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m TODAY'S BIBLE VERS! Then hrar thou from the heavens their pi am- and their supplication*, and maintain their cause.?U Chruo. 1:15. * % ? \ Editorial Page of the Mountaineer * TODAY'S QUOTATION Let us pray! God ? just. He tries us: God is pitiful. He wfll comfort us: let us pray! ?Joseph Foux. Good Christmas Eusiness Ahead The common question this time of jrear? 'Vhat nre the pors pacts foe a good Christ mas business V The prospects are better than in several y- ars. First of all, the area had a tourist season ti at was favorable in every respect. Crops aFe rood, and experts point to the f lest grade tobacco in Haywood of the en ti* section. Christ mas Club saving* are up over $ 0.000. Employment is at a hirher level than in n iny past seasons. You ashed the question, and this is our answer. It looks very encouraging. V/ont To Win A Bet? Citizens Public Expenditure Survey sug g???sts that "if you want to win a bet, bet your n ighbor he can't tell you how much taxes h ? pays iri a year." The odds are overwhelm ir.g that he can't ? because of the vast num bir of hidden, indirect, and so-called "pain It ss" taxes that exist. Here's the way the tax bill works out, ac cording to a recent authoritative computa tion. If you make $67.30 a week, you pay $'.043 a year in taxes. If you make $86.54 a week, you pay $1,425 a year. And if you've g >t a job paying $7,500 n year, the tax col ic ctors will get $2,637 of it ? more than a t lird. The Survey states: "At $86.54 a week, you work more hours to pay your taxes than for f >od and clothing combined!" Tell that to those who still say that taxation is a serious problem only to the rich! Heavy Travel In This Area Travel on the Parkway and into the P-nokies continues to be heavy, according in the latest official figures. The Parkway showed 505,516 for October of this year as against 614,880 last year, a d ?crease of 110,864. This was attributed to the rains in the area. The Park showed a s'ight increase of 1,501, with a total of 224. 419 this October as compared with 242,918 lisijsenr ? *? Fontana Dam was down 17,800 from lust y^ar, with a total this year of 122,000 as cmpared with 189,899 last year. The state highway index, however, showed t'-avel up two per cent for the month. This was based on 20 counters across the state. The tourist bureau of Colorado has just f >und that the average visitor to their state s ayed 7.4 days this yeflr as compared with 8 1 days last year. Soma of the travel offic ials of North Carolina feel that about the same figure would apply to Western North C nrolirva. The recant travel survey made in t1 is area will soon be released, and should s' ow exactly. Present predictions are that tl <e figure will run close to that of Colorado. In six years the population of North Cnro li <a has grown 260,000, according to the V. S Census Bureau. The present population is listed at 4,844,000. The Matter Is Left To Public Sentiment During any term, of superior court here, we are brought face to face with the facts that there are too many motorists who drive on the highways while drunk. One only has to stay in court \ few hours, especially on the first day, to realize this fact. From Dr. B. Throckmorton Tally. Albe marle. we received a letter, deploring the increase of highway accidents. He pointed out that he had been a surgeon for 26 years, and had seen the ghastly sights of mangled, and broken bodies brought to the hoapital. He blames n?>st of it on the fact that some drivers have licenses to drive that are not entitled to them. The doctor, who takes the matter of safe driving to heart, pointed out that "1 think definitely that our courts and legislative branches are going to find it necessary to impose more severe penalties that] they have in the past." Dr. Tally is of the opinion that any person caught driving while under the influence of alcohol should be taken to a hospital labor atory and the exact amount of alcohol in the |K?rson's blood determined. The doctor then suggests that those persons found to be in toxicated, after the scientific examination, be sentenced 10 years in the penitentiary without an opportunity for parole. He feels the stiff penalty would