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THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER. XSPUBUCANSYO HATB CANDI DISATB tH COMING BACK. , ting to reports current in Republican circlet, Captain R. Ken neth Smathers, prominent AaherUle attorney, ' ex service officer, former college athletic atar, and college pro fessor. Will be the Republican candi date for Congress from the' Tenth dis trict in this coming election. Captain Smathers, is an Interview with rep resenUtiye of the Citixen today, con Armed the report that he would be a candidate, but said that would not make a formal announcement for several weeks. . - , Captain Smathers is widely known throughout the district and has many friends who are advocating his can didacy. If aD the people by name of Smathers are related, and it is said that they are, Captain Smathers is probaly related to a thousand or more persons in Buncombe and Haywood counties. He is the son of C. F, Smathers, postmaster of Canton, Captain Smathers came into promi- nece in 1916 and 1917 as an athlete at Trinity College now Duke Univer sity, at which institution he received his education. He was a commission ed officer during the war and had charge of physical training at one of the army camps. After the wsr, he became a member of the faculty at Emory University. He has also been very active in the army reserve and is a, strong advocate of preparedness and an adequate defense. He is a Captain of Infantry in U. S. Army Reserve. Captain Smathers is associated in the practice of law with the Hon. George H. Smathers, one of the oldest lawyers in this state. He is a Mason and a Shriner and also a member of Pi Kappa Phi college fraternity, of which organifiation he is one of its National officers. THE D. A. R. HAVE MEET. Mrs. S. L. Stringfield was the charming hostess to the February meeting of the Dorcas Bell Love Chapter D. A. R. The meeting opened with the flag salute and the ritualistic service. The memorial committee read res olutions for Miss Jessie Rogers. It was voted to enter a copy of these on the minutes, to send a copy to tho local paper, and a copy to Mrs. Chas. Padgett. A letter was read from Mrs. Bran som, National chairman of memo rial fund, stating' our two memo rial seats would be placed together in the hall. Mrs. Quinlan reported 16 boys had joined the D. A. R. declamation con test. She asked,, that a vote of apr preciation be sent to Mrs. Kenney for the valuable service rendered in this contest. Mrs. Quinlaan also reported she had purchased a North Carolina flag to be presented to tho Waynesville Township High School at a cost of $25.00. Members were urged to contribute artircles to the Crossnore School. Delegates were elected to the State conference at Chalotte' and the Na tional conference in Washington. .The chapter went on record as en dorsing the proposition of Judge Fin- ley to the D. A. R.'s of the State. An invitation was read from Rev Clarence McClellan inviting the chap ter to a George Washington Birthday celebration at Old Calvary Parish, Fletcher, N. C. The names of Mrs. Ralph Mease and Mrs. H. A. Heldcf were favora bly voted on for membership. The proirram of the aitrnoon was an unusual one, being : group of ar ticles on the life of Washington. Mrs. T. A. Case had the first paper, "Washington First in War." Mrs. Veto presented the seco;:d, Washington First in Peace." Mrs. Seetest presented the third paper,' "Washington First in the Hearts of His Countrymen." These papers showed much careful preparation and proved intensely in teresting. After the meeting adjourned tho hostess, assisted by her sister, served a deicious salad course. LEONA WEAVER LONG, Secretary. PUTTING IN NEW MATERIAL. In our composing room there has Just been received a large new as sortment of ruling devices of the very latest faces. This enables the Way nesville Mountaineer to handle any and all kinds of ruling work. Also he very latest invention in new type beautifuKcopperplate gothic series. We now have an enbossing process and our trade is steadily increasing In the embossing and engraving work. Many firms are now getting all their printing done right here at horns where it is more economical and in the majority of cases better de signed. We have the largest stock of en- 1nn nnf KnnH naners and nrintinz trade stock ever carried by a local T printing linn. . '"V?'-' We invite our patrons in to exam ine oar beautiful line of engraving; birth annoncements, calling cards, stationery, rubber stamps, stencils and seals. Oar business is growing necessi tating -more experienced help and better practical printers. A CLYDE RA YREMODELING STORE The store 'building owned by Mr. Clyde Ray on 'Main street, formerly occupied by Sloan-Plott Hardware Company, is being remodeled. New show windows, new brass front, etc are being put in. This will be a great improvement on the appearance of this store building. HAYWOOD OLD HOME WEEK. I he movement of an old boys re . .. . . union or Haywood old Home Week to be held in the county seat sometime in the spring is gaining momentum, Many leading citizens from all over the county are enthusiastically in fav or of having such an event The plans and program has not been