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News
Hug
a great thing, but some
create embarrassment, as
mother can testify,
some company, young
as sleeping with her
ighter the other night,
is of the type that sleeps
the bed.
iiiddle of the' night, the
happened to throw its
he mother's face. Where
jother screamed for help,
and frightening the
members of the house
3 in to see what was the
arrased mother slyly ad-
r that her first thought
i had hold of her.
Services
I James, of Crabtree,
lay School he attends
' Sunday. In the morn-
jnds the Methodiht, and
bon he goes" to he Bap-
i:
both, and finds no con
jen the ,two dcnomina
enjoys the two services
end of continuing wih
of stopping.
St
)f Labor
Cracken has what he be
finest aBDle crop in 30
Camp Branch orchard,
chardmen see n short
ear, but Mr,. McCracken
banner crop from his
1 set the trees 30 years
i many people laughed
being so foolish as put
ple trees on land that
produced anything but
Saw briars. After long
jj and days, months and
ultivating the orchard,
ing the reward of his
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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
Two men who hadn't, tszi
each other for IS years met
and began reminiscing:
"Is your wife as pretty aa
she used to be?" asked one. .
"Oh, yes," replied the other,
"but it takes her quite a bit
longer."
66th YEAR NO. 56 22 PAGES
Associated Press
WAYNESVILLE, N..C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 12, 1951 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
3 Withdraw In
Town Election
Interest and speculation are in
creasing every day in the' town
election, as candidates withdraw,
and others increase their' cam
paigning. "p
This morning Capt. W. H.: Lee
withdrew as a candidate for mayor,
thus leaving two in the race J, H.
Way and Frank Ferguson.
(The advertisement of Capt. Lee
in the third section of this issue,
was printed before he made his
wihtdrawal announcement.)
The official ballot will contain
the names of eleven men two
seeking the office of mayor, and
nine seeking a place on the 3-mem-ber
board of aldermen.
Two candidates for aldermen
previously announced have with
drawn Hardy Medford, and Hoop
er Green.
The official ballot will carry the
following names for mayor J. H.
Way and Frank Ferguson. ,
The candidates for board of al
dermen are: Felix Stovall, Thom
as Stringfield, T. Henry Gaddy,
Mack Pace, S. Henry Miller, J. R.
Thomas, O. S. Rhymer, Joe Liner,
and L. M. Killian.
For the first time In the history
of Waynesville, there will be two
voting places the town hall, and
Aliens Creek school. The second
precinct at Aliens Creek was es
tablished this year, when the vot
ing place at the court house was
moved to the city hall,
The polls will open at 6:30 a.m
and close at 6:30 p.m.
Arch Masons
Convocation
tile Chapter No. 69,
i Masons, will hold their
invocation on Friday
13. at 8 p. m.
on J. w. Howeu, wgn .Charles Plemmons, well known
oe in cnarge, ai 'eln tne merchandising field here, is
c -npicr v,u,iu....v.. now connected witn the advertis-A-;.Illulrl?uLMa'
department-of -Tho MounUiar
ncu, wiu noiu . w
Royal Master, and Cpm
Plemmons Now on
Advertising Staff
Of Mountaineer
1 1:
n lr. t. Worthington,- Past
r will hold a rehearsal' on the
..Master Degrees. All York
'Tasbns are Invited to attend.
r Makes
L In One
C untry Club
s. V,
Join
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T. Horan of Orlando,
the "hole-in-one club"
she sank one in the sev
i at the Waynesville
ub course. Mrs. Horan
t Moody Farm.
r
Iouse Listed
can Hines
He House- has just been
k the place is being list
Duncan Hines travel
i official notice came to
tie, and Mrs. Maude
jtrs and operators.
f .
CORRECTION
f story abqut a prisoner
fear,. the man was re
as a Negro. He was a
I who went from prison
dson camp Showing pic-
Mountaineer regrets
or was made. And glad-
is correction that Jer
is a white man.
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tf.
Mrs. George Bischoff
m. Misses Anne and
glioff, returned Wednes
fnaytona Beach where
jheen visiting Mrs. Bis-pther-in-law
and sister.
s. E. C. Brown. They
fipanied home by Miss
own, who will be their
e remainder of the sum-
eer. ,
Mr. Plemmons came here in
1948, and has been with a depart
ment store during that time. Mrs
Plemmons formerly taught school
at Bethel. Several months ago they
bought the Keller Apartment
House. .
Mr. Plemmons is a world War II
veteran, and prior to coming here
was connected with his father in
the mercantile business.
