ft?mrd PRINTING CX
220 S Fir
people
20 miles
of
their
ideal
Inter.
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ktion win
During
kson In
Uare l open "e
,f the Blue Hinge
jfagon Road Gap
lOclobcr 4. lor me
ir season, according
jid here yesterday
deems, superintend-
,iy.
i a letter to C. J.
of the Chamber
'pointed out that the
part of the punuc
Won tor tne penou
Lis so colorful was
officials had reached
open the section
Proposal came from
krand later Charles
Ian of the N. C. Park
lonsulted with Mr.
len the Chamber of
and Brevard sent
biking for the Park-
opened during the
Explained in his let-
tiad does not have
ils, and motorists
led along the route.
signs are being built
feted by Ranger Car-
lot the section of the
paved, yet has a
feeders will find the
laiardous, yet those
It care will .not ex-
ffficulty at all, as the
lit like a paved road.
also cautioned
fcd all motorists are
entire section is
top, National Forest
kire must be taken
B out cigarettes or
J yesterday: "The
this section of the
ti available to the
olunparalled beau
pre has been avail-
Ijoyment. Before the
ping into Trans-
) will be found the
Of the Pinkheris
Looking Glass
the Haywood side
mountains will
IWy of scenic ef
F service and the
are to he com
p cooperation."
fnc a trip (, the
F" foui,d there had
ft the mountain, and
ra heavy frosts
loliage turning
P'wer plants have
F" a lot of color
or two weeks." ho
he sonip extreme
fwre. and then a
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ftw to sportsmen
r. Keece brnunhi
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ems to he p,cn.
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season on
that M
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letion of the
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EIGHT PAGES
U,,,tcd
:ials Agree To Open
ion Of The Parkway
League President
MAYOR EARL H. TATE ,,l
Lenoir is the new president of the
North Carolina League of Muni
cipalities, succeeding Mayor Hen
ry Powell of Henderson. Tate has
been mayor of Lenoir since 1937,
and throughout that period he Iks
been active in the League's pro
gram. He is a native of .Spencei
and a graduate of the University of
North Carolina. Tate heads a chug
firm at Lenoir, and is prominently
identified with a large number of
fraternal and civic organizations.
Officers Capture
20-Gallon Liquor
Still On E. Fork
A 20-gallon liauor still was can-
tured in the East Fork section of
Haywood county Sunday after two
raids by law enforcement officers.
Deputy Jotin Kerley' of Waynea
vllle, Roy Reece, federal revenue
agent, and Horace Mehaffey of the
Canton police department made
the initial search Saturday and
found 50 pounds of sugar but no
still.
The next day Kerley and Keece
returned for another hunt and lo
cated the still, only a short dis
tance from where the sugar had
been found, concealed in the woods.
Thirty gallons of mash also was at
the site, but no liquor nor still op
erators. The' small still, made of copper,,
1 ..iih t 3ml ni.w
WHO UlUVAtllCU "Ml" "'Hi
le in th chorifr ,,ffi,n here where
it will be destroyed. II is the first
one picked up this autumn in Hay
wood.
Officers Find
87 Gallons Of
Liquor In Raid
Sixty-seven gallons of non tax
paid liquor was found by officers
buried under a barn on the prop-
erty of Rufus Cochran of llael -
wood in a raid Saturday alterniion
Participating in the raid were
Deputies Wade McDaiuels, John
Knrlnv Pnlirnmnn Paul (iough and
Guy Messer, and Patrolman O
it
Roberts.
Cochran is to be given a bearing
this week on charges of possession
of non-taxpaid liquor.
Discussion Heard On
State-Wide Tour Of
National Editorial Unit
Mr. and Mrs. W. Curtis liuss at
tended the Western North Carolina
Press meeting in Asheville Satur
day night, which featured an ad
dress by Al Resch, president of I In
state association.
Miss Beatrice Cobb, secretary of
the state group, gave a tentative
outline of the proposed program
for entertaining the National ten
torial Association in a state-wide
tour next May. Some 800 news
paper people are expected to make
the tour.
