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Page 2 THE WAYKESVILLE MOUNTAINEER efe fHmmtainw Phone 137 Published Every Thursday SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Year $2.00 6 Months 1.25 3 Months .65 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, JULY 7, 1932 A REAL COMPLIMENT The following comment from the editorial columns of the Asheville Citizen relative to Haywood county gives some idea of the high regard in which this county is held by outsid ers who are familiar with conditions through out the state. In speaking of the condition of affairs in the county in commenting on the recent special edition of The Mountaineer the Citizen editor ial says: Celebrating the completion of Haywood County's new $240,000 court house, the Way nesville Mountaineer has gotten out a special edition' which is a credit to it and to Haywood County. The new court house .which will soon be occupied, is built of North Carolina granite, is handsomely designed and admirably planned, and, what is of great importance, is declared to be absolutely fireproof. Nothing is of more importance in a public buijding of this charac ter than that the papers and records which it conserves shall be safe against destruction by fire. The historical articles by W. C. Allen which the Mountaineer features in this edition will be prized by those who are interested in the history of thi3 mountain region. It is hard to think back to the first log court house which was built in Haywood, when the county, in 1809, was carved out of Buncombe. There is at least on man, in Haywood, Mr. Jeff Hyatt, who can still rememjber that rude temple of justice, which was atill standing for some years after the Civil War, although it was then used for other purposes. The red brick court house which the present splendid granite structure replaces was built in 1884. r We have greatly enjoyed reading Mr. Allen's articles and we are glad to know that he is rtow engaged in writing a history of the coun ty. We are moved to wonder, however, just what he means when he describes Haywood as "one of the average counties of North Carolina." We wish that it were. Its farmers own their own land, tenantry is almost unknown within the county, there is a splendid diversification of crops, the importance of livestock is well ap preciated and the industrial development of the county is advanced and varied and even more important in the value of the output than agri culture. Our feeling would be that if the other ninety-nine counties of North Carolina came even within hailing distance of averaging up to Haywood this State would today be the envy of America and the world. Mr. Allen is, we think, much to modest when he speaks of Hayvvooa as "an average county." But we like his modesty. VICTORY IN SIGHT That the next national administration will be Democratic is now almost an absolute cor ed against the Republican party due to the since turned the Republican party due to the unfortunate condition in whic hthe country now finds itself, but the Democratic party appears to have struck the popular chord both in its selection of a standard bearer and in its out spoken attitude on the matter of the prohibi tion amendment. Theie two facts and their vote gathering influence cannot be overestimat ed. That hundreds of thousands of voters will be attracted to the Democratic party because of them is undisputed. In the selection of a leader the Democratic convention' picked by far the most popular can didate and one in whom the country has the utmost confidence. At the same time a sinis ter influence that has been the came of party disaster and political tragedy twice in the past eight years has probably been silenced forever. Millions of Democratic voters who loyally sup ported Alfred E. Smith and who saw their own locfel friends and leaders go down in defeat as a result of that campaign, and millions more who recall the New York Democratic conven tion of eight years ago when McAdoo, the choice of the great majority was blocked in his bid for the nomination, and all of these recalling the loyal support accorded Mr. Smith by Frank lin D. Roosevelt found it hard to reconcile them selves to Smith's opposition to the extent of being a candidate. Now, ihowever, in the light of his assurance of whole hearted support of the Democratic ticket and especially of Mr. Roosevelt, much will be forgiven him. The Roosevelt choice appears to have been excep tionally satisfying to the tremendous majority of Democrats in every section of the nation. The final step