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Opportunity's Ercpire-Waynesville Altitude 2,802 Feet-Unsarpassed Natural. Resources For the Location of Manufacturing Industries KI1S v-.y ' - fT T" 1 1 1 1 i t ill 4 f m 1VJ J. JJ Volume XXXVIIL Number 14 WAYNESVILLE, HAYWOOD C0UNT. NORTH.CAROLINA THURSDAY, MAY , H26 $2.00 Year In Advance, 12.50 if not so Pal to favorite Ga ' - - ' - 1 '- - -I- ..... i 1 1 ' ffoofii L . "AHevt iididate The Meeting- of : ; Voman's Ciub . Mr. R. H. Blackwell was hostess to the Woman's Club at her borne on Main street Tuesday afternoon, April 20th. The meeting: -was 'opened by repeating the Club Collect in concert. The roll call was responded to with .familiar quotations. Mrs. Chas. Thomas and Mrs. R. H. Blackwell were elected alternates to the State Federation meeting:.; Mrs. '"McDowell discussed the For estry Association, stating that the government has giveri support and recognition to Forestry .Week lor five years. The ecretary read a letter from Mrs. Francis Edmund Whitlejr encouraging forestry! Several ladies, discussed the project , of a 'park to be located in the back yard of the court house. There were favorable' and unfavorable comments made on this matter, ' : A., most interestein'jf paper oh North Carolina Pottery and : Moun tain School Wark was read and dis cussed by Mrs. R. N. Barber. Mrs. Barber had several samples of North Carolina pottery to illustrate her talk. t - Following adjournment-", delicious refreshments were served by the hos tess.'.''"'' ' ''''.,' ; J CLYDE SCHOOL IS CLOSED FOR YEAR. '. TiVX . Haywood Institute Holds Its Annual Graduating Exercises. - . ; Clyde, May 3. The Haywood In stitute has. 'just closed most suc cessful year with graduating exer cises and other commencement events during the past week. , :f., .;, i '. The graduating address was deliv ered by R. L.- Moore, president of Mars Kill College and deplomaa. to the 1926 class were presented by Dr.' P. A. Roberts, principal of the school. During the past week among1 the im portant events of' commencement, were the class day program present ed id the form of an interesting play, alumni banquet, graduating exercises, and the declamatory, and oratorical contests. Clarke Jones was awarded the oratorical contests and Paul Morrow, the declamation medal. Alumni Association reorganized and the following' officers were elected J. T. Quisenberry, president; C. fl Medford, vice- president; Miss Cath erine Osborne, secretary; and Miss Grace Francis, treasurer, x.'y The seniors holding special honors in this year's class were Charles was announced, John N. Bohanon of Bagwell, salutatorian; Bessie Mc-j that concern having been here re Clure, historian;. Clarke Jones, pro-' cently to complete the details of the phet; Charles Prince, poet; Herbert J deal. Work has actually started and Turner, giftorian; Thelma Duckett, is being pushed as rapidly as the testator; Dowell Barnett, key orator; ! natural ruggedness of the country Nina Clarke, song' writer; and Ber- that Grogan, valedictorian. SWIFT'S DAIRYt One of the most up-to-date dairies in Western North Carolina is that of W. F. Swift, located near Hazerwood. Mr. Swift always has his cows tu bercular tested and his help have to show health certificates. He also complies with the State Board of Health laws,. ' ,.: ";' "' 'p-'- '';'"' The dairy is most up-to-date . in every way. Mr. Swift has a splendid herd of Jersey and Guernsey cows, ntzZ LdWMwml 7e bJw I This dairy supplies milk both in inir twice dailv - ' I ,njt drop tM Kemc nnw"y I courtesy and prompt attention to'Black Rock andIT?lr1op, raP,dlytothe M rL Z7Tlevel ot SUU Hfhway-No l0,.com- tdou. bLT p,etinsr the 1?-mile p whlcU M '-'.' ALL DAY QUILTING AT MRS. BLACKWELL'S WEDNESDAY. Circle Number 3 of the Methodist church had an all day quilty at the home of Mrs. R. H. Black well's on North Main Wednesday..., There were about twenty ladies present for the quilting and four quilts were com pleted for-the bazaar' that Is to' be held in the near future. .''V': ::: The guests enjoyed a bountiful dinner served by the ladies. . - J. P. Malonee of Murphy spent the first part of the week attending court here. ; . ..'- Plan Scenic Road ' Over Balsam 1 f- :i '1- . V , . . . , , s The Asheville Citizen. , Waynesville, May 1. Purchase of ! 