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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9
The Mountaineer
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Waynesville, North Carolina
The County Seat Of Haywood County
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1939
MODERN BUSINESS FIRMS
Before the summer season gets here, Way
nesville should be able to boast of more up-to-date
stores than any town of similar size in all
of North Carolina.
There is hardly a retail establishment in
town, but what has made some improvements
within the past six months, or have plans under
way.
This bespeaks for the progressive attitude
of the merchants, and assures the buying public
that the merchants are alert and operating on
sound business methods and keeping abreast of
the times.
And furthermore, the merchants in this
.community are making every effort to keep more
complete stocks, and at prices in keeping with
those found anywhere.
This is not a trade-at-home editorial. It
is being written in order to show that the mer
chants here are really doing things to warrant
business.
Their forward steps are beginning to pay
bigger dividends. Mail orders coming into this
section have shown a material drop. Some
citizens who have been doing most of their
shopping from mail order houses are now regu
lar patrons of local firms.
This all bespeaks for a better community.
It shows that the town people and resi
dents of the rural sections are realizing that
after all, they have something in common, and
that by working more closely together, the bene
fits will be mutual.
It is all most encouraging. It is a trend
that should make all of us feel good.
SCOUT WEEK
1 In this issue we are giving you some facts
about' the organization of Boy Scouts in Hay
wood County. We are proud of their record and
we feel it an honor to join with them in cele
brating the 29th birthday anniversary of Boy
Scouting in America, which started yesterday
and will close on the 15th.
The men and boys in this county are part
of the 8,400,000 who have been included in the
Scout family since 1910, who believe in - the
principle that "Once a .Scout, always a Scout,"
and who are doing their best to extend and in
terpret in practice the concept of civic and moral
responsibility that came to them in their Scout
Troops. For this reason, if for no other, Ameri
ca has every right to be proud of its Boy Scouts.
A number of men have shown their belief
in the benefits to be derived from Scouting in
this county by the time and attention they have
given the work. We are indebted to them for
their assistance in the preparation of some of
the material of this issue.
There will be many forms of observing the
week in this county, centering around the mes
sage, that "Scouting carries on American
Ideals;" ideals of service and cooperation, tole
rance and religious obligation, and homage to
the responsibilities and privileges of participat
ing citizenship.
Scouting has become a part of the Ameri
can boy's world because it is a program of action
plus idealism.. So it has a two-fold appeal,
demonstrated by its, growth in popularity each
year, in many sections limited only by lack of
leaders or adequate funds of extension.
In Haywood County we have been fortu
nate in that the movement has met ready re
sponses from adult leaders, who have given of
their time to put over a program that merits
the highest praise. .
A Happy Birthday to Boy Scouting.
Times are 'changing fast. Grandma says
that in the near future men will eat baked beans
and say, "not like Mother used to bake." But,
"ah, dear these are like Mother used to open."
UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE
A bright-eyed smiling little girl of three,
accompanied her mother and grandmother on
a short motor trip. When they reached their
destination, the mother left the motor running.
Shortly she returned and the three started
on their return journey.
Within a few minutes the little girl be
came so ill, that a quick decision was made to
hurry the child to a nearby hospital.
Death came within an hour. She died of
monoxide poison, caused by the fumes from
the exhaust.
Just another story one reads about, you
might surmise. True. But while it did not
happen in this immediate vicinity, it did happen
to a close relative of the writer.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT OR LYNCHING?
The usual controversy over the abolish
ment of capital punishment has arisen in the
present session of the state legislature.
While we have always looked with horror
on any form of capital punishment, the thought
arises as to what might happen if this form of
satisfying an outraged public was abolished.
Such crimes as occurred in Murphy a few
days ago, are hard to atone in any way except
to take the life of the offender, and of the two
evils, capital punishment or lynching, the former
would certainly seem the saner and safer way
to mete out justice.
GET YOUR DOG READY
The District Health Department and the
long arm of the law, backed by the county board
of commissioners, have rolled up their sleeves
and are going to take definite action to relieve
the rabies situation in Haywood County.
Inspectors have been appointed in each
township, and their appointments have been
confirmed by the state veterinarian. They un
derstand their duties and are ready to comply
with all details of the law.
In April, the inspector of each township,
will post his schedule for his appearance in each
community. He expects you to have your dog
ready to be vaccinated. If the dog that hangs
around your premises is a "stray dog" and you
do not intend to assume the responsibility of
taking care of the cost of vaccination, remem
ber he will also be a "stray dog" in the eyes
of the law. And in a short while, he will be a
dead dog, for the law is going to be rigidly en
forced. After a certain date every dog in Hay
wood County, not bearing a vaccination tag
will be killed.
The record of 1938 need never happen again.
It is a blot on our progressive county, that with
an adequate law regarding the procedure, We
allowed the situation to reach such limits.
It was necessary last year to kill stock
amounting to $2,500, and 100 persons had to
take treatment for rabies, to say nothing of the
anxiety of possible developments of the dread
ed disease.