reduce the number of people driving under the influence of alcohol by 08 j>er cent. The doctor continued by suggesting that the same penalty be given the morphine ad dicts, and for those addicted to barbiturates, the Albermarle man suggests their license be revoked for life. He would put in drivers training courses, tbi* kiffhu-nv ttnfrol and m?Un rer lain safety precautions on cars. Dr. Tally has some definite ideas as to safe highways, and what he has observed through the years in the hospital, has brought him to realize that something must be done to curb the increase of accidents. We think some of his suggestions rather extreme ? yet perhaps that is exactly what it is going to take to stop the alarming trend of more accidents. The fact remains, that when the people of North Carolina want the slaughter on the highways stopped, it can be done by the right legislation being passed to enforce the stiff penalties such as suggested by Dr. Tally. The matter rests in the hands of public sentiment. Until the people want stiffer laws, no legislature will ever make them. Most of the time, it appears that "unfav orable" publicity goes out on an area or the state, but not so this time, when a syndicated story said there were more than 500 moun tains in Western North Carolina over a mile high. The truth of the matter there are 225 l?eaks in Western North Carolina with an altitude of 5,000 feet or over. More interest is being shown in North Carolina by the rest of the nation, as mail to the Advertising Division received 811 more letters this past month than a year ago. The department serviced 7,497 inquiries this jmst month. A sizeable bit of mail for one department. ^ TEWS OF OTHER EDITORS Federal Spending Rise The high cost of political campaigns, notably for th? presidency. has occasioned serious concern in this country, and a collateral consideration, report ed by tbo Council of State Chambers of Commerce, h. s been heavy spending by Congress in this elec tion year, as well as the year previous The survey by the research staff of the council sl.'tes that bo other Congress, in peacetime or cold wrr, has appropriated as much to run the federal go eminent as did the Mth Congress The study fu -ther report* that no previous session of Con gress in 10 yaars approved practically the entire bulget request of the President as was dorse this year. Tbe peak In overall federal expenditure was rached In World War II when the lotal passed the $90 billion mark in a year. This year's peacetime record has boon described by Senator Byrri as being a "eongretssional spend ing spree". A total of $59 7 billion in appropria tions. not counting more than $7 billion interest on the national debt and other charge* not requiring annual action by Congress, was approved by that body for this fiscal year Presidential requests amounted to $59.9 billion. The total anticipated ex penditure for this year is set at W7.294.667.461, and for the previous fiscal year Congress approved an outlay of $60 8 billion A major non-defense item approved by Congress this year was the expanded federal aid-highway pro gram. which was responsive to the popular demand for better roads. 11 provides an annual average of $1.$ billion for interstate highways and about $1 billion for other roads for the next 13 years. This program creditably is being financed from addi tional taxes to put it on a pay-as-you-go basis rather than to add to the national debt. Social security liberalizatIon. authorised by Con gress this year, will add to the taxpayers' costs The soli bank plan cost of $776 million this year will be financed by the Commodity Credit Corpora tion, later to be reimbursed by appropriations from the Treasury. Tbe survey also lists 82 public works projects, not included in budget recommendations and estimated to cost ultimately more than $1 bil lion After reductions by the present administration in previous years, the about-face in spending by the 94th Congraas baa been at least "discouraging." as the round] survey termed it. The implication of tbe rise in an election year is clear. Some com fort may be foand In the surrey forecast that boom times revenue this year should result in another balanced federal budget, despite tbe ria* In ex penditures- yort Worth (Texas* Star-Telegram THE MOUNTAINEER n? V ?? oilnl Main Strctt Dial GL 6-5301 The ftul/ Sm4 of Rsywood County Published By The WAYWfigTILLE MOUNTAINEER, Inc. W CUETTS BUSS Editor W Curh* ROss and Marion T. Bridges, Publisher* PT HUSKED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY >Y MAIL IN HAYWOOD COUNTY Ore Year . $3,80 SU months - ? 