North Carolina Newspapers

1 THURSDAY, MAY 17, 19 Page 2 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER abr iflnnutainrrr Published By THE WAYNES VILLE PRINTING CO. M.iin Street Phono 137 Wavnesville, N. C. W. C. RUSS Editor W. C. Russ ami M. T. liridges, I'ubli-luTs Published Every Thursday SUBSCRIPTION KATES 1 Year, In County $1.00 0 Months, In County .50 1 Year Outside of Haywood County .. ...$1.50 Subscription payable in advance Entered at the po.it oflire at Waynesville, X. C. as Second Class Mail MatU"-, a provided under the Act "f M'lTch :i, 1.S7U, November I'O, 1!H1. THURSDAY, MAY 17. lKil REV. R. A. SENTELLE Several columns could he written about the life of the late Rev. U. A. Sentelle, and we know of few men that de-erve it more than he. but the mere :-;! ateineiit that he was truly a Christ ian gentleman covers the subject. Of the many things that he did lor this co-Miity, there is one. tiling that ha- inipres-el us more than any other: besides his beinyr 'i Christian gen'Ji.'inan ; although more than eighty years old, lie returned to school to sillily and leant tnoi e about the world. Few people today care about learning any. .thing more afier they reach the age of forty, or at least do not care enough about it to go to school and-study: but 'Rev. Mr,. Sentelle .was diU'erent. he was continually doing some'.hing to make himself mot e useful in his community, fiiul any person doing that can truly be termed as having attained 'the best there is in life. WHAT A 1501 T IT CANTON? In all fairness io the strangers who travel through this section, it seems that whoever is responsible for placing the sign "To New Col lege via. Canton" on Highway No. 1 at the in tersection of Highway No. 10!), which leads in from Hot Springs and Fines Creek, should tear it down. It is true, that New College can easily x reached by going to Canton and then back up the Pigeon Valley, but why direct people to go ten or twelve miles out of their way just in i rder to get them through a certain town or community. This paper doesn't want it to appear that Waynesville is "up in alio air" over the matter we are only taking the position that it is un fair to the traveling public who depend entirely on signs for directions. DEATH ROW Death Row at the state penitentiary is chuck full. The largest number of condemned in the history of the state are awaiting the turning on of the current 25 of them. Special and pressing pleas are being made 'to get their sentences commuted and Pardon Cnmniissiouer Gill is working into nights try ing to clear up each case as he comes to it, but, manifestly. with all of the details connect ed with such instances, delays are unavoidable. The circumstance is suggestive. Why such a number of men' condemned to death, in' North Carolina V . , The only answer is that it is a retlex of the wave .of criminality that is sweeping the whole, country and not sparing- this commonwealth. Crime has never been so prevalent or so vicious. Human life has obviously never been cheaper. . . In view of which facts it is not a propi tious moment to be advocating clemency and leniency in dealings with those who insist upon plying their murderous trade. : v Campaigns for the elimination of capital punishment in North Carolina might well be postponed until the homicidal mania has toned down a little. Charlotte Observer. Fashion journal says; "Stripes are most fashionable this year." That ought to make the Leas fed jus-t a little better. , ' The world looks most selfish to the most selfish man. None are bored if you talk about them in stead of yourself. Read all the medicine ads and you'll feel all the symptoms. Voting your ticket straight is good politics, but bad patriotism. Wives listen best to their husbands when they talk in their sleep. About the only place now to find "home cooking" is at the restaurant. PRESS AUENTING THE MOUNTAINS The Charlotte Observer