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nesville Mountaineer Tie Published In The County Scat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park $1.59 In Advanca In Haywood And Jackson Count! NO. 45 Twelve Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1940 ,r?nn J 1 1 V I allVU fc'frq) fin in Slander (Started By :nt Smith L, That AsheTine lff Slandered nim'Be g Loss Of Jewelry t S. Smith, business mana Smith, local jewelers, i ;. for slander In the jib clerk of the Superior L .inst Maxwell Pol jeweler, of Asheville.Mr. 'i wiring for 120,000, with I tor actual damages, and I fW punitive damages. , tue pew out of the loss by lifkrf a bag of JeweljT.re tobe worth between 120,000 000. Some of the Jewels liertr of Mr. Polansky, and ei token ont on consignment Onris-Smith jewelers, dtayi following the loss of l which was stolen on the i August the 17th, Mr. jH slledged to have made ti to various persons to 4 that the job was an In iir and that Mr. Smith had 4e Jewels, or knew who had i )i for the summons wat (s a September the 16th, at :iai the plaintiff was grr nt ! extension of time to file his ijt,the latter, however, was '& until Monday, November i y..-yy'. -mi will come P for trial fmoinr term of civil court. aK hu retained as counsel ii of: Lee and Lee, and iia Ward, of AshevlBe, and i ud Ward, of Waynesvinc i . , 1 y. lonlGrbiipsAsk iy To Assist M Project Moving Here y REV. H. G. IIAMMETT Rev.H.G.Hammett C!oming December 1st To Baptists Great Falis, S. G, Pastor Unanimously Called By Local Congregation esentRtives from the Lions (Man Clubs of Canton ere on Monday with the coun 4 of commissioners in their if first Monday meeting, to p Ae possibility of the county r is the movement to erect iiam at the high school - in it J fKPA pant has already been M for the project, and the k committee asked for a jwtively small sum," which m made public at the time. iiman Geo. A. Brown,' Jr., J Canton group that would poMible for the commissioa f take action at this time, but ( their request would be con i when the budget for the Jew was completed. jHoyle Has Secund Of Peas In Garden Boyle was somewhat over I to find a second growth of j" an garden this week. . Peas are about four inches ud urvived the heavy f rosts peral weeks ago. The first M a good yield, and it looks the second is going to do ? Jood, according fto Mr, ho is yet to find an equal '1 moiual frooV .-. -. Rev. H. G. Hammett, of Great Falls, S, C., will become pastor of the First Bptit church here on Sunday, December first. Mr. Hammett was unanimously called - by the congregation last Sunday, and the Great Falls pastor accented this week in a letter to the chairman of the board of dea cons. He will terminaate his work in the South Carolina power city on November 24th. ' !;He preacherf 'here last - Sunday morning before a large copgrega tion, using by request, as his sub ject "Unreceived Blessings." Mr. Hammett received his A. B. degree from Furman University in 1926. He was an outstanding ath lete, playing on the University's football team, and a leading mem ber of the track team. After finishing at Furman he became coach at Boiling Springs ; Junior College, and remained there until 1929. He was ordained into the min istry on April 6, 1929. In 1932 he received his Master of Theoloey degree from the South era Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville. That same year he became pastor of the First Baptist church in Wilhamston, B. C, serv; ing there until' 1936 when he was called to the Great Falls cnurcn, Mr. and Mrs. Hammett have two Sons, one ten and the other three. Mrs. Hammett before her mar rias was Mis Lorene Woody, of Woodsdale, N. C, and is a grad uate of Meredith College, and was head of the music department of Boiling Springs Junior College from 1827 to 1929. Rev. Mr. Hammett's work with young people has been most out standing, and he comes to waynes- ville, with a record of having car- .... - ried out a splendid and successiui program in Great Falls. Four Being Held In Jail In Watch Theft On The 23rd Dock Grasty, 25, Sam Leopard, 19, Leonard Hampton, 40, and Reuben Palmer, 22, are being held in the Haywood County jail for trial in the November terra of Su perior court which convenes here on Monday, the 18th, on charges of then oi waicnes irom the Felmet Jewelry store on Main street. They were given a preliminary hearing on Monday afternoon be fore C. B. Atkinson. Two giris, Fra&kie Carver and Josephine Parker, were also arrested, but were released after the hearing. ' The girls knowing of the theft, gave the first clue to the officers, who have