North Carolina Newspapers

The Waynesville Mountaineer psjews Events of World-Wide Interest ...Brufly Told- MNE KILLED IN HURRICANE v r, persons were killed and more Vr',. Min of Droperty destroyed tfcn ..:.. that hit parts ot by a nu Florida m, "nJ A:i!i.'ablw itself out in Alabama. j hur5 ' ird patrol boats were search- j l'-. hin blown out of their . tne storm. tviirs. mlV U RESTED FOR THREATEN- INt; SHIRLEY TEMPLE , Powell, 16, of North Platte, r.::nfr arrestea xms ween u rr.::o-i, "- - , . f!,. r ! 1 for writing: a ifturi m vjwiv t Shirlev's father, stating: that. , Extensive plans art' Udng made ' IN' father paid the writer the for the first Farm Tour of the coun t f ri Shirley would be kid-, ty, whieh will be hold in connection J "'' Powell' is being held on a with the annual fanner's picnic ami :?','.''. ,.f using: the mails to extort. get together meeting Thi year's ,r;':L' 1 ' meeting will be held at Finos I'nck ROCKEFELLER RE- Tl'RN'S JOHN 1). . together with County Agent VY. 1. , tt,t. .hip-news reporters, hist Smith havo w-.rkel 'out a route of n'crviewed John . D. Rckc" the tour, and also an interest inir pro .lr.. after a five weeks trip gnm at j.im,s Cvt,vk wo. he said. "I never saw as much whj,h wl!, ,,, ,on,p.Ml v as I saw in England manv usim.s ,, n as well a l:ked. to comment on tat" , fa, mers-of the .ounty. will h ave the -ntly made by J. P. Morgan, (,ourt hou,0 at s.:!0 Vl- ck. and v:s,t the government continued to tho folU)wi, , faims in the order w Ice as much as it earned the; ,, p , i.0));ll(, ( ,- Francis. Vi.ii. i nil-!!:. ' that if- sH'lhi I l... An u . u -1 . . , an iux-iuuca "u.u v....--, 1at,,i in thirty years he saw, i .;. r,k he trace the fortunes a KOod:1hl, mo,.nilU!. whHdi .wji end a' i(,,lty tune. Of course I know notn- ; Fiiuv Creek school. jiC al. at that' j After . lui'ichnon. two of the spoak- cl.nrilfv nwiTll era wilt "include II. A. Powers, -of the M DDEN DEAIH J .1(jri(.ultu,.t, lyyion f TV A. an.l state Wording -to statistics compiled forester U. V. (iiachei'. A part of Week -by the National Safety program will also include singing (Vnipcil. motor accidents in the United 1 contests by choirs and quartets of vtat.'v 'killed 15,390 persons in the the county. The Farmers Federal ton first six months of 1936. That is ' will give IS song books to the win- -,nit or 3 per cent fewer than in the! nirig choir, and 12 to the second best. wiTc-pondint,' period of 1935. De- Prizes will lie (riven to other groups of the decrease for the full six : singers, also. months perioa,. ine mouine oi amy and June' this year produced more fa-.a'litie- than in 1935. June had a toUii ...'f .3.020, a rise; of 140. .1 it - 1 IHSINKSS SHOWS UPWARD TREND Industrial activity advanced last week from 94.2 per cent to 95.3 per cent of normal, the highest level it has reached in six years. Six years .ago it stood at 74.6 per cent of normal, Steel niill operations last week had increased, from 70,9 to 71 per-cent 'of cajjacity. Automobiles decreased from K',,H63 unite to 95,970, as com pared with 69,415 a year ago. Car loadings last week stood at 7;JUh;l the highest since October last ytar. The present status is 22.7 per Cent a ve last year. I ARM INCOME RISING With farm prices at the highest srenera! level since 1930 as a .result cf the protracted drought, market analysis this week forecast that 193() farm income might be the largest in six years, barring further serious erop losses. Farmers' income in the fits: half of the year was $335,000,000 mater.. than a year ago, the govern Hn; has estimated. "KMI'CHATS PLAN BIG DRIVE fAia:ently disturbed by reports t the Republican gains in some of tnc farming states, political strate-i-'ists of the Democratic party are p-omoting the idea of a Roosevelt- ;'--iKucuiiare committee to act .as a i-pear head in an extension cam paign to win the West to the Demo cratic standard: . I'UESIDENT SPEAKS AT QUEBEC Prwjdent Roosevelt last week spoke over an international radio ihook-up, first time in history that a Pres ent of the United States has talked w the British empire by radio. In ,rJlh the President cited the AW0 mile, unfortified United States-Unad-an border as an example of jrus.t and good will that could be cop ied by other nations. . DEMOCRATS BUY PAPER TO AID NEW DEAL vThe, democratic party has pur ia5ed the Portland News, .one of the iest newspapers in Maine, in an nort t0 break the traditional Repub lican on "the barometer state" of the .nation. Norman W.: Baxter, member w the.rtaff 0 the Democratic National -mn::ttee, wiU edit the