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The Wayne sville Mountaineer
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Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smokv Mountains National Park
fgHYEAR NO. 44
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1939
$1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countits
beers Making Initial
Vvey On Parkway From
Soco Gap To Ravensford
I Over 13-Mile Area B
Flagged By Public
goad Engineers
iniual field work towards
tilling A
I . frnm Soco Gap to
111" a
M over the Cherokee In
nervation, got underway a
with Engineer B.
y and three engineer aids
Ue route. :
tork was oraereu uy
L ,hn is in charge of the
tt Col. Lee has spent con-
time here recently, me
, being done by the Public
ministration.
Lions are that it will take
j 0r 4 weeks to establish
ie over the section between
;p and Ravensford, which
,t is nr 14 miles.
Lerage elevation along the
thought to be well over
the flagging is completed,
state highway crews fol
making detailed surveys.
pity On
uvenile Work
to Talk Monday
C Logan Landrum, of
ton, Ga., To Address
Haywood Ministers
Crews Clearing Right-of-Ways
At Beech Gap For Con
struction Work
A crew of about 40 men started
cutting right-of-ways this week
on the section of the Parkway from
Beech Gap towards Yellow Stone
Falls, a distance of 2.6 miles.
Actual construction is expected
to get underway at once by Nello
Teer, contractor of Durham.
In the section, there is a 660
foot tunnel, and it is the plans of
the contractor to work in the tunnel
this Winter.
Reports from there yesterday,
were that snow and cold were
were that snow and cold were
hampering the work to some de
gree. This is the second section of the
Parkway to get underway in this
county. The 5.6 miles section from
Wagon Road Gap started last
spring and is well underway with
heavy grading almost completed.
Delinquent Children," will
subject of an address by
r. C. Logan Landrum, pas
Ike Tattnell Square Presby-
thurch, of Macon, Ga., Jo
ywood County Ministerial
lion at the regular n?et:ng,
Mhodist church at Way
i on Monday morning alt
'clock.
Mr. Lc"rm is active in
id social work in Mat
ay of 1938 he receive. . the
Master of Theology from
Nn Theological Seminary
mond, Va. Work for this I
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The Thesis required
degree was written on the
"Juvenile Delinquency in
fa." It ran about 60,000
M was two years in pre-
Witinir his ifhpsia Mr.
P has had fifteen articles
id and has delivered more
ty addresses before so-
ptional and civic organi-
"e has also spoken over
N Juvenile Delinquency
pvention, and other phases
work, and has made sev
ers in the field of Crimi
"id Sociology.
M of directors and chair- '
ie Committee on statistics!
eys of the Booker Tt Wash-
Center. a rnnt;i.K I
pr negro work in Mivm.
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Fters, juvenile authorities,
f fel'gious leaders and law
fent officers to hear the
I Juvenile Delinquency.
Pnarbm i- M i i . ...
. a uiutner 01 me
? Landrum ana i mnrinot.
f" revival meetings at
Presbyterian church.
! 'e at 7:30 o'clock each
Forest Fire On
Plott Balsam Is
Still Burning
Fire was still raging on Plott
Balsam last night, after buring
for the past ten days. The fire
was under control, and was confined
to the 500-acre section.
Officials described the fire yester
day as a "ground fire" as the thick
matting of vegetation was slowly
burning. 0
Patrols are kept on duty 24 hours
a day, keeping the blaze in the
burning areas.
Because of the rough country,
.nd lack of water; H was said that
the fire Would continue to burn
until heavy rains fell.
No other fires were reported in
the county.
State Engineers
Begin New Survey
A mile-and-a-half survey in
the vicinity of Yellow Stone
Falls got underway Wednesday
morning by a crew of nine
from the State Highway De
partment, on the Blue Ridge
Parkway route.
The crew, under the super
vision of G. A. McKinlcy, chief
of the party, moved here this
week, and are occupying offices
in the Masonic Temple.
Although the survey had
previously bien made in that
area, an order recently came
through asking for a slight
revision.
The party of nine was sent
here to devote thiir time to
Parkway routings in this im
mediate area. They are work
ing in co-operation with the
Park Service and the Bureau
of Public Roads.
