Jhe Waynesville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
fIfthyear
NO. 5
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1939
$1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY
G. Rippetoe & Co. Takes
Over Burgins Dept. Store
Not Loan Sharks
, , Remodeling Program
$5 Offered For $3
Llerway To Improve Main
Street Building
koCERY STOCK EXCLUDED
BUSINESS uiaue.o
.-!.:... shoes For The
Lns tioi"'& .
Family And wont uuimus
Will Be reaiurea
Mt. Sterling CCC
Camp Will Move To
Cataloochee Area
Removal Of Camp Will Enable
Work To Get Underway In
Park Areas
L bearing his name, and have tak-
over all except tne grocery
Burgin's Department Store on
j lfnift. ofrppts here.
l. oni ti nic. u"--
remodeling of the store,
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the interior ana exterior win
done within a lew -ays,
. fotH vesterday. New fixtures
n he added and a display window on
iller street will be built.
The balcony which has been Used
r shoes and read-to-wear depart
fftte has been torn out, and only a
iall office will be built instead.
No immediate cnanges are coin-mated
in the basement of the store,
iich was opened several years ago.
t will carrv a complete line of
Itter men's furnishings, clothing and
high class line of men's snoes, not
w featured in this community, to-
fther with a general line 01 snoes iur
e entire lamiiy.
"Further plans call for a complete
of nationally known men s worn
thin.. 1 will not carry ready-to-
Lar, although there is some in the
;ock which I took over irora Mr,
lirgin.
The stock is now available to the
Lblic, even while remodeling and
nairing are underway. Plans for a
Jrmal opening will be made when the
orkmen complete the task of re-
lodeling and installing new fixtures.
Mr. Rippetoe cam here in 1912
hi operated several commissaries in
Imnection with lumber plants, and
one time had three such places.
1920 he purchased a half interest
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tie
Five dollars for three.
That was what Roy Swanger,
of Hazelwood, was being offered
here this week for an old three
dollar bill.
Mr. Swanger turned down the
offer, stuffed the old bank note
back in his pocket to await high
er bids.
The worn bank note was issued
by the Mechanics and Traders
Bank, of New Orleans, in De
cember, 1893, and is of the larger
"blanket" size.
Mr. Swanger thought of writing
Washington to get the actual val
ue of the old piece of currency,
but now that local bids are boom
ing, will probably wait until the
last high dollar is offered.
The note is plastered with
threes, and except for worn edges,
is apparently in good condition.
CIVIC LEADERS HERE HAVE
BEEN URGING THIS CHANGE
Funds Found To Be Available
For Building New Barracks
At Site
The removal of the CCC camp at
Mt. Sterling on Rig Creek, to a new
location on Cataloochee Creek, ap
pears a certainty now that Congress
man Zebulon Weaver has been ad
vised by the department of the ihte
rior of the change in the camp loca
tion, according to information re
ceived from Washington.
Proper recommendations had been
made by J. Ross Eakin, superintend
ent of the Great Smoky Mountains J to conform rigidly to the law as
National Park and by Conrad J.! the dates during which the vacci;
ERADICATION OF
RABIES STARTED
IN THIS COUNTY
Inspectors Named For Each-
Township By Officials, As
Campaign Starts
McKee Assures Widening Of
Highway In East Waynesville
ALL INSPECTORS GIVEN
FORMAL CONFIRMATION
Schedules For Each Township
Will Be Arranged By In
spectors Soon
iVork Started On
Remodeling Eagle
Five And Ten Store
Improvements On
First National Bank
Are Now Completed
The program of general renovation
which was started some months ago
in the quarters of the First National
Bank building occupied by the bark
ing institution, were r mpleted this
week.'
The last work to be dotfe is the
plastering of the walls. The reflec
tion from the lighter tones give the
building a hundred per cent better
light both for those employed in the
bank and the patrons in the lobby.
