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TWELVE PAGES TODAY The NESVILLE J! INEER Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smokv Mountains National Park 0m war- NO. 39 WAYNES VILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1939 $1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties TTT T fiT yiOUNTA (jus About Complete For Four-Day Fail Festival Formed Hospitality Littee Han To Stage irst Event 12, X riaborate four-jay fall fes Va be in the first event to be j by the newly organized hos 3 committee, composed of ;ants and business nien of this ;ity. .. and details of the event, I will be held on Thursday, v, Saturday, and Monday, uc i' 13.14, and 16, were readily ed at a supper meeting here .jay evening. A majority 01 immunity's business firms represented, and all express- keen interest in the plan and entire group spent cuusiuera- me working out details, are now being completed special committees appointed the merchants president, W. Garrett. one the hightlights of the al adopted, were included the Jine of valuable gifts, "proba ta each of the four days; the aj of amateur contests, with ipants from every section of Iwood competing for district irj and then county honors; rm decorations of all stores : in the community; corn- displays of fall merchandise ipecial prices on seasonable handise and all services offered U commtmitr. , sent plans are to stage a evening of entertainment at Urmory, with admission to be okets available without cost the participating merchants business places. The enter- tat to consist of finals in the hr contests, awarding of He gifts apd a square dance, addition to making plans for kr-day fall festival the group President Garrett point out: te is entirely too much un- ssary noise in our town; too trucks double parking on street, top many broken is in our sidewalks, and cer- too much loafing on the t corners and in manv ennicst. ublic places in our town." it group went on record en. I? his plea for the elimination lese things and to ask for a fence with city officials at an aate. i Cross Field porker Meets Wth Local Group .Jujia Dyke, field represen Of the National headquarters American Red Cross, of D. C, spent Tuesday ,w m conference with L. N. Nrman of the Waynes Pter, and the general corn's- Dyke outlined the plans for 2r TUal ro11 ca. 'fes of the chapter, which recommended by Na 1 neadquarters. attending the meet. werej Mrs. Chas. r"am Bedford, Mrs. '& n lsSara Margaret J"ss CUfa McCall, Chas. E. and the Rev. j. g. H . Jf- Ro Call chairman., X license Revoked had 'Clyde Md 'Ariie i recei8 drivers' license ' re- fs. Earl w MUBHTAL i fV- Asheville, have their home on Love :l-Jlesser is reported to ' W'CU. Chas. Balentine Has Solo License Took Course In Aviation At Cannon Airport In Charlotte Charles Balentine, air-minded as sistant operator of the Gulf Fill ing Station, on Main street, who has his solo license from the Civil Aeronautic Authority, of Washing ton, D. C, is now at work, during his spare moments toward the li cense that will enable him to carry passengers. Mr. Balentine spent his vacation in Charlotte last May, where he took a two weeks course in avia tion at the Cannon Airport. Fol lowing eight hours instructions ac cording to the rules he was al lowed to start solo flying. After five hours of flying alone, he was granted his solo license. With the solo license, a person is not allowed to carry anyone, but a licensed instructor. Mjv Balen tine is taking his thirty-five hours in the air now preparatory to a license that will permit him to carry passengers. He has to his credit on the last work, four hours. When he can spare the time he gets in some of his hours from the Asheville-Hen-dersonville airport. Recently he made two flights over Waynesville. Syphilis Branded Greatest Menace To Public Health State Health Officer Estimates 350,000 Cases Of Syphilis In North Carolina Today "The greatest menace to public health today is syphilis," said Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, secretary and state health officer of the State Board of Health before the Rotary Club last Friday, "Syphilis is the one disease that takes constant, diligent effort to control," he continued as he told of an estimated 350,000 cases in North Carolina. "It is most important that In our fight to bring syphilis under control, that the law be followed, and all persons put in jail be given the Washerman test. If it shows they have syphilis, then they can be given treatment, and even after leaving prison, they can be check ed upon and given the treatment," he stressed. The health officer, during the course' of his address, told of the chronological development of pub lic health work in North Carolina, starting with its creation by the legislature in 1877, with an appro priation of $100. Dr. Reynolds told that during the past year the state laboratory had made an actual saving to the peo ple of the state of $2,780,000. "In other words, the dividends from this one department in dollars and Cents are sufficient to pay the en tire health program: twice, to say nothing of the real service to man kind the entire institutions makes." During the past few years, there have been 179,067 sanitary type (Continued on back page) National Guard Is Ordered To Enroll 15 Men No Emergency Measure, But To Bring The Company Up To Full-Time Peace Strength cooking Expert lyff ffi I Prospects Promising For The Waynesville Machine Gun Company, a unit of the North Carolina