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f EMBER 19, 1935 f'WAYNESVJLLE MOUNTAINEER ive Pre ention Plan State G. 0. P. Convention In Winston-Salem ' Votes Down Petition Calling For Special Legislature Session WINSTO.VtSA-LEM At itfc most militant meeting in years, the ex ecutive committee of the Republican party in North Carolina Friday pledged itself to deviate from previ ous policy and start an aggressive pre-convention campaign and try to get candidates out in every county in the state before the conventiom next year. Speakers classified the meeting as the grass roots conference of North Carolina' Republicans. It elated Brownlow Jackson of Hendersonville secretary amd treasurer of the com mittee to succeed R. Hayes Foster of Greensboro, who went out of office when W. C. Meekins of Henrterson ville was elected state chairman at the convention in Charlotte last year over James S. Duncan of Greensboro. The biennial convention of the Re publican party is practically certain to be held in Charlotte next year, Chairman Meekins said. The date aind place of the conven tion are left to the discretion of the state chairman. A resolution urging Gov, Ehring haus immediately to call a special ses sion of the legislature in view of the announcement by the state revenue department that collections for the last two months were $3,000,000 greater than i'n 1934, met defeat after a fight on it was led by Charles A. Jonas, national committeeman; However, Mr. Jonas said in his talk, 'Why does Ehringhaus not call a jpecial session of the legislature? I dare him to do so." ncs Skyline with the Rambler Get on your hat and come along. . we're going to Asnevme. . -i you've been there oeiore uui h. doesn't matter. . .so have I. . .But there isn't anything else to do ana there's a chance you may enjoy it. . . And it'll give me something to write about. . .You see with Editor Rusa ind L'ncle Abe covering the town like dew and our other columnist circu lating so efficiently among the Indies htv'r makinir it hard on the Kambler. . .Difficult to find something that they haven't already picked up .So we'll leave 'em the whole county this week:. . .let em scrap over it while we invade Buncombe. . . most of this is buncomb anyway. . . And Russ won't follow us. . .one automobile wreck will do him for a while. ming hole. I think she'll make it now No a horn blares out and she scuttles back on the sidewalk like no body's business. I think she's from Murphy. eEeckl Malaria (! Is 3 days TOXIC and Ujuld Tablets Salve Nose Drops. IxUs of tars on the highway, aren't there? Curs of every des cription and vinUnre. Never saw u negro yet who couldn't get more fun to the gallon out of a model T Ford than I could out of u ruck aril. There's one patching a lube on the side of the roud. He's hot and dirty but he's having more fun than we are. When we passed he grinned. Or didn't you notice? These new highway patrolmen are everywhere, one seems to bob up every mile or two. And most of them are new men. intent upon doing their duty. i:,-in.-ml..-i' how many cars those two stopped il..wn near Abel's Oarage laat Saturday night? liuy, there are more tail lights burning in Waynesvilb than yu ever saw before. Window shopping Is one of the most Inexpensive forms of pleas ure I know. But one of the larg est stores In Asheville has at the time that this is written one of tlie poorest window displays I ever saw. When I can walk all the way around Its windows and not see anything I want soriie window- drenser has slipped up on his Job. Incidentally you will run across more Waynesville lieople around the Bon Marche, Demons, Belks, the I. X. I;.. Pol locks, and the ten cent stores than anywhere else In Asheville. And oh, yes, Goode's. Investigations Are Started, As Florida Mourns Over Dead Officials Find Over 400 Dead, As They Seek To Determine Whether Negligence Was Cause If you're looking for a comfortable place to sit down and rest there's a bootblack who has a little cubby hole ri,.ht nr.,-r from one of the theaters who has a comfortable old automobile seat for you to sit on While he shines your shoes. He tells me that he pays Hvo dollars a vear for his license. And he keeps a record of every shine fan tell you just how many ne gave on anv date. Says the most he's ever given in one day was 163. "And Mister, was I ready for bed!" ) The Above Medicine Can Be Bought For LESS L at '' SMITH'S CUT RATE DRUG STORE What do you say we drive straight inlo Asheville this time ami not turn off at F.nkii? This new stretch of road, widened and straightened, is pretty good. Too IkuI they didn't plow up all of the old payment and make a real road all the