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The W aynesville Mountaineer Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park rxTHYEAR NO. 34 Twenty Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1940 $1.50 In Advance In Haywood And Jackson Countie i irt Mm Anrl L Tour Will Held Tomorrow UMenAndToorists Invited lo Jin TV. f nnntv- .mers un -"v HeTour i uavwnod County innuai ... . A home tour. j v the demonstration wiU be held tomorrow, 'ikir.e the trip are asked I u. in front of the court tmuic .... : . . ... from whicn point -" v. Lrt moving promptly at 9 Churchill and Hitler Meet year there were 570 per Lg this county tour, . ..f V,o laro-pst tOUrS n the staie. ixui-i I . ,,rr. but business If' the county and public in I ,nd tourists are lnvnea vo le party and see first hand s being done aiong aguvu. Havwood county. th will be served at noon at es Creek school hy tne r. ,t a small charge. At the L.i.tt Pamnbell place tne Ltianal Bank, The Friendly ill be host of a watermelon which will be free to all Lking the tour. At the last silver loving cup win db ted to the township having: gest number on the tour, schedule for the tour is as Wavnesville at 9 a. mart- house, arrive at the of A. J. McCracken at 9:15 fcerve farm management. t 10:00 for Glenn C. Palm- L.-. .v,,- nnst.ure imnrove- iiu r will be the chief point oi It- leave Palmer farm at flock, arriving at John r . . farm at 11 ;20, where strip hi will be seen; iving the James farm at the mrtv will arrive at the Creek school for lunch. Hero L educational disDlavs of icil DDliances which will bd Bortance to all those interest- tie rural electrical projects. ! disulavs will be stated by tnt dealers of electrical sp ies in vv aynesville ' an ' Can ts arp schedulM to leave Creek at 2:10 and arrive at larvis Palmer farm at 2 :40 beef cattle and general fig will be seen. Leaving the rfarni at 3:20 the plans are ch the D. Crockett Campbell Iat t;w. here a general xarm ian will be inspected. At watermelon cutting will be fa who wish to take the tour lave no way of traveling are to get in touch with one of Moving committeemen listed le townships of the county: leaville, G. F. Plott, F. L. "A W. A. Bradley: Clyde, J. "een, J, B. ; Holder. Lee V. sl Iroa Duff, Jarvis Cham- T r T..: t w- t- v. uavia, joe jueaiora; "an Creek, Glenn A. Boyd, Messer. Jarvis T,. Pnlmor! r Oak. Walter wo-nt nr v Sam LedforH N Creek, L. Z. Messer. Chas. icary, Glenn James; Bea John Allen. Mrs. Frank ipps; Ivy Hill, D. J, 5? "X 1 Dave Hall Will Address Citizens On Monday Night Is Leaving fchurehm and Hitler, but not the British and German war leaders, meet at Lisbon, N. Y during the record peacetime war maneuvers. At left. Warrant Officer Thomas P. Churchill, of Governors' Island, N. , Y. At right, Staff Sergeant Paul HiUer, of the 71st Infantry, New York. Program For Labor Dav Manned Out By Hard Working Committees J. B. H -. uaiupueii, w. U. li.et t Fork, Oder F. Burnett, Howell Ira H. Cogburn; ' F. Hipps, L. C. Moody, "wy;. Pigeon, Grover J. i n-eiiey. J. s. Koilins; C,6' John F . Rogers,- M. B. " v.-. AirKpatricK. i . waude Haynes had as her f' unnr i mson and Mr. p. ' Asnevuie, Mr. Edwin Haynes and Mr. naynes, oi Can- 400 Attend First Day's Meeting Of Haywood Baptists Around 400 attended the first day meetinc of the Havwood Baptist Association at the Crabtree church yesterday. The association will meet again today at Fines Creek, and elect officers after a full pro gram, which will include the fol lowing speakers on the morning program: Rev. J. S. Hopkins, pastor of the First Baptist church here, J. C Pnimn "Wnvti esville. Rev. L. J. Rogers, and Dr. I. G. Greer, of the N. C. Baptist Orphanage. In the afternoon, the speakers will be Mrs. E. C. Horton, Edwin Haynes, C. H. Greene, J. R. Mor gan, and Dr. Hoyt Blackwell, pres ident of Mars Hill College. Encouraging reports were heard at yesterday's meeting. One of the highlights of Wed nesday's meeting was an address by Dr. M. A. Huggins, secretary of the State Baptist Convention. Compromise Made In Masonic Temple Tax Case A compromise was reached on; Monday by the county board of commissioners and the Masonic Temple owners for $500 for back taxes for the years 1938, 1939, and also for 1940. ; : The Masonic Temple has been exempt from taxation as many such buildings have been in coun ties throughout the state, but