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Editorial Page of The Mountaineer Many Fans Are Poor Sports We guess that very few communities are spared of incidents at sporting events, which tend to reflect on the area as a whole. Such is the case in Klkin, where The Tribune in a pointed editorial went on to say that the conduct of some fans at athletic contests in and around Surry county is deplorable. Few sporting events are held without someone in the crowd of spectators getting besides themselves. This is true of contests of a few score fans, and those running into the thousands. Unfortunately some fans feel that with the purchase of a ticket goes the privilege of acting and doing as they please. The Tribune in discussing a recent game in Klkin, went on to say in their editorial: "Oddly enough, it is not the students or the players who get so upset and excited as to make spectacles of themselves. It is the adults who should know better, and who should be anxious to set a good example for the young folks.. What is a youngster who plays basketball or football, and who is in doctrinated with the importance of good sportsmanship along with his athletic train ing, going to think of his parents or the neighbors next door, who come to the games and lose all sense of respectability and fre quently turn a sporting event into a mad house? "We agree with school officials and with those officials whose job it is to referee the various games, but the time has come to do something about the rowdy fans. After all, he not only sets a bad example for those playing the game, and the youngsters watch ing it, but he also ruins the game for those superior adults whose spirit of fair play and good s|K?rtsmanship places them above such action. And if it takes closed athletic con tests to cure the admittedly bad situation, then bar adult fans from the games, and leave them open only to the students who, it must be admitted in a great many cases, conduct themselves much better than do their elders." An Even Greater Resnonsibility Last Friday night. at Duke University. The Mountaineer received two more awards from the North Carolina Press Association. One was for news coverage and the other for photography in the semi-weekly field. Needless to sav, we are proud of the rec ognition. and will hang the awards with much pride among some others in our front office. ? The awards, as we place our interpreta tion upon them, are recognition of the fact that we have worked hard to give our read ers full coverage of the news of Haywood county, both in the printed word and the | printed picture. Roth of these require far more time than a layman can imagine, and as the expense accounts will reveal, such thorough coverage costs a lot of money. Upon receipt of these two awards we are mindful of the added responsibility which is ours in the future. We have always believed that constantly improving is one of the greatest sources of satisfaction of living. j Before we received the awards we had | mapi>ed a program for the year, including j the addition of some new type faces (some you have already seen) as well as some new news features. So instead of taking a bow to ourselves, may we say that the recent receipt of the awards is further inspiration to work even harder for our thousands of readers?and we are grateful that the list is growing larg er with each issue. Voice of the People Do you approve of a television tower on top of Mt. Pisgah? Mrs. Fred Allison. Jonathan Creek?"Yes. I do. We don't have TV yet because the reception isn't satisfactory, but we would have a set if there were a tower on Pis gah." Mrs. David Felmet. 143 Balsam Drive?"If there are other moun tain peaks around Iicre that would serve the purpose of TV. I think they should be used instead of hav ing the natural beauty of Pisgah marred by a man-made tower." The Rev. James >1. Coleman. pastor of Shady Grove Methodist Charge, Jonathan Creek?"Of all the absurdities I have ever heard, this is one. We talk as if Mt. Pis gah is the only mountain in West ern North Carolina. A television tower is not boing to hurt Mt. Pis gah at all." Mrs. George Bischoff, 204 Main St., Hazelwood?"Indeed I do ap prove it. We don't have TV but I want one when the reception in this area is good enough." Looking Back Over The Years 20 YEARS AGO Committees ae working in an ef fort to secure a modern airport for this community. Mrs. J. M. Long returns from New York where she purchased spring merchandise for >J, M. Long's Store at Hazelwood. Edwin Fincher. a lending mer chant of Clyde, spends Tuesday in Waynesville. Mrs. T. Lenoir Gwyn and Mrs. S. H; Bushne.il attend tea given by Mrs. George Ward at her home in Asheville honoring Mrs. W. A. LamBelh. 10 years ago Jimmy Swanger is winner of Leo Jackson declamation contest spon sored by Haywood Chapter, Uni ted Daughters of the Confederacy. i Lt. Col. William Sloan, Medical Corps, U. S. Army, is sent to Mayo Foundation for special training. Lt. Robert H. Winchester is now stationed in the Aleutian Islands. Lt. Hattie J. Frazier. ,U. S. Army Nursing Corps, arrives safely in England. 