AMERICA First, Last and Always the Herald The Herald ts. dedicated to progressive service to Jack son ... A progressive, well balanced county. VOL. XXI, NO. 51 Sylva, N. C. Thursday, May 22, 1947 $2.00 A Year?5c Copy JACKSON BANK WILL DOUBLE CAPITAL STOCK ||j AA AA, A| j - _> Sylva To Have 178 Parking Meters Within 30 Days First Official Meeting OfSylva \s New Mayor and Town Board Was Held Thursday Night * I Committees Are Named By Mayor; McGuire Is Elected Board Chairman The new mayor and board of al dermen for Sylva held their first official rpeeting last Thursday night to organize and discuss their duties and problems of the office to which they were elected May 6. After having been sworn in the week before the group organized Tuesday night by electing Dr. Har-v, Harold McGuire as board chairman. Mayor Allison then appointed a v/ater and sewerage committee, composed of Ed Baldridge, Ray mond R. Nicholson* Jr., and Joe Wilson; and a street and light com mittee, composed of Dr. Harold McGuire, Lloyd Cowan and Ray mond R. Nicholson, Jr. An application for an off-prem ise beer license to retail beer within the city limits of the town of Syl va was refused by the new board. Order Parking Meters In an effort to relieve the park ing situation on Main street, and upon recommendation by the Mer chants Association and individuals of the town the boaM placed an order for 178 parking rtieters.to be . placed on both sides of Main street. The meters will be placed from Moody Funeral home West Main j ' to Coffee Shop on East Main.' A! greater degree of angle parking1 will be required to allow more clearance in the center of the street. The cost of the meters and instal lation will be self-liquidating. The company that puts them in will get; half of the meter take until they are paid for. The other half going into the city treasury. If after one year, the town is dissatisfied with the meters, the company agrees to take them out and replace the sidewalks in as ! good condition as when they were put in without any further cost to the city other than the fifty per cent of the meter take during that time. The meters are fully automatic and provide for 12 minutes to 2 hours parking. A nickel pays for'* an hour, two nickels for two hours, a penny for 12 minutes, two pen nies for 24 minutes, three pennies for 36 minutes and four pennies for 48 minutes. The company plans to deliver and install the meters within 30 days. The Board ordered the munici pal swimming pool and dressing rooms cleaned up and put in sani tary condition for the coming sea son. Jimmy Keener and Hal Wil son were employed to look after the pool this summer. W. C. ALLISON IS TAKEN BY DEATH AT HOME SUNDAY P. M. Member Of Prominent Pioneer Family Was Buried Wednesday P. M. W. C. Allison, son of the late S. C. Allison and Magdalene Fisher Allison, died at his home at Moun tain View Farm Sunday evening at 6 o'clock from a heart attack. Mr. Allison had been in ill health for the past few years and had been quit^ ill within the past few weeks, but had improved so that he had spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. Joe L. Sutton. Soon after he returned home and while sitting in his chair -^resting, he passed away, suddenly. He was 74 years of age and a retired farmer. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Sylva Methodist church, of which he was a member/Rev. W. Q. Grigg officiated. The body lay in state from 2:30 to 3 o'clock. Bur ial was in Keener cemetery with Moody Funeral Home in charge of the services. He is survived by his wife, Ten fyie Miller Allison; three daugh ters, Mrs. Joe L. Sutton, SylVa, Mrs. Robert Fisher, Sylva, and Mrs. Nelson Shepherd of Asheville; two sons, Burch Allison of New ton and Captain Sam C. Allison, U. S. Army, now stationed in Puerto Rico; three sisters, Mrs. S. E. Varner, Brevard, Mrs. Ben S. Forkner, Atlanta, Ga., and Mrs. (Continued on page 10) U. W . Sir an" Dies Of Heart Attaet Iwt Waynesville Funeral service for David Wil,. liam Swann, 42, who died sudden ly at his home in Waynesville Fri day night, were held Sunday af ternoon at 4;30 o'clock at Sylva Baptist church. The Rev. C. M. Warren officiated and burial fol lowed in the Stillwell cemetery at Webster. Garrett Funeral home was in charge. Mr. Swann was born and reared in Swain county. He had been in the restaurant business in Sylva until ? last winter he moved to