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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1932
BIBLE THOUGHT
Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse,
that there may be meat in mine house, and
prove me now herewith, sayeth The Lord of
Hosts, If I will not open you the windows of
Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there
.-hall not be room enougn to receive. luaiacm
.'.-10.
HAYWOOD COUNTY LOSES A TRUE
CITIZEN
(by Jos. E. Johnson)
"Claude A. Haynes, onfe of the finest, char
if form that pvpr drew breath of life in the ut
most confines of this state, is no more. He
died at his residence here early Sunday morn-
inc.
"This announcement will bring sorrow to
every one who knew him, and to know him was
a fortunate event in any man's life. No one
so privileged escaped, or wanted to escape, the
fact of having known a man supermely sane,
oalanced and unerring in, judgment, kind, tole
rant of human failings, sympathetic with the
distressed, encouraging to the baffled and strug
gling, a friend in need, a wise and understand
ing; counsellor to the despairing.
"In his position of Clerk of the Superior
Court for ten years he was the legal father of
the widows and the orphans and the mentally
afflicted of the county, and well and truly did
he protect ar.i safeguard them and their in
terests. Not merely a legalistic supervision but
a wise and sympathetic and understanding over
sight which made their troubles his own. They
also will miss him for not every man is fash
ioned to be a merciful judge and an intelligent
advisor.
"For three years he has been confined to
his residence except at such times as he ' jour
neyed to Charlotte for treatment by specialists
lor his trouble, which was haiidening of the
;irteries, and while his friends and family knew
the serious nature of his sickness, it makes his
oeath none the less sad.
"Mr. Haynes, it is said, was the product
of an extra-ordinary mother. His father died
when he was only 12 years of age leaving his
mother, it is said, with several children, all
young, he being the oldest boy, and a small
rather poor farm on Crabtree creek in this
county. His mother set valiantly to work with
such help as the children could give her and
farmed the land. She raised the children and
educated them, some to a college degree. Mr.
Haynes had only orte year at Wake Forest. It
was all the time ai.ii expense that he could spare
from the stern requirements of life. But no
college education ever gave one a mind so fault
less in its logic and so true in its judgment.
That was bonl in him. He would have been a
remarkable man if he had never seen a school
house.
"On; can well imagine that under dif
ferent enviroment he might have reached more
exalted public position's because he was fitted
for any position the public has to offer except
such as require a particular technical know
ledge. But he was Content to live aiH labor
where fate had placed him, here among his be
loved hills, for contentment w-as a part of his
philosophy, and he loved his people as well as
they loved him. As clerk of court he never had
a. superior in this state, according to long ex
perienced lawyers who in their time have Seen
and dealt with many. He could detect a flaw
ii a legal paper at a glance, and oftentimes by
calling attention to some careless error of a
lawyer, he saved that lawyer embarrassment
later on. With no formal training in the law,
he could interpret a statute or grasp a legal
point as easily as a lawyer, and it was frequent
ly said of him that he would have made not
only a splendid lawyer but a wise judge. It
vas also saSi of him while in life that the word
"Superior" in his title was misplaced, that it
should have been "Superior Clerk of the Court"
instead of Clerk of the Superior Court.
"He had a natural sense of humor and
evidenced it by a quiet chuckle as he went about
the duties of his office. When sitting in his
judicial capacity he showed the highest quali
ties of a judge, weighing the facts and argu
ments on both sides, and then rendering a
judgment which sought for the absolute justice
of the case. In his capacity as Juvenile court
judge, he dealt with the young delinquents with
fatherly solicitude, and when some incorrigible
had to be sent to the reformatory, he usually
look him in his car and earned him there him
self in orider to make his going the easier for
the boy, and he did not cease his supervision
or interest after the boy had been placed in the
school, but continued to keep in touch with
him."
HAYWOOD DESTINED TO BECOME A MIN
ING CENTER
Sometime ago we listed the many things
that bring an income to Haywood county, these
being, agriculture, stodk raising, apple grow
ing, manufacturing, tourists and lumbering.
This is already a large list, as compared to other
counties the size of Haywood, but we can now
add mining, because indications are that Hay
wood is rich in minerals and that it will be only
a shrt time until these will be mined on a large
scale.
Only last week a report from the United
States government stated that a rich copper
mine in the county would produce more than
$200,000 worth of copper when mined, to say
nothirig of the gold and silver that was found
ia the same vicinity.
It is known that large deposits of kaolin
and feldspar are in the northern section of the
county, and that the market at the present is
paying a good price for these minerals. Mica
r, another valuable mineral that is found in the
county and is being mined at the present time.
One mine near here is producing over $500.00
worth of mica a month.
