I ? ? t Mou?,aineer THE ^^YNESVILLE JVIOUNTAINEER ? a f'ublbhwi Twice-A-Week In The Cm nfv ^ l fchown - ?? ia a atew-dowm. IhTKAK NO. 9?, 18 PAGES' Assoc lated~P ? o? Haywooa Cuumy m U,, ^sie.n tnuanct Ot The Ureal Smoky Mountain* (National Para ? WAYNESV1LLE, X. ( . MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 29, 1954 S35ol^ T~S" C In Adv??ce In Haywood and Jackson Counties Iywood Grand Jury Makes Report To Court !urb On Bootlegging, New Lower Court Urged Iiry Is Selected For Trial f Joyce Mann Charged rith Murder Of Jack Case B11XF.TIN jo jurors iiiui tlu1 one cxlrs, "trial ot Joyce Mann, 51. I with the death of Jack, lis completed at 2 34 this nn The first juror was shortly after 11 o'clock this p. at the criminal term of lr Court began the .second litli Judge W alter T John r.( presiding. f serving on the jury are. Shipman Carroll F. Plea's, \- Wilson, II D. Leather jWliam Howell, Hugh Me.s y GUnter Lester Rey nolds, L Robinson, William H. son, lldward K Best,- and C Chapman Tin* extra t Lewis Burress selection of the jury was from the 17 jurors named second week, and the spec ire of 74 who reported tor pty in court this morning, gular juror, and one named venire did not report, and Walter T Johnston, Jr., or pach fined $40 and costs, ulation is that the trial will e all of Tuesday and most nesday Case died about 12 after a .22 bullet lodged in ,-er part of his throat The shooting took plats- at the >f Forrest Mann, father of Mann, on the Asheville ist east of Canton. M. Queen and Frank Fer are attorneys for the de i, and .Solicitor Thad Brv preser-ts tlie stale. It was from the defense that they juitc- a number" of witness ppear in the trial, iter Thad I) Boson said lid call the case of Charlie no, tiO for trial. Thursday hargc of incest. The court Grover Davis to appear for ne. Who is further charg h keeping his 15-year-old cr out of school, and taking a cliff dwelling in the lins for six weeks bone is alleged to have officers for the six. weeks, ten arrested was questioned end Fred Campbell, and 'Sec Court?Page ti i cup Truck >cks Out Power Clyde Area Irk-al power in CTvfle was d out for approximately a our Saturday at 12:30 p.m. a pickup truck plswod into ?o-s on a pole on the olh highway at the intersection Jones Cove road lrom the Carolina Pow L'ght Co. office in Canton d the electrical power. | Patrolman W. R Wooten *d the driver as Frank Jhck of Knka, w ho reported brakes looked as he turn 9 ihi- Jones Cove road Patrolman added that he is ^'"x'lgating tlx- incident. ' MF.C KI.ENBl RG RURAL POLICE arrived hen- this moniim to take James Anderson Hoodie. 20 (lefti and Joseph William McDonald, 41 (right! to Charlotte tor trial on a ellarge of robbery. The two were sentenced here Wednesday by Judge Halter T. Johnston. Jr., on charges growing out of a gun battle with Canton police Tuesday morning. The men are cousins, (Mountaineer Photoi. | 2 Men Who Shot At Canton Police Taken To Charlotte Iron Duffs CDP To Sell Hereford Beef (See picture Farm Page) A community project at Iron I>uft will be completed Wednesday night at an auction of baby beef purchased at the annual 4*11 and FKA show and sale at Knka early this month The beef, from a Hereford calf, will be put on the block at 7:30 p. , m Wednesday by the Iron DufT ' CDP at Davis Chapel Methodist, Church The public is invited to! attend the event. The Hereford, which weighed 1030 pounds on foot and 029 pounds dressed, was crown by ? Roger MeKlroy of Iron Duff, a I member of the Future Farmers of America. llaby beef grown by Haywood I 4-H C'ub and FFA members w as [ purchased by a number of county i civic organizations and business firms, but Iron Duff was the only ; community to make such a pur | chase. ? C. of C. Board To Discuss New Program Tonight The 12 now diri-ctors of the Chamber of Commerce w ill meet j ? tonight at 7.HO to discuss a general I j program for 1955 and also to notnl- ] nat officers for the year, John N Johnson, president said The 12 directors were named h>' ballot bv the membership of the j organization ten days