North Carolina Newspapers

f he Waynes viLLE Mountaineer Published In The County Seat of Haywood Cou,nty At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park FIFTY-THIRD YEAR NO. 1 WAYNES VILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937 $1.00 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY News Events of World-Wide Interest .-Briefly Told PROSPERITY FOR ELECTRIC FIRMS "Bright prospects" for the electrical manufacturing plants were announ ced last week by A. W. Robertson, chairman of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. "De mands for household goods is excel lent and the public utilities and in dustry are making substantial pur chases," he said in a year-end state ment. A LONG TERM CONGRESS I'REr DICTEI) The seventy-fifth Congress con vened in Washington on Tuesday, to face an accummulation of problems that would indicate a session running into next summer. There is a' kng Lst of legislation already in sight even before the disclosure of the ad ministration's program. SOCIAL SECURITY TAX EFFECT IS IN With 13 states still without social Jones, 81, of West Asheville, but security laws for sharing in the ' formerly of Haywood, who died Mon huge Federal program, the pay roll I'day morning at his home, were con- taxes to support the system went into effect New Year's Day. Just -what will be done about these 13 Ktates had hot been determined, though there was still some talk about j.assing an amendment to the law to allow these states some form of par ticipation. Beginning with the first pay roll in January 25,000,000 work ers throughout the country will find one per cent deducted from their pay. SEA STRIKE BECOMES MORE SE 4 RIOUS The tangled labor situation brought 'i about by the seamen's strike took on ' ntw complications last week, as the strike entered its third month. Dis ; orders multiplied at Eastern and Gulf ports, especially at Jersey City, where police backed up with machine guns ? and tear gas, which they did not use, t dispersed strike' pickets with night- sticks, and sections with rubber hose. On the West Coast, where the strike is almost 100 per cent effective, the . San Francisco Chamber of Commerce estimated losses to business since the rstnke started, at $232,000,000. AIRLINE ACCIDENTS In a ravine in the northwest of Burbank, Calif., nine passengers, two pilots, and a stewardess of a United airliner met death last week. It was the second disaster of the month and the fifth of 1936. While the recent accidents prompted Assistant Secre tary of Commerce Johnson to call for ,a conference of airline operators and Federal officials to ask for $10,000, 000 appropriation to improve airway -safeguards, airline officials said that the news of the latest crash had no effect on business. Planes on the same route continued to be booked nearly to capacity. j POST LETTER IN WRONG BOX Having spent most of her life in England, where the post boxes are painted red, Mis? Mabel Mather, now . .,; of Forest Hills, New York, trying to post a letter last week in a red . box ended by calling out the fire de li partment. A considerate magistrate :; let her off with a suspended sentence. STARTING THE NEW YEAR WITH I A CLEAN SLATE I Declaring his belief that debt-free workers were more efficient than those "Who owed money, J. Harvey Gravell, Philadelphia paint manufacturer, an nounced last week that he had paid i ava-t n v... v: i aa . i - f The debts, ranging from butchers' I tills to home mortgages, totaled $100, i 00- ' LOST EXPLORER Sir Hubert Wilkins, who has been exploring the vastness of the Arctic for the past quarter of a century and whose skill and intrepidity have won nim a knighthood and dozens of med als got lost last week in Halifax, N. S., while hunting his hotel. When it I was finally pointed out to him, just I across the street from where he wa3 I hunting he said, "I thought that was I the City Hall " FORD STILL INVENTING J There are many records in the pat eht office at Washington bearing the i name of Henry Ford. Last week Mr. Ford took out another patent, this jtime for an automobile chassis, with Jthe motor mounted crosswise, and at the reaT of the car. Among other ad Wantages claimed for the plan, it fwould eliminate the hood in front of I the present cars, giving the driver a j clearer view of the road. Today's Market f The following cash prices were be Paid Wednesday by the Farmers i Federation here: . Chickens, heavy weight hens ...... .10c 'Chickens, fryers .. . . 10c ;; Eggs, dozen . . .. . . . . . 4 .V. ....... 25c Corn, bushel . .80c Wheat, bushel . . . . . ...... .