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G3rd YEAR NO. 78 16 PAGES
United Press and Associated .Press News
;WAYNESVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1. 1948
$.IM) In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
Methodists At Annual Conference At High Pbint
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6600 divorces in
1947, which is
divorce record,
might regard it.
is showing that
cheap as one. as
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iders missed it,
I about that mil
Brome tax claim
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fed there from
other big city,
a small town.
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Three leaders of the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference talk over plans preceding
the opening of the annual session in High Point. U'ft to right: Dr. W. A. Lambeth .of Greensboro and
formerly superintendent of Lake Junaluska Assembly; Bishop Costen J. Herrell, of Charlotte presid
ing over the conference, and the Rev. Paul Hardin, pastor of the Wesley Memorial church at High Point,
host to the conference Rev. Mr. Hardin was former pastor of the First Methodist church of Wavncs
ville. (AP Photoi.
Inspection Lane
Returns Today
Until October 6
The mechanical inspection lane
returns here today and will re
main on Boundary street until
Wednesday, October 6, it was nn
nounced yesterday.
The inspection lane under the
direction of Mr. Sawyer will move
to Canton Friday, October 8 for
four days.
Lane one was here several weeks
ago and Mr. Sawyer stated that
several hundred cars and trucks
were checked during the three-day
period. Hi;, urged, that all local
motorists have their vehicles in-"
spected as soon as possible to avoid
the last minute rush. Long lines are
expected to be formed here as is
the case in most other cities in i
North Carolina. ,
Clyde Minister Ends
Half Century Service
Retires At Clyde
K. Sampley delivered his
ermon at Clyde Metlm-
Land Sells For
$10,500 At Clyde
The 45-acre John Palmer place
at Clyde was sold Monday by Pen
ny Brothers to Teagup Messer for
$10,500. Later in the day, the sales
force moved to Canton where two
houses on the Filter Plant road sold
for $5,000.
KEV. J. E. SAMPLEY
ft Membership Drive
nderway Oct. 4-9
Closed
tober 5
le been mailed
f"vice to sincle
mi non-veterans.
h closed on Tues-
that Mrs. Virge
fay attend a re
in Asheville.
Market
n Thursday l
on 52c to 55c
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15c
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32-36c
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IDS; 2 -35 to 2.65
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27 W to 36.50
21 .50 to 23.00
29 0 to 33.00
28-25 to 2R.75
23 0 to 25.00
28 0 to 33.06
CLOUDY
Pwiyctoudy and
10 temperature.
tempera
byt"e staff of the
The first annual membership
campaign of the -newly formed
Haywood County Community Con
cert Association will take place
next week, October 4-11, according
to an announcement by Mrs. Hugh
Love, president of the local asso
ciation. During the campaign week
efforts will be made to enroll as
season members all residents of
Waynesville, Hazelwood. and the
surrounding area who are interest
ed in hearing the world's greatest
music performed by the highest
calibre artists of the concert stage.
Miss Amelia MacFayden, gen
eral chairman in charge of the
membership drive, has enlisted
many workers throughout the city
to assist in enrolling members for
the fall and winter concert series.
These people along with all local
officials of the concert association
are giving ther time and efforts, to
(Continued on Page Eight)
$200 Damages
Done To Two
Vehicles
Two vehicles were damaged
about $200 each, and John Ray Wil
liamson, -of Canton, was charged
with driving drunk, following a col
lision on the Canton-Bethel road
last week, it was reported by Cpl.
E. W. Jones, of the Highway Patrol.
The Williamson vehicle hit one
driven by Frank Nichols, the patrol
men reported. Williamson received
cXits about the knees.
Head Of Highway
Patrol Visits In
Haywood County
"If polio was claiming 100 lives
a month we would move out of the
state, yet when that many people
are killed each month on the high
ways of our state, we give the mat
ter but little thought,'' Col. A. J.
Hatcher, commander of the high
way Datrol said here Tuesday.
Col Hatcher spent an hour or
so here, before going to Canton
to address the Exchange Club on
Tuesday night.
