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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-THIRD YEAR NO. 3 WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1937 $1.00 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY Over 1,700 Patients Cared For At Haywood Hospital Last Year Average Of 70 Patients Cared For Daily In 55 Bed Hospital. Operating Costs Reduced With its xeaognition from the American Hospital Association of a place on their accredited list during the past year, the Haywood County Hospital has also reached a record peak in its service to the people of the county. Since the Haywood institution opened its doors to the public on Jan uary the 1st, 1928, it has been in the limelight of hospitalization in North Carolina, being the first hospi tal to receive a donation from the Duke Endowment Fund It has from time to time been visited by groups from other communities, v-ontemplat- inp the erection of similar institu - tions. "The past year has brought a defi- nite realization to those responsible for the operation of the hospital, the urgent need for more room. The in stitution was built with a fifty-five bed capacity, and an emergency ac commodation for 65. During 1936 the daily number of patients has averaged around 70, while at times there have been more than 90 patients crowded into the wards, room? and solariums. It will be impossible to ignore this growing demand much longer. The comparisons of the figures of 1935 with those of 1936 give an im pressive idea of what' has actually been accomplished during the past vear. In 1935 there were 1,239 pn- tients admitted tG the hospital,'' while in. ' 1036 there were admitted 1.700 patients. " . ' ' In .1036 there, were a total of 26,544 patient days, as compared to a total of 16.384 patient days during 1035, making an actual increase of more than 10.000 patient days for the past year. JJx fi:.r.e::; creasing demands of a creator num ber of patients and a higher cost of living of 1936, it has with keen man agement, been possible to reduce the cost to $1.60 per patient day. Hos pitals of similar size and standard in 1935 operated at a cost of $3.45 per patient day. Had the management of the hos pital pot been able to reduce this daily cost per patient in 1936. num bers of charity cases in the direst need of medical attention, would have been turned away, or the hospital operating on a bals of J2.03, the costs would have been around $11,000 more than the previous year. This ; would have left the hospital in debt, unable to meet operating expenses. During the past year a full time i man has been given the job of col i lecting the accounts. It has also been his duty to investigate the charity ; cases, going into records fully, to as i certain whether or not the patient or the family could pay the hospital bill, i For the past six months A. P. Led , better has held this position. As an 'indication not onlv of better times. ; but an increasing appreciation of the i hospital on the part of the public in t general, during the past few months, a total of $1,600 oh old accounts, some dating back to 1928, has been col lected, 1 In addition to these collections long in arrears, more than $1,000 in produce such as potatoes, beans and tomatoes, have been turned in as payment on patient accounts. . The following figures give a very definite idea of the increase of the past year over the previous one: Increase in patients approximately 37 per cent; increase in patient days, 60 per cent; increase in expenses of operation 30 per cent, and increase in collections 30 per cent. - The board of trustees are formu lating plans to finance additional rooms, and also to build more com pletely isolated wards for the casts of contagious diseases. I Miss Ruth HamDton is the effrt cent superintedent of the Haywood County Hospital. The board of trus tees is composed of the fol lowing: Ruf us : Siler, .chairman, Dr. J. W Smathers . fill t Worntc -' r- - - jiBe, Edwin Fincher, of Clyde, and from Canton, F. T. Peden, and C. L. Westmoreland. Today's Market The following cash nrice were Ko. paid Wednesday by the Farmers federation here: Chickens, heavy weight hens ....10c mckens, fryers . 