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THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER
The Mountaineer
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Waynesville, North Carolina
The County Seat of Haywood County
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mess ASSOCIATION '
THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1939
i IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE
Around four o'clock Saturday afternoon
there were sixty persons in the Haywood Coun
ty jail. Between that time and Sunday morning
13 more were arrested and lodged in jail, making
a total of 73 persons spending Saturday night
in the local bastile.
Among those arrested were a young boy
and girl, brought in together, drunk, driving on
the highways. We read of such things and they
do not seem so deplorable, when they happen
in the other fellow's town, but when they hap
pen right here, the realization of the fact comes
home to us.
If an outsider came to town and wrote the
situation of a community of this size, haying
73 persons in jail over one week-end, and cited
the crime committeed by each offender, we
would heatedly resent the article, yet the fore
going facts are accurate, it happened right
here.
This is a good place in which to live. We
readily admit that but when 73 persons are
lodged in jail at one time in a community of
this size, there is something wrong, and radi
cally wrong in the standards of the community.
Crime conditions are too often blamed on
the law enforcing officers. After the crime has
been committed is usually deemed the time
for the officer to step in and take charge. But
the prevent ion of the crime, which is after all
the greatest responsibility, rests on the people
in general of the community.
Whose fault is it? Is it to be laid to the
parents of the rising generation who have
failed to give their children the right concep
tion and values of life? Have they failed to
give their children the necessary training for
law abiding citizens?
Is it the fault of the community ? Have we
been too careless about the moral standards in
our town? Have we put too low a premium on
self respect, and honest pride in decent living?
Have the churches put forth the effort they
should have to reach these young people? Have
the Christians of the community, stayed aloof
and felt that in certain places they should not
be seen even "about their Master's business,"
and passed up their greatest, opportunity for
reclaiming humanity? Often those in most
urgent heed of spiritual sustenance are not
found within the walls of the churches, but in
forgotten places.
There are a great many people, who are
conscientious in feeling that they must close
their eyes to what goes on beyond "their walk
in life." They seem to feel that in their inno
cence of the true state of affairs there is some
superiority of Christianity or spirituality, and
in walking the straight and narrow way their
duty is well done. They sometimes forget that
in His teachings, He reminded us that we are
our "brothers keeper." They forgot that from
their tower of strength and character they can,
without lowering their standards,, bow low
to help the weak.
We hear the argument that our town is no
worse than the others. That is no excuse. The
other town is not our responsibility, but this
community is our own personal problem.
A REMARKABLE RECORD
We noticed during the past week in "The
State,", of Columbia, S. C, a most remarkable
record made by a business firm of that city.
The company maintains forty trucks iii the
operation of its business. Th
. -v uimvi vx cavil
truck was given a medal and the entire group
was igiven a medal "for the best safety record
of, any such group in the United States."
Twelve of the forty drivers received medals
for driving seen years without a traffic acci
dent. This is something that becomes more
significant the'more it is pondered. Such rec
ords are not accidental.
THE FW MARRIAfiE LAW
TVip law nassed bv the 1939 General A
sembly which calls for physical examination
of both parties prior to the issuance of mar
riage licenses has been in effect now for more
than three months.
It was noted that the first few weeks in the
office of Chas. C. Francis, register of deeds,
that there was a considerable falling off of the
sale of licenses. The past few weeks have notic
ed quite a pick up in the business.
What applies to Haywood County, is preva
lent over the state. The longer the law is in
effect, the more people seem willing to abide
by its requirements, and the more accurate will
be seen the comparison between the marriage
licenses before and after the passage of the law.
There has been a great deal of criticism
of the law, but all novations for the improve
ment of society, it has naturally brought forth
dissenting voices.
The sale of licenses, while improved, is
not yet back to normal, and since the purpose
of the law is to prevent persons physically un
fit to marry, the number may not reach the
figures once recorded in proportion to the popu
lation. '
THURSDAY , I
. 111 " " ri,
THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY "i
!Jax ii y 5 u E),.T,,tt xt77
Ui I sfKsS&j
mY,l YlHl - l'A.5--f I Chamber
wiaiBiomMiiivit . 7-t9 I I
WHAT WOULD YOUR ANSWER BE?
