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The
63rd YEAR NO. 82 18
Broughlon Talks Before
County -Wide Heeling Of
Democrats Mere Tonioht
Haywood Democrats will open
the 1948 campaign with a big rally
Friday night, as the jounty-wide
meeting is staged at the court house
with J. M. Broughton. former gov
ernor, and now Democratic sena
torial nominee, coming to make
the principal address.
The program will get under
way shortly after seven with string
music until 7:30, at which time
W. G. Byers, chairman of the Demo
cratic executive committee, will
open the meeting, and preside dur-1
ing the evening. j
Grover C. Davis, nominee for
the House of Representatives, will
open the program with a brief talk,
followed by John M. Queen, for
mer solicitor, who will present Mr.
Broughton.
Mr. Byers will present the town
ship chairmen during the meeting,
and explain briefly the plans for
the campaign.
The county executive committee
and the Young Democrats arc
working jointly on the plans for
carrying out special work in each
township, and several township
rallies. Cole Cogburn, president of
the Haywood Young Democrats, to
gether with Mr. flyers, have been
working on a county-wide program
several Vveeks. Last week the of
ficer's met and made plans for
carrying on the campaign into
every township.
The Young Democrats have plan
ned a rally at the Canton city hall
Tuesday, and at Cruso for next
Wednesday night, and at Bolhel on
Thursday night, both the latter be
ing held in the schools at each
place.
' The rally in Canton is under the
direction of a special committee
composed of Fred Ferguson. Bill
Stone. Harold Moffitt. and Wilmer
Stevens.
. Mt Cobuxn,.ha ajuiounced tj
following members to serve as
township chairmen of the Young
(See Broughton Page Sixi
Final Rites Held
Yesterday For
Mrs. Smathers
Mrs. Mollie Massie Smathers, 66,
died Wednesday morning at 9:30
o'clock at her home in the Morn
ing star section of Haywood county
after a lingering illness.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon at the Morning
Star Methodist Church with the
Rev. W. H. Pless and the Rev
C. R. Ross, former pastors of the
church, officiating. Interment was
in the Morning Star cemetery.
Pallbearers were R. E. Wood,
R. C. Gossett, Larry Rhodarmer.
Mack Harkins, Eldon Burnett, and
Fred Trull.
Mis. Smathers was the daughter
of the late W. L. and Mary Ann
Massie of Haywood county and a
sister of the late T N. Massie of
Waynesville. She was a member of
the Morning Star Methodist Church
for a number of years.
Surviving are the husband.
Turner S. Smathers; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Dewey Rhodarmer, Mrs.
James C. Allen of Canton, Mrs.
C. R. Potter of Elizabethton, Mrs.
Louise Drye of Stanfield; one son,
the Rev. Frank C. Smathers of
Lenoir; 10 grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Also surviving are one sister,
Mrs. Ella Shook of Canton; three
brothers, Wesley Massie of Cruso,
and Will and Talmadge Massie of
Candler; and a number of nieces
and nephews.
Wells Funeral Home of Canton
was in charge of arrangements.
June Brandt Wins
Poster Contest
In Senior Group
Jane Brandt, ninth grade student
at Waynesville High School, was
awarded first prize in the poster
contest in connection with Na
tional Employ-The-Physically-Han-dicapped-Week
during the week of
October 3-9.
Elizabeth Elliott, student at the
Waynesville junior high school,
wu .judged as having the best
poster in the junior group. Dwane
Oliver won second honors in the
aenior high group.
Cash prizes were awarded to the
winners by the Lions. Rotary and
Junior Chamber of Commerce
clubs.
Judging the posters were Mrs.
Doyle Alley of the North Carolina
Park Commission and Carroll Pop
lin, member of The Mountaineer
staff. Miss DeBrayda Fisher rep
resented the North Carolina Em
ployment Service. She is manager i
of the local office.
Waynesville
Published Twico-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County
PAGES United Press and
BROUGHTON
Ferguson
Heads UNC
Alumni
Fred Ferguson of Canton was
elected president of the Haywood
county chapter of the University of
Norlh Carolina at the annual ban
quet of the group last Tuesday
night at the Towne House.
Other officers chosen were James
A i.Jwvn, vice-president; Alvin
Ward, secretary; and Roger Walker,
treasurer, all of Waynesville.
