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she subtracts 10 beats for
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Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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1 ,.rnville Mountaineer
1 Thursday to do
d fob-wrapping up
hrd. though.
made two packages out
truest came from Charles
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;ii. the 1950 census in
tf The people had
JJh two big books that
Q teat to the government
y Opening
I, little late, but they don't
l ltphone over on the banks
?jtoochee Creek. .
i fohtal season opened last
L in that National Park
Linglers of Haywood and
f other counties gave the day
resoect its due.
1. that inaugural day,
J nortsmen were wetting
join lon tne 14 mile of
Faithful
Glabella; ' the treasurer of
iynesvUle Elks Lodge, does-
much time for fishing.
la be uses every bit of what
i Lat Wednesday, Mr. uasa
'worked until midnight, then
i.Aw unH went to bed. ;
iu I u i
"Jed It a night, however, at
iM., got up, got dressed,
tiw out to Cataloochee
!EsW till about seven. Then,
'atching his limit, drove back
65th YEAR NO. 41 H PAGES Associated Press Utedress News AVNESVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 22, 1950 ;,: $3,00 InAdyaoce-In Haywood and Jackson Countiei
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Plans Ready For 25th
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k a quid
path to 1
i quick change of clothes
i refresh him, he was
it the job at the Lodge.
:a P. M. Thursday, he was
..2j strong, though.
lenient
ier possum decided that if
Itolng to have a family you
Si veil move to a good loca
Unto In srhnnls. stores and
is. So she did, and one day
iSrevine Russell found her
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fa L
tating to raise her f ouf new-
dint possums in their new
I right in the floor , of Miss-
classroom at Sv'Bethel
children grew up quickly
days, as a matter of fact
Madame Possum realized,
motherly sniffle, that her
weren t babies any more
ns time to send them to
1 morning, one of Miss
Jt pupils, arriving bright
(4 found the babies, also
Sud early.
pwre lounging in her desk,
waiting for Miss Rus
I tot her class.
M Motorcade Inio Upper
Souih Carolina E-2ay 31sl
Coming Here
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Dr. James Hilton
To Address Night
Session Thursday
The first Haywood County Live
stock Field Day and Handicraft
Fair will be held May 25.
The program, opening at 10 a.m.,
is being sponsored in conjunction
with the Livestock Field Day for
Western North Carolina at the
Mountain Experiment Station,
The county event will feature
pasture tours, demonstrations, and
the discussion of the latest develop
ments in livestock care and breed
ing."-;
The Handicraft Fair, set for the
East Waynesville School, will tea
ture exhibits of the work done by
residents of the organized com
munities during the last year. The
best of the exhibits will win prizes
for the owners.
Participation in the Fair will
mean points in the Cqmmunlty De-
velopment Program competition
for the communities represented.
Additional points will be awarded
to those communities whose resi
dents win prizes.
In connection with the Livestock
Field Day, the pasture tours win ItlTXTp 1?:1J ft.,,
show the visitors the work being W J.1 j T ICHU UOY
done on pastures and forage de
velopment, while demonstrations
will be held showing the use and
maintainence of milking machines
and some of the latest types of
farm machinery.
Specialists from the N. C. State
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DR. JAMES HILTON, director
of the North i Carolina Agricul
ture Experiment r-Station and
dean of the N. State College
School of "Agriculture1,: wlllbe
featured;" speaker at ; thej Hay
wood i County Livestock v Field
Day program which is scheduled
for Thursday.
Quick Starter
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Those making- the trip should
notify Mrs, Schenck at the Cham
ber of Commerce by noon Wednes
day. Some cars have places for a
few passengers. Some others nave
cars, but want others to share drlv-
Inr . Get details from Mrs. Schenck.
Interest in the 2-day motorcade
into upper South Carolina is gain
ing here, and Indications this
morning were that between 20 and
30 cars would go from here.
This community Is joining with
Brevard and Cherokee in staging
the motorcade, and Brevard ha3 al
ready signed 30 cars for the trip,
in addition to two buses for the
65-plece Ecusta band.
The motorcade will leave here
at 7:30 on the morning of Wednes
day, May 31, and pick up the Bre
vard group and arrive In Green
ville at 11 for a parade at noon.
After the parade the group will
have lunch at the Poinsett Hotel,
and then proceed on to Easley
Pickens, and Anderson,
Two hotels have been reserved
in Anderson for the night, and a
dinner at the John C. Calhoun
Hotel will be given that night.
