Phe Wayne sville. Mountaineer
1
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smokv Mountains National Park
gflFTHYEAR NO. 8
WAYNESVILLE, N. f THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2.J, 1939
$1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY
U uu
SHE
its Creek Would
pde from Jackson
V Haywood County
Ion ean"s
Lived by Senator Cogburn
rom Township Voters
hppOSITION SAID TO BE
VN AGAINST PROPOSAL
ens of Township, At Mass
leting, Decide To Take
Definite Action
ackson Township Wants InHaywood
citizens of Scott s Creek Town
which comprises about one
fh f the area ot JacKson uuiiiy,
ubniittod a petition to the legis-
askiug that they secede trom
In. County anil Decome aniiexeo.
vwood .County,- it was learned
lav bv The Mountaineer,. Irom
,t(y d; vie townsnip, who aic
it hip: the ...secession.
Mountaineer also learned from
V that Senator Chester Cog-
had received a petition irom
Junes, of Balsam, bearing; the
v of approximately 200 citi
thi' township.
U'.nnni of returning to the
ter county, 01 wmci, ji.uu.'
Townsnip, was once a part be-
icksoiv was cut from Haywood,
n airitated for a year or so, ac-
ig to statements from some of
ling citizens of the section. Ihe
cnt came to a climax about two
ago; when a meeting was held
school building:, at which time
definitely decided to get out a
in, which was circulated thetiext
the community.
s learned by this newspaper
ne of the leaders in the move-
that not a person refused to
tie petition and that the action
More Men And Another Shovel
Added On Sewer Line Project
Heads Corn Club
Work Ahead Of Schedule On 8
Mile Sewer Line, With Third
Of Work Completed
SECOND SHOVEL TO START
DIGGING AT PIGEON RIVER
ew To Start On Deepest Cut
On Line Within Next Few
Days At Junluska Supply
Moving Dirt For Parkway
Dirt Being Moved
At Wagon Road Gap
On First Section
West Of Asheville
i . -
Contract Let To Albort Brothers
For $327,000 For The 5.1
Mile Section
I . .
HEAVY ROAD MACHINERY
ALREADY DIGGING AWAY
Another large shovel was brought
in thig week to work on the 8-mile
sewer lin from Hazelwood to Pig
eon river, ami 'M to 50 additional
men are expected to be added within
the next week, bunging the total to
over 100, it was learned here yester
day. The contractors, Dlytlie Urothcrs,
of Charlotte, are lar ahead of scned
ule, and with an "open winter" they
had on the first ol the month com
pleted one-thud of the job.
JOHN 11. ALLEN, president of the Work will begin w:ithin the next
-laywood Adult Corn Club for the few days in digging the deepest cut
coming year. Mr. Allen is a suc-um the line n front of Junaluska
1")0 Calendar Days Set For Com
pletion Of Section On Haywood-Transylvania
Line
Heavy machines like these are at work at ago" RomiI (i:ih, riiitmg
awnv through rock and soil, grading the Parkway. Work got underwnv
last week-end, and the contracts call for completion of tile miles in 'l.0
:a!ciii!ui' davs. - Ciit courtesy Tiii-(nttnti cics. .Siruc I'nu;
Some of the heaviest road machinery
ever brought into this section of the
state, ami fifty men "are at work on
the Ulue Kidge Parkway at Wagon
Koad Cap, on 'the 'Haywood-Transylvania
line.
etuul uui k sl.ii t( tl, !al. w ek-end.
Clew -, are 'now Uii-ily cng-igi d in
as'si .itibling other ho;ny pieces 4if mil-;
ch'me-rv, whi!,. eaipt liters arc building
.Cap.' All thi was -
n prvsent al ive of Tin1
Tui sday when
: -i' i d.
; a Ciiinp at t.ti
I plained to a
: Muuiit.uneer
i the sit,, was
Driverless Truck Brought To J;
Stop By Watkins' Quick Work
:essful farmer of Beaverdam town
ship, and grew 10'J bushels of corn
n an acre last year. On page 9 Mr.
Allen tells how he grew this corn,
and T. Weaver Cathey tells how he
?rew 110.7 bushels to an acre.