paper. PENALTY FOR DRUNKEN DRIV ERS UPHELD , A noticeable decrease in drunken 'T'nBJIn Louisville, Ky., has been ported since a Kentucky court up- "If .sentence of nine days in jail B; ' aVne of nineteen dollars, a pen t:L that cannot be appealed to a Wfr court, for drunken drivers. Thsi wi once and fine have been imposed " approximately 100 drivers since ' court decision was rendered. Today's Market ir.?rU u" cash prices were be Fertr. I- w?dnesday by the Farmers ("h i- here: . dtZll' hfvy weight hens .... IS Snd wool, pound 82c Published In The County Seat of Haywood County VOL. XLVIII NO. 32 COUNTY TAX j, jpgj j, arm ! A q Be Held 14th. Fines Creek To Be Host plans Arp Bei Mad por j e . Ha v wood Fridav Week on Friday, August 11th. The Farmers Fedaration. working , Fi'i-truson. Kohnt Howell, aim Wri.ht. All "of these will bo .. . i:.. ( 1. After the program at nmy i m-or. the farm tour will continue, visiting the farm of Charles Mcfra-y, Clenn f I'niiiier .Toll n Hoirers. A. .1, Mc- Cracken, John Allen, H. A. Osborne, and Weaver Cathey. Plans are underway to get the Rotary Club here to make the tour as a "body, together with many other business men. W. 1). Smith in discussing the tour said: "This is an opportunity for everv citizen t0 get acquainted with the-' efforts that are being made to bring about a bettor agricultural and better rural life in Haywood county. Annual Quilt Show Will Be Held Here Friday, August 14 NumlxT of Cash Prizes Heing Offered Hv The Woman's Club Sponsor Of Show With the increasing popularity throughout the country in the .develop ment of handicraft industries, both as organized groups and as work done in the homes, the annual quilt show sponsored bv the Woman's Club claims the interest not only of the local peo ple, but afcoof the xisitors m town, The show will be staged the new Miusie building adjoining the Park Theatre, on Friday, August the 14th. and gives promise of being one of the best displays of its kind eve.! shown here. Those in charge ol arrannco.e , are urging, as they did last year the entry of various t.vws. of and handicrafts not included in prize list, for which blue nbbotvs w.l. be awarded. : The following prizes will be f'ven to the articles as Us ed: I'wtt'Wt old quilt. $2.00; prettiest new quilt, $2 00; prettiest old woven coverlet, $1 00; prettiest old spread 12.00; pret tiest neV p.ad, $.2.00 ; prettiest qu.lt ton $1.00; prettiest afghan, $1.00 prettiest hooked rug, $1.00 prettiest knitted suit. $1.00. . In charge Of the show will be Mrs. Jame W. Killian, as chairman and k. Qru.n,K.Mrs. Jerry , ;C6Ik,tU Mrs. Grover Davis, and Mrs, Frank Ferguson. -' . ' , ' Over$2p00Pald In TaxesLast Mo. Tax co'.latio'nTby W. H. McC rack en tax supervisor and 1 collector for Havwood countv, for the paot month SeToVer $21,000. Mr. McCrackenn his monthly detailed report to the commissioners, showed that back col lections' as far back as 1927 had been "Sections for the month of we as follows: 1927, 2.00;1W8, $2 00; 1929, $9.53r 1930 364 51 ; 1011 s??! 43- 1932. $4i9.;6 19.. $S3845Sf 1934 $1,193.56; .1935, $14,326.00; and 1936, $2,68o.28. The collections for July totaled $21,239.98. . BUYS PROPERTY IN MEADE BELLE 1 The Belle Meade property contin rocn increase in sale6. This week Mr. and Mns. T. J, Swendall, of. Jacksonville r .a nav m-un. Hill of Unionville, S.C.. and one sis area and plan the erection of a home ,u- M ie stooksbury, of Clin in the near future. i, Term. . To Lecture ll if - - f -uti-t ami" t nifv -rr 'i 1 1 " MISS WW It I I. Miw Km, plnveil lilt- pail ol' " I lie ii ciii Marv" In ll:to ami lll.tl in Oheraiiiniei'aii. llawiria. Illustrated Lecture On Passion Play To Be Given At Lake Miss Anny Kulz, Who I'layed l'arl Of The Virgin Mary Al Olieranimerjjau For Two Seasons The Junaluska Woman's Club will present the notfd Havariali girl, Anny Hutz. in an illustrated lecture on the Paces ion Play Saturday evening, Au gust 8. "Miss .Rutz,' who: has twice played the role of the Virgin .Mary in the great Scriptural Classic, was first chosen for the part in 1930, the timo of the regular - performance - at one of the ten periods. She wag 'also se lected for the part in 1934, when a special 'performance was given to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the inauguration of the Passion Play at Obei ammergau. She is .said to be the only person who has ever been chosen twice to play the part of the Mother of .lesuls, leading w-oinan's role of the Passion Play. Anny is a typicol Bavarian beauty, with fair hair that reaches far bidow hfr waist when she lets it down, lovely gray-green eyes that sometimes turn to blue, and a rather large 'mo bile mouth. She is still in her twen ties and speaks English with pra ti ally no accent. For the past sev eral weeks' she has been the guest, of Miss Ethel MeCoy, .