North Carolina Newspapers

Fhe Waynesville mountaineer r Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1940 $1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties ITH YEAR NO, 4 t Along LITICAL 1 ON TS n By Death V S vf:, v . mi iL Sub-Zero Temperatures And " . Heavy Snowfall Hit County Band Students Haywood Has Snowfall From 7 to 12 Inches; Mercury Goes To Two Below Winter struck with full force this past week, bringing sub zero temperature, and snowfall which measured from 7 to 12 inches ia Haywood. Waynesville had a snowfall of slightly over 7 inches, according to Harry M. Hall, local weather ob server, while some rural sections of Haywood had a 12-inch fall. Record Breaking Number Attend Poultry Course Increasing Interest In Better Poultry Methods Shown At Meet Here Monday A record breaking attendance of 165 poultrymen representing ten Down on Fines Creek, reports were counties, attended the poultry short that axles of trucks drug in the course, which was conducted there snow in the highways. i at the court hou?e on Monday, un- Highway and street forces clear- der the sponsorship of the North ed the main thoroughfares and Carolina Agricultural Extension sidewalks Wednesday, and about Service. noon the temperature went above "Poultry should be made one of freezing and the snow in many the principle sources of income in places melted some. Western North Carolina. One of Driving was dangerous, but no the greatest weaknesses of the accidents were reported last night, poultry producers in this section in CmibmI ..at. mtTM a .vnarinnnail 4ti nirDtimi fit mnrlrntinfP la fb tnft ' , , , n i l kJCT bBl ln 111 0 JIV11UVV tile ...... . . v. v . . i " ...... in V, asnington in tne benate , ., .. . iji vf ,v. .mMHmmh -ttm ill as m Idaho, there has-been their carg nntn ate yegterday.; thirtv-thre and a third per cent of ,'s in the nign piaces oi oor venl fenders were dented by the poultry industry returns," said cment, as the voice of tne ..... , . j.- i r. v p.. Fyvton.inn nnnl. ity Eorah was stilled fomer.l w ' snecislist. who sooke at length 1 a" . I ' i I r J! Waynesville Fish Hatchery Soon To Be Best jn South Formal Report For 19.19 Shows That Hatchery At Balsam Had Successful Year One million eight hundred thous and trout eggs have been hatched, or are now in process of being hatched at the Morrison Fish Hatchery, here, it was reported in the annual report of J. D. Chalk, Commissioner of inland fisheries to the board of Conservation and De velopment last week. State plans for a WPA project Cruso Electric Completing Extension Plans In County Local Sales Are Good For Annual President's Ball James Queen, Local Chairman, And Committee Members, At Work On Sales Group Will Go To Washington On Feb. 12th For Approval Of Application Final plans are being completed for the presentation to the Rural Electrification Administration in Washington of the maps and nec essary papers for the extension of the Cruso Mutual Electric lines James Queen, local chairman of nt oth 8tioLn8 of the county. sale of tickets for the President's snore t! an thirty years If out isi no uncertain tones Saturday and Sunday the mer-ion the plsre of poultry in Western no uncerwuii vonw. , . Hron,, to two dMrr.es be. North Carolina. pohcieg oi tne great leauer. w fn nMNt fweck h. going "weptaside yeBtcrday wag the hiKhe8t ttin. ical hnes,; and foe and friend imum fa flw dayg A deMed i graved, for each recognized H thj officia, fcwT, end his wisdom as a . . A I mm-Em..m IabWav Thia I " untiring leader. This Is such men as Borah, ! Tperiencs and steady, e vision of govern 3 Cotton Ed, who 1 as dean of the te, i i avs a Drana new p res ad ' J to his laurels. 