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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1932
THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1932
"ACRES OF DIAMONDS" AT OUR DOORS
Few people in Western North Carolina have
realized the tremendous asset this section has
in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Although the park has not yet been taken over
and developed by the National Park Service,
and is practically without highways or tourist
accommodations, it attracted more visitors dur
ing the year than any of the national parks,
save one, according to travel figures released
in Washington by the National Park Service.
These figures reveal that at least ;!00,000
persons visited the Great Smokies between
October 1, 1931, and September 30, 1932, an in
crease of approximately 100 per cent over the
tourist travel in the Smokies as estimated by
the National Park Service for the proceeding
year. During the preceding year the travel in.
the Smokies was estimated at 154,000.
No park in the entire national park system
showed such a tremendous increase in popular
ity, in fact, of the 22 national paries lb' of them
reported a considerable decrease in visitors for
the year ending September 30. The only park
in the national system to show more actual
visitors during this period than the-Great
Smokies was Yosemite, in California. Yosemite
had 498,289 visitors by actual count, an increase
of 36,434 over the year before.
In releasing these figures the national park
authorities pointed out that the travel in the
Smokies was estimated, since as yet there are
no rangers at the park gateways to check travel
as they do in the established national parks.
However, the estimate of 300,000 given is a
minimum estimate deliberately held to the
minimum in order to be very conservative.
A story setting forth the above facts and
figures was featured in the Asheville Citizen
Times. The Asheville paper points out that
these figures more than bear out the predic
tions made by Horace M. Albright, director of
the National Park Service, that within a few
years after the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park is opened to the public it will be
drawing from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 persons
each year, equalling or exceeding that now be
ing drawn by all other parks of the national
park system combined. During the tourist year
just closed the total number of visitors to all
the national parks is given as 2,948.507, as com.
pared with 3,152,845 for the preceding year.
The economic condition of the country had its
effect upon the tourist travel during the past,
year, according to the travel statistics just com
piled. So far no attempt has been made to adver
tise or encourage travel to the Smokies because
of the inadequate highway and tourist facilities.
These deficiencies -are rapidly being corrected.
The federal government and the State highway
departments of North Carolina and Tennessee
are speeding up the road improvements -in the
park area as much as possible. The national
park service will soon start work on the first
link of the Skyline Drive from Newfoundland
Gap to Clingman's Dome.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
will be one of the finest in the national park
system. Its acceptance by the federal govern
ment means that its sceni; and other attrac
tions are among the finest in the United States,
ranking .with -.Yosemite, Yellowstone, Glacier,
Mt. Rainer and other famous parks.
The nearness to the great centers of popu
lation will mean added popularity for the Smok
ies, and they will be visited not only by tourists
and recreation seekers, but by students and
teachers wishing to study' natural history,
botany, geology and related subjects.
In Western North Carolina we are going
to realize sooner or later that we literally have
in this park "acres of diamonds" at our very
door. There's no reckoning what this great
park can and will mean to this section. Mor-ganton-News-IIerald.
A GREAT SHOW BY THE 1-H CLUB BOYS
Few people realized until Saturday, just
what the 1-H Club boys were really accomplish
ing in their project work throughout the coun
ty. Anyone visiting their exhibits at the court
house Saturday could not help from being im
pressed with the quality .of the farm produce
raised by the boys. In fact, some i the pro
ducts was so good that we expect that some of
the boy's fathers are becoming a little jealous
of their son's ability to till the soil.
The three outstanding products were corn,
potatoes and tobacco, with some onions, beet:;
and other vegetables mixed in. The corn on
display was far superior, as far as we could tell,
to that which has been shown at county fairs
in which master farmers took an active part.
With the start that these boys have re
ceived, we believe that if they will continue
along the same lines which they have started,
and learn the scientific method of cultivating
crops, that Haywood county will within the
next few years outrank all other counties in the
state in agricultural lines.