Waynesville. Pallbearers were Ray Belt, Guy Rose, Bonapart Franklin, Shuford Cagle, Robert Jacobs and Homer Franklin. ?Continued on page 4 Town Board Sets May 26 To 31 As Clean Up Week For Sylva The new board of aldermen has designated the week of May 26 through 31 as Clean Up, Paint Up Week in Sylva, following a custom each spring. Citizens are urged to gather c.?l the trash that has accumulated about their residents, business places or vacant lots, and place it in containers for the town em ployees to haul away. The city trash truck will make special trips during this week in addition to the regular trips to collect this trash. You are urgently requested to cooper^e with the town in an effort to make Sylva clean, and as sanitary as possible. If you have trash - and it is not gathered up please call the city office and the truck will call for it. Business places are Urged to clean out basements, store rooms and other places where trash and paput has collected which may cause a fire hazard. The city will appreciate it if this trash is placed in cans or other type containers in order to be loaded easily. There is a definite need for a thorough clean up- of Sylva now | and this is the best time to do it.' With every one cooperating the job can be done quickly and thor- j oughly. Metal Cans Available Mayor JacK Allison states that metal trash cans are now avail- ; able and he is anxious for every i business place and private home, to secure one of these cans to; place trash in regularly. This, the mayor says, will help greatly in keeping the town sanitary. By. keeping the garbage of all kinds in these cans with the lids closed tight much odor and fly breeding places can be avoided. Remember?next week is Clean ! Up, Paint Up Week and every one is expected to cooperate. - i sylya's new board of aldermen take office Sylva's new Board of Aldermen are pictured as they took the oath 'of office at the city hall on Friday afternoon, May 9. Jack C. Allison, the new mayor, who was sworn in by the retiring mayor, H. Gibson, is shown at the extreme right as he gives the oath to the board members. Shown from left to right, the board members are: Dr. Harold McGuire, Joseph F. Wilson, Edward H. Baldridge, Lloyd W. Cowan, and Ray mond R. Nicholson, Jr. The mayor and all board members are veterans of World War II. Trial Of O'Dear And Messer Started; Macon County Jury Drawn For Case SYLVA ROAD SIGNS ! BEING REPAINTED, NEW ONES POT DP Felix Picklesimer, president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, announced Monday that road signs put up last year j and the year before are now being redecorated and painted. Also that three or four new signs, 10 by 24 feet are being built and will be placed at the following places: One welcome to Sylva sign to be placed on the Asheville highway just East of town. The others regular signs to be placed, one at the intersec tion of 19 and 107 at Ela; one at the Gate-way and the other at inter section of 107 E and the Soco Gap road near Cherokee. The chamber of commerce went on record congratulating C. E^ Closman on the nice Hotel Carolina signs he has built and put up on all highways leading to Sylva. Rotary Club Recommends More Traffic Signal Lights For The Town Of Sylva I In an effort to determine the wishes of the citizens of Sylva relative to the need of more traf fic lights for the town of Sylva, especially at the east and west in- j tersections of Main and Mill street, 1 the town board has asked the va rious civic clubs and other organi zations for their opinions. At the regular weekly meeting of the Ro tary club Tuesday evening the en tire membership present recom mended that at least two, and pos sibly three more lights should be i installed. Tuckaseigee Church Will Honor Veterans - Special services' re~^held Sunday, May 25 for veterans of j both World Wars I and II at the Tuckaseigee Baptist church. There will be two special sermons, one ' at the 11 o'clock hour by the pas tor, Rev. Edgar W;llix and one in . the afternoon by Rev. J. E. Brown. A picnic dinner will be served at the lunch hour. An invitation is etxended to all service men to come to these services. ?