North Carolina Newspapers

The Wayne sville Mountaineer Along the POLITICAL FRONTS A look ahead into thejiational po litical field is most timeiy at mis time, since Congress convened Mon- a., unH heard rresiaeni rvooseveii deliver his message on the "state of the union. ' The United States News, in an ar ti. le this week, under the heading "Tomorrow," had the following to say about the events and problems of the administration for the coming months: i.Wardloss of all the attacks on business being made by Administra tion spokesmen, implying further re straints, Congress and not the White House holds the key to the immediate future of Government action. A majority of members of Congress privately would like to forsake the New Deal and give business men what they want. Members know they will be held responsible by the voters if the depression continues and they fail to provide the relief for business nec essary to secure industry's co-operation. On the other hand Democratic mem bers face a choice of "going along" with the President or being opposed in the primaries one-third of the Senate members and all House mem bers are up for election by an Administration-supported candidate who will promise t go along. l'ublic opinion, as it is developed in the weeks ahead, probably will decide the issue. 'opposed strategic plans Mr. Roosevelt is determined to drive ahead with his reform policies and to tame what he regards as the big con trolling groups in industry and- fi nance who, he believes, are out to scuttle the New Deal. His strategy calls lor a strong selling campaign to convince the people that big bankers and industrialists planned this depres sion to wreck the reforms for which the people voted. In this way Administration strate gists expect to build up a backfire that will react favorably on Congress. Opposition strategy calls for an equally strong selling campaign to convince the people that the Govern ment itself generated the depression with policies hampering business. A strong demand will be made that re forms of the past few years be modi fied to return to industrial leaders the powers that they once exercised in the field of labor and of finance. The Administration will continue to insist on balancing the Federal budget, convinced that the resulting deflation will cause both revolting Congressmen and business men to cry "enough" and call for a return of Government spending, or lending. If the cry is forced, then the Gov ernment will move in on a broader scale than during 1933 and with surer step. IF THE ADMINISTRATION WINS If the President gets his way the cards call for the following: A program of large scale re-armament to provide a measure of pump priming ; A broad program of home construc tion, under direct Government guid ance if private corporations do not respond. An approach to some Government voice in determining industrial poli cies through Federal incorporation and licensing of interstate corpora tions, with the right to do business conditioned on meeting terms lai1 down by the Government. A modification of tax laws in the interest of smaller corporations. A tightening of Government con trols in agriculture and in the field of finance. DIFFICULTIES WITH CONGRESS The strained relations between the Executive and Congress will show in many ways. White House technique still calls for shifting to Congress re sponsibility for devising machinery to carry out Administration recom mendations. Difficulty of getting a majority of 631 individuals the total membership i the two Houses of Congress to agIe 6n any thing is tremendous. This means difficulty over devising a plan for future of wage and how controls. It means also difficulty in shaping final farm legislation that will meet White House requirements. t means difficulty over appropriations, it means difficulty over agreement on exchanges in tax laws that will over come business objections while pro- . "eeaea revenue. i Jospect of trouble in the Far East,: r u!as this country is concerned, wil continue to fade. Do rfe!L'C troubles are taking the minds p the people off foreign affairs. Mr. Roosevelt's determination is to press ad with the New Deal rather than oK jCrt attention by maneuvers abroad. The trend will continue to ue nationalistic. .rMore Government in business rath i tv less appears to be inevitable ,n the period just ahead. Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR NO. Boone Brothers Buy Sunny Cove Orchard Plan Improvements Orchard Acreage Will lie Reset, And Plans Are Being Made To Grow Truck Will Boone and his brother, Robert Boone, have bought the Sunny Cove Orchard, on the Pigeon road, formerly owned by C. A. Black and the late S. T. Graves. The purchase also in cluded the Black home which will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Will Boone and family. Will Boone has been the manager for the past sixteen years of the Hick ory Nut Gap Farm, located at Fair view, owned by James G. K.McClure. The new owners expect to reset part of the orchard acreage, and to add ex tensive trucking interests. They are planning to grow both strawberries and raspberries in large quantities and will also feature dairying as a part of their farm program. Mr. Boone is the son of Mrs. John