North Carolina Newspapers

TODAY* BIBLE VERSE TODAY'S QtOTltJ ?- - - rr-1 Editorial Page of The Mountaineer as?2rS^J i ouit toitli h? nulliOM Nil N ?" ,%r' ?mi C-7 arc such a wi\ hum i v k !*?%-Mark fcM ?n? heart n.a> Rotarians Of The 280th *Di$Lrict Are Our Guests Today, and tomorrow, Waynesville will he host to about 4<M? Kotarians. representing the 37 Rotary Club* from the 2Koth district, which extends from Monroe to Andrews. The Rotarians are here for their annual District Conference, and will have a two-day session of inspiration and educational ad dresses as they carry on the work of their organization. Thvse Rotary Clubs have a distinguished rifnnl of service. Waynesville citizens are well aware of the work of the local Rotary Cluhijn carrying out the organization's "Ideal of Service." One of the most recent examples of Rotary service to the community is their leadership in staging the'campaign for the March of Dimes. When (tut* multiplies the efforts of the Waynpsville Rotarians by 100,(KM* for that is the number of Rotary Club members in SO countries?one becomes aware of the great scope ami influence of this organiza tion, which this year is proudly observing its Golden Anniversary. * . . Our Rotary Club here in Waynesville. is one of the K,3P0 clubs throughout the world which are all working for community better ment. for high standards in business and pro fessions. and for international understand ill);, goodwill and peace. This is indeed a re assuring indication, in these cynical times, of the popularity and ptacticality of ideal ism. Kotarians of the 2K0th district in- their two-day meeting here will review their ser vice activities and plan ways of making their future efforts still more effective. They will emphasize the fellowship that has always been the keynote of Rotary by renewing old friendships and making new ones. "Pis fine to have such people who are in terested in the welfare of others visit us. and make this their convention city. An Encouraging Note From Washington Encouraging news from the post office de j lit ft men t is that they are publishing a hook let of postal rules and regulations in under standable language. Not only will the language he easily under stood by laymen, but the rule department will be niodew?ia?<l?;iJi>|el??iujah*?U|?*t?i ditto, according to word from Washington. Some |H>stal rules and regulations in their existing language are almost meaningless, due to-J^tc expressions in them, besides being ve\mg?nd confusing*. It i*1 good news to know that the whole book is being revised and put in plain human ized language for all to understand. THE MOUNTAINEER n'aynrjvlllr, North Carolina Main Street Dial 01, O-.M'.Ol The Cou? y Sr.it of llavnood County I'nhlivhed lt> The tVAYNKSYII.I.K MOl'NTAINKKR, Inc. W CURTIS RUSS Fdltor \V. Curtis Rus* and Marlon T Iti idiji's. Publishers PUBLISHKO KM RY MONDAY AND THURSDAY BY M \ll. IN HAYWOOD COUNTY Onr Year $:< AO Six months 200 BY MAIL IN NORTH CAROLINA Onr Year 4 AO Six months 2 ">o OCTSIPK NORTH CAROL1N V Onr A ral- A (V Six month* 3 0( LOCAL CARRIER DELIVERY Per juoulh 40c Office-paid for carrier delivery 4 5(1 Entered at the post office at W.ivorsvfltc, N C . as Sec ond Class Vail Matter. as provided under the Art o( March ? 1S70. November UO, 11114 ~~ ~ MEMPFR or THF ASSOCIATED TRFSS The Aasociated Frr.ss Is entitled rxrhwtvrlv to the use for re-ptthllratinn of all the local news ranted In thi? newspaper, as Well as atl AP news dispatches Monday \ Iter noon, October 2."