North Carolina Newspapers

THURSDAY, MAY 10. ly.) Page 2 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER iUtp ittmmtatnrrr Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Wavnosville, N. C. W. I'USS Editor W. r. Ku.-s ami II. T. Bridges. Publisher.-. Published Every Thursday .SUBSCRIPTION' RATES 1 Year. In County . . . . $1.00 t! Month.-, In County .. . ."r.j 1 Year Outside ,.f Haywood County - $1.50 Subscription payable in advance Entered at ttif post ollice at Waynesville, X. C, a Second Class .Mail Matte", as provided under th- Act of March :. l7!. November 20, l'Jil. THURSDAY, MAY 10, l'.Ki) 01 MAN RIVER'S TAMER Down in thf M i .-sis.sijipi River v il'e.v, in ttie liitie cirijins under' the levee. llev t I'm- have been added loan old souk, says .M'iy o. l'orest, writing in LiLert'. Tiiesi are the -vf: Oh. de .Mississippi Kivcli u.-Ki-i- ra'ar an' ro:.r. Hut ile ri'eh ain't a.ra'arin' ;u:' a.r ariii' in nio". Ask de Mississippi Kiveh how iie oneter iui. Says: "De way 1 rets ma' ordehs, (iin'ra! I-'er. guson1!". "(iin'ral Ferguson" is (ii-neral Harley 'Has. cin Ferguson and he is the man who has tam ed Ol' Man River and made him behave. In less than two years ho has accomplished vvha: many others, over more than a century, and at a cost, of hundreds of millions of dollars, had vainly sought to achieve. : The story, as Air. Forest tells it. i.- truly, as Libeii.y says, "dramatic." We wish that we could reproduce it here in full. Liberty features; it over six. pages. That is its estimate of its national interest. ' . Rut outside of it he Mississ. ippi Valley it is of greater and more peculiar interest to Western North Carolina than to readers anywhere else. Do we have to tell the readers of The Citu zen that "Gin'ral Ferguson" is one of our own mountain boys, a native of AVaynesviHe? Not all of them, anyway. Describing the long and tremendously covst. ly battle to bring the Mississippi under control as a great "Omedy of Errors'' the bill for which had approximated a billion and a quarter dol lars, Mr. Forest raises the curtain finally on a new and different act, ithe central figure being "a gaunt pope-smoking North Carolinian with a memory." Says Mr. Forest: He rememibered a day when he was about twelve. He had stood on the bank of Raccoon Creek on his father's farm in Haywood County. He had watched a "Nigra"' with a muh hitched to an old bull-tonguo) plow taking a short cat up the ibed of the creek. After they passed, the boy had watched, fascinated, what the waur wari doing: to the creek bed whre the old plow had gouged. He never forgot it. He remembers things''' like that. . His name was Harley Bascorn Ferguson. He got to West Point; was graduated in 1897, a second lieu tenant of Errgineers. He served in the Spanish-Amen can War, in the Boxer Rebellion in China, in the Phil ippines. Outside the son-ice, nobodv much heard his name until 1910 and 1911. Then ji"st to remind you -he was the man who. when nobody else wanted the job, went quietly down to Havana and 'raised the Maine from her bed in the ooze of Havana's harbor.'. In 'due time he went to France with Pershing and, an A, E. F. brigadier general o!' Kngmeers, won the Distinguished Service Mednl. He was, and is, one of .those quiet, non-spectacular hardworking officers. Solid. Profound technical know ledge. Loads of plain horse 'sen.se.' In the Army Knjrineers for years, wh?n there has been an engi neering problem that didn't have any answer in the back of the look, the big shot of the Vnonieir h is said to his adjutant, "Send for Fergie." That kind of a nlati. Back in 1930 the caH came down the line to the Kngmeers for ceitain iua!irted oflicers to submit ,lans for the control of Mississippi Kiver floods, as a memo randum for the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. The plans came in. .Only one struck out on a new uncharted oath. It e.im from It was signal "H, B, Ferguson, Colonel Corps' of En gineers; division Engineer, South Atlantic Division." Peacetime eagles had replaced the wartime stars on the IVrguson shouMers, I're.sentiy he was a brigadier general again, and wa.s notified officially he was the new president of the Mississippi liiver Commission. They chuckled in the army, some of them, at the tale of the day he reported in Washington to Major General Lytle Brown, Chief of Knginnc-rn. Geneial Brown is a Tennesseean another of those gaunt pipe-smoking men from the hills. He and Ferguson faced each other through the pipe smoke. All Ferguson said was, "Do you want me to write a book Or (fix a river ?" General Brown grinned through the haze. "Fergie," he said, "you get the hell nut of he-e and go fix that river." ( , It was on June 15. 