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VOLUME IV. NUMBER 38. WAYNESVILLE, HAYWOOD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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HAYWOOD $86,000 SHORT
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Committee Hopes to Raise Balance of
W. S. S. Quota in Drive '
Next Week
i The fact that Haywood county has
' pledged to buy $375,800 of its appor
tionment of 8462,000 of War Savings
Stamps is encouraging to the extent
that it is now believed a vigorous pull
.next week will pat the county over.
Last night a meeting of interested
citizens was held at the office of With
era V Bass, called by 3. H. Boshnell,
; eounty chairman. Those present were
. S, H. Buahnell, J. M. Mock, F. W.
.Miller, J. F. Bass, J. R. Boyd, D. B.
Felmet, James McLean,' W. T. Shel
ton, George1 Ward, Wi J. Hannah, AI
lenby Brown, C. H. Ray, E. B. Mc
Clure, Hugh Sloan.
These men will he recognised as
among the 'most active in the recent
canvars. They discussed the names
of people in the county' in quest of
those who would probably raise their
subscriptions. These men know al
moet to a certainty just who have
subscribed and amount and who have
not They know how much in bonds
they hold as well. It was a serious
discussion on an important war work.
J. M. Mock was named successor to
T. L. Green as chairman for the
south ward in Waynesville township
the ward which is still 830,000
short.
It was found that only five of the
13 townships are over the top
these being Cecil, East Fork, Beaver
dam, Ivy Hill and Iron Duff. Cecil is!
oyer by $9,000. But the entire coun
ty will be asked to help to get
pledges to cover the amount yet
short.
Among the canvassers appointed to
start the campaign again next Tues
day are: George Ward, J. R. Boyd,
W. T. Shelton, Capt Hannah, H. J.
' Sloan, B. J. Sloan, J. M. Long and S.
C. Satterthwait. Of course Chairman
Bushnell and Captain C. H. Ray and
J. M. Mock will also be busy as well
as others.
Now for a strong and final pull
next week for the honor of Haywood
county as well as our manifest duty
in this war.
A SPLENDID CONCERT
The concert given Friday evening
at the school auditorium was one of
. the best ever enjoyed by a Waynes
ville audience and was well patron
ized. It was for the benefit of Grace
church.
Both local and visiting talent were
drawn upon and encores were plenti
ful. The Gordon orchestra aided and
rendered several fine selections. Mr.
Bates, the pianist, did several stunts
that seemed almost impossible. He
played blindfolded, then with his left
hand and again with his right. He
whistled one tune while he played an
other. He then played a different
piece with each hand and finally whis
tled one and played two others.
This splendid, enjoyable evening
was the result of the untiring efforts
of Mrs. J. W. Reed and it is gratifying
that $60 was added to the treasury of
Grace church in the mountains.
73 GO TO CAMP WADSWORTH .
It was some sight Tuesday morning
to see 78 Haywood county men march
down the street to the" railroad sta
tion with drums beating and flags
waving. They entrained at 11:21 for
Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg,
where they will be trained for serv
ice. This about cleans up the men
who were drafted last year. Many
f thou were taken from deferred
classes and some, have been allowed
to make crops. ' .
Xt usual they 'were given comfort
kits and served refreshments by the
tied Crass. ' ',
Rev. A. V, Joyner offered prayer at
the statiaa and appropriate speeches
were made by Capt. W. J. Hannah and
Chis. E. Quinlan.
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THE WILLIAMS STOCK CO.
The Williams Stock Co. have spread
their big waterproof tent near the
railroad station and as usual the
crowds flock there every night and
are well entertained with good whole
' some plays and dean vaudeville acts
and good music. .
If anything the array of talent Is
stronger than on previous visits and
bur people axe in a mood for enter
tainment especially when the' price
is low and the class is high.
It is probable that this organisa
tion, which is so well received, will
remain through next week. They
came Sunday from a two-weeks' en
gagement in HesrfersonvOle. '
COMMISSIONER'S COURT
County commissioners W. H. Hen
derson, John H. Allen and W. F. Mc
Crary met Monday and Tuesday in
regular monthly session. - Routine
matters and paying bills were mostly
this month's business transacted but
a jury was drawn for the September
term of court which convenes Sep
tember 16 for a two-weeks' term
with Judge Ferguson, presiding.
- Jury List
First Week J. R. Moffitt, P. A.
Buckner, Zeb Reno, Walter R. Smath
erg, Jesse D. .Smathers, Jodie B.
Smathers, W. P. Ford, Canton; F. C.
