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AMERICA First, Last and Always The Herald The Herald is dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XXI, NO. 22 SYLVA, N. C.? Thursday, October 31, 1946 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy Pinal Details Completed for Holding The Election Announced For Voting Precincts Of County As final arrangements for hold ing next Tuesday's general election are completed very little political activity is in evidence throughout the county. However, candidates lor the various offices will no doubt lose much sleep rounding up supporters during the final days of the campaign. Mr. John Henson, chairman of the County Board of Elections, has announced that everything is in readiness for the election and that the polls will be open at 6:30 on Tuesday morning, November 5, and close at 6:30 p. m., being the official hours set by the State Board of Elections. Mr. Henson also announced the following names as officials for holding the election in the various county voting precincts: Cashiers?Registrar: C. L. Dil lard; Judges: Bud Lombard (D) and P. S. Lance (R). Hamburg?Registrars: Fred Bry son; Judges: Dewitt Leopard (D) and O. L. Lanning (R). Mountain?Registrar: Mrs. Pearl Stewart; Judges: A. C. Edwards (D) and Clifton Moody (R). River No. 1?Registrar: L. D. Moody; Judges: Fred Smith (D) and E. L. Hooper (R). River No. 2?Registrar: Oscar Wike; Judges: Lonnie Watson (D) and Hagen Hamilton (R). Canada No. 1?Registrar: Spur geon Middleton; Judges: Hexter Brown (D) and Claude Wike (R). Canada No. 2?Registrar: D. M. Shelton; Judges: Fred Galloway (D) and Cleve Wood (R). Cullowhee?Registrar: Earl Sut ton; Judfefcs: Edd Moore (D) -arxi John Watson (R). Caney Fork?Registrar: JI m Potts; Judges: Mont Stephens <D) and Dillard Hooper (R). Webster?Registrar: J. N. Cow an; Judges: Harley Lewis (D) and Lewis Cannon (R). Savannah ? Registrar: Harley Buchanan; Judges: Lynn Barron (D) and Herman Cabe (R). Greens Creek ? Registrar: Joe Whetmore; Judges: Lyndon Cabe (D) and Elsie Sutton (R). Barkers Creek?Registrar: Ben Jones; Judges: Dewey Beck (D) and Baxter Nations (R). Dillsboro?Registrar: Willie Sut ton; Judges: Boyd Brown (D) and Tom Keever (R). South Sylva?Registrar: Wilma Jones; Judges: Chas. Reed (D) and Lewis Bumgarner (R). " North Sylva?Registrar: David Parris; Judges: Cary Dean (D) and Walter Warren (R). Scotts Creek No. 1?Registrar: Clyde Bryson; Judges: J. R. Brad ley (D) and W. H. Snyder (R). Scotts Creek No. 2?Registrar: Price Dillard; Judges: L. C. Sutton (D) and M. J. Henry (R). Scotts Creek No. 3?Registrar: Geo. Bryson; Judges: Geo. Knight (D) and Jake Parris (R). ?Continued on page 10 TIRE DEPAffrflTHTT STARTS SAFETY DRIVE State Laws Called To Attention Of Public In a determined effort to prevent traffic accidents in Sylva and Jackson county the Sylva Fire De partment, in conjunction with the Sylva Police Department and State Highway Patrol, is starting a cam paign to inform the public on rules and regulations as set out by the State of North Carolina aficf^Sylva regarding their conduct during fires and any other emergency wherein fire trucks, ambulances, police and patrol cars are involved, and are seeking the full coopera tion of the citizens in the matter. Recognizing the large number of traffic fatalities occurring over the state this campaign is started for the protection of the public and public property. The three agencies mentioned above will give the public infor mation on the laws from time to time through this newspaper. They are counting on full and complete cooperation of the people of Sylva and Jackson county, hoping that it will not be necessary to apply the law. However, in case of willful violation of these regulations the law will be enforced regardless of who the party or parties may be, the department said. A few of the regulations are as follows: N. C. Law 20-157. What to do on approach of police or fire de partment vehicle, (a) Upon the approach of any police or fire de partment vehicle giving, audible signal by bell, siren or exhaust Whiatle, the driver of every other vehicle shall immediately drive the same to a position as near pos sible and parallel to the right-hand edge or curb, clear of any intersec tion of highways, and shall stop and remain in such position unless otherwise directed by a police or traffic officer until the police or fire department vehicle shall have passed. (b) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle other than one on official business to follow any fire apparatus traveling in re sponse to a fire alarm closer than one block or to drive into or park such vehicle within one block where the fire apparatus has stop ped in answer to a fire alarm. 