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Box Holder, R. F. D. Waynesville, N. C. The Best Advertising Medium In Haywood County -Published At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Read by Thinking People VOL XLVII NO. 45 WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1935 Sample Copy Parade, Public Dance To Mark Armistice Day Special Memorial Service WiP Be Held At Baptist Church Sunday Morning Waynesville will observe Armistice Day next Monday with a parade, a public program at the high school and a dance in the evening. The first event of the observance will be a memorial service at the First Baptist church Sunday morning at the eleven o clock hour. Members of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spanish-American War veterans and ail others who have seen service are being urged to attend. Special music by the choir, under the direction of Mr. Preston will be given, and the pastor, Rev. H. W. Baucom will deliver a special mes sage. The veterans and auxiliaries will meet at the fire station and go in a body to the church. On Monday, the first event of the day will be a parade at 10:30 sharp, according to LeRoy Davis, who is charge of the program of the day. The parade will be led by the Ameri can Legion drum and bugle corps, and the line of march will be from the Hotel Gordon to the high school. Those participating in the parade are urged to be at the beginning point by ten o'clock. In addition to the American Legion and other ex-service men and aux iliaries, Company "H'' of the National Guard and CCC Company 3455, of Sunburst and others, will be in the parade. Tentative plans are to have a football game at the high school in the af-tea-nonVi, but definite arrangement have not been made about this up to last, night At the hhrh school, the followinel is the program for the morning: T4.j..t . j-.li. j ;..J ., - .. , 1I1UUUUUI.U1JI taiiv auu nitiuuut- tion of guests not on program by Commander J. H. Howell. I. Prayer by Dr. R. P. Walker. 3. Song, "America," by audience. 4. Talk, "Americanism in the Schools," by Father Howard V. Lane. 5. SolMy Buddies," by Evander Preston. 6. Scripture reading, by Rev. Al bert New. 7. Talk, "We Are Tired of Living Dangerously," bv Dr. R.S. Truesdale. 8. Solo, "In Flanders Fields," by Evar.der Preston. 9. Song, "Star Star Spangled Ban ner," by audience." 10. Prayer, Rev. H. W. Baucom. II. "Taps," by buglers of D. & P. corps. (Audience standing at atten tion. On Monday evening, a benefit dance will be given at the Masonic Temple for the benefit of disabled veterans, and under the auspices of the Mc CIu re-Williams Chapter of Disabled Veterans. ... The musi; for the dance will be furnished by the Fines Creek string band Tickets will be sold for fifty cents and can be bought from any of the following: , IL-irst Burgin, Lester Burgiti, Sam Jones. Oscar Briggs, Von , Rhinehart, all of Waynesville and Edward Green, Clyde. Hendersonville Bearcats To Play Locals Here Friday After downing the Canton team, 18 to 14, the Hendersonville Bearcats gave all their attention this week to wards getting into shape to duplicate the same when they meet the Moun taineers on the local field here Friday, according to Word from Henderson ville. "'".. The Bearcats get off to a slow start this season, but during the past few weeks have been showing their pre dicted strength, by holding Black ; Mountain to a tie and taking Canton for a win. Coach Weatherby's eleven came out of the Forest City game, in splendid condition, and have been putting hard practice this week in anticipation of a struggle with the Bearcats Friday. From the past s-cores of both teams, Friday's game Should be one filled with action and many thrills. Waynesville Girl Honored At School Miss Nan Hardin, a graduate of the Waynesville High School, vtas" last week elected president of the Fresh man Class of Columbia College, Co lumbia, S. C. Miss Hardin is the daughter of Mrs. H. Grady Hardin, who is matron of the college. Miss Hardin is an outstanding mem ber of her class. She is studying art and is also serving as editor of the "Little Dipper," the college news paper. She is also a pledge of the Lambda Epsilon Theta Sonority. You Owe Program at 11, Second Primary Is Likely In Gover nor's Race, Said Keen Political Observer Of State Politics Makes Prediction After Touring State "The western; part of tne