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fHE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smokv Mountains National Park JtfJoTRTH YEAR NO. 35 WAYNESVILLE, X. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 1938 $1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY ML Sterling Student Missing appeared After Registering nun Local High School L Trace Found Of Boy After gejng Assigned 10 viar In High School k,,v nf the freshman class of the ,h school is missing. He came into wn on Monday irom inouni oteiung .i r.t tho nnnntv Riinprin. Indent of education. He was a Iriirht, intelligent boy, apparently (mbiiious, wanting an education. n oiV-ed Mr. Messer to help him nd a place where he could work Lmnors and afternoons for his Lard and keep. Mr. Messer assured m that he could assist hint and sent be boy to the high school to register. Upon arriving at the high school e was sent to the room for regis ration and has not been seen or Irard of since. What happened? Was the crowd in much tor tne uov : ua ne cei Lnesick for Mt. Sterling ? Did some '.thinking boy treat him as boys will metime do each other? School authorities late Wednesday tderaoon had been unable to locate it boy. lark Takes Up Duties On Paper In Circulation ft', C. Medford, Resigns After Four Year's Services; Will Continue Uncle Abe Robert. M. Clark assumed duties as filiation manatrer of The Moun- (lineer this week, succeeding W. C. Word, "Uncle Abe." who has serv- fi in that capacity for the past four tars, and recently resigned, to de llt his time to some snwinl wnrlt. Mlook after his farming interests. r. jiedtord, tn a statement yes erday, said: "In resigning as circu ation manager for The, Mountaineer, i ter four years, I deem it proper to spress my anrjreciation fn Mm snh. fibers of this paper for the eo lation and courtesy shown me as it n. "My work in tVi to will be in a limited way, as as- to , Mr. Clark, my successor. - continued on page 4) -w RATHER WORK THAN IAKE OFF HOLIDAY R. v. KiL- ...in . : : . weourig a puz- ; look on his face, and it all came y early this week, when he an wiced to his force of men, that the wt would be closed all day Labor l'ay, and eurU no. . - ..n aJ for the day. t""? making the statement, two Wmen told Mr. Erk they appreciat- TO but had rather remain in the t 5t and 'Pik than to have a holi- ' '""w, so arrangements have (5 made for them to have their mi, me matter. Full Day Of Activities Planned For Labor Day Labor Day Chairman ? I s J WILLIAM CHAM BKKS CabeBill Goes Be f ore State Supreme Court; Decision 12th Constitutionality Of Cabe Bill To Be Determined By High Court This Month Proponents of tne AF.C liquor stores, carried their case t the state supreme court yesterday, which they appealed from Jude Felix E, Allt-y's decision on July 19, when he held that the Cabe act was unconstitutional. Walter Crawford, attorney for the proponents of the stoves, argued the case for his clients, and f. A. Clark, Canton attorney, 'represented the plaintiffs, who were J. T. Bailey, and H. A. Osborne, Canton, Edwin Finch er, Clyde, and M. T. McC'i acken, Way nesville. The state supreme court is expect ed to hand down their decision on September 12th. The question of determining: the legality of establishing a liquor store under the ABC set-up was argued before Judge Alley last July, after a petition bearing 1,780 names had been presented to the Haywood board of elections. The plaintiffs in the case took issue with the petition, set ting out that some of the signatures were not gotten as prescribed by law. The legality of the petition was not made a part of Judge Alley's de cision, he based his decision on the constitutionality of the Cabe bill which would permit the establishment of a liquor store in Waynesville or Beaver dam townships, provided the voters of either township voted for the stores, regardless of the vote of the remain der of the county. The most extensive program of en tertainment that has ever been ob served on Labor Day in Waynesville is being planned for Monday, starting with the grand parade at 9:30 at the Gordon Hotel, led by Mayor J. H. Way, Jr., of Waynesville and Muyor Whiteiier Prevost, of Hazelwood, and closing with the street dance on the Main street of Hazelwood at 8 o'clock in the evening. Chairman Bill Cham bers and his committee are leaving nothing undone to make of the day a gala occasion. The stores of the town will