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1 Page 2 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, SEPTEMPrff Thej Mountuineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phona 137 Waynesville, Xorth Crolina The County Seat Of Haywood County W. C CRT-IS RL'SS Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges. Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In HaviviwJ County $1.50 Six Month, In H;iyvood County 75 One Year. Outside Haywood County 2.00 All Subscription Payable In Advance Entered at the post office at Waynesville, N. C. as Second Class Mail Vl.itter, aa provided under the Act of Mjrca 3, 1379, Nuvemlicr -JO, 1914. Ohituarv n"tirs, ren.iluticns of respect, card of trunk, and ;ill niries or entertainments for profit, will b ctutrged tiT ur.tlie r.ae of one cent per word. North Cflrolin 17 Ptrss association '-ji THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1937 HAYWOOD APPLES The 19.'7 apple crop in Haywood County will perhaps be larger than any year on record. Naturally with a bumper crop, prices fall to almost give-away figures. When a surplus farm commodity is exper ienced, it is the natural trend of thought to try and devise some plan of conserving the crop for future consumption. Thousands of bushels of apples in .Haywood are not suitable for stor age, even if storage Were available. Someone has suggested that the surplus crop be converted into applesauce and a market created for the distinctive type which Hay wood apples make. That sounds feasible, but is not practical, according to those who are authorities on the subject. It seems that every type apple cannot be successfully canned in commercial canneries, and in the second place special expensive can nery machinery is necessary in order to pre vent spoilage. Furthermore, every year's apple crop would not justify the expenditure necessary for apple canning equipment. ; With all the facts in mind, it seems that Haywood apples will nave to be sold on an open market, and housewives avail themselves of them for home canning, making sauce, jelly, preserves, and applebutter. WOULD COST $100 TO SAVE $1 The "undeclared war" in the Far East is becoming the source of much concern to Ameri ca. This is evidenced by the fact that people in -every walk of life and every age, are dis cussing the possibilities of America taking a hand "to protect American-owned business" in China. We Americans have a habit of figuring everything out on a dollar and Cents basis, rather than on moral issues or the value of life. So, in keeping with our habits, let's figure this matter out on a dollar and cents basis, using the figures given by Boake Carter in The Char lotte News. Our total trade with Asia is $500,000,000. Something like half of that is with the nations involved in the "undeclared war." China and Japan. It cost America something like $25,000, 000,000 to participate in the World War for 18 months. Now assuming, that if we went to war in China that w-e would be at the same expense as in the World War, we would spend $100 at war to save $1 in trade according to our way of working the large sums down to understanda ble figures. .;'. Spending $100 to save $1 in trade is noth ing short of insanity, if just cold cash were envolved. but when thousands of lives are at stake, the money part is not to be even con sidered. ; In 1917 America's young manhood rose to the call to arms and responded to battle "to make the world safe for Democracy." Until the United States is actually invaded by a for eign country, we do not feel that there will ever be such a free-will response again. : Certainly not to protect a measly "$1"; foreign trade as shown about, ? WILD TIGERS VS. DRIVERS Frank Buck, noted wild animal hunter in the jungles of Africa, makes a large annual in come bringing back man-eating tigers to this country. Last Week he was in an automobile wreck in New York, and after alighting from the crumpled taxi in which he was riding, he made the statement that he'd rather face tigers than some approaching drivers. We have never cherished the idea of fac ing a wild tiger in a jungle, but even at that, some of these drunken drivers are beyond what the word wild means. THE CONSTITUTION One hundred and fifty years ago tomor row, the Constitution of the United States was adopted. Up until the past few years the average' citizen gave little or no thought to the consti tution except when amendments were voted on. Now that the Supreme Court has held cer tain phases of the new deal were unconstitu tional, we have become somewhat "constitutionally-minded." We often hear people argue on whether they think certain proposed legislation is con stitutional, and vice versa, and for that reason, and because tomorrow is the 150th anniver sary of the adoption of the Constitution, we are printing, at considerable expense, the full text and amendments of the Constitution of The United States. THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY THE NATIONAL EMBLEM We heartily agree with the Rock Hill, S. C, Herald on its comment on the recurring effort to change the American national emblem from the eagle to the turkey. Says the Herald: Somebody in New York has revived the 150-year-old effort to make the turkey, rather than the eagle, the United States' national em blem. It was Benjamin Franklin, back in 1784, who fought the eagle, tooth and nail, with charges of bad moral character, cowardice and other highly objectionable characteristics'. Now Representative Celler of New York has announced that he may introduce a bill in con gress next year to make this particular change. He thinks with Franklin that the turkey is a much more respectable bird, an original native of America, and a biped of great physical courage. Fortunately, however, the average Ameri can doe.