Waynesville Mountaineer
liana the
IITICAL
iONTS
rTsHITPING
st developments m uic
race of next June, was
announcement that C.
'aping "i uieensuoio,
out feelers before defi
auncing 1 hat 'he would
jate to oppose ReyViolds
jcas,. riaieign puiim-aj
irwpnt article, .had this
i. jt Greensboro's possible
j will bp remembered
leal trade as the cam-
l-iager ot Kaieign s jos-
Mey's lirst successiui
for United States Sen-
and later as the Dem-
ational tummitteeman
i Carolina, who could
President - Roosevelt's
policies. '
bments this week indi-
llr.Shuping, a man who
siah William Bailey
per Senator'- Furnifold
Simmons so much in
be the latter would not
bred Emmanuel Smith
lent in 1928. definitely
a to run tor the Senate.
its are that he will not
A of the very interest
if checkerboard politics
played in this great
us.
Do mistake apout it,
is really on for a real,
nservative to get in
flow so monopolized
K Reynolds and Ilan-
of them, are liber-
pse that one spells the
III capital "L." and the
pocrats in the State
for a man to get into
that they can warm
h when the time ar-
PJane for the voters
Never they may be
e moment and trek
ft
N said that Mr. Shuping
ur humble correspon
liim well in the Sim-
?? contest in 1930, and
w hini as Mr. Shup
"e in his campaign
1 in the Bailey head
tie mai! ivhn VinH nr.
fuled the Democrats pf
na with such an iron
''Bgue!
Wrovyard in later
we Di mnrraf if n t
pittemariship from
"". All lllta.onnoor.
,rv .-Pa i ted mitinan
.: r;-,. it lot
t in no uncertain terms
; muth opposed to
Philo.H Dhies of the
j3- ; : the . White
raS and is Senator
Hn Bail
- Last year,
the commit
t voluntari
have known
rather lush
iently. Since
rather dor-
He
5e n.u
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k hi did. ...
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Nd r usi Know
L have especially
k. nport in his
hlT iH decide to
CJ'1 move his po
uT than it moved
I ynold or Frank
t0r that spirant
i .e more the mer
Lf.re.v'ho enter the
1 'Vlil to fill po
. oenatnr r ,j.
3l L the State and
lave s
'Political knittin., irt
.Vd6 nmUst know that
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Published In The
FIFTY-THIRD YEAR No.
Red Cross Roll
Call To Begin
In Town Today
DINNER MEETING" HELD LAST
NIGHT FOR WORKERS IN
ANNUAL CAMPAIGN
The Annual Roll Call ior the
American Red Cross will start this
morning, with workers lor the
various streets and groups of the
town well organized tor the drive
for the 500 members, which the
local chapter hopes to gain this
year,
Last night the workers held a
dinner meeting in the banquet
hall of the Welch Memorial Sun
day School building of the Bap
tist church, with L. N. Davis, lo
cal Roll Call chairman presiding.
Plans were completed for the
three day drive which started to
day. In place of Mrs. Tom Lee, Jr.,
who was to have served as chair
man of the house to house can
vas in the residential sections,
Mrs. Richard N. Barber, Jr., will
be in charge. Mrs. Barber has
announced the following assis
tants, Mrs. Bess Lee Page, Mis.
Charles. Lee, Mrs. James W. Kil
lian, Mrs. Tom Lee, Jr., Miss Hel
en Ray, Miss Dollee Marsh, Mrs
Felix Stovall, Mrs. Dan Watkins,
Miss Tillie Rotha, Mrs. Jack Mes
ser.and Mrs. Josephine Coman.
Ferguson.
Mrs. Whitener Provost and Mrs.
Jerry Colkitt will have charge of
the drive in Hazel wood. The Rev.
J. E. Carper and Miss Stephanie
Moore will seek memberships in
Lake Junaluska.
Jim Massie will have, charge of.
the business and professional
groups, with the following assist
ing, Dr. S. P. Gay, Paul Martin,
Hugh Massie, Dr. O. T. Alexander,
and J. Dale Stent:. Soliciting
among the industrial plants will
be Bill Prevost, William Chambers
and Rufus Gaddis.
