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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 Thinking People
NO. 43
XLVH
WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, Oi TOBER 24, 1935
VOL,
Final Engineering Work
Started On Soco Gap
Road; Part Of Parkway
Ma Last Survey 01 Soco Gap
Link Of Parkway Monday.
Contract To Be Let Soon
,v of engineers under B.
,A Thief .Vent to work on Mon
Citrt r ne at Soco Gap on the
parkway ,bJfn"oiL towards Chero
ieTtS"nJradf.nd slope stakes
kee'pU,t u"vey heretofore made,
which is the' final engineering work on
understood that a contract
. .'A, on this section of the road
wl.l be eton i . . B eau
u- the Lnneu oio -r. :-
f ' completed.'- If pres
TpC po through the work wil
iffiS within thirty days, so that
H contract can be let. in December,
i,v the first of January.
rM Cotrell, who is chief of the
Jlr' L ..:. .u Pprlpral Bureau of
.. , n, nnfl as Lilts
fidte another party under
h supervision that. is making a sur
feof a national park road from
Ria.-k Camp Gap to Hat Creek,
'.Sere the National Park Service pro-
"eIe . Ur-rro tmir st camp
S-nh in the boundaries of the park
area. This worK is at&o u.. e
w) so that the contract may be let.
Last Rites For Mrs. J.
M McCracken Held
Monday At Crabtree
Funeral services were conducted on
Mondav morning at 11 o'clock from
ihe residence on the Fairview Road,
for Mrs. J. Manson mcracKeii, oy,
who passed away on Saturday night.
The Rev. J. M. Woodard, pastor of
the Hazelwood Baptist church, and
the Rev. R. P. McCracken, of Crab
' tree, ' officiated- Interment Was in
the cemetery at the Crabtree Baptist
church.
Pallbearers were, George Plott,
William Hannah, Noble Ferguson,
Jarvis Allison, Robert Welch, and
Will Harris.
Mrs. McCracken had been in fail
ing health for several months, She
was prior to her marriage Miss Jen
nie Welch, daughter of the late James
and Charity Welch, of Crabtree.
Surviving are her husband, one son,
Moses McCracken; four daughters,
Mrs .T 0. Allison. Mrs. Edarar Swayn-
gim, Miss Tyree and Opal Ferguson;
one sister, Mrs. Robert Messer, of
Crahtrpp and Robert Messer, of
and Jerry Welch, of Chattanooga,
Term., West Welch, of Greenville, S.
C, and Norman Welch, of Forest
. City.
Freddie Crawford
In Record Pass
Missed World Record Of 1906
By Five Feet. Threw Pass
Eighty-Two Yards
t,Jjt, r....(.,l ,... Sq
being watched with interest in this
section, ennrinnoe n hp a hpaHliner
among the sports editors. They con
tinue to laud his past feats, as well
as record his recent glories.
In his prep school days Freddie was
known to have tossed the ball through
'he posts from the sixty-yard mark,
or a pasa of well over 70 yards. There
was ho other effort to prove that
Freddie was an exceptional passer,
?nce he did no passing at college.
But on Tuesday night while playing
.with the Chicago Bears at Baltimore,
ne proved beyond doubt that he can
Pass. :"' ...
In a game against the Washington
federals which the Bears won 52 to
13, Freddie threw an 82-yard pass
which was completed for a touchdown.
h is said to have missed the world
"cord made in 1906 by only five feet.
Assistant Cniintv
Agent Now On Job
. S. R. Mitchiner, of Franklinton, has
jomed the office of W. D. Smith, coun.
Jv agent as an assistant agent. More
'"an a year ago the work here in
creased to such an extent that it was
"Wfssary for Mr. Smith to have an
.wsistant and Roy Crouse, of Sparta,
as added to the office. Since that
ime the work has again demanded
another assistant.
. Mr. Mitchiner is a graduate of the
nh Carolina State College in the
of 1930. For two years he was
connected With the management of his
;rhtr s farm in Franklin county. He
spent two years in the Canal
ne, where he grew bananas on a
;,m near Panama. His education
tchiner is wel1 qualified for
we work assigned to him.
,tIiss Diana Black has as her guest
ington - Mr8' Tm Snyder of
News Events
Briefly Told
flip chancpc of ppttinc a ntw
post
office at Canton were rated as
very
dim" tVui wpet- In, trlns. wni tmvp
been behind the project for some
time.