The show staged by the boys Saturday was
a success the crops shown indicated that the
boys were successful in growing them these,
together with encouragement from the citizens
of the county, the boys will, no doubt, make
their life a success by continuing along the same
line for which they now show a great deal of
talent.
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Do You Know Your
County Officials?
E, B. RICKMAN, County Commissioner
QUACKS
SOME FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Careful estimates just made by officials of
the National Park Service indicate that more
than 300,000 visitors entered the Great -Smoky
Mountains National Park during the year end
ing Sept. 30, 1932. This is almost double the
154,000 estimate of last year. Yosemite with
498,259 was the only National Park of the en
tire chain throughout the United States to show
entrance figures greater than the Smokies.
Superintendent J. Ross Eakin estimates
that 15 per cent of the number came from states
outside of Tennessee and North Carolina, which
he thinks is a rather unusual number, in view
of the fact that the Great Smokies is not yet
fully equipped as a National Park.
Statements like Mr. Eukin's call for some
serious thinking on the part of Waynesville
citizens. If we are to get the most out of the
park we must take advantage of the opportuni
ties thdt are now knocking at our door. Present
methods of encouraging tourists to stop at Way
nesville are not effective enough to see direct
results we say that with no reflection at any
one or any organization, but taking everything
in general. There are, we are glad to say, some
who are interested in seeing the tourist busi
ness developed in Waynesville, others, however,
seem indifferent toward the project.
CANST THOU BEAT IT?
Consider the editor! A child is born unto
the wife of a merchant in town. The physician
getteth 10 plunks. The editor writeth a stick
and a half and telleth the multitude that the
child tippeth the beam at nine pounds. Yea, he
lieth even as a centurion. And the proud father
givet h him a Cremo.
Behold, the young one groweth up and
graduateth. And the editor putteth in the paper
a swell piece. Yea, a peach of a notice. He tell
eth of the wisdom of the young woman and -of
her exceeding comeliness. Like unto the roses
or Sharon is she, and her gown is played up to
beat the band. And the dressmaker getteth
two score and four iron men. And the editor
gets a note of thanks from the sweet girl gradu
ate,.. And the daughter goeth on a journey. And
the editor throweth himself on the story of the
farewell party. It runneth a column solid. And
the fair one remembereth him from afar with
a picture postal card that costeth six for a
jitney.
Behold, she returneth, and the youth of the
town fall down and worship. She picketh one
and lo, she picketh a lemon. But the editor
calleth him one of our promising young men
and getteth away with it. And they send unto
the editor a bid to the wedding, and behold the
bids are printed in a far city.
Flowery and long is the wedding notice
which the editor printeth. The minister get
teth his bit.
The editor printeth a death notice, two
columns of obituary, three lodge notices, a cubit
of poetry and a card of thanks. And he forget
teth to read proof on the dead, and the darned
thing cometh out "Gone To Her Last Roasting
riace."
And all that are akin to the deceased jumpeth
on the editor with exceeding great jumps. And
they pulleth out their ads and canceleth their
subs, and they swing the hammer even unto
the third and fourth generations. Exchange.
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county
Rickman,
curr.mis -loner,
nL'vi
!e!i ti
ite'eed r
nomt
:n .Macon county Hi years ago to e
la'olish for himself a nom and bu; i
ikss in Ih'.ywuod county, and today
the new .county otiiekil is ihe head of
i, IK- f tli? mo-t p .;;;.u :i-:(tt( Mllsiness
r-t-i. ,(lish.T.i.. : it. ti:'." county; iv; mer-chaiitib-
business at Wood row, and
farm in tli same community.
Mr. Kickman's main business is the j
merchantile business, and h:s farm j
is operated as a sididiao, Lai nut Veins?,
content with a business too, large
j enough for the ordinary man. he is a
partner with W . 1' . Patterson in tne
wood and lumber business. During
the. past three years this linn ha fold
,o tne Champion Fibre Company over
!j:jU0.(J00 worth of wood, to say noth
ing of the lumber sold in the county.