20-162. Parking in front of fire hydrant, fire station or private driveway.?No person shall park a vehicle or permit it to stand, whether attended or unattended, upon a highway in front of a pri vate driveway or within fifteen feet in either direction of a fire hydrant or the entrance to a fire station, nor within twenty-five feet from the intersection of curb lines or if none, then within fifteen feet of the intersection of property lines at an intersection of high Oxford Orphanage Is In Need Of Funds9 Budget Is $194,000 The Oxford Orphanage at. Ox- | ford, has a record of 73 years of service to the children of North Carolina. Over 5,000 have been cared for and trained. Its grad uates and former pupils are in all walks of life and there is no rec ord of a former pupil having been convicted for committing a major crime in North Carolina. It is the oldest orphanage in the state and receives children other than those of membership of the supporting order. At the present time less than 40 per cent of the population of the orphanage is of Masonic parentage. The home possesses valuable build ings, grounds and equipment and has had no operating deficit for several years. The annual budget of the or phanage calls for an expenditure of $194,500. This provides shelter, clothing, and food, recreation, heat,, light, books, school supplies, health program, staff of trained workers, vocational training in several de partments, laundry, repairs and upkeep to grounds, building and equipment and experienced case! work for a family of 308 children, j Liberal gifts are needed this | year for operating expenses in or- I der to maintain the home and pro vide emergency repairs. The Oxford Orphanage is more than a philanthropy?it is an in vestment in the lives of North Carolina boys and girls who would not otherwise have a chance. It pays to the state and' its citizen ship the high dividend in charac ter and trained young people. It is an opportunity today for North Carolina citizens to express in a substantial way their desire to help others. The orphanages of the state use the thanksgiving season as an oc casion to appeal to the citizens of the state for so much needed as sistance. The Oxford Orphanage is open for visitors each day and hundreds of North Carolina citi zens visit this historic spot every year. Aeir > orli Hires The Queen A Royal Welcome A FirCBOAt IN NEW YORK HARBOR shoots fountains of water from p!1 her nozzles as the giant liner Queen Elizabeth proceeds to her pier, completing her first postwar voyage vs a luxury liner. Ihe *?hip brought 2.241 passengers, including Russian Foreign Commissar Molotov and 150 U.N. delegates. (Internatienal) Farmers Should Place Order For Lime At Once Mrs. Ellen N. Corbin, -Secretary of Jackson County AAA, states that farmers in Jackson county who have completed their soil conser vation practices for 1946 may place their orders for 1947 AAA lime at this time. All farmers who have their 1946 lime and phosphate spread on their land are urged to stop by the AAA office and place their order for 1947 lime at once If they wish early delivery. A spe cial effort is going to be made by the County Committee to have 1947 lime delivered in December of 1946 and the early part of 1947. The rate for AAA lime next year is $3.97, of which the farmer will pay $1.25 per ton at the time his order is placed. NEW HOME FOR FORD AGENCY OPENED HERE BY REECE-HAMPTON Mr. Woody Hampton, manager, of Reece-Hampton Motor Com- j pany, Inc., has announced the opening of his new building of the company, which nas Just been completed to house the sales room, offices, and service department of the Ford Agency. This' new home or the Ford Agency is one of Sylva's most mod ern structures. It was started early in the summer on the lot next to Hall-Norton Recap business on Cullowhee road. The building is of steel, concrete block, and brick construction. The garage and re pair department is one story with ?Continued on page 10 ?Jackson Tobacco Farmem Vote To Retain Quotas Jackson County Farmers voted to retain marketing quotas for three years?1947-1948-1949, in the referendum held October 25, 1946, at the AAA office, according to D. C. Higdon, chairman of the Jackson county AAA committee. This means that individual farm acreage allotments for 1947 will not be less than 80 per cent of the 1946 allotment for ant term wUjch has grown up to 75 per cent of it* allotted acreage in any one of the past three years. The law provides that 1946 allotments of nine-tenths of an acre or less cannot be re duced for 1947. Only five votes were cast against retaining marketing quotas in Jackson county. t W.C.T.C. Stadium Fund Drive Dr. W. P. McGuire Returns From Hunting Trip In S. D. An exodus of Sylva hunters to the prairies of South Dakota can be expected at any time since Dr. W. P. McGuire exhibited a fine specimen of a ring neck pheasant on the streets here Wednesday, which he killed while on a recent hunting and vacation trip to Red field. Dr. McGuire, accompanied by his brothers, Dr. B. B. McGuire of Spruce Pine and Dr. A. R. McGuire of Asheville, and Verne Rhodes of Asheville, spent two weeks in the Redfield section of South Dakota hunting and fishing. The party members each took their bag limit of 25 pheasants during their six day hunt. The bird exhibited by Dr. McGuire was a young cock, weighing about thiee pounds. It had been kept on dry ice and was in perfect condition upon arrival here. Dr. McGuire stated that hunting there was perfect, and that every available hotel, tourist court, and private home rooms were taken by out-of-town sportsmen. South Dakota hunting fee for out-of-state hunters is $20. By this we know that the state is reaping a harvest from its