T O D A 7 '3 EIELZ VERS3
For hr brrakrth mr with a trmprst, and
multiplleth my wounds without causr.
?Job 9:17.
Editorial Page of The Mountaineer
TODAY'S OrOTA!jj|
Tears and sorro . a flfl
o( what must be e\,>er. .UP(i
state of lil e: *some toi ..ur nunifaj^H
all. therefore, it is tru t.,1
rraled: for our fin il r.
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Speeding Can Be Expensive
Many speeders are learning to their sor
row that there is a law in North Carolina
against speed violations that is being en
forced.
Some 36 motorists here in Haywood coun
ty have learned in the last few days just how
expensive and annoying speeding can be
when apprehended by officers.
The North Carolina Highway Patrol now
have in use a simple looking little gadget
which takes all element of chance out of tell
ing just how fast a vehicle is traveling. The
much publicized YVhammy. which utilized
radar, throws a hand on a dail to the speed
which a vehicle is moving, but the hand
points to the maximum figure for a split sec
ond. The new gadget keeps the hand point
ing to the speed figure until manually releas
ed by the operator. In fact, the small gadget
can be brought into court showing the speed
indicator.
The law of North Carolina sets a maximum
of 55 miles an hour on open road, with many
congested areas limited to 35 miles an hour.
11 the safety exjK'rts did not feel that 55
was the maximum sjieed it was safe to Irive,
they would step it up. Hut since they main
tain 55 is the maximum, that remains the
law, and violators will be brought to court to
pay the consequences, which often means a
little over $32 plus their time in court.
The sj^ed watch is at work?better watch
your speed, because it is often placed in the
most unsusfiecting places.
No More Free Hides
The Chamber of-Commerce and the Hay
wood Highlanders have taken a definite step
forward in adopting a policy of recognizing
only those with paid-up memberships in the
respective organizations.
In the years past, there has been some
confusion at times among tourist operators,
when they felt that being a member of one
organiaz.tion entitled them to the services <>f
the other. The two organizations are separ
ate, have separate treasuries, and while they
work closely together, their individual obli
gations are not the responsibilities of the
other.
As the matter now stands, each organiza
tion will serve, and serve efficiently those
who have paid-up memberships. Without a
paid-up membership, the organizations will
not be obligated to render a service to the
individual operator.
.Moth, groups are going to work together
in the promotion of the travel business in
this area, and each is in a position to render
continued service to the area as a whole.
We feel it was a wise, and decided step
forward when both organizations adopted
th" rigid business-like service policy. It just
means that those who have been riding free,
are now going to have to walk or pay their
1 art of the stipulated fare.
THE MOUNTAINEER
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Thursday Afternoon. February 18, 1951
Personal Editorial Comment
By VV. Curtis Russ
Almost every boy, at sometime during his
youth, has been fascinated by the marvel of
a train to the extent that his ambition was
to be a railroad man.
There are mighty few men today, but
what Ret a rejuvinated thrill out of seeing
trains glide down the track, or almost hu
manly shift heavy cars about I ho railroad
yard.
Boys look on trains as a fascinating piece
of mechanism, and never for once think of
them in their im|>ortant role to our economic
system and every day living. Neither do boys
realize the dangers w'hich lurk around a train
which is standing still in the station or on a
sidetrack. Trains are made for men to handle
? men with many years of experience, and
other people, except when a passenger,
should keep a good distance away.
The success of Ben Franklin flying a kite
and discovering electricity is a fascinating
story, and has been an important contribu
tion to the scientific world.
Since Ben's famous kite flying episode,
electricity has been harnessed, and is now
an important part of our daily lives.
And right at this time of year, when a
lad's interest centers around flying his kite
higher than his playmate, it is a good time
for parents to remind their children of the
dangers of sending up kites near electric
wires. Every season a number of children
lose their lives while flying kites too near
electric wires.
Flying a kite is innocent fun, if done a
way from all possible sources of danger. Ben
Franklin took a chance, but there is no use
for our youngsters to follow suit, because the
engineering world has a full knowledge of
electricity, even to the point of warning us
that it is dangerous to fly kites near the en
ergized lines.
Dr. John C. Rich
There could hardly be a more fascinating
and enlightening story in all the history of
this mountain region than an intimate ac
count of the life of one of its old-fashioned
country doctors. No better subject for just
such a story could be found than Dr. John C.
Rich whose services to the Candler communi
ty covered more^han four decades.
This grand physician of the "old school"
was a native of Maggie in Haywood County.
He was educated in the public schools of that
county, at Peabody College and was graduat
ed w;th honors at the University of Tennes
see School of Medicine. After practicing at
Dell wood in Haywood County for three years
he moved to Candler in Buncombe County
where he served with distinction for the rest
of ,his active life.
