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The Waynesville Mountaineer Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park XLVIH NO. 25 WAYNESVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1936 $1.00 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY r Of C. Member ship Drive Will Get Underway Fri. peopie To Make Canvass In " Effort To Raise $2,500 For Year's Budget , . . ,;,.r. details have been made J -hV annual membership drive of ,t Chamber of Commerce here r ri- ,e'H-mbership committees aN '.' c.i ,,f about 25 people, and they a'Wn the drive with a breakfast . u- w X. C. Cafe at eicht ,', lock rriuay "i" "'"s. e'av y a:ur the breakfast, they will the annual drive. Plan., are to complete the drive in The eroup has been divided one day m0 si" divisions, wikii a i "h divi.-wn. The industrial division recent y completed their drive, and ported a marked increase in pledge ari cash over last year's drive. Letters were mailed this week to f(,ne 500 members, explaining that ebout would (be neetfed for this year's budget. The letters were sned bv Charles E. Ray, Jr., presi dent, and Hugh Massie, treasurer. One paragraph from the letters 'tad 'd- follows: 'Regardless of whether you con tribute, you are a member of the or ganization, and we want your sup port an,! ."-operation. You can help keep the town clean. You can plant flower.-, arid shrubbery. You an -cooperate with all groups. Y'ou can ob ,erve the etmntesies of the .streets and highway. ' You can speak plea. antiy to our tourists." The membership committees are as Mknvs: Jit-venue and Membership- Charles K. Ray, General Chairman. Mu'h Massie, General Treasurer. Ernest I.. Withers, Advisory, INDIVIDUALS Emmvt Ballentine, chairman, Felix Stovall, Hugh Leatherwood, -'JV B. Si!.-, iJelos Dean,' "Bill" Byers Edwin -Haynes. PROFESSIONAL Dr. S. Parker Gay, chairman, W. Rov .Francis. Frank Feraruson. Dr. Stuart Knbeison, William Medford.l Mrs. D. JV-. Alley. . - i I INDUSTRIAL j 1.. M. Richeson, chairman. Ralph Pieo t, Wm. Umpkin, W. R. Wobdall, COMMERCIAL vay Massie, chairman, C. N. Allen, 1 1 Roy Davis, Dan Watkins, Paul Martin. - HOTELS AND BOARDING HOUSES W. (V Ru.ss, chairman, Hugh Mas sie, Donald Dunham, J. W. Ray, Mrs. P. I. Perry. LAKE JUNALUSKA U Kv Davis.- M. H. Bowles, Chas. E. Ray, J,-. 2F rom Waynesville 5 Receive Decrees ,!asf. ar.d M fs. d';- last 'r OHl! .V, i w, E'ofivt from ir ';f ;m;!o an ,;ut. .-'Eugene Morgan, son of Mr. I. R, Morgan, received his b nee from Duke University ' k. where he has been a stu--i-stant' in physics. Young '--bis a B. S. from Wake "id .received his A. M. degree w Un-iver'sity. He is a doctor "idiy in physics, and has made nng record in his work. Ant candidate for the Ph. D. t-t at Duke from Waynes-wa- .limmy Truesdale, son Dr. and Mrs R C T.,os iff ';l ;-tr. tne former is pastor of ,." Methodist church. Young also from Duke Univcr- 'v-xia,, holds an A. B. and his A. 'ppletitlid record. mm Turner Is Assistant Manager Lra Jl!lam Turner, who won the schol r. n,p awarded last year by the iS s .of Haywood county, :i.. nh imposed of the Epworth - f the Methodist churches, is i J given this honor, for the beet vaJ r r10rd- He attended Bre ':l;e' here be has been made trr', manager ot agriculture for ; .summer activiti- n.M Tnrro he high school young iih Tv??. . Pl ' W. D. Smith, Partrneut gtlt in tne vocational de- HikersTlan To Go ! To Craggy Gardens iSiime.of the year the purple W. don ,? it" best in the The f J GV1d,c"ls heyond AshevUle. o rani f t.?6 Karens has spread th p'! y Wlth" "cent years that "n!,Sam Mountains Hiking Club aC;nelng , POpone the trip to for m Ba,ld "h'ch was echeduled Cra? ,S'ee? and make a trip to the i M'-- hardens. I'ad'tv ?Mnie Pearl Campbell will t At; s T15?- group will meet Wnn er s DrnK Store and leave 'June f at eleven o'clock Sunday, at l,:lrrive to the end of the road, 'iW?h Vnd then hike about three im .t0? of the mountain. It ftakeI "1 that those wishing to in tnP notify the leader a Jay the m J.hi tP will probably Took Lead On Farm Day Here t slit IIS 1 This is a photniiraph farm i t l-.iirl I-crimson, i liht: Korl I- vrmisoit. V . liuli t'b.iftetn r. and his lo dt leaders here for farm ilav shown outr two. making an inspection. Kt 1 Mnuli. F. K Farnham. 