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Standard PRINTING CO 2liO-'J.;0 S First S LOUISVILLE K'- tehed 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 U-Week kesday Live within 20 miles of Waynesvilto their ideal shopping center. day 16 Pages WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER DO, 1916 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties 1 j Lrd h Set ll Of t Haywood I bl,t,n hovering I for 'Fr,,:n the reports U out by Mrs. r ,,!,.tidi'nt. it L the Stork is now ,dquartors in lPpear that the old )ra much postwar taking a short cui I ,s unloading nis ,i ihi- first stop L be at tht- buiid- Ashewlle road in Le ail records in lrd of llic Hawood I There ere oo L to gladden that Raywouei. VS'iify llaynes ot tie 2. announce me Sept 11. I Guy Gunter ol tune 1, announce ghtiT on Sept. 11.' Frank James ot ; Luce the birth of h ! Wis Hicks of Can : birth of a daugh- I Millard Hill of lie 1, announce the i Sept. 12. Hancy llussinan ! luncc the birth of j James Salter of 3, announce the Sept. 12. Bob Keener of he birth of a son Grady Burch of 2, announce the Sept. 13 James Brown of 1, announce the iteron Sept. 13. Charles Press ley ince the birth of a Roscoc Benson of k 2, announce the Iter on Sept. 13. Paul McElroy of Nnce the birth of bt 13. M. B. Donaldson 2, announce the Sept 14. W. Trantham Nnce the birth of 'Pt. 14, Boy Overman of on l'aw 5i iHikors Peak Black Rock Sunday's trin Hikers of Ashe- foot peak is top- I black hasalf -,.L. fioes have been ; Mm this peak are 1 beautiful of wt... ! I Pes th Acl,..:ii. S:3f a. m . u iii I -reek iiKt v,, j "Snesvill,..c,.i.. P.3' mile ascent ! Pck Bock ridge. Cannerv 54 After feason m 25 m v. ue me Jon nf .u v. u,e c.om. r ear'y summer "lc manager ' be t ... ine can- Report b''aineer by tartly 'clonHv ff with I5isf,:" " ca- PartK-. . ooj "etl show ature li: " i the Vi. . Rainfall Busy As Ever, ips Last Week Rotary Official 5 fc.Mvj.v 1 r,t- v H 1 holt Mcpherson, district governor of Rotary, will pay his official visit to the Waynesville Rotary club at one o'clock today. Howard Clapp, president, has call ed a special meeting of all officers and committee chairmen to meet with the district governor at noon at Waynevilla. Mr. McPherson is editor of The Shelby Daily Star, and secretary of a broadcasting company of that city. Price Rise On Business Phone Rate Is Sought Southern Bell Cites Increased Wage and Other Costs Reason For Request The authority to increase rates for telephone service in North Car olina was requested by Southern Bell in a petition to the State Utilities Commission filed Thurs day, the additional revenue being necessary to meet greatly increased wages and rising costs of material and building construction. If granted by the commission, rates in Waynesville would change as follows: Business individual line, from $3.50 to $4.50 per month; Business two-party line, from $3 00 to $3.75; Business four-party line, from $2.50 to $3.00. Business cus tomers only would be subject to an increase, the rates for tele phones at homes will not be af fected under the changes sought. Southern Bell, however, is asking authority to increase long distance rates five cents on most calls with in the state. Although the increases sought are not expected to produce enough revenue to meet all changes in operating costs, the company felt it to be to the best interests of business in the state that resi dential rates be kept as low as pos sible. "The telephone company did not manager in the Carolinas. points profit from the war," E. H. Wasson, out. "Earnings declined through out that period and are today less than half of what they were at the beginning of the war. Earnings declined from an average invest ment return of 5.56 per cent in (Continued on Page Eight) 1 if I Immediate Attention To Educational Needs Cited In Talks By Leatherwood "There is every reason why im mediate attention be given to edu cational program in North Caro hna, as many new problems have arisen in the past few years," Law rence Leatherwood, president of the Haywood Chapter of the N. C. Educational Association told the Parent-Teacher Association in Haz elwood Monday night, and the Cen tral Elementary association on Tuesday night. Mr. Leatherwood is principal of the Hazelwood school, and cited the seven points of the program adopted by the State Educational Association. "The proposed program is not just for the