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WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1933
VOL. XLV
NO. 40
T.J.CATHEYIS
NAMED COUNTY
BUYING AGENT
Heard of Commissioners Name
Auditor To Make County
Purchases
Ill
T J. Cathev, auditor for this coun
ty, was named purchasing agent for
Haywood county at the regular meet
ing of the Board of Commissioners
Tuesday morning. .
All i.iirehswoa for the county Will
lu thrnui'h Mr. Cathcy. which
will
tiliminjltp n 11 1 1 . A bit of clerical
wont
in the court house.
All purchase outside of the goneial
needs of the country will he submitted
to the hoard of commissioners for
final approval- It was said that pnces
on all supplies would be tabulated be
fore purchases were made.
: The order as made by the commis
sioners was as follows: "It is or
deied that T. J. Cat hey bo appointed
to ascertain the needs for all department-
of :h,. county; to get prices
' on same ami submit said prices to the
! hoard at the next following meeting
the report of such needed articles; and
that he he authorized to purchase
out right any items of extreme necessity."'
BRIEF
NEWS
ITEMS
Vermont, long-time stronghold of
nroViibi t ion. voted Tuesday 2 to 1 in
f i vn r of reneal of the 18th Amend
ment- Vermont had been regarded by
wet forces as the last "doubtful"
state- This is the 25th state to vote
for ratification of the 21st Amendment.
The hurricane that did thousands of
dollars worth of damage and took
many lives in Cuba, and then passed
on to Florida where much damage was
done, did not spend itself until after
reaching the southern part of Texas
where the entire region was hud
waste, with damage running into tnil
lion of dollars. Several bodies have
been found m the wreckage, and more
are expected to be found.
At least 2: were killed and a hun
dred injured when a fast train near
Uinghamton. New York, collided with
a milk train. The engineer of the
milk train failed to see the red signal.
Senator Robert H. Reynolds sailed
from New ork Wednesday for an
lA-tended vacation m Kurope and
Asia- He was accompanied by his
wife and expects to return to the
.-tate in time to engage in the repeal
campaign. Reports from Washington
say he is "running from job hunters.'
General Francesco Do Pinedo. one
of Italv's foremost airmen, met flam-
in or death Saturday, when his huge
nlane crashed and burned up at the
start of a take-oil for Badgad .Iraj
. A tremendous load of $1,027 gallon.-
of ca'soline caused thP shin to run off
the runwav and hit a fence.
Thirtv-six men were saved from
death when the tanker, Coldwatef
burst into dames and sank after s
collision with the liner. President
Wilson about 200 mil
Carolina coast. The
aboard the President
ried to Norfolk.
e off the North
crew was put
Wilson and car
Standing on a huge 20-ton electric
macTifit. which is used for lifting ma
chinery at the Southern Railway yards
stt Snencer. -Miss Madge Koberts oe
thp hnde of Harlen Fey in
ceremony performed with a novel
setting of locomotives and freight
cars. During the ceremony quiet was
ohsprved. but immediately thereauer.
thp trmnt entrines pealed forth the
gladsome notes for the wedding march
Ralnh Robinson, of West Haywood
street. Asheville. died Monday from
intrnaF iniiiries he received in an
nntomohile accident late Friday. John
Drvman. also of Asheville, was the
driver' of" the' car when Robjnson was
injured.
Three long-term prisoners escaped
from the Pitt county jail Sunday
night by sawing their wav through the
cieling and then into a ventiletor.
A young woman Hr. Margaret G.
Smith- of St- Louis, discovered Satur
dav the cause of sleeping sickness,
which has caused the death of 60 per-
SOTl
nev
for
. The discovery of vim in kid
cells is. responsible, it was found,
the disease-
Approval of low -bids by the federal
bureau of roads for $780,000 in high
way construction, has paved the way
for work to begin immediately, thui
giving employment to approximately
1 500 person?. T. B. Jeffress. chair
man of the state highawy and public
works commission said this week.
Mr. Lyon Dickson, who ha.-e been
lo mipit of -his aunt. Mrs. Rufus
Silerand Mr- Siler for a few weeks,
luf. vp-terdav for his home in Dur
Dr. E. M. Martin,
Committed Suicide
Here Monday Noon
Health Is Only Heason As
signed For The Act. Was
Veterinary Surgeon
Dr. K. M. Martin. 45. well known
veterinary surgeon ot this city, enueu
us own life Monday about noon when
le shot himself through the mouth
with a .25 automatic revolver at his
In home on East street.
