THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
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.Main Street Waynesville, N. C.
W. C. RUS3 Editor
W. C. Russ and M. T. Bridges, Publishers
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the Act of March 3, 1879, November 2Q, 1914.
THURSDAY. Jl'NE 11. 1931
THE POST OFFICE IS NOT PLACE FOR
COLORED GATHERINGS
This paper would be most happy to see the
police department here make a few changes in
he way a few members of the colored race mo
nopolize the steps and sidewalk in front of the
post office.
In the afternoons when the front of the
building is in the shade, the negrcen congre
gate there and hold their daily gatherings
which often practically block the way for pat
rons to enter and leave the building for their
mail.
Only last week one member of the gather
ing was telling the score of others about some
thing, and in getting his remark across used
gestures with his arms until they resembled
the blades of a Dutch windmill. A white woman
had to pause until he had finished his address
before she could get up the steps.
It might be that the police would not have
the right to make them move from the steps of
the post office, and in the event that they do
not, we suggest that the post office department
give them that right or either erect a spiked
iron fence in every place around the building
that is now worn smooth by the constant perch
ing of members of Waynesville's colored race.
"PLEASE RETURN"
The Asheville Citizen, in its most creditable
Rhododendron Festival Edition last Sunday in
an article in which IJuncome County was prais
ed to the skies, mentioned the fact that among
the many things in their .county worthwhile
was Lake Junaluska.
The Waynesville Chamber of Commerce
through Secretaries. Withers and Cwyii, prompt,
ly got behind the error and sent the Asheville
publishers the following letter:
( len tlemen : :
Enclosed you will find a clipping taken
from an article appearing in your recent liho
dodendnn festival Edition, under caption,
"liur.comtje i I.r.rtrest County in Western
North Canlina."
, I:; ;. friendly spin;: of c-;.p';;;,oi 'for the
purpose :'. ty-lling the worid about the advantag
es of: Western North Carolina. We are happy to
lend you Lake J'jn.aluka, for Iiuncombe's glory
but after the Festival is over, please return in
ame .ofidrjon. a- when borrowed, to tile boun
daries of Haywood County.
The .'Mountaineer suggests that, the Way
neville Chamber of Commerce arrange for a
formal welcoming of Lake Junaluska back to
our midst as it i- one of the county's biggest.,
assets..
DEMOCRATS READY TO WIN AGAIN
. ' The spirit that prevailed at the. Democratic.
County Convention here Monday afternoon in-.''
dicates that VJ'-li is a sure enough Democratic
, year for Hav wood.
After the general business session was
concluded. -several short impromptu talks were
made from the floor, and everyone in earnest
stated that the vote this fall would be again
overwhelmingly for the nominees of the Demo
cratic party.
Several 'testimonials" were given by those
who had not been affiliated with the Democrats
all their lives, and the facts presented encour
aged those who have been staunch supporters
all their lives for the party.
The convention was in harmony on all
questions, and with the election of Sam Robin
son as chairman, everything indicates that this
is really a Democratic year. Mr.. Robinson un
questionably meets with the approval of the
entire party, and has already demonstrated the
fact that he is able and ready to serve as a
leader.
While the Republican party is on the job
and working hard towards the fall election, we
believe that their hopes were blasted Monday
at the Democratic meeting.
SECOND PRIMARY
On every hand one hears arguments against
instalments of our primary system. The man
who dares to ca!l for a second primary is criti
cised and denounced for putting the state to
extra expense. It does not occur to these critics
that the state has put itself to such expense in
the adoption of the primary system for select
ing nominees for public office. They blame
candidates rather than the law itself.
Of course it would be simple enough for all
the candidates for a given office to withdraw
after the first primary and let the honor go to
the high man, but that would defeat the very
object for which the device was conceived. That
would be a selection by candidates rather than
by the people. If we are going to practice that
we might as well eliminate the first primary by
having the candidates select the nominee, and
thus save the initial expense.
