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The Waynesville Mountaineer
Published Twice-A-Week In Th County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoiy Mountains National Park
TODAY'S SMILE
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63rd YEAR No. 96 20 PAGES
United Press and Associated Press New WAYNESVILLE, N. C. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1848
$3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties
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Agent's office
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jog every min
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for wear.
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of the state,
to his trip to
it 13tn to cast
I a thrill to a
jce the former
begin to be as
to Washington
on January 20.
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t inauguration,
1 are invited,
be some blow
to be right in
;.he told friends
(n his face.
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f
days we have
preparing for
hasten to re-ig-ready"
is far
the actual trek
in search of
pation, careful
fcsing the plans
itry hunter for
ly a few of the
r goes through
it prior to the
Vlight've
Trouble
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ing her ear on
jay noon. A
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inner
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need from 20 to
nitentiary Mon
H. Hoyle Sink,
fed the state
Jlock Tuesday.
McDaniel and
I the two men,
Ink as "danger
lown Tuesday,
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dten dinner,
experienced by
tioth men had
h their court
" when they
Judge after he
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Shown above displaying burley tobacco grown ljy,'vjy.' Leatherwood of Jonathan Creek, which
won second place in the individual exhibits at the Tobago NShow, are: (left to right): Floyd Fisher,
Fines Creek; Mark Ferguson. Fines Creek; S. N. HbJ' extension tobacco specialist from State
College; R. K. Bennett, from Slate College; and John W. Van Arsdale, tobacco specialist from Ken
tucky. The tobacco show was a part of the second annual Tobacco Harvest Festival. 'Ingram's Studio'
Local Guard Unit Obtains
Excellent Inspection Rank
Local Artist
James Louis Cobb of anes
ville has two oil paintings of build
ings on the University of North
Carolina campus on display at the
exhibition of the State Art Sotiey
which opened in Raleigh Wednes
day. James Cobb Has
Oil Paintings
On Exhibition
Two oil paintings of buildings
on the University of North Caro
lina camniis the works of James
Louis Cobb, of Waynesville. a Uni
versity pharmacy gradual? of the
rlass of 1921 are to be shown at
the exhibition of the North Caro
lina Art Society which opened in
Kaleigh Wednesday. December 1.
Tho naintincs deDict the growth
of the University Pharmacy School.
The first one is entitled "The
Acorn" and portrays Person Hall,
which housed the Pharmacy School
(See James Cobb Page 8)
"J -isst Y
Charles Francis Receives
American Farm Certificate
Charles P. Francis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Francis of Waynes
ville, has been awarded the Ameri
can Farmer Degree and is one of
the 88 boys in North Carolina to
receive this award since 1938.
Charles is the third son of Mr
and Mrs. Francis to achieve this
honor. James won the award in
1940 and Robert Henry was award
ed the degree in 1945.
The award was presented to
Charles at a meeting of the county
Farm Bureau recently by J. H.
Nesbit, vocational agricultural
teacher at the Waynesville Town
ship High School, from which he
graduated.
Young Francis is farming in part
..rahin with his two brothers. In
four years of vocational agriculture,
Prize Winning Haywood Burley Tobacco
111 rV:
Following the recent federal in
spection of Heavy Tank Company,
120th lnfantray here on November
IS by I.I. Col. Leflamme, from
Inspector General's department,
the report received yesterday gave
.he local unit an "excellent" rat
ing. The local guard company also
received a new tabic of organiza
tion fitter being redesigned a heavy
tank outfit. The new table author
izes the increase in personnel from
7fi enlisted men to 93 and five
officers.
According to a recent announce
ment, the guard unit here will
secure 12 MMfi tanks, mounting
90 millimeter guns. One of the
tanks will be equivalent to a bull
dozer, it was reported.
On Friday, November 26, an or
dinance inspection was conducted
of the unit by Lt. Col. Foreman,
from Ordnance Department. The
company here also, Vr-oplved an
"excellent'' rating in this inspec
tion. The inspection included
weapons, vehicles and -range fa
cilities An inspection of supplies 'will
take place this afternoon at the
armory which will complete the
annual inspection of the Heavy
Tank Company.