state is not showing as much interest in the governor's race as is the Piedmont and Eastern sections," this paper va. told by a keen political observer, after m:iking a tour over the state into every county. This observer is a former member of the legislature, and for the past six years h:is spent most of his time in Raleigh. His views were that Hon. Clyde Hoey an,i 'Dr. M Donald would have to tight it out in a second pri mary, with Mr. Hoey 'finally winnnc after a hard struggle. That was his conclusion after hear ing opinions in every county seat -in the state. He expressed himself believing that Lieutenant Governor; A. II. Graham will not get the votes he would have gotten three months ago. The prohibition "question will not be an issue, he said. There will be little said about that from any of (be candidates, unless they change their present plans. The sale.n tax will loom as one of the biggest issues of the campaign. with Dr. McDonald making a bitter attack on the present administration , as he has already started. 1 he real fight will get underway just about 110 days before election,; "t"'"!?1,1' . i i countv 'county. two. oi cneni, nine to sncaK in evens The person making these observa tions, has been in politics for many years, and is a keen observer, but this time he is "merely looking on," he said. ' Increase Shown At Post Office Receipts at me . waynesvine post i il iir'.'li . i rr: j torn r a u c office increased $250 in October of this year over the same month last year it was learned from Postmaster J. H. Howell. The announcement was also made that the rural carriers from the local postoffice would leave the office at 8:30 o'clock instead of at eleven. This will Rive the patrons on the route their mail about three hours earlier. Heretofore the carriers have been waiting until the morning train came in, but until April first the mail crim ing in on the 10:25 train will be deliv ered the rural patrons the following morning. 42,918 People In Park Last October Estimated travel to Great Smokv Mountains National Park for . October, 1935, was 42,018. A. trsiffi' count taken' at one uf the six entrances to the park resulted in a count of 12,297 automobiles carrying ."35,705" people. , Estimat ing that, 20 per cent additional people came into the park at the five other entrances, a total travel figure of 42,918 is estimated. Automobiles from 42 states, the District, of Columbia and Canada were counted, with 27.5 per cent of visitors being from states oth er than Tennessee and North Car lina. mrs. w. l. Mccracken LEAVES REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE HERE Mrs. W. L. McCracken, deputy reg ister of deeds, has resigned her duties in the office of the register of deeds. For the past ten years Mrs. McCrack en has ably filled this position, under the following officers: C. F.- Kirkpat- rick, W. H. McCracken, and Edwin Haynes. She worked in the office sometime prior to her appointment as deputy on May the 26, 1925. SEVEN HAYWOOD GIRLS ATTENDING W. C, U.N. C. Among the 1,523 students enrolled at the Woman's College of North Car olina are seven girls from Haywood county. Two of these girls are frpm Wavnesvrlle. Ihey are: Misses Ab- bie Fay Henry and Mary Willa Rotha. The other students from Haywood county are: Misses Frances fincher, Mildred Rogers, and Ruth Mae Rog ers, of Clyde; and Rhoda Lydia Mc- Clure and Marie oung, of Canton. It To Yourself To Patronize The Local Merchants Methodist Pastor I -vWi,,, - I - " M lK. IS. Titri:si i i : lr. hero Kil'.-l Truest!. lie ;.ismii'iu .1 hi lust Slliula V ;rs ' i.t si i Jli'l 1 1 i . i i -1 chin ell. uii: r i Red Cross In Need Of Funds, Local Chairman Explains Drive Will (Jet Underway In County On November 18t.h, According; To Chairman Medford (liy William Medford, Roll Call Chair man of the Haywood County Chaptci) Last year there were 100 major 'dis the United States. In each disaster there were hundreds of fami lies left homeless and destitute. The Red Cross was on the sYene on each disaster" administering relief, furnish ing food and clothing and helping in the task of rehabilitating the del as tated area. One of these disasters occurred in our own Western North Carolina. We recall the unusual event of a tor nado striking the Spring Creek sec tion of Madison countv and destroy ing over one hundred homes. The I local Rod Cross chapter was on the' :k ,.,;h,; u ....; . .u.. .'wk "iiiuii a it'w iiuuis ttiLtri rue mui in t,.i, ,i i, vt;i srtruck and the National Red Cross had a representative on the scene in twenty-four hours directing and ad ministering the relief with national funds. Thi.s is representative of the speed with which Rod Cross acts. The Red Cross is the only organ ization that has the facilities for act ing quickly" and effectively when dis asters .strike communities.