way while they were on it. But still It's better thau.it was. And you can't ex pect too much when 11 third of the price of ii gallon of gas is highway tax. ok at this nervous little lady over on tlie sidewalk. She prances I.. then up t then a st sh lously tivis time she nears the curb again and after looking carefully she puts one foot down in the street for all the world like a little boy testing the chill of the water in the old swim- the curb,' looks both ways, and decides not to try it. There's eady stream of ears going by. -Now thinks she'll try. it again. Caut- It's family night at the S. and W. so let's go there and eat. The place is packed. Fathers and mothers with Mary. Johnnie and Sue. There are favors for the kids and a Mickey Mouse picture is being thrown on a temporary screen. It's supMied to he for the children but there arc more grown people watching Mickey's autlcs ban kids. However there's one little lKy who's having the time of his life. He's a studious looking little fellow with big horn-rimmed glasses and he ha the shrillest laugli I've ever heard. 1 wish 1 could get us much enjoyment into a laugh tis that hoy docs. There's ed up in pa:i:;ing tomers. would be a nice looking girl all doll i red evening dress and she's iut free pastries, to the cus Of course the nicest bits gone befor .she' gets to us. Three separate investig,atbns in separate reports, have agreed that no human death of 400 or more persons who lost their liyes in the recent hur ricane that swept the riorida Keys. However, John J. Skillman, com mander of the Miami post of Veter ans of Foreign Wars, insisted in effect that- the dead veterans should have been saved, and demanded further investigations. State Attorney G. A. Worlev. after fniii- flflVB cnATit miizi'ntr weather bureau officials, veterans, camp offi cers. FERA heads and kevs resi dents, said he found no evidence indicating culpable negligence. His report to Governor Sholtz was in line with a reoort of Aubrey Wil liams, representing Relief Adminis trator Hopkins, who said the disas ter wag "an act of God." To the same general effect was the report of Col." George E. Ijams of the Vet erans bukeau, representing Presi dent Roosevelt. The Miami VFW chief said he had 67 affidavits from veterans uemanu- in& fnrtbpn invpRtiot.irtn and he charged that Williams' report was a "whitewash. lie said veterans on the keys before the storm broke upon them besought the omcer3 in cnarge of them to let them leave and were threatened and denied such permis sion. These charges were vehement ly denied. Pnnfrarts For 12 Ships Awarded I5y Navy Department n,L. ttuj ctoaa tivv awarded ine uuncu - - 19 j. l. i nnvata vara for sTPr citing f 59:225,000 and con- struction of 11 more vessels located among government yaru. , Four shipbuilding companies were, awarded contracts for one aircraft' carrier, three 1,850-tdr, ofestroyerv five l,500-ton destroyers and three , submarines. ' For one light cruiser to be built by ccxntS-act all bids were rejected. The navy will build in its own yards one 10,000-ton light cruiser, seven' 1,500-ton destroyers and three sub marines. No estimates of the co of the government work were ra ')UTi'Cl fnr tho constructioi, of the 23 fighting ships the navy took another stride forward im its treaty strength building program. Sis of PrU Although - moat pearli do not Tarr greatly In els, there Is a tremendotia difference between the smallest and the largest in existence. Tney range all the way from "dust pearls," which weigh less than l-25th of a grain, up to the giant "paragons," one of which weighs 337 grains, or 8,500 tIjnesmore than the average small pearl. Collier's Weekly NOT' STATE OF COUNT' Read The Ads s Another Milestone In the Progress of EARS Wutcli the inn n at tlie side table over there, lie's got one of those funny little Vulidyke neurits unci when he chews liW food the Ijeurd boh up and down like a cork in a rlvv. On second thought inuyhe he won't appreciate this. Country Consuming More Legal Liquor The Treasury department discloses that the people of the United States are consuming more legal liquor this year than last. During the first seven months of 1935, the treasury records show 57, 000,000 gallons of distilled spirits and 25,000,000 barrels of beer, ale, stout and porter passed Uncle Sam's tax turnstiles. Tho fipnrps sbnwpil a train of 12.