benefit of the teachei, but for the educational program in the state as a whole. There are many problems which have arisen during the past few years which must now be faced, and faced im mediately," he said. Jury Still Deliberates On English Case Here One Additional Divorce Granted Since Tuesday A. M. In Civil Court The jury in the case of Fred English against Fred Freeman, E Y. Ponder. Alvin Dockery. J. Robert Johnson, Ernest Shelton, and Moody Brigman, involving a $50,000 damage suit continues to disagree after nearly two days of deliberation. The case which ori ginated in Madison county was brought to Haywood county for trial and was included on the cal endar of the September term of Superior Court, now in session with Judge Felix E. Alley presiding. The trial is the result of a contest involving the Clerk of Court in Madison. Mr. English was appointed as acting clerk by the Madison coun ty board of supervisors to succeed Clyde M. Roberts, clerk, who was granted a leave of absence for duties with the navy. Judge Zeb V. Nettles held that, the board was without authority to name the acting clerk and appoint ed Mr. Johnson to the office, when Mr. English was said to have re fused to turn over the office to Mr. Johnson, he was held in contempt of court by Judge Nettles and was placed in Buncombe county pail, December 22, 1943, being released two days later. Since Tuesday one other divorce case has been heard and granted bringing the total of the week up to 22. In the case of Browning against Warren, in which the plaintiff was bringing suit for $1700, the case was settled in favor of the defen dant. As The Mountaineer went to press the case of Millwood vs Nich ols which involved an automobile accident, had been brought up for trial. Junior Livestock Winners Will Get Cash Premiums Winners in the W. N. C. junior dairy cattle show held recently at Biltmore, will receive premiums awarded by the Asheville Mer chant's association, which sponsor ed the event. According to an announcement this week, the premiums will amount to $9.50 for blue ribbon winners, $9 for red ribbon winners, and $8.50 for white ribbon winners. The premiums are to be paid from funds remaining after other ex penses of the show are paid. A number of Haywood county 4-H and FFA members are eligible for the cash prizes. Pupil Fractures Arm As School Bus-Truck Collide A collision between a Canton school bus and a truck Tuesday was reported to have injured one pupil. Teddy Jones, eight, who received a fractured left arm. None of the other students ridieg in the bus were injured enough to require medical attention. The collision occurred about two miles east of Canton on the Asheville highway. The seven points which Mr. Leatherwood discussed in detail included: 1. A more adequate program of health in the schools with provision for physical examinations of all school chldren and corrective med ical care, with financial assistance in cases where it is needed. 2. Increased salaries of instruc tors and supervisors commensurate with the rising cost of living. 3. An effective system for the enforcement of the compulsory school attendance law. 4. Increased retirement bene fits. 5. More teachers in the system to relieve overcrowded classrooms and provide instruction in addi tional worthwhile subjects. 6. A stronger continuing con tract law. 7. State participation on an (Continued On Tage Eight) Loses Legs - But Wearing her new artificial legs, Jo Ann Jackson, 15, of San Francisco practices singing as she rehearses for a career with a I SO band unit composed of disabled vets. Studying to be a ballerina, the plucky girl lost both legs in a trolley accident last February. (International). Canton Draft Board To Move Here Monday Hospital Morning Visiting Hours Discontinued The morning visiting hours at the Haywood County Hos pital, which have been from 10 to 11 o'clock will be discon tinued, according to announce ment made yesterday by Mrs. Irene Rogers, superintendent. "This action is necessary be cause of the overcrowded con dition on each of the floors, and the large number of opera tions performed in the morn ing, all of which keep every nurse and helper too busy for the interruption caused by visitors," explained Mrs. Rog ers in making the statement. "This elimination of the morning visitors is for the benefit of the patients, in order that we may give them better service," further pointed out the