completed as yet, but it is thought that some of the features would be an old time barbecue, horse racing, carnivals and speaking. It is felt that such an event would call for Haywood orators, etc., and that rt would not be necessary to call on outside material. A special program committee will be appointed at an early date and it is pointed out that a mass meeting of all the civic organizations of the whole county, both men and women will be necessary in order to perfect plans. By beginning publicity at once, the general plans, etc., would be spread. CLASS PARTY HELD NIGHT. FRIDAY The fifth and sixth grades were en tertaine at the home of Ben Atkins Friday night. Punch and sandwiches were served to the guests which numbered about fifty. EIGHTH GRADE GAVE PARTY. Miss Margaret Ashton delightfully entertained the members of the eighth grade and several additional guests with a party Friday night at her home at Oak Park. Games were enjoyed during the evening, after which punch and sandwiches were served. Those enjoying the party were: Missel Blanche Howell, Frances Ray, Jose phine Cabe, Lola Davis, Gladys Jus tice, Ethel Lunsford, Louise Francis, Opal Ferguson, Anna Jean Plott and Louise Matney, Jimmy 'Atkins, 1. L,. Bramlett, Jr., Albert Harris, Bob Al ley, Jim Boyd, Charles Schell, Milas Ferguson, Jim Sam Qabe, Charles Russell, Morgan Irancis, June Smathers. Willard Moody and David Hyatt. RESOLUTION OF RESPECT BY 1). A. R. At the D. A. R. meeting held in the home of Mrs. Sam Stringfield, Feb. ruary 18, 1926, the Regent, Mrs. E. B. Camp, presiding, the following memo rial was read by Mrs. E. J. Robeson. By motion of the chapter a copy of this memorial is furnished to the sis ter of Miss Rogers, Mrs. Charle;. Padgett of Dallas, Texas; a copy to the local paper, the Waynesville Mountaineer, and a copy spread on the minutes of the meeting: In Memory of Miss Jessie Rogers. In the death of Jessie Howell Rogers, which occured January 4th, 1926, the Dorcas Belle Love Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, has lost one of its best beloved and most valuable members. The passing means not only loss to the organization, which was dear to her heart, but a loss to thi f idivldual members who were her friends. Of good birth, decended from pio neer ancestry, of an intelligent ana intellectual mind, she was in the home and social circle a leader. She had a strength of mind and an independence of spirit which made her prominent in her town and county. The principles of the D. A. R. ap pealed to her love of patriotism, and she cherished the members or the past. Yet she stood in the forefront with the women of her generation in the spirit of progress. During the time she was regent ol the Dorcas Bell Love Chapter, it increased in membership and brought to culmination the long desired erec tion of a tablet to the memory of the Revolutionary Soldiers of Haywood county. We miss her leadership, her gra cious hospitality, her .friendship. With tenderness we recall her sad dened chiMhood, when death entered her home time after time, and when in Jier young womanhood the death of her father left to her tho admin istration of altairs, and the care of her mother. ' She bravely carried the burden un I til the death of her mother left her broken In mind" and body. Shall we not believe "whom God makes lonely, to her He comes most near." Then wear the chaplet of flowers, and strew the beauties , of nature on her grave, console the sorrowing with tender tributes of 'regret and let' as take warning, by this our sorrow for our dead, to he more faithful and afi fectionate In our duties to the living. "What is Death? Oh What is Death? Tis December to the weary Tie rest to the the forlorn Tis shelter to the dreary Tis peace amid the storm Tis the entrance tc jut home Tis the passage to that God, Who bids his children come, When their weary course is trod. Such is death. Yes such is death." FANNIE FERGUSON ROBESON, ANNIE GUDGER QUINLAN, MARIA LOVE MITCHELL. DEATH OF MRS. STACY SJARKS. The death angel visited the home of Mr. Hardie Sparks on Jan. the 15 and took from them the precious mother and grandmother of the home. She was seventy-two years of age. God had laid the hand of af fliction on her and took from her her precious eye sight. But she bore her afflictions with great patience. She always seemed cheerful and happy and always ready to speak a word of comfort to any one in trouble. She had given most of her life working for Jesus. Her footsteps are hushed in the home, her chair is vacant, she is greatly missed in the home and by all the community. But or.a sweet and happy thought that cheers -us is this, that she is gone to live with Jesus, where there will bo no more parting, pain or death. And there will be no blind ones there. She survived by seven children, thirty- three grandchildren and two brothers The children are: Mrs. Eli Arlington Saunook; Mrs. John Hawkins, Sun burst: J. L. SDarks. Draner. N. C W. M. Sparks, of Henderson county J. M. Sparks, West Eminence, Mo.; A. H. Sparks, Sauno k; J. R. Sparks, Fines Creek. The brothers are: La Fayette Brown of Candler and Jesse Brown of Lynchburg, 'a. The interment took plnco at the Fines Creek cemetery, Rev. D. C. Davis