THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1936
The Mountaineer
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Waynesville, Xorth Carolina
The County Seat Of Haywood County
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1936
A WELL DECORATED TOWN
Years ago, someone began using the slogan
Am summer literature "Waynesville The Beau
tiful." At least it was thought of as just a
summertime phrase, but after the decorators
complete t?heir job of putting up the Christmas
decorations on the streets here this week we
are confident that the phrase will be even more
appropriate than ever.
Never before has this community been
decorated so extensively for the holidays. The
use of colored lights, the evergreens, together
with the decorations in the stores will create
an atmosphere for Christmas that has never
been known in Waynesville before.
As a general rule, the stores are being dec
orated more extensively this year than ever be
fore. There seems to be larger stocks of Christ
mas merchandise in the various stores. In fact,
this looms k be a real Christmas in this com
munity. During the. past few years, several places
of business failed to grasp the holiday, spirit
until just a few days before Christmas. Way
nesville and community has too great an op
portunity of supplying Christinas merchandise
to thousands of people than to wait that late
to prepare and display their goods.
The town board of aldermen, mayor, city
employees and individuals of the Chamber of
Commerce have started a decoration program
this year Chat will result in hundreds of dollars
being .spent here that would probably be drawn
to other cities that have (lash, and color,
To say that Waynesville is the best decorated-town
of its size in -Western North Caro
lina is not exaggerating, and to those who made
it possible we should all fed grateful.
'THE SALT OF CONVERSATION"
In the December number of "The Teacher,"
monthly organ of the Southern Baptist Sunday
Conventionthe editor quotes some salty conver
sational equips from a pamphlet of such good
things collected by John Garland Pollard and
privately printed and circulated for the delec-
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i taiiun ui i ne Virginia ex-t ruvei inn s menus.
As choice hits in this unique brochure,
"The Teacher" quotes, among others, the fol-
loAving definitions:
ARISTOCRAT A member of a family
that has long been descending.
COMMITTEE A group of men who keep
minutes and waste hours.
ECONOMIST A learned man who talks
in millions and borrows carfare to get home.
EXI'KIIT One who knows more and more
about less and less.
GROUCH One who is seasick throughout
.life's journey,
HIGH BROW One whose education ex
ceeds his intelligence. - ...
OPPORTUNIST One who meets the wolf
at the doo r and next day appears in a fur coat.
OPTIMIST One who thinks he can buy a
thing from a Jew and sell it to a Scotchman at
a profit.
PARASITE One who goes through a re
volving door on your push.
PESSIMIST A man who is discouraged by
the failure of things to go wrong.
SUCCESS Biting off more than you can
chew, and then chewing it. "
WAR Settling things by heat instead of
light.
WISDOM Knowing what to do next.
WIT The salt of conversation, not the
meat.
There was of course more to the little
book's credit than this, but there's gratitude to
"The Teacher" for passing on even so much.
A NEW POLICE CAR
The police department of Waynesville no
longer has to depend on the truck of the light
department, or the private car of a member of
the force to take them places. They can go now
in great haste, because their new 1937 car is
all theirs, yes, exclusively, theirs.
For years the police department of this
city has been handicapped because of lack of
means of fast and dependable transportation.
They did the best they could under circumstan
ces, although realizing that often they were too
late in reaching a scene of a crime or an at
tempted crime to enforce the law.
The new car will speed up their work, and
in our opinion pay for itself many times over,
not only financially, but in giving better pro
tection to the citizens of this community.
The board of aldermen and mayor have
wisely invested money providing for the police
a car for their exclusive use.
THE NEW BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
The new board of commissioners swung
into action early Monday morning, and got
right down to business after electing as their
chairman, J. A. Lowe, former sheriff of this
county.
The election of Mr. Lowe did not come as
a complete surprise. He is a capable and suc
cessful business man. This board succeeds a
board that put in many hours of faithful service
for their county, and put county affairs in splen
did condition for the board which went into
office Monday.
The new board is a representative group of
Haywood citizens. Most of them have had ex
perience in county affairs, and have success
fully managed their own affairs.
The citizens of Haywood County can rest
assured that the affairs of the county are in
the hands of men who are progressive yet conservative.
