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day for colorful, i;T
: Memorial Day services vtLth v
1 be held Tuesday at the Green II. 1
' Cemetery in Waynesville.
The services will start at 3 p.m.
i at the Memorial Plot, with Admiral
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News
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ijUrted across Hie street
Mtt House polls, an elder
"eoiifided to friends which,
I, candidate he was going
Lfor. -: "'
y door of the Court House,
A candidate stopped him,
j tti band, shook It, slapped
, ground his shoulder, and
j, peeted him like a long-
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Uertook it all graciously,
Virt in and cast his ballot
k said a friend as he stood
Cthe Court House a few
, liter, "you got your vote,
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elderly man grinned, and
bis head: ." ' -
1 sir." he declared, "I Voted
I opponent."
his he walked away he add
Ijtst don't like anybody to go
a' me on the back right in
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Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Haywood Post 47 (Waynesville)
of the American Legion with the
ladies of its Auxiliary cooperating,
are sponsoring this traditional pub
lie tribute to the dead of World
War I and World War II. -
In connection with this program,
Milas Ferguson, commander of the
Waynesville post, asked relatives of
all deceased Haywood County vet
erans of World War I or World
War II to notify Legion represent
atives of the exact location of the
veterans graves in the county.
65th YEAR NO. 43 8 PAGES Associated Press and United Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C , MONDAY AFTERNOON) MAY 29, 1950 $3 00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countie
Clean, Quiet Election With Big Majorities Noted In Democratic Primary
: Church
fttleman with slightly blood
'ves stepped fluidly into line
. J the county's polling plac
Jler he got his ballots after
j pafiently for about 15
he flowed over to one of
futhi and started frowning at
Jtseta.- . -y-'
er searching through the list
Midates, he walked out of the
lud took one of the precinct
1 indignantly by the arm.
he growled, "how come
net Brown aln t on this bal-
W" muttered the official
'ally, "what's he ' running
lr sheriff, of course," the man
(in irritation. !
precinct man studied hos op
H thoughtfully, then whisper-
Jarthing to him. . , ..
man's glare gave way to a
;k grin. He apologized and
4 out of the room, ;
firs)" the voter In th line
aim flutter, "''iWv dM 1 oyer
Jt of Buncombe County any-
Percentage
largest percentage of voting
Haywood County precincts,
!0i Cataloochee, apparently
p the Waynesville South Ward
Ticials reported ' 632 of the
'set's 799 registered voters cast
I ballots Saturday. The figure
mn better in consideration
bet that of the total regist
ers, about 20 in that pre-
m Republicans and were in
it to vote Saturday.
Night
Nay lasted 38 hours for the
ji and officials of Waynes
jPrecinct No. 1, where 1,582
nwrecast.
5 reported for work at 6 A
Way, a half hour before
$m opened.
working all through the
wring and checking voters
a brief ston for a sand-
ad-coffee lunch, they took
W an hour off for supper.
ey started the big job of
the ballots. ;
hours later, they reported
'"namthe race for the state
24 hours later, they were
minting the ballots ln the
w township races.
they finished the count
i P m. everybody went
raeeptMrs. Paul Gough, the
'registrar, and Roy Camp.
7 Ballots Cast In Haywood Primarj
Democratic Nominees, According To Unofficial Tabulations
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CHARLES C. FRANCIS
Chairman of Board
FRED V. CAMPBELL
Sheriff
WILLIAM MEDFORD
State Senate '
ORAL L, YATES
Representative
J. B. SILER
Clerk of Court
T. D.
BRYSON, JR.
Solicitor
1 -; r lis " ' ht t ' r; , ; r' ' H' -, ; ." --r:;4 , !
SEBE T. BRYSON
Tax Collector
JARVIS H. ALLISON
Commissioner
JULE NOLAND
Reg-lster of Deeds
J. W. KILLIAN
School Board
J. L. WORLEY
School Board
FRANK M. DAVIS
Commissioner
Local Radio, Newsmen
Lose Sleep Over Primary
i wurK, counting me
"and a tn, 4i j
, .- - itw umer oaas ana
,.'aea it a day at one
J1 wis morning, u
l I know,'! said Mrs. Gough,
-rf tucaii nv 'tna iict
father yMm
Duplicate Of
Liberty Bell To
Be Shown Here
Elaborate preparations are be
ing completed this week in con
nection with the display of the
. duplicate of America's famed
Liberty Bell here Friday after
noon. The bell will be exhibited from
2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
J. E. Massie, chairman of the
U. S. Savings Bonds sales for
i.Hayyood County, said today the
ygm&totti Company is supply
Sl&r ihe truck to transport the
"fflg- duplicate, ana ne joiihmiu
Motor Company of Charlotte is
..proviaing me
Five-Day School
On Food Freezing
Starts Today ,
WARMER
. Vibv oft ... : ;
Fcittpr.j raiT1y ctouay
lllinrt.. L uernoon and eveni"
V2 5ho"s Monday and
. "arrner Mondav nH enn-
WunJuesday- ' -
tn ynesvllle- tempera-
W;Aua "y the staff of
it farm):
j, Mln,
B0 40,
'2 42
2j 2 ' 47
Rainfall
' One hundred and 25 county
home demonstration agents and
other specialists from the entire
section of North Carolina west of
Raleigh this morning opened five
days of lectures at a Freezer
School at the 4-H Club Camp here.
