North Carolina Newspapers

The Waynesville Mountaineer Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj Hie Great Smoky Mountains National Park UgjfEAR NO. 20 Sixteen Pages Today " r . WAYNESVILLE, N. (X, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940 $1.50 In Advance In HayWood and Jackson Countle ALONG L1TICAL R0 NTS V County WPA Groups ftSS2S To Hold Open House Projects To Observe Na tional Celebration of This Pays Your Community' C. E. BROWN . Rrnwn. who has led the f ... f Havwood as their an ft . ,n for the past two years, litical battles with the strat an experienced war-sea wed , was again chosen ai vie convention on Saturday to , to carry the banner for ly into the predicted victory. ,. the week political news Iwded off front pages to give war news wkich held the it but regardless of the in during the next week, in kill swing back to the dusi- , home' and voters win eaten the progress of the candi- The national celebration of "This work pays your community" week of May 20-25 will be observed lo cally as throughout the country, with open house on all professional and service, division projects of the Works Projects Administration. The celebration is being sponsored by the county board of commission ers and the county board of edu cation. A dinner will be given on Mon day night at the Hazelwood school cafeteria with W. G. Byers serving as toastmaster, which will officially open the celebration. Evander Preston will lead the assmbly sing ing. The evening will close with a square dance led by Sam Queen. R. T. Messer, chairman of the county board of education, will talk on "What WPA Has Meant to Our School System in Haywood Coun ty." Mrs. Eleanor Turner will give a reaaing, "Kooseveit me Man." Mrs. Leavie Smith Fowler, will discuss "The Nursery Project and what it ha3 meant to me and my children." Geo. Brown will talk on "Four and one-half years of WPA in Haywood County." Clyde Fisher will speak on "My work with the operations divisions. Mrs. Bonita Garland will discuss "What my work in WPA sewing rooms has meant to me." White- ner Prevost, mayor of Hazelwood will discuss "WPA contribution to Hazelwood." Paul Murray, mayor of Canton will discuss "WPA in Canton Tom Rogers, alderman of Clyde will talk on "Benefits from WPA in town of Clyde." J. H. Way, Jr, mayor of Waynesville, will talk on "Has WPA benefitted Waynes ville as a tourist resort?" Musical numbers will be given by a trio from WPA music project, a duet, "God Bless America," by Mrs. Janie Love Taliaferro and Mrs. E. Turner, a solo by Ida Lou Gibson. The steering committee for the - , (Continued on page 8) Democrats In County Meeting Endorse 3rd Term bod Democrats are strong Uevelt for a third term, from the recent county con In fact it seems to be bag" for Franklin D., pro- e wants to run. Daily, the arries news of added re ,o the army of voters who only willing to suppot mm Bird term but who are urg- at he run. With European in tne critical siate iney are former lukewarm advocates, 'en those bitterly opposed, fc for a continuation of the fal. They seem to feel that belter policy not to change A Bn the middle of the stream, ! ArmV All VUI P To Be Shortened By Almost Half Three Shifts Are Working On Tunnel Near Beech Gap; Have Bored 312 Feet Selects Waynesville After boring 312 feet in the tunnel on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Beach Gap, engineers have Delegates Elected To State 2? ZITZ Democratic Convention In Raleigh Lt. Reed Promoted To Captain In U. S. Delegates to the county Demo cratic convention held here in the court house on Saturday afternoon, put aside any personal support of individual candidates and unan imously endorsed the local county, state and national Democratic ad ministrations. They went on record as being heartily in favor of Franklin D Roosevelt for a third term as pres ident. C. E. Brown of Canton, was re elected chairman of the county Democratis. The following delegates fere elected to attend the state Demo cratic convention which will be held in Raleigh tomorrow: W. T. Lee, Judge Felix E. Alley, R. V. Welch, W. G. Byers, Chester A. Cogburn, J. F. Cabe, T. L. Gwyn, W. T. Crawford, W. R. Francis, David Underwood, Mrs,' D. D. Alley. Sam Queen, Roy Plott, W. H. McCracken, J. L. Walker, R. L. Prevost, Mrs. J. T. Bailey, Mrs. Ed