Poor" visibility caused Okcv Bcvins.
plane pilot, to crash into the main
antenna tower of radio station W L ,
Cincinnati. He was instantly killed.
A new bridge, costing $20,000, will
be built over the railroad crossing at
Enka in the near future.
Captain Robert H. Bruce, of Lou
isiana, maintains that the fa'tal shoot
ing of Senator Huey Long is still a
"mystery" and is asking that the
government investigate and order an
autopsy preformed. Bruce said the
bullet which killed Long was a ,.'iS,
while Dr. Carl Weiss' gun was a .32.
iMrs. Calvin Coolidge will arrive
soon to spend the winter in Try on.
For the past three years she has made
that place her winter home.
Officers of Hendersonville and Hen
derson county have just received a
complete outfit of tear gas guns, ma
chine guns and other equipment used
in fighting crime.
Two negroes were given their free
dom by Governor J. C. B. Ehring
haus because they volunteered for
experiments with spinal meningitis.
Their act was termed "self-sacrificing
service."
Sidnov Smith pipntnl" nf tlip Andv
U....V.., . w. ...
n.imn pnmip ctrin. Wfis: killed parlv
Sunday morning in an automobile ac
cident in Wisconsin.
Prof . Max Bryant
Buried In bt Louis
Punoral cprvinps were held on Mon
day afternoon in St. Louis for Prof.
Mov Rrvnnt filt. who died suddenly
on Thursday night, according to mes
sages received here ny nis moinet,
Mrs. W. M. Bryant.
Professor Bryant was the son of
the late W. M. Bryant, who was for
many years a teacher m one oi me oi.
More than fortv years
ago the elder Bryant came to this
section, bought property ana ount,
house, and resided here during the
summer months.
Professor Bryant was also a teach
er, but of late years had spent his
time as a linguist for several large
establishments in St. Louis. He had
been living here for more than thirty
years, being away quite often on ex
tpntlprl business trips. .
Hi, mother, who lives here at the
Bryant place on the Aslievuie iwau.
has been confined to her bed some of
the time during the past five years.
Choral Club Formed
By Local Singers
un,i..v niVtit thp sincrers of Way
nesville organized what is to be known
in the future aj -ine vkayiiesvu
"un..i ri.,K " Thp oflifers are: van
VUui ai viwv. . - .. v
Preston, director, Grace Crocker, ac
eompanist. LeRoy Davis, secretary
ti-pasurer. Ida Jean Brown, librarian.
It was gratifying to Mr. Preston to
have 40 singers present at the first
meeting. The first appearance of the
die licht service to
be given a few days before Christ
mas. The music has been ordered
i u hanA fnr thp next re-
antt wiii uc em iiMin -
hearsal. Until further notice the club
will meet every 'Monday night at tne
First Baptist church at i
P. T. A. Study Course
To Begin Here n.
Ti. rvf cfndw tn be sDonsored
by the Haywood Council of the r. . i.
A will open with the initial meeting
tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 mthe
Waynesville Central Elementary
school auditorium. .
The general tneme iur ie
... i- iiT7jHnr. -fnr ithn World 10-
lnK IS, EAIULOwwit - y .
day," 'with ny pertinent subrt.
developed in tne course i--; i"
during the coming weeks. On Friday
Dr. Willus A. Parker, will address the
group on "Early emmnoou
tion.' Dr. Parker is an outstanding
educator and sociologist. ,
WTiile the meeting is being held for
the benefit of the members of the
county P T. A. the public is invited to
atD?dParkcr will ako be the speak
er for the meeting ttf l "
vember the first, with the s Pce .
meeting to be announced at a later
date. ;
Red Cross Regional
Conference Will
Meet Here Today
Maurice Reddy O' National Staff
Scheduled To lie Principal
Speaker
Delegates from eleven counties art
meeting here today in the Baptist
church for the Regional Conference
of the American Red Cross. Rev. J.
E, Fiannagan, district chairman, will
preside. Maurice h. Reddv. assist
ant director of disaster service of the
Red Cross with hcrflquarters in
Washinirton. It. C wih m.ikt the
principal address of the day.
The following chapteis will be rep
resented: Andrew's, Black Mountain,
North Buncombe, and Canton, and
the following county chapters: Bun
combe, Clay, Cherokee, Graham.
Haywood, Henderson. Jackson. Ma
con, Madison, Transvivania, and
Yancey.
