North Carolina Newspapers

, ,T, , ' th !ifi The Waynesville Mountaineer News Events of World-Wide Interest Briefly Told TRAIN WRECKS IN S. C. Leapins the tracks at a curve, a train bciuntl from Jacksonville, Fla., i I'olumbia, S. C carried the fireman ami engineer to their death early unlay. Four of the five cars left the tracks. Few of the passengers wire shaken up and cut. ROOSEVELT READY TO RUN President Roosevelt's formal an nouncement of candidacy for Demo cratic nomination to the presidency is expected shortly from the White House. Mcdonald and hoey (?) Word came out of Raleigh this M.-ek that Dr. Ralph McDonald be i.une convinced after hearing Clyde Hoey make his opening campaign ad dress, that the two survivors of the tirst primary in June would be Dr. .McDonald and Mr. Hoey, and not Dr. McDonald and A. H. Graham as at tirst anticipated. UORAH VISITS WHITE HOUSE The confused political situation in Washington was freshly accentuated by a luncheon conference between President Roosevelt and Senator Wil liam Uorah, of Idaho. After the conference, the only statement was: "A pleasant conference. We didn't omit any subjects." N. C. CONGRESSMEN TO GET BONUS Five of North Carolina's Congress men will get bonus bonds next July. Tile remaining Si won't. Senators liatley. and Reynolds, and representa lives Clark. Doughton.Kerr and Weav er are without military records. Those to get bonus bonds are: Harden, I'ool--.v. Hancock, Umstead and La fiftieth. J PAY FOR CRIME WITH LIFE - Three .young negroes from Central, North Carolina, who had killed mem bers of their own race, and robbt1 their dead bodies, paid the highest penalty of the law as the State pressed into service both its old electric chair and its new gas chambers to take their lives last Friday. Only '23 minutes was actually spent killing the three. The one in the electric chair died in 4 minutes, It took ten and a half minutes for one ga8 victim and eight and a half for the second, i'Oth gas victims became uncoiis eious after 30 seconds. SEVEN RESCUED FROM ICE Seven COC Camp workers were 'escued .Monday, off the Massaohus ' its'. -coast Monday after being adrift en a cake of ice for 22-hours, exposed "- rain, snow and freezing weather. An army bomber dropped them food a tew hours before rescued by coast )-; ua rils. HUGE SUM WANTED FOR NATION'S DEFENSE More. scacoast. and western outpost 'ieietise. increases in army enlisted 'Metigth '',n(1 the' national guard. '-, the ' M'ansion of the air forces, were ree ' .mended to the House .Monday in ' war -.department appropriation: bill ' " 'ririK S374.9S1.S21 for: the nation's " iorces in the 1 ! 3 7 fiscal year. W. BAILEY'S SECRETARY V: Hand James who was director public relations for the State WPA M.wi irned his job. Senator J. W. .'le,v' has announced the annoint- nt (,f Mr. James -n.s nrivntp p-rerary. His associates in the T.YVA 'hoyf, that his courtesy and friend .nss will make him a first-rate con :;'rt iiian for the Senator in Wash- " K ' n. Mr.: James has been a cotton ?. farmer. liurihburg's mayor :'" terms, town commissioner for nr"f' terms, and Scotland County's J e "iwrntic Chairman for eight years! DANIELS REPRESENTS PRESIDENT Ambassador and Jtrs. Josephus 1 "if'ls left Mexico City on Saturday "r San Diego, Calif., where the for "I'nteil President Roosevelt .-'!".. 'he lose opening of the Pacific nternational Exposition yesterday. VICE PRESIDENT CURTIS With the death, of Charles Ciirtia President under Herbert Hoover. 'i for more than fortv venrs a lend- in the Republican party, the nation -left With only one former nresi- Hoover, nnd itrtn former p-rresident, Charles G. Dawes. Adams, first vice-president and n the second president lived to be establishing a record which none his successors ha3 equaled. . HE MADE CERTAIN OF DEATH illi'arn Minikien, 53. mad triple i,, -Wol'l die at his hotie in Sud " "l Standing on a rock beside ":- he lit a fuse to. a stick of , " in ins leiL liaiiu. '"aped into . niui a. I d&ui auu the river. (Continued on back page.) Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park VOL. XLVIII NO. 7. Cold Weather? Yes, But Not As Cold As Back In Dee. of 1917 If memory serves you right, no doubt you will recall how often dur ing December you shivered and la mented the fact that the weather was "mighty cold." According to the official record it was cold but nothing like the December in 1917. The fact has just come to light, that December in 1917 was sure enough cold, according to a daily dairy, kept by J. R. Morgan. A comparison of the temperature of 1917 with 1935 shows up as fol lows: Date 1917 1935 10 0 , 29 11-- 10 . 