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-O deligW FlilTT s TODAY'S SI1ILE ME SBYILLE 1 NTA1NEEK 31 The A few of us would rather be right than be president. Most of as would rather be wrong than be quiet. News Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park - C5th YEAR NO. 2 16 PAGES ..Kor Sr.. covers a large I travels, and a short time is in Texas. He often re- j,e Mountaineer wuu tnrials. or unusual news- Wh he finds on his trips. be ran cru v er of Texas which car- ory comparable .to.-the Camber of Commerce Anyway, this story in ,s, s We are sure It did -T and it is being passed ' .... aim - tf - , The title s lexa. occupies all of the con orth America except a l set aside for the United fcnda and Mexico. Texas d on the north by a or on the east by all of the Lcept the Pacific, on the the Gulf of Mexico ana hierlca, and on the west bcific Ocean and the rest orld. Underneath Texas le at this writing been t in Upton County, only Ltorso for oil, and up in 'exas has Guadalupe Peak above sea level, the high- n the United States east lockies. .' .. : is so big that the people isville call the Dallas peo ankees.' It is farther from to Texarkana than it is licago to New York, and ia is closer to Milwaukee than it is to El Paso. The states with Texas left out lok like a three-legged fcrrier. ' hief occupation of the peo- txas is to try to keep from 111 the money in the world, hat the wealth' of Texas E 539 between 1900 and one time Texas was so not even the law of gravl jas obeyed, and the chief If the Texans was Indians leans, but now it is crop and oil production. It is iiful in Texas that out in a horned frog lived 30 lealed in a cornerstone food, air or water. lis are so proud of the lar State that they cannot night. If a Texan's head be opened the map of the tuld be found on his brain. Id 'Texas' is of Indian origin Ins 'Friends,' and the" Texas re that way yet unless you fclam at their State. Down ing ranch the front gate riles from the front oorch owner is thinking of mov- house back so as not to be by passing automobiles. exas landlords have whole In ranges on their ranches,- lexan has 40 miles of nav wer on his farm. If the fon of cultivated land in ere the same as in Illinois, W of Texas crops .would . . . - ' rat of the other 47 states d- If all the oeoDle of the ir,. , piaies were to move to Tex pi would be no more densely ;d than is Masachusetts. ias land enough to supply nan, woman and child in fie world with a tract 20x V and have enough left r all the jritilw n tkn J) march around five abreast. move the Texas corn crop take a string of box cars than the distance between p and San Francisco. If iwiu tons of sulphur mined ps annually wm-p in tin. Us Satanic MaieKtv thv Nve his fuel problem. If f COllon crown In Tovoo I A VAUU F'ea and built into a stair. would reach to tha Poot-iv W the 485,339.998 barrels produced in Texas In in. Ne into gasoline: it.wnnM "cu-mown make of lieht rough eternity. If all the I Texas were one hog, he FS the Panama Canal in K2d.,one 8runt- " all the p Sidelights Page 8) Associated Press and United Press News WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 5, 1950 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties 1959 E'larch OI Bimes M Set M $15,000 Haywood County's quota for the 1950 March of Dimes drive was set Monday at $15,000. Officials of the Waynesvllle and Canton areas for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis accepted this quota at a western regional meeting with Dr. Ralph MacDonald, the North Carolina chairman. The 1950 national campaign for the aid of polio victims will open January 15 and continue through January 31. Locally, however, it will open January 14, a Saturday. Attending the meeting were Waynesvllle Area Chairman David Hyatt Waynesville March of Dimes Campaign Director Felix Stovall, Canton Area Chairman Bcekman Huger, and Canton Area Campaign Director Edwin Haynes. The area officials agreed to split the quota, with each section of the county to raise $7,500. , The county s quota for 1950 is $2,000 higher .than the 1949 goal, which Haywood surpassed by a large margin. W aynesvilie area officials met Tuesday afternoon with County Schools Superintendent Jack Mes ser and Rotary Club President Jonathan Woody to work out the (See Polio Quota Page 8) ; Modern Fire Equipment For Clyde To Be Discussed ' By BOB