North Carolina Newspapers

Standard Printing 0 220 S First S i oi'isvfi i e nr The Waynesville Mountaineer Published Twice-A-Week In The Counly Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ' Published Twice-a-Wcek Every Tuesday and Friday eople I miles of heir idea' 'tenter TWENTY PAGES United Press and Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27. Ig48 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties So. rNoland 3 4W 1 A I hi l'vl. .oianei. Cki niMiiy in be ciinducled at Like .luna- lesSet ay At ipel Harry T. No- Ion in (ii'iinany is expected to ineral Home in will be conduct - fcpel Methodist tluska. Saturday Jot with chap- of Wnvnesville with iiiilitary charge of the J the Veterans pt Green Hill Inlisted in the and was killed jPrevious to en- ! was minim ed ! Newport ' w.s Drydnck ( oni- f actuate of the !ol and wi;s a First Methodist I New; W parent, Mr o!and of Lake iters. Mr Mar Mrs. Jack Red fllierine Noiund pska. and Mrs HI . and ffl Nnlairt ul ft Canton, and jlanrl i, r'loiiri,, t t Pastor Sunday K- fniiiiei ,as iBaptist church F Pult of the fV. Mr Il,.rri '"fe Wket t $tion 48c 20-28c - 15c - 10c 32-36c f !-"5 to 2.00 to 2.50 i90 to 21.00 to 24.50 I 2" 00 to 30.00 28-50 to 29 sn IOO to 24.60 I HOT jjt - Clear to N tempera v the staff Rainfall 58 39 11 jlaywood Pupils U School Work! iy; Canton Later School officials announced yes terday that all of Hav wood's schools, with the exception of Can ton district, would open lor the i 1948-49 season on Monday moi n- ; ing. Jack Messer. superintendent ol education. said that buses were sent out yesterday to Bethel. Crab tree and F'iies Creek, and today hoses will go to the Clyde and I Waynesville schools. A total ol 47 j buses will be used this year, with 5 of Ihem brand new i Mr. Messer snid that si Ikio would begin at the following hours H 45 lj:45 il:45 H 30 8:40 on Monday: Clyde j Bet hcl I Crabtree ' Fines Creek Waynesville : Plans are to have school one o'clock for the first twa days j and then operate on the iigular schedule of letting out at three. t Lunch rooms will open Seplen.- i ber 1st. Mr. Messer said. j M. H. Bowles, superintendent ot the Waynesville district school.-,, said the Waynesville schools waul. I .operate on a full schedule on Tues day. Already about 90 per cem of ! the high school students have rcsis- j tered, and the 7th grade will regis ter on Monday. Both Mr. Messer and Mr. Howies said that all teaching posts have been filled in the county, and everything is in readiness for the coming year. Haywood will have about 9. 000 students in school when the Canton schools open on September 13lh. There have been no new cases of polio in Haywood county, ac cording to a report from Dr. M. B. Michal, district health officer, and the schools-of ...Haywood ' eoutrty, aside from those of the Beaverdam township at Canton, will open as announced on Aug. 30. "At no time has it been con sidered necessary or advisable to postpone the opening of school un less an epidemic situation existed in the area involved," &aid Dr. Mi chal. "Since there have been only two isolated cases of poliomyelitis in Haywood county in 1948 . . we do not consider it consistent with the epidemiology of polio as known at the present time to post pone the opening of schools." The two case of the dt.,ea.-e m this county were reported on Aug 9 and 11. In one case, a child from Buncombe county was taken sick with poliomyelitis and was in Haz elwood at the time. The car-e was returned to Buncombe county and all susceptible contacts of the cae quarantined. The child left the county on Aug. Hi so that this quar antine will be lifted next week. "In connection with the opening of schools," said Dr. Michal. "wo wish to state that the strictest at tention is being placed by the S'jpt. 'Continued on page two) Laws Strict On School Bus Hazards Highway Patrolman O. R. Rob erts issued a special warning yes terday to all motorists, calling at tention to hazards of driving near schools, and following the law in regard to school busses. "During the past few weeks we have had a decided increase in highway accidents, resulting in both death and a number injured. Most to 2fi 90 of the aeririnntc to reck- w wv less driving. Now that schools are opening in the county, all five Highway Patrolmen in Haywood have been given specific instruc tions to check in and near all schools during opening and clos ing hours. "Motorists are especially warned that they must stop when a school DUS StODS. and all thnsp who nass a stopped school bus will be sub ject to a heavy fine. "Records