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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 5Jy.THIRl YEAR NO. 9 WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1937 $1.00 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY 1 j Lw fttard Of Directors, Con signs of 12 Members, Hold First Meeting i N. Davis was unanimously elect - i t thu Wavnesville Cham- .(' nl'tWfln. o - r cf Commerce, by the board of rec'ors who were elected at the an nua' election meeting on last Thurs- ia&y il?ht: ...... . . f Ernest I.. imer:, iuimn rv was named nrst vice prwiutui ami j g (olkitt was e.ecveo bvcsmiu vice Hugh Masie was re-elected treas urer anil J. Dale fttenrz was touiui ..pd a- full time .secretary. Mr I a v i succeeds v.nas. r i.ay, jr hs president, -Mr. Kay served tor years i" that capacity ami pro filed' at the annual election meeting in the court house last Thursday 'At at which time 12 directors were tfteil. , For vears past, oniy iu uiieciois were iii'iined, but a motion to elect 12 'ir l'-1'" ,vas Pas-sed, a"d three ad ditional names the names of the nominating committee were added to the prepared list of 15. From the 18 nominees, the folowing were elec ted directors: Ben E. Calkitt L. M. Richeson, Ralph I'revost, W. H. Massie, James Atkins, Jr..' Chas. E. Ray, Jr., M. H. Bowles. Dr. S. P. Gay, L. N. Davis, E L Withers, and W. Curtis kuss. At the first meeting- of the direct ors .Monday nigra, me mriiiuiij. wmi. on .'record favoring Mr. Kay tor an other term as president. He declined, .tiating that he felt two years was long enough t0 serve. Practically every member of the board expressed themselves as to the work accomplished, and the success of the organization under Mr. Ray's leadership for the past two '.years.. The year just ended was pronounced as the most succesful in many years for the organization. At the meeting Monday night was T. Troy Wyche, who asked the co operation of the organization in help ing to entertain a group of Masons which he expected to bring here -to their annual convention during1 tKe middle of July. The directors went on record, favoring this convention, and assured Mr. Wyche their support. At the election meeting, reports were heard from the president and .Secretary Stentz, and also M. H. Bowles, who served as secretary for the summer months last year. Mailed reports of the two holding the office as secretary, showed that 1936 was the most successful year in the history of the organization. Mr. Stentz pointed out a number of pro jects which were being worked upon, and .commented on them as to their possibility of becoming a reality. Mrs. f. I,. Gwyn, publicity chair man,: made a brief report, and some vjiV'--i ,r.s for the publicity commit tee for the coming year. Mrs. Grove r C. Davis spoke briefly en "Civic Pride." Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Long gave some instances.' of interest of . their recent tour through Florida.. B, E, Colkitt sketched the advantage of a program here on Labor Day and also the Fourth of July. He ap proached the subject from the stand point of the summer visitors and the industrial workers. Oscar L. Briggs told the group that fte wat-M line from the top of the mountain to the reservoir was not large enough to bring sufficient water to the city during the summer months, and that the reserve reservoir had to e used. He oointed out that if the eorr.munitv had had a large fire last summer that the water supply would have been entirely exhausted during July anil part of August. '-.;, Mr, Davis was connected with the Suncrtst Lumber Company for about twenty years. He moved to Waynes ville in 1926, and was actively con nected with the lumber company until Since that time he has been engaged in the real estate and Insu rance business here. To Our Subscribers As previously announced, the price of The Mountain eer will be advanced on April 1st to $1.50 in the county and $2.00 outside . the county. All whose subscriptions expire April 1st, or in any month during the Spring or Summer, will do well to pay for another year BEFORE " April 1st., as they will thereby save 33 1-3. U Davis Elected President i .1 fL Lnfr I Local uiaiuuer ui tununerce Senator Reynolds Urges Roosevelt To Complete Park Reynolds Believes That The Needed $750,000 Will He Provided Senator Robert R. Reynold?, after a conference with President Rtiseve'.t Monday, predicted acquisition "this summer" of 27,1)00 acres f Tennessee land necessary to formally pit e the Great Smoky Mountains NrttioHa Park under government supervision. The Chamber of Commerce, last week, wired Senator Reynolds as fol lows: "We are extremely grateful for your efforts in behalf of the Smoky Moun tains National Park and hope that the President will rind it possible to p