There are many other large deposits of
valuable minerals in Haywood county that have
not been found and many that have been found
by individuals who are afraid to say any
thing about them for fear someone will get the
miriing rights before them. One young man
came to this office last week and stated that he
knew of a large copper vein within five miles
of Waynesville, and also knew where some mica
deposits and other minerals were. He would
not give any definite information to anyone
until assured that he would profit by telling his
secret.
Thb young man produced enough evidence,
by showing samples of the minerals, to convince
us that he was telling the truth and not just
talking to hear himself talk. We referred him
to a mineralogist but found later that he could
not firfd him. What we believe this young man
should do is to get a lease from the man on
whose land he found the minerals and then tell
rhe world about it. Even if there is a million
dollars worth of gold and other minerals hid
in the bowels of the earth and he alone knows
where it is, it isn't worth five cents a carload.
If you know where any minerals are or
know anyone that knows, geet him to take some
step toward developing and mining same. Right
now with prices on machinery at a low ebb is
an opportune time to start into the mining busi
ness. ',
There is one thing certain now regarding
the June primary, we know who is going to run,
but how?
We have never been sold on the idea of
flying across the Atlantic, but the flight of Mrs.
Putman certainly was timely, in that it took
our minds off the Lindbergh kidnaping case
for a few minutes.
Chicago feels that it can make a profit
from the Democratic and Republican conven
tions which will be held there in June even aft
er paying $350,000 for them, now that depends
on the selling price.
About the best illustration of the frame of
mind Of the average citizen today is described
by the picture in a current magazine which
shows a small boy with his dog passing a ceme
tery about dusk, and the little fellow is whistl
ing for all he's worth and carefully looking back
over his shoulder at the ghostly tombstones.
Ihe title reads, "Scared, but nothing to be
afraid of."
Reports reaching here are to the effect that
this section is going to have, a good tourist
reason this year. Some are inclined to think
quite the opposite but it is believed they will
goon find differently. There is one thirig sure,
we are not apt to get more than we go after,
so now let's see just how bad we really want
!,tourists; .''
Several nearby cities have put on art ad
vertising program which is rather unique, in
expensive, and effective, which Waynesville
might profit to copy. That is post card day.
On a designated day every citizen! is urged to
send to friends that live in some other section
of the country a post card with some local scene
on it. In this way a direct message is then
gotten across in an inexpensive way. What
cbout having a day like that for Waynesville.
Not in any way would we think of criticis
ing a historical society for wanting to erect a
memorial to George Washington, but enough
of a thing is enough, at least until we get to the
place where we cam afford better. Some time
ago a $3,000,000 memorial was started for
George . Washington, the foundation wa3 laid
and donations received and otver $500,000 was
spent, and the donations fell off .until the build
ing program was postponed. Now the only hope
of completing the memorial is for Congress to
step in with the cash and save the day. Some
day we'll realize that memorial buildings won't
house and feed the poor, and educate the ig
norant. We believe that $3,000,000 can be more
wisely spent elsewhere.
24 Years Ago
in
HAYWOOD
The Library Low
brow Says
Special features of the graduation
e-veicises Thursday night weie the
vwo orations un ue r...wP-"'-t.un.
Ar. J. H. Way, Jr. took the po
rtion that the United State must
nold on to the Philippine isiau-is, aiiu
light ably did he support tnis view.
Ue will maKe a gooa pcaivji.
.Mr. D. ,!. Killian, Jr. supported
the view that we should give the
rnilippines tneir ireeui'iu.
sentea some very good arguments.
Mr. Dave Milier a.iu-n . - -'u'
tatory auuress and Mr. .u. ! rancis
euvered the valedictory. .
Miss Hilda Way re.-ed last r n-
day from Peace Institute in Raleigh
where she has been in school the past
.ear. ,
.vir. Frank SmathdM, of Atlantic
City, is here on a visit to his ho.ne
people.
.vir. W. T, Lae went to Raleigh last
week to confer with the political
leaders with reference to rioti. Locke
Craig's candidacy ior tile nomination
ji governor,
..ir. VV. C. Allen, Jr. returned lasts
Thursday from Wake t ores: wheiv ie
r.r.s Deen in college.
2217s4AS AGO IX HAYWOOD
The Courier feels fortunate in se
curing the services of Miss Margaret
Stringtield as local editor. Miss
Stringtield is a young lady of marked
ability and her association with this
paper will add much to its news ser
vice. Glenn H. Curtiss flew from Albany
to New York City in an aeroplane
last week, winning the 10,000 prize
offered by The New York World. He
covered the distance of 17 miles in
I .'o hours and 3'2 minutes anil came
f.o earth i'.s calmly and lightly us ;
pigeon. Average speed for the dis
ui. ee 50. uti miles ah hour surpasses
any record ever made by an aeroplane
in long distance' flight.
