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Standard PRINTING CX U0-2o0 S First S LOUISVILLE Kv Week Lsday lay The Waynesville Mountaineer 49,500 People Live within 20 milei of WaynesvilW their Ideal shopping center. Published Twice-a-Week In The County Scat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park fVEAK tie Jarbecue, Speaker Jng Planned U county s inn u .i . i ,rd Home s Ld with indica- shpw et on ui- i additional pioj- H and conimu- 'ttie meetings of Friday ana fc-omen. ana bs in the county ijie High School iht. Oct. tr to Ihf animals being low. A barbecue h about 500 per- bc there at the for the barbecue bavid Underwood. ace Ward, Paul istmoreland, Mrs. almer. Miss Mary !Dr. J- L. Reeves, Bob Sutton. One been donated for Dr. Reeves. opens the follow- re will be three fcntries. Two will restock and home Ird to a new fea- sIioh, industrial Prevost has been eommittee that o( the industrial entries expected icturing firms in Heinz Rollman, led Doutt, J. G. Jen Colkitt com- pee. irmors of America rig for their cx- the main tents. bus station will Oct 8th a special tl planned, with erson invited to Id possibly square bcludcd. The urn- for the first night Sims, with Billv ffoodv. Dr. A. P. leatht-rwood, Sam ler Cathnv C r jfy E. Wright, Joe " t. Rav. and members p of Oct. 9th the ford sale will be tan Gartin. na- freford auctioneer 'id . selling the Us and 50 fcmnlp Ml list-have al to H. countv awnt h addition of four Mistered) cattle W'. Thpco inlJ. fwrs one to two Hers one to two tow and calf, 'hese groups are r Calves, George ,R- V. Welch, L. M iotl, pfwk: Steers one -se-john Camp- lL. Gwn W i'iviies H), Beaverdam " J'Mrs of age jynesville; Fred ynd Hiram Mc- Cow and ' Crabtree- .tk Nile; and T. C. Swill The 14th Pident of the e Associaf!on ?f that the an id f held Satur 'V the Armory i eiectic of r of Can. tball sAre rTodav Pare nf i mis OUnto!. . fck. 7 "w S p foothn the u.j- aynesville :. ior fu- No. 73 11 Pages Features Added estock Show Stork Still Hovers Over Haywood The Stork continues to make a regular beat over the Hay wood County Hospital and he stepped up to an all time high record during the month of August, with 96 "bundles from Heaven" dropped in his round of duties. Up to the past month, June of this year with 86, held the top record, with only a slight drop to 81 during the month of July, it was learned from Mrs. Irene Rogers, superintendent. "Sometimes we have had as many as 18 babies in the hos pital at one time, which as you know is beyond our planned accommodations in the mater nity ward," said Mrs. Rogers yesterday. "We may have even a larger number of births in September, according to present prospects of reservations being made in the maternity ward," continued the superintendent with a sigh. "H'e have been trying to get the mothers and babies out of the hospital when the latter are 36 hours old, as it has been necessary in order to make room for the others coming in," explained Mrs. Rogers. 16 Enter Junior Stock Show From County 4-H Clubs Sixteen 4-H club members from Haywood county will enter dairy calves in the Junior Dairy Cattle show that will be held Sept. 16th at Planters Tobacco warehouse in Biltmore, it was announced at the county agent's office this week. In addition to these, there will be from 12 to 15 entries by mem bers of the Future Farmers of America. Those who go will leave here Thursday afternoon, Sept. 12. to arrive in time for the banquet at 7 o'clock that night, at which F. 11. Jeter is announced as speak er. Most of the calves entered by 4-H'ers are near 15 months of age. All are Guernseys except one Jersey heifer, owned by Billy Man ious of the Bethel club, son of C. K. Manious. His calf was born from a Jersey he won at a pig show in past years. Other 4-H entries arc as follows: Marion Ellis Howell, son of Grady Howell; Nancy and Janette Leo pard, daughters of Frank L. Leo pard, all of the Waynesville club. C. V. Rhodarmer, son of R. R. Rhodarmcr, of Morning Star. Zene Wells, daughter of Van Wells; Hugh Terrell, son of H. K. Terrell; Jack Chasson and R. G. Chasson, Jr., sons of R. G. Chasson, all of Bethel; Nickv Williamson, daughter of R. L. Williamson, and Weaver Hipps, son of G. H. Hipps, both of Beaverdam. Pete Noland, son of Fred Noland. and H. R. Caldwell, son of Hardy Caldwell, both of the Crabtree club; Albert McCracken, Jr., son of Albert McCracken, of the Clyde club; Frank and Eugene Medford, sons of C. C. Medford, of the Penn sylvania Ave. (Canton) club New