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THURSDAY, OCTOBER Pie 16 THE WAYNESVILLE jilOUNTAINEER , i. ' The Mountaineer, Published Bv THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat Of Haywood County V. CURTIS RUSS Editor MRS. HILDA WAY CWYN Associate Editor W. Curtis Ru.ss and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES dne Year, in Haywood County $1.50 Six Months, In Haywood County 75c One Year, Outside Haywood County 2.00 All Subscriptions Payable in Advance KnlfK'.l at IIip iKt uffic at Wayntsville, N. C, as Senl Class M..H Matter, us provided under the Act of M-ireh 3, l"!t, Nuvrinlit-r tO, 1!IU. i Hut iiji w rmiiofK pprtnltiririiin of rMitiN-t rar.ld of thjinkfi f ami :U1 notices of entertainmente for profit, will be charged for at tJie rat of one cent per word. North Carolina C PtISS ASSOCIATION THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1938 RELIEF The question of the "Voice of the People" last w eek, "Should the names of those receiving1 relief be published," has brought forth much . comment on both sides. Practically everyone . who was interviewed had much to say, regard less on which side of the fence they stood. It is an undeniable fact that it has been necessary for the government to lend a hand to the citizens of this country. There were thous ands, in tihe cities, in bread lines at one time. The hungry must be fed and the needy clothed. But on the other hand there has been a great army of proud, but hard working people in "the middle road," who were also caught in the sweeping economic current, that has car ried so many to their financial doom. Those people' have not asked for help. They have tried by sheer grit to keep their heads above water, and meet their increasing obligations, with rising taxes to care for the other fellow. Now these people who have been plugging ;long silently are trying to be heard. They think it is time for the relief ranks to be thinn ing. Time for people to begin to help themselves with all the governmental agencies, .offering various forms of rehabilitation, that those on direct relief should once again learn indepene dence. With no intent to expose a person who could not help themselves, and who would suf fer embarrassment over the publishing of then names on such a list, the reaction is only na tural. It is to be expected. In the counties and communities where these lists sire being pub lished, it is in an effort to start back to build ing up the American morale, and independeence, that has made the nation what it is today. The present system of relief can not be permanent, and the return of normal conditions can not be " built back in a day, but there must be a start ing point. Public sentiment indicates that the hour has arrived. AT LEAST, KEEPING WHAT WE HAVE In view of the fact that one of the most beautiful maples in town on Main Street is soon to be cut down, we would like to appeal to the city fathers, that some ordinance, relative to the cutting down of trees or shrubs, near Main Street, the highways, or other prominent plac es about town, be passed for the protection of beauty spots. We are on t'he verge of that long wished for era, and we have talked much about a town beautification program, but as yet there are few signs, with the exception of what C. E. Ray's Sons, are d;;ing, about their place of business, that we are making any preparation for the realization of the period. One thing, we should do, at least, that is to keep what we have. Down in Summerville, S. C, so we have recently been told, by one of its citizens, it is against the law to cut down a tree or shrub, that adds to the appearance cf the town, with out a permit from the city government. A fine is collected from any person failing to obtain permission. THE TRUTH IN COURT A current story making the rounds, deals w ith a justice 'of peace in another state, who was not over-alert, recalled a witness. "My man," he said sternly, and with an air of authority, "you may yet find yourself com mitted for perjury. Only a few minutes ago you told the court that you had only one brother ; but your sister has sworn that she has two. Now then, oat with the truth." ; Whether the above is true or not, we can not say, yet we do know of instances where some peace, officers have made just as big blunders. All of these such instances just 'goes to make the public in generaMose proper respect for the law, i :':'':: ': MURDER BY IGNORANCE Into Swain County from Oklahoma a year ago came the Rev, H. S. Reed, preaching a strange doctrine. Among those who came under his influence in that mountain country were Mr. and Mrs, Grover Oliver. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver had a four-year-old child. The child fell sick with typhoid fever. But, according to the re port of police officers at Bryson City, the father and mother and the preacher would not allow a physician to administer to him because of "their religious beliefs." In natural sequence, the child died. And now Mr. and Mrs. Oliver and Preacher Reed are to face trial for first degree murder. It may seem hard. There is no evidence that the father and mother did not love the child, or that the preacher did not mean well. The evidence is all the other way about, indeed ? And ignorance is no crime, is it? And people have a right to "their religious beliefs," haven't they? But ignorance can sometimes be a crime. Ignorance is a crime when it gets in the way of that accumulated knowledge which makes up the basis of man's civilization. Ignorance is a crime when it costs the lives of children by flatly refusing to allow that accumulated know ledge to be applied to save them. And no man has any rigftt to a "religious belief" which sends children or adults to the grave. Charlotte News. THE OLD HOME TOWN v HIM U S 0t By STANLEY "VEHICLES AT REST" The cities, towns and villages of this coun try have one great problem in common that of satisfactory handling of traffic and the parked car. As there are more cars put on t'he market, and therefore on the highways and the streets, the problem is annually becoming more acute. Leslie J. Screnson, traffic engineer, of Chi cago, appeared before the National Safety Coun cil last week in New York City. He said in his talk, "America's most annoying municipal head ache is the parking problem." With another filling station on Main Street, regardless of how much more pleasing to the eye a new freshly painted structure will be, than the unpainted dilapidated building which it re places, traffic in that certain section of Main Street will become more of a problem. If on the other hand as has been reported, but not from those in authority, the operators of the station are planning to turn the back of the lot, which is quite roomy, into a parking space, then the situation will be remedied, as far as traffic is concerned, ratjher than made more difficult. It was pointed out at the meeting of the Safety Council in New York that engineers must now turn from the problem of moving vehicles to the serious problem of "vehicles at rest." .. . VOD KNOW ViHAT?- THEY VE F6UND BULU-FfeCX&S N UtS TO"M COVERED . Ir- r- ujnTEI? - OP COURSE, Voli .oj one DISTRICT is me , im TUP COUNTT- u3. t3;cc.-. -- -- . , . . HIS DCX&.' S. IN THE COUNTY- LASTTWirc, DEATH 1 6RANPPAPPV &AL.E NANDPEAINY OF I HUPR'CANE GIVES THE nMUS. LOCAL. SHARKS A REAL, TIP OH THE WEATHER rH . mw. w Wt-w wJ IO-27- 36 GEMS For Yt " a good :. . commendation i , Y c-: i:t -iiu;u,,.L,.; ter of ci c 'But the I.,.i Look not on his the height of t,H have refused him not as man on the outu --aid ur:, , i'i-tn; fur ;.!. : 1 Lord lookcth , ,,.T"Mr M the he. -ISJ BY D. SAM COX AT HOOKS AND PEOPLE "Show me the books a man reads and I will tell you what kind of a man he is," said a wise acre a few years back. How truly that fits to day's picture. . . That emphasizes the necessity for guiding the younger minds of the boys and girls of today in the right channels of thought. Dime novels, vulgar and sexy magazines do not create a wholesome atmosphere for modern youth. In the quiet of a modern library, however, boys and girls find the food for thought, their thirst for stories of adventure, and books of enlightenment and knowledge. The consoling factor of it all, reverts back to the statement carried last week in this news paper, that during September, over 1,700 books were loaned by the Waynesville Library. Scores of people read in the library without taking out books. So, as we say, this brightens the picture in a town where magazines of every nature are sold to anyone with the price. OVER-GROWN PRANKERS Property owners have gotten to the place where they look with as much dread to Hallowe' en night as the tax collector's bill. It has been estimated that at least $1,000 damage is done every Ilallowe'een night in Way nesville. This is uncalled for, and if stopped, would not deprive anyone of having a good time. Last year someone with a glass cutter went down the street scratching and cutting the plate glasses in show windows. " Too often the prankers are over-grown children of voting age, but lacking the thinking capacity to realize how uncalled for their acts are. . ' This year, the police department could make a good example of aresting these