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TODAY'S QUOTATION
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The Judgment of a *reat people is alien
wiser than the wieest men.
?Keastath.
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Governor Hodges Has
Proven Himself Competent
Democratic Primary in much nearer
than ny>?t of us can realise ? May 26th.
Perhaps one reason for the time slipping
up 1" that some of the aspects of form
er Hniy contested campaigns for state of
ficeslfrs not reached the "warm stage."
One or two candidates opposing Governor
Hodges have let off steam, and sent blasts
in the direction of Mr. Hodges, but with no
appafMt harm to the man who stepped into
the gflfrriniu'i office following the death of
Gov4T>er Umstaad.
We. have watched, listened, and talked
with^Jbvernor Hodges more than any gover
i <>r of th<; state since 1930. It has been a
s< riea,?f circumstances that has brought
this about, and circumstances for which we
are truly grateful.
We have always found him fair, sincere,
deeply interested in the welfare of the State,
and a man who openly speaks his convictions
on all matters. His training in the business
world, plus his many talenta, including such
as diplomacy, administrative ability and a
stickler for getting all facts before making a
decision, has enabled him to serve his state
with distinction, and provide sound judg
ment on many an important matter.
We have every reason to feel that the peo
ple of North Carolina will remember these
characteristics v/hen they go to the polls in
the May Democratic Primary and nominate
a man for governor.
The Mountaineer feels that Mr. Hodges
has proven he is an excellent governor; what
other qualifications does a man need to be
re-elected
Our Httywood County
Hospital
This is National Hospital Week ? a week
. that precedes Mother's Day. A timely event,
and one that is often overlooked in the hurry
of everyday affairs.
Her# in Haywood we are forttyiate In hav
ing auih a fine Hospital. It Is an institution
of some 100 beds that has been filled to
capacity for the Last several months.
The new $750,000 wing was formally open
ed three years ago this week.
* There are 136 persons on the payroll of
the fcfctltutkm, and 25 doctors active on the
staff bf the Hospital.
The trustees, Loranzo Smathers, chair
man, Spaldon Underwood and W. A. Bradley,
and staff are seeing that we have the finest
Hospital staff to be found in any community
of tMnize. We are indeed fortunate in many
wajjK having such an institution here, and
it bStoves us to recognize such at least once
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A Modern School For Cruso
The formal approval by the State Board
is all that remains before construction can
begin fin the Cruso School which has a $50,
000 upansion and modernization program
planned.
The bids were opened here last week, and
work la ready to start just as soon as the
formality of state approval is received. The
state has already approved the plans for
the tefetorum, new kitchen, boiler room,
modernized heating plant, and stage.
The 201 students of the school shoulid have
as fine facilities as can be found by the
time they return to school next September.
: Cheer up! Come spring and cut flowers
. will be sold at the same kind of prices.
Mother's Day
There is a lot of justified sentiment at
tached to the observance of Mother's Day.
The occasion is worthy of the observance,
and in recent years has been tied in with
Christian Home W^eek. And when one thinks
of home, It, is only natural to think of the
mother as the center of the home life.
Right along this line, The Morganton
News-Herald, editorially pointed out:
The home has come in for its share of
criticism for failing to implant in the grow
ing child the elements of personality which
enable him to withstand the distractions of
modern life. Some of that criticism may be
justified?in some cases. But whether mer
ited or not, some anonymous writer has pro
duced a "Ten Commandments for modern
Parents" with a strong religious theme
which even a secular press can pass along as
worthwhile reading during Christian tlome
Week:
1. Give your children the support of love
and confidence, with appreciation of the in
dividuality of each. This will provide for
them a firm foundation of faith in you, in
themselves and in life.
2. Plan for good times with your children
and try always to realize how things seem
to a child. This will create a pleasant home
atmosphere and a pattern for happy family
life.
8. Give your children a share in the tasks,
plans and creative activities of the home.
Through taking responsibilities in accord
ance with their strength they will grow in
character and increase in resourcefulness.
4. Look for good which you can praise
more than for faults which.you must con
demn. Children generously encouraged try
to improve still more, but those too much
condemned lose heart and expect little good
of themselves.
