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f.ARRFTT FURN'I CO Sept 40 City SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY The sville Mountaineer Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park NO. 35 WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1939 $1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties OF ACCOON COUNTV Wayne 5 ACRES I Mhorate Program Ready For Labor Day ade, Address, U Games, And fiance Scheduled llT'll T I1J Wc Program vui d ikiu Afternoon; 60-Piece Band To Be Here NESS WILL SUSPEND HIS COMMUNITY k minute details were com- yesterilay for what is believ be this community's biggest Day celebration here Mon- Uh a full day program, as ss suspends for a general Frevost, general chairman. couraging reports irom an ites yesterday, and said that ications were for a success- gram which would run from o'clock parade until street s complete their rounds about ht at Hazel wood. am Chambers, chairman of rade, announced about ten had been signed, and many srs, together with other usual participants. Entries for ade are asked to be at the onion at 9 :30 ready to start i tat ten. the parade Willi p Main Street, out to Hazel- lown Main Street there to Avenue, and down Brown to the High School stadium, ne of the day's activities, he exception of the 9 o'clock lance at Hazelwood. Chambers is being assisted a Preypst anV Roger Walk- committee is stressing the ance of all those who wish e entries in the. mutt parade ter at the Chamber of Com- at C. N, Allen & Co., Haz This proved to be an out t feature last year. mty-piece band from Spruce provide music for the day. the same band which thrill- sands here last year. ediately after the parade the stadium, J. G. Huggin. Itontinued on page 3) LAKE JUNALUSKA ENDING GOOD SEASON U. S. Officials Map America's Course In European Threat I. ..'.v.V.-.v . W m.. Assembly Had An Average Daily At tendance Of 2,000 Many Improvements Made On ('rounds During Past Few Months; More Planned MUCH CONCERNED iMcCracken ssed Away At is Home Friday ites Were Held Sunday frnoon For Well Known Haywood Citizen rites were held on Sunday n at the Baptist church "ert y. McCracken, 82, who "is nome on Friday even ting a brief illness. The Hopkins. Dasti nucinf. the Rev. J. G. Hlliro-in Iv of the First Methodist fficmted. Burial waa in 1 ccnieterv. with ti. TWo. ,od?e in charge of t.hi. final n? as nallhPD L . ' C. F McCracken, T. J. Cath- faS- C. Franriu Plo,, .uf vioj WIU maiden C. Ferguson, and McCracken P County and was bora in township, on March the ' the son ti: j oell McCracken. As a "'tended th mhn t. fo town in the early , u nas been identified 'communitv - - . wo, tunc elected register of deed, : u his first term in ;ut house at the corner of fwitinnwi . on page 7) I Will Be Sold f Taxes Monday ?al pub,ic sale of land i The r., !! season of Lake Juna i luska AsM bly was termed hot i niglit as "most successful" by of j luials of the summer homo of ! Methodists. An average daily attendance of 2,(100 was reported for the season, with fourteen successful confer ences and assemblies held in addi tion to the Junaluska School of Re ligion, a unit of Duke University. Regular classes in training pro grams were conducted, with over 4,000 registrations. Hesidts the conferences, and interesting programs at the audi torium, many improvements haw been made on the grounds in tin' past few months, The dam was completely renovated early in the season, and a new, and --imposing-entrance of native stone has In en elected. The main road was paved earlier in season, and plans arc now un derway for completing the lake shore drive The formal program at the Lake While Europe tottered on the brink of war, yesterday, United States oflicials, including President Koosovi It, met in Washington to map Ameiiea'.s course in case of hostilities abroad. The president sent three peace pleas to Euiope to Hitler, himself; the Polish president, and to the Italian king. The group photo shows, seated, left to right, Brig. Gen. George (. Marshall, chief of staff of the army; Ixiuis Johnson, acting secretary of war; Summer Welles, undersecretary of state; Jlull; Acting Secretary of, the Navy CharUia ftdisoru' Admiral j will bo Concluded Sunday evening, Harold' R. Stark, chief of naval operation, and Thurman W. Arnold, with all address by Bishop Charles assistant