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Standard PRINTING CO '220 230 S FirM S LOUISVILLE Kv Now Published Twice-A-Week Every Tuesday and Friday other 49,500 People Live within 20 miles of Wynevtlle their Ideal hopping center. The Waynesville Mountaineer rtl Published Twice-a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The (Jreat Smoky Mountains National Park "No. 53 16 Pages WAYNESVILLE,, N. C. FRIDAY. JUNE 28. 1916 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties 'year Ml arowi WILE WP ITU M Led Asphalt ed In Giving oroughfare Hace ,f Mai" s ' ls ,invl,tliin ten days 'cordinC I" I,u'k''r" , 0 Monroe. wh" )f contract several klalollisliuay t'dimmsMoii- Tl,(' ThO iHOUiiioi""' vesterday. L will I Planl" and will requiie Tkn ro.ilirfAf itl (Main street from churrii in me -Hill cemetery. L jn conference klssaid their piaus L .J,, nf Hie street tcp traffic movinfi. 4 ol re-sui faciiiK. be permitted on was also awarncn IrfariiiR the Main The ('anion jh L( 3.000 tons of till mean the Icin- of a plant there halt for both the Canton jobs. re was re-surfaeed jo with tar and ut lias not proven idses and uneven Icloped along the top To Give otary Meet president -eleet of Rotary Club, will the Club tndav on Rotary ("nnven- tl in Atlantic City. Idcli-gate from the Announces onncctions nnoimres that he illi the Carolina plt Co. on Main L oldest real es- I Minimus business Hp Inmici'li. t.... 1,1, i iy v a lorida Realty Co. 'ui d number of jlassies Buying York Massip liavn I" wk s stay in re they went to wise for the Toe- m Dart nf IK .: PI, tlOminan .1 i th district, will fiW! address at J"ly celebration W iium. h co-operat-holiday celebra- All stores and "wntor,; as weu "Bueiwood.wiU A Fourth u had been VTPhvground Poindexter "x at the lIlty will stage lrtUtthehiggh limi "aynes- luZand F music will facing 01 Main Scheduled To tahin Ten Days Spare Stamp 10 Becomes Valid For Sugar July 1st Housewives will get more canning sugar July 1 when spare stamp 10 becomes valid for five pounds, Theodore S. Johnson, State OPA Director, said today. Johnson explained that this is the final stamp of the year for canning sugar, as no eas ing of the sugar situation is expected before 1947. Although it is expected that 750,000 tons of sugar will be available this year for home canning sugar, compared with 500,000 tons during 1945, Johnson urged housewives not to use spare stamp 10 unless the sugar is actually needed for home canning. A recent report was circula ted that coffee stamp 49 had become valid for sugar pur chases, but this is complete ly erroneous, Johnson said. Sparc stamp 49 became good on May 1, and the next regu lar stamp for table sugar will not be valid until September 1. he said. Two Fined $25.00 In Town Court On Fireworks Charge Attenti'.;i was p'ointcd to the state law which prohibits the fir ing or even possession of fireworks by any person or firm in North Carolina when local authorities ar rested two men during the past week on the charge of "discharging or shooting fireworks" and fined each of them $25 plus court costs. City Manager G. C. Ferguson is sued a word of caution to the public to comply fully with this ordnace during the coming July 4th cele brations. Rockets, cap pistols and all kinds of fireworks are included in the law. Of ten arrests during the past week, six were charged with public drunkness. Three of these paid court costs, and the others were released on 32 days suspended sen tence that will be dropped on pay ment of court costs. One person charged with violat ing the prohibition law was fined $75.00 plus costs, and one person is yet to be tried who was arrested on the charge of speeding. NEW CANTON AUDITOR Robert Williams, an army vet eran and employee of the Cham pion Fibre company has been ap pointed auditor of the Town of Canton upon the resignation of Hugh Noland, effective June 30. e Redden To Talk wood's Holiday Weatfcerby and Carl Ratcliffe, fol lowed at 3:30 by a game between Haywood's two Industrial League baseball teams. Hazelwood and Canton. An all-star softball game beginning at 7:30 p. m., between Canton and Waynesville teams will conclude the program. Between 1:00 and 3:00 o'clock in the afternoon will come the follow ing events: a 50-yard dash for boys from 9 to 12; a 50-yard dash for girls from 9 to 12; 100-yard dash for boys of high school age; 100 yard for veterans only. A three-leg race for boys from 9 to 12; three-leg race for boys of high school age; a cracker-eating contest for girls only; the running of softball bases by boys from 9 to 12 and from 16 to 40. Prizes will be awarded to the largest family all present, the old est man present, the largest num ber coming on one truck, to the man or woman with the largest foot, to winners of the saddle back race, any age; to the man with smallest amount of hair on his head under 45 years; to the win ners of a shoe race for boys and one for girls and of the hog calling contest. 