Not only is Mr. Hickman a busi
ness leader in the county, but he is
also "unofficial advisor" for the peo
ple of his community. Whenever
difficult problems arise in the Wood,
row section, it is usually Mr. Rick,
man who is sought for advice. Most
of the advice sought i about busi
ness deals, but occasionally family
troubles are carried to him for rea
soning. He does not go alter these
problems, neither does he ishun them
when thrust upon him, and in pra
titally every instance his advice is
heeded to.
Because of this confidence that his
followman has in his ability to rea
on things out, Mr. Rickman has not
only grown in the. business world, but
also in the political world. During
Vhe past election his Republican
friends supported him to a man be
cause of the interest he had taken in
them in the days gone by some even
years old. but the deeds of kindness
were remembered on election day.
Because or his business affiliation,
Mr. Hickman ha. had business deal
ings with practically everyone, di
rectly or indirectly, in Pigeon, Cecil,
East Fork townshins. Canton and
Wi.ynesvillc. . ;Mr. Hickman's busi
ness is now handling him. instead of
him handling his hue -:mess, but ho
matter how pressing business is he
always has time to discus.; community I
pi nliieni-.
His sole interest is in Haywood
unty, whic-i V; ici'ms the lies-; coun.
'y in the state. but thinks it can even
.;, improved.
In I'.HH Mr. Rickipan married Miss
Sheffield, of Macon county. They
hr.ve one child, a sen, 7 months old.
'1 lie new commissioner is a 152nd
D.grce Mason, a member of the Jun
ior Order, and is a member of the
liethel Baptist church.
He was born in 1884.
Mr. Hickman hd.i as a slogan to
which he attributes his success,
"treat the public hir.jstiy yon will
le well repaid."
24 Years Ago
in
HAYWOOD
i I. 15. A. ( UACKEIl
Milestones In Life
Of President-Elect
(By Associated Press.)
Milestones in the life of Franklin
D. Roosevelt.
January 30. 1882 Born at Hyde
Park. N. Y the son of James find
Sara Delano Roosevelt.
June, 1904 Graduated from Har
vard with degree of A. B.
September, 1904 Entered Colum
bia university's law school.
March 17, 1905 Married . Anna
Eleanor Roosevelt, a fifth cousin.
June, 1917 admitted to bar.
1910 Elected to New York state
senate from Duchess county.
March 17, 1913 Resigned as state
senator to become assistant secretary
of the navy by appointment of Pres
ident Wilson.
July, 1920 Seconded the nomina
tion of Alfred E. Smith as aspirant
fur presidential nomination at San
Francisco.
July, 1920 nominated for vice
Wisident on Democratic ticket with
.lames M Cox. :
August, 1921 Stricken with infan
tile paralysis nt summer home, Cam
.poholln. New Brunswick.
1921-24 In retirement fighting to
.'ourain health. .
July, 192! Makes nomination
st'c-'ch for Alfred K. Smith at Demo
cratic national convention in New
York.
iuly. J92S Nominated Alfred
Smith as presidential candidate
Di mneratio national convention
Houston, Texas.
November fi, 1928 Elected govern
or of New York.
November. 4 1 9,'!0 Re-elected gov.
oi nor of New Yo"k bv plurality of f
725,001. - ' -'' '
July 1. 19:52 Nominated for the
presidency by Democratic national
convention at Chicago.
Nov. 8, 1932 Elected president.
E.
of
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At their last meeting .Mr. J. R.
i .Morgan was appointed mayor to suc-
eeeu air. 11. K. Ferguson, who re
signed to accept the position of rep
resentative to the General Assembly
from Haywood county. Mr. Morgan
is a young man of sterling qualities
and will, no doubt, make a mayor
that the town will be proud of.
The Courier congratulates Mr,
Morgan upon the honor that has come
to him and the town upon securing
such a conscientious Christian young
man as its executive officer.
A severe .-now storm prevailed last
Friday and Saturday.