Heavy Frosts
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Haywood Corn, Tobacco
Killing frosts hit Haywood Sat
urday and Sunday mornings, doing
considerable damage to tobacco
which had not been gathered, and
corn which had not matured.
Wayne Corpening, county agent,
said yesterday he was unable to
estimate the damage done to crops,
but it would run heavy on corn,
since so much of the crop had not
matured due to the late season.
Waynesville Mountaineer
I ublishcd Twuc-aWeek In The
1 ress a,ld Associated Press News
Washington
To Be Tried
For Auto
Fatality
College Student From
Cherokee To Face
Manslaughter Charge
From Accident
i Jan-ell Krral Washington, 22 of
Cherokee, driver of the sedan
which crashed into a pickup truck
on highway 1!) near Dellwood on
J September 2.", resulting in injuries
, fatal to (; (.'. Duncan, waived a
preliniinai v hearing and w ill an
I swer a warrant charging man
j slaughter in the next term of su
perior court.
j The decision was reached Mon
j day afternoon, when a hearing was
scheduled before Magistrate Wade
Noland. Bond of $300 for appear
ance was set and paid by the young
, Indian, a student at Asheville-Bilt-j
moiv junior college.
Listed as witnesses for the case
are Donald Moody, whose car was
neat-toy when the collision occurred;
Patrolman O. R. Roberts, investi
gating officer; and the three per
sons who were with Duncan at the
time: Mrs Duncan, Charles Bar
netl, and Miss Dorothy Creasman.
Radio Station
WHCC Now Has A
Stronger Signal
Additional equipment was in
stalled in the transmitter of Radio
Station WHCC Saturday, which
increased the volume of the sta
tion about a third, according to
Don Hunnicutt, chief engineer.
The intricate piece of mechanism
is among the scarce items in the
radio lield. but rather than hold
UP tne sianon going on me an,
the
,
Robert M Wallace, general man
ager, decided to go on and install
I he extra equipment later.
The signal of the station w-ill he
carried much farther now than in
the pa;-l, and will be about a third
stronger at all points.
Yesterday Engineer Hunnicutt
i installed the last piece of equip
ment in the studio which will in
i crease the efTiriency of broadcasts.
- I Letters have been n-ceived from
. ,.a(j engineers in Canada .Denver,
j petrnil. New York and Iowa that
' th(,v ,av(, heard WHCC at various
,nl(,s r Hunnicutt is sending
j each one a view of this area and
details about the section logemer
I with facts about the station.
Paul Davis Is
New President Of
Hazelwood PTA
Paul Davis was elected president
of the Hazelwood Parent-Teacher
Association Tuesday night, succeed
ing Mrs. Grady Farmer. Other of
ficers elected were Mrs. Aaron
Provost, vice president; Mrs. Clyde
Fisher, secretary, and Miss Daisy
Boyd, treasurer.
A program on "Playgrounds"
was presented by Lawrence Leath
crwood. principal of the school. Mr.
Lcatherwood showed a moving pic
ture of community playgrounds
and discussed ways in which a com
munity could work together to pro
vide such recreation facilities.
Miss Lois Harold was in charge
of the devotional program.
Damage
All corn hurt by frost was being
cut yesterday and will be converted
into silage, Mr. Corpening said.
The damage to tobacco depends
on the stage of ripeness and how
quickly the harvest is made, Mr.
Corpening explained..
All garden -vegetables except fall
cabbage were killed by the frost,
and unprotected flowers had turned
black by noon .Monday.
County Seat of Haywood County
WAYNESVILLE,
STARTS DOG WEEK WITH A TUMBLE
! : "
THIS BRITTANY SPANIEL must have known it was National Dog Week so
he started it with a bang, and a tumble down into a 30-foot street esea
ation in New York. Left, policemen relay pooch to the surface. Right,
tl.e dog's owner, Mrs. Beaumel, hugs her rescued pet. (nteriintional)
Revenue From Parking
Meters If ere Averages
$200 Weekly Since July
Photos Of Players
In World Series
Published Today
Because of i:ie Tnterest in the
World Series, The Mountaineer
is today publishing pictures of
both teams which will take the
field this afternoon. The pic
tures will be found on page six,
together with the position of
each player, and the starting
line-up.
