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Page 4 Haywood Publicized In State Magazine Editor's Note The following article was published in The State, of Raleigh recently. The article was written by Carl Goerch. editor, . who spent some time in Haywood. Approximately the same thing was broadcast over several radio sta tions by Mr. Goerch on his weekly radio time. By Carl Goerch In one of our radio programs a week or two ago, we asked the question : "What town in North Carolina has the same name as a city in China? The answer, of course, is Can ton. A lot of people are under the im pression that there's some kind of a tie-up or connection in the names of Canton, N. C, and Canton. China, but there isn't so. Sam Robinson told us the story when we were up there last week. The place used to be known as the "Ford of the Pigeon". When a postofflce was established at that point it was given the name of Pigeon River. In 1881 the rail road reached the place and from then on it began to show signs of real growth. The name, Pigeon River, was changed to Buford in honor of the president of the rail road company. Somehow or other, GET SET For Winter Driving Now! CHECK ANTI-FREEZE If you want a safe anti-freexe that won't go stale on you, try Sinclair Hi-Quality anti-freeze. CHECK BATTERY If your old battery is on the verge of a breakdown, why not start the winter right with a new Exide battery. CHECK HEATER No need to be cold when you drive. Let us install a big Arvin heater and drive in com fort CHECK TIRES You need Goodyear tires more than ever now that slippery weather is just around the cor ner. Better re-tire now. UNDERWOOD Sinclair Station SDauldon Underwood, Owner Phone 9170 Main Street fi I though, people didn't seem to par ticularly care for that name, so in 1889, when the town was incor porated, the old name of Pigeon River was taken back again. In the early '90's, a ajeel bridge was built across the river. It still stands and is in daily use. Since its construction, approximately half a century ago, it has never been reinforced, While the building, of the bridge was in progress, the folks of Pigeon River began talking again about changing the name of the place. Several names were suggested. A group of men were sitting on some of the steel that was being used in erecting the bridge. Mr. C. L. Mingus happen ed to observe that the steel had been shipped from Canton, Ohio. "Tell you what lets' do," he sug gested. "Let's call the place Can ton." The others liked the idea. A bill was introduced in the Legislature the following year and the name was made legal. Biggest thing about Canton is the plant of the Champion Paper & Fibre Company. It's one of the biggest industrial enterprises in North Carolina. The company em ploys more than 1,500 persons, owns around 140.000 acres of land and obtains additional timber from 5, 000,000 acres of independently owned forests, . It maintains a continuous program of reforesta tion to insure against a shortage of raw material. As a general thing, when visitors lp in the western part of the state ?et within five or six miles of Can ton, they start sniffing. After the first few sniffs they invariably isk: "What in the world is that particular smell T" The answer, of course, is that it's the paper mill. Ask any of the residents of Can. ton about the odor, however, and chances are they'll look at yon vith a blank expression and say: "What odor?" It's a live town: one of the most irosperous in the state. Four miles beyond Canton is the village of Clyde, from which point a considerable number of beef cattle, are shipped. They've just completed a new school build ing there that's a dandy, Clyde used to have among its residents a man by the name of Manse Cagle; one of the most picturesque characters in the west ern part of North Carolina. Mr. Cagle was a man of forceful speech and had the knack of ex pressing himself in such a man ner that there was no chance of misunderstanding him. Here's a ittle incident that illustrates what we mean. Blucher Ehringhaus was run ning for Governor. His campaign harried him up to Haywood county and eventually brought him to Clyde. He went into Mr. Cagle's store and made himself known. "Yes, sir, Mr. Ehringhaus," said Manse. "I know all about you and you can depend on my support." At that moment a friend entered the front door of the store. Manse hollered at him: "Bill, come back here a minute. ... I want you to meet Blucher Ehringhaus, the fin est man God ever slung guts into." ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE The Undersigned, bavin? Quali fied as administrator,' e. t. a. of Ihe estate of Miss Nellie Collins. deceased, all persons having claims again said estate are herebv noti fied to file the same duly verified with the undersigned, Herbert Col lins, Clyde,, N. C, on or before October 30, 1942. or this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery thereon; and all persons indebted to said estate will make settlement forthwith. ; , HERBERT COLLINS, Administrator c. t. a. of Estate of Nellie Collins, Deceased. No. 1126 Oct. 30-Nov. 6-13-20-27-Dec. 4. . EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having qualified as Executrix of the estate of O. T. Alexander, de- easedp late of-HaywoodpCoonty,- North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at Wny nesville, North Carolina, on or be fore the 1st day of October, 1942, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the 1st day of Oct, 1941. (Mrs) Anna Katherine Alexander, Executrix of the Estate of O. T. Alexander, deceased. No. 115 Oct. 9-16-23-30-Nov. 6-13. ' 14tBi OTES THE Waynesville A stock judging team representing N. C. State College ranked second behind Cornell University re-ently in the Eastern Intercollegiate Livestock J dging Contest held in connection with the annual Balt!more. Md., Fat' Stock Show. The University of West Virginia won third place and Clemson College was fourth. - - u ,.,;v. toii- rmrh .T f. PWm. Jr. . of the animal Mem.ei'S J ne IN. l.'Biaie . . . i a. nusDanary department, rrum , n ici.v; unci oic6i - - Mark Goforth, Jr., of Lenoir; back row, Coach Pierce, J. H. Palmer of Waynesville and B. F. Spencer of Scranton. The State team ranked first in judging swine, second on sheep. - Governor Ehringhaus says it's the most sincere compliment he ever has had paid him in all his career.' Next time you are at Clyde, look to the left and see if you see what we saw on our trip up there. There's a whittlers' bench about fifty or sixty feet from the highway and, as a general thing, you'll find three or four elderly gentlemen sitting on it whittling and chewing to bacco. The morning we were there we found Mack Penland, C. B. Jones and J. C. Byers on the bench and had a most interesting alk with them for a few min utes. A short distance west of Clyde is the Shook house, the oldest house in Haywood county. It's a three-story frame building and was erected by Jacob Shook, a Pennsylvania farmer who was granted the site for his Revolu tionary services. It is now occu pied by Mr. John Morgan and family. Shook entertained Bishop Francis Asbury here about 1810 and the first Methodist church in Haywood county was organized here. The third floor was equipped for a meeting hall. Four miles further along the highway and you come to beautiful Lake Junaluska with its Metho dist Assemblyground. This 1,250 acre site, with its 250-acre lake, is the summer recreational and educational center of the Metho dist Episcopal church. The name honors Chief Junaluska. The grounds contain over 20 miles of graded roads, more than 200 sum mer homes, and 20 public buildings, including a large open-air auditor ium with a seating capacity of 4,000. It is one of the loveliest places in the state. Speaking of Junaluska: you know, of course, that he Was a prominent Indian chief. At the battle of Horseshoe Bend, March 29, 1814, between Creeks and Fed eral troops, Junaluska saved the life of Andrew Jackson. Later on, when the United States govern ment in ruthless fashion ordered the Cherokees to be rounded up and moved to Oklahoma, Junaluska said of General Jackson : "If I had known he would allow us to be treated so, I would have killed him at the Horseshoe. On this removal of the Indians, a Georgia soldier then, afterwards a colonel in the Confederate ser vice, has this to say: "I fought through Jhe Civil War and have seen thousands of men shot to pieces, but the Cherokee removal was the most cruel work I ever knew." The Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Eth nology has this to say concerning this tragedy in the lives of the Cherokees: "The history of this Cherokee removal of 1838, as gleaned by the author from the lips of the ac tors in the- tragedy, may well ex ceed -in weight of grief and pathos any other passage in American history. Even the much-song ex ile of the Arcadians falls far be hind jt in its sum of death and misery". .. - t : - . It must have been a pretty hor rible affair. At Waynesville we ran into an old friend, Jim Stringfield, chief of the police department and for half an hour or more we scouted around town, looking for Professor W. C. Allen and Charlie Ray. We finally located the professor, and we ran up with him at what might be termed an historic moment. He was out at the schoolhouse, draw ing his last salary check. He has been engaged in school work for more than fifty years in different AWWIEKSAtY SALE. EWPS" IK C. WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Boy On N. C. State 0 iem ro ouuwn iicic iv.i t -- - - c;i ciou nf rnnlrlin DaviH Harris of Newell, ana sections of the state and for a long time was superintendent of sfhools in Haywood. But now he's through, and he plans to take things easy the rest of his life. Professor Allen holds a rather unique distinction. He has written a history of Halifax county and he has also written a history of Hay wood county. A splendid gentle man in every sense of the word. Haywood county was formed in 