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The Waynesville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At . The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains Nationat Park
fsiXTH
YEAR
NO. 27
Twelve Pages
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY' 4, 1940
$1.50 In Advance In Haywood And Jackson Counties
lasons Will Begin
riving On Sunday
r Summer Meeting
sixth annual session of the)
'Assembly of the Grand
of Royal and Select Mas-
f,'orth Carolina-Masons,
to be held in Waynes
, July 8, 9, and 10 isx
tt be the most outstanding
if the summer season here.
I. R. McCracken, the resi
meral chairman, said he ex
i large attendance of prom
lasons from many states in
stern half of the United
I McCracken added: "There
one outstanding feature in
ssembly that will attract
Uasons not only from West-
kh Carolina, but from states
lous to this part of eastern
L, and that is the conferring
second night of the assem
the 'Super Excellent Mas-
begree by a special team
ieveland, Ohio. This degree
ier been conferred in Way
. nd not in North Carolina
last five years."
IlN'DAY, JULY 8, 1940
M.i Opening of the Grand
of North Carolina, in Ma-
Temple. .
duction and Tecepltion of
fcished visitors.
less of welcome by Hon
I J. Harkins, Grand Master
tns in North Carolina,
nse by Most Illustrious
L Stephens, Grand Mas-
the Grand Council of Ohio.
fcrks by other distinguished
Grand Council.
P. M.: Opening of Doric
No. 20, of Waynesville.
ring Royal Master's degree
oh Council, of Raleigh, N. C.
i0 a team from South Car-
kill confer the Select Mas-
CH.
lurnment.
P. M.! Master Mason's de
mferred bv the West Gat
of Haywood County, this to
wed by an address by Most
it Companion Chas. H. John
;neral Grand Master of the
1 Grand Council of the Unit-
Continued on page 7)
rd Purchases
If Station On
3n Street Here
i U Ward has just purchas
Galf Service Station at the
of Main and Pigeon streets,
hhitf Mease. .
lWaM kn. n:iv T- xi -
tperienced station operator,
;k'e.
are being made to mod
More Power For FDR
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Suggestion of Senator Claude Pep
per of Florida to the Senate that
President Roosevelt be granted
"full war time power to prepare
and defend America" is only meant
or duration of present emergency,
he said. He recommended the Presi
dent be empowered to suspend laws
j and government regulations. '
Four Injured And
Car Demolished
In Wreck Monday
Bill Plott and Phillip Matthews
are confined to the Haywood Coun
ty Hospital as the result of inju-r
ries received in an automobile ac
cident, wHich occurred on Monday
morning at 1 o'clock when the car
in which they were driving with
three other companions ran into
a telephone pole on the Asheville
highway, this side of Canton, near
the Sallie Haynes branch road.
The car, a 1940 DeLuxe Ford,
owned and driven by Matthews,
caught fire after crashing into the
telephone pole and was completely
demolished.
Phillip Matthews received sever
al body bruises and has a frac
tured leg. Bill Plott, who was
rtding on the front seat with Mat
thews, is suffering with a broken
leg.
T. V. Moore, Jr., of Miami, re
ceived slight injuries to an ankle;
Thad Chafin was bruised about the
face, but Ed McRorte, the fifth
occupant, escaped without injury.
Ron lr TJqC I FFA Chapter Wins
DdllK lldh First Place In
Excellent
Business
Earnings For Last Six
Months Were 24 Of
Capital Stock, Resources
Are Over Million
The First National Bank has
had the most profitable six months
in the history of the institution
since its organisation in 1902, in
the period from January the 1st
through June 30th, it was learned
from officials last night.
The earnings' in this six months
period were approximately 24 per
cent of the capital stock. The total
resources of the bank last night
had reached ?1, 070,249.68.
One half of the earnings was paid
out in dividends to the stockholders.
The management stated last night
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Negro Waiter Held
For Death Of Woman
District Contest
The local Chapter of the Future
Farmers of America has been noti
fied bv the state executive secretary
that they have won first place again
in the district contest lor the best
chapU-r. They competed with 60
other chapters. This is the fourth
year they have won this honor in
the district.
At the state convention of the
FFA which will be held in Raleigh
on the 17, 18 and 19th of this month,
the state winner will be selected
from the winners in the five dis
tricts of the state. For the past
two years the local chapter has the
distinction of having made first
Dlace in the final contest.