show that more acci dents happen to school children early in the season, as the pupils are often forgetful of the dangers of crossing streets and highways. "The bus drivers have been given rigid instructions on safety meas ures, and the patrol will be con stantly on duty to see that all violators are apprehended imme diately." Patrolman Roberts continued by saying, "We hope it will not be necessary to make any arrests for passing school busses or speeding in school zones." Haywood's e Tin Is Miss V . " , I I OLrabMi ii rinnrt f is the new Bookmobile recently received by the Haywood Uaigaiet Johnston, librarian, who drove the unit in from J.3 I no loi Mill Hie llie Bookmobile was n ul v part icip.i; ut. Reckless Driving Hurts Pocketbook j , In c.i -i- .'.on I lliii down ihr family jalopy , To prow ih, lice court , ai el like takli'.!' l hmhw ay in tlx end this t the local u 1,1 I u l ) 1 1 1 1 1 ; il bargain basement in dnvini: tines, chick llio price which one drivel had In pay in loin I costs and lines tor reckless driving. $172 .ill Mayor .1 II Way look Hie motorist's money alter local police had found linn driving in an uiunhibiled manner. Like everything else, court tines seem to have had a small touch of inflation No New Clue On Steading Whereabouts Nothing new has developed on Hie whereabouts of Edgar Vernon Steading, 24-year-old local soda jerfcer. who has, not been ln BitUof jsjtncing a jy ar Lafce Juna midnight last luska shortly after Friday. Officers have continued their search of Lake .lunaliiska, feeling that the man might have jumped in Hie waters of the lake, after a note was found, addressed to "Mary'' saying he was ' leaving this world". Humors have flow u thick and (ast about the nii.-smg man 1ml orltcer.--atd txitlimr; new has developed on the case Chief of Police Max Cochran ol Lake .lunaltif ka aid that phip.- tn dram the ;.',(i-acre Lake on Wed nesday was hallid because the muddy lake bottom would cau.-p a health menace, and peihap- sup ply a breeding place for mosqui toes. The Lake has been ron.lanlh watched, and boatmen have pa'n.l ed Hie edge; t In ouglioiil the riat on a lookout lor the man. Lions To Extend Sight Program For Haywood Needy The Waynesville Lions club, af ter a meeting last week, has de cided to extend its program :;ight conservation among the needy in Haywood county. In addition to its present project, the Club will contribute $20 to $35 each month to the eye clinic in Asheville. This clinic is owned and operated by sixteen Lions organi zations in W.N C, Two members of the Asheville Lions visited the club at its last meeting and explained the pro gram. The clinic has rent-free space in Asheville City Hall, with a full time superintendent in charge. His salary is paid by the Lions Clubs. Competent surgeons and' specialists are cooperating by giving medical attention and examinations to those who could not allord such meas ures. Ninety people from Haywood county were given such aid last year. L'nder the expanded program. ; more needy persons will receive ; aia. Farmers Inspect Test Farm Plots Of Tobacco Tues. A tour through the tobacco ex perimental plots at the Mountain Test Farm will be held next Tues day from 10 a. m. through noon. Leading the tour will be Dr, Luther Shaw, who will explain the tobacco plots. This should be of interest to all tobacco growers in this section, according to xne county agents office. New And Modern iim i i a Him m , -J . JL. I art I'd last February, and the goal a i is a Mountain i-ir phelotti aph. Hazelwood Tax Rates To Remain At $1.45; Budget Is Made For Next Year Power Will Be Off 3 Short Intervals On Carolina Lines There will be thre interrupt inns el power Aug. 20th, on Carolina Light Company lines. 1 ." in unite on Sunday, Power and il w as a li pounced yesterday by officials. The interrupt ions will not atlccl Waynesville nor the liKA lines Radio Station WHCC will be af fected, however, il was said, since the transmitter is operated troin Carolina Power lines. The ilileiruptiiins will be made at 9:30 to II 45 a ill . and I 45 to 2 pin and again from 3.45 to 4 1)0 p.m. Work on transformers at Ih" siih station necessitates the mien op tions, officials 'said. Local Men Testify In Asheville Court Case Buncombe county's clean up net swept into Haywood county Thtiis I day m hen Superior Court .fudge ' Zpb V Nettles called on sevi nil local in ople to te tify in Asln ville s 'car again t tjambli in; and vice Anion" the Haywood reidcnls i receiving suliporne- p, appear lie lore , lodge N'tHli.