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Old Timers Recall When
Town's Population Was 224
By W. C. MED FORD
There are people still living in
Haywood who can remember
Waynesville in 1880?when It had
a population of only 225. The town
then lay almost entirely south and
south west of the present corner
of Main and Depot Streets as fol
lows: Up Shelton branch to Pigeon,
thence via Dr. Way and Quinlan
places, to the Tate <>lace, to west
Church Street, thence through via
Episcopal property to corner be
low Co-op. thence to present Gar
rett Furniture Store. These were
a few residences North of there
but not many.
So you can see that the old
courthouse (corner Main and East
Streets), was as near the center
of the town then as, the present one
is now.
At that time?75 years ago. Hay
wood County had a population of
10,171 ? just about what Waynes
ville, Hazelwood and suburbs now
have. While' Waynesville's most
noticeable growth has been during
the last decade, the overall Increase
has been normal, or about the aver
age of Western North Carolina
towns.
Other Counties and Towns
Asheville in 1880 had only 2.116
population. The railroad reached
the town in that year.
Webster was then the county seat
of Jackson County, Sylva being
unknown.
The village of Charleston (now
Bryson City) was the county seat
of'Swain.
Madison County in 1880 bad
more population than Haywood:
now it has much less.
In 1880 the courthouse was the
old brick, corner Main and East
Streets. The jail stood near the
present Library, about where the
filling station is now located.
Mcintosh's Drug Store was right
about where Garrett Furniture
Store stands. Many drug stores in
that day sold whiskey and wine on
prescription?plenty of it, as did
Mcintosh's. They also bought roots
and herbs for cash or in trade.
The railroad had not yet ehtered
this county. However. Haywood
White Sulphur Springs Hotel was
doing a big summer business. Maj.
W. W. Stringfield was the propri
etor. The tourists were called "low
landers'*.
A carriage road had been made
to the top of Licicstone ? rough,
though it was. It made the "low
landers" exclaim a plenty and hold
to each other on the high seats,
thosjc.. who were brave enough to
make the trip.
How Things Have Changed!
What is no\^ Canton was then
called Pigeon River, said to have
been only a store or two and a few
scattered residences. About two
years later, in '83. it became a ship
ping point, the first, for this coun
ty, the railroad having been ex
tended to that point. The Clyde
community was called Lower
Pigeon.
The communities of Woodrow.
Bethel and Retreat was referred to
as Bethel or Sonoma?Sonoma be
ing the name of the postoffice.
Pigeon River then?and on
up to 1906. a fine fishing stream.
The wolf was still to be found
here in 1880. There were no re
strltclons on hunting and fishing.
A bounty was placed on the wplf
"sculp".
Hogs, cattle and sheep ran -at
large in the county. Sometimes
they strayed onto the streets of
Waynesville.
The Cherokees were referred to
as the "Indian 'Nation," and their
town was called "Yellow Hill".
Nimrod Jarrett Smith was then
chief, soon after Col. William H.
Thomas gave up the place ?s head
of the tribe. The Cherokees num
bered considerably more then than
at present.
A few years before, the first
"ground scuffler" threshing ma
| chines had come into the county.
' Bright tobacco was being raised
here, and hauled to market (most
ly to Asheville) on wagons.
There were few doctors, and
they were all general practiclion
ers. We are not quite sure, but are
of the opinion that there was not
a dentist in the county. Little
could be done to prevent or cure
disease, especially those of the
contagious type, such as the fevers,
smallpox, whooping cough, etc.
Tuberculosis patients could not
even be separated from the rest of
the family, since There were no
hospitals.
House flies?known to be disease
carriers, swarmed everywhere and
over everything, there being no
way to screen them out. Sanitation
and preventive measures were not
taught and seemed to be Tittle con
sidered. Many communities de
pended mostly on the mid-wives in
case of childbirth.
So, a% it was, disease aryl death
prevailed, proportionately, much
more than today. There were often
epidemics in which sometimes al
most entire families would be wip
ed out.
There were stretches of road that
would be impassible for wagoners
for maybe a week or ten days in
a bad rainy spell. Timbers and
"prize-poles" were kept lying by
the road side in such places for
the convenience of wagoners.
Oftentimes two teams would pur
posely go together in order to
"help each other out",
And. lastly, It was the day of
twenty-five to fifty cents daily wage
for all ordinary work.
Who would want a return of "The
Good Ol' Days"?