5 YEARS AGO i Work will start in 10 days on 4-H Camp adjoining the State Test Farm. Haywood reaches $13,000 polio ' goal. Roosevelt Ball sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi. draws crowd of 1,500. Dorcas Bell Love chapter, DAR. celebrates 50th anniversary with luncheon at The Towne House. I.t. Ben F,. Colkitt, Jr. arrives from Mediterranean cruise and is visiting his parents. Views of Other Editors ADMINISTRATION IS WISE IN PLACING SPOTLIGHT ON SUR PLUSES IN EFFORT TO FIND WAY Ol'T OF OCR DILEMMA A year ago. Secretayr of Agri culture Benson set the dairy price supports at 90 per cent of parity in order to give the industry time to cut back its production to nor mal peacetime levels. A recent check on production re veals that farmers are milking two per cent more cows and each cow is giving lour per cent more milk. Since the winter has been milder than usual in the dairy states, pro duction has not taken the normal drop at this season. The result is that production is up five per cent. Uncle Sam is the dairy farmer's best customer, as he buys butter, dried milk and cheese at a furious and expensive rate to keep it off the market. More than $700,000 is being spent every day for butter and $320,000 is spent daily for dried milk More than 500,000 pounds of cheese is also being bought every day. The ironic fact is that the tax payer in this country is having his money spent for surpluses in order to keen up the price of the food which he must buy. The Eisenhower administration is tackling the problem, but no one knows whether a workable solution is possible. The surpluses must be drastically reduced, and in our economy, it appears that production must be geared, in one way or another, to consumption. Some of the surpluses will go for school lunches as well as to char itable institutions, and the sugges tion has been made that since the United States is building bases in many parts of the world, it might be possible to trade off some of our dairy, wheat and cotton sur pluses for labor and materials to those countries where bases are under construction In recent days, considerable dis cussion has been started over the sale of butter to the Russian gov ernment, the price to be about 50 cents a pound. Already outspoken opposition to this plan has been of fered. because it has been demons trated that if butter were offered to the American housewife at 50 cents a pound, butter sales woukl climb promptly to high levels At present, the government is paving 67 cents a pound for surplus but ter, and the price at the stores runs about 80 cents. Every part of this country, and that includes Stanly county, has a vital interest in the disposition of surpluses, because If our farm pop ulation suffers economically, the country is affected. From time to time, we get hints that the big farmers of the country who run their farms like manufac turing plants and who really do not need help, are taking full advan tage of the government farm pro gram We have the feeling that if thorough investigation were made of those who are receiving the big-) gcst benefits, some benefit revisions might be effected that would change the surplus picture entirely. We are glad that the present ad ministration is putting the spot light on surpluses, and what they are costing the country. Perhaps this will serve to uncover a way out of our dilemma. ?Stanly News and Press BIG TIME MOONSIlINING The moonshiner used to be de picted as a bare-footed hick who had iust enough wit and wisdom to follow a mountain path I > his still. His product was recognized as potent hut at least it left most of his Customers able to walk to jail under their own steam. But the trade is rapidly expand ing and some of the newcomers to the business are not so conscien tious about the makeup of their beverage. The illicit liquor trade is grow ing fastest where big city mobs ! arp best organized, according to W, W Wachtel. president of Cal :\ert Distillers. Inc.. who is making an appeal to Congress to do some thing about this unfair and unwar ranted comoetition for his business. Some of the stuff is produced in tremendous stills in the hig towns themselves, In other cases the big city bootleggers buv mountain made moonshine and stretch it Jwi'h denatured alcohol or methyl. Methyl, of course, is wood al | cohol which has the dubious ad ) vantage of partially embalming those victims it kills. Southern moonshiners hiding alone s'reams in the mountains are small frv and don't worry Mr. Wachtel too much Usually they use fruit jars for their product rather than try to refill some of Mr. Wachtel's own bottles as the city slickers do to give their beverage class. Not only is this sort of business unfair competition for Mr. Wach tel's firm and dangerous to the general public or that part which buys this contraband stuff on the theory that it is getting good stuff cheap, but it is also cheating the government out of millions of dol lars worth of taxes. When you catch one of these high powered lads who operates in a city basement, a $250 fine for operating an illegal distillery is about the maximum punishment that can be expected. We don't know what Congress can do about the problem But since it has demonstrated it can deal pretty effectively with the income tax evader, maybe it