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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, MAY Page 2 The Mountaineer Published Bv THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat Of Haywood County Y. CURTIS RUSS .'. Editor MRS. HILDA WAY GWVX Associate Editor V. Cu tis Russ and .Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY $1.50 j SUBSCRIPTION' RATES One Year, In Haywood County Six Months, In Haywood County 75c One Year, Outside Haywood County 2.00 All Subscriptions Payable in Advance Knu-i-il .il llir iiist otfiie at V:i nesvil le, X. ('.. Sei-nlid J 'b, M;,il ( , t ' i r. :i rrvl'lrl uii.Iit Utr .n ol Mann . 7!t. .N,t'inler 20, 11 . jj Obituary notirrs, rf'Milutiui. ( ivi,fit. -ui'l- nt thanks. iinij all iiiUKfs i)t t'nlerl.ilnnip ms ni imuiii, win ur ibjiicj ' f..r ,il ttio r.it of one cent per woiJ. -1. VZ .Xriorth Carolina v, oorcc ictiriiTimiW THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1938 HIKLE THOUGHT Hclioltl happy is the man whom (Jod correcteth, therefore denpise not thou the chastening of the Al might a. Job f: 17. TWO EXTREMES There are two schools of thought now pre vailing in this country, and more especially in Western North Carolina, that makes a con fusing jumble for t'hc average person who tries to see beyond the present. As we all know, the state and federal gov ernments are now working out plans for taking care of larger re!kf rolls than ever. 'Unem ployment is steadily increasing, vve are told. Curtailment , and even closing of plants is not uncommon in many sections. That is the one picture, while on the other hand these saint governmental agencies are being called upon to provide money for the es tablishment of more parks, and playgrounds for people to play .and enjoy themselves. These same advocates ;f bigger and better state pa i ks are teaching people how to play. In both instances the governments are do ing tliv financing, and in each instance, the un employed and the players, are yelling their heads oil' because of high taxation. As we said in the opening paragraph, vve have two decided, and extreme schools of thought prevailing in this ccuntry, and the two are so far apart that there is no middle ground. The man who is employed cannot, or at least does not feel inclined to spend much, if any, money playing, when he knows that in order to keep out of debt, he is going to be faced with heavier taxation to help pay for the carrying on of relief rolls, and the maintenance and build ing of playgrounds. It seems that those charged with dishing out all the people's tax money, should realize that a playing nation cannot be a progressive nation. It seems that we, as a nation, are putting a premium on idleness and play instead of honest work. The old pioneer spirit of going out and making our way in the world, and to be proud that we are workers, seems to be swiftly fading away. Tle result of this let-down in that it is honorable to work is resulting in a contented unemployed group who are willing to remain on relief rolls and take what is handed them instead of bettering their conditions. We just wonder if the rising generation, being brought up with such conditions prevail ing, will have the courage, and spirit to carri on ami preserve the ideals of this nation? It seems that these two extremes should be brought closer together for the common good of all. HERTS AND COURTS "Lorenzo McGuire, 16-year-old Negro, was convicted of stealing $13 in merchandise from the State Drug Store and ordered to reimburse t'he store or take 60 days on the roads." That statement from the news report of last Monday morning's session of the Raleigh City Court is familiar enough, too familiar. Too many judges mistake their function on the criminal court bench as debt collectors instead of crime correctors. Obviously, under the terms of this judgment Lorenzo McGuire is a criminal if he can't raise $.'), a free man if he can. Certainly where such a monetary distinction is made by judges, it is not strange if the distinctions made between right and wrong by those who come before them are not always as clear as they should be. It is no more the business of judges to re quire private restitution than it is to satisfy private vengeance. If a man is a thief, he should be punished as such. Restitution to the robbed is by no means full payment of a criminal's debt to society .--Raleigh News and Observer. LEGISLATIVE PROBLEMS IN THE MAKING Just as we thought the subject of the sales tax was beginning to die out, there comes news from Winston-Salem that a store is being open o! tl tre just for the purpose of te-.thrj the con slifi'tionality of the laws under kY.