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AMERICA First, Last and Always The Sylva Herald The Herald it dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL, XXI, NO. 34 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, Jan. 30, 1947 $2.00 A Year?5c C?py County Commissioners Face Suit For Failing To Give Citizen Beer License Judge Bobbitt To Hear 31 Case In Waynesville 4 P. M. On February 7 - The question of selling beer in Jackson county comes up again, this time in the form?of a suit against the Board of County Com missioners. The suit has been filed in the Superior Court and papers served on Jennings A. Bryson, Ed Fisher and M. V. Breedlove, in dividual members of the board, and is to be heard before his Hon or, Judge W. H. Bobbit at Waynes ville, on Friday afternoon, Febru ary 7 at 4 o'clock. The plaintiff in the case alleges that he applied for licenses to sell beer in Jackson county, outside of Sylva, and that same were de nied by the commissioners on the grounds that there is inadequate v law enforcement agencies to pro vide necessary protection and or der in the applied for area, the sheriff and his deputies could not be in the area of the outlet at all times for this protection, the board states. For the past several years it has been the policy of the commis sioners to refuse beer and wine licenses to permit the sale of these beverages in the county due to the excessive expense of providing protection in the outlet areas. How ever, if Judge Bobbit rules against the board and in favor of the ap plicant for the licenses, directing that the licenses be issued, then it will be the Board's duty to issue the license. Winm Decorationh U. D. C. SPONSORS LEE-JACKSON DAY, : PROGRAM AT SCHOOL Members of the B. H. Cathey chapter of the United Daughters of Confederacy sponsored a Lee Jackson Day for students of the elementary school at the school auditorium Friday * afternoon. The program was opened by the song, "America," after which the audience joined in the Lord's Pray er. Four piano students of Mrs. Grover Wilkes played piano solos, using as their selections Southern airs. The students playing were, Joan Wilson, Dicky Wilson, Tom my Reed and Jimmy Stovall. Mr. V. L. Cope, principal of the elementary school, introduced Pro fessor R. L. Madison,"who spoke on Lee and Jackson. Professor Madison, who is perhaps the most able man in the state to speak on Lee, having known him personal ly as a child. His father, Dr. Madi son, was private physician to Rob ert E. Lee. Professor Madiron re lated many events of his childhood when the great Southern leader was a visitor at their home. The program was concluded by fr the Sylva Glee club under the di rection of Miss Alice Weaver, again presenting several Southern num bers. FOR "conspicuous aid to the people of Belgium and the government j during the war," Mrs Suzanne S^vercruys Stevenson, sculptress, of East Morwalk, Conn., is decor ated with the Order of the Crown of Belgiurri, the highest honor the Belgian government can give a woman. The presentation was made by her brother. Baron Silvercruys, Belgian Ambassador, during ful ceremonies at a hotel ir ">\v York City. (lnterv !) Crawfords Are 1st Prize Winners In FO Farm Program The annual meeting of the Farm Ownership borrowers of Jackson county was held at the Glenville ^school on Wednesday, January 22. The theme of the meeting was BeU ter Farming. This meeting is held each year for the purpose of re viewing the progress of farmers who have bought farms through^ the Farmers Home Administration. Figures as revealed by records kept were presented to the group by William T. Brown, FHA super visor. Many of the group have done outstanding work in farm and home improvement during the past year. Records revealed that farm ers who have spent the major por tion of their time on the farm and carried out a diversified farm pro gram have gained most in net worth and lived better. W. A. Crawford of Erastus and Mrs. Crawford have done one of the best jobs of farming during 194& They received the grand prize for out standing achievement along this line. The following figures were pre sented to the group as based on farm