'Lectures from the N. C. State
College Extension Service and Na-
' (See Freezer Page 8)
i
I Even more than lop-sided vie-
lOneS IOr IIICU VVl tonuiuawto,
Waynesville's newsmen wanted
most fervently one thing above ail
Saturday. r - .-.
That was a severe case ol in
somnia.
Those spot returns ' Saturday
night and a good part of Sunday
.. e Ll n..l ma at
on me progress oi me n ' uoij
were produced by all-night work
on the part of reporters and news
casters of Radio Station WHCC and
the Waynesville Mountaineer, and
precinct and county elections officials.
Two men from the Mountaineer
made themselves at home In Coun
ty Auditor Charlie Metcalfe's of;
fice at about 7:30 p.m.
Over at WHCC's studios, two
more men from the Mountaineer
and practically the entire station
staff were posted at microphones
and charts. ,
From then on the theme song for
both teams was: "By The Tele
phone".
The two men in the auditor's of
fice received the returns from
precinct officials, then relayed
them to the radio station for broad
cast
When the phone rang in the
auditor's office, everybody jump
ed
"Pardon me," said the lady's
voice at the other end, "but Is this
the dog pound? -Everybody
relaxed again.
Cataloochee. as usual, was the
(See Newsmen Page 8)
58 Canton High School
Seniors To Get Diplomas
rinn HlBh School's 1950 Com- !rtie 58 graduating seniors tomorrow
L Canton Hign scnooi a u . !,,. , ,ua anI,lini nflS. nibM
Inencement Week program opened
last night as the Rev. C W. Wrby.
pastor of Canton's Central Metho
dist Church delivered the tradition
al baccalaureate sermon Jetarei
pacity audience wnicn nueu
ca
nfcnnl'a auditorium.
The undergraduates will honor
night in the annual Class Night
levent which will feature a pageant,
"Between The .Book Ends".
The graduation exercises Wed
nesday' night will bring the annual
progra n to a close.
Principal speakers at Commence
(See Canton Page 8)
Loads Of Promotional
Material To Be Given
Out In South Carolina
News from Upper South Carolina
this morning revealed that the
"welcome" sign in big letters would
be out to greet the motorcade from
this area on Wednesday and Thurs
day. .
A large number of cars from
here will leave at 7:30 Wednesday
morning for Brevard, and there
be joined by about 30 cars and a
55-piece Ecusta band in buses for
a two-day stay of fostering good
will in upper South Carolina,
The motorcade will be escorted
all the way by highway patrolmen
of this state and South Carolina,
Mrs, Cordon Schenck, secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce,
sponsor of the event, said that ban
ners for all cars would be ready
at noon Tuesday, and all persons
making the trip are requested to
get the banners early In the after
(See Motorcade Page 3)
Graham Leads In Primary
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V a "9 ? i .
! I ,y, ' $ "I
I i I 7f;ffffLit-i"t"-w.i ,t- ,.,n
Primary 'Generally Clean'
Says Elections Board
Dr. Frank Graham, U. S., Senator of North Carolina, who was lead
ing late Saturday night in his bid for renomination in the' Demo
cratic primary, grins and waves to supporters as he arrived at
Chapel Hill, to cast his ballot Saturday. The former president of
the University of North Carolina led Willis Smith, his conservative
opponent, by a 50,000 margin. Robert Reynolds, former senator,
was a poor third. There were indications a run-off might be neces
sary between Sen. Graham, a liberal, and Smith. In North Caro
lina the second high man may demand a run-off if the leader fails
of a majority of votes cast. (AP Wirephotor.
The Haywood County Board of
Elections today expressed satisfac
tion with the general conduct of
Saturday's Primary.
"Some Irregularities were re
ported," said one member of the
board, "and these are being in
vestigated." He did not elaborate.
Generally, the Primary was de
scribed by both offlcals and im
partial observers as "clean."
The great major Instance of seri
ous congestion lay in the Waynes
ville No. 1 Precinct (North Ward),
where some 1.582 persons of the
approximately 3,300 registered cast
ballots Saturday.
But this morning, one member
of the Board indicated that this pre
cinct would be divided into at least
two precincts "before the next
general election."
Frank M. Ferguson, a member
of the elections body, declared:
"The Board hopes to remedy
the congestion that occurred Sat
urday by providing more voting
places.; .,;.;,...
; "This," he added, however, "can
not be done before the first and
the second primary (June 24) un
der the law."
