North Carolina Newspapers

fHamttauif rr Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Lessees Main Street Phone 137 Published Every Thursday Waynesville, N. C. W. C. RUSS Managing Editor P. I). D EATON' General Manager SUUSCKIPTION KATES 1 Year ?2.00 0 Months . L2 3 Months -- ('5 Subscriptions payable in advance Entered at the post office at Waynesville, N. ('., as Second Class Mail Matter, as provided un der the Act of March 3,1879, November 20, l'JM. THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1932 HIBLE THOl'GKT Prav without ceasinsf. Thessolonians 5:17. NEXT SUNDAY IS MOTHER'S DAY .Sunday, May 8, we will observe a day in honor of the greatest and sweetest person in all the world, our Mother. We say without h'itancv. that Mother is the gie:itest, sweet est person! in all tin world. Her name might ni ' be carved in slom in the Hall of Fame, she ii-ay not have saile 1 uncharted sea.-, to discover unknown lands, she nu:.y iot have led the country through difficult crises, but even those that did these things were not as great as Mother. She did make discoveries, she found what was best for us when others had no suggestions to olfer, she led us through the years when oth ers would have not bothe-ed vilh the burden. Her name i- the most precious there is record ed. Wh.'ii others quit, she carried on for our sake. When she became discouraged, we did not know it, the unpleasant things she kept to herself. , It seems fitting that Mother's Day should be observed the second Sunday mi May. It is at this time of year that the H )wers are bloom ing and the world taking on a new appearand after being bare and bkt-k all winter. It is a; this time that the world seems filled with love and makes us feel just a little closer to on fellow man, and so il is most iitt:ng that while we are in an atmosphere of beauty and love wt should s t aside one day to honoi our Mother. The u'.rld owes what it is to the mothers, becaus.; it was our Mother that guided and di rected us in the different paths of life. It was from lu-r that we received the inspiration to launch forward and make for h.- and ourselves a name in the world that she could point to with pride, and one that we would a1 ways carry and know Uiat she approved. Tul:v when the woi Id is restless, impatient and out to gain fame and fortune, regardless of what method is used, is the very time that we should remember the lessons and warnings that were taught us by Mother. Whether your mother is living, or "has passed on to the land beyond, it seems that it would be. worth remembering and take into consideration this one question, "Would Mother approve To my doing that, would she be proud of me?" If that question could always be an swered in the affirmative, what a different world this would be. We lrive taken for granted that the second Sunday in May is Mother's Day, and we ob serve it as urh by buying a box of candy, a bunch of flowers, writing a love letter, or mak ing a special effort to si i her that day, which is all very fmo, but wouldn't it be better to ob serve Mother's Day .'!.") days a ear? A busi fces, man that will let his business come be tween him and hi.- mother is usually a failure, the same with a woman. We owe a greater 'share (f cur time to our Mother's than they usually receive. We all love our mother. We should love her even more, for it was she that went down to the doers of death lhat we might have life, and 't was this unmatchable love for us that she did this. We can never begin to repay her for her suffering and the many sleepless nights that she watched oyer us and even if we could, she would not accept it. Cut there is one thing that she will always accept, a isit or letter i'rom us. If yo'nr mother has answered the roll call the other land, we believe it would bt a most fitting question and resolution to answer tlvs question with "yes." "Am I living a life that will insure me that I will be with my Mother after I have, likewise answered the ieaih angel's call?" If a satisfactory answer cannot be p.iven, why not now, resolve to live fiom 'now- on in a way that wiU sometime re unite you with the best friend you ever had? If the world would only resolve,, on this Mother's Day of 1932, that from now on, we'll live as our Mother's would have us live, we would fluid this a much better world in which to live. The investment is small, the returns are large. Let's try it. MORE HOYS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL We have ben impressed during the pa3t three weeks by the number of boys that have received their diploma from the high schools of the county. A few years ago a graduating class wa3 composed of about one boy to nve girls Tni" year the boys rank right along with the girls. At Clyde the boys had the same number graduating as the girls while at Fines Creek ther were more boys than girls. Here at the Township High School the number of boys was not far from being up with that ot the girls, a 25-31 score. The way we see tie situation is not that the boys of "today are more ambitious and axi ious to get an education than in years gone by but they are induced and encouraged to get an education today more than ever before. The heads of thf. schools have added features in the school work that have appealed to the boys. They have not lost sight of the fundamentals of a high school education, but have emphasiz ed the fact that boys are determined to know more than the three "R's," reading, writing, and 'rithmetic. Tw of the m:.