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THE WAYNES VOLE MOUNTAINEER"
THURSDAYJ
The Mountaineer
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Waynesville, North Carolina
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THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1910
Hospitality
There has been a lot said at meetings of
Chambers of Commerce in this state and par
ticularly in this immediate section, about how
to treat the tourist. We have all heard dis
cussions on individual responsibility toward
the "stranger within our gates." We have
been told many times, that we must not only
make the tourist comfortable, but we must
want to make him return.
We were interested during the week in an
editorial which appeared in the Raleigh News
and Observer on the subject. Excerpts are aa
follows:
"The discovery of the Department of Con
servation and Development that the tourists
who are attracted to North Carolina by its
big advertising program do not all go away
as advertisers of North Carolina is important.
It places emphasis on the fact that while ad
vertising will bring customers to a state or
a store or a product once, only money's worth
will keep them coming back.
"North Carolina's trouble with the disap
pointed comes not from lack of nature won
ders, climate or variety, but in the opinion of
John C. Baskerville, executive secretary of
the Governor's hospitality committee, from
greasy food and uncomfortable beds. It is
undoubtedly difficult to get a decent meal in
manyplaces in North Carolina. Decent sleep
ing quarters are not much more readily avail
able. But bad food and poor beds do not com
plete the list of tourist's troubles. Every
where in public places there is more evidence
tending to convict North Carolina of slovenli
ness and dirtiness than there ought to be."
This matter should be taken very seriously
in this community, where so many people
contact the tourists. As in all business, "a
satisfied customer" is always good.
Control Of News
The recent announcement by "Editor and
Publisher" newspaper trade magazine, that
aides of President Roosevelt are "moving
in utmost secrecy", and have proposed a gov
ernment publicity program "to begin to func
tion if danger of involvment in the conflict
becomes more pronounced," will find both
advocates and opponents. '.;
Now we all realize that it is best that the
rank and file of the people not be told every
detail of national defense at a time like this,
least a contagious form of hysteria possess
the land from one end to the other, but such
a program as that now proposed at this stage
of the game seems much too "controlling"
for the average American's idea of freedom.
It has its good points. For a wide publicity
at times like this in governmental affairs cer
tainly informs the outside world as well as the
folks at home, conditions that might often be
kept under cover.
The magazine has this to say; "with the
program would come a complete clamp upon
information from bureaus and agencies, , re
quiring all Federal news to clear through the
single office. As commander-in-chief of the
Army and Navy, it is within the power of
the President to subordinate the publicity bu
reaus of the armed service to the central dis
tributing agency and an order effecting that
shift is intended."
Nothing spoken or written of the Germans
in the last war was more truthfully descrip
tive of them, or could be in the present war,
than these words of Professor Josiah Royce,
"Submarines these people may understand,
certainly not souls." Ex.
Perhaps when all this is over the enligh
tened races will send another wav pf missi
onaries into the jungles and the South Seas
to apologize.
Cost Of Defense
We began to feel the defeat of the Allies
in Waynesville on the first of July. Because
the Germans have marched into France and
conquered 'her we are going to have to pay in
creased taxes. We will have something very
personal against Hitler.
Yet in view of the facts we doubt that
there will be much kick from the average
American citizen when they find that they
will have to pay about $10 a year more in
hidden taxes as a result of the new billion
dollar defense tax bill.
Next spring there will be far heavier in
come taxes. Many persons who have not
paid income taxes heretofore will have to pay
now. For, in addition to higher rates, exemp
tions have been reduced. If you are single
you'll have to pay income tax on all you earn
in excess of $800 a year instead of $1,000. If
you are married and the head of a family,
your exemption will be only $2,000 instead of
$2,500.
Statistics have been compiled by the living
costs division of the Labor Department on
the average family. It is composed of four
persons parents and two children and has
an annual income of $1,524.
But the great majority of Americans are
not desirous of entering the surging conflict
that is sweeping Europe. We feel safe that
the average family who has howled consid
erably in years gone by, as well as the capita
lists, will have little complaint to make over
the new tax bill for defense.
