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THURSDAY, SEPTEMEPb 19 10 J THE MOUNT A f N EER , IV A V.VESV n.LE. T. c utyp iHmmtattwr Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Phone 137 Main Street Waynesville, N. 0. W. C. RUSS Editor W. C. Russ and M. T. Bridges, Publishers Published Every Thursday SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Year, In County . - l-0 6 Months. In County . -50 1 Year Outside of Haywood County 11.50 Subscription payable in advance Entered at the post office at Waynesville, N. C, a Second Class Mail Matter, as provided under twe Act of March 3, 1879, November 20, 1914. x'' North CaroliniT PPESS ASSOCIATION '51 .- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1935 THOK.IITS I-OK SKKIor.S MOMENTS It i. only flm-o ln not know how to work that lo not l.- it. To thoc who do it is hotter tlian play it is religion. .1. If. I'atti-rson. When invc nml skill work together eipw't a man-tei-piece. John liuskin. ( o-ii'ruiion, not t'oinpctition, is the life of trade. William ( . l in h. The tyiiir is one who knows the price of everj thina mid the uliic of iiotliiim. Oscar Wilde. That i- a kooi'I hook it se'nis to inc. wlikii Is open ed with expectation mill closed with prollt. Louisa M. Mcott. ISi.oks are the eei-liurnmr lamps of acciiiniil.tl ed u ixl.im. ;. W, "ttt-t THE HAPPY MEDIUM This week, two of . Waynesville-'s voting men happened t' nice', at a soda fountain for their morning ret'ie-liinent. Both, weli dressed, well groomed, and each the very picture of Ameri can manhood, yet one of those young men is throwing away his life, not even making his own board, and absolutely worthless as far as the community is concerned. The other, about the same age as the first, is energetic, ambitious and making good. He has the confidence of the community, and his ability warrants this confidence. He started out on his own. Today he is independent. The other man depends on others, just as he did the day he was born. The energetic young man is getting some thing out of life because lie is putting some thing into it, while the other is barely existing. He has nothing to live for no goal to attain. Yet, the young professional man is burn ing the candle at both ends. He knows no rest. He does nothing but work, work and work. He ignores the laws of nature to mass a fortune. He is doing a good job of it. Happy, must be the person who can regu late their life between the two extremes men tioned above. THE LITTLE THINGS NEED ATTENTION According to Dr. E, VV. Gudger. there are a number of small things that can easily be done in Waynesville to make it a better com munity, rather than so many large undertak ings. Looking at the matter through the eyes ' a native-visitor, he told the Rotary Club that the average visitor's eye catches the small Mhiiitrs that an left undone more qoickly tli;.,i the huge things that Would be difficult to a compHsh. .; The world forgive.- the big thing not done more quickly than it: '('. eS the little things willfully neglected. A man with clean, thou'i ragged clothes is pitied, while the man with a dirty face dress-'' ed in the finest of raiment is looked upon, wrh disgust. -..-.',.. ';.';, MANY CONGRATULATIONS.' Thus far we have failed to find a couple that has been married longer than has Mr. and Mrs, M. E. Trantham, of Clyde sixty-four years of happily married life. The expressions on their faces indicate that it has been a happy sixty-four years, yet the present generation, in many instances, look on even two years cf marriage as "eternity." It is refreshing to read of people like Mr. and Mrs. Trantham, after seeing so much of the flighty two and three months marriages that seem to be the vogue in some of the so called social centers of our nation today. For the sake of coming generations, our divorce courts and social workers would do well to stress the importance of following examples as set by Mr. and Mrs. Trantham and other couples that have been married for many years, rather than the disgraceful divorce records set by some worthless Hollywood stars and the like. PROSPECTS FOR A GOOD FAIR It is just a matter of a few short weeks un til the Haywood County Fair will swing wide, the gates for the second annual showing. The interest already shown this year indicates that a successful fair is in the making. A half dozen people cannot make a success ful fair, a half dozen small groups can't do it. The success depends upon the effort of the citizens at large. The exhibits