-,t important departments in the public schools today as far as keeping the boys in school, are the vocational agricul ture department and the athletic department. We name these two departments in view of the fact that many citizens are opposed to each of them, but it seems that if these two depart ments are the resasons for more boys graduat ing, then they are worth many times the cost. The be ys of today are the bread-winners of tomorrow, and the world today and tomor row is demanding more than just common labor. Machines have been invented that do the labor ing, but the world needs brains to keep the ma chines busy. Then, there is some criticism about the boys playing too much at schools. When a bo.', makes the teams of today, you may rest assured that he lias studied hard fiwrni his books and has made a satisfactory grade before lie represents his school in any gamo. This type of playing works hand in hand with the hardest studying any student can be expected to do. Tho boy must attend school regularly if he is to be on a team, and this rule encourag es him to attend every day, which is essential. After ali, what might have seemed to be foolish e'epartments to add to a school system, proved to be one of the best investments that could have been made toward educating boys. According to government figures, it cost the orov?rninent $58 a page to print the Congres sional Record, official publication of Congress. Because of this high cost it seems that Con gressmen tiy and see how long they can make their speeches, then demand that they be pub lished. One Senator last week had a speech 45 pages long, a cost of $2,610 to the taxpayers, and the entire speech with the long-winded Con gressman thrown in wasn't worth the cost of the printing. THE TRICE OF MLNTAL LAZINESS Public slolhfulness and indifference are the best I'nend of high faxes. The increased cost of government must be blamed on the vot ers who hf.ve created a demand for the many extra additions to the government, both local and national. Then, too, the voters have not held in check at times the lavishly money-spending politicians who in most cases have moulded the government and directed the spending of the taxpayer's money to meet their own desires. In IJ'00, the per capita cost of the general departments of the 43 state governments was $U!. In 1917. it was $11.40. In 1860, there was an emr ioyee to every thousand persons in the cot'ntry. In 192:) there wre 50. In 1931, there were 100. In 1()00, the federal .government' received $7.45 per capita and spent $(5.84. In 1925, it received $32.76 and spent $30.59. Last year, 1931, a year of severe depression, it received only $27!02 but spjnt $34.37, leaving us with the yawning deficit now preplexing the country. 24 Years Ago in L HAYWOOD LETTERS TO EDITOR . vr4P inn TV HAYWOOD ' An immense crowd heard Governor Glenn throughout a two hours' speech for prohibition ana pieogeu t.. ..cives to work and vote for prohibi tion. Fashion note: If the new summer 'own.s have a conspicuous note at all this year it is in their tirmnnngs Much soutache in all widths and neavy cotton braid are used. Tassels are very much used wherever a place fur them can be found. The. heavy and line laces are fashionable. fl YEARS AGO IN HAYWOOD The graduation class presented .Shakespeare's beautiful comedy, "As i ou Like it to a packed house ihursdav night. All the parts were well played but the leading parts of Kosalmd oy Miss Hazel Killian, Ceha by Miss Lucile Satterthwait, Duke Frederick by George D. Cole, Orlando by George II. Ward, and Adam by illiam il. Smathers were almost pro fessional' played. U'aynosviiie is making a light ior the Methodist Oliatauiiua to locate here. Mr. W. L. Hardin of Saunook w.is a business visitor to Waynesville Sat urday. Mr. I'. I., l'revost accompanied his wife to Asheville last Saturday even ing and returned Sunday. Mis. l're vost remained' for a week's v isit with ,u r sister, Mrs. Voder. Miss Adorn Sm;tihei returned Monday -from a vi-it to her coumii, Mrs. Walter Chancellor, in I.os .Angel es. California. A Very delight ful meeting-of the Bridge Club wa.-'held hut Friday a!- icn ii at the home '( Miss .Je.-ie l Moody. Mi s Carrir' S:;c A lams .-pent Tucs i day in A'shcvili.c. I On behalf of the ladies of : W M. K . Church we' are roipictod to thank thf , i'.- . n'l : ...... t I,.:. .. liverymen. oi avnesuu n' 1 generous olfer to haul the delegates to the; Woman's Missionary Society annual meetine' to their respective stopping places. Waynesville, N. C, April J. 1932. Editor of Waynesville Mountameet. Dear Su : . . ,, Having read your editorial in thJ last week's issue on me suujtu soldier legislation, and the so called r uti,.n I desire to thank you conus tjucnw, - , - . for the kindly interest and honest sympathy that you expressed therein. '"1 uUo"wi.