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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1933
(HI?? iHmtntainm
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Phone 137
Main Street Waynesville, N. C.
W. C. RUSS Editor
W. C. Russ and M. T. Bridges, Publishers
Published Every Thursday
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der the Act of March 3,1879, November 20, 1914.
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 193)
FROM WAYNESVILLE TO MANTEO
Last week we made a trip to Manteo, which
is on Roanoke Island where the first white peo
ple ever set foot on the North American eon.
tinent, and also the birthplace of Virginia Dare,
the first white child born in America. Not only
does Dare County have the distinction of be.
ing the birthplace of the nation, but also of
aviation.
One of the outstanding traits of the citi.
zens of that coastal country is that every one
knows in detail the history of their county from
the time the lost colony landed there 319 years
ago to this date. The outstanding events, of
course, are that of the lost colony and the first
airplane flight made by the Wright brothers
'27 years ago from Kill Devil Hill.
It is quite interesting to learn from SheriiT
Victor Meokins, of Dare county, that He has
. 4an empty jail, which is not unusual and that
his county averages a homicide every ten years.
Next year is the year for a murder.
Sheriff Meek ins serves a county which has
85 miles of ocean frontage and also several
islands. In some parts of his territory there
are sections where there are no automobiles
or roads, but according to the crime statistics
of that county the people seem to know how to
behave themselves.
The 5,000 inhabitants of Dare county de
pend largely on fishing for their living, while
a large number are employed by the govern
ment in the coast guard service, which is es
sential in that part of the Atlantic coast which
has become known to seamen as the graveyard
of the Atlantic. Within a stretch of beach of
less th; a mile we saw the remains of four
ship wrecks. While the ships are a total loss,
few lives have been lost. This is due to a large'
extent to the ability of the. coast guard
stations who maintain constant watch for ves
sels in distress near the coast to render help
in time of need.
Speaking of fishing brings to mind what
one fisherman told us down there; He averages
catching 50(1 pounds of fish daily, and eats fes
than5 fish a year. He said, he could not stand
the flavor, but was not; content at tiny other
work but casting his nets and parking the catch
in ice for the rtVarket.. . lie has -been fishing for
the past :;0 years, and can't .swim, three, feet.
. We have often heard people, speak of fitting
ourselves for our . work,: if we are to succeed;
this: man seems ' to prove vthat is isiv't always
- neees:,ar: . ' ''
The greatest handicap to that: section .of
the state is toll bridges. .- Some of thebridges
are now owned by the state but. a toll is still
Collected, - The longest abridge: there is the.;
Wright Memorial bridge, almost miles long
over the sound. The people of that section ao
looking forward to the day when they will be
released from the bondage of toll bridges.
The .Wright .Memorial is a historical phe-T
that is fast becoming known throughout the
world. This memorial is a granite monument
on top of Kill Devil Hill and marks the place
where the first airplane flew. The marker if
self cost the government 250,000.
It might be interesting to the mountain
eers of these hills to know that the hill on which
this memorial is built has moved over a half a
mile from where it was 27 years ago. The hill
was nothing but fine white said and the cons
tant blowing of the wind caused the sand to blow
over the top and down the south side, and during
the course of years the hill had just "blown
south" a half mile.
Before the government started building
the memorial, engineers spent months studing
the best methods to anchor the hill. After
some time, a thick mat of grass was planted on
the hill and now the winds have no affect on
Kill Devil Hill. It cost the government $60,
000 to keep the hill from moving away.
A visit to the eastern part of the state
would not be complete without a stop at Eden
ton, an old city with modern ideas. Edenton
does not only live in its past, but also in the
future. The lowly peanut which grows in pro
fusion near Edenton has made that city one of
the best places From a business standpoint, in
the state. Every day there are 80 million pea
nuts parched and shipped from that city. The
peanut mills are working day and night to keep
up with orders.
Not only do they depend on peanuts, but
their watermelons have a ready market up north
as well as their cantaloupes.
The crops from Raleigh to the coast are
said to be the best that they have had in years.
The tobacco crop is exceptionally pretty. The
corn is going to make a good yield, while the
cotton is far better than the average crop. We
were shown fields of cotton over two feet high
that will soon be plowed under because of the
government's contract with the farmers to have
a smaller crop. Almost $3,000,000 will be paid
North Carolina farmers for plowing under part
of their crop. In many instances, we learned
that the government had loaned the farmer
money to buy fertilizer to make his cotton crop.
