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Fage 2 THE WAYNES VTLLE MOUNTAINEER The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat Of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Editor W. Curtis Rush and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers I'L'BUSIIKU KVKHY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATKS One Year, In Haywood County $1.00 Six Moil In Haywood County 50 One Year Outside Haywood County $1.60 All Subscriptions Payable in Advance Kntercl ut the ost offire at Waynesville, N. C, as SenuiJ Class Mini Matter, as pruvitiH wider the Act of March i, 1879, November 20, 1914 Obitnarv nutlets, redulutiuna of respect, cards of thank, and all notices of entertainments for profit, will be charged for at the rate of one cent per word. PMSS ASSOCIATION e, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1936 THE FIVE AMENDMENTS In the heat of the presidential campaign, most voters seem Co have lost sight of the fact that five proposed amendments to the state constitution, all of them important, will be sub mitted to them on November 3rd. Four of the amendments are of far greater importance to the average citizen than the question of who goes to the legislature, or gets the governor's chair. The amendments are: 1. "For Amendment to the judicial section of the constitution." If passed, this will enable the legislature to increase the number of judg es of the State Supreme Court from five to seven, and allow the court to sit in. divisions. This amendment is supported by the Car asso ciation, and should meet general favor because oi trie congested condition of our courts. 2. "For exemption from taxation of homes to the value of $1,000." This amendment au thorizes the legislature to grant exemption from $100 to $1,000 on a man's home. This does not mean that an exemption will be granted im mediately oil every home in North Carolina. It means what it says that the legislature will be authorized "to fix the exemption as it may see fit, and as there is demand from the voters of the state." This amendment deserves your support, and do not allow yourself to be misled by anyone telling you that it will place a burden on the counties. "PAID IN FULL" Lake J jnaluska is now cleared of all debts, and is the property of Southern Methodists. The titles have been put on record, and the debt paid off in full. The reproduction of a picture of the check which was used in paying off the $100,000 debt, is printed on the front page of this issue, not only as proof that the debt was paid, but to give an idea of how a $100,000 check looks. This community is proud of the work done by the Methodists in clearing this property of debt. They have done a good job and deserve a lot of credit for carrying on even when things looked dark. Lake Junaluska is now launching out into a new era. Since the burden of debt has been lifted, we look for bigger things from the Assembly Grounds, although the programs rendered dur ing the past few years have been a credit to those in charge. THURSDAY, OCTOBER -9. 193S THE OLD HOME TOWN by STANLEY 14 CAV 0 VON TO (3 NOW LISTEN. JAKE EVE(Y FALLVOtjl CHIMNEY BURNS OUT ANt YOU CALL THE Fires mpahtment-now yi can aeow THAT UAOOER FOR APPLE PICKING &UT YOUVE SOT TO CLEAN OUT YOUR, CHIMNEY FIRST in OTHER vvoiioi. you cant have your r JV-O fCI CHIMNEY FlffE AND YOUf? APPLE- SAUCe Too!'. I. WHAT IS WHAT? If national elections don't do anything else, we are of the opinion that they do cause some people to think that otherwise might go on for ever taking the opinions of others, whether right or wrong. In this campaign, as in all campaigns, there are many absurd claims being made. Some might be right, and others seem to be far from the truth, while the average voter wh claims no party affiliation stands by just wondering what it is all about. Now take the question of better times. The Democrats claim and quote figures to prove that President Roosevelt is responsible ior better times. The Republicans come along and. say that better times would have come regardless of Mr. Roosevelt's policies. And behind both of the major political parties comes the pessimist who denies that times are better' than they were in 1930 -or 1931. So there voii are. TRAFFIC DlRKTOI P YOU FMCS HEfC AUTO LOST ohb m I Cow. re I Ktar4Ni COMiyiJONCK r-e :.. m.t .'per,; Sunday accem.,l " i a up MARSHAL OTBY WALKERS Nw PlAN OF LAPPER LENPN4 HAS CUT OW,M THE PIRE PBP-AWTTVltNTS VVOR 95 PER CSNT Here and There By HILDA WAY GWYN Mrr PROUD OF AMERICA'S RECORD "We have a right to be proud of the way the American people have come through this seven-year testing time," says the Country Preacher, as quoted in an editorial by Dr. Clar ence Poe in The Progressive Farmer, and adds further: It is offlciallv known that- the nf (ices in the basement of the Haywood County Court House, of H. C. Wil burn, who is in charge of the olan ning and organizing- of the Drooosed museum ior tne North Carolina side in the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional Park, may be moved out o: the court huu.se. If the report be true we .annot feel that those who have the authority to. make this move have gone very thoroughly into the matter. 