The Waynesville Mountaineer
49,500 Peoplo
Live within 20 miles of
Waynesville their Ideal
shopping center.
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Published Twicca Week In The County SeatOt Haywood Couuty At The Entrance Of' The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
tysECOND YEAR No: 3 14 Pages
Associated Press News
WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1947
Published
vvood Legislators
en Key Assignments
Important Committees
ator Medford
1 Representative
mer Get Posts On
bortant Committees
of Haywood's legislators
iigncd lo important com
in the General Assembly
, afternoon, soon after a
iion. with Governor Cherry
ig the members,
i- William Medford was
Jiainnan of the committee
i, and a member of the
committees: Agriculture,
ion and development, gen
tes, judicial districts, elec
clection laws, finance, in-
iudieiary No. two, manu-
. labor and commerce, mil-
irs penal institutions, sal-
fees, trustese of Univer-
ans affairs and senatorial
Senator Medford's first
the Senate, and he is a
of 17 committees.
r Medford told The Moun-
om Raleigh that he was
bed with his assignments,
all appearances, it looked
General Assembly would
t down to work immedi-
Claimed By Death
entative Glenn C. Palmer
ed chairman of one com-
bd co-chairman of another,
member of nineteen House
es in the General Assem-
list was read by Speaker
arsall shortly after 1:00
Thursday.
Governor made a real
pnd it looks like we are
get down to hard work,"
tative Palmer told The
ber yesterday afternoon.
entative Palmer via cq
again this year of the
e committee, and chalr-
Dic senatorial district corn-
He is a member of , the
other committees: banks
king, conservation and de
bt, election and election
lance, game and health,
ducation, institutions for
journal, manufacturers
military affairs, roads,
d fees, employment corn-
libraries, public build-
grounds and trustee of
sity.
one more committee than
1 on in the 1945 session
gislaturc.
as rule" fight came to
nl in the opening session
louse. Later Dermanent
f the 1945 rules included
bversial two-thirds or "gag
m a dr.
HARRY M. HALL, 67, former
Waynesville business man, and at
one time editor of a Waynesville
newspaper, passed away in Colum
bia Saturday following an illness
of only 3 or 4 days.
Harry M. Hall
Buried Monday
Former Businessman,
And Newspaperman
Here, Passed Away
Last Saturday
Last rites were held Monday af
ternoon in Columbia, S. C, for
Harry M. Hall, former Waynesville
business man, and at one time co
publisher of a newspaper in
Wayneville,
Mrr Hall tiled Saturday night 'at
Columbia hospital after an illness
of only three or four days. He was
67 years old, and a native 'of In
diana.
tie operated a book store in
Waynesville for many years, and in
1941 went to Columbia and opened
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Civil Court
Has Light
Docket For
Next Week
Judgments Rendered
On Many Cases
In Session Which
Adjourned Wednesday
The current term of Superior
court will reopen Monday morn
ing, having been adjourned Wed
nesday Dy judge William H. Bob
bin, with several civil cases yet to
be tried.
Court was adjourned due to sev
eral of the attorneys in eases
docketed for trial also being sched
uled to represent cases in other
nearby courts. Including motions.
mere are 10 cases on next WCCK S
docket.
Among the judgments rendered
during the week, not previously
reported, were the following:
Mrs. Helen C. Matthews vs. Wood
Arts Co., Inc.; C. M. and Elma
Dicus. The court ordered that
R. Morgan turn over to the de
fendant $2,325.68 deposited with
him when good and sufficient sure
ty is approved by the clerk, to
cover any judgment, if awarded
to the plaintiff, not to exceed that
amount. The case was continued
Teddie Herbert Jones, a minor,
by H. G. Jones vs. J. Austin Emory
trading as Caustic Soda Transpor
tation company. The plaintiff re
covered from the defendant $600
from an accident on Sept. 18 be
tween a school bus and truck, on
the Asheville-Canton highway, in
which young Jones was injured.
J. W. Reece vs. F. Dewey Ross.
The plaintiff (Reece) was ordered
to recover $250, costs of the legal
action, from the defendant. The
case grew out of an affray t in
which the plaintiff lost an eye.
