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Has More Paid-In-Advance Subscribers In Haywood Counts Than All Weekly Newspapers Combined VOL. XLIV NO. 52 WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 19.12 Unagusta Manufacturing Co. Increases Force To 75 New Business Is Cause Of Increase In Force, Said Plant Now Employing Almost As Many Men As In 1926. The Unagusta Manufacturing com pany, of Hazelwood, one mile west of Waynesville. announced Tuesday morning that the number of working hours at the plant have been increas ed to 25 per cent within the past two! weeks. The number of men who are work-; ing eight hours a day for live and a half days a week has been increased to 75. The total number of workers ( .mployed when the plant is in fun operation is 100. Aaron Prevost, manager, said that the plant has put m an increased force in order to restock the ware house rooms for the incr:ased business that is expected with the beginning of the new year and to fill orders that have been coming for the past two months. The shipping depart ment has been busy tilling orders from the stock already on hand, and the output will have to be increased in order to meet further demands. As a result of the plans of the com pany, a spirit of optimism prevails among the employes of the plant. Orders are coming in fairly well. Mr. Prevost said. He stated that bus iness in the furniture lin,. is decidedly better than it has been in more than two vears. He also stated that he and his brother, Ralph, expect to at tend the Chicago Furniture market display, which begins January 3-when a marked increase in orders is ex pected. The New Yoik market opens inrmdiately after c 1 hieago mark ct.eiose, ami ':a: wii "ivo :in .sddi .ional impetus to the lemr id 'for lie styles of furnrt-rj ' the t''i. f tcmpanv is turning out. Mr. Prevost said, hn e-inn.-n-.y is ru ting hi the liuiiki t six new pat terns in bedroom suits that have never beforp been on the market, Two of these six patterns have just been finished and their other four will be completed in time for ship ment to Chicago, about December 15. These new suits, Mr. Prevost said, will be the best goods ever put on the market by his eompany. The pulse of the market. Mr, Pre vost stated, is decidedly better, and better prices are surely coming. Canton Merchants To Stage A Trade Festival Dec. 5th vNext Monday night at 7:30 the Canton Merchants ' Association will inaugurate its first annual exposition and trade festival at the Champion Y. M. C. A. This event gives prom ise of being the most successful effort ever attempted on the part of Can ton merchants, . Between forty and fifty business and professional men are now mem bers of the Canton Merchants Asso ciation which is about four months ,!d, and according to Paul Henry, secretary of the organization, never in his experience with retail trade bodies has he worked with a more enthusiastic .group of men than those who have undertaken this event. It is a concerted effort on the part of merchants in all lines to stimulate prudent buying at a time when prices of commodities are at the lowest niaiK in many jean, ..- As is customary in special events nf the kind an unioue method of at tracting added business during the trade week has been injected into the vent and will be employed by par- tiin:jt-ino merchants. .. In order to nave a-.-wen . rouimeu next time Delore lie strikes maicne progr..m i'or : the entire week .inter- on the window of the courthouse. Be est in the event must 'be ' tarried . to .rause . j,c stiuck one match on a win- the fullest extent and this will Do done by novel entertainment features. On Thursday afternoon, Dec. 8, pro ceeding the auction a baby show will be held in the gymnasium of the Y. M. C. A. with prizes and gifts from the merchants to winners. On Thurs day night at 8 o'clock an old time fiddlers convention will be held. Sub stantial cash prizes will be given for he best string ban -Is fiddle:. gu;tar picker. ban;e picker an.l buck Jancei". On Friday night the :'i tia -A Jocai feature? will be rahei wK-n a l u' -.ic wedding will ta'co .p!;ic-? in tiie f,u oitorium. For this -"al event the wedding . ring, the license and the minister's fee will be presented to the contracting couple and in addition Wedding gifts will be presorted to the bridge and groom by Canton merchants. Interested parties should make their intentions known to Paul Henry, secretary of the Canton Mer chants Association. 