North Carolina Newspapers

.J: TWELVE PAGES TODAY' Che SVILLE Published In The. County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park IXTH YEAR NO. 2 WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1940 $1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Wayne Mountaineer Along LITICAL II O N T S 1 I lie Jackson Day dinners have te and gone, the purpose of was to start the "sap rising" CE e enthusiasm of all good Dem t 1940 Dolitki is at the jjrier, ready for the bugle that ilk begin, what is claimed by fcy to be one of the hottest 'es in decades. The president, gadcasting from the "top" Jber held at the Mayflower Ho wl at $100 a plate, was in his ial pleasant mood on Monday ''"'ht, and brought home many a ,'tJit not only to his own party,' Siittrmed his "old fashioned phil- jihy." "Life begins at forty. fif they are speaking of politics, vaB who. are in the inside of ogs would say, "strife begins in od;.HV-y.V;,; v.. . . v mt'liich brines up the important Jij wishing to give' its young cit- i S an opportunity to express 0tir views in public affairs per dp. 1 an organization. Tha age Lit has been forty, with many an jtster, who could , "speak the Fe language" " of the "young s," sliding in to join the girls Ml boys. Now -it seems that the Istion has come up, as to the disability of . allowing anyone for SO to be a "young Democrat,' Q; it is . claimed there are "fev few pd rberala". under SO, The Ifter -generation is said to create 'ki uosphere outgrown by Younff a, and is thereby hampering r proper political growth. V Mr.t Roosevelt is still ask- .Consms fer large suma - of Wey, r t ir ring a "gradual tap- : "" 1 it lek. like ffw .-...Hft wwle -lt w W ii at -r't uu .corners, will on- J the average layman and , taxi been athered for industrial UCWer are concerned. Biggest single a"a 'wenltiftal interests, and t&OO.OOO.OOO for national defense 1 .4 3 sectlon w" featured in public ef items are: work relief pro-1 lty campa,gns' Es)grams $900,000,000; . public Highway work, and in co-opera-?!rks and investments $1.100.000.-' tiolwjth officials of the Smoky ... pensions, retirements and as-' Mountains National Park and Pis- stance $2,200,000; regular oper-iah National Forest t, .pg expenses, $1,000,000,000, ivi,r. - - - rom all reports Vice President amer is lapping up any suereres- jj.jn that he run for president, ret milk. His advocates are Ray, Jr. George A. Brown, Jr., Mrs. , frying on his campaign at this jjige by telling some homely sto . about the 71-year-old. ;i;(pyhile on the other hand Secre- ry oi ctate, Hull, 68, is disclaim- L. N. Davis and W. A. Bradley f presiaenuai ammtions, and krtily denies knowledge that Mr. ..Wsevelt had "tapped" him as White Hou:e choice for the imocratic nomination. It waa the hope of the solons, as ',y gathered on Capitol Hill, im Florida to Maine, from Cali vTrnia to New York, and from the Jr corners the U. S. A. to have Jtort session and get back home h plenty of time to "tend gar- i" in thpil KafJr vint Vnf thin.. iOCkill? fl hit ftilTrrn-. fmm lflfonaa tfrent reports. House Minority r - . ... . ..vul BWUi.Ml kder, Martin ha5 plenty of action and battling." .Jfcator Barkley has admitted, lit if . 4. U. trover- S t . "at tne autnomies telt that it was -nnA rAim4iT ! When MondaT Tived a heavy - j t UiiU VAlUIllj I snow covered the highways, making r prntc PoiCAfl lft '." for the school buses .vtldlO IVdlacU tO covey the children to and from 1 f - "-r.nT Tinxr rtlinf rt I the 8chools. fron the rural sections, Irhe c-f 'a for the Jackson Day r.er f r Haywood county has n r&k tid according to John D. t fkin, Jr., chairman for the Jack- Day dinners of North Carolina, aywood county was one of the ? counties in the state to raise r fu'l quota. Fourteen other ' 3 exceeded their quotas. n. Crown, of Clyde, was n and Mrs. Oral Yates, of J "'.'