Two Strands Of Barb Wire Keeps Car From 60-Foot Plunge
own Seis
Date For '51
v This afternoon the town board
was slated to formally approve the
budget for the coming year call
ing for a continuation of the pres
ent tax rate of $1.40 per one hun
dred dollars valuation.
While costs of town operations
have shown a marked increase, the
officials are of the opinion that
the same rate will be sufficient for
the coming year.
A check of the permanent im
provements made in the past four
years in the town, and the areas
annexed, show . that more than
$200,000 has been spent, without
incurring any debt, according to
the official record of G. C. Fergu
son, town manager.
The remodeling of the town hall
cost $13,414, while Improvements
to the light department represent
an expenditure of $22,521.
The street department came in
for a lion's share of the expendi
tures, as 16,000 tons of crushed
stone and gravel, costing $24,000
was 'used, plus $43,683 spent for
paving, and filling, graveling, storm
sewer and resurfacing of Wall
Street cost $6,000,
Improvements of the water sys
tem, and extension of lines was
over $57,000, the report shows. Re
pairs to the reservoir accounted
for $8,651, while new lines cost
$49,419. These lines, extending over
33,000 feet,' are in the following
10,619 feet of 6-inch, cost $21,238
13,100 feet of 4-inch, cost $10,-
650.
' 2,983 feet of 2-inch cost $2,684.
5,412 foct of Hi-inch cost $4,059.
2,814 feet 0f 1-inch cost $1,688.
All of this includes installation
costs plus cost of materials,
Sewer lines recently installed
cost $28,461, the same report
shows. The largest cost was for
(See Town Tax Rate Page 6)
1.300 New Registrants
Added To Poll Books
J. R. Williamson ,of route, two, Canton, had a close call, when he left Highway No. 276 Just east of
Pigeon Gap Monday night to miss a car without lights. When Williamson's car stopped, two strands
of barb wire, and a 2-inch tree kept it from rolling down a 60-foot embankment. Williamson crawl
ed out the lower side, and except for briar scratches,' came out unhurt. So did the car. This picture,
by a staff photographer, was made as a wrecker was pulling the car back into the highway. William
son is balancing the car by pulling .-against a rope around the door posts. (Staff Photo).
Hardy Medford Is
Out Of Town Race
Hardy Medford, of Aliens Creek,
announced this morning that he
was withdrawing from the race as
a member of the board of alder
men. . Mr, Mediord had previously an
nounced, but decided to withdraw
and not complete the race.
This leaves nine candidates seek
ing places on,- the three-member
board.
Over 1300 newly qualified vot
ers are registered for the Waynes
ville town elections July 17, in ad
dition to approximately 1500 previ
ously registered. Mrs. Ruth Kelly,
registrar for Precinct One, at the
fire station in Waynesville, reports
over 2500 prospective voters now
on her books. More than 1000 of
them live in the area included in
the new city limits of Sulphur
Springs, East Waynesville and the
Dellwood Road. Another 300 have
registered at the 7 Aliens Creek
school. . ,
Books were open for registration
through July 7. Challenge day will
be July 14, and election day July
17.
Haywood Quota Is
$308 In Crusade
For Freedom Plan
Haywood county cltizers are be
ing asked lo donate $308 towards
the $60,000 goal for North Caro
lina to the Crusade for Freedom
of which Reuben B. Robertson is
regional chairman.
Haywood citizens participated In
a substantial manner in the 1950
campaign, with the funds being
used to erect a powerful radio sta
tion in Europe for contacting peo
ple behind the Iron Curti.i.
Plans now are to use the current
funds for building two additional
stations. The first station built
last year is said to be far more
powerful than anything he&id be
hind the Iron Curtain.
Last fall North Carolina contri
buted $16,986. '
Annual Champion Report
Shows Substantial Gains In
Sales; Assets 93 Millions
Local Men Report
For Special Duty
At Fort Bragg
A number from here leave Sun
day for 15 days of field training un
der a reserve program at Fort
Bragg.
Among those reporting for the
special training include J. T. Rus
sell, J. H. Howell, Jack Edwards,
Paul Gough, Kenneth Parrot, and
James Arnold.
Property To Be
Sold For Taxes
Warning has been issued by the
board of commissioners that work
is underway of compiling the de
linquent tax list , on which 1950
taxes have not been paid.
The properly on .-which taxes
have not been paid will be adver
tised early in August, and sold the
first Monday in September.
Library Board Drinks Toasts To 'Next 60 Years'
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y, July 12 Partly cloudy
hvith scattered showers.
hot Friday.
Waynesville tempera-
porded by the staff of the
Farm):
Max.