The following will work in the
district schools as chairman, C. E.
Weatherby, Township High
School, R. E. Connaster, Crabtree
High School, Mrs. Ray Burgin,
Fines Creek, ' Miss Annie Dee
Kirkpatrick, Central Elementary,
Homer Henry, HazelwOod, Claude
Rogers, East Waynesville, N. W.
Rogers, Lake Junaluska, Law
rence Leatherwood, Maggie, and
Miss Hattie Slier Freeman, Allen's
Creek.
C. of C. Directors
Will Be Elected
December Second
A nominatinog committee, com
posed ot J. Wilford Ray, C. N.
Allen and Guy Massie, are work
ing on a list of nominees for di
rectors of the Chamber of Com
merce. The annual election will be
held on Thursday night, December
2nd. The directors will be elect
ed at that time and will take of
fice on the first of January.
The annual meeting is being
held about three months earlier
in order that the new .officers' van
make plans for the coming year
and get the program underway
before spring. j
The meeting on ueccmoei sec
ond will start at 7:30, according
to L. N. Davis, president of the
organizaztion.
Coffburn Child j
Killed In Wreck
Saturday P. M.
Evelyn Cogburn. 12-year-old:
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur;
Cogburn. of Cruso, was instantly
killed Saturday afternoon when
she was thrown from a truck on
to the pavement near the Rhod- :
armer Mill. '
The funeral service was held at .
the Cruso Baptist church Monday
morning at 11 o'clock, conducted;
by the Rev. O. Burnette. the Re j
T. M. Cogburn and the Rev. B. N. ,
Rogers. Burial was in the Gwyn i
cemetery. Surviving are the par
ents, two sisters and a brother. i
Mr .Cogburn, father Of the child
j;,,4, fnick when the -
accident occurred. The truck
struck a concerete culvert and
swerved across the highway
stricking a tree. The sudden im
pact .according to witnesses, threw
the girl, who was riding in the
back of the truck with her two
smaller sisters, onto the pave
ment. The other passengers on
the truck escaped uninjured.
SCHOOLMASTERS TO MEET
The Haywood Schoolmasters
Club will meet Tuesday night at
Bethel. J. C. James will have
charge of the program.
County Seat of Haywood
45
Own Largest
R. N Barber, and his son, It.
some of the thousands of bushels
of the record year in lirjli, when
Erk Leases Black
Apple House For
Novelty Plant
E N TEN S I V E REMODELING
PROGRAM TO-GET'-UNDERWAY
AT EARLY DATE
R. V. Erk, owner of Krkral't In- ,
dustries, will begin within the :
next few days making extensive
improvements on the rock build-i
ing in Hazelwood, known as the j
Black Apple Storage Plant.
Mr . Erk has leased the building I
for four years, and will move his
noveltv wood plant from the pics- :
int M;im str.-et loi'ation to Hazel-'!
I'Nt IVltllll k.J H V , .v. -
M-nnrl soon after the first of the I
year he said.
The new building will give nim j
double floor space, which is bad- -
lv needed I
y ,.,"'.'. . , , j 1
A boiler room, dry kiln, and ,
lumber sheds will be built, be-
sides a new double floor, new roof '
' ,. windows ,mt into I
the building
Mr. Erk now has about 50 men
employed, and since starting in
the business in 1932 has complete
ly outgrown his present quarters.
No figures were given as 10 the
actual amount that will be spent
in remodeling the building and
building the other puildings, but
it Will amount to several thous
ands of dollars.
Caskey Addresses
Kotarians On Work
Of The Red Cross
Herbert K. Caskey, of Asheville,
addressed the Rotary Club last
Friday on the work of the Red
Cross" Mr, Caskey has been ac
tive chairman of the Buncombe
Chapter for several years.
the program was in charge )f
L. N. Davis, local Red Cross Roll
Call chairman.
150 Attend District Welfare
Meeting; Officials Heard
With approximately 150 persons ! to the group by J. Dale Stent,
in attendance- the Western Dis- i secretary of the Waynesville
ti'-ict Welfare conference, .with j Chamber of Commerce. Mrs, Mary
rersei.ta-ivt f om . 13 count xs O. Linton, president of the asso
ou't "of the 21 in the district was .ciation of county supe. intendents,
held at the court house here on i of public welfare spoke briefly.