1 LOOKIXG BACKWARD Many of those whose struggles nave been the hardest during the past year : have discovered things about them selves and about the world that they are glad to knot. Woman's Home Companion. MINERAL LAND SUIT ENDS IN A COMPROMISE Col. S. A. Jones And Daughter Get Deed For Mineral Land Valued at $100,000. Colonel S. A. Jones, of Waynesville, and his daughter, Mrs. Frank Smath ers, of Miami, Fla., have received from the Blossom Reality Co., of New York deeds of conveyance for about 7,000 acres of mineral lands together with gold bonds with a face value of $600, 000 and machinery and personal prop erty, valued at $1011,000 following set tlement of litigation which has been in the courts for several years. The lands and machinery are near Willits, in Jackson county, and about 12 miles north of Ilayesvillo, in Clay county. The deeds are throe in number. The first one conveyes to Colonel Jones gold bonds in the amount of $600,000 and machinery and other equipment to the value of ? 100,000. ' The other two deeds are made to Mrs. Laura Jones Smathers, daughter of Colonel Jones and wife of Judge Frank Nmath ers, of Miami, Fla., and conveyed nineral hinds in both Jacksun and Clay counties. ... Plan Reorganization Colonel Jones said that he is already making plans fop a reorganization of the National Abrasive company for leasing of the mineral lands. The conveniences are a result of a compromise verdict and court decrees signed by Judge K. Yates Webb in U. S. district court for Western North Carolina at his chambers in Asheville on November 22. The re-conveyance embraces prop erty that Colonel Jones acquired about 30 years ago and takes in the lands around and including Sugar Loaf Mountain, near Willets, and extensive boundaries in Clay county north of Ha yesville, the county seat. Have Mineral Deposits Colonel Jones said that the lands which have been transferred included deposits of red garnet, corundum, rhodolite, vermiculite, and other min erals., ' Various estimates have been made as to the size and value of the miner al wealth. Operations toward its de velopment have been repeatedly ber gun and halted for one reason or another. The last attempt at develop ment was made in 1!)22 when the Caro lina Abrasive company, eompoo. d of Colonel Jones and others in Waynes ville and Asheville, leased tor a period of '.Ml years, to the Blossom ' Realty company, of Florida, and the Rhodo lite company, of New York, the min eral lands in Jackson and ('lay coun ties. The two companies put. in ma chinery and started actual mining P erations. I. ligation Started After a year or more, on account of some disagreement as to payments and royalties, the operations - ceased '.and litigation, began.. The Blossom : 'Realty eompany and the Rhodolite company nro.npsod, as a compromise, to return the property provided they be reim bursed for their expenditures, amount ing to $100,000. This 'compromise was agreed to, but was later withdrawn ,-..1 a su it was instituted by the Blos som Realty company and the Rhodo lite company for the recovery of S100,T (100, which they, said had been expend ed for ' machinery and better equip ment. Asheville Citizen. i. , - .i .nan r inea . r or iriHing. Mateh On Courthouse AVindow There is vne certain man in Hay- woo;! (..ounty tnat will vninK twice trie now. in tne muming ne is out ). .juuge .Sink saw him strike ..the match and immediately fined him ;$5. 00. Judge Sink, intends to see that . the building is kept in a respectable con dition. Fire Department Extinguishes Roof Fire At C. E. Ray's Home Sparks falling on the roof of the home of C. E. Ray's home on Main street was promptly extinguished by the local fire , department Tuesday noon before the blaze did much dam age other than burn a small hole in the roof. Mrs. Ray and a daughter were at home but did not know of the blaze until the fire department arrived. A motorist passing saw the blazs and drove to the fire station and gave the alarm before the occupants of the house were aware of fire. While the truck was at the Ray home an alarm : was received from Hazlewood. The department respond ed and found that a house belonging to J. M. Long and occupied by Theo. Davis was ablaze, The damage . will likely to exceed $1,000. Damage to the Ray home Was considerably less. SCHOOL COSTS ARE CUT $67,000 IN THIS COUNTY Three Years Ago $297,596 Was Spent; Last Year $2.?0,09S For '31 -'32. Raleigh, Nov. 20. Haywood coun ty has reduced the current expense item of its school expenditures $07, 408 in the past three years, or from $297.5 for the school vear 1928-29 to $230,098 budgeted for the 1931-32, according to figures compiled in the office of the Superintendent of public cost of operation of schools in this county has been reduced from $457,309 in 1928-20 to $314,075 in 1931-32, a reduction of $143,324. This total cost is divided into cur lent expense, the reduction in which is shown above; capital outlay, which is the erection of new buildings and permanent improvements. reduced from $39,413 for 1928-29 to $o490 f o - 1931-32, and debt service, pay ment id' interest anil retiring bonds, whirri was S120.3SS in 198-29. iis !