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ylva Herald
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VOL. XX NO. 17
SYLVA, N. C., Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1945
$1.50 A Year in Jackson And Swain Counties ? 5c Copy
Peace Finds Jackson
Entering New
Industrial Era
Test Farm Demonstration Program
In Jackson County Proving
Great Benefit In Soil Building
By , Neal Crawford, Ami. Co. Agt. | ___
Alter the TVA had built several
dams in the Tennessee Valley to
help control the water in this area,
they were suddenly confronted
with the problem of soil erosion
and all the dams filling up. In
order to prevent this, they set up a
test demonstration program for the
> farmers in this valley. In this
way they could test the different
kinds of the fertilizers and see
which was the best for use on the
different farms. They agreed to
furnish the farmers with four dif
ferent kinds of phosphate which
are triple super, calcium meta,
potassium meta, and fused rock
phosphate to be used on pasture
land and legumes crops where lime
had been used. From the experi
ment station it has been proven
that phosphate is worth much more
where it 4s applied on land that
has been limed, for the lime makes
the full amount of phosphate
available, but if the phosphate is
applied on land that has no lime
only a part of the plant food in
the phosphate is available to the
crop.
In Jackson County this program
started in 1935 with only a few
farmers participating. This group
of farmers were set up as Unit
demonstration farmers and were
required to keep records so at the
end of five years records would
show if they had made progress by
having materials furnished. When
? the records nHsre ,<heck^d later
they revealed that the grazing ca
pacity of theilp- p&t*Mi
increased froefr; JO to 50 percent,
crop yields 'frotn 25 to 40 percent,
and erosion had been checked. As
these farms had been on the pro
gram longer the percent runs even
more than it did over a five year
period.
,This program worked so well that
certain communities were estab
lished as area demonstration where
as many as 75 percent of the people
would participate. The first area
to established was the Johns
Creek Community, which has made
considerable progress under this
program. Then the Savannah area
was organized and the people of this
community took great interest in
this program and made many im
provement in the home as well as
on the farm.
Then in 1943 two more areas
were organized, the Speed
well area and the ?eta area, which
added about 90 more families to
the demonstration program of
Jackspn County; the progress be
ing made by the ones on the pro
gram were seen by other farmers
and they became very much in
terested in getting on the dem
onstration program. By request
coming in to the County Agent's
office for more of these areas to
be established three were organ
ized in 1944, the East Fork Area,
Qualla area, and the Pine Creek
area which added 100 people to
the program bringing the total to
96 Unit farmers and 310 area
farmers.
In 1944 the 406 families on the
demonstration program used 320,
000 pounds of triple super and
? calcium meta phospate, which was
used on pastures and legume
crops; in addition to this 101,6000 t
pounds of amonium nitrate was
usd on row crops.
Pfc. Mont B. Allison
Returns From
European Theatre
Pfc. Mont B. Allison, son of Mrs.
Cora A'iison, of "Greens Creek cur
rently is stationed at the Redis
tribution Station at Fort Ogle
thorpe, Ga., where he will spend
two weeks before reporting to his
new assignment in the United
States.
Pfc. Allison returned recently
to the United States after
having served twenty-three
months in the European Theatre
of Operations as a rifleman in the
Infantry. His decorations include
the European Theatre of Opera
tions ribbon with two campaign
stars and the good conduct medal.
S. 1-c Fred Stephens
Members of Tug USS ATA
IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC?
Fred Stephens seaman, first class,
USNR, East LaPorte, N. C., is a
member of the seagoing tug USS
ATA 208 which traveled thousands
of miles in towing, salvage and
rescue opeartions in the Pacific.
The vessel hauled gigantic ton
nages of equipment to forward
areas. Once she towed a 13,000
ton cement drydock 950 miles in
record time, after relieving a much
larger ship which developed en
gine trouble. The drydock was
used to repair damage combat
ships, which otherwise would have
been forced to sail to a rear area
base.
Better use of land and farm
mechanization can help reduce pro
duction costs on many crops, ac
cording to the experts.
Catch forest fires when they are
young and treat them rough, say
Extension foresters of State Col
lege.
Has Occupied Tokyo
Lt. Gen. Robert L Elchelberger,
commanding general of the U. S.
8th army* who haa been dealgnated
to occupy the Tokyo area. He haa
long been conaldered the moat ex
perienced Jungle and Jap lighter tn
the Allied armlet ? and marked aa a
Jap hater.
Jackson County War Price
And Rationing Board To
Be Closed On Saturday
Effective Sept. 1 the Jackson
County War Price and Hationing
Board will be closed every Satur
day. On other days the office is
open from 8,30 to 3:00 P. M., Mon
day through Friday.
