|?ocrats Hold Substantial Majority In Haywood Inkle | Kin I Show Record Lg,,,, by precinct* j Ra pares two. and W?i section i. R . decided, ? jnd overwhelming in-tuiu ? t? re- ; Rrata voting habits ^Ehnd Tuesdaj R unofficial returns ^Eood precincts in Htnrociiitic majority Ks of 2 "42 in the to 4 595 in the Hjte Senate. ? instances. Presi Rihouer. who car ^E county's 28 pre ^Eted by Stevenaoa, Rod Eugene S. King ? tv B. Hodges for Htr, 9110 to 4.515. ^Kiaoii on the Dem Rnate ticket with 9, Rts and Gash were ?5-county district. Hetiower made the ^E the \raditionally Re His total vote of Righest ever accord R in Haywood Coun Rotc for Haywood Homplrte hut unofl'i I from all precincts. Rrd breaking 14,818. ? 45 3 per cent, more H been cast before. Birr estimated that ? mo county's regis Hm to hie polls. That ? incidentally, far He national pcrccnt H Tuesday the Dem Held in own lay large Bvcr, case. Par the He William K. Um I Republican Herbert I to 5,104?a Demo ? m Hay u ood of 4, Hrd piled up 9,246 Ht 5,156 for Hugh Btbliran. for a 4.515 ? iXirncui. defeated ? e for state Rsho-'I to 5.247, a ? Democratic major ? tffices was con ? the race for Coun ? Mrs Sebe Bry ?1.123 votes for a 5, ??o'i Ernest Truitt, ?"trail polled more in the county ? candidate?9,587. ? *a- mentioned be ?rc Republican votes ?k constable's race, ?jwly. ;i Democrat, ?Wtson Republican, 3 vo,p <>' 223 against 1,5 at one time chief We. c'urn. in Waynes lP shim Clarence 'ds ?ith 762 votes, <tion Page 6) lal Election Issue lountaineer Is All I In Preparation 'o, second section for the front page of the la! election ordinarily fur a special issue ? ? ?*?!. iper. hut with 1 i-i in the outcome ia election, the news Mountaineer thought ion timely. of ihi election great lie core- rvative prc | Republican victory and The Mountaineer was the first to report the unexpected heavy GOP vote in Haywood County. This vote gave Stevenson a margin of 2700 votes, the slimmest a Demo cratic nominee has taken since 1928. After it was decided to publish an extra, several photographs were planned that would illustrate vot ing day in the county. The pictures finally selected showed (1) the tabulation of returns in The Moun taineer news room, <2* the eager ness with which most people lis tened to their radios, and <3> a scene at the ballot boxes. In the meantime two streamers for the front page were made up. Had Stevenson won, The Moun taineer would have announced in large type: "U. S. Likes Adlai". The other headline, and one that was used, proclaimed. "It's Ike and Dick". The front page of the special is sue would contain election returns and stories, but to fill up the rest of fhe paper called for material that had been planned originally for other editions of the paper. This was something of the nature of robbing Peter to pay Paul. How ever there could have been no ex tra had this not been done. Most of the evening's prepara tions for the issue took place in The Mountaineer news room, which i for privacy's sake, was located in (See Extra?Paae 8) FAIR " Smoky. mild, low 1 Su-ty uind> Little iv trrpperature ex fh 65 ^'ivnrsvtlle temper ipiled by (he State Max. Min. 75 35 63 20 70 18 % The Waynesyille Mountaineer si] ca*e. Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ^ 67th YEAR NO. gfr m PAGES Associated Press WAYNESV1LLE, N. C., THURSDAY, NOV. 6, 1952 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counttaa Expansion Water System Vote Saturday A ? A A A a A ~ ~ * * ****** ** *** n Tobacco Harvest Festival Set Nov. 18-19 2 - Day Event Set Earlier Than Usual The sixth annual Tobacco Show,! in connection with the Tobacco and Home Demonstration Exhibit, will be Nov. 18-19, .Tuesday and Wednesday, at the Waynesville armory and courthouse. This information is from the county-widc CDP and Home Dem onstration organizations, which, in cooperation with the county agent's office, sponsor the affair. As in previous years, a Tobacco Queen will be chosen from among entries from each community. She will be crowned during the Tues day evening program at the court house by last year's queen, Miss Mauriene Carver of Maggie. The queen will receive a scho? arship prize of $100 and a mer chandise certificate for a new out fit. She will be required to make only one appearance, at 8 p. m.