fHE ' WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smokv Mountains National Park
fefRTH YEAR
NO. 28
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 14. 1938
$1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY
dneers'Urge
Spent u n
own Water System
....... fynarif v Of
Id increase --r -
Utem. And ere
Area 'tn aier
l ...,rAI't QllH 1 V -
er hearing me i.
ard Of i ".j
"ara ,,-da . cot a S60.000
cat on to ' I
for improving and enlarging
i'er svsttm here.
board remained in session
L night until midnight, going
the report tu .us-- - --
Uendations can iur B..'"6
'instead of a filtering plant
I is noW used. New pipe lines
I orovide the system wun i.ovu,-
Vallons ol water a
i .changes coum pe cimngru t
for two minion gauuus """j'
.resent system has a capacity of
R50.0OO gallons a day.
L engineer found that some nec-
, repair work would nave io oe
the smaller reservoir, which
a nuarter of a million gallons,
Us built in 1907. The larger
Lir, built in 1927, holds a mil-
gallons.
twas estimated n
$2,000 to $3,000 to repair the
fll ' - ...Ml L. Amnei -l
fcoir. ims win uc uuuc
tf other parts of the program.
12-inch line was suggested to
lee the present 8-inch main for
6,000 feet. About two miles
the mountain, a branch line
H run through the Alien s reeK
by the golf course into the
. o : i 1 i -
voir, giving two o-uicn leeu lines
lie reservoir-.,, and furnishing a
r area with water from the lines
en the intake and reservoir.
Icar L, Iiriggs, water superm
ini said that present consumption
850,000 gallons daily, with a
bn and a iiuarter on storage.
the engineer's plans, the clpri-
b plant and settling basin would
the intake,
Baptist Pastor
. . . Give Us A Book To Read"
Rev. J. S. Hopkins will arrive here
this week to assume pastorate of the
First Baptist Church. He is from
Louisville, Ky.
fjperty Will Be
Advertised Soon
ior unpaid laxes
lal warnings are being issued this
to taxpayers, that all property
fcieh 193" taxes have lot l.?en
will be advertised n 'he .ni
May in August and sold the ti-st
fay in September. ,
: county' and town are making
rations to bring about - formal
"sine on property on which
have not been paid.
onal property will be garni
unless. ' taxes are naid this
I. it was pointed out by the tax
tors. .
MO Bid For
570 Acres Here
auction sale of 570 acres of
ami wooded land in Fines
, brought $2,000 when sold by
of the court .it iKn i,A,,r u
plondav, .
f ? U do7lin bidders took part
sale Monday. .
f as learned that the sale whinh
iject tn the court's confirmation,
not be recommended by the
and attorney. ,-- '-.
' reliable source, it was
-'I Vesterdav . tin
ffered fnr the property at pri-
r- -'"r tne close of the auc-
gty is known as the John
New Baptist Pastor
To Occupy Pulpit At
Union Services Here
The Rev. J. S. Hopkins, the newly
elected pastor of the First Baptist
church, will be welcomed to Waynes
ville on Sunday evening at the union
service participated in by all
churches of the town.
Greetings of welcome will be ex
tended the new pastor by representa
tives from the Presbyterian, Episco
pal and Methodist congregations.
The Rev. Hopkins will deliver the
sermon of the evening service. The
Rev. Hopkins will arrive in town to
morrow and will deliver his first ser
mon at the 11 o'clock service in his
church. He comes to Waynesville
from Louisville, Ky., where he has
been both studying and preaching.
Joe. E. Johnson
Passes After A
Well Known And Prominent At
torney Here, Buried On
Last Friday
Last rites were -conducted rt the
Massie Funeral Home on Friday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock for Jseph R.
Johnson, 64, who died at his home
here at 12:30 o'clock on Thursday af
ternoon, with the Rev. II. W.Bauconi,
former pastor of the First Baptist
church here, now associate chaplain of
the Good Samaritan mission, Ashe
ville, officiating. Burial was in
Green Hill cemetery.
Serving as pallbearers were: Judge
Felix E. Alley, Robert V. Welch, J. R.
R. Morgan, James W. Reed, J. W.
Seaver, and F. E. Alley, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers included mem
bers of the Haywood County Bar as
sociation and W; G. Byers, W. H. Mc
Cracken, Charlie C. Francis, J. R.
Boyd, J. Wilford Ray, Felix Stovall,
0. T. Alexander, J. Harden Howell and
Charles E. Ray, Jr.
