VOL. XXIV?NO. 40
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Improved
Pastures Is
Farm Goal
Organized Plan To
?f . Be Launched At
Meeting Friday
Jackson County's pasture improvement
campaign will begin in
an organized way on Friday, March
3rd. This undertaking is sponsored
by the Agricultural Workers
Council, and all agriculture
workers, seed and fertilizer dealers,
bankers and machinery dealers
are invited to attend the meeting
in Sylva school auditorium at
2:00 p.m. Friday.
"The object of the meeting is
tJ> bring everybody up to date on
the best methods of pasture improvement
and then to carry this
information to every farmer irr
the county", according to Fred
Shelton. chairman of the Workers
Council.
Latest recommendations on
pasture work will be- discussed by
W. T. Brown, County Agent. J.
Lyman Stewart, chairman of*the
Production atnd Marketing Administration,
will tell the part his
program can play in furnishing
fertilisers and seed.
It is anticipated that all AgrimiHiira
urorlrorc will stress DSS
ture improvement in their contacts
with farm people.
C OF C DIRECTORS
TO HOLD RE6IHM *
MEET MONDAY NIGHT
The Board of Directors of the
Jackson County Chamber of Com*
merce will meet in regular month*
ly session Monday night, March
6 at 7 o'clock in the Forestry office
at Lloyd Hotel, All members
are urged to attend. The public
is invited. Anyone having" matters
to take up with the board
should also meet with them.
The organizationN is still receiving
members for this year.
Those Joining since last report are.
Green Acres Farm, Qualla; Lewis
Service Station, Bill Greenarch
Garage, and Cannon Brothers.
Firms and individuals not having
joined are urged to do so in
order that the directors will have
full support of the community in
their efforts to carry on a progressive
program of work.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture
has announced that official
types, designs, and wording
of labels, to be used in identifyin/
poultry officially graded for quality
and inspected for wholesome
neu have been proposed by th
Production and Marketing Adminiteration.
Only Half Cou
Of $4,000 Que
According to a report by Mrs.
Dan K. Moore, county chairman
of the March of Dimes drive for
Polio funds, Jackson county nai
raised only about half of its $400C
quota. Since last report published
Mrs. Moore lists the following
contributions: . Local 365, C
l.O. Armour Leafther Company
$100, A. W. Allen, Secretary and
Julius Miles, Treasurer; ' Yfeunl
Men's Sunday School class of East
Sylva Baptist church, $50; Street
collections Saturday, February
16th, $40; Young Woman's bunday
School class, East Sylva Baptist
church, $25.
Mrs. Moore has called a meeting
of all workers for Monday
night, March -6th at 7:30 in tin
? office of R. U. Sutton at Mead
Corporation to discuss the drive
She stresses the importance ot
every worker being present witl
a complete report of their* collections.
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SMILING At WELL-WISHERS, Or. Herm
wife and lawyer, arrives at Hillsbor<
Chester, N. H., for the opening of his M
with fatally injecting air into the veil
victim as she lay dying and in agony
Sylva B I
Concert Frid
Everyone is looking forward tc*enjoying
the entertainment to be \
Provided by Sylva school .band g
when it gives a special public concert
in the elementary auditorium
Friday evening at 8 o'clock. ThL n
concert is being held for the bene s<
fit of the band and the funds wil n
be used to purchase a bass horn v
so badly needed by the band.. 0
% Director Ben Cole has beer ?
practicing the members on sever*
special arrangements to be play- .
ed, which will be noted in the
program as printed below. ^
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Admission will be $1 for adults f
and 10c for children; $
The program: C
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, God of Our Fathers, hymn, by
G. W. Warren; High School Cadets *
march, by J. P. Sousa; Pocahontas, 1
selection, by E.^DeLamater; Sas- '
katchewan, overture, by G. E. f
Holmes; Joyces 71st Regiment, *
march, by T. B. Boyer; Mountain \
Majesty, overture, by Paul Yoder *
My Happiness, popular, by Ber- P
gantine and Peterson; March d
Salutation, march, by R. F. Seitz: ^
Cruising Down the River, waltz t
by Beadell and Tollerton; You're c
Breaking My Heart, popular,
Genan and Skylar; The Thunder, r
march, by J. P. Sousa; I Wonder >
Who's Kissing Her Now, waltz,
by Jos. E. Howard, and Washing- J
I ton Post, march, by J. P. Sousa. I
\nty Polio Fund'
>ta Raised* '
! W.O.W. Observes 60th J
' Anniversary With Contest t
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At the regular meeting of the 1
* Woodmen of the World held Mon- 1
day night at the W. O. W. hall a <
memberahip and attendance con- 1
' test was launched to begin March 1
1 and continue to June 1. This <
contest is in celebration of the J
! 80th anniversary of the W. O. W. 1
' organization. T. A. Jackson and 1
L William "Wimpy" Hyatt were j
ru?m?d a* taam captains to head 1
the contests in which all the mem- i
bers will participate. Anyone 1
wishing to join may see any mem- 1
bar of the organization or the i
' captain. ' The losing team will 1
| give a watermelon feast to the
winners during the melon season. J
* D. L. Robinson is Council Com- 1
1 mander for the local WOW.
