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Standard PRINTING Cl 220 S First St LOCISVTLI r T Published Twice-a-Week Every Tuesday and Friday People The Waynesville Mountaineer miles of deal le their enter- Published Twice-a-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties YEAR No. 66 TWELVE PAGES Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 19. 1947 ;toM ns Underway New Firm, By N. W. Funeral Home has (filiated with the In itial Life Insurance Infinite, and arc of- Nefil, up to $750. Mt yesterday by No- president of the lo- striell.v voluntary. ion-profit basis" Mr. ! lie explain,.,! that w tn provide cash p750 al a lime when pi'!' needed 'reaHv a1; the operation PPf. a. it a life J available to those mirial insurance. luced t,i a minimum ffl of death, the Promptly and with- "chit .xiuiuat is an ,. . . . fxperienced recoe- lurial association od- i Carolina, who saw Mi a serviee after On Pace live) pdar Of rents )XD.v fiMluska. It,ls H. Linns x V.....1, Rational Guard vs. P'ka. Chancellor "owning. feeling, jHome. A me i PSDAv Nutation i j lm I, "i t uu- 1 aae T, F Report Mounts .... hBurea, : "1' " I 'Mostly doudv Ln ,0ni?h' Wth Pn Of fa-l., ... founder MnZt !3-i rtly cloudy. and ' 51 uun or earlu S;' tempera l0 ltle staff f k Min. 55 59 62 60 Rainfall .68 i n r wood oapusis uainer luuay 62nd Annual 2-Day Meeting THER' MEETS HER CHILDREN w ? - r fv&. v 1 BIVAt a! LaGuardia Field, N. Y., from London, Mrs. F. J. thico. Calif., gets acquainted with the two Norwegian chil- adopt, eight-nionths-old Jane, and Arne, 4. The tots come Li, birthplace of Mrs. Schuster's father. (International) al Life Insurance any Formed Here By II And Associates South Carolinians Flocked To Pisgah Area Last Sunday "For a moment I thought wc must be in South Carolina, be cause almost every car we met was from our neighboring state," said C. J. Recce, president of the Chamber of Commerce yes terday. In describing his trip to Wagon Road Gap midway be tween here and Brevard on Highway No. 276. "Seldom a week passes but what I visit my camp on Pisgah, and Sunday's South Carolina traffic was the heaviest I have ever seen," the civic leader con tinued. "This just goes to show that we can have great potentialities in getting travel from South Carolina into Waynesville." Large Potatoes And Turnip Added To Crop Display Last week G. C. Cooper brought in a giant cabbage he had grown. Not to be outdone on the cabbage deal, Hilliard Frazier, of Hyatts Creek, brought in two bumper crop items potatoes and turnips. Mr. Frazier brought in a sample of Sequoia potatoes, which meas ured 13 inches around and weighed two poends. "There were eight like that in one hill," Mr. Frazier said. The purple top turnip which Mr. Frazier brought measured 18 inches around and weighed three pounds. These two items are on display at The Mountaineer. Deer Hunting Will Be Permitted This Season, Regulations Are Stiff Deer hunting will oe allowed for short periods this fall in Western North Carolina, after a two-year closed season, with stiffer than usu al regulations anounced last Friday by the N. C. wildlife resources fol lowing their meeting in Raleigh. The regulations permit hunting in Haywood, Buncombe, Henderson and Transylvania counties from Nov. 10 through Nov. 29 except an area in Haywood north of U. S. 19 23, an area ln Buncombe bounded by highways U. S. 70 and U. S. 25, and an area in Henderson lying j.1 t.j... At Rocky Branch Today; Clyde Tonight, and RatclifT Cove Wednesday Today at 10 a. ni the 62nd annual session of the Haywood Baptist as- I sociation will convene in the Rocky Branch Baptist church, presided over by lfev. Doyle Miller, associa tional moderator. This afternoon the meeting will continue at Hocky Branch. The evening service will be held at Clyde, and tomorrow morning and afternoon the meeting will be in RatclifT Cove Baptist church. Listed on the program this morn ing are the opening worship led by M. H. Ray; the order of busi ness, by