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he Waynesville M ountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
fflFTHYEAR
NO. 19
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY Jl, 1939
$1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY
Ler Sees Sewer what A Price .. .
norktompieiea
i Of Schedule
ira5e KocK oirm-n. v.
rom Smathers btreei
To Laundry
. ud to the present time
' UK . -nr 111-
..i.7'7 flvA vyayuevmc-
1 x u
j sewer line project woum
that it will. be comp161
scheduled time, wnicn is
i.e 31. . .
I Threkeld, resident engm-
fciated in conversation with
Intative of ine Mountaineer
that it will taKe irom ou
lys to finish the three divi-
braneti lines oi me pro-
five per cent of the work
npleted, leaving a good mar-
the time planned for com-
I the work.
the 12-inch pipe line Irom
le-Pilkington Tapestry Mill
th 18-inch fall is scheduled
Lxt week, and the latter line
tfrom Richland Creek to Ha-
is now under construction
Waynesville Laundry,
normal conditions it is
h part of the line would have
bleted in bO days, but tne
ve hit beds of solid rock at
Avenue crossing and at sev-
sections between West Coal
the Laundry. Considerable
having to be done on this
e line.
ejity -one-inch drop from
street bridge to the upper
ake Junaluska, is finished.
k on the 24-inch line from
end of Lake Junaluska to
In River outfall, if no unex
liderances come up to delay
will be completed within
30 days, with the exception
le which is to be placed on
Ive the creek at the upper
h lake.
n to take the sewerage from
Creek and make it a san
am was aggitated for. years,
I have been done before had
n available. The work has
possible through the PWA.
bl amount of the cost of
lit, 222,727 was secured as
Ho per cent from a PWA
ch smdtinted to $100,227,
.division to the two commu-
follows: Waynesville $70,
pzehvood receiving $29,862.
Inount was added a govern
of $8G,000 to Waynesville,
' to Hazelwood, bringing
ial loan to $122,500.
mdred and twenty-two men
J' given joDs on the pro
file instructions from the
ft-state that men on relief
given the first opportunity
'k, others also have been
hi thiee other PWA pro-
ne county pending alloca-
m, namely:, The municipal
r the town of Waynesville,
nt and improvement of the
'em for Waynesville, and
to the school buildings of
Fourteen men facing trial
In the city court on Monday af
ternoon and not one red cent in
the crowd with which to pay
a fine. Their last bit of change
had gone for liquid refreshments
over the week-end.
It was a depressing, sight,
Fourteen able bodied men. None
old enough to deserve a nitch
on the shelf reserved for Old
Age. Some were young, others
around the half century mark
all old enough to know better.
, The sentences passed were from
30 to 90 days on the roads. Sent
to "Craggy," where they will be
forced to do honest hard labor,
for which they should receive
respectable pay and enjoy free
dom. Instead they will work with a
guard standing over them. And
those passing by will know that
they are paying the price of self
indulgence.
Some of them have families,
some of them are fathers of little
children, who are shirking their
responsibilities planting stumb
ling blocks in the way of those
who will follow them and bear
their name instead of paving the
way for them wjrth character
and financial aid.
And everyone of them is some
mother's son.
Local Doctors Are
Attending Meeting
On Trip To Bermuda :
Dr. Dudley W. Smith Will Appear
On Program Of State
Medical Meet .
EDITORIAL
18 Staggerettes . . . .
The past week-end was a busy
one for the city police force and
the county jail attendants, for
the largest number of arrests
over one week-end since the first
of January, li);l!l enjoyed the
panorama of the surrounding
peaks as viewed from the top
floor of the Haywood County
court house.
The eighteen intoxicated citi
zens escorted by the policy for
confinement in lawful custody of
local authorities, included 15
whites and 3 colored, all men.
The members of the force dis
closing the foregoing facts did
not state why the followers of
Hachus were so prevalent at this
season. Since the week-end was
touched with the crispnoss of
winter it cannot be laid to
Spring exuberance.
Civil Court Here
Delayed By Federal
Court In Asheville
Enforced Absence Of lawyers
And Witnesses Has Delayed
Progress Of Docket
Dr. Gladys Osborne, Dr. Dudley W.
