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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, mi
Uhe fHmmtatnrer
Published By
THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO.
Phone 137
Main Street Waynesville, N. C.
V. C. IiUSS - Managing Editor
P. I. HEATON General Manager
Owners
Published Every Thursday
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THURSDAY. APRIL fi. 19:J:J
closing; at seven is a good .move
I lie merchants of jiviiesvillo have sign
id up that they are going to close their places
( t business at 7 o'clock every night except Sat
urday night.-.
Thi.- i a good move, and the trading puli
iic should cooperate in every way to see that
a'l trading is done lie lore that hour.
Ilci etofoic the merchants have l en re
i,iiivu by iheir customers to remain open until
late in the evenings. It was more or le;s a
habit with many customers to wait until after
.-upper to ! their trading, thus causing extra
. i n the merchants by the burning of
lights and u.-ing additional fuel.
Al lien too, the merchants and their clerks
cannot work the number of hours that they have
been working, without it affecting them. We
itel that t lie shorter hours will result in much
good tor tlie merchants, which of course, will.
b. passed on to the customers.
Everyone in this trading territory. We feel,
wilt cooperate with the merchants in every way.
i r ANY SALES TAX, WHY NOT NATIONAL'.'
Dm ing the agitation for and against a
State sales tax we have become nim'e and more
convinced that if any sales tax is to be levied it
should lie done by the federal government and
the funds redistributed proportionately to the
various states. This line of thought, we find,
is endorsed by some of the highest authorities
in educational ciicles. Recently at the State
teachers meeting held in Uaiugh Dr. William
John Cooper, United States commissioner of
education, made one ol the pri lcipal addresses
in which the proposition ot a national manufac
turers sales tax for the support ot the public
school svstems m the IS States nf the I nion
was set forth.
It can be easilv seen that a tax that is nation-wide
would put all manufacturers and dis
tributors on and .equal looting anil would elimi
nate the argument that cannot be efiectivelv
answered that a sales tax in any state puts that
state at a sales disadvantage in competition
with neighbors or the mail order houses.
In his address Dr. Cooper painted a gloomy
picture of the; present system of financing
schools ''by'' local land taxes, 'describing 'hi- u
an. "obsolete, method." School- in .many state.-,,
he said, have been 'forced t o close beeaj-e y; .'
trai property", taxes .have "dried up" ami '.h"ii--am!s
of ti:achers ivav ,-' goiii-' payless. '
'fill ci'ill'la-.-i .-!
federi
-upj'.'1 . v. ;o
"the only system aboiuteiy to v'qiialize .. eiiuca
tich in thetintted States and by which "htiy .ehiki.:
born 'tinder the Hag of '.'!- I nite.l States can.
get an equal eilucal i"ii." '."'.'"'.. . ; , r
Dr.. Cooper, in i elating, the .'.plight of pub
lic education, said unfa Vera bl''. conditions -Were
general. 1'ne present general property tax sys
tem ot support is last c.i umbhng. he declnvd.
and unle-s the gowinmcnt -Uppul m and go -to
the aid the future of public education would
be mistv
The commissioner deplored, the thousands
of schtiol districts, lie said state 'svstems should
be maintained, partly, financed bv federal tund.
with a superintendent ju charge of the whole,
lie praised North Carolina method of state
support for a specified number-of months, as
suring an average school for all the state and
allowing local districts to supplement the state
standard. Morganton News Herald.
NEED MORE NOT LESS
Of the $3,000,000 received by the state in
income taxes up to March 15, the Reynolds
Tobacco company paid $2,000,000.
What iNorth Carolina needs is more indus
tries making enough money to sustain a gov
ernment that the people individually are not
earning enough to support.
Legislation that cripples going concerns in
this commonwealth now is not merely stupid:
it's criminal. Charlotte Observer.
eighty millions short
"On the basis of estimates made by the U.
