North Carolina Newspapers

The Best Advertising Medium In Haywood County Publifhed At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Head by Thinking IVople VOL. XLVII NO. 19 WAYNESV1LLE. NOKTH CAROLINA THritSDAV. DECEMUER 1933 Burley Tobacco $21.50 On First Sales Average $2.03 Higher Than Last Year. Quality Is Above Average West, i n North Carolina l.urley 'aeoo sold fur an uiKittiei.il ;;veragi' , f $-'1.50 per hundred weight durini; :he lirst hour of the sale as the Asho--. ille tobacco market opened in 1!13: :t; season yesterday in Asheville. The first hour average yesterday was $2.03 per 'hundred weight higher ihan the unofficial average for the same )eriod on the opening day of last year. The early figures compared favorably with the average of $lS.t;7 on the opening day at Ixxingtoiv, Ky. Monday, and the estimated average of $19. and Slit), on the first day's sales yesterday at ',1-e-enville, Tenn. Prices, brisk selling an enthusiasm f buyers, warehousemen and farm ers all tend to indicate a successful reason for the Asheville market from :he standpoint of the fanner and the warehouse operator. The nianufac lurer is paying a 1 liKKO i" price for the url t hey but the ' Ki tting buyer, i high explain quality that pro- illict. The inliial sal , onducted at tht f it. H. Saunde i he I .' minute total of -9,0-0 p 1 of I lie season liiltm. n e warc-hi s. The average ale was $2S.52. unds of hurley a s (US' for A was sold for S2.122.3-f. A I.c.-l. of the hurley was from i "ouniy. The sale was then move N v Manner Warehouse also Ny Mr. Saunders. In the minutes of selling a total amount Madison 1 to . the operated first few of S,97s pomuls was .in average auctioned of SltMG for per. ? 1 ,14 7.4 i. hnmlred- weight. I!y ten o'clock 17 ourley had been sold i s tor $S,8tJ9.7s. The pounds of l the two hous uverage for the hour- was $21.50. A large crowd of spectators was on hand at each of the warehouses as the opening sale was conducted, Scores t farmers were on hand In see what their crops brought, while many other farmers were on hand to see the trend f the market. Virtually everyone w:emed in good spirits. The followiiifr ,. Hay wood' men are employed at the "Warehouses, Claude Williams, floor manage!, pnd Prank Williams, flight floor miinager of the Carolina; Hill Murray is a ticket marker; and W. M. Sutton is on the staff of the New IJanner and Biltinore Warehouse. Among those selling' tobacco yes terday from this county '.were; W. . JL. Kradshaw, Sam Medford, Wayne Med ford, and Herman Ehtnchart. R. Q. McGracken Is Head Of Townsend Plan In Waynesville The local Townsend Club will hold a meeting on Saturday after noon at two o'clock, December 14th at the Haywood county court house. All persons in the community who are advocates of the Townsend Old Age oension bill are asked to be present and join the organization. R. Q, MeCracken is the president of the Waynesville club and I. L. Council the secretary. RoteHugrOarK Is City Electrician Robert Hugh Clark has been named as superintendent of the light depart ment of the city. He succeeds his father, Dee Clark, who recently pass " ed away. Mr. Clark has been associated with the Carolina Power and Light Com pany for a number of years. By Reading The Suggestions ;;;'.;.:'v;.-;., in i-y'. The Advertisements i Averages First Sale Day Work On Highway No. 284 Is Being Pushed Rapidly Half 01 Crading Has Ifeen Com pleted. Thirty-Eight Men Working In Two Shifts Work on the .'U miles of road that is being built from Bethel toward Springdale is progressing rapidly. Thirty-eight men, working on two shifts, operate two shovels and nine trucks. They have moved approxi mately seventy thousand of the 140. 