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TWELVE PAGES TODAY The Wayne sville Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Mountaineer NO. 48 WAYNESVILLE, N. CL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1939 $1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Comities URirh Is fenced To J State Prison WWtoe And Beer I . r-n 1 lhort Stop", uosea owners To Serve Jul Sentence iici, alleged murder of 1 .tate penitentiary for Ltd ten years at the No- jtfm Of criminal--euui ir jjourned here last Friday, J. Will Pless, Jr., pre- .'.l ducting a msoraeny ieonnection with the'.' op- i their wine and beer snop, imp on me uisu jeen here and canton, jnrs. iihiffey was given 60 days ad her husband, Odell Me- filowine her release, was m to a four months term, ktiired by the court to re- k home witn tneir tnree during her sentence ana titty with them while the in jail. 'judge ordered padlock pro- for the well Known beer Ld appointed Grover C. Cd Walter Crawford as at- tt handle the matter, fol- which the property and fe were ordered to be sold. Clark and J. M. Mathis, re also connected With the sent of the "Short Stop" bent, were each senten- Im months on the roads. Fraiier, for driving drunk, id $50 and the costs, and jer' license revoked for U Janey and Roy Clontz, and entering, were ltd on payment of costs. yi Stame y , was given paths for violation of the hi law.. ' - ffamklirt, was given six si--' . - . i the roads for violations ikibition law. .'":' Harrell, for assault with ropon, was given from nths on the roads. we, for embeazlement of A to sixty days on the D. Kinsland, for violation of tibition law, was suspend- ipayme'nt of $200 and the fcD. Morgan for abandon- P wife and children, was I pay wife $15 a month. er, for operatinir a lot- i toed $75 and required to M8t8. Parris, for violation of the Minued on page 5) WINGS OVER HAYWOOD The first contract for pur chase of an airplane in Hay wood County, was filed yester day with the register of deeds. The purchaser is Felmet M. Wilson, of Pisgah Drive, Can ton. The contract states that the plane is a "piper cub" make with a continental engine. 1940 Board Of Directors For C. of C. Named Officers Will Be Named At Early Date, To Come From New Board Sixteen members of the Cham ber of Commerce were elected yes terday afternoon as directors for 1940. Balloting has been under way for the past we-ck, and the tabulation made yesterday showed the following results: Representing industry, J. W. Killian, Harry Lee Liner and H. L. Prevost. Representing merchants, W. A. Bradley, Chas, E. Ray, Jr., and W. Hugh Massie. Representing agriculture: C. N. Allen and Geo. A. Brown, Jr. Representing business and pro fessional groups: M. H. Bowles, L. N. Davis, Dr. S. P. Gay and W. L. Hardin, Jr. Representing hotels and board ing houses: Paul Hyatt and Mrs. J. M. Long. Representing automotive service: M. D. Walking and Clayton C. Walker From this group wall be the the president and all other officers for the coming year. Dr. S. P. Gay has served as president during the past year and is expected to call the new board together within a week for the election of the officers. WflmanKilled W -'T Early Sunday In Auto Crash Enka Woman Instantly Killed, Others Injured On Howell Mill Road thi com r awt wax mutcuts auootsrwNa row m nrmm tone saw iwa rr kxvics Class or Sot via Thk k a (uIWmc Ttlcgra or Csbie. tnm nlca to fcmd chcracter to tiw dicd b wlttbU fB tbovt or parad ing ch ddn WESTERN UNION SIONS NT-CiMiNWiUh mli In I MmJUMMoxuta. Received at 15GE J 10 NEW YORK 9 43 A M NOV 29 1939 THE MOUNTAINEER WAYNESVILLE N C HAVE COMPLETED ALL MY PLANS HERE AND WILL ARRIVE IN WAYNESVILLE SATURDAY MORNING ON THE 10:33 TRAIN STOP MY MOTOR SLEIGH HAS ALREADY ARRIVED THERE AND WILL BE ON HAND AT THE DEPOT TO MEET ME I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PARADE THROUGH HAZELWOOD AND WAYNESVILLE SATURDAY MORNING AND AFTER THE PARADE I WILL GIVE EVERY GIRL AND BOY SOME CANDY FROM MY IGLOO WHICH I UNDERSTAND WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE COURT HOUSE AGAIN THIS YEAR '- v ' '''.'