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The Waynesville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1939
$1,50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson CoaaUea
of persons
and sec-
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i, i,we numuer
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L-knut this coumy
Erf the state attended the fun-
U 11 'clock 8t Rock SPrin
Lt church in Crabtree town
l or former Sheriff W. R.
Li The Rev. R. P. Mc
Lkeaand the Rev. W. N. Cook
i,ted. cuiiai wa iu
Ui cemetery.
jtdied Friday noon.
Line as active pallbearers
L the following grandsons:
Medford, Jaca .jneuiuru,
Ler MeCracken, Jr., Menry
kirter, Jr., of Asheville, Jfaui
la Jr.. Lawrence Mecuora,
Lid Medford, and Harry Mc
Neil. .
jutorary pallbearers were: W.
Root. V. Weicn, r. J,
Lev. Dr. N. F. Lancaster, Jack
aier, Johnnie Ferguson, C. B.
iiason, T. B. Medford, A. C.
lier, E. V. MeCracken, Chas.
liB, T L Bramlett, Dr. W. L.
Patrick, J. L. Walker, O. C.
met, Chas. James, Theodore Mc
icken. .
Cau. Medford, Albert McCrack
, Kobert Rogers, C. L. Hill, John
it, Pink Best, W. T. Lee, Boone
jfen, J. R. Boyd, A. T. Ward, J.
Coman, Glenn Palmer, John
inn, Jonathan Woody, John R.
bpi, Joe Mormino, John Cabe,
hnlt Davis, J. L. Stnngfield,
L V V. Allov Jntin M Onwn
to. A. Brown, Jr., R. T. Boyd, 'TCrh Vlpflttl TslPfi
kik Ferguson, W. L. McCrack-) V ' a
CrT'.'Br'iMonday Afternoon
K Berry Plott and Carl BUty
lek, all of Canton.
kMdford had served Hayvood
u iheriff , tax collector,
sheriff and in several ether
Jitiea. He was in public life
f many years and had been a
r in the Democratic party.
o was active in the Baptist
s Sunday school teacher
officer, and he had served his
nation in many wava. Be-
to retirement he had been an
Winding farmer of th cnuntv.
& Was born on December 24.
K in the Crabtree section and
W the aon of Lnren7ji rinur nH
K Fulbright Medford.
was married twice, first to
Margaret Huntley
Here la the Rose Bowl queen,
Margaret Huntley. 18-year-old
Pasadena, Cal, Junior College co
ed, selected to rule over the an
nua! Tournament of Roses festi
val In Pasadena New Year's Day.
Mrs. Nancy Haynes
Death Claims
Mrs. B. J. Sloan
At Home Here
Prominent Waynesville Wo
man Succumbs To Brief
Illness Of Pneumonia
Just Before Nazi Suicide
sora Garrett, of Buncombe Coun-
"o survives him. His is also
Red by the following children:
S" flieatord, Lenoir Medford,
I Medford, of Lake Junaluska,
w Medford, of Clyde, Mrs. Paul
ol Waynesville, Mrs.
"er MeCracken, of Lake Juna-
. and Mn w ti
Asheviiie. :
Widow Of Late Haywood
Minister Was Victim Of
Christmas Tragedy
Funeral services were held at
10 o'clock on Wednesday morning
at the First Baptist church in Clyde
for Mrs. Nancy Haynes, 91, of
rivHe. -who died in the Haywood .
Countv Hospital at 4:30 o'clock; and a large circle of relatives.
Mrs. Sarah Strinerfield Sloan.
prominently identified with the I
life of Waynesville lor many years,
and widow of the late Benjamin
J. Sloan, died at her home "Blink
Bonnie" at 4:30 o'clock Wednesday
morning following a brief illness,
her death due to pneumonia. She
was taken ill on Sunday, but her
condition did not become alarming
until Tuesday night.
Last rites will be conducted
this afternoon at three o'clock at
the First Methodist church with
the pastor, the Rev. James G.
Huggin, Jr., officiating. Burial
will be in the Greenhill cemetery.
The following nephews will
serve as pallbearers: Ben Atkins,
Joe Jack Atkins, Dr. Thomas
Stringfield, William Stringridd,
Sara Stringfield, James String
field, and a step grandson, Joe
Way.
