North Carolina Newspapers

Wayne The sville MOUNTAINEER Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park 'IXTH YEAR NO. 42 Sixteen Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940 11.50 In Advance In Haywood And Jackson Countie nproximately 4500 gister In Haywood e jpnlsory Registration Out Many C wi Keen Voting p.ge of American his- I hi written yeirujr I -err hamlet and lour coru Sthii ntion when men from 36 registered lately 4,500 men had reg jdi is Haywood County. Ke- from tne vanoiw -antv were the lame, more sered than were expected. The . marked by fine spirit Operation and a cheerful at l(t the men waited in long for their turn in signing up ik. -iiinnal defense program. -finite registrations xrin wecincts in the county were Uh last night. It was esti- itht the registration from iaBeaverdam precincts would Minewhere between z.wv ana Let from the precincts avail mm as follows: worm way j3e, 678; South Waynesville, Huelwood, 324; J'igeon, sot; Beaverdam 6, 2y; wdm 3. 248. k registration brought out the Jut a large number or men 01 We have not been registered ictions and have been failing sercise their privilege of tne k In some cases it was re w that there had been " fudg gg ages in the past and some bed been registered as Hi old enough to vote were not !f legal age. ' Jktary workers stuck to their from seven in the morning tk closing hour at nine, and Urked like veterans on getr the boys signed up. ten were variations - in the it took to get a man signed (Continued on page 8) Protests to Japan Protest was lodged with the Ja panese commandant by Admiral Thomas C. Hart, U. S. Asiatic fleet commander, after a U. S. sailor was beaten by Japanese gendarmes in Shanghai, reportedly in an attempt to obtain information on the loca tion of certain American warships. intaineer Is Unscripted" t about noon yesterday it discovered that there were aoagb. registration certifi- Mne cards the registered n to carry on their person, f precincts all Over the county ming frantic calls for help, ie cards. Then from the ad- H county of Jackson came m plea: "Send us some reg 'OJ certificates.,' . . 3 Brysori and Viree Mc selection board members were '"What of a panic. Uncle W given instructions that Wrations must be com- r " nine o'clock, and no rtei were available. Other yes were called, but no cer es could Kb f . .Waynesville ' . Mountaineer drafted" hv Mr. Brvson. "tbs had to be printed on both u"UDie work and time. Copy ,et uPi the press began ' to ' Mr. Brvson waited tTie Male, was Drecinns na fast '"'s came off, some regis uld be standing waiting his Mi Mr. Brvson would rush sd send him on his way. around 4,000 certificates Men carried to nrppinctj in ""u ana Jackson counties 50n Said. "1 mnnU litfl for QlK io Know how The Moun F co-opera'ted with us today ifjing up the registration of 3 in the way Uncle Sam set f t had not been for the f ervice we had from The feer the job could not have I mi& on schedule time." County Agents Holding Elections In All Townships The meeting to be held in each township in the county: for the purpose of electing community committeemen to administer the 1941 agricultural program in Haywood, got underway On Mon day night, with the first meeting held at Crabtree. On Tuesday an election was held at Fines Creek, and despite the rain va - large erowd of interested farmers attended. Last night a meeting was held at the communi ty building in Iron Duff. The meetings will continue throughout the the coming week until all elections are held. The 1941 program is being explained at each meeting and pictures are being shown of Haywood farms taken during the past year, Application are also being taken for 1941 lime allotments. The county meeting will be held on Saturday morning, the 28th in the county agent's office, when the county chairman will be elected from the various township chair- Last Rites For S. H. Bushncll To Be At 3 Today Well Known Business Man Passes Away After Illness Of Two Weeks Samuel Henry Bushnell passed away at his home here yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. He was stricken with a heart attack two weeks ago and had been confined to his bed since that time. On Tuesday of this week he showed some improvement, and his physicians and family were en couraged as to his recovery. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 8 o'clock at tho First Methodist church. The Rev. James G. Huggin, Jr., pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in Green hill cemetery. Serving as active pallbearers will be: George H. Ward, of Ahe- ville, Alvin Ward, Dr. Sam L Stringfield, Dr. Tom Stringfield, Rufus H. Blackwell, Wallace Black- well, Dr. 0. T. Alexander, and J Wilfred Ray. Honorary pallbearers will be the directors and officers of the Haywood Home Building and Loan Association as follows: R L. Prevost, Ernest J. Hyatt, C N. Allen, O. H. Shelton, W. H. Burgin, L. M. Richeson, and L M. Killian Mr. Bushnell was born on Oct. 18, 1873, in Ashland, Caswell County, of this state. He was the son of James Montgomery and Adeline King Bushnell. His forebears came . (Continued on page 8) U. S. Mail, City Police, CCC Truck Smash In Traffic It isn't often, even in this day of numerous and tangled traffic jams, that the CCC, city police, U. S. mail carrier, and prisoners on their way to trial, get all mixed up in an accident. But such was the case here on Monday. Officers J. W. Patton and Tom Gilliland of the city police force were taking a couple of pris oners to the mayor's court around 5 o'clock in the after noon. Their car was caught at the red light this side of the town hall. They stopped, and as they waited for the light to change, a 2 ton OCC truck jammed into the rear of the Officer Gilliland was driving the car, and Officer Patton and one of the prisoners on the back seat received bruises and lacerations, and were rushed to the Haywood County Hospi tal for treatment. The car was considerably damanged. When the truck smashed into the police car it forced it to knock into the ear in front or it, which turned out to be the U. S. mail carrier from Ashe ville to Brysori City. "The Officials rom the CCC camp at Cataloochee, to which the truck belonged, have noti- ' fied the town authorities that adjustments would be made during the week for the dam ages to the cars. HAYWOOD DEMOCRATS OPEN CAMPAIGN WITH MEETING AT MAGGIE PARKWAY ENGINEERS SET UP OFFICE HERE Approximately 20 engineers of the Public Roads Administration, set up headquarters here yesterday, in preparation to construction work beginning on the Parkway at Soco Gap. ' -The engineers were accompanied by Col. W I. Lee, district engineer of the Public Roads Administra tion of the Federal Works depart irionfK Their headauarters are room No. 3, Masonic Temple. " To Win S5 h" Page 13, there is ex- Rev. J. G. Huggin Goes To Conference On Sunday Afternoon The Rev. J. G. Huggin, Jr., pas tor of the First Methodist church, will leave town on Sunday after noon for High Point, where he will attend the sessions of the Western North Carolina conference. The conference this year win not last through Sunday as the case m previous years, and the pastor will be back in town by the Sunday of the 27th and will fill the pulpit as usual. ; 8 simple way you or a of your family might ,THING TO WRITE. ING TO SRT.T. of the Waynesville- jme Friday night. See j 13 for details. Three Men Have Narrow Escape As Brakes Fail C. N. Allen, Glenn Noland and Furman Noland narrowly escaped serious injuries on Friday after noon near Jonesboro, Tenn,i when the car in which they were riding left the road and went over an em bankment into a field below, Mr. Allen, who was driving the car, said that as he approached a sharp curve in the road he put on his brakes and seeing that they were not effective he decided ; to try to stop against the embank ment rather than try to make the curve. The momentum of the car forced it over the embankment. Occupants Of the car were badly shaken up but uninjured. The car was so badly damaged that it was necessary to have it towed in. In twenty-five year of driving Mr. Allen said this was his first such experience. New And Richeson Will Attend Band Concert In Lenoir L. T. New, Jr., director of the Waynesville high school band, nd L. M. Richeson, chairman of the band committee, will leave this afternoon for Lenoir, where they will attend a concert given by the Lenoir high school band. The Lenoir band is the outstand ing band in the state. It was or ganized 16 years ago and has given many concerts, not only at ' va rious points in the state, but also in other sections of the country. It was the first high school band in the United States to own its own building which houses the band and its equipment. Havwood Democrats formally got their campaign underway this week, with the opening of a full time office, and the completion of plans for precinct ..meetings