4,000 acres in the Balsam mountains by J. D. Hood of Sanford, Fla, who plans a five , million dollar develop ment, was annqunced tonight, y Construction of 19 miles of 24-foot concrete scenic highway from Balsam to the fop of Jones Knob, erection of a million dollar hotel and many sim ilar improvements including a golf -course,, at. an elevation, of 6,000 feet, art mapped out in the program which got under way recently with the let ing of a contract for the grading of the highway, it was revealed tonight. " Real estate interests in Haywood county were electrified by the. news of this mail npth project which' was announced following .weeks of quiet work on the-part -of , Mr. Hood and his, associates. The acquisition of the land has been undertaken systemat ically : and little was known of any activity until the first details of the enterprise were made public. ' JV r . Scenic Property. . ; Included in this tract are thousands of acres of the finest scenic property in this section, including six moun tain peaks that tower to an altitude of 6,000 feet, or over, their balsam covered sides filling the air with the delicate aroma exuded by this growth. . While Mr. Hood is not yet ready to announce the complete details of this gigantic development, it is understood thatmore than a" year will te re oulred in eettina the road construct- I j j , t.J il. 1. .u pared for construction andojher pre? liminary details" attended , to before the property can be placed upon the market. A substantial' effect on the local market was noticed following the announcement through restricted circles tonight of the, construction and development planned by the Flor ida capitalist, who Is regarded as one of the foremost business men in that state. When the scenic' highway is com pleted it will sweep from Balsam where is joins the State Highway up through the- peaks of the Balsam range for 14 miles before it turns and drops off at an easy grade to rejoin the same State Highway at another 'point, completing a loop believed to .be unsurpassed In America as a scenic motor route. , Grading Started. . Contract for the grading of this road has been let to the CatawbaCon struction Company of Asheville, it will permit Contract for the paying of this highway is now under nego tiation and is expected to be closed within a very short time, it was stated. . ' .The road starts from Balsam, with an altitude of 8,615 feet, said to be the highest railroad point east of the Rockies, and runs 14 miles along the top of the Balsam mountains, rising to an altitude of 6,200 feet when reaches Yellow Face Knob, site of the proposed hotel. ' Leaving Yellow Face Knob the .highway will run along the divide for ( 'two miles to Black Rock which has an . aUitud 0 8'100 leeK Vth ,wind" pecieu uy mo u..f.. - . -- ) surpassed for scenic beauty. . . In addition to the 14 miles or wac Parks R0bert Reed, Mark Colman, Robert Turner, Wilburn leading from Balsam to the hotel-aite ( Campbell, S. J. Shelton. J. R. Hawkins, James A. Blaylock, W. H. there will be spur roads, leading to Leatherwood, William Wright, Hiram Rogers, Henrv Plott, W. aome of the celebrated peaks in the w. strinp;field, G. S. Ferguson. J. F. Murray, John H. Turpin, vicinity. . . ' j Lorenzo Medford, William J. Wilson, Harrison Moody. William "Hood Park," the name which Mr, c. Brown, W. T. Sharp. John H. Smathers. EJizsha W. Morgan, Hood has chosen for this development, ( Robert Boyd, Joseph Liner. Silas Kirkpatrick, R. A. Sentelle, J. contains half a dozen mountains that Qudger, and a score of others. - These men laid the founda are over 6,000 feet In. elevation and( tjon 0f jiayWoQd county deep, firm and s&II 5 & these eternal from vantage points on these peaks hills. Sn to RneAk. the nresent citizenshio of A laree nortion df jsome of the finest views to be had in westem xsonn Carolina ure cmni- pection on the history of Haywood, county wm reveal tneir con able. Those who have visited the tribution to' our present civilization. . ' area in question are enthusiastic In Haywood county is known as the rock-ribbed Democratic county their praise of "the rugged scenery.. .0f the West, and the countv has produced powerful minds and (Continued on another page.) , i ; i (Continued on another page.) ' ' $ .'k. Jillilliilllf- ; .... :,.::S...::.;:;':w.S.:.:.:.s.:w:-:-:.: T ' . ' ''. ' ' ''- OLD HAYWOOD AND FELIX E. ALLEY . By Buellffeilhers Hyatt.) ' I have just returned from the rolling hills of old Virginia, and "Sun, Sun, Sunny Tennessee," but there 4s no place xm earth like old Haywood tto-m'e. . There, was. a marker along the roadside that showed where' Daniel Boone had made footprints on the bos om of nature. And, further up the road some fellow had the cleverest Bcarcrow I ever looked at. My sister gave me a bunch of tulips f or , mother. ; As we settled down before the warm hearth, I said to my father, "This is home." He replied, "Yes." Then I perused the Citizen and .Chaucey Depew declared that "Home" is the sweetest word in our language. "The thought that occurred to me was that Home and Haywood are about the same. Then, I seemed to get an idea of the vast hosts that had at some time called Haywood "Home," and "Home" Haywood. Then I caught a vision of all those people, as if