North Carolina Newspapers

The Waynesville Mountaineer Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park -SECOND YEAR NO. Jews Events of J World-Wide Interest Bru fly Told n.v Dill I AK BASEBALL Tn,, all-time peak of prosperity, so . ,. V -he annual classic of baseba.. :s: lined, was reached in the lTie of 1926, between the New Y,'" Yankees and the St. Louis Car . Then 328,051 customers paid 'ii'.VTMU to see the seven games. ' Jr week the Yankees and the New V , k Giants all but surpassed the ,, From 302,925 cut turners l.'AV.i '".'I'l was- collected and there h'Iv six frames. Had the Y ank- Permitted it to go to , seven, in v,'a,'i f winning decisively by four Inn- t ' iwo, a new all-time peak 'i.-ui'tt'dly would have appeared. hm;h cost of politics costs. a great deal to win a cam . Henry P. Fletcher, who is a m the Republican drive for -..".declared last Week: ."We have :n have more money than in any ".;, campaign since the Civil War." FACER TO VOTE p.j-iu mlfiwt in this year's eloc n cutis high as registration figures .;, w irness. Four year's ago regis- . i .V ...in (li. i . X V..l. :.ra ('it n Ivr rcachi'fl z,;mb,0O4 in rsew ioik y alone, but when the books closed Nituiday night there were several uliv 1 thousand more than -the pre- record. In Washington, it was os-.imateu that more than 50,000.000 ,:c!s would register in - the -.nation kfi'iv election, compared with the iT.t'l'J.'.'-S in 1934. HEADS AND BRAINS I vim Turgenieif, the Russian nineteenth-century' mivelist, still holds the .vet-Id's' all-time record for the size , f the human brains. Until last week, .(vend place, was held by Daniel Webster, but now the Ameiiean ora atiii's place must go to an unknown Aleut, wno lived some centuries ago n Alaska, has been discovered by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, of the Smithsonian Institute. ' MOKMONS TO All) GOVERNMENT Officials of the Church of Christ, of Utter-Day Saints, who five months aito began a campaign to remove all Mormons from direct relief rolls of government agencies, now plan to ex pand the program to embrace the i e J. : 1 u: .uMn....Viint iVwj cnuivii nieinueiMiip iiuuufiiivu , tM world. , WORLDS FAIR 'WILL 'SURPASS ALL OTHERS New York City plans to hold a '.treat World's Fair in 1939. Last week it took definite form when the sponsoring corporations issued a form al announcement if its plans. The 1 t"a.i r will represent an investment pub 'ic and private, estimated at $125,-"iiO.OdO.- the largest 6um ever to have Keen spent on a fair. By next April the grading on the park -area. .will be completed and be ready for the plant ing of the 10,000 full, grown trees that will be set out, and for the erec tion of the buildings. CHAINED FOR HUNGER Because he slipped into the kitchen at midnight for a piece of pumpkin pie denied him at dinner and was dis covered by his stepfather, .j6 year old Roiiby Fuecht, of Findley, Ohio, was chained to a wall. Tne case was re priit.ii! hy bis teacher when he ap-. reared in school with a 15-foot log rtain that, weighed 10 pounds dang ling from his neck. . . ROOSEVELT MEDAL TO BE GIVEN Miss Helen Keller, blind and deaf scholar and writer, and Mrs. Anne ?uilivan Macy, her teacher, will re ceive the Roosevelt medals for 19.'?0. at a banquet on Oct. 27th, at Roose-v'-':t House, birthplace of Theodore Roosevelt. In selecting these two, the trustees of the Roosevelt- Memo rial .'Association stated that they had 'heore ; them Theodore Roosevelt's "Uggle against physical handicaps. ra?t awards of the medals have gone to an imposing list, including Col. rfias; A. Lindberkh, Admiral Byrd, IJiver Wendell Holmes and Owen D. J oung. ' . .'' IN POLITICS In 1930 when his father was gov ernor of New York and he was only beginning his law course at the Bos ton University, James Roosevelt was asked for what career he was pre paring. His reply -was, "For polities, and of course the Democratic party." There is evidence that the President's de?t son prepared himself -well, ror weeks now he has been cam paigning the state of Massachusetts, ard his activity is fast becoming an "nportant factor on the Democratic 'side. -! . The following cash prices were be paid Wednesday by the Farmers ''deration here: mckens, heavy weight, hens ....12c hickens, fryers . 12- ?f?s, dozen .. ....... ..25t S?ni, bushel .. ............... i .$1.10 hfat, bushel . ............. ..