000 cubic yards of dirt that they must move before the grading will be com pleted. This grading work was be gun, in October, ami to date about' half of it has been done. Due to the approach of winter, which will necessitate the suspen sion of work at intervals, approxi mately three, months will be required to complete the grading. This mean that the grading will be finished abm; the middle of .March. Several cuts and tills which requir ed the removal of a large amount of (lift, have been made, and several. must yet be made. Sometime next summer two bridges wil) ho- built across the East and We-t Forks of Pigeon River, and the road will be hard surfaced. The road, when finished, will be a great improvement over the old dirt road fiow in. existence and will .short en the distance to Snringdale. It leaves Highway No. 284 threo-nuar-ters of a mile above Bethel High school altd comes back to the old road about three miles above Hickman's store and the bridge. This. work is under the authority of the I'WA. Approximately , $100,00(1 has been , appropriated for it - com pletion. Funeral For W. V. Willis, 85, Will Be Held Saturday Haywood Farmer Had Been A Mason For Fast Sixty Years. Came Here From Alabama Funeral services wW be held Sat urday afternoon at Arnon I'lains, near Canton, for W. V. Willis, 85, who passed away at his home Monday at noon, following an illness of about a week. Masons will have charge of the ser vices, the deceased having been a Mason for the past sixty years. The funeral is being held up awaiting the arrival of a daughter, Mrs. W. h. O'Rear, of Los Angeles, Calif. i ne deceased was a farmer in the Ho.nuny section, lie had lived most, all his life in this county, having moved here from Alabama when itist a boy. . . He is survived by h!.s widow and five soils, Tom, Ralph, Jesse, and Rov, all of Canton, and Claude, of Hope, Ark., and two daughters, .Mrs. N. L. Kvans. of Waynesville, and Mrs. W. L O'Rear, of Los Angeles. First "Fire PreTeTT tion" Meeting field Firemen And Citizens Hear judge Wilson Warlick At Initial Meeting Of Group ..The first of a .series of monthly meetings were held on Tuesday even, itig at The American Cafe, 'of the firemen and citizens of the commu nity, in the interest of fire preven tion. - The guest speaker of the meeting Tuesday evening was Judge Wilson Warlick, who is presiding at this term of criminal court. Twenty-five attended the meeting, eight of them being firemen, or vol unteer firemen. The meeting was planned by O. L. Briggs, fire chief. Short impromptu talks were also made by L. X. Davis, Walter Craw ford, Charles E. Ray, George Kunze, G. C. Plott, and Dr. W. L. Kirkpat nck. Grover Davis acted as toast master. Plans are to make this a regular monthly anair. and another meeting will be held about the 15th of Jan uary. : Those attending the meeting Tues day were: Judge -Warlick, M. G. Stamey, G. C. Plott, Francis Massie, Lawrence Kerley, Hub Burnett, Brad ford Mehaffey J. W. Cole, Paul Young, G. C. Davis. T. L. Bramlett, Mrs. O. L. Briggs. Iva Lee Ives. Rob ort Hugh Clark, W. D. Smith. Charles E. Rav. T. T. Wvche, L. Nr. Davis, A. Kunze, J. W. Boyd. G. C. Fer guson. 0. L. Briggs, W. T. Crawford. itid Dr. W. L. Kirkpatrick, : .Mi.su Mildred Medford was the euest cn Friday and Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Baumgarner at their home in Asheville. Livermore Boy 1 I l'tvi v -I lis I 1 Arrest of Mrs. Dorothea Livermore, ex-wifc of the well-known Wall Mrcit operator, followed the shooting of her son, .Icsse Livermore, Jr., Jfi, at their home at Santa llarbaro, Cal. UndcrsherilT Jack Koss taid that the mother had critically wounded young Lm rniore when the latter challenged her to carry out her alleged statement that the "would rather see him dead than drink to excels". Books In Register Of Deeds Office To Be Re-Indexed Soon Commissioners Huy Stoker For C ourt House. Also Rent Cannery Lot To Asso ciation I he board; ol conimissioners, in session here Monday-. ..and Tuesday, took-the initial step towards getting the books in the oflice of the register of deeds re-indexed, as recommended by the: past three grand .juries. The labor will .be provided by the I'WA to the, extent of a about $5,0(10. The materials and ..