Tuesday. - Many state -and' federal Mrs. W. T. Host, state commit
officials were present, a number sioner of public welfare address
of whom took part on the pro- j ed the meeting, making a special
gram.
Mrs. - Dora Patton, .upennten-
j ..-oiraro.wn k m l ransvi-
vania county was elected to sue- j
K. Conner, of Asheville,
who has served as president, of
the body for the past year, N. J,
Lynam, county superintendent, of
public welfare, of Graham county
was elected as secretary.
The meeting was conceded to be
one of the most successful ever
held in the district and the pro
gram was featured by practical
talks for the immediate problems
of the wo k.
E. E. Conner, president, presided
over the morning session. Invo
cation was by the Rev. J. J. Hug
gin, pastor of the First Methodist
Church. Greetings were brought
County At The Eastern
WAYNESVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 1937
Apple Orchard East Of
N. Barber, Jr., are shown in their apple orchard, holding samples ol
produced this year. The yield of the orchard this, year was almost that
80,000 bushels were produced.
Barber Harvesting Thousands
Of Bushels Of Fine Apples
3 Murder Cases
Set For Trial At
Nov. Term Court
SIX MANSLAUGHTER CASES
. APFEAB.ON DOCKET. AS OF
FICERS FACE BUSY TERM,
Three murder cases
isx man
numerous slauiihter Cases and
r j
minor cases, are on the docket for
the November term of Criminal
urt which will convene here
Monday ' morning with Judge J.
Hoyle Sink, presiding, according
to Solicitor John M. Queen, here
,
)MUl,JJ: . - . .
The murder cases include. Jule
Boyd, for the death of a young
man by the name of Parton. This
case was held over from a pre
vious term- Pearl Barnett Red
mond, charged with the death of
Clyde Reynolds, a young Canton
barber. And Harley Robinson
charged with thte death of Ratcliff
Robinson.
The six manslaughter cases, are
all outgrowths of automobile
wrecks, and several have been
continued from other terms. Those
which Solicitor Queen indicated
he would not call, includes: Mel
vpn Reeves, Bud Warren, Buford
Noland and others, James Garrett,
Annie Roe Ferguson, Cecil Yount
and C- N. Marshburn.
Solicitor Queen pointed out that
the docket this term was extra
heavy with cases, which includ
ed: abandonment, reckless driv
ing, assaults, forgery, house
breaking, larceny and of course,
the usual number of violations of
the prohibition law.
pieaior.aequaie cou.ny ucp-,
ments of w hrougtout. the
sxaie. one cniuiiasi-eu .uie.- iu-
portance of a trained personnel
ior ine worKUig oui ui a peimaii
ent program, if real benefit was to
be had f . om the work. She out
lined public assistance that will be
derived from the Sociay Security.
She spoke of the varied duties of
the county superintendent of wel
fare, and the added burden of So
cial Security legislation.
Following Mrs.. Bost's talk an
open forum, directed by Dr. Eu
gene Brown, assistant state com
missioner of public welfare was
held, in which the county super
intendents and their workers par
ticipated, asking solutions of their
(Continued on page 10)
Entrance of The Great
Mississippi
AS MANY AS 21 MEN EM
PLOYED IN GATHERING
FRUIT FROM TREES
Since its first settlement. Hay
wood has been recognized as the
banner apple growing county m
this section of the country. Two
of the outstanding men in tins
field are R. N. Barber who start
ed his lirst orchard here in 1902
MttiL' bus. douc umcli piouecr .Jwyrk
in the production of better apples
and his son It. N. Barber, Jr., who
has now taken up the. work estab
lished by his-father.; The Barber
Orchards are said to be the larg
est this uide. of the Mississippi.
The .crop for this year far ex
ceeds even the promise of the
luxuriant bloom of last spring.
It is estimated that the total yield
from the 15,000 trees will nearly
reach the hip' record of 192(1,
when the crop was around 80,000
bushels, according to Mr. Barber.
