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The Best Advertising Medium In Haywood County Published At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Read by Think.no People VOL. XL1V NO. U WAYXESV1LLE, NORTH CAROLINA Till KSDAY. OCTOHER I, 193 i Company H Back : Junaluska Man - Is Collins-Boone From Strike Duty In The Piedmont Local Unit Of National Guard Have No Trouble While In Strike Territory Company H of the 120th Infantry of the National Guard, which is com posed of sixty men under the super vision of Captain Geoge Plott. Lt. Paul Martin and Lt. Grady Boyd, re turned to Waynesville last Friday after being on duty in the strike area of the Piedmont section tor 215 days. They were called out at midnight on September the 5th to report for duty at the Clinchlield Mills at Marion where they were stationed until the 10th of September. After that date they were transferred to Cliffside, N- C, where were three mills under guard. Cliffside Mills, where towels were made and Avondale and Caro. leen, where cotton prints were the products. They report no trouble with the erceptiou of the last named mill, where the strikers were most resentful of their presence. At the other mills the workers did not desire the strike and were impatient to be back at work. -The men, however had a real touch of arm.' life in their manner of liv ing. Tuey wore quartered in fwiW and the mess, sergeant and the cook;! prepared the food. Upon their return home they were paid for their fi-r.it 10 days of service and the remainder to be sent to them within the next few days. , . i. Small Plot Yields 800 Lbs. Tomatoes It doesn't necessarily take a farm er to raise tomatoes, according to C. A. George, local cafe owner. Last spring he prepared a plot of ground twenty by twenty feet in the rear of his ca'fe and planted it in tomatoes. Up to October first he had gath ered over 800 pounds from the plot, and indications that he will get more before frost. He used the tomatoes in his cafe , and kept accurate check on all that was gathered- Killed By Train Dewev Gaddis, 2C. of Lake Juna luska, was killed early Sunday morn ing when he was struck by a train. He was about half way between here and Lake Junaluska when killed. The body was mangled beyond rec ognition. His clothing, some keys and a pocketbook were used to identify the body. Tarts of the body was found several hundred yards along the tracks. One of his hands was found in Hazelwood, and a leg of the mangled body was still on the front of the engine when it reached Bry son City, olHcers said. Gaddis was seen in Waynesville last Saturday night and he is re ported to have told friends he was going home and walk the tracks- It is believed he fell asleep. The tram was neroute to Murphy from Asheville to transport a group of CCC workers. Race Moody. Ashe ville. was conductor and Knox Chris topher, engineer- The deceased lived with his moth er at Lake Junaluska. Case Is Settled After 4 Years Total Cost Of Trials Over $10 Piece Of Property Set At $.5,000. Tried 3 Times Here Florida Delegation Stop In Waynesville A special good-will delegation from St. Petersburg, Fla , stopped in Way nesv ille Thursday night en route to Chicago and other .northern poiiub. There were six in the party which included W. A. hcnmeuir. keves Beech and the Sunshine SMenaders. John H. Marker. I' rank O- Riley, Jo seph J. McAnlan and Floyd Eaddy. This is the second annual good-will tour for the group. They came here direct from Atlanta, and left Friday morning for Asheville. From Ashe ville they will go to Knoxville, Cin cinnati and then on to Chicago. The group was met here by J. yv . Rav, K. L. Withers, Dr. S. P.. Gay, J R. Latham (. U. Ray Jr, and W. C Russ- The Florida visitors were given supper by the Chamber of Com merce at the W W. N. C Cafe. Governor's Proclamation Think Delay In Letting Soco Gap Road Has Direct Bearing On IMVay Raleigh, The delay on the part of the II X. bureau of nublie roaus ill j Washington in approving the con- tract for the construction of tht; Soco Uap roau in amnou .county one, which when eomploted will open. up a new eastern entrance into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park from Waynesville and Asheville, is being regarded by several of the en gineers in the state highway and pub lic works commission as