-vstom to be supplier) by the county. It . has been found it, will take fen people about ten months tie complete the job. There are IS books, of approximately oOO nages each, and iifl.OOO real estate conveyances, and with an average of-two parties to the deed, some 180,001) names will have to be indexed. A new system was installed in 11123. but this has 'been Lei mod as "faulty" h.V-oUi.-i.als, and not .satisfactory. The I'WA ' officials will be rcst.Kmsiblc for s n:jse p:ac-ed on t he- .toll, it iiounced.. ,1 ,.,.-w-...--....-.y--wr I was an- : . coil.fll.t'ee Wl systems now in use I insie.t recent, ill. other count ies lietorc making lefinile. decision as to which, one yill lie used here. V The coiii niissionei's also bought .an automatic stoker for the court house boiler. The purchase being made from Martin Electric Company. The costbeing less than $700. One of the boilers was ordered re- I paired; as well as several of the ra t .diators that are giving trouble. The commissioners al.-o passed a motion that the cannery lot at Ha-1 zelwood, which the county paid $400, De leased to the Haywood Mutual Can ning Association for a period of eight jears at a rental oi sou per year, giving the association an option to buy at the end of that timej Other than the matters mentioned above, the remainder of the time was taken in making out tax releases and regular routine matters. New Officers For Juniors Are Named New officers were elected Tuesday night at the regular weekly meeting of the Waynesville Council No. 373, Jr., O. U. A. M., with Robert Fie, being named councilor. Other officers were as follows: ,'.-. Vice Councilor, Gilbert Reeves. Recording Secretary, L. MJ Black, Assistant Recording Secretary, C. W, Barnes. Financial Secretary, F. A. Burgin. Treasurer, W. T. Mehaffey. Chaplain, Ram Bradley. Warden, Tom Smith. Conductor, C. A. Mooney, Inside Sentinel, R. G. Hosaflrxk. Outside Sentinel, Otis Burgin. Mrs. Jean Dillon had as her guest over tiie Thanksgiving holidays Miss Nell Nash, of Huntington, We?t Va. '; i '': - Shot, Mother Held McC racken's Barn Destroyed By Fire Early Saturday Thirteen Cows, .")()( Hushols Of Corn, y 100 Wort h of Tobacco And iiJfi.OOO Ham Lost Kai ly Saturday ---morning the dairy barn of ( lawford .Mc('rackei). one of the largest dairymen m this section, burned to the ground, with a heavy loss, as thirteen bead ol the.llfi cows died in the llames. A quantity of bav and feed was lost, and a ipiantitv of tobacco , est i mated to be worth $100 was also burned, Mr. Mr('rarkei), who is an ollicial at a '('( camp at Bakcrsvillo, was not al bonie at the time of the .lire. Mrs. MeCracken knew nothing of the H-ti'.o until, the firemen arrived. "I be lire -.department saved the i cs-id.'tieo and silo. Yesterday Mr. MeCracken expressed bis appreciation for what they did. . I- no hundred bushels of corn were also burned. . He stated vesterdav that they had not determined-how the blaze started. -The fire was noticed by Waynesville policemen shortly alter midnight. The barn cost - over $11,000 when iTLlill . rtteTe vC ;iss"onie Tn"suTa he? carried on the barn, but none was carried on the. cattle. The exact loss bad not been determined to date. Mr. MeCv,, I, said. Funeral For Haney Boy Held Wednesday On Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock funeral services were conduct ed from the home just off . Pigeon street for Clyde Preston Haney, age 1"), son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. IJaney, who passed awav at 4:1" Tues day morning, after a two week s ill ness. Rev. H. W. Baucom officiated. Interment was in Green Hill cem etery. Clyde was a member of the local troop of Boy Scouts, who attended the services in a body. He is survived by bis parents and several brothers and sisters. Women Busy Clean ing Court House The offices and halls in the court house are receiving a thorough clean ing, as about four or five women are being kept busy on the job. , The walls and windows, together with the radiators are being given a "wash down." I Boiler In School At Clyde Replaced The Clyde school opened Tuesday morning, after being closed for six trhool nays because of the necessity of replacing the boiler. A new boiler was installed, and "sihool as usual" was announced after the fcrced holiday. Wilson Caldwell Enters Plea Of Second Degree Murder For Death of Lonnie Green YL F. Albright, 73, To Be-Buried Todav. Funeral At 2 O'clock Native Of Row.m. ('a mo T Haywood In 15KIS. Was A Farmer And Teai hor. Died Wednesday f ancral services will be held this afternoon at - o'clock from the Knst J'ri'sbvteriaii chutvh lor Alibis Frank lin Albright, 7.'