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Published Twicc a-Week In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
NO. 23
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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1917
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
C. lurley Warehouses Cut Fees 25
Jiesville District,
Bethel Schools
Resume Classes
nesville District schools
been closed for the past
Its the Nmtinued sfWJSld
a -j. ...
iienza epidemic and the
weather, will definitely
fen Monday, it was
fom Dr. Mary Michal,
er and Jack Messcr,
fcerintendent of educa
kel and Crabtrce schools
It closed on Monday of
(will also open on Mon-
ling to the officers.
Ron schools were closed
esday afternoon, due tr
P of the disease in that
nought that the Clvrie
ipi nave to bP closed
Jendance held up so well
considered best to con
mere. The Fines fliwl
naance has also been
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itisb soldiers take up positions with Bren guns at a crossroads leading to Jaffa and AUenby. After a
trict martial law, an attack on British Military headquarters brought a new crisis. (International)
ols Vill Re-Open
day Horning To End
k Of 'Flu Holiday
Meiphantspffer
Many Specials
Paper Out Early
ilie
MiUiineer fa belnr
published a Say " early In' co
operation; with the merchants
of - the .-conununUy.who are
staging a two-day sales event
"Value Demonstration Days"
for Friday and Saturday ( this
week. i .
The special messages of the
merchants' are being carried in
this issue, and the paper is be
ing published a day earlier in
order that all readers will gtt
their paper before sales events '
start on . Friday' mor,hinjr. .
Regular sehedule of si Tlie ,
Mountaineer will be resumed
on Monday afternoon, with the
papere being distributed early.
Tursday.mernirig:; t t . '
Throaghout today's Issue, a ?
large? number of special mes- '
sages from merchants are be
ing published, carrying many
items of special value for Fri
day and Saturday.
Two Farm Planning
Programs This Week
Two Farm Planning meetings
that were postponed recently due
to bad weather, were re-schedulcd
for this week by County Agent
Wayne Corpening.
The meeting at Morning Star
school was to have been held on
Thursday night, and the meeting
at the Beaverdam school will be
held tonight, with the Canton
high school band playing in both
communities.
Chamber Of
Board Wants
Sun; Against
The" directors of the Chamber of
Commerce voted against daylight
saving time for this community, at
their regular monthly meeting here
Monday night. C. J. Reece, presi
dent, .was in charge.
the directors discussed the mat
ter from all . angles, and decided
that "in the best interest of the
community at large, that the plan
was not practical."
The board also discussed a pro
posal to. stage an apple blossom
festival here. It was decided that
the time was loo short to success
fully stage a well-rounded program
around apple blossom time this
year, but went on record as favor
ing the plan, and suieestina that
the matter be brought up again
later in the year in time to prepare
for next Spring's blooming season.
President Reece named a com
mittee' composed of C N. Allen,
IN PALESTINE
Symphony
Is Given
Enthusiastic
Reception
Group To Play
Children's Concert
Here Monday-
Benjamin; Swalin directed the
Little Symphony of the North Caro
lina Symphony Orchestra through
a Variety of numbers that appealed
to those who Kajoy .nusioAl crafts
manship as well as the more popu
lar concert ' pieces to an enthus
iastic if not crowded audience in
the' Waynesville Township high
school auditorium Tuesday night.
The Little Symphony will return
to play a special program for school
children here Monday morning if
school is open then, it was announc
ed by Mrs. Jonathan Woody. Should
school, still be closed due to the
prevalence ,of flu, the orchestra
plans to return to Waynesville in
May when 'the full symphony will
be on tour.
Spirited response to the conduc
tor's movements was given by the
orchestra, giving life to the music
and, enlarging their reputation for
capable performance.
Tile program opened with Bach's
Chorale Prelude, "The Old Year
Is Past," which was followed by
four movements of Mozart's Sym
phony No. 36 in C major.