This writer is not sold on the primary by
any means, although it is perhaps the best
scheme yet discovered for determining the will
of the voters. It is expensive, but all democ
racy is expensive. If we are not willing to pay
for the privilege of having the majority rule,
then we ought to get us an emperor to emp
over us and have done with politics altogether.
As long as we dance to the music of the popular
will we must pay the bills of the fiddler. Tom
P. Jimison in Charlotte News.
ABSENTEE BALLOT MIST GO
The alleged corruption at the polls with the,
use of the , absentee .ballot in; Polk county, has
leached the breaking point. Fair-minded citi
zens are, demanding the abolishment of the ab
sentee ballots. ' ''
Their use has been a nuisance, and an ex
pense to the county in printing and counting
them. They have been made tools for schem
ing politicians who , voted them without the
knowledge or consent of the voters they were
supposed to represent. . They do not represent
the will of the people. Tell your member of the
legislature to abolish the absentee law in Polk
county.
Every electipn held in the county has been
tainted by reports of corruption. How true
these reports are we do not know, but the temp,
tat ion to use the ballot wrongly should be re
moved and at the same time remove the cause
for suspicions. Let's play the game fairly and
squarely with live voters in the flesh at the polls.
Tell your representative you want the absentee
ballot law abolished.
: No absentee voter should object to abolish
ing this law. He had rather do his own voting
instead of leaving the ballot to the first politi
cian that got hold of his name. Any absentee
voter should feel safe in trusting the judgment
of the majority of the voters who are home on
election day. Tell your representative to have
the absentee ballot law abolished in Polk county.
Polk County News.
Random
SIDE
GLANCES
Bv W. CURTIS RLSS
THE SPORT OF HORSESHOE PITCHING
The measure of any sport is the enjoyment
you get out of it. On this basis, the horseshoe
fan would not yield to the devotee of any other
game. Pitching leaners and ringers provides
him about the same thrill that the golfer
gets out of a perfect drive or putt, that the bats
man gets from a home run, that the football
player experiences when he sends the ball spin,
ning between the posts. But horseshoe pitch,
ing, though a very old and continuously endur
ing game, is perhaps too simple to take the place
it deserves among the sports. In recent years,
however, it has attained new dignity by way of
organization and tournaments leading up to a
national championship.
Most boys who live in the country or small
towns know something about horseshoe pitch
ing, probably by experience, but at least by ob
servation. The game is anybody's. All that
is 'required for a pair is four shoes, a peg and
about 50 feet of space. Perhaps if the game in
volved more equipment, more expansive con
ditions, sports uniforms, and especia'Y if it led
to club houses and ground and selected member
ship,, it might be ranked with the leading sports
of the country.: Jut it really serves best in its
existing status. Its adaptability is its, chie''
distinction. It permits lively contests and af
fords good exercise. It is not a loafer'.-: game
although it affords a ready relief as an alterna
tive for loafing. We. are strong fey the expert
pitchers who use the grounds on East Fifteenth,
where' championship contests are held, and for
the gallery that witnesses, the ga;i)es.-KansaV
City Star.
If you want to get a good look in
on people, just watch them as they
open their mail. You can stand fifty
feet away and tell almost exactly
what is in the letter they reeeive by
the expressions on their faces.
When a business man frown?, and
hurriedly rereads his letter some
thing is usually wrong. The flapper
perhaps portrays her feelings more
than anyone else- She'll either smile
all over herself- or .-tamp her foot,
crumple the letter up and throw back
her head and walk away with an air
of "All men arP liars."
1 have found that it is almost use
less to try to carry on a conversation
with people who are opening their
mail no matter if its just all sales
matter, they seem anxiou.- to get into
it.
There Ls onP business man who
looked at his letters by holding them
up to the light and if they did not
contain a check he saved them until
the week-end to open. (Why letters
are not answered. )
The following yarn comes from
Shelby, the home of several of North
Carolina's outstanding citizen-, and
probably the horn,, o. the net gov
ernor, Hon- Clyde Hoty:
A little girl attending church one
Sunday, had in her small purse a
penny and a dime. When the collec
tion plate was passed she dropped in
her dime. After the usiur had gone
a few pews down the ajs.c' she. whis
pered in a "loud church whisper"
for him to eomP back to her. He did,
thinking ?he wanted to exchange her
penny for the dime. When he got
there she gracefully handed the penny
over saying, "Heie's the sales tax."