Girl Is Injured
When Car Meets
Truck Here Fri.
Miss Natalie Jones of Lake .luna
luska received facial cuts from an
accident on Main street here Fri
day night about f):.10 o'clock in
which a l!i:!4 Plymouth sedan ran
into the back of a l'l'-lon Ford
truck which had stopped at a traf
fic signal.
Donald M Rhea of Haelwood
was the driver of the ear. and Da
vid Boyd of Jonathan Cree was
driving the truck. Miss .tones was
riding with Rhea in the sedan and
was injured by the broken wind
shield caused by the collision.
According lo Police Chief Orville
Noland no charges have been pre
ferred against either party.
Farmers Invited To Join
Tour of Hybrid Varieties
Haywod county farmers are in
vited to attend a tour of the dif
ferent varieties of corn hybrids
that are being grown at the Moun
tain Experiment Station to start at
10:30 a m Friday, October 3.
Howard Clapp.. director of the
test farm and Wayne Corpening,
county agent, will conduct the tour
and discuss results with 30 differ
ent types of hybrid corn under experiment
Rev. Win. Pruitt Will Re
Buried This Afiernoon
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Hazel
wood Baptist church for the Rev.
William Pruitt. who died at his
home Sunday night. Rev. J. M.
Woodard will officiate and inter
ment will be in Green Hill ceme
tery. Pallbearers will be the following
grandsons: Guy Pruitt, Charlie
Pruitt, Ray Pruitt. Thomas Pruitt,
Clyde Jordon and Joe Calhoun.
Rev. Pruitt had preached to the
people in the valleys and coves of
Western North Carolina for more
than half a century.
During his long and active min
istry he has not only held pastor
At The Entrance Of The Great
N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1947
Meters Expected To
Pay For Tmemselves
Within Two Years,
Ferguson Says j
I Waynesville's parking meters,!
latter being checked for nine com-j
plele weeks of operation, are ex-
within two years, it is estimated by
G C. Ferguson, town manager
The average intake of pennies
and nirkels each week is approx
i imately $200.
Total receipts through last Fri-
day was $l.ii2.ri.02 Since being j ized Concord Chamber of Corn
placed in operation on July 2f( the ""'"' was announced today by
revenue has varied each week,
reaching a high of $210. 2.r on the
week ending 1 1 : u -( 30. and a low
of $l(4 .r)li (luring die week ending
September Hi.
La: I week showed a small gain
and w as $ I 7(i..'U!
Although tli" meters will mark
time only for pennies and nickels,
several dimes are taken from them
each week which have been placed
- in most instance., by visitors
who are accustomed to the meters
that grant two hours parking for a
dime.
A lew sluns also aie found in
making collections This practice
however, is not widespread. Six
is the largest number that has
been found at any one time.
To date no meter has been brok
en into, as has occurred in other
places, although one here has been
taken from the pipe and disap
peared: presumably stolen for the
$1 or less that was inside.
Half of the parking meter in
come is retained by the town and
a check for the remainder goes to
Ihe manufacturing concern which
installed them. When the meters
are paid for the town will receive
all the 'revenue, w hich at the pres
ent rate is roughly $10,000 a year.
ates in hall a dozen counties, but
has conducted revival meetings in
Georgia, South Carolina and Ten
nessee. He also has baptized more
than 3.000 people and has been in
strumental in the building of more
than a score of churches.
Throughout his ministerial career
he never received from his
churches a salary sufficient to sup
port himself and family, but made
his living from his farm with lit
tle dependence upon his churches
for support. This was no small
task as he had a family of 11 chil
dren which was later increased by
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Smoky Mountains National
Hereford Men Are Ready
For Banquet, Show And Sale
Southern
Puts Diesel
Engine On
Test Runs
Shrill Horn of Diesel
Stirs Many Comments
As Train Passes
Waynesville
A double unit deisel engine,
pulling a long string of freight cars
made three trips through here over
the week-end in a series of test
runs up Balsam mountain.
This was the first time a deisel
engine has pulled a train on this
line of the Southern Railway and
whether the modern locomotives
will be maintained on the line was
not known here yesterday.
