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STANDARD IT<; (.(j I 3SJSSSW' The Waynesville Mountaineer 1#?? ?he Mountaineer q Published Twice-A-Week In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park ? q NO- 25 12 PAGES Associated Press \\ \Y NKSVI1.LE. N. . MONDAY \FTKBNOON, MARCH IW4 fS.uo In A.haiue In Haywood and Jackson Countiaa liter-County Telephone Dialing Starts 31st IIPF.E TELLS Or IHASt?Alvin Mansfield, Irlls Patrolman H. Dayton, right, and Patrol It. R. Woolen, center, how he tried to make 1-away Friday afternoon when Patrolman in tried to stop the stolen Ruick Mansfield driving. Patrolman Woolen set up a road block just west of ( anton, but the escaped pris oner stopped and gave up about two miles this side of the blocked highway This picture was made in the Haywood jail Friday shortly after .Mansfield's arrest. He is still in jail here. (Mountaineer Photo). Id And ner oving picture, page 6 es, 24, is in an Ashe 1, suffering from a bul in his stomach, which i with the same pistol ti shooting Crawford n guard of the Whit ibout nine o'clock Fri hile riding in a prison vest of Carfton on the ine highway, i arrested Saturday at e home, and is in the ital in Asheville as are reported to be get satisfactorily, s brienging Jones, an e prisoner, back from ten Jones grabbed the n, shot him in the I cut his throat, and on the highway. Jones rison truck on to Clyde, fard the alarm sounded lice radio. He abandon k. and returned to his dome via Pisgah, and alking. nds from Whittier and camps were brought to but failed to pick up a n, police of the county. Is department, worked early hours Saturday I on the case. Patrolmen, including Cap G. Lewis, and Sgt. T. A. 1 *ere in the Sheriff's of to a prisoner when fro came in regarding the I of Cabo They rushed to ?e and began their work on ^awford improving ^ Crawford, who suf . ^an a"ack Wednesday , er home on tlranner 1 a*.rePorted to be show e<? improvement this Tie other I SHOWERS riou<i\ and mild with ' likely this afternoon > cloudy and mild with scat 'hciwfrs. la' W|vne<\ 111 o temperature by the State Test I. Max. Mln Pr. L 80 55 P 71 41 .87 L 59 43 .18 P 66 44 .05 Escaped Convict Turns Into Speed Demon, Lands In Jail "I ~!old you I would be back un less tfley sent me to the Whittier Prison Camp." said soft-spoken, bespectacled and frail Alvin Mans field. 49. as he talked freely with officers after a wild 16-mile terri fying chase from Maggie to a point a mile beyond Clyde. Mansfield was sent to State Pris on last November from the Hay I wood court by Judge Susie Sharpe. for stealing a car on Maple Street. He was given 5 to 7 years. Knroute to Raleigh. Mansfield told Deputy Carl Setzer, "I won't stay in any prison they send me except Whit ; tier. 1 like it there." Mansfield has spent 25 of his 49 years in prison. Most of his time has been for stealing. His weakness is high-powered cars. Saturday night a week ago, Mansfield went over the prison 1 fence at Halifax, with four other prisoners. He says they parted company, and he headed towards I Virginia through the woods. His ; 1 hands and legs show signs of com batting many briars and rough country. He said he walked 25 miles in a zig-zag route to throw off the possibility of being followed by bloodhounds. About 15 miles from the prison, he saw a pair of overalls and a (See Convict?Page 6) Parakeet Article Brings Flood Of Phone Calls More than 50 calls regarding parakeets and "parrot fever" have been received by the Haywood County Health Department since the publication of an article in The Mountaineer warning owners of the birds to be on guard against "par rot fever". Miss Dorothy YVhisenhunt, sec retary in the health office, said that a number of other persons have come to her office seeking ad ditional information on the sub ject and have been given a pamph let on psittacosis (the medical term for "parrot fever") published by the state. According to a bulletin from the U. S. Public Health Service, re ceived by the health department here, nine eases of psittacosis were reported in the United States for the week ending March 29th. Four cases were in California, two in New York, and one each in Vir ginia. Ohio, and Colorado. Literary Societies Played Key Role In Early Schools (EDITOR S NOTE: This is the second in a series of articles on the early beginnings of Waynes \ tile's public schools. Information used herein is taken from the pamphlet, "Report for the Fif teenth year of the Public Schools of Wa.vnesville, North Carolina," published in 1915, brought to The Mountaineer office by Jarvis Hol 11 fie Id. > An interesting commentary in the pamphlet, "Report of the Fif teenth Year," is entitled "Activi ties of the Schools. 