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WAYNESVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1946
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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Section in Latest
ay Tragedy
: uorp held at
Grove church Monday
Milan Clay Heather
Mr .mri Mrs. H. W.
near Cruso, who died
; of being hit Dy an
'i:i .-Mine a bicvele
e Saturday morning.
pastors were tne nev.
,,nH Rev. W. H. Pless.
,aa(L in Gwyn ceme-
Lerly was riding his
on highway 276, and
1937 Dodge coupe,
uosite direction, oper
,ty Cleveland Vetitoe,
ne community. He was
Havwood County hos-
blely by his father,
fvetitoe. but died five
arrival from a frac-
O.R. Roberts, who in-
be accident, reports
said he was driving
on 'where he is an
Raid's department
moderate speed, and
rly youth approached
side of the high-
cycle swerved to the
the road and at the
automobile did like-
it with the youth,
lived preliminary hear
ted (1,000 bond with
. H. Noland for ap-
Ihe November term of
staly the fourth
f of an automobile ac
aywood county in as
lends was an eighth
kt in the Cruso school.
ed by his parents, a
per, Arlan Heatherly.
parents. Mr. and Mrs.
rly and Mr. and Mrs.
lam.
Carers at the funeral
'd and Sammy Knight
'alley and Bobbv
F plcss and Wilburn
libers of the eirls'
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Highway
Record For 1946
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed-- 14
Injured 155
(This Information Compiled
From Records of State High
war Patrol)
Arrest Made
In S. Car.
Of Robbery
Suspect
Buster Caldwell
To Be Extradited
Here In Connection
With 1945 Robbery
Buster Caldwell, 30, former
Waynesville resident wanted by the
sheriff's office here in. connection
with the robbery of from $1,200 to
$2,000 in money and merchandise
at Massie Department store on
Dec. 20, 1945, was arrested in
Georgetown county, S. C, Friday
and is being held pending comple
tion of extradition procedure.
Representatives of Sheriff R. V.
Welch will go the latter part of
this week to pick up Caldwell and
return him to Waynesville. Solici
tor John Queen has prepared the
extradition papers and made nego
tiations with the proper authorities
in the two states involved.
The robbery took place at night,
when the offender broke a window
pane in the back of the store build
ing and made away with cash and
a long list of items. Caldwell was
suspected of the theft, but disap
Continued on Page Five
Mayor's Court
Gives $50 Fine
For Fireworks
Waiving trial in Mayor's court,
James "Soda" Banks had his case
transferred to Superior Court last
week. He had been arrested by
Waynesville police the night of
Oct. 21-22 and was charged with
breaking and entering into the
American Fruit Stand.
L. A. Fox was arrested October
22 and tried the following day for
possessing fireworks. He was fined
$50 and costs.
A case of reckless driving, which
had been pending since August
1945, was tried Friday. Ed Davis
of Iron Duff, who had wrecked an
automobile at the junction of the
highway and Main Street of Hazel
wood, left the wreck afoot, and
went to Baltimore, Md., for the
past year, returned to Haywood
county and got in touch with the
police. He was fined $25 and costs.
Group Made Plans For Industrial Survey For Western Carolina
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Shown here are the representatives of various organizations which met here on tlio 21st to formulate plans for a 11-eounty industrial survey,
which would include detailed and accurate information about each community. Shown here left to right: VV. Curtis Russ, editor The Moun
taineer; C. N. Allen, director Chamber of Commerce, Arthur Jones, Asheville Chamber of Commerce, Arthur Swarlz, State Planning Board,
M. L. Dickenson, TVA, Knoxville, James L. Hayle, State Planning Board, Pereey Kerebee, Andrews, president Western North Carolina Com
munities Associates, Ed Sims, president Waynesville Chamber of Commerce, host to the group at luncheon, Charles K. Hay (standing) vice
president of WNCA, Ira N. Chiles, of TVA, Knoxville, William Medford, director Chamber of Commerce, Kdward A. Conover, State Plan
ning Board, G. A. Jones, Southern Railway, Asheville, T. M. Hubbuch, of TVA, Knoxville, C. M. Douglas, secretary WNAC, of Brevard, and C. R.
