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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 NO. 20 WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1939 $1.50 IN ADVANCE IN COUNTY. Where King, Queen Will Be Met by Roosevelts mlett Named v Jury Orders Town Pay layor Pro Tern; $4,625 For Fisher Death Others Re-Elected fcn ion. XTampd Fire hence nucj hief By Town Officials In first Meet Since Election r ti u qw . r.. maae nis Ivor J. " j appointua-uts of aldermen lay night in the nrsi regular of the uoaiu aui-c T. L, rJramieu was nanieu , pro tern. Bramlett was also re-appoint- Lirman of the streets, cemetery tanitary departments. n L. JoneS was renameu tnan of the police and fire depart- j. Killian, new member of the Vj8 chairman of the light and departments. e officials made the following appointments: C Keieruson, treasurer. Lrt Hugh Clark, superintendent this. L Sloan, superintendent of water, k-rence Kerley, fire chief, with t Hugh Clark, as assistant. ! Hedwig Love, town clerk. lies L. Stringfield, chief of police, J. W. Patton, Lloyd Phillips and Ca'be full time policemen, and r Downs, part time policeman, nry .'Caddy was named building dor, and Robert Hugh Clark rical inspector; board is this; Week advertising fids on gasoline, oil and automo- accessories,; ft, is planned to wholesale rather than retail, it lointid out. Storage tanks were Bled, on the town hall site sev- vtars ago, but the wholesale Ig was discontinued, and will be ied again. ; Je appointment of volunteer fire- was deferred until a later meet- The naming of town tax col- will hot be done until sometime e fall, after the completion of resent, tax year, .. . ell iSI I lift II " Siitii New Record ThoiY is a "first time" for everything. What is said to be the initial incident of its kind to ever take place in lltiywood County, occurred during the pres ent May term of civil court. Two sisters obtained divorces from their husbands. Jury Deliberates An Hour; Much Evidence Heard In Three Day Trial W. N.C. Group Talk Of Dedication Of Park In Mid June Plans Underway To Knit Com munities Of This Section More Closely Together Here Is the newly re-decorated president's waiting room in the union station in Washington, D. C, where King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England will be received by President sni Mi.s; Roosevelt oil their arrival for a visit. The rviynl pair will stay at the White House Merchants Ready To Organize Into Working Gronp Tuesday Miss Rotha Awarded Fellowship In The University Of N. Y. Merchants, Filling Station, Ga rage And Cafe Operators Asked To Attend ath Claims founder Of Royle Pilkington Co. es T. Royle. Died At His Home In Mt. Holly, N. J., Tuesday Morning lies T. Royle, of Mt. Holly, N. J lizer of the Royl-Pilkington panjv of Hazelwood, manufac s of high grade tapestry, died home in Mt. Holly, at 8:30 on flay morning. At the time of rah Mr, Rovle was a director of 'mpany. . Royle organized the company H Jersey in 1907 and the main was moved to Hazelwood in He has made several visits to Nville since that time. and Mrs. Ben Colkitt and chil left for Mt. Holly, on Wednes- poinmg, wherp thev will attend N services for Mr. Royle on Colkitt is secretary of Royle- pton Company, and came here me plant was moved in 1928. ul Hyatt Ajrain leads Hotel Group a meeting of 90 ij house operators Wr Mondav f: aul Hyatt was re-elected 'ent. This group is sponsored OrliS in CO-onpfntinn with t.hp rbt-f of Commerce. . ""' Kipp was named vice pres- ot the group. v.ui. mi, mcch again a? fiight to complete details for ""is activities. : f K HERE WILL BE CLOSED ON SATURDAY J'Wrvance of the signing of the enburg Declaration of TnnV- Fn, the First National Bank, - iin all North Carolina t' iU closed Saturday. f-TIN TO ATTEND ELECTRICAL MEETING f' Martin, dirppn- 1,. vv. prtors. Bill 0f.7 .4.i. Ption in CllarW TiJ f ure of the convention will be liEe.SSIOn of the entire elec- Plans aie completed for an organ ization meeting of the merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce. A supper meeting will bc held at the American Cafe Tuesday night, at 7:15 at which time all merchants, both retail and wholesale, in Hazel wood, Lake Junaluska and Waynes ville are expected to attend. A committee recently named by Dr. S. P. Gay, president of the Cham ber of Commerce, to work out plans for the meeting, met this week and announced yesterday that this an nouncement is the formal invitation for all operators of drygoods stores, grocerymen, garage and filling station owners, hardware dealers, drug stores, furniture stores, and cafe operators, to attend the meeting. The committee is composed of Era mett Balentine, R. C. McBrulc, C. N Allen, L. E. Hudson, Hugh Massie, Charles E. Ray, Jr., and Noble w . Garrett, W. L. rlaruin, vvnue .ua?.e and Irving Leatherwood. A spokesman for th0 committee, announced yesterday' that there were ten major objectives of the mer chants organization. lhese weie listed as follows: 1. Community wid0 trade events. 