o vide necessary funds. A million peo ple will be. greatly benefitted by im mediate opening of park and this en 1 tire park country wit! become self supporting.: We must not rest until success is ours.'' j After his conference with Presi- j dent Roosevelt. Senator Reynolds , made the statement in Washington:., "I believe this 27.000 acres will be ac- ; quired in time for the park to be taken ! over by the government this summer." , His wire to the Chamber of Com- merce here, read as follows: j "Had a conference with President'; Roosevelt this mvirning in reference j to securing additional funds in the extent of $750,000 which is needed for ' acquisition of acreage to complete park so that it may be officially ac cepted by the"government. Am con ferring with Secretary Ickes, of De partment of Interior, and shall not cease mv efforts until our desires in reference to this great American play ground have been fulfilled. I appre ciate immensely your co-operation." Penalty On Back -Taxes Would Be Abolished By Bill Haywood county and the munici rmlitipo within the countv are forbid den to Sell any property for taxes for the year 1SW5 or prior years, bet ore January 1, 19.18, under the provisions of a bill introduced by Representative Cabe m the House, Friday, ana passed under suspension of the rules. The bill als0 directs the commis sioners of the county and the govern ing bodies of all its municipalities to cancel all fines, penalties, costs and interest on all taxes .prior '-to .1935:' provided the taxes are paid before lh' first day of next January. Another bill of Mr. Cabe's pasel Friday under suspension of the rules, makes it a 'misdemeanor for any jus tice of the peace in Haywood county to take probates, issue warrants, trv cases, or exercise any authority what ever in any township except the one in which he was elected or appointed. Mr. Cube, at the request of Jame Atkins,, superintendent of the Metho dist Assembly, secured the passage of a bill under suspension -of-the rules, allowing persons to fish in Lake Juna luska without , paying the fishing li cense tax to either county or. state. All three bills are pending in the. Senate. 'V Water Main Bursts At Lake Junaluska The water main to Lake Junaluska bursted early MondaJ; morning, at a point about three feet under the level of the Lake. The lake had to be. drained low enough s0 that workmen could reach the broken six-inch pipe. At the time of the break, there were about 50,000 gallons of water in the reservoir. The supply was sufficient to fill the needs of the lake vicinity for several days. The Juna luska school was closed while the line was repaired, since the school is serv ed from the lake resevoir. . James Atkins. Jr., manager at the lake, said the pipe was of steel, and he knew of ho reason why it should have bursted, as it was not frozen at at any point, and about three feet under the water of the upper lake. Five-Inch Snow Falls In County The second snow of the winter fell in Haywood county Saturday after noon and night to a depth of about five inches. , ., Continued warmer weather for tne first part of the vek caused the greater part of the snow to mlt. a'ffiS anniversary i-naay R. Q. McCracken Claims To Hold j Record For Marrying People In Haywood 0:i Friday, March the 5th, R. Q. McCracken, known to the people throughout ,fu county as "Squire Mc Cracken," will observe his eightieth birthday. He is the son of Hiram and Mary Howell McCracken, and was born in the Crabtree section in 1S57, and has Jived in Waynesville for the past sixty years. The squire who is a direct descend ant of John Howell, at whose horn was held the first organized court in Haywood eounty, is also a descendant if Joseph MeCraiken. pioneer, the ti ist of that name to settle ill Hay wood eounty. who located at the head of Crabtree. Mr. McCracken is an authority on tile pi" . ee. mill's of the Haywood COUH- t Continued on bai k page) Education Leader Impressed With Weaving' Project .urs. ,-nna i.aior jvjrtncK, oi w. United States office of Education, of Washington, I). C, acc nipanied by J. i Warren Smith, -upervisor of indus trial 'education in the western district of the state, made a visit on Monday to the Balsam Mountain Weavers. Mrs. Hurdick is visiting only a few projects of this type in the state and the local' group is the only one to be inspected in this district, Mrs. Huixlick is ospeci.