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Has More PaiJ-ln-AMancc Subscribers In Hayu-ooJ CountgThan Ml IteeAy Scwspapers Combined - - ; 1 VOL. XLV no, r WAYNESYILLE, NORTH CAROLINA IHl HSl)..nNl'ARY :. 19 More Is Accomplished By Chamber Of Commerce Than Was Anticipated W.P.Leatherwood 'County Agent Work r-ij.' Unh Likelv To Will Be Buried Is Discontinued I n UDZeOb Ddllit UfcClJ iu PROSPECTS FOR 1933 ARE INDEED ENCOURAGING f Completion Of Tannery l-nit k Considered Major hvent H Hy J. E. Massie. I Presides MVCH WORK DONE Annual Meeting Will He Held Lat Of This Month For Election Of Officers. .J. J K. .Massie, president vt me i bet- of Commerce, stated during uie course of an interview this week, that the projects sponsored by the organi -ation liad exceeded all expectation for the past year, "It is impossible to say : just ll()W much was accomplished Yin the park project in some instances, as we will have to wait for sometime to see the fruits of our labor," he said, Questioned as to what he thought wa, the outstanding accomplishment promoted by the organization and completed during the past yea-i, Mi. Massie stated he would consider the expansion of the England-Walton Tannery as among the outstanding. 14, 'iool,r tViwniirh the united el- forts of Mr. L. N. Kicheson, manager of the loeal plant, and the Chamber of Commerce, that officials of thtr tan ning company considered the Hazel wood plant for an expansion, and also the cooperation of all parties concern ed in getting the Southern Railway System to regulate freight rates on the finished products of the plant. The tannery expansion was started and finished in 1U32. There is a pos sibility that new units will be added to the cutting plant as the demand prows, it has been pointed out. Next in importance of major ac .. iiv. ma a Vio heirinnmir and completion of the survey of llighwaj No. 'iy'i, the swo cap rvoau, uy. c state highway officials.. Other projects relative to the paik have been gone into by the local Cham ber of Commerce, but as stated by Mr Massie, just what was actual I ;,.V,il oannnt he determined foi sometime, although the entire situa- t ik e umn iv ov lar vi e favorable than at any previous time i ne v.. iiniiiu- j . the movement on foot to secure a wel '. " fare officer for the county, besides making the usual bid for summer tourists as far as funds vm hand wsuld permit. Plans are under wav whereby Way nesville will be provided with material to send out to prospective tourists. In summing up the accomplishments of the ear, Mr. Maie state-, that the organization is pleased with the ;esults and view wi optimism the prospects heid w store tor Wayn?s-v-'!- and comniu.i'ty foi 193J. The Chamber of Commerce will elect officers and make plans for the new year at a special meeting later in the month, Mr. Massie stated. 1 ItlS A 1 I e i il U u " Well Known Haywood Farmer nd Depuiv Passes Alter Illness Of Four Days. v,.n i,.i-vii-es will be held this! afternoon, Thursday, a: the Lake Junaluska church for W. I'. Leather-11-...1.1 !! wh.i nasseil awav at the i u w Cniintv Hosmtjil about C lo'click Wodnesdav morning follow-1 ing a sudden attacK 01 appeuuicii.i on saturuav ai.ernoon. iiie Mi vnto will bo in charge of Rev. V. O. Dry- man- pastor of the church ami as iUd bv Rev. L V. Hayes, presiding elder of this district. Mr. Leatherwood was operated on Sunuay -uid seemeil to roily splendid 'v until Tuosilav mornintr about 3 This County Tuesda Ja. Hobinson Hands In His Resignation At Request Of Commissioners. Be Opened Soon; 75 Per Cent Will Be Paid Out vhich c lie took , re -tilted l iiece:i--jd Slierill J. :osition is born v.is a tin of deputy l . atlu-rwoo a! Senator Robert R. Reynold- led over 'the Senate ; 1 ues ,t t,u invit :( ioii of Vice 1'resident Curtis. Senator Hank head, of Alabama, held the floor vhiu' "Our Bob" preid3d. pie; day ml Mi.- od. who 'iivc i turn ior the worse n his death, was a lioiniiv shenfT .1 V 1owe, havme heid since Pecember 1, 11K.0. ;iad reared i,i this county armor until taking the il. ok an active i c ivic activi-i-w:ird in the i.e. Junaluska ,!.!. lie was il: all lines. Mrs. Mag et, dauyh ! Ceorghi. Clara l.eatiier-HM-. (bie son, The board of county commissioners in session here Tuesday afternoon voted to discontinue the office of nnnnlv flirm ai'f lit Oil t HO StVeilgth t Vind noueh requests from farmers to keep that office any 1,n.rr- Stevefll irrOU'JS UHDCU I I I l"- fore the commissioners ashing iui. the office be retained, but the com missioners maintained that the ma jority of the farmers were not in fa vor (d the work. hi their iirst meeting m December the board asked for the resignation of county agent Jas. L, Robinson ef fective the first of January. At the rue time ropiest was made that a .