-head of Camp Ju naluska for Girls. She ha,s Iteen in the states .since .'.September of last year, and spent 'several- months as a s'cial student at Rollins College. Winter Ilaven, Fla. A- rising tide of interest, in "Wo man's Club Night," at Junaluska ha,j been evident, eve-r -since the announce ment that Anny Rutz. would give- her famous lecture, describing .scenes' and actors of the play, and showing col ored slides descriptive of the country anil customs of ' Oberammergau. the little Mavarian village which is d(Hli- cated to the production of the Passion Play every ten years. The usual gate admission of 25 cent will be -.charged to persons not holding assembly tickets. The ap proaching event promises to be one of the most notable programs ever stag ed in Stuart Auditorium and a banner attendance V expected. Last Rites Held For Charles Roberts, 68, On La st Saturday Funeral services were held on Sat urday at the home of George G.Gar rett, for Charles Roberts, 68, who died at his home on Big Creek. Cata loochee townfihip, at 1:15 o'clock Fri day morning. The Rev. O. C. Ian driim, pastor of the Hazelwood Pres byterian church officiated. Interment was in the Garrett family cemetery. Pallbearers were: Kelly Fish. George Fish, Robert Fish, Frank R. Roberts, Garrett Howell, Sam Garrett, and Charles Garrett. Mr. Roberts resided in the Big Creek section near Waterville, for forty years. He was the son of the late "'Robert King Roberts, of Crabtree township, a veteran of the War Be tween the States. Mr. Roberts was prominent in the community life of his section, having served as a justice pi the peace lor twenty-five . years, as postmaster for eight years and for several years a member of the school committee of Waterville. He was aLso active in the Mt. Sterling Presbyterian church, of which he had been a member for some time. : .', ' . :- Surviving are his widow; four daughters, Mrs. May Love, Mrs. Ruth Capps, and Miss Mattie Roberts, of Mt. Sterling, and Mrs. George Lou At The Eastern Entrance WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1936 I Mass Meeting On v Junaluska Debt Is Called For Aug. 12 County-Wide Mass Meeting Will Be Held In Effort To liaise Funds On $105,000 Debt In an effort to secure funds for the Save Junaluska Campaign, a ouiity-wide mass -meeting has been called for Wednesday night, August lL'th, at the court limine. The meet ing was called after officials of -the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce and James Atkins, general siiH'r intendent and receiver of the South ern Methodist Assembly met yester day afternoon. Mr. Atkins announced after the conference that l'r. W. A. Ijimlict.li, of High Point, who i general direc tor 'f the campaign, would be one f the priniepal speakers at the meeting. It was also learned yesterday from Mr. Alkiins, that $.'i0',0(H) bad been repotted, .subsi rilied t,o the fund of If 1115.0011, which niti-d be in hand to pay on August 15th to the holders of the first mortgage. This .'.date was set several months ago by Judge John M. Ogleshy. Charles E. Hay, Jr., president of the Chamber of Commerce, stated that he Wetild appoint a committee today to handle- -the" 'details of the meet ing. Mr. Atkins is contacting - each . lunch of every di'itonruat ioli in the county in regards to the meeting next Wednesday night. While lenders in the campaign are optimistic over raising the $105,000, they also feel that there is no time to lose in seeing that every cent is in hand by the date-set by the court. The board, of ..directors of the Clia.iiilM'r of Commerce in a. -meeting the past week patssed the following resolution regarding the Save Juna luska Campaign: He it retsolved by the Board of Directors 0f the Chamber of Com merce that the citizens and '-business firms of Waynesville and Hazelwood take definite action to aid Lake Ju naluska in the drive for $105,000. We recognize I jike Junaluska as an interglal part of the community. Commercially, Lake junaluska means thousands of dollars to the me-chants of this section; as a tourist attrac tion it is nine of our greatest assets. We earnestly: request that the. citi zens of Waynesville and Hazelwood recognize the value and need of Lake Junaluska and that they con tribute 'liberally to this cause, either through the Waynesville' Methodist