observe Sunday hours, and house wives and other shoppers are urged to lay in their supplies on Saturday. The schools of the Waynesville township will be closed for the day, in order that the children may take part in all the festivities. Chairman Chambers has asked that all places of business have their Hags floating from their buildings, windows arranged appropriately for the day, and all cars and trucks dec orated and entered in the parade, If it seems too big a task to carry out some special idea in your car or float, Mr. Chambers insists that each car bear some festive sign, if nothing more than "crepe paper made into a few ribbons tied to your car." Special emphasis is being given the (Continued on page 4) Board Stamps Bond Issues For Urgent Emergencies 3 Liquor Salesmen In County Studying Local Situation Eyes of the liquor interest must be centered on Haywood county, as no less than thtee representatives of liquor manufacturers (legal) have made business trips into the county (lining the past week. The representatives are showing much concern over the outcome of the case which is now pending in the su preme court to determine the consti tutionality of the Cabe bill It has been known a long time that Haywood has been looked on as the "logical" western county . in-which t" establish liquor AB C stores. At present, Durham is the most westerly county with stores. It is admitted, that if one western county can legally have the ARC stores, that it will serve as a wedge for other counties to adopt similar methods. Those who have been spending some time studying the situation in the west, relative to the liquor conditions, point out that should Haywood have liquor stores, that it would almost force Buncombe and Henderson coun ties to vote on the ABC stores. Dr. W. L. Lambeth Elected President Southern Assembly The Mountaineer was given the first formal statement of the Waynesville board of aldermen and mayor yester day, since the calling of a bond elec tion to be held on September ltith. The Waynesville officials branded the sewer project, which calls for con struction of a sewer line from Hazel wood to a point below Lake Junaluska, as "essential and unavoidable." On the program to make necessary changes in the water system, they said, "it is necessary because an emergency exists." The plan, worked out in detail, calls for the town of Waynesville to sell $80,000 in bonds; Hazelwood to sell $:!ti,f)00 and for the two towns to ac cept a grant or direct gift from I'WA for $100,227, with which to build the sewer line. The bonds would carry an -.interest rate of four per. cent, for thirty years. On the water system election, the board is being urged by the state board of health to make certain im provements, and after going over the plans with engineers and health offi cials, the Waynesville Officials have looked on the matter as an emer gency. This proposed project would, cost $(13,415, with I'WA granting as a gift, $27,350, with the remainder on long term notes at four per cent. The action of the board, and their (Continued on page 4) - 15 Dogs Killed Since Monday As Safety Measure In Recent Weeks Twelve Cows Have Died Of Rabies; People Taking Treatment J.Irs. M. A. Poteate spent several days last week in East Flat Rock, visiting her father, Mi . R. R. Burnett.;. Sears Chase Waynesville Folks From Picnic In Park "I didn 1 '"iiy long after that bear starts :. . lnS k . " n'S lUich. T KrryaA fcof se m(.. . . "8" wli mat picnic 5ecro.?., a.,faJcy to somebody theClinL i,S recent experience on w crowd i a A -y 10 someDoay I - 3ld 0llver Shelton, in lineman n Ss w " .ome roai m the Great A iii. ? .a,ns' -National Park. foad "pread. their lunch near . Z i ed in to eniy their Pounds , h 0ther bea- of about 400 ddecidP7rb f sixty or more Picnic ey Wanted t0 attend the "s arived Mr- Shelton -- ."