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THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, j, Ly s THE OLD HOMETOWN - By STANLEY OTEX ASOTHEI? MOTORIST VJENT CLEAN or past THROUGH ZEKE PROUTYS HOUSE (From the files Junaluska Inn morning. e., i j AND ,THEY ttNT EVEN GET HIS , Page 2 v VOUCS 8ETTER XA YGOOD-BYE,COC, LET SOMEBODY 1 Hive got to get I I euse pi?ive-that If ' . -rsvAu V . skiWt S7ANt ' ) .' -c-r a ufiM ) MOBE BREAKS ) CAR, Irt TAKIM ( LET MC KNOW IP The Mountaineer Published By THE VVAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main S'reet Phone 137 Waynesville. Xorth Crollna The County Sent Of Haywood County V. CURTIS RL'SS Editor W. Curtis Russ and .Marion T.'Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY .SCUSCniPTlON RATKS Onr Year. JJi Haywood County $1.50 Six Month, In Haywood County 75 One Vi'iir, Outside Haywood County 2.00 All Subscriptions Payable in Advance Knteretl lit the post f(ire at Waynesville, N. C, as Second Cluss Mail Matter, .is prmiileil under the Act ol II arch 3, 1S79, Nuveuilier 2U, 191. Obituary nutire, resolutions of respect, cards of thanks, and ali notn-e.s of entertainments for profit, will be charged for at ttiL' rat- of one cent per word. ''North Carolina . A. PEESS ASSOCIATION S5 THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1937 TEXT FOR TODAY "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed in thee; because he trust eth in thee." Isaiah xxiv:3. The mayor of Charleston, Burnet May bank, just turned down a $10,000-a-year job in Washington, because he felt he had not fin ished his work in Charleston and as mayor could render a service to his own people. Such ollit-e holders are as rare as the extinct dodo. The $:J2,000 armory at Canton, started at the same time as the one here, will be completed within the next 30 days, according to The Can ton Enterprise. The people of Canton banded together and raised the $4,250 which originally had been pledged by the County. If the Way nesville armory is ever completed, the $4,250 needed to finish it, will have to be raised in some similar way. The County seems to be ilefmitely out of the picture, because of a rul ing made by the Local Government. Commission. The grand jury of Mecklenburg county, re cently recommended to city and county au thorities the immediate examination by a phy sician of every person arrested for drunken driving, to determine, whether or not those urrested are really drunk. The idea the grand jury: had in mind was to get "expert opinion" into the case, and thereby bring about con viction of many arrested persons who now "get tv" on such charges, 90,000 PEOPLE VISIT PARK It is almost unbelievable that about 90,000 persons visited the Great Smoky Mountains National Park during the month of June. This was the official record, and is an increase of 24 per cent over the same month of 1936. Ninety thousand people is equal to the population of Charlotte or Winston-Salem, and the fact that this group came from 46 states smd several foreign countries, is sufficient proof that the nation is interested in the Park, and that no time should be lost in acquiring neces-s.-arv acreage for its formal acceptance by the .STfil'Jsi3 government. WAYNESVTLLE'S CITY PARK For something like 18 months or two .Years, this community was all enthused over the development of the city park on East Street. Meetings were held, and elaborate plans made tt make that part of the city into an outstand ing park. WPA spent thousands of dollars in "its development. The town and civic clubs con tributed liberally. As far as we can find out, the project has not been completed. While the property was jfreatJy improved, it yet lacks what the original plans call for a real city park. We do not know who should be responsi ble for reviving the work and completing the job, but since so much has been done it seems like a shame to drop it at this time. FISHERMAN'S PARADISE Fishermen of note, as well as those of exaggeration, should be interested in the news article carried last week on the front page of this paper, about the placing of 100,00 fish in Haywood streams, The largest of these fish were about six inches long, but even at that, if a six-incher should be caught by some fish ermen it would instantly grow into an 18-inch one that got away. Plans are, the article stated, to place an additional 50,000 in the streams of the county this fall. At that rate, this should soon be come noted, far and wide, as a fisherman's paradise. WET RALEIGH HARD ON SCHOOLS Within two weeks, two elections were held in Raleigh. The first on a school bond issue, and the second on the establishment of liquor stores in Wake County. The News and Obser ber the day after the liquor election said edi torially: "Two weeks ago the citizens of Raleigh voted to make it harder for their children to get an education. "Yesterday, they voted to make it easier, cheaper and more respectable for them to get liquor. "Today obviously is not the best of oc casions to indulge in postmortems. But the bewildering parallel does not stop with the sim ple chronicling of the fact that Raleigh voted for liquor stores in sufficient strength to snow under the overwhelming dry vote of those peo ple of the county who live outside Raleigh. "Whereas, only 6,013 voters of Raleigh were enough