VOL. XXV?NO.4
Excava
Emphasis B<
On Dairying
Farmers Dui
A group of Jackson County*
farmers assembled at the Court-1,
house last Friday evening to dis- j1
cuss dairying and to observe a
Xlim on tne enierpnse.
, The farmer's attention was di- j
rected to the dairy breeding ser-:
vices now being offered throughout
Jackson County by the Artificial
Breeding program. By use
of this system local farmers have
access to the services of the very
best dairy males in the dairy
breeds. Individual family milk
cows can be bred conveniently,
safely and without danger of contracting
the dangerous diseases
such as Bangs.
The film "Science of Milk Production"
was shown. The picture
miui^r'a < |f VAM ?vu 4
As Council Member Of ]
N. C. Hospital Association
Mr. William F. Andrews, ad- 1
ministrator for C. J. Harris hos- 1
pital has received notice from the *
Board of Trustees of the North ]
Carolina Hospital Association that <
he has been appointed ^ a mem- 1
ber of the Council on Association <
Development of the Association
for a period of two years. i
Bangs Disease,
Clinics Being A:
Cow testing clinics for Bangs*"
and Tuberculosis are now being ?
arranged for Jackson County milk
cow owners. The tests are to be
made by Dr. O. H. Burnside, Vet- I
erinarian, Franklin. Persons de- '
siring to have their milk cows test- (
ed are urged to notify the Jackson
County Agent's office, Sylva* by *
Friday, June 30. Notice may t>e
sent by post card, giving the own- 1
ers name, location of farm and l
number of animals to be tested. i
The clinics are tenatively sched- <
uled to be held during the first '
week of July. Persons indicating i
a desire for the testing service will :
be given the specific date on which 1
to expect the veterinarian to come 1
to their farm. 1
The veterinarian's fee for giv- j
ing both Bangs and Tuberculosis I
tests will be two dollars per ani- i
mal tested. . M
is rated as one of the very best
yet produced in the field of dairy j
science, picturing how the animal
produces milk and the effects of
various management practices that
increase and decrease milk production.
Among the desirable practices
stressed by the film were:
scheduled milking, stimulation of *
the milk "let down" at milking j
time by washing the udder with
luke warm water, rapid but gentle 1
k milkinga t the time of "let down"
and avoid excitement caused by
abnormal noises and rough treat- {
ment.
Following the education meet- |
ing the Jackson County Milk Pro- 3
ducers Association conducted their 1
regular monthly business meeting. '
BOARD OF HEALTH*
MEETS IN BRYSON \
The District Board of Health; 1
meeting was held Thursday night, i
June 15, in Bryson City. Doctor tTij
D. Slagle was appointed chairman i
pro-tern to preside over the meet- i
ing in the absence of Mr. J. A. I
Bryson. The group discussed the <
contention of budget for the fiscal J <
year, 1950-51. They adopted the|
local ordinances as prescribed by,1
the National Board of Health. I,
11
Doctor C. C. Janowsky announc- j.
ed that the health department is '
making a survey at the present
time for the school program. This J
survey will lead to the organiza- {
tion of a new plan for the school J
health program for the scholastic
year beginning in September.
Woody Hampton, another Jackson
county member of the Board,
also attended. J
An/lvatirc Annnin^o/1
Thi
tion Stf
iing Placed
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ring June !
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Mad Dog Warning Issued
To Barkers Creek Com.
According to an announcement
by C. B. Thomas, County Health
Inspector, the residents of Barkers
Creek, Wilmot and Qualla
communities are warned that a
dog, judged to be mad, ran at
large thru their section of the
county biting livestock and other
dogs. Everyone is cautioned
to be on the lookout for suspicious
symptoms in livestock. All
known dog contacts of the rabid
animal should be confined fo^
the legal three-week quarantine
period. All who have not
done so in the past ' twelve
months are again urged to have
their dogs vaccinated.
