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Mountaineer WAYNESVILLE HE Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park -FIFTH YEAR NO. 9 WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1939 $1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY masters Of i District Hold cessful Meeting I First In State To Win Per Cent Membership In Organization r. AL OFFICER HEARD Sounty Carries Off At ten- Prize With 15 Post masters Present Another Veteran Of War Between The States Passes Away W. L. Massie, 92, One Of Three Surviving Confederate Vete rans Buried Monday limately 100 persons attended fcr meeting of the 11th North Congressional District of the Postmasters Association, held fethodist Church, on Saturday ft was said to be the largest k of the group to ever assem- meeting. county, with 15 postmasters attendance prize, bringing in all but two of their group. Paul Younts, postmaster of i, and vice president of the Association in his address to the members, for efficiency offices. He told of various of the group, among which Jsorship by the National Asso- t Air Mail week, which netted mment over a million dollars, iteresting feature of the eve i a paper read by Mrs. Emily ingstick, postmaster of the i Reservation. In . speaking nice, Mrs. Walkingstick stated i she applied there were other s and that it was a case of fwar between the whites and n's, but the latter won out. J, Harden Howell, chairman, read messages from the of the national association l.ating the 11th District, stat- it was the first in North to have a hundred per cent hip, and that the state rank- on g the ten largest states. J. H. Way, Jr., delivered ss of welcome, to which post- aron P. Campbell, of Marion, id, ' Wythe M. Peytorr intro- jor Younts. As special guest eting was Jack R. Teague, of n, state secretary and treas- he association. Approves First iient On Town's r For $55,681 Now En ; For Initial Payment On $222,000 Job fial. Director H. T. Cole has Waynesville's request for PWA funds as first payment ity's new sanitary sewers, The neer learned yesterday. uted the requisition to Public Administration's Washington r final approval and to the y . where the check will be amount represented 25 per ?222,72 7 the total cost of -ct. has agreed to make an out- Cant of $100,227 while the city's fwas $122,500. The erant d to 45 per cent of the total us ratio of 45-55 is the same WA projects. t 25 per cent grant payment project may be requested as the offer from PWA has been Cole said, and when the city's Continued on back page) " WHAT'S THE- ANSWER questions lind answers compiled I'it- committee of the Chamber of All are authentic. Answers Page. William Lebo Massie, 92, one of the three surviving Confederate vet erans left in Haywood county, and the last survivor of the last fighting of the War Between the States which took place near the old Haywood White Sulphur Springs, died Sunday 'adjs laoqg uo siuoq siq ?e Jiiiiujoui where he had been residing for the past ten years. Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock Monday at the Bethel Meth odist church, with the Rev. William Pless officiating. Burial was in the Bethel cemetery.. Serving as pallbearers were the following grandsons: Paul Murray, Ell wood Shook, and Howard Shook, of Canton, T. A. Massie and C. D. Massie, of Candler, and Harold Mas sie, -of Waynesville. Mr. Massie was a native of this county and was the son of Mr. and Mrs, Lebo Massie. He was born near Clyde, on September the 23rd, 1846, Where he lived until the War Between the States, At the age of sixteen he joined Company E. commanded by Lt. Rob ert Connelly, of the 16th North Car olina Regiment, under Thomas Lee. He was a member of the Colonel James R. Love's Regiment, when the last skirmish of the war took 'place here at the old Haywood White Sul phur Springs .property; Colonel Bartlett sun-ended to Colonel Love on May the 9th, two months after Lee's surrender. At this time the court house and the home of Col. Robert Love; wire burned. He was first married to Miss Anne Francis in 18G6. They were the par ents of ten children among whom was the late Thomas N. Massie, of Way nesville. Others surviving are: Three daugh ters, Mrs. Lucius HeiiBon, of Gaines ville, Fla., Mi.' Turner Smathers, and Mrs. James Shook, both of Can ton; three sons, William and Tal madge Massie, of Candler, and Wes ley Massie, of Cruso, and a number of grandchildren, and great grand children, and 4 greats great grand children. Many of whom reside in Waynesville and Haywood County. Sewer Project Fight On Japanese Beetle JNow Assured Measure Passes House For First Reading; Governor Behind Movement Fred Ferguson notified friend.