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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
FIFTY-SECOND YEAR NO. 46
WAYNESVILLE, X. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1936
$1.00 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY
Red Cross Drive
Meeting With Suc
cess. $400 Expected
Workers Are Making Canvass
This Week In Effort To Raise
Quota Of $400
L. N. Davis, chairman of ' the an
nual Roll Call membership drive of
the Red Cross, stated late Wednes
day afternoon, that the workers were
meeting with gratifying response, and
that he felt confident that at least
twenty-five per cent of the quota of
$400.00 set by National headquarters,
would me raised on the first day.
On Monday night the officers, va
rious chairmen and assistants and the
ministers of the town held a supper
met ling in the Welch Memorial build
ing of the Baptist church, with the
Kev, H. W. Baucom, chaiinutn of the
' .tjiter, presiding.
Included on the program wuv
ialfcs by Dr. R. S. Trues.lale, D)
II P. Walker, Chas. K. Ray, diid
William Medfoi'd, The officers tmd
i .'.airmen were introduced, several
f whom made brief talks, as follaws:
Mrs. Jack Messer, chairman ol the
tubercular ehildred, Boo Gibson, chair
man of pel'agra control, Homer
Henry, chairman of disaster ro'ief,
and Mtv. G rover C. Davis, home hv
'giene and care of the sick.
The following worses appoint. 1 bv
Mr. Davis, who have in turn sch cted
th.ce or four assistant wokers. are
soliciting members vi) pledges: M. 11.
Howies, Dr. S. P. Gav, Mrs. Grovtr
('. Davis, Honis'r Henrv, B ib Gihscn,
Miss Stephnie Moor", Mrs. Li-'ki
Shields. . L. M. Ric'.H"on, Whilnc
I'revost, Ben Colkitt. kcnnci n MeelVj
Swan Hendrix. ' Miss Eileen 1 is her.
l awrence Leatherwood, . L. Mc
cracken, Jule Boyd, i red 1.. Sal-.
"A citwl f'ka.9 c Owen,
The drive whi.h started yesterday
will contiue through Saturday, and
iluring that time the plans include a
cahvap of all the territory in the
Haywood Chapter.
Truck Forces Car
Off The Highway
Oliver Clark, truck driver for WesU
irn Carolina Creamery, was pain
fully, but not seriously injured early
Monday morning, when he was forced
off the highway by a large inter-state
expres truck.
M", Clnrk was en route to his work
driving' his personal car, when the
"ccUlent happened. His car ws
ditched near th iriteivoetion of Kat
cii'ff Cove road and Highway No. 1H.
Several stitche were 4ken in his
face, about the nose-.
Jesse Noland, 79,
Buried On Monday
Lac-t rites were held on Monday af
ternoon at two o'clock at the
Panther.- Creek Baptist church for
Jesse Xolaiid, seventy-nine, who died
at six o'clock on Sunday morning at
his home in the Iron Duff section.
Rev. D. D, Russell, pastor of the
church, conducted the services, and
mtei ment was in the cemetery nearby.
Pallbearers were: Jim Hradshaw,
Will Medford, Taylor Medford, Hardy
Caldwell, Frank Bradshaw and Glenn
Tate. ; :
Mr. No land was a native ' Hay
wood county and was the son of John
and Vinney Woods Noland. He had
been engaged in farming for tht
greater part of his life.
Surviving are five children, three
daughters and two sons as follows:
Mrs. Virgie Burgess, of Greenville,
S. C; Mrs. Elizabeth Messer, of Illi
nois; Mi6s Gnssie Noland, of Iron
Duff ; John Noland, of Greenville, and
Grover Noland, of Hazelwood.
Confederate Flags
Will Be Sold Sat.
On Saturday the annual sale of
' miniature Confederate flagp will be
sponsored by the Haywood Chapter
of the United Daughters of the Con
federacy, with Mrs. C. F. Kirkpat
rick, assisted by Mrs. O. R. Martin
in charge of arrangements. They will
direct a group of the young girls who
will sell the flags on the streets.
The money derived from the sale
will be divided between a -cheer fund
for the veteran of the War Between
the States residing in the county, and
those living at the Old Soldiers Home
in Raleigh.