Funeral Held For
JT.ss f/* T/vv//ir I
LVM COO JLilAI Lt/ A ?/^ W/l
Funeral services for Miss Lura
Taylor, who was murdered on
June 14, were held Friday, the 16,
at her home near Dillstooro. Burial
was in the family cemetery nearby.
Rev. J. O. Beck and Rev. Mr.
Welch, officiated.
Moody Funeral Home was in
charge.
Surviving are one . brother, Luther
Taylor, and one sister, Mrs.
Flora Hall, of Dillsboro, and an
uncle, Mr. Ross Taylor who made
bis home with Miss Taylor.
- She was the daughter of the late
Nfry and Mrs. Jim Taylor of this'
:ounty.
Miss Taylor, a most highly respected
young woman of her community,
was employed by Dayton <
Rubber Company at Hazelwood, |
and was considered a very valuable
employee by that firm where
she had worked regularly for the
past seven years. Only words of
kotra koon ViAOf/1
lllgliUOl VOt^CUl HO V V MWli AiVBiU
concerning her since her tragic
ieath occurred.
W. E. Brookshire, With
Gainesville Hatchery,
Locates in Sylva
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brookshire
and two children, Vicky and Ter-i
ssa, of Gainesville, Ga., have movsd
to Sylva to make their home,
rhey are occupying the Henry
house on College Hill.
Mr. Brookshire comes to Jackson
County as District Field Supervisor,
representing the Gainesville
Hatchery, of Gainesville, Ga.
His work will be in Haywood,
Swain counties and the Cherokee
Indian Reservation.
Mr. Brookshire is a graduate of
the College of Agriculture of the
University of Georgia. Upon gradaation
from college he was employed
for three years by the Agriculture
Extension Service in Catoosa
County, Ga., and Claiborne I
Uounty, Tennessee. <
Mr. and Mrs. Brookshire are
nembers of the Baptist church.
T.B. Testing
rranged Here
rwo MEN. STOLEN
CAR TAKEN ON U. S.
23 BY LINDSAY
State Highway Patrolman Chas.
D. Lindsay and W. B. Cope ap
prenenaea two young wmie men
In a 1949 Chevrolet, 2-door sedan
m Highway No. 23 about 2 p.m.
ruesday. The automobile was
stolen in Columbia, S. C. on June
L5. It was being operated by Darid
Earl Crocker, 19, of Glenyille,
Ga., accompanied, by Ed-;
nrin Rogers, 23, of Macon, Geor- '
gia. The young men have been
lodged In the Federal jail at Brykm
City awaiting action of, the
Federal Court. '
Syi
Sylva
irted Tu
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Lion Hugh Monteith J
Elected District Governor
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At the State convention of Lions j
Clubs held in Charlotte Sunday, j
Monday and Tuesday, Hugh Mon- <
teith, member of the Sylva Lions
Club, was elected District Cover- |
nor of District 31-A, composed of ,
seventeen counties in Western j
North Carolina, for the year 1950- j
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The Slate, up to this time had.,
been divided into three districts,1 i
but one of the first items on the i
business agenda of the convention' j
was voting to divide the State into, 1
six, instead of three, districts. It I ]
was felt that this was necessary i
due to the rapid growth of Lionism i
in North Carolina. 2
More than 1100 Lions from every
section of North Carolina were ]
present for the convention, the <
largest Lions convention ever held 1
in the state. Attending from Syl- I
va were Lions G./C. Cope, Edwin <
Allison, Jennings Bryson, Claude
Campbell, ancjL Hugh Monteith and <
wife. <
JACKSON VOTERS
WILL CAST BALLOTS i
FOR SENATORS
Smith And Graham To ,
Fight It Out In 2nd (
Primary Saturday ^
Jackson County Democrats will <
again cast their ballot for nominee
for a U .S. Senator in the 2nd primary
to be held on Saturday. Graham
is running as incumbent against
Willis Smith, Raleigh Attorney.