iihuci.i"b that the government may delay . ap proval of this project with a view to including it in .the ..park-to-park high route. , , . , It is pointed out hey by high way department engineeiai that if Secre tary Harold 1. L'kes decides to have the paik-to.purk highway follow' the route recommended by North Caro lina engineers, that it will enter tlie Great Smoky Mauntains .National Park through Soco Gap ana ioiiow the identical route naw already sur veyed for a state: highway and for which the contract has already been letv Some four or live weeks ago the highway commission authorized work to proceed on this last link in the, Dellwnod-Soco : Gap highway as soon as the U. S. bureau of public mads should approve the contract. Rut. in shite ot repeated teiegiaprnc- queries from the highway engineers here to Washington, no wtiiu nn " been received authorizing the com mission here to proceed with the project. , . - Since the park4v-park highway will be built under the immediate su pervision of the U. S, bureau of Pub lic roads many here believe that the reason the present Soco-.Gap project is being held up is that the North Carolina route for this highway is still being considered. in which event the Soco Gap link would become part V,1 irvnnt ceenie hiehwav. If this does not turn out to be the case, the Soco Gap: link will be constructed ...io, f,iorol funds - set aside for the building of this highway and the $405:000 which, the state has set aside from its allotment of federal aid funds can be used for additional road construction work in other sections. Alter being in court for four years, the case of Collins vs. Boone came to an end last Wednesday, when the third jury rendered a decision for the third consecutive time in favor of Gus Boone and settled for all time the dispute over a piece of property lti feet wide and tapering down to nine feet for a distance of several hundred feet- The Mountaineer, learned during an interview with some of the par. ties involved, that approximately $2.l2.riO had been spent by the defend ant and plaintiff and at least $7!0 by the county- making the total cost of S;!.000 for 'Hie case over the land in imestion The land had an actual valuation of $40 on it when the case was first carried to court four years ago. The dispute was the outgrowth of failure to determine the corner or beginning point. It was interesting to find that even land in the town of Waynesville lhad the "lost" corner for a beginning, althongh the post of beginning was several miles away. The "lost" beginning was a1 land mark that hail been established some fifty years ago, it was pointed ."out by one of the parUtf. -a' ' If le case was started in court four years ago. and has been to the Su nrcmo court twice and tried in IIa- wood courts three times. The Hay wood: juries rendered verdict, favor ing Gus Boone- Mrs. Hello Collins, nlaintiff. annealed to the Supreme court twice and was granted a new -trial each time- After the ..verdict was returned last Wednesday, the plaintiff decided to end the case. The land is along a dit.i and in-1 volves the entrance to property furth-j or back from the main highway. The trial during the four years has created much interest in 11 ro .county- fact, sometimes the nttond;(ne Democrat Heads Met Here Tuesday The Haywood county excuuve com mittee of the lKmo.rat.c party was in session here Tuesday night, making plans tor the election in November. All members of the committee were present. Chairman Sam M- Robinson said he had no statement to make regarding the meeting, as it was an adjourned session and another meeting of the committee would 1h held within a week. Short Circuit Is Cause Of $225 Blaze A short circuit in a r alio on the second floor of the building where F.ikcraft Industries are located caus. ed a blaze whi.h did about $225 dam age to the building, stock and equip ment. The fire department laid three lines of hose to the building, as it was feared the blaze might get to the saw dust in the rear of the building where the machinery for making inlaid woods are locate-' Mr. Krk stated that the reason the damage to the stock wa.- not any more was because of the high grade of finish used ill .