(Continued on page 3)
k-IIudson Will
Jen Second Floor
rresent isunamg
Hudson Company are renovat
second door of their building
lir ready-to-wear, and children's
meat, it was revealed this
us carpenter and painters went
'k, ; . '
J-. Hudson, manager, had no
nt to make this week, regard
date of the formal opening,
lan to point out that "no time
sr .lost, m getting started, but
f-iin pro. able developments
!s' date setting."
in connection with the ex
i program, is E. O. Hudson, of
ku'g, S. C, manager of a
no there, and a brother to the
lanager.
'Pening of the second floor-will
e store more than fifty per
ru floor space, and necessitate
ht"n of more salespersons.
innes wei'e released as to the
the program.
Drama ContesfTo"
Be Staged Tonight
At High School
Bethel High, Clyde High And
Waynesville High Will Com
pete In Contest
Supply Company, where u ditch 22
feet deep will be required, it was
learned. The line is completed to
the dam and also at the highway.
The linking distance is about a blocK.
The first shovel is now working on
the property of Will Medford, and is
working on towards Waynesville. The
second shovel will begin on Pigeon
river, just below the old Terrell Mill,
at Albeit MeCracken's farm, and
work towards the Lake,
To date, 12,500 feet of 21-inch pipe
have been placed. From the head of
the Lake to Depot street here, 21 -inch
pipe will be used, and from Depot
street to Hazelwood, an l-inch line
will be put down. . i
The sewer line will cross Richland
'creek eight times from Hazelwood
A one-act play contest, said to he 1 1 the river. At these creek crossings, i
the first of this type contest to be heavy cast iron pipe will be used. In
held here, will be staged in the high j smt, instances the line will be,
school auditorium tonight at 7 :.I0 1 un,jcl. the bed of the creek, and on
o'clock. The contest is being spoil-1 others will cross on concrete piers,
sored by the schoolmasters board. There Will be 210 manholes in the
There are three entries in the con-1 8nljL, Unennd about half of the line
test, as follows: The Clyde High wil be 0f 24-inch pipe.
School, the Bethel High School, and j Work was started on the sewer
the local Township High School. ine 0n November M, and the con-
The Clyde group of players w ill ti actrs had !!(0 days to comjilete
present "Courtroom scene," f rom i hc j0b. Up until the first of this
Shakespeare's "Merchant of Veniw," i month, they had lost only one and a
under the direction of Miss Mai.nl j hajf (avs on acc0unt of bad weather.
Terrell. j The contractors feel that the work
The Bethel High School will pre-; from Howell's Mill to Hazelwood
sent "Neighbors," by Zane .Gale, un-iwoud be much lighter than that
dor the direction of Miss Tyson ! around the Lake shore. At Howell's
Cathey. Mill the line traverses considerable
The Waynesville players have chos- rock, it was said. The line follows;
en as their entry "The Purple Rin: " pretty close to the banks of Richland i
by Elizabeth Payne and' Miss Hester 1 C1-P(k from the Lake to Hazelwood. i
Anne Withers js directing the cast. I p0lk-L. Threlkel is resident engin- j
- 'eer for the Public Works Administra-
Miss Mary Medford was the guest tion, and W. F. Lee, is in charge of
over the week-end of
Baumann, of Asheville.
Chevrolet Manager Jumps Into
Run-Away Truck, And Steers
Through Traffic
Mrs. r. J. construction for the contractors.
COVERING THE
-By Dan Tompkins
appropriations bill has been
1 out of the committee and
onto the floor of the House.
y on .Friday. That
F-bills, of the1 session, and a
mmittee has been at work on
veral weeks . It cuts the ap
lfin to $40,000 each year of the
below thP hurl
t'Vl lecommendations. It fact.
"S to a cut of one million and
thousand dollars below the
etommendations. This came
eason of the fact that the
s set up upon the assump-
t tho rior,n..l A ti ... i
..- --"-ioi Assemoiy ana
"e of thp otato ...u .
tantial increase in the tui-
at the University and the
01 the stata tv, u
e newspapers, the colleges,
lfcnts, and K fn vL'
f'Ken m no . .
uirariain terms
-Pleasure at this proposal,
knocked these recommendations out
of the budget, which caused them to
face a deficit of one million dollars
in the estimated needs of the colleges.