The flooring of tile asphalt in dark
green and tones ot Drown ana ian,
which was laid in the lobby last fall
was continued over the entire floor
extending over the space wherjv the.
employes work. . ' ;.t v. '
The new fixtures and rearrangement
of the furnishing of the bank made
since the improvements were inau
gurated have given almost twice the
space for visitors to the bank and to
the employes.
I) Days Will Be Required To
Complete Construction Of
Addition To Store
Workmen have torn out the interior
the former Joe Mormino Fruit
land in the first move of enlarging
juarters for the Eagle Five and Ten
nt Store here.
Construction work , will require
'out 30 days, and another 30 days
be necessary for painting and
Pitting in new fixtures, it Was learned.
The new store, when completed,
ill give the firm a 52-foot frontage,
ith-three modern entrances. ';-...-'.
A temporary wall will be erected
the present store, as the wall be
een the two buildings is torn out.
"is will not interfere with the busi
es of the tore, Mr. Brewer, mana
r said. . ' -' :
bounce Construction Company, of
igh Point, have the contract, but all
cal labor is beiner used on the iob.
Liner Awarded Job
For Massie Building
Ten men started to work yesterday
morning on the new store building
being erected by J. E. Massie, next to
the Park Theatre, and to be occupied
by Hugh Massie.
The contract was awarded to Jerry
Liner, local contractor. The specifications-call
for the completion of the
building in sixty days.
J. C. Haynes is architect for the
building.
Wirth, assistant director of national
parks, to effect the removal.
While there was no paarticular
objection on the part of the govern
ment to change the location of the
camp, which has been urged by the
citizens of this immediate territory,
it seemed to be a question of funds
with which to build barracks. Now
the assistant director of national
parks feels that he can take care of
the expense.
This removal will mean that the
vicinity of Black Gap Camp and Ilenl
tooga outlook, will be developed and
made more accessible to the public.
Committees of the Chamber of
Commerce' have been urging the
change ih location for sometime, and
received this week, word from Con
gressman Weaver that he .felt all
obstacles had been removed for the
immediate change,
Town Waynesville
Meets Obligations
Sum Of $33,000 Paid On Bond
Indebtedness Since
September
The initial step in the campaign
to eradicate Haywood county of rab
ies, was taken during the week, when
rabies inspectors for all the townships
were appointed by Dr. C. N. Sisk, dis
trict health officer. All the names
submitted by Dr. Sisk to the state de
partment of agriculture, have been
confirmed by Dr. William Moore,
state veterinarian.
All the inspectors will be expected
to
ring which the vaccina
tions are to made. Each inspector
will also start the work the first of
April, as set forth in the State law,
He "'will also be required to have n
definite schedule worked out when the
Work is inaugurated, and keep his
appointments accordingly.
Posters will be made for use in
each township and will be placed at
advantageous points in each township
so that the people may know when
to expect .the inspector in their
vicinity.
--Inspectors appointed and approved
are as follows: Cecil township, Ken
Browning, of Canton, route 2; East
Fork, John Hentherly, of Canton
route 2; Pigeon, T. R. Moore, of Can
ton, route 2; Waynesville, Carroll Mc
Cracke.h, of Clyde, route 1 ; Crabtree,
W. J, McCrary, Clyde, route 1; Iron
Duff, Z. V. Chambers, of Waynes
ville; route 2: Fines Creek, Harley
Rathbone, of Clyde, route 1; White
Oak, James MeElroy, of Cove Creek;
Ivy Hill, J. B. Campbell, of Maggie;
Jonathan, Bobby Howell, of Waynes
ville, route 2; . Clyde, Dr. II. B. Os
borne, of Clyde; and Beaverdam, Dr.
H. B. Osborne, of Clyde.
Extra! Extra! Man
Remembers Date
Wife's Birthday
One Waynesville man is rep 'i-t-ed
to have actually remembered
his wife's birthday, without even
having to be given a hint.
Troubled as to what to give, it
is reported that a friend sug
gested: "Remember her with
flowers."