. 81"
. 83 ,
. 84
Min. Rainfall
49
53 .08
59 .10
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Identical Twiini
Cause Mistrial
Laundry Receives
loint Recognition
For Safety Record
The Waynesville Laundry has
just received a joint state and na
tional certificate of Safety Achieve
ment for their safety record dur
ing 1950.
The large crtiflcate, in red, and
blue on white, is decorated with
gold seals of both the, state and
federal departments of labor.
Maurice J, Tobin, secretary of la
bor of the U. S. Department of
Labor signed the certificate, as
did Dorrest H. Shufford. commis
sioner of Labor of North Carolina.
The Waynesville Laundry is op
erated by Fred Sheehan, and Joe
Liner.
Participating in the 60th anniversary of the Haywood Library Wednesday, were members of the board of trustees. They are shown
here as they gathered around the punch bowl late in the afternoon. Mrs. Aaron Prevost, left, Is serving. The members, left to right, are:
Glenn Palmer, Senator William Medford, Chairman J. H. Howell; Mrs T. L. Gwyn, and Miss Margaret Johnston, librarian. Mrs. Dick
Moody, and Fred Doutt, other members of the board were absent when the picture was made, (Staff Photo),
By W. CURTIS RUSS
The assets of .the Champion
Paper and Fibre c'ompany were in
excess of $to3,000,000 on March 31
of this year, according to the lal
csi puniisncr report ot the com
pany in a beautifully bound edl
tiou of the annual report.
Ne( sales for the year reached
an all time high, showing an in
crease of .25 per cent over the pre
vious year.
j tie report, snows mat more
than 8,000 people are employed by
Champion in making pulp and
paper,
For two consecutive years Cham
pion has received an award for an
outstanding presentation of their
annual report. This year's colorful
booklet, and presentation of facts,
should easily win a similar award.
The front has a design of a log
and a roll of paper supporting a
plot of a city, Including industrial
plant and home, with a huge tree
on the side. The inside of both
the front and back covers are color
photographs of natural pine bark
so realistic that the reader real
izes at once the importance of wood
in the report, both at the begin
ning and conclusion.
The next 24 pages are devoted
to a presentation of the business
of Champion, including graphs and
charts for comparison of the $106,
379,000 in sales, with costs amount-
ng to over $95,789,000, showing a
net income of slightly more than
$10,500,000.
The charts and graphs are In
color, and easily understood at a
glance, with about two-thirds of a
page devoted to explanation.
The next 16 pages are devoted
to a graphic story of forestry. The
beginning of this section is a full
page picture with a sign in the
iurest, . reading: "Quiet! Trees at
Work. All defective and suppressed
trees in this stand were marked
and cut, leaving these healthy trees
to double their growth. The Cham
pion Paper and Fibre Company.
Protect Your Trees From Fire." .
' The next fifteen pictorial pages
telUhcstory. of . trees- from seed
lings to the mill, and some of the
operations of converting the wood
into pulp.
In the back' of the book are sam
ples of some of the newer papers
now being manufactured in Cham
pion plants.
The report Is not the typical
dry, figure-filled pages, but a pre
sentation so interesting, that, the
reader starts back through, for fear
his first time through he might
have overlooked some of the many
interesting, and informative facts.
The report is well presented, and
indicative of the progress of
Champion Paper and Fibre Company,
Robert Gilliland
Commissioned As
2nd Lieutenant
Robert Gilliland, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Gilliland of Waynes
ville, received his commission as
2nd Lieutenant July 1. Lt. Gilli
land is in Korea with the second
Infantry Division. He expects to
return to the United States soon
for a refresher course in officers
training.
Lt. Gilliland has been in service
since 1948. He is a veteran of
World War II and saw action in the
China - Burma - India theater. His
brother, PFC Thomas B. Gilliland,
is also stationed In Korea, at a sup
ply base in Pusan. . .l.:..
Nine Building
Permits Issued
Here In June
Nine building permits were is
sued in June, according to the
records of H. D, Jolley, building
inspector.
The permits were as follows:
Clayton Walker, business build
ing; Russell Browning, dwelling;
Sam L. Freeman, addition;. G. T.
Williamson, dwelling.
G. C. Farmer, dwelling; D. T.
Worsham, alteration; Waynesville
Motor Sales, addition; Myrtle Cul
lins, addition; and L. A. Gilliland,
private garage.
5 Men Slated To
Leave On July 18
Five men are scheduled to leave
for induction into the Army next
Wednesday, July 18. They are Paul
Metcalf, William Carroll Metcalf,
Estle William Hannah, Samuel
Roosevelt Mann and Hiram Robert
Raymond Ledford.