-: t sales Ui is L-ehv levied and adtr.inist-j 'ac. The store is being opened bv thr: secretary of the North Carolina Fair Tax Association, and the owner will pay the sales tax under protest. Tht plans are to take the case to the United States Supreme Court, if lower courts f uil to l ule in their favor. The Association was organized in and adopted a three point program: Promotion of economy in government; abolishment of the sales tax and reduction of automobile license tags. During the past year, the public has taken the sales tax as a matter of necessity, and senti ment has been growing in favor of the tax which is branded as "the fairest of all taxation." This question is just one of many that are now in themaking, that will be dumped into the lap of the 1939 legislature to unravel. HOW N. C. PROFITS It is interesting to note that North Caro lina benefits very substantially from expendi tures of the railroads, and this should give us all an added incentive for hoping that a prac tical solution can be reached by which the car riers can solve their financial problems and ope rate at a profit. In 1937, for instance, the railroads spent a huge sum in this state for materials, supplies, fuel and payrolls, it is revealed in a special study which has just bten completed by the Bureau of Railway Economics of the American Asso ciation of Railroads. Railway purchases in North Carolina total ed $2.2 tS,o21, the report shows. These pur chases were made in 315 towns and cities lo cated in 8S of the 100 counties of the state. Wages paid to railway employes-in 'North Carolina during 1938 amounted to $23,598,573. The review discloses that, for the nation as a whole, the railroads last year paid $1,133, 3(51,468 for the more than 70,000 'different items which they use. Materials, supplies and futl cost $966,383,000, and expenditures for all new equipment (except that constructed in railway shops) totaled $166,978,468. More than 12,000 towns and cities located in 2,638 of the 3,072 counties of the United States derived benefits fiom the large volume of railroad buying. In 1938, the country's rail carriers also distributed $1,983,990,485 in wages to their em ployes, the report says. Hickory Record. We note with regret that it is reported that it will be necessary, because of lack of funds, to reduce the working force under J. Edgar Hoover in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This, we believe, is a serious error on the part of the federal government. It is an announce ment that will be hailed with joy by all gang dom. The cost of this department is little enough compared with its value as a law enforcing agency. It would seem, in the light of the most elementary common sense, that with all the money the federal government is spending for every thing imaginable, tihat sufficient funds cannot be found to maintain this valuable de partment. The capture of one gang of kidnap ers a year is worth easily all the department costs. We hear a great. deal about unemployment these days, but we can't remember a time when there was a piece of public work going on that there were not more watchers than workers. TWO MINUTE SERMON BY THOMAS HASTWELL THE POWER OF A VISION Every accomplishment of men has been preceded by a vision, a vision in which they saw a definite picture of the thing- they desired to produce or accomplish. The electric light, the telegraph, the automobile, the air plane, alike are the material results of some man's vision. Without the vision they would hot have been possible. It is just as necessary that a man have a vision of Christ if he is going to build that kind of a life, as it is necessary for him to have a vision if he is going to produce an electric light Or paint a picture or build a railroad. Without such a vision he flounders aimlessly. His Christian life is without purpose and without plan. It was such a vision that Peter, James and John had when they went up into the mountain and in a beautiful setting, in the shadow of snow capped Mount Heinion they were permitted a vision of the fu ture glory of the Christ. The memory of this occasion clung with them throughout their earthly ministry. Always before them was the vision inspiring them to greater service. I have seen many whom I felt had no such visions to shape and direct their lives. They floundered aimlessly in their efforts to build a Christian life. On the other hand I have been privileged to know many whom I felt had had a vision like unto that of Peter, J ames and John. It shone in their faces, and radiated from their hearts, and found expression in every act and every word. Their lives were strong and purposeful, and a power for good. Like Peter, James and John they had tarried in the shadow of Mount Hermon. They had caught the vision of the Christ. THE OLD HOME TOWN young ffile kiv I you SEtiv if a uOT e? TIME ON Youre HAMDS BUT ,Ti Alii vVAIT,-OwP JUDSE Nj YOL! A'-JT , SMACK. ouu. - OVERTIME ON By STANLEY S THIS WEE HaBSHAL. OTEY NAAl-KEI? WAS PBETTy MAD WHEN HE HAD TO TAKE CAE OF A STRANftER TODA-f - AND MISS THE BEST PART OF THE CIBCUS PAgADB !! -Iff I s-i8 -3a in HISTORY May 1C (',.,. effect in the . ., First women d , 1681. May 17 Pate:; American Contrive... chine, 18U:i. fa-'.,., holding out .