County's Annual Payroll
?Greatly Increased By
ber, Pulp And Acidwood
About one-half of the payroll of
Jackson county comes from its
forests. This includes logging op
erations, cutting, hauling, saw
milling and pulp and acid wood
industries. Mead and Armour are
the largest users of the forest pro
ducts and have the biggest pay
rolls of any manufacturer in the
county. Hennessee & Welch pro
duce much lumber from their mill
and small mills throughout the
county produce considerable
amount.
The forests ot the county not
only bring much wealth to the
people here through the timber it
self, but the county is a paradise
for hunters and fishermen. With
out our water reservoir, which is
the forests, our fishing would be a
thing of the past. Without forests
one game, animals, and birds would
have no home.
Fires are considered, by all, to
be our forest's greatest enemy. To
control fhres means, forests, for
ests means game an fish and a place
where man can^ have recreation.
There were 16 forest fires in Jack
#on county in the past year, burn
|ing a total of 558.5 acres with a
total damage of $1026. The total
damage includes open land, young
growth, and merchantable timber.
Our damage figure per acre is $5
and this is a very small estimate
for hardwoods, which are our most
prominent timber type foe Western
North Carolina. The total state pro
tected forests in Jackson county
is 207,977 acres wheh does not in
clude that owned by the U. S. Gov
ernment.
With the opening of a new state *
District Forestry office in Sylva
we expect to see added emphasis
put on forest protection and pro
pagation. The beauty of the Jack
son county forest need not be
elaborated on since the tourist that
have chosen this section as an ideal
spot for spending their vacation
have praised it far above the pow
er of any citizen of the county.
The wooded scenic beauty, as it
climbs the lofty mountains speaks
for itself and will in generations to
come.
Protect the forests of Jackson
county and they will protect you
and your in years to come.
J. P. STOVALL TO OPEN BUILDING SUPPLY
BUSINESS HERE AROUND OCTOBER FIRST
A new building supply firm will
open in Sylva around October 1st,
according to an announcement the
first of this week by Mr. J. P.
Stovall. Mr. Stovall has broken on
his property in what is known as
' Moody Bottom" just above Stand
ard and Pure Oil Storage tanks on
the Asheville highway for build
ings to house his new business
which will be known as Southern
Lumber Company. He stated that
he expects to have the business
ready to open around October 1st.
Mr. Stovall has been in the lum
ber business in Georgia for the
past two years. He owns consid
erable property in Sylva, the Stov
all Cafe, among his holdings.
Mr. Stovall stated that he plans
to begin manufacturing of cement
building block in the near future
and will turn them out in mass
production. In addition to this he
will do mill work an<l turn out
specification 1 order's for all types
of building con^tnktibn. A num
ber of skilled men will be employ
ed to carry on the mill and block
operations.
Mr. Stovall sees a bright future
for Sylva and Jackson county and
his coming back home to establish
this type of business Is based on
that lad
PTA Holds Initial Meeting
Mrs. J. H. Gillis, president, pre
sided over the initial meeting of
the Sylfa Parent Teachers Asso
ciation held at the Elementary
school building, Sept. 11.
The Campfire girls, a new or
ganization sponsored by the Sylva
Woman's Club, gave a short pro
gram and the devotoinal was given
by Mrs. R. U. Sutton.
A report of the meeting of the
executive meeting held in August
was made and Mrs. Gillis gave a
short review of. her trip to the
PTA Institute held in Greensboro
last year.
Mr. W. H. Crawford and Mr. W.
V. Cope spoke briefly before the
members of the organization.
It was agreed that members, of
the PTA feed the Lions club thru
out the coming year.
Hunting License
Now On Sale
Mack Ashe, Game Warden, has
announced that hunting licenses
were placed oh sale Monday, Sept.
10, They will be sold at the reg
ular places. The squirrel season
will open Saturday, Sept 15, with
a bag limit of six per day.
FUNERAL SERVICES
HELD FOR MRS. OLIVER
Funeral services were held for
Mrs. W. H. Oliver, 63, who died
suddenly Wed. at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. A. K. Hinds, of
Cullowhee at the Sylva Methodist
Church Friday, Sept. 7, at 11 o'
clock with the Revs. McMurray S.
Richey, Cullowhee, Robert Tuttle,
Sylva, and Rufus A. Morgan,
Franklin officiating.
Mrs. Oliver, whose husband pre
ceded her in death less than a
year ago, had been making her
home at Cullowhee for some time.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Leon Sutton of Sylva, Mrs.
Elwood Home of Durham, and
Mrs. A. K. Hinds of Cullowhee, one
sister, Mrs. O. N. Sigmon, of Win
ston-Salem, and the following
brothers: Ed, Charles and Carl
Fisher of Sylva; three grandchil
dren, Linda and Billy Sutton of
Sylva, and Edith Irene Hinds of
Cullowhee.
