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The Waynes ville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smokv Mountains National Park
pfFTHYEAR NO. 38
WAYNES VILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1939
$1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Of Canton's
x Collector In
Hands Of Jury
Expected By Noon
r Michal Awarded
, in $1,700 Suit
Hitler At Polish Front
evidence was completed
wrdict expected by noon
.-. ,v;i raurt in the case
the court was asked to
ho should hold the office
sllector for the town oi
Plaintiffs are seeking to
D, Mavkey from the office
Wav kmsland in.
fstmonv ol me wuneasts
h gides drew much humor
l court, Wlin me lawjcis
much of the line technical
brought out in the case,
trial proceeded with With
at rood feeling on the pan
V plaintiffs anil uetendants.
arm of Morgan ana want
enting the plaintiffs und
Francis and F. E. Alley,
defendants.
. case of -Michal versus
Highway Commission m
;se plaintiffs were asking for
i damages to their prop
osed by a change in the
of state highway No. 284,
ntiffs were allowed $1,000
for benefits to the place
new location of highway,
I net recovery of $400.
Dubose, attorney, of Ashe-
ipeared fur the plaintiffs,
as. Ross, of Raleigh, rep-
the State Highway Com-
uber of other cases' are: on
tet for trial this week in
ember term of civil' court
k'h Judge Felix E. Alley
ding, but none attracting
efal interest of the two
I cases..
D. D. Alley
II Leave For
icago Saturday
s 1 r - a vr
Judge Alley Sets
Out Ideal Lawyer
As 3 Enter Bar
Impressive Ceremony Marks
Admittance Of Alley,
Howell and Ferguson
International Illustrated News Radiophoto
This radiophoto from Berlin shows Adolf Hitler at a field kitchen
somewhere on the Polish front.
Allies Turn Thumbs Down
On Hitler's Peace Plans
Doyle D. Alley, president
North Carolina Parent
Congress, will leave this
y for Chicago, where she
end the meeting of the
' the National Parent and
Longress, which will con-j.nf victories
Wat city on SeDtemher thn
rough the 30th.
to the board meetino- Mrs
ill remespnt tVio
i Legion Auxiliarv at thn
Convent jn of the Legion
h nich will be held in
ie 26th and 27th, of this
German Leader Broadcasts
Tp World He Is Ready To
Stage 7-Year War
Destroys
ler Room Roof
Erkraft Plant
le'troyed the roof of the
h' tu ' t Industries
5 Thursday momino. An.
mo damage, according
"w. owner.
roI, of steel cnnatniofinn
will replace the form-
one.
r room is some distance
ma'n plant, and tin nth
done. The blaze did
yiant upera-
the European situation for the
past week, was marked with claims
for both sides, the
Foiish army crushed by Nazi
steamroller; Warsaw defying the
German demands for surrender,
and the one hour and 14 minute
defiant speech of Hitler, in which
he warned Britain and France that
for every bomb they threw on
German towns he would answer
with five or ten.
Some of the highlights of the
speech which will no doubt go
down in history, only strengthened
the determination of the Britsh
and French to crush the reign of
Hitler's influence.
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THURSDAY
Poland's battered armies resume
retreat. Two French forces re
ported closing in upon Saarbruck
en. Polish front broken in four
places, according to Lwow advisers.
Chaos prevails back of front. Sit
uation at Warsaw is veiled by lack
of radio reports. Tightening net
around Warsaw, Belin claims.
German army report says Polish
capital is encircled. Hitler con
tinuing his tour of the Polish war
areas, visited Lodz, Poland's sec
ond largest city, and a textile
center, 75 miles southwest of be-
leagured Warsaw reported that
he was "respectfully received."
British troops in force are safely
landed on French soil. Daladier
boosts France's cabinet. Million
tons of German shipping swept
from the seas, Paris reports. Sur
vivors of Athenia tell gripping tale.
Russians down Polish planes, in
Soviet area. President Roose-
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Liner Brothers
Building Brick
Homes In H-wood
Harry Lee Liner, Jr., and Jere
David Liner, brothers, are each
building brick veneer homes on the
highway in Hazelwood, just this
side of their father's new home.