The following questions have recently been
asked of business men by a Washington infor
mation service. The readers of The Mountain
taineer may find it diverting, if not profitable
to check the questions and answer them for
their own satisfaction.
1. Business outlook: What do you forsee
for next six months? What about your busi
ness? What about others which you rub up
against ? What do you see on the horizon which
might help business?
2. Business growth: Why aren't more
businesses expanding, or new businesses start
ing? Are business men doing all they can do
to get business, or make profits, or make jobs ?
3. Labor relations: Is collective bargain
ing working well? Is there any change in the
attitude of employers? Of organized labor?
What's your observation about the working of
the wage-ihour law ?
4. Public relations: Are the functions of
business understood by the public? By the gov
ernment, by politicians? If not, why not? And
what do you think is the remedy?
5. Small businesses : Should banks lend
to them more freely ? Capital hard to get ? Good
loans turned down ? And what's a "good" loan ?
Do smalj businesses suffer more than others?
And what should be done?
6. Spend-Lend: Which aids or subsidies
do you consider good? And which not good?
Do you favor sharp cutting of government ex
penditures ? Where begin? And when?
7. The New Deal: What
things you like about it? And what are the
main things you dislike?
8. Elections: How do you think next year's
elections will go? What's your direct observa
tion about middle-class, middle-income votes?
y. A program: What should business it
self now be doing? And what should govern
ment be doing, to make prosperity and jobs?
, 10- The future: What's your "feeling"
about the next five years?
WRENCH STIi-SOM ON 1M6 JOB
CVMOM i.M C WW 1C.
Here
and
There
HILDA WAY GWYN
approves you,- mtr'i
to the fuitho..
"IKIlWaV .rl OJ, .
Ijand t the point.
l IS lninr,... ,
u: --.-.ecu t svyi. J
"It's a rather strange sensation to
be a foreigner . . . when the Ameri
can women on board the 'SS Queen
Mary' going to England . . . arrived
. everyone went oil the ship
but as foreigners .... we were de
tained before we could enter the
country ... for some unaccountable
reason, the 275 American women
were forgotten . . , and the gang
plank was lifted . . . when the captain
of the ship realized that the group
had not been allowed to land . . . you
should have seen how mad some of
the women were" . . . said Mary
Margaret Smith, county home dem
onstration agent, in describing her
recent trip to London to attend the
triennial conference of the Farm
Women of the World . . . Miss Smith
has the most comprehensive outline
. . , scrap book ... or travelogue . . .
or whatever you want to call it of
her trip . . . . She has about one
hundred pages of cardboard on which
are attractively arranged everything
pertaining to her Voyage, the con
ference, and points of interest visited
in Europe after the conference . . . i
including all programs . . . menus of
the meals on board the ship . . . book,
lets' of interest about the conference
. . . . impressive invitations .... to
say nothing of the results of her
shopping , . . a Paris hat . . . linens
. . . and most fascinating to the writ
er . . . clippings of the meeting from
the London papers . . . . but more of
them later. . . . .
stressed . . . World Peace . . . between
the nations of the earth . . v.Invi
tations for the next conference ". "... .
from Switzerland . . four corners of
the globe . . .. Australia . . . South
Africa .... Switzerland ... Germany
, . . but none were accented ... a lot
can happen today in three years
. . . . the date to be settled later
The Americans sitayed at the Impe
rial Hotel in London . , ; the maid
on the floor said she worked on
twenty- hour duty . . . yet we speak
of labor laws . . . and workine hours
. . . . yet had to sign up for a bath
. . . Ihe American women attending
the memorial services for the offices
and men of the U, S. Army, Navy and
marine corps . . . who are buried in
the Brutish Isles . . . . the regal in
vitation from the Lortl Mavor of
London . . . who is more of a person
age than we are want to think in
America . . . even King George and
yueen Elizabeth notified him thev
were back in England . . . and custom
required they knock at his door. . . ."