."su luings over to them. Tnere were around 150 peo ple scattered about eating and taking in the view in that vicinity, but when the bears took charge of the food more than three hundred gathered to witness the consumption of the meal. "I think that mother bear liked the mayonnaise better than anything on the menu. She turned up that quart jar and stuck her nose m, and went after it clear to the bottom. She couldn't get her nose that far, but she eould her tongue, and to her it was good to the last drop," said Mr. Shel- It is doubtful if the bears would have joined the picnickers had not on gome previous time they had been fed (Continued on page 4) Heavy Vault Door Delivered To Bank A vault door, weight, six and a half tons, was delivered to the First Na tional Bank yesterday morning, and will be part of the new and larger vault which will be constructed with in the next few weeks. The large steel door was brought on a special trailer, and handled by a crew of steel erectors. A program to modernize the inter ior of the bank is scheduled to get underway this week, and it will take about a month to complete the job, according to bank officials. A large assortment of sizes of safe ty deposit boxes were delivered with the vault door. Business will not be interrupted dur ing the construction. Cars From 48 States Noted On Main Street Cars from every state in the union, and eight foreign countries have been listed by Norman Caldwell, traffic officer, in the past sixty days, While on duty at the corner at the First Baptist church last Sunday, officer Caldwell counted cars from 32 different states during the one hour period. "There are more cars from Ohio than any other state", Mr. Caldwell said. Miss Kalherine Rav Elected Sec-! retary And Assistant Treasurer (Special to The Mountaineer.) The Rev. Dr. W. A. Lambeth, of Winston-Salem, was elected president of the Lake Junaluska Assembly of the .Methodist Episcopal Chiirch, South at a meeting of the directors of the Assembly here Dr. Lambeth, who will assume the duties of presi dent and treasurer immediately, will serve without salary and will contin ue his regular ministerial work in the Western North Carolina conference, where he is presiding elder of the Winston-Salem district. Miss Katherine Ray, of Waynes ville, was elected secretary to the president and assistant treasurer. Bishop Clare Purcell, of Charlotte, general superintendent of Methodism in the Carolinas, was named chairman of the board of trustees, and E. A. Cole, of Charlotte, vice chairman; and Dr. W. F. Quillian, of Nashville, Tenn., recording secretary. Bishop Paul B. Kern, of Nashville, was elected chairman of the execu tive committee. Other members of the executive committee are: Dr. W. P. Few,, Durham, H. A. Dunham, Asheville, T. B. Stackhouse, Columbia, and Dr. Lambeth. The meeting today was the first of the new board of 15 directors appoint ed by the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, - (Continued on page 4) Voice Ae PeofUe Do you think the North Caralina driver's license law has accomplish ed any good? Robert V. Welch. Sheriff "A little . as an officer of the law, I ap prove of any restriction that will pro tect those traveling on the highways. There are too many people driving cars, who even when they are sober are entirely too careless." J. L. Stringfield, chief of police "I think it has helped, especially in getting some drivers who drink from driving." Gem Fitzgerald, fire warden, assist ant fire truck driver "There are a lot of drivers with license that have no business with them, unless they change their way of driving. M. D. Watkins, Chevrolet dealer "Yes, but not as much as was ex pected when the law was passed." Jack Messer, superintendent of edu cation "Yes, although I believe it is ht strict enough and there are yet many drivers on the highways that should not be driving." Norman Caldwell, traffic officer "It sure has, but it could accomplish a lot more." Total Enrollment Of District Schools Reaches 2,776 Mark The schools of the Waynesville dis trict opened on Monday morning for the term l!l3H-3! with a total en rollment of 2,770 pupils, according to a statement made .yesterday by M. II! Bowles, superintendent. The high school represents a total enrollment of 550, with Hill in the freshman class; 138 in the sophomore class; 131 in the junior class, and 121 in the senior class. The junior high had an enrollment of 234, making an increase of 37 over the number of last year in the latter school. Other schools- in the district and their opening day enrollment -include: Central Elementary, 317; East Way nesville, 248; Hazelwood, 450; Rock Hill, 302: Lake Junaluska, lfii); Mag gie, 107; Allen's Creek, 143; Saunook, 112; Dellwood, 75. Heavy enrollments in the classes at the high school have necessitated a six period day schedule, instead of five as formally observed in the high School. Classes wi.lt begin at 8:44, and School will close at 3:35 with the ex ceptions of Fridays when the pupils will be