K. Boone, and the late Mr. Boone, and resided here before going to Fair view. Mrs. Boone is the former Miss Jennie Sentelle, daughter of Mrs. R. A. Sentelle and the late Rev. K. A. Sentele. They have four children, two daugh ters, Miss Adeline and Miss May Boone, both students of the Asheville Normal Teachers College; two sons, Will Carr Boone, who holds a posi tion with the Dave Steel Company, of Asheville, and Richard, who has been entered in the Waynes ville Township High School. Names Of Folks Wanting To Buy Property Listed Hundreds Of Prospective Custo mers Listed At The County Agent's Office Each week, J. A. Lowe, chairman of the board of commissioners, re ceives from the advertising division of the. state Department of Conser vation and Development, a list of out-nf-the-state parties who a re "in teres ted in buying property in North Carolina. The list shows the type property de sired, and gives the full name and address of the interested parties. These lists are being placed on file in the office of the county agent, and are open for inspection by anyone. The lists can be copied, but cannot be removed from the office it was ex plained. Each list contains the names of ap proximately 100 interested and pros pective buyers. No charges are made for the use of the lists. Assembly Exempt From Taxation Attorney General Rules That No Further Taxes Need Be Paid On Property The attorney general rules this week that the Southern Methodist As sembly should be exempt from taxa tion, since it had been reorganized and was now managed by trustees of the Methodist church. The county commissioners asked for a ruling when the trustees presented their claim that all the property own ed by the Assembly was now church property. All taxes to 1937 have been paid, and the trustees asked that they be exempt from 1937 taxes which amounted to $2,101.40. The ruling of the attorney general was ac cepted by the commissioners. : Scout Court Of Honor To Meet In Canton Tues. A Court of Honor for the Boy Scouts of the troops of the county will be held Tuesday evening in the "Y" at Canton, at 7:30 o'clock. William Medford, county chairman, will pre side. A number of boys from Hazelwood, Waynesville and Canton will come up for promotions and merit badges. The boys are asked to meet at 7 o'clock at the American Legion home on Depot street, and cars will be pro- vided, and the troops will go in a body to Canton. ' Immediately following the Court of Honor, there will be a meeting of the district committee, of which Ben Col kitt is chairman. McCLURE IS OUT E. B. McClure, who has been con fined to his home for the past seven weeks, is able to be out again and is back with Hyatt and Company. 1 TVAC Administrator At ;i recent nicelin ot tho diriM tors. J. K. l;irr, was n.uneil iiilnuiiifHraUM of the Tennessee Valley Authority Cooperatives, lie is general manager of the Iinti O' The Kky Mutual V;in nhiK Association, a place which he will retiun alonK with Ills job as adminis trator. Steel Bridge At Waterville Sold To Cocke County Haywood County Board Urging Highway Commission To Complete Road From Here The county commissioners received word here Tuesday that the Cocke county court, in Tennessee, issued an order oh Monday of this week, calling for an appropriation with which to purchase the steel river bridge near Waterville to be used in making a highway bridge, thus completing the hiarhwav from Waterville to New port. The bridge was formerly used by the Tennessee and North Carolina Railroad Company. The line has been abandoned, and the tracks are being taken up. The highway will follow the old railroad bed. The North Carolina Highway Com mission has approved the purchase of two bridges on this side of the state line, and will convert them into high way bridges as soon as purchased. Flans are also being made to com plete the road on this side from Highway 284 to Waterville, as soon as funds are available. The commissioners have been work ing on these plans for sometime, and expect some definite action soon. Civil Court To Convene Monday Judge J. H. Clement will preside over the January term of civil court which will convene here on Monday, January 10th. The docket is the smallest civil docket in a number of years. The jury list follows: First Week G. C. Ferguson, Fines Creek; E. L. Lyons, Beaverdam; E. W. Wilson, Beaverdam; Vaughn Byers, Beaver dam ; Mark Hawkins, Beaverdam ; L. B. Warren, Beaverdam; J. M. Law rence, Beaverdam; J. Anderson Gib son, Ivy Hill; Arthur Sheppard, Bea verdam; W. J. Trantham, Beaverdam; John Evans, Clyde; Robt. W. Green, Fines Creek; Hugh S. Rogers, Cecil. Robert Hall, Beaverdam; Lloyd H. Baldwin, Beaverdam; J. A. Kins- land, Beaverdam; Harry Rotha, Clyde; Alden C. Clark, Beaverdam ; C. G. Holtzclaw, Beaverdam ; E.V Owenby, Beaverdam; Jessie James, Waynes ville; Lawrence Leatherwood, Jona than; James K, Pickens, Beaverdam; R, H. Garrison, Waynesville. Second Week C.F, Rhinehart, Beaverdam; Clin ton McElroy, Crabtree; R. L.Burgin, Waynesville; Rankin Ferguson, Jon athan; Ben F. Murray, Pigeon; Hom er Norman, Waynesville; Charlie Messer, Fines Creek; Fred E. Martin, Waynesville; C. L. Westmoreland, Beaverdam; George H. Morgan, Beaverdam ; Way Mease, Pigeon ; A. Howell, Ivy Hill; Will