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NATIONAL EDITORIAL
iiA5TH
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Increase in Welfare Cases
, Mrs. Sam Qucon, superintendent of Public
'Welfare here, startled u:; with the statement
this week tluit there are twice as many fami
lies worthy of assistance this Christmas as
last year.
Last year the Welfare Department had 43
cases, representing 2UG persons. We thought
that was a high figure for a county like Hay
wood. This year the situation seems even
. worse.
The work load in the Welfare Department
is apparently increasiiu; at too rapid a rate.
Right at present, something like $531,000
is in the current Haywood county budget for
Welfare and poor funds. The county is put
ting up $93,744 of this, and the balance of
$437,196 comes from the state and federal
governments.
And right along this line, Commissioner
Frank M. Davis in an address before the
Rotary Club last Friday hit at the trend of
"everybody qualifying" for aid from the Wel
fare Department.
In this era of Socialism, it might.be well
for ifirfb f eTBTlslyst&atffe trends, and look1
into the future as to the ultimate outcome.
Facts Show Need For
Additional Patrolmen
In checking over the records of fatal acci
dents on Haywood highways for the past year,
we find some interesting facts and facts
that reassure us of the need of even more
highway patrolmen on active duty on our
highways.
To date, the count is seven deaths-on Hay
wood highways this year. Of the seven, six
were killed in accidents not on our main pa
trolled roads. Only one. of the seven met
death in an accident on a road constantly
patrolled.
Of the seven deaths, four have been pedes
trians. A rather unusual record. In fact, almost op
posite to what the average person would
guess. '.
The fact remains that Haywood highways
which are constantly patrolled have a lower
accident rate than those seldom patrolled.
Three deaths have occurred in accidents in
the Cruso area. Of these, two were pedestri
ans, and one died from injuries sustained in
a wreck. . .-.
Two others died on an unpatrolled highway
through Jonathans Creek, and one was killed
on a connecting road between two patrolled
roads. The seventh was an aged pedestrian on
a main highway.
The fact remains that with the steady in
crease in highway travel, which of necessity
creates a greater traffic hazard, the need a
rises for un increase in the highway patrol,
We are happy that Haywood has last got
ten back her full quota of five, but in view of
the above record, We can see the need of even
enlarging our number of patrolmen here in
Haywood.
They'll Do It Every Time
Try to push a load on, AHD WMER
DOES THE ELEV4TOR STOP? ABOUT A
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Looking BackOverThe Years
15 YEARS AGO
W. A. Bradley buys J. M. Long's
inlerist in Long's Store in Hazel-wiud.
For Car Inspection Law
The North Carolina Legislature convening
early in January will be urged to reenact the
law requiring periodic mechanical inspection
of all motor vehicles in the State, or at least
a modification of the law which the 1949
General Assembly repealed after it had been
in effect less than two years.
That law probably should have been some
what revised to provide for less irritation of
motorists in its administration, but it should
not have been repealed outright.
The legislators will hear from organiza
tions of citizens interested in traffic safety, a
mong them the Carolinas Automotive Bolst
ers Club, of which Sidney Butz of Charlotte
is president, and probably from a lot of in
dividuals who believe periodic inspection of
motor vehicles should be resumed.
Tlie Haywood County Bunk is or
ganized from I he Clyde Bank.' Ed
win Finelicr is president.
Miss Rut!) Duekett leaves for
Haleigh to take an examination be
fore the state board of nursing.
C. A. .Francis arrives from
Wake Forest College to spend the
holidays with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Francis.
10 YEARS AGO
Details are complted for the im
mediate construction of the Day
ton Rubber Manufacturing Com
pany pjant Just south of Hazel-wood.
Judge and Mrs, Frank Smathers
leave for Phoenix, Arizona for the
winter. '
Mrs. Charles Quinlan goes to
Raleigh to spend Christmas with
her son-in-law and daughter, Dr.
and Mrs. Christopher C. CritteiN
den.
5 YEARS AGO
Thomas Strlngfield, U. S. Navy
medical corps, is promoted to the
rank of lieutenant commander.'
