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The Waynesville Mountaineer
Published Twiee-a-Week In The County Scat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
49,500 People
Live within 20 miles of
WaynesvllJ their Ideal
shopping center.
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WAYNKSVILLK. N. C, FRIDAY, Al Gl'ST 2.5, 1916
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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lie Department of
Eduraiwn. and Or.
ai-Mnsi (lean and
education made
tlH-n an oll-rampus
hum- in U'aynes-
:miKir disc ussioii
-i-ntatiM-i in (he
iidi'iil of cduca-
idav.
C. K Weath-
Ya ncvillc high
-, representing
niinMi'.iNon: and
nt f the Chani-
paiticipalcd ill
mil training was
I he July rcgistra-
inlcrcvteil in at-
who verve unable
idaliims in regular
prospective stu-
traininc and sev-
urcrl ahum it in
(ir more in
are known to be
Sled. It is felt that
ins to have an ae
on Page Six)
bntest
adline
ed
for sending in
filler the Labor
"t at Ciiiton Ims
"HI Satiirdiiy, Rob-
umitU'o chainnan,
'('s In lu
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' the contest have
! Canton mcrch
of them lotal-15-
More entries
" in all during
a"(l the date has
kl that sponsors of
-' no want to
ticular kii-1 mav
and nth,.,-... ,u
their minds vet
r last chance '
fates that i, .
ns and their par.
Pr the contest will
suits, evening
f wear. From the
P' 21 "f the pref-
e "lied at Cham
fe contort Saturday
snd a QUCPn and
Is elected to take
r da' parade. All
Sirls, between 16
Photos to be
Pnon Enterprise
Ia,er than Aug
Report
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TC Makes Plans
Stassen Talks Over Things With Reporters and Bishop
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' GoHarolJ'StWen'Tooik a few
(oi ,rir. inj nuhnr. riaro
Stassen; Mrs. Hilda Way Gwyn,
Stassen: BishoD Puree 1. who
writer, who covered the address
Stassen Talk Is Well
Received At Junaluska
By Large Crowd Monday
High School
Registrations
Finished Today
The registration of the
students of me current 8th
Rrade today, completes a full
week of hich school reRistra
tions, which began on Monday
with the members of the 12th
grade.
Results of the prospective
enrollment will be Riven in
Tuesday's Issue, as well as the
full details of the opening of
the fall term in the Waynes
ville district schools on Wed
nesday, 28th, including the
placement of teachers.
New Spur Station
Opens Here Today
The first Spur gasoline service
station to be opened in Waynesville
will be ready for business today,
offering what its management de
clared to be top quality gasoline
at lower prices than other brands.
Wody Lackey is manager of the
new station, and Bill Phillips his
assistant. The station is located
on the junction of Haywood and
(Continued on Page Six)
Plans For Zoning And
Planning Commission
To Be Studied For Section
The need of a functioning zoning
and planning commission for'
Waynesville and Hazelwood. and
immediate area, was presented to
the directors- of the Chamber of
Commerce here Tuesday night by
N. W. Garrett, past president of the
organization.
L. E. Sims, president, announced
he would appoint a committee to
work with town officials in work
ing out details of such a commis
sion, and suggested that such a
body start work under present laws
now on the books.
A
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minutes .MbndajVrfeftioota 'to discuss ''vSrlouiS riiaWorf with two MotJn
Pnrpnll nt Lake .Turialuska. Shown
who today devotes her column "Here
introduced tiovcrnor stassen, ana r.a
of Governor Stassen. Photo by
Minnesotan Declares
Need For Thinking
Beyond National
Boundary Lines
By ED SPEARS
Mountaineer Staff Writer
Harold li Stassen introduced to
the Lake Junaluska auditorium!
audience Monday afternoon as a
"liberal political leader" and "dis
tinguished American," delivered a
stirring address to the large crowd
present in which he pointed to the
problems of the world today and
expressed his optimism for their,
solution in what he termed "man's,
basic interest in the welfare of his'
neighbor." j
Mr. Stassen, lawyer, governor,;
and for nearly thre years naval
commander in the Pacific war the
ater, spoke at Lake Junaluska as:
representative of the International,
Council of Religious Education, of
which he is president. This was
the third of four addresses in
North Carolina religious assein-j
blics, and he gave his talk with
oratorical assurance and with con
fidence of the importance in what
he was saying.