1032, that General Fer guson took over his new job and started in to "fix that river." He has fixed it. "In his memory was a 'dear picture of Raccoon Creek. He was going to apply what he had first learned en that tin- creek to the mightiest river on the continent." There were plenty of scoffers. He paid no attention to them. 'Gradually they ceas ed to scotf. Little by little they grasped what he was abr.ut. It was elementally simple; only it was tli s very reverse of what had always been attempted before. In the past the effort had always been to hold the river back. General Ferguson widened the neck of the bottle and let it run. Ho worked out his system and dem onstrated its soundness. The engineers were convinced. So was every one else. Even th" Congressmen could understand tlie plan once ' was e.V'!a:'i!"d to them.' s til, sti .'! two veal's. am a cost far lati's. tin- Mississippi has been ami moi aiie od navigable than' ever be- a tlioiisand to one ajrain.-t t h':'ild on come, she river ithout disM-ter one equal to . . Of .Man Uivi- r is licked at last t da. iii.tr ' i iinal engineering at- i.i rnaiU fell-, ;, am- ;:otlld he ha that ;f llV ti.e Hi tack tha has i-wr been ma : on him. The man who did it .- -mokes his black brier and grins his slow grin when you ask him if that isn't true. 'W. II, there i.-n't going to be any (tood to do any damage,' he admit-. ' 'an't lick the -Mississippi, l-'igh: that river, it'll crush you. Got to guide it.' Let him have it In- way. Guided or fought, Random SIDE GLANCES IJ. W. CTKTIS RL'SS vassusBi&aixxgs V'U vv . i.t .-et-- e.'i the up .1 '-iUiity th:.- week :,u-.i.e- .. .he Hav.v .:- . eU-t -reel'- ti.e: e I he .i'Vt ii iiur-t -h'jl'i si-e them. n n hav a placi- wlifl't and up, go t'i fe.i-Jj tul. On Uiey had fifty in- that mean . te i'u-h yuu the river st h plantation , 'alley wan ls . order.-- lodav gu -on A x iiind t he !e'ee.- farnis -; .to know. I rom General iie iile Citizen Cities, towns. e -afe. That's ail the The -Mississippi takes its alley IJascom Fer. (Hit' t-iel tilt- s!u went en duty -at i-vl-ii lhat nn tiling and wnuld oe. vv-rkinjt '. t nine that nigic. fourteen l.i u io eui L she ua- .-miling over it a- : that wa.-n't a.- nel as sixteen hour.-. Junaluska P. T. A. Reached Standard ' The final meeting of th(. Juna!u.-ka P. T- A. was held at the seh.ji-1 huu-e 'Ihuixlay evening. April 22, with an unusually g""d crowd in attendance. Folhnvlnir the call to order by the j )i eside.'it Mr. Francis sany a solo. I alter which Mi. Hardy Liner !-J in J prayer. j The p-csident calied f voinmitU-e reports, which were as fuiiuw.-: Treasuic-r reported balance of; 1V7 i M.S. Queen, chaiimaii of the meni- ber-hip committee reported pan memlers- .Mrs. Glavi.h lejiortL-d that a meet 22 Years A; in HAYWOOD (Fiem the tile of May 1", ; The Waynesville Pu:d., dosed for this season wit:; i Tuesday evening and Wi .morning. The tercisc ,,; ueie closed with a presi -r.tat i ' "MasijUe of Columbus.' Ciawford did the C'olunilit.s W'i.ei; I Ket to be piesident of these slates, i'la a Koiina'try and induce eveiyiioiiy to tak,. a speci d course in nU! -ttitr and newspaper work 'cause Jiey are two of the Lc.-t nii-uiider-.-.leod piot'e.-sioiis a troinn'! I Tv f as seii tiav in .MO'lilEK'S DAY aa.rs ago, mehibe-.- people Congress a joint to -iilutn-n liximr the sicond Sun. .May a- a memorial to :he mothers of Ah ei i; a. M'-tht-i's bay thi.. year is. next Sun day, and as ha- hi en :1m custom for the past score of years homage will lie paid the mothers of this coil ii! i y. ..Mother's Day this year will be sadder for .-oiiii because since last year .