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? Ci The W aynesville Mountaineer =ii? ?? __ Published Twice-A-Weck In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? ? ?7th YEAR NO. 87 20 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 30, 1952 *3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson CountlM ?lights I publicly de ? . ,or Stevenson. g7-L--""r but tnere Wz J^.,1 ease of a Tne tavoieU both. ? mooawy "ol ^ to itarn that ? ???, iiui entirely L accuiauUted on Kf lineman a car aau ^fuoi resist writing ? tut^cr ?" i"c uu> ? tfle rear end anu ?tJ ana unaer tfus Ki Stevenson". Ke next morning Ktuwn, unaware of K done, and he was K mien his friends ?be couidu t make up oil me fence", ?aiea he had his car ? be went home that Hampai^ncr Hflrauiey is having a H campaign lor nep K, the Republican Ho ago he attended K~ and during his B, visited the Capi H the story: K in Raleigh 1 notic ? Democrats did a Hb of cleaning up Ihe H Capitol; 1 hope to Hd help clean up the Kit The Credit? ? right here in Way ?ell known couple ^?g events of the day. Had had a busy day Hchurrh meetings. In ?to do more than she beg obligation to ? someone failed to ^?help carry out some Ishe thought of the ?more provoked she Hvas expressing her harsh terms in the ?to her husband. Hi without comment, H very calmly; ? the Lorri is going to Hut for what you did ^B^dav. because of ^HtUt t|e matter." Hhe ?Mw'rt changed Big No One By Water not prompt as U ual for Hnutps late Tuesday Hero ua, a good rea ?m uhik in room with ail burners. Il> ti moke and ^Bnh lun 11 <>in ^?pamtil with loud Bu;hh startled, 14 ? room and only the Bnt remained to an ?hr tin department ?d but no damage was ?r. a few minutes ser ?rned to normal. ?oes to show that the ? happen in even the ?red of places. ? Endorse ?sue For Expansion ?wile .funior Cham ?rre officially joined ; ?'c groups in endors ?tf Si bonds to help ?#*tllc's water sys* ?tular meeting Mon Hbonri election is set ? joined (he Kiwanis. ? American Legion, ?"can Legion Auxil ?on the iti ord as ap Legal Beer Sales End Monday Night + J- -A- A . Beer Has Been Sold Here For 19 Years After 19 years, the legal sale of beer and wine will end at mid night Monday in Haywood Coun ty. ?This deadline is probably being anticipated in three different moods: some people don't care, some are very happy, and some are equally sad. Haywood County voted out the sale of beer and wine Sept. 2. The law provides that dealers have 60 days in which to dispose of their stocks. Since the sixtieth day comes on Sunday, the period is ex tended 24 hours. This will leave Buncombe as the sole county in western North Carolina where such beverages may be purchased legally. Actually, however, only the sale ;if beer will be affected because there are few, if anv. places in Haywood that sell wine. Although the September elec tion had been preceded by an en ergetic and somewhat hitter cam- - paign. the dry voters had a better than three to one margin when the votes were counted. May 1, 1933, the first day when beer and wine could be sold legal ly in the county, was much quiet er than Sept. 2, 1932, when It was voted out. The May 4 issue of The Mountaineer carried a one-column headline that said, "The return of beer In Waynesvtile taken quiet ly," and a sub-head staled that a small crowd was on hand Monday at 12:01 to greet return of suds " Only a few cases were sold that Morytay morning, the article said, and only four permits had been issued in the county: two at Way nesville, one at Balsam, and one near Lake Junaluska. hlecuons Board Has Issued 350 Absentee Ballots Glenn W. Brown, chairman of the Haywood County Board of Elec tions, said today that the Board had mailed out more than 350 ab sentee ballots to be used in next week's elections. The ballots were mostly to ser vicemen but during the past few days the recipients have Iieen for the most part civilians. Brown cautioned absentee voters that, in order for their ballots to be valid, they must be notarized or signed by an official of like capa city, or, if the voter is a service man or woman, the envelope which contains the ballot must be sub scribed and sworn to before a com missioned officer. There have been several instanc es where the Board has received ballots without seals or official signatures. In thost cases the bal lots have been returned to the voter with a note requesting them to have the ballots made official by conforming to the directions printed on the envelope Brown also said today that No vember 1 would be the last day that absentee voters could make application for ballots unless sick ness kept them from the polls. * * * * ' rs r\ ^ X X X X " ^ Record