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OUNTAINEER
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance or The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
jFTH YEAR NO. 18
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1939
$1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY
KILLED; 4
OILER 'EX-PLO
M
.hurt
I
S ON
U Leads In
derman s Kace;
Bramlett, Jones
Election Here As 1,007
Votes In Town Election;
Caldwell Fourth
-: W with steady votine.
l . 1 nnn hallots were cast in
In election here Tuesday, with
Mian leading six omer canui-
ft .llnrmon. cettine 630 votes.
, L. Bramlett, seeking re-elec-
lolled 612, followed Dy nam n.
also seeking re-election, got
tt yi.,it T xirittmit nnnn.
polled 742.
official tabulation for alder-
lowed:
Killian w
Lmlett - 612
Jones .. - o9
In Caldwell 442
Itkinson - .......329
Liner 154
rancis ... - ..........139
Rally Speaker
Lock, smith and
HT IN HAZELWOOD
fctly over 300 votes were cast
Hazehvood election, with John
; leading the aldermen's ticket,
2 votes. Mr. Blalock is a pres
raber of the board,
y Smith pulled 222 votes and
Inight 198. .
n. Provost, without opposition,
1(4 votes.
official tabulation was:
Elalock
Smith .. '.
Inight .. .....
Queen... ;.. .......
Wyatt
....252
....222
....198
....160
...81
.... 54
IS ONLY HOLD-OVER,
BT CLYDE ELECTION
hardest political battle of
fy in Haywood County was
out in Clyde, when the voters
an entire new ticket, with the
n of Claude Jones, alderman.
Iter G. Smathers was elected
with 140 votes, over incum-
"hn Shook who got 116 votes,
II killian, the third candidate
ie: votes.
7 H. Cagle, was elected police
''.v. Defeating N. C. West by a
:o ;i7.
it Jones, incumbent, received
is, Charles A. Moonev 139.
m Rogers 140. They de
Linden Robinson, incumbent.
Ned 126 votes: Grover C.
125 votes, and Jeter P.
s, 100 votes. - V
GREGG CHERRY, former speaker
of the House of Representatives, will
address the Young Democratic Voters
at a district rally in Asheville Satur
day, at 7:30 o'clock.
Judge F. E. Alley
Will Preside Over
Civil Court Here
Docket Contains Unusual Num
ber Of Cases For Civil
Term
Commissioners Are
Considering School
Building Program
At .Meeting Monday Grant $1,000
To County NYA
Projects'
The county commissioners, at their
regular first Monday of the month
meeting, held in the court house this
week voted to allow Mrs. James R.
Boyd, Jr., county supervisor of NYA
work in the county, $1,000 for the
coming year's projects.
It. was pointed out that last year
Mrs. Boyd was allowed $400 for the
projects, and that for the coming
year, she would have enrolled twice
as many boys and girls as of the last
twelve months period.
A lengthy discussion of the needed
repairs on sehool buildings and the
necessary enlargement or construction
of additional buildings at some of the
schools took up a good part of the
day's meeting.
If certain W.PA funds can bu .
cured, the plans are to ".make all t he
recommended repairs and additions
to the schools sometime". -during the
coming year, it was stated.
Office equipment, including new
furniture, was ordered fur the 'offuv
of the register of deeds.
Ten Day Extension
To Be Granted For
Listing Property
Weaver H. McCracken, county tax
supervisor, has announced a ten-day
extension for listing taxes.
Between 700 and 800 listed their
taxes during the past week, with more
than 250 of the number visiting the
tax collector's office on Saturday the
last day as advertised, according to
Mr. McCracken.
There remains in Waynesville
township about ten per cent of prop
erty unlisted, while in Beaverdam it
is much higher, around 25 per cent.
Mr. McCracken stated that after
the ten day period ending next Wed
nesday, the penalties as heretofore
stated will be applied to those failing
to get their property listed in the
interim.
ACKEN AND INCUM-
WIN IN CANTON
pul Murray was re-elected
Canton by a two-to-one
i wo- opponents, ne
HTl . HT .. . .
( ""ne w. r. Worrells got
Albert Curtis 179. A total
f 1 5SR . .
i Cast m a quiet
H'PP?, alderman, led the entire
getting- l.nfiR
l0Mand, also a present member
. ponea W48 votes, while
I r--n.ii, new memDer, got
ank M. Byers, defeated al
"i teeeivprl R7c. -c i. tth
d, C. C. Willis 290.
B1aylock, incumbent, was
lt as illiln-o U
f tmg 864 votes over Ralph
as?. with KSfl -.i.
Jers, 9S "" diaries
Clark ir....!. .. .
jtoni ' '""lutni, prosecut
I Ty Z poIice court. was re-
to 415 l arria by a vote
faPer Man Notes
n's Steady Growth
mid
sien, , , Known the town
.dbeen down " was the
of Th'-c """euf represen
ts Wl vte' eot o Waynes
week, whor, l, -l. - .