"The courts, the juries, and the
people w ho love life have got to
make a concerted effort to rid our
highways of drunken drivers, and
reckless drivers. Patrolmen can
do their part, but cannot go be
yound that step." the. commander
of the patrol said.
"This is no time to go back
wards we have accomplished a
lot. yet there remains a lot more
to be accomplished in this fight
to save lives on the highways.
::l am for the mechanical in
spections. While there is some
criticism, the program is good, and
(Continued on Page Eight)
Uev. J
farewell ser
dist Church Sunday and ended
more than half a century of active
service in the ministry. He read his
text from a rat-eaten Bible which
he had used when he preached his
first sermon in 189(1.
The little man with snow-white
hair went into the pulpit to give
(lis last sermon as pastor of any
Church, carrying a small Bible wit li
oun red covcra, I he pages were
yellowed and ragged around
lodges. V "'
Rev. Mr. Sampley tolrl his con
gregation that The Bonk was giv
en to him 56 years and 14 days ago
"today" by his Sunday School
teacher as a prize for memorizing
the Ten Commandments.
"I used it for the first sermon of
my ministry, preaching at Bruton
Mission in Alabama," he said.
With the reading of appoint
ments for the next year at final ses
sion of the annual Western North
Carolina Conference in High Point
today, Rev. Mr. Sampley will be re
tired as a pastor.
Retired Once Before
Retirement won't he a new thing
for this preacher. He thought once
before that his days as a pastor
were over.
In 1944. he was retired from the
Georgia Methodist Conference and
came to Lake Junaluska where he
and his wife stjll reside.
The need for Methodist ministers
was so great, however, that in 1946.
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propL Cattle Show Set Today
Cagle Adds
Addition To
Clyde Store
Expansion of Cagle Furniture
Company. Clyde's only store deal
ing in furniture, is in the making
with the construction of a new an
nex to be used as a display room
Larry Cagle, manager, has an
nounced plans for occupancy of the
new building by October 20, at
which time a formal opening is to
be held.
The new annex 40 by 44 feet, is
being built of granite block and is
located directly behind the old
store building. The partition at
back of the present building will
be taken out so that the buildings
will join. On the second floor of
the annex, two apartments are to
be- constructed.
Interior of the present store will
be renovated and completely re
decorated to blend with the new
part
Mr. Cagle, who owns the store
with his brother, Boone Cagle, has
been in business In Clyde since he
relumed from the navy about three
ytars ago.
County Education Unit
Holds Initial Meeting
Farm Bureau
feets Meeting
Saturday
Davld,Jvclley of (he North Caro
lina Farm Unreal! and a repre
sentative, from the Farm Bureau
Women's Auxiliary will he the
principal speakers at a meeting of
the Haywood County Farm Bureau
al the courthouse in Waynesville,
Saturday, October 2, starting at
11:00 o'clock.
Thfu . itnfiiinpftrifnt .utjku.. 4tiuti
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dent of the Haywood County Farm
Bureau and Mrs. O. L. Yates, presi
dent of the Women's Auxiliary.
The meeting is bring held in
connection with the membership
drive which Is being conducted in
this county. It is hoped that all
membership workers, members, and
other persons interested in the
welfare of the farmers and the
Farm Bureau will be present.
The goal for Haywood county is
1,000 members, and that means we
must all work hard to obtain this
number of members.
An election of officers for the
Farm Bureau and Women's Auxil
iary for the coming year will he
held at this meeting, it was an
nounced by Mr. McCrary and Mrs
Yates,
The Haywood county unit of the
North Carolina Education Associa
tion held its initial meeting of the
season Wednesday afternoon at the
high school auditorium with Mrs.
M G. Stanley, president, presiding.
The Rev. M. R Williamson, pas
tor of the Waynesville Presbyter
ian "hurch, was in charge of the
devotional. A large number of
the Haywood county teachers at
tended the meeting.
Jack Messer, county superinten
dent of schools, addressed the
group and stressed the importance
for voting for the constitutional
amendment that would allow coun
ties and municipalities to borrow
money for the construction of
school buildings.