which brought about the THE STORY OF MONEY Bv Dr. Frank H. Vizetelly, Managing Editor Funk and Wagnells New Standard Dictionary of the English Language. THURSDAY, JULY 77 only according to the stand- ' i.1e.T the central government f, a plot of an old still noUSe s. Ther, 1 1 Hie CGTn. was purchased. -f i? t-ain h a, SII.CU. tn. - .1U y naming of Mr. Roosevelt as the party candi date, coming as it did from the California and Texas delegations, and the selection of Garner as a running mate afforded a climax that weld ed the support of. every section to the Roose velt banner and gained popular approval throughout the nation. Probably no other trend 'that the convention aould have taken would have been as popular with the people as a whole and had such a far reaching effect in securing for the party the support of all factions. Regardless of what those who have been leaders in the temperance and prohibition movement? think or have thought, the time had come when the prohibition amendment and its tragic failure could no longer be ignored. The nation as a whole has for years been clam oring not only for the people as a whole, but 1? 1 tl 1L A ior me leaaers as wen as ror tne Dairies a3 v . ., i , , oi.. n,rin "- """-" -:ns of c . . i-i n . i.u rtH r tt Kn nun. 1 i intf ucou u-. r- o . . n. cTzamzation to be truthful and trank m deal- wc Z" . ... , ,u''0s tl w value nf t5. . " ... ., .. . . , . , i, t a, hm- the. vear crested Atnenian nemici, ow- , ing witn tne situation, opinion nas reacnta " s. - . . ,..,.,, ThnrHm uo luai- ICWir" w suver w I y A i Ti - t is a ri i n: l . .. r it? . -f"u ior about . J .... ru w wi rency began in Octobtr wuB . halffimea were first m;ntj AO UMUblUtlVU m w- w A . . I -"Vj, Genesis, when Abraham purchased a.pernuaswn oi "m' " The first metal punWi f(to iq!a d n uo. rafarrt tn brass him. cut in uiriuse ""-- rro : to , vu w As a medium of commerce, money jwere impressed upon the furrency. is mentioned in the 23rd chapter of1 Julius Ceasar was the first to obtain field as a sepulcher for Saran, accoru-,e!ngy uu . age was six f - .. . . . . i . i tUn.as) hv thor who succeeaea ... win ...s . t,j f "u ueuve., rrrl to brass him. cut in wise - rra,, : two . Tradition cred- Dido or of the moon goddess PPe'- jof aiIved ,5ullion mvney 111 noti - . a lv aicu 'Lruuiun was maH k ;fa fi,a Ionian with havinir inventea ed on tne rwismiu at -inQ . rtf MfltiflnJ , v 4t-- " . .. , , . , Ann . Q1 T? --jinu uu Juv 12 rtlH a nH lirf .rain IftLftQ ITUIH 1UW W uuv . 1 . -rf coin. Their currency was This consisted of coins a point where he could no longer be flouted. In taking the bold stand that it did the con vention by a master stroke gained the confi dence an'd respect of all the people whether wet or dry in their opinions. a The tragedy in the matter of prohibition reform lies in the fact that prohibitionists themselves, leaders in the cause, failed to rec ognize the fact that they were on dangerous ground eight years ago. At,, that time the prohibition leaders themselves could have brought about the much needed reform in the law had they only been willing to have ac knowledged facts and by so doing they could have directed the actual work of reform to the best advantage of their nation as a whole. Con tinuing to ignore the failure of the prohibition experiment they have allowed things to grow steadily worse until the point was reached where the extreme element in the party has seized control and taken over the task of ac complishing their desires. It i3 to be hoped that whatever result comes out of the effort, the best course will be selected. However, if B. C. At Rome, money was cornea ed upon tne iei.iuivu. , under Servius Tullius, in the year another silver com oi tne same per 573 B. C. The historians are not al- iod; and the head of Persephone, toeather sure of their ground, for one wearing a wreath of grain, was stamp- T J - " iiHsmv was inaua I I ,. k . . and the first deposit of gold b ' ior coinage was delivered jn gota by Moses Brown, a me-ch... i - ' j .u fua4rohm if tells us that the most ancient .nw.. ea uin uuC - - Massachusetts ,,,in nd Kvrar-n,. a coin ssued by Dionysius ? 1"sL"li3e", rebrjary coins axe oi llbu... w6, , - - . ,-, 1TS5. Un July 31 of that v.. date from the fifth century be ore and artistic refinement "' lPst return of gold coinai .?! Dictionary we were permitted to re-ling of early days. The smallest Jew produce a Babylonic stater, from ish coin in circulation in Jerusalem , ., t -k.,t 7ftO R ,ot, r,n lanfnn a finnpr rnin .m-called i Lyuia, mat aatea irura uum, - o Vw, vtr.. 