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-a TheWaynesville Mountaineer \ .=?^.4 th YEAR NO. 96 JTPAGES ?~ ?eat of Haywood County At In, Eastern Entrance Of The Great Smoky Mountain* National Park ! " | 880014 Pre8" WAYNESVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON IIKP ?> ... -n ?? D C L- * 1954 ln Adva"ce In Haywood and Jaekann r^nfi^T tinal Court Term May )urn This Afternoon Indications were at the noon re cess today that the criminal term of Superior Court may be ad journed late today because of Solicitor Thad Bry son's having trouble with his throat and experi encing difficulty in speaking. Judge Walter T. Johnson, Jr., I of Winston-Salem had previously announced that he wanted to hear all cases of those defendants con fined in jail. This morning Charley Rathbone, j a 61-year-old, crippled tenant I farmer, was sentenced to 5 to 7 ] years on charges of incest. Rath ? bone's 15-year-old daughter was I in court, and testified with emo j tion. The charges grew out of the | flight Rathbone made with his I daughter to a cave where they liv j ed for six weeks in order to evade arrest on charges of not sending j the girl to school. I The jury was sent out while a point of law was discussed, and during the time the defense en tered a plea of nolo contendere, j and the judge pronounced the sentence. Prior to the start of the trial, the courtroom was cleared of all j children under 16 years of age. The jury returned a verdict of i not guilty against Joyce Mann on j charges of murder of Jack Case \ last August 11th. The case began Monday morning, with the last juror being selected shortly after ! 3 p.m. The case went to the jury at four o'clockTuesday afternoon, and the verdict was returned at 9:58 Tues day night. Only a small group of spectators were on hand when the i jury filed into the court room. At | 6:35 that evening, the jury return- . ed and asked Judge Johnston to \ repeat that phase of his charge which deals with manslaughter. Mann took the trial and verdict | calmly, and told a Mountaineer reporter shortly before the verdict was returned. "It has been a long, long time since the jury went out." I As friends gathered around him. tears came into Mann's eyes. Testimony brought out during the trial showed that Mann and | Case had been drinking during the j day, and on one occasion about noon when Case got his rifle. Tom Johnson asked Case to discard the rifle, according to Johnson's testi mony, and it was thrown in some bushes, where Johnson found it and unloaded the weapon. Later that night. Case came to (See Court?Page 81 [)R. JACK DAVIS Davis : 1 Head Group ack Davis, Waynesville i. has been elected chair Ihe Waynesville Tubercu nmittee for 1955, replac Frank Hammett in that officers, re-elected to new Conway. vice-chairman; ?othy Whisenhunt, secre iurer. and Mrs. R. R. , chairman of the annual s Seai sale, now in prog ommittee recently sent i Seals to 2.000 residents raynesville area to raise r TB education ahd cor erk. that man the TB Commit i and spent those funds new microscope for the lepartment's laboratory, I ay film for chest X-rays i e. ialth department recent id that there have been rases of tuberculosis in County this year as com onlj- 13 during 1953. han 60 TB patients are ie jurisdiction of the partment at present. IC District CDP Awards Se Announced Saturday mutely 20 Haywood will attend the annual Community Development banquet at the Battery ?I in Asheville Saturday trict awards in the 1954 forth Carolina CDP con be announced. 8est delegation from this robably will be from *>n. win net* of the Hay contest this year. Other ing communities ? Iron per Crabtree, Thickety, Clyde are also expected fsented. communities in 14 WNC lrc competing for 10 in? district contest this '?place winner will re with $300 going to the and $200 to the third place entrant. The other seven will receive $100 each. Last year. Iron Duff won fifth in the contest, in 1951 Upper Crab- 1 tree took the top prize in Western Carolina. Preceding the noon meeting will be another session at 10 a.m. at the Battery Park where plans will be laid for the 1955 contest. This meeting will be attended by Miss Mary Cornwell, county home agent: Bob Tippett. assistant coun ty agent; Jack Ray, new chairman j of the Haywood County CDP, and j other county officers. I e her - * COLD 'nS Hnudieflg colder and V. Friday, partly cloudy ^aynosville temperature a ?y the State Teat Farm: Max. Min. Pr. 55 36 .42 52 19 .01 57 25 Bank Lobby I Murals Show j Local Scenes ? . ? I Seven murals of Haywood scenes | have been placed in the lobby of j the First National Bank. The I murals, in black and white, are I j five by seven and a half feet each. | The pictures, in their order are: [ The ranger's station on Catal- j I oochee: Barber's Orchard, as tak- | en from Walker Road; the 15th | green of the Golf Course; Dayton j 'Rubber plant; Lake Junalu.ska; ^' j Glenn Palmer's Dairy Farm; and i Cataloochec valley, showing a rail ! fence in the foreground. The scene is of the well known Nellie Post Office. Jonathan Woody, president