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r AUGUST 19, 1937 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 3 Captain Quizzed in Disaster Dr. Highsmith Opposed To Teaching Latin In Schools Of North Carolina and THERE By Hilda War Gu HERE If not democracy, !.ninent question for r,v,n:ment . . . and the "hink . our choice, one orian suite . . ." lies be- iOVfc'l Illlieiu. nm we hear diseus- y . . about the trend iV atfairs . . . not only but the world over . . i the last twenty years ,.,rr 111 fcjUri.il-an guiu"- ,,'mv are alarmed today . . I ine pai i. i , president Roosevelt ' 1 seem disturbed . . 0 Joubt are not funda bm under modern w piouiems. . . . 'til the day is done." .;lui . . "The politi . nation if it is a !n'e alternates be in which citizens .festive-' at liberty to deal '"..!.i:ive problems, such vf, Yjnvm'y, reform, or nr anoiner. . . .in '.ft" ,rw u- iiave had three chief :x; - in aS. which interest in form . the of government 1 other discus- .:,the years oeiore ine ;,ve!ution . . . second, aiiteiinC around the the constitution ... ,ai leading up to the ... it is evident that ,'t an in a lourth period . . the best solution? .. . yea:" : Wa ,tf uauhed with interest the -biU' i1'! my front porch this .r . . . they have reminded me slf . . . the boxes were filled jt. uihkIs earin . . . rney were ri in the same plants . . . two latk-al exposures . . . all pre- iiifi'ivnt growth . . . like peo :, have had the same opportu ,. the fame start in life . . . . Sows with the same exposures petunias in one have had tall i their standard . . . they have j climb "to the skies . . . out of " ... ungraceful . at first f apiecocious promise . . . which ; to be a mushroom growth . . . (tone . . . what one would term :aa quotations . . . mediocre . ... :t box that gets the morning sun balanced in every respect . , . a frowth arid a mass of bloom . . p significance in the fact , . . King what we might term out- for any life that can face ; ming sun ... and not the if evening has the advantage iso often . . . we do not have to Not others . . . as the boxes for h'tion . . . we have it in our catch the first rays of the mh . . , and keep its glow in prU to stimulate our ambition , wf us . . . as well as others . . If you failed to see the Indian Pageant ot the Reservation you missed something of interest . . . linked forever with the history if this section ... a pageant color ful . . . but true in every detail . . covering four hundred years . . . of the history of the Cherokees . . there is an atmosphere of authen ticity . . . that gives one a feel ing of reality . . . the characters well chosen . . . the natural set ting o perfect background . . with the everlasting hills . . . which the Cherokees loved so much . , . that they detieil the government ... in order to remain in their beloved Smokies. ... Tsalis tragedy . . and the part he played in behalf of his people . . . was pathetic in its realism . . . one is re minded of the words . . .of the great Chief Junaluska . . . "If I had known that Jackson would have driven us from our homes . . . I would have kill ed him that day at the Horseshoe," . . When Col. William Thomas calls for volunteers for the War Between the States . . . and the Indians respond . . and his famous Legion was organized . . . and they came forth in the uni forms of grey . . . marching to the tune Dixie . . . it was easy to tell where the majority in the audience called home ... certainly above the Mason and Dixon line . . . there was only a very faint cheering . . . my hand clapping was done under the marked disapproval of my neighbor . . I wondered where he was from . . . not to have understood that such things might still happen in the South . . . we must pay respect to our heroes even if they did once "take up arms" , . . in civil strife . . . you should have been there to help us out . . . at the close of the pageant, the -words of the late Horace Kephart in his history of the Cherokees was recalled . . . "And the sacrifice of Tsali and his kinsmen was not made in vain." ... x . ' ""'nilWHMMMIIIIIIMIIUBa HIIWIHIff Cliff .',',1 i ll " 'N ' s ill lis s$nv3 Hi r m tr xni 1 ilCapt. Archihnlil BrookTIf- - ssswZ Cvtl u "I've had my share of criticism, but I admit I've done my best to get rid of Latin and I think there's no doubt it's eventually going out in the state," Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, director of instructional services for the depart ment of education, said. He pointed out that everyone from .student through parent, teacher, principal and I inermTt'ii.Ji'nr t,, ,..himt- .m.l t-t. boards have been electing to substi tute French for Latin. Colleges ap prove it. he said, ami there is no ob jection, except from Latin teachers and scholars. Dr. Highsmith's assertion that Lat in was destined for demise are borne out in public M-hool statistics. As the sole foreign language in the average public school, Latin enjoyed a huge following in 1 itJ.VJi;. In that year, courses of study underwent their first drastic reorganization and Latin he gall to decline. 7. some Jii.'.MT white stu studying the course; ten l;'o5-oii, just l't.'JoT white iwMtiiliwitoMaimm One of the principal witnesses to be questioned by authorities in their investigation of the burning of the Chesapeake Bay line steam er.City of Baltimore, was Capt. Archibald Brooks, commander of the boat, shown after he had been rescued from the fiery hulk. 30 Of All Retail Workers Are Women Of the 3,284,7(58 workers in retail employment in li):?5, ISO. 5 per cent were women, according to a recent re port of the Census of Business. The percentage varies widely among dif ferent business. There are more than twice as many men as women in the entire field; the proportion of women ranges from a low of 3.5 per cent in garages from a high of 93.00 per cent in the millinery stores. Alabama shows the lowest per cent of women employed in retail business, Pennsyl vania the highest per cent. Eight Billions Is Spent For Liquor Since Prohibition show ii slato- Nalion's Liquor Hill Amounts To Over $(,000,000 Every Day, Survev Shows HMW. JW.""