believes that West, wn North Carolina needs a press agent "with funds." The Charlotte newspaper thinks the press agent should have "ample funds", to en able him to tell the country about the climate and other attractions of the mountain country. In other words, this .section needs advertising. The Times-News and other newspapers of this .section and all progressive citizens are agreed that The Observer is right. Western North Carolina could be advertised with profit to the entire section. Here is The Observer's view point of the matter. "What the North Carolina mountain region in .du.iinjr '.he Great Smoky Mountains National Park needs i.- a pre-, avein,. of the right sort, with ample funds to enable linn to tell the balance of the country what it J'". .: ii'. t know abo-ul the climate and oilier attraction- for summer vacationists an. I tourists. "Asheville for a u'eneration and more has served ,v II itself ami North Carolina in brin'injr tourists and wirt'tiuiiists t'i that seel ion, and long uv it eame to jiass that when a person ill New York or Chicago, or i-l-evvh'-iv in the Ka.st or Middlewe.-t, thought of Xoith Ca.'i.lina mountains he thought of Asheville. 'Put I here arc numri .us resort plaees and tfl'pat iim'!- ('. Ni.iih Carolina mojiitains jus: as attract iv a. A heviile, and many of the ,n ,nVi int' l.v-i summer lempcratiiio, that the outside world has never heard about. When thc-c nuiino'ous 'other places Invome even as well known to the country at large as Asheville, then a great increase in the number of summer visitors to Wi-tern r:h Carolina may lie expeeted. Tl.r Imiii-i and '. amt nrni-st bu.-ine-s coulil be , Inpcil in a few .-.!. into one oi Nort h Carolina's greatest -ounce, of 'wealth and lev. -nue bringing bll Ti.,i:. r ddlai.-, into the slate aiin.ially if adequate in!'..i mat en ale.:. our moiiiilain attiac'ioh- could be pr.,;.e.! and a ie.inleiv .- pi ea.l in Oiom- a lea- i.f the when- t heie a i e no on tin tain- or tun- ,;,.! 1 1 1 . 111- ill July and Augu.-I." from other seel ions are attracted oil W I.I . Ill 1.1 Pi Cple to Western Xoith Carolina by the climate and scenery. The climate i, perhaps, the slronges; .-drawing ' card. The mountain country, -with its manifolil natural beauties, or scenery, is a close sicond to climate. People do not come here to' visit great cities cr see the things the cities alford. They do not come for the things that can be seen and obtained in other jxirts of the country. They come for the mountain climate .and scenery and for the peace and quiet eondit ions foiind in the country or in. all of the smaller 'places.' The natural resources and tit tractions of the section should be advertised. It is not necessary for Western North Carolina to spend money to give tourists the things they have at home, or the things to be obtained anywhere throughout the country, They should lie olfered what Nature lias so lavishly bestowed on the mountain country just the natural beauty and attractions of the section and its wonderful climate. (These have not been adequately advertised in the past.' Asheville is due the appreciation of all of Wes tern North Carolina for efforts and expendi tures to make the section known to the country and the world. Other towns have done some thing in that direction, but not so much as Asheville. The big fact for consideration of the people of the section, however, is that the opportunity to advertise is knocking at our 'doors. The greatest period of tourist business is lust be ginning. A press agent, with "funds, is need ed in every Western North Carolina city and town,- Hendersonville Times-News. A SECOND OR A UORTY-SE EM II, WHICHEVER YOU PREFER A study made late in November. 