NESVIDLE M
Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance oj The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
teEVENTHXEAR
NO. 31 Twelve Pages
WAYNESVILLE; N. (X, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1941
$00 la Ad vane la Haywood and Jackson Counties
OUNTAINEEK
i i
luminum Drive Is
jnned Successlul
Gave More Than
Ue County, J. C. Lynn,
'pty Chairman,
.j rA.mtv stands high in
eord of scrap aluminum col
cooperation with the nat
ive which ended yesterday,
. J. C. Lynn, county
L of national defense.
LvanmetinAshevilIeyeswr.
iv.nntv chairmen from
Irt of the state and in a check
L others found that this
had made a collection ir
ihf werage.
l:..inir the drive. Mr. Lynn
f..j nn the fine cooperation
Id had during the campaigrn
the township chairmen, me
!..winii and especially
the Boy Scouts who have made
ise-to-house canvas.
aluminum has been
h from the various sections
county and deposited on tne
uHinir to the courthouse.
here it will be hauled by the
Highway trucks into Ashe
hich is the central distribu-
oint for this part of the state.
Asheville the aluminum will
ted and baled and then ship-
one of the smelters.
life the drive officially ended
rday, the collection will not be
ifrom the courthouse before
ly or Saturday, and Mr. Lynn
M if anyone had either fail
mike a donation or wished to
fcnwthing more they could still
id items. : ... .
drive wa conducted over
iiffltry in an effort to get
i to construct 2,000 fighting
pr Case Trial
Jeduled Today
lore Shelton
rno Sorrells, of Canton, who
arged with transporting 36
is of non-tax paid "white"
b scheduled to be given a
Binary hearing before U. S.
listioner W. T. Shelton this
fcooiu
plli was arrested around
1m on Friday in the Mt.
3 section hv Federal Pro-
"a Agent John Norton, R. L.
and Carl Bryson, Haywood
J deputies, and 0. R. Roberts,
Highway Patrolman,
tlie car was stopped by the
man as yet said to be
"tided, . jumped from the ve
ad escaped. '
ing his arrest, Sorrells
$1,500 bond for his ap
" before Commissioner
1 today.
said the whiskey was being
into, this county from
rTenn.
Deep Sea Graduate
Mountaineer Is
Mentioned On 112
NBC Radio Stations
The Mountaineer has receive
ed congratulations from sev
eral states on the comments
made about this newspaper
over 112 NBC radio stations
last week by H. R. Baukhage,
famed radio commentator and
special Washington correspon
dent for more than 2,000 week
ly newspapers.
Mr. Baukhage broadcasts
for the National Farm and
Home Hour, with the program
originating in Washington.
The comment dealth with
recognition given the paper by
Haywood demonstration farm
ers for "The Promotion of
Agriculture in Haywood Coun-ty."
Ambulance Plane
Drive Will Close
Saturday Night
All Those Who Have Not
Contributed Are Urged To
Donate To Worthy Cause.
rate vestprdav afternoon, a ital
of $146 had been placed on the
dime board on Main street which
is in operation for the benefit oi
funds for the local quota for the
in ambulance slant
aa ft rift to Ena-land from the
citizens of this state, .
Tn Wavneaville trooD of Girl
Scouts under the direction of their
leader, Mrs. E. C. Wagenfeld, has
been in charge form early morn un
til sunset, working in shifts.
The drive will continue with the
operation of the dime board through
Saturday night, closing arouna iu
o'clock, according to Mrs. White-
ner Prevost, chairman of the way
nesville area.
The boxes that have been placed
in the various hotels and guest
houses will also be opened at the
ont r.t Hid mli and the amounts
collected in this manner added
to the returns from the dime
The" plane which is called the
"Mercy Ship" will cost $75,000 and
is so designed that It can give nrsi
aid to both men in service and to
the civilians in bombed areas.
Prominent Preachers
On Program At Lake
Jorge Pardo, of the ColombUa
(XT. VrH ft at, ana -one
Shall months of intensive training,!
Xt and Mro SmoOuK
jje To Spend Several
At Home Here
M and Mr. w.i. cv.