$1.10 FIFTY I Today's Market 41. Auditor T. J. Cathey Shows Where County Tax Money Is Spent County Has $75,000 Cash Hal ance In Banks, And $-10,000 Cash Sinking Fund T. .1. Cathey, auditor if Haywood county, in a special prepared state ment for Tne Mountaineer, show; when- the S3, '1.583. tS which w:v col lected ast year hv W. H. Met raiken. tax i-o'lv tor and supervise was used. !: mtist be remembered, that the col eetmns made hv .Mr. Mc( racken vn October 29. 1935 to October 7. l!j:ln. which ameunted.to almost $.!m). Ooii. is far above the average collec tion made in one year. Mr. Cathoy's report show-; that that $5r.l2.(!5 was spent on the schools of the county Of this amount annroimatelv SlO.OOt) was siii "A to; new building.. . The remaining u.tWO ! for maintenance only. The cellcral fun) of the county aj',.1 maintenance required a total of -if S4:;.51S.17. The tuun- fiind. dona tions, irifts and aide accounted for jn.-lS2.Sl being spent lat year. The largest single item expen- ditur f hwt vein- was Sl'i..240 lor the retirement of bonds and payment . . ii i ..i ot interest. I nco tour Hems ma.ic a grand total of $.?01 ,-10?l.fn. Tnere is now on deposit in hanks, about $75,000. In a Idition to this there is a ash sinking fund of S 10 O' o in the banks di .interest.'. All bonds have been 'paid promptly, and no defaults have-been made, The sinking fund has had added o it each year if 4,000 from tne gen era' county budget, but Mr. Cathey explained that on several occasions he had been able to pick up a few dol'prs from funds and add to the Kinking fund and build it up to S40, onii . few years ai'o the -sinking fund was in the red, according to budget requirements. The iiuincv in the. sinking fund is used in paying what is known as "term bund's." The nev term bonds to mature will be in 1942. At present Haywood bonds- ate n noted at $100 to $10S, according to Mr. Cathey. Bethel Boy Will Judjre Cattle In National Contest Steve Cathey, of Bethel, who won the F. F. A. live stock judging contest in Raleign this summer, and 1. A. McLain, teacher of -agriculture at Bethel school, left Monday for Kan sas City, where Steve Cat hey and three other members of the North Carolina live stock judging. team, will take part in the national F. F. A. live stock .nidging contest, to be held on Otober 20. The two Haywood men attended an F. F.-'A. meeting in Ual(dgh, and left Raleieh Wednesday for Kansas .City.. Three representatives from ea. h -of the forty-eight states, Hawaii, and the Dominion of Canada will take part in the contest, which is to be held in the American Roval building in Kansas City. - Thev will . be . rated on their abiiitv to "judge five types of- live stock," dairy cattle, beef cattle, hogs., siieeji, and poultry. 29 From Haywood Enrolled At W.C.T.C. Haywood county has 29 students enrolled at Western.: Carolina Teach ers College for the fall quarter, thus ranking secrmd to Jackson in the number registered from any one county. .'..'. Jackson county has eighty-four students and Buncombe has 25. Recent figures show that 376 stu dents have been enrolled from 52 counties in North Carolina and 9 states, -' There are thirteen rqligious de nn the ram- pus as follows: Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Episcopal, Lutheran Congregational, Christian, Disciple, . . ' i r..f.,viirl Procbvt.e-ian. Associate xv-ifi . --- - . Univerealist. Friends. '.Weselyn Meth odst, and Church of Christ. Baptists lead the enrollment with 170, Methodist follow with 101. Figures show that there are 99 regular freshmen and 51 seniors, the others being sophomores and juniors. More than 300 of the student are boarding in the college dining hall. CARD OF THANKS I take this opportunity to extend the appreciation of the Haywood County Hospital to the Canton branch of the Needlework Guild and to Mrs H D. Secrest, treasurer, for the gilt of blankets recently sent the institu tion. They will be used in the i Assuring the people cf (ar.ton of our appreciation of their interest m. ?he Haywood County Hwpttal, I am, . Cordially. RUTH HAMPTON, Supt. Haywood County Hospita,. WAYNESVILLE, N. C. For Commissioner (tr .ilv W lleinv. vvho has annoini.' , .i lus .itiilulaev U'l- a meiolu i- of the 1' - ud uf e'olintv Commissh.nc.rs fr.oo !.,- W.iv nesville -Ivy 11 .11 d;-:i I. I o '.lie K -imlillean llclol R. M. Ferguson, 51, Dies Of Injuries Received Monday Outstanding-Farmer, And 'Mil! Owiur, ot ..Jonathans Creek, 'Fatally Injured Hy Truck Last rites vveic held at. two n'elo k Wednesday afternoon tor .