?. IR'tl Forests Becoming Like Powder Kegs The extended dry weather means that the forests are becoming more and more like a jsiwder keg daily. Foresters are literally sleeping with one eye oj>en, hoping against hojie that no forest fire will break out. The situation is serious, and unless there is some extended rains in the area, there is a liklihood that all use of the woods by s|x>rtsmen will be curtailed. The attitude of hunters towards keeping down fires will determine to a large degree if and when such action will be taken. The first big outbreak of fire in one area will perhaps be the deciding factor to clamp on a tight restriction oil all areas. The Old Country Store We all like to talk about the "good old days," I>111 how many of us would turn the cloek back if we could? Probably no better illustration of the "good old days" could la1 cited than the country grocery store. One could patronize such a store year after year and finds the cracker barrel, the pickles, and the Wheel of cheese in the same place. The old store exuded an aroma of salt meat, ba nanas, apples and other delicacies that one never forgot. The lack of change gave jt an air of per manence and made it seem like an old friend. Hut today no one would buy crackers that had to be handled by a clerk. You wouldn't buy cheese where flies were walking over the cloth that covered it?neither would you accept wormy apples. You Want to pick your vegetables from under a spray of water or out of a frozen food chest. Instead of buying i fruit in season, you want almost every kind or fruit or fruit juice at all seasons. You wouldn't think of getting vour milk or meat except from refrigerated counters, You Wouldn't want your potatoes or other heavy vegetables setting on the floor in boxes or sacks where old Hover could nose along en joying himself. That is one reason why your cost of living has gone up?the spread in price between the fanner and the consumer is in large measure the result of the demand of the consumer for expensively processed products. So when you talk about prices to-1 day and compare the cost of living with that of a general iyp agu^jujtf rgpiQmJty'j^oJl youjry , getting fancy packages, refrigeration, air conditioning, sanitation and scores of things your grandmother never heard of. The "good old days" are nice Jo tally about,. especially when you want to Complain, but you would let a "good old slofe" starve to death for lack of patronage. (Mir Responsibility Remains The Same More in I lay wood, one would hardly realize that a general election is near at hand. Leaders of the, two parties have met, and discussed the November 2nd election, and made plans for getting out the vote, hut for the average rank-and-file citizen, there seems to he hut little steamed-np interest at this hour. Two years ago a forceful campaign was launched in the county, as part of a national program, to yet out a big vote, ^oine of the retinants of the sidewalk signs remain. This year, the effort seems to he left to the leaders of the two parties. The election on November 2nd is inqiortant, just as all elections are extremely important. And just because there is a lack of hard campaigning, and lots of mud slinging, there is no reason why every citizen should not realize their resjjonkibility, and first of all vote, and en courage all other qualified voters to do the same. They'll Do It Every Time By limmy Hatlo _ ;; . J i >? ? ? .. '. ? ... n_ . - . . J __ '*r - _ fc-_. .1 _ z nos-T u -TOTAKE TELUS<j\^TREUBLEeijw"GETS' / M?S JSJFF 1 ?njjr P'D IT \ / MHVUENR> ?' ISM'T \ I BAWLED OUT WE UESTALLy \ETRES I I'M OONSA JO IS BUSINESS W "MS "WE TsEST'ETW I N TOO BAP &6POME ISS T AT? V FOR AMSELF? A MAS OAS / AsN'\"ERSAR> OF , ^ ? MisD READER? ? . P < STASD JUST SO A\UCU- ) VVOUR TUREATEVSCt/ - ? * " ?' X MUMBtE-MUA\BUE- / TO QUIT? ' IF ME WA^ WIS ) I/ WES SOT TOO Pit?C Jkt fi 4?fe A'r 9 .d ^ OFFICE- AND ME STAYS "WE'RE \ 3M TUNX AstO A TIPO* 1 a ^6. T.IE UATu" MAT TO A *1 - u. UEQB DEoUAPf ^ m M' ^?AL MOTIU, ,r xw?*ki ,Q(tf ,(M I Voice of the People What is thr motto of the State of North Carolina? (Continued>. Mr. F.?"I don't know." Miss. C.?"I wouldn't tell you for nothing." Mrs. C.?"If I had my class ring on I could tell you ? it has the state seal on it." Miss P "I don't know." Mrs. C.?"Isn't it: To He Kather Than To Seem"'" Mr. \l. ? "lias North Carolina got a motto?" Mr. B.?"it's in Latin; I never did know what it was " Southeast Asia has a tubercu losis rate of about 300 per 100,000 population compared with 12 for Denmark and 30 for England. "FIVE FINGERS OF GIN" iy w L?0k,ng Through The Years ?o ykaks ago Foundation is laid fur new Mas sir Funeral Home on Montgomery t and Miller streets. Metropolitan Bent Grass is be- t ing planted on greens at the < Waynesville Country Club golf course. I.owery Weaver honors nurses of j 1 the Haywood County hospital at a dinner in the home of his mother ? 