J. Colvin Brown is teacher of the
vocational sericulture department
of the high school, which sponsors
the local chapter of the uture
Farmers of America.
Lynn, Miss Smith and
Hannah Named To
Positions By Board
Claimed By Death
June Travel In
Park 40 Above
Figures Of 1939
A total of 128,533 persons visit
ed Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park during June, 1940, and
they came in 39,203 vehicles. The
visitors were from all 48 states, tne
District of Columbia, Hawaii, Can
ada, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela,
Cuba, and Chile. Fifty-three per
cent of the visitors were from
other than the local states of
North Carolina and Tennessee.
States in number of visitors: (1)
Tennessee, (2) North Carolina,
3)Ohio( (4) Illinois, (5) Indiana.
Travel for June represents an
increase of 40 per cent over travel
for June, 1939. The increase was
proportionate through the three
checking stations. Travel for
travel year to date exceeds last
travel year through June, 1939, by
16 per cent.
Stock Yards At
Clyde To Open
Thursday, 11th
The Clyde Mutual Stock Yards
will open for the 7th- season on
next Thursday, the 11th, according
to R. Sanford,' owner and mana
ger. The Clyde Yards not only serve
as a main exchange for cattle of
this section, but attract buyers from
all over North and South Carolina
and Virginia.
Mr, Sanford has hud a wide ex
p.iince in the operation and man
agement of stock yards. .He-. built
the stock yards in Spartanburg,
and the. yards in Clyde, being the
first owner of the latter. He re
cently brought back the business
!t Civile.
Mr. Sanford's plans are to kiep
the yard open the year round, thus
affording an all year market for
cattle in Haywood County. Pre
viously the yards were kept open
about six months out of the year.
Lake Has Full Program
For Independence Bay
add
"e equipment, and to
Wditional stock. .'';,
Hard Will Prmfinna iA -
m Gulf station at the Lake
I ae opened last June. The
rtf- ftal'on opened in
have a complete one-stop
and believe me it is going
eellent," said Manager
Wesville Band
1 1 lay In
Won Saturday
P'aynesville Township school
jlil march in oJ- i-
Saturday evening at 6:30
, ""ier m the evening they
for softhnii .m
P P to Canton upon an invi-
.Ui" l"e high school band
mterpst f . ... .
f.,j i " -ipaiKU w
Iunds for lirif-:-- .
r-.n'Kft school hx-n
'nemhers 0f the local band
-i w assemble at the court
at .5:2(1 j i a.,
Lr . nu win oe wen
f up frrm here to Canton.
Cheerfully
jDefenseTax
i .-.
llT haW to pay a
CQT)Be tax on every
, J.sH r'w, which here in
e means a total of 28
- Massie, manager of the
i SJtrfnlly- paid the
can " ?any commenting
W -!' and addin that they
Marker To Last
Surrender Of
Confcclarates
A marker commemorating the
surrender of General James U.
Martin, of the army of Western
North Carolina, the last Confed
erate force in the state, to acknowl
edge defeat in the war Between
the States, which took place on
May the 6th, 1865, will be erected
at a prominent spot near Way
nesville, on U. S. 19, it was learn
ed this week from Dr. C. C. Crit
tenden. Tentative plans for the marker
were approved at a recent meet
;w nf ths executive committee on
historical markers for the state of
which Dr. Crittenden, secretary oi
the state historical commission, re
chairman.
This is the second marker to rje
placed in Haywood County of the
215 markers that have been ap
proved in the state since the erec
tion of the first marker in Stovall,
Granville county in 1936. The first
local marker VwaS that placed at
Soco Gap,
Athletic Events To Begin
At 2 O'clock; Fireworks
Display Will Be At Nine
Normal activities of the Assem
bly, enhanced by special events,
will mark the 164th anniversary of
the nation's independence as ob
served by the Lake Junaluska
Methodist Assembly.
A gigantic fireworks display
fwvm mistsionarv Doint at 9 p. m.
is to be the closing feature of what
promises to be a safe, sane and sat
isfying Fourth of July.