-h to express my appre ciation to Col. S. A. Jones of Way nesville for the article he wrote, which 1 think is a timely warning to out people, to abandon party politics, and elect men to office who are most cap able and above all most patriotic; mot to send the cheap politician who has selfish motives, just because he hap pens to belong to your gang. t rtii. tw it is a disgrace that Congress and Senate have made the soldier who sacrificed everything to r.-uf ; tilth and stink of bloody war, who fought to vindicate the honor of his country, and now to ue fnnt.hnH. do vou not think it a damnable outrage that the brave patriots should be pauperized and objects of charity, and the war dodger taunting him of putting a price on patriotism; let me tell you ngnt now thMt. if our soldiers had been the mer cenary type of men, the war would , u w,n mm hv Germany, and our vne HEARING SEEING. THINKING ABOUT TOWN -wcr- I see where forme- . has returned to th,. one of his usual lnrur f this one only being j wiuii interest tne pj-e rt. recent speech, which b-JjCi the narrow-mindedness 0f," Senator. Once I was lu. make one of his r!owe"i--l"'r: the Senate, when all oi'YP happened to look itir0 tile 5, and saw there a ww'n ' pondent for a eiv xZ'.,'' had just sent to his oat,,. belore a news story ; speech made by the Alabama ell, -sir, the next momcfl I'll never forget. H citing on that correspondent u-tK he was worth. He called' k' thing that he cound get bi the funny part Was the was taken it all down in and the story appeared in'' lr.orning's paper m ew y neonle would have ba I to om dictates of a German emperor anc not forget that our Govei c! do eniTient would not now be loaning money io uu cu t-mv we fought again but wculd Vh,,o lippn navmtr billuns or dollars Initomnitv to them I'emnerors' royal dt mand. If you will in the people: a favor. the German insert these few lines ,' forum, shall deem it Your : RED A. ;oee' ful iv,-ERGU.SOX. Local banks in Columbus County assisted the tobacco growers in buy ing 100 spray pumps for controlling t!v blue mold disease in tobacco beds. He ever, went so far as -o if he (Heflin) was. to bore neads of the newspaper 'm that he would find nothir, and eggs where brains ou That was a pretty hard 1 newspaper men get so used' that they feel slighted if t get them hard and often. V n County cotton growers have onlercil another supply of pedigreed Mexican seed from the .Experiment Station plots to further upgrade the cotton of that county. Now, Heflin conies cm statement that since he has nied a seat in the Senatt just begun the fight. . pM perhaps' he needs some ham where his brains 'ought to b( then; would be something but its doubtful now. About the best thing yo1 the rest oi the week between of 3 and 5) p. m. is to attend jot meetings being held at it I church. Kev. 11. . iiaticoa ng some inspiring and u;i ;ages. Grins and Chuckles WAYNESVILLE AS A HIGHWAY CKLNTEK When Highway 281 is paved, leading into Waynesville from Brevard and .South' Carolina, we will be conlnccted with the section of the country from where most all the tourists come, South Carolina, Ceorgia and Florida. This new improved highways will save approximately 70 miles for the tourists and will bring them over one of the most beautiful scenic highways east of the Rockies. Waynesville is destined to become the high way center of Western North Carolina. We already have Highway No. 10, "Main Street of North Carolina," 'passing through here. When Highway No. 284 is paved and the Soco Gap l oad completed into the park, with Highway No. 209, which leads to Knoxville, and has always proved to be a popular drive with the tourists, these highways are certain to aid in bringing many tourists to Waynesville. Very few cities the size of Waynesville can boat of as many leading highways entering and passing through their city as can Waynes ville. Where there are lots of good roads and scenery as found in and near Waynesville the tourists Will be found in large numbers. These figures show a rapid increase dur ing the past-few years, but as we stated in the beginning, we voters and taxpayers are respon sible for this increase. It has been demanded and spent. We have had our dance and now it is timj to pay the fiddler. The gcvernment l? not a business institu tion, the enly income it has is through taxes, and if the citizens demand that .the government put on more--"overhead". then we will necessari ly have to increase J the government's income by increasing our taxes. In 1929 the citizens of Haywood county spent an average of $166.91 each, according to state statistics. The largest amount was $437. 