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nn HE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAIN Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park FIFTY-THIRD YEAR NO. 5 WAYNESVILLE, N. ( .. THURSDAY,. FEBRUARY 4. 1937 $1.00 IN ADVANCE IN GXHJNTY EER Encouraging Re ports Given To C. j Of C. Directorsj Annual Meeting And Election Of j Directors Will Be Held. Fri day. Feb. 26th The directors of the Chamber of Commerce have set Friday evening-, February 26th, as the date for the annual election of directors for the toming year. The meeting will be field at the court house. , At their meeting '1 uesday night, the directors heard a report from the sec retary. J. Pale Stentz, as to the ac- I iiviiies of the organization for the j part year. The report was encour aging from every point, the directors agreed, and the number of things! that have been accomplished were termed as "astonishing" by the di rectors. Mr. Stentz will give this same re port ac ine aiiiiuu uitreujijf. The report of the treasurer of the organization also showed that over j $2,100 have been collected for 1936. j There are several pledges with bal ances due, the report showed. V. H. ' Massie is treasurer, Beside the reports, Charles E. Ray, i Tr ,iHf.nt called for rpnort from ! the industrial committee; of winch L. j M. Rieheson )s chairman. The board entered into a discussion of the re- j port, and it was the opinion of the board that the committee's report was the most encouraging that had been made in a number of years. Active work along several lines has been started, but no definite statement re garding any one of these ws made public. Improvements Made To Interior Of Store At C. E. Ray's Sons Extensive improvements have been' in progress at C. E. Ray's Son for the past several weeks. The ceiling ef the store ha, been re-painted, and a number of dress compartments in the ready-to-wear department. In the ready-bo-wear department, three dressing rooms have been built. This will afford an individual room for the customers, it was pointed out. Several dress cases, with sliding doors, have been built. These will give more space for the display of ready-to-wear. Several changes have been made in the shoe department. Two display cases have been added to the equip ment, and a separate department es tablished for the large sto..lt of work i-tioes. Plans are being made to make other mterior changes, it was learned. Hill Sharp Hurt When Truck Hits Freight Engine Hll Sharp was painfully injured ast Thursday afternoon, when the lightweight truck he wa riding in crashed into the side of a freight en gine at the Boyd Avenue crossing. Sharp sustained a fractured skull, but was reported as doing nicely at '.the '..Haywood County Hospital yes terilay. Carl Reece wag said to have bees the driver of the track, and W. Craw itL MoCracken was a passenger. Neither of them were injured. The frock hit the engine about mid-way, t was said, and then crashed into a telephone pole. Other than a broken wheel the truck was not damaged. The accident happened during one ef the hardest downpours of l..t veek. : ;',. .:.. BUYERS FROM MASSIE'S ON TRIP TO ST. LOUIS Mr. Hugh Massie and Mrs. Roy trpbe11 on Sunday for St. Louis, where they will - to purchase spring merchandise fo- .assie's Department tore. In Knoxville they joined a group of buyers and motored to St. Loms. Mr. Massie had intended TOakmg the trip last week, but was wt.vea on account of flood conditions. To AH Readers Are you keeping up with what is going on in Wash ington and Raleigh by read ing the two special columns under "What Is Going On In Our Capitals?" We believe you will find in them some facts that are of vital concern to you and your family. Noted Lecturer DR. C. E. BARKER Noted Lecturer To Appear Here Tues day, February 9th Rotary Club Of This City Spon- ....... - ... "e Aanresses ' , c-. liarKer Four million adults, three million high school students, and a half mil lion college students have bei. in spired by Dr. Charles E. Barker, lec turer and teacher, who comes to Wa -iM-lnci-ill w.vf Tii T.v. L. 9th. under the auspices of the Wav- nesville Rotary Club. ' , . I UVMIill. rt'UI Uill V Dr. barker will speak at eleven o'clock before the high school stu dents, and at 12:45 he will speak to the Rotary Club, and at 7:30 thai evening will address the public at the court hou.. His most nopular lecture: "How To Make The Mot Out of Life," has al ways inspired the high school stu dents. It has been found that three (Continued on back I'agt-) Cabe's BiifWiir Make Changes On