Mr. FUucette Swift, who is at
tending Bingham School in Ashe
ville, spent Sunday with his parents.
Mr. H. It. Ferguson has gone to
Charlotte to attend the convention of
the mayors of the two Carolinas.
Miss Elizabeth) Kirkpatirick left
last week for Advance, where she
will teach school for five or six
months.
Mr. W. C. Allen, Jr. spent Sunday
in town. He came to Asheville with
the Wake Forest football team that
played there last Monday.
A good buggy whip will be given
way with a package of stock food
at. .Mcintosh-Foard and Company.
2J YEARS AGO .Y HAYWOOD
Headline: Waynesv .lie Young Man
ll.ghiy Distinguish, d How the
Maine Will be Raise and Placed in
Dry Dock --Capt. Ilarley B. Fergu
son, Son of our Esteemed Towns-
oan, V . !;. I 'crimson, in Immediate
I narge.
Miss Nan. Killian entertains thi
afternoon wiin a tea in aonor of the
lui'lcs elect.. Misses Mary McFadvtn,
IVuline McCraeken, and Bessie
Sloan. The parlor and living room
will b-, thrown open to the guests.
The decorations will be artistic the
lining room in red, the living room
in green and the parlor in pink.
Misses Nannette Jones and Carrie
Sue- Adams, will serve in the dining
ro-j.m and Mrs. J. Harden Howell will
receive at the door. Misses Lizzie
Cole and Hazel Killian will conduct
the guests to the dining room, where
a course of ices will be served.
About 5 quests are invited.
Miss Roberta Haynes entertained
with a linen shower on Tuesday com
plimentary to Miss Pauline 'Mc
Craeken. Mr. D. M. Cagle ci Clydj was here
Tuesday and informed us he would
attend conference this week at Winston-Salem.
Mr. R. G. A. Campbell, the genial
merchant and farmer of Maggie, was
in Waynesville Monday and made
th Courier office a pleasant business
call.
Miss Pearl McCraeken will spend i
next week at her home here and will
attend the airings of her sister,
Miss Pauline, .to M Cleveland Plott
on Wednesday.
T., ;-; ;: r.ot to go; that is the
y.: -ii iii . . whether it' is better to
1-iv h,-;e and lt! b,.d h-'cause' 1 did
j-: go to o th:1 Duke Carolina
game, spend all of my money and two
good nights of sleep. . . !t ought to
be a good game . . of course I have
wiitten the winner first . . . don't
rush; all bets will be carefully cov
ered . . first come, first served. . . .
Thanks Mr. Davis and Francis for the
interesting trial . . it will aid me in
my (1 -bates in the iuture. ... I es
pecially like the term "you know and
I know and we all know" . we should
have had more witnesses there. . , .
1 just happened in like sometimes we
happen in on a good picture at the
theater while at other times we
fail. . . You've noticed the Vick's
salve sign where they mark out the
17 million and put 2,5. . . Each
time I motor to Sylva I look to see'
if the sign has been changed on the
house "Just Us Three". . If you read
only two books let tham be "AH
Quiet on the Western Front" and
"The Road Back." . . Where were
Frank Battle, Sam Queen, and
Rankin Ferguson the other night
when the boys were looking for
someone to call the square dance at
the Masonic Temple? . . HaVe you
ever seen a Texas-horn mustachio?. .
You know the kind that go across
and turn up at each side. . . . Cer
tainly saw a nice one in town Satur
day that went across and down in
perfect order . . but for these town
styled ones Jo(. Liner Bo' Jones, Paul
Grogau, and Carroll Long win thci
piizo . . one of the young : dogs at
.Spaulding's. . . . What is "Red"
Farmer's first name? . . that is the
one that his mother first called him
many years ago? . . Another ques
tion . . how much money has been
pent on the lake bridge in-order
lor it to be lii-j worst one in the
county? . . . The 1-H boys took the
the town last Saturday . , a splendid
work . . the vocational pare is the
most important in the high school . .
Many build castles in the air but Mr.
