THE WAYNES VI LLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, APRiL 29
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The Mountaineer
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THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937
TEXT FOR TODAY
"Jesus saidth onto him, I am the way, the
truth, and the life; no man eometh unto the
Father, but by me." John xiv; G.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
This coming Friday night, about 90 seniors
of the Waynesville Township High School, will
receive their diplomas.
The majority of these if they are an
average graduating class will complete their
schooling Friday. Some will enter college, few
fr of them will graduate from college.
For the most part, these graduates will
be out in the world, and ready to find a place
into which to fit themselves for their life's
work.
Too often the graduate assumes the atti
tude that the world owes him a living. Perhaps
that is generally correct. On the other hand,
such a living is hard to collect .
Already the graduates have had all kinds
"of advice given them. Before getting their di
plomas they will receive more. And again, if
they are an average class, there will be but
little of this advice that has been offered them
that they will heed.
If we were called on to sum up briefly
some suggestions to graduates, we would say:
Use common sense in all your undertakings,
avoid becoming narrow minded, and be slow
to speak your mind. Do not be afraid of over
working. Over-work never killed anyone it is
the worry that kills.
COMMISSIONER E. L. McKEE
Beginning the first of May, this district of
the State Highyway Department, will be rep
resented by E. L. McKee, of Sylva. His ap
pointment by Governor Hoey did not come as a
surpn.se. In fact, Mr. McKee has been men
tioned for the post for several months.
There are few men in Western North Caro
lina that are as well qualified for this post as is
Mr. McKee. For many years he has been an
active leader in the development of this entire
section. He has given of his time and money
to the development of practically every line of
'business.
At present he is active in .'several manu
facturing plants in Jackson County. Also seve
ral retail finrus, and owns one of the best known
tourist hotels in the area High Hampton Inn.
Mr. McKee, we are confident, will prove
popular with the people of this district, because
he knows the needs of every community. He
is familiar with the district, and being a broad
minded, progressive and practical business man,
this paper feels that Governor Hoey made a
wise appointment in naming Mr. McKee to the
State Highway Commission. v
First, we congratulate ourselves, and sec
ond we offer our congratulations to Mr. McKee,
and our thanks to Governor Hoey.
APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL
Next week-end the annual apple blossom
festival will be staged in Winchester, Virginia.
This event is one of merriment and much ado
over the apple blossoms which mean the be
ginning of their most impoortant cash crop.
The beauty of the apple blossoms in Vir
ginia is not any more beautiful than what we
have right here in Haywood County. The citi
zens of Virginia have taken advantage of the
blossoms (have advertised them, and conse
quently, their section is noted for the delicious
apples. '
It seems to us, as we have said before, that
we are passing up a good thing here in Haywood
County by not capitalizing on the beauty and im
portance of our apple blossoms.
PROFITABLE FARMING
This newspaper does not claim to be an
authority on farming. Admitting that, we
would not have our readers think that we "know
it all." We do, however, pride ourselves in the
fact, that we have some close friends who are
experts in every phase of farm activity, and it
is from them that we gather reliable informa
tion and facts regarding farming in Haywood
County.
In a news article this week, there appears
a number of statements made by J. E. Barr,
general manager of the Land 0' The Sky Asso
ciation. The entire article is most interesting,
but there is one statement which has made an
impression on our minds. It is this : "We have
withdrawn from the 1937 market." On another
page in today's paper, there is an advertisement
headed: "Wanted, Fifty Acres of Tomatoes."
Putting the two together, we readily rea
lize the situation.
The canned fruits and vegetables packed
under the supervision of the Land O' The Sky
Associations have met with such favorable re
action on the part of the buying public, that
the demand cannot be supplied without increas
ed acreage.
Not only is the quality of the packed goods
far above that of the average cannery, but the
quality of Haywood grown tomatoes and other
crops are also far ahead of the average.
One authority on fresh fruits and vege
tables made this statement last week. "It is
recognized in the canning industry that Indiana
tomatoes are the best grown. All others are
classed against tomatoes from Indiana. The
tomatoes grown in Haywood County are as
good as those grown in Indiana."