A florist suggested that he jriva
a dozen roses as a remembrance,
and when told the price, our
hero, said:
"I am a man of few words.
Give me two."
Work Will Be Done With New
Funds Which Will Be Availa
ble July First
APPROVAL GIVEN PROJECT
O F HIGHW AY OFFICIALS
Will Relieve Serious Traffic Con
gestion In Eastern Section
Of Town
Plans Completed
For Continuance
Of Summer School
Dr. Paul N, Garber Re-elected
Director. School Will Open
On June 6th
The Town of Waynesville has paid
$33,000 on bonded indebtedness
since September first, it was learned
this week from Mayor J. H. Way, Jr.
On September first, $25,000 was
applied on water bonds, and ' t'h3 re
mainder on general bonds during the
past few months.
The town recently Sold $7,000 in
bonds through the Local Government
Commission for four per Cent, this
being the cheapest Waynesville bonds
have sold, the usual rate being six
per cent.
The town "-officials are also com
February Term Of
Criminal Court To
Convene Monday
Judge Zeb Nettles To Preside,
With 200 Cases On
Docket
The board of trustees of the Juna
luska Summer School, Inc., at their
annual meeting here Friday adopted
a ' budget sufficient to . meet the appropriations'-of
Duke University that
will guarantee the needs of the sum
mer session of 1!)'!!), It is also ex
pected' that the county board, of com-'
missionors will make their usual ap
propriation of $200 for the - session
of 1DIUI. The school will open June
the Olli.
The board of missions of the Meth
odist Church, South, and the board
of Christian Education of the church
have also agreed to continue gratis the
services of an instructor in the field of
missions and instructor in Religious
Education, reported Dr. Paul N. Gar
ber,' who was re-elected for his fifth
tsrm on Friday, as director of the sum
mer school.
The board of missions hiis designat
ed Dr. Elmer T. Clark, of Nashville,
Tenn., as instructor 'in missions,
while Dr. Frank S. Hickman, of Duke
University, has been selected as the
representative of the board of Chris
tian Education for the coining session.
In his annual report Dr. -.Garber
stated that students from .nineteen
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Plans for widening Highway No.
19 from the East Waynesville city
limits to a point beyond the inter
section of RaUrliff Cove road should
start soon after July first, according
to E. L. McKee, highway commission
er of the tenth district.
Mr. McKee in a letter to L. N.
Davis, chairman of the roads com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce,
pointed out that the state would re
ceive additional Federal funds on
July firsthand that the program for
widening the road for a dist-inee of
one mile had been approved and
would come from this next appropri
ation. The work was originally scheduled
to bo done with WPA funds, but
failed to be approved.
'Commissioner Midvee said; "We
have programmed the project ti come
out of the first Federal aid funds
which are available July first. As
the plans for this improvement have
already been made, the work .should
start -soon after July 1st."
The widened road would be similar
to that at Clyde and Enka, and would
relieve traffic congestion on that sec
tion which is now overcorwded, es
pecially around the entrance of the
Haywood County Hospital.
The February.- term of criminal
court will convene on Monday the (Mh,
with Judge Zeb Nettles, of Ashovil.le,
presiding.
There are approximately , t wo hull'
Fred Ferguson To Be
Connected With Barber
Apple Orchards, Balsam
Fred Ferguson, who has been con
nected with Champion Employes Store,
of the Champion Paper and Fibre
Company, of Canton, will in the fu
ture be with the Barber Orchards on
the Balsam road.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson moved tnis
week to the home formerly occupied
by Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Sparks, where
they will reside. .'.-'-...."
COVERING
Me.
T ii e r v
By Dan Tompkins
The idea
his that and the other state purpose
one of the things that is keeping
he tax rates up in the poorer counties
'we state; and if it is not checked,
in soon have those rates back to
"ere they were when the big cuts in
1 valorem taxpe upro Tnnrtn in 1 931
nd 193.3.