3. "For classification of property." In tins amendment the legislature would be given the right to classify property, and to levy taxes at different rates. For instance, farm lands used in production would be taxed at one rate; wast lands, swamps, and growing timber at. another,' The Const', va'ioiiisis both soil and wild-life, seem to favor this one, for it would help on any land used in that mariner. But we wonder if it might not pave the way for classification to tlu detriment instead of the advantage of the pub lic welfare. -1. "For increasing limitation of income tax to ten per cent." This speaks for itself, and even, the higher bracket incomes cannot say thatit is an effort to "soak the rich." a. "For limitation upon the increase of public debt." The fifth and last amendment would forbid the cities, counties and state from making more t h an two dolla rs of new debt for each three dollars of old debt paid off unless voted for by the people. This amendment will meet some determined opposition, and if the last provision "unless approved by a vote of the people" were not included, we would advise against it. After all is said and done, the peo ple, not the politicians, pay the debts. It might be a good idea to let them have the right to express directly their opinions on the matter. There are the five amendments which the voters will face on November 3rd. Give them serious thought, and then vote the way you believe will benefit the state and your com munity most. Ex. We respect any man or woman who is loyal to any political organization, but when they refuse to respect the right of opinion of others who might have a different slant on such mat ters, it is then that we doubt his sincerity of their own faith, A lot of talk is making the rounds about the "baby derby" in Canada, but Americans cannot say too much, for right here in the south Kentucky for example, at a town named Jenkins, there is a coal miner-farmer named Oaker Vanhoose who is only 44, and his wife not yet 87, and they have 20 children. "Most folks in debt have tried to pay their debts, Many creditors, probably most of them, have been generous to debtors on interest charges and many on principal also. The hero ism that has been shown by whole families working together to save their homes, to keep their heads up and educate the children, I call magnificent. "And we have had no revolution, Our law makers have tried to help the distressed, but ! not to destroy the well-to-do. America might have turned to Bolshevism as Russia did. It might have turned to Fascism and dictatorships as Italy and Germany did. It might have be come involved in civil war as Spain has don Free speech, free press, free elections, free churches all the most priceless things we have or shall ever have, might have been sacrificed here as they have been in other nations. But none of these things has happened here. On the contrary, I think our people have shown won derful common sense, wonderful courage, and a wonderful capacity for going just far enough with new ideas to protect themselves without rushing blindly into enough new experiments to destroy themselves. "We have a right to be proud of the way the American people have come through this seven-year testing time. The suffering and distress nearly everybody has been through has enlarged nearly everybody's sympathies. We have more concern for the other fellow, more interest in all those who labor and are heavy-laden. As one direct result of the de pression we are g-oing to have old age pensions not extravagant enough to provide the glor ious luxuries Dr. Townsend promises but yet big enough to prove a godsend to millions. Also insurance to protect the man or woman out of a job, dependent mothers, the blind and dis abled. And while all parties promise greater economies, none propose that the federal gov ernment shall let the poor anywhere starve." The activities of the various de partments and 'agencies located in the court house have increased tremendously since the plans for the building were completed which at the time was thought to con tain, adequate space to serve the vOunty for many years