No one was with Dr. Martin at the
time of the act although his wne ami
Mrs: J. C. Crouser. neighbor of the
Martins. wert in the house at .the
.... 1 1.1 1 A .. 1 .. . 1.
time 1 hey heard tne snot ami ruu-
d to Dr Martin s room whore they
ound him suffering irom the bullet
wound in his mouth. He w;is rushed
to the hospital in an ambulance, but
died about 15 minutes after reaching
the hospital.
Dr. Martin left no note. Ill health
is the only reason assigned for
act. He had been in ill health
sometime resulting from active
vice received while serving in
army in the World ar.
An innuest was deemed to be
the
for
un-
necessary- Oflicers, who investigated,
said the case was one of suicide.
Surviving are the widow and five
children: Mvrus, Dora Jean. Ernest
Moore. Polly, and Eloise.
The body was taken Tuesday to
ado-boro where funeral service was
held.
Dr. Martin was a native of Anson
count v- He came to Waynesville in
October. ID.'il. and had practiced his
profession here since.
A short service was held at
home Tuesday morning before
hodv was taken to WadeslKiro.
party left here about U o'clock.
the
the
The
All Unemployed
Urged To Register
At Court House
Reemployment Office Now Open
And Ready To Help (iet
.lobs For Unemployed
,T: II. Howell, chairman of the ad
isory committee of the national re
mployment service for this county,
ailed; a special meeting of the com
mittee luesday morning to discuss me
pening .of the reemployment olhce in
the court house with J. C. Patrick as
manager.
'ah 6 purpose of the office is to regis,
or all unemployed citizens of this
(immunity, and to assist them in get
ing work ei ther with private busi
ie -s firms, on nublic projects or for
pi ivate . work-. I Here is no cnarge
for It host- registering at tne ollice
ith Mr. Patrick which is on the
eond floor of the court house. Neith.
... ,L,i l u .
er is. there an v guarantee inai muse
egistoring will be given work, but
they will be given the first. opportunity
for all jobs that -are created in the
community.
All person-- wanting to register., or
who know of anyone out. of work
houhl register at once and be : avail-
ble when work is developed here.
Those who are registered will be given
first preference.
fhe recent Congress: .appropriated
S:!..'!()0.000 to be used m nublic works
and it is from this fund that many
projects throughout the. country will
be started to help the. unemployed
situation. .
'I he roads into the parks and other
public projects are expected to cre
ate a number of jobs in this, com
munity. Those serving on the .committee -beside
Mr. Howell were: H Arthur
Osborne W. Roy Francis, W. T. Shel
ton. W. Hyatt W. C Ru and
Homer Henry, as advisor- Mr.
Patrick, manager of the office, was
present and gave an outline of his
program. -
Two 60-Gallon Stills
Are Captured Near
Maggie By Officers
Large Stills Show Signs Of Have,
ing Been Used Great Deal.
No Arrests Made
. Constable J.S, Rathbone of the Mag
gie section, brought to the court house
Monday the second 60-gallon still that
he has caught during the past three
weeks. No arrests were made at
either raid, although he and his as
sociates kept close watch on the last
still for a week. The still wa, ready
for a run when found, as it -was full
of mash. . Besides the mash in the
still there was a barrel and a half
ready for other runs- i
Assisting Lonstaole Kathbone- in
the last raid were Ruff Finger and
Dick Sutton-
fhe first still was captured on In
dian creek, about 2 miles above Mag-
trie. Near it was found a barrel of
mash. Aiding in this raid were Dick
Sutton and Steve Kathbone. .No ar
rests were made at this still-
The stills were of sheet iron and
showed signs of having been Ud
considerably.
Their Home Was the
"JfNw
I . ct I L .
Mr and .Mrs. .tolin 1. Flanagan of Falls of Schuylkill, Fa., with tlie ittst
certilicute to be Issued by the Federal Home Owners' Foun corporation. 'I lie cor
poratlon is designed to help save Biunll homes threatened by loreclosure mid
aid the owners In reaching agreements with mortgagors. 'Hie initial loan was
for SV-'OO.
Telephones In Offices At
Court House Disconnected
Plans Are Under
way To Erect Fire
Signal Bell Here
,,i i 1 1 t ii 'I... i w..n :n
i oui i uuuse v linn ii-ii in
He I sed. Might Tut l'p
Clock Aain
S- H. Stevenson, fire chief and city
electrician, is working (luring his
spare time on a; district fire alarm,
si IVll
ar to that u-ed
in
larrre cities
alarm is being niuilr
from the
It will be
be oper-j
the siren .
old court" 'house clock bell,
.nt h oly electrical and. wi
atoij tutioiiiat ieally after
has sounded
.Mr Stephenson
ing erecting lh(. "
court house clock
and have the hour
This project will I
is also anticiliat-
'insides" of the old
iiml not the dial-.
s strike on the bell,
lie undertaken after
the fire alarm, how-
the completion of
ever.