determine wheth er a fair is successful or not. The exhibits are worth far more than the cost of effort and time to prepare them. It is an educational movement, in that it shows oth ers what can be done by the individuals, as well as the organized groups. Those who have been working on the fair program are doing all in their power to make it a worthwhile event, and we feel that Hay wood County's support will be forthcoming in every measure. WADE H. HARRIS Few people have played a bigger part in boosting Western North Carolina than the late Wade H. Harris, editor of The Charlotte Ob server for twenty-three years. His only hobby was travel, and his favorite destination was the mountains of Western North Carolina. After his visits in this sec tion of the state, he would devote column after column in his paper giving in detail each and every little phase of mountain life and scenery that he had found. He was truly a great editor, and his pass ing is a distinct loss to the entire state, par ticularly to Western North Carolina. A $21,000 ARMORY Word coming out of Raleigh that Waynes ville was one of the forty-seven cities in the state to get a $21,000 armory under the WPA set-up is indeed encouraging. The matter has to go through another department before actual work can begin, but those in charge in the Ral eigh office were confident that no hitch would arise hindering beginning of actual work within four weeks. As we understand the plan, the armory will be at the disposal of the community for housing conventions and similar gatherings, with the main purpose, however, being a place where the local Home Guard unit can drill to a better advantage. If for no other reason, Waynesville deserv es a building of this nature, in view of the fact, that few towns this size have yet produced a Home Guard Unit that is superior to Company "H" of the 120th Infantry Waynesville's unit. The men that worked to see that Waynes ville was included in the list also deserve dis tinct recognition, as they have done this com munity a real service. Maybe a little far-fetched, but we are al most of the same opinion of the man who said: "The angels of heaven would spend September and October in Western North Carolina if they knew the fine weather we have during those two months." Cornfield Philosophy thi: of ii:;i:Ki: Tiox Mir. li 't s always -striven for a permanent c-ivilit i"ti has y.i'. ii failed. "Tli ' sil. nil, Hi..: was (Ireece,; the grandeur that is Ki.inc.': u:ii til; :';r a- day; A ::! why 7 -'-.''r Th e a nswer is. 1 .1 ( i f the Law of :h'n; tf. mi w hirli there si-enis tn . he nu sun? iul the j !. .1! ui : s uf any civilizatk'n; it's t'Oy litt ratine, religion, science 'a.ifd art;-, its eUu inil 'judici.il -system'. as well as its. navy and :ns uf d--0 i'se. w ill, a lsi decline and degenerate .physical and moral decadence ;f the people at wiii-k all scape. . .1 Illnelit. -.1 1 tin r inc v. H'li the . - hcjnselves. The 1 .r- cesses of deu'eneratinn ireu ,.,d Us everywhere. .1 nntinually and in everything; fur sini-e man himself dK-enerates, it staiitls ti reason hat man's achievements of the pmdiiets uf his mind md hands must ;ls.; deuenerate. .Wv. it. is Willi ref erence to these m.io ri.,1 things that I intended to speak. The Curnfield Philusopher has, been in many sec-: ions r-f Haywood .hii'iiv4 the past few . -weeks, and I -vu!d not help, hut notice the way many of the old f-ttled idaces had s"f ilnffti. This w'as especially i-.oticealde. in Waynesville, . rrah tree and Fines Creek '' n r.sliips. where several once prominent elil home-. . i-ails have changed hands ami are: now heins? ;culti .;ated hy tenant farmers. In two or three instances the homes have been abandoned entirely. A?ide from' the loneliness that attaches to these old places, it is a s.i 1 iultt to see. house, barns l.aml. fences rottincr down, cellars cavins in. and fields, lanes and fence-rows prow ins up in bushes and briars. When we pass these old farm houses and are re minded of the happy, busy and , prosperous life the picture that was of a feneration aso, and contrast it with the present, there is only one encouraging thought: That that life has probably gone out to enrich some other community, town or city. Hut to say that families, communities. States and Nations) degenerate and decay is but to reiterate an historical fact. . .a high-sounding generality that gets us nowhere. What you and I want to know is. Why this degeneration and what, if anything, can be done to prevent it. Of some families once prominent in the social, political and economic life of this county there is now nothing much left but the memory. And it may be that your family or mine, is destined to follow pretty soon. If so. here are three signs of the physical, moral social, and spiritual degeneration of a people because they are the three principal causes: Wealth, Inter Marriage, Dissipation. These generally go together and any family noted for such indigencies will hot long endure. - r- ' . - 7 " - rmPi1 24 Yeats Ago I Viy- jMtr "ftrtsiiS 11 A: Fields Minstrel , '.n a. ur'.,. I 0 A PC-J iSr'A r Mn.E. H.p .. 