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he Waynesville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrant oj The Great" Smoky Mountains Xational Park
irTtTvEAR NO. 27
WAYNESVILLE, X. C, THURSDAY, Jl LY 6, 1939
$1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Comities
UILDING POWER
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lines
PIGEON
isons Front Many States Coining Here Sunday
PLAN TO LET CONTRACT ON PARKWAY IN HAYWOOD SOON
rial To Troy
u Will Take
.i .. . Work From Reech
A MUrM IllflV "
lCiiv y .i - XT Cil-i-J
To Be Let Soon
In Masonic Circles To
Here For Three-Day
Ual Conference
number 'of prominent Ma
several states, have wiit-
jiey plan to arrive next
the summer assembly ol
Council of North Carolina
Urding to Dr. J. Rufus
chairman on local ar-
b (of the assembly.
inz will begin with a me-
Ivice to the late T. Troy
Sunday evening, July the
L-ht o clock in the r irst
hurch.
A to the meetings and the
k at the Masonic Temple,
features of the assembly
11 include a trip to the
irker Monday afternoon at
where a bronze tablet
Heated to the Most Illus-
Troy Wyche, who inaugu-
meetings, and so,success-
bcted them in the past.
morning there will toe a
o Clingman's Dome, where
be served. AH the Masons
friends, who are so dis-
ifquested. to prepare bask-
her contributions for this
have them at the Temple
m., as the motorcade is
b start at nine o'clock
fccmbly will close with a
Tuesday evening at the
le Armory, where there
exhibition of " thi Jnouiw
dance by the famous Soco
team, who recently'danced
King and Queen, of Eng
invitation from President
Roosevelt. Following th
lances general dancing by
tending will be enjoyed,
ill' be a small admission
tidied oh page 5)
r Masons
tree Will Be
ierred Monday
Mock Urges Master,
ps And Brethren Of
nesville Lodge To
Attend
Two And A Half Miles Of Sec
tion Roughed Out South Of
Wagon Road Gap
M Council of Royal and
'si .oith Carolina has
Nesville Lodge No. 259
A- to confer the Mas
degree on Monday night,
"A at 8 p. m.
of lodges west of the Blue
! nfer the first section
Gate Club of the 41st
1 confer the second sec
,as!ei' Masons are invited
"id visiting Masons are
: ree team from Penn-
Tennessee and many
p other states will wit
"ring of this degree.
flook, urges all Master
Brethren of Waynes
H 259 A. F. and A. M.,
"e meeting on Monday
e 10th. .'
Tentative plans are to advertise
for bids for construction of the second
section of the Blue Ridge. Parkway in
Haywood County within the next two
weeks.
The plans were given out in a
letter from A. E. Demaray, acting
director of the Department of The
Interior to Chas. E. Ray, Jr., chair
man of the Western Carolina Advis
ory Committee a few days ago.
Mr. Demaray pointed out that re
cent estimates submitted by the Bu
reau of Public Roads indicate that
construction of the section from Teniir
essee Bald towards Wagon Road Cap,
to meet section 2-U-2, now under con
struction, is more expensive than con
templated and that all of the section
cannot be built during the present
fiscal year.
The section that will soon be let
for construction starts at Beech Gap,
which is on the Sunburst-Rosman
road, not far from Tennessee Bald,
and goes northeast toward Wagon
Road Gap. In that section, or near
the end of it, there is a 700-foot tun
nel in the plans.
Word was received yesterday that
two and a half miles of roughing-out
has been completed from Wagon Road
Qap. Four retaining walls have, been
built, and work is progressing on
schedule. This section of the Park
way got under construction the latter
part of February, on a contract price
of $327,000 with the section to be com
pleted within 450 calendar days. i
The distance from Wagon Road Gap
to Tennessee Bald is about 14 miles.
Of this 5.1 miles is under construction.
It was also learned yesterday, that
plans are being made to build a park
ing ground at Green Knob, in Tran
sylvania County, overlooking looking
Glass Falls. -.This 'Would' resemble in
many ways the look-out at Newfound
Gap.