The cotton farmers seem ready to co
operate and ready to begin plowing at the
signal from the government.
jODD THINGS AND NEW By Lame Bodd
Copper world -
Although the US. leads
THE WORLD IN COPPER PRODUCTION
IT CONSUMES 60 OP THE COPPER
EXPORTED PROM CHILE, SECOND
IN PRODUCTION
R.YIMG HIGHER -
Aviators, by BREATHING
PORE OxYCEM and FVDCi i imr.
THE NITROGEN IN THEIR 80DIES.)
50,000 FEET.
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,.., cWr'ht- l9J?- v Th B.H Syndic,. it )Cl 2r
Real red
CABBAGE -A
UtYl CA&BfvS
HAS Bilii DEVEL
OPED WHICH IS
PURE RED, RATHc.it
THAN PURPLE AS
THE PRESENT Ro"
CABBAGES.
24 Years As,
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HAYWOOD
WNU Service
An Open Mind
By
LEONARD A. BARRETT
One would be led to believe that those peo
ple living on the islands, and more or less cut
off from the rest of the world until a few years
ago, would be indifferent towards strangers, but
they are just the opposite. Their hospitality
is beyond words. There are no strangers in
their midst. They don't allow it. A more cor
dial reception could not have been given any
group than was given the North Carolina Press
Association.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
is nothing new to folks down "east". Tin
know all about it. While Waynesville is not as
well known as it should be, it is easily linked
with Lake Junaluska which is on the tip end of
every Methodist's tongue, and some other de
nominations also.
We had to travel 528 miles to get to Man.
too. The same mileage would have carried us
to seventeen states of the union and the Dis
trict of Columbia. This goes to show that
North Carolina covers a large area which em
braces everything from lofty mountain peaks
to the rolling Atlantic.
! si J .
When the politician wants to speak of
North Carolina in ilowery terms and tries to
emphasize its length, he yells forth, "from
Manteo to Murphy," and only a few of us com.
prehend his meaning,
The trip from Waynesville to Manteo will
give you an idea of just what he means.
THE DRY LEADER
During the past several weeks the press
has come out in the open against Bishop, James
Cannon,; Jr., as leading, the drys in the 'state.
The 'opinion of the press seems to be that Mr.
Cannon wilt do more harm, hah lie will good
for tht dry side.
The (';. vi'lar.i! Star says:
"That near-suppressed . chuckle you heard
may have been the repealists patting themselves
on the back when they heard that BishopCan-,
non was coming to: North Carolina to fight, for :
Hie dry cause. The bishop, is. more than ever
a good vote-getter for the other side."
Right on the heels of. that statement. The
Polk County News feels that Bishop Cannon.
Jr., "will hurt the cau.-e," and under that head
ing writes: ,
"We read that Bishop James Cannon, Jr.,
dry crusader,' may be moved into North Caro
lina to aid in the wet-dry war which is soon to
break loose in this state. The "drys" would
do well to think twice before drafting the Bishop
for service in the repeal firing line. We do not
question his sincerity of purpose, but we do
question his effectiveness on this question with
the giv t majority of the American people. The
Bishop's conduct in recent years has cost him
much of his effectiveness on this and other
questions. There are other dry crusaders avail
able for service who would have far greater in
fluence in keeping North Carolina dry after
November 7."
These facts cannot be denied, and if the
dry forces hope to carry the election on No
vember 7 they should line up behind a leader
who can convince the voters he's Worthy of their
support.