Smith, Mrs; William Prevos (, and
Dr. J. Rufus McCracken left Monday
for Norfolk, where they went to join
the North Carolina doctors for the
86th annual state convention, which
is being held aboard the steamship
Queen of Bermuda.
The ship carrying approximately
600 Tar Heels embarked from Nor
folk on Tuesday morning, and is
scheduled to arrive in Hamilton, Ber
muda, at 8 o'clock this morning:
The return trip will, start Friday
and the ship is expected to dock in
Norfolk Sunday night. The Waynes
ville party plans to return home on
Monday.
Br. ''Smith is on the program and
will present a paper on his field of
work in orthopedics.
Arlington Is
per Of F. F. A.
making Contest
''ington won the F. F. A.
cntest hens last Friday
;IT Club, over Elmer Hen
is. members of the Smoky
chapter 0f the Future
'' America, 'under the lead
1 J- V. Brown, vocational in
e outstanding in the farm
an "A" honor student, and
I? rejects this year.
s" of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
i1Saunook- He is a junior
;Mngfora27-acrefarm,
a ior next year.
y;;. as .his subject:
,n "Chain Stores
RaWT K 10 Anderson
AVIATION
arl Lancaster, Jr leaves
lava a'"- enneering
'on cn?t,on Apartment
7w5.Md Mrs.J.E.
s held past several
S-att 1 ? positin in the
iu NAVAL
I ORK
Lawyers Of 20th
Judicial District
Met Here Monday
William Medford, local attorney,
was the principal speaker at the din
ner meeting of the members of the
20th Judicial District of the North
Carolina Bar. which was held at the
Hotel -LeFaine on Tuesday night.
with Sam M. Robinson, of Canton,
president of the group, presiding.
Mr. Medford discussed "Divorces
on grounds of separation in the state
of North Carolina," giving in full
the laws regarding the legal pfoced-
Mother's Day has come again. It is the one anniversary
of the year which we cannot approach dispassionately. We
find ourselves submerged in the emotion of tender memories.
We start with babyhood and go hand and hand down
the years, remembering how she guided us when we were
too young to know the way.
Childhood, adolesence, and then the years when we
must make the grade alone, but we had her to look back to
and find the support of her reassurance to give us courage to
carry on. If we had her all the way to maturity and beyond,
we have been indeed fortunate, but if she has gone on ahead,
we have had our memories tucked away, in which to find
comfort, for in spirit she has followed us from afar.
Friends have come and gone. Our fortunes in life have
often affected their friendships, but not so with mother, she
has been steadfast, and the more we have needed her the
more she has loved us. If we have been the "black sheep"
in the family she has clung to us with even greater affection.
She has been the spirit of the home. She has been the
mediator of peace in the family circle, which brings in a sad
thought for the Mother's day of 1939. The mothers of the
world today, regardless, of the flowers we heap at their feet,
or the messages that circle the 'globe to find them, wherever
they may be, they will be saddened over the unrest.
No doubt the greatest gift in the power of her children
today, would be to have them pledge eternal peace, when man
would not lift up sword against his brother, and compromise
and reason would forever settle the disputes of mankind.
J. E. LANCASTER JOINS
FEED-IMPLEMENT FIRM
IN HENDERSON VILLE
J. Earl Lancaster, for the past 18
months, connected with Preston Wood
Products Company, as manager, has
disposed of his interest and is now
associated with his brother in the
feed and farm implement business in
Hendersonville.
Mr. and Mrs. Lancaster moved to
Hendersonville on Monday of this
week, and will occupy a home in
Druid Hills. :
Explosion Victims Are
Recovering Satisfactorily
Pherson Cagle, Charlie Moore, and
Dave Haverston, who are confined in
the Haywood County Hospital suffer
ing from injuries received last week
in a boiler explosion, were reported
by hospital attaches last night, to be
making satisfactory recoveries.
All thrpp men were seriously hurt
when the boiler of the sawmill owned
by R. Lawrence Russell and his son-in-law,
Woodrow Rowland, and locat
ed on the Plott boundary between
Wykle's Fork and Black Camp Gap,
exploded Wednesday morning the 3rd,
at 7:30 o'clock.
One victim, Francis Kilpatrick was
fatally injured.
