Thirty-Two Pages
The Wayne sville Mountaineer
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
JJXTHYEAR NO. 36
WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1940
$1.50 In Advance In Haywood And Jackson Counties
trt
rk Dedicated To All
ee People By FDR
Lands Attend Dedica
te Labor Day At JNew-
d Gap, Hear Notables
ird towards 14,000 people
nting many states, atop of
j,d Gap heard President
jjt on Monaay aiiernouii,
t Mtion a solemn warning
L oreatest attack that has
la launched against free-
the individual is nearer me
than ever Deiore.
national defense program
(Veress are working out
iolve 'personal sacrifice on
of American men ana
stored the President,
is necessary because "pre
late)' may and probably
,,. too' late."'
fcred on a nation wide radio
from the dividing line be-
dedication pictures found
2 and 12.
ffennessee and North Caro-
dedication ceremonies vx
Jeat Smoky Mountains Na
krk, the President's speech
feived in a serious mooa Dy
ksands who listened to mm
L country.
Llled for stern measures to
r the agents of the. dicta
ithin our country."
ire is moreover, anotner
at home. That enemy is
ian and petty spirit that
'jneers at sacrifice and pro
file American people can live
Id alone.
lie spirit of God is not in
if we do not prepare to
that we have and all that
to preserve Christian civi
in our land, we shall go
ruction.
there is a second danger-
fcr from without. I hope for
k that one hundred years
(pw the Great Smoky Moun-
Kational Park will still be-
pratice as well as in theory
Winued on back page)
its Will Hold
d Day Meet
Canton Sat.
Its of the eleven Boy Scout
of Haywood County will
at the Champion Softball
Canton on next Saturday
, for patrol ribbons, troop
fi'.s and the Alexander
fen trophy for Scoutcraft
folic is invited to attend.
events will include insnec-
rebuilding, flapjack contest,
k race, knot relay, signal
I'Pitching, first aid and fire
I and steel.. Each troop may
teams in uvmt avant
f e exception of inspection
includes the entire troon
regulations and ntrv
Pave been sent to all Scout-
i.
Alexander Thomson tropJiv
ptmft will be presented
tar to that troop scoring
f " number of points;
"ig given for first place,
" second, 2 points for
i one point for fourth
snail become the Derma
-session of the first troop
" ,nve times. ...
!am which comnlpt.M an
., r .
-Hum rnP n oJ
P be awarded a ribbon for
pt. iroops which qualify
fj r nine eVenU will be
r.' Wue troop streamer,
(u'i qualify for five events
Presented a whito rnnn
- v z.
i -v.c n uuiiu nua en-
r0 teams in t,
111
. j i com icaiu win
."DD011.
Deposits Reach
Highest Peak In
First National
On Tuesday of this week
the deposits of the First Na
tional Bank reached $1,02-1,-904.80,
according to bank of
ficials. This is the largest amount
on deposit ever recorded in
the bank. It represents an in
crease of $178,134.34 over the
same date of last year.
The total resources of the
bank are now over $1,200,000,
it was learned this week
hres Galore
issue of The Moun
' contains more local
:S than any issue ever
N. and perhaps more
rv other non-dAil
evf carried outside of
editions.
t, eraman covered
Ned
areas the dedica-
. wi UCUiWl-
fjhe Parkthe Labor
rae. besides getting
, farmers who
Cred best in each
Cataloochee
Ranch Is Given
Wide Publicity
Washington Post Has Page
Of Pictures In Rotogravue
Section Of Ranch "Near
Waynesville"
In the August 18th Sunday edi
tion of the Washington Post, of
Washington, D. C, Cataloochee
Ranch was given a page in the ro
togravue section. The pictures had
been taken by Bill Baker of the
State Department of Conservation
and Development in the early sum
mer. The pictures had been sent out
by the department to the Interna
tional News Service and have been
distributed over the entire United
States, and are being used by a
large number of the big city dailies
in various layouts.
Aside from giving the Catalooch
ee Ranch and the owners, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Alexander a great deal
of publicity, Waynesville also shar
es the free advertising, for the page
is headed, "Cataloochee Ranch
Near Waynesville, N. C."