The ideal blooming season com
bined with the summer which
brought the right amount of mois
ture, have been perfect growing
conditions to develop' the apple in
the most desired state. The pop
ular varieties, of Stayman Wine
Saps, Red Delicous, Golden De
licious, Grimes Golden, Mammoth
Black Twigs, and Rome Be;lties,
grown in the Barber Orchard, are
seen there in exhibition sizes and
perfection.
These ideal conditions for fruit
growing have not been confined
to Haywood County, so Mr. Bar
ber states, it has been prevalent
over the entire country. The ap
ple .crop in thte UnitedStates last
year was around 164,000,000 bush
els, while this year it is estimated
to be 20(i, 000,000 bushels.
Since the 10th of September
the work of gathering, grading,
and packing apples has been un
derway at the Barber orchards.
At one time there were as many
as 291 persons employed in the
work. Even at this late dale in
the season there are still 100 per
sons engaged in the Work of car
ing for the fruit. The plans arc
to complete the gathering thtis
week.
One of the most, interesting pro
cesses in connection with the work
is the. grading, of the -sizes. It
takes 25 persons to operate the
grading machine. The apples are
divided into five sizes as follows,
2 to.2'4 inches; 2 U to 2'a inches;
2 Vie to 2 !4 inches, 2::j to 3 inches;
, diameter,
- . .. .
There are 30.000 bushels in the
cold storage plant and around 20,
000 in the common storage at the
orchards, and several thousand
bushels are stored in other plants
located in Waynesville, Asheville,
Atlanta, Americus, Ga , and Chat
tanooga. For weeks around an average
of five trucks a day, hauling from
200 to 350 bushels each have been
loaded at the orchards. These are
trucking Haywood apples into
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida,
Tennessee, Alabama, and Missis
sippi, For weeks around 1,000
bushels a day have been going in
to the Atlanta markets. These
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Smokv Mountains National
$1.50
McKee Asked To Spend
$70,000 Balance On High
way To Brevard Soon
Price Of (ias
Takes Drop Here
Motorists of tliis section wel
comed the news Wednesday as
rush line prices dropped seven
tenths of a cent per gallon.
The new prices will mean a
reduction of three cents on each
live gallons. The price reduc
tion was general in this area, it
was learned.
Board
Will Be Filled
At Early Date
The town board of aldermen
will meet at ;m early date to lilt
the vacancy made on the board by
the recent resignation of M. M
Noland.
Mayor .1. H. Way said that n.
date had been set, but the matter
would be 'attended to at an early
date.
''On Tuesday of this week, Mr.
Noland and the th.'ee other de
lendauts in the case which Was
tried in Federal Court in Asheville
last week, paid lines amounting
io $3,250. Mr. Noland was order
ed by Judge Webb-to -.tender his
resignation as a member of the
town board of aldermen.
.-The town board met Tuesday
night, but discussed other mat
ters with members, of the 'Hazel-wood-
and Lake Junaluska boards.
Work Going For
ward Rapidly On
Mountaineer Plant
NEW floor: BEING PUT IN
COMPOSING ROOM. WILL
SET M A C II I N E R Y THIS
WEEK-END.
Present plans are to have the
new floor of the composing room
of the Mountaineer completed by
Friday, and the equipment mov
ed back and erected ready for op
eration by Monday.
Carpenters have about finished
their task of putting in a new
floor, which was damaged by lire
two weeks ago. All the machines
have been reconditioned, and
ready for operation. Four men
ha ve spent the past ton days, even
working overtime, to get the lin
otype machines ready -for' opera
tion, by the time the carpenters
completed their work.
Many new parts had to be plac
ed on the machines which were
damaged by smoke and water.
While an accurate check can
not be made until the machines
are thoroughly tested, it is esti
mated that the fire did approxi
mately $5,00(1 damage to the
building and equipment. The
building belongs to George II.
Ward,
Jerry Liner has the contract lor
repairing the building.
Letters For Court
House Are Ordered
An order has been placed for
the brown sanded bronze letters
for the front of the court house, j
The board of commissioners fa
vored the bright polished letters,
but a fte r a careful investigation, ;
found that, the polished ': letters-;
would tarnish in a short time:
The letters which were bought j
will remain the same, for years. !