Freed, president Murphy Chamber of Commerce. This is a Mountaineer photograph by Ingrain, Skyland Studio.
Redden to Spark Democratic Rally
Rev. Williamson
Talks To Lions
About Palestine
Rev. Malcolm Williamson, Pres
byterian pastor, was the speaker
Thursday night at the regular
meeting of the Lions club, held
at The Wayside Lodge with 40
members present.
His talk was devoted to Palestine
which he termed a "hot spot" of
the world, at this time as it has
been for ages. Rev. Williamson de
scribed his visit there before the
war, commenting on the many
types of people living in the land
under the control of England, the
tension between the Jews and
Arabs.
The group he was with at the
time, related the minister, visited
Jerusalem, Damascus, Copernium
and other places prominent in
Biblical history, and in Cairo,
Egypt.
A letter to the Lions from the
local American Legion post was
read by Joe Davis, president of the
club. It commended the Lions on
their plans to have the Haywood
County hospital enlarged to meet
the needs of the people served,
and pledged the assistance of Le
gionnaires in the program. William
Medford, adjutant, had prepared
the letter following a recent meet
ing of the Legion when the sub
ject had been discussed.
This week the Lions program
will be prepared by the community
betterment committee, composed
of Wayne Corpening, chairman,
John Boyd, Ralph Fore and C. C.
Davenport.
Mrs. Cornelia Nixon has return
ed from a visit of several weeks
to relatives in Chicago. .
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Stahl
spent last week at Daytona Beach,
Fla. Mrs. Stahl is the former Mrs.
Kathleen McCracken Allison.
Two Amendents To Be
Voted On In Next Election
A pamphlet explaining the two
proposed amendments to the state
constitution which will be voted on
in the November election was is
sued this week by Secretary of
State Thad Eure. The pamphlet
was prepared by Attorney General
Harry McMullan.
Amendment No. 1 makes the
State Constitution equally appli
cable to men and women as to jury
service, suffrage, and in other re
spects. Amendment No. 2 pro
vides ! expense account for mem
bers of the legislature of $10 per
day for not more than 60 days in
any one season.
The proposed changes to give
equal status to women include the
substitution of the word "person"
for "men" in Sections I. 7, 11, 13
and 26 of Article 1 and the addition
to section 19 as follows:
"No person shall be excluded
from jury service on account of
sex."
The second amendment would
insert after the section dealing
with the regular pay of the legias
lature a new sentence as follows:
"Provided further, that for the
duration of both regular and spe
cial sessions the members shall
receive, in addition to the salaries
herein provided for, the sum of
ten dollars per day for each day
not to exceed Sixty days in any
one session in commutation for ex
penses incurred for travel to and
from their homes to the seat of
government, subsistence, and other
necessary expenses." . . ; ,
Brown Expects
Large Crowd To , -Attend
County-Wide
Rally November 2nd
A record attendance is expected
here Saturday for the county-wide
Democratic rally, which will fea
ture three phases of entertainment
and speeches, according to C. K.
Brown, county chairman of the
party.
Starting at 1:45, the Waynesville
high school band will give a con
cert on the court house lawn, and
at 3:15 the formal program will be
given in the court room. Three
speakers will take part. Monroe
Redden, Democratic nominee for
Congress, John M. Queen, solicitor
for 16 years in this district, and
R. E. Sentelle, former legislator
of two counties. All Democratic
nominees will be present and pre
sented by Mr. Brown.
At 8 o'clock, the Democratic ex
ecutive committee of Haywood
will be host to a square dance at
the Armory. A feature of the dance
will be the music of three well
known string bands, including the
Soco Gap band, The Carolina Part
ners, and Carpenter's String band.
Continued on Page Five
Methodists Will Hold
District Institute Here
Sparc Stamps 9 and 10
Valid Until November 30
Spare stamps 9 and 10 will
be good for five pounds of sug
ar through November 30, be
ing granted a 30 day extension
last week by the OPA. These
two stamps are for canning
sugar, and their validity was
extended to offset local and re
gional shortages resulting from
the maritime strike.
