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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repealed from authorpflve sources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.