National Guard has re cently received telegraphic orders through their commanding officer, Captain, George Jf. PJott, from Adjutant-Geneiul Metts, Raleigh, to increase the company now '! in number to the full peace time strength of 78. The increase at this time is not atti'ibuted to any emergency meas ure, but has been ordered to restore the army and national guard to its normal number, which was reduced back in 1929 as a national economy move. According to Captain Flott there is always a. waiting list for the local company of from 6 to 10 men, and these if they can comply with the requirements of the examina tions, will be given preference at this time, when the 15 men are taken on. The age limit of the men to be enlisted now will be from 18 to 45, all unmarried, The National Guard drills at the Armory every Wednesday night, at 7:30 o'clock, and the public is cor dially invited to watch the drills. Oh September the first a new type of drill was started, which is known as the "Streamlined." The officers of the company are: George F. Plott, Captain; E. Paul Martin, First Lieutenant, nnd George E. Plott, Second Lieuten ant. ' Captain Plott, a World War Vet eran, saw service overseas, as a first lieutenant in the 30th division. He was at the front when the Hin- denburg line was broken. The other two officers were under enlistment age at the time of the World War. The war time enlistment of the company, it was learned, would be 123 men. High School Students Of Last Year In College A compartively small number of the graduates of the Waynesville High School have gone to college, according to a check made with the school authorities this week. The majority of the girls have entered the Women's College of the University of North Carolina. and are as follows: Ethel Cald well, Elizabeth Ferguson, Jane Grace, Louise Leatherwood, Sara Queen, and Charlene Rotha. Virginia Kellett, validictorian, of the class, has entered Lenoir Rhyne, and Joe Davis, salutatorian. is a student at the State University. Only three graduates have en tered Mars Hill College and they are: Hilliard Norris, Robert Un derwood, and Joe Way. E. B. Caldwell has gone to Wake Forest. Ernestine Clarke has enrolled in a business school of Washington, V. C. . William McCracken and Vinson Howell have entered North Caro lina State Colleee. William Hvatt has enrolled at Blanton's Business College, Helen Summers has gone to Salem College. Kenneth Pal mer has entered Brevard College. Kuth Liner, Willie Messer, and Mary Elizabeth Rhinehart have gone to Western Carolina Teachers College. 1 .". yynO". "v Jr .-. MISS FLORENCE ROGERS, experienced lecturer and home eco nomist, of Cambridge, Mass., will conduct the cooking school sponsor ed by The Mountaineer, to be held at the Park Theatre, three days, October 19, 20 and 21. Food Expert To Conduct Cooking School 3 Days The Mountaineer Is rBinging Noted Lecturer Here Jo Conduct The School Tax Assessments Tax Collector McCracken Pre pares oFr New Tax Books, After Good Record Arrangement were completed this week for a three-day cooking school, to be staged at the Park Theatre on Thursday, Friday nnd Saturday, October 19, 20 and 21. The Mountaineer is sponsoring the school, which will be free to all those attending. The Mountaineer will have here i as demonstrator, Miss Florence Rogers of Cambridge, Mass. She lis an experienced lecturer and writer on food subjects, and a rec ognized authority in the food world. She comes recommended as a superb cook, and will prepare from five to seven different dishes dally. These will be given away after each session. In addition to the dishes pre pared by Miss Rogers, there will be fifteen market baskets given away at each session. Printed recipes of the dishes prepared at the school will be pro vided for all attending, and each day will have a varied program, lasting for only one hour for the demonstrations. . Plans are also underway to show an appropriate movie subject be (Continued on back page) I'p to this week, according to records of the tax collector, ninety two and two-tenths per cent of the U;!8 taxes have been collected, leaving a balance of $31,200.99. The total amount of taxes for 19;18 was put at $:S90,7Gt.9(). The tax books are being com pleted and will be in the hands of the tax collector as soon as the county coiiiissioners make the or der. The. county rate for 19Ji9 fs. $1.57 as-compared with $1.("4 of last year. Listing of property for county taxes has been movid up to Jan uary the first instead of April the first as was the former custom, it was learned this week from the office of Weaver H. McCracken, county tax collector. The change in the date of listing, however, does not affect a change in the date on which taxes are due, which will remain as of Oc tober the first, as in the past. The discount on taxes will go off November the first, and through November, December, and January, taxes will remain at part. On the first of February a one per cent penalty will be rharged, with One-half of one per cent thereafter, until the taxes are paid. Southern Bell Installs The Dial System In Canton New Service Switched On At 10:10 Saturday Night For The 700 Subscribers kher Comic . . . S matter Pntv cJmi that has made mil- laugh ia aAJl j rrn.