and family records for the past year. ?Continued on pagt 2 ?? Sylva Merchants Will Elect Officers At Thursday Meeting Members of the Sylva Merchants Association will hold their annual election of officers at a meeting to be held in the city hall Thurs day afternoon at 4 o'clock. The meeting has been called by Presi dent Boyd Sossamon who states that the meeting is to be one of the most important of the year. Presi dent Sossamon also announced that plans will be mapped for the year's -work. He urges all members, and those who would like to become members, to be present to cast their vote for men of their choice to head the organization, as well as to express their ideas of the work the Association should en-1 gage in during the year. In reviewing the work of the' past year President Sossamon feels that much has been accomplished, but "not nearly as much as we should have and could nave ac complished had we all worked a little more conscientiously. There lore, let s start this year off with elect our officers and make our plans for the coming year." In announcing the meeting Mr. Sossamon stated that the Associa tion will probably hold a banquet meeting at the time the new offi cers are installed. Sylva Sport Center Purchased By A. P. Norton, Wiley Bryson Announcement has been made ! of the purchase of the Sport Cen ter by A. P. Norton and Wiley 1 Bryson of Franklin. The former owner, E. D. Erby, has returned to his home in Charlotte. Prior to coming to Sylva Mr. Norton and Mr. Parker operated a refreshment stand in Franklin, which business they will continue to manage. The new owners state that they are well pleased with their estab lishment in Sylva and will continue with the same high standards as it has previously enjoyed. OFFICERS OF LOCAL BANK RE-ELECTED FOR YEAR 1947 S. W. Enloe Named To Head Board Of Jackson County Bank The annual stockholder? meet } ilg qL Jackson Connty.?.FUr>k of Sylva, with branch office at Highlands, was held at Sylva on Tuesday, January 21, with S. W. ! Enloe, president, presiding. R. ,L. Ariail, Executive Vice President, presented and read the annual report to the stockholders. Mr. Ariail pointed out that the year 1946 was unusually good as reflected by the annual report which shows a rather substantial increase in earnings over the pre vious year. It was explained that at a meeting of the Board of Di rectors of the bank held on Decem ber 10, a 10 per cent dividend was declared and paid to stockholders and that S20.000 was added to the surplus account and $25,000 was added to reserves for contingen cies. The bank now has a capital fund of $50,000 capital stock, $70. 000 surplus, $50,000 reserves for contingencies and $3,294 aggregat ing a total capital fund of $173,294. All old directors were elected and consist of the fojlowing: S? W. Enloe, E. L. McKee, R. W. Hnrris, E. P. Stillwell, R. L. Ariail," W. H. Snyder and D. D. Hooper. Immediately following the stock holders meeting the new Board of | Directors held a meeting and elect ed the officers, all officers being re-elected. They are: S. W. Enloe, president; E. L. McKee, chairman of the Board and 1st vice-presi dent; R. W. Harris, 2nd vice-presi dent; R. L. Ariail, executive vice president and secretary; W. J. Fisher, cashier and assistant sec retary; \V. W. Bryson, assistant cashier; E. P. Stillwell, attorney. The following committees were named: Loan and Executive com Lintttee, S. W. Enloe, E. L. McKee, E. P. Stillwell and R. L. Ariail; Examining committee, R. \V. Har ris, E. P. Stillwell and D. D. Hooper. ?/. 0. XMeatiottH Sut'wvdM Turpin At Prison Camp Announcement has .been made of the appointment of J. D. Mead ows as superintendent of Prison Camp 1008, located on Highway 19 in Jackson county, just above the Swain line. Mr. Meadows, who has had six years' experience as camp steward, succeeds James A. Turpin, who has retired. Dave Sut ton has been named as Camp Steward. The camp, which is known as "Road camp" has ten guards and at the present time 77 prisoners. The highway work is done under the supervision of the district en gineer, E. L. Curtis, who has charge' of all highway work in six western counties. Swain, Jackson, Macon, Cherokee, Clay, and