AMERICA -
First, Last and
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Herald
vol. XX NO. 10
The Herald is dedicated to
progressive service to Jack
son ... A progressive, well
balanced county.
AND RURALITE? CONSOLIDATED JULY, 1943 ? -
SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, July 25, 1945 $1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy
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Interstate Feldspar Corp. Builds Plant In Countv
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F. E. STILLWELL BUYS 1800 ACRE SMATHERS TRACT
Property Has Remained Undeveloped
For Many Years; Much Saw Timber,
Pnlp And Acid Wood Will Go To Mills
Will Be Known As Trout I
Creek Farms And Develop
ed Following End Of War
A real estate transaction in
volving one of the largest single
t tracts of land in Jackson county,
was completed here Friday, July
20, when Mr. F.. E. Stillwell, well
f known construction contractor of
W?bster, purchased tl>e Richard I.
?; Srni there estate at Glen ville. The
decnis, some of which date as far
back as 1851, call for 1800 acres
more or less.
Mr. Stillwell stated Monday
that he plans to begin immediate
? road building into the timber on
the property so that it can be
gotten out for processing by local
mills. Mead, Armour and Welch
and Hennessee will use most of
? the pulpwood, acidwood and saw
* timber which will be converted
into war materials. Following the
close of the war Mr. Stillwell plans
? . to develop the property for re
creational purposes.
The huge cutting job for get
ting out the timber will provide
many Jackson county men with
jobs in the immediate future which
will add greatly to the economic
betterment of the entire^ county.
Mr. and Mrs. Stillwell have
named their new property "Trout
Creek Farms" as a creek by that
name runs through the property.
f The land lies on both sides of
Highway No. 107 and is heavily
timbered. A number of farms will
\ be developed on the property,
Mr. Stillwell said. The entire tract
has remained in an undeveloped
stage for a number of years.
Mr. and Mrs. StillweH have
? made their home at Webster for
^ . the past two years where they have
1 been engaged in farming. Prior to
that time Mr. Stillwell was egaged
i ? ? in construction work for various
1 Army projects and air ports,
. . having been on the Fort Benning,
? Ga., project for two years or more.
Jackson county citizens are
pleased to know that the Smathers
property is to be developed and
wish Mr. Stillwell much success in
his undertaking.
SCRAP PAPER HELPING
EQUIP OUR SCHOOL
; WITH NEW MACHINERY
. "Scrap the Japs with scrap j
paper, build up our school equip- j
ment and at the same time build ?
? community mineded citizens.
The Sylva Chapter of Future
Farmers of America wish to an- 1
nounce that we have just purchas- j
' ed and set-up in our agricultural J
" building a new $200.00, 16" band j
saw, purchased with proceeds j
from our paper collections. We
thank all who have cooperated with
, us in saving paper and put it in
the pen on the back street opposite
Jackson Furniture store. Future
Farmers appreciate your war ef
fort." John Corbin, Adviser.
AAA Office Will Be Closed
On Saturday Afternoons
Beginning July 21, 1945.
f The County AAA Office will
close on Saturday afternoons be
ginning July 21, 1945. All other
day of the week the office hours
will be from 8:30 A. M. until 5:30
P. M. Saturday, office hours will
be from 8:30 A. M. until 12:30 P. M.
Poultry producers may reduce
their feed costs and increase their
profits by storing adequate quan
tities of supplemental feeds now
in preparation for an imminent
rise in feed prices.
Selective Service Board
Seeking Information
The following registrants, with
the last address furnished the
board, have been declared delin
quent by the Selective Service.
Board.
James Walters, c'o Sailor's Union
of the Pacific, 105 Broad St., New
York.
Samuel Curtis Franklin, Court
land, Alabama.
Tom Hooper, Jr., East LaPorte,
North Carolina.
Luther L. Hensley, Dillsboro,
North Carolina.
Vollie Olden McCall, General
Delivery, Brevard, North Carolina.
Anyone knowing the where
abouts of any of these men is re
] quested to contact the local board
office at once.
John A. Parris Leaves For
j London Thursday Night
John A. Parris, AP war corres
pondent, who recently spent a va
cation with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Parris, notified them
Thurln r *i0r London by plane
Thursday, July 19.
Mr. Parris was one of the five
war correspondents sent to the
States to cover the San Francisco
Security conference.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR JESSE SHELTON
Hao AT QUALLA
The funeral of Jesse T. Shelton,
Jackson Count native, who died at
Angeles, Cal., July, was held Mon
CVL.*30 Pl M" at 0,6 Q^lla
Methodist church of which he had
been a member since boyhood. The
Rev. Mrs. C. O. Newell and Rev.