Fincher, T. .T. Cathey, Frank Wells, Mack Caldwell, C. W. Moody, Perry Allen, Joe Michael, Luther Pless, S. L. Woody, R. D. Coleman, Clyde R. Hoey, Jr., Dr. F. M. Davis, W. W. Pless, II. A. Osborne, Way Kinsland, G, C. Brysoh. H. V. Cagle, Floyd Woody, J. E Henderson, Lee Ferguson, G. E Brown, G. M. Fish, Jack West, Ennis Sentelle, R. T. Boyd, Frank Haynes, J. M, Ledford, Frank Ferguson, Jr., O. L. Yates, C. T. Noland, C. L. Hill, John Best, G. C. Palmer. Dr. E. C. Morton, C. 11. McCrary, D. Reeves Noland, Faridy Green, A. G. Baldwin, J. R. Hipps, C. E. Cole, and Mrs. Fan nie Johnson Reynolds. While the foregoing were elect ed as delegates, any person de siring to attend is invited to join Haywood's delegation and go to the state convention. tunnel will not be more than 320 feet when completed. Three shifts are working in the tunnel, in order that work beyond can get under way during favora ble weather. About fifty men are on the job. Those not engaged in the boring of the tunnel, are clear ing right-of-ways. The contract for the section of the Parkway near Beach Gap was awarded to Nello Teer Company, of Durham Mr. Pridgen, who is in charge, reported this week that satisfac tory progress was being made with their work. Social Security Pays $272,350 In County fill happen at the Chicago :on. state gubernatorial cam- Is producing "a bumper crop ors. ' At any rate the whether true or not, are up the campaign, and the Stes all feel the urge to t certain reports" with ex Ions. Chances in most cases ort that a candidate or tes are losing ground or- ( with the supporters of the fellow", which leaves the voter in the dark as to how fi blows. . But there seems I general policy for the man. feet sure of their man. At ite the voters will not be i suspense much longer, for 'e is getting short. Inter-City Rotary Meeting Will Be Held Here Friday Dr. II. T. Hunter, Of Cullo whee, To Be Speaker; 100 Expected To Attend Rotarians from Asheville, Sylva and Waynesville will hold an inter city meeting here Friday night, at 7:30, with Dr. H. T. Hunter, presi dent of Western Carolina Teachers College, as speaker. Plans are being made to take care of about 100 at the meeting, which will be held at the Baptist Sunday school building. The Sylva club has charge of the program, and in addition to Dr. Hunter, will bring a violinist and pianist from the college. The Waynesville club, on lust Friday, went on record as endors ing the operation of a "real udu- cational" county fair. The reso lution was sent to the board of commissioners. The club heard a report from J. C. Brown, on the recent district conference. W. H. F. MILLAR, and family have moved to their new home near here. Chicago Family To Reside Here Permanently Climate, People and Scenery Of Section Bring Visitors Back For Residence Protect The Squirrels Asks Warden Plott G. C. Plott, county game and fish warden, has been keeping an eagle eye on the maple tree, first to the right, facing the court house from the street. Last Thursday he placed a small house contain ing two squirrels in the tree keeping them locked in the house for the first day. He is trying to get them to make their home on the court house square and is asking the public to co-operate with him. The squirrels are about two years old, were caught at Cruso and have been in capti ity at the Faradny Green store on Cove Creek for the past year. When the present animals become accustomed to their new home, Mr. Plott plans to give them company with another couple of squirrels. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. F. Millar, of Wheaton, 111., a suburb of Chicago, arrived the first of the month to begin occupancy of the home which they had built this winter on Hyatt Creek road. During 1927 and 1928, when the Millars temporarily resided here they expressed their intention of eventually returning to Waynes ville to live permanently. Thus their return to Waynesville to re side is the fulfillment of an anibi tion of many years. Their son, Billy, who is a na tive of Waynesville, was born here in the spring of 1928. He will at tend Junior high school in the fall. Many friends will recall their older son, Robert, who attended school here for a time, and is now a stu dent at North Carolina State Col lege in Raleigh. He has spent a week-end with the family since