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j k. a is .i a kvni as More Paid-ln-.ldrjr.ee Subscribers In Haywood County AVijh 1 UVcA, .Wa'spjvrs Combined TIU HSI) AY. JANTARY 12, 19M VOL. XLV NO. 6 WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA SUM H hC a 1 AMI I V MOTUirl VI BANK OF CLYDE j AUTHORIZED TO , RESUME WORK All Deparments Are Put Back Into Operation Tuesday Morning. The Bank of Clyde, closed in No vember, 1930, and reopened under a depositors' agreement by permission of the State banking department on January 10, 1931, resumed operations Tuesday as a full fledged banking in stitution, operating1 in all departments of. tanking. "In, addition to this announcement, Aj.M. Burns, Jr., liquidating agent for the bank, said Monday that the in stitution is returning to business in alt lines of banking with its capita! stock unimpaired. ' iD. I, L. Smathers, mayor of Clyde, f and a well known citizen of this sec tion for-many years, is president of the bank. Mr. Smathers was elected head of the institution when, with per mission of the State, banking depart ment, it was reopened under a deposi tors' agreement. R. T. Haynes, also a well known citizen of Clyde, is cash ier. ' Since the bank was reopened, it has paid depositors in cash 50 per cent of their deposits. Recently, virtually all deoositors had accepted solvent notes for the other 50 per cent. The bank I will open prepared to pay all deposi tors to the full 100 per cent, Mr. Burns said. Recently, under instructions from Gurney P. Hood, State commissioner of banks, Mr. Burns made a complete examination of the bank, he said. Mr. Burns said that Mr, Hood had instructed him over long distance tele phone to allow the bank to ntinue operations unhampered by the deposi tors' agreement, the time limit of which will expire Tuesday. .Accounts made since the bank was Teopened on January 10, 1931, have been consolidated with other accounts subject to check, Mr. Burns said. He also announced that the bank has been authorized to accept savings accounts and to resume operations in all its departments. , Much credit for success of the move ment to reopen the bank is due to Rev. R.' P. McCracken, of Clyde, and W, H. MeCracken, former register of deeds at Haywood county, it was learned Monday night. Annual Dividend h Declared By First National Bank Here All Officers and Directors Reelected For Coming Year at Meeting Are The 27th annual meeting of the stockholders of the First National Bank of . this city was held Tuesday of this week, with 200 of the 500 shares of the bank stock represented in per son. At the outset of the meeting C. H. Ray was elected chairman and J. H. Way secretary. The report of the cashier of the bank showed the bank to be in sound condition and the stock holders having been paid a dividend. I It-was unofficially reported that less than a dozen banks in the state re ported a dividend for the past yeai. During- the course of the meeting the following were elected directors for the coming year: J- R. Boyd, J , H. Way, C K. Ray. T. L. Gwyn, M. M Noland, D. Reeves Noland, M. .1. McCracken, J. R. Hipps, and .1. II. Kirkpatrick. After the stockholders meeting ad journed the directors met for the regu lar session and 'organized for the year. J. R. Boyd was. elected chairman of the boaiti and president, -and J. 1 1. Way was elected .cashier', and secie ' tary of the board. A 1 .