Welch, L. H. Bramlett, W. H. Allen,
J. M. Palmer, J. L. Wells, R. L. Fill-
bright, D. M, Russell, M. L. Hooper,
Hubert Reno, R. I Prevost, T. N.
Massie, Zi A. Conine, Waynesville;
Weaver Bennett, G. H. Caldwell, Cat
taloochee; ' H. G. Owen, Jonathan's
Creek; P. L. Jones, B .A. Conner, E.
C. Clark, Clyde? W. M. Khinehart,
G. W. Burnett, C. F. Christopher, R.
F. Mathison, W. M. Henson, Pigeon;
J. M. Tucker W. P. Low, David Plott,
Ivy Hill; F. M. Rogers, A. S. Fergu
son, Bob Fisher, Fines Creek; J. A.
Chambers, Iron Duff; H. W. Cham
bers, Cecil; W. P. Best, Lawrence
Brown, J. D. Towles, Crabtree; I. S.
Norris, East Fork.
Second Week J. T. Mehaffey, W.
C. Medford, J. W. Winchester, W. T.
Denton, Ernest B. Plott, Waynesville;
W. M. Clark, Grady Walker, Dave
Justice, C. Z. Noland, Grover Fergu
son, Zeb Ferguson, D. R. Noland,
Fines Creek; R. Q. Sanford, D. R.
McCracken, Thos. W. Ferguson, Crab-
tree: L. B. Pembroke, C. L. Hender
son, A. J. SellersLewis Worley, M
E. Popton, Canton; J. B. Bradshaw,
Iron Duff; J. A. Hargrove, Pigeon;
J. C. Evans, Ivy Hill; Charles Brown,
Clyde.
CHAIRMAN W. T. LEE
(Charlotte Observer)
It is quite an honor that has come
to W. Thomas Lee, a citizen of Hay
wood county and for a goodly number
of years a member of the Corporation
Commission, in his election!- the
chairmanship of that body to succeed
E. L. Travis, who has retired and who
was succeeded by A. J. Maxwell as a
member of the Commission. If Mr.
Lee develops the ability as chairman
that was recognized in Travis he will
have done all that could have been ex
pected of him in that respect, and
there is no good reason to expect any
thing else of him, in view of his years
of experience with the duties of the
Corporation Commission, his native
ability and his knowledge of North
Carolina, the corporations of the
state and the state's taxation and rev
enue affairs.
HYATT-PATTON LAND
Never before in the history of this
country was there such an opportun
ity to make money at truck farming
as now. We are placing on sale the
Hyatt-Patton lands midway between
Canton and Clyde. The land has been
cut in lots to suit the purchaser and
will be sold at auction on Thursday,
August 15. C. J. Jeffress or Horace
Sentelle will take pleasure in showing
this property to prospective pur
chasers. W. D. Hill Co., sales mana
gers. (38-lt)
TWO INDEPENDENT WOMEN
Miss Mary B. Elrod, of the Middle
Fork section, was in town Monday to
consult a physician, and was a pleas
ant caller at our office. She and her
mother, now 85 years of age, live to
gether, make their own support, and
money enough to pay their liabilities
more than many strong, able-bodied
men are doing. Wautauga Dem
ocrat,' TRUCK FARMS AT AUCTION
A rare opportunity to purchase a
splendid truck farm at your own
price. " Attend the Hyatt-Patton (near
Canton) land aale on Thursday, Aug
ust 15. You name the price; we make
the terms. One-fourth cash; balance
, 12 and 18 months. W. D. Hill k
Co- auctioneers. (38-lt)
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THE WEATHER
: The hot weather Monday afternoon,
Tuesday and yesterday asoraing was
the hottest ever felt here. Rain
eooled the atmosphere yesterdsy af
ternoon. Reports from the cities east
and south showed the heat to be' ter
rific In Washington city 114 degrees
was felt.
TOO HOT TO SIGH
(By Jesse Daniel Boone) '
The broiling sun its work has done and many victims are undone;
All men you meet in road or street are crazed with sun rays and the
heat, :
We dress and fan, the best we can, and hardly greet a fellow man;
The swimming hole calls to my soul and draws me on in full control.
Too warm today, to even play, and 'most too warm to ride away;
We mostly shirk all kinds of work and in the shady spots we lurk;
Too hot to sigh, too hot to die we only stew and roast and fry;
There's nothing nice but cooling ice, not even volunteer advice.
This glad refrain, "it soon will rain," we hear all day, and then again,
At last it came and changed the game and put us in a better frame.