Education Board (Spei-Jal to The Mountaineer.) Representative John Cabe has in his pocket a bill which he will intro duce within the next few days, mak ing material changes in the Board of Education of Haywood county. He will appoint John Best as a member of the board for a term of six years, R. T. Messer foi- four years and Hom er V. Cagle for two years. The- term of office of all the members thus ap pointed will begin on April J, of this year. Mr. Cane's bill, to reduce the salaries of the mayor and the members of the board of aldermen of W'aynesville l has Dot vet. been introduced, but the Haywood representative states that tiiis too will be dropped into the hopper of the Houes within a short time. Mr. Cabe'f bill regarding the change on the board of elu atien, reads as follows; Section 1. That the Board of Educa tion of Haywood County be composed of three members, to-wit: R. T. Mes ser, John Best and Homer V. Cagle, who shall begin their terms of office from and after the first day of April. 1937. Section II. That John Best be and he hereby anoointed a member of (('ontmw-d on back Pag') Monument Company I rp Tti Tniitn i IU UpUl III XUHII The latest bu.iness to open in Way- mesville is the Haywood Monument Company, with H. B. Angel, genera! manager. Mr. Angel was here last week, and rented office spa-e in the First Na tional Bank building, and the lot just back of the bank for display of his monuments. He has worked in this territory for several years as a monument sales man. and1 savs he has erected monu- f ments in all parts of the county. The manager of the new oowern came to Wayneeville from Franklin. Last Rites Held For Mrs. Kinsland Funeral services will be conducted this morning from the home in Wood row, for Mrs. Gertrude Sisk Kinsland, 32, wife of James H. Kinsland, who died at 1:25 o'clock on Tuesday at the Haywood County Hospital. Mrs. Kinsland had been in ill health for sometime. The Rev. Thomas Erwln, pastor of the Riverside Baptist church, will officiate. Burial will be in the Bethel cemetery. T rr Surviving ace her husband, J. H. Kinsland, one eon. James, Jr., two sisters, Mrs. Marjory Morgan, and Miss Pauline Sisk, two brothers, J. C, and Harold Sisk. I Epidemic Of Fishing Fever Rages, As Winter's Balmy Days Still Continue Accii.-,i::-,K ;,, c. i- IMott. jrame .kiiil forestry i..roVn. of Haywood 'U!H ;t,,i KpriitK weather of Janu.,r h.,s uiven a decided im petus :,. ii. ,,f lishintt licen ces. ,un-,- the 1 5 h of January Uf-. Ii.is sold around 100 licenses. 'Ki.-liii.t. In.wiver at this siason of- ill.- vi-ar is confined to I-ake Junnlusk.i. which is open the year round with th. exception of forty d.i iK Liiiiiiiij; the 1 5th of April fiiui , ln.ni,. ,lu tie ihe Huh. which Is thr p nini; .season uf ihe suckers, earn and red horse with which -In Uik is stock. !, Ap: !l III. I f.th Mi. trout sf.iso.'i ooens. w.ih the pr:i Vfp of :-ti:nj: .iu)y the 31-1. thus it!., k . 1 1 1- : pnihl. to Iifli .inv day ihe ve.l; ,1 JlaVHoe.l l.dlllty Tin- ,.ii l!i;ii; in.,rke,l ihe hii;h- I i .! . of lie. ',-, - eVel sold tiv Road From Sunburst To Rosman Being built By CCC Men u ili ij., lu-miifni " ,k .iititii! Stemc Dm e When Completed ; And Short- Cut To S. C. The ( CC amp at Suniiuist. is now engaged in imilding a 112-foot road from "Sunbu:.--. up the mountain to I'onturt with the road that has been mini iioni uosinau, in 1 ransv vama ! , ' " , , c " . ' ! A ., mf ' h"" ' to fsouth I ai- , ..... TU.. 1 , . . The U ;j .. : , , ...... ......i.v.J I'UU l-V Ldl'Ul. ....,v,. n, ! imiiiv e; in lamp. With Lieut. Magid was rilomSS Kamsey, who is in charge of the work. These two men discu;.-( the r Mork at the regular wce'dv n ceiitig of :ne Rotary C.'uo last n- ly. '1'hey o.nt eii out that, at pivsent thov hau lf.l men in camp. During til" past weik ! five of the men whom they bad train ed had been given good jobs. Approximately $'5,000 is reu .veil by parent, in Haywod county emh ; month from their boys who ar" in 1 CCC camps. F:i h boy sends $25 i home. The .Sunburst vamp has one of the highest ratings of any camp in the j south. The boys are also taught -ev- eral trades, including masonry, form ; carpentry, and emcnt work. ;i0-ton bridge.s are being built along the road over the mountain, and in several places high rock retaining walls have been constructed. Thi road, when completed, will be one of the mwt beautiful scenic drives in Western North Carolina, if was said. Robert Harilui, of aynesville, is superintendent of work ia the Sun burst camp. Mi. -Jack -Mes.