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SYLVA CITY MAftKCT .. In AAP j
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ana N Sander (center), with his
5Ugh County Courthouse1 in Manmercy
killing" trial He Is charged
is of Mrs. Abbie Borroto, s cancer
in a hospital. (International)
Will Give
ay Night
Vildlife Membership
'rises Exhibited
Jeff Hedden, chairman of the
lembership committee of Jackon
County Wildlife club has anounced
that the valuable prizes
fhich are to be given to the people
btaining the most, members to
he club are on exhibit in the
window of Professional Drug
tore on Main street. The memership
dues are $2.00 per year.
*he prites and tHfc firms which
ionated them are: First prize,
temington Target rifle, value
37.50 by Sylva Coal and Lumber
Company; second prize, Southend
Automatic fly reel, value
10.50, by Sylva Supply Company;
hird prize, Shakespeare Wondereel,
value $9.95, The Men's Store;
ourth prize, casting rod, value
7.50, Allison Hardware Company;
ifth prize, casting reel, value
15.95, Professional Drug Co.; sixth
>rize, creel, value $4.95, Bowers;
eventh prize, telescope fly rod by
Vestern Auto Co.; and eighth,
>rize, oOtboard motor deluxe gas>line
can, Cannon Brothers.
The membership campaign is
iow on and will continue through
Vpril 7 th.
ILLISON BEGINS
MOVING INTO NEW
WING ON MAIN
Dan Allison has started moving
lis hardware stock from the Schilman
building to his modern new
>usinessr building just completed
lere on Main Street. Although all
he new fixtures have not been
completed and installed they are
?eing put in about as fast as will
ye needed as the moving is being
lone gradually and systematically
Mr. Allison will house all of his
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various rauDcwcs m Uic i ?v ft
juildinf. Besides the hardware
rtock, one section of the first floor
srfll contain the Auto Parts business,
Modern offices occupy a
ipace entirely across the back of
the first floor. All the offices have
already been moved to the new
building.
The basement will contain the
\Uison Motor Company business
and garage.
Falls are the principal type of
Injury that occur on the farm and
In the farm home.
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To Be Named
Enumerators
More Applications
Wanted For Workers
In Section of County
It has been announced by Harry
Sample, District Supervisor for
the 17th Decennial Census, that
Mr. David H. Brown of Cullowhee
has been selected* as creW leader
for Jackson County and he will
have the supervison of the 24
enumerators who will be selected
for Jackson County. Applications
for employment as enumerators
will be accepted by Mr. Brown or
can be sent directly to the District
Superisor, U. S. Census Bureau,
City Hall, Asheville. Application
forms may be obtained from the
local office of the .Employment
Security Commission in Sylva, or
from Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown stated
this week that several persons
are needed to make up the number
needed for the county here.
Applicants for enumerator jobs
must be citizens of the U. S., have
a high school education or furnish
evidence of comparable experience,
be in good physical
health and of excellent character,
and between the ages of 21 and
65 although preference will be
given to those 25 to 45 years. They
mt,c.+ v>qcnffipiont financial re
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sources to sustain themselves for
a period of approximately four
weeks from the date of appointment
until their first salary check.
Applicants with veteran's preference
who meet these requirements
will be given priority' over non
veteran applicant.
Applicants for enumerator jobs
in rural areas must hafve an automobile
available in good operating
condition. The method of
payment will provide for the cost
of operating cars on official business
for the Census. It is estimated
by the government that
persons employed as enumerators
will earn about $8 to $9 per day.
The enumerator's pay schedule is
based on the payment of piece
prices, so much per name, per
farm or per dwelling unit enumerated
in the Census. Most of the
enumerators will be employed for
a period of from two to four weeks
and the actual enumeration will
begin April 1st. *
J. E. S. THORPE RITES
I HELD IN FRANKLIN
ON LAST SATURDAY
k John E. S. Thorpe, builder of
hydro-electric plants in Western
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iNorxn Carolina, was uumru > <
Franklin Saturday afternoon with
services being held in the St.