T. F. Deitz officiated.
The body arrived Monday at the
home of -his sister, Mrs. John L.
j Hyatt. Mr. Shelton had spent the
past 32 years of his life in Califor
nia. He was the son qt the late
Mr. and Mrs. W. Perry Shelton of
Qualla, having been born in that
section October 20, 1879.
He was one of the early gradu
ates of what is now known as West
ern Carolina Teachers College.
Upon completing school there he
devoted the first years of his life to
teaching, one of his first schools
being at Gay in the? Savannah
township. Upon leaving the school
room he engaged in business for a
few years. He went to California
where he became associated with
the Los Angeles railway company
and devoted the remainder of his
life to this work.
Surviving arr opp brother and
five sisters: Mrs. John S. Hyatt of
Whittier; Mrs. W. D. Wike of Cul
lowhee; Mrs. A. D. Parker of Syl
va; Mrs. Eva Green of Asheville;
and Mrs. M. W. Whitmire of Mid
land, Texas. ^
The body was accompanied home
by his brother, Crawford Shelton,
and a brother-in-law, A. D. Park
er. of Sylva who were able to
reach him two days prior to his
death. ,
Active pallbearers were the fol
lowing nephews.* Samuel Perry
Hyatt, John Hyatt, Jr., G. Taylor
Hampton, Harry Shelton, Theo
dore Green, Hugh Green, Edwin
Watson and David H. Peek.
Honorary pallbearers were: Cal
loway Martin, P. H. Ferguson,
Will Patton, Dr. D. D. Hooper, Dr.
A. A. Nichols, Dr. A. S. Nichols,
C. C. Buchanan, E. H. Stillwell,
Robert L. Madison, Dr. W. P. Mc
Guire, J. C. Cannon, A. C. Weid
lich, M. B. Cannon, M. V. Higdon,
T. E. Reed, Perry Posey Cathey
and Horace B. Hyatt.
Pfc. Roy B. Bryson
Returning From
European Theater
Pfc. Roy B. Bryson, son of Mrs.
Jo Anns Bryson, of Cullowhetf' is
returning from the European
theater to spend a thirty-day fur
lough with his wife and family,
after serving five months in the
Infantry Division of the 1st Army
in Germany.
He holds the Combat badge, the
purple heart, good conduct medal
and the ETO ribbon.
Prior to entering the service Pfc.
Bryson was engaged in farming at
Cullowhee. He has one sister,
Miss Lessie Bryson, an employee
at Stovalls cafe.
FFA Boys To Sponsor
Carolina Quartette
The Carolina Quartette will ap
pear on the stage of the Sylva high
school auditorium Friday evening,
July 27, at 8:30 o'clock. The quar
tette will be sponsored by the Fu
ture Farmers of America.
JOHN CORBIN, Adviser
T-5 George Conner Returns
To Hospital After 30
Days Leave At Home
T-5 George Conner has returned
to a hospital at Camp Butner,
after having spent twenty-one
sick leave at home.
He entered service in April,
1943, and received his training at
Miami, Fla? and Camp Claiburne,
La. T-5 Conner was sent to New
Guinea in 1944 where he served as
an army cook until stricken with
a tropical disease. He was sent to
a general hospital before being
sent to the States, where he is
now receiving treatment. -
LUNCH TIME AT SPORTSMEN'S SHOW
OBIYINO THE OLD AXIOM that "th? show must go on", Flag and Bucky
and Attu keen the National Sportsmen's Show rolling right along
through uni' h time at Madison Square Garden, New York Pets of
Mrs. Ralph ? . r:.i o! f! w.. 4>~y wi?act ? pi etty little feed
tnj iwn m u/ith th? U> ? ?? ?? J"" * fiUow* tirvmaX \
LIMBERNECKED
EPIDEMIC AVOIDED
DY PROPER CARE
AVOIDED BY PROPER CARE
Poultry producers of North
Carolina were warned this week
to watch for the appearance of
Limberneck in their flocks, because
the disease occurs mostly during |
the hot summer months. The warn- |
ing was issued by Dr. R. S. Dear
styne, head of the State College
Department of Poultry Science.
Limberneck is usually found in
6mall flocks which are allowed
free range, Dr. Dearstyne said.
It is very easy to recognize as the
name describes the condition of
the disease. It is caused by the
birds eating decomposed material
of a nitrogenous nature.
Dead chickens and manure piles
where decomposition has taken
place are excellent sources of the
trouble. When the disease breaks
out, the owner should confine the 1
chickens until the cause of the
trouble is found and eliminated.
Central Jackson Singing
Convention To Meet
At Buff Creek
The Central Jackson county
Singing convention will meet Sun
day August 5th with the Buff
Creek Baptist Church at Addie.