Since the pictures appeared on
the 18th, the Alexanders have had
18 letters of inquiry from Wash
ington, D. C, from prospective
guests who wish to visit this sec
tion. The page contains six pictures
as follows; the ranch pack train
leaving; Tom Alexander giving his
wife Judy Alexander final instruc
tions about where to meet the pack
train enroute with supplies; a group
of riders at the ranch house; cook
ing supper at the first nights camp ;
washing dishes; a square dance at
the ranch, including in
Chas, E. Ray, Jr., J.
and the musicians, Cal Messer,
Mark Hannah, Rufe Buff, Rufe
Sutton, Jim Lamb, and guests Miss
Grace Price, of Pittsburgh, and
William Alden, of Decatur, Ga.
President Roosevelt Dedicates Park To Free People
, v': V 3
s3s
Silhouetted against the high peaks of the Park, President Roosevelt is shown as he made
his dedicatory speech late Monday afternoon. Shown lieie on the speaker's stmid in the extreme
right is (Jovernor Miiybank, of South Carolina, M Clyde lloiy, (iovernor llwy, Mrs. Roosevelt,
Secretary Ickes. And directly behind Preside it Roosevelt is Senator MeKellur, Senator Rey
nold.s, Governor Cooper of Tennessee and Paul V. Mt-Nutt, federal security administrator. Photo
'ina.de for The Mountaineer by John Topping.
Larry Cagle Heads
Young Haywood
County Democrats
Larry Cagle, of Clyde, was elect
ed president of the Haywood
County Young Democrats at the
annual rally which was held here
on Saturday night in the Masonic
Temple. He succeeds William Med
f ord as president.
Others elected to serve with Mr.
Cagle include: vice president, Mrs.
Crawford McCracken; secretary,
Sewell Hipps, of Canton; treasurer,
James Queen.
Judge F. E. Alley was the main
speaker of the evening. Following
the program given at the dinner
hour, the seventy or more Young
Democrats attending enjoyed a
square dance.
Labor Day Celebration Was Best
Ever Staged In This Community
REV, AND MRS. HOPKINS
LEAVE FOR HIGH POINT
The Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Hopkins
and two small children left Wed
nesday for High Point where they
will reside in the future.
I Mr. Hopkins has served the Fust
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n;tn s iMiuiii j l e u.isi. ...i
picture months. He tenrlereil his resii'iia- . ', .
Dale Stuntz, I (... )... ,-,,,. wwi, ,. in r. " '' "
cept a call to the Green Street
I?aptit church of High Point, the
largest 'Church of that city.
2,784 Students
Are Enrolled
A total of 2,784 students have
enrolled in the Wayhesville dis
trict schools for the 1940-41 term
according to M. H. Bowles, district
principal.
At the end of the first niontlh of
last year's term there were 2,822
enrolled. There are always a num
ber, who for various reasons enter
school late, and .the, enrollment of
this year is expected to be in
creased. The enrollment, according to
schools is as follows: in the gram
mar grades Etist Waynesville
2IS5; Hazelwood, 543; Rock Hill,
1104; Central Elementary,". 24!);
Maggie, 170; Lake Junaluska, Kid;
Saunook, 1(t.r; Allen's Creek 1(13;
Dellwood, Ml, making a total of
1 ,!M5 m the fust six grades
In the
ior hitrh
enrolled: 7th grade, 2W; 8th grade
'224; !Mh grade, 14(1; 10lh grudi
Haywood Farms Are
Damaged $100,000
By Floods, Estimated
Miss Josephine Plott spent the
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Battle in Bryson City.
Despite-the interruption of the
Labor Dav holiday, Mr. Ilowhw .
states that the classes in all,
scnools have made a splendid start
' and that the new system of find
. Fred Howell, of ing out the talents of the students
L, are spending a ' and the new method of grading wj
with the former's getting -underway .in a satisfactory)
manner. j
Mr. and Mr;
Providence, R.
fortnight here
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Howell
The li)4fl celebration of Labor
Day is generally accepted to have
been the most successful observ
ance of its kind ever held in the
Community. L. M. Richeson, gen
eral chairman and his committee
members left nothing undone to
make the day a holiduy from the
first moving of the parade to the
last dance on the streets of Ha
zelwood.
