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- 4 3 "J A 1 1 .:. $ I n i t t A3 1 I 1 I t e F Page 4 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3 cUItf iHmmtainr?r Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Lessees Main Street Waynesville, N. C. Published Everv Thursdav Phone 137 SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Year $2.00 t! Months 1.25 Z Months .'35 Subscriptions payable in advance Entered at the post office at Waynesville. N. C, as Second Class Mail Matter, as provided un der the Act of March 3,1879, November 20, 1914. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1931 BIBLE THOUGHT But the very haiis of your hea l are al! numbered. Matthew 10:::o. Now that the last of the Thanksgiving turkey was consumed today in the form of soup, we will be able to devote our worries to deciding what to give for Christmas. If there is anything that looks bad to local people and visitors is the unsightly out rf date circus posters still hanging by one corner in the windows. Old dance posters, football game posters that have long been obsolete are still sticking around. If we want to keep them for souvenirs lets keep them out of sight of the public. Now is the tine to clean up for the holidays. Farmers of the county welcomed the rain the first of the week, especially those that have burley tobacco about ready for the mar ket. Tobacco experts state that the dry weath er has made the tobacco just x little dry for the market, this week's rains will aid considerably. OUT OF DEBT BY CHRISTMAS Last week in this column we made men tion of 4he indebtedness of the Methodist and Ba-tist churches of Waynesville and the spirit in which the two congregation.; went about in raising over $2400 in a few days. These two churches are now practically free of debt. The Episcopal church officials announce this week that they have a campaign on to raise over $900 before Christmas. Their slogan is "Out of Debt by Christmas." As a rule churches are considered,', poor financiers, and few have the ability to keep out of debt. Waynesville, churches are an ex ception to this rule, they get in deBt, but have the business ability to get out. The business men of Haywood; county would profit by the example set by the churches of this city. "Out of debt bv Christmas." TEAMWORK WINS AGAIN Football teams are usually recognized. 'for their achievements .on the gridiron on sport pages and sometimes on the front p4ge. But we feel that the distinction "the ..Waynesville football team has received th is year-is worth more than just an ordinary sport news item. The local team is now champion of West ern North Carolina high schools. That in it self is an honor but the path in which the team traveled to reach that goal' in worth consider ably more. The "championship was won by strength, not weight, nor did the team have more experience than the majority of the teams tfiy played. The Waynesville lads played together. They stuck to the job when itAroked at times that defeat was certain. Ev ery man did his part. No outstanding star can be selected. They all played well, played for each other, their town and school When Coach Weatherby called for better playing the boys delivered the goods. , Just another example of- what team work can do. It always pays to work together in tivic clubs, business, church ad especially at home. v IS THE CRIME WAVE RECEDING?' Three murder cases, several manslaugh ter cases, and an interminable number of liq uor cases to come up in court this Week arrest the attention of the thoughtful and compel the question, "Is crime now at its flood tide, or. is it still rising? Haywood County is well along in the line with other counties in the state when it comes to the versatility of crime. We can muster nearly all kinds, and maybe some that are not found elsewhere; but we should thank the Lord that no banks have been looted by their of ficials under that new application of the word "CONSPIRACY." But whether or not the crime wave is ris ing or receding in Haywood County depends upon our viewpoint. As a writer in the Ladies' Home Journal for December said;, "Crime fol lows the path of least insistence." All of us have noticed that. Let the discipline of a home or a school break down and rioting begins. And we are all grown up children. Perhaps we expect too much of our offic ers, who are charged with the enforcement of iaw. We elect, or select, them for their respec tive positions, give them the glad hand at the beginning of their duties with the implied de claration, "We've helped you to win your job, now go to it. It's your job." Then begins our inactive hostility, or, at any rate passive com mendation. Public opinion, that indefinable dynamo, is the only force that cp.n control crime. Is it a rock of defense against the commission , of crime in. your neighborhood, or is it on!v a name? We've never been afraid that a speak easy would be opened at our back door, or front one either. The bootlegger visits only those whom he knows to be sympathetic. Law is a unique thing. It did not make it self. It cannot enforce itself. Officers cannot enforce it. Ys they can arrest the violator, put him behind the bars, but he cannot punish. Mr. Good Citizen, after all, has to decide the question of guilt and punishment. It's not queer, therefore, that crime is rampant in some localities. Reduced to the logical conclusion, ' it air depends on you, Mr. Average Citizen. True, the officer is a citizen and has to take his place with the others, a lit tle in advance of the rank and fiie because he is supposed to know his place; but when he ad vances upon the .enemy the criminal and looks back for';. support and sees his backers skulking to shelter, that's another angle. So it's the average citizen in every com munity that puts up the resistance, or lets down the bars, to crime. Public opinion blocks, or clears, the path