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'PBtSS ASSOCIATION j
.THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1938
BIBLE THOUGHT
STRENGTH AN.D SALVATION' : The Lord is my
gt.ren.gth- nd .long, and he is -become my salvation: he
in my i d. mid I will prepare kirn in habitation, my
father's d.d, (t)id I will exhalt him. Exodus 15:2.
SPRING IS HERE NOW WHAT?
'Spring is officially here, and those of us
who haw bt-en making plans for beautification
work "when spring -comes" . will now have to
make minutes count, or our winter dreams will
not materialize.
This month the home demonstration clubs
of the county are -'discussing beautification work,
and general painting. We look for the ma
jority, of the members of .Haywood's. i -1G clubs
to put into practice many of the things discuss
ed, at till - se club meeting.--!. The home demon
stration club ' members, usually do what they
set out to do, and for that reason we look for
many ir.provements. to be .made in the rural
districts this spring.
This community has adopted a general
beautilicnaon program, and many plans have
been diseased at length. The general Chair
man, Chas. E. Ray, Jr., in a letter to the editor
this week, passes on reprints of what other
towns are doing. These are not only interesting,
but show what can be accomplished, 'with '.just
a little outlay of money. More important than
money in such a campaign, is unity of .efforts and
seeing the program through.
Certainly there is no one who would not
agree that there is worlds of room for beauti
fication in this community.
This section has been blessed by many
natural beauty spots to the contrary, we have
often destroyed the beauty provided by nature.
Now it is time to reverse the order, and work
with nature.
A NEW WAY OF FILLING PEWS
Ofteu on (hears that there is nothing new
in church work, and that the same old routine
is followed year in and year out.
There is an example right here in Haywood
County that proves that a wide-awake, ener
getic, and progressive minister has Worked out
a plan for filling his church for every Sunday
service. He is Rev. J. H. Carper, pastor of
Long's Chapel at Lake Junaluska. :
Every Sunday, he drives a church bus out
into the byways, and hedges, so to speak, and
brings in those who are not able to walk the
distance to church. The same bus takes the
people back home after services.
That same idea could easily be put into
practice in towns.
To our way of thinking, Mr. Carper is do
ing a work that proves that he is interested in
the work of the church. He "has made no show,
given out no publicity. What news has come
from his plan was sought, and practically "beg
ged for." ; v , -'-.." . .
He appears to us as being a practical and
consecrated minister;
IF YOU WERE EDITOR
What would you write if you were today
editor of a newspaper? What would be your
objective. How would you go about reaching
those objectives? Would you become the de
fender of any particular group ? Would you meet
issues boldly, fearlessly and would your ideas
as a truth seeker rank high? Would you put
policy before principle or the reverse? Could
you find something new every day or at least
some new development of issues every day?
Would you trim your sales to fit adverse winds or
would you sail into1 the teeth of the storm?
Would you be able to find anything worthwhile
to say ? Jast wthat would you do if you were
editor? Union Times.
THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, MARCH n
A CHALLENGE
Civic leaders of this community have long
recognized the necessity of a community center.
There has been lots of talk about a com
munity center. Many meetings have been held,
various committees named; temporary enthus
iasm created, yet there is no place designated
as a community center for young people to
gather under auspices of well directed recre
ation. Older citizens often gather and lament the
fact that the people are patronizing places of
question. The older citizens, many with long
faces, continue to talk about doing something
about it, and the matter has ended there.
Right now, the young people have taken the
matter under consideration with the determi
nation to do something.
This, it seems to us, is a real challenge to
the older citizens of the community, for the
young folks to organize and to igo after a recre
ational center in which they can spend their
spare evenings. '
It is best that the young people work out
their own program, and get their building, be
cause then they will take more pride in it than
if it were handed them on a silver platter.
The part the older folks of the community
can well afford to play right now, is to encour
age those with vision, and determination, in
seeing that the project does not fall through.
