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Canton Man Gets ,
Prison Sentence
On Arson Charge
A Stat? Prison sentence of 30
months to Ave years was imposed
on Earl Smathers of? Canton in
Buncombe County Superior Court
Tuesday in connection with a
house-burning in the Candler sec
tion last Peb. 20.
Judge P. C. Froneberger also
Imposed a suspended sentence of
seven to 10 years in the case.
The house, an unoccupied five
room dwelling owned by Mrs.
Maudeccia T. Darling, Smathers'
mother-in-law, was destroyed by
the Are.
Smathers was charged with ar
aon, attempted arson and malicious
burning of personal property. His
offer of a plea of guilty to mali
ciously attempting to set Are to a
dwelling and malicious burning of
personal property was accepted by
the state.
The active sentence was imposed
on the Arst plea and the suspended
sentence on the second plea. A
ifiental examination was ordered
for Smathers on admission to pris
on.
Bethel Baptist Groups
Hear John David Arch
John David Arch of the Chero
kee Indian Reservation was the
speaker at a joint meeting of the
WMU, Brotherhood, YWA, GA, RA.
and Sunbeams of the Bethel Mis
sionary Baptist thurch Monday
night.
Mrs. Horace Peek, president of
the WMU, presided and Mrs. Thom
as Ervin conducted the devotions.
Mrs. Jack Allison read a poem.
DISTRICT WINNERS in the FFA Soil Testing
Contest were these Wayncsville boys. They will
enter the State. Contest April 7. Shown here left
to right: Tom Franklin, Eugene Christopher,
and Douglas Christopher, with Jack Farmer,
standing. The fifth member of the team, Eocene
Frady, was absent when the picture was made.
John Nesbitt is their instructor.
(See story Pace 1, Section 1)
(Mopntaineer Photo).
There are about 170,000 black
bears in the United States. I
| About 82 ifi 100 of male Ameri
cans over 14 years old have jobs.
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Boy Stabbed
In Scuttle;
Two Fined
Robert Reece, 17, of Wayncs
ville and Monroe Franklin, 30. of
Cove Creek have been fined in con
nection with the cutting of Doug
las Burress. 16, of Aliens Creek,
in a parking lot on Main St. Satur
day night.
Burress. who was cut twice on
the stomach, was given treatment
at Haywood County Hospital and
released.
Given a hearing before Mayor J.
H. Way of Waynesville on an as- '
sault charge, Reece was sentenced
to 96 days on the road, suspended
on the payment of $25 and costs
and Burress' doctor and hospital
bills. * !
Charged wRh affray, Franklin
was fined $10 and assessed costs of
$24.
The arrest of Reece and Frank
lifi was made Saturday night by
Patrolmen Ray Whitner, Francis
Reece, Guy Messer, and Coleman
Swanger, and the incident was in
vestigated Sunday morning by Sgt.
Arthur Paul Evans and Patrolman
William Turner.
Sgt. Evans said that the three
boys were in a theatre Saturday
night when an argument developed.
Burress was cut when the trio
went outside to settle the dispute.
Two Scholarships
Offered Student
Bus Drivers
Two $500 scholarships will be
awarded to drivers of school buses
who are declared the best in, the
state, according to Lawrence
Leatherwood. county superintend
ent of education.
The awards are being made
available by the Safety Division of
the State Highway Patrol, and the
drivers eligible to participate in
the contest will be named by the
highway patrol, and their safety
division personnel.
Participants will be given var
ious tests as part of the program
to decide upon the winners.
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Canton Teachers' Plan Meets Added Opposition
Opposition iis mounting against
a proposal that teacher members of
the North Carolina Education
Assn. (NCEA) refuse to work this
fall unless they are given a pay
raise.
Meanwhile, the Canton unit of
NCEA, which originated the pro
posal last week, said it did not
Intend to "work independently" on
the plan and added it would do as '
the other units in the state wish.
The plan, intended for proposal
at the annual NCEA meeting open- '
ing at Asheville today suggests that
teachers refuse to work this Sep- '
teraber if they do not receive a re- '
quested 25 per cent pay raise.
The Burlington unit, which met '
yesterday, voted 137-3 against the
Canton plan, and a poll of Ala- J
mance County unit delegates to
the NCEA convention showed them
also in opposition.
The Canton unit issued this (
statement from the Canton Junior
High School: (
"The Canton unit did not intend
to work independently on this mat- ?
ter , . . We have sent out these '
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letter* to And the concensus. If
the Legislature meets we are ask
ing them to provide * raise in sal
aries from $3,000 to $4,200 . . .
"When the contracts are signed
by us this spring, we suggest that
the statement be Included that our
contracts are binding on us only if
we receive a raise . . . This is not
a strike or walkout, since there
would be no contract in effect."
The next regular General As
sembly meeting is in 1037, but
there has been speculation a spe
cial session might be called to
work on the segregation problem.
Meanwhile, a poll of the Ala
nance County unit's 25 delegates
;o the NCEA convention showed
he majority opposed to the Can
on plan. Public relations chair
nan Frank Roberts said the dele
gates think the objective of a sal
iry increase is "praiseworthy,"
mt added that "striking is not the
correct method."
The Burlington gr,pup. proposing
is an objective a salary scale of
'$3,000 to $4,500," suggested that
?ach teacher in the state "contrib
ite one doUat toward hiring the
>roper counselling to represent
eachers in the (1957) General As
embly session."
The Burlington unit's opinion
vas that a special legislative ses
ion should deal only witii the
egregation issue.
Hearing Set On
Leaf Monopoly
For April 16th
Beginning April 16 and continu
ing for five days, the Federal
rrade Commission will conduct a
hearing in Asheville on charges in
volving 20 members ol the Ashe
ville Tobacco Board of Trade.
On Jan. 17, the FTC accused
:he Board of Trade members of
monopolizing the area's tobacco
luctloif warehouse Industry.
The meeting will be held in one
>f the courtrooms of the Federal
Sullding. Clerk of District Court
Tom Rhodes just received a letter
from Everett F. Haycraft, director
of the FTC, asking for use of a
courtroom for five days.
The commission alleges the
Board of Trade members violated
the FTC Act through control of
the board by foreclosing or at
tempting to foreclose competition
in the market, either through ex
pansion of existing warehouse fa
cilities or the building of new ones
to handle the sale of tobacco at
auction.
The FTC complaint also alleges
the group obstructed freedom of
trade on the market for farmers
and independent dealers.
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Haywood Nurses Club
To Hear Dr. Sorkey
The Haywood County Nurses'
Club will meet Monday, March 26,
?at 7:30 p.m. In the dining room
of the hospital.
Dr. Herman Sorkey of Asheville
will be the guest speaker.
Hostesses will be Mrs. Phyllis
Whitman and Mrs. Tina Whitman.
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