'ix years. e n's nrS?
growth, is what im-
mushrooming said
? on TrPer man in com
street. NV arnesvilles "new"
who" ass'stant farm
'then. rten C0Ifined to his
y,,eha7tel Gordon for the p'ast
me of u; gone t convalesce at
n's mther in Horseshoe.
The May term of civil court 'will
convene next Monday, May the 8th,
with Judge Felix E. Alley, who ex
Changed with Judge Zeb V. Nettles,
presiding,
The docket contains the. average
number of cases usually coming up
for trial at a civil term. All uncon
tested divorce cases will be heard at
the convenience of the court.
The eases of Bryson versus the
Asheville Stock Yards, tried last
term of court, at which time the at
torneys of the plaintiff took an ap
peal, which was scheduled to come
up at this term, has been transferred
by order of the judge to Henderson
county for trial.
Other cases on the calendar are:
Palmer vs. Jones; Palmer vs. Love,
et al; Palmer vs. Love; Palmer vs.
Love; Banks vs. Furniture Company;
Thomas vs. Bank; Hyatt & Company
vs. Francis; Moody vs. Atkins, ct.al;
Mackey vs. Bingham; Cagle vs. Anderson,-
et al; Manufacturing Cora
panv vs Bramlett.
Campbell vs. Caldwell, et al; Hood,
Comm. vs.. Cogburn, et al; Bell vs.
Clark; Gliddon Company vs. Hipps;
Rickman, et al, vs. Land Company;
Smith (b. n. f.) vs. Ferguson; Hay
wood County et al vs. Byers; Liner
vs. Sloan, et al; Bramlett vs. Grey
hound Corp.; Haywood County vs.
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Miss Smith, County
Agent, Will Attend
London Conference
She Is One Of 22 From State
Planning To Attend
Meeting
Spring Federation
Of County Clubs
To Meet Saturday
All Home Demonstration Clubs
In County Will Meet In Court
House At 2:00 O'clock
Owners Of Parkway
Hotel Arrive For
Tourist Season
Miss Mary Margaret Smith, coun
ty home demonstration agent, will
attend the fourth tri-annual confer
ence of country women of the world,
which will be held in London,. Eng
land, in the month of May.
Miss Smith will be a representa
tive from the First District of the
North Carolina Federation of Home
Demonstration clubs, and one of the
22 women from the state attending,
the group including county agents,
state officials, and club members.
She has been granted a leave of
absence by the Federal and State
authorities, who consider the expe
rience and contacts of the trip euiv
elent to a study course, and the coun
ty commissioners have also approved
the leave from her work.
The general session of the confer
ence will be officially .opened by a
representative of His Majesty, King
George, of England, and the speaker
will be of international note. There
will also be a number of special
group meetings, in order that dele
gates may hear programs of special
interest to their work.
All the delegates attending will be
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A spring federation meeting of the
home denionsliat ion clubs in the coun
ty, comprising a membership of more
than four hundred women, in the 17
organizations, will be held in the
court - house building, at two o'clock
on Saturday afternoon.
Since -May (he 8th Is tiie silver an
niversary ,of the establishment of
the extension work in th,, state, it
was decided to hold the meeting on
Saturday. It will not be an end-of-the
year achievement day, but an after-
i noon on which all the women of the
county can comv together for an in
spirational and social meeting.
Tentative plans call for a song, led
by the Clyde club, the collect by the
entire group, the-. roll call by clubs,
and ii demonstration on flower ar
rangement. Plans will also be made for trans
portation of all the members who
desire to. -attend the 'district federa
tion -meeting which will be held in
Ifrysun .City, on May the 12, which
'include delegates from Cherokee,
Clay, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and
Swain.
A large number', of delegates are
expected to attend .the district, meet
ing, as Dr. Jiine S. McKimnion, as
sistant. director, of North Carolina
extension Work, and the first home
demonstration agent in the state
will be the principal speaker.
I.KAVK ON KXTF.NDKI) TRIP
Mrs. Johnny Ferguson, Miss Har
riet Boyd; Miss Daisy Boyd, and Miss
Margaret Hyatt left the fust of the
week for New York, where they will
spend several weeks. ...Before 'returning-
home, they will visit in Canada.
Parts of Boiler Thrown
Half Mile From Mill In
Black Camp Gap Area
Francis Kilpatrick, Fireman,
Instantly Killed; Moore, Cagle
And Haverston Injured
MILL HAD BEEN IN
OPERATION 2 WEEKS
Owners, Russell And Rowland,
. Will Discontinue Steam En
gine And Resume Work
Extensive Improvements Being
Made By Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Hudson, New Owners
VU
(uce
it
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hudson, own
ers of the Parkway Hotel, arrived
this week from St. Petersburg, to get
the property ready to open the hrst
of June,
Mr. and Mrs. Hudson bought the
hotel last November from the Hay:
wood Home Bujlding and Loan, and
plan to locate her permanently,
spending at least six months of the
year in Waynesville.
