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i . i i . i u The Waynesville Mountaineer Published In , The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park FOURTH YEAR NO. 41. WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 19,8 Old Registration Books liacK nume; Will Be Used Again Mri Recindn New Registration Order; Old ikwks xai" pered With nation books, which disappeared. several back home, and the in special session afternoon, revoked an .,,) f flections i ', illini.' for a. new registration '. ,1, mvsterv surrounded the .u h.uiks as their disan anna'. N" clue, if any, has been ,;!, ( its to tne pany or par- ',!, r.iiiovi'd the books from their lur ul ii'i in the office of the clerk .'.tint. r r Rivion. chairman of the board - ek;ins. told The Mountaineer -teidav. that he had examined the , , . .1 ...I 1 Mob. ami ci'UUI HOC unci wnure uiey ti been tampered with in any way. v0 cxplyanatlon was to be had as the iviisun for any party or parties ting the books from their regular , The board ot elections dis- etit to make a final cheek-up several eeks ago in preparation ' for the eneral election on November a. I he fks were returned to the ciei'K s ice by the registrars immediately er the Democratic primary in June. the clerk's office is not equipped with private vault in which to keep such looks, as the large vault is open to epublic, ami it was pointed out that bonks could have easily been wed through the window in the usement vault without any one in (Continued on back page) $1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY All Winners In Kitchen Contest pr.R.E.Medford, Pioneer Doctor, Claimed By Death racticed In Northern End Of County For Forty Years; Had Wide Family Connection Last rites were oenducted at the "is Chapel in Iron Duff on Wed- d)' afternoon, at 3 o'clock for Mobert E. Medford. 70. who died kis home on Cove Creek on Tues- W morning at 5 o'clock. The Rev. UleFevers, assisted by the Rev. B. Pbibbs, officiated. Burial was e Davis Chanel Xephews of Dr. Medford served pallbearers. Nieces were in rhaiw I the flowers. Dr. Medford was a native of this ana was the son nf P V. o,l Ann Rogers Medford. He had Wiced medicine in the Cove Creek ft.ion of the county for, more than years. He received h; moAi. taining at Vanderbil Univorsitv. a wide family connection section and was holH Pw Vb large circle of friends. - giving are his Owens Medford, one son, Rob f Cove Creek; and one daughter, 'Mn Davis, of Kntn fl,v 1 v. ;'r T Chailie- ylor,. Will and ;le. all of this county; three ol VPr. X. M. Medford, of Wid Medford, of Drexel, -"M1IUHS IpilmJ ; :: i ifcfc jwawassssssai . mmmt t Mrs. D. Reeves Noland, in the kitchen of her homo on Finos Ovck Mem ber of Fines Creek Club. t ' 1 lll""u' '"'''wiiiiiiiwiwwwiiwwi iUiw i,. V iv ,,,, , It XjtMi 1 1 w I Town Tax Rate Set At $1.70; Increase In Debt Service Fund Budget Calling Kor $121,484 Adopted Uy Town Aldermen For Coming Year carries n is .'!7 cents Waynesville's tax rate for the coming fiscal year has been set at $1.70, by the board of aldermen, and given formal approval by the Local tiovernnielit Commission, in Raleigh. Tin.- new rate is ten cents higher than last year. Tlie budget requirements as set out at if: !l,4M.l.i, witli the largest single item going for debt service, which is "Men ai .To,im.(c; :lii( rate ol .; cents, w liich more than last year. l'rl'teen cents was sliced from the general fund rate, which brought it down to 85 cents. The street fund is taking a '22 Cent rate this year as compared with cents last year. The budget sets out $84,450 in ieeruio other than from taxation, and it was explained that this will fiom the sale of power, water, liege taxes and license, police costs and the sale of cemetery lots. '1 he property valuation is listed at if2,:!00,()()0. 'I lie condensed statement of the budget and requirements will be found in today's issue of this howpapor. Aged Groceryman Badly Injured By Two Robbers Shining Apples come priv-court f , I r If r .- J is a familiar sight to Way people for the past ,'!4 years, an A. H. Crawford Sufl'ering From Broken Hihs Sustained In Attack Of 2 Negroes two anil say have Kenmore Buildinirs Coming Down: Work HI Health Forces un 75iauon Marts Modern $7,000 Station To':. He Erected On Kenmore Hotel Property By Sinclair Oil This liesville as it shows .1 iipple in front Main street. Mormino shinine- of his fruit stand . .15. Crawford, a Hoy, Avenue gioceryman, is sutVering from two bioken ribs, and other injuries sus tained early Monday night, when two local negroes are alleged to have at tacked him, and threatened' his wife vu(h 11 Kim.. The robbers pulled out the lights and robbed the cash drawer of about .