Referring to the long time the
hundreds of voters spent standing
in line at the Court House waiting
to cast their ballots, he said:
. "The board regrets it was neces
sary for long lines of electors to
form, thus necesltating a long wait
in the process of voting.
"But," he explained, "this was
necessary due to the heavy regis
tration in the North Ward, and due
to the fact that the law requires
the registrar to look up every voter
and check his or her name off be
fore permitting the voter to cast
his or her ballot."
In general, the voting, rated as
among the heaviest Haywood Coun
ty has seen, was quiet. Police and
sheriff's officers reported that, a
side from approximately 30 in
stances of public drunkenness the
long Primary day was unmarred
outcome of both state-wide and
county contests mounted. But the
tenure of the conversation was
speculation over the results. The
usual arguments developed over
the merits and chances of Individ
ual candidates, but these contain-
(See Board Page 8)
June 5 Is
County Day
At Junaluska
ine ttev. Horace iiammett, ex
ecutive secretary of the South
Carolina Baptist Convention and
former pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Waynesville, .will be
featured speaker in the afternoon
program of the second annual Hay
wood County Day at Lake Juna
luska next Sunday. ",
Religious services during the
morning signaling the formal open
ing of the 38th season of the Meth
odist Assembly will open the day
long program. : -v
Following the picnic -on - the
grounds lunch at 12:30 P. M. the
afternoon phase will be under the
sponsorship of the Haywood Coun
ty Community Development Pro'
gram.
Last year, more than 1.500 men,
women, and children gathered at
the lake-side to attend the first
County Day event held. '
This week. Community Develop
ment and Assembly officials are
developing t h e plans into final
shape for. the Sunday gathering.
Working on the details of the
Community Development phase of
the event is the committee of the
Rev. C." L: Allen, of Aliens Creek;
Robert Boone of i Francis Cove; and
Jerry Robinson of Center Pigeon.
Mr. Allen is serving as chairman of
the group.. '.
So far, the afternoon features,
in addition to Mr. Hammett's ad-
by any cases of violence. 1 dress also will include the singing
Knots of voters gathered after of five of Haywood County's finest
the polls- closed; as interest in thequartets, '
Counting Was Slow;
Some Workers On
Job 36 Hours;
Interest Ran High.
About 9,000 Haywood voters cast
their ballots In a quiet, and or
derly primary election here Satur
day.-
Voters found election official
rigidly carrying out election regu
lations to the letter, and in some
Instances balloting was slower be
cause of the double check system.
ine counting of the heavy bal
lot took several hours longer than
normal, and In some cases almost
24 hours were required to tabulatr
me nnai vote. , "
Interest in the election was on
par with the campaign Mn
citizens stayed up all night listen
ing io tne returns over WHCC
which were prepared hv th .t.
of The Mountaineer, Some report-
"boi io oea at noon Sunday,
while others were called from their
slumbers In 30 minutes after get
ting to bed after daylight Sun
day morning. -
Thad Bryson. Jr., "solicitor,
cciyed the largest vote, with 6,797
according to the unofficial tabula
tions as complied by this news
paper. Fred Y. Campbell candidate
7uf polled 6'454 for the sec
ond highest.
Hawod followed tht' stat;
Graham a large majority While
U I tTn 7eJinCOn,p,ete h vote
tn 18 out of Haywood's 24 precihrts
fflv,e0 snator Graham 4,3g4 Smith
1,939 Reynolds 438 and Boyd 76
Voting was steady throughout
he day, being slackened in the
,aternoon by ral" storm.
Highway Patrolmen and police
reported a "quiet day" wi 22
landing in jaill7 on charges of
public drunkenness, 2 traffic vio
lations, and 2 for assault and re
sisting an officer.
-After 10:30 Saturday night very
few people were on the streets but
the lights burned in almost every
home as returns came in by radio
Som listeners called to complain
that returns were not coming fast
enough, but never realizing the gi
gantic task of counting some fl.OOO
ballots. .
Bryson polled a majority of 5 :
704 over his opponent A. A. Rice
for solicitor,
William Medford held a majority
of 2658 over J. Paul Murray in the
race for State Senate.
Fred y. Campbell got a majoilty
(See Election Page 3)
"Back To Work? i
Among the warmest congratula
tions received by Charles C. Fran
cis was from his opponent in Sat
urday's primary David F. Under
wood, Jr. , ... ? ,
( :The two men met this. morning
in the commissioner's room, and
there Underwobd told Francis:
"I'll be out there working as hard
as anyone for you in the general
election this fall. I congratulate
you on your victory, and you have
my best wishes for a successful ad
ministration. Although I did not
win. I'm. still a hard-working Dem
ocrat." 1 , ;
Both men seemed relieved that
the primary was over, -and they
both laughed over how far behind
they had gotten in their work due
to the hard campaigning that had
uccu siageu.
Highway
Record For
1950
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured . . 17
Killed . ... 3
(This Information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol)
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