12c Eggs, dozen ................. ..15C Corn, hushe . .". ,190c Hazelwood Votes To Spend $10,000 Im proving The Streets WPA Is Putting Up $20,000 For Continuance Of Street Pro ject. 75 Men Given Jobs Hazelwood voters cast ballots seven to one for the ordinance which caiis for the selling of $10,000 worth of bonds in order that the street pav ing project may b? continued. The voice of the voters in apnrov- 1 ing the issuance of $10,000 in bonds, j means that WPA will put up $20,000 on the project. The $30,000 new ! available will enable the town of Hazelwood to repair, resurface and j ui!1 side.-. Iks- and necessary bridge? ! on every imports;!.: street ;n u.e town. It is expected that about SO days will be required to make the sale of bonds, and complete other necessary legal proceedure. Present plans are to have about 75 men work on the street project. For the past several months a crew of about that many men have been en gaged in paving Brown Avenue from the high school to Highway No. 10 at. Bradley & Rhea store. Th. city officials were elated over the outcome of the elect ion. In fact the - overwhelming majority was even more than had been hoped for. The, town " recently bought: street i nitt.-mnery, ar.d have already paid 'i ''"' it, and with this extra $30,000 the -y feel tna't the streets of the town j can pul i- rim dus condition for j 'cars to come. Hazelwood officials are: Whitner Prevost, mayor, C. X. Allen, Frank j'Compton and Sam Knight, aldermen, I : Noted Lecturer To Appear Here Soon Dr. Charles E. Barker, of Grand Rapids, Mich., will speak here on Tuesday, February 9, under the aus pices of the Waynesville Rotary Club. The club is bringing Dr. Barker here as a contribution of community.-service. . Dr, Barker h:.s delivered over 1 1,000 address s over the nation, ar.d hag been heard by an estimated au dience of four million adults, three million high school students and a half million 'college students. Present plan are to get Dr. Barker to appear at the h'.gh school, at the Rotary CI Ob, and in a public address at the court house in the. evening. Further .details of these meetings, will be given -'later. Atkins Re-appointed Manager At Lake J. James Atkins.. Jr., has been re appointed as gti'.eial manager of the Southern Meth'-'d.:st Assembly. at Lake Junaluska. Other ofneers' have rot been r,a:r..c'i.; it was learned. Mr. Atkins is rr.r.kirg plans for ing ahead with ". prrrams for the. coming season. Mr. Atkins took noon to take the oath of office and over the management of the Southern 1 present, his inaugural address. His Methodist Assembly in August, 1P32, j address took twentv minutes only and when it was oprattd under a receiv- was said to be the shortest ever 'de ership. llvered in the history of the United W.CT.C. To Give TtaAin. Prnrrrom 90 , IVdUlU rrUgldill Cu'lowhee. The G;veat Smoky Mountains at:onal Park as a Sum mer Laboratory" is the title of a pro gram that Western Carolina Teachers College will present from station WSM., NashviEe, Tennessee, Janu ary 22, at 10:30 p. m. Eastern Stand ard time. The program is sponsored jointly-. by the-National Life and Ac cident Insurance Company and George Peabody College for Teach ers, Nashville. " As a result of the interest aroused in the program of last February on "A Teachers College in the Open Country' Western Carolina Teachers College hag been invited by the spon sors to give a similar program this year.'- - . .. ' ?EVEN FROM HERE ON W.CT.C. HONOR ROLL Cullowhee. Seven Haywood county students were placed on the - Beta honor roll for the fall quarter at Western Carolina Teachers College. They were: Ruth Burch, Mary Glee Fergtison, Deane Frazier, Mary Lou Morrow, Shirley Muse, Emily Palmer, Chairmen Of President's Birthday Ball ilk- ' ' ltaV t r ri W. G. BYKHS ;iyin'sille Ciiuirman County To Begin Foreclosure Suits On All Back Taxes Foreclosures Will lie Started On Property. And .Deeds Made To Count v T- f board of county commissi-ont i ;ia.-.-(i! an- cil;ier. at the third M'i!'lay 'meeting tiiis week.' that "fotei'losme suits' must lie pushed' inmu itely to property when' the county t.tx'es -had not been paid to I'.'oti. . The order, in part, said '.hat the suite must be pushed immediately Id' judgment, and that deeds of the prop erty foreclosed be made to the county. It is pointed out in the notice pub lished elsewhere in this paper, that the county can take a deed to the property within 70 days after the in stitution of the suits. Chairman of the board, J. A. Lowe, said that the records . revealed that back taxes amounting to between $150,000' and $200,000 were on the county's books, and the board felt that ample time had bee n givtn, since some of the -'delinquent'!.