The fire .alarm, as planned by Mr.
Stevenson, will indicate within a few
second
wiait
ni unit ;
iiv,. (i
to eae
At
was b
af ter the siren had sounded in
-trict the fire is. i he com,
will he divided into four or
l iet ami a signal assigned
listrict
Iil.1,1 iUi ,1.111- l.fllli-1 hllllSr,
ing ec
mpleted it was mentioned
oid
-evcr i about erecting tne
(loci
w a s
tad
w a-
i (in thenew court house, but it
found this was not possible : be-1
e of the weight of the clock. It
then suggested that a tower . be
built in: front of the court house . for
the clock, but the cost, was ta great
and thf, whole idea of. erecting the
clock w.is abandoned.
Several citizens of the county have
often spoke of how they missed the
old dock and the cheerful notes that
it -t'-uck everv hour. According to
Mr. Stephenson's plans, it might
that the old clock bell will soon
heard throughout this section.
be
be
Mrs. Sarah Boyd,
79, Was Buried On
Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon for Mrs- Sarah Boyd- 79.
widow of the )ate Frank Boyd,
who died Monday afternoon at the
home of her son. J. R. Boyd. Jr., on
Jonathan s Creek. ThP service was
held at the residence and interment
was made at the tsoyd cemetery in mat
community. ;.,
The services were conducted by Rev.
Joseph Hipp, pastor of the Shady
Grove Methodist church, and Rcv; L
B. Haves, presiding elder of the Way
nesville District.
-Mrs. Boyd is survived by two chil
dren. onP son with whom she has
made her home, J- R. Bovd Jr., . and
Mi- lule C. Welch. She i- aKo sur
vived bv a brother, James A- Barks
of . Jonathan. Her : husband ...died
some 38 years ago.
Active pallbearers were: Edgar
Bovd, Robert Welch, Joe Welch- Dick
Moody and. John Boyd,
Mr. Willis Smith, of Raleigh, spent
last week-end here as the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Lee and returned
to hi -. home Monday, accompanied by
his. son who has . been ..visiting
grandparents for a few weeks.
his
First One Saved
m rr iiMirwiiiifiiiini
Hoard of Commissioners Say
That Their Order Is Final
In .Matter
It is very doubtful whether or not
any tehilliones will be in-tailed in the
county court house in the near fu
ture, since the board of coliiiilissioners
recently ordered thai the telephone
company put the iiilleient 'phonoq in
the count v offices in tln. name of the
official of'that ollice and to hold thai
piirsd'ti responsible for ail calls made
over if rhe" hoard made an order
-ti.ting that they would pay fotall
local and oll'icia) long distance calls,
but not private calls. The county
ollieers
i espotis
ovei th
' iiie i
f ai neer
linnl
tated that they could
do for individual, call
ir 'phones
.iinnissiiiliers . (old l'be
I'uei-day that 'he onl
not. he
made
Motin
er was
by the
fo have
i'be ollicials effected .
said they did not intend
leiillolies put back.
order
i'be
M'der
passed liy
ihe ni iii ii
21,-t re;
the board
e ol v
ds as fol-
eo riled in
on Angus
:d
"It i
t be ex is
Souther!
.graph
ordered
ing ci
Hell.. '
onipahy
hy tlie Hoard that
at raet bet ween t he
relejihoiie and Tele
in regard to tele
all county oilices lie
is hereby cancelled;
dlone i i-, : (
nd the satiii
new arrangements lie made with
different depart incuts for their
telephone service and official
am
t he
- ";,i:;: . , , , . , .... . ,
; 11 is licreoy ordered aim an.-eu
that the board will reimburse the
sherill".--department, clerk of Superior
court and register: of (feeds for then;
monthly rent, and oflicial long dis
tance telephone calls.". .
The reason the order was : made by
the,boa.r(l :was :that it . was found that
inilividauis were making, long disr-
tanee Calls over the county 'phone
and the count v .was having to pay the
bill- An effort to stop this was made
bv installing a telephone booth in
the hall of the building, but according
to the board, this did l:!t',. in
l'ood.