County Doctors Ask
For Additional Unit
At Hospital Here i
Facilities Needed l or Caring For
Contagious Diseases At Local
Institution, Phvsicions
Urge
The Haywood County Medical So
ciety by unanimous vote in the last
regular meeting. is. sponsoring -a
movement to provide facilities at the
llai'wninl Count v Hostiital to allow
hospital care for contagious diseases.
The doctors of the county have al
ways been confronted with the .prob
lem of providing hosmtal care for
lesperatelv ill patients suffering with
such diseases as diphtheria, scarlet
fever, erysipilas, typhoid fever, ami
other infectious diseases. 1 hese cases
must necessarily be quarantined at
home or in the- hosmtal. 1 hev are
dangerous to the health of all pa
tients, but more particularly to sur
gical and obstetrical patients.
n iinrn pitioc nmi menica ceu-
ion isnhitpd hrtsnittils are lirovided
for this type of cases where there is
no possibility of infection of clean
cases.
"To meet this provision it is nec
essary to have a separate building or
an an isolated wing to the mam build
ing whereby complete care can be pro
vided without danger to the regular
hospital population. A proper unit
to care for this important class of
.ltAnlD nan hp nmVtdpil for the PCO-
pie by the construction of another
wing to our present no-spiim ""'.
Too, this new facility will be provided
just as soon as the cn.iens i jii-
wood county realize its impormme
and express their wishes to the prop
er authorities," it .was pointed out.
Dr. Tom Stringfield. president l
the Haywood County Medical Society,
has appointed the following committee
tn niesent this matter to the various
civic organizations of the countj
Canton, Dr. J. Ij. ueeves, it. h", . .
Moore; Waynesville, Dr. J. 1'. Abel,
and Dr. Sam L. Stringfield.
Firemen Hold
Annual Outing
Members of the local fijc depart
ment and their invited guests enjoyed
the Firemen Annual outing at the
city park last Friday" night with an.
oyster supper. .
Oscjif Briggs. tire chief, was in
charge of : an angoments, and some
sixty attended the outing. ;"
Paul Hardin Is At
tending Conference
Owing to the absence of the pa.-tor,
Rev. Paul Hardin, Jr , who is attand
ing the Western North Carolina Con
ference, which is in session in si
isburv this week, there will be
church services . at -the Methodist
church on Sunday The churth chool
will assemble as usual at . .
Before he lef, Ko Hirdm x
pressed great satisfaction pv.ei the
report he was taking to present tne
conference from the local hurth
During the past year .here ha e been
35 new members to unite with trie
congregation, and every financial ob
HgaJon of "he church has been met
wfth the total amount of money raised
by the membership during 1935 ap
proximately $7r50-
OutletStoreHas
Been Here A Year
A year ago, George Raiff, owner of
Raiffs Department Store m Canton,
opened the Outlet Store here, and
this week the local store is staging a
mammoth selling event celebrating
their first anniversary in W aynesviUe.
Mr. Raiff stated that he had been
pleased with the business done by the
store here, and was among those who
believed better business conditions
were just ahead.
Judge Felix Alley arrived on Satur.
day from Raleigh and spent the week,
end with his family here.
52 Men Started
To Work On City
Park Mondav
Other Projects In Haywood
County Inder W. P. A. To
Get I nderwav Soon, Said
i iftv-one men from the rebel rolls
were put to work Mondav morning at
citv park on hast street under Jarvis
Moodv who was named foreman.
Work on the citv park was siarleu
some months ago. and work was tem
porarily suspended be. au.-e ot .ack
of materials.
Much interest has been .-hown in
the park, and it was learnoii from
official sources this week that the
park would be completed this time.
Funds totaling $,", ;!."! have been set
aside for the labor oh the park.
1 his is the second Wl A project to
he approved in the county. The other
project being street work m Canton,
with 42 men given jobs. This work
started two weeks ago.
A W'PA official stated that a third
pi eject' for Haywood county' would
t' ,-ipnvovi-d oon. pi rhaps m a week
Record Breakin
Sale At Chde
Mock i arc s
The host sale in months, and one of
the best in the history of the Mutual
Sdoek Yards business ua-- In Id at
Clyde last Thursday.
A total of -1 1 head of rattle and
Jti pigs weie sold iti about 3 or
lik' hours. Total sales tiniounted
to nearly .(i,(Hltl. The scale' below
will give a u'ood idea of the prices
that oui llayyvbod farmers got for
their cattle:
Cows $2.15 to $.i.IH) tier hundred.
Heifers. $3.30 to $5.3ri per hundred.
