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$lpO the Year i^Advanoe in the County Sylva, N. C. Thursday, December. 15, 1927 s . $2.00 the Year in Advance Outside County ===== o Begin Erection Paper Plant Next Month MEADE PAPER CO. WILL START IN JANUARY ? o The erection of the Meade Paper Company 's huge plant will begin next month. The Journal has it on good authority that the engineering plans and other data for the erection of the new paper mill in Sylva have ad vanced far enough at the present time to assure that the actual construct ion work of erecting the plant w -1 begin about the first of January. Engineers have been busy, during the past few weeks perfecting the plans, and attorneys passing on titles and other legal matters, it was learn ed,, and the new company will begin operations at the earliest pjossible moment, hoping to have the plant 'ready for manufacturing paper with in six months. Not only is that true, but' it is (learned from the same high author ity that the tannic acid pulp mill, which has been closed down for sev-1 eral weeks, will resume grinding of1 chestnut wood, undler the new com pany, on Jaiuary first and that aci.1 wood is again being bought from the wagons and trucks at the local yards of the company. The full foict of men for operating the acid plant will again be given employment during the winter and spring in the construc tion work of the new plant. The contracts between the Parson? fanning Company ati? the Jffrad* Paper Company were closed in Ctat cago two weeks ago today, completing negotiations which have been pend ing since last February, whereby a large interest jn the Sylva plant whs passed to the Meade Paper Company, one of the major paper manufctur ing concerns of the United States. It is understood that the new plant, which will be located just across the Southern Railway Company's tracks I from the present tannery and ex- J tracts plant, will manufacture boxing and carton paper from the chestnut chips,' which at present are burned after the tannie acid is extracted from thum. Not only, it is point* out, will the new plant be a large ad ditional industry for Sylva, but it will stabilize the present extract plant, assuring its continuous oper ation, by taking this valuable by product, which is at present burned, and manufacturing it into market able products. No announcement has been mada in Sylva as to who the officials of the new company, created througi the merger will be, but it is not anticipated that there will be any materia! change in the present local officials. The production of chestnut wood, and the marketing it is one of the big industries of Jackson County, a~d a large number of the people of the county are engaged in it, for at least part of the year. A great many of the farmers of the county utilize their off seasons and spare moments from their farms in cutting nd preparing for the market the harvestable chest nut on their farms; and a number of people devote practically all their time to the chestnut forest products, ?nd it is being pointed out in gyl/i that the coming of the new plant, which insures the continuous opera tion of the extract plant, wiil greatly stabilize the chestnut wood industry, and assure a market for the product for a great many yean. QUEEN GOES WITH RAirfO GO. Mr. Theodore Queen has becomc Associated with the Murray Radio Company within the past few dovs; and Mr. Miller, of Chicago has taken & position with the company. Mr. Miller is a radio expert, having re cently completed & course in the Chi cago School of Radio. The Murray Radio Company will ?ecnjly its tew quarters in the Lyrie Theatre lmilding within the next few day*, ?r f - O' ?' Sylva Shops Ready for Christmas Bayers ' i e merchants of Sylva ha\ 3 dec orated their stores in holiday attire, and have placed the largest 'Stocks of holiday ^oods ever shown in Sylva on iH-pl'?y -> 1 ? During the past week i" c. trwling spirit hi.s lisen considerably. and i here is increasing (activity in ail lines ol business in thfe tev?:;. Not only haVe the merchants large assortments on display; but a com parison of the prices with those else where shows conclusively that it is unnecessary to go outside of Jackson county t?. do the Christmas shopping. People from other parts of North Carolina, and from other states com ing to Sylva during the past few years have remarked upon the excel lent shops of the town, their neat ness, the character of the merchand ise that they carry, and the progress ive, forward looking spirit of the merchants of the towi?. / ?: The merchants are ready for the Christmas rush, next week, and are sine that they can handle the busi nejs that oomos to tl.ein with dis