U. S. attorney general. ..Standing, left to right, are Col. James II. Hums, aid to the war secretary; Lieutenant Commander Wellburn, aid to Admiral Stark; Captain Schuirman, U. S, navy; J. P. Motfet .of the state department; George S. Messersmith, assis tant secretary of state; Adolph A. Berle, also an assistant secretary; Herbert Feis, adviser on economic affairs; Captain Crenshaw, of the navy; Colonel Barrett, of the U. S. military corps; Joseph R. Baker, legal adviser to the state department, and Colonel Hockey,. '.of the military corps. Young Demo. Head IVY ' v- WILLIAM M ED FORI), Waynes ville attorney, was 'lecteil juesident of the Haywood Young Democratic I lubs .Saturlay night at their an nual meeting. I'linto by Shci-ntl . Harmony Marked Meet Of Young Democratic Club Storms Hit Four Sections Within 24-Hour Period White Oak, Crabtree, Fines Creek And Pigeon Gap Suffer From Storms YORK'S 6-ACKE BEAN CU01 A TOTAL LOSS, SAID Endorse Roosevelt Adminis tration And Pledge Sup port of Liberal Candidate PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT Underwood Sells Interest In Hill Billies To Liners Harry Lee Liner And Sons To Operate Novelty Inlaid Wood xMfg. Co. Bank's Resources Pass Million Mark A new record was broken yesterday, when the resources of the First National Bank n ached $1,017,748.12, accord ing to the report of J. H. Way, Jr., cashier. Deposits at the local institu tion yesterday were set at $839,679,16, also a new high. A general improvement in business conditions was at tributed to the increase in busi ness, bank officials said, as they closed for the day with the largest business since the bank was established in 1902. Hitler Does Not Want War, Says Foreign Traveler Iiishop Selecman, At Lake, Has Just Arrived From Two Montjis In Europe N:-vr .win De neia at unaerwooa ana one bssis""""- -.ic uem rvi lair mn on nr rnp vnrr. taxes, dne be held at se bene Monday G0J.th.e of Way- - eiwood wiD be held completes the four 1 (1vd: ,et ot by law. Charles Underwood has sold his interest in the Carolina Hill-Billif s, novelty inlaid wood manufacturers, to H. L. Liner, Jr., and Jere David Liner, sons of H. L. Liner, Sr., and partners in the firm. The Carolina Hill-Billies will be operated by Mr. Liner and his two sons, with him acting as secretary-treasurer, and Harry Lee, Jr., as sales: manager, and Jere David as production manager. No changes in policy will be made, it was announced. Mr. Underwood has accepted a position as plant superintendent of Montag Brothers, of Atlanta, one of the largest manufacturers of stationery in the nation. The Atlanta firm used thousands of stationery boxes from the local concern annuany. i - . , . , T,0 rrnlina Hill-Rillies cm.'to Eet h,m home ploy 125 men, and operate three saw mills in addition to the novel- tv riant at Hazelwood. Lumber from the saw mills is utilized in the manufacture of inlaid woods, which are sold in each of the 58 states, Canada, and Alaska, with some in England and Holland. The firm was organized in April, 1934. with Mr. Liner and Mr. No Changes Seen In Town Tax Rate Auditor W. Bowden Henderson is now at work on the annual audit for the Town of Waynesville, and plans to submit the budget for the coming fiscal year at the board of aldermen's meeting on September 7th. Officials said yesterday, that the present rate of $1.70 will be contin ued into the new year. (Special .to ..The Mountaineer.) In spite of Adolph Hitler's hold on the German people and the apparent unanimity of the Hell Hitler heard on every side, the last thing the German chancellor desires is war, it was intimated by Bishop Charles C. Selecman, a bishop of the Methodist church, who arrived at Lake Junaluska yesterday to take part in the Week of Evangelism program which will close the season of the Lake Juna luska Assembly on Sunday. Bishop and Mrs. Selecman -were passengers on the Bremen. Dur ing their two months touring of Europe they visited Germany, France, England, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Spjtzenbergen. C. Selecman, who returned this week from a two month's tour of Europe. This week, 175 young preachers, from a large area, are in session, carrying on experimental work, holding open air services in all nearby - towns, and doing personal work, together with evangelistic work in some rural churches. Enrollment