George and Emma Sutton vs
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Orators Enter Semi-Final Round Today
:
.0
e Medford
s First
n 44 Years
Medford, son of Lebo
formerly of the Iron
n of the county who left
P02 for the West, is home
visit in absence of for-
tars.
dford. after leaving here
years in Oregon, Wash
oe w Mexico prior to
Permanently in Memcos,
ere he has lived for the
ars. He was married to
cy Slade in 1904. They
cniidren, Sam Medford
ngeles, Calif.. Louise of
-olo.. and Ouineev nf
this section Mr. Med-
isit his sister, Mrs. Hor-
and his three brothers
lnariie and J Mansnn
who reside in Iron Duff
Hnn brother, John Bur
ford of Waynesville.
ther Report
hi.
hed The Mountainere by
earner Bureau):
, Jan. 9 Partly cloudy.
iigntiy colder today
with diminishing winds
wiwest temnerature
foul 25 degrees,
Jan. in Inni-oft-InT
and sliDhtiv mm,..
f 1 , O "V "
'OtlOWed hv rain VM.
Saturday.
Waynesville tpmnpra.
recorded by the staff of
'est tarm): .
Max. Mln. Ralnfali
- 51 20 .: 03
- 50 - 30 .18 '
50 29 .12
Officers Take
7th Still In
Past Month
A twenty gallon was tiiplur
ed around 7:00 o'clock Tuesday
night by deputies Wade McDaniels
and John Kerley of the Sheriff's
department, in the Balsam area.
The still was apparently aban
doned and was lying in a ditch,
but there, was every evidence that
it had recently been in use, ac
cording to the officers. From the
manner in which it was blackened
by smoke, the officers further slat
ed that it had been used both on a
stove and furnace.
The outfit was made entirely of
copper and is the smallest capa
city of any of the seven stills tak
en during the past month by the of
ficers.
50-Gallon Still
Was Not On Farnv
Of Bob Messer
R. L. Messer, of Clyde, Route 1,
better known as Bob Messer, was
in The Mountaineer office this
week to explain that the 50-gallon
still recently captured by officers
in the lower part of the county was
not on his farm as the article
stated.
Mr. Messer's farm is on Liner
Creek, some 10 miles from the
place where officers found the 50
gallon still. Information is that
the still was on a farm owned by
another Mr. Messer.
Both officers reporting the news,
and The Mountaineer regret the
error, and arc glad to make this
correction for Mr. Messer.
Stanley Gets 3 Months
Road Sentence Monday
On Liquor Sale Count
One road sentence of three
months was given in police court
Monday to James Stanley, found
guilty of violating the prohibition
law.
Two persons involved in an af
fray were released on paying $10
court costs, one reckless driver was
fined $50 and costs, and four on
the charge of public drunkenness
paid $12.60 costs. A trial is sched
uled Wednesday for two persons
charged with dperating a public
nuisance.
Two Homes Burn
In Canton Area
Two houses in the Canton sec
tion recently burned. An early
morning fire destroyed the four'
room home of Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Swangcr of the Hominy area, on
New Years, and last Sunday night a
partially completed 7-room house
under construction on Trammcll
avenue, in Canton, owned by Mar
vin L. Smathers burned. The or!
gin is unknown. The loss was esti
mated between $2,500 and $3,000
Pictured here arc the eight student left in the running for two $500 college scholarships and two RCA-
Victor radio-phonographs being awarded as top prizes in the high school oratorical contest sponsored by
the N. C. Good Health Association. Having survived three rounds of eliminations over an original field of
several hundred entrants, these four boys and four girls will compete in the semi-finals of the contest today
at woman s College, Greensboro, and at Wake Forest College. Students are, top row, left to right,
Harvey Adams, of Farmer, who represents Randolph County; Clara June Ward, of Wilmington, New Hanover
County; Dorothy Raynor, of Ahoskie, Hertford County; and Alton Hill, of Kinston, Lenoir County. Bottom,
same order, W. L. Pearson, Jr., of Asheville, Buncombe County; Elizabetli Morrison, of Chapel Hill, Orange
County; Theresa Alley, of Waynesville, Haywood County: and James Brown III, of Wilmington, New Han
over County. Competing at Wake Forest will be Miss Ward, Miss Raynor, Hill and Brown. The four other
contestants will meet at Woman's College.
All contestants will deliver ten-minute orations on the subject "North Carolina's Number One Need
Good Health." The winning boy and winning girl at Woman's College and at Wake Forest will meet later
in the month, in the grand finals, at a place still to be announced.
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Dewey Pless To Double
Capacity Of Underwood
Sawmill ill Junalusha
More Than One Million
Visit Park In 1946
During 1946 the Great
Smoky Mountains National
Park was visited by .1,157,930
persons, according to park
authorities at Gatlinburg, ex
ceeding every past year except
1941.
According to officials, winter
traffic is holding up well, with
19,791 visitors during Decem
ber. The 1946 figure is 407,240
greater than that of the previ
ous year.
