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ta: Waynesville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
YEAR NO. 29
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1939
$1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
R CONDEMNS-2 .COUNTY
NGINEE
aywood Reduces Tax Rate 7 Cents
it Rate Of $1.57
I'j.mfoH Rv Board
.iuwf
In Session Monday
dget Of $487,671.85 Can Be
ised With Lower Tax
Kate, Found
Uter spending the greater part of
day laboring over the annual
bet. requirements lor iiaywooa
I ,1. I! 1 .nn kurainnjnf
rty, lor ie "scal J'"1
first, iy3J and ending June the
h 11140, the county commissioners
1 1, J. Cathey, county auditor,
ad a way to reduce the county lax
e seven cents, over that of last
year, according to George A.
wn, 'Jr., chairman of the county
id. ;.
Lt year the rate wag $1.64 and
year's rate will be $1.57. lhe
budget requinements 'of last
r amounted to $488,779.69 based
an estimated property valuation
523,000,000,
he total budget requirements for
year will amount to $487,671.85
ed on property valuation amount-
to $23,000,000. the tax levy
amount to $311,100, while
tmatfs of revenues to be available
lr than the regular tax levy will
lwint to $146,071, this including
lection of back taxes.
Practically all the counties that
( announced tax rates for the coin-
fiscal year in this section have
an increase, rather than a re-
ion in tax rates. -
he commi-t-'oners determine the
rate after tne peiple'vf the couh-
bd the various departments have
the amount of money needed
the operation of the county gov-
iment. -
is the duty of the commissioners
pe careful study to the requests
he departments, and allow all
is needed for operation, but no
le. If they fail to levy enough
py for the proper function of the
I'ols, welfare departments, county
p and all other necessary func-
Is.of the county government, they
pnlty of a misdemeanor and
ishable by fine or imprisonment or
I in the discretion of the court.
I noting Chapter 321, Public Laws
'29 (patre 103 in 1935 local Gov
wnt Act) is found the following:
Section 1, That any county com
moner of any county who shall
Tote to raise sufficient revenue
lke operating expenses of the
W s provided for in Section 1,
aapter 146, Public Laws of 1927,
1 be guilty of a misdemeanor,
shable by fine or imprisonment
N in the discretion of the court."
"e demand of the people of the
rus branches of th countv eov-
pnt is the factor which fixes the
rate. The county commissioners
t raise or lower the taxes, ex
r in compliance with what the
!'le want spent on countv gov-
Iieiit, The county commissioners
'"vote for sufficient revenue" to
? on the county government
farings Started
or Right-Of -Way
Through Cherokee
pnng5 have been in progress
I before the House committee
.f!c'n n Congressman Weaver's
would give the secretary f
'or power to institute condem-
l, .""inijs iur me ia-miie
r'f-Wav fM. u ri n: j
p v Lite, uiue jviutr
y fromiSoco Gap to Ravens
Wrough the Chprnkw. Tndian
ration. .
V. Miller, former member
. state Highway Commission,
t to Washington to attend
unng3 by the local Chamber
amerce. He is remaining until
nn are completed. .' ' -ws'tion
to ,.-, s'W-
., ' BP by a BTonn of the Indians.
L!?me aim is a political issue
inne. it aDTeam that the
Frady Sentenced
To State Prison
By Judge Pless
Sentence Expected To Be Given
Putnam today Guilty Of
Second Degree Murder
luittee
conducting the hearing is
I "us, ana those sponsoring
rtl",?' bel'e that a favorable
1 Will V .
. maae on the bill cy
Albert Frady, charged with second
degree murder of his brother-in-law,
Laban Fie, last February, and convict
ed by a Haywood County jury of man
slaughter, was sentenced by Judge J.
Will Pless to the State Penitentiary
at hard labor for not less than seven
nor more than 12 years.
