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Six More Weeks?That's Goo<l
We were not unduly excited last week
when the Groundhog was supposed to peek
out and predict the weather for the next six
weeks.
Somehow, we had a feeling that we need
ed six more weeks of winter, because we
felt that there remained many kicking bean
beetles that might not survive six more
weeks of blizzardy weather. The same goes
for some pesky flies.
We are not among that group that regards
the prediction of six more weeks of winter
as too bad. In fact, it is too early for fruit
trees to begin thinking about spring, and six
more weeks of rest will do them good. That
will mean just about the 15th of March?
oh, oh, what are we saying?the 15th of
March - - - why that's the day we have a
d ate with Uncle Sam and must pass over to
him a big sheaf of tax reports. And that's
enough to make anyone forget whether it
is winter or spring.
Oh well, Mr. Groundhog, you can wake up
March 15th and not have a worry on your
mind. That's more than a lot of people we
know will be able to say.
ITazehvood Looks To Greater Goals
C'vic loaders of Hazelwood can tighten
their belts a little tighter. and muster a lit
tle more enthusiasm now. that they have an
extra $ 100 in the treasury for their 1951
Finer Carolina contest program.
The group with the $100 contest prize
money from the 1953 contest have now tast
ed victory, and this should encourage them
on to greater achievements in the months a
hea
The major goal, as far as cash is concern
ed. is the ton place of $1,000. And while that
would be splendid in every way to win such
a handsome prize, we feel that in such an
event as the Finer Carolina Contest -just
fek 1 i' ? the CDF Contest there are other
Vthinvs which are often won by a community
and that are not reflected in the dollar and
c<"'ts of the award itself. And among these
are: civic pride, cooperation, and the pleas
nr- of working together for a finer com
munity.
'Having seefl and heart! the Hazelwood re
port on their 195.3 achievements, we knew
*" the fin>e?4hnt they had won tl?e satisfac
tion of aeeomnlishing several worthwhile
protects. Now the announcement has been
made that added to this satisfaction goes
?ino to the treasury, we feel that they will
work harder thanever for an even greater
program and cash awards in 1951.
Those now looking forward most hopefully
to summer will no doubt be among the first
to complain about hot weather.
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Personal Editorial Comments
By W, Curtis Rush
Many citizens in the Piedmont and East
ern areas of North Carolina are amazed upor
Naming that the sections around Greens
boro and Durham have more snow than Hay
wood county.
One prominent citizen said, upon greeting
us recently, at Duke Uunversity: "Hardly
expected you to get here; how did you dig
out of the deep snow?"
Governor William B. Umstoad loolcs like
he feels much better than he did four months
ago. His voice seems strong and firmer. He
said he wanted to come back to Haywood for
a visit, but right now, he Jives a rather re
stricted schedule, due to doctor's orders.
Until March he is not supposed to get out
at night.
Political leaders ami political writers at
the Press Meeting in Chapel Hill and Dur
ham. assumed with a degree of certainty that
W. Kerr Scott would be in the race for the
Senate, opposing Senator Alton Lennon. The
same folk, who are supposed to have an ear
to the political grapevine, predict the race
will become closer and closer towards the
finish, with the winner getting there by a
close margin. The political writers sense a
feeling that Senator Lennon will show far
more strength when the campaign ends
than is now accredited him These facts were
gleaner I as we listened to a number talk at
different times and with different groups.
The fact remains, that Mrs. Scott was
against her husband entering the race. She
feels the race and the life of a senator are
too hard, and points to the later Senators
Bailey, Broughton and Smith to emphasize
her point.
We found among the writers and political
leaders, just as here in Haywood, that those
who are for Mr. Scott are all out for hint,
and those who are for Lennon are sincere,
staunch supporters.
The campaign will no doubt take the spot
light in the May primary.
I)r. Frank Graham came hack t<> Chapel
Hill from his work at the United Nations, to
address the Press. He was warmly greeted,
and was presented as "The greatest-'living1
North Carolinian today." The audience rose
at id applauded until he was forced to stand
and acknowledge the applause after his ad
dress.
Kach of the several out-of-state judges of
the newspaper contests, in their comments,
pointed out that North Carolina has as a
whole, the best group of newspapers of any
state in the union. This statement coming
from judges scattered over many states, was
encouraging to those of us who strive to pro
duce a product of improved quality with each
issue. A number of publishers have already
completed plans for making major changes
and improvements of their newspapers. One
publisher consulted with us and is going all
out for pictures in In fact, he plans to
duplicate our type equipment in this depart
ment.
The Mountaineer has some changes that
we plan to make, which we feel our readers
will like.
Wo havo boon attending tho Mid-Winter
Press Institutes at Carolina and Puke sinco
Ip.'ll. Aim! while now friends are made each
year, it is touching to realize how fast many
of those we came to know and love many
years ago have slipped on to the other side
of tho river of life? just as one did within
a few minutes after tho opening session be
gan. Those of us sittimr within a few feet
of her thought she had fainted?little ?Jid
we realize tho suddenness of such a quiet
death.
Voice of the
' People
Is it better to overrate yourself
than to underrate yourself?
