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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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iciest came from Charles
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county. The people had
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65th YEAR NO. 41
14 PACES' Associated Press and Uriite4 Tress News AYNESVILLE, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 22, 1950 'j yfflflO In Adyaoce-InJjtaywood and Jackson Counties
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LivestocK iseiMiai
Plans Ready For 25th
Luucu miieresi as auovm
Eil Holorcade Into
L anglers' of Haywood and
fothcr counties gave the day
'tad respect its due.
f . that inaugural day,
Lortsmen were wetting
'j all along the 14 miles of
Faithful
1 Casabella, the treasurer of
ntsville Elks Lodge, does'
much time for fishing.
k he uses every bit of what
4 Last Wednesday, Mr. Casa
rirked until midnight, then
ia.riiv anrf went to bed.
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Jed it a night, however, at
kit, got up, got dressed,
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till nhnut seven. Then
lilching his limit, drove back
iijln,
ir i quick change of clothes
fbith to refresh him, he was
5s the job at the Lodge.
130 p, M. Thursday, he was
Joing strong, though.
dent
V possum decided that if
jjoing to have a family you
lis well move to a good loca
dine to schools, stores, and
Sa. So she did, and one day
.Jovine Russell found her
alins to raise her f ou new-
slant possums in their new
right in the floor , of -'Miss
"i classroom "f at r Bethel
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i children grew up quickly
days, as a matter of fact
Madame Possum realized,
i motherly sniffle, that her
wren't babies any more
ns time to send them to
morning, one of Miss
Jli pupils, arriving bright
n, found the babies, also
and early.
tere lounging in her desk,
p waiting for Miss Rus
f start her class.
Quick Starter
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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 Waynesvllle School, will fea
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 res!
dents win prizes,
In connection with the Livestock
Field Day, the pasture tours will
show the visitors the work being
done on pastures and forage de
velopment, while demonstrations
will be held showing the use and
maintalnence of milking machines
and some of the latest types of
farm machinery
Coming Here
Those making the trip should
notify Mrs. Schenck at the Cham
ber ol Commerce by noon Wednes
day. Some cars have places for a
few passengers. Some others have
cars, but want others to share driv
ing-. Get details from Mrs. Schenck.
DR. JAMES HILTON, director
of the North Carolina Agricul
ture Experiment .Station and
dean of the N, C- State College
School of 'Agriculture', will be
featured speaker- at the ; Hay
wood j. County Livestock Field
Day program which is scheduled .
for Thursday.
Interest in the 2-day motorcade
Into upper South Carolina is gam
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 has al
ready signed 30 cars for the trip,
in addition to two buses for the
65-piece 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 stoDs in smaller towns in the
area.
A group of young ladies from
here will pass out folders and rial
crlal about this area in each town
Mrs. R. V, Welch is chairman of
the committee getting , the young
ladles.
(See Motorcade Page 8)
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Smith Drug Company
Sold To Three Local Men
WNC Field Day
Plans Set For
Test Farm Here
Smith's Drug Store on Main
Street has been sold to P. J. High,
II. M. Sullivan, and R. L. McKit
trick by J. M. Smith, who founded
the firm here 13 years ago.
The announcement was made
jointly today by the new owners.
All three own equal shares in the
firm.
Mr. Smith also has sold his In
terests in 15 other drug stores In
Officials were completing pre?
SnprlaHst from the N. C State parations today for the well-balanc
rolleco AcTieultural . Extension ed program that will featuio the the Carolines and Georgia during
Service wlU take part in the dem- Livestock Field Day for Western the past 30 days. He plans to de-
nnctrntinnn jinrf th tmir w. nonn warouna i nursaay ai me vuie mi iuu mue to . wi
Fnllnwinff lunch at thp''ExDeri-l Moumain experiment biauon nere, wnoiesaie urug company in opai-
i n.u il. ..iu ...iii i &iauon ljirector nowara. uiaDD lanDurg. o. lu
spect some of the county's leading M today, approximately 500 ... The purchase of he controlling
-(SecV Field Day Pare 8) - v I fanners ; and agricultural experts Interest thus, made, the store fully
fron' throughout westerrff North jncime-ojajnea. rreviousiyr mrr nign
Carolina are expected to witness and Mr,' Sum van owned part ;n
and take Part , In the events terest in the firm with ME. smith,
scheduled
The program will feature dis'
cusslons and demonstrations con.
cerning dairy and beef cattle.
pastures, dairy research, irrigation,
and milking,
rrnnrwrntlncr 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
waynesviue Hign scnooi Dana in 1U J
the past ten years to one of the beVerOl flay WOOQ
three finest outtits in xsortn i;aro
lina
(Sec Field Day Page 8)
WTHS Band
Has Big Plans
For Future
Mr. High was named president
of the company, Mr. McKittrick
vice-president; and Mr. Sullivan
secretary and treasurer following
the purchase and the reorganiza
tion.
The new owners said the stoi
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 Gastonia, N. C.; And
erson; 'Newberry, Greenville, Rock
Hill, and Union. S. C; and Athens,
Ga. His Canton firm was the
Champion Cut-Rate Store, i;,
v Thtloal .h,an8acUon'W Made
early this month. The price was
not disclosed.
