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Standard MINTING CO 221-280 S First S LOUISVILLE KY 4900 People Live within 20 miles of Waynesville their idea shopping center WlCAL mo The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-A-Weel. In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park i , .. I ions 'et p; ..... r,us P, w " . ' Mav i,, matu-i- to cla.m .. in, ai'F"1"'- f" .,,,,11, - .tnd also Adulates. t,, Uawic-w.o. - , fccinui'i' 0 h ,.,i.l I- n.niposcd .1 LJflfl . .Ml. !!" I'CUIU- i .ill'le- lwu. i. I(euunwi. 1,M Ih.Tl soon. t-'lt''1 IlU -rcTrials. ti-K. in ni.iKiiih mi'" . ,,, .enullg CICC- 1 .11. V ' "I L .,,n. i'Ii. in Woody, u,ii,.ii,ii I" liii)- tic .1.11111: on is -llill JlllllMllll. I'H III 1 14 alld,Ci n ,. ,, , i i Ks ao J c.ni.iiil.nr I"1' scil ,111 .vie ii 1 1 ii tl u.i his .-,0 1,11 . 111! lo! Mi" 1 lic.il 111. Illl' "S 10 iii iu iMiiiuy lor ciiiuidalcs. fc AMI SOLICITOR oi l oitosihon Moure anil soliei- BrMin, Jr.. ol me ttrict. will nol have in tin' May prim R'l'uiillj appointed k Governor Cherry. Is Irniii Sylva. and l limn Rrysoii City. la utcrs u ill .settle and Uii'ee Kcpubli II it.- May 29 prim- idlme lor liling ar- ' 84 candidates m Ih the stale board ' ip last day brought last one 42 minutes Dine. in inlm-sl among the raws fur uumi rnor and the U. S. rnatorial campaign lers Mayne Al- ;h, Oscar Barker of may liovrl ol Pine- 1. Johnson of Ra- Ccoll of Haw River y, Sr.. of Kinston. fcontest brings to- Umslcad of Dur- Ibciit. and J. Mel- of Raleigh, a form- six congressional Democrats. Two is which are being I'lfircmrnl. John II. W-jftiry, tilth district, aniciark of Fayetto lie stepping down uf tr year. i(iii,ii contests in- Tlmi tumid Chat- (I Hub Duncan of in C Jones, in- IMarvin Lee Hitch. L liulwinklc of full, and Clarence irrsl Ciiy. fie contenders- fornor II. p. (p;il f.'.'in and Uan ate--Thad Kure I011" T Aimslmni? "fury L. Bridges "K-uinbeiit, and F of Asheville. KZack Frazello of fon " Hodges of 's li. Volger of tit labor -Forrest k''t-'l, incumbent e Sherrill nf P'an side thm i.. f t'lnlcst! Watt H. f"'i C. L Wiiiio r(" runnino fv,- I --'..inissioner of r C .1 r COntnctc r f-""--n3 die ior mnaiions. Five in ti, rt. . i . 1 4 . "IUCJr n. WIS G Hao- ..i Harmnn ' Mullen of Hunf- .eather !svvil1 tempera ;b staff of Max. Min. 66 34 71 52 76 56 78 56 I'ed Press f 23 Partly 63rd YEAR No. 24 C 1 0 Using Picket Line At Laundry Demonstrators Carry Placards On Street In Front of Plant. A demonstration picket line was thrown in front of the Waynesville Laundry about 8 o'clock Monday morning, as 21 workers Icll their post. A number of sympathizers joined the line throughout Hie day. In the meantime, the plant re mained open and ;tci orchiii; lo J. V. is-illiaii, owner, "ve aie mak ing all seneciuies Willi our work, and will deliver it on lime as usual." Mr. Killian said lie had 44 em ployers on the job with all ma chines operating at 1 o'clock .Mon day afternoon. He announced he had let five employees oil on Sat urday, because he did not liae sufficient work for them. J. F. Davis, local oragmer for the International Fur and Leather workers Union, Ciu. lulu i iu Mountaineer that a picket line would be maintained during the time the plant is in operation, whether on one or two shift sched ules. The lead picket in the line carried an American (lag. while others carried placards. Some of the placards read: "Fired for Joining the Union." Another said, "We Want Decent Wages,' while a third read: "Bacon (iUc a pound Wages 30c an hour." The demonstrators were quiet, except for the few who were sing ing popular songs as they marched along. A dozen others sat on the grass nearby waiting lo relieve the marchers. Mr. Davi said that as far as he knew, this was the firsl picket line ever formed in Haywood county. Wililam Binkley, f .UJn-;'i;;r a representative of the Interna tional Fur and Leather Workers, was here until about 1 o'clock Monday. Mr. Davis said he began organizing about four weeks ago, and all who had signed were wom en, as the men in the laundry were foremen. Mr. Killian said that no one hacL approached him about wages orj anything else, and when the two organizers came in Monday morn ing for a conference he said, "I; was so overcome and disturbed! that I ordered the two men from! my office." j No one was being stopped from ; entering the plant. The pickets', were requesting people bringing in laundry to take it elsewhere,; but