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VOL. XXI, NO. 27 SYLVA, N. C., Thursday, Dec. 5, 1946 $2.00 A Yeai^-5c Copy
Jackson's Christmas Seal
Sales Campaign Is Now
Well Underway He re
'Whirlwind Drive"fs ~""
Planned To Complete
$300 Quota This Week
The drive to Taise Jackson
county's Christmas Seal quota of
$300 is now well underway, Mrs.
Walter Jones, general county
chairman, announced Tuesday. Mr.
Vernon Cope, principal of Sylva
Elementary school, is in charge of
the sales through the schools. His
students are already calling on the
business firms. Mrs. Harry Fergu
son, Mrs. Jimmy Buckner and Mrs.
Bill Fisher have charge of the sales
in the town of Sylva, and Mrs.
Parker Rand heads the drive at
Cullowhee.
Mrs. Jones stated that an effort
will be made to complete the drive
this week. The National drive pe
riod runs through December 25th.
The drive here is in conjunction
with the state drive being put on
through the North Carolina Tuber
culosis Association. Ninety-five
cents out of every dollar raised in
the state remains in the state. Five
cents goes to support services of
the National Association.
The Christmas Seal
The dhristmas Seal is an immi
grant that became a good Ameri
can. A brain child of Einar Hol
boell, a Danish postal clerk,
came to America in 1907. Holboell
conceived the idea that every
Christmas a letter should carry a
seal showing the mailer's con
tribution to the fight against tu
berculosis.
In 1908 the American Red Cross
sponsored the first nation-wide
sale. In 1919 the Christmas Seal
carried for the first time the red
Double-Barred Cross,
The fundamentals oj^tubercu
losis are not changed by either war
or peace. They always are: finc^ the
sick?treat Jhe patient*?restore his
earning power?prevent the spread
of the disease?keep the family to
gether. ?
Experts believe that tuberculosis
in this nation can not only bt
brought under control but wiped
outsThe present knowledge is suf
ficient to assure victory over TB.
Whether we shall maintain our
gains in *the years ahead depends
solely upon the determination of
the men and women we call our
community leaders. If our people
wish to eradicate TB before the
turn of this century, it is within
their power to do so. So buy gen
erously of those bright little seals
when they are offered you. It
means life or death for some one*
maybe your own loved one.
"The Christmas Dawn'9
v To Be Presented At
Cullowhee Dec.-12th
On Thursday, December 12, a
Christmas cantata, "The Christmas
Dawn," will be presented in the
Hoey Auditorium at 8:00. The can
tata, under the direction of Rev.
R. T. Houts, Jr., will be given by
a group made up of the Woman's
Glee Club, the Men's Glee Club,
a mixed chorus and members of
the Cullowhee Methodist church
choir.
Soloists are Mrs. Irene H. Clark,
of Asheville, soprano; Jack Houts,
of Athens, Tenn., base; Mrs. Inez
Gulley, contralto; and Walter Car
ringer, tenor.
Accompanists for the program
are Miss Mary Jo Beimer and Mrs.
Anne Bird Engman.
Bus Station Now7
In New Building
Mr. Roger Monteith completed
moving the equipment and sand
wich counter of Trailways bus
terminal Wednesday night and be
gan selling tickets in the new lo
cation on Mill Street, better known
as the back street, Thursday morn
ing. The new station is one of
the best equipped west of Ashe
ville, having waiting rooms for
both white and colored, with rest
rooms in each for male and female.
The station is in the modern new
block building recently completed
by Mr. J. D. Moore of this city.
It is heated with automatic hot
air oil furnace. The building sits
back from the curb allowing space
for buses to pull off the street for
loading and unloading. The town
of Sylva plans to widen Mill street
ten feet, and until this is done
buses routed over this street will
cause a real traffic problem on
the narrow street.