East Waynesville
Highway Is To Be
Widened 12 Feet
The contract will be let during
the next month by the State
Highway and Public Works Com
' mission for the widening of the
State Highway number lit and 23
at the intersection of Walnut anil
Factory streets to ope-half mile
east on the East Waynesville
stretch of the Asheville High
way. The highway will be made into
a thief lane way, with six feet
added to' each side 'for the dis
tance of one mile.
Farmers Lost 140
Head Of Sheep In
County Last Year
One hundred and forty head of
sheep were killed, in Haywood County
last year, from July the first through
June the 30th, according to the re
cords in the office of T. J. Cathry,
county auditor.
For these 140 sheep the county
paid the owners, approximately eight
hundred dollars. This is paid from
the amount derived from the sale of
dog taxes in the county, in case any
thing is left over it is applied to the
school fund.
The payment of the sheep owners
for their lost sheep is in compliance
with a local county law, passed sev
eral years ago.
Harley B. Ferguson Has
Mississippi Under Flood
Control; Plans To Retire
Will Retire Soon
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Brigadicr-Gcncral Ferguson
John M. Queen,. Jr. Leaves To
Take Training For State
Highway Patrol Position
John M. Queen, Jr., left the first
tit the week-for Hendersonville, where
he will attorn) a duol for the North
Carolina State Patrolmen, having re
cently received an appointment as a
member of the State Highway Pat
rol. .
Native Of Haywood, Has Made
History As Engineer For
United States Army
Records Of June
Travel In Park
Show Increase
A 12 Percent Gain In Travel
Marks June Of This Year
Over 19.58
(win sieais
version "rif rprvwiiwi
Pinss, where the groom
attraction, and the
JSv another
N. t-v-.uii, jo
- -vwm m today s
There" column on
page W VflU
Travel in the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park for the month
of June represented an increase of
12 per cent over travel for June of
1938. The increases were distributed
through three checking stations and
were proportionate among local and
out of state travel. Travel for the
travel year to date exceeds the rec
ord of last year through June, 1938
by 8 per cent.
: The visitors to the park during the
month of June numbered 91,342 and
they came in 27,115 vehicles. They
were from 48 states, the District of
Columbia, Hawaii, Canal Zone,
Phillipine Islands, two provinces of
Canada, Ontario and Nova Scotia, and
Bohemia, Cuba, England, and Scot
land. There were more visitors from
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Hunter-Trapper Back In
Haywood After 35 years
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Theodore Moody Went To West
ern Country. 33' Years Ago;
liack To Native Land
THEODORE MOODY
I'hoto by Putney Gwyn,
Theodore P. Moody, 74, profession
al 'trapper, native of Haywood 'Coun
ty, who left this section back in 1903,
and whs thought to have died some
where in the West, until two years
ago, when a letter asking for infor
mation relative to his birth date was
received by authorities here, from
I'tah State agencies, cam,, "back
home" last week. He made the trip
to Waynesville from Cedar City,
I'tah, by bus.
"When 1 got off the bus, I 'didn't
know Wayncsvillt" from Adam's old
fox, nothing looks natural," said Mr.
Moody, to a representative of The
Mountaineer, in speaking of his ar
rival in town. "
'.'Pretty soon after I got off the
bus, I saw the sign of E. C. Moody's
grocery company, and I went in. I
knew him at once, but I had to ex-
(Coninued on page 12)
liy HILDA WAY GWYN
"The river wants out; let it out,
Fight this river and it will kill you;
you've got to lead it," said Brigadier
General Harley P. Ferguson, presi
dent of the Mississippi Hiver Com
mission, when he started work on
Hood control of the mighty river back
in 1932, The remuik is typical .of
the General's power to 'puck. dynamic
thought m it few simple '-Words.