Active pallbearers were: Ralph
Sutton, John Worth McDevitt,
Dave Cagle, T. N. Massie, Jennings
L. Bryson and C. <F Dodson
Honorary pallbearers were: Dr.
D. D. Hooper, Dr. A. A. Nichlos,
Dr. A. S. Nichols, Dr. Grover
Wilkes, M. D. Cowan, Charlie Al
lison, Walter Jones, Rev. Thad F.
Deitz, Raymond Sutton, E. L. Mc
Kee, Dr. W. P. McGuire, Dean W.
E.'Bird, Dr. H. T. Hunter, Dr. H. P.
Smith, F. H. Brown, Dan Allison,
Hugh Monteith Dan G. Bryson,
Thad Bryson, George Snyder, J. C.
Allison A. C. Moses, W. T. Wise,
and Paul Ellis.
Mrs. Oliver was buried in the
Keener cemetery at Sylva.
Pfc. Lewis Beavers
Killed hi Motor Accident
Pfc. Lewis Bud Beavers was
killed in a vehicle accident in Ger
many, Aug. 27, 1945, according to
a message received by his wife,
the former Miss Hazel Chester of
Sylva.
Pfc. Beavers had been in com
bat thorugh Selgium, Holland,
France and Germany.
He is survived by his wife, one
three-year-old daughter, Andrea
and his mother, all of Waynesville;
one brother, Mack Beaver, of Syl
va and one sister, Mrs. Frank
Baker, of Charlotte.
Quick Ending Of
Meat Rationing
Predicted By OPA
OPA Chief Chester Bowles and
and acting Secretary, of Agriculture
J. B. Hutson state that meat ra
tioning would be ended as soon
as possible, possibly by October 1,
and that the points on cheese would
and that the points on cheese have
been taken off. The ration on
shoes is expected to be lifted by
October 1st or Nov. 1st.
Due to a continued shortage on
sugar, fats and oils it is not ex
pected that these items be taken
off of the list before next year,
However rationing of other items
may not continue beyond the first
of the coming year.
Ration controls oVer automobiles
and tires are slated to go before
the end of the year. OPA controls
ever prices in rents will be con
tinued for some time.
SYLVA FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS GROWN FROM
DOCKET BRIGADE TO BEST VOLONTEER DE
PARTMENT IN WNC WITH GOOD EQUIPMENT
S. 2-c Oscar E.~ Dillard
Ptyy* r
Member Of Troops
Occuyping Japan
ON THE USS QI -?CY IN
TOKYO BAY? Oscar E. Dillard,
seaman, second class, USNR, Syl
va, N. C.L is serving on this heavy
cruiser, which his part of the pow
erful Pacific Fleet completing the
first stages of the occupation of
Japan.
Under the operational control of
Admiral William F. Halsey, USN,
the QUINCY. jrith 19 jttavfln.iai
ers, 12 battleships, 17 aircraft car
riers, six escort carriers and more
than 290 other U. S. ships, is help
ing take over control of the Nips'
big naval bases.
The QUINCY took part in the
victory at Normandy and was in
the Task Force that bombarded
Japan in July of this year.
Odors from dropping pits in
poultry houses may be reduced
materially by sprinkling super
phosphate over the manure once a
week or more often, says Prof. Roy
Dearstyne of State College.
Nature's Ruggedness at Our Door
Dills Fa lit, a beautiful watarfall within tha elty limits sf ftylva,, la
249 feet high. It is located on tha Falla property and la enjoyed by
many vieitora.
WIDE RANGE OF NATURAL RESOURSES, LOCA
TION, CLIMATE AND GOOD LAROR PLACES
JACKSON ON PREFERRED LIST FOR PLANTS
Cpl. John T.Ward Home On
A Thirty-Day Furlough
Cpl. John T. Ward, son of Mr.
Andrew Ward, of Qualia is spend
ing a thirty-day furlough with his
father and other relatives. He has
served two years and seven months
in the U. S. Army, and spent twenty
months overseas. He was stationed
with the medical Corps in France
and England. He will report back
to Fort Bragg from which he will
be sent to Camp Crowder, Mo., for
assignment
Cinder block must be treated
with a weatherproofing compound
to make the building water proof.
New Developments
Taking Place In County
At This Time
Jackson county began to emerge
from a strictly agricultural county
to that of industry and agriculture
combined at the time Armour
Leather Company erected their ex
tract plant here. From this en
terprise the Sylva Paper Board
Company, now the Sylva Division
of the Mead Corporation, was
formed and has become the coun
ty's largest industrial plant. Dur
ing this time numerous smaller in
dustrial enterprises have sprung up
over the county to make it one of
the most progressive counties of
Western North Carolina.