Extensive, renovating and modern
izing are planned during the next
month prior to the opening in June.
The kitchen will be practically built
over, with the latest types of refrig
eration installed. All the thirty , bed
rooms will be furnished with new
beds and inner spring mattresses.
The grounds are also being put
in splendid condition which includes
a restoration of the tennis course.
Mrs. Hudson is originally from
Cleveland, Ohio, but has been Tesiding
in Florida for the . past few years,
where she has been connected, either
with a hotel or a cafeteria.
Mr. Hudson is a native of Mont
gomery, Ala., and has been in Florida
since 1923. He was former manager
of a hotel at Safety Harbor, Fla., and
has had a wide experience in hotel
management since his residence in
Florida.
Canting that we need more indus
tries in Haywood County, what meth
od would you suggest be used to in
terest manufacturing in locating
in this section? (Continued from
last week.)
L. M. Kicheson Hazelwood "If w e
are to attract new industries in Hay-
Wood County, we should first make
a definite survey show-ing what we
have to offer.
"Such survey should show the ap
proximate number of male and female
labor available, pointing out it's
splendid type of native born; avail
ability of industrial sites, and approx
imate costs of same per acre; jclimatic
conditions; type of water; tax; pow
er, and water rates. After obtaining
such statistics, I believe we would
probably be more successful in at
tempting to bring industries which
are more or less allied with our pres
ent industries, because in so doing,
we would have the added appeal of
the raw material already on the
ground. For instance, locate a small
shoe factory, a toy factory to use
some of the scrap wood materials
from Our wood working plants.
"Also endeavor to locate an over
all plant, pointing out the great num
ber of industrial workers on the
Murphy branch, which should have
an appeal to such an overall plant
from the point of distribution of their
product. Also locate a hosiery plant
because of our great availability of
female labor, also the large field of
distribution, which is ijt hand.
"We, should; preferably seek small
plants, employing from 100 to 300
employees, as they probaly make for
a healthier industrial development.
It is doubtful if We can bring in new
industries by just writing letters.
We must have our survey accurate,
then personally go out after the new
prospects, and bring them in anil
let them see for themselves the many
advantages we have to offer."
' ; . '
1. N. Davis Insurance and Real
Estate "Industry does not just hap
pen to locate in any community.
There are certain fundamental rea
sons that influence this decision. The
most important, pechaps, are cli
mate, water, transportation, labor and
taxes. These things within them
selves are factors, but unless the
industrial seeker knows about these
qualifications you are very seldom
recognized. A careful survey of our
county should be made to determine
our ability to accommodate industry,
and the type industry applicable to
our needs, and this information in
some way placed before interested
parties. This could be done through
a small printed leaflet, or follow
every good lead by a committee fa
miliar with our ability to serve them.
The personal contact is by far the
most effective way."
A boiler blast instantly snuffed out,
the life of Fruncis Kilpatrick, 2S, and
seriously injured three other men,
Pherson Cagle, -Charlie' -Moore, and
Dave Haverston, when the boiler at
the sawmill owned by K. Lawrence
Russell and his son-in-law, Woodrotv
Rowland, located on the Plott boun
dary between Black Camp Gap and
Wykle's Fork, ten miles from here,
exploded yesterday morning around,
7:30 o'clock.
In the excitement following the
blast that came -without warning,
throwing pieces of metal .from the
boiler at a distance of half a mile,
and amidst the -cries for lil 1 1 from the
injured men the body of Kilpatrick,
the firemun, was not dicoVered until
more than a half hour after the other
men had been rushed to the hospital,
two being taken' in a car and the third
on a cot in a truck.
Kilpatrick's body was found on the
edge of a bank of a stream some
seventy-live feet away. At the time
of the explosion, it is said that he
was standing about H feet from the
boiler, with his back to the .-'engine.
His clothing was practically all blown
from his body, -and' the leather from
his shoes was scattered about.
Charlie Moore, whose injuries 'were
considered, more . critical lust nigliK
than any of the injured, was engaged
as a trimmer, and ran the cut off saw.
Hi; was standing a short distance,
from' the saw at the time of the ex
plosion, and his body Was thrown
with such force onto the saw that .he
was cut throttjrli ( In shoulder.
Pherson Cagle, employed at the mill
as a lumber hacker, was 'standing
only a few IVet front flu.1 boiler, when
the, accident orrUrred and he was
thrown aboui folly feet away from
where he stood, receiving burns front
the . steani, and a number of bruises
from the timber that was thrown
throuifh the air.
