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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
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W. CURTIS RUSS ? Editor
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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. <AP) ? A
large white drake of Mr. and Mrs.
Merlin Hatfield prefers the com
pany of his dog friend Joe to that
of his duck family. The drake
sleeps with Joe at night, helps the
dog dig squirrel holes and creeps
under the house with Joe for sies
tas in the heat of the day.
having a "bull session". Then
they'd murmur softly, so the
guards couldn't make out; .
"Holy, Holy, Holy,
Lord God Almighty.
Early in the morning
Our song shall rise to Thee."
It's outside the experience of
most of us to be able to picture
the scene.
The prisoners were ailing, semi
starved, and knew that they were
guilty of a crime in the eyes of
?heir guards. Their clothes were
ragged, their faces thin and beard
ed. They were as unlikely looking
a lot of worshipers as members of
i typical American congregation
can imagine at first thought.
Watching them were armed
Communists, better dressed, bet
ter fed. to all appearances better
ofT in all ways.
Around was the snow or mud of
the prison yard.
Stained glass, organ music, safe
ty and comfort were miles and
must have seemed light years away.
Was this the setting for worship?
And the almost thunderous an
swer is that of all places, it was.
The men found it so.
They had reached a limit where
only essentials matter. They had no
rich, obvious material blessings
for which t0 give thanks, and
they nrayed for no small affairs
and aid.
. Bather, they told God they trust
ed in Him. They offered the almost
perfect prayer, that speaks of faith
enduring in time of sorest woe.?
San Diego, Calif., Evening Tribune.
Rambling'Round1
Bits Of Human Interest News?.
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
ARMISTICE DAY?1918! November 11. A day of rejoie^
millions; tears by countless families who had given up sons ^
and husbands to the cruel mastery of the war god. Prayers thaa
rt,v would mean the end of all wars! Readjustments restgnati,
the future by those left blinded, gassed and crippled. New ilvet
homes new hopes for those who had returned safely
ARMISTICE DAY?1953! November 11. A day of unre*.
certainty a day when the terp "truce" is a hollow mockery lh*
been towed on tbe wind like a toy balloon for years, A balloon!
with the air of deceit, camouflage and procrastination Instead
peace, war trembles in the balance and a world awaits each
rise with apprehension.
ARMISTICE DAY?19 ? When will Armistice Day mean
peace has come to a war-weary, troubled wond?
A politician's platform has so many worn-out planks in it ,
wonder It falls apart as soon as the candidate is elected.
Saturday was always a big day in little Mary's life, for that
the day she came to town with Daddy, just the two of them ii
It was a planned occasion that both father and little girl anticip
from one week to the next. They started gayly out this sunny Si
day afternoon and soon were window shopping. Every window i
the little girl's attention and opinion on its contents. One particii
in which exquisite lingerie was displayed, captivated her fancy.
Daddy," she cried excitedly, "let's buy Mommie one of those. ' p
ing to a lovely nylon slip. "But we don't know the right size, count
her father. "Oh, that's all right," little Mary replied. It don't nu
Daddy. Mommie Vill exchange it anyway."
Maybe the rain does fall alike on the just and the unjust,
but the unjust gets the wettest (we hope).
/ Lest we forget those men who sleep
In silent graves. White crosses keep
A vigil there. And poppies red
Wave softly o'er the sleeping dead.
On memory's tomb w? place a wreath
Of immortelles. And write beneath
LEST WE FORGET! LEST WE FORGET!
Patience is a precious jewel that we lose every day.
Place Name
HIGH POINT (AP)?High Point
College draws many students from
ail over the United States and
many from foreign countries.
But there's no doubting the al
legiance of one applicant for ad
mission to the freshman class.
Her name? Miss North Carol
Liner of Hillsboro.
Workers in U. S. bituminous coal
surface mines produce an average
of 16 tons per man-day.
A Continental Army manual I
written by Baron von Steuben cau-!
tioned soldiers against "vexing the
inhabitants" near their camps.
Horsefly Pet Wins
SHELTON. Conn. (APM
Munson, 14, won first prize fo
most unusual entry in a pet;
He displayed a horsefly in i
carved out of a cork.