-4 After adjourning court Tuesday* afternoon awaiting a special venire of 150 men from Macon count/ from which to pick a jury to hear the case of Earl O'Dear and Robert Messer, charged with the murder of Jack Hall and wife, Judge Wm. i H. Bobbitt reconvened the court at 2 p. m. Wednesday afternoon and the task of selecting the jury began. Thirteen men. were se lected and court adjourned at 7:30 p. m. After hearing the charge the jury was sent to Hotel Caro lina for the night, with instructions to report at 9:30 this morning at! which time the trial will get under way. This was as far as the case had progressed as The Herald goes to press. A detailed report of the trial will be published later. The following is a list of cases tried Monday and Tuesday: The May term of Jackson Courxiy. Superior court convened at itfo'clock Monday morning with Judge W. H. Bobbit, of Charlotte presiding, and Hon. Dan K. Moore, representing the State. Following selection of the Grand Jury Judge Bobbit delivered his charge and appointed W. S. Alex- ; ander foreman. The regular jurors were then sworn in and the court began- its work of hearing the following cases: Charles C. Morgan, Jr. pleads'! guilty to a charge of driving drunk: | fined $50 and cost, and not to drive a motor vehicle for 12 months. Leonard Coggins, driving drunk, j pleads guilty: fined $50 and cost. A. Henderson, pleads guilty of i driving drunk: $50 and cost and 90 days on roads, suspended for 12 months. Eelse Love, CCW, a pistol pleads guilty: $50 and cost and forfits the pistol. J. A. Clantc. driving drunk, pleads guilty: $50 and cost, 90 days on roads suspended and not to drive motor vehicle for 12 months. Burton Brown, pleads guilty to charge of driving drunk: $50 and cost, 90 days on roads suspended. Must not drive motor vehicle for 12 month's. Clarence Ray Barron, pleads guilty to driving drunk: $50 and costs, 90 days suspended road sen tence, licensed to drive revoked for 12 months. ? ?Continued on pago 2 MERCHANTS HAVE - LUNCHEON MEETING, DISCUSS PARKING A number of the members nl the Merchants Association met a! Jar rett Springs hotel las: Thursday for a-luncheon meeting. B' yd Sos samon, president of the ? inanima tion, presided and led in the dis cussions. The parking situation for the town of Sylva was discussed and upon a motion, duly seconded and passed, the organization went on record recommending to the town board that parking meters be in stalled on Main street. Aiso that three more traffic signal lights be bought and installed. President* Sossamon called at tention to the recent order ot the organization regarding certain types of advertising and solicita tion of funds. Cards have been printed and placed with each mer chant which he can hand to any one making such solicitations that will explain how they can get then card of authorization. He urges everyone to ask for this card when a solicitor calls. If he doesn't have it the merchant must refuse his re quest until the card is seVurejd from the Advertising committee. The board of aldermen has al ready placed an order for the park ing meters. * JOSEPH DANIELS TO SPEAK AT LAKE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 1ST Joseph Daniels will open the 1947 session of Lake Junaluska when he speaks at eleven o'clock on annual Haywood County day. Sunday, June 1st. Jhe announce ment was made by Dr. Frank S. Love, superintendent of the Lake. Mr. Daniels, an outstanding speaker, has been the speaker on the open program for many years. Dr. Walter West, superintendent of the Waynesville district, is in charge of the program, working with Dr. Love on all arrangements. North Carolina's 1947 Commer cial Early Irish Potato Crop is es timated at 28,600 acre^. Huge Expansion Program Is Approved By Directors, Bank In Sylva To Be Modernized NAPOLEON HIGDON, GAY POSTMASTER, TAKES OWN LIFE Had Been In 111 Health For Some Time; Postal Accounts In Good Shape Funeral services for Napoleon Higdon, 65, were held Monday af ternoon at 2 oVlock at Wesleyanna Methodist church with interment in the church cemetery. The Rev. E. A. Fitzgerald and the Rev. Pierce, a former pastor, officiated. Mr. Higdon was a member of this church. Mr. Higdon died Saturday morn ing at 6:30 from self-inflicted wounds, using a pistol to shoot himself with. He was found lying in the yard of his home by mem bers of the family. He was a farmer and postmas ter of the. Gay post office. Postal inspectors made an audit of the office Saturday and found every thing in perfect order, which leaves no motive for. the act other than he h;id been in poor health for some Time. Mr. Higdon was a life long resi ' dent of the county, u son, of the j "late Mr. and Mrs. V. Higdon, he once made his home at Webster, j Me was well known and well liked throughout the county. ? - Surviving are tlie wido\V, who was formerly Miss Amanda TafFT- * am, of G.iy; one son, Carl, of Gay; one daughter, Mrs. Lyle Buchanan ! who made her home vQith her par- . ent.v: two brothers, Oscar and Ros- , !! udon, both of Gay. Tvnt i*r ra bies. The test proved positive and the treatment was immediately si; rterl by the boys. Any one hav ing dogs, cats or other animals whic h -may have come in contact witri this dog should keep them quarantined lor at least 21 days. ?Continued on page 10 Will Establish Full Power Branch Bank At Highlands In Macon At a meeting of the board of directors of the Jackson County bank, held 0Y1 May 1st, a resolu tion was passed to double the capi tal stock of the bank and to amend the bunk's Charter of authorized capital stock from $50,000 to $250, 000. This plan will be consumated as soon as the Board's action can be ratified at a formal meeting of the present stockholders and as soon as other necessary legal de tails can be completed. When the new capital has been sold then the bank will" have capital funds, in cluding capital surplus and profits of approximately $265,000. Full Power Branch Plans are now being worked out to open a full power branch bank\ at Highlands in Macon County. For the past 12 years the Jackson County Hank has maintained a "Teller Window" at Highlands. Several months ago application was made to. the State Banking Commission for consent to change the present Tellers Window into a full power branch. This appli tnvtion has been approved. Offi cials of the parent bank in Sylva stated this week that office sup plies have already been ordered for the bank-at Highlands and that it is hoped that the Highlands branch can be opened in the very near future. The official stated, however, tbat it is not-possible to? fix a definite date of the opening at this time. The Jackson County Bank owns the old Bank of Highlands build ing and lot and the new branch of fice will occupy that building for the present. It is hoped that a new and modern bank building can be erected at Highlands before a great while. To Modernize Sylva Building The banking building of the par ent office of The Jackson County Bank located on Main street here, will be done over and modernized in the very near future. The in terior of the bank will be entirely done over and the fixtures and counters rearranged. The basement which has never been used by the bank will be modernized. Several hundred safety lock box#s will be placed in the vault in the basement and will be in charge of a full time attendant. Oil heat will be installed in place of the present coal sys tem. The remodeling job is ex pected to cost approximately $25, 000. A new vault door for the base ment and the new oil furnace have already arrived in Sylva. If all ma terials can be obtained it is expect ed to begin work on the remodel ing job in the next few weeks, bank officials stated. Plans For Addition To Harris Hospital Discussed By Board S. K. Hunt, executive secretary: of the Asheville hospital associa tion, was the principal speaker at a luncheon meeting at Carolina hotel Thursday, May 15. The pur pose of the meeting was for a gen era! discussion of the proposed ad ditions and improvements to the C. J. Harris ? Onnmunity hospital. Remodeling plans for the ngw 25 bed hospital call for an enlarge ment to 40 bed capacity, as veil as other modernizing improve ments. Architects jflans have been submitted and approved, and it is hoped that work can soot) be be gun. Those attending the meeting were Mrs. Pat Carter, superintend ent .of the.'C. J. Harris hospital, members of the hospital board of ? trustees, and business and profes sional men including S. W. Enloe, R. U. Sutton, Dr. H. T. Hunter, W. E. Bird, Harry Ferguson, T. N. Massic, Dan K. Moore, W. T. Wis?, Jennings Brys'on, and Paul Ellis. IJr. H. L. Bacon and E. B. Whitaker of Bryson City were invited quests,. JEEP TO BE RAFFLED off Saturday 4 p. m. The Jeep, on which the Day Stu dent Government of Western Caro lina Teachers College sold ticket chances, will be raffled off Satur day afternoon at 4 o'clock at Ful mer Motor Company trading lot on Cullowhee road in Sylva. The first known turkey chain in North Carolina has been staritd Un Chatham County.