interested in the issue of better schools to register and to be counted in the election results, 8,217 were sufficiently aroused about liquor not only to get themselves regis tered but to go to the polls and vote. In Ral eigh, 2,957 persons voted for schools; 5,187 voted for liquor stores. "Now that the issue is settled, temporarily at least, the immediate job is to see that a scheme which was proposed in the name of liquor control is made as effective as possible in as great a degree of control as possible. "The burden is particularly heavy upon victorious advocates of the liquor stores to redeem, as far as they can, their pledges of temperance and tax reduction. As impossible as it would appear for the county to engage vigorously in the sale of whisky as a money making enterprise and at the same time make good the promise of liquor store promoters to curtail the evils of more abundant liquor, Wake voters by a . majority, at least, asked for the opportunity and they have it. "The sheriff, relieved of tax collections, has ample deputies to make it impossible for Wake county liquor stores to become wholesale houses for bootleggers, as some stores in other counties have become. "Nevertheless, it goes without saying that the sheriff will have his hands full backstand ing a liquor control program based on the theory of underselling bootleggers at 50 per cent profit." EATING CORN ON THE COB The Frst Lady of the Land doesn't care for corn on the cob as a phase of a dinner menu. She says as much, and proceeds therewith to consign this Southern favorite to utter re jection. The versatile editor of The Richmond News-Leader quickly brands Mrs. Roosevelt as being sorely mistaken. He assumes that her objection is based up on the circumstances that it's next to impossi ble to bear down on an ear of corn at dinner and at the same time keep conversation going. Dr. Freeman then undertakes to outline the proper technique for handling the delicacy at dinners: "Corn on the cob preferably Golden Ban tam or Country Gentleman is simmered ten minutes in milk for serving at a Virginia table. It is allowed to cool for about two minutes. Then, after it has been offered the diners, the host rises, bows to the guest of honor, remarks suavely, 'Ladies and Gentlemen, we shall now eat our corn,' and resumes his seat. From that moment, conversation is supposed to cease al together for a quarter of an hour, During that time a brick truck is driven repeatedly by the door or the baby is made to cry or the servants stage a fight, or, as a last resort, the radio is turned on, so that the sound of crunching is not audible. After each guest has eaten three ears in silence, conversation is renewed. The arrangement works perfectly." The Richmond editor, however, has omitted a rather essential instruction as to the modus operandi of successfully mastering corn on the cob at the dinner table. In these days when such a large propor tion of the human family is going about with manufactured molars in their mouths, some authoritative word is urgently needed by this group as to how to manage to tusk an ear and at the same time keep one's teeth from flying out and biting somebody across the table. Charlotte Observer. It took a 34 page special edition for The McDowel News to tell of the industrial and agricultural progress of McDowell County. The story of the county's progress was interesting ly told, and well illustrated by timely pictures. The edition showed much thought and time had been spent on it both editorially and me chanically. The members of the staff of The News did a splendid job. ayvwxr. iwT tff w tTAwt kmc ttATims yTSKftl THE LAST VICT7A1 Of THE SUPER HIGHWAY, OPEMEt? FOURTH OF JULY, WAS ABLE To LEAVE TOWN TODAY- THERE 'RE STILL TEN UNCLAIMED CASS SCjATTEJZMD i ii- oruer oi caning mh.i,h,ii, ,,. tary service. Big picnic held on J..;, . Increase in chevM- ;.'. section. D. A. R. give muKil;v . in Army hospital. Major J. Harden How,. ' Random SIDE GLANCES By W. CURTIS RUSS Charles Way,, LO-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Way, has already ac quired a reputation for being thrifty, and saving his money for a rainy day. Anyone knowing Charles' parents readily realize that such a habit could be expected. Deai- Fork, N. Mr. Editor; C, July 2, 19:i7. Late every Saturday afternoon Charles makes his way to the offices of the Home Building and Loan and pays his weekly dues. So regular is he in this habit, that S. II. Bushnell, secretary-treasurer, refuses1 to close the office until Charles arrives. ' The other Saturday, for some rea son, Charles made his weekly visit in the early morning, and such an unusu al procedure almost threw the Satur day routine of the office out of Order. Charles is not the only child saving via the building and loan route. Neith er is he the only boy that earns the money which he saves. It just so hap pened that his particular case was brought to my attention. I have the greatest admiration for boy or girl, man or woman who saves their money. Yet I am at a loss to understand the advice and modern trend of the times, when youngsters are urged to "live as you go." Only recently a prominent judge of this state told a group of high school graduates "to spend their money as they niade it get more out of life by spending than saving keep enough