There will be times before plans are fully mate
rialized, that encouragement from the older
heads will be essential.
This matter presents a challenge to old and
young alike. A challenge for action, and less
talk.
A NEW IDEA COMING?
News coming from Detroit, hints that
Henry Ford and his associates are working on
plans for renting automobiles instead of sell
ing them. The rental would be near $10 or $12
a month, according to unofficial reports.
Business leaders are said to be looking on
the idea with interest, and one which they now
believe would help solve the present economic
situation, Hundreds of people, it has been
pointed out, could afford to rent one of the cars,
that now do without. The down payment would
be considerably less than those now required
on a new car.
Right off hand, it would appear that Mr.
Ford would prefer to continue to sell his cars
outright, rather than bother with rentals. How
ever, We must remember, that the successful
manufacturer has accomplished things in the
industry that others branded as impossible.
Just how far this plan will go, we do not
know. In fact, there might not be anything to
the rumor, but we have been looking for Mr.
Ford to come out with some brand new idea for
a long time.
BUYING HOMES AND AUTOMOBILES
More and better homes for the people of
the nation is recognized to be one of the great
est needs of the day. More (home building is de
sired not simply to give the people adequate
housing. It is recognized also that a revival of
home building would provide employment for
thousands and go a long way toward relieving
unemployment. More home-building is sought
and encouraged as a means of bringing about a
revival of business and industry.
If, however, more homes are to be built, the
people who desire to build must be encouraged
and aided. It is no small undertaking for the
average wage-earner or small business man to
finance the cost of a home. Financial assistance
and easy payment plans are available for the
purchase of many of the less stable luxuries,
such as furniturd radios, automobiles, refriger
ators. It is easy to finance the purchase of any
of these with a small down payment and easy
payments, but to finance the building of a
home is made extremely difficult by the heavy
requirements of lending agencies.
If more homes are to be built, it must be
made as easy for a man to buy a home as it is
now for him to buy an automobile. The Federal
government has gone a long way in liberalizing
credit for home building. Private lending agen
cies should follow and give more encouragement
and incentive to home-building and home own
ership. When it is as easy for a man to own his
home as it is now for him to buy an automobile
or furnish a home, there will be an increase in
building and home-owning throughout the na
tion and in the Roanoke-Chowan section. Until
then, there will be stagnation in the building
trades and a lack of adequate housing. Gates
County Index.
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Education, like vaccination, is wonderful
if it take3.
Last Wednesday, ten persons lost their lives
on the (highways of North and South Carolina.
Seven of these were visitors into the Carolinas.
If this high rate continues, the two Carolinas
will be in for a reputation that will be hard to
live down.
THE OLD HOMETOWN
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By W. Curtis Ituss
Next to "cheap poetry" I feel that
these ever-appearing tanjjlud rela
tionships are most nerve-racking.
Cline liramlett ran into one in South
Carolina and was kind enough to
bring it in for me to figure out, but
I've never cared enough about rela
tives beyond first cousins to bother
with taKging them as being kin.
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And just in case you are one of
thosu folks who likes to untangle rela
tionships, there are several families
right here in town that have a re
cord that will give you something to
think about.
What will salesmen think up next?
Last week a plump, cling-virie type of
young woman, Called in at the office,
apparently for the purpose of inter
esting me in aviation. She posed as
a pilot, and showed several buttons,
and badges that evidenced at least a
partial knowledge of aviation.
Her story was interesting, until
she got to that worn out phrase; "I
just need 435 more points, and then I
get a free tuition to this school."
And each sale of a popular magazine
gave her many points.
She had her story memorized, and
if she had been interrupted in the
middle of it, she would have to start
at the beginning again. Even if I had
been in the market for the magazine
I would not have bought from her,
simply because she posed under false
colors.
Two days later, a young man, who
said "Sir" after every third word,
apologized for three minutes because
I had not been duly informed of his
pre-arranged call. One would have
gathered that it was a conference
having to do with a million dollar
deal.
