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TODAY'S Q1T0TA,J TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE , . W Editorial Page of The Mountaineer ?John ^ C ? T r-77 ~ m Water Conservation Looms As Next Big Project For Mountain Area Haywood County, along with other part* of the Sooth, is suffering from the extreme dry weather, but right here, we are far bet ter off than many places. Many wells and springs in the rural areas are dry. while right here in town, the supply of water is far greater than the consumption. In fact, right now, only about one-fifth of the available water in the town system is being used. Some springs and wells have gone dry for the first time in history. This is due, no doubt, to the extren e dry fall last year, and the dry winter, when the water table did not have a chance tc t>e replenished. The matter has gotten to the point where it looks like a program of water conservation will be one of our next major problems. You're Working for The Government Citizens Public Expenditure Survey de fines a taxpayer as "one who doesn't have to |mss a civil service exam to work for the government." The average man in the $1,500 bracket works one day in every three to earn tax money alone! If he is employed on the usual 40-hour, five-day week basis, he works more hours to pay his taxes that he does to meet Imth his housing and clothing needs. That's a bleak picture, but a ray of sun light is found in the fact that the new federal budget marks a reduction from its predecessors?and that the tax cuts propos ed by the Administration and authorized by Congress have provided us with some mea sure of relief. Now the hope is that larger cuts in both spending and taxes will be possible in the future. Practically everyone, in and out of government, wants that. But the goal will be impossible of attainment unless it is honestly supported by the public at large. That means we must do much more than just advocate economy as a vague general principle. We must be willing to approve economy measures when they directly af fect us?not the other fellow only. Long ago, it was said that the people get thu kind of government they deserve, and that goes for fiscal affairs as well as everything else. The publishers of The Mountaineer want to take this one other opportunity to extend to everyone a cordial welcome to attend the "open house" of this newspaper plant to night (Thursday) from 7CtO until 10. Every phase of newspaper publication will be shown all who visit the plant. Births In State Reflect School Enrollment The increase in the number of births in North Carolina since 1945 is now making its imiKict u|?on the public schools, we learn from a statement in State School Facts. The recent opening of school, saw over 107,000 more children starting school than in previous years. A rather interesting fact is that from 19:18 to 194."), there was an average of 85,821 births per year in this state. For the more ) recent 8-year |>eriod ? 1940 - 195:1 ? there was an average of 109.030 births per year. The trend of a steady increase in the birth rate has a direct bearing on the public schools, and means that each year sees more and more students enrolled in our school system. Right at the moment, Haywood seems to have met the need, and for the next few years will l>e in a i>osition to take care of the normal increase in school enrollment. How ever. should the trend continue, and there is no indication that it will not. then it is not too soon to begin giving serious thought to what steps to take for the schools next. Some states are finding; the dual classroom system ? two shifts a day in the same build ing is solving their overcrowded condi tions.. One group of students go to school at 7:80, and get out at 1:30. Another goes at 1 :30 and gets out at 7:30, Two sets of facul ty and students use the same buildings and facilities. We are not advocating such right at the moment, hut certainly the plan has enough merit for us to keep an eye on those states that are using it, because the time might not be too far away when we will be look ing for some way to handle more students than we have facilities. Vou Can't Drive Too Carefully Our highway safety record here in Hay wood is going up faster and faster. For a-'j bout six months of this