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The Waynesville Mountaineer
49,500 People
Live within 20 miles of
Waynetvilje their Ideal
shopping center.
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Published Twice-a-Wcek In The County Seat Of Haywood County At The Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
plBST YEAR
No. 110 18 Pages
Associated Press News
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1946
$.'5.00 In Advance In Haywood aad firfciwn Counties
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47 legislative program
bolng sponsored by the
dlina Municipal League
iled hr;c to approximate
ials I'rnni towns in this
Ihj oie at a meeting
. Tun i- Hall on Wednes-
0011.
i on the program in
iry T. Powell, mayor of
and president of the
ilina League of Munici
,1 M liurdett, city man
ishevillf. Mrs. Davetta
(ccut h e secretary of the
id George C. Franklin,
the League's municipal
i service.
eting was opened by
. vvav. who extended a
the v.sitors, after which
an of Asheville, League
listrict director, presid
oduceH the visitors and
:ials.
n feature of the pro
l was stressed by all
rs on the legislature
is a revised allocation
unds, which would call
it of each six cents on
n of motor fuels sold,
and used within the
I turned over to the
es of the state for use
ent system the money
by the commissioner
and turned over to the
ay department. .:-1
ell pointed out that
I be many advantages
le towns and the coun
ed On Page Four)
To Operate Modern Cafeteria
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C. PATRICK
GEORGE PATRICK
These two brothers have purchased VV.W.N.C. Cafe from C. A. George
and will convert the place into a modern cafeteria -ibout March first.
The latest in equipment will be installed, and the building renovated
before opening. The place will be known as Patrick's Cafeteria. Mr.
George will operate the business until March (irst.
nas
ale Is
ring
f Christmas tubercular
ig forward with grati
v it was learned yes
Mrs. Frank Ferguson,
the sponsoring com
the Woman's club,
n who wishes to buy
ias not received any
mail and does not
n in school, is asked
office of the Chamber
whe re they may pur
mount of seals they
"son felt that from
ieat:ons the goal of
be reached this year.
Boy Scout
Till Meet
Y At Canton
of Honor for the
district, Daniel Boone
Scouts of America will
e Y.M.C.A. in Canton
night. W. P. White
chairman of advance
eside. ' after the Court of
lstrict committee will
ny business meeting.
of Lake Junaluska,
"man for 1946, will
v'el over to Carlton
anlon, newly elected
n will be held of the
e in the district in
ieclives for the com
be set.
Burley Price Picks Up
With End 01 Coal Strike
No Christmas
Rush At Post
Office As Yet
"There is no Christmas rush
yet, even though we have
warned and asked people to
start mailing their cards and
their packages early this year,"
said Postmaster J. Harden
, .Hpwejl, when asked about how
things were moving at the post
office.
"But I want to add, we have
given the public fair warning
that if they do not cooperate
with us in an early movement
of Christmas mail, they will
have to take their chances on
their mail reaching its destina
tion by Christmas," he further
pointed out.
ier Report
The Mountaineer by
ather Bureau):
Dec. 12 Unsetlted,
ndy with occasional
ternoon and tonight;
heavy rains with
winds late this after
!y tonight
c 13 Cloudy, mild
th an occasional rain
lay followed by par
and decidedly colder
ght
'aynesville tempera
rJed by ithe staff of
t Farm):
Max. Min.
, 72 19
: 61 24
65 4P
Army Will Issue
No Draft Calls
Through January
Five Recent
Discharges in
Haywood County
Listed By Draft Boards
It was announced in Washington
last week, as reported by Asso
ciated Press, that the army will
extend the draft holiday through
January. There have been no calls
since early November.
The reason for this was stated
that the army is presently over-
strength. However discharges De
tween now and the end of January
will liwor the slrength890$ . SHR
will lower the strength to where
it is expected that a large quota
may be asked for in February,
since voluntary enlistments have
declined sharply.
A study is being made by the
Army to determine whether to ask
for the extension of selective serv
ice beyond March 31st, its present
expiration date.
