The Waynesville Mountaineer
ALONG THE
POLITICAL
Firing Lines
iivity along the political lines
week" cooled down somewhat after
if the nast two weeks.
ir ) l.liii" r - - . -
rrw;, ,..k only two
canuiaates an-
nouncd and one
a field of exactly
kal cilices.
withdrew, leaving
24 candidates for
The
rt st announcement of the
. t nr it o:ll
,ef k was maae Dy v. n. om u
lan" of White Oak. He is seeking
the' nomination as a member of the
v , if commissioners irora uiscrici
number' four. Mr. Williams is
second man to announce from
fourth district.
the
the
The second announcement was also
fur commissioner that of W. A.
Hv;it; who is now "chairman of the
viaixl. Mr. Hyatt, of course, is
from district number three. As yet
there is no race in the third district,
a only two have announced, and the
third district quota is two members.
V. T. Lee, who formerly announ
ced that he was a candidate for the
leci.slature, withdrew from the race
this week, leaving the field, thus far,
to two candidates, Mr. Lee explains
iu a formal statement in the candi
date's column this week his reasons
for withdrawing from the race.
"Sandy" Graham, candidate for
governor, spent the most of ilast
Thursday in Waynesville, meeting the
voters, and getting a line-up on an
organization in this county. While
here Mr. Graham conferred with a
number of prospective county man
agers, but gave no indications as to
who he would name. Those feeling
that they are in line for the place
have looked forward to each mail,
with the hope that the appointment
would be in it, but as far as could
be. learned no appointments have
been made.
Some believe that Mr. Graham will
have two managers in Haywood one
here and another in Canton.
Mr. Graham stopped in town for
a short while on his return trip from
Macon county Friday, reporting that
"everything looks mighty good."
Saturday morning the usual inter
est that is always created by the first
executive meeting of the board of
elections ran true to form. Th ap
pointments of registrars and judges,
however, were not made public until
after the election board had met with
the board of commissioners.
And it might be well to add here,
that the new law this year requires
that candidates file with the board of
elections not later than Saturday,
May !Uh at six o'clock. Any mem
ber of the board of elections can re
ceive the filing fee, according to chair
man F. M. Byors.
The May term of civil court which
convenes here on Monday, May fourth,
will likely be the real beginning o po
litical activity in Haywood.
From V. Bruce Fisher, of Asheville,
and late of Andrews, comefi a letter
that he is a candidate for congress
Mr. Fisher is state manager of the
Townscml Tension movement. His
patform will be "a generous pension
tor every citizen past sixty.". The
amount to be determined by a two
Per cent transaction tax.
'Horace Sentelle, a delegate to the
Kepuhhcan national convention, re
nat deiegateB from Westel n
'Orth Carolina Will srn nn-inst riieted
and prepared for two battles adop
tion of a platform and the naming of
a .candidate to run against President
injusi'vei.
wnue tne republicans were
discussing .two "battles,": word came
from the Clyde Hoey camp this week
that he is being talked of to make the
A-.; . ., .-. ..
jnite address before the Demo-e-atic
national convention to be held
3 Philadelphia in June.
, JVMe ''Sandy" Graham was visit
?e around in the western hills, Dr.
"'Pn McDonald was carrying on his
wpaign in Eastern Carolina, stress-
how hard the sandhill sections had
wen hit by the sales tax.
JVo Cars Crash Here
wly Sunday Night
dJ '-s -were damaged early Sun
wn, i hen they collided at the
w f Haywood and Church
,,,m 't 0l,e was driven by S. A,
Carre and the other by Ned
thJ Ahml was turned over on
; 1Qe. -No one was hurt. '
Today's Market
J f cash Prices were be
Federati Wdnesday by the Farmers
n.:.! vu nere:
r-v . Pund . . .
15c
...13c
...15c
... .75c
...70c
....90c
W bushel .
ts, pound
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Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance
VOL. XLVIII NO. 17.
Work On City's $4,500!
Incinerator Willi
lie Started Monday
t . . -
Modern Incinerator For Hii
WiU Be Built Back Of Hyatt
And Company's Lumber
Yard
Work is expevted to begin
next
Monday morning on the $4.5(10
incinerator, according to town
city
offi-
ciais.
The plant will be built back of the
Hyatt and Company's lumber yard.
The incinerator will be of the most
modern type, and will be. erected of
such size as to care for the city's
needs for several years to vome.