they were gathered in a prism and suddenly loosened before my eyes. Such a glorious caravan! Such exquisite elegance graced the assemblage. As I looked the vision grew, the splendor deepened, and, I thought of that beautiful poem Mrs. M. J. Branner left as a heritage: - Old Haywood, I love thee, and ne'er from my heart Shall thy image of loveliness fade or depart ; ' It will linger around me where'er I may roam, : And sing of thee ever, my childhood's fair home. There may be bright spots on this wide spreading earth, Fairer and brighter than the place of my birth, But oh ! there is none over land, over sea, , More dear to my heart like Haywood to me. There is none to be found that with me e'er can vie With this fairy-like home 'neath heaven's blue sky, Whare-the sons ever brave and the daughters e'er fair, Live in peace and contentment, without sorrow or care. "Miss Margaret" used to play that song when I was a boy going to school. And, we sang another song that had something in it. nhnnt "Olnrxr and Inva tn tha nun rf nlH Thnir snns must jcopy their yues bold;" and, I sat to dreaming about those men of oJd) an(J their sonaj.anjt who they were and what they are. j thought of an old lady at Chapel Hill. She patched mv pasts r once for me maybe twice. She had a French name." And, she . ciaimed her jiame meant "The Salt of the Earth." However, that may befc the sons and daughters of Haywood county are more ij..- ,- .it tx.a Mii Whv. thev are mininr salt out in Virginia. And, so much for that. " - WHO WERE THE MEN OF OLD HAYWOOD? Thomas Love. John Howell. John Dobson , WUliam Deaver. Hugh Davidson, John Ferguson, William Welch John Fulbright, Francis M. Davis. John Robin son, Willam Burns. Joseph Chambers, John Shook. William H; Thomas. Adam Killian, Josiah Crawford, William Cathey, Holleman Battle, Abel Stamey, Humphrey Haynes. R. H. Pen- lana. William Alien, Acton mcracKen, i nomas juenoir, reiix Walker, Geo. Hall, J. B. Allison. Western North Carolina are descendants of those men.-' Repros- Robert Love, Edward Hyatt, Ben Condensed State News From Raleigh (By M. L. Shipman.) Raleigh, N.C., May 3. The State Democratic convention, the final cer tification of the rolls of candidates for the primary this summer and a variety of lesser affair occupied the attention and time, of officials in Raleigh this week. The convention was (he outstanding feature of the week. Thursday, in strength more than 2,000 setting a new record, the dele gates moved down on Raleigh. Dem ocratic leaders on hand were Gov ernor 'McLean, who departed from the custom of his predecessor and attended the convention and received a rousing welcome, half a dozen Congressmen. Frank Hampton repre senting the two Senators and R. R. Reynolds who is aspiring to Senator Overman's seat, and Governor-to-be O. Max Gardner, perhaps the most popular and rightly so, man in Dem ocratic circles of the State at this time. The morning of the convention was spent in listening, to the excellent keynote speech of Walter C. Feim ster of Newton which praised the Democracy, state and national, and excoriated the Republicans. Mr. Feimster paid particular attention to the record of North Carolina's rep resentatlves in Congress and also paid tribute to the record of several past Governors and to Governor McLean. After the speech, R. O. Everett in troduced and Cameron Morrison sec onded a resolution of regret at the passing of William Jennings Bryan. Then a similar resolution over the death of , Former Governor Locke Craig Was adopted. -. The convention then adjourned for. lunch, re-entered the hall two hours later and in a 36 minute session held a love feast at which the platform was adopted and then adjournment was taken. The State Board of Elections, after some squabbling, certified the list of candidates who may run in the next primary. The list was not made pub lic the day of the closing of the books for fear the newspapers might print some name not approved by the board. Th question of register ing by mail or telegraph arose, but was Anally settled by accepting all I who registered in the prescribed form j for taking the oath. This barred a i half dozen who had failed so to do. mere was some criticism of the board for not allowing Republicans to register by telegraph, but was finally settled. Prof. Albert Ray Newsome of the University of North Carolina was selected during the week to succeed Robert House as secretary of the State Horticultural Commission. Mr. House will become executive secre tary of the University of North Car olina. John A. Park, publisher of the Raleigh Times gave a dinner on Fri day to Oscar J. Coffin who resigned as editor of the paper to become dean of the school of Journalism of the University of North Carolina, succeeding Gerald Johnson who will