O. R. Roberts resigns as, chief
of police of Waynesville to return
as a member of the State Highway
Patrol.
Rambling 'Round
Bits 01 Human Interest News,
By Frances Gilbert JFrazier
She was the busybody of the
neighborhood and took an unholy
joy in repeating unkind remarks to
the victims and then gloried in
watching them squirm ... or ex
plode. It was with this spirit that
she approached Mrs. A one day:
Mrs. B doesn t like you, does she?"
But before Mrs, A could reply, Mrs.
Busybody continued: "Why, she
told me . and the whole gory
details were gone into. For a sec
ond, Mrs. A hesitated then smiled
as she replied: "I'm sorry. There I
must be something I can do to
change her opinion of me," and af
ter a brief pause, Mrs, A conclud
ed "I didn't know there was but
one person hereabouts that was
thoroughly disliked."
Storing away the sunset for the
day in orange tissues and tielng
with scarlet ribbons.
Little Mary's first day at a near
by kindergarten hadn't been a huge
success, although a "howling" suc
cess might have better described it.
For Mary came home dissolved in
tears and refused to be comforted.
Her mother sought the teacher for
enlightenment; she , was equally
Perplexed
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You're Telling
-By WILLIAM RITT-
Ctntttl Press Wtiter
Sgt. H. W. Burnette, Jr., arrives
in the States after 22 months in
the European theater.
Calvin Fraficis arrives from
Stale College to spend the Christ
mas holidays with his parents.
REPUBLICAN MOVES The
North Carolina Education Associ
ation and the Republican National
Executive Committee made news of
It is estimated that a substantial percentage the same WndJast week
i '?gJby JAMES jl. FPU DAI LEV
Voice
of the
People
What do you want for Christmas?
Mrs, Alma
Oldsmobile.
McCracken: A new
A Large Building Program
The announcement of two major building
projects within a week for this community
should be a stimulant for business, and a tonic
for those who think we are beginning to coast
as far as growth is concerned.
The 22 units of apartments right here in
town, representing an expenditure of $250,
000, is indeed a "big" building project for a
town of this 'Size.
And last week the Lake Junaluska Assem
bly announced additional plans for an expen
diture of $150,000.
These are not just pipe-dream plans they
are down-to-earth projects. In fact, the de
partment project is underway, and several
carloads of materials are on hand, and the
grading completed.
and once more, it begins to look like our
skylines are changing, and new and modern
structures rise.
of the traffic accidents in North Carolina that
kill nearly 900 persons and injure many hun
dreds annually result from mechanical de
fects 'in cars. Unquestionably many automo
biles on the highways are dangerous and
should not be permitted to use the roads un
til adequately repaired.
The inspection law which J,he last General
Assembly repealed was a statute that was de
signed to protect life and property on the
roads and streets, and it unquestionably had
good effect. But in its administration during
its first year or so many motorists were ir
ritated by the inconvenience and. loss of time
involved in trying to have their cars inspect
ed. It was in response to the demands of these
that the law was repealed.
It was a case of a good and necessary law
being abandoned because of defects or weak
ness in its administration and not because of
its lack of usefulness or its failure to achieve
the results for which it was designed. It was
hardly given a fair trial. '
The proposal to enact a new inspection law
will be one of the many issues the recently
elected legislators will face.
The Charlotte Observer.
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MIRROR OF YOUR MIND
t By LAWRENCE GOULD
Consulting Psychologist
tear of losing his approval or of
pangs of conscience. The fact to
remember is. that ybti rarely can
save anybody from reality and
that, as a rule, the sooner he faces
it, the less deeply be will be hurt
by it. If you know you do not love
a person who loves jroufc it's
kinder to say so frankly than to
let hint "go on hoping."
The Republicans said in Wash
ington Friday that their "most de
termined drive in history" will be
made within the next two years to
break the Democratic hold on the
solid South. The education organi
zation people said in their first
legislative bulletin that one of their
goals is to have county and city
boards of education elected by a
direct vote of the people. We quote:
"The Committee feels that such an
important group should not be ap
pointed and not be named by the
Legislature." ,
This announced goal of the N. C.