The powerful deisel pulled 767
i tons up the mountain Saturday,
and 770 tons on Sunday, which is
1 about 20 tons more than the two
I freight engines pull. The deisel
j look 5S minutes to pull the heav
ier load, which is slightly longer
! than the time for the two steam en-
nines.
The shrill horn on the deisel
J created much comment throughout
the area, and Frank Worthington.
j agent here, said he had received
j numerous telephone calls about
the "new train whistle.'
, ,. ..,,
make, near the nniae of the si pa ml
type, and outside of the loud horn
and the steady hum of the wheels
of the cars, there is practically no
noise.
I. Dale Stentz Is
New Secretary Of
Concord Civic Unit
CONCORD Appointment of J.
Dale Stent! iof Shelby, as execu
tive secretary of the newly organ-
i.esier i. i.ourane, .ir , president
of Hie civic body. Mr. Stentz will
report October 1 to assume his new
dill u s
lie conies lo the local Chamber
of Commerce with high recommen
dations and a wide experience in
civic organization work. He has
been secretary of Ihe Shelby
Chamber of Commerce since July.
104.1. and during that time has
practically doubled Ihe income of
the body.
He was manager of Lake Juna
luska Irom 1 fl 1 4 to 1927, then did
radio and publicity work with the
Asheville Chamber of Commerce
for some lime. From Asheville, Ml .
Stentz went to Los Angeles, where
he became business manager of
Trinity Methodist church and man
aging director of radio station
KFGK, doing several special pro
grams on various radio stations in
Los Angeles.
He was manager of the Way nes
ville Chamber of Commerce for
four years and then, during the re
cent war. was with the U. S. Engi
neers with headquarters in
Charleston, S. C.
While Mr. Stentz will come here
iext Wednesday, the other mem
bers of the family will remain in
Shelby until suitable living quar
ters can be found here.
BYRNES REJECTS SLAV OFFER
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPi
Former Secretary of State James
F. Byrnes has rejected the invita
tion of Marshal Tito to investigate
with five other Americans the
Greek-Yugoslav dispute.
Two-State Group Seeking
Two Millions For Smokies
GATLINBURG A proposed pro
gram, calling for the expenditure
of $2,203,700 for permanent im
provements to the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park was ac
cepted for consideration by the
National Park Service officials who
met here Thursday with the joint
Tennessee-North Carolina Park
planning committee.
The committee's program, which
the Park Service officers said dif
Park
$3.0(1 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Honored By State
GLENN C. PALMER has been
named cbairninn ol the agriculture
committee tor Stale College by
Governor Cherry. The committee
was authorized last May by the
trustees of the University of North
Carolina, of which Stale College
is a unit. Mr. Palmer is represent
ative from Haywood having served
since l!Ki7. He is a dairyman, farm
er and active in business and civic
circles of Haywood.
Palmer Heads
Committee
For State
College
Glenn t . Pali-.n r, ol Crabtree
( nHS uv" 'a"'rl' " l'"'r"r
Gregg Cherry as chairman of the
' agricultural education of the board
of trustees visiting committee for
State College.
The board of trustees of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, meeting
last May. authorized the appoint
ment of a visiting committee of
twelve from the board for each of
the three units, upon the recom
mendation of the chancellors of
each division ol the University.
Percy li. I'erebee, of Andrews,
is general chairman ol the entire
commiltee for Stale College.
Serving under Mr. Palmer on
the agriciill lire committee is H. S.
Gibbs. of Morehead Cily and Ver
non G. James, ol Elizabeth City.
Rotarians Shown
Recreation Film
Rotarians saw a film Friday on
the importance of a community
wide recreational program. The
film was shown by M. II. Bowles,
ami presented by Jack Messer, su
perintendent of schools.
The lilm pointed out the advan
tages of a well balanced program
lhal reaches ail ages and operate?
the full year. Much inlerest was
shown in the film and afterwards
a discussion was held which result
ed in M. It Williamson, president,
naming a committee to work with
other groups in working out de
tails for a program here.