Miss Margaret Ashton spent Sat
urday in Asheville as the guest of
friends.
The following cash prices were be
ing paid Wednesday by the Farmers
Federation here:
Chickens, heavy weight, hens ....12c
Chickens, fryers .'.'. -
Eggs, dozen . ...32c
Com, bushel ,............. 75c
Wheat, bushil . ....$1.00
Today's Market
Prisoner "Gone
With The Wind"
lUe Wednesday af-erneon Sam
1 n 1 1 1 ; t ii . 18, was Mill at large,
aftir till i tin mie ( the must rei.
lstie stunts ever heard of .n unle
ti. et a ehani'e u Ket out of
jail for L' months, chained wr.h
jail for 1' m.ntlis, charged with
In-eakini: into a store in Tan-on
Satunulay afternoon he lnvame
violently ill, complain. im w !h a
severe pain in his riiht side, 1-liv-s.cians
were railed in. and Ionian
was carried l" the hospital. No
Hi.inl ..leentnpa ned the prisoner
and the d.'c'.or. and ti pi rn arriv
ing at the hospital, the young:
man took advan.age of the doc
tor's hack heing turned, and t U'd
i'l'ulii the scene'.
1: is not iiueoiDiiion f. r prisn
licl s to i-.u o.iii. il w as leal li. .1
'I'll.- eating of soap V )1 111;
hi'ii;- on .i temperature.
'It : not w ha t nung In man
niigiit liave eaten th.r oilicers aie
a-k:iiL:, Inn "w In i is he (,n
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City Being Cleaned
Of Leaves By The
Street Department
(Jarluifje Truck Averaging J.000
Loads of Trash A ear To :
New Incinerator
Kverv effort i being made bv thi
street department ol the citv to r:
the en v ot leaves, according to. J. M
lalmer, superintendent ol tin (i
nnrtment. I he accumulation
f I
leaves on the street cau-es cotisi.U ta
ble trouble in the fill: in stopping up
storm sewers, and making an uniid.,.
pppt'Hrance,
Mr. Palmer-'r1'- t""' '"""i l-r
raked up anti placed in piles in the
street gutters, and that he be notified
at 'phone 1 58. and the truck will call
bv and pick them un.
In checking over the year's woik.
it was found that Approximately
2.0(H) loads of garbage had been huuli;J,
bv the citv trucks during the past
von. The high peak is during June,
July and August, when about 1!0 loads
are hauled monthly, The -remainder
of the year AVprAgep about ISO. loads
monthly.
The. present schedule is through
the, residential sections every h riday,
tthd the business sections on Mondays
and Wednesdays. There are lour
men on the crew, beside Mr. rainier,
.superintendent The same crew
work on the streets, and one man is
kept at the incinerator to dispose of
all trash.
Next Week's Paper
, Will Be Published
I Tuesday Afternoon
I As has been the custom for
I yea re. .lext week's issue of 1 he
"Mountaineer will be published (in :.
1 Tuesday afternoon instead of
Wednesday afternoon. This will
be done in order that subscribers
-an get their paper on Wellies
day 'beftire Thanksgiving, : in
stead of on ! ridav.
T here is no mail delivery in the
city or on the rural routes on
Thanksgiving Day.
All those having notice for
next week's paper are urged to
get them to the office not later
than noon Tuesday. The paper
will go to press about two o'clock
Tuesday afternoon.'
District Library
Will Meet Here 21th
A district meeting, comprising the
territory from Hickory to Murphy,
of the Citizen's Library Movement,
will be held here in the court house,
on Tuesday, Nov. 24th, with the
morning sessron convening at 10
o'clock and the afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mi- Marjone Beal, director of the
N .a Carolina Library Commission,
will preside.
The meeting Is an outgrowth of the
realization on the part of the citizens
of No'th Carolina, that there are more
than a million and a half persons in
the state, still without library service.
Last summer a meeting was called at
Chapel Hill and attended by those in
terested, and the conclusion was reach
ed that material improvement of con
ditions eould only be reached with
etate funds to stimulate the library
development.