The next morning the motorcade
will proceed to Laurens, and on, to
Spartanburg, for - a parade and
lunch. Then on to Green, and then
home. : '.
. The entire trip will cover about
300 miles, and .include a number
of stops in smaller towns in the
area. ..
A group o young ladies from
here will pass out folders and mat
erial about this area in each town.
Mrs. R. V, Welch Is chairman of
the committee getting the young
ladies.
(See Motorcade Page 8)
A 7 Jim. ' I-
Smith Drug Company
Sold To Three Local Meii
Plans Set For
Test Farm Here
Officials were completing pre
parations today for the well-balanc-
WTHS Band
Has Big Plans
For Future
JnT'Shoot
lative
m declined an Invitation to
punting; one dav.
W he said, "reminds me
'tie fat man whose pants are
iiall down.
.uncle who looked like
Hollecp 'Agricultural . Extension eu program tnai will teatuic the
Service will take part In the dem- Livestock Field Day, for Western
nnsfrnHonD nrt thi tour nvrm Carolina inursaay at me
' Fniinwlntf lunrh at th."F.xneri- Mouniain tcxperimeni aiauon nere
mont RtaHnn the, vlsltnM -will tn. awuon uirecior nowarci i;iapp
. u. -..-., said today : aDoroximately 5 0 0
iSi. Field DaParfr8) v 1 farmers -and agricultural experts
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uens; ' inruuBrimi v-wesicrnT norm
Carolina are expected to witness
and take part . in the events
scheduled.
The program will feature dis
cussions and demonstrations con
cerning dairy and beef cattle,
pastures, dairy research, irrigation,
and milking. ,
rnniwritini) with tho Test Farm
Approximately $40,000 in cash here is the N. C. State College Ex
and a million dollars in community tension Service.
interest has developed the crack
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waynesviue nign ocnooi Dana m . j
the past ten years to one of the beVerOl llay WOOQ
three finest outtits m wortn uaro-
una. Farmers Need
nana twrecior vhbuco iacjr . . .
made these comments Friday after- I ODOCCO irlantS
noon before members of the Rot-
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ary uiub aurmg meir weekly ot any exira ipDacco pianis
luncheon meeting at the Towne you're not using?
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House. : v The county agents ottice re
The $40,000 represents the actual ports quite a few Haywood County
Smith's Drug Store on Main
Street has been sold to P. J. High,
II. M. Sullivan, and R. L, McKlt
trick by J. M. Smith, who founded
the firm here 13 years ago.
The announcement was made
jointly today by the new owners.
AU three own equal shares in the
firm.
Mr. Smith also has sold his in
terests in 15 other drug stores in
the Carolines and Georgia during
the past 30 days. Her plans to de
vote his full time to his Smith
Wholesale Drug Company in Spar
tanburg, S, C. -;V; ;
, The purchase of he controlling
interest thus, made, the store fully
hxgme-owned FreViouslyf Mrr High
and Mr.; Sullivan owned part in
terest in the firm with Mr, Smith.
Mr. High was named president
of the company, Mr. McKlttrick,
vice-president; and Mr. Sullivan
secretary and treasurer following
the purchase and the reorganiza
tion.
The new owners said the store
would continue Its established
policy in regard to merchandise
and other matters.
Mr. Smith also had interests in
stores in Canton, Forest City,
Shelby, and Gastonla, N. C; And
erson, 'Newberry, Greenville, Rock
Hill, and Union, S. Ci and Athens,
Ga-1' His Canton firm was the
Champion Cut-Rate Store. ' t
early 'this month. The price was
not disclosed.
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Capus M. Waynlck tabove, U.S.
ambassador to Nicaragua, has
been recalled from his post tem
porarily to give a quick start to
the new U.S. "point four" pro
gram for aid to the world's un
developed areas. Waynick's home
is near High Point. He was form
erly editor of the High Point
Enterprise and the Greensboro
Record. He is also a former Dem
ocratic state chairman in North
Carolina. (AP Wirephoto),
Gradiia
(Samp
Leatherwood
Named fad
0! Lions Club
Glean -Hp
aign
Opens Today
The spring clean-up campaign
got underway this morning, with
Waynesville and Hazelwood mer
chants, housewives, and town gov
ernments cooperating to brighten
the faces of the two towns. :
Waynesville town officials put
two extra trucks to work on their
regular garbage-collection runs to
eliminate heavy accumulations of
trash.
