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The Best Advertising Medium In Haywood County Published At The Eastern Entrance of The (ireat Smoky Mountains National Park Read by Thinking People VOL. XI iv NO. 38 WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA Till USD AY, ST lit; I City And County Schools Vun.oxinu.teIy 6,000 Students Vte bvpecieu i I ndcr 143 Teachers Wednesday . .c:;. ols in the county with , ., of the Canton schools ' ... t Wednesday.. August to mi announcement Tv , t k by Jack Messer, .'j-.cr.ntcndent of education '' indications now are that !y i) tJOU children will be ", ':'!, .Unient this year, which .ut ten per cent more than ,: whin the emollment was jidreil und forty-three teach takc over the task of instruct. C tmo pupils for the next .-i, tr,,,,... ff th teach- uiunt. The four are, three Yi'i'a'all-1 agl ICUlllil al icaviicio i4 ::, l.oinc economics teacner. ini vim 1. A McLean, ol Bryson City. t agricultural teacher at Bethel, ana within the next few days an ag iMiltmal teacher will be named for !V.- and Fines Creek. Mr. A. .G Meriew will remain as the vocational tether in the Waynesville Township ..Jimil. Miss" Louise Edwards will (each ' hmnc economics in the local hu.-.ii. The" same' number of buses will be u-ul ths year as last, it was learned, 'a 'ttmugii V-.'I,KI has been cut from r e ha Iget of $!,0Uu for the op- cr.-'.an ati.i manue.iunce oi uieiu. n'Liiiij board has turned the ;em i u.i'k of the buses over to the h.glmay department' and discontin ue,! ine ii-rul a garage here. This leiu wnl .-ave some. Mr. Messer said. The -tale -school officials are trying i e-'i',-cl the Haywejd County lH-ik,"l Hoard to use student drivers a; fT.'iO per month, but as yet the iw.il !.ari has not complied with this leiiuevt and has made arrangements I- iinp'ov adult drivers at $15 and V-'ll m.'.ntk Ti.,- u a.- a matter.' of much debate ia-' t-ar when . the state tried to . .vmis. ! the - local board to substitute Vi-vH .nivei-s. Mr. Messer said, "tti inuiii have to resort to student fii. -,!.- la'.ei', but our present inten t.' ' - are ;ci use experienced adult Hp i.t Saturday, The first teacher- aieetiLg will be held in the l. .-I",::--,- ,l,tiitts. On Saturday- Sop viiim s, the first county-wide b -ia - meeting's- will be held. Mr M. r announced. I:- i-t of. teachers as published ' paper sometime ago. with the -.-: t a lew changes, will be-'-i Iran- duties on next Wednesday "ara.i.g. The complete list was not a,,,iat, vh-.rKt chVab 1 tins week as several slight were being made by school Beer Licenses Net This County $775 ." May 1, 1933. Haywood coun ty ha.- had added to the treasury the t-urn of $775 from the sale of licenses to beer within the county, it was armd yesterday -from Edwin Hfiyties, register of deeds., ''" ... '( date 33 places have paid $25 each for the licenses to sell beer with in Haywood. .The towns collect $15 license and th,, ftate $5 on each place, while the federal Government collects a per centage on the amount of business done, '. J. H. Way Assuming r--.lV 1 '" Tfc i uuues as roiice Court Judge Now ' i I y' cashler of 'the- First - t Bank, has alwavg been con- . 'hi one of the fastest counters .' n,erey anywhere, but those who d-c been brought before him since ' jrned the duties of police court ar'"'t. hnd that,, hp counts out days , --J. .ir.es about as quickly a she does iti.er.en Teed ', at the bank. ' . place as "judge'' is new to wl av- but from the way those f,r ;;,v been hauled in before him o. . r a' talk, he is termed as a ui V, ? JUfiKC" and has been ac " ' lt. tting" down hard on the " j'reaker.a. . V" :mPMe to get "judge" v::: ,u" aout his new duties he thinks that the dignity a T'i"?e shou,d upheld and not U 4v-r publlc'ty and that alone :l "...earn of his "veteran judge" Whether m years or not. irgeIjeans are on display here - in I', .