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STANIJAHt) P7(j co I ru*i* ? liiP/fF' ' ' iE~ [The W\ynesville Mountaineer ! D Published Twice-AAVeek In The County Seat of Haywood County At The Eastern Kntranr nfTh r ,c , 1 M JM iXV BAB NO. 6 16 FACES Associated ? ea Smoky *??<*? !?? National Fark . - t ,Ud 155 WAYNESYiLLE. N, c. THURSDAY afternoon. J an. ?. l?.v, . r ? ? *3'50 ,n Advance In Haywood and Jackson Counties i < 1 ???? In- County Suit rings Begin Case Expected To Be Appealed To Supreme Court Hearings were scheduled to start this afternoon on one of the most interesting civil actions to arise here in a number of years: A suit between the Town of Waynesville and Haywood County Hoard of Ed ucation over the ownership of the old Central Elementary School building. The case will wind up the two- i week February civil term of Su perior Court here at the court- j house. The county took over the old Central Elementary building in r 1923 and used it until January 4 1954, when the new building wijts j opened further south on Haywood St The present controversy arose following a law passed in 1953 by the North Carolina General As sembly which stipulated that when Haywood County finished using the building as a school, it would j pass to the ownership of the Town ' of Waynesville ? to be used for < recreational purposes. ?/ In accordance with the legisla- , ture's action. Clerk of Court J. B. 1 Siler appointed three trustees ? 1 Jonathan H. Woody. Hugh Massfe. and Mrs. Charles E. Kay ? who t were to deed the property to the' town. This they did last August j Two months later, however, the Haywood County Board of Educa tion filed suit to recover ownership of the building, contending that* the structure rightfully belongs to the county. In presenting their suit, county officials contended that w hen the county took over the building in 1923, there was a total of $20,000 due on the property and that all such notes were later paid off. In an attempt at a compromise, the three trustees recommended that the property be sohl and the proceeds go to the Haywood oouil ty Public Librarv, which is to be established at the old Ferguson ? home. nnttnlv honrH nf pHnc.'il ion 1 however. asserted that it could hot legally take such action. Present indications are that I whichever side wins, the other | side will appeal the case to the North Carolina Supreme Court. I Cases heard this week havej been: A T. Ward. administrator of the ; estate of David F. Underwood, de- j ceased, vs. C. If. Leatherwood.' . trustee of the Masonic Temple (See Toun-Count>?Pace X> Bloodmobile To Be Here Next Tuesday The American Red Cross Blood- j mobile will make its first visit to the Waynesville area on Tuesday. January 25, under sponsorship of the Dayton Rubber Co., it has been announced. Goal of the Bloodmobile next j Tuesday will be 200 pints, accord-1 ing to Virgil L. Holloway and I Clyde Fisher, new co-chairmen of the ARC Blood Bank program here, who recently replaced Rudolph Carswell and Johnny Edwards. The mobile unit will be in oper ation from 1 until t>' p.m. at the Hazelwood Presbyterian Church. Assisting in the program will Be Red Cross Gray Ladies, headed by Mrs. Felix Stovall, chairman, and , Mrs. Ben Colkitt, co-chairman. Plans for the Bloodmobile's visit here were made at a meeting at | the home of Mrs. IDavid Hyatt,!1 chapter president, last week. ? -Ji1 B lu7^f^BH| pljB MURRAY of Canton, wnumrd man of the year ^HLntoii Kiwanis Club, lie the trophy February ?n Kiwanis A P. Murray ^t2)^ The Year Paul Murray, prominent crti nd B\ic leader of Canton was : iSm of the year by the ?wanis Club at a meeting . fiBuht. nHection of Murray was a group of other out- j ?en on the merits of ex | fine and unselfish work nity affairs through the ?Robert H. Owen, presi 1 (i the fact that much ftd lime has been put in b* The- CoaUmi Kiwanis 1 pws this honor annually' Individual, will be honored 'by the] lib at a ladies night pro- [ i 21 at Glenelle's. The. of the evening Will be intation of a trophy to ?y, v . ? ???'