Haywood. Herald Editor Attends Press Institute J. A. Gray, editor and co-pub lisher of The Herald, accompanied by Mrs. Gray and son, Jimmy, at tended the two-day meeting of the Twenty-Second Annual Newspa per Institute of Norttf Carolina which convened in Chapel Hill Thursday night. President Herbert Peele, of Elizabeth City, presided at the opening meeting Thursday night. The principal speaker was Bascom Timmons, Washington correspond ent. The newspaper people were given a luncheon Friday at noon as a courtesy of the University, and entertained at a banquet given hjf Duke University at Durham Fri day evening. The final address was made by Sidney S. Alderman, Gen eral (Jounsel for the Southern Rail way, who gave the high lights of the Nuernberg Trial, which he at tended as a representative for the Government. At the conclusion of the Duke meeting Governor Cherry present ed a number of prizes and awards to several daily and weekly papers of the slate. The Jains, a religious sect of In dia, believe that the soul has col ors, three good and three bad, in dicating its character. LEGION PROPOSES ORGANIZATION OF BASEBALL LEAGUE Committee Appointed To Determine Costs For Junior And Senior Club At the January meet.ng of the American Legion, held F-iday eve ning at the Courthouse, j lans were made and a committee appointed to investigate the possibility and the cost of organizing an American Legion junior and seni< r baseball cli^b, the junior club .o include members up to 16 and the senior club to be composed o members from 16 years up. Tho.-e to serve on this committee are W. L. Jones, \V. L. Davis, and Paul Warren. Commander L. H. Hi^don pre ;idefT"o\er the routine business1, <e:'s:on, and D. M. Talent was, named as representative tlie lo- I cal post to attend the state meeting of Legion officers whicl is being held in Durham this wetk. I Reports were given on the progress made by T. Walter Ashe, I Veterans Service officer, in the case of a Jackson county veteran ; who was injured in Norti Africa, ar.d whose identifying paj-ers have been lost, preventing him from any claim to disability. Mr. Ashe has I personally written affidavits and I has sent them to men who served with the veteran in the engagement in which he was wounded All pos sible effort is being made by the post to establish the clairos of the veteran who at the present time is at the home of his father, com pletely unable to work. A collec tion of $23.00 waL taken at the meeting to assist the disabled vet eran until the next meeting of the post which is scheduled for Feb ruary 28. . Group Of Soil Experts Coming Here For Annual County Farm Meeting Blaine Nicholson, chairman of the Jackson Cqunty Demonstra tion Farm Committee, an nounces that the regyj^r annual meeting of the demonstration? farm men and women of Jack son county will be held at the Courthouse on Wednesday, Feb* ruary 5, the meeting beginning at 10 a. m. An excellent group of agricul tural workers has been secured for this meeting. This group will consist of Dr. E. R. Collins, Ag ronomy; Dr. I. E. Miles, Soil Testing; Mr. W. W. Woodhouse, Experimental results with TVA phosphate and lime; and Mr. E. F. Goldston, Soils. The demonstration farm com mittee feels that the Jackson. county demonstration farmers are very fortunate In having this team of specialists to talk with them at their annual meeting, and they would like to urge all the farm men and women to at tend this meeting and hear these fine speakers. BILL ON GAME AND FISH TO HIT BOTH HOUSES THIS WEEK .. One of the most controversial is sues to be brought before the Gen eral Assembly this week is the pro posal for a separation of the di vision of game and inland fisheries from the state department of con servation and development. The bill is expected to hit both houses simultaneously early this week, probably following adjourn ment of the annual meeting of North Carolina State Wildlife as sociation held in Raleigh for two days, Monday and Tuesday. The Wildlife group, boasting a membership of over 20,000 hunters and anglers, claims that such a di vorce in the department is the only way to provide the state with an "efficient