North Carolina Newspapers

MH'lSVllLE KY -a I idelights Of The The esville Mountaineer TODArS SMILE Mur a wus's aaabitloa to to b able U afford to speiwl what he's already spendlnf. WAYN News -a Takes Holiday V;-.t nerson died In the 'ndavs in the Waynesville Wvnesville funeral homes L. hv had not received a n in that entire period. L death which occurred in I took an elderly man at .1 hnsDIiai inn hi n I November 9. j same time, death's holi . nr. bis gain: Ls were born during that Lt the Haywood County Wrinkle wrinkle developed In the Jcoln. here in WaynesvUle, too. Lcessory which cost abso lothing to install was in fwhen a South Carolina 1 gazing at the Armistice he drove down Main judged a small truck, which led in from of mm. neat crease in young automobile right erc the radiator cap would L if there had been one. h the "new look" was in- quite inaaverienuy ana charge, the Lincoln owner nuiip nut out about the ably because he'd have to to have the new wrinnie Published Twice-A-Weck In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park 65th YEAR NO. 92 16 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 16, 1950 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Countia County Million Bo Mar Burley Crou Lone Bid On REA Bldg. Is Rejected The Haywood Electric Member ship Corporation late today reject ee: the lone bid submitted for work on the proposed new headquarters and warehouse building. Manager R. C. Sheffield explain ed the action was taken because the bid was the only one received on the project. lie said the matter was deferred until "a more favorable time". Bids, however, were opened on a project to provide two-way radios in REA headquarters and the sev en service trucks. The REA board was scheduled to consider these bids early this afternoon. ' Ready For Sales , A wood Cow Production Oi Holsteins fegisterrd Holstein-Frieslan kned by L. E. Sims of iville has completed a 359- duction test in official Herd fcmcnt Registry. Jcow is Lakeside Vale Im- tornflower. Ulolstein-Friesian Associa I America, at Brattleboro, (it, gave this information in (made public this week, eport said the cow produc- i pounds of butterfat and .pounds of milk during the rtod. -a milkpri tulep a dav lin- i testing, which was super fe N. G. State College in co inn with the Holsteln-Fries-iociation. ' J was five years and one fold when she began her test- riod. Back From an, Ordered lavy Duty apan 0. D. Massie, Of Cruso, Died Early Thursday Morning Funeral services will he held Friday at 2:30 at the home for Olus D. Massie, well known mer chant of Cruso. Mr. Massie (lied at two o'clock Thursday morning in the Western North Carolina Sanitorium, Black Mountain, after a lingering illness. Rev. Oder F. Burnett and Rev. H. P. Hicks will conduct the fune ral services, with nephews acting fas pallbearers and nieces as flower girls. Burial will be in the Bethel cemetery. The body will be returned to the home late Thursday afternoon. He- is survived by his widow, Mrs. Laura Massie, four daughter, Mr. Baynefcef souto 2 .Canton. Miss 'Geneva Massie of C-reensboro College, Mrs. O. C. Sm.'.thers, Jr. (See Massie rase a) . x " I'm . X. i.fi s j.X MRS. R. C. LANK, chairman of TH seals again this year, said this morning that the campaign Is "all set to go" this week-end. TB Seals To Go On Sale ! This Weekend les F. Hyatt, 23-year-old son and Mrs H S Hatt of fsville, is serving In Jnpan as fgn in the U. S. Navy, iember of the Naval Reserve, Jinvembcr 8 while he was )ng a six-weeks' leave from lerchant Marine at his par pome here. r reporting for duty at San sco, Ensign Hyatt was as I to Japan for duty aboard S.S. Whiteside, fas a case of simply changing jrns and going back where he DSt come from Ving as a ship's officer aboard It t'l.l r 1 - -1 t- j'cu oiai.es J.ines vessel, nc 1st returned from troop trans- luiy to Korea and Japan when CeivPrl hie Mo.r nrlarl tr graduating from Waynes- .Townshln nioli Srhnnl be r " " ' 10 sea anil In ihm npxt five Circled the globe twice, seeing gn countries in the process. 3noH iv. XT ... i aa wic new jcacivc Ppman in 1945, and was com jned an ensign two years Wall Street Being Paved Town workmen are laying the foundation for the paving of Wall Street, behind Main. Town Manager Grayden Fergu son said this week they were sched uled to complete this phase of the work in a few days. After that, he said, the Allison Construction Company would start the final black-topping work. Thp street is scheduled to he paved completely in about a week. The actual wark of preparing the street started last summer when workers began preparing a fill to widen it. The annual Tuberculosis relief campaign in the WaynesvUle area will open Monday." Mrs. Alma McCracken, Waynes vUle area general campaign chair man, said today the final arrange ments were almost complete. One of the final arrangements will take place tomorrow night. This will be a "folding party" In the commissioner's room of the Haywood County Court House, starting at eight o'clock. Mrs. McCracken explained that the letters of solicitation for funds for TB relief would be folded and put in envelopes for mailing d ,,lhut,time. ... She said anyone can come t.i this party, and everyone will be wel come All this week, the students of the CraWree-lron Duff High School typing class have been typing the letters which will go out to pros- pective donors. Mrs. R. C. Lane of Lake Juna i luska heads the seal sales committee. The receipts from the campaign will help finance the operation if an X-ray machine at the Haywood County Health Department. Criminal Term Qi Court To Open lion. A mountain of work will con front officers Monday morning when the two-week Novembr crlm liial term of Haywood Superior Court opens. The trial docket shows more than 100 cases. As usual, the bulk of them com prise drunken driving and non suDOort indictments. Forty-three cases Involve charges of driving while under the innu ence. and 34 warrants cite defend ants for abandonment, non-support nr huth For the 15th year, the docket Is blank of capital felonies. Anions the few serious matters which will face the jury and Judge J. W. Plena of Marino are the srnea uled trials of two men on man slaughter charges arising from fat al highway accidents. One arose from the death of a oh.uiihnv nn the Dell wood road a vcir aso. Th nthi-r grew out of the deaths of a woman and her 12-year-old daughter who were struck by a car on Highway 276 ai Cruso the night of August 3, This term of court will be the last in official capacity for Superior Court Clerk Hugh Lcatherwood. Mr. Leatherwood ti stepping out (See Court Paje 8) Haywood Men Experts At Picking Good Tobacco jinBHHBBmmmmmmmmmr-r-n-" r" n - 1 . M X V s - . .. X 1 11 'Is ,; 'Now this Is good burley," Lawrence Walker, left, tells John Rogers on the right, as the two vet eran tobacco growers look over some of the 1950 crop. Mr. Walker, 83, has been growing tobacco since he was 15 vears old. Mr. Rogers said he started at the age of 10. Both of the men grew flue cured until about 40 vears ago. These two attended the grading schools conducted in the county this week. (Staff I'hotoK 10,000 Tax Notices Mailed By County Approximately 10,000 county 1950 tax notice have been mail ed from the Haywood County lax office. The office staff has been work ing for several weeks on the big job of typing and addressing the notices, This year's notice carries de linquent amounts and penalty for the past two years In addition to the current taxes. Sebe Bryson Is tax collector. Glenn Brown Fourth Annual Tobacco Named ydc Harvest Festival Will T 1 rresiaeni M i . n isi..i.. uei unaeroay un luesuay SPCA TO MEET Waynesville chanter of the 3' for the Prevention of lv n A -i.nT- ...111 i at f M. Monday at the Chamber wmerce office. session was called by the ,M. R. Williamson, Chapter lpnt, this week. First Haywood Draftees Since '49 To Go Friday Baptists Here Adopt Budget Tha ronerecation of the First Baptist church approved a budget i of $3 1,378 fori Onl. included in the budget is ani,u fnr thp building fund, and the re mainder for local expenses and missions. A substantial increase was made in the mission fund. This is the largest budget ever made by the church. The first Haywood County men to be inducted since the outbreak of the war In Korea will leave here early Friday morning for Charlotte. Mrs. Roy Campbell, clerk of Hay wood County Selective Service Board Number 1, said today the 24 vi.nnB men in the contingent will leave from the Haywood County rmirt House at 7 a.m. They will make up the first group in hp drafted in nearly two years Hardy Richard Stinnett of Clyde has been selected as leader, and Joe Francis Christopher of Hazel wood, assistant leader, for the trip. The last group of draftees from this county entered service In Janu ary 1949. All of the 24 scheduled to leave FrlHav morning are non-veteran bachelors ranging between 22 and 26 years of age. For the long trip to Charlotte, women of the Waynesville Veter ans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary will fortify htcm with hot coffee and doughnuts before they board the bus. Mrs. Rov Campbell, Mrs. Charles McDarris, and Mrs. Sebe Bryson have volunteered to give this aid and comfort. Meanwhile, the local draft board last Monday reclassified 271 other (See DrsfteesFige I) Glenn Rrown, young Clyde at torney, last Tuesday night was elected president of the Haywood County You,ng Democratic Club. The Wmbers of the organiza tion named him durinu their din ner meeting at the Towne House to fll the vacancy created by the res ignation of Wingute Hannah of Waynesville. Mr. Hannah had resigned when he moved to Washington to start work In ii government position. The reorganization was nftected only In the club's top position. Mrs. Raymond Caldwell remains as first