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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNT AINEEH FRIDAY. Houses, Business And Agriculiure In Haywood Compare Favorably State Planning Board Issues Book With Basic County Data Haywood county's physical, pop ion and housing characteristics, ils taxation and income, manufact uring, finance and trade, and am i cultural characteristics arc slui'.vn in comparison to lliosc of North Carolina and the I'mtcd Slates in a recently compiled lu yoliiinc book. North Carolina Ifisic Coun ty Uata." which Hie State Claiming Board has published All 100 counties .vie included in the digest of hasic ml ui mat ion. which is being distributed to local planning boards, county and muni cipal officials, libraries. handlers of commerce and newspapers f'clix A. Grisette. managing director ol the state planning board, explains that "Its compilation was motivated by a desire to provide essentia! in formation for those who are con cerned with planning the growth and development ol a .rcalcr North Carolina." The information is iMed in ( hart form, l'nrt of it. ol course, is ob vious to residents of the county concerned. Nov erl heless. there is much one can lean about Ins home county with comparison at Hie finger tips between the st,,. ;1M(j country that is both inleie-liu and useful. A summary ;t each category is given as lollops: Physical Characteristics Haywood county contains 7A'.', S(tiare miles o- :i47.f2H acres of land. i X. (' -411 I 42 sciiai miles ' The growing season runs from May 2, to letoher 7. I'opiilation The county grcu I 'inn L':!.4!l(i in JONES RADIO SERVICE Records Record-Plavers and Radios Wo carry a complete, stork of all latest records, also batteries, car aerials and aerial wire. Bonded electronic technicians, with 90 day guarantee on parts. .r)G Main Street I 11920 (X. C 2 559 VZ'.t' to 34.804 I in 1940 iN. C. -:J.57l.t:Ji: and fell j off during the war years of l!)4:i to ! a civ ilian population of :iil.24l. The I 1940 population per square mile j averaged 04 1 in Haywood as com i pared to 72.7 in X. C. and 44 2 in the I'. S. At the same time the na tive whites made up 97 2 per cent lot those residing in the county. 2 li j per cent being negro and ,2 foreign born a considerably higher native white percentage than either the ! state or nation. The farm popu lation increased from 40 !! per cent to 44'! per cent between HMD and 1940. I Of the 23.5"j; Haywood persons lover 14. years old. 11.101 were con ; side-red eligible for the labor- force ! and 9.325 were employed. Adults j having completed the median I school years were over the X. C and under the V. S. averages. Housing The homes in Haywood compare j favorably in the percentage of new j homes. 34 0 per cent of I he 19411 j units having been constructed since 1 929. and in t he port ion in need j of major repairs. 23.5 per cent ! However, the modern conveniences as distributed over the nation finds j Hay wood county homes below the neragc filly per cent ol nay wood homes have electricity lo 71! 7 per cent in the l . S : 4 1 II per cent wilh running water to the nations ; lift (J per cent: 32 1 per (cut yvith j interior private toilet to 59.7 per jcenl. only 5.3 per cent with private bath facilities to a national average ! of 50 2 per cent of the homes. .More people live in the average I lay wood dwelling '4 55' t ban in I he i average for the C. S. '3 73': (he j amo per cent '5 4 cook with elec lliicity. but a much larger portion 04.4 per cent i cook with wood t hull throughout the country 23.0 per cent'. Of the Haywood homes. 27.9 per cent have mechanical ret rigeni j tors and 59 f) per cent have radios. about the same as the X. C. aver age bul much below that of the L . S. These statistics show thai plumb ers and furniture dealers have a considerable market in Haywood county. One explanation lies in ihe distribution of population: only 9 0 per cent being urban diving in the major towns' and the remain der residing in rural areas where the conveniences are not as readily available. Taxation and Income Between 1921 and 1930 the as sessed valuation ot property in Hay wood county increased $0 mil lion and fell off nearly hall' of that by 1940. when the total valuation was placed at $23,574,257. The county tax rale per $100 worth ol property increased from 75c in 1921 lo SI 57 in 1940. and dropped lo SI 30 in 1944. where it remains to dale. In 1944 Haywood resi dents paid SI 35,240 1 li ill stale sales tax and S70.274.94 ill state, income lax. Manufacturing (1!)39) Haywood's 20 manufacturing es tablishments - in 1939 -employed 2.152 wage earner:, and paid $2,309,491 in wages. The average yearly wages in the county were SI, 101 which is roughly the same as the national average of $1,153 and larger than the X. C. average. $737 That year the value of manufactur ed products in the county totaled $16.004. 107 During the war per iod. June 1940 to April 1945, the county firms received SO. 140, 000 in direct war supply and facility con tracts Finance and Trade (1939) These figures, as those for manu facturing, are subject to improve ment since seven years ago when ! hey were compiled. However, in 1939, there were 14 wholesale, 275 retail, and 125 service trade eslab lislnni ill-, in Hie county. The 04 employees of wholesale firms re ceived SI. 00(1 each in annual wages: 58!l retail workers averaged $752 yearly 'S935 for Ihe nationi. and the 177 service trade employees were paid an average of $005 'the nation al average $910'. The sales management magazine index tor 19-14. however, reveals thai Haywood county bus an ef fective buying income of Slli.OOO 0011: or an average family income of S2 028. The market quality index is 07. In 1940 Haywood had 3.1 19 farms covering 45 7 per cent of the county a reage. The average farm con tained 50 9 acres 'national average. 