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Fhe Waynesville Mountaineer M a7 place gf if Wy to uve TV"v Published In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park NO. 10 12 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1943 (One Day Nearer Victory) $1.75 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Co untie LAW OF OFFICE MUD) EXTENDS ITEMS 04 Men Leave Today For Camp Croft I I. A. into Ic 1 I '. : : at. A fr. -i U tlk-k. .1.. it- :- ht. I l,:e e-v. lia miilni l.i l!,r,:.,!i, W;,'i,i arch Quota Is ie Of Largest nt From Here , Draftees and 19 Volun " xioLn TTn Roll 'oday To (.et ,ions- Examina- ,, ..i. 'I four men, muk M ,., !i (juntii under the n , - ste-m are scheel . , , : , i'ii vin the Way i,,., ruing. The , ,.inrt at 7::Sll .1.. .'l'ice for final ,. ..tory to taking . .. . i i "ft for pltysi- ., I ' volunteers ( ,.! ,i..-cili Rhymer, i i , n, Thomas Cal i i , 1 1 i i liryant Mc Ki i r l!oone, Sam ; ..ver Ilogan Full- J. ',:. I rison. ' ! ; ii Fowler, Krnest in- Wallae-e Burnette, i I i ,it herwood, Jack-.Uim-s Franklin Al Hay Caddis, Jack I. Kugi-no Carswell, -: Wilson, and Rob i: ' hapman, i il,;i. il to leave: Stan- II. ill. 1 1 1 ansferred to ii - 'I rny ( 'arver, Wal Ihat:.' Walter Lee i Jenkins, Raymond r i -. John Jackson Z.-oai'-ry Caldwell, ' i I. uaii Kdwards, . ' . !!"lnnsoTi, Frank il'ifie- Mehaffcy. U liliam Teague I. 'ilieii Robinson, l-'raneis -Me- Gastonia Pastor Red Cross Quota Of $4,000 In Sight !' K A K 1. K AT 11 K It is now pastor of two in Gastonia. He assiim- new duties last Sunday, j raid RF.V WOOD chu rein ed his He was formerly pastor at the Ilazclwooel Baptist church. Two Gastonia Churches Call F. Leatherwood Rev. Frank Leatherwood began his pastorial duties of the Alexis and Hardin Baptist churches at (Iastonia last Sunday. Rev. Mr. Leatherwood has been pastor of the lla.eBvoml Bap' is: church for 1 he past 11 ninnl lis, and tendered his resignation en Feb ruarv Jth. He will niov-' his l . ither Pruett, family to Cast-mia at the- end of Owens, Med- the present school term. Kenneth Karl I Mr Leatherwood is a native of i dun Wiggins tv,;.. ,.i i,., i.,, .,,.t identified with the Haywood Bap tist Association for the past Hi years. He served tour years as approaching secretary or tne association, anil was moderator for seven years. From April, V.K9 to December, 1941, he was the1 missionary of the association working with the Bap tist churches of the county. .rginia), Grady d to N'ew- Jer Walter Acrog I'isher, James h; Nil-'.!. hi..- Cl, & . I . . aril ii. mill-. !ia.-tu HhiIj Crawford. Char- J"ih Justice. Ted Harerove .lame- Oliver Carver. y l!uhai, Woodard, Wade t'f. lain,- Robert Fie, Louis 'tllfi. Kavnuinil JTonrr irimoi '"VI rs. John Hiown. Walter Ever. 'Sutton. William Rnrann Vr-ai. Jr., Ischiiiill, Ralnh Beniamin pester (school . Robert. Km. (Continued on page 12) i dest iMember Of pe Generations family Dies d.-;.:h .m. v;. d fr, cr Mi- lcH: 'in 1,-1 . n Aiken, S. C, on Josephine Holliday "f Waynesville, re ' r family the eldest ' dvinir generations. ;u" ereat great i ' - v re held in f na val home, with --or of the Aiken ' "fficiating, after "as brought here ' th? Schulhofer Sunday after- Hammett, pas ' ' Baptist church, f the rites at the -a. i hearers were: R. u"d Grahl, Noble '-'1 Bovd. CravAar, Albert Reeved (CfitMi . 1 1 Lne nowers i tinuod on page 7) 'foe To People ndinff In News . . ach wetk we rpfciwo v,o wiio.lljr f news tVint ni u if the writers would names. Thia t, an that we would pub- lhe name of tho .;t- Fete news can be print- "J the facts, and then at """on s m xr. o-. j uui name. Arthur Hyatt In Hospital Following Injury In Maryland Arthur Hyatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Hyatt, is a patient in the Providence Hospital in Wash ington, I). C, where he is receiv ing treatment for injuries suffer ed in a recent accident which oc curred in La Plata, Md., where he is now located. Mr. Hyatt holds a position with the Wiley and Wilson Construc tion Company in La Plata, Md., and was on a field making a sur vey when a truck hacked into him and seriously injured his riant leg. Miss Elizabeth