After satisfying those who ap
preciate the more serious music
variety of lighter numbers were
rendered with as equally a pro
fessional touch. These included
Mendelssohn's "Andante," Kreis
ler's "Libesfreud," Cohen's "Con
trapuntal Capers," "Farandole" by
Bizet, the "Jamaican Rumba" by
Benjamin; and two of the best by
Strauss, the "Pizzicato Polka" and
Wine, Women and Song" waltz.
Introductory descriptions were
given before each number by the
conductor, adding much interest to
the concert. Appreciation was ex
pressed to all who helped make ar
rangements for the program and
to supporters of the Symphony So
cicty.
Commerce
To Go By
New Time
David Underwood, Ed Sims and
Wayne Corpening to work with
officials of the Livestock and Home
Arts Show in their proposed pro
gram for this coming fall's pro
gram and all future programs.
The publicity committee was in
structed to make plans for the
erection of several large highway
signs at important road intersec
tions, and also submit suggested
copy and costs of bumper cards
and luggage stickers to be used
extensively throughout the season.
Service stations and hotels would
nut the bumper cards on all out-
of town cars, and the siicKers
would be placed on luggage or car
windows.
The directors also voted to stage
at an early date, "Politeness week
and offer prizes in connection with
the event. Details will be present
ed at the next meeting by a special
committee.
Plan Work On
Health Dept. Announces
Pre-School Clinics Vill
Begin Soon For Haywood
Sheriff's Salary
Raise Introduced
By Rep. Palmer
A bill was sent to the house
committee on salaries and fees
Tuesday after being introduc
ed by Rep. Glenn C. Palmer
to increase the salary of the
Haywood county sheriff from
its present base of $2,400 a
year.
An annual salary of $3,600
would be set up and the sheriff
would receive in addition "all
fees, commissions, collections
and allowances now provided
for the office of sheriff of Hay
wood county. There would be
$1,000 per year for traveling
expenses in the county, and
six cents per mile for each
mile traveled outside of the
county on official business, if
such mileage is approved by
the board of commissioners."
Baxter Rogers, 27
Succumbs To Auto
Accident Injuries
Baxter Rogers, 27. of Canton,
R. F. D. No. 3. died in an Ashe
vllle hospital about 2:15 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon of injuries sus
tained Monday night about !)
o'clock when the automobile in
which he was riding left the high
way about three miles west of En
ka. Mr. Rogers was listed by investi
gating officers as the driver of the
car, which knocked down a utilities
pole and overturned. They said the
highway was wet at the time of the
accident. Dillard Grooms, also of
Canton, R. F. D. No. 3, was a pas
senger in the car, but escaped in
jury.
Dr. Paul R. Terry. Buncombe
county coroner, said Tuesday night
that no inquest will be held.
Mr. Rogers was a former wood
hauler for the Champion I'ape
and Fibre company.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs
John Rogers of Lake Logan, and
in addition to his parents is sur
vived by his widow, the former
Miss Iva Lee Queen; two daugh
ters, Joyce and Markalena;, one
son, Wallace, all of Haywood coun
ty; four brothers, Garland, Paul
and Eugene of Haywood county
and Frank of Beaumont, Texas
six sisters, Mrs. Jesse Revis, Mrs
Homer Galloway, Mrs. Horace Sin
gleton. Mrs. Clay Woody, Mrs. Har
ry Rogers, and Miss Betty Sue
Rogers, all of Haywood county.
The funeral arrangements were
incomplete, as The Mountaineer
went to press, but it was thought
the funeral would be held some
time Friday and the body would
be taken to the home oi the par
ents at Burnett Siding.
ine wens lunerat nome is in
charge of the arrangements.
Spring Gets
Cold Reception
The calendar shows that the
Vernal Equinox is due around
6 o'clock Friday morning,
which is the annual announce
ment for Spring, and the pass
ing of winter, but the weather
man seems to deny her ar
rival. With a wintery snow storm
laying its white mantle over
Mother Earth, followed by a
cold drizzling rain on Wednes
day, Spring in her lighter
moods, with a touch of expect
ed balmy sunshine, seems far
away this week."