-he has passed on; yet the memory of the one that toiled and lived for her family lingers on. For others the day 'will be happier than ever, because, they have gi own to knew and love their mother mo're .dur. ing the past year :so after all it is a day to look forward to. Mothers are usually the recipients of gifts on Mother's Day, which they always ap preciate whether they expect it or not, yet there has never been anything placed on the mar ket tha: can be bought that shows one's real love and respect for his mother. The best and most, appreciative gift we be. lieve any mother ever received from her child, ren is the' fact it hat they have brought to her heart more joy than sorrow. We do not feel that just a remembrance on one certain day each year is enough to show the mothers of our nation; but that each day we should strive to accomplish only those thing: that we are sure will add smiles of joy to her aging: face rather than add wrinkles of worry to her brow. e call uti-K r.-ianii u n i.ur.-e c.in't do thu.s and -o for them, and unie;.- tiay uete .nce .i nur.-e ti.,.y'!! never ki:ov- an I Oh tiny, the le.,ple that can't -ee why so and ,-o .can't in print, and ino.-t of tie '..me its just cause and n itlimi:' nmre. Naises eet about a- manv lauuhsi j ai.)o;:e, even though, some of tliem come between the jfrnails of their l patient.-. Thi.s week an old man at- lempte i to et i u .ink 1 rom the lountaai in tlie hall of tlie hospital, ..nd iiot beint;' accu-lomcd to working the toui.iain- turned it too hai'U. which re.-ui.ted in his 'getting a food Method:.-1 sprinkling, . and almost a lair KaiHist emersion- Cooking around wuh only one eye open, 'and--rubbing j (-ja uiio Medford his face, he remarked that he didn't i Welfare -Mrs know "that thing had so much pies- j ir.,,.,,. liner . Four Square ing had been held each month, and mat the patron.- hid served very v. illinglv on the programs. Mr Francis reported tnat full Jiub- impersonated the Goo 1: -;:v hud :,een "ive each meeting, ami trie contest lor the s that' all had heen written up for the county paper. I I n,, public .nons committee repon I ed live subscriptions to the Child Wel I laic Magazine. I In the cbseiice of Mrs. Stentz, Mrs. j Toy gave a report on the study cour-e which was hem one,, eacn wee uji a monti, during the winter- Mrs. Toy M-eoiiinended that the study course i e hCd in Octobe.- next year. j The nading of tlie hy-Cw.- of the; rganization was followed by the an :ounci!r.fnt that the 1 '.:!." state P. T., A. meet would be held in Asheville. The a.-soc.ution voted lo contribute! four dollars toward Mrs. Meser'sj expe'isi-s to the recent state meeting in Durh.m. It was also decided to oay . 1 L'-'i toward the expenses of the tea at the I.eFaine Hotel in March, j .Mrs, Toy appointed t'le followiny committees to serve for next year: ; .Ui'iniit rship Mr-, tjueen, chair-; man. with Mr. Bun-ess as assistant. ! Program Mis. Glavich- chairman.1 with -Mrs. I'efk as assistant. I 1'ublicity Mr- Francis and Ml':. ' Moore. j Publications Miss Rogers. i Hospitality Mrs. liurgin and Mr. I perfection and Pocahui:t.s" v happily presented by Mi.-. Abel. Miss Xora Swift .-u. feied by the V. C. T. C. h i i nesday morning. Miss My it . wa.s the winner with the n., "The Bridal Wineup." Mr. Noble G..rrett and Mi fou Moidy wwre united in n... Tuesday afternoon May 7 ;.. lioine of Mr. and Mrs. Asbury li Black Silk Taffetta t'ett The Paris. Saturday only, Mr. James Massio. of ir.i -pending sometime in Wayi.ee... Miss (ieoi'gia Miller will le:r.. wiek for I. .ndo, S C. wiu-re :e tne gtie-t for several wn-ki. sister, M s- 1. I). Perry. The raising the .Maine, '.a. . eiigineer:ng feat th,. wo,: ver known, and '.lie acc-onp::-: . of a Wa.vresvilic i y. Mr. Hai. Ferguson is being .-h-.-.v:,: a. lli.iou liere this week. Miss Jenni,. Ray ent.-!".-.iiic;: i : evening with a dance compiii...:, to her gue-t- .Miss Inez Wa'.dr : Hendersoiiville. The guests wcl en to the moving picture sh"vi went later to Miss Ruy'a i.oir.e dancing " cure. Threlkeld and Mrs. d Study THE SOCO GAP HIGHWAY NEEDS COM PLETING Several of Way nesi lie's most influencial business men are in Raleigh this week trying to persuade the state highway commission to let the contract for the road from Soco Gap to Cherokee, The route has been surveyed for several months, but action on the part of the highway commission has been delayed. The road from Dellwood to Soco gap, a dis. tance of about eight miles, has been graded and crushed gravel put on it. and the contract let for paying,. but inasmuch as the road comes to a complete stop at the top of the gap it is of little importance except for the view that can be had from the top of the