Anyway, he did not pose as work
ing his way through school in fact
he threw off on magazine salesmen.
He was a "publisher's representa
tive," and all he wanted was a sub
scription to another popular maga
zine. As yet I haven't figured out
just what he would class himself but
a subscription agent.
He was one of these cocky young
men who has the unmistakable idea
that the world owes him a living. He
also slipped up when he started knock
ing his competitor. He complicated
his sales talk by trying to make too
many inducements in the beginning in
the hopes of making a quick sale.
In short, he was a poor salesman, a
poor . looser, and too self-confident.
The next day, a paper salesman
could have landed a nice order, but
he got me confused by showing me
too many lines of the same grade
paper. I would no doubt have bought
one of the grades without hesitation,
but when he showed a dozen samples,
I could not decide on any one, and
passed up the order for a salesman
who knew how to select a line that
would fill our needs.
There has been many an order lost
just because the salesman showed too
many samples.
Some shoe stores are now so ar
ranged so that the customer does not
even see the shoe boxes in shelves,
and are shown only one pair of shoes
at time. This often leads to quicker
ales than by showing the entire
stock. '.-'..'
Inquiring around, I found that the
majority of merchants buy from sales-
THIS WEEK
in
HISTORY
March 21, 191'J Graf Zeppelin
started round trip from Fredrich
shafen to Palestine.
March 25, ltj(! Henry Hudson
sails from Amsterdam in ' the Half
men that do not knock the other lines,
nor play up their own too much. A
good salesman will tell you if his line
is what you need. One merchant here
was telling of the salesman who re
fused to sell him a certain line just
becaus0 a competing line was cheaper
and better. That is salesmanship.
The next time, this salesman did not
have any trouble getting orders for
any thing in his line.
Mr. W. Curtis Russ. Edit..!
j Waynesville Mountair.-.-;
I My dear Mr. Russ :
The March issue of Re;..,!..., ti;
' contains a number of .sh,,: r
descriptive of beautiticau,,n Wort'?
j shrub has been developed
standing way.
in connection wun me (huu'.c
tion program Deing spoored h,
Rotary, the Woman's Club, the Boo
ters Club, the Chamber of ('ommoJ!
other civic organizations it occurs ti
me that a great many readers of Thi
Waynesville Mountaineer might fi
this article of interest. A cupy is m.
closed in tne nope tnat it may be &
printed in The Waynesville Mountain.
eer.
Cordially yours,
CHAS. E. RAY, JR
CIVIC PAGEANTRY IN FL0WF
Greenfield Hill, Connecticut, is i
town with scarcely 100 inhabitant
well off the the main road and hart
to find, yet every week-end during Utt
spring the roads from all directiojj
carry capacity traffic to see its glorj
of pink and white dogwood blossom,
In 1795, Dr. Isaac Bronson plants i
dozen trees which have grown t.
immense proportions. A century la(.
er, the Village improvement Soci
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passed by Congress.
discovers Florida.
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in r ranee under command of Genera;
Foch.
March 29, 1790 John Tyler, 1M
president, born.
March 30, 1807 Alaska luirchasii
from Russia.
FLOYD SMITHER
xparienced tobacco
planter
irs A FACT THAT CAMEL USES COST
LIER TOBACCOS. LAST YEAR I HAP A DANW
CROP AND THE CAMEL PEOPLE BOUGHT
ALL MY CHOICE LOTS. MOST PLANTERS
SOLD THEIR HIGH GRADES OF TOBACCO TO
CAMELS, THE SAME AS I DID. SO YOU CAN
SEE WHY CAMEL IS MY CIGARETTE
MR. SMITHER gives the opinion of Agrtat num
ber of tobacco planters when he reports: "For
their own smoking - the majority of tobacco growers
prefer Camels." Men who know tobacco from the
ground up prefer Camels, They want to enjoy the
special treat of smoking Camel's finer, MORE EX
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