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Page 2 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, l93, The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 1S7 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat Of H.iywood County W. CUkTIS KUSH Editor W. Curtia Rush and Mar-inn T. Bridges. Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County $1.00 Six Months. In Haywood County 50 One Year Outside Haywood County $1.50 All Subscriptions Payable in Advance Kntere.1 at the puxt offire at Waynesville, N. C, an Sei oiui Clam Mail Matter, ax iriiviileii under the Act of March 3, 18711, November 20, 1U14. Obituary ntriireu. resolutions of respect, cards of thanks, and all notice of entertainments fr profit, will be charged for at the rate of one cent per word. North Carolina Z 'petss association ;';! THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1936 RECOGNITION OF THE PARK It is interesting to know that the Depart ment of Commerce in Washington, in their weekly business survey sheets, made mention of travel in the Great Smoky Mountains Park for Labor Day. These surveys are official, and accurate. The Smoky Mountains Park was the only Park mentioned in the survey. Other travel surveys being confined to rail and water centers. Such recognition of the Park by a govern ment agency, in such an encouraging manner, should do much to create optimism to a much higher degree. HOW ABOUT A HAT EATING CONTEST? The headlines on the front page of this paper last week announcing that Haywood County was receiving $39,000 from the tax suit which was instituted a year ago, was nothing .short of startling news to many readers. The board of commissioners on several oc casions was criticized severely for spending money for an audit of the 1931, and 1932 tax books, and employing lawyers to file the sui;. Some former members of the board of com missioners are said to have offered to eat their hats if the county ever realized one cent from the suit. The matter is settled. The county has the money and that is all they wanted. The tax payers are not out anything, because the costs in the suit have been paid by the bonding com panies. The whole thing is past history except possibly some of those who said they would eat their hats will make good their promise. THE NEW STADIUM The Township Stadium at the high school will.be dedicated Friday afternoon just prior to the Waynosville-Sylva football game. The stadium is a credit to this community. It is not only beautiful in appearance, but will af ford sports spectators added comfort in watch ing the games. The stadium cost about $8,000 and will seat over 1,500 people. This was a WPA pro ject. The addition of the stadium to the high school plant will mean an increase in attendance at football games, and certainly a coach lika Mr, Weatherby deserves a large attendance. He has always produced winning teams, and this year's outfit will be even better than former teams, if present predictions come true. Not only have his teams been winners,"but they have been clean, sporty teams, and certain ly that is something every citizen should appre ciateyes, appreciate to the point of attending the games in the new and comfortable stadium. COPING WITH CRIMINALS The record of law enforcement and appre hension of law breakers by the Federal Depart ment of Justice, under J. Edgar Hoover, is de serving of commendation by every lover of justice. This organization has convicted 3,905 persons or 94.35 per cent of the cases that went to trial. It has been successful in every kid naping case in which it ha3 performed investi gative work, with 31 life sentences, four death sentences, and other sentences totaling 2,113 years. Three culprits committed suicide, five were killed, six died by murder at the hands of their gang members, and two were lynched. Due to the activities of the bureau in running down bank robbers, insurance companies have recently reduced bank insurance rates 20 per cent in 35 states. 73 persons were convicted of bank robbery last year. Morganton News-Herald. MR. ROOSEVELT AND THE PARK From the day he took office, President Roosevelt has taken a keen interest in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He has already done much for the development of the park in a direct way, and also in a number of indirect ways. That part of his New Deal program of establishing CCC camps has meant a lot to the Park area. Since Mr. Roosevelt has made a personal trip into the Park, and has gotten first hand in formation, it stands to reason that he will now be even more interested than in the past. The lone fact that $750,000 must be found somewhere to purchase additional land for the completion of the park is no small item and certainly one of much significance. Then there is another item that ha3 not been cleared in every detail at least to the point where actual construction has started on this end of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Since Mr. Roosevelt has seen the crest of the mountains over which this parkway is to go, it will be much easier to point out to him certain details favoring this end of the Parkway that it would have been hard to do before. His remarks about his pleasant trip intJ the Park, together with his statements that millions would soon be coming to this section, are encouraging