The Waynesville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
y0U XLVIII NO- 39
FACTS
from
Washington
From The I nited Stall's News.
Washington, I. C
,,Tcent more deaths, than the
automobile fatalities for ad
?dav of the week combined. More
Immobile accidents occur m the
tuning than at any other time.
Tt r y nine per cent of the drivers
4 automobile accidents are less than
fli years old.
,he first half of 1936 the air
".' ..,, iTio- industry in the
nisnujo"1"'-
tC'.-Vi Spates produced as many air
ftsas during the whole of 1933.
s-nce June 30, 1935, there has been
r)' s ,f life among passengers on
aW Unified American passenger
T prevent 1,300 obsolete badges
,f'V Bureau of Investigation from
filing into the hands of the wrong
.' ,n the Department of Justice
;.,.ri'v requested the Bureau of
c ,ard to melt them. The result-
- . i", t i' ha been added to Bureau's
."k ''"i' making castings.
H, a- and drought during this sum
n -r have exacted the largest death
...) n record in the United States
f,- m heo causes. The Public Health
Vf-vi.-e reports; that the death toll
throughout the country was move than
,t.Mji.ied while that for a number of
..,. multiplied as much a five times.
Jatigine by the airline safety fig-un-
for the six months of the year,
,,ti iiicrican could reasonably expect
-in-lc the globe more than dtHl
iin-.es without meeting with a fatal
a atent.
?a!es of farm commodities through
American co-operative associations
I'anr.R the recent marketing season
aggregated nearly two billion dollars,
The purchasing of farm supplies
though co-operatives amounted to a
quarter of a billion dollars.
Photographic maps made from nit -rimes
are being used to check on
farmers charing in the $450,000,000
benefits under the soil conservation
program.
Tires burned over more than 40
t ion acres of forest land in the
.United States last year.
The President of the United States
who is elected in 1940 will face the
supe-st itious handicap that all five
President who have been elected on
Antes ending in zero died in office
William H. Harrison. 1840: Lincoln.
isr.il: Garfield. 1880; McKinley, 1900;
Harding. 1950.
Courses in agri ultural co-opera-s:
on will be taught this year in at
-ea-t 45 of the 48 states agricultural
fo'Wes.
Only about -7 per cent of the young
rv.cn enrolled in CCC camps are over
21 at the time of enrollment.
The junior college is a growing
American institution. The United
Prates office of Education report 550
such schools now in operation
. throughout the nation.
The National Park Service of the
Department of the Interior has ac
ouired its first airplane. When the
"PA turned over to this agency the
beach erosion control project in the
vicinity of Cape Hatteras, an obser
vation plane was included among the
'quipment.
.Commodity futures merchants and
floor broker who failed tro register
ith the Secretary of Agriculture by
September 13 are unable legally to
io business.
One of the largest airliners is con
f ftenng plans for a giant plane ser
viced with a porter to shine shoes
"nd press clothe, a barber and a
beauty expert.
Streets In Town
Are Being Fixed
llghwav Department forces were
'rcafrpd this week in putting tar -in
"'' cracks on th'e streets in town that
are designated as state highways. The
Ten has been at work for about a
k.
Most nf the cracks are a result of
th- extreme cold weather last winter,
t wtls said-
Today's Market
. The following cash prices were be-
O- r, ! , , I- , . , . , t-1
" paia weanesaay Dy tne rarmas
--Lurrauon rere:
thickens,- heavy weight; hens ....12c
tb ckens, fryers . .12i
hggs, dozen . ....-27c
.Corn, bushel : $1.10
'wheat, bushel . ..,,...........$1.10
Senator Bailey To
Open County Cam
paign In Canton
Plans Heing Made To Get Sena
tor To Spend Night Here And
Make Trip Into Park
Senator Josiah W. Bailey will oper.
the Democratic campaign in Haywood
county next Thursday night, October
first, when he will add-ess Haywood
citizens" at the Canton high school at
eight o'clock.
A special committee named by
County Chairman. T. I.. Bramlett wli
meet here Monday afternoon to com
plete their plans for the program.
M: Bramlett said that just having
Senator Bailey present to speak would
be sufficient-'to fill the house, but
other features ate being planned
also.
Mr. Bramlett and about, twenty
other-; from this .ounty attended a
meeting of Democratic leaders frvm
the eleventh congressional district in
Asheville Mondav of this week.
While attending the meetinir. Mr.
