North Carolina Newspapers

The Waynesville Mountainieer , Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park KSXTHYEAR NO. 33 Sixteen Pages r U Tours Will tCompleted Uff The Week r - wra'Of Six Townships Unced, County Winner Be Selected trom uiF lenonstration " -7 v Were completed. i y '" j :ti-astf were pratl- L those in cnarge. tration farmer in fSlnihin was selected by the trs making the tour. card containing 10 huuu handed each visitor at each inspected:. ine queowuu .tv, thp improvements uu Li mndition of the farm and Ures of eacb farm were com-! from the answers.. I ners in the six tours were Jlo-?: in Ivy Hill township, G Campbell was judged to made the most progress; in . nv V. L. Messer: in ierdam ' John Allen; in Crab- Glenn Palmer; in Jonathan larmis Palmer; and in Way- ;iL Mrs Frank Leopard. lis week the tours will contln- in the following townships: .( Creek. Iron Duff, Clyde, U, East Fork, and Cecil. the completion of these town tours, the outstanding farm- in Havwod County will be leu from the township winners. WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1940 $1.50 In Advance In Haywood And Jackson Counties Labor Day Chair. i ii v . . A ! XIJ1 L. M. RICHESON was named general chairman, of the annual Labor Dav celebration ot the com munity by directors of tho Cham ber of Commerce Tuesday night. Mr. Richeson will name his com mittee this week-end, and pet things moving for the "biggest and best celebration, ever" he said yester day. Vial Farm Tour County Will Held The 23rd Last Year's Attendance Exceeded Any Other Coun ty Tour In State last year Haywood County had Ilirgest attendance of any coun n North Carolina on the am II county farm tour. This year fc i are going forward for even a ?er tour than that of last year. U following schedule of the r which wili fa held on Friday, Put the 23rd at fi a m lias announced by the county farm hit as fnllnwo re first stop will be made at farm of A .T MoPnoUn re a good herd of Guernsey coirs oe seen. nnH Mr MnrvonV., , . ... Bl.nVU, Of thp niltcfanlin nHMA.. i. . .u.uuuig taiiiicis ILL 'tate, is said t0 be the "clean- ume farmer in North Caro foe next sth will u n n mera farm arA MifnH:ni. Kure improvement will be seen. raimer has mis r.t v,. i " ui Lite laigvv iries in Wpstprn Mvtl, ('ina, selling wholesale milk, rom Nr. Palme',, v,l lr Will an in Tl t ... to- v, wlc Willi UUltlCa n Wesley's Creek. There rations in strip cropping w seen. l.iir,i ,.,:n v t fines Creek school nrJn. top here Amri..... :n uuiviiauauuua will ?:T1 bf the liso B proper wirine of hounes. 'er type thrasher, combine and kfO 1:al'Ures. fIIer lunch thp fi the Jarvis L. Palmer farm Nathan Creek. Mr. Palmer me of the outstanding beef kic.ii "-"""tjr. ue aiso nas - --. ro-uiei as wen as wops of tobacco and corn. Jir, "1 end the D. C. has done excentinT,! ' pasture improvement. A Floods Bring On Much Talk Over The Telephones Local and lor? Histories -alls at Waynesville telephone exchange broke all records Tuesday. Start ing Monday, the heavy load con tinued on through Tuesday night, i according to Mrs. Lura Reardon, cniei operator. Approximately 7,000 local culls Dassed through thp pvhnno-p Mori. day and on Tuesday, the figure was at tne iu.uuu mars lor local calls, and 400 long distance, which doubled previous records. Extra operators were brought in, and even then much overtime was put in, Mrs. Keardon said. The Tuesday night force was doubled. Calls Wednesday were not as heavy. "The public sensed our rush and co-operated in every way. This was deeply appreciated," Mis. Keaidon said Stock Show Head ; v, f Stoirinni laoDtnis Feyrtui ff Highlights Of Haywood Flood W. A. BHADl.F.Y will serve as peiural ehainiian in charge of ar raiijieiuents of the live stock show wlii,-h will be held this fall. He was iiunied by the Chamber of Com. ineree directors Tuesday 'ninht, who are looking forwar(l with keen in terest to the coming event. , It was estimated that between 800 and 1,000 people were "strand, ed" in the community Tuesday night. All hotels and boarding houses were tilled, and private homes cared for scores. At least 'five parties spent the niiht in their ears on Main Street. I he Cham ber of Commerce office and police assisted strangers in getting places. Those who spent the night in cars did not apply to either for help. it was said. crops appeared untouched by the wind or floods. Pii'ii-P Kinshind. of Iron Duff. had some valuable land and crops n 1IQTI?C washed away. lHinng the crest oi I .1... 