vice-president; Mrs. Dovle Alley, second vice-president; Jeriy Rogers, treasurer; and Bill Plott, secretary. The featured speaker was State YDC President Robert Williams of Asheville, who discussed thi; politi cal situation with reference t- Hie General Flection. At the same session, ,he Hnj - wood Young Democrats mapped a membership campaign and .1 pro-i gram to strengthen the Party in ; this section. Big Tobacco Issue Coming On Mon. In This Newspaper The Monday edition of The Mountaineer will contain many tobacco pictures, and news about the Tobacco Harvest Festival. The complete program, pic tures of speakers, and the lead ers, together with a review In pictures of past year's colorful parade, all this, and more too, In Uie Monday edition of The Mountaineer. Stores To Stay Open All Day Next Wednesday Another Good Barn Of Haywood Tobacco The gather CLOUDY ursday, November II Mild mostly cloudy Thursday with Jional light showers. Partly v and continued mild Friday. "Ticial Waynesville tempera as recorded by the staff of the I Test Farm): II e Max. Min, Precp. mber 13 60 ; 19 'mber 14 .59 20 imber 15 u64 23 r :J)J H MmiJ fJI :"' r- ! -'wv. - j J:i m: '-.!. or huripv in Havwood this year. This is one of the fU iSJtZCl shown holding some of hU 21st crop. On the left XZZ CS-nty agent, and Dr. Roy Bennett, tobacco specialist of State Festival Window Displays To Open Monday The following communities are work In. with local store owners and representatives of the Woman's Club In putting up window displays during Tobacco Harvest festival week. These displays will be start ed on Monday morning at 10:00 o'clock, so that they can be com pleted and Judging can be done on Wednesday afternoon, November 22nd. rvntrer Piaeon. Slack's; South Clyde, REA; Upper Crabtrce. Mas sie Furniture; Jonathan Creen, , Boyd Furniture; Aliens Creek, t First .State Bank; Cove Creek. I Belk's; Francis Cove, Burgin's. J East Pigeon, Patrick's Cafe; Pan-! ther Creek, Waynesville Mountain- ' eer; Thickety, Garrett furniture; West Pigeon. Massie Dept. Store; White Oak, Firestone; Saunook, C N. Allen. Katcliffe Cove, Building and Loan; Cruso, L. and B. Hardware; Lower Crabtree, First National Bunk: Stamev Cove. The Toggery; Beaverdam, Chamber of Commerce; Dellwood, Waynesville Restaurant; Morning Star, Sheppe's. Iron Duff. Ketner s; Hominy, Underwood Supply; Lake Junalus ka, L. N. Davis; Fines Creek. Tay lor Motor; Cecil, Richland Supply; North Clyde, Bea s Beauty Shop. Pvt. Gaddis At Sheppard Field Pvt. Robert N. Gaddis, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Burress of Waynesville route 2, is serving with the Air Force at Sheppard Base, Texas. He entered service after gradu ating from Monroe High School. Retail stores will remain open all day Wednesday, November 22. This will be following a custom of lone standing to remain open all day before Thanksgiving, It was ex plained by C. J. Reece, president of the Merchants Association. The association announced the stores would be closed from 2 to 3 for the parade on the 24th, and starting December first, would re main open every Wednesday after noon until Christmas. All hul a few del alls' of the pro gram for the Fourth Annual Hay wood County Tobacco Harvest Fes tival remained to be arranged this weekend. 'Committeemen, are putting the final touches to the arrangements for the 1930 event, which will open Tuesday for a five-day run. County Ageni Wayne Corpening, ueiierallv supervising the work. tleclared today that prospects are this year's Festival will top all I others in quantity and quality. ' Haywood County's business. Industrial.- and civic organizations me cooperating with the 26 organ ized rural communities in staging the colorful fall spectacle. In the rural communities, farm mers, farm w ives and farm children are working to prepare their dis nlavs and floats. Up to yesterday, 13 communities had elected their representatives for the contest for queen of the Festival,' and more had -meetings scheduled for last nigh! and this weekend to do the same. Assistant County Agent Turner (atliey yesterday declared that some of Western North Carolina's finest, string hands and square dance teams had filed their entries already for the contests which will be among the many features of the Festival. Among the string bands which have entered so far are Alonzo Rrnfikxhire's from Heridersonville, which won first place at the 1950 N. C. State Fair, and in the an nual Hendcrsonville Apple resu- and Bun- LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET The American Legion Auxiliary of Havwood Post I. Waynesville, . a. nn. .. II 1 4 ' W 11 meet at :JU p. m. lvionuay an f ,.,. Haneh the Legion Hal. on Main Street. ' -i Mrs. Will Mediora is in cnaiK"' ,,.,- cirin0 i . i pomnp liiuiii vi I-,, tin.. - - ui ne jjiuhiuiii. 