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TODAY'S QTOT, TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE f ut*T| I- Editorial Easfc of Tho hii? ??! Straight To The Point the tn-st addresses on highway safe ty heard in a long time was delivered to high school students and Rotarians last Kri day by Lt. H. C. Johnson of the state high way patrol. Numerous students who heard him have commented on the ract that he made "them think." That is the substance of a good ad dress. .Many of those who heard him. as well as those who read the report of his address, were amazed to learn that following too close resulted in more accidents than any other one traffic violation. Three of the vehicles reported in wrecks over the v;,st weekend in Haywood, were the result of following too close. Very often the damageftaused by such a violation is not as sever? as the head-ons, and others, and for that reqgon might escape the eyes of readers. The greatest "killer" on the road, still re mains speed, according to the records. And 85 pef cent of all accidents are the fault of 1 he driver. And when all is said and done, almost every ^evident can be avoided, by the proper application of a little care, and safety rules. And that is what prompted the speaker to say that the public must take a different at titude towards highway accidents in order to lower the number, and reduce deaths. SmaJf Town (lossips Are Advantageous "Siflflt towns have more gossips because its more fun watching a game when you know the players," so said one S. C. Barry. A lot of stinging remarks about small town gossips are just plain jealousy. In a little to\vn you know what's going on. good and bad. most of the time. In our larger cities, you know a little of what is going on part of the time. The city dweller seems lost and out of touch with the world when he goes to a small city and finds everyone so well in formed. You don't have to be very sharp to put sMwthing over in a bin: town but you have to get up mighty early to pull the same thing in a small, grass roots city. Kinda burns the big buys up to discover that the local citizenry (yokels to them) have fiyured out so quickly. Sov even gossip, bad as it usually is, lias its yood points. Before you vent your wrath on a wagging tongue stoj) and think . . . It's a migtyt^ good feeling to know you live in a place*where you know what is yoiny on and the neighbors know you and what you're doing . . . even though, at times, you wish they had a little more time to take care of their own business and a lot less time to run yours. We'll bet that you wouldn't have it any other way. Viillev Ytirrnr (helail Wash THE MOUNTAINEER Waynesvillr, North Carolina Main Street Dial (JL 6-5301 Thr County Scat of Haywood County . Published By The WAYNKSVI1.it: mocntaineer, Inc. W CURTtS It CSS Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T Bridges. Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY MA1I. IN HAYWOOD COUNTY On? Year $8.90 Six months 2 00 BY MAIL IN NORTH CAROLINA One Year 4 .">0 Six months 2">0 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One, Year 5.0i Six teonths 3 0(. LOCAL CARRIER DELIVERY Ter month 40r Office-poid for carrier delivery 4 50 Entered at the post office at Waynesv'llle, N C , a* Sec ond Class Mail Matter, as provided under the Act of March 2, 1*70. November 20, 1514 " memnrw or Ttrr associated press The Associated Pre.s-. tr entitled exctuaivety to the use for re-publication of alt the local neves printed In this newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches Thursday \fternoen, October 21, 1954 A Growing Convention Center Playing host to tourists is an old story for Waynesville, but entertaining convention visitors here is a fairly new but very pleasant undertaking. And we hope it'll vet pe a habit. In the past 12 months, since the North Carolina Secretaries Association held its first state convention here last October, Waynes ville and neighboring Lake Junaluska have received more convention quests than came here in the five years previous. Adding to the present total will be some 500 representatives of the annual District 1 conference of the North Carolina Parent Teacher Association, which will hold a busi ness session tomorrow morning in the Way nesville High School auditorium, and then adjourn for lunch in the impressive new school cafeteria. Next Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, will see from 100 to 450 Kotarians from the 280th district?the area from Monroe west to the Tennessee line?come here for a two-day an nual conference. It takes only a look at a map of Western North Carolina to see that Waynesville truly is the "Heart of the Highlands", so why shouldn't it he promoted as such The Waynesville area and its residents have done a fine job in bringing conventions here in the past year; we hope they will bring just as many or more here in the next 12 months. With excellent accommodations and unsur passed scenic attractions, our latch string is out permanently! < * ? ? Two Kinds Of Steers Did von ever wonder why we have an abun dant supply of beef all the year round, in stead of just during the late summer and fall when ranchers round up their herds and ? send them to market? The reason is that there are two kinds of steers. ? The first kind is what the meat people call "finished" -? a steer which can immedi ately provide succulent roasts, steaks, stews, '' hamburger and other