Mr. Johnson, an attorney, a native
of Virginia, had spent the greater
part of his life in North Carolina. HeJ
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Irregularities Found In
Liquor Election Petitions;
Restraining Order Issued
Hearing Will He Held Next Tues
day Hefore Judge Alley On
Liquor Store Election
..... TSikiirtW
It whs nut just curiosity that
brought hundreds of people in every
section of the county to the traveling
library during the month of June.
It-was a desire to get books to rend.
Every age was represented m the
groups. Pictured i.bove are a group
of young folks borrowing and return ing
books, and in the other picture
we have an elderly eouph, shown as
they approached the truck returning
book gotten on a previc i.s trip.
Photos by Patsy Gwvn.
)(,. St
mM.n
Over 3,000 Books Borrowed
From Traveling Library
Lingering Illness Masons Bring
3-Day Assembly
To A Close Here
Troy Wjthe Honored By
Baltimore Group For His
Services At Meeting
The Grand Council of Royal and
Select Masters brought their three
day summer assembly to a close here
yesterday after the exemplification
of Ohio Ritual by the Forest City
Council of Cleveland, which was fol
lowed by a motorcade to Highlands
for luncheon. Some 200 Masons from
20 states were represented.
The assembly got underway Mon
day morning, followed Dy a motor
cade to Rlack Camp Gap in the after
noon, at which time the Masonic
marker' was unveiled. The marker
contains stones from every continent
of the globe and many isles of tho
sea.
Those taking part in the dedica
tory ceremonies were T. Troy Wyche,
representing the Grand Council of
Need Felt For Permanent Book
mobile In Haywood County
For Rural Folks
A-Brown, Sr.. Is
mproving: From Injury
fcvBr'n' Sr- who. has been
for V May wood County Hos
w the past ten
accident, in which he
- "dctured skull and frac-
- ' 's reported to be im-
f? V the seriousness' of Mr.
rwH "-m,inai ne win
u -rernf
i-al weeks.
i borj.
lemain in the hospital
I Of Federal
Vw Commission Here
Inderal TPTnAJl'' chailan
on i Trr,afi- Commission, of
-.v.,.k '. ' ( - arnved Jthe first
thtj.t"'1 S(,vcra' ywith
E T wfnd sister. Prf
Nion 'if; I!?beson- While in
ma;'-, erguson Pla"s to
V n,ajority Part Of his tir
t rt. v ..- n- Rahhan. an-
fct the -2 f 8 dauhter, Pat
(ThIay?n'Vi"e Sanitarium,
XT . I T T T CI 2. - T C
wns hnrn in T.nmsa flnnntv. Virginia I 1N0"-n Carolina, J. nay onuis, jr., u.
on June 29, 1874. He had been a res
ident of Waynesville for the past 19
years, having come here from Atlanta,
Georgia.
Mr. Johnson possessed a mind of
unusual brilliancy, and had a keen
knowledge of his chosen profession.
Even after his illness took him out of
active practice of his profession, his
advice was often sougnt on legal
tangles. Always courteous, he had
made many friends during the years
he lived here.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
Fannie Johnson Reynolds, of Raleigh,
one son, John N. Johnson, of Waynes
ville; four sisters, Mrs. John T. Gresh
am, Mrs. Herbert Smith, both of War
saw; Mrs. J, H. Land, of Chadbourne;
Mrs. Luther Bushy, of Kenansville,
and two brothers, Rivers Johnson, of
Warsaw, and Dr. John N. Johnson, of
Goldsboro.
Campbell Reunion
Set For July 24th
The seventh annual reunion of the
Campbell clan will be held on Sunday,
July the 24th, at the home of Mr, and
Mrs. John B. Campbell, at Maggie,
near Soco Gap.
Committees in charge of plans for
the day are already at work. Miss
Nell Campbell is arranging the pro
gram and ., Miss Louise Campbell re
ports for the record committee.
'The members of the family fnd
their friends are all cordially invited
to attend the reunion.
Monroe, Grand High Priest of Royal
Arch Masons of North Carolina,
Charles B. Neweomb, of Wilmington,
Grand Commander of Knights Temp
lar of North Carolina and John H.
Cowles, of Washington, Sovereign
Grand Commander of the Supreme
Council of Scottish Rite, 33rd South
ern Jurisdiction of the United States.
The oration was delivered by Honor
able Thomas J. Harkins, of Ashe
ville, Sovereign Grand Inspector Gen
eral of the state for the Scottish Rite
Bodies and Senior Grand Warden of
the Grand Lodge of North Carolina.
Following the dedicatory ceremo
nies, the group visited Heintooga Bald.
The feature of the second day, was
the conferring of the Select Masters
Degree by the Forest City Council, of
Cleveland.