WHCC To Broadcast
. Optimist Bowl Game
I This Afternoon
i The local radio station WHCC
will broadcast the Optimist Bowl
from Asheville this afternoon start
ing at 2:15 o'clock. The game is
being played between the Eastern
All-Stars and the Western. All
Stars from this section' of jlorth
Carolina.
The Paper Bowl at Canton to
morrow afternoon between Waynes
ville and Marion will be broadcast
over WHCC at 1:45 o'clock.
j he has netted $5,000 from his farm
i ing.
His enterprises for 1948 included
a one-third share in pasture, 36
acres; hay crops, 12: corn 5, ap
ples, 7; potatoes, one-half acre;
100 grapevines; full ownership of
seven beef animals and three dairy
cows.
Including one-third interest in
farm and equipment, Charles' net
worth is approxibately $25,000. He
has been president and treasurer
of his FFA chapter of Waynesville
and is a member of Jtue Smoky
Mountain Apple Grower Associa
tion. '' i ,
His awards received recently dur
ing the second annual' Tobacco
Harvest Festival included an Amer
ican Farm Degree eertiflcete, $25
check and a gold pin.
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Jack Allison
Named Manager
Of County Home
Jack Allison of Waynesville has
succeeded Jack MrCracken as man
ager of the Haywood County Home,
it was announced this morning by
George Brown, county managers
Mr. MrCrrken resigned the
managership effective as of Octo
ber 1. after sorvlng as head of the
County Home for 10 years He re
signed in order to operate his dairy
and farm.
Mr. Allison has been with the
American Enka Plant for the past
14 years. His last day at the Knka
Plant was September 2(5 and he
took over duties at the County
Home on Friday, October 1
Lions Club Give
Honor To Work Of
Haywood People
The I. ions Club have inaugurated
a project called "Mr. Activity'" in
which the Community Improvement
Committee names a person outside
of the club who has done some out
standing work and is entitled to
recognition.
The first "Mr Activiiy" named
was honored recently, and was Dr.
J R. McCracken, who has prac
ticed here for many years, and
taken a leading role in bringing
the Masonic Summer Assembly to
Waynesville
The person named as "Mr Ac
tivity" is the guest of the club, and
special recognition made of the
work accomplished.
Ernest Edwards, chairman of the
committee, said that plans are to
name someone about every three or
four weeks. Another committee Is
working on a project of naming
one man as "The Man Of The
Year".
Don Cossack Chorus Appears Here
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The General Platoff Don Cossack Chorus will be presented by
the Haywood County Community Concert Association, on Sunday
afternoon, December 5, at 2:30 o'clock, in the auditorium of the
Waynesville High School. This is the first of three concerts to be
held here under the sponsorship of the concert group A story on
Sunday's concert appears on page 2.
Farm Group
To Select
Committee
Here Today
Voting was relatively heavy
throughout the county and Waynes
ville yesterday in the AAA com
munity committee elections and
delegates will gather at the court
house this morning at f) o'clock to
select the county committee.
The polls closed yesterday after
noon at t o'clock and officials fore
cast a record vole as the tanner
of the county turned out to the
polls to choose the committeemen
delegates and county committee to
serve during 1949.
The committee that is elected
this morning will administer Hie
agricultural program of Haywood
county during the coming year and
will study the conservation of soil
and water resources as well as
price support and other programs
affecting the main commodities
like tobacco, cotton, corn, peanuts,
soybeans and potatoes.
George Stamey has served as
president of the county AAA or
ganization for the past year.
Four Men From
County Leave For
Army Induction
Four Haywood county men ief
for induction into the army at the
Greenville recruiting station Mon
day after passing their pre-induc-lon
exams earlier last month.
The men leaving for induction
were: Fred I.athern Brown, Clyde,
leader of the group; Charles Pierce
Sutton. Clyde; Berlin K. Kstes,
Waynesville; and Thurman McKin
ley Caldwell. Canton
These men were members of the
first group that left Haywood
county for pre-inriuction examina
tions, Mrs Hoy Campbell reported
this morning .