S. Department of Commerce, it appears that we
are now importing into North Carolina the fol
lowing quantities of the principal processed
focds: canned fruits and vegetables, $15,000,
000; canned sea food, $5,000,000; butter, $10,
000,000; cheese, $4,500,000; condensed and
evaporated milk, $15,000,000; meat and meat
products, $25,000,000; processed nuts, $5,000,
000; pickles, jellies, preserves, etc., $10,000,000.
There are many other items that might be in
cluded, such as the cereals, breakfast foods,
dried fruits and vegetables, etc. Dryan Sipe,
in The Carolinas."
From that statement it looks that North
Carolians have room to save annually over $80,
000.000 bv sticking more clocelv to the "live-at-home
program" inaugurated by former Coy
cnior Oardner several van s ago.
Consider how much this state would re
ceive in taxes alone if all the food stuffs men
tioned above were grown and packed in North
Carolina bv far Heel labor.
AN ECHO COMES HACK
It one lives long enough the past come
marchmg back m various disguises. Head thi
from a New York paper: ' lafleta is now a big
noise in the spring fashion world; it is already
.rustling around the dance lloors." And thu
are memories revived and thoughts turned to
other days when everyone was familiar with
that rustling. Taffeta is a pleasant reminder
of an earlier day, when it was woi n not alone
in the ballrooms but on the -streets as well.
Hearts beat faster as "she" swished by. un
doubtedly conscious of the stir she was creating.
It is remarkable what strange noises are .-nine-times
accepted as music. I!tit what i., music
except pleasant' notes that play on our eino
lions? Fashion is doing a big service in In ing
ing taffeta back into style, and it's a queer man
who can't hope to again hear the music of that
once-familiar ""swish..": Moorseville Enterprise.
SAVE HY Al) ERTISINC;
Speaking at .Miami, Fla., recently, Harvey'
S. .Firestone, tire manufacturer, told how new
paper advertising had enabled him to pull on I
of the hole into which the panic of 1920 h;, !
plunged his business. Firestone said that v.' hen'
he returned from a visit to Europe in 192') lie
found the business in a slump and his company
owing $15,000,000 to: the banks. - There wa
just one way in which to raise money, and that
was to sell tires for cash just , as fast as they
could be' sold.- lie placed full page newspaper
advertisements in every city in the diked
States and withm two months had sold 18,000.
000 tires and reduced his indebtedness to ,ti;!2.
(100,000. Continuing to pursue this pohev of
liberal advertising and reduction in production
costs. Mr. 1'irestone said, he got his companv
out of debt in four vears.
THE ORIGIN OF DIAMONDS
It is known that diamonds were worn live
thousand, years ago in India, hut , of course, t hey
were m (he rough. I hev were also used as
cutte-is and gems .-is. long as three thousand
years ago. Then India was the only source
known but in 1700 they were discovered in Fra
zil, li. was the largest producer until 1 Mi'.'
when diamonds weiv found in South Africa,
here i'our-i't't h.- of t he present supply is pn
; ' d-Uc'ed .
; Diaiirvinds wore origins' Uy known u come
T; om high plateaus, mountain s'iciO; in the b'ds
of mountain streams and.: in the plains where
they ji.u-bee.ii carried by. the mountain inn er.!,
but A fi. ica .the; true hiding, place oi' '.these- peer-:
ions stones was discovered first ---at 'high levels
in the mountains, in . enormous iissu res, ropem
ciiasms. chimneys or pipes. .'extending': a great ,'
depth.. into' the... earth. .Kimbe.iiite or "volcano
tut. a slow river of peculiar blue claw was
forced .upwards.: This substance filled, the en
tire void. It is in this Kimberlite where the
diamond, chrystallized from pure carbon in in-.
tense heat and. under titanic pressure is formed.
Diamond is the hardest known thing. No
other thing can scratch or mar the sharp corn
ers ot the finished product, but its mates, while
it can be crushed to a powder. An intense heat
ot tour thousand degrees Farenheit has to be
used to bum diamond, heat of a burning build
ing has no e fleet on it.
In the British crown there is a' stone, the
koh-e-noor, which weighed eight hundred carats
originally but recutting following recutting
have reduced it to a hundred and three and
three-fourth carats.