1808 from a part of Buncombe. Its children are Macon and Jack son; its grandchildren, Cherokee, Clay, Swain and Transylvania. It was named for John Haywood, who was state treasurer from 1787 to 1827. Used to be that the lit- tie settlement there was known as Mount Prospect, but when the site was selected foe the County seat the name was changed to Waynesville. (Named for "Mad Anthony" Wayne of Revolutionary fame). Waynesville is quite a Vacation and health resort. The town is surrounded by the 5,000- to 6,000 foot peaks of the Balsam and Smoky Mountains. Colonel Rob ert Love gave the land for the public square, courthouse, jail, cemetery, and several churches. The region was settled largely by officers and soldiers who had re ceived land grants in the years following the Revolution, The Hay wood county courthouse is a mod ern stone building erected in 1932. On the grounds is a granite boul der with a pi acque memorializing the 10 Revolutionary soldiers buried in the county. On the property of the old Sulphur Springs Hotel f 1886) is a marker claiming that this is the site where the last shot on land in the War Between the States was fired on May 10, 1865. Before we left Raleigh, Louis Sutton, of the Carolina Power and Light Company, told us to be sure and visit Waterville. The com pany has a big hydro-electric plant up there. We asked Professor Al len if he didn't want to ride up there and he said he'd be glad to. You start on the road to Soco Gap and then veer off to the right. For nine miles you've got a fine paved road and then for twenty five miles you travel over the crook- edest gravel road imaginable. Some of the grades are unusually steep, too, but the road Is in good condition and you won't have any trouble getting to Waterville. In 1925 the Carolina Power and Light Company began the construc tion of the twenty-mfllion-dollar plant near the mouth of Big Cat taloochee Creek. It was finished in 1930 and has a capacity of fur nishing more than 100,000 horse power. The power plant at Water ville is right up against the Ten nessee-Carolina line, but the dam, a wonder in engineering, is at the mouth of Big Cattaloochee Creek from which point a tunnel has been bored through the base of a mountain for a distance of almost seven - miles, through which the tremendous volume of water pours to the plant at Waterville. The dam is 700 feet wide and 200 feet high. The tunnel through fhe'fhountain" has"a4-fdoTdrer Mr. H. D. McDonald, a quick spoken gentleman, is superinten dent in charge. There are twenty or thirty nice looking houses in Waterville, a fine school, a church, and a contented people. Waterville is at the lowest point of elevation in Haywood county 1,400 feet above sea-level. The highest point in the county is the top off Mt. Guyot on the state line. It is 6,621 feet above sea-level. By the way; do you have trouble m remembering elevations of mountains? Professor Allen told J. REECE, Owner Judging Team us how he remembers the height of the three tallest mountains in North Carolina. Mitchell is 6,684 feet. Divide 84 by 2 and you get 42, The height of Clingman's Dome is 6,642 feet. Now divide 42 by 2 and you get 21. The height of Mt. Guyot is 6,621. The Soco Gap section of Hay wood is .famous for two things its beautiful scenery and its square dancing. The Soco Gap dancing eam is nationally famous. Sam Queen has put in many long and weary hours of work in directing them and takes great pride in the dancing of his pupils. Rightfully so, too. ' Dellwood and Maggie are two other interesting little communi ties in that section. And one of the most delightful mountain views to be seen anywhere is the one you get passing through Black Camp Gap and arriving at Heintooga Overlook. Mount Sterling, Plott Balsam, Guyot and other lofty peaks are spread out before you in an awesome and impressive spectacle. It's well worth making the trip out there just to see the marvelous scenery : from Hein tooga. . . On our way back from Water ville, we paused at one of the sever al overlooks on the route and were standing beside the car, admiring the view, when a man suddenly came down a pathway from the side of the mountain. He carried a rifle on his shoulder. "Howdy,- gentlemen; howdy 1" was his greeting. Professor Allen introduced him' self and us. "Glad to meet you; glad to meet you. I'm 7oe Hunter of the White Oak section." "Been out hunting?" asked the Professor. "No; I've just been walking through the mountains. Got tired of working, and everything is so pretty and nice that I just wanted to go for a walk by myself. Often do it. It makes me feel better. I carry this old rifle of mine along more for company than for any other reason." Returning to Waynesville, we picked up Charlie Ray and drove NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND NORTH CAROLINA, HAYWOOD COUNTY. Under and by virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Haywood County, made in the Special Pro ceeding entitled C. W. Wright, Ad ministrator