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THURSDAY, AUGI'st THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 2 The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, 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 One Year, In Haywood County Jl.50 Six Months, In Haywood County 75c One Year, Outside Haywood County ...... 2.00 Ail Subscriptions Payable in Advance Entered at the poit office t Wyneville, N. C, Second Class "Mail Matter, as provided under the Act of March , laJM, iioveinber 20, 114. Obituary notices, resolutions of respect, cards of thanks, ind all notices of entertainments for profit, will be charged fur at the rate of one cenjjjer word. xNonh Carolina v4k MISS assqcutioFs THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1939 REV. ALBERT NEW In the passing of the Rev, Albert New, not only the people of Clearwater, Fla., where he had gone during the past year to reside, but also of Waynesville, feel a deep loss in the death of this beloved and good man. During the twenty-five years Mr. New serv ed as rector of Grace Ejpiscopal Church, he did not confine his work to the members of his own congregation, but where there was need of a word of comfort, where there was sorrow, sickness, and discouragement, for the need of the understanding Christian, whether the unfortunates were members of his own church, or of another, or perhaps were not of any professed faith, Mr, New would be found about his "Master's work." It was generally understood in the com munity, that after the retirement of Mr. New, that he and his wife would return to Way nesville for at least a part of each year, and this time was anticipated by his many friends here, where he had labored for a quarter of a century. SAFETY On the eve of the opening of our schools, when hundreds of children will be hurrying to and from school buildings for five days each week, we should be reminded of the ne cessity of greater safety on the streets and highways. . The routing of the 'heavy trucks off Main Street to Haywood, which was a forward movement, and much needed for the sake of congested traffic on our main thoroughfare, has never the less thrown a great responsi bility on the drivers as they make their way past the Central Elementary School, Another very dangerous section is the stretch of the Asheville Highway in East Waynesville, that goes by the school. This particular area has on one end the curving hill in front of the hospital and on the other tlhe intersection of three streets, thereby ren dering it a traffic hazard. Each year the responsibility of the city police, the driver, and the pedestrian grows with the greater travel in this area, and the urgent need for safety should be taugfht the child not only at home, but also in the schools. IN THE INTEREST OF BETTER CATTLE The last legislature appropriated the sum of $10,000 for extension work in the improve ment of live stock and pastures in the state, undoubtably a very fine idea and one that should appeal very strongly to the farmers of Haywood County. Prof, Earl Hosteller, of State College, is now making a survey of the state and spent a day last week in the county with County Farm Agent Lynn and his assistants. Prof. Hosteller visited a number of Hay wood County Farms and expressed himself as greatly pleased with the reception his undertaking is meeting in all sections of the state. Among the things that the State De partment is especially interested in is pasture improvement by reseeding, use of lime and phosphate, more and better type sires for herds (not necessarily registered), sheep and cattle and the co-operative use of high grade sires. These are all worthy ideas and should meet a hearty response among Haywood County fanners. There is no question but that our cattle have deteriated greatly in recent years in number and quality. This can only be restored by establishing a number of small herds rather than a few large herds, for the day of large producers seem definitely passed. We wish Prof. Hosteller and his assistants all success in their effort to restore this im portant industry to its former prestige. FARMERS FEDERATION Nineteen years ago the Farmers Federa tion was organized in Asheville by James G. K. McClure. The purpose was three-fold. First it was to find and create markets for things that can be produced on the farms" of Western North Carolina; second to give the individual farmer the advantage of whole sale buying; and third to develop new sources of wealth for the people of this section. From the one warehouse in Asheville, it has grown to 18 warehouses in 12 counties, with 3,800 members. The activities of the Federation have grown until an undreamed of number of articles of handcrafts and farm products are now put oh the markets. The organization should share some of the honors handed out to, the agriculture voca tional teachers in our schools, the progressive county farm and home demonstration agents, and the various services rendered the rural people by the extension division of State College, which have all contributed their part in the vast strides made on the farms in Western North Carolina. UNBIASED EVIDENCE Persistent speeders will have to keep a closer eye peeled for cops in the future, if the newly invented speedometers are put into use on all patrol cars. The oversized speedometer fits on the back of the left headlight of the patrol