superintendent. The afternoon hours from 2 to 4 o'clock and the evening visiting period from 7 to i! o'clock will remain the same, said Mrs. Rogers. Three Given Road Sentences Monday For Drunkenness Fifteen persons wore tried in Mayor's Court here Monday. Of 12 persons tried for public drunkenness two were given SM days on the road and one perosn was sentenced to 32 days on 1 lie road, being guilty of repeated vio lations. Seven on the same charge were released upon payment of court costs, and the other two wore given a suspended sentence, to be cleared upon payment of court costs. One man was arrested for driving drunk, and fined $50 and costs, with driver's license suspended for a year. One on a charge of dis orderly conduct was fined $25 and costs, and a man caught gambling was fined $10 and costs. J. D. Hyatt Enters Music School In N. Y. J. D. Hyatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Hyatt, who has been con nected with the advertising depart ment of The Waynesville Moun taineer left Wednesday for New York, where he will enter the Julliard School of Music. He successfully passed the ex aminations and auditions necessary for entrance to the school during June of this year. A veteran of World WTar II, young Hyatt is a graduate of the local high school and served in the army for three years. He was attached to the finance department of the Army Air Forces, and was given special training in his work at Wake Forest and Duke University. He was stationed for the greater part of the time he was in the service at Ncwburgh, N. V. Keeps Courage Consolidation Of Two Haywood Boards Decided At Meeting Monday Haywood county's two Draft Boards will carry on their work in the Waynesville olliee, discontinu ing at Canton, effective Monday. Sept. 23. At a meeting Monday afternoon in the Board No. 1 odk-e at the court house, members of I lie tw o boards deeided on the details of their consolidation. All records will he brought from the Hoard No. 2 office at Canton to (he Draft Hoard olliee here by Mrs. Norma H. Hriggs, clerk, but kepi separate from the records of the local hoard. The Canton board members: James K. Henderson, llarley E. Wright and Mr. Mitchell, will hold their meetings here on Thursday of each week, and the Waynesville hoard. Dr. Tom Stringield, T. I. Crccn. and il. C. Ferguson, will meet on Fridays. Each will deal with (lie .selective service regis trants lioin their respective areas. Miss Edna MeCracken, clerk for the local board, explains that this consolidation is in line with poli cies set by Ihe national direelor of selective service. The large amount of work which was brought on by the war has decreased now to a small routine of filing discharges of men released and classifying the few men who yet are eligible for service in the armed forces. Because of changes in the draft law and the fact that most men who are of age for service have already served, few inductions have been made in Haywood dur ing recent months. Several men have volunteered, but the rate is small now in comparison to the war period. During the past week, reports Miss MeCracken, two men left for induction. Love Leo Moore, a vol unteer, and Roy Allen Rhinehart, a transfer from the Sylva board, were to report Wednesday for pre induelion examination at Fort Bragg. County-Wide Teachers Meet This Afternoon A county-wide meeting of the teachers in the public schools will be held Friday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, in the auditorium of the Waynesville Township high school, according to Jack Messer, county superintendent of education. Lawrence Leatherwood, presi dent of the Haywood county chap ter of the North Carolina Edu cational Association, will preside. The meeting will be devoted en tirely to perfecting the organiza tion for the coming year, and all teachers are expected to attend. MARRIAGE LICENSES William Andrew Kohl, of Ridge wood, N. Y., to Louise Scott Barnes, of Canton. Henry Toole Clark, of Scotland Neck, to Blanche Burress, of Canton. District P.