For many years lumber opera
tions have been carried on over
the county giving employment to
hundreds of men in the woods and
at the mills. The coming of the
Papar Board company gave im
petus to the wood business. Timber
unsuitable for saw mill use, was
either used for fire wood or went
to waste. Now much of this timber
is converted into pulpwood which
finds a ready cash market at the
local mill.
The small wood working plants
at Dillsboro and at other locations
in the county turn out considerable
furniture and novelties of various
kinds from which the income
swells the total of the county's
industrial payrolls - and receipts
from the finished products.
Jackson's future for more man
ufacturing plants is very bright at
this time. With wide range ff
itotund resources, of timber, min
erals and agricultural jproducts and
with a sturdy stock of pure Anglo
Saxon American labor, both skilled
and unskilled, industry seeking
new locations will find all that is
desired in the county. The county
tax rate is not as high as in some
section and this is another induce
ment to industry to locate here.
Good roads and the Southern Rail
way gives the manufacturer an
easy outlet for transporting his
products.
The county's newest industry in
the mineral field is that of Inter
state Feldspar Corporation which
has just begun operation of grind
ing this mineral for shipment to
the glass making industries in Ohio
and other states. Prospects are
bright for a glass jnanufactixr&ig"
plant to be located in the county.
As these developments make prog
ress they draw allied industries
around them which marks the be
ginning of a greater industrial era
in Jackson county.
Jackson county Chamber of
Commerce receives inquiries reg
ularly from plants in the North and
other sections who wish to move
South. The chamber sends out
the information requested and in
that way opens up possibilities of
some of these plants locating here.
All this, coupled With the inten
sive agricultural program now in
progress in the county, places
Jackson among the leading coun
ties of the state.
The messages carried by our in
dustrial plants in this issue of The
Herald is evidence of Jackson's
progress along industrial lines. .
Mr. And Mrs. Ferry
Middleton Notified
Of Sons Liberation
Mr .and Mrs. T. F. Middleton
have been notified through the
American Red Cross that their son,
Pvt. Talmadge Middleton, who has
been a prisoner of the Japanese
Government since the fall of Cory
regidor has been liberated.
Pvt. Middleton volunteered for
service before the draft law be-,
came effective and trained at Fort
Belvoir, Va. Being an experienced
engineer he was sent to Manilla In ^
August, 1941, to help build an air- ,
port north of that city. After Pearl j
Harbor he was in activecom^
taking pact in teotfc I!* J***3?
Bataan and Correfidoc, .fMVt
was captured. His parittts
communication from him for
a year and only very 1 Qtf
The first bucket briguade of the
Fire Department of Sylva was
organized in 1908 with A. J. Dills
as chief.
Ladders were placed at three
places in town, at C. M. Wells barn,
at the Sylva Depot, and one on
College Hill.
In 1914 one six inch main was
lakl from the tank on Tannery Hill.
*fhis main extended to Lloyd Hotel
with one hydrant at that point. A
four inch main branched off to
the depot. At this time we used
pistols and church bells for fire
alarms. The town then bought 500
feet of two and one half inch hose
and used a small 2 wheel hand reel
The fire alarm then was a one line
telephone from lower entrance of
Sylva Supply building to boiler
room at the Tannery. The alarm
was turned in by calling fireman
at the Tannery who in turn gave
signals as follows: for fire in town
used long -blast and short blast of
whistle repeating for several times.
The signal for the Tannery was
continuous short blast of whistle.
In 1916 we purchased 1000 feet
two and one half inch hose and a
larger hose reel with extention
ladders and top of hose reel. This
reel pulled by hand.
The Sylva Fire Department Join
ed the North Carolina Firemans
Association on December 21, 1927.
The department then had one Gra
ham truck with two chemical tank
holders, hose, axe, coats, boots and
etc. In 1939 this equipment was
mounted on a new Chevrolet chas
is about the same time a small
Chevrolet was bought from the
town of Waynesville and a year
later a ford chassis with a mercury
motor equiped with a 500 gallon
pump, ladders, hose, small extin
guishers, all wire cutters, new
coats, and hats and a number of
ether things.
Since 1942 the department has
kept their equipment up to date
and has the name of being one of
the best volunteer fire departments
in Western North Carolina.
REUNION OF NORTON
FAMILY SET FOR
SUNDAY, SEPT. 16
The Norton reunion will be held
Sunday, Sept. 16, at the Lower
Grave cemetery in Whiteside Cove,
it was announced today by Mrs.
F. H. Brown. All relatives and
friends are invited to attend and
bring with them a picnic basket.
FSA Offices To Be
Closed On Saturdays
Official notice has just been re
ceived that the FSA office will not
be open on Saturday effective im
mediately. Office hours from
Monday through . Friday will be
from 8:30 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. with;
the lunch hour from 12 o'clock
until one o'clock. I
Any one desiring to contact the
FSA Supervisor personally must
come to the office on Friday mora
ine. ?