-.her o.'ivs and employees of the bank were re- elected. ; ,V Officials . of the bank - stated , that taking the business . condit'.uns of the country at present into -consideration "that they were satisfied. -with the out come of. the business of the bank, for the past year. Hundreds In County Are Being Cared For By Welfare Workers For a definite idea of the work bing carried on by the welfare depart ment of the county and volunteer workers, visit, the second door of the court housp and see the long waiting line of needy men and women. From early morning to the closing hour a group of 35 to 50 stand in line at the door of the welfare office and the historical room, which i3 beiKg used for distribution of the Red Cross material, waiting1 turn to present their case and receive aid. In some cases these families are in dire need, having neither food nor clothing. Wherever there is an able bodied man in the family he is given work on one of the welfare projects. In other cases, which are many, it is necessary to issue Relief Orders for food, clothing, or fuel. It has been estimated by state workers in thif $15,000 Alloted Haywood Welfare For Jan. And Feb.! Total Of $l,(i;r.0()0 Approved J By R. C. F. For North ! Carolina. Haywood county has been alloted $0,000 for the month of January, and $'J,000 for February for local relief from the Reconstruction Finance Cor poration, it was learned here this week. Outside of Buncombe county, this county is receiving the largest quota cf any of the 18 counties in Western North Carolina, according to the state ment sent out by the state department. For the purpose of supplementing local funds to meet emergency relief needs in the one hundred counties of North Carolina a loan of $1,035,000 was today approved by the Reconstruc tion Finance corporation for the months of January and February. The apportionment for January is $740,000 and for February $805,000. Previous ly $815,000 had been secured for the ! months of October and November, and 8571,000 for December. Larger amounts for the two winter months was necessary because of the increasing number of families in need of assistance. County releif agencies estimate the total number of families who will have to be helped in January 13,325 and in hebruary at 151,272 14s against 122,281 in December) and tiiat there will be available from local funds $005,281 and $357,273 for the two months respectively. This means a relief load in the State of nearly one and a half million dollars monthly. The Federal Emergency relief fund just made available will-be. paid in four installments, payment of first allotment for January being made available immediately. The allotment for each county near here by months is as follows: County Jan. Feb. Avery $ 1,000 $ 2,000 Buncombe 40,000 40,000 .Cherokee 2,000 3,500 Clay 1,000 2,000 Graham 2,000 2,000 Henderson 2,500 4,500 Jackson 2,000 4,000 Madison 1,500 2,500 Swain 1,000 2,500 Transylvania 1,500 3,500 Mrs. C.W. Wright Is Burried On Sunday Funeral rites for Mrs. O W. vVrivht, who died in "-the Haywood Hospital here Saturday about noon, were solemnized Sunday afternoon- at 2:30 o'clock at the Methodist church, with the Rev. Wade Johnson, the pastor, conducting the service. In terment was in Green Hill cemetery. Mrs. Wright was tne daughter of the late W. C. Gad. ly. who was for 40 years a barber in V.'aynesvillo and for ninny years the ' only one here. She is survived 1 y he:- liusbnnd, C, W. Wright; and two children, ('. W., Jr., aged 12, and Killie, 5. She also leaves four brothers. Henry. Hu'iert. and Co'-iei : Gaddy, of Waynesvi'le, and J. P. Gaddy of Aiken. S. C, and one ss t r, Mrs. W.. O. Painter, of Clinton. Active pallbearers were: Oscar Briggs. Will Strango. Sam Plott. Smiley Carver, Spauhling Underv. ood. and Toi.i Kdwards. Jr. W. M Iou Dies At His Florida Home News of the death of W. M. Igou, (if"-i!usfaep, Florida, has been been re., cei.v-vl with regret by his many Way--. -vi' friends. : ." Mr. Igou died at his home last T ; ,-dav morning, following an ill ii. -s of several months.. ' 'nt ;' two years ago, when ill health '"(,ri'i"f him to. resign, Mr. Igou was -re! nry of the State of F'hrida. He 1 .f rs. . li'ou hav spent four sum i"e.vs in Waynesville at the home of ivv F,.' Z . Withers and were on their v i in.