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Standard PRINTING CO 220 S First St LOUISVILLE KY blished The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park 49,500 People ,Week jesday Live within 20 miles of Waynesville their ideal shopping center. eals hpson Kelcli Rait'; lathers Illative Race Uiihlirnn cxccli- pprannc before linns 1 li is mcch, ,.ilv announced Ldrd others for pi. llhcrv is I lie Ko- tr fur house f posmc Clciin C mnnor nf I lie Hal of Honor, was It fur slloritf by luiimiUcc to op- .! is the Itepub- Einnin; mi cum k (.', 11 Leather neck, Mitchell it candidate for Hazelwood bus- fcmed hy the Re pn as a candidate lie board of com- the shift this gUMin if Fines llr. Bradley, The ice is George A. (rc marie by the Sir candidates for ard ot commis- Dave li. ' Miller Mann The J. R. Pes are Inland Jtcpublic.in nomi- of Deeds has Bryan Modford, lec without uppo- fct-mocral ic riomi- tnr, is also wit li te Max Tbonm- Rrpuhlieaii nnm- Both Thompson prans P parte (In nut F Milirilor, slate I deeds, tax cnl- Iwllols will k f'ton on AiiRiist iilirljrr Rrvsrm hrd of elections! W ot the officers e Rfpublican J,vc Sniatliers: H'ourt Mitchell Thompson Wtl F,T,. rio"rr 1;mn Ussioncr Mjiirr ket oris it the Farmnr-- Wav nesville as are as r ioilows: 3c-32c; hens, IX hns. '--$1.50; Iocs, '"uuiuers, -' S. No. 1, at 1' "SM, no 0,lerl, and the - ito ottered f usle. rows , ...u tuners, ifa ",'ry P0- . :.hts, S18- K; culls Pies. n, . market fc:"-ou-S13.30. tu.25- lhevie 1 he Kfihtr- I No. 6- SPages yiiiFrof rate ood Republicans Candidates For iberGeneralVote Vacations on Coast IN CALIFORNIA lor a vacation, Eu gene Talmadge, who recently won the Democratic gubernatorial pri mary in Georgia, is shown as be strikes a thoughtful pose during an interview in Los Angeles. Talmadge will become Governor of Georgia for the fourth time. (International) Drivers Still Violating Traffic Laws "We are still having trouble with improper lights. We arrested two drivers Friday night for this viola tion. One had his headlights and fender entirely torn off on the Sunday before, but had been op erating his car from that time on through the 26th," said Patrolman O. R. Roberts. "Another said he had backed into a bank and knocked his tail lights out on his truck a week be fore but he was still operating his truck," continued the patrolman. "We stop them night after night. Why people had rather pay a fine nf from $10 to $15 instead of put ling out from 50 cents to two dollars is beyond me, leaving out the safety end of it for their own protection as well as others," said Mr. Roberts with feeling. "There are still trucks in Hay wood county 30 inches wide, oper ating at night without clearance liKhts. We have been instructed by our superior officers to see that all trucks being operated without clearance lights be brought into court," said the patrolman, who with his colleague Patrolman Jones is making an effort to pro tect the highways of the county and make them safe for traveling, apparently without the expected cooperation from the public at large. Two Haywood Girls Attend Dairy Foods Team Demonstration Two Haywood girls, Nancy Post on. and Betty Gorrell, both mem bers of the Bethel 4-H club, at tended the Dairy Foods Team Demonstration, held in Ashevillc in the kitchen in the Buncombe county court house on Friday. The event was sponsored by the dist rict clubs. The Haywod girls demonstrated their ability to make milk drinks, which featured the program by a special milk vanilla egg nog and a chocolate milk. They were ac companied by Miss Mary Margaret Smith, county home agent. Conducting the demonstration were Miss Mary E. Thomas, state Extension nutritionist and her as sistant. Miss Virginia Wilson and Miss Anna C. Rowe, district agent. The demonstration was attended by 4-H girls from Clay, Macon, Cherokee, Buncombe, Ashe Mc Dowell and Haywood counties. ' 1272 Are Examined By Health Dept. Haywood County Health Department Announces Findings In School Of Waynesville Area During the past few months 1.272 children in the schools of the Waynesville area of the county were given examinations by the county health department, it was learned from Dr. Mary Michal. as sistant district health officer. Of the number examined the fol lowing defects were found; 353, showed markedly poor nutrition, which was 27.7 percent; 272 show ed markedly poor posture, 21,4 per cent; 49 showed orthopedic defects, 3.8 per cent; 