-.y- of Route 2, brought str . -v ; ? Week fme beans that p ''is rd-long-' variety. The I'l?,? long as 24 inches, L-Vr in ?!' fiiled with beans. -J - -fa!1 tht-H- long beans P .u'a a d -pla3 Open 29th (By Supt. M. H. Howies.) The Vaviicsville District Schools will upen Weilnesday morning. Aug. . 2tth -at :4."). I'm rents arc requested to enter their children the first day of school and to. provide them with the necessary materials not later than second Jay of school Each child will get a list of books and other materials needed the lirst iay of school. The History ati'l Civic textbooks are the only books changed from last year. The'Se new high school books may be purchased at the Waynesville Book Store. Hijrh school textbooks other than History ami Civics may be be exchanged through the Home Room teachers. The ownership re cord will be kept in each Home Room of books belonging to students of that Home Room- Students will please record all transactions with their Home Room teacher to save embar rassment concerning textbook own ership, There will be. approximately :uu more students in the Waynesville schools this year than there were last. Two additional elementary teachers hdsn allotted to this district. The hitrh school students are re quested to report to the high school building for their program sheets ami book lists, on the following days be tween the hours of 8:30 and 5:UU. and seniors Thursday and Friday, August 2:Jrd and August 24th. Sophomores Monday, August 27th. Freshmen Tuesday. August 2th. . New teachers in the Wavnesville township schools for this year, arc Miss Daisy Boyd, Hazelwood, replac ing Miss Freda Kincher. who resign ed Mr. J. James, of Fines Creek will replace J Faul Beam, who has accepted a position at Kutherfordton, Miss Hilda Haliburton, will replace Miss Maude Terrell in the Central Elementary school Miss Edna Morrow will till on(. of the extra allotments, and will be placed at Maggie school. Miss Margaret Walker will replace Miss Flora RatUbone. Lake Junu luska. Miss Louise Arringtoii to till extra allotment nlaccd ut l'eachtree. Mrs. Earl Medscv replaces Miss Doris Messer at Kock Hili. . , -A Waynesville District Teachers meeting is called for Saturday morn ing, August 25th, at Id o'clock in the Central Ivlemcntary school building. The meeting is called for the purpose of discussing class- room organization subiect material organization am general school policies for the school yer 'l!i;!4-:5. Parents : arc- cordially invited to attend tbis meeting. Revised list of Waynesville town ship teuchers, including vocational teachers, follows: HIGH SCHOOL C. E. Weatherby. Building Princi pal, Civics. K. J. Robeson, Mathematics. W. C- Allen. History. Evelyn Underwood, French. Margaret Ashton, English and His tory. . Marv Barber, Biology. Mrs. J. L. Kellett, Latin. . Mrs. J- C- Patrick. General Science. Ethel Craig, Commercial. Bessie Boyd, English. Martha J Mock, English. Louise Edwards. Home Economics. A. G. Morrow, Agriculture. Mrs. Lucy Tate Jones, Mathematics. HAZELWOOD Jesse James, Principal, seventh grade. . , , Frances Garner, sixth grade. Mrs. Samuel Knight, fifth grade, Mary Stringneia, men Wilda Crawford, fourth grade. . Daisv Bovd. third and fourth grade. Eva P. Leatherwood, third grade. Margaret Burgin, second grade Mayme Love Leatherwood, second grade- , " i.n.ntnn. first erade. Mary Rathbonefirst grade. CENTRAL ELEMENTARY E W Mease- Pnn. and sevc-ntn grMr Hilda Haliburton, sixth grade. Maye Burr Morrow, seventh grade. Mrs DeBrayda Fisher Liner, sixth KrMrs. Ova P. Ferguson, fifth grade. Marv Ruby Davis, fourth grade. Frances Robeson, third grade. Lois Harrold, second grade. - Ann,, Dee K.rkpatmk firt grade. EAST WAYNESVILLE W. Thomas Reeves, Prm. and sev enth grade- , W L McCracken, uth grade. Elizabeth Henry, fifth grade. . Fannie Pearl Felmet, fourth grade. Mildred Crawford, third grade. Eula Patterson, second grade. Mr' Annie Plott Ledbetter, first LAKEJEVMrS J Harlev F a". , I'm 'h ami seventh grades. . . ' Stephanie Moore, fourth and fifth grades. . Louisa Rogers, third grade. Margaret Walker, second gradu. Mrs. Sam Queen, first, grade. .