The incinerator is a W PA project,
in which the citv is nuttimr nbont
$2,100 and WPA 'about $2,300. ' Two
unloading places will be built one
for dry tra.sh and one for
According to officials,
incinerator gives off no
no fumes, but burns everv
wet.
this
smoki
thing
t.VI'
and
com-
pletely.
The city has employed T. C. .Morris,
contractor, to represent them in the
construction of the plant.
In the meantime, while the incin
erator is being built, work i moving
ahead on the clean-up campaign start
ed by street chairman, T. L. Hramlett
several weeks ago. On Monday 2.'!
large loads of tra.sh were hauled away
from public plaves. More men have
been added and the work will con
tinue indefinitely.
Searchers Fail To
Find Body Of Baby
After River Drained
22-Months-OId Son Of Mr. And
Mrs. James Heatherly Was
Drowned April 10. Not
Found
(By Ernest Messer.)
The last organized effort to find the
body of little Bruce Heatherly, 22-months-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Heatherly, drowned April 10 in the
muddy waters of the East Fork of
Pigeon River, was made by the Can
ton fire department Saturday, when
the water was pumped from a deep
pond a short distance below where
the child fell in the river.
Many people expected the body to be
found there, but after the water had
been pumped out only mud and trash
were revealed. If the body was there,
it was buried in the soft mud of the
river bottom.
This futile effort was the last hope
of the searchers. Unless the body of
the child is brought to the surface
by the waters of the river, the lost
body will probably never be found."
The people of Springdale communi
ty, the members of the CCC camp at
Sunburst, the fire department and
police department of Canton and many
others are to be commended for their
efforts to find the body of little Bruce.
Without remuneration they worked
diligently to -reveal" the whereabouts
of the drowned boy.
Hundreds of people from other
communities showed, by their fre
quent visits, to the scene of the trag
edy, and by their offers to aid in the
search their interest in the efforts to
rescue the body of the boy, and their
sympathy for the Heatherly family.
" The fate of the body is now in the
embrace of the powerful waters of
Pigeon River. '.'which: holds .secrets of
many other similar tragedies. Time
alone will now accomplish what men
have failed to do.
Sanitation Survey
Now Being Made Of
Canton's Watershed
Canton Will Get Water From
' Pigeon River When New
System Is Installed
Representatives of the District
Health Department are now at work
making a survey of the Canton wa
tershed, which is along the east and
west fork of Pigeon river all tne
way to the Transylvania county line,
it was learned from Dr. C. N. Sisk,
who is in charge of the department.
Bonds have been soid for the new
water system for Canton, and the wa
ter will be taken from Pigeon river,
about three-fourths of a mile from tne
city limits, and then filtered and chlo
rinated before stored in the new reser
voir. .'.:.'
Approximately 800 homes are on the
watershed that will in the future sup
ply Canton, and each of these homes
will have to have sanitation facilities
that Will meet the requirements of
the North Carolina Board of Health.
At present sewerage from the
county home. Bethel school, New Col
lege and other places is put into the
river without treatment, and since
Canton will get water from the river,
all this will have to be treated first,
it was pointed out. .
Four men will be placed on the job
of making the surveys, and it is ex
pected that it will take about a week
or ten days to complete the survey.
Blaze At Creamerv
Does $1.500 Dainaare
i " n
Defective Flue Caused Stock
K(Mm To Catch On Fire
About Noon Sundav
A fire stalling from a defective
flue, caused a damage estimated at
$1,500 to the stock-room and stock
of the Western Carolina Creamery
about noon Sunday, according to W.
H. Woodall, manager.
M Woodall discovered the fin'
just as the plant was being closed
for the morning. The interior of the
stock-room was in a blaze when dis
covered. Under the stock-room is the
Creamery giarage where ordinarily
live trucks are stored. At the time
of the blaze only two were in the
garage and they were driven to safety-
The stock consisted mostly of ice
cream cartons, milk Untie caps, but
ter boxes, ice cream spoon., and but
ter pa pen.
Firemen had the blaze under con
trol shortly after arriving.
A new stock-room has already liven
built,
Funeral Services
For Edward Wells
Held Wednesday
Prominent Farmer And Stock
Haiser Of The Bethel Section
Died Of Heart Attack
Ed Wells, sixty-five, prominent
farmer and stock raiser of Bethel
community, died at bis home early
Monday night of it heart attack
For many years Mr. Wells had
been prominent in the affairs of his
community and was regarded as one
of its most loyal citizens. He owned
a large farm at Bethel and was one
of Bethel's most industrious and pros
perous farmers. The Wells family is
very widely related in this county, be
ing related to the Abels 'and Hyatts
of this section. .. .