In the case of the state against
Fred Putnam, charged with the death
of his father-in-law, Tom Lusk, the
case went to the jury on Tuesday
afternoon, with instructions from
Judge Pless not to deliberate upon
its verdict until Wednesday morning.
The jury brought in a verdict of sec
ond degree murder, and it was general
ly thought that Judge Pless would pass
sentence on Putnam today.
Other cases brought up for trial
during the week in which sentences
have been handed down were as fol
lows: Verlin Shelton, reckless driving,
and sentenced to jail and 90 days on
the roads.
J. T. Spriggs, charged with man
slaughter, was sentenced to the State
prison for two to three years.
Elmer Lemings, reckless driving,
was sentenced to jail and roads for
three months.
Zeb Ferguson, for driving drunk,
was given four months on the roads,
suspended on condition that he pay a
fine of $150, and the costs and not
operate a motor vehicle on the high
ways for twelve morons, and 'rut of ;ood
behavior for three years.
Gene Howell, charged with assault,
was sentenced to jail and roads for
four months. Verlin Shelton, charg
ed with reckless driving, was given
90 days in jail and on the roads.
Wayne Shepard, charged with as
sault, was sentenced to work around
the court house for six months. Bose
Love, for assualt was sentenced to jail
and roads for six months.
Willard Brown, charged with public
drunkness, was given 30 days, sus
pended on condition that he pay the
costs of the action in one count, and
suspended five years on other count
on good behavior.
Ernest Harrell, charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon, was given
six months in jail and on roads. Baxt
er Conard, for assault with a deadly
weapon, was sentenced to jail and
roads for 18 months.
Pigeon-Cruso Section
To Get Power By 1st
Three Of County
School Districts
To Open July 30
Bethel, Fines Creek And Crab
tree Will Start The 1939-40
School Term
Jack Messer, county superintend
ent of schools has announced that
the school term of 1939-40 will open
on Monday the 31st in the Bethel,
Fines Creek, and Crabtree school
districts.
Announcement has also been mndj
from tht, county superintendent's of
fice of the holidays that will be al
lowed for the fall term of the county
schools, which will include Labor
Day, Wednesday and Friday of
Thanksgiving week, with school clos
ing on Wednesday the 20th - for the
Christmas vacation and convening
again on Monday, January the first.
J. C. James is the principal of the
Bvthel district, and the following
teachers will compose the faculty of
the Bethel school: Mary Lou Morrow
Solsby, Sara Karr Moore Cathey, Jt.
T. Chappel, Jr., Mary Emma Trull,
Mrs. Ruth Tucker, Harriet J. Boyd,
Mary Ruby Davis, Tyson Andrew
Cathey, Mrs. Ruth Singleton Nolaml,
Alice Riekman, Mary Pauline Sen
telle, Mabel Clark, Mrs. liessip R.
McClure Evans, Gussiu Martin Pal
mer, Robert Way James, Mrs. S. E.
J. H. James, H. T. Rogers, and F, M.
(Continued on paife 5)
Grand Jury Would
Make Parking Lot
Of County Property
Report That Maintainence Work
On School Busses Not Up
To Par
Haywood Farmers
Left This Morning
For Farm Tour
Party Will Travel 500 Miles And
Visit Farms In Virginia And
Tennessee
With a desire to see how the other
fellow farms, in the neighborhood
states "of Virginia' and Tennessee, a
large number of Haywood County
farmers left this morning around 6
oVclock on the out-of -county farm
tour, which is being sponsored by
the county farm agents.
The tour will embrace a distance
of approximately 500 miles and tha
party will go by way of the follow
ing places: Asheville, Johnson City,
Tpnn. Bristol. Tenn.. Abinedon, Va.,
Chilhowie, Va'., Marion, Va., Tilford,
Tenn., Greeneville, Tenn., Xingsport,
Tenn., and Knoxville.