- It is char tered by the Federal Government as the official .agency far tasks of this nature, However, it". does inl re ceive oile cent in appropriation from he;. Government. It depends for its funds upon the roll call conducted' an nually in every part .if the Unite'! States; " . But -disaster relief i nut the only work 'done by the Red Cross as a National o.i eiinization. . It. sponsors a program of first aid instruction that is '.directly responsible for saving the lives. of. hundreds of people each year, It has trained workers, giving coni prehensive courses ill home hygiene and eaie of 'the sick. .The re'ortls of the Red Cross show that 7K5,929 .wom en have been granted! certificate's on the completion of this course. The public health nursing; program is attracting national attention. There are over 30,000 Red Cross 'nurse.s in the United .States ready to. bring re lief and care to the sufiering. .. These nurses have become as important in the" rural areas as the old time doc tors. They bring a knowledge of hy giene and sanitation to the rural areas. ',; You will be called upon during the week starting November 18th to take out your annual Red Cross member ship. The Red Cross cannot carry on its work without the funds provided throuirh the medium of the roll call. Do your part. Remember that fifty cents of your donation stays m your local community. Its use will be dis cussed in a later article Rotarians Hear Coach Weatherby C. E. Weatherby, coach of athletics at the high school, was the speaker at the Rotary Club last week. Mr. Weatherby gave a brief review of the work done in that department during the pas-t six years, stating that 42 games had been won in football, 15 lost and 2 tied. ' rinrino1 tha rmlrcp nf the isiv lPai3.' ..... ,." i . 'ii. ':.,, :'. v,-ir wm JS nd cu... training. LcRoy Davis has the program for Friday, and announced it would be a "surprise program' Canton To Build Supplement To Water System City official in Canton are going ahead with plans to sell bonds to raise approximately $150,000 with which to build a supplement to their present water system. The new supplement would consist of a filtering ulant and water would be taken from the Pigeon River above Canton. This action has been brought about by the continued drought and the low .stage of water in the present reservoir. Water is now being taken from Pigeon River and filtered by the Champion Company. This will continue until rain tills the reservior to a point high enough to suviply the demand, i: was learned through the health department here. Residents of "Canton have been ad vised to boil the water at le ist twenty minutes hi Lire using. Honor Student rn iti.i:s nsiioitN i: A iiunn Osliorne Is a. senior nt Iteilicl MiK'h .scliiinl antl is hmc of the lies! all-nniinl sniili'ius enriilleil. He Is nn Honor Ktudi'iit. jiresldcnt of. the stu dent eiiiincil anil an cuitstniuUnn nth-, lete and stmlen I Irader. Criminal Court To Convene On 25th The November term of criminal court will convene here oil Monday, the twenty-fifth, and the following jurors have been named to serve for the term: First : Week: William McElroy, 'Wa.1i(V ville; i'harllw Gadd'is, Ilea Verdam; Walter Ward,-" Ivy Hill; .1. H. Hill, White Oak; .1. V. Smatliers, lieaverdam; (leorge E. Morgan, Hoa verdam; V. McElroy, While Oak; Edwin Smafhers- lieaverdam; .1. N. Knight, Waynesville; 1.. II ill. Sr.. ( 'rnlit ree ; K,. . Murr, lien venlani ; W C. Recce, lic.Mvel'ilaiil, N, 'IK M;:Klnth, lieaverdam; Geo, .Meli.illey, uayiU'Svilie;- I'. Al. htamey Clyde ," 1''. C." Scotl," 1! averdam; W, A. Mitehell, Waynesville; Walter Mills, Waynesville; S. ('. Delvin, . Beaver (lam;Ti. K. Sella fs. East Fork;. ('. S. Scott, lieaverdam ; :. L. Makey, He;i verdani; M. E. j'a:(on, lieaverdam; R. C. Jones, Clyde. Second Week: ('. W. Haines, Wav neSville;,T. li. Medfard, Waynesville ; Sam Wilson, Reaverdam; ..J.M, Miller, Waynesville; George