THE W
Mountaineer
SVILLE
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
.FIFTH YEAR NO. 4
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1939
$1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY
AYNE
mer Plans To
ke Four Changes
n Haywood Laws
L A holish Absentee In Pri-
Change Rabies Law,
Kill Liquor Law
Won Scholarship
SO SPITE MEASURES
L To Change Act Of 1937,
ind Put Commissioners On
Monthly Basis
I . .. v,mrps in nresent laws con-
Ites the extent of local legislation
,ow planned by Representative
n Palmer, as revealed in an inter-
with a reporter oi ine moun
ter while in Raleigh the past
-end. ...
L .; fll'St Oil muiokuwuic
Lr's list is a change in the ab
le ballot law. He is waiting un-
state-wide measure, wmcn nas
promised, is presented. There
hilitv that the state-wide
rp will be sufficient, but if it
lot," Mr. Palmer plans to introduce
(push through legislation inai
Id abolish absentee balloting in
primary, and a modified use in
L.0I elontions.
fhe present law regarding rabies
K -hnn(red to meet the situation
IHaywood, and to make it more
Ictive in curbing the widespread
khe dreaded disease.
rha hw n:i cted in 1937 legislature
Ich changed the salaries of the com.
liomrs from a monthly basis to a
fly basis will be changed, he said.
nvospnt the commissioners are
Id ?5 for each day they meet, and
provision made for electing a
h vm:m. Kenresenuuive rainier
ns to change this, and have mom
s' of the board paid straight sala-
Is of $500 a year, and the chairman
CO, as was the case betore the ivai
bill passed in the 1937 legisla
te hv kcdi K-nta.vo jonn vain;,
if h "nrovi ded" that an ABC liquor
re can be established in Waynesville
Beaverdam Townships, provided
Iher casts a majority vote for the
lore regardless of the vote of the
unty" will be repealed, Air. rainier
.id.
"Like everv member of the legisla
te, I have received numerous sug-
stions and reauests to introduce
Ills, but for the most Bart they would
Mv benefit a small gtoud. and in some
stances would be just "spite legis
tion" and I am down here repre-
mHno. TT QvwinH CnnTitv flt larffe.
is far as I know these four things will
I the onlv ones of a purely local
Iture."
Senator Chester A. Coeburn. when
Interviewed, was found working on
Ivpral nipasiirps of state-wide nature,
fiat will probably be introduced with
li the next ten da vs. He is busily
figagod on about 18 committees.
Whpn hsUpH nhnnt. - enminer home.
kenrpsrntative Pnlmpr said he Plan-
led to remain in Raleigh until the
gislature adjourns unless it mceis
o long.
HMHMMIIMHIHnMINWIHHIIIIMIWIMaa
JOHN ABEL
Winner in N. C. in National 4-H
Club animal livestock project contest
based on past work, awarded $85
(cholarship at Mate College.
Beef Champion
Outstanding
llllSlteillli
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Abe Lyman, Noted
Orchestra Leader
Coming For Ball
Record-Breaking Crowd Expect
ed To Hear Nationally-Known
Musical Leader
AT ARMORY SATURDAY
County-Wide Ball Is Creating
Lots Of Interest With Elabo
rate Program
Massie Plans To Open In
New Store Within 60 Days
Entering Business
CARROL HOLLAND
Named the outstanding 4-H Club
boy in county for 1938; pig champion
for 1938; president county council;
carried projects, pigs, forestry, corn
and potatoes.
Corn Champion
"3V
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NISS
IRANCES RAY RETURNS
FIIDM TRIP
Miss Frances Ray returned on .Sun-.
lllir niAi-nlni ft...... n l.,a t.l'in
inui 111 ii iiiinr a bii "iaj 'j -c-0
Ww Ynrlf PitT iverp Khp went Oil
Klllir 4..:.. t i! wnnfht.tn.
vuviii n ij iui Lilt? latjitra icauj
wear department of C. E. Ray's Sons
"epattment store.
WAY ABEL
Declared Haywood County beef
champion for 1938. Made profit of
$147.87 on baby beef, shown at Fat
Show, Asheville and State, fair nai
Abe Lyman and his nationally
known dance and radio orchestra will
play for the President's Ball which
will be held in the New National
fiiinrd Arm'orv here on Saturday.
