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VTArNTSTTILE MCUNTAE-nn IgnSay Afternoon, MartH THE MOUNTAINEER WaynesvlUe, North Carolina' Main Street Phone 19 The County Seat of Hawood County Published By THE WAYNES VILLE PRINTING CO. W. CURTIS RUSS . ; .Editor W. Curtisjtuss and Marlon T. Bridges. Publisher? PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY ' HAYWOOD COUNTY One Year . . Six Months .. , NORTH CAROLINA One Year. ; tax Months $3.00 1:75 $4 00 375 I OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA Year. One Six Months . (Entered it the port office at WaynetvlUe. N. C. hd Class Mai) Matter, as provided under the Act March I, 1879. November . 1914. . $4 50 2.50 aa Sec- of jObituary notices, resolution ol respect, card of thanks and all notices of entertainment for profit, will b charted for at the rate two centa per word. MEMBER Or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ,Th Anocttd Press Is entitled exclusively to the uw for-Te-publlcation of all the local news printed in this newspaper, si well as all AP news dispatches. NATIONAL EDITOIIAl, 5151 iAsgoc5,6" J. HfVS B'll'flvW Smwyl CarutiM lA Monday Afternoon. March 3, 1951 Teaching 'em Young Our Next Congressman The announcement by Representative Mon roe M. Redden that he will not seek re-election next term, gave The Franklin Press an opportunity to renew their contention of 1946 wanting a congressman whose, home is west of Balsam. The Press points out that since the white man began to settle the country west of -Balsam 150 years ago, there never has been a representative in Congress from the south western . part of North Carolina namely Jackson, Macon, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, and Swain. Bringing the matter on down to the pres ent. The Press editorial continues: "In the 46 years since the turn of the cent ury, whether it was the Democrats or the Republicans who won the elections, every man sent to congress from this district ha? come from the three counties Henderson, Haywood, or Buncombe- "Why this disproportionate representation? "In the past, we have been reminded of the greater population of the eastern end of the district. But today this trans-Balsam region, comprising Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Swain, Macon, and Jackson counties, contains more than half of the district's land area, six of its ten counties, and 30 per cent of its population. "If the representation in congress is to be passed around on the basis of population and that apparently has been the theory then this western region is entitled to name the district's congressman for the next 50 or 60 years. "This newspaper has no candidate in mind, and it certainly will not advocate the election uf a man solely because he comes from a cer tain region or strictly on a basis of population. The character, ability, and views of the man always should be the prime consideration. It docs believe, however, that this forgotten land to be the west is entitled to representa tion. "And it refuses' to subscribe to the thesis apparently held farther east that only the populus counties are capable of producing men of congressional stature." The editor of "The Press makes a rather forceful plea. We are not going to say we wholly disagree, neither are we going to say we heartily agree. For our part, we are more concerned with the ability of a Congressman to serve his district, and a willingness to truly represent the people, than we are in his home address. Theyll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo AcST OF BOSSCS MAt IS STWE? MM "aJS rorSmM (M TrvAT BOTTOMLESS SySS, THE WOOLS DESX DRAPER- TTZ1 r. ' JLl .... I niarriyirt r 1 -r iaut vnl s rr rJOVHERti ILL M6hT rWNTT TO ripe?;: r KbsOTTEMTHAT'iS -pi I ue TikTINK OFF .1 tkfe nwtf ,r-.."- . CM A WCATION.TWEN IT ALL WS TO BE AMS'rVEREO JUST BEFORE HE SCRAM5-' ouRS,Eir,ETC.- COMT KMOW WW YOU LET THESE PILE OP LIKE THiS-rVELL GET THEM ALL CUT .TONIGHT" J . . isr en c-rr" VI '" !' II 1 V L4TE NOW" J . A I r-T A I ITT1 P S I V.- ' '111! X ' Sv am vlu uter'.. v t j1 i Crt -I cxrvcQ i Looking BackOver TheYears a The State Magazine recently had a pointed editorial about children Liking care of their infirm and destitute parents. The editorial was forceful, and pointed out that children should take over this responsibility instead of placing it on the county, state or federal gov ernment. The State comments further on the subject tins wefk in another editorial, in tho follow ing manner : Ir. connection with this editorial, one of our reader? sent us a quotation from a book er.iiTifa "American Government," written by FrrJ; Abu.: Marruder. This book is on the sjppjf.