? ! rrav has three times been Canton. He is a native nd County. He is affiliat louthern Railway and ha^ fc Murray-Barraea Sunday fess at the First Baptist |r more than 27 years, and I numerous other church b is also a member of the ^Jvitan Club, e fiat man of the year named he Anton Kiwanis Club was . Pandexter in 1952 and the id as A. J. Hutchins for 1953.' id|nt Cuts Ipal Trying rddle Him Plommons, principal of ek School, was cut pain-1 not seriously Monday when a 14-year-old boy Parting to paddle retaliat fing the principal in the dcr with a pocket knife. Ident occurred, it was re 'hen Mr. Plcmmons took ht from a school bus and I to paddle him in his lashing the principal, the away, but returned to ' next day where he was by Deputy Sheriff Gene ingster was given a hear e Juvenile Judge J. B. is to be sent to Jackson School at Concord. \ r?Oiher Inline corn; ^ing cloudiness and cold ( riday, increasing cloudi slowly rising tcmpcru- 1 chance of rain. Waynesvllle tempera- i (?ported by the State Test , Max. Mln. Pr. i 50 15 .. ? 47 17 | 43 24 6-V J . Pastor Gets Pleasant Surprise In A Letter Nowadays, when unmarked let- > ters are opened, one can expect j anything from a bill to a high-pres- ' sure sales letter. But not so in the ] case of Rev. Edgar Willix, pastor 11 of the Richland Baptist church. j ( As he opened a letter, out tlut i tered three fifty dollar bills. A note I attached said the money was for ' the building fund of the church. ; and the suggestion was made that 10 or 15 members of the church | each give $10 towards the building j: fund. , i The pastor took the good news.!! and the timely suggestion to thejt congregation They re ponded and. I iPt February Oth as the date for adding mote to the budding fund, rhrough pledges, and advanced payments, the congregation has al ready raised $214 for the February 5th special offering. That means j lhat $364 will go Into the building fund, and swell it to almost $2X)00 j rhc fund was begun less than a rear ago. Rev.Mr. Willix, who has been I pastor of the church for about two rears, opens all mail now with the tvishful thinking that there will bo tome more fifty dollars bills to flul er out for the building fund of I iiis church. I 1 ?' %' DOWNHILL BOUND are Mrs. William S. Kay and her son. Jim my, of Waynesville, enjoying the sleighing on the Waynesville Country Club grounds. An accomplished golfer, Mrs. Kay is a familiar figure on the golf links when the greens are not blanketed with snow. (Mountaineer Photo). SNOW SCULPTORS on Brown Ave. in llazelwood Wednesday morning were this trio composed of Jeannie Davis, .Mary Frances Hicks, and Kitty Ann McCall. The snow man was actually built by Woody Caldwell, then Riven these finishing touches by the three girls. (Mountaineer Photo). Bur ley Meet j Slated Here Friday Night An important matter to man> Haywood County farmers ? the cutting of hurley tobacco produc- I tion ? will be discussed at a spec- 1 ial meeting sponsored by all coun- ' ty agricultural agencies at 7:30 ? p.m. Friday at the courthouse. j1 Leading authorities throughout i the eight-state "Burley Belt" now agree that reducing the produc-j tion of burley is a "foregone con clusion" in order to cut down on heavy surpluses now on hand. One proposal aimed at reducing | the cultivation of burley is to'j abolish the present regulation which exempts growers with .7 j of an acre or less from allotment ; cuts. Proponents of this plan want to lower the figure of .7 or to do a-i way with all exemptions. If (his action should be taken, j "little growers" in Western North Carolina and other burley areas would suffer a loss in income. County meetings similar to the one planned here Friday night will be held throughout the Burley Belt, to be followed by district meetings and an interstate confer- ' rnce at Lexington, Ky, Western Carolina's district meet- j Ing will be held at Asheville Jan uary 29. All burley growers in Haywood County are urged to attend the meeting Friday at the courthouse. Kiwanis Hears District Leader Early G. Lec of Asheville, Ki wanis lieutenant governor, was the principal speaker at a meeting of [ the Wavnesvllle Kiwanis Club ?Tuesday night celebrating the 40th anniversary of Kiwanis Interna tional. Mr. Lee related that Kiwanis; was \ founded in Detroit in 1915. received its name of Kiwanis in 1917, adopted its motto. "We j Build:" in 1920, and adopted the present title of "Kiwanis Interna tional" in 1924. He also pointed out that Kiwanis is nearing its anniversary goal of having 4.000 clubs