Hazelwood Structure To House Electric Firm A new buildin? nf hriflf nnil enn. crete blocks now going up on Main oireet in Hazelwood will house the Hazelwood Electric Servi Pany. Operators of the new business, which is expected to open within 30 days, will be Houston Swanger and Kim Parham. Bill Prevost is an associate in the firm. The company will do electrical servicing and will carry a complete line of GE electrical appliances. Weather Report (Furnished The Mountaineer by the U. S. Weather Bureau): Thursday, Sept. 5 Fair and con tinued cool today and tonight. Friday, Sept. 6 Fair and cool, becoming partly cloudy and warm er in the afternoon. (Official Waynesville temperature recorded by the staff of the State Test Farm): Dt Max. Mln. Rainfall Sept. 2 80 50 3 78 50 4 70 55 Prisoner Escapes From Gang Near Here Life Term Colored Prisoner Makes Get-Away Tuesday In Aliens Creek William Whiteside, colored pris oner at the State Prison camp in Hazelwood, escaped from the crew of men working at the rock crusher on Aliens Creek Tuesday morning and has thus far not been recap tured. Whiteside was sentenced for life on a burglary charge in Buncombe county. His home was in Ashe ville. The escapee is described by W. F. Swift, superintendent of the prison, as 25 years of age, brown, six feet high, weight 190 pounds. He was in striped uniform at the time he made his get-away. A search has been under way since notice of his escape, and all authorities in the county and near by areas are looking for Whiteside. In Cecil township, near Aliens Creek, the ascaped convict caused considerable excitement. Mrs. J. Edgar Burnette, Mountaineer cor respondent, reports as follows: The serenity of the community was disturbed Tuesday afternoon by the hue and cry of the man hunt. Guards with pistols and a bloodhound, aided by men with rifles from the vicinity, trailed the Negro from the home of George Inman, where the Negro had grabbed some light-colored overalls from the porch. He was trailed on the back side of Lake Logan and up McClure's Creek on the ridges, where the search was dropped about dark without apprehending the man. Many doors were locked up early that night. Rifles were still in evidence on Wednesday morning. The orders given were "shoot on sight." A reward of $10 was of fered for capture of the Negro "dead or alive." Kin McNeil Back Home; Gives Up Associated Press Kin McNeil, formerly with the Associated Press staff in Charlotte, has resigned his position, and has moved to his home at Bethel, where he will do considerable fea ture writing for numerous news papers and national magazines. Mr. McNeil will devote part of his time to the South Literary So ciety, of which he is head. Many of Mr. McNeil's articles have been published in national magazines. He is also conducting a Sunday feature column based on Western North Carolina. RETURNS FROM HOSPITAL Mrs T L Gwvn. associate editor of The Mountaineer, has returned to her home here after undergoing an operation at the Biltmore hos pital. Baseball Game At Canton Instead Of Waynesville Manager Bud Blalock of the Hazelwood baseball team an nounced Thursday that the game between Hazelwood and Canton will be played on the Canton field rather than here, where It was originally sched uled. Football light posts and extra seats have been placed on the local field to make It impractical to play here. An announcement on the sports page that the game would be played here was on the press at the time this in formation was learned, so all fans are asked to disregard that and plan to see the game at Canton. 375 Attend Wellco's Annual Barbecue Event Between 350 and 375 attended the annual. Labor Day barbecue given by the Wel'.co Shoe Corpora tion at the armory Monday after noon. Twenty-three employees were given 5-year certificates, and initiated into the 5-year club, with Christy Reggie, oldest employee in point of service, cutting the cake. WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 6, 1916 HOW ARTIST PICTURES NEW NAVY RESULTS of the Bikini experiments do not foredoom the Navy, according to Admiral W. H. P. Blandy, commander of Operations Crossroads. They merely point to a complete new designing of all naval vessels; strength ening hulls, reducing superstructures, and shielding crews and guns. Artist Louis Biedermann gives his conception of such ships In action. The vessels will probably be powered by atomic energy and fire atomic missiles. Rocket weapons will be used extensively. (International) Budget For $38780 Is Adopted By Hazelwood C. C. Poindexter Thanks AH For Holiday Help C. C. Poindexter, general chairman of the Labor Day celebration, has expressed his appreciation to the people of Waynesville, Hazelwood and vicinity for their cooperation in making the program at Can ton successful this year. Mr. Poindexter states that the work of the Waynesville High School Band was very fine. He adds that when the next July 4th comes around, the people of Canton will help in putting over the annual pro gram at Hazelwood. 