car, and when the patrolman gets at close range be hind the speeding car, he merely presses a button, and a camera takes a picture of the speedometer, with its white figures and also gets a full rear view of the vehicle ahead, including the tell-tale license plates. " When the offender is hailed into court, the picture offsets all alibis, and presents a clear case against the driver. It has often been charged by alleged speed ers, that they were within a mile or two of the speed limit, or that their speedometers were evidently too slow, or the arresting offi cers presented unbiased evidence. The court records are loaded down with excuses such as these. We have a feeling though, that should the enforcement officers be equipped with the new speedometer-camera outfits, that speed ers would not rest until they had the state legislature add on 15 or 20 more miles per hour to the already too fast speed limit. ' THE OLD HOME TOWN By STANLEY ' IfXbU KNOW WHAT?-A FELLER W Otl ) 43I- TVMN THrtOVJS IH A CUP O COFFES e-lgj J AND A PIECE O PIE VMITH EVERT 1 iZfV(Z2 p06 FOR A Nl OCgLy 2!jTgfr : J Here and There By HILDA WAY GWYN Voice ajj lite People What do you think of the Pres ident's plan to change the date of Thanksgiving Day? RALEIGH AND ITS DOGS They seem to be having a lot of trouble about their dogs down in Raleigh. It all started with the fatal beating of a stray dog by a policeman, Tuesday of last week. The officer was carrying out the orders of the city commissioners. The citizens rose in their might in resent ment of the inhumanity to a poor dumb beast. The papers carried stories of the beating, citizens worked themselves up to a threaten ing point, all of which was justified, vet as an outsider, we feel that maybe the stray dog will serve as a hero of future work. It seems that the capital city has been as remiss as some of the smaller communities in the matter of collecting dog taxes, and the revelation, or exposure of the facts has brought out the true situation; During the same week a drunken driver tearing down a highway hit and left an el derly citizen. The old man's leg was not onlv severed, the blow cut off and flung the leg over a filling station, according to the news paper accounts. But the drunken driver and the fatal acci dent failed to bring forth the indignation of the beating of the stray dog. Which goes to show how the common acci dent passes so often unnoticed, whereas the unusual is seen with glaring attention. Mrs. Chas. E. Ray "I am for anything in which there is ro wrong, that is agreeable to the majority . As a homemaker, 1 think to observe Thanksgiving Day a week earlier would b( r advantage. Rev. James G. Huggin, Jr.. Pastor of the First Methodist church "I personally think that Thanksgiving Day does come fair ly close to Christmas and that it should be an advantage for it to come one week earlier. I think there is no particular moral sig nificance to its date, however, I do think that a longer notice should be given before the date is chang ed perhaps one year if it is to be changed." Mrs. j. P. Dicus "Since the last Thursday in November is so near the Christmas holidays I think it should be a good plan to- move it up one week," giving. There is no special event that I can recall designating the last Thursday as the day on which we should give thanks for the many blessings given us. The im portant thing to me, seems, that all our people should render thanks unto God for the many fine thing? of the year, and especially so this year, because peace reigns over our land, and whether that day be named the last Thursday or next to the last Thursday in November, is not material. If the President desires by proclamation, to move forward Thanksgiving Day by one week for the convenience of the people, I see no good reason why people everywhere should not join him in his move. He has three pre cedents for changing 'Jrhanksgiving Day, Presidents Washington!, Madison and Lincoln named various dates on which to give thanks for blessings of the year." Nancy Killian Teacher "I don't particularly like te Idea, that it would set a new precedent in regard to sacred event in the lives of the American people. I realize, how ever, from a business standpoint that it would have its advantages." J. G. Terrell Agent, Southern Railway "I don't think that the date matters just as long as we observe a Thanksgiving Day. It might not be advisable, however, to make the change this year, as football and other schedules have been set in reference to the old date." DISQUALIFIED Mayor Tom Cooper completely disqualified himself as a fit candidate for governor of North Carolina by his recent public utterance, calling our chosen representatives "crooks." Taking his cue from CIO Lewis Who blasted Vice President Garner, the Wilmington may or, speaking before the North Carolina Food Dealers said : "If you think that crooked bunch in Raleiigh is going to take the sales tax off, you are crazy." Now that remark comes from a man who serves as mayor of North Carolina's largest seaport city, a man who is an announced candidate for the highest office in the gift of the people of this state. Suppose an oppon ent in the race for governor should remind the people that Tom Cooper has been out of ;he state prison only a short while for irregu larities in banking. Not one of our General Assemblymen, not one of our high state officials has ever been