wildlife program." Motorists Must Have 1947 Tags By Feb. 1 One day remains in which mo torists may purchase 1947'state li cense plates, it has been announced Motor Company, sole agents for state tags in Jackson county. Motorists are reminded &?at 1946 tags expire at midnight Friday. State Aid For Huge School Building Program Is Sought Following Commission Report .Marsh a 11 Siojnn'i>r tn Chintfja DELAYED IN CHiCAGO by weather, Gen. George C. Marshall Is Inter viewed by the press after his plane, from Burbank, Calif., was grounded. Wearing civilian clothes, Gen Marshall had intended flying directly to Washington for swearing-in ceremonies as the new Secretary of State, suVreoflinc James F Byrnes. (International Soundvhoto) ! | Chamber of Commerce Prepares; Ballots For Directors Election Felix Picklesimer, president of ' the Chamber of Commerce, an nounced that it had been decided 1 at the meeting of the' organize tlu held last Friday night, to mail out ballots to every Chamber oi Com merce member in good staudii./, for the purpose jrf electm:; nrv directors. These ballots miat bo returned by February 5. Ti ivo ot "pie present group-will be rc-clocf txl and six members choM\ .'<< i a new list of names. The nine acting members l'n.:n which three will be elected aio Harry Ferguson, Dr. Harold Mc Guire, Koscoe Poteet, Dr. \V. A. Ashbrook, Mack Ashe, Hoy IN'cJ, ! Joe Popplewell, Everett Harris,: and Felix Picklesimer. The new j proposed names, from which mx will be elected, are Keith Hind'.,] John Worth McDevitt, J. A. Ciri.y. j Will Bio hi Fir Hi Court Trrm in Huff train! Ffb.it Dan K. Moore, Sylva attorney and elected State's Solicitor for the 20th Judicial District, which in cludes all counties of Haywood and West, will hold his first court in Waynesville beginning Monday, February 3. Solicitor Moore will move from Haywood to Jackson for his second court which con venes here Monday, February 17. Judge W. H. Bobbitt will preside at both court sessions. Grace Moore, Famous Opera Singer, Killed In Airliner Crash Among the fifty or more persons killed over the week-end in the [airplane crashes in this country and abroad was Grace Moore, fa j mous opera singer and native of Tennessee. Miss Moore died from injuries received when a Royal Dutch Airliner crashed and burned at its take-off from the Copen hagen, Denmark airport Sunday. The entire passenger list and crew of 22 persons lost their lives. In cluded in the passenger lis was another famous personage, that of Prinse Gustaf Adolf of Sweden. The airliner crashed to earth from I an altitude of 150 feet as.it ap I peared to lose speed in what, of- i I ficials stated, was too steep a climb, j It is also thought that-over-load | was another reason for the crash. Miss Moore's body will be re turned to her native state of Ten- I nessee and buried in Forest Hills' cemetery at Chattanooga. W. C. Hcnnt'.sM-c, Woody Hampton, Keg Enloe, Grayon Cope, Bill En I 3or, Boyd So^samon, Paul Kirk, i ' Wayne TerreP. D: n Cowan, Claude Ca npbcll, H. J. Landi.s David i C igle, C. C. Pet^t, H. E. Monteith,1 . :u! }VI liii'n^; mer. Dr. \\\ A. A>1 i ruok wns named i tho meeting a> delegate to the j ur?>up nl W.MC/sC. \v!ii) vv.ll g<> t<? W.,sl,.? l;*?. H. C'.. February 7 to (?it-rnt Julius A. K:ug. Secretary nl t.ie I)t j/... *mc kit the Interior, ?u^e.-te-i jii <^;am.- lor 1 .e future .ic v el- ;m-.e: ' ! t!.c Gr<\ t Smoky Mnii'-.t;iir.s .\\t.<n;l Par'; a.id the i c..mplet i> i) <?{' certain sections of ! Blue Ridge P..ikway. T;iis in i vitation to the- Western North j Carolina Assoc late:! Communities ! to meet with tr.e Secretary was made possible tnrouRh Congress I man Monroe Reddin. Democratic Freshmen Recognized In Congress At a mcet.ng of 23 first-termers headed by llitn District Rep. Mon roe M. Redden, they were praised for their initiative anc} invited to participate .in developing party strategy during the< both congress. Democratic congressmen have affirmed their intention of giving relatively free rein to Democratic i freshmen in their efforts to fight off the restrictions of tradition and engage actively in the give and ?ake df congressional procedure. Only $200,000 Set-Up For Jackson* Need Is For Much Larger Sum North Carolina faces the "most 1 school building program undertaken in the state's history," a special legislative commission repoited to the General Assembly on Monday, with "building needs in Jackson county listed to cost $200,000. The commission suggested that -tl-v -si-a-t-e ? ?s-J*ourri- undertake a grants-in-aid program, to assist the school districts in financing ti.ei; needs. Although construc ti?