throughout the county... . . -J C. E. Brown, county chairman, announced the program was com' plete for an extensive campaign, and was most optimistic over the reports coming in from all sec tion of the county regarding the meetinir that had been arranged. The first precinct meeting will be held tonight at Maggie; alt 7:30. at which time William Med- ford and James Queen will be the speakers. A special string band will be on hand, and all county Democratic Candidates will be present. The office of the party was open ed this week in the First National Bank building, with Mrs. James Queen in charire. Hours will be from 9 until 5, it was announced Friday night the Democrats of the county will gather at the bran tree school and hear R. E. Sentelln W. T. Crawford and William Med- ford.'-'.. Saturday night will be a gala night at Fines Creek when Con gressman Zebulon Weaver, Grover C. Davis and Dan Tompkins take the platform for the party. On Thursday week, October 24, R. E. Sentelle and Chester Cog burn will address a group at Cecil. On Friday, October 25, Sam Cathey, Walter T. Crawford and R. E. Sentelle will be the speakers at the Bethel school. Saturday's meeting will be held at East Fork with W. T. Crawford, R. E. Sentelle and W. G. Byers as speakers. Mr. Brown announced that he had plans underway, and had ar ranged to have R. Gregg Cherry, of Gastonia, former speaker of the house, to address a Canton audi ence later on this month. The definite date was not announced. Between 250 and 300 are ex pected to attend each of the pre cinct meetings, Mr. Brown said. Jerry Liner Is Building $10,000 Service Station Work on a 110,000 service sta tion on the Asheville highway at Lake Junaluska has been started by Jerry Liner. Plans are to have the modern station completed by Christmas, he said yesterday, in discussing the plans. The station will be the largest in the county. Over 200 feet of culvert had to be built over the creek, and a plot 200 feet square will be filled for the steel, brick and glass station. The entire area around the station will be paved. All modern equipment will be featured throughout the station, he said. There will be two hydraulic lifts, two rooms for washing cars, and extra large spaces for office and storage. The station is being built just aevross the highway from Medford Service Center. Mr. Liner said he had no public statement to make regarding what brand of gasoline he would stock. Main Building Of High Valley Camp Destroyed By Fire The main building of the High Valley camp of the Springdale schools was totally destroyed by fire around noon on Tuesday. An oven heated oil stove is said to have been the cause of the confla gration. The house, entirely constructed of wood, burned very rapidly, and only a small amount of personal property was saved. The building was occupied at the time by three members of the fac ulty of the Springdale schools but none of whom were in the house at the time of the fire. In the sum mer the building is used as a camp for the younger groups attending the Springdale summer sessions It is understood that the loss is protected by insurance. Governor Says Mills To Get Contract For Soco-Cherokee Road Claimed By Death James Queen To Raise Campaign Funds In Courijy Dick Reynolds, chairman of the National Democratic finance com mittee for North Carolina, wifh headquarters in the Sir Walter Ho tel, Raleigh, hag announced the appointment of James S. Queen as local chairman or the Kooseveit Wallace campaign fund committee Mr. Queen will be in charge, un DR. WILLIAM riiESTON FEW Dr. WiUiam Preston Few, 72, president of Duke University, who died at 7 a. m. Wednesday after a brief illness. Dr. Few, prominent layman of the Methodist church, Was a frequertt visitor at Lake Junaluska. He had seen Duke University grow from an enrollment- of 400 in 1910 to more than 3,500 and the faculty under him increase from a group of 40 teachers to a teaching and administrative staff cf more than 1,600. Dr. Few's close friendship with the Duke family is generally cred ited with having no small part in influencing James B. Duke of to bacco fame, in his decision in 1924 to create a $40,000,000 trust fund known as the Duke Endowment, and assign a large pdrtion of it Jo the Universfty thence to bear his fam ily name. ." . Kentucky Contractor Bids $386,589.50 For Grading: And Surfacing Highway Governor Hoey gave assurance this week that the Soco Gap-Cherokee highway