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In Oillsbort
Humphrey K. Snyder, for
many .vears one ?* the most j
prominent farmers of the county,
died yesterday afternoon at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Frank Jacobs, at Dillsboro, folinwing
an illness of two weeks
(duration.
Mr. Snyder, who was 88 years
of age, was long prominent in
the affairs of the county. A progressive
farmer, he took a keen
interest in the old Jackson
County Fair, and was one of its
founders and directors. For a
good many years he took the
first prize for the best and most
diversified display of farm products
at the fair. In 1920 he was,
the Republican member of the
Board of Revaluation for. the
I county, of which the late David
coward of Cullowhee was chair
man. and A. J. Dills the other
member. He always was interI
ested in the affairs of his counI
ty. and was looked upon as one
oi the leaders of the county. He
haji been an active member of
H tfj(j-Dillsboro Baptist church for
66 years.
H Mr. Snyder as a native and
life long resident of this county.
He was born at Balsam; but
moved to Dijlsboro and acquired
I his farm up the river, a short
I distance from the town. Several
years ago Mr. Snyder retired
from active life, and has spent
much of his time traveling about
visiting his children and rel
auvco.
He is survived by nine children,
Mrs. Frank Jacobs, Mrs. M.
Y. Jarrett, J. T. Snyder, and CL
A. Snyder, all of MkbomTMrsR.
D. Randall, Mrs. William Allen,
and W. L. Snyder, all of
Canton; Mrs.. Furman McFee,
Maryville, Tenn.; and Mrs. Ward
Robinson, Rock Hill, S. C. by
two brothers, R. G. SnyderK of
Willets, and H. M. Snyder, of
Old Fort; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah
Fisher, Sedro-Wolley, Wash.,
and Mrs. Elbert Ensley, Baden;
by thirty-five grandchildren, 20
great-grandchildren, and a large
number of other relatives.
Funeral services were conducted
this afternoon at the
Dillsboro Baptist church, by
Rev. Thad F. Deitz, and interment
was in the Parris cemetery.
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Opened In Franklin
Announcement has been made
by S. S. Williams, Field Supervisor,
Asheville. N. C. that the
Emergency Crop & Feed Loan
Division of the Farm Credit
Administration has established
an office in Franklin to serve
the Western counties, including
Jackson. The office is located
in the Court House, Franklin,
N. c. and will be in charge of
Mr. S. R. Griffin, Jr. who will
oe stationed there, and which
will be headquarters 'for the j
Western counties. Mr. Griffin,
who has been connected with
the Division for a number of
years, and who has had a wide
range of experience throughout
North Parol no Has hppn verv
i successful in this work. \
Application forms are expectat
an early date, and these
loans will be available to all
farmers in this section who are
in need of assistance in their
forming operations and who are
eligible for this type of loan.
First loans made in the State
in 1926 and since this date
through 1940, 255,458 North
Carolina farmers received loans
through the Emergency Crop &
Feed Loan agency, totaling $23,^6,000.00,
repayment to date on
&11 loans made is approximately
*3 Percent. North Carolina leads
the United states in the percentage
of collections of loans.
The receivng agent this year
0r Jackson County will be Mrs.
JJhth Crawford, in the Clerk of
Court's Office in Sylva.
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Large Crowd Hears
Rev. Fred Forester
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A large crowd attended Cullowhee
Baptist church last Sunday
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speak on his announced
subject, ""Will he qualify as a
husband?" The pastor told the
congregation that a young woman
who gives up her name
and at least a measure of her
freedom at marriage, should be
critical of the qualifications of
her intended husband.
To qualify -as a husband, Mr.
Forester said that a man should
be a real -man. That he should (
have a clean nhvsioal hnriv anrt i
mind and above all he should
have a Christian character. The
young women were warned that
a marriage ceremony would not
reform a man. The importance
of looking into* the family from
which the intended husband
comes was stressed, for none can
repeal the law of heredity.
The announcement was made
that the subject for next Sunday
night would be "Types of
Brides and Grooms."
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A great deal of interest is being
shown in the men's dormitory
as they fill out a questionnaire
concerning the qualifications
of a sweetheart and wife.,
Out. of about 120 erirls filline out
questionnaires, two said they
wanted to be head of the home,
while most girls wanted their |
husbands-to-be to head the i
home and business affairs, some
wanted mutual home rule.