Some of the phases of farm work
that will be observed on tho tour
include, pasture demonstration, show
ing the effect of lime and phosphate
over a period of years; increased re
turn from good pasture manage
ment; purebred beef and dairy cat
tle; purebred stallions and jacks;
strip-cropping; the manufactre of
ground agricultural limestone; and
a visit to the Norris Dam will be
made.
Those who left this morning from
Waynesville township were: D. J.
Moland. W. A. Bradley and son,
Richard Bradley, C. N. Allen, Chas.
W. Edwards, Jr., F. L. Leopard, Wal
ter Franklin, Frank M. Davis, C. R.
Liner, P. D. Turner, and J. H. Beach.
From Fines Creek township: aam
Ferguson, L. Z. Messer, N. C. James,
, (Continued on page 8)
The grand jury in their report to
the court this week, urged that the lot
between the court house and the Le
Faine Hotel be converted into a park
ing lot. The county bought the prop
erty a year or so ago.
The report pointed out that main
tenance work on school buses was not
up to par.
The grand jury considered 65 bills
of indictment and returned 61 true
bills.
The safety door at the top of the
stairway at the jail and the broken
rail have not been installed nor re
paired, the report said.
The body urged a washing machine
for the hospital kitchen, and minor
repairs to the nurses home.
At the county home they reported
47 inmates; 21 being children, 18 men
and 9 women. Supplies consisted of
525 pounds pork, 11 cows, 3 heifers,
40 bushels wheat, 4 calves, 17 hogs,
350 bushels corn, 2 mules, 125 chick
ens, with 22 acres in corn, 10 in Wheat,
10 in hay, 3 of rye, l1, in potatoes,
1 in cane, and a 2-acre garden.
The grand jury also recommended
Poles On 31-Mile Line Have Been
Placed) Sixty Men Working
On Project
Work on the electric lines of the
Cruso Mutual Electric Compnny, of
the Pigeon Valley seorion of the coun
ty is rapidly pit)gressing, according
to those in charge.
Unless some unforeseen delay
should come up the plans now are to
turn the current on in the East Fork
section by the first of August.
Melvin F. Burgess, contractor, of
Baltimore, who has the contract for
the building of the lines, and Harry
Dewar, chief engineer, for the Rural
Electrification Administration in this
part of the state, have spent the past
week in the county supervising the
work.
Sixty. men are now employed on the
construction of the lines, with sat.
isfactory progress going forward
each day.
It is expected that the setting of
the poles for the East Fork section
will be practically completed by this
week. A number of homes of the
subscribers are now being wired.
The platiH now call for the string
ing of the transmission wires to be
gin not later that Monday of next
week.
Apartment House
To Be Completed
Within Two Weeks
Miss Hann Completing Four 4
Boom Modern Apartment
House In Community
Work is being pushed on lirook
wood Gables Apartments, on the
coiner of Highway 19 and Main
street of Hazelwood, and plans are
to have the 4-apartnient building
completed by August, according to
Miss Margaret Hahn, owner.
The apartment house will have four
4-room apartments, two are- already
completed. The building is of typical
English design, of cream stucco and
brown timber.
The owner plans extensive land
scaping on the yards when the build-;
ing is completed.
The kitchens are electrically
equipped throughout.
Each of the four apartments has
private entrances, and three have
shower bath additions in the bath
room, and one apartment has two
baths.' ''':-"''
The apartment house has a steam
heating system, operated by a stoker.
In "addition to the four apartments,
there is also a one-room apartment,
with private entrance and private
bath.". .-
Miss Hahn came to Waynesville
eight years ago.
MISS
Blackberries Are
Being Canned At
Hazelwood Plant
Engineer Says Clyde
And Part Of Bethel
Schools Are Unsafe
Recommendation Of, Full Time
Maintainence Man Made In
Report To Board
Eight Tons Have Been Put lnti
Cans Since Monday
Afternoon
Since Monday afternoon more than
eight tons of blackberries have been
canned at the Haywood Mutual Can
nery, according to Frank M. Davis,
manager.
