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Standard Print in C ' 220-230 s First S '"flSVIMJ! Kj The Waynesville Mountaineer Published s Twice-a-Week Every Tuesday and Friday miles of filter Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance O! The Great Smoky Mountains National Park EIGHT PAGES United Press and Associated Press News WAYNESYIU.i;, N. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1948 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties No. 69 U 86 ! r s 4 v IS? Wo1 06 a resident of v tar . mea a Uln,' ut Oeor-nkli-l residents Jf lime lus service loland pay Sf Missing Man In Junaluska Edgar Vernon Steadings, 24, Buried Sunday Afternoon Nine days after leaving a note addressed to a girl named Mary, I he body of Edgar Vernon Stead ing, 24-year-old soda jerker and cafe counter man, floated to the surface of Lake Junaluska right at the dam. Saturday afternoon, as several high-powered motor boats churned the waters of the Lake, the body of the 24-year-old man rose to the surface, and tossed about like a cork, when sighted by John Ewart, who was standing on the bridge. Highway Patrolman J. W. Mays was nearby and gave the news over his car radio. Boatmen went to the spot, and towed the body to shore, and were met by an ambulance. Vouhg Steading had left the note, his wallet and cigarette light er, with instructions that it be giv en to a girl by the name of "Mary". The note scribbled on the back of an envelope, said: "1 am leaving this world. Keep these In remem brance of me." He then took a taxi and went to the Lake, but gave no explanation to the driver, other than to take him to Junaluska. It was about 12:30 a.m. when the taxi left him. I After 24 hours, a search was be 'gun, and the bottom of the like ! dragged with special hooks made Kuland. 92. ile by the Waynesville police and fire fclph Noland (if departments. The Lake was drained ay afternoon ut i down about five feet, and due to ;hter. Mrs. Walt-'the fact that there was no definite assurance the body was in the Lake, plans were abandoned to dram fur ther. A group of officers and citi zens formed a searching party and combed the woods about Lake Junaluska, thinking he might have been In -the woods.- Max Cochran, chief at Lake Jun aluska, arranged for a constant look-out on the Lake for the body. Boatmen patroled the Lake daily. as fhifif Pnrhrnn m aint ol niA ft.... tashter "f the ,he first ,at the man , rf , the Lake. "Circumstances Jifct led me to feel that he had jumped off the dam or the rock cliff under the cross," he said. The water at both places is 38 feet deep. Former employers of Steading doubted that the body was in the Lake, when it was first discovered rd Mr n I? i e s rnlssmE- tie just ma not Nie Jumihi.ka st'em to be the type fellow who nil firmer No- i w'uW do 8 thing like that," one and r T explained. Branded il- ' Officers here expressed the opin- tdchiMren. and ",n rna' the ""y would not have dthilriron; two Mf,a,pcl "''- Sunday or Monday if hart not been for the churning of the water by the powerful boat;; Saturday. General opinions ex pressed were that the body came up right near the spot where it went down. The body was fully dressed when found. Officers said that the cold water of the Lake had resulted in the body being in a good condition," except for the dis coloration of the face, ?nd the na tural swelling caused by being in water for such a long period. News of the discovery of the F 'he hospital body spread fast, and a large num t ,nd Mrs. Bar- er of people went to the Lake, P Saturday ' while nthprs visitor! thn Crawford - Funeral Home. Jff-V . Funeral services were held Sun- K6t day afternoon at 4:30 in Crabtree at the Rock Springs Baptist church. M 52c to -,5C. i witn burial in the Rock Springs 20-28c I cemetery. jjc J Rev. Forest Ferguson officiated, - 10c'"'"1 the fllowinS serving as pall- i2-"?Rn bearers: Bill Pearson, James Clark tl.75 to 2 00 I Ralph DiUs. Paul Warren. Bill Kuy 2 9s n ... kpnriall 3nH Pi-mAnrl Qeotpe Hp 700 to 19 oo ls survived by his mother. 