year, it stayed on a j 0 rather level keel, and just once in a while j1 did the figures change. For October 5th, 195:'). the score box on the front page read I killed, 37 injured. On <) the same date this year, the box score reads: I v 3 killed, and 19 injured. One less killed than last year, but 12 more t injured. t Not a very pretty picture of facts, but we j ' have it with us. One person who was at the terrible acci- ' dent about midnight Saturday night, said that to see and hear the suffering that the seven people went through, was enough to make anyone vow they would go to the ex tremes to be careful from now on while driv ing. The fact remains, there is no such thing 1 as being too careful. i; "Let Us Pray" The I lay wot xt Ministerial Association, is to be commended for their timely action of sponsoring a day of prayer on Sunday, ask ing for rain. The need of rain is perhaps as great now as at any time in recent years. Many parts of the country are suffering greater hardships than we right here in Haywood, but nevertheless, we should be prayerful about our needs, and not wait until Sunday, but ask for rainfall in our daily prayers. In the event of heavy rains before Sun day, it is the plan of the ministers, and cer tainly well, that the prayers be of thanks giving. The shortage of rainfall affects our lives and entire economy here in Haywood, as well as throughout the nation. Tis time for prayers. Karnest prayers. THE MOUNTAINEER Wiynnvfllf, North Carolina Main Street Dial CiT. 6-5301 The County Sr.it of llarwnnd County Published By The WAYNKSV1L1E MOt'NTAlNKKR, Inc. W CURTIS RUSS Editor W. Curtis Russ and Morton T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY 'BY MAD. IN HAYWOOD COUNTY Orte Year $350 Six months -8.00 BY MAD. IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year _ 4 5ft Six months 2.50 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Year 5 ft* Six months S.M LOCAL CARRIER DELIVERY Per mont h 4ftc Office-paid for carrier delivery 4 30 Entered at the post office at WavTTrsvtllc, N C . a* Srr ond Class Mali Matter, as pros idcd utulrr the Act ol March 2, 1*7<?. November 10, 1014 MEMItPH OF THK ASSOC1ATFD PUFSS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for re-publication of all the local news printed tn thif newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches Thursday Afternoon. October 7. 1951 They'll Do It Every Time ?- By |inimy llatlo ,| IDoNlKER WAS 7UE 6(jy WMO DISCOVERED I THE FLAW IK' THE OTWEr? 8RANCLI ft OPPICES' OPERATOR AND WISED UP BOSSO-1 {One MOTTW later : WHO'S a YONI6 i THOSE ON THE CARPET? WHY', GOOD ( I OL"\OM MIS TOES "DONIKER,OP COURSE..' $ \jf ER-0e? PARKX.CWiEF-^ 11 Bur SO\E OF THE. OTHER W BRANCHES ARE VKX-ATKj H MUST ALWAYS BE rl ^?n SN>PP6D p nan TIOOLE>7 \ I / /HAROOMPMi TAKE A\.' J letter to the man r / OFFICE"! WAVE"AWEM-\ MAROOMPM-nSCOVEREP TLAT OTWER 6RANCLES ARE VIOLATING RULE 3M> \ AND ARE SHIPPING / Vwidgets in manifolds J ( ?^N-n INSTEAD OF ZS ' ^r\pBoxEs-- jr CS^Ti Tnr~r~nB ^ J DONIK6R.' DIRSCnVE. FRO*\"TUE \ J ( MAIN OFFICE. J VERY UPSET ABOUT \ 9 WPOETS SKIPPED IN PAPER .'/I i f WATCM IT IN TK? FUTURE ? AND \ f ? I NATUfxALXV XX) SNIPPING CLEWS k^l V GET NO RAISE TKIS YE AR .DUE / ~ 1 I I TO LOSSES FROW WOOETS ,<1:: T. l I \SN)FPED NOORRECTTJy7>^f^ 1 ^^~|T7yp -??, i1- ? CLOWN WHO WOULD PLAY HAMLET ' MY ACT ; WENT OVER i GREAT LAST , SPRING1, j \WV' f I ' j, HEARING [ NOtfttUS FEATURES WATK'nvis ' *T 5FNATE DIGNITY UPHELD lAAA RfrPC TIT . ?. C w>_^ - - Looking Back through The Years :>? YEARS AGO Haywood County Hospital is one if 65 in the state to be placed on pproved list of the American Col ette of Surgeons. Lee Davis is elected president t the Varsity Club of Duke Uni ersity Mr. and Mrs Bejt Colkitt enter ain at dinner in celebration of heir fifteenth wedding annivers ary. Master Billy Davis has birthday >arty. 10 years ago Methodists plan .Memorial Chap el at Lake Junaluska. Rufus Summer row is awarded . Certificate of Honorable Service. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gwvn re turn to Wilmington. Del after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. I Lenoii Gwvn. Pvt. Pink Burrtss of Allen Creek and Pvt. William I. Davis of Waynesvilte meet in Italy. Nathan Ferguson visits his broth er-in-law, Prof. E. J. Robeson 5 YEARS Alio Miss Elise DeLozier, bride-elect o| Joe Palmer, is honored at a Ilia given by Miss Edna Summer row and Miss Edith Summerrow. Large group from Waynesville , attends concert given by Margaret Ti urnan at Cullowhee. I ' *" Pat Smathers of Canton is presi dent of Meredith College fresh -1 man class Dallas R. Clark. USN. is serving aboard the aircraft carrier. USS ! Coral Sea. Just Looking Around - By W. ri'RTIS HI'SS Almost everyone these days t lakes it for granted that electricity j c has been with us always. This year makes only 75 years. And there is j > 110 question but what the greatest \ strides have been made in the clec-' 1 Uicul field in the past 20 years 1 It has not bet n too long ago. 1 when we remember the power did ' not come on until live o'clock in 1 the afternoon The power plant 1 blew a whistle to let the customers know the power was on The plant shut down at sunup, because all v the electricity then was used for lights. *1* In the early days of power plants, it was not uncommon for the lights to grow real dim at times, and the usual remark was that 'he fireman had gone to sleep and let the steam run low The theatres have put electricity to work about as much as any one ' enterprise. Not too many years ago ?even as late as 30 years when sound pictures made their first ap pearance. the theatres had to use slides made of glass to tell the audience "One Moment Please While The Operator Changes Reels." or "Reel being spliced, please be patient." This latter slide was when the younger boys let loose their ear splitting whistles. Indian war whoops. and tried to beat the floor to shreds with their heavy heeled boots. The coming of electricity did away with a mean Saturday job? filling the lamps, and cleaning the shades. The chore had to be done just when a hall game was to start. ( or some other activity called upon a feller to be somewhere else. And when the lamp cleaning (ask was over, there came the cof- ( fee grinding. Then green coffee had been parched in the old wood stove 1 oven, and it had fo be ground right then Sometimes it had to go through the mill twice The mill was a small outfit, but the handle could get mighty hard to turn he fore the week's supply of eoffee had been ground. Those of us who remember (he coffee grinding days, feel like standing at attention when we see these modern electrified mills in the super markets that grind a pound bag of eoffee in a jiffy Another trend of the day has brought grass lawns to take the llace of the bare yards of the old lays. In tile Piedmont and C.'oastal re gions, the family with the prettiest shite sandy yard had something While there was no gra-s to be rut here was that baekbrraking job if sweeping with a brush broom each Saturday And \vo,; to the youngster who stepped on the swept yard before Sundae, especi ally if the preacher Was to lie a guest for dinner. No wonder so many young peo ple complain that there is not much to do on weekends any more. May be a little coffee grinding, yard sweeping, and lamo cleaning would occupy their time The three kinds of dikes in Hol land are: "Watchers," the big ones standing in the sea to fend olT first assaults of waves, "sleepers " the se< ond line of defense behind the "watchers;"' and the "dreamers." the last-resort defenders of indi vidual farms Voice of the People Why do you read a newspaper? Miss Jackie Sue Messer: I read first to see what's going on in the world in general?and next to see what Mary Worth is doing." Mrs. J. C. Jennings: "To read the news, especially the social news." A. L. Jackson: "To tind out what's going on in general." Jerry Rogers: "For current events and especially to get the ideas of others through editorials I also like to keep tip with the county news." The Rev. F.arl II. Brendall: "Tc keep in touch with the times." Farm income is about 12.8 pet cent of total U. S. income. NEWSPAPERS GET BIGGEST SHARE | OF ADVERTISING DOLLAR \ outdoor an^v f \miscellaneous /*agazines\ 21.3% 3 / 14.5% \ radio x 16.1%,/ |/* 34% y \ /direct x \ / mah > /4< x 14j* cs Total 1953 expenditure ^ for advertising in U.$. 7.8 billion dollars. *?*?'' W'l A .'A I'A- . Vf ,vv?vr> \ Am P Rambling Koundl Uy Frances Gilbert Frazier How many of you remember Odd Mclnty whose column was printed in papers all m, ( Olin Miller, the man from Gemma and I ''Vj!"