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!8ihVKAR NO. 79 16 PAGES Associated Press , WAYNESVILLE, N. MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPT. 28, 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood"and Jackaon Q>untiea
fTIMISTIC OVER 1956 are members of this group at the 12th
ktrict Voung Democrats who staged a rally at the Queen Farm
tiurday evening: Joe Tate, Jr., county president; Mrs. Walter
lark of Canton, county vice-chairman; Loranxo Smathers of Can
ton, district organiser; former Congressman Monroe M. Redden
of llendersonville, principal speaker; Solicitor Thad D. Bryson
of Bryson City; Judge Dan K. Moore of Sylva, and Richard Queen,
district chairman and host for the gathering. (Mountaineer Photo).
edden Says Fanners
o Defeat GOP In '54
;n Civic
roups Are
ivoring
jnd Vote
d civic clubs and organizations
oday publishing a page adver
lent supporting the passage of
chool bond and mental insti
ibond issues on October 3rd.
> message calls attention to
act that there is a definite
ftr further school plant ex
? hi Haywood, and that the*
iisue of a state-wide nature
! only way the new additions
e acquired.
1 same group asks for approval
tbond issue for mental insti
ls of the state which are over
led and not adequate to take
of the large number of people
Dg admittance.
Re sponsoring the message
le:
Kiwanis, notary, Lions,
tfs Clubs, Beta Sigma Phi.
m's Club, Chamber of Com
I. the Junior Chamber of
lerco and the Business and
asional Woman's Club.
? message is on page three.
9 Quarantine
Posed Sept. 7
i
ds Successfully
?Muarantinp imposed on all
ft Waynesville, Hazel wood,
?lie Nines ah section on Sep
ft" 1, ended successfully Frl
?rtthout further reports of
?animals.
? quarantine was ordered by
?unty health department af
?* per "i! were bitten by a
?forward, found to be rabid,
? Allen- ( reek area. These six
m, along with 14 others be
? exposed to the dog, have
? treatment for rabies at the
? office. *"
?th Department Inspector
?^rtingtnn expressed the ap
?fon of his office for the pub
^""Poration but requested
?ounty residents continue to
?? a lookout for suspicious
? dogs or other animals.
By BOB CONWAY
"Under the Republican adminis
tration, everybody has prospered
but the man who makes the pros
perity?the farmer. My prediction
is that the farmer will rise up en
masse next fall and kick out those
Republicans who have made false
promises."
This was the forecast made by
former Congressman Monroe M.
Redden, of Hendersonville, princi
pal speaker at a rally of Western
North Carolina Young Democrats
at the Queen Farm Saturday even
ing.
Despite a steadily falling rajn,
some 200 enthusiastic Democrats
gathered at ttye Queen Farm to
assail the present Republican ad
ministration and make hopeful pre
dictions of their return to national
power in the 1954 and 1956 elec
tions.
Mr. Redden also expressed a con
ciliatory attitude toward North
Carolina Democrats "who went
down a spur track" last November
and voted for Eisenhower.
"I have no praise for their ac
tion. but I feel that we should be
more interested in building the
Democratic Party so strong and so
powerful and so filled with hope
that these voters will yearn to come
back into the full enjoyment of
this great party, and that they will
be received without rebuke and
without penalty. It will gain our
party nothing for its leaders to
cast aspersions at these voters, and
it will certainly reflect upon the
greatness of our cause.
"Yes, I'm going to invite them
back; they'll know better next
.time."
Mr. Redden attacked the Repub
licans for promises which "we now
witness as sounding brass and tink
ling cymbals."
"We were told'that, militarily,
we were not prepared to defend
this nation. Now. we hear from
that same voice that the budget
cannot be balanced, that taxes can
not be decreased; that, in fact, we
have the biggest deficit in the his
tory of the nation, and that addi
tional revenue must be found."
The speaker concentrated heavy
fire on proposals by some Repub
licans to institute a national sales
(See Democrats?Page 5)
DR. LANCASTER IN HOSPITAL
I
Dr. N. F. Lancaster is a patient ]
at Mission Hospital, Asheville, j
where he was taken after becoming
ill Sunday afternoon.
I Inches Of Rain Eases |
Jywood Water Situation
the
other
tand warm Monday and
i*'T8V,1'e ^e?P*r*ture
by the state Teat
*?. Min. Rainfall
?8 81 .70
^ 56 .32
SUNNY
An inch and a half of rain fell
generally over Haywood County
during the weekend, according to
reports on the three days of pre
cipitation.
The rainfall has caused parched
grass to turn greener and replen
ished water supplies both in towns
and rural areas.
Raleigh reported 3.33 inches of
rain during the weekend, while
Charlotte had 188 inches.