THE ABSENTEE BALLOT ISSUE
Opponents of the absentee ballot are find
ing considerable encouragement in the position
taken by Representative Odus M. Mull on the
issue. Mr. Mull is a former chairman of the
Democratic State Executive Committee. He
hails from Governor Hoey's home county and
is an experienced legislator.
He favors the outright repeal of the absen
tee ballot law for primaries, but would retain
the provision in a modified form for general
elections.
Mr. Mull is right in his contention that
there is a vital important difference between
elections and primaries in North Carolina.
In elections, we have dual supervision. Both
the Democratic and Republican parties have
official representatives at the polls.
In primaries, however, it is impractical for
all candidates to have official representation at ;
the ballot box.
Where both parties have representation,
it is easy to understand how it would be much
easier to prevent irregularities and fraud in
administering the absentee ballot law than it
is where there is no such supervision.
Most of the dissatisfaction with the absen
tee ballot in North Carolina has been caused by
the manner in which that method of voting has
been employed in primaries.
It may be possible, therefore, that Mr.
Mull's plan will meet the approval of a majority
of those who are fighting to abolish the law.
Certain we are that the opponents of the
absentee ballot can count themselves real
victors in the fight if they succeed in eliminat
ing it from the primary. Winston-Salem Jour
. naF. '.':' . .
Sing Sing reports only six vacant cells.
Another housing shortage.
It is said that in a few years walking will
be a lost art. Last year the American people
spent 19 cents out of every dollars to purchase
automobiles.
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BLACKIE HEADS FOR HOME
Story 23
Blackie ran mighty fast that night
when Uncle Joe shot at him, and he
ran pretty fast that day when Sallie
Cat was riding on his nose; but I
don't believe he ever ran as fast as
he did when he broke away from those
circus folks. Every time he thought
about that man walking ibout the
circus, with a bearskin overcoat and
cap on, and the other bears with
rings in their noses and men poking
them with sharp sticks, he would
jump a little bit higher and further.
The fact is he was running just
about as fast as Jay Bird could fly,
and Jay Bird can fly pretty fast.
It was hard to run in the woods
where there were so many trees and
bushes and briars, and so after a
while Blackie stopped and asked Jay
Bird to fly out to the road and see if
the circus folks were in sight, and
if they were not he would go to the
road where he could run better.
While Jay Bird was gone to the road,
Blackie lay down and rested, for he
had been running so fast that he was
pretty hot and tired.
After a while Jay Bird came back
and told Blackie that he had been out
to the road, and there wasn't a soul in
sight, and there wasn't a house in
miles of them. Then Blackie went
out to the road, but he was mighty
afraid of meeting Mr. Man, Uncle
Joe or someone else who was going to
or from the circus, so he asked Jay
Bird to fly along ahead, and if he saw
anybody on the road to come back and
tell him.
,Jay Bird flew on ahead, and mighty
high up in the air so he could see a
long way up and down the road, and
Blackie followed as fast as he could
run. It was lots easier to run in
the road than in the woods, and so
Blackie got along mighty well; but
after a while he felt so tired and hot
and hungry that he wished Jay Bird
would stop and let him catch up with
him, and they could both rest. About
that time he heard Jay Bird holler
ing, "Jay, jay, jay," as loud as he
could, and when he looked up he
saw Jay Bird flying as if a hawk had
been after him. "Take to the woods.
quick," called Jay Bird, and he flew
right out over the tops of the trees.
Jay Bird kept on flying for ever so
long, but after a while he came to a
nice pond of water, and he came down
and got a drink and waited for Black
ie to catch un. When RlarkiV mit
BY D. SAM COff - , i
They certainly did enjoy that supper
more than Blackie did the one the
night before.
What's the Answer?
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WHMM WAS THE.
PRACTISE. Oi KJSS1MS
ORIGINATED?
1 ISSING as we know it today (i.
e., the touching of lips between
two people) was first recorded as
practiced among the early Persians.
Herodotus tells us that at that time,
an equal was kissed on the mouth,
an inferior on the cheek. The
Romans and classic Greece seemed
to practice the custom at about the
same time. In less civilized coun
tries, the expression of affection
was, and frequently still is, accom
plished by the rubbing of noses, pat
ting of arms, breasts or stomachs.
C Western Newspaper Union.
there he was most out of breath, but
he had enough left to ask Jay Bird
what in the world it was that he saw
up the road that scared him so. "It
didn't scare me," said Jay Bird, "but
it did look dangerous for a big bear
that had been eating Uncle Joe's
chickens, for it was that same Uncle
Joe that was coming down the road,
and he had his gun."
"That's twice that you have saved
my life today, Jay Bird, and you cer
tainly are a good old scout. I don't
see how I would ever get along in
these woods without you. Now, let's
get a good drink of water and then
rest a while. And I think I will
take a little swim, too, and wash
some of this dust and perspiration off
of me." Blackie jumped into the
water and swam around for awhile,
and then dived down and stayed so
long that Jay Bird was afraid he
was drowned. But after a little
wftiie he came up, and he had a fish
that was about as bis- nn b mnW
hold in his mouth. "Right here is
wnere we will spend the night, Jay
Bird," said Blackie, "and, besides hav
ing a mighty good supper and break
fast, we will have a good true fish
story to tell Dr. Coon and the othw
fellows when we get home." You
remember that Blackie always carries
matches in a tiny tin box which he
keeps in his ear. nnA th .,t.
won't hurt them a bit. So they soon
me nsn Droning on the coals and
they certainly did enjoy that supper
a lot more than Blackie did the one
the night before in the cage of the
circus folks.