pach. ? , j Before coming to town to do your stopping, it will pay }on to look over the advertisements in the Journ al. O CANTON GIRL BURNED BY ELECTRIC WIRES Canton Enterprise, December 8? Mistf-Helaia Calvin, 16 year old daugli ter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Calvin of Fibreville, is in the Merriwether Hos pital, Asheville, suffering from severe burns and electric shock she sustained Satudray morning when a 4,400-volt power wire fell near her home. The highly charged wire had fallen, due to the weight of snow on a hcuse wire which led to the Calvin garage The house wire of 110 volts was ac ross the automobile and attached to a small heater. The power wire h i>-n ed thru the house wire and the auto mobile became charged from tne wire to the heater. It was at this time that Miss Calvin stepped on the running board of the car to get a spool of wire. She was thrown to the ground in an unconscious condition, suffering severe burns, and a gash on the head from the fall. She re ceived first aid at the Champion Fibr Plant and was then rushed to the Merriwether Hospital in Asheville. Latest reports are; that she is rest ing as comfortbaly as could be ex pected, although it was necessary to remove three toes from her left foot and on from the right foot at the first joint, in addition to ?nsderaible flesh from her head and shoulders due to the severe burns. While her condition is still serious, hospitil authorities think she will recover. ? Miss Calvin is a High School stu ident, a leading member of the bas ketball team and a teacher in the Sunday School at the Presbyterian Church. She is a popular member of the youngest set here, and her great misfortune has caused much anxiety among her friends. COUNCIL BABY PIES The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Council, died Mon day at the home of his parents, ?n Boone. The little fellow was taken suddenly ill, Saturday, and trans fusions * of blood from the father of the child, were resorted to, in an effort to save the baby, but they were unavailing., Mrs Council was, before her mar riage, Miss Margaret Moore, of Syl va. Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hail and Mrs. J. J Hooker were called to Boone, Sunday, to be with Mr and Mr?. Council. <' i Thin out the weed trees from the farm woodlot instead of clearing new land when fire wood is needed advises one progressive fanner. 1 , \ ... Sylva Looks Ahead (From the Asheville Citizen Dec 13) The people of Sylva and of Jack I son County are setting a fine! ex ( 1 ample for all Western North Caro lina in the attitude they have adop ted toward the great development, which they confidently expect as a result of the arrangement which has been worked out between ; the Parsons Tanning Company and Meade Paper Company under which the lat ter concern has purchased a large interest in the tanning company and will establish a paper mill at Sylva * in the immediate future. Fully appreciating the importance of this development to Sylva and to this scc-tion, THE JACKSON COUN TY JOURNAL declares that the last thing Sylva wants at the pre sent time is a boom. Not that it has any doubts about Sylva's growing rapid ly from now on. So far as that is I . ? t . concerned, they hope and believe tint it is going to be the "largest town in Western North Carolina west of Asheville," the trading center jof a prosperous territory and a manufact wring ecnter of substantial import ance; but THE J?URNAL insists that the best iuterests of its commu nity depend upon seeing that this growth is orderly and that it js brought about by the energetic de velopment of all Jackson County 's rescources. The purchase of ti.~ extract plant, and the establishing of the paper company assure the full-time opera tion1 of the former and the employ s t. ment of three or four hundred more men in the paper plant. Morcjover, STATE NORMAL GLEE CLUBS TO GIVE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM The Cullowhce State Normal School will present an attractive mu sical program in keeping with the Christmas season Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock in the Methodist church at Cullowhee The choir loft which has recently been' reconstructed will accommodate the fifty members of the club, who will be assisted by the Faculty Quartette. The hour of song will take place of the regular Sunday night service. The following program is under the direction of Miss Mary Rose Feagans: 4'Prelude" from "The Chri?t Child" Nolte Professional "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" .... Mendelssohn "Joy To the World" .... Handel Invocation. >* . "Send Out Thy Light" .... Gounod "Silent Night" (in. pantomome), ('Gruber "Lift Thine Eyes".... Mendelssohn' "When Jesus Was Born In [Beth lehem .... Ash ford "Who Are These? !,....Adhford "Cantique die Noel" Adams ."The Birthday of a King" .... (^ . Noidlinger Offertory "Nocturne in E flat" ' Cwopin "O My Savior" Davis "The Heavens Resound" .Jt. . Beethoven "0, Come All Ye Faithful" Reading Choral Sanctus" _ Gaul "Postlude Marche".. Beethoven Benediction. I u the chestnut chips which in the past have been burned after the tannic acid was boiled out of them will be transferred to the new milL hereafter f " f , i" .1 ? and manufactured into boxing and carton paper Thus the new mill marks the beginning of a new industry in this section. Sylva, however, is looking also to an increase in the number of its tourists following the completion of the State's highway program in Jackson County, coupled with the es tablishment of the Great Smoky Moun , tiins National Park. It is looking f1-) , ? ) also to a further expansion of its agricultural interests,v continuing the fine work which is being done now and which has already shown most ?f ? 1 ? i excellent results. THE JOURNAL rightly points out that the paper miil and other industrial plants that may be located at Sylva "wili in no wi:sc injure the farming, and tourist busi ness, but (n the contrary will strength en both.'' Prosperous industry in a ('/ . h- 'i J county like Jackson and a region like this should be the greatest possible { stimulus to prosperous agriculture. Hence THE , JOURNAL wisely warns its public that Sylva's only danger "is, in allowing the phenom enal growth which is just ahead to V assume boom proportions and to r? i send prices skyrocketing at too great a rate." Its future. undoubtedly is assured, as is that of all Western North Carolina, if the people ^rill keep their heads and earn the prog J D * ress which will be theirs if they go after it intelligently, sanely and ag gressively. WEBSTER HIGH DEFEATS INDIANS 29 TO 23 ** * * " x * ?' * > % vf The Webster High School boys won from the Cherokee Indians in a hard fought contest on the "Web ster court, Friday night. Allison lead the scoring of the local team while G. Washington lead the Indian boys. The lineups follow: Cherokee (23) Pos. Webster (29) G. Washington F Cowan Smith F Moore Hombuckle C Bryson Squirrel S G Allison J. Washington G Jones Substitutions: Webster, Collins 1'or Jones Referee: Cabe. 'HOME TIES" TO BE GIVEN AT BETA SATURDAY NIGHT The teachers and community boys and girls of Co wart* will give th play, "Home Ties" at the Beta School house next Saturday, Dec. 17th, at 7:30 P. M., in interest of the John's Creek School. "Home Ties" is a rural comedy in four acts. Admission charges will be 15c and 25c LOCAL BASKET BALL TEAMS MEET TOMORROW Sylva Collegiate Institute and Syl va High School basketball teams will meet on the Sylva High Court to morrow, Friday evening, at 7:45, for what promises to be the most excit ing game of the season in Sylva, according to local fans; and a great deaf of interest is being shown in spo(rt circles over the meeting of Sylva's two great teams. { Jackson Folks Broadcast Program ....An hour's program advertising Syl va and Jackson county was broa - cast from station WWNC in Ashe ville, Monday night, by representa tives of Sylva, Sylva Collegiate Inst itute, and Cullowhee Normal Sch , under direction of a Committee o? the Chamber of Commerce, composed of C. W. Denning, Miss Mattie Belli Jones and Miss Daisy Franklin. Beginning at 8:45 the program wat continued until 9:45, and the tele phone at WWNC was kept busy with complimentary messages from all parts of. Asheville and Western North Carolina. The program was opened' with a five minute address by Mr. Dan Tomp kins, representing the town of Syiva and the Chamber of Commerce. Prof. E. H. Stillwell, of the chair of His tory of Cullowhee State Normai de livered a most interesting address on the history of Jackson county, and President H. T. Hunter spoke on the school, its accomplishments and its prospects. . The glee club of Sylva Collegiate Institute sang two numbers; MLjs Margaret Candler presented a piano solo, Mrs. C. A. Bales read, Miss Mattie lielle Jones sang, , Mis. Daisy Franklin gave two numbers on the piano and the faculty quartett from Cullowhee, oomppsed of Mr. Hunter, Mr. Bird, Miss FeAgans auc Miss Graves, closed the program with two numbers. The hour's entertainment; was ar ranged by the Sylva Chamber of Com mercc, through the "courtesy snd ^o* operation of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, the owner of WWNC LINDBERGH PASSES * . . OVER COUNTY f* Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, and his gray plane, The Spirit of St Louis, passed