for a rainy day, but don't expect a rainy week." All my life I have been taught to save. Not. to be stingy, yet never extravagant. I was taught to do odd jobs such as Charles Way, and part of each dime went into a savings account. Tobacco should be harvested when fullest of oil in order for it to care easily and be rich and superior in quality. Oil does not evaporate in the process of curing like the sap does and remains to give wealth to the weed. Oil and sap (water) do not mix, but come and go, at intervals, during the life of the plant, when the sap rises it runs the oil out (oil being lighter) through the pores of the leaf to the surface where it forms a "gum," well known to all tobacco growers. Tobacco harvested in this condition will cure, bad ly and be light and in ferior in quality. My father grew tobacco for about 70 years. He found that there are better times than others for harvesting to bacco in order to secure less results. I shall be pleased to answer any cor respondence from tobacco growers, provided postage is sent for reply. Your truly. W. H; DAVIS. (From the files of Duke Day to be held luska. The choral club to Legion members to ; tion in Asheville Muml; Rev. H. W. Baucom near Raleigh. Clinic tor crippled held near Sylva. Prison chaplain pay., v.,:V oners in jail and prison t;.n ,, Ft; cr.iiU!, (From the files of July j 200 newspaper folks er. selves while in this aiva. Many Masons to gaUu-i summer meeting. Smoky Mountains "uti,,na; Mr. Cammerer's "Pet Park." Brown avenue and other f ing paved as WPA project,. Duke Day acclaimed a.- b tory. College president prais,.- 'A Ore ; Most men usually outgrew their habits when such habits a:v any longer. The best way not ti pie's feelings is to mouth closed. i hurt keep The less a woman knows ub.-'j- r i .. it . , uusuanu s actions tne inure . .-u.-pic; . sue is oi him. handling finances for some other person. So right or wrong, my vote goes to the young boys and girls that are practicing thrift, and to those who have parents that are urging the prac tice of thrift, I say -'you're mighty lucky. I readily realize that a rich man cannot take any more with him than a pauper, yet there is a certain sat isfaction in knowing that one has ac complished something in life. I do not think a miser or stingy person accomplishes anythingnor gets anything out of life and its questionable whether a spend-thrift enjoys life as much as the impression made on the world. Having a certain amount of Irish blood in me, and having been taught thrift, I have a deep sympathy for youngsters that are coming along to day and hearing conflicting advice about saving money. It seems that it is time that the older folks decide on one method and install that system into the younger generation. These conflicting methods are enough to discourage anything but laziness. I feel that every person whether old or young should have a certain amount of responsibility; I also be lieve that to have a certain amount of obligations makes a well-rounded per son. A boy or girl of 10 should be given some obligation to meet, and while my theory might not coinside with that of those who know best, I am still a firm believer in being conservative.; If every boy in this county were taught that he had to get out and earn a small sum every week to meet his dues for building and loan or bank account or whatever it might be, I feel that in 20 years we would have less shiftless and lazy people hang ing around the relief offices. This subject of thrift or perhaps the word conservative would be better is far-reaching. I have found through practical experience, as well as observation, that a person that is thrifty has more self-control than those who spent their earnings as fast or faster than they were made. And after all, isn't this thing of self control a measuring stick of success? A person that doesn't have self rCon trol over pocket book or character cannot exercise better judgment when after all, what would help make this a better world is to have more people living in it that have some thought for tomorrow and not all for today. Too many parents these days seem to be using the remote control system in raising children. Lots of girls have more on their cheeks than on their minds. : A man who keeps his head going right need not worry very much about his feet. il nas oeen demonstrated tna; only two who can live as cheaply one are the flea and the Discontent usually comes from; ting everything you Want with much of a struggle, A man wno gives in w hen he is wr-l is wise, A man who gives in when he -is r j is married. MY WINTERS SUPPLY Of COAL IS N THE BAG ohJ the SAVINGS are I IN MY POCKET ! You can Dut yourself in m man's nlace. bv just callinf ;i-:- 2 72 TODAY Waynesville Coal Company RARE SERUMS Quite frequently you read where a rarely used koo, K ..UJ U-. t. - I J I. f mlliw tl) aVf ' nas uccn iusicu uy pume iiuiiurcus ui it.- . .:-... imt. Hill 1" paiicin. inc. wiieii me serum ctiii in tt j j i lit o .ire tra-'lf' luuuiira lasts 11 uues liui itna liumdii " " ally lost as the result. Many of the serums in our refrigerator may be used, but they're there just the same as a protection to the citizens of this community. never r ASK Y OUR D OCT O K ALEXANDER'S DRUG Phones 53 & 51 STORE OppiteM YOlTf THREE REGISTERED PHARMACISTS FOB PROTECTION.