$1.10 7-Year-01d Hazelwood Boy Saves The Life Of His Younger Brother What might have ended in a tragedy last Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Shields at their home in Hazel wood, was averted by the courage and foresight of their young seven-year-old gon, William, who ex tinguished the buring clothing of his six-year-old brother, John. John and James, -age three, were attempting t0 build a fire in a laundry heater in the kitchen of the home, when the sleeve of John's clothing became ignited. He became frightened and Tan from the house. William hearing the screams ran to the kitchen, grabbed a towel and followed his brother. Bailey B. Jones, 81, Buried On Tuesday Funeral services fo- Railev B. i ducted at 6 o clock on Juesuay alter jtioon at the Calvary Baptist church. Burial was in Pleasant Hill cemetery, Clyde. Active pallbearers were: Bert Starnes, G. G. Morgan,, Furman Rym eiy John Lawrence, E. E. Curience, and Fred Ingle. Honorary pallbearers were: Robert Evans, A. D. Daves, M. L. Maney, Solon Hvder, J. L. Martin. Dr. F. B. Orr. M. W. Hamerick, J. L. Welch, AY. E. Shuford, Wel.jon Weir, A. J. Buck ner, Frank Bishop. H. V. Hipps, and E. B, Shuford. ! Mr. Jones, a native of Haywood county, lived at Clyde fo rmany years, moving to Asheville in 1902. He was well known by the older generation in this section, and was connected with the tobacco warehouses here and in Asheville. Survivinng Mr. Jones are his wid ow, Mrs. Ida Jones, of Asheville, three sons, Theodore Jones, of Washington, D. C, Oscar Jones, of Forth Worth, Texas, and J. Herbert Jones, of Ashe ville, four daughters, Mrs. George Greenwood, Mrs. Guy Brookshire, and Miss Willie Mae, all of Asheville, and Mrs. V. J. Rector, of Spartanburg, S. C, a sister Mrs. Sophia Haynes, and a step-daughter, Mrs. M. p. Haynes, both of Clyde, and several grand children. Dividend Ready For Federation Stock holders In County Stockholders dividend payments are ready at the Waynesville and Canton warehouses of the Farmers Federa tion state local manager, George A Brown, Jr. The dividend i6 3 per cent for the half year on . both preferred and common stock. This rate of 6 per cent has been paid for the past three years by the co-operative organiza tion. There are about 150 Farmers Feder ation stockholders in Haywood county, mostly farmers Who put up the work ing capital for starting the ware houses. Each county served by the farmers Federation is represented by two or more members on the board of directors. Haywood county mem bers are H. A. Osborne, Canton; Henry Francis, Wayneeville, Route 2; R. T. Boyd, Waynesville, Route 2. The organization started with one warehouse in 1920 and recently open ed its 15th warehouse at Marion in McDowell county, the ninth county to organize a unit of the farmer co-operative. James G. K. McClure, Jr., of Fairview, is president. District P. T. A. Meeting Postponed Due to illness of one of the speak er6 on the program the western dis trict Parent-Teacher educational rally scheduled for January ninth, in Ashe ville, at the court house, has been postponed according to word received by Mrs.' Doyle D. Alley, western dis trict president. This rally will be held in January or the first part of February. Holy Name Society Holds Meeting At St. John's A meeting of the Holy Name Socie ty, of the men of Saint John's Cath olic church, was held on Tuesday night at the Tectory. After the busi ness meeting. Father Lane entertained the group with movies he had taken on some of his travels in New York, and in North Carolina, At the close of the evening : light refreshments were served. He outran John and threw him down and smothered the flames with the towel. He carried his brother into the house, took off his outer clothing, his under cloth ing having caught in only one place, and then ran three blocks to the house of a neighbor, where the parents were visiting. An examination by the physi cian, who was called at once, was made, and while there were sev eral burns, only one was serious. The doctor stated, however, had it not been for the quick atten tion of William to his brother, and his clear thinking, the boy's clothing would have burned from his body, with fatal results. Three New Members Are Added To Rotary Club At Last Meeting Three new members were taken into the Waynesville Rotary Club last week, bringing the total now to 26. The new members were: Hugh Massie, AV. L. Hardin, Jr., and J. Dale Stentz. Dr. R. H. Stretcher had charge of the program, and gave an interesting discussion on international affairs. Dr. Stretcher is chairman of the inter national committee of the club. Plans are underway by the club to entertain, the local Boy Scouts and their fathers on the loth of this month. Sometime in February, the Rota nans will be hosts to the Boos ter Club, of Hazelwood. A special program is being arranged for this meeting, Over $42,000 Col lected In 2 Months In County Taxes Tax Collector W. H. McCracken in his monthly report to the commis sioners Monday, showed that his of fice had collected for the month of December 814,887.32. This brought the total for Novem ber and December to $42,406.17. The report for both months showed that back taxes as far as 1927 had been collected. In December a col lection of over $5,000 wa made on 1929 taxes, alone. Hugh Leatherwood Gets Position