The subjects in "Happy Homes
are:
Jan. 26, 8 P. M.?Types of
Brides and Grooms." *
Feb. 2, 8 P. M.?"Getting Along
Together."
Feb. 9, 8 P. M.?"Little Foxes
that Spoil the Vines."
Feb. 15, 8 P. M.?"Love on $20
a week."
Feb.^, 8 P M.?Pageant "Life
Marches On."
Mar. 28, 8 P. M.?"The Challenge
of the Cradle."
Mr. Forester is speaking on
the subject of the Ten Commandments
in the morning
services. He will speak on the
"First Commandment" next
Sunday morning.
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COLLEGE FACULTY
Charles Holloman, of Hookerton
and Asheville has been a J
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memDer 01 trie iacuity ui wwr
since the first of the year. He
took his B. S. degree here in
1939.
Mr( (Hoolm^in, succeeding Mr.
I Porter Garland, is teaching extension
courses in guidance and
j judi-visual education for the
Guidance Clinic, under direction
of Dr. C. C. Killian, head of the
department of psychologyd and
education at the college. At pres- ent,
Mr. Holloman visits eighteen
schools in Western North
Carolina, which have enrolled
for the audio-visual aids preVgrams,
and shows them three
educational movies a week.
? For two years Mr. Holloman
was a leader in campus activities.
Since his graduation he has
taught business education and
English in the Lee Edwards high
school in Asheville, where he also
helped sponsor a speech group
faculty advisor of the student
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council. .Last summer xvn. nwwman
did graduate work in the
Southeastern Association workshop
at the University of Kentucky.
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TO PREACH HERE
District Superintendent Hutch;ins
will fill the pulpit at the
regular Sunday evening service
at the Sylva Methodist church.
The public is invited to the service.
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Cheer Fund Has
Balance In Bank
Raymond U. Sutton, treasurer
of the Christmas Cheer fund,
sponsored by the Rotary and
Lions Club, and other organizations,
states that the fund
has a balance of $49.95 left in
the bank, to be used during the
year, or held until next Christwt
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the distribution of 19 baskets, at
$4.50 each, to 19 families.
Mr. Sutton's statement follows:
Balance in Bank Year 1939,
I $33.04; Receipts Year 1940: Dime
Board, $60; Sylva Rotary Club,
$1.00; Sylva Lions Club, $10.00;
Town of Sylva, $15.00; Miscellaneous,
$6.55?Total $134.59.
Disbursements year 1940:
Floyd Sumner, 3 Baskets @
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@ $4.50; * Cannon Brothers, 4
Baskets @ $4.50; Sylva Feed Co.,
4 Baskets @ $4.50; Sylva Sup
ply'Co., 4 Baskets?$17.14; Cash
in Bank Dec. 31, 1940, $49.95.
Total $134.59.
Lieutenant Warren Here
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Lieutenant Jack Warren, who
is stationed at Fort Benning, Ga.
has been spending a few days at
his home here. Lieutenant Warren
stated that a large number
of selectees have been sent to
Fort Benning, and that they are
being given the best of everything,
including food, clothing,
'training, and recreartionJ
County Board Sends
| Replacements To Camp
upon to furnish three replacements
at Fort Bragg, to take
the place of three of the latest
volunteers who were turned
down on physical examination.
Ralph John Connor, Lloyd
Painter, and Verlin H. Owen
were returned because they failed
to pass the rigid physical
examination. Three volunteers,
Lemuel Wilburn Norman, Homer
Tillman Hance, and Bert J.
Hensley have been chosen to
take their places for the year's
training, and will leave Friday
morning for Fort Bragg, according
to A. J. Dills, chairman of
the local board.
Mr. Dills stated that volunteers
continue to come forward,
and that there are a number on
the waiting list.
Miss Dillard's Wound]
Not Dangerous
The gun-shot wound in the
chest, suffered this afternoon
by Miss Ruby Dillard, from a 22
rifle, is reported to be serious
but not dangerous. Miss Dillard,
secretary to Dan K. Moore, representative
from this county,
was found in the rest room of
Mr. Moore's office, with a gunshot
wound in the left side of
her chest near her heart.
She was taken to the 6ommtinity
Hospital, where it was
learned that the bullet had
glinced from a bone, and that
the wound was not necessarily
dangerous. Officers investigating
the near tragedy have made
no statement. It wao learned
that Miss Dilard had purchased
a 22 rifle today at a local
hardware store, to send to her
12 year old nephew in Tennessee.
