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? 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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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1.KK DAVIS, administrator of the
lUywuod County Hospital, has
recently turn honored by three
ho.spit.il organizations.
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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 <is ^Pwt'-d by the Stall
M?f. Min. Pr
39 29 .
27 . 43 1 3
jg 43 19 .41
37 2(i .35
A FARWKI.L PARTY was given by courthouse fmpl?vwi> 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.
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Highway
Record For
1954
In Haywood
(TO DATS)
Killed ? . ?. 3
Injured.... 63
(This Inform* ttoo com
plied from Record* of
8UI* Hifhow PntroU
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