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The Waynesville Mountaineer ALONG THE POLITICAL Firing Lines Things happened thick and fast in he political field in Haywood this pas- week, as eleven candidates tossed their hats into the ring for the June primary, thus bringing the total to fourteen. More activity was shown in the commissioners race this week as four announced. This wis just one ahead of the sheriff's race, however, as three rank's were added to that column. Two are already out for representa tive, anu wie iniiu ftiuiuuiuru ivi icfe- i.:er of deeds. Thus far only one i6 ut for board of education. Tin' order in which the announce ments were made this week were as follows: j. L. Walker, for sheriff. K.-T. Boyd, for commissioner from district number four. W. T. Lee, for representative. J. F. Cabe, for representative. W. W, Haynes, for commissioner, from district number one. T. R. -Moore, for commissioner, from district number two. E. H. Rickman, for commissioner, from district number two. John Best, for member of board of education. George F. Plott, for sheriff. Robert V. J. K. Boyd Welch, for sheriff. Jr., for register of deeds t since March, 19o5, has there turn as much discussion of the law which Representative J. T. Bailey passed in the legislature making sev eral changes in the manner in which county commissioners are to be elect ed, us is now being heard in every 'gathering, where county politics are mentioned.. : .''.. In order to give some of the out standing points of that law we have prepared the following brief notes: The county is to have seven com. misKioners elected, ine chairman be ;ng named by the board at their first meeting. The county is divided into five dis tricts, and each district is numbered as fallows: District number one-r-composed of Iieaverdam and Clyde Townships, with two members to be elected from this district. District number two-composod of East Fork, Cecil and Pigeon Town ships, with one member coming from this district.' District number three composed of Waynesville and Ivy Hill Townships, with two members coming from thi district. District number four- composed of Jonathan Creek, White Oak and Cat aioochce, with one member. District number five composed of Fines Creek, Crabtree and Iron Duff, with one member. A candidate must reside in the dis trict at least a year prior to election. And if an elected man should move out of the district from which he was elected, the executive committee shall till the vacancy before the general election n November. The ballot will contain the names of the .candidates 'by district, and will also indicate the number of candidates to be voted on from each dtetirct. In going back to this week's list of candidates, there are quite a few in teresting facts. : - While J. L. Walker has long been closely connected with political af-f'ijr-S he has never held office, and this year is out to stage a hard fight tor the office of sheriff. R. T. Boyd ha served as a member f the board of commissioners, and a,s the first to announce as a candi date in the commissioner's race. T . .... . '"-"kr in a political campaign is hot a new experience to W. T. Lee, who is a candidate- for the legislature. Mr. Tee served as chairman of the corporal;,,,, commission many years, and is Well known over the state as as in Haywood. F.Cabe is not entering his first patical battle, as he is better known i'8 Sheriff Cabe," as he served in capacity for six years. Before P was for fi wars lenntv rev. that that, "ue collector 'in this district under ,ne Wilson administration. H From down at Clyde, comes W. W. ?vj?s' as a candidate for election to ne board of commissioners from dis trict number one. This is Mr. Haynes' Ihl T to t0Sfi his hat into the f,f 5' e said he only did so because V1 constant persuasion by his friends. T- R. Moore, also seeking a place "n!ionef, Comes from district offieK v- He haS neVer held 8n ' fH nas served for many years I ' vviinnued on back page) . Today's Market in?hrSf,oIi?'win ash prices were be r4a0J d3y by the FarmerS CSTnS' heavy" breed hens a"d Chi t S' Pund 15c "HKens, light weight, pound.... 15c bushel;;;;;;;:;-;;;;:: ""'imts, pound U Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park VOL. XLVIII NO. 15 Haywood Hospital Gets $11,022.00 From Duke Total Of $7.-5.7;n Contributed To Local Institution By Duke In Eight Years The trustees of (the May wood county Hospital received this week a check for $11,022.00 from the Duke Endownment for payment of charity work done by the hospital for 1J1K5. " The check received this week brings the total the local institution has re ceived from the Duke Endowment during the past eigh years to $73, 731.00. Of this amount, $5bKl:).00 was in payment for chairity work done in the hospital. $!12 was for ma. tornity ward equipment, and $111,000 for the Nurses Home and equipment for the home. The records for the past eight years that the hospital has Ih'OH in oper ation to m;!."), inclusive shows that fi.yi'f) patients have been admit ted and that they received a total of XiUTl! days of care. Besides this number , 2, !"