18 12 6 21 13 . 6 29 14... 6 30 15....... 6 34 It! (i 30 18 12 ... 18 11 14 . 25 20 20 13 21 22 -3 30 -18 , ., 15 31 . 0 The 30th of December, 1917, seem to have taken all records for low readings. The lowest this winter be ing five below is the next lowest read, ing during the 19 years, according to the best information gathered here. This year's records record six snows in Deiember, and four for January, ana tne snow." present prediction is "more Dixie Store To Open Here Friday Friday morning will mark the opening of Wayncsville's newest gro cery store Tho Dixie Store on Main street, in the building occupied by Young's Jcwelery Store, near Alex ander's Drug Store. This is the 78th store in the chain to open in the two Carolinas, accord ing to M. S. Merritt, general mana ger, who spent the greater part of this week here. He said, regarding the opening of the new .store, ' We feel that Wayncsville's continued growth warrants the opening of this store. We have watched the town's progress for many months, and are satisfied with the outlook here for the future." G. II. Upright is manager of the store, and Mr. Frady, local man, is assistant manager. Headquarters for the organization is in Greenville, while Asheville is headquarters for the North Caro lina division, with Harry Falls in charge. J. E. Snipe, is assistant su perintendent of the organization. In connection with a general line of groceries, native and western meats will be handled. Funeral For Mrs. J. B.JIipps Held Mother Of John R. IIlpps Passed Away Saturday. Member Of Crabtree Church 57 Years Funeral services were held on Mon I day morning at 11 o'clock from the ! Crabtree Baptist church for Mrs, i'Sallie Hinps:, 79, widow of J. R Hipps, i who died at her home at. 'Crabtree at 1-4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, with j the pastor, Rev. Y. G. Davis, offieiat j ing. Interment was in the cemetery j nearby. Pallbearers were J. .. Walker, I). R. McCracken, T. h. Green, T. T. Nond, ('. E. Williams, and T. W. Ferguson. "'.Mrs. Hippe was ill only three days, her death being due to a strke of paralysis. She was the daughter of the late Robert Teague, of Huncombc county, and was born in Leicester township in 185G. She resided in that section until her marriage to J. B. Hipps -in 1876 when they moved to Haywood county. Mrs. Hipps had taken an active part in the work of the Crabtree Bap tist church of which she had been a member for 57 years. Her home was one of the : mofit hospitable in the Crabtree section of the county. She had a wide family connection in Bun combe, Haywood and Madison coun ties. - I Surviving are one son, John R. Hipps, of Waynesville, former sher iff of Haywood county, and two daughters, Mrs. C. G. Noland and Miss ICora Hipps, both of Crabtree, and several grandchildren. The Fashion Shoppe Opens This Week Stock is being received daily at the Fashion Shoppe a ladies' ready-to-wear establishment opening this week by Mrs. Jack Messer and man aged by Miss Josephine Davis. The new establishment is located in the lobby of the Personality Beauty Shop. The formal opening will be held later, but showings of the new dresses coats, hats and suits are now takine place. . Mrs. Messer announced that mer chandise sold only in exclusive shops will be featured. Judge Alley Would Substitute Whip ping Post For Juvenile Courts Judge Felix E. Alley told Rotarians here Friday that he .believed the sub stitution of the old fashioned whip ping post for the juvenile courts would do more to curb crime among the youth of the state than any other one tiling. "Within the last three years I have held court in 30 counties, and two thirds of all cases coming before me have been for house-breaking, larceny, false pretense or robbery, and two thirds of the defendants were under 25 years of age two-thirds of them were white, and two-thirds had at some time appeared in juvenile courts," Judge Alley continued. "Appearing in juvenile court leave little impression on them. In fact it encourage them, because they know the law can't handle them, But when they are whipped behind the court house, those that have the inclina tion to violate the law would know that they, too, would be punished in that manner.' Judge Alley stated that one of the large causes of increase of crime was the enactment of the juvenile court law. A recent investigation by the government in large cities showed that !H per cent of the crimes com mitted were for offenses named above. "1 don't believe in harsh punish ments," the speaker said, "but instead. I believe in saving a man and not j destroying nilri. The 0,TlMuW should be