of the bank, said that murals of bur- ' ley, beef cattle, and Maggie Valley ' would be placed in the new addi- 1 tion of the bank wihch is now un- ' der construction.' It was pointed out that the line of seven murals began with a Cataloochce scene, and ended with a scene from the same area. To this, Woody said with a smile of deep pride: ' "I'm a true and loyal sAn of j i good old Cataloochec," i The pictures were made by R. j A. Edwards, commercial photo-11 grapher, Asheville. CONTRIBUTORS to the drive for the new Cloth ing Closet Association, staged Tuesday night by the Waynesville Kiwanis Club, were -Mrs B. C. Nave and her daughter, Meredith Ann, 108 Gallo way St.. Waynesville. Receiving the clothing is A. I). Harrison. Kiwanis vice president. ? Mountaineer 1'hoto). Hazelwood Lions Will Gel Charier The iiazelwood Lions Club? Haywood's fifth?will get its chart er in an impressive meeting Fri day night at the Hazelwood School Cafeteria. 7:30. Other Lions Clubs in Haywood are at Waynesville, Canton. Clyde and Pigeon Valley. Rev. Earl H. Brendall, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will be the principal speaker, with officials of at least five <4her Lions Clubs participating in the program, which is expected to attract about 100 Joe Cline president of the Way nesville club, and sponsor of the new club, will preside, with Charles Isley leading the group singing. Rev. John I. Kizer, pastor of the Hazelwood Baptist Church will give the invocation. % Hugh Monteith, of Sylva. Inter national Lions Counselor, and former district governor, will serve as toastmaster. Alston Broom. Asheville, dis trict governor, will present -the charter to Clyde Fisher, president of the Hazelwood Club, while Joe Cline will present the gavel and gong to the new organization. Other ofTicers, besides Fisher, (See Hazelwood Lions?Page 81 Waynesville Band Christmas Concert Set For Dec.-16 The Wayncsville Township High School band will present its an nual Christmas concert on Thurs day, December 16, it has been an nounced by Charles F. Isley, direc tor of music at WTHS. Advance ticket sales will begin on Monday. Advance prices will be SO cents for adults and 25 for students. At the door tickets will j be 75 and 35 cents. Proceeds will go into the school's j general music account, used to purchase instruments, music, and uniforms. * Hazelwood Town Tags Go On Sale The sale of 1955 town tags at Hazelwood went on sale Wednes day morning. Gene Wyatt, tax col lector, pointed out that all resi dents of Hazelwood were required by an ordinance to have a town tag. The price remains the same as last year?$1 each. ' McCrucken New Owner Of Pure Oil Station Wayne R. McCrfackcn has be- j pome owner-manager of the Pure Oil Station next to The Mountain- j eer. Mr. McCracken was formerly distributor for the Pure Oil Com- | pnny here. Kiwanis Make Collection For New Clothing Closet The first community collection of clothing and shoes for the new Clothing Closet Association was made Tuesday night hy the Way nesville Kiwanis Club. Club members formed teams and divided the Wa\ nesvilie - Hazel wood-Lake Junaluska area into six | divisins to pick up the Clothing j from 8:15 until 10 p.m. A. D. ! Harrison, Kiwanik vice president, J was in charge of the drive. Persons who were not reached | or were not home Tuesday night have been asked to bring their j clothing to the courthouse or to j call Mrs. Cicero Hooper to arrange to have it picked up. Although rural areas were not covered in the drive this week, residents there are also asked to contribute to the "closet." Mr. Harrison stressed that the drive Tuesday night was not the end. but "only the beginning" and urged that people continue to con tribute clothing to keep needy adults and children warm this winter. Cliothing collected during the drive is now being sorted out and prepared for distribution on the third floor of the courthouse. Plans and procedures for distribut I ing the clothing will be announced later by the new Clothing Closet ? Association. j ? . ' ? Ducks Cheaper At Market Than Over Lake Junaluska If it's ducks you're wanting, you had better bo to the market and buy'sthem, and not try kill ing them at l.ake Junaluska. Police Chief Kverette McKlroy of Lake Junaluska, said several would-he duck hunters had taken shots at ducks which are now swarming at Lake Junaluska. Chief McLlroy pointed out that it is a violation of the law to shoot lire arms on the Assembly property, and also a violation of the same laws to hunt ducks there. "If you just must have a duck dinner, better *o to the market and buy one," the chief warned. You Can Relax, Monday's Issue Used Green Ink The Mountaineer's annual I Christinas gift edition?printed ? Monday in green ink ? nearly started a parade of readers to the eye doctors and the medical doctors. A number of subscribers re ported they thought that their eyes or lieer had gone bad when they saw what appeared to be a green newspaper. One man complained that green polka dots had replaced the usual spots before his eyes. The Mountaineer printed its last