(:.! "out patients" have received treatment for minor acci bents, etc., the report showed. An "out patient" is one that is not act ually admitted to the hospital. The total cost of doing this work was $21,'i,012.ri.'i. To take ,are of this item, the hospital has received from patients $143,U1S..'U ; from Duke En dowment $Mi.Sl!).(K) and from other sources $3, -155.88, The remainder of the cost of -operation came out of faxes. The above receipts and expenditures, however, do not include capital, expenditures, such as bom! payments, additions, equipment, etc., for which the major part of the hospital tax goes. The board of trustees of the int-ti- tution are: J. M. Long, H. Sm at hers jKirkpatrick, Canton, and Dellwood. Miss Ruth ent. Rufus Siler. chairman, George F, Plott, Pr, .1. all of Waynesville, .1. 11. and Fred D. Podon, of Murray F. Ferguson, of Hampton is superintend- Funeral For Mrs. John A. Ferguson Held At Dellwood Funeral services for Mrs. John A. Ferguson, 78, who died at -12:25 o clock Monday morning at her home at Dellwood, were conducted on Tues day morning at the Dellwood Metho dist church. Rev H. D. Jossup, .pastor" of the church, officated. Interment was in the Dellwood cemetery. Pallbearers were the grandsons of Mrs, Ferguson, as follows: Ray Fer guson, Arthur Woody, laylor Fer guson, all of Dellwood, Ernest Setzer. of Canton,. Fred - Ferguson, of Raleigh, and Ralph huykendall, of Whittier. Mrs. Ferguson. was before her niar iage to the late John A. Ferguson on rob. zz, 1877, Miss Sara Ann Owen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert L. Owen. She was highly re-. petted and much loved in her com munity, where for years she had been one of the leaders in welfare and church activities. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. F, L.' Woody. R. M. Ferguson, and J. E, -Ferguson, all of of Haywood county; t li. Ferguson, Bridgeton, N. J., and Mrs. H Moody, of Whittier, P. Chas. Kay Proposes That Waynesville Adopt City Plan Charles E. Ray discussed in detail at last Friday's Rotary meeting the he?d of a city plan for this commu nity, pointing out that if a plan were not adopted soon that Waynesville would have to follow the expensive method just completed by A-sheville in making changes necessary on some of the main business streets. Mr. Ray also pointed out that "all growing towns, such ag Waynesville, need to adopt zoning methods." This he said, would assure those interested in making large investments in either nronertv or buildings that undesira ble buildings or establishments would not be placed too near. "Those who will outline the plan ning must nave a vision oi tne iu- ture needs of the community, and work to attain the best there ig pos sible," the speaker said, Mr. Ray told of how thousands of dollars had just been spent by Ashe ville because of the lack of a town plan back in the years when Asheville was the game size as w aynesviiie. Frank Barber, of Asheville, was present, and joined in the discussion, pointing out . that the starting of a definite plan at this time would prove most profitable. On Thursday night, 13 members of the local club attended an inter-city meeting in Sylva. Mr. Sammy Bushneil, of the State Highway commission, with headquar ter in Boone, spent the week-end with his parents . Over $20,000 Paid County In Taxes In Past Thirty Days During the past thirty days, more than $20,000 was collected by V. II. Mt'Crackon, county tax collector ami supervisor, according to the official report made to the commissioners here Monday morning. About six thousand dollars of this amount wa.s for years other than 1 !';!.", the report showed. $71.27 was collected on 1H2S taxes; $74.55 for 1!20; $2t!4.12 for HMO; $SS0.-1! for llKSl; $1,212. US for PJ32; .l,!17S.;i2 for 1 !.'!;.!, ami $1,11,'). SO for 1:'.'! I. Collections for current faxe,s amounted to $11, 573. It!. Mountaineer Writer Visits Storm-Stricken A rea of Get. Editor's Note "'.'nolo Abe," .col umnist of: The Mountaineer, joined several others Tuesday, and visited the tornado stricken area in and near Gainesville, Ga. Below 'In' gives a gripping word-picture- of what took To d u rs iv. (Wednesday ) about, fifteen after visiting Gainesville, Ga., 1 feel as if I had been the victim of one eiitil inuou.s, horrible nightmare in whi. b the scene of death and des t met ion was over changing. For what wa.s once a prosperous town of (en thousand , souls, the metropolis and county-seat of Hall county, Georgia and cultured 'college' community is today mostly a' mass of ruins. I want to say in the out-sot that mere words (ill paper seem to beg gar (lescri nt ion ; therefore'-! shall only attempt to give you an idea of the enormity, the power and (lest ru five forv-e of this four-minute tornado that swept -through Gainesville Mon day morning about 8 :.'