Road From Entrance
At Lake Junaluska
Is Being Improved
Parking Space In Front Of The
Auditorium Is Hcing
Enlarged
Work was started the first, of tin1
month on the stretch of roadway lead
ing from the entrance at Lake Juna
luska, to a point beyond the boat
house in front af the Cherokee Inn,
on the grounds of the Southern Meth
odist Assembly.
The same road bed will bo kept,
but grading in several ot the irreg
ular, places, haa greatly improved t In
road. This Week gravel is being laid
for the base, which will be followed
by a coat; of tar.
It is estimated that the work wil'
bp completed by the fust of .liine, in
ample time for the-summer activities
of the center.
Other improvements on the prop
erty are also underway, which in
clude etdargmg the parking space
opposite the auditorium.
The progress of the May term of
civil court, which convened here on
Monday morning, with Judge F. K.
Alley, presiding, has been delayed
by the fact that sonic of the lawyers
and witnesses in the cases have had
to attend Federal court, now in ses
sion in Asheville.
I he case ot Oliver Smith against
Zcb V. Ferguson, in which the plain
tilV nsked lor damages amountinir to
SfL'S.llllii, and the case of J. V. Smith,
also against Zeb , Ferguson, with
the plaintiff asking $;l,;l(0 were con
solidated lor trial .
Both cases growing out of a truck-
wreck were non-suited by Judge Alley,
following the evidence of the plain
tiffs, before the case leached the jury.
The first ease to come up for trial
was that ot the Appleton Manufac
turing Company against L. II. Hram-
lelt. The plaintiffs had sold the de
fendant a corn busker, and the dis
pute arose over payment of the
machinery. The case was non-suit-
, and flu- plaintiffs failed to make
any recovery.
Other cases passed upon since
court convened included the granting
of five divorce as follows: J. L.
:igle from Artie Cagle, Mabel Walk
er Irom .Spencer Walker, Jack rax-
ton from illie l'axton, James Snyder
from Maltlo Snyder, Kacliel Weston
from Sidney Weston.
The first case scheduled for today
is that f (i. IJ. Ferguson against
Hubert Ferguson, regarding die non
payment of a note.
Coming up for trial this week will
be the Kinest Rogers case against
the Coco-Cola compny, iu which the
plaint ill' claims he drank
eign substance in a drink
I'd by the company and is
$20,11(10.
some tori
manufacl-
asking for
Mrs. Scott Brown
Dies At Home Of
Niece - Wednesday
Waynesville Has Enough
Co&l For Thirty Days
Coal dealers in Waynesville are
unanimous in the opinion that there
is no cause for alarm over a coal
shortage here, as mines continued
closed by strikes.
Five Waynesville dealers contacted
yesterday by The Mountaineer, ex
pressed themselves that the present
supply would last for 30 days or more.
Most of the dealers were optimistic
about the opening of the mines within
a short time.
Practically all of the yards here
were heavily stocked at the time of
the strike, and even this past week,
some received shipments.
. At one or two yards, they reported
their supply of some types of coal
(Continued on back page)
Voice 1ke Pe&pAe
What do you think of the fiO-mile
speed limit on the highways of North
Carolina, which went into effect on
May the first? :
M. D. Watkins Manager Watkins
Chevrolet Company "I think under
present road conditions that 60 miles
is a 'little ' bit fast. I think that 55
is 'plenty' fast with present narrow
highways, hazardous curves, and
congested traffic."
White Mease- Principal East
Waynesville school "I think that
our speed limit should be within the
discretion of the driver, and that
speed over 55 miles an hour should
be prohibitive, and that 60 is too fast
for the average driver and-the aver
age automobile."
J. C. Galusha Owner and mana
ger of the Western Auto Associate
Store "Sixty tnilea is alright if the
condition of the car is kept in order
and equipped mechanically, provided,
of course, the driver, uses discretion
as to the condition of the highway at
the time of travel."
C. M. Harrcll -Operator Pure Oil
Station, Main street "I think sixty
miles is alright on a flat straight
road, but not on mountain curves."
Norman Caldwell Former traffic
officer of Waynesville, and operator
of several taxis "I think GO miles
is entirely too much for the average
driver. The trouble at present is
that there are too many incompetent
drivers given licenses, andi 60 miles
is beyond them with safety. In this
section 60 miles is equal to 70 and
80 in a flat country."