'c. To the editors of that work, this 0n the authority of the Theophylat. h 'TViftow' mite" refer- It-j: m ha Wn a !n Ch Hosnel acccWinir to dollars were determined,, an arm, the first people to stamp money. They Saint Luke, (XXI: Z). in those aays . uie am I r ... . . c.. .. , i.-vmj i. v. Renresentatives over . iinrfond or impressed their coins oy tne people were ioromuea w ui"5, " --'un.ei '.f.ino. Viammprino- aauare in- intn the Temole coins that were not 3 the national emblem, bea - fc u, nxr na f nla ll af a on! . U . , . , Uy suitable avmbol for b.h,,. ... and consisted of 744 half-eagles first Hplivppv nf aaorlaj ...u- t j W:.1Cn ed oi 4W pieces, was made tember 22,1795. Before the emblems on the cuses into them; But the Thebans did Jewish coins. 'the same. In the first period of Ly- dian coinage, electrum, consisting of such is the case prohibition leaders need take jc r ... .. n,Klnn Juno, in whose temple at Rome coins ;f th onnnmnliohmon)- Thair used concurrently with the Babylon- . . .weight one fourth, and by treating ln little credit for the accomplishment. Their chance came years ago. Now whatever comes will be the result of actions of those who have finally seized control by sheer force. It is a Democratic year. A time of glor ious victory to be followed, we believe, by such arlmim'arrar.inn nf trip nation's affairs as will bring a return of contentment and prosperity wfhe obtained the Greek gold start to the people of the nation. jer 11 According to tne rarian cnronicie an Athenian chronicle engraved on Parian marble Phaidon, King of Argos, was the first to establish a mint in Greece. This he founded on THE TASK AHEAD Moneta was the name given to cur osir kv ha Rrtmana to indicate their 'i:i i - i , three parts of gold and a native alloy ""w " " " . " e ana maependem of one part of silver, was used. The had been coined m the m-.pUbUc. The opposition wa, w , weight of the coins conformed to the P of Juno-Moneta (269 B C.). We by Jud(f9 Thatcher, who su Babylonian silver standard. Later the word money and the word peThap3 a g003e migh , J . fnnora frho aiirnftma of ' 1.1 t.i.i. 1 m . :l -A.wJ nrao . ww , w. " IH FlLl tjm HM iDeLLer. Tfir IT! uraa r n a rnon ii'inn m i r- MLiuiUiiiu r cvj 1 a naq a ra humble and a republican bird, micht he serviceahlp in ntha- nraa a tumult fUI, L .. - - - .--.u " -niWiUUJ joindeff was taken as veilimr an ins and a challenge to a due! followed Judge Thatcher promptly declined "will trt, Ka kranlaj n pleases to," replied Thatchar. "I ways was one, and he knew it, or 1, 1 -i 1 ,. never wouia nave nsnea seiuuag challenge." To those who have followed Unnnir liaJ kaaM Wrt a A a ianF particularly in the sea-trade witn !the western coast-towns. When Croe- f leather. b,one' 3he nd 3ven P"1" !sua abandoned electrum, he produced board. A3 Ute as 1574 some of tha a gold coin weighing exactly a gold coinage of the .Netherlands was pas -Lf.-. k i,;n, fnp Phnician board. Platinum coins were struck a""" . . . , , . t. xr:-u Kussia ov oraer 01 cne sar iichw- ithe Babylonian standard in the same las. Tin was coined by order of Charl es II. of England in 1684. Gun-metal and pewter were used by his brother James II. The introduction of copper coinage in England came about through the want of an authorized money as small change, a need long felt but complac- North Carolina Democrats have through the primary rtamed their candidates for various afnto anH fftiintu nffinoa TTVr Vio first imn in -f XJ i VV UliU VVUltVJ V , A J A. biiV KA&kJU. Villi s 111 1 - - a number of years a second primary was neces- 1 ctent as the electrum coinage or L,yaia. ,n suver, but the tannings were so 'ithe ' Island ' of -Aezina. and the silver -ently iarnored. At one time farthings, Miia mint ia almost 3 an- halfrwnnries and nennies weri struck workings of the 18th Amendmi: mav ue niLerea 1.111 tr lu noie ma: ar money wa3 ac one lime paia to 1 ILL ' f-.l L . the allowance of drink-money To the Greeks we owe the introduc tion of engraved dies to take the place ;Oi tne ruue puncnea oi me ujumua sary in. order to select these candidates, yet there appears to have been very little bitterness aroused. True the result in some cases wa,$ more or less unexpected. Even the support- ers nf Rnihert. R. Rpvnrvlda had nn irlpa his mar. 'means of commercial transactions be- counters were issued "ov the exeat of S3.00 extra Wages per month ' . . I J U 1 J . I " J ' i ll .. I..,.. Tl .1 . I 1 : . .... 1. 1 I . . 