their arrival here. Mr. Millar, a practicing lawyer of Chicago,, has opened offices in the Masonic Temple here, and al though he is admitted to practice . (Continued on page 5) Local Red Cross Chapter Is Asked For $300 Quota National Headquarters Call ing For $10,000,000 For War Relief Dead Rats Picked Up By The Peck Senator Lee Gravely, can for governor, was a county Ithjs week. While making fch in Waynesville, he spent pusy hours, so it is reported, I glad smile and a cordial p&e, rounding up as many Iters as he could find about f11- Mr. Gravely is strong F " human side" of govern- Lieutenant Minthorn Reed, of the U. S. Army Air Corps, has re cently been promoted to a captain in the corps. Captain Reed, the son of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Reed, is a native of Waynesville. He has been in the air corps for the past ten years and has to his credit a very fine record of service. He is now stationed at Max velle Field, Montgomery, Ala. FRANK D. FERGUSON, JR. IS REPORTED IMPROVED Frank D. Ferguson, Jr., candi date for representative from Hay wood County in the coming pri mary, who has been confined to the Haywood County Hospital for the past several days by illness, is reported to be improved. Mr. Ferguson, who has taught school for the past several years in the county schools, received his license during the year to prac tice law, and expects to take up his profession this summer. Dead rates, literally by the peck were picked up on the "morning after" the rat extermination cam paign which got underway on Tuesday morning when the rat bait crews distributed during the day 600 pounds of poison made up of Red Squill mixed, part with canned fish, and part with lean meat. The poison in quantities about the size of a walnut was placed at the rat holes or harba rages in everv home and building in the Classes are assembling each I city limits oi waynesville, it was nie-ht this week at 7:30 in the . said Haywood Baptists Holding Training Union This Week The Baptist Associational Train ing Union of Haywood County opened Monday evening with 175 enrolled for a one week's training school in the First Baptist church here. Gay Chambers is directing the courses. May Term Civil Court Continued Into This Week Sunday school rooms of the church. The following courses are being given: "The Junior Leader's Man ual," Mrs. Gay Chambers ; "Bible Heroes," Miss Catherine Snelson; "The Intermediate Leader's Man ual," Mrs. Sam Knight; "Training in Bible Study," Mrs; Haynes Ilenson. "Our Bible," the Rev. H. K. (Continued on page 6) Cathey. Candidate fni Pnn. From the 11th district, who f to be making a steady race I Congressman Weaver, will his cause to the Haywood on next Wednesday night the court honoo .t a v.wv :ly has a "convincing line" Ported to be feelino- munh f ged over the progress he f ig toward i n.,t paver, is a quiet conserva f'ener, and the final vote niy reliable way to tell who "'e victor. ... National BAR Officers Dedicate Forest Area er Scott. ron'fA as Commissioner of f culture, will bring his cam ? the voters of Haywood on 'ty "ternoon, when he will L!re 'n the court housa at .,Known to hundreds of a Farmers as a practical i "'""'ve farmer, he is ask ? tizens of the state to en. nim for another terra the 50,000 Pines Being Planled By Organization In Sher wood National Forest The dedication of the D. A. R. Jubilee Forest area, tocatea i" Sherwood National Forest to be RO.OOO Dines, sponsored by the North Carolina society of the Daughters of tne Amenca.i Revolution took place with an im pressive ceremony on Wednesday at noon with Mrs. Henry M. Rob ert nf Tndiananoliss. Md.. presi dent general of the National so ciety of the D. A. R., taking part on the program. . , Mrs. Hugh McAllister, oi wm berton, chairman of conservation of the National1 society and state chairman of conservation in the North Carolina society, presided over the dedication ceremonies. She introduced H. B. Bosworth, U. S Forester in Sherwood Forest, who made a brief talk explaining the reforesting projects of the United States government and the merit of such patriotic assistance in the conservation program Of the nation. Mrs, Joseph H. Silversteen, of Brevard, state regent, was pre sented and she in turn introduced Mrs. Eugene Davis, of Raleigh, vice president general of