In the early years of his practice Dr. Rich
covered his territory of some 100 square
miles by horse and buggy and when he could
not reach his patients by that means he rode
horseback. In those days his fees often were
paid in meats, vegetables or other farm com
modities. But h's medical fees, of whatever
variety, were always secondary with this
country "Doc." His job was to deliver medi
cal service when and where needed und >r
anv and all circumstances. That included the
delivery of about .1,000 babies.
Although he was never "off duty" he
found time to take active and leading parts
in all manner of civic and community affairs
He loved people and the inevitable conse
quence of that was that people loved and
trusted him to a wonderful degre?.
The wonderful story of this typical coun
try doctor probably will never be reduced te
book form. Hut the many thousands of peo
pie who knew and loved Dr. Rich wouldn't
need such a book anyhow. His story is writ
ten on their hearts and they will never for
et him.?Asheville Times.
| fhcyll Do It Every lime By Jimmy Hatlo |
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At home, lenzo complains of *
TEETERAPMOBlA?ME'S JUSTOOT TO AND THIS IS
HAVE BOTH FEET ON TERRA FlRMA? LENZO ON THE
-apmc OOB-Cho-hum- C\^tS5j?g>
/it's a birds nest\ -all in a
( STOPPING, UP TWE u. , \ DAY'S WORK-) JT^JW
a drain p1pe.-i cant ) /NOTME.KIhdj \ a\
a oufte reacm it?/ get a plum8er.' \ iiifti' . /mfr a)
4/ ip i meld the ) a *of vou know im ) \jtv> a
ladder r3r>ou. /.^'j allergic to ladders!/ ??/*.,, ,s^c
V would you-un-y<rfrA statistics snow y^?%^5nJW
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VI you-? V ?V> ( all accidents are )/ sm* >c^o ikl p
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ON THE RECEIVING END
fis*
Looking BockOverThe Years
*
?'o vr \:ts \t;o
Haywood nil its arc earching
; for a man wMo. In?u 'lit t'.Mj cations
| ijf bootleg lirfuar -a :. f? .t Confeder
ate ten dollar bill.
.iule (' \V( !M?. jr.. student in
the Selus 1 of Me ' ' ne, Stanford
University, is nwai Vd a Urtivcr
ify Graduate scholar hip.
Ki nest (). lata. Is f An tier.son.
,.S. (' arrive la 1 ar-t >. fonncct
i ed With Oataa " Kuw'ral Home.
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10 YI'ArtS \c,o
Charles Caddis i- winner of th *
annual derlamat o?iconte t heid by
SEN ATM
El
REP ORIS
VV \HlU\<;TON The Senate has
been transacting only routine
brnines- during the past few days,
but iiv ! ' Mire Volt read this the
i'livh of 1i Kistnn- du::i - will again
be on, B\ nullni! . foment each
i ar the important bills that are
in tor debate a'c set .v-ide for a
i w days until the Republican's cat
make 'heir l.incoir Day speeches
;nd the Democrats lit ir Jefferson
Taeksop I)a> speeches-.
WHAT NEXT?
Debate on Senate Joint Resolu
ton 1 the Bricker And' othei
tin. ndmi rt ) will tie the order o'
bu- ine tin- uei!-. Ii n. v begin
? a took t w;i| ii imposibh
it 'et a 'two-tb'.yc' vote on any
f 1'ie-e 1 ? n ii ,-k.. 1 am still bo|)
ng thi ' ic ('? ? substitute wil
>e -idom d, li is i -u 1 atid-go ot
nany l? ! stive .tpa't. rx now. Af
? r tin ni-l-'on on S ,1 IT ] I at)
??xpeetih' 111 '.ii. '(.aid i.or llavdai'
(Vblal ir ii to entile up and per
Voice of the
People
Which <lo s mi think is more
haracter revealin'.?letters or eon
versat'on?
Mrs. Wilev (iullow.tv. Jonathan
'rt < k Rd "A cnnvi i atlnn Is hol
er than a It'llt i .111 time. Fur. one
Iiins. volt ear ce tlio pt r on's face
11.1 read a lot in it."
the Rev. A. I . (iatdin. pastor
Church of Clod. Ila/elwood "It
ecms to me that maybe tetters
would. You i .hi < t more out of a
Utter a-- to what the person is like
than you ran in .1 superficial Con
versation You are apt to he mis
led when you judg ? a person by
their conversation. A letter builds
a character."
Mrs. W. I.. Turner, Rollins; Dr.?
"I think conversation. In letters
you can hold back more than you
ran when you talk to someone. In
direct conversation you may not
say all that you are thinkins hut it
pretty well comes out. The expres
sion of the eyes and the tone of
the voiee have a lot to do with It."
! I'm: DAR for boys in the Waynes
. villa High School.
Miss Jewel Graham assumes
[duties as assistant to Miss Mary
| Margaret Smith, home agent.
