<?',1 Syly a- Hem l d VOL. XIX NO. 37 AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943 The bylv a Herald , wfrmr #i| ftr?e Place of N. C. Association 1948 General cellence Award. SYLYA, N.-C., Wednesday, January 31, 1945 $1.50 A Year In Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy MUMf-ASHEVME TRAMS NOT TO BE REMOVED SAYS WINBORNE Spiking the rumors that there will be ? discontinuation of passenger trains from Asheville to Murphy it has been repealed from authorpflve sources % tt*at there is no foundation to this ru mor. Mr. E. L. M?Kee has investi gated this and the following is a reply received from Stanley Winborne, Chairman of the North Carolina Utili ties Commission: . Honorable E. L. McKee, Qrlva, N. C. , Dear Mr. McKee: I have just wired you that the Southern Railroad has not asked to discontinue train on Murphy branch. Immediately following our conver sation this morning I contacted the attorneys for the Southern Railroad feere and asked if they knew about any application to discontinue passen ger trains from Asheville to Murphy, and they replied 'Wo", but said they would call the Superintendent's office Salisbury and find out definitely ?bout it. A few minutes ago Mr. Pow ers, of Colonel Joyner's office, called me $nd stated that he had talked with the Superintendent of the Ashe sllle Division and that there was no feundation for the rumor that they wore applying to discontinue ' the trains in question. He said that the idea had probably originated from the fact that the O.D.T. had directed the Southern Railroad to make a passen ger stbdy of the Asheville-Murphy branch to ascertain whether or not Ifttere was a 35 per cent use of the seating capacity of the coaches. He said that the study had been made saad sent to the OJD.T. and that it met the requirements of the O.D.T. lie stated further that if there should fee any move in the future to dis continue this train he would advise roe in advance 90 that I could notify ywrand other parties interested along ? Hie line. . JTjth my very highest personal re gasxis and best wishes. V aiu Cordially, * STANLEY WINBORNE, Chairman Per B Wtrk Stock Clitic TtBeHddFefc.5-6 In order to secure more efficient work from horses and mules on the farm, a series of work stock clinics will be held for the purpose of mak ing available to farmers in Jackson Oounty: ( 1 ) A free examination of all borses and mules brought to the c&nic, (2) Treatment for bots and roundworms, (3) Floating teeth, and (4) other treatments. These opera tions are to be performed if needed by the practicing veterinarian at the dink for the following charges: Examination ? Free Treatment for internal parastes: Bots? $0.75 per head Roundworms ? $1.00 per head - Floating teeth ? $1.00. Additional dental or other work, at efcarges agreeable to veterinarian and Jnrmer. Dr. Glazner will attend each clinic m scheduled and will furnish all med icine and equipment necessary for fee treatments indicated above at charges not in excess of those' indi es ted herein. Hie horse and mule clinics for Jack son county have been scheduled as fallows: 'Ffto. 5, Glenville School, Glenville, 1*00 A. M. Feb. 5, Alton Hoktai, Glenville, 1*0 P. M. Feb. 6, Hopkins Store, Speedwell, 1*00 A. M. Feb. 6, D. C. Hindoo, Sylva, 1:30 P. ?C. Attend Meeting Of The Western Carolina Camp And Hospital Council Mrs. J. A. Parris, Mrs. Fred Wil liams, Mrs. H. E. Ferguson and Mrs. Williams, Sr., attended the meeting of the Western Carolina Camp and Hospital Council at Oteen, carrying with them seventy-five fracture pil lows. Feathers for sixty-five of these pillows were donated by Mrs. Thomas Oox and were made and filled by Mrs. Williams, Sr. The others were "**4+ by. Mrs. Laura Kitchens. Plans were aradt at this meeting for the needs of the camp and hospital in the future. B. H. Cathey Chapter Observes Lee Jackson Day The B. H. Cathey Chapter of the LT. D. C. observed Lee- Jackson day Friday afternoon in the auditorium oi the elementary school, which was decorated with United States and Confederate flags. The following program was observed. "America" by the, school. The Lord's Prayer, Lee's favorite hymn, "How Firm a Foundation", sung by M. B. Madison accompanied by Mrs. Wilkes. Mrs. J. F. Freeze, vice-president of the chapter presented Dan Tompkins who spoke on the Characters and Deep Religious Feelings of the Two Gen erals. The program was concluded with the audience singing, 4iThe Star Spangled Banner." MRS. LOTTIE OWEN RIGDON PASSES Funeral services were conducted in the Tuckaseegee Wesleyan Methodist church for Mrs. Lottie Owen Rigdon who died January 9. Mrs. Rigdon was born in Transyl vania county. She married Mitchell Rigdon and to this union were born three