THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1936
THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
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THURSDAY. JANUARY 9. 1906
THOUGHTS VOW. SK1UOI S MOM1.NTS
Who confer his poverty, look it in the face,
destroys Its MJii; l"t a proud p.-.r man. l P.,
inttix-d .H. lii"ton.
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NEWSPAPERS AND CRIME
It i6 often aaid that newspapers pay too
much attention to crime. Criticisms of this kind
usually come from two classes of persons, those
who have little knowledge of the functions of
a newspaper, and those who know absolutely
nothing of the amount of crime extant in this
country.
Are you aware that crime is now a busi
ness in this nat'iun-and a big business at that?
It is stated that there are more than 400,000
men and women making a living by crime in
the United States today, and the estimated cost
of their operations runs about $13,000,000,000
a yt ar.
It is estimated that about 10,000 persons
are kidnapped each year; that 4,000 homes and
places of business are robbed and that 50,000
men and women are the victims of highwaymen.
Crime is an organized business on a large
wcale. It is only when newspapers succeed in
educating the people to the size, scope, and cost
of crime, will the people become aroused and a
united ell'crt be made to curb criminals and their
activities. To ignore or subordinate crime
news is merely ;t subsidize criminals. Mor
ganton News-Herald.
NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
The ''act that many new year resolutions
are broken aln.st a.- soon as made has furnished
good material for jokesmith-. but in spite of
this, the practice ha value. As The Progres
sive Far mer says:
"We Ik'Heve in making new year resolu
tions. Th- -lai. ho does not look back over
each year's efforts ami try to learn something
from tlier; f,v '.!:. succeeding year is a poor
stick of a man. Mule and dogs may be ex
cused for ir.aki.ig m eifort of this sort. A man
cannot.
"Nor should anyone ever deny the useful
ness of al! efforts at improvement merely be
cause many of these -efforts-fail- A wise man
has said: 'Ideals are like the stars by which
the mariner steers his -hip. He will not reach
them, but in following them they will bring
him to a haven of safety.' The man who tries
hardest to profit by all the mistakes of his past
will still fall short of his aims. But he will at
least have the satisfaction of making each
year's record a little better than the previous
year's. The man who makes no such effort
robs himself of a purposefulness that is one of
the chief joys of living."
BOYS DONT WANT TO BE CRIMINALS
Under modern conditions the under-privi-
lesred boy has become a major social problem.
Work with faim to date has proved that in many
cases, the hazards of his unhealthy life can be
minimized. It has also proved that he is prob
ably the most promising approach for an attack
on the terrific problem of crime, which has
grown of late faster than Mr. Finney's famous
turnip. Boys don't want to be criminals. They
would rather go straight. Julian Montgomery
in the Rotarian Magazine.
ANTI-DRINKING CAMPAIGN
From Georgia recently comes news of a
campaign launched by the University of Geor
gia against drinking at football games, in which
the University chancellor issued ap ofder bar
ring intoxicated fans admission to games played
at Athens. Athens police were asked to deny
admission to all drunks and ask all who were
seen drinking to leave the game.
This calls to mind the anti-drinking com
paign put on at Davidson college at the begin
ning of the season when members of the stud
ent body pledged themselves to refrain from
drinking at games and made public their re
quest that alumni and other visiting fans, at
tending games at Davidson, do likewise.
The University of Minnesota this year took
similar steps to curb the distressing practice,
so prevalent in America, of going to football
games in order to get too drunk to see what
one goes to see.
The Very fact that these three institutions,
and perhaps others which have not come to our
attention, have found it necessary to take steps
to solve the problem, is an interesting commen
tary on the fact that the drinking evil at foot
ball games has reached such proportions that
definite action against it has become necessary,
We have sufficient faith in the power of
public opinion to feel that if the movement
spreads to other colleges, and students and
alumni leaders register their approval of public
drunkenness, it might prove more effective than
prohibition in squelching the drunks. Cleve
land Star.
PRINTING CRIME NEWS
One stops an editor on the street to lament
that "the newspapers are making a great mis
take in printing so much crime."
The newspapers, of course, are guilty.
The gentleman is right they are printing
too much crime.
And the reason they are guilty is because
there is too much crime to print.
Whenever the public brings itself around
to the point of minimizing its own criminal ac
tivities, the newspapers will be delighted that
they have only a minimum to mention.
