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Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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NO. 8
20 PAGES TODAY
WAYNESVILLE, N. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1940
$1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
ALONG
: &
STATICAL
FRONTS
jpgressional Candidate
J 'a
4jDGE SAM CATHEY
girding to local political oh
'i Can pressman Zehulon Wea.
(he wishes to retain hi blur
ly in Haywood county had
get on his ngnting ciotnes
y uke to the rural sections of
tod county, since Sam Cathev
"rmally announced this week
is running against mm in
linfir election. This, they
it. is in no ways a criticism
Tessman weaver and his re-
. J 1 J. ! L 1 1 1
. iur in aua 10 me lact mat
f fcathey, Judge of the city
Wurt at Asheville. "pan
in" with half the county.
relatives feel the ties of
p,s mountain people often
win give Mr. weaver a
ice. His grandmother was
of Fine Creek, his mother
bracken of , Crabtree, his
I a Cathey of Pigeon. He is
nnected with the Baldwins,
it Oak, the-Ferguson clan
xieuinouuis. .
Democrats will be certain to
"hot time in Chicago for
at James Farlev has set the
tion date 3 weeks after the
P. conclav in Philadelphia
ma tha data Jnlv thn Ifii-Jh
I the three weeks interval
pg the u. O. P. meet, there
; time to get ammunition
;o meet the opposing lines
se, which, of course, Is Mr
object. In the meantime
:y will have a longer time to
lit their own nartv differ-
id be all set for harmony
Shot July weather, or else
) "fight it out on the floor."
any years up until 1936
mocrats held their conven-
St, but since that time they
ouna 16 advantageous to
the custom. It gives them
study the enemy's camu.
"the other hand it means
irk afterward; for it leaves
weeks and no doubt the
mpaign will be streamlined
stiff end Bnappy speed.
resignation of State Demo
(ice chairman, Mrs. W. B.
j of Snow Hill, to head up
paign among the ladies for
J-to-Governor seems to
en somewhat of a relief
I the politicians. She is
. Maxwell's responsibility,
jvice chairman usually gets
frt of a plum as reward.
;been threatening to run for
iofflce and since Mrs. Helen
ln Wohl polled 100,000
igainst Treasurer Charlie
it is said the men have
fi have more respect and
) r of a lady candidate, Now
iirphy is at least for tha
. pg out of the picture, since
tact i,er lot wnn Mr, Max
he makes the Governor's
it will be Ud to him to
fob for Mrs. Murphy, for
She wants to be on the
of the state. If he
Se will be out of luck.
members of the state ex-
pommittee and Darticularlv
ts, make an effort to stay
conflicts within the narty
p theif energy to getting
vote at the elections in
sr. Maybe Mrs. Murphy
Pure of "her man that she
ok ahead or consider po-
pditions.' . ..
$16,000 Fire Hits
Apartment House
On Sloan Estate
Four Families Escape
Midnight Fire In Stringfield
Apartments Here
The Strinefield apartments In.
cated on the B. J. Sloan Estate
property, valued at $10,000 con-
taining six apartments which in
cluded a total of twenty-two rooms
and six baths, was burned
shortly after midnieht on Thurs
day. No lives were lost, but one
person was reported as injured in
making escape from the burning
building.
The apartment was nartiallv
covered by insurance. The fire is
reported to have started in a closet
under the stairway leading to the
second floor. The building burned
in varying degrees. On the rio-ht
wing it burned in places from the
root tnrough the first floor to the
ground, while on the left aids fh
top floor burned to the ceiling of
the nret floor, the greater damage
being done to the top floor.
There Were four families Ilvinc
in the building at the time of the
fire. Three lost all their li vino
room furniture, while most of them
Celebrating
CLAUD N. ALLEN is observing
a dual celebration this week-end
at his store on Main street in Ha
zelwood. The 18th anniversary of
the store, and the recent expansion
program in which the floor space
was doubled and the entire store
modernized. Mr. Allen is one of
the most successful business men
in Haywood County. The 12-page
second section of today's edition is
Application For
$150,000 REA
Funds Presented
Five representatives of the Cruso
Mutual Electric Company made
formal application to the Rural
Electrification Administration in
Washington for an appropriation
of $150,000 for extension of their
lines in Haywood County.
