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f rn JeNVs Events of World-Wide Interest ...Briefly Told Waynesville Mountainee Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park VOL. XLVIII NO. 31 WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1936 $1.00 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY NEW ten per verted urHKEK PLAN 1 ,vv ERED , ,, n mists have discovered a 1,n Lnniim a "kok- J;;;, h mav have far-reaching """.', v,K.r industry. At- w'riments made to date, of the plant can c"n rubber. Ford Donates Park I County Budget Is ADout ueaay ror Formal Approval Hoard Named W. D. Smith As County Agent At Iast Meet ing. No Formal Accep tance Made PrrFN-l (iEM'l WKSTS ON 1XTELLI- sYS LIN BERG H i.. t in,Vurh sneak German aviation officials ,,7'. t t week, said that ai , ..tiwhed defense and v in the future must rest . ,,,.t. ,-ather than on foie. propres 7 tW.l" MKD M. FA OF TRADE NO! VORABL.B ,r June, 1936. show that month we imported ore (roods than were ex-- adverse tiade balance, will take $7,000,000 of ,f the United States each TO CAR! I'p ;,war M. imit!!.'. May WARDED MATH IS Roosevelt last week ! )ne medal of honor to i., '-ailroad conductor, ol .. ' N C-, who saved the .-year-old boy at a Trade u (Tiadbourn, N. C, on 14 I W1HIN Govcnc to nm:t-pledge."! UCEPTS NOMINATION a ij n I iiM,lnn frvrmnllu ) 11 i'l tl 44 iiif Republican presidential ,n last Friday night in a Topeka. Kansas, delivered han (10,000 people. Landon hat he would stand by the .m and the Republican plat- r.- .ntiv'v i 14 114 At Funeral for Slain Co-ed form. MILLION EMPLOYED BY PRIVATE INDUSTRY . than one million workers have employed' by private industry l.i-i vear, according to a report e Department of Labor. Dur ing tne ..'.a me period, relief roils have decreased by 2,231,000. Mo ' been since nf U SPAN 1SII REVOLUTION GOES ON Contrary to reports received last uwlt Hint the Snnnisih revolt had kmn ,i,,fisivnlv riishd. desultory .'.. -., VJ . . T - fiphimc' between federal and rebel troops .ontinue. Thousands have been killed the rebel stronghold has been emiton-d jinH thp eariei- of the re volt has committed suicide. Both sioe. are claiming victory in the re cent clashes. other developments are: the U. S sent tun wnr shins r.v rescue Ameri cans t rum the danger zone and Eng lann has dispatched shipe to the Spanxi coast for a similar purpose; rraiu o has halted the stream ot rem fci l:nm Spanish to French tern toi v anil refuses to eell arms to cuii! i ot the contending sides. Henry Ford One of the few radio appearances made by Henry Ford, motor mag nate, above, occurred when he formally presented to the city of Dearborn, Mich., a .wooded 'tract to be used for p-p U purposes. Funeral For Mrs. Mnrv Noland Fer guson, 72, Is Held Resident Of The County (Jiven Kurial At Lower Crabtree Methodist Church Sunday V A- Hvatt, chairman of the coun ty board of commissioner, told The Mountaineer yesterday that there is si missihilitv that the board will pass on the county tax rate for the com inp vear at their session Monday, "F.verytlnng is ready for approval. In fact "the budget would have been completed, but the figures submitted for the Canton school were recalled by the board for reconsideration, and we have boon waiting on the final figures from them." ! v..i-v udii'i' over which the om- , . , i. missioriers have jurisdiction nas neon unproved for the coming year. A new office, that of the Home Demonsf ra tion Agent, has been added for the new vear. At the nuotinir. . D Smith was unanimously' named county farm agent for the coming year. Mr. Smith was out of town thi week, but Chairman Hyatt stated that Mr. Smith had not given formal accep tance of the office as far as he knew, In connection with the farm agent s office, the board- also passed unani mously the following order: "It is hereby ordered .that Hay wood County proceed to employ a Farm Agent for the next tisval year, provided, however, that such farm agent as