and Rev. Frank Arrington con ducted the services. We wish to extend to the many be reaved ones our deepest heartfelt sympathy. A FRIEND. FIFTEEN YEARS OF EASTERN NATIONAL FOREST IN NORTH CAROLINA, i The illustrated report of the Na tional Forest Reservation Commission for the past year is available for dis tribution. This commission, of which Senator Overman of North Carolina is a member, authorizes the purchase of lands for eastern National Forests. The report shows that the Government has acquired 378,175 acres of land for National Forests in the State of North Carolina. This land is admin istered in two units, each of which is described in detail in the report and which are known as the Pisgah and Nantahala National Forests, their respective headquarters being Ashe ville and Franklin. The purchase program of the Gov ern ment in North Carolina is about 40 per cent completed in the western portion of the State so that upon com pletion there would be a total of about 900.000 acres of National Forest land within the mountain counties. Dur ing the past year additions amounting to 24,4-18 acres were made in tnis State. The National Forests are largely located in the following coun ties Avery, with 20,000 acres; uurKe, 14,800; Caldwell, 25,000; Buncombe, 30,000; Henderson, 18,000; McDowell, 43,000; Macon. 106,000; Madison, 20,000; Transylvania, 62,000; Yancey, 21,000; while there are smaller areas in Cherokee, Clay, Jackson, bwain, Graham and Watauga. Lands are acquired only within cer tain definite areas witn a view w bringing under Government control large compact bodies which can be easily administered and cheaply pro tected from fire. Notwithstanding that purchases for eastern National Forests were begun only 15 years ago, and that most of the land ac quired has been cut over or culled of its best timber, the report shows mat the income from all of these eastern forests last--year amounted to $127, 729.00, and this income has amount to more than $100,000.00 a year for the past seven years. The forest! ate practically paying their way at t cs ent, and soon it is expected will-bo paying some interest upon their cost. There is a reserve of mjre thaa five billion feet of timber, bus the sale of timber is not hsiajr pushed, wiles being made at prey.-it primarily to supply local needs, to give steady em ployment to local peopla and to sal vage old or diseased timber and for improvement purpose. About one half of one per cent of the total area of these National Forests was burned over during the preceding year; with total damages amounting to $4,280.00, the total number of fires being 426. The total cost of die '85,076 acres so far acquired iathe East amounts to iM aa acre, of which S47,06T41eet''win occupy the mornings and acres were acquired last year. The report can be secured from W. W. Ashe, Secretary, National Forest Reservation Commission, Washington, D. C. MISS BAND HAS VALENTINE PARTY. One of the most attractive parties of the Valentine season was given by Miss Elizabeth Band on her eleventh birthday anniversary, Friday after noon. Games and contests were enjoyed by the children during the" afternoon. Marie Plott and Floyd Rippetoe, Jr, won the prizes for making the most words out of Valentine and they were presented with Valentine boxes of candy. Later in the afternoon the guests were invited in the dining room where they were served delicious refresh ments consisting of ice cream and cake which also carried out the Val entine motif. The table was lovely with the birth day cake and eleven red candles a its center. Red candles in crystal holders were placed at each end of the table. The dainty favors which were baskets fllfed with red and white mints were at each place. Those present for the party were Babbie Way, Hester Ann Withers, Ma rion . McDowell, Baby Sister Mock, Edna Garrett, Marie Plott, Mary Adams Ward, Doris Messer, Hortenso Miller, Genevieve Miller, Gladys Dicus, Jewel Hipps, Olivejane Green Louisa Thackston, Rosalyn Ray O'Neil Kirk, Catherine Queen, James" Harden Howell, Jr., Lester Poteat, Ed win Poteat, George McCracken, Mar eus McCracken, Ben Atkins, Sam Stringfield, Jr., Jim Sam Cabe, Floyd Rippetoe, Jr. 'ERTINENT INFORMATION ON THE CITIZENS' TRAINING CAMPS. Citizens' Military Training Camps 1926; Fourth Corps Area, U. S. Army held at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Fort Orglethorpe, Georgia, Fort Bar rancas, Florida, and Camp McClel lan, Alabama. Time: July Uth to August 7t.h, in elusive. Age limits: 17 to 31 years. No enlistment required. Govern ment pays all expenses, including railroad transportation, food clothing, shelter, bedding, medical attention and laundry for thirty (30) days. Poor boys, as well as wealthy, have an equal chance of attending. Ap-1-licants will be sent to camps near est their homes. Schools- and colleges throughout the United States offer C. M. T. C. Train ees a selection of over 100 scholar ships. Routine in Camp. Mowings devoted to military drills, including rifle, pistol, machine gun, antl Big Gun drills; horsemanship; battle exercises, and citizenship train ing. Afternoons devoted to athletics of every character, under expert coaches. Every student must take continuous, part in all athletics. Evenings arc devoted to Vesper services, movies, dances, ameteur theatricals, and entertainments, and occasionally to field maneuvers. Chuich services for all denomina tions are held bumlays. 