' Both houses will be six rooms,
and modern in every detail.
With favorable weather, the two
houses are expected to be completed
within six weeks.
Jerry Liner has the contract.
Farmers Review
Merits Of Unit
Test Farms
Eighty of the one hundred and
forty farmers who have recently
made application in this county;
to have their farms become unit
test demonstration farms, Were
present for the meeting held here
in the court house on Saturday.
The principle address of the
meeting was made by W. B. Col
lins, assistant in farm manage
ment of State College, who set
forth some of the requirements of
a farmer for this project.
J. C. Lynn, county farm agent, !
and W. A. Corpening, and J. L.
Reitsel, assistant county agents,
and Albert J. McCracken, also
spoke briefly. It was pointed out
following a discussion and com
parisons of farm practices, that
with the use of lime and : super
phosphate the growth of grasses
and legumes was greatly increased.
It was generally agreed that the
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With his characteristic eloquence,
Judge Felix E. Alley, who is pre
siding over the September term of
superior court here, told time
voung lawyers admitted to the bar
what was expected of the ideal
awyer.
The impressive ceremony at
tending the admittance to the bar
of Robert Cline Alley, son of the
Judge, James Harden Howell, Jr.,
son of Major and Mrs. J. Hardin
Howell, and Frank D. Ferguson,
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
1'. Ferguson, took place on Monday
afternoon preceding the afternoon
session of court.
Robert Cline Alley was present
ed to the court by his brother, at
torney Ha.ves Alley; James Harden
Howell, Jr., was presented by his
father; and Frank D. Ferguson, Jr.,
was presented by Grover C. Iavis,
county attorney. AH three young
lawyers are natives of this county
and have a host of relatives and
friends interested in their future
success.
"The ideal lawyer is always hon
est, with the court and it is imper
ative that he should be so, because
the judge must depend Upon the
lawyer, for information upon which
he acts, and therefore, the ideal
lawyer will never intentionally de
ceive the court, either by false
testimony, or the unfair citation of
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Windsors Back On English Soil
tP' Kr
Commissioners
Have Uneventful
Meeting Monday
"The regular third Monday of
the month meeting of the commis
sioners, this week was the most
uneventful since the present board
has been in office," said George A.
Brown, Jr., chairman of the coun
ty board of commissioners, fol
lowing the meeting.
There were no road petitions,
and only one person asking for
financial., assistance. Mr. Brown
attributes the latter to the fact
that the welfare clients are how
complying wih the request made
by the board that they take up
their wants with the county welfare
superintendent.
Local Merchants
To Meet Tuesday
Community matters of Utmost
importance. will be discussed Tues
day night by merchants of the
community at a supper meeting
at the W. W. N. C. Cafe, according
to an announcement made yester
day by N. W. Garrett, president
of the association.
"We expect every retailer in
Hazelwood, Lake Junaluska and
Waynesville to be present. This
will be an open meeting, and every
one attending will be given a right
to discuss freely the many mat
ters confronting . us," the mer
chant's president said.-
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y International Illustrated News Cablephoto
After a voluntary exile of almost three years, the Duke of Windsor
returns to English soil with his Amerlcan-bom duchess, the woman
tor whom he save up an empire. The .couple is shown, above, at
Column's Hatch, Sussex, England. The duke returned to Englan.i
to serve his country during the war.
Hazelwood School Termed An
Outstanding Construction Job
By WPA Head At Dedication
Baptist Revival
To Start Sunday
S. Hopkins, Pastor, Will
Bring Message Daily For
Week Or Ten Days
Climaxing a week's study in
soul-winning, a revival meeting
will get underway at the First
Baptist church here Sunday, with
Rev. J. S. Hopkins, pastor bring
ing the messages, for a week or
ten days.
' During the meeting, special em
phasis will be placed on singing of
gospel hymns, under the direc
tion of Evander Preston, who will
also provide special music.
Services Will be held daily at
7:30.