< Tuesday, in evening dress. There will be no parade for her to ride in this year. Only high school students who are either juniors or seniors are eligible to enter the beauty con test because they would be more likely to take advantage of the scholarship that) younger girls. The two-day affair wfll start 10 a. m. Tuesday with judging of tobacco and Home Demonstration Club booths. At 1 p. m. the exhib its will be open to the public un til 7 p. m. Window art exhibits on tobacco by high school art students will be entered in windows by 9 a. m. Tuesday and judging will start at 10 a. m. The evening program on Tues day will start at 7:30 p.m. Musical programs will be given by the Canton, Bethel, Clyde, Crabtree, and Waynesville High School Glee Clubs. These will be followed by the announcement of winners on the window art exhibits. Mrs.' Harriet Pressley, radio news analyst from station WPTF in Raleigh will deliver an address. An announcement of the com munity winners of the tobacco contest will follow. The final events of the evening will be the presentation of the beauty contestants and the selec tion of the tobacco queen. On Wednesday the various ex ; (See Tobacco Harvest?Page 6>r Proposal To Open Beer Outlet At Buncombe Haywood Line Hits A Snag Started System I). A. HOWELL An article about the administra tion installing the present water system will be found on page six of the second section of this issue. Also an article by J. R. Morgan, on page one of the third section. Irrigation Pays Off For Jonathan Creek Farmer Irrigation really paid off for D. J. Boyd of Jonathan Creek this summer when other farmers were realizing a great loss in many in stances from the dry weather. Boyd dug ditches from a brook on his upper fields to irrigate 25 acres of pasture land. The only cost for this was the labor and the result was the tallest and best ladino clover and orchard grass in Haywood County. He had a series of connecting ditches on his land which he dams at convenient places to let the wa ter overflow onto.the field. Inci dentally Boyd is the only farmer in the county who has used this j simple and effective method of ir | rigation. Rev. VValkup Speaks At Ilazelwood Presbyterian The Rev. James W. Walkup of . Greenville, S. C.. who was recent ly extended a call by the Hazel [wood and Bethel Presbyterian | churches, will conduct the mid week service at the Hazelwood , church Thursday night (tonight) at [ 7:30. Rev. Mr. Walkup has not indi cated as yet whether he intends accepting the call. Officials of both churches have urged the congre gations to attend the midweek service. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parkman will have as their guests for the week end Mrs. John Bomar of Greer, S. C. Chairman Coke Candler of the' Buncombe County Bbard of Com-1 missioners has recommended to the State Alcoholic Control Board that no permits be iuued to per sons who plan to construct estab lishments to sell beer near the Buncombe-Haywood line The action followed receipt of a letter by Candler from Chairman R. W. Winston of the State board in which Winston asked the opin ion of the county commissioners concerning requests from individ uals who want permits to sell beer in establishments along U. S. High way 19-23 just .east of the Hay wood County line in Buncombe County. Candler said apparently a num ber of Haywood residents are seek ing to construct beer establish ments just across the line since a ! Haywood County referendum last ; month resulted in the outlawing of ! the sale of wine and beer in Hay | wood. Candler.s reply to Winston stat ed in part that "I am a resident1 of Candler and know that residents and church members . . . bitterly oppose any beer establishments in the neighborhood." Candler reminded Winston that Buncombe County officials have ne authority to issue ta*er pcruots bttt said that he would "strongly urge that no permits be granted" to per sons wishing to sell beer and wine I in that vicinity. Authority to issue beer and wine permits is vested in i the State board. WTHS Band And Chorus To Give First Concert The first fall concert by Waynes ville High School's top-ranking Concert Band and Chorus will he presented in the school auditor ium Tuesday night, November 11, at 8 o'clock. Directing the groups will be Charles Isley and his as sistant. Robert Campbell. The program will have a patriotic theme in commemoration of Ar mistice Day and will l>e presented | in threre parts. The first part will include numbers by the 50-piece band; part two will be by the mixed chorus of sixty voices; and the last part will be by the combined groups. These concerts are considered highlights of the winter season and receive support of the entire com munity. Tickets are being sold by the students. Bookmobile Schedule Stopped Temporarily The Haywood County Public Li brary Bookmobile will not operate after Friday, November 7, until further notice. All borrowers who have books checked out arc urged to hold the books until the regular schedules of the Bookmobile are resumed. Just Too Old For The Job i" I 1 1 SJVE WORKED 