Vote Seen In County Next Tuesday Vote Of 13/000 Is | Predicted For Tuesday Haywood County voters are ex pected to go to the polls Tuesday in record-breaking numbers to vote in what many of them are calling the most important elec tion this country has ever held. Barring bad weather some ob servers are predicting that up wards of 13,000 people will" have their votes recorded. General feeling is that a com- : bination of three factors is re sponsible for the expected large turnout?the intense interest be ing shown by the people of the county in the Presidential elec tion?the efforts of hundreds who were responsible for the "Get Out the Vote" campaign?and the heavy new registration. Approximately 2.500 people have registered during the past three weeks and everyone of them I is expected to vote. In 1948 a vote of 10,200 was re corded in the county. If that num ber should reach 13,000 this year, it would be the largest number ever to participate in am election in Haywood. The various rallies that have been conducted by bolh parties has, in a large degree, added to the interest of members of the respective parties. The politically independents of Haywood have, as in most of the rountry. been woo pH Sy both i>*|Wjys. Thev ,nre >-xi peeled to g to toe polls ??. record number-; ai -o. I Hay what you may, mere aren i many people who are falling to show some sbrt of interest. Al most every corner of the county has been invaded with posters, buttons, automobile stickers, and speakers, each oroclaiming the attributes of a favored candidate or slate of candidates. Workers in the "Get Out t he Vote" campaign said thev would continue their efforts to help turn out a large vote right up to elec tion day. Official sample ballots are pub lished in full on another page in the paper. Blank ballots have been printed for Township Constable, no party affiliation, for precincts in Pi geon, Clyde, and Waynesville townships. This action was taken I when a number of people signifi ed their interest in running for the post. Spaces are provided on the ballots for a write-in vote for the particular candidates. It was announced today that the Board of Elections will meet with registrars and judges Friday morning at 11 o'clock to give them final instructions and .all mater ials for the election. Bloodmobilc Gets Less Than Half Of Quota Waynesville blood donors didn't do as good as had been hoped for when the Bloodmobile visited here Monday. A total of 59 pints were donated. 91 less than the quota. OtTicials expressed a great deal of disappointment over the poor turnout but said they would begin laying plans immediately for the next visit. ( Do You Know About ? Or The Lost Cove? \ 6r ? 1 fair fj?ky a"d a little . "r and warmer to "?re in Waynes nl?ht: 15 degrees Two unuusually interesting fea ture artices will be found in to day's issue of The Mountaineer. On page one of section two. is a story and pictures of Park bears that slip out and kill cattle in nearby pastures. The bears arc too busy right now eating nuts, grapes and acorns to bother with the cat tle. but next spring when they wake up will mean another story. In the meantime, pending a trial over a ibear being killed in the Park highlights interest in the matter. On page one of section three, is a story of the Lost Cove, with pic tures. This is the story as gathered by a member of our staff in a visit to that area. Both articles will provide you "with lots of interesting reading. Democratic Rally: Judge Alley To Speak At Demo Heel Haywood Democrats will hold the last in a scries of "old-fashion ed" political rallies tonight (Thurs day) when Judge Felix E^. Alley speaks at the Court House at 8 o'clock. Judge Alley's address will cli max two weeks of intense activity by the Democratic organization, headed by Charles MeCrary. dur ing the past two weeks speakers have appeared in most of the com munities of the county on behalf of the Democratic Party. Last week Judge Sam Cathey, Felix E. Alley, Jr., and W. G. By ers spoke at rallies. All Democrats in the county are urged to hear Judge Alley tonight. Mr. MeCrary said he expected a large crowd to gather at the Court House. Police Chief Issues Warning About Halloween Halloween, which will be cele brated tomorrow < Friday i night, isn't like it was in bygone days and property owners and police are 1 tn-j <h* change 4 i'ranksH'i s who insist or. destroy ing property aren't tolerated any more. They're considered as they should be?vandals?and treated as such. Earlier this week Police Chief O. L. Noland issued a statement in which he reminded Halloween fun goers that having a good time and destroying property aren't the same thing. "We want