Mr. Moore has his Dry cleaning
buisness in part of the street floor
of the building, having moved his
equipment from the old Main street
location last week. : He will use
the large basement for his tire re
capping business which he will
move from East Sylva.
W.C.T.C. Holidays To
Start December 13th
It has been announced from the
president's.of lice of Western Caro
lina Teachers College that Christ
mas holidays will begin at noon,
Friday, December 13 and classes
will be resumed, Tuesday, Decem
ber 31.
Registration for the winter
quarter at the college was held on
Dec. 2 and Miss Addie Beam, regis
trar, announced that a total of 455
students had enrolled for the win
ter session.
You Can Get Your
1947 City Auto
Tag from Firemen
Sylva Fire Department it
again handling the salt of tha
city automoblla tags. The depart
ment has sponsored the sale of
the tags for a number of years,
using the proceeds for $1 per
tag for equipment and suppllee
fpr the fire fighters. The depart
ment has received 250 of the
tags for 1947 which are a reverse
' in color of 1946, instead of the
yellow lettering and black back
ground, they are black lettering
and yellow background. The
taga can be aecured from any
member of the department. Qet
your city tag and advertise Sylva
as well aa help the members of
the fire department.
CLUBS TO GIVE PARTY
The Woman's Society of Chris
tian Service of the Cullowhee
Methodist church and the Wesley
club of Western Carolina Teachers
College will have a Christmas par
ty at Robertson Hall on Wednes
day, December 11, at 7:30. A pro
gram of Christmas music and
events are planned.
County Officers Take Oath
Monday, Begin New Terms
Only a few changes were affect
ed in the personnel of Jackson
county official family when they
were installed in office Monday
morning. Only one appointment
was made at this time and that
was in the auditor's office, Mr.
Tom Clayton was appointed to
take the place of J. A. Bryson, who
is now County Finance Commis
sioner.
The oath of office was given
each of the officials and one Jus
tice of the Peace in the Clerk's
office. Officials taking the oath
were: Roy Cowan, clerk of court;
Jennings A. Bryson, finance com
missioner; Ed Fisher and M. V.
Breedlove, part-time commission
ers; Glen Hughes, register of deeds;
Griffin Middleton, sheriff; C. W.
Dills, coroner; Roger Coward, sur
veyor, and M. Y. Jarrett, justice
of the peace.
The new board will meet in reg
ular session the first Monday in
January 1947 which will be on the
6th.
THAD COWAN NAMED
DEPUTY AND JAILER
SHeriff Griffin Middleton an
nounced this week that he has ap
pointed Mr. Thad Cowan as his
chief deputy and jailer. Mr. Cowan
has already entered upon his new
duties.
Mr. Lewis Goes To Federal Court-By Request
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PLANKED BY POLICE, UMW chieftain John L Lewis (arrow, top) is shown at the Washington Municipal
Court building Haled into court by Federal Judge T Alan G jldsborou^h to show cause why he and other
uni<?n officials should not be Jailed or fined for contempt of court in ront luing the coal strike, Lewis (facing
camera, below) d^njed through his attorneys that h? stood in contempt (International Soundphoto)
Burley Averaging $41.39 In Asheville
ED WILSON TO OPEN
WESIERNAUTO STORE
HERE ON SATURDAY
Sylva will have a new business
establishment when Mr. E. W. Wil
son opens his Western Auto Asso
I ciate store on Main street here
Saturday, December 7. The large
advertisement in this issue of The
Herald announces the grand
opening of this store, offering the
public of Jackson county and vi
cinity many new items in the au
tomobile accessories line.
J Mr. Wilson comes to Sylva from
Gainesville, Ga., where he was en
gaged in the furniture business
prior to entering service and serv
ing in the Army. He received his
I discharge from service one year
ago on the date of his opening here.
He and Mrs. Wilson have moved
'o Sylva and are occupying an
apartment in the new dwelling re
cently constructed by Mr. Ben
Queen.