T. Shelton, Waynesville; Herbert M. Plott, Ivy Hill; T. L. Blalock, Waynesville; C. T. Francis, Beaverdam; N. L. Con ard, White Oak; Herman Burgess, Waynesville. CALLED TO ATLANTA ON AC COUNT OF DEATH OF MOTHER Mr. Hugh Jolly was called to At lanta during the week on account of the death of his mother, Mrs. L. C. Jolly, who died at an Atlanta hos pital on Christmas night at 10:30 o'clock. iv ? WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1938 Ice Cream Mix Being Shipped To Many Points Local I nit Of Pet Dairy Products Company Supplying Georgia Hants The Waynesville plant of Pet Dairy Products is now serving the greater part of the Pet plants in Georgia with ice cream mix, in addition to the North Carolina plants formerly served, it was learned here yesterday. The increased territory for the Waynesville plant has meant a general expansion in all lines of the local unit, as over 3,000 gallons of ice cream mix were shipped from here during December. The bulk of the shipments are going to Savannah, Augusta and interme diate points. The Charlotte plant is using a larger percentage of the local output. During the past few weeks, a tank truck, with a special tank for hauling milk, has been put into use. This enables quicker handling, and larger loads. The tank holds 1,450 gallons, and is so constructed that the milk won't vary but about one degree in temperature in 12 hours. The Waynesville plant is now re ceiving about 1,000 gallons of raw milk per day. As the market for the milk is unlimited, W. R. Woodall, manager, is making every effort to get production increased in Haywood. This summer, he said, he looked to see the plant receive 5,000 gallons daily. Besides the general increase in milk production there has not been a let-down in production of sweet cream for butter. During 1937 over 125,000 pounds of butter were pro duced in the Waynesville plant. At present there are 2;!0 producers on the books of the Pet Dairy Pro ducts Company, and last month they received over $14,000 for their milk and cream. In the summer, at least 400 producers sell their output to the creamery. Seven milk routes are operated by the firm, and milk is picked up and brought to the plant daily. Retail milk routes are maintained in WaynoBVille, Sylva, and Canton, while all the territory west of Ashe ville, and including Asheville, is sup plied with Pet Ice Cream. No ice cream is shipped from here except to this immediate territory. The ice cream mix is prepared with all ingredients except flavors, and sent to the plants in this and other states and there the mix is frozen into ice cream. There are 26 people on the payroll this week, which is an all-time winter high for the creamery. The plant opened in June, 1934 Last January it was bought by the Pet Dairy Products Company, and several expansions made since that time. Speaking of the future demands for local dairy products, Mr. Woodall said: "The matter of disposing of all that can be produced here is no longer a problem. It ts meeting the demands that has us worried. First National Bank Pays A Six Per Cent Dividend After a successful year, the direc tors of the First National Bank, de clared a six per cent dividend on De cember 31. The bank is now celebrating its 35th year, having been organized in December, 1902. The annual meeting f the stock holders of the bank will be held at the bank on Tuesday, January 11, it was stated yesterday. Directors and officers for the coming year will be elected at the meeting. Dairy Grades For Period Announced - The district health department an nounces grades on Haywood county dairies for six months period begin ning January 1. These dairi-as conform to the re quirements of the United States Public Health Service Milk Ordinance for the sanitary production and handling of fluid milk. Consumers are urged to purchase on the basis of grade and to look for the grade battle cap. The retail milk grades are as follows: Grade A Raw Milk: J. E. Henderson, Canton. J. F. Mann, Canton. . H. A. Osborne, Canton. M. II. Silvers, Canton. W. J.Smathers, Canton. W. F. Swift, Waynesville, Grade A. Pasteurized Milk: Pet Dairy Products Co., Waynesville. of The Great Smokv Mountains National Park In Service 25 Years . I,, 'Hll, LAMI'KIN Lampkin Completes 25th Year With Bell Telephone Company Has. Pen Manager Of Waynes ville Unit Since 1916. Is Not Retiring From Job W. L. Lampkin, local manager of the Southern lell Telephone Compa ny, completed his 25lh year with the company on last Friday. He has received several letters from high ollicials of the company congrat ulating him on his work during the past quarter 'of a century. Although Mr. Lampkin has a right to retire under ttie rules of the company, he will not even discuss that phase of reaching the 25th-ycar milestone. He loves work, and plans to "stay on the job." Of course, there will be days, when the call of the fields, and the trout streams, will be more than he can resist, and off he will go, as he has all of his life, following his only hobby fishing and Jbird hunting, one of the two he can't deciiie which he likes besL so he combines them and says he has only one hobby. Mr. Lampkin entered the telephone service at Asheville as linesman, in 1918. Within a few months