.le, route 2, was co j of the Jackson Day din I tee in Haywood county. ( . Brown and Mrs. Yates .in their praise of the i co-operation shown by ats in Haywood in he!p 'J! he. funds for the cam- J. W. Killian President Chamber of Commerce Board Names Owner Of Laun dry. Plana For 1910 Will Be Made Friday Night J. W. Killian wa$ elected presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night at the first meeting of the 1940 board of directors. Mr. Killian succeeds Dr. S. P. Gay. The new directors heard reports from the treasurer and the secre tary, both of which were gratify- The organization reported ca?h on hand, with all bills paid, and with $300 in unpaid 1939 pledges still on the books. The new directors heard a de tailed report from J. Dale Stent, secretary, in which he pointed out the vast detail of office work done, ption "liow young is a young wgemer . witn me numerous civ;c "mocratt" The Democratic par-1 projects sponsored by the Cham- Der oi commerce during the year. President Killian has called a special meeting of the board for Friday night, at which time a secretary and a treasurer will be named, and a general program for 1940 will be completed. Mr. Killian said yesterday that he would give, unselfishly of his time to the work of the organiza tion, and that he was particualrly proud of the board of directors,' with whom he is to work this year. Mr. Killian is owner and mana ger of the Waynesville Laundry, and hag been a life-long resident of thij community, ... Ha takes an active interest fo fJvio and busi ness affairs. Mr. Stents, in part, said that the general routine of tha office in itself ia enough to take no moat Of: . tire, ,iiawerin kttorB and giving information to the bun flreds who call at the' office. Data bensa item next vear a, rprnm-Jc,08e contacts kept with the state faded by Mr. Roosevelt would be ' d.vertl8,n' department in which ms $1,300,000,000; agricultural 1 Much work was done regarding The text of the secretary's re port will be given in full next week. The 1940 board of directors, elected last November', are: R. L. Prevost, Harry Lee Liner, J. W, w o uungijr cat over a uuwi oiiR.unan, w tiush Massie. fJhas. E, J. M. Long, Paul Hyatt, Clayton C. Walker, M. D. Watkins, M. H Bowles, W. L. Hardin, Jr., Dr. S. P. Gay, N. W. Garrett, C. N. Allen, Holidays Lasted Long Time This Year For Students The Waynesville district schools were re-opened on Tuesday of this week following an extended holi day from December the 15th and lasting through the 9th of Janu ary,, due to unforeseen circum- January the 2nd, the date set for re-opening the schools, found such a large number of cases of influ- ' : ? !f j. t. i. ' iuiiS me sunooi cnuaren, pi aia:j it is aroinar to ho nl.i . ... .. .. . ' ' 'J m.vts so tne Holidays were prolonged ' lone dav lonrer. IN LOOKING OVER THE COUNTY General Haywood GETS A FEW THINGS OF COUNTY-WIDE INTEREST OFF HIS MIND WITH LETTERS T. L. BramletV Alderman, 1 . t ' In Charge of Streets, ' Waynesville. Dear Mr Bramlett: The street department, under your direction, did a good Job of sanding and cleaning the streets during the past .week-end of .mow and ice. Ton used every precan-, Marriage Licenses Fall Off, While Divorces increase A Comparison Of Kay wood. County Records For Past Two Years Reveal Trend Matrimony appears to have had hard sledding in Haywood County during the year just closed, if a comparison of the marriags re cords of the past two years in the office of the register of deeds and the divorce records of 1938 and 1939 in the office of the clerk of the court are indicative of the status of the holy state in Hay wood. In 1938 there were 291 marriage licenses sold in this county offset by the granting of twenty-five vorces. In 1939 there were only 158 marriage licenses sold, but the records show that , 36 divorces were granted. The drop off in marriage licens es is noted on the records after, 1939, when the new law requiring health examinations and certifi cates by the contracting parties, as passed by the North Carolina Leg. iilature of last year, went into tf fect. It does not mean that there have been only 158 couples mar ried in the county, but that the couples sought other states for the scene of their nuptials, that do not have restrictions in granting licenses. ' 546 Cases Were ried In Mayors Court In 1939 Records Show An Increase Of 52 Cases Over Number Tried In 1938 Judging from the number of cases brought to trial before the mayor's court during the past year as compared to the number of 1938, the law enforcement officers are improving on their job or there are more law breakers