-- ROCK HUL T T Rrtvd. P.-in-. sixth and .-eventh RrM'arv Lou Leatherwood. fourth and fifth grades. , , . , Mrs Earle Messer. third grade. (Continued on h -ck page I PROMOTED !)K. FKKNC.il 11AVNKS Former Clyde Girl Now Holds Position At Elon College Dr. French Haynes, of Clyde, Considered Exceptionally Young To Hold Ph. I). Dejjree (Written special for The .Mountain eer.) Dr. French Haynes, of Clyde, for many years associate professor and dean of women at Howard college. Birmingham- Ala., has been appoint ee! dean of women and associate professor of education for Kb.ti col lege and will assume duties of these positions September 4, acco.-ding to announcement by Dr. Leon 10. Smith, president of Elon college. Dr. Haynes, who has been connect ed 'with Howard college since 111121, leieived her undergraduate training at Meredith college, Raleigh, N. (.'. She then instructed English arid Latin at Wataugu academy, alter which she -toon the M. A. degree at Cornell university, Ithaca, X. V. She was made instructor of Eng lish literature and dean uf women at Howard college in 1121'. lUei, during' a leave of absence, she ob tained hoi: I'll. 1. .degree fruni Cor nell. She is considered an exception ally young woman to possess a Ph. D. degrie. . She is ii member of 'the baptist de nomination .and has been very active in the affairs of-her church. She ha. beon active in the Hirniinghanl Little 'Theatre movement and other cultural organizations in the Alabama city. She is a member of the American As. ciation of-; University: Women, the Alt.rusa club, and several national fraternities. No Definite Action Taken On Home For County Home Tots W. T. Denton Suggests That Pub lic Subscription Be Made For Home, Offers $50. During the past week the. has been much comment on the proposed children's home at the county home, but to dste no definite official action ha been taken. The board of com missioners had worked up the bud get some weeks ago and found it not practical to make changes in it at this time. It has been suggested that short term anticipation notes le issued as the county will not have any short term bonds due within the next few years. It is understood that this would be permitted by the local uovernment commission at Raleigh. V. T. Denton, local hardware deal er, who is interested in the project, has made the suggestion that a public subscription be made from all over the county in the event that the board of commissioners did not see their way clear to erect the home at this Denton is so interested in the project that he has offered to give $o0 towards the home. Indications are that others, will be willing to contrib ute like amounts. Those most interested in the matter are anxious that it get underway as soon as possible in order that the labor on the home can be had through the relief department. Within a few davs some definite action is expected from those who have beer working on the matter for several years. EDWARDS REUNION WILL HE HELD SUNDAY, SEPT. 2 The Edwards reunion will . he held fin Sunday. September 2, at the home of Ben Edwards in Edwards Cove in the Eethel section, according to an announcement made bv "W. F. Sor rells. president of the organization- A picnic dinner will be the out standing feature of the event. Speaker- will be aniwjnced later. Local Relief Cut ting Down On Food Orders In County Henry Makes l'lea To Public To Report All People Who Ref use To Work lb iner Henry, local dirictor of Urelieil ai t.lunced tins week that heavy curtailments were being made oil giving eiders for tood to the un employed who aie now on n i . !' rolls in Haywood comi'y. "We feci that if they iiin'l gt sumething to oat dining August and September that they ought to go hungry." !h -aid l-.t' it.