Prior to the opening of the cannery
at Hawdwood, this large and profitable
crop which now brings in several
thousands of dollars each year, was
completely lost in the county.
Tho cans are labeled "Southern
Skyland, Waynesville, N. C," and
are shipped all over the East from
Florida to Maine, and to many points
in the middle West. Haywood County
berries have gained high prestige ..on
the canned goods markets, as the
berry of this section has certain quali
ties that make for an exceptional can
ned product.
One person in each section is desig
nated as the hauler and all the pick
ers bring their .berries to one point
in the vicinity and from there they
are brought direct to the cannery .
The hauling is done on a percentage
basis, which has proven satisfactory
both to the picker and the hauler.
"At this season of the year it nhould
not be necessary for any rural family
to be on relief, as the entire family
can engage in picking blackberries
for at least three weeks," said Frank
M. Davis, this week when speaking of
the '. opportunity the berry season af
fords the country people.
On Monday a rural preacher, it was
reported, brought in 1,850 pounds
ol berries Iroin his section, which made
up a solid truck loud. A continual
line of trucks has been unloading iit
the cannery all this week.
According to Mr. Davis, the crop
for thin year will be from til) to 70
tons. He also states that owing to
the fine quality if the Haywood berry,
pickers are mid live cents n pound
more here than in other sections.
The bean crops in the county will
he rather late this year, according in
Mr. Davis, but lie predicts that the
price w-ili remain at a good profit to
the producers.' lie urges -.all bean
growers to contact the cannery. before
sell ing jt. S) as tu, (.all m,ry is
in close touch with buyers and can get
top prices for the growers.
Health Department
Gives Rating Of
Milk Producers
UOBENA
RESIDENCE
Dr. and Mrs. J, A. Rugglcs, of Pine
hurst, have leased the home. -of .Miss
that a silo be built at the county home. iRobena Miller, on Haywood street
The district health department has
announced grades on Haywood County
dairies for the six months period be
ginning July the 15th.
. . Tbese dairies -.conform- to the re
quirements of the I'nited States
Health Service Milk Ordinance for
the sanitary production of fluid milk.
Consumers are urged to mnchus.!
on the basis of grade and to look for
the grade hot th; cap. The retail
milk glades are as follows: (Jrade
A,; Raw Milk, .1. E. Henderson, Can
ton, J. F. Mann. Canton' It A flu.
MILLER LEASES I borne, Canton. M. H. Silvei . fi,n!:
W. J. Sinatheis, Canton:
Graifc A, pastuerVwd milk, Pet
Dairy Products Company, of Way
nesville. .. :f :
Voice he Peofdz
Do you think the ABC election to
be held in Buncombe County next
week will carry ?
L. M. Killian Owner Waynesville
Ice and Cold Storage Company "No.
I do not think it will. If it does I
figure the city of Asheville will 6e
responsible for it."
John F. Cabe Former member of
the State Legislature "No. I don't
think it will carry. Those who are
against it are fighting it in the open,
and those for it are staying too quiet
and inactive.
A. P. Ledbetter Business mana
ager Haywood County Hospital "I
think the election will carry. I base
my conclusion on the recent opinions
expressed by the leader8 in the coun
ty." ' '- ::..-' - ' ;. -' .
M. G." Stamey Attorney "I
lieve it will carry,"
be-
J. R. Boyd President First Na
tional Bank "I believe the election
will carry. I am going by what I
have read in the Asheville papers."
John M. Queen Solicitor "I have
been too busy in my duties in the dis
trict to keep in close touch with what
is going on in Buncombe, or what is
the true situation. But I am against
liquor stores, wine shops, or beer
joints. The only way to handle liquor,
is to treat it like. you do the weeds
in your garden. Fight it all the time."