in the community. , The number of persons appear ing at the courts, held in the city hall on Mondays, Wednesdays and r nuays or each week, for 1939 show an increase of 62 over the same period of 1938. The records for 1938 by months were as follows: January 36. Feb ruary 27, March 51, April 65. May 34, June 18, July 48, August 56, September 36, October 56, Novem ber M, December 32; making i total of 494. Appearing in the city court dur. ing 1939 were the following um- Ders: January 39, February 32. March 46, April 39, May 63. June o, juiy oo, August 44, September 71, October 46, November 29, De- cemoer w, making a total of 646. inere were more persona tried in the mayor's court in the month of September, 1939 than in any montn m tne given neriod and June, 1938, with 18 persons brought up ior trial, marks the lowest number in the two years. Mrs. u. farmer and son. Joe. spent tne week-end in Bryson City visiting relatives. Mrs. Richard N. Barber. Jr. and young daughter left durinir the week for Griffin, Ga., where they will spend a month as the guests of the former's parents," Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Norman tion to prevent. accidents, and to make traveling as safe as possi b'e both for motoristy and pedes trians.!: As soon as your crews get over this rush, I would suggest that you see the person in charge of the. building; where : the recent (Continned on page 2) Named Directors n II C ; ' 'jit r" a J At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank here Tuesday, J. E. Massie (left) and Glenn Palmer (right) were named directors. Mr. Massie owns theatres here and in other towns in this part of the state, and one in Tennessee. Mr. Palmer is a successful farmer and dairyman, and was a member of the 1939 Legislature. Construction Of Rural Electric Lines Depends On Getting More Patrons 213 More Lodged In Jail In 1939 Than Year Before November Wat High Month For Two-Yeaf Period With 92 Hnment8,' The Haywood Cowity jail has been a more popular lodging place during 1939 than it proved to be in 1988, according to the records kept in the office of Sheriff Kobt. V. Welch. ; The figures show that there were a drive for light applications and 635 prisoners in 1938 while in 1939 . rights-of- way. there were 848, making an increase A meeting of committeemen was during the past year of 213. As held in the county agent's office most of the prisoners were confined last Saturday, and plans were for drunkenness certain trends in made for securing additional ap t he times and county-wide condi- plications. It is very definite that tiong are evident. line can and will be constructed The number of prisoners lodged in the spring; however, it will be in jail by the month in 1938 were necessary to exclude Certain areas as follows: January, 41, February, where only a few people have indi 70, March. 46, April, 43. May, 46, cated their interest. June, bb, July, 4, August, M, September, 33, October, 61, Novem- Clyde section extending into Thick ber, 72, and December, 60; makirg ety and down the river to the a total of 645 prisoners held in the Hyder Mountain road where the jail during the year. I The figures for 1939 were as follows: January 65, February 70, March 73, April 43, May 76, June 73, July 83, Augutt 71, September 89, October 55, November 92, Do- cember 58; making the total for 1939 848. I As noted November of 1939 '' marked the largest number of pi-is-' oners lodged in the county jail dur- ing one month, in the period cov- ering the last two years. Th word how a snrnrisinar number of repeaters, some appear ing time after time in one month, and month after month. Building -Loan Shows Gain Of $45,000 In 1939 Stockholders Will Hold Annual Meeting Tuesday Night To Elect Officers 1 Assets of the Home Building and Loan Association are over $45,000 more than last year, according to financial statement published in today's issue of thi newspaper by the secretary-treasurer, S. H. Bu8hne!l. 7 Undivided nrofHs show a gain of almost $2,500, while the mortgage loans are about $63,000 more than the 1938 statement showed. Installment stock Jumned from $116,774 in 1938 'to $153,873 for 1939. The association shows their as sets as being $350,568.53. The annual