North Carolina Newspapers

jgii wmmmm it Has More PaiJ-In- iJvance Subscribers In Haywood County Than All Weekly ewspop;rs Combined WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA VOL. XLV NO. 31 TIURSDAY, Jl'LY , 193:1 BRIEF NEWS ITEMS With exercises preceded by an im- ...csive street parade, jonn tai ! ;,; citizens in Rajfcigh celebrated centennial of the laying of the 'rnerstone of the present state cap i:al Tuesday. Kihvard Hubbard, 15, is in a critical (,v.t'tion in Shelby suffering from a iMvken neck sustained while diving , ;,i:o shallow water. Hoot Gibson, movie star, suffered from severe cuts and bruises and a no-ible fractured skull which he re ceived when the plane he was pilot ing at I.o Angeles in a lC-mile race trophy offered by Will Rogers. i:..,.h,.i before 25.000 spectators. Reports from Hollywood are to the ;'trt that two of movieland's favor ;,.Mary Pickford and Douglas will soon be divorced. The ;1iib:inks have been married since Their $400,000 homo is to be soon. When a boy friend of Maggie ( ampbell, 29, of Toledo. Ohio, punch ed her in the eye, she turned in the tic alarm. A fire crew found her at i hc box holding her eye. "I aw rated -ervice, and wanted it quick," she . x plained to the firemen. A pastor of an Epiiscopal church m an exclusive residential section of ( Imago found it difficult to get mem 1 crs of his flock ito meet a $2,500 .. t (.n the church, so he had the en. ranee of the church filled with 500 ' licks and explained that each time was paid into the church treasury hat one of the bricks would bere in'vvcd. The 'members soon realized what he meant , and set to work to laisc the money. Within two weeks he 'bricks were-gone, and the church door? opened. . It cost Arthur J. Knorr, of New York. $750 because he sliced his drive at the first hole of the Hillcrest Golf Course. The ball crashed hrough the windshield of Miss G.ason and she immediately brought suit and was awarded $750 damages. The administration's economy pro gram already has removed more than ton,, thousand government employes from the payrolls and hundreds more imminent dismissal, reports from Washington say.. . . The population of the United States now- is approximately 125,693,000, an Increase of 2,917,954 over April 1. '.'M the Census Bureau estimated. . The Democratic party will soon be ",,ut of the red," Chairman James A. F.-iiey of the national committee declared.- The committee's deficit has been reduced to. around $100,000, which will soon be wiped out, Farley stated. '.,: Two Are Injured In Collision Of 3 Automobiles M;s. M. B, Stonestreet, of Knox yille, Tenn., and her daughter, Mary Klizabcth. 13, were reported to be resting comfortable at the Haywood County Hospital Thursday morning where they are recovering from in juries sustained Wednesday night night when three automobiles collided n Highway No. 10 near Medford Farm.: . Mr. Stonestreet was driving the f-:a" in which his wife and two chil dren were riding.; Mr. Stonestreet and his small son escaped injury. The other two cars participiatng in 'he wreck were driven by Albert Har of Waynesville, and by Charles Bard, of Asheville. All of the cars '' damaged, but the Stonestreet .ear. a Dodge sedan, was damaged a'.out '$200, it was said by an officer 'ii vt -sugaring the wreck. liin Reeves and Marvin Miller were with "Ha"rri8. in a' Chevrolet coupe; it ua- reported. Highway Patrolman Smart was won at the scene and Deputy Sheriff "Kerley, of Waynesville. No arrests had been made Thursday morning. Harvey Price, 21, Suicide Victim Funeral services were held Wednes day, afternoon at Fines Creek for Harvey Price, 21, who ended his life Tuesday night at 7 o'clock by firing a load from a 12-guage gun into his 'eft 'side. Young Price committed the act war the home of his cousin, Wlilie "rice, where he had spent the day. Sheriff J. A. Lowe and Coroner r'r- J.'B. Westmoreland made an in vestigation of the shooting and a verdict of suicide was rendered. No cause was assigned for the deed. He had been in good health. Sheriff Lowe stated that he could .no:.