children. One daughter and her husband preceeded her in death. She was converted early in life and joined the Wesleyan Methodist chtffch and retained her membership in that church until her death. She exhibit ed Christian patience in long suffer ing and was held in high esteem in the community. Two sons remain to mourn her passing, also a number of grandchil dren, one sister and three brothers. TOPDRESS SMALL GRAINS EARLY ? grains ? in most sections of North Carolina should be topdressed between February 1 and March 15. says W. H. Rankin, agronomist of the Agricultural Ex periment Station at State College. Through the years tests have shown that late application of topdressing after April have resulted in lower yields than where the same amount oi topdressing was applied at an an earlier date, according ^o Rankin. He reports that under average con ditions early topdressing with 16 pounds of nitrogen per acre gave an increase oi about 3 bushels of wheat, for example, while late topdressing gave only 3 bushels increase.. Rankin recommends from 16 to 32 pounds of nitrogen per acre and extra potash with the nitrogen where heavy crops of legume hay has been re moved. Sixteen pounds of nitrogen per acre^ may be obtained from 100 pounds of | nitrate of soda, 80 pounds of calnitro or ANL, or 50 pounds of ammonium nitrate. I Small grains which are used for grazing need extra nitrogen. KILLED IN ACtlON" Pvt. Alfred Smith, son of John W. Smith, of Sylva and husband of Mrs. Gracia Queen Smith, of Sylva has been reported killed in France on Sept. 16. He had previously been re ported missing. Pvt. Smith is survived by his fath er, the widow, one son, Johnnie, and two daughters, Betty and Joan Smith. f Tar results of official variety tests on corn hybrids, cotton, wheat, oats, and barley, ask the county agent for Bulletin No. 351, called "Measured Crop Performance." KILLED IN ACTION S. Sgt. John V. Hoyle, son Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Hoyle, of SylVa was killed in action Jan. 4 inN France. S. Sgt. Hoyle entered service in 1942 and received training at Camp Wheeler, Ga., and Fort Adams, R. I., and went overseas in January, 1944. Besides his mother he is survived by four brothers, Walter and Harvey of Sylva; Frank, of California, and Pvt. Ernest Hoyle with the army in England; two sisters, Myrtle Hoyle, of Sylva and Mrs. E. A. England, of Travelers Rest, S. C. Before enter ing service Sgt. Hoyle was employed by the Meade Corporation, Sylva Division. BAPTIST RADIO HOUR i | Dr. Louie D. Newton, Baptist Hour 'speaker for next Sunday, February 4, will have Dr. J. H. Rushbrooke of London, England, as his guest in the | broadcast, as announced by the Radio I Committee, S. B. C., S. F. Lowe, Di rector, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Rushbrooke is President of the i Baptist World Alliance, and his five j minute message comes from London, I England, via short wave. Dr. Newton, Pastor of the Druid Hills Baptist Church of Atlanta, Geor gia, is Associate Secretary of the Bap tist World Alliance . and is chair man of the Centennial Program for the forthcoming Southern Baptist I Convention, which meets in Atlanta, ! May 8th, unless war emergencies pre 1 elude such possibility. Mr. Lowe announces that the un j usual fan mail response this year in dicates that the audience is the larg I est in the history of the Baptist Hour, | which is heard over 36 stations cpv e?ing the territory from the eastern seaboard to the far southwest. 'This broadcast is heard in NORTH CAROLINA over Radio Stations WBIG, Greensboro; WPTF, Raleigh; WSJS, Winston-Salem, and WWNC, Asheville. 8:30 A. M. EWT, Sundays. Western N. C. Boys Get Awards In France Pvt. First Class Clive H. Green of Greens Creek, Jackson County, Pvt. Rufus L. Teague of Tuckaseegee and Sgt. Jack B. Wiggins, Alarka, Swain county, are among North Carolina boys with the 398th General Service Engineers in France, who were award ed Good Conduct medals at a cere mony in which the entire regiment participated. Clyde J. Smith Promoted To Corporal In Air Corps Clyde J. