* ? ? Editorial Page oi The Mountaineer '? " ' 't ' h ' ? ? ' ? ? ? ' ? ? I Pure Water An Economic Factor Here We watched \^ith interest the expressions on rtie faces of the group of Dayton Rubber salesman, from every section of the nation, as they watched an experiment at the Way nesville plant, which proved the local water supply is as pure as distilled water. - -The experiment was put on to show the salesmen that only the purest of water is used in the manufacture of the foam rub ,ber pillows. Purity of water is one of the 'essentials in the njaritifacture of the foam rubber products, because the slightest pres ?ence of minerals would result in discolora tion of the finished product. $o impressed were the group of salesmen that each carried away a bottle of "tap water" to show potential customers the pur ity of the water used in the Waynesville plant, which makes all of the pillows for Dayton Rubber, and now sold on a nation wide basis. Onee again the value of the Waynesville water system comes to the forefront. Today several hundred people are employed in a manufacturing process alone, just because 'of the purity of the water. That is an eco nomic factor in our community that means thousands of dollars each year, and the po tential is growing even greater. Not Just A Flash On The Horizon Here During the week of October 5-10, cities and, towns all over the country?including -Waynesville ? observed National "Employ the Handicapped" Week. Many other localities staged a much more elaborate observance than did Waynesville, but if you checked these other places, you'd find that most of them devoted one week to efforts to help the handicapped ? and that was that. But things have been different in this community. Realizing that the handicapped can't be helped in just one week, the town's "Employ the Handicapped" committee has ? continued to function. And the keynote has been: "Let's do something besides talk." The committee met three times in October and discussed various ways in which the handicapped could be aided to find suitable employment. Last Wednesday night, the handicapped persons themselves were invit ed to a ^ ftk the (^ijrthousa and ask ed to state what they can uo or would like, to do to earn money. Two hours were spent in discussion and although no concrete plans were made, it appears that a gift shop and possibly a handicraft plant and other special projects will be supported through the joint venture of several civic leaders and the handicap ped persons themselves. One thing is definite, however; people THE MOUNTAINEER Waynesvifte, North CaroHna Main Street Dial GL 6-5301 The County Seat of Haywood County Published By TIIE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER, Inc. W. CURTIS RUSS ? Editor W, Curtis Russ and Marlon T. Bridges^ Publishers PUBLISHED"EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY HAVWOOD COUNTY Ope Year $3 00 Seven Months 2.00 Three Months _ 1.00 NORTH CAROLINA One Year Z U^.r ' $4 00 Six Months , 2.23 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA Otte Year .... $4.50 Six Months 2.50 Entered at the post office at Waynesville. N. C., as Sec ond Class Mail Matter, as provided under the Act of March 2. 1879, November 20. 1914. MEMBER-OF THE ASSOCIATED-PRESS " The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use *nf re-publication of all the local newt printed In this newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches Monday Afternoon. November 9, 1953 Few Peaceful Yeats Since 1918 Thirty-five years ago Wednesday, t'.ie Armistice for the First World War was sign . ed The occasion brought much joy and cele brating, as should any move to stop a bloody war. Since that Armistice was signed in 1918, ( there have been two other wars come to an ,end?a hot war and a cold war. The first World War, which was said to be the war to end all wars, soon saw an even longer and more destructive-conflict as World War II began. Then a few years after World War II, the cold war of Korea started, and raged J for several years before the signing of the j recent truce. 1 On the eve of this Armistice Day in 1953, the events of affairs in the Far East look t discouraging for a continuation of World Peace. In fact, there have been but a few peaceful years since 1918, however, that does ] not mean we should let up on our efforts i for striving for the goal of permanent world peace. x. Part Of Haywood Tries Out j The United Fund This morning saw the start of the first United Fund drive ever staged in Haywood, ' as Canton, Bethel and Clyde inaugurated | the plan and sought a goal of $32,229 for ' twelve major projects. The entire county will' be watching with interest the campaign being staged by these communities. They have set up $1500 for their Christ mas fund; $300 for two White Cane drives; , $2,500 for Boy Scouts; $1,900* for Girl . Scouts; $1,280 for United Defense; $2,500 3 for operating expenses; $2,248 for reserve; $1,500 for Heart Association; $6,501 for , the Red Cross; $2,000 for the Canton band; $5,000 for emergency rfeserve, and a similar amount for the unallocated contingency. The slogan of the campaign is "Give once for all nine organizations." The project will mean a big saving in : time for those who have to make convaspes, and we predict a successful campaign, with everyone happier under the United Fund system. Business Or Soort Thq United States Supreme Court has be fore it an old question: Is organized baseball a business or a sport? The question was last answered Jtay tiie** highest court in 1922, when the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote the opinion of the court, holding that baseball is a sport and the anti-trust laws do not apply to it. In modern days baseball is both a business and a sport. It is a business in which many engage as stockholders, particularly in the minor leagues, Without profit or hope of profit, because of interest in the game of , baseball. Owners of ball clubs have always contend ed that contracts gives them exclusive rights fo the services of players, plus the right to sell the contracts, along with the exclusive clause, to other ball clubs, are necessary for the maintenance of organized baseball. Many players agree and- do not object to the con * tracts, which would not be tolerated in any other line of business in this country. Other players disagree and three of them have carried their