Of High School Is Larger Than '38 Much Interest Is Shown Organization Of High School Hand In The '.'ope.ni.ng day of the Way nesviHe Township. High School on Monday of this week started the 19.',9-40 school term, with the larg est enrollment in the history of the school, according to M. 11. Bowles, superintendent of the the Waynesville district schools. The enrollment by grades is hs follows: Seventh, (Junior High), 247; eighth, 169; ninth, 155; tenth, 103; eleventh, 130; making t total of SO-'t pupils. Last year registra tion: on the opening day for the school totaled 783 Much interest is being shown by the students in the organization of a high school band, which Will be Unanimous endorsement of the Roosevelt administration express ed in resolutions submitted by W. G. Byers, clerk of the superior court, marked, the keynote of the meeting of the Young Democrats here at the Gordon Hotel on Sat urday night. Pledging the support of the nom ination of a liberal candidate for President of the United States, with a vote to ask the state con vention of Young Democrats to take the same stand those assem bled Seemed of one mind, as they presented plans for the coming campaign. The state meeting of the Young Democratic Clubs Will be held in Raleigh on September the 5th, it was announced. William Medford was elected president of the county organiza tion, with Mrs. W. G. Byers, first vice president, Miss Sarah Woody, (Continued on page 3) County Baptist Asso. Will Revise Its Constitution Rev. Frank Leatherwood Re elected Moderator And County Missionary a part of the work this year. L. T. New, Jr., of Asheville. who will Bishop Selecman said they did ' be in charge of the band, is urging not find as much excitement in ! all parents, who have children Germany, France or England as (Continued on page 3) Young Man Held For Cutting His Older Brother To Death , r "v n tne law, Rev. Boyd R. Underwood, of Memphis, who has been attending a conference at Montreat for the past two weeks, was the guest of Miss Ruth Summerrow at the home of her parents, while in this section. "He was drunk and I was trying I knew he had a knife that morning, and when he reached for his pocket, I figured he was going after it, so I got mine first, but I didn't mean to kill him. I just meant to stop him, and keep him off of me," said Perry Rich, 23, who is alleged to have fatally cut his brother, Jesse Allen Rich, 25, around six o'clock on Sunday night at the Carpenter bridge above Maggie on the Soco Gap road, in the Ivy Hill township, about 12 miles from Waynesville. Perry Rich was still wearing the shirt, stained with his brother's blood, when he made the foregoing statement to a representative of The Mountaineer on Monday after noon. Rich is said to have called for help at once and a neighbor, Ben Moody, brought the wounded man to the Haywood County Hospital, where he died soon after reaching the operating table. Deputies Noble Ferguson and Joe Welch investigating the case, after the wounded man was brought into Waynesville, arrested Perry Rich soon after the killing, and he is now in the county jail here without the privilege of bond. It was learned yesterday that no date had yet been set for the hearing. It is alleged that Perry Rich cut his brother across the chest with a pocket knife and the deep gash severed four of his ribs. The knife is in the hands 6f the officers, was of medium size, an ordinary white bone handled article, and (Continued on page 3) who plan to join the band, have them .do so at once, as instructions in the group has already started. Mr. New explained that the members of the band will be given regular school credit on this ac - -t (Continued on page 3) Massie's Open 50 Car Parking Lot; Free To Public A fifty-car parking lot is being offered to the public free today, by The Toggery and The Park Theatre. The lot back of The Toggery and Alexanders Drug Store has been graded, an entrance built over the sidewalk, and today gravel is being placed over the entire lot, by Hugh Massie and J. E. Massie, owners of the property. "This additional parking space should relieve some of the traffic congestions we have n Main Street, especially on Saturdays," Mr. Mas sie said. The Haywood County Baptist Association in their annual two-day session held last Wednesday an Thursday in the East Canton Bap tit church, discovered