Mrs. Sloan was the daughter of
the late Major William W. String
field, hero of the War Between the
States, and Mrs. Maria ixve
Stringfield. She is widely connect
ed in this section where she has
spent her life. She was educated
in the Asheville Female College.
For years Mrs. Sloan had been
identified with the social, civic and
religious life of the community.
She served for many years as an
active member of the board of
trustees of the Waynesvillt Public
Library, and worked for its de
velopment. . ;
She has been active in the work
of the Dorcas Bell Love chapter of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution, having -served as re
gent as veil as holding other of
fices in the organisation.
She had been a member of the
First Methodist church for more
than fifty years. Feeling strongly
the ties of kinship, she was greatly
beloved by her immediate family
Survey On 80 Miles
Of Rural Electric
Lines To Start 2nd
JUDGE SMATHERS
ANSWERED APPEAL
FOR YULE CHEER
(Extension Of Cruso Mutual
1 Will Give Company 125
Miles Of Lines
The appeal for Christmas
cheer as sougnt recently in viie
Mountaineer found ' resiwnse
not only at home, but many
miles irom the boundaries of
Haywood County. A generous
cnecK from Judgo Frank
Smathers of Miami was receiv
ed, out voo iaus to give Christ
mas cheer, but has been expen
ded on needy cases, that will
bring to tne recipient not only
seasonable greetings, but com
fort for sometime to come.
This radio picture of Capt Hans Langsdorff, Admiral Graf Spee
commander who committed suicide at Buenos Aires, Argentina, was
taken shortly before he shot himself In the naval arsenal In Buenos
Aires. Capt Langsdorff is talking to an Argenlne officer.
Local Headlines of 1939
Monday afternoon. Her death was
due to burns suffered at her home
some three and a half hours earlier.
The Rev. R. P. MeCracken, a
former pastor, and the Rev. W. M.
Gerald, the pastor of the church,
and the Rev. E. C. Price, pastor of
Iu lam. t 7 ",. I . 'the uyae Meinoaist -cnureii,
f- LauraJust.ee, who died ,n ciated, Burial was in the Pleasant
I secona wue was Miss . .
called and
ES ROBERT SMITH
U'ED EARLY TUESDAY
fHtos Robert Smifh ar on
!!' J the Una?usU Manufact
( y., died suddenly at his
Bl i;ou ociock
luesda tv. :
ng Mr. Smith are his
U,: rolaRuff Smith-one
U ' lom Frazier; two
rons, Bobby and Jop Pr-r.Vr,
riranddaughter, Joyce Ann
r; hi n.ii .
Ik. j ."'wmer, airs, iaura
l and turn n n
t. an 'derman of th tnm f
and Billy Smith, of
Hill cemetery, Clyde.
An ambulance was
Mrs. Haynes, who had not recover
ed from an attack of pneumonia,
was rushed to the Haywood County
Hospital, where she died shoruy
after.. .
The victim of the Christmas
tragedy, was the widow of the late
Rev. Mont Haynes, who was a well
known minister of this county, a
generation ago.
When the accident occurred, Mrs.
Hayne3 was standing near an open
heater while winding a clock. Her
clothing became ignited. Other
members of the family were in an
adjoining room and rushed in to
her aid.
They made every effort to smother
the flames, but were unable to ex
' Surviving are, one son, Andrew
Sloan; one sister, Miss Margaret
Stringfield; thr4e brothers Dr.
Tom Stringfield, Dr. Sam L.
Stringfield, and James L. String-
field, and among others, the follow
ing nephews, who for many years
made their home with her: Ben
Sloan, of Sylva, Dr. William Sloan,
of Wilson, Hugh J. Sloan, Jr., of
Warsaw, and Joe and Robert L.
Sloan, of Waynesville; a brother-in-low,
Hugh J. Sloan, and a "number
of other relatives.
Judge Rousseou
To Preside Over
Civil Court Term
Thirty-six cases are on the dock
et for the January term of civil
Court which will convene here on
Monday, January 8th, with Judge
J. A. Rousseau presiding.
The motion docket, set for 9:30
o'clock on the 11th, has three cases
listed.