Next month Harley H. Ferguson, I
nntiv(. of Haywood County, son of i
W. H. Ferguson, forceful lawyer i
in his day am) Laura Reeves Fer-1
guson, a woman in tne old school,
who possessed unusual strength of
character and wit, will retire from
the engineering corps of the I'niteil
States Army, leaving behind linn a
record of achievement that lias made
history known far beyond army circles.
i His work on the Mississippi
resents th,. culmination of th
forts of two centui ies on the part of
the people of the valley to provide
some e(UHte nieann of flol c"n
trol, to iiake their coniniunities safe
places in which in live. At first they
worked single handed and only after
geiierotions obtained sufficient aid
from the federal government to
harness the great water.
.Drawing near the time for his re
tirement, already with a record of
such character, that most men would
have found themselves basking m
furmer glory, Harley M. Ferguson
undertook the biggest lliing of his
life. In the words of a recent visitor
to " Vieksbtirg, "General Ferguson
just owns the Mississippi Valley
10 To 50 Men Will
Have Wire On Poles
In Next Few Days
Plans Call For Having "Juice"
In Homes Within The Next
Forty Days Or Less
lire, eoiieenie'l. I
and you can't I
far as the people
He's tops with t hem
Maine them."
The life of General Ferguson is so
full ;of interest that it, is difficult' to
decide which vav to stall, in even a
brief sketch, lie was born in Way
nesville, on , Aue-iisj the lllh, . 1K75,
He, was educated in the public and pri
vate schools ol the town, receiving an (
an appointment as a cadet for- West t
Point; .Military' Academy., be entered
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Satisfactory construction work is
going forward on the Cruso Mutual
Fleet rie '.Company power lines up
tlie Pigeon Valley. A crew hus been
busily engaged the past week in
clearing the right of way, and actual
construction work is expected to be
gin today.
A large shipment of poles were
unloaded yesterday afternoon at
Woodrow. A construction contract
has been closed with liurgess and
Company, Inc., of Halwmoiv, Md.,
and Lenoir, which calls for comple
tion in forty working days. It is
expected, therefore, that current will
be turned on, on at least part of the
system in thirty days or less.
The contractor will employ a crew
of forty to fifty men,. .'using local
labor as far as possible. I'p to date
.-around L'(K) .subscribers hav,. .'applied
I for current, and the w iring of houses
i is-expected to go forward now at a
l rapid rate, in 'order that a sud'aient
load may be developed to enable
th,. -company to eneigr.e the. lines
I ininiediately on completion,
j Hie wiring of buildings is an in
dividual matter on the part of the
i owner, w ith any electrical contractor
I that he may prefer.' The company
I has requested that all wiring con-
tractors in the county who may be
uiieiesiou in participating in thin
''!'". ork, -get in contact with the office
ei -1 . ii, . i .. ... ...l . ,i ...
"i n iMioiow, wnere iney may ootain
a list of all the prospective customers.
John Swann, engineer in charge,
will f glnd tc fin in sh any customer
ian (f Utialc f.n jus .work. i,v claw
of material to use, and the type of
construction necessary to pasH the
reiiuired inspection.
.Sonietime ago the Rural Eelectri
licalion Administration hi Washing
toii, approved the necessary allotment
id' $12,(1(10 lor lhe pi'oject in 1 h
county, which Is th,, first rural elee
ti ilicnt ioli goveruiiH'tit project in the
county anil in Western North Caro
lina. The system will con.sist of 31
miles of dist ri luil ion lines in Eust
Fork.,. Cecil and Pigeon townships.
It will start at. - Hickman's store at
Woodrow and cover the foregoing
townships. -.
It. L. riess is Jin sideiil, E. li.
Hickman, sicictary, anil Carter Trull,
acting superintendent. The board of
(directors iir addition to the. president
and .secretary are Ira H. Cogburii,
1 W ill Po'toii, Watson How) 11, Mis.
I R. P.. Grngnn. Mrs. ' I!. liickiuMU.
ami Claude Deaver. Chester Cog
biun, is atlorney for the company.
