b TODAY'S QCOTAtjl .... . ? Jesus chose this method 0r t? bible terse E^igwSalPaze of The sttXTSrvrs'Sl ^gt^OASTt national rage uj ine saBayyar "1 I Canton Vuukirt Nearer Reality The allocation of 1350.000 on Friday for the Canton viaduct makes the project almost \ certain. The project now has $1,100,000 to its ! credit from hjghway surplus funds, and ac i cording to engineers, that might be enough ! to build the 850-foot 4-lane viaduct to get traffic across the town. Needless to repeat, the Canton traffic problem has been termed as one of the worst bottlenecks in Western North Carolina. The citizens of Canton, through their ald [ ?rmen, have looked on the project as a state, or area need, and not the obligation of the Town of Canton, and on this basis, have not seen fit to obligate themselves for about $100,000 for the estimated one-third costs of | right-of-ways. The board of aldermen on July first, went ' on record as saying they would not oppose the project, provided there was no financial obligation to the Town of Canton. Apparently the project is nearer a reality, or Governor Umstead would never have taken $350,000 from the highway surplus and put op the project. The project is one brought on by the trends of progress, and the ever-increasing travel. To try and stop either would be a futile task. Spot News And Truth Remarks of Chief Justice Warren at the recent 103rd commencement of MacMurray Collejre for Women are bound to be misin terpreted. Nowadays, he said, "The truth cart not be acquired merely from the sjiot news for the day." From this it will be gen eralized that newspapers tell lies. Newspapers report spot news. Some of that news is what somebody said at a Senate hearing or a luncheon speech or on the wit ness stand. What the quoted say may be untrue, but it isn't Ion# until truth outs. That, too, is quoted by the responsible editor. Newspapers don't make news. They report. Thai' who misquote or distort can not last long, for competition in both the leathering and presentation of news is a powerful force for the true picture. Of course, a hitch comes when "truth" is defined. What the Chief Justice thinks is "truth" may or may not be the truth, but his honest appraisel of it.. There's a difference, too. between truth and opinion. The two may be far apart as the poles. And they may be idertt :c al. Hut opinion based on an untruth is - > >n discovered for what it is. ?Dallas News. Firemen had to chop up a juke box when a short circuit caused a fire. What a tempt ing: idea!?Kingsport (Tenn.) Times. THE MOUNTAINEER I 4 .. . W'aynesville, North Carolina Main Street ? Dial GL 6-5301 The County Seat of Haywood County Published By The W^YNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER, Inc. IV CURTIS RUSS Editor \V Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers Pi 9I.ISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY MAIL IN HAYWOOD COUNTY Or ft Year $3.50 Six months 2 00 EY MAIL IN NORTH CAROLINA Ono Year 4 50 Six months 2.50 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA On<( Year 5 OP Six month* 3 (K LOCAL CARRIER DELIVERY Per* month 40c O'firp-riaid for carrier delivery 4 50 F"??rr<1 at the post office at Wavnesvllle, N. C.. as Sec ond Class Mai! Matter as provided Under the Act ol Mxrch 2. 1ST*. November 20. 19M MFMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PFF.SS The Associated Proas la entitled exclusively to the use for re-nubllcation of all the local news printed In this ?? vrtpnper. as well as all Ap news dispatches Monday Afternoon. August 16. 1951 r* Precaution Better Than Regret Highway patrolmen have pointed out that this year has seen an unusually large num ber of rear end collisions, where one ve hicle following too close ran into the one ahead. Of course, the state law prohobits driving too close to the vehicle in front. Along this line, the patrolmen are con cerned by the dangerous practice of many people who let passengers, in trucks, sit with their feet hanging over the back. Since rear end collisions are becoming great er in number, the patrolmen point out that those who sit with their feet hanging over the back are taking a chance of getting a leg. or even two legs cut off. The number of trucks on the highways, especially over weekends, with loads of peo ple, usually groups going on a picnic or hay ride, often have from four to six sitting on the end of the truck with their feet hang ing off. Another thing which causes patrolmen to go into a dither is to see a pickup truck with a number of children in the back pushing and shoving, while the adults are seated in front. These things are in direct opposition to good safety practices, and a little precaution beforehand might be the means of saving life and limb before it is too late. We're 45th To rank 45th among the states "sn't al ways shameful. Perhaps it is when North Carolina slips to 45th ranking