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The Waynesville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smokv Mountains Rational Park
HYEAR NO. 36
WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1939
$1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Sam Queen
ties Charge
Welfare Duties
County Superintendent
LbliC Welfare fctanea
ffork Last Friday
Sjn, Queen took over her du
, county superintendent of
contest Friday. Mrs. Queen
Ued to the position Dy me
U county board of commis-
it their meeting the nrst
L ind her appointment was
Uroved by the state board
tides nd public welfare.
,iring her appointment to
Ice,- Mis. yueen weni 10
Hill, where she took a
Laths course in social ger
Uuired by the state board
lies ana puonc weiiare, jur
kuty weiiare supenmena-
Jpiirijie her absence from the
Mrs. J. Dale Stentz, who
ked as county superintend
the past three years, con
in the work of the office,
Mrs. Queen's return.
Queen states that owing
amount of field work she
compelled to do that she is
t to see the clients in the
nly three days each week,
s, Thursdays and Fridays.
play and Wednesday she
case work.
taking the work at the
Diversity, Mrs. Queen says
e observed the welfare work
le counties, namly, Orange,
la, and Vance. She plans
near future to set up the
lice according to the stand-
t by the state .board of
Is and public welfare. For
leant Mrs. Queen states
ill be no changes made in
h personnel.
Queen, a native of Hay
y, has a wide aequaint
tta's section. She has
(in the county schools for tht i
enty years. She holds a
from the Western Caro-
xhert College, and has-done
Fable extension work.
was made of the nflfir
Pandits all the
Monty on August the 31st.
Hints pronounced in snlen-
Idition.
s learned that Mrs. Stentz
offered positions in wpI-
P'fk in Other rniini.
no definite statement tn
flier plans at this time.
Canton Guernsey Makes Good at
World's Fair
!
Ft
'ttWiw I
Mona of Garden Creek, the 3-year-old Guernsey whose picture is
shown above, is gaining fame for herself and honor for her owner, Arthur
Osborne, Osborne Farms, Canton, in the Borden Dairy World of Tomor
row at the New York World's Fair.
This cow is one of the herd of ISO fine purebreds from dairy farms
throughout the United States and Canada on display at the Fair. The
June and July average milk production records, for 150 cows, of 47. o.
and 44.5 pounds of milk per cow per day, and per cow averages of (0
and 55 pounds of butterfat for each of the two months, so far as is known
have never been approached by any herd of the size made up of cows of
the five major dairy breeds.
The record-making Dairy World of Tomorrow herd is composed of
30 representative cows of each of the Ayrshires, Brown Swiss, Guernseys,
Holstein-Friesians and Jerseys. A representative bull and representative
calves of each breed also are on display at the Borden Dairy Work! of
Tomorrow.
Farmers Are
Urged To Use
1939 Benefits
AUoted Soil Building Allow
ance Of 1939 Not Yet Tak
en Up By Farmers
Throngs Take Part
Annual Labor Day
Observance Here
Parade, Ball Games, Band Con
certs And Street Dance
Attracted Many Monday
Withers
d Company Is
Reorganized
P President, T. M. Sea-
"Secretary: Henrv
) Still Connected
""'ance and real estate
Wiesf L. Withe,. .o
f its kind west of Ashe.
." recently undero-nne
fn and in the future will
la, Trcand ComP"y. Inc.
k , unweii or WlnlMv
"Ihim-Li ' .
jr-sm a partnership in
rfcinal
- lsco -"'"i'ny was ar-
? late Harry Corkran
7 John p. Bass
ry. Mr. Wither-
1904, and in 1908 the
iil:m,Wa8 changed to
na Company.
J!' Oranition the
W 0" general in-
DTJCt r
th. 1 , ' Presenting
"rId' leading insu
"""Pes, including the
ru""d on
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1151 6 Pages Of The
cond Section
ed to the comnl'ption of
rtric lines ud Pic-eon
H articles, as well
lustrations on the
Mutual
It was a tired, but happy throng
of over (300 people, with thin shoe
soles, who made their way home
early Tuesday morning after giving
meal-coated Main Street of Hazel-
wood constant pounding from
shuffling feet for over three hours
in Labor Day's annual street dance
which climaxed a full day of ac
tivity and observance in this com
munity. But it was not until yesterday
that the really high spot of the
day became known it took a horse
to win first prize in the annual
"mutt parade." Evidently the
judges became confused with the
blare of the 60-piece bund, the
shrill of two sirens on the fire
trucks and the continual tooting
of automobile horns to make the
parade as noisy as any little
Times Square. Any way, Johnny
Owens, winner for the last two
years, took the prize again, this
time as an old prospt :tor leading
a horse.