- Robert 1ni-v:ivt l-'ciiriisoii. .ri4. whvi oassed away at the llaywovd County llojspital at seven o'clock Monday night, as the result of injuries he received earlier in the day when he was struck by a truck while he was loading hi truck, Mr. Felguson, owner and operalo: of the Jonathan Roller Mills, was said to have U'en loading his truck, when a light-weight truck driven by Miss Annie Ri'ie Fergusvin run into Mr. Ferguson. The accident was una voidable; The ace id imt happened near the Ceo-ge Garrett home on Highway 2K4. Mr. Ferguson was a native of Haywood county, and for over thirty years had been in the merchantile bus iness. He was a successful business man, and was a leader in community affairs. He was a member of the Junior Ordei'v and was buried with a cere mony of that organization. The sorvi es were conducted bv Rev. T. S. Rolen and Rev. II. It. in. with approximately. f0(( persons in at tenchinee. Interment, was made at the Dellwood cemetery. The deceased : is 'survived by his widow, .and the following children: Fred .1 Ferguson, of 'Raleigh, Ray 1-i-rinisi.n. ,(' State Collcire lialeiirh. Mis.s Klizaheth. Robert, and Taylor, all of -.Hell wood. Also two brothers. Karl, of I Icllvvood, and Boone, of New Jersey, and two sifters, Mrs. ll. H. Moody, of Wliitticr, and .Mrs. Woody, I lollwood. . Dr. Miller Is Now Asst. Health Officer Iiv Henry Miller, of Murphy,.-who has been appointed assistant health officer : in the district health depart ment, arrived this week to assume bv duties. lit-. Miller has just completed a course in public health work at the University of Npth Carolina.: The standard of the course at the State University ha gained,, such prestige throughout the country that the United States Public Health service has designated it fur the students in public health work from the states comprising the east Atlantic coast health district from Maryland to Florida. Young Democratic Club Organized At Fines Creek Sat. " i . -. A Democratic rally was held at Fines Creek High (school last Satur day night at which time a Young Democratic Club was organized for that place. ..' ' . - Judge Sam Cathey, of Asheville, was the principal speaker for the occasion, and w-as introduced by W. G. Byers. Jerry Rogers, counry presi dent, presided. Officers elected were: Mark Fer guson, president; Mrs. Carl Green, vi-e president; Homer Rogers, secre tary, and Mrs. D. Reeves Noland, treasurer. Several scores of people were in attendance from Waynesville, Can ton and Clyde. Mrs. P. L. Ttirbyfi'l was called to Ga tonia this week on account of the illness of her granddaughter, Miss Ruth' Henson. f ' fi B $M THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15. 19:16 Local Democrats Have Fun Mailing Back COP Envelopes Many Waynesville Democrats got (uitc a kick this week by mailing bu k to the Republican National committee, the envelops which the committee sent out rc iiuesting funds fur the campaign. Since the envelopes were self a.hlrivsed and no postage re quired, the local Democrats mail ed the envelopes ba k empty, which means that the Republican National committee in Chicago will IikvO to nav four cents for each envelope received. Just how many blank envelopes were returned could not be learn ed, hut it is known that several mailed theirs back empty. Roy L. Medi ord, 50, Buried Monday At R. Springs Church Mr. Medford Was A Prominent Farmer of the Crahtree Com munity, Had l'een 111. Last ,:ites vveie held Vmi -Monday afternoon at 2::!0 o'clock, at tin- Rock Spring Baptist (hurch, on Crabticc for. Roy L. .Medford. 'oO, vvho died hi S-::(l oil Sunday night after a long llness. Rev. I'' rank' 1 .eat hervvood, pas. tor of the church, assisted by Rev. R. I'. MrCraeken, conducted the se -vii e.-. Interment, was in the cemetery ad joining' the church. Pallbearers were as follows: Harry Trull, Weaver MoCra ken. .hi... Alvin Walk.'",. Ih.nabl Medfoi.l, Hugh Walker, and Charlie Whitehoiise. Mr. Medford wiv a prominent farm er of the ('rabtree .section and' was interested in the ''affairs of his com nuinily. Since early youth he had been a member of the Rock Spring Baptist church, winch he nan seiyoci as deacon,, treasurer, and secretary. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Kssie Walker Medford, and the fol lowing children: Ml. Ted Jones, uf Canton, Miss Pauline and Miss Lena May, of Crahtree. Fred, of Knka, and Jack, of Crahtree; his father. ex Sheriff W. R. Medford, and his st'ep niother, and the following sisters and brothers: Mtv. 1'aul Walker, Mrs. Weaver McCracken, of Waynesville: Mrs. II. W. Mc"arter, of Auhevilli' : Ralph Medford, of I.enoir; 'Paul and Carrett Medford, of Lake Junaluska. and Frank Medford, f Crabtree. Survey Of Blind Is Now Underway Tin teen field workers are engaged in the WPA survey of the blind in Western North Carolina district, it vv.'is reported yesterday by Miss Jean Patton, district, supervisor of the survey. The survey in the district is mak ing .rapid -'progress and it should, be completed by October : I, Miss Patton said.' Federal funds amounting to 1 1 have been allotted for the work in the state. The pnigiiiin is being spon sored by the .Sliite Commission for t he. lilind. The study it-sidf will assemble Jo unit form all records of persons with defeetive .-.-sight .: which are on file in tiw. various public arid private agen cies within any county.: From these records future follow up work may be -..continued by rehabilitation .workers for. the ('omniissi'on of the; lilind. Robert' Gibson-, of Waynesville. is l-o.-eareh worker, for Haywood county. Fall Reunion Of Knights Templar To Meet Monday The Waynesville commandry No. 31. of the Knights Templar, will hold their fall reunion on Monday, October UK- beginning at two o'clock. The order of the Red. Cross will.be con ferred at 2:30 o'clock. The Knights of Malta will meet at four. Supper will be served at six, and the order of the temple will be con ferred at eight o'clock by James W. Payne, of Salisbury, and William Richie Smith. A large elacs of candidates will receive the degree. Officers urge that all Sir Knights be present. Presiding Elder To Preach At Davis Chapel Sun., 2:30 Rev. W. A. Rollins, presiding elder, will preach at Davis Chapel, Metho dist church, next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. We are hoping to have a large congregation that afternoon. This will be our last meeting before conference. ; The following made up a party mo toring to Cherokee on Thursday where thev attended the Indian Fair: Mrs. O. H. Shelton, Mrs. John M. Otiefr , Miss . Katheryn Queen, Mrs. W. L. McCracken, and Mre. James R. Boyd, Jr. $1.00 Democratic Speakers 'linn ros man ii'l'iihiii Wcno r "s V4 w' s tii i m iti: Clyde Erwin To Make Address At F. And S. Banquet The. State Superintendent of Public Instiu t inn. Clyde Kiwin, will ad dress members of the Smoky Moun tains National Park chapter Future Farmers of America,. and. their gnosis, tonight at the annual fntrier and on lianouet. The banu'1 'H be held in the Masonic Temple. About seventy live buys and (lads are expected i t he present in addition to some sixtj odd guests from many pa rts -of West ern North Carolina and other sections of the state. In addition to Mr. Kiwin, other on he program will include T. K. UroWne, State Director for Vocational Kd-uca-ion, two local (illi, -i-als and many of. the boys enrolled in vocnt ional air ricull tl'-e. Two ineliliio s .of t lie cbu.pt cr will have coiifei red upon t hem t lie IligilesV state degree to which a . member, is eligible, that of North Candma State Fainiei-. The'. .late director for vo cational education will confer the de gree. l)r. II. T. Hunter, president of Western Carolina' Teachers ('uHegc. will be an honored giief . at the oc casion. The annual banticf is the occa sion for Hie year . vvln-n i-verybody meet's on .'.'common -ground, for a i'o --i time, F.orinal il y is nileil out and everybody, is expected tii luive a goiid 'lime-. ': ()llice:s of the chapter are: . . President, Davis Callow ;i.v. Vice president, Joe Calhoun. "Secretary, Harold Francis. Treasurer, Witlio MchafTi y: Advisor, J. C. Urowii.: KxecutiVe Coiiimitt.i'e, Lena rd I.eat herwood, Robert Cndei vvood, and Hillie.Ilcyd. ' ; The Home . Keonomirs b:-parlment of the Waynesville high s.elcoo!, under direction of .Mis Kdwards, will pre pare and serve the menu. .- Mrs. J. ('. Patrick will be in charge of decoratirin. JACK K.