- air . f.ng inado to get us. many of tiu i:r.ei:loyil woik a po m'oIc he !,!, an I teach them to be .-el:' -uppiV'M'c. ii.uiM we, i'n't know how : ng li:.- riliei' will lust and it' t dms .-top ut La-' IT'i fam ilies would be till our) . Ti the county lor a living. Mo.-t of the men who ar,, now re ceiving work aie paying for the food and clothing which was issued them last spring. It was the agreement at the time that they would work and pay for these neci -sit ics during the summer Mr. Horny made ;i plea ihat any person who offers m iih- one wor k anil they refuse to do it ami are receiv ing relief that they should be report ed to the relief office and the names of such persons would be dropped from the .relief i oils, "r.ik-s.s they are re. ported to us we have little chance of finding out about them," he said. During the month of-July tit)7 fam ilies received aid through the local relief agency. Some of the families are pitiful because of laziness on the p,,it of tile father and. husband the cut ii e family suffers. Some of the investigator, from the rebel" department found a family recently where there were ten children in the family, and there was not a sheet or mattress on the place. Four giown people also lived in the house, making fourteen in all in a small place. Mountaineers To Begin Pratt ice Next Thursday Prospects For Winning Team Is .. KncouriiRinir. Team Will 15e Liyht And Speedy T he Waynesville Mountaineers will engage., in their first font ball practice of the ,-eason on next. Tlmr-day. ac coriling to an announcement pride voterdav bv Coach I'arleton Wiath- eiliV . An entirely nevv team will I made this season as the result of 13 regulars being lost M graduation last year. The prospects for the team this year will be letter than som,,.have anticipated, according' to early rc port.s. Although the team will be light, they will be fast ami have al. ready leamed the fighting spirit from associating with last year's team who came through the season with eight games won, one tied and one hist. Coach Weatherby expects, to put the boys through tnree weeks of hard work preparatory to the first game which will be played on September 21- Negotiations are being made, with Brevard, Sylva and Franklin to get the opening game. On Sep temlxT 28 the Mountaineers will meet Asheville high there. Last year the two teams tied. Other than the game September 21, the schedule is complete, Coach Weatherby said. The following is a partial list that will be present for the first practice: Yancey Bridges. Ross, Garland. Seijl, Ben Bridges, I'oteat. IJurress, Gillett, Swift. .Gilv-'on, Summerow, Ferguson. Kiuykenda 1. M oore, Vount, and Reeves. Property Will Be Advertised For Taxes Sept, 6th An anouncement is being made in today's paper that property on which l!):i:J taxes have not been paid will be advertised on Thursday, Septem ber 0th. and sold on Monday, Octo ber first- '.Thisis provided for by law. ... ".' ,A warning announcement is being published in order that all those, who have not paid their . 1933 taxes to dfcte will have sufficient time to do so before the advertising begins.. Those failing to pav before the advertising starts will be charged with the cost of the advertising in addition to the penaUies that have already been added. Mi's. James 15- Tugman and daughter,- liottv J. ne, of - St. Petersburg, Floiiila pre guests of the formers parents. Mi and Mrs. J. C. Fergu son. Mr Tuirrrron is spendine his vara kn deep, sea fi-'hing jn the Gulf of Mexico - Mi-s Rosa lee Morrow, of Frank lin, 'srent Sundav with relatives in V--.r. ;-'.;!'