North Carolina Newspapers

Adf 220 S Firi.1 LOUISVItXIC If' 0l4ople l Published Twice-a-Week Every Tacsury and Friday Mountaineer . en S1s nf He-their Wai cel'ter Published Twice-A-Ueek In The County Seat of Haj.wood County At Th e Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park SIXTEEN PAGES United .Press and Associated Press Nf wt WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1948 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties Waynesville Ides Meeting lore brtant Wow - Kay Heads Boosters wood county will go fg group: Mr. Ray, fown, Jr., chairman of commissioners; Wayne resident of the Cham fierce; D. Reeves No- r of the state highway t. J. Reece, past pres- Chamber of Com- s Kilpatrick, of the sociated Communities; r William Medford; Coleman of Champion ore company. Mtlook, as determined Irk Service budget re fer bleak for the Smo- Picture is somewhat (he Blue Ridee Park Mr. Ray. recommended for the provided, there is no that construction will between Soco Gap tamp Gap this year." N, includes surfacing auing. ington, Congressman edden, who has active d 'n making arrange c coming meeting, has lificant that National : has not asked Con sizeable funds to car program suggested by les a program, Inci which they profess "Pathy and accord, rior Department and v,ce g,ve no indics- ,ew Program that they f governmenfa long- Bation and pledge to lloP Great Smokies ave been wearing kid now- It's beginning w win have to take ?Jr Ket nythlng Med on page Six) andBr-r-r-r mornin, tk. mereury one Bbove Mr oa ermometer at the th?1' 'r the tB year. eipeH- rtort drtve. Weather - e Press Z7t. 18 - 'd? the staff of " Farm.) Rain M. Min. fall 50 28 .04 55 17 .79 - 29 . 10 K 41 r & Ld Delegates . 22 Meeting khington Losen amount of funds to be improvements in me Mountains National ,mmended by the Na Service in President inual budget message Monday, gives aaai for the meeting to be ington on January 22, s E. Ray, chairman oi tional Park, Parkway Development Commis- burts yet reccivea irom to recommended e Great Smokies and Parkway are incom- Lted Wednesday, "It is the Smokies Park is nded to receive more cent of the amount M by the North Caro- Park Commission. rent that if the Park n reasonable develop near future, the fight fetions must be carried longress. and seven other Hay- men will attend the meeting in Washing- er Hotel. Official in- congressmen and sen' fcsued this week joint' riors R. Gregg Cherry IcCord. Two cabinet kretary of the Interior icretary of Agriculture h ranking Park Serv- Iway officials, plus the Isioni of the two states interested citizens onn L-aronna, are ex- n she rst week jury list ir jena, aoout M peesonsw j.rM:-4!mer,C. A. Gearge,WB. Trammell, Edna McKay, Joe 'N. PHOTO BY INGRAM'S STUDIO ERNEST GREEN is the new presi dent of the Hazelwood Boosters Club, the only civic club in Hazel wood. Mr. Green assumed his du ties as president January i. Jury List Drawn For February Drawing of the jury list for the February criminal term of court was the main item of business at the County Board of Commission ers' meeting last week. A contract to install plumbing in the Canton colored school, now under construc tion, also was signed with Floyd Miller. ,, . .. N ' Tate, Taylor- Wilson, Earl Scruggs, David Underwood, Ruf us Marcus, G. C. Clark, J. Wiley Jones and Albert Reeves of Waynesville town ship; Boone F. Cagle, Jack West, Mrs. Fannie Stinnett and John Palmer, Clyde; Bern R. Leather wood and Bart McGaha, Cataloo chee; Robert M. Medford, Marion L. Messer, Fred D. Moore and Dick Moody, Jonathan Creek; J. M. Med ford and Joe A. Parks, Iron Duff; Alney Mehaff ey, Eldrldge Caldwell and Cash Caldwell, Ivy Hill; Man son J. Tate, Mrs. Charles H. Bran son, Harry Hogan, George H. Jones, L. H. Baldwin and J. Med Williams, Beaverdam; Joe S. Davis, Crabtree; Robert- McElroy and Jesse Jenkins, White Oak; Hugh Ferguson, Vernpn (Continued on Page Six) Workstock Clinics Will Begin On January 20 Schedule Of Clinics In Each Section Of County Is Announced Workstock clinics will be held throughout Haywood county start ing Tuesday, January 20 and con tinuing through February 10, ac cording to a schedule announced yesterday by County Agent Wayne Corpenlng. The clinics will operate on the same principle as last year, and be attended by Dr. A. R. Reigg, Way nesville veterinarian, who will give a free examination to all horses and mules brought to the clinics. Treatments