33, by the citizens of Pasquotank county, while the lowest was $55 for Brunswick. Th,e ave rage for the state was $234,21. This shows that we must think seriously about trading at home Although Haywood ranks 39th in the state, there is still room for improvement, "1 always cautiously." cross railroad cms 'Afraid of an accident "No a broken spring." Joe, do you think, the newspaper will be replaced b ythe radio? No, no, you can't swat the flies with a radio. "How old Street Car Conductor. are you my little girl " Little Boston Girl: "If the corpor ation doesn't object, I'd prefer to pay full fare and keep my own statistics." "Pa," sud little Peter, "what, is it that occurs once in a minute, twice in a week and yet only once in a year?" "I give up, my son. What?" "The letter 'e'." I'otts: "I hear your daughter mar ied a struggling young man." I'i'f.s: "Well, he struggled hard, ,ut. he didn't get away." "You're a fine one, coming all the way to New York and then failing in your druggists' examination." "Well, how was I expected to re member whether the min red chicken went in the second or fourth deck " Carage roem- Oily to bed and cijy to -rise, is the. fate of us, grease and gasoline guys. Mrs. Simnionds glanced at tho brief headline. "Bank Robbed. Police at Sea!" : "Now, Now, look at that K.l" she ejaculated. "Here's a big city bank broke into by burglars,, and th'. city police force alt off iishin' somewhere!'' The Kid: "Pop, if you go to the. umbrella store, they will get you back your umbrella." h Pop: "They will?" ; The Kid: "Yes ;. they have a sign in the wintlow that reads: 'We recov er your umbrellas'." . "You have ten potatoes and have to divide , them between three persons. What do vou do?" ".Mash them.". Did you ever stop to think that the average person eats a ton of food a year? Father: "Young man, I under.? ra nil you. have made advances to my daughter."- Young Jinn: "Yes. I wasn't going to say anything about it. but Mll((i you have mentioned it. wish you could I get her to pay , me mack." -Did' the doctor cure vour insom nia " "No, he tried, to pull the wool over my .eyes." "AN hy ( what do you mean " "He told me to count sheip until I went to sleep." The tourist rushed into the village shop. "I want a quart of oil, some petrol, a couple of spark-plugs, a five gallon can, and four pie ti'ni" ' "All right," replied the enterpris ing clerk, "and you can assemble 'er io the back room if you want to." E A G L E 5c-10c Store BARGAIN DAY FECIALS Every Day is Bargain Day Avith us here arc some super SPECIALS EXTRA SPECIAL Ladies' Bed Room shoes, a regular 39c seller, iioaa- only (Saturday Only) 25c LOOK Ladies' handkerchiefs, a bargain at 2 for 5c, special for Friday 5 for 5c MEN'S TIES Beautiful hand-made men's ties. A 50c a value. For Friday uDC OUR BIG SPECIAL Beautiful 22 x 40 toAvels. A 25c value. For ia Saturday only lUC Here's a real special. We Avelcome you to take part in the TRADE DAYS FRIDAY and . SATURDAY Get a card from us and complete your sentence. Thanking; you for past favors and assuring vou of the best service in the fu ture, Ave are, yours for service. EAGLE 5c-10c Store L. E. HAMRICK, MGR. Main Street Tho" Transylvania- Time' cast a rather compliiiK'niar uliis way, which is being repi because of the coniplmiHi; cause the project which il: refers to, i.s of a great Impi a 1 AVestern N'orth (.'ai'ulii Jii'e. . "Waynesville Is - idi- A ('Transylvania Time; "If this newspaper were real orchid hoquets., iast we ers-would have gone tu the ville Mountaineer, a live ntv a wide a wake town, Contrii Route 284, Editor V- t. Kus clearly stated the true yah highway to the people who seived .by it, but he hit a. when he said: 'We must er maud tor anything before "l'eople of Transylvania . in past years too content things alone and hope for t come, even as the leaves ai come in the springtime. N Waynesville. The people oi munity have been digging in lighting the odds that were their way, going over, arou or through the obstacles t! stall moist comiiiunities. ,'. have made it pay. t arioad load of cattle, bushel--after af pies, farm products that and continue to sell, schools land highways these are so things that the WaynesvU has gone after and got. "People in Brevard slwa ciate the spirit, of the W Mountaineer, and should ci! spiration from the a'ggre;i the people who make the M community one of the -best :' North Carolina." ADAM NEVKh' KM Of all the men the world h Since Time his rounds l Theie's one I pity W' Earth's first and . foremo?:. And then I think what fun . By failing to enjoy The wild delights of youth-Mi He never was a boy. He never stubbed his 'nate Against. a root or stane. He never with a pm hock Along the brook alone. He never sought the bumiJ ' Among the daisies cey. Nor felt its businessmen!) tie never was a hoy. He never hookey played n: The ever ready pad Down in t he a lie y a i : To trusting Fido's tail; And When he home came, His happiness to cut :. No slipper interfered. ae . He never was a i" :,-. He might refer to splenda; 'Mong Eden's bow.-. Je He never acted Romeo To a six-year Juliet. He never sent a va'en""-' " Intended to annoy t A good but, maideA r.uv-- He never was a bov. it .,- t-;-. lie ne L-i t ut c '. r. Nor hid an Easier eft- He never ruined hj? l"J A playing mumble P;. He never from the aUK A coon-hunt to , To find "the old man He never was a bo- I pity him. AVhy I even drop a w? t IT A .JS.I- 'lmr hV H'ul- llt." viiu uuv .v...''- . - Ha never will, I aV ..,! And when the scenes w I My growing muni . I think of him, ea" . ...id A DO?" T. C. Harbaugh, m 1C