would be let to Ralph E. Mills Construction Com pany, of Frankfort, Ky. Mills was the low bidder whea the highway commission opened bids on the 12-mile road the first of the month. Delay was made in awarding the contract; for un announced reasons, and civic lead ers in this section were much con cerned about the action. One prom inent leader here talked with offi cials in Raleigh Saturday about the road, and the formal announ cement of the governor's came oa Monday. The project was divided into two jobs. One covers the mountain road and the other from the foot of the mountain to Cherokee. The section from Soco Gap to the valley, is 4.68 miles. For grading and surfacing thia section, Mills bid $225,459.50. For Struc tures on the same section, Hobbs Peabody Construction of Charlotte was low bidder with $13,566.60. Mills was also low bidder on the second section which is 7.40 miles in length, The bid for grading and surfacing this was $161,130. No announcement was made as to structures in this part of the pro ject. ... Original plans of the highway department, were to have actual work underway by the middle of October, when the unforseen delay came. Contractors are usually given twenty days in which to get actual work underway after being awarded the contract for a road. The formal awarding date of this contract is not known here. Adults Needed In Scout Work, Says Fred M. Waters Fred M. Waters, president of the Daniel Boone : Council : of Boy Scouts, and superintendent of the An k annnunrahih nf tho Vraimr' HenderSonville school, told Ro Democratic Club's President, Ralph J tarians here Friday that 90 per Gardner, of distributing pads of cent of the 17,000 boys of scouting receipts for contributions. , age in Western North Carolina, ,. r- . ... ... i. want to be Scouts. TKo Vniino. Domorrnts will ask- v v fnr ,irmatin. rantrinw '.frnm SUM , "We are reaching less than 10 up. It is expected that Mr. yueen will find much enthusiasm amongst Democrats of Haywood county In mre volunteers from adults Power Lines Constructed In Aliens Creek uommuniiy oy wrumw Two and a half miles of electric tomers lines have been constructed in tne Allen's Creek section, and now ap proximately 25 customers are be ing served. The construction of the line was made possible through the specific interest of C. B. Moak, who as sisted in developing interest in the line and in advancing a part of the cost, an official of the Carolina Power and Light Company said. "We are always delighted when economics permit the extension of our service into any new locality. Electric service is a vital asset to any community, and people in rural sections can capitalise on it perhaps more than residential cus in our towns. There are So many things that electricity can be used for on the farm, such as cooking, refrigeration, water heating, wood-sawing, silage cut tings, plant bed heating, and in connection with dairies. Such a rural line becomes valuable to our new customers only when they make the fullest use of it and use service freely under our very low domestic rates. It is interesting to note that the average rate for current paid by domestic consum ers throughout the United States, is about 30 per cent higher than the rate per kilowatt hour ifcharged our domestic customers in the territory of the Carolina Power and Light Company," the official continued. rasing funds to carry on the work Of the National Democratic com mittee to re-elect Franklin D Roosevelt, Massie's Dept. Store Having 13th Anniversary ; Thirteen years ago Massie's De partment Store opened for business This morning the firm is observ ing their birthday with an . anni versary sale, which will continue for some time. C. J. Reece, manager, pointed out that hundreds of specials had been arranged for this event. "This is really a birthday event, and we're the ones giving the pres ents instead of receiving them," he continued. The firm list a few items on page one of the second section. ' ner cent of our potential group," he said, in stressing the need for in carrying on the Scout movement. "We need some money, but most of all we need real men to shoulder some of the work, and make scout ing available to more boys." Merchants To Plan Holiday Trade Events Tonight A meeting of the merchants di vision of the Chamber of Commerce has been called tonight at 8 o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce office by Noble Garrett, president of the group. All