everyone to have a good time." he said, "but remind those who are bent on dam i aging property will be prosecuted. Plans- have been completed to assign extra patrolmen to duty Friday night in the unlikely evenl that some people go beyond the bounds of clean fun. Republicans Of Canton Hear Mrs. Taubman Tuesday Mrs. George Taubman of Long Beach, Calif., who was sent out. from national Republican Head quarters some weeks ago in the in terest of the current campaign, spoke to a large crowd at the GOI' headquarters in Canton Tuesday evening. Mrs. Taubman. a native North Carolinian .is completing a speak ing tour throughout this section, where she had been well received. Accompanying Mrs. Taubman Last night was Mrs. Millard Teaguc of Brevard, promotion chairman in the 12th district, who introduced her at the meeting. Members of the Republican Women's Club, or ganized in Canton last week, wel comed the visitors. Mrs. Taubman gave an interest ing and instructive talk on "Com munism, Corruption and Waste", which was enthusiastically receiv ed by those attending. New members wore added to the Women's organization following the meeting last night. Bedroom Suite To Be Given Away Saturday For their third week ,of the Fall Trade Jubilee, the merchants of Waynesville.- Hazelwood. and Lake Junaluska will give away three ex cellent prizes Saturday at 2 p. m. at the high school stadium here. The awards will consist of a $300 bedroom suite. $100 vacuum cleaner and $15 basket of groc eries. A total of $6,235 in prizes will he given away during the Jubilee. This Is the second year the mer chants of the three communities have sponsoored the event. i It's Trick or Treat At Halloween Parents will find it best to have a tray of cookies, candies, or other sweets on hand Friday night when youngsters make their rounds demanding either a trick or treat?unless they would rather perform a stunt. Mrs. J. E. Taylor finds feeding the kids is much easier as her two sons, Bandy and Joe, and Bobby Leinbach help themselves to fruit and cookies. < Mountaineer Photo). Heavy Registration Gives Indication Of Record Vote In Tuesday Election U now registration is to ho taken as an indication. Haywood voters will go to tho polls in record num bers Tuesday. Reports tabulated from a partial listing of the county's 28 precincts show that some 2,300 people have added their names to the registra tion hooks and will be eligible to ; vote. The number is considerably J higher than was originally esti- j mated, due for the most part to the intense interest being shown in the county and across the na tion in the Presidential election. During the past three weeks, since October 11, registrars have held their books open to receive new registrants. New registrants got off to a slow sttart during the first week, but picked up a little in the second. East Saturday, which marked the end of the regis tration period, about 1500 people added their names. The heaviest registration was re 'orded In Beaverdam Township v here some 1200 people registered. Every precinct in the county has had new registrants A list of the precincts that re ported new registrations for the third week of registration follows: | Beaverdim No. 1 . .112 Beaverdam No. 2 32 i Beaverdam No. 4 102 Beaverdam No. 3 283 Beaverdam No. 5 ... 70 Beaverdam No. 6 160 Fines Creek No. 2 6 Center Waynesville 110 West Waynesville 64 East Waynesville 28 Pigeon 104 Center Pigeon ,. 31 1 Hazelwood 63 East Fork 29 Big Creek 1 Lake .lunaluska i.. 35 Fines Creek No. 1 . 37 Aliens Creek 82 Iron Duff 6 Clyde 83 C. E. Ray's Sons Purchase Bradley's Super Market Announcement is being marie today of the purchase of Bradley's Super Market, at Five Points in Hazelwood, by C. E. Hay's Sons, i The sale is effective Saturday nighl. i when the store will be closed for j moving into the building next to I the one now occupied by the Super Market. The sale included both stock and fixtures. The announcement of the sale is signed by W. A. Bradley and Dick Bradley, owners. W. A. I Bradley is retiring from the mer-1 cantile field, while Diek Bradley! will devote his time to Clinc Hard ware and Feed Company, of which he is a partner with Joe Cline. The Super Market and the Cline Hardware will exchange buildings immediately. The buildings adjoin | each other. William S. Ray. of C. E. Ray's Sons, said this morning, that no date had been set for opening the store, as they have not had time to check on delivery of some equipment which will be used in the firm. "Under circumstances, we are unable at this time to set a definite time for re-opening, since the new quarters must be arranged, and prepared for a super market," Mr. Ray said. Mr. Rav said