North Carolina Newspapers

Wayne E SVIIiLE TA1NEER IViOUN m . r. -m Published In Thet County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smokv Mountains National Park YEAR NO. 46 Sixteen Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. O, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1940 $1.50 In Advance In Haywood And Jackson Co untie svelt Ud Candidates $ County 4 Majority Of 6,434 Wmt; George A. n Led County Ticket L. pevelt Polled more ftj " Haywood votes last candidate on the f, He an official ai hUe Willkie got ;Sority for Roosevelt Held in FDR Threat I Burley Meetings Are Announced By County Farm Agent All Burley Growers Are Urged To Attend Meeting In Their Township . - Brown, Jr., led the 8.564. He I; .4 w c C. Francis, ..0" . 1 ituehto"' Democratic for Vjted 8,303 while the Re fSdidate McNeU got 2, f. Democratic majority ol 'fcBroughton led the state Bvwood. ' official returns jonntaineei- last week were 1 very few of the official Stomtaineer is today giving Jtte omciai returns i fmm each of the iwenty- 'WWW m mm f 'ember Term ' ' inal Court Ws Monday Nnember terra of criminal 'il convene here on Monday with Judge Wilson war i Newton, presiding. jn for jury service the first 'ut: David H. Sharp, 01 fcat :Tom J. Reece, of East o; Caldwell, Ivy Hill; Jesse Km- Clvde: W T. Rainer, In Creek: Wiley A. Noland, t:Robt. Arlington, of Fines I Claude C. Harden, Clyde, 'ij Ball, Ivy Hill. , I f.H. Williams, White Oak; i Medford, Waynesville; C tad. Beaverdamr J. Mack iCtaloochee: K..O. Cars- StHtrdam; Lee HowelV Ja" Creek; Owen Murray, Fig- l P. Davis, Fines Creek; fa Milliner, Waynesville; Eras laiford. Iron Duff! Grover K Ivy Hill; H. A. Reece, I Silas Nichols. Waynesville; r Gentry, Waynesville, and ' titm ti- I nusun, rigeon, sn for the second week are ItlEvans, Ivy Hill; Jim Cham- uyde; George H. Johnson Medford Pressley, East Wayne McElroy, Crab tree; Sogers, Fines Creek; G. W Waynesville. R J. Henry Barnes, Waynes ten W. Terrell. Clyde; fi Crawford, Waynesville; ft. Stanley, Pigeon; J. Bas- soathers. Pigeon; Hub F Waynesville, and Charlie , Pigeon. t: Comptroller General h Will Be Tried In Jewelry Case In Federal Court Case Scheduled To Come Up This Morning In Asheville Court Before Judge Webb The county farm agents' office is now ready to issue Burley to bacco marketing cards for the 1940 crop, according to J. C. Lynn coun ty agent. -, ' : : The county agents are also ready to explain the present tobacco situa tion so that the growers may know better how to cast their vote on the question on Saturday, Novem ber the 23rd. A schedule of meetings as fol lows is being announced by Mr. Lynn. All growers are urged to at tend the meeting held in their town shin, at which time they will be 'e-iven their 1940 Burlev allotment cards. In case a grower fails to attend the meeting he will have to call at the county agents office for the card, as all growers must have a 1940 tobacco card. The meetings will be held in Bea- Handcuffed, "Willard Whiting, I verdam, Monday, the 18th, at 8:80 agar worker, is pictured at he wat a. m., in City Hall, Canton; Clyde, led into federal court, San Fran at Clyde school, Monday, 18th, at Cisco, where he was arraigned on I 2:00 p. m.; Crabtree at Crabtree charge of sending President Rooe school, on Monday, the 18th, at velt a letter threatening to Idllhia 7 -00 d m I Iron Duff, at Iron Duff Church, on Tuesday, 19th, at 9:30 a. m.; 1 Ivy Hill, at Taylor Ferguson store, Tuesday, the lDth, at 2:00 p. m.; I Fines Creek, :.t Fines Creek school, Tuesday the I9th, at 7:00 p. m. 1 Ton a hua Creek, at Rock Hill i school, Wednesday, the 20th, at 9:30 a. m.; White Oak, at Liberty s Ilia if be should be re-elected. Haywood Farmers Buy Thirty-Three Registered Cattj hrZ hAi-i uiJZS . I Church, Wednesday, 20th, at 1:00 ty-three head of registered cattle I .Vw. nt pi. have been brought into Haywood urch, Wednesday,' 20th, at 4:00 county by the local farmers, ac- . d;m r-.. iv.i rn cording to J. a Lynn, county farml on w 7;00 agents and purchasers helped se lect the cattle. There have been ten registered Shorthorns, with the following dis tribution: Fred Mann, 2; Glenn Boyd, 3; D. C. Campbell, 2; Collier Howell, 2; Eanus Boyd. 1. Twenty registered Hereford