he was moved to Hendersonville. He came to Waynesville in 1916, when South' ern Bell bought the Waynesville Tele phone Company, which was controlled by John Swift. In 1920 he was sent to Canton as manager of the Canton office, and sev eral years later when the Waynesville group, which comprised the Canton, Waynesville and Murphy offices were united, he was named manager. The Waynesville office now has about 500 phones, Canton 725, and Murphy 300. The Waynesville effice has eight regular operators, and two extras. Mr. Lampkin was born in Granger County, Tennesse, 30 miles of Knox ville. He lived on the farm, where he was bom, until he married, then became engaged in operating a flour mill in Kentucky, for four years. Later he operated a light plant for a mill at Hot Springs, and in the spring of 1911, he went to work for an elec trical contracting firm in Asheville, installing electrical plants over this area. Later he joined Southern Bell. Mr. and Mrs; Lampkin have three daughtrs, Mrs. Lawrence McElroy, Mrs. R.G.Queen, and Miss Drama, who is studying operating at the local exchange. Mr. Lampkin is a charter member of the Waynesville Rotary Club, an active Mason and a member of the Pioneers, a telephone organization. 70 Per Cent Of 1937 Days Had Some Sunshine On 254 days last year, Waynesville had sunshine, according ; to the offi cial weather report just compiled by Harry M. Hall, weather observer here. The high percentage gave Waynes ville 70 per cent of the days with sun shine, while 111 days were listed as cloudy. The average temperature for the year was set at fifty-three degrees. The highest for the year was 90, which came in June, while the lowest was three degrees above zero, and was recorded in December. "i The rainfall for 1937 was 2.33 inches above normal. The listed nor mal rainfall here is 46.33. The first killing frost to visit this section in 1937 was on October 15th, with the temperature reading 23. August was the rainy month, with rain falling on 19 days. March was the dryest month, with only 4 days listed in the precipitation column. Tabulated report on back page. f' SW iff ""yi $1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY County Collects 92 Of '36 Taxes; Annual Audit Made 1G Of Funds Collected Applied On Debt Fund Of County Dur ing Iast 16 Months The annual audit of the county tax collector's office showed that 92 per cent of 1936 taxes had been collected during the past year. This, it waa explained, is a record that has never before been equaled in Haywood county. The report was made to the board of commissioners by T. Troy Wychf, auditor, who has just completed the work, which took several months. He was most complimentary of the per sonnel of tne tax collector's office for the efficient work, and thoroughness. A total of $255,819.88 of the 1936 levy was collected, leaving a balance due of $20,710.84. Besides collecting S2 per cent of the 193G taxes, the office collected ap proximately f 11 1,000 in delinquent taxes, bringing the total collection from July 1, 1930, to October 30, 1937, to $324,690.78. Of this amount, already 76 per cent, or $247,690.00 has been applied on the indebtedness of the county. Both principle and interest were paid with this amount. W .11. McCracken is tax collector and tax supervisor, and is assisted in the office by J. J. Ferguson, while S. L. James is field worker on delin quent taxes. In the tabulation below, the report of the auditor shows that Iron Duff has paid 1936 taxes 100 per cent. Cataloochee township is next, with a small fraction of one per cent yet due 48. 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I 2 947.601 198.6S l:ll Tr . - I fi.684.9Bl 474.61 19.12 Tae I 7.367.701 7oa.i 1S8 Taxp I 18.186.291 1.698.DO 1934 TafB I 10.232.44j 791, 6tt 193 6 Taieir . . ) 82. 162.86 2.418.78 Totals .1107, 889.34 6,223 8 The largest percentage of unpaid taxes is in East Fork, where 22.38 per cent remain unpaid. The next highest is Ivy Hill, with 16.70 ner cent yet due. A drastic chance was made in th system of handling county tax col lections several years ago. The new system is simply this: 1 he tax collector remits a dailv itemized report to the county auditor, showing the name of each taxDaver who paid that day, together with re ceipt number, and duplicate of de posit slip. All money collected is de posited in the name of Havwood County. The tax collector cannot draw put this money. Only the coun ty auditor can write a voucher for the money, and then only after the board of commissioners have duly 6igned an authorization blank. The office Collecting the monev ha no further responsibility once it in deposited. The office signing th vouchers does not handle a npntiv. The board of commissioners who issue the orders for the vouchers, cannot write the vouchers, neither do thev ever handle a cent of the money. The tax collector's office send a man to Canton every Saturday for the convenience of taxpayers in the lower end of the county. The collec tor meets taxpayers &i the Canton Chamber of Commerce office. OCCUPYING NEW HOME NEAR COUNTRY CLUB Mr. and Mrs. W .L. Hardin, Jr., have moved from the Carraway house on Boundary street, to their new home, which was reecntly completed in the Belle Meade development. ;