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The Waynes ville Mountaineer
THURSDAY. JANUARY 13. 1938
Along the
POLITICAL
FRONTS
..ranpii with the Pres-
i(,J, this week Congressman Weaver
T,t,d that the chief executive had
lv en approval to the bill pending in
house to authorize $743,000 ap
propriation to complete acquis.t.on of
lands for the Great Smoky Mountains
N'ationa! Park.
' -The president stated very heartily
he endorsed the Great Smoky Moun
."in National Park appropriation and
' could so state in discussing the
measure in the house," said Mr.
Weaver.
W L. Hardin, secretary to Con
gressman Weaver, was elected pres
ident of the Tar Heel Secretarial
Club of Capitol Hill, on the occasion
of a' luncheon held by the club on
Tuesdav of this week. The affair was
held in the restaurant of the House
and formed a "social organization" to
bring about a closer relationship be
tween North Carolinians on Capitol
Hill. Next month the club will give
n dinner in honor of their bosses.
jv they broke bread together, Paul
Doyle, secretary to Frank Hancock,
and Wesley McDonald, secretary to
Hob Reynolds, sat side by side. If
the senatorial campaign in North
Carolina was on their mind, they did
not say so.
While this was going on in Wash
ington, the reaction of North Caro
lina voters to President Roosevelt's
speeches now being made frequently
to Congress was being watched, as
they will play nn important part in
the Tar Heel Senatorial race this
June, according to the views of The
Charlotte News.
The inside political impression is
that as long, as the President holds
his influence, then Senator Reynolds
has the advantage and his opposing
candidates will be handicapped, be
cause Reynolds has the reputation of
supporting the President.
The News said, "Therefore, Gas
tenia's Greeg Cherry, Greensboro's
L. P. MeLendon and Charles Shuping,
and Winston-Salem's George A. Coan
and all others, are sitting tight, say
ing nothng, watching the slow flow of
sentiment as it reacts to the Presi
dent's speeches and to the acts of
Congress.: .
, "But, if the President should weak
en, the North Carolina senatorial field
would become explosive with the
bombs of the candidates shelling the
woods, and that within the next 60
days." :
Down in Alabama, Representative
Lister Hill credited President Roose
velt with his election over two strong
candidates, in the race to fill the va
cancy left by Justice Hugo L. Black's
elevation to the supreme court. Hill
is an ardent New Dealer.
And right now in Washington,
things are beginning to hum, as the
President looks around to find a per
son to fill the place that will be made
vacant on the 10th when Justice
George Sutherland leaves the bench,
by reason of his resignation. Some
are urging that the President ap
point a woman to the bench. There
are dozens being mentioned.
Politicians from North Carolina are
endorsing Stacy Wade. The President
silent on the matter.
While the name of the appointee is
unknown to the public, it is an as
sured fact that the would-be new mom-
icr of the high court, will have their
Vast records carefully gone over be-
fore fimil nnn;nn.n : ,i
mere will not be a repetition of the
Hugo L, Black Ku Klux Klan affair.
Optimism prevailed in business
centers during the week, and an-
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Beginning Next Week
SERIES OF ARTICLES
on
Ship Building
harry m. hall V
These are - most: interesting,
ey give some inside facts on
modern ships, how they are plan
ed, built, and launched. Begin
th the first article next week,
will enjoy them.
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance
FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR NO.
Thompson Is New j
Dodge-Plymouth ,
Dealer In County
Former Durham Automobile
Man Buys Branson Motor
Company In Canton
Conway Thompson has purchased
the tJranson Motor Company, of
Canton, and besides operating the
garage, will be Dodge and Plymouth
dealer for Haywood county.
Announcement is made in the adver
tising columns today, that no change
in the personnel of the former Bran
son Motor Company force will be
made.
Mr. Thompson, until coming to
Canton, was Packard dealer in Dur
ham. For several years he was the
Dodge dealer in Hendersonville.
F. E. and Charles H. Branson have
been in the automobile business in
Canton since 1920, and have made a
wide circle of friends throughout this
area. They will be engaged in the
used car business.
The Thompson Motor Company will
conduct business in the building form
erly occupied by the Branson Motor
Company. Mr. Thompson has had a
wide experience in the automobile
business and comes to Canton highly
recommended.
Bobbie Lee Given
Life Scout Honor
A Court of Honor for the Boy
Scout troops of the county, was held
on Tuesday evening at the "Y"' build
ing in Canton, with William Medford,
county chairman of the court of honor,
presiding. A large number of par
ents and friends were present for the
ceremonies.