made to feel that the law is their friend and not their enemy." "No man ever falls so low, but what there is still left a spark within him which can -be kindled." Judge Alley then went into detail of "salvaging men" rather than' de stroying them, stating that lie had always tried to help them liy pointing out the better paths than those over which they had traveled to their trouble. . He then mentioned the prohibition law, stating: "The liquor evil is the worst and most far-reaching on earth.". The speaker concluded his address Mad Cat Jumps 10 Feet To Bite Hand Of Haynes Warren Haynes Warren, of Cecil township, was bitten by a mad cat last 'Monday week, and is getting along nicclv, although taking the rabies treatment. Mr. Warren was oiling the machin ery in his grist mill, when the cat. sprang ten feet at him, landing on his hand, which he bit and scratched be fore iMr. Warren knew what was hap pening. He immediately shot the cat, anil sent the head to Raleigh, where the analysis showed the cat to 1m' mad. Wednesday Hill Cathoy, killed a mad dug in the same- vicinity. Mr. Warren said he did not believe the cat had been bitten by that dog. No other mad animals were report ed in the community. Three From Here On UNC Honor Roll Of the thirty-students of the Uni versity of .North Carolina making, the honor roll, three were from Wavncs- viiie. ' :: . They wre: . William Ray, John Muijdiy, and .Miss Jean Morrison. It is seldom that three students from a town the size of Waynesville make the honor roll in one month. New Bakery Opens On Church Street After being, without a bakery for several months, Waynesville again has a bakery The Haywood Baking Company, owned and operated bv J. R. Matthews and J. G. Adams, both former residents of Asheville. The new concern opened for busi ness in the building formerly occu pied by Vedder's Bakery. The owners are experienced bakers, having been connected with one of the larger bakeries in Asheville for a num ler of years. At present Mr. Mat thews is actiner as salesman, and Mr. Adams is managing the baking. Dr. and Mrs. A. M. Steely were the guests during the week of Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Baucom. They were on route to their home in Williamsburg, Ky.. after attending the wedding of their son, Mr. Herbert Steely, to Miss Sallie Williams, which took place in Savannah, on Saturday. Farms In Haywood Sell Faster Than Any County In N. C. One of the bet farms in Haywood county, and the western part of the state " is that of D. Reeves Noland. Although Mr. Noland does not devote all his time to farming, he is looking after business for the Federal Land Bank in 21 counties of North Carolina, and keeps in constant touch with farm values and farm sales. Last week work, he said: while discussing his WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1936 Sv V I y w Jl lMSE FE1.1X E, All. FY by saying: "All the courts on earth will never solve the problem of crime. The citizens can do much in curbing it by co-operating with the courts, and it behooves everyone to instill in those inclined to -do wrong the Chris tian religion. If the Christian men and women would go to the boys and girls that are going wrong and give them a word of oncouragmcnt, it would do worlds of good." In the introduction of his address, Judge Alley stated that there was not as much crime licing committed in Haywood county as a few years ago. "This decrease," he said, "has been due to a large degree by the co-operation of churches, clubs and individuals with the! courts." Jack Mcsser was in charge, of . the. program. COfC. Meeting Been Called Of f Duo to the continued cold weather, the .scheilulud annual meeting of the Chamber of Com merce for the election of the di rectors for the coming year has been postponed, according to an announcement, made yesterday by President Charhv E. Kay. The meeting was to have been held Friday night at the court huu.se. No set lime has boon an nounced for the meeting, bill plans arc to have it within the next two weeks. Funeral Services For Mrs. Bess Ray Howell Held Wed. Funeral services were held on'. Wed-j nosilay afternoon at ; 2' o'clock from ( the residence- of .Air. and Mrs. Clyde J II. Kay, for their daughter, Mivs. Hess , Kay Howell, whose death occurred on' Monday night at 7 o'clock. Kev. Al bert 'New,, rector of Grace Epi.copal J church and Rev.'