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TODAY'S BIIILE VPRSF wm M ? W T* r /Til TkM ? TODAYS And then will I pntem unio thrai. I E(llt01*lCl / a?M?Q Oj 1 ftG J\m0XI TllCllTtQQl* lafcL^EjIfrfehSbi **? * J n*v?r karw iou: depart *?"?? ?'? 79 ?l?al ^ W soul of 1m.- Cnlerid-f * *** ?? nork fnbuiiy.?Mattkew V.M. . _ I Southern Violence How does North Carolina stand compared with other states in violence, according to the latest, 1953, Annual Bulletin of the FBI Uniform, Criminal Reports? As usual the Old North State leads the natioh'Jn aggravated assaults. We .rack up 364.2 such assaults per 100,000 population to give: us our customary preeminence. Virgjhia, as usual, is runner-up with 235, but still far behind us. Georgia is third with 223.5. South Carolina Is far behind us with 131.7. Why this is we are still wondering? Compare these figures with Oregon's 30.6. Iowa's k>.5. and Massachusetts'* 11.1. Ip murder and nonnegligent manslaugh ter, Ndrth Carolina occupies a relatively bet ter position. Our figure there is 11.3, which is lower, than Virginia's 11.6, Alabama's 14.9 and Georgia's 15.5. Still, it is far worse than 1.4 fop New England, 2.8 for the Middle At lantic states, and 3.8 for the Mountain states. The inescapable fact is that the South ? the easy-going, placid, courteous South ? is still the most violent part of the country by far. Why? Our guess, again as usual, is that the un derlying cause of the South is racial, that is, the indiscriminate and lighthearted cutting or shooting, murdering or maiming, of one Negro by another multiplied manyfold. The FBI statistics of arrests by race in aggravated assaults over the nation in 1,174 cities show 7,611 for whites against 13,388 for Negroes. In murder and nonnegligent manslaughter the figures are 883 for whites and 1.306 for Negroes. Since Negroes make up about 10 jiercent of the population of the United States, it is evident that they com mit far more than their share of crimes of violence; this must be reflected ip statistics, especially in the South. If the crimes of violence committed by Negroes were left out of the statistics, the South's big lead in such crimes over other parts of the nation would be cut consider ably, but the South probably would still lead by a fair margin. If the Negro is addicted to violence, the Anglo-Saxton is no slouch at it himself. The purpose of this editorial is not to pro tect or defend the Southern whites while criticizing the Southern Negroes. It is rath er to argue that more defense and protection should be given to the Negroes themselves. The vast bulk of Southern violence is not committed by Negroes against whites but Negroes against Negroes. They, not the whites are the chief sufferers. Men, regard less of race or environment, do not have to shoot, cut, kill and maim one another. South erners of both races should make a (ar great er effort than they have done to bring the problem of violence to the light of publicity and then attempt to solve it by law enforce ment. education, religion and any other method available. This is an inescapable and continuing challenge to Southern leadership of both races.?Greensboro Daily News. A Good Reputation There in no doubt but what there witi be a good attendance at Lake Junaluska Sunday, for the observance of Haywood County Di y. We were impressed by the committee here last week in behalf of the Southeastern Juris dictional Conference, in discussing the cus tom of opening the Lake with Haywood County Day. They felt that such an idea showed the friendly spirit within the county, and the cooperation which made such a vivid impression upon them as they came to get information about bringing the 1956 confer ence to Lake Junaluska. One of the reasons the committee decided on the Lake for the conference which will bring about 2,000 people to this area, was because of the vast civic pride and evidence on every hand of all groups and agencies working together for a common cause. Such a reputation is to be cherished, and we feel that such events as Haywood Coun ty Day is what makes Haywood such a good place in which to live. Making Dreams Come True A report from- a survey among libraries shows that high on the popularity list is the material from which dreams are made ? books on how to plan a home. Never have they been in such demand. Young couples with a great yearning for a roof to call their own. take the books home. They study them, discuss, and revise plans. In two or three evenings they have it plan ned?that heavenly place, their home. Once they have the plans in mind, they concentrate on