The Youth Crusade Conference
will conduct their regular pro
grams. International friendship
and' -fellowship was the theme of
the youth platform program Wed
nesday night under the direction
of G. C. Spiedel, former missionary
in Korea, Two Christian nationals,
studying in America, spoke for
Christian principles and purposes
in their respective countries. They
were K. Tanimoto, of Japan, stu
dent of Emory University and
Agenor Andrade, Brazilian stu
dent of Peabody College, Nash
ville, Tenn. The Fourth will bring
many newcomers to the Lake to
begin vacations and as week-end
.guests.;- '.,
Outstanding on the Fourth of
21-Year-Old Girl Beaten To
Death On Tracks Early
Wednesday Morning
Around one o'clock on Wednes
day morning, a colored couple,
Clarence Kay, 24, and Helen
Cherry, 24, are said to have en
gaged in a fight -on the railroud
crossing near Brannercrest. There
were no eye witnesses other than
Kay, no one knows exactly what
happened the -woman is dead.
Kay claims that he stayed with
her for about mi hour trying to
revive her after he had knocked
her diiwn. Realising that She must
be dead he left her on the track and
went in search of a friend, Frank
Allen, eolof-cd. It is said that ho
told Allen that had killed Helen
and that he wanted to give himself
up to the officers.
Allen hunted up -officers Downs
and Thillips of the -night' force of
the city police, and with Kay they
went to the scene of the fight and
found the woman lying dead on the
track as Kay had told them they
would.
The woman's face is said to have
shown signs of several blows, both
eyes had been struck and her body
gave evidence of having been beat
en. Officers 'h:llips and Downs stat
ed last night to a representative
of The .Mountaineer that Kav ad
mitted that- he had killed the wo
man, but that he did not know how
nor recall why he killed her.
Kay, said to have been noticea
bly under the influence of an in
toxicant, was arrested and lodged
in jail around two o'clock. It is
(Continued on. page C)
Palmer Elected
To Head Beef
Cattle Asso.
J. L. Palmer, of Jonathan Creek,
was elected president of the Hay
wood County Beef Cattle Associa
tion here on Saturday afternoon at
a meeting of the beef cattle pro
ducers of the county.
Claude Francis, of the Katclul
Cove section was elected vice-presi
dent, add W. A. Medford, Jr., sec
retary-treasurer. The assistant
secretary-treasurer will come from
the. county-. -farm agent s oMice.
These officers are elected to serve
for the year 19-10-41.
Th officers of the organization
were instructed to appoint, a di
rector of the association from each
township in the county.
Beef cattle -producers' present
urged that a larger membership be
secured in the association, ns they
felt that all producers would profit
by being n part of the county or
ganization, which will work toward
improving beef stock in the county.
A discussion was h'-'d, of the
ways in which the association could
help the beef cattle producers .and
the advantages of a large working
membership.
Following adjournment, those
present visited the farm of Robt.
V. Welch, where they inspccicti
. 1 u lt l'..l..l.
some top sneers, w'liicn mr, "
is finishing for 'the' market, which
were judged to be of exceptionally
line grade. ' .
K - -VJ J ,
II K. MAIVNKY, life-long resi
dent of Hethel, passed away Tues
day morning. He had been a sub
scriber to this paper since it started
over f(i-years ago.
II.R.MauneyWill
Be Buried At
Bethel Today
Last rites will be held this after
noon at !l::ill o'clock at the Bethel
Methodist, .church fur II. H. Maun
ey, NO, prominent farmer of the
Bethel section of the county.
Mr Maiinev, a native of this
, , i ..i u n i,;u
county nan itmucu iwiy u"
life, and had been engaged in farm
ing.' He was much interested in
modern methods of fai l'iing am'
had several agricultural projects
on his place.
Surviving are the widow; two
sons, W. H. Mauney, of Asheville,
and T. J. Mauney, of Canton; three
daughters, Airs. Fred Thompson, of
Lake Junaluska; Mrs. Frank Pot
ter, of New York and Miss Mary
Mauney, of Bethel; 10 grandchil
dren, and 11 great grandchildren.
Commissioners Do Not Act
On Sponsoring Sewing Room
Again This Year
J. C. Lynn, county farm agent,
Miss Mary Margaret Smith, county
home demonstration agent, and
Mark Hannah, county fire warden,
were re-elected for as long "as
their services are satisfactory," at
the regular July first Monday meet
ing of the county commissioners
held this week.
Mr. Lynn and Mr. Hannah have
served the county in their respec
tive offices for the past year, whila
Miss Smith has been home demon
stration agent for the past several
years.
The commissioners also discuss
ed at length the advisability of
continuation of the WPA sewing
room project. Last year the coun
ty appropriated approximately
$2,800 for the purchase of sup
plies and materials, which amount
ed to 25 per cent of the cost of
carrying on the work.
