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delights.. TTTTTl MOUNTAIHE TODAY'S SMILE Dancing is the art of pull in your feet away faster than your partner can step on them. Of The News D Waymby l Financier Jm Wassey has Sflrst lesson .bout fin- f ,time he-hM wanted KSSLi So his parents. !l7LMB.y yielded frLktn the purchase f-. check in payment ( Dale decided he want a he started to ol.hls father gently re-1 Ao '-that costs money, a (gtKt, n. w,lh0ut mney it buy "- U enthusiasm exceeded the Sta of Ws father, and he j "Just tear off some U pay ltn them: we got next little while the Mas ctbold conducted a series . onH the use of ot Dale believes that lMf made to be used, es- whcii for some " 'w Check Incident ir. h to d by a DanKer, less to say, he vows it hap. ,i.ht here in Waynesville. "jyWas called by a bookkeep C hank snd told: "I am sor ter hank account is over I M 32, and we would appreci- is taking care ui me moivn. ' hour or so the lady appear kore the cashier, and explain imlne me to learn that my 'jttount is overdrawn by $4.32, , Ii i check on my account imount." that exolanation she k i check for $4.32 drawn a her already overdrawn ac Published Twice-A-Week In The Coimty Seat of Haywcxxi County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park 1 -a 65th YEAR NO, 46 16 PAGES Associated Press and United Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 8, 1950 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson CountieJ 1950 Census Reveals That Dnlv Slirrlif fiainb V1U T KS XI VI XI L VJIU.11 111 v j . ; , Made In Population In Haywood County Mole Hunt 5. Stamey is a gardener that Itserlously. This seriousness I him big yields of unusual lit now, the county attorney M the head off a ten-penny 'it the mention of the word has planted some choice corn twice, and each time lies of the neighborhood had a ptpnic. As a result, Stamey !i'Wd.,garden, as well as wiking one more planting, ills time not corn, but poison Ji be hopes every mole In the 41 eat. lit now It looks like a slim trop for the Stamey garden, tees Fete i Of Park m-Up Job Fisherman Pulls Out 36 Trout; Also $50 To Pay Fine Fishing in a Pisgah Forest stream was too good the other day for one fisherman. The large trout were taking his fly as fast as he would throw it in a pool. He was having the dream of a fisherman, and just as he pulled out trout number 3fi, a game warden tapped the fisherman on the shoulder. The fisherman did some more pulling he pulled $50 in cold cash to pay the fine imposed by the judge. Charles W. Coffin, wildlife management officer, said: "It's fun to fish, but expensive to ex ceed the limit." Rivals In Senatorial Race Howell Is Named To U. S. Post James Harden Howell, Jr., Way nesville attorney, has been named United States Commissioner, fill ing the vacancy caused by the death of the late Wade H. Noland. Mr; Howell's appointment Is ef fective immediately and he has alrendf "taken itic4 oalS- V; He began the practice f of low, here before the war, and then after serving several years in the Army as Captain, returned home and re-opened his law offices. I Are of the Waynesville ft Chamber of Commerce en's club" held a steak fry p Waynesville city park Mon iht to celebrate the eomple their job of chopping down . trees and brush from the of the 27 "woodmen j Police Chief Orville Noland, in Henry Gaddy, and PO' ""Ray Whitener and Paul Je President Charlie Wood " Walter Franklin supervis- fry. -v M'yCees went to work with I'M shovels last January to t the park into a recreation f aid-May, they had cut out old timber and brush to farge trucks. 'c planning 10 sei up s9urtj and a playground in 'Me. for most of the sum- fower In Some Areas Of Town To Be Off Sunday Power on certain streets In Waynesville will be off on Sun day afternoon from 2 to 5:30, it was announced today by G, C. Ferguson, town manager. The streets affected will be Main, East, Pigeon, Montgomery and Miller."; :v' '. - The cut-off Is due to the neces sity of making some repairs, and larger installations of equipment. Waynesville has a population of 5,288. according to the official figures released by the 1950 cen sus. a gain of 2.348 in the last 10 years. Haywood county gained 2,868, io bring the current population fig ure to 37.672, as against 34,804 for 1940. Canton dropped 113 In the count, to give the new 1950 report at 4,924. The 1940 report showed 5,037. Hazelwood showed an increase of 273 for a current record of 1, 781, while Clyde gained 82 for a 1950 count of 598. The five 1950 census figures for the county are: County . ........... 