Ration tokens to be issued on
February 27.
Sc a man First Class Bobby Col
kilt is transferred to Burkan. Calif
Cpl. Wilburn Paul Campbell re
t turns to his post at North Camp
flood, Texas, after a furlough at
| home. |
haps statehood for Alaska.
SEYMOUR-JOHNSON
The Air Force notified Repre
-entative Barden and me that Sey
mour-Johnson Air Base at Golds
ioro in Wayne County is sched
(1 to be reactivated if the Con
I toss approves the 137-wing Air
Force,
SCOUT WEEK
I had a big thrill last week when
lohn Richardson (now of Arling
tor.. Virginiai, a Cub Scout who
w- born in Fayetteville. came by
and presented me a beautiful Boy
Seoul button. This was done to
;dl attestion to Boy Scout Week
He was a fine representative of
? his outstanding movement. 1 will
hvays remember being a member
,f Troon 16 in Wilmington, and my
rewarding experiences with boys
- Chairman of the Court of Hon
>r Boy Scouting has done a lot (rf
mod work in its 44 years.
COFFEE
Most of us think of a run of
?offer as an American necessity.
The udden jump in the price of
?ofTee has caused a big furor in
lie Senate. We wanted to find out
5 YEARS AGO
Roy RufT is named commander
of newly organized " Hazelwood
American Legion Post.
Haywood citizens have over si>
million dollars in U. S. saving'
bonds, according to J. E Massie
county cltairrnan of the Savings
I Bonds committee.
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Hospital bond election is tem
porarily postponed due to lega
technicalities.
Groundwork is completed for
community development clubr
throughout rural Haywood County
v hat was causing this big jump ii
the price The Senate voted unani
niously to extend the provisions o
. the Commodity Exchange Act t(
coffee. I hope this will do some
thing to prevent price increase
through soeculation.
PLEDGE TO THE FLAG
For some time now a number o
; senators have felt that the pledgi
if allegiance to the flag should bi
amended to insert the words "un
der God" in that pledge. Senato
Ferguson last week introduced ;
hill which would accomplish this
If nassed. it would make the pledgi
read as .follows: "I pledge allegi
ance to the flag of the Unitei
States of America and to the Re
public for which it stands, one na
? ion indivisible, under God, witl
liberty and justice for all." I be
lievr this is a good thing for i
highlights one of the fundamenta
differences between the free worl
and the world of communisn
That difference is the belief in Goi
Almighty.
TIIIS-AXD-THAT
There were manv signs of sprin
I noticed while on a visit to th
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1 Bang of Arabia 13. Soapy water p i IkItBh i ItIH ijol
5 Steep, 52. Ogled 16. Boy's pliJHE^IOESIIlEj
rugged rock nickname
9 Lifted with DOWN 19. A dynamo LWJM&jtPP
effort I. Blended, 21. Dibble AlwMlBlxTil
10 Period ? as colors 24. Bend the [otzJ^^XTNl^^SyTEiJ
of time 2. Cut off, head In Ull IRII InIgBaIi ID Is I
11. Hugh? ,a as the tops greeting M 1 Ml BH r fill
French king 3 Affirm 26 Female deer WOlAiDISMGILIAIPM
12. Beasts of 4. Measure 28 Marry ?
burden of length 30 Networks Aeawer
14 Public 5 Mandarin 31. Errors in 41. Black and
notice tea printing orange
15 Soak flax 6. Girl's name 32 Owing lizard
17 One of 7 Severity 34. Required (Ariz.)
Aleutian 8 Famous 35. Poker 43. Black and
Islands Scotch vil. stake white, mixed
18 Girl s lage, ?? J) Salt 46. Seize
nickname Green solution 48. Simian
20 Free
23 Parad'ae* WTTTW^TTM
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45 Glossy AA ? YA
?ilk fabric 43 44 V/. 47 48
47 Sultan's AA
decree 77/ 5 77 5 77
49 Weight unit VA /A /A
of India 777 si 77 52 77,
10 Back of 22 Ol m
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Bits Of Human Interest News
By Frances Gilbert Frarier
Uittle Johnny had never seen any one w , ,
when his daddy came to the breakfast table ot .<?i s
tinctive ??shiner." the little boy was overcome h tu: ,M
ing his son's fondness for elaboration, the i.r? , decidefl
up the incident. "Well, you see. son." he told ij?>
appointed to be on the watch tower of a big - ?lrt .,.1
through the porthole to get our bearings, a bi ?. ltl n,., ?
eye." Later that day Little Johnnv was regain
the story and it went something like this V i H
Daddy's black eye. It's as big as the clock in Hi, lu. ?
to his subject: "He was looking through a pr>
came up and hit him.
He who has the most to bras about, n \ mentis,
is so used to it.