Some of the biggest mines are found in
Africa. The supply from these mines commands
the highest price. Ex.
Japan plans to put regiments of soldiers on
skates, says a report from Tokyo. And the
rest of the world hopes they will be trained to
keep off thin ice. Exchange.
TTERI
BONNER RAY
Kdito: The Mountaineer:
The news has come to me "Bonner
Ray is dead." And just as I felt, and
thought, and said years ago when the
news came of Will Blaylock's Hke un
timely death, so now I feel and think
and say ' That man has rone, who if
not the moit valuable citizen that
Wavnesville had, trave -promise of
shortly bc-cming such. Where can
we find a man to take his place?"
I have known Bonner Ray all his
life and I have known his people on
both sides of the family for two gene
rations back of him. In the Hunt of
his inheritance of Rood blood and good
character, it was to be expected that
he would jrrow up into the man we ali
knew him to he. He was a man of
sU-ilinif ehaiaeter and integrity. Like
In- t'athel 's word, his word was as
irooil as hi.-, bond. This chaiacter and
intex I'it.v were the essential founda
tions of his marked success as a busi
ness man. When Bonner Kay said
th.it an article of merchandise was so
and so, his word was accepted with
out question. But if the article
through fault in manufacture proved
defective, all that was necessary was
to repoit it to him and the defect was
made good at once. On this funda
mental basis-, he and his brother (a
if like character) have built up
the large busbies-Sons.
As Bonne
1 esponsibilit,
of Charle:
Ri
Hay grew in years and
his influence al.-o giew.
lie wu- last deeming a leader in civic,
educational, and cliuich alfaii-. And
it is not putting it too strongly to say
: hiit had he lived ten yea is longer he
wi.ul.'l surely l.avc- been the lea-ling
it izeii of 'a iu-vi!lc and one ,,f the
ui-tanding men in Weste: n North
deed I had
oma. inileei
become such a man
hi. in my boyhood I h
r whom 1 patterned
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New York City.
Better Times
Prescription
Too lew pastures and not enough
knowledge about feeding livestock
are the principal reasons why
North Carolinians have not made
more progress in dairying and live
stock production, says John A
Arel, extension dairy specialist.
A pasture revival and more empha
sis on the production of hay and
grain for feedstuff's is needed, he
thinks.
Junaluska P. T. A.
Elect Officers
The Junaluska P. T. A. held its
tegular nioiuhlv meeting Monday
night. April j. J- Harley I rancii
presided in the absence of ;he presi
dent. .Mrs. . J. Leatherwood.
The purpose of the meeting wb to
elect officers for the coming year.
The following officers have been
elected:
President. Mis. James lo: Vice
President. .Mrs. Claude Medford; Sec
retary, Mrs. (. I,. Threlkeld; Treas
urer, Miss Flora Rathbone.
These officers will be installed with
the other P. T. A. officers of the town
ship at the courthou-e Monday night.
April. 17.
Mrs. Dewey Xoland told the P. T.
A. about the "Four Square League"
in the school. The parents were ask
ed to cooperate with the school in
carrying this plan of good citizenship
I he P. I. A. is i very active part
of the school. It would be impossible
to finance 'le. lunch room and furn
ish -ehool stiiiptfe, uithort 'he hfcll)
ol" the I'. T. A. The school deeply
u;)u'.-ri.-ite the efficient leadershivJ ot
Mr-. . P. l.eatheruoud, iliruiR
pre.siih'ht.
i m.mu ,
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HAYWOOD
'Ilazeiwoec! News
(From the file of April 2, 1909.)
Headlines: Town Politics Warming
Up. Spring Cleaning Now in Order
Better Times Near At Hand, Confi
dence Being Restored and Business
Conditions Improving.
Mrs. W, C. Allen returned Tuesday
from a month's visit to her people in
Belhaven. She stopped in Raleigh on
her return and spent Sunday with her
(laughter, who is at the Baptist Uni
versity. -Miss Peari ishelton is teaching ihi
week in place ot Mrs. I-,. T. Wyche
who i- taking a short vacation.
