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THURSDAY, MARCH THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER 11)32 Tage 2 m I-. 1 1', V f, ?! M ?i x. in ; i; ' ' 4 i t i i & :V t'. ' I' ' ahf fftiumtmnrfr' Published By -THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING; CO. Lessees Main Street Waynesville, N. C. Phone 137 Published Every Thursday V. C. RUSS -P. IJ. DKATON Managing; Editor General Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Year $-'-0 o Months , 1-25 3 Months 65 Subscriptions payable in advance Entered at the post office at Waynesville, X. C, as Second Class Mail Matter, as provided un der the Act of March 3,1879. November 20, 1914. THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1932 ARE WE GOING TO LET CRIMINALS RULE THIS COUNTRY? One of the most deplorable sights that we have witnessed in many days was the one last .Week when we made a trip to the new state yrison camp at Hazelwood and saw those 80 prisoners, most of whom were boys just out of their teens, march into their steel barracks under heavy guard, after a days work on the road. To stand there and watch those 65 young men, under 25 years of age, each one having a forlorn look upon their faces and their listless walk indicating that they cared little about themselves or their fellowman, brought this thought to mind, "who is responsible for these boys being here?" Certainly the boys themselves are, but they did not originate crime, it was taught 1o them by some other criminal ; and in most cases they receive their criminal instructions from older" men- who had formerly served time in prison. Every day citizens talk of the horrors of t he Chinese army using boys 14 and 15 years old, but .seldom stop to think that those boys are fighting for their country while right here at our door is a group of boys, practically the same age, not fighting for their country but; against it. . This fact seems to get little com ment; of course we are ashamed of the situa tion, but there's no use trying; to get around facts. What is the matter? Does the youth of this country need to be taught right from wrong? Do we need laws that would impose heavier penalties that would scare some of the would-be criminals from becoming criminals, or do we need the old fashioned whipping post again ? Perhaps the latter would cause more to stop and think before breaking the law. Something ought to be done to reduce this ever increasing crime. If there isn't some thing done, and that quickly, this country is oon going to be over run with criminals. This fact was made clear by Oscar Pitts, supervisor of highways for the western district, under whose supervision all prison camps are conduc ed, when he told The Mountaineer that in June there were 3300 prisoners in his ristrict; today there are over 4600. At that rat? H won't take long for the criminal to be the majority in this nation. After the average prisoner is released from prison he brags about his serving and influence, other young men to break the law, telling theni that the officers won't catch themand for the novelty of the thing they are fool enough to try it and are usually caught and sent to serve ;i few months, only to be released to influence some other decent person. A convict among society is like a rotten apple placed in a barrel of good ones, for a while it gives little trouble, then all; of a sudden the entire barrel is affected. Of course, the criminal cannot be 'extermi nated, but can't the law abiding citizens of this .-tate and other states see that harder and long er sentences are imposed upon criminals? It seems that if this were done fewer young men would be influenced to attempt to break the law. We are not advocating that prisoners be treated brutally but we do believe that longer and stiff er sentences would tend to lesson crime. At least it would be worth the time to try it. To get a better picture of the need of a reform of some kind, and that immediately, visit the new prison at Hazelwood. LOOK AT THE DATE OF YOUR SUBSCRIP TION AND THEN READ THIS One publisher near here is using a rather odd system of notifying his subscribers and the world when their subscription has expired. He merely prints the names of all those whose subscription is in arrears in black face type when their name appears in the news columns of his paper. This method is said to have brought in hundreds of subscribers who were behind with their subscription.. We are not going to publish your name in black face 'type if you are behind in you sub scription, you just imagine it is in bold type and that every person reading the paper knows you owe for your paper and in order to clear your conscience pay up and rid yourself of that guilty feeling. HLBLE THOUGHT Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. Proverbs 20:1, and 23:31-32. PUT IDLE MONEY TO WORK LET WORK ING MONEY ALONE During the week of March 7th to loth a campaign to secure buyers of the "baby bonds," now being prepared by the government, will be made throughout the United States. The purpose of this campaign is to get those hav ing idle money to invest it in these bonds, which are as secure as the government itself, so that the money will be put into circulation and put to work in an effort to