i The Waynesyille Mountaineer I opportunity. ilSYVS Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park q [J, , D 68th YEAR NO. 73 8 PAG Eg Associated Press WAYNESVILLE, N. C* MONDAY*AFT E RN OOnT^8 EPT. 7, 1953" " $3.00 In Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties' . ? ? ( , To Hear Margaret -I Junes, of Crabtree, who m smoking at 74, because he T have time pr'or to that, I ittending cattle sales. As pr stock raiser, and leader i ((immunity that won all top , [or community improve last year, Mr. James freely pg himself, at any time, ?iny subject that comes to |other day in Asheville, the | for cattle were very low, Iping a lull in the sale, Mr. isaid loudly: I give $1,000 to hear Mar- J sing in the White House f said all Democrats smiled, h Republicans looked at him I sour like." wing The Letter ? to the jurors holding court aland county told a deputy I to keep all 13 jurors to ? lor the night, the deputy ; to do just that, according I Cleveland Times, which told 1 lowing incident: tfy Jim McKinney Is surely the most conscientious mem f the County Sheriff's staff, wed it by his performance $ night after taking an oath It to keep 13 jurors in one aid to remain with them ?ly until he returned them It . The 13 jurors, along ke dutiful deputy and an ele ?perator. crowded into a ft in an effort to reach their lodgings on the top floor kelbv Hotel. The load was ah for the elevator and it wk to the basement floor Hftoig gears whined futiley like ! .;?-$ f; e-ght . . The< ?hed deputy would not H* cargo in his custody to ided into two loads, so he H the weary jurors out of anient and up three flights B whre they settled in for * living Temptation ? Rollins, in Pigeon, has Bthat watermelons can be Billy grown in Haywood B He had about a half acre Bta year, and the melons Bi i par as to size, and taste Btrom Georgia. ?ether day Mr. Rollins hap see three boys slipping B the edge of his melon BXr Rollins slipped through Bheld. and came up on the B?d when questioned, an B"We were just looking at Bit nice of you to take an Bt in my cane. Now how Bhu like a nice watermelon B^l's grinned, and accepted B the largest melons in the BjM went their way. BjW that by removing the Bfoo. and giving them the Bright help them strength BtviU power," remarked the Hgvwer. ?k Moving On ?wing Plant are pushing alone on filtering plant for on upper Aliens bottom of the 147,000 ^Bdtar well has heen pour sides have been form ^Vhady for pouring. P!?nt will be of briek. and steel, and Is part ^Bttpansion of the water which w as voted W (all. Dillard Construction tas the contract. ^?fttSTED BY ^?OVF.R WEEK END ^^P^Sunday night, police nine persons on heing drunk. This from Friday noon until ^Hj^tmidnight. tL MILD k W|r? and mild Towns May Buy Large Crowds Enjoy Labor Day Programs T-10\H17/\A^ Pnnnftr ie nnlnKfoliurt I .. , . , . ? . i . ?? - ??? ?I VV?V? VVU44VJ AO atlllg one of its biggest holidays today with virtually all business suspend ed and most roads leading to fes tivities in Canton. Monday's weather was ideal for 4lh Annual Program at Canton. Traffic is reported particularly heavy this week end by the High way Patrol. Picnics, me traditional Labor Day mode of gathering fam ily and friends, accounted for much of the coming and going, especial ly since Haywqod County offers favorite picnic spots for people from surrounding areas. Chief of police Orville Noland said Saturday's traffic was the heaviest of the year. Out-of-state cars were particu larly seen moving toward Cherokee where the out-door drama of the Cherokee Indians "Unto These Hills" will be given for the last time this season Labor Day even ing. A mammoth parade at 10 a.m. down Canton's Main Street opened today's festivities and was watched by thousands of persons from all of Western Xarth-Carolina as ' well as out-of-stat visitors. Climax of the parade was a float containing the king and queen of labor, who were chosen and crown ed Saturday night at a dance at Camp Hope. Schedule for other events in Canton is as follows: 1:30 p.m.?Horse Show on the old Champion Nursery Grounds on Park Street. 2:00 p.m. ? Platform entertain ment at Canton High School Stad ium running through the after noon. 4:00 p.m.?Colored Softball game between Canton and Waynesville at the Little League Park. 7:00 p.m. ? Platform entertain ment featuring at least 8 champion ship square dance teams in com petition. 9:45 p.m.?21-inch Screen Tele vision award by the American Legion Post No. 61, of Canton. 