North Carolina Newspapers

The Waynesville Mountaineer Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park WOi WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1940 $1.50 In Advance In Haywood And Jackson Counties 35,OO(0 Approved For Electric L edForOffice O pnl:rmpn Tender Their ations mi l XSS1K is slated to Ull ... member of the town ri.i.n.un. to fill the va- ,n, I.,!, Sum H. Jones t;t a pi eminent mer :h Massie Is d To Fill e un isoaru Ininent Merchant Has feed To Accept Place At irhfs lioard Meeting Resign s - Drafted By Democrats l untaineer learned from an ttivt source late last night I. Hugh Massie would De tuniL'ht to fill the vacancy town board of aldermen, tfv. the untimely death of V Sam H. Jones, who had the community in this ca for 12 years. is also learned from the liable source that Mr. Mas- ienified his intention of let of membership on the iHt will have charge of tne nd fire departments. . In will also be taken to- V tip hnnrl nn iha rfsiona- Elmer Downs and Lloyd members of the citv Douce lent. The two resignations fet to the board the first of Phillips And Downs Tender Resignations After Assault Charges Prefered. Two members of the Waynesville police force waived evidence n charges of an assault at a hearing yesterday, and were bound to the November term oi superior couu under heavy bond by Magistrate C. B. Atkinson. Both policemen, Elmer Down and Lloyd Phillips, have tender ed their resignations to the town board of aldermen. lie Doaru meets for a special meeting to night, and this is one of several matters scheduled to be taiten un der consideration. Tim t-arn nolie.emen were charged with assaulting Hayes Alley about midnight Saturday night, in Eaat Waynesville. The cnarges grew out of an attempt by the officers to arrest Alley, it was said, who reported that his cothes were torn from him as he resisted, it was alleged that Alley was also strut it. Magistrate Atkinson sot a peace bond of $1,000 and an appearance bond of $500 for each of the de fendants, which both made imme diately. The witnesses at yesterday's hearing were recognized for their appearance in superior court in November. M. G. Stamey represted Mr. Alley at the hearing. l u Vers v . " Ul V" '' Qaimed By Death Out-Of-State Farm Tour Left Town With 108 Others Joined Party En Route At Clyde And Canton The second out-of-the-state farm Utur from Haywood ixmnty neau a kj Vip onuntv farm airent. J. C. l.vnn and assistant aii"iHs Wayne Corpening and J. C. Reitzcl, left Waynesville Tuesday morning wivn 108 farmers and business men traveling in 27 cars, the party be ing joined at Clyde and Canton by other groups. They were escorted to tne vir ginal line by a North Carolina pat nilmnn nd will be met by a mem ber of the Virginia state highway department at the line and be es- corted on the remainder of the tour. Thu tin rtv will first visit Watauga County, and take in 150 miles of the Blue Kidge l'arkway. 1 ney will cover several hundred miles in the Shennandoah Valley. One .11 m M I,ro day will be spent in Washington, vAiaerllUlIl J Olieb I. C, where they win visit ine major points of interest. A tour will be through Kingnm s i'ncKing hoittie- in Richmond, and stops will be made at a numner or ocei aim dairy ruttlo und workstink farms in Virginia, j fL r - it SAM 11 JONKS, for 1 years n nieinlitM nf the town board ot al dermen, tlu'il Hidiio.iily Sundiiy iiKuiiinj.' of a litail iitlaek. JO New Folders gSentOut he C. Of C. libation is being made of ppies of the new Chamber merre f nldor whiK Ae- 4 in detail, scenic trips from 'iiie, giving mileage, ap lie driving time, and com rectiono Inr 4rtn . 