1 Jth Vr. rfint formal mov to get Tar iur; I In the 1940 pxest- 1M S-' i-"0.. -' " - Many here were) of the opinion that this week's cold was on par with that of 1930, but according to the official records, thers was sev eral degrees different. In Decem ber, 1930, the mercury dropped to 4 below; in January to 12 below and in February to 10 below. "No profit csn be made on a mixed flock of chickens," said Dr. C. H. Bo?tain. professor of poultry at Stat College, In his ti'k on a breeding urogram for Western North Carolina. Dr. Bostain brought out the fact that thickens for egg production should be purchased with the same idea for type as in system of breeding cattle. T T. Brown, extension poultry specili8t gave a demonstration of Photo by l'atsy Gwyn. Mary Stentz, trombone player, and Jack Richeson, with his cornet, will play in the All State School Band at the meeting in Salisbury on Friday and Saturday. Local Students Will Play In All State Band Friday Mary Stentz, Trombonist And Jack Richeson, Cornet, Selected For Honor with which to complete the second vV.ph h in .w Btory of the building and remain- Canton Armory on Tuesday evening ing outside pools nave Dcen ap- th 30th, states that the sale in JJrUVrU, nilU llf WHO nam vitww " nv... these improvements have been i made, that the Waynesville hatch ery will be the largest ami best hatchery in the south either state, federal or private Waynesville of tickets has made encouraging headway. Serving with chairman Queen for this area are: Mrs, James Hen derson, Mrs. Felix Stovall, Tom Campbell, Chas. D. Ketner, A. W The formal report of Mr. Chalk ( CoIlinBt and Jame8 Harden Howell, In the winter of 1917, which Is a well dressed chicken for the said to have been the most severe market and the preparation of eggs in fifty years, there are no local for sale. There is a lapse of re-1 In 'the egg show which was held in regard to the Waynesville hatchery, included this statement: "The 1939 operations at this hatchery were generally satisfac tory and successful. Funds have been provided with which to spon sor a new WPA project necessary to complete work there, and final approval and should come through in time to begin work as soon as the weather permits." Jr. Bill Prevost is in charge of the sale of tickets in Ilazelwood. Dr J. R. Westmoreland, of Can- it was learned this week from the office of the county farm agent. J. C. Lynn, county agent, Harry Dewar, engineer, and T. Lenoir Gwyn are planning to take all maps and specifications to Wash ington on February the 12th, for a final approval. The appropriation in Washing ton for the project will depend entirely on the number of subscrib ers and unless sufficient numbers are signed up in the near future certain proposed lines cannot be . tnn im .'orvinw rT,orl riimAn i built t this time; of the ball, and is quite optimistic ,A" persons in the proposed area over the prospect of exceeding the (week, when Senator Joe cords from November, 1917 until m connection with the short course, lie, oi Wiariotte, was wmw me summer oi isua. At mat time, mere were twenty-tnree entries manager for North Carolina aul V. McNutt, the appoint- expected, so rumor has it, the Jackson Day dinner. gh all incumbents of state Is are expected to remain in ack ground on the presidential uvering, it is said that George Pou had much to do witn g McNutt to the Jackson d.sner.- ' Other reputed Mc supporters in the state are to include, former Governor J. Ehringhaus, Judge Henry ns, William i. joyner, ana eeth Rovall. It is said that .te Walter D. Siler, of Pittsboro, the vicinity of Asheville recorded The Smith Poultry Farm, of Mur five below. I phv, won both first and second Last night the mercury was place in th exhib'tion of white dropping fast, and the snow was getting a hard crust as The Moun taineer went to press. Commissioners Asked To Revoke A Beer License and dork shelled eggs. Of Interest to the noultrrvmen were the miniotre models of poul try houses exhibited bv the state men attending the meeting, Rpnresentative pnultrvmen from the fo'lowinc eounMes stended the our e he'e: Cheroke". Pwsin, CTiv, Msron, Jackson. Mndison, Bun combe, Transylvania and Haywood. Mary Stents, trombone player, and Jack Richesoi, cornet player. seniors in the Waynesville Town ship High school and mem bers of the band, nave been select ed to represent the local musical group to play in the western divi sion of the All State High School Band,' : v This recognition is quite an hon or for the locajiysri,. they will take part an programs with play ers, who bae been taking band instructions for