-ubHc meeting be held and the farm er.-, ot the county come m aau (uv.-.w.i Inaugurated Today IUKIU re! ;st bci htm-h is IS unit a i in. . ( Continued .-n a -k )iago1 .1 4- t1, views about retanvng me u i'. One such meeting was held and :..nii 50 were present. not her onen mee og wa held Tue-ilay and sever d groups were prssi :.' and presented vheir views en the matter, but ihe oppo-diion had :;!ivady ri - "n'ed L li.-. f side in great er numbers, it was said. The number of requests .against 'he work exceed ed those ii favor of the work, one commissioner stated. 1 lie commis sioners were convinced tnat Ihe ma jority of the farmers were not in favor of the work ar.l v ited for iis- Continued on hack liiige) -1 " llliit e-1 flr MAJORITY OF DEPOSITORS HAVE SIGNED Fifty He Percent Of Deposits Will Available In Cash On Opening Day. O V K R $200,000 ON DEPOSIT WHEN CLOSED Would He Sale And Solvent In stitution. Savs A. M. I?urn, Jr., Fiiiidatin Aont. Subscriber For 56 Years Pavs Annual Subscription Money For the fifty-sixth consecutive year, 11. R. Mauney paid his sub scription for The Mountaineer Monday morning. This is an an nual custom of Mr. Mauney's to pay his subscription in advance ever since he txtgan getting this paper, then the Waynes ville News, edited by J. Pink Herren. Mr. Mauney is now 7,'l yearh old and lives on his farm in the Pigeon Township, which he claims is the best community in the whole world. In spite of his ad vanced age, Mr. Mauney helped raise a crop this year on his fai.ni. He takes an interest m communi ty events and won first prize on some of his apples in the recent community fair held at Bethel, Mr Mauney was born and rear ed in' this county, and with the exception of I-" iwmtlis, he has lived all of his T.i years here, lb- I spent IT) months in liasumia at one of the large mills there. ! "One of the things that impress I es me," he said, "is that the coun I ty is getting organized and get ting to be. oi one accord on the principal matters ol the day. i n means better times for us all." Mr.- Mauney is optimistic over the prospects for 1 !):!:! business conditions. . Before leaving lie stated, "I like the paper now more than evei before, 1 think it is the best that has been published since 1 started taking it .r( years ago. Tiusiiifms Men Of County See Improvement tor Year lifdd Local l'ost OHice Receipts Oil 25',, For The Past Month l o tmaster T L. Creen stated vesterdav that post oilice levenue. ior the lo-ai Jli-c wai Ho pe.- unt below that of last year for De eember. The biggest drop was in -.tamps in s.i,(t, vnii.e panel post remained about the same. V decrease of ab-.ut 7 por cent will be the average decre.as,. for the year, it was said. In l)iimlM-r '1 W0 worth of 'wo-ient stamps wire 'old In Diceiiiber "!2 only $H) worth of th-ee-cent stamp were sold. Commissioners To - 1 iVfft ta( Bethel High School (Jeneral Survey Shows That Spirit Of Optimism Is Pre vailing In Counly. A iri-neral survey of the business " r . . ?i . u - . vt. IlU'll 111 HIV, vealed it is the belief of practically everyone that. Dusmess lor trie new, ,.;ll I,., l.i.lti.r than It. was in lli. $ tri i t ' i ...... . . , A few business houses and Hirms are ,v,,.b;,i iiinu f.i.. sin exnansion in mi nd several reported that i : ... .., L.,mili1r inekinli" Ul) at jiiesent. Some of those interviewed were n follows : W llai 1!) I. im2 T. DKNTON, owner of Denton's iwaio- "I belli e that business in will be better than -it-was in TOM EDWARDS NOW MEMBER 8 OF I'OLICE FORCE Tom F. Edwards has been appoint- . ..,1 H;,.l,f nlwomnn fnr this CltV. Ml'. Edwards went on duty last month, lie is policeman number . Lniei vaiu well and Mr. Milliner are both on duty 'Improvements To lie Mad c In clude EijiM ( lass Rooms Vnd Heating Plant. 