North Carolina Newspapers

,roB Way nesvill EER ICTORY BUT ROTO) ITATXS BOuDS sta.v.:?s Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park IIGHTHYEARNO. 39 12 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1942 (One Day Nearer Victory) $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties mp 1 MM MM Mountain WW? 'HE 3 in: nAverageof $5,000 very Day In Bonds ijssed Monthly Quota In Days; Teachers 10 &eu in Each At Early Date. lay invested bonds wood bond buyers iton $74,710 1JI VVOI . the first fifteen days of .lw This passed the month ly by more than $17,000. .norts from every, secuun m county sh'owea cuuuhucu the past week, and I cations are that the quota will Inost doubled by October first, h.rlie Ray, county chairman. td yesterday that a total of 1518.25 had been invested in E bonds, and wz.wv m u w llnswere being completed for teachers of the county to star r campaign to sell $300 in is each. This would mean k $30,000 for the county. L sale of stamps through the Eli will be started soon, it was and hundreds of dollars are ted to be raised in this man- All Of Tannery Folks Investing In War Bonds The largest single block of war bonds bought in Haywood will be distributed this week to employees of the Tannery at Hazelwood, Every person on the Tan nery payroll is deducting from ten to twenty per cent of every pay check and investing in bonds. The Tannery is Haywood's oldest industry, and was the first industrial plant in the county to go 100 per cent on the payroll deduction plan. For several months, the blue Minute-Man flag of the treas ury has waved from the high flagpole on the landscape yard. he agents for handling bonds ,rted the sale or Donas as oi Seller ; E Bonds 1st National Bank ..... ......$18,656.25 wood Building & Loan 2,100.00 taton Building & Loan . .. 37.50 Btoa Post Office 3,076.00 ywood Bank ........... 15,874.60 haluska Post Office ........ 525.00 : Miss Eugenia Martin left this week for Brevard, where she will be a student at Brevard College this year. TOTALS .....,...$42,518.25 G Bond Total $ 6,000.00 $24,656.25 2,100.00 15,000.00 15,037.60 : 3,076.00 11,200.00 27,074.50 525.00 $32,200.00 . $74,718.25 Ixpect Many f kers To Attend lyde Calf Sale Interest is growing in the calf k to be held by the Haywood fctual Stockyards in Clyde on ltdnesday, the 30th, when around jO choice animals will be offered p sale.". Calves from five counties will entered in the sale, from 200 600 pounds in weight. Animals fighing more than 600 are to be pt and offered on the regular lie on Thursday, the next day. The sale is held for the purpose providing calves for restocking M buyers from over a large area I- (Continued on page 12) Irs. Ben Colkitt famed Head Of Surgical Dressings Mrs. Ben Colkitt has been named airman of the surgical dressings wnittee of the Haywood chapter :"ie Red Cross to fill the vacancy used by t.W resignation of Mrs. 1 1. tasley, who has recently re Wed to join her husband who "w m the service. The rooms for makinc the. hanA- K which f11 flor of the Masonic Temnle. P ' readiness, and work will Fft as soon as the materials are ped, which are expected some- uurmg the next week. "Olimteers lar ii,. flic Uift" F w iret in touch with nnv nf thp (Continued on page 12) KRepli es I -last week this inexpen Li: Drought 18 re- r 10 the owner of the elec- r nge . , .yes, 18 prospec- m uw article. 1 SALE--A lBee-' Phonp so Hf you have an article of CJ type that vou .'.n not C?? why not convert it into ( A small Want AH will 1 words' it. Only 25 cents for LocaVArea To Take Part in State-Wide Blackout Tuesday Plans are underway for the Waynesville area to take part in- the state-wide blackout which is scheduled to take place over North Carolina on Tuesday the 29th, between the hours of 7 and 12 p. nr., it was learned during the week from Bill Rrevost, county coordi nator and G. C. Ferguson, com mander of the Waynesville, Lake Junaluska and Hazelwood area; Since every city, town and ' area in the state, has had a practice blackout, defense of ficials believe that the state organization is now ready for ; state-wide test All rules governing the last blackout will be observed in the blackout on Tuesday, ac cording to the local and coun ty officials. Last Rites For Claude Shipley Set For 3 Today Well Known Hardware Salesman Passed Away Yesterday from Heart Ailment. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at three o'clock for Claude R. Shipley, 48, well known hardware salesman, who died early Wednesday morning at his home on Brown Avenue. The services will be held at the Hazelwood Presbyterian church. Burial will be made in Greenhill Cemetery. Mr. Shipley had been in a critical condition for the past week, suf fering from a heart ailment. He suffered a heart attack last June, from which he never recovered. The deceased is a native of John son City, Tenn. For the past 21 years he has traveled for large wholesale hardware firms. He and his family moved to Asheville from Johnson City in 1921 and lived there until 1932, and returned to John son City for two years. He has been a resident of Hazelwood since 1934. His territory was from Marshall to Bryson City, and h made many friends throughout the area, and offten led the entire staff of sales men of his firm. He is survived by his widow, and one son, Sergeant Joe snipley, oi Fort Jackson, who was here when he passed away. Also two brothers, Pierce Shipley, of Chicago, and Mack Shipley, of Kwgsport, Tenn., and one sister, Mrs. Charlie South, of Johnson City. Active pallbearers will be, White ner H. Prevost, Delos Dean, L. N. Davis, C. N. Allen, Roscoe M. Wad dell and W. Curtis Rubs. " Honorary pallbearers will bet Roy Parkman, David Underwood, E. J. Hyatt, J. M.Loag, W. A. Brad ley, Ralph Summerrow, R. L, Pre vost, Chilton, John Roose, Hugh Davis, Norman Grant, Jule Hoyle, Richard McNabb, W. H. Burgin, George Hyder, Dr. R. S. Robinson, Dan Watkins, Spauldon Underwood, L. M. Richeson, Frank Compton, Guy Massie, Bill Chambers, J. E. Shields, George Brown, Jr., and Sam Knight. State Guard Officials Promoted ,1 M MAJOR W. A. BRADLEY has just been named commander of, the 8th Battalion. He was formerly captain of the Waynesville com pany. . Joe Rose, Radio Artist, To Retire; Plans To Live Here Joe Emerson Rose, well known radio artist, who has been residing in Chicago for the past several years, and who has extensive farm ing interests in this section, is re tiring from the radio field this fall, it was learned from members of the family this week. Mr. Rose plans to come here for hia permanent . residence. Mrs. Rose is the former Miss Wilsie Smathers, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Smathers. . Mr. and Mrs, Rose have main tained a summer home in Balsam for several years, and they have spent part of each year here. Mr. Rose became interested in raising cattle a few years ago, and has bought up considerable pas ture acreage in the county and owns some of the finest stock in this section. Homes Of 2 Local Women Raided hJc Non-Taxed Liquor Mrs. Alice Jackson and Maude Mehaffey, charged with violation jf the prohibition laws, who wer Tied before U. S. Commissionei v. T. tjneiton yesteraay, were bound over to the Federal court Their trial will be held in Novem ber in Asheville. Both women, whc were arrested on Saturday made bond for $500 each. The homes of each were raided around noon on last Saturday by nine federal officers who found a quantity of non-taxed liquor on the premises of both places. The officers making the raid wer as follows: T- E. Patton, who if an investigator of the U. S. Gov ernment; Marvin H. Dunn, William O. Lance, of Charlotte, and Roy Owen, of Hendersonville, R, G Reece and Sam Cabe of Wilkesboro and John D. Norton, A. E. Leaks and R, S. Bolt, of Asheville, all in. eestigators for the alcoholic tax. mg unit of the government ! . I 1 j . I L.1J L vm;.-v- -- - '-ttMttfcsft'''- V wiiiii CAPTAIN M. H. BOWLES also received a promotion and is regi mental adjutant ? of ' ttw ,Bfc6nd North mTi-' "lins Regiment. " ' Wellco Adds 25 Girls; Working 3 Shifts Daily Twenty-five additional girls were added to the payroll of Wellco Shoe Corporation this week, it was announced by a director of the firm..'.? The plant is working three shifts daily. Land O' The Sky Units Pack Over 2 Million Cans; Pay Nearly $170,000 Sept. Terra Of Court Lasted Only Half Day The September civil term of Haywood county Superior court convened here on Monday morning, with Judge F. Donald Phillips, of Rockingham, presiding. At noon on , the same day court adjourned, the shortest term of Superior court ever on record in Haywood, county, according to court attaches. T. L. Green, a veteran of the Haywood county bar, stated that courts had been postponed in Hay wood county for various reasons when the judge could not get here, but never had there been such a brief term after it had convened. "There does not Beem to be much litigation these days. I don't know whether it is the reaction of the war or not," was the reply of Judge Phillips, when asked by a representative from The Way nesville Mountaineer regarding the brevity of the term. , Three divorces were granted. Other cases on the docket, which was light to begin with, were con tinued to the next term of court. The members of the jury drawn for the second week are being noti fied by the clerk of the court not to appear next week, as there will be no court. rm.ONFl. J. II. HOWELL is now ' commanner oi ? ormnu Nrirtv. Carolina reiriment of the State Guard. Three Local Men Get Promotions In State Guard Waynesville Designated As Headquarters For Second Regiment and Also Eighth Battalion. Major J. Harden Howell, form erly in command of the 8th battal ion of the State Guard, has been promoted to Colonel in command of the Second North Carolina reg iment which includes State Guard units from High Point West Since the appointment of Colonel Howell in command of the Second No C. State