2. Uniform policy as to outsidu ad vertising solicitors. . 3. Promotion of good roads. . ntinn of comnletion of Blue Ridge Parkway. ; 5. Formulation of policy as to leg islation affecting merchants. 6. Regulation of store hours, ?. ReguL.ion of .holiday observ ance. 8. Joint action in promotion of com munity. 9. Promotion of industry. 10. Promotion of better stores. The following resolutions were adopted by the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce recently. 1. That the board of directors feel that the merchant group of Waynes ville should meet from time to time to consider the problems of the com munity from the merchants point of view. 2. That the merchant group should be organized as a division of the Chamber of Commerce. 3 That the chairman of the mer chants division should be elected from the group. ., 4. That the chairman of the mer chants division, by virtue of his of fice, be constituted a member of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce if he should not otherwise be a member. I , W 5. That the secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce, by Virtue of his office, shall serve also as secretary of merchants division of the Cham ber of Commerce. At Tuesday night's meeting,, a chairman, treasurer, and three mem bers of an executive committee will be named. The chairman ana ireas urer Local Girl Wins Four Teaching Fellowship Chemistry Year In Rare Hand Made Guitar Is Being Displayed Here Made Of Thousands Of Pieces Of Inlaid Wood, Valued At $1,200 Miss Louise Rotha, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rotha, who is a member of the Hoyden high school faculty, of Salisbury, has been award ed a teaching fellowship in the de taitment of chemistry at New York University, beginning September, l!i:S!l. The fellowship will extend over .i period of four. 'years, if that 'much, time is required. Miss Rotha will-do work leading to a Ph. I), in chem istry. . - From her grammar school day-; through college Miss Rotha has made an outstanding record. She Was grad uated from the local high school with the highest honors of her class. She is a graduate of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, with an A. li. degree. Later she studied at the University of Chicago, and there won her M. S. degree in chemistry. . Miss Rotha has been a member 'if the science department at the Boy don High School, of Salisbury, for the past several years. Her extra curricular activities there have in cluded debating coach and council adviser. . .' A hand-made guitar, containing thousands of pieces of inlaid woods in foiiiteen varieties, and valued at $1,200 by the maker and owner, Ripp M. Lovin, of Macon County, is on dis play in the window of Chandler and Company. There has been no artificial stain used on an v of the woods, but the beauty of the coloring of the nat oral woods in the Case of the instru ment and the colorful effect produced by the yariiius combinations made it luird to realize that such artistry could- be produced vvith wood alone. .Intricate1 designs of significance have been cleverly and artistically woiked out in the inlays. Among these, are twelve (lights of "Golden stui'ivV bridging twelve rainbows. Wild flowers 'of' the Smokies, some wrought in lare go)helwood, from lacon county, said to be the only tract of this hardwood in the Uuited States, are a beautiful y'ellow. But terflies of this section are also seen in delicate detail." Fan designs or peacock tails are shown and on one side are inlaid etchings of the skyscrapers of New York City, along with the Statue of Liberty. ;. The guitar will be on display about one week longer, after which it will be taken to the World's Fair in New York and placed in the exhibits of "ThP Carolina Hi II Billies" which S now on display in the North Caro lina building. Representatives of this community, pledged co-operation in every detail to a group of Western North Caro linians -meeting in Ashvville Monday at which time plans were presented for the coming rhododendron fesi val and the dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park dur ing the week of June ll-24, at which President Roosevelt is slated to ta'k part. The group hoard, two members-of tho North Carolina Park Commis sion, and civic. leaders, discuss in detail the advantages of the park, and the plan for the formal dedica tion. The theme of the meeting was the need of closer unity and co-operation of the communities of Western North 'Carolina, and a motion was passed, which would make the may ors, the presidents of the chambers of commerce and chairmen of the boards of commissioners of this sec tion, a committee to work out in detail for closer co-ordination. Chas. K. Ray,. Jr., chairman of the Western ("aroliiia Advisory Commit tee, spoke brifly, as .did. Ir. S. P. Gay, president of the Chamber id' Com merce. ' L. N. Davis also attended from hoo. Tentative plans are for ..President Roosevelt to come down, making an over-night trip from Washington, and leaving Asheville about mid morning, drive to Ni'wi'oud (lap, where the dedication will bike place, and then on to Knoxville where he would board his special train for the fair in San Francisco. His plans de pend, largely on pressing matters in Washington. Voice JUe PeapJ& If the President comes to Western North Carolina for the dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, do you think W'aynesville should have a "welcom feature" for the presidential party as they go through town, and if so what form should the "welcome" lake? Quinby Kipp Manager of the Ho tel Gordon "In honor of the Presi dent of the United States on his of ficial visit to the National Park, the town should be looking clean and at its best. Flags should be out and a welcome banner under the entrance to the Smoky Mountains Park sign. It would be the hospitable thing to erect a small booth, perhaps on the court house lawn, and serve the party with iced drinks, perhaps from the hands Of the Girl and Boy Scouts. The booth could be made attractive by surrounding it with small ever greens, preferably balsam." A. R. Rabhan Owner and manager Harold's Department Store "My suggestion woul be that since the President will hardly be stopping in ' commit. Waynesville, that to show our re- U1 Wiil serve spect, we have the town decorated tee; while J. . "'-. as with flags, have a banner across as secre ary ln h'sf " ' "' Main street, with "Welcome to Way retftry of the parent organization. nesville, Mr. Roosevelt." And have the Boy and Girl Scouts line both sides of Main street wearing their uniforms." : Dr. S. P. Gay President of Cham ber of Commerce "Due to our prox imity to the Park, we stand to profit more from its opening than any oth er community in North Carolina. Therefore, I think it fitting that Waynesville should show its enthusi asm and appreciation by preparing and decorating the streets for the occasion in a way that would appear suitable. To fail to do this might seem to indicate an indifference, that I am positive Waynesville does not feeL . "It will be a most auspicious occa sion and should be treated as such." Charles Ray, Jr. of C. E. Ray's Sons "No one could be a more wel come guest than the President of the United States. Franklin Delano Roosevelt being the President who ia to visit us on this occasion, no indi vidual could be more welcome. "But how to extend that welcome when likely he will not stop, Is a difficult proposition. Certainly we (Continued on back page) r Chandler Remodel ing Store, To Put In Gifts-Souvenirs "Work is being pushed forward by W, K. Chandler, in an effort to' open' a gift and souvenir department of his jewelery store by the first of the month. ... Workmen are remodeling the south side of his building, which was form erly occupied by a beauty shop, arid the partition in the building will be removed to give double space.. ; Wall mirrors and mirrored shelving is being placed for the new depart ment.' . The present part of the store will remain as it is. The floor space, will be so arranged as to make it con venient for customers to make selec tions from the large stock that ..will be carried. The display window on the other side of the building has been remod7 eled to; conform with the present jewelery window. Date Changed For Examinations For Drivers' License The examiner of automobile drivers' license for this territory, who form erly spent each Monday morning