Some of the increases for the average fami
ly with an income of $1,524 based on the con
sumption of goods which the taxes have aug
mented include: $7.45 more for cigarettes;
$1.66 more for movies, sports and other ad
missions; 15 cents more for gasoline, four
cents more for toilet preparations ; and 39 per
cent more per gallon of alcoholic beverages
(for which it now spends $5.40).
What any one family would spend on things
would of course vary, and so would the taxes,
on the individual items, but the average would
be the same.
But in the long run it may prove to be much
cheaper than waiting to make defense meas
ures effective. Liberty which comes without
effort or sacrifice is apt to conduce moral
softness and weakness of spirit.
It may not be much sacrifice to pay double
income tax next year. It may not be, com
pared to the sufferings of the beaten Allies
any sacrifice. For everyone should realize
each time he pays that he is contributing his
share of the cost of making America strong
in defense. So strong that she. will be able
to defy all who would dare to attack her, and
that very state of being prepared may turn
the tide.
Here and There
HILDA
-By-
WAY GWYN
The Waynesville Hsgrh School
band is taking life pretty serious
ly these days ... in fact it seems
that is the only way to stay in the
band . , . it is no place for the lazy
idler . . . in the beginning: of the
summer it seemed a question as
to how the children would forego
the pleasure of a vacation with
unrestricted hours . , . and keep
regular school months routine . . .
and spend the better part of .a
half day practicing ... but they
have done just that . ... in a re
markably faithful and steady man
ner .... a few weeks ago military
drilling was added for a couple of
hours one afternoon, each week
. . . now with an invitation to pa
rade on the streets of Canton and
give a concert there on Saturday
evening at 6:30 . . . they have
stepped up a bit more and are
drilling each afternoon (and prac
ticing as usual each morning) .
they tell us that marching and
playing at the same time .... is
equivalent to doing "two things
at once" . . . and that it takes
surprisingly lot of practice to
have perfect step with your feet
and time with your instrument .
"DESIGN FOR LIVING
JjaWaj
By tHAJtLEsTT
Central
Norweria.
American ..r"'
unties ar.
In addition to getting ready for
the Canton program . . . they have
been hard at work on new numbers
to play at their second concert at
Lake Junaluska today . . . the
children have a committee among
themselves ... to decide on ab
sences and other policies of the
group ... if you wish to take a
trip , . . you must convince the
committee that the trip is worth
while . . . and you must notify
them one week in advance to get a
"leave of absence" . . . which is
all very fine . . . but we grown
ups know that unless there is a
strong guiding hand behind scenes
children are not going to "put out"
as the band is doing ... so let's
give a band to the patience, en
thusiasm . . . and excellent teach
ing of the band director . . L. T.
New, Jr. , . . for we all know that
he has done a splendid job since
last September . . . when he took
over a group with practically no
musical training . . . and in a few
months has developed a credita
ble school band of one hundred
strong. . . .
XT iC
r . -r danism.
I V5f jkAtS"" m convict i u L.J
I - " k Mu A KTSIIw " CSter!vartP'
Stewart Says.
Uncle Sam
Voice ajj 1ke Peapde
What suggestions do you have to
improve parking conditions on
Main street?
Mary Ashworth Barber ''To
run a street back of the buildings
on the East side of Main street
and make all deliveries compul
sory."
Oliver H. Shelton "Enforce the
laws to the last letter, and have all
business firms to either leave their
cars at home or park off Main
street and give the visitors a
chance to park."
street. Often there is a one 'lane
street' on Main, with double park
ing on both sides."
Chrest George "I believe local
cars should park on the side streets
and give Main street to the visit
ors. It is not the visitors who
park on Main street so long, but
the town people."
Back To Prohibition
In 1937 the citizens of Johnston County
voted to 'have alcoholic beverage control
stores. The vote was 4,081 for and 3,800
against. On last Saturday they voted to re
peal the state controlled liquor stores and
return to prohibition.
Unofficial returns at the time this is being
written reveal the fact that 7,579 persons
wanted prohibition and 3,956 wished to keep
the retail stores.
Johnston county is the first county in the
state to vote to return to prohibition under
the county option liquor laws of 1935 and
1927, after having made a trial of the system.
