North Carolina Newspapers

&e Waynesville Mount A1NEER Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Easiern Entrance oj The Great Smokv Mountains National Park Hr-SIXTII YEAR NO. 9 12 Pages Today WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940 $1.50 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties 160,000 Being Spent On Haywood's Rural Roads .. . . . : , , , . k a l o n g iTlirv Tn Fl V PriPP Oil I To Be Honored By Local Masons 244 Meil GiveH Wwk )LITICAL FRONTS eks Re-election GRESSMAN WEAVER jlon Vance Weaver, with 22 service in Congress, and throughout the 11th district many friends as "Zeb," is the voters to send him back ngressi for another term. ng his Way among- the so- if the nation, Mr. Weaver illy claims that his 22 years igress give him the kind of -enc that it takes to "put across and get what the lack home want." He states will not make personal is In the campaign, but feels .snt that the voters will con Ijhis service to his district, Latate and the nation, as well Democratic arty, and re .lin!" to bis 'pit,:ii."plce in an" in political' Washington, lenority rule ,in the house Mr. Weaver well earned in He is generally recog as one of the ablest lawyers House. While thousands of in the 11th district agree Mr. Weaver's ', claims, there "ihers all for sending a "new Jury To Fix Price On Site For Clyde School ras definitely learned during lek that among those who will e-election in the coming pri will be Glenn C. Palmer. The representative of Haywood y will shortly make his form louncement. As a freshman itor in 1939 Mr. Palmer made ay around the legislature with discretion.. He spon constructdve i bills for ood, and from many sources, & been urged to enter the race. . ,. " ' .' fact the list of Haywood y candidates is said to be ;ng over-night, though as yet, rmal announcements have made. In several instances are said to be four and five lates seeking the same office, he present they are playing ind go seek with each other, ; to find out whether or not eported candidate is merely ng through bis hat," or se- L f intends to pitch it in the ring. Three Appraisers Named By Court To Fix Price On Eight Acre Tract Last week the Haywood County Board of Education filed a peti tion of condemnation of the eight acres of land, part of the D. I. L. Smathers property, owned by Mrs. Mary Morgan, which they contem plate buying for the proposed new Clyde School building, funds for which were recently approved by the WPA. ; The petition grew out of a dis agreement with the owners of the property and the board of edu cation as to the value of the land. The case was heard on Monday before W. G. Byers, clerk of the Superior Court. After failure of the board and the owners to come to an agreement Mr. Byers ap pointed W. P. Harris, of Beaver dam Township; Frank Wells, of Pigeon Township ; and Jarvis H. Allison, of Waynesville, to appraise the lands at what they consider a fair and just price. While the jury of three men are allowed tert days in which to make the appraisal, it was thought that they would take up the matter at an early date, in order that the work of the building which has al ready been delayed, may start. School authorities are anxious to get the construction underway so that it will not interfere with the regular work of the school. Application was made to the WPA for funds with which to erect a new school building at Clyde in September, following condemnation of the present school buildings by the state engineer of the educa tional department. The .wing of, tfj.e building nh will contain the 22 class rooms, will be constructed first, so that the school activities may suffer as little . as possible by the building nroe-ram. The other part of the building will include a home economics, and vocational department, a cafeteria, a library, and two offices, will be added in time. Much of the ma terial in the old class room building will be used in the construction ol the new plant. The present gymnasium will be retained, and kept in use, being con veniently located just across the street, while the remainder of the nrp.wnt Kchool buildings will be torn down. Tom Blalock, 48, To Observe His Twelfth Birthday For the first time in four years and the twefth time in his 48 years, Tom Blalock will today observe a birthday. The question has arisen should Mr. Blalock do four times as much celebrating today and receive four times as many gifts as those cele brating a birthday each year. Mr. Blalock is a son of Mrs. W. D. Blalock and the late W. D. Blalock. He is operator of the Big Ridge Mica Mines. Local Bands To Give Concert On Friday Evening 56-Piece High Band, Arid 44-Piece Elementary Band To Give Free Concert eparture from the usual cus pf selecting an active politi I some old hand at political ne,- was made during the ' when Governor Hoey named den Ramsey, general mana t the Asheville Citizen-Times, ynoter at the state conven rtiich will meet in Raleigh on the 17th. While Mr. Ramsey isidered a good Democrat, he d to have taken no active personally in