12 Register Here At Draft Board During Past Month Twelve new registrants, 18-year-olds, reported during August to the draft board office at the court house. There also were seven men whose discharges were cleared through the Waynesville board. The registrants were: James Guy Lanning, Rt. 1, Waynesville; Eu gene Hamilton Nichols, Hazelwood; James Theodore Sorrells, Jr., Rt. 1, Waynesville; Raymond William Woody, Rt. 2, Waynesville; Zebulon Doyle Alley, Waynesville: Wayne Ferguson, Rt. 1, Waynesville. Dill Price, Rt. 1, Clyde; William Newton Phillips, Hazelwood; Thomas W. McDaniel, Jr., Waynes ville; David Eldridge McCracken, Rt. 2, Waynesville; Love Leo Moore,' Cold Springs; and Doyle Lawrence McCracken, Rt. 1. Clyde. Returned Haywood county ser vicemen w hose discharges were an nounced by the draft board are: SSgt. Willim M. Plott. discharged at Fort Bragg. Pvt. Ernest M. Mes ser, Ft. Sheridan, 111; Pfc. Mc Creary G. Beasley. Ft. Bragg; S 1c James Wilburn Ledford, Shelton, Va.: Pfc. Clyde Hampton Mehaffey (Marine Corps". Early, N. J.; MoMM 3c Homer Randolph No land, Shelton. Va ; and T3 James D. Safford, released at Ft. Bragg. Each of the 23 was given an en graved fountain pen. Short talks were made by Leo Weill, president, Heinz Rollman. general manager and Mr. Feist man. Jonathan Woody was master of ceremonies. After the barbecue, square danc ing was enjoyed by the group, which included about 100 special guests. The Hazelwood board of alder men adopted a budget Tuesday night calling for $.iii.7H0 for the present fiscal year. The budget calls for $11,852.15 to be raised by taxation with a $1.45 levy. The valuation of the town has been set at $887,000. The officials set up in the budget that water rents would bring in an estimated $15,000, and sewer charges another $2,400. The col lection of past due taxes $500 and privilege taxes $200. Also set up in the budget is $6,685 for debt service, with $5,000 going for bond maturities and $1,685 for interest. The town has a bonded indebtedness of about $40,000, with $30,000 of the amount in sewer bonds, which arc self liquidating by a charge being made on every water bill. The general fund will require $6,395, the budget showed, and a street fund of $9,250 was set up. The water fund was established at $16,450, with $10,000 of that amount set aside for the cost of water from the Town of Waynes ville. Also set aside in the water fund was $5,000 for extension of water lines. The purchase of a truck and trac tor for $2,000 was set up in the street fund. Chevrolet Stolen Off Main Street Yesterday noon officers did not have any trace of a blue 1941 super de luxe Chevrolet coupe stolen sometime after 11 o'clock Monday night from the parking lot on Main street to the T. L. Gwvn home. The car was owned by Mr. Gwyn. Officers have broadcast all de tails, but as far as could be learned, no clues have been obtained. Arrangements Are Made For College Bus It has been learned just be fore The Mountaineer went to press that a local bus will op erate between Waynesville and Cullowhee each school day for students who wish to attend Western Carolina Teachers college. Supt. of Education Jack Mes ser announces that arrange ments have been completed with Tom Lee, owner of the Twin-City lines, for this serv ice. Registration will begin at W.C.T.C. next Tuesday, and all students who wish to live here and attend regular classes there are urged to see him at once. Priority on the bus will go to those who see him first, states Mr. Messer, but he will attempt to find transportation for all who desire it. New Funds Available To Expand County REA Two New Directors Elected During Meeting Here Last Saturday The meeting last Saturday of members of the Haywood Electric Membership Corporation at the Court House was the best attended since its formation. Reports of considerable progress in extending electrification throughout the area served, and announcements that a large expansion program has Fed eral funds behind It