1 1... .,l,.,nn.l xiiit.. n hit , ' .. .. I IIIV ,HV'1, 111" I1 . l.fiV It lHlll M of drift acid wood, and piled it on Health Officer Says No Need Of Alarm Over Water Discoloration Signers Of New REA Lines Are Urged To Wire Farmprs are ureed to beein wiring their homes for the rural pljMtrifnl linps whirh will he com pleted before winter months, ac cording to the officials of the cruso Mutual Electric Company. A new nil ire has been made bv the Rural Electrification Adminis tration that no lines will be con structed to a farmstead until the wirinir is completed or an agree ment signed showing that the wir ing will be done by the time tne line is energized. Local electricians have indi cated that they would prefer to have the houses in a community grouped for wiring. It has been estimated that from 15 to su per cent may be saved by six or more farmers going in together and letting the contractors bid on the job. To date it was learned that enmnnrativelv few of the People who have signed up and expect to have the use of electricity in the farmsteads have made any effort to having their wiring com pleted. Miss Mary Ashworth Barber is spending this week in Myrtle Beach with a party of friends from Marion. Quilt Show Will Open In Community Center Tomorrow Interest is growing in the an nual quilt and rug show which w ill be held in the community center tomorrow and Saturday. The show will be opened to the public at 11 o'clock and remain open until 9 in the evening, and again on Sat urday morning. Thp. show is sDonsored annually by the Woman's Slub and attracts visitors from this county and the neighboring towns. Mr.s frame Ferc-uson is nervine as general chairman, with the following com mittee: Mrs. J. W. Killian, Mrs. Jack Messer, Mrs. G. W. Colkitt, Mrs. C. F. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. K. N. Barber, Mrs. John M, Queen, Mrs. J. C Brown, Mrs. Geo. Kunte, and Mrs. J. Harden Howell. The following is the prize list: Class 1 Best appliqued new quit, $1.00; Class 11 Best new patch work quilt, $1.00; Class III Best new silk quilt, $1.00; Class IV Best old quilt, $1.00. RUGS Class V-Best hooked woolen rug, floral design, $1.00; Clasg VI Best hooked rug, conventional design, $1.00; Class VII Best hooked yarn rug, $1.00; Class VIII Best hooked silk rug, $1.00; Class IX Best large rug over 36 inches, $1.00; Class X Best small hooked rug under 36 inches, $ .50; - (Continued on page 4) of drift add wood, and piled it on ni(,ht f0ii0WjI1(, uu all-duy surv tlie bank. Tuesday night, he Kaidjwf m)1,s in ,,V4,,.y B,.ction of Ha some boys went down and pitched . showed that a fourth of t ......,-. iii.w... Im.'lf iiitu th river. . i .. . "Citizens of tliis community need not be alarmed about the slight discoloration of the water at this time due to heavy floods," said C. N. Sisk, district health of ficer yesterday afternoon-to a representative of The Mountaineer, Dr. Sisk stated that the discol oration noticeable at this time is larcelv due to the colorinir mat ter absorbed in the forests com prising the water shed and does not indicate any unusual pollu tion, : A certain amount of turbidity present in the Waynesville water supply during the past few days, which is so greatly in contrast to the usual crystal clearness cf this water, has caused severel in dividuals to inquire concerning its potability. Thp wafpr nunn'lv for Hfliel- wood, Waynesville and Lake Juna- luska is secured from open stream coming from an area Comprising nine thousand acres of uninhabited and largely virgin forest land. The water is first collected in settling basins located with the uninhabited area, whore it is clorinated and piped to an efficiently operated purification plant, where it is tit tered and atrain clorinated before it passes into a large covered res ervoir for distribution. "Water samples are collected every two weeks and sent to the North Carolina State Laboratory of Hviriene for analysis. All laD nratorv reports during recent months comine from state labor ntnrv have shown the water to be unusually pure and almost sterile, continued Dr. Sisk. Flood waters got to within two feet of the floor oi the steel bridge across the l'iireon at Iron Duff, on Hiirhwav No. 20U. This was the iii.rlu.i sini'o ISTii. liccordmir to T. L. Green, who lives nearby Wednesday morning at nine, the water had dropped eleven feet at this bridge. Mr. Green estimated his corn crop was damaged forty percent. every piece back into the river It has been reported that nil bridges above the l.edbetter farm mi the Lake l.otran