5. Value curiosity in your children and
stimulate in them the love of things true
and beautiful. By rewarding their inquiries
and developing their appreciation you inspire
them to a large growth. /
6. Teach your children to convert obstacles
into opportunities. Strength develops by firm
purpose and by creative conquest of diffi
culty. *J
7. Develop ia yourself such qualities as you
want your children foTiive." Honesty, cofiSTd
erateness, courage ? such virtues come
mainly by example and contagion. You want
vital growth, not mere conformity.
8. Make your home a center of friendship
and good neighborliness. Its ties of comrade
ship will prepare members for good citizen
ship in the community, the nation and the
world. ?
?. Share with your children in the fellow
ship of the church. This will give them the
sustaining strength of a community of faith
and love which extends across the ages and
embraces all peoples.
10. Lead your children into faith in God
they may be workers with God in overcom
ing evil and promoting the good. This will
be aided by thought-sharing, religious inter
pretation and worship in the home, and by
living in the great purposes of the kingdom
of God.
About $76,000 damages were done to a
section of Highway 441 between Sylva and
fYhnklih mid-afternoon Monday when 60,
000 cubic yards of dirt slid down the moun
tainside.
About two weeks will be required to cut S
new location around the slide, which now
permits only one-way traffic.
VIEWS OF OTHER EDITORS
Clear Road For The Road Bill?
Tbe House has passed by to overwhelming mp
lority a hill to authorise and to finance a gigantic
' road-building program with emphasis on a 40,000
Interstate system.
Passage bf construction authorisation has been
forcssqp. It has had enthusiastic support. Questions
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have centered on the financing provisions, which
had been worked out in the Ways and Means Com
mittee and then combined in the single bill on which
the whole House acted. And these questions have.
In effect, ail asked one thing: How much more
should the big trucfcA and busies pay than the carte
and the light tracks of the average individual own
er?
The trucking industry objected stenuously to the
proportion of the tax burden allocated to the big
vehicles by the Falfea bill which came up before
the last session of Congress. Intensive lobbying by
that Industry Is widely blamed for its defeat. The
bill which the House Just passed hints that mean
while the trucking industry has taken some measure
of public opinion and congressmen have taken some
measure of the truckers.
In tha light of last summer's legislative proposals
the trackers should feel very well satisfied Whether
the average motorist should be satisfied with the 9B
extra the new taxes will coat him, the experience
af tha next few rears should make clearer. Fdr
wear add tear on roads Is not In simple arithmetic
proportionate to Weight One 11-state cooperative
test shewed that Just H par cant added to the weight
af an already heavy truck broke up pavement six
timet (biker.
Prospects tor Senate passage of this or a near
likeness of this road bill are reported excellent. And
well they should be. For traffic in these United
cy" is almost too polo n term to usa.
?Christian 8cience Monitor.
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My Favorite Stories
By CARL GOERCH
Bill Keziah was raised In a good
Methodist family down in Union
County. In fact. Bill was a stew
ard In the Methodist Church when
he left Union County and went
down to the eastern part of the
state to run a newspaper.
It must have been that the work
of operating a newspaper caused
Mr. Keziah to lose most of his
religion. Anyway,^lt was shortly
'after entering"fhe^professlon that
he became lax in his church at
tendance and finally quit altogeth
er.
Another point to consider is
that Bill is deaf, which means
that he can't derive much bene
fit from a sermon, regardless of
how eloquent it is. Another thing,
he runs/around so much, working
in the interests of Southport, that
it is perfectly natural for him to
sleep when he's sitting in a nice
warm place and has to keep quiet.
Bill may be deaf, but he can
snore up a storm. One or two
preachers down in Southport
found it difficult to compete with
him and when Mr. Keziah was in
formed of this fact, he decided
that perhaps it might be just as
well for all concerned If he stayed
at home.
So he did, and nothing was said
about it until recently.
A short time ago, the Rev. Mr.
Harrison, pastor, and the stewards
of the Southport Methodist
Church were looking across the
membership roll and came across
Bill's name.