Dancing will begin promptly at 9:30
o'clock. Lyman's band consists of .1(5
musicians, with Miss Kosa uianu, as
feature soloist, and is the most widely
known orchestra to ever play for a
dance in Haywood County.
Plans have been completed, with the
sales of tickets daily increasing, ami
every indication points to the largest
observance of the President's birth
day ever held in Haywood County,
Tickets at $1.50. per couple are beinjr
sold by a numboi of poisons through
out the county, and may also be se
cured the night of the ball at the en
trance to the armm v.
The ball Satin da night will bring
to a close the drio that bus boen car
ried, forward in the county for the
past two weeks to raise funds for
the treatment and control of Infan
tile Paralysis. T h's V1'"1' r, P1'1' lTllt !
vf the nuinev I'MimiI will be kept in i
Haywood County, the remainder M'lit
(Continued-- on back page.)
Last Rites Held
For J.L. Morgan
Well Known Haywood County
Citizen Was Huried In Clyde
Cemetery Tuesday i
r-r-' .
W. II. MASSIE
KENT KETNER
Who raised 121.2 bushels ol corn
on one acre, at total cost of $.58.((),
valued at $78.78, cleared a profit of
$40.18.
4-H Clubs Report Many
Accomplishments For Year
m t i I Awards (.iven At Annual Athie-
TrUe BOOSterS ... ... vemenl I)!iy Meeting Here
Last Saturday
"With every piece of mail we
post to our family and friends we
send some literature of this sec
tion," said Rudolf E, Heinze, of
Brooklyn, N. Y who with Mrs.
Heinze, has recently come to Way
nesville to live, after spending
four months in Western Noi th
Carolina prospecting for a per
manent location.
Mr. and Mrs. Heinze have leas
ed the W. G. Byers home on Hay
wood Street until they either build
or buv a home of their own.
Funeral servicts were held Tuu.tr
day afternoon at the Clyde Baptist
Church for Jaspei L. Morgan, 84, -i
prominent citizen, of Clyde, who died
in the Haywood County Hospital Sun
day night. The Rev. W. M. (icrald,
pastor of the cluuih, officiatel. Hur
ial was in the Clule cemeU'iy.
Serving as pallbearers were, Thom
as II Mavnes, Edwin I'incher, Nor
vell West, llonu t W est, and (litford
Crown, all of Clwlf . and Sam Robin
son, -of ( .anion,
Mr ' Morgan wax Tor many years a
leader in the public al fairs f Hay
wood Count v. lb served as a mem
ber of the ruling board ol education
for a period -of twelve years. In
101U li,, ivsw cli in man of the board
of supervisors foi llavwood ounty afteinomi al
; fl,. eevnliiMtion of real estate for Met hodi:- ( Mho
Snoeial Hand-Made
Cane Coins To F.D.R.
Soinetilue this wecli, Presi
dent Roosevelt will receive ".sub
stantial Mippxi't'' from Waynes
ville on his 'nfvrain whi. li would
join the I'niied States and South
America inure closely .titi-vetlior.
In the mails to the pusi.leut
is a. haiu'l-iiiade ' .'cane, fi'oni K. V.
El k. owner ol l-'ikralt 1 udiist i les,
The stall ot the tiine is made ol
inassarandiiba, one of the haidet
woods known, and found only in
the heart ol South America. It
is impossible to break the wood,
the handle ol the cane is of lurds
eye maple, grown in North Caro
lina.' -' The cane is highly polished, and
would retail tor more than $7.
Construction Started On New
Huilding Next To Park Thea
tre For Hugh Massie
Mrs. Willis Passes
Away Here Tuesday
Methodist
ithin sixty days, W. Hugh Massio
plans to open a modern mercantile
establishment in the new building
which is being erected by his brother
James E. Massie next to the Park
Theatre.
Ground was broken last Fridav for
the new brick cent ruction. It is be
ing erected on the site of the residence
of the late Or. M. II. iRogers, on Main
Street.
"I feel that W'avnesville has long
needed the type of store I plan to ope
rate and the kind of merchandise I
will offer for sale," said Mr. Massie)
to a reporter of the Mountaineer this
week.
"I have great faith in the future
of Waynesville, and its development
in the next few years. At one time
I contemplated the possibility of open
ing a business elsewhere, but after
making a study of the local conditions
m other communities, I decided to re
main here," lurther explained Mr.
Massie.