Temporary , offices ; have been built
at Woodrow, with T. Lenoir Gwyn,
who has been acitve in promoting th"
propect, in charge of the office.
loggery Staging
July ClearancelI)edication ()f Park
Will OHlcially Be
Made, Near Future
A Standing Egg
pie of
enjoy reading this
societj, report-
In the nest of one of her Plym
outh Rock hens, Mrs. Ed Murray,
of Pigeon township, two weeks
ago, found an egg standing on its
' end. : She thought at first it was
being held in position by the
other eggs, but upon taking it
' cut, found it would not stay down.
It resembles one of the toys so
popular in the last few years,
that has been weighted, and will
roll over, but always land back
on it "bottom."
Various opinions have been
given as the cause of this freak
of nature in the "hen's fruit,"
since it has been in The Moun
taineer office, ;
'('"': .''' '! '
Voice o Ue People,
lTie major problem with Main
Street traffic today is the double
parking of trucks to unload bread,
drinks and produce to stores and
shops... What is the best solution to
this problem? (
Sam Cabe Traffic officer on Main
Street "The best plan would be to
have places reserved and marked for
the parking of trucks, as they do
in larger towns. But the only real
satisfactory way would be to open up
a back street."
J, W. Reed "The only solution
possible is to build a back street for
truck deliveries. There is great need
at the present for a back street and
as the town grows, there will be a
still greater need."
Chief J. L. Stringfield "I think the
only solution to the present problem
is to run tack street from the Purol
Station through behind the A. and P.
Store, and have all trucks unload
their goods at the back. It would also
help to get the large buses off Main
Street."
M. T. McCracken "The best so
lution I see is to open an alley way
back of the places of business. It
has been talked for the past 15 years,
and it will -have to be done someday
soon."
Frank Miller "The best solution
of the problem is for the aldermen
to have a special hour for the trucks
to unload. Other towns require that
they have certain hours for this pur
pose. If they unload before eight
o'clock in the morning it would in
convenience no one."
'J he first store-wide sale of the
'logirerv, owned and .-..operated by
Hugh Massie, is announced in today's
paper on page fight.
I he store received several, ship
merits of special merchandise for their
July Sale in addition to the large
stock of new goods already on hand.
The store opened on April 2Xth.
County Commissioners
Met In Routine Session
Cnat Event Scheduled To Take
Place Four l)ajs After Ad
journment Of Congress
The Haywood County Board of Com
missioners met Wednesday in their
first meeting of July, which had been
postponed from Monday, as most of
the county officials took a holiday, on
Monday and Tuesday, with all the
offices with the exception of that of
the regiter of deeds and sheriffs de
partment closed.
The greater part of the meeting
yesterday was taken up with tax com
plaints, road petitions, and relief cases.
William Medford "Make alleys at
the rear of all the buildings so de
liveries Can be made without the
trucks having to park on Main
Street." -
TO SAIL FOR EL'KOPFJ
Miss Elizabeth Ray left Saturday
for New York City, where she will
visit Mrs. George Gallon, who was
a classmate when she attended St.
Mary's in Pcekskill, N. Y. Follow
ing her visit she will sail on the
Zaandam, Holland-American Steam
ship Line, for a six weeks tour of
Eunopq, going to Holland. While
Miss Ray is away, her mother, Mrs.
Syda Ray, will close her house on
Main street, and stay at Wayside
Lodge. . ' .
Governor Hncy, who has recently
been (he guest, of President and Mrs.
Roosevelt, when they ' were hosts ,.
the governors and their wives, at
their home in Hyde Park, reports
that the President plans to dedicate
the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, "exactly four days after Con
gress adjourns."
"The president told me at Hyde.
Park," said Governor Hoey, "that
he planned to come down here exactly
four days after Congress adjourns,
whenever that is. He said it would
take him four days to get ready for
his trip West, and he will come by
Western North Carolina when he
starts." ..
From ithe present indications it
would sem that the great event so
long anticipated in this section, will
take place in the near future, and
the official dedication of the park will
be made with the impressive cere
mony, with the President taking part.
Mr. and Mrs, Georgp Semmes and
two sons, Gene and Sonny, of Jack
sonville, Fla., have arrived for , a
visit with Mrs. Semmes' father, Clyda
H. Ray. .:,'-