Harold's Store
Going Out Of
Business Here
M. H. Rabhan, Owner, to Enter
Wholesale Field In Pied
mont Carolina
IfJuUJte Report
vnuua Observer ,
Tobacco Grading
Schools Will Be
Held In County
The following schedules have
been announced for the tobacco
grading schools to be held in the
county by J. C. Lynn, county farm
agent: The school will be held on
Monday, Nov. 13th, at 10 o'clock
at the farm of Walter Wright; on
Monday, the 13th, at 2 o'clock at
the farm of Gaither Ferguson; on
Tuesday, Nov. 14th, at 10 o'clock
at the farm of Grover B. Hogan;
on Tuesday the 14th at 2 o'clock
at the farm of C. S. Rollins.
The schools will be held Under
the direction of the North Carolina
Extension service . and the state
department of agriculture.
L. T. Weeks, extension tobacco
specialist, W. P. Hedrick, tobacco
marketing specialist, of the N. C.
Department of agriculture, and
W. C. Covert, of the United De
partment of Agriculture, will con
duct the schools.
"I am going to close out my stock
here, and take advantage of the
opportunity recently offered me to
go into the wholesale business in
Piedmont Carolina," was the state
ment made yesterday by R. H.
Rabhan, owner of Harold's De
partment Store, in announcing his
going out of business sale which
opens Friday morning at nine
o'clock.
"This is not a forced sale. It is
not a trustee's sale, or anything
like that," Mr. Rabhan stressed.
"The whole thing is that I have
this business opportunity in Pied
mont Carolina, and I am taking
the offer up. I can't operate my
store here and enter the new field,
so I am closing out my store hers,
locV Atock ahd barrelj and moving."
"Naturally, I am anxious to get
into the new field as toon as pos
sible, and for that reason, I have
marked my goods to Bell.
This is a genuine bona -fide go
ing out of business sale. I am
leaving Waynesviile. This is not
just another sale, nor a promotion
selling event. I really mean I am
going," he continued.
Mr. Rabhan came here about
five years ago. The firm has en
joyed a steady business, and has
about four time the stock as when
he opened.
For the sale, and in order to
make a quick disposal of the stock,
Mr. Rabhan has brought Mr, Wil
son here to conduct the selling
campaign.
C. N. Allen Soon
To Have Larger
Store And Stocks
Mrs. Wm, Hannah Leaves
For Tour Of State
On Official Business
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Mrs. William Hannah, director
of the National Consumers Tax
Commission, for the state of North
Carolina, and vice president of the
National organization, left Friday
for a tour of the state in her offi
cial capacity. Mrs. Hannah will
visit the groups she has organized
in the various section of the state.
She plans to be away for sometime.
C. N. Allen plans to have his new
addition to his store completed by
December 10th, with favorable
weather, he said this week.
Complete details of the hew ad
dition, and his plans for enlarging
his stocks will be found under the
Hazelwood news in this newspaper.
FISH WILL BE PUT
IN RICHLAND CREEK
To Hold Classes
DR. PAUL N. GARBER will
teach at the Haywood training
school which starts here Sunday.
Details on Page 11.
District Meeting
Of Women To Be
Held Here Friday
Women's Auxiliary Of Episco
pal Churches In W. N. C
Diocese To Meet
The fall meeting of the first dis
trict of the Woman's Auxiliary of
the Diocese of the Episcopal church
of Western North Carolina will be
held in Grace Episcopal Church
in the Mountains here on Friday,
November the 3rd.
Delegates from all the churches
in the district are expected to as
semble at 10:30 the opening hour
of the meeting, which will continue
through the afternoon, with a
luncheon hour intermission.
The meeting will Open with the
communion service conducted by
Bishop Robert E. Gribbin, of the
Western Diocese, and the W. Her
bert Mayers, rector of Grace
church.
A program of spiritual inspira
tion hag been plannod for, the meet
ing, by those in charge.
GENERAL FERGUSON
WILL LEAVE SOON
FOR NEW ORLEANS
General Harley B. Ferguson, who
has spent the past several months
in town at the old Ferguson home
here, is now in Asheville, where he
is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Otis
Green, Jr. From Asheville Gen
eral Ferguson plans to go to New
Orleans, and from there to points
in Florida, where he will spend
the greater part of the winter, re
turning to Waynesviile in the early
spring.
