SECOND SECTION
AYNESVILLE M
TAINEER
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smokv Mountains National Park
FIFTH YEAR NO. 14
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1939
$1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY'
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Makers Stick
le To Wishes Of
Hoey s roiicies
ior i an t"
jcumplishments With
Much Satisfaction
ir.u On January 5 Gov-
vde R. Hoey addressed a joint
of the North Carolina uen-
mbly, covering a wicie neiu
commendations- and sugges
made to the 170 men from all
of the state assembled to
ws ana lay out wic ov -
program lor me nw
that the same ni -
i the Governor can lane out,
printed copy of his address
L hat the legislature did
lose things he committed to it;
; undoubtedly lusttnea in
lack with a smile of satisfac-
the manner in whictt .Jiis sug-
i were followed,
that his record of succes is
Lit's something short of 100
anyway you look at it; but
Gum his policies have prevail-'1-,e
has unquestionably impos
jjiews upon the legislature to
ir extent than My Governor
It memory has been able to
ig his second term.
ire his outstanding . aocom"-.
t was his utter and complete
jthe Anti-Diversion of High
lids army. Perhaps his out-
failure was the complete lg-
H his "definite recommenua-
establishment of a twelith
the public schools.
&ke it by and lorgs it was
following assembly
ipresent a bill of particular
Lless in the form of dialogue,
kit quotations from the Gov-
tiddress of January 4 as one
lis contribution and the asscm
tns as the other.
Jriations, Taxes
nor: "Candor compels me to
t you cannot reduce present
nd this includes sales tax, if
going to continue the present
lental services, without any
k except normal and natural
if the public schools and other
i ns and agencies serving the
. . I am heartily in favor of
i ; economies in every way
but frankly I cannot
w i'e any great saving can be
Waynesville Girls Make Good Showing At Music Contest
Assembly: Made an appropriation
$ the administration of State'1"1' establishment and operation., of n
lov JNtgro
i y ... LJ ' ''
' Waynesville's girl choral chorus of the Waynesville High School, made a good showing, and brought
back a grade of ."excellent" from Greensboro Sunday, after taking part in the statewide music contest, sponsored
by the State Federation of Music Clubs. Some 400 students from every part of thr sUto took part, Doris Grab,
developed sore throat just before" entering the solo contest, and did not sing. She won a superior rating; in tile
recent district contest, Jane Wyche, won honors in the piano solo group. There wore 24 from ht'ie, arid were
accompained by Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Weatherby, Miss Nan Killian and Miss Grace Crocker. The students ww:
Corinne Alley, Margaret Teague, Fauline Wilson, Mattie Kay Crawford, Gladys Kuylr, Nancy Winchester, Kvelju
Moody, Beulah Caldwrfll, Ienoi'H . Mat -Walker, Patsy Hui'irin, Ijmis (irahl, Jano Wythe, --Gladys l'iii!lip, jN'micy
Hyatt, Merrill Green, Grnee Wilburn, Frances Bui ross, Hetty K. llow,l), Doris Colkitt, Virpifita- Kellett, Gladys
Walker. -Phito by llomrr thivis.
that Additional General -Funds appro- uation of the pprpr:s
pilations wtre maii to take care of I for biennium)
recipts the Budett Commission had
estimated the colleges would get
from tuition increases on North Car
olina students.
Negro Education
by tlie
Asstmbly: Cut the appropriation
to ?100,000 Hiiliunny, or 550,(100 for
the bienniuni.
! Highway Safety
I Governir: "1 believe that an ap-
Govfrnor: "We have no provision ! propriation should be made to con
for the education of Negroes in spe-ltinup safety work . ... 1 am moved
cial courses of law, pharmacy or mod-1 earnestly to recommend that the State
icine. Because it is our duty as a
state to make such provision and in
harmony with the Supreme Court de
cision in the Missouri cose, I recom
mend that such courses as are deem
ed necessary and essential be estab
lished at the college in Durham.
Assembly: Enacted the Murphy
bill carrying out exactly the recom
mendations of the Governor.
Benevolent Institutions
Governo: "Time will not - suffice
to mention the various schools
the correctional institutions for boys
of both races and for girls of the
white race and the need for such an
institution for girls of the Negro
race.
Highway Patrol be increased by the
addition of 50 more members."
Assembly: .Made an appropriation
for safety education. Voted, funds
enough to provide for the increase of
50 members to the patrol.