2.00 BY MAIL IN NORTH CAROLINA Ore Year 4 SO - Sir months 2 50 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA Ore Year 5 00 St' months ...... . 3 00 LOCAL CAUTTER DELIVERY Per month , .40 Oi~t*e-paM for earriar dettrerjr ^ 4 50 fcwH qfia art pitsfiaso authorised at waynoo vll.e. X. C. osshelxsx ?- - or re-oubRcatlon of all the local news orbited In this rr^iiirtfimiiyf5, ?? Wi4iiu4rj AWwbuoii. Ntrrember 21. 1Y56 Views Of Other Editors all now rut roman ' While we're thinking about im provements in communication which, slowly but surely, are bringing the world closer togeth er, let u* not forget one heritage front those extraordinary en gineer* of ancient Rome. The highways they built throughout the empire endured through many centuries follow ing Buried stretches of them are always being dug up here and there And by accident or design, the "tread" of so many Roman chariots and carts measured the same that the ruts worn in these wonderful roads established a sort of "gauge" which medieval wagon-makers, perforce, had to follow. This wheel tread was 4 ft. in. wide. And, the theory goes, when early railroad builders put flanges on stage roaches and "wains," the rails they laid had to be 4 ft. 814 in apart Rnough of such trackage has been laid during the ensuing years so that when a move toward standardiza tion got under way it swept to ward a dimension set. perhaps, in some unknown ancient wheel wright's shop. Today, says the magazine Railway Progress, five eighths of the world's 800,000 miles of railroads are "standard gauge". From such little fountains do large streams flow. ?The Christian Science Monitor. DEPOSIT INSURANCE One of the Government's least advertised agencies has been slightly in the news recently. It Is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a New Deal creation of 1933 set up to protect bank de positors from the kind of losses which bedeviled the country around that time. Senator Fulbright of Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, has been nibbling at the FDIC operation as part of his inquiry into the Illinois scan dal which sent the state bank auditor to the pen for embeizling state funds. The senator seems to think the FDIC might have smelted out this scandal before it developed. May he so, although the senator is a little unclear on just how But he suggests some change*, in the law ?rather minor. This is one government agency which doesn't tap the Treasury, and hasn't been building itself into an ever-bigger and more costly outfit. In the beginning, it had 150 million dollars from the Treasury and 139 million dollars from the Federal Reserve Banks to get started All that has been paid back, plus more than $80,500,000 in interest. The FDIC now runs on its own steam, with a hand some reserve. It is an insurance operation ? guaranteeing depositors against losses tip to $10,000 if thei: banks go sour. Most of the de posit banks in the country are in it. About 116 billion dollars in deposits now are insured. In the last 10 years banking of fiees have increased by 14'". while asset* have grown neurit 75 billion dollars. Y? the FDIO actually has 50 fewer employees than it did 10 years ago All in all. this is a good time to salute both the original Idea of the FDIC and its subsequent administration?Cleveland Ptess. TACTFUL A defendant in superior court was unrepresented by counsel and therefore needed a few of the finer points of courtroom pro cedure explained to bim as the trial went along. After the solicit or announced that the state was content with the jury, the judge told the accused that he had the right to dismiss any member of the Jury up to the number of six without anv reason whatsoever "Sow, look at the jurv," Judge Hamilton Hobgood said to him ??There are twelve men over there, and if there are any you don't like, just say so, and we'll get another