made no effort to use force, j i The International Fur and, Leather Workers union have a contract with the A. C. Lawrence Leather company here. i House Is Burned Wednesday Night In Iron Duff Area A four-room house and all goods inside were completely destroyed by fire Wednesday night at tin home occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Milliard Clark and small baby on the O. L. Yates property in Iron Duff township. The first warning of the fire came when the family was awak ened about 11 p.m. to see flauics in their bedroom. They escaped with hardly more than what they were wearing at the lime, and despite the efforts of friends, neighbors, and the Waynesville fire defrag ment saw the house burn down lo the ground. Mr. Yates estimates the loss to the house at $2,000. not covered by insurance. Although the cause of the fire is not definitely known, it is believed to have begun from the kitchen stove. All who assisted in fighting the fire, and saving a nearby barn from burning, are thanked for their efforts. Pre-Easter Services At Presbyterian Church Special services are announced for this week at the Presbyterian church in preparation for Easter. Services will be held Wednesday and Thursday nights at 7:30 p. m. on the theme, "The Passion of Our Lord," ied by the Rev. Malcolm R. "Williamson, pastor of the church. All persons are invited to these pre-Easter services. At the close of the service each night the ses sion of the church will meet for the reception of members. EIGHT PAGES United Press Passenger Trains On Murphy Line Stopped Shortage of Coal Cause Of Two Passenger Trains Being Taken Off. I' i sc ii go r Irani service on the Murphy branch was discontinued beginning Monday in one of the movements to curtail the use of coal because of the widespread strike of miners. Mail is being carried by motor vehicle now with little change an nounced in the schedule. Incoming mail from the east will arrive here about noon, as in the past, according to Herman Francis, assistant postmaster. Outgoing mail will leave about 1 1 a. ni., 3 p. m. and 4 p. m. The passenger train discontinu i ance was announced by the South ern Railway last week after the government requested the elimi nation of "unessential" train serv ice because of the miners walk- : OUl. j The current dispute in the mine , fields is the United Mine Workers claim, advanced by John L. Lewis, j to higher pensions for the miners ! rfn.l tiieir pendents, 'hicu be ' operators deny can be paid for j the welfare and retirement fund set up under the present contract. federal officials have promised court action to end the week-old shutdown. Job Rights Group For Veterans Is Named In County Committee Selected To Assist Veterans In Reemployment, Seniority Problems A four-member veterans' re employment rights committee for Haywood county has been appoint !cd lo aid veterans in obtaining re employment and seniority rights lo which they arc entitled under the Selective Service Act. it is an inounced hv Hugh W. Bradley, field I representative for VRRD, U. S. De partment of Labor. On the committee are James n. Howell. Jr., county service officer for veterans; John Williams, serv ice officer for American Legion Post No. 47; Richard S. Hulme and David E. Sigmon, assistant state service officers. These Committeemen will serve voluntarily in giving advice and assistance to veterans who feel (Continued on Page Eight) TREE SEEDLINGS TO ARRIVE TODAY Tree seedlings which were or dered from the TV A through the county agent's office here are ex pected to arrive today, and the 37 persons, who placed orders are re quested to call for them. There are 55,500 seedlings to be planted in Haywood, 5,500 of which are short leaf pines, 42,500 white pines, and 7,500 yellow poplar. PLEASE, DRIVE QUIETLY Patrolman O. R. Roberts has re quested that traffic using the short cut via Vaughn Palmer s Service Station on the Dellwood road drive as quietly as possible due to a case of extreme illness in a home near by. GO TO FLORIDA. Dr. and Mrs. N. F. Lancaster, and son Bobby, left last night for a vacation in Florida. They plan to return in about ten days or two weeks. Bookmobile Drive Quota $3,000.00 Collected to date .1,340.00 Balance to go and Associated Press News Wildcats Trapped In Pisgah IfA 3U; THE HIDES OF two lart;e Pistfah National Forest are held by Jack Kirklund. left, warden at John's Kock station, and Ranker VV. V. Huber. Forestrv oiTicials