Miss Dillard, a member of a
prominent Sylva family, has
many friends throughout the
county and Western North Carolina.
A young business woman
of unusual talent and capabilty,
she has been Mr. Moore's secretary
for several years, and is
popular both in business and
social circles. Since Mr. Moore
has been in Raleigh representing
this county in the General Assembly,
she has had complete
.charge of his office here.
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Dr. Hunter speaks
To Rotarians
The Sylva Rotary club heard
one of its members, Dr. H. T.
Hunter, at its meeting Tuesday
night. Dr. Hunter, who is president
of Western Carolina Teach
ers College, discussed the bud- ,
get at the college.
Dr. Hunter said that although
a great deal more money will
be needed by the college during
the next two years than during
the last tyro, the budget i
^commission actually decreased 1
the amount tfcat the college will
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get. fr .
i Dr. Hunter stated that it is
the aim of Western Carolina
Teachers college to meqt the requirements-of
the-Southern -As??
sociation of Colleges and become
accredited, bu$ as long as no
more money is appropriated by
the legislature for the college 1
than now is, this will be impossible.
The president lamented the,
fact that although extensive
study and research proved that
the per capita requirements was
much less at a , larger college j j
than at a smaller colege, the!;
North Carolina legislature has ;
the idea that the opposite is
the case and appropriates more 1
money per capita to the larger '
State schools.
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Dr. Hunter said that at some |
time he hopes that he will be j,
able to convince the budget ||
commission that it takes more
money per student to operate a
small school than it does to ,
ODerate a larger one. n
Louis Hair, chairman ...of the ]
local committee to raise funds
for the Infantile Paralysis Pre- <
vention campaign gave a report <
on progress of the campaign in J
S y 1 v a. He announced that
tickets are now on sale for the <
President's Ball which will be <
held on the night of January ]
30. J. Claude Allison, county J
chairman, said that he had received
a telegram announcing ]
that the campaign has been ex- <
tended until Feb. ,11. A
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County Has Large i
Representation In
The Armed Forces
Jackson county had 162 men in
the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps, on November last. This
I was before any selectees had 1
been sent to camp for the year's
training, and there have been 1
a great many enlistments since i
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I tnat rime, m auaiuon tu mc
[volunteers that have been sent J
to camp by the selective service, 1
board. It can conservatively be <
estimated that approximately <
200 men from this county are;
now serving in the armed forces J
of the United States. North
Carolina has more men in the
Army than any state in the
Union, regardless of population;
and it is believed that the record
of Jackson County in this
respect is as good as any coun- i
ty in the United States. :
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To Open Monday
It is planned at this time for
the schools of the county to reopen
on Monday, according to
Superintendent A. C." Moses,
Mr. Moses stated that if the
situation continues to improve,
it is believed that thex schools
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onat are ciosea can open ior
classes, Monday morning.
The schools in Sylva, Webster,
Beta, Addie, and some others
have been closed all this week.
The Qualla school was closed
Wednesday of this week, when
the attendance dropped to about
fifty percent.
A survey by health authorities
shows th,at the situation in Sylva
has improved greatly during the
past few days, and it is believed
that it will continue to improce.
On that basis, school authorities
have made plans for the Sylva
school to open on Monday morning.
Miss Camp's
Mother Passes
Mrs. M. R. Camp, mother of
Miis Cordelia Camp, died Saturday
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. N. Fred McMillian, in
Knoxville. Funeral services were
conducted in Rutherford county,
Monday. A number of Miss
Camp's friends from Cullowhee
attended the funeral. 1
G. S. Bumgarner
Passes At Wilmot
Funeral services for Garland
S. Bumgarner, who died at his
home at Wilmot, Monday night,
were held yesterday afternoon
and interment was in the Bumgarner
family cemetery.
Mr. Bumgarner, a well known
merchant and farmer^ the^
was 63 years of age. His store
was washed away in the flood
last August, and he retired to
his farm. About a month ago
he suffered a stroke of paralysis.
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Mr. Bumgarner is survived by
his widow, by two sons, Bert and
Claude Bumgarner of, Wilmot;
by five brothers, C. A. Bumgarner,
Shelby, Idaho, J. P.