politics, but on ther hand has 'never been l to scratch a ticket." Those mow Mr. Ramsey can vouch tracking good speech that will p the old war horses and the colts to a presidential cam speed. The Western counties Iso be assured that they will il represented by this adopt l from "Old Virginny," when ,amsey raises his voice in the ntion. Those supposed to be e inside ring, feel that the on of Mr. Ramsey is another ' evidence of the Governor's pt to stay neutral. If he had i an active The 56-piece band of the Waynes ville High School and the 44-piece elementary band, will give their first public concert Friday night, at the high school auditorium, with Bandmaster L. T. New, Jr., in charge. . There will be no admission charg es. Neither will there be any offer ings taken. - : . The committee jn charge of the band work in the community, head ed by L. M. Richeson, chairman, is anxious to fill the auditorium Fri day eyeningt "Come out and show by your presence that you are behind the children and the school authorities who are" working hard to provide a band which is already proving a credit to the community," Mr. Richeson said. "You cannot afford to miss this concert. The band is one of the community's greatest undertakings, t and it is hoped that the auditorium will be filled to capacity Friday night," he continued. "You will not only bei furnished and enjoyable evening of free enter tainment, but also your presence will prove your interest in the band." Those serving on the committee, besides Mr. Richeson, are: Hugh Massie, Claud Allen, T. L. Bram lett, Geo. A. Brown, Jr., W. A. Bradley, Bill Prevost, Jack Messer, M, H. Bowles) and L. T. New, Jr. Cruso Officials Hope For Prompt Action By REA Cruso Electric One Of Smallest Rural Projects In The U. S. No definite statement has been made as to when work will begin on the proposed extension linee of the Cruso Mutual Electric Com pany since the project will have to go through the usual routine of study and examination in all de tails by the various departments of the Rural Electrification Ad ministration in Washington. . Headel by D. L. Pless, president of the. Crao Electric company, a graup composed of J. C. Lynn, county farm agent, Joe Howell, project superintendent, Chester A, Cogburn, attorney, and T. L. Gwyn, took all the plans to Wash ington last week and Submitted them to the administration. : They are asking for an appro priation of approximately $150, 000 to build the 140 miles of ex tension lines. They brought the matter before the legal, engineer ing and auditing departments of the Rural. Electrification Adminis tration, with favorable comments from each department relative to their presentation of the proposed work.' ; The Cruso project was referred to in Washington as one of the smallest rural electric projects in the United States, but one which was much needed. The average ' ' ' ' . Bfff i'uui...i-"jwyiw f v I 1 J-'-S'tSt -ni-TTTT -T 1 Other Funds Sought W. T. LEE CAPTAIN ALDEN HOWELL Waynesville M ill bestow the veteran medal for fifty years of continuous service upon Captain Alden Howell and W. T. Ixe here Friday night. ''.Captain Howell has been a Mason over 66 years, and Mr. Lee for 52 years. Captain Howell And W. T. Lee To Receive 50-Year Masonic Medals County Agents Left Yesterday To Buy 20 Bulls Will Join lL. Case At Annual Kansas City Hereford Round-Up-Sale J. C. Lynn, county agent, and J. L. Reitzel, and W. A. Corpening, assistant county agents, left yes terday for Kansas City, where they will join I. L. Ceee, head of the animal husbandryf of State College, to' attend the Annual Hereford Round up sale, and purchase 20 purebred bulls to be placed in Haywood County. The movement to improve the cattle industry in Haywood, Coun ty is being sponsored by the First . T. 1 1 ,1'' national aann ana xne county board of commissioners. According to Mr. Case, this will be the largest placement of pure bred bulls at one time in any couri ty of North Carolina. Inquiries have been coming in from the neighboring counties to the office of the county agent re garding the possibility of pur chasing some of the bulls, but it was learned that the Haywood County breeders would have the first chance at the animals. The sale jn Kansae City, an an nual affair, is one of the largest -.'i 1 :4.