DRIVE CAREFULLY TODAY
DRIVING IN THE RAIN
"April showers bring May flowers" they
also bring wet pavements, clouded and misty
windshields, and "traffic ostridies" pedestrians
who bury their heads under umbrellas, forgetting
traffic dangers. April showers bring children into
the streets to play in the gutter puddles another
reason for careful April driving.
Highway Safety Committee-Club.
-Carolina Motor
22 Years Ago
in
HAYWOOD
A LETTER OF THANKS AND L
PLANATION
Someday I intend to make a list
of all the things- that the sales tax
is called that is a list that can be
published and get by the post office
officials. K. G. Coffey of the Way
nesville Hardware usually terms the
tax "Mr. Ehringhaus' part."
Frank Martin, the man who in
stalled and operated the loudspeak
ing system at the election party
wants: to know if 1 am ready for an
other one. Yep. after all the rainy
nights we've had I can stand another
'U-.'tion.
And unless I'm an awful guesser
the coming election is go".ng i,o make
the one held June 2 look rather tame.
You can just put this down right now
"The second -primary-' is'.', going'- to
be hotter 'th.L-.n-anything the weather
man has given this section in many
a day."
-Noticeable: Dave Kerr of Canton
walking around the streets in shirt
s-lceve. . . F. A Burgin giving or
ders to the men grading the lot back
lit' the store he and his sons recently
'. ought. . A farmer stopping me and
wantiiig to know who is calling a
second primary. . . J, C. Patrick
lias named his home on Highway No.
H ".Seldom Inn". . , There's one near
(. 'hui'iottc named "Wade Inn". , .
and; thc'.or.e' 'this .fide' of Sy! . "Ju-t
L's Three'' ha.-n't been beaten, (except
oy the , Canadian couple). . . W. G
liyc.'V ;i'esiiles likt a Speaker of tile
HotL-f':' or somethings . ..(wonder' if
!U ever had thought of 1
speaker i the House. . .. fit
!' see .Jim
hui'l'V. . .
(From the file of June 14. 1912.)
Mr. Harry Rotha has returned from
a business trip to New York
Mrs. James Killian left Saturday
for Emeltxn, Pennsylvania whelre
she will visit relatives for a few
weeks.
Misses Maggie Queen and Fannie
Burr Howell will leave next week for
Knoxville where they will spend six
weeks attending the summer school.
Miss Georgia Miller returned Tues
day from Lando, S- C. where she has
been the guest for several weeks of
he.- brother-irVlaw and sister. Mr.
I and Mrs. D. D. Perry.
IhP Sunday school parade lhurs
day afternoon proved a most delight
ful occasion in every particular with
Col. Hannah as marshal.
The faivreaching influence of the
Southern Assembly is most manifest
in the announcement of Dr. George
R. Stuart that he will make his
home the rest of his life at Lake
Junaluska.
Mrs. V. T, Denton and children
have returned from an extended visit
to relatives in Rutherf irdton.
A very elaborate program is be
ing prepared for the entertainment
of thp pharmacists next week. A
drive to Eagles Nest and a dance at.
Suyeta Park Hotel will be among
the features of the program whil
Dr. and Mrs. J. Howell Way will
entertain with a large reception at
their home on Main street in honor
of the visiting pharmacists and their
wives
Mr. ('. F. Kirkpatriek of Crabtree
was a week-end guest of Mr. Boiling
Hall at his home near Waynesville.
