? : ?
delights
}f The
News
?
a-Poppin'
|e McCracken is apt to
UDjeci to corn, it you nap
The Toggery?tie had corn
garden on the first day
he says he is accustomed
ins corn on tne tin, out
| wnen he went out to
f would be ripe for that
kd behold, some of it was
fo hard to eat."
>, that's Mr. McCracken's
| he will be much msap
anybody turns up With a
ken one single grain ol
was edible at midnight
I
inkley
Suddenly
lesday Night
!
Jton Miller Hinkley, 47,
n Waynesville Dentist, |
lenly at the Haywood
ospital last night about
services will be held in
Melhbdtst Church Salur
IU p.m., with the Kev. J.
pastor of the church,
Kev. James H. Coleman, I
tnc Shady Grove Metho
:h officiating. Interment
Lrawlord Memorial Para,
pallbearers will be Fred
lite McClean, Owight Hay,
pins, Karl Gribble, John)
Hill Cochran and Mark
ry pallbearers will be
of tne Hotary Club, the
I Legion, the Masonic
(1 E. M. Kothermel, John
pmy .tames and Finney
^iy will be taken to the
| Funeral Home Friday
>nd will remain there un
niinutes prior to the ser
i it will lie in state at
h.
kley was a native of La
nd., the son of the late
>d Mattie Miller Hinkley.
to Waynesville in Sep
1949 from Oteen where
I as chief dental officer
leran's Hospital.
I a member of the First
I Church, the Waynesville
|lub. the Masonic Lodge,
food Post of the American
fnd was active in the
I Dental Association. He
I a dental officer during
pr II.
ng are the widow, Mrs.
Sue Wright Hinkley, and
is, C lark Miller, Gregory
nd Randy Wright Hinkley,
ynesville.
?ments are under the di
t Garrett Funeral Home.
C. To Help
Horse Show
Aug. 22nd
^tors of the Chamber of
e went on record Tuesday
favoring the Horse Show
"st 22, and will be among
I groups cooperating, and
hancial contribution to the
J the show.
rectors heard a general
activities, and discussed
latters about the progress
ganization.
d Owen pointed out that
received much recogni
Puhlicity on the recent
rip. and that he felt the
spread by the group from
Id be felt for a long, long
Condition
ed Good
liner was reported in Rood
this morning, after a
it. at the Aston Park Hos
tsheville. Mr. Liner was
icrc from the Haywood
lospital on Tuesday,
ner received a back in
ii he fell from a scalTorld
thel school last Thursday
The W a ynesv ille Mountaineer i
Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park D jJj
Wth YEAR NO 5X 18 PAGES Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 16, 1953 $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and JacksorTcounUet
Jury Soon To Get
Case Of J. Murrill
MBS. C. O. NEWELL has been
named Rural Minister of the
Year for the State of North Car
olina. The selection was made by
the magazine. Progressive Farm
er.
? m <?> 1 <? -r
Mrs. We well is
Named State
Rural Minister
Of Year
Mrs. C. O. Newell, pastor of
the Crabtree Charge of the Meth
odist Church, has been chosen by
tbe Progressive Farmer as the
Rural Minister of the Year for
the State of North Carolina.
The selection of the state rural
minister, which is inter-denomina
tional, is based, oil outstanding
leadership in fields of church and
rural development. .
As Minister of The Ybar, Mrs.
Newell, along with rural ministers
, of twelve other Southeastern
: States, will attend the Town and
Country School at Emory Univer
sity in Georgia. The school, which
opened yesterday, will be conduct
ed for two weeks and will close
with a banquet honoring the min
isters, July 29. Mrs. Newell plans
to leave Monday for the last ten
days of the school.,
Mrs. Newell, who came to Hay
wood County fifteen years ago. has
been a leader in '"11 phases of her
community's development. She has
also been unique in lifting the
status of the woman preacher by
showing that there is a place for
women in the ministry.
The first woman ordained as a
minister in the Western North
Carolina Conference, Mrs. Newell
was licensed to preach nearly twen
ty-five years ago. She has been
pastor of the Crabtree Charge,
which includes the Crabtree. Davis
(See Mrs. Newell?Page 5)
Joe Morrow Will Give
Organ Recital Sunday
Joe Morrow, organist at the First
Baptist Church, will present an
organ recital at the church Sunday
afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Mr. Morrow's program will in
clude works of Campra, Bach, Pur
vis. and Flor Peeters.