600 AUTO TAGS II A V E BEEN SOLD HERE TO DATE i Patrick, sales, manatrer in charge of auto tags, stated yesterday that approximately ouu license uik v,o,i Vw..n iilrl belt, to date. The "rush days" being' last Saturday and Monday. The state highway depart ment sent 2500 tage for this district, thu Raving 1900 yet unsold. It is ex pected that a rush would ie made during the next few days. iOHV II ItllO!) ARMER, banker of it ant on-All Jrnlieati.itis point to betr ter business in Hd:;. I'eopto are pay ing vheir obligations now,. and the out look " is much "brighter." ( pa The Havwood county commissioners JvA a ri ulution Monday to sPen S10.0U0 for additional t.ui.oio; .... cou pment for the IUthil high -.hool fjr the mxt U-i ear eginnmg July 1. The vote was unanimous. Tin- action tame a- a result of a jomt mieting of the county omrnis imnet, ind the board ot eduuu on held som,. day- ago in which the "gucment as leached to add tight . .. v.r.ilcr room, and to class rooms, cv " - , install a new heating Vnl at the present two-stoiy bntk building that Win'': AI.I.KN. Allen-Siler I om. panv, llazelwood -''Ihe out , ooK o, business in liUCi is gtd.- I feel Ilia, business this, year wd! be .bettor 1 .an last vtar because of general odddimo ,,; The reeling of the people is better, an 1 f think that business will be considerably improved. S M. M'SHNKU'. owner lilaekwejl , 'l,....M ( '(.miianv ''liusiness will he ,.,...(., ally better throughout the coun trv I'resent stocks are low and inu: I b.-eplenisbed.. The demand is better. 1 look for better business than last year." E II ENSI.KV. Wajmsville Laun-(rv.-"Buincss conditions for the year lK'.i look ian, ami 1 expeit bi tt r imsines, than the past y ar 1 usiniss b,,s bem p.ik.ng up (luting the liat few months beyond expectations. Within the next lew moiuns .t.J.l mitir rvl !l i M Mil I V" fc' plant Ihe gem ral outl mk lot business is .much, better. Covernor ,1. C. H. I'.hringhaus, takes the oath of otliee today :u 'Raleigh at iuhiii- Toniglit. the Covernor's Ball will" 'be staged at be Raleigh Auilitorium. C. B. Atkinson Is Elected Mayor lo Succeed Howell C. B. Atkinson, a member of the Board of aldermen of Waynesville, was elected mayor bv the board on Thursday to succeed Colonel .1. H Howell, who leaves MMtiday to begin bis duties at the Male capi tal as the representative in the 'State legislature Irom Haywood county. Mr. Atkinson took the oath of oilice Friday alternoon and began the remainder of the unexpired lei m ol Colonel Howell which closes next May. Mr Atkinson has been a resi dent id' avnesville lor .H yeais. He was horn in Aslieville .." .cars ago, the son o f the late Nat At kinson, wlio a generation was one of the leading ' .fit izeiis (if the n-iiuutaiii iiieiropolic. . He was educated in Tlie Asheville sehotds and studied law under ihe tutelage of Judge .1. , Adams. :i nd fur a dime, wa-- assoeiat"d with the law linn in the practice d' law, liuW ever, ami came -t:i V a iie-viile to live in I K'.HV. nri Till innsl i cordtn f tin dVort he po-s-ibility of reopening an. iniini' the Citizens Hank t .Company at an earry u.ue encouraging ' here this week r to statements made directuis of: that i ; lo this point W'.'ii ami was a-c- y several ::-t itution. nearer a SALES TAX OF TWO PERCENT SEEMS NOW MORE CERTAIN THAN EVER R A. LEIGH. Enactment of a gener-, al sales tax by the 1933 general as sembly is regarded as even more likely than ever here, in spite of the open opposition to a national manu facturers' sales tax by President elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and by Governor-elect J. C .B. Ehringhaus. For the opinion has been steadily growing in informed circles here that a general sales tax, presumably upon gross sales, is the only way the 15 . nv 'm tirnnertv can be vcuia siaw: - '- i 1 - removed and the budget balanced lor the next two years, - - The fact that Mr. Roosevelt has apparently called a bslt to the effort started a few days ag by Speaker John N. Garner to revive th3 manu facturers' sales tax anl thus effect ually prevented its enactment at this session of congress, is regarded here as making a state sales tax more like u. i-unn ... Tf rnnirres had im- ij bl.AM T - ' C , -j coUe y. Urn nroRDect OI pu&tru bins cii-. -.