1 All members are urged to attend (See Festival Pace 8 County Polio Workers Pick Officials For 1951 Drive Bee'kman Huger of Canton was re-elected yesterday as county co chairman for the 1951 March of Dimes Drive. Campaign workers named Felix Stovall of Waynesville as the oth er co-chairman. But Mr. Stovall, when informed of his election this morning, said he would be forced to resign. He explained that the pressure nf business would prevent him from accepting the position. -ri. it nn hiiznii-nica no m I lie CII.VI.V.- ..--- ro-rh.'iirmnnsfnp nnd will rrve as head of the Canton area's campaign for the third consecutive ..ear. The Rev. Robert MeCloskey, pastor of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church of Canton, was elected county vice-chairman. Frank Camp bell of Canton, county secretary; and Miss Tillte Itotha. of Waynes ville, county treasurer. Mr Campbell also will serve as Canton area secretary-treasurer. .lohnin Johnson of Waynesville will serve as Waynesville area cam Quality Of Crop In Haywood Is Rated As 'High' ' Conservative estimates indicate Haywood County's farmers may realize an lnram of innmiimilli $1,000,000 from their 1950 Burlev tobacco crop. The Asheville market will epen November 29. The warehouses have been re ceiving tobacco since Monday. i nis is seen largely as the result of higher prices Indicated by the higher government support price of s.u cents a pound which Is In ef fect on the burley markets than that which prevailed last season. Last year, the support price waJ 40.30 cents per pound, and the market average 44.17 rents, at Asheville. Thus the high level of Income l indicated In spite of the fact that some officials see a somewhat low er production from the county's fields. The reduced output was effected by the 15 per cent government cut in allotment Imposed on (bo 1949 cropland. Haywood farmers compensated for this somewhat by boosting their yields to approximately 1500 to 1550 pounds per acre this year, compared with the 1,478 pounds per acre yield of 1949. This year's crop comes from : 1,126.1 acres, compared with last year's 1.225.7. The estimated average yield would bring the harvest to an ap proximated total of 1,745,455 pounds maximum. While In many Instances tho the quality of the 1950 crop was below last year's level. In many others. It was well above 1949 In this respect. Th conditions of 1950 partic ularly the drought of the summer hit the Pigeon Valley crop heaviest. Both volume and quality have suffered as a consequence. In other places, the other ex treme of weather conditions heavy rains affected Individual crops adversely. The plants which were set out early suffered from these conditions. Generally, too, a shortage of tobacco plants in several sections of the county inclined to cut Into crop prospects. Where a certain percentage of the Haywood producers could look forward to realizing not much bet ter than the government support prices for their harvest, manv oth ers could anticipate the highest market prices. Roy Bennett, N. C. State College Extension tobacco specialist who was here this week for the gradinq demonstrations, gave a favorable estimate of the tobacco he had seen i "The crops were close to the i average weight," he said, "and ! above average in quality. "The color of the plants 1 saw was very good, the cures were bet jter than usual, with less evidence I of house burn present." I The per-acre yield, he estimated. should be "close to average" hut said the plant shortage of last spring certainly would tend to re duce the 1950 production. In general, he said, the crops he saw were above average in igar5 ette-smoking quality. "There was a large quantity of the thin, bright cigarette type, and a high percentage of the cigarette grades: flyings, lugs, and cutters,'' Mr. Bennett observed. I His general picture of both thi? ' season and next was bright, as far ! as market conditions were concern ed; i "The price outlook for 19j0 and 1951 is good. "This estimate is based on the ! supply of the crop and its appear- ' ancC- . 1 "This year's government support price is well above that" fixed last year, and may 'be even higher next vear." (See Tobacco Page ganizational luncheon meeting a. paign direc,,r. and Einaynes h- Tnuinn HoUSC The session waa held to lay the groundwork for the campaign which will open January 18 throughout the nation. Mr Stovall would have succeed ed David Hyatt, who has headed the drive in the Waynesville area thrmieh the last three years. . j Mr. Huger was re-elected to the( of Canton ill work in the same capacity in the Canton area. I During the session. Tom Rudisill ; of Asheville. field representative for the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis, declared that Haywood County last year far ex-! ceeded the average state rate in raising money for the 1950 polio (See Polio Paire 8) , Highway Record For 1950 In Haywood (To Date) Injured .. ..29 Killed ... 6 (This Information com piled from Records of StaU Highway Patrol) 9k