Surviving Mr. Wells are lib
and live children, Mrs. Paul
Mrs, Welch Singleton, Andy
widow
Hvatt,
Wells,
John Wells, and Guy Wells.
The funeral service,; were held
Wednesday, April 22, at the Bethel
Methodist church. ,
Commencement Ex
ercises Are Set For
Mav3rd,6thand7th
The tentative program for the com
mencement exercises of the Waynes
ville Township High School was an
nounced this week by Superintendent
M. 11. Bowles, with the baccalau
reate sermon at eight o'clock, Sunday,
May 3rcL- Music bv the Wavne'svillc
Choral Club. Dr. K. S." Truosdalc,
past.pr of the Methodist church here,
will deliver the message:
. On Wednesday night, May fith, the
senior class will : present class night,
w ith a series of stunts, interpreting ac
tivities of the different- departments.
The commencement address will be
delivered Thursday night. May 7th,
by Prof. Phillip ' L. Elliott,: profes
sor of English at Western Carolina
Teachers College. Besides the award
ing of diplomas, .'the Rotary- award.
1. A. R. medals and -the American
Legion' Good Citizenship medals will
he given..
All other awards .will lie
Wednesday night. A detaifc
gram will be given next week
made
pro-
Ray Iloxit Buried
Wednesday At Two
Ray Hoxit, 26, was buried at the
Green Hill cemetery Wednesday after
noon. He passed away at the home of
his parents at eight o'clock Tuesday
morning.
He is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Hoxit, and the follow
ing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Laura
Rogers, Waynesville, Elden Lee, of
Balsam, Glenn, of Concord, Mass.,
Jack, of Carey, N. C-, and Josephine,
of this city. ..
r i.i: li 1 1, i. M.-dtMiv.
rarim-r. CntlrtrcK "I '.don't ,'M
what use we liave tor seven (nun-Ij-:
Ouniiiissioners. We had l--ii
Ke(liii( uloni; very !ii'l- wiyi
Jhrej-- and that was wlien lli".v
hail all I Uci county road work to
IKk after; noy we have Ut have
a Ixiard of M"ven, to-run tlie .coun
ty iMinie, look after tho terraeiiiK.
: Ihe Indi'nt-s. and make. llo levy.".
MHS IDA UOTSON'. C'rahtrePi
"I haven't any fault to find with
our cannery I lie. najlliej (trade
beans tomatoes, etc. I think tlicy
have been fair to all alike, and I
would hate to see our little can
nery go down."
.?. F. SHKLTOX, rartlior, lell
iviMMl "I don't see that we nifd
sev'ii commissioners at allinil
that is- the opinion of all the citl
icns I've heard express themselv
es In my community."
Me MELTING POT -
WAYNESVILLE. N. C. THl'KSDAY, APRIL
Shirley Marks
rv --sn
vPv-- ft)
Celebration of her seventh birthday on April 23 marks another
milestone for Shirley Temple, one of the few young ladies in the
world to achieve international fame at such an early age on her
. own nhilitv
American Legion
Buys Gilmer Place
On Depot Street
Improvement Of Property Will
(iet I'nderway Immediately.
Will He 'ivic Center
As the result of a conference
tvveen officials of Haywood Post
17 of the American Legion, and
be
No. the
Hoine Building and Loan Associa
tion Wednesday morning,' the prop
erty on Depot street known as the
Gilmer home, was sold to the local
post of the American Legion for their
meeting place.
The building is a
three story dwell-
ing, and according
chairman of the
work will begin at
to W. A. Bradley,
Legion committee,
once in improving
the property. 1 he
painted, and eoiisi
outside will lie
ruble work done
on 1 he interior.
Plans are t( ri-move some of th
liartitioiv inside the house and con-!
vert the entire lower floor into a ban-l
iUet hall or meeting room.
Mr. Bradley also stated that the ',
Legion' would soon be in a position to
work out plans with civic-organizations
and Other Patriot ie groups to use the
Legion building as . a meeting place.
"The whole idea," Ire said, "In-hind
our buying the the property was not
only to provide a meeting place for
the Legion, but to provide a civic
center for the conimu-rt-ity, add one
controlled by a definite group of
citizens.";
Besides the building, a little more
than half an acre (if land Was in
cluded in the purchase. . The property
was turned over to the Legion af the
conference hi re 'eln tday morning..