over Jackson county, in his flight from Washington to Mexico city, between five andi six o'clock, Tuesdaty afternoon. Very few people in this county saw tlje gray plane, as it passed along the tops of the Balsam range, flying from Waynes ville, where it was sighted at 5:20. SOUTHERN WILL SELL HOLIDAY TICKETS The Southern Railway Syster.i has announced that tickets will be sold from all stations on the Soul hern to all stations on the Southern at fare and a half fare rates fo* the round trip. The tickets will go on sale the 23, and continue on sale unt!l January Second, with expiritior dates of January Third. WILSON OPENS MARKET Mr. T. O. Wilson has opened a grocery store find meat market in the Buchanan Building on Main street and expects to do a thriving busi ness. Mr. Wilson states that he wiii carry a. Arst class line of groceries and fresh meat?! *r The use of tonics for dairy cattle is a waste of money say dairy ex perts,. If the cow is healthy and fed the right kind of roughage and grain therv is no need for giving her pat ent medicine. Mrs. Yo'ungbride: "I don;t want to have any trouble with you. Bridget." Cook: "Then bedad, ma'am, let me hear no complaints." Doctor: "You had belter be X rayeJ." ? Patient: "There's n,o ne.id. Ciot my wife; she's always been tiblc to s^e through me." \ The Bore: "I feel thoroughly wound up tonight." Hostess: "How strange! And yet 70a don't seam to go." Fathers and Sons Dave Great Party \ What is said to have been one of the most enjoyable events in all :he history of Sylva was the father and son banquet, at the Sylva Chamber of Commerce hall, last ThursdnT evening, when about two hundred men and boys gathered for the casion, which was arranged by com mittees from the Baptist and Meth - dist churches of Sylva and sponsor ed by Rev. Geo. C. Clemmer, pas'.o? of the Sylva Methodist church, -?nd Rev. J. 6. Murray, pastor of tee First Baptist church, of Sylva Rev. J. S. Hiatt, pastor of the West Asheville Methodist Church was the ^principal speaker of the ' evening, and pleased the large gath ering with a 30-minute address on "Building Bridges." The dinner, composed of roast tur key and ail the trimmings, was serv ed by the women of the missionary societies of the two churches, wito fifeid [also decorated the M: with red and green crepe paper and ever greens, with large red candles on the tables.. The complete program for the ev ening follows: M D. Cowan, toastmaster; Blessing Rev. J. G. Murray; dinner; toast, "To Mother" John Parris, Jr.; Song's 1, 2, 3, led by Prof. W. C. Reed; toast, "To Our Dads," Edwin Alli son; toast, "To Our Sons," C. C. Buchanan; songs 1, 5; introduction of speaker, Rev. George Clemmer; address, Rev. J. S. Hiatt, of West Asheville; song, "Home Sweet Home bowed wti?yrBev. T. F. Deits. GEORGIA TO COMPLETE , ATLANTA SHORT ROUTE Of great-interest of Sylva, Jackson county, and Western North Carolina is the announcement carried in the Atlanta Constitution that the Georgia Highway Commission will let the con tract, on December 21, for the coj. struction of the highway from Tiger to Clarksville. It is especially inter ing to Jackson county folks because the road, which is a part of the Ashe ville-Atlanta Short Route, leaves Highway No. 10 at Dillsboro, ani will shorten the distance front Ashe ville and Sylva to Atlanta by appipx imately 40 miles. The state of Georgia proposes to spend abjut $200,000 on the link, which will complete the highway the entire ristance from Asheville to At lanta. Jt is now paved from Ashe ville to the Georgia line, and from Ciarksville to Atlanta, and the Geor gia people have been building splen did road. The gap that it to bo let nevl Wednesday will complete./ the route with paved orad all th<i way into Atlanta from Sylva ;tn<l Ashe ville. V'-'tfp' FUNERAL OF MRS. S. W. ENSLEY Funeral services for Mrs. S. V?". Ensley were conducted, Wednesdaj morning at Scott's Creek Baptist church, Beta, by the pastor, Rev. Thad F. Deitz, and interment follow ed in the Old Field! Cemetor;. Mrs. Ensley passed on at her home, at 4 o'clock, Mionday afternoon. Sko had been in ill health for several months, and had been growing stead ily worse for the past few weeks. She is survived by her husband, and the following children: Mrs. Doc Harris, Mrs. Will Cook andi Mr. Haynes Ensley, of Beta, Mrs. Arthur Hooper, and Mrs. S. C. Ensley, of Montesano, Wash., Mis. Harlowc Kitchen of Long View, Wash, and Mr. Smyt:i Ensley, of Olympia, Wa.ii. Surviving also is one sister, Mrs. Thomas Monteith, Beta, two brot1 ers, Mr. John Queen and Mfc. Welch Queen, of Swain county, and several grandchildren. J ? Three ears of beef steers have been purchased for fattening by iiRMm of Halifax ~