-rit-i.iry ..:t :n our schools in North Ctri.-'si. we have been informed thai :u.iv t, ec.rr.parativt-ly small number have tfex iiraertc. I: ;? .r. use in other states. Em n :rr c-jcuti -n: 'Net-c i;.r 01c-A?e Security. Modern scjenct .ia hygiene have enabled an increas ing r..T.ber of people to reach old age. But, 85 the average of man's life has been length ened, his working years have been shortened in mny gastric because mass production requires speed and endurance qualities of young men. "Because of sickness, accidents and occa sional unemployment, it is difficult or impos sible for a laborer who has reared a family to save from his meager wages. And it is MORE JUST to place all the burden of sup porting those who have been unfortunate, or even shiftless, upon everybody instead of up on some dutiful son or daughter who is not responsible for the condition. Moreover, an assured reasonable income for the old in creases the purchasing power and helps make jobs for the young." So you see, this sort of doctrine is being placed before our children while they are still young. By the time they grow older, chances are that they will be thoroughly innoculated with it. s :"" ' " ' A Generous Response v.i' noi a II pti ,.r i We felt it in our system all the time, that IJatjonal 411 Qlub Week there would be a large number of people vol- J Saturday marked the opening of National unteer to give blood when the bloodmobile Club Week, and certainly here in Hay- was' here last Wednesday. ; v. - wood, we will be aware of the accomplish- The 106 pints for the day is an excellent ments of these boys and girls, as they develop record. thejr talents towards making this a better Such a response is gratifying to all con county, state and nation, cerned. 15 YEARS AGO Miss Doris Qolkitt gives birth-' day party at home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Colkitt. J. R. Boyd buys two Main Street busint'ss lots nt'Xt to bank from Sam Welch. An addition is being made to the office of the Waym-sville Laundry. Community Safety League with Oscar L, Bi'itiRs, chairman, holds meeting with John M, Queen, prin cipal speaker, and Frank Davis, toastmasttr. The topic for discus sion was "parking on Main Street". 10 YEARS AGO Methodists of the District raise $1,154. Derry Norman opens new garage in Hazelwood. Mrs. William Hannah is elected president of Woman's Club. it. L. Wilson wins medal in 33rd annual DAlt event. Major Harry Crawford visits his mother, Mrs. W. T. Crawford, County Agent J. C. Lynn says more time should he devoted to Haywood County pastures. 5 VEARS AGO Haywood County enjoying spring weather with high of 74.- Lt, Roger Walker gets honorable discharge from U. S. Navy. Dr. Thomas Alexander of Spring dale goes to Germany as Govern ment adviser. Fathers' Night observed at Haz el wood PTA. Charles Underwood, Woodrow Campbell, and Edward Moody con structing automotive and machine shop on Montgomery Street. ull jilroffc - - 1 by JAMES H. POU BAILEY;, No Cause For Alarm One can put their own interpretation on the fact that Haywood is losing about 100 farms every five years, according to the gov ernment census. Yet such a statement of fact should not in any way alarm us. Many a small farm is being merged with otheis, and other farms are being cut up into such small tracts that they cannot be any longer called a farm. In some of our rural areas, houses are be ing built almost as close together as in town. Travel into almost any section of the coun ty and one will find that this is the trend in many a neighborhood. We are growing rapidly, and the actual de creases of farms by no means reflects that we are going backwards. TEN YEARS AGO Here is an item which should come under the Feeling of Futility Dept.: Ten years ago las week a bill was in troduced in the Legislature calling for a Statewide referendum on "absolute prohibition" of liquor ex cept fr medicinal purposes. Ten years later similar bills are still floating, like truant rays of moonshine, around the Capitol. MIRROR OF YOUR MIND By LAWRENCE GOULD Consulting Psychologist were none In which both did so. Again, suicide Is no more frequent In twins than in the population aa a whole. The psychiatrists con clude that even If both of a pair of twins should take theu- lives, it would reflect chance rather than any hereditary predisposition. In fact, It la doubtful whether such a predisposition could exist Art a man' tears a sign of weakness? 