the sole satis
faction of knowing he is. doing a job that
muct be done if this area is to realize the
complete growth which it should" have.
Mr. Ray has provided the leadership of
the Park Commission, as well as stimulating
much interest in the development of the
Park, Parkway, and general Chamber of
Commerce activities. He has given untiring
ly of his time and efforts to many civic pro
jects here.
-When the time came" for making plans for
the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet,
he assumed the responsibility as chairman
of the committee,: and has helped formulate
a program that will no doubt result in the
largest banquet ever staged.
He has a thorough understanding of the
intricate machinery of government, and the
relationship of all agencies to pne another,
Because of this, he is a key man in helping
formulate pplicies, and mapping programs
for coordinating plans pertaining to the
Park, the Parkway, and our National Forests,
and the federal-aid roads of the section.
The people of this community have honor
ed a deserving citizen by naming him the
"Man Of The Year.'" ,
Thdyll Do It Every Time
; By Jimmy Hatlo
BURLAPP IS THE BASEST SOFTIE
THAT EVER SAT THROUGH A
'SAD MOVIE '
SWHW-PEAR-
EVERYBODY'S
LOOKIN6
you
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H7
t-T,Y,1
But when it comes to real life
sxama at home just try to 6et
a bit of sympathy out of him
f THE DOCTOR
SAID IF I PIDMT
SETA COMPLETE
REST, HE WOULDN'T
BE RESPONSIBLE
I FEEL TERRIBLE"
Ohhhmh!
WMATPOTWEMSAW-BONESKMOWAVWAy?
VOU'RE OXKID'
JUST PONT GIVE IN
TO IT" WHERE'S
THE SPORT PASS,
ty.yA KNOW
4
"TWA NX, TO
CHARGE OBSTFEU?
MORT NEWBURG,
n.v.c, w.y.
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Looking Back Over TJieYears
15 YEARS AGO
New Burroughs accounting ma
chine is installed at City Water
an4 Ught Department.
Mr. and Mrs. Zack Massey and
family return from three-months
visit to Florida.
Mrs. J. M. Long Is hostess of
contract club.
WaynesviUe aldermen
clean-up campaign,
start
10 YEARS AGO'
Mary Alice Rathbone, leap year
baby, arrives at Haywood Hospital.
Approximately 70ft persons hear
the initial public concert of the
WaynesviUe High School Band.
5 YEARS AGO
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Bethel Girls and Canton Boys
win county basketball tournament.
'Elmer Hendrix wins FFA award
In project story contest.
Miss Mary Margaret Smith is
named chairman of Haywood Coun-
I ty Better Homes Committee.
Calvin Francis is elected presi
dent of the Haywood County 4-H
Club Council.
Maj. E. L. Withers, Jr., arrives
from Italy for 30-day leave.
Miss Sarah L. Leatherwood goes
to Chapel Hill to take graduate
work in social psychiatry. '
T5 Archie W. Phillips returns
from 33 months duty overseas.
Justified Criticism '
In our issup of February 27th, we publish
ed an editorial, in which we pointed out that
officers who used patrol cars to s'nge races
should be fired.
Some of our readers took issue with us, on
the grounds that we we. re being "too hard"
on officers. .
To that, we answered, that no , efficient
officer had a better friend than The Mount
aineer. We back them in their work, and un
dertakings. We criticise when they fail to do
their duty. And that is Avhat we were doing
at the time we wrote the editorial about rac
ing. Our opinion remains the same.
Today we are carrying the statement of
the patrolman in question, as received by the
state highway patrol officials. His own sign
ed statement is sufficient to convince us that
the sentiments expressed in our ediorial
were justified. We trust we will never have
to write another critical editorial about an
officer.
Voice
of the
People
Which type of concert do you
prefer, one as given by Davidson
Collece or the North Carolina
little Symphony?
Editor's nole-Today's question
wap ompiled by Anne BischofT,
and the answers 'are from "music
students of WaynesviUe High. '
. Stanford Massic: "I prefer a con.
cert like that given by the David
son College Band, because you can
always hear a symphony on the
radio."
Patricia Brcndle: "The N. C. Lit
tie Symphony, I like the deeper
music."
The American Enka Corporation plans to
spend $8,750,000 expanding their. Western
North Carolina plant, and add facilities to in
crease, production , one-third, or 1Q. millions
ppunds more rayon per year., "
Similar expansion is to begin also at the
firm's other plant at Lowlands, Tenn. .