-.lly in terested in all phases of work for women. She expressed herself as highly pleased with the progress and future of the weaving project in this county. She stated that more and more are the native born Americans appreciating the arts and crafts per taining to the early history of the nation, and that for sentimental rea sons, the popularity of hand weaving will increase. MISS RUTH ROGERS ON WINNING COLLEGE TEAM Miss Ruth Rogers, of Clyde, a soph omore at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, at Greensboro, was a member of the basketball team which won the inter class tournament. What's Going IN WASHINGTON (By Senator Robert R. Reynolds.) Stripped to the bone. President Roosevelt's proposal for rcorganfza-i tion of the judiciary, including an in crease from nine to fifteen in the membership of the Supreme Court, unless justii es seventy years or over retire, is just another major skirmish', in the age-old battle -over human rights and property rights. The bat tle has been waged, and waged strong, since our founding fathers began their laliors at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, just 150 years ago. It seems- evident that the constitu tion as finally drafted was designed to place major emphasis on human rights the rights of man. No better evi dence can be found than that the Con gress was created, despite all com promise, to represent the legislative will of the people. Provision was made for the President to exercise a veto over the acts of Congress a veto that an be overridden by great majorities. And courts were created to see that no rights guaranteed un der the Constitution-' were infringed upon. It is doubtful whether it was intended for the courts' to nullify leg islative acts of Congress the legis lative will of the people. Nevertheless, the great Chief Jus tice Marshall quietly laid down such a principle in the famous case of Marbury V. Madison. In delivering that historic opinion, the Chief Jus tice held in effect that a law repug nant to the Constitution is void, from that day to this there has been a ques tion as to what extent the Congress can carry out the legislative will of citizens, The power of Congress to override a presidential veto is definite, but the judicial vet0 of a majority of nine judges appointed for life seem ingly ends the power of Congress to solve national ills, economic or social. The Supuleme Court's verdict of "unconstitutional," under that theory, is truly supreme, whatever such au thority over the distinies of 128,000, 000 people was intended or not. In any event, since Chief Justice Mar shall's day, the Supreme Court has ( Continued on Page Two) Mr. And Mrs. H. C. Lindsley Observe 50th Anniversary Well Known Waynesville Couple Were Married Fifty Years Ago Tuesday Around two hundred friends called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Halsey C. Lindsley on Tuesday evening to offer their congratulations and felici tations on the occasion of their gulden wedding anniversary. Receiving with the couple was their daughter. Miss Sue Willard Lindsley. Mrs. lindsley wore a becoming pown of black and white crepe, with corsage of yellow roses, and Miss Lindsley wore a flow ered print gown. The hi use was arranged in quanti ties of calendulas, snap dragons, and gladioli, in shades of yellow ami or ange, which had been sent to the couple by the munv friends. The I central table of the dining room was covered with a lace cloth and centered (Continued on back page) Ethel Caldwell Is Dramatics Winner Ethel Caldwell, member of the Dra matic Club of the Waynesville Town ship High School, was one of the ten contestants selected for the all star cast in the Dramatic "Festival held at the Western Carolina Teachers Col lege on last Friday and Saturday. This is an annual affair held at the college for the high school students of the western part of the state. This year there were eleven high schools competing. Other members of the local group who presented "The Weathorvane Elopes," a fantasy by Alice Riley,1 were: Carolyn Curtis, as the garden, Ruby Williams, as the gardener, and Mary Morrow Beaty, as Jackie the weathervano.. Ethel Caldwell took the part of Dighty, the fountain. The local group were accompanied by Miss Hester Ann Withers, direc tor of dramatics in the high school, who had so ably eoached the players. Following the performance of the Waynesville contestants. Miss Ann Albright, dean of women at the col lege, and a former Usachwr of the high school here, entertained at tea in their honor. Father Lane To Preach In Hendersonville Friday Father Iane will preach at the Im maculate Conception vhtirch in Hen dersomillo oh Friday. The subject of his talk will be Die '-"Crowning With Thorns." On Capitals IN RALEIGH (By Dan Tompkins.) With the Revenue, Appropriations and Liqimr Stores '.-Bills, out of the way, the chief bones of contention in the General Assembly now revolve about tl Old Age Security, 'Free Text Books, and Highway Reorganization legislation, all of which have been de nominated "must", bills by Govcrnor Hoey. 