.After supper they sat around the
fire and talked about the circus, and
Blackie told Jay Bird that he cer
tainly Would beli
time he told him there were white
uars or Diue bears or any other sort
of bears. They were both pretty
tired and sleepy, and so Jay' Bird
helped Blackie to scratch up a good
bed of leaves and straw, and then he
flew up ,n a tree, and he and Blackie
were both soon fast" asleep.
(To be continued).
Here and There
-By-
HILDA WAY Gill-.v
Who said that chivalry7
m this modern &?! M
are all wet . . . we have" J'
proof of its existPn ; 7.ml
in a very grand and drannfl
ture . . . nov. we havQ . 4
pleasure of meeting m.,,i.. !
Perkins . . . in fact we havfH
Known v..
fill wp know Qlin. .
- , uui lH1S (j,, . !
member of the President's cabiJ
is what we read in th
from all reports the Lady sJ
must be most efficient T1
ucD1, iiicnua couia never say ih
; glamorous i . . . conservath.
turned mth.
by the changing fads and fan!i
fashion . . ; . she has one mol
hat . . and sticks to it
it is becoming ... she is shut ml
vuuna fuoncity , , (,
men either we would judge)
her cohorts in the high ml
ui v-uvio, suvernment have
taken Madame at her own t.
since the President elevated kg
ici nigu uto ... and respectdi
avuiiy j. rum aiai. . . ,
But now she is a "damsel
distress . . . recentlv
sentative Thomas, of New
.... maae a motion to impe&c
Secretary Perkins . . . anH
boys ... old and young in 2
senate ana tne House . . ,
-": i uuiiiiig m ner am ;
as much as a pat on the shosii
er and 'don't you worry, honey.
. . we'll look after everythiar
. . it is the most refreshing it
ciuent . , i nave noticed m ti
hard boiled man and
world, in sometime . . . becad
regardless of how well a won
can take care of herself
how independent she appears
believe it or not, underneath
She is the same , . . all heriw
privileges have not uprooted tj
instinct to feel dependent on
good strong man in time
trouble . . . I'll bet Madame P.
kins is tickled pink over the U;
the boys have reacted. .
No sooner had the ink dried on
Mountaineer last week , , ' than
phone rang . . . a reader of
column called to tell u3 of an
; . . and we appreciate her inw
. . a letter was in the wrong pos
in 'marital" . .. but in undergoinj
trials of getting in to a printed
. . . it came out "martial" ..
other person calling our attentioi
it . . thoueht it was intentional
being a bit cynical on the subj'etj
matrimony . , . thought it
appropriate pun . . . as most
riages were a matter of "wri
anyway . . . you take 'em
said. . ...
MARRIAGES
Mid Brown to Oma Miller, both of
Maggie. ". ' ' :'-.
Calvin Mills to Lucille Foister, both
of Waynesville.
Jimmie Williams to Frances Liner,
both of Waynesville.
Claude Bumgarner. of Pis?p-ah Pnr.
est, to AVilna Singleton, of Canton.
Henry Furman Robertson to Helen
Susan Helmick, both of Waynesville.
Ray Smiley to Margie Gentry, both
of Canton.
Ollie Hughes to Lee Howell. WJ,
of Sioux, N. (J.
We would like to honor
druggists of Waynesville . ...
week . . . did you ever stop
think . . . how they stand, at
with the doctors? , . , Foreyei
Call . ... the only way they set
to get any time off is to to'
town ... Sunday is like any oti
day . . . even in the "cloi
hours . . . which hardly p
them time for a Sunday nap
if you had to have a prescript
filled you would reach them so:
how . . . they hold our lives
their hands .... Think how
trust them . . . we . . . or
doctor gives in the prescrip:
. . with ne ver a thought ol
trust . '... ''. we have implicit
fidence , . that the "dose
be as the doctor prescribed
we never question . the pr"
sion has set itself a high
ard . . . of accuracy ... to
never to doubt. . . .
We were asked to include tt
lowing in this column this week
sinpp it. iq cfmn; Vint Rpflsnri
. . . it will help you in making
selection . .'.'or what not to
When e'er I go to church I
To concentrate . . . Retire .
From worldlv thines . . Enj0-
The music of the choir . .
Yet ere the preacher's f
course
Is started . . . why bless Pat
I up and spy a woman
With a crazy looking hat.
I try to figure out if she
(In rushing 'round and 'r"2
Had grabbed the darn thing!
Stuck ;'
It there upside down.
I used to think clotm?'
scream,
But women have ruined thai
A Wflrl nf mini n'pr one e'6 '
A feather . . and that's a
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