conducted a dnve lo kill many ot the de- structive wildcats which have taken a heavy toll ol the deer herd in the forest. The 'cat whose hide is hold by Mr. Kirk - land weiL;lied 65 pounds. -Photo eoui U Eight Get 100 Bushel Corn Awards Last Week Elmer Hendricks Is Speaker At Lions Club Meeting Here Thursday Night Eight Haywood county tanners who had achieved production of 100 bushels of corn lo a tested acre were presented certificates ill the Waynesville I. ions club meet ing Thursday night. Tom Rainer of Route 2. Waynes ville had the highest 1947 produc tion in the county , 125.7 bushels, raised from N.C. T-20 hybrid seed All except one ol the nver-100 bushel growers had used hybrid seed, il was pointed out by County Agent Wayne Corpening in mak ing the presenlat ions. Others who received ibe cert id ea I es were: T W. Cathey. Roule :i Canton, 124 bushels. Tenn 10 seed: C. V. Sorrclis, Roule 1, Canton. 1 19.3 .lushels. L'S 282 seed: Mrs Quay Medford. Lake .lunaluska. 114 bushels, US 282; Fred Allison. (Continued on Page Eight) TAXPAYERS WARNED TO LIST PROPERTY A warning has been issued by the tax collector, Sebc Bryson, that taxpayers who have not listed their taxable property before April 1 will be penalized. STl'DENT INJURED IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT Eugene Mitchell. Waynesville high school student, is reported to have received a broken back from a motorcycle accident on the high way between Canton and Asheville, near the "mile straight," Sunday. Four Waynesville boys were rid ing two motorcycles which spilled when a car ahead stopped. Mitchell was the only one injured, accord ing to the investigating officer. Three Are Injured When Auto Overturns Sunday Three persons received injuries when the automobile in which they were riding struck a stone wall at Cemetery road and Main street here Sunday afternoon, turned over twice in rolling 168 feet to land upside down against a power pole. - Two of the victims, under treat meat at the Haywood county hos pital, were reported to be resting well yesterday afternoon, and were not thought to be critically Injured. The third passenger of the crash car had been taken to Mission hos .$l,660.00pital Asheville, with her arm hurt WAYNESVILLE, N. C, wildcats trapped this winter in if Transylvania Times. Pisgah Officials Have Trapped 10 Wildcats In Forest Hope To Prevent Fur - her Loss To Deer Herd By Taking Destructive Animals 'I n prow-iil lin t her damage to the 1'isgah National Forest deer herd, game wardens and officials arc carrying out a campaign to trap wildcats and as of last week had laken 10 of the destructive an imals, according lo Ranger W. W. Huber. Dining the past winter approxi mately :0 deer were killed by wildcals It i (bought that the adult doer killed may have been hampcicd in escaping by the heavy snows Wanli'ib Jack Kirlcland. Martin MilNap. Home Huffman and Ref uge Supervisor Wayne Wiggins have been leporled as calcbing some ot I he largest eats ever laken in Western North Carolina Kirk land, pr.iloctton at John's Rock slat ion. caught one cat weighing lo water systems were on dlffp'")' (ia pounds, and slated it was the! The event was sponsored by the largest lie had ever seen. 'county agent's office, Morch.'.nl.-i i Association, REA and electrical ... i dealers. hast Waynesville Home Damaged By Fire Monday Fire consumed the upper floor ol the Frank Daws home in Last Waynesville yesterday afternoon until brought under control short ly alter the arrival of the Waynes ville fire trucks. Defective wiring near the roof is believed to have caused the fire, which gained some start before it was discovered about 1:30 o'clock. Due to the long distance from a fire hydrant, it was necessary to bring both fire t rucks to the scene to combat the blaze. ! Most of the first floor furnish lincs were saved, but loss was con I siderable. The two-story frame ; house belongs to Mrs. Slierrill Leatherwood. and numerous bruises. Carol Wyatt, 17, a school buo driver, who was operating the 1940 Plymouth sedan at the time of the accident, sustained fractured neck bones. Miss Estella Scates, 22, suf fered a dislocated elbow and lacer ations. Miss Clcmmie Robinson, 32, was the other passenger who now is in the Asheville hospital. The accident was investigated by Highway Patrolman Jeff May and Chief O. L. Noland and Police man Jerry Rogers of the Waynes- ville force. TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1948 