the past Ave years, while th. Waynesville band was organized early last fall. Miss Stentz and young Richeson will leave in the morning for Sal isbury, where they join the other members of the all state band. They will spend the day in re hearsals and give a concert that night. On Saturday morning a clinic for band masters will be held in Salisbury, for band directors. The high record of last year, when the Haywood County ball : netted re ceipts which placed it eighth on the state list of balls. Will Osborne and his 15-plece New York orchestra, rated as one of the ten best in the country, has been secured for the dance by Harry Winner and Capehart Nich ols, co-chairmen of music. As a special feature during the intermission Sam Queen and his famous Soco Gap Dance team will give several exhibitions. Due to so many complaints in previous years the committee in charge this year, decided to dis continue the grand march and the . C. Lynn, county farm agent, . .,' , wa, elected president of erl y M that lhe, ,ntJre eVn;ng, organized group of agnculturel, ...,. ,. K Agricultural Workers Form Organization Group Will Study Means Of Coordinating County Agricultural Units workers in the county at a meet ing held during the week. Mem bership in the group will include, representatives from the county farm agent's office, the farm secu riety administration office, and teachers of vocational agriculture in the county. Others who will serve with Mr. Lynn are: Wilfred Jackson, vice president, and J. C. Brown, secretary-treasurer and chairmun of publicity. The general purpose of the or- same students will serve as clinic ganization is to insure better un- The Brewers and North Carolina TftcfllFlfT 1?J1TTIP1 xeer viati iuului s ;vfiiiiiiii't'; hro f-lformal!y looking out for the peHtioned the Haywood county KidentUl intereste of Gamer, board of, comm.ssioners to revoke ' k.t TioV Roiiowithe retail license of one dealer in ithat r istor Josiah Bailey indicated he will support Sec ry Hull in case he runs. A Vhile the eternal question, about Americans have talked and ten, for weeks, a third term, on the horizon. No one M to know any more about (matter than they did last week, ne man's guess is as good as 3 ' . a iere is a lot oi "mid-mgnt on g burned by the would be mors of North Carolina, f ms, that are being prepared A " nned on back page) ! I m i n test ' eek, and Every (Jfec!,, 1 Tew Features In ci2 Llountaineer C-A Cc rial Story. J ' C-Eultcrial Cartoon. -Fashion Articles, -Illustrated Sunday School Xcr.:::a. : Canton. Edgar H. Bain, of Goldsboro, state director in charge beer industry's "clean up or up" campaign in North Carolina, alleged that the dealer conducted a public nuisance. Affidavits of local law enforcement officers were at tached to the complaint. The committee has filed three revocation petitions with the Hay- In tticWand O-eek By State Board students for the band directors, who will etudy common band prob lems and methods of solution. The members of the all state band will present a picture of multi-colored effect as each stu- derstanding of the efforts of the various agricultural departments as well as to unify and co-ordinate the work in serving the county. The group had been invited to ; discuss the feasibility of such an if they intend to do so, to sign up either with the county agent or a committee member in their own community at once. : Some sections have five sub scribers to a given area in which the government calls for four, while others have fallen down on their quota. Methodist Held Here On Monday Despite Weather 150 Leaders In The District From Can- , ..vrnj tHWH 1 Parkway Fund Cut Is Opposedj S'fi Congressmen Atked To Seek Same Appropriation As Last Year $.'1,000,C00 One hundred and fifty leaders from the 122 charges in the Way nesville district of the Western North Carolina conference of the church met here on Mon- the First Methodist church for their annual missionary in stitute, with the Rev. W. L. Hutch ins, district superintendent, pre-' siding. "The meeting was marked by a spirit of. 