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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
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Published By
THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO.
Phone 137
Main Street
Waynesville, N. C.
W C. RUSS Editor
W C. Russ and M. T. Bridges, Publishers
Published Every Thursday
Sl'BSCHM'TION RATES
1 Year, In County .....$1.00
6 Months, In Cou..ty , 50
I Year Outside ul Haywood County ..1.50
Sub-crip'-ion pajuble in advance
En'.ceJ a! the P"St office at Waynesville, X. C,
Second Class Mail Matter, as piovided under
r,.i. .Ac! of March 3, 1S79, November 20, 1914.
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PPfSS AJSUtlAIICN
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THURSDAY, I EI5RI RY 2S. 1:J.
(i')lSi'. AFTER M.'SINESS
Aiitliciit.c rows from Chicaj-o shows that
Scars, Kiii'buck (Vmpa iy hau; shinp d 102 car
loads (if l!) -pring- ami summer catalogues to
various p.. it- of the foimti'v this being the
largest .-:ingi;- shipment of printed matter ever
released in a Z-dny perbu and comprising about
one-third the entire Issi-e of the catalogue. The
while, i.-.-uie weighs v'.uOO tons, '.ml ihe books
will' go ;nto every post office in the eouiury.
That bit of news will doubl'oss be of some
interest io everyone, inasmuch a. the vast vol
ume of 'tuvertising this large mail order house
is using. It might be well to say it hat it is said
that the adverting 'manager of the above firm
receives a larger salary than the president cf
the I'niued States.
Then- is no nil' ti'Mi about it but what he
and n is associates have thoroughly studied the
present economic status of the nation to where
they have btvi; convinced that it is time tc begin
going afier ousines.s that ,vas theirs back in
1028 and l '.)2'.. .
Ah iiulica; ions a"e that the large company
above is really determine1 to go a'ter business
this spring, and they know that no firm will get
mere business than it g.es ji'ter t hat shoiud
put the. individual merchants on notice as to
what to expect.
ililS OLD CLAY 'HOUSE.
(By Mrs. George W.McAnuky)
When I am through with this "old clay
house" of mii.e just box it up and lay away;
with other clay houses of yesten.ay. And with
it, my friends, do try if you can to bury the
wrongs since first I began to live in this house.
Bury deep and forget ; 1 want to be square and
out of your debt V hen I meet the ('.rand Archi
tect Supreme face to face. 1 want to be clear.
It's too lat e to mend a. bad buildi .1 house when
we come to the end.
But to you who are building, just look over
mine and make alterations while yet there is
time. Just study this house no tears should
be shed it's like any clay house when the
tenant has fled. I have lived in this house many
days all alone, just waiting, and O, how I long
to go home. Don's misunderstand me; this old
world is divine, with love birds and flowers and
gorgeous sunshine. Yet, somehow we feel when
the cycle's complete there are dear ones across
we are anxious to meet.
So we open the book and we check up the
past, and no more forcVd balances; this is the
last. Each item is checked, each page must be
clear. It's the passport we carry, our Builder
Supreme. So when I am through with this old
clay house of mine, just box it up gently and
lay it away. For the Builder has promised when
this house is spent, to have one all finished with
timber I sent while I lived here in this one. Of
course, it will be exactly as I have builded, you
see. It's the kind of material we each send
across and, if we build poorly, of course it's our
loss. You ask what material is best to select.
It was told you long since by the Great Archi
tect: . "A new commandment I give unto you
that you love one another as I have loved you."
So the finest material to send up above is clear
straight grained timber of brotherly love.
MAYBE A NAME SOME DAY
If the bill now before the legislature that
would refund the county $45,000 for the value
of roads taken over by the state should pass,
we trust that it would be possible to spend ten
or fifteen dollars of that in putting a name on
the court house.
No doubt the county is proud enough of
it to name the building.
"ITS TO BE ALL HAYWOOD MADE"
The directors of the Haywood County Fair
Association seem determined to revive the old
county fairs of the days gone by, and have plans
in the making for building pens for live stock
exhibits, and the possibility of a wooden exhi
bit building.
"Nothing .short of the best" seems to be
their slogan, as they got down to business while
in session here Monday. By beginning this
early in the year it puts farmers and house
wives on notice that entries are expeoted, and
no doubt the space will be taken well in ad
vance when the folks have had time to really
work out something which it hey will take pride
in displaying.
The most encouraging note growing from
the entire meeting that was made public, was
the fact that the enthusiasm was sufficient and
cf the sincere type, that the directors have de
cided to stage the fair locally and not have "pro
fessional promoters" come in.
The people of Haywood County have alway
delighted in working with one another for all
community developments. And the fact that
outside forces will be left out this year necessi
tates local cooperation to the fullest extent.