Robinson, Clyde; II. G. Rogers, Heaverdam; Lawrence Winchester, Waynesville; I-'. II. Med ford, Ciabtree; C. H. (Jaddy, lieaver dam. James Henry Moprc, Waynesville; C. S. Slieppard, Heaverdam; D. I. L. Smathers, (1yde; W. E, Smathers, Heaverdam; I). K. Davis, Fines Creek; W. J. Campbell, Waynesville ; J. C. Rider, Heaverdam; J. M. Massie, Ci abtree ; A. C. Downs, Clyde. I HOME DEMONSTRATION MEETING SCHEDULED Dellwood, Thursday, Nov. 7, at 2:00 o'clock, at Mrs. Murray Ferguson's. Rock Hill, Friday, Nov. 8, at 2:00 o'clock, at Mrs. Grady Howell's. Beaverdam School, Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 2:00 o'clock. Fines Creek School, Thursday, Nov. 14, at 2:00 o'clock. Cecil School, Saturday, Nov. 16, at 2:00 o'clock. ' . .". The public is cordially invited to attend the above Home Demonstra tion Club meetings. Demonstrations for November will be Canning Meats in the Pressure Cooker, and Sweet Potatoes in Pressure Cooker and Wa ter Bath Canner. AUXILIARY TO MEET The regular monthly meeting of th Grace Episcbnal church auxniary will meet, on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. D. D. Perry at the Palmer House on Pigeon street, All members are urged to attend. X if . v x x- -is8W""lB9ei. Work On Roads In County Now Being Rapidly Pushed Forward To Lecture Here rum k now i;i . i.wi: A SI'! Mi'S ,11 lllllll IS 1 til lll'XI M elk 111 1 111' ( Ulll l hulls, . ill ny Ali'iiiliiv mil: hi ii i 7 : ;Ur liet-iii- Series Of Talks On The Catholic Church To Be Given I'allicr Howard V. Lane, of St. Johns t atliolic church here, will hold a series of servues at the court house beginning .Monday night, November II, at 7 : -10 o'clock, and continuing through the in xt Sunday afternoon, the seventeenth. '1 ho services will be conductrd in the form of a lecture series 'designed to familiarize the pubh with the ( atholic church. The subjects which l-ather Lane has cho.seti are: Monday night, " 1 he Ne cessity of Religion. ' I uesday night, "Who Is Christ'?" Wednesday night, "( hrist'H Church' Thursday night, "The Rible." "V ridav night, "Can A Priest Forgive Sins'?'' Saturday night, "What is a Catholic Service'?" "Sunday night, "A Rule of Life."-".- In connection with the services, Father Lane has issued the ".fol lowing statement: "Through the kindness of the County board of .commissioners,' plans have been made to hold a course of le, lures in the court house here on The. Catholic Church, which consists of talks on the . . Catholic religion. It is believes! that now is the op portune lime for everyone to know (he real position of the Catholic church. For mally years we have heard many things aliou:., tile C'alholic faith. .Some ef tin -e things have nn been true. Ii i-- an o'ppnrt imit y for llie people i.f Ibis i-iininmiiily In learn tlie.triith aliuiit t lie" 'a il.'nl I.- church,. 'I'm . c e c "' til ii if lilt t-( in l lie', le lure I'.. 'nil, iiiiil the talk.; u'liiut the main fa'e's o'l' .'religion will In.' uiven. Ai.-o. l illle . Will Ite allel'lci'l . I'i.)i: lU"- ticins and answers." ,. Haywood Women Enter Contest ..'.Twelve ncemli'is nr. the Homo !,ienionstratioi) Clubs .of Haywood1 county ".have enrolled in. the Kail Gar den ( 'on test, it i,s- announced by Mary M. .Smith, Home Agent.' " The contest closes March. :n, l!i:;. Hitch lontest. ant. is required, to keep monthly re eo ills of . v e ge t a b 1 e s g r o w i n g i ii t h e garden, and; the nuiiiher of1 times serV... ed on the table -.during the-month. A short story of the garden is to be in cluded in the report. . The first . piize tii $5 ami the second is $2,50. Judges will be local and county garden lead ers, .'The rating will be based 75 per cent on the efliciency of the garden as indicated by the monthly records and" 4a per cent on the written report. Records from the local communities are sent to the Home Demonstration Agent's oflice to be judged by the gar den leaders and council members not later than April 10, 1936. ; Haywood entries in the contest in clude Mrs. II. G .Reno. Canton, Route 1, Mrs. Garfield, Mrs. Thomas Erwin, Mrs. Jim Miller, of Canton, Route 2, Mrs, Jeff Mills, of Allen's Creek. Mrs. Hiram Green, and Mrs. M. B. Rogers, of Clyde, Route 1, Mrs. Frank Henry, Miss Mary Allison, and Mrs.