90 Per Cent Of '45 Taxes Collected By Town $30,402.27 Received By Waynesville Tax Collector For Current Year l'p to the present time $30, 402.27, or approximately 90 per cent of the real and personal prop erly tax levied by the Town of Waynesville has been collected for the current tax year. Based on an assessed value of $2,368,677, the tax levies amounted this year to $33,521. City officials expect to collect around five per cent of the remaining taxes due before it is necessary to advertise the property on which payments arc defaulted for sale, which the law requires to be done in Septem ber. John W. Boyd has collected town taxes thus far this year. Delin quent taxes and local license fees are collected by D. A. Howell. Proeprty assessments are made under the supervision of the Coun ty Board of Commissioners. Taxes for the next year becftme payable after September after the asessor declares the property value. Col lections for the present year are termed by city officials much betJ ter than in other periods. Wilderness Hikers Go To Whitesides On June 30th rhe hiking schedule for Wilder ness Hikers for the period ending September has fiech "designed to cover remote sections of th. unin habited area of Western North Carolina Mountains. The group is planning to visit Whiteside Mountain near High lands on Sunday, the 30th. The party will leave Asheville at 8:00 o'clock and drive to the parking place beyond Cowce Gap off the Brevard-Highlands road. Atcr ascending Whiesides and getting the thrill of spectacuar views from the cliffs, the group will be lead on a trail through the Mediaeval Forest to Highlands. The hiking will be concluded in time for a swim at Cliffsidc Lake, the finest of forest service recrea tion places. Hiking will be from 6 to 8 miles, and the auto mileage is placed at 160 miles. Both local people and summer visitors arc invited to join the Wilderness Hikers. For further in formation they may contact the Chamber of Commerce office or write direct to Hugo Strongmiller, president of the Hikers or Dr. Samuel Robinson, hiking leader, both of Asheville. Other Hikes will be announced, the next one to be conducted on July. 7th to Carolina Hemlock Camp on South Toe River, above Lake Tahoma. Colored Woman Injured In Main Street Accident Lucinda Greenwood, well-known colored woman, was slightly in jured Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 p. m. while walking down the Main street sidewalk when a boarded framework placed by workmen making alterations at the Citizens Bank building was blown over by a gust of wind. The framework was set up around one of the front windows. When the wind toppled it. it fell out towards the curb and was kept from hitting the pedestrian with full force by catching on a car parked by the sidewalk. She was taken to the hospital and treated for a shoulder injury. The frame work was later removed from the sidewalk by the workmen. Home Sites Will Sell At Auction Saturday Several home sites will be auc tioned Saturday afternoon at 4:00 p. m. near the Medford Farm on the Crabtree road, and others near Cedar Top on Highway 19-23, it was announced by Medford Leath erwood, auctioneer. String music will entertain those present, and cash prizes will be awarded during the sale. FLORIDA PUBLISHER HERE E. W. Oslin, publisher of The Tropical Press, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. arrived in Waynesville recent ly for an extended visit. New Manager . I MTWJ J C. McKINLKY has been named plant manager of The Dayton Rub ber Manufacturing Company here. succeeding Frank C. Kogers. McKinley has been with the 27 years. Mr. firm Promoted Clyde L. Fisher is the other as sistant manager at the Dayton Plant. Mr. Fisher is also Mayor of Hazclwood. lMlMMlMiili McKinley Succeeds Rogers As Dayton Plant Manager Weapon Display Called Off; No Reason Given The army, as many a man from around here can tell you, has some peculiar ways of doing things. For instance, take the hig display of weapons that the 82nd Airborne Division