1!);:. showed that among all the states onlv hlorida led North Carolina in the default of cities, towns and other tax districts. In Florida there were ;2: uniits in default ; in North Carolina there were 2( 1. There Were more than twice as manv units in default in North Carolina than in the t hird state in the list. These 'figures were read in the senate on'. Monday, by Senator Neelv in the debate on the municipal bankruptcy bill. These North Carolina cities and towns mav look upon the municipal bankruptcv bill as a means of "rescue" from the financial situation" in which they find themselves. Indeed, it mav make it possible to carry on proper municipal functions in cities and .towns' where essential services have been sacrificed in an eifoyi fruit less or otherw ise to make the. payments due on indebtedness. It may mean that bankers and bond holders will have to join school teachers and other public servants in sharing the sacri fices of hard times. In such a sharing there is an undoubted element of justice. North Carolina, however, must find more shame than justice in the fact that more of its tax units are in default than all the defaulting tax units combined in 32 other States. Such a disproportionate default cannot be excused on grounds of poverty. There has been poverty in all of the other 32 States which must combine to equal North Carolina's number of defaulting units. In North Carolina there has been not only poverty and hard times but extravagance and carelessness in contracting obligations and in providing for their payment. This is not a very pleasant spectacle for North Carolina for, however, one may look at it, there is no room for any state pride in such a demonstration of default.- Raleigh News and Observer. ( Ol'NTY CANIilDATKS A N I COUNTY FI.VANi KS IN HAY WOOD 'I he piin.ary ehvtl.n i i...: t'tif -lX ami the usual cm.ii of pati ot .- ;.- vi.-- il.le over The t.n.ii-.. I' ..ti.e'l crops wete a- jitent.tu;, le .v v.. 11 it would a,, for H .ywo .d. If i.-iy ma:, who is running vote- !'..r bin. -elf land it is understood that all doj, who w:li vote for the other fellow'.' I: j. ,-jjr-niheant that t.'.e.-e candidate- do i,t Kive any -tat . n-ient of ju.-t what tl.ey would .-t sii'l IVa- if elected. Ii w.ul-: i.,. ui. fail l a.-1, t. m i ea. f pledge- i, ao'ance of the future, nut there aie ertain yeiooa! i.n - of action ami e, .i, .mv .a v. hi-ch -la'.- l: ii! -!j..u:! i e i.oaee K -pc naliy j a unda'it :.r.. ti.e candidate- !',. i..,un-1 ty l.'vmmi. - ;.i r. -e Woiii,i- wh '. ' I he pay :-' - rail a.el vol'.. . -, o; soouiil I.e. hard. it .,- a:. o:'aa..tc. thai our people liOt t.i.i- Wn! ill.- oetole clfc-.oi ami then e v.-1 ;. a.. ,dy seem.- to fo.e. at! lotit county all'airs for the next twu Jcai.-. Hur county politic- are pa-i lindin.LC out. And nil; county aitair.-. also .-rem pa-t lindir.o out. die Oi:.ir;:mi; .l' the lloatii of County ( nminis.- c.nei ,- i- a candidate fur re election, .ii : 1 hc'K-ve tnat souk- of the oil hoaid al-o wr-li tv I'v ile-.-leJ. d'i.i- old !)o.l,, I,;.- fal:e I lo do wll,.t hi;. :.: ;i toe . ii.-1. ::; for many loii e ir-- t.'.at ..- 1. .u,!i-h in a new.s papt r a ' t.nie:,. the coun'y'.- liuauce.-. I call on him am! M- i.ou.'.l to puo i -ii in Tr; Mounta'iieer the linancial .- ; atemen; ..:' the county'- ail.:r for I'-'-'- '""I a'.-o , i 1 :;;:. Let these :: ,u what ,-uiit- id' money have lievti j panl in and li..i what -ource-, ami wnat .-uio., ha.c icon imi.l utit and tor ',ih-.t. )urp'..se-. haulier 1 c.ll on ll.eai li'nive u.- an exact, itemized .-taiement of the Loaded i ndcbU dncas i 1. Haywood C unity, with a .-tatement ot what has hecu done to ineeL the.-u dehts. '1 he c:titei)- of ilaxw.rtjd County urc j laying hinh taxi-,- to ,-uppoit their county "covet nnictit. I: i- ihetc i.iuii .y aid Uieir K"V( rmhent. 1 he Coun ty Commission..'! - ..re th-.dr l -el-vant.s not thetr ow n ! 1, a citoten and taxpayer eail i.n them to ive an account of tiieir stewa.-d.-liip a- the iaw exiire-s.-ly ,;ij they shall.'