A former student of Sister Mary
Anthony at St. John's School. Mr. j
Morrow also studied under David
Brandt and Dr. Jan P. Schinhan at
the University of North Carolina.
While a student at the University
he also served as organist at the
Chapel of the Cross, Episcopal
Church in Chapel Hill. Mr. Mor
row has bden at the Baptist Church
here since 1961.
Trial Began Today, With
Judge Donald Phillips
Presiding.
A packed courtroom this morn
ing heard the opening of the case
of State Highway Patrolman Joe
E. Murrill, on trial for the shoot
ing of D. C. Jenkins on the night
of June 13.
First on the stand were Doctors
N. F. Lancaster and S. S. Hindman.
Dr. Hirtdman. pathologist of the
Haywood County Hospital, had con
ducted the autopsy on Jenkins, as
sisted by Dr. Lancaster and coroner
Dr. J. Frank Pate.
Their testimony as to their find
ings was followed by that of Sher
iff Fred Campbell, who recounted
the events prior to Murrill's tak
ing Jenkins into custody.
First witness for the prosecution
was Miss Hazel Carver of Cove
Creek. She was examined by So
licitor Thad D. Bryson, Jr., for the
State. Cross-examination by John
M. Queen for the defense was to
be resumed following the noon re
cess.
Miss Carver testified that she was
at the school when Jenkins was
arrested. She also said she was
"not too far" from the patrol car
when Patrolman Murrill and Jen
kins got out of the car. following
its leaving the schoolground.
Assisting Solicitor Bryson are
George H. Ward and Felix E. Alley,
Jr.
Council for the defense, besides
Mr. Queen, are Roy Francis, Frank
Ferguson and former State Senator
John Larkins of Onslow County, a
brother-in-law of the defendant.
Among the State Highway Pa
trol officers attending the trial this
morning were Major James R.
Smith of Raleigh, Captain C. A.
Speed of Asheville and Sgt. T. A.
Sandlin of Bryson City.
Spectators pressing forward in
an effort to hear the low-voiced
testimony of the prosecution's first
witness commented that the crowd
waa the largest witnessed in the
courtroom within their recollec
tions. . ,
Murrill killed Jenkins during a
scuffle near the Rock Hill school
after Jenkins was arrested for
drunk driving and placed in the
Patrol car. A warrant charging
murder was sworn out by Jenkins j
father, Crawford Jenkins, after a
coroner s jury recommended that
Murrill be held for the grand jury.
The patrolman had been freed on,
| $2500 bond. ' _
I Other cases heard by Judge Don
1 aid Phillips of Rockingham in the
first three days of the July term
included a number for drunken
driving and several for ?ban^?""
ment and nonsupport. Judge Phil
| lips imposed $100 fines and revoked
lor 12 months the drivers* licenses
of those convicted of driving drunk.
Cases disposed of Include
John Chambers was released as
(See Court-?Page 6)
Grand Jury Near
Completion Of
Assigned Work
Foreman Will Leatherwood. of
the Grand Jury, told The Moun
taineer at noon today, that he felt
the body would complete their work
sometime this afternoon, and be
ready to make their report to the
court first thing Friday morning.
At noon the grand Jury planned
to inspect the court house, jail and
prison camp this afternoon, and
then work on the report for the
I court.
' I
Over A Hundred Leaving
Tomorrow On Farm Tour
(Departure time Is six a.m., and
not the hour published In another
newspaper. Franklin said today.)
Some 120 men and women from
teen-age to "not telling" will leave
early Friday morning on the 11th
annual out-of-state farm tour, head
ed for Colorado. Wyoming and way
I' stations.
One of the "regulars" making
the trip will be W. P. (Uncle Bud>
Harris of Thickety, whose age is
something that only Uncle Bud can
' tell. Despite his years, he has made
' j many of the annual tours, with all
? the enthusiasm and enjoyment of
'; youngsters many years his junior.
? The first day's program includes
a picnic lunch?the last bit of home
cooking the party will taste for ten
days. Members will bring their,
own box lunches. That night will
be spent In Memphis.
Departure time Friday morning
is set for 6 a.m. from the Court
House in Waynesville. A bus will
pick up Canton area travelers at
the Canton Chamber of Commerce
at 5:30 a.m. |
Swinging well over 3000 miles,
for the longost out-of-state tour to
date, the itinerary includes the
Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado,
the rodeo celebrating the 57th
Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyom
ing and a choice of a major league
game or the Municipal Opera at St.