1914-15." Parts of this section read: "That which deserved first place in the progress of W'aynesville Public Schools during the year is the fine spirit manifested.' In | schools as in individuals nothing is truer than this maxim. 'The spirit in which we act is the high est matter.' "The Roard^-The trustees have at all time manifested a keen | interest in everything that pertains to the welfare and development of the schools. The strength of their support and the wisdom of theirj counsel have been felt at all times for the authority and advancement j of the educational interests of the community, "Patrons?The patrons have giv en their hearty co-operation in for- ' warding the school as a whole as 1 well as for the good of their own 1 children. Whenever it has been ' necessary to confer with the pa trons with reference to failure of their children in work or any oth- ' er duty, they have responded with 1 such wise co-operation that it has been easy lito settle matters which otherwise would have been impos sible of satisfactory solution. "Patron's Meeting?There have i been two meetings during the year in which patrons and teachers | made united efforts to advance the general interest of the school and I the community. "Following is the program of the first meeting: 1. Selection by the High School Orchestra. 2. State ment by the Superintendent of the Purpose of the Meeting. 3. His tory of the Origin and Develop ment of the Waynesville Schools, General R D. Gilmer. 4 Song "Hoi For Carolina." School. 5. Recitation, Mildred Crawford. 6. flow the Home Can Help the School, Miss Mary H. Mitchell. 7. How the School Can Help the Home. |Rev. A. S. Anderson. 8 Selection by the High School Ochestra, "After the program an informal] (See Societies?Pages Carolina Power To Triple Capacity Of Line To Maggie, s i Tlu> Maggie electric line will be nodermzed and its carrying eap- J icit> will be tripled by an cxpan ;ion project scheduled for the nonth of April, according to Ro> j bright of ltazelwood, Manager for ( he Carolina,Power & Light Com- i lany. I Three-phase power service will ie substituted for the present sin- i jle-phase service, and the voltage < a ill be increased from 7200 to 12.- t >00. Wright said yesterday. The t line extends 3 miles from Juna- l luska School to Maggie. ' "This will give customers along i this line electric service just as modern as in _ any large city." < Wright commented. He says thAt the three-phase service Will ac commodate the newest and heavi est electrical equipment, such as heavy-duty motors and air condi tioners. Wright said tile project calls for taking out one wire front Deli wood to Maggie and putting in three new ones. New wiring will also be installed from Lake .Juna luska to lfellwood. In all, the project is taking 22 miles of new wire, and will rep resent an expenditure of about $20,000. The expansion was engineered to provide abundant electrical cap acity along the Soco (lap road and to take care of the anticipated growth of the area, the Carolina Power A- Light Company Manager commented. The line Work. Wright pointed out will necessitate numerous in terruptions of electrical service but these interruptions will be sched uled so that there will he the least inconvenience possible to cus tomers. Linemen will use the morning hours to do all the preliminary work possible with the lines "hot", he said When work i? required that would jeopardize the safety of the men. the power will be cut off. These interruptions usually will bo made for short intervals dur ing the afternoon. "We tiope to complete the work between April 1st and May 1st," J Wright said. This will l>e during warm weather, sq as to cause the least interruption of service to heating systems: and it will come prior to (he Tourist season. Doctors To Wear ' c Red Carnations ; If you notice your doctor 1 wearing a red carnation Tues- ' day you'll know that someone I remembered that March 30th is Doctor's Day. ' About the only observance of I the 21-year-old event is that a i doctor sets a red carnation to < wear, or perhaps a vase full for 1 his desk. Other than that, it is I just another busy day. (See editorial, and the sua- I gestion for patients in the ob- i servance of Doctor's