- "la t suinmer when Mr. Igou ;i fi;" n i'l in. Andrews and forced t.v ) .. n H .nio. They have made nianv ...friends . here and in the death of Mr Ifrovi Waynesville and West' evi vorth Carolina lose a great booster. field that 50 cents will buy food fe me person for one week and work o': donation? are given accordingly. However, there is one woman on the -e-orJ in the welfare office who sup rinrts herself and ber ninp children on Relief O-ders to the amount of 2. r.o week. , No cah is given out1 in any case. A record of each person applying Tor rid is kept in the welfare office ind investigated so that al? do nations are made to those who are V -crving. About 625 families -in "Waynesville, Hazelwood, and Maggie im be;i" helped at present and about 700 families are on record. Th welfare department has ap oroximrteiv 18 projects in this vi- initv. These projects provide work for many men daily which means (Continued on back page) Open Funeral v ! I w f f Mr. and Mrs. Noble Garrett will formally W '""V.1 U"ZKt night at S o'clock with an informal reception to which the public is cordial invited. . Rep. J. H. Howell Introduces Bill For Law Library Special To The Mountaineer) Raleigh, hi Haywood Coun ty's handsome new courthouse, built by order of the court with threats" of indictment unless U were constructed, -is an attractive room designated as the Law Li brary, but without books or furn ishings, Representative Hardin Howell, of that county, said when he introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to provide for books and furnishings for the li brary. His was the only bill in troduced in either : side of the General Assembly at the short Saturday session. The bill provides that the cus todians, clerk of the superior court chairman of the board of commis sioners and president of the Hay wood County Bar Associationpur chase law books and journals, to be paid for from the county's general -f9nMt clerk of court to be librarian, and provides for the addition of $1 to the court 'costs in Haywood superior, court, and for a like addition in certain easts n the recorder's oourts f Canton and Clyde and in the mayor's court in Waynesville, to constitute a library fund for keep ing up the books and opphi , in the law library, "Once In A' Blue Moon" To Be Given Here On Jan. 25-2G Thiee-Act Comedy Hein-g Spon sored !5y Rotary Club For IU Scut Work . hu i;. a hie Moon." a tlii.ee-act iimedv drama will he presentert in Ihe Wavnesville High Scliool au.iuor- i I . .. 1 'II. .1.1.' I'lMlll lUni, eine.-.ua J aty 2.". and '2 with a ca-t i.l laO b'cal people. "Once In a Blue Moon": is being sjioiisored by the Rotary ( lull for the benefit: of Hoy Scouts and Girl Scouts and young." people's', welfare. Plans for 'the .production- are well j'n.d' r way. A principle cast iif twelve .h;;racter'-' has been completed au.d 'he gi 'ouj.::- ae being asseiulileil... 1 hose, je-ting in the play proper are Iietsey I line (luinlan "a;s Pieirette, 1 1 1 Creen is Yuia Yum; ;he G;i v. i'eep. Mi-. V .'Lady .of the Toiea lo". Mrs.. ; r'!'! i a run a- J. M. K-lhdt as B'i f . f rav. i'i. i,"as-. the. Wd'ayV . .lame-i Alien, a as - n 't . i''i i"Co;i as ,n'iU a in K ;,ii Death, and Wil- ! ..'. . . ( ,!yrd..'M6;ci A : ii-i : iie-ro hut If'-r: " will;- open l-h'' show loru as tired ba-inc '; nd'lellini' jo !Mub. ,- A Ma s ni(-i" s;ii":i mw.sii.iik.' in '-'i'- iUir i lie-- : .Men'5 cje'-a ila1' ;- in' p.ro- e- s an I '.?:'. in;, ai'iu. rue;'" the v.hj h momlii r--' wea i in'. . Attending ....the TU'-sts v.-jll he a - 'in J su-iu . v. 'Jit- '"in cest u-m c - and im a s k s , ' the main ca-t are ti a-!i;eraO' arge riunitK ba l l a - ! cal I tiusiriess lir.n proiessionai in-.o. .naiiy , r : W , .uninue an I coniicar eliaraciei - .11 hi rente.