I thank my friends and citizens
Haywood County for their s.upp
in the primary election held Ji
2. I am proud to know that the sm
vote I gt came from some of the b
citizens of the county who know ti
the things I stand for are for the b
interest of the masses of the peoj
and they are among the many c
zens that cannot be bought with
price or influenced by misrepres
tations. And I want the public
know that the reason of my vote
ing so small is that ray platfj
published week before last in t
paper did not appeal to a chosen f
or we might terra them the clause
I also want the public to consii
that a ditcher, a farmer, a si
cobler, a builder, a merchant, a r
estate man or any other small n
cr business n.ans mucn to the ie
opment of our county end to ba
ing up of permanent revenue for
county, state, and nation, and sho
have the same rights and coaside
ation in our law making and ta,
tion as the largest individual or c
poration. But so long as we
money in place of principal rule f
itios we will not have any thing wo
while for the masses of the peo
We must practice equal rights to
and special jfrivilegas to none,
some day soon We will either hi
equalization in taxation or rebellio
Yours sincerely.
J. H. GOSSETT,
A Friend to All
Useful "Yard Stick"
The constellation of Orion, In ad
tloa to containing the finest gaseo
nebula, two of the most remarkt!
stars, and a host of Interesting d
ble, triple and multiple stars, furnUi
as with a most convenient measure 1
estimating angular distances In t
heavens In the form of Its strlltlDj
beautiful and conspicuous belt wM
Is very close to three degrees In extei
v.-':
t:!y me if you
when he isn't ii
ot young boys .'stand-in-
mouths wide open gazing a:
figures- of 'Jesse 'James, and f
trout .of -the Wayiievvooii la
day. ''
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Satui--
. The best
the letter
wi.-e crack of the week:
sent the A.-h-.-vi!!
p.,per;
by Ernest Withers and Mrs. Gwyn
ahoixt Lake Junaluska ( letter in ed
itorial column)
M- G. Stanley says he is'goin
t.o niak,, a big league ball player
of his son, piefeiL-.bly a pitcher
will be remembered f h'nt . I.u,m-
once an ace pitcher at Wake For
Din gave up his ball throwing
took up throwing remarks at ju
which has resulted in .many a el
of his walking away' from the prb
ers' box not guilty';
to
out
It
was
est.
and
ie
lent
-on-
PLAYED OUT ill
V'x4 ANDTHEN HE SMOKED
I jf 11 aCAMEL
it
GOING DOWN... When your flow of energy ebbs
...then smoke a Camel. Camels help to restore en
ergy . . . quickly, pleasantly. Smoke them all you want.
Camel's costlier tobaccos never upset your nerves!
Get a LlIS with a Camel ! r
The following story is told by a
preacher, and if you, know enough
about the Bible you can check it and
see if it could have happened:
"Theie w;is an old preacher who
had the habit of going to the church
each Saturday afternoon and finding
the scripture that he wanted to us
the following morning and placing a
marker at- the place. His two boys,
knowing his habit, went to the church
after he had left, with a bottle of
paste. They saw that the passage
selected dealt with the creation of
Eve which account commenced On one
Pfge and was concluded on the next
page over. They pasted the pages to
gether until the description of the
ark was -reached.
"The next morning the minister
opened the Bible and read, 'And Eve
was created out of .... (Then he
turned what he thought was one
page, but the boys knew better), . .
gopher wood, and the length was o00
cubits and the breadth 50 cubits and
the width 30 cubits.'"
Was Marcus Polo a monumental
liar or a truthful historian? Read
what recent investigations reveal
about him in the American Weekly,
the big magazine which comes o'n
June 17 with the BALTIMORE SUN
DAY AMERICAN. Buy your copv
from your favorite newsboy Or newsdealer.
ORDERS AND IDEALS
Ours is. a profession of executing the orders of other.
Sounds simple when put that way, doesn't it? Yet to be
successful in this profession calls for setting up and car.
rying out certain ideals. Executing your physician's
orders is taken very seriously by us. It's our life-work.
The secret of our success has been the EXACTNESS with
w hich we have always filled these orders. This exactness
has been achieved by our thorough understanding of pre
scription compounding, skilled pharmacists and the use
of only the best ingredients.
ASK Y O tl R D O C T O R
ALEXANDER'S
DRUG STORE
Phones 53 & 54 Opposite Post Office