'Nevertheless, . there is ..'consid erable discussion arid . discord over them. The week-end was devoted tp attempts to iron oUt the diflicu'ties. Noixvdy is opposed to enacting them : but it is certain provisions of the biUo as introduced, and as passed by one house or the other, that are eau.sing the discord. The Old Age Security logi.slation, which has the endorsement of prac tically every Democrat, from Presi dent Roosevelt .-down, and which was introduced by Senator McKee, of Jackson, has struck a real snag, lie cause of the provision that the coun ties shall finance one-fourth of the cost of the Old Age Pensions. Those who are opposed to this provision base their opposition upon the fact that North Carolina has boasted for sev eral years that it levies no ad valorem tax for state purposes. They insist that Old Age Security is a state and national matter, and that the provi sion for the counties to pay a fourth of the bill is but an indirect way of levying a tax on land for state pur poses, leaving the sales tax on the statute books at the same time. There are many angles to the matter, and the probability is that-.it: will wind tip. by the bill, being passed an it is, though there is strong opposition in the -.House, '-which. -has been manifest ed in the committee deliberations!. There is the wet and dry fight as a factor. It is safe to assert that the wet element ig largely in favor of leaving the county participation plan in the bill, in an attempt to force dry counties to adopt liquor storos as a means of securing the money to meet the requirements of the act, without levying a tax on land. The larger and wealthier counties have low tax rates, and they favor (Continued on page 3) Commissinoers Vote To Have Special Election On Liquor D.I.L. Smathers, 76, Buried At Clyde On Sunday Morning Prominent Man Of Clyde, Held Several Public Offices In This County last rites were conducted on Sun day morning at 11 o'clock at the Louisa Chael Methodist church for D. I. 1 Smathers, 7ti, prominent citi zen of Haywood eountv. who died at 2 o'clock on Friday afternoon at his home in Clyde. The pastor of the church. Rev. Daniel H. Dennis, offi ciated, assisted by Rev. V. II. I 'less, of. Canton, and the Rev. Lucius I!. Compton. of Asheville. Burial was in the family plot in the Pleasant Hill cemetery. The active pallbearers were: Bruce Selieis, Jess Robinson, R. M. Wise, I.ci Moigan, Lawrence Morgan, l.ynden Smalhers, and Steve McCracken. The honorary pallbearers were: Edwin Fincher, Dr. Roht rf H. Owen, Dr. J. M. Rusell. Dr. Tom St ringficld, Dr. Sam Stringtield, (1. M. Smathers, Devere K. Modford, (laud Jones. Charlie Jones. George H. Ward. D. M. Cagle, A. E. Ward. J. R. Morgan. H. C Sevres t. J. R. Boyd, J. R. Hipp:-. Frank Mann, Jodie B. Mann, W. T. 1ee, Sam R. Fehnet, Charlie Mooney, J. C. Myers, G rover "Rotters, M;irk Li'Htherwood. DeWitt West, and M. M. Noland. In charge of the flowers wen-: Miss Einilv Smathers, Mrs.. Jess R binson, Mrs..' Mruce .Sellers. Mrs. R. M. Wise, (Continued on back page) Tannery To Give Employees Week Vacation With Pay Announcement was made yesterday, that the Junaluska Tannery, at Ha zelwood, has informed their employ ecu, that for the year I!).'!7, all men who have been-with the ompany for four years, or longer, widl be given a week's vacation with pay. L. M. Richeson,. superintendent stated that as far as he knew, the Junaluska Tannery was the only tan nery in this section that granted hour ly employees vacations with pay. The new rule 'wit' affect .approxi mately seventy-live per cent of the employees on the pay roll. In November, )',)'Ah and also in No vember, l'.t.'iil. the -company' gave the employees an increase in salary. Hill Would Raise Salary Of Sheriff '(Special to The Muunt-iiiioee.) The salary of the sheriff of Hay wood county is fixed at two' thousand 'four-hundred dollars a year, payable in equal monthly installments, in a bill introduced in the H.jusc of Rep resentatives last night by Haywood's Mr. Cabe. .. Mr. Cabe moved, the suspension of the rules, and -t hi? bill Was read,', put Upon its immediate -passage and sent to the Senate. The .present salary is $1,500 and the fees.