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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE ' TODAY'S 01'0TAt z Editorial Page of The Mountaineer writing unto the king, and make known to bim the Interpretation.?Daniel 5:17. _ . ?? ? ?- ^ Typical Haywood Hospitality Despite the lack of cooperation on the part of the weatherman, the meeting of District 3 of the Federation of Home Demonstration ("labs here last week was a marked success. The event was, perhaps, the biggest of the year for women in Haywood County. Although it was raining felines and ca nines and an occasional pitchfork outside, the spirits of the women at the First Meth odist Church and later at Camp Schaub were not dampened. Congratulations, then, are due Miss Mary Cornwell, home demonstration agent, and members of all 27 of Haywood County's HDC clubs for furthering this county's reputation as a gracious host or hostess. And to our guests from Henderson and Transylvania County, may we say we enjoy ed having you here, and hope you'll return soon. Tractor Vs. Horse As everyone knows, the horse and the mule are no longer the staple sources of work on typical American farms. Agriculture has turned to machines ? the remarkably ef fective products of the farm equipment in dustry. A study made by economists at Cornell University shpws the reason for the change. According to this, it costs $2H2 a year to maintain a team of horses on a farm, includ ing feed, bedding, the labor required to care for the animals, and so on. So, as the Fowler, Kansas, News, observes, "When one consid ers the low cost of tractors and figures out the hourly cost of using a tractor, he can see that it compares favorably with the cost of using a team of horses, or even mules. That, in short, is the answer to the question of why farmers have been turning from horses and mules to tractors and mechan ized equipment." On top of that, there is simply no compari son between the amount of work modern farm equipment can do in a given period of time as compared with that of even the best and strongest animal teams. The tractors and all the other machines and attachments are in no sense a luxury. They are a neces sity to profitable and business-like farming. The Deadliest Killer Every American was horrified at the ghastly death toll of the Korean War. ' Yet last year alone accidental deaths ac counted for three times as many victims as that war. Some 96,000 people died unnec essarily?traffic accidents being the Num ber I killer with .18,000?and 9.600.000 were injured. The economic cost to the nation is estimated at more than $9,000,000,000. The president of the National Safety Council made a memorable commentary: "We do not believe that any civilized nation can long endure this tragic and disgraceful waste of manpower and resources from ac cidents that are avoidable." THE MOUNTAINEER WayneavUle. North Carolina Main Street Dial GL 6-6301 The County Seat of Haywood County Published Rv The WAYNESVILIiE MOUNTAINEER. Inc. W CURTIS RUSS Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY HAYWOOD COUNTY One Year $3 00 Seven Months 2 00 Three Months ? 1 00 NORTH CAROLINA One Year $4 00 Six Months 2 25 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Year $4 SO Six Months 2 50 Entered at the post ofTtee at Wavncsville, N. C. as Sec ond C1M* Mall Matter, as provided under the Art of March IT 1*79. November 20. 1914 MEMBER Or THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use for re-publteatton of all the loeal news printed in this newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches Thursday Afternoon, \pril 8, 1981 fnri * \' ? '!'? This Is iusi on?- of the scores of broken placi-s in the pavement on IliKhuay 411 between Cherokee and Newfound flap. Plain Dangerous The above photograph shows the condi tion of many areas of Highway 111 from Cherokee to Newfound Gap.?the only high way which crosses the Smokies. It is easy to see the dangerous condition of the highway, which is steep and has many sharp curves. Park official., have made public state ments time and time again that the highway is dangerous, and not suited to handle the heavy traffic which is using the road. The road was built in the early thirties, and was constructed for light traffic, As traffic increased, and heavier vehicles used the road, the sides of the paving began to crumble and break away. The elements at the high elevation also have worked continuously against the road, with freezing and thawing proving a con stant source of wear, plus the steady pound ing of traffic. The road was built by the State of North Carolina, and this road was part of the con tribution which the state gave the Depart ment of Interior along with thousands of acres tW-4+te Park itself. The highway situation is becoming critic al, and it is apparent that visitors cannot drive safely over such a highway and enjoy the scenery at the same time. While this area is pushing and seeking a greater influx of visitors, we should be a ware of such conditions as exist 