since located all the stolen property and those involved in the affair. Grasty, Leopard and Hampton are alleged to have broken the plate glass window of the store sometime after midnight on Au gust the 23rd. Palmer is sail to have stolen a watch from the haul made by the three. Sam Leopard left at once for a CCC camp in Caldwell county, and was brought back here by Officers Sam Cabe of the Waynesville force, and Jerry Rogers, chief of Hazel wood. Leopard is reported to hae sold two watches while Lenoir en route to his camp. in Choice Of The People HENRY A. WALLACE One Woman And 16 Men All Week-End Offenders Appear In City Court In the mayor's court on Monday afternoon the cases of 17 drunks were heard. Among the list of week-end offenders was one wo man. Her record is consistent year jn "and year out J' " Somewhere in the early forties, she has a court record of 16 years check up was made of 1940, which revealed that she appeared in the city court every month dur ing the past year, sometimes more than one time. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT As late official returns began to clear, it became apparent that President Roosevelt's third term victory over? Wendell L. Willkie was nearing another electoral landslide, with 40 or more states definitely in the Democratic columns, with an elecoral vote of about 472 against 69. The Democrats captured both the House and Senate and will retain control. Democrats in North Carolina will prob ably pile up a majority of 450,000 to 500,000. ' . : : , : MLB. Rn1o. .-J J- Anne Bowles, are visiting Wis n nd otner Points ."fpa, khl I l . H. Marley and a party C48 motored to Lenoir dur eek for a brief visit with LJDC WiU Hold Annual Flag Sale Saturday The Haywood County chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy will sponsor the annual sale of Confederate flags on Saturday morning, according to Mrs. C. F. Kirkpa trick, chairman of the sale. Members of the children's chap ter of the Confederacy will sell the flags, starting at 9 o'clock on the 9th. The proceeds will be used for the work of the chapter. County Agents And Fanners Leave Today On Cattle Buying Trip J. C. Lynn, county farm agent, and Wayne Corpening and John L, Reitzel, assistant agents, with a party of cattlemen from the county, left early this morning xor ones' ter. West Va where they will pur chase a number of fine cattle for Haywood County farmers. ,tft Board Prcnnrinf? To Mail Questionnaires To Enrollees Quota Referendum Burley Tobacco Is Announced A referenda . fsff, farmers who were engaged in' the production of the 1940 crop of burley tobacco will be held on Saturday, November the 23rd, according to J- C Lynn, county farm agent. The polls will open at 8 o'clock a m. and close at 5 o'clock p. m. Local committeemen in the town ship will serve as poll holders. The vote will involve three ma jor questions. (1) Do you favor marketing quotas for three year periods: (2) Do you favor mark eting for one year periods; (i) Vo you disapprove of marketing quotas T . The following places have been designated for the townships: Bea verdam, at Beaverdam school; Pig eon, Cecil, and East Fork, at Beth. el school; Waynesville, at the court house; Jonathan Creek, at Rock Hill school; Ivy Hill, Ferguson's store, Dellwood. . County PTA Council Will Meet Saturday At Fines Creek School The Haywood County Council of Parent Teacher groups will meet on Saturday afternoon at the Fines Creek school building, v Mrs. Geo. A. Kunze, president, will preside. Membership will be the topic of discussion and all membership chairmen of the asso ciations in the county schools are urged to attend and take part. Brown Pleased With Democratic Vote On Tuesday C. , E. Brown, chairman of the county Democratic executive com mittee, who was master of cei monies for the day is deeply ap preciative of the response of the people on Saturday and also of the magnificent vote on Tuesday. In speaking of the campaign yes terday, Chairman Brown said, "I wish to express to all my sincere and grateful appreciation of the splendid way in which everyone co operated with the Democratic ex ecutive committee in the campaign just closed, and I am sure that we all rejoice in the great victory of our party in the county, state and Bert Cagle, 25, was stabbed in. nation, the back by Thomas Jolly, 20, in ! Approximately 4,000 Democrats a fight, the two had in the hall of I were on hand Saturday afternoon the court house around 7:30 on for the great Democratic rally No Armistice Day Program As The Mountaineer went to press yesterday afternoon, no' formal .program had been announced