for bots - and round worms, floating teeth and other physical handicaps will be avail able under the same terms as last year. Feed and water should be with held from the animals to be treated for at least 18 hours prior to treat ment. At each clinic the veteri narian will discuss feeding and management problems, ahd distrib ute bulletins relating to the care of workstock. The schedule is as follows: January 20 N. C. James' store, Fines Creek, at 9:30 a. m.; Cleve Noland's store, Fines Creek, 11 a. m.; Grover Ferguson, s barn. Fines Creek, 1 p. m.; L. Z. Messer's barn, Panther Creek, 3 p. m. January 21 Silas Smart's farm, Crabtree, 9:30 a. m.; George Best's store, Crabtree, 11 a. m.; Forrest Justice's barn, Crabtree, 1 p. m.; Fred Noland's barn, Hyder Moun tain, 3 p. m. January 22 Jarvis Caldwell's barn. Iron Duff, 9:30 a, m.; Law rence Brown's barn, Iron Duff, 11 q, m.; C. A. Campbell, Dellwood, 1 p. tn,; Nathan Carver s barn, Jona than Creek,- 3 p. m. Jonathan Creek, 9:30 a. m ; M, Messer's barn, Jonathan Creek a. m.; Liberty Church, White Oak, 1 p. m.; Sani Ledford,' WhRe Oak, 3 p. m. January 26 Maggie Post Office, 9:30 a. m.; Finger's store, Maggie, 11 a. m.; Joe Rhlnertson's bam, Waynesville, 1 p. m.; Saunook school, 3 p. m. January 30 Charlie Buchanan's store, 9:30 p. m. Hugh RatcllfTe's barn, Ratcliffe Cove, 11 a, m.; Rog ers -filling station-store, Waynes ville, 3 p. m. February 3 Bob McCracken's Lbarn, Francis Cove, 8:30 a.m.; Bethel school, 11 a. m.; County Home farm, Pigeon, 1 p. m.; Weav er Cathey barn. Pigeon, 3 p. m. Feb. 4 E. B.. Rlckman.s barn, (Continued on Page Six Officers Of Association Mum Pies Odd MeigSi) Death came to Tarheel editor and statesman Josephus Daniels in Raleigh Thursday, ending a fight against a severe attack of bronchi tis which had turned into pneu monia to bring an end to the 89-year-old last surviving member of Woodrow Wilson's war cabutat He had been desperately illon der an oxygen tent for 12 days and, doctors had held little hopelor his recovery. It is doubtful if any American in politics ever has been more uni versally liked, personally, than Mr. Daniels. Some people have criticiz ed him as "a party liner" who would go down the line with the Democratic party even if it decided suddenly to go in for nudism oi vegetarianism. He stuck with the party in 1932 when it threw over board Daniels' pet political fetish, prohibition, which he continued personally to advocate. Long before that he had earned the respect of .people who dis agreed violently with him but who respected his ability to battle strongly for what he believed in. Twenty years ago H. L. Mencken the literary and political gadfly who disagreed with Daniels on practi cally everything, paid him the com pliment of calling him the most honest editor and politician in the country. This essential quality in him and the fact that he had no lust for power kept Daniels from ever be coming a political boss. His influ ence was vast In Carolina politics, but was never used for personal benefit, except the legitimate one of attracting an amazing number of readers to his paper. A plain looking ruan who loved work, he had refused flatly to re tire. "No man should quit work as long as he's physically capable oi working," was his .Creed. At 85 he had been looking forward to writ ing 'the sixth, vplume of his ex- Editor Dies It fill;! . - jf J 1 , t r JOE PALMER President . .t -; r i v ' J ' ' J ' v ).'- : ' r ' ' . J '. t s - ? ; f r ' - T. C DAVIS Vice President JACK MeCRACKEN Sec'y-Treasurer The Haywood Cooperative Breed ing Association, which began oper ation this month to provide the or ganization by which dairymen can artificially breed their livestock, is directed by the three men pic tured here. Headquarters are main tained In the courthouse and at the State Test Farm, from which a full-time lnseminator -has been averaging two to three calls a day to breed milk cows with high-production-type bulls. After examining the set-up here last week. Dr. El liott fit State College and Murray Gaston, extension specialist with the Southeastern Breeding Associ ation, stated that this was one of the best in the state. Membership, which how is 40, is growing gradu ally in the county, and the Associ ation believes its program will greatly increase the quality of cat- tie and dairy, production of . Hay wood county, ' ' r Daniels Was secretary of the Navy for elsht veirs in President Wilson's