-' County "Kicking Over Light Bills The board of county commissioners have ordered that a survey be made to ascertain the cost of installing an electric generator in the court house. This action came after the board had received the monthly light and power bill from the town. The board was of the oipnion that the bill was "too high" and that some steps would have to be made to get cheaper light and power for the court house. One member said: "The rate.; seems to be all out of reason." No statement wos made as to how soon the cost of installing a genera tor would be known. SMITH CHILD BURIED WEDNESDAY AFTEKNOON Last rites were conducted on Wed nesday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock for Mary Pauline Smith, age two and U months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Smith, who died at the home of her parents Tuesday morning at 5:20, following a brief illness. The Rev. H. W. Baucom, pastor of the Baptist church, officiated. Burial was in Green Hill cemetery. Pallbearers were Jensen, Ross, Charles Underwood, Clarence Barnes, Marcus Rose, and Woodrow Campbell, Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Smith, and one sister, Betty Smith. Earliest Vote Would Be April 27th. Hoard Votes Two To Four On Question The Haywood county board of com missioners adopted a resolution, by a four-to-two vote Monday afternoon ordering the county board of elections to call a special election on the legal isation of liquor in this county, as provided for in the county option law recently passed by the North Carolina General Assembly. The board of elections were offi cially notified of the action of tho commissioners, but late yesterday af ternoon they had not met to formu late plans for the etcction. The action of the boanfcwas promp ted by public sentiment, it was ex plained. A group of citizens told members of the board last week that the required petition bearing the j names of fifteen per Cent of the voters for governor in the )a.-.t election, could be had in two days. The board of commissioners would have had to call ed the e iec tion upon tile presentation i of such a petition. I Tile subject of liquor strues, and the election were the main tonics of j conversation in the county this week. Reports from Canton and Clyde were that every group were discussing the ' matter freely. General sentiment seems to favor an early election on tne question, i There art as many different opin ions as to the probable outcome of the ! election as there are voters. The general opinion seems to be however, 'that voters will legalize liquor in Haywood, by a close vote, j The board of elections have 111) days I in which to meet and set a date for the election. After the date is set, public notice must be given for 20. j days, and after that the three foliow . ing Saturdays will be registration i days, and the fourth Saturday chal j lenge day. -.and the election held on the following Tuesday. It the board of elections should meet and call the election -immediately, it would be about the 27th of April before the voters could CNnress their opinion at the polls at the earliest. Approximately SO flays will lapse between the time the- fimt otiblic no tice is made, and the date of the elec tion. The melx rs -,f the board of commis sioners voting to call an election were: R. T. Bovd. C C. Medford, Jar vis H. Aliison, and T. Ralph Moore. Those voting against an election being called were (ilenn Palmer and Grover C. 'Rogers, Because of no tie. Chair man J. A. Lowe did not vote. The members of the. board of election'- are: Frank M. Myers, chairman, W. II. Noland, and Virge McCluro. W. E, Allen, 44. Is Given Burial Native' Of Haywood, Was Over Seas Veteran. Pied In Virginia Funeral seivi(Nwe.ie held on Wed nesday : fti moon ; a- 2 o'clKck at th" Allen's. Creek Tia-.f.st (hurt h, for Wil liam; K; :..-st. A ' ' '.. 4 1 W')io died on Monday mormr g i' the'. V. S. Vet orans Hv'Siiita: ;,; Roanoke, Va. The Rev. II. W. i'..'. i ;. t.astoi of the Itapfist church. '!.. i.lted, assisted by the Rev. K. A.ien. : Hurial was m Green iii.l ci-rnett ! y. J'aUliearei s w-et e; Clilie ftrainlett. Hurst Hu'Kin. Roy Fhillins, C. A. (ieoi ce. M. (' Crec n. J. H. Howell, and (ieoi ne Wott. ; ; f t'l. r. .r.n . f 1 r I f Alien. ! was born here and had spent mos'.of his life in the county, Ihiring tne World War he .served in Company- F. for, S ii ti ply Train, part of his time of sei vice lieirig ov't rseasi. Jjast June Mr. Allen, who was at that time located in Shell Creek, Tenn. was taken sick and ,5-ent to the II. S. Veterans. Hospital in Roanoke, where his death occurred. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. May Allen, one (laughter, Mary Alice, age 3, his father, J. C. Allen, and three brothers, Rradford and Henry Allen, of Wavnesville, and Edward Allen, of Salt Lake City.; $3,401 Beins Spent Cleaning Up Schools - i ", '; --'J The National Emergency Council has just approved a project for Hay wood county for $3,401 for the clean ing and renovating of school buildings. The work got under way last Thurs day, with ten persons at work. The buildings will be cleaned, the floors scrubbed, windows washed, woodwork cleaned and in some instances some painting will be done. The group will. -work at 'different buildings over the entire county. Ac- rnrYtinor in .Tnet Messer. COUntV S-UPer- lintendent of education, the work will continue "until sunooi. closes.