All singers are invited to attend.
HUGE CROWD A (TEND FARMERS
r ETCION PICNIC SATURDAY
A crowd estimated at between
2,200 and 2,400 attended the Farm
ers Federation picnic here Satur
day, the largest crowd ever to at
tend a Federation meeting in thfe
county. A full day of fun and
rau&ie Wt+s enjoyed, without long
?peeches of any kind.
James G. K. McClure, president
'){ the Farmers Federation, intro
duced Miss Alice Broome to the
crowd, explaining that she is to
'?"lead a new department of the
Federation. The new department
?will have as its object the develop
ment of home industries by means
of which farmers' wives and daugh
icrs may earn an income at home.
Miss Broome spoke briefly, stat
ing that she wants every woman
interested in home work to get in
touch with her. She will have
an office at the Farmers Federa
tion in Asheville, but will work
with women all through the Farm
ers Federation counties, she ex
plained.
Others ' who spoke briefly in
cluded M. L. Snipes, county agent,
who told what a "wonderful job"
the farmers are doing in Jackson
county to produce food in the face
of shortages of manpower and
equipment; Winston Cabe, hatch
ery employe who was blinded in
the war; Ernest Walker, super
visor of the stores in the Western
counties; and W. T. Brown, FSA
supervisor.
The Rev. Dumont Clarke, head
the- Farmers Federation Reli
gious department, outlined the
progress of the Lord's Acre move
ment very briefly. Through his
arrangement, the Rev. W. N. Cook,
of Webster, pronounced the invoca
tion which opened the picnic meet
ing, and the Rev. H. S. Hensley, of
Scott's Creek, said grace before
the picnic lunches were spread on
the school grounds.
Mr. McClure explained the ad
vantages of the organization of
farmers into a cooperative where
they can have quality seeds, feeds,
baby chicks, and marketing facili
ties such as the Federation offers.
He added that he was making that
speech for Guy M. Sales, general
manager, who could not be present.
Jack Gattis, Hatchery manager,
then elaborated upon the Federa
tion's production of chicks with
high egg-laying inheritance at low
cost.
Radford Parker, a sailor, declar
ed to the audience that he oame
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BLAIR RESIGNS AS
HEAD OF CHEROKEE
INDIAN AGENCY
Clyde M. Blair, superintendent
the Cherokee Indian Reserva
tion since 1937, has resigned from
he Indian Service, effective July
31. t
His successor has iK>t ./been
named.
Mr. Blair has completed 36 years
of service in this branch of the
Federal Government. Upon leav
ing Cherokee, Mr. and Mrs. Blair
will go to Asheville to take up
their residence where they own a
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Blair have been
active in church and civic affairs
in this section of Western North
Carolina. The agency head is a
former president of the Sylva Ro
tary club and Mrs. Blair is presi
dent of the Bryson City unit of the
American Association of Univer
sityWomen.
Mr. Blair, who succeeded Dr.
Harold W. Foght at Cherokee, is
the former superintendent of edu
cation in the Navajo reservation in
New Mexico and Arizona .
Beginning duty with the Indian
Service in November, 1909, he has
had wide experience from not only
superintendency of several reserva
tions but also an educator.
He has been superintendent of
Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kan.,
and principal of the one time fa
mous Carlisle Institute, Carlisle,
Pa.
A native of Illinois, he attended
Monmouth College, Monmouth,
111., with post-graduate work at
Kansas university and Sterling
college in Kansas and the Univer
Mty of Chicago.
Lt. Howard (Rock) Plem
lons Visiting In Sylva
Lt Howard (Rock) Plemmons is
spending a few days with friends
in Sylva. Lt Plemmons, a former
Sylva boy, has recently returned
:rom Germany where he had been
a prisoner of the Germans for j
fifteen months. He was serving
as a pilot on a B-17 when captured.
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR CECIL
JONES INFANT
Funeral services were held ^Sat
urday, July 14, at 3 P. M. at the
Shultz cemetery for Cecil Jones,
infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
Jones, with the Rev. Franks of
ficiating.
The baby was born Friday, July
13, at the St. Anthony Hospital and
died that afternoon.
He is survied by his parents, his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Carey
Jones, of Ash ton and a grandfather,
Mr. Jim Dills, of Whittier.
Plant To Go Into Production Within
Very Short Time, Local Labor Used
Ensley Child Seriously
Hurt When Struck By Car
James Ensley, 2 1-2 year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Dee Ensley, is in a
critical condition from injuries re
ceived when struck by a car late
Monday afternoon. The truck was
driven by a Mr. Ashe, an employee
o? Mead, and the accident was
unavoidable.