-imlo:irr,l uitli S77.JK6 for 1 93 1 -.T,' I For the State as a "whole the total expenses reached the peak of $50. 155 928 in 1928-29, which figure has been cut to a budgeted $32,403,074 for .1931-32, a reduction $1 7,6X2,'.K)8, i.r 35 per cent in the period of three years. The current expense item, which includes teachers' salaries and salaries of school ollicials, has been reduced I mm $31,959,830 to $21,887. 1 !", in the same period, a decrease of $7,072,034. on 22' per cent. Since the State has reached the peak oi st hnod building const met ion and h s. a fairly well., rounded program, the capital outlay item has been re rrducod from $9,230,299 four year. :g to $1,380,120 last year, a re duction of $7,855,579 or 85 per cent. Debt service is .ilso gradually less ening, the cost. of $8,959,853 four vears ago having been reduced to $0,195,157 last year, a drop of $2, 701. 095. or 31 per cent. While these reductions of more than one-third of the annual cost of the schools were being made in three vears, the teachers of the State have been reduced in number by 215, tauirht 14 V, davs lontrer in the aver- I age term and' taught 47,420 more .'children in daily average attendance, in 1930-31, as compared with two years before. While in 1931-32 tig urcs are not complete, it is' certain that the enrollment and average at tendance', have again increased, thus heavily increasing the work of. the teachers and at lower teaching cost. Baptist Serve 65 Unfortunates With Thanksgiving Meal On last Thursday morning approxi mately 65 people that would perhaps h .o in cm without ;i nourishing dinner were served to a generous meal by the ladies of the First Hapfi-t Church following a Thanksgiving service es pecially for the needy led by Rev. II. W. Bau.-om. The church sent out invitations to those in dire circumstances, and pro ided.fef t hem a liuuntiful- meal. About 15 .'dinners we re .'sent to the homes of 1 1,,,... . ..,!,!,. In -it tend A careful investigation was in ad o ! before the invitat ions were sent out . and oriiv those in the worst of ciicuni stances were invited. Modern State Constitution Likely To Be Drafted At Next General Assembly RALKIGH, Modernization of North Carolina's organic law. by writing into it many things that are now statutory anil removing from it many things ..'that are constitutional . was recommended recently by the Consti tutional commission in its report to Governor. Gardner, for submission to the 19.TJ General Assembly. The nmst important changes sug gested were those relating to the or- jganization and government of-coun-j ties, cities and towns by statutory in stead of organic law; strengthening Ithe power of the governor by giving him the veto privilege and writing tne executive budget into the constitution; broadening the authority of the gene ral assembly, and writing into organic law provisions for limiting the incur ring of public debt. Governor Gardner, in a statement recently, said a preliminary examina tion of the report "creates the impres sion on my mind that the commission has done a thorough piece of work." "Ours is one of the few Southern states that has not completely reviseq its constitution set up in the recon struction period," he said. The governor declared the report followed "the best line of modern thought with respect to state consti tution. Comprehensive Report He said it undertook "to present an adequate and compresensive state ment of fundamental principles and at the same time leaving a broad scope Methodist l'astor ft V: tt v y Kev. Wade Johnson Who was recently named as pastor of the First .Methodist Church ol this city. Rev. Mr. Johnson and family moved here from Salisbury-Spencer, where he was pastor of the Central hurch Rev. and Mis. Juhnson ami ... . i . two . daughters have moved mio wio new parsonage recently constructed by the local church. Kev. W. 0. Cioode Is Sent To Central ("lunch In kings Ml Rev. W. (I. Coodi'. . mrr pastor ol the First Methodist vlmrch here, has assumed his duties as pa-tor of tin First Methodist church in King' Mountain, which 'is. in. liis native-conn ty, Cleveland. According to a news article in -the Kings Mountain Herald, a welcome o.,,-. ;,.,, ,. I,, ,1.1 (',, 1,'e.v Mr diode on the first Sunday night after his arrival at his new pastorate. All the churches ol the town cave way then services to join in with the Kings Mountain Methodist in welcoming th newly appointed pastor. Kev Mr, ioode was pastor of the Methoilist church here for two years, RED CROSS DRIVE NETS $150 HERE Drive Will Be Continued