Former Local
Boy to Give Organ
Recital On Sunday
Invitations have been received
here for I he organ recital of Robert
Hopkins, al the Green Street Ilap
lisl Church in High Point, Sunday
afternoon at five.
Mr Hopkins is inc son of Kev.
and Mrs. Julian Hopkins, the for
mer having served as pastor of the
Kirsl Baptist Church about eight
years ago.
Mr. Hopkins is organist for the
church where his father is pastor,
having gone there from here.
Concrete Mixer
Catches On Fire
Damages of about $100 resulted
when the concrete mixer of The
Haywood Company caught on fire
Tuesday afternoon while operating
at the new service station at Char
lie's Place
Ben Sloan, owner, said appar
ently a broken fan nicked a small
hole in the gas tank, and caused a
small leak. The gas ignited when
it fell on the hot motor.
New wiring and ignition units as
well as radiator hose had to be re
placed. The Are department an
swered the call.
Heiress Weds Childhood Playmate
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Eighteen-year-old. Anne Cannon Heynolds ttopi. heiress to tex
tile and tobacco millions in North Carolina, was married quietly
at Dennettsvllle, S. C Moday to her childhood sweetheart, l.loyd
Patrick Tate who is known as "Junehug". This picture of the heir
ess was made at a horse show in Blowing Hock, N. C. She is the
daughter of the late Z. Smilh Reynolds, scion of the H. J. Reynolds
tobacco empire at Winston-Salem, and his lirst wife, I he former
Anne Cannon, heiress of the famed Cannon textile manufacturers
at Kannapolig, N. C. Tale, seen astride a jumping horse, is well
known as a North Carolina sportsman. For details of the wedding,
see story on Page 8. (AP Photo).
Date For Special Election
In District Here Expected
Sometime today or tomorrow
Governor Cherry is expected to
set a date for the special election
for the purpose of choosing a new
state senator, for the 32nd District
to succeed the late Mrs. E. L. Mc
Kee. Governor Cherry was due to ar
rive at his office late Thursday
from New York, and the election
date will be one of Ws- first orders
of business to attend 'to when he
reaches his desk.
Sheriff C. O.-.MhJdleton, sheriff
of Jacksoh County, and Oscar
Lov'edahl. "Chairman -of (he Jack
son county board of elections have
officially notified the governor of
the vacancy, as prescribed by law.
Mrs. McKee died on Saturday.
The next step Is for the governor
to set a date for the special elec
tion, and issue a writ notifying the
election officials of the five coun
ties in the 32nd District Haywood,
Jackson. Henderson, Transylvania
and Polk. The governor is expect
(See Flection Page 8)
Summer Resident
Dies Suddenly In
Fort Lauderdale
Clarence J. Thompson, 69. sum
mer resident of Waynesville. died
of a heart attack November 29, on
board his yacht, Hiawatha, at Fort
Lauderdale, Fla. Interment was
in Evergreen Cemetery, Fort Laud
erdale. Mr. Thompson, a retired banker
of Port Washington, New Yjrk,
came here about two years ago and
purchased a home on Johnson Hill.
Survivors include two daughters.
Miss Connie Thompson of Waynes
ville and Fort Lauderdale, and a
married daughter in New Mexico.
Postmaster Urges Careful
Mailing Of Christmas Cards
Meet the man who's going to re
ceive several thousand cheery
Christmas greeting cards thisiyear
and is very unhappy about the
whole situation.
He has charge" of the post office's
undeliverable mail "nixies," in
the colorful jargon of the mail ear
ners.
Last year, the local post office
played reluctant host to a large
quantity of other people's holiday
mail, left homeless because of faul
ty addressing. Nationally, the toll
of undeliverable Christmas cards,
letters, and packages ran into the
millions.
Postmaster J. H. Howell points
out that careless addressing spells
trouble for the sender, as well as
extra headaches for postal clerks
E M I
Mernin Named
Chief Ranger
Of Smokies
Gerald K. Mernin. assistant chief
ranger of the Blue Ridge Parkway,
has been promoted to c hief ranger
of the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, it was announced
today by Sam P. Weems, superin
tendent of I he Parkway.