1-red sloan Jtli rr. Pure-Bred Bull This is one of the foul pure-tn i d (inernsev hulls reeentlv lu-ouuhl to Hivwood Cniintv. This bull Was hounht ioinilv hv Karl FeiTtisnn and l ho Hotiii v luli: ..Hell J a (Ml. allied at Splendid Sermons Being Given Twice Daily At Revival Dr. J. B. Turner, of Griffin, Ga,, is receiving much praise for the ser-. mons he is delivering at the revival! services at the First Bapt ist church j here. The attendance has .shown : marked increases since the revival started Monday evening. j Dr. Turner is delivering two mes sages daily. One in the morning at !)::), and' the regular evening ser vices at eight. 1 Announcement was made yesterday that no morning service wouid be held Saturday. On Sunday morning a special-service' for the. assembled Sunday school after classes adjourn, and' followed by the regular morning wen-ship. Dr. Turner announced the following subject, for the coming week: Thursday Night:. "Keeping One's Own Vineyard," : Friday Night: ."Fishing in the Cur rent of Life." 1 Saturday Night: "That Man Who Got Mad Before He Got Religion." j Sunday Morning: "The Everlasting! Gospel." Sunday Wght: "A Soul , in tihe Twilight Zone." Monday Night: "The Man Whom Jesus Could Not Make.", Tuesday Night: "The W'ord That Introduces Man to God." . Wednesday Night: "The Sad Word of Tongue or Pen." Jest Candidates File Their Expenses Of Recent Primary Only four candidates who partici pated in the June primary have filed expense accounts with tire clerk of the court. - They are E. B. Rickman, Democrat, candidate for commissioner, f 38.00;. Vaughn Rhinehart, Democrat, candi date for sheriff, $36.00; George Plott, Democrat, candidate for sheriff, $165. The only Republican who has an ex pense account is J. B. Sentelle, can didate for commission, twho 'apenjt $1.00. - ' ' Most of the expenditure wr Tor, odvprtisinir and for' gas and oil uM by the candidal in carrying on (heir campaign and in carrying voters to the polls on election "day. FORI) OFFICIAL COM- ING HERE THIS WEEK Mr. and Mrs. W, C. Patterson, of Charlotte, are expected to arrive here thU week for a two week s stay. Mr. Patterson is general manager of the Charlotte branch of Ford Motor Company. Miss Louise Moody ia returning to day from Atlanta, where she has spent the past week as the guest of i ! Jl V, el her aunt, Mrs. R. L. Dillard. mi the dairy a ill MB left to F II Jeter. Guernsey Bull Just Brought To County Is Valued At I consider the pure bred Guernsey1 bull recently bought by the Waynes-", villi- Rutary Club and-Karl Ferguson, as one of the .six bulls in the state,", was the comment F. K. Farnham, spe- ciaht-t in dairying of State College I while here Friday attending Farmer Day. , Mr. Farnham' had just received a report on the record made by the mother til t lie hull just uiougni to mis county, and the year s that she had produced butter fat in one year. Mr. Fainham added: thoio are ten cows in record showed 7U:i imumls of To that record "I doubt if the state with such a record." The bull is on the farm of Mr. Ferguson's at Dtdlwood. ami. Friday aflcrnooii when a -group visited the farm. Mr. Fenriison was tvild that the bull could be sold for $MH nny tlav. Mr. Ferguson merely smiled and said: "We're satislied with the way things are. We'll just keep him." Mr. Ferguson has a thoroughly modern bull pen at his farm. It was built under the supervision of the Kxtctision workers and Mr. Smith. He also has the only hull exercises in the county. This .cvtiw-ists of a 200 pound wooden block on a heavy chain, and the bull pushes this block back and forth "with- his head, and by the time it gets to swing hard it keeps him. on the go getting out of the way. The extension workers here from Raleigh were high in their praise if the work and progress that is being made along the dairy industry in Haywood county. Group From Here Took Prominent Part In Pageant Waynes vil !e was on last night at the well represt nted main pageant giv- en duri'nif- the Rhod.od iitlron IVstiViil Asheville. The at Mc"ornjick- Field in scene incluiling the lot hiwet immediately aftn ii- group t i the. prologue. , They wore elaborate medieval styles,, and" were Lords and Ladies of the Castie. The 'expense of defraying thej cost of the rental of the costumes was, made up by donation,. from 1 be Rn-j Mary ( lub, Woman s ( lun, i namrier of Commrce, Town xif Waynesville, i and individuals.. i: Those taking part' were: Miss Car ! olyn Rose, Miss Margaret Perry, Miss Dollce Marsh, Miss Mildred McClure, ' Miss Dorothv Green, MV Josephine i Cabe, Miss Helen Collins. Miss. Babbie Way, Miss Dorothy Hliss, Mrs. i Hlanche Medford, Miss Drama Lamo ! kin, Miss Sarah Welch, Miss Corrine W agenfeld, ..Hill t'revost, Milas I'erguson. Joe WVh, Hugh Clark, Henry Whisenhunt, George Keller, Kenneth Steeley, and Ray Austin. A group of the younger girl dancing were Corrine Alley, Sarah Louise Ieatherwood, Doris Grahl, and Win ifred Rogers. The MELTING POT WIM, HKADSHAW "I think the now farm program Is all rlslit. and that It IS holng a--eptel fav orably by I he poople." BUAWMERS "Fanners liave jMi4e'M lotM prores during the i ;. i , r ill lufc rr!..., i,hm Ait.J fL ,.t farm in airt v ur prcNloctH. antiers are f their debts now better than airy; have i In the past. . "I believe the new farm, program-will have a (rood effort on tlio -ountry, in that it will put trees hark on hillsides tliat .should never have, been eh-ared In the first plaee.' J. B. JAM ICS "I think last year as the best year I have had sinre thej depression began, but nle government spending Is re dueel in the near future, I am eipe-ting worse times tlian we Iiave had." Four Waynesville Boys Have Narrow Escape In A Wreck Four Waynesville boys row escape from serious ha-d a nar injury late Wednesday afternoon, when the old model roadster in which they were riding crashed in the guard posts on Highway No. 10 about a mile east of 1-ake Junaluska. The car belonged to Ned Fergu son, but it was said that Marcus Roe, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rose, was driving at the time. Other occupants were J. T. Russell ami Marvin Thompson. Ferguson had a cut on the lip that necessitated a stitch. Others seemingly were unhurt. Evidence showed that the car was traveling at a high rate of speed, as twelve guard posts were knocked down. The ear was so completely demol ished, that automobile mechanics said no effort would be made to repair it. It was just one twisted mass of wreckage. On the tire cover, in extra large letters were these words: "Help Make The Highways Safe." Byers Member Of Slate Democratic Executive Board Harmonv reiirnetl in the Stae Dem ociuitic envenlion in Raleigh last I week, as Aortr. I aronna s iwemy-six i delegates to the National Democratic convention in -'Philadelphia, June 24, i ... A I . . . . J. . were elected and instiucxeti u voie iur a Roosevelt-Garner ticket for l'lesi- ! dent and Vice 'President.' Thirteen delegate from Haywood ' county attended the Raleigh conven- j lion. They were Mr. and Mrs. W, (i.' Hvers, Frank Miller, Fannie Johnson, H. I,. Osborne, J. T. Bailey, R. D. Coleman,- Gudgor lirysoii, John Boyd, Sherrill l.eat herwood, Mrs. D. D, Alley, Roy Francis, anil Jerry Rogers. Roy Francis, former State Senator from Haywood county, was chairman of the Haywood county delegation, ami it was through his nomination that Mr. Hyers was made a member of the State Kxecutive committee. The Haywood delegation' stood with the other delegations from the eleventh district in the .election of Mi. Me- Kee, of Sylva, as a member-of the Philadelphia '-delegation, Mrs. neat rite Cobb,- of Morganlon, was re-elected National ('onunittee-woman. Without a dissenting vote, the Ral eigh convention adopted'.' a' platform committing them to the elimination of of the sales tax from-'necessities, re duction "of the price of automobile lags, higher salaries for school teach' ers, and, ultimately, free eliotd books for school children.. Sunday School En largement PI a n Is Underway In ('ounly A Sunday Schniil Knlargofnent eain paigll. in the P.;ipli.