00 to 23 50 i ' " ? to 24.50 25 oo to ? ! avnesville, after were held Sun- o'clock at the iiurch. with the and the Rev. officiating. In- church ceiM W a pallbearers k were m charge bd Carolyn Kay kid county, w as 3d. IR.'ifi and in the county, j member of the brcli for manv i prep dauchtrr. .1 R tlipps Mr; In N. C. Apple Festival V MISS JEAN ANN BRADLEY MISS JACKIE Sl'E MESSER been chosen to repre- drbw- THE TWO Waynesville young ladies have sent the Chamber of Commerce and the Smoky Mountain Apple ers at the N. C. Apple Harvest Festival in Hendersonville this week Both will enter the beautv contest on Thursday night in Hendersonville. Draft Machinery Handles First Registrations Here I'le, r. .... uavis ot Way- and Mrs Mils ! Md two hrol h- i Poland of Way- i N under the i iri Funeral RBER Barher. Sr.. pM. AvheMll,.. Mment. Heavy Storm Hits Canton Area On Sunday Evening A slashing hail and electrical storm that damaged crops in several sections of the county and knocked the lights out in Canton for over an hour struck the Eastern area of Haywood Monday evening about 7 p.m. H. C. MofTitt, Canton police officer, said that high tension wires on the Fibreville road outside of Canton were torn down by the storm. The elec tric supply to Canton wai com pletely cut off from 8:13 to 9:20 p.m., after which repair crews restored the power. MofTitt also said that the hail downfall was very heavy "around town" and that the tobacco and corn crops were hit hard in the Beaverdam sec tion. Probably the section which was struck most severe ly by the storm was the Dutch Cove area, where heavy rain and hail damaged crops badly. Canton police reported that highways and roads in the area were undamaged by the storm. j Haywood s selective mtuc-c nia- ehinery began to move into action again Monday morning when I he first of an estimated :i.2(Hl draft -age young men climbed to the third floor of the county court house to registered under the new peace time draft law. Mis. Albert Roberts, chief clerk, and a five-man temporary draft hoard wire at work Monday, fill ing out the paper'.'work on the first group of 25-year-old men ' signing up under the new law. Assisting in the registration is Miss Cora Mae Worley of the Champion Paper & Fibre com pany's employment office Miss Worley is experienced in the handljng of personnel and records, end: has been "loaned',' to tin" county for the registration period. Men will register in the order of fheir ages. The follow ing sc hed ule of registration has been announced: Waynesville To Have Tvo Sponsors At Apple Show ! Mis.. Jean Ann lli.ellcy ;ind Miss Jackie Sue 1Ii",it have been chos en as "pin.ors lm l:av.(iiid Coun- jty at II, c. Apple ll.ii vi ., Festival 'which will he hri'l in Henderson ville September 2 In (i. I Miss Hradley mII repi .'sent the Smoky .Mnuiil.ii :i Apple Uiiiuers Association of H.'iyvicind County and Miss Mcsmt will represent the Way iicmIIc Chamber of Com merce. The i-'.irls will compete in the Heautv Contest which will lie Held at the Hendersonville High School Auditorium on Thursday night. They wili go over cm Thursday morning at the nivilalion of the ttslival sponsors, to select their costumes for the beauty contest from the Hendersonville stores. Miss Mraclley . daughter, of Mr. and Mi s V A. Hradley, is a gradu ate of the Waynesville High School and is a member of the sophomore class at lli'eiian College. Miss Messer. daughter of Mr and Mrs. Jack Messer, also attend ed the V;iynes ille schools and is a member of the sophomore class at Agues Scott College. The sponsors will be accom panied to Hendersonville by a large group of representatives from the Chamber of Commerce and the Apple dowers Association, and ol lie i s. On Saturday morning the Waynesville High School Hand will participate in a parade which will be a feature of the festival program. Funeral Services Ar$ Held For J. Clark Kelly 3 Convicts Hold-Up Truck Driver, Escape; 2 Caught 6,500 Go Back To School 0H t AAA Committee Names Practices For 1949 Program 1. Persons horn in the year 11)2; after August 30. IP'.'2. shall be log istered on Monday, August HO. 2. Persons born in the shall be registered on August :U, or Wednesday. Septem