'optimum throughout by the leaders from Canton to Mur phy and I feel that there is a re newed spiritual life among our people," said the Rev. Hutching in dent will wear the uniform of his organization by the county agent, own band. j and meeting the approval of thoe The North Carolina board of Conservation' and Development mailed resolutions this week to the state's conirressional deleiration opposing a proposed reduction of speaking ;of. the meeting, federal, fund? for construction of ; Dr- J- M- Hawley, of Pittsbuigh, the Blue Ridge Parkway. a member of the board of mis; ions In recent years the project has of the Methodist church, delivered been allotted three million dollars a Powerful address, in which he annually. The proposed appropria tion this year would be less than Mi-s Stentz and Jack Richeson interested, an organization was i two million dollars. gave a clear cut picture of ths maladjustments of the present day. and ottered as an only remedy the nf the RoflM Of fVtnsprvnHftn Anii wil1 ' b accompanied to Salisbury perfected at the initial meeting, j The board adopted resolutions, I church a"d Christianity, rclo'l r. !!n lby U T. New, Jr, band director j The present plan is to hold ! were offered by Chas. E. Ray, Jr.! Rev. W- R- Kelly, paitor of the ' ! Development Acts On Re- of the local schools. meetings the first Monday in each ! member of the board. The resolu- Canton Methodist church, and dis- quest of Land Owners Acting on a petition bearing names of several hundred land owners the board of Conservation ml Dpvplonment has nassed a wood board of commissioners since regolutjon forbidding any fishing until further last uctooer 1. The board revolted jn Richan(J Creek me license oi one aeaier, ana xne :. i i. j .l. .. . nume, ... . The resolution was asked for oy court revoked the other license. The petition filed this week proba bly will be acted upon at the Feb ruary meeting of the board. Since September 1, the commit tee has secured 40 revocations. Mrs. Joe Liner and small ton left Tuesday for Miami, Fla Chas. E. Ray, Jr., member of the state board, at the board meeting last week. Plan are to keep fish ing out of Richland Creek for ab"ut two years. . r The creek above Lake Juna- luska has been stocked with rain bow and brook trout. Below the where they will spend the remain- lake, bass have been planted Jn der of the winter. I the creek. v ' ' : :, ' ; ' v County Offices Play A t Game Of "Fruit Basket 99 24 And 22 Cents Average Received For Burley Crops Other successful Haywood bur-; jacksoni D. prank Baird, I. A. Mc ley growers reporting this week ji,,, B. G. O'Brien, B. F Nesbitt, on their crops, including Mrs. and j c Brown. Lloyd Teague, who had an aver-l - ' . : . . age of 24 cents for 354 pounds, i Mrs. Teague reported her crop OTrs' Auey Aiienuea montn, witn the l-ebruary meeting tions said the proposed reduction to be held at the Gordon Hotel, would delay completion of the 600 The next month will be Ladies mile road. The resolution was Night, and each member will bring Bent to Congressman Zebulon his girl friend or his wife. Weaver for presentation to Con Present at the organization meeting were: J. C. Lynn, W A. Corpening, J. L. Reitzel, Wilfred brought $510 L. Z. Mesrer, of Clyde, route one, averaged 22 cents for 1,238 pounds of burley. Mr. Messer Conference In Raleigh Mrs. D. D. Alley has returned to also grew a demonstration crop town after attending the Southern on half acre and grew 884 pounds. Regional Conference on guidance He said he averaged about the'and personnel, which was held in same price for the treated as the Raleigh on Friday and Saturday, untreated. (Mrs. Alley attended the meeting . . : as president of the State Congress Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ensley are of 'Parents 'and Teachers and also spending a month at various points represented the state employment of interest in Florida. i service. CI c c c 9 Ic ctl'a Scrapbbok. rt$ Cartoon. al Column From Ington. ! eadirrg: these next every week in The er. ', lnd Better Nnorpaper" Dn. t a defective heating plant ' The office across the hall ecu in the Citizens Bank building, the pied by Mrs. Jimmy Boyd, county I county offices have been