The five men returned to Way
nesville yesterday, The adminis
tration has the application under
consideration, but have not Indi
cated when they will reach a de
cision. Those making the trip to the
capital were: J. C. Lynn, Oral
L. Yates, T. L. Gwyn, Chester A.
Cogburn, and Joe Howell,
Coming Here
iurn xurnuure, wnue most oi them I "v-1" -"" i o whhi i
lost their .IntKoa aj ..;.. i devoted to the C. N. Allen & Com
. w TH11UUO VbllCL '
I l.li n. . I noun DVinfn V... O I, ,..:i 1 Ol.l
household effects
The buildine was oria-inallv the
home of the late Major and Mrs.
W. W. Stringfield and some years
ago was added to and turned Into
an apartment.
The owners had no statement to
make as to their rdans ree-ardintr
the rebuilding of the apartment.
Mrs. Leach Joins
Faculty Of High
School Here
Mrs; Esther Leach, of Franklin.
is now heading the home economics
department in the Waynesvil'.e
High school, filling the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Miss
Louise Edwards, who is holding a
similar position in the Mills Home
in Thomasville.
Mrs. Leach, a native of this
county, is the daughter of C. M.
Moody. She is a graduate of the
Women's College of the University
of North Carolina, the Illinois
Training School for Dieticians af
filiated with the Chicago Univer
sity, and has studied at Columbia
University,
She has had a wide experience
as teacher, dietitian and caterer,
ana is exceptionally well qualified
for the work in the local school.
Mrs. Leach and small daughter
are making their home with the
former's sister, Miss Mattie Moody
in the McCracken apartment
Lesion Plans To
Aid Recreational
Youth Program
Durinsr their
on Tuesday night the members of
the American Lee-inn onrl tha in.
iliary decided to co-operate with
oiner civic organizations in work
ing out a recreatinnnl
the young people of the town.
A number of plans relative to
the program were discussed.
Announcement Vila ma A a V
21st observance of the organiza
tion of the group, which will be
held at the next meeting. Special
plans were made for the occasion.
Dunne the social hom. thof -Yel
lowed the business session nf
group and the joint business pe-
noa a social Hour was enjoyed
with Mrs. C. A, Barr and Mrs.
Hunter Worsham as hostesses.
Seek Federal Aid
For Cherokee
Indian Road Link
Congress is expected to provide
the necessary additional appropri
otions and the authority for the
Blue Ridge parkway across the
right-of-way recently agreed upon
by the Cherokee Indians reserva
tion Council, Charles Ross, general
counsel of the highway commis
sion, said in Raleigh recently.
Congress must repeal a statute
requiring an Indian election to
cross the land or grant the secre
tary of interior authority to establish-a
right-of-way, he explained.
With Indians, state and park
service in agreement, Ross said he
did not expect such a bill to meet
any difficulty in congress. The
right-of-way would extend along
the ridse between Sncn dan and
Ravensford, for about 15 miles.
The Indians would be paid $40,000,
or $30 an acre.
Present parkway appropriations
have been allotted to sections east
of the reservation, but Ross said
new appropriations should be avail
able before preliminaries for con
struction are complete. He esti
mated five years more would be
requfred to complete the parkway.
The reservation right-of-way has
been delayed since 1935 by Cher
okee tribal councils. A new coun
cil favored the plan.
M. E. Davis Named
Business Manager
01 Hospital Here
A. P. Ledbeller Joins
Massie Furniture Company
And Funeral Home
M. E. (Tony) Davis has assumed
the duties of business manager of
the Haywood County Hospital,
succeeding A. P. Ledbettcr, who is
now connected with Massie Furni
ture Company and Massie Funeral
Home.
Mr. Davis has been connected
with the retail establishments in
Wayneisville for a number of years,
since his graduation at King Col
lege, in Bristol, Tenn. He is also
a graduate of the Waynesville High
school.
Mr. and Mrs. Ledbetler have
moved into the . Massie Funeral
Home on Miller street. Mr. Led
better is a graduate of the Gupton
Jones School of Embalming, of
Nashville, He has had many years
experience in both the furniture
and undertaking business.,, .
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BISHOP CLARE PURCELL
will address two audiencrs here
Sunday and another on Monday
night.