MEDFORD . (Mountaineer Correspondent) Clyde town officials and fire chiefs from surrounding towns will meet tomorrow night with the members of the Clyde Lions Club to discuss a proposal to buy a modern fire truck and Are equip ment. The dinner session will open at p. m. at the Clyde High School cafeteria. Scheduled to attend the meeting are Clyde Mayor Vanar Haynes and the town aldermen, Waynes ville Fire Chief Clem Fitzgerald and the chief of the Enka Fire De partment; and other municipal and fire officials. " The proposal to establish a mod ern fire prevention installation for the town of Clyde was advanced several weeks before Christmas. CD Program Winner To Be Named Soon The winner of the first year of the Haywood County Community Development Program will be crowned late this month. This was announced today by Turner Ca they, , assistant . county agent in charge of- the comprehen sive community improvement pro gram.,,.;. - The crown will mean an award oft $500 for the community which the judges decide made the great est" improvements since the Pro' gram was launched last winter. Cathey said each of the 23 or ganlzed communities taking part in the competition are to file their survey sheets by January 15. The final check is scheduled to start January 23 when two N. C. State College" Extension Service specialists, accompanied by county extension workers and com munity representatives will tour each community to study improve ments. The State College officials who will make this survey are T. K, Jones, farm management special ist, and Miss Mary Emma Lee home management specialist. , The extensive program to 1m prove the farms and homes of every community and to increase farm, income through the develop ment of sound, balanced enter prises was launched a year ago at a mass meeting here. The first ' community had or ganized for the Program by late February, and the 23 communities in the County had completed their job of organizing by the latter part of May. First Baby Of 1950 And Mother r ? . .. The winner of the Mountaineer's Baby Derby as the first Haywood County baby of 1950 is Herman Harold Rathbone,. shown with his mother, Mrs. Troy Beauford Rathbone of Hemphill a few hours af ter he was born, Herman Harold was brought into the world at 5:09 A.M. New Year's day at Haywood County Hospital. The Rath bones have one other child, a boy, 19-months-old Troy Beauford, Jr. ' (Photo by Joe Davis) Officer Says Teen-Agers County's Best Drivers Waynesville Police Report For 1949 Reveals Few niies Quo w As Police Arre .Drop st 871 Judge Nellies Iq Open Civil Court ESere i Monday Iron Duff To Install CDP Officers For 1950 By MRS. ROY B. MEDFORD (Mountaineer Correspondent) the residents of Iron Duff will install their new Community De velopment Program officers when they meet at 7:00 p. m. tonight at Davis Chapel. iAt a-recent meeting it was voted that the community would sponsor the 4-H Club work. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Yates were elected to serve as the 4-H leaders. - v Coye Creek To Elect Officers For New Year By VERA REEVES (Mountaineer Correcpondent) The election of the Cove Creek Community Development Program officers will be held at a meeting January 13, at 7:30 p. m. Everyone is urged, by Vinson Morrow, chairman, to attend the meeting. 2 Escape Injury As Car Plunges Down Step Bank A sedan skidded on the slick pavement a mile west of the Bun combe County line Tuesday morn ing, plunged off the road, turned over and crashed into a tree 25 feet down the 60-foot bank. Out of the wreckage crawled Mrs. Eugene . Wilson, ' 22-year-old Canton housewife, and her 19-year-old brother. . Neither was hurt. ' State Highway Patrol Corporal John L. Carpenter, who investigat ed the accidents with Patrolman Wooten," .'reported , the details 'ol the accident. ' He quoted the boy as saying the car, driven by Mrs. Wilson, went out of control on the wet high way on a sharp curve as they were traveling toward Canton. The damage to the car was es timated at $400. ' The best drivers in Haywood County are the people who have been abused over the rest of the country as being the worst. They are teen-agers and women. State" Highway Patrol Corporal John L. Carpenter declared today that the teen-agers of Haywood are the best of all. The officer who praised the ladles requested that his name be withheld: "The men would