L. G. Elliott; report on state, home and foreign missions, by J. H. Hall; cooperative program, by T. K. Erwin; welcome to new pastors and visitors, by Doyle Mil ler; and the annual sermon, which will be delivered at 11:35 by Rev. T. H. Parris, Clyde pastor. C. T. Taylor will open the aft-1 ernoon session to be followed by reports on brotherhoods by Roy Crisp, evangelism by C. H. Green, Training Union by Elmer Green, Sunday School by James Chapman, Denominational Literature, by A. (Continued on Page Twoi Pastor Denies He Endorsed Sellers Or Their Products Rev. L. G. Elliott, Pastor First Baptist Church, Did Not Send Out Salesmen Rev. L. G. Elliott, "pastor of the First Baptist church, denied from the pulpit Sunday and also in a signed statement given this news paper yesterday that he had never endorsed certain magazine sales men working in the community. Rev. Mr. Elliott said: "certain magazine salesmen, alleged to be students for the ministry, are go ing in the homes of this commu nity and telling the people that I sent them. "I have never sent a salesman of any kind to the homes of our peo ple, and I do not intend to unless I am convinced that it will be wel comed and appreciated by the peo ple. These young men in our com munity last week did not come to see me and ask that t endorse them and their work. I have never seen them, but they have deliberately used my name without my knowl edge and consent." Burley Acreage Measuring Almost Ended In County Measuring of the burley tobacco plantings in Haywood to check for compliance with government allot ments is almost completed with only two townships missing for a final report, according to Miss Mary Sue Crocker, clerk at the AAA of fice. Of the 1,741 farms listed for checking, approximately 1,600 re ports have been turned in. To date 148 farms have been reported planting in excess of their allot ments, the majority of which have cut down when notified of this. The general condition of tobac co is reported by the county agent to be only fair, due to lack of rain in most section of the county. Only in Iron Duff is the crop looking as good as it should, with the plants being small and dry in other sec- I tions. east of U. S. 25. Hunting will be allowed in Mc Dowell north of U. S. 64-70 except in Mt. Mitchell wildlife manage ment area, and in Yancey county except the Mt. Mitchell state park and Mt. Mitchell wildlife manage ment area on Nov. 10, 11, 12, 20, 21 and 22. One of the new regulations says, in effect. If you can't see the deer'a antlers, don't shoot. Heretofore the rules have pro vided that only male deer may be . . . Continued on Page .Four) President Of Rotary j International Coming Here For Meeting 22nd No. 1 Rotarian S. KENDRICK GUERNSEY, i president of Rotary International, will attend the weekly meeting ol Rotary here at one Friday This is the first time that an International president has ever attended the Waynesville club. li I; vAlSwv 1 i Record-Breaking Crowd Expected Thursday For Tobacco Demonstration 1500 Enjoyed Federation Picnic On Saturday Annual Event Held At East Waynesville School With Varied Program The annual Farmers Federal ion picnic for Haywood county was held Saturday in the East Waynes ville school building with more than 1.S00 persons attending. James (I. K McClure, president of the federation, served as master of ceremonies dining tin session, and introduced morning the Rev. M. L. Lewis, pastor o. Hie Hazel wood Baptist church, who pro nounced the invocation. Special guest to the meeting was W. Kerr Scott, commissioner ot agriculture lor North Carolina, who spoke briefly during the 'morning session. Mr. Scott said that North Carolina is in the thirty-eighth place among the slates of the union for income per farm worker. "His income should be raised." he said, "and there is no better way to do (Continued on Page Two) r m a m Crabtree P.-T. A. lO Meet Wednesday Night The fiirst meeting of the year i for the Crabtrec-Iron Duff P.