cattle have been purchased by the tollow'mg; farmer:-Jarvia L. Pal mer, Claude Francis, J. M. Pless, R. O. Kelley, Reeves Ferguson, and Boyd Messer. : Two registered Angus cattle have been bought by Lenoir C. Moody, and Glenn purchased one of the outstanding 276. mwr tl V p. m.; waynesville, at court nouse, Thursday, 21st, 9:30 a. m. Contract Let For Woodrow Bridge Among the 343,021 in contracts awarded last week by the statj Wghwijr'jind public worXscbm mission, was "a $7,200 contract to Reed and Abee, of Asheville, for the construction of a creosote timber bridge over the-washed out fill on the Bnnis Sentelle farm Palmer, has near Woodrow, on U. S. Highway Representative Lindsay C. Warren,! of North Carolina, is the govern ment's new comptroller general. He resigned aa a member of the House to accept the appointment State Commander Of Spanish War Veterans Coming Will Address Hugh A. Love Chapter Members On Friday Night At Eight O'clock E J. Sharo. state commander of the United Spanish War Vet will address the Hugh A. Love chapter nere rriuy eight o'clock at the court nouse. All veterans of the war are urg ed to attend. According to John w Khnnk. adiutant of the local organisation, there are about 60 veterans of the Spanish American War in Haywood. The post now has a membership of about 26. James R. Boyd, Jr., is command er of the local organization. The trial of Jack Edwards and Linsie (Red) Case and his wife, Faye Case, who were arrested tw weeks ago in connection with dis posal of a bag of jewelry belong, .ng to Davis-Smith, local Jewelers, will be held today in the District Federal court in Asheville before Judge Yates Webb. A preliminary hearing before U. SI. Commissioner W. T. Shelton was held last Thursday and the three were bound over to court under a $1,000 bond for each of the men and a $500 bond for the wo man County's Quota For First Draft Is Filled By Enlisted Men Claimed By Death When the three were arrested i Case and his wife were in Waynes ville, but Jack Edwards had gone o Newport News, where he was employed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com pany, and was brought back here by local authorities. The men admitted, after being arrested, that they had taken the black bag of jewelry accidently left by Bryant Smith, business manager for Davis-Smith, Jewelers and that a number of the articles had been pawned. The loss remained a mystery un til .the last of October when the jewelry began to show up in the pawn shops of Asheville, which eventually led to the arrest of the three. Dr. Roberson Has ModOice At Hazelwood T Has Facilities For Metabo lism Tests And Ultra Violet Ray Treatments ' Jersey bulls in the South. The bridge will be about 100 feet long, and will be built as a pro tection against backed up flood water. During the floods of the ... . j Ann fs Super Mar- Adds Modern nt And Lights Wers, masons and painters r-4 the modern front "to Super Market this week. 1 500 square feet more of :' ipace in the front of the H ; att glass front now is in litht Ike with the sidewalk, tod more light and better Kion than did the broken lines formed the lobby, ition to the remodeling, the aaa installed in the meat t, a cheese display case 1 Pecial built table for cut Mtneat The latest piece of ia finished in white enam- "tainless steel trim similar ' at department. . -"atire market ha, ln been ith modern rlourescent Dr. R. Stuart Roberson, who bought the Ferguson residence on Brown Avenue and has used it for an office build t intr for several years, has convened it into modern and up-tO' W3 UU1IC UJf 11IC TV c wa vx vans . m T ' Pinn rivpr nvprflowin into th I been leased to Dr. Grover M. Davis Sontpllo farm ami hnrkinff nn buck I The remainder of-the., bui.ding, he of the highway fill. An under-1 uses for his own practice Annual Flag Sale To Be Held By UDC On Saturday, 16th The annual sale of Confederate flags which was to have been held on last Saturday will take place on Saturday the 16th, as announ ced by Mrs. C. 1. Kirkpatnca chairman of the sale. v mnit nf whom are be delivered. .u rt -,iiHri.n' chaDter of as to the number of men that would. He and Dr J. W. Westmoreland, of the Confederacy, will be in charge be employed, nor as to the appro-' canton, recently attended a course of .ales. The proceeds will go ximaie completion u, toward the historical work of the Haywood chapter of the Daugh- pass proved to be inadequate to care for the volume of water seek ing to get through. : The office of Reed and Abee yes terday said that work would begin just as soon as the timber could No figure was given None Will Be Drafted From. Haywood Until After July 1, 1941, Board Informed QUESTIONNAIRES ARE GOING FORWARD TODAY Heavy Enlistments And National Guardsmen Over subscribe First Quota North Canton Bap tists Plan To Enlarge Plant Sunday School Rooms Will Be Built; Basement Of.