God heard our wail, sent rain and hail, so scourging heat should not
prevail,
A cooling breeze doth cheer and please and chases heat waves and
disease.
While cities sweat, we cant forget that heat has never killed us yet,
Amid these peaks, where mankind seeks to gather health glow for their
cheeks.
Our mountain nooks and cooling brooks are subjects of a thousand
books; -. ,
Here sunshine, bright, cant kill and blight for we can rest and sleep at
night.
THE PRIVATE
He kicks about meagre pay, he kicks
about the grub; :
He swears by all that's holy that his
corporal is a dub;
To him each regulation is a source
of much distress
But he's never sick on pay day, and
he's never late for mess.
He cusses reveille and drill; he tries
to skip retreat;
He howls about the effort that it costs
him to look neat;
When work in any form looms up,
he tries hard to renig
But he's strong for playing poker, and
he's great on bunk fatigue.
He crabs about each feature of his
military life;
His idea of delight is to engage in
verbal strife;
He prides himself on knowing every
pessimistic trick -
And the height of his ambition is to
register a kick. ,w
But he really doesn't mean it, for its
just a clever ruse;
And
we know that chronic kickers
have no time to get the blues;
And
if kickers make good fighters,
then we're ready to begin
To kick Fritz out of Flanders, all the
way back to Berlin!
ELEVEN YOUNG WOMEN
SHOW THEIR PATRIOTISM
, During the first week of the cam
paign in waynesville lor recruiting
nurse reserves the following 11 young
women have 'answered the "call to
arms' of their government: Misses
Helen Wyche, Jessie Moody, - Jose
phine Bramlett, Mattie Campbell, j
Annie Mae Bramlett, Sophia Turpin,
Jacque McCracken, Cornelia Bell and
Clarice Abel.
The committees throughout the
county have not sent in their reports
yet but there is no doubt but that
Haywood will go "over the top."
TRUCK FARMS FOR SALE
The Hyatt-Patton farm, near Can
ton, has been cut into lota and placed
in our hands for sale for the high
dollar. This property is right on the
state highway close to good market
Being situated as it is makes the
property of exceptional value. Date
of sale, Thursday August 15, rain or
shine. Easy terms. W. D. Hill A Co.,
sales managers. (38-lt)
DOES NOT LIKE KITCHEN
(Tryon News)
North Carolina has cause to be
proud of such officials as Gov. Bickett
Secretary Daniels and her two United
States Senators. Now if we could
trade Claude Kitchen off for a "yal
ler" dog and then shoot the dog, the
state would be better off.
FRANK MOORE HURT
Frank . Moore (while balancing a
dresser on an auto truck Tuesday
afternoon for the Medford Furniture
Co. on Welch street, was thrown out
of the car and the dresser fell on him
when the auto ran oer a rough place,
causing many bruises but we trust
no serious injuries. - .
BALL GAME SATURDAY
There will be a baseball game Sat
urday afternoon at o'clock at the
fair grounds between the Waynesville
boys and a picked team from the
Army HotpJtaL Admission 15 cents.
The last game resulted in a victory
for Waynesville. This promises to
be aa interesting game.
TOO HOT TO DIE
HAYWOOD COUNTY MAN
BUYS THRIFT STAMPS
. (Spartanburg Herald)
While the interest in War Savings
Stamps seems to have lulled just a
little since the campaign ended on
June 28, I wish to call attention to
one of my patrons who has recently
joined the Limit Club. His name is
James P. Gaddy, who formerly lived
at Waynesville, N. C, but came to
Spartanburg county and was one of
the workmen on Spartan Mills about
23 years ago. He was at his old home
in Waynesvillet a few weeks ago and
the home folks there knew that he
had made and saved money since
coming to this county and they solic
ited him to buy W. S. S. or buy more
W. S. S., as he had already bought
from this office $100 worth, and he
told them that he had made his money
down here and that he felt it his duty
to buy all he could down here.
He is a man about 65 years old and
a widower. He raised a large family
of children and experienced the hard
ships that followed the late Civil war.
Three of his sons are now in France,
having volunteered their service at
the beginning of the war, and the
"old man" says that he would be
over there fighting with the boys if
they would have him. But since he
is too old, he says that he is doing!
what he can, having worked continu
ously on the job at the camp since
work began there last summer, losing
only a few days during the hard win
ter weather.
He has already bought and paid for
$840 worth of War Savings Stamps
and expects to fill his pledge of the
limit within the next month or two.
This is a case of real patriotism
May others follow his example.
N. B. WEST,-Postmaster,
Arcadia, July 27, 1918.