in town, at the City Hall, for the pur pose of examining prospective drivers, has changed his day. Hereafter he will keep his office hours which are from 11 to 1 o'clock on Tuesday of each week, instead of Monday. E. L. WITHERS, JR., GOES TO TEXAS FOR NEW FIRM Ernest L. Withers, Jr., who has been located in Athens, Ga., will be sent to Houston, Texas, as a repre sentative of the Red Rock Bottling Company, of Atlanta. After an hour's doliben(i ion a Haywood lury awarded the estate of Mrs. Alice Fisher $4,(.25, in a $15,,000 damage -suit against the Town of Waynesville. The suit was an outgrowth of Mrs. Fisher's death last August, when she was instantly killed after stepping on a live wire owned by the defendant. The damage suit was brought against the Town of avnesville by a son, Lloyd Fisher, of Asheville, ad ministrator of his mother's estate. There was a great deal ot evidence, dealing along technical lines, intro duced bv both parties in the trial, which started on Mondav morning. The evidence was finished bv noon Tuesday, with the afternoon consum ed with arguments of the five at torneys appearing in the ease. The charge to the jury took the better part of Wednesday morning, with the jury getting the case around It o'clock. Mrs. Fisher was electrocuted on August the iIKih ol last year. It was alleged in the trial that the Town of Waynesville had been negligent in allowing wires to remain on a pole which was in a 'rotten and tinsale Condition." On the 'morning of August the l!Nth, around 7 o clock Mrs. Fisher, whose home was in the Ninevah section, started to milk.. The electric current had gone off the night before ami it was brought out that she and her husband had discussed tin electric pole being knocked down. M rs. I isln r was mii.I to have taken her milk buckets and gone in side the cornlield, where the electric poe was leaning across the- fence. Her husband saw her leave the house, going to milk, and noticed her go around the pole, but could not see what happened after she had made the turn by the pole. Later he found her lying some J 5 or 20 feet from the pole, holding the milk buckets in one hand, and the other was held in an upright posi tion. Mr. Fisher, was said to have caught, her hand and received a se vere electric shock. lie then sent word to the town ofhcials in charge of t he elect l ie lights. Robert Hugh (lark, sulci mtenil- ent ol lights, received the message ind is said to have gone immediately to the I'isher place, and returned and cut off the lights. In Ins testimony, Mr. Fisher stated (hat Mrs. I'isher was dead when he reached her, and that she was found lying across the electric wire, that had broken and fallen to Hie ground charged with an electric current. The testimony brought out in the trial showed the poles carried 2,;t()0 volt, lini's as well as lines of lower voltage. Mr. Fisher 'testified that the pole that had fallen was .much de cayed. ..'Other witnesses also fstitied as to finding the .electric .pelt leaning ncioss the fence into the cornfield, with the broken line, and Mrs. Fisher lying on the electric wire. Mr. Clark .testified ..lor the town, lhaf he found one fuse blown on the pole near tire negro school, b.nlding in colored town. 1 here was testimony, showing that the line had been built about 11 years ago, with some of the poles -decayed and one in -particular, that had fallen. Parts of this pole were brought info court ;ind exhib ited before the jury during the trial. There was also testimony, that the insulation was worn off f,h Irnes, and allegations as to thP efficts: The evidence from expert witnesses for both sides showed that insulation on high voltage lines would not prevent injured persons from coming in con tact with the wires carrying high voltage. The testimony showed that these fuse blocks carried numlx r 5 fuse wires, which according to testimony of witnesses for the town werc the proper size, but Mr. Johnson, an electrician of Asheville, brought ' bv the plantiffs, testified that the fuse wire was too large, and should not have exceeded a number two. Yesterday afternoon the ense of Mrs. Maggie Bramlett, against the Greyhound Bus Company was started, with the jury being drawn around noon. -With Judge Felix E. Alloy presid ing, the docket has been cleared of a number of cases during the past week among them being the following: In the case of Vick Chenical Company and others versus Leo San some, Trading as Havwood County (Continued on back page)