Ped during the week from
PI lnd ,:n ...
epena sometime
their home on Smathers
tftKd Smather Pent
ico and California, re
to in :j- ,
i iviiud. in rn0.flrii
P "here thev rmin hi
Speaks Tonight
Hearing In "Date"
Shooting Affair
To Be Set Later
No date has yet been set for the
nrpliminarv hearine of LeRoy
Woody, 19, 'who is now being held
in jail charged with shooting Mar
garet (iilliland ana uienn L.uns-
ford: :,;.
The delav in the hearing is due
to the condition of Miss Gilliland,
who has been able to leave the
hospital following treatment,' but
is yet not able to be out.
The case is an outirrowth of the
"hazards" of dating two boys in
one evening. Everett Mitchell had
a date with Evelyn Campbell to
take her to the Little Rock church
In the Plott Creek section. He was
to leave her as they passed his
home and young Woody was to es
cort her the remainder of the way.
Mitchell refused to leave the girl
and Woody is alleged to have shot
into the crowd of young people
gathered at the girl's home and
Margaret Gilliland and Glenn
Lunsford. both Innocent bystand
ers, were hit. They were taken to
the county hospital for treatment.
T.iinnford was able to leave in a
few hours, but Miss Gilliland was
confined for two days in' the institution.
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An nustandine international lav-
man and one of the world's best
known American missionaries will
speak from the Lake Junaluska As
sembly pulpit Sunday. They are
Dr. Y. C. Kane, president of Soo-
chow University, China, and Dr.
S Stanlev Jones of India. Dr. Lantr
will speak at 11 a, m. "China Today
and Tomorrow" and Dr. Jones at 8
m on the "Role of America in a
Time of Crisis." The banner at
tendance of the season is expected
to heard these two men who will
RDeak under the auspices of a Mis
sionary Conference in session nere
July 29 - August 5.
BISHOP PAUL B. KERN will
have program tonight.
s At Fort .
F Go On A
Noting Spree
oc ii was in ineir
or duty, and to Bhow
marksmen they
Sloan records their
fug in ,:.
w8 coiumn irom
I1 ,acbon this week. . .
. -' ever paragrapn
"tner indicates there
i . ojjcui proxsn
m the making.
Tuberculosis
Clinic Being Held
a tiihsrouinsis clinic is being
held in the county this week-under
the sponsorship of the district
health department in co-operation
With the state ooara oi neuui.
The examinations, which are De
oHa hv Dr W. M. Peck, of
the State Tuberculosis Sanatorium,
of Sanatorium, consist or noro
scopic observance of the chest with
a physical examination when in
dicated.
On Monday and Tuesday of this
i. mm conducted in Can-
WCW Uii"-o
ton at the higk school budding dur
ing which time a total of 91 per
examined. Two positive
case and one suspicious case was
found. ' ... .
, tj :nn;nv veatprdav a clinic is
XJCi".'ft J - ,
i 2 1.-1.1 vn in the court house
DeinK aw -
for a three day period, exienu-
ing through Friday. appcuo..
. reived from the private
.v.;.:... nH th health depart-
" m himoa
ment. lndivwuais
..K..ilnoi . cases have
been lound should be examined also,
as wen buoj.".. ,
Following this ween
coumy, ' i . .. .
more weeks in the district which
includes Transylvania, ot -
Jackson, and Swain counties and
the Cherokee Indian Reservation.
I
County Home Agent W ill
Attend Farm and Home
Week at State College
Smith,
Miss Jlrj - .
county home demonstration agent.
leaves Monday lor
she will attend Farm and Home
i . . o-- rMioo Miss Stnitn
Drafted Men Will
Have To Serve Even
Though They Marry
Registrants who get married on
the eve of induction or after be
inc ordered to report to the doc
tor for physical examination will
do so at their own nsK and win
&rA that their marriage will not
keep them out of the army, it was
learned yesterday from the local
draft board.
This was made clear during the
week by General J. Van Metts, state
director of the Selective bervice,
who nointed out that the new ruling
was necessary as a large number
of men are apparently trying to
abue the policy of leniency to
ward married men in an effort to
evade military service.