Koad have been washed out or put out of use by water cutting around them. The tobacco crop of Oscar Kins- ind in the Iron-Duff . section is said to have been completely wash ed away. Alt trains were reported running on time, both Tuesday and ed til mlii v. No trouble was exper ienced on the Murphy Branch, ac cording to J. G. Terrell, local agent Th 12:40, niissemrer train, east bound, was held up two hours be fore crossing the river at Canton while 5 loaded cars of coal were placed on the trestle to weight it down until the crest of the flood had passed. At "Cnr.len Creek." owned by Arthur Osborne . one of the most beautiful and fertile farms in the county and nationally known for its finn mire bred Guernsey cows. the Pigeon River practically chang ed its course aim instead oi ionow- inir its bed made a wide swipe through the silage corn field. AH roads out of Waynesville were open yesterday afternoon with the exception of Highway No, 284 from Bethel towards Brevard, and the Sunburst road. School Registration Starts 20th; . Class Work Will Begin On The 27th U improvement. A ELI8.0" wi t the Kt generally is invited I e the tour; and the business r" w WavnpKvillp rt j aynesville. rantn, fe urs-erl 2 in. " p. in' mn is u j . . - rtit. 7"''"Duea m tne rural :,M1S f the county. Id HDr. "iirharn I?". Rev. and V T Q wv:. fio their eut.t ilnrino- ho and Mrs. Owen Herring, ur. Herring is the Wr Of thp -R-of. Of u "Ch Of TliK. Portrait Of J. C. Welch To Be Unveiled The 21th An oil portrait of the late Julius C. Welch, who for a half century was a dominant figure m tne po-i:4.:-i oflToirs of Havwood County, will be presented to the county on Saturday, the 24th, at n in a ceremony held in the court room. W G. Byers, clerk of the supe rinr'court. will make the presen tation and Judge F. E. Alley will accept the portrait in Denau i tne CiuiCiia vi "- - - The portrait has been aonaiea by the friends of the late Mr Welch, who was greatly beloved by the people of this section. Mr Welch, the father of the present sheriff, Robt. V. Welch, also served as sheriff of the county from 1926-30. , The public is invited to attend the ceremonies. - Thp Prabtre road. Highway No. Olio mi ro.ored ijaeveral 'olace hv water as deeo and four'fet. Travel was resumed oyer the road Wednesday morning, and apparent ly there was little or no damage to the road bed. Diip in the wash out of bridges in the Bethel school section, school will not be resumed before Monday if then. Lumber from the new Clyde School building was washed down the river. The site was several foot under water, but suffered no atinarent damage. Workmen be gan cleaning up Wednesday morn ing. No Gap Dance Team Wins First ace In Thirteenth FolK resuvdi The R ''. -v vjap square Dance icame off with a number of 1 1 , m the usual oUs festival Ffl last . . . A i Asnevine, in i J 12 teams of recognized abili- id...; &TTiYr n 4.V j . le s me ! teams, oam r manager of the team, who le Known ngure in t of square dancing, with uian Caldwell, won first uess coupie on me or. Quee !n won second place as v, Kf waller. Soco Gap btnng lire u- . , band won first place in the com- mi v, t rnp .MKU . Kr tp hundreds oi people attending the festival held at McCormick Field included: Sam Queen and Beulah Caldwell, Ralph r. J ITIla Map MOSS. nf thp Wavnesvijle dis 4-;t will onpn on Tuesday, Au- i- o7tK -ith rpcristration for- V I- ,l""l " .v.. - - ry- , k mH iunior hieh students oe ginr.ing the 20th, according to M. IT T?rtwlp3 Rpniors and juniors will register on Tuesday, 20th. Sophomores on the 21st, and r-ncVimpn nn the 22nd. The seventh grade will register the 23rd. All students are urged by Mr. Bowles to be at the school on the .we dpsicnated and check their spring registrations and get class schedule cards. , tiass worn wu. begin the 27th. About 900 are expected to enroll in the high and junior high this year, as against 82b last year. Va( miipV increase over the 9 snn in the elementary school is expected, Mr. Bowles said. . Teachers oi tne aistnct wm Saturday. August 24, and bug drivers on Monday 26th, in the high school auditorium. $839 Paid County Unemployed, July The Waynesville Employment office distributed $839.50 in 117 hprV to unemployed eligible workers during the month of July, while in the 31 months of distri cting 10.988 checks for $97,196.