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I 4 5N ! it mmx The Best Advertising .Medium In Haywood County -1'ubltshed At The Eastern Entrance ul The Great S.mk Mountains National Park -Read by Thinking People ? VOL XLVIH NO. WAVNESVILLE. NOKTII CAKOl.tNA ' THURSDAY. JANUARY. 16, 19.JG Community Safety League Holds 2nd .Monthly Meeting 45 Attend Meeting Sponsored By Wavnesville Fire Depart ment. Next Meeting At Masonic Temple Taken By Death The Community Safety Le U'.e V. V. A. . Late l-dil ae me: an: " fu:ar monthly meeting, there being ..;u: . forty. five person? pre sen-.. "-olK-ving supper toastmaster, V. ('. .Hiiss, called for short talks and mot f these present responded. W. V. Smith, Dr. C. N. Sisk, .. R. Morgan.. Walter Crawford, Wilford Ray. -Mis? Ha Greene, .Mrs. Heltie Jjovc. W. G. Byqers, Troy Wyche, G. Davis, "Uncle Abe," and others e-pomled, most in a light vein. O. I.. Briggs and his assistant, Robt. :1. Ciai k, mentioned a few of the must .ommo'n causes of fires. Then Mr. Briggs called for suggestions to de cide on a name for the organization, ..rid at '-he request of Frank Davis, The Community Safety League was iecided upon. The program was carried out in a .. manner characteristic of fire fighting men, there being action all the way through. The tap dancing of little .M:sp Mini Gorslin, with Miss Greene hi the piano, and music by the Way t n-vilie colored quartet were also 'features. The next meeting will be held at the Masonic Temple, and V. G. Byers :1! be toast master. r UMXt m JU 1,, I ft i t - V' ' i Two Farm Meetings ; Planned Here For I Afternoon and Night Launch Plans for AAA Substitute DOYLE 1 1. AI.I.KY Last Rites Held For Doyle Alley Monday Afternoon Well Known Attorney, And State Leader In Democratic Party Died Ol' Pneumonia Sunday Mr. Landees of The TV A Will lie Here to Lead in General Program Discussion . i: .,).. an; farm meetings o! : :u. :.ii-ationai type, will be held in : .'u . ; house unlay, in order that a cu-val cxpki'ia.ion of the TVA nro i may lie made, a was an : ! 'n- County .-Went V. D. nuh. I'U'" :.: inert i-ngs '.v:.: be- similar. ..i u.c lca-.m two are being ne!d is -en t tnai the iarniers and comnut can attend m tnedav at oik- thir- other at night tor those :it to the atternoon fes .' itt seven-thirty. to have Mr. Lamiccs. ol i i . and there "s a possi r.e wlH bring aiong slide.-. 'iv.e ot th,. pmnts ; hat .) i 1 i-. to l' A m h i '..u-ira'.e )e .-t;r-mm e.-nes i el t,.-.'' !sv ML. u Si Bl:: IfkBlli Work Started On New Junior High School Building New Building Wi'l Care For 500 Students. And Is To Post About if 1 5,000 Ai-.i;, on-1 met ion :,i- start ed .in t iii jai-.Mi- iii-h -t )i (d building, by ,1-erry Line:-, ont raeter. r!::i;r wore io ret :!., worl, uitdt i w ay .sooner, but work ha.-; be- n li.-! 1 un i cause ba.l.i,,,. f) in . i.tmti. "'f the a i ..l ;-.e: a.l.ii.-. u nie the an et inn will be 1 l r. .Smith saw, but that, a i gi :ieial d-setission will he made, and :'r.;i, Mi. Landers.' is one of-the best j !(;.-:,.:) U'adi-iv in l he i euntry. Dr, Tom Stringfield Named Commander of Spanish War vets At the meeting of the United Span ..-b War Veterans held on Friday night at the court house for the an nual election of officers, Dr. Tom Stringfield was elected commander of the Hugh A. Love Camp, succedinff W A. Hyatt, who has served as command t-r for the past year. Halsey B. Leavitt, of Asheville, past commander and department chief of staff, installed Dr. Stringfield as com mander and the other officers elected and appointed. Those inducted into office were senior vice commander, C. A. Mooney; junior vice-commander, Claude Jones; trustee for three years, J. R. Boyd; iinior adjutant, John Shook: Quarter. master, J. B, Hoyle; officers of the day, Mack White; officer of the guard, Jonn fiott; sergeant major, C. r. Shook; chaplain, J, D. Justice; patriot e instructor, Joe Curtis; historian, J. B. Hoyle; surgeon, Dr. Thomas tnngiheid; musician, Joe fechenck; senior color sergeant, John Wright; .unior color sergeant, O. . P. Jenkins. In his address before the camp TIr U-avitt took as his subject, "Heritage l bpanish War Veterans." He told the veteran that they had every right to be proud of their record, and ie touched upon the results of the Spanish-American