Bumgarner, .John Bumgarner, ,
Robert Bumgarner, and Nathan
Bumgarner, all of Qualla township,
and a large number of j
Dther relatives. i
David H. Rogers ,
Dies In Florida f
The following item from the
Orlando, Fla. Morning Sentinel,
will be of interest to many people
in Jackson county, for Mr.
Rogers was a native of this
lounty. He was born and reared
at Cullowhee, but moved to
Florida many years ago. (
Mr. David H. Rogers, 79-year
Did grove owner of Lisbon, Lake ,
County, died at his home Wed- J
rtesday night after a lingering j
illness.
"Owner of extensive grove
properties, throughout Lake (
County, Mr. Rogers was forced (
to retire from active management
of them eight years ago !
due to ill health. He was a naKllf
AOVYtO
oive ui uuu uamt
to Lake County with his family
in 1913.
Survivors include his widow,
Hattie, three children, Mrs. L.
A. Braybill, Gastonia, N. C., Dr.
D. H. Rogers Jr., Haines City and
D. E. Rogers, of Lisbon; two sis- 1
ters, Mrs. Lee Leach, Franklin, I
NT. C., and Mrs. Holley Hughes,' f
Greenville, S. C. There are also 1
six grandchildren. 1
Funeral services will be held '
at the Page Funeral Home in
Leesburg Friday morning at 10 1
o'clock. The Rev. J. E. Sheppard
of Tavares will officiate. Interment
will be in Lone Oak cemetery.
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Work of doing over the inter- 1
ior of the Jackson County Bank, <
installing new furniture, and rearranging
the offices, is in prog- <
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Commissidi
For Februai
Auditions For All Youth
Orchestra Announced
John A. Lang, State NYA
Administrator, announced plans
today for state-wide preliminary
auditions to be held during the
month of February for Leopold
Stokowski's Ail-American Youth
Orchestra.
Under an agreement which has
been worked out by Aubrey Williams,
National NYA Administrator,
and noted conductor, state
and local offices of the National
Youth Administration will receive
applications from talented
VOlint? mnsicans anri arronoro fnr
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the preliminary auditions, in
which five of the best musicans
in each state will be selected.
Mr. Stokowski himself will
make a nation-wide tour starting
March 4 from Hollywood to
conduct the final auditions, in
which he will select the 100
members of the orchestra. This
orchestra of "musical ambassadors"
will make a tour of cities
in Canada, Mexico and the
United States, starting in May.
The great interest aroused in
he musical talents] of young
eople through NYA recruitlent
of the4 first Stokowski
outh orchestra last winter, and
ie success of the orchestra's
)ur of Latin-American cities,
as given by Mr. Williams as
le reason for this new activity.
"Our auditions last year stimlated
a great national interst
in the musical talents of
?,ur young people," Mr. Williams
said. "Hundreds of private work
opportunities In addition to the
jobs provided by Stokowksi on
the orchestra^were^ created. ^e
undertaking was also responsible
for the establishment of
locally sponsored orchestras and
other instrumental and choral
groups of NYA musicians in
many states."
Plans this'year call for only
two auditions. The first will be
under the auspices of the National
Youth Administration
and aimed toward the selection
of not more than five of the
best performers who apply in
this state. All young men and
women, regardless of race or
color, are eligible to apply for
auditions. The members of the
1940 Stokowski youth orchestra
may make applications, but will
have to take their chances with
the others. s
Young people from 17 to 25
years of age are eligible, except
in cases of unusual talent, when
the age limit may be made
slightly higher or lower. The
auditions will be conducted by
local musicians of note, serving
without compensation as they
did last year.
Mr. Stokowski, at his own expense,
will conduct his final
auditions starting in Los Angeles
on March 4 and going successively,
according to his present
schedule to Denver, Kansas
City, Dallas, St. Louis, Atlanta,
Chicago, Minneapolis, Cleveland
and other cities. Auditions- in
Philadelphia and New York
City are also planned.
A uniform application form is
being sent to all local NYA offippc
anH xx/ill hp availahlp to all I
applicants, who wish to apply
by January 20, 1941. The general
requirements for players, as |
outlined by Mr. Stokowski are:
good tone, good rhythm, good
sight reading, good phrasing,
proficiency in diminuendo, and
crescendo effects, and good instruments.
Youths accepted for the orchestra
will be paid union rates
as in last vpar's tnnr.