37,672 Waynesville 5,288 Canton .4,924 Hazelwood .... 1,781 Clyde ;, 598 The new records reveal that Waynesville is the third largest town in Western North, Carolina, led by Ashevilte and Henderson- ville (6,061). Much interest has been shown in the new population count for this county, and a contest was sponsored by The First National Bank, and First State Bank, giv ing prizes to the person guessing the riearcst correct figure. The canvass is now being made, and the winner will be announced soon. The city limits of Waynesville were extended last year to Include East Waynesville,' Aliens Creek, and some areas on the Dellwodd Road and White Sulphur Springs road. ' : '," . Charles B. McCrary was in charge of the work of taking the census in this immediate area, and Mrs. J. Ray Byers in the Canton a tea. - ; . 3dToPisgah eQ Some Work nance crews have recently Inroad from Waenn Una , TO, and removed some "r rocks from the road- 'iriv. . ... - ' Parkin?, 1WagonRoad GaP CtS? thr0Ugh PiS" f s I "f 1 1 Here are the two contenders In North Carolina's Democratic Sec ond primary, which will be held on June 24th. The people will vote whether to send Dr. Frank P. Graham, shown on left,, back to the United States Senate, or Willis Smith, Raleigh attorney. Senator Graham led Smith by more than 53,000 votes in the first race on Way 27, and on Wednesday Smith, shown at right with his manager Charles P. Green, called a second primary. Senator Gra ham Is shown In a typical pose as he broadcast a recent speec h. ; :. - (AP Photo.) Willis Smith Asks For Second Primary; June 24 'ier 4 Boyd Medford To Run New Texaco Service Station Boyd Medford has leased the new Texaco Service Station now being completed at the corner of Main and Pigeon streets. Mr. Medford said today that plans were to formally open the station on Tuesday. Several officials of The Texas Company have been here .during the past few days assisting with last-minute details for staging a gala opening on the 13th. Street Dances To Start On June 15 The Jaycees street dance will he resumed on Thursday, June 15th, It was announced this morning. The dances will be held on the parking lot of the court house witn pro ceeds going to the community im provement fund of the organiza (inn. The dances, will be held weekly. Si5 6 "rtly cloudy Jdfm Thursday and Mostly re'ed 8hower oc tpmntirn I '1 r-- 76 Mln. Rainfall 46 . 42 . Contract Given For Bridges On New Canton Road A contract for $90,164 for struc tures over the Southern Railroad tracks and Hominy Creek, on highway No. 19-23 just east of Can ton, has been, awarded Bowers Construction Company of Raleigh, The structures are part of the new location of the highway from the Buncombe county line. Heavy machinery was moved onto the site a week or so ago) and already considerable grading has been done. The general line of the new route follows the creek from the Buncombe line almost to Canton. Gov. Scott Names 3 From Haywood On State Com. At least three from Haywood have been named by Governor Scott to serve on a atate-wlde safety advisory committee. The committee, headed by Johrt ; A. Park of Raleigh; is designed ' to promote a program of highway safety In the state. ; : Those from Haywood named on the committee Include Oral L. Yates, Chief W. N, .Stroup of Can ton, and W. Curtis Russ. The state committee is to meet with Governor Scott on June 27th and formally formulate plans for the program. Hay wood Farmers Attain-FaM Goals 47'; Haywood Democrats Voted In Last Primary $206,000 Spent On Rural Roads In This County More than S206.000 has been spent on Haywood rural roads out of the special bond money, according to W. M. Conklll, ijlvl slon highway engineer. The figure just released covers the period to April 30th. There are several additional rural projects scheduled to be paved at an early date. Much Interest is being shown here in the second primary, which was called Wednesday by Willis Smith against Senator Frank P, Graham. : In the May 27th primary, Hay wood voted as follows: Graham 5,595 Smith . 2,241 The . state-wide vote of 618,000, the ote was as follows; 'OrabamG' iw,..,....,.......;.....; 303,605 Suinm:s;..j:r::t:.::::..i.;..;-25o,222 Reynolds ; 58,752 Boyd .-. 