regiment, headquarters have been established for the reg iment at the Waynesville Armory Captain W. A. Bradley, form erly in command of the local unit of the State Guard, has b$Uv pro moted . to major, in command of the 8th battalion, which includes the units of Rutherfordton, Mor ganton, Asheville, Waynesville and Canton. Lt. Madison H. Bowles, who was aide to Major Howell, has been promoted to captain and made reg imental adjutant of the Second North Carolina regiment. Sergeant Paul Davis, of the 8th alion headquarters, has been t.heffprred to the Second North Carolina Regiment as regimental sergeant major. Major Howell, a veteran of the (Continued on page 7) - Trucks Will Go Into Rural Areas And Get Scrap Crabtree Township To Be First. Rural Community To Make House-To-House Drive. Tuesday morning WPA trucks will begin gathering scrap metals and rubber in upper Crabtree township, in the first ' house-to-house county-wide drive in the rural areas in collecting essential materials for war needs. Howard Clapp, county salvage chairman, said the same plan would be used in every township. All citizens of the township are to gather up their scrap, and notify their neighborhood leader He in turn will have a truck call. The scrap will be weighed on the epot, and a due bill given, calling for highest market prices. In a few days a check will be mailed covering the price of the scrap. In some instances, owners of scrap will want to donate it to some organization. This can easily be done by having the sales slip made out and the check made pay able to such an organization, The trucks will start in Iron Duff as soon as they complete the work in Crabtree. Dates for the campaign in other townships . will be announced later. The canneries in the Land O' The Sky co-operatives have pack ed during the current season 62,500 bushels of beans, and minor amounts of beets, turnip greens, blackberries, okra and tomatoes, it was learned this week from the management. The pack totaled 2,260,920 num ber two cans or 94,205 cases of 24 cans each. If placed in rail road, cars the cans would fill 94 carloads. There has been paid out in labor and produce a total of $169,869, according to the local office. The growers have been paid good prices and in many cases have had an exceptionally fine yield from all crops planted. In some cases more than $300 has been realized on an acre under cultivation, it was learned from the management. Thirsty Tanks Are Filled Up Again Thirsty tanks of many mo torists were filled on Tuesday morning after a "dry spell" for most of them at least many of the owners of "A" cards. Late riders had a chance after midnight on Monday to use the joyous phrase, "Fill 'er up," but they were in the min '. ority. It Was just too bad for any : one who had failed to use num ber 1 gas coupon, for after midnight Monday, it was a useless scrap of paper. But the miles will have to be guarded for that coupon No. 2 will have to last ex actly two months from Sept. 22 to Nov. 22nd. , 51 Reservists Leaving This Area During Week Forty-five reservists which were accepted from the September quota of men under the selective serevice system from the Waynesville area are scheduled to leave here for in duction at Fort Bragg at 6:30 o'clock on Saturday, 26th. On Monday, six more of the group will leave by the regular bus at 6:30 for Fort Bragg. Those leaving Saturday include as acting corporal, William Herr man Francis, and Alvin Mills, Loranzo Inman, Carroll . Mack Brown, Herman Andrew Carver, Glenn Rathbone, William Everett Dillard, Shuford Green, Julius F. Davis, James Barbson Liner. Howard Thomas Collins, Sebe Taylor Bryson, Louis Lee Byrd, Lawrence , Edward Underwood, Jeffrie David Freeman, Theodore Roosevelt Duncan, Yates Randolph Bennett, Nathan Richard Messer, Virgil Lowery Putnam, Warren Hardin Putnam. , Talmadge L. Woodard, Lloyd ; Cagle, Melvin Clingman Matt L. Woodard, Paul District DARTo Hold Annual Meet Here On Saturday The Dorcas Bell Love chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be hostess to the chapters of district number on of the state society at the First Methodist church here on Satur day afternoon. Around - seventy- five are expected, including the staU regent and other distinguish ed j-uwrts,, iv..'