10:00 p.m.?Pony award by mem (See Larae Crowd?Paee 8) Baptists Of Haywood To Seek Larger Enrollment The churches of the Haywood Baptist association will hold a "Mil lion More in *54" Victory Rally at the West Canton Baptits church, Thursday, September 10," at 7:45 p. m., it was announced today by Rev. W. N. Reece, associational Sunday school superintendent. Principal speaker will be Rev. J. G. Goodwin, Jr., pastor of the Clyde Baptist Church. He will speak on the subject. "We Have the Message the World Needs." Purpose of the rally is to plan for the participation of the church es of this association in the cam paign of Southern Baptists to enroll a million more people in Sunday school in one year. A goal of 1,820 net gain has been set for the Haywood association. Present Sunday school enrolment of the association is 9,097. Church leaders will determine the steps they will take to achieve their individual church goals at the rally. Next major event in the cam paign for "A Million More in '$4" will be Preparation Week which the churches will observe indivi dually September 20-27. During this week they will seek to com plete plans for the achievement of their enrolment goals, using a new guidebook. "The Pull of the Peo ple," by J. N. Barnette. A Sunday school enrolment gain Of 1,189,966 was recorded by South ern Baptists In the four years end ing in 1952 for a total enrolment of 9,491,096. Southern Baptist church membership totaled 7,634, ino 1. lORQ LABOR DAY QUEEN, Miss Carolyn Campbell. 16, daughter of Mrs. Roy Campball, and the late Mr. Campbell, of Canton, was chosen queen Saturday night of the 47th annual Labor Day pro gram, before 1000 spectators at the Canton Stadium. Leonard B. Holder was named king. (Teague-Hawkins Photo). A Average Haywood County Family Insured For $4,100 Storehouse Filled With Corn Shucks Catches On Fire Fire of unknown origin did con-' siderable damage to a small frame building filled with corn shucks at the foot of Boyd Avenue about 9:15 Saturday night. Firemen kept a stream of water on the blaze for more than an hour and a half, and three hours later, a crew of firemen remained at the scene with hose as the blaze would break out again in the dry feed. Fireman Clem Fitzgerald said the blaze was coming out from under the metal roof when he ar rived at the scene, and was serving as a blowtorch on the several tele prone cables just a few feet away. Firemen said the building and contents were owned by John Boyd. No estimate of damage had been made last night. Rotarians Hear Of Successful Centers For Recreation In Operation In Fla. Four visiting Florida men threw a new light on this community's proposed recreation program when they were called upon to make a statement at a Rotary meeting Fri day. Program for the meeting was a report by members of the Rec reation Commission to explain and discuss the proposed swimming pool and recreation center. The Floridians explained that the recreation program in their home towns was proving highly successful. One man said that a swimming pool in his town, where there were 1400 natural lakes in (See Ratariana?Page 8) (Special to the Mountaineer) Residents of Haywood County are large holders of life insurance, with a capital amount of $40,000, 000 in force according to a break down of data from the statistics and research division of the Insti tutue of Life Insurance. This represents per family hold ings of $4,100 as of the end of 1952, an increase of about nine percent over the previous year. The increase in the use of life insurance by American families is but one aspect of a pattern of thrift exhibited since the last World War. Savings accounts have risen in the period and invest ments in securities have gone up steadily, the study shows. Despite the fact that funds in (See Average Family?Page 8) Sewer Towns Will Save Money By Operating Machinery The Board of Aldermen of Waynesville and Har.elwood will ' soon meet and decide on a pro gram of cleaning the 46,000-foot sewer line from Hazelwood to Pigeon River. G. C. Ferguson, town manager of Waynesville. will discuss, and ree ammend the purchase of power ful equipment to he purchased by the two towns and that local work men do the cleaning job. Mr. Ferguson, together with Henry Caddy, member of the board of aldermen, went to Rome, Ga? recently, and saw this new type equipment in operation. They also checked on other towns who have this sewer line drag system, and found it highly recommended. One large city in the south now owns 10 of the units, which cost about $5,000 each. Mr. Ferguson