. MAYOR JACK WAY WIRED ME THAT THE TOWN WAS BEING DECORATED FOR MY ARRIVAL, I SHALL THANK THE TOWN OFFICIALS PERSONALLY WHEN I GET THERE PLEASE NOTIFY BANDMASTER NEW THAT I HAVE NO SPECIAL SELECTIONS FOR HIS HIGH SCHOOL BAND TO PLAY FOR ME AS I LIKE ALL BAND MUSIC THE DATES AND HOURS TO VISIT ALL THE SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTY ARE SATISFACTORY TO MB SANTA CLAUS Power Company Lines In Haywood Guarded Refund Sought On Unused 8-Year-Old Marriage License Afri To Formally Open Christmas Season ies In Fair iByFFABoys Pe Displayed h Firms Lending Place ws For The Exhi- fls Of Tins Boys five boys are particinatine- finnual fair staged by the tne tmoky Mountains tnapter of the Future f Amcrici. There are 00 and 500 separate en- hc wilt have the privilege the exhibits which show andmg work that is beins boys, as thov wm-p P the windows of various rms yesterday and will until Saturdav. wifh ftw shibite will be placed in i the following firms -operating with the 'idme them tha . F entries: V, v wv a ui lit PPMiy, P. G. Rippetoe and F Massie HmJ,. mr. e Company, C. E. Ray's "estem A..t- . il.. Km- v x Associate , vwiv iumpaoy, on m . . n . ' iuasie jjepan- C iharmacy. The Food rf5and 10 Store, C. N. I" wmpanv. moio,n "iVe . ' nnA rr si '- Fill tr vjummeree; y- hardware Company, d S . vmpany, J. V ,"'ure Company, Supply Cornier. h . ;"u. nyatt ana L'' nOunalnska Supply Mrs. Annie Wilson, of Enka, was instantly killed around 12:30 o'clock on Sunday morning, When the au tomobile in which she was riding, with three others, went over an embankment on the Howell Mill J road, about a quarter of a mile out of town, and around 150 yards from the Alec Rogers home. J. Delvin, 22, of Candler, driver of the car, charged with man slaughter, was first lodged in the county jail, after receiving medical attention following the accident. During the day on Sunday, after developing certain symptoms of internal injuries, he was removed to the Haywood County Hospital. Miss Vernie Johnson, 17, of Enka, and Miss Mary Johnson, 18, other occupants of the car receiv ed slight injuries, and were brought into the hospital after the wreck for treatment, but were able to go to their homes that night. Delvin, it is reported, claims that he had just wiped the wind shild, on account of the snow, making it difficult to drive. Others who were called to the scene of the wreck, stated that it was not snow ing at that hour, but that a heavy fog hung over the section. One of the girls, it was learned, stated that Delvin thought some one was following them, and turn ed to look back to see whether or not another car was on the road, and when he did, the car rolled down the embankment, and turned (Continued on page 6) r Welfare Officer Makes Appeal For Household Goods Plans Contemplated To Re move Families With Child ren From County Home Mrs. Sai l Queen, county welfare superintendent, has announced con templated plans for the removal of three families from the county home, that owing to the fact that the wage earners had no jobs had been placed in the institution tern porarily. Mrs. Queen stated to a represen tative of The Mountaineer, that the county can finance part of the expense of moving the families, and that they are eligible for cer tain government aid for food and clothing, but that they have no household furnishings, and unless this need can be supplied by the generosity of individuals or organ izations, it will be impossible to get the families with several chil dren out of the county home at this time. There are at present 26 children in the county home, if the four families under consideration are removed it would take a total of ten children from the home, as that number is distributed among the four groups. In making this appeal to the -' ' (Continued on page 6) 55-Piece High School Band To Give Concert At Depot And Court House SANTA TO GIVE BOYS AND GIRLS CANDY in IN LOOKING OVER THE COUNTY General Ha rrrs A FEW THINGS OF COUNTY-WIDE Skf his mind with letters ywood Waynesville Township School Authorities. Gentlemen: ', ... An almost unbelievable thing happened last Friday evening dur ing an excellent performance the Lions Club. No less than five people, mostly boys in packed audience. Apparently, they could not go less than two hours without a "drag" and would risk a fire In such a crowd just to satisfy their own whims. , When the auditorium is packed, as it was Friday night, every bit When Santa Claus arrives Waynesville on the 10:33 train Saturday morning, he will find a community completely decorated, and a warm welcome awaiting him. Indications yesterday were that probably several thousand would be at the station to greet Santa. The 65-piece high school band, Un der the direction of L. T. New, Jr., will be among the greeters and will play several Christmas selec tions at the depot, and then later in the morning from the steps of the court house. Santa's motor sleigh is already in Waynesville, and is all prepared for his arrival, and his 23-day stay in this community. The show-white igloo will again he erected Friday morning