that the organization had been guilty of the violation of the constitution and by-laws, which had not been re vised since 1917, Upon reading the constitution it was found that some of the prac tices of the present day in the church, were contrary to the rules supposed to govern the body. One outstanding regulation that had been broken in the past few years, since women were allowed the bal lot, was the sending of a woman messenger to , a Baptist meeting, which : was prohibitive under the constitution. Dr. H. K. Mastellar, pastor of the First Baptist church of Can- (Continued on page 3) Devastating hail storms swept ovoi foui nt'ctum.s of Haywood County within twenty-four hours, doing thousands of dollars damage to 1 1 ops, especially tobacco and bean luhU which were battered into the giouml by ice pellets the size of giapi's. 1 he In -a storm occurred Tues day night m the hue Oak and h niei (ink sections, and yester day shoitl after-noon, Crabtree crops, wuL, hit, and a 3-mile path in the 1'igeon t!ap urea. Consiivativu estimates made last night by County Agent J. C. Lynn, wis that ul least fifty acres of tobacco was a total loss in the Crabtiee and White Oak sections. In the Ci, ib tree section, it was repoited that 75 per cent of the tobacto nop is ruined, while in lute Oak. f car is held that at least SO p( i cei't Is a total loss. Mr. Lynn v"itoil the White, ('rabti ee und : Pigeon Gap areas yesterday, and reported that stones the size of marbles and one's fin ger tups had slii'oiided the crops ill some of the areas. In soiiu sections, the henvy hail gave appearance of u snow itorm, being almost ankle deep in some places. Soon after the storm in Pigeon Gup, motorists reported drifts deep enough to build "snow men." ' - -'- Early corn, according- to Mr, Lynn, that has practically ma tured was not seriously damaged, but late corn is nearly ruined in some sections visited by the storms. In many cases, it was reported that the tobacco fields were beaten to the ground, and many vegeta bles being grown for trucking and Canning, were a total loss. One of the most serious effected growers of truck, is I). D. York, on the Pigeon road, who suffered the loss of six acres of late beans, that would have been ready for picking the last of .September. The vines were ruined, it was said, beyond any-comeback, even under favora ble growing conditions during the coining weeks. Orchards in the Pigeon section escaped serious damage. Some of the outside apples were bruised, but little tobacco is planted in that area. It was a rather singular fact-, however, that with all the damage to vegetation, that not a single window pane was reported broken in any of the hail damaged areas. Outlying districts from here also reported slight traces of hail Tuesday night, as Waynesville was visited by a hard electrical storm, with no reported dumage. ,d Haywood Farmers May Earn $13,500 More In Benefits Cataloochee Has Extra Good Crops The best crops in years are re ported in the Cataloochee area of the county, by Mark Hannah, who is particularly proud of his tobacco crop, wilich has been branded by state officials as being among the best burley ever seen. "The crop is shoulder high and still growing," Mr. Hannah said. "The top leaves are as big as the bottom one." A -check up by the county farm agent's office has revealed the fact that Haywood County farmers stand to loose $13,500 in benefit payments in the 1939 program if more pasture projects are not carried through. The agents are urging that the farmers take advantage of this offer. The county can now get 6,500 tons of lime at no cost, or 1,000,000 pounds of phosphate by paying 30 cents per hundred be tween now and t'e 15th of October. Every farmer in the county is urged to check on his units and see if he has earned all that he should. In case he finds that he can qual ify for more units he is asked to visit the county agent's office or get in touch with his local super visor or committeemen to place his order for lime or phosphate at once, beiore the expiration of the time limit. Last year the county lost $16,000 or 8,000 tons of lime by not meet ing the requirements, of this, offer. The county agents are Jfending every effort this 1 year to hare the farmers take advantage of this opportunity. I -1
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