645 showed marked evidence of old rickets, 50.7 per cent; 275 showed markedly enlarg ed cervical glands, 21 6 per cent. There were 32(i who showed eye conditions needing treatments, 25 6 per cent; 316 showed serious dental defects of temporary teeth 24.8 per cent; 439 showed serious dental de fects of permanent teeth, 34.5 per cent; 354 showed poor oral hygiene, 27.8 per cent; 514 showed badly dis eased tonsils, 40.4 per cent; 121 showed tonsils removed past year, 9.5 per cent; 4 showed heart lesions, 0.31 per cent; 958 showed small pox vaccination scars, 75.3 per cent; while 2,471 had been given typhoid vaccine. Mrs. Harbeck Dies Suddenly In Columbia Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Waynesville Presbyterian church for Mrs. Lillie Harbeck, 79, widow of William Richard Har beck, who died suddenly Saturday night at the home of a cousin in Columbia, S. C, where she had gone for a brief stay. Rev. M. R. Williamson, pastor of the church of which Mrs. Harbeck had been a member since 1908 officiated. Burial was in Green Hill ceme tery. Pallbearers were: J. C. Rose, F. G. Rippetoe, R. L. Prevost, J. C. Galusha, William Medford and Ralph Prevost. Mrs. Harbeck was a native of Chapel Hill, and the daughter of the Rev. Robert S. and Mrs. Coop er. Her father was a Presbyterian minister. From Chapel Hill the family moved to Rock Hill, S. C, and later to Fort Worth, Texas. Mrs. Harbeck and her husband, the late Mr. Harbeck, came to Waynesville in 1908. Mr. Harbeck passed away in 1927, but Mrs. Har beck has since resided here, at her home on Pigeon street. She was a life long member of the Presbyterian church and had been honored with a Life Mem bership in the Eastern Star by the Waynesville Chapter in recognition of her outstanding work in the organization. The members of the chapter attended the funeral in a body and had charge of the flow ers. At the time of her death Mrs. Harbeck was spending some time with her son and daughter-in-law in Inman, S. C, and had gone over to Columbia for a visit with rela tives. Surviving are one son, William R. Harbeck, Jr., one granddaughter, and her daughter-in-law, all of Inman, S. C. The Garrett Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements. Bethel Cannery Open Two Days Each Week The Bethel Cannery will be open to the public on Tuesday and Thursday of each week, from 8:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m., according to R. L. Edwards, teacher of voca tional agriculture in the Bethel school, who is manager of the plant. Persons wishing to use the can nery are requested to make ar rangements in advance by calling 4713, 4156, or 4231, Canton, it was pointed out by Mr. Edwards. A fee sufficient to cover the cost of canning will be charged. Pa trons are asked to be at the can nery not later than 1:00 p. m. since no processing can be started after 4:00 p, m. WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1916 Community To Entertain N. C. Press Association Here Middle September The program committee of the North Carolina Press Association accepted an invitation of the Chamber of Commerce to come here on Friday, September 13 for a barbecue. The Press board of directors are expected to give :r nial approval of the plans, within the next ten days. The State Press will hold their annual summer meeting in Ashe villc September 12-14. The invitation of the Waynesville Chamber of Commerce was extend ed to the committee on Saturday by W. Curtis liuss, former presi dent of the North Carolina Press Labor Day Head C. C. POINDEXTER, athletic dir ector at "Canton High school, will head the committees selected last week to prepare for Canton's 30th annual Uabor Day celebration. Annual Bus Drivers School Conducted Here The annual school for bus driv ers of the Haywood county school system was conducted at the coun ty school garage on the grounds of the Waynesville Township high school last Thursday by J. P. Hol lis of the stale department of public instruction. Various tests and examinations were given each driver and certifi cates awarded making them eligi ble for operation of a school bus in the state and in Haywood county. Drivers awarded certificates, is anouneed hy Jack Messcr, county superintendent of education were as follows: Waynesville district Gordon Hendrix. Charles Francis, Gerald Breece, Rufus Hyatt, Truman Mr Cracken, Charles Robinson, John nie Carpenter, Max Allison, Kent Ketner, Dwight Hall, George Queen, and