War, bringing out ne point that it "was the only war ever waged by this country in which soldiers, were all volunteers. Mr. Duff Takes New Position In Knoxville Robert F. Duff, who has been as sistant secretary and treasurer of the Land O' the Sky Mutual Association, trlavcs today for Knoxville, Tenn., wntcn will now be hia headouarters Funeral servietv for Duyie D. Alley well known Waynesyille attorney, and former president of the YounrDem oeratic Clubs of North Carolina, who died at S o eloek Sunday morning at his home here, after a short illness due to pneumonia, were .conducted' at S:li on .Monday at'.ernoon at the first .Methodist ehurch,. by Rev. A! bert ew, Rector of Grace Kpiseopa church, assisted by Dr. R.'.S. Trues dale, pastor of the church. Inter ment was in Green Hill cemetery. The active pallbearer were: . AV. T Lee, Jr., W. A. Bradley, Frank wortnington, C. A. George, Lester Burgin, and Clayton Walker, all meniDers ol the American Legion. TL.. l j.ne nonorary paiiDearers were menioers ot the Haywood County Bar association, local pott ot Ameri can Legion and Masons attended the last rites in a body. Mr. Alley, son of the late Mr.- and Mis. Zebuion D. Alley; ol Jackson county, and nephew of Superior Court Judge Felix E. Alley, was born near Cashiers Valley in Jackson county July m, i4. lie was a graduate of Cui lowhee Institute, now Western Car. olina Teacher College. During the World War he served as a second lieutenant and was in the jcrvi.cc- 2U months. Following the war he was employed by the Bell Telephone Company at Tulsa, Ukla., and while working at Tulsa, he studied law and was ad mitted to practice in Oklahoma in 11124. In 11)24 he returned to North Carolina and began the practice of his profession at Sylva. In 19,'iO he moved to Waynesville, where he formed a law parthernhip with So licitor John M. Queen. Since returning to his native state he has taken a prominent part both in local and state politics. In 1934 he was elected president of the Young Democrats and .served in this office for a year. During his residence in Oklahoma, Mr. Alley was married in 1U22 to Miss Edith Elizabeth PtuceH, vho str ives him. Others surviving are his four children, Corinne, Zebulon Doyle, chn and Charles Alley, four sisters. Mrs. May A. Dunn and Mrs.: Sarah A. .Smithson, secretary to Congress- Changes Made In Insurance Business L. -. Davis Purchases Interest Of W. A. Hiadley In Hradley Davis Company While Republican leaders hailed the supreme court decision against the AAA as a political victory. New Deal chieftains in Washington, left to right. Representative Marvin Jones, chairman of the house agricultural committee; Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, and Chester Davis, AAA administrator, laid plans for calling farm leader to the capital to devise a substitute program for the AAA. The announcement was made this w rk that L. X. Davis had bought the interest of W. A. Bradley in the Bradley-Davis Company, Real Estate and Insurance agency here. .Air. Da vi.e bought Mr. Bradley's in terest in both companies and also the bu-iniss pioprrty of the eonipany on Main, street. ' Bradley-Davis Company was organ ized in lt;i3, when Mr. Davis and Mr. Bt adley bought the Waynesville ln suiance Agency from J. M, Newton. Mr. Davis said yesterday that the name of the firm would be The L. N. Dhv' Company. ' Smith To Tell Of Haywood Program In Other Counties Arise Phillips In Jail; Being Held for 35-Year-01d Crime n: The Mtr ,, the '.taked nit, and im-hirig ulna-! as t!l in:!; !iav r . oi in . and ; a tipi 'if n. a t ly w il Un; t or about I. la.wv , uperiti will be K"ven nver nighi h grades, with cieiiic . and home Tl I. M. White, lloyhood Friend Of I'hillips, (,'ives Story Of Events. At Time Of Murder ( oun y Agdit AY. I). Smith will pend Tueslay of next week in Burke county assisting the . county agent there with mass meetings at which time farmers will be told of the con serva ion and fioil improyemelit pro gram whnn was inaugurated m Hay wood some two years ago. The next day Mr. Smith will go to McDowell county and assist the farm ers there with the same nroeram. Haywood county was the lirst coun ty in the .state to adoiit this program, anil has . lotind ;t to be one of the most bi'ilelieial under. a ken in sometime; He will take over the duties of L..N.