!() o'clock. To see the picture as it is the awful los.s of human life, and property dainngi mounting into the millions . , the homeless . . the rescue ami relief work now going on amidst the wreck and ruin of a once beautiful town, one must see it. for himself. The tornado swept a lane at I cast throe-quarters of a mile wide through t he b'lsiness port ion. of the town, com prising the blO'ks between Spring street, Ufa in. East, Broad and many other business istreets, extending back !o include practically all the east side residential section as well' .'is most of the south and north-east sections, Property loss yesterday afternoon was' estimated'- at $7,(II)II,(XI0. The numlwr of homes destroyed was plac ed at" fioO; however these figures, like the list of fatalities, are constantly being revised upward. The known dead when our 'party reached Gaines ville at 2 P. M. yesterday was lb'4; hut (luring the two and a half hours we were there three more bodies wer recovered, two of them being alive, and one- woman's head which . had ieen severed f rom the body, was found in a cow pasture on the out skirts of the city. Aside from the appalling loss of property, the scenes of human suffer, ing and grief arc most heart-breaking. ' ; Mothers and fathers could be seen standing where their humble homes had once been, maybe a child or two with them, picking up a few belong ings . . maybe it was a pot, a dish or some article of clothing some, thing that they could identify as their own. "IT WAS AM. WE HAD'" One woman stood on the empty floor of her house the rest was all swept away, just a few broken pieces of furniture being left in one corner cov ered by trash, tree limbs and other debris. Me MELTING POT TOM KAIXFrt. Farmer and Automobile Salesman "Wheat Is lookini; pretty gM(l on Jonathan's 're'k this year- better than I thought It would. Most in-ople sow wlieat m ato to make a gKtI crop. . . .It oiijrht . to be hi the prMind not later than the l.llli of iH tolM-r. and I find it profitable ; to how lesedowi In tlie Wheat." JoffN BKST. Farmer, Crab tree "CuxmI, joung lidrse , sto-k now are 'hich as the moon'i . .1 don't renioiiiler of ever seeing them any higher." The editor of the Melting Pot has learned that good mares are now fwlllng at around $250 when they do sell, horses at a little less. WAYNESVILLE, X. C, THURSDAY. APKIL 9, 19.56 Heavy Rain Storm Hit Vicinity Early Monday Morning What is believed to have been the hardest downpour of rain to fall here in many years fell shortly after mid night .Monday morning, the rain was accompanied by sharp lightning and thunder, The lightning knocked out the main switch of the town lights, and on two other occasions during au hotrr burned out a fuse on other linef, according to Hugh Clark, superintendent of the light department, who worked all during the storm restoring service. The official rainfall on last Thurs day was set at 1.08 inches, while the rain of Sunday night and Monday morning was 2.12 inches. The creeks were out of their banks, and Sholton Branch wa.s said to have been the highest in the memory of some (f the townV older citizens. A far as could be learned, the high winds of the storm did little damage. Jonathan Cnek at eight oV lock Monday morning was up to the banks. At several places between here and Sylva. slides had partially blocked the highways. In two places Tuesday niglu only one-way lanes were open "Father and mother were taken out here,'' tdio said, "mother with one eye knocked, out and father unconscious.. . they are in (he hospital now . . we hope t hey will live." Then, clasping a few little trinklet.s to her breast and with a child's toy in the other hand, she looked around, . "It was all we bail," she said and began- weeping. The mother and child had escaped by being '.a way from home. IMI'KOYISED M()l(;rKs The ba.seinent of the First .Mctho-dii-t church, and some rear rooms '.of the Presbyterian church- - both out of the worst stricken area - and t wo or three other places, were turned into morgues. The .Methodist basement was -used for the. burned Victims. We visited two of these morgues, in vhi;b more than a 'dozen bodies were still waiting for identification, and here were the most g.tnsonie sights I have ever behold. Just before-we .left', the. Georgia Na tional Guards had held a brief ma-s funeral for four or five of the lire victims, that were burned and charred beyond recognition. Two bodies, had been identified one, that, of aman taken from a hardware store, had been mostly identified by his watch and glasses found by his side, OTHERS STII I, MISSING We were, fold that other persons were still -missing.' One family they thought bad 'been entirely wiped out, but two children were still missing. One grief-stricken woman , hunted for her father. She re(iiesf(d the guards to untie the. strips, and remove the cloth from the head of one body .