The regular table sugar
stamp, spare No. 51, remains
good for five pounds until the
end of this year.
Each person is allotted 25
pounds of sugar a year on the
basis of three stamps, each
valid for four months, and the
two canning stamps.
Interesting Speakers
Scheduled For
Program Here
On Thursday
Several outstanding lay leaders
and pastors are featured in the dis
trict missionary and stewardship
institute which iH being held
Thursday at tho First Methodist
church.
The program will open at 10:30
a.m., and in the afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. The Rev. Fletcher E. How
aid, associate superintendent for
tho Home for the Aged, an insti
tution built near Charlotte at a cost
of more than one-half million dol
lars, is the first speaker on the pro
gram. A prominent young leader in
the church and noted for his speak
ing ability, he will talk to the audi
ence on the Home.
Following his address the Rev
Continued on Page Five
Haywood Hunters Bring Back 500-Pound Bear
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Shortly after the above group of hunters bagged a 500-pound bear in Rattlesnake Cove, they brought it
to Waynesville and the above picture was made next to The Mountaineer office. Shown here left to right
standing, Arthur Lewis, Lee Lewis, Hub Tate, ArlinMcGaha (shown in truck), Rufus Cutton, Glenn Camp
bell Dr. N. M. Medford, Vinson Henry, Vester McGaha, (standing Frank McGaha, Todd Henry, (Hub Burnett;
not on hunt) Oliver Rathbone, Ralph Campbell; kneeling, Alonzo McGaha, who killed the bear with the
pistol shown, Roy Smith and Fred Campbell. This is a photograph for The Mountaineer by Ingram, Sky
land Studio.
Buyers Are
Named For
Beef Sold
At Biltmore
Ted Francis Receives
45c a Pound For
Highest Ranking
Haywood Entry
Twenty-four baby beef from
Haywood were sold at the W. N. C.
Fat Stock Show and Sale in Bill-
more, Thursday afternoon, with
Ted Francis receiving $391.50
45c a pound for his 870-pound
Hereford, bought by Gabriel's res
taurant of Asheville. His was the
winner of fourth place among all
entries in the show by 4-H and
FFA members throughout the west
ern counties.
The Hereford calf of Leslie
Davis was purchased at 40c a
pound, $376 by the Waynesville
Lions club; and Donald Mc
Cracken's Aberdeen - Angus was
bought at 38c a pound, a total of
$300.20 by the Waynesville Rotary
club. Both steers will be resold
here in the near future.
Top price paid at the sale was
$1.35 a pound, which brought Fred
Council of Boone $1,169.60 for the
grand champion steer, a 790-pound
Aberdeen-Angus. All 80 animals
were sold with the average of 34Vc
per pound.
An award of $5 to each youth
entering the show was given by
the Coca-Cola Bottling company,
and 25 per cent of the prize money
won by each Hereford and Aberdeen-Angus
entrant was added to
its owner by the national associa
tions for the two breeds.
Owners, rate of price per pound,
and buyers of the rcmainlua
sold by Haywood county Vouths are
as follows:
Max Best, 32c, A. & P.; Hal
Brown, 35c, Haywood County bank;
Neil Stamey, 32c, Dr. Sam String
eld and Jim Massie; David Rogers,
Continued on Page Five
ateersi,
Coal Survey For
Veterans to End
By Thursday
All veterans who have not yet
stated their needs for coal' this
winter are urged to do so imme
diately by James Hardin Howell,
Jr., county service officer who is
conducting the survey in Haywood
county to determine the amount of
coal required by veterans who are
unable to get it through regular
supply channels.
Veterans arc asked to fill out
statements on printed forms re
garding the number of persons de
pendent upon them and what they
estimate will be tho amount of
coal they need between November
1 and next April 1st.
These forms are available at
three coal company offices in
Waynesville, at Mr. Howell's office,
and in Canton at the Ice and Coal
company and commanders of the
V.F.W. and American Legion. Al
ready enough applications have
been received to fill an estimated
five carloads for Canton and two
carloads for Waynesville veterans.