At State Legislature Hugh Leatherwood has been ap pointed assistant sergeant-at-arms of the State Senate, for the session which opened yesterday. He left here on Tuesday for Raleigh to take Over his new duties. . Mr. Leatherwood has been active in political circles of the county and state for the past several years. He was assigned manager for Sandy Graham in Haywood county, during the latter's candidacy for governor in the June primary. His record of get ting out the voters in this campaign brought Mr. Graham's vote within a few hundred of Clyde R, Hoey's win ning vote. . Indexing Job Ap proved By Board The board of commissioners in ses sion Monday and the greater part of Tuesday accepted the indexting of the books in the register of deeds of fice from 1930 to the present date. Orders were als0 issued for the work to continue and that all the books be reindexed from the beginning of the records to 1930. Other than general routine matters, and an executive session, in which seVeral matters of legislation were discussed, no other matters were dis posed of by the board. Series Of Talks To Be Continued At St. John's Tonight The fourth in a series of lectures on the Ten Commandments, which are being sponsored by Father Howard V. Lane, at Saint John's Catholic church, Will be given Thursday at 7:30 o'clock. Father Harkins, chaplain of St. Genevieve's College, of Asheville. will be the Pneaker. His subject will be. "Hallowed Be Thy Name." , The services will consist of prayers, sermon, special musk questions and answers, and Benediction of the Bless ed Sacrament. Mrs. Fred Martin will be the guest soloist, and Mrs. Evander Piasion will be at the organ. To Take Oath i' ' ' ' X' a ifiW if 1 . A: one m-li anil Irt-eonn- Nurth t IMith man to ocrupv stand' in Die rain to will take part. The Mountaineer Office Has Been Remodeled, Repainted The Mountaineer was published this week under most trying cir cumstances. Carpenters ham mered and sawed, while painters tried to cover everything in sight with their cavas. Those who tried to gather and prepare news were constantly moved from one comer to an other, in an effort to escape work men who have the job of remod eling, repainting and improving the entire office of this newspa per. Those setting type, likewise, were moved from pillar to post many times a day. The front office has been refin ished in ivory and green, with thi? furniture stained dark brown. The front office now contains the subscription desk, and the society editor's desk, a counter and filing cabinets. The wicker furniture formerly used in the office has. been moved nearer the front windows. Immediately back of this office, is the office of the editor. Each office is partitioned off from the composing room. Large glass panel6 from the top of the doors to the ceiling, provide plenty of light in every department. Representative Cabe In Raleigh Representative J. F. Cabe left early Tuesday morning for Raleigh to be present when the general assembly opened yesterday. Before Mr. Cabe left he made no statement as to his plans. He has discussed at length several changes in the commissioner's law as passed by by Mr. Bailey in the 1934 legislature. He has told friends that he does not anticipate introducing any bills other than a few which will pertain di rectly to thig county. January Term Of Civil Court Ends The January term of civil court adjourned Wednesday afternoon, af ter disposing of all the cases that were ready for trial. The docket this term contained the smallest number of cases in a number of years. During the term, which was presid ed over by Judge F. Donald Fhillips, a divorce case up for disposition, and a jury was called in to hear the case, and spectators were amused to note that the jury was composed of 2 judg es, 7 lawyers, a sheriff and 2 farmers. Even at that, they agreed on the mer its of the ease, ; Miss Christine Hogan and Mr. Harry Hogan spent last week in Spartanburg visiting friends and relatives. Of Office Today i.vm: ii. iioi:- ck today. Clyde- K; llocy. will take the oatlv of i, nice an.lnia .- 31st Kovenmr. elected hv the eojile' and the the executives seat. Hukc thrones were xpeeted re witness ihe liuiimuration. .'sonie hniK like l.