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VOL. XXI, NO. 31
SylVa, N. C. Thursday, Jan. 2, 1947
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All Lines Business Made
Progress In Jackson Co.
During The Past Year
Several New Firms
Open In Sylva; Much
New Building
According to reports of the post
office, bank, Southern Railway,
and business firms of Sylva anc,
Jackson county, 1946 was a good
business year. The same is true for
the nation as a whole according to
economic experts of the country.
Mr". N. C. Price, Syiva postmas
ter, stated^, that over-all receipts
for the year as compared with
1945, showed a slight decrease, but
that local receipts show a substan
tial increase* over the previous
year. The over-all decrease was
due, he said, to the huge decline
in overseas mailirig. Mr. Price pre
dicts a healthy business year just
ahead. *
Since the volume of incoming
and outgoing freight and express
is one of the best indexes to the
state of business conditions in a
community this is another proof of
good business here during the past
year as Mr. Gibson, local agent,
reports an increase in the South
ern's receipts during 1946.
Every business contacted report
ed an increase in receipts for the
1949 overjthe preKiottaawuv
f Despite shortages in bunding
materials much building was com*
pleted during the year. Paul Kirk
and Homer Davis completed their
modern home for the sales and
service of Chevrolet cars and
trucks. Their sales on new cars
and trucks has been controlled by
the supply, but a large number of
new car deliveries have been made,
which is true with all the new car
dealers of the city.
Woody Hampton and W. A.
Reece completed and are now in
th e i r modern building which
houses their offices, sales and show
rooms and large repair' depart
ment for Ford cars and trucks.
J. D. Moore completed the large
building on Mill Street which now
houses the Trailways bus terminal,
his dry cleaning plant, recapping
plant and filling station.
Harrison Furniture and Salvage
company is a new business opened
this year in a new building com
pleted early in the summer on
Cullowhee road.
Two large buildings were com
pleted by the Sylva Coal and Lum
ber Company, one houses the
woodworking shop and the other,
a brick and concrete block build
ing, houses their larke stock of
hardware, paints and building ma
terials and farm supplies.
Moody Funeral Home, one of the
most modern in Western North
Carolina, was completed and oc
cupied early in the spring.
?Continued on page 8
J. C. Gibson's
Funeral Held
^Wednesday
Funeral services for J. C. (Lum)
Gibson were held Wednesday af
ternoon at 1 o'clock at the Dix
Cretfk Baptist church with the
Rev. Ralph Bradley officiating. In
terment was in the Dix Creek
cemetery. v
Mr; Gibson died Sunday evening
following a stroke he suffered on
Christmas day.
Surviving are four sons, Jesse
and Dock of Barkers Creek, Frank
of Dix Creek and Floyd of St.
Mary's Idaho; six daughters, Mrs.
Tom King, Mrs. Tom Elders, and
Mrs. Jesse Farley of Barkers
Creek, Mrs. C. D. Cernes, Dillsboro
and Mrs. Luther Greem, St. Mary's
Idaho; three brothers, Jim of
Barkers Creek, Cole, Reidsville
and John, St. Mary's Idaho; 43
grandchildren and 53 grandchil
dren.
Mr. Gibsoi\ was a native of
Jackson county and had lived his
entire life in the Dix Creek com
munity where he was engaged in
farming.
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ftjOden Is Now In 4
Washington For The
Opening Of Congress
Representative Monroe Redden,
and his secretary, C. E. Brown, of
Haywood county, and private sec
retary, Miss Vera Orr, of Hender
son ville, left last Friday for Wash
ington to get ready for the open
ing of Congress on January third.
Mr. Brown managed Mr. Red
den's campaign in Haywood and
Miss Orr has been Mr. Redden's
secretary for the past 12 years.
Mtrlttoft Moore la
New Commander
of VFW Post OOGO
? Britton Moore was named Com
mander of the Frank and Herman
Bailey Post 8060 of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars at the call meet
ing held by the organization Thurs
day night at the courthouse. He
succeeds Joe Clyde Fisher who has
held that office since the institu
tion of the organization last Au
gust
Other officers elected at the
meeting were Vernon Painter,
Senior vice-commander; Edward
Baldridge, Junior vice-commander;
W. Q. Grigg, Chaplain and Robert
Phillips, Quartermaster and Ad
jutant.
The officers elected were sworn
in and will preside at the next
scheduled meeting.
American Legion Witt Make
Pilgrimage to France in *47
'The American Legion will make
another mass pilgrimage?its third
?to France, the land of its birth,
in 1947.
National Commander Paul H.