174: X. C. average. (17.7 1 and its value was $2,725 slightly higher Hum the slale and half that of Ihe 1'. S. average. The Haywood farm has SI 12 worth of machinery: one fourth of the total have autos. nine per cent have trucks, and one per cent have tractors. However, a favorable comparison is given in the amount of farm tenancy i2(l.9 per cent lor county to the l'. S.'s 38 7 per cent and the proportion of farms mortgaged (21.1 per cent to 24 9 per ceitO. The average Haywood farm con sumes 49 1 per cent of its own pro duce, receives 10.0 per cent of ils income from the sale ol livestock. 10 per cent from the sale of field crops. 0 2 per cent from the sale of dairy products. 5.3 per cent from fruits and mils. 4.2 per cent from poultry. 1.2 per cent from forestry products, and .9 per cent from the sale of vegetables. Jewelled Ensemble ' .-.; . : m- :: v ::::: ?Jft U-: NAA'.H IT Hollywood has it. Here sci a ' 'i actress Yvonne De Carlo is lii'v.a wearing a $12,000 jewelled cu.-ce I'le. Gold, diamonds and ru i,u .- :::-ike up the crown, necklace .!!! i a The crow n makes Yvonne nve inches taller. (International) Man With Broken Leg Catches Six From Fire POl (HIKKKl'SIE, N. Y. James ! lines, 35, of Hudson, standing on i broken leg injured while he was ', aping from a burning house, aught six children thrown to him from a third-story building by two a oi nc ii. Caught in a third-floor apart ment by the fire, Hines leaped 'o a nearby garage, breaking his ,ig in the jump. Undaunted by his injury. Hines then jumped to the ground. The children, ranging in ago !' 1 1 1 1 i one to 10, were dropped to him from the third floor by Mrs. Muriel Sanders and Helen I.i iggs who then fled to the sec ond slory roof from which fire men rescued them with ladders. i'riini the sale of corn the coun ty income in 1940 was $321,232, from livestock. $235,512: and from vegetables. $210,513. In 1 1)44 Haywood county enrolled 0.029 pupils in its grade schools and 1.259 in high schools. There were 238 white teachers and five for negro students. The cost was $481,901.47 for whites and $7,251.52 lor colored, averaging $62.40 per while and $44.22 per colored stu dent uif the 104 attending school). The county hospital with its 75 beds furnishes an average of 2.21 per thousand population, and the negro population has six beds for medical care, a higher average of 0,73 per thousand. wp;iW,Kiw AUC nrvrrnvTvi S.AJL..ij mm of the Belle Rffleade IPre Adjoining The Waynesville Country Club and Golf Course The owners of Belle Meade have decided to offer for sale at Auction to the Highest bidder all the remaining lots owned by them on WecSnes(clay,Mygo 7thf 11 a.m. Sale Will Be Held Eain or Shine If Raining at Country Club-If not at Property The property consists of 25 lots and will be sold in two lots as follows: Lot No. 2 17 lots on opposite side over looking the Golf Course in blocks H and I. Lot No. 1 8 lots in Block L fronting No. 16 Fairway and This is a closing out sale and some of the most desirable building prop erty adjacent to the Waynesville Country Club is included. A real op portunity for Realtors and Investors for further development and re-sale THE BELLE MEADE OWNERS Lost Colony Cast Converts Air Base Into Actor's Home A1ANTBO, Where Uncle Sam s naval pilots once roosted at this Atlantic outpost, and fought off Hitler's submarine packs, scores of actors and actresses now make their home while producing Paul Green's THE LOST COLONY, which is presented every summer here in a j waterside theatre. The million-dollar base recently was abandoned by the Navy and has been taken over by Dare Coun ty. The officers quarters have been divided into men's and women's dormitories, the old Navy cafeteria provides meals, and the seaplane anchorage on Croatan Sound is now the cast's swimming pool. When the case came down this summer to resume presentations of the historical play, it was faced with a housing shortage. The old barracks were quickly adapted to their use, and now around a hun dred of the cast of 200 are snugly installed. Furnishing were meagre, bul ta ented cast members salvaged Navy equipment, or patrolled the beach for driftwood to get material for tables, stools, lamps, and other equipment. The concrete runway and aprons became playgrounds, and sheds which once housed terrible weapons of war were invaded by costumers I Britain Withdraws Part Of $3,750,000,000 Loan WASHINGTON, Great Britain made an initial withdraw! of i $300,000,000 on its new $3,750,000,- . ;00 loan from this country. Secretary of the Treasury John VV . Sny uer: announced. He said part of the fund would be used by the British to buy food for improving the diet of its people and that probably some will be spent on heavy industrial machin ery. He added that he was sure the British would use the money "cautiously." The British have until 1951 to draw on the huge credit, and 50 years thereafter to repay at two per cent intereest. Snyder had no comment on Lon don reports that the British were increasing the value of the pound sterling. He added, however, that the Treasury did have prior in formation on Canada's decision to increase the dollar value of its cur rency. He was asked whether the ab sence of price controls in this coun try might discourage British pur chases here. "I hope prices will not get out of hand," he replied. "But I can't see any real inflationary tendencies in the loan." and other technicians. The play, a symphonic drama eni- j ploying music and dance, is now in i its sixth season. PIam. C i Finishing George McCracken Waynesville, N. ('. DINE AT THE CHICKEN SHAr STEAKS 0 C-11ICKKX IX TI!!' !:,,-,; Beer Served Only With M.V- CHICKEN SHAC Dellwood Road Use The Classified Advertise KE9I I LAST CA FOR x The Law Requires Thai We 945 TA H ADVERTISE and SEL All Property On Which 1945 Taxes Have Not Been Paid, The Names Of All Delinquent Taxpayers Will Be Published, IN AUGUST A 1 CI 1 J! t - A. "M I" An In September Mo Extension Of Time Will Be SjvM Notice is also given that we will garnishee and levy on allpe'5 al property on which taxes are due J. E. FERGUSON Tax Collector and Tax Supervisor of Haywood Countf Immmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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