gap. When the Soco Gap road is completed to Cherokee it will mean a saving of sixteen miles from Waynesville to Cheroke. to say nothing of the new country that will be opened up in the park area. State highway officials have been told pub. licly by park officials that they considered the Socc Gap road the principal Eastern entrance to ;he park, and it seems that with this state, mtnt coming direct from the park officials the state board would fall in line and construct the eleven mile stretch of road between Soco Gap and Cherokee. Thu.s far the' state.: board has done every, thing to induce the federal commission 'to bring the park.to.park scenic route through North Carolina, in which we hope they succeed, but it .seems to us it hat if the State would first show more interest in the park by providing the roads that the park officials desire, there would be less trouble in convincing the Federal commis sion of the advantages of coming the North Carolina route with their road. League Course Mrs. Stentz. The association decided to leave the -oup room in the hands of Mrs, Linei for next yer.r, with necessary adjust ments to be made in the fall. The president made a short talk on the condition of the schools in the state, and the salaries of teachers, stressing the need for study of the situation, and wise voting, in order to improve conditions in the future. The announcement of the approach I often wonder how he manages to ! i"K marriage of Miss Flora Kathbone Congressman Zebulon Wt.iver drop perl' in to see u- Tuesday. He doesn't chatrj" a bit looks as young as he did eight year.s ago. Here's a tip about Mr. eaver-if you are look ing for information about the Great Smoky Mountains National. Park just oarely mention the .subject to mm- he .not only knows it from A to X, hut delights in telling it- Campaign out in thus area next to the park. He ij so wrapped up in park matters that it seems he would forget everything else, even cam paigning. A 11 by 14 placard over the cash register in W.'l'. Denton's Hardware reads: "WHAT HAPPENED TO THREE OF MY CUSTOMER'S One said "I'll pay you Saturday if 1 live." He is dead. Another said "I'll see vou tomor row." He Ls blind. Still another said "I'll pay you sure next week or go to hell." He is gone. The card does not go into detail where the third customer went, how. ever. was made in verse by ML-s Moore. Plans were made for a shower to be given Miss Rathbone on Thursday afternoon, April 26, at the school house. News was received that the Juna luska P. T. A. had reached its goal for the year a standard organiza tion. The last feature of the program, end a most enjoyable one. was an old-fashioned spelling match, in which parents, teachers, and visitors took part. "Baby's fond of you, isn't he?" "I should say he is. He sleeps all day when I'm away, and stays awake all night just to enjoy my company." Saturday was Candidate's Day in Waynesville. It being the last day to tile for office, brought many to the office of M. G Stamey to make formal announcements of their aspirations for office. . "So you think you would be a suit? able valet for me," said the old man to the applicant,"! must remind you that I'm pretty much of a wreck. I have a glass eye, and cork leg. an artificial arm that needs looking af ter, not to mention a wis" and falcp teeth." "That would be all right, sir." re. sponded the other. "I've had plenty practice. You see, I once worked in the assembly room of a big motor concern." One - candidntA told The Mountain eer Tuesday that after Monday's' Explorer (speaking of advance of round of handshaking that three of I civilization) : "In the past the Eski his fellow candidates 'actually had I "ios useu 10 eai canines. blisters on their hands and how well he ought to have known The Boss: "Wh it's that item in your expense account. "Overhead expense, four dollars'?" The traveling Salesman: "That was an umbrella I bought." WRONG BASE A local oil man cut across the country go ing to Jal a while back. He got off the road over in Andrews County and finally got to a desolate ranch house and asked an old fellow who lived jalone how to get to Jal. The rancher reflected. "Well, I believe I would go back about a mile and take the first right hand road. No I believe I would take the left hand road. Come to think of it, stranger, if I was itrying to get to Jal. I wouldn't start from here at all." Midland Re. porter-Telegram. Johnny ( to older brother) ; "What would you do if vou were in my shoes?" Older Brother: "Clean them." Old Lady (seriously): "And now, I suppose, they eat electric bulbs." Dr. S. Parke Cadman had been Subscriptions The following subscription- h been received since March lath: Mrs J. P. Dicus, city; T- J. at la Rt. :j: Mrs. H. H. Keener, citv; J. 1-i Edwards, Seattle. Wash-; J. S. .lack son, Clyde; Mrs. Maria Head, lit. Mrs. Jas. L- Robinson, Ithica, . .; George Bishop, Hazelwood; J. H. Swayngim, Rt. 3; S. t. ComiU.