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Page 2 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER WEDNESDAY, JULY ,? $1? fljnmttaitim Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Phone 137 Main Street Waynesville, N. C. W. C. RUSS , Managing Editor P. D. DEATON General Mir.ager Owners Published Every Thursday SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 Year .. $2.00 6 Months 1-25 3 Months .... .65 Subscriptions payable in advance Entered at the post offi.:e at Waynesville, N. C, as Second Clasj Mail Matter, as provided un der the Act of March 3.1879, November 20, 1914. WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1932 (EXTRA EDITION.) BIBLE THOUGHT Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, Call ye upon Him while He is near. Isaiah, 55:t. SENATOR BORAH ON THE RIGHT TRACK Senator Borah seems to have set the en tire world to thinking by his remarkable and enlightening' speech last Saturday night. Every capitol in the world has been stirred by the suggestions set forth by Mr. Borah in the speech of his, that, we believe, will eventually bring to a climax the long looked forward to return of normal business, not only for the United States, but for the entire world. It seems to us that even if Senator Borah's suggestions are not heeded exactly as he stat ep them, that they will be somewhat modified aiid expanded upon and worked out for the good of all. Any way, we believe that his idea of changing the situation will result in the world seeing better times within a short while. We look at the situation from this angle. The little man is the basis of all business. If it wasn't for him the big man would soon be come unknown. It was the little man working for $10 a week ithafc made Henry Ford and John D. Rodkefeller the rich men that they are. Now, if the United States forces Germany and the other countries to pay what they owe us, we venture 'to say that the little man will never know the difference as far as the tax burden being lifted from his shoulders, BUT, if we cancel Germany's debt with the agreement that she trade with us for a certain period instead of cometitive countries, then the little" ' man will be given work and factories will begin once more to use the present overproduction of raw materials. When that times comes better times will return to the world. At the present, it seems thaft Germany feels that they owe so much that they are afraid to buy anything, or show signs of doing busi ness for fear of being closed in on. In fact, she is living in fear and has caused the entire world to catch this frame of mind until every nation in the world is afraid to venture further into the future than twenty-four hours, or probably a little longer. We have repeatedly advocated that for a business, a group of people, or nations to pros per a certain amount of venture must be adheared too, not foolish and quick ventures, but conservative ones. This, we believe, is what Mr. Borah had in mind, that the United States must take a chance and cancel Germany's debt and forget ithe investment and think of the extra business it will mean when Germany be gins to buy goods from us again. When that begins, the little man will begin to prosper and in turn the big man. A mental picture of the present situation comes to us like this. A beautiful lady suffer ing with a toothache sitting before a table fill ed with delicious candy, and cannot eat the candy. Until that tooth is either pulled or filled, either of which would cause severe pain, the candy would do her no good. Germany's debt is a toothache to the world and we might as well have it pulled in order that we may begin eating the sweets of prosperity that await us when our ache is removed. The little man of America won't feel the pain when the tooth is pulled, but he will get to eat the candy, so why not pull the tooth? LET US PRAY The Alabama Baptist prints the following anecdote, and it must be true: A preacher at the close of one of his ser mons said: "Let all in the house who are paying their debts stand up." Instantly every man, woman, child, with one exception, rose to their feet.:.: The preaches seated them and said: "Now every man not paying his debts stand up." The exception noted, a care-worn, hungry looking individual, clothed in last summer's suit, slow ly assumed a perpendicular position. " "How is it, my friend," asked the minister, "that you are the only man not to meet his obligations ?" "I run a newspaper," he meekly answered, "and the brethern who stood up are my sub scribers, and " "Let us pray," exclaimed the minister. Catawba News-Enterprise. People here are sometimes heard to com plain about the hot weather, but few mention the pleasant temperature that we have here dur ing the nights. Few places east of the Miss issippi have a day teemperature as low as Way nesville and certainly the minimum at night here is something most unusual. Two blankets at night are almost always necessary, while in the lower parts of the state to even mention having an extra sheet for covering is likely to cause one to have a heat stroke. THE NEW JAIL Through the courtesy of Sheriff J. A. Lowe, tne writer wa3 shown through the new jail, on the fourth and fifth floors of the New Court House this; week. The impression we had in mind before inspecting, the jail was that the