At noon a motorcade took the Ma
sons and friends to Pisgah, andja fried
chicken dinner was served at Frying
Pan Gap by the Waynesville Cham
ber of Commerce, under the direction
of W. H. Massie. Following the
Select Masters was conferred in a
secluded spot on the mountain by the
Concordia Council, of Baltimore.
In appreciation of the services
rendered by T. Troy Wyche as founder
of the movement to erect the Masonic
marker and for the courtesies ex
tended to them, Concordia Council
conferred upon him a life membership
in Concordia Council, being the Only
Mason outside of Baltimore ever to
receive this honor.
On Tuesday night the delegation ! house, but it's too early to wake the
attended the square dance and Indian I children, they are so little they need
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By Hilda Way (iwyn.
'.."Worthy books are not companions
they are solitudes;
We lose ourselves in them and all
our cares."
Fetus Bailey.
The month of June just passed will
be reckoned as the most remarkable
one in the history of the Waynesville
Public Library, for its service, for
the first time since its establishment
nearly a half century ago, was county
wide even into the coves on the far
edges-r- the people had access to the
books.
The State Library commission loan-
t I'd the local library, for the month of
June, a bookmobile, with a number of
books, which has traversed the county
including all townships, with the ex
ception of Heaverdam, as Canton has
a local library of its own. The cir
culation has been .'1,003, which proves
the warm reception and the ready re
sponse, with which the service has
met.
Being a native, it gave the writer
a peculiar satisfaction to see the re
action of our people, in general, to
the privileges of a free library ser
vice. It was thrilling to sec the ap
preciation of the books and to know
what a thirst for knowledge and cul
tural contracts the books were filling.
You would have an increased admi
ration for our librarian, Helen Med
ford, had you seen her greet the peo
ple, who crowded about at each stop,
and her helpful suggestions. She
seemed to know what each one want
ed. It also might surprise you to
know how Granville Gaddy, driver,
learned to assist the people with their
books and check them in and out, like
an experienced hand. For with sixty
mile trips on some days, one had to
make good time to cover the routes,
and make all the scheduled stops.
"Well, did you bring me that Rob
inson Cruso?" asked a man in his
seventies. .
"I can't read, but I got a big broth
er who can," said a small five year
old boy, "but next year, if you will
have this book truck, I can read, for
I'm going to the rock school house, up
at Cruso, for I'll be six." he added
with pride.
"You remember Miss Medford, that
old lady I told you about and got a
book for last time, well, she wants a
good love story," said a yOung woman,
on our first stop up Dick's Creek. .....
"I can't tell you how much I am
liking this bookmobile, I get up
around 5:15 to get my husband off to
his work at Canton. I clean up the
A hearing will be held here July 19
before Superior Court Judge Felix K.
Alley upon whether an order forbid
ding a liquor election in this county
on September 3 shall be made per
manent. Judge Alley issued the restraining
order Monday upon petition of four
Haywood citizens.
The petition, signed by J. T. Bailey,
and H. A. Osborne. Canton, Kdwin
Iwnuher, Clyde, and M. T. MoCracken,
W aynwviile, and in behalf of "them
selves and all other citizens, qualified
voters and taxpayers of Haywood
County."
The complaint showed that the elec
tion would be expensive, and cost the
taxpayers large sums of money, and,
if the election would carry, that it
would be unlawful "The petition
upon which said election is about to
be called is nut in compliance with the
statute, and not a sufficient and prop
er' petition as to its form, and is not
duly and properly signed by the prop
er and lawful persons as provided in
the statutes."
The petition does not show 'whether
those signing them voted in the gov
ernor's race in the general election in
1 .",(;.
The complaint, which i.s eight pages
in length, sets forth in detail 'that the
Cabe liquor bill, is unconstitutional.
The Cabe bill reads that if either
Heaverdam or Waynesville townships
vote for -liquor, stores, that they .-may
be established in either or both of the
townships, regardless of how the re
mainder of the county votes.
The complaint was filed with the
clerk of the court on last Friday.
T. A. Clark, Canton, is attorney for
the plaintiffs.
91-Year-01d Veteran
Of War Between The
States Buried Here
Pi tit ions Made Available For
Public Inspection Show A
Number Of Irregularities
Numerous irregularities wi re re
ported to have been found in the pe
titions that were presented to tho
board of elections on last Friday, ask
ing that an election be called for the
establishment of liquor stores in the
county.
Judge Felix K. Alley gave an order
Wednesday morning, which permitted
the names from the petitions to be
copied. When the petitions were re
leased, it was found that in a number
of instances, several members of a
family had their name on the peti
tions and in the-same hand writing
It was also pointed out that a num
ber of prominent citizens, had their
names on the petitions at least twice.