About ten cars an " trucks were
Commissioners
Have A Short
Meeting Tues.
The regular first Monday meeting
of the county board of commission
ers was held on Tuesday morning
in the offices of the court house,
owing to the fact that Monday was
a national holiday.
The change in the date no doubt
accounted for the small number
of persons appearing before the
board, which held a short session,
with all members present.
The '-.entire time wns pciit . fn
regular routine business, with a
number of ro id petitions heaid,
and several tax adjustments made
It was learned this week that
Haywood County farmers may still
get lime and phosphate under
the Agricultural Conservation pro
gram. Every farmer is urged to
take advantage of this opportunity
for using lime and phosphate as
a grant of aid.
To date the Haywood farmers
have earned only about $28,000 of
the $42,000 allotted by the Soil
Building allowance under the 193'.
program.
This means that unless the farmers
carry out more practices, this coun
ty stands to loose about $14,000.
In terms of lime and phosphate
this means that Haywood County
will loose 7,000 tons of lime or
about 1,000,000 pounds of triple
superphosphate.
It was learned from the county
agent's office that linie may be
secured on the 1039 program until
the 15th of October, but that it is
doubtful if the supply of phosphate
will extend over that period, as it
may be exhausted before that time.
They Lead Armies Into Battle
E J 1 I N ' V 1
Major General Vlsrount Gort
chief of the British army.
General Walther von Brauch
wltNch Is head of the German
army.
Travel In Park
Reaches New High
Peak In August
Almost 170,000 People Visited
Park In August, To Beat
July By 4 Per Cent
High School
Band Started
Work Tuesday
Forty-One Students Enrolled
In Band, With Work To Be
Given Regular Credits
Farm Activities
Presented Lions
By Pictures-Talk
Club Hears Corpening Discuss
Haywood Farm Work; 4
New Members Added
Wayne Corpening, assistant farm
agent presented the Lions Club
with a lecture and series of slides
showing the program the Haywood
County agent's office is carrying
entered as floats wnile a number out together with interesting scenes
of cars were de" rated for the of both the out of state and county
parade which brouj hundreds to
the line of march.
Just as the parad .arted, a park
bus rolled into tow and 30 pas
sengers scrambled .ut and made
pictures of the parade as it passed
up Main street out to Hazelwood.
A brief Labor Day address was
delivered by J. 'i. Huggin, Jr.,
pastor of the Methodist church, at
the high school stadium. After
the address, the 60-piece Spruce
Pine band gave p concert until
the dinner hour.
Atheletic event occupied the
earlier part of the afternoon.
These are given in detail on the
sports page.
As the athletic events come to
a close, a hard rain settled the
thick dust on the playing field,
for the first game of the softball
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farm tours
Mr. Corpening stressed the im
portance of strip cropping to pre
vent erosion and also showed some
interesting pictures of what is
being done to repair eroded lands.
The club was host to the follow
ing guests:
Thomas R.
The preliminary organization of
the Waynesville High School Hand
was completed last week with forty-one
members enrolled in the
band. Parents of high school or
junior high school students whose
children are inte rested uj joining1
the band and learning to play
a musical instrument should ar
range with Mr. New, thP director.
to have them enrolled as quickly
as possible.
Instruction started Tuesday
Instrumental music training is an
other educational field into which
the school program has expanded.
ine instruction on these instru
ments is free as is the American
tradition of public education
farrau in aouDt as to what in
strument to select for their chil
dren to play should consult Mr.
New.
The outlook for a school band
mi naynesvine is most encour
aging considering the good re
sponse that has been given in the
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- 111 ' x ;
General Kartlmlr SoNnkowskl In
"chief of combatant forces" In
I'oland and neeond In I'oland's
mllltarv hlerarehv.
(ienerul Marie GuHtav Gamelln Is
rhlef of (tlaff of the French army.
CHOIRS FROM OTHER
STATES ARE EXPECTED
FOR SINGING MEET
Choirs and other musical groups
from Tennessee, South Carolina
and various points in North Caro
lina are expected to attend the all
rir w t r-;t,.i,i ra "'eeung oi me naywood Uountv
West, "nnd Rohert R ?in?in Convention, which will be
V...1.I U... O. j ..