- nan Weaver, of Washington, D. C; Noble, formerlv in ehstrm i prtafn f Mrs.- Margaret Morrison, of Asheville. work in the TVA Co-operatives. Mr; ob.e will do general accounting work wr.n the TVA Brother of Messrs Black wells Passes Be This Week-- OT 1 Tl n i n nr A Page of Hazelwood News. Written by Hazelwood peo ple, and about Hazelwood ' people. t his is a new Feature of this paper, and our present Plans are to begin in our next issue, a series of stori es on some of the industries of Hazelwood. The citizens of Hazelwood are asked to co-operate in getting in newis for their Page, it being the only news Paper page in the world de voted exclusively to Hazel-wood. and Mrs. T. A. Charshee:, of Myriek,' L. I. Mrs. Alley has received messages from all the state officials, and tele gram, have come from the Young Democratic oJigarnzationts of prac tically every county of the state. When informed of Mr. Alley's death, Governor Ehnnghaus said "I am deeply grieved, I counted him a fine friend. He had achieved a good .Vputation throughout the state . He was a fine young Demo- ratic leader and the state will miss him." The news of Doyle Alley's death is most distressing," said Mrs. May Thompson tvans, durector of the State Employment Service, who pre ceded him a Dresident of the Young Democrats. His leadership among the younger people of the state was vibrant and virile. There are hun dreds to whom his passing marks a personal loss. Among the numerous prominent North Carolinians sending message of sympathy to Mrs. Alley Were Gov ernor and Mrs. Ehringhaus, Mrs. Bess Pheouix, president of the North Car olina i'oung Democratic Clubs, Con gressman Zebulon Weaver, J. Wal lace Winborne, Stacy W. Wade. Sec. retary of State.Cutlar Moore, Secre tary of State Democratic Executive Committee, Dewey Dorset'., Mrs. May Thompson Evans, Judge Herriot Clarkson. and many others, with mes sages stul coming in. The funeral was attended by hun dreds of friends from this county, from Jackson county, and from the Funeral services will lie held this afternoon- in Lenoir for .L I'. Black well, 74, who oied suddenly at his home there from a heart attack. They will b- eondu -ted from the Methodist church and . interment will be in the cemetery there. Mr. Blackwell is the brother of R. H. Blackwell and Wallace Blackwell, of Wayriesville, anil has often visited his relatives here. Tom Yarboro Gets 38-Cent Average Tom Yarboro, of Cove Creek, aver aged. 38 cents on his ":.100. pounds of -to, bacco, which was the "run of the barn," even after all charges had been deducted. He received a check for tor hig ouu pounds. He sold his crop in Morristown. Scout Program Is Planned By Board The executive board of the Daniel Boone Council of Bov Scouts, met in Asheville Monday to make plans for lV.ib. twenty .of the twenty-four members were present, and the pro gram adopted for the year is the best ever planned for the district. Tentative plans are underway to in crease the Boy Scout work in this im mediate community. At present there is only one troop in waynesville. and that U being sponsored by the Ro tary Club, with LeRoy Davie scout master and L. X. Davis, assistant. This district is represented on the executive board by W. Curtis Russ, who attended the meeting Monday, Mrs. Willis Smith and small daughter, Anna Lee, who have been the guests of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs, W. T. Lee. at their home western part of the state, with others Ion the Fairview Road, returned on :ormr.g iron! a greater aistance. ; .Monday to their home in Raleigh. J. M. White, local bat ber, when hearing of the arrest of A use Phillip nere last week, remembered that he was a seeond cousin of the man, and as boys had lived together, as both were horn and reared in the ,same neighborhood. Mr. White wen; -immediately to th jail to see Mr. l'hillins, and to talk anout t lie rase, And yesterday Mr. White told this story to The Mountaineer: '"My recoiled ion i that I'hillipf 'k aooat 18 or. l'.l yuars of age at the time oi the tatal killing of Jim Sut ton.. We had grown up together, and spent much time visiting in the home ol each other. I'hillips lived about a mile a ross the line in ( 'ocke t outl ly. Icnnessec, and