Now, that the very best tomatoes can be
grown here is no longer disputed, there is, how
ever, another interesting fact, that should in
terest Haywood farmers.
Last year, one Haywood Farmer, follow
ing closely the instructions given him, grew
twelve and a half tons of tomatoes on one acre.
On a nearby acre he grew eleven tons of beans.
Both the beans and tomatoes were of extra
quality.
As we said in the first paragraph of this
editorial, we do not claim to be an authority on
farming, but judging from these facts, it seems
like someone is missing a profitable investment
by not taking advantage of having a cannery
here in Haywood County that packs goods that
are being sought on the retail market in great
er volume than is now being produced.
This newspaper learned from officials of
the cannery that they can pack, and sell, every
tomato, or bean of quality that is produced ac
cording to specifications.
Of course, we also readily realize that many
farmers claim that growing tomatoes or beans
for canning does not pay. We should think
that that depends largely on the farmer. It
has been found that some fanners made as
much as 78 per cent on their investment on
these crops. We do not know of any business
that is making near half of that per cent on
their investment. In fact, most business men
claim ten per cent profit on the investment is
all that can be expected.
THE OLD HOME TOWN
By STANLEY
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SIDE
GLANCES
By W. CURTIS RUSS
HEADLINE
Of The Past
MNKTKKX VKAUs r
(From the files of M ,.,
Deserter from the Arm-.
rourceen wnite and
colored go this week tj
son.
Notes from the I" s
Sulphur Springs.
Grace Episcopal (hi
pdpe organ.
To extend railroad t,,
Man of 8 7 buys Mi,,.,-
t'(.n
FIVE VKAKs
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Convention of D. a v
200 here.
Liike Junaluska to h
few weeks.
Health conference to
Cullowhee Saturday.
Library ask public to .m ;,, e
ins institution.
Miss Plott becomes hr.,jH ,
Wayne Battle.
R. T. Messer seeks bnarj of
cation nomination in Jun
Have you forgotten
WHEN We had
courses.
miniature j?olf
WHEX-
here?
WHKN-
popular?
-the chain letter craze was
-flat; pole sitters wore so
WHEX short skirts were stylish'
WIH EX -hijrh-top button shoes
with pointed toes were the tops in
style?
VVHEX some pupils tried to bribt
teacher with flowers or an apples?
WHEN it was considered an art to
be able to eat peanuts in school with-
out being caught?
WHEX Cramming at the last min
ute for examinations was essential?
WHEN we wished the school build,
ing would burn the day before exams?
WHEX you had your first date?
WHEX you were confident your
escort or girl on the first date would
always be the "only" one ?
: WHEX it took longer to dress and
primp for dates than you spent with
them?
WHEX-we pretended to be hurt
to be teased about the best girl or
boy friend?
WHEX candy milling parties were
all the go?
WHEX we longed for the day we i
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HUU1U UIXUMLC 11 ;
Editor
Waynesville Mountaineer,
WajTiesville, X. C.
Dear Sir:
I wish you to express in your paper
my appreciation to the law both city
and county, for their untiring efforts
and successful recovery of my car
which was stolen Sunday afternoon in
front of Massie's Department Store.
Were it not for the alertness of the
police department the culprit, we
doubt, would have done material dam
age to the car before it was recovered.
They didn't cease their efforts until
they had placed all participants in
the theft behind the bars.
Again expressing by appreciation
to the city and county department of
law.
Yours very truly,
"PON&I" GREEN.
Waynesville, X. C- Asr!' 21. 1937.
ONE YEAR A;)
(From the files of May
19;
Alvin Ward named. ipu
Chairman in this county
Southern Boll is spending
on improvements in Waynen;,
county.
wins silver cup.
Hikers will go lo Richland B
i'revost says thntt h-iMi shot)
practiced here.
Clyde Hoey heard by T'.O in
paign address here.
doubles to do
them such as
more than two
dangerous stumid
pronouncing worj
syllables.