5,900 Senator Graham's majority over Smith was more than 53,000, but lacked 5,600 votes having a clear majority over all three, R. L. Prevost was .county man ager for Senator Graham, and Sheriff R. V. Welch and Arthur Osborne were co-managers for Mr. Smith. Bankers To Try Hand At Milking Four Haywood bankers will be "pulling for business" on the court house lawn here Saturday morning at eleven o clock. ' Each of the bankers will seated ed on a milk stool, and run a race to see wmcn can tinisn miiKing a cow in the shortest length of time, The stunt is being given as part of a program in observance of Dairy Month, and the bankers will Include C. N. Allen, of Hazelwood, Jonathan Woody, Waynesville, June Resiter, Canton, and Edwin Flnch- ciydev::,..,;;,: James Klrkpntrlck, general chair man, said that "professional milk ers" would be on hand to finish the Job In the event any of the bank gave out before the contest was declared finished. 102-Piece Band To Give Second Concert On Friday The second concert of the week will be given at the Lake Juna luska Auditorium Friday night by the 102-piece band of Elizabeth City, tinder the direction of Scott Galloway. The musicians gave a two-hour concert Tuesday night. The band, together with 16 a dults, are spending a week's vaca tion at Lake Junaluska, and enjoy ing several" scenic trips in their two special band buses. The band presented a varied pro cram Tuesday night, and for the concluding number their ten color ful majorettes gave an exhibition of baton . twirling. No admission will be charged. Engineers Working On Fines Greek Phone Lines Telephone engineers are com pleting their work on plans for ex tending lines Into Fines Creek, it was learned from J. Lovell Smith, district manager of the Southern Bell Telephone Company. . "There is nothing definite right at this time, but work is going a head In the blueprints of the pro ject," he said. The decision of this and other rural projects will depend to a large degree on whether the State Utilities Commission grants the company an increase in rates, Mr. Smith-said. In discussing rates, Mr. Smith pointed out that the request for increased rates has brought out bv the large expenditures on facil ities to provide service. In Sep tpmher 1948 the average invest ment In facilities per phone Were ?34. Todav the investment is $354. he said. Mr. Smith did not know to what extent the requested rates .would affect Waynesville. It all depends uDon the amount of Increase per mitted, he said.:"I am sure that it will not be as much in waynesvme and, ip Asheville." he stated. Hello Teer Low Bidder On Parkway; Civic Group ffo Shovel Dirl Tuesday Durham Contractor Makes Low Bid On 6-Mile Project Nello Teer, of Durham, was low bidder on building the 6 miles of Blue Ridge Parkway from SocO Gap to Black Camp Gap via Wolf Laurel.- The 11 bids were opened in Gatllnburg Wednesday by W. F. Cron, of the Bureau of Public Roads. Mr. Cron said that about two weeks would be required for get ting official awarding of the con tract, which is handled through the Washington office. The Nello Teer bid was $336,405, while the highest bid was 8440,159. Nello Teer built the section of Parkway in the county at Beech Gap prior to the war. Only 47 per cent of the regis tered Democrats in Haywood went to the polls on May 27th, accord ing to John Carver, who worked out the percentages in behalf of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The organization is Interested in creating more interest in govern ment, and getting out more voters. Mr. Carver said that where new registrations were held in four precincts this year that the per centage of voters to the registration was high. The four precincts were Waynesville Ward two and three, and Fines Creek wards one and two. The percentage In these wards was over 75 ier cent each The lowest percentages were in the Canton wards, the report shows, with one dropping down to 22 per cent. Cataloochoe maintained the per feet record of voting all 7 of the registered voters. The next high est was Fines Creek No. 2, with 83 percent, followed closely by Waynesville No. 2 (South Ward) with 82 per cent, This Is the same percentage of voting as was figured in the 1948 general election, when Democrats and Republicans both voted. The tabulation shows Waynes ville No. 1 as the largest precinct In the county with 3,035 Democrats, and Clyde second with 1,289 regis tered Democrats. The record for all 24 precincts In Haywood are as follows: Haywood No. Nd. County Itgtd. D. Voted Ground-Breaking Slated For Ilcintooga Ridge Tuesday, Civic leaders of tho