- Peer's comic page to- I'e- typical little boys' II ' w,c'r ianicy aaa r o always gets ie worse eir stunts. IN LOOKING OVER THE COUNTY General Haywood GETS A FEW THINGS OF COUNTY-WIDE INTEREST OFF HIS MIND WITH LETTERS J. H. Way, Mayor, and Town Board of Aldermen, Waynesville, N. C. Gentlemen: To my mind, one of the most deplorable situations in Waynes ville today, is the fact that the police department tolerates the loafing on the post office property the steps on Main Street and the wall on Church Street. At times it is difficult for one to pass on the post office side of Church Street, for the long line f loafers, very often they are tus sling, most always using very ob jectionable language, and care lessly spitting tobacco juice dis regarding those who might get Dp courage to attempt to pass on that side of the street. Keeping loafers off that wall, and off the steps'of the post office comes under the jurisdiction of your police department. Postal authorities keep loafers out of the building. There have been numerous com plaints made about the failure of the police to keep the wall and steps cleared. Your force appears to have the time and certainly sufficient numbers to fulfill this duty efficiently. Your prompt attention, and de- (Continued on page 2) At an estimated cost of around $50,000 the Southern Bell Tele phone Company has changed the telephone system of Canton from the old central office Which has served the community for years, to the dial system. Work on the system has been i progress for sometime and Was completed last Saturday, with the transfer of service taking place around 10:10 o'clock Saturday night, and starting Sunday morn ing, all calls have been handled through the dial system. New directories have been pub lished and distributed throughout the Canton area of telephone s?r ( Continued on back page) Attendance Is Increasing At Baptist Revival Attendance is increasing eachf evening at the revival services at the First Baptist church here, with Rev. J. S. Hopkins, pastor, bring ing the messages. The pastor announced his ser mon subjects for the remainder of the week, as follows: Thursday, "The Peril of Turning the Back on God." Friday, "What Should We Do With Jesus?" Sunday morning, "The Meaning of the Cross." Sunday evening, "The Doom of Delay." All evening cervices begin at 7:30. Evander Preston is in charge of the music. Civil Term Of Court Adjourns Court Upholds Noland In Suit Against Bank; Number Cases Continued The September term of civil court adjourned here- yesterday afternoon, with a number of cases continued. Judge J. Will Pless, Jr., presided since Monday, and Judge Felix E. Alley held the first week of the term. In the case of M. M. Noland, against the First National Bank and J. R. Boyd, involving the own ership of ten shares of stock in the First National Bank, the defendans were ordered to be permanently en joined front selling the stock, which they had put up for sale at one time, and the plaintiff, M.M. Noland, was declared the rightful owner of the ten shares of stock. The plaintiff in the case of C. B. Atkinson, administrator of the es tate of J. Frank Edwards, against Edwin Haynes, administrator of Nettie Edwards, widow, et al, was given the privilege of selling lands to create assets with which to pay indebtedness of estate. , In the case of Ed Styles versus C. L. Benfield, the plaintiff was ordered to pay the costs of the court. . The plaintiff in the case of O. L. Smathers, Executor of estate of D. I. L. Smathers, versus Lucile Robinson, Jessie Robinson and W. P Robinson, recovered a judgment of $483.50, of which $131.35 was interest and the principal $352.50. The defendants were also ordered to pay the costs. In the case of Charlie Moore, against Woodrow Rowland arid (Continued on back page) Getting Red Tape Cleared For Soco-Cherokee Road Citizens Urging Congress to Make Neutrality Change Support Of President's Flea, lteing Made In Three Let ters To Congressman Congressional support of Pres ident Roosevelt's plea for repeal of the present neautrality law is being urged by local citizens, who are signing letters now at the Waynesville Book Store, to North Carolina's two Senators and to .Congressman Weaver. Yesterday afternoon the letter bore signatures of eighty citizens. The letters to Senators Bailey and Reynolds, and Congressman Weaver, read: "We, the following citizens of this community, being of the opin ion that it is the best interest of our country to repeal the present Neautrality Law, and to enact in it place such legislation as may be decided upon, request that you lend your support to the President of the United States in his desire to bring about such repeal, and the prompt enactment of such legisla tion in its place as shall be sub mitted to the vote of the Senate (the House)." Any one wishing to add their signatures to the letters are invit ed to do so immediately, by calling at the Waynesville Book Store. Haywood Will Be Well Represented At Fat Calf Show Haywood County will be repre sented with twelve fat calves, and nine feeder cattle at the fifth an nual fat calf and feeder cattle show in Asheville next Wednesday. Entries from this county in the feeder cattle show includes: F. M. Noland Fines Creek 3 Hereford steers to be shown as in ( Continued on back page) ' Civic Leaders See Possibilities Of Starting Work Where It Ended 5 Years Ago Rumors Unfounded As To Removal Of Zoo From Hatchery "Rumors of the zoo being mov ed from the Balsam Fish Hatchery is without any definite foundation," was the statement issued this week by E. B. Kugler, assistant to the director of the State Department of Conservation and Development, in answering the question made by Chas. E. Ray, Jr., member