Dr. C. N. Burton
Of Asheville Will
Address Doctors
Dr. C. N. Burton, prominent gyn
ecologist and obstetrician, of Ashe
ville, will address the members of
the Haywood County Medical So
ciety at the meeting which will be
held ai 7:30 o'clock tonight at th
Haywood County Hospital.
Dr. Burton will take as his sub
ject, "Gynecology as related to
General Practice." Other inter
esting numbers will be included on
the program of which Dr. J. L.
Reeves and Dr. J. F. Pate are in
charge. -
W. KERR SCOTT LOOKS
OVER HAYWOOD FARMS
"The piles of lime I see on
the farms in this county are
most encouraging, for when
they are spread on the land
they will work wonders on the
farms of Haywood," said W.
Kerr Scott, Commissioner of
Agriculture, of North Caro
lina, who stopped here on Mon
day en route to Raleigh, after
attending the dedication cere
monies of the new building at
Western Carolina Teachers
College.
"There is a revolution going
on in this country, but it is
not one of war, but of peace,"
continued Commissioner Scott,
in speaking of the improve
ments being made in farm
practices in this state and par
ticularly in Haywood County.
D. J. Boyd Will
Continue Head
Of Farm Group
Haywood County Agricultural
Conservation Association
Elects Officers
Extensive Rural
Electrification
Program Starts
Annual Honor Roll
The Haywood chapter of the
American Red Cross will hold
the annual drive for member
ship on the 3rd week in this
month beginning on Thursday
the 16th and lasting through
Saturday the 18th, according
the Rev. J. G. Huggin, Jr.,
chairman of the Roll Call.
Next week this paper will
carry a full story of the Red
Cross in its national and local
activities,
Several thousand fish will be
planted in Richland Creek this
week-end, according to Game War
den Cody Plott
Plans were made to do this last
week, but pressing routine matters
caused the delay, but everything
is set for this week, he explained
yesterday.
IN LOOKING OVER THE COUNTY
General Haywood
GETS A FEW THINGS OF COUNTY-WIDE
INTEREST OFF HIS MIND WITH LETTERS
MOODY FARM CLOSES
AFTER A SUCCESSFUL
1939 TOURIST SEASON
To All Hunters:
Forestry officials are much con
cerned over the condition of the
forests at this time, because of the
continued drought, the woods are
powder-dry and in such condition,
that a fire can do untold damage.
Due to the danger of lire at this
time, it seenw that in behalf of
safety, and conservation of our
forests, that it would be well to
refrain from hunting until we have
had sufficient rainfall to make our
forests less dangerous.
I realize that hunting is the
only sport and recreation of many
citizens, and I also appreciate the
fact that the majority of hunters
are careful about fire, yet there
- (Continued on page 2)
The Moody Farm has closed af
ter a most successful season. The
guests arrived in the early spring
at this popular country guest
house, and reservations were asked
for as late as November after the
closing date.
During the past season the
guests were from a number of
states. The register shows the
following: New Jersey, 2; Illinois,
6; Alabama, 40; Florida, 146; Geor
gia, 12; North Carolina, 4; Ohio,
5; South Carolina, 6; Louisiana, 17;
Mississippi, 2; Michigan, 1, Mary
land, 1, and Virginia, 1.
Jacksonville and Miami lead the
cities in number of guests.
The Moody Farm is operated by
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Moody, and is
one of the most attractive country
guest houses in the county.
R. A, McFarland, of Washing
ton, D. C, who formerly lived here,
where he was employed by the Pet
Dairy Products Company, spent the
week-end in town with friends. '
D. J. Boyd, of Waynesviile,
route 2, was re-elected president
of the Haywood County Agricul
tural Conservation Association for
a second term at the meeting of
the association, which was held in
the county agent's office on Mon
day morning.
Other officers elected at the same
time were: vice chairman, T. C.
Davis, of Waynesviile, route 2;
regular, C. R. Liner, of Waynes
viile, rout 2; first alternate, Walter
Wright, of Cove Creek; second al
ternate, W. C. Morrow, of Waynes
viile, route 2; aecretary to the
county committee, ; J. C. Lynn,
county farm agent; treasurer to
the county committee, Mary Med
ford. The community committees wers
as follows: Waynesviile townnWp,
chairman, Geo. E. Plott, Waynes
viile, route 1, vice chairman, F. L.