. -i .'',. ' County Tax Rate Is Reduced To $1.33 Carver Lodired In Jail On Charge Of .Abducting (Jirl Jti-Vear Old Man and I. "5-Year Old dill Found Near (iranite Falls I5v Sherill I .owe Kov Carver, !". i bulged with the abduction of Irene Rogers, I.!, of Wondrow, was givi'ii a hearing Mon day afternoon before Magistrate Flunk Ferguson, and later lodged in jail awaiting trial in Superior Court ti, au.-wer the charges. Carver and the gnl were brought back to Haywood county early Sat urday morning by Sheriff l.owe togetilu r with Kenneth l.'owe Homer Davis arrested Carver barn near Granite Falls early who and in a Fri. day night. The tlu'e Haywood officials left here Friday afternoon after tracing up clues for several (lays- .They, ar rived at Granite. Falls about six o'clock but waited until about nine before .'driving out in (lie country several miles to the place where Carver and the girl wcie. The girl was held m Jail until the hearing Monday afternoon, but would not discuss the case. After the hear ing she was returned to her mother. Th., Kogors gnl was described as being small and thin and only F years of age She' left home about ten days ago uiiib'r the pretention of going to. spend the. night with a friend; The girl's mother swore out th,. warrant dunging Caiver w.ith abduct ion. . Carver told tnoniliiis of the s-hevill'V department that his intentions were to leave G.alnte tails early Saturday morning'-for 'Oklahoma and was tak ing the girl with him. Sheriff .1, ". Tolhe.rt. ' of i "aldw i-U e. unit v eaVe the Haywood .officers a-- .-i.-taine in locating t he eoupl the local iii' ii made the al rest. but. Married Man And Young (iirl Find Larking Dillicult 'I her,, i - a certain young girl in Haywood county who -will be iino, caielul Ihe neSt tune be "-ti ps -'Ut at night" SeVi l al lilglli,-, ago she -dec.'di'd' a lit tle out iiig- w-i.l b a m i tain inarrivd man w ould b-. . pei nns-alile if i he world never knew any better, but they; hadn't hgured on .Slieutf l,owc making a search for a itiur car in the same vicinity. it so happened that the couple drove past til,, jdace wheie Sheiifl Lowe hail e)ijiect.ed tiie liquor .'.car to pass. Not knowing the.. difference at the time, : the -couple was halted, and a search made of the car : No l-aiuor was found, but thl; young girl started in. begging -for mercy and of all the pleading that could have been done, she did it. 'The married man was ner vous and prepared for the worst.. The young girl said that if the fact was reported that she was. merely riding with a married man out in that vicinity at that hour of the night that she would lose her job. Sheriff Lowe got their names and promised that he would keep an eye on them from now on, but indications are that this won't bt. necessary, as they were .determined not . to take chances. '..'-. Eighty Rotarians Attend Inter-City Meeting At Balsam I. st Friday night about 0 Ro tarians from all the clubs, west of Asheville. assembled at 1 he Balsam Springs Hotel for a .-dinner and gen eraT inter-city meeting at which time John . Arringtoii, - of Greenville, . dis trict governor of ..this district,; Was: the .principal speaker. This is the first inter-city, 'meeting that has . been held in a number of years, and those in .charge of the program were grat;lii.-c at the re sponse. ' The cluns represented wre: Svlva, Brvson City, F ranklin- Andrews, and W avnesvnl'e. Little Miss Bettv Latham. laugi ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R Latham, gave several ' specialty numbers, am! was accornnamed bv Miss -Grace Crocker iind his sister, who ter.ae eu a musical iirog'rani, throughout the evening. . . Mrs. William .Young, - of Ashcvibt js spending several days here as th guest of her .si.-terrMrs. I- 'Mix ? and Mr. Stovall. . . 11 1 Twenty-Four Cents. Slashed From Last Year's Kate. Re. duct ion In Debt Service Responsible The l'.i.;j :r budget lor Haywood county as ad, pud bv tiu- bouitl of c.miu'.-Miiia-i m their luular thn I Moii, lay .-ession tin.