wild game. Basketball Practice For VFW Team Tonight Commander Joe Clyde Fisher has announced that practice for the Veterans of Foreign Wars' basket ball team will begin Thursday night, October 31 at 7:30 at the Sylva school. Both members of the VFW and those who are eligible to become members are asked to come for practice. ways; provided, that local authori ties may by ordinance decrease the distance within which a vehicle may park in either direction of a fire hydrant. a campaign to raise Jackson * County's quota of $15,000 for the proposed Memorial Stadium at Western Carolina Teachers College will start November 6, according to an announcement of the Gen eral Chairman Ralph Sutton of Cullowhee. Mr. Sutton stated that " a concentrated drive for Jack son's quota will begin Wednesday, November 6 and is to end Satur day, November 9, (Homecoming Day) at the college with the last home football game of the sea son between the Catamounts and Appalachian Mountaineers." The college is very hopeful of being able to announce the completion of the drive in the county over the loud speaker at the game on the 9th. The college officials feel that the success of the drive in Jackson county will have considerable j bearing on the success of similar | drives to be held in surrounding ! counties this fall and quarter. A group of selected canvassers will call on the citizens of the county during this time for their contributions to the fund. The proposed stadium is to be a memorial honoring 26 Western Carolina Teachers men who gave their lives during the recent war. Eight of these men were from Jackson county. An advertisement elsewhere in The Herald today, shows a sketch of the proposed stadium which is estimated to cost over $40,000.00, and will be located on part of the ground now including Hunter Field. Interest in college football is growing at WCTC and the new stadium will do much to further the program. Masonic Lodge 459 To Meet Friday Night There will be a special commu nication at the Masonic Lodge, 459, at Dillsboro, Friday night, Novem ber 1, for the purpose of conferring the third degree. All members are urged to be present. Jackson Group Attends Asheville Stock Show A group of men and boys from | Jackson county attended the Fat Stock show held at the Asheville Livestock yards last Wednesday. No entries were made from this county. Those going for the showing of the stock were, M. L. Snipes, county farm agent; John Corbin, agricultural teacher at Sylva High school; George Conrad, assistant farm agent; W. T. Brown, FSA su pervisor; Mr. Davis of Cullowhee and members of the Sylva unit of , the Future Farmers of America. Sylva "B" Team Hands Franklin 29-0 Defeat Starting within 3 minutes after the initial kick-off, Sylva scorcc almost at will to swamp Franklin with four touchdowns and a safety. Bill "Baldy" Cagle, Sylva's sec ond string quarterback, was by far the star on offense. His fancy pass ing with Cunningham on the re ceiving end proved too much for the Franklin boys to stop. The Sylva Hurricanes will meet Robbinsville on the Mark Watson Field Friday night at 7:3d. SyAi was defeated 7-6 at Rcbbinsville, so a close and exciting game is expected. Chamber Of Commerce To Meet Friday Night Felix Pickle?;mer, president of the Jrckson County Chamber of Commerce, has announced that the regular monthly meeting oi organization will be held Friday night, November 1, at the Forestry offices in the Lloyd Hotel. It doesn't do too much good to kill the rats on your own farm. It's community action that counts. Suggest a county-wide rat eradi cation campaign. SOSSAMON'S ... in Sylva Treat In Store For Jackson County Sportsmen Nov. 5 ittnfvrvnvv tn Canton Today Jackson County law enforce ment officers will go to Canton today, October 31, to attend the quarterly FBI conference which meets in the Haywood city at 10:30 o'clock. The meeting will be held in the Champion YMCA building. John C. Bills, special agent in charge of the Charlotte FBI office, will preside. Following the con ference the visitors will be guests of the Champion Paper and Fibre Co., and the town of Canton at lunch in the new Champion cafe teria, with Mayor S. M. Robinson as master of ceremonies. The program of the conference will include a series of demon strations on arr?st problems and searching prisoner*. Mr. Bills stated that the subjects are planned to aid law enforcement officers in meeting problems in criminal mat ters. Other FBI officers to attend the conference will be James I. Wheel er, Winston-Salem; Tullis D. Es terling, Greenville, S. C.; Idus J. Lynn, Asheville. ! Veteran Trainees Should Report Delay In Checks Veteran students and trainees, who have not received subsistence . checks before November 15, should ' report the fact to Field Represen- . tative Williams of this district. At a recent date a delay in de livery, due to the twenty per cent J increase in some cases, occurred. i Field Representatives will take immediate steps to expedite the delivery but only those who.art equipped to do so should be con- 1 tacted, and the writing of letters to the Veterans Administration will ! only delay the process. Mrs. Carter Attends Conference Meet Mrs. A. H. Carter, superintend ent of nurses at