climb all over me," he protested. Magazine and newspaper stories over the last year have charged the teen-ager with being "murder er of the highway," or a "killer In traffic". ' . ' As for lady drivers, comedians men comcdiansof bourse have been- using them in jokes about traffic ever since Ptthicanthropus Erectus first discovered that rid ing a horse was better than walk ing :'' After reviewing the traffic ac cident record for 1949, Corporal Carpenter declared that Haywood County drivers were better than (See Gybd Drivers Pase 8) Judge Zeb V. Nettles of Ashe vllle will convene a two-week Jan uary civil term of Haywood Su perior Court at 10 a, m. Monday. The day-by-day court docket shows these cases are coming up for hearing: January 9 Smith, Administrator vs. Gibbons; Medford vs. Burrell, et al; Tennessee Roofing Company vs. Gibson, et al; Sellers vs. Sta nley, ct atrHarvey vs. Hemphill. January 10 Sutton vs. Caldwell; Phillips vs. Pptts, et al; Muse vs. McCracken. January 11 Epstein vs. Under wood; Wright vs. Arrlngton;' Stiles vs. Crowder; Pressley vs. Galloway; Lunsford vs. Lunsford. January 12 Reece vs. Scott; Mitchell vs. Smith Drug Co.; Swain vs. Motor Lines. ; , January 13 Silvers vs. Gallo way, et al; Reed vs. Matney, .' January 16 Strable vs. Medford; In Re Marlon W. Allen, Deceased; McCracken, et al vs. McCracken, et al. . . -v January 17 Davis, B.N.F. Vs. Casey; Livingstone vs. Livingstone. Motion Docket Welch vs. Welch; Blaylock vs. Boyd; Begnl vs. Moss. vThe Jury list: First week- Dave Millwood and John A. Plott, Waynesville; G. W. Wright. White Oak; Silas Nichols, Waynes vllle; J. O. Hopkins, Cataloochee; Mrs. Wllma RhoJarmer, Clyde; Homer Dolsbn, Beayerdam; R. L. Snyder, : Beavwdanv Grover C Ferguson; Fines Creek; Mrs. WY IT. Sharp, East Fork; Nathan M. Walkef, Clyde; F. A. Crawford, Clyde; W. C. Welch, Iron Duff; Lloyd Shelton, Ivy (See CourtPage 8) Scout Expert BACK FROM NEW YORK Mr. and Mrs. .W. Curtis Russ and daughter, Marguerite, return ed Tuesday from a week's stay in New York, While there Mr. Russ conferred with several newspaper specialists on different phases of the publishing business. Excuse To Run Out Of s In Haywood County ancient alibi of "nmrtiw iEvas" ls becoming very hard ve, heir StlfVPV last J Pfweek, State High- ather COOLER P. January s Cloudy, L5,onal tuning 1 6Ut, fi wavno.,..,i. 4. . : .forded by the staff of , st Farm): Max. Mln. RalnfaU ---..59 42 ... -61 49 .19 63 55 ; way Patrolmen found that Hay wood County has 115 service sta tions. Furthermore, they found out that these stations had better than 100,000 gallons of gasoline on hand about the last of the year and about a half-dozen of them had sold out of gas at the time. This interesting Information was gathered in the course of their survey made in conection with the state's new one-cent per gal lon gasoline tax. North Carolina citizens last sum mer approved the tax, which Just went into effect, when they ap proved the $200,000,000 bond issue for imorovine rural roads. That 100.000 - plus gallon stock pile doesn't represent all that the stations usually carry, either. Some of them, for instance were "down to" 50 or 100 or 400 gallons, but usually have much more than that when the oil companies re plenish their stocks. State Highway Patrol Corporal John L. Carpenter, one of the four (See Plenty Gas Paw 8) Saunook Tq Elect 1950 Officers At Friday Meeting By MRS. CHARLES SPARKS (Mountaineer Correspondent) The Saunook Community De velopment Organization will meet Friday night at 7:30 at the Saunook School to elect officers for 1950. R. N. Barber, Jr., the commun ity chairman, urges everyone to attend the meeting. UNDERGOES OPERATION ' J. C. Patrick is getting along nicely following an operation on Monday at the Haywood County Hospital. December 49 Was Best Month For Cupid Here "Will you love me in December as you did in May?" the man asked in the familiar song. For Haywood county ladies, at least, the answer is; "Yes, in fact more so." The report shows that 25 marriage licenses were issued to couples in December more than twice the number that were issued during the traditional wed ding month of June. 1 In June, the office issued 10 such licenses to com mit matrimony. As a matter of fact, the report shows that couples liked the idea of marrying in two other months better . than they did in June. During October, for instance, 