Yet the Vernal Equinox ush
ers In the season, despite the
cold reception that the weath
er man is greeting the ever
.welcome advent of Spring.
But no matter how stormy the
weather, Spring is here and
will soon assert her rights.
First Clinic Scheduled
For Rock Hill On
Friday, March 28
The amial Pie-school clinics con
ducted each year by the county
health department arc scheduled to
start this month, according to an
announcement by Dr. Mary Michal.
health officer.
Parents are urged to bring their
babies and all children who will en
ter school for the first time in the
fall as the latter will be required
by law lo present certificates show
ing that they have been immunized
against diphtheria, whooping cough
and smallpox.
Due to the current influenza
epidemic, the clinics which were lo
have been conducted at the Patton
school in Canton on Thursday, the
20th, and the Morning Star school
on Monday, the 24th, have been
cancelled for the present and an
nouncement will be made later of
the dates they will be held.
The first to be conducted on the
program will be the clinic held on
Friday, the 28th, at the Rock Hill
school at 9:00 o'clock and at Mag
gie school at 11 o'clock on the same
day.
Others in order in which they
will be conducted include: Aprir
ai :uu ociock, uecn school: April
3, at 11:00 o'clock, Crtiso: April 3
at 1:00. Bethel school: April 4, 9.00
Saunook; April 4. at 10:30, Allen's
Creek school: April 7, at 1:00
o'clock. Beaverdam school
April 11, at 9:00 o'clock at Huz
(Continued on Page Two)
28 Are Appointed
Justices of Peace
For Haywood
Twenty-eight justices of the
peace for Haywood county this
week received their appointment
for a two-year period ,the stale lim
it on such appointments, according
to correspondence from Represen
tative Glenn C. Palmer at Raleigh
Appointments were as follows:
Beaverdam township: S. II. Jus
tice, It. R. Mease, W. H. McKlralh
and W. W. Pless; Cattaloochce:
Mack Caldwell; Cecil: Jack Ilipps;
Clyde: W. R. BradshSw. Manson
Cagle. and N. C. West: Fast Fork:
F. C. Green. John Fineher, Charles
B. MeCracken. fioy Rogers and
Homer Trantham.
Iron Duff: J. Manson Medford:
Ivy Hill; V. A. Campbell; Jona
than Creek: R. VV. Howell and
John Howell; Pigeon: Gaston Bur
nett and D. W. Caldwell; Waynes
ville: J. S. Black, H. B. Ledbetter.
W. C. Medford, and W. H. Noland;
White Oak: E. C. Sutton.
Caldwell Bound
To Court On Car
Theft Charge
"Buster" Caldwell was bound
over to trial in Superior Court
when tried Tuesday morning for
theft of an automobile before Mag
istrate W. C. Medford at the court
house. Upon Caldwell's evidence.
the stale s witness, Floyd McAbee
of Asheville, also was bound over
to Superior Court as being an ac
complice in the act. McAbee was
released on posting $300 bond.
Caldwell could not make the
bond of $1,000 and remains in the
county pan. He, his younger
brother, Bobby, and Raymond
Green of Hazelwood, are scheduled
to appear before Magistrate Wade
Noland for the preliminary hearing
on another case of auto theft, Sat
urday at 2 p. m.
The hearing Tuesday was in re
gards to the alleged theft of J. D.
Roger's Buick, in Shingle Cove the
night of Saturday, March 8, which
was recovered the following morn
ing.