An address by Don Shoemaker,
editor of the Asheville Citizen,
, featured the annual banquet meet-
ing. Mr. Shoemaker traced the
i growth of the university and stress-
ed the need for more and better
buildings in keeping with the ex
Dansion progrgn
The banquet, attended by 36
members of the Haywood alumni
association, was staged in connec
tion with the observance of the
15.r)th University Day.
The guest speaker was introduced
by Charles K. Ray. Dr. Thomas
Suinefield, Jr.. retiring president,
presided over the meeting.
Senior 4-H Club
Of Local School
Elects Officers
At the monthly meeting of the
Senior 4-H Club of the Waynes
ville High School, held at the
school on Tuesday morning, new
offR.ers for the 1948-49 year were
elected. Those chosen for the of
ficial positions were: President,
Bessie Sue Francis; Vice President,
Wade Francis; Sec.-Treas., Mozelle
Liner; Club Reporter. Alwayne Mc
Clure: and Song Leader, Peggy
Noland.
In addition to the election of of
ficers, a club roll was taken and
all now members for this year were
enrolled
This was Ihe first meeting held
since some members of this club
attended a rattle show in Asheville
at the Planters Warehouse, where
a number of Waynesville 4-H'ers
put on a dairy production demon
stration at (he Warehouse in com
petition with other demonstration
teams in the state
Another point of interest in the
past month of 4-H activities was
the Veterans Fair held at the
Waynesville High School. Some
projects were exhibited, and a
.number of ribbons awarded to the
members. In addition to this some
of the people showed cattle which
they had carried on as a project.
Large Registration
Expected Saturday
Jerry Rogers, chairman of the
Haywood board of elections, ex
pects a heavy increase in registra
tions Saturday and again next Sat
urday, for the general election on
November 2nd.
"Registrations always pick up
after big rallies, and with two in
Haywood this week the Repub
lican at Canton Monday, and the
Democrats here Friday there
should be a large increase over last
Saturday's registration," he said.
The registration books will be
open the 16th and 23rd.
Dr. Love Speaks At
Norfolk Convention
Dr. Frank S. Love, superintend
ent of Lake Junaluska Assembly,
addressed the Virginia Methodist
Conference in Norfolk yesterday.
He explained the plans of the ex
pansion at Junaluska, as well as a
general report of some of the 1S48
activities. ..
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Associated Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C , FRIDAY.
County Gets
Three More
Deputy Game
Protectors
Three deputy game protectors
have been added in Haywood
county, according to an announce
ment this morning by D M. Taylor,
district game protector Mr. Tav
lor stated that three more deputies
will be named within a few weeks.
The new deputy game protectors
are Lawt Johnson, Willis Hipps and
Jack iUankenship.
Mr. Taylor said that he antici
pated a good hunting season here
In Haywood county and gave strict
warning to game violators. He
stated that several persons have
been caught hunting deer in the
I'isaah Forest.
The county game protector re
ported that two guns were recently
confiscated near Lake Junaluska
last week. Mr. Taylor warned Hay- !
wood county sportsmen that per
sons caught hunting out of season,
were subject to having their gun
taken away and sold at public auc
tion, fine and prison sentence.
Mr Taylor stated that he ex
pected hunting licenses to sell like
hoi cakes during this week since
the hunting season officially opens
today for squirrels, bear, Russian
wild boar and opossum.
Hunting and fishing licenses may
(See County Gels Page Sixi
Funeral Services
Held For Child
Burned To Death
Funeral services were conducted
yesterday morning for four-year-old
William Price, who was burned
to death Tuesday afternoon when
flames swept a hay-filled farm
building where he was playing
with his three-year-old brother,
Joe.
Officers said the younger boy
ran 'or help when the blaze start
9 Hdt ltd hoh4 liGi'BBfltWjwjr'rtFfj t
Willie Price of Fines Creek section
of Haywood county, tried to save
the child, but he was trapped in
the blaze. Prisoners from the near
by prison camp assisted in efforts
to rescue William from the build
ing. The child's death was ruled acci
dental by Dr. J. Frank Pate, Hay
wood county coroner.
Origin of the fire is unknown
The Rev. B. I). Russell, pastor of
Fines Creek Baptist Church, was
in charge of the funeral service. In
the church. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
In addition to the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Price, surviving
are eight sisters. Ora Lee, Fay,
May, Sarah Jane, Millie B , Edith,
May Sue, and Martha Ann; four
brothers, Paul, Ray, Robert and
Joe. all of thp home: Daternal
I grandmother, Mrs Mary Price and
maternal grandfather. Patten Davis,
both of Haywood county.