Louis, as well as Inspection of
farming operations in dairy, sheep,
hogs, wheat and seed.
The tour is slated to return to
Waynesville on Sunday evening,
July 26.
A REORGANIZATION of the Waynesvilie Fire
Department included the appointment of these
men. left to right: James G. Turner, driver, Ben
Sloan, assistant chief, Felix Stovall, chief, and
Clem Fitzgerald, driver. Others who were un
able to be present for the picture Included Ed
Mottinjecr. secretary-treasurer, and David Un
derwood. chairman of the volunteer Bremen.* The
department has 17 firemen.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Fire Department Reorganized
New Alarm System In Service
New Type Alarm Is i
Put Into Service; Now
A Horn Will Blow
Waynesville's new fire alarm sys
tem is now in operation. It is a
horn, instead of the siren.
'Tentative plans arc to blow the
siren only when the alarm Is from
outside the city limits.
There might be a necessity to
blow the siren and the horn on
night calls. This will be determtnd
later, it was explained.
The town has been divided into
six zones, with a call for every sec
tion of the town.
Citizens, as well as the volunteer
firemen, can by listening to the
alarm, tell exactly the zone where
the fire alarm came from.
For example, a fire in the vicin
ity of the post office would have a
signal of one blast followed by a
shorter one. At the depot, the
signal would be one blast, for zone
one, and then followed by two
blasts, and so on for every section
of town.
A large chart has been painted
and hung in the fire department so
the proper signals can be given all
incoming fire calls.
The police department called at
tention to the violation of the law
of motorists following the fire
trucks to fires. Persons following
the trucks will be subject to be
hailed into court, they said.
The complete chart of signals
will be found on the front page of
the second section of today's issue.
Bottles Scattered
Over Highway As
Truck Turns Over
The zig-zag progress of a bolt
Jing company truck out of control
left a trail of broken bottles on
Highway 19-23 west of Canton
Tuesday, as the truck somersault
ed before it came to rest upright.
Operated by Buck Edwin Gaston
of Asheville, the truck was going
downhill past the VFW post about
1 p.m. when it went onto the
shoulder of the road. Swinging
back onto the road, the vehicle cut
too far and ran off the left side
of the highway. A final effort to
swing into the rigth lane resulted
i in a complete roll-over.
Most of the bottles were smash
ed. and the debris had to be clear
ed before traffic could proceed
normally.
The driver was charged with
operating his vehicle on the left
side of the road, according to State
Highway Patrolman W. R. Wooten,
who Investigated.
Betsey's Gap Link
Soon To Be Paved
Construction is progressing well
on the Lake Junaluska-Hot Springs
road, a state highway official said
today. A considerable section of
NC 209 in the Betsey's Gap area
Is being paved and graded, and
should be open to through traffic
by November I. The road is now
open to local traffic.
NC 209 links Haywood County
with Hot Springs via Madison
County, Toon. .
DR. HUGH S. DANIEL. JR.. has
been named vice president of the
North Carolina State Optometric
Society, the society has just an
nounced. Dr. paniel will be in
chance of the Department of
Organization.
The North Carolina State Op
tometric Society is the official or
ganization for the profession of
optometry in the State. Is is ded
icated to the preservation of vision
for the people of the State.
Dr. Daniel is a graduate of the
Southern College of Optometry in
Memphis, Tenn. He holds the Re
serve rank of lieutenant (j.g.) in
the United States Navy.
Washington Star
Carries Article
On Heintooga Rd.
The lleintooga Ridge Road is
publicized in the travel section
of the Sunday Star (Washing
ton, D. C.) It is described as a
new highway link which "has
brought the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park and the Blue
Ridge Parkway together in
Western North Carolina."
The articles goes on to say that
"nearly all the scenic highway
is a mile high or more and it
has numerous overlooks for
views of the Great Smokicz."
The story was prepared by
Bart Lelpcr, executive vice pres
ident of the WNC Highlanders,
whose headquarters are in
Waynesville.
Police Quarters Get
New Coat Of Paint
The police department and
mayor's court room have received
a new coat of paint.
Added to the police quarters is
a large bulletin board for FBI no
tices and other such matters as sent
out by law enforcement officers.
MRS. MARTIN IN LOCAL
HOSPITAL
Mrs. O. R. Martin, who has been
a patient at Mission Hospital. Ashe
ville, is now receiving treatment at
the Haywood County Hospital. Mrs.
Martin received Injuries in a fall
from a car.