Rev. Mr, Hopkins announced
the sermon subjects that would
be used during the meeting, would
include:
"The Deadly Danger of Drift
ing."' 'V
"Preparation for Service."
"Some Things That Accompany
Salvation."
"How To Be Saved."
"Back to Bethel."
"The Peril of Turning The Back
on God."
"The Doom of Delay."
Small Crowd Attends Impres
sive Dedication Of New
Hazelwood School
.V LOOKISG OVER THE COUNTY-
General Haywood
GETS A FEW THINGS OF COUNTY-WIDE
INTEREST OFF HJS MIND WITH LETTERS
$8,000 Saved In Building Jointly-Owned
Municipal Sewer Line, Covering 10.4 Mi.
Local Lions Hear
District Governor
Development Of "Human Re
lationships" Behind AH
Others, Speaker Says
To His Honor. ,
The Mayor of Waynesville
And The Board of Aldermen.
Dear Sirs:
There are a number of things
that I like about the way this town
is run. but as you are aware, public
officials never please everybody.
There is always someone to raise
a point about aomething.
The matter I am taking up with
you in this letter, is not only my
grievance, but at least a half dozen
persons have made the same com
plaint to me, so I am passing it
along to you gentlemen, knowing
that you will try to remedy the
situation in the future.
The Waynesville Lions' Club ob
served district Governor's night
and ladies' night at its regular
meeting last Thursday evening.
District Governor Dan E, Stewart
and Mrs. Stewart, of Asheville, and
the local Lionesses were special
guests of the club.
After the group enjoyed sev
eral selections by a quartet com
posed of Van Preston, Jim Killian,
Edwin and Lester Poteate District
Governor Stewart was introduced
by Alvin Ward.
Mr. Stewart reviewed brifly the
work of the Waynesville club for
the past year and the growth of i
Lions International after which he
gave a very inspiring talk on the
Engineer Of Project Points
Out That Community Got
Money's Worth
By taking short-cuts in the
routing of the 8.9 miles of the
completed sewer line from Hazel
wood to Pigeon Rive between $7,000
and $8,00 was saved, according
to W. H. Hinn, resident engineer in
charge of construction. He dis
cussed' the project before the
Rotary Club last Friday.
A mile and a quarter of latteral
lines were placed, giving a net
work of 10.4 miles of new lines,
which, according to Engineer Hinn,
"Is well worth ithe monev. and
With a small, but appreciative
gathering of the patrons of the
Hazelwood school, the new school
molding was formality dedicated
ond Tuesday night, with an im
pressive program.
In his address, which was the
main feature of the evening, G.
L. Bobbin, North Carolina direc
tor of operations for the WPA,
stated that, he considered the Ha
zelwood school building one of the
outstanding school structures that
had been built by the WPA and
that its-completion.-was-of grati
licatioti to the. state department.
Claude N. Allen, of Hazelwood,
presided, with introductory re
marks by Jack Messe county
superintendent of education, who
also later in the evening made the
presentation of the building to the
Waynesville district school com
mittee in behalf of the county
board of education. M. II. Bowles,
superintendent of the Waynesville
district, accepted the building.
L. M. Richeson and R. L. Pre
vost, both made acceptance
speeches in behalf of the town of
Hazelwood, in which they lauded
the co-operative spirit of the
community.
Whitener Prevpst, mayor of
Hazviwood, welcomed the guests
and patrons. Frank Davis repre
sented the county commissioners,
with E. K.Herman, Claude Allen,
M. H. Bowles, and L. M. Richeson.
the school board.
Among the WPA authorities
present for the dedication Were:
W. A. Whitfield, construction en
gineer, of the WPA, R. L. Farmer,
office engineer, Harry Allison, con
struction engineer, A. F. Weaver,
Jr., area chief engineer, Carl
Medford, county WPA supervisor,
and Porter McClure, WPA foreman 1
of the construction of the building.