P. S. The public in general here
is buying liberally and systematical
ly. Quite' a number buy so many
stamps every pay day. J
WOMEN FIGHT IN COURT
(Bryson City Times)
Swain Superior court was inter
fered with in a rather unusual man
ner Tuesday afternoon. Jim Burns
was being tried for the larceny of a
small fleece of wool. Mrs. Bill Seay
had just testified that on a certain day
Mrs. Burns told her that she had no
wool at home.
At the conclusion of Mrs. Seay'
evidence she resumed her seat in the
court . room at the aide of Mrs. Burns,
and Mrs. Burns said to her, "You
swore a lie." Mrs. Seay at once rose
and struck Mrs. Burns in the face and
succeeded in landing several blows be
fore Mrs. Burns could hand her little
baby to a bystander.. But once she
had her baby in safe hands, the figh'
was on in earnest It required the ut
most efforts of Sheriff Carringer, all
his deputies, two or three of the at
torneys and several spectators to sep
arate them and this done it took the
united efforts of half a do ten strong
men to hold Mrs. Burns and prevent
her resuming the fight
When order had been restored.
Judge Ferguson ordered the women
ander arrest for contempt of court
and they were taken to J it
WE ARE LATE-
On account of no electric current
yesterday afternoon and part of Tues
day, afternoon . we are unavoidably
late with the paper this week. It
eouldut be helped and we trust this
will be sufficient explanation.
CHAUTAUQUA COMMITTEES
Miss Dorothy Ferguson, representa
tive of the Radcliffe Chautauqua
which comes to Waynesville week
after next, was here this week mak
ing preliminary arrangements.
Some time ago 20 citizens of the
town agreed to back up financially
Chautauqua for Waynesville by guar
anteeing the payment of $450. How.
ever, it will require from $50 to $100
more to pay local expenses such as
seats for the tent, drayage, advertis
ing, etc
At a meeting held by guarantors
Tuesday, Alden Howell was elected
chairman and Tobias Larson secretary-treasurer.
The tent committee is as follows:
F. W. Miller, J. M. Mock, H. B. At
kins, G. C. Plott. Advertising com
mittee: C. B. Medford, J. S. Tipton,
Theodore McCracken, J. S. Mitchell,
T. Larson.
All who guaranteed the course were
put on the ticket committee. They in
clude, in addition to the above men
tioned, W. T. Shelton, C. B. Atkinson,
Blackwell-Bushnell, M. H. Reeves, W.
J. Hannah, Dr. J. H. Smathers, Buell
Hyatt, J. K. Thigpen, J. R. Hipps, R.
L. Lee.
The Chautauqua engaged is a
splendid one. The program is largely
one adapted to the present war time.
The lectures and demonstrations are
largely along war needs. The Red
Cross feature is prominent.
Season tickets $1 and $2. Only by
the liberal purchase of these by the
people is a chautauqua possible. For
the children there is nothing better.
What they see and learn there is of
lasting value. All proceeds go to the
local Red Cross chapter.
JUNALUSKA INN TO BE LARGER
In a recent item we stated Juna-
luska Inn would be rebuilt on a small
er scale than formerly with a cot
tage community around it, but we are
informed by Mr. Stentz that we were
misinformed and that the Inn will be
rebuilt at once and on a much larger
scale. There will be 175 rooms in the
new structure on the old site, which
for beauty cannot be surpassed in
Western North Carolina or anywhere
else.
SUPPLEMENTARY W. S. S.
DRIVE STARTS AUGUST 12
Last week wi printed a communi
cation from Colonel Fries stating
that a drive in an effort to complete
Haywood county's quota of War Sav
ings Stamps would start July 29. This
was an error the date of beginning
being August 12.
Colonel Fries indicates that it will
be incumbent upon the citizens- of
each county to see that its quota is
raised.
ORGAN FOR GRACE CHURCH
Grace church will soon have a new
pipe organ to cost $1,200. The instru
ment has been shipped and all the
funds have been raised except $35.
This will be the first pipe organ
for a Waynesville church. The Bap
tists expect to have one before long
as a fund was started for one but the
matter was put off on account of the
war.
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
OF THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
Final payment on all bonds bought
under the partial payment plan to
gether with accrued interest on the
deferred payments will be due August
15. All subscribers are requested to
have their payments in NOT LATER
than that date.
First National Bank.