Agnes Episcopal church, Rev. Rufus
A. Morgan, pastor, officiated.
Mr. Thorpe died at 6 o'clock a.
m. Friday in an Asheville hospital
where he had been a patient foi
some time. He was born in England
in 1885 but moved to this
country with his parents when
only four years old. He lived to
become one of the Nation's leading
engineers in the field of hydroelectric
plants and had been president
of Nantahala Power and
Light Company for a number o:
years before death.
Surviving are the widow, onf
son, Foster Brown Thorpe, anc
two sisters, the Misses Mary and
Nora Thorpe, of New York.
April 1 Set For Girl
Scout Rally At
Cullewhee
There will be * Nenteheln Are?
Girl Scout rally at Hoey Auditorium,
WCTC, Saturday, April 1
at 2 o'clock. Anyone interested ii
Girl Scouting is invited. The chie
events of the afternoon are tw<
fold. Miss Mildred Coetledge wil
be introduced to all the Nanta
hala Area and the financial re
ports by counties will be given
All interested persons are yrged t<
plan to attend this meeting.
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Reading Consultant
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To Meet Teachers
Of Jackson County
t nmoc A flornw pHurfltionfl1 1
uaiiiva vjviw,. , ,
consultant with the Houghton;
Mifflin Publishing Company of
Boston, will meet with the teach- |
ers of Jackson county and WCTC j
on March 20 and 21. Mr. Gerow
will discuss the teaching of reading
in all grades with special attention
to why some children df i
not read well. He has spoken tc|
over 10,000 teachers in North'
Carolina and worked with many
immature children who are weak
in reading. Mr. Gerow works
chiefly in North Carolina, how
ever, he is frequently invited tr
other states as ? reading consultant.
He is a native North Carolinian,
having taught and served
as school administrator for over
sixteen years. He has studied
at Duke, Columbia and North
; Carolina Universities.
Mr. Gerow is being sponsored
by the Jackson County Educatior
Department. B^sSdes AbeirJf in
demand as a speaker he is als<
well known for his many article
in the educational field and is th? ,
author of several Juvenile stories.
Veteran Showman
To Direct
Indian Drama
By E. Carl 8ink
Cherokee?Harry E.. Davis, Associate
Director of Carolina Playmakers,
full professor in Dramat*?
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1C Aru> ucpat uiiciii vt nui mi w??olina
UnAersity, authority on stage
direction and production and nationally
known for theatrical
adaptations of children's stories,
will assume post as Production
manager of the Cherokee Drama,
"Unto These Hills", here March 17.
On that date, Davis will bring a
casting crew to Mountainside
Theatre here to select Cherokee
Indian members of the cast. On j
March 18, tryouts for all of West- |
ern North Carolina and Eastern i
Tennessee will be held at City
Auditorium in Asheville. Later in j
the month, college actors will be;
tested in Playmakers Theatre in1
Chapel HilL
"Unto These Hills", a Drama
of the Cherokees, will open in
Mountainside Theatre here at 8:00
pjn., July 1, playing five nights
each week throughout July and
August with a cast of 100. Folders
'of the Drama and of Western
North Carolina's summer playground
are available from N. C.
Department of Conservation and
Development, Raleigh, N. C., and
J "Unto These Hills", Cherokee.
Local Lions Attend
Hendersonville Meet
On Saturday, February 25, Lior
Walter C. Fisher, president o'
Lions International, of Ontario,
r Can., was ni n special
. meeting of the Hendersonville
, Lions club. 350 Lions and Lionesses
i from all over the state were presf
ent for the event.
5 Present from Sylva were Hugh
] Monteith, M. C. Cunningham, Mr
. Hrtd Mrs. Jennings Bryson, Boyd
. Socsamon, and Miss Nancy Alli-~son.
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W. F. Andre
Administrate
Community
N. C. CORPORATION
PUNS TO BUY
TELEPHONE FIRM
Interstate Sedurities Corporation
of Charlotte has announced
that final arrangements have been
made to purchase the controlling"
stock interest of the Western Car- ^
olina Telephone Company.
The company .operates ex"i(
changes in Sylva, Franklin, Bry-|
son City, Highlands, Cashiers, .
Cullowhee, N. C., and Clayton, j
Ga.
Lin D. Garibaldi, president of |
the Carolina Mountain Telephone/^nmnnn..
4Via eoniii'itinc rnr. I
V^UIIl^JailJT) SOIU HIV OVVUl IblVil vvri I (
poiation would offer the stock i
for sale to his company. He said j
he believed the Carolina Moun-;
tain Telephone Company stock-!
holders would approve the pur-1
chase and a merger would be
forthcoming. '
CITY RECREATION
COMMITTEE TO
MEET MONOAY P. M.