The docket calendar, just issued,
stated that all uncontested divorce
tinguish them before her clothing
.; M.nf;nnnii kufnof nff- Hep
son, T. H. Haynes, suffered burns cases will be heard at the conven
. (Continued on page 6) i ience of the court.
neral
nome
will be held
tin Thi.Mj.. . ji
u- Allen in ,o,
Green Hill
Waynesville.
MER RESIDENTS HERE
"and w ... .
feiiJen Um Bmitni ronn
PpI t and now members of
3 leave ter College fcu,ty'
- ., puui vu coming
IN LOOKING OVER THE COUNTY-
General Haywood
GETS A FEW THINGS OF COUNTY-WIDE
Merest off h.s m.nd with letters
W Roy Francis, first assistant
United States District Attorney.
Waynesville, N. C
Dear Mr. Francis: .
i -imri-ed to learn that
Senator Reynolds had recommend
back home, I do want to com
mend you for your attitude
throughout the entire series of
events leading up to the recom
mendation. ;
You have spoken most highly
t
Jfl aiTO. Thaw m
! ""Panied ktt Ms .'. . - ... i . . . i... of
infant t V 8 JSUia Bmitn, trict attorney "
I 1 01 the colWo n tn hs no?L
I s .
a.rn,
V
ed Lamar Caudle, of WadesborO,' of the man who got the place you
n Bneeeed Maicus Erwin as dis
elevating
.you to the po?t .
I Reeardless of what has b en
done, you deserved the position,
because you were next m lme;
you are qualified, and
WSeip CLASS PI Aic
fellowship das. of the Ha-
U a -""yierian church of fact that you nae-
58 teacher.! bmnt of the office for six yea
hart n Ne" Year's Eve,
HanTv11 in the Felloe
if U: t?e church. All mem-
UQ'y Bible class are invited.
fact that you have carried
from A aeern. reason enougn w.k j-
should have been given tne v.
. However, since Senator Rey
olds prefers to do things his own
way, Iwhich is not always acco'd
ing to the wishes of the majority
deserved. You have offered your
co-operation, and 1 am sure he will
get continued vaiuea bssiww.c
from you.
I do not know the 33-year-o!d
Wadesboro solicitor, and I have
every reason to believe he is qual
ified for the place, yet since you
were next in line, I fail to under
stand Senator Reynold's actions,
and from those to whom I have
talked, there is not any among
them who do,
GEN EARL HAYWOOD.
JANUARY 5
Postal business shows substan
tial increase over '87.
Community building needed here,
says C. of C. head.
Funds transferred for completion
of Haxelwood school.
Haselwood lots bring good
prices.
Local D. A. R. chapter observes
40th anniversary.
JANUARY 12
First National Bank has aver
age year.
Work on sewer lines moving at
fast pace.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Reece pur
chase Maggie's Dept. Store.
Records indicate better business
for coming year.
WPA approves city water sys
tern job.
Rev. Mayers succeeds Rev. Al
bert New as rector of Episcopal
church.
Jury awards G. C. Dryson
$2,500 in civil damage suit.
JANUARY 19
Tax on meals hit by C. of C.
as detriment to N. C.
Haywood Home Building and
Loan has 20th annual meet.
Hazelwood buys modern fire
truck, will enlarge local facilities
for fighting fires. Waynesville
and Hazelwood will enter into
agreement for mutual benefit.
Mt. Sterling CCC camp asked to
be moved into Cataloochee area.
JANUARY 26
I Rep. Glenn falmer plans to
I make four changes in Haywood
' laws.
I Hugh Massie plans to open new
store within 60 days.
Abe Lyman, noted orchestra
leader coming here for President's
Ball. '
Rotarians hear civic leader make
plea for community building and
recreational center.
Sale of tuberculosis seals larg
est ever made locally.
FEBRUARY 2
F. G. Rippetoe & Co. take over
Burgin Dept. Store.
McKee assures widening of
highway in East Waynesville.
Haywood largest dance crowd
to President's Ball. More
than 1,800 persons attended.
I Improvements on First National
Bank are completed.
Irradication of rabies started in
this county.
Plans completed for continuance
of Lake Junaluska summer school.
FEBRUARY 9
Increased relief load adds to
county commissioners duties.
Haywood farmers launch pro-
gram to study means for improving
beef cattle.
Tax collections of January ex
ceeded those of last year.