Waynesville High Musicians Make Outstanding Records Many Gars Inspected By State 477 Vehicles Given In spection in Three Days of Work Here. There were 477 vehicles taken through mechanical inspection lane on Boundary street here dur ing the final three days of last week, It is reported by C. P. Saw yer, supervisor, of which 200 were approved on the initial examina tion and 93, received approval on re-examination. The lane was busy all day yes terday as it began the second week of work in Waynesville. Defective hpadlicbts were the ; largest single cause of rejections, ; in 65 instances. Steering assem- '-v falls !hrcjuc'ion f 32 vehicles, stop lights 25, tail ligUs 2o. and gutted mufflers 21. 1 other causes for rejection were: i w indshield wipers 2, windshield 5. I side glass 20, steering alignment J 14, rear wheel alignment 5, bad j tires 2, turn signals ion trucks) 3, ; parking lights 12, auxiliary lights I 12, clearance lights 2, reflectors I, ; switching and wiring 4, braking j effort 1, brake equalization 7, brake pedal 2, and hand brake 1. : Appliance Show Draws A Large Audience 2 Days Many Appliances Shown In Armory by Hay wood Dealers Last Week. Promoters and exhibitors of the Farm and Home Appliance Show held here Friday and Saturday of last week were well pleased with the attendance and the interest. Wayne Corpening, county agent, one of the promoters of the show, said 800 people were given tickets I'm somc nf the prizes, and that many more than that attended the two-day event held at the Armory- A large number of exhibitors omplclely filled the space against the four sides of the Armory. F.verylhing from complete kitchens J. M. Fisher. 83. Passes Sunday Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon for J. M. Fisher, 83, retired carpenter and contractor and a life-long resident of Haywood county, at the First Baptist church here, followed by burial in Green Hill cemetery. Mr. Fisher died Sunday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Clyde Styles, with whom he resided here. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Styles and Mrs. Roy Ray, of Hazelwood; six sons, Floyd, of Charlotte, Roy of Charleston, S. C, Ellis of Hazelwood, Jess, a cap tain in the Asheville fire depart ment; John of Waynesville, and Arthur Fisher of Thomasville, Ga.; 19 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Another son, Ray W. Fisher, a former Asheville policeman, died about two years ago. Pallbearers for the funeral were Jarvis Morrow, Jarvls McCracken, Hal Freeman, David Underwood, Tom Howell and Bob Turner. Dr. Riegg Is Appointed County Rabies Inspector Dr. A. R. Riegg, veterinarian, nas been appointed rabies inspec tor for Haywood county, it is an nounced by Dr. Mary Michal, dis trict health officer. A schedule ot clinics is planned by Dr. Riegg for the near future. It is urged that everyone owning dogs plan to have them ready at the place of the clinic on the date specified so that as many dogs as possible may be vaccinated, as re quired by law, during that period. $3.00 In Advance In Haywood anJ Jackson Counties Rotary President IIAI.I.ETT S. WARD was named president of the Waynesville Rotary Club here Friday. He will succeed Rev M. H. Williamson on July 1. Mr. Williamson will be come vice president then, and James Kilpatrick will continue as secretary, while Kim Barber will become treasurer and William Ray, assistant treasurer. Woody Named County Manager For Chas. Johnson Waynesville Banker To Name Co-Workers For Candidate for Governor. Charles M. Johnson. Democratic candidate for governor, announced from his headquarters in Raleigh yesterday that Jonathan Woody, banker, would be manager of his campaign in Haywood. Mr, Woody has been interested in Mr. Johnson's campaign since he first announced last summer. Yesterday Mr. Woody said: "I am not a politician, and the only reason I agreed lo accept the hon or of managing Mr Johnson's cam paign in Haywood is because I sin cerely believe he is acquainted with the needs of (his area, and can and will do us some good when he becomes governor. "In the second place. 