FIRST PLACE AGAIN
For the second time the local Chapter of
the I'uture Farmers of America has brought
home the honor of first place among the chapt
ers of the state.
, Fr the second time a Haywood County boy
has had the honor of winning first place among
the individual members.
u To the teacher, J. Colvin Brown Under
we have
we take this opportunity to extend our congra
tulation We also wish to congratulate a com
muntty fortunate in having such a hTgh type
of instructor in the schools. ' P
.. To James Francis, the winner of the title
creditable record, with the most points of achie
vement of any "Future Farmer" in the state"
z:0z h:i thes for his -"indlu :
corne a u and trut that he will be
come a hder in agnculture in Haywood County.
-de
Kcffo f ' tne fundatiou work of
Mr Bllnnt dti2enshiP laid dow. by
JutaSVh.r influence
woo bounty aPCultu -terests in Hay-
and standards of liw I t'u :mhho
that the teaching of
our county sch Js has hTd l"1 .
about this desired reformation
All our life we've been hearing that the
world ia just on the verge of falling to pieces
and every morning we get up and look out the
window and there it is. -Omaha World-Herald.
The United States had the
largest delegation ... 275 strong
. . . with New Zealand coming
second with 52 women . . . who
had traveled 17,000 miles to the
conference . . '. one of the best
sports among the New Zealanders
being a woman of 76, mother of
17 children . . . . they were all
very friendly to the American
women . . . and said they could
understand their "English," bet
ter than that spoken by the En
glish . . . . no group was so well
organized as the American wom
en . . . two meetings . ...'and lec
tures a plenty, were held each
day on ship board . . . with va
rious instructions ... on how to
get acquainted on a boat . . .
practically all women traveled
third class . . . and on Sunday
night ... the captain set aside
precedent and came down to talk
to them ... which Miss Smith
says was an unheard of thing . 4 .
also among the souvihers are il
lustrated booklets of the lux
urious "Queen Mary" . . . copies
of the "Ocean Times" . . . giving
the ship news. , ,
Then to the conference : . . whirfe
was impressively opened . by the
King's Herald ... then the prologue
"The Epic of the Country Women''
. . which was dramatic and thrill
ing . i, . an inspiration . . . a glori
fication of the rural women . . . some
thing to remembpr oftoi. ,
hard day on the farm . . . . u
women in their native dress hrino-ino.
greetings in their native tongue
tne women from Germany closing
their greetings, with the Nazi salute
. . . . But war was not memtioned in
all the proceedings of the confer
ence . j.'.- but everv turn m..
The women of the entire confer
ence seem to stand in awe of the
American women . . . . booklets
of the work of home demonstra
tion clubs in North Carolina dis
tributed among the women ." . '.
but the English press was no
respector of persons ... and the
American women held no awe to
them . . , one headline . ; . much
resented . . . by the American
women ... "Mrs. Wild West
Comes to town" , . . there Were
many clever bits in the papers
about how Mama had saved up to
take a trip and had left Papa
and the boys to run the farm and
keep house while she was gala
vanting off to London. . .
It is imno.t ant iL
comnleterl ,.. . , 1 S
on the 'Trarxvi,....-
road. . -'-" secU
. U. may be stated that'ti-
is iniDOrranf "St
ioci 1 un. P
south traffi,: ; hr!
to th r..;v ' i,!n m
National Forest.
" is important to ff,J
15 P'atically cut off
by the present road
nrt.:i. .
... w.li5 tummunieation, teJ
The Chamber of Comni
working unceasingly on '84
vite tha
V "awuun LOUntV, Jfitj
united we can convir, '
commission of thp i,..
for this improvement.
j. , Cordially
Koad Committe of .u
of Commerce.
But while peace was stressed war
preparations were alarming . .
