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Page 2 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 19iH The Mountaineer 1'ubliHhed liy THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. M nii sii'cct Phone 1T Wiiyin'MVilIi'. North Carolina VUf t ' (i it i y S.:l Of H:iywi)iiJ County V. t'UUTIS ItUSS Editor W I'm lis Kiis.s .in.l Marion T. lirulvn, Publishers i-ibmshkh kvkuv thuksdav si usckiption uatks ( i Y. nr, In ll.iywimtl County 1.50 M.miIIiw, In ll.iywimtl County 76 (in. Y. ii. OiiIniiIi' ll.iywooil County 2.0 All SulwfrnilloiiM Pityublu In Advance l.i.i.'ir.l m Hi- .idi.f ut WijiiMiillf, N. C. a Ktcoiid I'l.-i.s M.iil M.iIIit. ah ruvi.tt-4 under tlie Art ot Mufrh S. IH7.I, Nuvrnilx-r '.'U, lUt. Obituary ii.iif. n-milutlcMia ot rwiiwvt. crW of thank, in. I .ill h.iIuvm of rnlM-UininrnU for pruflt, H'. b charg4 for il tl.p rate of oiif cent vrt ord. J J XNorth Carolina TH I : KSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1938 Rl RLE THOUGHT rv.v iivoii'i'iiiv of but overcome evil with ptK'ii 1i ini.i'Mti I - t ( J LOR1KY 1MJ CHIMIN A US NYwsiwper tslitt.rs haw written long edi torials, preachers have usoil him as an example f wnuitf living-, and the public in general have diseussul at length the capture and life". of Hill Payne, North Carolina's public enemy No. 1, who was recently captured by C-Men in Sanford. The trial of Hill Payne, and his associate, John Tinner, will be 'nothing' short of sensa tional when it conies up in Asheville this month. Alth ugh tawed with the title of "public enemy" isn't it true that we Americans tend to jjlorifj notorious criminals V Our question is based on the fact that right now in Kastern North Carolina, there is appear ing in theatres and drawing large crowds, a man who claims to be the original Jesso James. This man tells the fantastic story of his scape from the law, and his methods of living a life-. of a notorious criminal for many years. In the advertisements tolling of this man, it reads in part ; ' The straivgst case in crimi nal history. .Iese James, the notorious Missouri outlaw, alive, in pvrson. After ;"1 years in hid ing, America's original public enemy No. 1 re turns to tell the tine story of his early life of banditry. Hear him tell of his own exploits as America's original public enemy." It seems that "Jesse James" could devist? some plan to make a living other than bringing to America's theatre-goers, a word by word de scription of banditry and life of crime in its worst" form..- No doubt his talks center around his shrewd methods of escape from the law. His quickness on the trigger, and in short, "an vail round good bandit." P.ut. "Mr. James," probobly knew that Americans tend to glorify the notorious out laws of the day, 'and would pay well to see one of the pnst. While this type of work provides a living for "Jes.s James" and his associates, we cannot see where society is any better ofT by his w ork. HAYWOOD'S ECC CONSUMPTION Right at this time of year when farmers are beginning U think of spring chickens, it might be well to look over the record and see what p visibilities there are for profitable sul try raising in Haywood County. Kmm gtt rivment figures, wv learned that in 1 '..')." there were ' .'122.453.. chickens in Hay wood County. Reliable estimates are that this same figure would apply at present These 122.000 chickens in Wi.Vpnxlikvd 381.027 doz en eggs. '.;' . The -population of Haywood County is ap proximate' 30,0tH). This figures that enough eg-gs are prod uctyt in 'Haywood to provide every .person about 150 eggs a year. All consumed over that must lv shipped in, and good 'money; .sent out. ': '.All' indication? are that 1938 will be a good poultiy yoar, with feed e-.vsts down, and the pric ey for poultry and eggs remaining steady. " MODERN 811118 As a rule, those of us who live 500 m-.Ie-s from the coast haw very little inception of the importance ships play in our every day .lives. Many people in the mountains cannot conceive of a ship that would reach from the Court House to past the post office, and 136 feet wide;, swu1 much higher than any building in Waynes ville. It is things like this that a new series of articles, prepared by Harry M. Hall, former ship builder, will explain in detail. His new series begins this. waeJc Start now, and read them evrry week. PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST Any official action that has to do with the completion of the (ireat Smoky Mountains Na tional Park tends to lift Western Ncrth Caro linians higher than even tjhe Park's lofty peaks. There are now pending in Congress, bills authorizing the acquisition of lands for com pletion of the Park. The bills, if passed, would authorize to be appropriated, out of any money in the- United States Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $783,000 for carrying out the plans of acquiring additional acreage in order that the National Park Service could take over the Park. The presentation and importance placed on these bills by taxpayers of North Carolina and Tennessee bo Congressmen from the two states, will be a big determining factor in their passage. Outside of often quoted Federal expendi tures, $783,000 is a staggering sum. Yet, on the other hand, the sum is not so great as compared with over eleven and a half million dollars which are invested in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and with no hopes whatever, of any significant returns be ing made from this huge investment until after the Park is fully established. . The investments made to date, are as fol lows: N. C. and Tenn, each $2,500,000 $ 5,000,000 Rockefeller Foundation 5,000,000 CCC Division of Gov 1,550,000 Tvtal ..