The initial f enure of the ob
servance started with the union
Pictures of prize winning floats
in second section Of today's paper.
service on Sunday night at the
Methodist church when the Rev. J.
S. Hopkins, retiring pastor of the
First Baptist church, delivered his
last sermon in Waynesville. He
spoke on "Purification for Ser
vice," and took his text from the
vision of Isaiah.
The Junaluska Supply Company
won the first prize of $.1.(10 in the
float contest, with the Junaluska
junior high and the sonl Tanrierv winning the second place,
schools the following are-with the $2 50 prize.
I lie winning float had an Indian
scene Hi front -of a Wigwam with
the four sniail -children of Mr. and
Mr.-. Jerry Liner dressed as In
dians. 1 lie Junaluska Tannery, Hounded
a pal nolle mile, with Miss'-Cor-inne
Wagenfeld as the statue of
Lilienv. as the central figure, with
a hidden viclrola playing "God
I'.less America."
Honorable mention was ulso
(Continued on page 12)
Health Department
Cites Dangers
V ollowiiig I loods
Stale Hoard Of Health Gives
Instructions Of Precaution
In Flooded Areas
The occurence of two unprece
dented floods in Haywood County
during the past month has in
creased the possibility of an out
break of typhoid fever, according
to Dr. C. N. Sisk, district health
ollicer,
"Typhoid fever can he contract
ed by swallowing the germ which
is eliminated from the ailnientary
and intestional tracts of rases or
carriers of the disease,'' says Dr.
Sisk.
"High waters overflowing wells,
and springs greatly increase the
dangifr of typhoid fever in the
event a case or carrier of the dis
ease lives in the vicinity. In or
der to safeguard the public
against typhoid fever under the
usual conditions that exist at the
present time, the North Carolina
State Hoard of Health has pre
pared a notice to residents of
flooded areas giving instructions
in cleaning up following a flood
and in treating water supplies fol
lowing a flooded condition," con
tinued Dr. Sisk.
The instructions are as follows:
All water used for drinking pur
poses except city water should be
boiled at least ten minute.
All persona living in areas af
fected by flood Waters should be
vaccinated, for typhoid fever at
once.
Wells or springs which have
been flooded should be pumped out
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"and The Lands Were Covered With Waters"
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Dr. Gudger Will
Give Paper On
Dr. Abel At Meet
Dr. K. V. Cudger, of the Amer
ican Museum of Natural History,
of New York City, will read a
biographical sketch of the late Dr.
J 1'. Abel at the regular communi
cation of the Waynesville Lodge,
number 2.r!) A. K. Aj A. M., at the
Masonic lemple on I-i nlay night
at H o'clock.
'I wo member!) of the local lodge,
W..T. Lee and Alden Howell, the
latter now residing m Los Angeles,
( alif., have recently been honor
ed bv the Crand Lodge of North
Carolina in recognition of their
more than fifty years - of .-membership-
in the organization. These
medals are to presented at th.
meeting here Friday night
1 A scene between the two
bridges at Wood row.
2 Taken from the John D. Kins
land place on the River road in
Pigeon tojumahip, looking over the
J. L, Westmoreland and Kinsland
farms. '
3 Scene from the front of the.pany may be seen on the water.
John D. Kinsland place, looking np The tobacco paten wnicn waa
completely destroy ea ay ids uwj
Pigeon River.
4 Taken from the Ferguson
bridge near the T. C. Ferguson
store on Crabtree. Logs from the
Champion Paper and Fibre corn-
waters, belonged to .fierce Ains
land. 5 Taken from the lawn sur
rounding the A. J. McCracken
farm in Clyde township, where the
Pigeon River and the Richland
Creek join. These pictures made
by Wayne Corpening.
Other flood pictures are printed
elsewhere in this section.