church, the ('handier of Commerce op as individuals. Signed, ('baric Hav. 1.. M. Kieheson, E. J. Hyatt, !,. N. Davis; W L. Hni-din, Jr., (iuy Massie, E. L. Wilher.s. Ralph Prevost, C. N. Allen, W.Curtis lyiiss. Gypsies Get Money From 2 Haywood Men At Balsam Sheriff Finds Too Many Children In (iypsie Families To Lodc Them In Jail Last Saturday, the tdici iff s de pai tment, hele had a dist re.s call, that two Haywood county men had been robbed on Highway No. 10 by some gypsies, near Barber's Orchard, and that the gypsies were headed to wards Sylva. The alleged robbers were stopped, and arrested in Sylva, and when liob ert V. Welch went to the Jackson county capitol, acompanied by the two who claimed to have been robbed, he found true enough the gypsies there. In fact there were two fam ilies with "many, many children run ning around," using the words of the deputy sheriff, Mr. Welch saw right off that he Hid not want ten Or fifteen small chil dren on his hand, at the jail while the parents were lodged in jail awaiting trial, so he called the two Haywood men and found that they had made a deal with the gypsies for "healing theim." The gypsies claiming to be healers, had gotten a dollar from one man and eight dollars from the other, and according to evidence,-: had not "healed" them. The two men got their money back, and Mr. Welch heaved a sigh of re lief when he found that the fifteen little gypsy children would not be in his care for the next few weeks. , ATE Cars From 25 States Counted In Park All persons going into the Great Smoky Mountains Park area, report the continuance of heavy travel. According to Zeb Rogers, clerk at the Hotel LeFaine, who took a party into the park during the week, in the hundreds of cars observed on the trip from Newfound Gap to the Cherokee Indian Reservation, he counted tags from twenty-five states. ' '.'-:'-' '.'.. '' of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park 25 Director i: MM it i'iti:si(i Preston To Direct Comic Opera Aug. 15 At L. .Junaluska 150 People In Casl. Fiahorate Plans Made For I resent a-.. ''lion of "II. M. S. Finafore" With Evalldcr Preston, of Waynes ville, wielding- the balon, the ( Sillier! and Sullivan comic opera. 'Pinafore,''' p: ogramined as the outstanding event of the 19i!(i season at Lake Ju naluska Methixlist Assembly, The fiinious naut ical classic will be singed in Stuart Auditorium, Satur day evening, August 15, with a cast of approximately 150 pei-sons, incliuk ing the Waynesville Choral Club, as sin ted by New College Community and Junaluska singers, and guest, artists from Atlanta, (la. The Western North Carolina Symphony Omu party will serve as supporting or. liestra. In. addition to the excellent singing which . is assuied, elaborate staging will add Uj the effectivemns of the production. Mr. .Pn-st-on . will., tw as sisted in ,.tage lirection by Miss Rotsy Ine Quinlan, of Waynesville. According to Mr. Preston, elalwirate plans are lieing developed to build . M. S. Pinafore as authentically as possible. The sbiji will measure about seventy-live feet, from how to stern. The backdrop, vvhich is be ing p'aintefl by Louise 'St'ringfield, of Waynesville, will show - Portsmouth in -the -distance; A lii'lu house with (Continued oli Hack Page) Elda Vettori Will Give Concert Here On Thursday Week Noted Opera Singer To (Jive Concei t For Henelit Of Way nesville Library The memebers of t he Way lies v i.'Ii Public Library board will sponsor a concert, by Klda . V'etteri. dramatic soprano,.' of the Metropolitan Opera Company, of New York Cii y. on next Thursday evening August the 13th. in the auditorium of the McthKlist church, This is Miss Vettori's .second ap pearance, here, and the announcement has been received with keen antici pation by those who heard her last year. It is a rare opportunity to have such an artist make an rppear ance in a town of this size. Miss Vettori is spending several weeks in Asheville as the guest of friends, and' it was through Clyde H, Ray, Jr., that the arrangements were made for the concert to be given here. Miss Vettori, though born in Venice, Italy, was brought to this country as an infant by her parents and proudly regards herself as an Ameri can artist. For the past eight years she has been an important member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, of New York, ; singing leading roles in many operas. She has supplemented this with as many concert engage ments as her operatic activities per mit.. Her career and rise to fame in the mueical world is of exceptional inter