North Carolina Newspapers

I, , y sville Mountaineer HE Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park WAYNE fY-:iXTlI YEAR " - 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.,, . 18 ' 1 " 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 s back page) 13 r 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