- date back to 1927. Among other matters disposed' of, was the i-emcva! of. the terracing equipment, -which longs to the county, to a shed at the county home. It seems that the -equipment- is not being used frequently enough to justify it stayintr out in all kinds -oi weather. General matters .'of routine, which included' a number of indigent cases, were disposed of by the boar.!. President Roosevelt Inaugurated Wed. Ir. the first niivl'Winter ina ugural ever held. Franklin -.-.Delano : K-' .so velt began his second term a pres ident of the United States, .yesterday in the presence of -thousands'; cele brating the Democratic party's great victory last November. Despite the. chilly rain, thousands: of visitors sloshed through the sod den streets and stood for hours await- he president's appearance' at States. .'...". His first puolic appearance was in a short drive from the White House to St. Johns Episcopal church on the opposite side of Lafayette park shortly after 10 a. m. He prayed there on the morning of March the 4th, his first inaugural day. At "ll':3o a. m. began the four hour and a half spectacle, for the inaugural crowds when Mr, Roosevelt and Mr. Garner and their official parties made their way to the Capitol, The out doors events ended at 4 p. m. when the President took a salute from the last parader. The actual inaugural ceremonies : took about one hour. There Was a White House luncheon and tea, with 3,000 guests. Last night there was an inaugural concert, which was attended by Mrs. Roosevelt, but not the President. . The greatest drama of the entire momentous day was when the Pres ident stood before Chief Justice Hughes and repeated the oath to pro tect the Constitution" of the United States of America. Hugh Leatherjvood Given Promotion In Legislature Hugh Leatherwood, who has been assistant sergeant-at-arms in the Sen- ate in Raleigh, has been promoted to jng rectcrs in charge on Sunday morn the printed bills df riar-n r tVp':. . , ? .if mi; .i. I.. i!i'i:vis ( anion hail man Gala An air Being Planned For Stag ing Ball In Canton Sponsors Will lie Announced Next Week By Two C hair men In County While it has seemed advisable to hoid only int, President's Hall in Hay wood county, a chairman has iieen appointed by '-Colonel Henry L. Do berty, chairman of the Nat ionaP com mittee for both Waynesville and Can ton. W. G. Hyers has been appointed for Waynesville -and Dr. J. L. Reeves I for Canton, where the ball will be ..held. Mr. Byei's and Dr, Reeves are co operating in making the-arrangements for the affair, with Mr. Byeis making the appoint inertia of the sponsers from Wayrexville, which wi'l be an nounced next week. The tickets for the ball will be $1.50 for a couple, or for a single entrance. For those not interested in attending the ball, but who wish to participate in this celebration of the birthday anniversary of President Roosevelt, there will be the oppor tunity of sending personal greetings. Postal and Western Union telegraph offices in the country will send mes sages for 25 cents from any point in the country to Washington. This en tire amount will be given to the Warm Spring Fund. Rotarians Entertain Scouts And Fathers tou( Executive Points Out Need For More Scouting In Hay wood County : . The Waynesville 'Rotary'' f lub iti tertaine,! 25 Ilov Scouts and their fathers at a .'banquet Friday night at th,. Sunday school building Of the First Batitist church. A. W. Aihn. Scout .executive of this district, was the principal speaker of. the evening. The program was in charge of M. II. Bowles, who introduced J. ('. Brown, s out master. Mr. Brown in trtidueod tach Scout, why in turn in troduced their fathers. Al! the Scouts were in full Scout uniform. Mr. Allen made an inspiring talk oh Scouting, and pointed out during thp course of his remarks, that .there were over 1 ,700 boys in Hay woo 1 county of the Scout age who needed the influence of Scouting. He praised the Rotary Club for the work thev weTe doing in sponsoring the Waynes ville troop, which now is a full troop with 32 members. A- committee romposed of L, M. Richeson, Ben Colkitt. J. Dale Stentz, M. D. Watkins. Dr. S. P. Gay, M. C. Green, and M, H. Bowles, chairman, was named t0 meet with Mr. Allen tonight to discuss