dishes. These animals are bought by the packers, and the cuts from them are soon on the nation's dinner tables. (' The second kind aren't so well finished. These animals are bought by cattle feeders. They are fed ureal quantities of grains and n grasses and improved in both quality and quantity. Three to six months later they are sent to market again and bought by the packers, at a time when a diminished supply of steers is coming front the ranges. Thus y the supply of beef is evened out over the year. Thisdoes more than to assure that we will f have plenty of beef available whenever we ri want it. It also helps to stabilize the beef ri price structure. Otherwise, beef prices at " wholesale and retail would soar between one . roundup time and the next. The meat industry is geared to satisfying ?' our needs in the most efficient fashion, no nutlfpr wllilt t hi* iltifn fin tH?? pnlnn^n.. ......... ...... ... .... ..ii ?ii. * ni\ mini ? Promote. Promote, Promote Newsweek has quoted an official of a re tail trade-association as saying: "The busi ness is there for the man who goes out after it. But he's got to promote, promote, pro mote to get it. He's got to be aggressive. Otherwise, he'll lose out to his competitors." In a recent survey, merchants all over the country were polled as to their current ad vertising plans. Ninety-nine per cent are spending as much or more on advertising as was the ease last year. This is just more proof of the fact that the buyers' market is back, and competition is tough and intense. The consumer is king in the vast retail market. I They'll Do li liverv lime Jmimy Harlo - collide, i &ut let 7UE sa we two be RlDlNG t-^t an " ? is> ?e? jalopies and buwp.Wow/ jjgjg5se^k-6astcn act- u the war is on .'.' HE MADE IT ' ? ? - . . t " ^nt *???,: .? ? ft* ,?7 -*? ' ** " y? ^ ,t.- ..?;?? - r u': ? ja*c * " ' v_- ?Lr- ? ' ^ n. w 20 YEARS AGO Rogers home on Main Street, Id landmark, is being torn down. < S. C. Liner misses Sunday School i ' nly 5 times in 25 years Little Jane Dudley Francis has 1 irthday party at the home of her randmother. Mrs. M 11 Reeves. { Miss Nannette Jones leaves for. alifornia to visit friends. i Miss Wilda Crawford. Mrs R. L. revost. and Whitener 1'revost a lotor to Asheville. ? 10 YEARS AGO The liev. Walter B. West suc ceeds the Rev. W. L. Hutchins as superintendent ot the Wa.vnesville District of tlie Methodist Church. Applications are being made for lew A gas ration books. Rolarians gather warm clothing o be sent to Britishers. Grover McEIroy is now serving n the South Pacific theatre. Pfc Loyd Terrell Derrick is [warded the Bronze Star for merit irious action. 5 YEARS AGO Edwin Lowe and Buddy McDow ell are co-captains of Bethel High School's first football team. Mrs. G. C. Plott is visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Sgt. and Mrs. J. B. Luckadoo. at their home j on Parr is Island. Mrs. Jack Brown of Salem, Mass. J visits her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Way. Jr. Champion YMCA square dance > team to give special folk dancing ' exhibition at State Fair. Letters To Editor GOOD READING ditor, The Mountaineer: I enjoyed reading about prepara ons for your open house, and wish | could be there to attend. Con- t ratulations on >our modern, effi ient plant?and the capable organ- t at ion running it' { Sincerely jours .John W West. Jr, 1 r aeksonville. Kla. \ ^ ~ Just Looking Around By W. CI RTIS RUSS Hurricane Hazel will go down in \ listory as one of the most destrue- i ive that ever hit the Carolinas. ? A close study of some of the pic- < urcs made by Associated Press >hotographers at Myrtle Beach, > .how the strand literally washed t iway at the spot where we camped ( m many a night as a Boy Scout >efore World War 1, The cottage - _.. r | A f vhere the family spent weeks dur- j ng those same years no longer j stands, as it was one of those wash ed out to sea. 1) is hard to realize the fury of iueh a storm, as we' sit here in he peace and quiet of a perfect October day in the mountains. Several years ago. we ieft thei .ante beach early one morning by? ?lane just a few hours ahead of a j dorm. which looked bad enough in! Regional growth in per capita income 1939-1953 r~-y^XS~T~J + *?% ) rCENTtAl L^j^MID E. ^FAR vij / *"j C \V +732%y(y^l + \e0'h 1953 per capita income Far Wax $1,986 Central $1,834 North Wart 1,535 South Sail 1,159 South Wart 1,443 Middle EoX 1,984 New Englond 1,834 Proporod by NAM ReteorcH Dept. from Gov't Statiitic* ') RFC.IONS OF I.OW INCOME SHOW MOST RAPID GROWTH The best single statistical measurement for comparing economic veil-being by regions is per capita income. In 1953 the average per aplta income for the entire U. S was $1,709 Thi* was 217 per cent :reater than the corresponding figure for 1939 There is considerable variation, front one region to another, both n the' level of per capita income and in the percentage change since 939. However, there is a pronounced tendency for the regions which lave been below the average to show more rapid growth than other egions. The Southeast is still the area in which the per capita is lowest? .1,139 per person in 1953. But this is the very region in which the n-rcentage growth has been most rapid. Per capita income has very ?early quadrupled since 1939 in the Southeast. Much the same situation prevails in the Southwest and in the Jorthwest In both these regions per capita income is "somewhat hc ow the national average