Sylva is glad to welcome Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson to our city and wishes
them success in their new business
here. .
W.C.T.C. Bowling Team
To Compete In National
Telegraphic Tournament
The girls' bowling team of West
ern Carolina Teachers College will
compete again this year in the Na
tional Telegraphic Bowling Tourn
ament which is held December
through April. The team will com
pete "with other colleges and uni
versities of the United States, such
as Woman's College, Duke Univer
sity, Martha Washington College,
and others. Last year the W.C.T.C.
team ranked 10th out of the 45
entrants.
This year's college team is com
posed of the following girls: Vada
Lyda, Grace Wingo, Mary Brown,
Nancy Blanton, June Wright, Jean
Poteet, Betty Wier, Rebecca Lee,
Jeanne Patton, Lollage Johnson,
Martha Lynch, and Jeanne Evans.
Games will be played at the
Asheville Bowling Center and
scores of all competing colleges
will be compiled at the National
Center, Boston, Mass., from which
the winners will be determined.
Miss Alice Benton and Miss Hel
en Hartshorn are faculty spon
sors for the college team.
ENTER8 H08PITAL
Miss Elizabeth Ann Cannon, of
Webster, entered Biltmore hospital
on Wednesday for an operation.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. L. H. Cannon.
'Jackson Tobacco Growers
Are Well Pleased With
Price Weed Is Bringing
A Aumber of Jackson county
Burley tobacco growers were
pleased with the good prices paid
on the opening days of the Ashe
ville tobacco market. The second
day sales on the market Tuesday
averaged $41.39 per hundred
pounds, with 262,664 pounds of
leaf going for a total of $108,718.94.
The Jackson county men had
placed their crops on the floor
prior to the opening and are ex
pected to enjoy some of this cash
money for their crops.
The Asheville price was con
siderably higher than the Lexing
ton, Ky. market which was paying
$35 to $37 per hundred for good
leaf of smoking grades.
Several Western Carolina coun
ties furnish the bulk of the to
bacco sold on the Asheville mar
ket, with Madison and Haywood
leading in poundage.
County Agent Snipes has been
encouraging Jackson farmers to
put out more tobacco acreage in
order to give them and the county
a larger cash crop. Indications are
that more farmers will grow to
bacco next season.
Why Not Light
Up Sylva Again
Prior to the war Sylva had the
distinction of being the most at
tractively lighted and decorated
town on the Murphy division of
the Southern. During the war,
however, when electric power
was so badly needed for war in
dustry, the town, like all other
towns and individuals, complied
with regulations reigarding the
use of electricity and did not
light the streets or do outside
home lighting. We are now in
another emergency due to the
coal strike, but this affects pow
er generated by steam. Since Syl
va has an abundance of power
generated by water, which has
not joined up with John L. Lewis
and continues to run down hill,
we can't see any reason for not
using the lights this year. The
world is drab enough at best,
and if we can make Sylva more
pleasant and enjoyable for the
Christmas season, we should do
so.
The town board, in coopera
tion with the county, and all
civic clubs, should get behind a
movement to "put Sylva in the
Light" as it was when every
body was talking about our pret
tily lighted and decorated streets
and homes.
MOTHER OF FORMER
SYLVA PUBLISHERS
BURIED HERE TUESDAY
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon, November 29th at
I the Sylva Baptis* church for Mrs.
Margaret Bowen Brown, who died
suddenly Wednesday night at the
home of her son, L. L. Brown, in
Columbia, S. C. Burial was in the
Keener cemetery.
j Rev. John Seagle of Henderson
I v lie officiated, assisted by Rev. T.
F. Deitz.
Mrs. Brown came to Sylva more
than forty years ago with her hus
band, Prof. F. A. Brown, who
served as principal of Sylva Col
legiate Institute, a Baptist moun
tain school, located here for a
number of years. She has since
made her home here except for
times when Mr. Brown's duties in
connection with the mountain
schools took him to other places.