For Another Week In Effort To Enlist Others J. K. Massie, chairman of the Red Cross chapter reported that t h rough the consistent efforts of his assistants that the drive for members in the Waynesville. district, was by far above what had been expected. To date $150 ha- been received at local head quarters. Mr. Massie stated that he .wished to thank each and every person that joined the nat ion-wide urganizal inn, and also epi e-seu iippreciat ion t o t he woi kois w ho assisted him in '-,' pul.t i'ng the (irive over. Tho-e assist ifig Mi work includinl : ( Ivde J. R, Morgan. Miss Massii in Ray, Jr.. Mrs. Nancv Killian. Mrs. Carolyn Hyatt, Mrs. C. M. lliius, Mr-', I.. Mavis, llazehVooil, Iavid Felmet, Fast Wayie'sville, Miss .Min nie Willis, Lake Jiinalu-ka, and Frank Fergusi.n. .Ir., had charge of the - u p n I (list t ic! -. . A not her . week : 'Will be devoted to making the filial drive,', a- there yet remains some, who want to Ix'come members in ;h'.- organization. of authority to that branch of the .slate government that i inn: t directly' lep resentat.ive of the-people' t he general a--ombly to meet the: problems pre sented by- changing conditions. " The. corn-mission, . whii'h was apiioint ed in l!)i:i with '( Thic'f Justice W.. I'. Stacy, of the stater supreme court, as chairman arid eight other members, submitted a complete revi ed consti tution for consideration. It ..included .12 compact .. articles wfoirh . nnlik-i' f he ririranir l:iw adont- ed in iWJ and amended from time to time, leaves out many governmental functions which the commission, in its letter of transmittal, said were "only legislative" and not "basic in charac ter." '.'". "Stability is to be desired in a con stitution, and the restrictions on the legislative power should be limited to the fundamentals of government, otherwise changed conditions may not be met without amendments to the organic law," said the letter. Transferring from organic to sat utory law the organization and gov ernment of counties, cities and towns, the proposed constitution would au thorize the general assembly to enact statutes for local government. Optional Plans Optional plans may be provided. The proposal, if adopted, would wipe from the states organic law the local office of sheriff, coroner, clerk of court county commissioner?, justice of peace, (Continued on page 7) Rose Case Likely To Be Tried On Friday Says Queen COL. ROBINS WAS HERE BEFORE GO ING TO BALSAM Stopped Here And Made Inquiry As To Whore Suitable Resting Place Was As ;l rt'sllll nt" 't iiriv ,ij-tirli ni-int - - " 1 r , ed in The Mountaineer last week which taled that it was uncertain whetluo- Colonel Raymond Robins hail ever vitii'd Waynesville or not brought in a response from T. H. Calhoun, of this rily, who says that he was the Wan who directed Colonel Robins to Ral silm. Mr. Calhoun states that lie was standing near the bus 'slat ion w hen a man in overalls and a cap approached him and inouired as to where he rouM find a camp. Mr. C'allmiin seeing tha; man i,u no," look lik,. a lunoi r a brrause his complex ton pale and his hands indi.-ated that lie had never done any outside work, took him to po-sibly be a cook for some logging camp ami. told, him that there were no camps in operation in the county. Whereupon. ( 'oloiiel Robins stated Out he wanted a 'place where he could rest, be (uiot and take walks info the nroiin tatns. After explaining what type id' place he wished to locate,' Col. Robins got off in a conversation about world af fairs and finally talked of minerals. Throughout his conversation, Mr. Cal houn said, the. dry-crusader impressed him with the education he had, but Ui,kl Viiii .wliwnl I,,., nn.l l,,l line di.l nl roughest of clothes. Mr. Calhoun said he suggested that Col. Robins go to Halsam, as it was ()uiet and high up there and he thought that was an ideal place for the man to fulfill his wants. Col. Robtns " f ed hint, anil thev both walked into the bus station t inquire about a ticket to lialsam. The stranger bought hi, ticket, but as he had several hours to wait for the bus he wandered down the street, hater 2 o'clock, M r, out of C. 10. Store and go in t he al'l.eriionii, jibout Calhoun saw him come lay's Sons Department to the bus station. latioii. It was learned later that be did board immediately and go mi to Ral nm. lie cheeked in at a hoarding I'.ou: e a :;luu t time, after leaving Waynesville, . I le' man i e f e r red to . in the news article last u-eek in this paper wiis not Col. Robins. Mr. Calhoun said he saw- t he man nieiit ioni'il last week who preached several times in front of the First National Rank and that -there' was no re -enihlatire between tin l Wi men. Reports jiOreivoil bei o al -o date t ii ti Col. Robin., spent some lime at Mi I ford Farm' on Highway No. o. I, nave his home add res;-, as ilarb:n. Ky. It was learned that he o f ten t ook I lie bus :inl left the Meilford, 1'arin for a day or ( wo and. would ret unC unex pruteilly, .but gave no ii.it?iniatjon a. .o-where he hail been .o!