John Wyatt. Drivers awarded certificates in the Bethel area were: Joe Wells, Clifford West, Oder F. Burnette, Dock Warren, C. R. Trull, and James A. Miller. To drive the buses in the Clyde district receiving certificates were Limden R. Burch and Ernest G. Hall, Jr. Milton IT. Messer of the Fines Creek district, David R. Rogers, of Crabtree school district, and B. W. Rossells, of the Canton area were also included in the list. Others will be named later to drive the buses, as the number at tending the school was not suffi cient to operate the entire system, it was pointed out by Mr. Messer. Three County Schools To Open Wednesday Morning xLher Shortage tab Despite teacher shortages which are still existing in the' faculities of the county schools, as in other areas throughout th6 state, the Bethel, Crabtree-Iron Duff, and Fines Creek schools will open on Wednesday, the 31st, it was learn ed yesterday from Jack Messer, county superintendent of educa tion. While there are still a few vacan cies to be filled as late as Monday, re) do n fn Association. Offers to entertain the group were presented by Ashevillc, Bre vard and Waynesville. The tenta tive plans are to have lunch in Brevard on the 13th, visit Ecusta, and then come across Pisgah to Waynesville for the barbecue at twilight. Approximately 200 mem bers of the press, representing al most every paper in the state, is expected to attend. I.. K. Sims, president of the Cham her of Commerce named a committee composed of W. Curtis liuss, I!. 1!. Davenport, and C. J. Iteece to make all arrangements. Labor Day Celebration Plans Get Under Way C. C. l'oindcxter Again Heads Committees In County-Wide Holiday C. C. Poindexter again was se lected to head Canton's annual Labor Day celebration at a meet ing last week at the Canton Cham ber of Commerce, and plans got under way for one of the biggest celebrations ever with a new fea ture attraction: the selection of the prettiest girl In Haywood county to be Queen of the affair. Mr. Poindexter came here die latter part of the week and was assured the cooperation of Waynes ville and lla.clwood in staging the county-wide celebration. Kd Sims, president of the local Chamber of Commerce, will name a committee to organize preparations. Floats are to be entered by various industries and businesses, and the High School Band has be gun practice already to prepare for the Labor Day parade. All busi ness in the county will be suspend ed during the day. A variety of sporting eve nits and other types of contests will be included in the program, and it is expected that Hazel wood's base ball team and a softhall team from the Waynesville-llazelwood-Lake Junaluska league will play teams from Canton in return for the Fourth of July games here. Haywood-Jackson Sing Convention At Balsam Aug. 4 Singers in Haywood and Jack son counties are invited to attend the Two-County Singing Conven tion which will be held Sunday, August 5th. at the Balsam Baptist church. li D Phillips, president of (he convention, announces that this year's meeting will be an all day affair, from II a. m. until 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon. He wel comes singers from outside the two counties as well, and those who attend are reminded to bring a basket lunch. Several outstanding quartets and trios arc expected to attend, including the Smith Quartet from Spartabnurg, the Molody Quartet from Marion, and the Jamison Trio from Hendcrsonville. Mr. Messer seemed optimistic that by the opening day set for the three schools, there would be an adequate number of teachers to supply them. Principals of the schools opening this week are W. P. Whitesides, Bethel; Fred L. Safford, Fines Creek; and Lloyd Bryson of the Crabtree-Iron Duff school. The Mt. Sterling school will open on Monday, August 5th, it was learned from Mr. Messer. Bishop Held By Japs To Talk at Lake Dr. Harry Holmes Opens Meeting With Call For Increased Lay Efforts Bishop Ralph A. Ward, recently returned to the United States after three years imprisonment by the Japanese in occupied China, will be the guest speaker at the Lake Junaluska audtiorium tonight. He will address the Laymen's Con ference, whose three-day meeting was opened Sunday, and also will be the platform speaker tomorrow morning. The keynote address to the lay men was delivered Sunday evening by Dr. Harry Holmes, a native Australian and associate secretary of the World Alliance of Friend ship through