011 the only highway across the Smokies. The resurfacing of the present road would provide tenp>orary relief, but not permanent. About the only permanent relief to the dan gerous situation is the early completion of the Pigeon River Road to handle the heavy commercial travel, and let Highway 411 take care of those seeking just the mountain scenic trip. Unless something is done at once, this area will be in a position to get a lot of criti cism until the highway is repaired. Whence Come The Tourists * Ohio sends more tourists to Western North Carolina than any other state, a sur vey by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce shows. Following in close order are Florida. Virginia, South Carolina, New York, Illinois and Tennessee. The Chamber's survey in dicated that the tourist dollar spreads rapid ly through the entire economy, being broken down as follows: meals 2tic, lodging 20c, transportation 21c, amusements and admis sions 12c and retail purchases 18 cents. ?? i' Looking Back Over The Years ?;o years ago M. ii Bowles is re-elected super inUndent of Waynesville Schools. <1 Men are working day and night to complete the building for the ' ; $25,000 i rcamery to be established ! here t Dr. R II Stretcher is named president of 1|ie Rotary Club. f ' , ? . - ??; ?? V* - ^ 1 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Massie en tertain with bridge dinner in : celebration of their tenth wedding 5 anniversary. It 10 YEARS AGO Ralph Prevost is elected presi lent of the Chamber of Commerce. ?' I Charles Ray heads Rotary Club or the coming year. Miss Sue Willard Lindsley re urns from trio to Orlando. Fla. Mrs. H. C. Ferguson returns rom a visit with relatives in Wash ngton, D. C. I Mrs. L. J.-Cannon of BeaVerdam "ownship assumes duties as secre ary in the office of the county homo demonstration agent. 5 YEARS AGO Mrs, N M. Medford is hostess of a miscellaneous shower honoring Miss Eloise Martin, bride-elect. Hilliard D. Moody is building house for 40.000 chicks on the Dellwood Road. Robert Plott is elected adjutant of the American Region Post No. 47. Jean Ann Bradley is elected secretary of the Brenau College Student Government Association. Views of Other Editors SASSM RAS l>< SIMPI.FR ? To those who. fed ill) with high price of coffer, to the point where thov fee! action is in order, it may tie comforting to know that there is ;i way to beat the growers, im porters. speculators, or others re sponsible for the high price of | America's favorite beverage?and i ; maybe make a few dollars in the process. Of course, it will take a bit of doing, and h bit of time. too. but there is good reason to believe that if it becomes necessarv residents of this area can grow their own. A Bolivian district farm agent, Ctaudi? Salinas Perez, visiting re cent I v in Soartanburg, let the word out there that he was sure some varict'cs of coffee could be suc cessfully cultivated in the Spartan burg area, even though most vari eties do best in the tropics. Climate here being substantially the same as in Soartanburg. what with the /Thermal Belt, it would seem that Rutherford conntians could, in about five year*, and with n considerable amount of rather tedious labor, be producing their own coffee. On the other hand, a simpler solution for those of us for whom coffee is netting too expensive would probably be to ronvert to sassafras tea Rutlierfnid County Mews. IT PAYS TO C.IVF It rosts the state of North Caro lina aPnroximately St.000 a year to handle and supeA'ixe a juvenile delinquent, according to qualified sources of information It costs ap proximately S10 a vear to keen a youngster actively engaged in Boy Scout work. Youngsters who are active In Scouting seldom, if ever beebme juvenile delinquents jn the light of those farts, donations made to the Boy Scouts are excellent invest ments. a good thought to keep in mind when the Scnuters come arcund soon to request gifts for this worthv work Nearly 700 boys and .voting men of Rutherford eounty enjoyed the activities of Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting and Exploring during the past year Thirteen troops attend ed the Piedmont Council camp last summer. More than 1 100 advance ments were earned by Rutherford Scouts, including merit badges. These hoys and vounr men were being kept busy in a hcilthy actlv ity that left no time for the idle ness that breeds delinquents. At the same time they were receiving the moral training and leadership that builds good citizens. They represent a program that deserves strong support ?Rutherford County News. ?? 