The group voted to become affi
liated with the National Education
association. Discussions were held
during the business session regard
ing the retirement and legislative
program of the N. C. E. A.
Other officers who will serve
with Mrs. Stamcy and were intro
duced were Mrs. Catherine O.
Kirkpatrick of Fines Creek school
district, vice-president; Mrs. Clem
II. Cogdlll of Bethel district, secre
tary: and Carl Ratcliffc of Way
nesville district, treasurer.
The president named the follow
ing committee chairmen: Member
ship, Mrs. Hugh Sloan of Waynes
ville; social, Mrs. Wayne Corpcn
ing; public relations, Charles Isley;
teachers' welfare, Mrs. Frances P.
Yates ol Crablree-lron DufT dis
trict; legislative, Lawrence Leath
erwood of Hazelwood school: pro
gram, E J. Evans of Bethel dis
trict; public relations, Lueile
Cat hey of Clyde; finance, Carl Rat-
cliffe, and constitution, Margaret
Terrell.
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Mrs. G. D. Green
To Bo Buried Here
Mrs. Ida Stewart Green, for
merly of Philadelphia, and widow
of the late Dr. G. Dillwyn Green,
died oh September 20, and will be
buried at Green Hill cemetery.
There will be no funeral services.
Garrett Funeral Home has charge
of the arrangements.
Masonic Lodge
Holds Special
Event Tonight
The Waynesville Lodge No. 259,
A. F. Si A. M. will hold its regular
monthly communication at the Ma
sonic Lodge tonight at 8 o'clock.
The meeting will be dedicated
to honorary members of the local
lodge. M. E. Hoffman, grand
master of Masons in North Caro
lina, is expected to attend the ses
sion. The honorary members of the
Waynesville Lodge No. 259 include:
R. M. Crawford, M. E. Hoffman. S.
R. Felmet, J. A. Inman, G. D.
Brown, Bert Noble, P. B. York,
Edwin Fincher, H. G. Etheridge,
Holland Boil, Thomas J. Harkins,
Wilburn J. Campbell, it. Hessie
Terrell and James E. Henderson.
It was announced today that the
entered apprentice degree will be
conferred on Tuesday night, Oc
tober 5. W. F. Sprinkle, junior
warden, will confer the degree.
Dr. McCracken To
Represent Masons
At N. Y. Meeting
Dr. J. R. McCracken will leave
tomorrow for New York City where
he will represent the North Caro
lina Council and the Grand Chapt
er of North Carolina Masons at a
meeting of the General Grand
Chapter and Council of Masons to
be held there next week.
Dr. McCracken is past grand
high priest of the Grand Chapter
of North Carolina and past grand
master of the General Grand Coun
cil of Masons of the United States.
This will be his sixth triannual
trip as representative of the North
Carolina groups.
He will be accompanied on the
trip by Mrs. McCracken and at the
close of the Masonic meeting, they
plan to visit the New England
States,
Group Completes
Two-Day Tour Of
National Forests
A group of Western North Caro
lina civic and farm leaders and
forestry enthusiasts completed a
two-day tour of Pisgah and Nanta
hala National forests yesterday
afternoon.
Special guests on the forest ex
cursion were Rep. Monroe M. Red
den of Hendersonville and Rep.
Joseph H. Bryson of Greenville.
S. C. The lour was disbanded late
yesterday at Topton, with a visit to
the Coweeta Experimental forest
near Franklin.
Sponsoring the tour wvre the
North Carolina National Park.
Parkway and Forest Development
commission. Western North Caro
lina Associated Communities and
Forest Service officials.
Among those participating in the
two-day tour included: Mrs. Edith
P. Alley, Waynesville, office of
North Carolina National Park,
Parkway and Forests Development
commission; Stanley Henry. Way
nesville: M. L. Snipes. R. U. Sut
ton and Charles C. Pcttitt, Jr., all
of Sylva.