'w v bll? V'la. wo front covers of the 12- I "er, is an eight by eleven map of this section, sne- Irepared for this folder Rev. C. A. Francis Called To Church In Swathmore, Pa. rirW Arthur Francis, of Waynesville, son of Mr. and Mrs. r r Francis, has recently been called as the pastor of the Victoria - . . r, 1 1 . T Union churen, oi Bwauimoic, . and has already begun his pastor ate there. ; - m. vr-a has recently com i-o caormA vear at tne Crozer Theological beiiuuwj, . Chester, Pa., and will continue it. v,a fan He is chair- WOrK vnere i " . man of the devotional committee of the student council at tne J Lait last nijtht it was apparent that President Roosevelt would be drafted by the Democratic Na tional Convention in Chicago as the party's presi dential nominee, after the chief executive, through Senator Parkley on Tuesday nijrht, had dramatical ly informed the convention that he had no "deMre or purpose" to be renominated. The platform was quickly adopted last nitfht and efforts to insert amendments ruling out a third term met with overwhelming opposition. Senator Carfer Class, of Virginia, also nominat ed James Farley for President. Rotary Club Has Excellent Year Gain 9 New Members For Total Of 36. Seven Attend Every Meeting Past Year ti WavnPBville Rotary Club He was ordained in Sept?;' ended their fiscal year with about 1938 in the Ratcliff Cove Baptist enaea -et eain ot church here. Last s"6; j350 over the preceeding year, doing field work for the Sunday ftf 9 School Board members, to bring the membership lina Convention, he held a suppiy g nastorate in the Winston-Sa em in v w member8 were not the Motorsville Baptist -.churen, . ft single meeiting during va urns instrumental in or- j-soH one ired fnr th e fnrfor. wucjc us . . ., . thp vear. wniie wui u.,Dv .--- L; S-H- oanizine the plans for We construe- - - r " u iinijui Lance is mwwu o. - - . v hiiilfline. I i fwmpiete map. tion of a new church Jw,nS Those making 100 per cent at- f, - ..v - which is now DCitig cuiiip-w , .. I. N. Llavis. A. Jr. ("'" ait inucn mure . u, " .. i Lcnua"v . an last year, and are print- Mr. Francis graduated irom Ledbetter, Dr. J. R. McCracken, Confederate Marker Unveiled m Jr ijitfiifirifflWiff W enamel paper. Wake Forest College in the class Hugh Massie, Jas. B. Neal, Charles toners r fmm iko Tivnoea I nf 1938 and from the local nign ,j .t. M. Seawell. ,-Mxur.tainecr. ' school in 1934. I The club heard a report of the International convention irom tneir new president, J. U. crown, a number of visitors were present Friday's meeting. New Mill Cutting Over 20,000 Feet Of Timber Daily on nnn fopt nf lumber a day : - L.iti nut. hv the Grace Lumber Mills, a new band mill, operating in the Gulf section oi tne wuui, Harry Lee Liner and his two eons, Harry Lee Liner, Jr., ana jere vid Liner. o ntViinr l ice iuu men are en ounic"'.e - - I gaged in the saw mill operations of the hrm, David Stentz Accepted Knr Flvinp: Cadet in United States Air Corps David Stentz has returned from where he recently -nassed examinations for a nyiny cadet in tne u. o. ah .vp. . f Young Stentz is the son of Air. and Mrs. J. Dale Stentz. e ws j 5n h local schools and at Brevard College, being a student last year at the Javter. He expect to be called into ser vice in the near future. 1,500 Expected At Duke Ellington Dance Saturday One Of Nation's Leading Dance Orchestra JSeing Brought Here By Enter- prize Club I ! Around 1.500 rjeoDle are expected to attend the dance on Saturday night at the Waynesville Armory, when Duke Ellington, Harlem's aristocrat of jazz, the sensation of two continents and his famous 15 piece orchestra plays here. The . Enterprise club, a non profit social organization of twelve young men, is sponsoring the event, which will be the major entertain martl of the summer season. Thir ty-five business firms of the com munity are underwriting the dance. Four hundred placards, adver tjoir, the Hancp have been placed in all towns within a 125 mile radius of Waynesville. Extensive newspaper auverus Kointr made of the event in a number of papers within the 125- :l nJ tia tKi;.;tv 'will be eiven the affair over WWN'C on Thursday, Friday and Saturday on the following pro (Continued, on page oj Local FFA Boys Are Attending State Convention : p..ir,.H,-ntat.ives of the Smoky MounUins National Park chapter j Future Farmer oi America Tuesday morning ' lo VJUlelgh," where they will attend the annua! convention of Future Farmers of the state. They were accompanied by J. C, Brown, teacher of voca tional agriculture in the high school. The local chapter has been noti