ago. Then are two directors for each business : unit in the area: Agriculture, tour ist, industry, merehants, auto, motive, business and professional. ; The civic clubs of town will be asked to name a representative to the board, which will make about 24 directors for the organization. Mecklenburg officers came here today to get two Gaston county cousius, ano give them a trial lor robbery bed or ^ the tdrv men began fcninu a four-year term tu the pen. The two men w ere se ntenced Wednesday by Judge Walter T Johnston, Jr, here on charges growing out of gunfire with two c anion policemen late Tuesday night. The men admitted robbery of a store in Mecklenburg county to the Canton police, but Saturday, the;, told Sheriff Kred Campbell, as they were (King fingerprinted, that they admitted the Mecklen burg robbery Because they were afraid. Sheriff Campbell said officers at Columbia. Gaffnoy and Inman, S. C , and Salisbury and Charlotte also said they wanted the men. The -herifT here had pictures made of the two, and sent them to the of ficers In the places where the pah was sought. Tin- men are J antes Anderson Woodie. 20. a soldier on leave, and James William McDonald, 44 Woodie is a slim man, with a missing front tooth, while McDon ald is a heavy-et, red-faced man. Woodie was chargi-d with assault with a deadly weapon and McDon ald with carrying a concealed weap on, drunk driving and aiding and (See 2 Cousins?Page 61 * ? ? Lions Discuss Dime Board The board of directors of the Waynesville Lions Club at a meet ing last week discussed the settirig up of a dime board for the 1355 Christinas season, and also the newly organized Community Cloth ing Clos? t. The cluh itself did Dot meet be cause of tin: Thanksgiving holiday. The club will participate in Charter Night Ceremonies for the new Lions Club at Hazclwood. Red Cross, Woman's Club Send Gifts For Servicemen American servicemen who have to spend Christmas I>ay at sea won't have to ro glfUess this year, according to Mr. T>avid Hyatt, chairman of the liaywood County i H?>d Cms. chapter. The *'( brtstmas - oh - tlv ? High Seas'' program is sponsored by the K'*<1 Cross and h made possible by groups throughout the nation ? which contribute |{ift package* tor ' troops bound Oversea* and ships' ?; complements. In Wayno-ville this year the " gifts were provided by the Way nesvillc Woman's Club and have already beerl shipped to coastal Ij ports of embarkation. "This traditional Ned Cross ser vice oflcrs .1 splendid opportunity for local organizations to under take a worth-while project," Mrs. Hyatt said, adding that participat ing in the' program would give pleasun to many louely ynire ttjrn aj well as sattsiactiou to the glft-gtvrrs. La'h of the rift packages cou ? t.'iiru-d at Past throe Items, includ ing pencil with clip, photo folder, billfold, pencil-type pocket flash light, pocket-size bottle opener, key ring, cigarette case, pocket size novel, comic book, playing caid", oilskin pouch, ballpoint pen, gum or bard candy, and plastic in 1 sort for billfold. 3 Injured In Weekend Accidents Three persons were injured in three accidents reported in the State Highway Patrol in the coun ty during the weekend One occurred at 6 15 p m Sat urday on Highway 110 near tile Turner Cathey residence south of Canton when Dale Singleton, i Koute 2, Canton, driving a 1952 Chevrolet, lost control of his car on a curve and struck a 1951 Kurd driven by Chester Arthur Strang er of Canton. Singleton was hospitalized at Memorial Mission Hospital. Ashe V'ille. with back and shoulder in juries. while Mrs. Swanger, who': suffered bruises and lacerations was taken to Haywood County Hos pital. State Patrolman V K Hryson charged Singleton with driving on the wrong side of the highway. The patrolman estimated damage to the Singleton car 'at $700 and to the Swanger car at 5600 The accident took place only a short distance from another last Tuesday night in which Willis Beck and Noble Garrett Jr. of Way nesville, were injured when their car crashed into a stone wall on N C 110. Beck has been