-' Church Has Been Concreted Plans have been completed ,fvr he building . of . . BitOlhfilA, rooms at the North Canton Bap list church. Work of concreting the basement has been finished. The pantor, Rev," Howard Hall, returned Sunday and filled the pu nit. He assisted in a three week's revival in Canton, Ohio, at the Baptist Tabernacle, The slight rain on Sunday cu the attendance to 75, with the same number present for B. T. U. in the evening. A new foued air heating plar. has been installed and o.her im provements have been made. Dr. Roberson now has facilities for metaboism tests and uKra -io-lCt treatments and plans are being made for a complete laboratory. ters of the Confederacy. ions Are sed For Lime i Phosphate farm agents are nrg- wmonstration . and unit 'Eluding those in Iron figeon, East Pigeon, H 00-East Fork, and Sun .v45. "ho have not made atSng for PnsPlte to o? ""d out that they can lucaUonfor lime at the ... w?"1" we urged to visit .eent' offlce y Satnr r 18th to file these applica. Haywood Man Will Broadcast Over WWNC Friday T. W. Cathey, member of the state AAA program, wui hirc part on the radio broadcast on the Farm and Home hour over WWNC on Friday, The program comes on between 12:30 and 1:30. Mr. Cathey will discuss the burley tobacco refer endum, and his talk will be both interesting and instructive to the burley , growers. at Duke University on diseases of metabolism and diseases of blood forming organs. Dr. Robeson has served as pres ident of the Haywood Medical So ciety for the past year. He has also served as president of the Ha zel wood Booster's Club. ' His apartments on the same lot Seven Haywood men are serving with h:s offices, which have been as jurors in Federal Court in Ashe- uncer construction for the past ville, which convened on Monday ; geveral weeks, are almost complete J. C. Patrick Is Foreman Of Fed eral Grand Jury and ready for occupancy. of this week. J. C. Patrick, of Waynesville, was named foreman of the grand ! " ' - V jury, and other on this body from! LaDU llCilOSOn Haywood are: Tom Rogers, of ; T j TT 1 Clyde, C. B. McCrary, of Fines A HHreSSeCl Xllgll Creek. Joe Schencks and Robert n-UU1VOW , McCracken, of Waynesville. SchOOl Students Among those serving as regnlar u,uul vkmuwiw jurors are Paul Hyatt and Frank Leopard. ' Rotarians Adopt Project To Help In Rural Beautification urogram The Waynesville vntit PriHav to sponsor a RoUry Club either trees or grasses, to plant on wide- the bad spovs. Mr. Davis in the course ol bis re- ' Captain A. A- Nichoson, of New York City, addressed the students of the Waynesville high school here on Tuesday morning at the regular chapel hour. f!Dtain Nichoson, a forceful sneaker, had as his subject," Amer ica Must Remain America." He pointed out the danger that might come to this country from outside Eastern Star Prepares For District Meeting Mrs. 11a Green Campbell, Worthy Ma. ion, of the local chapter of the Eastern Star, is asking those who will take part in the ceremonies of the district meeting which will be held here on Saturday the 23rd, to attend a practice at the assem bly rooms in the Masonic Tempie tonight at 7:30. Mrs. Crawford Will Be Hostess To Woman's Club Mrs. W. T. Crawford will be hostess of the Woman's Club for the November meeting, which will be held on Thursday, the 21st. Mrs. J. C. Brown will have charge of the program. All mem bers are asked to note the change in the hour of meeting from 3:30 to 3 o'clock during the winter months. I 1 Last Rites Held Wednesday For D. C. Campbell Was An Outstanding Farm er And Cattle Raiser, Dies Of Heart Attack ! David Crockett