THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, JUNE 11
1936
Otye f&mntatnrer
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THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO.
Phone 137
Main Strict
Waynesville, N'. C.
W. C. Kill-
Editor
W. C. Kuss anil M. T. Bridges, Publishers
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THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1936
THOUGHTS I'OU SMKIOI-S MOMKN'TS
Nollkiiiff mt olwtlnaU'ly stands In the way of all
worts of pruKn, as. prid of opinion; while nothing Is
ho foolish and, ImschwN J. U. Holland.
I do wMt nftrei. having braved public opinion, when
I knew It mw wronic and was sure It would be merci
less. Horn Gnvnloy.
HAYWOOD COUNTY DAY
One of the biggest annual events of the
county will take place Sunday morning, June
14th, at eleven o'clock Haywood County Day
at Lake Junaluska, with Hon. Josephus Daniels
a.s the speaker of the occasion.
For a number of years Mr, Daniels has ad
dressed the Haywood County Day crowd at
Lake Junaluska, which officially opens the seas
on at the Lake. Although a busy man, and
pressed for time, he will be on hand again to
thrill the crowds that always turn out to hear
him.
Another feature of the day this year will
be the picnic dinner served at the Lake im
mediately after the morning service.
To complete the full day, the evening ser
vice will consist of music by the choirs of the
county, with the devotionals led by Rev. John
Carper, of Lake Junaluska.
The Lake means so much to Haywood
County, that we are of the opinion that as many
citizens of this county as possibly can, should
attend the Haywood Day activities this year.
Mr. James Atkins has gone to much trouble
and expense to make the day one of interest and
of much value to all those who attend. One of
the ways we should show our appreciation for
what the Lake means to this county is to take
the opportunity it affords to hear such outstand
ing speakers as Mr. Daniels.
A SPLENDID JOB
Within the next few days, the task of re
moving al wires from across Main Street will
be complete. New poles have been set, and
the unsightly wires over Main Street are being
changed to one side of the street.
The change will make a decided improve
ment in the appearance of the streets, and the
city officials are doing a good job in having this
work done. Robert Hugh Clark, superinten
dent of lights, is taking much pride in the ap
pearance of the system, and especially the re
moval of overhead crossings,
Things like this will again entitle Waynes
ville to the slogan used years ago: "Waynes
ville The Beautiful.''
AND ORDER WAS KEPT
The wild hilarious crowds that usually
make up the greater part of the crowd on the
streets on election night were out of circula
tion in Waynesville last Saturday night.
Local policemen were given orders to keep
order and put rowdy drunke in jail. And the
officers obeyed orders and did that very thing.
On Friday evening some started an early cele
bration, by getting drunk, but they were soon
placed in jail, and it wasn't long before the
news got out to the out-lying sections that Way
nesville wasn't putting up with drunk3 any
' more. '-."'
As a result of these wholesale arrests, the
election on Saturday was termed by older citi
zens as the quietest ever held in Haywood
County.
Many thanks have been extended to the
city officials for their performance here on the
week-end. They are due a lot of credit for
cleaning things up.
And to those who always argue that drunks
can't be controlled, or kept off the streets of a
city should have been here last Friday, Satur
day and Sunday, and seen for themselves that
it was done.
FATHER'S DAY IS SUNDAY
i Sunday, June 14th, is Father's Day. For
some reason this particular day has not gained
in popularity as has mother's day. In fact, it
seems that other than just having a day set for
Father's Day in older to be in line with the
custom is about all there is to it.
We are just a little inclined to believe that
the men and boys of ithe country are responsi
ble for putting across Mother's Day, and just
as a matter of modesty left it to the women to
popularize Father's Day. Maybe, sometime
the day will become as popular as Mother's Day,
and then "The Old Man" will get a little recog
nition. "
MORE PURE-BRED POULTRY
Unfortunately Haywood County is not a
big producer of poultry and eggs. This county
, is one of the heavy consumers of the mountain
area. However, we do have a number of small
pure bred flocks of White leghorns, Barred
Rocks and a few others. More than a dozen
of these small producers are making money
from their flocks. The monthly income from
these range from $10.00 to $120.00.
The past siz months more high bred chicks
have been brought into the county than at any
time in a number of years. The slogan for this
county now is "50 purebred hens on every
farm."
FARMER'S DAY
Friday will be a big day in the county for
the farmers, as a special program has been ar
ranged for their benefit. Not only will it be an
educational program, but one of recreation and
fun as well.