England ready to send the children
to the country on a minute's notice
. . . Lady Astor has signed up to
take care of 100 in case of an emer
gency . . . In Holland . . . trenches
are being built all over the water
fronts . . . . prepared to flood the
country in a few hours . . . rather
than be invaded bv the enemv . . :
in France preparations to move the
government offices under ground . . .
only persons useful to war to be
protected in Paris . . . the Jlowers of
Eurcpe past descrinti on . . tha
American beauty roses in Pan's . '
exquisite rose buds in Begium beg
ging to be bought for 10c a dozen . .
bargain.,- in gloves . . . laces in
Brussels , . ... .manv of th
young county demonstration agents
ouymg wedding veils . . . to use
some day . . . the womon intonsolw
interested in the bed off which were
Dorn (publicly) the children nf M.ri.
Antionette making the rounds of
the night clubs of Paris . , . in fact
the country women really "went to
town according to Miss Smith. . . .
Then headed back home . . . to
the farm and their families ... .
and to the land of the free . . . .
when they caught sight of the
Statue of Liberty many of the
women had tears in their eyes . .
for after all ... there was noth
ing like home and America. . . . .
BY D. SAM COX
A" DOC," A DEER AND HOME '
Story 46
Last night, we left Rlnrl-!
his plans for getting a dn -
dog. When h was sure the deer and
dog were coming right to the camp,
omv&ie got migncy busy fixing to
get them both. - And this i3 the way
he gave his orders: "Jocko, you take
the gun, and go up that big tree so
you can see away up the creek, and if
adeer comes down here don't shoot
till he gets roost under you, and then
shoot both barrels, and be sure you
don't miss him. And IW
you are used to most Mi
anyway, and then letting tkti
work for you the k.W
lives to pay you for killinj
you take that lone rot m
wagon! think it's lJ
for Mrs. Man and make l it
and then go un that nth
That dog isn't going to be
hind the deer, and he oiifl
about to your tree bv tha i
deer gets down to Jocko's tJ
he passes under your tree, ju;
that loop over his head and j
up. That will mean that wt a
somebody to run rabbits."
AH this time 'the backing h
getting closer and closer, aid
time . Jocko and Doctor Coon
their trees, and Blatkie r
Possum were hid in the bu.-:
could hear the "spla.-h,ilaifc.
as the deer came with his lo:
down the creek. Another m;'
'pow-pow" wt'iit Jocko's r
then a heavy splash in thewj
there lay a great big it
horns on his head that W
brush-heap. And then then
shout up the creek, and agrJ
ing like somebody was killin
"IVe got him," shouted Doc;
and he came running dowj
and led the dog to Blackie
Others where the deer lay
creek. He was a mighty big
deer, and thev had a time
him loaded in the wagon; b
got him in after a while. Ti
tied the dog on behind the
and started on up the mounu
They got to Blackie's ho-
as tne sun went uown, am "
surnrisprl ripnnlp vou ever sa
. i ,
life, Bettie Bear would Mi
She had given up all hopes
seeing her husband again, for
sure somebody had killed him.
she drove him about a mighry-
home, and made hinl wasl
and do lots of other things t
want to do, she loved hits
was mighty glad to see him.
out and gave him a sure ew
hug, and so did Gnmdwa B
Grandpa Bear. Then cam(
Bear and Jenny Fear the
who were searcelv biggw l:i
ten whun Rlnrkie went
were great big children now, m
hopped and skipped and i?0
HQ harn- oo rm hi he.
lie uiainic - ,
frionrls tn thp familVt l1
had a time unloading the i
of things that Mr. Man had
good as to buy for them- T
IncJnJ Jl,r Drill SUch 0'.W
as they wanted for ?uPPr'J
the rest in the wagon
As soon as the dog saw
till t
the 2"
inatoaA r.t trvinp' to kill them-
gan to wag his tail and grJ
and he held out his pa l1"".'
ed to say "howdy." When ;
v.: j. iu.i v ocW hiW f
mill UU iUUL, lie m
if hp would sl
him and be good if he vj
the rope off of him. anu -around
like the rest of
. "My name is Hound W
the dog, "and I want to .
t o k oil tho rabbits."1
and 111 let those cubbies n ;
back if they won't he w
Thr. pf.tlerl it. and "V.
and Jenny jumped on his
he ran around to the k'tch,
(To be continue