how to make possession be come a reality. These young planners are greatly interested, too, in books on furniture, and vegetables as well as flower gardens. Dreaming young dreams and making them come true, that's the blueprint of solid America. Food Bill Rise, But What Do You Eat? We are enlightened by word from our food processors that while the country's food bill last year was more than four times what it was in 1939, the trouble isn't altogether in flation. The comparison is 66 billion dollars, in round figures, to 16 billion. However, the cost-of-living index has only about doubled. Paul S. Willis, president of Grocery Manu facturers of America, Inc., exhibits a ,c1qw in the growing number of working women. There are around 18 million of these, he re cited to the Boston Advertising Club recent ly, and 11 million are married. It is his idea that the little woman, busy as never before, turns for convenience and speed to processed and packaged food, and so contributes to a new "growth industry." The postwar market basket thus takes on a look different from that of the prewar re ceptacle. It is less bulky. The spinach, say, is no longer in the raw, but more likely to be frozen, canned or cellophaned. And as an other factor in the larger spending for food, with 18,000,000 women working where a round 12.000.000 worked when the defense program started in 1039, Rosie the Riveter has helped with her added income to upgrade her family's eating habits. People are eat ing more and, if you take the processors' word, better with less trouble. A little less discriminating than we should like, the U. S. Department of Commerce lumps food and tobacco as a single item of consumer spending. The total spent under this heading in the deep depression year of 1933 was 12 3/4 billion dollars. In 1951. re ports Commerce, it was 73.8 billions. As to this, we are still looking at the evidence be fore entering the argument whether price, quality, quantity or form of food makes the bigger difference. ?The Louisville Courier-Journal i 'Voice of the People What in thr most Important thing j about local elections? William Medford. Democratic candidate for state senate?"It is the participation of people in the processes of government." Jerry Rogers. Democratic can didate for state representative ? ? The most important thing in local elections is the belief shown in the honesty of the candidate and the i faith that the voter has in that in dividual." Fred Campbell, candidate for sheriff?"People getting out and | voting." Walter Baermann, private citizen ?"The family, community, county, state and federal union are the five entities to which we all belong. Our local vote is the first step in asserting our right of participation I in the affairs of our country." ? Looking Back Through The Years 20 YEARS AGO Lake Junaluska will formally open the 1934 season Sunday morn ing with the Hon. Josephus Dan iels delivering the first address. Miss May Crawford is graduated from Boston University. Miss I la Green is hostess of house party. Miss Hester Ann Withers is selected to represent the Rotary Club in the Rhododendron parade in Asheville. Miss Josephine Cabe is chosen as Cinderella for the pageant presented as a feature of i the Rhododendron Festival. 10 years ago Pvt.. Herbert Tate and Pvt. Wal lace Tate, brothers, meet in Eng land. seeing each other for the first time in four years. Lt. Thomas Earl <Bud) Blalock is spending 30-day leave at home after completing 51 missions over enemy territory. Pfc. Richard N. Campbell of Dellwood is serving with the arm ed forces in Italy. Miss Sugie Bell arrives f^om Salem College to spend the sum- i mer vacation. Report from Washington ? By SENATOR ALTON LENNON WASHINGTON ? Last week the Senate paid its official tribute to the late Senator Clyde Hoey in a special memorial service. TOUCHING It is touching to realize that Senator Hoey had attained the highest plateau of respect and ad miration from his Senate col leagues. 