Miss Bessie Love is at home again
after visiting Mrs. Andrew Moore at
Jastonia fur several months.
Mrs. Charles E. Ray with her two
little children' returned Wednesday
uom rieniiersonville where she had
bytii, on a visit to her father-in-law.
.'ni.'i Bessie Sloan entertained a few
of her friends Monday eveing at
cards. After the game the party
watched Halley's Comet. Those pres
ent were: Misses Mattie Love, Hilda
yv ay, Josephine Gilmer, Mary Boone,
and Messrs. James Atkins, Davis
Ray, Hilliard Atkins, and Or. .uc-Cracken.
Corn Used As Pork
Again Shows Profit
A net profit of 53 cents a bushel for
403.5 bushels of corn fed to 75 head
of hogs was the returns figured bv
a group of four farmers in the Foun
tain community of Pitt County.
"About Feburary 15, four farmers
living near Fountain in Pitt County
weighed 75 hogs and placed them on
iUd feed in preparing to make a co
operative carlot .shipment," says W.
W. Shay, swine extension specialisst
at State College. "The demonstra
tions were in charge of county farm
agent E. F. Arnold of the- State Col
lege extension service and the local
vocational teacher. The hogs were
sold at various times at prices ranging
from $4.iK, the top price on Alarcn
!8, to $:J.76 a hundred, which was the
top price one month later on April 28.
"During the feeding period, th
hogs gained 8.421-bounds ' at. n ft
cost of $211,08 or an i'.veraa-j co-t
per animal ot $2.50 a hundred pounds.
The- corn was charged tit '.W I'onto a
bushel, cotton-seed meal at $20 a ton
ana nsn meal at ?42 a ton. .After
navins cost ; of tu: n I i
- " - - . . ... . . wim
transportation charges, the hogs re
turned to their owners 53 cents a
bushel for the 4(i3 A
eaten and left $114 worth"" of plant
iwii ior ine laDor oi teeaimr. hat;
the corn been sold from tha fir, n
, . --..'no aa
grain, it would have taken ?70 wortn
oi piant iooa with it.''
Mr. Shay says U har. to lind
profit from any kind of farm enter
price at this time, but usually corn
may be fed to hoas and return an iri
come much above what would have
oeen received had the corn been sold
as grain. In tlm a.im-j . h. c,.-.
'he feeding operc licin do'i! a !:''
per cent return. Some farmers fnd
it hard to sell their coir, a era. i f .,
there is nearly always a market for
hogs, well finiched fill! 11 fvrH
dition. Cheap corn may b-3 converted
into por.v, ine t?.rni program bal
anced, the nlant fon l-ent u..
soil and some cash secured in the op-
t-i ,;iijn, , up concludes.
Special arrangement has been made
by the officials of the local horary to
have a column in The Mountaineer
each week regarding the activities ot
e library. At different t.me,
as this week, some citizen of Waynes-
ville will be asiceu vo
pertaining to different phases of work
of the library.
"The Raven"
Have just read with thrilling inter
est "The Raven," a biography of Sam
Houston, "the George Washington of
Texas" It is in the Waynesville
Library Dr. J. W. Jackson, the min
ister who preached our commencement
sermon, said of this book: "It is a
most thrilling story of the early days
of Texas," and it certainly is.
It is a book for adults and not for
children. If you are old enough not
to be hurt by a wild west story, then
read this book. , TT
Despite his great faults, Sam Hous
ton was a great man and accomplish
ed great things. It is very beautiful
how his young wife led him in the
latter years of his life to a simple
childlike faith in the Lord Jesus.
R. P. WALKER,
Minister of the Presbyterian Church.
Grins
and
Chuckles
" 'Twas midnii:!:-
"Wow! Wow!: Wow'"
r-.oises from the crib. ' l"'r'6
The ball-player :'
the edge of the bed: " PJli
"Four bawls an i I v -, . .. ;
mured. '
"Moramer. what .,'.
tomobiles when th;v V!l
IT.t
uy, souieoj.i sellj j,
Pa for nspil par j o- . 1
Bobby (short c-f
dad, have you .u ,
me to do?" ' ' ' h
Father (f.ken bv
-:io but ar"
Bob.y: "Ii ,'i v ti. ; : v ia
me on the dole ' "H
i'i-:,,
l'rofessor: "Ah, my boy, you must
indeed have used much patience, much
equanimity to capture such a fine
string of fish."
"No, sir, I used worms."
"Just fancy grandma," said the girl:
'I had my second flying lesson today,
and it won't be long before I'll be
able to take you to the country in my
plane."
"You won't do anything of the
kind," said grandmother, grimly.
When I want to go to the country,
I'll go by train, as Providence intend
ed us to."
Yen farm improvement I iubs have
ix-in organized by adult farmers in
Wilkes county this season to start a
mere profitable form of farming in the
ou'ity.