A GREAT PLAYGROUND
A special correspondent to the Christian
Science Monitor, who made a trip over the route
to be followed by the Shenandoah-Great Smoky
Mountains National Park Highway, s:.ys the
selection of the route by Secretary kkes "wil"
place on a Main Street of America one of the
wonderlands or the world."
Enlarging upou the impoitance of the pro
jecf the 'writer points ou: "The recognized love
liness of the park area itself will be rivalled by
the vistas of wooded mountains a'ong the en
trance route, dotted with some Of .-the most mag
nificant peaks in the country, tnrough the "Lain'
of the Sky." For, if the 188 mointain peaks of
5000-fcet elevation in the South, 51 ar; within
the park and 102 are within close view of the
new parkway route.
"Along the route a-e Blowing Rock, where
there is a fashionable summer .olony. Grand
father. Mountain, whose shape can be likered
to the face of a bearded man; Linviile Falls and
gorge, where the turbulent waters have cut one
of the deepest ar.d 'widest caverns in the Ka t ;
Little Switzerland with its valleys ard nills;
the Craggy rhododendron .-anl'tis, nuleseri'ia
ble for the magic beauty .of their spring 1 . los
snms; the French Broad river, majestic in its
clear waters and mammrth jocks, and the bah.iv
odors of the incomparable balsams."
Of the rivalry between spring and IVI ii.
the area penetrated by the parkway t he writer
says: "In the fall are tinges of brown, from rus
set to chestnut, and tints 'of gold fum light
yellow to deep orange, and touches of . imson
from soft pink to reddish purple. The sprLg
brings the pink, lavender and rose bnoms .'
rhododendron, white, yellow and oange azal
eas, the yellow lady's slippe", the wild val'ey
lilly, hillsides of daisies and myriad-, of other
gorgeous flowers."
A fair diecription of the beauties of thesj
North Carolina Mountains but inadequately
they are known to it hose who live near and see
them every month of the year. The parkway
will open side trips for tourists that will reveal
loveliness unknown to .those who have :.een the
mountains under more difficult conditions.
The opening of this mountain territory
will place it within 24 hours by motor of prob
ably one-fifth of the people east of the Mississ
ippi. Those who live in the Piedmont seeth.i
of South Carolina can leave their homes in he
morning, picnic on the parkway or in the great
park, and return to .their homes in the evening.
The government is opening a new playground
for the millions of this day and lcr countless
millions that will come after them. Spartan
burg Herald.
ITS NOT CONSISTENT
We can't understand why a newspaper that
devotes column after column in showing up the
folly of crime, and prints the pictures of gangs
ters lying bleeding to death after a round with
police, will turn around and issue a large colored
"funny paper" which is fifty per cent about
crime, and shows in detail how criminal minds
work. -.
We just can't understand the, non-consist-
encv of it all.
HELPING NATURE, EH?
If the officials of the Chamber of Com
merce has their way, carpenter's hammers will
soon begin to knock around town. Not neces
sarily building things, but tearing down build
ings that have seen their best days of useful
. ness. ,'-
And, in other words, nature has done her
part to tear them down, so why not help out
nature, they contend. - ' ,
Random
SIDE
GLANCES
By W. CURTIS RUSS
I pair.
If the two brass doors at the court
house could only talk, I imagine their
conversation between each other would
he something like inis:
Kight side: "lice, I'm glad ''court
week is over. I'm right dizzy from
seeing so many people. "
Left side: "Xot you, but me. Why
I've teen pushed and pulled 37,854
times within two weeks, while you've
just teen standing there looking on.
I wisn I'ncle foot Allen would tlx it
so I wouldn't get all the wear on my
hinges."
Right side: "That's so. but '"'hile
they are pushing and pulling you,
they're leaning against me."
I.'fi side: "Look who is coming.
That pom- old woman that looks like
s le is going to cry. I 11 ease up on my
hinges so she can get in ecy."
Right side: "Yes, I'm sorry for her.
ii know her sun is in ja-1. Gut
drunk and raised cane. She is better
off by him being up in jail. bt mother
like, she don't know it."
Left Side; ".And look here riiow
i.Tl that sweet. I. link ,tt tb.lt couple
ii'iniiil! up 'he walk, la-t you a dj"ie
they're holding for Kd Mayors' office
1'ur a ma ,-riaif lirens."
Hiuht siil.:. 'II' they a. n't they will
sightly, and in part at least, unpleas
ant m in the nuisance class. Our
depot section falls to be creditable.
Sevi ral buildings are in need of re
nd there are at least two "his
structures which should be de
molished
loiter in the spring a Cleanup-Paint-u
p W'-ek will be announced. We
should seize this opportunity to wage
a campaign that will produce results.