Campbell, 66, prominent Haywood County farm er, died Tuesday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. V. McKausrhan, on Vermont Avenue, Asheville following a brief illness. Funeral service! were conducted t the home in the Maggie section at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, with the Rey. T. C Roten, the Kev, O. C. Newell, both of this county, dler. officiating. Burial was in the Dellwood cemetery," " 'Serving as active pallbearers wer? nephews as follows: Wilbur CamRbell, Joseph Campbell, jonn Boyd, Roy Campbell, Hiram Camp bell, and Kyle Campbell. Honorary pallbearers included: Wavne Corpening, J. C. Lynn Glenn Boyd. Dave Boyd. Dr. S. L. Stringfield,' James L. Stringfield Dr. N. F. Lancaster, Jack Setzer Jake Lowe, Fred Young, and Dr. Candler. Mr. Camnbell was one of the most progressive farmers and eat' tie men in the county. He bad been connected with the AAA program since it was first inaugurated in 1933, and had been a community committeeman for' the past three years. He was also a demonstra tion farmer. He is the son of the lato W. A. and Jane Plott Campoell and was widely connected in this county. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Hettie Cogdill Campbell: five daughters, Mrs. McKaughan, Mrs. T. L. Ward, of Ryland, Miss Nell Campbell and Mrs. Grace Plott Smart, of Maggie, and Miss Ellen Campbell, of Raleigh; two sons, Guy Campbell, of Orangeburg, N. Y., and Fred Campbell, of Way. nesville; a sister, Mrs. J. R. Boyd; and four brothers, V. A., R. G. A. and J. B. Campbell, all of Maggie, and C. A. Campbell, of Dellwood Over 4,100 registered Haywood men will virtually mark time until July 1, 1941, before a single one is called for the year's military training, because of the quota set for this county being Allied by vol unteer and National Guardsmen. Haywood's two selective draft boards this ' week received formal notice from Brigadier General J. Van B. Metts, state director of selective service, to the effect that you have no quota in that you have furnished many men in the national guard, which credit re lieves your county of any require ments in the first draft." Dr. Tom Stringfield, chairmen of the local board, announced that the questionnaires would go for ward, possibly today, to the first fifty, and that about fifty per week would be sent out until all of the 2,065 registered men with this board have received their blanks. The board will then begin to class ify the men, to preparation for the second draft after next July. The chairman pointed out that classifications will vary from time to time, and that the law provides for making changes. "A man with two dependents now might have ihree by next July-or maybe none Dr. Stringfield aid';w '- ''What we want to do is to ge .... - 7 - ' .fcj-.Jf Annual Red Cross Roll Call Starts Three Day Drive Today rane rural beautiscauon prugmiu, .... , come to wis cuua., - reoperation with farmer, in marks brought out ; that such a ( gource8 and wisdom 0f keep- ..a A a.. I aaA A VWATl Ullf- ' . w getting eroded places covered with project - 'phZ ' ing up the idea!, oi democracy fuitable vegetation. ' (tlVi "men kJwral mTs-l CapUin Nichoson is personnel di- Action was token after Frank town busme jnen 'grf y. M. i Davis, member of the nnw mess men togemer on common - ... . the Cow Uni. M-i uhvib, raerara wi , I o-round. and (2) that the project j-"" V , , T"i:., w me " r-- i most vaiuapie w u county as a --- , ,tt h 4nrf,,. . . I xi nag Deen cuu" "There is a definite closer relationship between the . . deivered hundreds of talks , to the club take on the project imme diately. . rtofsil of the nlan were left to the committee for final approval, but the idea was that through the county agentfs officev that each member would be assigned by lot, one badly eroded hill or road cut, and it would be that member, duty to contact the owner, and co-operate to getting proper plantings, The annual Red Cross member ship roll call of the Haywood chap ter will .tart a three day drive this morning to last through Sat urday afternoon, according to L. N. Davis, president of the organ ization. The Rev. J. G. Huggin, Jr., pas tor of the First Methodist church, will 'serve as roll call chairman. There has beert no