-er and Miss Marie riott left n Saturoay for' New York City, where the former has gone to purchase spring models for the F'ash- ion nop. iney were accomjMtnied as for ..wick taxes, as stressed in an ad far as Greensboro by Mr. Jack Messer, i vertiement ;1j.peariiij! dsewhere in who spent the wtn-k-end in Raleigh. I this jiaper. What's-Going IN w AMtivno.v (By Senator Ilttcrt R. Reynlds.) Often some bighly constroetive piwe of legislatM.n is thrown into the Congressional hopper and lot in the grind because it lacks dramatic ap peal. In other words, its great sig nifirance'is not quickly grasped.- Such a measure has been offered by my colleague, Senator King, f Utah. It asked the President to call for Eed- eral and state conferences on the sub- ' ject of taxation with the objective of bringing order out of chaos in the taxing field. There i no single issue of greater importance to our people toilay than the need for settling once and for all the proper sources of tax revenue for the Federal Government, the states and their political subdivisions. The present method of double taxation, whereby the Federal Government and the state, and often counties and cities, tap the same tax reservoirs is having a disastrous effect. The situ ation is steadily growing worse. One example is gasoline. The Fed eral Government collects a gas tax, every state .'levies such a, tax, and in many sections county and cities have superimposed gag taxes. The result is that in many areas the combined taxes exceed .the price of the com modity. Another example is cigar ette taxes. In 0ne state the users of cigarettes pay a Federal tax of six cents and etate tax of five cents, or a total of eleven cents on each pack age. At" this rate, the use of one package f cigarettes each day means an annual tax bill of $40.15. Here are two .flagrant instances of double tax ation, others could be cited. The existing duplicate taxation, made possible through hidden taxes levies included in the purchase price ( Continued on Page Two) a name warden in the county. Mr J'lott collected 1.!MI-i on hunt ing licenses. Jl.fiHO on fishing license, and $ 1 (Hi on fur dealer.', tiiakinK a total of $3.tii'4. which Koos into the fund of the state conservation and development de partment. ThiK Iy far the larpest total amount ever collected in one year in the county, making a ten per cent Increase ;n hoth the hunt itK and fishitiK licenses of the lushest pieviuus record. 1 hiring tin- months i.f January a nd F. hni.iry Mr. IMott is direct ing conservation work in the c.nnty schools, which includes the ll-tri..utioii ..f Mer.iMire. ' Uist month the o: our. no included st vera! in. n o s tiii'ii ir the limh s, lie. lis of the ceU'it l' .lohll It ! '"i : in. ,i.si.:.,iu - r of the !''s'.ih N.ru.nat Fur. Cherokee Auto Company Property Boucrht By C.V. Bell i i u ii r,, ., , , : .Mr. Bell Plans To Make Lxten- she Improvements Soon After July First A deed was tiled yesterday by ( V. Hell, for the property, building and fixtm of the Cherokee Auto Compa- ny, on Depot street Mr. Hell said that lie made thr ' t'uri11 the. Home Building . anJ Loan Association. The sale in- .f4...- ,1..... 1 . . . 1. ouup. vtri iuiiig mil I 111 riWK'K '.iii Walker, whn inei'ut.i.u tin. nriiifi. hn.. n n I It, 1,.... Ar,-;l l,,l .... .... 1111 JllilH V.lllll ,PU1( first, Mr, Bel! stated. Soon after the first of July, Mr. liel! said he would' completely 'remodel the place,, and make a modern one-stop station there. Several thousand ..dol lars will he spent in remodeling the building, he said, and a complete lino of Texaco product will be' used. Mr. Bell ii eouimitiitu agent for The Texas Company, here. Commissioners To Meet Again Today 'The' hoard of county cominissioiK i's are meeting again todhy,. for their third nieeting this week. They met all day .Monday and Tuesday. Chairman J. A. Lowe said that sev eral special mutters of importance would be .di. ussed by the board this morning. The two meetings the first of the week were necessitated by an increase in the number' of people ap plying for relief, and also several del- egations of citizens who brought mat- ; tor's' before the board, ; Matt'eiy, of general routine were disposed of. and amonir them wa-s I completing plans for bringing suits On i Capitals IN RALEIGH (By Dan Tompkins.) WinS' the two big committee's.- Ap propiatrons and Finan..? are working almost day and night on their .H hs of allotting the moricywith which to fir.ance the stat.