Such industrial progress is an important
factor to all Western North Carolina. This is
just one of several plant expansions in thjs
immediate area. Facts such, as. these, should
make us realize more and more, the unusual
opportunities we have here in this section
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Do "ronjjtintie" pepl nl R)?4 bu?bamU y yiyw?
Answex; On . th. whole, No,
though they may have raptrpui
moments which a more prosaic
person 'noises! For romanti no
tions about lovfiapd marriage r
the.chiX caju otthf "disillusipn
ment" that wrecks so ipfny
unions, The romance of Romeo
and Juliet is immortal but eyen
in fiction it led to. their suicide,
and in real life wouldt doubtless
have.epde in their being bored,
with each another, if not seeking
new thrills elsjmh. Accept the
fact that the person, you lpve.i
a human being, not a "figure
Dos xpfcllnjp le succeed "
; mok work ottracflve?
ArmtX'- Not M much tt does,
succedipg; i .. ta?K hjch. you
thought was beyond you, reports
Mildred t Cebhard in the Jour-
l?jr LAWRENCE GOULD
found it less interesting and ex
citinsj. than thce who surprised
themfclv.es by achieying what
they had thought was impossible.
This seems to conform to the psy
choanalytic theory that the keen
est pleasure is, experienced in
"the release of, tension" the
"tension" in , this case being
. .brought about by fear of failure.
T.T-l'"l?,l.,J-i,;.rl l
DojoUeho!, "spur.
" faaingtion,'??.
Answer: In itself (t cannot pos
sibly "spur" anything, since it is
not a stimulant, but a depressant
or narcotic. Yet the. lust remains
that poets and artists have found.
"Ingpirajtion'.' IA it, an4 I havp
knpjtfn writers whp b.clfeveJ ,.they.
could not do good work when
sober. Behind the apparent con
trajjictiop lies the fact Oja mapy
njep'f creative, imguU are
blocked by, fear and nejvous ten
sion, and that by putting to sleep
the part of. the mind from, which
these, come, alcohol may leave the
nal of Sxperixnental Psychology.
romance."' and you'll be hajpiej;. SuhJSfl M?I1 Ws they, urge, to . self-express lfe to
In tMlf run. leit reasonapjy sure vaey coma 00 - tuucuu
Capital Letters
By EUt A NIXON GREENWOOD
Rambling 'Kound
Bits Of Human Interest News-
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
vn A.
anythmg but: c'H
of my tawr
th tv.tt-.i,,. .... a.
The very-young lady from Flor-; and plop: dnu
ida had never seen snow and came
to WaynesviUe in high spirits that
her desires would be granted. But,
as everyone knows, our Winter has
been one of superlative joy to
everyone except those who wcut
snow and cold weather. Then, ust
the day before the little girl was
to return to her Southern home,
we had a slight snow flurry and
the roof tops and parts of exposed
places had quite a sprirkling. The
little girl was wild with joy and
ran from Window to window to get
a better view. After looking to her
heart's content, she came to her
mother and said: "Oh, Sfommy,
the Angels must have been pow
dering their faces."
A copper dragon in the west
ern sky emblazoned on a sapphire
escutcheon precedes the sunset.
"In the spring, a young man s
fancy" . . , according to the poem
"turns to love" . . . but in the lives
of the younger set it usually turns
to roller skates and. marbles. And
the two hardly ever get along very
well together as one young lady
can testify. She had never skated
before but was determined to
learn. Her brother was very help
ful . . but as soon as possible went
back to his marbles. Doing all
sorts of ungraceful antics, she fin
ally found herself unwillingly pro
pelled toward the marble game .
One's consri.
ba a way of talkiar;
with luif 5
It was one of th. .
I" days that
make you want t0
woria in to the
every available-
and mti mr,i . , . " M
brand new world Th,.
what Mrs. X;
about her houhuld dC
once she heard ,he
noise in the front m
house. It Sound,d as,J
earthquake had 100!!'
out, stud, croSs.beara't
the foundation of v,
was so terrify thal
move for a minute-the, '
gained her composure e,;
.cmuic, trembling w
front of tho
": r"" oraet and '
onuiiier Mast
she realized that it Was
heavy trucks passing th b..
with all doors and
taiia a winter r
ouuuucu ien nines as fat
heaved a sigh of deep ttK
IN 1975? One of the greatest (o come up pretty soon with an
men ever produced in North Caro- lupple juice concentrate similar to
lina was Josephus Daniels.: Now! the orange juice concentrate you
Gov. Scott has taken the first step can purchase at the corner grocery,
toward having a Daniels memorial Spine time back he thought he had
ereoted. He has appointed a com-1 it, but the alcoholic content was
mission to ' study the matter; but rather staggering and he was forced
Tom 'Bost, the old never-forgetter. back into the laboratory. You can
finds there Si law on the books I purchase bottled apple juice and
to the elfect that such memorials j sweet cider at most super markets,
paid for from State funds and set but the development of apple juice
up on State property cannot be concentrate is expected to open
an entirely now, and tremendous,
market lor the sale of apples.