district are slated to officially begin excavat ing of the 6-milc section of Park Road from Black Camp" Gap to Helnlooga on Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock. , Charles E. Ray, chairman of the N. C. Park Commission, said today that Mayor Kelly Bennett, of Bry son City, would turn the first shovel of dirt, as the project is in Swain county. Mayors of six towns in the area, together with Park and Bureau of Public Road officials have been invited to attend. No formal ad dress will be made. Two -More -Historical-Markers Slated To Be Erected In This County. Two additional historical mark ers have been tentatively approved for erection in Haywood. These would bring the number to five, in Haywood. H. C. Wilburn, chairman of West ern North Carolina committee on Historical Markers, said that ap proval had been made of a marker on Highway No. 110, about three miles from Canton, near the James Plott place, designating Cathey's Fort. This fort was established by General Griffiths Rutherford in his mark westward in 1776 against the Cherokees. Cathey's Fort was es tablished as a base of operations and for rest for members of the expedition. Other officers also used the base during the fight against the Cherokees. - :'..'. The second marker would desig nate the Felix Walker home on up per Jonathan Creek. Walker was prominent in North Carolina af fairs, being elected to Congress, and was also an extensive land speculator, according to the his torical records, Hg was also an In dian negotiator, and , is credited with having coined the word "Bun combe". Mr. Wilburn, an authority on historical affairs, said that there are at least 11 markers being con sidered for points in this area from Buncombe county to Brysoh City. Almost all of the mdeal with places which played Important parts in the history of the fight of the white man against the Cherokees. The three markers already erect ed in the county, include "Mar tin's Surrender" on South Main Street; Soco Gap, at Soco Gap, and the Morning Star marker at the Post Office In Canton. Sherrod McCall Paints Mural For Haywood Library The Haywood County Library and the Cherokee Indian Reading Club have been presented an ex ceptional gift Of art by a summer resident and noted artist, W. Sher rod McCall, The gift is a murlal, which is ber Ing used as the center of Interest for members of the vacation read ing club. It is an oil painting which portrays three Indians sitting around a council fire, with the Great Smoky Mountains in the background. Mr. McCall volunteered to make a poster for the reading club and the 'mural is the result of his inter est in the project, He and Mrs. McCall, who own a home here on Howell Street, enjoy the circula tion of record albums as well as books from the library each sum mer. ''.'"'. .': Mr. McCall, who specializes in portrait work of children, has paintings In permanent collections at Santa" Monica 'Public Library, Santa Monica, Calif., and Occident al College In Los Angeles. His murals are In the Biltmore Hotel at Phoenix, Arizona, Hubbard Street School at Jacksonville, Fla., the U. S. Post Office at Montevall, Alabama, and the U. S. Maritime Training School at St. Petersburg, Florida; and he has many portraits in Oil and water colors in private collections. .. BoHveidum 1- 934 '""' 249 " : 27 Beavordam 2 732 266 36 Bcavcrdam 3 1184 331 28 Beaverdam 4 1 154 298 26 Beaverdam 5 800 175 22 Beaverdam 6 956 395 41 W'ville 1 3035 1473 49 W'vllle 2 ...... 779 608 78 W'ville 3 . 844 696 82 Fines Creek 1 358 276 77 Fines Creek 2 83 69 ' 83 Cataloochee 7 7 100 East Fork .... 375 132 " 35 White Oak .... 149 92 62 Ivy Hill 1079 553 51 Hazelwood .1026 585 57 Jonathan Ck. 526 292 56 Clyde 1289' 654 51 Pigeon 889 464 52 Cecil 249 66 27 Crabtree ... .. 787 322 41 Iron Duff 278 204 73 L. Junaluska 694 340 49 Big Creek ... 143 40 28 18,350 8,587 47 Among the ten students from Western North Carolina to gradu ate from Clemson College last Sun day was James ,Lee Selzer, of Can ton. ' . W. C. Allen Attends Wake Forest Prgm Prof. W. C. Allen was one of the two graduates of the Wake Forest class of 1885 to attend commence ment exercises at the college this week. Prof Allen together with Dr. Hunter were the only two from the class of 65 years ago. . Others attending from here in cluded J. R. Morgan, Mr, and Mrs. George A. Brown, Jr., and daugh ter Betty, who were down for the graduation of Wallis Brown. Dr. V. H. Duckett and son of Canton also attended. Farm Bureau To Meet Here 17th The Haywood Farm Bureau members will meet here on June 17th to discuss hurley marketing problems, according to Oral L. Yates, county president. The meeting will be held in the court house, starting at 10:30. Burley Fell Short Of Goal Due To Bad Weather Conditions: ':. .