-'s institutions, and department-s, an in raii-ing the rev enue for meeting the appropriations, the Assembly itself has not ben idle, and is making what will probably be a r?cent years record in completing the task and adjourning. The redistrx ting bill, which would have followed out the constitutional , mandate and mLftributed the mem- bershin of t he Hous according to the population oi ine counues, went oown to its third defeat since the last ten- sua was lanen. ami Dy a larger ma jority than in previous sessions. Representative Cabe, of Haywoolt Ledbetter, of Jackson, and Cooper, of Cherokee, were members from the far west who voted with the east to put to death the bill which would have taken representatives : from three eastern counties and added to the I Houe delegations from Buncombe, Guilford and Mecklenburg. Represen tative . Patton, of Macon, was not present when the roll was called, Jones of Swain, Kinsey. Of Transylvania, and Burgin, of Henderson, of the Democrats, and Jenkins, of Graham, of the Republicans, voted for the bill. All other Republican in the House joined with the east in defeating the bill. In 1933 the bill would have passed, and the constitution would have been made effective, had it not been for the fact that the solid Re publican delegation joined with the east, in doing the bill to death. The tobacco compact blil passed the House and -went over to the Senate where it now under discussion; but it i still problematical whether (Confirmed in Page Six) New High Mark Is Reached In Deposits A new record w; reiiched by the First National Bank on the first of February, when the total resoun.es of the institution were almost a million dollars in fait, just short of that figure by $S,5lM, according to a statement made yesterday by J. H. Way, Jr., cash ier. Present deposits are approxi mately $200,000 more than this same date last yeur. Monday morning of this week, the resources were $S;i7,-15.".iM. on the same date last year they , were $H40.4Sil.i;o, wlii. h is an in crease of $10t'i,(i0t;.7-l. Judge Alley Being ; Endorsed For Place On Supreme Court I Bar Associations In ."") Counties j Have Already Requested i d'overnor To Appoint 1 Allev Judge Felix K. Alley was endorsed by the directors of t.h ( luunher of Commerce, for an appoint inent as.' a member of the Supreme t our!. This action was taken .Monday night at their meeting. Judge Alley has b en endorsed by the bar assoi iai ioiis of alxnit .r.r coun i;..o ..r 1 1. . f..,.. i i i..,.a .. j i,i uiv ;-ni!.ct .111.1 lllllllll Vll HI I individuals have written (lOVernor Clyde Hoey asking that he place Judge Alley on the 'Supreme Court bench. The llaywoo;! Bar AsMic'.atioii was among the first to endorse Judge Alley after it became known last Novem-Ix'l- that the voters of the si-ato had overwhelmingly voted to .supplement the five justices with two additional ones. Thif.- was a const it .dionaj amendment, a hit has been passed on by the legislature. Friends of Judge Alley who have been keeping in close tou h with the situation, .feel that the Wayne villi' jurist will be one of newly appoint ed Supreme fVmrt judges. B. E. Colkitt Now Heads Bov Scout Work Of District At, the meeting of the Canton-Way-nesville district of the Daniel Boone Boy ('ouncil, of the Boy Scouts, which was organized in W'aynesville, last Friday night, B, E. Colkitt. was elected chairman, and II. E. Whitehead, of Canton; was elected vice-chairmnii. The m eting wan. held at the f'liam-Ix-r of Commerce and was attended by M'prit-entat ives of (-'tinton. Waynes villi', and . tbii'.i'luood, 'Scout .Execu tive A. W. -Allen, d' -:i. v ,,!;, v lit the plan of inn ration of. a district'. . The Canto'i-H'ayiiosviKe district will supei'visiv and promote. Scouting in Haywood county. Tiiere a-e already one troop at Waynesville and one at Canton and the district, committee expect-, to organize from five to ten l new troops tln year. Arrangements I have hei-n made to start training j course on I'Vliriiary 1'J for all those j interested in organizing Scout troops. I The first two session will he hebr-ih 1 Waynesville and the hint two in Can I ton: ''.'. Members 'if the district committee are: B. E. Clkitt; H. F. Whitehead, I. M. Richeson, M. C. (ir. en. A. M. Fairbrother. L. M. Knott, J. Boyd Smathors, Dr. S. P. Cay, Ralph 1'i-e-vost.'M. W. Watkiiw, M. H. Bowles. William Medford, Dr. A. P. (Tine, -mid James Henderson. Mr.' ;Colkitt' has. appointed the fol lowing committee chairmen: leader ship and training, M. D. Watkins; advancement, William Medford;''..' or ganization, M. H. Bowles; financ. Dr. A T f'lino orwl Point, l'w.,w.l . Uiilli,. 