Peace-Time
Shown above around Mrs. Vergie Robinson. ?lerk of the county draft board, are eight of the
nine men of Haywood county that went to Greenville. S. C. Tuesday for pre-induction physical exam
inations. They are: left to right John Junior Bumette, Negro, Waynesville; Fred Lathern Brown.
Clyde; Berlin C. Estes, Waynesville; Thurman McKinley Caldwell, Canton; Enis Warren. Canton;
James Herman Ford, Canton, Route 2: William Deey Mehaffe.v. Hazelwood; Charles Pierce Sutton.
Clyde. James Orden Trull, Candler, was not present when the picture was taken. Photo by Ingram's
Studio.
9 County Draftees Given Physical Exams
Nine Haywood county men went
to Greenville, S. C, Tuesday morn
ing for pre-induction physical ex
aminations as the October quota
for the peace-time draft.
They were: Charles Pierce Sut
ton, Clyde, Route 1, farmer, James
Herman Ford, Canton, Route 2, saw
M
At The Eastern Entrance Of
Resigns As Elector
HUGH l.EATHF.RWOOI) yesterday
tendered his resignation as pres
idential elector of Ihe 112th Con
gressional District, due to the tact
that being elector uoulil make turn
a double ollice holder, since he is
Clerk of Court here.
Leatherwood
Resigns As
Democratic
Elector
llueh Leatherwood yesterday re
signed as presidential elector of
the 12th Congressional District,
since there was a technical question
that being elector would consttute
double office holding, as he is clerk
of court here.
Mr. Leatherwood wrote Capus
Waymek. chairman ol the state
executive committee, explaining
why lie was resigning, saying, "I
am advised that the law might
hold this is double office holding,
since I am clerk of the superior
court in Haywood county, and 1 do
not want to do or commit any act
that might be unconstitutional or
m,,.i,... ,.h.,.h i ,.n,.r,H
meets on the HMh in Raleigh."
Mr. Leatherwood said eniphatic
'See Leat hei wood -Page Sixi
Judge Alley Will
Make 5 Democratic
Talks In Section
.IikIcp Felix K Alley is cchedulori
tn make five speeches for the North
Carolina I i.iiKiciat ie Executive
Committee in area within the
next two vw-elc.. Saturday niyht
he ".peaks in Svlva. and in r.ryson
City on the I'd, ;it Highlands n,, the
22. in Franklin the 211 and will
close the c .i 1 1 1 1 , i ; 1 1 here on Satur
day night. h t :)
"While I dr. 11 ' feel o,iiifp hysic
allv aide; I e.jnnot turn down a
call fiom I lemiK r.'it s. "io I am mak
ing live speeches." lie aid
Draiiees Take
mill worker; Berlin C. Estes.
Waynesville. Route 1. farmer;
Thurman McKinley Caldwell, Can
ton, Route 3. farmer; Fred Lathern
Brown, Clyde, Route 1, electrical
repairman; William Dewey Mehaf
fey, Hazelwood, lumberman; Enis
Warren, Canton, Route 3, farmer;
OUNTAINEER
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
OCTOBER 15. 1948
County To Enter Farm Exhibits
In Competition At State Fair
Drawings Made
For Santeetlah
Bear, Boar Hunts
The drawings for the fourteen
combined bear and wild boar
hunts slated for the Santeetlah
Wildlife Management area in Gra
ham county were conducted in the
court house Tuesday afternoon l
with five Haywood county hunters
included in the cioud I
Malcolm Edwards, representa
tive of the North Carolina Wild
life Resources Commission, was in
charge of the drawings. Stanly
Meilrv sprrptnrv nf Mm U'Dim,G.
..mi. -M......U r j . . ... !
vim- -uaniucr 01 v oiiuiierce, erec
tile numbers to select the success
ful applicants.
The combined hunts will start
Monday, October 18 and will end
December 3. Hunting will be per
mitted for a two-day period.
The initial hunt of the season is
scheduled for unit number one
which includes Big Santtetlali,
Little Santeetlah and the Hock
Creek Drainage. The successful
applicants and dates in this unit
included: Oct. 18-19, Marvin
Cochran, Flats. N. C ; Oct 25-26.