But the public has no kick against the
newspapers that it should not first have ad
ministered to itself.
The newspapers are more than momentary
agglomerations of happenings day by day.
They are writing the history of their era
in these editions and if the historical data is
soaked red with blood, that's not the newspap
ers' fault.
Unless they are miscreant, they will ruin
their enterprise on the sheer momentum of the
truth, the facts, the record, the actual history.
If that reeks with brutal reality, they are not
to be held accountable for that.
And this policy no more contributes to the
multiplicity of crime than the discovery of
diagnosis of a case of cancer makes for a spread
of this malady.
You don't cure the latter by shutting the
eye to it; neither do you eliminate crime by
shutting the columns of a newspaper against
it. Julian Miller in ..Charlotte 'Observer.
SENATORS EXPENSES
Considerable comment has been caused by
the publication in the New York Times of some
items in the expense account of the United
States Senate, including $14,147 for stationery,
$64,000 for restaurant meals, $8,000 for barber
bills and $6,350 for mineral waters.
Minor items include 500 aspirin tablets,
three pounds of bicarbonate of soda, five gallons
Of witch hazel and small amounts of bromo
seltzer, soda mint tablets and medicated alcohol.
While the amount involved in all these
senatorial perquisites i3 not sufficient to be
come a matter of national concern, it looks as
if bills for purely personal expenses might
well be paid by the Senators themselves. The
example of such petty sponging is not inspir
iting.. Referring to the 500 aspirin tablets con
sumed by the solons, the Times thinks that
these "do not represent the total amount of
headache which the Senate has cost the country-"
Cherokee Scout.
THEY MIGHT BE ALIVE TODAY
Pointing out that last year's annual auto
mobile slaughter claimed some 36,000 unfor
tunate deaths, The Reader's Digest in its Jan
uary issue declares that if the entire nation
had applied the available engineering know
ledge regarding highway safety as effectively
as has a single large mid-Western city, some
22,800 of these victims would be alive today.
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G LANCES
By W. CURTIS RUSS
Now that most of the pipe have
thawed out, and water is aurain avail
able, I surest that the Chamber of
Commerce or health department stage
a "clean-up, bathe-up campaign."
The weather all last week and week
before must have been the answer to
the plumber's and coal dealer's
prayers.
And according: to old-timers, it was
the coldest "snap" in 18 years, or
since the 'bier freeze" in 1917-1918.
And of course it wouldn't be just
right to miss the annual wise crack
about the weather moderating just
as Congress convenes but at least
very timely this year eh?.
For the first time since the "big
freeze" 18 years ago, Lake Junaluska
froze over solid if that is any help
to you in keeping chills from racing
up and down your spine.
But the biggest cold weather yarn
came from a very dry deacon. He
tells that one morning when the mer
cury was down to six, that a glase
of water on the dining room table had
not f rozen over night, but as soon as
he built a hot fire in the kitchen and
opened the connecting door, the glass
froze hard and fast.
Now some of you weatherologists
give the reason for such things as
that.
Two-Minute
Sermon
By Thomas Hasiwell
ONE FAULT' AT A TIAit: The
i.j'.v year brings with it the thougrht
of a new start on a clean fresh page.
A page on which we are to enter each
transaction, each deed for every day
in the year. At such a time it is a
common practice to talk of New
Year's resolutions and some even go
so far at the beginning of each year
to formulate a lot of resolutions as
to what they will do or will refrain
from doing during the coming year.
Too often the act is but an idle gest
ture entered into casually and with
little thought or intention of follow
ing it through seriously. The common
error is that we attempt to take in
too much territory at one time. We
attempt to completely rebuild our
selves in one year. Commendable and
desirable as this might be it is seldom
possible. The wiser plan is to select
one low spot, one point in which we
fall short of our desired standard
and concentrate on that until we have
overcome it. Any man who will enter
into such a program honestly and sin
cerely and put the best he has into
it will in the course of time rebuild
his whole life. One low spot built
just a pair of scales which you
weigh the weather with."
Away back yonder, late one after
noon, just as" the sun was sinking,
and the cold damp chill of the even
ing was beginning to bite, my wife and
I drove into Philadelphia. Both of
us were so worn out that we stopped
at the 'first hotel. Of course, after
getting into our room knew we were
fn a swanky place, but never dreamed
it would be $12 for the night and
for the rest of the winter we were in
a sweat
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24 Years Ago!