19 marriage licenses were issued, and only one less than that were given to couples in November. In all, the register of deeds issued 150 licenses dur ing 1949. PolioBenefit Singing Event To Be Held Jan. 15 The annual Polio Benefit Sing ing1 Convention!, conducted by the Rev. Kay Allen and W. T. Queen, will be held at 2 p. m., January 15 at the Haywood County Court House. That Is the same day the 1950 March of Dimes . campaign la scheduled to open officially. Singers, from soloists to large choruses, from everywhere and anywhere are Invited to attend this benefit event, which last year raised 1300 for polio victims. As in the nast, there will be no flat admission price, but the spectators and participants will contribute whatever they want .to.. ,.;,...,,......,::.w':.. AU the money from this sing ing event will be given directly to the March of Dimes officials here. The sponsors explained that there won't be any expenses administrative or otherwise to deduct 'from the gross receipts. Work Has Started On Historical Edition The Mountaineer Seeking Old Photos For-Big '50 Years of Progress' Edition X A i1? AN DR. STANLEY A. HARRIS , former national officer ; of the Boy Scouts of America, will be the principal 'speaker at the 29th annual Sc outers Convention scheduled for Monday in Ashe vllle's Central Methodist Church. Scouters To Hold 29th Annual Convention Ian. 9 ' The 29th annual ScouTeTs Con ventton will open Monday In the Central Methodise Church In Ashe. Vllle. - -;.- Dr. Stanley A. Harris, f former national officer of the Boy Scouts of America, will make the princi pal address. ; - ;" - ', The afternoon sessions will open at 2 o'clock for scouts concerned with the Advancement program, health and safety, finance, organi zation and extension, leadership training, camping, and for Scout Cub leaders. A. W. Allen, Scout executive of the Daniel Boone Council, will in stall the council officers for the new years, and the presentations will be made of the Silver Beaver award and the Scoutmaster's Key. All .Scout officials and their wives, find all friends of Scouting are invited to attend. Although Town Is Larger Than Last Year, Arrests Fewer Waynesvllle policemen during 1949 made 871 arrests 219 more than they made the year "before. But, said Chief of Police Orville Noland today in releasing the an nual report for publication, this does not mean that Waynesvllle has any more crime than it did In 1948. He called the number ot 1949 arrests "too many" but at the same time pointed out that the increase in the total over the previous year " simply reflected the expansion of the town. The rise In the number of ar rests was roughly in proportion to the growth of population or even less In proportion. The town now Includes two new areas that it did not have in 1948. Law violations that formerly were under county jurisdiction before those sections were annexed are now charged to the town. . Actually, the report indicated, Waynesvllle and Its new areas had fewer felonies the more serious type of crime than it had in 1948. Of the 871 arrests made, 629 were for public drunkenness, 54 for driving drunk, and 32 for reck less driving. In 1948, policemen made 501 ar rests for public drunkenness, and fewer for drunken driving and reckless driving. The rise in the number of ar rests for drunk and reckless driv ing also reflects the increase in the size of the town and the cor responding Increase in auto and truck registration, the police chi'ef (See Police Page 8) Kirkpatrick Again Operating LeFaine Hotel C. F. Kirkpatrick today an nounced he resumed active man agement of his LeFaine Hotel on Main Street on the first of the year. He also announced that he plan ned to make improvements in the hotel and make a downward ad justment of the rates. . For the last two years, E. N. Newman had operated the LeFaine on a lease from the owner. Mr, Kirkpatrick said the im provements would consist in re furnishing and redecorating the building. Mr. Newman is now in Florida operating a hotel he leased there. County Farming Gets Extensive Press Notices . The whole state now knows that Dwight Williams of Waynesville is North Carolina's 1949 corn-growing champion. Another example of the wide publicity Haywood County is get ting came this week from Frank Jeter, director of the publications division, North Carolina State Col lege Agricultural Extenson