the Churches. He spoke to many of the sooth's lead ing business and professional men who had gathered for the annual meeting. Presiding over the daily confer ence sessions is Dr. J. C. Guilds, president of Columbia (S. C.) Col lege, and president of the Board of Lay Activities of the Southeast ern Jurisdiction. At the opening meeting he asserted that "The greatest potential power in the church, and the greatest unused poer, is in its lay forces. To study ways and means to tnp this enor mous reserve power is the purpose of this meeting." Then in the keynote address Dr. Holmes emphasized Stewardship as the acid test of the gospel. Can the church count on us to advance In servico afflrJ cut out the sins that are cursing our day, he queried. "The great Christian advance," he continued, "will larcelv he de termined in its final influence on whether we are content to stand still or whether we will move out. However high the standards of the world are, the standard of Christian living must be higher. We must be just as intelligent and as daring as the man on the street and then more than that. "We've got to go further In giv ing, in recruiting for the minis try and the mission field. We've got to feel our responsibility for the future of the nations. Japan found the only defense against the atomic bomb. It is peace. We have got to pay the price In mak ing a peace that will hold." Two Bound Over To Federal Term Court, Asheville Everett Barnes, of High Point, and Francis Fie, of Maggie, were bound over to Federal Court for trial in the November term in Asheville, following a preliminary hearing before U. S. Commissioner W. H. Noland here on Thursday. The men were arrested at. 6:30 a. m. on Thursday by the Stale Highway Patrolmen, serving this area and the Alcoholic Tax Unit Agents, of Asheville. Thev were charged with transporting and pos session of non-tsx paid whiskey, and had in their possesion at the time of their arrest six gallons of non-taxed liquor. Both men made bond for $300, pending their trial in the Federal court in Asheville. Excavation Work At Presbyterian Church Underway The bank on Walnut street at the Presbyterian church is being leveled off as part of the expan sion program of the church in building Sunday School rooms. The bank is being cut down level with the sidewalk, and will give an outside wall for the rooms in the basement of the church. Pless Family To Hold Reunion On Sunday The annual reunion of the Pless family will be held at the home of Dewey Pless on the Pisgah Road, East Fork, next Sunday. AH mem bers of the family and relatives are invited to attend and bring baskets of lunch to be served at the noon hour. The occasion will be sadden ed this year by the absence of three members of the family who have passed on during the year. $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Was Held By Japs BISHOP RALPH WARD who recently returned to the United States after three years in a Jap anese concentration camp, during which lime he underwent starva tion and torture, will speak from the Lake .Imi.ilnsk.i platform to night at 8 mi. and at II a. in Wednesday morning. His subject will be "Opening Prison Doors." Bishop Ward is well informed on Chinese life and customs, speaks the Fooclinw dialect lluenlly, and has traveled extensively in every part of China Contract Is Awarded For Police Radio Stations Amplifying Station At Soco (Jap Included in New Construction Underbidding three other linns, the Fred M. Link company of New York turned in a bid of $60,350 to furnish Hie Slate High way Patrol equipment to finish its program of building four new radio station and switching the five present stations from ampli tude modulation to frequency modulation. The four bids were received hy the State Division of Purchase and Contract last Wednesday. Di rector W. . Belts announced in Raleigh that the contract would be let at the next meeting of the Stale Hoard of Award. One of the new stations will he erected at the peak at the head of Queen's Cove, a little south of Soco Gap. The Highway Patrol will use this slalion, with one to be built on Sunset Mountain in Asheville and the present control station at Swananiioa, so that two way radio contact will be possible to all police cars in Western North Carolina. The Haywood county station will amplify messages from Swiiiiiianoa, and will not require regular operating' personnel. The equipment contract included material to erect