suspected, much less indicted, for crooked ness, yet the former convict and mule dealer Cooper, takes it upon himself to point an ac cusing finger and wag a wicked, malicious tongue against honest men. Shelby Daily Star. ' Dr. I. B. Funke "I don't see any need of the change, except that it runs pretty close to Christmas, but it has not interfered greatly in the past.'" E. K. Merman "I approve the change in this particular year since Thanksgiving Day comes on the 30th, the last of the month, and would keep a large number gf people from taking a holiday. Ordinarily I would prefer the old date." ' Harry Lee Liner Manager and Owner of Carolina Hill Billies "I don't see any reason to change the date, as it was set by the American people so long ago. I am in favor of keeping the same date." : Linwood Grahl U. S. Postal Clerk "If tradition is reverenced, no but if it has no significance to the American people, yes." W. R. Francis Assistant U. S. District Attorney "The President of the United States and the Governors of the various states usually name the last Thursday in November as a day of Thanks- V. C; Nobeck "I don't think it makes much difference as to the day as there is no law against it. I am inclined to approve the change as it would give us a longer breath ing spell between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas." After w recovered from the shock some eight years ago that Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was not going to conform tri the regu lar pattern of a "First Lady" . , established since the days of Mar tha Washington ... the nice do mestic type . . , who has been content with the social duties and glamour of the White House . Eleanor did not start her career as a First Lady with our entire approval , . we have made good many marks against her . along the way . . . but now we suddenly find that our objections are outweighed by our admiration . . . for she is some gal . , . you have to hand it to her . , . she has an uncommon amount of com' mon sense ... there is no pre- tense about her . . . she is just what she is through and through . . . when the occasion demands ft . . . she has' pinch hit for her husband in a remarkable way . better than we wives, who have been so free with our criticism . could ever hope to do . . . and It wouldn't be the job she would have at that . , . and she's keen . . . and can hold her own. ... Ever since the man in her audience yelled out and asked her if she didn't think that infantile paralysis had affected the President's brain . . . and in the hush that followed she quietly replied . . . "Yes, I am sure that it did . . . his suffer ing has made him more sym pathetic to all people in trou ble" ... after that I began to check off a lot I had held against her and now comes a writer of national reputation ... who says that while Mrs. Roosevelt has made no public statement ... it is generally understood among her friends that she is against the Pres ident running a third time . . . you know that woman has sense. ... Editor's Note President Roose velt's change in the established date of Thanksgiving Day ends an unbroken cfiain of annual celebra tions begun by Abraham Lincola. It was Lincoln, who on October 3, 1863, issued the first national an nual Thanksgiving Day proclama tion. Prior to Lincoln's time there was a period of approximately fifty years when no presidential proclamation calling for national observance of Thanksgiving was issued. George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving Day proclama tion on October 3, 1789. Lincoln issued his first Thanksgiving proc lamation on the' same day of the month as had George Washington, and he also set apart to be observed the same day of the month, Thursday, No vember the 26th. This was more than pure coincidence. The last Thursday in November is the Thursday before the first SnnHnv in Advent, New Years' Day of the cnurch calendar year. It is sig nificant that the last ThursHnv in November is also the final feast day of the church year. After Thanksgiving Day in 1795, the festival was neglected for twenty years. In 1815, Congress induced President Madison to Hp. clare a day of Thanksgiving. Af ter leio, however, Thanksgiving Day observance fell bv the wnv. side, not to be revived until Abra ham Lincoln's proclamation in lBW.. Again in 1864, Lincoln is sued a proclamation settino- the last Thursday in November as me date or the festival. Each suc ceeding President has set apart this day as Thanksrivin TW . , o O J thus maintaining for seventy-five years tins established date for Thanksgiving Day. BY D.SAM COX: WHERE HAS JAY BIRD GONE? Story 2 "Where is Jay Bird?" Blackie asked, as they all sat down to supper. ; "I don't know where he went," Jenny said, "but this morning while Benny and I were down at the spring catching butterflies, he stopped to wash his face and get a drink of water, and then he flew off down the mountain." "Ill bet he has gone down to Bear Creek," Doctor Coon saiad, "for yesterday he , was talking about Mr. Man and Uncle Joe, and was wondering whether they ever got Blackie Bear that day they were to hunt for him. He said he would like to know if they were still hunting for Blackie and Hee Haw. He has been pretty restless for a day or two, and I am sure he has gone news-hunting." That seemed so funny to Blackie that he laughed and laughed, till Bet tie asked him to