relieve the shortage now existing. These bonds may be cashed within 30 or 6o days after purchased and will bear 2 per cent interest, and will have behind them the entire resources of the United States. All money re ceived from the sale of these bonds will be deposited in the city where the bonds are sold. . As we understand the economic situation and the plans of the Reconstruction Commit- tee, the money derived from these bonds will be used in aiding banks and in paying off gov ernment indebtedness. These two institutions are worthy of financial help at this time. If this campaign carried on properly should prove beneficial to every citizen in America. The doubtful part of this program is, "will the people with idle money invest in these bonds or will the money used in buying them be checked out of the local banks and jeopardize them?" If this fact could be as sured and only idle money used in this bond issue, without a doubt, it would be the life saver of this present economic situation, but if the citizens use what money is now "untied" and in circulation to carry on this program it seems to us that it would be better not to venture into this campaign. Let's keep these facts in mind and use IDLE money to buy bonds and let what money is already in circulation remain so. Dig up that old buried fruit jar full of money, lift the floor in the barn and get out that idle money and put it to work. Money at work is worth something. Idle money brings in no income. It would be poor business to take dirt from one side of a leaking dam to stop a leak on the other end. Use idle dirt to save the dam. USE IDLE MONEY TO SAVE THE COLTRY. Another thought that perhaps needs con sideration. We understand from reliable bankers, that there is more money in the banks today than ever before, but the conservative bankers cannot lend it for fear of the "skep tical" public making a run on their institu tions which if they do not have enough cash on hand to meet this run will be forced to close. If the bankers were assured of not hav ing to meet the demands of a run they could loan out their surplus cash. Then, too, many people that borrow money are slow about pay ing it back when they could and should meet their obligations promptly. Their idea seems to want to hold back, hoping that something will happen whereby they will be relieved of their obligations. A FOOLISH INVESTMENT The most foolish investment' we have heard of lately is that of The Literary Digest spending over $500,000 on their wet and dry straw vote. What have they got when it is finished? Not a thing but a lot of figures that are as fab-e as anything could possibly be. The reason we say that is because we know of many local people voting in this, straw vote that are sending in wet votes, when, if an elec tion was held in Waynesville tomorrow on the question they would vote dry. Then on the other side we hear that there is $500,000 being spent that would not have been spent if the vote had not been put on. That is all true, but the postal department of the United States is getting the most of the monev when they certainly don't need it. Why not give that amount to some "of the poor and needy the Digest is always talking about, and put it where it is needed. THE WAYNESVILLE 'CHAMBER OF COM MERCE AN UNSELFISH ORGANIZATION The Waynesville Chamber of Commerce has just elected new officers for the coming year and' thev are now busily engaged in working out one' of the most effective programs ever staged by a civic organization here. The new officers; realizing that the coopera tion of every citizen in Waynesville will be needed to carry on this programhave planned a city-wide banquet to be held on March 17, at which time their budget and proposed projects will be presented to the citizens, The new officers are going at their task with an unselfish motive at heart and are work ing in every way possible to get more tourists and industries here. They are presenting their plans to the other citizens of the town that arc not members of the organization for any criti cism or suggestions that they can give in per fecting their proposed program. V Just from the standpoint of civic pride every citizen should get behind this splendid organization and help put the program "across," and especially should everyone work even hard er with the Chamber of Commerce now since they have come out openly and enlisted the sug gestions of non- members. Just 18 days until spring is officially recog nized; the weather man seem3 to have got his months mixed and started spring on October 21, instead of March 21. 20 Years Ago LETTERS TO EDITOR 111 HAYWOOD Mr. Frank Smathers ha an enter-1 taining letter on the front page written from Atlantic City. Mr. Smathers writes that he is alizins a "burning ambition" irom childhood to see his name in the Courier be cause he thought it a most remarka able and ingenious enterprise, and ne has never outgrown those early im pressions. This is the first of a se ries of intersting letters from Mr. Smathers. , The Odd Fellows of the twentieth district will meet in convention with Ocona Lodge No. .515 at Whittier on March 17 and IS. Major H. A. Love had a narrow es cape last Friday night, from getting his house burned. Late at night he was aroused by the smell of fire and after a search of the house found a pile of cotton cloths in the basement had caught fire supposedly by spon taneous combustion. He lost no time in extinguishing the flames. We leafa that Asheville and Hen dersonvilfe' are prosecuting a vigor ous campaign of advertising through out Florida and other states south of us. Waynesville might do the same thing with gr it profit. Now is the timenow. Procrastination is a thief.