Dave Haverston, side i dgeriiian,
wax said to have, been standing about
ten feet from the boiler, anil was dis
covered later about twenty feet away.
He was badly scaulded from the steam
and his body was bruised practically
all over from the falling timber.
When the men were brought to the
hospital, the trip to town was made
at rj-miles-an-hour, so a represen
tative of The Mountaineer., was toll)
last night. The injured men. who
were suffering to such an extent urged
that they be driven faster. It was
feared that Charlie Moore whose
shoulder was cut to such a depth
would bleed to death before he could
receive medical aid.
The men were given attention at
once upon arriving at the hospital, as
the message had been sent ahead to
have doctors in readiness. One of
the attendants in .describing ' the
morning's experience stated that in
her year-and-a-half at the Haywood
County Hospital, Wednesday had
had been the most nerve-wrecking
day she had spent in the institution,
as the work was rushed to give aid
to the injured men.
In talking to a representative of
The Mountaineer, three of the four
injured men stated that they felt at
the time that his hour had come. In
grateful appreciation of being alive
they appeared in spite of their in
tense suffering, and loss of blood, to
be in a cheerful frame of mind, late
yesterday afternoon.
No changes in their conditions were
reported at ten o'clock last night.
The owners of the mill, R. Lawrence
Russell and Woodrow Rowland, were
a little late in getting to ihe mill and
arrived just in time to see the acci
dent. The latter was knocked down
and covered with ashes, receiving in
juries about the hands. A large
piece of metal, that would have in
stantly killed Mr. Russell, had it
touched him, fell a short distance
Explosion Victims
u tinis of the boiler explosion
were;
Francis Kilpatrick, fireman, in
stantly killed.
( harhe Moore, trimmer, serious
cuts received when thrown
against saw.
Pherson Cagle, lumber hacker,
burns and bruises.
Dave Haverston, edgemtan,
burns and injuries from debris.
Woodrow Kowlnnd, hand in nines.
from where he was standing, as U?
alighted from Ins car,
A total ot 21 men, with ! working
at the mill, and 12 in the woods, weiv
employed bv the owners. At the
time of the explosion, it is said that
twelve ol the employees were at tlu
Plant.
The only reason that, could, he ao
counted for the accident was the fact
that the water pump ot was discov
ered open, lollowirig the blast and it.
was 1 cared that the- boiler had be
come ill v, and t hat the cold water-,
pouring into tl had caused the ox
plosion. Nil estimate was made public of
the loss of the -machinery on which
there was no insurance. However an
accident policy covered the workmen
employed.
Mr. Russell told The Mountaineer
last night that -operations ol the null
would be resumed immediately.
He also explained that he wa.-:
through wi-ili steam,, and that some
form ot petroleum engine would be
installed tor power. Mis steam engine.
Was diimaged in the explosion, but
the remainder of the equipment can
be used Willi slight repairs, he said.
I "Meant has been ntv tnend, but
I'm through with it. I could not.
J work around it anv more," he stated,
t 'J hiu was the second week o op-.
I iteration. . Before. , starting up tin'
I. mill was thoroughly tented and gone
I. over bv authorized inspectors, and
was pronounced in good condition.
The I' oi kei -A ax engine was new, bin
th'e- .50- -horse power boiler was re
cotidit ioned.
"I have been in the sawmill busi
ness lot the past fifteen vears," said
R. Lawrence Russell, "and I have
never hud even a man's finger in lured
ill all those, vears: 1 have made it a
rule to never . ask a man to do anv
job about the null, or run any niece
of niachiemv that 1 would have been
unwilling to tackle myself."
The Plott timber boundary is eon-.
sideied one of the best in that sec
tion, and 'represented an investment
of several thousands id dollars on
the part of Russell and Rowland.
New s of the accident spread through
the community fast, with the usual
numerous rumors which accompany
sUch tragic events..
Funeral services .will be held on
Friday afternoon at 2:0 o'clock at
the ( owetta Baptist church in Macon
Countv for I rancis Kilpatrick. Bur
ial will follow in the church cemetery.
Kilpatrick was a native of Madison
Countv, and is the son of James Kil
patrick and the late Jennie Wallen
Kilpatrick. He is servtved by his
wife, Fdith Tallent Kilpatrick; his
father, a resident of Buncombe ( oun
ty; four bt others, Vernon, of Madison
County, John, Troy, and -Ted, and a
half brother, Jack Kilpatrick, all of
Buncombe Countv.
Robert Osborne
Passes Away At
Home In Florida
News has been received here by
relatives of the death of Robert Os
borne, formerly of this county, who
has been residing in Florida for the
past twenty years.
Mr. Osborne was stricken with a
heart attack last Saturday and died
around 4:30 in the afternoon, accord
ing to information received in a mes
sage. He was the son of the late Mr. and
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