in per capita income, letting: So"th Carolina climb ahead of us. Rut not when North Carolina ranks 45th in the number of polio cases per 100,000 popula tion (the ranking is based on a five-year study by the U. S. Public Health Service.) Hugh Morton, chairman of the State Ad vertising Committee, is proud of this latter 45th ranking. And we suspect he'd like to have this ranking publicized as widely as that 45th ranking in per capita income. In fact, more widely publicized than that. For Much wants the whole United States to knoto that North Carolina is relatively free from the polio menace over the years. He thinks that is not the impression which is abroad now. North Carolina has of late had a lot of publicity concerning some spectacular efforts to combat polio in some of Our coun ties and this publicity isn't doing the North Carolina tourist business any good. Hugh has a point there. If tourists are j shunning North Carolina because of false | impressions, they ought to be set straight with the facts. Let's let the world know we're 45th (in polio cases) and, indeed proud of it. ?Sm.ithfield Herald. Intriguing Theory Could it be that the excessive cigarette smoker is a tense, extremely nervous type? If so, isn't it possible that his neurotic con dition make him more susceptible to high blood pressure, heart trouble and cancer than the more placid, healthier non-smoker? It is for the doctors to say, of course, but it is an intriguing theory. It might turn out that chain smoking is merely symptomat ic of deeper, organic weaknesses. ?The Montgomery Herald. First Dividend The retail price of coffee has finally fal len five cents a pound. That drop is a first dividend for consumer resistance to coffee prices, which have risen by 21) per cent in the past year. Consumers will be wise to regard this as a first dividend, with others to follow, and to await other dividends before returning to unrestricted purchase of coffee. ?? Voice of the People What was the highlight of your Haywood County trip? < Answered 1 by members' of 4-H group from .Berkshire County, Mass.* Martin Francis: "I am most im I pressed by the people of 'God's Country'?by their friendliness and their sincerity, and by their ability to get things done in an efficient I and relaxed manner." James Dean: "The thing that im j pressed me most was the Cham j pion paper factory and the Great | Smoky National Park " Carolyn Miller: "One of the most ' interesting things I saw was the Indian village and the Indian i drama. Thev were both very color ' ful and different from what we J have at home. All the things we | did and saw were very interest I ing." 1T0 be continued) NO SALE ? i y Looking Back Through The Years 20 YEARS AGO * 1 Dr. French Haynes of Clyde is appointed dean of women and as sociate professor of education at Elon College. Mildred Knight has birthday par ty in her home in Hazelwood. Lee Davis is host of a square dance honoring the Misses Carmen and Angela Patterson of Greens boro, Miss Mary PenlanJ McCracken < entertains young set at a party honoring her house guest. Miss Doris Osborne of Asheville. 10 YEARS AGO ! Miss Elizabeth Rogers, who holds a secretarial position with the U. ! S. Engineering Corps in Rio do, Janeiro, visits her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers, of Clyde. Route 1. Haywood Schools set opening date September 15. Miss Corinne Wagenfeld is en gaged to Lt Robert F. Anton. :? A/C Fred Martin, Jr. returns to ; Marana Field. Tucson, Ariz., after spending a furlough with his par ents. ___________ 5 YEARS AGO REA members are given lower ' electric rates. Contract is let for new Post Of fice at Clyde. Six hundred former residents at tend annual Cataloochee Reunion. Mack Caldwell is elected president of the group. Roy Moseman announces re opening of his business in building next to the Dixie Store. Lyman C. Reed entertains with open house in his new home near Bethel. Mrs. David Hyatt honors her sister-in-law, Mrs. Don Hyatt, of Newport News at a bridge party. Letters to the Editor KEEP AMERICA CLEAN ,1 Editor, The Mountaineer: The growing volume of litter along America's streets and high ways. in its parks and on its ! beaches, concerns everyone who takes pride in the appearance of his community. What was a minor ? nuisance only a few years ago has become a major problem. Here and there individual citi zens or groups have undertaken to combat the litter problem locally. 1 In some areas, notably California, this activity has assumed state wide proportions A few national : organizations?among them the 1 National Council of State Garden Clubs, for w hich I am privileged to speak as president.