Bamlett contacted those making ar
rnneemelv foe Senator Bailey's ap
pearance in this section, ana there
a possibi'ity that Senat
spend the night here
park, the Soeo ("ian an
Gan sections.
Bailey wi'l
1 visit thi
Hack Camp
Mr. Bramlett is making plans for
holding precinct nicotines ove- tb -entire
county,, and is urging all pre
cinct committeemen to attend the
rally in Canton next Thursday night.
It is known that he has been in touch
with several ou'standing Democrat 1
leaders who. will likely come to Ha'v
wood during the next- six week, to
make campaign addresses. .
Mrs, Townsend. 88,
Buried Last Friday
Last 'rites were hold at 11 o'clock
oh Friday morning at the residence
in Bethel for Mrs. Marv Jane 1 own
send, 88.' who died on Thursday the
17th. Rev. Albert New, rector Of
Grace Episcopal chiirch. conducted
the services. Following the cervices
at Bethel interment was in the dreen
II iU cemetery in avnesville.
Pallbearers were the grandsons
as follows: Jinson Revs. Jennings
Sizemore- Alden Sizemore. Joe Brown
ing, George Browning, and Kenneth
Browning. (Jranddaughters had
(barge of the flowers.
Mrs. Townsend is survived by one
son, Grover C. Townsond, three
daughters: Mrs. O, W. Ross, of
Wavnefvil'e, Mrs, W. H. Rat-liff. of
Harrington, . W ash. . Mrs. O. S. Size
more, of California,. forty-two
grandchild fen. sixty-four great grand
children, and one great great grand
child. Mrs. Worsham Will
Be Buried Today
'Funeral services will be conducted
this afternoon at 3 o'clock 'from- the
home on the Eagles Not-: Road, for
Mrs. Annie Hvatt Worsham. wife of
II T Worsham. Dr. R. S. Truesdal.e,
pastor of the First, Methodist-church,
will officiate. Interment will be in
Green Hill cemetery.
"W ,- Wni-iKham ' died suddenly on
Wednesday afternoon around ,:.10
o'clock -ffinm a heart attack. I hough
she had not been well for sometime,
her death was a shock at this time. .
Surviving are her husband, H, T.
Worhamc one son, H. T. Worsham.
Jr., and her father, R. L. Hyatt.
Baptist Church To
Have RallvDavSun.
Sunday will be. Rally , Dny .-it the
First Ba ptist, church here, - w hen pro
motion exercises Wilt be held in the
Sunday School; department., according
to- Jack Jtesser, siipf-rintendent.
Sunday School ' officers have ,set a;
poal for 450 . in attendance S'undny
mornlnif. A special propram will be
civen from ten to ten .forty-five..
LIBRARY HOI RS CHANGED
i J i I lliril .U'uioni, i
announced that the Waynesvide Public
Library win irom now on uk oi-j.
onlv in the afternoons from 2 o'clock
until 5:30. This is the regular winter
schedule adopted each year at this
season. Of interest at the Haywood
Countv Fair, will be the demonpt.ra
tion of book mending which will be
sponsored by the WPA Library Pro
ject. i . ' ;
COMPLETES $15,000 CHI RC
--: C Liner, well-known contractor,
haVietu-nod from Cu'lowhee, where
he has been engaged in ouiiding the
Methodist church there. The building
wa erected at a co-t of $15,000, knd
under Air Liner's supervision w com
pleted in 60 working, days. The con
gregation held services in the church
this week.
WAYNESVILLE. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER
Work On $32,000 Armory To Begin
., -V bo :! '
n',--'i.l V1'
This
ilia ON
In .,!,,-:,.: ,v.:h tb. work. Tb.- M.M: "1 ! bir.l: !. I,.t
.,! ..) Ibe V:,ll, Mile holes.,,, , . I . I I .. , : : X Til. 1-ul.lllli ill I
,,N .,,,1 :,ui ,,! W.,!.,-.:ll.- pr no -I.-' -- -n.I ;h.
Iron Duff Farmers
Organize; Plan To
Buy Car Of Lime
The Iron l'uff Watershed and Vnh
Demons! nit ion Farmers met last Kri-
ilav riic-ht at the 1 cm iHltV
id
hui'iliii.
Kalj.ii .Mcl'a-le and Ku-.-. !1 S. !!at
e! :V, of the TV A gaye illust i nteil
talks on the better fanning ii-nt.:.-e
and so- reiiseiyatioii. It was tirciirlit
out in ihe talks tliat -.he home i- no
lie'ter that; the sui! from w'.ich if. is
built.