elected shall not use or per mit to.be eniplowed, imv of the agent s family or family connections in -connection with the farm agent's oll'n o, or any bureau or agency working in connection therein, and that only bon nti.le residents of Haywood County be employed as clerks in such -office and it. is further provided that the farm agent is to furnish on the first Mon day in each month an itemized state ment, of rpeeints from all sources and an itemized statement of all expendi tures of all funds handled by or thiwugh his office." At the same meeting, the commis sioners. voU'd not to pay for tihe. gas used in cooking at the jail. An order was also recorded where by veniremen would be paid one dol lar plus five cents a mile both ways. ... ww at Private funeral services were held at Fletcher. O . for eer New York university co-ed who was slain in an Asliev lie, N. C. E houl m auUioritici i continued their search for her slayer, Questioned II AI.VS WORK INCOMPLETE lavs Usk of conquering Ethio i far from complete, according to , m : - received recently that the en-pant of the Ethiopian armv is larrassing the Italians. Most f i e attacks are from ambush and '.i iciden snipers.. COI'GHLIN APOIOGIZES. her Charles Coughlin, of De- to -President Roosevelt recently, for taiunir- thfi Presidpnt a "linr" in a speech he made at the Townsend (invention, : Coughlm said he re f. iie.i 0nly to the President not keep tne piatform. pledges of 1932. tr POM' MASTERS TO COME UNDER civil sFRvrrm la a presidential order issued last ''resident Roosevelt decreed that air post masters of the first and thud class must henceforth be selected under civil service rules. 13,730 post m.i.-ters were affected by the order. The .0-1,666 post masters of the fourth Culss are already under the civil service. GOVERNMENT.. DEFICIT DE CREASES ' he deficit for the first three weeks f tne fiscal year, which began July 1, was only one-sixth as large as was that for the same period last year. The deficit this year amounted to 7,000,000, while the one this year amounted to $70,000,000. ARABS ENTER HUNDREDTH DAY OF PROTEST Arab protests against the presence r" more Jewq in Palestine entered its ne hundredth day, as a conference between the Arab strike committee aid the Emir Abdullah of Amman tnued without any decision being an nounced. Several Arabs and British nave been killed in recent skirmish er resulting when British soldiers tried to repulse Arab attacks wn t'ains,. motor ears and on individual Jews . Last lite, for Mi- Muv Nolaml Ferguson, 72, widow of the late RiU y M Ferguson, prominent citi.en ol Haywood, who died Middi nU .it th. home of her daughter, Mrs J. Handy K.ikpattuk, in ( anion. I .day mom ing at 1 o'clock, were conducted at the Crabtiee Mithodit-t Fpi.-iop.il ( huich, South, -at 2 o'clock on Sunday afU-i-noon. OHiciating minisWrs were. nr. ) E- t'amack, paste,- of the l ust Methodist Church, bouin o . isted by Rev. C. M. Nvnne. in terment was in the cemetery- wy:n- inj' the church. Vx ..4....,!..., uftel'lKWin to 110W1IIK i , tlie home of Mr. and Mrs J Handy Knkpitiuk. in an tonducted by R.v(. M h'l; i Jr i Uji l i I'L'f A Ui niU MM 1 1 I' I 1 " pastor o' 11,1 , It iu r --.., r, th.. h.K v was taken to Crabtree for burial on Sunday at ttl nuwii . . T .1 Mrs- Robert I). -1 oieman,. .n ., Mrs. Norman Freel, oi v.aiHoo, ... chaige of the mu.MC at the '' with John West, Jr., oi '-'. assisting. . ... .. i Active pal bi art i, .i i .. n ..,..,. .Irthn and were as tonows; , Tom KirkpatnA. and K.lev, Joe an. G C Palmer, Jr. In charge of the flowe,,we,e n.etes of Mrs ruguscm. as follows Mrs I'auiinc Annette P. own, Mrs Laura Mae (on- i T).,IV, n.,vrnri Mrs. ISell natser, -airs, imw ' " 1' V v,, n Margaret Mitchell, M s Da"e Thiash, Mi- Margaret Boyd, Mis, Lou Boyd, Miss Mildred Rogers, and Mm Mae Kinsland. Honorary pallheare.s were o West. David Boyd A C. Reynolds, Thea Ferguson, Ga.ther tereuwn, Alnnn Ferguson, Ur, J. u. R ley Boyd, Robert Ferguson, I) Noland, Tom