a re cent ruling laid down by the North Carolina Supreme Court in the case of the Odd Fellows versus swam County changed the status of the property as to taxation. The Attorney uenerai aiso lun-u that under the Machinery Act, all such property is subject to taxa tion under the new ruling is liable for back taxes for five years. t (ai valuation of the property will be made by the equal- j ization board in 1941. The community's D:iv celebration is well mapped out, 1 and the complete program in the ( hands of capable and hard working, committeemen, it was announced last night by L. M. Richeson, gen eral chairman. This year, the annual Labor Day nrocram will beein with a union i O - - a service at the Methodist church on Sunday evening, with Rev. J. S. Hopkins, delivering the message. Evander Preston wll be in charge of music. On Monday morning, a parade which looms will break all re hprin at 9:30. and from then on there will be something doing every minute until the annual street square dance breaks up in the wee hours of the morning Dave Hall, state commander of the American Legion, will be the first of a series of outstanding speakers to be brought to this com-; munity by the Rotary Club, in co operation with all other civic and patriotic clubs and organizations of the county. I Mr. Hall will make an address at the court house Monday, Aug- , gust 2G, at 8 o'clock. The speaker is from Belmonit, and will point out some of tne dangers now threatening our democracy. Mr. Hall comes highly recom mended, being a very .able and in spiring speaker. He has given of his time and effort to civic Im provement in his own community, as well as the state at large, j Representatives of the Rotary Club in contacting civic clubs in Canton, reported hearty co-operation from there. There is no admission charge, neither will there be any offerings taken. These addresses are de signed for the information of the public and all individuals and biirtrest Labor groups are Invited to attend. 1 . 1 Detective Brought In To Seek Jewelry Valued At $20,000 Rev. J.S. Hopkins To Become Pastor In High Point (irt'cn Street Church there Is 1 .unrest Baptist Church In The City Welch Portrait To Be Presented On Saturday W. G. Bvers, clerk of the su i perior court will make the presen I tation of an oil portrait of ithe late Julius C. Welch, which has been donated by his friends, on Satur day morning at 11 o'clock in the court room of the court house here. Judge F. E. Alley, friend for many years of the late Mr. Welch, who was a dominate figure in pol itics in Havwood count V for more iur of the morning. thafl hgtf century wil, aceept the The committees met in a groupi . ... . ...,- - ... . with the general: chairman this Welch ... of ,h week, and auopteu .."PlpreMnt ' hiriff,' RflK ' V. . Welc, program, and have added cash, also ,)rved as sheri(r of the couniy including floats and decorated cars I from 1920-30. j The ' th public is ceremonies. invited to attend Miss Margaret A. Hall, foniwriy of WnynesvilU', has recently ac cepted a position with the National Farm flic. Hall lias been connected with sev eral business firms .since her grad uation from Cecil's Business College.".- in the narade. In addition to the parade, speak- ,ng, band concerts and atnieuc A H (J events for Monday, there will be a t singing meet of choirs and groups To North Wllkesboro in the high school auditorium, De ginning at one o'clock. Cash prizes will go to the winners in this event also, the committee declared- The committees now at work on every detail of the celebration, are: Athletics and stunts, Carleton Weatherby, chairman, E. C, Wug ettl'eld and Carl Ratcliff. Floats and parade, Jonathan Woody, chairman, Hugh Massie, W. A, Bradley, L. X. Davis and C. N. Allen. '-."