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THURSDAY. JANUARY :50. 1936
THOUGHTS' KOR SKIUOl'S MOMKNTS
Tl. rxt ml .Townlng of nl! Rood. lift-' Uni.1
-tar. Is HntOerhoul. Kdwin Marfcham.
0n(. nfr, is Um wisp an olwrwr of the business
rf others. Itfeo oti who rs too curious In observing the
labor of be, will fwn Ik- stuns: for his cwlositr.
lop.
A GRAVE MISTAKE
ReiiiK 300 miles away from the state prison
at Raleigh last Friday, anyone in this section
can read as if fiction, the barbaric method ;n
which the 20-year-old negro was put to death
in the lethal gas chamber.
. We were in the vicinity at the time of the
execution, and the first-hand report from those
who witnessed the sickening act, was the main
topic in Raleigh and near-by towns.
It seems that the state in trying to find
an easier and more humane method of taking
life just f undled not intentionally, but through
a lack of knowledge of either how to use gas or
the lack of investigating the places in the few
states out west vvhere gas is used instead of
electricity.
Veterans who have witnessed many art
electrocution, and hanging, vowed that never
again would they witness a death where lethal
gas was used. That opinion was general among
all those witnessing the act, which took 11 min
utes, as compared with less than three with
electricity.
In fact, the negro was in the death cham
ber 36 minutes in all, which we are told by his
tory, was as long as the time taken by some of
the olden countries who delighted in seeing con
demned m&i suffer.
The gas slowly rose from underneath the
victim's chair, and as he saw it coming towards
him he naturally fought it by trying not to take
a deep breath, but of course, had to yield and
just choked to death, instead of having the
muscles of his heart paralysed as some of those
who introduced the bill to change the method
from electrocution to gas had promised.
A GREAT CONTRIBUTION
The most optimistic piece of news which
this community has had in several months, was
the leasing of the Waynesville Furniture Plant
by R. L. Prevost and his associates.
Between 75 and 100 men will be given work
in the plant, and smoke from the stacks will
soon indicate that a substantial pay roll is in
the making.
When this plant gets undei way, we learn
from a reliable source, that the total payroll in
the town $f Hazel wood will be between $33,000
; and $40,000 a month. Not a small item by any
means,: and a figure that should make every
citizen just a little happier
The industrial life in this count v is show
ing material growth also agriculture, while
it is a known fact that the tourist business has
fallen behind the pace set by the first two men
tioned. But leaving the contrast for another dis
cussion, we feel that the community has been
rendered a great service by the steps taken by
Mr. Prevost.
The development of payrolls in any com
munity is a great contribution.
A hit-and-run drunken driver struck and
killed a woman in California the other day.
When he sobered up, he read in the paper where
it was his mother he had killed. Any drunken
driver might have done the same thing.
Dr. E. W. Gudger makes the proposition
in this week's column of letters to the editor,
that he will join with 19 others in contributing
$5 each towards the library with which to buy
books. This is a worthy cause, and certainly
there are at least 19 others willing to join in
with Dr. Gudger.
HALF DONE
One of the major improvements in Way
nesville last year during the beautification cam
paign, was the removal of the livery stable from
Church street.
It seems, however, that the job of making
the spot one of beauty has been only half done
Nothing has been done towards improving the
locks of the walled-in hole, and above all, the
.side next to the sidewalk has been left open and
looks like a ten-foot' yawning chasm into which
someone is liable to fall.
While a guard rail would not add to the
looks cf the property, it would provide a means
of safety.
STUCK TO HIS GUNS
If the comment that has been making the
rounds here among the veterans of the World
War is any indication of the attitude of those
over the nation at large, there is no question
but what President Roosevelt's popularity was
increased when he vetoed the bonus bill.
The veterans argue, that as bad as they
wanted the bonus money, and wanted it quickly,
they cannot help but admire a man, who even
in the face of a certainly nard election, would
not change his mind on something which he
believed to be wrong.
President Roosevelt has always had tha
conviction that payment of the bonus was not
right. Even those most enthusiastic about th
payment of the bonus must respect such a view
point.
With this attitude prevailing, the question
of his attitude toward the bonus will not likely
be a campaign issue.
WHICH IS IT?
The country as a whole spends annually
$42.84 per pupil. North Carolina spends $24.10
per year per pupil. You can look at these stat
istics from either of two angles. Either the
nation at large is spending too much or North
Carolina is not spending enough. Charlotte
Observer.
THE TRAGEDY OF AL SMITH
To my mind Alfred E. Smith is one of the:
most pathetic figures in contemporary America.
But a few years ago he was one of the sanest
and most hopeful political figures in America,
the idol of millions of his countrymen. Today
he is an embittered, disgruntled and sour old
man sold down the river to a little group of
Republican financiers and munitions makers,
who led him first to the flesh pots and then to
the tar pots.