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3dith Moore, small daughter
3f Representative and Mrs. Dan
K Moore, is spending a few days
In Raleigh with her, father. She
sv it down to spend her birthii
with him. j While there she
w s made an honorary "pagette"
oi :he house or representatives
bi Speaker Mull.
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The Jackson County Jury
Commission, composed of R. U.
?utton, chairman, Dillard Cowfrd,
and H. H. Bryson, has completed
the drawing of the jury
for the next term of superior .J|
Jourt for this county, which begins
on February 17.
The jurors drawn are:
First Week
,E. G. Lombard, Cashier's Valley;
Lloyd Hooper, River; Frank
Green, Savannah; Lyndon Cabe, v
Green's Creek; Roy Monteith,
Cullowhee; Thomas A. Cox,
Cullowhee; Early Deitz, Green's
Creek; C. W. Ashe, Sylva; Lloyd
Coggins, Mountain; E. L. Bryson,
Sylva; John C. Morris, Sylva;
T. F. Buchanan, Green's Creek;
O T T acclair Cowon?oVi<
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Bishop, Savannah; J}m H. Bryson,
Hamburg; Ed Fisher, Sylva;
D. D. Cogdill, Sylva; J. P.
Stovall, Sylva; W. T. Collins,
Savannah; T. N. Massie, Nelson
Buchanan, Green's Creek; J. P. r
Davis, Qualla; Frank Bumgarner,
Sylva; W. C. Hennessee, Sylva;
Oscar Wike, River; Lee
Cook, Barker's Creek; John
Broom, Canada; Luther Stephens,
Caney Fork; Willie C.
Crisp, Dillsboro; Sam F. Buchanan,
, Green's Creek; Allen
Adams, Cullowhee; John Wood,
River; J. T. Revis, Qualla; Ralph
Bryson, Hamburg; J. L. Jones,
Sylva; Garland Ashe, Sylva; B.
R. Leopard, Hamburg; Chas.
Barnes, Sylva; C. W. Monteith,
Hamburg; Harry E. Henry, Sylva;
M. M. Galloway, Canada.
Second Week
A. D. Parker, Sylva; Harley
Powell, River; Jim Rice, Cashier's
Valley; Will C. Crawford,Cullowhee;
D. A. Phillips, Caney
.Fork; Gurney Webb, Savannah;
AMen Brysbn, Sylva; Sexton
Lusk, Cashier's Valley; Elliott
P r e s s 1 e y, Cullowhee; Alvin
Crawford, Cullowhee; Roscoe
Lewis, Webster; Ed Oxner, Qualla;
A. L. Harris, Canada; Tom
Fisher, Sylva; T. J. Powell;
Charlie Brooks, Barker's Creek;
W. H. Conley, Sylva; J. T. Bryson,
Green'a Creek; T. M. Davis,
Sylva; Pierce Wikle, Barker's
Creek; Grover Cabe. Green's
Creek; Grady Saunders, Qualla;
R. W. Williams, Sylva.
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Passes At Home 1
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Funeral services , for T. J.
Fisher, 89 year old Sylva township
citizen, who died at his
home on Fisher Creek, last Friday,
following a stroke of par- .
alysis, were conducted at Scott's
Creek Baptist church, Saturday
morning, by Rev. Thad F. Deitz
and Rev. H. M. Hocutt.
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Mr. Fisher, perhaps Sylva's
oldest citizen, was a native and
j life-long resident of this coun
ty and township, and a member
of one of the county's prominent
pioneer families His gentle manner
and fine citizenship, won
for him a great many friends
and admirers.
Mr. Fisher is survived by one
son, Guy Fisher, of Sylva; by
nine daughters, Mrs. Howard
Fisher, Blackfoot, Idaho; Mrs.
Nannie Cunningham, King's
Mountain;, Mrs. Cole Ridley
Waynesville; Mrs. S. H. Monteith,
Mrs. Ellis Painter, Mrs.
Florence Aiken, Mrs. J. A. Reed,
Mrs. Jesse Jones, and Mrs. Thad
Reed, all of Sylva.
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Mack Ashe, county forest
warden states that it will be
greatly appreciated if farmers
and others who have brush and
rtaeturo lanHe t/? hum nff will
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do so early, before the March
winds begin.
Permits for burning can be
obtained from the county warden,
from Chas. Evans, in the
Love Field, or at the office of
the county commissioners, lp
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