Griffith announces the official ac
ceptance by the American Legion
of a formal invitation from Presi
dent George Bid?ult of the French
Jt?2Ublic to engage in a pilgrimage
^ to J^ance and to hold part of its
1947?Vional convention in Paris.
Tw^Jbnerican Legion held its
1927 fnationll convention in Paris
whe/ more than 25,000 Legion
na^es and their families crossed
the Atlantic. The second pilgrim
age was in 1937 when 5,000 Amer
ican Legion members made the
overseas journey.
Commander Griffith announced
he would appoint immediately a
special committee of 22 Legion*
n aires, to be headed by Paul Col
and manage" such a pilgrimage to
France and convention in Paris.
Commander Griffith said that
the principal sailings on the
French pilgrimage would be from
the port of New York and that
other ports with proposals would
receive fair consideration. Com
mander Griffith said that the place
and date of the 1947 Convention
had not as yet been definitely de
cided upon * and that pilgrimage
bookings would be great# in
fluenced by these factors. -
VFW Quint To Play Martel
Mills Five Monday, Jan. 6
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
basketball team will meet the
strong Martel Mills quint of Ashe
ville Monday, January 6, in the
auditorium of the local high school.
This is expected to be a good
geme as the Martel Mills team is
lins' ot Chicago, to "plat, conduct ta?a?atad ?o far tfcia aaaaon.
Mlvti OrtSvr I . Ship From ihitren
LOSS OF THEIR LEASE
FORCES;BOWERS TO
CLOSE STORE HERE
After twelve years in business
here the Bowers Bargain Built
store is having to leave Sylva due
to loss of their lease and the lack
of another building in which to
mcMh ?^5ehnson, general man
ager of the Bowers stores, with
headquarters in Asheville, an
nounced, Tuesday of this week that
I the Sylva store will put on a sale,
beginning the latter part of next
week, during which time the en
tire stock will be sold at ridiculous
ly low prices, giving the citizens
of Jackson county an opportunity
to buy goods that they need at
these low prices rather than take
the stock to another store out of
I town. " 'I
Mr. Johnson stated that he re
gr*?s to leave Sylva as the people
of Jackson county have been gen
erous in their patronage of the
Bowers store. It Is their plans, he
stated, to open another, bigger and
better store here when a building
is available. ^
BAPTIST PASTORS OF
WNC TO HOLD CON.
FERENCE IN CANTON
The Western North Carolina
Baptist Pastors Conference will
convene in the West Canton Bap
tist church at Canton at 10:30 a. rn.
Monday, January 6.
The Theme for the year is "The
New Testament Church," and the
theme conference is "The Churci
in its Infancy."
The morning program will begin
promptly at 10:30 with the devo
tion, Rev. Doyle Miller, of Waynes
vrlle.
10:50?Business and Introduc
tion/
11:00?The Church In Prophecy,
Rev. R. A. Kelly, of Canton.
11:25 ? The Purpose of the
Church, Rev. Charles Parker, of
Franklin. /
\ 11^50?Message, The Promise of
Power, Rev. B. S. Hensley, Sylva.
?.12:30?Benediction and Lunch.
Afternoon Session
1:30?Devotion, W. L. Sorrells, j
Franklin.
1:45?Round Table Discussion,!
Revitalizing The Church, led by I
Earl Ogg, Andrews. (
2:30?Special Music, Rev. Mark
Osborne.
2:35?Message, Rev. Robert Tar
Tier, Knoxville.
3:15?Adjourn. -
All Baptist pastors of Jackson
county plan to attend the con
ference.
Miss Alma Fisher of Andrews
visited her sisters, Mrs. M. B. Can
non and Mrs. Ralph Tatham dur
ing the Christmas season.
Clerk Of Court Dies
ROY M. COWAN, Clerk of the
Superior Court of Jnckson County,
died suddenly Sunday morning at
his home at Webster. Funeral and
burial services were held Tuesday
afternoon.
Vandenberg Wilt
Preside Over
The Hew Congress
When the 80th Congress con
venes Friday, January 3, both
houses will be under Republican
control due to gains made by the
GOP in the November election.
The majority party has organized
and nominated Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg of Michigan to be
president pro tempore, and elected
the other officers who will steer
the party's policies in the new
congress.
Wallace R. White of Maine is to
be the new majority leader.
Kenneth S. Wherry of Nebraska^
to continue as whip.
Eugene D. Millikin of Colorado
to succeed Vandenberg as confer
ence chairman.
Milfon R. Young of North Dakota
to be secretary of the conference.
The only one of these jobs re
quiring full senate action is the
Vandenberg nomination.