Graham was appointed to
the Senate post 14 months ago by
Governor Scott to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Senator
J. Melville Broughton.
Smith called the second primary
when Senator Graham failed to j
receive a clear majority (more,
than half of the total votes cast) |
in he regular primary May 27,1
where there were four candidates
running.
In the record high vote on that
date, Graham got 303,605 votes;'
Smith 250,222; Reynolds 58,752;
and Olla Boyd, 5,900. Graham led
Smith by 53,383, but lacked 5,635
of having a majority.
In the balloting in this county
on May 27 Graham received 2249
votes; Smith, 1549, or 700 less than
Graham; Bob Reynolds received '
333 and Olio Boyd 43 votes. 3
It will be interesting to see how 1
thp total votp stands following j
Saturday's election.
Since there are no local can- i
didaies in the run-off primary |
many may think it unnecessary to
go to the polls and vote. It is more
important than ever that you do '
so. The man who represents us in I
the U. S. Senate should be sent |
there by the vote of the majority
of the people. This is one reason
lor a second primary. 1
i1
Cemetery Cleaning ;j
The cemetery at the Tuckaseigee
Baptist Church is to be cleaned (
on Saturday, July 1. It is urgently ^
requested that everyone who has
relatives buried, there be at the |
cemetery to a&sfct in the cleaning, j
program. Cooperation with this1 j
n1?o will iw> jinmrfvifitArl
-rrSOSSAiSKTs
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LVA I
i, N. C. Thursday, June 22,
lesday F
f
Dan Allison To
Erect Modern
Building On Main ^
A contract was signed in Sylva ast
Saturday by Dan M. Allison
and a representative of the United
States Postoffice Department of
Washington whereby Mr. Allison
bvill construct a building on Main
Street to be leased by the Department
for 10 years upon completion
"or use as a postoffice for the town
3f Sylva.
Since the contract called for
:ompletion of the building by October
1st 01 as soon thereafter as ;
possible Mr. Allison lost no time
in getting it started. The finri of
Ferguson and Deitz began/ixcavating
the lot Tuesday afternoon
for the building which will be one
story with full basement. It will
face 40 feet oh Main street and |
run back 60 feet deep, providing
2400 square feet of floor space,
rhe building will be of concrete I
block, steel and brick construe- I
Lion, similiar to the new building
Mr. Allison recently completed on
the corner of Main and Walnut, i
rhe front will be of red face brick, f
At the rear of the building will be a
space 40 by 65 feet for mail \
trucks and cars to enter for load- {
ing and unloading. The new struc- 8
ture will be located next to Moody j
Funeral Home. j,
William B. Dillard, local con- v
tractor, will supervise the con- struction,
Mr. Allison said.
On completion the Department I
plans to put in new postoffice s
equipment and around 200 addi- J
tional lock boxes, which will
Better serve the patrons of the .l
Dffice. '
Austin Caught With ?
96 Gallons Of Liquor *
Wesley Lee Austin, said to bei S
af Asheville, is being held in the t
Jackson County jail on charges of'
ransporting non-tax paid liquor, c
State Highway Patrolman E. P. a
Simmons and? Deputy -Sheriff?!
Frank Allen reported Tuesday I
light. e
Austin was arrested about 7 p. s
n. Tuesday evening while driving a
in U. S. Highway 64 east of Cash- r
ers. The officers reported the
seizure of 16 cases, or 96 gallon?, t
if whiskey. c
AT EA8T FORK BAPTI8T
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The annual Homecoming was o
church on the 3rd Sunday in May.
many familiar faces usually recogniz
Left to right: Rev. Will Buchanan
Deitz, Rev. Joe Bishop, Sam EtfTchan;
DRAMA TICKETS ,
AVAILABLE IN
MANY TOWNS
Cherokee ? Ticket offices for r
>ale of reserved seats tickets to t
:he Cherokee Drama, "Unto These
Hills" which opens here July 1 for r
five-nights-weekly presentations c
through Labor Day, are being set
xp in all towns in western North j
Carolina and east Tennessee, it t
>vas announced by Carol White, }
general manager. 1
Recently installed "inter-city" long
distance telephone service f
here Will allow reservations to be 1
made at any town in the area 1
bounded by Asheville, Henderson- j
ville and Murphy, and ivnoxvuie ?