of the Estate of Mrs. Emaline Wright, deceased, and others ex parte, the undersigned Commissioner will on the 28th day of November, 1941, at 11:00 o'clock A. M., at the court house door in the Town of Waynesville, North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described property to wit: . Tract No. 1 : Lying and being in Beaverdam Township, Haywood County, North Carolina, and bounded and more particularly de scribed as follows: Begins on a stake, corner of lot 9 and runs E. 116 feet to a stake in the east boundary line of G. W. Ferguson; then north 1 degree E. 100 feet to a stake; thence S. 1 deg. W7 100 feet to the beginning. Being lots Nos. 9 and 10 of the Dobson Survey of the G. W, Ferguson lands. Second Tract: Begins at a stake on the east side of street S. W. corner of lot No. 9 and runs E. 116 feet to a stake; then N. 1 deg. E. 10 feet to a stake; thence S. 1 deg. W. 116 feet to the beginning. Be ing of lot No. 9 of said survey. This the 28th day of October, 1941. C. W. WRIGHT, Commissioner. No. 1127 Oct. 30-Nov. 6-13-20. out to, Haywood county's newest' industrial enterprise; a branch of the Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Company of Dayton, Ohio. They've put up a big building there and will engage shortly in the manu facture of rubber accessories for various types of machinery. A separate division is known as the Wellco Shoe Corporation, of which Mr. Leo Weill is president. The organizers of this latter company, incidentally, are mostly refugees from Czechoslovakia, They've al ready started operations and are making bedroom slippers. Hazelwood, in case you don't know, joins Waynesville on the west, but it's a separate corpora tion. Another -interesting indus trial plant up there is the A. C. Lawrence Leather Company.' They turn out shoe soles. Purchasing their leather in large strips, they convert it into shoe soles and ship to all parts of the country; You ought to see the speed with which the soles are turned out. : ,;. Hayvood county has many fer tile farms within its boundaries and raises a wide assortment of crops. The county is also one of the biggest cattle-producing coun ties of the state. In addition, it grows huge quantities of apples. The Barber Apple Orchard, oper ated hv R- M. Ttnrhi- . ' , . has more than 100,000 trees in .its orchards. The county also has several excellent dairies, outstand ing among them being the Osborne Dairy Farm near Canton, owned ! jointly by Miss Florence Osborne and Mr, Arthur Osborne, but oper ated by the latter. Haywood has always been a popular place for vacationists but of late years these have taken on n different status from formerlv. Near Hazelwood and Waynesville is a large tract of land, small areas of which are being purchased by people from other parts of the country for the purpose of estab lishing permanent summer homes. A number of these have already been erected. We've always held the theory that people up in the mountains live lnnOY than thaw A M 4-I.a - o v... j . uu m MIO eastern part of the state. Pro- 4 ill . lessor Alien is a nne example In SUODOrt of t.Vinf tVionnr EU 09 years old but as lively and as ac- wt? aa man j years younger. tvcii SVlivF TV II j TV WU VUUUbJT MUUf when he finally passed away had vnn.LnJ -XL t i , a " um remaraaDie age OI 114. fSnmo r i . our readers remember Judge1 W. T. Lee, who for 25 years was a member of the old Corporation commission ana lor 18 of those 25 served as chairman. The Judge also is more than 80 years old, but is still' hale and heart. The onlV thino- . O " v6vv UkAUI VU1 trip to Haywood is that we didn't mve ume 10 arop in and see him. He lives a shprt distance from Waynesville. Another hcinvo .it;,.. it. . v.. viKucii ui xxay " wood county is Judge Felix Alley who, in addition to being a dis tinguished jurist is also a writer of books and ballads. A new book of hin "Rnnilnni Th,,v.4.. -J 4t. tuvugub, miu Musings of a Mountaineer" has Get Choice APPLE! FOR . . . Cooking Canning Drying Bleaching Jelly , Barbers Apple IKIouse Balsam Road SATOKPAY THURSDAY, Octobe just come off the n, it Un at u . r- dayagoanditL into,,:- " w ml g Work. he ballad, "jca, Wr ttpn K t' . ld( "Played and.m to Texas, Here it "m7 u8me is Fix Mybest giri live Valley; She's the joy of And her name U 1 "I don't know-it B cnance, 'Way last fall wh( dance. I was to dance wi ' live-long nigh, But got my time b Wright. "If I ever have to I i nope it will be Wright; For he was the rt wnen he beat my der Cole. "When the dance w away To bide my time ti When I could cau pain and bli; To sadden the so Wright "I thought my race wnen Kidder wenl son; She went to Andi school, And left me home "But she came bad spring, And oh, how I n ring; It helped me get n To beat the tira Wright "Kidder came horn June, And I sang my so my tune; I commenced tryin ; might ' To 'put one over Wright. "I did not feel the On the Fourth of When at the head c gation I went to attend tl Hon. 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