of the state board. Removal of the zoo has been rumored throughout the communi ty during the past few weeks. The zoo, while small, attracts hundreds of visitors a month to the Morrison Fish Hatchery at Balsam. Not since the federal government called a halt on the building of the 12.28.mile highway from Soco Gap to Cherokee, about five years ago, has the prospect, for starting anew on the project been as encouraging as now, it was revealed this week by civic leaders in close touch with the situation. It is generally believed that when the new Indian Council, of Chero kee, hold their first meeting on Monday, that one of the first of ficial matters to claim their atten tion, will be the formal approval and request that the state build jiiguwuy irom ooco uap to Cherokee, and at the same time, it is believed the Indians will In vite engineers from the Park Ser vice to come into the Reservation to make surveys for western term us of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The new Indian Council is fa vorable to both projects, and have indicated as individuals their Inter est in getting both underway. At the same time, civic leaders and congressional members in Washington, are awaiting the op portune time to ask the repeal of a bill, which set out that the Secre tary of the Interior could upon an affirmative vote of the Indians, condemn such lands as might be deemed necessary for the building of the parkway through the Res ervation, With a council now fa vorable to the entire plan, such action is no longer necessary and in order to steer clear of any pos sible legal technicalities, the pres ent Diana of Cnncrrpxaman are to ask that the bill be taken I from the statute books. It was recalled here this week, that exactly five years, contracts were let by the State Highway Commission for the building of Highway No. 293 from Soco Gap to Cherokee, a distance of 12.28 miles. Several of the contractors bought new machinery for the job, when the federal government held up the work, on the grounds that at that urn iuuk ui nie ciue nidge Parkway was tentatively slated to turn at Soco Gap and fojlow ap proximately the survey made by the State Highway Department. The money for the construction, of Highway No. 293 is still availa ble, reliable sources revealed, and Chairman Frank Dunlap, at a recent hearing in Washington on the matter, is quoted as saying that the State Highway Commission is ready to proceed, and readvertise and let new contracts for the Work that was held up five years ago. The contracts as let five yers ago were: for 4.69 miles in Jackson Coonty, $191,688.50, and 7.60 miles in Swain for $127,045.00. oirociures of the Jackson Com ty end of the route called for $10,972.75, while the structures on the Swain end amount to $45- Use Of Turpentine On Shoes Fails To Keep Alleged Store Breaker From Clutches Of Law Even thousrh he put turpentine in his shoes to put following blood hounds off his trail, Paul Phillips, who with Felton Huffman, was charged with breaking in the Ju- n&luska SuDnly Company on Sep tember the 3rd, is now lodged in ttis Havwood County iail awaiting trial in the November-December term of superior court. Phillips was tried in the mag istrate's court here Monday morn ing before C. B. Atkinson and bound over to the criminal court on a bond of $500. Huffman who was arrested the same day of the crime, and was denied bond at an earlier trial, has been lodged in jail since that date. Phillips was brought here about ten days ago from Salem, N. J. He had been arrested in Woods town, N. J on charges brought against him by the sheriff's depart ment here and taken to Salem; and held in jail until Deputy John C. Kerley could go to New Jersey and bring him back to this county. The most damaging evidence brought out in the trial was given in the testimony of Arlo Caldwell, who testified that Phillips had come to his house between one and two o'clock on Sunday morning of the 3rd, asking for turpentine, which he stated he wished to put In his shoes, so as to loose the dogs put on his trail by the deputies. Cald well further testified that Phillips told him at that time, that he had broken into the Junaluska Sup ply Company. Phillips had not been Seen from that time until he was brought back here on Sun day the 16th. It was brought out in the trial that the two men had taken around fifty dollars in cash from a safe that they found open, and a small amount of merchandise, had also been missed from the store pre sumably taken by the two men. Bookmobile Will Collect Borrowed Books In County All Persons Having Books Are Asked To Bring Them To Regular Stops The traveling library, or book mobile, which has not been avail able duriner the noof n will be on its regular route, be ginning on Monday, October the 2nd, for the purpose of collecting all the books that were loaned when the library was in service in the summer, according to Miss Helen """"'"i j'uranan, or the Way nesville Public Library. All Persona ho;. i - ' . """s. uorrowea books from the bookmobile in their session are asked to turn them in on the following dates. In the cases where if nrJll k t ., . , . , ""possiDIe for school children, who are m school at the hour the truck wi I visit their community, they are asked to have some member of the family return the book, or re turn it through their school The librarian, however, much prefers that the books be delivered yvvuviaucu un oacK page)
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