cabinet, and Ambassadoi to Mexico under President Franklin D. Roosevelt for nearly nine years Although he never ran for pubic office, he held posts under ever Democratic president since he was 18. President Truman named him "special advisor to the White Hjse" to continue his record. Daniels worked for Woodrou Wilson's nomination in 1912. then was publicity chairman for tht Democratic party. After the elec tion, Wilson asked him to become Secretary of the Navy. To the stiff halls of the Navy De partment, Daniels brought an in formality which first won him ridi cule, then friends. He stirred criticism when he abolished liquor for officers on naval vessels. Later he set up training schools aboarc ships so enlisted men could improve their educations. His assistant secretary was Franklin D. Roosevelt, who called Daniels "Chief" all his life. When Roosevelt became presi dent, he made Daniels his ambas sador to Mexico in 1933 to carry out the Good Neighbor policy. Daniels called himself "Roosevelt's chief reporter in Mexico." Similar ly he called himself, not secretary, but managing editor of the navy, for Josephus Daniels considered himself always a newspaperman. He was born May 18, 1862, in Washington, N. C, while Union gunboats were shelling the little seaport. His father was a shipbuild er. At 18 he became editor of the Wilson Weekly Advance. He moved to Raleigh to succeed Ambassador Walter Hines Page as editor of the State Chronical, which later was merged with the News and Ob server. He was chief clerk of the Department of the Interior under President Cleveland, and for years was editor of the News and Ob server, building it from a circula tion of 2,000 to its present 98.000 second largest in the Carolinas. For years it was the only paper in the country that printed more papers man tnere were people in its home city.- He began writing his editorials in a cramped scrawl before news papers had typewriters, and kept on writing them that way although only one linotype operator on the paper could read his scribbling. He never smoked. As a lifelong dry, he carried his fight against liquor into the legislature in personal ap peals for a statewide dry referen dum. One of his sons. Jonathan Dan iels, was a special wartime assistant to President Roosevelt, and now is executive editor of the News and Observer. He also is author of several books. Another son, Frank (Continued on Page Six JOSEPHUS DANIELS, 85, Tar heel editor and diplomat, died Thursday at Raleigh. Board Sets Date For Bookmobile Meeting Committee Of Club And Industry Repre sentatives To Organ ize January 28 Plans for the drive to secure a bookmobile for the Haywood County Public Library were dis cussed at a meeting Wednesday of the library board, held in the of fice of Miss Margaret Johnston, li brarian. William Medford had previously been selected to head the drive to raise $3,000 to purchase a truck and have it converted inUi a bookmo bile, secure other equipment, and get the service underway. Each club and industry in the county is requested to have a rep resentative on the drive commit tee. There have been 26 names submitted already, and other groups are asked to choose their committee members as soon as pos sible and notify either Mr. Medford or the librarian. The library board tentatively de cided to hold a meeting of all com mittee members on January 28, at which time the organization for the drive will be perfected and a Aim on bookmobile service is to be shown. I The new bookmobile just pur chased for the Fontana Regional li- Uirary, serving Macon, Jackson and swain counties, will be on exhibit in front of the Haywood library here all day Saturday, January 24. Two films on county library serv ice will shortly be available for any club, school or church group that would like to use them. Per sons interested in scheduling one of the films are invited to contact Miss .Johnston. Attending the boand meeting this week were Col. J. Hardin How ell, Mrs. T. Lenoir Gwyn, J. T. Bailey, Glenn Palmer and George Commerce Committees Named For The Year Scout Leader " Daniels Was Big Booster Of Haywood Editor And Statesman Passes Thursday In Raleigh After Fruit ' f r ful Career - J Josephus Daniels for many years spent part of each summer at his home at Lake Junaluska. For many years he had been featured as the j A. Brown, Jr, ipeaker on Haywood County Day U the Lake which marked the jpening of each season. He lOved