$11,550,000 North Carolina issued two millions in bonds, and the remaining half million Was raised by public subscription. Tennessee produced her two and a half millions in much the same man ner. A conservative rate of interest on the in vestment to date would be three per cent, ac cording to Chas. E,. Hay, Jr., chairman of the Western North Carolina Advisory Committee, now working on this matter. And to this three percent, must be added at last one and a half per cent which represents the loss to local gov ernments in taxes on the land now in the Park. This makes 4V, on $11,550,000, which is $515,750. In less than 18 months, the interest on the investment would be more than enough to buy the remaining required acreage which the Na tional Park Sei-vice is holding out for, although Congressman Weaver got a bill through Con gress, which would legally establish the Park when 400,000 acres were acquired. There are now over 416,668 acres in the name of the Na tional Park Service, but they are holding that 436,000 must be titled to them. Nevertheless, the only 'hopes of getting the money to buy the 20.000 acres seems to be from Congress, and if they" turn down the proposition, then the $11,550,000 investment will remain buried in the Park, representing a loss of over $500,000 a year in interest, and so it will remain until the $783,000 is made available and used to buy the needed acreage. However, there are several "hopeful" things favoring the passage of bills, which have been introduced by Senator Reynolds, and Congress man Weaver, together with several Tennessee congressmen. In the first place, President Roosevelt favors the passage of the bills. He has taken a keen interest in the Park since his visit through it some 18 months ago. In the second place, and probably this should have been listed as first, all of Washington seems interested in putting through the housing act a program that would stimulate construc tion of homes and building in general There is no step which the federal government could take that would so stimulate business in Wes tern North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee as the opening of the Park. Vast sums would be spent by individuals, in the construction of every type of building, from summer cabins to hotels. The Park Service, cannot go forward with permanent construction and development within the Park until the Park is officially dedicated. So, when the fact are boiled down, there is every reason for urging early completion of the Park, and its dedication. Even to the ad vantage of the government, and its efforts to stimulate business. It seems to us. that interested taxpayers of this entire Park area should take it upon them selves to contact every- North Carolina Con gressman, and urge the passage of these bills that will provide funds for the immediate com pletion of Eastern America's playground. WHY WORRY A BOLT THE 40.000 DEAD There were 40,000 persons killed in motor vehicle accidents in 1937, according to reliable reports just compiled. Apparently it is hard for the average per son to conceive of that many uncalled for deaths, and most of us just glance over the figures and go ahead with our driving as usual, always be lieving that the other fellow is to blame. Then, too, most highway accidents are termed "unavoidable," With that, we take it, and continue to watch the "slaughter on the highways column rise each year to the tune of five per cent. THE OLD HOME TOWN H1'"M U S Prist OH By STANLEY INVENTORY TIME- J J AtK IVE . GOT TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE . . j pwep HersRiM&s-vouu. '' I have to make; your lunch I , , ON THOSE CRACKERS y V 1 V NOAH BAXTER CAUGHT UP VJ1TH TV? town loafers vwho always drift ;a about uunch time SPARKS of WISDOM It is seldom that God sends such calamities upon man as men bring upon themselves and suffer willingly. Jeremy Taylor. 'ETTER! SOME COMMENTS AND A SUGGESTION Mankind is not disposed to look narrowly into the conduct of great victors when their victory is on the right side.: Geoig-e Eliot. The best thing to givv to your enemy is forgiveness; to an oppo nent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a irood example; to a father, deference; to your moth er, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. Balfour. Remember this that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life. Marcus Aurelius. Democracy is the healthful life blood which circulates through the veins and arteries, which supports the system, but which ought never to appear externally, and as the mere blood itself. Coleridge. Greatest things through greatest haz ards are attained And then they shine. Beaumont and Fletcher. Correction does much, but encour agement after censure is as-the sun after a shower. Goethe. VIEWS OF EDITORS Suppose It might be worse. Suppose Red agitators got bosses dissatisfied and persuaded them to quit Akron Bea con Journal. He's Clock The farmer doesn't need any time piece to tell him when it's dinner time on Sunday. His yard is full of city relatives' cars. Buffalo News. The Cycle Cycle of remarks by Europe: 1917 "Save us!" 1920 "Shylock!" 1930 "Tend to your own business, meddler!" 