^Bj There are do/ens of other well-known and now having their ideas and wordage in many t Whether the reading public realizes it , ^B despisei these writers. They seem likt <>|d i along the reader's path of thought, thc\ family fold. Those columnists who cam on i v. trend of thought are the most popular. But avenues are read with avid interest, for oft I'm i,;. * of scandal seep into the consciousness ot them when voting time rolls around. And sp the.v are all oiling up their typewriters at e! and wits preparatory to the big Koveml? Prefaces will flow like water over a dam, aim tions and what-have-you will keep the w - ^B Christmas tide. A columnist has to walk a pretty narrow into a reader-pedestrian going in an oppos r '^B and 'taint easy, pardner! The gallev of a ship and the sallrv of netupjptr J never be mistaken for each other. It usually happens on one Of those day is working overtime, and you feci that if o ,^B to yiJfcr pack you will blow your top. Press <!.,< .H The lady comes into the front office an tells you that she wants a back copy of the pap. \ ? , , remember the date, but the article was about n r(,1JS^B for her little daughter. No. she just can t s ? .<>:^B a heading or was just a social number. You produce the heavy, bound copv of : -^^B start out on a blind date The lady trie- to t thing of interest on each page you turn but i?, p is futile . . and then the urge for mans.laugh" out . the lady sighs deeply and says: "1 wasn't sure w hether i: wj^B paper or the Murphy paper. You see. ins , t^H you know.'' No. you didn't know but it w.i-i wished the lady was going. ^B It takes all sorts of people to make up a world: that jns^B for a newspaper. She was the type of woman who expect. . vl^B spoke. A belligerent "f-dare-\on" voice made her seem the ideal wife lor Mr. Milqucto. Sit. !t:v . iM told the young lady she wanted to put an ad : -r g^^B who had been stolen . of that she was [ .,tiw 3 H would never run away, or strav front httitu .^B was writtfen to her satisfaction and she was : : n-H she demanded: "Of course, I want that on '? ' '? evei reads the inside o! a paper." The your grab hold of the counter to keep from taint n managed to tell the customer that was inipi 1 ^B she had to listen to the opinions of the ir.it - r. H pedigree, ancestry and brilliance of "Hot ^B endurance, the young lady clark suggested: U .(fl get out an extra and put a big streamer acnes ' ? ! Fancy fan read!" A deadline is something that stavs miles aw;a* until itH you ker plunk. what do pi knoi about I COLUMBDSl ?' ' ? 1 U. ' - ~ 1,1 Was Colmbus trying to prove the #u 2 Ho* mi.hh voyages did he make to I ?t Did QuMn Isabella <>t" Spain wll . t firs) voyage'' H 4. Why did he calf the natives "Indian Bahamas^ 5; What countries besides the United S I fi Did Columbus die a rieh man? 7. Did the fii-t trip to tile New W< i i I weeks or i i months? ? ft Are Columbus' remains entombed in Vu tt 1 *!? ^ h\ did ( iilumhus once threa'et town'.' iAnswers are on pace ."5. Give wnselt 10 points InrearhB answer. A seore of To or hisher is excellent SO ' "d 'n ,alrB ?no .vou still think it's flat?) . - (Continued on Paso 5) I CROSSWORD i - - i ACROSS 1 Manila hemp 6 Capital (East Flanders) 11 Novices (var.) 12. A Shake spearean character It Deputy 11 Thine of value 1'. Garment IT I .a menta 2'* Fsi.nct biad 2: s ??? asm 21 ' '. in 26 h d of r(Fr.) 2T ...1 28 ;? men 20. t'i. I flower bud used as a spu e 31. Before 22 Freer of dirt 24 Gain, as knowleclpo. 2.T Kind of nut 28. Notions 42. Exmtirp 43. Kind of cloth 44. Walks through water 42 Mistake flow N 1. Luzon native 2 Immense 3 Tart of "to be" I 4. Pat done J 5 Out of the : right way 1 6 Covered I with grass 7. A horse (colloq.) I S. City (Prtis ) ?? Born : 10. Little child H>. Half an em 17. Book of I sacred Writings ? IS. Mistake 19. A watered silk fabric 20. Oonrdlikc fruit t 21. A Iru:i 22. Viper !5. Inhabitant ol an island 29. Settings | 20. A shade of red 20. Music rote 34. Wash 25. Animal's foot 06. Cuido's high est note 37. Famous cha: ? acter in Spanish lit erature 1 ? 5 ? b 1 6 !? TT Xyfc~ ? '7 18 19 25 ?Illllfc--' 28 29 5? 42???n 51 ZZ 32 J3 77r7zr7/'i^ Uti //a//a'/a ? 7|1* ~ yy^~ t#l
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