and will get under way as soon as materials become available were made. During the election of directors for the REA cooperative, two new members were chosen for the board. Roy Rogers took the place of Mrs. C. S. Green to represent Fines Creek, and Dewey Burton of Hosman was elected to represent Transylvania county. He replaces T. W. Cat hey, whose position w as dropped on the consolidation of the Cecil and Pigeon townships to make place for a new director from Transylvania county. The remaining directors are: L. N. Davis, Cecil and Pigeon; Carter Osborne, Clyde; W. P. Harris, Beaverdam; Roy B. Medford, Iron Duff; A. W. Ferguson, Crabtree; Ira II Cogburn, East Fork; C. M. Moody, Jonathan Creek; H. W. Davis, and C. W. London, Upper Hominy (Buncombe county). The directors met separately and elected Mr. Davis to be the new president of the cooperative, suc ceeding Mr. Osborne; and re-elected Mr. Cogburn secretary-treasurer. Gwyn Price, state chairman of the REA, addressed the group, commending them on their prog ress. He stated that the Haywood REA was making as much or bet ter progress than other coopera tives In the state. He remarked that It was his desire to see every rural home get electricity and new farm equipment. R. M. McGirt, of Washington, D. C, another guest speaker, dis cussed the shortage of electrical materials and expressed the hope that supplies soon would be avail able. He announced that Federal funds already have been allotted to serve all the people In this dis trict and take care of extensions that have been planned. This will make possible the new line into Macon county when materials can be secured. R. E. Sentelle, attorney for the cooperative, read the minutes of last year's meeting, which were adopted by vote. There were 138 members present in person, 492 members represented by proxy, and an estimated 100 visitors. The managers report was given by R. C. Sheffield, showing the firm's increase in assets and finan cial standing at the end of the past fiscal year. He gave comparative figures showing the growth in num ber of miles of line 237 to 280, consumers 1,131 to 1,555; power sold 48,616 KW to 67,116 KW. In the absence of Carter Os borne, past president, Mr. Davis gave the president's report. He showed that the group was about ready to eliminate their past finan cial deficit, and expressed the hope of cutting down consumer expenses in the future. He mentioned the large number of applicants for service, adding that lines are being built as rapidly as possible and although held back by the mater ials shortage, that the workmen were doing their best to serve all the people. Three new amendments to the by-laws were passed by majority vote. These were: I) To refund membership fees when member sells property and moves out of the service area, 2) To dissolve (Continued on Page Four) Legion Post Reports Good Progress In Drive Many new members are being added to the local American Le gion post, and Howell Crawford, chairman of the membership drire, feels that its goal will be reached before the drive is concluded. Haywood Post No. 47's executive committee is attempting to secure some prominent Legionnaire as speaker for its next monthly meet ing on September 13. The meeting will begin at 7:30 that night In the American Legion Home. D. F. Whitman, post commander, $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties First State Bank To Open Tuesday New Bank Cashier JOHN H. SMITH has been named cashier of The First Slate Hank, Hazelwood, which will open for bus iness Tuesday morning. (Photo by Ingram, Sky land Studio). Surfacing Of No. 276 Is Well On Schedule Workmen are pushing ahead on the project of paving a 3-mile sec tion of Highway No. 27(i at Wagon Road Gap over I'isgnh, the engin eering department told The Moun taineer yesterday. Work is running on schedule, and actual surfacing is expected to begin Monday or Tuesday. For the past week workmen have been lev eling crushed stone, and packing the roadbed in preparation for the asphalt surfacing. Haywood Man On Wake Forest Planning Group A. J. Ilutchins of ('anion, has been named on the planning com mittee for Hie construction of the new greater Wake Forest College, which was recently appointed by the Wake Forest College Board of Trustees' executive committee. Others on the committee are O. M. Mull, of Shelby, chairman. Robert P. Iloldcn, of Smithfield, Basil M. Watkins, of Durham, and President Thurmau Kitchen of Wake Forest. The committee has been author ized to