-. were R II ( handier. . Don Allen. S. I) Mcd ilord. Don Block. John lioyd and 1 .lames It. Brailles, all of Haol ; wood, .lodge Nettle,, silling as commit tee magistrate in a "John Due" -hearing, was rr.vh In listen lo aoy j body who could shed any light on I Ashev die's rackets Thursday . That meant testimony Iroin some 100 cily and county officials, law en forcement agents, civic and busi ness leaders, and people from the outlying areas who may have in formation on the flourishing Bun combe rackets. This last category brought the Haywood group into the court One Hazelwood resident, Karl R. Sci'U'tgs. lor'ner operator of the Srr" & Span, a drive-in on High v.y 19A-23 toward Sylva. t est i lied Thursday that lie had a slot ma chine in his place. He said he was co-owner of the machine with a man named Morris or Norris, whose first name was David Scruggs told the court that he got the slot machine about a year i Continued mi Page Twin Asks Parkway Commission To Shift Highway Funds From Soco To Wagon Gap That the fund available for the Camp road be SI..,.,. Csn.UI-n-L- transferrcri to Ihe Wagon Clap-' Beech Gap parkway section was suggested at a meeting of the North Carolina Parkway and F"or ests Commission at Linville Mon day. The suggestion was sounded by R. Getty Browning of Raleigh, chief locating engineer for the state highway and public works commis sion. The commission took no ac tion upon the suggestion. Mr. Browning said that work on the Soco Gap link of the parkway was being held up until congres- Bookmobile County Library. Shown at the wheel Raleigh The campaign tci raise the reached. I' all civic groups through- h Ingrains Stiidu ll.iclw ood s tax rate SI 4-i per hundred d lion tor the coinum y w a. liar nr i set at alua- at a re ii 11 icials renl meet ing ol I he low n Rudolph Carswell. town clerk .Hid treasurer, stated that a break down ot the tax levy would have 45c going lo the debt service lund, 4lle to the street fund and tide lo the general lund A poll tax of $1 will be levied on every male eligible in Hailwood This, Mr Carswell climates, will net $200 ll.uelwood will have a $39,5211 budget for the coining year, accord ing to Treasurer Carswell Of this total. $11 145 will go into the gen eral fund, $7,450 into Hie street lund. $13,903 into the water fund, and $7030 into the debt service fun. I. From wn nine oilier than taxes levied. Hazelwood olt'icials expect to receive $22 075, Water charges are due lo bung in $18,000 of this figure Other expected sources of (ncome are sr-wor charge, $3,000; delinquent taxes, $,350. privilege t.lM's. $275. intangible taxes. $t.V). I he net amount to be received through taxes for Hie coming year ih figured In be $12,271. slated Mr ( arswcll The- is the amount re quired to balance the budget, coil pled W illi (lie mi' '.pejided and im alloiated in phi, from .lime 30. ion;, ot $:, in:: Total valuation lor )la,i, Iw nod i. estimated to he $91''i 0011 I lie tax levy on this r. anticipated lo tiring Hit lir.i n $13 412 '.O w ltd $1341 2"i detracted trom Ho as re -erved foi iioncollei table taxes Davis Rites To Be Held This Morning La .1 i lie, vJII lie conducted this morning at I I o'clock at the Last Fork Bapli,l church for Pic James! (iuy Davis, who was killed ill an j aircralt accident on Ley to. Island on March 15. 1945 Rev. Kay Allen, the Rev Luther Clark and a Veterans ol Foreign Wars chaplain will officiate The' V F W will have charge of grave side rites and members of Hie j auxiliary will have charge of the' flower,, liuiial will be in Gwyn j cemetery, ' The body arrived at Canton Wed- ' nesday morning and was taken i immediately to the home in the! Cruso section of Haywood county, j Surv iving are the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Furman Davis of Cruso: one brother. Cornelius Davis, and a sisler Mrs. Pearl Brock. Wells funeral home is in charge of arrangements sional action could be made on the transfer of certain Cherokee Indian lands He said that an agree ment had been reached and a bill , The highway commission yester can be introduced soon after Con- j day awarded contracts to the Ashe gress convenes in January. Jv'Hc Paving Company for $55,765 The meeting adopted a resolu-jfor bituminous resurfacing of sec tion to speed work on the construe- j tions of No. 19 in Haywood and tion of the Hcintooga Ridge and Buncombe counties. Cades Cove roads in the Great Smoky Mountains ' National Park. These projects have been approved by congress. The meeting was attended by parkway officials from the western part of the state. Charles E. Ray Continued on Page Two) 3,200 Haywood Men