-find any note or lettr giving reasons for the act. WEAVER EXPECTS PARK TO OPEN EARLY IN 1934 Mr. Weaver Is Working On Plans To Get Funds From (Jov ernment To Complete Park Formal opening of :he Great Smoky Mount tin,, National park early next year unless there is an unforeseen hitch in Tennessee, is. seen by Con gressman Zebulon Weaver, who ar rived in Asheville Monday from Dur ham, where lie was m Duke hospital for more than a week following an automobile accident. Hairy Hites, Mr. Weaver's son-in- law, who was injured in the same accident, remitted with him. Mr. Weaver's right collar bone and two ribs were broken and he received a number of bruises, the most serious one on his hip. Mr, Hites' right leg was broken just below the knee. It is expected tha. Mr. Weaver will be confined to his bed at least 10 days. As soon as possible he will return ta Washington. Within the next few days, however, he expects a resume, iin part, his duties. W. L.Hardin, his official secretary, is at his home in this city and wiill go to A hevule daily. Mrs. N. D. Smithson, his per sonal secretary, also will be in Ashe ville until Mr. Weave.- is able to re turn i;o Washington. SEEKS MORE PARK rrXDS Mr. Weaver has busied himself lately with attempts to secure the approximately $2,000,000 need;.! for completion uf the park from funds given the civilian -conservation corps, 'ashingten disox' -i s Monday far tied i lie i ews that it was anderst&yd thi Mecision had oecii iTncho-1. l'ark officials in North Carolina and Tennessee have deeded to the federal government tkle to most of 427.000 acres 'to go in the park. Title to approximately 100,000 acres re mains to be conveyed. Of this. 32,710 acres are in North Carolina. In order to "straighten out the boundary lines" of the park, Mr. Weaver expects additional federal funds for purchase of lands for inclu sion in the area. He also hopes that part of the $50,000,000 in the public works fund for road constructiion in government reservations will be used to complete the Great Smokies' high way-trail program. The question of appointment of postmasters will not be considered until Postmaster-General Farley has announced the administration's ppl icy. Mr. Weaver said. He will seek federal fund for construction of post office buildings in Western North Carolina towns, Mr. W eaver added, mentioning Marion. Murphy, Bryson City. Canton, and Forest City, f'LAXS I. O, IWILDIXG SURVEY A survey will be made of. 'this con gressional district to determine needs of the varibus towns. This will be transmitted to Washington for exam ination. Funds for constructing the buildings would etime from the $3--300,000,000 public works program. Further discussing postmasterships, Mr. Weaver said that as soon as the administration's policy is outlined he will take up 'the question of oppoint ing persons at Waynesville, Hender sonville, Ruthcrfordton. Black Moun tain, Weaverville, Canton, Enka, Mur phy, Franklin and other Western North Carolina towns. B. I). Burnt Returns From Rotary Meet Represented Local Rotary Club At International Conven. tion In Boston B. D. Bunn returned Tuesday from Boston, where he was a delegate from the Waynesville Rotary club to the International Rotary Convention in the New England city. Mr. Bunn as sumes the office of president of the local club at the luncheon Friday. Waynesville w u fortunate in be ing able to have an official represen tative at the convention -which was composed of delegates from 52 na tions of the world. There were 8,468 delegates present. Some of the dele gates were en route over three months. These were from Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Bunn told 'of one man from the other side of the world -who had an attack of appendicitis while on the boat and was operated on and was able to attend the convention when his boat landed in Boston. The convention was the second largest ever held, only being sury passed by the Chicago convention by a thousand. The Waynesville Rotary Club is one of the most active clubs in the West ern district, and with the new presi dent having attended the international convention and gathered the latest ideas and methods of a club to serve fcs community, it is expected that the Waynesville C!ub will undertake and complete many civic projett3 durilng the coming months. CONVENTION SPEAKER if - V . ;, . y ..'