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Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smokv Mountains National Park
JTTH YEAR
NO. 11
WAYNESV1LLE, N. C THURSDAY, MARCH 16, l3y
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i is a picture of the Waynesville Mountaineers Basketball squad, who
Hnvvoocl County championship crown in basketball. Front row,
iht Reeves, Shook, Collins, Tate and Henry. Back row Manager
Taylor, Knight, Messer, Milner, Leatherwood, and Coach Ratcliff.
' Photo by Homer Dai-ix.
Pet Company Has
Plans For Buying
Bulls For Farmers
Production Hied Bulls Would lie
Financed By Dairy Over
Two Year Period
Haywood County
Cow To Be Shown
At Worlds Fair
Purbred Guernsey From Famous
Herd Owned By H. A. Osborne
To Be Exhibited
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Definite plans have been presented
to farmers-dairymen in nine commu
nities of Haywood, Jackson and Swain
counties, by representatives of the
Pet Dairy Products Company, where
by the firm will finance, over a period
of two years, the purchase of produc
tion bred bulls.
The plans have been presented by
H. L. Hunt, field man of the Pet Com
pany, and Fred H. Yearout, local
manager.
With an average attendance of 225
at each meeting, the Pet officials were
gratified at the enthusiastic response.
During the course of the meeting,
the ret representatives earned out
the theme of producing quality milk
and building up better producing
herds.
Mr. Hunt said that in Eastern Ten
nessee, in three years, between 000
and 700 animals had been bought and
placed on farms. ,Two breeds are re
commended for this area, Guernseys,
or Jerseys, the former being prefer
red. Mr. Hunt carefully goes over
the record of all animals before they
are bought.
At each meeting two short
movies were shown, and the Pet Male
Quartette rendered several selections.
Meetings were held at Bethel, Morn
ing Star, Clyde, Rock Hill, Fines
Creek and Ratcliff Cove. Two were
held in Jackson and one in Swain.
In discussing milk as a source of
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Bade Scout
ve are the Mountaineer girls, runncr-up in the Blue Ridge Confer
sketball Tournament. They have just completed one of the moht
i seasons in several years. Front row, left to right Derrick,
JI, Messer, Phillips, Stentz, Trout. Back row McClure, Ledford,
er, Rathbone, Plott and Boyd. Coach and Mrs. Weatherby are in
ground. Photo by Homer Davm.
tts Creek Citizens Plan To
mew Plans For Annexation
8 Of Movement Think
e Is Possibility Of Be
ing Part Of Haywood
; going ahead."
was the pronouncement on
of this week when a repre-
of The Mountaineer visited
'ek township in Jackson
t get the reactions of citi
;re regarding Senator Cog
wnt statement that he prob
lld not sponsor in the North
Senate the bill which would
t township from Jackson
and add it to Haywood.
one accord the Scotts Creek
I women whom it was possi
?ach declared that they were
ad; that they were far from
ver the apparent impasse;
;y intended to keep up the
they have had their way.
1- Jones, Scotts Creek farm
one of the prime leaders in
ement for union with Hay
"ty, pointed out that Sen.
8 statement was not a fiat
-wat he had merely said he
would not introduce the
,Ia-v Call on Morphew
nes implied that it might
1 tit0 include the Senator
ef fiaywood-Jackson-Transyl-
Jutf 10 sponsor such legis
1 he refrained from saying
Z e Would he taken to get
burn on their side.
: "J' revealed that he had in
'ot Possible line of action
tor? m the hole-" That
tor Morphew.
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k . . uuce our bill if we
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Famous Main Street
Tree Has Horse Shoe
Imbedded In Trunk
"Mona of Garden Creek," owned by
Arthur Osborne, ofr Canton, has been
selected by the Guernsey representa
tives as eligible to be one of the thirty
Guernsey chosen from among the
best of the breed to form the Guern
sey contingent in the herd of 150 puxe
breds that will be on display from
April until October in. The Dairy
World of Tomorrow, a dairy indus
try exhibit sponsored by The Borden
Company.