I he new ouildmg will have a front
age of lortv-three and a half feet and
a depth ol one hundred and twenty
live toot. It will have two entrances
with tour large show windows, extend
ing back into the building feet. It.
is to le a one storv structure, with a
full si.'.'il basement .
The fronts will lie in modernistic
design, with large glass windows fin
ished at the t op wit h two panels, ol
ornamental glass. The store will be
lurmshcd with new fixtures and mod
ern lighting and healing systems will
be installed. The ground back of the
new building will be graded to extend
to Montgomery Street and put in con
dition to be used as a parking space.
Property upon which the building
is constructed has H frontage of 87
feet and faces Mam, Miller, and Mont
gomery Streets, and is generally con
ceded to be one of the most desirable
(Continued on hack page)
Funeral Held At
Church Wednesday After
noon; Hurial (J re en Hill
M r;
hint a
1 : 1 F
after
N':'.ney Kmiline Willis, of At
iiikI Waynesville, died here at
'clock on Tuesday afternoon.
evlenilcd illness. Tuueral
KAPTIST ASSOCIATION
HOLD UNION MEETING
HEMPHILL 5th SUNDAY
The filli Sunday Union f
I he Haywood baptist Aksik-i.
be held with the Hemphill I,
Church next Sunday.
A special program has been arrang
ed and the olhecrs of the association
in etlciKlecl illness, i unci ,n i urt'ing the church members to
services- were, conducted yesterday .,((,. n,. Several matters of impor-
,0 oclock al the l ust ,,im.t, .u.(l s(.),,,l,.(l ( conic up lor
The ( rabtree 4-H Club -won. the
banner for the best 4-II Club m Hay
wood -County at the annual Achieve
ment Dav. which w as held in the eb b
Memorial Building of the baptist
Church on .Saturday. I he award n
made on the basis of outstanding clul.
taxation.
In 1!M7
ber of the
li. with the pastor tl
I?,.v .1 C llnee iti .lr. ol ficiatiu'-'.
he was appointed ;i mem- . lU.iria'l w as in the family plot in
u..l...tiv...W,.rvic hoaiil for (Jreenliill ce.nie-l ery.
i discussion.
At noon a picnic lunch w
d at the church.
ill he serv-
iinty bv (lovernor IJick-
made secretary of- the
i ved unt il the- war closed
Haywood (
etc He w;
and s
in 1MK,
Mi' l.e ':n tta- the ! :i :
activities during the year l.ri.-s. '1 h t.1!tH ., the iwn of Clyde.
J ci"n'i..,.,l ,,n l.ficli n i'c")- (Mure on b.i k nai'i.).
Modern Harbor Shop Under
Construction In Hazelwood
nu'r
If
To Play For Roosevelt Ball
fieofile
h there a definite need for a recre.
ntmmil center and a. community build
'V m Waynesville?
C. D. Ketner, manager Farmers
E-cchange "I think definitely, yes.
The proposed plan would offer facili
ties for entertainment of the tourist,
as well as meet the needs of the local
People. I think the . success of the
undertaking will depend upon the con
tinued backing both financial and per
sonal of those behind the movement,
for after the initial expense there will
be the upkeep."
Charles E. Ray, Jr., of C. E. Ray's
hfixirtment Store "The need for a
immunity center is definitely and im
perative. Until one shall be provided
our community will be handicapped;
ur growth retarded. The need aris
es in part with respect to our tourists,
but is equally great with respect to
ur young people and our civic orga
nizations. 'It is a man sized proposition, how
ever. Peanut financing will not do
the job. Only through a willingness
work cooperatively on the part of
the town officials and the whole citi
zenship can the project be realized.
Just now we should exert every effort
to see what can be done. Only by
trying can we progress."
Kenneth Palmer, member of Senior
Claps, High School "Yes, there should
be a place for the boys and girls -of
high school age to spend their leisure
time in some usetui ana neuiwuui v
tivity." "'. ,
C E. ; Weatherby, Principal High
School "Yes I do. It is impossible
. - j ! .Svniv.ntinn today with-.
to auvaucc in v.. -
out the thought of where one shall
spend his leisure hours, uui
mmtimtie.? today realize
this and have set up community con.
tersVith recreational iaeiuues vu
rfci demand. This community
center would, attempt to let as many
men or women as possioie
their steam without scaulding the man
next door."'