-T. A. will be held Wednesday evening, August 20, at 7:30 p. m. in the school auditorium, announces O. L. Vales Dresident. All patrons the school are urged to attend. Station WHCC Hearing Completion; Zeno Wall, Jr Is Commercial Manager Other Memhers Of Staff of Radio Station Announced By Man ager Wallace "Provided we receive several pieces of equiment tnis week, sta tion WHCC will be on the air by September first," Robert M. Wal lace, general manager said yester day. All the heavy equipment has been installed at the transmitter and the tedious ground system is completed, with the exception of several minor connections Mr. The Waynesville Rotary club will be host to S. Kendrick Guern sey, president of Rotary Interna tional, here at 1 o'clock Friday. i Mr Guernsey re-arranged his schedule in order to get to Way-' nesville after appearing as Ihci principal speaker on the annual Florida Day program at the Ashe-1 villi" club on Thursday. i j The president of Rotary Inter-1 i national is a regular summer vis j itor to Waynesville, hilt found IhOi ! press of business of being presi dent of (iOO.000 Rotarians scattered1 over the world would prevent him1 from spending liny time here this ' summer, other than part of the day Friday Mr. Guernsey is executive vice president of the Gulf Insurance' company of Jacksonville. He is a native of Orlando and after serving in World War 1, was engaged in the. real estate business, taking an ac- live part in all civic affairs of the, community. He has always been a leader in hoys work and at one lime was a member of the Florida highway commission j He is an ardent sportsman, par-; ticularly golf, fishing and hunting. State Officials Are Coming For Event At State Test Farm Near Here From 300 to 500 farmers from Western North Carolina counties are..enpcctc.d to attend the Tobacco tory as one of our contemporary FlefH Day program which will start! leading liberals, at 11 a. m. Thursday at the Mnun-: u0 arrived in Waynesville Sun lain Experiment Station here. ; ,;1V afternoon, driving from Wash Short talks will be made prior 1 jnRori with his execut ive assistant . to lunch by agricultural specialists J jim (j Clements, to begin his and a lield trip will be conducted j poned vacation. He was greet by Dr. Luther Shaw, federal agron-.a on his arrival in Western North omist, and Howard R. Clapp, test farm director, during the afternoon to various experiments with hur ley lurkish and rustica leaf fields, with most attention to be directed on burley. W. Kerr Scott, stale commission er of agriculture, will extend the address of welcome. Talks will he made by Dr. W E. Colwell. State College professor of agronomy, and R R. Bennett, extension tobac co specialist . The Turkish tobacco program will be explained briefly by Dr 1 F,. CI. Moss, assistant director of the Oxford Tobacco Station: and Dr. Shaw will lead a discussion on the research projects in progress at tin test farm on the three types of to bacco Lunch will be served at 12:30 p. m. by 4-H club members at the test farm grounds. Experiments to be explained on burley include priming as a sub stitute or supplemental to cutting, tests as a method of harvesting; i with various fertilizers; studies in plant varieties; spacing tests, plant ' bed management and forced vent i- Jation and heat curing. HERE FROM CHICAGO Mrs. V. McMillan o. Chicago, is spending several days at the Le Faine Hotel. Mrs. McMillan and two daughters. Misses Alice and oflMarylynne were former residents i of Waynesville. Wallace explained. Two engineers, j and sometimes three, have been: working on the equipment and1 transmitter for the past two! weeks. 