Mrs, Kllen Kdwards IVrown, Ml,
widow of the late Scott lirown, died
yesterday morning at 11 o'clock at,
the home of her niece, Mrs, Homy
Haines, on Kiliian street, with whom
she has been residing since the deaih
of her husband eleven years ago.
Mrs. lirown was born on Feb. the
14th, 1K5X, and was the daughter of
Phillip and Elizabeth Tiitt, Kdward.,
anil is widely connected in Haywood
County.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at .') o'clock in the First
Methodist church, of which she had
been a member for the past 70 years,
in the absence of the pastor, the Kev.
W. L. Hutchins, presiding elder of
the Waynesville district, assisted by
the Kev. Frank Lcathorwood, will
preside.' Uurial will be in Croon Hill
cemetery.
Serving as active pallbearers will
bo nephews of Mrs. Hrown, as follows:
L. M. Kiliian, James W. Kiliian, J.
Hardin Howell, Henry Caddy, Charles
Painter, and Robert Cibsom
Honorary pallbearers will be: J. K.
lioyd, Lee Bramlott, K. P. Martin,
John Plott, France MchafToy, Jim F.
Davis, Joe Leatherwood, Dr. Tom
Stringfield, Asbury Howell, Dr. K. F.
Smathers, John West, and Jack Sease.
Home Of Miss Boggs
On Pigeon Highway
Destroyed By Fire
Hlnzi' Started Around 9:.'J0 Sun
day Niht From Oil Water
Heater In . Bathroom
D. J. Howell operator Standard
Station on Main street "I consider
that 45 miles an hour is enough and
at that speed a person has plenty of
time to get where they are going.
I think that a 60 mile speed limit is
simply the
$175 Contributed
To Boy Scout Fund
Approximately $175 was raised this
week during the annual adult mem
bership drive for Boy Scouts, it was
learned from W. A. Bradley, local
chairman. '
Haywood County was given a quota
of $750. Of this amount, Canton and
Clyde agreed to attempt to raise half
and Waynesville, Hazelwood and Lake
Junaluska the remainder.
Mr. Bradley said yesterday that
many prospective contributors were
not seen during the first day of the
drive, but would be contacted in the
next few days.
Three Places Observe
Confederate Memorial Day
The First National Bank, the wel
fare office and re-employment office
were closed yesterday in observance
limit,' and is dangerous erf Confederate Memorial Day,
A blaze, winch started from a cur
ium blowing in an open window near
an oil heater, in a bath room on Sun
day night around !':.'l(l o'clock gained
such headway, that it completely de
stroyed the two story home of Miss
Marian Hoggs, located two miles
from Waynesville, just off the Pigeon
Highway.
Miss Hoggs, who had returned a
fortnight ago from a hospital, where
she was treated for injuries received
in an automobile accident about two
months ago, and her nurse, were
alone in the house at the tune, and
discovered the fire.
Help was called, and the Waynes
ville city fire department responded,
and did all in their power, but by the
time they arrived at the place, the
fire had spread over the entire house,
and their efforts were centered on
saving the surrounding buildings.
Practically nothing was saved in
the way of furniture or personal
property from the house. The loss
of the residence has been estimated
around $7,500 and was partly covered
by insurance.
The home once belonged to an
uncle, Ceo. K. Boggs, of Miss Hoggs,
who conducted a large commercial
orchard in this county, and did much
to stimulate interest in the early de
velopment of the apple industry in
this section.
Following the death of the unci-;,
the father of Miss Boggs came into
possession of the property, and since
the death of her father, fifteen years
ago, the present owner has been in
charge of the place, spending the
greater part of each year there.
for even the best driver."
150 Here Fail To
Make Tax Listings
Late Wednesday afternoon seven
townships in the county had complet
ed their tax listings, and Tax Col
lector Weaver H. McCracken seemed
optimistic that they would all be in
by the last of the week.
With the exception of approximate
ly 150 property owners in Waynes
ville township, the listings are com
plete. Five townships had not sent in final
reports late yesterday afternoon, ac
cording to Mr. McCracken.
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