This was made up in various items in
the appropriations, the committee on
Tuesday of this week, cut the adult
Affidavits Reveal
No Aliens On WPA ,
Rolls In Haywood"
As evidence that th;s section ci,n
still lay claim to its pure Anglo-Sax-j
on inheritance, and incidentally to the j
high type of foreigner, residirsf with-I
in the boundaries of Haywood, it t
4i;.. 1,-sw.l.' fi..-.ii oti.l.iult!
required by all WPA work 'rs, that
not an alien is on the WPA rolls of
this county. .
This week has been a busy one ill
WPA circles. Under Mo piiivi. .' ii
My his quick thinking and ac
tion. Hail Watkins proved he in
oo.ua 1 to an emergency, when he
threw himself on the .running:
board of a truck, without a driv
er, traveling backward, headed
down Mam street into the heavy
traffic on last Wednesday.
What might have ended in a
Iragedy, with more than one
casualty, resulted, through Mr.
Watkins' alertness, and courage,
in nothing more serious than a
ten-dollar damage' to the fonder
ami rear bumper of one of Nor
man Caldwell's cars, which was
parked just, off Main on East
street.
A truck belonging, to the Bur
rell Motor 'Company, of Franklin,
had filled up' with gas at the Wat
kins Chevrolet Company, of which
Mr. Watkins is manager, and was
oil its way up Main street headed
West. Near the Baptist church,
only a short distance away, the
rear gear stripped and the truck
started going backwards. 'Ihe
driver jumped out . and left the
V' hicle to make its way unguided
dow ii Main street.
As the truck passed the CI: v
rolct Company, Mr. Watkins, see
ing that, it was driverless, gave
a .jump and landed on the run
ning board, making the seat in a
few. seconds. Noting what wits
going to happen if the truck
should coiitii.tit its way, withoi '.
control, Mr. Watkins 'uriied olT
.Main on East street just in tune
t escape a collision with several
cars, tat no doubt would have
resulted in more than otic smash
ed motor, as well as injuries to
to he occupants of the cars.
In his efforts to miss the traf
fic on Main street and ge' the
truck out of danger, to 'others, he
haekid into the car On Ea.U
street.
4m
WHAT'S
T HE
ANSWER
Tilt-si' n.U'st juiis nil'l uiis'wi'rs iotripfN'!
, piililicil.v i .iminilli'f nf (tif .. f li.inilii'r ol
oinmn(,'. . All .hi' mil h.i-iil ii . A'imwi.k
n l-.ii k i;iui'.
Editor's note this i.s the first of
a regular weekly feature, prepared
by the publicity committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, in 'Which
(piestions and answers will be given
about local matters. All answers are
CORRECT, ami you can easily grade
yourself. If you !(, you arc good.
Below, (if) is not so good.
plants in
i I. How many furnifure
thns cominiinity ?
.2. (Jive their name and location.
1 I!. Name kinds of furniture made.
, 4. What is their tnule mark or
i emblem?
5. How many met) are employed?
How .man v women ?
How many hoard feet
are used annually ?
How many train cars of furni
(.
of lum
ber
I 8,
tUl(.
9. Mow many square, feet of floor
space in t he plants ?
i 10. Name the officers' of the firm
firms.
are shipped each year?
or
f TEACHING IN CHARLOTTE
I The Rev. J. (J. Huggin, Jr., pastor
of the First Methodist 'ehurch, is
spending t' is week in CharloUe,
where he is teaching in a Sunday
school teachers training course being
given at th(. First Methodist church, near the Great Smoky Mount;
! ol Charlotte.
Large shovels, that c-:t out a yard
unl a half f ilk.t. at oneMte are on
tie tub, anil fiiloihe.r le v,1 oi;:- is On a
flit car at Pisgah Forest, reaily
to I., i, lined lo the scene.
Huge tractors, and other machinery
i (hat will lie used in building the
I 5. 1 -in iK- stretch i f the Parkway from
Wagon Road Cap west towards Ten
I hessee Raid are being given the final
' tuning as they tackle the job of level
ling off the top of the Pisgah'Halsam
I ridge for part of America's most
k scenic highway.
' Tbo fioi(lract,'us let to Albort
! Brothers, oi Salem, Va., who did the
first Parkway work in Virginia.- They
'have had two other contracts. Oiip
for 20 mih's and another for II miles.
I Included in o' c of the jobs, was 'i
tunnel (i2.V feet long.
The contract calls for the comple
tion of th,. .oh n AW calendar days.
The contract was let for over $:t!7,
I oO.. This is the In st section of the
iPaikway to gel under (instruct ion
.'west (if Asheville.
