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nn HE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park FIFTY , -SECOND YEAR NO. 42 WAYNESVILLE. N. C. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 22, 1936 $1.00 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY Merchants And Other Business People To Meet First Meeting Of Fall Is Called By Merchants Division Of Chamber Of Commerce 'l merchants, professional men 8r'u ethers are expected to be present a- the first fall meeting of local bus nrt.. men at the Chamber of Com nll.,ve oflki-s on Tuesday nijrht, (X uber -" at 7:30 o'clock. This an mijineiiient was made yesterday by Hufh Massie, chairman of the raer 'hants division of the Chamber of Commerce, under whose auspices the meeting is being held. Mr. Massie in announcing the acting stated that, it was of vita! -importance that every business man of rt community be present, as matters o! vital concern would be taken up :,: this meeting. The meeting has been called for 7:3ii, and those in charge promise ha'' it will be adjourned by t:30 -harp. The committee in charge of the meeting, has been named as follows: Hugh Mastic, chairman, C. X. Allen, U-ter Hurgin, Dewey Stovall, Mrs. laivivn.e Green, Wilford Rav, and .A. !i. McCall. . WnvwnnH Hnsnitfil llll f l J V V - m. t- - k j . On Approved List The Haywood County Hospital was i w of ,j.,")(5!) hospitals in tht United States and Canada to be on the aj approyed list for the past several if burgeons when that organization opened their 2b'th annual linicul con- irre-s in Philadelphia Mondav. The local hospital has been on the appoved list for the past several years. In making the announcement. Dr. "lie urge Crile, of . Cleveland, . chair man of the board said: "On?, out of 'every -15 persons throughout the United States and Canada was a pa tient in a hospital last year. Today there are approximately 800,000 per sons in hospitals receiving treatment for various ailments or diseases. In as much as no person can foretell when .hern ay .neU -hospital care, knowing about hospitals in times such as these is extremely important, and actually constitutes measure of pre paredness. Every year the Ameri can College of Surgeons publishes a -1st of approved hospitals with which the public should be thoroughly fa niiliar," '-"'. The Haywood hospital is the only hospital between Asheville and Mur phy on the approved list. T P MnVi 79 Buried Friday At Rock Springs Ch.l Last rite; were held on Friday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, at the Rock spring Baptist church, on Crabtree, '"t J, R. McElroy, 76, who died at ;-M Thursday , afternoon, after an -illness of only two davs. Rev. Frank I '-ath'-rwood, pastor of the churcn, conducted the services.- Interment ?.' in the community cemetery. Pallbearers were: Charlcs Hill, Jr., "woe McElroy, .Sal ma Hill. Fred Wan. e, Fred Hannah, Edwin Hill, 'Lawsrin McElroy, Medford Burgess, and Wallace Hill.? Mr. McElroy was a retired farmer f'f Crabtree section. For several years he has not been able to work and for the past year he has been failing in health. On last Tuesday afternoon he had a light stroke of paralysifi from which he never recov ered. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Albert Ferguson, four sons, Manson, ayne, Guy, and Clinton-all of Crab ;ree; five grandchildren and the fol ding sisters and brothers : Mrs. Decatur Burgess, of Cove Creek, Mrs. . Harold, of Glendale, S. C, Lebo McElroy, 0f Buna Vieta, Va., Henry McElroy, of Iron Duff, and Oils' Mc-. h-ry. of Cove Creek. Building In State Shows Big Increase P at vrr'xr m..'ii!.. v. a. n Mrth Carolina increased 20 per cent in September over the same pe- 'st year, the state department; t labor announced in its monthly detm. September projects totall sjo'g'J ?nd called for expenditure of .The following cash prices -were be Fcl pai4 Wednesday by the Farmers - .na; nil s-o- hickens, heavy weight, hens ....12c ekens, fryera . 7. . 12' dozen I.. ....25 l?". bushel .. ............... ,.?1.10 Vhfat, bushel . ............ . ..