Kot only does it keen the tax rates
P on the lands in t.hnsp rnnnties that
lre least able to pay; but it also keeps
F'e bpnofif- f l. i. ..: :
.vi.uj ux Uie various services in
,e counties where the tax rates are
?h below those in the counties with
w tax rates. - .
tould be hard to call the entire
. but you Would h snrnrisprl to
nw just how many of these calls
vuunty participation there are in
ie present stnto lo-mc, c a fro A Q
kiT6 Aid for Dependent Children,
hZ T tne Bbnd, Vocational Educa-
- ..--vo. ire x-revenuon, rieaiv."
and Sanitation, all through the stale
set-up the insidious thing ot county
participation shows its head.
When it comes to vocational edu
cation, for instance, the county-participation
plan, would raise a large
sum of money for this laudable pur
pose; but it would , at the same time,
slam the door shut in the face of the
boys and girls in the weaker counties,
or impose an additional tax burden
upon the lands in those counties,
where the tax rate is already too high.
We of those weaker counties would
be forced to pay, in sales tax and
otherwise, a part of the vocational
education fund; but the benefits would
go to the big counties with high tax
rates.
pleting plans' for refunding street h'-d cases on the regular calendar
bonds, and according to Mayor Way,
the town will not default on their
payments, unless ! something vnf-iv-seeli
turns up.
Siler Rites Held
At Long's Chapel
Prominent And Beloved Woman
In Southern Methodism
Passes Away Here
W. T. Huff Promoted
By Esso Marketers
Assumes Duties As Lubrication
Sales Engineer In .35 W. N. (V
Counties
Haywood's Largest
Dance Crowd Goes
To President's Ball
Abe Lyman And Band Proves
Successful Drawing Card
For Benefit Dance
the majority dealing with minor cases,
which are .'scheduled to be tried the
first week.
The plan, is to. devote the second
week to a large, number of cases that. Standan
have been in court for sometime, a (He has
few having been on the docket for
ten and twelve years.
The following will serve on the jury:
First Week
Harry Mathews, Beaverdam; I!. M.
Stanley.,. Beaverdam; F. M. Jackson,
WaynesviTlle; George 1!. Hammond,
Beaverdam; Roger Medford, Waynes
ville; Daniel S. Smith, Beaverdam;
Last rites were conducted at !) .Wiley li. t.reen, rines t rees, i.
o'clock on Sunday morning at Long's &harp,. tast 1-oi k; sain Jones,, ay-
Chanel. Lake Junaluska. for Mrs. nesviue; josepn u. ncim-i,.-c-ai.
Frank Siler. 85. for vears a prominent J'aui Norris, Beaverdam; Gerald Davis
figure in education in Southern Meth
W. T. liufT has hecn pt'imioteil ',
lubrication sales :eim;int'er ill .:i.r Wcst
crn North Carolina, counties for the
Oil iompiiny of New .lei jey.
ilready taken over his new
duties, and was succet'deil as genera
Salesman for this ilifstrict by C- C.
Gibbsy who is niakinp his headinioi -
ters at lirvsoii City. .
Mr. Huff, will lemaii) hei-e until
about April first and then will mako
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odisrri, who died on Friday morning
at 9 o'clock at the home of her niece,
Mrs. John Li Davis. Burial was in
Franklin.
Serving as pallbearers were: J. H.
Anderson, Clyde; George Sherrill,
Asheville, Guy Fulbright, Frank Mar
tin, Allen Siler, of Waynesville, and
Fred Thompson, of Lake Junaluska.
The services at the chapel were ac
cording to the last wishes of Mrs.