1 1 J lnll.n.nJ fUA Vi ai,mrv.a mAn KUl Ui VIClUry WUUIU Oc SUCH a. laliuauut;( Iiur 'twwu uic vuui xmv ."-1 inuuBSLic eiiuiiaii;iiiciiLa miu nau- smuwru iui t.c wucr: ouimitw ut. small and thin as to be losses rather than gain to the traders. It was due to this that the larger copper coins did any one expect to see the vote of Fountain modities that served as money varied ere who exchanged each other's tok-. increase as it did. But there are always sur- in time and place. Tin was used in j8ns at sight. The Abbey-pieces were prises in politics. ancient Syracuse and Britain; iron in aJ large as our silver dollar. They The result is the will of the majority of -:i Sparta; Cattle served in Rome and generally bore a religious inscription . the Democrats of the state and should be .Germany; platinum in Russia; lead nromnt.lv aw.ented auch. The task that lies in Burma; nails in Scotland; silk in hi to wnrK in tne mint, ine re No ; spirituous liquors might r . . ,1 .1 . . I. i , .1 T"l I in Latin arouna tnem; tne wuremoerg Drougnt mere, rroiane lansss ahead of the party calls for the united Support China;, cubes of pressed tea in Tattary; '.side and an emblematic device on the of every element. With vidtory from the presidency down within the party's grasp there is no time for the indulgence of petty personal bitterness. Before every Democrat in the state is presented one supreme duty, that of sup porting the nominees of the party. For many years humorists have made the party a target for sarcastic attacks because of the tendency to certain elements within the organization to go off on a tangent and refuse .to support certain, nominees in both state and national electionsThis was particularly true of the last presidential election when disconted members of' the party indulged their personal feelings of opposition to the presidential candi date and made the election of Hoover one of the greatest landslides in the history of our poli tical parties. The time has come when we should have learned a lesson. As a general rule there is never just reason why a real Democrat should refuse to support the nominees of his party. In the coming election the Democratic ; party is confronted with the gravest task in its history and more depends upon its victory in November than ever in the past. Regardless of the culpability of the Republican party in connection with the present business depres sion and economic condition of the nation, the great mass of people who have lost confidence and faith to the extent that they are panicky have more or less placed the entire responsibi lity on the party in power and therefore believe with all the sincerity of their souls that de liverance lies through the success of the Demo cratic party. The election of a Democratic ad ministration will do more toward changing the present pessimistic attitude of the people than any one other thing that could possibly happen. A return of the Hoover administration would only serve to increase the despondency of the people as a whole. - If this nation is to quickly return to nor malcy there is no better course than through a Democratic administration. While large numbers of Republicans realize this and will vote the Democratic ticket this year it cannot be expected that they will turn the tide to the Democrats without the aid of members of the party in the battle of ballots. If this is to be a Democratic year, and the affairs of the nation demand that it be, then no Democrat sh6uld sulk in his tent but every man' should discharge his full political duty by casting a ballot for the straight Democratic ticket from the presi dential nominee to his local township constable. Thus will victory be assured and the na tion cured of many of her ills. .which is a region inhabited by the other. These were coined in large Mongols, a. Tarter dynasty known a .quantities at Nuremberg. Germany, jthe Manchu, having reigned over Chi-(by one Hans Krauwinkel and were na; salt in Abyssinia; slaves among (imported into France and England. the anglo-Saxons; tobacco in the ear- lier settlements of Virginia; gold-dust ! The first gold coin of England was aTll'lr i n 1 '?T anil A f ,r nj in ; in California during the craze of forty-; when ni introluethl a nine, a meuiuiu aisu ustra nuoua lia; precious stones in Africa, side by side with shells, glass bead, firearms, and fire-water; codfish in Newfound land; wampum and shot in Massa-i cnusetts; logvvoou in Lampeacny; sugar in the West Indies; and soap in Mexico.' ' AFio tiro j n ian rt' " common in The coining-presses must be lot every night after work was done, the key3 placed in the custody of Chief Coiner. When artificial was necessary the watchman a carry a aaric lantern iui a imw " r,r den. The watchman was empoe gold six-shilling piece and a golJito nav a musKet anu " UJ-U nobel of the value of six-and-eight-. "u " """ - - nence. It is to the coinage of this order. but to b insp-ctod'. oP.:o gold piece that the English lawyers f month by an officer whn;e duty it six shillings 'traces its driffin. the first to introduce the figure of ,183b, the work of the a.