meeting of the stock I holders wi'l be held Tuesday niirht in the association's offices, at which 'time officers for the coming year will be elected. Of First National Committees Making Renewed " Efforts To Get More Sub scribers In Rural Haywood More applications ror electric ity are needed in certain sctiont of the proposed electric lines in the county, if the project is to be approved by the Rural Electrifi cation Administration" i Washing ton it has been learned." Harry Dewar,' engineer from Charlotte, has just completed the first survey of maps and is hold ing these man and other fnfnrmn. I tion in order to oriv nnm tinu fnr The proposed lines include the line would fork; one branch going over Hyder Mountain and seiving Crabtree and upper Fines Creek and the other branch extending down the river and into Iron Duff where the line Would divide and one branch going to lower Fines Creek by way of Panther Creek - section and the other into Jonathan Creek and down to Liberty church, If more signers for electricity are not secured, it will be necessary to cut out some of these areas. At. vvnunuea on page I) 872 Children Were Born In Haywood County In 1939 Births On Increase and Deaths On Decrease Shown In Health Reports According to reports handed into the local health department, there were 118 more births in Hay wood County during 1939 than in 1938 and 16 fewer deaths in the same period. .:. ;.' J..'. A singular fact noted in the re port is that the month of October a a a num.D V births and deaths during the two . . nnn . 1 . t . f year period. The record of births by the month for 1938 was as follows:. January 44, February 88, March 77, April 67, May 89, June C3, July 54, Augu:t 63, September 45, October 63, November 64, and De cember 57; making a total of 754 births for the year. . ' r The record for 1939 showing a total of 872 births were a follows: January 64, February 74, March 64. April 72. May 62. June 83. July 76, August 72, September 68, (Continned on back page) Jonathan Woody Heads First National Bank Here $15,000 Lawsuit . Takes First Day Of Civil Court Judge Rousseau's Illness, De lays Opening Of Court Here Two Days The January term of civil court, which had been set to convene here on Monday, was delayed start ing until yesterday morning on account of the illness of Judge J. A. Rousseau, of North Wilkesboro, oresiding judge, who is recover ing from an attack of influenza. The trial docket was expected to be cleared by Thursday, had court opened on scheduled time, but in view of the two day? delay, court attaches stated yesterday that in all probability court might be ex tended into next week. Evidence of the plaintiff in the case of Grant . Pressnell against Harry Lee Liner and others, with the former asking for 15,000 damages, took up the entire day. Mr. Pressnell. who is said to have been injured the first of Sep tember, 1938, while alighting from a car at the southern entrance of the Haywood County Hosoital. when struck by a truck allegedly owned by Harry Lee Liner and uuitrn, tuugm ig prove perms- nent injuries. Dr. Doke. of New - port, lenn., physician of the plain tiff, testified that his patient had received ' injuries from which he might never' recover ". Testimony will be offered by the defense today and court attaches were of the opinion late yesterday afternoon that the case would take up the better part of today. " ' The only case disposed of yeeteT- day was the granting of divorce to Mrs. Nannie Pickens from C. M. Pickens. ., Church Members Respond To Loyalty Cursade Good Congregations Reported At First Meeting Of Ten Weeks Loyalty Crusade The Haywood County Ministerial Association held a luncheon meet ing on Tuesday to check tip on the iniuai ounaay or tne ljoyalty Cru sade, which was started last week in the thirty churches participating in the event in the county. All the churches in the towns reported, as good, or better a -tendance, despite the fact that the heavy snow storm which made traveling difficult, would ordinari ly keep people at home. In some cases cnurcnes reported a fifty per cent gain in attendance, according to Rev. O. C. Landrum. pastor of the Presbyterian church, i oi nazuwood, and president of the Ministerial Association of