Since the law was passed every county that
has voted to have liquor stores, 26 in all, has
been watched with close attention by the citi
zens of other counties in the state. In many
cases they were waiting to take action pend
mg ine result in the "wide open" counties
with ABC stores.
One of the strongest arguments in favor
of the retail stores has been the revenue
Gross receipts to date in Johnston county have
totaled $1,000,000. Yet in the face of this
the people of Johnston have voted to cut the
retail liquor stores. After three years ope
ration the citizens had time to observe both
the advantages and the disadvantages.
The action will give much foocVfor thought
to many Tar Heels, who have been conscien
tiously trying to solve the problem of the
best way to handle liquor. It will also give
confusion, for to many the controlled store
has been the best way to beat the bootlegger
at nis own game. While to another group the
controlled store has been the means of" in
creasing the amount of liquor or alcoholic
beverages sold, with the legtimate sales
offsetting the illegal liquor, which seems to
flood the markets everywhere.
It is reported that the pronounced victory
has given the dry forces, not only in Johnston
county, but throughout the state optimisim
regarding a definite trend toward the return
of prohibition. It is being predicted that
other wet counties may soon call ref erendums.
The following contribution to
this column . . . should check us all
Up . . . and make us more diligent
about how we express ourselves.
"No doubt the budding feature
writer saw the sign on Depot street
and the one on the back of the
water truck of the city street de
partment that admonish the public
to "Drive Careful." Very little
paint and time and effort would be
required to add LY-to hearing
tourists laugh at our grammar
. . . or maybe she saw ... 'It's
Healthy" on the advertisement of
a certain popular amusement.
Surely we know better. 1 . . ''.,
Today marks the 164th anniver
sary of the Declaration of Inde
pendence . . . it should have a very
deep meaning to the American cit
izen who is enjoying the freedom
of this country ... a lot of water
has gone under the bridge during
those 164 years . . .; and from the
present outlook a lot will pass
under before we observe the 4th
again in 1941 . . . what may hap.
pen none of us knows . . . we find
ourselves again faced with the
possibility of fighting to defend our
liberty ... that we have taken for
granted so f long . . . We can at
least show our appreciation of its
privileges by not abusing them to
day ; . . let us try to keep it free
from death and accident . . , last
year in North Carolina alone 9
persons were killed on the streets
and highways on the 4th .
Ronald Hocutt, director of high
way safety division makes the
louowing piea . . . "Each year
America chooses the 4th of July
to stage a jamboree 'of careless
ness. This mass slaughter on
Independence Day can be stopped
ii every one of us uses caution
and common sense. The things
that cause those trasredies are
things we can control haste, self
ishness, thoughtlessness, the de
sire to show off. I call upon the
people to jdin in a new Declara
tion of Independence Independ
ence from annual tribute of many
nves needlessly sacrificed. Life
is cheap on the battlefields of Eu-
wye, ou. it is still precious in
North Carolina. To all who plan
noiiday trips, the Hiehwav Safe
ty Division addresses this earnest
plea: 'Put safety first on the
Fourth,' . . .
Jonathan Woody "I think the
town people should park their
cars on the side streets, leave
Main street for the out of town
visitors and the country people.
This will greatly relieve the pres
ent situation. Unless the citizens
of Waynesville improve the park
ing condition on Main street we
are going to lose the state high
way, which will be routed around
the town and will be a great loss
to Waynesville.
Donald Dunham Strictly en
force the 30 minute parking ordi
nance on Main street, also ordi'
nance against double ; parking.
Try to have merchants park
their cars on the side streets, and
leave every 4th parking space for
out of town people and enforce
the last given in a strict manner."
Linwood Grahl ''Keep the home
folks off of Main street, and give
the visitors a chance, that is, if we
are going to keep them. The
town needs a parking lot at least
for the summer season.
Dr. N. M. Medford "Allow 30
minutes only on Main street, and
enforce it. Parkine on intersec-
J ting streets, one side only. . More
C. B. Russell "I think the big-: business men and women should
gest improvement would be to get ! leave their cars at home. They
na oi aouDie panting on jviain need exercise."