There was a sewing room in
Waynesville and one for Clyde and
Canton, giving employment in the
sewing rooms to from 55 to 00
women,
In the new set up of the WPA
sewilig room project the county
commissioners as sponsorsi are
tif-kod to put up 00 per cent of the
cost of operating the work, which
will be confined to only one sewing
room. There will be iflnployed
under this new project from 17 to
20 women only and would cost the
county around $!l,000.
It was brought out at the meet
ing Monday, that it Jul not seem
advisable to sponsor the project
from a uusiness standpoint, with
such a small group of .iuon giv
en employment. No definite ac
tion was taken, but the matter can
be brought up at any time, that
the commissioners wish to sponsor
the project.
Extension Of REA
Lines Are Assured
. , , .v. ( r .Tii -. , ; De water cuniesw. teuuis,
taCr r r lhali, and horseshoe pitching
ill . , . v i
double-faced, has black lettering
aluminum colored back-
'eriea
wa done right.
u va
tlf'liotir
15 Tin t
-r a on xne.lO-cent
rrniin1 anil is mounted on an iron
pipe imbedded in a concrete base.
Each is Dlaced on a numbered
hard-surfaced highway. In case
the object marked is not at the
same place as the marker, the
distance and direction are given.
While it is not generally known
that this important surrender of
General Martin occurred here, the
fact can be substantiated by refer,
ence to the Records of the War of
the Rebellion, the official records
of the conflict, according to Dr.
Crittenden.
'tournaments' in the afternoon; a
concert by the Waynesville Town
ship band at 4 p. m. under the di
rection of L. T. New, Jr., and the
nvenine concert at 8 o'clock by
the Junaluska Choir under the di
rection of Walter Vassar of
Greensboro.
Bishop Selecman's address Wed
nesday morning was the closing
public feature of the Conference
on Evangelism which has attracted
an attendance of approximately
200 ministers and has been marked
by more than 40 simultaneous re
vival meetings in the Asheville
(Continued on page 7)
July Mixed Term
Of Court Will
Convene Monday
Judge Wilson Warlick, of Mar
ion, will preside over the mixed
term of court, at which both crimi
nal and civil cases Will be tried,
that convenes here on next Monday
morning, the :8th.: .
Those drawn for jury duty in
cluded, for the first week:
Hugh Terrili, Clyde; Fred A.
Queen, Pigeon; Paul Medford, Bea
verdam ; F. A. Webster, Clyde; E.
G. Robinson, Clyde; Harley Mc-
Elroy, White Oak; G. M. Js.eet.cr,
Pigeon; Frank Swafford, Beaver-
dam ; U. H. wrowneu, jeavri u.m.
John A. Henson, East Fork; M.
P McKinnish, Beaverdam; W. H.
ni Wavnesville: Millard How
ell Waymville ; H. V. Plott, Way
nesville; J- Y. Davis. Crabtree;
Pnrtnri Jonathan Creek:
Clifton Moo!y, Ivy Hill ; Will Prad-
cW- Crahtree; Ilaray weaiora,
Wavnesville; David jaynes.
11 For the second week the following
were ilra wr;: I
p..t ('rabtree: Joe N. Tate,
Wavnesville ; T. W. Ferguson, -W ay-.
nesville; G. ,11. Jr erguson, fines
Creek- R. E. Owen, Jonathan
Creek ;' A. J. McCracken, Waynes
ville: Alf ( reasman, Waynesville;
Claude W. Warren, Beaverdam;
Charlie Medford, Iron Duff. V .
Ed'-Williams, Beaverdam; Robt.
H AVhite( Iron Duff; Boone Rogers,
Fines Creek ; Charles McCracken,
Fines Creek ; Curtis Rogers, Fines
Creek Talmadge Hoglen, White
Oak ; George W. Williams, Pifon;
Jobn Estes, Waynesville; John p.
Medford, Waynesville.
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Brown Assumes
Presidency Of
Rotary Club
Names Committees For
Coming year's Work. Chair
man Will Discuss Policies
Committee chairmen for the Way
nesville Rotary Club, just named by
President J. C. Brown, will have
charge of the program Friday, and
discuss the policies which they think
the club should adopt this coming
year. .
Last Friday, Mr. Brown assum
ed office, succeeding B. E. Colkitt.
President Brown, in a few well
chosen remarks, pointed out to the
club the importance of Rotary, and
its part in the world.