organizing the county into a district. The committee is slated to meet this week and form ulate plans. The Scouts and their fathers were guests of the Rotary Club; The meet ing was presided over by Dr. C.N. Sisk, president. Rev. Albert New Goes To Florida The Rev. and Mrs. Albert New will leave today for Lake Wales, Fla., where they Will spend the next two months. . . Rev. Mr. New will he the rector of the "Church of the Good Sheperd," of Lake Wales. He goes upon invita tion of the church. Six years ago Mr. New served as rector of this church, during the touriet season. The services of Grace church will continue the usual routine with visit- Representative Cabe Plans To Make Several Major Changes 1936 Was Best Year In History Of Local Building And Loan Same Directors Ke-elected For 1937'. Association Has 1.6 17 Shares In Force The eighteenth annual meeting of the stockholders of the Haywoou Home Building and Loan Association was held on Tuesday night in the of fices of the association in the Mor-j gan-wam ouihiing, with a large num ber of stockholders present. According to K. L. 1'hvoj., presi dent of the association, f ie oast war was the most satisfactory in the hisr 1,111 provides, that only three moni tory of the organization, with the bus of the county board of commis- outlook, for the future the best in years. He- pointed out the demand and desire of prospective home own ers to obtain financial assistance at this time, and the responsibility of the community to supply this demand. The report of S. II. llushneil, sec retary and treasurer, was gratify ing, both as to the incr(".-ed num ber of stockholders and the general condition of the association. It was revealed that there arc at presint 4.(147 shares in force, including in stallment and full-paid shares, as against a total of 4,.i;i;i ef !h" pre vious year. , . The total operating expense lor the year, including the .ila-v of th.1 .-ec-ret a ry1-treasurer and all olhet' ex penditures amounted' to W.bYd.-lO, w'hile the net income for the Ves'tr. to taled $15,(i8ti.09. Full-paid share? to date total $130,900 Undivided prof its total $15,01, with -a reserve of $20,441.18. ""'''. There has lieen a reduction -of more than $20,000 in the real estate hold ings of the association during the year. As further evidence of the con dition of the 'organization.-the. time maturity' of the stuck was reduced from 340 weeks to 338 weeks. Ke-eletel as directors were tho fol lowing: C. N. Allen, .1. R. Boyd, W. H. Burgin, S. H. Bushncll, O. II. She'lton, L. M. Killian, H. L. Prevost, J. W. Ray, L. M. Richesoii, and E. J. Hyatt. Oliicers will be elected in the near future by the board- of directors. Much Interest Cen tered Around Nam ing Highway Com. '.Political observers in RaKigh do not. fail to ask people fniii this see- tinn who visit 111 ; he Capitol city, what the genera!.- opinion i- regarding1 I possible ' .appointments-- to the Slate I llliglnvay and Public W()ks Con)- ' mi:-sion.- .-'-.; (ic r. ral talk in Raleifh is that J. 1 11. Ye, for., off Hendersonvi'le, (who .1 managed ' -;M r, -'Hoey's 'campaign., in llciiderson county,' is favoitd f.,r a. place nn ..ihv board. In the s;. me line. 1 fl. ( '. " Greeiie. of AsheVille, is Vicing 1 bo(.tc,i by his friends; as cnairmar. , of the board. .1 While Mr. Greene has not said, he ' would tak,, the place if offeti d to 1 u l..-: -ir. 1 . (i mi- iim-e , irnnrdii to 1 him, it is understood that he would. ' A number of others have been men- ; tioned in connection with the high- j way commission, but -those "two are supposed to know what is going to ! Happen in political affairs, predict that -Mr. Greene and Yelton now stand the best chance of representing the west on the board. The same political observers point out that the health of Frank W. Mil ler will keep him from considering re-appointment, and in view of the fact that Haywood county has been represented on the board, it is not likely that a Haywood man will be named by Governor Hoey. Class In Puppetry Has Been Started A class in puppetry for the teach ers, including students -'from both Haywood and Jackson, was started during the week with Mrs. Grover Beard, of the extension division of education of the University of North Carolina, as instructor. The class will continue for four and a half months, wiflh lesson pe riods on Thursday afternoons from 4 until 8 o'clock, in