Steers, $t.(M lo $7. (HI per hundred.
Calves $3. HO to $8.f0 pel hundred.
Stliiiiiii.r.. tirosent and buving Were
ik follows: John Hums, J. A. Baker
Pat king Co.. T; D. l'alnier, . . ( line
J M Trout. Paul l oslner, .). 1. W alker-
and Dean Brothers...
l ocal buyers were as follows: 1 heo.
FergiLson. Earl 1-crguson, .las. Haired-
Sam Queen, i. N. 1 'atbeiwood,
.) M McElroy. W. P. Boyd, NV. J.
Brown, and Earl Green.
Haywood Mutual Mo.k 'iaids is a
local corporation, the members ncinn
Glenn A. Uovtl. i'res.. li. ii. nt'M, it
president. T. B. Mcdford, L. H. Bram
lett, H G- Sanford, Medfonl Leath
erwood, K. 1'. Bovd. ( has. .Sanford,
'ind C II Muss, secietary-treaurer.
Medforil I.eatherwood is auctioneer.
6,858 Books Loaned
By Local Library
Since the Waynesville: Library re
opened its floors to the public on June
the 11th, up to October the 1st, . (i.KW
books have been loaned. ..This-number
will he materially increased this
month, as 'the school fhildren, owing
to the 'inadequate facilities of ' the
school libraries are using the books
extensively for .reference' .'work.
The mo.st widely 'road book of the
past three months has been "Now. m
November," by Josephine Johnson, a
Pulitzer prize" winning novel oMtUa.
Other popular books have been "Time
Out of Mind,". by liaahel l''ield ; "Good
bye Mr Chipps," bv' Janit'S Hilton;
"While Ilome Burns,", by. Alexander
Woolco'!!. .and Heaven-.-. My Domi
nation." bv Thornton..' Wilder. he
"Lamb ir. His Bosom," by ..-Carolyn
Miller, has run a close sectind to
'ow in November."'
weivico that, will be g.icatly ap
iated t.y those wishing .-.'addition
a! information, is the Inter-Library
Loan, which' will be made through
libraries, with the person borrowing
the hook defraying the expense of 'the
p.istugi'- Through this servi. e . the
library of the University of North
.Carolina lends thousands of books
each year to the libraries of the state,
for their patrons. Anyone wishing
this ervice is asked to. get in tu-ch.
with Miss Doris Messer, librarian.
One need at present for the Waynes
ville Public Library, for which there
are no available funds, is the supply
ing of magazines, regularly. Several
interested person have from time to
time placed copies of wanted period
icals on the rack, but the directors are
anxious to have some one person bt
responsible for a specific magazine,
to which thev subscribe willing to
donate to the library, as soon as read,
thereby securing the publication each
month. . ,,.,..
Since October the fust the library
has been opened only in the aKei
noons. McCRACKEN MIGHT
TAKE OFFICE MONDAY
W II McCracken, newly appointed
countv tax collector and supervisor,
will likely take over the office the
first of the week, as the $50,000 bond
is expected here the latter part of
this week.
Mr M'Cracken was named to suc
ceed D- A- Howell at a recent meet
ing of the board of commissioners.
Mr and Mrs. Henry Y. Bridges, of
Charlotte, spent the weeic-ena wun
the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
T. Bridges. .
Suit For Alleged
Tax Office Shortage Filed,
Welch To Deny All Charges
Cash Prize To Be
Given For Ghost
Story Next Week
Next Thuil.iv Is Halloween,
which means thai ulitiKt Morten
ami the such will he the order of
Ihe d.iv. ami since l he Mountain
eer Is published on Halloween
day this ear the publishers are
ottering a cash prize of Jl.fiO to
the pi is. .11 submitting the host
ghost siory.
The rules are simple All that
is necessary is a stoic not mm h
otr l.Oihi w,id.-.. Stone- ali. on
.1 II.IJM.liill CoUllIN .till"-!, .'1
haunted bolls, ale il.in'.l
llit hus , think hack .' i t the
rill.. In r ..f ; hosl 1 1 n- i 1 11 ll.itr
h . aid. and Mini t hi in in I ' I h I'
i. fhee hy linen M. Mi. lav The de. is
l.ill nf I he .111.1;;, s Will hi' tin: I
Nurses Of Public
Health Service
Hold Meeting
Di
( . N. Si.sk Addresses (roup
((imposed Of Nurses Of IS
Counties Of 1' list District
The quarterly meeting of the lir."t
district of the public health nursing
section of the Stale Nurses A'-so. ni
tion, composed of IS counties was
held here on Wednesday at the Baptist
church, Huring the luncheon notit
and business .session , Miss Lillian
Bavlev- ol Asheville. rharrniim of Ihe
thstnel work, presided, and Mrs. Jean
Dillon, supervisor of nursing in the
district health department of which
Haywood county is a part, presided
over the afternoon .session.