become editorial writer for the Bal timore Sun. The death of Joseph RXhamber- lain, president of the Caraleigh Phos phate and Fertilizer Company, was a great shock to Raleigh. He had been a leading citizen of this community for many years. Because of the wise financial policy of Governor McLean, North Carolina bonds are greatly in demand jn New York and the demand cannot be met. ;': , The convention of state farmers and farm women will be held on July 27-29, ' it ' is announced here, : Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson believes cruelty to prisoners can be stopped by em ploying guards with greater mental ity rather than by passing new laws. The state employees had a half holi day convention day in order that they might see their friends in the city attending the convention. The North Carolina Welfare Com mission has started on the task of collecting data ' on the number of women employed ' in industry in the forty largest communities of the State. E, F.Carter, executive secre- (Continued on another page.) Interview With Felix E. Alley In an interview with the editor of the Waynesville Mountaineer Honor able Felix E. Alley gave out the fol lowing interview in regard to his candidacy for the Democratic nomi nation for Congress from the Tenth district: ' "I did not enter this contest, as the result of irresitible pressure urged by any man or group of men, but I ran say with truth that before I de cided to seek the nomination I was encouraged by offers of support from every county in the district. What ever the outcome may be, I shall al ways be Infinitely grateful for the unfaltering loyalty manifested by friends in every section of every county. Those in position to know will testify that for many yearsl have been a very busy man in the practice of my profession; but I have never been too busy to close my of fice to serve the cause of the Demo cratic party whenever" and wherever it was thought I could serve it best. Balicving that those are most suc cessful in life who render the great est and best service to mankind, I beg my friends to believe that the desire for a broader field for service was the primary motive which prompted me to seek this nomina tion. A candidate moved by any other purpose would be unworthy to represent a district like this. A mem ber of Congress comes in daily con tact with the best brain of the na tion. If he is a student and is ac tuated by the desire to serve, he should make rapid growth in knowl edgs and influence. No State can boast a greater district than ours. Rich In its natural resources; rich in the promises of its future, but above all, rich in the nobility of its man hood and the purity of its woman hood, it deserves the best of all that is good. I yearn for the opportuni ty to serve a land so fair and a citi zenship so splendid. If I can win by I honorable, dignified and legitimate'' eirorc, i snau oe giaa ana graieiui indeed; and in that event I pledge to serve unto the uttermost, with whatever ability I possess, every in terest of the people of this district But 'the voice of the people is the iroice of God,', and if they decree that the honor and opportunity I seek j shall again be given to my opponent, ic is my xunner pieage mat as iar as my voice will reach, it will be lift ed in behalf of Democracy's cause in every section of this district until the stars begin to shine on election night. "I believe that the perpetuity of the institutions of this nation depends upon the triumph of democratic prin ciples. 'They must eventually -triumph because they represent the right. The principles of our party are as enduring and eternal as the granite in our everlasting hills. In every country on earth in which hu man beings dwell, there the spirit of Democracy lives and serves. Its spirit was born when the Morning Stars first) sang Creation's Hymn. Its birth was coeval With the birth of Truth and Justice, for Justice is Truth and Truth is eternal. And at last, whn Time shall be no more, and this world returns to the Noth ingness from which it was formed, the spirit of Democracy 'will continue to live to survive the crash of mat ter and the wreck of worlds. Let us, therefore, in this contest, and in every other contest, keep the best interests of the Democratic party paramount,'' MARION TALLEY TO SING IN ASHEVILLE. Marion Tilley, the phenominal 19 -year old American piano donna of the Metropolitan Opera Co., will sing in the auditorium in Asheville Saturday night, May 22nd. Her concert will be managed by A. H. Lowe of 81 Chestnut street who reports the ad vance sale of tickets Is breaking all previous records , for "concerts in Asheville, many people coming from a distance of several hundred miles. Mr. H. A. Plummer of Brevard made a business trip here Wednes day. .