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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, i9J7 fage t THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 VVaynesvillo. North Carolina The County rieat Of Haywood County W. CURTIS HVHt Editor VV. ('uitia Ituss anil Marion T. linages. 1'ublidhers iui;X-isj 1 1 ;i i;i;i:v thlrsdav SUliSCItH'TtOX 11ATF.S One Year, In Haywood County Six MonUi.v In Hayw.otl County One Year Outside Haywood County All Sul)-i'ii)tiotn I'ayahie in Advance $1.00 .50 $1 SO KiiO-n-l at tin' i-ist office at Wjiievill. N .. as bcoiI Cla. Ml Matter, .11 .roi.lf .1 ut.det tin- At f M H 'il 3. 1S79, Nxvemlier 20. IK It. Obituary ii'ite ea, reltiUiM of tesi" I. cards of tktiaks, and all iiotirj'K ( entertauimenU tor profit, ill b charged fur al Uie rate of one ci"nt per word orlh C.i PPfSS ASSOClAi'.ON o. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 19:57 ROOSEVELT AM) THE COl'KT Despite all the talk and fuss about Presi dent Roosevelt's proposal to increase the mem bership of the United States Supreme Court from nine to fifteen members, there really isn't much to argue about. It's an open and shut propositon. The three departments of our Federal gov ernment are supposed to be three distinct and separate units: executive, legislative and ju dicial. The reason why the President wants to add more men to the Supreme Court is so that he can appoint judges who will carry out his wish es. That means that the judicial branch of the government would be subservient to the execu tive branch. In addition to that, there is one important factor to be considered. President Roosevelt was elected by an overwhelming majority at the last election. The Senate and House of our National Congress are also Democratic by a wide margin. This means that most of the membership will be inclined to back up any thing and everything that the President sug gests. Which means further that not only the judicial branch of the government but also the legislative branch would be subservient to the -fthief Executive. Hn other words, it i.s apparent that unless the brakes are applied we are going to have a political dictatorship in this country which will Se almost like that now in existence in Ger many and Italy. The power of a dictator in the hands of Pres ident Roosevelt might be a grand thing. It should Imj remembered, however, that Mr. Roosevelt will not always be president: that --ether 'a 'ministrations wid follow his iMid tivt ye might not approve of placing into their hands t he authority which Mr. Roosevelt is now seek ing for himself. They, too, would be able to pack the Supreme Court and make that body conform to their wishes. They, too, would be -ohlt to control Congress. They, too, would be able to rul things with an iron hand. P.ut their method of handling the nation's affairs might not be to our liking at all. Nevertheless, lhe power would be theirs, and we could do nothing about it. And that is why we said at the outset that this is an open and shut proposition, with very 3 ittle room for argument in it. Are we going to place all of our government id power executive, judicial and legislative in the hands of one man, or are we going to keep them separate and apart, as has been the :a.se in the past? The State, Raleigh; SOME FACTS ABOUT THE SUPREME COURT, ' At this time when the Supreme Court issue is a general topic of conversation the following facts regarding the court are worth knowing: The Supreme Court of the United States was established in 1789 with six (6) members. In 1807, five years later, the membership of the Supreme Court of the United States was in creased to seven (7). i. In 1837, thirty years later, the membership of the Supreme Court of the United States was increased to nine (9). In 1863, during the War Between the States, the membership of the Supreme Court of the United States was increased to ten (10). In 1866, just three years later, the member ship of the Supreme Court of the United States was reduced to seven (7). In 1869, also a three year interval, the mem bership of .he Supreme Court of the United States was increased to nine (9) and has been at that figure ever since. Morganton News Herald. ..- "GET US OUT OF THE MUD" The press of the state, seems to have risen "up in arms" during the pasi few weeks, over the conditions of secondary roads in the state. The weeks of steady rain have made some of the roacls the worst in years. Schools in many counties have had to suspend their work be cause of the roads. Under the caption, "Get Us Out of the Mud," The Mecklenburg Times had the following com ment to make: "Get us out of the mud" is the ciy of rural residents in all parts of North Carolina. This winter has given a severe test to the roads in North Carolina and many of them have been impassable for weeks at a time, making it im possible for school busses to operate in many districts and slowing down traffic of all kinds. Rural residents feel that they have paid suf ficient taxes into the state highway department to have much better roads than they are get ting. They also feel that more money is being spent on what is known as primary highways than is necessary and that the greater part of these funds should be diverted to improvements of secondary roads which have been neglected during the past five years. These people are in dead earnest and expect to continue until they get some action from the highway department. Many of them feel that the highway department has an enormous amount of money. In fact, it is known that other state departments have tried to get funds diverted from the highway department for use in other state departments. Farmers in this section want no diversion of funds except from primary roads to secondary roads. According to reports from the highway