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Smith, of Cullowhee, N. C., has been promoted to the rank of corporal at the Pueblo Army Air Base. Cpl. Smith is completing his train ing as the top turret gunner of a Lib erator bomber crew that soon will fly into combat ' ^ He entered the service in Novem ber, 1942. MISSING IN ACTION Word has been received that Pvt. j Homer Sellers, son of Mr. and Mrs. i A. C. Sellers, and husband of Mrs.' Margaret Louise Sellers, who died | Jan. 14, has been missing in action in Germany since Dec. 23. Pvt. Sellers, who has been overseas six months, was attached to an in fantry unit. He" entered service in Nov., 1943. Mr. and Mrs. Sellers hlfeve two other sons in service overseas, S Sgt. William R. Sellers, and Pvt. Albert J. Sellers. I Pvt. Sellers is the father of two small children, Larry and Clyde. ' EVANGELISM By MRS. C. M. WARREN 9 The following talk made by Mrs. C. M. Warren, Divisional Supt., at Ihe meeting of the W. M. U. at the Baptist church Saturday is being printed, at the request of members attending: Proverbs 11:30. The fruit of The righteous is a tree of life; and he thai winneth souls is wise. Evangelism is not new. The need is not new, the theme is not new. It has been, is now, and ever shall be the wonderful story of Jesus. The \V<5vfd fieeds the gospel /mes sage. By heritage, nature, disposi tion, practice and may I say choice, the world is lost. We know from ex perience and from God's statements that we are wrong in thought, in words, in conduct, in purpose and in heart. We know too that men and women are groping around in dark ness in an attempt to satisfy the long ing within them. They are seeking extra thrills and excitement endeav- ! oring to find peace and rest. So then, our message to them must be the Peace of God which passeth all understand ing, and if those whose hearts are burdened and souk lost would come to Him they will find rest for fheir ^ouls. * The message of Christ brings the historic fact that Jesus came into the world, and His wondrous purpose is to save sinners. Jesus is the master soul winner. We are instruments in God's hands and He is expecting you and me to go into the fields al ready white unto harvest. The win ning of souls will help those around us and bring blessings to us. It's hard some times to make people see that Christ's way is the only way. If we don't win them at first, let's try again. Let's tell them again and again that Jesus is the way,, the truth and the light. We need so much to put first (Continued on page 4) PVT. FRANKIE OWEN GETS COMBAT BADGE WITH THE 80TH INFANTRY DI VISION, FRANCE ? Major General Horace L. McBride, Commanding General of the 80th Infantry Division, has announced that Private Frankie Owen of Headquarters Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 317th Infan try Regiment, has been awarded the Combat Infantry Badge for exem plary conduct in action in France from October 8, 1944 to November 18, 1944. Pvt. Owen is the son of Mrs. Laura M. Owenof Balsam Grove, North Carolina. His wife, Mrs. Bessie G. Owen, with their one child, reside at Gen. Del., Wolf Mountain, North Carolina. He entered the Service on March 4, 1943. Singing Convention To Meet The Central Jackson County Sing tog Convention will meet at the East Sylva Baptist Church the first Sun day in February, at two o'clock. There will be special guest singers at the convention. Crusade Supper Held At Methodist Church On Sunday evening more than fifty members of the Methodist Church met in a supper meeting to launch the Crusade for Christ Campaiagn. The* supper was served by the Missionary society of the colored Baptist Church. Eight of the colored women sang one of their spirituals. Paul Ellis, Cru sade Chairman, and T. N. Massie, Chairman, of the Board of Stewards spoke briefly on the work of the cam paign. Rdv. R. G. Tuttle then present- | ec a discussion of the first three ( chapters of Bishop Arthur Moore's book, "Christ After Chaos." The other chapters will be presented Mon day and Wednesday evenings. BRUSH BURNING PERMIT LAWS LACKEY RESIGNS AS JACKSON FARM AST. AFTER 12 YEARS' SERVICE HERE Mack Ashe, Game warden of Jack son County, abas announced that per mits for brush burning may be ob tained from Jennings Bryson, Sylva, Charlie Evans, Love iFeld, and Mack Ashe. If Mr. Ashe is notified as to the location and kind of burning to be done he will mail the permit out. He states that some safety rules on brush burning can very easily be observes and cut down the hazards ol' fire. Clear strips, plow a clear strip all around the field wide eonugh to keep the fire from getting away. Pile brush-make small piles in open, away from woods and fences, etc. The brush burning permit law is as fellows: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to start or cause to be started any tire or ignite any material in any ol the areas ol woodlands under the protection of the State Fore.st Service or within live hundred feet of any such protected Dica. bel'veen the first day- of t'cb and the first day of June, inclusive,' or between the first day of Octooer and the 30th day of Nov., inclusive, in any year, without first obtaining fiom the State AFrester or one of his duly authorized agents a permit to set out fire or ignite any material in such above mentioned protected areas; that no charge shall be made for the granting of said permit. This section shall not apply to any fires started or caused to be started within five hundred feet of a dwell ing house. ' Any person, firm or corporation violating this Act shall be guilty of .1 misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more the fifty (50) dollars or imprisoned for a period of not more than thirty days. Civilian supplies of butter for 1945 , are estimated at 10 pounds per per son as compared with I6V2 pounds ' during the pre-war period. 