Persons recently discharged
from the armed forces were an
nounced Thursday by the Haywood
County Draft Boards, including
(Continued On Page Four)
Asheville Maintains
Price Average
Near $45.00
This Week
Tobacco prices picked up this
week on the Asheville market, with
a stronger demand being shown
for the lower grades and the Wed
nesday average reaching $45.06
only 28 cents below the opening
day high mark.
Thursday morning there was a
slight drop, but the poorer grades
still wer bringing from $1 to $3
higher than the first week's sales,
and a lower portion of the leaf was
being taken by the government.
Selling at the Bernard-Walker
No. 1 warehouse is expected to be
finished early today, with the buy
ing force to move next into Carter
No. 2. where approximately 100,
000 pounds of Burley is stored.
Most of the Haywood county
growers have taken part, and in
some cases, all of their tobacco to
lying about gave evidence that
ever, still have not picked up their
marketing cards and will hit the
late market.
A two-dqy sales holiday was
taken at Hie start of (his week in
Asheville. with sales resuming
Wednesday. During the interval
practically all of the tobacco pre
viously sold was moved out of the
warehouses.
The end of the coal strike helped
much to boost the average price.
When railroad freight cars be
come more available the buying
is expected to pick up even more.
C. O. Charles Mcdford
Now Visiting Parents
Charles "Wosey" Mcdford. chief
officer in the Merchant Marine, ar
rived home last week for a visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Mcdford. His last sea voyage was to
Italv. and on his next trip on the
Samuel V. Griffin he will sail to
South America. He will leave here
Saturday and sail on Tuesday
AMERICAN LEGION MEETING
The American Legion and Auxil
iary will have their regular meet
ing tonight at 7:30, in the Legion
Home. A program will be given,
including a movie on The Veteran
the Social Security Act.
Allen's Creek Working
For Safer Water Supply
Community
Christmas
Tree Will
Be Dec. 21
Woman's Club
Sponsoring Annual
Program To Be
Held in Court Room
The annual Community Christ
mas tree which is sponsored by the
Woman's club in cooperation with
the town will be held on Saturday
afternoon, December 21st, accord
ing to an announcement by Mrs.
J. C. Brown, chairman of public
welfare of the organization, who
is heading the committee in charge
of the arrangements.
The Christmas program will be
conducted at 3:30 o'clock and will
be held as is the annual custom in
the court room at the court house.
Details of the program will be an
nounced later.
Serving on the committee with
Mrs. Brown are Mrs. Charles E.
Ray, Jr., president of the club,
Mrs. James W. Killian, Mrs. Jim
mie Boyd, Mrs. T. L. Bramlette,
Mrs. John R. Hipps, and Mrs. E. A.
Williamson.
All members of the club are
asked to bring a gift to be used
on the tree at the December meet
ing to be held at Oak Park on
Thursday afternoon the 19th, ac
cording to Mrs. Brown.
Any person wishing to make a
contribution of new or second hand
toys to the trje is urged to call
Mrs. Brown and designate where
the toys will be left, or brought to
her residence on Pigeon street.
Announcement has been made
that the stocking' will be filled and
all arrangements completed for the
tree at a 'meeting 'of the Committee
to be held at the court house on
Wednesday, the 18th.
Allen's Creek community, one of
the thickest settled rural areas in
Haywood county, is now trying to
solve one of its worst problems and
is finding this a difficult thing to
do.
Their trouble, as they have been
aware for some time and has been
confirmed by health insepctors, is
the need of purified water and a
sewage disposal system.
At the present time the major
ity of homes in that community
icctimatpd at around 400) get water
from private wells and have indi
vidual pit privies. A number of
houses which he on the route oi
Wavnesville's water line, from the
water shed to the reservoir, are
connected to this safe water supply.
not close enough to this line to
be served by it, although Town
Manager G. C. Ferguson estimates
there are "up to 100" Waynesville
water customers in Allen's Creek
now.
R. W. Livingston, senior sanitar
ian with the district health depart
ment, conducted tests of a repre
sentative number of wlls and
studied the soil from the stand
point of its ability o absorb waste
matter several weeks back. At a
mass meeting in the Allen's Creek
school on November 29, well at
tended by home owners of the com
munity, he warned that their pres
ent facilities "create a very serious
health hazard."