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HAYWOOD
(From the files of December 12, 1911 j
Mass meeting a: the court house or,
Thursday a: 1 P. M. Everybody b
tiiere, Mr. C. G. Logan spent Sunday a:
home with his family.
Miss Roberta Osborne spent Sunday-
with Miss Carrie Sue Adams a'
her horn here.
Mr. Will Thomas, of Whittier, spen
severa! days during the week wit.:
relatives.
Mr. W. T. Lee has returned to P.a:
eigh after spending ten days wit;-,
his family hert.
Miss Ella Smathers, of Turnpike,
ia the guest of her sister, Mrs. Emma
Willis.
Mrs. Steven Porter returned to lie.
home in Andrews on Monday after vis
iting in the home of Mrs. McD Adams.
Miss Lucile Sattertwaite, who is u
student at Sweetbjriar College, has
returned home for the Christmas
holidays.
A Bible makes a most acceptable
gift. This paper offers a fine oppor
tunity for you to get one at the most
reasonable price.
Entertainments by local talent a'
ways prove most enjoyable occasions.
So be sure to be on hand for th
"Star of Bethlehem" at the Acade
my Friday evening.
There will be a box supper on Camp
Branch at the new school house on the
16th of this month, on (Saturday
night.) The occasion will be for the
purpose of buying a library for the
school. The public is cordially in
vited. Let the chUdren rush their Santa
Claus letters into this paper at once.
This paper will gladly print from the
short ones to the long ones, but it
will help to have them in right away.
The town council is now having some
splendid work done on East Main
street, which is being widened,
straightened, graded down and other
wise improved. These improvements
will add greatly to the appearance of
that portion of town, and make it one
of the most popular drives and walko
for the residents and tourists.
The mass meeting called for Thurs
day at 1 P. M. at the court house
should be largely attended. At the
meeting plans will be devised for the
raising of Haywood county's par:
towards the Western North Carolina
Booster's Association, which is a mat
ter of concern to the entire county.
With all pulling together great things
can be accomplished. Haywood is
expected to do her part and she will.
To such a thing now, I would just
give an icy stare.
up each year will make any man more
efficient, more self reliant, more sure
of himself. This is the surest and
best way to come to the end of next
year with a cleaner page and a better
record than the record for the pro
ceeding year shows.
Original Seltier Water
The original seltzer water Is the
spring water of NMedw-Selters in Prus
sia, Germany. It Is now manufactured
In' great amounts In Europe and Antrim
Another yarn to come out of the
recent cold was that alout the farm
er who went out to call his hogs, and
as hi' called the sound froze just a
few inches from his mouth, and he
gathered then and took them to the
house to thaw out.
But afer all. I don't mind cold i
weather but like it best in the sum
mer.
'And one of the best things about
cold weather U that over-eating is
not as hard on one as in the summer
time and that reminds me that to-
nitrht I'm to put mv feet under the
table of the Booster Club banquet at
Hazelwcod and from all reports, that
is one place where good vitals prevail
Before leaving this subject of cold
cold weather, I am curious to know
whether or not anyone besides T. J.
Davis saw me make a three-point
landing on the ice in front of his place
of business? That was the hardest
fall I've had in many a day. (Two
of the three points were my hands.)
Why is it that people not accustom
ed to talking over the telephone handle
the receiver like it is going to shock
them any minute? And according
to Walter Mehaffey, there i but
little "juice" in a phone.
Where are the little hiekies that
were on the market a few years ago
that hung on the bottom of the light
to make it easier to fii at night?
Br-r-r-rr some one has left the
door open, and now I'm back on the
weather again.
The coldest I've ever been was in
Washington. The hottest in Greens
boro in the heaviest for on top of
Mt. Mitchellin the coldest rain in
Goldsboro in the deepest snow in
Wavnesville. and so hungry at
Wrightsville Beach that I could have
eaten mayonnaise which -..to me is
just like thick castor oil.
But one of the most expensive cold
weather experiences was caused by
a bum thermometer when the tner
mometer registered 50, the tempera
ture was 30 4ut only after having
the entire block of my car cracked did
I find out the thing was wrong.
' "Which reminds me of the one Uncle
Coot Allen tells "A thermometer is
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