As a result meetings are being
held this month in the following
towns: Fayetteville, OxfoH, High
Point, Statesville,"-Waynesville, pr.d
Kintdn. All interested citizens are
invited tr attend the meetings and
take part in the discussions. Op to
means of promotine the idea of better
library service for North Carolina.
It is a distinct compliment for
Waynesville to have been chosen as
the "meeting place for the western dis
trict, and all the citizens are urged
to attend at least one or both of the
sessions. .
Waynesville And Canton To Meet In Annual Game Here Friday
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: Friday afternoon at the Township Stadium here. The livii ui as f ,. I -, hm 1 .on i o . hi'; to rig.li:. ! liei'vcs.
"hafl'e.v. Jim I'hill ps. .1. Reeves. Stauiiders. Stecund Mo, V'ouu;, I id U.ivis. S.iwjer. I lane-nek. l.eopard. Hendricks
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liow K" 'Miller. K. Holland, I'hilllps. ,swani;er. W. Coop r, HnnH
Gerund Row C. C. l'ollldeX: ei . Cnaeln l' l nil. Harnell, Me Mj
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Sutton's Barber Shop
Is In New Location
Ben F. Sutton, proprietor of Sut
ton's Barber Shop, moved his shop this
week just across the street opposite
his former stand. The new ehop will
afford more room and better accom
modations. The shower baths are be
ing installed this week. Mr. Sutton
says he is well pleased "with his new
location and is now in position to
give his vuietomers better service
than ever be ore.
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Annual County
Gridiron Game
Set For Friday
Hot h Teams In Splendid Condi
tion Tor diime Here Frid;i.v
Alternoon
Haywood county's major tithletn
contest will take place here rrnl iv af
ternoon at 3:.'i(l when the Canton I.'aek
liear.s lock horns with the Mountain
eers in then- annual gridiron cla-Mc
liolh teains have made iinfi'-cMve
showings t bis vent, and ;;!. indications
are that this year s eolilest wd' ae won
by a close more -and that. -il wil ho
either ti am'v game un'i! th- fn al
whistle.
Not onlv will it he iriimc in which
two outstanding teams -will pari.'i
pate, but also one whei e . o;n-h 's will
be at then- best. ( . ( . Toindextv i,
Canton coach, and a former Vavrics
ville coach, will pit every . i i lie las
in his team in order to win tno game
that the i-'anror Ulrck lu'ar.i have
failed to win in five years.
Coach ( arle'on WeatlterDv hac se nt
a winning team ,iain.--v ( rtnton eveiy
year since Ti.'!0, when the Mountain
eers were noed out by a 1-0 score.
Plans are being made to take care
of several thousand fans at the new
stadium.' on ' f ridav afternoon. The
stores here Will be closed from 3 to
6 o'clock, it was announced by the
merchant's divismn of the Charnoer
of Commerce.
The loudspeakmg outfit will b" usel
F'nday in order to give the fane a
detailed description of the game. This
wil be the first time the system has
been used at a Onton-Waynesville
game.
Both teams have played winning
games this year, winning more games
than they have lost.
The Mountaineers were defeated
last Friday at Mars Hill bv a score of
2 to 0. Thi same Mars Hill team was
defeated by Marshall, and the week
before that Canton took Marshall
down for a bad licking.
It was announced yesterday that an
admission price of 25 cents for chil
dren and 75 cents for adults would be
charged. Officials are anxious to
raise enough money to finish paying
for the indebtedness oCn the ' .stadium,
which was completed this spring.
The scores of past years between
the two teams are as follows:
1929 Waynesville 6, Canton 7.
1930 Canton 6, Waynesville 0.
1931 Waynesville 19, Canton 6.
1932 Waynesville 12, Canton 0.
1933 Wavnesville 12, Canton 0.
1034 Wajnesvi'le 30, Canton 12.
1935 Waynesville 13. Canton 6.
Mr. Zeb Rogers, formerly with the
LeFaine Hotel, left during the week
i'or Miami, Fla., where he will spend
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L. A. Downs Thrown
From Wagon And
Killed Monday A.M.