. SIKS IS VIII 111 II IU-1 -ON Miss Ferguson, dsu-'ghtor of Mrs; J. W. Ferguson, is He of tile -princi pal speakers at the ) oung Uemocrau-, Convention at Wrightsville Saturday. Sl:i' is state sec! eta ry of the organi zation. Miss Ferguson To M a k e Principal Democrat Address Several From Here Plan to .At tend Convention of ounp Democrats .Miss I-abel Ferguson will make the keynoto address at the convention of voung Democrats at their annual con vention it Wriirhtville Heaeh Sanur day. Last year Miss 1-erguson was elected state -oei'etary of the organ ization and took an active part in organizing the voung Democrats of the state for. the election last fall. Plans have been made tor. a .large number ot t lie memiM'rs oi t lie organ ization of the county to attend the convention. Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Alley, the former being district chairman, Thomas Reeves, district' publicity chairman and Johnnv Johnson, to gether with Miss I'orguson have made arrangements to go. and others from Canton and Clyde will be there, Senator Robert R. Reynolds and Postmaster General I'arlev are on he program and will speak. The organization met in Raleigh last year. Collece Week To Be Observed At Lake Next Week Large Number ()( ( ollege Presi.J dents To He Present And Make Addresses Monday' will be the beginning of college weeK at i.aKo JunaiusKa. a. which time the greatest gathering of college presidents ever to assemble in Wes.ern North Carolina will meet. ;t was anniuned bv Jamr Atkins, manager of the lake. An elaborate program for the week has been arranged. At 8 o clock each night tiie program will be held. Monday, July 10, Dr. W. P. Few, president of Duke I-niversitv. Tuesday. Julv 11. Dr. John J- Pi gart. president of Lniversr.v of Flor ida.' Wednesday, Julv 12. Dr. II. W. Coxy president" of -Kmorv I nivcrsity, Atlanta, C!a. Thursday. Julv in. Dr. D, R. An do:i.son. president of Woslyan Col lege, Macon, Ga. Friday, July 11. Dr. Frank Cira ham. Uniiversitv of. North Carolina. Saturday', .Julv 15. Dr. D. V. Dan iel, of. Clemson College. Homecoming Day Is Set For Sunday At Hazel wood Rev. Orie t'. I.andrum- pastor of the HazeKvood Presbyterian church, issued the following letter this week: "Next Sunday, Julv ninth, will be homcoming day in our church. We would like to have every member of the church present, and as many form er members an(j friends as possible, We are asking you to ?t aside this day for the purpose which has been designated. "The program for the dav will be: Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.. Church service at 11 a. m. There will be something special at both these ser vices. Shortly after 12:00 dinner. Car3 will be provided to transport everybody to the most suitable spot nearby. Each family is aske) to bring a basket. "At 7:15 there will be oung. Peo Dle's Vestier services. Ait 8:00 p. m. evening service. Several children will be christenend at this service. All parents are urged to present their children for this sacred rite. Mem bers will also be received. ' SAFE AND SANE HOLIDAY WAS OBSERVED HERE No Disturbance Is Reported IJy Police Department. Large Crowds Here avnesville and Haywood county celebiatej ihe Fourth of July in a glorious and sane manner Tuesday, in tact one of the quietest in many years, according to Chief of Police James Stiingtield who told The Mountaineer that he did not have -one single bit ot trouule tile entire day: No trouble was reported fiom any section of the countv. Hund eds ot v: itoit tamo ,j Way m.svilie and . 