the na tional society and a past state regent, under whose administration the jubilee forest was developed and the funds raised to finance the nrm'ect. Mrs. Henry M. Robert, president general, accepted the memorial from Mrs. Davis in behalf of the national organization and the gov- (Continued on page 8) Yesterday the rat campaign was put on in Hazelwood!, With all business places and homes being baited in the ;ime manner as those in Waynesville. It was repot ted that by la'.c afternoon a number of rats had been found dead in Various sections of the town. To day a similar campaign is being put on in Sylva. Red Squill is a specific rat poi son and is harmless to livestock, Dets and man, but positive death to the rat. The poison takes effect from between four and twelve hours after the rat has eaten it. The campaign is being sponsored by the merchants division of the Chamber of Commerce in co-operation with the district health de partment, the state board of health (Continued on page 8) Late yesterday afternoon the docket of the May term of civil court over which Judge F. B. Alley has been presiding was prac tically cleared, after having been continued Over from last week. Since last Thursday eight divorce cases have been tnea and eigni divorces granted. In the case of Jack Fulbrlght versus Mulvin Burgess, Inc., the plaintiff recovered a judgment of $200. The case grew out of a motorcycle and truck collision which occurred in the Pigeon River section last summer. In the case of Allen O'Neil ver sus Melvin Brown, which involved the foregoing accident in Pigeon River community, the plaintiff re covered a judgment of S500. The plaintiffs in the case of Gliddon Company, Famous Foods, versus Mrs. J. V. Hipps, recovered a judgment of $286.20. In the case of C. C. League and wife versus the Waynesville Laun dry, the plaintiff was ordered to pay the costs. The case of W. C. Johnson ver sus Mrs, Frank Davis was com- I promised. The following telegram was re ceived on Monday morning by L. N. Davis, chairman of the Hay wood County chapter of the Amer ican Rod Cross, from Norman H, Davis, national chaidman: "With the invasion, of; Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg the war has entered a phase which will inevitably and at once bring wide spread and appalling .'suffering '. to millions of helpless men, women and children. In order to inaugu rate widespread relief measures. the American Red Cross js at once launching a campaign for a mini mum war relief fund of ten mil lion dollars. Your chapter quota is $H()(I. Please at once mobilize the 'fi tire leadership of your chap ter and community jn order that your quota may be raised and ex ceeded without delay. Chapters may retain fifteen per cent of collections- to cover their local war relief cxpenseu. LUter of in structions follows." A preliminary meeting of the officers and chairmen of the local chapter was held on Wednesday morning and plans were made to hold a "Thank Offering" drive on Friday and Saturday of this week to raise the quota of $.'100. At five o'clock "this afternoon a meeting is being held at the com munity center to organize workers who will make the drive for col lections. Herbert K. Caskey, of Asheville, will address the meeting. Mr. Caskey has recently returned from the National meeting at the American Red Cross headquarters in Washington. Haywood County residents and communities have benefitted about $272,360 through operation of the Social Security program, it is es timated by Charles G. Powell, chairman of the North Carolina Unemployment Compensation commission. Unemployment compensation, or benefits to workers temporarily out of jobs, is usually the largest item in the ten divisions of the program, in counties with fairly large in dustries. In the two years of benefit payments, 1938 and 1939, the distribution was $88,339.37, included in 9,452 checks to county residents. Old Age Assistance, help for the needy passed 65 years of age, In Haywood county in 31 months of distribution amounted to $114,423. 