"Now," said the preacher,
"here's a man who is in sympathy
with the church and its work and
whose whole efforts are directed
toward the betterment of this
community. It is a shame that be
cause he Is unable to hear, the
pleasure of worshipping with his
fellow members is denied him."
Then, turning to Mr. C. Ed
Taylor, chairman of the board,
Mr. Harrison continued: "Brother
Taylor I think it would be mighty
nice if you addressed a letter to
Brother Keziah. telling him that
vaiue nis membership and thgt
w* want Mm to meet wtth us even
though he feels he cannot derive
the full benefit of chuch attend
ance."
Brother Taylor. It seems, is a
powerful good letter writer. He
wrote Bill such a strong appeal
for his attendance at church that
the latter was moved to put the
litter in his pocket and reflect
upon it at his leisure.
Other members of the congre
gation made a point of inviting
Mr. Kexlah to come to the serv
ices. In the end. Bill was con
vinced that he ought to go to
church. He decided to attend the
very next Sunday.
That was the Sunday following
New Year's Day. In the evening
after supper. Bill set forth.
He was the first to arrive at
the church. Standing outside for
a moment or two. he finally de
cided to go Inside, because it was
rather aool. He settled down in a
seat near the rear of the building
and waited for the Others to ar
rive.
And then it was that old-time
Mr. Kexiah dropped his bead for
ward slightly. He nodded two or
three times. He arranged his body
a little more comfortably on the
seat, and in less than a minute's
time Mr. Kezeah was sound
asleep.
It was a most refreshing nap.
Undisturbed, Bill sat there, dead
to the world. He woke with a
start. He opened his eyes, but '
couldn't see anything. For an tn
stant he was startled and thought
that perhaps he had gone blind.
Then, as his eyes became more
accustomed to the darkness, he
realized where he was.
Stumbling out of the building,
he lighted a match and gazed at
his watch.
It was half past ten.
To say that he was puzzled
would be putting it mildly. He
was also slightly indignant. The
Idea of the preacher, the stew
ards?including Brother Taylor?
and the other members going
through the entire service with
out bothering to wake him struck
him as being a rather dirty trick.
He reached in his pocket, took
out Brother Taylor's letter and
tore it into small pieces. Then he
went home and to bed.
The next day he spoke to sev
eral people about it. "The least
they <*>uld have done," he said,
"was to have waked me up when
the services were over."
"What services?" asked one
man
"At the Methodist Church," re
plied Bill.
The man laughed. So did the
others in the group. As a matter
of fact they laughed so hard that
it was several minutes before they
could reply to Bill's demand for
an explanation.
Then he found out that he had
gone to church for the first time
in ten years on the one Sunday
night In two^years when no serv
ices were scheduled at the church.
He's still peeved about it.
WILDLIFE IS DESTRUCTIVE
For every dollar's worth of tim
ber burned, $7 are lost to the
economy of the country in pay
rolls and income from sale and
distribution of the products that
could have been manufactured
from the burned wood, and any
thing that causes a loss annually
in damage, taxes and payrolls of
$250,000,000 is a most destructive
force and a great burden on the
economy. This is what has been
happening in the 16 Southern
states and is causing much con
cern Among business and civio
leaders of these states.
An effort is going'to be made
to stop this staggering loss when
Governor Hodges and fifteen gov
ernors from other southern states
gather with business and civic
leaders in New Orleans April 13
and 14. This conference will be
followed ?with much interest as
these people strive to figure out
some way to prevent this great
loss. If they can come up with
some solution to impress on the
careless individual his respon
sibility regarding forest fires
then they will have gone a long
way toward cutting much of this
loss and damage from "wildfire".
It is a sad sight to see smoke
curling up from our beautiful
mountain forests and it is an even
sadder sight to see the black
ened and charred woodland after
Are has passed through it. Not
only has it marred the beauty of
the countryside and killed and
damaged future timber resources,
bat it destroys game, game food,
and creates erostion from heavy
rain fall.
The dangerous fire season for
this area is just approaching and
We would urge every person,
when burning trash, brush, or
smoking while walking through
the woods, to be particularly care
ful. Fire destroys property and it
takes human life.