Bishop Purcell
Will Make Three
Addresses Here
Sunday Morning, In The
Afternoon At Three And
Monday Night At Rally
Bishop Clare Purcell, of Char
lotte, resident bishop of the Sev
enth Enisconal Area of the Meth
odist church, will preach at First
Methodist church, Waynesville, at
two services on Sunday, March
10th. In the mornine he will
preach at a Bervice which formally
conclude the Church Loyalty
Crusade which has been in pro
gress since the first of the calendar
year. All the' members of the
church are cRDeciallv urirp-1 ts bo
present at thfe service. It h hopad
by the pastor and church oucia's
True Bills Brought
Against Twelve In
Gamblmg Clean-Up
Nina McDowell
olored, Paroled
fr Eonsevelt mav have set
rJ"-' for the women, and
-:e fight. At any
-rt Taft, an able
Kl to be a "good
an active cam
band for presi
1 to be the first
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Pie
bti
Nina McDowell, colored: nf Ron
ton, was among the seven prison
era, serving state prison terms,
paroled during the week by Gov
ernor Hoey
Nina McDowell was sentenced in
naywood County
Demonstration
Farmers Of Way.
Township Meet
Fifteen demonstration farmers
and their wives of Waynesville
township, held a program planning
meeting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. F. L. Leopard on Monday
night, with W. A. Corpening, as
sistant county farm agent, pre
siding. As the .plans were formulated,
backed by a realization of the
great progress made in the past
year, and the knowledge that 1940
prospects offered a still better out
look interest wae aroused among
tnose present.
It was brought out that there was
an increased interest in beef cattle-,
and the use of ground limestone,
followed by further planting of
legume cover crops had been prac
ticed. There is more grain, hay,
more improved pastures and un
told numbers of additional 6upport
ing facts that could not be re
lated during the time of the meet
ing. -
Various discussions were held
durine the evenine. Bill Merffnr1
led the discussion in the livestock
situation. C. R. Liner told some
interesting things about the differ-
Heating Plant Is
Being Installed
In Bank Here
Modernization Of Building
Also Includes Other
Improvements
A number of improvements and
renovations are bfing made on
the First National Bank building,
which includes a heating plant
with radiation extending over the
entire three floors and the base
ment quarters. The changes are
being made for better service to
the customers of the bank, the
tenants and the employees of the
institution.
The modernization will hn wel
comed by the public and the occu
pants of the building. Instead of
having eight fires to build each
morning the janitor will soon have
Only one for which to account.
The heating plant which is being
installed by Ben Sloan, contractor
of Sylva and Waynesville. ,. o
uled to be completed for opera
tion by March the 15th.
The improvements also include
a number of changes and redecor
ating on the first floor occupied by
the bank. The room in which the
board of directors meet will also
be rearranged and redecorated.
A new arrangement will be made in
the teller's window
A larger water main is being
extended into the building from the
main line to cive a larirer snnnlv
of water for the improved plumb
ing systems being installed.
Five Passenoers
Locked In Bus
Forced In Ditch
One Hour And 15 Minutes
Passed Before Release
Could Be Given
The driver and five nassencrers.
three en route to Waynesville, were
held one hour and 15 minutes
locked in a bus of the SmnW
Mountains Stages, Inc., bound for
Chattanooga, this side of the Pat
ton school, just out of Canton, on
Monday morning, as the result of
tne dus being pushed off the high
way by the driver of a car attempt
ing to pass another car dirpctlv in
front of the bus.
It Was learned that the bus
driver had seen one car coming
toward him, and without warning
anouier swept by passing both
Vehicles, and the driver of the-
bug had to either take to the ditch
or crash the passing car. The
bus, in landinir in the ditch fell nn
the door side, and it took one hour
and 15 minutes to get the bus up
sufficiently to reiease the passen
gers from the vehicle.
Directly after the bus went into
thtj ditch, W. A. Todd, said to have
been the driver of the car which
forced the bus off the highway,
hurried into Canton for help, bring
ing the wrecker and a crew to the
rescue.' .-
: The accident occurred around
96. in the,. morning,. Those who
that the largest numbe-f mt-nv-, f xnose wno
bers of the church will be present ernfl .Wo Wiynesville Were
at that service that have ever rath- H..00"' Ot Canton, Miss
at that service that have ever gath
ered together at one time.