fied that is was selected as tne outstanding chapter in the moun i.in ,liulrict.. Durinc the confer ence the state winner will be an- ounced, as the district winner the local chapter will be in competition with the other four districts in the state. Winners in the various contests, will also be announced at the annual state banquet which win 1, held tonitrht. James Francis and Elmer Hen--drix, local members have been re commended by the local officials to receive the America Farmer degree and if acceptable to the mate au thorities theBe boys will be voted on for this degree at the conven tion. I TK following members of the local chanter have been elcoted to the degree of State Farmer: Oscar Howell, : Sam A rrtngton, Marion Norman and Edgar Norman. If they are approved by the state con vention, these degrees will be con ferred at the meeiting. Dies Suddenly Of Heart Attack Largely Attended Funeral Services"" Held Tuesday At Methodist Church rUM-rul serviies '1 ivsdnv afternoon 577 Families To Benefit From 136-Mile Line Project It I a- The Cruso Mutual Eleci.it Company Extension Project The Cruso Mutual Electric Com pany has been notified that an allot ment of $135,000 has been mada Vi. Kurnl Electrification Ad ministration for the extension of their lines into other sections of Haywood County. The amount atloted to the Cruo fomputiy is part of the $1,87'J,000 which was recently alloted for rural elect rilicutwm in S stales. ()ne other project in North Carolina was allot iliis lime, the Cornelius Mu tual Corporation of ' Mecklenburg, being granted J20;!,000. The t'ruso Mutual Electric Com pany plans to extend its lines now covering I4 miles to an additional HO miles in various townships of the county, t serve. a total of .r77 subscribers. w-L. liii lieimn on this extension by the county agents and. officials of the company lust October ami a continued effort has been put forth to compk'W the work The next step is for the engin eering coinpnny to let bids for tho actual 'construction- of the lines. Since the project was approved sometime ugo'and a surveying crew has already set out ubout 75 !ulo of the line, work Can progress at once, A rocent rnlinir of the REA says that "before i tap -line is construct-.. wi re held on ut theMrst .)" V , " r ' ' . .u.. i.st Church at 2:110 oVIock . n. llenrv Jones. 4(i. World I"'"'"' c...u.... ' V .,., ..nl.r ,f the i wiring agreement mus, u . .. town' boa rd of aldermen, who died t vt d." This means that each person suddenly on Sunday morning around 7 o'clock from a heart at tack at his home on the Balsn.w Road. The Rev. J. 0. Huggin, Jr., pastor of the church und the Kev. j. S. Hopkins, pastor of the Baptist Church, olliciaterl. Burial was in Creenhill cemetery. Active pallbearers were: Henry m.....;v ,.f Ah,.ville. John W. Boyd, M. C; Stamey, Paul Walker, Clyde ccotricil hn8 becn taken. Mrltorie . of Waynesville, and Hay , . rarsons.of East La I'ofte. j llonoiaiv pallbearers were tne ofliiial staff of the town, Mayor J. Way, Jr., and Aldermen T. L. Hramli'tt, and L. M. Killian; liotx-rt Clarke, superinU'ndent of water . - (Continued on pane 5) - who wishes electricity must Bign an agreement stating that plans navo been r ide to wire their house or builo.ngs. When such an agreement is sign et, collections will begin the day the lines are energized. This is necessary in view of the fact that on many systems considerable am ounts have been expended on con st ruction of lines to houses and no Three Canton Men Have Their License Revoked Among the drivers license re voked this past week, include: Clyde Miller, of Canton, convicted of driving drunic; unpen w ise, Canton, convicted of aiding and in Hrivintr drunk: and Henry McDowell, Canton, driving drunk. All were convicted in van ton police court. SAFETY MAN HERE Keith Saunders of the safety di vision of the Highway Department, o visitor in Waynesville yes- - " . terday. - Dairy Grades Are Announced By Health Dept The district health department It it u unnouneed crades this Week on Haywood County dairies for a ix months period, beginning on July the 18th. These dairies conform