Mr. Osborne's herd at present con
tains about 150 animals and contin
uous regular official testing has been
done since 1921 and many state
records have been made. "Mona of
Garden Creek" is thL daughter of
"King's Judge of Garden Creek" and
"Mildred of Garden Creek" and has
a very fine producing record.
The Dairy World of Tomorrow is
to be one of the striking exhibits at
the 1930 fair. Here 150 dairy cows,
each a queen on the basis of her type
and performance, will be on exhibit.
These cows will be selected by the
Breed Association's representing the
following breeds Jersey, Guernsey,
Holstein-Friesian, Hrown-Swiss and
Ayrshire. These cows will be milked
three time daily on a Rotolactoi
giving the public a chance to observe
the most modern methods of handling
milk. In addition to the cows men
tioned, representative calves and a
bull of each breed will be on display.
Two Madison Boys
Spent 5 Days Here
After Alleged Theft
Money and Jewelry Recovered
Here Believed To Part of
Madison liobbery Loot
City Election Is"
Scheduled To Be
Held May Second
No Formal Announcements Of
Candidates Have Been Made
As Yet
JACK RICHESON was awarded
Eagle Scout honors at the March
Court of Honor Tuesday night. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M.
Rieheson.
Eagle Scout Honors
Bestowed Upon Jack
Rieheson Here Tues.
TWO COUSINS ARRESTED
AS MURDER SUSPECTS
William Doyle lhukett, 20, and
Edward If. Duckett, 21, cousin of
Spring Creek, who were arrested by
Sheriff Guy English, of Madison, in
connection with the slaying of Willio
Ledford, (M-year-old Madison farmer
and well known in Haywood, are re
ported to havo spent four or five
nights m Waynesville, the week prior
to the murder, which is said to have
occurred sometime last Saturday
night.
On Sunday the 5th, while Mr. Led
ford, a bachelor, was away Irom noma,
the house was entered and $1110 m
cash, 'much of it in one dollar bills,
stolen. While the theit was reported
by Mr. Lcdlord to Sheriff English, of
Madison, it was kept under cover and
a quiet search started to identify the
robbers.
The 'sheriff's department here henrd
I of two men in W aynesville who were
Attendance At March Court Of I M'"'i'"t;' n unusual amount of cash.
and Deciinie suspicious anu hiarieu
Educational Bill ,
Introduced By
Senator Cogburn
To Provide Nursery Schools and
Kindergartens As Part Of
Stale School System
Harry Evans is going around
with a puzzled look on his face.
It all came about when he split
open a block of wood, and out fell
a perfectly good horseshoe.
Harry became possessor of the
tree that was cut down to make
way for the new building next to
the Park Theatre.
"The Shoe was not rusty, and
in perfect condition. It was in
the center of the block, and there
were no outward signs that any
thing had ever happened to that
part of the tree," he said in ex
plaining his find-
Dr. Hunter Heard
By Rotarians At
Inter-City Meeting
Dr. H. T. Hunter, presdident of W.
C. T. C. stressed the personal siae oi
Rotary here last last Friday lught,
when the clubs from Bryson City,
Sylva, Franklin and Waynesville met
in an inter-city meeting.
The speaker poiftted out the individ
ual's responsibilty to one's self, and
society, bringing in the four points
on which Rotary is founded.
Dr. Hunter devoted much comment
to the value of friends, and the value
of the habit of being friendly. . ' "
.M. H. Bowles, president of the local
club, presided over the meeting which
was attended by about 75.
While it is only around six weeks
until the local municipal election is
scheduled to take place, there has
been to date little said of the possi
ble candidates for the offices.
It is rumored that it is a certainty
that two of the present board of al
dermen will be candidates to succeed
themselves, but that the th'ird member
of the board does not intend to run.
It is also reported, unofficially, that
the present mayor will be a candidate.
As yet there is no opposition in the
field. .
It is said that in all probability
there will be several candidates for
aldermen, but so far no formal an
nouncements have been made.
The election according to the law
will be held on the first Tuesday in
May, which so happens this year to
falls on the second day of the month.
All candidates are required by law
to make announcement of their entry
into the race ten days before the
election, with April 22nd being the
'.'dead line."