- . IMichael and the draeon on ' Enirlish i entirely by hand, then 'team e did in 1465. The svm- troduced, to be replace, 'ha and then reloaded. V .to r.t the natives of Bengal and Siam. But ibol; was a forerunner of that of St. 'own time by electricity. . h coi:e. r.Qr -j 4-u j. t-. f i:,u stales iviint contains u the moneys of the civilized races have . of ancier.t coins, as wo ', as a rr been ma;ie mostly of gold, silver cop- j s 1 of merchants' tokens once m d per and bronze. The shekels of stiver ; , . ' ..... . , t: tip,V( arc ionic of which we learn from the Bible as,L 1SCA. .... ...: 5 coins that were struck in Georg;: having been small bars, and f.rom'V-T miB"1 M" Molina and al 0 in the ' 1 k 11 mm j 1'ii.iiuir nn n ( i '-ii r n a t, o m rinn. ; -w.... tarv unit, was first rn npH n 1( fi5 vw.v,,. , and its valufl was 20 shitlino r.nfr iCalifornia and Colorad.'. ;le - issues were of the vatue of 21 shil- - these ' privately issue ! po.d r I5nr ' SmHo o-ninoor "-h. .were struck by Temp .etn bPcaunA tbpv hir cnhn assayer, who in 1830 e?tablishea calf naaf Tha ffrt (1 n i r lvl these .bars pieces were chipped to fit the occasion. The oldest coins extant were made in 800 B. C. but tradition claims a Chinese square bronze coin as in circulation in 1120 B. C. Rude and shapeless, these early coins were generally decorated with figures of animals, nymphs, dieties.jalnd the like' Even while the very fine work of the Greeks was in circulation and their ; a legitimate copper currency for the coinage has not been surpassed for beauty of design metal pins, spits, and skewers were accepted by the Greeks in payment for their ptoducts. Wooden and metal coins circulated side by side in Rome in the year 700 B, C, and leather and metal coins were in circulation in France as late as 1360 A. D. Uust as cattle are accepted by the primitive tHbea of Africa when hus bands go around seeking wives, herds of cattle and crops of grain served the same purpose in other parts of the world. Brass money was in com mon use in Rome befoVe 269 B. C, when silver was coined by Fablus Pictor. The coinage of gold there was begun in 206 B. C. Iron money was current in Sparta and iron and tin were the common means of currency in Bp-itain. In the early days of Rome, the heads of the deities or of 'such per sons as had received divine honors zVcAA nnnn tKofVi n.; n r,,:. I County, Georgia, and converts beth efforts were made to substitute ld from the mines ir;o co.a. Coins minted at the d:nei'-- States Mints bear wna. " pseudo-money had become common in her time. Then Abbey-pieces were common, for the privilege of coinage had been universally usurped and all sorts of tokens were placed into cur rency. American currency owes its origin to Robert Moiris, born in England, and who came to America when he was thirteen years old. He was the first to introduce the subject of a Na tional Mint to the United States. Staunch pariot that he was, Morris was the financier of the American Revolution.' He reported to Congress a plan for the establishment of Ameri can coinage, and chiefly through his efforts, seconded by those of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, a mint was started. An act establish ing it was passed by both Houses of Congress and received President Washington's approval on April 2, 1792. During the Confederation, each State had the right to coin money, but 'a mint mark' with "the eep- coins minted at Philadelphia mint mark is a -letter that st an abbreviation of the name city where the mint is locw---The. Philadelohia Mint is o?: . . , ... . .inl3 in coins, WKens, nu "'" : mismatic collection niyts of 650 pages, large octavo, edited by its late curator, M friend Dir. T. L. Camparet.e.' Tt contains m&ny examples 9 . - fr.-m coinage, some uui, but, it is well to observe tW i snir,a nrara nftf Hated UtlLi1 !.'. fimir aee' cenury, ana - . .ij nnitr w tne . of they bear. The Kings claimed Hercules as their axiu ma icau wi " dem, and the purp'e- " sno" " skin of a lion which is ' (Continued on p? e)