definite quota set for the chapter, as in view of the presskg heeds of the Red Cross this year everyone is urged to tfive as much as possible to the work. famt!es aided in the state wai 2,091, and the expenditures amount ed to $90,316.13 It is possible for the Red Cross to respond to '-uch calls for dis aster relief because of the annual national renewal of memberships in the chapters throughout the country, it was pointed out by the local chairman. Assisting the Rev. Mr, Huggin in the roll call will be: William Medford for the. business groups in Waynesville, and Ralph Sum merrow for the business men ' in Hazelwood. L. M. Richeson will be in charge The local chapter made an ont .tending record last year among . indugtri4l ' the izu cnapters in rtn vr- Mrg Richard N Babe j j, Una. The Haywood chapter rank-, eerye ag chairman of hmM u ed 13, the Canton chapter 19 and houge canyag ,n Wayne8ville. Mrt. 7l fl fi,. n,st 27 vears. most of the Buncombe chapter 26 in the , shj Haselwood. and need or . th. TexM. Comoanv.' percentage of population subsenh-. . SieDhftnie Moore in th- Ikp uc ijtjjf ' I m - - ' lJunaluska vicinity, ystom .sff up, and all questions. back, anoTnot have 1t haTighir -.. us," ha continued. v "Before a, man 1. formally call ed, he will be given every chance to make any changes needed in his classification. No physical examinations will be giyen uniil next July," it wag said. The local board' received, this week, a list of 12 Haywood men who have volunteered and been accepted into service. They were: Willie Kay Kirkpatrick, White Oak; Clarence Austin Lewis, Maggie; Floyd Brown Caldwell, Route 2; Luther Caddis, Cruso. , Gerald Gaddis, City; Millanf Edwards Fritz, City; Zeb Clark, Route 1; John Kindred Reeves, Lake Junaluska; Charles B. Haw kins, Route 1, Clyde; James Law rence Trammell, City; Jame Boone Edwards, City; and Dave Zack Allison, City. The questionnaires being mailed this week, will go to the first fifty men, according to their order num ber. The men due to receive their blank with 65 questions, are: Finis Stroud, city; Dillard Haney, Clyde route 1; Homer Julius Nor man, route ,1; Taylor Ferguson, Clyde, route 1; Wilford Carver, Clyde, route 1; William Dowe, Ha zelwood; Kermit Moore, Cove Creek; Rufus Lee Greerarch, route 2; Ralph Summerrow, Hazelwood; William" Medford, Jr., route 1. James Ferguson, Clyde route 1 ; Claude Grant Woodard. city; Joel Belver Ryder, route 1; Ernest Mil ford Reece, route 1; Verlin Wiley Shelton, route 1; Ben Mathis. H--zelwood; Jesse Jenkins, Cove Creek;; Noble Gibson, Maggie, Vader Sutton, route 2; Ernest Trantham, Clyde route 1, Jack Chapmen, route 1 : Cling John Wyatt, route 1; David Frank Troutman, Hazelwood; No'nd Jef- ! ferson Reagan, route 1; Woodrow Smith, Clyde route 1; Roy Tate Sherrill, city; Charlea James Fie, route 2. Men who came under the draft ruling and who were given blood tests at the office of the county health department in ' the court house, are asked to call for their reports., at their earliest conven ience. Dr. C, N. Sisk, county health of ficer, stated yesterday that a total of 923 blood tests had been made to date, with 20 of a positive re action. 6 doubtful and 10 speci mens, heamolysed. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. F, Millar towns people and rural folks, Mr.j civic jncliastrial groups. Davis said, "ana wie closer tm re lationship, the better off both are." 1De -b : , .v. -,v.nj cu . . .' eive to assist m every way in wormng ana .on, u, August, with Haywood one oi tne Crabtree school area; M. E. (Tony) out the suggested project from m Raleigh, where they tdftff of n in the WMtrn part Davis, will conduct the roll call which the club member, coma T.. of ft. .Uto.; The total number .1 in the Haywood County Hospital. - The Red Cross rendered a great: M H Rowl. will eondnet tb deal of assistance locally this year. drve fo'r memn -ln Wayneg In all there were 18 counties effect- jjg district schools; Jack Mes ed by floods in the state during Mr wiU Mrve M cnairman 0f he Mrs. T. N.'Massie ha. returned home after visiting relative, in Sumter, S. C, and Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. Harrold Massie returned on Friday night from a motor trip to California. 1' ! 1' t ,