W. A- Hyatt, chairman of the
board, stated that he and the other
members of the board looked at it
from the taxpayers standpoint, and
did. not feei that the-county should
havp to continue to pay for individ
ual calls.
"The order is final." he stated while
the board was in session I uc
It seems that the telephone in the
B-heriff's dena rtmcnt has been used
bv individuals more than any other
This was explained by the fact that
the oflice is open while the sheriff is
attending court, or working on cases
outside his office-
Sheriff Lowe stated that his officii
Was to protect the people and to a
rest ..criminals, and that a telephone
was essential to his work- He told
of evor;.l instances where desperate
criminals were caught because of the
telephone facilities. Two murderers
were'' caught'-.because of a 'phone call
just a few minutes before they left
for Akron, Ohio. Sheriff Lowe said
th tt thp amount, savc-d .on that one
trip to Akron and back would more
than pay for the -phone calls; for a
long time. ' -
Other official -said they did not need
telephones in the office, as the public
used them in calling frorii the outside
for information,
OnP official said "We don't need a
private telephone in a public office.
T can iret more won uone. wiuiout
c.ne
ecause 1 am oeuig constancy
(Continued on page 5 )
Wet And Dry Organizations
Urged To Recommend Judges
For Nov. Election To Board
Messer Gives The
Budget For School
Funds For County
I'otal Of Current Expenses Is
Set At .S9,li7 l..0 For
Count'. Schools
Null!,'
the Mr,
g.n-ding
( this .
i ill crest
i otinl y
not me
w hicb h
tacts g:
I'liir.ciH
th,. bu
u nt v v
to " tl
.'II t ! on) t lie oflice of
lit uf ediieat ion re
;i't fur school funds
no doubt b,, of much
tapaver- of the
mil, of course, diios
l!ea ei'.iam schools
Thi.
re
hi.ii th
a vi
il-i
rh:
heir own.
are not
her
eluded in t lie budget .
1 I eu: Service . . .
be following:
2 t urrent expense
'.HI.'
nsist ing
of
Audit ...
Voeat ii ma 1 Agricult lire. ...
Home Kcoiioinie -
.luniluska Sunnner Sclnxil
Repairs to building and
grounds
Repairs and replacements:
Furniture and e(iiimient
Repairs and replacements
Heat, light and plumbing
Rents , .
Libraries and books ......
Overdraft- from last year
22.ri 00
J. 12" 00
i M)
.l)l).00
1,105 01)
TT.O.OO
1 .22 5.00
JK5.00
noo.oo
1,('.'.7.00
Total .'.'...
Total receipts :
-(.'.I lu I 50
l.!70 1 I
To be collected from
taes
or
5,101 17
le lovj
ii. Cnpital
I''ees and
lioccipt
outlay
others ,
70.00
70 (III
Freddie Crawford
Slated To Attain
"Greatest Heigh a"
Wavnesville I $v Kxpecled To
Surpass His I (inner l'lainn
A I Ihike This ear
ililie
raw f on I.
ill team, In
Ted M ami
:( ie press.
ekle on the
1 1 ready iieen
ike Univers
nt "to rise
thi, fall,
on the All-
Hoke fo
!ee1(.il
lt S I'll
fo bis gl'eat.esf height
Crawford was named i
. nit belli and All A inei i(
i t vc'i r. Ivveil wit h In
in -. teams
so honors,
Mike's press agent 'sees brighter days
head for Freddie for the coining grid
ion season.
This is Freddie's last year on Duke's
team. He spent mo:t of bis vacation
herewith his mother .and other rela
tives. Haywood
Sinking
Convention Will
Gather Fundav
Kev. C M. Allen, secretary and
treasurer of the Haywood ( ounty
Singing Convention announced yes
terday that the-quarterly -meeting of
the convention would be held at the
county .court house on Ssunday morn
ing at I 0 o'clock.
All choirs and quartet- of the coun
ty are urged to b, present at this
convention. 11m: meeting will last all
(hy.,
Mr. W II. West, of f .anion, is presi
dent of the convention.
Miss Pearl James
Is Correspondent
From Fines Creek
Readers of The Mountaineer in the
Fines ( reek community will please
note that Miss I'earl James, a member
of the Fines Creek school faculty, is
correspondent for this paper in that
community, and all persons having
news will plea-e get in touch with her
Miss James will also !c glad to give
you a receipt for new. or. renewal sub
scriptions. .
CHINESE COUPLE ARE
, MARRIED AT JCN USKA
If
An interesting marriage .was sol
emnized Sunday at Lake Junaluska,
when .Miss Kir Tsau Loh became the
hnde of Mr. Thoma- To-Mmg lite
ooth of China.