Service, In one morning's mail, County Agent Wayne Corpening found a fat letter from Jeter. It contained 30 press clippings, all telling the story of Williams be ing declared winner of the state's corn-growing championship for 1949. The clippings showed the story was published in every one of the state's major daily newspapers and many of the weeklies and semi-weeklies. The story was published in news papers from Elizabeth City on the northeast coast to the mountains. The number of clippings repre sented only part of all the news papers that published the story of the Haywood man's growing 141.34 bushels of corn per acre. Incidentally. Williams 1 s co owner with Mark Galloway of that prize-winning Hereford bull whose picture was published throughout the South last month. County Road Accidents Kill 8, Injure 42 In 1949 Members of The Mountaineer staff today started work on a special supplement which will review the outstanding develop ments in the nation and in Hay wood county over , the last 50 years. ' This special supplement com memorating a half century, of progress will appear in a Feb ruary edition, of The Mountain eer in the" form of a tabloid. In connection with this pub lication, The Mountaineer is seeking clear photographs taken in the county at the turn of the century about 1905 or earlier. The owners of the photos that are used in the special supple ment will receive full credit and The Mountaineer will return .all pictures. ' The Mountaineer also is seek ing information from all persons who are familiar with conditions that existed In the county at the turn of the century. We would like to have these people write their own observa tions on the progress that has been made in Haywood during that period of 50 years com paring conditions that exist now with those that existed when the 20th century was born. If they do not have the time to write of these observations personally, they may come to Mountaineer Published 1,488 Pages Last Year Subscribers to The Mountaineer got more pages during 1949 than any year since the paper was establish ed bp years ago. ' . ; ' The 103 issues published last year contain 1,488 pages, which makes a book over three and a half inches thick, when the papers are opened out. . The 1949 editions carried 122 more pages than 1948, which was the record year to that time. In 1949, The Mountaineer published 11,904 columns. Last year also was the record year for circulation for the paper, as' a 65-year record was broken. "'r. The Mountaineer office and give the information to a 'reporter. The folks who saw and aided in the development of this coun ty in its early years The Moun taineer considers invaluable as sources of history and Informa tion. One of the major objectives in the publication of this special supplement is to make it a per manent record of the progress the nation and Haywood coun ty made during the first 50 years of this century. The front cover will be printed in two colors-blaok on a gold background, the gold being the traditional ' symbol of a 50th anniversary. The members of the advertis ing, mechanical, and editorial staffs are now working on their special assignments to make this supplement another memorable landmark in The Mountaineer's efforts to record the progressive history of Haywood county. Eight people lost their lives in traffic accidents in Haywood County during 1949 one more than the death toll of 1948. Forty-two other persons were in jured last year also, reports from the State Highway Patrol office here showed. However, the injury list for last year was brighter than the one for the year before, when 48 peo ple were hurt. The 1949 death toll was the same as that for 1947 but the list of in jured was much smaller than the one for that year. In 1947, traffic accidenla In jured 51 people. The New Year on the highways got off to a sad start in Haywood, however, when a 17-year-old Can ton boy was injured in Clyde. This accident happened only about three hours after 1950 was born. After looking over the 1949 rec ord, State Highway Patrol Cor poral John L.; Carpenter compli mented the motorists of the coun ty but at the same time warned them that there can be no letup in caution on the highways. (See Accidents Page 8) Highway Record For 1950 In Hay wood (To Date) Killed.... 0 Injured . . 1 (This information com piled from Records of , State Highway Patrol).