-making the inlaid woods 1 he water seeping through the, celling, was easily wiped from the stored stock because of the finish. Election Board To Meet On Saturday J. M. Long Resigns From Hoard. Succeeded Hy irge Mc C'lure Of Canton The county board of elections will meet here Saturday morning to name the registrars lor the two newly creat ed precincts in Waynesville township, and together with the registrars the markers for the entire county will be named. J. M. Long, for many years a mem ber of the Ixiard of elections, recently resigned, and in his place Virge Mc C lure, of Canton, has been named. In making his resignation Mr. Long stated that his private business would not permit his devoting time on the hoard- 1 he other members -ol the board are M- G. Stanley, chairman, and George L. Hampton, I anion, secretary. County Fair Opens To Large Crowds; Tuesday Gay Day Thousands Attending l air, And Tuesday Was liusy Day With l air And ( iicus Here Fire Prevention Week Will Be Ob served Next Week at the case. trial equaled that a . murder Whitey Russell Is Coaching This Year Friends here will be interested to know that -'Whitey Russell former -all-star halfback of Wake Forest is coaching the freshman team there I his year. Russell had a set back when he found that three of his main players would not lie eligible to play. After the upset Russell wa.s reluctant to hold' any high hopes for this year's team, but that he had a hard work, ing, scrappy bunch of boys.. ' Their present schedule includes Oak Ridge, Carolina. Duke, State and prob ably K astern- Carolina Teachers Col lege.' .. RTl'DKNTS II KA15 RKV, HAl.COM MR Rev. H. W. Raucom addressed the pupils of the high school at. the reg ular chapel exercises on Wednesday rooming- His subject was "What are worth?' The urogram nl the Haywood P. T. A. Is Winner Of Trophy At the sixth annual meeting of the Western District of (lie Parent-Teachers' Associations of North Carolina which was bold in Candler on Tuesday the Haywood Associations tied with those of Buncombe county in winning the silver cup offered annually to the county group having the greatest number of standard and superior as sociations. This coveted prize is com peted foi by til1' Is counties compris ing the di.: trieU - As ii renl!- of the tie Haywood County is lo Keep the cup for the, 1'U'Sl ,i .... . . . - six mown ot tne year arm ai me. expiration of that length of time the cup will be transferred to the Hun. combe county associations. Another honor coming to Haywood associations was .-the winning of the banner pre sented to the county group, having the largest .'increase in membership during the 'year.' Both prizes were accepted by Mis. Jack Messer, pros; ident. of the Haywood county council, who is-. 'proving, such. -an' able lender in the 1". T- A. work. At I lie meeting on Tuesday in Can dler jlr. -Wilbur I lovondoi T, of Asho-i ville, district president, presided. There were 2:1a in attendance with i!.r delegate,-- registered from" Hay wood county. The program wis fea tured by many of the prominent 1'. ''. A. ieailois of the state among whom wo.ie; Mr. W. B. Aycoek. State presidenf. of Kaleigb, Mrs. Curtis Bviium, of A hseville, past state president, and at present member if the Nation il board, Dn Frank; How ard Richardson, of Black Ml. and New York, Mr. Clyde Krwin; super, intehdenf of the. Ruthcrfordton .-.schools l)r. Frank . Wells superintendent of the Iiuncombe county schools, and Mrs. Ravmoiid Bmulord, of Greens biiro, a riast state president and at present the state liebi secretary, M rs. (' S Freed, of "anion, the past (lis President Hoosi'vcll And (iover nor Khrinnhaus Issue Pro clamation Uifino; Salety rs t. ill the usual c tented city. I K..il ,.t...,ro tho you worth; I ne program oi me , ii o-i pi e,-meiop n .o . . ... ' . .! 1.' . I I l.,w.lU ....... irirt, rooming was under tne supervision oi puoncaiions ami nor """". ! . j- Miss , Bessie Boyd, ; ; popular place at tne meeung.. . irui'RV i H thn destruction of lif and property by fire is . a mattei of concern to everyone, and WHEREAS the leduction of . tire Waste can be effected, in direct pro portion, to the amount of care ex ercised by al! people,, and . ,: WHEREAS the i'it-i V -t ot ihe United States for the benefit , of tha American people . as a whole and -with the view of arousitni. the peopia of 'he Uri'e.