ber I. 1 .'1. Pel .ons born in the year l!)24 shall he registered on Thursday. September 2 or Friday, September 3. I 4. Persons born in the year '.)2.y shall be registered on Saturday, 'September 4 or Tuesday. Sepleni l her 7. j fe Persons burn in I he year U2i j shall be registered on W dnesday . September t( or Thursday. Septem 1 ber 9 6. Persons born in the year 1927 1 shall he registered on Fridac, Sep- ; tember 10. or Saturday. Seplem- : ber II. i 7. Persons born in the year l"28j shall be rgisterecl on Monday. September K). or Tuesday. Se)tem- The Haywood county AAA Com mittee met with vendors and agri cultural agencies in the county re cently to discuss and select the practices to be carried out under the 1949 ACA program. A full meeting was present, with Jeff H. Enloe. district field man. leading the gathering. Thp following Dractices were selected and submitted to the State September If I teniot r 10. I O )..,-t,,,.c In the w:n lU'tll before September til 19110 shall be Funeral services were he'd yes terday afternoon at ( 'rawferd Funeral Home for .1. ( lark Kelly. (il. who died Saturday niclr at li is, home here, liev Malcolm William son, pastor nf the First Presbyleri- year 192.'! an Cluucli. officiated and inter Tuesday J "iriil was in Hie Ci awfoid Mei i- orial I', ek Pal lln .il i is were Welch Sii'gle Ion. Fail Mooie, Idlis liiiipilti'. Clitlon Teiicll, Paul llalt, and (iuy Wells. Mi Kelly, a native of Ille Pigeon section of Haywood County was the son ol I he laic Mr an f' Mrs. .lames I Kcliy lie retired .in June Hi. 194."). afler 211 years of -. -i , ice uilh the Seaboard An line Itaiiread al Jacksonville. I'la. lie returned to Haywood County only a few moot lis ago. Surviving hro Hie widow, Airs. Helen Banks Kelly, one son. Clyde Kugciic Kelly of Washington. I). C : two grandchildren: three brothers, Italph (). Kelly of Waynesville. Fred B. Kelly of SI Anthony. Ida ho, and Arfhur Kelly of Hazelwood THIS WAS a typical school scene Monday as some (i.fiOO Haywood students turned their backs to their summei vacations and beaded back to the school room. There was the usual excitement, and interest of the first day, with the weatherman adding a hit ol uncomfortable weather, that took both the student s and teac her s minds ofr of fall or did It? Messer Looks For Heavy School Enrollment Here office for approval: Liming materials. superphos phate, potash or basic slag, winter cover crop, small grains, winter cover and grazing permanent pas- j inrn constructing nernianent e L. n.tr.iino anrf imnmvini! I before September 19 IHliO shal ItlRCI, llOb Hu .. C9 J trails to aid in conservation ana "l "sM" Business Will Suspend Here For Labor Day Kiislniss will suspend hprr for l abor Day, It was announced yesterday by Oavr Frlmrt, rrd- drnt of the MerrhanUi Associa tion here. The di'clsinn was marie several years ago to clow the stores on Labor Day, and the practice has been followed throughout the years. Services Are Held Sunday For Wanda Scates Wanda Susie Scales. iiiiie- ear old daughter of Mrs. Ruth Morrow bt'r 14- . " . " Scates and the late Havninnd 8. Persons horn in the year 1 929 BridgCS IVCUniOIl SulldaV Scales of Hazelwood, died Friday snail oe registered on vveonesoay. Thursday. Sep- T)u, :,,,nu., n, jrges reunion will be held Sunday , September 5th, at I lav w in ill muuly school children, excluding I hose in the Heaverdam area, vveie si In iluled to troupe bat k lo hooks ,i f i r I class-rooms this morning .is m hool ollicials looked lor .in aliov e-i mi ni.il enridlment in av nes il le .iiid oilier sections Supei i nl end, nl i if i ducat ion Jack Mi'sm'i s.uil that he would have no ilelniile tigiuc mi Hie enrollmeiil 1 1 end ii nl 1 1 the nil of I he week, lad inilu ,i' ions uiie thai it would eliiuli aliiive I lie aveiage ill several .ue.is i, !., i.hiiiIv 'We've beep living lo ki i p i In i k on those sec tion .ml Mi Ali s.i i. 