The petitions as presented, contained
1,7X4 names. A total or 1, 70S was
required.
In other instances, it was said that
names of minors were on the petitions.
From a reliable sourcq it was
learned last night that there were
names of persons on the petitions that
had not been residents of Haywood
county for a number of years.
In a few instances, the address of
those singing the petition were given.
One woman used ditto marks under
her husband's name, -and only signed
as "Mrs."
Several copies of the petitions wore
being made in the court house yester
day afternoon.
Marion Messer To
Co On Trial Here
Friday For Murder
Number Of Cases Disposed Of
During First Three Days
Of Superior Court
Was .Member Of Company ( Of
Famous 25th N. C. Regiment.
'.Fought At d'cttysburK
Last rites were conducted on Mon
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at Green
11 ill cemetery, Where burial followed,
for VVilliam John Hoyle, !M, .-.Confederate
veteran, who died at X o'clock
on Sunday morning, at his home in
West ('anton, after an illness of four
weeks. The Rev. J. .M. Woodard,
pastor .of. the Baptist church, of 11a
zolwood, officiated.
Active pallbearers . were Tom
Hoyle, Julius Hoyle, Willis Sbrrells,
Millard Sorrells, Hosea Sorrells, and
Claud Sorrells, all grandsons of Mr.
Hoyle. The gi anddaughters wore in
charge of the flowers.
Mr. Hoyle enlisted on May the 31,
1 HO 1 and served the entire four years
in the War Between the States, He
Superior court officials were digging
away this week on a docket contain
ing over 300 cases, and by Wednes
day night had disposed of a score or
more cases.
Judge Felix K. Alley, presiding, had
not passed sentence on all I hi1 cases
ill Which the defendants bad been
found guilty.
The court room is usually filled in
the mornings, but 'he afternoon heat
tends to thin out some of the spec
tators. The grand jury returned two true
bills for first degree murder, one
against Marion Messer, of -Cove Creek,
anil the other against Nina McDow
ell, of Canton.
Witnesses are being summoned in
the Messer ease to be on hand Fri
day. ..Solicitor Queen has riot said
what charges he will bring against.
Messer, but inasmuch as no special
venire has been drawn, it is gener
ally agreed that Messer will be tried
for manslaughter or second degree
for the death of J. Carson Hannah.
No intimation has been made as to
the date of the McDowell case.
Among (he cases, disposed of t
was a member of Company C, made.
up of men from this county, with . .
Glenn Parris, driving drunk, fined
William Pinkne.v Welch as captain,
of the 25th North Carolina regiment.
The regiment was known as. the
"Bloody 25th." At the battle of
Gettysburg more men were lost in
this regiment than in any other on
either side.
Mr. Hoyle bad been blind for. the
past ten years though his health and
memory had been excellent until the
time of his death.
Surviving are his widow, the form
er Miss Liza Sorrells; three sons, .1.
H. Hoyle, of Hazelwood and Henry
and Jack Hoyle, of Canton; two
daughters, Mrs. T. C. Mills and Mrs.
L. S. Sorrells, of Canton; 18 grand
children and 35 great great grand'
children.
The Wells Funeral Home were in
charge of arrangements.
Ventilating System
Installed At Laundry
Large ventilators and exhaust fans
have been installed in the Waynes
ville Laundry during the past few
days.
The new equipment makes the large
plant much cooler at all times.
$50, cost and six months suspended
sentence.
Dennis C. Cagle, breaking and en
tering, 12 months on roads.
Edith Lewis Was granted a divorce
from Grover P. Lewis.
Tom Cotter, drunkenness, six
months.
James I'ramlett, drunkenness, six
months. :
Charles Lambert, forgery, ordered
to leave state and 'given a two-year-suspended
sentence.
Ernest Trantham, abandonment,
ordered to pay $5 Weekly.
TO GIVE MUSICAL TEA
A musical tea will be given next
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Sydia Ray, by the women of the
Grace church guild. The hours will
be from four until six. A silver of
fering will be taken.
8-Inch Water
Main Broken By
Men With A Rock
. Sometime late Monday night, or
I early Tuesday morning, two men
broke the S-mch water main in Quin
lan Town with a 150-pound rock.
The pressure at the point was so
great that a stream shot thirty feet
into the air.1 Some water passed the
14-inch break and went on into the
reservoir," but most of it was wasted.
The line was broken at a spot
where the main crossed a small ditch.
Some five years ago, the line
was broken at the same point, and two
men were sentenced to the peniten
tiary for the act.
Oscar L. Briggs said no arrests had
been, made, but several suspects were
listed.: ": I .-