The following invitation has been
received by friends in this citv: Mrs.
Hattie C. Phillips lequests the pleas
ure id' :he company of at the
marriage of ner daughter. Josephine
Locke to Dr. John Howell Smathers
on Thursday evening, April the eighth
at eight o'clock, fct. Paul. Minnesota.
.Mi.-s Josephine Mc( racken enter
tained a few of' her friends at her
home Friday night in honor of her
binthday.
Mrs. Ronert 1). Gilmer entertained
.nlormaliy at cards Tuesday after
noon complimentary to Mrs. Mint
thoi'ne Woolsey of New 'York and Mrs,
Walter Chansler, of California.
Dr. John hmathers left on Monday
for St Paul, Minn, where he will be
marrien April to Miss Josephine
Phillips. After a brief honeymoon
they will return to Waynesville and
will occupy the Logan cottage.
17..W,'S A;) IS HAYWOOD
( From the file of Apri
Ml )
Want
Ads
i-iiii SAI.K I'ic.-ii milk cow;. Prices
e,i.sii,ab;e. . W. T. Shcllon. otpd
.-i . -1 : 1 no i ev. i .
i u. . . -pent lM rc o... s
in (. antun.
Mr. ..-iocit CanipM
Spejii" Saturday in tuv.
..HI'" i iiln. .11 .vlcl 'I life
( a., i- spending his .
n I .-iUSh.
lit VvC'Cik
i'l to
tto I-'ie
Llle)lll,:i
With ri latiVcs.
lioin to Air.
t'-.n, a daughlc-i
Aliases Helen
.-caa 's ;um ,il l
e.iiu-i day: in
Mr. and Mr-.
I !i ;s. Davis.: ;
Ji. nson. N. ; ..
alio M i s. Kui u.- t!lai
, M iigarc 1. telle.
.Morrow and tlerdyh
s. "A. 1 . liiacK 3pei,.
A-hevilie. .
. Geo. 1 lavis. aiul Dabj,
uul Mr. liai eioot in
arc visiting relative. .
l-'i ll vl I Mtal! Mack pig at niv place.
i'mvih'i' ca i get same by paying feed
iind cost .of this ad. ' W. II. Hol-lingswoith-
Route o, Waynesville,
X. c. : ; 2tc
PANTS FOR SALK Tomato
plants -Baltimore.' Marglobe. Red
lieautv. Sweet Potato plants Tri
umph. Porto Rico. Nansv Hall and
Big Stem Jci (, ill 11 00 pi i 1000
Cabbage plants Charleston, Jersey.
Succession and Copenhagen! Mark
et. Onion plant- White and Yel
low Bermuda,' all, Mle per 1000.
Pepper plants Bull Nose and Rubv
King, Sl'.OO per 1000. Send remit
tance for prompt shipment. . Dorris
Plant Co.. Valdiwta. Ca.
Apr, -;-i:::!0-'7.
MIv WAXTKD. for Eawlcigh Routes
of sill) cimsumers in cities of Way
nesville. Hazclwood, . counties ' ol
South Jackson and Swain. Reliable
hustler can start earning -$2," week,
ly anil increase every month. Write
immediately Rawleigh Co., Rich
mond. Va., Dept. NC-P-.i.S. it
v x j
Mi ' . and .Mrs. Vernon Khca ' sppii'w
'I'm -clay at Knoxville. Tenn.'
Miss Maggie Illanton has returned
from the Haywood County Hospittu
wtu To she underwent on 'operation.
Mr. , tl rover llaynes of. Clyde filled
the pa-tor's place at the Hazelwoou
Baptist church Sunday morning as
one of the laymen committee who
'filled' places over ihe county Sunday,
Rev l. P. Walker closed a short
and very, siiccessful series of meetinjff
at the Presbyterian church Wednes
day evening.
Arthur Knight returned Monday
from a several weeks visit to New
port News, Va.