Letters To The
E ditor
With our children leading normal
happy lives . . . enjoying vacations
. . . and summer sports ... the
following contribuBion , sent to us
this week . . is calculated to brim?
a tug at the heart strings of the
most Hardened and sophisticated
. . "The children are gone from
Pans . . . Prom Paris on the Seine
. Where are th rh;irlrn nt
Paris? . . . Will t.h.'tr i.
back again T . . . School. ar rtoa.
ed and silent PiannM...j.
... JKivuillu
empty and chill, for the heart of
Editor, The Mountaineer:
I have rediscovered Eagles Nest.
This happened as the result of an
accidental trip up the mountain.
Not that this was my first trip.
It wasn't. However, it Nvas the
first in four or five years ; the first
since I have been intensely inte
rested in the Park, the Parkway,
and their scenery and facilities.
Standing on the old hotel site
and looking down into Richland
Valley, with Waynesville and Haz
. i i . I, .
eiwooa in ine ioreeround. 1 was
forced to conclude that I had not
seen within the Great Smoky Moun
tains iNationai rark itself a view
so warm and colorful : or one so
interesting in its detail. Then, by
chance I stood there, I overheard
a visiting couple compare the view
with scenes m Europe. It was their
conclusion that the view from
Eagles Nest and the trio itself ud
the mountain compared most fav
orably with the choice spots of
Europe.
Coming back down the mountain.
I resolved to ask to be privileged
by the Mountaineer to call to the
attention of its readers the won
derful asset we have in Eagles
Nest., I felt that if more of the
local people, would take the time
to visit Eagles Nest and would en
courage visitors to make the trip,
that within the near future, some
major development would be stimu
lated.
w nue the present road is not
a fast-traffic boulevard, it is neither
a difficult nor an uncomfortable
drive. Only durine wet weather
could it be considered hazardous.
While a small toll is now rharwH
this is necessary for unlcppn nf the
TRANSACTIONS IN
Real Estate
(As Recorded to Monday Noon
Of This Week)
Paris is bleeding 'neath a Cross on
Calvary Hill . ... The birds are
flown from Paris . . , From Paris on
the Seine . . . Where r tho hirrla
of Paris? . . . Will they ever re
turn again? . . . Nests are torn
and mangled . . . songs are hushed
and still . . . . for the heart 0
Pans lies bleedinar . . hleorfttur nn
Calvary Hill . . . . The laughter
has gone from Paris . . from Par
is on the Seine . . . Wh.r. i ti
joy that was Paris . .. WiU it ever
come agaiin? , . . Streets are empty
and silent . . ."Voicm hnoV. mA
Still . . . for th r.orf T.-J-
nes bleeding . . . bleedbi? on Cal
vary Hill. . (hv M.rVrrit.
StrakhovsVy, Chapel HUl.) ...
Beaverdam Township
J. H, Sexton, et ux, to Joseph
Cagle, et ux.
Joseph Cagle, et ux, to J. H.
Sexton. ' -
A. V. Burnett, et ux, to W. C.
Burnett, et ux.
Isaac Sutton, et ux, to Ra'ph L.
Phillips.
W. A. Sparks, et ux, to Homer
Carver, et ux.
O. S. Rogers, et ux. ta C. A.
Buchanan, et ax.
Clyde Township
J. H. Gossett, et ux, to Paul A.
Gossett.
Pigeon Township
Lelia Justice to R. L. Chambers,
et ux. .
Waynesville Township
Walter Reed, et ux, to W. H.
Burgin. .
F. M. Jackson to Katherine R.
Atkins.
CARD OP THANKS
: TIT--- A . .
" e want to tnanic the nurses,
aoctors and a the girls of Hay-
wood County Hospital for being so
Kina to our beloved son and broth
er, Lee Grant, during his long term
oi uiness.
THE FAMILY.
road and impro omenta to the Dron-
erty.
Interesting as a new develon-
hient are a series of trout rearing
pools fed by cold springs and lo
cated near the highway just before
reaching the hotel site. These have
been stocked with fish by the De
partment of Conservation and De
velopment.