The work will bo completed j
within the next few weeks, it was '
. learned. :;'
MARTIN SEES NEW
FRIGIDAIRE LINES
Paul Martin, of Martin Electric i
Company, returned last night .
from Atlanta, where he went to ;
attend the showing of new Frigi-
daire appliances, which included
ranges, washing machines and the
1938 model Frigidaires.
LICENSE REVOKED
A. R. Brooks, of Waynesville.
had his driving license revoked
for driving drunk, according to
information received here from
the State Highway Department.
To date, 13,832 revocations have
been made of driver's license.
Park
IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY
SUM WOULD BUILD
BRIDGE AND GRADE 5
MILES FROM SPRING
DALE TOWARDS BRE
VARD. E. L. McKee. State Highway
Commissioner of the Tenth Dis
trict, in a letter to the Chamber
of Commerce this week, said that
there was a nice balance from the
193(5 budget alloted for work on
Highway No. 284.
Commissioner McKee gave no
indication when the money would
be spent on tliet road, out inas
much as it has been discovered, it
is believed that work will begin
soon.
In connection with the discov
ery of the sum, the board of coun
ty commissioners, in session here
Monday, passed a resolution, ask
ing that the work on Highway 284
got underway immediately. It
was pointed out in the resolution
that the H)3ti highway budget car
ried an item calling for an ex
penditure of $200,000 in Haywood
County on No. 211-1.
Later, a representative of the
If. S. Bureau of Public Roads, ask
ed that $130,000 of this be trans
ferred to Transylvania County for
work in the I'isgah National For
est. The balance of $70,000 is
evidently the "nice sum" which
Commissioner McKee has refer
ence. Not any of the $200,000
originally alloted Haywood was
spent in the county, the resolution
.said.
At the time of the allotment,
something like $18, 000 was set
aside for the construction of a
bridge over the river near the
entrance of Springdale. The bal
ance of $52,000 remains in Wash
ington, it was learned here yester
day. This $52,000 would grade
and stone about 5 miles up the
liver towards Wagon Road Gap
and the Transylvania :-.',;
Work from the mouth of Look
ing Glass Creek to the Gap, in
Transylvania County, is already
under construction, or under con
tract. Representatives Horn nere visit
ed Commissioner McKee in Sylva
last night, urging that he request
that a contract he let soon on the
highway to Brevard.
FFA Fair Will Be
Held Here Friday
The initial Fair by the local
FFA members will be held on Fri
day, Nov. 19th. The exhibits will
be on display in the library of the
Township High School and nn ad
joining room. The public is in
vited to view the work of the
young farmers.
The fair is one of the many ac
tivities planned for the year's
work by the chapter, which won
first place in. Western Carolina
last year, and are making an effort
to continue their high standard
There is no admission charge to
the Fait . .
Father Of Mrs. J. M.
Garrison Passes Aw ay
J. A. Gibson, 78, father of Mrs,
J. M. Garrison, was buried in
Buncombe County on Saturday,
November f!th.
He had lived in Buncombe
county for the past 30 years, and
is survived by his widow, and 13
children.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
WEATHER IttJREAU
Waynesville Cooperative Station
H, M HALL, Observer
Nov. Max. Mm. Prec.
. 1 .-.' ti.i - M . 0 07
12 ?"- Mi -)o - 0 32
13 ' 48 42 : s 0.02
14 :.'... 62 . 35
1.1 ;..' 54 ; ''. 2.'
l'i 55 . 28 , ...
17 :, 47 2't . : 0 IX!
Mean Maximun . '..:.... .56
Mean Minimum 36
Mean for Week . 46
Lowest for Week ..I.....:.: 29
Highest for Week .....:...:..:. 63
Precipitation for week :..:... :: 0.47
Same Period Last Year, 1936
Mean Maximum
Mean Minimun
Mean for Week
Lowest for week
Highest for week
52
. 26
... 39
. . 17
, 60
0.90
Nov.
45.92
Precipitation for Week ..,.s...
Total 1936 Precipitation to
1937
Deficiency for 1937 f eTl'rrf!m
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