- 87 were delivered through tne During the same periods, the state distributed $505,86.61 in July and in 31 months have distriD Moody and -na mae "'. iisiMiu in 2 400 939 Campbell and Elsie Ray Cooper, ute $15,408,734 m 2,400,9 Waynesville And Canton Band In Concert Sunday Around 150 players will take part in the joint concert which will be given here at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the court house by the Canton and Waynesvlille high school bands. Practically all the students in the two bands started their initial band work last fall at the same time. L. T. New is director of . the local band, and L. M. Ricbeson is chairman of the sponsoring com mittee. John Lerryoerry is ai- rector of the Canton band, and Dr. V. H. Duckett is chairman of the ctwinnnrinir crouU. The two bands have been prac ticing seperately all summer on the numbers which will be given S'lirwlMV . On the following Sun day, the 25th, the bands will give the same concert in Canton, TKo nroirram numbers are by the following composers: Bennett Ohenette. Kittle, Weber and ws- enbig and are: -rromouu", march; "Starter," march; "Chaim, march; "Activity," marcn; i-ru-ject," march; "Zenith," overture; "Airport," marcn; "wiue inwu, waltz; "Warming Up." march; "Organ Melody," reverie; "Home Band" march; "Summit," march; "Nor'ma's Dream," waltz; "Nor mal," march; "Trombone looag gan," novelty; "Yesternight ' serenade; "The Flyer," march; "Ambition," overture; Indian Boy " fox trot; "Military Escort, march ; "Saskatchewan," overture. t rtf rain the concert will in wc , , be given in the court room instead of the lawn as was first planned. rroWron-lrntl Duff School Will ronnen todav. after a two-day hoi i duv. Fines Creek school did not close. th No Estimate Can Be Made Of Damage Done Corn By Wind, Kain And Flood 4.3 INCHES OF RAIN 11 1 hjivi soon the Piiroon River higher on two other occasions, but have never known it to do as much damage as the flood this id T. J. Cathey. county auditor, who was unable to get to his oHlco in the court nouse on Tnpsdav. "Onp riMisnn is that I suppose there has never been as much farm- imr Anna in thp land on the river B edge as Is now in cultivation," aaid Mr. Cathey. rtrl muchm tihop of Hugh Cathey located at Woodrow were greatly damaged. Jarvis Allison. Waynesville town ship, states that his corn fields were lying flat on the ground and that he feared the stalks were damaged too much to respond to "time and sunshine." The only accident reported in the community, happened about noon on Main Street when cars from Asheville and Canton hit their fenders, tearing one fender completely off. The accident oc curred during a heavy downpour, Conservative estimates made last ey ,ay- ths tobacco crop is a total loss. No estimate was made on corn, pending u more "complete recov- v" following the high winds, heavy and steady ruins, and high flood waters of Monday and 1 uea- day. Streams were back in their banks vesterdav. after having reached some of the highest points since 1S7( on Tuesdav afternoon, lol- lowimr a stead v downpour of 36 hours, in which time 4.3 inches of rain fell in Waynesville, according to Harry M. Hall, official weather observer here. Heavier rains fell on the head waters of the Pigeon River, sending it out Of banks, covering crops, making about iw families abandon their homes, ana sweeping about 1,000 cords of add wood from the yards of the Chanv pion Paper and r ibre company, flooding the plant, and causing tho suspension of operations for 36 hours. Canton, Clyde and Woodrow bora the brunt of the raging Pigeon waters - Some 80 families wert forced to evacuate their homes in Fibreville, and about 6 or 8 fami lies at Woodrow. The highway, between here and Canton was flood ed in several placet in and around fMv.io Tho water ant into aom houses at Clyde, but did not enter thi business taction, A:l families who had to mov Tuesday, went back home yester day and began cleaning up. Officials of Champion Paper and Fibre placed their loss at $0,000 in wood which drifted away, and $2,0(10 machinery damage. Ui.rli urinrU nf Monday night and Tiii.uiiiiv morninir blew many fields of corn down, and in some ins tances shredded the fodder. ti sin anil Catherine Moody, W VI 11 II liCt . Mr. and Mrs, Fred Moody, Manna Moody and Richard Queen, Fred erick Nichols and ueraiame ris, Donald Hipps Sneed. Miss Alice Quinlan is the guest of Mrs. B. S. Marsh while her and Decota! residence on Pigeon street is j leased for the summer season. Six families living in Ark Park section between the two r orits tho Pigeon at Woodrow were compelled to move out of their homes, some of whicn were com pletely washed away. Light service of the Cruso Mu tual Electric Company, now