Mr. lirarlley had no statement to
make regarding the amount that
would be spent on repairing the build
ing, and ieautifying the grounds, no.
did he make the purchase price public.
Pre-School Clinic
Will Be Held Friday
Parents who will have children to
enter school next year are requested
to have them at the Central Elemen
tary School on Friday afternoon at
one o'clock for the pre-schoot clinic
which will be held at that time for
children who will enter school for the
first time next year. :
School authorities are most anxious
that all parent comply with this re
quest...: j. K. 1 i:lfa.SO. Kairyman
mid I'urnier, I'JIvvcmmI --"I am f
ilw opinion ihat thrw Counly
I'oiiiiiiissionePH could do the work
as well or better than sevn
therefore I think our pn-M-ii( plan
otifilit to Ik. alMlishcl."
I'INK Iii:ST, Farmer, t rabtree
"It is strange how much snmllcr
iho streams are than tlK-y uhcI
to be. I can remember when I
was a iKiy of catching troot ten
or twelve inches long in Uie
branch that runs by my lious
and now the stream In mi small
and sluirirish that a trout couldn't
live in it."
Ac-ordinK to W. Ilyers, who
claims for certain reasons Iio re
calls most vividly that 32 years
a srci on Iho nicht if April the 20th
this section was covered with a
s-now from two to three inches
de-p. .- ',
of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
2:5, 19o6
Seventh Birthday
Louis 31. Howe, An
Uncle Of IL Hall,
Passed Away Sun.
rersonal Secretary Of President
Roosevelt Was Interested In
Development Of Park
The man who is credited with hav
ing' done more than any one else to
wards, seeing that Mr. -Roosevelt
wa.s elected President, in lll.'tli,
was buried at Fall River, Mas-
saehusetts, Wedin:u!ay nioining at
10:,'HI he was Louis M. Howe, sec
retary to Mr. Roosevelt, and an uncle
of Harry M. Hall, of this city.
Mr. Hall is the omy relative of Mr.
Howe, except Mrs. Howe and children.
Mr. Hall received official notice from
the White House get! ing the
necessary - credentials to attend' the
funeral services that were held in
the White House Tuesday afternoon.
'President and Airs. Roo.sovolt ac
companied the body and family of
Mr. Howe by special train to Fall
River. The Hags in Washington and
Fall liiver wen- at half inast Tues
day and Wedli"sday.
Mr. Howe beeanted.il about a year
ago. and w-as lakett to the Naval Hos
pital when repair work ' was started
on the White lloii-e. He passed
away aliiiiit midnight Saturday night
in t he li. i. nit a I. Pro-ident lioo iovelt
had visiH'd li i ju ,-t ay or so
before.
The dee-eased had been persona
secretary to Mr. ItOowevel'l for . tin
past 2 years, and served , hi as
sistant when Mr. 1! io, evelt- was as
sistant secretary of tlie-nax-y!
Mr. Howe had prolialjlv mo: f to
do with tin' formula! ing of the plans
and policies of M r.- ; Roo.s veil 's ad-
( Con! inued on back: pace )
Retail Department
Bein Built At The
Carolina Creamery
A. large retail room is being built
at the front :entrancc of the Western
Carolina Creamery here, and accord
ing to W'. H. Woodall, manager, all
flavors of ice cream will be kept in
the new retail department.
The space now occupied by the re
tail department will be converted into
office space, giving the office staff
about three times the present room.
The new retail room is of brick,
and will have a large plate glass front
and side. Present plans are to have
the room completed by May first.
Park Official Is
Heard Here Tues.
About one hundred people heard
a descriptive talk and saw slides of
natural features of the park, given
by Arthur Stupka, i park naturalist,
here at the court house Tuesday even
ing. .- :
Mr. Stupka gave a description of the
park museum plans, and went into de
tail of the nature guide organiza-
tiqn which will be set up in the park.
This feature is composed of college
men with rank as ranger-naturalists,
who will conduct tours through the
park and point out places of in
terest. - . -
Mr. Stupka was the guest of H. G.
Wilburn and the local hiking club,
which re-organized last Saturday
evening for the coming year.
Officers for the coming year were
elected a follows: Charles E. Ray,
president, L. N. Davis, vice-president,
and Miss Margaret Hyatt, secretary.
The meeting was held at the country
club.