1 Answer: A man's shedding tears may mean one of three things: phat he is emotionally unstable; that he Is suffering In mind or body ton degree that would break down anybody's self-control, or that he Is relatively Independent of conventions and so can express Ills feelings naturally and sponta neously. The average man's fear Of display or "softness" Is ah out growth of the civilized male's se cret doubt of his own masculinity. In ancient times, the most cele brated heroes wept for joy as well i sorrow and were not ashamed to bs seen doing so. Art twins prono to suicide? Answer: No more so that any one else, report members of the staff of the Psychiatric Institute, New. York. , Though investigators found twenty-seven cases in which one member of a pair of twins committed suicide, there Will "doing nothing" rest you? Answer: Probably not unless you are asleep or seriously ill. Otherwise the only time when mind and body can remain inac tive is when two opposing im pulses conflict when you want to do two different things and try to escape from choosing between them by doing neither of them. As long as you live, you will be driven by your natural Impulses to seek pleasures or satisfactions and if your interest in one form of activity is exhausted, the thing to do is to find another. Trying to do nothing will merely create nervous tension and frustration. BLUFF OR BOULEVARD? Like it or not, even critics of Governor Kerr Scott must admit that in years to come he, will like ly be remembered in many sec tions of North Carolina as the "good roads Governor". The red mud in the roads of the Haw River region of Alamance County used to sqush through his toes when a boy and later made it necessary for him to have his car washed on every trip to Raleigh when he was Agriculture Commissioner. All of this contributed to his being some thing of a fanatic on all-weather roads. J He is still plumping for a huge, tutunstic lour.-lune toll turnpike through Piedmont North Carolina. Meantime, roads are being built in this State as never before. Shortly after he became Agri culture Commissioner, Scott visit ed the Coastal Plains Test Farm about eight miles east of Rockv Mount on the old Rocky Mount- Tarboro road. Approximately four miles of this road between Rocky Mount and the farm was in terrible condition. Agriculture Commissioner Scott began his program to get that road paved. Propaganda came first. There was talk about the tremend ous value of the farm to the Rocky Mount - Tarboro area; and how much it could mean to farmers in Northeastern North Carolina. This softening-up process went on for some time. Nothing happened. Then he dropped a pretty strong hint that the State Board of Agri culture would have to move .that farm to a location on a better road. The commissioners of Edge combe County got busy on the highway people and soon had the road in question at tlie top of the list for paving. To this dav nohodv knows whether Kerr Scott was kid ding about moving the farm. The tagecomue people were sure he ufaa nnt f 1 1 m , . "i iwiuig-. ine roaa was wiaened, paved, and generally Im proved. For several years, and it, still may be so, Scott's friends referred 10 me nignway as Scott BoulevarH His not-so-friendly acquaintances called it simply Bluff Road. Be that as it may, Kerr Scott got what he went atter. Anyway, he is back home from the hospital now and friends hope he will joon be nt his public relations aesK wiin uie Carolina rower ana Light Company. Another crack newspaperman, C. A. (Abie) Upchurch, who handled Frank Graham's publicity in that ill-fated campaign of last summer, has a bad ticker, as they say, and the doctors have ordered him to take an extended rest away from his arduous duties related to cleaning up beer joints in North Carolina. He is missed around Capitol Square. Said to be getting along fine. We hope so. Abie has done a bang-up job on beer and wine control. Voice of the People What's your pet cold remedy? George Williamson: "Stay at home and keep away from school." Mary Crouser: "I take the juice of four lemons and a spoonful of so;la and four