-t cliurches of Hay wood county is undi-i; way tbifi week, and isv being, directed. -by' the Sumhiy School department of the North -Car-(dine BapU-4 Mission Hoard, of Ral eigh. L. L. .Morgan, newly . elected secretary of the Sunday School Board, of the... -Baptist, State Convention, is in charge of the work. Twenty-seven young jwiple, col lege graduates and with seminary tiaining, are-working' in (he twenty five Baptist cliurches of the county.' The work Was started on last Sunday and will continue, through' 'the coming Sunday... The first .step in the work in the taking of a riligious celisus in each community, a nl inspiring the church members to reach the possibilities for the church and the Sunday school. The workers meet each afternoon at the F'irt Baptist church here for a conference. Following the com pletion in Haywood the workers will go to Jackson county and will con tinue until the ten western counties of the state have received this ser vice. ",v i ' AIjBF.KT M HA KKX "Tlie (tovernment w-nis to be more In (creMel in us than we lire in onr ' selves." Kit A X K MKIFHtl I think peoplo arc farnilinc nmeh letler tlutn they used !. they are using tsr. fnliolM and are raising fcktter prodni-ts. th:ui (he old AAA. , - . -.ssarv because tlie farmers were try lij to raise too much. '.When farmer found a erop l every fanner In the e to raise that was over-prol es for all. A ivme of DE SOTO farm aetx, than we tlwre to wood ijoi Inc, 8o, duotk, k any Hiuagrr of Us and 73 Veterans Here Had $41,600 In Bonds Certified Wednesday Burrell Caldwell 24, Dies From In juries In A Wreck Funeial services for Hurroll Cald well, 24, who died early Monday morn ing as the result of injuries received Sunday when the car in which he was ridinir overturned on the Jonathan Jonathan '" u" ' icsdav at u:',si,a' Methodist J:."- Howell ret Creek mad, were held Tue 11:00 A M. at the Iron Duff church. The Rev. Forrest Ferguson, Rev. Lee Smith and Rev. W. M. Robbins, of Ijike Junaluska, conducted the fun eral rites. The wreck oivurre'd when Caldwell and companion, Robert Palmer, of Cat alooehee, were traveling frvm Cata loochee to Iron Dulf. Caldwell lost control of the car, due, it is believed, to the crushed rocks which have been placed on the road. 'The car turned; over three tinuy in the middle of the road, crushing Caldwell's skull and breaking .several bones in his arms' and legs. Palmer escaped without i .serious injury. I Roth were rushed to the llaywoodj County Hospital, w here t aioweli tlieci Monday morning. Palmer returned to Catnltmchce Tuesday.- Caldwell is survived by his parents, Mr. ami Miv. Jim Cahiwell, of Iron Duff. and by several brothers ami sis ters. Committees Are At Work For Enter taining N. C. Press The 'Chamber of Coinnierce tun niittee that is in charge of. niaking local ' arrangements.- for the- summer meeting of the North Carolina Press Association, which will meet here on July I), 10 and 11th, met this past week ami completed linal detailed plans. With some 250 members of the press group expected, '-.an elaborate enter tainment has been arranged. A Dip through the champion Fibre Company will be the feature of the afternoon, July 9th. A night session will be held at the court house. On the morning of July Kltli, the members will be taken to Black Camp Gap, and back here for lunch. Leaving here about 1:30, a trip will be made to New found Gap anil Clingman's Dome, with a stop at Cherokee Indian Reservation and also at Sylva. On the night of the tenth, the com munity will lender a baniiet to the Convent ion. Saturday's -.activities will be 'rou tilled, 'to business sessions of the .members, with the t (invention adjourning at noon. It i undo ii nod that the majority will remain over for the week-end, 'The "'chairmen ..of ilie committees have, been .'named a-, f allows: Geiici ill -lii! 1 1 moll, . . I 'u i t is Ru.-s. Tra.Msfio niiiii, Hugh . Sloan. ..Banquet, Krne-i I,. Withers. lialKpiet (inance. I.. M. liiiheson. Housing, Dr. ('. . Sisk.: l'lnterlainment, l)r. S.'P.'Gay. Favors,, Harry M, Hall. Puhlieit v. Mis. T. L. Gwyii. President Charlies K. Ray. Jr., and M. H. Biiwlc. temporary secretary, are serving tin all commit tee-. The chairman of each committee will name the . remainder . of (heir : com.