discharged from Haywood County Hospital, but Garrett remains a patient there, where his condition has been termer "improved." Patrolman Bry son said today that his investigation of the case has Ix en completed and that 1 charge* of driving drunk, exceed ing a sate speed, and driving oil the wrong side of the highway : will be filed against Hit- driver, tSe? 3 Hurl?Page 61 Shot Strikes Hunter's Eye On Plott Creek Harold Simonds of Hyatt Crook, an employe*- of the Dayton Rubber , Co.. .suffered an injury to lu> left eye Thanksgiving Day when struck in the face by a shotgun pellet while rabbit hunting on l'lott Creek. . Sheriff Fred Y. Campbell said ; that Simonds was hit accidentally by another hunter who did not know he was within range as he fired at a rabbit i Siinonds was given first aid by 1 Dr. Stuart Kober^n and sent to an Asheville hospital Surgery ; may be performed there in an at | tempt to save his eye. | ' ' ~ : 1.KK DAVIS, administrator of the lUywuod County Hospital, has recently turn honored by three ho.spit.il organizations. _ f Lee Davis Given Honors By Three Hospital Groups It Lee tiavis, administrator of; the Mas wood County Hospital hav jiist hiH'n honored by three! Hospital groups for his achieve ments He was recently presented w ith a personal membership in the American Hospital Association, and also the Jiorth Carolina Hos pital Association. Membership ill these organizations are granted to those who have satisfactorily com pleted five years in hospital ad ministration Mr Davis became ad ministrator of the Hospital here in 1948. * : , lb was recently pained vice president of the Health mwl 11?| pital .Council trf Hte KJth >ir-?ical, District, which includes the cu-' tin- western part of the state.# ! The $750,000 expansion to the ! hospital was built during his ad-1 ministration. In addition to his work, he has served as president 1 of the Lions Club, and at present ? j is chairman of the committee help ing handicapped peoples ot the county. Morrison 'Holding Own At Haywood Hospital Frank Morrison. Soul horn Kail way station master at Ha/clwond. who suffered a heart attack Thanksgiving Day. spent a fairly good night last night and is "hold ing his own" at Haywood County Hospital, it has been disclosed. HoweVoi, visitors are still not] admitted to see him, it was added. I Sheriff Finds Woman 1 Just Tipsy, Not Robbed Haywood Rdnks 44th In Owning Motor Vehicles i 1 There is one motor vrhirlr for every 3.B9 people in Hay wood. according to data .supplied by thr brpartmrnt o1 Motor Ve hiolest of the stale. Ilaywood ranks 44th in the state, which has an average of | 2.SMJ. Mecklenburg leads the state i with a percentage of 2.54 and Tyrell is i( the bottom with 5.10. Henderson is 43rd, and Bun romhe fifth, for the ratings of ; neighboring counties. "Hurry to ML Storting. A wo-j man has boon beaten up and rob bed." catno an excited voice over Lhe phono late the other night to Sheriff Campbell The tired sheriff asked a few questions, and said be would be right down. lie started out before dawn. Found a tiio on his car fiat. He made the change in freezing tem peratures, and started out on the 33-mile journey, across two moun tains over the rough and crooked road He was soon at his destination, and found a 70-year-old woman, with a bruised forehead. Otherwise she was apparently OK. The Sheriff began routine ques tions, and found that the woman In question had found the $140 Her husband had found it after she lost it. As for the bruises on her forehead, she "got that when she fell 011 a rock.'