Marshall Buys
Esso Station
Albert E Marshall has purchased
the Holland Esso Station, in Hazel
wood, and will take over active
management Wednesday, he an
nounced yesterday.
Mr. Marshall is an experienced
operator, having had 12 years' ex
perience. He is a veteran of
World War II and served 40
months in the Army.
Mr. Marshall will supervise all
work at the station, which is on
the highway in Hazelwood.
fered from their own plans for the
park only in the amount of money
to be spent on various projects,
calls for the following expenditures
during the fiscal year 1949 which
begins next July: Administration,
$215,000; forest protection and fire
prevention, $35,000; road mainte
nance, $300,000; physical improve
ments, $545,000: construction of
major roads, $998,000; and minor
'Continued on Page Eightl
i
Published
Twice-a-Week
Everv Tuesday
and Friday
Dr. Starkey of Clem
son College Will
Speak At Banquet
Preceding Show
Dr. L. V. Star;ey, head of the
Animal Husbandry department at
Clemson college, is announced as
the speaker for the banquet tonight
sponsored by the Haywood County
Hereford Breeders Association in
conjunction with the sixth annual
show and sale which opens Wed
nesday morning.
Dr. Starkey is noted as one of
the outstanding leaders in animal
husbandry in the South. At Clem
son for 27 years, he has helped
build up the largest herd of polled
Herefords of any agricultural col
lege in the nation. He has studied
at the Universities of West Virginia,
his home state, Illinois. W isconsin.
and at the Iowa College of Agri
culture. The banquet will start at 7:30
o'clock tonight in the Hazelwood
school cafeteria, with Roy S.
Haynes, president of the sponsor
ing group, as master of ceremonies.
The invocation will be given by
Rev. Paul Townsend, the address of
welcome extended by Dr. A. I.
Cline, introduction of guests by
Wayne Corpening, presentation of
the speaker by Dr. J. L. Reeves,
and the benediction given by Rev
L. G. Elliott.
On the decoration committee are
Mrs. J. L. Reeves, Mrs. A P. Cline.
Mrs. Dwight Williams, Mrs. David
AUCTION TO BE
BROADCAST AT 1:30
The prize animal of the show
will be sold at auction at 1:30.
and the auction will be broadcast
over WHCC. Auctioneer FHc
Cord will beg-In auctioning the:
animal promptly at 1:30, and the
broadcast will be staged for 15
minutes direct from the auction
eer's stand at the sale.
Underwood and Mrs. Glenn Noland.
Mrs. Rufus Siler and lunchroom
personnel have prepared the meal,
and 4-If club boys and girls will
serve. Musical entertainment will
be under the direction of Charles
Isley.
Approximately 200 persons are
expected to attend the banquet, in
eluding a number of leaders from
the state and U. S. departments of
agriculture, representatives of the
American Hereford association and
leading beef cattle journals.
Approximately 100 bulls and
cows and 25 baby beeves are ex
pected to enter the show Wednes
day morning. A tent is being erect
ed near the bus shed on the Way
nesville Township high school
grounds in which the judging will
be conducted by Dr. J. E. Foster,
head of the University of Mary
land animal husbandry department.
At noon a concert of band music
will be presented and luncheon
served on the grounds.
The sale will start at 1 p m
with Col. Tom McCord of Birming
ham as auctirmeer. In addition to
the five bulls and 51 cows of
breeding class to be sold, 10 baby
beeves will be auctioned from the
4-H and F. F. A. entries in the
show.
Consignors of animals are the
Graceland farms, Roy S. Haynes,
I. H. Powell. Calvin Francis. C. T.
Francis. Walnut Knoll farms. Rock
Lane farm, .Allgood and McDaniel
i Liberty, S. C), W. A. Swanger.
Francis, Galloway and Underwood.
Jack T. Rogers, David Underwood,
and George E. Stanley and son.
Agricultural leaders expected to
attend the events include L. I. Case,
extension beef cattle specialist; T.
L. Gwyn, the U. S. Department of
'Continued on page 8)
Highway
Record For
1947
(To Date)
In Haywood
Injured ---46
Killed---- 7
This Information Com
piled From Records of
State Highway Patrol)
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