-er. Clyde; R. H. Terrell, Rt. 2. J. K. Davis. Hazelwood; Cms). H Boring, Hazelwood; Crom E. t a.c; Canton; Linwood Grahl, City; K. (. Macon, Asheville; John Smith, Rt. i, Walter Maasey, Rt 2; L. J Win chester. Rt. 2; T. W. Cathey. Rt. V B. A. Angel, Clyde; Jas. L. Wil liams,1 Woodstons. N. J. j R. E. Owe;, Rt. 2; Frank Smathers, Miami, I-'ia. ; Fred M. Howell, Providence, R. I..; R. L. Noland, Waynesboro, Va ; C. D. Medford, Rt. 2. John Jones, city; Mrs. W. Noland. Crabtree, Rt. 1; JL W. Kiasland, Rt. 3; Lee Ferguson, Rt. 2; H. R. Cald well, Rt. 2; J. A. Parks, Rt. 2; Frank L- Rogers. Rt. 2; I. S.' Smathers.. Rt. 1; Mrs. G. F. Boston, Rt. 2; Miss Hester Owen, Rt. 2; F. H. Saunders, city; Walter Cunningham, Rt. 3; Claud H. Shipley, city; C. H. Bur Teas, Rt. 2; W. T. Mehaffey. city; S. W. Whid den, Delrwood ; N. L. Stephens, Dewey Price. Crabtree, Rt. 1; I. B. Win Chester. Rt. 1; Mrs. D. C, Campbell, Maggie; E, R. Davis. Union, S C; Mrs. Jesse Smith, Baker, Ore-; Mrs. Glenn Boyd, Rt. 2 ; D. L. Measer Clyde, Rt. 1; G. D. Gossett. Canton; B. D. Bunn, Apex. N. C ; Citizen-Time-;. Asheville ; J. P. Francis, Raleigh. R. M. FUher, Crabtree. Rt. 1 ; Crawford Best, Clyde. Rt. 1; Robert Davis, Clyde. Rt. 1; R. G. Sanford, Clyde. Rt. 1; Joe S. Thompson, Can ton. Rt. 1; F. W. McLean, city; Miss Pearl Underwood, Rt- 1 ; James M. . Wells, Canton; G. W. Burnett, Rt. 1; 1 J. E. Massie, city; Miss Grace j Bowles, city; J.H. Howell, city; J II. Palmer, Rt. 1; Lee V, Rogers, Rt (elline his small granddaughter a l Clyde; M iss Mettle Menartey, city, bedtime story that held her breath-, W". A. Bradley, city; Mrs. Ralpa le.ss attention. At the end of the tale, when she had recovered her poise, she demanded, "Grandfather, was that a true story, or were you just preaching" Readers Digest- Ensley. city; G. C- Swayngim, Rt. U Tom Chambers, Crabtree. Rt. 1; G. B. Hogan, Rt. 2; J. Mansbn Medford, Rt. 2; Mrs. M. K. Sutton, Mt. Sterling. ( at scene of murder) : "You can't com,, in here." Reporter: "But I ve been sent to do the murder." Policeman: ' Well, you're too late; the murder's been done." Ex. Patron: "Tht barber down the street has cut his prices down to 40 cents for a haircut." Barber (after a withering silence): "Yeah Well, a good barber cuts hair and a por one cuts price " Talkative Lady: "A big man like you might be better occupied than in cruelly catching little fih.'1 Angler: "Perhaps you're right. But if this rish had kept his mouth shut- he wouldn't be here." Ex. 1st Neighbor: "How did that; naugnty boy or yours get hurt : 2nd Ditto: "That good little boy of yours hit him with a brick'--Ex- Mrs. Bight: "I hear you've got a new organ in your church. Now all you need is a monkey." Mrs. Gnasty: "And all you need in yours is an organ." Golfer (to members ahead):" Par don, but would vou mind if I slaved through? I'vp just heard that my wife has been taken seriously ill-" Woman (about to attend political, meeting) ) "I'm not predjudiced at all. j I'm goincr with a perfectly oten and I unbiased mind to listen to what I'm convinced is pura rubbish." A Definition Of A Prescription "A written direction for the preparation and use of a Medicine." Thus says Noah Webster, but we here at ALEXAN DER'S can see much more in a prescription than that. Every little white slip of paper which the doctor has covered with thoce mysterious characters and figures, to US represents an opportunity for this institution to eae the pain or assist in the recovery of the ill and suffering. Isn't it unlikely that there should be ever a trace of carelessness or nncrupukmsness within an orgainzation that has caught such a vision of its work? ASK YOUR DOCTOR ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE Phones 53 & 54 Opposite Post Office in