The committees which will be
formally presented to the club r
dav, are: " ,
Club service, Dr. J. R. McCrack
en, general chairman. .
Classification and membership,
Hugh Massie, chairman, Aaron
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Oflicials Tell Cruso Mutual
That Work Will lie Com-'
plelcri In 1910
Ollicials of the Cruso Mutual
Klectric Company have been no
tiiied by the Rural Elcctricfication
Administration that the proposed
extension of the company's lines
into Clyde, Iron Duff, Crabtne,
Fines Creek, Jonathan Creek and
White Oak sections will be.com-
I pleted before the close of the cur
rent year.
They have been given every rea
son to think that the construction
work will, be resumed in the near
future, it was learned from the
local authorities this week.
D. L. Pless, president of the
board of directors of the Cruso
Mutual Electric Company and Ira
Cogburn", vice president, and Mrs.
V, O. Deaver and Van Wells, mem
bers of the board of directors and
Joe Howell, project superintendent,
attended a state rural electrifica
tion meeting which was held in
Green.-boro last week.
At th mectinir in Oieensboro
a number of officials of the Rura
FWtHfication Administration
Washington were present and j Standing committees of the Lions
discussed the program ior me en-, ( ub, as named ty the new presi
dent, A. T. Ward, have received
Officers Break
Up Liquor Run
;il)-(iallon Still, 1.320 Gallons
Of 'Keer Caught In Raid On
Hal-am V.ountain
-.-Raiding ollicers captured a J'0
g'a'Mon copper still and l,f!200 gal
lons of beer Saturday, on Park
Ridge, near Balsam, and broke up
what they believed was a run of
liquor intended for today's con
sumption. Only G gallons of liquor was
found at the still, but 3 barrels of
beer had just been prepared for a
run. The officers found,2fi6 sugar
bags which had been emptied In
sugaring-.'-the 2.'i barrels of beer.
This amount of beer is said to
have been sufficient to make 200
gallons of liquor. The beer had
been heavily sugared in order to
have it ready for immediate still
ing, and in time for the Fourth
sales. .
Five known men escaped from
the ollicers. :
Those making the raid were R.
L. Jenkins, John Norton, and Cart
I'.ryson. - -
Several weeks ago, Bill IM1, John,
Norton, and R. L. Jenkins, cap
tured a 180-gallon still in the
Big Bend section.
Committees For
Lions Club Are
' Named By Ward
in i
Ivy
t Marsh Accepts
Position With
Power Company
tire state. The local group was
informed that final approval and instructions for their year's work
allocation of funds for the Crus The appointments were:
extension Would be made sometime; Attendance and membership,
this hionth. i Paul Davis, chairman, G. C. I ergu-
A survey has already been made gon) Jerry Colkitt and Fre l S vann.
of the proposed extension lines info, Program and entertairment,
Clyde, J'ron Daff-, Crabtree, Fines : Evandtr Preston, chairman, W hite
iCri'ik, Jonathan Creek and White Mease, L, T. New, A. W. Collins,
r e Mni-h who has been with ' Oak, pond tik the allocation of Jerry Colkitt and Clarence Barnes.
L ' ',';-' Henar'ment of ' th funds in -Washington, so.-that the Constitution and by laws, and
the engineering department j)i . at ho ; t .i.,,;.. t..,, n,.n
earnest- possible date, a large . chairman. . d. Uyers, J. &. Hop
kins, and W. L. Hardin, Jr.
Finance and auditing, Henry
State Highway and niD!iC,. oi
Commission, has resigned: after
nineteen years, and has accepted
a position with the Nantahala Pow
er Company.
Mr. Marsh, a native of Rochester,
N. has been residing in the
South 'for a number of years, and
has been living in Waynesville for
the past several years. His fam
ily will continue to reside here
for the present.
number of subscribers on the lines
have had their homes and build
ings wired in anticipation of 'the
day when the current .-would be
turned on. .
Mrs. Mary Moore has as her
uests at her home at Lake Juna
luska her son and his family of
New York City.
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Davis, chairman, Oscar Barker, W.
H. Burgin and J. VV. Uoyd.
Publicity, M. T. Bridges, chair
man, W. L. Hardin, Jr., Everett
Camp and Tom Campbell.
Blind work and health. Dr. N.
F. Lancaster, chairman, Bill Pre-
(Continued on page 6)