Taylor, Miami; A. B. Dean, super-' , ,c v" ny according to
intendent of the state experiment l8tr ma this week by M.
farm at Oxford; and James Knight,
Alton Hancock, Howard Collins,
Larry Robinson, and Stanly Henry,
members of the Lions' Club Soft
ball team.
Fred Swann, C. D. Ketner,
Claude Reece, and Harry McCrack
en were elected to membership in
the club. . .
Local Movies
Will Be Shown
In Florida
DR. ALEXANDER BETTER
Dr. O. T. Alexander, was reported
to be some better yesterday af
ternoon. Jle became quiet ill sud
denly early Tuesday morning.
A. Williams, of Canton, president
ot the county convention.
The meeting which will be held
in the court room of the court house
and the groups will assemble ut
10 o'clock. The program will con
tinue throughout the day.
The public is invited to attend.
J. E. BARR IS PATIENT IN
BILTMORE HOSPITAL
J. E. Barr, general manager of
1 he Land O' the Sky Co-operative,
is a patient in the Biltmore Hos
pital, where he has gone for
treatment.
Veterans Of Last War Still
Strong Believers In Keeping
The World Safe For Democracy
Young Child Met
Death Friday By
Tragic Accident
Jo Jack Chambers, two year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ennis Cham
bers, of Allen's Creek, is reported
to nave men instantly killed on
Friday afternoon when a truck
said to have been driven by his
uncle, Jess Jordan, backed into him
and knocked him down.
The uncle, who was quite fond
of him, had stopped to ask Jo Jack
to take a ride with him. He called
into the house for the child and
when he did not appear, decided
that he was either not at home, or
did not want to go with him. As
he backed out to leave the child
darted out from behind the truck,
and was instantly killed.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday afternoon at two thirty
o'clock at the Allen's Creek Baptist
church, with the Rev. Manual
Wyatt and the Rev. C. L. Allen I
officiating. Burial was in the Buch
anan cemetery.
Surviving are the parents, ore
small brother, aril his grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jordan,
and Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Chambers,
al of Allen's Cleeit.
Sentiments Expressed By
Group Of World War Vet
erans Are Same Tone
Movies of W
section will b'
this winter th
of Commerce i
jnesville and. this
shown in Florida
:gh the Chamber
co-operation with
set up and gene-
r and features about
hould be of special
dreaders.
le of ThA M,Bt.;,
tmZ into all IV,
h ..viires uu
Mutual KlprnV
Jimmy Hudsc-., of Miami, owner
and director of "Camp Laughing
Owl" for Boys, located at the
old Chestnut Lodge.
Mr. Hudson has taken three
reels of local pictures, two in black
and white and one in colors, Street
scenes in Waynesville, as well as
mountain views hava been in
cluded. Mr. Hudson plans by this means
to give this section publicity
throughout the state of Florida,
showing the pictures in high
schools, at club meetings and to I
various other groups.
.V LOOKING OVER THE COUNTY
General Haywood
GET A FEW THINGS OF COUNTY-WIDE
INTEREST OFF HIS MIND WITH LETTERS
Waynesville To
Have New Store
Bower's Bargain Bilt Stores
Will Open In Former Mc
Cracken Building
HIGHWAY BRIDGES
Mr. E. L. McKee, commissioner.
State Highway Commission,
Sylva, North Carolina. ;
Dear Commissioner: .
' To you goes the credit for widen
ing the two bridges on Highway
No. 19 just south of Hazelwood, and
from the looks of the forms built
for pouring concrete, the bridges
are going to be much safer, than
the ones that are being replaced.
I am sure you have in mind re
placing at the earliest moment,
the dangerous bridge at the Little
Rock Service Station, about half
way between Waynesville and Lake
Junaluska. As you know, this is
a narrow bridge on a "S" curve,
with rough spots on the driveway
at the bridge.
It has been fortunate that no
serious wrecks have occurred at the
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Carpenters and painters began
work Tuesday morning on the
building formerly occupied by the
McCrackcn Clothing company on
Waynesville's main thoroughfare.
The building is being completely
refinished for the opening of a new
establishment. This rtew estab
lishment will be known os BowerV
j Bargin Bilt Stores, operaihg a
general store on the department
plan, featuring Wearing clothing for
men, women and children as well
as household need and appliances.
The transaction was completed a
few days ago after Theodore Mc
Cracken, who for thirty-four years
has been in business fn the same
location, decided to discontinue
business operations. Officials here
looking1 after the remodeling of
the building stated that: "We hate
long- awaited an opportunity to
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A survey among the World War
veterans by The Mountaineer yes
terday revealed the fact that they
are all of the same Sentiment
about .America, entering the con
flict. They wish to stay out as
long ns possible, "but," they said,
"If it takes our armies to conquer
Hitler, we must send them over
to aid England and France."