the county, Miss L. Edwards Is Transferred rp Hrll o 1 I' 10 IVlllJS ftCnOOl Teacher For Past 14 Years In Local High School Goes To Baptist Orphanage Miss Louise Edwards, who has taught home economics in tha Waynesville Township High school for the past fourteen years, is be ing transferred by the state de-1 8 partment of vocational education 1 to the Mills School of the Baptist 8 urpnanage at Thomasvil e. . The crhnnl wViih .Int. ltoined has a department similar to that of the ,oca, hi?h -s(;hool RTld, , ' m J!luu- Miss Edwards will have the same type of work there as here. ( Mis3 Edwards came to Waynes- vine in August, 1925, and has made . many friends throughout the coun-i ty Hu-'" her connection with the local Bchool. , It was learned yesterday from M, H. Bowles, superintendent of the Wayne-ville district echools, that Miss Edwards' successor had . not as yet been named, but that miss towards would remain in town until she arrived in order to go over the work with her. H. Way, Jr., Named Vice President-Cashier; J. R. Boyd Chairman Board Jonathan H. Woody, recently of Atlanta, but formerly of this sec tion, was elected president of the First National Bank at the annual meeting held here on Tuesday of the stockholders of the institution. Mr. Woody succeeds J. R. Boyd, prominent in financial affairs in the county, who has been presi dent of the bank since 1911, when the First National and the Com mercial Bank were consolidated. At the time of the merging of tha two institutions, Mr. Boyd was serving as Cashier of the latter. J. R. Boyd was elected chairman of the board of directors, and will continue actively connected with the bank. In speaking of h re tirement from the presidency of the institution to a representative of The Mountaineer yesterday, Mr. Boyd said: "I wish the bank every success. I expect to continue to stand by the First National and feel confi dent that the affairs of the bank will continue on the same sound basis that it has been operated upon in the past." At the meeting on Tuesday the board of directors was increased from five to seven members, the j - i po8ed of J- R- Boyd, chairman, L. newiy elected Doara Deing com- N. Davis, J E. Massie, Glenn C. Palmer, J. Wilford Ray, J. H. Way, Jr., and Jonathan Woody. , Mr., Woody was laudatory in, his comments on the newly elected board( ' of directors of the First National Bank, arid said that he felt the bank had at this time one o - the strongest boards in the personnel "of Its -members in its history, to direct the policies of the institution. J. H. Way, Jr., who has the longest record of service with the bank, started to work for the in stitution in the summer of 1910 and has served as cashier for the past 21 years, was elected Vice president and re-elected cashier. Jim Noland, who was elected assistant cashier of the bank in 1936, and who has also had pre vious banking experience, was re elected to that office. Mr. Woody, the newly elected president, is a native of this cuui -ty, son of "Uncle" Steve Woody, of the Cataloochee section, now in his 88th year, a well known and beloved citizen of the county. Mr. Woody was educated in the Waynesville schools, the Western Carolina Teachers College, and (Continued on back page) Postal Receipts For 1939 Made Gain Over 1938 The general improvement in business conditions locally was re flected in the total receipts of the Waynesville post office, according to Postmaster J. Harden Howell in speaking of the past year. In 1939 the total receipts of the post office amounted $25 170.43, .1 t i . . wn,ie l"e year oeiore in laas, the feceipts totaled $22,318.69, show ing a gain oi $2,851.74. 7Ae IVecMteA Aepott H. M. HALL, Official Obrvr Jan. Max 31 37 31 33 25 83 30 Min 7:30 a. m. Prec 3 18 6 21 19 12 18 27 25 25 0.01 0.05 0.28 21 -' 13 " .-.....31.4 .......12.1 ...... 1.7 19.3 87.0' 10 Mean maximum Mean minimum Mean for week Mean for 7:30 a. m Hih for week L,ow tor week ... ..... V' Below January normal ... ........ .16.yJ Precipitation for week .......0.34" Precipitation since Jan. 1st .0.34" Below January normal , ...0.87" Deficiency for year .0.87 ' Lowa t temperature 19395 Decembf r 8. Lowest temperature 19384 January 27, Lowest temperature 1937 0 February 8,