edition in green to herald the opening of the Yuletide season. Clothing Closet To Open Two Days Each Week The Clothing Closet, which, has j been established here to furnish clothes for the needy, will be open each Wednesday and Saturday morning from 9:30 until 12:30 o'clock, according to an announce ment by Mrs. Roger Walker, presi dent of the Clothing Closet Asso ciation. ? The Closet is located on the third floor of the court house and will open for the first time this Saturday. Most of the clothing to be distributed was collected in a special drive by members of the j Kiwanis Club Tuesday night. The articles collected have been classified by Mrs. R. R. Campbell chairman of the classification com mittee of the CCA and members of her groun as follows: Mrs. James Y. Perry, Mrs. J. J. Ferguson, and Mrs, J. P. Dicus. The Clothing Closet will be a permanent project of the CCA and contributions of clothing will be received at all times. WTHS-Orchestra Can Give Concert In New Orleans If $300 More ? Is Raised The Wayncsville High School 50-picce symphony orchestra is within $300 of being able to ae? eept the invitation to play before college and high school music di rectors convention in New Orleans early in February. The orchestra was issued the in vitation some weeks ago, and the parents of the 50 musicians have underwritten more than $2,500 of the money for the trip. There remains, according to Charles W. Tslev. director, the definite need of $300 to cover the cost of transportation for 15 of the group lie figures transport;! ? I tion will cost $20 per player and he ha*, commitments for 35 of the 50 musicians. "We fell it quite an honor to he invited to play l>cfore such a dis tinguished group of muiscians," he said. The orchestra just begun their third year under the direction of Istey. It is the only high school or chestra in the state west of Char lotte. Groups interested In the orches tra are expected Jo contribute in units of $20 to cover costs of transportation of Uie students. I 3 Women Hurt East Of Canton Two Waynesville women and i another from Cannon were Injured in a three-car accident on U. S. 19 and 23 a mile east of Canton at 6:10 p.m. Monday. State Patrolman W. R. Woo ten reported that a 1951 Chevrolet driven by Mrs. Vera Rogers Miller of Canton, was strUck from the rear by a 1953 Pontiac driven by Mis. Neva Smith Pressley of Waynesville. When struck from the rear, the Miller car was, in turn, forced in to the rear of a 1950 Dodge driven by Ernest S. Brank of Canton, the I patrolman said. Mrs. Pressley suffered broken ribe in the accident, while a pas senger in her car. Mrs. Lura Mae Scott, sustained facial cuts when thrown against the windshield. Mrs. Miller had cuts about the legs and feet. Patrolman Wooten estimated damage to the Pressley car at $600 and to the Miller car at $400. Dam age to Brank's vehicle was minor, j the patrolman added. The Canton accident swelled the rapidly mounting total of injuries in Haywood County traffic mis- j haps to 66?18 more than the 48 reported this same time last year. J , Beef Auction Brings $490 At Iron Duff A total of $490 ? representing ; | a profit of $169?was raised at an j , auction sale of an FFA baby beef i conducted by the Iron Duff CDP at Davis Chapel Methodist Church last-night. Proceeds will go toward Iron Duff's community building fund. The CDP plans to erect a 40 x 20 building on property donated by J. R. Caldwell. Twenty-eight purchasers ? in cluding several from other com munities bought beef cuts from auctioneer Charlie Woodard. The calf was grown by Roger McElroy of Iron Duff, an FFA member at Crabtree-lron Duff High School. The animal weighed | 1030 pounds on foot and dressed out at 629 pounds. 1 t Five Students To Visit Campus At N.C. State llomer Sink, assistant county j agent, will accompany a group ol five Haywood County high school students to N. C. State College in i Raleigh Saturday for the school's annual "High School Day" pro gram. The group will include Max Shepherd of Bethel, George Kirk Patrick and Roger McElroy of Crabtree-Iron Duff, and James Fergusan and Bernard Ferguson of ] Fines Creek. Shepherd is a prospective en- i gineering student, while the oth ers?members of the 4-11 and FFA ?are interested in agriculture. On Saturday night the high school students will be guests of the college at a basketball game in the Coliseum between the N. C. State Wolfpack and the Temple University Owls. 1 I Haywood's Sales Taxes Are Higher Haywood county was one of the 47 counties in the state which show ed an increase in sales taxes for Oc- 1 tober. The total sales taxes in the state for the month showed an increase ! of six percent over last October. ' This year's total for the month was 1 $4.776,535 09. 1 The figures were tabulated by the N. C. Merchants Association. ' and Thompson Greenwood, execu tive secretary said: "All aigns point . to one of the best autumn seasons i on record." 