Election Reform
Govrnor: "I believe election laws
should be uniform all over the state
rfnd a good beginning would be a new
registration in every county
Better provision for markers would
aid in preventing fraud .... The law
can be so framed us to prevent rack
eteering in absentee ballots and the
possibility of wholesale fraud in pro
curing them, and at thf swnc time
matters not yet determined
soon-!o-expi!'e legislature.
House and Semite are still all tied
up in n deadlock over the matter.
Agriculture
Governor: "It is my view that,
the greatest need of agriculture today
is better marketing facilities . .
Tht. other opeciul -need is for more
profitable uses for what We grow in
North Carolina."
Assembly: Made no provision for
marketing, specifically- as such, .-but
Viitcd to increase the tax on fertilizer
inspection by 5 cents the ton (increase
from 20 to 25 cents), an action which
will yield the department about f!0,
0(0 additional each year. It is pos
sible -that some of this increase will
be used in a marketing program such
List Of Jurors Is
Drawn Monday For
May Term Of Court
The list of jurors of the Mny term
of civil court, which will convene here
on May the 8th, with Judge Zeb 'V.
Nettles, of Asheville, presiding, was
drawn at the meeting of the county
Ivoaid of commissiotie'i-s in session
heie on Monday.
Se7ing for the first week will be:
Ralph W. West, of Heaverdam; W.
Creed Welch, of Iron DutV; Connie
Henson, of Beaverdam; Jennings
ItalU. of Rtfedam; William E.
SheflWld, of Btffcverdmnn C K. Sut
ton, of llevetn; Two N. Craw
ford, of ay Jo; i. U LHfowT, t f6m
Cieck; J. Vtonk Mehaffey, Iy HiU;
Viv Thillips, W.yfW6viH.
Newton (Jaddy, of VVayfutsitto;
Lawrence Hoopoe, of Waynesvill?;
Krnest ijmathots, ot WoywewiUeJ
Luther Y. Hall, of W&ynesvill; It.
Grwdy Moody, of Iron Uutf; D. Hai
riBott ltessley, of Picgon; Frank Leop
old, of Waynevilkn James B. Msd
fonl, Clyde; Kdw'ard GUvich, of
Woynesville; Clayton Ifwrnctt, if
Kust Folk; Kliet McKlroy, f White
Oak; W. Shook Fergiison. tif Jona
than Creek; Frank 11. Medford, -f
Cralitroc.;, -.and I.ullni: L. iUst, t.C
Crnl)lr'e.
Drawn for the second week were:
W. Cleveland Medfold, of t lydc; lioy
McCracken, tf Clyde; KWay Fisher,
of Fines Creek; Clinton M. CrawlWl,
of Iron DufT L. C, Moody, .if Cecil:
John H. Jatites, jf Fines Creek; J.
Carl Ifuiliett, of Pigeon; (Iletiti I toy J,
of Jonathan C'veek; Jvester tiiUespie,
of Iieavenlam; Hugh L. Nlund, of
Crabtree; Jarvift.T. Comun, of Viuy-
i ncsvillo; Will H. Clianibc is, of Pig
eon; Charlie K. Medl'ord, of Iron tlutf ;
Claud Howell, of Waynesville; S. tV
McCraeken, nf Hen veitlum; Will Fcr
gtfsrnn MeWet, tif White Oak;
Massey, of Waynesville; sin) Joe How
ell, of Waviiesvilli;.
mistakiiblc language thiu; I 'Was 'ap
posed' to diversion but that I ftelievei
Forest Fires Of
March Reach The
Hish Record Of 19
Two Hundred And Thirty-Nine
Acres Of Timber Laitd Hurn
ed During: I'ast Month
Warden J. Q. Allison Cites Law
Apainst Starting Fires
In Woodlands
is has been repeatedly advocated by 1 it should continue to lie oossihle to
Commissioner Kerr Scott. More than apply the II per cent -mile tan to
$100,(100 will be voted for research to gasoline for the benelis (if the
work duriiiK the coming biennium. era! fund to the extent it should bc
Itoad Jlond Issue . come necessary to niet't tfopriation
I am in -fitvier f fuMlirtuititt tlii.i
The records on tile for the 'month
of March with the county forest -Warden
J-i. Allison revealed an alarming
situation, with accounts of 1!) forest
ftr, the majority taking place in the
tek of the 20th.
Th. larger number of the total of
the 19 fires occurrinl on the lands ad
joining the Canton watershed m
B-avedm township, . aecoiding to
MP. Allison.
While the cost, of suppression-of thi?
fires amount to $U7.!I5 in wages of
the fiiv fighters, to the state, the loss
to the land owner of timber is esti
mated at hundreds of dollars which
only time and nature can replace.