-n1( against the I5.,el y. . May 18 St. .1,-hr.. the oldest V F: inrorpm u'.,j Random SID E GLANCES Uy V. Curtis Kuss Mrs. V. T. Crawford", alter reading last week's list of useless mail dump ed on my desk,' consoles me with the fact that Congressmen get a. large.' variety and in mure abundance than an editor. While Mr.. Crawford was in Con gress, there was a regular dispatch from some crank, urging the building of a transcontinental railroad from the noith pole to the south pole. That fellow lived too soon. If h; had waited until today perhaps some of the government agencies would have taken him up on his proposition. While on the subject of publicity, aiid propaganda, I rna across a list of- rules for publicity agents, com piled by a group of editors in Hono lulu: All music must be special. All men when they die must leave a host of friends. All wives must be attractive. All the public must be general. All 'invitations must be '"cordial.' All parties nuust be enjoyed by one and all. All Welcomes must be warm, All authors must be brilliant. All movies must be colossal. All stamps must be beauties. All babies must be new. All decorations must be lovely. All brides must be blushing All parents must be proud.' All fathers must be young. All hopes must be high. AH visitors must be prominent. All currency must be crisp. All collations must be delicious. All speeches be stirring. All talks must be inspiring. All remarks must be brief. All comedies must be sparkling. All heavy rains must be deluges. All girls must be vivacious. All performances must be brilliant. All approvals by crowds must be roared. All efforts must be painstaking. All patients must be rushed to hos pitals. All teas must be delightful. All large fish must be monsters of the deep. All boxers must be battlers. All times of peace must be piping. All solos must be rendered. -All sopranos must be colorful. All success must be howling. ah uauy uoys must De Douneing. All Boy Scouts must be alert. All balls hurled by pitchers must be sizzling. ' - - ' All wrestlers must be pachyderms. All good cars must be rattling. All hints must be helpful. All socials must be get-togethers. All kisses must be cloying. All thuds niust be dull and sicken ing. J We would like to know if there is a law which makes it mandatory to serve green peas at all banquets? I don't recall having ever attended a banquet where peas were not served. If candidates only knew how con spicuous their over-politeness was, I believe they would leave it off. CHILD SMOTHERS BABY NEW YORK Explaining to his father that the baby "was cold," lit tle Vincent Salerno, Jr., 2 years old, said he had put a pillow over the 7-months-old baby's face to "keen him warm." The baby was smoth ered to death in his crib when the father, a WPA worker, returned home. - Your Horoscope May 15, 16, 17 You take a great deal of pride in your own accomplish ments, especially if they are for your own profit. You sometimes go to tha extreme in order to achieve your aim. You possess a cautious, keen, well balanced mind, a strong will and much executive ability and would make a good leader. People ask your advice on important matters and generally follow it. ...l.i 17CJ- li bled at the Hague, W'' May 19 United Suv. rr seventh war to pU. ;.r ",. 'r"r- Ale-iers 1K1S 1. .i ,, .Jt. ,,.jvu at fortress Mom.,,., :A. May 20 Cuba beca,".. H him I ... i. . 'S-Dft Liinuoergh Paris, 1S27. i'ltt-i! ii s May 18, 19, 20, 21 Being of a so cial nature, you enjoy entertaining, and social events of all kinds like to meet at your home for they know they .will be royally entertained. You appear to good advantage and like to manage different social affairs wheth- Mav 21 Fi.tiiv,,i j 'o..-mpii river, lo4 v Red Cross founded isii " , ft.y 22-First parage Uf.fc lantic attempted by sn-anv Savannah sailed from Sav'an-a-Liverpool. 1819. iit,;llh, plaguoe in India f, ,, ' 750,000, 1905. ' er they be church m public a Music and art are your special h, although you are fond dt'air.u-e-and sports. You tm. illVu tl)" family, but not always t y,;, A CAKEFl'l. THiip PHILADELPHIA - Kptrnrt laundry where she uuik.-d. a robbed Miss Pauline Kane, a and then plunged a penknife in; thigh, "just to mak,, sin, .y, follow me." Eyes Examined Classes Fitted '27 l. Main St. c o x sex t DR. R. KING HARPE OPTOMETRIST Wells Bldg. For Ap-poi-i'n'fr.; Telepimno 2ul Canton, X. f, ""sat METH0DS CENTRAL OUR SERVICE PLEASES OUR CUSTOMERS ARE IN CREASING OUR AIM IS TO PLEASE, ALWAYS GLEANERS MAIN STREET Phone 113 A Chinese Proverb Says. . . "The desires of men are without end, but the thing a that gire rpMCI) are feiv and well known." Content, Happiness and Peace-Of -Mind can be Yours. If You Are Fully Insured. Be Sure Insure L. N. DAVIS & CO. Insurance Real Estate Rentals Bonds PHONE 77 V:- MAIN STREET SOUND Alexander's was founded on the principle thai its first duty should be to the sick.and suffering, and through out the years we have concentrated every effort upon ren dering a pharmaceutical service that is as prompt and dependable as is humanly possible to make it. ASK YOUR D O C T O R ALEXANDER'S DRUG S TORE Phones 53 and 54 Opp. Post Office TWO REGISTERED PHARMACISTS FOR VOIR PROTECTION ' 1 .!. r. A.
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