Mary Osborne: "I don't prefer
either one they are both good and
1 personally like them both."
Mark Rogers: "I prefer band mu
sic to symphony. However, I like
both."
erected within 25 years of the
death of-the memorialized.
Since Mr. Daniels died in 1948
it lopks as if the memorial may
have to wait until 1974-75, along APPLE KING Speaking of ap
there somewhere. He was instcu- pies. 'ona of the largest apple pro
mental in getting the majority ol ducers in the world Sen. Harry F.
the handsome markers now on Cap-1 Byrd of Virginia will speak at the'
itol Square placed there to the annual meeting of the N. C. Citi
extent that the grounds are now j zens Association next week. Apple
sometimes referred to as a marble i cheeked Harry. Truman's chief
orchard and it is ironical that i Democratic adversary, will talk for
Daniels' efforts in behalf of our i about 50 minutes, 30 minutes of
Sta(e great have paved the way to i which will be broadcast over a
a statute delaying a statue memor-i Statewide network. He is in great
demand .as a public speaker. The
N. C. Citizens Ass'n is fortunate to
The future ot 1 UL ab lo get him.
uthcr Shaw: "Personally, I en
joy onp as much as the other, al
though l tool that symphonic music
i more stirring, and creates a
deeper sense of music appreciation."
Ann Reotor:,"! prefer the type of
concert given by Davidson Col
lege." ,-
Patsy Ezell: "I rather prefer the
Davidson College Concert."
Billie Kitchen: "The Davidson
College Band lhe music was more
interesting."
Linton Palmer:
College Band."
"The Davidson
Florrie Patrick:. "I like band mu
sic'., better than symphonic, so, I
prefer the Davidson College Band
concert. ,
Letters to Editor
"APPRECIATION FROM
GOVERNOR
Editor The Mountaineer: '
Thank you very much for the
"open letter," editorial regarding
my visit to Haywood. I appreciate
the editorial a great deal.
I thoroughly .enjoyed the occa.
sion and wish to express my deep
appreciation for the many court
esies shown me.
Sincerely,
W. Kerr Scott.
Raleigh.
ializing Josephus Daniels
APPLE JUICE
thousands of families in Western i
North Carolina may be closely tied !
to some research work being done I BLACK MARKET You arc not
now on the apple. 1 the only one who has been forced
The Dept. df Conservation and. I to buy any kind of coal you could
Development here has scores of get, here lately. The State of North
projects underway on a wide vari-! Carolina is in the same boat. This
ety of items vitally affecting cities. I may .be denied in official quarters
villages and whole sections of! since to admit anything which
North Carolina. Nothing much can i frowns in the least on labor is just
be' said a put them. The firms and I awiui, exclamation point but some
individuals contemplating locating i'of the State institutions are scrap
in this State or developing special I ir5 the bottom of their coal bins
programs in this area. want it that 'and are buying what is known as
mack market coal at a price of a
little better than $10 per ton.
way. Nevertheless, the work is pro
gressing and your lack of knowl
edge of tie activities won't hinder
the plans one iota.
i juuiiK,' visionary ienow anrt 4 .1
ui -. j ,4, ' ..' .""" tciii -oi arivers are
. i. uidiier is now responsible for 90 per cent of acci-
aoormg wnn me app.e. ne nopesdonts, research studies report.
LOADED FOR BEAR.
In the state of Delaware, court
officials carrying spear like instru
ments escort the accused to and
from the courtroom during murder
trials. The instruments, termed
"tipstaves," are painted red on one
side and white on the other. Dur
ing the trial the "tipstaves" are
carried white-side forward to indi
cate the presumed innocence of
the prisoner. But should the per
son be found guilty, the red side
is displayed when he is removed
from court.
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You're Telling M
e
By WILLIAM RITT
Central Press Writer
THE TITLE of that new
play, "Hope is the Thing With
Feathers," has Zadok Dumkopf
wondering if it's about the dove
of peace.
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The town of Owl's Head. N.