Farmers are just like other groups of peo
ple, they are finding it necessary to get together
and discuss their problems, and to hear out
siders discuss new and different ideas about
certain matters that are paramount in the life
of every farmer today.
It is true that such meetings were not
held years ago, and every farmer did as he
pleased, or as he had been taught by his par
ents, but things are different now, since the
world has adopted the fast living methods.
Farmers who want to forge ahead and take
advantage of every opportunity offered, will
make every effort to be here Friday.
"COUNTRY THINGS I LOVE MOST"
When people live close to nature, what
phases of it do they love most ? Some reveal
ing replies by real farm people are given in a
department in The Progressive Farmer, in
which they '-write on "Country Things I Love
Most." We quote the following timely extracts:
"I love clover fields, Where the bees keep
up a .constant humming; a green pasture with a
little brook winding its way across the center
"to meet the creek beyond the woods ; to see baby
ducks playing in the pond; the hum of a cross
cut saw working-its way It hrough a log. Jewell
Allen, Putnam Co., Tenn."
"I love the little paths of the country, each
leading its own way. This one is a short way
through the woods to a neighbor's home; anoth
er leads to the spring; another to the berry
patch or the wild grapes or muscadines. You'd
never tire of exploring the mystery of each,
little path. I love the babies of the country
baby chicks, cheerful and chirping bits as they
follow their mother, in search of food; baby
ducks, yellow balls sailing on the duck pond ;
baby robbins in the nest ; baby kittens, white
and spotted, climbing and (tumbling in the hay
loft; baby boys and girls, playing in the sand,
gathering nuts, chasing butterflies, hunting
flowers. Potential rulers of our nation, they
are getting their first lessons close to that wise
old teacher, Nature. Mrs. Stella Hollis, Lamar
County, Ala."
"I love to hear rain falling on the roof and
the sound of thunder 'from away down under,"
indicating that another cloud is coming up. I
love bright zigzag flashes of lightening plowing
across the clouds. I love the feel of new-plowed
soil between my bare toes. T. A. Davis, age
15, Wayne County, Miss."
"WE AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET''
All indications are that a second primary
will be called in the state race, especially in
the governor's race. While second primaries
are Very unpopular, it now looks as if this run
off will - out-shadow even the recent primary,
which most people thought was warm enough.
If a second primary is called in the gover
nor's race, it will be about the warmest and
hardest fought campaign this state has ever
seen; The two main issues of the recent campaign-
"the machine" and the sales tax, will
not, in our opinion, be but merely mentioned.
The big issue will in all probability center
around liquor.
Unless we have entirely missed our guess,
and things change" between now and July
Fourth, we are in for four weeks of real mud
slinging. In fact, we "ain't seen nothing" in
the way of elections until the second primary.
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By W. CURTIS RUSS
Thanksgiving serriee ut unci'. We
b.ive ':it least two th'MiKS tn be thiink
liil fur over the week-end we Imil
rain, anil lie primary is over. Ue
neeilei! bulb tu happen.
line uf the bitf things cumiiii! tnm
liii' election, was prcinf that lliere is
still inniiev in the fiiuntrv. Lust SiU
uiil.iv it lonUeil like the onlv lulls,
however, were dollar ones, but then
that is nionev too. Ami In looking
back on the events of the day. tile
broadest smile came on the taee ot
the candidate wiio found he still had
:!O0 one dollar bills in ins pocket when
the polls closed.
1 1 u t that Is all over, and the
is st 111 henetUinn us.
And speaking of rain, brings to
mind l hut Friday is to be a biK' dav In
I lav wood I'ountv for the farmers ot
the counlv. and since I've assigned
everyone else topics about farmiiis
ai'tivities. It would only be fair that I
take a similar topic.
The ill t nionev 1 ever made wan
on a farm, and some of the memories
I cherish most, were those summer
vacations spett un a farm that had
about 1 HO acres uf tobacco, and J0U
acres in cotton.
I ve picked strawberries by t lie crate
picked cotton by the bate, suckered
tobacco by the acre, cropped tobacco
by the ton, and suit up all niffht help
ing tire the furnace during tobacco
curing -time. I've eaten watermellons
riifht out of the field, picked and
packed peaches. Dug sweet potatoes,
Irish potatoes, and picked up pecans
by the bushel. Yet I've never lived
on a farm for more than two or three
weeks at a time.
There is something about a farm
that makes one feel that they are
master of things, and not just a mere
cog in a giant machine, as is the feel
ing, most of us have in the town-life.
On the farm you can do as you
plea.se. In the city you have to do as
told, or as business directs.