150.000 irraduates already in tho United States; 15,000 of these live in j Dixie. 92" of "Dixie" beys who havo j graduated were high school students. Our discipline is strict, without guard houses or court martial. Dis- cipline- is built un entirely on con- j scieutious enthuiasm. Major General Johnson Hagood, Commanding the Fourth Corps Area, has announced the program for the Citizens' Military Training Camps for the coming summer. Camps for the eight Southeastern States will be held at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Fort Orglethorpe, Georgia, Fort Barrancas, Florida and Camp McClellan, Alabama In order to obtain permission to attend, young men should apply to the officer in charge, Citizens' Mili tary Training Camps, Hurt Building, Atlanta, Ga. Due to shortage of funds there will be only a limited number authorized to attend this year. Each county will be assigned a quota, and previous C. M. T. C. students will be given preference. The age limits are fixed at 17 to 24 years, for first year men, as hereto fore, and 17 to 81 for those who. have . . l , . 1 have had previous training. All camps open on Friday, July 9th and" close Saturday, August 7th No material change has been mada in the schedule of activities, General Hagood states, and everything pos- the camps for 1926 better than ever! For the interest of young men and parents, General Hagood has asked the Waynaoville Mountaineer to an nounce that training In military sub- every afternoon will be devoted to physical development. Games of all kinds are played and every student is required to participate. Religious services are new every Sunday in outdoor cnapeis. au faiths are represented. North Carolina will be given a quota of 624, divided up among tne counties. Last year 398 North Car olinians were accepted. All North Carolina applicants will go to Fort Bragg, N. C, without ex ception. J. H. HOWELL,, County Chairman. BANKERS SURVEY STATE BANK LAWS Find That Movement for State Guaranty of Bank Has Gone Into ftlipse. New Tort. A survey flt stats bank- tog Jw ooadoctea by the State Bank Division -of the American Bankers As sociation shows marked progress to ward greater uniformity and more ef ficient bank supervision. It Is declared by Prank W. Slmmonds, in charge of the division. In a statement giving the results of the investigation. He says that the movement for state guaranty of bank deposits appears to haw gone Into eclipse. The division has urged that the office of bank commissioner be freed from politics and all other functions of state government and tenure be wade mora Becure with sufficient com pensation and discretion to aftraot men of outstanding ability." Mr. Slm monds says. "Gratifying progress has been made during the past year m Im portant bank legislation In many starts. Idaho, Wyoming and Oregon led the list by adopting entirely new modern banking codes, while Texas and Montana have new codes In prep aration. Uniformity Among State Laws "The survey shows that It is gener ally agreed there should be a high de gree of uniformity among tne states In laws dealing with certain funda mental principles of bank organiza tion, regulation and supervision, and that there is a strong tendency In this direction. We And a very definite tread toward increasing the minimum capital requirements of banks to $25, 000; creation of banking boards to act In an advisory capacity with the state bank commissioner, and legislation empowering bank commissioners to take complete charge of Insolvent banks and to liquidate them as dis tinguished from liquidation through the courts. "We And also a trend toward legis lation providing for closer supervision and regulation of building and loan as sociations; more oqultable taxation of bank stock; legislation providing for merger, conversion or consolidation of banking Institutions; the legalizing and regulating of what is known as 'departmental banking'; broadening the field for Investment of funds of saving banks and trust companies, and Increasing the power of the bank com missioner as to granting or denying charters for new banks, and authoriz ing his making reasonable rules and regulations governing bank manage ment and prescribing ponalties for the violation thereof. "Additional general characteristics of state bank legislation are for In creasing the compensation of tho bank commissioner and lengthen ins his term of office of four, live or six years, with power to appoint necessary depu ties and examiners; legislation provid ing for the reduction of mandatory bank calls to three and reducing the number of examinations required by law annually to one; making issuance of worthless checks a mtsdemeanor; limiting or prohibiting an officer or di rector of a bank borrowing from his. oank unless his collateral Is approved by a majority of the board of direc tors, and limiting or prohibiting the opening of branch banks. ' Eclipse of guaranty Movement "The question of state guaranty ot bank deposits appears this year