Following his death a few years
ago, she has spent part of her
time with her children and had
gone to Columbia about two weeks
ago to spend the winter months
with her son and his family. She
was the mother of the late E. E.
Brown, who owned and published
the Ruralite in Sylva.
Pallbearers were Hugh Monteith,
Fred Hooper, Frank Clouse, Leon
Picklesimer, Chester Scott and
Carl Buchanan.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
Julius Yelton, Hendersonville;
three sons, Lloyd L. Brown, Co
lumbia, J. Dudley Brown, Cliffside,
and Erskine Brown, Oakland, Cali
fornia; twenty grandchildren and
sixteen great-grandchildren.
Out-of-town people here for the
funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Brown, Cliffside; Mrs. Robert
James, Caroleen; Mr. and Mrs. L.
L. Brown, Columbia; Mr. and Mrs.
Julius Yelton, Mrs. Fred Yelton
and Robert Yelton, Mrs. A. J.
Stepp and Mi.^es Louise and Ethel
Bowen, Hendersonville; Mrs. A. E.
Brown, Mrs. Jessie Green and8
Mrs. Carl Gos>sett, Asheville; Mrs.
Roy Hamrick and Miss Jean Ham
rick, Greenville, S. C.; Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Wowman and daugh
ter, Paul Bowen and Miss Mar
garet Bowen, Brevard; and Mrs.
Emerson Phillips, Newport News,
Va.
VETERANS CLUB DANCE
Members of the Veterans Club
of Western Carolina College will
be hosts at a dance in the Breese
gymnasium on Friday evening, De
cember 6.
The hours set for the dance are
from eight to twelve o'clock.
Lewis and Miners Union
Found Guilty on Federal
Court Contempt Charge
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Adjusted Service
Pay Sought by Vet
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
has reaffirmed its stand for ad
justed service pay for veterans of
World War II, Commander Joe
Clyde Fisher of Post 8060 an
nounced today. A resoultion out
lining the V. F. W.'s position on
adjusted- service pay legislation
was adopted by the National Coun
cil of Administration at a recent
meeting in Kansas City.
"After World War I the gov
ernment recognized the principle!
of adjusted service compensation
is the only equitable means of re
storing veterans, as far as pos
sible, to an equal footing with
those who stayed at home," Fisher
said. "The same principle applies
to veterans of World War II.''
Commander Fisher said the V.
F. W. does not consider the G.I.
Bill of Rights an acceptable sub
stitute for adjusted service pay.
The G. I. Bill, he asserted, provides
excellent types of assistance to
some veterans but leaves the ma
jority to work out their own re
adjustment under heavy handi
caps.
The V. F. W. resolution on which
its campaign for adjusted service
compensation will be based is as
follows:
! "Whereas, for veterans of World
War II, in lieu of adjusted service
oay, the Congress enacted Public
Law 346, with subsequent amend
ments, which provides for
)?*W 8W? vocational ts$nta*.
employment allowances, loans and
tther benefits which apply only to
:Hose veterans who are in need of
and can qualify for such benefits,
and
"Whereas, millions of World War
II veterans, by reason of circum
stances or economic conditions
beyond their control, are denied
the major benefits under said Pub
lic Law 346, and
"Whereas, the principle of the
o-called G.I. Bill of Rights, in
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Sylva Merchants
Decorating For
The Yale Shopper
Sylva merchants and business
establishments have virtually com
pleted their Christmas decorations
and preparations and the streets
have taken on a holiday apparance.
The traditional Christmas colors of
red and green predominate but the
new jewel tones of gold , silver
and blue are very much in evi
dence. A sophisticated theme in
the decorative ideas is more in
ev.dence than the old Santa Claus
and reindeer idea.
With the cold snap of the last
week bringing home the fact that
the day 13 just around the corner,
the stores and streets of town are
filling up with a steady stream of
shoppers. Merchants report good,
if not spectacular, buying and
state that a great many of their
customers are buying with a prac
tical rather than a lavish eye for
gifts.