consider the physical layout of the campus, erection of build ings, employment of architects and landscape engineers. A campaign for building funds will get under way as soon as preliminary plans and agreements have been reached and the test case settled. A three-man committee to pre pare a test case for the State Su preme court in connection with the college's acceptance of the 7.. Smith Reynolds Foundation Fund and its move to Winston Salem has been named by the col lege board of trustees. On this committee are former Governor J. Melville Hiouqhfon of Raleigh, Judge L. R. Varser, of Lumbcrton, and Irving, Caiiyle of Winston Salem, with the college's attorney, J. Wilbur Bunn, of Raleigh. BOX SUPPER AT BETHEL A box supper, sponsored by the Young Adult class of the Bethel Methodist church, will be given tonight at 8 o'clock. Entertain ment features will be Included on the program. reports that at the recent state convention of the Legion, some im portant changes were made in the state organization which empha sizes new aims and objectives. The executive committee feels that an explanation of these changes would be beneficial to the Legion mem bership, and would familiarize re turning veterans with what the group stands for. All returning veterans ace urged to attend the coming meeting. It is believed that a very interesting program will be presented. Modern Building Renovated For New Banking Instituion In Hazelwood Final preparations are being completed this week for the formal opening of The First State Bank, Hazelwood, on Tuesday, Sept 10th. The board of directors and stock holders held a meeting this week, and went over final plans for the opening. Hie building at the corner of Main Street and Brown Avenue, has been remodeled into a modern banking house. I he institution announced bank ing hours would be from 10 until twoo'ulock daily except on Fridays, when the bank would remain open until six o'clock to accomodate those getting weekly pay checks from the various plant. Officers of the bank are Jonathan Woody, president, ('. N. Allen and Joe S. Davis, vice presidents, and John H. Smith, cashier. Directors include Jonathan Woody, C. N Allen, Joe S. Davis, L. N. Davis, J. K. Mamie and R. L. Prevost. Dixie Super Market Has Fine Opening The formal opening of the Dixie-Home Super Market on Main street here Thursday morning brought out large crowds of shop pers throughout the day. At times, the front door had to be closed in order to let soma cus tomers get out. The opening was termed "suc cessful" from every angle, accord ing to officials of the company who were here for the opening. Many scarce items, that have been off grocery shelves for months, were featured. Spare Stamp 51 Good For Sugar Spare Stamp 51 in Ration Book No. 4 is good for five pounds of sugar through December 31, if the grocer has the sugar, OPA remind ed housewives yesterday. The stamp became valid Sunday. On that day also Stamp 49 was supposed to expire, but because of sugar shortages in many cities, OPA extended its validity through September 30 so that consumers may cash it. Spare Stamp 9 and 10 each are good through October 31 for five pounds of home canning sugar. Market Report Eggs and Poultry Eggs at the Farmers Exchange are still in short supply and bring 50c a dozen. In Asheville the mar ket, as of Thursday noon, was re ported stronger, supplies light. Grade A large eggs 51; A medium and B large 45; Grade C 32; and current receipts 38-40. Live poul try, market steady, supplies mod erate. Broilers and fryers 31-32. Supplies light on hens. Heavy breed hens 25-27; light breed hens 20. Apples All varieties of apples at the Farmers Exchange are quoted at 2.00 to 2.50. Hendersonville: mark et steady, receipts heary. Bushel Stamin Wlnesaps and Rod Delic ious, 3.00-3.25; WoM Hirers ad Rome Beauties 2.50. Atlanta: mark et steady. Ga,.N. C, and Va. bu. baskets 2V4 inch minimum Delic ious 4.00-4.50. Various varieties, 2Vi inch minimum, quality fair to good 2.50. Vegetables The Farmers Exchange: Potatoes 2.00. Squash 2.25-2.50. Hender sonville: Beans, market steady, r ceipts heavy. Bu. tender-greeris Poles bu. 3.50 and receipts very light. Peppers, receipts heavy, bu. bull nose type 1.00. Atlanta: Squash market firm, N. C. bu. hampers yellow type 4.25-4.75. Beans, mark et firm, Ga. sacked per bu. green round type 3.25-4.00; Poles 3.50 4.50. a few at 5.50. Potatoes mark. et steady, N. J. 100 lb. sacks No. 1 cobblers 2.90-3.00; Washington 100 lb. sacks No. 1 Longwhites 4.25-4.50.