Dills Baby Is First
Child O^Thtf'^Yw Year
The first .baby bom in Jackson
county in 1947 is believed to be
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ho
mer Dills of Barkers Creek,~*wtao
arrived at 7:10 Wednesday morn
ing. The baby had not been named
when her arrival was reported. Dr.
Grover Wilkes was the attending
physician.
About twoUhirds of the popcorn
jrown in the United States these
days is produced from hybrid seed.
Iowa is the leading popcorn state
ind Indiana is second.
Of 77,086 Americar, nurses who
served in World War II with the
armed forces, 249 diid in active
service, 16 of them kilid in action;
60 were wounded ar& 60 wepe
taken prisoners. *
AFTER receiving a "verbal ultima
turn" from Russian military officials
at Dairen, Manchuria (indicated nn
map), e U.S Navy LCI. 01 the
type shown at left, pulled out ot the
port. Having spent more than an
allotted 48 hours, the ship was given
20 minutes In whlc4i U> leave or take
the possible consequence* which *
might be incurred (International)
P. A. DONNAHOE'S.
MOTHER PASSES AT
ASHEVILLE HOME
Funeral services for Mrs. P. A.
Donnahoe, Sr., 75, of Asheville
were held Tuesday afternoon at the
Central Methodist church at 3
o'clock with the Rev. Lee J. Tittle
officiating. Bursal folio wee! in the
Lewis Memorial Park.
Mrs. Donnahoe, a resident of
Asheville for more than 43 years,
died Sunday morning in an Ashe
ville hospital.
Sons served as pallbearers.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. t. G. ^cCue, of New York
?~ity; and Mrs. Robert C. Harper~
,of Richmond, Va.; six sons/ciaude
E. Donnahoe, of Vacaville, Calif.,
Dr. Roy B. Donnahoe, of Baltimore,
M7~EarIe Donnahoe of St. I
Louis, Mo.v P. A. Donnahoe, Jr.,
of Sylva, Alan S. Donnahoe of
Richmond, Va. and Dr. (X,N. Don
nahoe of Asheville; twelve grand
children and three great grand
children!
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LYMAN BRYSON HURT
WHEN LOCOMOTIVE
STRIKES HIS TRUCK
Mr. Lyman Bryson, of Speed
well, was. released from Harris hos- j
pital Tuesday morning after having !
been there for treatment since last
Thursday when he was admitted
following mjuries received when
the wood trbek he was driving was
hif by the locomotive of local
freight train No. 67' at the crossing
' near Builders Supply & Lumber
Company. Mr. Bryson received se
vere cuts about the face in the ac
cident. The truck was damaged
[considerably. , After having
switched some cars on the yard the
locomotive was backing up to hook
to its train of freight cars and
struck the truck as it started over
the crossing. Witnesses to the ac-I
cident stated that it appeared that
Mr. Bryson was attracted by per
sons on the rotfd-^utxpm he did not
wish to hit and did not observe the
(approaching engine. The view of
the track was unobstructed at this
point, it was said.
Legion Dance Date
Changed To Wednesday
Due to the conflict with the VFW
basketball games, the square
dartces, sponsored xjy the William
E. Dillard post 104 American Le
gion, Avill be changed from Tues
day night to Wednesday nights
and will_begin around 9 o'clock.
The dafices, which have been
held for the past six months, are
for the purpose of raising fujids for
the proposed American /Legion
Memorial Building. '
Funeral For Roy^owan ?
A
Held Tuesday Afternoon
At Webster M.E. Church
Mrs. lleiison 1
Dit?s SmhltMily1
At Citllowhec j
Funeral services will be con- j
ducted Friday afternoon at 2 ,
o'clock at the Cullowhee Metho- (
di>t cnurch for Mrs. P. C. Henson,
66, of Cullowhee, who died sud- j
denly at her home Tuesday, De- |
cember 31. -
Mrs/, Hensen-;frad arisen at, her
usual hour and sometime during
the day had undressed and gone
back to bed. Her daughter, Miss
Louise Henson, found her mother
dead when she returned from heh
work Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs: Henson was a native of the
|r
Whiteside Cove section of Jackson
county. She was the former Mist
Empress Lombard.
Surviving are one son, Alvjti of
Texas and three daughters/Mrs.
Kathleen Friend and Misses Louise
and Betty Henson of. Cullowheev
c -V'a
Dr. Slagle Returns
For Short Visit
Dr. T. D. Slagle, who is taking
a specialized graduate course in
surgery at the Graduate S< hool Of
Medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania, spent a few day* in
D^llsboro and Sylva this week.
Dr. Slagle, Who will complete his
course in May, will return to Phil
adelphia this week. Mrs. Slagle and
children are making their home in
Dillsboro while he is away.