- when h'' Would return w ken be left on these trips . Col, Robins was. carried to bis wili er livinie in. I'l'ooksv.ilb', Fla., la.-t week f rom an Asheville I In pita I . where he had beeii since his discovery at Whit t ier about' two week.. ::. Allison Fnterlains All Of County Ollicials '.kit vis board . of goes vj'ut. H. . Aii .-oa, in.- nil-i . i mint y eonnurs'sionor tl-ia of oflice De.ember. oLii. ;-n-his associates on the , .boatil tei taineil and of her nienibe.is of the eouiiiV gov.-- erninenl with a dinner last: .Monday at his home about one milo from town. It was. the occasion tif the hist regular session of the board before the change of administration two weeks hence, and Mr. Allison's hospitality was much enjoyed by those present. Attending the dinner and the social event following were: R. T. Ii;oyd, chairman of the biiard, George C. Haynes, P. V. Massey, and W. H. Hen derson, members of the board with Mr. Allison, W. H. McCracken, register) of deeds, W. G. Uyers, clerk of the court, J. A. Lowe, sheriff, W. H. Noland, auditor arid treasurer, and Sam Queen and David Turner. After the dinner, Mr. Allison took his guests over his farm showing them his modern dairy, his cattle, and other things of interest. AFTER DEPRESS! OS U7TT? We must write off the past 18 years. We must rub our eyes, wake up after the carouse, take something for our headache, and resume normal life under normal conditions.--American Magazine,. COBLE CASE TO BE HEARD ABOUT FIRST OF WEEK David Clark To Re Tried For Murder On Wednesday Of Next Week. MAW MINOR CASES (ilVKN IIKARIN(;S Courtroom Is Crowded Almost To Capacity For Criminal Court Hero. Solicitor John M. (Juoon old he Mountaineer shortly after ourt convened Wednesday after. oon thai ho opocf,r t- , '! ho harlio Rose case somotimo Fr;- lay and would ask for the life of oso, 17 vcar-old noirro who is hiirgod with attacking a 5 yoar Id while child at a local sum mer hotel here late in the sum mer. . A true bill against Rose J was returned by the grand jury Tuesday morning. The Rose case is expected to be one of the outstanding cases hat will be heard in the present term of criminal court which is ibeing presided over by Judge II, Hoyle Sink. I Two other murder cases are expected to be tried during the Dresent term of court. Solicitor Queen said. The David Clark ,case is Ket for next Wednesday. .Clark will be tried for manslau- ghter. He IS charged with the death of Hrooms who was said 'io have hcen strlIck by a Car. . . , ... . . . J driven by ( lark last summer, Rrooms died a few days later, The accident occured near Clyde. f ..hn f'olilo will ho irot for his life. Solicitor Queen slated. First degree murder will be asked by the state. This case will likoly bo called early next week.-Coble is charged with shooting .bis wife, -Moll Nichols, while she was al 1 ho -home of a neighbor. The remainder of the court r ilenilar is composed of many small cases of little importance. The. three murder cases will be (he "high lights" of the present term. 'The court records show Hie f. irtg: C, H. dismisse r. ;. ed. I'at lei sviti, l erkles. .i. J'-atterson, A. 1 1. . W. is n II llaivev Harvev I I'm Ion Price, ! ice, ( A. ('. I). U ., di- in. i i. ,V.. di:-missed. 'ei ion lee-, ence Smith, dis- Chambers ( arl Smith am Cla tuibing, religious wor: lloivard Shiitii, C. l.urv lilythe :aii:l Kil hip, not iruiity. , W.. dismissed. t.oe, ! ,V A. dismissed a- to t'i:-iia Hall, lairy lilythe. ibaiidotHiieiit . ifisini : ed. Homer Ric missed. . ' . di iving auto drunk, di - .lohn:Drake, operating slot niaihine, .( .'ailed "-and -'failed-, instant er Capias is--ued. ' Htf Joliii.-on end Andy Johnson, drunk, dismissed.' WeaVi r l-'rice,- .driving' auto drunk, distiiisscd. Uili Ga.iy Rut a i R. missed. R. K. 1 1 all, 1- ('-, C. W., dismi-se K.) I.Iail., F. it A. (iis & A., di.-niis-e i. Paul Curtis, V .P. I.., alias and ,'imtinued. . ;; . . Albert Ferguson, slander, dismissed. Fied . .McCracken, : assault, alia- ; capias and continued. Willie Walker, larceny, alias an I continued. Harry Rotha, Jr.. abandonment, dis ( Continued on page 2) The following are official readings of the government instruments, as recorded bv S. H. Stevenson, official weather observer .for .'Waynesville: Date Max Min Rain 21 22 23 24 2t; 27 2S 29 51 53 58 60 56 42 44 50 31 21 24 I!6 41 17 13 16 .94 r - . -. - - ... - The Weather - ' ' '"''' ' ' ' ' ' ' I ' - '" :'i I