- here this week, that assurance has been given agricultural leaders in Ral eigh that a sufficient appropriation would be-nade to fight the devastat ing Japanese Beetle. Mr. Ferguson was anion? those called in by the appropriation com mittee of the legislature to express views on the new menace. Mr. Fer guson represented Barber's Orchard. The hill calling for ?a0,(!00 from the general fund of the sUto, and introduced by Dan Tompkins, of Jack son, has passed the House on the first reading. Those interested .', in the bill, in discussing the matter with th.; gov ernor, were assured that should the legislature fail to pass he measure, that he would take sufficient funds from the emcmrgency funl and see that the program was'' inaugurated; Haywood Fishermen In Florida V.::!:V-:::::i.'f.':.r ' V' i .:'.:: ' ' Tit m V(' r , ,J s Senator Gogburn Not Likely To Introduce Annexation Measure Four hundred pounds of fish, and a "Whale of a good time" was the report of these Haywood fishermen on a recent trip to Florida. Standing, left to right, Carl Medford, Claud Medford, of Lake Junaluska; Wayne iRogers, Waynesville; John Davis Medford, Lake Junaluska; and Hugh Rogers of Clyde. The fish were Sea Bass and Croopcr, and were caught 20 miles from shore in the Gulf of Mexico. Yesterday Marked 55 Anniversary Of Locomotive In Town It was 55 years ago yeste:'d.iv that the first locomotive made its way into the corporate limit of Waynesville, according to Will Turpinj an old-timer with a keen memory. Mr. Turpin said the engine was used to haul supplies f.ir the rail road then under constmrtioii, and that he was present a; the At kins cut when the ngme "nosed, through." It was in the fall 01' the same year J 884 that fie first pas senger train came to Waynesville and the formal celobiai.ioi was held in front of the Battle House, ...which was where the Hotel Way nesville now stands. Alexander's Drug Store Managed By Dr. J. C. Murphy T, C. Smith & Company of Ashe ville, New Owners Of Drug Store Here Mrs. J. R. Boyd, Jr. Elected President High School P.T.A. Mrs. James 11. Boyd, Jr., was elect ed president of the newly organized Parent -feaehcr Association of 'lie Waynesville Township High i-Yhool at the initial meeting of the "group " Thursday night. Other officers elected to serve with Mrs. Boyd are: Vice president, W. A. Bradley, secretary, Mrs. Lester B111 gin, and treasurer, L. M. Ricnesir,. Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, ;)iesidi'iit of the North Carolina Congress of Par ent Teachers, presided over the iiicit irig when the organization wsss P'.m -fected. DORCAS BKLL LOVK C II AI'TKlt TO HOLD MARCH MKKTIM3 The Dorcas Bell Love Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion will hold thP M'irch meeting with Mrs. Leon M. Killian, instead of Mrs. J. W. Seaver, who was unable on account of sickness to have the meeting this month. Mrs. Thad Howell will have the paper, "Your Capitol and Mine." In the absence of Mrs. J. V. Abel, regent, Mrs. James M. Long, vice regent, will preside. Alexander's Drug Store was bought this week by T. C. Smith & Company, of Asheville, who in turn named Dr. J, C. Murphy as active manager. The sale was a legal procecdure. Dr. (). T. Alexander was the former owner. Dr. Murphy said yesterday that a larger stock would be carried, and several interior changes made in the store during the week. Announce ment will be made at an curly date, he said. Dr. O. T. Alexander, native of Mecklenburg County, came to Way nesville from Charlotte in August, 1914, and bought a half interest in the drug store from tht late John K. Thigpen, of Tarboi-o. The following year he bought out the Thigpen in terest. Ill point of operation of business he ranks second to Theo. M. Mc Cracken, who has been in business longer than any other merchant on Main street. During th(. twenty-four and a half years h has been meeting the public at his place on the corner of Church and Main streets, Dr. A1"X andcr has mad(. countless friends among both the permanent an visit ing residents. .Dr. Alexander had no statement to make yesterday relative to his fu ture "lans. He and Mrs. Alexander will remain in town for ten days or more before moving itheir new location. Sleeping Man Blocks Highway Bridge At River Hack in the days when auto mobiles first began to wend their way around the curves of the mountain roads, it was not at all uncommon for the driver to havo to stop and remove logs and rocks from the roadway and frequent ly, a stray cow would block the way. But seldom is such a thing heard of, unless right after a heavy storm. Last Sunday afternoon, a man and his wife, from here, went for a ride, with no sperial place in mind, and