As a figure of national promin-j
once in the political scene because
of an outstanding record as gover
(Continued on Page Sixi i
The directors also discussed sev
eral community-wide projects, and
heard reports on entertaining 200
members of the North Carolina
Press Association here on Septem
ber 13th. The board approved
plans of the special committee
named several weeks ago to handle
details of entertaining the Press
Association with a barbecue supper
on the grounds of The Piedmont.
President Sims anounced pro
gress was being made on the in
dustrial survey and details would
he announced at an early date.
To Open College Center Herein on
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here left to right, arc Governor
and There" to a
discussion of Mr.
Mountaineer stuff
npeais, noouici
Greiinell, Lake
Junaluska.
Commissioners
Draw Jury For
Superior Court
Judge Alley Makes
Exchange With Judge
Armstrong and Will
Preside Over
September Term
The county commissioners at
their mectim! on Monday drew the
jury for the September term, su
perior court, civil session when
.hwli'c Kchx K Allev. will preside.
Judge 1'Yank Armstrong of Troy,
I,-,., iliiilnliil In iiri'side but lie
and Judge Alley made an exchange, j
Those drawn for the lust week
were; Haywood Mackey, lieavcr
dam; Aut Arl ington. Wav nesvi I le;
Krvin Iv. Hill. Ciabtrce; Cash Med
lord. Iron Dull; Albert Slier, Ivy
Hill; Clayton Mchalfey. Clyde; C.
(',. Bryson. lieaverdam: (Jrady
Honeyeutt, Ivy Hill; (I. (i. Hector,
Fines Creek; Lush Caldwell. Cata
looebee. .1 I). Ilcatherly. Fast Fork; Lynn
Chambers, Pigeon: ). M. Hamilton,
lieaverdam; (J. ('. Ferguson.
(Continued or. page six)
VTW POST Cites Values
Of Group To Veterans
Urging AH to Enroll
Haywood Memorial Post 6767.
Veterans ol Foreij.'n Wars, under
i!; recently-installed ollicers, is
beginning a drive to increase their
membership and place their organi
zation into more activities contrib
uting to the well. ire of the com
munity and the care of needy ve
terans and their families on a
local as well as national scale.
Robert R. Campbell, post com
mander, urges that as many veter
ans with overseas service as pos
sible attend the next meeting of
the VFVV to learn of the program
of this organization and enjoy the
companionship of their service
comrades. The post now has more
than 100 members, and it is esti
mated that there are 1.250 eligible
veterans within the Waynesville
area.
The group meets every Monday
(Continued on Page Six)
Baptist
Association
Officers
Are Named
(Jlst Annual County
Association Meeting
Concludes Wednesday
Afternoon
Officers for the coming year and
plans for the next convention were
announced at the conclusion of the
(ilst annual meeting of the Hay
wood County IViptist Association,
held Tuesday and W. rlnesday of
this week in the Harbcrsvillc, Clyde
and Dutch Cove churches.
The Hev. Doyle Miller, Waynes
ville, Houte 1, will serve as moder
ator, and Hev Tom Frwin of Can
ton, Houte ;i, as 'ice-moderator
Next year's association meetings
will be held in the liocky Branch
Baptist church on lit. 1. Waynes
ville, and at the ltateliff Cove
church.
Mrs. Sain Knight of llazelwood.
was re-elected clerk. Other officers
include: Historian, Hev. F. H.
Leatherwood of Waynesville: Treas
urer, Miss Gladys llenson, Canton.
Houte 2; Sunday School Superin
tendent, George Henson, Canton,
Route if Associate Superintendent,
.X24r' Wude-Francis, Waynesville,
Houte I; B.T.U. Director, Harry
Mashburn, Waynesville, Houte 1;
Associate Director, E. I). Heriidon,
Canton.
Brotherhood, Hoy Crisp, Canton:
Executive Committee Chairman,
Hev. T. H. Harris, Clyde; Viee
Chairman, Hev. Jarvis Underwood,
Waynesville: Stewardship, Hev. li
A. Kelly, Canton; Vice-Chairman
of Stewardship, Hev. Oder Burnett,
Canton, Houte 2; Director Women's
Missionary Society, Mrs. M. T.