"It is to be hoped that the citizens
of Haywood County, members of the
Parent Teacher Associations, mem
bers of other civic and educational
groups, county officials, town officials,
and all those interested in this phase
of education will let Senator Cog
burn know thev are m favor of the
recent bill he has introduced," said
Mrs. Doyle D. Alley, state president
of the North Carolina Parent Teacher
Congress in speaking yesterday of
the bill providing for kindergarten
and nursery schools in connection
with the state public school , educa
tional program.
The bill "to be entitled an act to
provide for the establishment and.
regulation of nursery schools and
kindergartens, public and private in
North Carolina." Section 1, portions
of which are set forth as follows:
That" in accordance with the provi
sions of this act, the Board of Edu
cation in any city or county adminis
trative unity may provide nursery
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Voice Ihe Pe&pJ&
What do you consider the outstand
ing need for the improvement and
development of Waynesville?
Albert Abel owner and manager
of Abel's Garage "I feel quite op
timistic about Waynesville, and I
think that if the present program of
improvement and development con
tinues into the next few years, our
needs will taken care of themselves."
Sam Jones Alderman of Town of
Waynesville "It seems to me that
our greatest need is a new industry
with a bigger pay roll, that would
naturally take care of further im
provement and development."
Noble Garrett Owner and mana
ger of Garrett Furniture and Garrett
Funeral Home "Those of us who are
old enough to have mature judgment
and have lived here long enough to
know will agree that Waynesville
has made marvelous progress in the
last twenty years. That the years
ahead hold for us as a town possi
bilities undreamed of twenty, years
ago, could hardly be termed vision
ary. Every citizen of Waynesville
will either retard or accelerate the
progress in the years ahead. My
humble opinion is that our basic needs
are: vision to understand our oppor
tunities and aggressive, co-operative
civic activities to take full advan
tage of them."
Honor Largest In History
Of Scoutinjj Here
Before an interested audience of
parents and friends, the largest num
ber of awards ever made by the liny
wood district, at one time, were pre
sented at the court of honor held in
the court house here ' on Tuesday
evening. There were 14? awards made
to 57 boys of the district.
The impressive,. ceremony of the
award of Eagle Scout to Jack Riehe
son, was conducted by William Mod
ford, court of honor chairman. Stand
ing with young Rieheson, when he
receive this outstanding award,
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L, M. Rieheson,
J. C. Brown, his scoutmaster. Jack
is the second boy, Ben Colkitt, Jr.,
the first, in the Waynesville-Lake
Junaluska and Ilazelwood area, to
receive this outstanding awadr.
YouniT Rieheson has been a Bov
Scout for Iiv0 years being during I
that time a high ranking member ot
his troop. Last summer at the Hoy
Scout camp he Was awarded a budge
for attending more camps than any
other boy, having to his credit a total
of six camping seasons.
Other awards made on 1 ueyday
evening were: Tenderfoot, bv .Llovd
New, assistant scout executive, of
Asheville, to Jimmy ( lark, -Canton
Troop 1, Edgar Sharp, Canton, Troop
1, William Dover, Waynesville, Troop
3, Sewell Moore, Ilazelwood, Troop
5, 'Edward C. Fortner, Ilazelwood,
Troop 5, James A. Hartsell, Hazel
wood, Troop 5, William If. (iriflin,
Ilazelwood, Troop 5, Carl Hancy,
Canton, Troop fi, Tommy Painter,
Canton, Troop 7, Earl Lmdsey, Can-
air investigation. r lie st ory got
abroad that the men hud come from
T ennossee, where thev had killed an
old man 'lor lus monev. Last T hurs
day ' Sheriff Welch got in touch with
the authorities in Locke County, Ten
nessee, where the nun claimed to
have been before coming here, to
check up on any recent robberies in
that section.
While they were here the men ore
said to have stayed at the home Of
Bob Cuddyfii night and the other
four or five? at the home of Vhiey
Luiining. Fantastic tales of how the
men, in the dead of night, counted
their money aic. being reported about
town.
They gave two of the Gaddy chd
dren a couple of gold watches, one a
man's wrist watch, and the other a
woman's old tashioiied pocket watch.