$UC Today's Market , DISTRICT W. O. W. PRES. iti . ii: k i i: i it i oi 125 to 150 Wood men To Gather On Next Wednesday Western .District. Of Woodmen To Observe "0th Anniver sary In Wavnesville "Present indications are that be tween 12") and 1"() Woodmen of the World from the western district will gather here next Wednesday, Octo ber Mh, I'll-- the 50th eemi-annual log rolling, according to an annoiineo liient made this week by Kev. Frank Leuthei wood, district president. The business sessions will be held in the Woodmen Hall in the First Na tional Hank building. The conven tion will convene about 10 o'clock. A m'roic dinner will be a midrday feature of the program. . The final session will adjourn aboot five o'clock, according to the pro gram committee. The western district includes the entire western half of North. Caro lina, it was said, and this meeting will be in the form of the observance of the golden anniversary of the or ganization. Officers of the western district, be sides Rev. Mr. I.eatherwood, are 11. U. Holland, of ( amieen, vice presi dent and Roy J. Ebbs, of Marlon, seci etarv-treturer. George Turpin, 60, Buried On Tuesday Ma v wood I ai mer Mad Heen III lor About Three Months. Lived On Hvatts Creek George . Iurtnn. til), a well known Havwood farmer, passed away at his home on Hvatt's Creek at ten o'clock Monday morning, after an illness of about three months, Mr. lurpin was born and reared in Haywood, and lived here all his life. He was buried Tuesday afternoon at Turpin's Chapel, after .funeral ser vices were held at the home. The services were conducted by Rev. Julius ( arson, of Beta, Rev. C. C. Groton. Turpin's Chapel and the Rev. .loo Bishop, of Gay. Active pallbearers were: Glenn Mc Clure Ed Oxner, Rufup Oxner, La biori Winchester and C.aude McClure, The deceased is survived bv his widow, Mrs. G. V. lurpin; two daugh ters. Mrs. R. R. Nicholson, and Mrs. L Picklesimer. both of Sylva, and one son, Liden Tuipin, of Hyatt's Creek. Mr. And Mrs. Staples Move Hack To Their Former Home Mr and Mrs. L. T). Staples left on Monday for their home in St. Cloud. Minn " During their two years resi dence here they had made many friends who regret to see them leave this section. . . Mr Staples has been with the "Land O' the Sky Mutual Co-operatives," for the pact two years. The first year he served as general field man The past vear he was m charge of the agricultural demonstration work over the territory from Mitch e'l to Cherokee county, with between thirty and fortv demonstrations. IHor to his work with the Land O' The Sky, Mr. Staples was a retired farmer "of Minnesota, who had had of nractical experience with farming, after which he served fifteen rears as field man for a large cannery. . . rwimr his wrirk in this section Mr. staples gained the confidence of the farmers and business men and has been a valued man in promoting the wo-k of the Land O' The .Sky Co operatives. REVIVAL STARTS Last n ght ronal 'enucs e started'' the Barberville Baptist church Rev. Ike Rhinehart, who has held successful meetings at both the Turpin Chapel and James Chapel on Cove Creek, will conduct the services. iTwo New Stores Being: Built On j Main Street Here The oldest building en Main street the former Miller Harness Shop, is being torn down by W. T. Shelton, who recently bought the property fmm the Miller estate. .lust as soon as the old frame build ng is cleared from the lot, Mr. Shel ton said he would begin work on two t ore buildings. The J stove rooms will be one story design, and somewhat larger that the building now occupied by the Western I'nion Telegraph Company. Mr. Shelton gave Mo idea as to when he expected the new bui'dings to he completed, but did state that he would push them to completion as last as pin-sible. The two stoles will ennsent an invest men: of approxim 1 1 1 1 y !t'.,0(iO. Travel In Park For Past Year Shows A 20 Percent Increase Estimated travel to tire.'it Smoky Mountains National' Park for the travel year October 1. l'.Kl.'i to Septem !': .3i. m. Was (Ul-J.'-'i people in I!t4.'.i.'i2 autoiuoliiles, an increase of 20. 1 per cent over the previous travel year. Cars were counted from 48 states, tin' District uf Columbia and ! foreign count ricv. Per 'cent of t ravel frm states oth er than TeniU'ssee and North Caro lina is lit .(IS. , Highest monthly travel was in Au rvmg 125.- gust, with a, .-IS), ca i.i people. Highest daily travel her lith, with .'i.litl! 1 1 .'