A total of 2:i! acres of timber land,
most of which was of second growth,
wsis burned during the month.
Fiive'st Warden Allison also called
o!ti)'Mt:iir. tn 1ip public laws regard
ing buriimjj of tn ush or any debris in
the UiIcbb uf woodlands under the jiro
ttTtion ttt otte forest nervice, or with
in ftvr hiifulnii feel of any such
protvte4 are hftMitvit the first day
of April ami (hi' Iftth dy of Juno,
niclusi'Vff or between the 151 h day' of
(Jctober and fh ftfst tly of Decem
ber, iiit'ltii in ny yar.
The t affile to any fires started
ok ea lined to be started within fiv
humirj-d dpt of a dweUmg house. A
pel m, firm ' or corporation, so the
law siatM, wjiv omill violate this
act shall br guilty of a misdemeanor
fni sbU b Sa' imprisoned in tht.
(tm-Whrtt af the court.
Mr. Allison stnte that the law
governing these fires would he rigidly
enforced and that he was asking the
co-operation of the citizens of the
county in this mutter of both individ
ual and public interest.
j"The Iilu Chasers" Will
f.iv Trograni At Central
d'overnor:
iullicient to
"Curnnt funds arc in-
ritiie road bond.s, pay
fi'S i'jf4i'd .that ' .
preserve the right of the. citizens itUe interest and do the work imper
vnt. -
filily: Followed almost ex-
o course outlined. It effected
ceable or notable economies
'in ection, despite widely pub-
Ittivities of a so-called "Econ-
nk" which sniped at the ap
ions bill from start to finish,
other hand the legislature
e tif practically nothing ex
"noi nial and natural" growth
pil by the Governor. It made
1 fvisiuns for new and untried
or activities. At the same
ere was no radical revision
f B policies. Increases in total
ue expected to come not
w and untried taxes, but from
increases in existing tax
ion
fnor: "What should be the
fpJ Definitely a twelfth grade
e provided . . . You ask what
ut facliers' salaries? . . . . There
one recommendation I have
. . and that is that we
I'lovide for increments to be
Id for a ten-year period instead
which would mean the addi
wo years."
phly: Madp no nrovision
for a twelfth grade. Voted
I increase in teachers' salary
V take care of the two incre-
,hut did not earmark these
specifically for that purpose,
leaving wide discretion in
! f ter in the hands of the State
ommission.
Education
fnor: "The State is eonfront-
the necessity of calling uoon
f attending these institutions
ia larger contribution in the
1 of tuition charges as much
"y regret that course."
poly: The session wasn't
ys old before it became amilv
f tnat it would under no cir-
Pces authiM-wQ ;
, " - iiibicooeu i.
frees against North Carolina
I in North Carolina institu-
n'gher learninir. The Gov-
fas himself among the first
"Vims view, with the result J
correctional institution
girls.
Reapportionment
Governor: "I do not recommend a
reapportionment cf KcpreReutatives by
General Assembly for the reason that
the new census of 1940 would require
a new reapportionment by the next
assembly;
Assembly: Defeated a resolution
offered by Rupert Pickens of Guil
ford pledging the 194.1 General As
sembly to reapportion.
Labor Legislation
Governor: "I commit to you a
study of this question without specific
recommendation at this time except
to say that this law ought to be
amended more nearly to harmonize
with present standards."
Assembly: After prolonged com
mittee hearings, the whole matter
was dropped and absolutely nothing
done. Later a sop was thrown out
in authorization of a commission to
study a "Fair Labor Standards Act"
and report to the 1941 assembly.
Death Penalty
Governor:.. "It seems to me that it
would be belpful ... . if the power to
impose a penalty of life imprison
ment, (for murder, rape, burglary and
arson, only capital offenses in the
state) instead of the death penalty
was residuary in either court of jury,
or both. . . . , Those who witness the
executions are practically unanimous
ia the view that electric chair pro
duces deat$ almost instantaneously
and is more humane. I share that
view.
Assembly: Provided alternative of
life imprisonment upon recommenda
tion to mercy by the jury in cases of
arson and burglary. Refused to
change mandatory death penalty for
murder and rape. Refused to change
method of execution by lethal gas.
Advertising The State
Governor: "It is not contended
that the program is responsible for
all these developments (growth of
tourist traffic, etc.), but it cannot be
denied that good results have been
achieved .... I recommend a contin-
its legitimate use. I am tn favor -of
that kind of law and ( urge itr. adoption.-
Assembly: Set up machinery fur
revising and bringing up to dare all
registration books, with .Republicans
awr Democrats listed on separate,
books for the primarue. ... On. the
absentee question it went further Mian
the Gove rnorV recommendation, alx im
policy and I
diversion."