to the point that many hereto fore skeptics will begin to believe that the Park is more far-reaching than just to people right here in Western North Carolina. The visit of Mr. Roosevelt into the Park was itself proof enough that it is of national importance, and brings to a fitting climax the visit of Arno B. Cammerer, director of all Na tional Parks here in July when he spoke before the North Carolina Press Association, and pointed out that $750,000 was still needed to complete the park. Things have at least boiled down to this point Mr. Cammerer has presented his position on the park in a clear and concise manner. Everyone knows just what is needed to com plete the park before acceptance by the gov ernment. Mr. Roosevelt was interested enough in the park to make a personal visit, and then expressed himself as having enjoyed every minute of his trip. Putting two and two together, we feel that Mr. Roosevelt will see to it that the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is completed within "short order." THE OLD HOME TOWN by STANLEY L-W- fwXrOt. W -MAT TW! "S "eMSOS POP WHO CWEVrJEOj YM TZZ FuatSHEcA ( UP FOOfc HORSE S IH .f "THE PORTER AT THE CENTRAL HOTEs., LATB TBWSt, CLOSED OPMIS SMOB CLEAN 14 & DEPARTMENT ANPHUREO.Y LEFT TOWN Random By W CURTIS RUSS IT'S FUNNY ONLY ONCE! To all those who want to qualify as the life of the party, who wish to be known as droll fellows, irrepressible clowns, or mad wags, who are anxious to fascinate mixed audiences with the rapierlike quality of their wit the follow ing words of advice, presented by Robert E. Sherwood in the Rotarian Magazine, are offered : "Don't ever start off any story with the introduction, 'It seems '. "Don't ever confess that you are 'remind ed of an anecdote '. "Don't ever explain beforehand that the joke you are about to tell is funny. That is a contention which is always extremely hard to prove. "Don't ever repeat a nifty that you heard in a musical revue. Its presence there is a guarantee of its age. "Don't ever tell dialect stories. "Don't ever assume that a joke which has been told effectively by Irvin S. Cobb will sound flinny when recounted by you. A man's joke, like his toothbrush, is his own exclusive prop erty. -. "Don't ever follow a humorous climax by digging your victim in the ribs. "And above all things "Don't ever preface your remarks with 'Stop me if you've heard this one'. It is an utter waste of words: (a) because the chances are 100 to 1 that your listeners have heard that one, and (b) because they all know perfectly well that it would be useless for them to say so. The presistent joke-teller will never be stopped by anything short of a millennium." Recently heard a person say that they joined any and everything that they belonged to every type of organ ization being a natural born "joiner." Why I belong to eveything except the colored church, they said, "and I contribute to that." That is the way with some people- get drafted into everything that is coming and gxiing, and many times "forced to join ' whether or not. 1 honestly believe newspaper people are asked to join more things than any other one jrroup. Dr. R. P, Walker on hk. return from a two-week's stay in Charles ston, gets quite a kick out of telling the yarn about the pastor wno visited a member of his church who was stone deaf. "I wish it were so that you could attend the services," he said as he started to leave. "Well, I couldn't hear a word that was said," said the old woman, "but they tell me I ain't missing much." Dr. Walker also picked up a true story in Columbia on his return about the Baptist preacher. It seems that the trees in front of the Baptist church were the only ones to die during the recent drought. Someone wanting to have some fun with the janitor asked why the trees in front of the church had (lied and no others seemed to have been effected bv the dry weather. Thinking the negro janitor would make some reply about the Baptist and water, instead he ouickly replied: "I don't know, suh, 'loss its 'cause so much hot air comes from dat church." 23 Years Ago in Haywood ON OUR WAY " W. A. Thompson was sentenced to 18 months on the Guilford County farms for as sault on a female. But Trial Judge E. Earle Rivers has since discovered1 that Thompson was suffering from high blood pressure when he as saulted aforesaid female. "Therefore," Judge Evans said, "he may not be entirely responsi ble for his acts." Thompson was paroled on Thursday by Governor Ehringhaus. There was a time, supposedly, when a man had to be good and crazy to escape responsibility for his criminal acts. But don't be old-fashioned, this is an advancing world. Raleigh News and Observer. A number of varus trot out last week after Mr. Roosevelt had passed through Waynesville. Howell Mc Cracken came forth with the fact that he saw two presidents on Wed nesday the present one and the next one. As best as I can find out, Henry daddy made the remark after all the cars on Main street had been re moved that it looked like "Hoover Days" when people were too poor to nave cars. There were doubtless dozens of other remarks that brought forth smiles, but 1 haven't run into them yet. An interesting thing to do is to watch trains shift back and forth that is if you are not on them when they are shifting. I can't understand how train crews talk with just wav ing their arms 'around. It seems they all give the same wave for every thing, thus leaving it up to the en gineer to read their minds. The other day a freight with two engines came through each engineer received orders, as did the conductor in the caboose. Within a few min utes the train had stooped, a switch. man was throwing a switch and the freight had side tracked and a pass enger train was rolling by. All of it was done without a hitch, and seem ingly with no great effort on any one's part. (From the files of Sept. 5, 1913.) Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bridges and fam ily, of Greenville, S. C, are visiting friends and relatives about town this week. , Miss Helen Briggs left Tuesday for Moiristown, Tenn., where she wiU visit Miss Fay Grisby. Miss Marie Harden, of Salisbury, arrived yesterday and is the guest of Miss Georgia Miller. Misses Robena, Evonia and Maude Howell spent Monday visiting friends in Canton. Mr. William Dale, of Columbia, Tenn., arrived this week and is the guest of her parents. Miss Janie Love Sexton, who has been spending the summer at Sun burst, has returned home. Mr. Fred Howell returned on Mon day from a business trip to Savan nah, Ga. Miss Annie and Miss Mary Shool- bred spent Tuesday in Asheville. Miss Sadie Luck, of Sylva, was the guest yesterday of Mies Hattie Siler. Waynesville could establish a rep utation as a winter resort, if it would take the trouble to do so. The Saturday Evening Post refers to Hendersonville as a village near Asheville, which ie one way to secure fame. "This will be a big town in two years,' said a high official of the Southern Railway, who was here the other day and he spoke as if he knew wnat he was talking about. . fcome or these" days somebodv is going to build a great tourist hotel in Waynesville, that will bear the same relation to this town a Grove Park Inn does to Asheville, and it will not be so long either. One of the cleverest m'eces nf adver tising matter ever prepared with re gard to Waynesville was the "Way nesville Herald," the special twelve MARRIAGES (Aa Recorded to Monday .,Jt of This Wet-ki James Lloyd Shelton, ., C, to Lillie McMahan, of George D. Buckner to Mm both of Canton. Eula Howard, of Canton Rogers, of Enka. Claude Buchanan, of o Bessie Shuler, of Waynesv Claude Warren to Gent'., both of Canton. :iur.,j CORRECTION In a re.ent issue of Tho taineer, the marriage of Ed Moody to Masie Mull wa It should have read: E.-w Moody to Marie Mull." We regret the error, and A to make this correction. 30 GREAT COMICS The world's greatest ... ways 30, sometimes mori v .... fewer, will be found in The iiAiTr" Keep smiling by reading T .1 more American' Great Com-, sale by all newsdealers. page magazine issued bv ;. fv tridge-Neville Co., of Hun'tinr -i W Va., as a booster for the an.-- -,n of Grand View. The severe electric storm V,- up suddenly late Tuesday :if' rn.,V did considerable damaee. th.. !; m . striking in a number of p!a.-.'"n-a town. Two horses were killed' i;- -i-yard of K. Howell near town nn'i ' chimney of the home of Mis ;;.! ' was struck and demolished. MODERN SHOE REPAIRING The most modern equipment, and expert workmen assure the better repairing of your shoes thriftily. No Matter How Difficult The Job May Seem, It Will He Simple For Us. THE CHAMPION SHOE SHOP Next to Western Union THE WORLD'S GOOD NEWS will come to your home every day through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR An International Daily Newspaper It records for you the world's clean, constructive doings. The Monitor does not exploit crime or sensation; neither does It Ignore them, but deals correctively with them. Features for busy men and all the family. Including the weekly Magazine Section. The Christian Science Publishing Society One. Norway Street. Boston, Massachusetts ?IiW..;n!5r my 'inscription to The Christian Science Monitor for a period of H7.iJfJ MtM months M.50 I months 13.25 1 month 75c Wednesday Issue, Including Magazine Section: I year IJ.80. 0 issues 25c Name . . v Address . .'.- SampU Copy 0H Aequejl Last Friday at Rotary. I ate bv a man from Switzerland, and later in the program heard a man from Mex ico tell of some of the old Srjanish customs of pur southern neighboring country. It wag about the best de scription I've heard of Mexico, and I've heard several. He was wirtv and a natural born lecturer. And the detail description he gave on hnw the young people do their courting in Mexico would more) than fil' column, so I am saving that for a later date. Right now I'm eroine out tn nilr a bunch of goldenrods to put on Uncle Abe's desk for his hay fever, unless he throw, that smell out the window. THE REASON Alexander's Drug Store has developed such a tre mendous prescription business may be found in the ven simple fact that this institution has always SPECIALIZ ED in prescription compounding. This department of our business has ever come FIRST in our thoughts and supervision, outranking everything else connected wit1' our store. Here, the primary function of drug store re ceives primary consideration. Waynesville people recog nize and appreciate that fact. ASK YOUR DO C T O R ALEXANDER'S D RUG STORE Phones 53 & 54 Opposite Post Office TWO REGISTERED PHARMACISTS FOR YOUR PROTECTION
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