please stop and eat his supper. "Poor Mr. Man," Blackie said. "He said he wouldn't stand Black ie Bear's cuttings-up and carryings-on any longer. I wonder August seems to be the open season for family reunions at least in this section . . . we highly ap prove this popular type of a "get' together" . . . there is something so "All American" about them . . . and they are bound to act as a kind of "Good Will Tour" . . . because families will have their how he enjoys doing without Jhis donkey. Maybe he is learning what it is to have to really work for his living, like Blackie Bear does, instead of just riding around in his wagon. Well, let Wm worry for a while; it will do him good. I reckon he and Uncle Joe hunted more for Hee-Haw than they did for Blackie Bear; but if they had been as wise as Who-Who Owl they would have looked in the same place for both of them. "Talk about having sense! If I didn't know any more than Mr. Man knows, he would have had my hams in his smokehouse long ago, and he would have been wearing this nice slick coat of mine all last winter. He didn't even know enough to keep me from getting out of his wagon, that day. And he certainly hasn't got as much sense as Billie Possum, or he never would have gone off and left him up in his house, that day when he caught Billie milking Mrs. Cow. I would say he is too sleepy-headed to have very much sense. . "And to think he would leave his donkey and a load of things there on the side of the road while he took a nap! Don't ever talk to me about having sense like peo ple. And wonder what Rover Dog is doing. I'll bet a bag of tobacco that Mr. Man couldn't get him to run, a single step after Blackie Bear's tracks. He hasn't forgotten his high dive, and I reckon he even remembers how Blackie Bear's paw felt that day when it kept him from killing Doctor Coon. Poor Mr. Man: maybe even a man can learn something, after a while. Yes, I'm pretty sure that's where Jay Bird has gone, and L. certainly am anxious to hear what he sees and hears about Mr. Man." After supper they all went out! on the porch for a smoke. After a while Blackie took his pipe out of his mouth and began to laugh just like somebody had said the funniest thing in the world. "What's the matter with you?" Doctor Coon asked. ' "Nothing much. I was just thinking about that day out at the well when Mr. Man beat his fist down on the shelf so hard that he knocked the bucket in the well, as he said he wouldn't stand any more of Blackie Bear's foolishness. I was wondering how it feels to have to do a thing that you just WONT do." "Well, Doctor Coon said, "I reckon Jay Bird will be back to morrow, and he can tell us how Mr. Man is standing it" And he knocked the ashes out of his pipe ana went off to bed. (lo be continued). : GEMS toriourScrav .... . "FAME be won; honor? which must not be Wt.O deeds." Socrates. luuscu t,lat great rieW rCt fown..-, .. . ,i 3' gold.' Proverbs. the "Distinction is - i L . , "T, ; e 0DJec:''f"r,j nua tun. "T .,..J I , u.ru uy iame. DriH success is dangerous, but t J Ui l"y nev" fastens on "le sreat. Mary BakJ "For not on downy under shade Of canopy reposing, fam) niTTprpnr'oc i sruuge om enough to were mad as Tucker have to be pleasant at a J wnen tamilies are scatter! there is something coming back home . the ties of kinship , our approval dates back 1 nooa . . . when it was the to cousin everything avan knnn . . .1 . ... fee.. cuwuTiea witnyJ uy . . . one reunion in that holds a special apwal is that of the CataioocheJ . where the people movj make way for the Great! Mountains National Park! those old families lovJ homes . . . and thev are evd . . . now the way the and the Woodys come bJ great distances . . . be loyalty that is refreshing day of too often discard ments. ... From many source . well , as observation come the informatioJ there Were more people in . , . on Main street last! day night than has eve! seen at one time with! city limits . . . when I was no special occasion I there were folks froi country ... local and . . . we bet that most latter were from Florida We understand the touril it is the peak of the : ... but why the great r,l of "natives" . . . e been able to learn . . . rate the shops lootoi they were doing a goodl ness . . . everybody see a holiday mood . . we m ter make the most of I good hot days . . . for wi crispness in the early ines . . . we know it i long . . . until fall sets i winter closes down on 'J which reminds us of butiori about the joys oil mer made recently by s er of this column we hereby gratefully acj edge. ... SUMMERS HER9 Remember the days of tfi past, Those frizzy old days chilly blast? You made it up town, made it fast It's nice to be warm m - mer. Remember the ice on walk hard, When you trod its glaze; e'er on guard, Else your bumptious pn j be marred ana - It's nice to be warm" mer. Remember the furnace pA of M J rrlt. In the cellar deep -'!t "I , light, , , la fh rost of the com 4 1. UV4 li"- of sight? . . It's nice to be arm m mer. n .;. i nines tH Kememue. i"- 11 then bust, And the plumber you disg'J-'- . . j When you sa' hi? nrd cussed It's nice to be warm " mer. Remember that cold ed-up nose. j That reached fnW JV, j t,v vour toes- TtVnice to be w-arffl mer. Then think of the' teloup"'.5il The sanay r ous slopes. The ice cream those dopes, socia- Ain't it nice summer . to be
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