?The Sylva Herald.
UGHT THAI NEVER FAILS
Rartibling 'Round
By Frances Gilbert Frarier
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Suddenly a curtain of green has shut out our neighbors from
our view. The aspen trees have so completely dropped a screen that
the ?mountains have done a disappearing act that even the most
wonderful slight-of-hand artist could never have accomplished.
ITn'll miss the friendly warmth of lights in windows acrcRg the
fields; of sun glinting on automobiles in the distance and the wind
ing road afar. But we most assuredly welcome the fresh trtider
leaves that promise us summer is on the way. Wk'll watch, vdth de
light, the quivering silver as the slightest whisper of a breese sends
the aspen leaves into motion; we'll listen with pleasure as the birds
push aside the early morning mists to greet the sun with songs of
gladness; we'll hear the outside sounds that enter open windows,
and we'll rejoice that the long awaited summer with all Its glorious
accompaniments, will be ours. ?
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CLASSIFIED AD: "For Bent: furnished apartment. Suftable
for couple with all conveniences".
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Life is a one-way street, with detours, but- always going forward.
There's no going back a couple of blocks to soothe the hurt left by
an unkind word; no retracing several miles to pick up the thread
of gossip dropped that hardened the way for an innocent person.
There are stumbling blocks, yes. pitfalls and broken pavement along
this road; obstacles that must be removed, barriers that rise and
But compensating for all this is the warmth of friendly sunshine,
bar passage until overcome. ,
the willingness of friends to help over the rough places, the strong
shoulders of the road to keep straying feet from slipping down an
embankment, and the ever-present guide posts along the way.
And at the end of this one-way street, there is an Open Gate
and a pathway that leads to eternal peace and rest.
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A clean mind can never be contaminated.
I ask Thee, Lord, to be with me;
To walk with me utlong Life's way.
To count with me each passing hour,
That I might live another day.
Another day to do those things.
Those many things, around I see
That need my hand, my heart, my help.
I ask Thee, Lord, to be with me.
A smile is the best paying investment in the world.
Looking
Back Over
The Years
20 YEARS AGO
Southern Bell Is spending $30.
000 on improvements in Waynes
ville and Haywood County.
Alvin Ward is named Republi
can chairman in Haywood.
Carl Ratcliffe is elected presi
dent of the student body of West
ern Carolina College.
Miss Corrine Alley, valedictori
an of the seventh grade at East
Waynesvllle, entertains her class
writ h a party.
fO YEARS AGO
Workmen put finishing touches
on modernized First National
Bank Building.
Jack Smith of Hazelwood is in
stalled as commander of the Hay
wood l?bst of Veterans of For
eign Wars.
Miss Sara Glee Queen, bride
elect. is honored at apron shower
by the faculty of the Clyde school.
5 YEARS AGO
Hazelwood Baptist choir gives
party honoring Carol Underwood,
who is leaving to enter the Army.
Mrs. John Biaylock heads coun
ty Baptist, WMU.
s
Lt. Charles Curtis returns from
seven months of continuous fight
ing in Korea.
Pfc. Lewis W. Green of Haael
wood and Sgt. Frank B. Rlckman
of Route 1, meet unexpectedly
somewhere in Korea.
Letters To Editor
Editor, The Mountaineer:
Call back the man with the axe
he left a tree standing on the
new Library lawn.
A Reader.
A FINE FOLDER
Editor, The Mountaineer:
The Chamber of Commerce
folder is splendid. Many fine
ideas, and .the printing was extra
good.
C. M. Douglas.
Brevard.
COULD YOU PASS THE EXAM?
One question on an. examina
tion given to Royal Australian
Air Force trainees posed this
problem: "What is the first thing
you would do if you Were pilot
ing an aircraft and the Queen
of England fell out of the back
seat?"
The answers varied a good
deal. "I'd swoop down and try
to catch her, said one hopeful.
"Commit suicide," said another.
"Disappear," said a third.
The approved solution? "Ad
just tabs to compensate for re
duced weight in the rear sec
tion."?Reader's Digest.
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