Mrs. Frank Hodges and her
daughter. Miss Jean Hodges, have
returned from a visit in Boydton,
Va., where they attended the wed
ding of a friend of the latter. They
were accompanied home by Miss
Ann Dudley of Farmville, Va., and
Miss Virginia Carter of Boydton,
who are their guests.
Felxi Stovall Named
As Chief Sloan Is
?
Assistant Chief
(See picture page 1 section 2)
The Waynesvilte Fire Depart
ment was completely re-organized
here Tuesday night. The Board of
Aldermen had earlier turned the
organization over to the volunteer
department, after making provi
sion for payment of two full-time
truck drivers.
Felix Stovall was named fire
chief; Ben Sloan, assistant; Ed
MoUtlnger, secretary - treasurer,
grid David Underwood chairman in
charge of volunteers.
Clem Fitzgerald and James G.
Turner were named as truck driv
ers. Fitzgerald is completing his
20tth year with the department,
and Turner transferred today from
the police force to the fire depart
ment. He joined the police force
six weeks ago after spending over
two years on the Canton force.
He had previous experience as a
fireman in Maryville, Tenn., his
home town. He has been here about
20 years.
Fitzgerald, on Tuesday, complet-,
ed eleven yeara on 24-hour duty,
seven days a week, having started
on July 14. 1942.
Plans are to hold drills every
first and third Wednesday, and in
addition, meet once a month. The
department has added several
pieces of equipment, including
nets, resuscltator, all in addition
to the new alarm system.
Volunteer firemen of the depart
ment include: Robert Yarborough,
Paul Warren. Walter MehafTey,
Willis MehafTey, Harry Clay, John
Boyd, Leon Klllian, Robert Chafin,
Henry Clayton. Bradford MehafTey,
W. F. Strange, Sam Kclley, Fred
Sheehan, Jr., together with Stov
all, Sloan, Motlinger, and Under
wood .
The volunteers arc paid two dol
lars for day calls and three dollars
for night calls.
MISS GIBSON AT HOME
' Miss Esther Mae Gibson, book
keeper at the Waynesville Moun
taineer. who was injured in an au
tomobile accident July 4 and has
since been at the Haywood County;
Hospital, is now convalescing at
home.
Superphosphate
Plant Is Being
Constructed Here
Plant Adjoining Smoky
Mountains Fertilizer
To Have 20,000-Sq.
Feet Floor Space
20 0OnStrUC"?n is Undrr way o" ?
O.ooo square foot building for a
Wo i "strial P'ant here?The
Western Carolina Phosphate Corn
cent^ sUh,rh W1" Produce 20 per
cent Superphosphate, and have a
daily capacity of 100 tons
G "Tommy" Thompson, gen
wel ZaT% Pf?the "ew firm" as
?iHze, V Ry Moun,a'ns Fer
ilter Company, said the schedule
'i (?r?rPlCt,?n ?f ,he ,,lant ?"
hat Vl ?r Car,V November and
a sh?M ,rS,"K. Wi" bcRi" within
a M'oit time thereafter
s-Lr f"m Wi" rc')resenl a
?Snn ? investment and employ
additional labor. Mr. Thompson
?said The new plant is being con
structed just south of the Smoky
Mountains Fertilizer Company
Plant, wh.ch opened here early in
The Phosphate Company will be
affiliated with the Smoky Mourn
wlll'handl fh*1" V?mpany' which
will handle the sales of the Super
Phosphate produced here.
tbe?Ph W URutland is president of
the 1 hosphate company, with Mr
Thompson serving as vice-presi
Mr Rutland is no stranger in
? his area, having been a summer
resident and property owner at
f?r 0ver twenty-five
i rRutland was formerly
re?'dent of Atlanta and Chicago
where he was connected with In
ternational Minerals and Chemical
Corporation as general manager of
the plant food division. The de
cision to locate this plant in Hay
wood county is a result of many
years watching the development of
this section and confidence in the
tremendous potential for increas
ing the natural fertility o( the
mountain region through adequate
fertilization programs, which are
being advanced by the Mountain
Expei lment Station and the County
Agents and Extension Services.
Mr Rutland is vice president of
? he Smoky Mountains Fertilizer
Company and Mr. Thompson is
president of the firm.
,.i^ ,??TPSOn came here in the
fall of 1949 to supervise the con
strue ion of the Smoky Mountains
Fertilizer Company. He Is active
in the business, civic and religious
life of the community. He is a
director of the Rotary Club, also
a director of the Chamber of Com
merce. and a member of the board
of stewards of the First Methodist
Church.