The rains covered most of the
Southeast during the weekend and
were attributed directly to Hurri
cane "Florence" which moved in
to the country from the Gulf of
Mexico, but ebbed rapidly over
Georgia. ,
Woody Says Bankers Are
Optimistic As Nation Has
Readjustment Of Economy
Football Contest
Is Four-Way Tie
The Mountaineer's second foot
ball contest of the season result
ed in a four-way tie between Roy
E. Edwards of Hazelwood. Eu
gene Wright, Jr.. Box 586, Way
nesviile; D. B. Medford of Clyde,
and Linda Hollifleld. 301 East
St., Waynesville.
Ail four of the contestants
scored on 10 of 12 selections.
They will split the (15 prise
money four ways.
Last week's winner was Paul
Hightower. Waynesville High
quarterback.
Record Number
Charged With
Driving Drunk
A record number of persons?II
?were arrested on charges of driv
ing under the influence of alcohol
by state patrolmen and Waynesville
and Hazelwood police during the
past week-end.
The patrol arrested seven driv
ers, Waynesville police three, and
Hazelwood one for driving drunk.
Haywood Sheriff Fred Campbell
said the number was the largest
arrested on that change in a single
week-end during his service in
office. Defendants will be given
preliminary hearing and then prob
ably bound over to the grand jury.
By contrast. Waynesville police
picked up only two "plain" drunks
on Saturday night?usually a time
when a much larger number of in
ebriates are corralled.
Jonathan U Woody, president
of the First National and First
State Banks, told a representative
of the Mountaineer today that he
was especially impressed with Sec
retary of the- Treasury George M.
Humphreys' speech to the Ameri
can Banker's Association in Wash
ington last week.
Humphreys stated, according to
Woody, that 80.000 employees had ,
been eliminated from the govern
ment payroll this year, and that
plans were being made to remove
100,000 by June 30 next year. The
Secretary stated definitely that
the excess profits tax would be
discontinued January 1 and that
the hope for a 10 per cent personal
income tax reduction would he
come effective January t barring
any world conflict.
The over-all attitude of the con
vention was not pessimistic but it
was the general forecast of the
various outstanding speakers that
business may possibly decline a
round 8 to 10 per cent. However,
in some instances and in certain
localities there would be slight
improvements. It seems that we
are in a re-adjustment period.
Woody stated that he gained the
impression thati if a business man
watched his expenses, he would not
have too much to fear. The conven
tion was given assurances by the
top government officials that they
anticipated satisfactory business
conditions for next year and that
it was a mistaken idea that it is nec
essary for the United State to have
threat of war.
One speaker made a statement
which stood out on Woody's mind
quite well and it was that next year
a salesman would be a salesman
and "not just an order taker,"
which the speaker considered a
healthy condition.
When urged to give his personal
views, all that could be gotten out
of Woody was that he "didn't
think things would be quite as
good next year as this year."
Game More Plentiful In
Area Than In Years; Best
Hunting Season Forecast
EVEL TAYLOR la announcing:
today the formal opening of hia
new and modern place of busl
neaa?Taylor Motor Company?
on Haywood street. The formal
opening Is set for Thursday from
two until nine o'clock. Complete
details will be found in the sec
ond section of today's issue.
(Mountaineer Photo).
N. C. Wildlife officials here Wed
nesday morning predicted this as
the best hunting season in Western
North Carolina in "many, many
years."
"All indications point to a record
number of bear and deer being
killed," said Malcolm Edwards,
refuge supervisor. "This is the
second consecutive year there has
been plenty of mast for both deer
and bear, and we look for a record
number of both being killed."
The wildlife official, here In con
nection with the drawings for bear,
hunts, pointed out that he had
never seen so many squirrels and
grouse.
"You cannot go Into the forests
anywhere and stand still five min
utes without hearing a squirrel."
he said. "They are just plentiful
everywhere this season."
"And as for grouse, there are
more than I have ever known. The
grouse hatched out during the dry
] season and the young were able
to survive. It is wet weather dur
ing hatching season that cuts down
on the grouse population." he said.
Supervisor Edwards pointed out
that about 15 miles of 20-foot lanes
had been built In Sherwood Forest.
(8ee Gsms?Page 5> I
Jury Finds
In Favor
jOiWaikins
The longest hearing in the pres
ent term of civil court ended Fri
day morning in the damage suit of
R H. Stretcher vs. M. D. Watkins
and Anne S. Watkins when the
jury found in favor of the defen
dants and refused to award the
plaintiff a $3,000 judgment.
Dr. Stretcher had charged that
the defendants had caused damage
to his building on Church St., by
wrongfully diverting surface water
against his property. He contended
this was done in connection with
the Riling in and grading of a park
ing lot by the Watkins motor firm.
The jury was taken out to view
the scene of the alleged damage on
Thursday and returned their ver
dict on Friday.
Divorces were granted in the
cases of William E. Abbott vs.
