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Page 2 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY. OCTOBER The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 1C7 Waynesvilie, North Carolina The County Seat Of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Editor MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN Associate Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES dne Year, In Haywood County $1.50 Six Months, In Haywood County 75c One Year, Outside Haywood County 2.00 All Subscriptions Payable in Advance Kiitrml at the post office at Waynesvilie, N. C, as Second Class Mail Mailer, as provided under the Act of March 3, 1S7H, NovemlMT 20, 1914. Oliituary notices, resolutions of respect, canLs of thanks, and all utftices of entertainments for piolit, will he cliartfed Tor at the rale of one cent per woru. l m"'- i S North Carolina vk PSISS ASSOClATIQNn THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1938 SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION The average transportation cost per school child in the state for the 1936-37 term was $4.83; while in Haywood County the average cost was $2.89, or next to the lowest in the entire state, being excelled only by Mitchell, with a $2.59 cost. At first glance, this record as set up by Haywood, might look like something to feel proud of, but at the second glance, it indicates that either something is wrong with the entire state cost, or something drastically wrong in Haywood. Why should there be about $2 difference per child? Counties larger than Haywood have more cost. Some smaller counties have larger cost. The drivers' salaries are the same over the state, the cost of gasoline, tires and parts are the same, and the initial outlay for busses is the same. After a careful study of the costs for the 100 counties, we have found that Haywood is transporting more children per bus than the state average, carrying more students per load, making more trips per day; and covering 50 c,. more mileage daily than the state average. All this accounts for the delay some of the pupils experience in getting home late from school. On the other hand, Haywood employs ex perienced adult drivers instead of the "law-allowed" student drivers. And it has been proven in this county, that experienced drivers add to the safety of the students, and saves consider able in operation costs. This term, three new units have been add ed in the county, and some relief given several routes, but even at that, records in the superin tendent's office, reveals that the cost per stu dent in Haywood this year will be far below the state average, even with 29 busses in operation. This thing of transporting almost 300,000 school children in the state is a big task, that envolves much responsibility. ENKA'S TENTH ANNIVERSARY Ten years ago last Saturday, the first ground was broken for the American Enka Corporation, at Enka, one of the worfd's larg est rayon plants. By July first of the following year, the machinery was in operation, and the plant going at full swing. During the ten years, the plant has been enlarged, and several additional buildings erect ed, including among them the fine gym. Commenting on their anniversary, the "Enka Voice" said: Enka grew up fast; may it continue to grow after these ten years of steady progress and may our product find an ever widening market due to the care that thousands of hands and heads,working together, are con stantly giving it every hour of the day and night!"; ':;.-"-''' ' Enka is a distinct asset to Western North Carolina and a practical example of a progres sive southern industry. ANOTHER BELIEF EXPLODED About the time we Were being taught our ABC's, we learned it was impossible to please everyone, but somehow, believed there might be an exception to the rule, some day. This past week, when news came that war had been averted in Europe, we thought that if ever any one thing pleased everyone, that news would, but lo, and behold, we find we were wrong in our assumption. And we did not have to go to Europe, Russia or Japan to find people who are sincerely sorry that the world was not plunged head-long into battle. Right here in Waynesvilie people have ex pressed themselves. We are now convinced, more than ever, that it is impossible to please everyone. "FIGURES DON'T LIE" We have heard a great deal about what a hard year 1938 has been, that most of us are of the same opinion, yet there are certain figur es that would deny the fact. The motoring activity of Americans has often been cited as an evidence of national eco nomic health, if this be true, we should begin at once to feel more optimistic. Reports of last week from the United States Treasury showed that Federal gasoline taxes, in the August just past, were $5,647,203 more than in August, 1937. We are inclined to believe that this should be considered an accurate symptom of better times. These figures should help us get a more cheerful outlook. In this particular section we can be assur ed that we have had our share of this gain, for the travel into the Park is proof that the moto rist has not passed us by. THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY U3 "HERE COMES A LETTER" We are right now in the midst of "National Letter Writing Week" which is being sponsored by the post office department. As far as we know, this is the first such week, any way, they