to tne requirements of the United-stales I'ublir Health Service Milk Urdi- tinnii for the sanitary production and handling of fluid milk. Consumers are urged to purcnase milk on the basis of grades and to look for the grade on the bottle cap. The retail milk grades are as follows: those given grade A for raw milk include, J. E. Henderson, J. F. Mann, H. A. Osborne, M. It. Silver, and W. J. Smathers, all of Canton, and C. B. Ferguson, Dell wood. The Pet Dairy Products Company, Waynesville, was given a grade A, for pasteurized mil To Ooen New Store At Lake Junaluska On Saturday nn the courthouse grounds commemorating the Confede- of Haywood County, which was unveiled here on rriaay "nil nnnvnnn . - Thn oforr nn m liic the rktr ?"i.ith ; J-Ttiy by the Haywood Chapter of tne va"K"" !racy and the Haywood County Board of Commissioners. M rsh, of Asheville, state president of the N. C. Division of tl presiHpi iut vr tit ;jt nf th: local chapw o.ucu. jyirs, im. w. uarrett, presiaenv "j, e marker, which was accented bv Grover C. Davis on be- c?unt-- Col. J. Hardin Howell made the principal address. ;". from left to right, Catherine Martin, (who with Hasel- r'-t on tvt . . i -nrmiam W. StnfiC- irom left to right, Catherine Martin, vwuo -ion extreme right unveiled the marker), William W. Stnng 'Lee Alley, and Joseph Way, III, Flag bearers. Music was or the occasion by the High School Band. Saturday will mark the open- t .i Mi. unci modern store mcr oi i of ... of Junaltfska Supply Company, with 9,000 square feet ot noor Bp, windows on tnree nletelV a r conditions u..s.. " workmen were busy this week nutting the finishing touches on the 90 bvl00 foot building, while clerks yU ."kino- crate after crate The store laces -u..----. and has four large entrances with fwo display windows at each door. The exterior of the building marked concrete, while the interior modern lighting fixtures and a be autifully patterned ceding For the opening on Saturday, ir ...i.. f:iils to siirn this wiring agreement- it does not mean that he. Will he denied the possibility of having electricity, but it dues mean that he will not have the service l once It will be necessary that, all lines be completed, then upon reipiest tho line will be constructed to the dwellings of subscribers. In order that this new ruling might be explained, a series of meetings have boon called by the county farm agents, and the offi cials of the Cruso Mutual Com pany. AH prospective users of electricity on the proposed lines should attend one of these meetings. ' The schedule as outlined by J. C Lynn, is as follows beginning Ion Monday night of next week: Monday night 7:30, Clyde School ; It.,Jo -niwht at 7:30. Crabtreo School; Wednesday night at 7:30, Fines Creeke; Thursday night at 7-, 10, Rock Hill School ; Friday night at 7:30, Iron Duff School. Toggery's Sale Starts Friday The Toggery's annual summer clearance starts Friday morning, according to an announcement in today's issue. Hugh Massie, owner, said that drastic reductions had been made in every department of the store Confederate Veteran At Marker ?,..-, T iner: owner, is staging an H..IIJ ''--T- ... , "opening sale," in wnicn ne pom" been foreottcn the' entire stock of new goods is rfown at new low price levels In the market department, two large electric refrigerated coolers afford ample room for storage of . hile refrigerated display counters make it easy for customers to make their selections. Special refrigerated Vegetable and fruit display counters are fea tured in the grocerty department. These keep the produce fresh and crisp. The back of the store will be de voted to paints and hardware. (Continued on page 5) r rr- 77) t '' 11 V t 1 it ' t. S, n f , i i - ' 0 ' I z':t I f . hi. . - - j M Wood. 96. Confederate Veteran, of Wajnesville, preintl Frida'y for the unveiling of the memorial commera , ng the Veteran of the "three companies from Haywood County lfwJ I one of the three remaining veterans in this county David L. Math. of Clyde was not able to be present, and the other. Captain Alden Howeil, 95, reside in U Angeles, Calif., with his daughter.