. If they do :i..t -do tm-, hut one conclu sion can lie iliawn !:" the citctens and taxpayers of Haywood. : l'Uitherniorc, there i.s but one Way to ttet these statements before tile taxpayers in tl.esc ,'mmleru days, that Ci publ-sh m the county newspaper. Gent. -'men, let'- have this statement. !: w. tit ic;k u. Random SIDE GLAN.CES 11 v W. tT'ItTIS HI SS 22 Years Age in HAYWOOD . eMaa' I- thi.-. a I ai.ana--pl:t i-atlng; com-1 muiiit v V I'm a-htntr you. Last j Thai day Smith'- ...l-i-i ti-ed ;iiem Unj 'I'he .Mountatiucri and l.y that night .v. r lil'tv had io i-n ua-sei.l out over the counter, d'iiais what 1 call uod na-i.'ic-.. -toe advi'itl-ino man nuule fi!,i.p -lil'tv o nana- devoured tifty ppe'.te- -atl-lie : Nit;.- ifal...ns of -,ia'ter cen-umed idi nktnu' and for v a-nine- oi n. - i - am: tit ty of the arv f.U:g- .", I..k. .- ; ma..c a 'nan -.ant. ! sk in durmo the mom i have, . i : . u I ; :.. a a s..: , - .,.,c o r i.c .-an.e iumi. :.:: ; t i.et; we v, .-n b r ' be jrood old i.ays nah .uiaii 1'rev .-t ,llo :,. td.ncy one- j bard orivlne; la-.: 'i'b ir aa" isijrht and In- w : - a ..:e. 1: m. i. ppcneii that while ciui.;nv up ...nd .i.-wir tne mam j tlcroUKhfaie of thi- city, that a, heavy rain came up mr down uo.co.i ate: tlie top o! h;.- ro.al.-tel was ne t!y p.aked down. He i.o.Tow- d an um-'ielbi an . went hi.- way it obi look at her o il. -, r I -ay t he least. I: 1- a 1'. e -byt, : : n and that w a few i.i old ia hl.-riee lb.ll:-t .-llutt'tT. Kditor'a Note: I'he auuit w;us half complete when sickness forced Mr. Wyche to -suspend work for several months on thp books. He is now working on them uyain and the ..udit will soon be com plete it was learned from authentic ources ve.stenlav. Asheville. N C M ty 7. IMi. .''alitor The Mountaineer: 1h. stupendous. I muslv beaut ii ill rebirth ot Nature annual wildtlower lioevvood l.losisom majestic and fe'lo .nnual miracle, the in the hp.unjj. the lestival with the predominating in Dili I'.X- d the Islue tlu hlo treiiu nilou.s quantities, should war rant tne Southern Railway in making special rates to Asheville and Wc.-t-i'in North C arolma points to enable the people ot other sections to come and see the Dogwood Is 1 travagance m the Ilea Unlge. Land ot the Skv. Special rates are given to se thiiusand cherrv trees in tul .'urn in ashmuton. and special rates are advertised to see the few acres nf Magnolias at t harleston while there ar literally millions ot Dogwood trees in riotous. luxurious bloom, along with the colortul myriad shades ot green. ol the foliage ot the oaks maples chestnuts and pines, and in all stages ot growth Irom tne halt grown leave at th,, toot ot the moun tains and hills to the swelling buds on top ot the mountains. Switzerland has made a four-.-.ea-Min touri-t resort, ot that couniry through advertising: Western North Carolina can do it with even greater suece.ss. tor it has all. perhaps much more to offer than Switzerland. . . Mav. we express the hope that the proper organizations will take up with the Southern R.ulwav passen ger authorities -to put on special rates, sav trom April la to May l- and then co-opeiate with the. railway in advertising the matchless beauty of thus annu.il .Miracle of Nature. It would also attract many of Flor ida's late tourists returning home.. N. BUCKNER, Shoe sale -men a:e a mo.-t con soling group ..f people- thi,. wreck one informed nie that stati.-tics .-howed that Ho per c. nr of the men id' this n..tioii wore shoes ton -mall for them --and to prove .thai 1 was one of the yuilty he showeil in,, 'that instead of eiammtt iliy h ud' into an eight, that a nine and 'a half "I!" w what na ture intended for : le to wear. Few thing ;,rt. noiac painful than pinching shoes, and yet every time 1 see Mime one hobbling along with their feet killing them, 1 usually smile because SS times out of a 1(H) they bought small shoe.s for the -ako of look- and not for feeling. Speaking of shoe:, ol c.ur.se o rings to mind leather, and every time I think of leather I remember the ad vertisement th it L ' M..