have gone about it in a big way, with elaborate colored posters, and smooth publicity, and among the best, is a suggestion by a Chicago writer, employed for the occasion, who says: "the sweetest, gentlest and most useful of all arts letterwriting." "It's only a few steps to the nearest mail box write a letter. Take a little chunk of your heart and spread it over some paper; it goes, oh, such a long way." (Editor's note yea, 'specially in divorce courts). The idea is, of course, two-fold. More reve nue for the red side of the post office ledger, and to create more interest in our fellowman. Now, if the department will design and make available a letter that would be a sure collector of past due accounts, we would heartily contract for, say, a dozen or so. The post office department may never en joy such a flourishing business as was given them by the chain letter fad which struck the nation with sudh fury several years ago. And we hope they, or no one else, will attempt to revive it or anything similar, even for the sake of pulling the department out of the crimson. 6j (OH nothing otex she just A, P ) TOLD A5 AHD OFA N AjV I RETIRlM PlSPOSmow--ViAS SMT C tZj1 AP SLOW To ACT ANC I BELIFVEt N. SY ) EVERY TH )S I WAS TOLV - 0jS n I JUST WANTEP To SHOW TZ AUNT SARAH PEABOPlENT -Zj, THROUGH ONE' OP THE pV Wif ) CARNIVAL ATTRACTIONS ronio.T ih ic, wttm wwitfi I 9- 9 18 : GEMS . "AMHHJry. "Equal l ights f u:; ileges to niie.".. -rl',, son. ""ilia- "Let us rais the wise and h Mauds 'Ill-it On 'L s in tne hanij Washington. "The mouth ,.f ,k , speaketh wisdom, ai talketh of inA L. m-5 tot ; ; ,. ,J lhe k a ma neari; n.jae shall slide.' Psalms :; of G Hi r.J "Americanism con.sk believing in the principle ca." Woodrow Wilson f AeJ BY D. SAM COX COURT CASES VS. COMPROMISES A person who has spent any time in civil or criminal terms of court, will bear us out that there are entirely too many cases put on the docket in the two courts. Not only in Haywood County, but all other counties. The dockets are cluttered up with cases that don't amount to a thing but a misunder standing beteween parties that should get to gether and settle the matter without the aid of the court. This past week, as the heads of the four leadinig powers in Europe sat around a table, and worked out a satisfactory compromise that averted war in Europe, we thought of the crowd ed dockets of Haywood, and wondered why the citizens of this county, with only small differences, could not get together as did the powers of Europe, and also work out satisfactory compromises. Certainly if heads of nations can do mis, there is no reason why individuals cannot mane similar disposals of controversal matters. DID YOU DRINK 15 GALLONS OF LIQUOR . LAST YEAR America has not gulped down as much liquor this year, as last, according to the latest release from the Board of Temperance of the Methodist Episcopal church. In fact, our ave rage consumption is forty-two hundreds of a gallon less this year than last, when each of we 130,000,000 tax-ridden citizens averaged almost 15 gallons of fire-water. The Temperance Board does not beleive the "recession" responsible for all the drop in our gallcnage, as they point out in 1916, the last pre-prohibition year, that something like ." l?y2 gallons was the average for quenching parched gullets. The year 1911 must have been a terror, m. the face of the figures in the article, as the ave rage national consumption was about 23 gal lons almost two gallons a month, or two quarts s wggIc " The article does not give the source of all the interesting figures, but we have reason to believe that they are in error as for totals, be cause no mention was made of moonshine liquor, and as far as we can learn, that has always played- a favorite in these parts, and leads other consumable liquids by a big percentage. Instead of going, to all the trouble of com piling, adding and subtracting, and guessing at the figures given in the article, why not just cdme out and say: "Those who want liquor us ually drink all tihey can hold; and those who don't want it, don't drink." Story 5 After KlackieV experience with Ram Sheep, he thought and thought and thought where he could go and gut a good dinner without getting into trouble. After thinking over a whole lot of things, he decided that it wouldn't be much trouble to catch a goose, since they can't run fast and can't fly but a little way at a time. Besides, when a goose goes to sleep, she covers up her eyes and ears, so it is mighty hard to wake her up. Blackie Bear knew this, and he knew where a flock of geese slept every night, so he made up his mind to have a good, fat goose for his sup per. But he didn't know that geese have policemen that watch over the flock at night, just as the policemen in the towns watch over the other people while they sleep, but they do. These watchmen are ganders, the daddy geese. One of them stays awake every night to watch over all the others, and to wake them up if anything is about to trouble them. If he hears any noise that he doesn't like, he raises his head as high as he can and hollers, "quack, quack, quack," so loud that he wakes up all the other geese, and then they are ready for a fight. Well, this night that we are talk ing about, when Blackie went for his goose supper, he thought that they were all fast asleep, and that he could walk right up and pick out a good, fat goose and run