. A, V. .loyner, pastor i of the First I'aiiti.st church of Canton,! officiated. Interment was in Green I Hill cenictcry. illbeaivrx were: Dr. S, P. (lav. X. M. Medford. M. G. Stamev. I-'. P; Dr. E. Alley, Jr., William Slioolbrod, .James W. Reed, . Grady P.oyd, and I Dr. K. 10. Montgomery,' of Asheville. Mrs. Howell, had (Men in ill heal: i; i for the past three years, and her con id ition hud been critical for the past , month. . She had spent her .entire life in Waynesville and was much f, loved by a wide circle of friends. Surviving are her three small sons, i William Ray, Dee Chancellor, and Eugene Davis Howell, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde H. Ray, five sis ters: Mrs. Robert Breece, Miss Mary Ray and Miss Margaret Ray, Mrs. William Clarke, of Tarpon Springs, Fla., and Mrs., George Sommes, of Jacksonville, Fla., and four brothers: Clyde H. Ray, Jr., and John Ray, of Waynesville, and Clarence and Frank Ray, of iMiami, Fla. Among those from out of town attending the funeral were: Miss i Jane Hume, and Dr. K. E. Mont gomery, of Asheville, F. II. Briggs, of Raleigh, Mrs. James M. Allison, Mrs. John Hudson and Mrs. Frank Jen kins, of Brevard. "Farm land, sell better and faster than any in the state." Although he has over a hundred farms for sale, there is but one in this county. Several weeks ago he acquired a farm one morning, and by night it had been sold and the deed made over to the new owner. "Farms in this county, just won't '.stay for sale'." 421 Men And 186 Women In Haywood NowonWPA 3 Unusual Incidents Come Up In Trial Of Ance Phillips Tlmv Inu-rcKtiitK Incidents were noietl in connection ullh the trial of Ainu- l'lillliw here last I'l'litny. .luclgr 1-VIU K. Alley, before whom Die trial hum hoard. Iiatl an i'MM'Hcihv In ll vthlcli liniiiKhl Imek nienioiltf. f (he trial here lil.liiv. Mr. Alley was rnlliNl iimiii to de fend a iiimii III Murphy hy l lie name ol Phillips, who wa.s oil Irinl charg ed with a milliter :t."-ycars old. Mr. Alley took tin" casv. IjisI im'k In sat us judge III it -i' 20 year-. Inter in MhliJi the defendant was iiiinietl riiillls. ami on u-lul lor a crime iinuinii knI :(." cur ago. William 'I', lliiiiuali, niloiiiev for I be defendant, was Imiiii six weeks nrtcr the alleged erline hii.- coiii ttttt ( l K. Alley. ,lr.. olber adorni y In llt' ease, was Ihh-ii Just a lew weeks Ik 'to iv the date of tlu ciinn'. Ance Phillips (Jets'' 18 Months To Three Years For Murder Kniered Plea Of (Juilty Of Man--slaughter For ..Wear-Old Crime Ance riiillips, ,ri;, was months to ,'t years here morning by Judge Felix K. given 1H Tuesda v Alley; for a muruer committed ,(! years ago m the Big Creek section of the county. Phillip, through his attorneys, Wil liam T. Hannah and K. K. Ailey, Jr., submitted to a plea 'of guilty of man .slaughter Friday afternoon' Four witnesses were placed on the stand after the pica was entered, and accepted by .Solicitor John M. Queen. The state's only witness was Will White, an eye-witness, who told of seeing Ance (ire the pistol which took the life of Jim Sutton, on December LM, l'.lOO. Sutton at the tim, death 'wn lit. of hi.-- Mr. White test i fit to ,top I'hillips, but warned him not to d thai I in Hi rn .inter fen tried lillips ir he would take his life. The first defense witness wa Wi Phillips, of Cii-toiiia. biotlnr of Ance, who was. struggling with Jim Sutton at (lie time Sutton was hit bv Ith fatal bullet Will denied know- ing who I U n bail proachei I started fired the shot, lie said Sut (tlfsi'd him. and then ap him with an -'open knife and cutting him -r-s'Iashing- his thick overcoat and ja ket.and inilicl iad. Jl, said inr a wound on the while lie and Jim were on the ground struggling,, .and - Jim-'was Irving- to cut, bun more, that he ( Will 'Phillip called to Sam Dennis- for help. About that time the .'shot ua Will said he did not call Ance fired, at all I that (luring the all ray. He admitted all present had been drinking. Joe Philiii. another - liroiiiei Greenville, S. (',,. .showed a .scan ;'ft liy a .cut -done by .Inn Sutton. He said that he and Bill Sutton, a brother 'of Jim, tried to part Will I'hillips and Jim Sutton, and that Jim cut his hand, saying afterwards: "I'm rv " He also denied knowing who f'nid the fatal shot. ... The next witness was Sam Dennis, the man whom Will Phillips said he failed to for help. He told about the same a, the two Phillip.