- v. -. . . . . Others Success Haywood County's farmers last year exceeded all but one of the major goals let by the Community ucveiopment Program. The figures were contained in a report made public today by Coun- iy Ageni Wayne Corpeningi office. The only objective not reached was that for burley tobacco. And Mother Nature was all that pro. lded the stumbling block. At that, Haywood's burley f arn era received an income totalling $1,000,000. The report said: "Last year was a bad year because of too much rain." , In every other phase of the uro gram, however, the results exceed ed expectations. . h . The milk producers built 51 new Grade A dairies one more than the goal set. i Dairy income ranged between $750,000 to $1,000.- 000. . During the year. 400.000 new broilers were added to the county's flocks approximately 100,000 more than the minimum objective. In ad dition to these, the county's farm ers acquired 12,000 laying hens." This boosted the year's income from poultry alone to $500,000. Haywood County's fruit crop was Improved, to the extent that or- chardlsts derived a total income of $750,000 from apples alone. Largely responsible, for the improvement was the work of the Smoky Mount ain Apple Producers Association t. whtcjb,was organised. Uueonnecttwt" t with the Community Development Program. ... In forestry improvement, farm ers planted 165,000 seedlings, and an extensive educational program was pushed. The' results of the work in forestry will show up more In later-years. The last year Was tops for Hay wood County's top agricultural in dustry beef cattle. Improvement of herds generally was largely re sponsible for the income of $2,000, 000 the cattlemen received. The improvements included not only the introduction of more pure bred animals in the existing herds, but also the construction of 35 new concrete silos and the installa tion of five hay-driers. Last winter, the Community De velopment Program also launched a county-wide pasture ' improve ment program. . To push this work, a Ladino Clo ver Club was organized, an exten sive advertising program was launched, and demonstrations were held showing the latest methods of Improving pastures. , Right now, the Haywood farmers are working toward the goal of 10, 000 new acres of Ladino to be planted this year, ; Most spectacular results of the Program show up In the poultry and the dairying Industry. In 1937, there were only six Grade A dairy barns in the county. At the end of 1948, there were 32... " Now there are 83. The 51 new grade-A dairies ouilt under the stimulus of the Program during the ten months between February and December 1949 was nearly double the total number that hao; been built during the previous 11 years. , f The records In the poultry in dustry is even more startling. One estimate Is that, prior to February 1949 (birth date of the Community Development Pro gram), all of Haywood County's flock's totalled roughly about 60, 000 birds of all types with the in come rated at approximately $30, 000 at the outside. ' Specially Designed Page To Start In Monday Issue The first of a series of pages designed for special interest to visitors and homefolk alike will begin in 'the Monday edition of this newspaper. The special page will be published twice a week un til September 1st. A" series of new photographs of this section have -been obtained, and plates already made for the series. The pages will also feature news about the section, and the names of many of our visitors, and where they are staying. In the past, there have been LOl.eJrj)BjeamejtpMfrisiJi ing here and they did not know it until they returned home. By pub lishing names of visitors, many can find each other. Special articles about people who visit in this area will also be. featured on the page, which will be published every Monday and Thursday. Many of the hotels and boarding houses, together with motor courts and guest homes have already or dered enough copies of the paper of every issue to place one in every room for their guests. Highway Record For 1950 In Haywood (To Date) Injured .... 18 Killed.... 3 (This Information com piled from Becordi of 'Stata , Elghway Patrol)