Bishop Purcell will also speak at
a service at three o'clock in the
afternoon the same day. This will
be a county-wide Methodist ad
vance service, to which are invited
all the Methodists of Haywood
County, and all others interested.
Bishop Purcell will address the
district - wide Methodist advance
.Youth rally on Monday night at
the local Methodist Church.
Census Shows An
Increase Of 200
Firms In Haywood
Indication are that Haywood
County will have about 200 more
places of business in 1940 than
were enumerated in the 1930 cen
sus, according to N. C. West, bus
iness enumerator for this county.
In 1930, Haywood listed 17
places, The census bureau ficr-
ured a 30 per cent increase, or
207 for the 1940 census. Already
M.S reports have been filed, by
Mr. West, and he has approximate
ly 100 more to complete,
"The people of Haywood are co
operating fine," he said, "and the
1 1th district of North Carolina
was the first to report into the
Washington office, which makes
all of us proud." he continued.
Special broadcasts : are being
made over WWNC each week about
the work of the census bureau.
Kate Williamson, and Miss Nellie
lWehafley, the other two passen
gers were men, en route to other
point.
Following the accident, it was
reported, the passengers exoner
ated the driver of the bus from all
blame, stating that had he not
taken to the ditch the car and bus
would no doubt have been demol
ished and the occupants of both
vehicles been injured.
East Way. P. T, A.
Hear Well Known
S. C, Physician
Dr. James Albergottii, baby spe
cialist, of Orangeburg, S. C, ad
dressed the members of the East
Waynesville, P. T. A. at their
meeting held on Monday night.
He spoke on communicable dis
eases among children. -
Mrs. II. T, Gohrban gave an in
teresting history of the national
and state organizations of Parents
and Teachers.
Mrs. Georee A. Brown. Jr.. nre-
sided over the meeting. Following
the business and the presentation
of the program a social hour fol
lowed.
Ten Bills Cite Men For
Gambling; Two For
Operating Slot Machines
True bills against twelve men,
some among the leading citizens of
the county, have been brought by
the grand jury in the investigation
of gambling places and persons
said to be engaged in the sale of
liquor.
The grand jury has complete
true bills against ten for gambling
and two for operating a slot ma
chine. The investigation is being
made on instruction of Judge
Felix E. Alley, who presided at the
February term of criminal court.
The grand Jury is continuing
their investigations it was learned,
and other true bills may be brought
if sufficient evidence is obtained in
the cases.
In their regular report, they in
spected all the two story building
in the county, the county home, the
Hay wood County Hospital, the
nurses home, offices in the court
house, the county jail and the pris
on camp.
They reported 25 adults and 15
children, the latter from one to
sixteen years of age, in the county
home. They found everything in
satisfactory condition at tho home
and a' large stock of provision
from the farm,
In their inspection of the schools
they found conditions good, except
at the Bethel school, where a hand
rail from the first-floor to the
second floor . was needed. The
roof at the FmiVj, Creek school waa
.in bad ccat'ioTl arid the furnace)
needed to be enclosed.
Offices in the court house were
found in good Condition, and books
and records appeared to be receiv
ing the proper care. They com
mended the janitor service in the
building.
The jail was reported to be in
excellent condition, with the quar
ters clean, sanitation good, and no
complaint from the prisoners.
Sixty-two patients were in the
hospital on the day of inspection.
Of this number 34 were Charity
patients. Conditions both in hos
pital and nurses home were found
to be satisfactory.
Floridians Are Giving Good Will
Tour Group Time Of Their Lives
in Knvomknr
iq? . - . i"leresl!ns ii'K3 aoout tne differ-i-io,
,to two Vears in nrienn f. 7 , . .
manlai,l,ttt. i. : eui.iarm tours maue last year, and
fJ!B!ahr0ht corn club work of the demon-
of DaviH ,;. 1 T""5 ration farmers of the county.
vumieu, on me
night of February the 28th, 1938.
m Canton.
METHODIST PASTOR TO
HOLD VIRGINIA MEETING
J. G., Huccin Jr rioofni.
r irst Methodist church, leaves
Sunday afternoon for a two week's
meeting at the FTiVhinnri M.f,-
dist church in Petersburg, Va.
u& will return March 9th.
Another tnecial fpahim fUn
program was the showing of slides
of farming operation on demon
stration farms in Haywood by J.