Frank Uavis, chat'rman of.-.h 'Hay-
W'ued ("ounty Soil Cotisvrvj'.'ion and
Land. Use Ast-ociation, mane a siioi'
talk 'on the 'value of organl.it loll of
this type.
W. A. Corpening, assistant cour.ty
ageiit, explained how the fariiieiti
couiil get lime for $J.2'.l per ton and
also receive a payment for applying
thu lime, under the New I' arm Pro
gram- A committee was appointed
to help get a Car load of lime for the
Iron Duff township.
A discussion was held, on the re
sults of the demonstration farmers
had v.btained from the Triple Super
phosphate they had applied on then
pastures and soil conserving crops
and all were of the opinion that they
had been -great.lv benefitted from the
use of the -triple superphosphate.
It was passed tin that the Iron
Duff Watershed and Unit Demon
stration farmers would hod monthly
meetings, the meetings being held the
third Friday night nf each month at
7:00 o'clock at the Iron Duff school
building. Mr. Jarvis ( numbers is
chairman of the Watershed Demon
stration Farmers with Mr. .(Jrover
llogan and Mr. Roy -Med ford as the
two other committeemen.
The Rogers Cove string band furn
ished music for the meeting
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The First -Nat'i
fl-esll Voa f of I
lis Week. Sever
:i ml
I,
made
Ibe 1
;.. p
(WlllllATi: M-l:kS ON
ni!M I'lUMiKAM.
Cov i nor A 1 f M. I.anilf.n In his iid-rb-i
ss Tuesday ' n'ich. in s Moines,
la., said, .'.i.roteetlon. of the family
tyi.e" farm was his noal. lie also pre
sented a .tiro-gram em t.rn.eititi .cash
t.enefits 'nil-7lroiit:ht
eorrservatinri arid a
plan. '.
relief payments,
siji'ldtis 'f.'tbi.-iiK-e
thi si:m.i; mk.mi,k
the middle tob:ieo belt opened
in
Ka stern Carolina
ranging from.
hicher than- last
ooo pounds were
centers.
Tutsd i w th pi rs
to $10 per hundred
year,' fiver 2.0(10,
sold in nine 'seljinK
1)1 MOC i:ts TO I'l N f MI'K.N
Democr-'itie leaders are scheduled
o rneet today at Hyde I'ark, N, T.,
with President Koosey.-lt to map out
plans frit1 the first campaign peh.
Senator Robinson, a nd others ..will be
present for the eonference:
TIIKI r I'OI.ITK IANS ON VIK
Oct e.ber first will .be a busy time on
the air. waves, as President Roosevelt,
Alfred K,. Smith, and Frank Knox, will
be speaking ;r the same hour nine
in the evening. '
(.1 Ts 2-.0 I'l It I NT IN HI C
Honey Harris, a Ivumberton n'-gro,
was' recently sehtenced to 1 2 months
in 'jail in recorder's court for pushing
over tombstones. He appealed to m
perior court, saying the sentence was
n.it right. -. The superior court, judge
agreed With, the negro, and gave him
;wo and a half, years instead of 1
nionths;.' .''
floors t.f
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..iti.daN tins p.iM w.-. U .in.! .ill in.in Ii-im ' " r i in.ul.- lm
New French linvoy
William C. Hullltt
Appointed American anitwiaaaJor
to France. William C. Bullitt, who
haa Ix-en envoy to the Soviet
Union, succeeds Jense Isldor
Straus who resigned becauae of
lllticsh
TVA Official Heard
By Clyde 1-1 1 Club
Russell S. Katcliif
'arm Harming of tin
Assistant in
TVA, gave an
I
ilu.-trati'il.talk
the Clyde school last
Friday morning,
out the idea ill
soil, so are the
Mr. Knlcliffe. brought
his tpik that ".is the
Iieoplo."
This illustrated talk wa
bv the Clvde J -1 1 Club of
sponsored
Jii.'h Joe
Palmer, if ( rabtree, i
pi I'sident.
TWO AVIATDItS K 1 1,1 I It
Two army a viators ivere . instantly
killed and a third seriously . injured
when . their plane crashed in . lib.ali
I-iand 'I'liesday riigbt.; Pi-tween 10,
000 and 1.ri. 0.00 people vitrn;ssel tin
crash, as the dilane was on miihiiIiiiil
si:i:ki(; n. r. iiwM.i;
. Judge W. r. Harris, holding court
in Warrenton. re'jucsted solicitor Hur
gwyn to. institute extradition proeeed
irit's to V.ring back to this state Carter
X. Williams. Jr.. of Richmond, to
faee. charges of violating North Caro
lina banking laws.
