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Page 2 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, AUGUST 19 The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, Xorth Carolina The County Seat Of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Editor W. Curtia Rush and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year. In Haywood County $1.50 Six Months, In Haywood County 75 One Year, Outside Haywood County ...... 2.00 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Kiitered at the post office at Waynesville, N. C, as Second Claaa Marl Matter, n provided under the Act of March 3, H79, November 20, 1X14. Obituary notice, resolutions of respect, cards of thanks, and all notices of entertainments for profit, will be charged for st the rate of one cent per word. .North Carolina tJk PBESS ASSOCIATION y THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1937 SAFETY PARADE Having never witnessed a Safety Parade, such as the one scheduled to be held here Sat urday afternoon, we are unable to say to what extent it will promote the cause of safety. How ever, similar events have been held in other towns, and the promotion has received the en dorsement of city officials where they have been held. Suffice it to say that the parade will be worth seeing, and if it offers a lesson in safety that will impress itself upon the spec tators, it will likewise be a worthwhile event. Long ago safety engineers ame to the con clusion that safety is a matter of personal behavior. If 11 men practice all the rules of safety, and the twelfth man observes none of the rules, the safety record wf these dozen men will not look so good in statistics. Since the problem of making the country a safe place, especially along its highways, is one which can be solved only by educational methods, we see no reason why a well-planned Safety Parade should not produce some worth while results. IT SEEMS LIKE A WASTE Among the scores of pieces of mail sent almost daily to The Mountaineer under gov ernment mailing privileges, there came one last week from Congressman Harold Knutson, of Minnesota. It was a 12-page reprint of the -Congressional Record, containing a recent speech ihe made on the floor of the House, in which he told how 7,000 railroad cars of free mail had cost the taxpayers $217,000,000 in the past 4 years. It seems rather odd that he should see fit to send his speech, we presume to all of the 17,000 newspapers in the country in a postage free envelope, at the expense of the govern ment, thus adding to the cost. In his speech, which consumed 12 pages in the Congressional Record, at a cost of $55 a page to the taxpayers $660 to be exact he told, that in three years the traveling expen ses of different government agencies amounted to $206,000,000. This amount is far more than it cost to send the American expeditionary forces to France, according to the Republican Congressman from Minnesota. He. told of groups being sent to every part of the globe to study weather conditions, and went on to state that the government was hav ing to pay a $46 travel expense for each loan made under the Farm Credit Administration. All the figures presented by the Minnesota Congressman are from the official budget for the past year and are correct, which leads us to believe that even with all government "red tape" there seems to the taxpayers, to be many needless expenses made in carrying on the work of the government. OLD AGE SCHEMES Now that the first Old Age Assistance checks under the Social Security have been mailed out in Haywood, there will be many people ready to fall for any scheme which pro mises them a place in line for these checks. To be sure, there are already schemers1 at work trying to "sell their ideas" to those al most eligible for the assistance checks, and there will be many unsuspecting persons who will "sign up" for such plans. A word of warning issued at this time, if heeded, will save many a heartache later. If you or your friends eel that you are entitled to the Old Age Assistance, go direct to those in charge and explain your case, instead of paying out good money on one of the many schemes that are bound to be created. COMPLETING THE ARMORY The completion of the Armory here will mean more than the average person would think. It will be more than just a modern home for Company "H". It will soon become the indoor recreational center of the community. At present there is no place suitable to hold convention meetings as Waynesville has had the priviledge of acting as hosts to during the past few years. With an auditorium that can seat 750 people, the Armory will probably become the meeting place of most Waynesville conventions. The main auditorium is larger than any dance floor in the community, and the large stage, and adequate dressing rooms, will enable sponsoring groups to give entertainments there. The auditorium can easily be converted into basketball or indoor baseball courts for those who cannot find time to get exercise prop erly in the day time. It is the nearest thing that we can hope for in many years, to compare with a Y. M. C. A. Building. As we have said before, we are fortunate in having a group of citizens and officials that have the foresight to get for the community a building of this type. The total cost to the county and city will be less than $5,000 each, yet the building will cost over $38,000. That alone, is a good investment. THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY FPPIE, I COUNTED SM-N iTHe THIRTEEN EKTRA VwffS HAD Por Dinner vmere not our. threshers -They vjetbe a boich on FISHERMEN rTl?OM DOWN BY THE BRlCXSB--- THEY JUST SNEAKED IN AT THE YS KNEW THERE jf WAS FUNNY Ij BUSINESS A-FOOT ?THCSe NINE APP-H P" PIES ONt-Y VvrENT J I HALF WAY '(?OONPy T-TT7 a ri . A I . 