aspirin." Anonymous: "Wash your hair and go in swimming. only don't tell your mother about it," Rambling 'Rouni -Bits Of Daman Interest Newt. By Frances Gilbert Frazier The lady had purchased a new car and was trying to master the intricacies of driving. She had progressed splendidly but still felt she needed the assurance of an experienced person along. So on this beautiful Sunday afternoon she had Invited her family to take a ride with her, and had her old er brother sit beside her in case of an emergency. When she had driven as far asalsam, traffic be came heavier, so she. turned the wheel over to her brother. Then from the rear seat came a deep seated sigh of relief as her young est brother commented with great feeling: "Thank the Lord, that's over.' Now I can enjoy the rest of the ride." The horn that a man tooteth for himself usually blows a dis cordant note to the listener. Two ladies were making a call on a new arrival in the town, and when about ready to leave, one lady picked up the purse and gloves from a small table nearby. She noticed that her hostess look ed at her curiously for a second but said nothingAfter the usual lengthy remarks that always hap pen after one is ready to leave, the lady of the house stepped over to another small table and taking from it a purse and pair of gloves, extended them to her guest as she laughingly remarked: "These are yours, Mrs. A and you have mine. I'm sure the exchange wouldn't An. have been fair." Little Johnny"', "- ny bit sweater sleeve. "Oh " OlstlUy -H ' -""""s our ana- .You can't SeeV"J shadows- n k any more: you feel ,1T aversion to talking to if you do slio im . it seems as thimak .... 1 a viewpoint tu discuss i think about it. Your Z seem to fit nr f.i .... know that you're beinVJ -" " "i a tm, world. If all these thin, penin gto you, don't f are exclusive. You're in, down with a cold and il ul more UKe Vou "If Wishes u .',- "il" probably not bf M3 -c uau a vany-no outStj The teacher was tryj press upon little Mary' and five did not arid up . . . but Mary had her 0 cnange ner mind. A bit the whole affair, little Mj ed the argument bv sayir be five and five dn ml. there's sales tax to be adJ "Bles't be the iiehat and stays well tied Letters to the Editi DESERVES COLD MEDAL Editor The Mountaineer; In your Issue of February 19, The Mountaineer has broken new ground. Your write-up and pictures of the Community Development program of Aliens Creek has given that community the biggest lift it has ever had, and I have known It for about 80 years. Think what you will have done when the whole county has been covered. You will deserve a gold medal suitably inscribed. Best wishes from E. W. GUDGER. New York City. , THANKS F()it PibuJ Editor The Mountaineer: I would like to take this tunity to thank you fur th. ity given the Blood Ban tneir recent visit in HJ sponsored by the Ilazelwj orlal Post of The America: Sincerely you: liOBK ItT H R Cuiimwi IN LOUISIANA Pvt. Jack Recce, of H. been assigned for training 45th, the famous "Thud Infantry division at Can. Louisiana. Pvt. Reece left Waynes! induction on January 30, Mrs. Dorothy Evans: anod fruit juices." "Aspirin Fred II. Saunders, Jr.: "I sleep if I can do it but I use almost any. thing as an excuse for sleeping." W. W. Clark: "Drink plenty of good hot lemon juice, then go to bed." LEGISLATIVE STATUS Ap propriations hearings were finally completed last week. The requests ran about " $80,000,000 more than the amount provided for by the Advisory Budget Commission. Since it is impossible to provide all this money, the Legislature may play it impartially and provide only a small portion of it. Now begins to look as if there will be little if any new taxes, with funds for any increase in appropriations coining from a reshuffling of money al ready appropriated or from a rais ed estimate on the amount of money expected to come from our present tax schedule. School teachers are likely to re ceive the major portion of in creases in appropriations,, Mental institutions may be provided with more funds than originally out lined for them. Incidentally, this column erred County Health Department: "Plenty of fruit juices and plenty of rest." uniting BETTER Rill Sharpe, the fellow who has done more than any other North Cam. Una writer to get the good name of this State spread in national publications, has been pretty sick for the past three-four weeks. Something wrong with