recently received a bid from a specialists rupipftny that does this type of sewfV I il :m. VI Drpartnunt of Agriculture, and in charge of the tobacco department at the farm, and M. R. Whis enhunt, right, director in oh eric of the. farm. (Mountaineer Photo). ; Animals In Waynesville Hazelwood, Ninevah [Put Under Quarantine Four Local Men Buy 900 Acres At Maggie A 900-acre tract of land on the Soco Gap Road, opposite the Mount Valley Hotel, waa pur chased from the Plott heirs last week. W. A. Bradley, L. N. Davis. C. N. Allen, and A. T. Ward were the purchasers. The tract faces 500 feet on one side of the highway, and 600 on the other, and extends back to the top of the mountain. The new owners have named the traet as "Wild Acres" and plan to develop the section in the near future. The land Is In the heart of the Maggie Valley section and on Highway No. 19. Two Boys Bound To Court For 7 Break-Ins Here The two teen-age boys caught by police last week, and charged with seven break-ins, were bound over to superior court under $300 bond. Chief Orville Noland said that it required live hours, in company of the two boys, for the police to go to the many hide-outs recovering loot. An expensive camera taken from the high school office, and thrown into the creek, was never found, al though police waded the area thoroughly. Chief Noland said that in all, the two teen-agers got $262 in cash, and that they had spent $106 of the money. The boys spent much of the money for groceries, and lived in a tree house. Some of the merchandise and money was found there, and other things over a wide area. Hazelwood Police To Check Bicycle Traffic Violators Chief of Police Roy Stephens, of Hazelwood, today issued a stern warning, that "all children riding bicycles in Hazelwood are required to observe traffic lights and street intersection signs. Also all cyci lists are required to have lights on their bikes when used at night." Chief Stephens said that several I tragic accidents have been narrowly averted because of children failing to heed traffic lights, and failing to have lights on the bicycles at night. Those violating the traffic or dinances will be hailed into police court, he said. The chief called upon parents to sec that their children observe the traffic regulations, and equip their bikes with lights if they are to be used at night. Miss Margaret Noland left to day for Greensboro to resun|e her studies at Greensboro College. What Do You Know About Traffic Laws? The Mountaineer begins a new feature today of .typical questions which motorists ask?or should ask ?^followed by the correct answers. Traffic rules are one of those things that most of us take for granted and say blithely "Oh, I know that." But almost every accident that happens proves what the average motorist does not know; that he does not know his basic laws which are based on the maximum con venience for the maximum num ber pf people, safety and common courtesy. The answers given in the new feature called "It's In the Book" are all official and taken from the law books. Your reading them may save you some trouble and it may save your life. Miss Linda Sloan left yesterday for Greensboro vhere she will en ter the freshman class at Greens boro College. Health officials this morning placed a quarantine for rabies on all animals in Waynesville. Hazel wood nd the piinevah section. The action of the health author ities followed an investigation which showed that the dog that died last Tuesday of rabies had been in the Ninevah section and bitten a dog in that area. The authorities also found that the dog had been in Waynesville, and there is a possibility he would have bit ten dogs or other animals there. Bill Milner and Jack Arrington, health department inspectors, said this morning that all dogs found in the quarantine area without a city tag or a current innocultion tag would be picked up and de (See Rabies?Page 8) It's In The Book Dors crashing: railroad warning: signals mean the same as crashing red lights in town??Cary. Indeed it does, the Motor Ve hide Manual says that when a rail road grade crossing is protected by a clearly visible warning signal it shall be unlawful for a driver to fail to bring his car to a stop be fore crossing. And railroad cross ing accidents involving motor ve hicles are nearly always fatal rec ords of the Department of Motor Vehicles show. I Highway Record For 1953 In Haywood (To Date) Killed;;:: 4 Injured.:. 35 (This information cent piled from Records el State Highway Patrol.)