de partment made public to the legislature there is at present about $160 per mile per year avail able for maintenance of county roads. This is a great amount of money but the people of this county do not believe that they have had the average amount for roads in Mecklenburg Coun . ty. In addition to the money collected by the state highway department for roads, the Federal gov ernment has furnished considerable funds for highways, roads and streets, very little of which has come to any of the secondary roads. The National Emergency' Council' during the period from April 8, 1935 to December 31, 1936 spent in North Carolina for highways, roads and streets, $8,648,455 according to Robert M. Gantt state director. Money from other Federal funds has been used in employing labor and purchas ing material for highways in this state. With all of this the secondary road system went to pieces during this winter so that school buses could not run and many farmers could not get their automobiles away from home. Following this same line of thought, The Gates County Index, takes the position that the state is getting the cart before the horse, in providing a million and a half dollars for free school books for the children, when the rural roads -are' getting worse all the time, and with many more rainy weeks as we have just expe rienced, the schools won't be open long enough to justify the expenditure, for the free text books. AN IMPORTANT MEETING Tonight, at seven thirty, at the court house, the interested and loyal citizens of this commun ity will meet for the annual reports and. elec tion of officers of the Chamber of Commerce. This is an important meeting. There will be matters of importance that will be brought up and disposed of. The election of the ten directors in itself, will be most important. Those who have been prone to criticise the organization, and what it has accomplished, should be there and hear the reports of the of ficials. If you are interested in the future of your community, you will make every effort to at tend this meeting tonight at seven-thirty. You can be assured that no subscriptions will be sought, no back pledges collected. In fact, you can leave your pocketbook at home, but bring all the family. TOO MANY CONFLICTING MEETINGS Every week there seems to be a conflict of public meetings in this community. From time to time civic and religious organizations will schedule important meetings at the same time, -and expect the same people to attend. It seems to us, that since this community has a full-time secretary of the Chamber of Com merce, that it would be wise to list with him ' the date, hour and place of all proposed meet ings. We feel that the secretary would be pleased to keep records of such meetings, and thus eliminate a lot of worry on the part of those in charge of meetings to find "an open date and hour.': ' ..'.':'. THE OLD HOME TOWN by STANLEY ITS A BOON TO WKSHWAV WORKERS, OTEY-OUR Own i rIYLL HAVE l .iroAt tonmisj'ui-itRj To WAVE AH ) SAI' IT WILL KEEP THE UMBRELLA """"-'J BOYS TO&ETMEre SO rOR MIDSUNIMEWIVTME B05S CAM COUkT vjopk if v, m'fm much EASiEre I IF ITS ANY J I NEWS TO S. V ( YOO I RAM s Z. ( I I 1 9 Years Age in Haywood (From the files of Feb. asa FseerMoiee, ot the mop handle WKS HAS BBOUSHT OUT A NEW COMPY FOUR-PAS5EMSEI? ROACSIPE SHOVEL THAT HAS A GREAT FUTURE WJ eorratOOi'- rt w t(Mf -0TtA'. sh t-t'i' Random SIDE GLANCES By W. CURTIS RUSS My nerves are still on edge, from the fright I received last week. It so happened, thai as I was typing an editorial based on the fourth boiler explosion in this state within a few months, that I heard a hissing ."sound that, grew louder and louder. At first, the direction of the fright ful sound could not be determined. I thought of the boiler in the basement, then of the gasoline tanks at the service station next door. The thoughts ol them, however, only added more fear in my trembling soul, as the sound grew louder. In a desperate lunge, I matte to the window, and was .relieved to find that a car had been driven into the service station air line near my win dow, and the pipe had been snapped, Needless to say, the contemplated editorial was thrown into the waste basket, and my thoughts were quickly diverted to more delightful things than bursting boilers and I hope broken air lines. Several days after the "air line fright" I was listening to R. E. O'Farrell, manager of the station, tell how it all happened, and then it was all very amusing. And, by the way, Mr. O'Farrell tells wne about a farmer, who hau a large herd of cattle. He bought some spe cial hay for them, but they refused to eat it. For weeks the cattle trampled the hay under their feet never tak ing a bite. One day, the farmer an energetic man built a fence around his hay. He raked all the hay together and put it inside the fence, out of reach of the cattle. Within a week, the cattle had brok en down the fence, gotten to the hay, and had eaten every last bite. And right along that same line, Mr. O'Farrell told of another farmer who had three pretty daughters, all in their twenties, but neither of them had any boy friends, and the proud father was beginning to wonder if "he would have three old maids oh his hands. So he hit upon a plan. The plan was like this. Every where he went that there was a group of single men, he always mentioned in boastful terms, that under no cir cumstances would he allow his daugh ters to have company. The story goes, that within a year, each of the three daughters had taken unto herself a husband. A CHANGE OF HEART The legislature of Georgia has traV eled a long way since they gave Gov ernor Talmadge such a free hand in their state. Governor Talmadge ruled with a strong hand, not having an op propriation bill from the legislature, Jie proclaimed that