One impressive feature of the pro
gram was the promotion of Bobbie
Lee to Life Scout, at which time his
mother stood with him, and the pro
motion was made by William Medford.
Other promotions given to the
members of the Waynesville township
troops were as follows: Alden Hall,
of Troop .'J, to Tenderfoot, with Execu
tive Scout Master A. W. Allen, of
Asheville, in charge; merit badges to
Joe Tate, Jr., Kenneth Palmer, arid
Marion Gieen, for athletics, with A.
M. Fairbrother, of Canton, in charge,
and first aid to Bobbie Lee.
Following the court of honor, Ben
Colkitt, district chairman, called a
meeting of the district committee, at
which time plans were formulated for
the advancement of Scout work in
the county through the current year.
It was decided to make an appeal
both to the individuals and the organ
izations for help in furthering and
keeping aliv(. the work of scouting
in this district.
Alonzo Bullman, 55,
Buried Last Friday
Funeral service Were held Friday
afternoon, January 7th, at 2:110 o'clock
at the Massie Funeral Home for
Alonzo Bullman, age 55.
Services were conducted by Rev.
H. W. Baucom. Interment was in the
.Maple Grove cemetery.
Surviving are the following chil
dren: Mrs. Clarence Hendrix and
Bullman, of Waynesville and Betty
Grace and Alonzo Bullman, Jr., of
Greeneville, Tenn,
Leaves On Trip To
Southern Points
J. R. Boyd and R. G, Coffey left
yesterday on a ten-day tour of points
in the south and southwest. Their
plans call for a trip as far west as
Dallas. '
Roby Coffey, of Bry son City, son
of R. G. Coffey, accompanied the two
Waynesville men, and will drive.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh- Russell an
nounce the birth of a daughter, Jessie
Mildred Russell, on January the 6th.
Mr. And Mrs. J. F. Cabe Observe
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Dave Cabe
were hosts at a dinner party compli
menting the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Franklin Cabe, on the oc
casion of their fiftieth wedding anni
versary. The affair was tendered as
a surprise to the honorees, and was
given at the American Cafe.:
The guests were seated at one long
table, which was centered with an
arrangement of poinsettias. Several
of those present including Mr. Jack
Messer, Mr. James R. Boyd, Jr., Mr.
Hatchery
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$20,000 Is Being Spent On
Expansion Program at Fish
Hatchery. 50 Men On Job
City License Tags
Are Selling Slow
The town of Waynesville 10.SH au
taniobilu tags, which were put on
sale Monday, the Hid, are going very
slowly to (iate, which fact is called to
the attention of the owners ol cars,
as the town ordinance will be rigidly
enforced and those not having these
tags will be prosecuted.
The tags are on sale at the town
hall, where so far only 118 have been
bought, and at the office of the Cham
ber ol Commerce, where 26 have been
sold.
J. Dale Stentz, secretary of the
Cham bet of Commerce, where the
state license plates are being sold this
year, states, that to date 2,(KiO have
been sold, with 74 of that number hav
ing been bought since Monday of this
week.
Withers Reports
Business Good On
Florida East Coast
E. L. Withers, local insurance and
real estate man, has returned from
an extended visit down the Florida
East Coast, and interior of Florida,
and reported tourist business as good
or better than last year in the', resort
places he visited.
"There is an extensive building
program of butter homes down the
East Coast, and people there are feel
ing much better about business. The
tourist' business is equally as good as
the same period last year ill the
places I visited,' he reported.
Dr. Smith And Dr.
Osborne Return From
Extended Trip Abroad
Dr. Dudley W. Smith and his wife.
Dr. Gladys Osborne, who maintain
offices here have recently returned
from a six weeks trip to various coun
tries in Europe.
They visited the outstanding sur
gical and orthopedic clinics, and the
tubercular sanatoriums in Switzerland.
They both seemed impressed not only
only with the accomplishments of the
medical profession in Europe, but also
by the prestige of American medicine
abroad, stating that at all clinics, as
American doctors they were extended
every courtesy.
W. G. Byers, and Mr. T. L. Bram
lett gave toasts to the Couple on the
happy occasion, each one high in their
praise of the great service Mr. Cabe
had rendered Haywood county.
The bride and groom of fifty years
ago were married on January the 8th,
1888 at Crabtree. Mrs. Cabe before
her marriage was Miss Alida Burress,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Burress, of Cruso. Mr. Cabe
is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1938
At Balsam Is Being Enlarged
uMii ii i n nMnhimiitltrt
Plans Are To Provide Place To
Keep Fish Until They Are
Keady For Restocking
An expansion and beautilication
program that will cost over $20,000. is
underway at the Morrison Hatchery
at Balsam, it was learned this week
lroni Leo Reigoi, .superintendent.