Boy Scouts ob erve anniversary.
FEBRUARY 16
Frady being held for killing
brother-in-law L. Fie.
T. W. Cathey acclaimed the
corn growing champion of Hay
vood. 1.G0 inches of rain fell in 24
hours.
Bill introduced to regulate sal
aries of town officials.
Grand jury reports need in im-
301 SUBSCRIBERS HAVE
APPLIED FOR CURRENT
Township Committeemen Ac
tive, And Have Secured
326 Right-Of-Ways
Granddaughter Of
Mrs, Turbyiill Is
Killed In Wreck
Mrs. Francis Tate Barnctt
Instantly Met Death In
Car Collision Christmas
proving school property,
FEBRUARY 23
Parkway started in county. Dirt
being moved at Wagon Road Gap
on first section west of Asheville,
Jackson township want in Hay-
wood.
Affidavits reveal no aliens on
WPA rolls in Haywood.
Mrs. Felix Stovall named pres
ident of Woman's Club.
.V; MARCH I V
Senator Cogburn to iatroduce
annexation tneaatire.
Haywood County will have large
acreage this year.
Yesterday marked 60th anniver
sary of locomotive in town.
Fight on Japaneese beetle now
assured.
MARCH
Circulation of public library
shows large gain.
Sen. Smathers being frequently
mentioned for Vice President nom
inee. .
Palmer bill will repeal Cabe
liquor law for Haywood.
County road law repealed by
act of general assembly.
Assurance given ; that Parkway
can be entered on 284.
MARCH 16
Eagle Scouts honors bestowed
on Jack Ricbeson.
Haywood County cow to be
shown at World's Fair.
Pet Co. has plana for buying
bulls for farmers.
MARCH 23
County manager plan being
sought.
W. L. Hardin heads secretaries
of U. S. Congressmen.
County board reappoints T. J.
Cathey.
High record made by high school
agriculture boys.
MARCH SO
Work started on two Main
street stores. Many firms en
larging. '
New fire truck arrived in town
Saturday.
Haywood Candy Co. stock dam
aged by fire.
Briggs resigns as superintendent
of town water system.
Mrs. Hugh A. Love named presi
dent of music club.
APRIL 6
Forest fires of March reached
high record of 19.
Haywood one of few counties
getting NYA school survey.
Marriage licenses now call for
two health records. .
Geo. A, Brown, Jr., takes of
fice as county manager.
Rabies inspectors begin duties
of Vaccinating dogs.
APRIL 13
Sheriff Welch on extended West
ern inspection tour.
Messer re-elected Haywood edu
cation head for the 4th term.
Bumper crop of apple blossoms
due tiext week.
APRIL 20 -:
Soco Gap dancers go to Wash
ing for fo.k festival.
Huggin is named Rotary presi
dent Sewer line workers hit solid
rock at Depot street.
Surfacing underway on High-
(Continued on page 6)
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at the Mills River Pres
byterian church for Mrs. Francis
Tate Barnett, 20-year-old expectant
mother, and wife of James Nor
man Barnett, of Mountain Home,
who was fatally injured late Christ-
ma afternoon in an automobile
collision on Biltmore Avenue,
Asheville. Mrs, Barnett, was the
granddaughter of Mrs. J. L. Tur
by nil, ef WaynesvilU.
Mrs. Barnett was rushed to the
Biltmore Hospital where an un
successful attempt to save her un
born child was made.
Her husband and a ngro, Roy
McMillen, were also injured in the
collision of the two cars. Mr,
Barnett, who suffered a crushed kg
is still in the Mission Hos
pital. The negro, who was taken
to the hospital for treatment, was
released, but has since been ar
rested and lodged in jail.
Eye. witnesses told officers who
investigated the wreck which oc
curred on Biltmore Avenue be
tween Victoria road and Forest
Hill Drive, that McMillen, driving
toward Asheville, met the Barnett
car and swerved straight across
the road from rignt to left into
its path.
It was reported that neither
vehicle was traveling at an exces
sive rate of speed, but that the
negro's machine swerved so swift
ly that Barnett was unable to
avoid running into it. Mrs. 'Bar
nett was thrown against the wind
shield, with such force that her
head was smashed through the
glass,' .