LEAVES AND FERTILIZERS
One of the most deplorable sights about
the town and county is the smoke rising from
piles of burning leaves. In the use of commer
cial fertilizers North Carolina leads all other
states. The News Letter from the University
Press says North Carolina consumed slightly
over a million tons last year, and no other state
a close competitor, and that North Carolina
uses one-sixth of all the fertilizers used in the
United States, and has been doing so for over
two decades. That is quite a record. If the
armer pays around $30 a ton for fertilizer at
that rate they reckon on about one-half of the
gross income from the States cotton crop ot
half a million bales to pay the fertilizer bill. A
lot of trouble with our impoverished soil con
dition is thoughtlessness on the part of farmer
and the gardner.
Exhausting the humus of the soil is one
of. North Carolina's most costly mistakes. A
ton of rotted leaves has practically the same
value as a ton of manure. We burn one and
buy the other. Left to decay with a light cov
ering of dirt, valuable material is ready for
the garden in the spring, as decomposition of
leaves is quickly accomplished. The News Let
ter says: "In no state is there greater need for
soil conservation than North Carolina. If our
soils could be built up to compare moderately
favorable with our unexcelled climate, North
Carolina would be an agricultural paradise."
To maintain plant life with any success
there must be a return to the soil of what the
plant has removed. An experiment with the
next downfall of leaves will .mean-response- in
the spring. Southern Pines Pilot.
TIME TO BUILD
Buffding activities in this .county will reach
a high peak this year, but this does not mean
that there has been sufficient number of homes
built during the past 12 months. Real estate
prices are beginning to advance, and building;
costs are on the upgrade. This means that if
the trend continues, next year will find the cost
of owning a home much higher than it is now.
We are not recommending that any rush
into the task of building and paying for a home
but we believe that the matter should not be
delayed too long. A man never made a better
investment than owning his home, and with
wages increasing and business generally boom
ing, it is certainly time to get started on the
road which leads to home ownership and finan
cial independence. Albemarle News and Press.
In recent issues of several national publi
cations The Ford Motor Company carried color-:
ed advertisements in which they featured a
view of the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park. In the text of the advertisement the im
pression was left that the Smoky Mountains
National park was made up of high mountain
ranges and not just mere hills. Such favorable
publicity sponsored by such a firm as Ford
Motor Company is beyond the fondest expecta
tions of even the most optimistic of us.
Yet, we expect that this is just the be
ginning just the beginning.
THE OLD HOME TOWN
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SIDE
GLANCES
By W. CURTIS RUSS
One of the best yarns cf trie wtek
has to do with a Georgia negro, who
had bought a farm On a credit, and
had just made his last payment. The
lawyer told the negro that he. would
give him a deed for the farm, and
the mortgage could De destroyed.
The negro did not cherish the idea
at all, and insisted that the lawyer
keep the deed and uivv him the mort-
The lawyer could not understand
such a request, and asked the negro
why, and was niuch imused when he
got thiK answer:
"One time I had a deed to a farm,
and do bank had the mortgage. In
the end the bank got de farm. So dis
time I wants the morgage, and you
can have de deed."
Overheard two men discussing the
weather the other day, and one re
marked that his neighbors were the
best weather prophuts in the country.
"Between this man and his wife
they never miss on the weather. In
forty years they have never been
wrong."
His listener could hardly be
lieve the yarn, but when; the
other man said: "If the old man says
it is going to rain the old woman
says it ain't. They , never agree on
their weather predictions, and be
tween the two of them thev never
fail.- "...
License Tags Will
Go On Sale Dec. 15
Mrs. L. C. H. Smathers, branch
manager of the Carolina Motor Club
with offices at the Canton Chamber of
Commerce, announces that the 1937
automobile license will go on gale De
cember 15th, at that office, and she
also advises that all persons who have
purchased an automobile or truck
since January 1st, 1936, and the title
has not been cleared thorough the
Department of Revenue, at Raleigh,
aTe subject to double charge if the
title is not cleared through the Ral
eigh office, are requested to have same
duly executed and eend to the depart
ment at once, as it will take about 10
days to clear same through the de
partment before license can be bought.
It is very important that papers be
properly executed in order to get
license on time, as the law provides
that all persons who do not have their
license on January 1st, will not be
permitted to operate their car and
strict instructions have been given all
patrolmen to carry out these laws.
(From the files of December 5, 1913 .)
Mrs. Ed Battle went to Asheville
shopping on Friday.
Mrs. M. H. Reeves will leave Satu--day
for Statesville.