- . th fmTWMitinn of pn ..r similar sales tax by the stale would have made it so heavy that it would have fnr-rnrini nno husinpss interests of the state, it is agreed. But if no fed- sral general sales tax is imposeu, xne D.jta lirlll Tinw -lpft. frp t.fl 11H- pose one without being accused of pyramiding this particu ur type n It is also a generally accepted fact (.Hat . IT iaigi.1 u uoiuviJO iiiivu.-) - peciallv the tobacco companies, the power companies, raiuuaus airj w.fic. property-owning corporations, wnicn also are very smaji consumers oi cum mn.inl1tr moTinfji-tiir1 Ar unlH com UICILIOIIJ -- modities, are neartuy in iavor oi o-onprnl ch1p tax. For z general sales iiv mniiU mntprial1! v reduce the amount of property taxes they are now paying. The tobacco companies, especially, are in favor ". the gen pral sales tax since the i 'ze that a general sales tax woub; s . .o them M.,AV. irtre llion n liivurV nlp4 tax 11IIM.11 itro ' n nA 4-t,f if tViA in.ni.rfl1 nnlpa tax is not enacted the luxury Eales tax is .... ,i ; i il.. likely to be. too tney are eviuentiy playing safe by backing the general (Continued on back page) bi ttei in VjU have no uncertain . .. .......wi.mi tin ii i in- wav How we are uq.i-.......-,- - - inn.e and smoouniy iu.."-."f. --v Since 'coming v Vayne.-vi!le .".l years ago, M r. A t kinsoii has been "fully identified swith public acti vities in both i he county and town. In I '.MM. he was. (it v. let ! here, and from. HHI hi '"' - treasurer ol Haywood county. I'm iou-. to th it time he wai leg ist cr of ' deeds,- filling out the un-i-xpired term of" J. M. Noland, who died while m oflice. He was coun ty auditor for the year 1127 He was elected at the city election in May, !'.: I, to membership on the iioard of aldermen of H ayiies " vil-le".. ".'-..'- reality tliat. at any inei...i ....... ....... the bank closed its doors. Ninety percent of the MXl d"noMiors of the hank, had at VeUne.iay noon, .signed that they were willing for the hank to reopen and pay them 75 poi nd of the funds they had on deposit when the bank closed m MoveniDei , l'l'IO, after the failure of. the entral Hank and Trust Company in Asheville. The plan to be successful, must have ltll) percent cooperation of all deposi tors, it was stressed. Fifty percent. the deposits will be available in cash the day the bunk opens, and -' percent will he taken care of by se curity which the bank now owns, and will be sent to all depositors prior to the opening- of the bank. In all, there were more than ." cnositoiis when the bank was forced to dose its doois. Very little opposi tion has been met with by those striv ing to get the depositors to accept mo 7" percent pavilion's, rather than have the state liquidate the bank and pos sibly pay :l: percent or less in a pe ind of several years. 'I he Reconstruction Finance I'oi -poration have indicated that, they ate leads to let the l,ank bate $jr,(MM m i order to begin anew with the (lepo.-i- Itors, . , ' . It was the opinion ol those woiMng Icn the leopening ol the institution 'that all depositors would sign up tor payment of the 7.' percent by the last of this week, II. was pointed out by some thai the 2i pel cent "loss," if it might be term ie,l that, was.no more than would-have 'oecured il' the amounts on deposit had '. b.-en iiivested at I'.Wd values and a 1 1, .1, I ooiile todav. The eth- rials noinleii ' out further that value have decreased 2.". percent in recent vear.s, and that the depositors are real IV' getting more than if liive-t-meiit- had been made seveia! year:- J. M. MOCK IS AHKK IO HE OUT A ITER ILLNESS ing in the ainrmauve Hyatt, chairman, iv. is. P rank Davis- u-prp: l. A Rickman, and Woman's Club Christmas. Tree Was Mast Successful of nlumbiiig and additional furniture .,..,, woitKR I SON, of Can- for the class rooms o at . e , I)iesldent of the l.liampiou i .o. added are expevieu i o..ti:inv " 1 he inontns oi The resolution carried with it the i .-demonstrated to ir.U-ntion fei mak,e lappncat u . u.v . State department of educator! ior - , an. e an. -J , , hardships -.