Francis Becomes Home Agent Of Lincoln County Miss Elizabeth Francis, of Way nesville1, who has been serving as assistant county home demonstra tion agent in Iredell county, with headquarters in Statesville, has re-' cently received a promotion. She is now home demonstration agent for Lincoln county and is residing in Lincolntoii. Miss Francis is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ("has. C. Francis, of Francis Cove. She received her education in the local schools and is a graduate of the Waynesville township high school, and of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, where she ma jored in home economics. This Area To Have A Blackout Practice Hlackout To Inau gurate New Kules; Will He Staged Tuesday N'iijht. There will be a practice black out in the Asheville district, of which Waynesville is a part, on Tu sday night, the 1 tit h , it was earned here this week from W. B. Provost, Haywood County coordi nator of Civilian Defense. Air raids will not be scheduled, and since practice blackouts are to pr, pare the public for an actual if it should develop, practice blackouts should he called without warning, Mr. Prevost pointed out. IHie to a misunderstanding of signals in me first practice, black outs using the new signals, the schedule of th blackout to be held on Tuesday, the liith, is being an nounced in advance to help every one to become t liorouehly familiar with the signal system, Mr. Pre vost stal d. The limes, signals and what is expectcil of the public and citizens defense corps iii this practice black out are, according to Mr. Prevost, s follow,; At -V ir. th.- y !!..w signal will be j e.ien. Th:- is ii .( received by the! public. In,' by t i.e Defense airps I and s! rat egic in-! illat ions. It is I L'lVen by telephone. A: s:".(l t ie bin signal will be j given. Tins is sounded by the pub- i lie audible alarm in a steady tone.! Ii means that enemy planes are ind all lights except those specifically exempted must be extinguished. Traffic continues with lights dimmed. Pedestrians keep moving to destination or shelter. Workers remain on jobs. Defense Corps members take their posts. At 9:00 o'clock, the red signal will be given. This means that planes are overhead. It is sounded by the public audible signal in a quavering or intermittent note. All lights must be blacked out except those authorized as emergency lights. Traffic stops, and all ex- (Continued on page 7) Reports From Rural Areas Are Encouraging Chairman R. Williamson Pleased With Progress Of Campaign In This Chapter. The i: M: Girl Scouts Will Observe Girl Scout Week From 12-18 Funeral services were held at the First Methodist church at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon for Woodson B. Jones, 43, who died at his home at 10 a. in. Sunday. The Rev. J. Clay Madison, pastor, offi ciated. Burial was in Grecnhill cemete ry . Serving as active pallbearers were the following: Graydcn Fer guson, J. C. Patrick, M. G. Stamey, j Jonathan Woody, R. L. Coin, W. A. local troop of Girl Scouts, ' Bradley, C. J. Reece, and Carleton membership of 49 girls E. Weatherby. making up four patrols, will ob- Honorary pallbearers were; Hugh se rve Girl Scout Week here1 begin- ' Massie, J. M. Long, C. M. Dicus, nine: the 12lh ami closing the 18th. IDr. Sam St ringfielii, Dr. Thomas it lias been announced l- the lead- ; .St ringficld, L. .. Davis, Uayton Circulation Is Wearing SOOOEVJark Shortage Of Newsprint and Advance In Price. Means No Delinquent Subscribers. Tins i-sui' of the Mountain, er is going into niore homes than any other ri'gular edition in the ,V.t yi'ars of publicat ion. Pressmen are having to work overtime' to print almost three thousand copii s of fhe paper. The clerical force in the circulation de partment gets little time to rest, as the' list of siihseTibi'rs e'ont ni nes to mount higher and higher. And the poor busiiu-ss office has a biggiT headache than e'ver, with lie-wspi-inl harder to get and price's advani'ing, and the cii emulation ! i -pn i t mi'iit calling for more' papers. A strict policy w hich has hi en in force1 for several years will have' to even be- tigliteiie'd some