More than 9Q0 veterans of the
Indian Wars that ended 48 years
ago wete. receiving Veterans Ad
ministration pensions on Sept. 30.
Judge Alley To
An me Sueeettmor
To Roy Cowan
i he otnce of ulerK oi coun lor
ucickson^ County, leit vacant upon
?ne de^th of Hoy M. Cowan, will
HrobabIy-be, filled this week, tnose
;n political circles stated today. The
appointment will come through
Judge Felix E. Alley, resident
judge of this Judicial district, and
he is expected to make the ap
pointment today or tomorrow.
Judge Alley is expected to appoint
one of the later Clerk's brothers,
either Dan G. or Claude J. Cowan,
to fill the unexpired term which
began on the first of this past De
cember.
Veterans Administration is op
erating^ former Army and Navy
nospitals to meet the growing need
for hospital space.
Clerk Of Court Died
Suddenly Sunday Of
Heart Attack ^
Funeral rites for Roy M. Cowan,
i>5, who died at his home at Web
ster early Sunday morning follow
ing a sudden Jieart attack, were
held at. the Webster Methodist
church Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock. The Rev. Ernest Fitzgerald,
pastor of the Webster church, and
the Rev. W. N. Cook, Baptist min
"TSt^FT^ffTciated. Burial was in the
Still well cemetery. The body lay
in state at the church from 1 until
2 o'clock.
Pallbearers were Jennings A?
Bryson, T. Walter Ashe, Glenn
Hughes, Griffin Middleton, Leon
aid Holden, Adam Moses, M. L.
Snipes, and D. C. Higdon.
Mr. Cowan was one of Jackson
county's outstanding citizens. He
was a popular office holder, having
been nominated for his third term
as Clerk of Court without opposi
tion in the Democratic primary
and was elected in the November
election. At the time of his death
he had served just one month of
his new term.
Honorary pallbearers were Fred
| Hooper, Dr. D. D. Hooper, Dr.
Grover Wilkes, C. C. Buchanan,
Dan Moure, Dan Tompkins, Dan
Allison, John Morris, E. P. Still
well, Hugh Monteith, Ralph Hunt
er, Lem Moody, Raymond Sutton
and M. D. Davis,
Mr. Cowan was the son of Mrs.
Luthenia Wild Cowan, and the late
W.'L. Cowan. He was active In
church work and community and
county affairs.
Surviving are the mother; two
.Hitters, Mrs. Lena Cowan Moody
and Hiss Helen Cowan, both Of
Webster; and three brothers, Paul
E., Claude J., and Dan G. Cowan,.
;ill of Webster.
Leon Sutton Takes
Position With I
Asheville Firm
Leon Sutton, who has been em-*
ployed with the Allison Motor,
Hardware and Auto Parts for the
past four and a half years as head
bookkeeper will leave January .15
for Asheville where he has ac
ceptcd a similar position with the
E. S. Street Co. He will be re
placed at Allison's by C. B. Thomp
son, who for four years has been
associated with Cannon Brothers
Shell Products at Dillsboro.
Mrs. Sutton and children, Linda
and Billy, will join Mr. Sutton in
the spring and will make their
home in Asheville.
Miss Juanita Lane of Durham is
spending a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Jones.
Holidays Are Celebrated In
Quiet Manner in This County
The Christmas and New Year
holidays were observed in a very
quite and peaceful manner by the
citizens of Jackson county. The
weather cm Christmas Day was
ideal which found many people on
the highways for visits with friends
and relatives .far and near. Most of
the churches of the county held
Christmas services on or before
Christmas Day, with treats for the
their Christmas programs early as
schools closed the week1 before
Christmas. Get-to-gethers and par
ties were enjoyed by the young
people during the week.
Sheriff Middleton reported no
serious law violations, and very
little drinking during the holidays.
All business suspended for two
days in order to~giVe their em
ployees time to enjoy the holiday
season.
cation the kind of weather
are to have in the future, it's "aH
wet" as rain fell steadily during
the night before and on New Year's
day. The raw, cold rain, needed to
replenish the water in the 0arth,
chills us after having had one. of
the prettiest falls for a number of
years. Old timers say that the past
fall was one of the finest they ever
experienced. With mild, clear
weather farmers had an oppor
little folk. The county schools hadrtunity to catch up with much of
their work forvthe winter.
Every one looks forward with
much optimism for real progress In
the county during the coming j
Asheville relatives who
the Hunter-Enloe wedding i
Mrs. Eugene Bearden, Mrs.,
L. Seely, Mr. and Mrs.
Bryscn^ Miss Laura
If New Year's day is any indi- Walter Moore Bryson.
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