-; ...:,X.,.i.;'t- Roy L. Morgan, representativ of the Federal Bureau of Investi gation will be the principal speak er, lie will be introduced by Mrs. J. S. Silversteen, of Brevard, state regent. Miss Nina M. Greenlee, of Old Fort, district director, will pre side. Mrs. S. II. Bushnell, regent of the hostess chapter, will give the welcome, to which Mrs. Chas. L. Newland, of Brevard, will re spond. The program will start at 2:00 o'clock with the bugle call by Bobby Leatherwood, followed by the en trance of the pages escorting the officers. .;. Mrs. W. L. Matney will (Continued on page 12) Newspapers Of State Offering $2,500 In Prizes The Mountaineer Among Papers Of State Aiding In Getting Scrap Gathered. The Mountaineer yesterday agreed to co-operate with the American Newspaper Publishers' Association and the North Caro- ina Press Association in accept ing the challenge of the war pro duction board to help conduct cam paigns throughout the nation to collect sufficient scrap metal to keep the steel mills from suspend ing war production. The local co-operation will con sist of the donation of several pages of advertising and news publicity, and cash contributions, based on circulation, to a prize fund of $2,500 in war bonds to be awarded in North Carolina to the County, individuals and junior or ganizations collecting the most scrap metal during a contest pe riod beginning October 1 and end ing October 21. In addition, a local prize of ft $25 war bond will be swarded by the county salvage committee to the school district which collects the most scrap metal per capita of enrollment. The state-wide campaign will bo based on the famous Nebraska plan sponsored by the Omaha World-Herald in which the per capita collection of scrap metal was 103 pounds in three weeks. Howard Clapp, county salvage chairman, said yesterday his com mittee would meet soon and map out final plans for entering tb campaign to win the fir prise of $1,000 for tb cnmtr. Haywood has air ' sold many tons of scrap, but mere remains hundreds of tons, especially In th rural sections, the chairman said. "There is no reason why Hay wood cannot win the first place. It just means we have got to get out here and gather up every pound oi crajr riomuuie. uur ooys over there need it,' And Haywood Will do her part in seeing that they get all our scrap," he continued. Information about the sale of scrap, or any other phase of the campaign, can be had by calling either this newspaper or the county agent's office. Civilian Defense Group Heard Geo. Snow Here Monday Assistant State Director Warm In Praise Of Hay wood's Attitude Towards -Work. . -: Interior Of Hospital Is Being Re-painted The entire interior of the Hay wood County Hospital is being re painted, according to M. E, Davis, general manager. Several weeks will be required to complete the job, which is being done by Davis Brothers. (Continued on page 12) A representative group of citi zens heard George Snow, assistant state director of civilian defense, in his address here at the court house on Monday night when he spoke on the patriotic duty of the civilian in the present war. Mr. Snow was high iri his praise of the spirit of Haywood county as shown in the record of the number of men in the armed forces of the country and the large number of Haywood boys in the various "branches of the service. For this reason he urged that the civilian at least equal in effort that of the men in service. He spoke of the great sacrifice the men in thearmed forces will be Messer, called upon to make. Marvin I He spoke of the necessity of R.C.McBride Accepts Position At Dayton Rubber R. C. McBride, who has been manager of the lopal ntnr nf Ktn- vall's Five and Ten since its es- taDiisnment in 1935 has resigned nis position and has accepted a post in the shipping department of the Dayton Rubber plant. Mr. McBride, who is a native of MoCormick, S. C, has been asso ciated with five and ten cent stores for' the past 14 years. He came here from Kinsr' f mint a in irltAM he had been manager of an Eagle rive ana ren store. No announcement has been made yet as to the new manno-pr f h Stovall Store. - (Continued on page 12) - Resources Of First National Bank Are Nearing Two Million Dollars a higher rate of in The total resources of the First National Bank are now higher than at any time in the bank's history, it was announced this week by James T- Noland, cashier. He placed the resources at $1,800,000. . This is double the resourcesof three years ago. The bank bought $100,000 in government bonds last week, bear ing two per cent interest. Banks that act as selling agents for war bonds cannot invest in '' j' ".; which bear terest. I Mr. Noland stated that the in crease in the bank's resources was due to surpass the present figure this fall, when more cattle, apples and tobacco are Bold. In making the announcement, he also stated that Joe S. Davis was now employed by the bank as bookkeeper-teller. For the past 14 years Mr. Davis has been in Imc unite ui ivojie ana niKingron at Hazelwood, , ' s 350 Head Cattle Sold At Clyde Prices rontinnpH trrA -f Anuu . Bvwvs wi aLLlC at the weekly sale at the Clyde stockyards last Thursday, with the trend slightly upward, as 350 ucau wcie aoiu. -. Farmers Rppm rAenadA ' r--v,u w lii i,urj stockyard, as many buyers have been brought in this year. Found . . . it did not take the owner long to get back their valuable dog after the small, inexpen sive Want Ad below appeared in this newspaper: STRAYED "Jansev". German Shepherd police dog; tan, black; chain choke collar. Reward for information leading to immediate recovery. Phone 202 or 203-J. Use the Want Ad column ... . 25 words for only 25 cents.