It should have the backing of every
civic organization. It should have the
cooperation of every merchant. It
should be made to produce results.
Iet anyone in doubt of the need for
such a campaign, take a tour of the
town looking over business houses and
residences. Start with your own place.
Remember that ve are advertising
Waynesville as the Eastern Entrance
to the Park. Being the entrance will
not mean anything- in the way of
bitter business, more tourists, more
valuable real estate, unless Waynes
vibe proves attractive to park visitors.
Folks lets get busy. Lets put Way
nesville on the map. You and I can't
do it individually hut we can do the
job working together.
A READER
i .N'ar.ie r? Request)
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24 Years Ago1
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i fel.ow that
Right Sid.':
choid tear hei
ports li'im
lid yo
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died 1
i little runty
'Mere th re,
loan to pay
and he has
the
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and
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lighten .p
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'he money
of
to read your
J.ames Long.
Waynesville
do of
lo the
worth
up-Way-
'.".ow tlr t's the . iild
I like to ii'i'iin. ida.te, '
: ""'hiit good looking
.hat eornt s to get re-
r. Messer's o"icc is com
ing i again. W inder
I. I't side: "I iln'-'t
boa rii g down on my
Lave to linger longer.
using my head '."'
It'gl.l smIc: ; knew
i'liii.'s Cri'i'ii u o.,ld I uy
who she is?
know, but
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polished an,.
.Mr W. (.'. Russ, Hditnr
Wa nesviUc Mountaineer
Waynesville, X. C.
.M." Dear .Mr. Russ:
I was very glad indeed
laudatory editorii.l on .Mr.
in connection with the
goir I'liui'sc.
I hi'ije the other good pe.
Wa yii'.'s I ile a)ipreciate as y.ci
full sit-nitb-ance of .Mr. Long's
md work in undertaking, single
"d. to build and operate a mode
to-date l.s-liole golf course in
nesville. As we all know, an under
taking ami an investment such as that
is g.-nerally the .job and responsibility
of all the citizens of the city or town,
as they all share in the benefits, and
not that of i. lone individual like Mr.
Long,
Therefore, the very least we bene
'Viaries can do is lo u-ive Mr. Long a
fiiendly and sy-ipathetio cooperation.
Fur twenty years I have hoped and
wai' d for that day to come when
Waynesville could truly boast of a
m dern, up-to-date golf course, and
rot until last fall, when Mr. Long tide'
me he was going to build one, did I
really tak he rt that that dream was
coming true in my time, I knew when
Jim Long put his hand I" the plow,
he Vould nut look back.
It might interest, vol to know tht.'.
e are having an xceptionally tine
season down he. e in fact, thrnighout
the 8t;?e. It got under way early,
and f'-om all indication.-, w'U last long
er and be 1 igger by far than any ve
have evt , experif. iced, the effect of
W- ich will no doubt be seen and felt
in Waynesv lie next summer and fall.
.. enjoy rending your paper each
week, ami congratulate you on the
good u Mk you are (bung with the
paper 'or the upbuildirg of Waynes
ville 'and' Western North -Carolina.
S'ncerely yours,
FRANK SMATIIKRS
'. Mia mi. Florida
.Mrs
(From the flies of K. l.r,,
Mr. Charles Trub-iu
day and Sunday in Ashe.....' '
Messrs Jack Way and . ,.
spent Sunday In Clyde, "k
Mrs. Harry Rotha wen- h
Tuesday for a short stay ' r'"':;;
Miss Carrie Sue Adai - ,
Hazel Killlnn visited fri. :'. -,"V 5
on Saturday and Sunday '"''
Mr. Clarence Miller v.
Tuesday returning in t:
Mr. Sam Quen of I),.;
Wyanesville visitor on Tj.
Mr. and Mrs. Rob.r I
shopping in Waynesville .
Miss Josephine Clmu .
.he first of March to be !,
for .Mrs. K. I. Burn.
There will be a meetin
A. R. Tuesday February :
o'clock at the residence . !
Camp.
-Mrs. Andrew Moore
daughter anil Mr. D. c. We;
tenia arrived on Tuesday f
visit in town.
Mrs. S. A. Jones and M
stead Jones Jr., left Sunday
to visit for several weeks
Mrs. R, L. Allen left i .
Washington, IJ. C. to s.jei-,
Miss Haatie Siler and
Luck left Monday for At:
they will study the s,yl(
millinery and will buy th -ii
of goods.
Misses Leila Mock, May I:
Louise MeFayden, Mary c.
Mock, and Iiess I,ee are , 1
J.ee and Mock during the ;:. snip
Miss Sarah Hill Hannah j.:;rr.
Wednesday from a visit Kir.-;
City. Mo., and Salisbury.
It is very gratifyin. 'hat th
for Waynesville is an bright, w js fv
denced by the impro- eroetns L',iire .