Ball certainly tor? an? down. .
From What John Ilipps says
we're going to need to look at
the cattle business as Harley Francis
. . . He claims that he bought cattle
for twenty dollars and sold 'them
for less, but did not loose money
because he got the use of them ...
that he enjoyed feeding them very
much, especially on col 1 mornings. . .
That is a Democrat. . . I heard him
say, "I told you so." The other one
is a Republican . . he just said,
Now you have it, let's see if you can
do any -better. . . Ed Hayns3 and
Frank Davis are our two youngest
officers. . . What can the scribe
from Brevard say now? . There
must have beep some criminals in. his
own county. . . When the Mountain
eers got through with their football
team he must think that we have
some Sing Sing stars. . . Another
good game played by the high's great
est team . all playsd well . nice going
Patton. Greenwood, Khune, Bridges.
. . . Have you ever noticed the large
number of modern educational meth
ods employed at a teacher's meeting?
. . . Don't you feel like a fool in the
dark when you get to the top of the
stairs-and try to go higher? ...
THE NATION'S NEW LEADERS
ROOSEVELT " GARNEIl
Born on family estate at Hyde Park, Born in a log house in Red River
' on January 30, 1882, the son County, Texas, Nov. 22, 1869, the son
of a wealthy vice-president of the of a farmer whose parei ts had moved
Delaware & Hudson Rai way. whose from Tennessee to a Te as homestead
ancestors had immigrated from Hoi- in 1842, bringing their s . small child
land to New Amsterdam about WM. renin a covered Wagon.
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION"
Crew up amid wealth and had pri- Walked three miles t . school, stud
vate tutors Amended Groton, a pri- ied law as a cowboy, t ent one year
ate school for boys and later Har- in Vanderbilt Univerait . and contin"
yard and Columbia Lmve.sity Law ed his study in law office- u Clarksville,
School. Admitted to bar , 1907 at Tex. Admitted to bar it 1SU0 at the
age ol -.). age of 21,
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
;' , ,. St,t1aU f N0W Yo,'k Al'f,oin,tri to county judgeship
... . ujFjnuiiM-M assistant secretary u vaiue, i ex., in IK9L: elected
of the navy by President Woodrow
iwiMiu in i;ii.i; was Jtemocratic can-
i:oy shot dkf:r
Grants Pass. Ore.Orville Colby.
10. went hunting with a .22 caliber
rifle. He jumped two der. Two shots
tired at the larger buck missed. Un
daunted, Colby fired at the small
fork?d horn and b-oug'at it down
with one bulbt throught the neck.
irO.V.l.Y. 104; HOUSE. 100v
Windsor. Ont. Mr-. Mathilde
Girard. 104 vrar nlil. i livino- in ih
log bi'Si here that her father built1.
100 years ago.
at
econd term but. rfof .! t fA tv,;
term; elected to state legislature in
1 ooo . -. . , ... .... .7 . .
,t , , THE MAN AM) HIS FAMILY
f Kheinc, Uvalde in
wxth cousin), in 190.",; ha.3 four sons tnougli she had e iposed his ap-
and nne daughter, all' grown. Strick- Pointment as judge a few years be
en , with infantile paralysis in 1921, fore. She has been his sivrctarv ever
brav? uphil frX "?;!" ln -aS n si,K'- Th0-V hav one ly Gar
imminp an 1 Vo t"n S nor; an attol-. and live modestly in
ta ' colloct,n? Piaffe medium-priced Washington hotel. His
' ' hobby is fishing.
WKITIXG HIS XAMK COSTS TEX
DOLLARS
Indianapolis, Ind. It cost Charles
W- Frv, 24. S10 and costs to write his
name high on the Indiana War Mem
orial, and the name didn't stay there
very long.
HOW ABOUT THE
CHILDREN'S SHOES?
Get out last year's school shoes and send them to
us and we'll return them to you good as new, and
the cost w ih be very small.
Don't wait until cold weather sets in-sent them
today.
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