Bail
afaiireaice
SeMons Stai
Capus M. Waynlck (above), 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. Waynlck'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).
Leathervood
Ilamerj Oead
Oi Lions Club
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Graduations
Glean-In
Campaign
Opens Today
The spring clean-up campaign
got underway this morning, with
waynesviue and i laze i wood mer
chants, housewives, and town gov
ernments cooperating to brighten
the faces of the two towns.
Waynesvllle 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
Chorus, Band
To Give Final
Concert 23rd
"it utiuui
:!atiye
declined an invitation to
'hunting one day. ' .
. he said, "reminds me
, 'Jiiat man whose pants are
."tall down. ,
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H uncle who looked like
:1th Office
:ywood County Public
1 in Waynesvllle will
I day Friday,
j of the staff will attend
n m bhelby on that day.
Band Director Charles Isley
made these comments Friday after
noon before members of the Rot
ary Club during their weekly
luncheon meeting at the Towne
House.
The $40,000 represents the actual
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:
."Diir nlans 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 Band Page 8)
Farmers Need
Tobacco Plants
Got any extra tobacco plants
you're not using?
The county agent's office re
ports quite a few Haywood County
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.
ite Elections Laws
ed By County Board
ood County Elections
outlined some of the
Uwi i covering voting and
'WKdute, for the inform-
e county's citizens,
i'as a citizen from
1 ing h,s vote.
Cr? my not vote more
'n anv plpptinn
convicted of a felony
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cannot vote, unless they have been
Dftrdofted.
Aoconitintf nr iiireutciuiiK
Lrtlnn official in the discharge
of his duties is a felony, as Is the
violation of any of the laws staiea
rnntH.Hnn nf violations ot any
of these laws carries a penary
up to 10 years imprisonment in the
state penitentiary ana wss
niHuanfihin.
tt .nvnno id OlSnnlnS lO CUHUIIUC
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soliciting votes on mmary uo,
next Saturday, he u nave w cP
n .nr.o from the voting place,
The lw says soliciting cannot be
done any closer than 3U teev w
1000 Names Added To
County Registration Books
Haywood County Elections Chair
man 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 beep 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 Jhe 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
lo 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 65-mem-ber
Waynesvllle Lions Club. ;
The Lions named Mr. . Leather-
wooLnd V9lr!Vathej;. QtorUor
me iaoo-5i club year at their rer
ular weekly dinner meeting at
Patrick's Cafeteria. ,
Mr. Leatherwood succeeds Rich
ard Bradley in the service organi
zalion's top office. r-
The members also named the
Rev. L, G. Elliott, pastor of the
First Baptist Church of Waynes
viue, first vice-president; D. 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 Plsgah Forest and the Smoky
Mountains.
The Waynesvllle High School
band and mixed chorus will close
highly successful 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 65en"t 8 "P.'TSE fueS'
day at - the Waynesvllle High
School auditorium. ,
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
harm Straus. Luigini's "Ballet
Egyptian," and the Marine march
"Semoer Fidells."
The chorus will sing the second
(See Concert Page 8)
Impressive baccalaureate pro
grams yesterday launched 1950
Commencement week at Ave ot
Haywood County's seven hlgU
schools.'. -
The graduating seniors of
Waynesvllle, 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. Kirby
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. -
St. John's seniors will close thei
high school days during the first
week of June.
Fines Creek High School's sen
tors will hear Dean W. E. Bird ot '.
Western Carolina Teachers' Collega
make the annual Commencement
address during the traditional,
graduation exercises starting at S
p.m. Wednesday.
The school will present diplomas
to nine seniors then. But one of
them will have to be sent by mait
Gus Ledford, one of the 1950 grad
uates, Is serving with the Army off.
occupation duty in Germany.
.Fines , Creek s commencement
week Friday night with the gradu-.
atlon for the.; students, who. pre.
fiendiW tneir elementary school
days; v -. . -
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.
Graduation exercises at St.
John's High School will unofficially
close the county's annual conv
(See Schools Page 5)
Rev. M. R. Williamson
Blasts At Socialism
Rev. M. R. Williamson told Way
nesvllle 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
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Violation oi ims "
a mis-
deameanor and carries a maximum
two-year prison sentence.
The only persons wno may u
their ballots marked for them are
those who cannot read or write
and are registered unaer w
"grandfather clause; or are physl-
nollu onohlo In do SO.
No person may mark more than
one ballot of limeraie ur f
cally disabled voters except .- a
member of his immediate famUy
an
election official.
l.u declares also that no
mv llow his ballot to be seen
by another person; and voter can
not stay in a 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 bis
freedom, and makes him a mere
pawn in the life of the nation win
not only lead to the moral decay of
that nation but at the same time
that nation will become the prey
of the ruthless 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 people
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 Waynesvllle Township High School. These sen iors will receive their diplomas at the final graduation exercises starting at eight o'clock
Twdav nicht Mascots are Danny Leatherwood and Vicky Russell. (Photo for The M ountaineer by Ingram's Studio).
Highway
Record For
1950 '
In Haywood
(To Date)
Injured .... 17
Killed.... 3
(This Information com
plied from Records of
State Highway Patrol
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