Farmer Of Lake Junaluska In
stantly Killed When His
.Wagon Is Hit By Car
Last rites were held Wednesday
afternoon for 1.. A. Downs, 49, of Lake
Junaluska, at the Davis Chapel in
Iron Duff township.
Mr. Downs was instantly killed
early Monday morning, when he was
thrown from his wagon on Highway
No. 19, about a mile east if Lake
Junaluska, in front ol' his home. The
wagon was hit from behind by a oa."
driven by Melvin Reeve, 25. a Way
nesville man who was en route to
his work in a Canton drug store.
Mr. Heeves tcltl oilicers that he was
blinded by the sun as he made the
curve, ami ran into M". Downs' wagon.
The deceased lived about four min
utes." He suffered a broken nwk and
nu turi-d skull, it was naid. Mrs.
t a-h Yarboi'ciugh, a daughter of Mr.
Down was an eye witness to the ac
cident, and was the first to rea h lier
father. She lives across the high-,
way I rum her pn rents.
Mr. Heeves is under a $.i,M0 bond.
A hi aring has been et tor Monday at
tenuion belore magistrate t. H. At
kinson. Mr. Downs was a farmer, and was
well know in mis caunty. He married
Mis.; ( lea; y Morrow 111 December,
191(1, and thev bad live children. Mrs.
( 'ash N a i noruugh, Uufus, Law rence,
I'aiihne and (hrisline, all ol Ilke
.liinaluska. He is alt-'o survived by
his " mother, two brothers and toil-,
sisters.
He was ;1 member of the Antiock
Baptist i hurcll, having no a faithful
member -lor .over J- years.
The funeral services were conduct
id bv Rev. Kiank iA'ntherwood, Rev.
A (' Arrington, R'v. R. I'. Mc( rack-en.-
and Kev. J. I'. ( arper.
Mr Downs was driving ii two-hort-u
wagon at the time, 'Die. wagon was
,ieiiiolii-hed, but neilher of the horses
were hurt beyond a cut and a bruise.
F. W. McLean, 70,
Buried Wednesday
Funeral se-vires were held Wed
nesday afteriiao'i at 1 o'cloik Horn
: he residence on the Fairview Road,
for K W McLean, 70, who (iod Tues
day afternoon at 1 o'clock at hi
home near Waynesvii'.j. Interment
was m the fami.v cemetety.
M- McLean was born March the
IK ,lKi;c. in Alliance, Ohio, and had
been residing in Waynesville i.ime.
s, 1,
Surviving me his widow. Mrs. ( InrK
McLean, four daughters, Mtr. ChaiU-s
() (ierbe of Alliance, Ohio, Mis.
Charles M. Smith, of (.uantanamo,
Cuba; Mrs. A. II. Moore, of ( leveland
IVnn ; and Mrs. May M. Smith, and
-evernl grandchildren.
Musical Service
At Baptist Church
Sunday Evening
The .Wavnesville". Chora! Club, will
furnish music for a uiu-en service to
be held at the ! irst Ivaptist church
next. Sunday evening, Nov. 22nd, at
7-30. All I' titi'stiint churches of
Wavnesville are participating in this
service, each iiiflor per lontung a
Dart of the service.
Though most, of the mutoo will be
furnishe bv the entire choral club, a
part of the service will be sung by
a newlv organized group of ladies
chosen from the ranks of the choral
club. This group will be known as
Th- Ladies ( hoir of the Waynesville
f horal C lub. Because each member
of the ladies choir is chosen for her
particular, quality of voice anl the
ability to read miific, this group is
attempting to sing the more classi
cal and difficult chiip h selections.
This is the first choral club service
this fall. The next one will be held
at the First Methodist church.
Winter Weather
Hits Waynesville
The first tou. h of real winter
weather hit this community Sunday
morning, when Pnow flurries flew for
a short time. The. official weathsr re
port shows that the temperature Sun
day reached a low of 28, but on Mon
day reached a low of 17. Monday
was the coldest day, with the highest
reaching only 43.
Miss Emily Palmer, who i attend
mg he Western Carolina Teache-s
College, was the guest during- the
week-end of Miss Josephine Plott.
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