!, highly respected citizen who died on Wednesday I morning at .';1." at bis residence. In i the absence of Dr. K. I'. Walker, bis pastor, Rev. H. . Haurom. pa.stor of the Bantit church, assisted by Kev. Albert New. rector of (iraco Kpts pa! c bitrch, will ofliciatc. Inter tin lit will be in (liccii llrll eemeterv. Active pallbearer will be the neph ews of Mr. Albright and the voung men of the Presbyterian church. 1 he honorary pallbearers will lie the ot tici'i s nl' the church, niclmliniv .1. I!, liovd and T. 1.. Crecli. Mr. Albright was a native of Row an county and was the son o-t (leorite and Sarah Albright. He was a re tired tcaciicr and farmer. He Had been ill tor several years, bis con h t mil ha v i li l'' been critical since last May. He taugnt in tin twe-iv.v-.six-- ears. Sunnier School ol tale . Whih llowau t rural ler an chools lol - at tin count v b library .: itfer lien established the Ill's North ( arolina, un t lie stale w Inch gi"in'"d a ccr'.un -n in ol money lor the library, - pov-rteil the coiiimui.nf v wojld raise an eipial amount lor flic prij'.-;. llcwa a pioneer in the org nu'.at io i of .he I'.'irmers Kedeialien of Kowan county. In l'.MkS Mr. Albiii'iit. and hi., fam ily moved to Haywood county, .ocatitm at - Bethel, where-. he. was engaged in the flour milling business with .1.1). ' I'lott. He came to Vavnesville in I V.IIO and .became asso.-urvil in bus iness with the late I .. ivlassn . lie afterward returned to 'schorl work, from which he retired several, veais ago. He was an elder n tn Kirs; Pres byterian church ror more. ;iiau twenty years, and--prior to his coming here be was an ulh - r in the dare Lutheran cnurcb of Itov.aa .ounty. He was a charter member of the local organization .it the .luni n tinier lj'nit'd American Mech. ill'. -s. hour ot bis i hildreii followed . hen lather's profession anil became to-idler-.: (i. Max Albrifh:, retired oai. niacists niati1, id the mc li.nl eo.p ol the linited States Nav .-. I oi m'rl.v a teacher in the Navy .Medical oi;ps school, id l'ort nicnith, 'a.; Miss .A ah Albright, deair ol women ol the We-'ein- Carolina Teachers Cidlegt ! .Mrs. I!. V . Sine, a teacher in ihe Car.v s;'bools near Raleigh, find Mrs. M. (1. Stamey, formerlv a member of the lacullv'ol the North -Carolina Lnjvcisily for teaching in 1 lie Women, but local -township now high Inch school. . .. Oi hciv un-'Vi"ie ' Mis. .' Mai v Klizabetli hi igbt. -W: Albright, Mis r. 1! M. Ke I, Ji M. Heatv, of Charlotte, .Morrow Al ol Hazelwood and .Mr.s., ) and six grand child reii and -oik tn. Mi- I: A Ilos.tain. id' China drove. Teachers Of -County To Meet At 2 O'clock Friday Afternoon The regular monthly meeting ol the teachers of the county, originally .set for Saturday, has been changed and will be held at three o'clock on Fri day, according to an announcement made bv the--president -of the group, S. K. Connatser, of Clyde, The meeting will be held at the Central FJementary school auditorium. I.Mrs. Jean Dillon will have charge of the program, and the genera! theme will be, "Health and Reci-ea-tion." Several speakers will takti part. One of the high lights of Ahe meeting will be an address by Miss Juanita McDougal, of the state de partment of instruction, who will speak on, "Teaching Ceographv," 55 Of Haywood Farmers Own Place Haywood -county- ranks 25th in the state in the number of farm owner?: The survey show's , that there are 3,197 farms in the county, and 55 per cents owned by the . farmers, and nine per cent are part owners. Thfrty-Kix per cent arf- tenant farmers. The average for the state is 43 per cent owners, ten