I; Itecause of the "road from .'Waynes-.
: ville to mm toad (j;,,,, ., ,..
nuu-iiinery is being carriid to the job
; from Krevard, where the. contractors
have set up, hejulipia i t Is. ('. A.
Albort, is- president .. of the firm, ami
L. V. Albort is. secrelarv. I'olh Ken'-
il Wagon Road t;;,,, lls v;t.4.h (i(im.
pleliiig, final plans for pushing for
ward, the work. M. .1. Miinier is
superintendent in chtirge!
While work is lieginrii-g o-i the
Parkway, stale highway crews ,.(
pushing forward on the eotiiletioii
of the slate roiitl v in ' -Son burs;",.. TVi'l
iies:.ec Raid to Rosman, in order that
machinery: can b,. eMiie.-l to (tie lop
of Teiine.ssi'o Raid and unothci' unit of
the Parkway bo let. From there, the
work would go eastward and inee'
Ihe stretch now 'under const ruction
by Albort .Brothers. Tk listanve
fi oin Wagon Road Gap to Teinu s-.ee
Rald is about 14 miles.
The larger part of the 430-mile-long
highway. rtiMtiinir from th
Shenandoah National P;;rt n V'r-
,i-l...i.. 4 . .1 ti- ...
' ise-an-iia sain rni .
i:.s
.Conl inued on page 7)
Voice oj lluz fte&pJe
education fitrures back from $.'$0,000
to $25,000, slashed the appropriation of an amendment to the Emeig iicy
for advertising, in which Western
North Carolina is especially interest
ed, from $125,000 each year to $'.0.
Act of 19.18, -all persons paid from
Federal funds must take an a.! devil
of United States citizenship, on a
000 each year, and lopped $80,000 off J WPA form which is being pi ovjded
from Vocational Education.
The appropriation for- Western
Carolina Teachers College, as it is
recommended by the committee,
stands at $85,245 for the first year
and $"5,G60 for the second. The
$10,000 for the first year above, that
for the secdnd, is to provide for the
necessary betterment to the water
(Continued on page 7) - :
tor tne purpose, and must te ni i til one
this week.
It is said that as the r-.-sult of tne
records compiled from .these affida
vits, all aliens will be cut from WPA
rolls.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Kunze had
as their guests over the week-end Mr.
and Mrs. John Hodges, of Mayesville,
Ky., and Greenville, S. C.
Postmasters Of
11th District To
Meet Here Sat.
The 11th North Carolina District if
the National Postmasters Associa
tion will hold a meeting at 7:10 o'clock
in the banquet hall of the First Meth
odist church, on Saturday evening,
with Major J. Harden Howell, pre
siding, .
Major Paul Younts, postmaster' of
Charlotte, and vice president of ths
National association, will be the
speaker of the evening.
Others taking part on the program
will be Mayor J. H. Way, Jr.. Baron
P. Campbell, postmaster of Marion,
and Wythe M. Peyton, postmaster of
Asheville, who will introduce the
speaker of the evening.
Granting that the beef cattle in
dustry has depreciated in Haywood
County during the past few years,
what do you suggest as the best
means of restoring it?
ei- stock. Hut the time has come when
the demand is increasing for a better
type of beef cattle, which must be
bred," .':.
'John H. Campbell Maggie "Huy
better bulls and keep the better heif
ers instead of selling them for veal."
Tom W. Rainer Jonathan Creek
"I think that w'e are going to become
breeders in Haywood county instead
of buyers and breed our own stock, '
D. J. Clark Ivy Hill Township
"The forming of beef cattle organi
zations in the county to work together
in working out the problem will help
bring back the industry."
Charles B. McCrary Fines Creek
"I lay the blame on the farmers, who
have been satisfied With raising poor-
(V N. Allen Hazel wood
more and better pure bred
Haywood Connty."
"To get
stock in
re-
'I. L, Cuyn-"Four ways to
store the cattle industry in Haywood
county are: Keep best bred heifers
and cows for breeding purposes; du
not let attractive prices tempt you to
sell the better cows for beef and keep
the culls to breed from; co-operative
purchases and exchange among cat
tlemen of more and better type beef
bulls; discourage in every possiblu
way the sale of better calves for veal:
improve pastures by shrubbing of
undergrowth and briars, use lime
phosphate and sow lespedeza.