$17.50. Mr. and Mrs. Crawfoid were alone m me siore at ,::), when the negroes, sai.l to be Waller Haley luihert osler, who iiolie (oniessed the crime, came in the store. Mrs. Crawford told police that one of the men threatened to shoot her heart out if she screamed. Two other negroes were arrested, but after the confession of Haley and loster, the other two were released under bond. Xo hearing has been set for the two, pending the condition of Mr. Crawford, who is about 75 years old and unable to leave his bed. I'oliceman I'ntton Douou .,.l M,;i i Hps arrived on the scene within three ; minutes after the crime was commit j led,, and said they found Haley's hat. u "en (lie men were arrested thing over was recovered. some. e nas this ! On Left Mrs. Crom K. ( ole, member ol the Iicavcrdam Home liemoii stration Club, her kitchen one of the ti rst live. Center Mrs. Mark Ferguson, whose kitchen was designated by 'Miss Gordon, Extension specialist in Home management and House furnishings, Of State College, one: of the. group' of ffYe, which was most improved at the least cost. Member of Fines ( reek Club. Mrs, Elmer Kuykendall, member of the Beaverdam Home Demonstration Club, her kitchen one of the first group. ' I'irtiires by SlwrriU's Studio. Workmen started Monday tearing down the old Kenmore Hotel hnil,l- ings on Main street, in preparation for the erection of a modern $7,000 service station by the Sinclair Oil Company. deny Liner has the contract for both removing the buildine-s. ami for the erection of the station, The occupants of the building mov ed this week. Mr. Liner told .The Mountaineer this week' that is would require about three weeks to complete the removal of the two story brick buildings,-and that something like three months would be taken to erect the service station. "I am going to put all the men I can on the job to get the concrete foundations and paving down before freezing weather," Mr. Liner said. Mormino To Close ;U-Year-01d Store Court Upholds $1,100 Verdict Of Long Vs. Eagle 5, And 10 Store Joe Started In Business Here In Very Small Way, Has Met With Success i thr Dptrnif ee half ' 'fW . irrs. AiDert tef!fVf Clyde, Mrs. Boone 'mathey, of HiH,in;t. . Postal Business Shows An Increase Postal business showed a ?208 increase for the quarter ending September 30, over the second quarter, according to Postmaster J. II. Howell. No definite check was availa ble on the pieces of mail, either incoming or outgoing mail. T Wges Fail To Determine A 1st In Kitchen Contest Standard Of Living In uraI Sections Shown 1? v Bet'er Kitchens T,By.HlI-I'A WAV P.H'VV : "at Hwd of d.i. t ':b.l ".; u"'"g woujej your others , . Pa'-ed to thirty 1 nni njiss,. t well" planned in r ,has it just grown rir.,', , 110 Particular Uf'PS: n hav.. , i sk' h e other "rooms in skv " oes the light come from Arp'.l'1 leflected from the the J:T the right color? iu, ,'? What kind of PhBTnave'---What about rfud K r cove'-ing? What lV t. uox r contain y.-; iUi u'-'-y spot in your m... f'Ptei steps do you ..?" ""itainin . 1 .re your tt tl- ent to vnii. tt .Sj??jn your Sn? do ti, v u- Wnen you ilr1101' so arrn nil Mre wafted in anoth er direction? . Are-, your tables, the right height? Do they give you a pain in the back to lean over when you are working on them. Personally I would rather dis like to have had my kitchen checked up on last Friday, afternoon with the thirty-four kitchens, that competed in the contest held in the county. But give me another year I will remedy some! of my mistakes the. result of seeing what others are doing. One of the most gratifying things about the tour was the knowledge that while the kitchens, which are a most important part of the home and belong in the woman's world, if the men had not been interested also, there would hot have been so many women com peting. The kitchens are another bit of concrete evidence of the higher stand Hay wood County Democrats Make Campaign Plans Precinct Meetings To lie Held From Now Until Election In November The Haywood County Democratic Executive Committee held a meeting at the court house on Saturday even ing. A majority of the precincts were represented. (.'. E. Brown, chairman,' presided. It was decided to open campaign headquarters during the week of Oc tober the 1 0th, in Waynesville, Plans were formulated to hold regular weekly meetings in each precinct of I the county from now until election Mrs. Oral Yates, vice chairman, was asked to have charge of the women's activities and organization work in the county. Merchants Asked y To Close For Game The merchant's committee of the Chamber of : Commerce met yester Hay and are requiring that all stores close from three to five o'clock Fri day for the Canton-Waynesville foot ball game, which will be played on the local athletic field. The committee is compoosed of Hugh Massie, chairman, Lester Bur gin, V. A. Bradley, Emmett Ballen- President And Ickes Likely To Set Park Opening Congressman Zebulon Weaver here this week, said that the date for the formal opening of the park next spring or summer would depend'largu ly on the time that President Roose velt and Secretary Harold L. Ickes could comedown. "Any time in the spring or summer would-be most appropriate," he said. ,ome oi tne park oincials have in mind to have the opening during the rhododendron season, which I think would be the best time." J, Hoss Eakin, superintendent of the park, speaking before the Board of Conservation and Development, and civic and business leaders of Western North Carolina, here Mohdav said: "I!y .".