- men. Being rather hard: of hearing, he did not, answ;er all (ptotions dm ct. The court room was packed, and .several dozen were standing in the (Continued, on back page.) 3 Homicide Cases Compromised Here What is believed to have broken a record was established in court here last week, when three hom icide cases were disposed of with out a jury tnal-ail three Fub mitted to pleas of guilty. Two of the cases -Moore and Phillips. were completed on Fri day. On Wednesday morning the Ruff case was compromised. As far as could be learned, this is a record for compromising homicide cases. Today's Market The following , cash prices wove being paid Wednesday by the Farm ers Federation here: Hens ............. ... Eggs ...... .... ... .... Potatoes Walnuts . ..... . . . . . Note: Present plan . .l -ic pound . , 2.")c dozen . .7"c bu.shel . . ..lo pound are to give local cash produce market prices each week. Look for them. $1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Ikilanee Of Over $.57,000 To lie Spent On Projects In This County There are at present employed on WPA projects in Haywood county, 421 men and 1K5 women, lUu-oixling to Information given the Mountaineer by W. E. Rreese, director of the Works Progress Administration of the Eighth District. Of the total amount f $t4.154.-45 Federal funds allotted to Haywood county for farm-to-market roaik, streets, sewer, rt'pairs iint painting of public buildings, $H(),.r)4H.47 has been spent, leaving a balance of $.'i;i,ti0f.9f yet to le spent on projects, on which nun are employed. Of the $17,7-l;.07 which wa al Vttcd for the sewing room funds for the women in the county there has been spent to date $l.i,'.l.'18.:!l, leaving a balance of ?.'t,N07.7t, to be spent on this work. There-, are a number, of projects which have been approved for this county that, as yet, have.either not I'een completed, or have not been started, as the extremely cold weather has interferred with the construction work as planned and1 approved. It is the intention of tho.se in . charge to push this work rapidly forward' when the weather (icrmits. The above figures make a splen did showing as to the amount allotted to this county under the Works Pro gress Administration, which was not planned solely for the purjHise of spending 'money, but oll'oiied ius an op portunity by the-government for tho uneniiloye(l, unable to tin work, to earn a living wage. The set up a,s planned by the gov ernment was not that of a charity organization, but a means Of provid ing a living for the men, while at tempting to find work in private in dustry. The hours of those employed have been such as to give enough leisure to work dut. plan.s for some future employment, where possible. The total number of men and wom en employed on these 'project, in this county represents - approximately 000 families,' in. need of the necessities of life, who were unable to -secure work elsewhere. Clarence Moore Is Sentenced 12 To 15 Years For Murder Jury Dismissed Tuesdav Al'tor- noon lu'n Court Catches l p With Work Because of the 'number '-of defcii danls -ulimitting to charuc in the I' ( bi nary Term (,f Si.iHTior Court, lu re last week and the first, two days of this, Judge Felix E. Alley and So licitor John M. O;uo(n, dismist-ed the jury and took a recess. "f the three homicide -.cases com--. ) ing. up, al three .defendants subbit- ted, -and thus saved about, four days of; court work. A iiil-iIk r charged wijh minor (dlVnsr,, also submitted. .Tue.sdtiy '..mi.rtiir.tr. Judre Alley sen tenced ('lareii.,e .Moore for the' fatal st-ahbiiig of 1 1 u In-it Stanley, from i2 to i.i year-.; .Mnoro was yoti'.-need at t lie garne t nne of Ance I'hillips. .Monday a f' ! !: n t he giiiml jury. W it II .1.. I'. I In-u . as fi,rnl. made t heir -report-' to. t he; court, the jury (recommending that a new electric swiicii. iMiara ne :ns!a,'leil at the ('en-, tra Eicincntat y i he I, also lights over the stairways. The-.roofs of. the high 'school, ' centra.' elementary .and Ila.i'Iwuod s hoof wen foiind leaking, and the jury r coiiimeiKi. d that this, lie looked .after immi dmiely. The grand jury concludwr' 'their re port wilh: "We behevi', ;is a whole, the cimti'y huM.iir.i's ;,nd institution.s and management of same, are such fhat the citizenc .of this county or any othe'r county might Well feel proud of." Among the ca-e disposed of with sentences since last Wednesday were: G. F. Franklin, reckless .driving, lined $50 and cost, drivers license re voked and given ll-month.s surxmd ( Continued on back page) Hutfh Massie Back From Buying Trip Hugh Massif, of' Massie's Depart ment Store, ha.s juts returned from a buying trip to the market, where he purchased merchandise for the store. Mr. Mastde reported litUe changes in prices, and said tho .styles this spring in ladles' ready-to-wear were exceptionally stunning. Ho bought a large stock while away. The Weather -Max. , ' Min. ..,33 .... ... 1H . ; v.sii ... .... . . 2:? 'iS 5 ...........3D ............ ix ...........42 . ii '.-.25 f.' ...........34 , 0 Date 6 ... 7 8 ... f ... 10. ; . 11 ... 12...