one to take hi* place " The defendant looked at each of the face* on the panel and af ter pondering a minute, said. "No judge, these all look like nice, intelligent, clean-cut. honorable citizens to me." To which His Honor remarked. "Son, 1 expect vou'v* about half way won your case already." ?Sanford Herald. Wife Preservers WWii m an t?4j ft* bod Ib nfcbt ?M*c, W ettaM Ml ? troiltnf rob* ?r (awn ffwt may trtp you. FISHERMAN'S LUCK r ? i My Favorite Stories By CARL GOERCH Mr. Bunn KrinK is a resident of Southport, Brunswick C.ounty. He is a lawyer and is well known throughout that section, as well as elsewhere in North Carolina. He served two or three terms In the General Assembly where everybody had the highest regard for him, But, after all is said and don -. Mr. Fink is just a plain, country boy. He was reared in the coun try, he worked on a farm during his boyhood days and if was sol- . dom that he ever went beyond the boundaries of Brunswick County. He was eighteen or nineteen years old when this little incident took place. Bunn had an elderly uncle liv ing in Goldsboro at the time The uncle had extended him repeated invitations to come up to Golds boro and visit with him a week or so. In response to one of these invitations, Bunn decided to go. He found out that a neighbor was going to drive up to Wilming tou on the same day that he planned to leave, so he got a ride that far with him. The neighbor was a man by the name of Wil liam Saunders. It was a big event for young Mr Frink. However, he was some what frightened over the prospect of a rdilroad trip. He never had been on a train before and was somewhat nervous in anticipation of the experience.' He also con fided in Mr Saunders thai he didn't even know how to buy i ticket, "What am f supposed to do"" he inquired The older man laughed at him "Shucks. Bunn," he said, "there's nothing to be frightened about It's perfectly simple All you have to do is to watch the way other people do. <ind you'll get along all right ." It sounded like good advice. The drive to Wilmington was without special incident and Mr. Saunders put Bunn out at the Coast Line depot. He was im pressed with the roar and bustle on every side, with the heavy traffic around the station Carrying his bag in his hand, he went into the waiting room and, on looking around, saw a window over which was a sign bearing the word: "TICKF.TS "That's the place. I reckon," said Bunn to himself He got himself a seat close bv the window and waited. It wasn't lone before an attractive young lady walked uo to the window. Bunn stretched his ears in her direction so that he might be able to follow the procedure, "I want a ticket for Rose Hill." she told the man in?id^ the little office. He stepped back to his file. pulled out a ticket and nanded it to her. She gave hitji some money, picked up the ticket and walked away. Rose Hill, in case you don't know is a little Community in Duplin County, Mr Frink settled back in his scat with a -igh of relief. After all. buying a railroad ticket wasn't so difficult and he began to feel ashamed of himself for having beep worried about such a little matter. In a few minutes he decided he might just as well purchase his own ticket, because it wouldn't be long before the train would be pulling out. Walking up to the window, he stood there until the man came uo to wait on him. "Yes sir?" said the man. "I want a ticket for Bunn Frink." said Bunn in a very con fident manner. The man looked at him in sur prise "What did you say?" he de manded. "I sajd I wadt a ticket for Bonn Frink." ' Who's Bunn Frink"*" "I am. of course." "Where do you want to go?" Ftv that time Mr. Frink was be ginning to get a trifle annoyed. He regarded this curiosity on the ticket agent's part as being rath er ill-advised. "What difference does it make where I'm going?" he asked. The man laughed. "Why," he said, "before 1 cap sell a ticket I've Pot to know where you're go ing " "Oh you do. do you?" "Well, if that's so. whv the hell didn't you ask Rose Hill where she was going?" The ticket agent collapsed. Noah Numskull i EAR AlOAH- 15 A HALFBACK A CONTOR TIONIST BECAUSE HE CAN ?'JN AROUND HIS OUiSJ END ?p touise BATHINGS' pw Rockingham. a< c. 1/EAG- NOAH ? ARE LOTS oF FELLOWS WHO TALK LIKE BI6VJHEELS /MERELY SPOKESMEN ? /VRS TwgLMA BlTAJER. QOBKBRTOuiM, PfW y FfclTCAJiO VouO *OAJ To AY/TAU rv.vr.Smr-t Ky K if Ft?r<im ?