-J jiiujevfc u. uBu;uu;..kuihld .. . the COUntry, and over 1,000 subscribers to the mile, while the Cruso Mutual Extension lines pro ject averages five to a mile, it was learned in Washington. Those interested in putting the project through seem to feel that the final surveys will be started in about six weeks, and that the project will share' in the fiscal year's appropriation to the Rural Electrification Administration. Republicans Of 11th District To Meet In Brevard The regular biennial Republican convention of the 11th Congres sional district has been called to be held on Monday, March the 11th, at 2 o'clock at the court house in Brevard, according to Alvin T. Ward, county chairman of Hay wood. The convention will be held for the purpose of nominating a can didate for Congress; for naming members of the state executive - (Continued on page 7) The group .will also visit the Wolfe River Ranch near Memphis, Tenn. If the desired animals are not located at the last named place and in the Kansas City round up, the party will visit the Lake View Cattle Ranch at Silver Lake, Ind. March Schedule Of Demonstrations Club Meetings Textile Selection Will Be Demonstration For Month Miss Mary Margaret Smith, county home demonstration agent, has announced "Textile Selections" as the demonstration topic for the month Of March in the club meet ings in the county. . The schedule for the meetings for March is as foljows: the Jon athan Creek club will meet with Mrs. J. L. Palmer, at 2 o'clock on Friday, the first; the Beaverdam club Will meet with Mrs. Paul - - (Continued on page 7) Veteran medals for fifty years of continuous service in the Masonic order, will be presented to W. T, Lee and Captain Alden Howell, when the Waynesville Lodge, No. 259 A. F. and A. M, meet in reg ular communication on Friday night, March 1, at 7:30. Captnin Alden Howell, who is 0!), has been a Mason more than 60 years. The medal will be for warded to a Los Angeles lodge and presented to him there. Past Master O. T. Alexander, will present the medal to Mr, Lee, wno started- his Masonic career in June, 1888. Dr. J. R. McCracken Will address the group on the' legendr arid ori gins of Masonary. ' C. B. Hosafiook is secretaryand in behalf of the program commit tee, urged full attendance Friday night. Farmers To Buy And Sell Horses Here On Ninth An old-time jockey trading sale day will be held by Haywood Coun ty horsemen on Saturday, March 9th, at Bramlett s sale stables here, The morning will be taken up with horsemen swapping and sell ing animals in private. Beginning at two o'clock, those who wish, may put their stock up for auction, Medford Leatherwood will be auctioneer. There will not be any charges of any kind, it was said by those farmers who are promoting the event. And all those who wish to buy or sell work stock are invited to attend. "The plan is to get all farmers who have extra work stock, or need work stock together at one time for convenience in trading and buying. Absolutely no charges of any kind will be made," a spokesman for the farmers said yesterday. Stentz Resi As gns C Of C Secretary Mm. J " f! T.vTiTi ha returned politician ne :frn nroanwillo 55 C. . where he' no doubt, have already been 1 haa been the -uest of relatives. ' (Continued on page 7) 1 : J. Dale Stentz, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce for the past four years, tendered his resignation to the board of directors v last night. The resignation was accept ed, and will become effective on March 31st. J. W! Kiliian, president, said that no successor had been ap pointed, and had no statement to make regarding the resig nation late last night. Mr. Kiliian has set next Wednesday as another meet ing date for the directors. Tax Official To Assist In Making Returns On 7th W. R. Palmer, deputy commis sioner of State Revenue advises that he will be at the court house on March 7th for the purpose of assisting taxpayers in filing income tax and intangible personal prop erty tax returns. . Any. person subject to filing eith er or both of the state tax returns must file such returns with the Department of Revenue on or be fore March 15, 1940 and pay tax due thereon. Any unmarried man or any wo man, either married or unmarried having an income of $1,000 or more during the year 1939, and any married man having an income of $2,000 or more must file an income tax return. Any person owning on Dec. 31, 1939 intangible personal property; such as money on hand, postal sav ings, accounts receivable, notes, bonds, or other evidences of debt, or shares of stock of corporations, must file an intangible tax return. "Sick Wife" Yam Gets Man And Girl Friend In Prison A man, apparently in great distress, asked a friend in the Pigeon section of the county to lend him his car to take his sick wife to see the doctor, around 7 o'clock Tuesday morning. The ride ended around 1:30 on Wednesday morning in a cell of the Hay wood County jail, for the bor rower of the car and his girl friend, who was not his wife. The owner of the car, is said, after several hours to have be come alarmed about his car and notified the state patrol men and the police depart ments of Waynesville and Can ' ton. Elmer Downs, of the Way nesville police force, located the "borrowed" car and the "borrower" and his friend around 1:15 on the Racoon Creek road, between Francis and the Ratcliff. Both the "borrower" and his girl friend were brought into town and lodged on the top floor of the court house, and will be tried this morning in the mag istrate's court for "stretching a loan." Work Is Underway On BetheliWPA School Prdjet. Excavations for the foundation of the vocational building of the Bethel school, a WPA project, was started last week. The total cost of the construction of the building will be approximately $30,000, wim federal funds amounting to $15,273 and the Havwood Cnunfv board of Commissioners, sponsors, contributing $14,545. Application for the grant was placed with the WPA officials last August, and the appropriation was recently approved. Plans are to have the building completed by next September in time for the opening of the fall term of the schools. Fifty persons are employed on the project. The building Will contain the au ditorium, the home pponnm anA agricultural departments. Ljndsey M. Gudger, architect, of Asheville, who has designed the building, was employed by the county board of education. Mr. Gudo-er also desio-ned tha HWni. woorf, junior high and Crabtrec school buildings. Dr. W. E. Gudger Is Honored By London Society Dr. Eugene W. Gudger, honora ry associate in ichthyology, Amer ican Museum of Natural History, New York, has recently been elect ed a corresponding member of the Zoological Society of London. The Zoological Society is one of the leading scientific organizationfi' in the world. 'Dr. Gudger, native of Waynesville, has long been rec ognized as an international author ity on fishes, and this recent honor was accorded him because of his work.' ' Dr. Gudger was proposed for membership in this London society by J. R. Norman, keeper of fishes in the British Museum of Natural History. : In a letter to Dr. Gudger Mr. Norman said in part: "I regard this election as long overdue, and a fitting recognition of your val uable contributions to ichthyolo gical science. I am delighted to have been able to play a small part in bringing this about. May you enjoy many more years of work, and may we see many more of your truly interesting papers in print." WPA Farm To Market Road Improvement Projects Far Reaching In County One hundred thousand dollars of WPA funds are being spent on farm to market roads in Haywood County, with an additional $60,000 allocated for the Pigeon road from Waynesville to Woodrow, employ ing in all 244 men, according to A. V. Owen, who is in charge of WPA road construction in this county. It was also learned this week from WPA officials that applica tions for the improvement of Hay wood County roads are pending. If the grants are made, an addi tional 400 men will be put to work. The Pigeon highway, 284, is be ing widened to a 20-foot highway. One hundred and eight men are employed on the job. The work was started on the 8th of Febru ary. Six inches of crushed stone are being put on the road, with asphalt surface treatment. The five mile project is scheduled for completion in approximately eight months. ; Sam Holcombe is fore man of the work. The farm to market roads in clude the following: The Beaver dam road, a distance of six and two tenth miles, will be regraded on North Main street, of Canton to the Buncombe county line, and the surface treated from the end of the present pavement .of North Main to Newfound street. Forty eight men are employed on the job. It is planned to have the work finished in six months, according to project supervisor, A. V. Owen, The project on No. 209, which started a month ago, runs from the top of Rush Fork to James' stoi'e, a distance of one and three tenth miles. Thirty-eight men "are employed on the job which is sched uled for completion in six months. The grading on the project is well underway. Panther Creek road, connecting with 209 in Crabtree and running to Panther Creek mountain, con necting with Fines Creek, a dis tance of five and three-tenth miles, is also tinder construction. A widening project on the Love joy road, on the West Fork of Pigeon, en route to Cecil, a dis- (Continued on page 7) Stentz Thanked For Radio Work On Mayor's Tour J. Dale Stentz rendered valua ble assistance in handling the ra"dio programs on the first annual mayor's tour of Florida recently, according to J. E. Goad, of Hick ory, tour director. Mr. Coad wired The Mountain eer yesterday, that "The mayor's tour deeply appreciate valuable assistance of J. Dale Stentz in handling the radio programs throughout the tour, and as assis tant tour director. Members , of . the tour extend vote of apnrecia- : tion through your newspaper to Waynesville in his behalf. You are to be congratulated on having a man of his ability as head of your Chamber of Commerce." Others from here makine the 1,200-mile tuor were: Dr. J. R. McCracken and N. W. Garrett. They returned home Saturday. Miss Betsy Lane Quinlan, who ha3 spent sometime in Miami, is expected home this week. 7te liJecMtesi Report H. M. HALL, Official Observer Feb. Max 22 30 25 25 23 31 19 19 24 45 18 35 25 42 32 32 26 34 12 12 27 47 12 39 28 44 33 35 Mean maximum . Mean minimum .. .. High for week . Low for week .,....... Mean 7:30 a. m. Below February normal , Precipitation for week . Normal for February Above February normal .... frecipitation since Jan. 1st Normal since Jan. 1st Deficiency for year Min 7:30 a. m. Prec 0.02 0.91 ,.39.0' .-21.6 47.0 :.12.0'' ..28.0 . 7.9 ..0.93' 4.04 .1.04 .7.68' .7.79" .0.21" C3 Band Concert By High And Elementary Bands Friday Night--7:30 High Sch