.t'T-l people, when states, the I list rict of . w a car Scptem arrying curs from J4 (' ItiMibia and Canacla wi'ie counted. The actual omit for thi one of the six cntrani cs to was 10i'.4(IJ cars carrying people. vear i .the par Mountaineers To Play Swannanoa By Tom Reeves. Since playing Asheville School, to a 7-7 'tie coach' WcathcrhVfi .Moun taineers have been preparing for their first game within the Iilue Ridge i oiifercnce with Swannanoa Friday. Some of the local players suffered injuries in the game last Saturday, but may be in condition", to enter play .before local fans this Week. Swannanoa is reported to have a fighting eleven capable of giving the Mountaineers an interesting aCter noon. This game will furnit-h some indication of the comparative strength of the Haywood county teams since Canton's Black Bears have already defeated Swannanoa by a wide niar- K'n-' : Coach .'Weather-by' will probably stick, to 'the line-up that 'entered the Asheville School 'game provided some of the injured players improve by game time Galloway, Chalin. and Ca,they. have dominated end play durT ing the season, with Willie Messer showing up well. Bryt"on and Col lins will start as tackies, with hwmg seeing a great deal of service. .Saw yer and Stringfield have the inside on the guard positions, but Leopard has been playing outstanding ball during practice sessions. , Byrd and Mehaffey will handle the center post. In the backfield Garrett Reeves, Bill Phillips, ..Cecil Vount, and Leo Hall wjlll start, while plenty of able re serves will be ready to. take their places. . MRS. BLACK SERIOUSLY ILL Mr. C. A. Black was in a critical condition last night as The Mountain eer went to press. Little hope wae being held for her recovery, and two of her daughters from out of town, Mrs. Jake Newall, of Charlotte, and Mrs. W. C Rouck, of Sarasota, Fla., were at her bedside. Business And Properties Of Champion Fibre Company Transferred To The Champion Paper And Fibre Company -Reuben Robertson, president and general manager of the The Cham pion r ibre ' Company,- in a formal an nouncement this week, said that the business and properties of the firm had been transferred to The Cham pion Paper and Fibre Company. Mr: Robertson's formal statement Regarding the change is as follows: "The management of The Champion Fibre Company desires to announce that m order to develop a simplified financial structure, and because of the provisions of the 19d6 Federal Revenue Act, it has been deemed advisable to' discontinue The Cham pion Fibre Company as a separate Business Increased By Advertisement Otis Hurgin. of BurginV De partment Store, was more than pleased with the result of his advertisement in last week's pa per. He saiil business was the best last week-end that it had Ih'cii in month. Mr. Kurgin recently opened a bargin basement at the Main Street store, ami as a result has .made a substantial increase in his stock. It Ain't Right No, it just ain't right, for a man to impose on merchants like a ici'tain man with seven chil dren did on a merchant m this community recently. The father of sewn children carried his children' into the store of this merchant and .-aid he wanted each child titled with a pair of frhoes'. Well, selling seven pa 1 1 ." d c-hecs to one not happen every customer oe day. so t be clerks not lui children. olerrh:mt i ll.-l Ins ' seven y titling til In 'tit tec left .a. short time each child va s v a s correctly, and all that v just w rapping up the shoes but t he fat her I hen told the patient merchant ' that he merely wanted to get t he right sizes, for each l'tild as he intend . i'd ordering the shoes fivm a inail order house, The truth of' thi' matter was that .the merchant's shoes cost less that the "catalog i-hoos" and would have lasted as long or longer. Number From I lav wood Attend Dis trict P. T. A. Meet Thi' eighth annual conference' of the North Carolina Congress ol Par ents and Teachers of the Western district, met in Morgiinton on 1'iidav the Kith, with Mrs. Doyle Allev, dis tri ..'I. prosdont, presiding. Despite the downpour ,,f rain ami the uncer tainty of .highway-conditions, an en thusiast i..' crowd was in attendance. Delegates were present from twelve i counties. Mrs. ( . A. Hales, if Iapoco. : Graham count y, w as recogniged as the person baying traveled the great est distance. The largest delegation wiifi from Buncombe county. Cherokee county was awarded the membership, banner for the greatest percentage of increase in. member ship during