Begin Draft Registration Monday Brookmont Bought By R. V. Welch The real estate miction sales conducted early this week by Pen ny Brothers here was one of the most successful this season, it was sa id y eslerday . Tile It. V. Welch farm, known as the Muake Farm on Aliens Creek, consisting of 100 acres, sold lor a total of $42,249.80. Among the buyers were C. M. Stokes, Jr. of Jacksonville, who bought (be bouse. Judge Anderson, also of Jacksonville, bought the barn; A. K Whittle, of Savannah. Gil., bought acreage; T. A. Monk, of Hi adeiitcin, Fla., bought acreage; Clarence Muse. Waynesville, acre age; Henry Smith. Wnyne.sv illiv acreage, and John Rider, also of Waynesville. acreage. Mr. Weicb bought Hie form about two years ago. Later in the day Mr and Mr: . Ii. V. Welch bought the Brook mont Motor Court in East Waynes ville for $5(i,50(). The property was purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Ever ett McKlroy. who bought it earlier this year from Dr and Mrs. N. M. Medford. Sheriff and Mrs. Welch are due lo assume operation this week-end Mr and Mrs. McKlroy will devote their time to their grocery busi ness cm the Dellwood road. The 24-foot Main Street lot. across from the LeFaine Hotel was sold to Mrs. II, W. Burnette for $300 per front foot. Mrs. Burnette said that plans were to build on the lot, but did not give any de tails as lo when work would start, or the- type building to be erected. FmaLRUes To Bo Held Today For Cpl. Best Kit i! lites for Cpl. Melvin Ben ton Hf.t. who was killed tn action Mov 24, HM4, in the invasion of . hryie, arrived yesterday at Wells held Ibis aflernoon at 2:30 o'clock in Morning Slur Methodist church. Canton The Hew C R Moss mid the Rev Of urge Culbreth will officiate, and interment will be in Bon-A-Ventnre cemetery Graveside rites will be m charge of members of Hie Veterans of Foreign wars. Cpl Best's remains, originally in lei red in a V S. cemetery on l.ayte. arrived yesterday at Wells liuieial hemic, ('anion. I Filtering I he army in February. HI 13, he was sent overseas the j following December and bad serv ; ed 10 months in New Guinea. Surviving are the parents, Mr ;and Mrs Frank Best of 31 Park I man avenue, West Asheville; the widow, Mrs. Dortha Sue Israel : Best of Asheville; two sisters. Mrs W J Sochaki and Mrs. Thomas , Moore both of Asheville, and three brut hers. Fred W. of New York city : Tech Sgt. Charles T . stalion j ed in South Dakota and Jack L of Asheville, Junaluska Man Held For Theft Of S. C. Automobile Gene Henery of Lake Junaluska. was bound over to Federal court by u. commissioner w. H. Poland, i under $1,500 bond, on charges of j stealing a ear in Spartanburg and bringing it to North Carolina. Two F B I men. together with j Patrolman Lonnie Bishop, John Kerley. and Max Cochran, made the arrest. Evidence showed that the stolen car was brought here and later taken to Sylva, and left with two men. who became suspicious, and notified officers. jp contract Fnr Hnrtrlc In Thi For Roads In This Area Are Awarded Contracts were also awarded to the National Truck Service, Inc , of Asheville, for $171,444 for bitumin ous surfacing of 4.23 miles on No. 19 and 23 from a point 550 yards east of the Haywood - Buncombe line east to end nf Pole Creek bridge. Needs Workers :.( .-rsGPM CARI.TON Pl'.YTOX, chairman of Hie local Boy Scout district, is concerned over I he apparent lack of adult interest in Scouting in this end of the counly. He is making a special ilea lor adult leaders who will assist in pulling the Scout pro gram on in this area. "We need women to lead Cub Scouts, as well as men lo help with Scout troops," Mr. Peyton said, in a recent letter to the editor of The Mountaineer. Mr Peyton is inviting all inter ested Scooters lo contact bini, or attend the monthly court of honor in Cly de on September 201 h. Death Here Was Suicide, Says Sheriff Mrs. Ed U GilHams, ivife of a Miami druggist, was found dead at a guest bouse here about six o'clock Wednesday, with nn extension cord drawn tightly about ber throat. Dr Frank Pale, coroner, con ducted an inquest, and It was de elded that the woman came to her flenth In her own hands Dr, Pate said she wa, found half way in a room and I he lull of the home w here she had hei n slaying for about I In ee v, cel.