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The Town Recreation committee
has been called to meet on
Monday, March 6, at 4:00 p.m. at
the office of the City Hall. This "
committee M compos#^ of ong.j
representative of each of the
clubs or organizations in town;
and the pastors of the churches of
Sylva. All clubs have been requested
to name a representative
for the year 1050, and so far only,
the following names have been I
received: Harry Ferguson, Rotary
club; William McKee, American
Legion; George Lee, Lions Club;
Roscoe Poteet, Chamber of Com-j
merce; Ed Nicholson, Merchants1
Association; Jeff Hedden, Woodmen
of the World; Mrs. Jean P.
Bryson, Junior Woman's club;
Mrs. Marjorie Baldridge, Halcyon I
Club; Rev., C. M. Warren, Rev.I
W. H. Wakefield, and Rev. W. Q.
Grigg are exoffico members of
ine commiuec,
Other clubs which have named
representatives on the Recreation
committee are requested to report
to Rev. W. Q. Grigg, chairman, so
that members may be given due
notice of meetings.
Legion Auxiliary Will
Have Call Meeting
A call meeting of the American
Legion Auxiliary will be held at
the home of Mrs. R. L. Glenn Wednesday
afternoon, March 8, at 5
o'clock.
Recent Survey
Size Group Foi
The Jackson*. County Agricul
tural Worleers council, in cooperation
with farmers and State
Extension specialists has just completed
a proposed farm program
for the small, medium and large
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farmers of the county. All of
our Agricultural workers will use
this as a general guide in working
with farm people. It is reali7ed,
of course, that all farms, like
all people, are different, tut the}
| have certain things in common.
' A* z basis for planning a better
i farm program the specialists
pointed out certain facts: There
are 1502 farms in the county that
have less than 10 acres cropland;
j 534 that have from 10 to 10 acres
j cropland and 204 that have over
20 acres cropland.
These statistics pointed to the
fact that three-fifths of our farms
are very small from the stand
i point of cropland, and we must oI
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>r Of Harris
Hospital
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Began Duties
Wednesday
Hospital Manager Is
Graduate Of Duke
Administration School
The Board of Trustees of C. J.
Harris Community hospital, working
through a special committee
[. omposed of Cole Cannon, chairman,
Sol Schulman, Ramsey
Buchanan, and Raymond Sutton,
have secured the services of William
F. Andrews as executive administrator
for the hospital. Mr.
Andrews assumed his duties at
the hospital yesterday, March 1.
He is a graduate of the school of
hospital administration of Duke
University, has had a number of
years in training and work of this
type. He comes to Sylva highly
recommended by the Duke Hospital
Foundation.
Mr. Andrews is married, has one
small daughter. He and his family
will live at Jarrett Springs
hotel until they locate a suitable
home. Mr. Andrews is a native of
W?... Vniflan^ o+a+Ac htif VlO>
tut? Aicw ?JI1?AQI1U 0VOVWO MM* II?M?
beefi in North Carolina for seven
years.
In employing an administrator
the Trustees feel that they have
made a big *stqp forward in the
Mtagtfnfi*<of thevhospitaL fa
years past, when there weren't
roany patients, local personnel was
able to carry on, but since the fiospital
has been enlarged and ite
services in such great demand the
business of management requires
someone trained in hospital administration.
District Planning Meet of
H. D. Clubs Will Be Held In
Allison Building Today
Jackson County Home Demonstration
clubs will be hostess to
the H.D.C. District Planning
meeting which will be held in the
Allison building today (Thursday)
beginning at 10 a.m. The
district includes Jackson, Hay??rsv/v#4
Cwain nnri Ufarnn rnun*
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ties. All County Council officers
and Home Demonstration agents
are expected to be present for the
meeting. Miss Vema Stanton, assistant
State Home Demonstration
agent, will be guest speaker at
this time.
In the afternoon a training
school for all the officers will be
held.
i Lunch Will be served in the Allison
building by the club members.
Determines
? mitifv fT/vrmft
M. 1J*>W saw
necessity do a specialized type of
farming to increase our income.
In addition to other improved
practices such as production and
conservation of food and feed,
the specialists recommended the
production of hatching eggs on
the smaller farms. They showed
that net farm income could be Increased
at least $900 with the addition
of a flock of 400 hens.
For the farmers having frojn
ten to twenty acres cropland there
appeared to be more possibilities
for increasing net income than on
the little farms, wi& truck crop*
' and poultry offering probably the
' best opportunities.
On the larger farms having more
than 20 acres cropland there are
various possibilities that are out- ;
standing. These include dairying,
beef cattle, sheep, poultry
and truck crops.