The Selective Service Board re
ports no call for pre-inductees to
report during July.
ThPj confusion created by identi
cal twins in court this morning,
caused Judge J. C. Rudisill to call
a mistrial in the case of Rufus and
Louie Cochran, charged with lar
ceny of cattle.
Louie and Dewey are identical
31-year-old twins, and Dewey was
sitting at the bar. while LouLs was
in the audience. S.B.I. Agent P.
R. Kitchen was on the stand testi
fying, and was asked to identify the
man at the bar as the one arrested
on the larceny charge of taking
cattle. Agent Kitchen hesitated,
and then said the man at the bar
was the defendant (Louie). Soli
citor Thad Bryson, Jr., called for
Louie Cochran to come around,
and out of the audience came
Louie. He was wearing a whit
shirt and blue trousers, whereas
Dewey -vore overalls.
Judge Rudisil rose to his . feet
and announced that he "did not
like such tactics." and Immediately
recessed the jury, as he halted
court. '. ;v . '
In about thre minutes the judge
was back, and dictated the mistrial
statement. He ordered both de
fendants held under a bond of $5,.
000.
When the jury was re-called,
Judge Rudisill explained to them
what had happened
Solicitor Bryson said he wm
"toying" with the idea of cai'iLi'j
the case later today. Tentative
plans are to adjourn court some
time Friday.
Both men made bond about 12:15,
and were released. The bonds were
I signed by R. V. Welch.
They are charged with the lar
ceny of cattle of Howell McCrack
en and Fred Jones. The trial got
underway about three o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon, and the mistrial
was called at 11:28 this morning.
The defenadnts were charged with
taking two heifers belonging to
McCracken and Jones. '
...Much. Interest was shown, in the
trial, and the court room wis Just
about filled to capacity at the time
the mistrial was called.
The defendant, Rufus Cochran,
was represented by W. Roy Francis,
and representing Louie was George
H. Ward, and a South Carolina
lawyer.
Solicitor Thad Bryson was as
sisted in the prosecution by Grover
C. Davis.
The father of the men said that
when the twins were young that it
was necessary for the family to
keep a band on he arm of one to
tell them apart.
All three lawyers explained to
the court that they thought the
man at the bar was Louie, the
defendant.
Shortly after noon today. Wayne
Medford, foreman of thp Grand
Jury, presented the report of that
organization to the clerk for typ
ing, and formal presentation to
the court.
..-Stiff est -sentences meted ot hy
Judge Rudisil in the first four days
of the July term of court were
those for drunk driving and lar
ceny. Persons convicted of driv
ing while intoxicated received fines
of $100 and $125 as well as hav
ing their licenses revoked for one
year. Two men convicted in iep
arate cases of larceny were sen
(See Court Page 6)
Baptists Buy Huge Pipe
Organ For New Building
Mrs. Thomas M. Seawell of
Winder, Georgia, a former resident
of Waynesville, arrived Tuesday
to spend sometime at Lake Juna
luska. She will visit Waynesville
before returning to her home.
An order for a large $17,000 pipe
organ was placed this week by the
joint building and board of dea
cons of the First Baptist church.
The organ has been,-designed for
the new auditorium now under
construction on the Main Street
lot adjoining the Sunday School
building.
The" present organ, recently
completely overhauled, will - con
tinue to he used where it is when
the present auditorium is convert
ed into a chapel for the church.
VV. H. Burgin, chairman, of the
building committee, said yester
day thai the steel company had
promised final delivery of all steel
for the new structure within a few
days. The foundation of the new
building is complete, and ready
for the steel erectors. "
The new auditorium will seat
about 600 people, will have radiant
heat, and plans call for completion
by Thanksgiving. The building is
of all brick and steel construction.
The instrument will be made by
Reuter Organ Company, of Law
rence, Kas,
The organ, when completed, will
have four divisions; the Great Or
gan, Swell Organ, Choir Organ, and
Pedal- Organ, and there will be a
total of 45 speaking stops. At pres
ent the organ will be partially in-
stalled, complete console prepar
ations and chamber space being
provided for the remaining amount
to be installed at a later date.
There will be 30 stops in actual
operation with the present instat
lation. The complete organ will
have a total 1987 pipes,
This organ will be one of th
finest in this area and among the
wuer organs in tne state, me con
sole is being designed with the
conventional English draw knobs. 1
Highway
Record For
1951
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed . . . . 2
Injured.... 30
(This Information com
piled from Records i
State nbjhwar PatroL)