to come. Granting, the need for more of fices we feel that it would not be advisable to transfer the oflice of Mr. WHburn at this time. Iti the first place it is only a tem porary arrangement until the comple tion of the museum building that will house the material beinjf culleeted We should appreciate the location of this office in our own county. It is one of the few things definitely re lated tn the Erovernmentnl sw-tiviriot of the park located in North Carolina. to noia interest in tne Dark on this side of New Fxiund Gap. Editor The Mountaineer: in the oast I have mnila mnnv siraignt-irom-tiie-shoulder criticisms oi tne loose and inefficient methods of handling Haywood County finances, particularly the bungling manner in which its taxes have been collected, or perhaps better not collected. Then during- the ineumhenrv f Mr c j .. i.ianc vi iuvemoer the ivth ii D A Howell as county tax collector, 6th designated by Governor Cra I -' e" v uuece ihiik i vjuuu rvoaus uavo In ni-tU r 1: i . .... I i , ... ca:uiina nis spienuia work. When he was relieved of thu Dosition I much disgruntled and said sn in rh columns of The Mountaineer. In to Years Ago in Haywood (From the filj t Miss Wikie Smathers is" K , L of her sister, Mrs. Jack Hi-;-at her home in Pensaoo a f' u mi, a. Barber spent 'h, end in Asheville, visiting Mr. Wa ter n.in., . ...L'JlAcs frv. rL.ki' 7. 6"" Kil ejr. accepted a position Mrs Felix Alley and he .-us. .uargaiet Have day in Asheville. Mr. Cola Allen left yu'iiuiai wiiere he 5irin wifU .i 1 Company. L- Mr. Clem Satterth.,;,.. , jviucwiiic in 1'hllaH.. I. Mr. Bill Cob affQ- ,. eral days in Spartanburg S r returned home. ' Mr. and Mrs .1 rq ?'. the we.k-end in cirf. h'5 charmiag hostess to an Z -the dance given at her home on the Fv" view Road on Saturday evening Mrs. Harden W.inn ?' . Saturday afternnnn f . . "f10' home in West Waynesv I- ",T:ve ception given in honor of her Mrs. William D Maranoll -r r, " New York. '" 01 Dun:- All old-time wniLcr, wnicn snou ii ,.,.., apple crop next vear The glory of the mitnm, ., wonlLintensified by the tuhes wu.ee uucu Dy tne snow on Mondav Dr. Edward K. Graham .u . . nun IS Ui.'r- ing president of the University North Carolina, has some detini-,' ideas as to the no tv,of n. .. . , . should make of November the 'vth anj an j ev. has tnat communication I said that ht had set a high mark for his success or to shoot at. I have from time to tinu fnllr.cv..il the reports in your columns of the excellent work of that successor. Mi VV. H. McCracken. in the , ollnrtiiin ot taxes, showing that he has been nittniLr the target eveiv timp an. nmv 111 your issue of October nm such a report to the County Commis sioners ot tax collections h r hino never known in Haywood county in my me. It ooks ke Mr M,. Lracken has lust gathered in that araet and has taken it. th hi.. nHi,-a in tne county court house and has h-ung 1 ui) as "Exhibit A " lhat laithful and efficient auhli.' servant should have the hearty cominenoatlon ot everv ritiw nf Haywood countv. and I to him mine through the medium of your columns. K. W. GUDGER. New York City, The American Mu seum of Natural History. A bill amendincr thn r.,.i i. n "Jau 1UW III HayWOOd COUntv was intm,t,,., J .... passed by the efforts nf Ssenot,.. II.... nah during the snerial 'oi,m' .. .1. " legislature, together with several I minor acts affecting the county. MARRIAGES ( As Hi'ciirch'd in .Monday .Noon of This Wwli) Navy Day Tennessee has visioned the park would mean its first inception and, has fered the .government every ducemetit. The people of Gatlin burg are giving' the. use of two buildings for offices' of the Park Service. Superintendent Eakin is given a house in which to live. The citizens of Matyvillu. Tenn., have offered storage accommoda tions, which have also been ac cepted. Maybe there have been more reasons than we like to admit for our neighboring state 'getting. the biggest. -slice, of park activities. what from of-in- tor nve years - Mr, Wi mm w employed by the North Carolina Park Commission as an engineer, surveying and investigating values and in charge of the legal, work, during the- acquisi tion., activities of the development of the park. In April, 1933, he was em ployed by the National Park Service, and in November, 1934, he was loaned on a part time basi.s, to the North Carolina Park Museum committee. Some people are expressing- great concern over the rumor that the King of England might marry an American woman. We feel some what like the local married man did when one of his friends got married. "Why worry about him He is no better than the rest of us, and we are married." . ':''- We are keenly disappointed, because to date we have not read or heard anyone crack the old joke that the warm fall is due to the ht political campaign. During this period of nearly two years Mr.