est She was trimming hats in a St. Loui.s milinery shop and singing in a little church when her voice at tracted attention and she was invited to join the local St. Louis Opera Company. Her success was so mark ed that it was but a short time be fore her name was added to the golden roster at the Metropolitan, where she made her debut as San tuzza in "Cavalleria , Rusticana." Her Madonna-like type of beauty is loffset by a colorful and dynamic per sonality that instantly wins the at tention of her audiences. Tickets are now on sale and a large audience is expected for both the merit of the concert and the worthy cause of the Waynesville Pub lic Library. , 1T7 T f - Of ... iLa $1.00 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY CENTS Board Adopts Plan To Provide $30,000 For Hospital Wing Deht Service Fund Kate (Jiven Hi? Slash Hy Commissioners In Session Wednesday A tax rate of $1.0ti for Haywood' county was adopted by the board of commissioners in M.ssion here late Wednesday afternoon. The new rate is twenty-five cents lower than the 1935 rate, which was $l.:il. The new rate is. based on a valuation of $22, 500,000. The cut f twenty-live cents came a.s a surprise to even members of the boat d. A ,ut f l.'t cents had been expected, but it was net until the session here yesterday afternoon that .1 wa.s found that a 25 cent reduction teuld be made. I he big i edui-t ion ( ami' on the debt service fund. It by a me ni Ivor of the was ex ilained hoard to this pa pei-,. i nai uie Hoard -anticipates col. led ing about. !f;iti,000 from the bond in companies involved in ;hc al leged, tax shortage of several years ago wlnul J. C. Welch was tax col lector. This ,f.'til,0(l(l will be applied to the debt service fund, it was ex plaiiK'd, and for this reason, the rate for debt service could lie lowcivd. lust, the rate Uw each fund could .not he learned la.-t night , as I hey"" had been turned over to T. ,1. t'athey, auditor. It was leannd from a mem ber of the board that, the hospital fund had bi'eli cut'one cent under last year.' and also a cut had been made oil the buililmg .fund. A cotttp4rrn slaleme.nl of-The budget will be iven next w eek. Proposed Addition At Hospital Would Give 10? More Room The board while in session yester day afternoon, discussed at length the advisability of making available $30,000 to apply on a $J5,0(M) addi tion to the Haywood: County Hospital At vesterdav's jM's.siin 4ti.,-,i r.,,.'. (numbers, present. Thne of these vw.i air uif acioiiion, and two votes were cast againnt. It was learned from numbers of the iHiard, that the two member that were absent were expected to kill each other's vote, with one voting for the proposition and one against. The motion as carried yesterday, states that the county is to provide $30,000 for tile nionos...! !'-, Olio l..,;l.l inir. ll is exoeeted l.li:il llwi tl'b !.'., - w . - - - iii, i uni- en dowment vituld piio.vide- the remain ing $15,000. It . wa.s learned from lupital offi cials last night that there were HO patients; in the hospital yesterday. This was two les.s than wore there on Saturday. The normal capacity of t he. hospital iH 05 Iwds. 1'he new proiiosed addition will provide- forty per i nt more space and bring the rapacity to 100 beds, which in considered a .standardized hospital: , The addition to- the hospital would be a winir buili from (he t,,.t ..r ,u.. present . building, ' extending towards the nurse's.' home. The new wing Would make the building. j a "T ' shape. The board of commisioners orlefcd the county attorney and the county auditor to investigate the most .logical.- means-- of financing the $30,000, and to report to the board as soon as possible. William Hannah county attorney, and T. J. Cathey is auditor. Town Office Moves To Fire Department The offices of the city government, which have formerly been in the Ma sonic Temple, have been moved to the building occupied by the fire de partment. The reason given for the combination of the two department in the one building, by those in au thority, is for the purpose of cut ting down on rentals. HIKING CLUB The hiking club is planning an un usually good hike this week to White. Rock, in the eastern end of the Smoky Mountains Park. : The cars will leave from Alexand er s 'Drug Store at 9:00 a. m., Sunday 70'7!!,n& AuKust 9. and will drive b'v 2S4 to Davenport Gap. The hike will be 8 miles by good trails. The Weather -'- Max ' , Min Wednesday 89 65 Thursday 70 54 Friday 64 64 Saturday 74 53 Sunday 84 69 Monday - 86 59 Tuesday 84 ' 56 W. D. Smith, offieil lsrver.