The latest line of travel 'her,
is said to be attractive, w .. ;!
a iook hi -irs. tii)usfvt'i:.s ij
ography.
by , persfns
with ours.
whose interests conflict
Those chaplains who pray daily for
the Senate and House might say a
word for the taxpayers occasionally.
The pen Is mightier than the sword
when the pen is used to sign a good
sized check which really can be cashed.
The old fellow who used to sere
nade his best girl with a guitar has a
son who gets quicker results with an
auto horn.
A srood many movie stars have
''Middleweight Champ inn
fered $35,000 for title t'mht'.
not. however, a scrap.
St
During the Detroit hot,! sit
strike, the veteran lobby lu linger
dered whether he was being kid
A radio station was blown uj
Zlon City, III. Perhaps some qii
tempered fan wanted a little ri
with his commercial.
"Moscow scientLsts find gold iij
3,000 year old." "Gold DigtierJ
10i;3 B. C." is one we misstd.
A doctor finds that sense of hi
ing is temporarily dulled by eal
This is noticeable particularly
the waiter says, "Who gets the cM
WHEX telephones were a novelty?
WtHEN a woman would have
caught her death of cold but for the
fact that she wore six petticoats?
WHEX women with bobbed
were discussed in whispers?
hair
DIGGING GRAVES WITH THE TEETH
The doctor who says that degenerative di
seases among Americans have increased and
continue to increase because they do not know
what and how to eat is, of course, striking near
the alimentaries of every one of us.
This is one respect in which the natives are
paying With their lives for what they have al
ways asserted to be their right namely that
of having what they want when they want it.
When it comes to rations, this is a dan
gerous procedure.
The body lives or dies largely on the basis
of how it is treated.
Chances are that if the physician in this
case had come down to bedrock and concrete
. facts, he would have said that Americans are
hot-dogging themselves to death or ham-sandwiching
themselves into premature graves.
He has manifestly been following the peo
ple around along about the noon of the day and
watched them drop into some hole in the wall,
snatch a mess of some sort of grub, chunk it
down, wash it away with a pop and then go back
to the office with a pain in the breast the bal
ance of the day.
.".'' ' "-"i" ' , "
And eventually to call a doctor and ask
him if he does not think the patient is work
ing too hard or something or other!
When as a matter of fact, as this doctor
says, he has only been digging his grave with
his teeth. Charlotte Observer.
WHEX-
rage ?
-jaw-breakers were all the
WHEX we did not have sit-down
strikes?
WHEX a two-horse surrey with a
fringe top was all the go?
WHEX Piedmont cirgarettes were
a popular brand?
WHEX we had wheatlesa
meatless days during the war?
and
WHEX Overland cars were con
sidered the fastest car on the market?
WHEX war saving and
stamps meant everything?
thrift
WHEX you wondered why column,
ists were born?
"'FOR DIGESTION'S SAKE
-SMOKE CAMELS'
la a No. I rule with ma," says not xplonr
RUNNING THE RAPIDS of jungle river (Mow
one of A. Hyitt VerriU'i nerve-racking experi
ence!. " No matter what I have to go through,"
be explains, "amoklng Camels ease tenaion and
atarta me on the trail to good digeation." Let
Camela help your digestion by apeeding up the
flow of digestive fluids, Increasing alkalinity.
vriw ham
CAMELS COSTLIER TOBACCOS!
POINTED
ARAGRAPHS
A radio comedian's wife is suing
him for divorce, charging excessive
cruelty. That seems a mild way of
describing listening to those Jokee.
Even though there is a big demand
for scrap iron, motorists ought hot
to crash red lights.
In New Jersey a goose raced a train
going 50 miles an hour. But did not
try to beat it to a crossing.
An optimist is a fellow who expects
to get out of debt some day.
An
who '
exchange eulogizes a surgeon
'carved his way to fame."
One may gain a fair knowledge of
human nature by trying to lead a bull
calf. I
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Propaganda: Any statement mae
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