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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 q ^
68th YEAR NO. 60 20 PAGES Associated Press WAYNES VILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 23, 1953 $3.00 In~Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countiei
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?Weight In Silver"
? years ago. Jack El wood
?that his grandson wag
weight in silver dollars.
? > n a silver dollar for
^Ke the youngster?J. L., IV
it amounted to over
Hber day. the first grand
? Susan Meredith, arrived,
? weight was five pounds
?inces When Jack flnish
Hing out silver dollars to
?it of his granddaughter's
He had tossed $97 onto the
Houd grandfather considers
H $200 he has given the
?s as among the best in
he ever made.
? The Atomic Era
Hond Place
Hil Hardin, of Birmingham,
Heriy of Waynesville, tells
of a member of his
Hnd father of two teen-age
? as saying:
Hw there is a lot being said
Hshed about the dangers of
Hie era. 1 realize all this.
? I am not as concerned
He atomic era as I am the
? era which I am now pass
H can get through this wtth
H-agers, I feel I can face
Hiic dangers with confi
h Gap And
ih Road Work
pects Bright,
mission Told
?cts are favorable. Blue
Parkway Superintendent
Weems told the National
rkways and Forests Devel
Commission Monday, for
ation of another $150,900
completion of the Beach
i of the Parkway,
ing at the annual meeting
roup at Boone, Mr. Weeing
d his opinion that the out
i favorable for a* Congres
(prbpriation of about $600,?
r the Parkway. Three
of this sum has been ear
for construction in the
of Blowing Rock, but the
er could be allocated to
ch Gap link already under
tion.
t same meeting, it was re
that indications were that
ments would be made in
r future on the Pisgah
oad, NC 112. The commis
I requested the State High
nmission and the U. S.
ervice to look Into the pos
i of work there,
e elections which are part
annual meeting, Dr. Kelly
ett of Bryson City was re
chairman; W. Ralph Wiak
Boone was re-elected vice
n; and C, M. Douglas of
, secretary.
man Bennett said that sub
ees to work on each phase
commission's work, the
the Great Smoky Moun
itional Park and the North
1 National Forests, would
(inted shortly.
Id A Cook?
ant Ad Can
I You One ?
din* to Mr*. J. H. Howell,
needed a cook for Wind
Mr*. Howell had looked far
?1de for a cook. Then a
inexpensive want ad was
1 in The Mountaineer on
orsday. That afternoon a
?nif to Mrs. Howell ? "I
'our ad?"
even the next fay the new
?ed cook was at work-?But
?* not all. Throe others
> wanUnc the Job.
lBt ?d for yon will brine
Krtory results.
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y cloudy, warm and humid
ither frequent ahowers or
Fiorina Thursday and Frl
Max. Mln. Rainfall
M 00
87 01
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ONE OF THREE STILLS, each with a capacity of 500 gallons,
was recently destroyed near Mt. Sterling by officers. This shows
part of one of the 3-unit still, capable of producing a gallon of
liquor every three minutes. Shown here, left to right: Herbert
Webb (handcuffed), caught leaving the still with 68 gallons of
whiskey: Willis Mitchell of the Asheville office of the Alcohol
Tax Unit: Haywood Sheriff Fred Campbell; ATU officer Haywood
Weddle; ATU officer John Corbin and ABC officer Luther Ander
son. Not in the picture is another ABC officer, Osborne Fore.
The photograph was taken by Ray Ervin of the ATU office.
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Report On Recreation
Program Set For Tonight
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Buying Power Of Haywood
Citizens Above Average
More Ready Cash
Seen As Hazelw'd
Money Orders Up
More "spending: money" in the
ares served by the Haselwood
Poet Office is the (ness ventured
by Haselwood Postmaster Thur
man Smith in accounting for an
increase of nearly 18 per cent
in the office's money orders.
Postmaster Smith's figures
show a total of $86,173.80 in
money orders sent out between
January and June 1953, com
pared with $73,099.28 during the
same period last year.
Receipts of the Poet Office,
apart from money orders, totaled
$29,589.68 for the first six months
of this year. This represents a
drop of a little over $2000 from
the comparable term last year
and is, according to Smith, a lev
eling out process to be expected
after a sudden spurt in receipts
in 1952.
"Offhand," Smith says. "I'd say
more people are buying cars, and
washing machines, and equip
ment for their homes."
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh L. Davis and
twin daughters, Diane and Donna,
of Richmond. Kentucky, are guests
of the former's hrother-in-law and
sister. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. League.
(Special to the Mountaineer)
A comprehensive study of busi
ness activity in 1052 shows that
Haywood County maintained a high
position among the 3,072 counties
of the United States. The findings
are contained in Sales Manage
ment's copyrighted survey of buy
ing power, just released.