I hYINfi IJO.Vf KNItOI TK. IIOMI.
The: huge Herman flying boat, wbieti
weighs ten tons, .took off for the home
port from New York Tuesday nigh!'.
The comnvmder e.ec-ed to rnak'
the 2,390 mile flight in 2- hours.
It It KA KS l,K(;MIM(lltl; IAM-
I'k;nin;
Mrs Ruth Hryan Rolide suffered a
(loken leg -when her car eiaShed. in
Washington, and thus put to an end
her eariipaign:.'.. tour '. for President
Roosevelt. She - and her husband
were living in: an automobile trailer,
and . just as they were, retiring, the
brake gave way, and the trailer rrash
e d d o w n a h i 1 1 ., Her I eg w as. br'k en
when she jumped from 'he trailer.
w-;fs -ami jobs in ki:nk
Increases in indusfricl pay rolls of
$7.3 HO, Ooo: and in industrial employ.
hi. nt of ifif,,000,workers ih August as
compared. With July, have, been an
nounced by Seeretary. i'erkins.; Man
ufacturing and non-manufacturing in
d u s t r 1 e w e r e : i n c 1 u d e d : i h the. '.survey,
the secretary stated,. . . ' :
.
Immediately
t.i. - a.c ; tie r..iiio.io
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- i,ma;n,l...
Jobs Plentiful, Cut
Men Are Scarce
Tl, S:.l North Carolina st
,'in
1 1 111
plc.vment (ifli.c is" finding great i
. ulty in tilling all . the calls they
lb in niivtile industry
arc
nnd
,m public works projects, .especially as
far as .'skilled labor is concerned, it
was learned yesterday..
Tile local ollicc has an opening in
Haywood county for Hi cii-iicnce(!
l.l'iik masons, at .75 cents per hoar,
wliirb it is iinahle to till fnmr local
files and o far has been
unable to
Calls arc
lii I'l 'throughout the state,
received dai'y for qualilie.
workers wliicli those in C
iinnlile to til', bci-auso of la
.do met
,I,iiiti-;I i,
haigc
arc
. k of
this
lass of help. .
M. V.. Swenringen, manager of local
oll'i. e, o.id he would i.Ke to have any
skilled' workers who are unemployed
to register at. the oflieo. lieside,; the
local work opportunities there ate
many calls for a vast amount of killed
labor from over the state. ( ads so
far this week are as follows: Kuclid
t'-ac-trui-k drivers, carpenter -foreman,
road' machine-operators,, motor
grader operators.' form builders, shoe
salesman, powder man, insurance
salesmen, brick masons, ornamental
plasterers, crane operator, acetylene
welder, steam filters, carpenters, fel
cnlioiic lineman.
All the. above
named onenings are
Nort h ( arolinn and
in
the State of
ire available to
w.it h anv N. C.
:.fli e. '
liny man registered
Stat e Kmploymcnt
C. N. Allen Co.Ko
arnmjres Store
('- N
Allen and Company,
have rearranged t h
at lla
, stock
,e woo.
and
now
fixt tin
of their ct are,
the new 12-fo'd
iiii.l are
addition
using
hit-h ml-uk reeent-lv completed. 1 he
extra space is being utilized for a
larger market on the gnu-en- side, and
a modern, shoe (lepartment (in the
clothing side.
An elevated ofli.C was built, wit fi
storage facilities undecrieath.
The additional space gives more
room for larger stocks of merchah
in wrv d pa-Inn nt, M 1' n
said.
Civil Court Bein
Held This Week
Judge W' F. Harding, of Charlotte,
who was assigned to hold this tei m
of the Havwood Cxiuntv Superior
Con---, exchanged with Judge Felix
y. Alley, who is presiding. Judge
Alley was scheduled to hold court
this week in Burke and next week in
Catawba.
The greater part of Monday was
taken un with divorce cases. The
onlv other case tried that day was
E L Adams, et al, versus Curtis
H Dodson. et al. At the clwe
of the evidence the plaintiff
took non-suit. The A. E. Allison
w.V case, -which was started on Tues
day, will continue through several
da vs.