The modified policy, which was
r,o.cH nn to all Selective Service
agencies in the state is as follows:
"When a registrant -acquires
status after issuance of 'Notice to
Annsr for Physician's Examina
tion, it should be assumed that
both parties concluded the mar
riage knowing that the registrant
was subject to early call for ser
vice and were prepared to take
fnntpnuences. and therefore
deferment in such cases would not
appear to be justified.
"But when a registrant has in
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August, the 26th
Is Date Set For
Flower Show
The flower show, an annual event
j war bv the Woman
Club, wiU be held on Tuesday, An
gust the 26th, it was learned this
wt' .v;kita will shown in
the community center of the Cham-
her f Commerce ounuu., ------
ing to Mrs. Frank Ferguson, chair
man of the committee in charge of
thThebpri! 'Wt U "nonnfe
in the near future, in order tbat
Srdners may begin to plan their
entries.
Mack Mull Found
Guilty Violation
Prohibition Laws
AT a Mr Mull WAR found guilty of
violation of the prohibition laws
and was bound over W tne wovem
ho,, term nf aunerior court in I
hearing yesterday morning peiore
U. S. Commissioner w. i. omiwu.
in.law nf Mull.
jujr dv.
who waB also charged with the same
offense was found not gumy.
Federal off icers captured a forty
five gallon still late Wednesday
afternoon, last week, in the base
ment of the Mull home on Aliens
Creek.'
The still was said to have showed
definite signs of recent use, but
the "last drop" of the 'last run"
had been disposed of before the
officers took over.
Both Mull and Gunter posted
$300 bond after the arrest.
New lias Service
Opens Office Here
Brading Gas Service, a new local
company, announces the opening of
their office on Church street across
from the Masonic Temple. While
the company may also handle gas
m "bottles" or above-ground cyl
inders, it will specialize in servicing
and selling underground gas sys
tems, which give all the facilities
of city gas at considerably less than
the average city gas rate. Stanley
F. Brading, president of the com
pany states:
in th near iuture tne cuink"j
...:n k.. mi Hinlv pas ranges.
Will 1 j
water heaters, both automatic and
aide-arm. heaters for housenoia
re.tnnrant use. and various
types of gas equipment for homes,
tourist camps ana resuturin.
Dr. Henry G. Barnett, professor
of Enelish at Southern College,
Lakeland, Fla., spoke from the plat
form last nijrht, his subject being
"Christianitv and Crisis." and Dr.
H. it. Conirer. director of visual edu
cation of the Board of Missions and
Church Extension, New York City,
showed Dictures illustrative of mis
sionary work and discussed how
through viRual education mission-
arv service through the local
church might be increased.
Gets New Post
President Roosevelt bas commis
sioned William J. (Wild Bill) Dono
van of New York aa a Major General
to supervise American Military In
telligence and to ally it with the
British Secret Service. Donovan has
served for months as Navy Secre
tary Knox's emissary on secret
missions abroad.
Bishop Paul B. Kern, of Nash
ville, Tenn., is programmed as the
platform speaker tonight, when
he' will talk on "Methodism and
World Redemption."
Crowded schedules are indicated
for the remainder of the week.
On Friday morning Dr, Karl K.
Quincy, secretary of field promo
tion in the Board oi Missions ana
Church Extension will conduct a
forum hour at 9:40 on the "Chal-
lencre of the Present Crisis," which
will be followed by a general
forum conducted by" Bibhop AKern
The Rev. Dr. Hugh C. Stuti, vice
president of Scarritt College, Nash
ville, Tenn., will be the platform
speaker at 8 p. m. His subject
as announced, is "Attempt Great
Things for God."
The "Rural Church" will be the
discussional theme Saturday
morning, with Miss Sara McCrack
en, of Scarritt College, rural spe
cialist leading the forum.
Something unusual in the way of
sound pictures is programmed ior
Saturdav at 8 d. m. under the aus-
nices of the assembly. At this
time the "Journey to Jerusalem,"
made in New York City from the
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Committees Seek
New Names For
Peaks In Park
684 Enrolled In
Bethel Schools
n.th1 iichools had an enroll
ment for the 1941-42 term of 684
yesterday, according to W. P.