'einity t'o'- picnics and gatherings and found here one of the coolest and most delightful days sdriec rumniO), wis official!. . i-ue 1 in O'l June 'Jlst. Great throngs of isii-us and hon.e lolkj gathered a; the recreational centers-- hello Meade and Lake Jun.1 lusk i for golf, swimming and tennis several groups from the city spent th day hiking. Th.' stores of Waynesville and.Ha zehvooil were closed for the day. The o!liees at the court house and city hall were clo-ed. The formal progr .in at Lake Juna iuska was carried out. The boat raeos were delayed lieeause of motor tiouble, but were liehl with Hill Cole and Kalph Howell u inning. A six act comedy was presented by -the stu dents of'thu summer school and tiro woiks were shot from n site near the elect no cross later in the evening. Hundreds were present to see 'he firworks. Professor Walter, von Brock, of Asheville, and high school band furnished mu-ic throughout the day. Vwi'.or sports and athletic event's were featured during he day. A large crowd took advantage of the weather and spent most of the day oil the golf courses here. The pool and tennis courts at Belle Meade were generously 'patronized throughout the. day. while 'many.' en joyed the afternoon dance at the tea room there. After all. a gloriou- and sane Fount h was the order of the day. Girl Drowns At Junaluska When Swimming Alone irginia (ill Was Subject To Dizziness, Went in (amp Lake Alone MKs Margaret N'oflVingoiy 1!J year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. YY. NolVsinger. of Pristol. Va was drowned in a lake on the grounds of the Junaluska' Camp for (lirls at Lake Junaluska l ist Friday. . afternoon -wimininir alone. The body was. -'discovered about 4 o'clock Saturday a f-' or mum .after an all-night search had been made- Dr. J R. .Westmoreland, coroner of t his county,, who investigated it he drowning said death was due to acci dental causes and no inquest wa nec essa.rv. Miss Ethel McCoy, director of the eamp and a inemU'r if nhe faculty at 11 girna Dv.ermont College, of which Dr. Noffsinger is president, said that . Miss JCoffsingor-was missed' .about 7 o'clock . Friday evening She .arrived at the camp on Thursday afternoon . along with a r.umb('. (,f o'l In r. girls, to be at the formaLonenihg of the camp Fri day." ' Frid'iy al'ternc'on Mis - . -Noffs-inger and other -.'girls'-'iv.enf' to the camp.lalse for ;i swim :n comiaiiy with the sen ior wimmir.;' n. I'Uetor. Af ter the winj' Miss N'ofTsinger .''was elu'eked out .of . the- lake with other "girls by the . -instructor.. Unknown to eamp officials, she apparently returned to the lake alone ..for a .'.econd plunge af er being checked out. She was ulject to dizziness and it is presumed that she suffered from dizziness while alone in the water ano sank. Miss Noffsinger s absence was noted when the campers were having their evening meal. A search was imme diately instituted by camp 'authori ties with the assistance of the sum mer school officials and students to gether with resident of the commu nity. A thorough search was made of the vicinity and the lake. Divers were sent into the lake, and search was continued throughout the night- About six o'clock"- Saturday morn it was decided to drain the lake, after all other means of finding the missing girl had been exhausted. After the water had receded, the body was found. the body was taken to Bristol for funeral services and burial. The body was accompanied by Dr. Noff singer who arrived while the search was being made, and also by Hugh Noffsinger, of Atlanta, who arrived shortly after being notified of his sister s disappearance. This is the third season rthat Miss Noffsinger had been enrolled at the camp, which is located just east of Lake Junaluska. She had made ar rangements to remain at the camp for 'two months this season. Corn Growers Here Staging Contest There seems to be some keen competition in Waynesville in corn growing. Last week P. D. liunn announced that be had com with silks and ta.