team was to place on the court house lawn Wednesday and Thurs day. It didn't appear. Tuesday Lt. Albert Miller, who was in charge of the group, dropped by The Moun taineer office with a War De partment telegram stating briefly that he was to return to Fort Bragg at once the display was off. Rev. M. R. Williamson Back From Red Cross Meeting In Philadelphia Rev. M R Williamson, chairman of the local Kcd Cross Chapter, re cently returned from the National Convention of the organization in Philadelphia. Some 6.000 delegates from all over the world was in at tendance for the 5-days and nights of conferences. fonathan Creek Farmer Breaks Oat Crop Record Fred Allison of the Jonathan Creek section, with weather con ditions favorable the remainder Of the season, will beat both the state and county records in production of oats per acre, it was learned this week. Mr. Allison has 11 acres in oats and present indications are that he will harvest around 100 bushels to the acre, according to the farm ers in his section. The average state record in 1945 was 28 bushels to an acre and the last record released on Haywood county in 1944 listed 23 bushels per acre as tne average, u was learned from agents' office. the county farm Leaves Dayton FRANK C. ItOGKHS. plant man ager here since February 194-I. Iris resigned to accept a position as assistant to the president of the Norwalk Tire and Uulitiei ( oni pany in Norwalk, I onn Promoted HF.RBF.IIT I.. BUCHANAN is now one of the two assistant man agers of the Dayton Plant. Buchanan And Fisher Promoted To Posts As Assistant Managers At, Local Plant Frank C. Rogers ha , reigned as plant manager of The Dayton Rubber Manufacturing company, Waynesville, effective June 24, it was announced yesterday by A. L. Frccdlander, president and gener al manager of the company. J. G. McKinley. who held the position as production superintend ent, has been appointed to suc ceed Mr. Rogers as plant manager. Mr. McKinley is well qualified for his new responsibilities having been with the company since the Waynesville plant was established and is its oldest cuilpnvee. Herbert L. Buchanan, Jr., and Clyde I.. Fisher have been promot ed to the newly created positions of assistant managers with spent ic responsibilities in the overall man agement of the plant. The position of proline ion super intendent foinerly held hv Mr. Mc Kinley has been discontinued. Mr. Rogers plans to leave here about July I0t(i, and go to the Norwalk Tire and Rubber company in Norwalk, Conn., where he will (Continued on pase 2) "The 11-arrc tract planted in oats by Mr. Allison is an illustration of scientific farming carried out to the letter," said Wayne Corpcn ing, county farm agent. Mr. Allison used certified seed, prepared his ground in the best possible manner, used complete fertilizer, and planted at the right time it was pointed out by Mr. CoTpening, who stated that these were the factors contributing Iq the large production. The 11 acre tract lies on hilly ground and is not in a river bottom as might be expected from the anticipated crop. w J21 Army Officially Lists ICO Haywood County Men Killed In World War II Lightning Hits Electric High Line In Canton Power in Waynesville Is Cut Off Shortly While Workers Fight Flames I'.licliic power hi Waynesville anil ncailiy communities was cut nit for a short time Wednesday morning when lightning played on a "high line" at the Carolina Power and Light company substation in Highland Park. Canton, relaying the line out and setting an oil . ill h on In e. Fast work on the part of the man on duty and two who rushed to help him took care of the emergency in the in, itler of minutes. An of ficial ol the company, when inter viewed by The Mountaineer, ex plained that when the one line was hit with lightning it was overload ed and immediately went out. llovicvcr Hie flash over from where the hue connected with the switch threw oil from it on the ground and set it afire The workmen immediately cut off all power and went to work putting out the fire, which was done within 15 minutes. Power was then cut hack on except on one line on which Hie transformer had to he replaced, and this was com pleted in about two hours. Lt. Col. Crawford Home after four Years overseas I.I. Col. Harry Crawford, vet eran of World I and 11, graduate of West Point, has some very defi nite views on conditions which he finds in the Stales after an absence of four years spent in the European llie.iler. Like his father, the late