Saturday's hearing is in connec
tion with the 'theft of Gerald
Mooncy's Ford sedan, taken from
Welch street last Friday night and
shortly afterwards abandoned in'
Jackson county. i
r r r r r
Balsam Road
Main Route
Will Receive
New, Wider
Top Surface
No Definite Plans Re
ported for Work On
Waynesville to Dell
wood Road
Funds have been set up for the
widening of Highway 19-23 from
Waynesville to Balsam Gap, which
will be begun this spring, it was
stated Wednesday by J. C. Walker
of Aslievillc, district engineer for
the slate highway commission. A
contract will be let to some private
firm for this work within a short
lime, he indicated, extending the
present road to 20 feet width and
giving it a new top surface.
Other new projects in Haywood
county have not reached the stage
of definite action, he stated. Ask
ed about the report that the road
from Dcllwood to Waynesville
(routes 284-289) would be widened
to a three-lane highways, Mr. Walk
er said that his department had
talked about it as something that
was needed, along with numerous
other projects, but had not gone
so far as to make preliminary sur
veys of the job.
"We can't do anything like that
until the state legislature gives us
our next budget," he added. "It
takes money to do that work, and
we cannot tell what we can do until
we know , how much
3,1 lave
moneyf we
Rock is being spread over the
road up Pisgah mountain, from
Cruso to Wagon Road Gap, to fin
ish the paving project that was be
gun last year. Paving will be done
aiter April i, when weather per
mits. 1 he highway department will
lay the pavement with its own
equipment, reports Mr. Walker,
rather than contract the job.
Contractors are to begin paving
the Junaluska-Dellwood cutoff next
month, unless delayed by bad
weather. The overhead bridge was
ready for final inspection this week.
Several hundred yards of Highway
19-23 will be torn up and regraded
to connect with the cutoff, which
is several feet lower than the high
way at the junction site.
New Hours For
County Library
Announced
Due to the increasing work
at the Haywood County Li
brary, with its extended ser
vice, it was decided by the
county library board to try out
the following schedule begin
ning this week and continuing
to the first of June:
In the morning the library
will be open from 10 to 12
o'clock and in the afternoon
from 1 to 5; and will be closed
each Wednesday afternoon at
12 o'clock, in keeping with the
schedule of the merchants.
James K. Stringfield. student at
lie University of North Carolina is
spending the Spring vacation here
with his parents.
Haywood Among Counties
Seeking Local Control
Of Beer Sale Licenses
Haywood is included in the list
of counties which will seek to end
the sale of wine and give munici
pal governments the right to pro
hibit or regulate the sale of beer
through a bill now being consider
ed by the General Assembly.
The measure was originally
brought to the floor when Rep.
Mull of Cleveland got it added to
the general appropriation bill as 3
rider, then was promised a favor
able committee report as a separ
ate measure. When re-written for
action, representatives from other
counties desiring the same thing
had it made applicable to them, in
cluding Haywood, Jackson and 11
others.
Early this week it was reported
favorably by the House finance
committee, related Rep. Glenn C.
Aids Farmers
REP. GLKNN PALMER of Hay
wood brought a substantial savings
to the farmers of this area by get
ting the Burlcy tobacco warehouses
in North Carolina to reduce their
charges for handling leaf during
sales periods.
Citizenship Award
Is Announced For
Bethel Students
Masonic Lodge And
Eastern Star To Honor
Outstanding Seniors
At Bethel
In order- ta encourage and proi
mote good citizenship In the Bethel
high school and community, So
noma Lodge No. 472, A. F. and A.
M. and the Sonoma Chapter, U. D.
Order of the Eastern Star will pre
sent during the final week of school
each year Good Citizenship awards
to outstanding boy and girl seniors.
The best citizens will be selected
by secret ballot ol the entire senior
class, reports Bert Cagle of the
Lodge committee in charge of the
boy's award. The Eastern Star
sponsors the girl's award, with both
winners being selected under the
same rules.
Students must have completed
both their junior and senior years
at Bethel to be eligible for the
trophies. They will be judged by
their classmates with the following
standards in mind:
Willing obedience to the rules
and regulations of the school, and
civil laws.