1- . . ' - Random SIDE GLANCES By W. CURTIS RUSS .Qtv,u flL-j V,.,,. a L-naeL- nf rp- namimg almost everything they talk aoout iier.nsiaiuce, omy yeaiciuay heard the cemetery called "Skull orchard." Doyle Alley substitutes "hound baking-'' for a weiner roast. And I've fortrotten the person's name who changed horses to "mule slippers." Anil, 0 far, far into the night, . . . Two-Minute Sermon By Thomas Hastwell This is nat supposed to be in the form of scandal, or anything akin to it, but Dan Cupid informs me that a wedding Of .interest to all sVaynes ville, will 'be announced in January. 'And the young lady who thought things were aii s- suddenly rinds htr "to-be'' has aa'e-Jy wed, leaving her. on the market. That -is enough of that for this time, but really, there's lot more. . . . . And btfort- I forget it, hospital people refer to fit st aid treatment for cuts, etc., as "patchwork" . . .. . how appropriate. Not that it matters, but 'tis said that the average person who has been cut or hurt while fighting especially where a woman is involved -will sel dom tell the truth about affray, even to the attending M. D. The hunting season for squirrel opened Sunday, and the shooting yarns have already begrn to make ap pearance U. . . some w'hoppeii's I believe some have been in soak since last year, 'cause they couldn't have grown to such proportions in this short time. Last week watched Mrs. Jim Toy take a bag of money out of one of ..1 tt.i.i. m Liicse siot-macnine teiepnones. Talk money, eh? , Since nil comnaniea startpd nnttn& oil up in sealed cans, the sales have increased In fact an thev- nr mni-p I oil is being sold mow than ever which leaves ibuih one exiianlat:j)n-.nd could be that old oil was not always disposed of? With the new filters on cars, the oil showg little wear and tear, and a slight coloring added ito oil even used 2,000 miles looks OK to the average motorist. i.v l'tiU'iK A QUEEN The news ot ne aeath 01 yuten Astrid of Bel gium, wntcn occunea recently as the resuic of an automooiie accident in owitzenanu, tiuta cne nearcs of peo ple everywflere with a sincere and genuine regret and pmnged the little j;auon of Belgium into tne depths of griel. It is not unusual that the aeath of tne ruler, a King or queen, awakens an expression of regret among the people of the world and especially the bereaved nation, but it is unusual when such a death fills the whole world with a sense of keen personal loss. What were the ele ments that entered into the life of this royal household that so won the admi:aticn of people everywhere and the devotion of the people of Bel gium? It was not the queen's beauty, though she was the most beautiful of all the queens of her time, it was not the fact that she was the wife of King Leopold and Queen of a nation. But the thing that endeared her co people everywhere and made her the beloved- idol of her own nation was the simple democracy of her life, a com monness with the people over whom she ruled, a family life possessed of a beauty and simplicity and; natural ness that found an eager response in the hearts of men and women every where. When death comes the true values appear. We do not miss a man then because of his possessions, but because of what he was. ' How often those who might be truly great over look cultivating during their lifetime these simple but enduring values. v '""'i lue ri.es ot Sen- 1" 1, I Mr. Job., Campbell w, I Wednesday from Mairire r' : ''H Mr. R. O. vrJ,.i. .Js-R- rields Minstrel in Ashcv:' uraay. cjj. Mrs. E. H. Pnn.r ,-, . was the guest of Mrs i .''V'"3 Miss Mary S:ikelea:her a . f ville, was the guen la,- , KM Josephine Gilmer. - Miss Leilia Mitcht'' ,, 1 ... f was the gues; thi, Fannie Bean. Mr Charles Knight i, I : Have Q k J .