Mr. Mernin has had headquarters
in Asheville about one year. Ef
fective dale of the transfer will be
Jan. I. No successor has been
named in Asheville.
Before coining to Asheville, Mr.
Mernin served 18 years with the
National Park Service in Yosemitc
National Park. During the war,
he was with the Navy Shore Patrol.
He replaces John T. Needham,
(See Chief Ranger Page 8)
1949 Burley Quota
Will Be Increased
Agriculture Department Secre
tary Charles F. Braiinan in Wash
ington claimed a 1949 national
marketing quota of 545.000,000
pounds of burley tobacco. This
will result in no change for most
farm acreage allotments, it was
said.
In terms of acreage, the 1949
allotments will total some 469,600
acres as compared with 464,000
acres alloted in 1948. And the dif
ference of 5,000 acres is to be set
aside as a reserve for allotments
to farms that had no burley in re
cent years and to farms on which
allotments are found to be "in
equitable". at a season when they're already
i working around the clock to keep
! the holiday mails moving.
I "Each year, thousands of long
, friendships suddenly turn chilly
l when an eagerly-awaited Christmas
card or gift fails to arrive." he
observes.
So if you want to keep your
colorful and warm-hearted Christ
mas greetingsf rom coming to rest
in the Dead Letter Office this year,
you'd better heed the Postmaster's
detailed advice for Yuletide mail
ings. "Mail promptly." he urges. All
packages and all Christmas cards
for out-of-Statc delivery should be
in the post office by December 10,
and all cards for local delivery
(See Post Office Page 8)
November
Criminal
Court Term
Adjourned
The November term of criminal
court adjourned Wednesday after
noon, with Judge H. Hoyle Sink
hearing a large number of cases,
and clearing many from the crowd
ed docket.
The defendants In the case in
volving the murder of Ed Allen,
colored man, last summer, was dis
posed of Wednesday, with charges
being dropped against the man and
woman, for the lack of evidence.
A total of twelve divorces were
granted by the court, which is about
a third less than the usual number.
Among the divorces granted in
cluded: Stella Moore Farmer, and
Henry F. Farrner; Jack C. Norris,
and Virginia Norris; Maude Hamil
ton Maney and Frank J. Maney;
Ruth M. Owen and Wayne Owen.
Dorothy Willis Russell and
Thomas F.arl Russell; Laura Mae
Nicosia and Saluaton F. Nicosia:
Dorothy Varborough Henson and
James Henson; Annie Mae Dobbs
and James P. Dobbs.
Gaynelle A. Abel and William J.
i Way) Abel; Ernest Williams and
Lots Williams; Myrtle McGee Trull
and Glenn Trull.
Many of the cases heard by the
court were for carrying concealed
weapons, affray and assult. In
most instances, the defendants
were given fines and costs in the
action.
Fruit Growers Are
Urged To Attend
YT 1. -A m
norticuiture Meet
All fruit growers in Haywood
county are urged to attend the
horticulture, school a apples, and .
small fruits at Hendersonville
school auditorium Thursday and
Friday, December 9 and 10 The
program Is under the joint spon
sorship of the Blue Ridge Apple
Growers Association and N C.
State College.
This school is for all fruit grow
ers in Western North Carolina and
a large delegation from this counlv
is expected to attend the horticul
ture school.
Transportation will be furnished
fruit growers of Haywood county
if they assemble at the county
agent's office at 8 o'clock on those
dates, Wayne Corpening, county
agent, announced this morning
The object of the school i; to
bring late information on pruning,
fertilization, insect and pest con
trol, spraying and other practices.
A demonstration will he conduct
ed on the afternoon of the second
day in the Renshaw orchard and
will include rodent control, bridge
and top grafting and pruning
L. C. Whitehead of the U. S. Bio
logical Survey and others will take
part.
ON BUYING TRIP
J. C. Jennings, manager of Belk
Hudson Co., is expected back this
week-end from a week's buving
trip in New York. He is buying
merchandise for the enlarged new
store of the firm.
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SHOPPING DAYS
TILL CHRISTMAS
Highway
Record For
1948
(To Date)
In Haywood
Killed 7
Injured .... 41
(This information com-
piled from Records of
State Highway Patrol),