$1.00 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY
New Registration
Ordered For Coming
Election By Board
Registrars And Judges Named
Saturday By County Hoard
Of Elections
The county board of divtionri in
session here Saturday morning, named
registrars and judges for the coming
election, and also ordered a new reg
istration of all voters, a was set
out ill a local law passed by the P.IU5
general assembly.
The new' registration will begin
oh Sat unlay, May !)th, and cent nine
each Saturday until May 2;iii, and
including that date or any other day
that the voters may want to register.
The registration books will be open
from nine o'clock in the morning
until sunset, aeco riling to the officials.
"Kvery person must register, re
gardle.stt of previous- registration,"
it. was jxiinted out by the hoard. The
registration books will lx' m the
hands of the registrars at the voting
places of each precinct on the days
above named.
The following judges anl registrars
were named by the. hoard:
Beaverdain, No. 1 -Carlton Pless,
registrar, Dewey Green, S. R. Pel
met and G. C. Moore, judges.
Beaverdain, No. 2 Will ('lark, reg
istrar, .lake Smathers, Will Cogdill,
and Gladstone Haney, judges.
Beaverdam, No. ,'l K. P. Ball, reg
istrar, Newman Jaynes, Harrold Mof
fitt, and Clinton Holland, judges,
Beaverdam, No. 4 -fc). K. Morgan,
.registrar, Mitch MeKinnish, Jess
Willis, and Franklin Robinson, Judges.
Beaverdam, No. ft W. K. Sorrells,
registrar, Mrs. .1. R. Stephens, W. S.
MeCruckon, ami A. it. Smathers,
judges.
Beaverdam, No. (y-Kd Wilson, reg
istrar, S. ('. Wood, Wade Knloc, and
George H. .lohriKon, judgiv;.
Pigeondohn M. ('jithey, registrar,
Weaver Hyatt, Walker Brown, and
Walter Singleton, judges.
Cecil Charlie Moody, registrar,
Perry Allen, Andy l'Vav.ier, and Ben
Inmnn, judges.
Crabtree W511. (radshaw, regis
trar, John 'Rogers, Vinson Davis, and
L. ). Ferguson, judges.
Cataloochee George Palmer, regis
trar, Steve Woody, Will Palmer, and
James Hannah, judges.
Clyde Jerry Rogers, registrar,
George Robinson, Troy draw ford, and
Howard Shook, judges.
Fines Creek Charles Fulbrlght,
registrar, Norman Jamc, Andy
Brown, and C. 'A. Nofand, judges.
Iron Duff T. C, Davis, registrar,
Will Bryson, Jarvis OhamlK-rs, anl
R. L. Stephenson, judges.
Ivy Hill Mark .Howell, registrar,
Dave Plott, Asbury Bradley, and
Dave Jaynes, judges.
Jonathan Crook Marshall Mexser,
registrar, John Howell, Charley
Leatherwood, and Vinson Morrow,
judges.
(Continued on back page )
More Money Given
For Forest Fire
Control In County
The county commissioners in ses
sion here last Monday supplemented
the fund for forest fire control by
$.l.ri(). The state will put up $l,riO to
match this and also the -federal gov
ernment, making an additional eum of
for fore.yt fire control for this
i-ounty. ,
At. the -time the additional sum was
appropriated, there were five for
est fires in, the county. ; " ..
Several matters were heard bv the
board, '.'.besides the general routine of
business and an executive session With
the board of elections. ."'
A.C.Osborne, 81,
Will Be Buried At
Clyde Today At 2
-' Funeral 'services -will be held at the
Clyde Baptist church Thurwlay af
ternoon at two oVIock for Archibald
Graves Osborne, 81, a- retired fanner
and cattle raiser of this county.
Mr. Osborne passed away at two
o'clock Tuesday afternoon., after a
short illness which developed into
pneumonia. He was livinjr at the
Clydo Inn, where he died.
He was a prominent citizen of the
county, and was a member of one of
the pioneer families of Haywood. He
was a member of the Clyde Baptist
church. .
Surviving are three ons and one
daughter: Robert, of Tampa, Fla.,
Thomas, of Knoxville, and C. Osborne,
of West Palm Beach, and Mrs. A. J.
Templeton, of Raleigh antt eeveral
grandchildren. i
The Weather
-. Max Min.
Thursday 8a 50
Friday 71 35
Saturday V 56 2!l
Sunday f.'j 27
Monday 65 30
Tuesday 75 37
Wednesday ; 75 37
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