dismissed at 3:04. The cafeteria in the high school will be a supervised WPA project and Mrs. Kate Kennedy will be in charge. It will open the 10th of this month. In the meantime a group of the mothers are sponsoring the lunches. On Labor Day the pupils will be given a holiday so that they may par ticipate in the activities of the cele bration to be observed on that day. Reports from the state laborato ries of the State Board of Health show that the stray dog that attacked the child at the nursery school at Central Elementary on Monday at noon of last week, was mad. Since that time three other children have ben bitten and all four are now re ceiving treatment for rabies. W'hjle the first child was only scratched, the nursery teachers took no chances, being suspicious of the dog's actions, gave the shild atten tion at once. They called the police, who were unable to locate the dog until Tuesday afternoon. It was killed and the head sent at once t the State Hoard of Health. Since that time fifteen dogs in this community, all said to have been bitten by ' the same stray dog, have been killed. It was also learned from those in authority that during the past few months at least twelv'" cows have died from 'rabies. There are listed on the tax books of Haywood county 2,080 dogs, with 727 being given a special value. It is claimed that there are anywhoiv from two to three thousand dogs not listed, with their owners evading Un law, in ninny cases ' disclaiming own ership. There has never been an active cam paign in this county to enforce the rabies law and as a result there have been cases from time to time that could have been avoided. The pen alty for failure to have dogs vacci nated in this state as set forth in the state statue is from $10 to $50 fine, plus court Costs. The county health officer is requited by law to appoint rabies inspectors in each township in the county and these appointments have been made in Haywood. The inspector is supposed to vaccinate every dog in his township,, for which service he col lects 50c per dog, from the owner. The name of the owner of the dog is turned over to the county tax collec tor. When the owner of the dog pays his taxes, the amount of the 50 cents iy deducted from the (log tax. It is (Continued on page 4) : $130 Recovered For Summer Visitor Felix Stovall's eyes clicked, and he was almost speechless when he pick ed up $130 in traveler's checks from the floor of his place of business. He knew the owner, but did not have the slightest idea where he was stop ping, but was positive the summer visitor was leaving early the next day. The telephone was put into use, and every boarding house and hotel Mr, Stovall Could think of was called, but to no avail. Late that night the man came back, and as he began telling of his loss, Mr. Stovall began asking where he was boarding. As Mr. Stovall handed the smiling stranger the recovered 1130, the name of one of the best known boarding places in the community popped into Mr. Stovall's mind and sure enough, that was where the man was board ing. . .' Both men, remarked, "I'll be doggone," Deputy Kerley On Way To Church, Captures 2 Stills John Kerley, deputy sheriff, decid ed to combine business with pleasure, when he set out last Sunday morning to fill an invitation to attend decora tion day in Quinlan Town. Deputy Kerley, accompanied by Bob Jenkins and Rufus Ball, got to the church earlier than the hour set for1 the services, and instead of waiting around, decided to trek into the near by woods. When they returned, they had two stills, twenty-six gallons of liquor, and 150 gallons of beer. Their surprise raid almost broke up the services, as the 60-gallon and 25 gallon stills were displayed, along with the white lightning, and beer. One of stills was all set for another run when found, and was equipped to make lots of liquor, hav ing a piped Water system and all. No arrests were made, but Deputy Kerley has the names of seven men implicated, and he is putting it tip to the men, through this article, to see him within a week and advise which court they prefer to be tried county or federal. "Suppose the men don't let you know, then what?" he was asked. "In that case, 111 go and get thei.i, and decide myself which court I get warrants for." In view of his action at Sunday's meeting Deputy Kerly dosen't expect to get many , invitations to attend decoration day celebrations this year or maybe next.