In the town. Among then is th irp
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Why
" ell re just lik - ;. our
.1.1 court house that was
,'ou don't have a bit of
b
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k a t mi', I'm proud
I. -i ii.''. and ,.11 shin., ."
t sole: "You might "link : ou're
lilt I " ni L Coot Allen don't be
lie he o ni"s w.lh a bucket
ml o.i p. A. id ' ok. r s
brus'ii an.l a can o' brXss
" rial dd you .-ay? I
t iy i ars are full of soap,
niy eyes, and row i.s my
Shark It Productiye
No tit! ?r livin;; creature on earth
gives birth ' ns tnan.v living .voting at
a time ns tlie slinrU. Flshertr mi along
'Jr. at 'Harrier lteef off the coast of
Australia have captured females that
contained us many as l unboni
hnbios, all of which were from. 'two to
(hrer- feet lo"
le
iter
got -a. 'stiff
ii 'ish."
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i ml. tie v it
iii-m-o-ut th."
; Right side:
W.l"
with
a' si
nice
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t . take
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soap, i'
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bat'
might
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learn
s in
. not
get
bo
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that it
public,
so fast
in my
. blub.
h ub, .
Left t
hath "
Right
ide: "Hello filthy, how's the
de : "(hi to t-thUii'ti-der.'
Truth Is a Burden
"AlL men seek the truth," said ni
Ho, tiie sa;i of C'hin.atown. "Few
know what to. dn with if if they , lind
it." ;"
improvement being mad
don Hotel. The pai ir
Captain Howell the ow
ci.anges.
.Fuilg Frank Hmatra-r
unusual compliment, a. -i
Atlantic ('it:' Dally I'i , s
trial that vi me to him a f
his seat as the new Judge
triot Court.
At the great age of l'S
umloubtly the oldest whit
the world. Mrs. Lucy O .(
a centenarian, a few mile
Worth, Texas. She was t
Carolina when the Hevoluti r .rv W
broke out a.al three years '..'.'r
saw (leorge Washin; ton. K ?
oly living person vho nas -
Many questioned h " age. !
Investigation of the reconls
found that she Arul gien
correc t Iy.
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Kaa Lowest lemppra'urt
A(cor !i:i:r to tho. weathe- !i'ir
tioi'ihe.n Miiiiu'soti in th. I"'"?
pcrior section h..s an f.yer,""i' -.tap
alite over the eii'.ir." yc'l- "rnta;
lo'"er than any other recti. ni .'.' ' 'M
""r-t.-d rt:". s.
Eillio: v.f Bacteria in Soil
Cultivated soils liave afy.riiprjK
a fnv million t- five n-..lllen I ultf,
In a potinr of topsoil.
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CLOTHING
For Men and Boys
G. E. Ray's Sons
A COMPLETE CLOTHING SERVICE
1 miiii nJin
WAYM'.SVII.LK MIST BE MADE
Mum: m:v iifit.
The editorial of Vast week with re
lation o "Waynesville The l'.eautif'il"
is timely and to the point. Recause
of my Interest in the gtneral advance
ment of the community I am led to
io- even further than did the Editor
In making specific suggestions.
Waynesville rests in a beautiful set
ting and no apologies are 'necessary
In that, connection. Our scenerv
merits admiration, arid publicity. Hovv
evet. our town proper is far from
perfect, and as citizens we should exert
every effort during the spring season
to make the community more attrac
tive. Every dollar spent in that way
will repay us.
We should start with Main Street.
Business houses should he painted.
Vacant lots should be cleaned up and
beautified, i 'lowers should he plant
ed wherever feasible. Thi a there are
at least two building's." which '.should
be removed. They are the former
Jessie sltoone resideiu'" at The corner
of Main and Pigeon Streets, and the
Kenmore Hotel. T'.. th structures are
unsightly, antiquated. rid past any
profitable usage. They will have to
go soon, and they should go now.
Some inconvenience will be occasion
ed their tenents which is regrettable,
but it is not likely that they will want
to stand in the way of community
advancemei, ':. The former Boone resi
dence is opposite one of our principal
Hotels, and the Kenmore is right in'
the heart of town.
Chwch Street too has a number f
antiquated structures Jj-hich are un-
NEEDLESS TRAGEDIES
Two tragedies have recently been reported in the pre
as resulting from the careless handling of drups. Too
much care cannot be exercised in the administering and
compounding of medicines, and we urge the same degree
of vigilance in the home as is employed in the prescrip
tion department of this DRUG STORE. Readin? the
label BEFORE a dose of medicine is administered is one
of the most important safeguards of all.
ASK YOUR D OCT OR
ALEXANDER'S
DRUGSTORE
Phones 53 & 54
Opposite Post 0