-iuii troupy All the walls in the office, in cluding the composing room, have been done over with ivory paint, and trimmed in light green. The press room, in the base ment was recently re-painted, and for the present will not get any further work, other than some mechanical additions. The equipment in the compos ing room has been re-arranged to a better advantage, giving more room, and allowing for ex tra equipment to be added. One distinct advantage has , been the building of a large stock room, with panel doiv. The stock room is perhaps the largest of its kind in this area. : The room is dust proof, and keeps the; largest quantity of stock clean at all times. Each piece of equipment will have individual lights, and each desk will be provided with a sep . a rate lighting unit. Members of the staff feel that they will be Well pleased with theii-remodeied home after all the sawdust and paint di ippings have been brushed away. Teachers Of County To Meet Here For Regular Meet. Sat. The fourth countv-wide teachers meeting will be held in the Central Elemetary school auditorium, at 9:30 o clock on Saturday, January the 9th. Jack Messer, county superintendent of education, will preside. The Rev. Albert New, rector of Grace Episcopal church, will conduct the devotional. Prior to the program a brief busi ness session will be held. Fred Saf ford, principal of the Fines Creek dis trict schools, will talk on "Foreign Languages." W. L. Fitzgerald, agri cultural teacher, of the Clyde high school, will speak on vocational edu cation. : Miss Ethel Craig, head of the busi ness training course in the Township High School, will discuss "Business Education." M. H. Bowles, superin tendent of the Waynesville Township schools, will talk on 'Matheniatics." C. C. Hansen, principal of the Bethel district schools, will speak on "Nat ural, Science." W. C. Russ, editor of The Mountaineer, will address the group on the "Proposed School Legis lation." The program will close with a general discussion of echoo! legis i?lation. Miss Josephine Plott, Miss Minnie Burgin, Miss Lucy Jones, and Miss Lillian. Burgin, made up a party mo toring to Ashevill.j on Friday. C. Of C. Will Make An Industrial Sur vey At Early Date Chamber Of Commerce To Take Active Part In Industrial Life Of The Community The industrial committee of tihe Chamber of Commerce met and dis cussed informally Tuesday night sev eral major questions, which the or ganization will attempt to solve dur ing the coming year. An industrial survey of the com munity will be made and kept on file at the Chamber of Commerce, and new industries will be sought that will be relative to those already in oper ation. One part of the program will be more recognition of the industries already here, and to work out prob lems with them. One matter brought up at the meet ing Tuesday night was the fact that no formal programs are arranged in ui; community for National holidays. It is for that reason, it was pointed cut, that the plants now close only on Thanksgiving and Christmas. They find it is better to work to than to ilose when there is no program or formal celebration. Several projects are being work ed on and if fully developed would mean employment for a number of women. Charles E. Ray, president of the organization, said informally yester day, that the organization should de vote equal time to industry, agri culture and tourist. L. M. Ekheson, chairman of the industrial committee, and his associates are of this same opinion. : J. Dai? Stentz, secretary of the or ganization, will make the sui vey in the near future. The survey will in-, elude every type of industry and every industrial firm in the community, and will be under the general 'direction of Mr. Kkheson'p committee. After all this information is gathered, the pres ent plans are to tail another meeting nd discuss further, the matter of more industries for this area, and better co-operation with those which are already here. Burley Tobacco Prices Are Good Haywood farmers continued to iret' good prices for their tobacco. Some of those who have recently sold, were as follows: Charlie Parton, of Waynesville,. route two, sold 1,882 pounds for $815. This was grown on seven tenths of an. acre.' .'.'.- Bryan Medford. of Jonathan Creek, sold 3,100 pounds for $1,260. This j was grown on one and three-quarters dl ICO.. : Mark Howell, also of Jonathan Creek, netted $1,100 for 2,000 pounds, which he grew on one acre. Pure Oil Station Sold To O'Farrell The Pure Oil Service Station, next to The Mountaineer office, was bought this week by R. E, O'Ferrell. The new owner took charge Tuesday morn ing.' - ' ' No immediate changes are planned by the new manager, it was an nounced. The same lines of oik greases and gasoline will be handled as heretofore. Bank Directors To Be Elected On 12th The annual meeting of the stock holders of the First National Bank, will be held in the office of the bank" on Tuesday, January the 12th, ac cording to a statement made by J. H. Way, Jr., cashier. This meeting is held for the purpose of the election of the directore and for a discussion of other matters relative to the affairs of the bank. TO PRESENT 411 MEDAL Home Demonstration Agent, Miss Mary Margaret Smith, has received a handsome gold medal from State Club Leader. L. R. Harril to be presented to Vivadean Swayngim, county cham pion in the Rural Electrification con test which the Westinghouse Electric Company sponsors among the 1.000, 000 club members of the Nation through the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work of Chicago. The Weather Max. . Min. Wednesday '.( ' 43 Thursday 55 39 Friday 52 39 Saturday CO 1 41 Sunday ' 52 ' ' 21 Monday 42 23 Tuesday 41 33