he would spend the state's money according to his own judgment. When the treasurer and comptroller refused to release the money he appointed new officials, us ing national guards to enforce his or ders. The new legislature last week voted for an investigation into the regime of ex-Governor Talmadge who meanwhile, has reitired to the grass roots of his own farm. HIGH COMMISSIONER Last week President Roosevelt an nounced that Paul V. McN'utt, of In dianapolis, who retired last month as Governor of Indiana, had been ap pointed as High Commissioner to the Phillipines, a post which carries a salary of $18,000 a year. Mr. McNutt, known as "the handsomest governor in America," was an ardent Roosevelt supporter in the last campaign. He is 45. tall and fak. A nnsr. mmmnnrlpr of the American Legion, a former dean or tne Law school of the University of Indiana, a Methodist, a Mason and an Elk. mm A SOLDIER Editor The Mountaineer: I have one of the most versatile jobs in the world, I sometimes fill the place of a typist and stenographer. In many cases that classes a person as an oflice worker exclusively. Not so with my job. I may be called at any moment to the field with all the resourcefulness 0f a woodsman and pitch a tent where the water won't run in and fix the ground so I can sleep in comfort. The man who makes a living driv ing a truck along the highways and ! have much in common. At times I drive heavy trucks with loads trail ing behind that weigh tons and worth thousands of dollars. Sometimes I am a bus driver. I am at times a garage worker, repairing and keep ing motors in condition. On the other hand I may be a photographer, using a small camera or an amateur movie camera. I may even develop my own films. This isn't all that my job requires, I have t0 know something about ohms and kilowatts, international code and radio sets. I should know the prinei- MRS. IN ROOSEVELT ON LIFE THE WHITE HOUSE Last week Mrs. Roosevelt told a record gathering at Cornell Universi ty of the annual Farm and Home week, that "Being the President's wife is hard work. Any man who is President pays a price for being your public servant. He has very little time of his own. When a farmer's day is over, it's over." S. H. Bushnell visited old :.... in Reidsvillle this week. Franklin McCracken, of Kii-jwi nas Deen nere and on urabtret y relatives this week. Mrs. J. N. Shoolbred .... e ..:.-; - i j i . " ' iioiii a iil ivj uri uauKiuer ir y -,., oetnioii, lenii. R. L. Prevost went to Kim.v,-" Saturday to see about get t inn -...-,, equipment t0 install a venei-r-r.g jc partment in the Unaguata plan. Miss Nina Howell, a g.-adua. nurse, iof Atlanta, is home na!m' her sister, who is quite ill. Dr. B. F. Smathers has n.turRe from a visit to his daughter at ht home in Pensacola. Hon. T. D. Bryson will addivs oa people Saturday at the court hou,e 0 the "Conservation of Food." Mr. D. Hiden Ramsey, of Ashevill, will address the people of Canton sn Clyde on the "Conservation of Food.' Joe Mormino has torn down h fruit stand next to the Fir.-,t a tional Bank building and has a .fir room where the gift shop was bum ine vtaynesvuie girls taking busi ness courses in KnoxviUe were set" by Miss Hattie Siler, a few days s, who found them well and happy an'. still loyal to the old home town. In these days of the war we hea much about heatless, wheatless, ruth less and sweetless days but : the are days we all long to see they ar, cheatless days. If you see a candidate uoming don run. He might hand you a go. cigar, or he might tell you a ?txv story you would enjoy. The picture "Jack and the Hoar stalk," which showed yesterday ha a i-rowneu nouse, totn tor mating and night. I his shows that the neoo of Waynesville will attend good show- It was the best photoplay produ here in a long time. The play wa a benefit for the library. Secretary of the Navv Dani makes the statement that by the la' months of this year the submarir. menace will practically be overcome pies of telephony and telecrranhv. addition I should know some first a and sanitation. I should know ho apply tourniquet and treat for shoe Perhaps I will have to use artilicia resuscitatiion to save a drowning ma W ho knows ! It probably isn't hard to guess wha i ao, Dut I am one of the persons wfc will not tell all of this when you as what I do for a living. It is so muc easier to answer, ''I am a soldier." those who have no idea what thai short phrase encompasses it is hard explain. There is one thing that I nor tho: i n .. wno ionow rae same vocation do nti do. We do not become wealthy. JOHN BEST, 8th F. A. Btry. A. Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, Hawa Silii5floJlST STAND UP 1 'V r iS I J fil-figbter, jays: "I smoke f "PAT" PATTON, oil-well firt-figbter, says: "I smoke Camels mighty often. They set me right." Yes, Camels are better for steady smoking. I CHAMPION PISTOL SHOT, Miss Arlayne Brown, says: TO say Camels don't get on my nerves. And I smoke them 'for digestion's sake' at mealtimes." "I Know Just The Thing For That!" Almost everyone who has been side has been told by some friend, "I know just the thing for that." It is really amazing that people who would never presume to give advice in other specialized fields, such as the law or engineering, feel that their word is of value in the important matter of health. It takes a doctor long years of specialized stuudy to acquire the knowledge nec essary to diagnose and treat illness. It is always safer and more sensible to seek the ad vice of a doctor in any illness, no matter how trivial the ailment may seem to be. Again we say A SKY OUR DO C T OR ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE Phones 53 & 54 Opposite Post Office TWO REGISTERED PHARMACISTS FOR YOUR PROTECTION
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