Blanche Hall Abbott and Irene
Gregg O'Neil vs. Allen O'Nell.
Jurists for the first week of
court, being conducted by Judge
Grover A. Martin of Smtthfleld, in
cluded: Paul Robinson. Ralph Chil
ders, Claude McClain, Robert
Wood. Harold Jenkins, Fred
Thompson, Audrey Messer, Otis V.
Crisp, L. W. Smathers, Joe Gaddis,
Willie Parks, William Osborne,
Wayno Harkins, Walter Roberts,
and Carroll McCracken.
Only a few cases remained on
the docket as court was convened
by Judge Martin this morning.
43 Nominated
For Haywood
PMA Posts
Forty-three Haywood residents
have been nominated as delegates
j to the cpunty convention of the
l-Production Marketing Adminis
tration. while 106 others were
selected as nominees for commun
ity committees.
Voting for these nominees will
be held October 15 at community
polling places, according to A. W.
Ferguson, manager of the county
PMA office.
Chosen at special nominating
(See PMA?Page 5)
Bacteriologist
Hired, Laboratory
To Be Reopened
The county health department's
bacteriology laboratory, closed
since July 31. will be reopened
October 1 when Mrs. Rebekah
Murray of Hendersonville will be
come county bacteriologist.
She will replace Miss Elizabeth
Glavich. who resigned in July.
Mrs. Murray, an approved sen
ior bacteriologist, has been cm
ployed at Patton Memorial Hos
pital in Hendersonville and form
erly worked in Wilson.
The health department's lab
serves Haywood, Macon, Swain
and Graham counties and the
Cherokee Indian reservation. Its
services include taking chest X-,
rays, testing milk and drinking
water, and making seriologlcal
blood tests for food handlers
and persons apply for marriage li
censes.
MASONS MEET TUESDAY
The Waynesville Masonic Lodge
will confer the Entered Apprentice
idegree on Tuesday night at 7:30.
All Masons are requested to attend
this meeting at the Masonic Hall.
ROY G. TROLL Is the new man
ager of Dixie Home Store here ,
in Waynesville. He is well known
here, having been associated with
other grocery stores In the area
and South Carolina. He succeeds
1. D. Keliey who has gone to
work with the state.
TRIPLETS STUDY TOBACCO at the Pigeon Val
ley Fair. Here Ralph. Roy and Ray Singleton,
look over a blue ribbon stalk of tobacco at the
fair. The three are students at Bethel high, and
look Identical. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs.
D. B. Singleton. Huge crowds attended the fair.
but all outdoor activities were cancelled Satur
day morning due to the rain. The winners of
the premium list will be tound on pages Ave and
six of the second section. There are also a num
ber of pictures of the fair In both sections of
this edition. (Mountaineer Photo).
Methodist Appointments
Result In Many Changes
In Waynesville District
The First Methodist Church at
Waynesville and the Crabtree-Dell
wood, Fines Creek, and Rockwood
MelMhdist Churcher are getting
new pastor*-JaUamring the reading
of pastoral appointments Sunday
afternoon by Bishop Costen J.
Harrell at the 15th annual session
of the Western North Carolina Con
ference of the Methodist Church,
at High Point.
The new pastor of the Waynes
ville church is the Rev. E. H. Bren
dall, who comes here from Cohurn
Church in Salisbury. The Rev. J. E.
Yountt, former pastor, goes to
Burkhcad Church in Winston
Salem.
The Rev. J. D. Pyatl goes to the
Fines Creek Church from Frank
lin, succeeding the Rev. B. H. Zig
ler who goes to the Norwood Cir
cuit in Salisbury. The Rev. W. M.
Rathburn goes to Rockwood from
Drexel in the Marion District suc
ceeding the Rev. J. B. Golden, who
recently entered Boston University
for graduate study.
The Rev. A. R. Davis goes to
Crabtree from the Murphy Circuit
succeeding Mrs. C. O. Newell, who
goes to Green Valley In the Marlon
District. Mr. Newell goes to Cres
ton Church, also In the Marion Dis
trict.
The Rev. Grady Barringer. who
completes his study at Emory Uni
versity in December, will go to the
Dellwood Church replacing the
Rev. A. B. Dennis, retired.
Dr. H. G, Allen, who retired as
superintendent at Lake Junaluska
Methodist Assembly, becomes pas
tor of Main Street Church in High
Point.
The Rev. J. W. Honeycutt re
mains as superintendent of the
Waynesville District.
Other pastoral changes In the
conference included: The Rev. L.
B. Hayes goes to Coburn Memorial.
Salisbury from Sylva where he is
succeeded by the Rev. Roy Bell.
The Rev. J. C. Madison goes from
Central, Concord to First Church,
Morganton, and is succeeded by the
Rev. George Clemmer.
A complete list of pastors in the
Waynesville District follows:
District superintendent. W. Jack
son Huneycutt; Andrews, J. O.