Mr Thompson will be actively
?n charge of both of the local man
ufacturing plants.
Materials which will go into the
processing of the Superphosphate
will be shipped in. and unloaded
from the special siderack of the
Southern Railway ori which the
plant is located. Practically all
superphosphate now used in this
area is shipped in from several
adjoining states.
.^?Thompson said this morning
? hat I his new plant will provide
a safeguard against future short
ages and will assure our farmers
an adequate supply of plant food.
?See New Plant?Page 6)
" i. : / ' (
J. C. Penney
To Visit Area
J. C. Penney, chairman of die
board of J. C. Penney Company
as well as of the National Council
for Community Development, will
be the guest this weekend of his
son, Roswell Penney and Mrs.
Penney.
Mr. Penney is in Western North
Carolina to address the annual
conference of the Southeastern
Community Development Associa
tion at Cherokee Thursday, and to
fill other speaking engagements.
Masonic Meeting
Ends With Address
By Henry Collins
The 14th annual assembly of the
Grand Council of Royal and Select
Master Masons of North Carolina
closed Tuesday night with an ad
dress by Henry F. Collins, past
grand master of Masons in South
Carolina.
Mr. Collins was principal speak
er at a picnic supper at Camp
Hope attended by an estimated
600 Masons, their families and
friends.
The assembly was described by
C. B. Hosaflook, chairman of the
arrangements committee, as the
best attended of any of the series.
Nearly 400 delegates were regis
tered. coming from half a dozen
southern states and several north
ern. as well as one from Brazil,
The picnic was prepared by the
Order of the Eastern Star of the
| Waynesville. Clyde, Canton and
! Sonoma chapters. '
In addition to the business of
the session, yielegatcs hiade trips
to "Unto These Hills" at Cherokee,
the Masonic Marker at Black Camp
Gap and to the village of Cherokee.
Dr. Smathers Is
Building Business
Structure Here
Dr. John Smathers is construct
ing a 40 by DO foot building on
Haywood street for the Wayn?
viile Auto Parts Company.
Ben Sloan is the builder of the
one story structure, which will be
of brick and concrete blocks.
The building is scheduled to be
completed in about 60 days.
4 Haywood People Hurt
As Cars Crash At Canton
(See picture back page)
The condition of all four persons,
injured in a head-on auto collision
East of Canton Wednesday evening
is said lo be good this morning.
E. J. Lilius of Waynesville, driv
er of one car. Is reported by the
Aston Park Hospital in Ashevllle
1 as having passed a fairly comfor
table night and as being in good
condition this morning. He re
1 reived a compound fracture of the
I left leg.
One of the three boys in the
other car was dismissed from the
Haywood County Hospital after
first-aid treatment; the other two
are reported in good condition.
Johnny Mack Edge, 13, of Clyde
did not require hospitalization. His
brother Charles Robert, 17, driver
of the car, received facial lacera
tions and a brain concussion. Fif
teen-year-old Tommy Dunlap Edge
suffered an ankle fracture.
The accident occurred about 6:30
p.m. on the Asheville highway just
east of Canton, according to State
Highway Patrolman W R. Woolen
and H. Dayton. A 1940 Buick driv
en by Charles Robert Edge heading
east toward Asheville skidded into
the left lane and collided with a
19S0 Buick driven toward Canton
by Mr. Lilius.
A third car was involved when
the spare tire from the Edge car
came loose and struck the car be
hind the , Lilius auto, operated by
David C. Devlin.
Mr. Lilius is the owner of the
jewelry firm bearing his name in
Waynesville. The three Edge boys,
residents of Clyde, are students at
St. John's School in Waynesville.
The two younger boys are members
of the cast of "Thuudertand "
Highway
Record For
1953
In Haywood
(To Date)
Killed . .. 3
Injured?... 31
(Thia Information roaa
piled from Kfoortli of
State Highway Patrol.)
T NEW PLANT is twin* con
structed here for Ihr manufac?
ture of Z9ri Superhwphatc and
will be managed by C. G. "Tom
my" Thompson, industrialist and
civic leader here.
Il
ie
ther
CM
By and Friday ? Variable
R and mild, with scattered
?nd thunder showers, oc
lost |y in the afternoons.
Waynesville temperature
ed by the SUte Test Farm
Max. Min. Rainfall
78 49 ?
!???? 80 \45 ?
? jo a .is