hut the rate of growth since 1939 is con iderably greater than the corresponding figure for the nation as a vhole At the other end of the scale, the Middle East and Far West have icen and remain the regions in which per capita income is highest, lespite the fact that the percentage increase since 1939 has been be nw the national average The New England and Central regions have ?er capita income well above the per capita Income for the Southeast ind Southwest, but show a smaller percentage increase since 1939 A? a result of the especially rapid growth of the below-average re lions the range in per capita income has been sharply reduced. In 939 the highest figure for the seven regions was 2 3 times the low fst, in 1953 th^ highest was only 17 times the lowest. the early morning hours. Although not much damage was done at the time, the waves broke to the front steps of the houses on the strand. A person who has never been in a hurricane or a tornado is unable to realize just what a helpless feel ing comes over you. I still recall, as if ij, were yes terday, the experience of being | caught in the path of a tornado. As a first grader, and being near a railroad track, I thought the roar I heard was that of a freight train rumbling down the nearby grade. Within seconds, I was like a leaf in a a stiff autumn breeze. I was thrown face downward, and all my clothing was ripped off by the wind as if a thousand hands were tearing at me. i As 1 fell on the sidewalk, I rolled into the gutter, just as a picket fence crashed over me, when a giant oak gave way to the winds and fell on the fenee. The fence protected me from flying timbers, limbs, and huge pieces of a metal roof from a hospital about half a block away. The winds subsided as quickly as they had come, and I managed to squirm my way down the gutter to 11it* t-uu m inr lanrn icnce. and (Tot to mv feet once again. For the first time. I realized I did not have any clothes merelv an unusually thick coating of sticky mud ? so thick that T had difficulty in seeing how to make my way over the trees, and tinpbers in the street. 1 tried to wipe the red sticky mud from my eyes with my even muddier hands, which just made matters that much worse. A neighbor saw me. and after wiping my face with a towel, and wrapping me in a blanket, assured me they would see me home, which was less than half a block away. My mother soon had me in a hot bath, and while I have forgotten I this phase of the incident, she savs it took "several baths arid rinsings" to ret all the mud off. Our family physician assured my narents that other than some bruises, and oerhaps an upset stomach, caused (com the mud .and gutter water which got Into my Rambling 'Round |5y Frances Gilbert l ra/ier xaa.n we have deep reason io. . . h/ 'wi?g effort, of Nature s ran.,.a,. rj ,h terrific damage and such tragic." stunned by it. And the floods are st.ll c,? ? ^ n,inThisPrhaslbeen a year frought wit- ... what helpless things we human beings ,he TrS "wear"" blessed by being spar. ,Lt unfortunately, have beset so nn ' y RerS iUs anxieties and the common fault- * f n'niv to be expected But the great, tow. , !? ?? kindred catastrophes ^ _ So many people let their tongues outrun their I wish 1 was a little bird Forever on the win '* Nothing to do the livel. : But fly about and siiu To swing aloft the topumc t w And chirp at the bin -k . Then sweep down thrmu _ .... ? To watch the world . i>\. Awake at down to grirt t ,, And bask in it> Warm a\ Then watch it go in scartet bl. ?/? To close out the lorj <! ? To househunt in the bain \ spring And feather up a tp -t Then watch the babies come and i< \ To fly away with yi-t Ah. would I were a little bin I'd fly to you right quick And off we'd go to a tall :;<< Now, wouldn't that be - ak An aureole of autumn leaves to crow 11 our Harvest Oura CLASSIFIED BRINGS FIRST LADY TO WHITE HOUSE In the middle of the last century this classified advertisement ap peared in the columns of a large American newspaper: "Farmer, aged 41, desires to cor respond with a young woman of simple tastes. Beauty unnecessary. prettinesK not desired. Object matrimony." A young lady. Meg Charlton, an swered the advertisement, married its author. She later became First Lady of the land. The advertiser was Ulvsses S. Grant, eighteenth President of the United Slates. r mouth, that I would not have any ill effects from the ordeal. And while sitting on the knee of that kindly doctor, he told me I was much luckier than "Old Tom" a well known colored man, who a few days prior had lost a leg in a sawmill accident. "Old Tom" was a patient in the hospital which was hit by the tornado. In fact, he was right under the part of the build ing where the roof was blown off. He was blown from his bed, across the room, and his one leg broken. The misfortune of "Old Tom" took my mind off of my trying ext perience. 1 knew "Old Tom" and I talked about his hard luck often, as I could not get him off my mind. Several days later, when I agreed to go by the scene of the tornado ; path, my father took me to see "Old Tom". We carried him some fruit, and if ever there was a cheer ful patient, it was "Old Tom". "Law, me, while I ain't 'xactly bappy about this broken leg. I sho' | am proud it weren't my neck, like , I fust tho't it wuz." he said. Down through the years I have remembered the expression and sentiments of "Old Tom". 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