Day.) County Ends Quarantine On Dogs The county-wide quarantine on dogs, imposed last fall when sev eral people were bitten by rabid dogs, ended Sunday according to an announcement by Hill Milner. sanitarian, and Ernest Chambers, doR warden, of the Haywood Coun ty Health Department. The quarantine was first ordered in the Allen's Creek area, and lat er extended to the entire county when rabid dogs were reported in other areas. The county's total of rabies cases among animals last year was 10-?the most serious outbreak of the disease in Hay wood County within memory. The last rabid dog reported was on December 27. As the number of rabies cases increased last fall, the county com missioners hired Mr. Chambers as dog warden to enforce state regu lations decreed for quarantine areas?including keeping pets'con fined and having them vaccinated. Although dogs no longer have to be confined, Mr. Milner urged that they "be kept up as much as pos sible". However, vaccinations of the animals is still compulsory, and a series of clinics will begin in April to accommodate pet owners, pales and locations of the clinics will be announced later. i Mrs. Mitchell Dies At 83 After Illness Mrs. Robert H. Mitchell, great granddaughter of Col. Robert Love, founder of Waynesville. died Thursday night in an Asheville hospital following a short illness Slu* was 83 years of age. Born April 18, 1870, Mrs. Mit- ? chell was the former Miss Maria Love, oldest of eight children of Captain MatheW and Rebecca Moore Love of Haywood County. She was graduated from the old Asheville Female College and was , was married November 4. 1898. to j Robert Harris Mitchell of Knox ville. Tennessee. Mr. Mitchell died , in 1911. Mrs. Mitchell was a member of ihe First Methodist Church and was a charter member and past , regent of the Dorcas Bell Love i Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri- i ran Revolution. During the years following i World War I when the Army re- 1 habilitation hospital was located at i Ihe Sulphur Springs Hotel, Mrs. (See Mrs. Mitchell?Page 6> 1 ASC Purchase Order Deadline Is April 15 All farmers who have not re ceived purchase orders on spring soil practices must pick up those orders from the ASC office before April 15. according to an announce ment by A. W. Ferguson, ASC manager. ? Soil samples are not necessary for spring seeding. Mr. Ferguson added. The ASC official also announced that farmers who have sold or bought farms with tobacco allot ments must fill out "combination" or "division" papers in the ASC J office by May 15. Ferguson Attends City Manager's Conference CI C. Ferguson, town manager, attended the state meeting of city; managers at Sedgefield Inn Satur day and Sunday. Many town prob lems were discussed, including garbage disposal, water rates and , lines outside of town, building codes, and street assessments. He was accompanied by Mrs Ferguson. Milk Commission Sets Up $6.25 Minimum In Area 8 Sec picture, page 6 I Milk marketing regulations will teeome effective in 13 western N'orth Carolina counties Thursday norning. The regulations effective Thurs iay. will be on a temporary basis, iccording to the State Milk Com nission .The action followed the tearing here Thursday morning ind afternoon, when members of he commission held a hearing with about 150 dairymen and dist ributors attending. The commission will meet In flaleigh April 8th to complete ar rangements for the permanent nr ler of the regulations. Under the regulations, Class One milk producers will be paid $6.25 per hundred pounds for milk. Al the hearing here Thursday is wa brought out that the range in prices paid for this class of milk in the 13-county area ranged from $4.85 at Murphy to $6.20 in Hen dersonvtlle. A five-member board wilt be named by the State group to ad ministter regulations in the area. Counties included in the area, designated as Area 8. are Hun eomhe. Cherokee, Clay, (Jraham. Haywood. Henderson. Jackson. Ma con. Madison, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania and Yancey. Along Political Fronts it. E. Sentelle Candidate For Representative K K Sentelle, Waynesville at orney. today announced he is a ?andidate for the nomination as cpresentative in the House of fopresentatives. The Haywood native has served n three regular terms of the Gen ?ral Assembly, and two special I orms. He represented Wake Coun y in 1905, and was Kepresenta ive from Brunswick county for lwo regular and two special terms 11 1935 