we livid about live miles away in this, county;- - 'I lnlli)s was a very .intelligent boy, he hud i ed hair and was nice looking. J Wo year.s ago I heard the folks iroin tne liig Creek section tell ol I hillips being there for a short lime but nothing came of it and he left. "1 had forgotten about him, al though I recall the incidents leading up to the tatal killing ah il. ii were only yesterday. "When 1 went to the jail to set I'hillips he didii'i . - .i ememlk-r me, I recalled several .boyhond happenings cuiu uien lie -ma ih- nau a lamt re collection of. who 1 Was. We ''talked on about old tiiiie-, but be ic'.u-i tell wneie he went after leavinir that e.nristnias rve m l'JOO, only to .-ay ne weiii in nis. sislel. am -kiuvmi : While and I' -om there 'went' I rum pillar to post.'. lhe incident.'-as stated- before. happened on Christmas eve in 1300. I here must have been about 15 bovs down near the store that night, and most all of them had guns and were drunk. The groun was divided with about 7 in the field and the remainder near the road. In one group was William Philliiis. brotber ol Anse. William had a knife, and as someone was trvinir to take it away from him, his wrist was cut, but not bad. That wa just an accident,- and they were -'-taking the knife away before any trouble started. ' "William saw the blood i unning l loin his wrist, he cried out, 'Ive been killed. Jim you've killed me.' "Anse, standing in the other group, heard his brother's call and pulled out his pistol and started Howard the group where William had been; He lifted his gun to fire and Wood Hop kins rushed in from behind and knocked the gun upwards. Anse then turned to Hopkins and threaten ed hi life if he did not get away from him. There was nothing more to do, out, ior Air. nopKins to stand back. .. "Them, taking both hands, Thir. Hps raised his ?un and shot Sutton behind the ear. Sutton, at the time, drunken stupor. After the shot, the crowd scat tered, and Will White, who now lives near Sunburst, put Sutton on his shoulder and carried him to his home, and Mrs. White rendered first aid, until Sutton died. Sam Sutton, a brother of the slain boy, chased Anse for half a mile, and then lost him. As far, as I know the bovs never had any trouble before that time. I was not at the scene at the time of the shooting, but was there a few hours before it all happened and a short time after. The details of the whole thing are as clear as if it all Records Show Man Was Intlictei! .'" Years Ago For Killing' Jim Sutton At Mt. Sterling Anse Phillips, 54, is in the Hay wood county jail charged with the murder of Jim Sutton, which is al leged to have taken place on Chritd mas eve in 1900. The nian who is charged with' the eur-uui murder came back to Haywood last Week to ee bis brother Aoah I'jhillips, near Sunburst, am as recognized by an eye witness to the murilerWill White, who now lives in the i'igeon section. The mur der look place on BiK Creek, near Alt .Sterling. Sutton, the murdered man, died al lhe home of Will White, and .wis. lnte rendered the wound nisi aui trea.ment, it was learned. Solicitor John M. IJueen, upon hear ing oi ine man being m the county, .-p. in several hours searching .the nnisty re.oids of ,.. years ago, and found a true bill had been returned in lebruary, lllOt against l'hillins. A- ' "i (uuii men .liter all alias was taken and in DtO.Vthe case was niinki-d "iil purs with leavi ooncitor. uueeli nad a ei.nias i.,ued SatUJ-day and l i.itrii- was aireeted nid i)l..(( d in jail, .Hi. i'lilil-ips reiusev to ;alk, except !' glVe- lli.s auc and. answni: mni ii.n- oiKit His health and -ucb things. H(. ''U''" t u'il wneie he has been, -or win re he went after k-avine- Mar. iMi.ei county ;). years ago. .-ioilctor Ijueeii told". '1 He .Mouiilaili-i-i lliai (hi- iase Would be tried in iic l' eiimiu-y tt rni ul i rim ina luoui t, ii. I that ne ha.s already a number n ey. WKiie.ise- to ..hi.. 111111111;' and sev- ithcis whu lived in the section it. the time of the killinii- that wood be placed on the stand. After I'hillips was arrested. Sher iff J. ('. Welch -e,-ogni7.ed him as the man who stopped in the sheriff's df- - : m nl h an.l Nn-piiell ul' in ie- work. t'lo.-Mii gyuvuill be made into ar ac ,. 'Mui'iii 1 1 1 1 ; ' i In -, wllLb, n. i c,.veretl pa.