-which had not. been-identified . "It's no use to take if. off." the guard told her, ''the head is just' a ilack mass -crushed into a pulp." THE NEED IS GREAT The Red Cross, Salvation Army, C. ( . i . ooys, vv. r. A ., three companies of fhe (Georgia -National Guard.s, state highway forces, as well a.s detaeh menls of . fiolicemen, firemen,, under takers, doctors and n'ursfs from At lanta, Macon, Athens, Cornelia and other Georgia towns are all on duty but. still the forces are inadcMuaf'c ind the need for workers, food, cloth :ng and supplies is great. Food, cols, bed clothing and olhe: upplies had begun to arrive by trucks hut it vas being snatched up as fast as it arrived. 3,500 HOMELESS It was estimated at Red Crosp head quarters that around .1,500 people had been left homeless, and that at least .100 of this number were wounded and receiving treatment. So, you can get some idea of the great need under such conditions in Gainesville today, just a hundred and twenty-five or thir ty miles southwest of u.s . on the At lanta highway. . Rev, II. W. Baucom , chairman of the local Red Cross chapter, received a wire -yesterday that the quota for (Continued On back page.) A. If. SPARKS. Awst. Manager fiarber Orehard -"I have cut into buds in dilTerent sections or the orchard and examined pretty carefully, and it looks like now that 'about titt i-r rem Hie ai Il In our '-nrcfiurd are killeI." M.WVOOH GltAHI; "I have Mi'ii worse destruction in the ar-strk-ken area of France also rrea tor loss of 'life; lint I never thoucht that I would live to sect It in this country like what I witnessed at Gainesville, Georgia. Ia.t Tueslay." 1 1 C M j. Lj. if lassie ooon 1 o Begin Work On Three Buildings Community Safety League To Meet On Tuesday Evening The fifth monthly meeting of the Community Safety league will 1h held in the dining room of the Meth odist church on 1 uivday evening, April 14, at seven o'clock, with Mrs. John .M Queen acting as toastmis tress of the evening. The program will be in charge of the Women of t he community, ami the following will make short talks: Mrs. C. V. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Joe Tate, Mrs. Carroll Bell. Mrs. S. P. Gay, .Miss Margaret. Smitl and Mlrs. Jack Mosser. A singing contest will be staged between the East Waynesville school and the Hazelwood school, with the winner receiving tickets to the Park Theatre. I he Community Safety I.eagu organized here about live month. was ago, under the direction of Oscar 1.. Briggs. The purpose being to aciptaint the citizens of the .ommunity of some of the phases of the work which the officials are endeavoring to carry Out . and most especially those pertaining to the safety of the citizen and their pri'ierty. A marked increase in attendance has been ..noted al each "meet jug. Dave Harris Named Organizer Of Young Democrats In Slate Dave Harris, of Canton, was named by Miss Hessie- Phoenix, president of the Young Democratic Clubs in North Carolina, as organizer of clubs in -111 count icsof the s1 ate, during a confer ence in Raleigh last week Mr, Harris is president, of I lie Hay wood County Young Democrats, and has been most active in the county mil state activities ivf the organization for a number of years. ' In the Eastern narl .'of the Warsaw, tale wil J. T. Gteshnni, Jr., of oe organizer. The coe-unizing of flic elubs in the 10 counties which Mr. Harris will have; will take about one-thinl of his time. At 'present he will devote most of h.i.s time in (lie counties along (he Vii-ginia line, a- no organizations' are act ive in t hem. The: Raleit'h- News arid Observer sa id aboii) M r. Ha rris : ill I lie u e-l, where Kepi iTicans are co miic.b in ev lice thai' they not only arc' .eon but o sonic counties win ejections-. Da Vo I la iris has an oi ganizat inii t:i'k'.of a difl'on nf kind from Mr. ; i c- Iimii. Tin-to Vouni' Dcniocrat.s ,-iud O'd- Deino.-rats well know that .the -election j hi Novem ber; and: the vi.liiig isn't i.M'i- after the silinilier oriniai ic-- as -on c folks down Mast have conic to think. "A native of: Moirtgon'iery county, lie was graduated from Wake 1-WoM ollege in 1!C!5 and hung nut. hie shingle in . Haywood - count;,', later forming a res poind hie 'connect ion .with the Champion Fibre . -'ompatiy.' ." For activity in the party, lie wa. 