Cooperation with their school
mates and leaders, both at work and
Play.
Participation in the activities of
l the school, church and community.
Bishop R. E. Gribbin
To Preach Here Sunday
The Right Reverend Robert E.
Gribbin, of Asheville. Bishop of the
Diocese of Western North Carolina
will deliver the morning service at
the 11 o'clock hour at Grace Epis
copal Church on Sunday, March
23 rd.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Near
Maun.
I!. Ilipps to Mary Gladys
Palmer in a telephone conversation
with The Mountaineer. Wednes
day afternoon, and appeared to
have a good chance of passing.
However it was sent back to the
committee that day. "for another
battle", he added, "and looks like
it may be killed."
It provides that after July 1,
1947 it shall he unlawful to keep
or sell wine in any of said coun
ties. As soon as the bill is made into
law, the respective boards of county
commissioners "shall have full
power ... to regulate or prohibit
the sale of beer . . except that it
may not prohibit the sale of beer
in any municipality of said coun
ties unless the governing body
adopts a resolution prohibiting the
(Continued on Page Two)
Rep. Palmer
Takes Offer
012-Year
Reduction
Savings Of Over
$50,000 Yearly
Assured Tobacco
Growers
Burlcy tobacco warehouses at
Asheville and Boone voluntarily
agreed to reduce their commissions
from 4 per cent to 3 per cent dur
ing the next two years, offering an
annual saving to farmers of more
than $50,000 in warehouse fees.
This was a compromise finally
agreed to between Haywood's Rep
resentative Glenn Palmer and the
warehousemen Wednesday, after
Palmer had drawn up a bill to ef
fect the reduction in charges. His
bill will not be sent to the Assem
bly in view of this agreement, he
explanied to The Mountaineer.
Rep. Palmer related that he had
received letters or telegrams from
the men in charge of every ware
house in North Carolina's burlcy
marketing area, stating that they
wished to cut the commission on a
voluntary basis for two years at
least rather than being required
to do so by law. These messages are
being placed on file with the State
Department of Agriculture.
Figures with that department
show that the 25 per cent cut in
ices would have amounted to $52.
182.42 during the 1946-47 season
So long as the federal govern
ment supports the price of tobacco
at its present level, the reduced
warehouse fees will be profitable' to
their Operators. Howeverv if "the
support program is suspended with
in the next few years and tobacco
prices drop greatly as would be
expected the warehousemen
would not have any legal restric
tion on returning to their 4 per
cent charges.
This agreement brings the North
Carolina burley market fees in
line with those of Tennessee, which
is 3 per cent, and the bright leaf
belt, where a 2M per cent com
mission is charged.
Forgery Case
Hearing Called
Off, Trial Letter
The preliminary hearing in the
forgery case involving Bennie Mae
Early and Mrs. Howard Clark of
the RatclifT Cove section, which
was to have been heard before
Magistrate Wade Noland, yester
day afternoon was cancelled.
Both women waived evidence
until the July term of Superior
court when the cases will be tried.
Bennie Mae Early is alleged to
have cashed a check for $60. forg
ed with the name of a well known
Haywood county citizen on Febru
ary 15, the forgery being discov
ered at the First National Bank
the day it occurred.
Last Saturday, Mrs. Clark is said
to have attempted to cash a check
for $150 signed by the same hand
writing, with the same signature,
which was instantly discovered by
the teller at the window. Both wo
men were arrested soon after by
Sheriff R. V. Welch and Deputy
Wade McDaniels. Bennie Mae Ear
ly made bond for $500.
Miss Edith Camp of Waynesville
look an active part in the annual
Religious Emphasis Week on Mir. -dith
College campus recently held
under the sponsorship of the Bap
tist Student Union.
Highway
Record For 1947
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed - -Injured
-
0
10
(This InformaUoM Compiled
From Beeords of Slate High
way Patrol) .
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