1 of Tie PAQTi MAYBE THIS EXPLAINS IT One day last week, news came from Cali fornia that a seven-year-old boy had been or dained into the ministery, and was at that time conducting a revival meeting. The next day, Roger W. P.abson, the noted statistician, came forth in a syndicated article, pointing out that churches are losing ground. The noted gatherer of facts and figures, further pointed out, that Protestant member ship figures given out through church publi catins were incorrect; and that the young peo ple look upon church-gowei-s as hypocrits. We feel that it is fitting that the news story from California and Mr. Babson's report should come in the same week. It is questionably, in our mind, whether a boy seven-years-old is capable of preaching. He might be able to repeat words put into his mouth by others, but as far as preaching some thing original and convincing, we are still doubtful of it being done. Sometimes effective church work is over looked in an attempt to get "numbers" by sen sational methods. Random SIDE GLANCES By W. CURTIS RUSS As far as I can find out, most people spend their recreational momenta in much the same way as their work. Perhaps that is a crude way to express it, and actual examples can better ex plain my point. IRON DUFF FARMERS The farmers of Iron Duff can always be counted on to take the lead in any undertak ing that may come up in agricultural develop ments. As far as we know, they are the first Hay wood group to stage a farm tour within their township. The very nature of the program, which showed they were interested in seeing a wide variety of actual projects underway, indicates that they are using modem farming methods. Taking the township as a whole, it would be hard to find a more progressive or prosper ous group in the county, and perhaps in all of this mountain region. BLACKBERRY CROP PROFITABLE Once again, the lowly blackberry comes into its own in Haywood, with a price of over $5,000 being paid for some 80 tones of them by the cannery. As we have said before, the money paid for blackberries is that much clear profit, as no investment, other than a little time, is required to get three cents a pound. The $5,000 in cash paid for the berries this year , will find its way into many hands that can well use it. Enterprises of this nature are worth far more to a community that we often realize. Take for instance, Marion Holcomhe, superintendent of the Haywood Coun ty Mutual Cannery, at Hazelwood. I learned from him that even on days when he works 12 hours and longer supervising the canning of tons of blackberries, that he goes home and enjoys a piece of blackberry pie better than anything else that could be set before him. POINTED ARAGRAPHS To you who think there is nothing new under the sun have you ever attended a nudist convention? w. a If v; "1 Well, the wages of sin are holding up so well that the devil hasn't yet staged a sit-down strike. A high-speed camera reveals that it takes only one-fortieth of a second to wink the eye. Which makes this the quickest way known to get into trouble. A certain high officer in the army attributes his 90-year span of life to the fact that he has always worn sus penders. It is a bit astounding how they hold a man together. I've really forgotten the answer he gave me when I asked about "wash ing down the pie" with blackberry wine. Now take frank Martin, tor an other example. Works with "sick" radios all day, and yet before he gets up in the mornings he turns on his set eats by one, and sometimes goes to sleep with one on. It would seem that he would get enough of it in the shop working on them, and listening intently while tuning them up, but evidently not. The person in authority at my house (the older one, this time) fails to un derstand why I enjoy reading news papers after working all day gather ing hews. I find that I can relax better read ing than at anyother thing. I usu ally read newspapers ,'between the lines, using my imagination trying to figure out how much trouble the re porters had to go to in getting cer tain type news. All of this just proves that Uncle Abe hits the nail, square on the head when he says "This is a queer world." An Iowa man has traced 35,000 living relatives, but we don't see much use in tracing relatives. It's mighty hard to borrow money from them. They know you too well. When you can't find a place to park, think of Noah before swearing. It took him 40 days. You can say this much for relief: It has enabled quite a number of peo ple to own automobiles who never might have owned them otherwise. No government treasury is stronger than the taxpayer's back. The fellow who called it the "Pa cific Ocean must also have invented the term "peaceful" picketing. Garlic, we learn, can kill disease germs. If its all the same to every body, we'll hang on to the germs. Reports from Russia are in the effect that the soviet firing squads are now working in eight-hour shifts. IT- .1 Crura me nies ot Guy Massie in b:u 7- battle front. " '' Government ori.