-& sV4 town. ' J";,: Miss Helen Davis w;; m.eeti with'. re: The Tibetan Terrier The Tibetan terrier, a dog resem bling the Skye terrier, was originally mugltl from l.liassn In Tibet. Abraham.) week 'for Thnmasvih-, 'v rl she will aciept a positioii',, "t: Mr. Reeves XolandlefT.C ;nf 1 Durham where he will ,:Jr College for the winter. h The inew Dog Law is now n f,rJ and is explained elsewh,. ,'v! paper. ' Misses Mary Moody, Nina R0VJ Kate Turbyfill, Mary Turing' Fan nie Bean, Annie Turbyr.::. ar'i Horner, spemt Sundav in lav--- Mrs. J. E. Carrawav a-v" '',' daughter, Theodora, are vj;t;r.K"wU atives in Black Mountain -h x Wfekl Mr. Hilliard Miller. f A.hn-iie Spent Mondav in t-num ., ,i, .... ' .2 relatives. " Thp Wnman'fi T ii-i,.,. r:,,i, .. . 1" ..iwi v 1 ,uu September 21 at 3:30 ,.V. Mrs. B. H. Greenwood dence. . i The seventh a'nnua! Muntv Fay opens Tuesday with an a.idiv-, :.y Hon. ; E. J. Justice, of Greensboro who will be introduced ;.,N Oi-::. R. fi.i Gilmer. The Haywood County '!'.:,.;., a4 sociation met in the gram-J L-hooIi building at Wavmesvitle, on Sep'em. ber 2. 1911. The followinsr olfceisf were elected: Prof. C.K. Ward. pre-i ident ; Prof. Arthur' Cook .vict p:o-;-! dent, and Miss W. McCra'ck-r.' ocft4 tary and treasurer. I Judge Webb will be. agreeably ur- prised when he walks into the courtf house next Monday mo'iiin to openf court. The great changes that will! be made on the interior of the wort? house by that time will pfuve an eyr opener and a challenge to the a.imira. tion, to the judge as well as to those: who will attend court. Sam: "Listen heah, hoy, jes' what kind o' life is you been liyin'?" Rastus. "Oh, ordinary, jes' ordi nary."' Sam: "Well, if yo' pulls any mo' aces out o' yo' shoe, yo' ordinary life is going to mature." Old Maid: Has the canary had its bath yet? Servant: Yes, ma'am. You con come in now. Marriages (As Recorded to Monday Noon of thi Week) Jarvis Messer to Beulah Cagle.f both of Wiaynesville Route 2. . D. F. Snyder, of Waynesville, tf5 Ruby Lindset, of Luck, N.C. Arthur Wilson, of MurpLy, to Pau-! line Leathers, of Rasman. ! HJram Caldll, of Maggie, ..to, Tolitha White, of Mount Sterling. , Jack Bradley, of Maggie,, to Fa?.' Henderson, of Pellwood f UuX ane -of the meanest, tricks of all, was the man who sold everv grade and weight of oil- out of the ame barrel.. ..... The vhaihs .hanging from -the rear of ga.-oliiH' trucks are there to cairy off' static.: land .v.'. to eleminate the ever grave danger a spark. - -.. Sever.il tiniov lately I have , had a new exncricn :e. over the 'phone. Saturday aUerjVuon' I Was 'phoning to an, office jr. the court, house while the Salvation Army service was in progress on the court house steps, and I .heard trie song over the phone lust a! Wee second sooner than i-t drifted in through the office door then again st week, , while: talking to a depot official,' a train whistle blew, and it came in over tne rorie and in a jiffy it reached the office. . . . I've forgotten how fast sound travels . . . but if memory serves me right, light moves at the rate of I80.OOO feet per second some of you physic studeirts have a dhance to display yer learnin' by correcting me. One of Waynesville's citizens in sists on spelling chinquapin just as most of us use it chinkapin. Xot that I wish anyone any bad luck, but I couldn't help but smile if the youmg speed deamon who insists on making his car backfire down hills around town would burst the muf fler all to pieces. ... ... . . ... ... . - 3 SCHOOL CLOTHES For Boys Girls Teachers SPECIALLY SELECTED FOR Value Quality Style C. E. Ray 's So n s Straw hats are still being worn, but the majority look like the "hind wheels of destruction," the phrase in quotations is borrowed. : It is a fact yes sir no joking, that a woman 99 years yes, just one year less , than a hundred gave birth to a son. "Impossible unteevaole," says you?--No,, its a fact. For proof, read the book of Genesis (Sarah and TWO ARTISTS May use the same materials the same grade of canva. the same kind of pigments and oil, the same quality of brushes vet one painting will be a masterpiece, and the other a failure. The difference of course lies in the hu man element the skill of eye and hand. This element must be reckoned with also in the filling of prescription--And that's another reason why such a large percentage of Haywood's population will entrust their prescription? ONLY to Alexander's Drug Store. ASK Y OUR DOCTOR Two LICENSED PHARMACISTS For Your Protection ALEXANDER'S DRUG STOR E Phones 53 & 54 Opposite Post Utt Try At Home First. . .And You'll Never Regret It V
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