The hatchery will be enlarged to
lake care of the increased demand for
the rainbow and brook trout which
ai hatched now at the rate of a mil
lion and a hulf a year. A general
increase in lishing in the 14 counties
ol Western Norin Carolina which
the Morrison Hatchery serves, to
gether with the new policy recently
made by J.D. Chalk, commissioner of
fisheries, of this 'state, that must of
the fish be kept until they are five
and six inches long, instead of three
to four inches, as has been the form
er practice.
Fifty men have been working two
months laying a six-inch pipe for
a nule and three-iUfXrtors 1 rom Win
chester Creek to the hatchery. "The
pipe is a special style, being made of
concrete 'and asbestos. This mile and
three-quarter line will bring water
for the .hew out-door pools, which
will be under . construction soon, -Mr.
Reigei said.
Besides tin.' outdoor pools, a new
hatchery building will be erected just
below (he present building. The ex
act style lias not been dcferniinc.',
however, the new building will house
fifty' hatching troughs, .a.s. compared
with the thirty five troughs in the
present hatchery building.
"When the new pools and nc-'w -hatchery,
building are completed, the hatch
ery will hatch about two million fish
a year, and keep as many as possible
until they are five or six inches long.
The additional pools and hatching
troughs will provide adequate space
for keeping them until they reach that
size, it was explained.
The pipe line is a WPA - project,
and Mr, Reiger said that with weath
er permitting, the line would be ready
to provide water for the pools within
six weeks. The ditch for the pipe
line varies in depth from four to
nine feet. The new style." pipe will
keep water the same temperature all
the way down the mountain.
Restocking the streams with five
and six inch fish will provide better
fishing, and also assure more of them
living after being replanted, it was
explained. A careful study by the
government shows that only two per
cent of the fish hatched in the streams
live, while the hatchery at Balsam
gets about 90 to 95 per cent of their
hatch to live. Very few of the five
or six inch trout will die after re
planting in streams, it was said. All
replanting is done by the State De
partment of Conservation and Devel
opment, and only by experienced men.
The water used at the hatchery in
the hatching troughs is spring water,
and does not vary but one degree the
year 'round. In summer it is 51
degrees, and only 50 degrees in
winter; Creek water is used in the
outdoor concrete pools.
The Morrison Hatchery is the larg
est in the state, and one of the finest
in the entire South.
During the coming summer, the
Aatchery at Balsam will be used for
field work by the American Fishery
Society, which will hold their annual
meeting in Asheville. Plans are to
have the expansion and beautification
program completed before that time.
An equal number of rainbow and
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of The Great Smokv Mountains National Park
Over JJft.OOO in 1't'iriK
Hpent on an erilawment
ami henut mention program
at Morrison 1 l.iteheiy, a
sta:e fish hatchery at lial
:im, 6 miles south of Wiiy
nesville. Sonic io nitn are
at work tin the prujeet
now. Plans me to com
plete the work In early
sprliiK. Below is a picture
of I.eo Keiger, suprrinten-
dent of the Hatchery.
Superintendent
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-Thoto bv Sherrill's Studio.
Justice Is Made
Manager Of Local
Federation Unit
H'OVst Justice yu& named manager
of the Waynesville warelious(- of me
Farmers Federation, by the uiian
inious vote of the Jlaywood commit
tee, in session here-yesterday. Roger
Medford was named assistant mana
ger, and W. C, McDaniel is also con
nected with the local unit.
Ben Terrell, ..former -manager, re
cently resigned to enter business in
Canton.
James G.K.MeClure, Jr., president,
Guy Sales, sales manager, and 1'aul
A. Uaper, head of the poultry depart
ment, attended the .meeting-, from
the Asheville office.
The members of the Haywood com
mittee, attending were: R. T. Boyd,
J. B. Medford, R. F. Davis, Dave
Boyd, N. W. Carver, all of Waynes
ville, Route two, and H. A. Osborne,
ol Canton.
Material Hauled
For Scout Build-
ing In City Park
Things are almost iri readiness for
the erection of the building for the
Boy Scouts on the ground of the town
park. All the logs have been hauled
and on last Saturday the Boy Scouts
tinder the supervision of scout master,
J. C. Brown, hauled 15 truck loads of
rocks that will be used in the con
struction: Another recent activity of the local
Scouts was a two days camping trip
which the boys, accompanied by Mr.