2* Hootzs^) ( A DAY FOR *2 yEARs / < ^ J'/M PLUMB WOW OUT ( Th^42-yea^oldWayn?!svilU' fUter plant is too old and too small to furiJfth sufficient water for the j* . population that has increased greatly since 1910 in the three commUBitiesWrved by the Waynesville water plied. A new plant and larger pipes are necessary to meet present anfe future demands. A bond issue for this expansion will be voted on Saturday. EDITORIAL A Situation That Needs Improving Very few times in the 21 years as editor of this newspaper, have editorials been writ : ten in the first person. Because of the seri ! ousness of the current water situation here, ! this editorial is a first.hand account of what was found in checking the Waynesville wat er system with officials. When it was first hinted last summer that the situation was becoming acute, a trip was made over the entire system. Beginning on the Tnountain, the system was followed on down to the chlorinating station, filtering plant, storage reservoir, and to the fountains on Main Street. What I saw filled my heart with fear, when I realized that some ten to twelve thousand people were solely dependent up on such a small reserve of water, with the intake so much smaller than the outgo. There was water on the mountain, but the small 8-inch line, on top of the ground, could not begin to meet the demands of the open spigots in town. The filtering plant was do ing only a half job?in fact, much of the water was going straight through without being filtered. All was properly chlorinated, but as to filtering, it just could not be done. After leaving the filtering plant, my first thoughts were that nothing more could shock me. But after looking down into an almost completely dry reservoir, a new sense of fear came over me. At the time, it was figur ed that there was enough water on hand to supply the community six hours?what if the sole little 8-inch rusty pipe on top of the ground on the mountain should break? The town would be without water for many hours. Upon the return trip to town, we realized for the first time, just what the officials meant when they said the situation was real ly serious. They were conservative in their statements. Within a short time, the rains came and (Continued on Patf Two, Section Three) I Christmas Seal Sale Goal Is Set At $1400 The Waynesvilie Tuberculosis Committee met Monday at the courthouse and set its goal for the Christmas seal sale at $1400. Chair man Robert H. Winchester has re ported. This amount is $200 more than last year's quota, which was ex I ceeded. Seal sale chairman. Mrs. Roy Campbell, said Christmas seals would be placed in the mail about I the middle of this month. She said ' that about 3,000 envelopes will make up this year's mailing list. Mrs. Campbell emphasized the necessity for all those who receive Christmas seals to buy them and not return any to seal -sale head quarters Return envelopes are en ' closed with the seals to facilitate | payment State Hhs More Than Million Highway Signs More than a million official j highway signs make motoring easier in North Carolina. In ad- | dition to conventional mileage signs. many North Carolina markers direct travelers to va cation places such as the Blur Ridge Parkway and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Robert A. Burch. traffic engtn ( eer for the State Highway Com mission at Raleigh, reports that in the last Ave years signs have been put up at the rate of about 100 000 a year. Kiwanis Hear Discussion Of Water System Problems I ? J. R Morgan, attorney for the Town of Waynesvllle, spoke to a joint meeting of the old and new Boards of Directors of (he Way nesville Kiwanis Cluh after the regular meeting of the club this week. Mr. Moigan spoke on the gen eral topic "Municipal ?roubles and Problems." Calling attention to ttie adver tisement in The Mountaineer which contained a statement by the North Carolina State Health Department on the conditions of the local watef system. Mr. Mor gan said that if the citizens of Waynesvllle had read the ad they would know that Waynesvllle had the possibilities of one of the best available water systems in the South, and "that the inadequacy of the present system is the number one problem besetting town of ficials. He recalled that during his term as mayor of Waynesville he had the pleasure of signing thp first bonds that were issued to Improve ' the original water system. That I atcion was taken in 1909. During later years the town ac quired additional property in sev eral transaction* in the area where the town watershed is now located The watershed now comprises an area of from 8,000 to 8.500 acres with six separate creeks available for supplying water