- Richeson uses all the time for the Junaluaka Tannery: "Little Mary's Prayer." "Oh Lord, let me la.st long, ever lastingly long, like giod old fashioned Junalu-ka Sole iA'ather." A couple of fellows with stringed instruments can draw a bigger crowd in a few minutes than anything else I know of. The other dav a Doliti cian made a two hour speech on the street he-re and at no time did he have a crowd half as large as the two boys with instruments had on the court house steps Saturday afternoon. ( From the tile of May IT. l'J12. Mis.-cs Virginia . nd Anna Lee turned home Wednesday from E!t Leth College. Charlotte. The Wednesday liridge Club v iiitertainel nio-t delightfully t week by Misses Lina and Emma staetter. The guests were: Mrs. K. Carraw y, Mrs. Norwood, M Bushnelb Mrs. Killian, Mrs. Gra Mrs. Camji, -Mr-. Howell. Mrs. S ver. Misse, Hilda Way, Lucile Satt twait, Jennie Kay, Willie Willi.-, ; Nan Killian. Missc- I.u.ile Hlackwell and M Shoidbreii visited Misses Hattie ; Esther Wharton at Clyde this weci Mis.s Maigalet Stringiield will le: Wednesday lor Philadelphia wh she will pui.-Ue a course of mu-ic the University of Pennsylvania d ing tlii: summer. Miss Stringiield be the guest ot M r. and Mrs.- Ha Marshall while there.' Master Meivin Reeves. Jr. ce hrated his birthday ye-terday aft ooii with a delightful p..rty at home en 1 lejiot ,-t reet. .Little Fiance.- Denton invited number of her little friends t.. i -lo her birthday party last Friday ternooii which .-he gave at the ho of her paionl-. Mr. and Mrs. W. Denton. After tw hours of fun : fiolic .the -niall hostes.s dre-sed whit,, with pink ribbons invited guests into the dining room; umnist oil the Charlotte News, an. native of this county, is. "back lam for a spell. He is about a- gooi press agent a.- Haywood could ha and the cost to the county is m reasonablejust an invitation to co back every few uroliths and the pn ise of ramjis. It seem- that the trees this y . a . i. . . . . T icher tnau l ever itot jieen ..juicnei loan i cu-i meniDei- u tu n iney stare, iney si to: acquire their foliage, over night. The Concord Tribune carried following last week: A father for the first time stood the baby ward of the hospital. ; asked anxiously "Doctor, are th any marks on my son?" Looking the pew arirval over doctor replied: "Yes, sir, there He's marked C. O. D. A not, to prospective fathers: The third floor of the Hayw County Hcxspital is now the mater ty ward, and any time of night : will rind a light on in every room i someone walking, with a pink or b bundle in their arm. 'Did vim ever see a dream walkin gurgled the radio crooner Yes! i the young woman that we saw rect ly under the influence of liquor lool Tom Jimison, the entertaining col-1 light a nightmare. cs. rou can SMOKE ALL YOU WANT. AND CAMELS WON'T f UPSET YOUR NERVES. rn Waynesville. Miss: to old a maid aunt) Now golf- auntie, is a game in which you try to go around in as little as you can." Auntie: "I see. Just' another ex cuse for dry land bathing suits." .oHfft sir fm? . oot' ..,. .-A . ... , :. .VtV I RSI! for Biliousness Sour Stomach Gas and Headache du to Constipation NOT "HOW 1UCH" BUT "HOW" Alexander's is not neaflv concerned with the volume of its business as with the degree of satisfaction enjoy, ed by the customers' who do business with this drug store. Our chief interest is not how many dollars have been rung up on the cash register when the day's work is end ed but how many friends we have made by those little "extra" services and courtesies for which they did not pay. V- '; Does that sound too idealistic for a business? We regard it as just good old common sense. For, after all isn't it a fact, if a concern takes care of the "HOW", the "HOW MUCH." will take care of itself. A S K YOUR D OCT OR ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE Phones 53 & 54 1 Opposite Post Offi