Bradley Purchases
Haywood Orchard
With 4,000 Trees
W. A. Bradley has purchased and is
improving the 153-acre apple orchard,
known as the Haywood Orchard, oh
the Sylva highway, and one mile from
Hazelwood. '
The orchard has over 4,000. apple
trees, and three years ago, when
under careful cultivation, had a yield
of 18,000 bushels of apples.
Mr. Bradley plans extensive im
provements of the orchard this fail
and winter. ,
SLIGHT DAMAGE BY FIRE
The fire department extinguished
a roof blaze at the home of Sam
Freeman, on East street yesterday
morning. Jrparks from the flue set
the roof, with a damage of about $5.
An engineer's condemnation of a
group of Haywood County school
buildings has prompted the county
officials to make application to Fed
eral government agencies for finan
cial aid for immediate improvement,
it was made known yesterday when
the grand jury attached to their re
port recommendations of W. F.
Credle, director of school buildings
and planning of the state department
of education, who made a survey of.
all county buildings last spring.
The Clyde school building and also
portions of the Bethel school build
ing wer(, reported to be unsafe for
use, and recommended that they bo
abandoned and a number of repairs to
other county schools be made at
once.
In view of the survey, a WPA pro
ject has been submitted to the gov
ernment for general repairs on tha
county school buildings, with the ex
ception of Clyde and Bethel, which
will amount to a figure between
$20,000 and $25,000, with the coun
ty's part to be somewhere between
$0.0(10 and $10,000.
Plans and specifications have been
submitted for h new building at
Clyde, that will cost around $100,000,
the -part to he defrayed by the county
not yet known. Application has also
been niade for the construction of n
vocational building and a new audi
torium at the Bethel school, which
would cost .from $20,000 to $25,000.
It was also recommended that in tha
future the county officeials employ a
competent 'maintenance.--, man, thus
avoiding ever having the condition of
the school buildings in the present
state. I :--'.'
The report snbmitteed by -W, F.
'i odlc follows:
Haywood County Schools
At the request of Haywood County
officials.'-' I visilnd and inspected Cer
tain schools in t hi' county on Monday,
March l.'t, 1 !):!!. The grand jmy at
the term of the Superior Court pre
ceding my visit had made the follow
ing report :
"We inspected all Haywood -County
. 'school's and most of , the school
hoses. It is our humble opinion that
our school buildings and equipment
are not all that is to be desired;
there are many defects and we recom
mend the County Commissioners em
ploy a competent engineer to inspect
all building and equipment,' with a
view of colreiting the unsatisfactory
condition especially some of the build
ings which are dangerous."
His Honor,' judge Zeb. V. Nettles,
the presiding judge, Ordered the
County Commissioners to comply -with
the recommendations of the grand
jury, it was in compliance with this
order that I was invited to make the
above mentioned inspections.
Investigation revealed inat it was
the following school houses that were
deemed unsafe by the investigating
grand jury.
1. East Waynesville, 2. Clyde, 3.
Crabtree, 4. Lake Juniiluska, 5.
Waynesville Senior High School, S
Bethel. ; ' '
In . addition 1o the above schools,
I inspected the n w building now
Hearing-completion at Hazelwood and
the .recently completed .Junior High
School building at Waynesville and
the Cruso building,
building.
Messcrs. Jack Messer, County Su
perintendent of Schools, I!. T. Boyd,
a member of the Hoard of County
Commissioners, T. j. Cathey, County
Auditor, and Frank M. Davis, a mem
ber of the Board of County Commis
sioners,: accompanied me on the trip
: (Continued on pane 5)
Prices On Late
Beans To Be High
"Prices on late crop beans look
the best in Years " was the iiredir-
Mion of a produce representative in
town yesterday,
Poor crop conditions in other sec
tions of the country will bring out a
sharp rise in local beans, if planted
now, it was pointed out. ,
The call for local green produce this
summer is far ahead of that of form
er years, The Mountaineer was told.
. Beans planted now will be ready
for the market just at a time whea
crops in other sections are over. .-