the past. year. Hun coinbe won the ,-up for the largest number of standard associations. ( ert elii'ates were awarded for com pletion of course at the Institute' at Chapel Hill last August, also, nation jtl certilicates were given ul by Mrs. .1. H. Sidbur.y, state president. The puppet show given under the auspices of the rfral hygiene division of the state Hoard of Health, was an outstanding featii "o of the program. hollowing luncheon which wa giv en in the community building by the Morganton Parent- teachers' Associa tion, the local presidents were in troduced. Those attending the meeting f rum H.ivwood county were: Mrs Doyle Alley, Mrs, ,)ack Messer, Louise Moody, Mrs. .Jean Ion, Mrs. d. C. 1 'lot t, from nesville; M-'S. Gniver Abe, Mrn Miss John Cat he v, from Bethel; Mrs. Chester fogburn. Mrs. 1-rank ( ogburn arid Mrs, (:. S. h reel, from (.anion. WAVNESVILLE MEMBER OF HOY' IS ORCHESTRA r rederick II. Marlev, Jr., of Wav nesville, has heen named to the or chestra committee for the Senior (lass Dance in Columbia College.; Marlev is a member of the orches tra and the .Columbia Concert Band. He has the distinction of holding a Columbia Honor Scholarship. corporate entity. The business and the properties of The Champion f ibre Company have been transferred to The Champion Paper and Fibre Com pany. . "There will be no change in pohev, in mnagement, or in -.personnel and the business at Canton will continue to be operated as in the past, but carried on by and in the name of The Cham pion Paper and Fibre Company, Can ton Division. -"We. trust that we may continue to merit the confidence of our friends and that the pleasant relations that have heretofore existed between us may be continued without interruption." TO SPEAK HERE FRIDAY wum h'.m p'u ' ht nit n"'LryT'"nfri i i 1 i I I 7 v s Is V I - jKfc.;t';.?.. J I 4 N I ' .s-( -' .' ' ;"i Hit. I It k I". C.lt Ml M University Alumni To Hear Dr. (iraham Here Friday. Night I'tTsidenl Of Fnivt'isity To Ap pear HH"ore Alumni From 'I hi t'f Count ics I-rank P. Graham, pi evident o the I 'Diversity of North I are ma. is to ho the prill ipal speaker at a meeting in Wavnesville October Li.'ird of alunini of the University of North Carolina. The Hay wood-Jack son Swain Alumni ( lub. ol which William Mcdtord id Wavnesville. is piesident. is sponsor ing t he meet ing. Meeting will be held at Masonic Temple beginning at 7:!t0.. University alumni groups e.usto' inarilv meet each lail on Ictolier 1 Jt b. which' is celebrated as University Dav, com me mora t ing t be aniuvesarv of the laying of the coriier-stolic of Old Past building. 1 his building, stul m use on the ( Impel llul campus, is the oldest state university building in America. I he University of Geor gia,, chartered a few veaiy before the University of North Carolina, actu- ally seve: lilt V Hill. I not VCH I S begin operat ion unt il after students and fac- had been at On the basis University of claim to the university." work in ( hnpc! of this priority. N'ort h ( 'arolina, title of "oldest the lavs state ( hapel Hill alumni, of the three Mountain counties postponed their usual University Day meeting until October 2.ird m order that President Graham could be with them for the meeting. A large attendance of alum ni from the three counties is expect ed. There are approximately Del alumni in the three-county organiza tion. Havwood having the largest number with followed by Jackson with 41 and Swain with .'It. ((Mirers of the Havwood-.lai kson Swam I lub are William Medford. W avnesville. president : llug-h Mease. Canton; Dan K. Moore. Sylva, 'anil Dr. Kelly. Iv Bennett. Ilrysoii City, vi e presidents, and Whitner Prevost. Haidwooil secretary. Dr. S. P. Cav Is Head Of District Dental Association I he sixteenth annual meeting of the fiifrt district of the North Car-' olina Di ntal .Society was held in Ashe ville on Mondav. with around 1(11; dentists representing the .2.1 counties west of Catawba county, attending. Dr. S. P. Gay, of this city, was in stalled president, and was also in charge of the program. Many of the delegates arrjveJ in Asheville Sunday afternoon and enjoyed golf, and re mained f)ver until Tuesday. The morn ing and afternoon of Mondav was do- i voted to the reading of technical pa- i pers, with a banquet on Mondav night. Dr. F. L. Hunt, of Asheville, was the master of ceremonies at the ban quet, with Clarence N. Walker, of the Wachovia Bank as the principal speaker. .METROPOLITAN' COW'S The fact that more than 2.000 owp are producing milk within the limits of New York City was presented as a item of interest last week at the milk dealers convention held in At lantic City. The information wps given by New "Vork's health commis sioner, who has charge of the license each cow owner must have. Of this number 112 are "family cow" whose product is consumed only bv the owner. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ferguson, of Raleigh, who were called here on account of the death of the formers father, t.ie late Murray Ferguson, have returned home. Mr. Sammv Bushneli and Mr. John Queen, Jr., were among those attend ing the game in Durham on Saturday. County Democrats Plan Big Rally In Canton Saturday .Mrs. E. L. McKee. A. Hall John son and John M. Queen Will He Speakers Haywood Democrats plan to fire their "big guns" at a barbecue rally in Canton. Saturday of this week, with a barbecue supper slated as a feature of the festival event. The rally is being spotu-ored by the Beaverdam township executive committee and the young Democrats of Beaverdam, and plans are being made to take care of the largest crowd of voters to assemble in the county in years. The program will get underway at ,'i:.'!0 o'clock in the high school audi torium, w hen M rs. 10. L, McKee, Dem ocratic candidate for State Senator from the Ain, Senatorial district will speaK. inis r-ession ol i ne program will be served to all who the athletic lield. In the attend at event of rain the school cafeteria wil be used. The second program of. the day in the auditorium will liegin at 7:o0, at which time Hon. A. Hall Johnson, state senator, of Asheville and Solicitor John M. yueeii, of V a vnosvi ,1c, wi l be the prinicpal speakers, Other notable Democrats on the evenings program will bv W . Roy brancit", a.-i-sistunt discricl attorrn v. W. G. Byers, clerk ot the Superior ( ourt; t . A. Cogburn. ( anton wdice court judge, Dr Peeves, mayor of (anion, John I'- Calif, Democratic, lor representative. mid Hon. candidate ( ongri ssman .ebulon Weaver is to attend the rally, but will speak, as he is scheduled for expected I not likely a radio talk Saturday night. Music for the occasion will be furn lehed bv the So. o Gap string band and the Parker Brothers (piartet. Those in charge of thi' rally are: W W. Pless, (iudger Bi vsoli, C. h. : Cole W . ('- Mynn. It. I). Coleman, and S- (' Wood. C. J. Mc( racken, presi dent of Hie Beaverdam Township' doling Democratic club, is also a member of the committee. I he cotnruiUee in charge of sup pi i is ( L C-lt, Hi iry Plott, ( ( Medford, Lidgo Morgan, A. M. Blay lock, Lee McKlialh, anj J'erry Cog burn. A: will the ., , far be th ounty lis could be I only ally of tnis campaign. arned, thi its kind in Hon. Clyde Jarrett Wil! Speak Here On Monday Afternoon irge Met lure, of ( anton. cam paign manager for Clyde. II. Jarrett, ol Andrews, Republican candidate fo ( ongress in the lith District, has ninile arrangements for Mr. Jarrett to address the voters of Haywood county on Monday afternoon October the UtVh.'at 2:'M) o'clock, in the court house. On the evening of the same day Mr. Jarrett will speak at 7:. 10 at the Maggie school house. Senator Revnolds To Speak Ilere 29th Late yesterday afternoon it was learned bv W. Koy 1' ranewy that Sen ator Robert R. Reynolds would speak at the court house in Waynesville on Ihursdav, October 2'Jth, at two o'clock. A large crowd is expected to hear Senator Reynolds, as this is his first public appearance m Haywood, other than at the Press Association in July, in several years. Complete details if the program will be given in next week's issue: Spring Must Be Near -Dogwood Blooming J. R. Grasty, of the Ratcliff Cove community, has found some dogwood blooming on his farm, and is at a ls to know just what it all means. Mr. Grasty said that if it were in the spring that he would know it was time to plant corn, but since it is the 2-'nd of October he just can't figu-e it a 1 out. The blooms were discovered about three week ago, and are still bloom injf The Weather Max. Min. Wednesday 70 49 Tnursday 58 Friday C.4 58 Saturday .. i4. 45 Sunoay , f.1 . 33 Monday 70 35 Tuesday 7.1 W. p. Smith, official weather observer.