Lnwton M. Johnson, Canton; Nov
1-2. N. M. Medford, Waynesville;
Nov. 8-0. C. O. Story, Lynn, N. C;
Nov. 15-16, J. O. Orr, Santeetlah;
Nov. 22-23, George Massey, Bre
vard; and Nov. 29-30, Gardner
Hurchficld, Tapoco.
The second unit is composed of
Barkers Creekji Dep Creek and
Slick Rock Drtleitoes: Those tn
comoose this JnUntf ltifriJae:- .Qct.
21-22, R. T. ShkfriLaiiffonT.Tenh;!i
Monroe; Novrv4MJ"orai
Mary vllle, Tef i& WVvk
Bradley, Harirwobtf; Nov. 18
r I. . at nt no r
Crisp, Robblnsonvllle.
The nanin of alternates drawn
in order are: B. M. Barnwell.
Swannanoa; D. M. Hooper, Ashe
ville; Fred Campbell. Hael wood;
and Carl Wlllson. Canton
Library Offers A
Book In Contest
Can you guess the number of
books loaned from the Haywood
County Bookmobile on the first
complete trip through the county''
Misk Margaret Johnston, libra
rian, is offering a book as a prize
lo Ihe person whose guess is near
est the correct number
Write the number on a card with
your name and mail, or leave it at
I he library.
I The contest rinses Saturday.
October lfi. at 5 p m
Winner will be announced in
Tuesday's Mountaineer
Exam
John Junior Burnett, colored,
Waynesville, janitor; and James
Orden Trull, Candler, Route 2.
trucker.
The nine potential draftees left
by bus from Waynesville around
noon Wednesday and returned from
'See Draftees Page Six)
$3.00 In Advance In
New Clyde Pastor
IIF.V. WILLIAM TRACY MFDLIN,
JR.. shown above, is the new pas
lor of Clyde Methodist Church. A
native of Raleigh, he attended
Louisburg Junior College, Louis
biu g, N C. and was graduated with
an A. H degree from Wofford Col
lege, Spartanburg. S. C, in 1940.
Rev. Mr Medlin received the Bach
elor of Divinity degree from Duke
University Durham, in 1943. He
has served pastorates in Murphy,
Highlands, and came to Clyde from
Robbinsville, At present, he, with
his wife and sort, William T. Med
lin, III, are making their home at
Lake Junaluska with Rev. J. E.
Sampley, who retired aj pastor of
theyClydp church this Fall
School
Elects New Class
Officers For Year
Oflkers for the following classes
i and clubs have been elected for
the year at Crabtree-Iron-Duff
.School Senior (lass-President. J.
!m Crawford, vice-president, Helen
.Mine Hradshaw; secretary. Bobbie
j .lames; treasurer, .luanita Noland;
reporter. .1 H Caldwell; sponsor.
Mrs. .Iiviiine Chase,
Junior class President. Bobby
I.emiiiK, vice-president. Joan Med
ford; secretary, Lucy James; treas
urer. FaircM Sanford; reporter,
Anne Caldwell. Mrs. O. L. Yates,
sponsor
Sophomore class -- President,
IVarle Clark' , vice-president, Pete
Noland. M-cietai v Lois McCrarken,
Ilea oier Helen Ferguson, report
er, M I, Brasley; Mrs Glenn No-
land, sponsor
Freshman class President. Sue
Carolyn Noland; vice - president,
Geraldiiie Bishop; treasurer, A. J.
I'leiiinioiis. spwelary. Patsy Lem
inc. reporter. Vivian Haney; Miss
Liu a Mae Green, sponsor.
F II. A club -President. Guy
lene Caldwell, vice-president, Jo
Ann Medford; secretary-treasurer,
Lucy .lames; reporter. Helen June
Bradshiiw; historian. Roxie Ann
Crawlord. song leader. Eleanor
Kinsland. devotional leader. Stella
Fisher, program director. Peggy
Medford; Mrs. Glenn Noland, spon
sor.
F. F A. club President, Ney
Kinsland; vice-president, J. M.
Crawford: secretary, Johnnie Mil
ner; treasurer. Bobby Leming; re
porter. Carroll Best; watch dogs,
Thomas Noland and A. J. Plem
mons: chairmen of committees, Ted
Clark. Pete Noland, and Jim Da
vis: B. F Nesbitt. sponsor.