Brooks, Canton.
Cholrister, Robert Carter, Can
ton,; Pianist, Helen Carter, Can
ton; Director of Evangelism, Hev.
C. II. Cireen, Canton; and Assistant,
Hev. Manuel Wyatt, Waynesville,
Houte 1.
Colored Pictures
Tonight to Show
Wonders of Park
In his lecture on the scenic
wonders of the Groat Smoky
National Park, Friday night,
Arthur Stupka, naturalist of
the area will show an exclusive
collection of colored pictures
made of the plant and animal
life in the Park.
The public is urged to at
tend this lecture as it affords
an unusual opportunity to view
sights often denied the travel
er taking the "beaten path"
through (he park. Mr. Stupka
has been collecting the pic
tures for the past 12 years.
ROBERT R. CAMPBELL
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One Killed,
, V' fijjt ii m irdHMfi i Mir, iiliimi iuf'im l' fi " "1f" mil mini
This shows the Thrash car as it lay on Its side in the rocky ravine in
Crabtree where it plunged late Monday night, killing one, and hurling
three other young people. A large rock crushed in the roar of the car,
pinning in two occupant!) on back seat. Staff photo by .1. D. Hyatt.
One Killed, 3 Injured
As Car Leaves Highway
Wreck Victim Is
Improving; Has
Fractured Skull
Mrs. Oscar Smathcrs, seri
ously injured In an automo
bile wreck last Saturday, was
said to be Improving ut the
Haywood county Hospital
Thursday noon.
Mrs. Smathcrs suffered a
fractured skull and a broken
jaw, when two cars crashed
head (in at the Haywood-Buncombe
. line last Saturday
shortly before noon.
As far as could be learned,
all oilier occupants of the
car, were impi nvini; from
cuts and bruises sustained in
the crash.
F. L.Hewitt
Visitor Dies
Of Heart Attack
Floyd L. Hewitt, retired en
gineer of Fort Lauderdale, Fla
formerly of Asheville, died sudden
ly about T o'clock Wednesday after
noon at the Waynesville Country
Club as the result of a heart at
tack. Mr. Hewitt, a former resident of
Asheville with his wife. Mrs.
Eleanor Hewitt, was spending the
summer in Waynesville. At one
lime he had been affiliated with
the Kelly Wilson Construction com
pany of Asheville.
The body was taken to the Lewis
funeral home in Asheville where
the arrangements were to be made,
follow ing the arrival of members of
his family.
In addition to his widow, ho is
survived by one son, W. W. Hewitt,
of Asheville; a brother, Perry
Hewitt, of Mighlands, Mich, and
two grandchildren.
Devoe McElroy's 'Dixie'
Declared Best Hound In
Haywood at Bench Show
"Dixie", a female white and lem
on with tan head and ears, won her
owner, Devoe McElroy of Waynes
ville, the trophy for entering the
"Best dog in Haywood County"
at the first annual Hound Bench
show presented by the county Fox
Hunters association last Saturday
on the high school athletic field.
"Vermont Sue K" another fe
male, clean and well-built, was
judged the "Best dog in the show,"
winning the other trophy for Carl
Stikelather of Charlotte.
With a large number of hounds
Three Hurt
Accident Monday,
Fifth In Two Years
On Crabtree Road
Near Walker Mill
Louis Dale Thrash, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs, l I). Thrash, of Bun
combe county, was fatally injured
and Miss Patricia Wilson, of Hose
Hill, received major injuries when
the automobile in which they were
riding ran off highway 20!), about
10 miles from Waynesville in the
Crablree section, around 11:30
Monclav night.
The other occupants of the ear,
Thomas Dale Thrash, younger
brother of the dead youth, and
Miss Marie Holler, 17, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Holler, or
1 larlsvil le, S. (', received minor
liruises. Young Thrash was dis
charged Tuesday from the Hay
wood County hospital where the
four were laken after the accident.
Miss Holler was discharged on
Wednesday.
When laken Ironi the car the
dead yoiilh was unconscious but
otherwise ' bowed only one external
injury, a cut ankle. Dr. Thomas
SI ringliclcl. Waynesville physician,
reported that he died in the
emergency room of the hospital
and he al I li billed death to a frac
tured skull.