the C. J. Harris hospital, attended a one-day group conference for administrative members of Duke endowed hos pitals, held at the Vanderbilt ho- 1 tel in Asheville, Tuesday. j Methods of the record keeping systems and management of these hospitals weve; discussed i.t the luncheon session. Jeanne Barrett Makes High Scholastic Rating D". Elford Morgan, academic dean of Converse College, Spar tanburg South Carolina, an* nounces that Miss Jeanne Barrett is among the 71 students to re ceive a rating of better than B for work completed during the semes ter ending last June. Miss Barrett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Barrett of Dillsboro, is a member of the Tunior class at Converse College. Experts To Perform At - WCTC Tuesday Evening All Jackson county sportsmen, and especially those interested in casting for the finny tribe, have a real treat in store for them on next Tuesday night at 8.30 o'clock in the gymnasium at which time Mr. and Mrs. Art Nuss, casting exhi bitionists, will be the guests of Jackson County Wildlife Club and will demonstrate the art of using all kinds of fishing equipment, as well as give out some first hand, valuable information on the sport of fishing. Mr. and Mrs. Nuss, representa tives of the Ocean City Manufac turing Company of Philadelphia, travel most of their time in the interest of wildlife. They appear before organizations of this nature throughout the country and are making twenty-one stops in North Carolina as guests of clubs in coun ties from Onslow and Chowan in the east to Jackson and Buncombe in the west. While in Jackson county these nationally known vis itors will be guests of Western Carolina Teachers College. They will be entertained with a motor boat trip on Glenville lake and other events. Jackson County Wildlife club is very fortunate in securing Mr. and Mrs. Nuss for this exhibition as their time is in great demand. Mr. Ross O. Stevens, executive secre tary of the North Carolina Feder ation of Wildlife clubs, is instru mental in getting them into the state, and T. N. Massie, 9th regional chairman, and Clint Dodson, presi dent of the Jackson club, helped hi bringing them to Jackson coun ty. Buncombe and Burke counties are the only other counties in the Western part of the state to be vis ited by the couple. Another important part of the program on Tuesday is the annual election of officers ol the Jackson club. A president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer will be elected at this time to serve for the coming year. The nominating committee is composed of Dr. Har old McGuire, chairman, Jeff Hed den and Mut Monteith. President Dodson stated that in the event the crowd was too large to have the performance in the* gymnasium, the exhibition meet ing will be held under the flooct lights on the athletic field. ' All members of the club are urged to attend and the genera*, public is extended an invitation* Oce Chapter To Sponsor Rummage Sale Oce Chapter No. 139, Order of the Eastern Star, will sponsor a Rummage Sale on Thursday and Friday, November 8th and 9th, at the Masonic Hall in Dillsboro. Be ginning at 9 o'clock it will last un til 5 o'clock in the afternoon. Women May Be Called For Jury Service If Amendments Carry When Jackson county voters go to the polls next Tuesday they w.il be presented a ba!!ot for two amendments to the constitution 01 the State to be voted for or against a* thi.- time. Amendment No. 1. To make the Cont.tution equally applicable to men and women as to jury service, siV. age and in other respects. Amendment No. 2. To allow limited necessary expenses for members of the General Assembly. In connection with the constitu tion changes, it was explained that the primary objective is to ex pand the privilege- of jury service. Women have never served in the past, in this state, but if the elec torate approves, sex will not be a bar and they will take their seats with the men in determining the guilt or innocence of persons brought into court. The proposed Amendment for increased pay for members of the General Assembly reads as follows: The members of the General As sembly for the term of ttfeir office shall receive a salary for their : services of six hundred dollars ? each. The salaries of the presiding 'officers of the two houses shall be | seven nundred dollars each: Pro vided, that in addition to the sal aries herein provided for, should an extra session of the General , Assembly be called, the members shall receive eight dollars per day each, and the presiding officers of the two houses ten dollars per day each, for every day of such extra session not exceeding twenty days; i and should an extra session con tinue more than twenty days, the members and officers shall serve thereafter without pay. The proposed amendment would add at the end of this section a new sentence to read as follows: Provided further, that for the duration of both regular and spe cial sessions the members shall re ceive, in addition to the salaries herein provided for, the sum of ten dollars per day for each day not to exceed sixty days in any one session in commutation for ex penses incurred for travel to and ?Continued on page 8
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