-eTi'.ed by ifiis . erouii. Two choruses of High School girls will give routine oance numbers with jspeeial costumes and effective steps. . A pToiogue x,i loo sman .niiuren will be used as a curtain raises with a special group of ?mall dancers. (ln e In a Blue Moon'' offers a ' variety of entertainment that will ap- ! ;al to everyone, The Rotary Club s making a special effort to stage a successiuj proaucimn ana win appre "iate any support that the citizens of Vaynesville can give. Ruth De Roo, 16, years old, of Flint, Mich., startled veteran boatmen in her sensational driving to win over 120 r"tur pilots in the national nut. board regatta held at Bay City, Mich '' The construction of a earner:,, . . be used by scientists, which can t .keldiciary number one, trustee of um- , 000 pictures a minute, has just been completed in Germany. Home Tonight : "j Informal Reception Will Mark Opening Of Funeral Home Mr. And Mrs. Noble (Jarrett Will Open Funeral Home at S p. m. Tonight 1 etween the hours of K and 10 o'clock will mark the formal open ing of Garrett Funeral Home on Main street, with an informal reception Kiven 'ay Mr. and Mrs. Noble Garrett, owners 'and operators of the home. A special musical program has been arranged for the reception tonight consisting of piano and vocal solos by local talent. During the course of an interview yesterday relative to the establish, ment of the funeral home, Mr. Garrett said: "We had spent several years study ing the profession of funeral service before en ering t'u, business. And, since ciiUMing the profession six years : go, it ha- been our very sincere desire to render the very best possible ser vice in ev.'iy -espect. We have gained as a reward lor each service rclideii'd acknowledge of how to ren lf' I etter servic". ' . "And in conducting an undertak 1 ing service in onj Jin lio v with, -a i furnitui " sto 'c wi' b;ve always found ; ourselves vi ry iii'ich !iandica:peil in : !:!!, im. onh' of the. 'very ;mport ' .,( fratim -'"iif our siTc'k'!' t !oing it Ur i, tlv.i V'irii s' milliards vvbic.h We .' l,;,ve . How !'.' there; liar" 'Cell ', -e--y pronoiio.-. I j'rog-i; ss ma le itribe profession in : lie 1 . : .i-eyer-i I .years. ! h .one t'eaUir,, l lii- ,ngiv,- i . li t.s; lishlOell! , .1 .rilll 111 Hill ie fllll' h. ,11 'Host "It :s a smii'c I act inn to us t hat C ..- ihle to proeiir' i pioUiun y.c li.r.'o I' will. ;U l 'l lenlal the !r. :: i w i.i . h, lo lil.ll.e sat i s imd i1 lea-,. o!o A'l. r.. ee"ii 1. ll and at a re a ma : ii'-ine .of the 'a 'hi outrh thi li I'.'lllv ' "11 1 1 I'. I'uni '-rill hoin.' v a roinplet,. sevi are a!.h to nior nc any I 'ppi niching the H'iii lamlai I we' (way's triving to niainta in." ... Gai reti will ai--i-t i l the fU as in tile past v illi all. w'iin n 1 1 1 : M .;.i ehil.lvoirs: cases.. Mr. 'I'hoi .. 'A . -jMii-a -k " will he . a, :'ist:-.nt (.;.; M" i .- 4.ft . Mr ami M r-., Mini loci; ar IH'W i '.; i rc a : a 1 1 nn SECO'NDWHKK'O'f :"1 V CIVIL 'ANCELED Sher onlay ourt'.i rigina If a: i i here i' a.ui-oti will i"'. that 1, a' ' ia l;e l ieX t; '. w'l-; pianni'ii . 'ane l,ee!i sum non -.11 jurors ' ll 1 - o be in re ;e;-,C I. . r m ( f civil tio-iil'h i ii.--f.-s. 1. i ia. it i ,r i-c' w' :';-i tei. 'ir an The calendar'. f;v 'thi' -' :rV.ir. did -'ot pn' a.'.'i to wai-'aat a 'wo week'. said. Court convened Monday . n intr with J i h-.. II. Hoy!" ';.'il. o- - n1 i.; the place in J-id;'e .1 . ! 1 . Court adjourned. Monday until A o. :!-, 'ay niovning '' the h?cli of ca.-e- Vched- ( o, ,,,.,, at tt rr.on'i been us" '. u'ed. .';'." Senator Francis Is Named Member On 6 Senate Committies According to dispatches recei- d her-j Senator W. Roy Francis has b en named a member of six committees of the Senate and chairman of another, that being railroads. Senator Francis;- besides be: : i l-.airman of the railroad committee. 'a member of the Other committees as I follows: appropriations, commercial fishieries. congressional, districts, ju- versity. and proposition and g-riev- ances. Economy And Denial Urged By Ehringhaus L. M. WELCH, i PASSED AWAY LAST TUESDAY Confederate Veteran Was One Of Leading Citizens Of Havwood County I.. M. Welch. 