The sanitarian gave a full report
'Continued On Page Four)
J. B. Holland
Retired Farmer
Claimed By Death
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon at Plains
Methodist Church near Canton for
John B. Holland, 90, retired farm
er, and cattle raiser, who died in
the Haywood county Hospital Tues
day night, following a lengthy ill
ness. Rev. W. H. Pless and Rev.
George B. Culbrelh officiated.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
Grandsons served as pallbearers
and granddaughters were in charge
of the flowers.
Mr. Holland was born in the
Bcavcrdam section of Haywood
county in 1856 and. although he
had been an invalid for the last
few years had a clear memory of
events taking place in the area
since he was a child. For the past
five years he has made his home
with his son Hoyt on the Ashe
ville Road.
Survivors include five other sons,
Ircbcll of Buena Vista, Va., Charles
of Rock Hill, S. C, Sam of San
Luis Obispo, Calif., and R. II. and
C. H. of Canton; one brother, Pat.
of Canton; two sisters, Mrs. Aman
da Johnson of Canton, and Mrs.
Alice Stincs of Georgia; 36 grand
children and a number of great
grandchildren. The Wells funeral home of Can
ton was in charge of the arrangements.
Of ficers Capture 120-Gallon Still
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$ If I
v ft a I ..wif
Ending the prospects of liquid Christmas spirits for its operators, a revenue officer ;ind two Haywood
county deputies captured the large white liquor still pictured above Sunday afternoon at a mountain cove in
the Maggie section. Note its heighth in comparison with the deputies, Wade McDaaiels and John Kerley.
The still is five feet, three inches high, with 120 gallon capacity; believed to be the largest ever taken in
Haywood county. (Photo by Ingram, Skyland Studio.)
Bishop Hughes Preaches
To Lartre Numbers Here
White Oak To Hold
Election Saturday
For AAA Group
White Oak township will
hold another election for com
uuinily.. cojttuult,wen--imlr'r-the
AAA program for agricul
tural conservation Saturday.
Last week's election was not
certified as having been offi
cial by the election chairman
and secretary lor the town
ship, nor the comity commit
tee. The votmu will lie held in
the community's regular pre
cinct. A nomination Hireling
will be held at 8:1)0 Saturday
morning, and Ihe poll will be
open ii nl i I 6 p. in.
All other community groups
have been certified for Hay
wood county. Following the
completion of Saturday's elec
tion, the final results will he
announced in the Tuesday is
sue of The Mountaineer.
Meetings Continue
Through Sunday
At Methodist Church
I Large congregations arc filling
:the First Methodist church each
evening for the series of services
which are being held by the pastor,
Rev. Paul Townsend, with Bishop
Edwin H. Hughes, retired after a
long active service with the church,
delivering the sermon.s
Bishop Hughe.;, who is generally
recognized as one of the leading
ministers in the Methodist ehuieli , taptinc vu i
is attracting not only members , (1 iter, iincl
the First Methodist church, but
many from the other churches in
the community who have been in
vited to attend the series of serv
ices. 'I'he services which wire .tailed
on Tuesday evening will lie eon
Liquor Still
Is Captured
By Officers
Near Maggie
Biggest Still
Remembered For
This Area Is Found
Sundav Afternoon
Proposed Radio
Station Would
Be 250 W. Power
The application for a new radio
station in Waynesville. the Federal
Communications commission an
nounced Monday, requests author
ity to operate on 1,400 kilocycles,
250 watts power, and on unlimited
hours.
This power is strong enough to
give perfect reception over a wide
radius, although it will reach much
farther under favorable conditions.
Call letters can not be selected
until after the F.F.C. grants a
license, at which time they will
submit a list of available letter
combinations. The identification
of stations in the eastern states
begins with the letter "W."
TEACHERS MEET TODAY
Nathan Yelton. executive secre
tary of the state employees and
teachers retirement system, will
address the teachers of Haywood
county at a meeting this afternoon
in the W.T.H.S. auditorium, start'
ing at 2:30 o'clock.