- week all- I', a led'Jctien ill the tax rate of - I ,ellts. making the late 1. '. as eoiupaieo with $1.."7 lat eai. The change in rate cann with the Uilin'ioii of tile debt ,-ervice fund fioni SI to f7 cents. The ho.-iital fund wa- iihie.a-ed one cent, " making the- new late sis cent-, while the poor fuml was cut otic cent making 'it live cent.- for the coining year. The si Ii,h,1 rate remain- at l- cents, the buil ling fund at live cents and the general fund of 1.1 cent- remains un changed. The compari.-on of the rates are as follows: Fund Hospital School General l'oor i;i;m i;i:i:i . . (1.1 . ..-1.1 . . . 1 .1 . ..IK') . . or. ...HI .(Ki. . . . .1,1 '. . 1 .1 . . . . (1.1 .... .(1.1. ... ..17 . . . . Inn hi mg Pel it Serviie Total $1.:!;;. . .$1.1' While in session last Monday the board of commissioners made the following older: "It appearing to the board that: the State 1 li partnient of Conservation of North' Carolina has failed to comply with .ill agreement made- with t he (oiinty 1 'omi.ni-.-ioicrs and refused to co-operate, with the County Coni-mis-ioner.-, it is Iheiefore oi'ilereiT. that the appropriation -et out: in the 1'inigc.t Ctimateil be strii-keii .from ' I , I'liilgel and no allow ance lie made for future co-opei at ion with said de ia rt n-i'iit i'o.- the year I 'X I r',,1." Th. board of i onini: .-muer- have , o-,,iei:itcd with the Mate board, but at the .-aim- time. xi etcil to IniVe local :..-upera; ion from .'the men to whom the money' was t'ling pml il ua -! at ci I furthi r, Noi all member l tile Con.-el vat ion'.- -tall' in the cmUHI.V was object ionalili- to the com-mi.-sioiier-, but the ..'department.- has :c iioi-i-.i ci. 1 : II n - ugee ! i"ii - whereby iiaiie:e- m the pciMiiiiiel would have ineii for- the ln'st mleie.-1 of the coiiniy as well -a., tlie 'ih'' i-'Hiii-1y i.Hi.-ial explailH d. "Al'lei ileallllg Willi "ll'.e -late do part mi ni in 'I niaiiiii of friend ship and t lien failing v' a-;t . We took a ill a. e .fVi 1 ,. -tep a II I de. fiiaiided i el lain change- wmeh would bine In c -n beiietici -I for l he -tate as. we!l;.i.. the county, and when tin- wa- ignoiV.d 'i.-vvn to ! lie eMelll ut' lalllllg : " a II. el ' .1 1 letter- , we de ided to I.. way vi' h. ' ! he a i : opi 'a I ion 'on -1 1 1 e!v'." -the comiiiin: ina.'.e.' Hugh Sloan Named Manager Of Hay wood Auto Ass'n- . Hugh .1. Sloan was thi.s week ap poiiited nianagei. -of tlie Haywood County Auto Club, which is affiliated with the North Caiol.n . State. Au tomobile A.-so lation. In, . with bead, (juar teis at. Charlotte. The association is imw- ( ntering into its sixth year, and according to Mr. Jilin .1. t r ..ier. Jr., ii e.-idetit. it . is probably the only automobile club in the United States that has shown a net gain each mouth, during the past five years. The member.-hip of the club is incieasing more rapidly than officials had .aiitr ipated. During two (lays beie- l.i- week there: were sold 27 memberships into the club Woike.s are !; this week and in ( anton making .. drive, and e.xpect t') atbi several -' - fore the end of the week To date th,. association l.a- a per fect record for recovering . -to'i ti cars, as they offer a ifl reward and pu-u all agencies to recover ttie cars. M r. William Medf d ha s bei n em-' ployx'd as legal rejire.-enta' ive of the Havwood A.-?otia;ioii, .Mi. -.Sioan a-.-n-iiin-c'l . ' The tinea- garage- i'r: t'a . cour.ty that have .i-een olfieially i: triiiii ..re: Abels (.,;,:age Waviif-oi 1' i' ' -at 1 W Vrvui i'ii and Champion Motor Coorsuny t'aii ton. Tin aixAe gaiagi . -. '' -!' unlimited' free, ro ai . : mem--hers-an v where m tne c -i:. . Oil" of the .fvatur.e.-r; :' t '-,e c'al :. the Sl.'iV'f poena! in-u apce , ;.!;..';. that goo--vvith e.!i :;:-ov'-) ie rh:-h- ' !!', is , '-. e-:;.-. uf. t : VI tc,:- . t'.l e- Of -i' I V '. e. ' ti 5 1-'!) i it-- ir- m n ' :o!-. .- - ,. .-:' w:. a,! is c: - - M- . W V.