Leopard, Waynesviile, route 1, reg
ular, Henry Francis, Waynewville,
route 1, first alternate, W. A. Med
ford, of Waynesviile, route 2.
Fines Creek township chairman,
Sam Ferguson, Clyde, route 1, vice
chairman, Chas. B, McCrary,
Clyde, route 1, regular, R. F. Ar
lington, Clyde, route 1, first alter
nate, T. C. Ledford, Clyde, route 1,
second alternate, W. B. Green,
Clyde, route 1.
Ivy Hill township, chairman, 1).
C. Campbell, Maggie, vice chair
man, W-. D. Ketner, Waynesviile.
ioute 2; regular, T. T, Carpenter,
Waynesviile, route 2; first altern
ate, Sam Queen, Waynesviile,
route 2.
Iron Duff township, chairman,
J. M. Medford, Waym-sville, route
2; vice chairman, J. B. Bradshaw,
Waynesviile, route 2; regular, Roy
E. Medford, Waynesviile, route 2;
first alternate, W. C. Welch, Way
nesviile, route 2.
Cecil township, chairman, W. L.
Hipps, Canton, route 2; vice chair
man, J. E. Burnett, Canton, route
2; regular, G. H. Massie, Canton,
route 2; first alternate, Carl Woody,
Canton, route 2; second alternate,
Henry Caldwell, Canton, route 2.
Beaverdam township, chairman,
H. G. Reno, Canton, route 1; vice
chairman, Sam Robinson, Canton,
route If regular, W. R. Hipps,
Canton, route 1; first alternate,
Chas. Evans, Canton, route 1; sec
ond alternate, Fred Mann, of Can
ton, route 1.
Crabtree township, chairman, J.
B. Best, of Clyde, route 1; vice
chairman, J. M. McElroy, Clyde,
route 1 ; regular, W. J. McCrary,
Clyde, route 1; first alternate, J. F.
Rogers, Clyde, route 1 ; second al
ternate, W. L. Bradshaw, Clyde,
route 1.
Jonathan Creek township, chair
man, W. C. Morrow, of Cove Creek;
vice chairman, W. Pless Boyd,
: (Continued on back page) i
Death Claims
Wm. B. Troy, 80,
Sunday Morning
Brother Of Mrs. W. L, Hardin
And Former Waynesviile
Visitor; Burled Monday
William R. Troy, 80, brother of
Mrs. W. L. Hardin, and native of
Fayrtteville, who has often visit
ed Waynesviile, died on Sunday
morning in Asheville, of a cerebral
hemorrhage.
Mr. Troy had been residing in
Asheville, where he made his home
with a daughter-in-law, Mrs. W.
B, Troy, Jr. In earlier years he
had been engaged in construction
work in many of the large cities
of the South. When the railroad
was built from Old Fort to Murphy,
he was employed by the state in
connection with the construction of
the road. ... J
Mr. Troy was a "gentleman of
the old school," and made many
friends on his visits here with his
sister.
Funeral services were held at
the Morris-Gerring Funeral Home
in Asheville at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon with the Rev. Arthur W.
FarnUm, of St. Mary's Episcopal
church, officiating. Burial was in
Riverside cemetery, beside his wife,
the former Miss Ida Roberts, of
Asheville, who died 20 years ago.
Serving as pallbearers were:
Curleton Millard, Sam Northcross,
Hardwiek Lord, Chaueey Roberts,
V. L. Hardin, Jr., and Robert
Hardin.
Honorary pallbearers were: W.
L. Hardin, N. OoHby, Harry Rob
erts, William Dickerson, and Dr.
C. C. Orr.
Surviving arc: one daughter,
Mrs. Frances Troy Northcross, of
Washington, D. C, and two sons,
W. B. Troy, Jr., of Asheville, and
Robert P. Troy, of Durham; three
sisters, Mrs. Lula McDonald, nf
Raleigh, Mrs, Will Hardin, of Salis
bury, and Mrs. W. L. Hardin, of
Waynesviile, and several grandchildren.
Work Of Repairs
On Grace Church
Are Completed
Tho rector, vestry and congre
gation of Grace Episcopal church
are gratified over the completion
of the repairs to the exterior of
the rectory and the putting in order
of the furnace at the church and
the Parish House.