And before I forget it. among the
things I've done on a farm includes
milking. At one time I could milk
as fast as a veteran dairyman. I
could also pull fodder and tie it up
as long as the person in the next row.
There was one thing I never Con
quered that was plowing a mule.
They were always too fast or too slow,
or I plowed too deep, or made the
rows crooked.
The biggest drawback I ever had
to living on a farm was the screech
owls at night. When one of them
started, I got frantic.
But even at that, the owls in the
woods are not as bad as some of the
night hawks that sit . under steering
wheels and blow their horns in town
all night.
Mr. W. C. Rues, Editor.
The Waynesville Mountaineer,
Waynesville, N. C. ,
Mv dear Mr. Russ:
The Chamber of Commerce, last
week, was requested by Mrs. Talley,
president of the Woodmen's Circle,
meeting at Lake Junaluska tn Mrrv
a group of their members on a tour
01 we parx.
Friday afternoon, a group of 13
cars sufficient to carry about -fifty
people was furnished bv a local irmun
I It is appropriate that public Tecog-
i tiir.ion ahmiM K mail fJutt.. .
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operation. Those furnishing cars in
cluded the following:
W. W. Blarkwell, R. H. Blackwell,
Mrs. R. N. Barber, Jr., Mr. J. H.
Way, Mr. L. N. Davis, Mr. Guy Mas
sic, Mr. Dan Watldns, Mr. Will Shel
ton, Mr, J. C. Brown, Mrs. J. E. Mas-
sie, M. H. Bowles, Wm, Shoolbred.
Most of the foregoing group drove
their own cars. However, it ie to
be noted that Miss Babbie Way drove
the car for Mrs. J. H. Way, and Frank
Massie drove the car for his mother.
The motorcade made the trip
through Sylva, Cherokee, Newfound
Gap. up to Clingman's Dome and re
turned by the same route. Those
making the trip were greatly im
pressed by the park, and were very
appreciative of the trip.
The furnishing of a car under such
conditions, is a real contribution, and
one for which the community at large
should be extremely grateful. In
about a month we are to have the
North Carolina Press Association as
our guests, and approximately fifty
cars will be needed on both a morn
ing and afternoon trip. This will
occur on Friday, July 10, and volun
tary oilers of cars will he greatly ap
preciated by the Chamber of Com
merce. Very truly yours,
CM AS. K. RAY, JR
23 Years Ago
in Haywood
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From liui file of May 3ml,.'
Miss Anna Boone is vis: -lives
in Asheville this week " "
Dr. W. H. Liner spent Tj .
of town, in Asheville.
Mr. Ben Rickart is the ,.u. 4. ,f v
David Miller this week
Mrs. R. H. Mitchell und : ..
Marshall went to Sunbur; ....
for the day.
Miss Mary Moody who h-.,
the winter in Raleigh has ....,',,
The Music Club meets this ',V-'.
noon with Mrs. James v. I;.,j
Little Hez Reeves celehrai-l t.,
birthday with a birthday par.y T
day afternoon.
Miss Wilsie Smathers gavn ,, , lv,
rook party last Saturday rvi-i:..v. ','
her home.
'Greater Y aynesville" This
renews the cry.
Now is the time for V:iyn.sv!l!
people to strike and strike hard f,,.
the new electric railroad.
This paper predicted four or flv
years ago that an electric railway ,)r
trolly line would be built from Way.
nesvllle to Asheville within live
and many people laughed at the ,...,
From facts stated on the front dhk
of this paper as learned from one uf
the leading promotors of the eleotrc
railroad for Waynesville, it looks as
If this prophecy is going to come true
Canton, N. C. There iH .somethmj
doing in Canton in the way of enter,
tainment for the people, it hean two
weeks ago Street carnivals, evanc.
llstic meetings, police court Ki:l
road improvements, et( .
The time is rapidly appr B-.ne
when the missionary conl. i n. .
the Southern Assembly will ,,.,..
the big auditorium on the banks f
Junaluska.. The people of Way:.,,,
ville are opening their- homes' (,-. uk
care of the delegates who : 1 1 i t-ri
these conferences.
This paper receives the pl.-as.;:,'
news that Mr. Clark Me.HV.ril i-j
Miss fOliziibeth McCracketi r Hur
ried on last Sunday at the : .::,
of tin' olllciating minister. l:, v l '
Kirk, on Crabtree. The lui,!.
attractive daughter of Mr. Tie
Craeken of Crabtree, and the
is the son of Mr, R. K. I
Iron Duff.
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