10, The January amount was $4,815.60, going to 447 needy aged persons, an average of $10.77 each, as compared with the state average of $9.72 for the month. Aid to dependent children, help in the support of children deprived of their natural breadwinners, amounted to $33,754.50 in the same 31 months. The January amount was $1,263.20, going to the sup port of 269 such children, an av erage of $4.88 each, as compared with the state average of $6.18 for the month. Aid to the blind in Haywood county was $10,031.62 for the same 31 months. In January $378 went to 25 blind persons, average $15.12 each; state average, $14.90. In old age assistance and aid to the blind, the funds are provided one-half by the federal government and one-fourth each by the state and county. In aid to dependent children funds have bevn furnished one-third by the federal, state and county governments. Now the federal government will furnish one-half, as in cases of the needy j.ged and the blind. ' Old age benefits, now old age and survivors' insurance, is not available by counties, but a prora tion can be made to get a county (Continued on page 8) M. T. Owen Will Be Buried Friday Funeral services will be con ducted on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the First Baptist church for Melvin Theodore Owen, 76, who died at 12:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of his son and dautrhter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Owen, on the Dellwood road. The Rev. J. S. Hopkins, pastor of the crurch, will officiate. Burial will be in GreenhilJ cemetery. Mr. Owen is a native of Jackson county, but has spent the greater part of his life in Haywood. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ruby Burton and Mrs, T. E. Black, both of Asheville: three sons, Homer Owen, of Waynesville, Roy Owen, of Greenville, S. C, and Sam Owen, of Asheville. Miss Eileen Massie, who has been attending dramatic school in New York , City for the past winter, has returned home for the summer months. CAPT. CRAWFORD SENT TO CAMP BEAUREGARD ; Captain Harry Crawford, U. S. Army, son of Mrs. W. T. Craw ford, who has been stationed at Fort Benning, Ga., for the past several weeks, has been transfer red to Camp Beauregard, La., with the 80th Field Artillery. It Costs $13.08 Per Month To Keep Inmates At County Home Haywood County taxpayers foot ed a bill of $4,062.46 for operation of the county home for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1939, with an average population of 45 inmates a day costing $13.08 each to care for every month. Figures released this week by W. C. Ezell, director of the divi- of institutions ana corrections Civic Groups To Study Eastern Area Of Park Fire Discovered In Time To Avoid Damage What might have been a serious fire Monday morning had it not completed and released this week and showed an average daily pop ulation of 3.078 in all county homes. The state-wide average monthly cost of caring for these old people was $16.90 and the annual per cap ita figure was $202.80. Of the total state county home rironertv valuation of $955,665, Haywood almshouse buildings and a he St Board oTcVari iandVounds account for $45 000 non Welfare! showed operating , tax-producing property. The value i f; all North Carolina alms- of farm and garde, produce used v08 J Sl operating totaling by the home in Haywood was set S934 '? the yelr. final tabu- at $2,857.79, with an additional FJZTJ lcM"Vor werel$242.21 being sold elsewhere. Inspection Trip To Be Made Sunday By Representative Group Of Citizens Civic leaders of Waynesville, Asheville, Hendersonville, Canton, H and other Western North Carolina towns, will gather here been discovered in its early siages, about ten o'clock.. Sunday for a ended with no damage except the side of the partial loss of a pile of coal in tne basement of the "Tap Room" lo cated in the Atkins building on Main street. John Jones, operator of the Tap Room was met with smoke when he opened up his place for the day, around 5:30 Monday morning and lodging Upon investigation, he found a pile of fuel in the basement on hre. The fire department was called and the burning coal was soon reduced to a pile of charred embers. trio into the eastern park in order to personally fa miliarize themselves With the en trances and the proposed access roads for the eastern end of the North Carolina side, f The group will also study proper developments within the park as to roads, recreational facilities. Among the points which will be visited, include, Cove Creek gap, Black Camp Gap, Flat Creek, Hein- - (Continued on page 8)