Mrs. Abee was unalterably opposed to en ,1
was in a group where the trend was in thai < , ,
ately diverted the conversation to other lane- aftrrm,;
ing a club meeting, the ladies chatted awhile I -hen Mb
arose to leave One of the ladies laughinslv u k. > bh>
around. We might talk about you after you hav "h,,.
force of habit, and not giving too much attenti '?> ti.e reoa
Abee smiled as she replied: "That would be l ijnc'iki
nicer person that you could discuss," and out ver?
WANTED: A nice deep hole into which we <an de-cm ,.jl
pulling a boner. And a trap door, too.
Winter, wrapped in snowy ermin" H
Marches down the mountains)!1
Crushes all that comes before him: H
With his rugged, icy stride.
Well he knows his reign is over m
But ere he leaves these 'arthh ?
He will touch with irv fingers 9
And leave us all with frozen i 9
The length'ning days will bring u
For then we know 'twont be n... .r-g "
Before green leaves will soon appea
And all the world be filled with ? eg. 9
,. * ? * . * * u
Ring out the bells! Oh, let them rir
Welcome to you. dear lovely Spring' m
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Egotism is the offspring of insecurity.
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: What Do You
Know About <
Washington?
? Au Ncwsfeatures
' 1. Was the first President of the United St r ; actus i
? Feb. 22"
2. When did the observance of Washington birthdayN
t 3. Is Washington's birthday a legal holiday -verv-tatt'
4. Everyone knows the story about little G<1
f tree. What is the one about your.2 George and h
5. How did Washington pet his pock marks
s 6. Did Washington ever fight for the Brit'
7. , Who asked him to become king after the ? ? volut? '1
8 How did Washington get along with the ladie-"
f 9. How did Washington feel about slavery"
p ' 10. Did he have a ghost writer for his famou- Farw &
t, * * *
(Answers are on page 6. third section Give y< ? nr?.elf ltl"J
r every correct answer: 70 or higher is excellent SO -?"d ?d'*?
a ?you're honest, anyway.) jk
State last week Tobacco farmers I
. have out a lot of hard work.in or !
plant beds . . . Boys are beginning
to plav baseball on the school
^ erounds . . . and just as I was ex
cited about the pretty weather I
t got back to Washington and ran
n'o a liiht * >w and ?f
cr . . Con\ i ?' ions art.?
here and thi* brings a
Tar Heels to town *<'
ritred a numlv aflirfip
1 North Carolii i scene* f?
flee,
f Changed Rules Can Save Money
d (Fifth of Si* Artilresi
By FRANK O'BRIEN
AP Newsfeaturrs
* WASHINGTON- The law has no! changed "5
f last Income tax. But the Revenue Service has m .1
intterpretation some of which miRht save you mom1:
important arc: ,. J
i. i remiums for hctilth insurance which doc> col pay1' *?
expenses rnnnot ho ? j ? 11 ' .? 1
? uuv iru ilUIIll
I income Some policies pay for tost |
Mme from work but not for doc
'ors, hospitals and medicine. You
-til) <-an deduct premiums on most
I health insurance as medical ex
I oense.
2. Some health benefit pay
ments must be added to income.
When your employer pays you
benefits through a 'tplan of insur
?nce." that is not income. But it is
not a "plan of insurance" if the
I employer pays for it out of com
nany reserves rather than doing it
through an insurance company.
It used to he that benefit plans
bcame insurance if they met
I state disability benefit require
ments. This is no longer the case 1
>nd if you got benefits that do 1
I not come under an insurance plan. !
'ou must pay income taxes on 1
them.
3 Cost-of-living allowances for 1
U. S. employes in territories and 1
possessions of the United States '
I ere no longer considered income.
I Tf you are one of the 30.000 peo- ?
nle who get them, you do not even 1
I have to report such money. And 1
if vou are an old hand, you can '
make tax claims for what you paid
on such allowances back to 1950 1
(Deadline for 1950 claims is March *
15, 1954 1 However, the ruling '
does not anoly to "territorial post '
differentials" where an employe
pets paid for difficult rather than 1
more costly living conditions
4. Depreciation schedules for (
businesses, once approved, will 1
be changed in the future only for
clear and ( ' ' " 1
rheae include* ; angw^J
Hess win kin: 1
fewer l HUM * j
?tancca. Business me#'"J
Wat, protested that '""J
'? ?'<? nf would approve ' |
?nd another ajgetii
?long and change It
lad difTerenl id' aa J
s. Ihiahwsa wen f,BJ
tin* taxes quarferl) '"j
ninthly undei a
nissloncr of Internal "'I
otoman Andi < n - J
?? You mav deduct. '?*!
eal expenses. pa?went?
?Insist* authorised undf"|
in praetfee psvrholot'' *'1
levice. J
But you can't put ' j|
? our blood when you
ted Cross or other 3"^d
'educt the amount asj**?
s not a donation of
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