- -Wil burn, has col lected $2,500 worth of books and documentary material, and in all something over 5,500 objects. It was specified in the beginning by Mr. Cammerer, that all material for the museum was to be stored in a fire proof building until the museum building in the park was erected. In the work being done by Mr. Wilburn, in research and cat aloguing, it is necessary that his office and place of storage be the . same. - Navy Day was inaugurated in 1922 by . the Navy League of the United States and its observance is spon sored annually by the league. It is the day set a.side fonrtppn vm .h. k.. Presidential proclamation' and is the day the Navy is at home to the public. October 27th was selected because it is the anniversary of the birth of President Theod much of whose life establishing a sound naval policy for the United States of America. It will be remembered that President Tt volt first achieved a national reputa tion by writing a naval history of the War of 1812. a u-nil- nf tn,.!, that it was incorporated into Clowo's Royal Navy, a monumental history of the British Sea. Service. Later, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and finally as President, Roosevelt bent his tremendous energies to impress upon the American people the neces sity for an adequate navy, and en. U o. Whitmire. Kosman. tn Caldwell, of Waynesville. Jim Beck, of Wavneville. t,i lien. lah Conard, of Maggie. Ralph Crawford to Fannie 'Green Littrel, both of Waynesville. Alonzo Finnev. of Tralit Dovie Messer, of Jonathan Creek. Kiley Carver, of Fine., Creek- t Bonnie Jaynes, also of Fines Creek urawtord U. League, of Greenvi c. to Marion Elise Davis, of WavinK. ville. Hilliard McLean Sheehnn. if Wnv. nesville, to Hattie Watson, of Whi't tier. realize this ideal. October is also the month in which the American Navy was founded ir 1775 by the Continental Congress. In addition to paying a deserveil tribute to the sea heroes of the na tion and recalling the splendid par the navy has played in making and keeping us. a nation, the Navy Day observance has proved a valuable means of fostering a;'' better '"understanding- of the navy and its work. Such information, in a country wiiei-e government is by public - opinion. ' essential to the formation of epy rect judgments affecting naval policy, and in this work of information the-" Navy Day observance has played a considerable part. TROUBLES OF AN HEIRESA , Revealing the trials of a $7.000.iiii'. beautiful heiress. An uiisual : u - -trated story in . the November Is', issue of the American Weekly, the1 big magazine which comes every-Sur-' lay with the isALTlMOKE AM h Ki ln conversation with Mr. Eakin last summer reeardinir the work- nf tno museum he said, "Mr. Wilburn is dor mg a splendid Diece of wnrk- in hii quiet way but such a thorough -way. It is doubtful if vnil nonnlo ra oil 7tt just what he is doing. I thihk when the museum is romnleted von will K surprized at what he has accomplish- ea. "" FAMED AUTOGRAPH FOUND IN BARREL An autoeranh of Reniamin PmnV. lin. dated 1787. was fiiunrt in Vin torn of a barrel -of china from a die mantled inn, in Tarry town, N. Y., last week. The autograph on a deed f the supreme executive of n Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, of which he was president, has been au thenticated by Leslie V. Case, presi dent of the Tarrytown historicsil ociety. ,i.. j .v . ,. " .-,uy Willi tne OAljll.VlUK.Ei -AM V. deav ored through his leadership to ' CAN. On sale at all news staW.ls KINGS and OTIEENS In England the ambition of every shopkeeper is to be able to boast that he has once served the King. The inference is that if the goods and service are satisfactory to a king they should be satisfactory to anv of his subjects.- . , 'r; ; Being situated in a supposedly democratic county. Alexander's operates on a little different principle.. At this institution, we simply use our imagination and regard every customer as an INCOGNITO King or Queen. And we'll wager that no king or queen ever received more attentive consideration or a more conscientious ' brand of service than is accorded all of our patrons. This applies whether the order amounts to a few cents or a substantial sum. Maybe this is why-Alexander's is regarded by a Iar?e part of Waynesville's population as the "ACE" of dm? 'stores.. . A S K YO U R DO CTO R ALEXANDER'S lh DRUG STORE Phones 53 & 54 Opposite Post Office TWO REGISTERED PHARMACISTS FOR YOUR PROTECTION
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