for the suppression or com mission of crime. Is the path to crime in Hay wood county one of dynamic resistance, or is it flinching or negligible? ' Better Business Ahead Thinks Brevard Editor William V. Ellison, manager of the Transylvania Times, Brevard, was in communication with The Mountaineer office this week and in speaking of: the general business condition of thi section and Western North Carolina he said. "I believe there's better things ahead for this state and the country as a whole; believing the lull in business has reached the rock bot tom and good Old Man Prosperity has come back a long distance." Mr. Ellison is in a position to know whereof he speaks. Twenty-two Pitt county farmers will store 40,000 bushels of sweet potatws this winter. Aspirin BEWARE OF 'MITATIONS WOILD PLAY HAVOC The recent North Carolina Supreme Court decis ion that a -Votary Public js a public official and there fore canmit, under -'the Constitution, hold another pub lic office at the ame time he is a notary might be ilculated to play havoc to ultimate conclusion. But the decision is nothing new. A similar decis ion was handled down lti vears .ifn nn.l mpn ' u;it .rik'ht on holding- Notary commission-- and any other' puoiic trust tnrust then way. Under the strict appli- cation of law. all acts discharged" by them under . the office of the last position.' they assumed, aie illegal and invalid.. But a strict application of the law in this ca-e w juld causg .pandemonium in. almost every coun ty in the. State. ' ' . While the law isplain, theie is hardly a. court which would hot find, some . way to prevent, setting a 'precedent so dangerous. The complications would ex tend even to the Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court it-elf. whose acts would be under question. . , ' Nevertheless the way is made ouite clear. Thn who are holding two public, offices' should remove .temselvesJfrom o,ne or the other Without delay. To re tain ooth is (to invite the litigation, that, at some stage ol the discussion. w!ll --.p inviH1i-iT v fopic.-.' ' . . ' A man who will.,.knck another man's business to you, y-ilj knock the .5'eryrdickens but of you whenever he thinks it is "to ftis advantage to do so. 'jA knocker is" the most miserable, creature on earth He hurts no o.e else like, he hurts himself. A knocker soon takes oh 'the expression of a sneak, the owning uiiv oi a muei, ana xne sntiess gaze ot a dope fiend. Why khoc!i? Brevaul News' " ?: ''::'".-"" -- ' ' ;..':' :-;U' v if we only had :, Every day the doctor, the nurse, the tuberculosis executive says "If we only had the money, we could do this, that or the other thing. We could build a pre ventorium, we 'could employ those extra nurses, we could examine and X-ray the school children and pro vide treatment for such as need it; we could find and provide for the undernourished child, we could carry on these much needed studies of our problem what couldn't we do, if we only had the money." This is not, however, the wail of a despairing soul, nor the last gasp of a lost cause. It is rather a challenge to newer ar.d greater opportunities, to carry on More Vigorously than ever before. The Christmas seal gives you and ne, gives all of us at 'this holiday season a chance to meet this chal lenge. Buy Christnjas seals and bring hope to those who are looking for your support of the tuberculosis campaign. Answer the call, "If we only had" by buying more seals this year of need than ever before. Mor ganton News-Herald. CHIC EES D1SSER AT EAST WAYSESVILLE SCHOOL The East Waynesville Parent-Teachers' Association will serve a chickc-n dinner, Friday, December 1. from 6:30 to 8 p. m. in the school building. MENU Chicken, Creamed Potatoes Green beans, Pickles, Rolls (home made) Perfection Salad. Apple Pie or Pumpkin Pie and Coffee. Only 25 cents per plate! Come, bring the family and enjoy a delici'ju: dinner for only "two bits." An entertaining program will be rendered during this time. Tickets may Le purchased in ad vance or at the school building. Don't forget the date and hour! ATTENTION WAYNESVILLE Ftop We can now inu: v property unaer in tion for fall value preciation. Three-ff. value clause will nr., on policies in Wa-.;,. in the future. Giv . business. We will a: irt.,'. it. Automobile in-.n.r". speciality. WAYNESVILLE I.S ANCE AGENCY J. M. NEWTON, Mgr Santa Headquarters luur. ior tne name riaver and t.-.t word genuine on the package as picture above when you buy Aspirin. T!kc you'll know that vou are cettin-i th: genuine Bayer product that thousand: of physicians prescribe. Bayer Aspirin is SAFIC, as millio;;: of users have proved. It does not de press the heart.. No harmful atter-etfectt follow its use. Bayer Aspirin is the universal anti dote for pains of all kinds. Headaches Neuritis Colds 4 Neuralgia Sore Throat Lumbago Rheumatism Toothache Genuine Bayer Aspirin is sold all druggists in boxes of 12 and bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade-mark t( Bayer manufacture of monoaceticacidester oi salicylicacki WE HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OF Rubber Balls Mechanical Toys Tree Decorations Dolls Greeting Cards Stationery Books and Games Gift Sets Special Assortment Christmas Candy 15c. Poum We Appreciate Your Patronage EAGLE 5-10-25c Store (Eijrtatmas; (SrMtmj (Earfoi IHith liour Nairn1 yrttttrb nn Shpm I EDGAK A. GUEST, CARDS with your name printed. 12 cards and envelopes in attractive boxes for $1.50. Other card prices from 3 cents to $1.00 each. Names printed on cards in new attractive type at the follow ing prices : 1 to 25 Cards for 50c. 25 to 50 Cards for 75c. 100 or More Card? it 1 Cent Each. We Have A Larje Stock to Select From Waynesville Book Store ".-:, MAIN STREET WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Make your selection now, before they are all picked over.
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