Six-Point Legislative
Program Asked By Canton
A six-point local legislative pro
gram was adopted by the Canton
Ys Men- club Tuesday night The
legislative program was the same
as previously presented to Hay
wood legislators by the planning
board of Canton. The discussion
was led by Mayor Sam M. Robinson.
The program being sought by
the Canton group, incudes:
1. A bill to give the town better
control in levying restrictions over
the places selling beer and wine.
2. A bill to stagger the terms
pf. ' the members of the school i
board.
3. A bill to allow the town to
conduct less frequent registration
for the purpose of voting. 1
4. A bill permitting the town
to install parking meters.
5. A bill requesting that the
town of Canton be allowed to en
large its limits to Include Phillips
vUle, Smathers Hill, Green Hill,
and Wells Town.
6. A bill requesting; the legisla
ture to allow the commissioners
of the county to raise the evalua
tion of taxable property horizontal
ly by approximately 20. ,
4-H Clubs
Will Hold
Meetings
Jan. 13-23
Beautification
Of School Grounds
Is Planned As
Project of Year
A 30-minute movie, "The Blacksmith's-
Gift," will be shown at
eacfrot h 4-H club meetings dur
ing January, -announces William.
Robinson, assistant county agent
Plans aUo will be discussed at
the various clubs towards start
ing a county-wide project to beau
tify the school grounds. A land
scape specialist from State College
may be invited here within the
next few months to recommend
the best practices towards improv
ing the appearance of the schools
by planting additional shrubbery,
grass and flowers.
Mr. Robinson and Miss Helen
Smith, assistant home agent, will
attend each of the club meetings
this month, which begin Monday.
Jan. t'.i, at !f o'clock in Cecil, and
10:10 a.m. at ranton High. Tues
day the !J o'clock Hireling will be
at Crabtrrc. and J 0:45 at Kines
Creek. Wednesday, nl !) a.m. in
the Bethel school, and at l(J:4.r a.m.
at Cru.so.
Thursday, Jan. 10, 0:45 a.m. al
Waynesville, 10:45 at Heavcrdam,
1:45 p.m. at Hazclwood. Friday, !)
a.m. ai morning blar, lil:4.'j a.m.
at Clyde. Monday, Jan. 20, 9 a.m.
at Lake Junaluska, 10:45 a.m at
Rock Hill.
Tuesday. Jan. 21, 9 a.m. at East
Waynesville, 10:45 at North Canton.
Wednesday, 9 a.m. at Pennsylvania
Avenue, and 10:45 at Patton school.
Thursday, Jan. 23, 10:30 at Mt.
Sterling.
Redden Gets Busy Asking
Development Of Smokies
Haywood Men
Have Good Seats
In Assembly
Senator William Medford has
been assigned seat No. 34 In the
State Senate Chamber. This seat
is on the aisle, and on the back
row; Dearest the 'door. Seated -next
to Senator Medford is Sen
ator Clement, also of this dis
trict. Representative Glenn C. Pal
mer has seal No. 51 in the House.
This seal is also on the aisle,
and about one-third the way back
from the speaker's platform.
Crawford
Moves Clyde
Funeral
Home Here
Uusincss Arrangements
Still Carried On
As Uusul In Clyde
Area
ON BUYING TRIP
J. C. Galusha spent several days
in Atlanta this week buying mer
chandise for The Book Store.
Announcement has been made by i paign
I he owners of the consolidation of
the Crawford funeral homes in
Clyde and Waynesville. and while
the home w'ill be located in
Waynesville, the owners arc as
suring the continued prompt ser
vice given the Clyde area that was
rendered witli the operation of the
two units.
The number of collection stations
of the Crawford Mutual Burial In
surance will remain as they have
been managed and the members
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Meeting Is Arranged
Between Secretary
Of Interior And
W. N. C. Group
Monroe M. Redden, the 12th dis
triet's new representative in con
gress, announced Wednesday alter
a meeUnftwjUth- SecseMryMrf.Jiiler
lor Julius A. Krug that February
7 has been set as a tentative date
in which representatives of West
ern North Carolina communities,
the interior chief, and the Tar
Heel delegates to congress will get
together in Washington and discuss
further a proposed improvement
for the Smoky Mountain National
Park and Blue Ridge Parkway.
In his talk with Secretary Krug,
Congressman Redden explained
that development of the park was
this area's greatest asset, so far as
tourist trade is concerned. He em
phasized the need of additional
highways, lakes and permanent
r (in iiieiH-e facilities sueli as com
fort stations, restaurants and gas
Mai IOIIS.