:<$&' "
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1950
'or Post
Richard Hall
County Jail 1
MURDER VICTIM
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MISS LURA TAYLOR, 32, was
juried Friday afternoon in thej.
amily cemetery near her home,
rhe body of Miss Taylor was found
ate Wednesday evening, June 14,j
jartly covered with rock and wecds^
ibout 1-4 mile from her home. \
ler brother-in-law, Richard Hall,
s in Jackson County jail charged
vith her murder.
IC. BAPTIST SEEK
(700,000 FOR NEW
WING AT HOSPITAL j
North Carolina Baptist are seek
ng to raise $700,000 to build a nwr
ving to the hospital in WinstonSalem
which will provide 150 exra
beds.
On July 25 all Baptist churches
if Tuckaseigee Association are 1
isked to take a special offering 1
orbuiLding "new South Wing" to_ j
laptist hospital in Winston-Salm.
The goal for Tuckaseigee As- 1
ociation is $1800. Each church has 1
i goal which it will strive to reach
nake a total of $1800 raised here.
Noith Carolina Baptist will cerainly
be loyal to follow Christ's
ixample in visiting the sick.
CHURCH HOMECOMING
hsrrveri at the East Fork Baptist
Pictured above are a few of the
ed at this historical church event.
(pastor), Dow Hall, Rev. Thad
an, Arch Cowan.
: !
L-H Health Improvement
Contest Slated
All 4-H Club members who are,
nterested in competing for the
i'le erf Health King and Queen are
eouested to go to the County
iealth Department for an examination
on Friday, June 23, or Frilay,
June 30.
The contest is open to any club
nember who was 14 years old or
T 1 men
)ver on January i, ltrou.
The County winnej^. a boy and a
firl, will represent Jackson_Goun- j
y in the Health Pageant to be
leld during 4-H Club week in |
Raleigh, July 24-29.
ind Chattanooga, Tenn., up to 5:00
).m. on performance days, Wed
i r.._
lcsudys mruuj(n ouiiuiiys.
IYLVA CITY MAHKET . . In A4P
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I Being Held
On Charge (
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Charged With Murder
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A flH ^SMSME?MFI^^BHSBS3PBmwGHIEE$
JAMES RICHARD HALL, 26, is
being held in Jackson County jail
charged with the murder of his <
sister-in-law, Miss Lura Taylor
whose body was found late last
Wednesday a short distance from
Hall's home. Hall admitted the '
crime after being arrested by
Sheriff C. G. Middleton.
WCTC Building
Project Bids To
n /\ l m i
ne upenea i oaay
President Paul A. Reid of Western
Carolina Teachers College has
announced that opening of bids for
the housing project of the college
will take place today on the college
campus. The morning bidding
will include the $50,000 housing
project which will house faculty
and other college personnel The
plans call for four, two bedroom
bouses and a duplex. The" houses
are to be of brick construction,
plastered walls,^and asphalt tile
floors. Each unit will have two
bedrooms, a bath, kitchen with
breakfast nook, and a living room
with dining space, and are to be
heated with individual oil floor
furnaces.
The ground for the housing project,
already graded, is located beyond
Robertson Hall and the residence
of Miss A. Benton. Plans
for another duplex are already in
progress. ,
During the afternoon hours bids j
will be heard on the science and
classroom building.
Scotts Creek Church
Announces Dates
tr c c d i
i. Ui vjj. O. Iiei/iVUl
Beginning July 9 the CountyWide
Sunday School Enlargement
Revival begins and Scotts Creek
church will enter wholeheartedly
in this revival. All members of
the church are earnestly requested
to make arrangements to attend
this meeting.