Aswnildy: f'tItsi-(id fhv Govern
ar's adv'' 4 t th' ttt injr uf
unfit "! ao4 i4i crossing of. every
"I," in '.he Rf'Vfinif ifli's diversion
Elementary Wednesday
atively required at this time. There
fore, I recommend that you authorize
an issue of '$5,000,(WH) to he used for
this - purpose -during the next bicr.
niiun." Assembly: Never workwi ' u
the slighest en.thus-ifl.stli: for 'thi pro
posal and it was quietly and com
pletely dropped without 'ewi-th tn
1 rnflnet i(m nf m lull riiviwiitinij fnr fhn
' i i.. i . j
i ij i oiiLf Ti i. ill in eoiiipiei.
uie,w , . ,-
isniiig aosentces completely in pn-1 iSK1n., after the -Governor had
mary elections and throwing around j advised- by leaders that it tuM only
general elections the safeguards "sug- j be put through by biijh -pressuw
gested" by the State Board of Klec-1 methods.
Hons.: Provision., fir hiMi-lm- irJ
general elections were left untouch
ed, and the matter of restricting them
in primaries is one of the few. im-
Diversion Of Road Funds
Governor: "In my inaugural ad
dress I announced -in clear arid un-
sectioiiB. This desfiit repeated anil
atmunt. cntttfutoii. msmuIIr by anti
diversttifiitit foros throughout the
thiec months of the session.. The
Gowprnor's petfttmsil appearance be
fore the assembly for an address
unalloyed vie-
toiT. jl was without' doubt his mist
bi iHutjH and significant tnuniih of
the session as there is little doubt
that he prevailed against an assem
bly a majority of whos,. meinlins
ciime to Raleigh dead set cm banning
any and all diversion.
of
I The Parent Teacher Association
i the t'entral Klemenlrn v eli,w.l tl ;ii
j sponsor "The Blues Chasers" in "tin-l-M-hoi)
'auditorium,- on Wednesday
evening, April the 12th, at I'M)
o'clock, :
Lester Poleate will serve as master
of ceremonies during the evenine
The group is composed of local talent,
land their programs -of popular inus.c
janl tunes' .of. other days hiis been i e
.ceived with high favor in -r.everal
lwwjih in lmis sort i on pi thf state. .
Grabtree Graduating Class
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These seniors recently received their diplomas from the Crabtree High School Back row, Leska McKlroy,
Maye Ashe, S. E. Connatser, principal, Eva Jane Rogers (Valedictorian), Virginia Crawford, Second row, Lucile
Noland, Maggie McCracken, Eva Lilly Best, Venice GilleS, Hilda Davis, Lillian Clark, Mary Edith Davis, Ha Bryson.
First row, Kindrick Caldwell, Bobby Ferguson, Louis McCracken (Mascot), Jack Hogan, Lois McCracken (Mascot),
Thad Caldwell, Larry Wrilliams (Salutatorian). Photo by Shertill's Studio.
The Swan Islands
The Swim islands are about 97
miles off the coat of Honduras.
They are under, the' jurisdiction of
the United States and are admin
istered by the department of jus
tice. The larger, Great Swan, is
about two miles long and about one
half mile wide. It is flat and thickly,
wooded. Little Swan is one and
one-half miles long, with a lime
stone foundation and dense vegeta
tion... "
One match will start a fire that
barrels of water may not quench.
7A& Weo-tliel defiant
H. M. HALL, Official Observer
Mar. Max. Mm. 7 :,'() a. m, Free.
'.i0 58 41 58 . 0.(M
:n 58 . :..7 :a o.-ts
April
1 57 :!7 ' .. 57
2 57 :!! A 7, O.iM
3 54 38 4t 0.02
4 48 '.- 31 . 38
5 54 24 28
Mean maximum . 55.1'
Mean minimum 35. .'i1
Mean for week : . j 45.2'
High for week 58.0'
Low for week , 24.0
Mean for 7:30. a. m. ........ ..: ...43.3
Below April normal 8.3
Precipitation for week i,,,.'...'.;,-, .1.18:
Precipitation for March ...... .....:...4.83r
Below March normal ...........:.......0.22'
Precipitation for April ............ ....0.6G"
Above April normal ....... ..,........0.05
Precipitation for year ..................18.41"
Excess for year 4,99 '
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