'j ' ,f n.' T p' w..c,V;i..i,i ' .u ,;ui vkj, ai. J , 1W it ciniivi i mi )( j camping, J. Boyd Smathers. ;at , J T j J QlCd JjUSMeSS Authority To Ad dress Merchants Arrangements have been made to have Mr, Buiscb, of the merchant's division of the National Canh Regis- Company, to address the business men of this community on the subject; "Business Methods and Efficiency," on Monday morning at eleven o'clock, at the Chamber of Commerce offices. Mr. Buisch is a much sought after speaker on business affairs. He is en route to Atlanta to fill a speaking engagement before the merchants of Atlanta. Last year when Mr. Buisch spoke before the Asheville merchants he was termed by them as being the best bus iness authority that they ever heard. It was only by reason of Mr. Buicsh passing through Waynesville en route to Atlanta, that he could stop at Way nesville. It is seldom that he stops in towns with less than 20,000 pop ulation. Everyone interested is invited to at tend. There will no admission charges. Sherman Brown To Face Trial Today, Murder Charged True Bills Returned In The Four Cases Growing Out Of Auto mobile Accidents Solicitor John M. Quc'n told Thr Mountaineer yei-terday afternoon af ter court had adjourned, that he would call the case of Sherman Brown, colored, who is charged with killing his first cousin, Hilliard Brown, early in l'.l.'t 1. Brown was arraigned In court Wednesday morning and enter-ere-d a plea of not guilty, before Judge Donald F. Phillips. Solicitor Queen had not made pub lic last, night whether he would charge Brown with first degree murder or a. lesser charge. W. Roy Francis is attorney for Brown. True bills were retuiMied in each of the four cases growing out. of au tomobile accidents. They were: Mel vin Reeves, Miss Annie line Ferguson, lames Garrett and Ned Carver. These . ar-es stjind ready for trial, but nodalt has been set by Solicitor Queen foi calling them. (iudgc'r Bryson, foreman of the grand jury, told Tho MouiHainoci that the grand jury had complete their work Wednesday night, witlt the exception of inspecting four oi live public buildingn. and the clerk's oftke. In hif charge to the grand jury. Judge Phillips pointed out the dutie of the group by giving the founda tion and principles and present pur poses of the grand jury. He stressed what he termed "two glowing evils," they we.re reckless and drunken driving, and the increa.se of larceny among the white men ami boys. A glance over the dovket of this term of court showed that hoth of the i cds stressed by Judge Phil li)s. re-:,iwen1,ed a majority of tho cases on the Haywood docket. The grand jury named to serve for the year, were: Gudger Bryson, fore man, Floyd MeCluiVj J. 1). Duckett Fred Thompson, Wale Scroggs, B. E. Smathers, Guy Fulbright, Hernial: Burgess, Gaston Rhymer, W, L. Kuy keiidall, J. C. Burnett. II. II. Ander ( Continued on .back Pag) County Tax Col lections Reach A New High Level Tax collections for Haywood coun ty MUtreii To new height last month, when a total 'of $38,03.10 was added to the county's treasury, accoiding to the regular monthly report made Mon day by .tax 'collector, W. H. Mct'rack i II to the board of commissioners. Mr. McCracken's report shov im) that ' $541.42 of the anwuirit collected was for iicnalties. Th la-rgest amount collected was for JU.'iO taxes. This item amounted t( ,711. fK. Th" Hi'Jo payments were SMt at $1 1-2.95 . Collections were mado ba-i;k as fai as 1927.: The complete ; cpor'. is -in follows: Veal' Net Taxes Penalties Total .... Collected 1!27 $. 2. Of $ . $ 2.UI 192V X.Ub 2.f,5 10.71c l!t2i .-. jrio.o'2 5J.5o ls5.1; i ;:ui : ; 2.:.'-:.4o . ,7.5i :;oo.'.i i liei"- i!2.;; 122.4c -i 1 li.'!2 .421.-10 , K4.l',,r,. pMi.0. 10:1:1 :. a;i.x2 . 77.no -w.'.vj. lll.'i t -. K.".'J..'i2 .'57.17 2(i;l. i: in:.-, ; i.oo;,.i:; .7.H2 i.l22.:r. UfM :;i.7ii.."i.s . .Ji.7 1 1 ..ok Total .'i7,."i21.t8 -.''; 5-11.42 . '3S,0"5'.-1A' Two Loca 1 Policemen Now In Flood Area The following message has lven received by Chief 'James L. String field, of the poiice -department from Ben Bryson and Max Cochran, local policemen, who left here during tin' week to offer their .-' .'vices in the flood area: ''Arrived in Lou'tyiile safely. II:vve gool quarters with the CJiarlotte and Raleigh police department. Tell the folks we ai'e all Okeh." Mr. Farmer Beginning in today's is j.sue of The Mountaineer on page three there is a full page devoted to your interest. Special atton (ion is called to the county agent's column. If you have matters you think will be of interest to other farmers, won't you send them to us just sign your name to them. Narrow Outside Margin