Congressman W. T. Crawford, he Is feailess ill saying just what he thinks. "There seems to be too many presidents in this country today. It would be much better if we had one strong leader. I find that we l'' t"" 'l,' c'ass legislation the situation with a member of The Mountaineer staff. "The personal horror of the war is that we have ended with a 4 F government elected while the A-l's were at the battle front," continued Col. Crawford. "Instead of a demobilization plan in getting Hie men discharged from the service it has been a demorali zation system. We have gone about it the wrong way. For instance a man with fhree major points gets 35 for discharge, while a man with three children, lacking the other's record can get 3fi points for dis charge. Too many men without experience have been sent as re placements," he added. "Nothing I have said is intended as any reflection on the War De partment, hut is my own personal view of the situation," commented the Colonel. "We certainly need a much lar ger army than what most people i Continued on page 81 Cherokee School Principal Talks To Reading Club Mr. Gilliam, principal of the Cherokee School will be the speak er at the second Pow-Wow of the Cherokee Indian Reading cluh. which is being sponsored by the Haywood county Library, to be con ducted at the Library at 10:30 Sat urday morning. Will West Long, of Big Cove, Cherokee, one of the oldest Indians on the Reservation will tell Indian Legends, while Mr. Gilliam will tell of life today on the Reserva tion. Not only the 167 members of the reading club arc invited to the Pow-Wow. but also the parents and summer visitors, as well as a num ber of civic leaders, who have been extended invitations. Interest continues to grow in the reading club, to which both local county and children of summer visitors are eligible to join. List Just Compiled By Army, Does Not Include Navy Personnel In a recent lelcasc from the War Pipartment in which casualties in World War II in the U. S. Army w ere listed. 1 1. iv w ood w ar cieao and missing an oi ding to the offi cial records number 100. This is the first consolidated list ing of army dead and missing, which colli, inc. .Hound 310.000 names of men ;ind women who gave their lives in the Nation's service in the army, to he released by the War Department It gives North Carolina a total of 7.111!) dead It is expected that the Navy depart ment and Marine Corps will be sending out a similar list The War Department made up fifty booklets, one lor each stale, one for the district of Columbia and one for the territories and pos sessions of the United Slates. F.ach booklet contains a forcward explan atory of the met hods of listing, a breakdown hy counties and types of casualty, and an alphabetical listing hy county of the name, ser ial number .ind grade of each in dividual and the manner in which he met his death while in the ser vice of tin' army. The official list for Haywood county, in the North Carolina "Ho nor List of Dead and Missing" in the army is as follows; First l.t Joe S Amos, Jr. de clared dead alter missing a year: First I,. George W. Barnes, declared dead alter missing a year; Private First Class Lewis A. Beaver, died-non-li.illle, Technician 511) Melvin B. Best, killed in ailiou; 'technician 5lh Clicsley L. Brawner, Jr. died-non-baltle Private Arthur (' Buchanan, killed in action; Private First Class Paul J. Buchanan, died from wounds; Technician 51 h Rolan A Buchanan, died non-hattle; Private First Class Paul It Cagle, killed in action; Private First Class Lester M. Carter, died nun battle. Technician 51 h Finest H. Case, died-non battle. Fust Ll.Tliad O. Chafin, Jr. killed in action; Private First Class Thomas V. Chambers, killed in action. Private James A. Clark, died from wounds; First Lt. Paul S Clark, died non-battle. Private Homer V. Conrard, killed (Continued on Page Eight) Art Gallery Announces Grand Opening Tonight Starting its Pith season, the Waynesville Art Gallery announces its fust auction at the grand open ing tonight at 8.0(1 o'clock. James Mann, who manages the store, states that the Gallery now has its finest collection of jewelry, paintings, porcelains, silver, anti ques and a group of lace dresden figures. All arlicles arc sold at auction. The public is invited and offered comfortable seats and a chance at free prizes. Noted Speakers Slated For Program At Lake Tonight at the auditorium, Lake Junaliiska. Dr. John Fin ley Williamson will feature a program of song, scripture