view from that height wuld be most beautiful, but we found an entirely different scene await ing us. Instead of being able" to look out at the magestic mountains' that surround the city of Waynesville, we found that the windows are so construcced that only the sky, and only part of that could be seen from the jail cells. An atmosphere of securety and strength prevails throughout the entire jail department. The bars of the cells are larger than those found in most jails, and a new feature, we were told, was that it would be impossible to saw through one of these bars. They are hollow with a little steel rod running all the way (through that turns when struck by a saw and cannot be fastened in any way to saw through. The doors to the cells are all operated from the outside by levers, and curved talking tub a.v connect the outside compartments with the cells, thus making it impossible for the public to come in contact with the prisoners, although they can talk to and see them at close range. Other medhanical devices were explained, all of which 'have a tendency to prove that a jail break from the Haywood County jail would be almost impossible. .Prisoners within the walls of the new jail should never have the fear that any outside force will bother with them, neither will they have an opportunity to mingle with outside forces without the consent of Sheriff Lowe. As a modern slang expression puts it, once locked in that jail "you stay put." DAYS WE'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN THE STATE KILLS MfiN BY ELEC TROCUTION What greater evidence have we that Ameri ca is far from civilization than news coming from the State Capital that "So-and-So" was electrocuted at a certain hour, followed by a minute description of the manner of the death that was inflated by the State? It is a heathenish practice that people one hundred years from now will refer when read ing history as "the days before America be came fully civilized." No State has any more moral right to take human life than an individual has to commit the same crime. Capital punishment has never deterred crime, and never will. Barbarity in all its worse -forms a thousand years ago was no worse than that manifest in the cool, calm preparations made in our State houses in going about the task pf taking a human life at a certain minute on a certain day. No State has any right to take from any man that which it cannot restore. All down through the ages it has been the custom to take life through what we are pleased to term "legal means." The very fact that crimes known as capital punishment offenses have made steady increase throughout these centuries is irrefutable evidence that taking life does not deter crime. ' Heartless criminal acts, such as have oo cured even in this State and in nearby com munities at that, cause people to express the thought thai death is too good for such crimi nals. And that is exactly the truth. Killing a man for a criminal act is not the worst form of punishment. Prison for life, with absolute knowledge -that there will be no pardon, no hope of any kind but to live and labor and die in the penitentiary would be much more effective in preventing crime than capital punishment has ever been. Think it cut for yourself. A State is noth ing but a group of citizens. No citizen has any moral right to deliberately take human life, especially as a means of punishment. . By the same reasoning, no State has any right to take human life. The Brevard News. B. D. Bunn, superintendent of the Waynes ville Township schools, has just returned from a bu.- iness trip to the eastern part of the state, ur.d reports that he paid special attention to the crops along the way. He stated that the crops here in Haywood County are by far, much better than any between here and Raleigh, while those of Buncombe county are about as good as in Haywood County. The tobacco and corn crops in the Pied mont section are practically ruined from lack of rain. The corn is practically burned in the fields, while the tobacco does not have any size at all to it. Haywood county has been spared of one of the worse things that could befall a com munity, crop failure. We rejoice along with the farmers of this county that this calamity has passed over our heads, The crops in this county are needing rain, .but as a whole, they are far iihove the crops of nearby counties. Recently a publication, having 25,000 cir culation, had a long article on the front page about the people of Western North Carolina "dressing up" for the summer tourists. The article went on to say that the people of the mountain section have improved their homes and premises to a great degree during the past few years, and that they have found that it was profitable. The conclusion of the article left this thought, "the people of the mountain districts will realize a profit of thousands of dollars at the end of the season for their efforts put forth in making their homes more attractive." We can't expect tourists to stop at some of the places that are trying to cater to tour ists. To get tourists business, the surroundings must be inviting and clean. wsr-. ( ftyp NOW Y ifeW 0' WOOD 1 GOT IN pSHs m " L 'TRACT -L BE 'BOUT a 1 .. - - ) p i , ' 1 NU?p NW " WON'T " ' "Jj 1 1, . 