1 will not go into the de tails of the memorial service, but it should be noted here that all of the country held him in the very highest esteem. EDITORIALS The editorial eulogies from North Carolina newspapers were eloquent in their tributes to Sen ator Hoey. They described the great respect with which he was held by all of North Carolina. While it was impossible to get all of the editorials, I was able to get a very representative group of them for insertion in the Congres sional Record as a tribute to Sen ator Hoey. COMMITTEES Upon returning to the Senate last week after attending the con vention in Raleigh, I began my new duties as a member of the Stnate Interior and Insuiar Affair* Committee. I am looking forward to service on this committee. A new assignment was given to me on the Commission on Inter governmental Relations. This is a bi-oartisan commission for the nurpose of studying ways whereby the Federal ar.d state governments can eliminate waste and ineffici ency throueh nroner coordination of governmental setivitv TAX LEGISLATION Senator Grove of Georgia. and T have had an onnortunitv to dis miss the tax situation I am glad ?o ronort that he is even more de termined than ever to win income ?av reduction* for millions of Am ericans. esneciailv those in the tower income brackets I agree with hjre wholeheartedly and am 'oekin** -forward to converting that Ton\rro mn SOVTH KO*K\ Throo rnUMon "-nrth of <-onr) rP**V bf? OP ?hp yjiv to ^outh TCnrot Tt wm * ?>1pr>tnro Ho r>mor>? fhoc > pitch. ? rt<T fhn p1nn fnr colo thr* Irvnf ?hrpu^h tho Onrration* Administration Sooth Korea made s bid for this fobaeco early this vear. The request was later with drawn. But I have been assured Korea wilt be given the opoortun ity to renew the bid add the out look is very bright that the sale will be consummated young' visitors We're right busv here in Wash ington but never too busy to take time out and greet the hundreds of North Carolina school students ??ho visit the Capitol weeklv. Meet ing and talkine With them re freshes one's faith in the future of America. And I believe many of m --?? - their parents would be surprised by the interest they show, by asking questions, in the national govern ment. There is no doubt that these visis are truly a part of their edu cation for good citizenship. WATERWAYS MEETING There was an unusually large number of North Carolina leaders visiting in Washington last week. Included was a large delegation to the annual convention of the Na tional Rivers and Harbors Con gress. All the projects they pro posed for improvement of channels; and inlets were passed by the Pro-; jeets' Committee and we'll be hear ing more about them in the Con gress later. Views of Other Editors CONSIDERABLE RELIEF We woke up with considerable relief?glad to find the bed still under us and everything in the bedroom in its accustomed place. We looked out the window and were relieved to see trees, houses and traffic just about the same as they had been. And we were more relieved as we came downtown to find the same policemen at the same posts; in fact, to note no strangers or changes at all But we may never know how close a shave this old world had last night. While we are proud that we did not slip into an Orson Welles nanic, the fact is that Mars was a? close to the plohe last nieht as it ever can get. If all those lit tle men in their fantastic space suits and carrying their even more fantastic weanons ever had a chance, it was last night. Rut mavhe we are sounding the "all clear" too soon. Mars is go ing to he lust a tumn hevond our ethereal shores until the latter nart of June __ just a 40.000 000-mile iumn from our altars, our hearts and the graves of our sires. Skv watchers had better be kept on the alert?if only to spot the winners In the boat races on those canals. ?St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Film Schedule Films available at the Haywood County Library until June 11 are as follows: May 17 - June 11 1 FAMILIES FIRST ? 17 min utes. sound, black and white. By a sequence of everyday episodes in the lives of two contrasting families, this film demonstrates the causes of tensions, frustra tions. and anti-social attitudes, and shows opposite results of af fection. achievement and harmon ious personality adjustment. 2. FOREST CONSERVATION? 11 minutes, sound, color. How fire and overcutting of timber have caused soil erosion. Eroded soil in a flooded river clog a reservoir, destroying a community's water supply. How good forest practices would have prevented the wide spread damage, and ? remedial measures which must be used. 3. INDIA: PAKISTAN AND THE UNION OF INDIA ? 17 minutes, sound, black and white. This film portrays the ways in which tradi tion. land, and climate have shap ed the ways of life in India and Pakistan. 4 LEE ROBERT E : A BACK GROUND STUDY. 15 minutes, sound, color. Lee is studied first as a Virginian, a devotit Christian who was forced to decide between his home and the Union he loved: then, as a brilliant strategist and beloved commander who stood "cause, cduntry. and all"?o man whose integrity of princiole. even in defeat, set an example for the New South and for future genera tions of all the nation. 