* fV(.Jryt\ ? 1 ? '.. . . ? . ? ? I - ? ' ' ' ; '? THE OLD HOME TOWN . By STANLEY S NOPE! YOU PION'T SMFLL Cv J'-K. J FPIED CHICKEN-- I CUFSS ? ^ - I MY UtTTLE PAL HERE BACKED v?sF .1 UP TO WARM HERSELFAND MEBBE -T* ~ V OVEI5DID IT SHOO!!'. S ?ACIMOAO WLKS -^2 TMCSK CHILLY MOBNiMGS < ? <?? mm urmir.i L Rambling 'Round By Frances Gilbert Frmztor A group of us were discussing "People, places and things" <thank you John Dalyi when * lady passed. One of the men remarked "There goes Mrs. Poorly. I wonder what is her latest ailment ..." The lady in question was known to fc:- a chronic victim 'in her own mind) to every symptom to which the body is heir. She had allowed this delu sion to develop until it had put her in the class of semi-invalidism . . . and a bore. Why do some people "enjoy their misery" to the extent of feel ing so sorry for themselves that they expect the same reaction from everybody else? We regret to say that this situation prevails far more among the feminine world than the masculine. Somehow, a man re sents the implication that he isn't it the best of health, while a wo man seemingly revels in it. Is it a desire to be noticed, pitied or simply a case of frustration and an ardent wish to occupy the center of the limelighf Haven't you noticed that those people who are real ly ill, keep it hidden as much as possible? And here'. the queer thing about the people who create ailments that do not exist, they meet the reality of serious illness with a heroic calmness that wortfiy Heard in passing: "He's the sort of a boy I wish was my son." ? Personal Column: Lost: Twenty minutes watching brick masons working across the street. Found: A couple ot copper-tinged clouds rolling away in front of the sunrise. Wanted: An alibi for day dreaming. For sale or trade: A worrying complex. For rent until April: Forty degree weather, sleet, snow and ice. Will exchange beautiful panorama of mountain scenery for any thing of equal value. Article must be suitable for framing. Should there be no tomorrow, are you satisfied with what you have done today? When we read of the brutalities occurring every day. we won der if civilization has ceased to exist, and what the coming years have in store for those remaining. Cruelty in every form is taken so mat ter-of-faetly that it ceases to -horrify, and the word "kill" is jammed into the consciousness of every day life until its fearful meaning is completely lost. Children are given toy pistols, and allowed to point them in discriminately until their real use is obscured so that they absorb the fact that bullets won't kill because those in their toy guns are harmless. War has done much to lessen the value of life. VI- -I- -!?' Perhaps, after all. the fellow who doesn't have to select a car from the many new ones shown, is pretty lucky. Looking Back Over The Years 20 YEARS ACM) Hilda Moody celebrates her birthday with a party. Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Davis visit their son. Paul Davis, student at State Colelge. Raleigh Charles R. Allison entertains a number of friends at a turkey dinner in observance of his birthday; Dr. N F. Lancaster. Grady Rogers. Clayton Walker, and Wayne Rogers leave for hunting trip near Wilmington. 10 YEARS AGO Hundreds of people join in welcoming Homer L. Ferguson back to Haywood County. Dr. and Mrs. R. S. Roberson and Mr. and Mrs. Whitener Pro vost attend Tulane-Tech game in Atlanta. ? ? Miss Nancy KtHian visits friends at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta. ?*?- ?- ? ' Miss Retsv Siler; .student at St. Mary's, spends Thanksgiving at home. 5 YEARS AGO Lawrence Davis becomes may or of Hazelwood succeeding Clyde Fisher, who is moving to Nash ville. Dr. Frank Hammett and his wife. Dr Doris B. Hammett, open offices here. Senior high students fill 45 food baskets for needy. Miss Merrill Green is^Jaged to Lt Hugh D. Ogburn. Mr. qnd Mrs. W. A. Sma^^s of Ralsam Road celebrate 5nPr an niversary. CROSSWORD , ACROSS 1. Stop > ?. Shut 11. Beginning: 12. Father^in law of Jacob 13. 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