- Walter Ketner, of Waynesville. Route 2, and Mrs. Minnie Woody, of Dellwood, Mrs. Henry Francis, of Allen's Creek. Thirty, two women of Swain county have enrolled for the fall and winter garden contest. J DRIVER HITS POLE An unknown driver hit a telephone pole in East Waynesville this week, breaking the pole down, but doing little damag ). One wheel of the ear was torn off. 30 Men Working On Grading Of Highway No. 281 Detween Woodrow And Springdaie Work on grading the new road from Bethel towards Springdaie has pro gressed at a sati.sfacUiry rate, it was learned here this week, with some thirty men on the job. The grading u icing done by C. A. Ragland Con-.-tuution Company. I he bridge work, which will ensist f two bridges across the river near Woodrow, will KOt underway at an e.uly date, wi;h T. L. Stride,- in ihaige. At present there are .six men doing preliminary work, and eventu ally 75 or M) will In- added, it was said n.v an ollii-ial. About T5 men will also I e re.Uirei! to put the crushed stone mi the road is soon as lie grading is omploteil. ( On th0 Hrevard i ml .1 Highway -M, ".here are 171 men at work anil two shoxels, each a yard and a half cap. cay. It was learned from the n.-ioent engineer (here that the grad ing wdl piohably he linishtd by Jan tiai.v first, and the road comnkie by June Inst. This link of the road was lei las: July, and js through the Look ing Glass Creek section. On the Soeo Gap road, from the gap to Cherokee,, engineers have' been in structed lo 'push forward with the work, which now ,-onsist.s (if comput ing, "the yardage in the "'right-of-way for i he purp.se of '.letting the -contract. The road from the gap to the bottom" pi the. .mountain is about live miles, and about six miles from there through the valley to Cherokee. Within a few days some !-! men Will go to work mi TWA road projects in the county, i: was learned" from the Ke-diiploynn nt olliic yesterday.' Forty-live . - men are now at, work at the city park, ami on the streets in ; Canton, Five (Kliers will go to work next .Monday morning in tlie l'i.sgah National Forest. " The Re-employment oflice also gave out the information that within the next few weeks some !()() to 500 men would be out to work in the county on a number of W'l'A projects. County To Observe American Education Week In The Schools .."At .the rcciucvt of Mrs. I). 1). Alley president-elect of the Western Dis trict of the P. T. A., every P.T.A. or ganization in the county is asked to f lan a;r appropriate program for the ouseivance nt American Kdu.-ati lion u eeic wnu-li is rum ,e 17th of this month. Ulh to the A program, a.s oufiinrd aim recom mended by Mrs. W. II. Ayc-ock, state pres. dent, includes (lie following sul) .jects nndei- the general theme whii'h 1-, "The School and 1 h moerai-v" Monday, ov. II. Jhc- Srhool and t he Citizen; Tiu sdav, Nov ".'' "!'!.,. Sch-'o.. and the. State;" W.-dnvsda v, ;,X"V'- ' ''' 1 hl' s' !'!'! aiid ilm 'Nation;'' nmr.y. Nov. l!,:"Th,..s; I Land tne Sr:'::i! Chang,-;' j.',:;, (.,.. ,1V.- lo, "i hi, of and -(' uintiv Life;'' Sat in day. Nov. h;, -."The S liiHd and Re el -eat ion;" a in! SuinhVy, N,a-; 17, "Ed ucation ' and the (it;: d'Tyife." '.;:. Plans . are also iin leiwa.v ' for s-i-,'.'"a: '-''-v -se.nes-:wdii-clr include' ;Cha!iot.te, Kloise : Kankin; Asheville, Mip!. I imi Koliin-:.:-! ; (,'r , n,uro, G. ('. I eague ; Rocky M mht, Sunt'. : R, Wilson : Durham. Stint. W. I''. Wai retV and Wiii.stdn-Siileni. Sunt. T.H. Cash! The.; members are asked to join in groups and listen in to 'these pro grams.' . Pure Oil Men Hold District Meeting . The Puie Oil Company, of .the Car olmas, held a dinner. mVeti'ng at the Hotel LeFaine on Thursday night. There :vere about, fifty guests pres ent including officials of the compan v. service station - dealers, and others. A. turkey, dinner was Served.. .. :. Talks were made by all the officials of the company present, - and were introduced by W, J. Ca;mpbtll, commis sion agent for Waynesville. Aniong those, attending were 0. Y. Kirkpatrick, Charlotte, - sales niana ager, Fred Ridley, general manager, also of Charlotte, Mr. Bouycon, of Chicago, 111,, Yale Tire manager, and IV R. Talmadge, of Asheville zone manager. THE WEATHER OFFICIAL WEATHER REPORT .' "' . i Date Max . :' Min, -!, 31 :'.':' :';.'73" ":'.'. ' 43 " "?"i-:'r..'. 1 .'. .'.::...'.".'.. ;'.:,'73 '. '; -: "'' 45 V--; ;":' ". 2 - ::'"., 74 45 ' ' ,s 3 '-'". ' : 73'. ' :i;"':r .''', 40 - : ; 4 :.:..'.' ."74. . . 41 5 " ."':" ,": 71," .:.'" 3D . 6 ".".'. .-' '70 ' ; 40" "i