5. MENTAL HEALTH ? 12 min utes, sound, black and white. De fines good mental health, de scribes its attributes, and discus ses its importance to the individ ual and to soeietv. Hlustrates svmptoms of mental ill-health, de fining such terms as neurosis and psychosis. Explains the basic structure of the personality, and suggests various wavs In which mental health can be maintained and Imrroved. fi. MYRA HESS ? 10 minutes sound, black and white. Excellent close-uos show her tcchniaue to such en extent that the film has the added anpeal of not only bringing to the screen great music and a flawless technical display for the tover of the classics but it should prove a welcome contribu tion to all mutjic appreciation groups. j, ? - - - ssar Rambling 'Round] By Frances Gilbert I'"raxitr I In the public eye: The gprfCOUi I ?ldes with a setting sun as a backdrop "1 midnight the sudden open.. * ,, winter snow white wash on tin I ? inc song' the can can petticoats J more automobiles with out-o.-atat. I d the Saturday-sunning Aaaociatioi ? o" the green benches in front of the court QUESTION: Who counted the si\ million fish c;tv put In the streams for restockine" I We are asked many times bow 1 tickets to the movie theatre W. 1 an entirely different department fron I know how proof-reading is carried o. ... b*| Hesic Look out. there, for those tin- I n ?stone" the Elrod. the Ludlow, the I 1 We Place on our left, the shea! o( I oroof Then we grab in our left hand 1 hand goes the short ruler, also a villa I Lefs go! I At last 'tis June and for thirty da\s we'll bask in the shine we waited twelve months to enjoy. lm no momh is )K June. Little Johnny, who had been playin. v.'h his i-,cx;-door bor, Billy, came running into the lion's. . Hk were dirty and on his face was a tell-tale - of noretl been put there recently. "What on earth i t matter his asked. Between sobs, Johnny replied "I: no d? kicked me." His mother, soothingly: "Oh I re. ? 1! didi' to hurt you." Johnny glared: "Maybe net ... iet.n-ed "1 sure he didn't wear his cowboy boots over here ncr idently. Three little black-eyed paragraphs. As happy as could l>e. A-rambling all around the town To see what they could see. They found a column on a.pane. And danced as fairies do. One rode away on a hyphen . . Then there were only two Two little black-eyed 'paragraphs. Just having lots of fun. One fell down on a misspelled word ... And that left only one. One little black-eyed paragraph Went out to hunt some friends. He ran into a period ....... And thus our column ends. 0 ? Letters to the Edik "FINE PRINTING JOB" Editor, The Mountaineer: At this time the distribution of our 15,000 booklets are well under way and our hearts are happy. We are now receiving long distance calls and letters requesting a sup ply of them. Or) behalf of the Haywood Coun ty Highlanders. I would like, at this time, to thank you and con gratulate you for the very fine job of printing our 15J)00 booklets; also, for the hours you spent with us in planning these booklets which contain many of your valu able suggestions. The great savings of cost for producing these booklets are deep ly appreciated by the Haywood County Highlanders On re more my hearty :!u Sincerely yours. K I)c Vous ; President Haywood County HigS "M.Wy THANKS" I Editor. Tile Mountaineer The Fines Creek Homel (ration Club wishes to el ! you . their many thank- and ciation for the nice way * given public it*. ? trough the taineer to the Home Detnoi work. Again may we say you. Sincerely Airs Nellie Clark Secretary and TreU THE MOUNTAINEER Waynesville, North Carolina Main Street Dial GL 6-5301 The County Seat of Haywood County Published By The WAYNESV1LLE MOUNTAINEER, Inc. W CUHTIS RUSS .. _ Editor W. Curtis Huss and Marion T. Bridges. Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY HAYWOOD COUNTY One Year .... __ $3.00 Seven Months . ? ^ 2.00 Tlnee Months , , . 1.00 NORTH CAROLINA One Year __ $4 00 Six Months 225 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Year $4 80 Six Months ,?5.? . . 2 50 Entered at the poet off I re at Wnmesville, N. C. as Sec ond Class Mall Matter, ?s provided under the Act of March 2. 187S. November 20. I!*14. MtMBfcR Of" THE ASSOCIATEO PRESS The Associated Presi Is entitled exclusively to the use for re-^ubllcatton of all the local news printed in this tirwepapur. as well as all AP news dispatches Thursday Afternoon. June 3. 1951 Ihcyll l>) It Every lime Bv limmy -Hatlo I mmiM?B- ? i i SALESMAN! SAM A RAINY DAY-* IS EXCUSE ENOUC3>M - ? TO STAY IN MAY? I - ?ll| . 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