-.. Dog and pet parade, Bill Cham bers, Bill Prevost and R B. Daven port. Square dance, R. L. Prevost, chairman, Bug Kuykendall and Singing meet, J. Dale Stentz and Sponsor Cooking x 11 . ' m V All uewey jiyaiu .Publicity, M, H. Bowles, chair man, W. Curtis Russ, and Francis Massie. " Band concerts. L. T. New, Jr. The high school and junior band will be in the parade and give concerts afterward at the stadium. n:o TUrt.t will Ko in rharce of uui.: : ":.:: , tidan the puDlic aaaiess eyoMjiii. The committees are also stress Rev. .1. S. Hopkins, for the past 2( months pastor of the First Bap tist church here, tendered his res ignation to the congregation Sun day morning, following a unan imous Hiid uigent can irom vnc Green Street Baptist church in High Pont. With regret, and a vote of ap preciation of his services, the con gregation granted his wish at a business conference following the usual worship. Mr. Hopkins and family will leave' the first week in September to take over his new duties. The Green Street church is the largest Baptist church in High Point, u city of 40,000. The audi torium is the largest in the city, seatng 1,500. Mr. Hopkins came here from the Seminary in Louisville. ,Prior to going there he served 8 ytr, as pastor of the Eller Memorial church in Greensboro. At Castalin, N. C, he served as pastor and principal of the high chN.. 4 years Flower Show Will Open At 2 O'clock This Afternoon The animal flower show .vponsor eil by the Woman's Club which is to be staged in the community cen ter building, will be opened to the pub lic "at o'clock this afternoon and close at 10 tonight, and again in the morning from 9 to r o clock. Due to .the favorable weather conditions of the current season, the show gives promise of being outstanding in number and vari ety of exhibits, as well as .quality of (lowers. The prize list is nlso more extensive this year than pre viously and will ut tract more ex hibitors. Each year hundreds of visitors not only from this immediate sec tion, but from the neighboring towns attend this show. A great number of the visitors are espe cially interested in the dahlias which are grown to such size and perfection in this vicinity. All entries in the show must be in by 11 o'clock this morning, so that the judges will have ample time to inspect the exhibits and have all prizes awarded by the oneninir hour. Mrs. M. (i Stamcv is general chainnan on arrangements for the show. Mrs. Felix Stovall. presi dent of the club is chairmnrt of the hosnitalitv conimiltJtec. Mrs. Frank Keriruson is in Charge of advertising, Mrs. G. W. Colkitt, stairinir and arranging. Mrs. (j. C. - (Continued on page 5) - : - luVitt will viva information lead- MnmJ Am.irt(r T!:V.it of the icwelry- Mrs. IL L. Allen Named Among J! Prominent Women News has been received here that Mrs. Kufus L. Allen, is listed The local churct during the past! in "volume 39 of the 1940 edition of Davis-Smith Doors To Open Today, After Loss Of Valu able Goods Saturday The doors of the Davis-Smith Jewelers, a firm operating stores in Wnynesville ,'nnd Canton, are sche duled to swing open today after being closed since Saturday night following the loss of $2.0,000 in jewelry by the manager, Bryant Smith.' Mrs. Isabelle Davis Smith, the owner of the .firm., filed a petition in bankruptcy in the Federal court in Aslieville Monday as a uirecs result of the heavy loss. It was understood that a Canton business man would be named receiver. Mr. Smith said last night that all persons having jewelry in tha stores, would be able to get it today without one minute's wait. In commenting further, lie was warm in his praise of the public fur (heir ro-oneratioil. and nuUenca while the stores were forced to bo closed. "It was most unfortunuto for both us and our customers, and we nre grateful for the manner in which they have born with us dur ing -this - 'readjustment period , no continued. 1). K. Rector, a detective of Knox- ville, was brought here Tuesday night by Mr, Smith, to namue tno case. M r, Rector spent Wednesday nvimr i-ioii nd work" and had no statement to make last night, other than to cull attention to tho rewards thut are being offered in an ad vertisement appearing elsewhere in this newspaper today, A reward of $300 is being offered for the return of the property, and a guarantee made that no questions or prose cution will be made. Another award of $100 is offered any per- two years showed a gain or 4fl members, and contributibuted over $0,30(1 to various phases of the church work. He has taken an active part in l.M'in A 'iuni" i a 1 inn w it K tin. civic affairs of the conimunny, :,t V.oih Wilkeshom. Miss serving the I. ions Club as presi- , dent for the past year. Mr; and .Mrs. Hopkins have children, a son of school age, a daughter over a year old. A motor , Prominent Women of America." The book is a publica tion of the Sardinia House of Kingsway, London. Mrs. Allan's grandfather was Sir Ralph Ie Wilton, and