STARTING YOUNG in the sport of matching
wits against canny denisens of the deep is nine
year-old Phyllis Ann Pembroke, fishing at Lake
Junaluska with her father, S. F. Pembroke, of
Thickety. At this particular time, the Pembrokes
were not doing too well, but both were hopeful
of getting a nibble soon.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Canton Moose
Lodge Names*
New Officers
Howell Pless was elected govern
or of Canton Moose Lodge No. 515
during a special meeting last night.
Pless succeeds Jack Woody, who
has headed the lodge during the
past year.
Other officers elected were Clar
ence Rickman, junior governor:
Jack Sharp, prelate; C. K. Sor
reils. trustee, and J. E. Whitaker,
treasurer.
All new officers are employes of
the Champion Paper and Fibre
Co. here. Installation ceremonies
will be held within the next month.
State Tax
Deadline
Is April 15
State Income Tax -Returns for
the year 1955 are due to be filed
by April 15, penalty Aid interest
filed with accompanying payment
by April 15, penalty an dinterest
will accrue.
Returns are required of single
persons with an income of $1,000
or more, or a married man with
an income of $2,000 or more. A
state return must be filed by a
married woman with a separate in
come if the income is as much as
$1,000
Taxpayers who filed last year
have been mailed either a short
form blank or a long form blank,
depending on which type was used
the year beforw If conditions have
changed and the other blank is de
sired this year, it may be obtained
I by writing the N. C. Department of
Revenue in Raleigh or contacting
the local representative of the de
partment. Failfure to receive a
blank does not relieve the taxpay
er of filing and those who for some
reason have not received a blank
Jiut are required to file should re
quest one as soon as possible.
Representatives of the State Rev
enue Department are at their office
in the basement of the Haywood
County courthouse each Friday all
day, and also will be available to
assist taxpayers on three Mondays
?March 26, April 9, and April 16.
They also will be at the Canton
City Hall March 20-21, and at the
Jackson County courthouse in Syl
va April 4-5.
WTHS To Offer
Beginners' Sewing
Class For Adults
An adult sewing class for begin
ners will be offered by the Home
Economics Department of Waynes
ville High School, starting Wed
nesday, April 11, according to
Mrs. John Nesbitt, instructor.
Mrs. ^esbitt said the course will
last a total of 12 hours, and the
class will be limited to 12 mem
bers.
The first session Wednesday will
be devoted tb arranging a class
schedule.
Women interested in the class
are asked to call Mrs. Nesbitt at
GL 6-8308 after 4 p.m.
Uanton Seniors
To Present Play
Thursday, May 3
Canton seniors are preparing
their annual play, "The Little
Dog Laughed.'' which will be pre
sented at Canton High School May
3.
The comedy will be given under
the direction of. Miss Mary Gillis
in the newly decorated auditorium.
The cast has been selected and
will include: Melissa Osborne. Lin
da Moore, Dale Childers, George
Freeman, Bobbie Hall, Sandra Wil
liams. Linville Robinson, Nancy
Smathers, Darrell Hawkins, Lafay
ette Cagle, Vickie Smathers, Betty
Lee Gaddy, Diane Thnrnason. Bar
bara Carswcll. Violet Potter.
Ceremony Made Official
TEMPE. Ariz. (API?It was "Go
Western Week" and everyone was
supposed to dress up In frontier
clothes The first offenders to be
clapped in a wooden-barred "jail"
downtown for wearing ordinary
clothes were Mayor Hugh Laird
and Police Chief Worth Farley.
FOR SALE
This new six room house, consisting of 3 large bedrooms, lining room, kitchen, dining area, with 2 full
baths has just been completed and is being offered for sale by the owner. It is located next to Long's Chapel
/
Methodist Church at Lake Junaluska on old highway 19-23. The lot has 125 foot frontage on the highway
and is 250 feet deep. The house is of sand finished brick veneer construction with smooth plaster in all
rooms. It has a large carport and a spacious porch. The floors are of select white oak. with vinyl plastic
tile in the kitchen and baths. The built-in Parana pine cabinets in the kitchen have Panelyte tile tops. There
is a large fireplace of pink marble and crab orchard stone in the living room. Heat is supplied by a General
Motors Delco-Heat Conditionair oil furnace with baseboard ducts in each room. The house is wired for an
electric range and has a General Electric automatic water heater, located in the furnace room. There are
large walk-in closets with removable Shelves in each room, and each closet door is euipped with automatic
light switches. The attic provides a large amount of storage space and is equipped with -a disappearing
stairway that folds down into the hall. Both baths have American Standard fixtures. The house is fully insulat
ed, has a 210-lb. asphalt shingle roof, two large picture windows and many other features for the comfort and
convenience of its owners. Price $18,600. For further information contact:
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REX MESSER
Lake Junaluska
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or H. S. Ward at Ward's Gulf Service, Lake Junaluska.