1 Mr. Wallace also announced that Zeno Wall, Jr., son of Dr. and Mrs. Wall of Shelby, has accepted a posi tion as commercial manager of the station. Mr. Wall is well known in Waynesville, since he has served as referee for many of Waynes ville's football games. He has had 14 years of radio experience, hav ing been a member of the staff of (Continued On Page 6) Here On Visit SENATOR CLAUDE PEPPER of Florida is now in Waynesville for a vacation, having arrived Sunday from Washington Sen. Pepper Arrives For Vacation In Way nesville Florida Congressional Leader Arrives Sun clay After Delay In Washington Said the senator Mann: "You'll have to Jimmie to play some; mighty poor golf not to heat me." Senator Claude Pepper of Flor ida may not have mane a name 101 himself on Old golf course, but in national politics he has carved for ! himself a piche in American nis- Carolina by Dr. .1. I). Wilbanks ot Waynesville, a friend of Senator j Pepper since boyhood days in Ala bama. Others in the Pepper party stay (Continued on Page Two) Owner Of Silver Springs To Build Summer Home W. C. Ray Predicts Lots Of Travel and Good Business For Tourist Centers W. C Hay, owner of Silver Springs. Fla.. has just purchased an ' H-acre tract in the Hemphill set -Ition and plans to build a summer i lioine and guest house next spring, j Mr. and Mrs. Ray formerly owned a summer home in another section i ol Western North Carolina, inn al ter spending I m et- summers in mm-. section, decided to build in this area Mr. Ray said plans are underway at Silver Springs for the largest season in their history. "Every in dication is that there will be worlds of travel, and we are expecting our greatest season this winter.' Mr. and Mrs. Hay came here .June first, and would have staved until October first, but have re- turned a month earlier in order that Mrs. Ray can visit her moth er who recently suffered a tall. "This section is destined to dc- .-..loo .md as soon as bin ding re- strict inns case you will see more din station in Shelby and is man building than ever in this area. I aging editor of the Shelby Daily know of several business men who Star. Last year he was Rotary dis-J plan to come here.'' trict governor of this district. Texas Editor And Radio Executive Occupies Top Place On Lake Program Ray H. Nichols, president of the general board of lay activities of the Methodist church, editor and publisher of the Vernon Daily Rec ord and president and manager of radio station KVWC (Vernon, Tex.) was the evening speaker on open ing day of a south-wide laymen's conference, August 17-20. His sub ject was "Stewardship of the Past." The laymen's conference has brought to the Lake Junaluska as sembly of men prominent in the political, business and professional school Registrations To Get Underway For Waynesville Thursday County Farm Tour Will Be Made 27th First County Tour Since 1!MI Will lie Made Wednesday August 27 Plans were made to sponsor llavwood eoiutlv I arm lour on Wednesday . Aiigu.-t 27, by the test demonstration tanners of the eouii- ty at a meeting Thursday evening 1 ,!. in the county agent's office. I Parents of sluueiiis who will lie Emphasis uill be placed on entering a Waynesville district bringing out the best use of land school for t he first I line i first grade in pasture and teed crops to build J pupils oi those transferring from up dairv and beet livestock One -mother district) will find the prm of the features of the tour will becipals al their respective schools a demonstration ol farm imple-1 on all days listed above, stales Supl. nienls during the afternoon at tlic;"vues. Crabtree school This will be the first county tour 1941 In oast vcars as many . ,., ;iii,.,'i,.,i The tour will begin al Waynes ville and no through Dellwood, ,.,,,, c1(,(,k, ,,ver Coleman .,,.., ... i ...... ., 11 and end at 1 c'i ;il)t ri f school. Scheduled to be visited are the Jute Mryd farm, 4n look ovet CW dino clover, beef cattle and corn. At the fill-nil Bowl farm, his field of hybrid corn seed will be looked over. Atler crossing to Iron OufT the group will be shown the water (Continued on Page Twin 4-H Group Leaves For Short Course j Monday at Raleigh ; i Twcnt-. - -1 In- c 1 II ''lull boys and gil ls, aci'oinp aiued bv County Agent Wayne Ciirpennig. a-.'