The project was sponsored by the
Haywood county board of educa
tion with an allocation of $23.-
875.50 from WPA, and a cost to
the county of $35,667.11. It was
4 Have Narrow
Escape As Car
Is Demolished
Mary Stentz Cut And Bruised
When Car Leaves Soco Gap
Road Near Maggie
Four local young people nar
rowly escaped serious injuries
about 0:30 Tuesday night, when
their car left the road, turned end-for-end,
and crashed into a tele
phone pole, throwing the occu
pants clear of the wreckage, on
the Soco Gap road, near the aban
doned rock quarry, not far from
Maggie.
Mary Stentz was treated at the
Haywood County Hospital for cuts
and bruise's. Seventeen stitches
were required on her chest and
leg. She was reported yesterday
to be resting at her home.
J. B. Sniathers, son of Senator
William Sniathers, was driver of
the car. Miss Stentz was on the
front seat with him,
Lucile Simmons and Fred Davis,
occupants of the back seat, were
said to have been thrown through
tie top of the car by the impact.
Both suffered from shock and
bruises.
Investigating officers reported
the car appeared to have turned
owr after making the end-for-v
end lunge. The front and top of
the car was practically demolished.
The four occupants of the car
were rushed to town by a resi
dent living near the scene.
Jack Hipps Wins
Top Record Of
Test Farmers
Wins Honor Of Making More
Progress Than Any Unit
Test Farmer In County
Jack Hipps, of Cecil township,
has won the distinction of havinp
made the most progress of any
Unit Test Demonstration farmer ia
Haywood County. The announce
ment was made at the recent farm
convention which was held at the
Western Carolina Teachers Col
lege. The selection of the winner
among the 69 Unit Test Demon
stration farms under the sponsor
ship of the Haywood County Mu
tual Soil Conservation and Land
Use Association, was made by the
farmers themselves, who all felt
that Mr. Hipps had made outstand
ing progress in every project on
his farm and has met all require
ments for this honor.
Mr. Hipps' farm is located in
Cecil township and comprises
1,700 acres in a very picturesque
section of the county. While prac
tically all of it is steep mountain
land, a large acreage has been
converted into rich pastures, on
which 400 tons of lime have been
applied during the past year.
The farm offers a well balanced
plan of crops and management,
with each project making great
progress during the time it was
judged.
The points upon which the farm
ers judged each other were as
follows: amount of lime and phos
phate used; improvements in
bililding on the farm; improve
ments in the home; increase in.
yield on crops; rotation being be
ing followed; improved pastures;
better livestock and improved ap
pearance of entire farm.
0. C. James Is
Elected Head Of
School Masters
manes this entire community a I tendent of education that this
better place to live." I amount does not include the cost
"The taxpayers certainly got ! of equipment and a few other
O. C. James, principal ; of the
Crabtree Hitrh School, was elected
president of the school masters
club at the first meeting of trie
current school year, which was' beld
on Tuesday nicht at the Welch
Memorial Sunday school build;rsr
learned from the County superin-J of the Baptist church. N. W.
Ropers was elected secretary of
On Labor Day, a good high school pUrp0se of a Lions' Club in a com
Dana was imponea 10 jiven up me
occasion, and they looked as if they
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munity.
"Solve the question of human
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their money's worth on this job,"
he continued, as he related how
the lines crossed land of 65 sep
arate owners; had 209 manholes,
with an average depth of 7 feet.
The deepest being 24 feet.
At present, only one-fourth to
one-fifth of the capacity of the line
is being used. The Tannery is turn
ing into the line about 250,000
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minor expenditures.
ATTENDING SYNOD IN ASHE
VILLE TONIGHT
The Rev. O. C. Landrum, pastor
of the Hazelwood Presbyterian
church, and Bill Winchester, an
elder, will go to Asheville tonight
to attend Synod in the First Pres
byterian church of that place.
the ctub.
J. . R. Morean. addressed the
eToun. sneakin? on the ''Influences
of teacher in the community and
the essentials of a teacher." Mr.
Morean first spoke of the impnT
tialitv of the teacher, and that his
teachimr should be consistent with
his conduct and motives, and fol
lowed with effect of the teacher'a .
ljfe upon his pupils. -tf
Preceding the program dinner
was enjoyed by the group.