the American Le gion home. There are at present 28 teachers enrolled. A four and a half months course in modern equipped playgrounds has recently been completed by Mrs. Beard, which included twenty-four teachers as Students. The work dealt with games and plays for students of public schools ranging from the nrst graae tnrougn hign scnool. A , miniature exhibit of a modern play- ground built by the class is on dis- ; Will Reduce Salaries Of City Officials And Cut Commis sioners To 3 Members Representative John Cabe has sev en major changes in mind for Hay wood '-county, and several others under consideration, he told The Moun taineer in an interview in Raleigh last week. The two most drastic changes will be made in the county board of com missioners and the Waynesvillo board of aldermen- The county board will be reduced to three mem bers, and the chairman on a full time basis. Representative Cabe plans to reduce the- salaries of the town board and the mayor. t the. next flection, Mr. Cube's sioners .vhall be elected, and that the Vhairman shall devote his full time looking after th,, affairs of the coun ty. It is Mr. Cabe's present plan to place a salary of $1,000 a jear for the chairman, and $5 per day for the other two members. For the town aldermen, tho sala ries will be reduced from $36 a month to $50 a year, if present plans aro carried out and made into a law. The salary of the mayor of this city will be placed at $50 a month in stead of $72. This new scale for sal aries will heconv effective after the city election this coming May. Mr. Cabe also has a bill which he plans to introduce which will cut the pay of the city tax collector in half. Town taxes are collected on a per centage basis, and the percentage wiil tie redu.ed. Back to the county -changes,-a bill which would, make the tax collector'-! . oflice elective will be introduced. At present, the' tax' collector is -appointed by the board. of ccmrriissioners. This bill, in the tentative form, specifies the same salary as at present, namely.' $I,MM' ,1 year. In 1!."' the legislature passed a law which ,lio away w.th the absentee ballots ,;,eing cast for vounty oflives. Abscmeo .ballots' can , v ,ast for state and national candidates, So Representative Cabe plans to change this law and make it the same as it was before lf35, in order that ab sentee ballots can be cast for any candidate by ' any Hay Wood voter. Mr (labe also favors includine? Il.iv. -wood -county in a bill .that f,:, mI. ready-'ireen iiitrodureff whi,.h ,;ii I a -ban ,. ...v lw ,,UL - -i. . .win snooting tire : "'" " this county. " The bill, in the . pi ; . -l ilt form, however, provides for ; -display 'of - fin woiks upon per 1 n'-'S!-1"i of officers of the county, I Jhv legislature of. Jl.j:j created the , ofhc,. of deputy vonstal le. Mr. Cabe '"-'sinucn as the office - -is- not hlled at pasent, ;.i,d h(. s,.,.s no nason for its existence, he -will in: t reduce a bill to aoolish it. ; Another matter tnnt, Repreciv;a tive Cabe is giving niueb ( onsideralion is the revaluation- of pivjperty. He has not-.made any decision as to what he will doer this mtitter as yet, onlv Mating, "I have the matter un ,, " consideration." A. state-wide. bill, and p.-, bans t.io- (flllV h, 1 .1... , ... unS imiuiti inai rie win inu'l'uce, calls, -for payment of age nc,""ix ;Jlv, lo Civil War Veterans an i lile'r . wivvs each month, instead of tATr ,,vix m(r!ths. The reason for tfli bill, he poinud out, is that there -.-. r, ui tin- oiu tomiers or their widows left, and most or 'hem depend on their pension, that they' should have it When they need it most. Making the payments monthly would not add any additional cost on the state, and would n.e.-tn but little (Continued on Back Page) W. E. SHEPHERD PASSES AWAY IN COLORADO aw c. ri,, f .v.-: --11- News was received here during the week of the death of W. E. Sheperd, a former resident of Haywood coun ty, which occurred in Denver, Colo., on January the 10th. Mr. Sheperd was the cashier of the old Bank of Waynesville, of which Captain Alden Howell was president,' for some years before moving t Colorado. He is a brother-in-law of Horrre N. Sentelle, of Canton, having marrie I Miss Lavonia Senteile, daughter of the late Rev. R. A. Sentelle. we'l known educate of Haywood county, The Weal Iter Max. . ec. 54 53 69 Mir. 55 5? 28 l 2-S 41 Wednesday Thursday TvtHa Saturday Sunday