-' States . to the lmpoi tance of eliminating oar ..enormous lire waste, has proclaimed the wees of October 7 to. 11 . .,.,... FIRE PREVENTION WLEk THEREFORE, I, J C.B l-n' haus- Governor of the State of ..North Carolina, do hereby proclaim the week of October 7 to U to be IRK I'RL VFNTION WEEK in order that the people of this State in every commu itv shall individually and through our various organizaiioos, o..-vuv -correct existing fire hazards, pro mote measures of puolic and pri.ate fire protection, extend instruction , m fire prevention among adultn, as well a school childien, and arou-e the people generally , to the need tor habits of greater care, and to this end I appeal to our citizens to thor oughly cooperate with the various fire departments throughout the Mate and I request that every Mayor issue a Proclamation. I earnestly solic-t the cooperation of Chambers of Com- merce, Civic and W omen's clubs, and the press. . . . Done at our City of Raleigh, th3 25th day of September, m the yai of our Lord, one thousand nine nun 3rerl and thirtv-four. (SEAL) J. C. B. EH RING HAL S, Governor. Bv the Governor: (S) G. C Powell, . Private Secretary. First Bear Of Season Caught The first bear of the season was brought in to Waynesville Monday afternoon bv George Plott, Jr.. John Piatt -and Vaughn Plott. The party taking advantage of the first day of the season bagged the lZo pound. bear on Campbell's Creek. : Eight dogs were used in the hunt, Reports coming in from veteran hunters indicate that this season will be one of the best in . many years. Squirrels are more plentiful than unusual, they report. Officers Capture 800 Gallons Beer Eight hundred gallons of beer and a mammoth still were captured Tues day in Jackson county by officers from here in company with i ederal officers. Xo arrests were made at the time of the raid. , Those making the raid were: John Noton, Rov Reece, John Kerley, Carl Medford, and Dewey Cook. BI R I)' CRASIIES WI X DOW IN MRS. ALLEN'S HOME Big BeitlSection Has A School For First Time In 20 Years (Ii J. (.'. HayneO I .: This year for the first time in nearly 20 years the children in the Big Bend section of Haywood county are at tending school. The Big Bend section lies on Pigeon River- m the northern portion of the county and is possibly the most inaccessible section of land in Western North Carolina, no roads into this section, visitors are few and infrequent., few people know this part of the county .which- has been the scene: of several tragedies in the past decade. To reach the Big Bend the visitor must go on foot, either over rough mountain trails, or from Waterville, at the Tennessee line, un an abandon- This community, embracing a ter ritory about U miles wide and 12 miles' long is occupied by a dozen families and there are about -10 .chil dien.: of school age living here who until this year either walked ! or 10 miles to attend school or attended no school. Twenty years ago a school was taught, a few months in a little' log cabin, but that was abandoned and since th it. time, no school, ho. religious meeting",, no community gatherings of any kind. have been held, in this sec tion until August 27,. when the pres ent school was opened. . - There would be no schwd in the Big Bend today except for the efforts Mrs. R. L- Allen h d a most un usual 'experience Tuesday morning, when a pheasant crashed through a plate glass - window in her din ng room. Mr. Allen was in her library when the "intruder crashed in." and , upon investigation found that the bird had lost it;, head when making the un?-p- r-'o 1 ed lumber railroad.- In either -case of Robert H. Gibson, of w aynesviue. it ie a ten or twelve mile hike. j Mr- Gibson, one of the case workers in Pigeon River runs through the sec-1 the Haywood - County Kener .-vumin tion: and few places afford the visitor a greater variety of wild scenry. in places sheer cliffs ri.se five hundred feet from the river, the bed of which is filled with massive boulders of va noii colors which the water has pol ished, bringing . out the beautiful colors of the different varieties. Deep pools and waterfalls which would de-, this year lio-ht the eve of the fisherman and the artist are frequent. Trees, ferns, and vines combine to give the land .a f.emi-tropic appearance in summer, wild flowers are plentiful and of many colors.'