before long, they found themselves in a remote section of the county, but 011 a good road. They kept going, enjoying their outing, when they came to a bridge over a river. And right in the middle of the bridge was a man sprawled out, fast asleep. Every effort to rouse the man failed, and the ordor from his snoring breath revealed that he had partaken too freely of mountain dew. The motorist wanted to use the bridge, so as a last resort he tried to drag the man to one side. The sleeping man was too heavy. So he just gave the 'sleeper a couple of rolls to th,. side of the bridge, and passed on. The man contin ued to snore. Hill Would Meet Sure Opposition In House Of Representatives I Jy Tompkins Haywood Cannery Will Have Large Acreage This Year Will He Operated On Hasis Of Original Plan. Produce Will Kring Current Prices By Dan Tompkins (Special to The Mountaineer.) Senator Chester Cogburn of Canton, stated today that he probably will not introduce the bill that has been re quested by a large number of citizens of Balsam, to cut off upper. Scotts Creek township in Jackson County and annext it to Haywood. He stated that there is considerable sentiment also in Haywood for the proposed measure; but that he is telling tho folks in Waynesville that he will not introduce th0 measure in the Senate, because, even if it should pass that body, it will meet with opposition in the House from the Jackson repre sentative. He takes the position that there would be little likelihood of the House passing the measure over the opposition of Jackson county and its representative in the (Jeneral Asseni bly. Dan Tompkins, Jackson w represen tative, informed Senator Cogburn, in reply to his question, that he would most certainly oppose the hill, should it be introduced, not only in the Sen- ate committee to which it would be referred, but also in the House of Representatives, in the event the Senate should pass it. Ho expresses himself as being in favor of. the Hal samites being givivi the road and school facilities to which they aro entitled; but as being lonth to give them up as citizens of Jackson. The top 'of t he Balsam Tange, anil Balsam (lap are the natural boundaries, and the Jackson reiU'es'.'ntytiviK .ivuntv the line between Jackson ' and Haywood to remain where it is, and where it has been, ever since Jackson county was formed, nearly a century ago. DR. SISK IN RALEIGH Dr. C. N. Sisk, .head of the district health department of which Haywood County is a part, is spending .several day in Raleigh this week, wliere he is consulting with the state authorities of the North Carolina Ihiard of Health, relative to the health win1; in this se6Am. fat nationally known milk com Perates in this community? w many gallons of milk do they fiually from Haywood County fn? . jw much money do they pay y for milk in this county? w many gallons of ice cream they make in a year? W many people do they employ? w much do they pay in sala ?h year locally? Jw many trucks and cars do crate? much do they pay annually k Carolina taxes? is the manager of the local ere is the main office of this (Answers on page 7) COVERING THE By Dan Tompkins. All local laws affecting the voting of absentee ballots in the General Elections will be repealed, and the casting of absentee ballots in pri maries will be done away with throughout the state, if the Senate passes the absentee ballot reform bill they passed the House of Rep resentatives, this morning. Besides repealing the absentee laws as they now affect primary elections, and repealing all local laws, includ ing the present special statute for Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Clay, Graham, and some other western counties, the bill that went through the House today will place greater restrictions about the gathering and casting of absentee ballots, and will impose severe penalties for the viola tion of the law. Attempts were made to exempt Chowan, Rowan, and some other counties from the operation of the bill; but the House seemed in no mood to adopt any amendments to the bill on whieh a committee has been working on for several weeks. Led by R. Gregg Perry, chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee, who plead with the House to carry out the pledge of the party for genuine elec. tion reform in the state, the House voted down all amendments of every kind, and sent the bill to the Senate Proponents of the bill stated on the floor of the House that this was the first real effort that has been made within the past ten years to reform either the election laws or election practices in the state, and that the bill as passed by the House is almost identical to the laws now in operation in