Education Association dovetails in
very nicely though of course
there is no connection with the
Republican announcement.
If the teachers have their way,
the hoards of education would na-
urally be Republican in about a
dozen counties where the Repub
licans are in sower. It is not t'le
purpose of this corner to go into
the right way and the rong way
to choose local boards of education.
However, the N. C. Education Asso
ciation is trying to get better and
better pay for the teachers. This
increased pay must come from the
Legislature.
In one breath the N.C.E.A. de
clares it wants higher salaries at
the hands of 'the Legislature. In
the next, it says power now in the
hands of the Legislature as regards
county and city boards of educa
tion must be taken away.
All of this may add up to be the
ideal way to get the 1951 Legisla.
ture looking with sympathy on the
sorry lot of the poverty-stricken
teachers. However, we must all ad
mit it is an entirely new approach.
, Furthermore, the Republican
National Executive Committee will
no doubt like this new N.C.E.A.
goaL much better than will mem
bers of the 1951 Legislature.,
iron, lost 33, and tied seven. His
new Job runs for four years at
$12,000 per year, some less than he
was reportedly receiving at Duke,
but-otherwise a much better position.
NOW IS TIME Now is the tlhie
for all good stenagrophers and
others wanting jobs in the 1951
Legislature which moves into Ra
leigh on January 3 to get their fin
al ducks in a row for the positions.
The huge legal machine which
chugs into the Capital City every
two years, is about ready to shove
off. The stepm is up. It will require
the help of a goodly number of
assistants from all over North Car
olina to keep it firmly on the track
for the 14-week run.
Many a Sttae employee here first
came to Raleigh as a legislator or
an employee in the Legislature. It
is a great place to learn about the
inner workings of the State Gov
ernment, and to make new friends
and connections. .
The work is pleasant, if at times
a little confusing, the hours as a
rule are reasonable, for the em
ployees, the pay is good. Some
stenographers and clerks to com
mittees. have been known to get on
the.right road to matrimony when
everything else had failed by
working in the Legislature.
THE ANSWER Htale prison
authorities for some time have
been searching for ways and means
to reduce the number of escapes
from the various camps. Last Fr
day they had apparently gone a
long way toward finding the an
swer.
Announcements going out of Ra
leigh this week bid fair to make a
Felix Stovall; A 500-pound bear
Jimmie Reed: Good health in the
family. That will be plenty.
Paul Cough: A 20-gauge shotgun
and an open season.
Phil Queen; I'm scared to ask for
anything. I might get it.
Jerry Rogers:
peace on earth.
Good health and
Bob
buck.
Winchester: An 18-point
W. E. Lindau: A 100-cent buck.
THERE ARE more ways of
bringing coala to Newcastle than
by just driving a fuel truck. A
dancing teacher has returned
from Hawaii where, we're told,
she taught the natives the right
way to do the hulahula.
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In Slough, England, a parrot
has juat observed its lOSrd
birthday. Be interesting to
know what the old gaffer had to
say about those first 100 years.
jii
Men, observes a scientist, are
npl at tall as they used to be.
There's a fellow who, obviously,
hasn't attended basketball games
lately.
jii
Australia, according to our
geography, has a area which is
Known as. Rum jungle. Wonl
if It's the same soil of pi
Known over nere us SkulRo1
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TL. . , ,
i nc ui cm iff suwtrooNiK I
month has his dvwns-Mi-uft I
steatl of ps-oii-(ou'iu. M
come the screens, up go
storm windows.
; I i
the British House of Cmm
has more members than dtail
we read. In other wards, In
rung a seat you gel a chanctl
stand.
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' A plan to license all shoe-ahJ
parlors in a northern town
failed. Looks like the idea, i
serves the man at the next deJ
got the brush-off.
1940 INCOME
$3,000
tQUlVALENT 1950 INCOMfl
$5,440
$3,000
5499
TAXES
"tOSsTro'm Jflh
DEPRECIATION $3,OOOVif 51,941
of DOLLAR
CT1 WHAT'S LEFT
$10,000
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C. E. Weatherby: A quadruple
threat halfback who can do the
100 in nine flat- and has four years
of eligibility. A couple of 240
pound tackles who can do the 100
in nine flat and have four years of
eligibility.