This park development, which
alsu includes improvement of park
ing areas and building the village
of Cherokee into a real tourist at
traction, was one of the issues Mr.
Hidden pledged lo do something
about during the election cam-
Health Dept. Urges Flu
Vaccinations Be Gotten
Persons who have not yet been
vaccinated against influenza are
urged to get this protection with
in the next few weeks, since the
vaccine obtained by the district
health office will lose its effect
if it is kept unused much
longer.
Vaccinations may be gotten
from private physicians, at the
public health office in Canton
on Monday mornings, or at the
health office in the court house
on Friday afternoons and Satur
day mornings.
Jurors Are
Drawn For
Feb. Term
By Board
Jury List Named
Monday, Includes
Men Who Will
Compose Grand Jury
The Haywood county board of
commissioners drew the jury for
the February criminal term of
Superior court, which will convene
here on Monday, February 3rd
with Judge William H. Bobbitt, of
Charlotte, presiding. From the list
drawn for the term will also be
drawn the men who will serve on
the Grand Jury.
Drawn for the first week were:
J. H. Woody, Waynesville; Jack
Fclmel, Waynesville; J. R. Plott,
Ivy Hill; J. U. Sentelle, Pigeon;
Dick Vioodv,' "Jonathan Creek;
France M. Rogers, Fines Creek;
C. K. Colo. Beavcrdam; lien Nol
and, Waynesville; Lowcry Justin,
Pigeon; Eras! us Medford, lftoh
Duff; Spauldin Underwood,
Jonathan Creek; Albert Ferguson,
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Workstock Clinics Begin
Over County This Week
Clinics to examine and treat
farm workstock were held in Fines
Creek Thursday and will be held
in White Oak township today (Fri
day), starting at 10 o'clock at
W. L. Messer's farm, and during
the afternoon at Sam Ledford's
farm and at the Liberty church.
Saturday morning a clinic will be
held at 10 o'clock at the Maggie
post office.
A complete schedule of the
clinics, which will be available to
farmers in every community of
Haywood county before they end
on January 24, was released this
week by County Agent Wayne Cor-
pening. Each clinc will be con
ducted by Dr. A. R. Reigg, Waynes
ville veterinarian, and attended by
representative of the county
agent's office.
Farmers are invited to have
their horses and mules examined,
free of charge. Treatment for bad
teeth, stomach worms, and other
deficiencies in the animals will be
performed as desired by the owner
at minimum cost. Feed and water
should be withheld from the ani
mals at least 18 hours prior to
treatment.
Monday, Jan. 13. clinics will be
held at Jonathan Creek: at 10 a. m.
at M .L. Messer's farm; 1 p. m. at
N. W. Carver's fram; and 3 p. m.
at Glenn Boyd's farm (Noble Gar-
rcii. inursaay ai iu a. m. a clinic
Vill be at C. A. Campbell's barn in
Ivy Hill, and during the afternoon
in WaynesviHe at Hugh Ratcliffe's
farm at 1 o'clock and R. V. Welch's
barn at 3 o'clock.
Friday, Jan. 17, in Crabtree: at
Silas Smart's barn at 10 a. m.;
George Best's store, 1 p. m.; and
W. C. Kirkpalrick's barn, 3 p. m.
Monday, Jan. 20, in Bcaverdam:
Sam Robinson's barn, 1 p. m., and
Mrs. H. G. Reno's barn, 3 p. m.
Tuesday, Jan. 21, also in Beaver
dam: J.- Frank Mann's store at 10
a. m., J. L. Westmoreland's barn at
1 p. m., and the Morning Star
school at 3 p.m.
Wednesday, January 22, at Pig
eon: Spring Hill school at 10 a. m..
County Home farm at 1 p. m., and
Olus Massie's store, 3 p. m.
lie hopes to gel representatives
of 17 W. N. C. counties to attend
the Feb. 7 conference, and will
ask all 14 members of the state
congressional delegation to be pres
ent ant1 push the improvement pro
gram at that time.
Rep. Redden invited Secretary
Krug to visit this area as a guest
of the communities this coming
summer. He commented that -the
people of North Carolina do not
believe there has been intentional
discrimination in improving any
particular area of the park, they do
feel there has been some neglect
in developing the North Carolina
side.
Votes Coming In Now
For C. of C. Board
A good number of ballots have
been returned to the olfiee in the
Chamber of Commerce board of
directors election reports Miss S.
A. Jones, secretary.
Voting will close the afternoon
of Saturday, Jhii. 18. A special
committee will count the ballot?
the following Monday night, and
announcement of the new board
will be made iu the Jan. 24th is
sue of The Mountaineer.