retail merchants in the Ha zelwood, Lake Junaluska, and Way nesville areas are urged to attend the meeting. Matters of interest regarding the trade events of the holiday season will be discussed, and plans formu lated for the current year. County Teachers Will Attend 18th Annual Meeting The eighteenth annual conven tion of the western district Teach ers Association will be held in Asheville, the first general session opening at 2 o'clock at the Lee II. Edwards high school, convention headquarters. The schools of tne county will close at noon, and all teachers are required to attend the sessions of the convention, it was learned yes terday from Jack Messer, county superintendent of education. W. L, Latham, superintendent of Swain County schools, president of the association, will preside. There will be three general ses sions. In addition to the opening session at 2 o'clock there will bo another at 8 o'clock Friday even ing, and the third at 11 o'clock Saturday morning. There will be a number of de partmental meetings held at va rious places in the city. Several Haywood County teachers are scheduled to take part on the pro gram at these meetings. Among those who will partici pate from this county will be: Misi Hester Anne Withers, on the dra matic art teachers program; Paul Grogan, of the Cruso school, Jn the grammar grade groups; Mrs. A. V. Joyner, of the Canton high school in the English teachers meeting. Also Miss Mildred Crawford, of the Hazelwood school, in the pri mary teachers meeting; Miss Grace Crocker in the mosic .teachers de partment; on the social science teachers program H. H. Hodgia, will direct special music. Local Pet Plant Granted Permit To Sell Bottled Milk In Asheville Unagusta Putting In New Dry Kiln The Unagusta Manufacturing Company is replacing their old dry kiln with a new and modern cross ventilating drying system. The old iriln which has been in Use for the past thirty-six years has condition ed millions of feet of lumber that has been made into fine furniture and shipped to practically every state in the Union. The building that has housed the old kiln is being renovated and de paired and the new equipment is being installed. With the new process lumber can be conditioned for use i about five days which is only one-half the time required with the old equip ment, R. L. Prevost, president of fta Arm .M. Anil at the same time .-.. b - . . .. ... , , . better conditioned lumber will be has been allowed u De soia in turned out. ,' Asheville, Mr. Davenpoifc said. A permit to sell bottled milk in Asheville was issued to the Way nesville plant of Pet Dairy Pro duct Company this week. R. B. Davenport, manager of the plant here, said yesterday that no definite date had been "set for starting their sales in Ashe ville, but added that "it would be in the near future." Bottle pas teurized milk will be sold both wholesale and retail in Asheville, he pointed out. In going into the Asheville mark et, Mr. Davenport said that the volume of the local plant would be increased which would be an advantage to producers Of grade "A" milk. This is the first time that bot- tlsd milk from outside of Bancombe One factor which brought about the granting of the permit was the fact that Waynesville and Asheville are both operating under the U. S. Public Health Service Milk Code, and both : are honor roll towns. And ever since Pet Dairy Pro ducts started operating here, they have made the U. S. Public Health Service Honor Roll on every sur vey of the plant. Ice cream made by the Pet Company has been sold in Ashe ville since the plant was estab lished in Waynesville. Since last July, the U. S. Veter ans Hospital at Oteen have gotten their milk from the local Pet plant. At present the plant here is op erating 10 trucks and giving em ployment to 25 people in the plant and office. Hunters Pleased With The Rains The light rains of Tuesday and Wednesday were welcomed by prospective hunters who plan t take to the woods in search of bear, opposum and raccoon on October 20th. The deer season opened the first, btft few have reported "any luck." Woman's Club Meeting Postponed Until 24th The October meeting of the Wo man's Club which was scheduled for this afternoon, has been post poned until Thursday the 24th. It will meet at the home of Mrs. T. Lenoir Gwyn as originally plan ned with Mrs. Ben Colkitt, Mrs. T. L. Bramlett, Mrs. J. Howell Way, and Miss Caroline Alsteatter as associate hostesses. 1