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Haywood County Booster Edition Of The Waynesville Moartaiitecr
Mr. F. A
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Published By
THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO.
Phone 137
Main Street Waynesville, V o.
W. C. RUSS Editor
W. C. Russ and M. T. Bridges, Publishers
Published Every Thursday
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Entered at the post office at Waynesville, N. C,
a Second Class Mail Matter, as provided under
o-e Act of March 3, 1879, November 20, 1914.
Nonh Carolina A
Pl3 ASMJCIATION '
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1935
DUE FOR A GOOD SEASON
The summer season in Western North Caro
lina is usually predicted by the season in Flori
da. That has been found to be the reliable
barometer in the years past, and by basing our
hopes on the same source this year, we are rap
idly approaching one of the best seasons in the
history of the section.
Our information for this statement is on
the editorial published recently in one of Flori
da's leading newspapers. The editorial which
reads as follows should be convincing enough :
Florida's "tourist crop" the season just
closing brought $625,000,000 to the state. It
is, by far, our richest "crop." It is "marketed"
on the spot, it's all "cash on delivery," it is not
affected by droughts, cold snaps or codes. It
rides in and rides out, and leaves its money as
it goes.
The figure is the reliable estimate of the
State Hotel Commission, whi. h bases it on ac
curate reports from hotels, rooming houses and
restaurants, which the Ceiftmission regularly
insPeTiiriountJof visitors totals 1,750,000,
or 250,000 more than the previous season. The'
money yield is estimated at $5 a day average
expenditure of each tourist.
Aside from the money paid for accommoda
tions and sustenance, these 1,750,000 visitors
spent many dollars for entertainment, recrea
tion, and not a few of them invested money in
property. They contributed the major portion
of the $30,000,000 wagered at race tracks and,
in the "hot spots," the more affluent ones spent
large-sized ''rolls" for pleasure. However, spent
Florida got the great buik of the money.
It is "good business" to encourage this
"industry." Its volume and benefit car. be in
creased each year and can be extended beyond
the so-called "winlvr season," into spring, sum
mer and fall, making it an all-year-round "crop."
AYE ENJOYED IT
Today's issue of The Mountaineer is the
largest newspaper ever published in Waynes
ville, and as far as We can learn it is the largest
ever devoted entirely to Haywood County.
This issue is the result of several month's
of caiaful planning oh the part of the staff,
Every bit of work on the entire issue has been
put out without outside help. The force has
worked hard and at top speed to. take care of
the vast amount of work required to publish a
paper of this size.
The regular weekly issue during the past
four weeks ran about fifty per cent above nor
mal size which added more work on the force.
From the time the original plans were made
for this issue until the last page was printed
there has been an air of pride among all mem
bers of the staff. Every word written, every
line of type set and every page printed was done
with a spirit of civic pride inasmuch as we felt
that this issue would get before the world some
facts about our county and town that hereto
fore have never been presented.
We are indebted to those who took time
from their wont to give us facts about the many
things that are contained in the issue. Only
reliable authentic fajts are presented in the
edition, and we trust you will enjoy the issue
as much as we did in printing it. )
It must be remembered that the entire
issue was made possible by those who adver
tised in it. Only in a few instances did busi
ness men refuse to take a part in the making
of this paper.
HAYWOOD'S POSSIBILITIES ARE UN
LIMITED By means of this issue, The Mountaineer,
is carrying to the world some of the outstanding
facts about Haywood County.
Never before has a paper thi3 size been
published exclusively for Haywood County, and
rightly so, because today there are more ad
vantages and reasons why this county should
be advertised than ever before.
Few counties have more natural advantag
es than does Haywood.
Few counties have developed their natural
resources to a greater degree than has Hay
wood. And few counties still offer greater oppor
tunity for development along all lines than does
HayWood.
This county does not depend on just one
thing for income as many other countie do.
There are three major sources of income: Agri
culture, manufacturing and tourists.
No county in the South has greater possi
bilities along agricultural lines than Haywood.
No one crop is depended on for a cash crop No
one crop is planted to the extent of making a
hardship on the farmers if the crop should fail.
Because of the climate here the crops ome in
just as those in other places have finished, thus
providing a ready outlet for Haywood crops.
The possibilities are unlimited along this line.
Manufacturing in the county is veil es
tablished and on a firm basis. The types of
products manufactured require skilled labor
throughout, and the type of. people that are
engaged in the plants are of the best citizens to
be found anywhere. The abundance of raw ma
terials nearby enable plants to turn out finished
products at lower costs than in many other
sections of the country.