1 UGLY ROADSIDES In an editorial entitled "Ugly Dangerous Roadsides," the Wins ton-Salem Journal says: The State of North Carolina is spending millions upon millions of dollars to modernize its highway | system. Yet the state is doing lit-; tie or nothing to protect its new multi-million dollar roads from un-! sightly and dangerous develop ments. We spend millions on our roads: we spend millions to attract tour-; ists. But we spend little or noth- j ing to make those roadsides attrac tive. or even to allow them to be as attractive as nature made them NOT TILL ELECTED The story goes that the late Air 1 Phil McRae of Western Harnett j was named at a county Democratic convention for surveyor. One of the boys who had previ ously been elected to the, legisla ture undertook to razz Mr. Phil. "Why, Mr. Phil, you are not a surveyor," he said. Mr. Phil came back with: "When I'm elected I will be You were not a legislator until v^?u were elected, were you?" ?Harnett County News. There are about 7'tj million wid ows in the United States. Voice of the People What do you think of the idea of charging an admission fee to the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park? Ed Hawkins, Jr., co-owner. Price & Hawkins Gulf Service Station. Canton?"I think it would be a grand idea if the money is used accordingly." Mrs. Bettv Gold, manager. Moun tain View inn. Asheville Rd.?"It would be nice. The Government has put a lot of money into the Park and should get something out of it now that it is well establish ed." Mrs. Frank Ilietter, manager. Oak Park Motor Inn. Wavnesville ?"I would think charging would keep the great masses of people out who now visit the park It would especially stop those who had seen the Smokies once. They wouldn't he too likely to come back where as now many people go through the park every year. It's sort of hard to charge for the things nature gives us." Mrs. Pritchard Smith. Jr., Bal sam Rd , Hazelwood?"I'm not in favor of it. I think it would keep some of the peoole away and wouldn't he good for this whole section which is trying to attract the tourist trade." Want ads bring quick result* Rambling ?Hits Of Human Interest " By Frances Gilbert I ; dlt,r We are going to break an unwi ? to repeat an article we wrote several 1 just right to tell it over again. Thi- j- *1 A little girl about,.six was anticip feverish anticipation. Her wardrobe i n brand new from the skin out; and to m. i her little Easter dress was an exact r. one her mother was to wear, and tin * get in the Easter parade. But alas. One of those freak snow ? and Easter morn dawned dark, drears . the disappointment, her mother li t :'ie and wear it all day. But the child spent window in a futile hope that the sun ' one would come in. As the daylight clo-i ing child opened wide the front door. >? just one person go by so I can show then* The little red hen. scratching in the ?? as a plane swept majestically overhead l( |> . soliloquized, "is where those things line , ? j,. in." Little Mary was interestedly wat ^ eggs. As the brilliantly colored r quiries. "When are you going to make tl J astonished.^repeated: "Black ones" V. eggs black " The child looked puzzled ... mie, it says on the package 'very fvarii r Inconsistancy of life: A fly w ill tr.><< I , , ,,1 m down a window pane trying to get out. t> T tin dumb thing will travel miles and miles .,,1 ,|.?n get back in. One of the most interesting. to u we accidently stumbled on while scout ? night. It is called "The author meet- , selected people of literary repute who jic chosen for the criticism. The out hoi at lime to defend his brain child. It is a interesting program, and gives Ihe lMn j side information on a new book and r ^ intense desire to read the book and <1> ? < or a con. FOB EXCHANGE: A nice warm rail, or [or a imt refrigerator. Letters To Editor AGAINST PARK TOLL Editor. The Mountaineer: Dr. Kelly Bennett of_ Brvson City, chairman of the North Caro lina Park, Parkway and Forest De j velopment Commission is entitled to the highest commendation pos 1 sible for the bold stand he has taken against tolls for adihission ?to the Great Smoky Mountain \a j tional Park. It is regrettable that much of the beauty and grandeur of the na I tural world about us is being com ' mercialized. We pay tolls for ad i mission to many of our National | Parks We pay tolls for admission to the Mammoth Cave, with its store of dazzling beauty and won [ ders. We pay toll for admission to ? the Natural Bridge in Virginia. We I pay tolls for admission to Chim I ney Rock in our neighboring coun r Here in Western North Carolina and specifically within the area of the Smokies, we have some of the most beautiful and the grandest awe-inspiring natural scenery in j the world. Not even excepting that i of Switzerland. Dr. Bennett is right. We should ] let the visitors go into the Park and behold the beauty and glory of our mountains without a charge. R. E. Sentelle. APPRECIATION FOR EDITORIAL j Editor. The Mountaineer; On behalf of the Haywood Coun Anybody Seen I Fish No. MO-iOM Mi"; \ v \pi. to f i ' , (j, Chan ' od :i t ? ret trout ?? Vii:.mo. IC : ? hea ' ? ? :,p<, O'ck V. p!a trout ii ,-f AT * I ? '! T!> > ? : ? > nil en in ? ? .-??1 miei.V "j i plus : -r rnix'd t, :.i foods The 'a? ! wrv1 ? : 4 J ounih i inohi re1'!" Davis D.-.m, . tv A!. I *t to f;i k ? ? ""ir;'y 'i our sir, ? ci,xt r',',0 1 'C..PJ D,i\ ' 1 " li* nrdfi ? ? ? 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