-rti't know much about the eagle, al most nothing, in fact, except what he learns by looking at his picture on a silver quarter, or some other such place. And w'hile the turkey is a perfectly accep table emblem for the Thanksgiving Day feast, he goes the barnyard chicken only one better as a national emblem. Suppose, when patriotically excited, we de sire to make some oratorical remark like, "Let the eagle scream!" What could we say, if the turkey was the national emblem, that would not sound silly? No, indeed! Much as we admire the turkey in its proper place, we do not think he would fit in at all well as an emblem of the soaring ambition of the American people. The eagle has been the national emblem for a hundred and fifty years, and the national emblem it will continue to be until national em blems are no more. HOW COME, BOSS.YOU SrEU. 'MISSISSIPPI VMITH FOOP. DOLLAR SI&NS ' - I DONT xxuv VOL) NEED A MACHINE -VOU"- EEW MI55PELX.INO WORDS POW VEA JUST VMITH A STIBBY LEAD BENCH- ( 1MA6I NATION POR A COUPLE J THE EDITOR OF THE WEEKJ-T tfLARICXM D-A.VET THE PAPEie "TWO DAYS VMHILC TRVJN&OOT A NEW P'ECE OF OFFICE" EOUlPrENT Random SIDE GLANCES By W. CURTIS RUSS Thirty-five years ago, one of th principal entertainment features in Waynesville during the summer was the "Richardson Brothers Minstrel headunN r PASfl (From the fileTTT Got 30 sacks of fish w out of Sloan dam. """ i: Men from 18 i 4- n. " here on Thursdavc ," ": r ders. '-: Jewish relief fund be-, A reception at Gracv" soldiers of Army H ,; -" More soldiers mn.i .. . " (From the files of s. . . Thousands celebrate I ; Lake Junaluska. "r lL New Ford agency is . Waynesville W J i. " bert Abel. ' "r : Park Commission with-ir-'- in pledge suits. ' "''' Haywood county $2.i, , house to be dedicated Sep:, uunieis nearci by u Lake. Premium nounced. list for dahlia DISAGREES WITH EDITORIAL ."UNSOLICITED ADVERTISING North Carolina is getting into full swing in a program to advertise the state as a play ground and vacationland, and at the same time it is endeavoring to induce outside industries to look over the industrial opportunities of the state. One thing it hasn't asked for in the way of publicity, however, is a release of fig ures from the department of justice which, it appears, is in grave need for correction. Look over the following story: "A Justice Department crime report show ed today that an average of 11. l murders per 100.000 population occurred in North Carolina during the first six months of this year. "Only Georgia, with an average of 14 4 murders per 100,000, and Florida, with an ave rageof 11.6 exceeded the North Carolina figure among the South Atlantic States. Maryland was low with 3.(5. "North Carolina also ranked high among the South Atlantic States in other crimes listed in the report, compiled by the Bureau of In vestigation. "There was an average of 4.4 rape cases, second only to Virginia's 4.9; 36.9 robbery cases, a medium between South Carolina's 7 8 and Florida's 69.3; 225.00 aggravated assault cases, highest among the South Atlantic States ; 243.1 burglary cases, third highest in the group -40o.o larceny cases, a medium between Mary land's 229.8 and Florida's 864.2, and 121 auto thefts, highest among South Atlantic States " Sanford Herald. For several years they came here and played to packed houses. Thei type of entertainment was clean, and wholesome. It is said that even the ministers of the town turned out to see their performances all the fam ily attended. The minstrel had ten men all mu sicians not a woman in the group They made a success of their enter tainment. Their jokes were clean their music was played on brass in struments, and was mostly marches and military airs. One outstanding number that al ways "took the house down" was the feat pulled by the trombone player, While playing a solo he began taking his instrument apart, and continued by blowing through his hands, and at the same time carried on the tune while assembling the trombone and concluded the solo. All this we learned from "Bob Richardson, one of the brothers and owner of the minstrel, who spent part of his vacation in this community this summer. It so happened that Mr. Richard son was in town the day the tent show arrived for a one-night perform ance, in which they advertised "A bevy of beautiful girls, dancing in scanty costumes. - Their advertise ing posters in the windows left the impression that the girls had on but little more than a smile and cosmetics Just to what extreme the girls would have gone had the cloud burst not rained them out is not known your guess is as good as mine. Anyway, it brought up this thought, in which I made a mental comparison of the minstrel of 35 years ago and the entertainment given under the same names today. Back in 1902, the audiences were content to listen for two hours to clean wholesome, humorous jokes, and hear real music. TODAY, that type of entertainment is unheard of even in "Home-talent shows." WHY? It is because the public is demand ing the almost-nude girls and sugges tive jokes, or is that just the opinion of show operators? Would the public today patronize a minstrel composed of ten talented musicians, and black-facked come dians who told only jokes that every member of the family