-r-tanl llmni' Agent Margaret Cm Inn. and two1 local leader . ( all Hali lilf and Mar garet fin i ii. Icll lor Raleigh yes terday milium:: to attend Hie an nual l-ll Short ( one;" liovs who were in the group were Ted Fraiicr. . .1'"' l.ove ami Jerome llovd ot the Wa in - ille club, Max i Rogers ol Fine . 'reek. Sam Coman, J .lack Clia .on. Frank Medford. Rob-j ert Mi llion! and Hobby llenson of the Canton club, Pete Noland of Crabtree and .1 C. (lorrell of Cru- j The girls eie Helen .tune Krad-! shaw, Peggy Head-. haw. (luyiene Caldwell. Stella Fr.her. and Phyllis. James of Cial.tree. Marion Ellis Howell, Tlioiiia-ini' i'l-ber, Peggy Noland and candle Leopard of i Waynesville, Marv Osoorin- and Jo Ann McCracken ol Bethel. and Betty Jo Whilted ot Canton. j They will return from the Short -Course, bum; h'-lri on the N. C. i State Colk"-'i' campus. Sat urday. j IIOI T Mcl'lII KSON HERE Holt Mi I'hiTson. vice president of Smoky Mountain Broadcasters, Inc . owner- ot radio station wncc is attending conferences at Lake , Junaluska this week. Mr. McPher- son is also c "onneclod with the ra-1 world to di.-cu tn workshops and forums and deliver addresses at public meetings on the work of layj churchmen. Probably the largest j crowds of the season are here nowj and hotels and rooming houses are j running at capacity. The platform speaker Tuesday morning and Tuesday evening will be Dr. Charles C. Sherrod, of John son City, Tenn., president of East Tennessee State College, noted in the educational field and in the re 'Continued On P?ge 6' High School Students To Register In Prep aration For New Term Registration ol junior high and high school studens in Mip Waynes ville school district will begin Thursday. Aug. 21 and continue until the opening of the 1947-48 term on the following Wednesday, announced M. II Howies, district superintendent. The schedule of resist ration, to be held in the high school build ing, is as tollows: llth and 12th grade students, Thursday. Aug. 21 from 9 a m. to 'i p. in . 9th ami I Oth grade students, Friday, Aug. 22. from 9 a.m. to :i p.m.; Hlh grade students. Monday, Aug. 25. from 1) a.m. to 3 p.m.; 7th firade stu dents, Tuesday. Aug. 2(i. from 9 a. m to U p.m. Last year's total enrollment for junior and senior high school was The minimum age at which a child may enroll lor the first grade is six years, on or before Oi ' 1. 1947. as established by slate law. All children entering school Inl ine first time will be re'iilifd t'i show certificates to the elicit (licit they have been vaccinated for small pox, diphtheria and whoop i ing cough. Supl. Hw1e.,s al.io iinumi'-PS h?t ! Waynesville district teaeh'-r.r Vi!l hold a supper meeting Mntidav it 7 p.m. in the Towne Hoii .r, ' lion general instructions on the opening of school will be given Next Wednesday the school. i will be open from. 9 a.m to 12:30 p.m. Beginning Thursday the full sched ule, 8:4f) am. to 3:00 p.m. v ill be gin. Book rental tees for high school students will be increased to this year under a new stale legula tion. The fee has been $2 (). 2 Men Hurl When Car Fails To Make Curve McDonald Clark, 2'). Route 2, Canton, suffered a broken lu-ck and paralysis of the legs from an acci dent last Tueselay evenmt:. when the car in which be wa- l irlmg failed to make a curve alom; high way No. 27fi. a half-mile Miuth of the Dix Creek bridge. George W. Michal. 20. ;..o of Route 2. Canton, who a- driving the 1936 Ford coach at the time it overturned, was released Satur day from the Haywood County Hos pital following treatment lor lacer ations of the face. Jimmy Fhod armer, another young man oi the same section, received scratchei and bruises which did not require the attention of a physician Clark was brought to the local hospital, and after examination by Dr. W. Boyd Owen was i-fiil bv am bulance to Norburn Hospital in Asheville. The automobile, which is the property of Lloyd R. MrHone, fContinued On Psgp Fourt Highway Record For 1947 In Haywood (To Date) Injured - 41 Killed-- 4 (This Information Compiled From Records of State Hir& way Patrol)