Should a timo-tested idea be oues- I
i tloncd? Some students of life's nrob- ;
leins emphatically,
answer, no. They j
alllrm that truth ;
does not change. It
is therefore static
Statements which
express convictions,
made from discov-
erics In the past'
are to be accepted
as true todny. A
bigoted philosophy
goes even further
and demands that
authority for one's
acceptance of any
statement of trnM.
can- only be found in the (.perieneo
f the past "that. there is ritl;n-r
'!'W linilor the sun.'-
Ioes it not seem Strang that no
eal scientist makes w hold a state
meiilV He would nof bs permitted to
retain a chair in ativ ffceredited col
lege If lie nmdo so audacious a claim
in behalf of his specialty. When we
close the door to irnth we sacrifice
Mic intellectual 'respocf' of our associ
ates. Truth is neror static. It is ai
ways dynamic. The science of the
past is not the science of today, and
the science of today will not be 'the
science of a half-century hence. Not
so vfcry long ago the atom was eonsid
ered the smallest particle of matter
f-ouay no scientist believes it. The
itom has been split up into electrons
!cienco cannot afford to niirm that be
-ause an eminent scholar makes a
xtatement it is therefore the final rev-'
elation of truth. The door to know!
t'dge must always be open if truth is
to become dynamic. Shut that door
md it at once becomes static.
New truth, revealed through tin
findings of scientific investigation, lias
Jne much for the advancement of'
conization. We need only refer-
the remedies now applied for manv of
the diseases which in former years
wore dreaded as sure forerunners oi
death. Many of the comforts of our
modern life have: becti tiiade possible
because some minds refused to he tat
ittfiod with the limitations, of the naf
and discovered for themselves- new
creis in nature. The. implication
electricity t h,l,r and -time-vio-deviws
fully attests fl,e va!iie: of re
wnt investi-atioi.s.
No vron need be: afraid' of' truiii
TOo Vfurld i too hungry r(vi- reality t
Pfnnit anyone to sLult it-'v t Ik- spirit
research';-,: This hunger ciitmot W -s:t-isficd
by any attempt to . suhsiitute
feeJings for fh.Mi-his, or passin- val
ues for facts.' Kerhaps we have onlv
began to towh the fringe of a "reaV
scientific world. What about the fu
rurc? No one knows. Trnfh, how-!
ever, nel pive us no cattfjo for fear1
let It ever lend us on. ;
C, 1S. YToetwn Newsrpapcr Union. i
Cove Creek, N. C, July 21, 1933.
To the Editor of The Waynesville
Mountaineer:
I am writing this to ask you to cor
rect some false statements made in
your paper of July 20, 1933 in regard
to the statements of the St'atp witness
es in the Jenkins case-
You made the statement- th.it-. .Tim
Harrcll admitted hp-inc ennvintod in
federal court of selling- liquor which
is not true. Jim- Uanell has never
been convicted of sellinir linuor urid
never made any such st tement. Jim
was convicted of heine-
of whiskey and given a suspended
sentence.
One other false statement made Ls
that several of the state witnesses
admitted having served '-sentence's in
tne Dtate prison for various crimes,
stealing chickens, automobile, break
ing into store, robbing a bee hive,
bootlegging, blockading or Wauling
liquor and that
ed that they had been bootlegging and
blockading since they had been convicted,
This statement is
leading. Only one of the twenty-one
Witnesses has ever served n 'sen fny.ee
in ine state prison and no Other wit
ness admitted tlinf ho t,o,l
----- ..v iiuu I'WH
vleted of stealing. The other Con
victions were for violation of the pro
hibition law.
I don't think the: public press
should make such statements so pro
miscuously for more than one-half
of the witnesses for the State were
men and women of excellent character
and their past record was not ques
tioned by the defense in this law suit.
Signed:
JOHN HOWELL.
Editor's; Note: The Mountaineer
i-fgiest very much that the
and is glad to. m'.ike thi.
(From the file of July 30, 1903.)
It is reported that pur dignified
county superintendent of schools
Prof R. A Sentelle. was fUscnvo.oj
out fox hunting one day last week
Major and Ms. augh A. Love rt
turned Wednesday from Galion. Ohiu
where they have been on a visit of
two months.
One of the most enjoyable occa-
given Friday night by Mrs. Charts
11 i 1 1 Hff-' j
.iituoweu ai. ner noinu on luain stree;
to her gnests, Miss Edna Lynch and
Miss Mary Sue Ray of Fairview.
The opening ball at the Havwoori
White Sulphur Springs Thursday
night was a decided success. Among
those present yere: Mesdames Shu
ford, Stone, Sloan, Mitchell, Barnes,
Quinlan. Misses Killian, Britt, Wills,
Knight, Ferguson, Smith, Inman,
Satterthwait, Messrs. Krouse, Plott.