Will love cur an alcoholic?
AwweK It will help him more
thanlwlding or "preaching" will.
The deVre for more love than the
ordinary djult world will give
them probabijNdriTwmnore men
to drink than anything cteand
the friendliness and good iriU
which its members display towad
one another is unquestionably
rrm nt th main reasons for tdo
success of Alcoholics Anonymou
But love alone Is no "cure-all,
and the more childish an alcoholi
is (as all of them are, more of
less) the surer he will be o de
tnand more love than anyone caf
fira him. ,
Should you always avoid
"hurting" others?
Answer You should try to
make sure what your motives are
for doing so, especially if you're
causing them pain "for their own
good." But unwillingness to hurt
a person nay also be based on
Should fathers be mors
appreciative?
Answer: Yes, says Dr. John
Dollard, Yale psychologist. "If
you like your youngsters, you
have your wife to thank tor it,"
since the Job of taking care of
them and training them is much
more hers than yours. You should
listen to her accounts of her prob
lems with them, for "this up
grades the wife's Job in her own
mind and helps her see that she
has a most Important task that
of creating human personality."
The fact that a mother seldom
gets appreciation froni her chil
dren, and should not demand It,
makes her husband's all the more
important '
JUDGE - TO - JUDGE Assign
ment of Superior Court judges
transferred - from the Governor's
office to the Chief Justice of the
State Supreme Court by one of
those constitutional amendments
adopted In November, went into ef
fect last Saturday morning. The
commissions will, of course, be
signed by Walter P. Stacy.
HEAD Veteran Duke Football
Coach Wallace Wade, who was mar
ried two weeks ago to the widow
of the Duke surgeon killed a few
years back by a Columbus County
patient in Duke Hospital, has at the
age of 58 become commissioner of
the Southern Conference athletic
setup. A dark horse Candidate for
the job was Jim Weaver, director
of athletics at Wake Forest Col
lege and a nephew of Chief Justice
Stacy, brother of Stacy Weaver
superintendent of the Durham City
Schools.
In his 19 years at Duke Coach
Wade won 110 games on the grid'
prisoner think twice before decid
ing to make a break for the great
outdoors of war,, high prices, and
the problems of making ends meet.
In the first place, television sets
are being installed in 15 prison
camps in Piedmont North Carolina.
The second announcement: 8,000
pounds-of turkey will be served to
the prisoners for Christmas dinner.
Third: The convicts will get four
doys off for Christmas. "Off" mean
ing they will riot have to work
from December 23 through Decem
ber 26. And that, in case you are
interested, is the same time other
State employees are receiving for
Christmas.
NEW TEST FOR THE SHOCK ABSORB ERS
$9,356
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Piclogroph
$59,016
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The Conference Board
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Mother
6 Yawn
0 Planted.
, as seed
10 Worship
12 Pied animal
13. Soviet leader
(d. 1924)
S-shaped
worm
Secured
under bond
16. Close to
17. Slip away,
as time
19. Anise-flavored
cordial
21. Male sheep
24. Appearing
as if eaten
25. Man's
nickname
17 Color of the
spectrum
28 Worked
with a spade
29 Action of a
spy
32 Small state
of U.S.
(abbr )
33. Cavities in
teeth
35 Frontiers,
man's shoe
36 Egg
shaped 37 Sheeplike
antelope
(Sib.)
39. Irrigate
40. Theatrical
backer
41. Minus
42. Tail to hit
11
DOWN
Wetness
Beards of 17
13 Balance'
(Abbr )
Type
rye
Encountered 18
Fuss
Lively 20.
danc, 22.
Of a British
protectorate 23
(SW Arab.)
Meditated 25
One of the 26.
Great Lakes
Presiding 28.
offlterof 30,
House 31.
Conclude 33
measures
Sheltered
side
Temperate
Divides pro
portionally Per to
medicine
Resort
Dancer's
cymbals
Little girl
Localities
Equals .
Bovine animal
34. AnceJtrsl
35. Swine
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name '38. Keel-bi
cuckoo
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