- 000,000 gallons of distilled spirits and 2,000,000 barrels of malt liquors over the first seven months of 1934. Dr. James M. Doran, director of tr; distilled spirits institute, said theie is no way to tell whether total con sumption had increased or decreased, but he attributed the increase in con sumption of legal liquols to 'fthe progress the treasury is making in eliminating the bootlegger." Adversary Sept. 19th to Oct. 5th 15 Days Crammed Full of Bargains a yearly event to be remembered the Largest Sale of the year OUR ANNIVERSARY a Sale to unite the valued Friendship of our old customers and cement the Friendship of the new. A GRAND CLIMAX to 19 years of serving America! For close to half a century, Sears has given you high quality and low price. For close to half a century, we have aimed to bring truly ..good things to those of moderate income. Now, in tri umphant celebration, we stage a sale in which we crash our own records, outstrip our own pace. Here, in our store,'4 we've assembled values to thrill the most canny shipper. Quality to satisfy the most exacting. Prices that speak for themselves. Sears, Roebuck & Co. 48-52 HAYWOOD ST., ASHEVILLE, N. C. oh, oh!' Now a little three year old 4lrl' is .cry ink. She's leen watching Mickey .Mouse and something has happened. She runs across the floor to where her mother and daddy are eating at a. table in the center of the room. And she goes to her daddy! Me comforts her and leads her back to a chair where she can watch the picture auain. Mother liasn t moved --she keeps right on eatintr. And that's what I call training a husband! What's that? You've Uul f-nnimlr.' Just u minute 'till I retrlvc a lint from rack 87. TIRE Headquarters No Matter What Your Needs Are, We Can Fill Them General Repairs Davis-Boyd Motor Co. MAIN STREET G? Serv t'4. CLAUDE WOODVi NEXT TO LeFAT" NEW TIRE SAVES LIVl Remarkable New Invention Makes Safest Tire Ever Built 3 Times Safer from Blow-outs S;iv isn t. it swell to get home NO EXTRA COST TO PUBLIC Sears To Stage A Gigantic Selling Anniversary Event Preparatory to one of the most gi gantic sales m its history, Sears, Roe I buck & Company last . soring and I summer pla,eil orders for Slo.OOO.UoO 1 worth of merchandise especially for I its -I'.'th arr.:versary celebration open j uvj today and continuing through i Siuupiay, October "th. Aceoi'dinsi to Mr. E. M. Leiphton, manager cf , Asheville's Sears store, more than o,0U0 nianufa?turine source. n nearly, every state in the i'a::on received a share -of- this ex- enujtui e. Actmtr ur.oer instruction Irotn Gen era! R. K. Wood, president of the company, an.! Mr. D. ii. Nelson, vice president in charire of merchandise. Pear buyers scoured American mark ets for thousand. of items to be fea tured during the event, Owmjr to the wule diversity of Roods purchased, many branches of industry felt the impetus of the buyine campaisn. 'In spending this larpe sum for one sales event, our. company U doinsr ' everything in its power to stimulate l production," Mr.R. M. Leiirhton said.! "Tl. ,1 f : .. ' i ne uicMic oi iui amitversai v cele bration is the 'Day of 4'J.' In com paring it to the eold rush, we are not unmindful of the nupprets the pio neers sought. We, too, are featuring 'nuggets' in the form of 4'.) special merchandise items. "Last year's anniversary event last ed nine days. It wasn't long enough. Shopping traffic was frequently too 1 r . rr.," . . ue-ivj iur customer-conuort. maris why we have made a 15-day celebra tion of this year's anniversary. Sep tember 19th to October 5th." During this Period, the mmnanv will employ several thousand extra people in auiuiion to im regular retail per sonnel of 20.000, Mr. E. M. Leighton said. (Adv.) WHEN the speedometer feada 40, 50, CO the heat inside your tires becomes terrific. A blister starts . . . get3 bigger and bigger . . . Until BANG! A blow-out! And you're headed for trouble. Now, to protect you from blow-outs, every Goodrich Safety Silvertown has the amazing new Life-Saver Golden Ply that resists heat. Fabric and rubber don't separate ... thus blisters don't form. Blow-outs are prevented by overcoming their very cause! And that isn't all. Goodrich Silver towns have the most skid-resisting tread. Its squeegee drying action gives your car extra road-grip, and reduces danger of skidding to a minimum. Let us put Goodrich Safety Silvertowns on your car. Remember, they cost no more than other standard makes. fy J " . '"..''; ""'' f ' s- ill m Kuta "oiuureo ir- s'i r ,.-.,'..1MI limminfl .J: . . Soy Baa Oil Popalar In paints soy bean oil Is said to turn yellow less rapidly than other oils, such as linseed, and It holds Us orig inal color longer. It displaces linseed oil, and Illinois soy beans are thus dis '(lcinu some of the H i-eei imports. Safety bilvertow- Ulh . WITH LIFE-SAVER GOLDEN PL) C. V. BELL, Distributor Commission Agent For Texaco Products Phone-336 Waynesvil1 v. r
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