From early spring until winter
time, tne plant life is varied and
interesting. Just now. flaminsr
azaua win be found in full bloom,
together with manv other wild
shrubs. Near the hotel site will
be found some of the finest speci
men of columbine which the writer
ever saw.
I do not hesitate to assure everv
reader of the Mountaineer that they
wiu enjoy a trip to Eagles Nest. I
want to express the hoDe. also, that
the civic leaders of the community
will consider the many advantages
that would accrue to us should the
extensive develoDment of thia
be undertaken.
Very truly yours,
CHAS. E. RAY, JR. ,
of the
Yort
other
TheB,
version
Aniehan
And it's a fart that th.!
European neutral, of tWiy J
a deal of their ready
concerns, their own counw.
a ready overdeveloped C
still a land of harness oZ
This financial drift from tkf
neutrals to the United su5
much accentuated as Old'1
conditions grew inereasir.
lish, since investors turned
and more skeptical of theirea
hemisphere's future pr
while as confident aa ever
safety of their ventures here
Accordingly, the outbreai c
blitzkrieg found the m
strong boxes of the small nK
fairly bursting with gutn
American stuff-and iramei;
its holders, in the invaded i
tries, began showing a surpr;
ly strong inclination to cm
to a total hard onto a bfc
lars in our currency.
Doesn't Make Seme
This was rather surprisia
sidering that the neutral inveJ
had chosen to buy their koJ
here, rather than elsewhere, J
war merely threatened, it xj
queer that they didn't deem I
the safest place for their rett I
with war actually on. I
Our government, as well id
financiers, took this view. It J
an order "freezing" our al
held by citizens of the li'l
countries. I
It was an order which r J
Virtually impossible for aa irl
neutral to sell any of his J
for the present, in the 11
States. He can't get the trJ
tion recognized. I
For Instance, assume tkl
van Socst, a Dutchman, oral
American stocks for which i
chaser is sought, in van 5J
name, in New Yorfc Eeta I
dicker can be cone It; JeJ, th2
ury has ruled that the pen
department, the customs iff
and the FeJcral Reserve mm i
pronounce it a bona fide c
It isn't deputed that Jffl a
titled to sell his stuff, and the 4
pany's own record of its shitfj
ers will show that .11 dwi
him.
The United States trl
niipstion is:
Ts this the oriilnal to
cof w hist a stooee, trvJ
act for him a stoo?e about i
Jan himself maybe knows no. j
set inn 'of identity, M'l
" i . " . t i.i. J
if the questioner aeimwi i
to be as hard as possiu'r-j
.Hn nnita as easily tan "1
to spin itself out for the J
of the war, no matter how a
war it may be.
No Direct Oomphi i
Tt. a cvstptn eor.cerninf
no complaints are heard. 3
directly from ver., -i
Beleium or Luxemo' " I
Germans who relay the
. ....'o thonrv IS
rrmnns are the folk
not the Danes. Nor-
Th Washineton govefffj
as soon a " i..wl
.!-defJ!!kSeS
OOUDieaiy yir--, ,M&&
such evidences of md We J
.. ,i tn and no"!
I nose rvicnv- . - h.j.
nai .ow l
thus proviaing "'"oj)!
nroximately a l 0(WUU!:tnJ
ance in "dollar excha.,,
VanVee eOOflS.
Uli v " Jnff'
WCie Ban., v j.
ess. simply, as lne" t7.rj
it vntineHerrKiW"
posing Of his plundfr. J
. .1.. ,nr'i over, r i
. Alter.-, me r,i wH l
Jan van Sowt e a.
to discover fH
Uncle Samuels w-
CARD OF
Ishtotharthe
and relatives i- m
an'd sympathy duny" 3
illness and deatn
i. i j
T Jidft-"
MRS. O.
Good care of paint y,
each usmg wiu
the same brush i erf
the "'"Ttf
.11 nalHi V
Bu r,
jobs. Wash-
tine to remove i
,nttf
i thnrouirhly in w i
soan suds. Binse tt
wrapim"
ory, auu w "
The conscienc
witaesseiTarerner;