-s-ag. way lounecting the three buildings, SpecificalioiK in- the "contract c:!i to' the new liuil..l.:ng to lie omtileled I ; in lif'tci n ii ef May; DrCaUee Wil Address Teachers Of County On Sat. The teachers of the county will meet here Saturday at ten o'clock the central elenu'tilarv svbool, it was announced yesterday by Jack Mosser, county superintendent. S. K. Connatser, of Clyde, presi dent nl the organization, will be in charge, and the principal- speaker of the meeting will be Dr. John K. ("al tee, president of the -Asheville Nor mal. . Ibis i a county-wide meeting, and several important -matters will be discussed. Two From Here To Attend Frigidaire Sa les Meetings 1' red and l'aul Martin representing I-rigidaire household and commercial refrigeration for Frigidaire Corpora tion, have received an invitation from A. F. Kichenlaub, district manager with headquartrrK at Atlanta, to meet with officials ot 1 rigidane at tin' Shrine mosque on January 21 for a preview of lil.ilj models and sales and advert ising patvs. I-rank H, 1'ierce, manager ol 1-rig-ida ire's household division, will head a party, of Dayton, ()., officials who will come to Atlanta fur the confer ence, Air. Kichenlaub said. "I rigidairo has interesting sales mil advertising plans in the making tor its 1 U.i'i selling activities," he said. and is . calling its field organization ol nearly 20,000 men together in strategically located cities for presen tation of the models and plans. ' . J. II. Howell, Jr., Honored At U.N.C. (Special to the .Mountaineer.) CIIAI'LL UlLL.-.Jani.-s IL Unwell Jr., ol Waynesville, was installed here this week as president of the Dilectio Senate, one ot the University's two ' literary socnlies. Yimmr Ihni.ll u-h.. nee .several days be! ore to imiuire the 1! a University senior, succeeds .J L way to I'igeon. Besides Mr, and Mrs. Will White. another eye : witness is Sam Sutton, mother ol the xlain man. It was earned that Sam gave chase to the murderer of his brother, but after a half mile race lost him in the woods. It was learned that Phi II ins return d lo the .Mt. .Sterlmi? section two year,- ago, but did net stay but a short lime.. . i . . , oeverai monms "ago a letter was received by officials here from Ken tucky asking if the officials wanted a certain man, and they replied they oion t, it is now believed, that Phil lips is the man who wrote the letter. Mr, Queen said that among the wr nesses was a girl who was then 14 years old, and was dancing in the store which was near the scene of the shooting, lie refused to" give her name. -: The defendant has employed Wil liam T. Hannah as his attorney, and Mr. Hannah speaking for his client said: "We have ho statement to make other than to deny the guilt. The defendant, through hig attor ney, refused to talk to newspapermen or anyone else, or allow his picture to be taken. Predictions are that this case will be one of the most interesting ever to be tried here. Several reasons were giv en for this; first the "age" of the case and the technical points of law that, will in all probability be brought out. Verner, of Asheville, and will sent in this prominent campus position dur ing the winter quarter.' happened yesterday. , it 6o happens, that I am a spoond cousin of Phillips and also to Sutton. "When the case goes to trial I think you will find that this is ex actly what happened," Dr. C. N. Sisk Gives Rotarians Report Of Health Dept. Dr. C. X. Sisk., district -health Of ficer, gave to the Rotary Club last Friday a brief report of the work that his department is dome- in the county. The report showed lust how mnv capes of the various diseases had been had in each townshm in. th conntv. as well as deaths and berths. : A condensed report of this will probably appear in next week's issue. The club also started an attend ance contest, with Dr. S. P. Gay and Dr. R. H. Stretcher, both dents, as leaders. The contest will last until the first Friday in April. Mrs. S. A. Jones. M Jones, and Mr. Hugh J. Sloan were among those who motored to Ashe ville on Monday for th mtmo ni the First Baptist church. The Weather Date 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Max, Min. '1 :1 52 33 54 ...'- 20 48 i"! )0 25 58 30 54 20 55 23 V ' '11 3' t ! -a (. i 1 1 iJ'Ui 1