>:i of the buildings will be a long jange proposition, the commission rcc?>mmended that state aid be gi ?'< a !or a specified number of v.;... ar.d not be a continuing pro gs am. T. e commission, of which D. IIis.it n Ramsey of Asheville is ch.dimiin. listed as a part of its report the needs of the various adm.ni trative units based on in humation lurnished by local school ..uti.'Oi nu?s. ' Tiie Jackson county ii'ii: v said to have estimated its lie*....- a* 5 200.000 for the county ..s .. u iiole. ^ A Press release report from Ra leigh states thai the house is scheduled to get a :,;11 this week f"j 'i.e establishment f a $25,000, 0?j0 building fund to serve as Ui ant;--m-aid. WAYNESVILLE STORE DAMAGED BY FIRE I | A I ire. which started early Tues I day a liter r cm * - *.pt tiirough the Garrett Furniture store on Main [street in Waynesville and dam 1 aged ????? Burnett's cafe in the ^adjoining building in what local | 1'iie department officers termed tone 0. tiie most costly in Waynes 'villeV business district in History. , The loss to the furniture store had not been estimated Tuesday night. | Tnc blaze was discovered about ( 12 .')() o'clock when an employe of I the restaurant smelled smoke and IwcM to the furniture store to ia \e.-:.g.ite. A few seconds later 1 t lames broke through from the ! b;.acment to the ground floor. VANDERHOOVEN IS SPEAKER AT W.C.T.C. C. Vanderhooven, retired execu tive of the Enka Corporation, was the speake;* before the assembly of Western Carolina Teachers Col lege assembly Tuesday afternoon at the college. His subject was "A Drop of Water." Mr. Vanderhooven she wed the essentialness of water to all forms of hfe. He pointed out that the human brain is 85 per cent water and that the human body, as well as all other life, would soon perish without water. One of Mr. Vanderhooven's audience stated, "Mr. Vander hooven'made a lovely thing of the little drop of \yater." Jackson Had Six Forest Fires Burning Over 84 Acres In 1946 The following fire statistics were compiled from the fall fire season of 1946 by District 9 o[ the North Carolina Forest Service. There is a total of 852,793 acres of forest land being protected by the NCFS in the seven counties co operating with the service for pro tection of private forest lands. Of this total acres being protected only 356 acres were burned over during the six months from July 1 to December 31, 1946. This was an average of 67.81 acres per fire. The data for each county is as fol lows: Cherokee county had a total of 8 fire:; that burned over 15 acres. Two responsible persons were de termined and both were required to make payments for suppression costs. Graham county had a total of 6 ! fires burning over 51 acres. Three i responsible persons were deter mined and two were required to make payments and the other was put on suspended sentence. Haywood county had 6 fires burning over 148 acres. Jackson county had 6 fires burn ing over 84 acres. Macon county had 4 fires burn ing over 9 acres. I v Swain county had 3 fires burn | ing over 49 acres. Transylvania county had only lone fire burning 1-4 acre. The causes of the fires were due | to smokers, causing 9, railroad* 3, debris burning 5, and campers and hunters caused 11 fires making the total of 34. The total damage of the firea to timber amounted to $891.25 or an average of $2.50 damage per acre. Due to ther great amount of edu cational work and personal con tacts by the county forest warden* has seemed to reduce the number of fires, and the assistance and co operation of private citizens ha* also contributed greatly to the small number of acres burned. The county forest wardens and district ?Continued on pace 4
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