The condition of Miss Wilson re
mains critical, il was learned from
the hospital as The Mountaineer
went to i
of her inj
had hern
ess. Due to the gravity
iiiics no X-ray pictures
made. She was report-
eel t
II lie
a .semi-conscious
condil ion.
Both girl
and were c
Inn. at La
were college students
iplo' ed al the Mission
,i Junaluska for the
summer moni lis.
The accident occurred on the
curve near the old Walker Mill
and the car left the highway,
plunging down the sleep embank
ment approximately 25 feet and
'Continued on Page Sixi
entered in the competition. Ross
Alexander ol Statesv ille did the
judging in a manner to satisfy all
owners with his ability. Entrants
came from four states and numer
ous North Carolina counties, prov
ing the wide interest attracted by
the event which is planned to be
an annual affair.
Winners of the first three prizes
in the various classes arc as fol
lows: Best pup under six months., Dixie
(Devoe McEroy). Hi Jack (Guy Cox,
(Continued on Page Sixi
Remaining
Three Miles
Will Give Paved
Highway AH The
Way To Brevard;
Work Will Take
Only Few Days
Workmen are scheduled to start
surfacing Highway No 276 over
Pisgah within the next few days,
A. II. Graham, chairman of the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission told The Mountaineer
yesterday. This route is better
known here as the Brevard high
way. Mr. Graham told this newspaper
that the engineering department
has found it possible to surface
treat the three miles of the high
way up the mountain. This is the
only unoaved section on the 39
mile route from here to Brevard.
The surface will be asphalt, ac
cording to Mr. Graham.
"While there is not sufficient
depth of stone along this route to
take our usual type of surface
treatment, we are going to give
this section a light treat incut of
asphalt and believe that this will
be adequate for the immediate fu
ture. We will have to add to this
type of construction within a few
years, but we expect the present
treatment to partly care for traf
fic in the immediate future,"
Chairman Graham said.
Highway construction engineers
said such a job would take from
le'ri days to two weeks for a 3-mlle
section.
The section of (he highway to
be surfaced starts at the steel
bridge that crosses the river, and
goes up the mountain to Wagon
Road Cap. This point is just about
half-way between here and Bre
vard. The state opened a rock quarry
on the side of the road, about, half
way up the mountain to obtain
stone for the road when grading
was completed some years ago.
The unpaved section in recent
months had become rough, with
"washboard" contours across the
road which made travel difficult.
The commission was asked to im
prove the road before the North
Carolina Press Association made a
trip over Pisgah from Brevard on
September 13th. At the lime Chair
man Graham said the road would
be smoothed up. bill in answer to
a question by this newspaper, did
not feel surfacing would be pos
sible at this time. Later il was
found, as Mr. Graham explained,
for the engineering department to
proceed with the surface treat
ment. This will be a state project,
and not let out on a contract.
The completion of the road over
Pisgah will open a direct route into
upper South Carolina in the area
of Greenville, as paved roads al
ready connect Greenville and Bre
vard. "This is the best news about
highways that has come to Hay
wood in many years," I.. E. Sims,
president of the Chamber of Com-,
meree said, when informed of the
project that is to begin.
Market
Reports
Errs and Poultry
Thursday noon reports from The
Farmers Exchange showed eggs
and live poultry running steady,
eggs 45c a dozen; fivers 28c-30c
a lb., hens 18c-20c. Federal-State
Market news reports from Ashe
ville showed the local egg market
running stronger than in pat
weeks, with supplies light. A large
45c, A medium and B large 40c.
grade C 30c; current receipts 30c
per dozen. The market on live
poultry is running dull with heavy
receipts: hens, heavy 23c-2.ric; light
hens 20c; broilers and fryers 28c
30c. i Livestock
Cattle sales al Clyde on Aug. 15.
Receipts very light, market slightly
stronger on classes reported, fan
ners and cutters mostly only type
cows offered at 7.00-11.00. Heifers,
medium to good fat heifers 12.00
14.75, common and dairy tyin-10.50-12.00.
Calves, good at veal
ers 18.00-20.50; the top; medium
type 15.00-18.00: culls and dairy
(Continued on Page Six)