-Ed. A very enjoyable social affair this week was the dance at the Gordon Pavilion Saturdfl-' night. Those at tending were Mr and Mrs. James Killian, Misses Mattie Love, Josephine Gilmer, Mary Fry, Mamie Moore, Vir ginia Jones, Ruth Knight, N'annette Jones, Hilda Way, Hazel Killian; Messrs. Boyd, Graves, Gauze, Miller, Blackwell, McCracken, Coble, Free man, and Smathers. Editor, The Mountaineer, Waynesville, X. C. Dear Sir: , , , . ... It is a Jittle late, but I would like to commend you on your Mencken edi torial in The Mountaineer,. dated Janu ary 28 Title: If North Carolina is Uncivilized, God pity the rest of the N'ation. 1 believe in iree speecn ami freedom of press, and all that kind of thing, but Mencken has no right to eternally run with his cutout open. Yours very truly, J. H. Trantham, u"249 Glenwood Avenue Chicago, Illinois. COMMUNITY CLUB The regular monthly meeting of the Community Club will be held next Monday afternoon, February 7, at the club room, at 3 o'clock. The paper on "Know Your Own Town and County" will be written and read by Mrs. Rufos Siler. Current Events will lw. reviewed by Mrs. Hoy Martin and the! the amount of the bond music will be in rharire of Mrs. Lucile These principles are Foy It is time somebody was saying something about tax reform, It's time also that somebody was doing something about it. Why don't those who want to represent Haywood County in the Legislature say what they will do about it if they should get there? Only the Legislature can do what is needed. If it was in the dark ages when the king waa both the law maker and the tax gatherer, we might borrow a sharp ax and extemporize a good wooden block and abolish both the tax and the tax-maker at one blow. But now-a-days we have jto select the right man to make the needed laws in oroer to get reuei. Some very simple . principles un derly the whole scheme of taxation. Here thew are, or rather some of them: 1. Money to run the government cannot be gotten from those who haven't it, but must be collected from those who have. 2. It is fair and proper to col lect taxes from individuals and prop erty according to net incomes. o. Taxation must not be made con fiscatory. No tax should be collected from property that does not yield a net income unless the property is held for speculation purposes, 1. Expenses of government must be reduced. 5. Eouality of taxation and abso lute impartially of the law making body in the levying of taxes must be guaranteed. i). Tax exempt bonds must not be allowed to reduce taxes on other prop erty, or in other wonls, tax exempt bonds in the hands of certain corpor ations must not be allowed to reduce their valuation for taxation twice vrz : began tak ing Cardul when in a weakened, run-down condition," writes Mrs. F. S. Perrlt, of Wesson, Miss. "I took one bot tle, and I seemed to im prove so much that I sent for six bottles. Af ter I had taken the six bottles, I seemed entire ly well. "Before I took Car dul, I was nervous, rest less, blue and out of heart. I felt depressed all the time. After I took Cardul, all this disappeared. "I gave my daughter Cardul and It helped to relieve Irregular . . ." This medicine hoa been used by women for over 6U imple and easily understood and easily earned out if we send men to the Legisla ture who are hear to the people and believe in equal rights to all and special privileges to nonffi.e Therefore, let's select our candi dates in the June primary who be lieve in equality of taxation, that is, that the rich man's dollar hall be taxed at the same rate as the poor man's dollar. Let's look out for this in the June primary. W, C. ALLEN. ygai.ra. j rf'i Black-Draught I tor Constipation, Indigestion, I and Ulll'vignpBa. Holy Week Services Will Be Held Daily At Local Theatre The ministers of the city will hold daily Services during .Holy Week here at the . Wavnewood Theatre The .services will commence promptly at noon and will close promptly at 12:30. Music for the-e meetings will be furnished by the combined choirs of the city. The add i esses each day will be given as fellows: Monday, March Pancom, pastor of Tue-day, March (loot'e,. iia.stor of chuich. Wednesday, March 23 Hayes, piesiding- elder. Thursday, March 24, Walker, pastor -Presbyterian church. Saturday, Maich 26. Rev. Albert New, Rector of Epicopal church. Further announcements will be made . later in regard to Other ser vices to be held during Holy Week. Grins and Chuckl es 'Does your husoanti a:. you : "i! "No, some niehu iv. - ask questions." ' ,ul :- "Your name?" "Clara Smith." "Your age?" "Sixty-five." "Married?" "Not yet." Blinks I hear you and J inks Wn II m,, l.: j "M ----- , ."jr maj music lessons, and the ,:h "- w vj. wiLn ft ... reaa: -jry taw on your pi "Hard working little ifs got. 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