this country and often referred to it as his "second home." When the present courthouse was formally dedicated in 1932 Mr. Daniels made the address and at '.hat time called it the most beau tiful "Temple of Justice" in North Carolina. ..Mr; Daniels made his usual ad dress at Lake Junaluska last sum mer, and although on a busy sched ule, took time to visit several sick "fiends he had known over a pe riod of years. He was one of the county's best boosters. He kept in close touch with the affairs of the county and never missed an opportunity to history of this federal insurance give the county a boost. It was system. Estimates supplied the Mr. Daniels who took the matter national office were that 1.975,000 up with President Roosevelt and persons throughout the nation were ?ot the President to make the receiving monthly benefits at an; statement that Haywood county has average monthly rate of $38,100,- more volunteers in World War II, ! 000. per capita, than any county in the in lhe 17 counUes of Western natin- i North Carolina served by the Ashe- i Mr. Daniels stated over and over ' vine officej Mr Lambert estimated ! again that it was a "crime" that that monthly payments at the end Haywood apples were not served of 1947 amounted to $55,665 , an in-; on every table of the nation He creasc of about j0 per cent oyer was 'particularly fond of fried ap-'the previous year. A breakdown1 pies and country ham and on every , o tvpe of beneficiaries shows 1 -1 visit to this area his hosts tried to 183 retired workers, 386 wives of make it a point to see that he was J retired workers, 1,616 children of servedhis favorite dish. J deceased or retired workers. 396' Haywood, -along with the rest of yyung widows 0 deceased work the nation, is going to miss its fav- ers 159 aged widowS( over 65 and ; orite "adopted son." 41 parents who were dependent on; i deceased insured workers. Of the ' VFW MEETING , 348 persons in Haywood receiving1 The Veterans of Foreign Wars j benefits, 263 of them are women1 chapter will meet Monday evening i and children. ! at 7:30 o'clock in the Episcopal - . . Parish House, it is announced by Roy Campbell, commander. 348 In Haywood Receive Social Security Payments A total of 348 men, women and children in Haywood county are now receiving monthly payments under the Social Security Act. it was reported this week by D. W. j Lambert, manager of the Asheville ofiice. 1 At the end of 1947 more persons' were receiving monthly old-age; and survivors insurance benefits than at any time previous in the1 BEN COLKITT was given the Silver Beaver award this week for his leadership in the Boy Scout work of Daniel Boone Council. Colkitt Receives Silver Beaver Scouting Award Ben E. Colkitt of Waynesville and Hugh Monteith of Sylva were presented the Award of the Silver Beaver on Monday night at the annual scouters' convention of the Daniel Boone Boy Scout council, held Monday at the, First Baptist church in Asheville. The award is conferred annually to two scout leaders who have ren dered outstanding service in the council urea. Mr. Colkitt has assisted with By SeoufsctivUies for' 11 yeai& serving for one and one-half years as chairman of the Pigeon River district. He presently is chairman of camping and a member, of the council executive board, and has greatly encouraged attendance at the Daniel Boone camp on Little East Fork of Pigeon River. Mr. Colkitt remarks that he has seen a great deal of growth in Boy Scout interest in recent years, par ticularly since the Pigeon River district became a part of the coun cil in 1935. 'I am very much in terested in the scout movement," he states, "because it does so much good for the community at large." Gr bups Asked To De cide New froiects - Arid Report Bv February 1 Coirnittees were named and a general program for each commit tee was outlined at tKe first meet ing of the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce here Tuesday night. Wayne Corpening, president, pointed out in naming the committees, "that this is not a one-man organization, nor a direr tors' organization, but a matter for every man that accepts a place of responsibility to really work." Mr. Corpening requested that the chairmen have a meeting and make a formal report of their planned activities by February 1. The advertising committee re ported that work was underway on preparation of a new general fold er, and members of the committee were serving with