- n ai-io -.r, tVio hi erarv mil- system. . . w nn an n-s ' "ThVherrof the boa?. cf been construe U m tn county commissmners piejent ar ,1 vol- has i, ouhi u fato mrtrn confusion pa-se-, m -iii "' ' ; eleaily the essential elements of the strut tu.e which it will be our pnvKe and duty to plan and which will surely lead to greater happiness. The ytar t ( -outir.ued on page Z) Mountaineers M e e t Candler Here Friday ,..... ,;u0 Mountaineers Will onen their basketball seaaon with handler high school on Friday night at 7:30 at the local gymnasium with a double-header. The girls' team will present several new facM as the team is new in every department, aerding to Coach Weatherby. Many players will be used in order to select a sextette that will hold up the sianuarus the passed year- ' ., j The boy ' team will be built around three letter men. and it is expected that it will take a few weeks before the "regular five" are named. J M Mock, proprietor of Mock's Dipartmint Stole, was out thi, wetk after an illness which confined him to his home for several vecks. A. M. Burns, Jr., liquidating agent the Citizen's Dank ami Trust com n v, when interviewed, gave out the wing .statement : " I he Citizens Hank and liut ('". pany, if -.reopened under the plan, now being attempted will have sullicionl cash to meet deposit liability, and will, alter to the people ofthis cOmniunity a safe and solvent institution in which to . oniiuct one's banking business. It ha In en the ' 'iiii ot ban..- 'i ......j- ,i..,K- ol:m that, ih-lMis.lt s ha ( those 1 loll' paid i ullv used land .. . -.. i i .. t , i exceeded, witmuawaif. l" wishing it their de;i(.-;t wi'l be , .1 ..1 .. ...v.l ...h.v i . ill casli imiiienian-i. ...:. I his jilan is. similar to that in reopen lug the Lnited Han 1 1 list Company ol. d: ccic-boi o (l.ontinui.'d ni bie ige) rri. - Tl- n niiiVlps tO CX- 1 lie If Ulimil 3 vmM , - press appreciation to the Town and especially Mr. Oscar Briggs lor ine cooperation shown in puiunK cnrisimas iree in nwu ,i House. The club reports that the tree was most successful and that several l.. i . a nkiM,nn waro itrpRpnt to re- liuiiuicu iiiuuin " - r ceive the candy and fruit donated by the club. It was aiso announced that; Mrs. W, A. Whitner of Haselwood was winner of the first prize, a year's subscrip tion to The Mounta-neer, tor tne prettiest decorated living Christmas tree. Mrs. J. L. Weaver of Hazel wood received second prize va. the same contest which was a box of recovery thereof. Any persons indebt Barber apples. ' TALK ABOUT ECONOMY IN STATE BY ASSEMBLY IS SA1U 1U mlain a n.r. H 4TiKI(rH. There is already much talk altout economy in the state gov ernment and many are predicting that the new 19.5.5 general assemuiy , inp- to wield the economy axe i..o.-- vigorously than ever before and let . tX ,.,Ur.rn Vin- mnv. let tflf? cniJS Aal1 "i'1 ....... ----- i Vipro nnint out that there ,.hs.u-w - t 4, , f isi nothing unusual aDout tins i economy before the legislature meets r, tKQt this talk usually subsides pr onir-klv after the leerislature ac tually gets in session. For every time dv to apply the economy axe or pruning hook to some department, aivision or ihr ; slwavs a delegation of r-jli- ticians and lobbyists ready to sh u' "Woodman, spare tnat tree. ime , :,nn nut sf rpn it- is snared. Ftc- (,1111.3 " " - - - - ' quently the appropriation for the par ticular tree IS incieaseu. Undoubtedly more members of thu forthcoming legislature are coming here this time desiring to bring about greater economy than every bef r , and it is probable that a number minor economies will be made. But it is agreed by the older and more experienced -observers here that the usual efforts to secure econonm s, sutn as thru a reduction of departments, bureaus and commissions, will scurcel., amount to a drop in the bucket, a? far as the total state budget is concerned. It has already been pointed out that if the general assembly should abolish all salaries of all state employes m all state departments and institutions, . , i 1 . L : -1- .. .. exclusive ol tne scnoois, nignei edu cation institutions and the highway commission, the saving would amount to only 4.5 per cent ot the total state expenditures. Therp is a good deal of talk now bout economizing in the house am , enate on the number of employes foi mis session, just as mere nas '" before other sessions. It is under siood that Lieut. Governor A. II. (Sandy) Graham may seek to abolish t ie office of senate engrossing clerk i id reduce the number of employes in th engrossing office. Those here fa iliar with the situation know that the office of engrossing cierk is an entirely useless office and that it is I (Continued an back page) il j f I! !i fi 1 r been bitterly cppsea oy me wuu