-- . .. ... Wfc. y' '582!JSaR '" l.';.JrV See the New Automatic Hectric Range (he ? omazing new mm d y i tnter! Cheaper! . A.. ' SEE HOW MUCH more con venient, bow much more economical a "three oven" noge can be and you will wonder why no one thought of it before. The new 1937 General Electric Range hat all-three-ovena com bined in one. SPEED OVEN for tingle thelf jobsit's 10 to 30 faster and uses 10 to 43 lest current! MASTER OVEN hat unusual capacity for biggest of jobs accommodates two 15 lb. turkeys. SUPER BROILER hat greater flexibilirr in tpeed and capacity. 0lR WINDOW DISPLAY OF THESE NEW ELEC- rlc Ranges, come iv wn i et its show you The many advantages they offer. The Ami'iii'an Business .Men's Ke seareh foundation in Chicago recently estimated the people of the United States had spent more than $8,000, 000,000 for alcoholic beverage since prohibition ended. The organization figured that in the 40-month period extending from the legalization of beer in April, l(.;j;l, to August 1, lit.'K), the nation's drinking bill averaged $(1,708,000 a day. The expenditure for each family was calculated at $250.85. Liquor production was set at 4,507,859,428 gallons and per capita consumption at 35.40 gallons. Beer production was fixed at 4,498, 384,704 gallons and per capita con sumption of 1.14 barrels. Using government figures and cur rent retail prices as a basis, the foun dation reckoned the total 40-month bill at 8,050,328,170 claiming the purchased amounted to $4,fi58.75 a minute, $40,960,200 a week and $201, 258,000 a month. The organization devoted to the collection and dissemination of "in formation regarding alcoholic pro ducts and their relation to the well being of the people" said internal rev enue collected from the trade during tin' period was $ I ,".S7,IS 1 . Contending the business hud "an astonishing comeback," tlu inent added: ".More than $S,O;i0,O0O,O0l) has been diverted from legitimate retail chan nels of trade into the pockets of the brewers, distillers, and wine producers and their more than -100,00(1 distri butors of beverage alcohol. "The most serious fad of this 'di version' is the cNcoediiigly small frac tional portion of this eight billion which the liquor trade, second hand, returns to producers,' carriers, and labor for wages, material and trans portation costs. "Comparative study, both before national prohibition and since repeal, shows that legitimate industry re turns from than twice as much of its gross manufacturing income to labor and producer than does the liquor traffic, "Out of every dollar of this $8,000, 000,000, the drink trade has given the U. S. government in taxes less than 17Vi cents, while state and local gov ernments have coralled less than five cents per liquor dollar additional to balance the mounting demands of re lief, accidents, and disorder caused by the traffic." The foundation gauged the per capita consumption of "absolute alcohol" in the various beverages at 2.48 gallons. . In 192t-: dents were years later. students were taking the subject. I. hirmg tile same interval, white high school enrollment hail increase from II. 907 to l.'iO.tiot!. The percentage taking Latin dropped from .'Id. 7 to 9.5, while the number tajiing French rose from t:,177 to 32.100. A genera! answer to all foreign languages was reflected in a decline from 01. 2 per cent in 11125 2o to just '!'! per cenl in 19,'!,ri-;!(i. With that discovery, the Classical Association will raise the question Why?" If they consult Dr. High smith, they will receive another with ering answer. The educator waxes truly indignant as he releases his ac cumulated pressure against the lang uage. "Of all the absurdities, that is the greatest," warms up. "I can think of nothing more stupid that the study of a language out of use for 2,000 years for a grasp of modern lang uage. Study of Latin grammar is a science; language is an art." A great percentage of students coming from poor elementary schools into the eighth and ninth grades are not capable of grasping Latin, ho declares. "Their miiuls are not ad justed to the subject," he said. Universal Language Is Spreading In Far Kast In Warsaw fifty years ago. lr. L. L. Zanieiibof, an oculist, published the first grammar in Ksp ranto, on arti ficial language to supplant the world's babel of tongues, Last week Ksper antists gathered in Warsaw to cele brate their jubilee. They reported that their strength was chiefly in the Far Kast and in the small Furopean count l ies. Read The Ads WE 1HTY 0 L I) (J 0 L 1) Jewelry, Kings, Teeth. Crowns, etc. See CHANDLER & CO. Credit Jewelers First Class Watch And Jewelery Repairing Waynesville, N. C. checks w6 Malaria in 3 day! Colds SALVE, NOSE DROPS ,,.,,, ;,0 ,,. Try "Rub My-T uni -Wurid ' Bct Liniment LOSKS SHIKT Druggist Hryon Daily, of Waynes boro, Pa., lost his shirt because it failed to rain Tuesday in this south eastern Pennsylvania town for the fouth time in (i.'i years. Here's Just What You Need To Cut Your Silage - An Ohio Pit Silo Cutter and Filler Ir 80 Years OHIO has been the yard stick by which all cutters have been measured. See One Of These Cutters At Our Store. WAYNESVILLE HARDWARE CO. R. (J. 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