The baby was taken to the C. J.
Harris hospital where his condition
remains serious.
LOCAL USES OFFICE
AIDING VETERANS
AS THEY RETURN
Raleigh, July 23 ? During the
first months of 1945, services were
rendered in ?3,760 visits of veterans
to the local offices of the U. S. Em
ployment Service of the War Man
power Commission in North Caro
lina, it is revealed by Dr. J. S. Dor
ton, State manpower director.
During that period 9,899 non
agricultural placements of veterans
were recorded, 9,700 in local jobs
199 were sent to other areas to
jobs, in addition to assistance given
by local USES offices in 2,743
placements of veterans in jobs. Of
the $158 completed applications
by handicapped veterans, 1,221
placements were made.
About 95 percent of the veteran
handled by local USES offices were
of World War II, the percentage
of World I veterans dropping rap
idly as more of the present war
veterans are returned to civilian
life. The placements do not in
clude veterans who took agricul
tural jobs or those returning to their
pre-war job.
In addition to the placements
made, the local USES offices di
rected veterans to other agencies
for help with their problems dur
ing that six months period, as fol
lows: Veterans Administration, 2,
764; State Vocational Rehabilita
tion, 306; Selective Service, 436;
training agencies, 437; and other
agencies, 1863.
Pfc. Theodore Young
Returns To States Alter
Fifteen Months Overseas
Pfc. Theodore Young, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Young, of Glenville
has returned to the States after
fifteen months overseas service.
Pfc. Young entered service in
Oct., 1943, and was sent across
March 4, 1944, participating in the
campaigns of France, Belgium apd
Germany. He was wounded in
Nov., 1944, and holds the Purple
Heart and three star campaign rib
bon.
He will spend a thirty-day fur
lough with his wife, Mrs. Juanita
Young, o i Sylva and then return
to Fort Bragg. He ii to remain
in the States. ?
Officials Express Appre
ciation For Cooperation
Of Local Firms, Citizens
Expressing themselves as highly
grateful for the splendid spirit of
cooperation extended them by
Jackson County citizens and local
firms in locating and building
their new grinding plant at Dills
boro, Mr. William H. Swanson,
vice president and general plant
superintendent, and Mr. Thomas
D. Riordan, official of the com
pany, both of Washington, D. C.,
of the recently % organized Inter
State Feldspar Company, a North
Carolina corporation, further re
marked that their new plant is the
first to be built by them and that
in locating in Sylva they did so
after careful investigation of the
Feldspar supply in this and other
states, finding the Sylva area con
taining almost unlimited supply of
the ore. The principal business of
the company is mining and pro
cessing feldspar for the glass
makers trade.
Mr. Swanson stated to a Herald
representative that his Company
will buy unlimited quantities of
Feldspar from local citizens in the
operation of their plant. The ore,
however, does have to meet analy
sis tests to determine if it would be
suitable for the glass making in
dustry which they supply. A farm
er or anyone having feldspar or
roperty can send or bring
a sample to the plant at Dilsboro
for testing purposes. If found
suitable to their use then they
will buy it, paying cash to the
I producer.
Officials of the company stated
that they plan to use local labor
in mining, trucking and process
ing the feldspar which will mean
quite a sizable payroll for the com
munity. They have used local labor
in construction of the plant an4
expressed themselves as very
much pleased, with the high type
of labor to be found here.
Plans now are to grind and ship
a car load of material each day,
with some additional packaged
material going by truck to the
glas* making centers in West
Virginia, Ohio and other states.
They also expressed appreciation
for the help of Mr. J. A. Bryson,
president of the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce, who spent
considerable time with their Mr.
Homer Hise several months ago
in seeking a locatoin here. Mr.
Bryson took Mr. Hise over consid
erable section of the railroad
near Sylva with the result that
the Dillsboro site was selected.
Cordelia Camp
Candidate For
Post In NCEA
Miss Corelia Camp, director of
the Training school of Western
Carolina Teachers College, has
been nominated by the Cullowhee
NCEA unit for vice-president of
the North Carolina Educational
Association for 1946-1947. ,
Miss Camp has participated
widely in local, state and national
affairs of teachers organizations* -
She is well-known to many people
in North Carolina, both inside and
outside the profession.
She holds the B.S. degree from
the University of North Carolina,
the M.A. degree from Columbia ?
University and she has done gradu
ate work at the University of Cali
fornia, Chicago University and $
Columbia university. Her con* vj
tributions as a classroom teacher
and at a teacher of teachers is out* : >
standing. '
The last controls ob the dis* -J
tritoution of milk CSfiS h*Vt WKS
revoked, it was announced toy ft* $
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