Haywood County recorded re
tail sales of $22,708,000 for the
year.
The chief factor in the big spend
ing locally waa the better earnings
of Haywood County families. The
data shows that the 0,800 families
in the county had a net disposable
income after taxes of $44,394,000,
a gain over the 1951 total of $32,
138.000. t
The improvement, which amount
ed to 38.0 percent, was a better
one than was achieved generally.
The nation as a whole recorded an
income increase of 5.3 percent. In
the state of North Carolina the
gain was 5.0 percent and in the
South Atlantic States the increase
was 7.5 percent.
The average income per family i
locally, obtained by dividing total i
income by number of families, is
given as $4,530. It was $3,246 per
family in the prior year. Com
pared with the rest of the South
Atlantic States, local earnings look
ed good. The average throughout
the section was $4,519 per family.
In the State of North Carolina it
was $4,194.
The rating of a market depends
(See Buying Power?Page 2)
Assembly Protesting A
$914 County Tax Bill
For the first time in 40 years,
Lake Junaluska Assembly has re
ceived a tax bill from Haywood
county. A bill, based on a valua
tion of $59,000, at the current rate
of $1.55 is for $914.50.
The Lake trustees are protest
ing the charge, on the grounds that
the Assembly is a "church institu
tion. and is not subject to taxa
tion". i
f The county board feels that the
Assembly is a profit-making ven
ture, and falls into the classifica
tion of being taxed.
One member of the board of
trustees pointed out that the tax
will not be paid until a court makes
such an order.
A tax expert concluded that the
Assembly would in all probability
have a better case to pay the tax
under protest, and then start court
action for the refund, based upon
their contention that the county
was taxing church property, and
that the tax had been paid.
C, C. Francis, chairman of the
board, was making an inspection
today of the new Bethel school,
and the county home, and was not
in his office. A reporter tried to
make contact with him in an effort
to get a statement. He had not re
turned at noon.
Included on the tax books are
the hotels, motels, and 35-acre golf
course. The course is now under
lease, as are several of the Assem
bly-owned buildings.
The board of trustees of the
Lake will hold their annual meet
ing on August ffrst. and this Is one
of the major matters to Come be- 1
fore the board At that time. i,
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Public Asked To v
Recreation Croup
Meeting Tonight
An open meeting of the Waynes
ville-Hazelwood Recreation Com
mission has been scheduled for the
Court House tonight at 8 p.m. All
interested citizens, as well as rep
resentatives of clubs, churches and
other organizations, are being re
quested to attend, to listen to
presentation of the community rec
reation plan* prepared by Recrea
tion Engineer Charles M. Graves.
Mr. Graves made a preliminary
report to the commission on June
17, including such considerations
as long-range development, site
and operation costs.
Charles Ray is chairman of the
11-member commission, and Paul
Davis its secretary.
Historical Group
Re-Elect Buchanan
Harry E. Buchanan was rc-elect
ed chairman of the Cherokee His-1
torical Association, at the annual ,
meeting held this afternoon in I
Cherokee.
Percy Ferebee, of Andrews, was!
re-elected vice-chairman, and Joe I
Jennings continues as treasurer.
Mrs. Edith P. Alley, Waynesville,
secretary.
C. M. Douglas, of Brevard, was i
named as a director, and Major
O. A. Fetch, of Fon^ana, was elect
ed to succeed Ralph Grant. Other
directors Include: James Kilpat
(See Buchanan?Page 2)
THE HON. FRANK C. CLEM
ENT, governor of Tennessee, will
address the Laymen's Confer
ence Friday evening at 8 p.m.
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Distiller Said
Knoxville Got
Most Of Output
Sheriff Fred Campbell said to
day, In recalling the capture of a
unit of three 500-gallon stills near
the Tennessee-North Carolina type,
that Herbert Welt, who WW
caught with 68 gallons of liquor,
said that most of the bootleg whis
key was sold on the Knoxville mar
ket.
Webb insisted that he get in on
the picture (abovei when it was
made by Ray Erwin, one of the
ATU officials.
Sheriff Campbell said the inside
of two of the stills was caked with
! rust, and that on top of the mash,
in the stills, were large flakes of
rust and fllth.
One of the stills was compara
tively new, according to Webb, and
it was from the new still that he
had just made a run of the 68 gal-{
Ions.
Webb did not seem so concerned
about his arrest, but refused to tell
who were his partners. He claimed
he was hired to make the liquor
for a dollar a case, and reported
the market bad, as the wholesale
price is only $14 for a 6-gallon
case.
Sheriff Campbell said that Webb
had been given a suspended sen
tence about two weeks ago, and
the day before had been served
with a warrant issued by "his
girl".