"You in. prudent j ., v
t.' -parry m. d- j;-. e- ' i
do you think you ct.u! i gtxJ'J,
".e s l;een jsod to?'' ' "
Suitor: "Er ye-, ; ivy. :
I've a very violent temper"
"What's your litiie ivxhtr
about?" asked the visitor.
"He ain't really crying,"' Wp.j
little giri, "he was just, trying,
jin onion bounce like a rubber i
Frerhman: "I am just a mi
vi-j,-Fi inn lint1 v j
tamly need one.
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i wain iu paint ner portra
sue won i sit ior it.
lou mean she wont stand-'
FOR
United States Senate
"You told me to til.. tM
said the new otlice bov.
"Yes."
"Well, I was just tliinkin'
easier. to trim them with a J
scissors.
SAVE 523.00
j Mail this coupon to BLIV
BUSINESS COLLEGE, Asher!
C and learn how to save 25
I hereby announce myself a candi-
oeratic 'ticket for the office of United Standard Business
States Senate., subject to the action l
i f the Democratic oarty n the June", Name
Primary. Any support given me will
e appr.ec'Tt.ed. .
Tarn C. Bowie
i
'Address
The traniD
Clear out ' shouted the woman of
the house. "I ain't got no wood to
chop. There ain't nothing' you could
do around here."
But madam, there is," retorted
the Wayfarer with dignity. "I could
give you a few lessons in grammar "
Lady: "Yes, I can give you a job.
iou can gather eggs for wo ;f
are sure you won't steal any."
MODo. louse can trust me with
anrthmg Ian v. T c .
bathhouse for fifteen years and never
took a bath."
Tramp: "Kind ladv. Ym.l Vnl.
a poor man that's been to the front
"No, I have nothing to give away,
and I dont believe you've ever been
to the front."
"I have ladr. hn jniiMT4-
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF TH
11th DISTRICT
Having qualified with the Election Board, I offer myself
a candidate for the nomination for Congress from this Distrii
subject to the action of the Democratic primary June 4th. I ha
been a lifelong Democrat, never held or wanjted any public oil
and seek this one for no personal reason. -I have been in busine
in this District for forty years, during which time I have swnt
country change from a land of promise and opportunity to a la
of bankruptcy and drab dispair. The people are just as etierpt
as they ever were. Our fields and factories produce more abm
antly than ever before, yet notwithstanding this want and pri'j
tion are Increasing in the country all the time.
There must be some basic reason for this drastic changes
we have not far to go to find it. Our ills are economic and '
political. Politicians will never solve the problem. The printi
reason for the condition we find ourselves in is found in one
"monopoly." In 1866 the first mercantile corporation was dial
ered in this country. Since then they l ave covered the land 1
a pall of darkness from one end to the other and in the last fif
years they have forced such a liquidation of all values as I
world has never seen since the flood. ..There can be no recovery I
prosperity in this country until this blighting cause is removf
Nothing done or contemplated so far in Washington touches !
seat of the trouble, but on the contrary adds to its intens.tn
witness the course of he stock market.
No nation can tax itself into prosperity. On the contra!
it is the sure road to perdition. If I am elected, I will introo.
a bill drawn by a Constitutional lawyer prohibiting any indinM
firm or corporation engaged in the distribution of commcdi:
from having a place of business in more (than one locality i"
where in the United States. Let them grow as large as tkT
in their home town, but keep the business of other places
to the use of its own inhabitants and for its own "upbuilding-
proposition is too fundamentally sourd to need any explanaH
The time has come when we must have a re-distribution in'
country not of wealth, but of opportunity. Pass such a la" A
the billion dollars which we are accused of hoarding as if h '
a crime would snrinir to lift in Inrnl ai-fiviiv fakine- rnill'005
men out of the bread-lnes and putting them back to work. 1
should have a strict limitation upon the. size of personal lnt
as well as other aggregations of capital.
We should have a national corporation law taking that ,s
tion away from the States which hare abused it and nothing
have the privilege of incorporation except those agencies
perform some useful service to the community at large.
vate or personal enterprise should have the privilege"
generation should liauidato ifself i'ki- . nnssible and
staee clear for hi n.vi cJ;, -.i.;t. havethfl
necessity for supporting existence.
Governments iloKto ci.n..u i, ...i.j n mm ens urate
. . oiiuu.u w Bt.aic:u Ulinu v w '
the decline in all other values as a bond Is no more acred 1
the home of the humblest citizen. .My candidacy should m1 '
every voter who is havino- Him-.,Hv mLincr a living b0
the measures, which I stand for, if enacted into law, would "I
living easy for a hundred million American citizens.
go to the primary, "remember the name."
C. a DAVIS