now. Ileri'tofore', the' publishers have eurrie'd de'limpient subscribers for thirty days before taking their names from the list. I lie;i ft r, the- will not be possible, due to the shortage' and high cost of news print, uld the ilen, an, for more papers. I'nd, I (lies nt colidil iorisi ii ap pears iniii ae! ii-al and .almost im '";''",i;"'- possible to eo above the three The Well, t Sh..,. ( hi poi al ion ' t hutisand mark with eircula! ion. a- (hi III t u tile 1 la! 11 ' I lies to ; , f 1 i r inn lis I crows ,i t h I'ee t hous make a eonipleti- report with the 'and names, m will probably mean l'n;,gust;i .1 aim I ait u ' i eg I inn- wo will ha, lo establish a wail ,.uiy e-oniiiig second. Dayton Rub -ine list aed put on name's as ele' b i ile'si-i ve-s honorable' imnlion a I 1 1 mi; ue-nt -.iWi hers fail to renew, this time' for they well the- seeeiiui , IVeiiile- I'dtmir their miner from carrier buys are em our list ami are' listeel as paid-up subscribers, so there' is no need to shift from jlhe carrier boy to the office mail ing list to continue getting your paper-, us long as tne heiys are' paiel promptly. Every subscriber getting their paper by mail is given 15 days notice by first class mail before the subscription expires. I ( i,.ss Win Fund Cam which was launched tin- III"-1 I re'h m an effort to secure 5--I.IMMI liom the area served by '.In I lav wood chapter lias been t he ; iiol siieci-ssl'ul evil1 at te-iii pt I'd! here', aeeoidilig to a statement j made by the Rev. Malcolm R. W ill iiaiii-oii, chairman of the- war fund e'ampaign. Despite, the- severe cold weather of last Week tile' Volullti'ir wnlke-ls) we-nt out ami' in one' we-e-k's time seviiiee! $.'!,(HI0 eif the' etlieita. Some of the workers have reporte-d theur work eompli'te'd. having thoroughly anvassed their assigned terri tories, while' others have' lurried in partial re-ports. A number of the' rural areas, anil some' of the' In dustrie's are- yi-t to repeirl. While' ill contributions cannot be' liste-el he-re- as they were' re-eeiveal the' chairman e-alled pa it leula i alti-ii- ioll to t he Lower Killrs ( 'reek and Saunook communities whie-h we-i, the. lirst to e-oiiipleli- and turn in liii i- a- - ii- iiiiient s from t he rural i i i ion-. All o I I he reports thus i'a i i , , i ve d from t hi ru i a I see - In-1'- haw- lie-en si'leliilid On State Board v s j s" i I i d rv; , k,y4 ami w 1 1 hi a a 1 , vc n i ii, i i el, d t, ,las e Id, I re-ports ilh tin (o report, however, their ivpeirl was incomplete at the' time the (Continued on page 12) Last Rites Held For W. B. Jones Monday Afternoon Th with er of the- troop, Mrs. ".. C. Wagen f,ld. Miss Denis Colkitt is serv ing a- act ing assistant Scout lead er. Among the features of the an nual observance win no tne alien Walker, Dill Howell, Kufus Siler, W. L. Hardin, Lowry Weaver, Grover C. Davis, Dr. S. P. Gay, Felix Stovall, nnel Johnny Fergu son. Mr. Jones has been residing in dance of the troop in a body at W aynesville since 190. the morning worship of the First Baptist eihurch. A special celebration will take place in the Girl Scout rooms in the- Central Elementary school on Thursday evening, the 18th. The court of award which was also scheduled for this week has be'i-n post polled until the last week centers in this meeting as the Curved Bar, the highest rank to be confe rred on a Girl Scout, and which has been won locally by only three girls, will be awarded a member of the Waynesville troop that evening. Spring Fashion Section Will Be Featured In Mountaineer Next Week al section of this news paper next week will be devoted to the latest in spring fashions. This will be the first such section ever published here. Actual nhotographs of the lat est styles will be used, and com plete descriptive articles win go into detail for every item of cloth ing for men, women and children. Waynesville stores nave siocneu heavily on the newest of spring styles, and are prepared to give the public as wide a range to select from as many large cities. Every effort is being made to make the section complete, and with the wide use of actual photo graphs, all indications are that