T(l HWE WATEBMFION FEST
The local memlioiv .. of the Junior
Order United American Mechanics
will hold a watermelon feast next
Tuesday night. September 2flth. at
the lodge headquarters. Tt is urged
that all members be present.
ATTEND MEETING IN AHEMI LE
Five from here attended the an
nual rhamber of Commerce bannuet
in sheviile Tuesdav night. They
were- Charles E. Rav. presi'lent of
fhf Iocs! o-gnnization. M. H. Bowles,
T X. Davis, Trey Wycbe. and Hugh
: Massie. - '. .-- -
$1.00 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY
Third Annual Fair
To Get Under Way
Next Tuesday Here
Fair Will lie Held On Itand Mill
lt On Oellwood Road. Final
Plans Are Made
Final preparations are under way
for the completion of all plana for
he Havwomd County Fair which will
be held from Septemtxr the 29th
through October the 3rd, on the Band
Mill let. The executive committee
composed of W. H. Smith. Guy Massie
I It Howell, and President T. L.
Green, have given much time and
thought to the working out of de
tail for a successful fair.
Keystone Kxpositiun Shows, popular
in this section, will be the high light
on the midway. There will be two
free acts daily, as of last year, several-new
attractions have been added
o this entertainment group.
This , u JIVO.OO will be given away
in cash premiums to the winners in
be various exhibits, Blue ribbons
will murk the first and red ribbons
h,. second Some of the entries wilt
i-trrv additional place ribbons and
a-h prizes as designated.
Kxlubits. other than cut flowers,
fresh vegetables, luead, and othe
perishable article, should be entered
Tuesday the 2i)tli. or not later than
():IH! A. M. Wednesday. lb ef and
dairy cattle -should be entered before
!':(id' A. M. Friday only horses and
mules should be entered before 9:110
A. M." Satu-day. The producer, club
and community icceiving the largest
ntinibe"' of po:ti:s wi'l be awarded a
grand prize,
Admission to the fair grounds will
lie LT. cents for adults and I'l rent
for children, with season tickets
hmight in advance tor frl .no.
Special features and iiil:' -eganl-iiH"
the various days arc as follows:
t'tiesday. al! exhibits must be in before
HI 1', M. unless special permit is
given by the management, (This doe
not apply to cattle and livestock;)
Wednesday, wives will be admitted
free before (i V: M., when .accompanied'
by husands; Thursday, all Hoy Scouts
in uniforms, or a companied by Scout
Master will be admitted free after
aftc- I. I'M.; Friday, l.ivestx.ck Day..
Dairv cattle, beef cattle, sheep and
switic; School Children Day, they will
be -admitted' free when identified by
tea.-hcr; Saturday will be Horse and
Mule Pav.
All exhibits must be removed not
later than 5 I. M. in order to (dear
the grounds. Anyone interested in
seeming a premium list may do
from the office of the county agent.
so
Illustrated Talk On
Switzerland Made
An illustrated lecture on Switzer
land was given members of the Ro
tary Club last Friday bv Mr. Shyler,
of St. Moii-tz, Switzerland.
He pointed out interesting places
in the small mountainous country, and
showed view of the outstanding
points and native customs.
He said that three major languages
were recognized as being "oflii ial'" m
the country that is not: much larger
than North Carolina, and has a pop
ulation of four million people.
'I he lowest elevation-of the country
being about 2.00(1 feet, and reaching
a maximum of over If), 000.
Burin's Bargain
Basement To Open
The bargain basement of Kursnn's
Department Store on Main ptreet will
be formerly opened F ridav morning,
according to an advertisement in to
dav's issue.
The new department of the firm has
been filled with nw fall merchan
dise -which Mr. Otis Biirgin recently
purchased on a -buying trip. In ad
dition to the bargain' basement,, the
store h.-is a readv-to-wear, shoe,
cerv and mi nt department.
gro-
Over $48,000 Col
lected In Taxes
Tax .collections for the nast month
soared to a new high level, according;
to a report made by W. II. MeCrack
en, tax supervisor and collector for
Haywond county to the board of com
missioners. For August, a total mf $48,020.21
was collected. This included amounts
as high as $218 for 1929 taxes. An
other report for September will be
made the first Monday in October,
The Weather
Max. . Mm.
Tuesday SO 53
Wednesday. . -82 5S
Thursday 8:' oS
Fridav ,' 89 55
Saturday 8:? ol
Sunday 80 oo
Monday 82 ol