Rogers, Tom Ferguson, Geram r rsn, ""k-ic"- "T, V.nd Wells. Hugh L. Noland. Grady Two Outstanding Programs Coming To Lake In Aug. IK I. I llll Mildred Ward Outstanding program high lights of the Junaluska Methodist Assembly include an illustrated lecture by Anny Rutz, the Virgin Mary of the Passion I'la v' at Oborammergau ; and the ..... ,, ....I .1..I...T comic opera "ruiaiiire, scoeiui for the evenings of August H and .Au gust If), respectively. The lecture by the noted Bavarian girl, Anny Ruiz, is sponsored by the Junaluska Woman's Club, and will, feature the annual Woman's Club Night at the Junaluska Assembly. The nautical comic opera, "Pina fore," will be given by the Waynes- i-lle Choral Club, assisted . by. New College Community and Junaluska singers, under-the 'direction oi i-van-der Preston, of Waynesville. This promises to be an exceptionally tine program, both lrom a musical Aim scenic standpoint. Mr. Preston will ko altml in tlic stai?c nroduction by M-icu- itetsv f nrie Ouinlan. (if Way nesville, and a supporting orchestra will contribute to the. .success- ot tm . .. i In tin. immediate ofling, .-Judith Clayton's Marionette Revue, set for Saturday evening of the present week, promises to be a .popular auraeuon ii u the This Is Mlsa Mllilren aid,: one if sevn who were held in rhe Huneomlio C.mnlv lal'l- for M "' l'"i almut th" i M ikh Wai-I l li'venci'i in." ' ...-....) .... .i. wei ealiolllM (if -1 vvnllii.-r. A.sheville vioiinisl ntl.I of HO' eriioe. Wolhier is a i"..m at: the home 'of Miss War.r.H Tii.uh- Yester.lav In Ast.eville. Mile.,., l.aiii-en.-e 1'.. Hi'own . aini.uiiu , .. ...... ...... r, ,l., i lh:il ie uiilll'l w Ii.. .v, I ho iiiyKterlfius ea'MH, sayirif;: I n... oionc inonlliH in this t-e.rn uiV reasonably sure of re-eli 1...1 ,..111 i.ive me tw o Midi I ( 'lues have .-In- Side Angles Of Clevenffcr Case Are Mysterious Cameron Shipp, Charlotte News Writer, Finds Many Ball ling Point In Case Fditor's Note The following aril cle apieared m '1 he Charlotte New this week, and was written by (.am evnn Shi tin. who. is covering th Clovene-cr murder case in Ashevilli for his paper: ASIIKVII.LE. Julv 27. The Helen I Irivenirer murder case which is Ml I the rl itterton case of the south, flound ers in frustration and utters. Mieritl Lawrence., hi. lirown. who owns tin murder mysterv like the aulhor of diUutivn storv. bv rurht of sei.un from the Asheville city police, is a competent, more than ordinarily tal ented law t'liforcenient office, liut lie is plainly uu of lus depth in -the inile of murler-mwtery detective, anil needs help. '1 he most curious I lung about the case now is t he murder iison . i ais, when it is finally solved, will probably reveal ltsedt lis very simple. I be as tonishing thing is the new technique of jailing people invented by Shei itf Brown. A New York leporter had it this way: "In this town, you're jailed hut not arrested, leleased but still in jail. have llll. ail'! lion, and years." i no down i" il number of distant cm have resulted i the arr but none .( of -any one. P5 Today's Market The following cash prices were be ing paid Wednesday by the Farmers Federation here: thickens, heavy weight hens -..13 Chickens, fryers 17c Lggs, dozen .. ... . . ...... .. ......18c Com, bmshel . .. ........... .$1-00 Axi t. i , i i nn " wriit, ousnei .. Unwashed wool, pound -82c (CMinuedoieSection 1) Harold's Dept. Sfnrp Moves To ISew Duuuiiig .r yt n.u.n iwner and manager of Harold's Department Store is an nouncing th wk ... . -his ,ng columns, .itire tn tne ouiiuing m,. - store mj " .:, PnTrinanv, pied by (Jarrett s r ' on Main street. . - The stock was moved the first, ol tne week?tnd will be all flanged in the new store by the week-end, Mr. Rao- lAhan spent the past week in Baltimore, Atlanta and i Knoxv die stocii. w , ,Tilpff"l v re- The store nas iki r wll,.llvS; t,at. a scecial Mr Karjnan 7 . , sale event will be announced in next week S paper Ratcliff Baptists To Dedicate