in front of the court house, and the 2,500 Colored light already strung over the streets, will be turned on Sat urday night, according to Robert Hugh Clark, light superintendent. One thousand yards of evergreen festooning will also be draped be tween poles and along special wires on the principal streets of the com munity. - Town officials have given orders to the town crews to "thoroughly decorate Waynesville," and the work is fast nearing completion. Practically every store in town will be completely decorated by Friday night. A majority have already trimmed their windows with Christmas decorations, and all holiday goods will be displayed in the stores by Friday. After Santa's arrival here Satur day morning, he will lead a parade from the depot out to Hazelwood, through the principal streets there, and then back down Main street in Waymsville to his igloo, and from there he will give candy to every girl and boy. Later in the afternoon, he will make an informal tour of the town, recognizing girls and boys, and reading letters which he is expect- less than nve peop.e, . the (Centinued on page their teens, openly smoked in ine 2) I- Farmers Will Go On Out Of State Cattle Trip An out of the state trip is being sponsored for the Cattle buyers of the county by the County farm agent's office, for the purpose of buying some purebred bulls and heifers. The farmers plan to leave the county on Wednesday, December 6th,(at 7 O'clock a. m., and no def inite time for their return has been set. They will take the necessary time in which to see and complete their purchases. They will visit outstanding beef cattle farms in West Virginia, Vir ginia and Northeastern Carolina in their search for the high type of pure bred cattle desired. "I'd like to get a refund on my marriage license," said a man last week to Chas. C. Francis, register of deedB. "What's the matter, what do yo-: mean?" asked Mr. Francis. "Well, back in 1931 I bought myself a marriage liceme. I carried the thing around in my pocket for a long time, but I never did use it, and I figured that maybe I could get my money back," continued the man, Mr. Francis explained how the money paid for his license back in 1931 was gone "with the wind," and long since sptnt, the state of North Carolina getting three dollars, Haywood County two dollars, and the register of deeds one dollar. But the man still held to the hope that by some means he might get back at kast part of his money, since he had not used the license. So M,r. Fran cis decided to send him around to call on Weaver H. Mc Cracken, county tax collector, who was register of deeds at the time the man bought his license. Having whetted his argu mentive powers on Mr. Fran cis, it was learned from the collector's office, that there was a lively word contest over the matter, before the man lef t without any refund. ', ,, it Towns In Haywood Left With out Power Early Wednes day As Workers Strike Work On Pro KEA Extension Is Making Progress Time Is Short For Completion If Project Is Filed In Wash ington Before 1940 Mrs. C. L. Dixon, of Durham, who has been the guest of her mother, Mrs. John K. Boone, has returned home. The rural electrification com mittees appointed a few weeks ago to complete the right of way agreement and the application for electricity for the proposed extensions of the lines of the Cruso Mutual Electric Company, are doing an excellent job in con tacting the farmers in the arean, according to J. C. Lynn, county agent. The new project, which is to extend the Cruso rural electrifies tion lines into the townships of Iron Duff, Jonathan Creek, Clyde, Crabtree, Fines Creek and White Oak, will give about a hundred miles of electricity in these areas. The Rural Electrification Adminis tration in Washington requires that there must be at least 3 users per mile in the project set up. In the Bix townships, there have been secured to date 247 right of way agreements, and 220 appli cations for lights. In view of the fact that there are 1,700 farmer? (Continued on page 6) The Hazelwood sub station of the Carolina Power and Light Company, and main lines, were kept under guard all day Wednes day and last night, as a precau tion against further "blackouts" by power being cut off, following a general strike in the Asheville district of 75 linemen, meter men, and ground crews. Power at Hazelwood, Lake Ju naluska, Clyde, Canton, and out lying districts served by Carolina Power and Light Company, was cut off about 12:30 Wednesday morning. Normal service was re stored on all local lines of the company by 9:30. Waynesville did not have an in