Whitesides, superintendent.
In the elementary graaes w
were enrolled, and 284 in the high
school. Classes sUrt this morning.
Tit ra TTvntt Tn Renrosent
it m. & a v "
This Paper In Hazelwood
Beginning next week, Mrs. Dewey
Hyatt will handle news of Hazel
wood for The Mountaineer, succeed
ing Mrs. J- E- Shields who has
been efficient and faithful at the
task for the past two years-
Mrs. Hyatt's telephone is 320-J,
and The Mountaineer asks those
in Harelwood having news to please
contact Mrs. Hyatt.
Public Library
Will Observe
Morning Hours
The Waynesville Public Li
brary will be open in the morn
ings from 10:30 ontil 12 each
day as well as the. regular af
ternoon hours. j
The change has beeen made
for the convenience of the
tourists and will remain to ef
fect until . the season closes,
according to Mrs. "James At
kins, librarian.
The North Carolina Place Name
committee, of which H. C. Wilburn,
of Waynesville, is chairman, met in
a joint session with the Tennessee
committee, and discussed propo
sals to name peaks in the park
for some outstanding people who
were instrumental in getting the
park established.
Proposals will be made to the
National Geographic Commission
for final confirmation.
In 1930 and 1931 a similar state
committee recommended some 650
names of streams, peaks, gaps and
ridges. Most Of the recommend
ations have been put into effect.
Superintendent J. Koss t-axin
said that the naming of peaks
hnnTH h limited to those who were
outstanding in helping to estab
lish the park. The national com
mission refuses to recognise any
name for a person until
the death of the person.
Haywood Clocks
Ticking Away
On New Tlme
Tn enmnliance with the request of
Governor Broughton, this communi
v farted Mondav morning of f on
the schedule of "daylight saving
time," with few exceptions, namely
the post office. Southern Railway
and passenges busses.
Practically all places of business
and manufacturing plants have
termed un the one hour asked, with
apparently little inconvenience, and
a spirit of cooperation to stand oy
the two-month period.
Atf W went on daylight saving
time, we couldn't give the public
the service they wanted," was the
comment of Postmaster J. Harden
Howell
Postmaster Howell pointed out
that the bus schedule Was such
that the mails coming in would not
be distributed on the hours con
venient to the public and that the
lack of cooperation of the post
office was in reality a bettor ser
vice to the public.
The agents of the Southern Rail
way staged that with time tables
printed, with extensive schedules
Worked out with other companies,
that it would not only be too ex
pensive to change time for such a
short period, but also more confus
ing to the public.
Employees of the bus company
gave similar reasons, stating that
the network of bus schedules in
nneration from coast to coast was
so complicated that it would take
practically a year to perfect a
xhanire. and that for such a short
period it would be harder on the
public aa well as the mis lines w
operate by daylight saving time.
The rhnrrhe of the community
are announcing that all services
will be on daylight saving time.
White Is Manager
Of Auto Supply
C. C. White has assumed man
agement of the Waynesville Auto
Supply at tne uepoi.
The firm will continue to special
ize in well known lines of tires,
tubes, batteries and accessories,
together with a general filling sta
tion service.
Mr. White fe well known
throughout this section. He and
his family have lived here for 16
years, during which time he was
renrenentative of a leading tobacco
after company, calling on the wholesale
I trade.
Tentative Budget
Awaiting Approval
Of Raleigh Group
Same Rate Has Iken In Ef
fect For Past Two Years,
As Little Budget Changes
Are Made.
A tentative budget for Haywood
county has recently been submitted
to the local Government Commis
sion in Raleigh, by T. J. Cathey,
county auditor, it was learned dur
ing the week. r
If the budget meets the approval
of the commission, it will be
adopted by the county board of
commissioners here at their regu
lar first Monday meeting next
week,: '- 1
The budget has been based on a
tax valuation of $23,000,000 and
the tax rate set at $1.57, in both
cases the same amount as of the
past three years.
Th actual valuation which haa
not been tabulated yet, is expected
to run about $450,000 above the
$23,000,000, it was learned from
Mr. Cathey.