1 Mr and Mrs. Marion Bridges > spend Sunday with the latter's par ents. Mr. and Mrs C" C. Chambers in Clyde * 10 YF.AHS AGO Sgt. William C Will it t is report ?d wounded in action in German; Sgt Joe Palmer visits his pai nls, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn C Pain M\ Carolina Power and Light Con pany will occupy new office o Main Street in Hazelwood. Cpl C. C. McClure returns t he States after 22 months ovei ;eas. Bob Francis is Awarded $100 fo 1944 FFA Achievements 5 YEARS AGO The Rev. D. H. Daniel, pastor of Hendersonville Baptist Church, is . speaker at mass meeting of Hay i- wood Baptist Association. Beta Sigma Phi has tea honor ing Miss Elise DeLozier and Mrs. n Ethel Hayes Fisher, brides-elect. o Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Woody cele ?- brate 25th wedding anniversary. Carolyn Bischoff celebrates her r birthday with a party in her home at Hazelwood. Highland Flings By Bob Conway b "Wayiu'sville it. really growing." ( s? Frank Davis, county commissioner b: and farmer, told the Kiwanis Club vl recent l\ gl It's getting so that the only , K people I know are fox hunters,1 B t?oflTi'cians and Methodist preach ers," he explained - -o According to a sign on So?'o road. Ilendersonvitle is proclaiming it self as "The Gateway to the Smokies." Has the gateway been moved I lately? _ ?o Some people go to sleep quick er in their car at a traffic light than they do in bed at night. tl Don't know about ('.ommiwists. 8' l.ut the federal government has f< at least one poor speller within its ol ranks. Advertising Manager Bob h Winchester has an armed forces n: "ID" card which reads; "For tr ludcntitication Only". g, ? o '? Vt'il Convertibles sometimes make li (lie best "pickup" truck. tl ?o? ? r< Cold weather has arrived; the U benches in front of the courthouse p were empty most of the day last Saturday. ? o- ? ? Shortly after watching the w Mountaineers absorb a 37-7 defeat r< at Hendersonville two weeks ago. a tl Wayncsville fan suggested that we c ask this question for the "Voice of P the People": "Should we drop the h atomic bomb on Hendersonville?" Ii _?-?>_?_ . . A Vance Derby says that a stork e farm in Virginia has this motto: d "Headquarters for Hindquarters." o That reminds us of the motto of a a diaper laundrv in Kentucky: tl "Tops for Bottoms". li - - O? n Arguments are rarely ever P "won". e tl ?e during the halftime at a foot- <~ jll came would hp Isley's Waynes- \ lie Wonders and the musical as- a relation from our hometown in , entucky?Ashland's "I'ride of the , luesrass" band. '] ? _ i yytotrfij ?soTHISIS| NEW YORK IT NORTH CALLAHAN | 1 It see trite odd to me that right in . le middle of Manhattan is an ( 15-acre piece ol land on which j ilks do little hut loaf. This is , I course. Central Park, a healths j unk of country in the c'itj Mow j luch real estate men would like , ) get their hands on it may be j auged hy the fact that the estim- , led value of this land is one bit- , on dollars, yet no one can touch ve precious .soil except for rec- t fation. It is free to all yet price- j tss when it comes to eommvrcial ossibilifies. 3 1 With veteran reporter. Rav Er- ' in, a devotee of Central Park. I ' pcentl.v took an evening stroll lrough it. We started at its lower nd where the picturesque old ' laza Hotel fronted b\ hansom orse-cahs forms a fitting entree. ' i the edge of the cool, green park. ' ot over a hundred feet from mod- 1 rn. busy 59th Street is a bird and ' uck preserve fenced off from any-: 1 no except caretakers and occasion- 1 1 straying children. Here is green. ?e?i-filled. naturally beautiful iso-1 ition in the midst of a human I laelstrom. It is said-to hp the onl> 1 art of New york City not inhabit- i d by mankind. i As we passed huge statues and uaint buildings here and there long our leafy path, we were re funded of how Central Park was iorn Just about a hundred years go, Washington Irving, the