Chief of police John Cabe. of r
ton, spent Wednesday in town.
Mrs. Frank Siler, of Augusta, Ga
is the house guest of Miss Hattie
Siler.
Hon. and Mrs. W. T. Lee went to
Clyde on Saturday to attend the Cagle
silver wedding reception.
Rev. M. F. Moores has returned
from Charlotte, where he hag been at
tending the Western Carolina Metho
dist conference.
Mrs. J. Howell Way will entertain
the Friendly Dozen at her home on
Main street this afternoon.
Last Tuesday night Miss Georgia
Miller entertained with a progressive
"rjet back "party in honor of Miss
Dorothy Atkinson, of Asheville.
Considerable less whiskey and not
s0 many pistols would aid in making
this Christmas a much happier one
for everybody.
Compared to Asheville the other
cities of our Fair State are like des
erts. Haywood county has the best people
and the best country on earth, but it
still lacks a lot of having the best
roads and so our people are handi
capped, One of the most enjoyable parties
of the week was given by Miss Dor
othy Mussel! at her home in Fairview
on Monday night. Dancing was en
joyed until a late hour when the
guests were invited into ths dining
room, where delicious refreshment
were served.
One of the most brilliant social af
fairs of the season was a reception
given by Mr. and Mrs, David Manson
Cagle, at their beautiful home in
Clyde, on the evening of November
the 30th, celebrating their twenty
fifth wedding anniversary. The many
handsome gifts were displayed in the
drawing room.
Read the ads-It pays
Now
Is The
In order to be in line with the refit
of the town, and to also create a lit
tle Christmas atmosphere for Uncle
Abe, the office force took time off
Saturday to decorate the office in all
the Christmas colors. Everything
from crepe paper, colored grass rope,
paper bells, tinfoil icicles, snow ami
the such were used.
heedless to say I rot nulte a kick i
cut 01 it, and while pittenng around
while the work was being done, de
emed that anyone who didn't o-et a
kick out of decorating for Christmas
must be old.
Our only vvorrv now is wW.hpr
Uncle Abe will keep his cigar out of
the decorations . .. . . if they catch
fire, it will be just too bad.
Mrs. Glenn C. Palmer has a per
sonality that is more than charming.
She always seems to be in the best of
humor, and thus makes others around
her share her happiness. I wonder
if she ever gets blue?
" A. C, Arlington, superintendent of
Green Hill cemetery, has a job that
doesn't appeal to me, yet it is one
that takes a lot of time and thought.
He was telling about having graves
dug. Sometimes they can be dug in
three hours, and others take fifteen.
Only recently, his men struck solid
rock and for three feet had to cut thei
way through the rock.
And in case you didn't know, the
top of the vault, or casket box has
to be three feet under the surface
that's law. -
Time To Have Your Clothes
DRY CLEANED and PRESSED
Every day until Christmas will find you with more
things to do and less time, so right now is the time to
get the clean clothes problem off your hands.
Certainly you will want to look your best during the
holidays and our service and work assures of the best,
always."
SEND YOUR LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING TO
Waynesville Laundry, Inc.
phone 205
Charles C. Francis, the new regis
ter of deeds - is tooth nd tno noil
for the trade at home: compaign in
iaci, ne is now advocating that Hay
wood county people should buy their
marriage licenses m this county in
stead of traisprog off to Jorgy or
South Carolina. It is a lrrmm
that some of the marriaging officials ' I
01 naywooa nave put .their approval V
on the plan. v
No Substitute For "A Perfect Fit"
When anything exactly fits a required need, nothing
else is just as good. .
Your physician specifies on each prescription the
exact drugs he wants used. He has diagnosed the case.
He knows the ingredients and the quantity of each that
will be most effective. We follow these instructions to
the letter. The patient doesn't get any so called "just-as-good?
in the Alexander filled prescription.
ASK Y O U R DO C TOR
MARRIAGES
(As Ket-orded to Monday Noon
of This Week)
Champ G. Royle, fi Canton, to
Bonnie A. Brendle, of Waynesville.
Ruf us Downs to Jaunita Brown,
both of Lake Junaluska.
Doffes Lanning to Delia Rathbone,
both of Fines Creek.
ALEXANDER
'S
DRUG STORE
Phones 53 & 54 Opposite Post Office
TWO REGISTERED PHARMACISTS FOR YOUK
PROTECTION