1937 "Save us!" Buffalo News.. Editor The Mountaineer: In The Mountaineer for January 6, I noticed three items of particular inter est to me. First was the statement from the office of W. H.McCracken, our most efficient tax collector, that $225,819, or i)2 per cent of Haywood's 1936 tax es had been collected and that in ad dition $111,000 of delinquent taxes of former years had also been collected. This is such a record for Haywood as I never heard of. I sat in his office last summer and witnessed the J courteous and efficient way in which he dispatched business. I .congrat ulate Haywood county on having Mr. MeCracken in this post The whole column-long account of how the county's money is being handled gives one cause for pride and satisfaction. The second item I noticed was a letter from F. E. Haynes, of Clyde, in which he discussed the matter of high local taxation. He stated facts, but not all of them. Here is another. The tax collector, as in duty bound, published m The Mountaineer late in August and early in September a list of those who had not paid their taxes for the previous year. This list practically a duplicate of that the year before, and the year before that contained the names of men high in church, political and social circles in Waynesville and Haywood. Later, as is done every year, the prop erty against which the taxes was assessed was sold and the county bought it in and that is all that has ever happened so far as I can learn. I have never seen advertised in the home paper any foreclosure sales of any of this property. If the reader does not believe me let him go to The Mountaineer office and inspect the files of the paper for August-Sept- THIS WEEK in HISTORY Week of January 10 January 20, 1846, Telegraph lm? opened between Philadelphia and York. January 21, 1813, General Fremont soldier, explorer, statesman burn January 22, 1903, Hay-Hertan putl. ama Canal Treaty signed. January 23, 1845, Tuesday after first Monday in November made na tional election day. January 24, 1838, S. F. B. Mors, exhibited dot and da3h telegraph code. January 25, 1796, vaccination was discovered by Jenner. January 26, 1837, Michigan admit ted to the Union. POINTED PARAGRAPHS Business would be grand if every inquiry meant a sale. Another persons' worries aiy al ways hard to understand. Any smoker will tell you that nicotine never hurt him. Education is not to be confused with going to college-not in these days. Some people think that what this country really needs is some workers willing to do a day's work for a d:iy' pay. tember of the past 6 years. This has gone on year after year, until these unpaid taxes amount to thousands and tens of thousands of dollars. I am told that some promi nent citizens and high officials have paid no county taxes in years. This goes on until some complaisant leg islator passes a bill to relieve these delinqueuts of the penalties , thus hiring them to pay their taxes. Such a state of affairs causes every man who does pay his taxes promptly to pay higher taxes than he would if these tax-dodgers were compelled by actual foreclosure ot pay their share on time. The third item was under a headline on the front page---"Names of Folks Wanting to Buy Property Listed. Hundreds of Prespective Customers Listed at the County Agent's Office." This is an extraordinarily interest ing item arid I wish to connect it up with what I have said above. And here is my suggestion. Let the county commissioners fore close on the property of these long delinquent taxpayers who have made no effort to pay their overdue taxes and sell to these people who wish to buy Haywood property. This will bring about one of two things, each equally valuable for the county's finances either these long time de linquents will pay up or the prop erty will be bought by these prospec tive citizens. I make the suggestion to Chairman Lowe and the board of county com missioners. E. W. GUDGER. Appareatly Some recent figures show more ac cidents, but few fatalities. The driv ers are no more careful, but pedes trians are getting tougher. Phila delphia Bulletin. Mast Have Plunging into the Congressional swimming hole, Bruce Barton an nounces his intention not to become a politician. He must have brought along his water wings. Troy (N. Y.) Record. Too Fruity Scenes in the night clubs these winter nights are reported pretty disorderly, when some stewed quince meets a fried peach and wants to do the big apple. New York Sun. pire 2aru&i3 iq joj sn ui apre aqj pure 'jno pis saq dqj ;o iiirj b 2unun Xq no.f joj &)uauxre3 Amm aifTuiaj ires d. jijqj no.C punodJ o jsnf si siqj 'jng ibSv li aais ooa.w CENTRAL CLEANERS MAIN STREET Phone 113 Imagine It! There is a fellow we know whose wife hasn't permitted him to spend a cent of his wages in thirty years. Yet he lies awake nights worrying about Roosevelt's establishing a dic Utorship. Troy (N. Y.) Record. What? It may be true, as Secretary Hoare says, that the United States and Great Britian are drawing closer. But what is that going to do if we still dont speak the same language? Rochester Democrat ft Chronicle. What Will It Cost? You may not ask that question when your Doctor hands you a prescription. But it probably is in your mind. And that's perfectly natural We welcome an opportunity to answer that question for you. Here's how prescriptions are priced in this es tablishment: To the cost of our fresh, potent drugs we add the time of a skilled pharmacists in filling your pres cription, plus overhead and a modest profit. This fair price is no more. . .and often less. . .than you pay where pres criptions are haphazardly priced, A S K YOUR DOC TO R ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE Phones 53 and 54 Opp. Post Ofilce TWO REGISTERED PHARMACISTS FOR YOUR PROTECTION
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