thurcn tu. QniAhl RtmfUv in Aucmst will be home-coming day out in the Kat- cliff Cove. The Baptists win oeaicaie their new church on that day. Every vA,t whs Vina fnrmerlv lived here are crwi j. ...... v . , invited to come back and enjoy the day with us. Those who contribut ed time or means in tne erection 01 our church are especially invited. The cermon will be preached at 11 o'clock. FUNERAL FOR VANCE McCLURE, 75, IS HELD $1,000 Being Spent On Presbyterian Church In City AppioximaUly $1,000 is b ing Mmt on the l'resbytertan church he.e, it 'ru.i,,,iij;ir Voi Ki'en re-roofed, arxl been painted both inside and out, new outside doors nung ann a w -y--"-foundation built as well as new gutter- . 1 aA ..n ira huiuiinw. Work was started several weeks af?o, with Mr. Frady in charge. lj wan luuiui v.. . .: ..1 ,u f thp foundation of tne lllllltri iiiuvn v. - building, and that a new concrete i inforccinent was necensaiy. Funeral esrvioes ..were oondVxrUvi on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the Methodist cnurcn ai-nyuei Mountain for Prry Vance McClure, 75, who died in Friday night at the Haywood County uospitai. NOTICE Obituary notices, resolu tions of respect, cards of thanks and all notices of entertainments for profit, will be charged for at the rate of one cent per word. Raiff's Clearance Sale Begins Sat. In today's issue, Raiff's Outlet Store is advertising a final close out of all summer merchandise. I he Baie ... Cafnrriav mornine. and will continue for lo days. . i v, ovortis"ment. George JvaiiTi owner, said that the store was over stocked because 01 a aeiayeu "i and that many of the items being offered in the sale were below cost. WAYNESVILLE PHARMACY TO GIVE AWAY CASH DAILY tinor what other A.l-I novuwh- c dmg stores are doing in South taro- lina, Georgia and in uii 6u. Reeves, manager of the Waynesville Pharmacy, is beginning this morning a "Daily Pay-Off" plan. The details are explained in an ad vertisement elcewhere in this paper. A cash prize of $2.50 is being offered daily. .l;,ii'k Wollncr, t he (e rinan violinist, Was arrested Sat u, day of las t week, In Id ;n jaii live days on lio "charge; not undei ari'e-l . Shei ilf Brown insisi. ed. Mildred Ward, W'ollner's girl friend, was held lor . sover.'l-l day.-, not, under ari est, Ilaniel (iaddy, nightwatchman.. -is still in jail,: not under arrest.: L, 1. Roddy V still in jail, not -under arrest. Kd Flem ing was 'jailed not: under arret,. sub sequently released. Pmf. William L. Cleveriirer. of State Colk'ge was plafed in jail at 'o'clock Friday afternoon. At . col at In press conference, the slierill' aniroun ced that he was not under arrest. . Saturdav afternoon,. Judge Don Phillips, of Rockingham, aniiouneei l'. ,f,)suir ( deveiie-er had been releas ed, without benefit 0f a writ ol habea oirnus returnab e at b:.JI. Al ,.'.b.eU Kherilf Brown said Professor frievenirer had not been released. ..Bui ho. i not under- arrest, lie is not beinir "held." I asked: "Could the professor leave the jail if he wished?" The sheriff ignored that question. Because the sheriff had all material witnessed in jail, incommunicado, and because the sheriff the only news source would never set a time to see repo-ters, the story was tne most difficult they'd ever covered, oui-oj-town reporters agreed. Brown con ferred with Publisher Don Elias of the Asheville Citizen-Times, and took local reporters into hij confidence. Other reporters had bo wait m the hall, afraid to leave Decause xne nti iff held over their -heads the promise of announcing an arrest at an any minute. Salisbury Boy Is Killed In Wreck Here Tues. Night Roadster Turned Over, Crushing Chest Of Paul Julian, 18 Years Old Faul Julian, an lH-ycar-oUl boy of Salirbury, lived only two hours after sustaining internal injuries when the automobile in which he and Fred rick M-arsh. of Vtaytn-'svule, were riding over-turned here 1 uesday night. Young Julian was crusneo aooui. the chest by the roadster, when - it