Mrs. Barnett is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Tate, her
mother being the former Miss
Annie Turbyfill, daughter of Mrs.
P. L. Turbyfill, of Waynesvil.e.
She was born on May the 29th,
1913. She was married last
spring to James Norman Barnett,
of the Mountain Home, an eployee
Farmers Federation, of Asheville.
The Rev. W. S. Hutchinson, pas
tor of the Mills River church, will
officiate and burial will be in the
church cemetery.
Serving as active pallbearers
will be Joe Britton, Earl Fowler,
Bill Osborne, Richard Bryson, W.
H. Cashett, Henry Bryson, all of
Asheville.
Directors of the Farmers Fed
eration of Asheville and employ
ees will serve as honorary pall
bearers.'"..:" I
Surviving are her husband, of
Harry Dewar, engineer, will ba
gin work on the preliminary sur
vey& on the proposed extension
lines of the Cruso Mutual E.ectric
Company into the Jonathan Creek,
White Oak, Iron Duff, Fines Creek
and Clyde sections of the county,
on Tuesday, January the 2nd, ac
cording to the officers of the Mu
tual Electric Company.
Mr. Dewar was in charge of the
surveys made by the Cruso Elec
tric Company in the Pigeon area.
The new lines now under contem
plation will cover around 80 miles
of transmission lines.
To date there have been secured
by the committees in the townships
in which the lines are to be ex
tended 326 right of ways and 301
subscribers have applied for lights.
When the proposed lines are
completed, there will be, including
the new extension and the terri
tory up the Pigeon Valley, around
125 miles of rural electrification
lines in Haywood County.
D. L. Pless, of Cruso, is presi
dent of the Cruso Mutual Electric
Company and- E. B. Riekman seo
retarj and treasurer.
Some weeks ago committee
were appointed in all the sections
through which -the new lines will
run, and the members have spent
much time in signing up the sub
scribers and obtaining right of
waya toward the necessary pre
liminary work for getting a loan
from the Rural Electrification Ad
ministration of Washington, D. C
5c Deposit On
Retailed Milk
Bottles Charged
Due to excessive losses of milk
bottles, the dairies serving the
wholesale trade in this area, are
announcing today, that effective
January first, that a special store
bottle will be used where milk is
resold, and a five-cent deposit will
be required on all such bottles.
This special bottle, Will bear
the name "Store Bottle, 6c" and m
refund will be made on every such
bottle.
The announcement is being made
by Pet Dairy Products Company,
and Osborne Dairy Farms.
It was said that as many as
1,000 bottles a month are with
held frorri circulation by customers.
The same plan has met with,
marked success in other North
Carolina communities.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harrison
and son, Frank, Jr., and daughter,
Betty, left Wednesday for Wash
ington, D. C. They plan to re
turn on New Year's Day.
Mrs. Anna Cole remains very ill
at her home in Hazelwood.
lieatAe Repot
H. M. HALL, Official Obtervr
Dec.
Mountain Home, her parents, one ' 21
sister, Miss Mildred Tate, one , 22
brother, Howard Tate, all of ,23
Asheville, her grandmother, Mrs., 24
i
Turbyfill, of Waynesville; three 25
aunts, Mrs. Garnett Henson, of
Spindale, Mrs. Roy Martin, of
Waynesville, and Mrs. Coffery
Turner, of Woodstown, N. J., and
two uncles, Chas. Turbyfill, of
New York City, Pinkney Turby
fill, of Waynesville.
SAME
The average yield of lint cot
ton this year has been reported cs
235.9 pounds to the acre, practically
the same as last year'e average
which was 236.8 : pounds to the
acre.;
Max Min 7:30 a. m. Prec
39 25 31
41 14 14
40 14 29
36 29 32 0.63
37 15 16
43 16 31
38 31 37 0.49
26
27
Mean maximum
Mean minimum
Mean for week
Mean 7:30 a. m. ....
High for week
Low for week ...
39.1
...0.6
...27.4
..43.0"
.14.0r
Below December normal ,' -, 8.6"
Precipitation for week . .1.12
Precipitation since Dec. 1st 2.36"
Below December normal 1.67"
Precipitation since Jan. 1st ..39.82"
Annual normal to date .45.75"
Deficiency for year ,...',' 6.93"