Y.i reports temperature of JS
degrees b el ow zero That's
really a cold in the Head.
! ! ! . '::
A Buffalo judge has ruled a
man can swear in his own home
if he wants to. An old family
cuss-torn? 1
1 1 1
A member of the House wants
the U. S. to set up a substitute
capital just in case Washing
ton' gets H-bombcd. Talk like
1- -1 . ..
mtti la uooui an contra
need to get 'era out ofwi
ington in an election vest
1 ; 1 . '
Another thing that i
ladok Dumkovi hot uM,
collar is the news tia( li
te an increase in tie pi
shirts. I
! ! !
In New York 350,000 m
to see Hopalong Cassidy.
draw.
. ' ' ! ! !
. These are wondrous tit;
which many strange 4
occur, f or instance. .V
newspaper hcadljneil tfc
of a Florida cy!U wave'
n ; - fi
l MARCH OF EVENTS
ici i
Notion May Sf Record : ' j Public Heollh Serv"
In Good Health In '50 Chief Highly Oplk.
Special to Central Press
TTTASinNGTON On the health front, the state of th If
W continues to be the best In its history
Although it is difficult to, measure, with complete pwpoi.
relative "goodness" or "badness" of a year, Uncle Sam's suri
eencral. Dr. Leonard A. Scheele, declares "U tne irenuai"""
science and care during recent years continue, there ts every fj
, to believe that the nation's healU in s
should be the best during 1950 that it to
The surgeon ' general, who heats '
States Public Health Service, cotmmra
"There are two yardsticks by which heai
be measured the death rate and the n
A or illness rate The data on the latter art
: . . ' , t fn infl-
( : not 100 rename, crueny oecau.Nc v
Tv&j - Tipcjq th rpncirtinp methods
, f : - " t ' -v. ; a.rc
5 "However, it is a measuremeni -
i useful in Rnnttin? broad trends By
r i.p , , hi. near
measurements, 1949 was a gooa w-"
have hopes that 1950 will be ever iw
Dr. Leonard A. ur-iacneeie poinieu ui '- -
:' .acceleration of United States
characterized the; past two or .three .generations wt
has' been accelerated is apparent from such statistic
as life expectancy, which was 45 years in 1885 Today
The dramatic march of science in prolonging the life
age American is revealed in Public Health Service recow
lng the causes of death in the United States in W00
1948. During 1900. the first six causes of deatwe! J
and influenza, tuberculosis, diarrhea and enteritis, ne
hemorrhage,
'Bv contrast, the first six causes of death in ,
disease, cancer, cerebral hemorrhage, nephritis, accwe j
motor. vehicles), pneumonia and influenza. .
The new low of 31.8 deaths per 1.000 live births m 1-
pared with 100 of every 1.000 in 1915. is expected
if not surpassed, in 1949 and 1950 The same PP""
mortality,- which' was 1,1 per 1.000 live births in..
four in 1940 . . ffas '
Nearly 3.7 million babies were born in 1918. vftic thatti,i
the largest American year, and statisticians estimate
ber was about the same' in 1949 . ..a yiif
Although the nation's over-all health card for u
been completed, officials report that during the pa
quering march against sickness and disease has not jcj
in this and other statistical measures that the opum
1950 as a peak health year has its solid foundation &
s .1 and ottier a
Auieriva a vasi army 01 aocwrs,. .juuc? , .. credit 1
e peoples' health would be the last to claim fuit
the
happy forecast. The Amer ican people thems1-5 .kpnilj
?e of scientific; Information one'"
tf f lr A nliiAn(Aiv
Personal nhvsirinn.q nnrt hv t hwr own social h- .
government for erecting their own defenses against
of Uie average American Jiave been broadcast iron
M inTI' frt tha Mhnc i a titnu that fnllL UlNll1-'1" . iLi ffe-
t "mmnression
man. , . , the
01 "
Gels
Since medicine is nerhans the most democratic
the, goals of its research during the past year con
tinued to be "the greatest benefit to the ff1
number ". For example. Drs Philip Hench and to
ward Kendall of the Mayo clinic announced the re
sults of their tests with cortisone ( ComPound '
and ACTH (adrenocortico tropic hormone! in.1 1 ,
cattle against rheumatoid disease, from"111"
million people tn the United States suffer ttrf
with 'American science and the American pfui n(1, 45
the new year in a spirit-of full co-operation. H ti
understand why Uncle Sam's statisticians PreJ'S d,seaS'
these and many other sufferers from sickness an
1950 and a higher level of health for us all.