1 y u)o Nmvr?1 KA? m S MARTY BUT you V V: JM mM I lck 13 AIN'T 60IN'T0 no J( I M ' SOL- 6ALI GAME- 3fH U , , f tesaETT- vou got -tvcowe If, sa kj ;,Uj3rh ON 'N' Ht'P NE M jw; A I ; 1 , W,TH THESE 24 Years Ago in HAYWOOD Mhis Lula Dibmor ol Bryson City is here .ma visit to Miss Lillian Al- len. . - Another new sign in town the " lyety Theatre has i-p . cKictric. sign to-attraci the fun lover. Mr, A. J. Fincher of Clyde was in a very hopeful frame of mind last week when he called at our office and paid for a bill of job work. He said times are surely getting better in the business world. In our mention of Hon. and Mrs. Locke Craig last week we failed to mention the fact that they were en tertained at the hospitable home of Hon. W. T. Lee. A dinner was given in their honor on Tuesday at which were present all the delegates and their wives, who live in Waynsville. 22 YEARS AGO IN HAYWOOD Misses Doll and Bessie Lee enter tained the Aid Society on Tuesday evening. Misses Carrie Sue Adams and Marie Bert and Messrs. Nehon Tift and Robert Osborne spent Sunday at Harper's Spring. The Patis is now giving liberal reductions on parasols, plumes, silk petticoats, and sanitary human hair. Mr. Frank Smathers writes an in teresting letter from Oklahoma City telling about his trip across the coun try.. Picture Of Roosevelt Woven In Cloth Can Be Had Free From Raleigh This nic'ture f Franklin n Pnm. velt was woven in t.ho- Tovtilo s,.v,,,i of North Carolina State College from a Jaequard design painted by N. R. vvnitener, ot uastonia, a member of tho 1922 graduation class, who -was awarded the medal given by the Na tional Association of Cotton Manu facturers to the most proficient Tex tile student in the class. The weaving of this picture repre sents quite a bit of work on his part. A rDhotosranh Governor's office in Albany and plac- eu in a oaeuiis enlarging camera, which is a part of the equipment of the school used to enlarge and repro duce pictures or sketches upon design paper so that the outline can be trac ed, after which the design is painted and the correct shading added. , inuring tne past lour years Textile students of North flnmlino stof rvi wwttc VUl- lege have designed and woven pic tures of the following governors: Albert C Ritchie, Maryland; John G Pollard, Virginia; O. Max Gardner, North Carolina; John G. Richards, South Carolina- T, fi UorHmoT, r-. , , - "'.lull, uyi- gia; Bibb Graves, Alabama. Th Textile Srhnnl nf Snru rn-. lina State Colleire. Ral 1IT1 I I send a woven picture of f. nvprnrvr Roosevelt, tn same, if a self-addressed, stamped en velope is enclosed with request. Grins and Quickies and out in a cold nla j.. If the baby does not thrive on it BiiuuKi ue Dolled. We are here to help others plained the Sunday school teach' "But then," asked the brirt woiiiw uu , wnai are tJif here for?" Little Janice: "Mummy's "making up her face to 0. out." Father (resignedly): "All right, dear, although I had just mafe up my mind to stay in." "I thought your secretary was blonde " "She was, but she's gone off the Gold Standard." Big Sister: "Oh, wny dosen't the baby stopcrying? I don't know what to do with her." Little Sister: "Didn't the directions come with, her?" Blacksmith: "Now, Pat, I'm going to bring this horseshoe out of the fire and lay it on the anvil. When I nod my head, hit it hard with the ham mer." Pat did and was fired ; when the blacksmith recovered. A man broucht soma aaiisao'o and asked his landlady to cook them for nis Dreaktast. "How'll I cook them?" she asked. "Fry 'em like fish," replied the lodg er. The next mornincr. whon tho AanA. lady served them, she remarked: "I hone VOU'll eniov vnur hrpnlr-fnct oir- but there's not niuch-in these things wnsn tney re cleaned out." Aunt Sidonia was a great advj 01 tne roa as a helo in child-re, As a result she was hrnuot int one day. The judge, after givind a severe lecture, as.Ked her if she anytning to say. "Jest one thins. Jedi?e." ed. "I want - - - J " 4ut3i Was you ever the parent of a piifl ly worxniess cuilid child 7" Professor Milton." Freshman : "Well and then he wrote Paradise Then, his wife died and he Paradise Regained." Tell us something he got Pardon me, Professor, bat night your daughter accepted mv posal of marriage. I have callei ask if there is any insanity in lamily." "There must be." An iicivrf.i:pmpnr nrnieinrv (.U trlt tues of a new make of inftff4s feed inir bottlA. save- "Wh ;e done drinking it must be unscrewed Judge: "The traffic officer say got sarcastic with him." iMr. Nagger: "But I didn't to he.. He talked to me like my does and I forgot myself and at? ed, 'Yes, my dear'!" ICatawba County farmers are pected to harvest an excellent potato crop this season. Add curing houses are being const to house the crop. 'By producing all of his poultrv at nomft witn tne ext jpuun " or meat fnpal. John O. Smith. of Countv savs he is makine mow; ling eggs at 12 cents a dozen, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Cochran and daughter, Miss Ruth Cochran, and Misses Fairy and Jasjie Farr of Greenville, South Carolina were week end guests of Mr. and Mr3. J. R. Latham. Union County farmers will save a greatly increased supply of vetch seed this summer from the hay mixtures planted in the county last fall. The seea is Demg separated and recleaned r ,.'i-1 -i THE J30GT HELIADLE the; "THE MOST C'df lFORTAOB
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