and 1937. He is a graduate of Wake For .'st. and was principal of a private school in Haleigh for four years before going to Elizabeth City to become superintendent of city schools, a post he held for a num ber of years, and then on to Lum brton, where he held the same school position for 12 years. The next seven years he spent as coun ty superintendent of the Kdge combe county schools, and went to Brunswick county in the same capacity, and held the school post six years. At the end of six years, he opened his law office, and be gan the practice of law. He returned to Haywood in 1939 and moved his law office | here. He became attorney for the | Haywood Electric Membership Corporation, a post he still holds, in addition to being appeal agent for the local draft board, a place he has held since 1939. Sentelle has been active in Hay wood Baptist Association work, and served as superintendent of the Haywood Baptist Association for four years He is a member of the Bethel Baptist church, and a Mason. With his son, they operate ^ 33-aere farm in the Bethel sec tion. I Hazelwood Warns Against Unlawful Dumping Of Trash Hazelwood town officials and the Haywood County Health Depart ment today warned residents of this area against the indiscrimin ate dumping of garbage and trash at the Hazelwood dump in the Lit tle Mountain section of Hyatt's Creek. The only dumping authorized there, it was stated, is that done by the Town of Hazelwood. Hill Mllner, health department sanitarian, said that one man has already been fined in court for dumping trash at the Hyatt's Crev k site, and warned that other offend ers will be prosecuted. Several months ago the health department recommended that sanitary fills be used in Haywood County instead of the open dumps which are maintained at present. Malcolm Clark has returned to Mars Hill College after spending the spring holidays with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Clark. It. K. SI'.NTKI.I.K Any GOP County Ticket? That question came up today, and when the matter was put to Elmer "Red" Miller, chairman of the Haywood Republican Executive Committee, he said: "We named a committee at the count\ conven tion to handle this, hut I don't know anything of their activities." Several members of the Repub lican party are anxious to get a full ticket this vear, and right now are keeping their eyes peeled on the nominating committee, and the calendar the filing deadline for county offices is Saturday, April 17th. Democrats To Hear Stevenson A good representation of Hay wood Democrats are expected to be among the large throng to hear Adtai Stevenson*in Charlotte Fri day. Sunday night the Democratic standard I rearer entered Duke hos pital for treatment of a kidnev ail ment. Hi- had beeii visiting his sis ter in Southern I'ines when he had the attack. He first had the trouble two years ago. Death Claims C. S. Smothers At Age Of 90 Columbus S. SinatIters. W). died at his homo in ('.niton Sunday morning after a long illness. He was a native of llaywood County and was a retired merchant. He was a son of the late .Jesse and Mary Henson Smathers. Funeral services were hold this afternoon in the Plains Methodist Church The Itov. W. M. Hatlvburn and the Itov. Gen Gray officiated. Burial was in the church ceme tery. Nephews served as pallbearers and granddaughters as flower bear ers. Survivors are two sons. S. A. of Horse Shoe and Norman of Can ton; five daughters. Mrs. Zenia (See Smathers?Page 6) WNC Tourist Operators Go To 'School' Wednesday Operators of tourist establish ments in Haywood County and oth er Western North Carolina coun ties will go to "school" all day Wednesday to get the latest in formation on a number of matters affecting the mountain tourist in dustry. A number of specialists will lead discussions at the tourist confer ence which is sponsored by th? Westtern-North Carolina Highland ers, inc.. the State Department of Distributive Education and West ern Carolina College. Cooperating in the program are I he State Tourist Bureau. N. C. De partment Conservation and Devel opment, North Carolina Associa ion of Quality Restaurants. Inc., and others mutually interested. in announcing the conference at WCC on Wednesday, Major O. A. Fetch, resident manager of Fon lana Village and president of . the Highlanders, made this statement: "In mm a committee on educa tion and training was named and since that time has been active in encouraging local communities to hold numerous "Host Schools" and Information Training Confer ences". For the past two years re sional training conferences have Seen held at Western Carolina College Through participation of the State Department of Distribu tive Education and the College, added impetus has been given to meet the need for training in the tourist industry and in other busi nesses deriving benefit from the travel dollar. The area has exper enced increased travel during the past few years, hut this is a highly competitive field and must con tinue to improve if We continue to attract more visitors." The program Wednesday will in clude: Welcome by Dr Paul Reid. presi dent of Western Carolina College, 9:30 a m ; "What the Tourist Busi ness Myans To You," by Fred Whlt aker, manager of the State Tour ist Bureau B 40-10 00; "Profitable Business Operation." by T, Carl Brown, state supervisor of dis tributive education. 10:00-10:30; "Getting Results Through Super vision," by W. G,Slattery, distrib utive education teacher trainer, 10 30-12:40; luncheon In college cafeteria. 12:40-1:40; panel forum on personnel and operational prob lems; M fj, Taft, moderator; O A Fetch. John Partis, T Carl Brown, W O. Slattery, and M. M. Melvin, 2:30-3:00; ' Bring 'F.m Rack (See Tourist?Page 6) Changeover To Eliminate Toll Charges After 10 p.m. Wednesday toll charges on telephone tails within liaywood County will be abandoned and telephone users will be able to dial anywhere in the county without placing their calls with an operator. The switchover, which will in volve 7.999 telephones, will make Haywood the first county in Western North Carolina served by Southern Bell to have complete inter-county dial service. The newest milestone in the county's progress will be signalled at 10 p.m. Wednesday when Bruce Morford, president of the Canton Chamber of Commerce, will call John Johnson, president of the Wa.snesville Chamber of Com merce. The new service will cost South ern Bell Telephone approximately 912.1.000, including expansion of facilities in West Canton and Clyde, according to Mr. McCulston. The elimination of tolls "will knit the communities of Haywood County closer together and will Telephone subscribers in both the Canton and Waynes ville arras are urged by C. T. Cuiston not to use the new telephonr directories or try to call numbers out of their own exchange before 10 p.m. Wed nesday. especially help the Community Development Program," according to C. T. McCulston, manager of both the Waynesville and Canton exchanges. I Installation of the new equip ment started last October and was completed only recently. Ad ditional cables for the telephone lines were joined in the vicinity of the Medford Farm west of Clyde. At present there are 3.778 tele phones in the Canton exchange, and 3,821 in the Waynesville ex change, according to Mr. Mc Culston The longest call possible will be from Camp Hope to Max Patch. In the past, approximately one fourth of all long-distance calls placed with Canton and Waynes ville exchanges have been to points within the county, the telephone official said. The new facilities are adequate for the nnrnuil load, hut they may i be taxed somewhat in the first | few days and weeks after the changeover when a number of , persons will be making calls for the novelty of it, Mr. McCuiston , said. Toll calls from Waynesville ex change will be increased by about 50 per cent during the tourist sea son. it was pointed out. In preparation for the switch over Wednesday night, new tele phone books listing numbers in both the Canton and Waynesville exchanges are now being deliverd. They should not be used until af ter 10 p.m. Wednesday it was urged. To call numbers in the Waynes ville exchange, telephone users in the Canton exchange will dial "08" and then the number desired. Those In the Waynesville exchange will dial "7" and then the number desired to make calls to the Can ton exchange. Canton numbers are listed first in the directory. Complctp dialing instructions and other information is contain ed in the new directory. One classified section serves both the Canton and Waynesville area. Mrs. J. F. Abel, who has been visiting her daughters, Mrs. W. W. 1 Baker and Mrs. Allan McLean, in \ Winter Park, Florida, returned | Saturday, having been railed on I account of the death of her sister, Mrs. R. 11. Mitchell. I Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed..;: 0 Injured.... S (This Information com piled from Records ef State Highway Patrol.)