Canton Girl Is
Burned By
Firecracker
Badly burned by a firecracker
which was thrown by a passing
motorist as she wailed for a bus
in Gastonia, Miss Peggy Ann Payne,
16, is recuperating at. the home of
her parents. Mr. and Mrs. K. C
Payne, in West Canton.
Miss Payne v.as given first aid
treatment by a Winston-Salem phy
sician and placed on the Canton
bus. Attending physicians Tuesday
reported her condition was not re
garded as serious. She suffered
burns on the right ankle and leg
below the knee.
; tinned through .Sunday evening,
with the exception of Saturday
night, there being no service then
Bishop Hughes will also fill the
pulpit of the First Methodist
U'huich ,it the II o'clock Sundav
'morning service, it was learned
from Rev. Mr. Townsrnd.
The sermons delivered by Bishop
Hughes have been both inspiring
and timely and their messages are
being appreciated by the eougrega-
( ions at I end ing.
Bishop Hughes is Hie guest of
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Tnwiisend while
i he is in Waynesv ille
A hundred and twenty gallon
still, said In be the largest ever
captured in Haywood county, was
taken by ofl ,c i i s last Sunday af
ternoon ai omul I o 'clock from a
seclnileil iin ( mi a mountain side
in Hie M.igi.ie n l urn Making Ihe
Itn.i Keel e. HcVCllUC
lii-piii ics Wade Mc-
Dainel.N ami .loliu Kerley of the
slienil s ilep.h 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1
ll lowers over live
l ii l a large clump
il 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 i ii I icj i and
I,' !i pi upoi I ions for
in llii section. The
ii mi a -iires 42 feet
.1 ( 'n Page l-'oui'i
si ill v
Tin
feet as Im
of I. inn I a
was nl i.i.n
such iiiilhl.
copper vn
i ( 'l ! 1 1 on
Bad Wiring,
Lack, Of Fire
Escapes Is
Condemned
Building and Electrical
Inspectors Complete
Two Weels Survey
Of Waynesville
Many dangerous conditions were
found throughout the community
by building Inspector T. Henry
Gaddy, and electrical inspector
Newman McElrpy, as they complet ed
a thorough check on buildings
this week. .
"We checked all places of busi
ness, hotels that art cpen, board
ing houses, apartment houses and
schools," Mr. Gaddy said. "In al
most every Instance we found
something that needed correcting.
For the most part defective wiring
led the list."
"Eight out of ten people cooper
ated with us, and seemed to appre
ciate the Inspection, and having ps
point out defects in their build
ings. The others didn't seem to
want to know the true facts about
their property."
All property owners, and cus
todians of property have been
given ten days fn which to have
the descrepencies corrected, and if
not done, or Work started, a war
rant will be issued, Mr. Gaddy said
to The Mountaineer yesterday.
The two Inspectors conferred
with the school board regarding the
condition Of the Central Elemen
tary School. Mr. Gaddy recom
mends two additional Are escapes
one at each end of the three
story building'. Also certain defec
tive wiring to be replaced.
Jack Messer, superintendent of
schools, told The Mountaineer yes
terday that steps would be taken
immediately to Install the suggest
ed fire escapes, and correct the
wiring. The wiring in question was
only recently installed.
The Inspector's formal orders to
the board, concluded with this
statement: "The use of the build
ing for school purposes is hereby
condemned until these hazards arc
remedied."
At the high school the inspectors
found defectlye wiring in the din
ing room and1 kitchen of the high
school. Thp Junior High building
was termed in A-l condition. The
colored school was also approved,
with the edmment: "The colored
people keepv their building spic
and span, And iff commended for
the pride they show in their
school."
Mr. Gaddy. said he had under
consideration ' condemning Hie
work shop at the high school. This
building was formerly used as a
gym before the new one was built.
"The Theatre is in good condi
tContinued On Page Fouri
Christmas Music
Program Sunday
Afternoon Here
Mrs. K. C. Tullle and son Mi
chael have returned home after
soending a few days in Decatur.