and a quarter of a million members. > Charlie Underwood w a s in charge of the program Tuesday night President Itye Sheptowitch presided at the meeting. -? ? Miss Anrve Albright left this week for Mooresville Where she is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. L. Harris. Snowfall Ranges From 6 To 10 Inches In County People who have been yearning for "an old-fashioned snow" here got their wish Tuesday night and Wednesday morning when a blan ket ol the white stuff ranging from six to ten iiWhes covered Haywood County atttFs surrounding Western North Carolina areas. WaynesvilleV and Hazelwood got six inches (there was that amount on the courthouse lawn*, while from eight to 10 inches were re ported at such high altitudes as Soco Gap jand Wagon Road Gap. Max P:>*>"h. usually the leader in Haywood (County snowfalls, re ported only six inches at the Sal vation Army Citadel. The heavy snow g.ive county school children a two-day and pos sibly a three-da> holiday. (At noon today it was still undecided whether schools would he opened on Friday.t Highways w ere cleared here dur ing the day Wednesday, but cold weather turned wet pavements to ice during the night and driving was made hazardous. W, W. Davis, timber cruiser, said that there was about ten or more inches of snow on Old Raid "There has been from one to I wo inches of snow up there all winter. 1 worked in two inches of snow Tuesday, and now I guess there is about 10 inches uo there. It will take a warm rain, or a lot of warm air to melt the snow up that high." CCA Meeting Postponed Because Of Weather A meeting of the Clothing Closet Association which was set for to night has been postponed because of the weather. The meeting was to have been at 7:30 o'clock in the commissioners' room at the court house. , No date has been set for the meeting. ' ? Highlanders Set Deadline For Tourist Booklet , February 1 is the deadline for submitting copy for the Haywood County Highlanders' fourth an nual tourist accommodation booklet, it has been announced for Highlander president U E. DeVous, This year the tourist organiza tion will issue a total of 20,000 booklets or 5.000 more than last year. The booklet 'S becoming more profitable and popular each year, Mr. DeVous said, and the 15.000 printed in 1954 did not satisfy the growing demand. Tourist inquiries have been coming in steadily since tne end of the season last year and all indications point to another good season in 1955, Mr. DeVous add ed. 2 Hit-Run Accidents Are Reported Four accidents ? two involving hit-and-run drivers have been in-; vcstigated by the State Highway Patrol and Waynesville and Can ton police during the last severalj days. Two incidents occurred last weekend, but details were not re ported until today. At 9 p.m. Friday, according to Cpl. Pritchard 11. Smith and V. E. Bryson of the Highway Patrol. Ned Cook of the Hemphill com munity struck another car near the (See Hit-Run?Page 8) $200 Check Trips Up Youthful Check-Forger After successfully passing four checks in Waynesville for a total of $02. a Jackson County youtlv got overconfident this week and at tempted to pass another for $200. That led to his downfall. Sheriff Fred Campbell reported that Ernest David Cagle, Koute 1. Sylva, was given a hearing before Justice of the Peace J. J. Ferguson this morning on five charges of forgery He was bound over to Superior Court and bonds of $500 on each charge were brdered by Mr. Fer guson. Unable to make the bond total of $2,500, Cagle is being held in the county jail. The sheriff said that Cagle first passed a worthless check for $40 on January 14, which was cashed in a Waynesville supermarket. He later gave another check for $40 for a $15 ring at a local jeivel ry store and got $35 in change. Other checks were for $11, given to a Waynesville hotel for rent, and for $1 at a drug store 1\?re ? in payment for a bottle of medicine. Most of the checks contained the names of James David Rogers or Robert J. Holden and purported to be payroll checks ? with the suspect masquerading as a brick 1 layer. In actuality, Sheriff Campbell said, Cagle is only a "guitar pick er." Not an accomplished cheek writer, Cagle wrote the amount ol $40 in this manner: "Forty dollars and 40/00" and when he attempt ed to pass a cheek