his tummy, Mrs. Elaine Gill (County Health Department) : ' "As a rule that's what I do myself, .until I wear the cold out." DEER WISDOM LOUISBOURG, N. S. (AP) The deer-hunting season is past and one deer knows it. Daily a stately buck swims the harbor here, saunters along the site of a new wharf and wanders through the back part of the town. three weeks ago when it said the education forces, fere not driving for a decrease in North Carolina's heavy teaching load. One of their bills (SB 125), introduced for them by Irving Carlyie of Winston- baiem points to the need for teachers having fewer pupils in their classes. TODAY'S' SPECIAL AT HARRY'S PLACE i,&-V V ' ;v't$fr J" J tjgjpf '"-?l U. S. Cavalry Trooper MARCH OR. EVENTS GIs Prove They Art Able ' jKorean j Conflict M To Fight a Primitive War Of New-and-OldWcl Special to Central Press . W'ASHINGTON Things are more cheerful these days at tte 11 tagon, the nation's military nerve center, and curioui? not only because of the anticipation of effective new atomic ml but also because Uncle Sam's warriors are demonstrating ta: can fight a primitive war . righthere In the Twentieth Cm'.; they have to. Strategists here conjecture" that never in the history of M science has there been such a set of opposites as exists betwte is taking place in Ktfrea and at the atomic j: grounds in Nevada, the two places where At; ingenuity at fighting are on trial. GI Joe is learning how to handle atomic w and to defend against the possibility o: sao weapons-of -tomorrow in enemy hands, at the time that he turns the calendar backward tt the Chinese Reds on their own terms. jcl puoia are ueiag ruiaicu tu b .. i Korea so that valuable battle expenenrt ' '. ultra-modern aircraft may be shared, Wit r . m m ' - . . .; .... . . ,. .. : kv ot me military planners wonaer u i -alrv was rhit out to nasturc too ouickly beflJ the bie hem thev micht have been on terrain. Such extremes may be farther apart toil' ever before, but Clashes between the pre past are not unusual in military history. During the centul by foes who capitalized temporarily on outmoded methods. - - - NOW THAT the United States has to meet opponents iuM world regardless of the stair nt their civilization, its sW-l figure that they may have to take a leaf out of John Baffi The English looked pretty stupid at times, but usually nu . i i. . i ., , ........ oujusi m nme 10 win mat crucial last battle. o . , .u. Hflflt oome oi me outcomes were not so fortunate tor me i me ume wnen in 1814 they sent a fine army fresh irom J of Napoleon to conquer the Mississippi valley, and Andre' JJ . .. ..vmitimiioi 11 10 complete rouiv j Even tho TlnltoH Qtot h.. v.. j .in.. vnoricnceS. Massacre in 1876 by Indians led by Chief Sitting Bull at t1 of the Little Big Horn. Civil war tactics, which involved fle mgnest strategy up to that time, had to be unlearned aioux were subdued. In Korea, the Chinese have used to great advantage their of foot soldiers, pack animals Including even camels. cavalry. Jet plans found it hard to spot the earth-coioree personnel which "froze" Into immobility' at their approach-- However, American officers now are proud of tre vti. have learned to meet these tactics. . . , vfj ' , ' 7- A S DMTI STU ITrciiiTo ... ... r(birt cavalry if many fights with Asiatic forces sre in prosper "T rnies in the East. Including the Russians with their CosM ..vc lue iraaiuons or the Golden Horde of 700,000 mou However. there in limit .,. .i. innidne cP . successful tactics, most Pentagon strategists agree, and tH present plans for reactivation of horse cavalry. u Instead, the aim is to use mechanized units with tM Imagination of Generals "Jeb" Stuart, "Light Horse Harrf rrancis Marion, "the Swamp Fox." The late Gen. Georg" converted horse cavalryman who became a master of tr tnrraa alnota. it. ... ...w.ll6lJf , ,ao, or united SUtes Army. One great blessing in disguise of the Korean situa tion which is cited here is the great opportunity it provides for unDar&lWrf ..-! - S miii. ,e1 er comb&t condiUons that cannot be A? most rigorous peacetime training. uav" V gnun? ,n Kwt h" constituted ' ia"u".V! t . -o-""8 in n.orea nas consuiuwru vPLJ Am,erican officers and their troops, but the .viewed around th r-. . r.u. T'nde Si1 . . " uMi8on as indications uiat v" ... win? J?hn.Bull' uccessor as a world policeman ? Mmungjl battles,'-
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