1 feel that during the nexl lour or live years that North Carolina will spend a great deal of money for schools, roads and hospitals. I am lirmly convinced that Mr. Johnson is qualified by his long experience as stale treasurer to handle the fin ancing lo the best advantage of the citizens of this slate." Mr. Johnson s headquarters an nounced thai plans were incom plete for the candidate's appear ance here, but that he would visit this area again during the next few weeks. Mr. Johnson was (he speaker for the Fourth of July celebration here last year. Mr. Woody has not named his co-workrs, bul said he is working on the list now. February Bond Sales In County Were $39,225 U. S. Savings bonds sales in Hay wood county during February amounted to $39,225, it was an nounced this week by J. E. Massie, savings bonds chairman, according to the monthly report from Greens boro. Of this total, $36,225 were in Series E bonds and $3,000 in Series G bonds. Total sales during the month for North Carolina were $6,616,976.25, representing a three per cent in crease over January sales. The first post-war savings bonds campaign will be carried out on a national basis April 15 through June 30, Mr. Massie announces. It will be known as the Security Loan and will compare in its promotional aspects and public appeal to the last of the great war loans, the Victory Loan. The purpose in conducting the Security Loan said Mr. Massie, is to encourage Americans to build greater secuiijty for themselves through greater savings, to spread the national debt widely among individuals and relieve inflationary pressures on our economy. j vi Band, and Mixed Chorus To Participate In State-Wide Contests Waynesville Township high school s band and mixed chorus were given the green light to en ter the state music contests next month at Greensboro after their performance in Asheville district contests, Friday and Saturday. Prior to the Asheville district contests, the judges had not awarded the "one" rating to any band in the state although (he top ranking groups in last spring's states contest Lenoir, Greens boro, Marion, Henderson and Bel mont are automatically eligible to compete again at Greensboro. Thus Waynesville's band became the first, and only one from this district, lo win the invitation to play before the highly critical Judges at Greensboro. The fol lowing day, the district judges held the final sectional eonte at Char lotte and gave one rstings to Cen tral high (Charlotte), Salisbury and Mooresville. Charley Isley's mixed chorus, which is eligible to enter the Greensboro contests by virtue of its one rating there last year, rer ceived very favorable criticism at the district event Saturday, being encouraged to enter the higher competition. The 23-voice boys' chorus, a component of the mixed chorus, also received the one rating at Asheville, as did the boys' quar tet. Singing groups from other schools to receive the highest grade were the mixed chorus from Hickory and Asheville, boys' glee clubs of Asheville and Valdese, the girls' trios of Hendersonville and Asheville. David Hall of Canton high - school earned the top rating for his performance of a saxophone solo in the instrumental events Friday. Three Waynesville high soloists, Carol Underwood, cornet; Luther Shaw, trombone, and J. D. Stanley, bass horn, received the "two" grading. Mr. Isley states that he is very pleased with the honors won by the Waynesville students at Ashe ville and that they have earned the trip to Greensboro for ths April 20-23 contests. Judges for the instrumental sec tions of the district events were Earl Slocum of the University of North Carolina, Allan Bone of Duke University, and James C. Pfohl of Davidson. The vocal event judges were Thane McDon ald of Wake Forest, Paul Young of the University of North Carolina, and John Halliday of Queens Col lege. Two Counties To Vote; But Court To Hold Results Voters in Swain and Graham counties will today vote on the question of prohibiting the sale of wine and beer in the respective counties. A restraining order has been granted, upon a petition died for the plaintiff by W. Roy Francis, that the results of the election not be certified until dispositier. is made of the restraining outer. The plaintiffs argue thai the petitions on which the elections were called were not prepared ac cording to law, which sets o.it that only voters who voted for aovernor in the last election are eligible to become certified petition signers The results of the election will be made known, but the affects of the election will have r.o bearing until the existing restraining or der is removed. Highway Record For 1948 (To Date) In Haywood Injured--- 9 Killed---- 1 (This information Com- piled From Becords of State Highway Patrol)