Streeter, Blake, Sheets. Hillsman, At
kins, Sloan, Lefridge, Ray, Satter
thwait, and the guests at the hotel.
22 YEARS AGO IX HAYWOOD
(From the file of August 3, 1911.)
Miss Annie Shoolbred entertained
Jiuesaay evening with a lawn party
in honor of her house guests, Miss
Eugenia Agers, of Bristol and Misse
Hattie and Esther Wharton, of Cruso.
It is acknowledged by everyone that
there are more visitors in Waynesville
now than ever before in the history of
the city.
Miss Josephine Gilmer will give
song recital at the Academy ha!'
Tuesday evening. Miss Gilmer pos -esses
a wonderful soprano voice and
her recital will be a most delightful
treat.
The marriage of Miss Kuth Knigi"
and Mr. Joe Graves vhiefc wo.
emnized Thursday afternoon at the
Presbyterian church came as ,a sur
prise to their many friends in Way
nesville. Mrs. R.L. Allen is entertaining this
afternoon with a bridge party jn hon
or of her guest, Miss Cabiness, of
M,acon. Ga.
were made
correi'tion;.
lands of K. 0. Carswcll, on the West
by the lands of K. 0. Carswcll, on the
South by the lands RatclifT Robinson,
on the East by the lands of Will Sor
rells, and move particularly described
as follows.
RKGIXNlXK at a stake in the cen
ter of t rabtrec Road, mrnw nf K n
19.28 poles to a stake; thence South
80 degrees West 12 poles to a stake;
thence South 4 degrees Wes: 5.62
pules to a stake: thence South sr. Ip.
gi-ces West 11 poles ti center of Crab
tree Road ; thence with center of said
t oad North 2. degrees 30V West 2 180
poles' to the beginning. And being
Lot No 11 of the T. C. Dobson sur
vey of the T. N. Bonham land, dated
March 7, .1919 as per map of record
in map Book A, at page 89, Haywood
County records of maps, and being
the same land described in a deed
from K. O. Carswell and wife to .T f
Sorrells and wife, Sophia Sorrclls, by
deed dated June 18, 1927, and recis
tered June 23, 1927, in Book 75, Page
168. ' 6
Also a part of the lot No. 12 of the
above mentioned survey and beintr
same land described in 'a eleed from
A. L. Brannon and wife to J. C.
Sorrells and wife, Sophia Sor
rells, dated October Cj, 1924, and reg
istered on the 30th day of December,
1924 in book 66, page 248, Haywood
County records of deeds.
Dated this 14th day of Julv, 193?.
GURNEY P. HOOD,
. Commissioner of Banks,, on Re
lation of North Carolina Batik
and Trust Compary, Successor
trustee,
83 July27-Auy.3-1 )-17-
X
Cai
swt'l
w s
lot No. 14
and runs thence
ast 24 poles, sur-t-o,
a stake; thence
East .;-( nragnctic)
G 6 6
I.KH 'D - TABLET.'
Checks Malara in 3 da
day. Headaches or Ne
minutes.
FINE LAXATIVE
MosY Speedy Rcmed
- SALVE
Colds first
ralgia in 3(1
ND TONIC
s Known.
SOTICI-; OF SALE I'XDER DEED
OF TRFST
I nder an,i by virtue, of authority
contained, in a certain deed of trust
executed by J. C. Sorrells and wife, to
v V 'zcns Xatiuiwl Bank of Raleigh,
V,; ,V' 1 "i-'tee. on the 20th day of July.
.192 . recorded in Book 21, Page 121
Registry of Haywooj County, North
C arolina, default having been made in
the payment of the indebtedness se
cured thereby, the undersigned Com
missioner of Banks, having succeed
ed to the rights and duties of the
North Carolina Bank and Trust Com
pany, Successor Trustee, will offer
for sale, at public auction for cash, in
front of the Haywood County Court
""5e l'r " Monday, August 21st,
1933. at twelve e-Vleei, rt . i,-.'
nieces Of land lvinw gnJ tt-
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wood County, State of North Carolina,
and aennea (as follows:
. Lying and being in Beaverdani
lOWTlShln. Havwonrl rn,m,. XT i.i.
I Uarolma. on Ornhtrea VnA u..i. 01
I miles Northwest of Canton. N. C
and bounded on the North by ths
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