--January fiist we will either have the title for the necessary land for completion of the park, or have the matter in condemnation court. You can rest assured that by January first, we will have the land in our hands, and the opening can take place any time thereafter." Joe Mormino closed his fruit stand here this week after doing business in Waynesville for the past thirty-four years. Mr. Mormino has been in business for a longer consecutive period than any man in town, and his place has long been one of the most popular shopping centers for housewives. Mr. Mormino, upon advice -of his physician gave up active partici pation in his business last January, and since that time his wife and oldest daughter have carried on in the same .satisfactory manner to the cus tomer established by the owner. The story of Joe's success is the familiar one of the emigrant boy who made good in America, "the land of opportunity," which has beckoned thousands from across (he seas. He wiis born in Sicily, in 18K-1. He came to this country in at the age of X years, with his. brother Antonio Mor mino,. For a time he resided in St. I Louis, later coming to "As.hcvi.lle, where an older sister lived. in l'.mi he located in Waynesville, and ran a fruit stand in the old post office building on the site now occu pied by the W. W. N. C. Cafe, 'owned by direst (ieolge, another foreigner, who has made good here. The prop erty changed hands, and Jde built a shack on the S. C. Welch lot across the street next door to the First .Na tional Bank. Then in 1!2; he bought the present buildine-. to which he The State Supreme error in the case of the Eagle 5, 10 and 1 was appealed to the Oairt found no A. K. Long vs. 5 Stores, which high court last "!""'.v o.v ine nve anil ten cent Arm, after a Haywood jury had awarded Long, a Canton resident, $1.1(10 dam ages, for false imprisonment. In (lie trial, heard before Judge Clement, it was .'''brought out that Lot g purchased and paid for a five--cent screwdriver, which he placed in his pocket .unwrapped, which he was permitted to do by t lie clerk, Miss Katherine Smathers. After a lapse of 20 minutes, in which Long waited on his wife to make other purchases in the stoics it was set out thai J. E. Senter, assistant manager, seeing Long put the screwdriver in his pocket, sought. two policemen, and had Long arrested. Long explain ed the transaction, and the assistant manager refunded his money for the screwdriver. Engineers Ready To Re-Check Soco Gap-Cherokee Road The Mountaineer lennx'd this 'week from; an official of the State Highw.u department," that engineers would go over the routing of the SocO (Jap- added and made many improvements, ( hcrokee highway sometime this fall and his business has been located ; '"'."' -"ring the survey up to (late and there since that (late. ihave it ready for. letting, the contract He has dealt in. fruits, and vegc-j m'xt spring, tables, and as a side line, to nccomo- ' n's official, however, did not com (late his Customers, groceries and soft ! m!' .himself that the conira'cl v.oulil be - (Continued on back pajje) i let next spring Mistrial Ordered In $15,000 Damage Suit tine, R. C. McBride, W K. Chandler ard of living that is a part of the coun- and W. H. Owen. ty wide program of rural life that is steadily going forward. You see it in the yards Dei ore you LOSE DRIVERS LICENSE : At ' ' " 1 ' . .. , ,,-, ,-n the well mong inose w no nave naa tneir reach the homes. ou see it in the well v tu v. kent fiplds You see it in the iine.""" , -" i.iB..w.j- Kept tields. xou see 1 y ) department, includes Howard Staf- fattla oro7intr in the DaStUTeS. lull, r .vw e, .....j, ... . see it in the new houses and improv- (Contined on page 9) - ford, of Canton, on charges of driv ing drunk. A mistrial was declared in the suit of G. C. Bryson against the Ashcville Livestock Company, in which Mr. Bry son was asking $15,000 damages as the result of injuries sustained when a horse in the stockyard backed into hint and broke his foot. It was learned that 11 jurors were for the plaintiffs and one for the defense. ' V BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. if. W'eyman Stuart announce the birth of a daughter, Martha Elizabeth, on October the 7th, at the Waynesville Sanatorium. Mr. and Mrs. James Best, of Crab tree, announce the birth of a son, on October the 8th, at the Waynesville Sanatorium. Among pending bills for the 1939 legislature is the proposal to length en the scho d term of the state, and two plans are being discussed; A nine-month term instead of the pres ent eight or the '.'addition of the 12th grade. Which plan do you prefer? Zcb W. Curtis, druggist "1 prefer a nine nionths school because "wo could have that at a small additional cost, whereas another grade would very expensive." be Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, President of North Carolina Congress of Parents and , Teachers I am very much in terested in working toward the ninth month and twelfth grade. I would like to see both of these additions to our schools in the near future. If both of these cannot be had at once, however, I believe we will actually succeed in getting the twelfth grade first."'' ;-" '-;,; T. G. Massie, rather see a 12th merchant "I had grade added.'" R. L. Lee, coal dealer "Would rath er have a nine months school, than a 12th grade." - Mrs. F. E. Alley, Jr. VI would like to have both, but if we can have oiily one at this time, I would prefer a nine months term." Rev. J. G. Huggin, Jr., pastor of Methodist church I prefer the nine month term. Professor Hutchins, of Canton speaking at the Rotary Club of Waynesville recently, gave som! cogent and, to me, thoroughly con vincing reasons why the nine-month term would be preferable, such as: the considerable expense involved in adding the 12th grade, the benefit to be derived from the nine-months term to those who will not finish high school, and the shorter period be tween school terms if the nine-months Iterm is instituted. - i r I " ' '3 I "