Hazelwood Tax
Rate Stays $1.65
The tax rate for Hazelwood
will remain at $1.65. according
to Mayor Lawrence Davis. The
board is expected to formally ap
prove the new budget, and the
same tax rate, in the next few
days.
The new revaluation of prop
erty added about $100,04)0 to the
Hazelwood books.
Tennessee Governor
Speaks Friday At Lake
The governor of Tennessee, the
Hon. Frank C. Clement, 'is a visitor
this week at Lake Junaluska. and
will address the South-wide Meth
odist Laymen's Conference at 8
p.m. Friday in the assembly audi
torium.
Gov. Clement's subject will be
"Today's Ideals and Tomorrow's
Success," and the general public
of the Waynesville-Canton area is
Invited to hear him.
The country's youngest governor
?he was 33 in June?Gov. Clement
is a Methodist and taught Sunday
school classes for several years in
his home town, Dickson, Tenn., and
in the state capital, Nashville.
He is a law graduate of Vander
bllt University and a former FBI
agent. In 1943 he waived his FBI
status to enter the army as a pri
vate and rose to the rank of first
lieutenant, in 1949 he was elected
Tennessee commander of the Am- I
erican Legion, and that same year r
he was chosen as the "outstanding 'I
young man of the year" by the state 1
Junior Chamber of Commerce. t
On the morning of his inaugur
al as governor last January, Gov. a
Clement set a new precedent in f
Tennessee history by requesting a 1
special service at MvKendree *
Methodist Church, near the state
capitol in Nashville. *
A friend and admirer of Baptist I
Evangelist Billy Graham, Gov. c
Clement was reported in the press ?
in May to be considering giving up 1
politics in favor of evangelistic f
work, possibly teaming with Gra- 0
ham. However, h# refused to com
ment on the story and is still con- '
sldered by Tennessee politicians as e
a probable candidate to succeed *
himself 8r governor, and perhaps n
offer for the U. S. senate in a few a
yeara.
2 Towns Will Follow
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Engineer's Plan To
Stop Sewer Overflow
Light Docket
Ends Court
Wednesday
A light docket combined with
the out-of-court settlement of sev
eral cases resulted in the wind-up
Wednesday of the July term of
Superior Court, Judge F- Donald
Phillips presiding.
Actions heard Included the Col
lowing:
Potts Motor Company vs. Olis
Allicon et al, judgment by consent,
for the plaintiff, $800 and interest
and costs.
C. R. Francis vs. Mrs. Marietta
Taylor and Burney M. Taylor, for
the plaintiff. $500 an dinterest.
Frank Moody et al vs. Sam Evans
ct al. judgment by consent, for
plaintiffs.
T. N. Loathe wood vs. Waldo
Green and wife Lucy Green, set
tled by compromise.
Lawrence Waldroup et al vs.
Theodore M. Pressley, defendant's
motion denied, matters in contro
versy referred to Court-appointed
Referee.
Susannc Nicholson O'Connor vs.
Frank L. Gllreath, Jr., for the
plaintiff, $3,000 and cosU.
J. H. Wright vs. Wade Ray. judg
ment by consent Cor the plaintiff,
ttOO.
Mrs. Mary Wright vs. Wade
Ray, judgment by consent for the
plaintig, $400.
Mrs. Mae Pilklngton vs. Wade
Ray, judgment by consent for the
plaintiff, $2,800.
Members of the second week's
jury panal who did not serve were
Robert H. Winchester, excused by
the Court; and Jack Bramlett and i
Roy Parkman.
j Divorces granted by Judge F.
Donald Phillips included: Roy
(See Court?Page 2)
Education Board
Names Killian
B'ld'g. Supervisor'
J. W. Killian was named super- 1
visor of Building and Grounds by
the Haywood County Board of
Education at a recent meeting.
The board also went on record
as hiring two additional men in 1
the maintenance department "for 1
a period of two months or longer 1
if needed," at a salary of $40 per
week.
The board raised the salaries of
six employees in the maintenance i
department in the amount of $8 <
and $10 a month. The minutes of I
(he neeting show present salaries I
and increases as follows: H. F. Hog- i
len, $200, up $10;. O. S. Rhymer, <
Estus Arrington, Mcdford Hannah I
and Cam Williams, $120, up $8; 1
John Wyatt, $150, up $10. (
The board also authorized Coun- j
ty Attorney W. Roy Francis to <
work out an agreement with the '
Noland heirs as to the property ]
lines at the Lake Junaluska I
school. (
KENNETH KEENUM has receiv
ed an appointment to the U. S.
Naval Academy at Annapolis and
left this week to begin his
studies.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
F. Keenum of Hazeiwood, young
Keenum is a graduate of Waynes
ville Township High School and at
tended State College in Raleigh
last year. The appointment to the
Naval Academy was made by Con
gressman George A. Shuford of
Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. Keenum and their
daughters, Geraldlne and Carolyn,
accompanied the new midshipman
to Annapolis and returned to their
home Tuesday.