to have passed Into an eclipse, so tar as the extension of the Idea Is concerned, notwithstanding the fact that state guaranty laws were recommended by the governors of two states, and bills were Introduced In several of the states, all of -which were defeated. The general tendoncy, so far as state guaranty of deposits laws are con cerned. Is distinctly the other Way, tjie indications being that several states now having guaranty laws are try In r to free themselves from this legisla tion. Oklahoma has abandoned the plan of state guaranty ot deposits, snd this year the South Dakota legisla ture has repealed the state guaranty law and has referred the repeal to the people at the next general election for ratification." ub1e 'wiirle'' don to make ttSGBSCIIEOi' How Four ftoyt of HnmbleOrlgtn Have Become tbiAs of the Greatest Financial Organiza tion in the World. Broad highways of achievement are wide open to aU tit Aroeriee-a tor hew feambto their begtaatas. Mule brought out by a writer to Magasine, telling ot the eacceeslve elevation ot poor boys to thebtettatn thip of the most powerful association of financial power In the world. "Nowhere is opportunity so demo cratic as in caste-free America, no where fat recognition for faithful ser vice so little oondltloned y inherited position and wealtJ,Tbe rUde says. The bountyotjaaMftaa4n bestowing her reward emoceea upon those of inuM rW4s agate not ably mannas fee Che- rise of Oscar Wells to thavfMieBssscy ot the Ameri can ItadkeT lstslsin. The aom of a tanner,' John H. Puellcher. was elected to this emi nence in ISO. Chxmmetanoas amM his public aohcoflnc In the seventh year and he went to work in a carpet store in Milwaukee. At sixteaa he entered a bank as a clerk, rising step by step until he became president. Recognition of his abilities as a banker and civic service through pub lic education in sound economic un derstanding brought him the highest reward from his profession. "A former eountry school teacher, Walter W. Head, born lu a farm ham let In Western Illinois, was elected president of thfi association In 1923. He gave up teaching and a salary of $75 to enter banking at $40 a month in a small Missouri town. He subse quently became president of a bank in Omaha, the large.it In Nebraska snd a dozen neighboring states. The position he occupied in advancing agricultural welfare during the period of depression led to his being called ihe 'Urangor President of the Ameri can Hankers Association." "From Irish Immigrant lad to su preme head ot banking In America epitomizes the career of William E. Knox, president of one of tho largest savings banks of the country in New York. His business career began as an office boy in a publishing house, and he later entered the bank as a clerk. Experience with humble peo ple in their problems of personal finance and his inculcation of economy In all matters attracted country-wide attention. "Oscar Wells, who rises in 1925 as successor of these men, was born in an old weather-boarded log cabin house In the Missouri River bottoms of Platte County, Missouri. He became an orphan when three years of age, losing his parents In an epidemic that ravaged the countryside. He passed under the care of an uncle, head ot a small country bank in Platte City, a town of a few hundred inhabRants. growing up on a farm and receiving his early education in a rural school. He lator entered Bethany College. West Virginia, but at the end of his junior year he had to quit college and go to work In the bank." His subsequent career was one of steady' progress, first to highor posi tions among small country naiiKS, then to larger city banks in Texas, where he rose to tho top. In 191-4 he was chosen first governor of the Dallas Federal Ileserve l!ank and served through the opening period of the establishment of that Institution. He resigned to become president of a bank in Birmingham. Alabama, which has grown under his administration to be one of the largi-st and most suc cessful Institutions In the South. HUGE GROWTH IN SCHOOL SAVINGS New York. School savings In the States for the year 1924-1925 United Increased In aggregate bank balanc-s by $5,500,000, with a growth of $30,000 in the total number of pupils partlcl- pating, It is shown In reports made to the American Bankers Association, which declares that the returns en courage belief In the permanence of School savings as a part ot the edu cational program In the public schools. During the year the number of re porting school , savings systems in creased from 683 In 741 districts to 760 In 1.667 districts, the number of schools from ,080 to 10,163,' the num ber of pupils participating from 3,236, 826 to 2,869.47, the deposits from $14,991,535.40 to $16,m.660.7S and the bank balances pom $20,435,144 64 to $25,913,431.15, says W. E. Alblg. In charge of the Association's savings activities. Since 1920, the first year tor which comprehensive statistics are available, the number ot schools having school savings banking has increased 271.4 per cent, Ihe enrollment in school sav ing districts 178.9 per cent, partici pants 520.1' per cent, deposits 606.1 par cnt and bank balances Slt.l per
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