-- ,j of newspapers to jb in advance. '"" Letters from our wv. ,r New organ in Lira",,. "0 dedicated. Local flour mill c!,j,t.j feed regulations. Mu,. the Red Cross. A poem, "Keep :..,. , Bush," by Jesse Daniel' h'j, (From the files of Plans are being n udl'i- ty fair here in Octubtr Many "foreign cars" ville. Haywood man 8j, H school. City officials are forced to -tax rate 10 piintj f ... . '"' ... . . ciSnauii sees gr(.a. for county and W. . ( Park Development mcet, held. 5 (From the files of .W,w, 125 make tour of H., larms. viw sixiia wn vear ...:. f ouna rower ana Liuht Noted food expert to u,.J tnree aays next week. This community contrite to Lake campaign. Barber-Preston concert araw large crowd. Booster Club holds picn.c a, Gap. attJ uriviiig js me saiest driver well versed in the law or not. A truck load of porch chairs stolen in Missouri. Look for down thief. Thousands of people attended unveiling of the statue of a ci Ontario. It must be the he: stinct. Many cities are now levyi on children's bicycles, which sce us like teaching our younn the of life entirely too soon. Even with the establishment new trans-Atlantic air service, very doubtful if any of our Eur debtors will come across. LIGHTNING-PRO FIRE - PROOF WEATHER-PROOF, Pilots of plans who are reckless and stunt lose th eir licenses, a nrartifp which should be more common with violation of the highway safety. Regardless of road laws, the drivpr who is always careful and consiHprt of the rights of others, who takP nn chances, who keeps his eyes upon the road and his mind upon the job of Corn in to 40 in a or Phone Htn't a kl thai nl you profit for yean m IndejtruvtiW and o4 sorbwil plu r 4 The SilvM I Silo is cknoM to be the bwl silage keep buil is the only ailo lutely jfuarintwl 20 years. Silver Shield sivd winter feed bill 1 Some summer folks were telling R, E, O'Farrell the other day, they were leaving because there was no life here while thirty minutes later I heard a couple complaining about "too much doing." -there you are. Scientists report that the sun is losing its in candescent gases at the rate of 255 million tons a year. Yeah? Well that ain't as fast as some politicians we know. Congressmen are croaking about having to work during the summer heat and news papers feature pictures of sweating officials, all of which reminds us to ask, "and when did Congressmen get too good to work in the heat?" They certainly keep many of us in a sweat while they are in session. It would never do to conclude this queer" column without mentioning the incident which happened in the office this week. Uncle Abe had .gold a summer woman visitor a paper, and they were both admiring the view from the office and the court house grounds. WAYNESVILLE HARDWARE CO. R. G. Coffey, Owner Opposite Court Hous Kyes Kxaniined GlUHMCM Filled I27i Main St. Consult DR. R. KING HARPE OPTOMETRIST Wells Bid. For Appointment Telephone J" Canton. ' c- They must have talked for five min utes, when the visitor said: "And who planted all those trees?" Uncle Abe thought she meant the trees on the court house lawn, so he promptly replied: "Why, some land scape gardener, I don't recall his name right now." Then the visitor took Uncle Abe off his feet, by saying: "Oh, no, surely not. Why God planted the trees on that mountain." The sterring wheel now seems to consti The steering wheel now seems to consti- An animal trainer comes forth with the advice, that "Lions are harmless as long as their mouths are kept closed." Aren't we all ? At that point Uncle Abe learned that she referred to Junaluska Moun tain and not the court house lawn, but he was so taken down that he almost swallowed a two-inch cigar butt, and went into one of his deep coughing spells, and the visitor was sure he had some awful disease, and auicklv departed without getting a fuTT and complete explanation of the planting. A Hollywood dance director savs that the girls with long knees are the ones who will make affectionate and constant wives. That's something for & the young men to think about when they visit the bathing beaches. When "Bargains" Lose Their Appeal Most people will go bargain hunting for wearing apparel, foodstuffs and other articles, but when it come to medical and allied services, the WISE person makes his selection strictly on a basis of skill, experience, ac curacy and quality. ALEXANDER'S tremendous prescription busing has been built on the same ethical basis as your phys't; ian's practice without resort to price appeal. "Bargain offering has no place in either profession. A S K Y O U R D OCTOR ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE Phones 53 & 54 Opposite Pt ...TWO REGISTERED PHARMACISTS FOR VOIR PROTECTION.