for Armistice Day next Monday. ' N. W. Garrett, chairman of the Merchant's dlsivion of the Chamber of Commerce, said that as far as he knew, all stpre and business houses would remain open usual. Man Stabbed In Back In Fight Election Night election night. Cagle is reported to have knock ed Jolly down prior to the stab bing. Officers separated the two White Oak, Sam Ferguson home;(men and Cagle was sent at once speakers. which was held here jn the court house, with J. M. Broughton, gu bernatorial candidate and Con gressman Zebulon : Weaver, as Fines Creek, Fines Creek school ; Crabtree, Crabtree school; Iron Duff, J. M. Medford mill; Clyde, Clyde school. A register of eligible voters will be prepared by the county farm agents primarily from records gathered during the adminisera tration of the 1940 agricultural conservation program. Those eligible to vote include farmers engaged' in the produc tion of burley tobacco in 1940, which means any person who shares in the proceeds of the 1940 to the Haywood County Hospital for treatment. Jolly was lodged in jail. Long before the appointed hour scheduled for the speaking to take place, the crowds began to gather, East Fork Goes Democratic For Second TImb Iron Duff Leads County By Polling 25 To 1 For Democratic Party j SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS , POLL UP TO 9 to 1 Unofficial Count Shows Almost 11,000 Votes Cast In County On Tuesday ' , Not since the presidential elec tion of 1828, when Haywood cast every vote for Andrew Jackson, presidential candidate, has the county piled up such a majority as on Tuesday, when the unofficial returns as gathered by The Moun taineer, showed a 4 to 1 D.emo- cratic victory, with almost 11,000 votes cast. Vlpting was steady throughout the day, which was un usually quiet. The East Fork precinct went Democratic, with a 36-vote mar gin In the presidential race, with slightly less majority for county offices, according to the official tabulation. The voters in East Fork, however, gave Shay Henson, Republican candidate for consta ble, a 2-vote lead over his oppo nent, Ed Rogers, who polled 174 and Henson 176. In 1928 this pre cinct went Democratic for T. L. Gwyn. a candidate for House of Representativss. Only on these two occasions have they gone into the Democratic columns. Iron Duff gave the largest Demo cratic percentage, with almost 25 to 1. This was based on an offi cial tabulation. . : Hazelwood went Democratic 10 to l,v while the two, Waynesville wards and . Lake Junaluska were about 9 to 1. These counts too, were official. Crabtree and Fines Creek held substantial margins of about 8 to 1 for the Democratic ranks. Down in Beaverdam, W. H. Scott, Democrat, ' polled 2,506 against R. C. Putman, Republican, who got 896. In Clyde, ; Tom Garrett, Demo crat, candidate for magistrate, de feated Horace Sentelle, Republi can, by a vote of 474 to 260. In the same township, Wilson Tran tham, Democrat, candidate for constable, polled 460 votes. He did not have opposition. The complete tabulations were not available in all townships, but the vote by party as gathered by The Mountaineer will run about the same for all candidates in the respective parties. The votes giv en below were based largely on the presidential race. The complete and official votes will be given next week: It was not learned what started They came from 13 counties in this the fight, though bystanders tes tified that Cagle was under the influence of liquor. While there was still possibilities of complica tions, it was reported that Cagle was resting comfortably at the hospital last night Rav Burrin, who is now located burley crop as owner, tenant, or in Newport News, Va., where he sharecropper. holds a position with the Newportl " News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Dr. R. Stuart Roberson spent ten rAmn.nv snent several ?av. here' days in Durham, where he U at- during the past week with his wife! tending a clinic now being held at and young daughter. ' iuKe me'"-y 9 Volunteer For Army Service ft the intention 1 U er to nnhii.i. tv;. b.n of en registered i M ywood Selective Draft titkL. members of the oecame apparent that such nselesg( M the 611 nameg ;. ,.'Hi' Week abilit WOlilH in all 'contain the names of all would conscripted l ?L: any ontb' "'. vantage of carry- Via . w UUIU l" tht the official list has mLv wniPed, and while . oer ascertalnif 1 tltU U m in M08t cases the 'OKial ones, there would "tucei mrnnrniniL to carry a complete and official list as soon as compiled of the classification given each man by the draft board number one. This information will be