- , 'the coionei rnd (he woman had been dead abou! Iv.n hours when found Shi rill 1! V Welch aiisucrec, the r alt. nod upon h' nu n invie?tija lion oil In v a -all-tied that death w i tin n oh of her chok ing 'lei self : niipamielecl I The rni onej . pn v i ( ui it 1 oiii'd on page I woj Business Vomen Name Committees For Coming Year Or 1 1 1 1 il Asllevi less and I h imIi i ,uii Sinat hers, a'ldi r , -.! the Bus-i-I 'i ol ! r-ion.il Women's 'lull al 1 1 1 1 1 ul n limn! lily ilill- ler meet lu Id Tuesday night al the Lodge Dr. Smalheis who has been an out si audi n ; member of the B. and P. W Club, told the club of its obligation and i esponsi hi I it y lo the column mi and w ha! being a mem ber has meant to In r She express ed the liehel thai Nu Nation is Greater ih.ni i'- onien". which is a conviction grounded in her ex perience xv i' Ii Ihe Business and Prolcssi she a (hat Hie as ,,,, Smat lu i oral omen's Club. No pointed out lo the club y miisi u oi k as a body, not indiv dual tuot ing L)r. ' lone we can do lilt le. v r .nr unils of weakness. Separate but aggregated we liecome batteries erf power gitale. educate, organize (Continued cm Page Two) Farmers Will See Seeding Exhibit This Mornina A pasture renovating riemonstra- tion will he held at the Frank M. Davis farm or. Friday, beginning al 10 o'clock, the county agents i 'office has announced. i The pasture will be thoroughly ' torn up and seeded in Ladino j i clover and orchard grass, said the county agents office One of the I secrets to a good stand is proper seeding, so the farmer will have! J an opportunity to help as well as see the demonstration i j After the project on the Davis farm, a seeding of the new pasture legume, birdsfoot trefoil, will be held on the G C Palmer Jr., farm. Board Members To Serve Until Regis tration Period Is Completed Some 3.2110 Haywood county youths will find their way to the third Hour of the county court house next week to sign up for the nation's peace-time draft act The draft board olTirc will be open for the firsl registration at 1 p.m. Monday ami will remain open until 4 p.m. On subsequent clays it will open at 10 a in. and stay open until 4 p.m. The hums on Satur day will be from 10 to I'?. Handling the registration of Haywood's draft-age nun will he the original five-man diatt board selected from this county a few weeks ago. Four of the board mem bers bad said earlier in the week that they would resign limn their board duties because il was im practicable to serve" Tuesday Hie resigning member said they would "serve temporar ily". As one member, W. A Brad ley of Hazelwood, said. "We'll han dle the registration fur them and then somebody else can take over The other resigning men from the board were Fred Campbell of Ivy Hill, Charles Duckett of Hues Creek and Lindon Robinson of Canton. The fifth member. Way Mease of Canton, told The Moun taineer Monday aflernoon that he would remain cm Ihe liuai d No statement has been marie by Mr Mease since the other member' decision to serve temporarily was heard. According to Hie temporary hoard members, a new uni1 will have to be named by go"ernnr Gregg Cherry. Meanwhile, they were setting up Ihe machinery to handle Hie flow of registrants next week. One clerk is supplied by the state, but this will not be sufficient to sign up the mass of draft-age mcn A call has been made to the Anieiican Legion auxiliary unit here and the Veterans nf Foreign Wars auxiliary to help with the paperwork Any one else who will v.; in the registration will be welcome, heard officials say. All men between IB anri 2u will be required lo rpgi.s'er Some ?.&!. 000 North Carolinians ar cxr-peted lo sign up, Imt exeiut'tioi, !' ex pected to be verv high becai'.so of military service and otliei lca-ony Veterans with three or. more months senice will probably be counted out but must legnier. Dales lor Hie draft registration under the new National Selective Servic e Act havp heen set as tol- low s: 1. I'ersuiii hoi ii in the vep- 13'2 alter August 3D. !l!, sloll , reg istered on Mondav. August ,'iO 2. Pei suns burn in the veai "423 shall be registered cm 'liie.day. August 31, nr Wednesdiiv. Sep'eni- (Continued on Page T ,eoi Singing, Picnic Slated At Canton Church Sunday Sunday will he known as Har vest Day' al Longs Methodist church at Canton, and a large nro- igram ot special services- includ ing quartet singing and a lurrur style lunch has heen planned Jeter J. Martin, program chair man, said that a large gimi.. of singers is expected. Our. lets scheduled to sing are the Saidryr 1 family and the Champion quaCet Persons attending are requested to bring picnic lunch The pastor, the Rev. V V;en. will deliver the regular II -i clock sermon. This will climax a week's revival services Highway Record For 1948 (To Date) In Haywood Killed 4 Injured ... .30 (This piled information com from Record of