Mrs. Clarence (jreen, owner.
Duckett's Store, Crab tree?"1 think
it's better to underrate yourself.
Overrating is bragging, and brag
' ging about yourself, I've always
heard, is half Seattle."
Ralph Dills, manager. Trailway
Fits Station?"I would say It's bet
ter to underrate yourself. People
know what you are and you don't
have to tell them. A person who
overrates himself is usually a brag
ger anyway."
i Miss Thelma Carver, hairdresser,
Claudette Beauty Shop?"It's al
ways better to overrate yourself
because It pays off in the long run.
I think it inspires confidence in
yourself and in other people."
Miss Blanche Lowe, Salvation
Army, Max Patch?"I really think
that you shouldn't think too much
of yourself. Let other people give
you any praise you might deserve
instead of seeking it. Just go about
your work and let the rating take,
. care of itself "
EIGHTEENTH HOLE
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Looking Back Over TheYears
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20 YEARS AGO
Community begins to thaw out
aftt r .'??atljrr of 2 degrees below
zero.
Revival seniles start at the
Wayne ville Presbyterian church
i with the Rev. Ernest Barber
bringing two dailv messages.
? . .. ?
Mis Evelyn Stewart of St. Louis,
is visiting Mr and Mrs. Ernest
(Withers. ?
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Mrs Mildred Tate of A heville
I visits her gandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. P. L. Turb>fill.
10 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bur net ti'
purchase Charlie's Cafe from Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Sultton, Jr.
Ration board moves from the
court houso to the Rose Building
on Main Street.
Miss Margaret Johnston, ncvydy
elected librarian, is speaker at a
t meeting of the DAR.
Dr and Mrs. R S. Roberson and
children go to Fort* Lauderdale.
Fla , to spend a month.
5 YEARS AGO
Judge Dan K. Moore raps drunk
?n drivers as court opens.
Miss Josephine Cabe returns
from an extensive tour of Europe.
The annual silver tea is held by
the Woman's Club for the Haywood
County Library.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Henry
leave for a vacation in Florida.
The Rev. and Mrs. Malcolm R.
Williamson are honored at a tea
Siven by the Women of the Pres
byterian Church.
Frances Williams models origin
al outfit in Fashion Show at
Meredith College.
Views of Other Editors
SEGREGATION AND THE
NEGRO SCHOOLS
Negro teachers and educators,
i an intelligent and patriotic force,
have a big stake in the pending
| decision of the United States
I Supreme Court on racial segrcga-j
I tion in our schools.
The decision may mean the dif
ference between jobs and no jobs
for a great majority of them
Of the 133.000 Negro' educators
in Ihe United States, only 20,000
are employed in the Northeast and
West The remaining 113.000 are
employed in the 17 states and Dis
trict of Columbia which observe
segregation North Carolina. South j
Carolina and Georgia together em
Olov more Negroes in public edu
cation than do all the states of the
North East and West combined.
In North Carolina 25 8 per cent
of the population are Negroes and
20 'per cent of the educational per
sonnel are Negroes. In this state
Negro teachers draw the same pay
as white teachers, certificate fori
certificate.
Compare the ratio of Negro
'enrhi rs to NePro population in
'his si at rt with ttio ratio in New
York where Negroes mak? on 6 2
oer rent of tire population but
where onlv 2 5 ner rent of the edu
".etors fr? N< erpes Onlv in segrc
?ated vehiHil systems do Negroes
hold their full measure of teach
"nne and administrative posts.
Ma\ be that is one reason why
'he Palmetto Kdueation Assoeia
'ion. made up of Negro edueators
'n South Carolina ohns never rone
?>n record opposing segregation
Mavbe that is a reason whv a great
?nanv other Negro teaehers are
openly onnosed to the abolition of
segregation
At least this great body of Negro
teachers, for reasons of self pres
ervation if for no other cause
would have amnle reason to prefer
'hat the Supreme Court leave the
determination of segregation or no
segregation to the states.
We are sure Ne 'ro teaehers want
~quaI educational opportunity for
Nerro children. Hut it is an insult
to their intelligence and long serv
ice to sav this cannot he provided
by Negro teachers Shelby Star.
? ANOTIIK.lt
Whether certain types of crime
tend to occur in cycles must be left
to the historians of crime to say.
Certainly, to many persons, one of
the most striking facts about the
kidnapping in San Francisco of a
prosperous real-estate man is that
it occurred less than a month after
the execution in Missouri of a man
and woman vho had abducted a
small hov and atrociously slain him.
Those two were swiftly tried and
swiftly executed, yet only a matter
of weeks later one of their crimes
Is repeated.
In San Francisco the police work
was even more efficacious than It
was in St. Louis. As a result of j
that admirable job. and the co- [
operation of newspapers, radio and ,
wire services in withholding news I i
of the kidnapping until the police N
could act. the victim has been re- ^
stored unharmed to his family, (
there has been no loss of ransom |'
money and two men are in custody. ?
Presumably in California justice ,
will now work as speedily as it did
in Missouri.