-M'.l!, Reooite:' for Smoky' Mountains .National Park Chapter. Miss Davis Sells Her Beauty Shop The Jo Ann Beauty Shop, formerly owned and operated by Mies Mary Ruby Davis, has recently boon bought by M is,- Velm a M c K lhaan o n , wh o took charge cn last Friday. ... Miss McElhannon will bo assisted jn the management of the shop by her sister, Mrs. W. D. Smith. Dur ing the next few months. plane are to make several additions to the equip ment, and other improvements. The chief operator, Miss Eldis Mac Honald, who has been here for the past few months has had several years experience in beauty culture. She is a graduate of the Southern Si hool of Hetiutv Culture, of Norfolk, Va. PAI L CAMPBELL WITH RAY'S Paul Campbell is now connected -ith the market department of C. E. Ray's Sons. , , t': ' IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY Democratic Cause Will Be Presented Bv 2 Prominent Men Kallit-s Scheduled For Tonight At Court House And Satur day Night At Hazelwood This will be a full week-end for Haywood Democrats a- two rallies are scheduled and a meeting of the t'se.-utive board to make plans for an extene-ive drive during the re maining two weeks before November 3rd. Tonight, at 7:H0 VU.ck, Thad Kure. lleimuiiitic nominee for secretary of the state, is scheduled to speak at the rally of Young democrats at the court house. This rally is a part of I (HI similar rallies being held over the state, and sponsored by the Young Democratic organization of the (itate. Jerry Rogers, president 0f the Hay wood organization, has luinounci d 'Kit ;n addition to Mr. Fine's addros--, ; iio:e w it. be a spcv.al messagi1 from (ii.Verniu- Kb: mgha.is ami J. Wallace inborne. chairman of the state cxectlt lie (ommittee. Workers f-'C each p'e in t will be appointed curing the meeting, and several leading-' Dcnon rats are ex pected to make t-hort laiks. Saturday nurht at 7::'tt. Congress niaii Zebuion Weaver will address an audience at the Hazelwood school. R. L. Prev ost will hit induce Mr. Weaver, and a large, attendance is expected. . F:iday night a meeting of the (viunty executive comiiiiU.ee has been called by I'hairiuan T. 1... Pranilett to niake further plans for rallies over t lie cut ire county. Tentative '. plans' ie" to It.ive a .county-wide rally at Canton on. Sat in day, October L'lth. at which time several important speakers will ap pear oil the program. Present plana are to have a barbecue. Dr. Frank (iraham Coming Here 23rd Dr. .Frank P. Crahain, president of the Uriiveisity mf North Carolina, will be the principal speaker at a meeting in Waynesville October 'JKrd af alumni of the university. The Haywood-Jackson-i5wain Alumni Club, of which William Medford. is president, i sponsoring the meeting. Detailed plans fur the meeting wi'l be announced in next week's its.sue of this paper. .1 Singing Convention To Meet On Sunday The. live-county singing convention will hold an alb day gathering at Kd iieyville, eight rnileB" from Henderson-'' v iile, on Sunday, O- tohe-- IS, begin ning at ten o'clock, acccmling to 1). P. Ross, president of the organization. Haywood is one of the five counties in the.... -organization, and President Ross is urging all singers from this a reii to. attend. K.lney villi- is on the Chimney Rock highway. Boy Scout Court Of Honor To Meet Fri. I The Court of llfiior for Waynes J villi- Triiuii (Inc.. U. S. A., will meet ; Friday night at seven-thirty .in the Legion Home, .Mniiy menihcis of the troop will go Ik fore the court for promotion to the next higher rank and to obtain merit badges. The 1 troop has at this time eighteen boys in uniform and' "expert within the next few weeks to have its full quota, thirty-two hoys, all in full uniform. The troop has neen rearranged into patrols and each patrol leader is working on possible members to bring his nafrol to: full strength, eight boys. A class for instruct inns in swimming has been arranged and those who are iii:(lili In tU'ini dill tain Qilii'jnlairu I ....... ..... ..., . ...ILRV of this instruction, . Arrangements I have been completed with a nearby institution for a good pool and, the (lass will get under way soon. Drills in both the continental and morse code will be started within the next few weeks.. - Parents and friends of scouting are urged to attend the Court of Honor whenever possible. Their visits en courage the hmys and are sometimes enlightening to the visitors. J. c. brown. S- outmaster. The Weather Max. Min. 73 63 75 fi3 71 C7 73 - 47 P7 ' 35 ; . . 33 (9 40 official weather ob- Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday . Tuesday W. 1). Si server. 1