'to be sure lti.il eiovvded iniiiiilions do not rc siili I in pretty Miie eveivlhing is going In he under control." Convict Shot In Hand As He Held File On Driver Long-Termers Were Working At Crabtree Kock Quarry Friday Officers are still on the look-out for Hobert Clark, escaped colored convict, who was one of three who escaped from a rock cpiarry H.mg Friday morning, holding a truck driver captive in order lo make their escape good. Two of the convicts weir nabbed Ibe same day, but one is minus a finger, which was shot ofl while he held a file to the hack ol I fie neck of the truck driver, C.u I Hay I The truck was loading lock i't the quarry, when the three colored convicts pushed into the cab of the truck and held a pointed lib- al Mr. Ray's hack. Julius lingers, guard, is said lo have fired at Hie prison ers, not knowing Mr Hay was in the cab. Mr. Hay drove die truck down the highway, and alimil a mile from the quarry, the convicts told him if he would dump the rocks, they would let him out of the truck unharmed Ile met their request, and the three ninvirls drove the truck on up the highway and at Panthers Creek Cap, run off the highway down a 20-lonl em bankment. None of the thiec were hurl, and they started miming down the river. Highway Patrolmen t H Uob erts, and J. W. Mays went lo .h-; scene and captured one of the mp-n by the name of Whiteside, Ho is the one who lost a linger hv buckshot fired by the guard A lout three quarters of a mile away a Mr Woody nablied another convict by the name of Sales, another long- lermer. rveutier ot ttie men Kae ! any resistance w hen they were met by olliccrs. Clark was wearing brow n prison clothes when he made hi. escape Two of the convicts had on ch.nns. but had tiled the unit that kept them from taking long .Ii p. in two. Wlulesides was selling a life ; sentence, and fold ofln ei !,,, p, ,t ' had one sister, and ' v. il h a lii j sentence banging over vmn lie.jd. and no relatives, why not try lo gel away'.''' James Hall Dies At Home In Beaverdam .lames T. Haywood Hall, inn! v 7'i, weli 1 1 1 In i l . - kn 'wri diod at 'his home in I lie He.ivci dam se;te;n I coin i- -i lie., i puiiiipals and I Saturday morning oMiei olli(,,.K would be busy all1 Funeral servii es were conducted week Miao'lleiiing out students' at Heaverdam Hapli.l elunili at 3 loniih .mil schedules Monday was o'clock Sunday afleinuon v it!i the ,in ospoiiallv lushed day as pupils Rev. Vinson Plemiiioii . p.i .ioi j.(l Hocked back In school tor I lie first the Rev Harrison llciiningli Id of tune in a In idy clual ( lass-work ficiating Hurial was in the i lunch in an Asbeville hospital following an illness of three weeks Funeral services were concluded Greenville. S C A number of , al Ibe Hazel wood Presbyterian sii i due lo begin unt il today I registered on Friday . September 17 or Saturday. September 18 10. Persons who were horn on or i'd on the improvement of inaccesible pas tures. The county committee named Sarah Fullbright, chief clerk, as the person to approve AAA forms (ACP-128) for the committee. ,. come 18, or w it Inn day they he -, e dav s t here- 1 after families from this section plan to attend. I A picnic dinner will be spread at the home of Miss Gertrude Bridges on the Anderson highway jusl beyond Greenville. An interesting program has been I planned for the innunl occasion. 'o 28.00 : 'o 25.10 i n.oo M3 10 2 Teen-Agers Go On Wild Auto Trip Down Highway 19 Two young men from central North Carolina will long remem ber a ride they had on Highway No. 19 about 10 o clock Monday morn ing. The two teen-age boys, were standing on the side of the high way not far from Dcllwood, when a colored man driving a black Mercury, quickly turned around, opened the door and offered them a ride. No sooner had they gotten Hiderahl than the driver stepped on the Vr e Eas. and tha nocHU nn the snecd- ometer swung around to 95 miles an hour. Both the boys began to squirm, especially after they had caught a glimpse of a pearl-handled pistol on the back seat. Between their chattering teeth, they told the driv er they would get out at the next crossing fh colored driver oblig- 5PWERS scat. T Stfirrvx. "HO. kmpera- Uff of -17 - 8 -1 Min. 54 j 57 I 56 1 ingly let them out, and went on down the highway just as fast he could go. The shaking boys caught a ride into