The Hazelwood P. T. A. WlU hold
its regular monthly meeting Tuesday,
April 10. Every patron is urged to
be present. :
l I 11 ()l) I 1 I s,1 1 1 Ul
The revival vhich closed at the Ha
id wood . Presbyterian church last
Wednesday night wa.- verv successful.
Thirteen ailditiotis wt fe made to the
biK'i h. Twelve were by profession-of
.'. i th aivd one bv letter. Dr. R. P.
Walker assisted Rev -O.-.C.- Landrum
in the revival.
N MION ! I'l HM(
M N IN WMM IIJ.i:
: ' Joi-ii; Vavasour N'bcl, special rep
rv sen' Native f' Culf lllu-'trat'ed, suoi'U
nd (i sorts publication, of New . York
( is y . a c -o m p anied by M i s. Noel, pasS
cd tiirough. Waynesville recently after
Tie- Southi rn Railway otlicia'o vh,)
hae iii-en in se-sion at Ashevi'U- will
come to Waynesville Saturday in. ft
special car to go over the ( har.auqua
ground- and look into the entire Cha.
tauqiKi situation.
Mr. T. N. Massie is moving to his
: ;i"ii at ( ruso where he used to run
a stoic in connection with his farm-
He is transferring his stock of
ral merchandise to. that place and
open up at his old stand. We are
to. lose. .VI r. .Massie from out
ing.
gi o
will
sorry
town.
Mr
(. . Miller is lowerine- thi'
floor i t' his harness store and will
li bel wise improve it. It will be a
:;iey store when completed.
I' or ;ie--A I ree Scholarship m
t!u' Asheville Business College.
Mi'- Hugh Sloan returned Sunday
i l om Atlanta- da. where he bought
a live passenger Overland Automobile.
Mr. Sloan made tb,e trip from Atlanta
in his car.
Miss Virginia Jones will leave Sun
day for an extended visit in Atlantic
City to her brother . and . sister. Mr.
and .Mrs. Frank Smathers.
Miss Aletha Allison and Mr.. Earl
lorguson were married Sunday mom
my. April 2, at the Methodist parson
age at Dellwood,
a trip through the Great Smokf
Mountains National Park.
Mr. Noel is writing some publicly
articles to boost VV estem North Cap
obna and its attractions. He will b
in Waynesville next week to cover 'his
section m his article for the May
issue.
DON'T GET IT
MAKE THIS 2: i
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cut impurities artd'exees.
cau.-e iiritation, burning
desire. Cob a 2?c test
KF.T.S; the bladder phy
til tig stol e. After, fou:
relieved i t" getting up r
and get your money. B
taining buchu. leaves, jf
act s (,n the bladder sin'
oil t. the bowels. If yo
it.li ba.'kache-, or. leg
from bladder, disorders .
to feel better after this
you get your regular s:
I he V aynesville I'l
III IvKT S is a best seller
XKJHTS
TEST
ysic to drive
vc acids thai
and frequent
box of BU-
.c. from any
days if not
i - g back
-Is.!-. 1 S, con
:per oil,, etc.;
;.".r to castor
are bothered
a:ns ansinsv
Hi are bound
leans'ine- and
sep.. '
irmacj. sajs
adv.
aJeadacfte
There seems to be no safer way to
end a headache and there rertainlv
is no safer way than two tablets of
Bayer Aspirin.
You've heard doctors say Bayer
Aspirin is safe. If you've tried it, you
know it's effective. You could take
these tablet everv day in the year
without any ill effects. And every
time you take them, you get the
desired relief.
Stick to Bayer Aspirin. It's safe.
It ccts results. Quick relief from
headaches, colds, or other sudden
discomfort.
Aiswer'.:-
CC .1
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IT IS QUITE the proper thing that you have a heart
tojieart talk with your children about their health
and their habits of life. When you are giving the
little one its medicine, don't make a mystery of it
just explain that you're giving him the remedy so
that he'll grow up to be a useful citizen. Remember
that this drug store is your drug store.
Alexander's Drug Store
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