*?have recogniz ed the seriousness of the situation and have urged that anti-litter ac tivities be incorporated in the ac tion programs of their member groups at state and local levels. The public interest in these in dependent efforts indicates a wide spread desire for an anti-litter plan that can be applied to the entire nation. It is most encouraging, therefore, to find that a grouo of the nation's foremost industrial leaders not | only share our concern but have taken an aggressive step toward ''he elimination of litter from the I Mnerican scene 1 refer to the recent organization ?nnouncement of Keep America Beautiful. Inc.. a non-profit corp-1 oration established for the express ?Mirpose of Combatting litter. For 1 'he benefit of those of your read-! "rs who may not know of this new -"?eanizaion I would like to ex-! ""'"in that it represents a joint ef-1 fort by industry and citizen groups ?o cone with the litter problem on y national basis. Its nroeram has three principal -htectives: 1?To create a public awareness ->f litter and of the individual's -??oon?ibilitv for it. 2?To stimulate widespread pub '? Hot weather note! Steam heating service for the business district will be discontin ued in October. 1955. Company Manager Harold Boeh ner told the city council that the cost of repairing mains and the distribution system could not be catered by income from the heating system. Felt Good, No Doubt HAMPTON. Va. (AP>?A blind man was convicted here of selling whiskey illegally. Alcoholic Bev erage Control agents testified he was capable of making the sales be- I cause he could tell money from ordinary paper unfailingly by the feel. Rep. Geo. Shuford Gives Stand On Veteran's Needs Congressman George A. Shu Ford of Asheville. 12th North Caro lina District, has issued the follow ng statement to the 33rd nation al convention of the Disabled American Veterans in Miami Beach. Florida, August 15-21, in response to the query. "'What in your opinion does the disabled veteran need most?": "Our nation, grateful for the lacriflces of its armed service men lisablcd in combat with our ene mies. has provided a generous system for disability compensa tions. pensions and other benefits for disabled veterans. "We must work diligently to as sure that our veteran program i? nnerating efficiently and in the interest of the veteran whom it ic intended to s,?rve. I believe our program can be strengthened i" the future bv a three-point pro gram: "1. We should give more a* tention to the needs of the ser iously disabled, to the end the' tbesp unfortunate individuals car achieve the maximum comfort* happiness and usefulness in the! lives. "2. We must all recoenize tb"' the Disabled American Veteran^ thrhuPh outside fund-raising a* tivities. has maintained a oropre*" of service to veterans far bovor " I the nominal resources of the n gani7?tion. The Disabled Amerl ran Veterans should continue ? i xnand its service program in a effort to he of maximum assist,ac to disabled veterans and their d nendents who are seeking to oh*"' the rights aroi henefits which tb' are due under law. "3. The Disabled American V*-* erans must recognize that thpre ' a continuous assault on the vet'' ans hospital and medical prograr therefore the organization must ex ercise utmost diligence in protect ing the programs which now exist for the service of the disabled vet erans.'' Galen, Greek physician of the second century A. D. observed cancer. Engineering Camp KNOXVILLE API-Win Clyde _B. Stout's streams i the neighborhood, her hush stnnmoned home from woi loaded a ,22-taIiber rifle a rid of the offenders?tw snakes coiled in a closet Rambling Round! By Fraaces Gilbert Frazier A -Rambling" reader asked as to "pile it on about t?l nuisance. It'seems he is a victim of the muffler-cut-out the J motor and horn-tooting maniac who is allowed to run highways. With the open-window season still in -t\le. the J be made hideous by these nerve-wreckers And for a .,rge, ly would like to shoot at are the youthful echo-tooien -J becilic drivers who try to out blow another set ot j who succeed in tearing the stillness ol the night t., hreds J A medal and a wreath of roses to the person ho J tb" song in "The Mikado" . . Let the psWUiina - ; tfaeS Whoever wrote "He who hesitates is lost" must hay, J cross (in any direction) the street at the Mersection Main. I With only one week of vacation remaining. 1 ? , ? 