A nation-wide survey is now be
ing conducted to give the Solid
Fuels administration data so they
may determine in which areas spe
cial consignments of coal will be
shipped for veterans. All applica
tions for coal must be made before
the end of October and Mr. How
ell urges all who have not yet done
so to apply before Thursday.
Voters Favor
Quotas In
Haywood By
96 Per Cent
All But Few Reports
Over Burley Area
Assure Continued
Crop Controls
With a heavy rain holding down
voting during Friday afternoon,
roughly two-thirds of the eligible
Burley tobacco growers in Hay
wood county went to their polling
places and decided 96.2 per cent
in favor of quotas on future crops.
This was in line with what took
place throughout the Burley belt,
and assures that acreage will be
allotted under government (AAA)
control for the next three years
and parity prices will continue to
be supported by federal loans on
the tobacco produced. Kentucky,
the decisive state, voted 73,285 for
three-year controls, 1,020 for one
year quotas, and 147 against quotas
in last week's referendum.
Complete returns in Haywood
county registered 922 growers in
favor of three-year quotas, 32 for
one-year quotas, and 29 against
quotas a total of 992 votes were
cast, nine being challenged. It is
figured that around 300 more votes
would have been made had it not
rained, since at some polling places
where the growers came early there
was a larger crowd than in 1943.
The vote in North Carolina, as
reported Sunday by the agriculture
department, was 4,644 for three-
year, 95 for one-year and 148
ainst quotas.
Official figures by township in
Haywood county are as follows:
Voting Voting
For
3 years
Beaverdam ... 82
Cecil 9
Clyde .. 80
Crabtree 81
East Fork .... 7
Fines Creek . 145
Iron Duff ... 83
Ivy Hill 51
Jonathan 98
Pigeon 100
Waynesville. 108
White Oak... 78
For
1 year
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
1
23
1
1
1
Voting
against
0
0
8
4
0
5
0
7
3
1
1
0
Total 922
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Market
Reports
(NOTE: Results of livestock sales
at Clyde and Asheville last week
end were not received at the
Federal-State Market Service in
Asheville by Monday afternoon.)
Eggs and Poultry
The Farmers Exchange: Eggs 55c
a dozen, fryers and broilers 25c a
pound, hens 23c. Asheville egg
market continues steady, with re
ceipts light. A large eggs 61c, A
medium and B large 49, and grade
C 30. Live poultry market weak,
receipts light to moderate. Broilers
and fryers 35c to 38c, heavy hens
25c, and roosters 15 to 18.
Various Products
The Farmers Exchange: Potatoes
2.10, black walnuts 3.25.
Atlanta: apples; market steady,
boxes Va. 2l inch minimum
Yorks 3.75, Delicious and Staymans
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Champion Paper Company
To Open New Cafeteria
(Special to The Mountaineer)
Provided at the request of Cham
pion employes and completed at a
cost in excess of $100,000, Cham
pion's Cafeteria for Champions
will officially open for service Wed
nesday, October 30, it has been an
nounced by H. A. Helder, Division
manager.
Champion employees, their fam
ilies and friends will have the op
portunity of inspecting the new
cafeteria from 2 until 6 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, October 29.
Inspection Program
A special program, including re
freshments, music and other fea
tures, has been arranged for the
Inspection event.
Hosts for the inspection program
will include Reuben B. Robertson,
president of the Champion Paper
and Fibre Company; H. A. Helder,
Division Manager; W. J. Damtoft,
assistant Division Manager; J. B.
Morford, Director of Industrial Re
lations; also Clyde R. Hoey, Jr., G.
M. Trostel, W. L. McElrath. C. S.
Scott, W. R. Allen, and J. E. Wil
liamson .all members of the Cafe
teria Advisory Committee.
Many Delays
Despite the scarcity of certain
materials, Champion overcame
what appeared to be at times al
most insurmountable obstacles dur
ing the process of construction.
In the face of many delays, the
project has been completed very
nearly according to schedule. The
Cafeteria is unquestionably one of
the finest industrial units of its
kind in the southeast.
With a substantial background of
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