Funeral Services
Held For Brothers
Killed In Crash
Funeral services for John Clif-
j ford Williams, 21, and Moody B.
! Williams. 22, were held Wednes
day afternoon at the Smith ceme-
! ten near Craggy.
I The sons of Mr. and Mrs. . W.
j Williams of Elmer. N. J., they were
killed Sunday in an airplane crash
near Elmer.
I The family had formerly resided
'at Leicester and has been living in
I New Jersey for the past five years.
I The Williams brothers had been
I engaged in farming at Elmer and
. both were veterans of World War
II.
The plane was engulfed in flames
before rescue parties could reach
the scene. When volunteer fire
men put out the fire, the men
were found dead. Police said the
pair rented the plane at Cavoli
airport. Buena, N. J.
Surviving are six brothers, Rob
ert, Jeter, Riley, Edgar, David and
Andrew of Elmer. N. J., and three
sisters, Connie, Bonnie and Retha.
KZLm ., mAmA
mm
Today's Smile
Mother to son wandering the
room: "What are you looking
for?"
Son: "Nothing."
Mother: "You'll find it in the
box where the candy was." "
Haywood and Jackson Counties
0faiP!fi?ialL
lane cxmoiis 10
State Fair Today
The following people from Hay
wood county are entering exhibits
at the North Carolina State Fair
to be held October 18-23:
M. O. Galloway of Graceland
Farms 2 Hereford females: Dr.
J. L. Reeves of Canton 2 Here
ford heifers and 1 Hereford bull;
L. C. Moody of Cecil 1 Aberdeen
Angus bull; and Dr. A. P. Cline of
Canton 1 Hereford bull.
There will be 5 Four-H Club
dairy calves shown by the follow
ing members:
Johnnie Mac Ferguson of Dell
wood 1 Guernsey calf; David and
Peggy Noland of Ratcliffe Cove
2 Jersey calves; James Williamson
of Iron Duff 1 Guernsey calf; and
Harley Caldwell of Iron Duff 1
Guernsey calf.
The dairy cattle will be judged
on Tuesday of State Fair Week and
the beef cattle on Wednesday.
Arrangements have also been
made for apple growers of Hay
wood county to exhibit some ap
ples. Howard Claff, Director of
the Experiment Station In Waynes
ville and in charge of the Horticul
ture exhibits at State Fair, is send
ing a truck down on Saturday to
carry entries in the Horticulture
Department. At a meeting of the
apple growers at the courthouse
on Monday night, October 11, the
following apple growers decided to
send apples:
Richard Barber of Barber's Or.
chard, Robert Boone, Will Boone,
Henry Fracls, Charles W. Edwards,
Jr., and Boiling Hall. Any other
orchardmen desiring to send apples
to the Fair should have them at the
Experiment Station or he cpupty
agent's office in Waynesville on
Friday afternoon, October 15.
A. J. McCracken of Clyde and
George E. Stamcy of Pigeon are
entering ten complete stalks of
corn In the special corn exhibit of
persons producing over one hun
dred bushels per acre.
Dogs From County
Walk Away With
Honors At Show
Several hundred persons attend
ed the annual North Carolina Fox-
Hunters Association bench show
I and field trials at Tryon during this
week.
Many of the dogs arrived Sunday
and final preparations were car
j ried out for the show. The bench
j show was held Monday night with
Mr. A. B. White of Dalton. Ga., as
Judge.
Local winners in the N. C. State
field trials and bench show includ
ed: Devoe McElroy, of Waynes
ville, whose great show hound N.
C. Dixie was Judged the outstand
ing hound in the show. Tom Davis,
of Hazelwood. entered his Hoat
Mon and carried off the State nat
ural carriage title. Albert Burnett
of Canton, won second all age male
with Bob Duncan.
A total of 239 hounrs were en
tered from the states of Tennessee
Georgia, Virginia, North and South
Carolina.
Apple Contest Set
For Students In
County Schools
The Waynesville Chamber o
Commerce and the Smoky Moun
tain Apple Growers Association are
sponsoring an Apple contest dur
ing National Apple Week, which isi
from Saturday, October 30, to Sat
urday. November 6. The purpose
of this contest is to educate the
people of this area on value of
(See Apple Contest Page Sixi
Highway
Record For
1948
(To Date)
In Haywood
Killed . . ; . . 4
Injured .... 39
(This Information COBB .
piled from Record of
State Highway Patrol).
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