The tourist business 's destined to increase
several times that of even peak years, as the
development of the nark gets further along.
Nature has so endowed Waynesville as to place
her at the eastern entrance of the park, to say
nothing of the many other advantages in the
community that tourists find nowhere else.
Not since .1929 have the citizens made such
elaborate preparatiors for the tourists as this
year, ine citizens nttnis conyEIiy-fCF seve
ral -geuerstiOiis'have catered p tourists and are
talented along the line of knowing just how to
care for visitors within our gates.
This county is composed of progressive yet
conservative citizens.
The county is growing in every way and
we truthfully boast of the fact that there is no
county in North Carolina that has the possi
bilities and a brighter future today, than does
Haywood.
WOULDN'T SUIT US
"I like to hold court in a small town be
cause people know you there and pay you some
attention after you leave the court room," re
marked a Superior court judge during a recent
conversation. "Even in some of the larger
cities in North Carolina nobody pay you any
attention on the streets," he continued, adding
that it is much different in the smaller towns
where the home folks are wont to inquire who
a stranger is. "That makes it much easier to
become acqninted with people, and I like to
know folks," he said.
Some who live in the smaller towns and in
the rural sections may have a desire to dwell
in the metropolitan areas. They read of the
larger cities and believe that life in apartments,
surrounded by skyscrapers and theatres, would
afford them much pleasure.
The following statement by a man who has
lived, and still lives, in such a place, and who
has a nice suite in a large apartment, shows
something of the big city life. He said:
"We have lived here two years and know
nobody. My wife was very sick for two months.
The peopie who live upstairs didn't even know
it." v:
Like the Judge, we much prefer the neigh
borly interest which is shown in the smaller
towns and rural districts. We too, like to know
folks, to speak and be spoken to. Deliver us
from a life where one doesn't even know his
nearest neighbors. It may suit some people,
who have never known anything different, but
it wouldn't suit us. Give us the small town, or
the rural sections, where people know and are
.known. Ex.
Business is the power that determines the
growth of a town, and the habits that make for
retarded growth. The men in business in the
Community are, for the most part, trying to
creditably develop the market, and to serve their
fellow citizens through the extension of their
lines. They are entitled to fair dealing by the
public, and this only means giving them a
chance to meet competition.
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GLANCES
Hv W. CURTIS RUSS
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24 Years Ago
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HAYWOOD
A certain Waynesville woman tells
the yarn about two men stopping at
her place and asking for a drink.
She made out like she was unaware
of their real wants, so bi ought forth
two large ice tea glasses of water
The men drank every drop, never let
ting on that the kind lady had misin
terpreted their "order."
As they turned to leave, after
thanking her, she said: "Gentlemen,
the jo!-- is on you. The kind of drink
you really wanted is not here. You're
one door too far up the ?treet."
And did they blush . . she said they
did.
Add to the things that will never
happen: an anthem oeing as Pietiy
as an old hymn.
(From the files of April 21, 1911.)
Mr. W. T. Denton made a business
trip to Asheville on Tuesaj.
Miss Florence Moody spent Easter
with relatives in Maggie.
Miss Lula Ferguson of Crabtree
visited friends here last week.
Mr. Harry Rotha.made a business
trip to Asheville this week.
Miss Willie Willis has returned to
Asheville to her school after spending
Easter with her mother.
Mr. Frank Miller spent severa'. days
at Cataloochee this week.
Mr. James Massie of Cruso spent
Tuesday in the city.
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week.
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maue a OUSlnt;-
tne last of the
Mrs. E. B
uiacKSDurg, Va
Miss Dorothv v
ed to Asheviht' ;
grandparents.
Miss Joseplrjv
Miss Iva Oweni.v
guests of friends a
Mrs. R. D. (,;-,
first of the wee.
.vhere she ha.
three months. M
mer, who is studv
main in New York
Among those a:
tion exhibition
(iky were: Messr
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i? imam .n n t,
well, Tom Davis, S.Y
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Jos
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Vol-
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Jr., John Bean
White.
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emertainea ttiis week hv v:
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1 he serving of dainty reCi
concluded a pleasant af-.n,
guests were Mrs. J. v y!.
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I. L. Burns, Mrs.