to the town's users. Mr. Morgan said that the town has potentially the finest facilities for a water system of any town ot comparable size in the South. He explained that the proposed program, if approved by the peo ple of Waynesville on November 8 i Saturday) would approximately double the capacity of the present system. The approvement of the bond is sue would be a good financial in-! vestment for 'the people of Way nesville. he said, with the interest rates not more than 3 or 3Vi per cent. He stressed the fact that timber sales from the present watershed property would materially assist in reducing the indebtedness In- , eurred through the issuance of water bonds. , (See Kiwani*-?Page 6) No Forest Fires In Several Days Since the early part of the week, j Haywood County has been without la forest fire but with an index this afternoon of five, Warden Eidridge Caldwell said conditions could | hardly be better for a blaze. Starting late Saturday, a fire burned about 20 acres at Newfound Gap before it was extinguished early Monday. It was started when | a farmer set fire to a pile of brush. The fire tower on Chambers Mountain at Clyde is little more, than a communications post be cause of the extreme low visibility. Observers are able to see no more than a quarter of a mile because of the haze and smoke. The only j way observers can get word of a \ fire is by telephone and they in turn notify fire fighters. Heavy rains are needed not only to replenish water supplies but to 1 reduce the fire hazard. At least a hundred acres of Haywood County woodlands have been destroyed so iar this fall, practically all of it through carelessness. Mrs. Joe Doggett of High Point is spendipg a few days with her sister, Mrs. Woodson Jones. i Voting Will Start 6:30 Saturday Waynesville voters will go to he polls Saturday to decide on the 300,000 bond issue for the cxpan iion of the water system of the own. The polls at the two voting daces of the town will open at 1:30 a.m. and close at 6:30 p.m. /oting will be at the Town Hall, ind the Aliens Creek school. The election has been called by ifflcials because of the serious iltuation regarding an adequate vater supply. The present system, milt in 1908. is overloaded, and ar too small to meet the present lay needs of the community. The Town owns ample watershed icreage, with enough streams, but ;he matter of piping the water into own, and getting it filtered is now ermed by" engineers of the State Health Department as far from satisfactory. Last summer the plant twas far :oo small to meet the needs of the community, and at present, officials ire urging citizens to curtail the use of water in every respect. The Aater pressure on the mountain is low due to the continued dry iveather, and the 8-inch main is not large enough to bring the suffi cient water down to the filtering plant. The Altering plant often is over loaded, and water passes into the mains unaltered. During rair.y weather, all water has to be Al tered slowly, or muddy water can get into the system All water is chlorinated priu going >nto the ayahM* ' Civic clubs af the community have gone on record as supporting the plan 100 per cent, a group of Wvic lenders, headed by Dr. Boyd Owen, have been staging a cam paign of presenting the needs to the people. Several clubs have had speakers to appear before them and explain the seriousness of the present situation. Town officials have stated on ? numerous occasions, that plans have been worked out with the Local Government Commission, and with their approval, the pro posed bond issue would not in crease taxes on property. The offi cials have worked out a plan whereby the water department in come can pay for the bond issue upon adjustment of rates to com pare with other towns of Western North Carolina. A copy of the ballot to be voted on Saturday will be found on page 4 in the third section of this Issue. The State Board of Health, in a survey of the water system, rec ommended a number of years ago that the town take immediate ac tion to improve the system, and expand it to meet the growing needs of the community. Wardrobe, Radio, Groceries Will Be Given Away Threfc valuable prizes will again be awarded Saturday in the 1952 Fall Trade Jubilee by the mer chants of Waynesville, Hazelwood, and Lake Junaluska Topping the list this week will he a $200 wardrobe. Other prizes will be a beautifulu radio and a basket of groceries. The awards will be made at 2 p.in. at the Waynesville High School stadium. Highway Record For 1952 In Haywood (To Date) Injured.... 43 Killed .... 5 (This information com I piled from Records of State Highway Patrol.) I

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