* The situation boiled dou n to the fact that the woman had jumped to the conclusion that she had been robbed, and beaten. Then the sheriff began reach ing some conclusions ? and he began: "You're 70 years old, but tell me, how much liquor did you drink before falling down and hitting your head on a rock?" "Not much, sheriff, I just drank J what was in the jar'?it weren't too much," the elderly woman ex plained "But how much was in the jar?" the questioning sheriff continued. "Well sheriff, it weren't even half full," came the quick reply. | "The next time you call me' down here 011 such a trip, I'm go ing to put the whole bunch of you In jail," the peeved sheriff told the sobered, but bruised-htaded woman Fire Burns Davis Home In Ninevah The residence of Claude Davis In the Nines ah Miction v. as com pletely destroyed by a fire of un known origin about 5:30 a.m. Thursday which forced him to jump from a window to escape. j Mr Davis, a mechanic at the! Howell Motor Co., was alone at home at the time of the fire, the rest of his family was away. Fire Chief Felix Stovall said the hiazc in the one-story frame house w:th asbestos siding , had gotten Mich a headway that firemen wmfre uuahle lo save the structure or any of its furnishings. Mr Davis was unable to use his own phone to eall the fire depart ment since the blaze a|>parent!y originated in teh living room. Destroyed lit the fire were a refrigerator, washing machine, and television set ? which were part ialy covered by insurance. There i was no Insurance on the house it self, however. Chief Stovall estimated the loss at $5,000. Soil District Supervisor To Be Named Haywood County farmers have nominated, by regular petition. I). J. Boyd of Jonathan Creek and J. K. Caldwell of Iron DufT to run for a three-year term as supe-rvisor for the Haywood County Boil Con servation DLstrirC All qualified voters within Haywood Count> are eligible to vote In this election. Ballot boxes will be placed at Farmers Federation, Canton; Iiob ert Messer's Store-, C.V-cil; Ilgeon Valley Store, Pigeon; Boston's i Stere, Cruso; Burgin's Store, Dell- j wood; Mark Ferguson's Store, Fines Creek; Walter Hefner's Store, Lake Junaluska, Cline-Brad- 1 ley Store, Hazelwood; Sam Led ford's Store, White Oak and Sut-j ties Store, Clyde. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes will be elected to replace Jule Boyd, whose term expires December 31. Voters must sign their ballots and vote for only one person. Allotments For Bur ley Cut 10 Pet. Tlx- Department of Agriculture ? has announced a 1955 crop acre age allotment of 362.000 acres lor hurley type tobacco. The 1954 allotment was 397,000 acres. This drop means, the depart ment said, that burley allotments for most Individual farms will bo about 10 per cent less than in this year. Hurley tobacco was grown on an estimated 396,000 acres this year. Also announced wa> a crop acre age allotment of 1,0)09,000 acres for flue-cured type tobacco, which; this year was allowed 1.053,000 acres under a production control 1 program. Hurley type tobacco is grown In Kentucky. Tennessee, North Caro- , Una < primarily Western North i Carolina*, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana,! West Virginia and Missouri. Hoth the flue-cured and isurle allotments will be accompamed b- : rigid marketing quotas designe* t to Umlt sales of these types t* that grown on alloted acres Growers approved quotas for bot types at a 1953 referendum for three-year period. The depart menl said the 195 hurley acreage should produce crop of about 478 million pounds compared with this year's estlma' ??d crop of 582 million pounds. Clothing To Be Collected In Porchlight Drive A ponchllghl drive I or collection I nf clothing (or the needy will b? i made m Waynesvtlle, lla/elwood,' and Lake Junaluska Tuesday mgbt from 8 until in o'elock. The drive will be sponsored by lbe Kiwanis Club and will be con ducted by all members of the club following the regular meeting J M Carver, chairman oi the under privileged uhildren's committee, is serving as chairman of tlie cloth ing collection. Residents of the three commun ities are asked to turn on their porch lights during the designated hours if they have clothing to con tribute. Cash donation^ will also is; accept.'d and will be u ed for the purchase of new clothing when reeded. Clothing for both children and adults is requested. All rlothuig and rash will h turned over to the Clothing Close Assdhiatior for distribution to th' needy In Wayoesvllle, Hazel wood Lake Junaluska, and the surround ing rural areas. rv-rsons not reached by the porrbUght drive who wish to con tribute are requested to contact Mrs. Cicrro Hooper, chairman of! the collection committee for tlie Clothing Closet, and she or a mem ber of her conuiiittee will call for the donations. The Clothing Closet is located on the tlitrd floor of the court house and v.: 11 hi ojviatcd entirely through voluntary servic?