Dr C. X. Sisk, District Health Of
ficer ."Waynesville" has the most at
tractive natural surroundings to ap
peal to the tourists trade of any place
in North Carolina. However we
shouldn't expect visitors to be entire
ly satisfied with the natural scenic
beauties and should provide additional
recreations for theni."
-..a 4 -'-'V ' J
K S
-A T
". Servin;r a - pa 1 Mm a rei w ere, . .
McCiaekeli. .1.. II. Moi eau. (). II. She
ton. Dr. .1 o'h 1 1 II. .Sniatliers, .1. I
Wav, .ii.', and . I. Harden Howe!!. j
": Mrs. Willis was nuich b.dov.,1 iji , A niodern brick b.-.i!.-r -bop
Waynesville by a kirge circle of ! under ;const ruction on M.-tm; St reet
fri'onds and relatives. She was hoin l Hazelwood. The building will;' bo
in Turnpike, on March t he 2'A h, 1SIWI I by -l-l: feet, and is being biiilt by ('.
and was the -'-daughter of the lale i Allen and b. -, M. KiHian.
John Cl ailes and bucile Klizaheth i Plans call lor the ImiH.-ig to
Snialbers Six- was the widow ol i completed within t he next 1 hn ty da
(C.nlinu. d on back page.) ; one of the owners said.
C O V K U I N (;.... T H E
Hv Dan Tompkins
! due of the big problems confronting shall exceed 10 cents on.
!the present Cencral Assembly is the i uation. In Jackson Un
T....4 a..., 4.. ..:... f.... the tav rate hv f cent
lJrteLtlllClllCI,,IA.rtH l'Ml.uiiL, I'm - t.
I . ,. . - ... . . v 41 l.w.4w.n ,1.1 not 111
tioi nation' in out Age Assistance, ami coumihv, we nuuvw .
.. . I i , . ' ,i .i. ..1.1 I... .........
$00 val
A'ould cut
In other
n the Ulind siml An) to Deiwmlentiso much
C'hiblren is not uniform in the State.
In some counties the rate is less than
5 'ents on the hundred dollars valua
tion, of pi
runs up to
In others it would be nioi .
The bill would also boost the amount
il-. .4 4U .4!,.: n., ,!. i, iUtt . 4.1.1 Him
- IIIKI OIL' IUI Ol.l'4Mll.l ,11 t-l'- V'
ttv; while in others it benefits are receiving. -.It. provides
' . . I 1 1 1 r.4 ...,,1.. .
or '10 cents inversely, inav ine oiu ai: ueoeiiL o......
.1. 4 .I.. .11 4k.. ,..,.. uniform 1 hron fhout the .Mate, and
l ine rnoiuiiiv ,iiio,aiiv.en, m nit w-i... j -.
I ties that have the lower tax rate are j that the tax that the State is now
I lower than in the counties with the I getting from intangible personal piop
llow tax rate. Also, any increase in erty shall go into the equalizing fund
I t-ithcr the number of persons' receiv-! for this purpose. Until two yeai s ago
I ing the olil age benefits or. the increase the counties and municipahtie.r got
I in the moiithlv checks -would raise the all the intangible taxes. The RoM.-nu..
tax rate in the counti.s. Dill of I'm took those tax's a.a 1
i gave them to the State..
. In other word, the Mate, w hile it i
,tolkcts no ad vdowm tax f r Mt. The bill to atcopb-h th. e
i . . . i i .. .. . Tl.- 4-,...- ;.. ,x rm IWi 1:i
w.,w (. -T.i'. mrr Inn r-filinT TO I I 11 TliOSl .S. 1 III' ill.b ir i' iwvvv. v."
Abe Lyman, and his band of 16, will thrill hundreds of dancers and
spectators here Saturday night at the annual Roosevelt Birthday Ball, which
will be held in the new Waynesville Armory, with all sections of Haywood
participating.
li.w a t a v for what is reallv a .State
purpose, and that rate is manifestly
unfair and unequal.
Many Western representatives have
joined in supporting a bill, introduced
in the' House on Monday night by
Dan Tompkins, of Jackson, which
seeks to relieve this situation, and to
provide that the rate in no county
tax rate in the counties. The .second
i-t to increase the fund for the Old
Age pensioners. The third is t pet
back into the counties the intangible
taxes taken away from them two jeais
ago. i
The Oneral Assembly is marku p
time awaiting the real consideration
(Continued on Fagc 6)