The watches did not run, so they were
taken to a local jewelery store, where
the name of Laura Lediord was touud
in one, which meant nothing as the
lust thelt was at that tune unknown
here.
The one dollar bills, which were of
a ' l!)2;i series ol the huge sized type,
have attracted a lot ol attention about
town.
It was learned that Deputy Noble
Ferguson, of the sheriff's' department,
has in his possession 10 of them that
he lias secured lrom the local stores.
The body ol Mr. Ledtord who lived
alone at his home on Spring Creek,
was found on the floor of a bedroom
partially covered with bed clothing
early Sunday : morning. His hands
and feet wi re bound and his head
had. been . crushed .in- by a series of
blows from.-some -heavy instrument.
1 hree pieces oi -blood .stained' tim-
ncar the body.
T. L. Bramlett Alderman of the
Town of Waynesville "I feel that
the greatest need in Wraynesville for
its development at present is a first
class modern hotel."
Paul Martin of Martin Electric
Company "Our greatest need in this
section is the establishment of more
manufacturing plants and larger pay
rolls."
R. V. Eik Owner and manager of
Erkraft Industries "First, a com
munity house where entertainment
can be provided for summer visitors;
second, community spirit, where a
number of people can work together
to achieve a purpose; third a textile
industry, that would provide more
employment for girls and women at
fair wages."
ton, Troop 7, Jack Jenkins, Canton, i bol. wm, as() f,,lm(
Troop 7, Billy Jenkins, Canton, Iroop
7, Herschel Deweese, Canton, Troop
7, Louis Messer, Clyde, Troop 9, Bill,y
Haynes, Clydc'j Troop 9.
The second class awards were made
by W. A Bradley to the following;
Houston Blackwell, of Cnnton Troop
1, Clifton Ward, of Canton Troop 4,
Max Muse, of Canton Troop 4, Joe
Roberts, of Canton Troop 7, Leyton
Meares, of Canton Troop 7, A. J.
Summer, Jr., Canton Troop 7, David
Gillett, of Lake Junaluska Troop 8,
Henry Farmer, of Lak Junaluska
Troop 8, Wallace Burnett, of Luke
Junaluska Troop 8.
First class badges were presented
by Carleton Peyton, to Joe Haliburton,
Canton Troop 1, Luther Rollins, Can
ton Troop 1, Carl Painter, Canton
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Local Men Hear Clay
Williams In Asheville
The house showed signs- of having
been ransacked lrom one end to the
other, and a. hammer -had bee used to
break a trunk where the farmer's
money is believed to have been hid
den. Three handkerchii-is, m which
money apparently had been tied were
found near the body. A window sill
in room had a lock of hair. -on it,
presumably from the head of one of
the slayers, which he lost as he
forced his way into the house.
A pool of blood in the kitchen nd
a trail of blood stains leading from
that point to the room where the body
was found, was discovered. There
was evidence that Mr. Leuford had
been m the act of preparing his sup
per when he was attacked.
One clue left at the scene of the
murder which Sheriff English has re-
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Among those attending the annual
dinner of the Asheville Chamber of
Commerce Saturday night, and hear
ing Clay Williams, chairman of the
board of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Co., included: Chas. E. Ray, Jr.,
Frank Miller, Ben Colkitt and J. Dale
Stentz. i. ,'.:
GOING SOUTH SUNDAY
C. D. Ketner, owner and manager
of the Farmers Exchange, leaves
Sunday for a ten-day trip through
several southern states on business.
He plans to confer with a number of
producers and buyers of vegetables
and fruits.
JOINS DRUG FIRM
Billy Justus, of Hendersonville, has
accepted a position as soda dispenser
at Smiths Drug Store here. Mr,
Justus has been associated with drug
stores in IIcndersonville for a number
of years.
OUT AFTER ILLNESS
J. G. Galusha, owner and manager
of the Western Auto Associate Store,
was out this week after being con
fined to his bed for over a week.
MAKES BUSINESS TRIP
L. E. Hudson, manager of Belk
Hudson Company, spent Tuesday of
this week in Charlotte on business.