When Al Smith discarded the Brown Derby
for the Silk Topper, that was the beginning of
the end of one of the most promising political
careers in America.
Having recognized his political sagacity
and astuteness, his mental alertness, capacity
for work and sustained enthusiasm, plus his
attractiveness to the masses, the du Pont crowd
and their affiliates resolved to claim Al Smith
for their very own. They made it easy for him
to invest in securities that presently gave him
the status of a rich man.. He was placed at
the head of one of the greatest real estate ad
ventures and investments in the world, the
Empire State building. And then came the de
pression beginning in 1929 and from which w?
have not yet completely emerged. Al Smith
saw his paper wealth washed out and a build
ing of more than 100 stories threatening to
collapse and bury him in its ruins. In this crisis
he had to hold fast to his rich friends. There
probably was no other choice than to sell out
body and soul or get back to the lower East side
cf his origin. Did Al Smith sell put?
"Unthinkable," says the du Ponts, but
obvious to any student of American politics and
of human nature. Certainly Al Smith has earn
ed the financial and moral support of the Wil
mington munition makers and their affiliates
by playing their Republican game, although t
pull their chestnuts out of the fire he has been
compelled to turn his back upon every sentiment
and tradition of the democracy from which ha
sprang. A pathetic figure, this latter day leer
ing, sneering, snarling Tammanyite who swap
ped a brown derby for a high silk hat. Eliza
beth City Independent.
A man and his wife and nine children rid
ing in a ten-year-old car in Indiana last week,
were instantly killed when a train struck their
car. The family was on relief. The fact that
there were nine children in the family could
have been one reason for them being on relief,
and the other was because they were trying to
keep a 10-year-old car going.
It was not until this week that we knew
there was a town named Hell. It is in Wis
consin, and during the blizzard Monday and
Tuesday it froze over. We've often heard people
say they would not do certain things until He'll
froze over -now it has. We have also heard
people being told to go there, but it wasn't the
frozen region they had reference too.
THE OLD HOME TOWN
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GLANCES
By W. CURTIS RUSS
Since the main topic of the day is
the weather, the yarn told by LeRoy
Davis should be a good befjinner.
A workman started to work Mon
day morning- and put a bo.tle of hot
coifVi' m his hip pocket, and before
he had grone a block the coffee had
frozen and bursted the bottle,
OI R DEBT TO THE FARMERS
Br-r-i and brr-r-v "Throw an
other "1.0 on the tire" and don't
stand in front of me.
J. R, Mortran comes along with his
face wrapped in a full smile, and
this was the cause:
One man asked another: "How's
husine)?"
Pessimistic one: "I;'s so quiet that
you can hear the no es drawing in
terest a block away at the First Na
tional Jaank,
The people cf the modern age
hardly ualize what they owe the
farmer. Al! the food we eat comes
from the hard work of the farmer.
The woo! and cotton for our clothing
and the leather for our shoes ccrae
from '.he farmer also.
Most of the wealthier people of
this age look upon the farmer as a
peasant, but they should do all in
their power to help him. They should
help him find suitable markets for
his products and help him obtain the
best prices possible.
The United States Government has
ccire to realize the help the farmer
needs. It is helping him by provid
ing the various programs in his be-1
half. They see ;b?.t he gets the best !
prices poasioie jor nis Products anci
provide a market for them.
The miner, the lawyer, the doctor
and all business men have a great
responsibility but the farmer has the
greatest for he has to provide food
and .lothing for evervbodv.
ZIMRIA SIZEMORE,
Clyde, X. C.
(An 8th Grade Student.)
23 Years Ago!
m
It make5 me shiver to see small
siool children standing around a
fire while waiting fop the bus. Fire
and children should be kept separated.
The man that gets the most out of
ife must be one who takes thing
easy, never worries, and work steady,
cninKing out every move betore start-
mir somewhere. I know auch a man.
and he really accomplishes a lot.
To s ve my neck, I don't know whv
the above paragraph has a place in
this column maybe I'm slowing down.
Sam Cabe is just back from Wash
ington, where he spent two weeks
taking in the .sights and what bet
ter place on earth than Washington
an one really s'e the sights.
But with nil thp ovfitiric tkinoc
Washington offers. Sam :ook time !
o read I he Mountaineer.
A Woman appeared at the erresa
office the Other dav and inouirwi nf
Mr. Terrell about a package that was
due to have arrived ihat dav. When
told it was not there she eaidr "Wll
guess I'll wait 'till it comes before
1 get it.
No doubt she did.
STARTS CAMPAIGN TO HELP
To the Editor;
I read in :he lat issue of The
Mountaineer that the Waynesville
Library is badly in needs of funds to
purchase new books before the open
ing of the tourist season. Now the
library is one of the drawing cards
of Waynesville to our visitors and
must be helped. To me personally the
tourists in our community, excepting
the few whom I know and who come
back year after year, mean nothing.