per cent part owners and 47 per cent tenants. The highest in the state is Dare county with 91 per cent, and the low est is Greene, with lfi per cent. ontt'iuo To Ko 1'assos Hy .ludsjo Wilson Da vs. Warliok Wil h in Few .Many Casts Tried Criminal court adjourned hele yes terday afternoon alter having evi dence m the case in which Wilson "Blister" Caldwell is charged with the death ol I.ontnc (Ircen, of last sum mer. The deteixlan:, through his attor neys, Doyle Alloy and Walter T. Crawlord, entered a olea of murder ot second di'grcc, w'hich Solicitoi Queen accepted. The evidence as brought out be to re Judge Wilson Warlick, was that Cald well .and Croon, together with others, were drinking on the night of June I", about mid night. Creen was hii over the head, and latally wounded, Irving .51 dav.-. Caldwell, acoiciing to (A idcilcc, sctayed hoiv abou!. a week, working on a robot protect, then noardi'd a Ireigbt train and-wciiL to Oklahoma City, where hi' secured a ob. Only a short time airu he received a ieltoi Ironi Ins -mother telling bun of the death ot Croon, ho said. .. As soon as bo could, be said he loft . (Iklaboma City, and returned bore, arriving lute Mond'av night, l-larlv fuesdav morning ho went to the home of Sheriff J. C. Woloii and surrendei ed. .Indite Waiiick granted the del end r aut another day or .so to -secure addi tional character witnesses, and other cviden-e lielerc the rcurl iassCs -eiilcce. Am iiu'. I he cases . (iispo.-.ed ol this term ol court are as Inflows: .. .-Hvains, abandoninont, dis charged upon payment of eost.s. Norman Hannah, abandonment, four inontfhs on roads. Sal Wood, assault-on female, four months. Kmina Wood, simyle assault, tinrty day jail sentence. W. A .Shoolbre.d -granted- divorce from Diana Shoolbred. Kdwanl .McKlroy, tiespass, IS months. Joe Soutliei land, assault with deadly weapon, six months on road. hlmor Parker, drunk anl disorder ly, six months in jail and driver's license revoked for 12 months. Ralph Long, -15 days on road for disturbing public worship. Hugh Karly, false protonse, judg ement, suspended on payment ot cost. ' A. . I. Inmati, false pretense, to nay the --prosecuting - w'tnSr-lf $3 each month. ; I). I.. Caldwell, -assault with deadly weapon, lour months on roads. Ruth West., violation of prohibi tion law, lined costs and prove good behavior lirst of. every month. James Allen, rooklo-j-s ('riving, .-. months on roads. Tate Mat thews, driving di link . .sen tenced to ail 110 tiays and right to drive an auto for 12 months revoked. W illari). Penland, housebreaking and larceny, la -months jail sentence. Anna Mae Mathis granted divorce ti'jjui.. UiX.HU: it W'll S ilia t hers rrant di vorct from Kloise Smatheiv. . Carey lavu eraiited d, voice from Connie Davis. Ceneva Cook granted divorce l-rom (leorge Cook. Wade Kay. assault.,: lined '$100: and cost. . Thomas Jones, public, drunkeness, '10 days on the road. -Claude Morrow, (10 days for as sault. Calvin Caldwell, fined one-half of cost on assault charge. Willie Farmer,' public drunkenness., fined $25 and third of cost. Bill Singleton, public drunkenness, fined $25. and cost. Henry Hurchfield. public drunken ness, fined $25 and cost. Jack Jloxit, larceny of automobile. sentenced fronrtwo to two and a half years at state prison, Raleigh. Laura Jones, larceny of - automo bile with Jack .Jloxit, 12 to 18 months at state prison, Raleigh. .. Ben Wilson, . .violation- nrolubition law-i sentenced suspended upon pay ment of cost, and fiosting $500 bond. Hayland Sharpe, driving drunk, 90 davs on roads and driving privileges be suspended for 12 months. Grady Honeycutt, reckless driving, payment of cost 'including. $12.71 dam ages to car o1 H. B. Mehaffey. -Clifford Howell, reckless driving, fined $25 and costs. . . . .Mrs. John K. Doone returned Sun day afternoon -after a week's' visit to her son and . daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Boone, at their home in An drews. THE WEATHER Date 3 29 .. ;jo i 2 3 4 Max. 58 ' f.2 :i2 -4I 4!) 27 44 Min. 50 ')4 21 20 22 10 21 I.