Officials are urging everyone to
put out extra effort during this
campaign to chase the grime and
"shine up" the towns.
Seniors In 5
County Schools
To Get Diplomas
pro-1950
4 Office
Cnnntw PnhHr
in Wavnesvtllo wl
all day Friday.
;. the staff will attend
"ahelby on that day
investment in the band since it
was organized in 1939, he said, de
claring:
"The Interest of the local peo
ple has been one of the greatest
factors in our success.
Then he added:
."rnr olans for the future are
ereat and many.
The band, which grew from a
group of 44 student musicians on
September 8, 1939, to its present
(See nana rase o;
farmers are fresh out of tobacco.
They'll appreciate it if anyone
with surplus plants lets them have
some to help round out their crop.
Farmers who have extra plants
are requested to contact the coun
ty agent s office
1000 Names Added To
County Registration Books
Chorus, Band
To Give Final
Concert 23rd
Haywood County Elections Chair
ma n Crom Cole today reported
1,000 new names were on the coun
ty's registration books, as he an
nounced plans were virtually com
pleted for next Saturday's Demo
cratic Primary.
The new registration bring to
20,000 the total number of names
of qualified voters on the books.
Mr. Cole also reported that all
necessary material for the coming
election has been printed and dis
tribution will start the latter part
of this week to officials of the 24
precincts
The ballots for the Primary were
printed under fhe personal Super
vision of all three members of the
Elections Board, who watched and
checked every copy as It came off
the press.
When they were prepared, they
were wrapped in packages, sealed
personally by the elections offici
als, who then took them to a vault.
They are now standing behind
heavy steel doors guarded by three
locks.
Each lock has a different key,
each in the possession of a mem
ber of the board. Anyone wanting
to get Into the vault must have all
three keys.
The ballots will remain in the
strong box until the morning of
the Primary when they will be dis
tributed to the precinct officials.
Every ballot printed for this elec
tion is in that vault.
Lawrence Leatherwood, princi
pal of Hazelwood Elementary
School, last Thursday night , was
elected president of the fas-member
Waynesville Lions Club.
The Lions named Mr. Leather-
.wood,, and Ahtr,fithex .Qfiker Jor
me laou-oi ctuo year ax meir reg
ular weekly dinner meeting a t
Patrick's Cafeteria.
; Mr. Leatherwood succeeds Rich
ard Bradley in the service organi
zation's top office.
The members also named the
Rev, L. G. Elliott, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Waynes
ville, first vice-president; Di4. Boyd
Owen, second vice-president; Henry
Davis, third vice-president; Charles
Reed, treasurer; Joe Cline and
Charles Woodard, Tail Twisters;
William Chambers, Lion Tamer;
and James Reed, Jr., and Jack
Felmet, directors for two years.
The new officers will be install
ed in ceremonies scheduled for a
later meeting.
The elections were made by ac
clamation after Nominating Com
mittee Chairman Paul Davis sub
mitted the selections of his group.
The featured speaker of the ses
sion was W. Curtis Russ, editor of
the Mountaineer, who explained the
plans for the projected motorcade
to publicize Highway 276 through
the Pisgah Forest and the Smoky
Mountains.
The Waynesville High School
band and mixed chorus will close
a nigniy successtui year in music
tomorrow night with a well-balanc.
ed program of light offerings.
Band Director Charles Isley an
nounced last week this final con
cert would ftpeirat 8 ' P. If Tues
day at the ' Waynesville High
School auditorium. v
The program will open with the
band playing the march, "Army Of
The Nile,' by Kenneth J, Alford
Then they will offer Franz
Schubert's Symphony In B Minor,
second movement of the famous
Unfinished Symphony.
Folowing this will be the over
ture to "Die Fledermaus,'' by Jo-
hann Straus, LuAginl's "Ballet
Egyptian," and the Marine march,
"Semper Fldells." :
The chorus will sing the second
(See Concert Page 8)
Impressive baccalaureate
crams yesterday launched
Commencement week at five of
Haywood County's seven hlgU
schools.
The graduating seniors of
Waynesville, Crabtree - Iron Duff,
Bethel. Fines Creek, and Clyde will
receive their diplomas this week
at the traditional Commencement
exercises.