- -: It is well worth the. long tramp stration, is intensely mteresteo. in an. phases of welfare work especially educational and religious training. He is the son Of Rev. T. F. Gibson, a Methodist minister, he saw service over eas in the Woild Wai, i- a Mason and an active church member. Mr Gibson visited the Big Bend early his capacity as case In keeping with National V-ire Prevention Week which will be ob served throughout the nation next week, Fire Chief, S. 11. Stevenson ot the local fire -department had made mention of a few common causes of tires- He said m part: "A careless discarded .match or ci garette may start n- lire that destroys a bonie, a store or factory. See that nil 'Smokes' are safely disposed . of and never throw a match until you know it is out. Keep .mutches away from children and keep, them at home su th:it. the children cannot get -tn tlienn , . x . North Carolina we .'generally start, our furnaces and oiner -ncauiiK appliances during the lirst. of Octolier. I'ire Prevention week, always the Inst oi: second week of October, is th! ideal tinie to inspect all such appli niicesund this leavi's One. two or three weeks, to have the necessary ropa;'rs. made. Inspect all stoves, bea!ei, smokepipes and chimiii'.vs and Hue.-. Cle'in tbeni and .see that all heeded repairs - are made In fore you start .or allow the winter tiros to be slaitvd. If -there -.is nV wood yvitbint two feet of a stove, furnace or heater or smo'l.': 'pipe either- move the heater, ove fiiinai-e or smoke pipe Hi- the W OOl . It's "'eneiallv -asier to move' the' word. but if impracticable to 'move ilhei, thoroughly protect wood If Ihev-'iyil is closer than eighteen inches, TAKK () ( II N'( I S - MO I ONI DK THK OTHFR or idse you will have to MOVF YOURSF.LF- and that, in a liuriy.' ; "Look for (lacks, in all chimney's and HiK'S and if you lind oia-. iiav it fixed. Fire, will certainly fjiid it- if you don't and -fire has a way of Mix ing a crack in the chimney' which :s never very satsisjacioi y mi uiv p son living in the bou-e. Fix the craek before the fire fixes the bouse. .'Keep the' basements, attics and closets free from rubbish and trash Lse metal ash cans and trash biu rets and keep, the ash cans away from that can catch fire. As soon as the trash barrel gets anywhere near full, take the trash -out and. carry it a good ways f rom the bouse or -a ny other 'building and burn it- i ."Gasoline has found its . way into; nearly every home in the land and it j is. just as dangerous if not more dan gerous than tne gasoline iiiac .youi grandmother used away out in the back yard .years ago, Une manufacturer- of this -product advertises that one gallon will lift the F-mpire Building. They aren't. fooling, it will do it. Think of what one gallon, or one quart will dp to your home. If you must Use it around the house, .treat, it just like you would dynamite. Keep oil stoves, burners, and lamps clean and in good repair and ..then be very careful with them for even when, clean, there is still an element of 'danger of fire ami F.XPLOSION'. "Consider what you would do if the house in Which you live catches on iirif All children should be taught how to get out even when the regular way of going gut. is blocked and all larger children and adults know how to communicate with the fire department, by the fire alarm box, if any, :and the. telephone. . "Fire extinguishers, water buckets for fire duty. .. and garden hose kept ready for quick use and used quickly and intelligently may be worth more than a whole fire, department ten minutes later." Tuesday was a gay day in Way nesville. The Haywood County Fair opened in full swing, and Robbins Circus brought to Waynesville for the time in many years. ; freaks and sight,- of tb The circus, did not stage a street parade, but brought their bands up on Main street for about an I - . while the bands from the fair Ira ed over the streets in trucks and ' lying banners about the fair. Tlie ballon venders and the usu . followers of a cirrus and shows were on band to mingle with the crowds and to lend color and atmosphere to the day. It was estimated that approxi mately o.t'iOU were in town attending either the circus or the fair during the day. The f .tir grouds reported a splendid attendance and the circus business was Up to par or better, ac cording to officials. The circus and the fair grounds being on the Dollwood road caused