1 ginning to show signs of apprehension. She remembered, only < J how thrilled she was last year when she prepared 1 attendS the first time. And what had happened was also vividly nnprtj her memory. She had thought it would be like k:.M!ergart(jl little more advanced, and she was not prepared t> the Tiot)l rigid discipline which she encountered. Her motln: noting J tance. said: "Why, honey, you don't want to spoil your tdutJ you?" The little girl studied the situation a minute or tuothJ reflectively: "If I missed just one year, Mommie. do you thir.sl cation would be so spoiled it would be rotten ? I A plan that cannot be changed is not well planned I We'd like to hand a small bouquet to a taxi-driver I the other morning. As everyone knows, the side treet bet J Courthouse and the parking lot is used more a-, a turn-aro^B street and one is likely to get bumped without ceremony 1 J just crossing this street when a taxi driver turned into the - J lady stopped instantly but the driver had already stopped for the lady to go ahead. She said to him: "Thank vou I Very few are courteous enough to let a pedestrian througt 1 that the lady was carryiag some letters, the ta\i driver J "If you're going to the post office, I'll be glad to give you am on my way to Hazelwood." Again the lady thanktd him and J she was mailing the .letters in the corner box. Bui all day J courtesy extended by the taxi driver made the day a little p j and the world seem a little more friendly, for this lady was ;.-J in town. Something we'd rather hear about than listen to: AaJ boy telling about an accident , . . and he in the voirr-dj stage. SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK By R. J. SCOTT w. 1 -fill SlAMLSt. j v- 4*n i*K M gale. . ??6 SH?ut "gale. 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I REALLY < N DIDN'T NEED "THE \ ( MONEY ANyUOW-JUST L A WANTED ID TEST L 6uys.?; HW. lM>yf,on-tt' ??>mi | llllp jW^WASHINGTl ?- MARCH OF EVENTS -= A Concise Political Here's Howfi Roundup for 1954 Stand on th?l Special to Central Press WASHINGTON"?Republicans and Democrats are girding! of the hardest fought congressional elections in many With the GOP in control of Congress by only five seats (four 1 House, one in the Senatei, Republicans italize they face a battle to retain a majority. In the past, with a few notable exceptions, the party in po?< lost strength in off-year congressional elections, generally M i few seats. Since a few is all the Democrat I to gain control, a bitter battle is in prospect I It is generally recognized that the 19i2i* was a victory for President Eisenhower rather than for the Republican party T-e 1 in Congress bears witness to that In theS 219 Republicans, 215 Democrats < ne Iniepe* In the Senate, 48 Republicans, 47 Demi a Independent. * All 435 House seats will be filic'l in the ber elections. In the Senate, seats art > filled. These are now held by 22 Demtxtf 14 Republicans. Many astute political stratrf. t.s bfl.t* National Capitol President is the only one who can kceptwi and possibly the Senate as well, from KoinS| cmuc\ ine Dig question is, will tne president canij m and, if so, to what extent? * * ^ ? * WITH THE ELECTION only a few months away. hcrt * main issues around which the campaign will probably re%t' The Farm program; 2?Foreign policy; 3? Communis"', thyism; 5?Business conditions; 6?Corruption in go'.cinmeru Here are the positions the parties will take on the first * THE FARM PROGRAM?Democrats will strike back ? ministration's flexible price support program, which v?paptjl farm prices to vary from 75 to 90 per cent of parity ' government formula aimed at equalizing a farmer's inCO"1o(^ penses.) Democrats favor the present fixed 90 per cen ^ program for wheat, corn, cotton, rice and peanuts, the so-c crops. Republican legislators are split. FOREIGN POLICY?For the first time in years th>? # major issue in an election campaign. Democrats will a ministration's program as resulting in confusion at home ^ ness abroad. Republicans are accusing the Democrats o of treason.'' ? ? ? ? rt,,. POSITIONS OF THE GOP AND DEMOS on the four re major issues will be along these lines: bllCiH COMMUNISM?This issue proved effective for the ReP" ^ years ago. It is being reused, just as the Democrats us ^ Depression" as their battle cry for many years previous will again aecuae their opponents of being soft towai in government, will cite their own record in cleaning ?u Democrats will term the figures, false, assail the adrru endangering civil rights. . c*rtW McCARTHYISM?The figure of Senator Joseph R and ?? Wisconsin, will move through the campaign, both liters ? ^ tively, although his seat is not at stake. He will a,tac K crats; they will assail him. Democrats intend to us McCarthy hearings for ammunition. nt m BUSINESS CONDITIONS?The rise in unempl"*? ^ ^ scared the Republicans and got the Democrats talking ^ ^ and depression. They will question the GOP's abih v country on an even keel economically and some will ^ be so unkind as to remind their listeners of what u happened during the last Republican administration ^is' The administration, however, will contend that what Cent*** ever drop there was in business conditions is now over and will site constantly rising employment flgu,(,!! CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT?The Truman ? ^ is in for another going-over by Republican orators ^(1 national committee has listed more than 100 "scandals cratic regime. The DemocraU will strike back with #ll sion of "the mess in Washington," with particular em' constantly-unfolding federal housing scandals. m