The fact remains that the con
catenation" of-the two kidnappings
is disturbing. Probably no rational
account can be taken of the minds
warped with evil that commit such
deeds and so no predictions can be
made of them Society's only re
course at the present is the skill
of its police, the power of its jus
tice and the imposition of maxi
mum penalties, under the law, for
its own protection.
-The Baltimore Evening Sun.
IS IT "ME'?
I Queen Elizabeth II, according to
a report from her lour in New
Zealand, heard two small girls
near the royal car arguing wheth
er the ladv within was the Queen
j or Princess Margaret. "I leaned
| over,'' the monarch related, "and
said. 'No, it's me'."
A generation ago a number of
? grammatical purists would have in
-isted, and probably some still do,
I hat the proper phrase would bp.
"?It is I " However, the "me" has
| long been accepted linage in Ilrit
ain, and the National Council of
To tellers of England once acknowl
edged it as also an American idiom.
I.ike other idioms it won't parse.'
but it is clearly understood. How
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Bookmobile
Schedule .
Tuesday, February 9
IRON DI'FF; CRABTREE-HYDER
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Mrs. E. W. White 9 20- 9:35
Mrs. Fannie Davis 9:45-10:00
Helen Sanford 10:15-10:30
Duckett's Store 10:45-11:98
Crabtree-lron DufT Sch. 11:10-12:30
E H. Hill 12:45- 1:00
Matt Davis 1:15-1:30
Troy MeCracken 1:45- 2:00
Jennings MeCrary 2:15- 2:30
Willis Smith 2:45- 3:00
Thursday, Feb 11
WEST CANTON
Cromer Criso _ 9:30-10:00
Patton School 10:15-10:45
T, L. Allen's Store 11 00-11:15
A. B. Watts 11:30-11:45
Junaluska School 12:15- 1:15
Fridav. Feb. 12
PANTHER CREEK - WHITE OAK
Dew ev Davis 9:30- 9 45
T.lovd Messer ... 1010-10:40
Sam I.edford 11:00-11:15
Matt. Teaene 11:30-11:45
Dibe Duckett 12:00-12:20
Joe Davis 12:45- 1:10
exnlain. for examole. why a
Frenchman says "Qu'est ceaue
c'est?" (titera'lv "What fs this that
?t is") for "What is this?" And
how satisfactory would it be to
try to straiehten out the svntax of
the well-loved Neero spiritual. "It's
Me O I.ord. Standin' in the Need
o' Prvaerl"?
Arluallv. the Oueen's "Iit's me"
barks from ancient times as part
of the kinR's English,
Americans spent about 300 mil
lion dollars a year on eye care says
the Better Vision Institute.
Rambling 'Rom?
?Bits Of Human Interest BtJ
By Frances Gilbert Fra/i- r in
Once upon a tme there was a beautiful
ribly unhappy All of her ladie--in-w aitim w, jl,
tiful Princess and could see no reason for her , J
jewels of great value, a wardrobe of unequa
ness and a doting father who would glad \ ffl
person who would make a smile come to hi- < 1*1
The King and Queen often wondered win *'
every evening but they never questioned h
of her safety as she was always accompanied
Then, one morning early, the whole palace wa- .
the voice of the princess raised in merry son
ing out on the warm. Spring air. She burst it "?
King was at breakfast, her face radiant with ?
she cried "at last 1 did it. For months 1 ha\. A
But, oh glorious though?* I ?rlid it." Her voice \
,ioy as she continued: "Last night I gave the .
^ 'H
contest and won an Kxcello lawn mower."
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Little Johnny (in school): "A mammal is itiaisj njpi
her children herself." I
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One of the nicest things about taking a ti id
New York or abroad . . i bringing home to i H
of the places visited, the sights enjoyed and I ' " r.B
be long remembered.
Some folk are gifted with vocabularies th V.JJ
en is like a picture shown on a ween. Even .
been noted so the listener follows along, step 1. ,?
tier. One of the best educational books is ti m
indelibly on the mind and references later to .1
stantly to mind the peculiarities, beauty, n^id, ?
eial region. Lessons from book somi times dim I
but the pages of information gathered by actual 1
fresh and present.
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' Few things arc beyond our reach if we <? \11 nd ntJ
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"A little nonsense, now and (her ?
Is relished by the best ot I
But the secret of this, we ken. ip
Is the right time, how, when .i.ifgggB
A joke is something hard to sir >t<
If it is played on you by me
But how you'll laugh the who!: ?
If the joke's played on no h n I
Let's fix it lip so ev'ry one
Will see the joke, enjoy the ? I
losing faith in someone is like mending the lirolf! J
a chain: lou'll never let I sort of il again.
Iron Duff CDP
Will Meet 9th
The Iron Duff Community De
velopment Program will meet
Tuesday night, February 9 at 7
o'clock.
The meeting w a s formerly*
scheduled for Wednesday night,
but due to the Mother-Daughter
banquet at the school was moved
up one night.
The meeting* will be at the
Davis Chapel Methodist Church
A very interesting program is
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attend.
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The'Cet1 Jj
the I':c<
find the boil ?
100 degrees
The Neth< ml- ?;/? jj
lion people < ' ' --M
is (lit most neJy poH
lion in Fur, 'I
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