should hear ? Editor: Waynesville Mountaineer. Editor, As a former resident of the Sium fested City of New York, who has come here to live in the Southern Mountains of a free nation, I am writ ing this as a retaliation on the re lentless remark in the Editorial of the Waynesville Mountaineer, on the Pour Mountain Whites. There certainly was nothing gross ly exaggerated in Mrs. Jesse M. Bad er's letter. She most assuredly de picted a true picture of the human, sufferings in this mountain region. It is difficult to understand how any one living here, can be so blind to such human distress, and resent an honest statement, besides unjustly criticising her efforts to seek foreign help for the poverty striken people. One should feel the very deepest appreciation and gratitude for her benevolence, also for the appeal she is making to the outside world for the necessary help, when, people in the mountain districts are not finan cially able to entirely alleviate such a deplorable situation. No one denies the ignominy of the Slum section of the Great Metropolis. The people there are big enough and broad iTi their Views not to resent any comment made by the outside world. They gratefully receive any assistance one wishes to give the poor of the Slums. They also exert every means to improve the conditions for those less fortunate in life, to make the harshness of such circumstances seem less degrading. There are the Settlement Houses, Community Houses and other Social Centers in the Slums of New York. all thse organizations are diligently working for the betterment of the people's livfng conditions. They do -(Continued on page three (From the files uf Sepi,mb, Ti. ii- r,.ua i ne Wayne eer. The President about 4 p. m. Highlights of today's IlrilirM Record breaking c ov,1 ,.xn greet President's party here." Come to Waynesville tu.hv greet President Roosevelt." The fire siren will be suur.joj times when the Presidential "i, leaves Sylva. svilV M i- due in yaV!1 POINTED ARAGRAPHS A Chicago convent iin of piano ers warns householders that - tt: uauiac ijianw.s. eii, weii. nil the time we had been blamm.! funny noises on the iianit; Amos' Andy are married ajain. new wife, Alyce Mclaughlin, is particular about the "y'' ' ir.stea "i" in Alyce; but will she remeJ that in the future it should be. instead of "I"? To know what to do i.- vu-i to know how to do it is skill; td the thing as it should be dorJ service. A little experience often lot of theory. The way to get ahead now! One swallow won't mako mer, but it can send you you're driving a car. en as a barometer to tell how the show was going over. According to newspaper reports, the minstrel of 1902 was even put oh in a church. The only other Dublin hiiilH. ng in town would not accommodate the crowd, and the officers of the church knowing the show was clean consented to have the minstrel there for a small sum. While I am not in the show busi ness, and know absolutely nothing about it, I am of the opinion that a good ten-men minstrel conducted along ethical and moral lines, could today make money. Widow, writing a testimonial a life insurance company "Or. ! 8th my husband took out a !!''! less than a month he was ;n ed. I consider insurance a. ' vestment." . Breathing 'through, the said to be harmful. Talk:; the mouth also has very suits at times. : Most antiques, tod, rcnur. the world has moved for about " It never navs to worry other people are thinking abo for they are probably wor.fier.r. you are thinking about' them. The Spanish .people are sra hard time, In some respects ?WF have it harder when the war 0 Building up is harder than. down. American It seems that the rines SDend about a home as the ordinary eitizen iitt.e DIFFERENCE OF OPINION Tw0 New Yorkers promptly took1 issue with the editorial in last week's issue of The Mountaineer, captioned: "Poor Mountain Whites." . One congratulated the editor for the stand taken, while the other, in a letter which is published today, thought we went to the exr treme in our views. Using the two examples as an average, it would look as though we were at least "half right" yet we are not convinced but what we were 100 per cent right, although continue to respect the opinions of those who disagree with Us. -"":"' I'm frank to say, I don't know.; Today, instead of pulling a stunt like the trombone player, some little shapely female, half-starved from dieting to "keep in shape" would take the stage, wiggle, twist, jump, turn, shake and squirm at a tuneless noise (called music) and conclude with sug gestive movements, and be rated as an "art" dancer. A special appeal is made today to get men to attend the shows, and perhaps that is why the semi-nude (??) girls are featured. Back in 1902, the joke-cracker found that if they could make the women laugh, that the men would al most roll in the aisles. Women, it seems, do not laugh as readily at jokes as do men, and for that reason the jokers used the response of the worn- "SHE'S BETTER TODAY" When a loved one has been ill, what a joy these -word? bring to you, and to us, too. For not only is a friend re covering, but often we have helped in that recovery .by lushing medicines and supplies to the sick room. films prescriptions for the doctor. "Better today", How glad we are that e had a'' the drugs needed, and that they were of the hishe- quality obtainable. The privilege of filling such prescriptions ' sacred to us. "': - very ASK Y 0 U R DO C T O R DRUG STORE Opposite Pt 0(5 Phones 53 & 54 TWO REGISTERED PHARMACISTS FOR VOl'K PROTECTION.