stru k a guv wire from a telephone pole at the intersection of Ilaywoo.i and Gudger streets. I he accident, happened at ten thirty. Those who arrived at me scene ol the mvident, reported the car had failed "to straighten out after making the turn- and had followed the bank for some distance, striking the guy wire, then turning over. The mimed boy was carried to the hospital bv Robert Hugh ( lark, Hugh S'helton and Milas ! e rgusoli. '1 he buy was conscious when he ai rived at hospital. He talked to those ikinir him over, and inquired ai length about his friend Marsh, whom wu visiting, lie and .Marsh weie lose friends and. he had often visited hen'. The ear v not damaged beyond a broken windshield and a bent fen- Marsh was not injured. Local police investigated the- aed lent, and Marsh was held until a bond was made. It is said that I he young -man-did .i.i , not even nave a sciaicn amuo .un fa.-o or body, and I rum out want signs, was not seriously hurt. Hemorrhages . set in .soon alter lie arrived at the hospital. . , The bov's father was 'bei last nigni- making plans for the funeral. Mrs. Crawford Ac companied Son To Pacific Coast Tues. Hilary II Crawford, his wife and two children, of fcunf j-ancisco, ( alif., aiil his mother-in-law, M.rs. ( . A. Ball, of Portland. Oregon, accompan b biu nuif her. Mrs. W. T. Craw ford, left, here Tuesday for their homes 'on the Pacific coast. The party had pelit the past .three weeks here as the guests of Mis. W . T ( riiwford. Thev will return hy way of Washing ton, New York, Boston ami -up tlnoLrg.li. Canada, Chicago mid Portland. -Oregon taking scvciiil we'ks for the (rip Mrs Crawford will make an extended visit m the West before re turning to Waynesville. M.. ( iiivefinil. wlu has been prac ticing law in San Kramisco sitne l'.UO, has built up a large cliemyie, and is prominently iiiuinei wun the alTairs of the" city mid th" Ami i iciin legion gioti) of hi.s ailopted state. lie was rnu-h i'lipre ;-ed v :th the giowlh arid imprviveiiK n "f this section. Harry 0. Schenck, Buried Last hunaay Fune -al services wen- held in- Mui phv, on Sunday for Harry O. Schen k, 4:j World War vet. -ran, and promi nent'. ( 'he rokee eiti'.i' n , who formerly resided here. . , , Mr.'-Schenck died suddenly in the. ollice of Dr. N. I!. Adams in .Murphy. lie had walked into the physician s oflice, complaining there was some thing the matter with his heart, The doctor felt his pulse and wa-s en gaged in examining the patient, whi n he fell over dead. Mr Schenck was born in Waynes ville, and spent the early years of his life here, the son oi Mrs, wime . Schenck and the late Sam Schenck, He is survived by his widow, the former Mis Minnie Tayne; two broth ers Joe and John and his mother. I think the truth was this:-, that Sheriff Brown, when he said he would arrest the murderer within 48 hours, hoped by that published statement bo frighten the murderer into making a ha the person he suspects in jail V... nrmdur nrrest.l it ua oushwtpd that William L. n..,.T..r --Union', nnc e would re veal something that would lead to a solution of the case ne was sauiy - TVto nrnfPKn. returned to Asheville a. he had promised. By the tv,iu is nnhlished. he mav be out of jail, but, in spite of all thoee state-ofvMit- iis vmlnnt.arv confine ment, I know as well as you do that innocent men do not stay in jan unites are told to. The professor was held (Continued on page 8, Section 1) Stock Reduction Sale Begins Tomor row At Massie s MassipV Denartment Store is stag ing a stock reduction sale, beginning I nday morning. Mr. Massie has spent several weeKs on this sales eveni, ana nas re ceived some special goods to be of fered in connection with the regular stock of merchandise. A large number of specials are list ed in the large advertisement in this issue of the paper. The Weather Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Max S6 86 87 88 90 92 93 Mini 57 6S 60 67 65
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