disagreement to the highest court. The decision of the court will be awaited with eagerness by a great many people. ?Raleigh News and Observer. have to realize that helping the handicapped involves much more than a one-week publici ty campaign. And so It seems that some con structive action will result from the words which have gone before. Voice of the People What do you think of the result* of the elections held last week? Enos Boyd: **I don't think they have any particular significance as far as the national trend is con cerned." Jule Noland: "It sounds good for the country. It ought to suit every body around here?especially the Democrats, and I haven't heard the Republicans complaining." - Mrs. Ruth Beaty: "I think the \merican people are hard to fool." Mrs. Bill Prevost: "I think the flections were purely local situa tions and has no significance from i national standpoint." Irvinr Leatherwood: "I think hp Democratic victories indicate a dissatisfaction with some depart ments of the present administra tion." Mrs. R. L. Coin: "I'm proud about the governors but sorry about congress since I think the president should have the support af congress." HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL Looking Back Over The Years 15 YEARS AGO October travel in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park ihows 20 percent increase over last fear. Mrs. George Ward of Asheville visits friends in town. Miss Mary Strlngfield becomes bride of John Cornelius Allen of Burlington, Vt. Mrs. Noble Garrett and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Braren are spending a few days in Charlotte. 10 YEARS AGO , D. Reeves Noland purchases the Clyde Ray building and also the Allen building on Main Street. Joe Rose buys McCracken building. George Bisehoff is elected presi dent of the Hazelwood Boosters Club. , Gen. James W. Jenkins, com mander of "the State Guard, is high in praise of the local unit. Pfc. Joe Palmer spends 5-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn C. Palmer. 5 YEARS AGO The Waynesville National Guard Unit is redesigned as Heavy Tank Company. The Misses Elaine and Elnora ! Rush, twin sisters, are married in .double wedding ceremony. Mrs. Everett Camp returns from a visit to Mrs. Charlotte Burkhart in Blacksburg, Va. Joe W. Davis returns from Washington, D. C-. where he pur chased equipment for his studio. Views of Other Editors ' NO PROOF NEEDED In his weekly column, Louis Sraves, editor of The Chapel Hill rVeekly, makes the following ob iervation: In viewof the Jaet that sopne :ifB&ns hlfve to ram e that Chapel I fill has become big enough to be j :alled a city and so I ought to quit :alling it a village. I am interest-! ?d to see these businesses listed n the directory: Village Beauty Shop. Village Cabinet Shop, Village Laundry and Cleaners, Village Pharmacy, Village Self-Service Laundry, Village Radio and TV Service, and Village Service Sta tion. Mrs. Roland MeClamroch gave the name Village Apartments to the apartment house she put up several years ago and now her son, Sandy, has named his concern the Village Broadcasting Company. The listings prove nothing un less it be that Mr. Graves is an influential editor. That fact needs no proof. Those who contend that the word "village" is no longer ap propriate when applied to Chapel Hill will still concede that Mr. Graves and his Weekly influence a lot of people. In fact, were Mr. Graves to go to the other extreme and refer constantly to Chapel Hill as a "metropolitan center" for 30 ycafrs. he doubtless would not have to wait nearly that long before he could present numerous listings in the telephone directory containing the word "metropolitan". Such listings, however, would not prove that Chapel Hill is a metropolis any more than the present listings prove that it is a village. THE LOST BIRD A man named C. T. Johnson, who lives in the Ridgewood district of Queens, was awakened the other night by the cry of a whipporwill. "I was half asleep, half awake," he said, "but that sound once heard can never be mistaken for anything else. It disturbed a dog nearby, kept him barking for several min utes." So Meyer Berger reported in Monday's New York Times^ for the benefit of New Yorkers and others wdio*e amazement was probably exceeded only by that of the whipporwill crying out alone in a borough of the world's biggest city. Some birds are city birds?the sparrow, the pigeon, and pets such a* canaries and members of the parrot family. Many of them would seem out of place?they might even starve?In the wide open spaces. But the whippoorwill? If ever there was a country bird, this is one. Its cry is rivaled in Its haunt ing tone and quality only by that of the turtle dove sounding across a hollow on a foggy, foggy morn ing. Whippoorwills?or those we used to hear?are twilight and night birds. After the sun foes down. In that time that is neither day nor night, when the stock is being fed and it's almost, but not quite time to turn on lights and all is very still?then the whip poorwill cries on a distant hill and people pause for a moment, listen ing. But a whippoorwill in the city? That bird was lost and a. long way! from home. His home is the forest of a warm twilight and night, and his audience is a barefoot boy won dering who poor Will was and why he should be whipped. ?The Winston-Salem Journal. By ANY NAME The directors of the North Caro lina Merchants association wisely went on record against "any form of federal sales tax?at manufac turer or retail level." There have been some indications that the ? Eisenhower administration, while [ opposing a sales tax?a retail sales tax, that is?might try to out over a so-called manufacturers' excise tax in order to cut income and excess profits taxes. By any namev a sales tax is a soles tax. Indeed, if a choice had to be made between a visible retail sales tax or a hidden manufac turers' excise tax the clear and naked sales tax would be prefer able. . Nobody should get mixed up over labels. Any federal sales tax would be a plan to soak the poor. ?Raleigh News and Observer. FAITH ENDURING One set of stories Americans brought back from Korean prison camps filled us with vast, humble pride. Those were the tales of re ligious services held in defiance of atheistic captors. A group of prisoners would form a ring on a Sunday morning, try ing to look as though they were Duck Prefers Dog SAN DIEGO, Calif.