Siler, who had selected the text,
"Jesus Christ, the same yesterday,
today and forever," from the eighth
verse of the thirteenth chapter of He
brews. The songs irequested sung
were! "When I survey the Wondrous
Cross," and "Q Love that will not let
me go. -'
Mrs. Siler was a native of Georgia,
and was before her mariage Miss
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In 1933 the General Assembly
adopted a policy of a state-wide sys
tem of public schools, supported by
the state, with equal opportunities
(Continued on page 10)
Ivy Hill; Theodore E. Messer, Crab
tree; T. E, Moore, Beaverdam; W. R,
Crute, Beaverdam.
R. II. Mehaffey, Beaveidam; Ralph
Prevost, Waynesville; Wilburn R.
Conard, Jonathan; Wni. Mi William
son, Beaverdam; Jarvis Campbell,
Waynesville; Charlie : Paxton, Bea
verdam; Aaron Cunningham, Way
nesville; Ernest Moody, Ivy Hill;
Grady Pruitt, Waynesville; J. Man
son MeElroy, Crabtree; Derry Nor
man, Waynesville; Ben T. Green,
Clyde; Paul Launer, Beaverdam.
Elmei McClure, Waynesville; T. A.
Long, Waynesville; Frank W. Miller,
Waynesville; Alvin ,L. Yarborough,
Beaverdam; Hubert Caddy, Waynes
ville; Cash Medford, Iron Duff; J. E.
Childers. Beaverdam: Roy Ross, Jon
athan; J. C. Rider, Beaverdam; K. L.
hambers, Pigeon; J. Edgar Burnett,
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Cham
$2.50 Cash and 11 theatre tickets
offered in contest on Page 7.
Apparently 1,800 persons danced to
the strains of music furnished by Abe
Lyman and his famous orchestra of
sixteen ' musicians at the President's
Ball held in ihe Armory Saturday
night.
It was by far the largest dance ever
held in Haywood County, and the
music' rendered the most widely known
orchestra to ever play for a dance in
this section.
Parties came from Tennessee,
Georgia, and South Carolina, as well
iis from the neighboring towns in this
immediate sef ion. A number of
college students also made trips
limine for the week-end in order 1
attend the affair.
j An extensive ailver'tii-iiig .-program
! had preceded' the event, .which gave
the dance and its famous -orchestra,
publicity over a wide territoiy.
While the evict fiuuies had not
been determined late vesterd.iv aftei-
noon, those in charge were confident
that after all expenses had been met,
there would be a profit of somewhere
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Voice 0 Jlu peofUe
How do you feel about the diver
sion of Highway funds "into .the. gen
eral State fund?.
Carroll '.Bell Consignee Texas Com
pany "No, I do not think the taxes
from gasoline and oil should be used
for anthing but highway maintenance."
W. J. Campbill Distributor for
Pure Oil Company "I am very much
opposed to the diversion of state
highway funds for anything but
roads." ; . '
W. A. Bradley owner and manager
Bradley's Store, Hazelwood "The
gasoline tax, paid by automobile
owners, should only be used to build
and maintain highways as was intend
ed when the tax was imposed. Many
well-to-do people in our state do not
own automobiles, and the automobile
owners should not be! forced by law
to educate their children for them.
Also thousands of folks in our state
make their living by the use of trucks
and automobiles, and it is unfair to
penalize them to help someone else
who in many cases is more able to
pay than they arc.
Frank W. -Miller -former member
of the State Highway Commission
"I think it is absolutely wrong. When
you buy a tag, you think you are
buying a license to run your car and
you don'ti realize that part of :t
would go to some other source. If
the tax is used for other purposes it
should so be labeled and let the peo
ple know it. There are 57,000 miles
of highways in the state and they re
quire for proper maintenance all the
money now derived for this purpose
and even at that the roads are not
as well cared for as they should be."
W. S. Allison Agent Sinclair Ro
fining Company "I do not approve of
the diversion. If such action is nec
essary I would like to see all the roads
in the state put in first class condition
before the diversion was made."
Mrs. W. T. Crawford "I am of the
opinion that any fund that has been
set aside: for any specific purpose
should never be diverted to any other
project. If money is needed it can
be borrowed other ways."