Dewey Pless And
Gennett Lumber Co.
Purchase Underwood
Mills At Lake
Dewey Pless and the Gennett
Lumber Company of Asheville,
have purchased the Underwood
Lumber Mill at Lake Junaluska,
and have completed plans for doub
ling daily capacity.
The equipment of the old mill
was sold and moved Thursday by
Clayton Presslcy to the Cruso
Road. A larger mill, with a capacity
of 12,000 to 15,000 feet daily has
been bought and will be installed
within a few days, Mr. Pless said.
They bought the large circular saw
mill from the Davcy Tree Expert
Company.
Mr, Pless and Gennett bought
all the lumber on the yard from
Mr. Underwood, and timber lands
with about 800,000 feet.
A deal has just been closed for
three tracts of timber from D.
Reeves Noland, in Fines Creek,
with about a million feet.
Mr. Pless estimates it will take
several years to cut the timber
they have under contract, and a
five-year lease has been taken on
the mill site at Lake Junaluska.
Approximately 50 men will be
used at the mill and in the woods
when full operations get underway.
Heavy machinery is now building
roads into the timber tracts and
cutting will start soon. Ail logs are
hauled to the mill on trucks, and
a greater part of the lumber cut
at the mill is shipped, although
some will be sold locally.
Mr. Pless js a well known lum
berman, and recently spent four
years cutting virgin timber in the
famous 12-mile strip in the lower
end of-the -county for ""the Cai f
Lumber Company. Last year he
cut four million feet in north
Georgia.
Schoolmasters Club To
Meet At Cruso Jan. 13
The Haywood Schoolmasters
Club will meet Monday. Jan. 13 at
the Cruso school, starting at 7
p. ni.
Supt. Jack Messer. who lias
charge of the program, will dis
cuss janitorial service in the
schools, including such phases as
training and determining the quali
fications of a good janitor.
Patrick In Atlanta
Buying Cafeteria Needs
George Patrick is in Atlanta se
lecting new equipment for Patrick's
Cafeteria which is scheduled to
open here in the early spring. The
new business will be where the
WWNC Cafe is now located.
Motorist Pays
$10 For Following
Canton Fire Truck
Canton has an ordinance which
prohibits motorists from follow
ing a fire truck. One motorist
paid a $10 fine Monday in police
court after being convicted of rid
ing behind a fire truck.
Other cases disposed of in Can
ton police court included six per
sons charged with public drunk
enness, and several traffic violations.
Proceeds From New Car
Will Go To Polio Fund
The Rotary Club voted at their
last meeting to sell a new Aero
sedan Chevrolet as a means of
raising money for the annual Polio
drive in Haywood county.
M. D. Walkins has been named
county chairman, and an order has
been placed for the car, which by
special arrangement, will be here
by the 15th of this month.
The Rotary Club has sponsored
this campaign for a number of
years, by using the Dime Board
and private subscriptions. This year,
it was decided to use the sale of
the car, and accept donations di
rect. In all other similar campaigns
held here, the county has Eone
far above the quota. The 1947
quota is expected in the next few
days.
Marshall Is
Approved As
Secretary
Of State
i Byrnes Resigns
Foreign Affairs Post
In Surprise Move
' Tuesday
I General George C. Marshall was
I chosen by President Truman to re
j ilacc James F. Byrnes as secretary
j of state following Byrnes' resigna
tion on instructions from his phy
sician to "slow down"
Gen. Marshall has been in China
for the past year as U. S. mediator
between the opposing forces of
Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese Com
munists. He left Nanking Tuesday
morning by plane to return to
Washington and take over his new
job as foreign affairs representa
tive of the United States.
Byrnes surprised the world with
his resignation. His work in help
ing build the foundation for peace
was praised by all factions in
Washington, and foreign circles as
well.
The new secretary, a Pennsyl
vanian who graduated from Vir
ginia Military Institute and rose to
be army chief of staff during the
war, was unanimously confirmed
by the senate Wednesday.
H i s first important assign
ment will be the Moscow confer
ence in March to arrange a peace
treaty for Germany. He has shown
no political connections in the
past, and whether he will follow
the established policy of Byrnes,
is a subject of capital speculation!
TRUMAN SAYS BUDGET OK
WASHINGTON (AP!) Pres
ident Truman has sharply rebuffed
some administration officials for
seeking larger funds from Congress
than the White House considers
necessary.
Highway
Record For 1947
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed-- 0
Injured- 0
(This Information CobidIImI
From Records of state High.'
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