The young Couple's romance beg. n in
( hma. and continue! when they carno
to America to complete their education-
Thev left immediativ for Washing
ton where Mr. Lee will engage in re
search work before sailing back ta
China to assume duties with the di
plomatic service.
Hoard of Elections To .Meet Sat.
urday At Court House To
Appoint Precinct Judges
Grover t Davis, chaiiiiiaii of the
countv board of elections, announced
yesterdav that the election board
would meet at the court house Satur
day afternoon at 2 o'clock for the
purpose of appointing judges for the
election which will be held Tuesday.
November 7th, a: which titiit 'he
voters of North Carolina will vote on
the repeal of the 18th Amendment.
The wet and dry organization., of
the county ire reque-teil to recom
mend to the board before Saturday's
meeting the names oT several persons
In ad as judges it each precinct
There will be on0 dry judge a fid one
wet judge at each precinct.
liesides recommending the judges,
Mr. Davi- stated that the delegates
for both tb,, wet and dry organisa
tions would have to be 'named before
mid-night. .October 7th. Hefori a
delegate can file for this place he
must have a petition signed by two
per cent of t lie !.fc ! V ' - . for
governor in the last general election
Ihe total vote cast ill Haywood coun
tv lor -governor, last election was '.).Up'2
which means that e:ich delegate must
have a petition with 20(1 names on it.
The ,regi-tra1!ioii liioJlks for the
coming election will only be open for
one day. Saturday. October 2o. All
persons having heretofore registered
for an election in this county and at
their piesent voting place, do not have
fo register.
The registers thai served ; during
th,. last election will be requested to
serve again. In the event that any of
file -e. registrars cannot serve they
should get in touch with Chairman
Davis at once-
in the coining election no absentee.'
ballots will be permitted.
As far as could !, learned.-the .wets
in Haywood county have not organ
ized as yet. ihe drys formed Vn or
ganization here several weeks ago.
At that tune .1 I. Barley, ot ( Hilton,
was named pre-ident of the body, and
T. I.. Green, of this city, as vice
Chairman ; . James Atkins secretary;
Mrs George, i.. Hampton, of ('an
ion, i haii man of women voters; and
.VI i s. Sain Knight, of Hazelwood. vice
eh iililan of the young lieonle.
Mi
her.
if ' tl
!: county lioard ot.
1 1
I ion
, a re ( Iro
M. Long,
I., ilaniiit
er ( Davis, chair
ed' Hazohvood. and
in, of Canton.
Metfctfisl To Udt.
Two -Weeks Revival
n( ginning
r. Lnt her
;.-;. u-iirii.
v. Sep! ember II,
s, ot' (..aiiiesville,
wicks revival at
church.
'i, pa-tor of the
- D Hiidg
i old a t wo
Me'hodi; t
nie Johns'
! ir-t
ey:
hodist
of tin
hodist
rv .iv
vat. '.
i:
stated that
f'oreiine; e
ii i:
'ngel
idges was
s-s of the
church South
at the ehurcb
nans are
for a great
C.&T. Service Station
Appointed Dealer for
Pennsylvania Tires
'ili,. C. and I, .service .station. 1.)
ealed on Mam --f reel here nist across
'he street from fhe court house, has
been appointed dealer for the well
known line of I'ennsylvania ires for
this community. This is not a new tire
f or t h s . com m u ni t y . as ;b ey have been
sold in this toWn for the past three
years.
'Ihe Pennsylvania Tues are male
bv a-company-'entering its thirtv-fifth
consecutive year of making tires.
Many new feature.-; have been made
in these tires a few of which are
mentioned in th" advertisement ap
pearing in this-. issue- The managers
of the station will be; glad to show
you the. reason they -recommend these.
50-GaIIon Still Is
Captured Tuesday
Pcpt Sheii,',s i
John Kerlev, canture r
( arver
50-gallon
and
s'lll
Maunev
ight. N.
( nvf cv
arrest:
of ; the
i a -hor
mmunitv Tues
i were made as
still had just
. t .nie pi evious-
av
implete
- :h.
The st
1 arm
v. i- nreu.
nere to the
MRS. JAMES CALDWELL
DIED ON LAST SUNDAY
Fur.t-r .1 sc
f. - Mi- Ja
av her nun v.
was . made- a
tees were held Monday
t atdwell. 19. who died
iere Sunday. Burial
C ataloochee cemetery-
She is survived by her
infant.
husband and an
ham. '