for $200, spell ed the amount "Tou Hundred." Cpl. Pritchard Smith of the State Highway Patrol said he was standing near the cash register at Charlie's Place w-hen Cagle at tempted to cash his $200 check and got a brief look at the check Suspecting that it might be forged, the corporal asked Wa.vncs ville policeman Coleman Swanger and the drive-in's owner, Charlie Woodard, if they knew the would be cheek passer, but neither did. On seeing the two officers, the youth left hurriedly and got into a taxi, which headed toward the Haywood County Hospital. Acting on a hunch. Smith. Cole man and Waynesville patrolman Hay Whitner started to follow the taxi.' They lost sight of Cagle tem porarily. but later found him in the office of the hospital, talking (See I20? Cheek?Page 81 4 Post Office Receipts Up 4.5 Per Cent Receipts at the Waynesville post 1 office showed an increase cif $3. : 320.33 or 4.5 per cent during' 1954 ' in comparison with 1953. it was i disclosed Wednesday by Postmast er Lnos Boyd. The increase was general in all departments of the local postoflice. ! Mr. Boyd said He asserted that "it is believed that 1954 saw the heaviest flow of letter and greeting card mail dur ing the holiday season as cancel lations exceeded 175,000 foj , the I fast two weeks of December.'' I The peak day was December 21 ! when 23.000 pieces of mail were , cancelled, he said. Last year's increase was actually a little less than shown the pre vious year. The gain during 1953 was 6.5 per cent over 1952, Mr. Boyd explained. Waynesville Area March Of Dimes Is 'Going Well' i e I The Waynesville area's March of Dimes drive is going well and i prospects are that the goal of $7,500 will be attained by the end of the month, it was disclosed to day by Mrs Robert 11. Winchester^ publicity chairman of the drive. The response by the schools and ; business houses has been especial- j ly good, she added. The total obtained thus far can not be determined because a nutn 1 ber of solicitors have not yet re i ported their contributions, Mrs. Winchester explained. A number of area events still remain to be held for the March of Dimes. Internal Revenue Jobs Opened To Applicants The United States Treasury Dc I partment has announced that it is accenting applications from men between the ages of 18 and 35 who are interested in jobs as internal Revenue agents. Eligible are col lege seniors majoring in accopnt | ing and men who have had actual experience in accounting. Information on the posts, which pay $3,410 a year at the start, can j be obtained from J. T. Russell at ! the post office. Haywood Bar In Opposition To Lower Court Plan Resolution Sets Out Reasons For Bar's Opposition The Haywood County liar Asso- j ciation is opposed to the proposed j creation of a lower court in the j county, for two reasons, according; to a resolution of the Association. The Bar Association, in the res olution pointed out that the crim- j inal terms of court, scheduled to be in session during the past two years for 72 days, actually worked 41 days. The group also said estab lishment of a lower court would add unnecessary expenses to the county. The third main point ot the reso lution was that should the court be established, that a licensed at torney be named judge, and also a licensed attorney be named so licitor The grand jury in two recent re ports has urged that a lower court be established. Since a state law gives the board of commissioners power to set up such a court, the; board has had the matter under consideration for some time, and has visited other counties in a course of study of trie operation of lower courts. The board has not made any decision on the matter. Glenn Brown is president of the Association, and Sydney Truesdale is secretary. The resolution of the Bar group is as follows: In a duly called meeting of the Haywood County Bar Association held in the Law Library in the C- * i '?< ?> y sviUe. X- th Carolina on January 14. 