that no decision had been made as to the name of the super market they will operate in Hazelwood. This will la' the third super market for the firm. They operate Ray's on Church Street and the Food Store on Main Street. Fire Danger On Increase; No Rain Here In 20 Days Twenty days have passed with no rain in the Waynesviile area and there is no immediate forecast for any. The last rain, about one quarter of an Inch, was recorded at the North Carolina State Test Farm October 10. The absence of rain has caused officials to take drastic measures to reduce the possibilities of forest fires in most of the national forest lands in Western North Carolina. Forestry officials of North Caro lina said the situation is the "worst" in many years In the mountain area of the statp. Govern or Scott issued an appeal to resi dents of the state to cooperate in (See Fire? Pa*e B> I . I Banks, Court House To Be Closed On Tuesday The First National Bank, Way- I nesvillr, the First State Bank, Hazelwnod. will ho flovd Tues day, November 4. which 's elec- j tion day, it was announced to day. It was announced that the Court House would also he elos ?? Post office officials said that regular hours would be observ ed there. ; i I Republican Rally: H. Nontieih To Speak At GOP Meeting Hush Montcith, Republican Can- [ didate for congress from the 12th , Congressional District, will be the , speaker at a Republican rally at | Republican headquarters In Can ton tonight at 8 o'clock. This will t conclude the campaign meetings i scheduled by the party leaders for i the general election Tuesday. Mr. Monteith is mayor of Sylva, i president of the Daniel Boone I Council, Hoy Scouts of America, a member of the Sylva Baptist church where he is chairman of the board i uf deacons, and is past district gov- > crnor of Lions International, and he is well known throughout this sec tion. Election Returns To Be Given Elaborate plans have been com pleted for giving election returns here in llaywood Tuesday night, and Wednesday morning The Mountaineer news stall will compile and tabulate the vote, with members ol Ihg Board of Election, and broadcast the re turns three minutes before each hour and each half hour over WHCC. The radio stall will de vole their lime in giving national returns for 27 minutes out of each half hour, with the other three minutes of broadcast coming di rect from The Mountaineer news room. The registrars and judges of all precincts are being urged to tele phone, or have it done, as soon as any ballot is completely count ed. The number which should be called is 7(14. Due to the fact that there are | five ballots lo he counted in each j precinct, it is expected that the | counting will require many hours, j Election officials have requested that, the presidential ballot be i counted first. The first local returns should start coming in about eight o'clock, (Sec Election?Page 6) Tax Books Arc Almost Perfect, Report Shows Auditors have completed a cheek of the Haywood County Tax Col lector's office and their report shows the books *arc 99.999 per cent correct, according to an an nouncement made today by Mrs. Sebe Uryson, Tax Collector. The checking firm. Weaver Aud itors, said this was the best report of any tax office in North Carolina. R. H. Winchester Elected New President Of Kiwanis Robert H. Winchester, advertis ing manager of The Mountaineer, was elected president of the Waynesville Kiwanis Club at the last meeting of the group. He succeeds Jimmy Childress. Winchester, who has been vice-j president of the club during the j past year, will be installed the I first of January along with other new officers and the Board of Directors. Charles Underwood, owner of i Underwood Novelty Company at Lake JunaiUsuka, was elected vice president. Newly elected members of the Board of Directors are Hooper Alexander. Roy Callahan. Rufus Carswell. the Rev. James H. Cole man. Charles Edwards. Jack Klopp, Willard Moody, Hye Sheptowitch. Charles Underwood, and Winches ter. Outgoing president Jimmyi Childress automatically becomes a member of the Board. The club celebrated its first birthday at the meeting. Outgoing president Childress reviewed the work of the club during the first year of its operation, calling at tention to the club's work in Little j League baseball. Red Cross, the Polio drive, special services and gifts to under-privileged children at Christmas time, the organiza tion of a new Boy Scout troop, and the gift of a new wheel chair to the Orthopedic Hospital at Ashe (See Winchester?Page 6> Highway Record For 1952 In Haywood (To Date) Injured.... 42 Killed . . j. 5 (This information com piled from Records of State Highway Patrol.) a .,1m