Hornbuckle, Jr.; Bethel, L. B.
George; Bryson City, G. B, Gul
breth. Canton: Central. W. H.
Groce; First. I. L. Roberts; Cher
okee. P. F. Snider; Clyde, George
C. Starr, Jr.; Crabtree. A. R. Davis.
Cullowhee, M. B. Thumm; Dell
wood. Grady Barringer; Fines
Creek. J. D. Pyatt (ASl; Franklin.
C. E. Murray; Franklin Circuit, Jo
seph Houser; Hayesville. John K.
Miller; Haywood, C. N. Clark (RS<:
Hazelwood, R. J. Hahn; Highlands.
R. E. Early. Junaluska: Long's
Chapel, Don A. Payne; Macon, R.
L-. Poindexter (S).
Morning Star, K. D. Crouse;
Murphy. A. L. Maxwell. Jr.; Mur
phy Circuit, C. A. Smith; Pigeon 1
Valley, W. L. Broome (RS>; Rob
blnsville. J. T. Frazier. Jr.; Rock
wood, W. M. Rathburn; Shady
Grove, J. H. Coleman: Shooting
Creek. V. N. Allen (AS); Snow Hill
(See Methodists?Page 51 I
Grading On
2 Miles Of
Pigeon Road
Is Complete
Construction crews for the A. B.
Burton Company have rough grad
ed about two miles of the Pigeon
Itiver Ftoad from the Tennessee1
line. About 90 per cent of the |
grading has been done through
solid rock, it was learned today
from State Highway engineers.
The clearing of the right-of-way
is now being done on the Cold
Springs end of the route.
The 6-mile link of the road is
the first section of the water-level
route from here to Newport. Form
er Governor Cherry gave $450,000
to the project and former Governor
Scott added $1,500,000 for construc
tion work. All these funds came
from highway surplus funds of the
state. v
No indication his been made by
Governor Umstcad of adding any
funds from the surplus account to
the Pigeon River Road project.
Pigeon Fair
Enjoyed Big
Attendance
Attendance at the Pigeon Fair
last week was in excess of 5.000,
according to M. C. Nix. general
manager. This was considered ex
cellent in view of the steady rains
which fell for the duration of the
two-day fair.
^. The Saturday morning outdoor
piogram, which was to he athletic
events and an afternoon horse
show, was cancelled because of the
rains.
Exhibits were interesting, and in
numbers, were as many as last year,
according to Mr. Nix.
The rains cut down on some
poultry entries, and perhaps some
livestock, but in general, the ex
hibits were as plentiful as in form
er years.
Complete details of the fair and
the prize winners will be found 011
pages five and six of the second
section.
Rains Replenish
Water Reserve
The water reserve in Waynes
ville was the best this morning that
it has been in several months, ac
cording to G. C. Ferguson, town
manager.
The rains on Friday and Satur
day brought the reserve up to a
level where no more serious trouble
is expected, the town manager pre
dicted.
Area Apple Crop Averages
Only A Third Of Normal
Early spring irost ana late sum
mer drought combined forces this |
year to reduce Haywood County's '
apple crop by one half to two J
thirds, according to a number of j
growers and agricultural officials j
questioned by The Mountaineer.
Barber Orchards reported a crop
only one third of average. The !
quality of their crop was described
as good, but somewhat smaller in
size, owing to dry weather.
Bob Boone estibated his crop
loss at about half. He added that
the late-blooming Borne Beauty
and Golden Delicious' survived
well, but that the Red Delicious
and York varieties were almost
complete failures.
Boiling Hall stated that his crop
was only 40-50 per cent as large
as that of a year ago. His Rome
Beuty and Golden Delicious did
well, but Red Delicious and Stay
man were hard hit by the forces
of nature.
Herb Ringletary reported loses
of three-fourths to his crop ? as
shown by his yield of 400 bushels
of Red Delicious this year as com
pared to 2.200 bushels last year.
He described his varieties of
Stayman as "good" and York as
"fairly good," but said that Red
Delicious suffered heavily and that
the Pippins were destroyed com
pletely. He added that the size of
his apples were good, but that1
hail had done some harm to the
quality.
A crop only 30 per cent of normal
was the estimate of Hugh Massie. j
who reported that all of his early
(See Applea?Page 5)
It's In The Book
Can the Motor Vehicles Depart
ment suspend a person's driver's
license for failing to dim his lights
when approaching other cars??
J. C., Oxford.
The Motor Vehicle Manual says
no, but certainly common sense
and courtesy, to say nothing of
safety, demands that we dim our
lights when meeting on-coming
traffic. It's also a mark of courtesy
to depress your headlights when
following or overtaking another
vehicle.
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed;::: 4
Injured.... 37
(This Information reap
plied from Record* mt
State Highway Patrol.)