her grand mother was Lady Thresa Onnsby ) Moore. tw Famine In Europe, Might Bring Armies To America, Says Dr. Few Woman's Club To Sponsor Cookm School On 30th Newton Cook, of Jacksonville, V C ioined Mrs. . Cook at the ; home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs Innfi" tho nnot 1. r . i Jnt, f-ok , ana. jarvis Coman, ai sunsei uums-, -- ..u uaugmer, miss Johnson, of Asheville. ''-.Mr. Ollie PWf ei .: . i havn k ollerraan;-ci At- G r Sen-Vuitln Mr- nd -. Plott and other rela m this section. I-To-School Lake Junaluska, for a visit this week The Waynesville Woman's Club is sponsoring a cooking school here Friday, August 30, at the Park Theatre, beginning at 10 o'clock, ...;w Mr. I.nis Shelton. noted dic- and lecturer in charge i demonstrations. Stale Supervisor Visits liooal Nursery School This Week Mi . I, , . ,. -- -..i 4.1- Mrs: Shelton comes iiikiujt v ,ng picnic amners on . .vne K.u..u. e M havig been connected for the groups for the day. iX ' as appliance companies In keeping with the ; policy of this Jl - vn. and ha, given newspaper, there w.ll be published ..Jo -ve next week, a complete Labor Day,"" . she i8 Home Ser- edition. raruw'K in the complete program. ween. . IMjWm JeCrouncd Queen Of Junaiusm j Coronation of Miss Virginia . rica ov- r- . apence, obuK - r - - - . tm-ed in the -9. o. . r6t in-, .on of today's issue of wspaper. lhiIiy inte. nZ articles . and , "iteresting and valuable : -e advertisements in Dav Vr,,, 4- i s iL ,: ,'-' yu lo reaa mis rffly before getting --uxen ready for the place at 8 p. .m. s en ing in the auditorium of the Lake Junaluska Assembly . and promises to be a brilliant and col orful affair. . rn.. .oi0t a stunning red- head, has selected members of the younger set to compose nci y y and the ceremonies win De t""- ed with music mimic pomp. Miss Lucile Medford, of Lake T..i..i. nrASPnt oueen. will receive her successor nd place the crown. E. R. Reidel, of Shenandoah, Virginia, will Serve as Master of Ceremonies. , Miss Anne Seawell, of La" Junaluska, has been selected as maid of honor to the incoming queen. , n . Heralds: Mary Crum, and Pat- ing, .at., rei-eisuuis. Flower Girls: Mary fclizaDetn Harbin, Nashville, Tenn.: and Benny Lou Medford, Margaret Robers, Doris Anne Ensley, Mar garet Nolan and Mary Ann Liner, Lake Junaluska, Tre.in Bearers: Anne Brown, Lake Junaluska; Floretta Barefoot, Canon Tubers: Margaret Preston, Birmingham, Ala.; Lucy Stubbs, Sumter, S. C; Kit Crum, Durham; Elec Bullingtoni, Macon, ba.; tiarry McCracken, Lake Junaluska, and Tarmadge Spence, Raleigh. Following the processional and coronation ceremonies a varied program will be given and gifts will be presented to the queen. A program of entertainment for the queen will include vocal and in- (Continued on page 6) vice Director of the Standard Gas Eauiwicnt. Corporation of New 'York, and will use EsSotane. Officials of the local club have already started to work on Friday s school," and indications are that the theatre will be packed for the dem onstrations, which they have been assured will be interesting instructive. Mrs. Felix Stovall, presiueoi. the Club, said last night that tne school is not being conoueiu the idea of teaching the women of the county how to cook as their reputation as good coom far and wide, but to give them a few short cuts in cooking economy. The Woman's Club, in addition the school, have had placed at their disposal, an entire section oi ine-i" . " next week, in wnicn yne -r Mrs. Shelton win use u b.--. together with many ovn household hints and suggestions. The list of free prizes which will t . ; ..sT was srrowing stead- fly last night as The Mountaineer wont to press. Everything points to a record crowd at the school on August 30-at the Park Theatre. "The war in F.uropo is a war against intelligence," Dr. W. P. Few, president of Duke University, told Kotariaiis and guests here last Friday. t i...i;.iv F.nirlAnd will stirk to the bit tor end, and if they can stick it out six weeks, I feci they can win," he said. "American ought to help Eng laiid in everyway short of sending 'soldiers. They have 3 or 4 million men now and they don't need more men, they need equipment .ma chines' and implements of war," "This nation 'should have sent them needed -equipment' long ago, and if we had done that, things might have been changed now." "France was unprepared for what was coming in that she wa torn by political leadership, and there was a split between capital and labor, France might have stood up under good leadership, such as England now has." "History shows us that for over 1,000 years, England . has been able in time of emergency, to throw up strong leadership I hope this is true now." j "There are things that are worse than death," the speaker said in commenting on the bondage of citizens of some nations. "I had rather be dead, and see my four sons dead than live under the regime now being established in Europe." 