Hazeiwood
Street Paving
Completed
Paving work on Hazelwood's
streets was completed Tuesday,
Mayor Lawrence Davis announced.
Another 30 days will be needed for
the street crew to finish such de
tails as gutters and drains, but
the entire 4V4 miles of streets in
cluded in the contract have now
been surfaced.
The contract was let to the Alli
son Construction Company, follow
ing competitive bidding, on June
23. Work started the following day,
with 30-60 days allowed for its
completion.
r arm lour Travels
Across Desert To
Snow Of Rockies
(Special to The Mountaineer)
GRAND ISLAND. Neb ? Grand
scenic country from semi-arid des
ert to perpetual snow has been on
the itinerary of the out-of-state
farm tour for the past few days,
is the party traversed 900 miles,
Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska.
Outstanding attractions have been
ihe Royal Gorge and bridge in
Colorado, the Frontier Days Rodeo
n Cheyenne, great cattle ranches
ind the grain farms of Nebraska.
Trouble with one of the busses on
Monday slowed down the schedule
;emporarily, but everything is now
ilicking along as planned.
Plenty of natural scenery and
Jlenty of man-made operations
lave vied for the attention of the
124 members of the out-of-state
arm tour since Monday
Most spectacular sight, besides
he first breath-taking vista of the
tockies, has been the Royal Gorge, '
cached late Monday afternoon.
The group spent an hour "taking
n" the chasm and snapping pic
ures right and left.
Other stops on Monday Included
i trip through Burreil's huge seed
arm and a visit to a dairy farm.
The group spent the night in Den
'er.
An early start Tuesday morning
nade it possible to drive by the
Carl Cogburn potato farms and
narket and to spend about an hour
t the Montfort farm observing
arge scale feeding operations. The
arm has an estimated 18,000 head
if beef cattle.
Arriving at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
he party gulped lunch hastily In
agerness to get onward to the
"rentier Days Rodeo. The excite
ment of the riding, bronco-busting
nd all the other doings of the
(See Farm Taor?Page t)
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Elimination Ol
Surface Water,
Cleansing Of Line
Recommended
The towns of Waynesville and
Hazelwood have agreed to follow
the recommendations of an engin
eer In an effort to stop the over
flow of the six-mile sewer line
which has been charged by health
authorities with being the chief
source of contamination of the wat
ers of Lake Junaluska The boards
of aldermen of the two towns ex
pect to prepare a report stating
their plans in time for presenta
tioa at the annual meeting of the
Board of Trustees of Lake Juna
luska on August 1.
At the same time the County
Health Board gave notice that all
tributary streams flowing into the
lake would be cleaned of excessive
pollution immediately.
?These decisions transpired in
a two-hour session Wednesday
night as 25 town and county offi
cials, health officers, engineers and
members of the Board of Trustees
of Lake Junaluska met for the sec
ond time in an effort to reach a
satisfactory solution whereby the
Lake could be reopened for swim
ming.
The Lake trustees, through tbeir
attorney, William Medford, have
made a public statement that un
less the situation is corrected, re
lief will be sought through the
i courts.
' The meeting last night was set
in order that all interested parties
might hear the formal presenta
tion of a report by the engineers.
Under the chairmanship of W.
Curtis Russ, the group heard re
ports from Mr. Dawson of the en
gineering firm of Harwood Beebe
and from Frank F. Blaisdell, dis
trict engineer of the State Board
of Health.
Mr. Dawson's recommendations
were that the sewer line be clean
ed and maintained in an "open and
free" condition, and that if the
line continued to overflow, all pos
sible means should be employed to
stop at least some of the infiltra
tion of storm waters into the line.
"The solution is simple." he said,
"in theory at least; and it is the
only possible solution."
Mr. Blaisdell pointed out that
from the viewpoint of the State
Board of Health the problem had
been getting progressively worse.
"Over a period of time, and on
several occasions,' 'he said, "Milner
(County Sanitarian) and I have
taken bacteriological samples from
the lake, from Richland Creek and
from other tributaries of the lake.
The results showed that the lake
should be condemned for swim
ming."
Even without this bacteria count,
he added, the lake would be pre
sumed unsafe for bathers. "We as
(See Sewer?Page 2)
Robert A. Campbell In
Special Band Concert
At University Michigan
Robert A. Campbell, assistant
band director here, and now taking
special work at the University of
Michigan for his master's degree,
participated today in the special
band concert before the National
Band Conductors Conference, now
in session at the University.
Mr. Campbell was one of four
Tar Heels in the band. He played
a French horn.
SB
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed .III 3
Injured. i;. 32
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pllrd Nm Records ?|
State HUhway Patrol.)