Road Funds
Are Adequate
To Finance
State Plan
S Gilmer Sparger, executive
secretary of the North Carolina
Petroleum Industries committee,
lolrl I oil men from Haywood,
Swain. Macon and Jackson counties
that available highway revenues
are adequate to finance an ambi
tious road building program fiver
the next three years, if used ex
clusively for road purposes.
Sparger spoke before a meeting
of the group at The Lodge at noon
Tuesday. C. V. Bell, chairman of
the Haywood County Petroleum In
dustries committee, presided at the
meeting and introduced the guest
speaker.
Speaking before this group. Mr.
Sparger declared, "There will be
available during the next three
year period for highway const ruc
(Continued on Page Eight)
CHARLES F. HUANNOM, secretary
of the Depart merit of Agricul
ture, who was due to speak here
October 91 h, has notified Wayne
Corpenin. county farm agent, that
due to a complete schedule he will
not be able to make the engage
ment. Ki. onion was scheduled to
iniike the feature address for the
first annual Agricii'tural Day of
Western North Carolina The event
has been postponed unit finitely,
Corpctung annoiinci l.
Merchants Will
Meet At 7 Tonight
All merchants logelhen amI,'i .all
husiticM people and rivtr leaders
will meet lomj:ht at seven o'clock
for a dinner meeting ,il the Towne
House to discuss general plans For
the second annual Tobacco Harvest
Festival. The Meeting will b? in
charge of Dave Feltnel, president.
Tickets for the dinner .ire on
sale al the Chamber of Commerce
at $1 25 eac h
Show Will
Be Held At
High School
A two-day livestock and crop ex
hibit will be staged at the high
school here today and tomorrow
with 91 members of the Veterans
Farmers group, 60 F.F.A. boys and
60 4-H boys participating in the
event.
Carl RatclifT, special supervisor
for the veterans farmers, and John
Nesbitt, vocational a grieultural
teacher, are directing the crop and
livestock exhibits.
Large crowds are expected to
witness the two-day exhibition fair
at the high school. There will be no
admission charge, and ribbons will
be awarded to the winners. The
FFA building, the Veterans Shop
and the school garage will house
the various displays.
Francis Boyd, president, said
the goal of the exhibition is to
bring together the people of this
section in good friendly competi
tion and rivalry as exhibitors of
their best crop and livestock samples.
The poultry exhibits are broken
down Into a ribbon for the best
n any class of rooster, hen. cock
erel, pullet, or capon Also the
best pen of Rhode Island Reds,
New Hampshire Reds, Barred
Rocks, White Leghorns, and any
breed. The best pair of turkeys will
also be Judged, as will the best
(Continued on Page Eight)
10-Day Term
Ol Civil Court
Adjourns Here
The longest term of civil court
in eight years adjourned here Wed
nesday afternoon, with Judge H.
Hoyle. Sink., having presided over
the 10-day fetrm. f ,
Starting Monday morning a num
ber of cases involving suits of
about $150 and $200 were heard.
The case consuming the most time
was that of Charles Palmer vs. 7.
L. Massey. A judgment for $750
was rendered in favor of Palmer,
who had sought $20,000, as the
result of an assault in July, 1947.
Fire Brigade Presents
Safety Demonstration
Young Democrats Schedule
Meeting Here October 6
The Young Democrats of Hay
wood county will hold an impor
tant meeting Wednesday night, Oc
tober 6, in the court room starting
at 8 o'clock, it was announced this
morning by club officials.
The important item on the busi
ness agenda will be mapping final
plans for the county rally schedul
ed for October 15 at which time
J. Melville Broughton, former gov
ernor and Democratic candidate
for United States senator, will de
liver the feature address. Other
Democratic party dignitaries are
slated to make appearances at the
rally.
F. C. Cogburn. of Canton, county
president, will preside over the
meeting Wednesday night. Mr.
Cogburn urged all members of the
Young Democrats and potential
members to be present for the
session.
Other officers of the Haywood
County Young Democrats group
are: Mrs. Howard Smathers of Can
ton, first vice-president; Paul Gro
gan, of Cruso, second vice-president;
Bill Plott, Waynesville, secre
tary; and Wingate Hannah, Way
nesville, treasurer.