or convert seven stations, and to install KM radios in 100 automobiles. Orders had previously been placed lo equip two of the nine stations. Four-Room House Called Total Loss In Fire Saturday A four-room frame house on Smalhers street was called a total loss from the fire which was dis covered about 415 Saturday aft ernoon. Mrs. Hobart Sheehan and her youngest son, the only occu pants of the house at the time, escaped without injury. The cause of the fire is still unknown, but it is suspected that the blaze was caused by sparks from the flue. Mrs. Sheehan gave the alarm and the fire department was notified, but the flames had burnt out the inside of the house which had wall paper sides before the fire truck arrived and drowned the blaze a short time later. The house is a part of the rental property owned by Chief of Police Orvillc Noland, and carried a small amount of insurance. Mr. Sheehan, an employee of the Ice company, his wife and four chil drcn were making their home there and had a complete loss of clothing and furniture. The family spent Saturday night at the home of Mrs. Sheehan's parents in Jack son county, but are making ar rangements to return to Waynes' ville. L3 Valuation Increased By Million Dollars Total Budget Shows Increase Of $177,279 Over Last Year, Official An overall counry tax rate of $1.30 has been adopted by the. Haywood County Board of Com missioners, who have voted appro priations for the fiscal year 1946 47, it was learned from George A. Brown, Jr., chairman of the board. The rate of $1.30 per $100 prop erty valuation is the same as last year, but Hie estimated valuation of property in the county has been Increased over last year, it was pointed out by Mr. Brown, as has the operating budget for the com ing year. The estimated valuation of prop erty for the year 1946-47 has been announced as $24,500,000. while last year it was placed at $23,500, 000. The tax rate remains the same, but the total estimated budget re quirements for the year have been increased over that of last year. The budget for the coining year has been placed at $576,043.95 while that of last year was $398, 764.13, showing an intcrease of $177,279.82. The county operated last year with a surplus, which will be ap plied to needed improvements in the schools in the county when labor and materials are available, it was learned from Mr. Brown. While there has of necessity been an increase in the operation of certain county services, last year, the budget did not show the Federal and State aid given to old age assistance and aid to de pendent children, which is includ ed in the budget of the coming year, only one-fourth of which the county pays. All departments of the county government and county operated institutions and services have been amply provided for in the budget, it was pointed out by the chair man, and while some have been granted an increase, the tax rate remains the same. Mr. Brown is serving his eighth term as chairman of the county board of commissioners and start ing in office with a county tax rate of $1.57, he has gradually reduced this obligations of the county prop erty owners to $1.30. With the total expenditures of the budget set for $576.04.1.95, the following allotments have been made to the various county agen cies and funds: General fund $45,714.79 Special fund 2:t,787.00 Poor fund 21,675.00 Debt Service fund 80,310.60 Hospital fund 9S.961.75 Capital Outlay fund 6,000.00 School fund 166,717.41 Penalty fund 3,000.00 Old Age Assistance fund A5.6RO.00 Welfare fund l.",397.40 Aid to Dependent Chil dren 28,800.00 Total $576,043.95 Enlistments Of Three In Army Announced Three Haywood county men who enlisted during June in the Regu lar Army are announced this week by recruiting station at Asheville. The men are: Kenneth E. Robinson, son of Verli Rbinson, Hazelwood, who enlisted June 12; George R. Hen son, whose mother. Mrs. Florence Henson, resides at 152 Clyde Road, Canton; and Zeb Vance, son of Joseph B. Vance of Route 2, Can ton, both of whom enlisted on Juno 13 and were assigned to the Infan try. Weather Report (Furnished The Mountaineer by the U. S. Weather Burcaui: Monday, July 29 Generally warmer and fair today and tonight. Tuesday, July 30 Partly cloudy with some likelihood of scattered thunder showers and slightly warm er. (Official Waynesville tempera ture as recorded by the staff of the State Test Farm): Date Max. Min. Rainfall July 25 86 62 26 81 58 27 83 63