it will be an interesting section of next week's newspaper. He is a native of Did Rio, Tenn., the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Jones. He was a civil engineer and was con nected with the U. S. Forest Ser vice for nine years. For the past year he hs lield a position with the Chas T. Main Company, of Kingsport, Tenn. Mr. Jones received his education in Weaver College and at Emory and Henry, Atlanta. He was a member of the Waynesville Lions (Continued on page 7) Sixteen Colored Men Called In Draft For April 21st The local draft office has receiv ed the second call for colored men under the selective service sys tem. The order is for sixteen men to report to Fort Bragg on April 21st. It was thought that when it was known that the call had come that there would be a number of volun teers in the order. The names leaving with the group will be an nounced later, it was learned from the clerk of the draft board. David Hill Michal Elected Vice President Senior Class At State Davie! Hill Michal has recently been elected vice president of the senior class in aeronautical engin eering at State College. Young Michal, who was an out staneling student at the Bethel high school, is the son ef Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Michal of the Woodrow section of the county. GLENN C. PALMER has been named by Governor Brougbton as a iniiiibi'i of the' state commission mi farm labor. The' commission nu t Tui-sday in Kaleigh to elise'USS the' program. Commission Is Named To Study N. C. Farm Labor (Jlenn C. Palmer Is Named On State Commission Hy Cov. Hroughton. Glenn C. Palmer is a liu'inber of the state? commission ins1 named by Go-1 rnoi; O'ouk'1 ";i - study and ilire-e't farm laboi in the state. The- loniniissioii in. t with Gover nor Bi i, lighten Tuesday, and he opened his remarks by saying: "fhe- f i rrn labor problem was quite' sei ions last year ami lire in ilii alinns arc that it will be so cri lical this ye'ar as to jeopardize even our national safety. Throughout the nation there is grave concern about the' production ef essential fooel and fee',1 crops. North Caro lina, which ranks among the first four states in the volume of its agricultural production, will feed this situation very acutely. "Undoubtedly we should plan miw to coordinate the efforts of (Continued on page 7) Milk Prices Go Up Here Today Milk prices advance'd two cents a epiart here today, under OPA orders. Local dairymen are noti fying fheir customers of the ad vance', which OPA has rulled will be passeel on to farmers to help cover fhe- increased cost of pro elucing milk. Retail prices will bo 10 cents a epiart. Wheile-sale prices will be 14 cents a epiart, anil pints 7' cents, and half pints 4 cents. County, Canton and Waynesville Officers Included Hospital Board Of Trust-ees Will Be Reduced To Three Paid Members By Law. Among the laws passed by the Legislature which aiijourned yes terday, extends the term of elec tive officers of Haywood county, ami the towns of Waynesville and Canton from two to four years. Present office heilders of the county will remain in office four years under the law. These in cluele chairman ef board, members eif beiarel of commissioners, regis ter eif ele'eels, tax cedlecter and sur vcvi'i". The' sheriff anil clerk of eouit ai- alleaely four-ye-ar term olliea-s. The' mayor and thie'e me'iiibers of the' hoar-el of aldermen of Can ton will remain in edlie'e' for feiur years, while the similar officers in Wayne'sville- will be e-le'cti'il for a fou I'-ye-ar term in the May clec t ien. Representative' G I e- n n Palmer had a law passed which will limit the hospital boanl of trustees to three nie'iubers insti'iul of seven, elfe-ctive December 1, l'.Hf). The members will be paid at. the1 rate of six dollars a day, with provi sion for not ri)ore' than one elay a month. At present fhe frusteHJS del lied ged any compe'iisation. Another law put the salary of the assistant clerk of e'ourt nt if 1 00 per month. Si'iiator J. T. Baib'y introduced the' Canton bill feu- changing the forms of office's in Canteen, and Re'pri'si'ntative Palmer introduced the' bill for the county, town