indulging NYA director, nas aiso Deen lasen in the old fashioned game, still over for the office of the assistant) popular with children, known as county farm agents. Mrs. Boyd "fruit basket." In the terms of has been moved to the office of the ' the game the fire warden seem to county fire warden, on the third be "it." I floor. The warden has been shoved The office of the county farm out in the coia, presumaDiy to agent, which has been located in warm by his own .fires, for as yet the Citizens Bank started the ' his final destination has not been i iit. J a na. laoma 1 f a aatai eame. They moved into tne orace seiueu, n in the court house originally in tended for a historical room, but never used for such. The office at day afternoon. Miss Mary Margaret Smith, county home demonstration agent, IN LOOKING OVER THE COUNTY General Haywood GETS A FEW THINGS OF COUNTY-WIDE INTEREST OFF HIS MIND WITH LETTERS To the Business and Profes sional Men of Haywood County: With 1940 already acclaimed by for every business and professional man to get behind our new Cham ber of Commerce officials, put our shoulders and pocketbooks behind some as a promising year for tour- them and really put on a construc- lynes-There r usea iur sucn. -- . ---"" " rr- W,stern North Car- tive roirram to boost Waynes ZTLS7SZrAlir0t 'ie court orn on'Vhe- olma with the dedication of , ville an . H.ywoo I Count,. Then SI "ffle? Ert Sntil last week second floor, with the jury and the the Smoky Mountain. Park on th s are hundreds of thousands of peo. w". the office of the county home witness quarter, making a kind of year's calendar, it ,ees that this pie within . i day's drive of Way demonstration agent. . I combination to serve both groups, i would be a most opportune tune (Continued on page 2) gress. Jonathan Woody, president of the First National Bank, spent the week-end in Atlanta, with his fam- iiy. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Marsh had as trict missionary-secretary, explain ed the purpose of the institute. Rev. J. G. Huggin, Jr., spoke on "The Benevolent Dollar.' Rev. W. L. Hutchins fpoke on "The Where of the Methodist Ad vance," citing the many opportu nities for service that awaited the fulfillment of the program of the Greater Methodist organization. The Rev. C. D. Brown, of Long's Chapel charge, reviewed the mis sion study book for the year.1 their guests on Sunday, Mr. and "Methodist in Action." M. H. Mrs. Marion Hensley and Jack Bowles spoke on "The Laymen and , Hensley, of Morganton. Mrs. Missions." Hensley is the former Miss Dollee) Mrs. E. L. McKee, discussed the Marsh, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. larger sphere of the women in the Marsh. i- (Continued on page 7) 923 Births, Against 259 Deaths Haywood Record The annual meeting of the Hay- loses, 6, syphilis, 102, and gonor wood County Board of Health was rhea, 6. The 42 cases of d i phi held in the office of the health de- theria accurred in the following partment in the court house on townships: Waynesville, 18, Bea Monday night, January 22 and verdam, 12, Pigeon, 5, Clyde, 3, was attended by George A. Brown,! East Fork, 2, Crabtree, 1; Cecil, 1. Jr., chairman, Jack Messer, secre tary, of Waynesville, and Drs. J. L. Reeves and A. P. Cline, of Can ton, A report of the work accomplish ed by the health department dur ing the past year was made by Dr. C. N. Sisk, the health officer, and the plans for the department for the coming year were discussed. The following communicable dis eases were reported during the Complying with the state laws governing vaccination again;t diphtheria in certain age groups 1,343 children were vaccinated at the following schools: Hazelwood 159, Clyde 112, Bethel 86, North Canton 86, Cecil 81, Saunook 76, Maggie 74, Beaverdam 71, Patton 71, Cruso 69, Pennsylvania Avenue 63, Fines Creek 51, Morning Star 49, Spring H ll 45, Rock Hill 41, Allen's Creek 43, Crabtree 37, year: chickenppx, 14, diphtheria, 42, East Waynesville 28, Junaln.ka 27,' 1 measle:, 195, pellagra, 1, scarlet fe- Pigeon Street (Col.) 24, Waynes-,; ver, 21, typhoid fever, 4, tube re u- j (Continued on back page) I