author, Jebrge Bancroft, the historian, and Villiam Cullen Bryant, Uie poet nd editor of the New York Eve ling Post, were placed on a com nittee by the mayor of this city. "he> planned Central Park and Tederiek Law Olmstead landscap d if from swamp and rocks. The lattern is said to have been since ollowed by parks all over the ountry. Their idea was to pre ervc natural beauty unsullied by he artificial. Millions here now ittest that they succeeded. -3 Ours was a long walk. Central -am is i'-i miles long and a half nile wide. Fast gardens, flower irbors, lakes, playgrounds and iridic paths we made our lcisure y way until we came to the Memo ?ial given by Miss Kate Wollman n honor of her paternal family, t is a skating rink for a thousand katers. largest in the world, with 15 miles of pine for freezing ice inder its concrete floor. In sum ner, square dances are held here ind shuffle board is played, we no iced. This rink cost nearly a mil ion dollars. From here it was onlv i short distance to the hig Mall vith its pretty band shell where Sdwin Franko Goldman was con tacting his famous musicians, some were once with Sousa. and eatured is crippled-arm James Burke, said to be the world's great >st cornetist. These concerts have icen going on for 37 summers low. paid for by the Guggenheim :amily. We sat a few minutes and vcre entertained bv light classical ousic and the enthralled crowds vho flock to these free melodic reats. -3 Past the obelisk known as Cleo satra's Ndedle. brought here from Egypt, we were reminded of the top who was asked where this monument was and replied. "1 o They call thrm "party lines" be cause that's what some people try to have on them. o- - ? Uncle Zeb sez: "A man's Ret tinR old when he's more interest ed in the figures In his bankbook than the ones on the beaeh." A musical program nr'd like to SAHT1 S*mB "1 have five of these so far. All 1 have U> do is promise to marry Vsn." ? - 0A?. SCOTTS SCRAP BOOK By R. J. SCOn f ^ AuS<RM-UH ^ LUNG FISH LLUS-fWtS w For US A ?fRANSlflOrt FROM W'A-rtt-iM yO K LAKb-LtFL WHICH ^^HOOK FLACE SEVERAL t Millions or years (C L ANCE, P^Q ?l|*^l^h'|wjL^^| *" ' llow HuC)( ?Wfl*</ ^LRUS- icl^^l1^'^ GLANCE, ?tE?2"*Vr , cmissmm, Mi^'jMN *mV??HYI*I4. ^ n &JCII A.S 'iiilS, I 1 i'mnv\ &W& , "CMYUH? C?V??ty ll/A M *.7.* * >L 1 * NOMlMlM M 1TK Villi I ?"yuu> i . . WMIJaiKuW: f ?0,000 OOO *c?4. '^^pgl ^ 9 Rambling 'Round! Hy Frances Gilbert frtzkr I T.n rMi wlMrt tot's do. ,1(,t u" I Sutton: lef to*jr. h won t 1 >ut| resolution cacti da> ? R^rv morning, promise yourself that I Jut do one thing that will bring t ? :J 2U ?Mi.hnt? but?re?>?> s , friendly hand. a cordial ? ? ? ? .J b> suM?tion or any little art ? .J1 (MU. you'll And >' always l 1 U> vr:::, And your thoughts driftin 1 Lta? steer them to a safe haven oi . . I ^.ttiny a beloved quotation or .1 line I things ... We are the motjva I ' mental motors running. All right: so . ?.? Hereby reak.l Metaphorically speaking: "He missed the pUn, b, ^ minutes and by so doing escaped a serious automobile *t In looking over a current magazine. ?,? .... aiT(K> that carried us off on a wave of nostalgic memorie. showed a little colored girl hugging her r. ? 1 probatiy t a lullaby. One Sunday afternoon, many, many >? ^ to go to Mammy .Jo's house, a distance ol about a mile yg in what was known as "colored town". Mummy .).> i d beesi ever since we could remember and this Sunday, tionng her I Grandmother was sending her sonic Sift - anions which *15 new hat. Mammy Jo's house was one amongst dozen or more their broom-swept front yards, not a blade of zn- visible, berry trees sliadowed the house, while white and pink oleaad and dead-white capo jasmine, with a sprink :i._ of crcpo mi its vividly brilliant watermelon pink crinkly hloosums. onuw yard. Across the front "stoop" was a line of - irlet m-ranim ' tying the tin cans in which they were growing And behind these radiant blooms, sat ittle Peggy Jo K . latter named in honor of our grandmother The little girt ! maculately attired in a white dress, her <??.,.