can also do something for the dis penser of poison.?Shelby Star. 1 EGISL \TIVE SECRECY SHOULD BE THE BIG ISSUE According to the North Carolina Press Association one of the ma jor issues in this year's primary and general elections will be that of legislative secrecy. There is little auestion that it should be one of the major issues since it concerns everv man. wo man and child in North Carolina. Thev deserve the right to know | what is taking place. Anv meeting of representatives cf the peonle should he ooen to the press This is especially true when legislative action is being t'>ken since the people must carry the burden of poor legislation as yvelt as reaping the harvest. Men elected to nnsitions wherebv | thev are supposed to renresent the I wishes of the peonle should have ne'hing to hide. If a candidate for 1 office states his views during the campaign then there is no need Rambling 'Jfoujj . Bits Of Human Interest News-^. at* By Frances Gilbert Fra/i r Vltl an With the coming of sunny days, the er. ? the Courthouse will be accommodate M| Taking advantage of one of Way t.eville's Wi ni men were sitting there exchanging vie. SM The Korean situation, the United Nations, Three, annexation of Hawaii and Alaska, had a going-over. Then the conversation t in i j j "It's a tarnal shame," vouchsafed one of h W cutting down money for the home folk i d i "It sure is." his companion resounded. "just /as getting our justice." Silence fc r a few m "or first speaker: "Well." he said, stroking < to them that waved their flags so vigorously for (l are getting ready to haul in their banners " Raindrops gently patting the heads ol ^ ilrl Speaking of Spring! It came right in an tht to chter us though the rain and snow do tin , It calendar. A huge hunch of golden sunsliim in th low Bell, still in the embryo siage. was b:vu >"1 most thoughtful ladies we know. Fj Each day we will watch the litt'c yellow t! a troubled world. Their daily presence v It i & tion of the wonders of a Creator who c..n ; tjj and such friends. 9 H Practice what you preach, or leave the p> ) < ? Whenever Little Johnnv was part ion' mother knew he was "sugaring" her up for t he had done something he shouldn't. So when one afternoon and greeted his mother wi'h extra pretty today." -he was it taiftly alert I is it this time'.'" she asked him; Johnny look 9 he hesitatingly replied: "I just wanted to bhrr< I surprise, his mother persisted: "Why?" The i' promptly: "I want to but Daddv a ra/ n ' ? y ll Johnny. You know that." I.iltii Johnnv -i. ?? II other. "He doesn't now I broke his thi- mo: Ue ? * Bel I.ife isn't hard to understand If one will give a helping !. 9 A friendly smile, a gas "Itelh -j Will smooth the path o'er \ us So short a time we're here on ?;h We ought to live for all it it'; ?Jj .?; _ for him to hide Wis vote on legis lative measures unless he had done an about-face from promises and feels it politically unhealthy to let the folks at home know where he stands. This Issue applies not only to state representatives but to all rep resentatives'of the people. This in cludes local town boards where many times votes on various con troversial issues are cast "behind the barn". If the people aren't in terested it eliminates the need for secrecy. If they are interested there is no alternative but to make pub lic knowledge all legislative action. The 1953 secrecy law was passed without much thought given to rights of the people to know. It is now un to the people to realize that any secrecy law invades a right of the people. Now is the time for the people to decide whether it i- riaht or wrong. Once you decide, tell your General Assembly candidate Hunior' Id: ^ I!A T! I' I ' tg ti'. I'll lib- _ I Peek; ? I ? ? W, ' a shotemi When ; lirmso *': I'm not tin a spare ? tin : , about it arii.' !' for you If 1 respond to have the la it 3 privile. < ?Tin Tat :C? f What Next? We knew it would happen. There was no ?way to stop it. Another marathon fad. And of all things, gum chewing?yes, the race is on to see who can chew the largest wad of gum the longest period of time. Some fellow started out chewing 20 sticks for two hours. His record was shortlived. Someone jammed 30 sticks of gum in their mouth and chewed for three and a half hours. That record too, was short-lived, as a college man made his wad out of an even fifty sticks and chewed away for the same length of time. All this was more than the weaker sex could stand, so a 23-year-old miss put 51 sticks between her molars and started work ing her jaws. At the end of four hours, she claimed the title as world champion. A Tar Heel boy, with nothing more to do down at Hallsboro, chomped on 60 sticks for four and a half hours to claim the state championship. This fad follows along the same line of ? the one where contestants would swallow ! live goldfish, or bite catapillars in two. Then j there were the flagpole sitters, and some of | the fool-hardy who tried Russian roulette, vor 'chicken" in car racing. After, all, guess the gum chewing is not the worst thing on earth, unless you should happen to step in one of those giant-size wads of contest gum. t'gh. Medic ine Looks Ahead One welcome section of the President's State of