-T. A. Meet Opens Tuesday in Hazelwood School Trains Here Begin New Schedule On Sunday Fast Bound Passenger Train To Asheville Will Leave At 9:15 Each Morning Effective Sunday the Southern Railway passenger trains going through Waynesville will operate on a changed schedule. The 11:15 a, in. (local timei train No. 17 going west to Murphy will leave at I 1 30, which is 15 minutes later. Train No. IB will leave Waynesville for Asheville at 9:15 a. in. An advertisement published in this isst.e of The Mountaineer an nounces the change of schedule. Since Ihe railway uses Central Standard lime rather than Eastern Standard lime that is used locally, hours listed in the advertisement are in railway time. II is pointed out that the arrival of the train in Asheville will af ford convenient connections to trains bound South and East. Some changes in mail delivery from here are expected. However, the local post office will receive details of the new schedule It will follow from the chief postal clerk at Greensboro, who is in charge of such arrangements. No instructions had been received by Thursday. The earlier hour followed by (be train going -to Asheville will dis continue the "11 o'clock mail" go ing East unless a substitute carrier is provided. However, the local post office explains that at present (here is a motor vehicle used on an early morning route to Ashe ville which may be transferred to lake care of the morning outgoing mail. If (his transfer is made there would only be a slight change in the mail going West and none in that going Eas(. McElroys To Open Grocery Dept. Here Saturday Saturday morning will mark the opening of MeElioy's Grocery Store on the Dellwooil Road, Mr. and Mrs. Everette McElroy are owners. The grocery department is an expansion of the business they have operated for some time. The firm will have in addition to the large modern grocery de partment, the service st ition. taxi service, wood yard and do local and long distance hauling. A fleet of four large trucks are being used by the hauling depart ment, and sales of sand, stone and brick are also handled by the firm. The grocery department has just been completed, and a large stock of staph and fancy groceries, pro duce and cold meats will be fea tured. The owners will serve refresh ments all day on the opening Sat urday. The store will remain open until nine each evening. Haywood FSA Personnel Attend Asheville Talks In New Federal Agency Haywood county's three Farm Security Administration commit teemen and administrators attend ed the two-day meeting at Ashe ville this week in which a discus sion of new legislation on farm credit was held and the needs for better farm and home planning were brought out. Vance E. Smith, state director of the FSA, spoke to the represen tatives of Western North Carolina counties who attended, describing the new Farm Housing Adminis tration organization which will take over the work now beng done by the FSA and certain operations of the Farm Credit Administration. W. B. Oliver, district supervisor, presided at the sessions, held Tues day and Wednesday in the Langren hotel. From Haywood the following attended: Charles C. Francis, Way nesville; Charles R. Liner, Lake Evangelist HnanniaiiingjgnMPBMMHMMi DR. FRED li. BROWN, former pastor of the First Baptist church, Knoxville. Tenn., will preach from the pulpit of the local f irst Baptist church in a series of meetings that begin Sunday morning. 1st Baptist Church Will Open Revival Series Here Knoxville Pastor, Dr. West Announced As Visiting Evangelist A special series of evangelistic meetings will begin Sunday at the First Baptist church, continuing through October 2, with Dr. Fred F. Hrown, pastor emeritus of the First Baplisl church of Knoxville, Tenn., eoiuliicl i ng the services. Dr. Brown, who retired after a pastorate of 25 yc.-ii:, at the Knox ville church in May, has been ac tive in dciiomiiiat ional affairs since 1921. He was executive secretary of the Promotions Committee of the Southern Baptist convention for the years 1931-32, and the fol lowing year was elected president! of the convention He is a trustee of Carson-1 Newman college anil the Tennessee' Baptist Orphange, and a member' of the exeenlive committee of thej lennessee Slate convention Subjec t for lu In st sermon, Sun day morning, will be "The Glorious Gospel ol ChrM." In the evening service be will speak on "The Church." Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock, Dr. Brown will use as his subject "(loci's Plan for a Revival," and on Tuesday evening will preach on "lndilTeience." Dr. Brow n. comemnls Rev. L. G. Elliott, pastor ol the local church, is one of the most lovable spirits there is; a great preacher, and a greater Christian, lie extends an invitation to Haywood Baptists and all other I c ' 1 1 c 1 1 1 i i i ; 1 1 1 1 s to allelic! these special nii'cl ings. REVIVAL IADS AT ( I.VDE A revival at the Louisa Chapel Mi-lhoelisl chinch in Clyde will conclude tonight at the 7.30 ser vice. Rev. R. M Hardee, former army chaplain and pastor at High lands, has been assisting Rev. C. O. Newell in the .sc ries of meet ings. Junaluska: and Jarvis R. Caldwell, Iron Duff, members of the FSA committee; .1. A. McDerris, FS su pervisor, and Bertha Proffitt, FSA home supervisor. The new federal credit agency, FHA, will begin operating Nov. 12 at which time the FSA will be abolished. Administrative person nel from the FSA and that part of the FCA which also is abolished are expected to be absorbed into the FHA. Under the new organization, one change on credit regulations will require that the borrower certify that he can not get money from private lending agencies. Another point brought out at the meeting was that although the 40 year re payment loans still exist, the maxi mum amount that the government will lend an individual is $7,500 (which was up to $12,000 for vet (Continued on Page Eight) 200 Delegates From W. N. C. Counties Expected To Attend Meeting Mrs. Bessie Howell of Swan nanoa, state president, and many district officers in the Parent Teacher Association will attend the district meeting which will be held Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Ihe Hazel wood Elementary school. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. for the approximately 200 del egates expected from all counties in the wetsern part of the state. The program will begin at 1(1:00 o'clock, with Mrs. Allen Luther of Asheville, district director, presid ing. Mrs. Albert Abel, local chair man in charge of arrangements, announces that there will be short talks by each president from the various local I'.-T.A 's who attend. Mrs. Howell also is to speak, and an information period will be con ducted by Mrs. J. S. Blair of Wallace, district secretary. Follow ing the program lunch will be served in the school cafeteria. Mrs. J. W. Burke, state secre tary, of Gibsonvillc; Mrs. Tom Fer guson, of Bryson City, assistant district director; Mrs. Charles For tune, district secretary; Mrs. J. C. Wright, publicity chairman; and Mrs. R. U. Sutton, chairman of the Home and Family Life com mittee, from Sylva, are among the officers expected to attend. This is the first district meeting held in the Waynesville school dis trict for several years. Drivers Are Requested To Slow Speed Near Schools Streets Near Central Elementary And High School Are Being Zoned Automobile traffic in the vicinity of the Central Elementary and township high .schools will be held down to a speed of 10 miles per hour during school hours, and local police request the cooperation of drivers in complying with the new zoning regulations that are going into effect. For more than a week one of the town policemen has been on duly j at the junction of Academy and j Main Streets (by the Baptist j church! where a large number of pupils cross over to g.( to Central 'Elementary and the kindergarten I Warning signs announc ing that as a school zone and slowing traffic to the legal .speed will be set up ' shortly . 1 Town Manager G C. Ferguson announces that the junction of Hay wood and Boyd Ave. 'by Central Elementary ' will be oned, as well as that part of Brown Ave running in front of the high school. Tin East Waynesville school, he- ex plains, is out of town liinils and it would be up to the- highway commission to zone the road in front of that school. Market Report Eggs and Poultry With egg receipts light, the price at the Farmers Exchange advances to 55c a dozen. Hens are quoted at 20-22c a pound. The market in Asheville is stronger, receipts light. Grade A large 57; A medium 46, B large 45, Grade C 32, checks and dirties 20. The live poultry mar ket due to less beef and pork reaching the public is showing a strong increase. Broilers and fry ers 42 to 45. Heavy breed hens 30-3 lc. Apples Hendersonville: Market about steady, receipts moderate. Bu. Romes 1.65 to 1.75; Stamins 3.00; Red Delicious 2.25, Golden Deli cious 1.50. (Report from Atlanta is as of Wednesday) Atlanta: N.C. Bu. baskets inch min. Stamins 3.50-3.75; Romes 3.00 to 3.25; bulk per bu., various varieties, mostly ordinary quality, 1.25 to 1.75. New York: Va. Delicious 3.75, X. Y. Mc- (Continued on page 8) - M ' ? 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