others in this area in gathering material for a booklet for Western North Caro lina. Mr. Corpening also announced that during the comlntt vear that all inquiries received by the or ganization would be turned over to the different chairmen for atten tion, and in many Instances for the answers. This was particularly true of letters on industries and agri culture. Henry Davis is the new director, representing the automotive indus try. The auditing committee report ing for last year showed a small oaeb balance in the bank and con-trlbulioi,irt-the Chamber, of Com tUttet were' ma 'Tfollowing i vr cent .8 19.5 16.5 4.4 1.5 4.4 100 Singing Convention Here Sunday Afternoon A singing convention will be held at the Haywood County court house on next Sunday afternoon, January 18. beginning at 1:30 o'clock. The event is being held for the benefit of the polio campaign and is being sponsored by Rev. C. L. Allen and W. T. Queen. A large number of singers,, in cluding several groups from out of the county, will take part on the program. The public is invited to attend the singing and help this worthy cause. A free will offering will be taken. TOWN BOARD MEETS The Waynesville town board met Wednesday afternoon, with Mayor pro-tern David Cabe and Alderman Henry Gaddy present, to take care of routine matters. Mr. Cabe stated that another meeting of the group will be held later this month when it is possible for the full board to attend. Two Haywood Ministers Join the Head Overseas Relief MARCH OF DIMES Drive, Starts Jan. 25th Indtviduja Mercn&Hfs Industries Hotels, boarding houses Filling stations Eating places '. Miscellaneous Total The executive committee was in structed to purchase needed addi tional equipment for the office, and to handle the matter of em ploying a secretary. Committees named to serve for the coming year were: Advertising and promotion W C. Russ, chairman: Zeno Wall, Dr Frank Love, Cecil Jennings and W. S. Prevost. Entertainment W. S. Prevost chairman; Richard Queen, Charles Islcy, Henry Davis and Mrs T L Gwyn. Industrial J. H. Woddy. chair man; J. E. Massie, Ed Sims. Leo Weill, David Underwood, Miss De Brada Fisher and W. A. Bradley. Agricultural Richard Barber, chairman; Howard Clapp, Paul Da vis, John Boyd, C. T. Francis James Kirkpatrick, Charles B Mc Crary, N. W. Garrett, Mrs W D Ketner, Dave Felmet and Glenn C. Palmer. Roads David Underwood, chair man; D. Reeves Noland, George ... Blown. Jr., C. N. Allen, Charles E Ray, J. H. Woody and Glenn C Palmer. Representative of public library Dr. Fpnk S. Love. Finance and membership Dave Felmet, chairman; C. J. Reece. Richard Bradley, Wayne Rogers Charlie Woodard, C. D. Ketner, C N. Allen, -James Kilpatrick, Loch ljn Hyatt, Joe Davis. William S Ray, Aaron Prevost, Hallett Ward and Richard Barber. Health and public institutions Frank Underwood, chairman; J. H. Howell, Jr., Miss Mary Margaret Smith, Dr. Mary Michal, Jack Mes ser, Dr. Boyd Owen and Dr. Stuart (Continued on Page Six) 1948 1948 JANUARY 15-30 ' S M T W T F 6 1 2 JJ ' J?' 48 t TgL wj 3 1 u rnnHF v TTTTTTTrfimuiJ ) Appointment of Rev. R. L. Young, Waynesville, and Rev. L. E. Mabry, Canton, as chairmen of the Haywood county overseas relief drive was announced recently by the North Carolina Council of Churches, which Is sponsoring the statewide. "Fill a Ship with Friend ship" campaign, January 25-31. Mr. Young and Mr. Mabry are among 100 county chairmen who will organize community collections throughout the state to gather clothing, bedding, shoes and house hold goods for shipment through Church World Service, official Protestant relief agency. To be packed for shipment, the materials will go to New Windsor, Md., where the Chtirrh World I Service Center for this area is lo j cated. Oldest and largest of nine CWS Centers scattered throughout the United States, the New Wind sor Center has a capacity for pro cessing nearly a million pounds of relief go ds a month. During the year just ended, 3, 712,764 pounds of goods were pro cessed at this Center. Of that amount. North Carolinians, who have been in the front ranks of American giving since the war ended, contributed 661,641 pounds. Other donations were from Vir ginia, West Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania, as well as from r;ttr'1 states outRide the area. Highway Record For 1948 (To Date) In Haywood Injured--- 1 Killed---- 1 (This information Com piled From Records of State Highway Patrol)