- mil tee before this Week-end. j ... Letters have been mailed from the Chamber of Commerce and Woman's-' Club to the '.members of the press, and others will follow this coming, week. Kaeh letter 'contained ..special' litera ture, of this section. T ...... .1.. I ..i.l.l t Hint of national 'circulation -have carried articles about the convention ing in Waynesville. meet- Belle Meade Will Open On Sunday Plans have been completed for the grand opening of Belle Meade Play grounds on Sunday, June 20th, ac cording to Kt-nneth Dunham, who is manager in charge this season. Mr. Dunham, in an advertisement in today's paper, is announcing that swimming, tennis, shuffle board, a sandwich shop; ferris wheel and square dancing will be featured during the season. A full-time life guard will be on duty at all times, it was said. A special season rate for children is being offered Until Monday, June 21. Wayne Corpening Is JLsst. County Agent Varnish Indications Are That Practically All lionds Will Be Converted Into Cash EXPECT CHECKS SATI KDAY Haywood County Werld War vet erans lost no time in getting their "honux" bonds certified here Wednes day, The majority of the bonds were placed in the hands of the veterans last night Postmaster ported that he had cer tified 73 during the day. The 73 veterans turned in bonds totaling $41,000. Mr. Howell .said he expoctoH i heck.s would arrive here about Saturday for the 73 men, who turned in 83'J bonds. A survey hows that pmctically all of the veterans plan to "cash in" their bonds. In Wednesday's group, only two held hack any bonds. One man just had one certified, while another held back live. The average for -each, veteran thus far is about $MI0. Mr. Howell said, however, but few men that were drafted had been in to have their bondH certified. It is not definitely known how many veterans there are in Haywood county, but a conservative estimate is SOU, and it is believed, that theee K0O will get about $300,000 in bonds. A total vif 4(i veterans received, bonds through the Waynvsyille post office, and about 35 through the Ha zolwood post office. Most -of the 73 men that had their bonds:, certified here Wednesday said the majority of their -muney Would be used tvi buy a home, or finish paying one, and to apply, on the payment of debts. Mr, Howell is certifying the lxinds in the main court room at the court hmise. He w ill be there all day Thurs day,, .arid, if chough veterans remain who want to1 have their 'bonds... certi fied, he will be there again on Friday. Plans Completed To Get FIIA Loans In Section On Homes A .definite.- program for .accelerat ing business activity '-arid part icularly building activity in Haywood county was the outcome ()f a conference Tues day between Hugh Sloan, chairman of the Waynesville Hotter Housing committee, Scott - Itadeker, federal housing administration ofliciaL and n ntimlH'r of Waynesville business peo ple and property ownens. Mr. Kadekor announced that, as a result of the Western North Carolina insured mortgage clinic, which has just .'closed in Asheville, there are now-ample funds available to finance any Hew building mortgage loan thai the Federal Housing administration will insure. Arrangements 'Were' made with the office of K. L. Withers and Company to have clerical service available during business hour to assist Inter ested persons in compiling the infor mation necessary .'.to ' complete' an ap plication for an insured mo'rtgagd loan under the I'HA plan, and to make out necessary application blanks for them. .The retarding factor in (he operi tion of the FMA huililing program in Waynesville .-heretofore, has been the fact that mi lending agencies had been found, who were, seeking invest ment in insured mortgagCfC. originat ing in this section, , , .Members if the Waynesville Better Housing committee anticipate a sharp rise in building activities in this sec tion as a result of this announcement. Mr. Kadeker stated that insured mortgage loans, under me i- im plan, are confined to residence properties in urban s'ctmns, and that they would include residence properties designed to accommodate hot more than four family units. lie stated that loans for as mu h as sixteen thousand dol lars would be insured for periods as long lip twenty years. Mr. Itadeker will undertake to find a willing lender fjr any individual whose credit rating will justify the loan, who wisheR to build a new resi dence in any urban section of this county within those limitations. Application should be made to Hugh Sloan, chairman of the Waynesville Better Housing committee. SINGING CONVENTION TO MEET H. A. Willams, chairman, announced this week that the East Haywood : Singing convention would be held Sunday, June 21, at the Dix Creek Baptist church at two o'clock. All singers are urged to attend and take part. ., The Weather - Paints "couium oi tne year.