'i ward ed the .presidency of t.he lla-.w-ood Young Demo- ratic Clubs oigauiza tion, which is regarded a- one of the most active in the state, lie direct. od the Jackson Day dinners Kleventh .district.". in the Mrs. Jean Dillon Organizing Health Work In Graham Co. Mrs. Jean Dillon, supervisor of public health nursing service, of the health unit, of which Haywood county i a part, spent Wednesday and Thurs day in Robbinsvjlle, Topoco, and other points in uraham county, with Miss Maude Shope, the nurse assigned to Graham, in organizing the work in that section. Graham tountv has re cently become a part of this health unit. A meeting of the county board of health was also held with the assist ant health officer, Dr, Q. M. Lei by. Miss Shope and Mrs. Jean Dillon, to outline plans for the immediate work of the health department of Graham county, and also to arrange for head quarters in the county seat. Plan To Organize Tennis Club Here Tentative plans have been made for the organization of a tennis club for this community. A number of players have discussed the matter and pres ent plans are to complete the organ ization within the next few weeks in order that the courts and necessary equipment can be bought. G. F, Gebo, at Massie Furniture Company, is temporary chairman of the group. $1.00 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY C T n New Main Street Store, An Apartment House And Ke modelinj; Of VVayncwood Included Work will begin immeiiately on three building projects, it was leartitd yesterday from J. H. Miusne. One of the projects will Im' a in store building on Main treot, and the other two will ho immvwments tA projH'rty. Dirt is expected to bepin "to fly" within the next few days. Mr. Massie said, when workmen start m the build ing that will lx next to The Park Theatre, on Main street. The building will be twenty feet wide, and will bo about l'JO feet deep. In connection with the building, a stairway to the offices over t he lobby of the theatre will bo built. Mr. Massie said workmen will be gin also in remodeling the build ing formerly occupied by the Waynewood Theatre. 'flue " build ing will be divided by a liar tit ion. and two store rooms, or offices will le made. A new front will Iv put in, as well as elevating the floor. The third building improvement to soon get underway by Mr. Mastdo is the large hou e on Brainier avenue, now occupied by C. B. Atkinson. This building will tie developed into an apartment house. The apartments w ill be separate from each 'other, Mr. M a.ssie sa id. He-did not disclose 1 be amount that would ho 'involved in the three building projects, but intimated that. -jt ''Would be a "considerable amount." While Mr. Massie does not own the Waynewood Theatre budding, he bus a Ica.se on it for about' thirty months. It was learned that several, applica tions -have already been received by him for rental of the new building that will be erected next to the l'ark Theatre. ; Last Rites Held For Miss Redmond Sun. I'-ast rites were 'held on Sunday afternoon at -one o'clock at the Salem church- at Fletcher, in Henderson County, for M ks Susan Jane Red mond, 7H, 'who died here on Friday 'night at !l:.'i( o'clock at the home of lii'r nephew, Oliver R. Redmond, on A adeiny street. Services were con ducted by the Rev. Kcrstino, pastor of the cburcli. Mis.s Redmond, who liad .lived -all her. life af Fletcher, came to Waynes ville iiboul four months ago to re cide wil b her nephew. Pallbearer.s were Nelson Redmond, Ray Rymcr. Jep Whit.aker, Clarence Wbitake;', Raymond Redmond, and James Redmond, all of Fletcher. Mary Stent Wins Recitation Contest Mary Slentz .won first honors in the recitation contest held Tuesday, at the local high school, and. as a res-ult, Will represent tbU district in the annual cou.rrtyiire-.et to be held at Finest 'reek- April Mth, Nine, other ((inte.star!ts,coa he( by Mrs. Kellell f the high school facui ty, participated in '.'this annual affair, and were as follows:"' Virginia Kel ii'tt, F't-ancis Allison, Margaret Sway n gim, Lena Wyatt, Sara Ann Cars-Vll, ;raee Dean Leather-wood, Francis Turner, Louise Russell, and Miriam Phillips. oung Democrats To Hold A Dance ' Mason Swearingen, nresidont of the Youihg Democratic club of Way nesville, announced yesterday that a square dance would be held at the Masonic Temple on next Monday evening, at which time the vouno- Democrats throughout the n.it.inn will honor . Thomas Jefferson, the father of Democracy. Mr. Swearingen said that he ex pected at least sixty' to attend-': tho dance. . At 10:30 that evenine- Prsidnt Roosevelt will address a fathering of 20.000 jn Baltimore, and the address will be broadcast to ptW;ne- n over tne country similar to the . n ....,.7, alk. one mar. win De held here. The Weather ! 1 .... Max. . Min. 65 4-? 69 2.1 32 20 58 : 21 6H 38 67 4ti 60 23 Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday :'.":...'"'.'...'"' ;::;-:.;.. .':;. .:". '"."-" : r ;,,"''.".,:..- ...'..',..' i ' ; .''.-