-sels on it. The latesi ;iehieement in coin growing seems to go to .Mrs. Thc dviie McCiaeken, who ha,! corn for h t table from her garden on June ;!Uth. If t here a 1 1 any vh h iv surpassed Air-. .Url. . acken s . ncurd they should rrpoit it and receive the lith of "dianipioii editor of dixie ma(;azle sees a bright future Hubert 1 . I.ee, Kditor Of Dixie iJusiiu'ss Impends lew l);ivs Here Waynesville has an Opportunity of becoming the outstanding ro-ort city of the entile (irea.t Smoky Mountains Xa.ional Lark region. Hubert 1'. Lee, of Atlanta, president of the Southern Chamber of Commerce and editor of Dixie Pusiness magazine, predicted while visiting here this week. "1 predict the best tourist season in for Wayiii'syille since its founding due to better busine-s con ditions ithat prevail generally an.d due to the nearness to the Croat Smokies." Loo", has made a trip around the Creat Smokies gc ding data . for an article for his magazine, lie wa- ac companied on the trip by Ralph L. Sanders, - .nationally known sports writer anil formerly I'liited Press stall' correspondent,. vho is a writer for Lee's publicat ion. "The ,(! rowt S.niok ies "oiler t lie peo ple of the Fast and South a haven Irom hot blast mir summer heat. It is inevitable thai t linnsa ti I s lloek to dn's section I'aeh suinmer. Ami in winter, the game available in the mountains should have a widespread appeal to hunters." he said. "N avnesville has been a lavorite vacation land lor years and its pop ularity is growing. Many people who have boon linanciallv handicapped "be past few '.-years are now - getting in shape with better business conditions being recorded to again trek to re sorts. Waynesville will share largely in this rei'urn of better time;-." "Kaslern : eapitali'sts, indust rialists and liusiness leaders are looking to the South during the coming months to i,e ' be first sect ion to show general busines- recovery." Lee said. As president of the Southern Chamber uf Coinmeice be made a trill by Hast en! Air Transport plan,.; fn W'ashing ton an.,1 New Vork to soiind dti: sen timent with referenc,' to their atti tude toward the new de il, par' jeuja rly a, it would effect the South. Mrs. J. R. West, 12, Buried Tuesday Daughter of Mr. -and -Mrs. John Mc( lure ()) Hazelwood. Died In Philadelphia 1' uneraL services for M i s. ,1. IL West, were conducted yesterday after, noon at ?. at 'ith'o IlazelWood. I'resby tcrian church. . .Mrs. S est., who was .42 years of ;ige, died -Saturday' in Ph.iliidelp'h-iai- folbnving an operation. She had lived there for the past four yrnrs. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John It. .Met 'lure. Ileside her husband : ;i ml parents, she is sur vived by foul- children. Pearl Vivian, Jes-ie, Jr., John Mrf'luve, and Lemuel Rogers. : be latter by a former mar riage, and the following brothers and sisters': Corbin MeCiuro. of Sin . Pe dro, Calif.; K. W. McClure, Hazel wood: Orion Met .lure. ! t. Denning. Georgia ; .Mrs. onobia Minor. ( hica go; Mrs. S. L. drier. Hazelwooil Lucile McClure. Hazelwood : and Mrs, II. T. Anderson, Philadelphia. An other brother. Hiliarv. wa killed m I' ranee in the World War. The body arrived in Hazelwood 1 uesday morn ing, and was accompanied bv Mrs. Anderson and Pearl Vivian A est. Interment was at the Green Hill cem etery, Waynesville. Services were conducted bv Rev. One C. Landrum, assisted by Dr. R. P. Walker. Pallbearers: Bill Winchester, Law rence Winchester, Lawson Mehaffey, T. L. Blalock, John Blalock, and Glenn Farmer. DRY MEASURE I N. C. IS THING OF PAST North Carolina's new weight and measure law is expected to save the potato growers from $100,000 to $200.. 000 a year and to other truckers pro portionate amounts, according to Mr. C. D. Baucom, enforcement officer. Drv measure is dicontinued, 'and here after sales will be made according to weight. 5 MURDER CASES TO BE TRIED IN JULY COURT TERM Judj;e Alley To Preside. Heavy Ducket Of Criminal Cases Says Solicitor Oueen Solictor Juhn M. 