oper ating in the Pigeon Valley section was off from; Tuesday noon until Wednesday morning. The trans mission lines were broken down in four places, three on the Big East Fork and one on the West i ork. Supt. Joe Howell reported yester day that service had been resumed. The approach to the bridge near Harper's Spring on Highway No. 284 was washed away, though the bridge was unhurt. It will vane to reoair the damages to the approach. Washouts on the old road bed of 284 renaerea w road impassable for a time, dui n was thought yesterday that the re pairs would be made and that old route of Highway No. 284 would be open today, via. Rickman's store for'; traffic. Three bridges were washed away at Crawford's Creek and the Hun gry Creek bridge on thd East Fork was also destroyed by the rising waters of the creek. The new bridge at the forks of the Pigeon River near tne coua home was not damaged, but there was considerable damage to the approaches. n pipa is reported to have suffered the greatest loss of any farmer on East Fork. His entire wheat and hay crops were washed away.r Norman Caldwell, traffic officer, braved the elements, and spent tne day in front of the Bank direet iru traffic ' and ' giving out infor mation on roads. He said at least inn nf.nf.ututii rs soucht infor mutinn durinir the 12 hours. 'All motorists were in fine spirits and t,k the misfortune with a grin Many called friends and relatives, while others asked for a dry place to spend the night. Hiram Green, of Fines Creek, ont a irmiin of friends narrowly escaped while watch ig the raging river. They were just above the old dam in White Oak, watching the water sweep along as if there were not a 40 foot drop. Within a r..,.t mimiiM nfter thev left their n,.,nninin observation point, the place slid into the surging current. Lake Junaluska, swollen by Rich land Creek, was two feet higher than the dam. The overflow reach ed out 30 or more feet from the base of the dam. Nearby resi dents said it was the most water they had ever seen come over the dam there. Crabtree-Iron DuiTIIome Coming Day Set For 18th Final arrangements have been completed for the Grabtree-lroa Duff Home Coming Day which will lie held on Sunday. All present and former residents of the two township are urged to attend this annual event, which is being neiu at the school house. Those attending are requested to assemble promptly at 10 o'clock as a Sunday School lesson, with sermon following, will be the pro gram for the forenoon. A picnic lunch will be served at the noon hour. : Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hodges -j -hildren. John and Jean, BI1U "... , w are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Campbell. Mrs. uoages w the former Miss Dorothy Thomas. The bridge between the barns and home at the J. C. Welch farm vino. from one side and was was completely covered tt -ne tnie n Tuesday. The corn uu AVf thrpp o'clock Tuesday, Richland Creek overflowed Smath ers Street near the new sub sta tion. The stream did no otner damage. It raced pretty high at the Laundry, and ran through the yard of a nearby hourse. wk Mpsser moved his family out r.t tKnir hnmp on Crabtree early Tuesday, while he remained to look after things. The water reacnea the door sill, and then strted drop ping. "One more inch, and our floors would have been covered," he said. Rotary Picnic Is Postponed Due to washed out roads to Frying Pan Gap, Rotarians have postponed their annual picnic until later, and will meet Friday at 12:45 at the Baptist Sunday school build ing as usual, according to J. C. Brown, president. ,Last Friday girls of Camp Ju naluska for Girls gave their an nual pragram, which consisted of piano solos, vocal numbers, violin selections and several dance num bers.' ' The club had as their guests, campers from the camp whuaa fathers are Rotarians. The pro gram was in charge of Thos. M. Seawell. Beside 31 local Rotarians, ther,e were 33 visitors. Will Bryson and Weaver Cham bers, in Iron Duff, suffered heavy losses in tobacco, by both water and wind, it was reported. As Albert J. McCracken stood watching the Pigeon River cnt through his farm, completely cov - (Continued on page 5) Hyatt Reunion To Gather At Soco Gap Sunday At 10 The annual Hyatt reunion will be held Sunday, Aug. 18, at Soco Gap, beginning at ten o'clock. Featured on the program will be special music and speakers. At the noon hour a picnic dinner will be spread. All friends and relatives of the Hyatts are invited to attend. Mrs. W. A. Hyatt is president.