Foremost of interest on the pro
gram was Die talk bv Dr. ( . N. Sisk
director of lhe .district health depart
ment, who spoke on ( onimiinicable
Disease onlrol. In -developing his
subject Dr. Sisk discussed the activ
ities of the heal ill department in con
trol of communicable uiseases, both
from the standpoint "f the poorly
manned rural lie'ill h department and
the better-financed city health organ
ization. He poinlcd out lhe more
intensive . work lhat. could be accom
plished in the city in the way of fre
quent visits m .uses ol communica
ble diseases because ol lhe la I gel
personnel and the ipstriitod area. H'
outlined the procedure and handling
of eainmilliicjibl,. di-eases by cjuarikn-
(ine and isolation in the hoine and in
She '.-chool, and also noke of the nn-
iniinizalioii t airaiii-d tyi.haid lever,
diphthtria and smallpox.
Following the talk by DivSisk, Miss
Grace .Mcllaniel, public health liuise,
of the Cherokee Reservation, led in
a discussion of communicable disease
control Tiom, the standpoint of the
rural .nurse.'' Mrs. E. Jenkins, ol the
Asheville city health department,
piesi'ilted the subject finm view
point, of l;e nublic liealth niir-n 'in a
ity -n'''.
I Ir, Marjei'y l.oj'd, medi- al inspector
r il... A -V.miU.. citv - bonis, discu- -
d and offered valuable ,-ugge -1 :ion :- ,
. , i ...ii i..... i., i. '
DH lhe iii-oDletiis . pu in i.c " ' ;t
rr.irsir.f in the . chool work.
The meeting n d ,wit h a ; ruiieli- :
eon; served at - 1-:.'." a-r;me -
church. IIIesMng was; -giv-'.-ii by
If. W. Baucom, pa-tor tl the ciiuicn.
M rs. T. l.eiioir G'.v. i:. i e)iresetit ini-r
the. niayor, wclconvcd the group,: i
which A!: - .lean Ilrown, ot A -nevii ''.
tes:pohded.. M is. . Jack Mess. r . spoke
on "Parent-1 eaeher .vs.-ociaiinii
j,, ; jves and Co-operation with
II il h Wtrk K-v 11 i iu"""
chairman of tin Haywood ( ounty
hanter of the Betl. ross, outlined
the "Acidents and Safety Program
of that organization and ids relation
to public health. .
A britf bu incs -1011 was h Id
at which time it was decideti to pie
an entire dav to the next meeting,
which will be held in Asheville on Jan
uary the 22nd.
Baptist Women
Meeting loday
1 P Mnrnon nf tVii wltV. Will
preside over the annual meeting of
the Asheville division of the Woman s
Missionary union Auxiliary 10 vorin
Carolina Baptist State Convention
whi.-h convenes this morning 1a Frank
lin. :m,- WpsIpv V Jones, sister of Sen
ator J- W.- Bailey, and a leader in
women's work in this state, will be
the . principal speaker 01 the comer
ence.
Mrs. Robert H. Stretcher and young
son left on Sunday for a visit to the
eastern part of the state. While away
.... ... e ic .1
thev win De tne guesi.s ui -Wiley
Barnes in Raleigh, and of Mrs
Lula Uzzel in Kenley.
$60,920
shenfT Of County, And l ormer
Ia Collector To Maintain
He Did Not Receive Proper
Credits
A . lfiiKth.y answer denying every
ehaige as -et out in the two suits
hied with the clerk of court here
Mondav bv llavwood county and the
state in which J. c . Welch, sheriff, and
former tax o. lector is named co
defendant for the allcgtd shortage of
$p(l.i20.0s. is now being prepared bv
the defense attorneys, it wa- learne I
from 1111 authoritative source bv this
piper vc.stei ilav.
Sheriff Welch in his tir! lonnal
public statement, told this paper that
1 he amount set out in the two suits
woul.i bo reduced fifty pec cent a:
lhe show down. lie vigorously de
nied ,hat the shortage amounts to the
ticiiics stall ,1 in the tiled bills of the
Mill.