World production of coil
lignite exceeds 1.7 billion ton
year, with the United Slates
ducing one-third of the world
The population of Baja il
California peninsula has <k
in less than 10 years.
The first two fire engines
operated machines i were sh
into New York City in 1731.
OtuuleWASHINGTO
MARCH OF EVENTS =
Unci* Sam's Fiscal Ills Worrisome Problem Pi
Become Crowing Headache j Congress Before Elec
Special to Central Press
TV 7" A8HINGTON?There's a hoary, moth-eaten old adage ?
W politicians that the man most likely to succeed in publie
and keep getting re-elected longest is the legislator who votes ft
appropriations and against all taxes.
Like most moth-eaten old adages, there is a lot of truth in it.
Is why, if you buttonholed any of the few Republican legislatw
town (what with Congress on vacation), you'd find them he'avi
collective sigh of relief that President Eisenhower has announced
hp U'nn'f Q air Pah ikn A# _ n.L. * a <M tha novl CPS.lil
vnc ciiatiiiicjn, ui a s'aica UA HI ure ?V?? ???
Congress to bolster up the Treasury's saj
revenues.
With 1654 being an election year and all I
bers of the House of Representatives up fa
election artd with slightly over a third of the Si
also facing the voters (several seats ?1H '
stake for unexpired terms of legislators who
died or resigned), there was just too mod
sistance on the part of the solons to a sales
Frqiji the point ef viey of congressmen sei
re-electiofi all taxes are bail, but sales taxes
the worst because they are right out in p|ai"
where their irate constituents can see them,
is why most taxes are hidden from the view o
public like a rabbit in a magician's hat. You
them, but they don't hurt quite as bad because
don't see them.
President
iisenhewer
I P?"??EaJdI(?eS wfifeN? W BEIVG MADE ln the TrMSUJ
I amount and kin* ? Hbuae which will drastically affect!
Wat Sitiwin pay next y<ar Thcre is ,t:" 1
traded from. added and others subtracted?or at least!
I Congress block a ?"i ^'J gC down about 10 per cent next year J
J profits tax on comn .? ed cut- which is very unlikely. The m
This iriT?10" wi" ala<> exPire at the end of the yej
' which will a tan* taxpayers, but bad news for the Tr??
Another S3 bni.n? ,? about 95 billion in revenue from the I
I when the income ? eve"u? loss to the Treasury will come next AM
and a flock of exef * ? corporations is reduced another fixe perl
Congress has eJOtitVt' ?n Wings you use, expire automat*
United States ..ni^ - y law a limit on the public debt ??
now owes about 9273 hmi*1 ,2?? b,ll,on- The rub comM ln '"V J
I or me a lonr tim* tt . a ? a billion or two might 1MB
I money is chicken feed?to h?m ** * **tUn? operator and that km
I try, the debt*v' that when Congress comes back nertj
will the Treasury be ihi , upped Rl*ht tow, the only queatJ??
?ry be able to pay all Its bills until then ? I
can'be SmSES* 8 N?w STUDYING what kinds of newl
reductions Th#? ? .re,) ac? revenue lost through these k*
We mSS^ZLSZIS5 has ** ?led out. b"> a closely-.!"^
I ween them is thai ?k h" not' ^ically. the different
the taxed brorti.il tax is paid by the m**
paraUvely few m *n0t by the buyer' Since the tax is on.?
b'Kher pifcel I ^anUfaCtUrer" and " """ted in J
many people are n g00d" and not stated separately, f\o> htm
Ux.W P P'e are not aware that they are paying the M 6ttiM
ment'of^mamf'y lhl? neXt year wil' We enact- MonvMm
?at tax o?T all '"^"'acturcra' taxes, or perhaps a J
?nd a manufactured ri10!1**1 ,00da' The Trea5ur>' rwd' T.M
? bout 300 000 ?asy to administer because there
Week wouKave hHHdiUier' ',f a aa,es tax had been ensc#
million retailer/! T! to hav* h**" k?Pt on more than two tnd*
AsS^g??ch a tax is easier to get through Co*
reduction on did *?rloujl>' ^'"g considered is that the
for April i he ?!) ,ncome Uxe? and many excise tax?
Pew taxes will At ,ny r,t?. there's little doubt M
1,1 " add?d to your but early next yeer. ?
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