00 years old las; De cember 0, who passed away Tuesday morning at J:.10 o'clock at the l.onie of Mrs. Robert .Mitchell on Love Lane here, was in many ways one of the most remarkable men of the older generation of Havwood county citi zens. Present at the beside when the end cam,, were two of his pieces, Mrs. Robert Mitchell and Mrs. J. F. Abel, a nephew. James K. I.ove, and his willow, who before her marriage was Miss Julia Ann Moor Mr. Welch was the only surviving son of William Welcn, ,ho was sena tor from Haywood county in the State Legislature in 1820, was re-elected in IKiiO. and served 'M years as clerk of the Superior court. He was the youngest of 10 children, all of whom iii' dead. Volunteering, at the outbreak of the Wa- He'.ween tile States, he served throughout the four years of strife. He made li distinguished record in the commissary department where he was in charge of the handling of food stuffs for his regiment, the fiOth, a position he filled acceptably under most trying circumstances. Near the end of the war, he was transferred to Haywood county and participated in the defense of the county at the time Kirk and Kartlett made raids through the county during th,, closing months of the war. After the war he vegan life as a farm er. in which he was very successful, accumulating considerable property. He did not aspire to any political of 'ice and never held one. II,. was n life-long Maptist, and was an active deacon for more than HO years. For the past several years, the church had elected him annually as deacon emer- it us. (In ))cccmlor 1. 1H7K, he was mar :cd to Julia Ann Moore, who survives him. On December I, 1028, thev eel "brated their golden wedding. For nr nv wars, be lived at his home two miles east of Waynesville oh High, wnv N'o. 10. and in his prime made daily trips to Waynesville on .loot. Ho was active up to about I0!?0. The funeral ser-vic,. for Mr. Welch was . held at. th" First. Ilaptisl church here Wednesday afternoon at .2 o'clock with tiie pastor. Rev. II. W. Haucom, iflieiafinjr Hurlal was in Green Hill cemetery. i.;.- ides his widow. Mr. Welch leaves " children, Paul, Jiv'-who Jives in 'I". . i level. uid li., a cotton manu fael urer, of Gastonia. and Mrs. An 'I i ew M oore, widow of Andrew .Moore, V (linlonia, and six grand bildren. Mr. Annie --Welch' ' Tutwilder. Mrs. i'vilme W. h i. Camp, C. I). Welch, 'v, k-iin Welch, Lucius Welch, and Mr-, Mm: ha Moore 1'age. Art ive palllii'M rers were: T, L. Green I W. (', Wilbiirn, Kdwin Haynes, J. R. Morgan R. Mi ,1. T Bridges. M . Andrew Moore, who had spent oV'-ri of her I'inie herefor the past ( v n . ear - 4nee, M r. Welch had been ' 1!(, health, left a few dii'ys" ago. V, h- , i.n.iher. Cleveland D. Wil.h, -hc r t urned here Tuesday afternoon. I'l !l.!Ii: AMI ID - (I(H.I)FlfS T( '' Kl' i' STOCK-' I I SMI W the I Icy wood Wili 'bo in siia'v, .lam I'.'Jil M i 1 1 ng ; i he .nan 1 e ol ' yi ;rr ii lie1" lore. d'. i; and i' mi ; ;n( !' : ';;- i ' in 1 1 anv ut'i i: t ho t-ran lo- I 'll' Ki-;- .' I':. ,f. s;oi-l. a; im ' ling licri Governmeiii Will Get 5 000 Acres For Smoky Mountain National JPurk A deed; to .5,000 a vres ; of land in the .fJr.ta't.'.'..nirky Mountain-- .National park is being preparcil at the office? of the .North Carolina I'ark; coinmis sion for presentation in the near fu ture to the federal gvernment. Total .North Carolina acreage in the park area already transferred to the feci' oral authorities is 138,000. Most of the land to which a deed is now being prepared consists of scat tering farms in Swain and Ilaywcod counties. The state also owns a half interest "he Suncrest Lumber company tract , ,'12.000 acres but the government will not accept it until the entire acreage is secured. This will be done when additional funds are obtainable by the commission. The Thomas R. Byrd estate tract of 20,000 acfes is under option and is New (iovernor Proposes Drastic Changes In State Set-lp RALKIG11, John Christopher Blu cher Fhringhaus last Thursday became the 54th governor of North Carolina. The inaugural exercises were the most sober and serious since the days of reconstruction.