Brown, enjoyed near the Bradley
camp at Lake Logan.
Mrs. Haynes No Longer
With Welfare Department
Mrs. Thurman Haynes, of Clyde,
who has been a case worker in the
Haywood county welfare department
for the past few months, is no longer
connected with the department
In a statement to this paper Mrs.
Haynes said: "That owing to the
recent requirement by the state wel
fare department for special training
at the State University, which I
had not taken, it was impossible for
me to continue in the work at this
time." '
Miss Stella Roten had as her guest
during the holidays at her home on
the Dellwood road, Miss Margaret
Clark, of Skyland, who is her room
mate at Brevard College.
$1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY
L. N. Davis Added
To First National
Board Of Directors
First National Has Satisfactory
Year. All Officers Are Re
Elected For '38
At the thirty-sixth annual meeting
of the stockholders of the First Na
tional Bank, here Tuesday, all di
rectors and others were re-elected,
and L. N. Davis, local reul estate
and insurance man, was added to the
board.
The directors stated that 1 937 was
a satisfactory year, and a six per
cent dividtftui was declared, which
brought the total emount paid to
stockholders since the bank was or
ganized to $124,1'50. The hank started
with a capital stock of $26,000. The
present capitol stock is $50,000.
The current report shows surplus,
undivided profits and rcserv-e to be
over $100,000.
There are over $750,000 in the
bank on deposit.
The directors for 19H8 are: J. K.
Boyd, J. II. Way, Jr., P. Reeves No
land, J. T. Nohmd, M. M. Noland, and
L. N. Davis,
J. R. Boyd is president, D. Reeves
Noland, vice president, and J. H.
Way, Jr., cashier.
Fire Damages
Preston Wood
working Plant
Fire from a drum- stove in the Pres
ton Woodwork plant, on I.oyd Avenue,
did about . $1,500 i.'air.iige early Mon
day night.
Ihe tire started in the ru'.r of the
building, wheh is a new addition to
ihe plant, and lust comph ted several
weeks ago. Tile machinery and lumber
sullered water damage, while the
buildini? was ilnmiin-ed :t,ont !i(m
The building is. owned by L, M. Killian.
, i ne novelty woodworking plant
had just doubled its canacitv. and
had employed 12 men. Plans are to
repair the damage' and rcM.iv.e oper
ations at once.
The plant iy ewntd l y Fvaiicler
Preston -and- Karl Lancaster.-
Cabe Is Chairman
0 f Presidential
Ball In Waynesville
... -if ' waf umi iuiv ed here yesterday
that -plans are hnr.g coiiir.letod lor
the )i'esideiitial b;il) on Saturday night,
January 29th, at the . Wayiu sville
Armory.
After a -scries of r.uet ngs of the
local eoiiimit.t.ee, Dave Catio, president
of the. .Young Democta-tic Clubs of
Haywood, was r.am.'d chairman. of the
dance. A meeting was hi M Monday
light, with each towns-hip will rejire--sented,
and plaits wVnt forward for
the occasion.
Joe Sloan was named chairman of
securing an .orchestra. :md r.us signed
a contract" with or f t.'.e ieadntg
coa.st-to-coast broad;.a;,tir.g erchchti as,
together with a TanH ..;s Ku-th' singer.
The names of these could not be
learned as Mr. Sloan was .ut -'f town
yesterday.
The committee will ai noui.ti at an
early date, the names .of the spon
sors for the dance.
Commanders Key
Will Be Given To
Major J. H. Howell
At the regular meeting of Haywood
Post No, 4 American Legion, Major
J. II. Howell will be presented with
the Past Commander's Key. Rev. J.
G.'Huggin, Jr., pastor of t.le Metho
dist church, of Waynesville, will pre
sent the key in the name of the post.
The ceremony will be open to the
public and frit nds of the Legion are
invited.
Major Howell was the -first comman
der of Haywood Post No. 47 and has
been commander at various time since
1920, having retired in October of
last year, at his recjuest. During the
late war Major Howell was com
mander of a batallion of the 118 In
fantry A EF. ,,
The batallion which was commanded
by the major was awarded three con
gressional medals for bravery on the
part of individuals and h- work of
the batallion. The regiment in whiti
he served was awarded six such
medals for outstanding cor.di.ct un
der fire.
IMPROVING AFrER ILLNESS
Mrs. Horace Ferguson and her
daughter, Mrs. Blanche Ferguson
Medford, who have been ill at their
home on East street, are reported as
improving.