Haywood Singers
To Meet Sunday
The annual Haywood Singing
Conv n! on will meet Sunday at
1 ;o0 at. the court house here.
All sr yers are invited to at-U-nd,..
according to an invitation ex
tended by. A C. A rrington, presi
dent. .Spurge She.Iton is secretary of
the group.
Highest Water In History;
Of County, Does Untold
Damage; Takes Life
More than a hundred thous
and dollars damage to crops, farms
and property generally in the rural
sections was suffered from the sec
end Hood to visit this section dur
the past two weeks,' according to
the county agents, who made a
thorough inspection of all point
that could he reached since record
breaking high waters of last Fri
ilay. While certain areas in ihe towna
were flooded the losses are nomi
nal in comparison to the heavy
damages sustained iti the rural dis
tricts. Thursday night brought in tha
lust train on the Southern Rail
way from Asheville until six
o'clock Tuesday morning when tha
welcome whistle w us heard front
a freight train. Since that tima
the regular schedule has been ob
served, with each train, however, a
little, lute.
At Knka and Canton bridges
were washed away, and at Several
other points the tracks were un
dermined. There was only a slight
damage on the tracks between hero
and Hryson City, which was re
paired in about 24 hours, accord
ing to J. G. Terrell, local Southerns
ticket agent.
Manufacturing plants in tha
county Were closed from a few;
hours to several days.
Incoming mails were irregulur,
being brought in by truck. Mo
torists to Asheville had to detour
by way of Newfound, out from
Canton.
The waters of the county's worse
floods rose from one to five feet
higher than in the first flood in
certain areas. Cecil township was
the hardest hit, with Pigeon town
ship and Allen's Creek running a,
close race for second place. It has
been impossible to make a com
plete estimate of the damages In
the Cecil and Allen's Creek sec
tions as all bridges and roads have
been washed away. On Allen's
Creek it is passable only to
Charlie liuchanan's store.
In Cecil township m which farms
have been laid waste with crops and
sod gone, and nothing but a rock
bed left Ned Moody, ol Cecil town--i
ship, who had his entire seven
acres under cultivation and his
, livestock- destroyed. lie -reported :
that, nothing left but a roof over
his head.
I On (he West Fork of the Pigeon
I in some -places the water covered
a twenty mile area, which has
never been known to have occur
red before by even the oldest res
idents. . The first flood did con
siderable damage to this section,
but nothing as compared to the sec
ond. 'Ihe body of Mrs. Hill Hampton,
of Uig. Creek, of the Cecil .section -was
found three miles from her
home, which was completely wash
ed away.
'I he bodv of llie Kev. Hill Hamp
ton, missing since last Friday's
Hood, was found early Wednesday
about a mile from the point whero
the waters .swept away his home.
A M r. -Rogers and his son wero
engaged in reconstructing a foot
bridge.. ubout a mile from the mouth
of Big branch near here when they
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Surplus Seed Available For Those
Who Lost Heavily During The Floods
The State College Extension Ser
vice has compiled a list of sources
of surplus legume arid small gram
seed available for the drought and
flood stricken areas of North Car
olina. A copy of this list has been
placed in the hands of every coun
ty farm agent in the state.
John W. Goodman, assistant ex
tension director, acted promptly
when it was evident that the dry
weather in July and the heavy
rains and floods in August had de
stroyed thousands of acres of food
and feed crops, and many bushels
of stored seed. He called upon
extension agents to report on seed
surpluses in their counties.
The survey showed that there are
available: 124,835 bushels of oat
seed, 61,232 bushels of wheat,
18,500 bushels of burley, 1,000
bushels of rye, 30,000 pounds of
crimson clover, 17,000 pounds of
Italian rye grass, and 5,000 pounds
of vetch.
"Farmers who have lost a part
(Continued on page 7)
We're Sorry
due to a holiday on Mon
rlay, an extra large paper, and
a number of things beyond
our control, The Mountaineer
is a few hours later than usual
this week.
: however, in view of the
fact that thorough coverage
of all news events of the week
in both words and pictures are
given in detail, we assume that
"all is forgiven."