1 ' 11 ? '
Toastmasters Club
To Install Officers
Monday Evening
New officer* will be installed by
the Waynesville Toastmasters'
Club meeting Monday, April 9, at
7:15 p.m. at Spaldon's Restaurant.
A. H. Hunt will assume the
presidency. Homer Justice Is ex
ecutive vice president and Jack
Noland, educational vice president.
Secretary-treasurer Is John Thom
as and John Reeves is sergeant at
arms.
The Invocation will be given by
A1 Marsrhall and Instructions by
Clifford Harrell. Toastmaster will
be Virgil Smith.
Speakers Include Jack Snyder,
Ted Stackpole, Homer Justice and
William Medford. ^valuators are
Jack Dlckerson, Charles Under
wood, Jerry Rogers and John
Reeves,
Others taking part on the pro
gram include Raymond Ellis, table
topics; John Thomas, table topics
evaluator; Jack Noland. grammar
ian; and Jack Felmet, master
evaluator.
Canton Plans
To Resurface
Several Streets
Officials of the Town of Canton
have announced plans to resurface
some of the worn-out streets in
various sections of the town.
Much of the street work in some
areas of Canton was done by the
WPA several years ago, it was
pointed out, without cost to the
property owner. This will not be
true in the proposed improvement
program, because the town pro
poses that the property owners
share two-thirds of the cost of such
improvements or paving.
On most of the streets the curb
and guttering work has already
(been done, which will lower the
(cost of resurfacing.
Property owners, who want their
streets resurfaced are asked to file
their application with town offi- j
cials as soon as possible, so an Im
provement program can be Worked
out.
Canton VFW Post
Names Officers
Joe S. Thompson is the new
commander of the Edwards-Clark
Messer Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Other officers are, Carl Gll
lis. senior vice commander: Dan
Griffin, Jr., vice commander;
Clyde Sharp, quartermaster; Dr.
H. A. Matthews, Post surgeon; the
Rev. J. C. Lime, chaplain; and
Larry Cagle, Judge advocate.
Harry Boone will serve as trus
tee for a three-year period.
Date of the installation cere
mony will be announced later.
Navy To Conduct Job
Interviews This Week
Interviews for stenographic and
typist positions with the Navy De
partment in Washington, D. C. will
be conducted at the Asheville post
office from Thursday through Sat
urday, April 11-14, according to an
announcement from the civilian
Navy representative, Miss Mary K.
Ruwart. whose area headquarters
is the Navy Recruiting Station i:i
Knoxville.
Beginning salaries for these posi
tions are $3175 and $3415 per year.
According to Miss Rewart, advant
ages include liberal vacation and
sick leave allowances with excellent
opportunities for advancement.
Housing arrangements are made
before new employees leave home.
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According to Elmer Greene, Bap
tilt asaociational missionary for
Haywood County, Southern Baptist
churches will seek to constitute, re
vive, or reactivate "2.666 new
churches in 1956".
Thereare 24 million people in
the 41-state territory of the Home
Mission Board of the Southern Bap
tist Convention who are out of
reach of a Baptist church that can
serve them. There are 15.000 com
munities in this territory that have
no Baptist church of any kind.
Numerous communities have no
church of any kind.
, A new tract. "How to Establish
a New Church." and a motion pic
ture. "Reaching Out," have been
released by the Home Mission
Board to aid in achieving the goal.
Also, tile Home Mission Board
awards a certificate to churches
who sponsor a new church. The
awards are available from the state
superintendents of missions.
The goal of "12,666 in '56" was
set by Southern Baptist state super
intendents of missions, executive
secretaries of the state Baptist con
ventions. and the Baptist Home
Mission Board. In North Carolina.
E. L. Spivey is superintendent of
missions, and M. A. Huggins is
executive secretary.
The North Carolina goal is 100.
ft
There are 1.240 miles of Ashing
stream and 31,952 acres of lakes in
the North Carolina National For
ests.
Southern Baptists Plan
To Add 2,666 Churches
Highlanders Meeting
Set Monday Night
The Haywood County Highland
ers will hold their regular
monthly meeting Monday, April 9,
at 7:30 p.m.
The meeting will be held at the
Courthouse, with L. E. DeVous in
charge.
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