- The famous Fhringhaus smile sel dom flashed. The new governor frank ly painted an "ugly picture of the financial difficulties that beset the state. "In such an hour," lie declar ed, "the plain unvarnished truth is best." Thousands were on hand to greet ll,.. ,1.,., t . ,,f )(,. A Ih.oivi !,, lint (tliev loo were serious in demeanor. Frequently they clapped their hands but neved did they cheer. It was a quite, stern inauguration. "The state which we love has reach ed the cross roads of its financial des liny," dclared the governor in his in augural address. "Tin1 way out is plain hut pleasureless; it involves the eating, for a season at least, of the herbs ntid drv breat of hard self-denial," His audience responded with a clat ter t hands. The applause was short but not perfunctory. Rather did' -it seem to accent the ;lt own down by its new chief executive. Grouped at the fronC of the new memorial auditorium, in which the governor took the oath of office, were the members of the senate and house of representatives, They gave rapt attention to the inaugural address. "A substantial, even drastic curtail ment of our spending is imperative," declared--Governor FJlringhaus, The law makers applauded. "Proud, as We are of our social pro gress," continued the governor, "we must remember that not even social progress can, for any great time go, ahead faster than material progress. To the suggestion that a recession in expenditures means defeat of ideas, I venture to reply that there is no more certain way to insure their de feat than to pursue a path which leads certainly to script payments, finan cial chaos and repudiation." Again the legislators interrupted to applaud. If Governor Khringhaiis was pessi mistic and reactionary in his remarks, at least, he had the hacking of the men and women who will make the laws ( l .:; ir. ii d on hack page) Older Boys' Confer ence Will Meet Mere jaiiuery 20, 21 -..and 22 A I nun i I'.'a ..' n 1;,. !V',.., .' of Wi he held" in tin here January 1C: t t s lie tea liinual Ohio; Hoy.-' i;:m si ern N'ort h ( 'a.vliiia to First Method is;, church 20, 21 and !!:!, it has been announced "by C. of Charlotte associate 'rotary of the Y. M. ( 'I !,. i --'I in I'o co ri. i'l ' wil . V.'it! noil inter-state see. A.- he hehj under liie auspices of. the In-oi'-Statn Y. M. C. A. With the co-operation of th" -H'i-V .-rid Rol-i'iy chilis of V:avnesvi!le. 'I'le- initial session Will heirin l-'ri-i'-av nig'l.il , January- 20. ;it 7 :'M o'rhirk. !')iii in if the ron lY.' en c a niimher of preinirieii! -fieakei s '"will he '. ir.i in In line; (', ,. V alUer, M list . ih. r "ol t he Wa c h ov i a 1 1;; n k a m I t t i i I cn a iapy hi ' a,"i : . r.i .. i T' aefier-' ! . II, ila'. In-ii-t. oilee ; I v Cu!. '. a y .; .I'm Mettlodi '(.',ti. iii-j being: condemned to clear t !'., title. As soon as. it is paid for, it too. will he deedeij to the federal government. The only tract remaining to be ac quired is .about od-000 acres belong ing to the Ravcnsfo -d Lumber com-; pany. This is under condemnation nd the case will he heard by Com missioner T. Lenoir Gwyn, of Way nesville, AV. N. Garrett, of Asheville. and Judge J. S. Manning, of Raleigh, on January 19, The commissioners will hear evidence as to value, and will submit its report to the clerk of the superior court, fixing the price to 'ie paid. Members of the park commission '' ti acouire all land in the area in this state during the year, making it possiblp for the federal government to begin development of the park as soon as lands in Tennessee ar? obtained. I I V i HI ! It .-'! f it I i1 I1 V