I.a.-t Septi nihoi a ycai ago, the
bi. aid of c, unity commissioners or
deiid that an audit be made of the
las books. Mr. Wei ll was then tax
collector, and he! been for .seven
yeais. the audit was made am when
completed showed an alleged short
age of .$(iO,HO.(IS. Of I h b, amount
.Mr. Welch, through, attorneys, wi. I
maintain that he did not receive cred
it for "about fifty per cent," as he is
charged with sales certificates and
hot given ircdit for insolvences, er
rors, releases and removals.
In his first statement yesterday,
Mr. Welch slated that some $l,K.IMI0 or
$111,0(10 had been recently collected of
the alleged $li0,!12tl shortage, but he
had hot been given . redit for it.
lhe smts were hied bv J. G. Merri-
111011 and A. S. Barnard, ol Asheville.
attorneys for lhe' .plaintiffs. One of
the suits, n against. Mr. Welch and
the ' Fidelity and Deposit Company,
of Maryland, tnr an alleged shortage
of $LM.7H.2.' 111 Mr. Welch's tax ac
counts for 193-1. 'I'lie other suit is
against Mr, Welch and the National
Security t orporat ion. ol New Nork,
for all alleged shortage of $1S,'JH.H:1
111 Ins J ILL' tax accounts.
The bonr.l of i-nnimissioncis .ill a
number of occasions met with officials
of tlie bonding- companies in an effort
to settle the alleged shortage, but
unauthorative reports are that an
agreement could not he reached, as
the companies were not satisfied as to
the time the alleged shortage took
place.' lo this nomt Mr. Welch main
tains that i.he audit covering a period
of seven years brought forward all
uncredited n leases, errors and re
movals winch are consult r il regu
lar" in tax ollecling.'
Just how iieai' the commissioners!
and the bunding companies got to
making a settlement could not be
learind, although the fact is- known
that cvt'i.y effort has been made to
keep the mat tor 'out of court,, as some
of those who.study such cases believo
it will be a long truwn out litigation
before the case is disposed of.:
The 1 ounty commissioners in a
forma! statement' to the press some
few iiiMit lis ago assured the taxpny
ir of Haywood. comity ''bat the' coun
ty would imt lose -a cent ol t he alleged
shoiCi.gr. To ;liC j.'i-mi id, Mr.
Welch . ;- .I' fi I . NCf-'eiilav, "I'm: ready
''to p;'iv-- -;.'er.y' .dollar tin y claim 'I'm
j "din; i , veiicii I'm giv n (;rod:t for fh.'lt
' wiii.. ii I aiii due croli; . Wit h this
)'';, f i .. .I d'lily a -k th.V I he f 1 0:1:1 ol'
this county not in oa." . jiidginc'iit nil
ill'' lui'-l ijiis 'matter is si ttle.d."
.Morgah, Slaim y Ai Ward,, of this,
city, and S. Ill own Sh plit. i (I, .of Ral
eigh, am Wttprney.-i for the defend
ants, .ami are ntiw prtpai ing '.the. an
swer to. the suit. They, have thirty
days, in . which to'..- file t h'.ir. an-wi-r.
The case will. likely conn up in the
January tt 1 111 d civil, court.'
The plaintiffs 'ask in addition to the
alleged SiiO.hO.OS shortage, 'that, nay-ment"-of.
$2.00.0 -.'peh 'My in t ach ca-e
be awai i'i d. "'.:' " ,
Mr. Welch was under a fifty thous
and dollar bund in each ot the years
111 which the alleged shortage is said
to have occurred. .
Public officials and others here re
riort. that sit, no time has a civil ac
tion attracted more attention and been
the cause of more comment than has
this one. and predi.tion.s of these same
people are that when the case reaches
fruit it will fittract. more neoDiO
than t ven the largest sensational mur-
oer trial.
Thp mflhpp . has . tippn in lltp hands
of almost three boards of commission
ers. When the audit was ordered
back in September, 1934, the board
was composed ot w. A. Jlyatt, chair
man, rank Davis and E. ti. kick
man, Less than three months later
two new members took their places
on the board by reason of the June
primary, then making the board com
posed of W. A. Hyatt, chairman, Lee
Ferguson and Jarvis H. Allison. The
legislature named four new additional
members, making a seven-member
board. The four named by the legis
lature were: Edwin Fmchcr, Albert
McCracken. J. W. Ray, and J. E. Hen
derson. . -,