ATTENTION 1
I am not a real estate agent but I
have a farm of my own in the county
of Macon, about three (S) miles below )
Franklin, near a splendid highway,
which I wish to selL JSeventy acres,
more or less, in tract Spring near
house. Branch running through aix
acre meadow for stock. Near 20 clear
ed acres of clay upland lying well and
comparatively new. Farm well
fenced off in lots. Creditable frame
lumM with mfvattiuut Mllf f!tn vn. 1
ient little barn, crib and smokehouse.
Two and a half miles of lot la high
school. Same distance from Franklin.
Good church and school facilities.
Quiet, industrious neighborhood. Suf
ficiently wooded for fence andfue.
Price twenty-one hundred dollars ($2,-
100). Terms cash. Address Jss. H.
Cathey, Sylva, N. C ( 38-3t)
CITY SCHOOLS OPEN SEPT.
2 FACULTY FOR 1918-1919
High School
Prof. J. E. Smith, principal.
Miss Sadie Leslie, Latin and his
tory. Miss Mattie Mae Arnold, English
and French.
Grammar Grades
Miss Mary Wood Shannon, seventh.
Miss Patsie Glenn, sixth. .
Miss Mary Shoolbred, fifth.
Miss Daisy Boyd, fourth.
Primary
Miss Francis Robeson, third.
' Miss Maude Fields, second.
Miss Pearl Beverett, advanced first.
Mrs. W. J. Haynes, first
. The registration of new pupils and
the examination of those conditioned
will come the week before school
opens.
The superintendent will be in his
office August 28, 29 and 30, from 10
a. m. to 1 p. m., for this purpose.
Let all high school pupils report on
Wednesday, August 28; the grammar
grades on Thursday, August 29; the
primary grades on Friday, August 30.
No pupil will be admitted without a
registration card, and none who are
conditioned will be allowed to enter
without standing the required exam- -
inations.
Parents are requested to co-operate
with the school authorities and to sec
that the children report at the time
appointed, and not to wait until school
opens. U. J. KUBCSUIN, supt.
TO GO TO LAKE NEXT SUNDAY
In view of the fact that next Sun
day, August 11, is Haywood county
day, I wish to announce through your
paper that there will be no preaching
at either Long's Chapel or Maple
Grove. I am taking this action in or
der that the two congregations may
have an opportunity to hear the very
rich program at Lake Junaluska. I
urgently request all the members of
these two congregations to meet me
at the auditorium at 11 o'clock and let
us enjoy together a sermon by Mr.
Knickerbocker, the Texas "whirl
wind." Rev. George Stuart will
preach at 3 o'clock and of course we
will Want to hear him. Then wind up
with Mr. Culpepper at night.
There is no charge on this or any
other Sunday. You owe it to your
selves to take advantage of such a
great opportunity. The week ay pro
grams are worth ten times what they
cost
Let me announce, also, that begin
ning Sunday night, August 11, revi . a'
services will be conducted at Clark's
Chapel, on Thkkety. The pastor will
be assisted by Rev. Mr. Bourgaize.
ROBERT E. HUNT.
THE HAYWOOD BAPTIST
ASSOCIATION AUGUST
The Haywood Baptist Associat'oi
meets with Oak Grove Baptist chui vh
Thursday before the fourth Sunday in
August, being August 22, 1918, in 's
33rd annual session. Let all :m
churches in the county see that ti-.e
letters are made out and sent in.
Let the pastors or other officials
that the delegates are appointed a .!
that they be urged to attend the fir.t
day. See also that a contribution for
printing of minutes is also made.
Brethren, let us all come together
and spend a few days in the Master's
work. We are not worthy His blu
ings and protection at this time :f
we are unwilling to do it
The penalty for being a slacken n
this time of great national trouble is
great How much greater the pennl
ty for being a slacker in our Master's
Kingdom! Let us retrospect the past
year, and plan largely for the next.
Oh, the people who are hungry; the
people who are sick and in prison.
Will the Master say to us when the
day has gone and the evening of life
is closing, "As oft as ye did it un'o
one of the least of these, my brethren,
de did it unto mc"
J. H. HAYNES.
NOTICE TO REGISTRANTS
The Local Board of Exemption is
now reclassing registrants of the first -registration
who married since May
18, 1917. Under a new ruling ru.-h
registrant is not entitled to deferred
classification on the ground of de
pendency resulting from his marriage
unless the dependent is a child, bo-n
or unborn, on or before June 9, 1918.
Unless such dependency is made to
appear to the Local Board all re?'s
traats who have been given defcrd
classification on account of man- a e
since December 18, 1917, will be
placed in Class 1.
J. R. MORGAN, Govt Appeal AgC
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