'Queen told The Mountaineer that he intended to try all the of the murder cases now tin the iTimina! court docket during the July criminal, term of Superior court w hich will convene here .Monday morning with Judge Felix Alley presiding. This is Judge Alley'.- first time to hold court in his homo county since his appointment last Januarv. Solicitor Queen staced thai th docket was unusually heavy fur thin court, there being several ea cs to be tried for criminal assault- house breaking, .-everal folonies and larceny. Besides the regular jurors, is was stated that several pecial venires will likely be called during the two week's of court to hear some of the murder cases. Ju-t which of the murder cases will be tried first, is not known at this time, according to So licitor Queen, as much depends upon which 'one the grand jury bears first. The murder cases are: Marshal Jell, kins, fur the alleged -laying of Dep u y Sheritl James t numbers on Cove Crock; Siggsbee 1'arton. for the al leged murder of Glenn Kingsiiioie. in l ines l reck township: Homer brown, for the all, I . .. . hot- gun of bis wife on a lonely trial in Lines ( reek township ; and Sam Blay. lock and ( laud Stanley, tor the al leged slaying of Tye. Catbey, in I'ig geon township. . There is also a lioiilicide ca.-e in which I'.-U'l ami Guy Howell, brothers, ate indicted for the alleged .-laying of l.e,. Selzer when the latter was killed, on th,. highway at Pellwood when he was crushed by i truck al legedly driven -by one nf the llowells, 'I'iic jury tha; was drawn to serve at i he Jul.V' term are as, follows: First wci k. Clyde township, . K. G, Cathey, I :. I!. A i i i.ngton. J.. S. Stanley, ,L . Snyder, J. , V Icks, H A. Jones, I'.. G. -Robinson, and M. V. Ilaynes; Wayne-vine. 1''. P. Hoidnoii, V. I). Hla lock, Ma.t Nichols. Clement I'itz giraid; Hcav.'rdam, V N. Wright. VV. r. Taylor, S. II. Miller, and Walt Amnions: Last fork, l(. A. Pies--, V. . V. Kiigers. K. M. l'l-aliklin: Iron Hull. J. A Parks: Fines 'iv.-k, ('. . Fulbrigh:. liobeit llavnes, J. ' R. Li dt'oid: and Ivy Hill, .1. .1. Car penter. Second week: ( Iv.le. J Jonts, A. K. Spear-; I'caverdiiii, G. I .xllen, M. A. ( b i)iii:in, W. ('. Llynn; Way- : m sville.' L. N. Davis.' N: N. 'Norman. I'. II. Williams; (rabtree. K. C. Huge-; Fast. Fork, KLnier Cawfurd, !:. '(.).. Siyl, s; Iron Duff. Guv iiain bt I ; ami Whit,, Oak. Allen Davis. 'flie grind juiy, whirh v.-. ; named last, P'e'li run r'y. is a- follows: F. K. IlianVon, foreman, J.-. I. Jliiyt.-, C. C. Willis- T. T. 'G-p en. A. AI . i i.i . er. ;i; IL Keeves, S- 1, Uivli, W; L. ( 'atk, Z:-h Cagb, J. Hy'rd Sniatbci-. K. A. Thompson. " Paul Kobin-on. Walker P.rown, R. L. Messer, C. S. Kre !, S. W. ( 'hamiK'r-, David ffowc'l. and G. ('. Hooker. 1 1 itch-Hiker Robs Man Who Gave Him A "Lift" On Road Sfato.sville .Man Is Robbed Of Almost SoD.IIO When He Hetnends Hiker ' Cluster York, :'ins.ur,,i.ie;- man. - of A beville,,was belif tip and roiib' d F r: day , night by .cir-fd-lodkiirg. ' -i'.' i -sore pedestrian whom he nicked tip on , the highway. . , Soon .- I'ter AI i . i k gave ihe biteli hiker a lift, the ni in -tuck .'hi pis.nl in Mr. York's ribs and orderi d. him to di ive ' U'r ero-s.coun: ry load- for several mile-, '.i,e!i ordered'. ..him to -top and turn over his money. Air, York had $49. SS in his ,.v,,. ar. I turned over. the. full ; 1 1 --.i : the: armed stranger whom '! had . '".e--friended, :' After the- kindly ' motorist of the nature of the Good SamarLan , hail . been relieve, of his cash, the .strang: er ordered him -to "drive liki h- 11 and don't look back. - and the final order was cheertullv ooeved,. Ml. ork feeling relieved that his diabol ical assailant had. left him his life and his car, unharmed. The Weather The following is the official weather report of S. H. Stevenson, official weather observer for Wavnesvihe; Date Max Min Free 28 - S7 ro 20 s on 30 - 84 r. 0 27 1 S2 Of. 0.04 2 89 " f4 f..- 0.80 4 F0 .r4 5 73 -'. 4:3