1955, the following resoltuions were unani I mousiy passed: I 1 THAT WHEREAS, it has ' come to (lie attention of the mem bers of the Bar that the Board of I Commissioners is giving serious consideration to the establishment of a Court in Haywood County with I criminal jurisdiction inferior to the Superior Court, and WHEREAS, Haywood County now lias three terms of Superior Court each year in which to dis pose of all criminal cases, making a total of 3G days per year author ized. and WHEREAS, tlie Court officers have nol been utilizing these 36 days each year in that during the past two years the Court has only been in session for 41 days when it could have been in session for 72 days, thereby enabling the Court to dispose of all criminal cases I coming before it in an expedient manner, and WHEREAS, tlie establishment of (See Hay wood Bar?Page 81 County Schools Won't Reopen Until Monday Although the main highways are in comparatively good shape, the noor condition of the secon dary roads has forced the delay of reopening of county schools until Monday. Superintendent of Schools Laurence Leathern ood announc ed his decision after conferr ing with Opl. Pritchard II. Smith of the State Highway Pa trol. Mr. Leather wood said that if the schools attempted to open Friday, a number of school buses probably would have to be pulled out of the mud. Trip And Exam Upset Little Suzanne Little Suzanne Milner is back home, spffering from an upset stomach, and the effects of the long trip to Minneapolis, and the many tests given her during the four-day stay at the University of Minnesota Hospital. Her brave parents are heart broken because the doctors found there was no known cure for the heart ailment which little Suzanne is suffering. The little black-eyed girl, and | her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James , Milner, arrived home about nine | o'clock Tuesday night after a I flight in a pressurized cabin plane ' from Minneapolis In Knoxville, and from there home through snow, j Suzanne entered the hospital for examinations, with the thought that a possible operation might be per formed in order to eorreet a heart ailment suffered by the little bright-eyed girl. Specialists found that tlie condition ? a thickened wall about the heart?eould not be corrected by surgery. The doctors told the parents, "We are working on some remark able things right now. but thus far. there is no known cure for what lit tle Suzanne is suffering." The specialists seemed as sur prised as the parents at the con (See Suzanne?Parte 8) THURMAN GRASTY heads the committee for the March of Dmes at Dayton Rubber Com pany. Grasty and his committee have set a goal of S3.500 for the current campaign. Dayton Employees Set $3,500 Goal For Polio Fund i Dayton Rubber employees plan a | March of Dimes campaign, with j Truman Grasty being named i chairman bv the polio committee | to head up the drive. 1 Grasty and his committee have i set a goal ?'' * >00. which Is about bbuu ' mere Mian was ?c:? ??>.': itetl ' last year. "We expect to meet this [ quota," Grasty said. Serving with Grasty on the com mittee aie John Messer and Bessie Tucker. Waynesville, Noble Ar lington, Hazelwood. Lewis Keen er. Svlva, and Minnie Spencer, i Clyde and Donna Robeson, Canton, i Grasty Is from the Hyatt Creek section, and began work with Day ! ton Rubber in 1942, I Senate Leader Johnson Lauds Ervin's Ability Senate Democratic Leader Lyn don B. Johnson has issued the fol lowing statement in connection ; with the assignment of Senator j Sam J. Ervin. Jr. to tlie Armed ; Services, Interstate and Foreign ! Commerce and Government Oper ations committees: "Senator Ervin is an outstand ing lawyer and judge who is a recognized expert in the problems of interstate commerce. He has a distinguished record of service as a veteran of World War I. 11c has already demonstrated his ability as a member of the Government Oper ations Committee. Two of the larg est military establishsmcnts in the world are located in North Caro lina. "The steering committee is very pleased and proud to accord recog nition to Senator Ervin's abilities and his record by placing him on these two committees where he can more effectively serve his state and his nation," Senator Johnson stated. Senator Ervin succeeded the late Senator Clyde R. Hoey in the United States Senate from North Carolina. Last November ho was elected without opposition to Sen ator Hoey's unexpired term of two years. , Highway Record For 1955 In Haywood (TO DATE) Killed .... 0 Injured.... 5 Accidents.. 16 Loss.. $7/449 (This Information com piled from records oi State Highway PatroL)