damag ing prankers, and letting them explain their actions in mayor's court. LAST BLACKIE GETS A SQUARE MEAL Story 8 Last night when Rover Dog and his wife turned Blackie loose, he didn't go home, for there was nobody there to tell his troubles to, and he needed to tell them. Folks with troubles are lways ready to divide them with somebody else. Then too, he really needed some supper, and he thouirht maybe Dr. Coon had enough to di vide with him. But the Doctor hadn't come homo, and so Blackie decided to lie down by his house and wait for him. Jt isn't much trouble for anybody to go to sleep away late at night, if they have a good place to lie down on, and it wasn't at all hard for Blackie to slip into napper's house, after that awfully tiresome run with a dog holding each ear, and so he was soon fast asleep. He might have slept alt night if Dr. Coon hadn't made so much racket when he came home, but even Dr. Coon himself, who is one of the greatest sleepers iti the world, would have waked from the noise he made when he came tear ing through the bushes towards his house, for he was making as much noise as Blackie did on his way home that day when Sallie Cat rode on his nose. i The truth is that Dr. Coon had about as good reason for running as Blackie had, and he was nearly out of breath when he ran up to his house and dropped his rooster, just as Blackie "woofed" to keep from get ting stepped on. "Why are you running so hard-" Blackie asked him. "Was somebody trying to take your rooster away from you?" "You have guessed right the first time," Dr. Coon said. "It was that bad-tempered dog over at Uncle Joe's house. I never liked to sit down to Sunday dinner without chicken, and this being Saturday night I thought I would go over to Uncle Joe's house and see if I couldn't find a sleepy chicken. Jay Birkl told me he saw a big rooster up in a walnut tree in Uncle Joe's yard, and it sounded to me like an invitation to Sunday din ner, so when you left for your puppy dogs, I left for my rooster," "Well, I'm glad you had better luck than I did," Blackie said, "for I had to leave my supper." And then Blackie told the Doctor how Rover Dog and his wife had run him most "For whut is But the soul's indrt . or what -Nath. 'V c are som.-t;,. sc l'a to U ....,., uaricnfc ... , mortal sense of the aWr,,,, Baker Eddy. of e nouiu looK to the rr.xJ not w me outward appearar.. Aesop, tables. "The outward forms the man reveal, vu prues? the m'i K . . . .. . 1 I lore we cut the peel. 0. wntn ' yii.ii Hi rnir:ir- "This dinner is good enough to pay for getting scared." to death while they held him by the ears. "The only reason why I didn't get in sure enough trouble was that Uncle Joe had forgot to untie his dog. I didn't even know he had a dog till I was running down the tree with my rooster, and a dead limb broke and made a lot of noise. Then thai woke up and began to roar i icinuij, ami even n mil see ta( ,.,nr. u: i . i wa ml-u hi ujs po.-.L, i was airy might break his rope aul pet me. bo thats why 1 was runn:i Well, anyway, I got em.ujjh tor both ol us, so if you thii.fc can do your sleeping down hJ this grass, I would like to havd stay and spend Suiii we will gnaw soine morrow." "I never felt in. nor eating," Blackie find me right here- down stairs in t'he Then Dr. Coon hur.g h;-.' up on a limb, an.l elinihe,! Kl, house and went to I.e.!. "This dinner is gocul eiinivli you lor getting seared," BlackJ Dr. Coon when they sat I table the next day. (To he continue,!. ! FOR CON VK.Mti.N'CK Customer (siispiciouslv I : have placed all the best temat: the top." Grocer: "Yes, ma'ani. We M to save you the trouble of hii through the box for them."PJ Weekly and Today. What's the Answer? By EDWARD FINCH . 1 There was a common saying in the olden days, that the world got out of the way of a man who knew where he was going. Today, the world gets out of the way of a roadhog who drives a Jbigr truck. : wwr"1 " tViHERE. DID THE. EXPRESSioiTJ 'KICK. THE. BUCKET COME. H FROM? r-rr. J w J HP HIS expression originated when A a man named Bolsover literally kicked a bucket out from under him in order to commit suicide. He climbed onto a bucket, slipped his head into a noose on one end of a length of rope, tied the other end to a rafter above his head and kicked the bucket away, thus stran gling himself to death. Someone took up the expression ona popular ized it into present-day slang. C Western Ntwspaper Union. WE ALWAYS HAVE IT! It is n m:iftm rf ntr nr.'fVi 11 Triof rim- Stocks lC logical, serums and amnoule solutions are COXSTANU; COMPLETE AND FRESH. 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