many of the state regard ing absentee voting, and that in those (Continued on page 7) Mr, and Mrs. Pery Coggins, of Tryon, were the guests over the week end of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Blackwell. "This year we will have (10 acres in spinach, which will be planted as soon as the weather permits, 1.'14 acres of beans, anil fi() tons of blackberries will be canned," said Frank Davis, manager of the Haywood Mutual Cannery, to a representative of the Mountaineer, this week. "The original cooperative basis of operation that was planned when the cannery was first opened has at la t been realized, and will be put "jit.o effect this year," continued Mr. Davis. Plans are at pr Kent to sell a large quantity of v getables on the green market, givin" the fanners the Vnefit, of the higher price, when possible. "The amount paid the farmers will be based at all tunes on th current market price, and no set juices will by fixed for any product,"' said Mr. Davis. I The Haywood Mutual Cannery, one of (he cooperatives of the Land (' The 1 Sky Cooperative Associations, was! established hot) in li).'M. The , ,irst Three ttocm House Burns To Ground On Slithers Street A tL.ree room hmis( on Smathers st re "t., owned 'by OrviUe Noland, and at t.iC tint.' occupied by Lee Hannah and hi. family, bjined to the ground a round 7 :.'!( o'clock on Saturday night. None of the fai iily were at home I ami ; I hi . iao heen lelt locKe.it. One of the neighbors discovered the I fire and turned in the alarm iinine , dint. 1 -. It: is ,-vid th"t (he. family had re cently bought new furnishings for the house. The ,.iss- of the binld'tig was estimated, to be approximately..' $5(10. ,IuL:r .Choral Club (iives Interesting Program The Waynesville Junior Choral Club, a cnnimuiiitv .activity of. the North Carolina ' Federal M.usie pro- year the four canneries put out S,0(K) j j(.-t, under the direction (if Miss Grace Crocker, - gave a . recital in tr, -y cans. Jjast year, tne output nau grown to HO.OOO cans, with a portioriato 111 c.rear" in acreage planted. Mrs. Will A. Hyatt had r-1 her guest, during the past week her niece, Miss Louise Morgan, of Morgunlon; Voice, off fjluz People The citizens of Scotts Creek Town ship, Jackson County, have petitioned the Senator from the district to "di vorce" the township from Jacks 1 and annex to Haywood. If you were the state senator, what would you do? James E, Massie Owner and oper ator of the Park and Pisgah Theatres "I would support the petition, I think geographically that section be longs to Haywood County." W. T. SheUon United States Com missioner of western district of N. C "I would support the petition for sev eral reasons. The township is ad jacent to this county, and it is more convenient for the people to be a part of Haywood than Jackson Coun ty. They want to be a part of Hay wood, and I believe where it is legiti mate people should have what they want." James M. Long Owner and mana ger of the Waynesville Country Club 'I would say 'yes' to the proposi tion. Scotts Creek really belongs to Haywood County, I think it will be to the advantage of both for the an nexation to be made." W. T. Lee former Chairman of 'the State Corporation Commission "I think as a citizen of Haywood Coun ty, I would be glad to have Scotts Creek township added to Haywood, and it certainly should be done if the people of that territory desire it." J..W. Killian Owner and manager of the Waynesville Laundry "If tax able valuations are alright, and no in crease in our obligations other than property annexed, we should welcome the addition to old Haywood" George A. Brown, Jr. Chairman of the county board of commissioners "I feel that if the citizens of Scotts Creek township wish to leave Jack son and join Haywood, that they should have a right to do so. I am sure the citizens of Haywood will be glad to welcome them to the county." WVlch Memorial building of the Bap tist church on Sunday afternoon. Many attractive numbers by tho club and the band were presented. Special numbers including a sextette for two cornets, two clarinets and two saxophones, composed of the following: Jack Riches ,1, Phil Med ford, Dorothy Richeson, Elmer Hen drix, Richard Bradley and Wayne Wright were rendered. ANOTHER New Feature The Internationa Sunday School Lesson BY Harold L, Lindquist, D. D. Dean of The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago. This new feature starts this w eek, and is on page eight. This interpertation of the lesson has been a favorite among teachers and pastors for many years. Turn to page eight now, and see what one Waynesville pastor has to say about the new feature. 1 V ill f i 1 i if 1 j. I i I 1