Sarah Strinp-fiplH m;..-
Miss Mattie Love, ' and mW
Sue Adams. 'H
weaiDr mat cnaracterized Wtl
urdav manv vntprc 1
the polls and interest and en-W,
VV "" ; auu i nends.
iur inayur was tr.angalai
uiu inaui, o. tv. COyd, VFi
w'tn a majoritv c ' u
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nniia j
opponents, J. H. Howell
State Highway will probably
through Haywood county, if Wj
efforts are put forth. Engineer
of the State Geological Survey -been
over the proposed route
traverses Haywood. The initi"
Ti-orio r.t wn.;i! , m
men in the county have been wril
ior some lime to switch the 5:
highway from Ma
Miss Gertmde Wilson of Pigeon Haywood county.
countj
And speak. ng of mu;ic, there i no
music that van beat a oi'i.ss uand
especially 111 d parade.
Heie l am Mttting all musical . . .
.TiUaL ue spring . . . but no man has
ever made an instrument that would
piuduce a snriller squeal than a wo
man aoes when. she sees a mouse . .
warua argue that point? ...
A Famous Family Of Men's Hats
KNOX - DUNLAP BYRON
G. E. Ray's Sons
A COMPLETE CLOTHING SERVICE
fle Loyal To The Community. . .Try At Home First
And tne mere attention of spring I
orings 1.0 .nana '-the nisi iisn 1 ever
caufeat ... a loui-incn Orun . . and
was i tnrilieu'.' . . ilih Lampkin
wouldn't -hmii as muin 01 a iv.my-
inch trout. . .
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Down in the eastern part of South
Larouna tneie is a grass that tne
uuys call sour glass . . . and to chew
a couple ot Messes of it each spring
win maKe one strong . 1 . up m the
mountains its ramps. . , Ine only
difference, as far as the etfect, is that
no one can tea when you have chewed
sour grass, but that can't be said of
ramps. . .
No matter what 1 start to say, i
can't get away liom that spring feel
ing ... 1 must need lasses and sul
phur . . . anyway, after working on
this special edition for the past few
weeks anything might go. . . I'll say
this, the statf has combed this neck
of the woods for niaterial to write
about . . . and if you don't think it
takes some gumption to get up enougn
stutf to fill a paper this size just try
it . , . one sweet young, sympathetic
-thing, ''said meekly the other day:
"Oh, how darling it must be to know
how much to say . . . it must be just
divine. . . ."
its been fun, although the wives
back home feel that they have been
neglected , . :. in fact mine went to
her mother for a week ... and the
whole force has lost several winks . . .
but we have enjoyed it. . .
.It was my first thought to have a
cartoon drawn of a Smiling, charming,
fascinating; young lady representing
Waynesville, with outstretched arms
welcoming the world to her . . . and
the idea was plenty good, I thought,
until I hit upon the idea of putting
the pictures of Governor Ehringhaus,
Mayor Atkinson and President of C.
of C. Ray there instead . ,-i now any
one will admit that I made a wise de-1
cision . . . how could we have put
"Come on Up to Waynesville' over
the cartoon unless the young lady
looked like Mae est? . . .
Hotel
le Fame
COMMERCIAL
G. F. KIRKPATRICK, Manager
I never think of Governor Ehring
haus but what I am reminded of the
time during his campaign when I went
to the hotel for an interview. He was
having dinner, and j'ist as I asked a
question he put a big pL:e of lemon
pie in his mouth . , . and there we
were . . . the bite was more than he
had anticipated taking at one time . ,
I gc my answer, but no pie.
and no matter where you go,
you'll always agree that Waynesville'?
water is the best on earth even the
two men as told about in the first
paragraph would admit that. . . .
, ' FLASH! SCOOP! ! A great doctor
has just discovered that sugar gukose
is the best brain food yet known to the
medical world . . so here's where I
dart out for a mess . . . 'cause I sho'
need it . . . wanta go? . . , .
Sit of CloTeUnd
In temote geological Mmea th ui
5 of Cleveland, Ohio, was at the bottom
or wimt n"'.v is ,l."ko Ki-in. . '..,...
COMRADES IN ARMS
Here are your guardians of health your 'doctor yp
nurse and your pharmacists fighting together day
and day out that everlasting battle against P"rms w
disease. ; Tirelessly they work on regardless of hu
to alleviate pain and suffering and to keep you weDaw
happy. Truly, no service to humanity can b of greats
need. No service can contribute more to the welfare"
your community.
ASK Y O U R D O C T OR
Two LICENSED PHARMACISTS For Your Protection
ALEXANDER'S
DRUGSTORE
Phones 53 & 54 Opposite F
Try At Home First. . .And You'll Never Regret11