the Union message was his reitera tion of his determined oppositioYi to social ized medicine. Mr. Kisenhower said, in effect, that he lielieves our medical problems should and can be solved within the framework of our free system. ^ The progress that has been made in solv B in" many of the problems involved in a comparatively brief period of time has been tremendous. No major nation can boast of health standards or of medical service equal to ours. And the most intensive kind of work is heinir done to solve and alleviate the prob lems that remain. The attitude of the medical fraternity as a whole was indicated in a recent statement by the head of the American Medical As sociation. He predicted that 1954 will be a year of great achievement in the medical field. He then urged the nation's doctors to continue to bring the best service possible to all of our people; to make available full ser vice to all rural areas; to engage in all civic activities and other non-medical enterprises that are of benefit to their communities, and to faithfully abide by medicine's traditional high ethics. THE MOUNTAINEER WaynesTlIVr, North Carolina Main Street Dial GL 6-5301 The County Seat of ITaywood County Published By HIE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER, Inc. W. CURTIS RUSS . - Editor W Curtis Russ and Marlon T. Bridges Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY HAYWOOD COUNTY One Year ~r_ ? $3 00 Seven Months 2.00 Three Months ... . . . 100 NORTH CAROLINA One \ ar - - $4 00 Six lft.itHa . 2 25 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA Dne Yea4 .... $4 54 51* Months 2 50 Entered at the post offlre at Wayneavtlle, N C . as fee ond Claaa Mail Matter, aa provided under the Art of March 2 1879, November 20, 1914 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use for re-publication of all the local news printed In this newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches Monday Afternoon. February 1, 1951 (~ I lic\ II Do It J:very lime 3M BULLISTER IS T4E GUY VVLlO'S ALWAYS VDWLINlG ABOUT BEAUTIFYIMG THE OLD HOME TOWN ? < Mi. MAVOR--WECITIZEMS I ( MAVE PORMEV TUE* PRETTY \ i \ fi ? V CITY COMMITTEE"/ AS A* - ] ?77 FOUNDER AMD CMAIRM AM V 1.1 OF TWAT COMMITTEE X ; |/\demamp you keep our/ ?<? By Jimmy Hatlo I HEM^rr^r ? look who's talking / get a load i of mow bullister keeps mouse// I [aI^CU*M\ \j$ / jv.wi i o jlftnr dk. |<| eflktplmt< j2 * &murn skine mm mort brilliantly 'fluh 4lll rlanlf ifcut. aa^p By R. J. SCOTT \ . filibuster, 1 /l, AM iJtAl^ULAA KIILrfW 1 /ihi asvimaiaw, "augoatlr I CARDINAL J SPARROW, FILIBUSTER, ; , J TuX? ' WtlX W*AS*C Kq sa^awrj? IlU/*W /? ?* OiftA*b*V <Ao<tcS, Sool OVLR.IUiN LAKL mm?. ( * su?wk>* p \C ft It ^ Sla uampwys. jta&wASHwtJ MARCH OF EVENTS ^ Latin American Trade CapcHcrt endm Boost Congress Aim? Urga Cvuiness" Special to Central Press WASHINGTON?Be on the watch for step action designed to boost United States ti ica. Senator Homer E. Capehart (R), Indiana, < h r' banking committee, has just returned from an e\t' America and is calling for increased trade with America. Capehart may hold hearings this month on t ImP?rt an(l the World Banl trading operations soutn 01 i: tive to buyers and sellers. In another development, J Smathers (D), Florida, say t "must cultivate nv>rc trade v. He comments: "We have pot more with them, Tax barm : " reduced." Most trade experts agree a ' "?' * for American goods can be op* t 1 llr 'f' mont moves to provide a certa latior.. The whole problem n airing at the hearings Capehar Senator Homer * * * 1 Capehart ? SIT OUT POSSIBILITY P ? I Senate Democrats "sit out" '' 'V.J legislative battles which come up in the new ses>.> ' 1 Despite the fact they are leaving the Republii in ' 1 Senate, they hold a 48 to 47 numerical advantage "',-er j the one Independent, Senator Wayne Morse of Or' ? i Side with them on almost every issue. j However, prominent Democrat:: leaders favor a ftr': ' I they will leave it up to the Republicans to scrap <>? 1 r' 4 hower's legislative program. They will sit by as that any quarrels among the GOI' will be fully ?p' This will be particularly true when debate < MS trade, foreign aid, taxation, boosting the debt limit nd where Republicans are divided among thems< lv< , These tactics may compel the President to exert harmony among the two wings of his party even " pated and it may enable the Democrats to point t" 1 divided, undecisive political faction when the lb&l <? paigns get underway. ? MCCARTHY'S ALLY?A source close to A Hon ? ? | Brownell says the nation's top law enforcement < ft s< Is a keen supporter of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy* Republican of Wisconsin. According to this source, Brownell Is willing to -1 J to bat for the senator if it were necessary to hi P McCarthy Investigate the Communist conspiracy >n the United States. , ' It is not widely-known that Brownell is consider' ' 0 ( staunchest ally in the Cabinet. The reasoning be!ioi> _ _ to this source, is that Brownell prefers to have investigations subcommittee wage war with rather than have the administration involved in any Communists or pro-Red sympathizers.
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