terruption of service. Officials of the power company had 80 extra men brought in from other sections late Tuesday night to take over the work. No damage was reported in Haywood to any of the lines, as main switches were thrown and fuseg removed. In Asheville, some damage to lines was reported. Officials of the company said that the big Waterviile hydro-electrical plant in the northern part of this county, was still in service, although some of the men there were members of the union. Officials of Local No. 907B In ternational Brotherhood of Elec trical Workers in Asheville. aaid that any property damage or pick eting or uproar procedure which takes place in connection with the , JjJxike U wiMut the endorsement oi tne urotiAr&ood, locally or in ternationally. They stressed that the public interest had been kept in mind, pointing out that men were dispatched to pfopeer power dis tribution centers to make certain that hospitals receive electrical service throughout the night The union is asking for a closed shop for the membership of em ployees. An official of the power company said: "The company cannot agree to the closed shop in practice or as a matter of principle and we have found it necessary to refuse to grant it. The closed shop requires that before any person can be per manently employed by us, he must become a member of that union whether he wishes to affiliate with that union or not." All the industrial plants at Ha zelwood and Lake Junaluska were aliected by the strike. All of them resumed operations by noon. Three men, two from Asheville, and one from South Carolina, ar rived here shortly after nine o'clock, and in company with offi ficials and Hazelwood police, re stored service. They said thty would be on 24-hour duty to main tain constant service for this section. "My Blindness Is Not A Handicap, But Merely An Obstacle," Says R. Moseman By Hilda Way Gwyn. "Go out and find me a real Thanksgiving story in this town, right here among the people we all know. Write about some person who hag had great cause for suf fering, or who has had some tough break, but has beat the fates in solving their troubles," said the editor last Week, As a result of the above assignment, we offer the following: "After I recovered from the desperate feeling of the first shock, I have felt that J did not have a handicap, as most of you seeing people think, but that I merely had an obstacle to overcome,' said Roy Moseman, who has been blind for nearly four and a half years, but who has never stopped going about making a living as any other nor'; mal person. "I decided that when the Lord put us on this earth he meant to (Continued on page 6) provide a living for us, and that it is up to us to work ont how we are to get it for nothing in life is per fect, and we all have some battle to fight. Of course the way we get our living may not suit us, but it is up to us to take what we can get, with an aim for something better," continued Mr. Moseman. "I realized pretty soon that my stomach did not know that my eyes could not see. So after my first recovery from shock, that I was going blind. I made up my mind to stop thinking about what was hap pening to me, but to plan ahead, so that when the loss of sight came, I would be prepared to meet the emergency. So when the doctors gave their final verdict and said, 'There is nothing more we can do,' I was ready to take it," he said. "But really there are no blind people as you seeing people think. We see, we visualize everything in our mind's eye. Much as it may surprise you, one of the hardest things I ever had to learn was to - - (Continued on pafie 9) Thanksgiving , As It Is Being Observed Here The local observance of Thanks giving started this morning with services held at 8 o'clock in the First Methodist church with the Rev. W, Herbert Mayers, rector of Grace Episcopal church delivering the sermon. The other ministers of the town also took part in the service. This afternoon the football game at 2:30 between Waynesville and Canton will bring a large number of people from the neighboring town to Waynesville and will like wise be attended by hundreds from here. The day will be climaxed tonight when the Gridiron Ball is staged at the Waynesville Armory, with the presentation of a friendship trophy from the captain of the local football team to the Canton High school football captain. The business firms, the post of fice and the First National Bank are observing the usual Thanks giving holiday. SURE TO MEET SANTA CLAUS IN WAYNESVILLE SATURDAY MORNING10:33
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