I.a., with the former's sister,
A. .1. McGlonc.
Mr;
A pin:
will lie ;
chili, iiiul
Islev. a I
Suiiila.. al
This i- .i
sol ed I '
chinch.
' ntC' i gal ii
lie h invil
this miiHc
talented yi
1 1.
ii, hi,
lirM mas music
i- u T II S Glee
'' inn of Charles
liail ist church
at o'clock.
I occasion s)oll
ii a nesville
the church
he general pub
leml and enjoy
iliiilinn by our
pie.
Alley, Simpson Advance
In Oration Competition
B
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Highway
Record For 1946
In Haywood
(To Dale)
Killed - - 15
Injured 161
(This Information Compiled
From Records of State High
way Patrol)
Waynesville '1
The si iidi i:l
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phonograph -
fered by tin
Miss Theresa Alley, represent ins
the Waynesville Township high
school and J. :I Simpson, of the
Clvde high S'Jiool, both represent-
ling Haywo d county, won in the
j district contest, held at Western
! Carolina Teachers College, in the
' oratorical contest which is being
I conducted by the Good Health As
I sociation of the State, according to
! Executive Secretary Harry H. Cald
well.
Participating students spoke on 'girl at
the subject "North Carolina's ; eligible
Number One Need is Good Health,"
in district meets all over the state,
following a county wide contest
held in each of the hundred coun
ties in the state. Miss Alley ana
young Simpson won recently in a
con iii y contest hell here i tht
-hip high school,
high schools over
leap, nng for $2,000
''oh.r-i.ips and four
'.i, , 'e model radio--
p-ii are being of
CiMid Health associa
tion as grand prizes to the winners.
The hoy and girl winners from
the state's 100 counties were
grouped at In siraiegic places for
second round eliminations in the
white division. A winning boy and
each place now becomes
to compete in the third
round which is being held today
at the following places: county
school office, Asheville; Woman's
College ol the University of North
Carolina. Greonsooro, East Caro
lina Teacher s College. Greenville;
Continued On Page Fourl
Demonstration
Farmers Select
Local Committees
I Community committees for the
I Demonstration Farmers organia-
tion in Haywood county were an
nounced this week by Wayne Cor
pening, county agent. They are
as follows, with the first person
in each group the chairman:
Ivy Hill D. J. Boyd, C. A. Camp
bell, Mrs. W. D. Ketner; Cecil -W.
F. Hipps, Carl Woody, and Mrs.
W. F. Hipps; Crabtree J. F. Rog
ers, M. B. Reeves, and Mrs. M. I!,
Rogers; Iron Duff Joe Medford,
1 J. R. Caldwell, and J. Manson Med
ford. j White Oak--Jess Jankins, W. L.
Messer, and Mrs. N. L. Conard;
i Fines Creek Sam Ferguson, Cau-
ley Rogers, and Mrs. Mark Fergu
' son; Clyde T. H. Rogers, Roy S.
i Haynes, and Mrs. A. J. McCracken:
i Waynesville Thad Chafin, C. T.
I Francis, and Mrs. F. L. Leonard.
I Center Pigeon Thomas W.
' Mann, C. D. Church, and Mrs.
I Welch Singleton; Beaverdam Fred
Mann, Roy A. Robinson, and Mrs.
I Frank B. Davis; Jonathan Creek
Jule Boyd, W. T. Rainer and Mrs.
Rainer: Brown and Bowen Creek
K. O. Carswell, W. Sam Robinson,
and Mrs. Lloyd Parham.
East Pigeon C. S. Rollins, J. M.
Cathey, and Mrs. T. V. Deaver;
West Pigeon J. F. Justice, Weaver
Hyatt, and Mrs. J. H. Beverage;
Riverside C. T. Noland, M. H.
Ferguson, End Mrs. W. L. Brad
shaw; East Fork Ira H. Cogburn,
K. L. Burnett, snd Mrs. Ira Cog
burn. Members of the county commit
tee are J. Lv Westmoreland, chair
man; T. W. Cathey, vice chairman;
George Stamey. secretary; and
Hugh L. Ratcliffe, treasurer.
'' : . "
Most of the homes, however pre