1 Pfc. Noel Phillips Reported Missing In Action I Pfc. Noel O. Phillips has been re ported missing in action since Dec. 16 in Germany. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Phillips, Sylva, Rt. 1. His wife, the former Miss Evelyn Reynolds, and small daughter, Nancy, reside in Ashe vi lie. Pfc. Phillips entered service in March, 1944, and took his basic train ing at Camp Fannin, Texas. He then took six weeks' special training in an anti-tank company at Camp Atter bury, Ind. He had been overseas two months prior to being reported miss ing. Before entering service he was sales manager for the Pet Dairy Pro ducts Co. in W&ynesvillft. SNIPES ELECTED TO ? SUCCEED LACKEY WHO . WILL ENTER BUSINESS Mr. T. Walter Ashe, chairman of t"he .Jackson County Board of Com missioners, has anpounced that his. board has very reluctantly accepted the resignation of Mr. G. R. Lackey as Jackson county farm agent. At the same time he announced the em ployment by the board of Mr. M. L. Snipes as Mr. Lackey's successor. M.. Snipes has been assistant county agei.: in the Macon county since Septem ber, 1943. He will assume his duties here February 1. He comes to Jack son highly recommended by. farmers whom he has worked with and by State Extension officials. He is a graduate of State college, a member of the Franklin Rotary club, Ameri can Legion, and takes an active part in both organizations as well as civic affairs of all nature. Mr. and Mrs. Snipe have two -children and will come to Jackson to make their home, Mr. Lackey leaves Jackson County alter a splendid record of 12 years service to the farmers and county as a whole. His work has been out standing, resulting in much progress in all agriccultural phases of work. He was an active member of the Sylva Rotary club and took a leading part in all progressive moves both in i town and county. j Mr. Lackey has purchased the chain 'of Jax Pax grocery stores in Ashe Iville and will give his full time to I tliiil business with offici* in West I Asheville. Methodist Raising Hugs Sisi FsHffar^ Relief Purposes Of the $25,000,000 for relief and reconstruction when the war is over, which is now being raised by mem bers of The Methodist Church in the Crusade for Christ, more than half will be spent in war devastated areas for food, clothing, medical supplies, ar.d spiritual ministry, according to Bishop J. Ralph Magee of Chicago director of the four-year program. . Millions of dollars will be spent in China alone under the direction of the Foreign Missions Division of the church, with large amounts also go ing to war- torn European countries, the Philippines, Burma, Malaysia. Korea and Japan. Emergency mis sionary work also will be provided in | Indian, Africa and Latin America. 1 Another appropriation will give 1 scholarships to leading nationals ' of several countries for attending American colleges. Because specific needs are not now known in most war. devastated and occupied countries, exact appropria tions in each case will be determined by surveys to be made after the war, Bishop Magee explained. If destruc tion has not been as great as expected in one country and greater in another, i funds will be shifted to meet the greatest neeci. On the home front, Methodism's Crusade fund will provide million? for educational work, home missions and church extension. Additional church workers and religious# build ings in war industrial cities, in needy rural areas, and among Negroes, Mexicans and .other special groups will be made possible from the home missions and church extension allot ment.. Appropriations will provide aid to many Methodist schools and colleges, scholarships for students in theological seminaries, and programs for building Sunday School atten dance. Work among the more than 1,500 chaplains of the denomination will be helped from a Crusade appropriation. The American ^ Bible Society, the World Council of Churches and a Methodist Bureau of Research also will be given support All Crusade for Christ money will be used for Emergency, war-caused needs at the home and abroad, Bishop Magee said. None will be spent lor the regular program of the Church, nor for recurring expenses in new programs.

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