"Nobody knows what will hap
pen. I here can be no permanent
peace in Europe until Hitler
destroyed. 1 think our attitude
toward the present conflict should
be governed by the efTect his suc
cess will have on democracy. As
for myself thei is no neutrality
in me," Major J. Harden Howell,
who served in the 118th infantry
of the Famous 30th Division, with
a record of 21 months in the ser
vice, six of which were spent over
seas.
W. A. Bradley, who" was
service 22 months with 13 oversea,
with divisional headquarters of
oisi division, said yesterday in
speaking of the situation, "The
present European crisis is truly
a repetition of the World War, and
I trust the United States can
stay out of the conflict. If France
and England would go after Ger
many like "our. boys did back in
1918, and if Italy remains neutral,
while the Poles are engaging Ger
many on the Polish front, it is
my opinion that the fracas will
soon be over."
"Americans vacationing in the
war zone should be made to under
stand tha)t they cannot expect pro
tection from home. If Germany
August travel in the park shat
tered all-time high records, better
ing 193!)'s July by 4 per cent, when
168,988 persons in 49,258 vehicles
were counted entering the park.
Sixty-six per cent of the visitors
in August were from states other
than North Carolina and Tennes
see, with Ohio having more visitors
in the park than the Tar Heel state.
The visitors were from 47 states,
the District of Columbia, Alaska,
Canal Zone, Hawaii, and four for
eign countries.
Tennessee led the list, with Ohio
second, North Carolina third, Illi
nois fourth, Indiana fifth and Ken
tucky. The heavy travel last month is
7 per cent ahead of the same month
in 1938.
The first eleven months of tho
present travel year is 3 per cent
ahead of the corresponding period
for the travel year 1937, the
previous high figure for one year,
and 10 per cent ahead of the cor
responding period for the travel
year of 1938.
Haywood Leads
N. C. Counties
In Beef Cattle
County Agent Urges Stock
Raisers To Produce More
Purebread Cattle
A ' recent survey made by the
North Carolina department of agri
culture and the extension service
has revealed the fact that there
are more beef cattle in Haywood
County than in any other county in
North Carolina, according to infor
mation received at the office of
the county farm agent here.
On the basis of the information
gathered in all the counties in the
western part of the state, a bulle
tin has been written listing all tho
cnttle for sale in this section.
This list has been sent to many
states so that prospective buyers
may know where to come to pur
chase Cattle to be finished for the
market.
The county agents office points
out that even so, there is still great
need in Haywood County for better
cattle. In order to try to help
the farmers in buying cattle, tho
county agent's office recently sent
a letter to all beef cattle farmers,
asking for information regarding
number and kind of breeding cat
tle that they would like to buy.
The response to this letter, ac
cording to J. C. Lynn, county agen,
has been fine. To date there have
been requests for eleven bulls, and
45 heifers. Letters have recently
been sent to the county agents in
other counties in this section of
the state, in Southwest Virginia,
and East Tennessee requesting that
they list pure bred Cattle for sale
in their respective counties.
In answer to these letters, Mr.
Lynn has located about 20 bulls,
50 heifers and cows. Plans are
now underway for making a trip
into Virginia in the near future
with a group of farmers for the
purpose of buying several nure
bred bulls and heifers. Other
farmers interested in purchasing
breeding stock should get in touch
with the local county agent's of
fice and check over the list of pure
breds in other counties as report
ed by the various county agents.
The beef cattle industry ts
growing and Haywood Countv
should be making preparations for
furnishing other counties and
states with breeding stock as Weil
as feeders," said J, C. Lynn in
or any other nation invades .-.pur, speaking of the cattle situation in
country with arms, then wG would Haywood County.;
all be ready," continued Mr
Bradley.
"It is a guess with everybody
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Auction To Close
Saturday Night
The final auction sale at Chan
dler and Company, will be held
Saturday night, it was announced
yesterday. The sale is being held
under orders of O. T. Alexander,
trustee, for the firm.
Two sales will be held daily-at
10 and 7:30. Special inducements
to attend the' sales Saturday are
advertised elsewhere in this newspaper.
A New Serial . .
THE WOMEN"
begins on page three of
today's issue. This is
taken from the motion
picture by the same name,
and has met with much
success throughout the
country. This story i3
composed of six chapters,
and will be finished in six
weeks.