Waynesville and went to the sheriff's office, when the news was put on the police radio of the speeder. The younger of the two boys, John Wells, of Clemmons, and William Downs, of Salemburg, are here visiting relatives. Young Wells was loking for his grandfath er when he took the fast ride. When asked by officers if they got the li cense number, they said, "We're sorry, sir. We were shaking like leaves, and that did not occur to us we were too thankful to get out of the car." The two were still visibly shak en from their fast journey down Highway 19, as they answered questions for officers. You Can't Please All Of Them i 'l vs z 1 " i M l AH, GEE WHIZ I'M TICKLED PINK There you have the contrast of the opening of school in Haywood on Monday some liked it, others were saddened. Anyway, about 6,500 went to school and on the 13th another 3 500 in the Canton area will start. church on Sunday afternoon with the Ivev Paul Thrower officiating Interment was in Green Hill ceine terv Pallbearers weie l.loyd Putnam. Hill Mchafiey. Tom Garrett. Hob Milner. Howard McharTev and Arthur Smith. Surviving in addition to the mother are five brothers. Frank. Scates of Knoxville. and Raymond. F-dward. Joe Robert, and Dennis Sc-atps. all of Hazelw(id: and one sister. Mrs. Hester Self of Moores boro. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Dickson of Durham, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Massie at their summer home on the Pigeon Road. Slip! Ii aclli i in that hooks hand in ii school -vsi, a ga i n si r i I e : v. nil -i il ii I I u .1 i pin led thai the as now (oniplete, op, dies were on and that the lead.v lor work t: '.v .' hav e adequate i. nolle an.v crowded 1 1 might dev elop,' I hv i le i II I. ., I,' II It - In Ci''ldltlo!'v V, Ii s.od Mr Mi s.ci 'I lle the! ol si i .1,1 busses Is 111 good sh.ipe with -17 busses n adv lo npei.il.. 1 1 u i 1 1 ) g the lirst week. Ii c ot I lien new v ell l( les School would liemn at 8.4,i at Chile Hi'thel and Ciablree. The Fines ('in k s( hool would open at 8 30 .n il V a v i a--v ! ! I e schools at 8 40 Most Inch siliool students regis tered earlier in August. Seventh graders registered Monday. Mr Messer warned again that all par 'Continued on Page Eight) cemetery Grandsons served a- pallbearers and granddaughters vw i r mi charge of flowers Mr Hall w.i, a native ol Bun combe county but had resided in Havwood county for the greater part of his life He had been active in the Baptist churches in thr; communities in which he had re sided lor the past 50 ear Surviving are the widow, the for mer Miss Mattie Wines, five son-. Francis. Mildred. Alli ed. H-v. mnpd and Weaver all of Canton five daughters. Mrs Harle.v Hofnn.son of Alexander. Mrs David K f'lark. ' Mrs. Lowell l.indsev and Mr-. Fred , Carver, all of Canton and Mi...- Mel lie Hall of the home: iH gisni. children and seven ;; cat-ct and-children varreii tunerai Home was charge of the arrangements. in Many Power Bills In Town Will Be Less This Month Residents of Waynesville who have electric water heaters will note a decrease in their power bill for August. The bills will be mailed today, and the rate will be about $1.40 per heater less than last month, since the new low rates went into affect. per cent In order lo get the full benefit of the maximum reduction, a person or firm must use a maxi mum of electricity The ratio of the more used, the lower the unit rate 'still prevails "This is the only thing we have heard of lately that can be bought "We have about 110 electric for less. ' Mr. Ferguson said. The j water heaters in town," G. C. Fer- new rates will mean about $10,000; guson, town manager said. "They Per year Its- in revenue for the j will average about $1.40 per month town on the present consumption less under the new rates." basis, but it is felt that many resi- The town board announced in dents will now install additional July a reduction in commercial electrical appliances due, to the rates of an average nf tnuit 20 lower r'. s j Highway Record For 1948 (To Date) In Haywood Killed 4 i Injured ... .30 ("This information com 1 piled from Becordi of