Immediaetly following this SunGainesville
Hai
District Offices
Field headquarters for Gainesville
Hatchery, Inc. are to be set'
up in Sylva, it has been announced
by W. T. Brown, Field Representative.
An office will be set up
and flock supervisory work for all
the hatchery's flocks in Western
North Carolina is to be serviced
from here. The office is to be located
in the brick building across
from the Jackson County Bank.
Plans call for the office being opened
on or about July 1. New personnel
is being added and a more
complete program of flock supervision
will be available to eg& producers,
Brown stated.
The outlook for the nroduetion
of hatching eggs is now much better
than a few weeks ago, with a
current price of eighty-cents per
dozen being paid.
"Despite the temporary slump
$2.00 A Year?5c Copy
toilding
In Jackson
)f Murder
Citizens Shocked
At County's Most
Brutal Crime
James Richard Hall, 26, is being
held in Jackson County jail without
privilege of bond on a charge
of murder in connection with the
death on last Wednesday of his
sister-in-law, Miss Lura Taylor,
32, both of near Dillsboro.
The bruised and battered body
of Miss Taylor was found by' a
searching party about 9:30 Wednesday
night, June .14, lying in
a thicket of underbrush partly
covered with rock and brush about
1-4 mile from her home and
only about 150 yards from the
home of her alleged murderer.*
The body was immediately moved
to Moody Funeral Home where a
coroner's jury with Coroner Howard
Dills, pronounced death resulting
from strangulation.
Miss Taylor, an employee of
Dayton Rubber Comnanv at Ha
zelwood for the past seven years,
left home as usual Tuesday afternoon
for her night shift but failed
to return home Wednesday morning
at 6:30 which was her regular
habit. When she failed to show up
all day and it was learned that
she had returned with her usual
ride that morning and had left the
car at the usual place not far from
her home, a searching party was
organized with Sheriff Middleton
and ether officers in charge. It
did not take them long to locate
the body in the brush about 100
feet from the road leading to her
home. Sheriff Middleton went to
the home of Hall and found him
sitting in a dark room, barefoot
and wearing the shirt and trousers
showing blood stains. He was immediately
placed under arrest and
shortly thereafter admitted the ~
crime.
Hall stated that he met Miss
Taylor in the road about 8:15 o'clock
and attacked her. When she
screamed he choked her until she
was dead. He then carried her
body into the brush where it was
later found. Officers stated that
the victim had been raped.
all lator ehnurorl finnrr iiiUaka
North Carolina Chambers of Com*
merce Secretaries and their wives
and through them all city mane*
gers and Chamber presidents end
their wives, were today invited to
showings of the Cherokee Drama,
"Unto These Hills", et Mountain*
side Theatre here by Harry Buch*
anan, Chairmen of Cherokee HIMm ^
torical Association.
I
iiUil A U VV 4 OUVTTVU J-X i- O T*4IViy
he hid Miss Taylor's pocket book,
watch and ring, which were recovered.
He stated that he planned
the attack the day before but she
was accompanied by another person,
and he had put it off. ^
To control the screwworm, keep
some Smear 62 or Smear 82 handy
if you have livestock on your
farm. Treat any open wounds
as soon as they are discovered.
day School revival, Rev. N. B.
Phillips of Hendersonville will be
with us in a revival meeting.
Let us look forward to these
days of information and fellowship
and pray for a great spiritual
awakening among our people. The
public is cordially invited to attend
all of these services.
Rev. B. S. Hensley, Pastor
Ichery Opens
In
-m.m m/ 1/ %/ XJX/
that has just passed, I believe the
poultry business in Western North
Carolina is just getting started,"
Brown said.
Gainesville Hatchery, the largest
producer of broiler chicks in
the south, offers to the farmers of
this section a market for hatching
eggs in great volume.
City Officials Invited
To Cherokee Drama
Cherokee. N. C.. June 19?All