of Waynesville1, the1 hospital change, ami the' assistant clerk of court's salary. Senator Bailey's bill to establish a, dtyenu of uiitung; in t! i,ate has- Wt-with,- coiTHidenibh' r.i.o.in'f- eommerft throughout, the slate'. Yesterday Mr. Palmer tobl The Meiiintaiiii-ir over- long ilistance (Colli iniied on page 7) Heavy, Heavy Hangs Over Your Head" . . . What Is The Penalty? Red Cross Worker From Foreign Duty To Speak Here Miss Jane Hashagen, the first woman to represent the American Reel Cross in Australia, will be the main speaker at a Red Cross rally, which will be held at the court house some'time next week. The date of the rally will he announced later. Miss Hashagen is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Bell for a fortnight. She is en route to Washington, D. C, where she will report to national Red Cross head quarters for her next assignment. Miss Hashagen is a native of Thomasville, Ga., and holds a bachelor of science degree from Columbia University and a master of science degree in psychiatric so cial work from Smith College. She was a Red Cross field direc tor at Lawson General Hospital when the national headquarters assigned her to duty overseas. She is an interesting speaker and her talk about conditions on the fighting lines is expected to attract a large crowd. The ta'-k of tilling out and in terpreting the- income tax returns for has hung heavy over many a bead in the community during the past fe-w weeks. In conversa tion the intricate f firms have rival ed tin last worel from the fighting zones. With the eleaellini' se't for filing al midnight on Monday, the 15th, there is a last minute rush to get blanks filled out in the approved mariner. From various sources it has bee n loarne'd that a deep study of the blanks was the favorite pas time over the week-end by many local citizens. For some, it was their first experience and the re sponsibility of an income came as a blow. ' Hanging over many a person in the income tax bracket is the pen alty to be taken by both state and federal authorities or failure to file returns correctly and on time. A personal exemption of $2,000 income is allowed in case of a married man living with his wife, or a widow or widower who is at the head of a household, maintains the same and therein supports one or more dependent relative, in the case of the state tax. While in (Continued on page 7) Mrs. Edith Lewis Joins The WAACS Mother Of Two Daughters Kxpects To Be Called Within the Next Two Weeks. Mrs. Kelith M. Lewis, of Way nesville, has been accepted by the Woman's Army Auxiliary Corps and expects to be called into ser vice within two weeks, she said ye'sterday, eluiing an interview following her return from Char lotte where eight from North Car olina were inducted. Mrs. Lewis is the slaughter of Mrs. Ora Plott Mehaffcy and the late R. L. MehafTey, eif Waynes ville. For the past seven months she has been employed at Champion Paper anil Fibre Company as a sealer, eloing a man's job. She has two daughter, Joyce Lewis, 17, a radio technician at Fort Monmouth, N. J., and Rose May. I.", a student at the Warren II. Wilson Vocational Junior Col lege; near Asheville. Mrs. Lewis has no idea where she will be sent. She- offered her services after finding how baelly women were neeeled in the army to replace men. State Guard Officers To Take Training At Bragg A group of officers of the State Guard will leave here Sunday for a state-wide officers training course to be given State Guard unit offi cers at Fort Bragg, from the 14th through the 25th, it was learned yesterday from Colonel Howell, commander of the Second Regi ment. Among those who will take the course will be: Major Bradley, in command of the 8th battalion, Lt. Ralph Prevost, adjutant, and Lt. Ott Ledbetter, supply officer, also of the battalion. Captain Frank Bird and Lieut. Ben Sloan and Roy Ruff, and First Sergeant Tom Campbell, Jr., all from the Headquarters Service Company, will also go for the training. Colonel Howell was not definite about his going, though lie stated that Captain M. H. Bowles of the regimental headquarters -weald leave with the group Sunday for training.