Next week will be graduation
week for Canton High School's 5
seniors, with the Rev. C. W. Klrby
pastor of Canton's Central Metho
dist Church, to preach the bacca
laureate sermon Sunday night
They'll receive their diplomas th
night of May 31. V
St. John's seniors will close thel
high school days during the first
week of June.
Fines Creek High School's setw
iors will hear Dean W, E, Bird of
Western Carolina Teachers' College
make the annual Commencement
address during the traditional
graduation exercises starting at S
p.m. Wednesday.
The school will present diploma
In nine senior then. But one of
them will have to be sent by maifc
Gus Ledford, one of the 1950 grad
uates, is serving with the Army on,
occupation duty in Germany. .. .
Fines Creek's commencement
week Friday night with the gradu-
lation for the..studeBt:,wowv are
days; . .
The awarding of diplomas to th
eighth-grade pupils will highlight
an evening program of dramatics
and other entertainment for the
primary and grammar school stu
dents. On Sunday, the Rev. F. O. Dry
man delivered the Baccalaureate
address during services starting at
the school at 11 a.m. t
Graduation' exercises, at St.
John's High School will unofficially
close the county's annual corn"
(See Schools Page 5) ,
Rev. M. R. Williamson
Blasts At Socialism
Rev. M. R. Williamson told Way
nesville graduates, and a large
audience attending Baccalaureate
services here Sunday night "be
careful which road you take the
roads are not always clearly mark
ed, and many lead to disaster."
Waynesville Township High School's 101 Seniors To Graduate Thursday Night
Elections Laws
tned By County Board!
County Elections
W Alined some of the
ieving voting and
'Procedure, for the inform-
we county's citizens.
t,10 a citizen from
llinghis vote.
may not vote - more
" anv fliPtiin
convicted of a felony
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cannot vote, unless they have been
pardoned.
leohiiifinff or MiTCai.C:illiK o
i.Hnn nfflrial in the discharge
of his duties is a felony, as Is the
violation of any of the laws siaiea
rnnvptlnn nf violations 01
of these laws carries a penalty of
in iri troni-s lmnrlsonmeni in i"c
o4tontiarv and lOSS OI
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If anyone is planning u couu..uc
.niioifino votes on tTimary uo;
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next Saturday, he 11 nave m
his distance from the voting place
i. sotlcltina cannot be
inc -v. . ,. . ni
done any closer man ou i i
P!lf . .. . ui- U a mis-1
Violation ox i " . -
deameanor and carries a maximum
two-year prison sentence.
The only persons who may have
their ballots marked for them are
onnnot read or.."""
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uterpri under the
anu nic its-"""-- u..el
"grandfather clause; or are physi
cally unable to ao o.
, No person may mark more than
one ballot of illiterate or physi-ji.-i.ij
inters except a
member of his immediate famUy,
.Wttnn official.
i.uf iledares also that no
one may allow his ballot to be seen
u JL,Wn: and a voter can-
notTay in S voting booth for more
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The Presbyterian pastor, using
as his sermon topic "The Road A-
head" and his text from 11
Chronicles 10:1-15, struck hard at
the dangers of Socialism, and the
trends "unmarked", towards the
"Ism" which the world is making
today.
He covered the growth of Social
ism in England, and the conditions
which have been wrought by that
system of government, he pointed
out, "Any system of government
which robs the individual of his
freedom, and makes him a mere
pawn in the life of the nation will
not only lead to the moral decay of
that nation but at the same time
that nation will become the prey
of the ruthleBS aggressor nations of
the world."
Citing statistics, the speaker
showed where the Socialistic form
of government has "robbed" the
English people of the "abundant
life" and the dole, and food ration
ing was still a part of their daily
routine. He pointed out the small
amounts of foods which the peopl
have there as compared with the
abundance In America.
After painting a picture of con
ditions in England, the speaker
called attention to the growing
(See Williamson Page 8)
Shown here are the 10L seniors of the Waynesville Township High School. These sen iors will receive their diplomas at the final graduation exercises starting at eight o'clock
Thursday night. Mascots are Danny Leatherwood and Vicky Russell. (Photo for The Mountaineer ,by Ingram's Studio). .; ' -; ; . :
Highway
Record For
1950 -In
Haywood
(To Date)
Injured . 17
Killed 3
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. (This Information com
piled from Records of
State Highway Patroh
than five minutes,