Government Orders More
Drastic Cuts In Effort
To Conserve Coal Supply
The nation-wi<V .-o.il strike
headed into its second v/eek with
still no indication of tho men re
turning to work as John L. Lewis,
Big Boss of the Miner* Union is
found guilty of contempt of court
by a Federal judgo.
Judge T. A I. ii ijoldsborougF)
presided at the trial which found
Lewis guilty of criminal contempt
ol court, which carries a possible
heavy sentence. Lewis replied to
Ihe guilty verdict by taking the
s.and and bitterly denouncing the
decision. Ho accused tho judge of
depriving the miner-, ot their con
st:tutiona] rights. He said he would
firmly stand'' ? n Jiis position in
calling the strike.
As the coal strike moved closer
to the average citi/xn the Gov
ernment made three h.oves to con
serve the nation's dwindling coal
supply. The Interstate Commerce
Commission ordered a general em
bargo on railroad freight ship
ments, except for certain vital
needs.
The postoffice department was
limited to receiving packages over
certain size and weight. The Office
of Defense Transportation ordered
another 25 per cent decrease in
passenger service on coal-burning
roads, making a 50 per cent in all.
The freight and parcel post con
trols become effective Thursday
and the passenger order
taxes effect Sunday night
.President said that he was leav
ing the fight with Lewis in th*
?oh*8
^nce on Swis V^Wesday. ?h*'
Judge found both Lewis and his
union, the United Mine Workers,
guilty of "civil contempt"
and "criminal contempt/*
The document said Lewis and
the union had "unlawfully coerced,
instigated, induced, and encour*
aged "the miners to interfere witfc
the operation of the government*
owned coal mines, by strike, slow
down, walkout, cessation of work,
or otherwise. The government may
next prosecute Lewis as an alleged
violator of the war labor disputes
act (Smith-Connally act). This
law forbids anyone to encouragi
a strike against the government.
JACKSON WILDLIFE
GROUP TO MEET "V
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A regular meeting of the Jack
son County Wildlife club will be
held Tuesday night, December 10,
at 8 o clock in the Woodman hatt
The new president, Stedmafi
Mitchell, of Cullowhee will preside.
A membership drive is now on torn
the new years. All former mem.
rs are urged to attend and briaa
as many new members as possible.
Jackson Schools Will
Close For Christmas
Holidays December 13
A. C. Moses, superintendent of
Jaekton public schools, hss an
nounced that the school, will
'?mis? their students on Friday
December 13, for the ChrlstmM
holidays. Studies will be resumed
again on Monday, December 30.
Mr. Moses said.
Jackson F.H.A. Borrowers Are
Raising Standards Of Living
During 1946 Jackson county , quarts per family and as a whole
FHA borrowers have done a good
job of food production and con
servation. Recently a study was
made of 184 active borrowers in
the county in regard to food con
servation and production. At the
beginning of the year these fami
lies set definite goals in conserva
tion of foods for winter use. The
Jackson county goal is 100 quarts
of canned food and ten bushels
dried and stored per person in the
family. This group canned 56,251
quartes of vegetables, 43,240 quarts
of fruit'and 6,660 quarts of meat.
met their conservation goal. Each
family stored about 52 bushe?s at
food for winter use. Canned food
included tomatoes, vegetables,
fruits and meats. Stored foods are
Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes,
onions, carrots, cabbage, dried
beans and peas.
Some families kill and. can
beeves and most make their own
lard and soap. The average num
ber of hogs killed by these families
is three. They own 292 cows and
produce their own milk and butter
for home use. On an average they
They have stored 9,751 bushels of jkeep about thirty laying hens and
fruits and vegetables besides dried procjuce their own poultry for
beans and peas. The average size
of Jackson county FHA family is
five. These families averaged 576*
home use.
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