But they and their spending mean a
great deal to Waynesville,. and the
library must be kept a going con
cern for the visitors as well as for
our own folks.
This preamble is to call attention
to the situation and to let me say
that I will be one of 20 persons to
contribute $5.00 ach for the upkeep
of the library during the coming sea
son. I suggest that Miss Alice Quin
lan receive the subscriptions. When
I see this in print, I shall send her my
check for $5.00 to be held till the
other 19 like amount, come to her .
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E. W. GUDGER.
HAYWOOD
Mr. Wurt Gudger, of AsheviHe, a.
in town today.
Dr. Tom Stringfield is in Raleig!
thie week where he went to atten
the inauguration of the governor.
Mr. Sam Jones has accepted a po
sition with the Pelhana Drug Storv
near the Southern depot in Ashevil'.e
Misss C'.arin and Dollie Lee arv
in Raleigh this wek to attend Gov.
Craig's reception and inauguration.
Dr. McMannaway returned yester
day from Greensboro, where he spent
several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Reeves ar..
little son made a visit to Asheville or
Sunday and returned on Monday.
tMr. J. Bat Smathers, one of the
leading lawyers of Canton, was ir
Waynesville on Tuesday.
The Friendly Dozen Club met o:
Thursday afternoon with' Mrs. Harry
Rotha as hostess.
At a special session of the council
last Tuesday at the mayor's office,
several citizens and taxpayers were
-sent and dftscuised- important
measures. New up to date chairs fo:
the auditorium of t" school buildir.f;
were ordered. It is said they are
"beauts."
A most pleasing reception was given
in honor of Mr. and Airs. Leon Kil
lian last Thursday night at the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Killian.
It was quite a brilliant affair. More
than a hundred invited guests were
present. The reception hall was ar
tistically decorated in pink and whi'e
carnations.
The mailing of babies by parcel
post is a real infant industry which
Postmaster Hitchcock is asked U
foster.
Hazel wood We are improving here
a'. Hazel wood and sometimes things
happen that are a little out of the
ordinary Jule Allen married Alma
Allen on Allen's Creek, "by' Mayor
Millard Allen, at AHen's Creek church
and two Aliens were made one Allen.
WEST ONCE MORE SITS IN THE
GOVERNOR'S CHAIR Locke Craig
inaugurated amid shcuts, music and
pomp--20,000 people from over the
tate Demonsf ration and epplaue
not equaled since Vance's Inaugura
tton in ,1877 Weathex Beautiful
Impressive parade.
never seen a broken egg yet.
Maybe the hens here lay harder
eggs.
There is a noticeable increase in
rain travel. Saturday's train was
packed -and yet, it required three
buses out of AsheviHe to bring pas
sengers home.
1 his. 'roving country.
And in order to end with the
same subject I started with, here's
hoping that Mr. Ground Hog has
gone blind and won't see his shadow
Sunday.
Rain
Snow Sleet
Together With
Worn Out Shoes
MEANS
SICKNESS
Don't take a chance on being
sick from wet feet bring
Us Those Shoes
ITS CHEAPER TO HAVE
SHOES FIXED THAN TO
PAY DOCTOR BILLS
THE CHAMPION
SHOE SHOP
Next to Western Union
In Raleigh the other night, in a
crowded movie, the nevs reel showed
a picture of Josephus Daniels, when
ecretary of the navy shaking hands
with the Prince of Wales, and to his
ett stood Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mr.
Daniels' assistant. The scene lasted
several minutes, and much to my sur
prize not on sound of applause was
made and Raleigh, the home of Mr.
Dame-s and also supposed to be the
center of Democratic- activities in the
ate -to say nothing of this being
election year, ;
Heard a man the other dav sav he
made over $200 a month, but under
no circumstances would he ever own
car. "They should be used just for
business and nothing more,'' Ihe said,
and my business doesn t necessitate
lavel.
Can you imagine a man like that?"
If you want to read something
gruesome, look fhrough an under
taker's catalog. ;
Last Saturday I let the breakfast
hour slip by and decided to wait until
noon before eating, and whether you
belief it or not, I forgot to eat din
neryet never felt better in my life.
Have about decided ; to make a
practice of it.
Down in South Carolina eggs are
carried about in baskets of cotton
seed. That keeps them from break
ing. But here in Haywood nothing is
used to keep the eggs apart, and I ve
SERVICE ON THE PHONE
There's a lot of satisfaction, when the emergency
unfortunately arises, to know that your hurry call to
ALEX AN DEK'S will be answered by an experienced
registered druggist -he understands, for he knows his
business; there is no delay and annoyance due to mis
understanding for which inexperience usually is respon
sible. .'. . ;':.'r'.
A S K Y OUR DOCTOR
Two LICENSED PHARMACISTS For Your Protection
ALEXANDER
'S
DRUG STORE
Phones 53 & 54
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Opposite Po&i Office i
Try At Home First. . .And You'll Never Regret It
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