5 Southern To Close ^ Clyde Freight Depot The Southern Railway received ' permission from the State Utilities 1 Commission today to discontinue j its agency at Clyde. - The railroad will dismantle its station and erect a booth to handle less - than - carload freight ship- 4 mcnt.s. Haywood Officials Will Take Oath Of f Office On Monday There will be a lot of swearing in at the court house Monday morning, as officials take the oath of office for new terms. No formal program has been set, according to C. C. Francis, out going chairman of the board of commissioners. He "surmised" that the oath-taking would begin about ten o'clock. , Those taking the oath for a four year term includes: Sheriff Pred Y. Campbell; Reg ister of Deeds Jule Noland; Clerk of Court J. B. Siler, and Dr. J. Frank Pate, coroner, all beginning their second terms. Those starting their first term, are: Chairman of Board of Com missioners, Faraday Green; mem bers, Frank Medford and Floyd Woody; tax collector, Bryan Med ford. Jerry Rogers will take the oath as Representative. The new board of commissioners succeed: C. C. Francis, chairman, Frank M. Davis, and Jarvis H. Al lison. The two members did not seek re-election. Bryan Medford, tax collector, was named to suc ceed Mrs. Mildred H. Bryson af ter she resigned. Medford was nominated in the May Democratic primary. Cline To Head State College Alumni Group Joe Clinc of HazelWood was elected president of the Haywood county chapter of N. C. State Cot lege Alumni at the organization's fall meeting at Spaldon's. Also named were Nat Fortney, vice president, and M. R. Whisen hunt, reporter. Principal speaker at the meet ing was H. L. Kamphoefner, dean of the School of Design at State College, who discussed the grow ing campus at the school and out lined the present building needs of the institution. The next meeting of the N. C. State alumni will be held in the Canton area in the spring. Haywood Baptists Plan 'M' Night Meeting Monday The annual ''M" (Mobilization) Haywood Baptist Training Union mass meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church in Waynesville, according to Vaughn Hall, associate director of the training union. The Rev. C. D. Bessinger, pastor of Grace Baptist Church, Asheville, will be the principal speaker at the "M" Night meeting. All the churches in the Haywood Baptist Association are expected to be represented to launch the 1955 Training Union promotional program. Haywood Highlanders To Meet At Lodge The Haywood County Highland ers will hold their regular month y meeting at 7 p.m. Saturday at The Lodge, it has been announced. Presiding will be L. E. DeVous, Highlanders president. DR. ROBERT OWEN is the new president of the Canton Kiwanis Club. He was installed at the Monday night meeting. Dr. Robert Owen Is New President Of Canton Kiwanis Dr. Robert H. Owen, Canton | physician, was installed as presi-1 dent ?f the Canton Kiwanis Club during a Ladies' Night dinner meet ing at Glenell's in Highland Park Monday night. Dr. Owen succeeds Dick McMa-1 hon of the utilities department of the Champion Paper and Fibre Co. Other newly elected officers in- | stalled were Tommy Best, vice president, and John H. Rhodarmer. secretary-treasurer. Members of the board .of direc tors are Sid Watts, Charles B. Fullam, Woody Robertson, Albert Burnette. Cecil Pierce, R. T. Lart ning and Ed Storie. '55 Outlook Meeting Set For Tuesday The agricultural outlook for' 1955 ? with regard to production 1 and prices on major farm commo dities?will be discussed at a j county-wide meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the courthouse. A team of specialists from N. C. State College will lead the discus sion concerning compiled informa tion on the future outlook for various agricultural enterprises. Statistics to be presented have been gathered by both state and national agricultural authorities. Special attention is expected to be paid to the forecast of the na tion's livestock markets, where there is a far greater fluctuation of prices. It has been announced previous ly that burley tobacco allotments will be cut next year an average of 10 percent. < Financial as well as agricultural 1 leaders have been invited to at- ' tend the meeting Tuesday after noon. 1 ] Opening - Day Average Sets Record At Tobacco Markets A record opening-day average of (58.89 per hundred pounds of bur ley was paid Tuesday at Asbeville markets, where much of Haywood County's tobacco crop will be sold. The previous high was $58.72, set in 1951. The sale volume?725,800 pounds ?also set a new record for the \sheville markets For that tobac co, producers were paid a total of 5427,740,98. Up to $88 was paid or choice bulT lugs. At West Jefferson an average of 554.48 was paid for 356.114 pounds. County Farm Agent .Virgil L. lolloway said that Haywood's bur ey crop will probably total about 1,700,000 pounds and bring In ap >roximately $1,330,000. This year 1,400 acres of burley obacco were planted in the county with a yield of about 1.900 pounds per acre?an increase of 10 per cent above last year. Highway J Record For 1954 In Haywood (TO DATS) Killed .... 3 Injured.... 66 ?Oe4 from KmmH. of State Highway Patrol)
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