-black pigtails 1 ! screaming red and w hite plaid ribbons. Her polished little I was exudng all the love and devotion ot .1 mother .1- -m | rocked a rag dollbaby. Life was beautiful, and tier world urn To this day. this scene of peace, happim - and utter# 1 has lingered with us. Wars, murders, political wranglings 1 known in our small and limited world How the years have the world and its peoples! But. as we said, that Sunday al'.ern a long, long time ago. In exactly two months, a Merry Vou-Know-What! | didn't even know Clco sewed!" [ Past a pretty fountain given by TifTanys, statues of Robert Burns j and Sir Walter Scott, we came to j 1 he only known statue anywhere of Mother Goose, a delightful eon \ trast, located on Pilgrim's Hill | where the kiddies sleigh ride over j winter snows in the mellow lights of the surrounding great city. Sail ors rowed little boats on the grace ful lakes, evidently on bus-man's holidays, and arm in arm strolled romantic-looking boys and girls , oblivious to all. On a bench sat an elderly man gazing raptly at the iky and dreaming pertap iway yesterdays. -3? As ?c look our reluca jf I hi-. Ikj breathing | Gothams ureal whirl. ( went irresistibly opt#I eous sk> mi studded n lin-like towers and penti he swanky apartmenu a: which line Centra! Part leed was a magnificent tontrast: on the our narvelous man-made ?<*i he other the God-givenl nature which never rlffl lever sh<*ild. WASHING!; ? MARCH OF EVENTS == See No Clear-Cut Issue I Eyes Are On l? On Sfate of Economy | Election for S?? Special to Central Press < TFTAS!IIN<;TOX It appears that neither Republicans or. f? crats will have a clear-cut issue on the state of the w economy, come Nov. 2 election day. GOP spokesmen are armed with well-documented statu tid ing that the United States is enjoying good times Employ5* mains high, sales of most products are ranging from good t? i< (til ent, and the ovcrau cconorim. n??.. ? ugh. On the other hand, Democrats are usirfl' rloyment and a decline in farm income u alkinp points. Idle workers could be a*'."' n some close races. The conclusion, from a political standpo^ 'ears to be a standoff However, the Deal nay benefit from the situation because iirt natic that those who protest go to the P" hose who-are satisfied are inclined to s'JT ? ? ? ? I EVE ON BUCKEYE Political observe nj? for trends are keeping their eyes on Ob* 3uckeye State has not eleited a Det"J? ? - 1 OA foiit'8. If it Thomo?,,*r L ' n'te<l senator m , ur e nntumn, experts are convinced it will beif With th? n ?f wi<lesPr??ad anti-Republican feelinr lican Maine *>rnoi,ats winning the governorship in normallyl real triumph min?''ty party would consider an Ohio vid Thomasrj^?^at jt 'n ?hio hav? a strong candidate He >i * ' tender Irnniralh Jv?aUnG01' ?PPonent " winning -i hi,D ' ' r?ntestants pin their hopes for v*a Bonder is R ki ^-leVeland where Burke served ae ""f ?mi is Republican leader. strong DelnocEiT8 believe that Burke will need the t>/vks< atic tide if he is to return to the United SUt<?5 Housing 'uh! in* Smce th* disclosure of scandals in the' ting all so?,Tof r1!0^ KHA BoSS Noman P Maion tlH Mason sivi letter from Louisiana was Pnet^t the mnn w ho .* writ,en in "? ?ha><y handwriting, sufP?? identity." it read? " Wa3 a<*vanccd in years - or cover#! " been r,?ding about windfalls In the paper I** -- .. ndflJll j to build about a SlOftnn k *zz-'aThf.--wrr^:???~ . added the foil l?n s'^net' h'a name, gave hi* address ??X'r;s,SrN,v" - i 'o (Iran ... ',nf at.Ma*on wondered whether ne'e hhc borne folk me 'S makinfi' much headuav-at I'**1 ,R aie concerned. nev( \^a7ov^r' thn*1,'* Y?U can iook for ? b,K b*ltJ* "i* and set up f itrone" raUon'* Prop"*"1 to extend '* The draft question ?f mUIUr-V reserves t always provides . il' W'lh its direct effect on the n,tl0^ Senate. This venr .?f flreworks 'n the House and turbulent world situation* *"y ex^ept'0,,? d'sP'" ,h' ? ^ probably w"n ra'lJ"*}"' ',ebat'- however. Con grew 'oe law- for anoti,!,* and *xtend the selective serv- *?" the new reserve r,r ar '8 ?,v> expected to adopt The .ail Proposal. J car by SSSlfcStVSli P'an* g'Vfn ,op Ie*'-slal;ve Pri4f:1l( k -^tojoin ^7^^" COfnp<'^