of much more value and interest than the unof ficial list of, order numbers and names. The members of the board have this week been clearing the way for mailing out questionnaires to all men in their rolls. This will require many weeks, perhaps run in g well into 1941. . The board, and this newspaper are working closely together, and our readers may be assured of ac curate information about the pro gress just as soon as it is avall- h1. It is a slow process, and m if 1 i Here are nine of the men who volunteered for service in the Army here Saturday. The recruiting station, in a modern trailer, was stat ioned in front of the court house all day. From left to right: Sgt A. rRumth; Samuel N .Edwards, city; Tlwmaa S. FranUin, Hazel-wood-Jame, B. Oliver, city; Millard E. Frit, city; James B. Edward, city? Ulysus J. McClure, city; Jack Hoxit, city; Clarence A. Lewis, cuy, - T c. rtni. T. Wilson, in Mncnrie: and wuiiam mui " Supply Pastor For Three Presbyterian Churches Starts Work On Sunday The Rev. S. B. M. Ghisilen, of Salem, Va., has arrived and assum ed his duties as supply pastor for the Hazelwood, Bethel, and White Oak Presbyterian churches. He will hold services in the Bethel church at 11 o'clock on Sun day morning. He will preach at Hazelwood at 8 o clock in the evening. ; section of the state. A motorcade formed in Asheville, which was met in Candler by a delegation from the counties west of here, which accompanied the group back to Waynesville, The high school band led the parade down Main street, and fol lowing the parade gave a half hour concert on the court house grounds. Only about half of the crowd could get into the court rom, but those on the grounds were able by means of a public address system to hear the appeals made by Mr. Broughton and Congressman Weav er in behalf of the party, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rung left Thursday for an extended visit to California and other points. They plan to return to Waynesville in the spring. v- Officials To Determine Between Courts For Case- Edwards Trial Jack Edwards, of Newport News, and here; an alledged accom- complice in the Davis-Smith jew elry theft,, was brought here last Thursday from Virginia by mem bers of the local police force and lodged in jail. Edwards. was arrested in New port News .on Monday following instructions from the local police to hold him until they could ar rive to take him into custody. It was learned last night from local authorities that a decision would be reached sometime today as to whether the case would be tried in the state or federal courts. If it is tried in the state court it with Linzie (Red) Case, found a bag of jewelry in the alley back of the Corner Drug Store, accident- ly left by Bryant Smith, of Davis- Smith Jewelers, on the night of August the 18th. The two men ,are said to have taken the bag to the home of Case and upon discovering its contents hid it under some vines near the Case home on Boundary street. They afterward concealed the jew elry under the floor of the house, destroying the ' bag . and all the boxes in which the articles bad been kept. - , - ' " Both men left town a few days after the theft taking the stolen a n rwn . . will mm. n at the November term : Ppeny wun men., mey went u:.v Wo1 to Newport News, Va, and secur- TJTv " led jobs there, Edwards remained, It is alledged that Jack Edwards' (Continued on back page) Township Demo- Repub- crat lican Beaverdam No. 1 387 172 Beaverdam No. 2 381 124 Beaverdam No. 3 464 160 Beaverdam No. 4 485 . , 187 Beaverdam No. 6 304 156 Beaverdam No. 6 629 179 Big Creek 35 8 Cataloochee 27 10 Cecil 86 78 Crabtree 361 39 Clyde 642 219 East Fork 202 166 Fines Creek 412 66 Hazelwood 410 40 Iron Duff 154 6 Ivy Hill 410 - 84 Jonathan Creek 267 109 Lake Junaluska 241 30 Pigeon 499 197 White Oak 43 5 N. Waynesville 1,226 135 S. WaynesvUle 1,185 137 Totals 8,640 2,297 MRS. LOU OWENS, 66, BURIED HERE MONDAY Mrs. Lou Owens, 66. widow of the late Sam Owens, died at ber borne on Water street on Satur day at 6:15 p. m. Funeral services were conducted from the residence on Monday afternoon at 1:00. The Rev. Frank Leatherwood officiated. Burial was in the Owens family cemetery near Cove Creek. - Mrs. Owens is a native of Rock ford, Tenn. She was born on April 8, 1874, and had been residing here since 1924. Surviving are the following: two daughters, Miss Ruth Owens and Misi -Georgia Owens, both of Waynesville; three sister, Mrs. W. C. Lane, and Mrs, T. P. Leu wall en, of Knoxville, Tenn, and Miss Martha Frits, of Waynesville; two brothers, Arce Hill and Green Hill, both of Knoxville, Tenn.