heavy traffic in that section of town Tuesday and Tuesday night, -but no accidents or disorders were reported. At the fair the exhibifs exceeded' the expectations of sonic of those, who have been working on the projects for sometime. Two large tents arc being used to house the exhibits, the larger tent .being for farm products and poultry, and the smaller con necting tent contains the exhibits of auto dealers and some merchants- The midway of the fair grounds is proving to be popular, there being a large number of amusements' together with i half dozen or more rides. The baby pageant on Tuesday after. . noun was an interesting event, with about . 2.1 taking, part.. The : winners were given silver cups in each division- The winners in the flout division were the. children. of .the following:'. First, .Mis. Rul'us Gordon, secimd. Mrs. Hu.re.ss', third, Mrs. .1. C. Mor- row. ill the waiMitg oiision ioi the winners were children of: Fust, Mrs. lloyle; second, Mrs- Fisher, and third, Mrs. Phillips. Wednesday Was school day lor l-he children of the county, and hundreds attended- t. .lav. Thursday, is Indies day, and -ill l.ulii's will be admitted floe. of the features -of the fair will l public wedding on Friday night. The ollivials of the. lair have nnnnced I hat special feature-, mazes will ni irk the high light Sat ui day'- entertainments'. Only Inn arro.-f was made Tuesday by the s,:iirs dep irlHicti' , it was learned here Wednesday. - One 'the and of Tin; o. , The w the O stated S. TO HOLD M l:L 1 I NO ville chapter 'Ni will hold the meeting in the hall ;ynes s. lb.) of egu lat in the evening oi . 1th. at S ,vnfl-cv iinH found the lack of edu1 eation.il facilities, appalling, religious and knowledee almost - ab sent suffsring, he promptly set out to es- , ,, n:,, n 1 i ... , . ....1,,,1 in V,i nccs- arv to reacn tne flig .pen'i -io i.tat.-Hsn. tne imngs mosi. nemvu ....v the wonders of nature in, this . '' ,r ;': '. ,. .... - : . -.f wild beauty. I C,nt;iiU- d on H ck paga) , HAYWOOD ( OI'NTV YOI'NG pro. PLL'S UNION TO HOLD MFFriNG , The Havwood County Young Peo ple's Union 'will have their regular edge. aimosL . -. - , , . . M..m1av. ,(,.. Believing as he did that lack . . Jc . - v.,;,,,!., eoucauon "'V.""'' ' V,: church- At this time the newly elect. resnonsime ,ior .mucn ,,oi. ,.m ..... .i:i the v duties and a -larce crowd is" expected. A n-rmram -nf evpentinnal interest has' 'Will:. i" ?- " . . been planned for the 'nu'ef inrr,, ,: Masonic Temple on the Thursday. fJctober . the o'clock. President's Proclamation Disastrous tires destroy each year piopertv of many kinds to a total greater th in the whole value oi all pioporty .in the Nation in the days of our forefathers This loss seriously iti'-et- oui nonnai gain in iialLo.nal, assets. Il is the siiiipje obligalion of every citizen to i eali.ze, knowing this, that . a large, proportion of those tires ain be prevented by the exercise of p'op ,i . ai '- and by the use , of appro- . pi late flie-prevention measures. I call s)i-eial attention to .the un fortunate fact . that a very h i ge per centage uf tire-- In -every', part of the. Nation is t .luse'd by aci.s. rif indiyiii ual . areU .- i.e-.- and f H , t,.'n")'illie'ns ' f dollars' worth of prol); rt y could be pre--e.i ved, each year by the realiza tion on the - pa.it' of the individual of hi; ,vv, her re-ponsjiiifity to the community. NOW I ill PJ I (iRI , I, I R VN'K I IN D Rl)OSL III Pu-i I t Of. the .United Slates of America, do. hereby proclaim and- designate the week beginning , October 7. I'.io I, as Fire Prevention Week, a'ld I particu. Iail.y urge . States and municipal offi cials, civic and commercial , organ izations, school authorities, the clergy, and the pre-- to empi.a-ize t he danger of and needless waste caused by fire hazards and the disastrous consequen ces of ' fire;, may he. prevented as far as pos-ible. - IN WITN! SS WHFRrOF, I lave hereunto set, my " hand and cause the seal of the United States, to . be, af fixed. . Jione at the , City : of Washington this tenth day of September, in tha. year of our Lord nineteen hundred ar,-,i - thirty-four, am! of '. ladepen- 1 in I " i I S' i - i l Vrer- the one hundred : fifty-ninth. ... I SKA LI I P. N K I IS D RCOS1 TLT. Bv' the President :'V
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