and prayer. Last night. Dr. J. Wallace Hamilton con cluded his series of services at the auditorium. Saturday night the regular mov ing picture feature will be given. Sunday, the 30th of June, will usher in the Assembly's fifth week and feature a "Week of Evangel ism" under the chairmanship of Dr. King Vivion. of Nashville, Tenn., president of the Board of Evangel ism for the Southeastern Jurisdic tion. Programmed for the key note sermon is Dr. Alexander Stacey, of Craryville, New York. Born in Russia, he was a man of wealth before the Russian revolu tion. Losing all his wealth, he came to America and was converted under the ministry of the Rev. Alexander Stacey, whose name he adopted. He studied at Hartford University, taking his degree in theology and a doctorate in phil osophy. Other program speakers for the Week of Evangelism in elude: Dr. W. A. Shelton, Gads Extreme Weather In Late May And Early June Hits Apple Crop Hard Orchards In Higher Regions Of County Not Hit As Hard As Others Unseasonable weather during the early part of June caused the Hay wood apple crop to he cut hy more than thirty-five per cent, according to information obtained by The Mountaineer in a survey of the largest apple orchards of the county this week. The temperatures dropped to a low of 38, and three days later jumped to the high eighties, which not only retarded the growth of the small apples, but caused many trees to shed large quantities. The "June drop", a term ur.etl by orchardlsts, is a normal proceed ing for the average tree, In that ex cess tonnage of young fruit is auto matically shed to make room for all the tree can bear. However, this June, the early drops have been far above normal, and in some in stances, trees shed the entire crop of apples. Not only have the orchardists been confronted with unsea.sonal weather, but the apple disease, "scab" is playing havoc with most orchards. This is true throughout the eastern seaboard, one orchard owner said, after talking to grow ers in other states. Must orchards have been sprayed at least once a week, but the "scab" continuous to spread. This disease make little black spots on the ripened fruit. Last year's crop was only about twenty percent of norman. The last bumper crop was in 1941. Richard N. Barber, Jr., owner and manager of Barber Orchard:!, the largest east of the Mississippi, told The Mountaineer yesterday that his orchard yield will be be. tween 65,000 and 70,000 bushels, instead of 100,000 as he predicted 30 days ago. The weather in late May and early June played havoc with the crop. Mr. Barber has be tween 18,000 and 20,000 trees in his orchard. Apple specialists here yesterday reported that all sections of North Carolina were having trouble with "scab." Boling Hall, veteran orcliardist, said that due to his location, feels sure that despite certain unfavor able weather conditions this spring he will have an 85 per cent crop this year, which will be at least. 20 per cent over his production last year. Mr. Hall states that due to the higher altitude of his orchards, his heavy bloom was late and was held back by the cold before maturity largest aple orchards of the county be seriously affected by the weath er. Henry Francis, in the Francis Cove section, who has around 2,000 trees in his orchard:,, reports that while he had a heavy bloom, the June drops have reduced his crop to a fifty per cent production. The Francis orchards would, if the conditions are good produce around 6,000 bushels, but this year the owner expects to have a 3.000 (Continued on Page Two) den, Ala. Dr. Leonard Cochrane, Valdosta, Ga., and Dr. John Brans comb, Orlando, Fla. Starting Monday morning, the daily program at the Lake will be as follows: 10:00 a. m. New Testament Background of Evangelism, Dr. W. A. Shelton, Gasden, Ala. 11:00 a. m. Sermon. The Rev. Leonard Cochran, Valdosta, Ga. 8:00 p. m. Sermon, Dr. John Branscomb, 1st Methodist Church, Orlando, Fla. July 6 (Sat.) Assembly Quartet. Churchmen from Nashville, par ticipated in Church Music and Wor ship Week under the direction of Dr. Finley Williamson, president and founder of Westminister Choir College, Princeton. New Jersey. They were the Rev. Dr. James W. Henley, who delievered a noon de votional address on the subject of ritual as an aid to worship, and John Lewis, choirmaster of West End Methodist Church, who sang a special number and Priestly Miller, baritone who is taking an active part in the Music Week pro (Continued on Page Eight) . ,