Medford Rites
To Be Conducted
This Afternoon
John Burnett Medford, 7fi, widely-known
retired farmer and mer
chant of Waynesville, died Wed
nesday morning in the Haywood
County Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at
Davis Chapel in the Iron Duff sec
tion this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock
The Rev. Mrs. C. O. Newell will
officiate assisted by the Rev. L.
G. Elliott, pastor of the First Bap
tist church of Waynesville. In
terment will be in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Dean Rogers,
John Medford, A. J. Davis, Cash
Medford. Joe Medford and Ray
Rogers
The body will remain at the home
until an hour before the time of
the funeral when it will lie in
state at the church.
Mr. Medford was a native of the
Iron Duff section and a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Lebo Medford.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Mora Crawford Medford; three
daughters, Mrs. Jesse Welch, Mrs.
Frank Rogers, and Mrs. Grant Par
rott, all of Waynesville, Route 2;
three sons, Hugh L. Medford of
Greensboro; and Roger and Jack
Medford of Waynesville, Route 2;
four brothers, Erastus, Manson and
Charlie Medford of Waynesville,
Route 2, and Boone Medford of
Colorado; one sister, Mrs. Horace
Bryson of Waynesville, Route 2;
2l grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Arrangements are under the di
County Gets
$1450 From
Polio Fund
David Hyatt, chairman of the
Haywood Chapter of the Infan
tile Paralysis Fund, announced
yesterday that the ' National
Foundation had sent Haywood a
check for $l,!.r0 for current ex
penses in connection with polio
cases.
While Haywood has always met
the March of Dimes quota, there
has always been sent from the
National I oiiiiilatiiin more than
Haywood has contributed, it was
poihted out.
Smothers Makes
Tour Of Germany
With Congressmen
Repi (";ciilal ive George Smatliers
of Miami. Willi a group of other
United Stale; Congressmen, is now
on a lour of Germany to study the
problems of cli placed persons and
other economic conditions. I he
group will also visit other European
con nl i ies.
Rep. Siuathcis. w in) is the son of
Judge and Mrs. Frank Smathers
of Waynesville and Miami, was
selected as a delegate from Florida
to attend the Moral Rearmament
Association which met in Caux,
Switzerland He made the trip to
Switzerland by plane on Septemb
er 8.
Dr. E. W. Guclger To
Address Rotarians Today
Dr. E. W. Gudger will address
the Rotary Club on Friday on the
subject, "Geography of Western
North Carolina" when the club
meets today at one o'clock.
Dr. Gudger is associated with
the American Museum of Natural
History, New York. Dave Felmet
is program chairman, and H. S.
Ward is club president. The ad-
A crowd of 200 people braved ad
verse weather conditions to witness
a highly successful demonstration
on how to combat industrial fires
in a program held at the high
school stadium Tuesday night.
The demonstrtaion was given as
part of the program for the regu
lar fall meeting of the Western
North Carolina Safety Council. The
event was jointly sponsored by the
Dayton Rubber Company and Royle
& Pilkington. Inc.
Representatives from several
companies in Western North Car
olina were represented at the dem
onstration. They included: Unagus
ta Manufacturing Company, A
Lawrence Leather Company. Meat
Corporation in Slva. Champion
Paper and Fibre Company, Ameri
can Enka. and Carolina Light and
others.
The program was opened by John
I M. Barnes, chairman of the West
j ern North Carolina Safety Coun
jcil and assistant safety director at
Champion Paper and Fibre Com-
pany. DMe to the small representa
tion, tne election ot otlicers was
postponed until the next meeting
of the council in December at
Asheville.
The demonstrations consisted of
four hose events which were run
over an obstacle course to depict
plant conditions. Actual fire was
used and extinguished in each
event by those participating
The fog nozzle demonstration
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dress of Dr. Gudger will be broad-
jrection of Crawford Funeral Home, east over WHCC at 1 30,
Highway
Record For
1948
(To Date)
In Haywood
Killed 4
Injured .... 38
(This Information com
piled from Record of
State Highway Patrol).