*s of meui (See Clothing? Page 6i Group Makes Inspection Of Schools The Grand Jury has recommend ed that the Incoming board of commissioners establish a lower court, to try misdemeanor cases, and that the "responsible Law en forcement officers" take immedi ate action towards breaking up nine known bootlegging establish ments near the Central Element ary school. The grand jury's report, signed by Ernest Messer, foreman, was presented to Judge Walter T. Johnston, Jr., and the court. The same grand Jury recom mended in July that a study be made for establishing a lower court in llajwood. Most of the cases which were tried on Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. Involved traffic cases, which could be tried by a lower court. Tho report, relative to the al leged bootlegging, read as follows: "Prior to and during our inspec tion of the Central Elementary Schools we received numerous complaints from parents, residents of that locality, and #from the teachers in the school itself re garding condition in the immedi ate environs of the Central Ele mentary School, The reports we received are as follows: That there are at least nine known boot-leg ging establishments on the road which circles this school, and w hich establishments border on the school grounds and are in plainjjight of the school children. These places are o|>crated mostly by colored people. Tanis and pri vate cars keep a constant stream of persons mostly white moving into and out of these pla. Oe raslonally drunk persons are seen walking in the vicinity of the school grounds, and empty whiskey bottles on the school grounds arc a constant nuisance. Some of the personnel of this school reported that recently there was a loud and boisterous row in a house on the edge of the school grounds and in the hearing of the children. One establishment in the general area is so well known it is referred to as the "Liquor Store." "We. the Grand Jury, recom mend that the responsible law en (See Grand Jury?Pare 6) Rabies Quarantine Is Still In Force, Public Reminded The county-wide rabies quaran tine cm dogs and other pets, im posed the early part oi this month, will continue in force throughout the remainder of tills year and in to January, Dr. S. W. Jabaut, Hay wood health officer, reminded the nubile today. The doctor said that the health department has received a number of calls inquiring if the quarantine is still on. One irate lady complained that ?ight dogs were frolicking around in her front yard and demanded hat something be done about it. \nother remarked that "I'm ob ?rvlng the quarantine, but my icighbors aren't." Dr. Jabaut said that dogs and ats must be kept in close conflne ncut during the quarantine per od, and will be picked up by the ounty dog warden if allowed to in loose. He added that owners can be rofcccutcd in court if tbey fail to eep their pets on the premises. The doctor explained that the uarantine was imposed to pro *ct Uie public since rabies is 100 errent fatal once It has reached s advance stages. h'p Fight TB |UCH?isT?(*j^58[fT|NGS |J 1954 > ? uy Christmos Seals The xither COLD f 'n'hrr ? Light. know ' iLkrly today; windy and k?uPh^*y. partly cloudy and o snow flurries. ^ajTu-Kville tempera f H'td nestU.v afternoon in honor of f. C. Francis, who is concluding a trrni of ofTice as chairman of county commissioners. Presenting a gift of a wool sports shirt to Mr. Francis fn behalf of county employees is jMrs. J. P. Ulcus, clerk in the tax collector's office. < Mountaineer Photo). Highway Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATS) Killed ? . ?. 3 Injured.... 63 (This Inform* ttoo com plied from Record* of 8UI* Hifhow PntroU ' W ? .. I ;i