It Is necessary to have a gener.
ous margin of from $400,000 to
$500,000 to take care oi the un
collected taxes, Mr. Cathey pointed
out. .
The 1941-42 tax rate as set forth
in the budget by Mr. Cathey is as
follows :
General fund
Poor fund
Building fund
Debt service .
Penalty fund
Capital outlay
Hospital fund
Old Age Assistant
...$.1250
$.0550
.....-...$0260
.........$. 43
.........$.0000
..-...-..$.0150
...$.0399
............$0635
Patience And Luck Enable Waynesville
Boy To Make His first Trip isy riane
Santa Claus arrived in July for
Billy Millar, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. F. Millar, of Waynesville.
Billy had anticipated a plane trip
to Raleigh for a visit with his
brother Bob, who is attending sum
mer school at SUte College. The
date was set, and reservations
sought on the plane.
"Sorry, all space is taken," was
the sad news for Billy as he tried
time and again to get a seat on
the plane.
Billy kept his chin up, and at the
suggestion of his parents decided
to make the trip down by rail,
with the hopes of better luck for
the return plane trip borne. But Fine, I Love It."
rather than leave the airport until
all horea had faded, he hung around
tn at least see the departure of
the ship on which he hoped to be
a passenger.
Just as the giant plane was com
ing into the airport, Billy happened
tn nnii the noeted list of passen
gers, and there in plain letters waa
hie name bis reservation had
gone through, and he had a seat
awaiting him on the plane.
Billy's reaction to the good news
in off the record.
He caught the plane and from
Raleigh wired his lather who trav
els a lot by air "Air Travel Is
Aid to dependent children ...$.0215
Welfare department .-...$.0645
Special levy ................... -..i.uoob
School r ami
Current expenses $.0894
CaniUl outlay f.wiv
Debt service ................ ;.,...$.42B5
Canton school district ...........$.0800
Total .. . $1.67
The law reaulres that the county
budget set up sufficient funds to
miet tho operating expenses of
all the departments of the county
government, for a year at a time,
Bethel Scout
Troon Will Be
Installed Sunday
Bethel Boy Scout Troop 12, the
twelfth white troop in the Haywood
district, will be installed at a
special service at the Bethel Meth
odist church next Sunday evening
at eight o'clock, Eastern Daylight
Saving Time. The troop is spon
sored by the Bethel Parent Teach
ers' Association.
Congregations of the three
churches have been invited to at
tend the installation service, which
will be in charge of the Rev. J. W,
Blitch, pastor of the Bethel Meth
odist church, District Chairman
William Medford, Chairman of
Organization B. E. Colkitt, Vice
Chairman of Organization, A. M.
Fairbrother, and other members
of the Haywood district committee.
Charles Osborne is to be scout
master of the new troop and Rev.
J. W. Blitch will be the assistant
scoutmaster. The troop committee
consists of Hugh K. TerreU, chair-
man. W. P. Mehaffey and W. r.
Whitesides.
Th following bovs have been
selected as charter members of the
troop: Orval , E. Powell, Thomas
J. Powell, Henry Cagle, Frederics:
Murray, Billie F. Hall, r ranic
Sorrells. Billie Coirdill and Clifford
West. They will be presented with
their certincatea at tne ceremony.
The other Bov Scout troops of
the Hayw ood district are: Canton
Troop 1, Waynesville Troop Z,
Waynesville Troop 3, Canton Troop
the Havwood district are: Canton
Troop 6, Canton Troop 7, Lake Ju
naluska Troop 8, Clyde Troop v,
Canton Troop 10, Crabtree Troop
11 and Canton Troop 40, colored.
Troop Two, Boy Scouts
Collect 155 Pounds of
Aluminum During Drive
The members of Troop two, Boy
Scouts, under the direction of their
learder, R. C. McBride, collected
155 pounds of scrap aluminum dur
ing the campaign that closed yes--terday.
Among the boys taking an ac
tive part in collection of the dis-.
carded metal articles in the troop,
were Bob Gibson, Tburman Mc-
Cracken, Robert Gifford, Billy Rich
eson, and Billy Shields.
Xbe out of the county for the
week. .