'The are things that are worse than war slavery of the mind, and slavery of the spirit." We must prepare our country 1. 1 . now for any possioie ivn-. Should Enland lost the fight, Ger many would enter the western hemisphere through South Ameri- ca, however, i aon iw i this nation invaded as soon as some expect, should England go down in defeat." "Our greatest danger, I believe, , (Continued on paget 5) Mary Faison Richardson, new state supervisor of nursery schools, visited the nursery school conducted here in Central Elemen tary grammar school during the week. Miss Richardson was high in her praise of the local school and com-; meiiied on the co-operation given the project by the community. Mrs. Henry Foy and Miss Sue Willard Lindsley are in charge of the local school which is attended by around .'50 children. Local And Canton Bands To Give Concert In Canton There will be a joint conefcrt given in Canton on Sunday by the WavnesvilU Townshin and Canton High schools bands under the di rection of L. T. New, Jr., of the local band, and John Derrybcrry, director of the Canton band. The concert will be given at the band stand on the ball park, and a number of Waynesville people are expected to attend. . This will be the second joint con cert riven bv the two bands, the other having been given here at the court house on last Sunday. Vassar Completes 5th Summer As Musical Director At Lake Completing his fifth successful summer at Lake Junalusuka, Mr. Walter E. Vassar with his choir composed of 17 Greensboro College students will return to Ureensboro September 3 in time for the open ing of college September 10. Since arriving at the lake on June 20, the group has had a busy summer, for the season has includ ed five Sunday afternoon and two night concerts. The choir also furnishes music for all confer ences. I - e There -itj no insurance on the bug of lost jewelry, Mr. Smith said. Mr. and Mrs. Smith with two friends, Mr. and Mrs. Den.ni An derson, of New Port Riche, Fla., left tho store around midnight on Saturday and went to their car which was parked back of Alexan der's Drug Store. MrSmith hud with him a black satchel, the type usually carried by doctors, which contained the $120,000 worth of icw el rv. He was in the habit of taking' .it to another depository at night rather than leave it in the store safe. Mi. Smith put the satchel down, unlocked' the car door and helped his guests into the rear seat. Ho then went around the car and got in the front seat leaving the bag on the pavement in the alley. In stead of backing out, in which ensa he would have sw n tho hag, no drove through the alley. The Smiths and their friends then drove out to Hardin's Tea Boom on the Balsam Road, and in about ten minutes after arriving, discovered the loss of the bag. The returned at once to the alley where the car had been parked, but tha bag was gone. They notified the police at once, but no trace of the stolen goods had been found accord ing to reports late last night. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Rich ardson, of Stuarts, Va., announce the birth of a son, Robert Lee Richardson, Jr. , on August the 18th. Mrs. Richardson is the form er Miss Carolyn Haynes, daugh ter of Mrs. Claude Haynes. H. M. H ALU Official Obitrver Week Ending Aug. Max Min August 20th 7:00 p 67 m. Prec 0.12 trace 75 67 72 64 68 76 61 64 80 60 76 82 62 73 75 62 65 71 50 63 Mean maximum .... Mean minimum 10S Mean for week ..........73.4 High for week - 80-0 . Low for week 0.0 Mean 7:00 p. m. 68.0 Below August normal 2.1 Max barometer for week ; 30.07 Min. barometer forweek ...9.74' p.mmiiino mpnn for week .29.92" Mean relative humidity 7494 Precipitation for August B.4U Above normal to Aug. 25th Precipitation since Jan. 1st .30.60" Defficiency for year - AM'