away with her. Just as he got most to the flock and was picking out the biggest goose in the lot, the old police gan tier screamed out "quack, quack, quack, so loud that in a minute every single one of the geese were awake and "quacking," too. This surprised Blackie so that he didn't know what to do, so he stood right still for a minute. It isn't good for anybody to stand still when trouble is coming to him, and it wasn't good for Blackie, Tor while he was just stand ing there, the policeman flew up on his back and grabbed Blackie's ear in his beak and bit down on it as hard as he could. Then old Mother Goose left her six little baby gos lings in the bed and jumped for Blackie's sore nose and bit it 'til it bled. That Was too much for Black ie, so he turned around and started for home as fast as he could gallop, but the policeman Was right straddle . "The material record of the IS no more imn, ,.t... . .. wiiu u our .J eing than the history of FJ ........va, uul lne spiritual cation bears upon our eternal lit A uuivci IjUUV. "O America b mankind I Whitman, eeaue you build I build for yiu."-wJ loarJ The policeman flew up on his back and beat him on the head What's the Answer? Br EDWARD FINCH iVHV IS IT DIFFICULT TO WALK, STRAIGHT WlTH YOUR EYES CLOSED J of his neck and still had Blackie's ear in his mouth, and was holding on hard. Blackie ran mighty fast, but he couldn't get Daddy Gander off 'till he got to the woods and ran through some brushes. He didn't j even stop running when he got the goose off his back, but kept right on running and "woofing" 'til he got home, and then he jumped in his house and slammed the door and put up the bar. Blackie didn't get any supper at all that night, and he had another lot of mighty bad dreams. It looked to him like he would have to go to eating grass, like Moo Cow, for he seemed to get the worst of it every time he tried to get any sort of meat for his dinner. After think ing it over for a while, he decided to go fishing tomorrow, for he was sure a fish could not hurt his sore nose, and he liked fish, anyway. (To be countinued.) HAD TO REPEAT The small boy was taking part in Children's Day exercises. He was only seven years old and recited so well that he was encored. "Well, Harry, and how did you get on?" asked his proud father when he returned home, "Why, I thought I had done it all right," replied Harry, "but they made me do it again." Montreal Star. . j they must not sfcii vc THE WAY OF THK MACHINeI n.n euuoriai trom The R0. Magazine.) A 1 .1 V rtn urn iegro was wati-his J (uiiniKii iuniiu-iiihinir maetite I woi-k. ine late Alwanfc LegJ laiin iiiai-niiiei-y mamilactuiw, him: ITnoU t 1.... , ""' iini, miiu win Happen I your jod it they begin picking al! ; cotton with -machine The Negro rolled his eyes thought. , "Buss," he said, "ah dl know. But ah knows dis: vfo-l ber t is, it cain't be hai iter dan p j in cotton. Workers do not always have ; faith. Machines have lightened : burdens and increased the output! consumer goods past all rwkonid yet every important iivw madl causes widespread fear. "H iJ of us, workers ask, "will be tbroi out of jobs?" Sometimes efforts k been made to beat the niaehinebji stroying it or denying it. Self-bial ers were burned in the harvest fsrll by angry scythemen. Laws wereo: passed forbidding the use of mackj ery in making hats. . Machines are hot beaten that wi But the facts about leciwleglcal ; velopment are slowly becominf 1 ter understood, Machines do A'l men out of jobs. But they maken jobs than they dest roy. When a culture, barely a century ago, still largely an industry of Iu4 backs, and animal labor, only : out of each 1,000 persons were pi fully employed; 2158 were ag'rtcultef workers. That was in 1820, i United States, there were p jobs for 397 out of each LOW only 85 of those jobs were in agnt ture.. Farms had been mechaniil Men who would have been hm rhose nther neeunations. Thane I the machine invasion of thpt-p wprp hundreds of 0CCupCl awaitine1 their potential skills. II is aafisfvino- to know. But anouj fact must be remembered. MacM tnolra mnra otnnlovnlent in the 1.1 vim Knf mav lint erflate JOBS I 1 particular men they displace; mil the long run, as a social worker put a man mv starve. For full ms:! in the machine age, we still ha" I c-ive more .thought-to the problem." I the transition period, when ne ! chines make old labor. technique lescent. Men are still more m than 'machines. Even in the short...'! D ECAUSE one of your legs is - shorter than the unless the eyes are open, enabling the brain to direct your feet throueh your eyes, the course of one long step and one short step will cause you to walk in circles unless you have trained yourself through dili gent practice to pursue a straight course. If you don't believe me get a tapeline and legs from hip to feet and then close your eyes and take a walk with out peeping! See where you land! A TRUSTED NAME! The People instinctively turn to a '"trusted name. institution that comes to realize this grant of confided regards it not only as a great responsibility but as a Pei. opportunity to contribute through the coming year? an ' v of even larger measure of service. That's the fee.m? the men who serve you at this drug store. ASK YOUR DOCTOR ALEXANDER'S DRUG STORE Phones 53 and 54 O??. V: TWO REGISTERED PHARMACISTS FOR YOl R PROTECTION.
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