L. Reitzel, assistant farm agent.
Following the meeting the social
hour Was enjoyed with Mrs. Leop
ard serving refreshments,
Mrs. Elizabeth Day, who has
been the euest of her aunt. M,
Rufus L. Allen, has returned to
ner Home m Mew York City.
tMitnrV Mnt three Wavnesville
men are on the Mayor's good will
tour through Florida. All indica
tinn are that thev are havinsr the
time of their lives, according to
this article, written in Fort Lau
derdale Monday morning:
By J. Dale Stentz, :
(Written for The Mountaineer).
There is no such thing as a blue
Monday in Fort Lauderdale. What
a reception these folks are giving
the good will tour from wonderful
Western North Carolina. Left
Miami at ten o'clock, and I fail to
find words to describe the wonder
ful time we had there, and during
the entire trip.
Clipper ships landing three at
one time Hileah Park, the most
beautiful layout we have seen any
where such grand Royal Palms,
regular tropical vencjure flam- j
incma in tnnlr and white hpflntiftil
fast horses and incidentally the
day we were there, twenty thous
and peoDle paid admission to the
park. Hotels by the score and
magnificent homes and lavishly
entertained by the city officials and
Chamber of Commerce. '
Bee-inning in Auirusta, we have
had the finest hospitality and
friendliness shown V. City, coun
ty and chamber of commerce offi
cials have outdone themselves.
Outstanding pros-rams were
"wen us in Tampa, St. Petersburg,
Clearwater and on down to Fort
Mvprs. Then to Tarnon Springs
with their sponge fishing, and
Gainesville tho home of the state
university. Bradenton too. and
now here in Fort Lauderdale The
Wavnesville delegation, composed
of Dr. J. R. McCrackon, Noble
Garrett, and . the Writer, were
ini'npd hv our fellow tnwnsman
"Uncle" Will Shelton for lunch.
One of the biere-est thrills of the
trip has been meeting old friends.
(Continued on page 6)
Uneventful, But
Busy Day Spent
By County Board
The county board of commis-l
sioners spent a busy dav at "their
third Monday" meeting held this
week, listening to those seeking
aid from the county. They attrib
ute the increase in relief cases to
the unusual weather of tho nnst
few weeks.
Four tax releases were granted
during the day.
Thirteen Boys
Enter Annual
I). A. R. Contest
The thirty-first annual decla
mation contest held by the Dorcae
Bell Love chapter of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution,
will take place this morning at
10:40 in the auditorium of the
Waynesville High school. Mrs.
W. F , Swift, chairman of patriotic
education, will preside.
Thirteen boys of the high school
have entered the contest anH
competing for the handsome gold
meaai wnicn tne chapter offers.
The thirty winners of pays t years
include some of the outstanding
citizens of Western North Caro
lina, and prominent members of
various professions.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the program this morning.
Herbert Braren
Called North By
Father's Death
George A. Kunze Is
Attending State Meet
George A. Kunze, sanitarian of
Haywood County, left yesterday
for Raleigh, where he will attend
the annual conference which is
being held this week for all state
sanitary inspectors.
VUeaUte Report
H. M. HALL, Official Observer
Feb.
15
Herbert Braren left Sunday for 16
Jamaica, N. Y where he was called 17
on account of the death of his fath- 18
er, the Rev. J. S. Braren, Lutheran 19
minister, . 20
funeral services were held on, 21
Tuesday afternoon at St Mark's
Lutheran church of Jamaica,
Burial followed in a Jamaica Cem
etery.
Surviving are the following: his
widow, Mrs. Emma Braren; one
daughter, Mrs. George Lowe, of
Seff ner, Fla.; four sons, Ralph, of
Jamaica, Walter, of Daytona Beach,
George, of Seffner, and Herbert,
of Waynesville.
Max
29
43
52
46
40
47
36
Min 7:30 a. m. Prec
16
17
23
29
32
29
29
Mean maximum ......
17
23
36
33
34
29
' 29
: 41.S
..........5.0
.....;....33.4
52.0
16.0
1.42
120
.02
Mean , minimum
Mean for week ...
High for week .
Low for week .......
Mean 7:30 a. m. ; .29.0'
Below February normal 4.8
Precipitation for week .2.64"
Normal for week : 1.01
Departure from normal 1.63"
Precipitation since Jan 1st 6.65
t