The money expended on the im-i
provements for both buildings was
contributed by the members of the
congregation and the generous
visitors to the church during the
past few months.
William Shoolbred, a member of
the congregation, supervised the
work in connection with the im
provements made.
Initial Meeting Held, And
Plans Made To Launch
Campaign For Haywood
H! L. Ausen, of the Rural Elec
t)rihcH ion Administration, of
Washington, D. C, outlined plans
on Tuesday night for an exten
sion program of rural electrifica
tion in Haywood County, at a gen
eral meeting held by the farmers
in the city hall.
Haywood County has been rather
behind other counties in the matter
of rural electrification. Prior to
the establishment of the Cruso
Mutual Electric Company, the
county had only 4,3 per cent of its
farm homes electrified. At that
time it had the lowest per cent of
any county in the mountain area,
but since the Cruso lines were
erected the per cent has been
brought up, according to those in
authority,
Plans are to extend the Cruso
Mutual Electric Company, a co
operative, owned and operated by
the farmers of the Cruso section, to
the other parts of the county. This
method is usjL'd throughout the
countrry under the direction of tho
Rural Electrification program
sponsored by the government.
When one line is established in a
county the system is gradually ex
tended to other areas desiring to
co-operate.
The following meetings have
been announced by J. C. Lynn for
the week beginning on Monday,
Nov. the 6th: Monday night at 7:30
at Jonathan Creek school; Tues
day night, at 7:30 o'clock at the
Iron Duff Methodist church; Wed
nesday night, at 7:30 o'clock at
this Crabtree school; Thursday
'iiiht at 7:30 at tho Fine Creek
school; Friday night at 7:30 o'clock
at the Clyde school,
Everyone interesting in securing
electricity in the areas in which
the meetings are scheduled to be
held are asked to be present on the
dates named. At this time com
mittees of workers will gegin the
sign up campaign, to see how
many subscribers can be secured
in each locality.
Since the construction of the
Cruso electric lines interest has
gradually increased in rural electri
fication in the county, according to
J. C, Lynn, county farm agent, and
the farmers in the areas in which
meeting are to be held feel confi
dent that they can secure enough
subscribers to put the project of
extension across.
Board Asked To
Revoke License
Of A Beer Dealer
Action Follows Investigation
In Haywood; Three Others
Given Warning
Observance Of Hallowe'en Here
Confined To Soaping Of Windows
Hallowe'en celebrations were
confined to the juvenile age, accord
ing t,p the city police department.
Not a drunk was seen about town.
Not a single arrest was made
that is not seriously speaking. A
group of boys were caught after
letting the air out of the tires on
the car of M. H. Bowles, and were
loaded in the police car and head
ed toward the jail. They prom
ised to go back and pump up the
tire if they were allowed to "get
off."
The most prevalent sport seem
ed to have been the soaping of
windows, with practically every
building on' Main street marked.
Depot street and Main, the latter
in front of the Gordon Hotel, were
boarded up, but the police discov
ered the impediments to traffic soon
after, and the "bars was let down."
A few signs were moved out of
their prescribed positions and a
few pumpkins were "busted" about
town. '
On the whole, the police report,
Hallowe'en was observed without
serious destructive intentions.
The Brewers and North Carolina
Beer Distributors committee to
day petitioned the Haywood Coun
ty board of commissioners for the
revocation of the retail beer license
of one dealer in Haywood County.
The petition, filed by Edgar H.
Bain, state director in charge of
the beer industry's "clean up or
close up" campaign in North Car
olina, alleged that the dealer had
been convicted of liquor law vio
lations, which, under terms of the
brewerage control act, is cause for
revocation.
The director's action followed a
'visit to Canton and Waynesviile
last week by an investigator for the
Brewers and North Carolina Beer
Distributors committee. Three
Haywood County dealers also were
warned to correct certain condi
tions or face more drastic action
by the committee.
"Our committee is determined to
rid Haywood County and other
counties of our state of objection
able beer outlets," Colonel Bam
emphasized. "The great majority
of beer dealers conduct reputable
places of business and we do not
intend to allow a few dealers to
destroy an industry with an annual
payroll of $10,000,000 in North
Carolina."
NO FIRE DAMAGE
No damage was . done by the
small blaze found in the office of
Dr. J. R. McCracken yesterday
shortly after noon.